Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 27, 1940, Winnipeg, Manitoba Final edition free press vol. Pages Sun rises 4.20 Sun sets Moon rises Moon sets 12.41. Winnipeg thursday june 27, 1940 and Cool. Russia invades Rumania i British patrols Advance 20 Miles inside italian Somaliland Border Nairobi. Kenya Colony june 27. A British ground patrols have penetrated 20 Miles into italian Somaliland without encountering opposition a British communique declared today. Continued reports have been received from italian Abyssinia Ethiopia and Somaliland that bands conscripted by the italians wish to desert to it added. British South african detach ments Are operating against italian territory from Kenya running fight. Cairo june 21. Bup British planes returning from an attack on the italian base at Gura Ethiopia where hangars and workshops were reported seriously damaged fought a running fight with italian Pursuit planes Early yesterday the Royal air Force Middle East command said today. The fight which lasted half an hour was said to have resulted in the shooting Down of one italian plane. Another italian plane dived out of control the . Announce i Anent said. I All British planes were reported to have returned safely. British Blenheim bombers according to the ., raided the italian Ai drome and gasoline dump at Maraca and attacked military at assay. Italian Eritrea. Italians capture Post Cairo june 27 Strong detachment of italian troops reinforced by tanks has attacked and occupied one of the British Frontier outposts on the Border Between i Ethiopia and British Somaliland the British military announced today. A statement said the attack was repulsed for four hours by the Small Garrison consisting of a police Force under a British officer. Then the Garrison withdrew intact. There were said to have been no British i casualties. Britain plans for future London june 27. Up great Britain is looking Forward to taking the offensive in the War against the German italian Axis Herbert Morrison minister of Supply indicated today when he told commons munitions orders to Talling about 0001 have been placed in Canada during the last three weeks. The said that Britain is increasing munition orders in Canada the i other dominions and the United states not Only because of immediate necessities but As an insurance against the future. We All Hope that this period of the last few weeks will in due j course change and we must think i of Long term policies and of offensive As Well As defensive poll i or. Morrison disclosed that the British output of Cruiser and in Fantry tanks for june was 115 per cent greater than in april. Increases in the output of guns ranged from 50 per cent on two items to 228 per cent on another or. Morrison said while Small arms increases ranged from 49 per cent to 136 and ammunition from 35 to 420 per cent. Ready for anything that Comer British airmen hit hard by Francis Stevens London june 27. Special Cable Sharp thrusts by the Royal air Force against enemy centres such is Oil depots munition works railway Assembly Yards and air Craft factories Are heartening the British people who thought Fol lowing the collapse of France that our efforts would be purely defend a comparison of the hits scored of British airmen Over Germany with enemy air raids on Britain during the past few Days shows that Hitler has reason to be greatly Dis satisfied. Undoubtedly the night raids along the length of the East and South coasts and also in South Wales have provided the enemy with information on Home defences of value when major air raids begin. But the germans have failed to locate our airfields or munition factories and Little of strategic been accomplished. The greater the number of planes coming Over the greater has been the proportion of them brought Down. Britons Are daily becoming More aware of the great change in War strategy forced by the French col lapse. Since these islands Are the last outposts of defence against nazi world domination there is a Stevens continued on Page 12, column 3 air plans Advance Melbourne Australia june 27 up estimates today indicated that by the Middle of 1941 Australia should be producing one bomber a Day and service planes of All types at the rate of a year. Including flying boats and a unit of Lockheed Hudson bombing planes from the United states the Commonwealth government has Worth of air Craft on order in the course of construction or delivery. Within the past two years three aircraft factories have been established in Australia. New Fields second division s plans May change by b. T. Richardson. Ottawa ont., june 27. Belief is found in Many quarters Here that delay has developed in plans to Send he second Canadian division overseas although Advance units of the division have already gone. Canada s War programme has 750 britons Are interned London june 27. Up Bri Tain s anti fifth column Campaign has resulted in the internment of 750 British subjects in the United kingdom sir John Anderson Home Secretary and minister of Home Security announced today. Sir John said he had no in formation to confirm a report that former members of the pro nazi link met in London last week to discuss the question of peace terms under a sympathetic government. _ to an inquiry whether Admiral sir Barry Domville and other fascist sympathizers had been in turned he replied that questions relating to individuals were neither in to him nor to them. R programme developed a measure of flexibility to keep in conformity with the pattern of events in Europe and just now the impression is abroad in Ottawa that the British govern ment does not desire any Large contingents of overseas troops at the present time. But in other vital ways Canada is supporting the defence of Britain against the siege of Hitler. All information on the second division and similar matters of military importance Are strictly secret and discussion of plans for the no official stand ing. But As Ottawa sees it can Ada has assumed obligations to Garrison Newfoundland Iceland and West indies islands and this helps Britain devote her whole attention to Home defence. Can second division continued on Page 5, column 2 Hungary Bulgaria May grab Budapest june 27. Mier Paul Teleki has received a letter from Adolf Hitler saying Hungary s territorial claims wills be it was reported reliably today As Hungary and Bulgaria studies reports of russian territorial de Mand s on Rumania. Rumania s reported submission to russian demands will it is believe in foreign quarters of Budapest Anc Sofia be certain to Force Bulgaria and Hungary to press their own claims. Hungary claims the province of Transylvania whose population in 1937 was Transylvania once part of Austria Hungary to Rumania after the last War when on collapse of the Empire Ruman ians in the Section voted to direct their own affairs and later United with Rumania. Bulgaria s Contention for the Dobrija Region of Southeast re mania runs counter to Russia s re ported demand today for control of he ports of Constanta and Tulean the Dobrija Region. Dobrija is founded North and West by the Danube River East by the Black sea and South by Bulgaria. Its population in 1937 was Rumania added Dobrija to her Domain in 1913 by the treaty of Bucharest in which Bulgaria ceded Ler the districts of Bazarnic and Dur Ostor England wins her Battles on the playing Fields of Eton says an old adage which May prove so again in this War to some extent. Anyway Eton playing Fields will be a Tough place for German Para Chute troops to land on with those Eton boys top among the Para shooters ranks each with a Rifle and a bicycle. They re All 17 and members of the Eton officers training corps. Bottom picture shows the Crew of a giant British anti aircraft gun practising for the time when they Hope to shoot Down some. German bombers. Raid ruin German bombers downed in Britain London june 27. German bombers were shot Down by British fighters during air raids during the night Over great Britain the air ministry announced today. Nazis admit British scored in air raids Berlin june 27. Up after withholding the news for six Days ., the German news and propaganda Agency yesterday admit Ted damage was caused by Hoyal air Force bombing raids the night of june 20. The air ministry at London announced these raids i London june 27. Ish bombers have made new very heavy attacks on Vari Ous military objectives in the aviation circles said to Day. A communique stated reports indicated no serious damage had been done and there were Only slight casualties most of the raiding appeared to have been Over Eastern England and Scotland. The air ministry announced one other plane was damaged badly in addition to the two shot Down. A communique said the first bomber destroyed was a Heinkel 111 shot Down off the Southeast coast by a Hurricane Pilot after the Raider was caught in a tremendous concentration of searchlights. The second was a Junker 88 at tacked by a spitfire Over the East coast. Three bombs dropped in Wales raid on Britain continued on Page 12, column 2 reeled at military objectives in Germany and German occupied Holland the Day after they were carried out. . Said 16 persons were killed and 41 injured and that 371 bombs were dropped. In a second report Said that 200 British bombs fell in Hel Der Netherlands naval base now nazis admit continued on Page 12, column 3 dictators berated new York june 27. Dent William Green of the Amer ican federation of labor accused Germany and Russia last night of financing directing and encouraging organized treachery in the United states and South America and urged the country to outlaw the communist party and the nazi bund. Ottawa Likely to authorize Alberta Bank by b. T. Richardson. Ottawa june 27. Pets that the province of Alberta will receive a Bank charter from parliament this session appear to be Good though controversy is cer Tain Over some aspects of Alberta s application a Check of opinion on. The gov eminent Side reveals that Alberta can probably have its Bank As Long As it accepts the Ordinary regulations which apply to Al chartered Banks. Three Alberta Cabinet ministers Are in Ottawa in connection with the Bank application and other mat ters. They Are Hon. N. E. Tanner Hon. W. W. Cross and Hon. Lucien Maynard. They indicate that Al Berta is definitely set on going ahead with its Bank and would establish it As quickly As possible after the charter was received. A possibility is seen that the Bank charter application in the form of a Resolution on the order paper in the name of John Black More social credit Leader May come before the House Friday while the Albera ministers Are Here the chief debatable Point Abou Alberta s Bank scheme is the proposal to make the provincial cab inti All directors of the institution with the Bank liabilities resting on the provincial Treasury. By Law chartered Bank directors Are personally liable and it is Likely tha parliament will insist on this Fea Ture being followed in Alberta. Conservative wins Bournemouth eng., june 27. Up Leonard Lyle conservative today was returned to the House o commons for Bournemouth by acclamation succeeding lord Croft lord Croft formerly sir Henry Page Croft polled votes As a conservative in the 1935 Genera election against for a labor candidate. He was elevated to the peerage at the time of the change of government last month. Sir Leonard previously was a member of parliament from 1918 to 1924. Temperature readings Low during night. 6.30 , june 27 12.00 noon june 27 2.00 pjn., june 27 High june 27, 1939 for full report of meteorological office see Page five. . First republicans favor Aid to Liberty defenders r Philadelphia june 27. A platform declaring against foreign War charging that the new Deal administration has failed and qualified Day favouring Extension of Aid to All Peoples fighting for Liberty was Laid before the Republican National convention yesterday by its resolutions committee. Presented to the Assembly by her Bert k. Hyde of Oklahoma chair Man of the resolutions group the proposed declaration of party policy accused the Roosevelt administration of leaving the nation unprepared to resist foreign further it charged that the administration had attempted to Send our Congress Home during the world s most tragic time so we might be eased into the War by word or deed during the absence of our elected representatives from Aid to other nations on the Point of Aid to other nations at War the declaration stated our sympathies have been profoundly stirred by invasion of in offending countries and by disaster to nations whose ideals most close republicans continued on Page 6, column 2 Carol accedes to ultimatum Bucharest Rumania june a swarm of and a horde of mechanized troops across the Frontier Russia today grabbed a big slice of Rumania As King Carol capitulated to a soviet ultimatum demanding cession of Bessarabia Northern Bukovina province and naval bases at Constanta and Dulcea in the Dob Rudja territory along the Black sea. The soviet demand was said to have been made after in forming Germany and Italy and possibly in conjunction with Bulgaria. King Carol s govern ment was reported to have submitted on the advice of Hitler and Mussolini. At the same time official sources disclosed that the rumanian army. Was being concentrated in Transylvania near the hungarian Frontier. Hungary has been agitating for restoration of which she lost to Rumania after the first great War. Above map shows russian claims on Rumania. These include re turn of Bessarabia cession of the Northern part of the province of Bukovina control of the ports of Constanta Galati and braid. Berlin sources report control of the port of Dulcea also fight on French colonies defying Bordeaux London june 27. Charles de Gaulle announced today that he has received definite information from French indo China that Gen. Georges Catroux who was re ported from Bordeaux to have been replaced As governor there would resist any attempted invasion of that French Possession. De Gaulle s Headquarters Here announced the French National com Mittee had reason to believe that Gen. August Nogues French com dastardly attack says Lapointe Ottawa june 27 advertisement headed calling Canada which appeared in certain news papers constituted a dastardly at tack on prune minister Mackenzie King Hon. Ernest Lapointe minis Ter of Justice told the House of commons today. I am not prepared to say that it comes under the defence of Canada regulations dealing with subversive said or. Lapointe but i Don t know of any thing better calculated to create disaffection and hamper the War work of the advertisement dealt with the transportation of British children to Canada and charged that or. King was an obstacle to that movement. It was brought to the attention of the House by Essex Paul Martin lib. Confidence voted in Chamberlain London june 27. Confidence in Neville Chamberlain As party Leader was reaffirmed to Day by the executive committee of the National conservative party. The committee expressed warm appreciation of or. Chamberlain s services. The committee also pledged support to the Churchill government in their determination to prosecute the War to a victorious although or. Chamberlain replaced As prime minister by Winston Churchill May 10 he remained Leader of the conservative party. Storm hits City a severe electrical storm accompanied by heavy rain struck Winnipeg Early thursday afternoon and for a Brief period crippled Light and Power facilities. The City Hydro reported that their Power was off for a Short time but that service was quickly resumed. The Winnipeg electric company experienced Only what they called local trouble when several fuses were blown out for a few seconds the pumps at the Mcphillips Street pumping station were Down As lightning paralysed a Power line. Senate agrees Ottawa june 27. Sen ate adopted a Resolution. That the British parliament be petitioned to agree to an amendment of the British North America act to permit establishment of a nation wide unemployment insurance plan the Resolution previously passed by the House of commons was carried in the Senate on division without a recorded vote. Mander in chief in Northern Africa is faking All necessary Steps for organizing resistance. London sources As Well As the de Gaulle Headquarters were officially silent on the implications of placement of the governors general of French indo China and Mada Gascar. Off the record comment from re liable sources was that it was realized Here that Premier Henri Petain Tangier june 27. Four Large French warships passed through Gibraltar and into the Atlantic for an unknown destination yesterday it was reported today. Of France must try to remove those who will not co operate with the armistice terms France has signed with Italy and Germany. De Gaulle s attitude toward the Bordeaux government is that it is doing the Best it can under the circumstances but that there Are hundreds of thousands of French men who want to carry on the fight. Important units of the French elect were reported today to have French colonies continued on Page 12, column 3 a communique issued shortly after 8 . 1 . Two hours before the deadline of the soviet ultimatum said Rumania would desire to maintain Good re lations with the soviet Union and has asked the soviet government to fix a locality and name a delegation for discussion of the russian de official sources said this accept Ance of negotiations was merely a formal Way of stating that King Carol is prepared to satisfy All of Russia s demands. Carol s strategy with Hungary however it was different. Officials expressed the belief that Carol had decided to accede to All of Russia s demands in order to be Able to throw All his forces against an expected Hun Garian attempt to regain Transl Mia. Two hours before the com Munique was issued it was disclosed that the rumanian government had asked Russia to postpone expiration of the ultimatum set for 10 pin. 3 . However there were unconfirmed reports in the capital that russian troops already were advancing across the frontiers of Bessarabia and. North Bukovina and that rus Sian warships had steamed into the Harbor of Constanta. Swarms of soviet planes were reported in. The rumanian skies while Russia massed troops tanks russian grab continued on Page 12, column 6 first British children due about july 15 Ottawa june 27. First British children to be brought to Canada for the duration of the War will arrive the Middle of july Hon. T. A Crerar minister of re courses informed the House of com Mons today. Additional groups of 750 will arrive at five Day intervals until july 25, he added. The British government had been unable to the present to estimate the total number Likely to come aut or. Crerar Felt it would reach re dimensions. His conference earlier today with provincial ministers was held to consider further plans for a greatly expanded movement if that should become necessary. Oil for War gear Turner Valley to conflict s needs by b. T. Kich Edson. Ottawa ont., june 27. The appoint ment of a National Oil controller under the. Department of munitions and Supply lies a programme for harnessing the Turner Valley Oil Fields in Alberta to the War _ plans of this country and its allies. Only the briefest announcement disclosed the appointment of George r. Cottrelle Toronto a director of the Canadian Bank of Commerce As Oil controller. But plans Are already under Way it was Learned to adapt Alberta Oil production to the War emergency. These will include up the whole West Ern Canadian Domestic Market for Alberta shutting out Gaso line imports in order to save foreign Exchange. Of Alberta Oil into Eastern Canadian markets As quickly As possible although Turner Valley is not producing enough for Eastern Canada yet. Of air plane gasoline from Turner Valley crude in order to operate the Alberta Oil continued on Page 12, column 4 Manitoba firms get War orders Ottawa june 27. Department of munitions and Supply announced today that during the past week 764 contracts have been awarded with total value of contracts in excess of in clude clothing and accessories Buffalo Cap and neckwear ltd., Winnipeg Al l. Morton and co., ltd., Winnipeg North Ern shirt co., ltd., i Winnipeg 250. Barrack starts Fairfield and sons ltd., lower fort Garry man., construction and defence projects Bird construction co., ltd., Winnipeg miscellaneous Humford ltd., Winnipeg i ;