Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 29, 1940, Winnipeg, Manitoba Member of the Canadian press the Canadian press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of All news despatches credited to it or to the associated press in this paper and also the local news published herein. Winnipeg free press by Carrier in Winnipeg 2sc per week. Winnipeg saturday june 29, 1940 Price so per copy edition with comics 20c the great Sphinx Dees not conceal seme deep dark secret Bryce s homemade breads different Are killed when germans bomb Channel Islan Lis Erieg Sand desert soldiers the British forces in the Western egyptian desert june -0. A 1.500-mile tour of the Anglo italian front in the Western desert by a Reuters special correspondent has revealed the trying conditions under which oreo he strangest of modern times is being waged. Iris Are faced by the monday s races first Ford need of a race last out. Improve sufficiently to company. The mouse Spur Kimg performance be dangerous. Lady should go Well. Second Flag was in by he should be tax Here. Prince has or a Down and will be jus. Sunny Colleen i same inexorable desert. Thousands of Miles of communications must be maintained rations distributed to Distant outposts. Troops transported. Casualties a blazing Tropi Cal Sun across waterless wastes constantly swept by scorching sandstorms. The correspondent recently travelled by car Over 200 Miles of desert from the Southern Point of the British front line. The win a Dows were tightly shut but occur liar Lilly friary. She i upped irom re Sli Asta Kup has Early so Vicil. Prince do Beiter Hail his last ii Kwh inc weights line s Hribik c should be Able to do a Paliy. He ran evenly should improve from v. -.icj. Story Teller ranks As fair Riu Jimd. C i ift1i the in a running pants had to Wear Gas masks not inst Gas but against driven by the hot South wind. At that they considered them selves Lucky compared with the soldiers grimly Manning the guns and tanks and incessantly watch ing the shimmering sky for enemy aircraft. Troops gathered outside a wire less Van listening to the news broadcast from London had not a. Washed for Days. They were Wacl this looks and caked with congealed sweat and Sand but they listened with cheerful faces. When the broadcast ended and they left for their War stations an Irish Soldier remarked we will show them at Home How to win the the great difference Between the British and italian forces fighting on the libyan Frontier is that the britons have their spirits up and the enemy have not the Corre Eugenia must Sponden noted. Cd captured italian officers entertained in the British Field head quarters officers mess do not 1 of attempt to hide their feelings of Relief that they Are in Friendly for the s2.00u_ added hands from conversations with prisoners it appears that italians and the natives under them Are equally anxious and have not their sir trap Seth turned in r. I our Romance to be beaten Blue l. Blue yank is a speedy ranks yank is a As the contender. Hearts in the War. Rear second Friday and rates he contender i italian tanks Are spec in to the British. " arms penetrate their fair kill the Crews inside. Of inferior even Small Armor and there have been several cases of italians hoist sixth Kace pc sweep is Atkins inc Whito Flag and then firing u to now and appears to in advancing tanks. Now British have i slight Well tanks arc not taking any chances. On one occasion an italian officer held a White Flag in one hand and Edge i etched Field. Hit Mont ran Well his last and appears As the Cipal contender. Hauoli should a hand grenade in the other. But he was shot dead before he was Able to throw his bomb. Already there Are instances of. Bravery and initiative which have won for the British striking successes with few losses. Tier is capable of upsetting. For instance there is the Case go seventh monday shut a improve sufficiently from last out to defeat this company. Doctor Larry is fit and ready and ranks a. The contender. Ice Whit in a nutshell Ford. The mouse lady Sang. Flag. Prince a sunny Colleen. 1 friary Shasta Kup. . Fourth King j of the non commissioned officer whose armoured car broke Down in italian territory. He waylaid and captured a passing italian lorry and forced it to Tow the armoured cur into the British lines. _ Jubilee Story Tcilia. Fair Eugenia. Sir trap Seth Blue yank. Beck. Sixth jul Swcap i Mont. Hau seventh sunny monday. Doctor Larry. Ice Whittier. Lilly friary. Today s scratches i first Kace Penticton. Second Ilace purple Heather . Fifth race Joe Sam. Seventh neg Ogelsby. Tab s bid. Miss Zephyr Dun Rode Pagan dance. Hitler defeat plan Visioned London. June 29. Gen. Charles do Gaulle calculates that when Britain has constructed Coo tanks and 20.000 warplanes Ger Many can be invaded and Defeated professor Denis Surat head of the French Institute in London declared last night. A representative of de Gaulle Leader o f the French fight on move ment. id we Nave already in country Many highly trained air officers men and the general s spokesman said recruiting far a French legion prob begin next week. Overnight entries official list of horses for monday s racing at Polo Park. First s500. Claiming. The Heather purse. For three year Olds and up. Six and one half furlongs. Merry Centaur. 107 wrack Dale sport Smith Kekenak lady Sang Kudro a Booter Ford the mouse 117 10-1 104 .x107 ill ill 104 also eligible Alma Nugget. 106 Tea Burn Tono War Mark 105 miss Bane 106 Bobby Thomson 110 or. Pook 110 darkest hour. 117 messenger maid 106 knee action ill second s500. Claiming. The Cameron s purse. For three year Olds and up foaled in one mile. Hominy Imp 105 Leyburn .110 Royal pirate 110 Craig Token. 114 Irish Flag ___x109 Prince Pagan 108 103 sunny Colleen. 10 j Penticton Isle Royal 10r third f.300. Claiming. Fifth race Manitoba Derby three year Olds Quarter. Fair Bownes Park Willie Marcus sir trap Seth Blue yank new Telephone directory printed of the july Issue of the Telephone directory has Boon com Pletch and distribution to subscribers will commence wednesday. The alphabetical Section White Pajeski comprises 204 pages and the classified Section yellow pages 120 pases. Co operating with the Post office department the Telephone has incorporated in the directory pages of postal information which it is believed will be of value to subscribers. There arc approximately additional listings with a net in crease of 1.046 Telephone stations during the past five months. The to Al number of. Directories published will be of which 000 will be distributed in the greater Winnipeg area. The Basic color 2s dark Blue. For three year Olds Arky 109 also Northern lad. 112 o Dolan .x107 fair Romance. 114 sky Saint 119 Fayette Happy Jester. The. Kiltie purse. And up. One mile. Elk trap 107 Gallant Friar. Wells Grey 112 hour Winnie. Prince Somers 10g Spanish ught.xll4 grand Melody .111 Nasta Kup Lilly friary 108 fourth purse s500. Claiming. The Glasgow purse. For three year Olds and up. Seven furlongs. Fair Eugenia 108 also eligible King s Jubilee 107 lady Lance 100 time Ball 120 Maderis 120 Story Teller .x108 Holline shot 120 Royal chef 120 Snowberry 109 recital 114 Olivia d 106 i Duchess 102 Marmite 107 col cloister .x109 la Gata 109 Iron claw Tab s bid Dun Rode x115 a place to Call their own Gay Young Folk thronged the first Public pre school playground Alexander Avenue and Fountain Street at its official opening Friday afternoon. Although actually designed for pre school children older Brothers and Sisters eagerly joined in the fun. A View of children on the swings one boy urging his dog to do tricks for the crowd is shown in the upper picture. Mrs. Clifton Graban president of the local Council of women is seen in the lower picture speaking to the boys and girls As she officially opened the playground. Plaff for play a 1 i purse s2.000 added. The foaled in for one mile and one 126 ill cd 126 Sable Flag 126 Blore Heath 120 ruffling 126 Afanad 126 121 126 121 121 sixth s500. Claiming. For four year Olds and up. One mile and seventy Yards. Oddesa Beau i Mont 118 nop Alosa Flag wins sky Grey 113 opera stick ill Jel sweep Craig Mcgee ill Broa fire 113 Hauoli .x113 seventh s500. Claim ing. The Aberdeen purse. For three year Olds and up. One mile. Pasan dance 110 _ also Cli Gibli Sable Flag Royal Valley Gay yet a Leronda doctor Larry King s heiress ice Whitter miss Claxton 105 stage Fortune _ 110 Lanny girl John Jester Granola kayak Gri Mobsy purple Heather plod 105 race. Purse s500. And up. 10 105 105 .x112 110 105 100 sunny monday 110 ruffle up substitute claiming. For three year Olds six and one half furlongs. Lady Aurelius 102 also eligible Golden Sable Black Zephyr 107 Afanad 104 Faler Mian 112 ramble on merry go on grandma s girl Jim visibility glory Day 111 3 excluded allo Vance. Horses listed according to Post positions. Entries close 10 . Scratch time today 7.30 Post time first race 2.30 . Hero Thor ill modern maid sugar Jar x109 Iron Mountain ill dark Devi 117 Monk s first x109 major Stedman 104 sea Gayle Park for pre school children opened by Council of women a Concrete example of the work that is using done to improve conditions in the congested areas of Winnipeg was supplied Friday afternoon with the opening of the City s first Public playground for pre school children on the Corner of Alexander Avenue and Fountain Street. Organized and carried out by the local Council of women the Park is Thi first unit of a Council project the ultimate of which is to Sprinkle the entire area Between Logan and notre Dame avenues with playgrounds. Already plans have been completed for the Crea Tion of a similar Park on Dagmar Street the total Cost for both enter Prises amounting to donated by the City Council. Mrs. Clifton Graban president of the local Council of women who officially opened the playground emphasized later the importance of making the whole City conscious of conditions in the congested areas and of securing the Active co operation of those who were in a Posi Tion to be of assistance. On behalf of boys Arthur Yates of Kelvin school spoke on behalf of the boys at the school who helped him build the slides and Teeter totters for the playground. Among those present at the open ing were aldermen Margaret my Williams c. Rhodes Smith and f. G. Thompson mrs. Jessie Mac Len tin. Mrs. R. F. Rourke e. Knox and w. A. Martin of the play grounds committee of the Winnipeg school Board and mrs. F. W. Alex Ander convener of the recreation committee of the local Council of women. Henry a. Sciban native of Saskatoon and Seaman on the Canadian destroyer Fraser who was among the men who lost their lives when the ship was lost off Bordeaux. France. He was the son of or. And mrs. M. Sciban 331 Avenue a South. Sciban joined the Royal Canadian Navy in 1937 he attended King George school and Bedford Road collegiate Anc was prominent in Amateur hockey Rugby Lacrosse and softball. He was the brother in Law o Lieut. Harold Balfour officer com manding the Saskatoon half com Pany . Discuss armistice Berlin june 29. A French and German armistice commissions held preliminary discussions to Day at Wiesbaden. An italian delegation participated. The Market Piave buying and Selling Are both exact sciences these Days. Those who sell require the least expensive method of reaching their prospects. Those who buy want simple easy sure instructions on ways to buy. Both buyer and seller meet effectively through the classified columns free press Quick action want ads. Joke s on him London june 29. Paterson scottish Engineer who in vented an air raid shelter which has proved highly successful decided yesterday he d better buy one for found he could t do it. Production was stopped after shelters had been distributed. Red Cross Selling Royal visit Booklet every Golf club in greater Winnipeg went into the retail Book business saturday in Aid of the Manitoba division of the red Cross. Frank Ryan director of publicity for the Manitoba division announced that More than copies of a Book published by the Stovel company depicting the visit of the King and Queen to Manitoba had been turned Over to the red Cross. The society in turn placed the books on Sale in All Golf club houses. The entire proceeds Are Lor the red Cross. Nazi fury unleashed upon peaceful Tow London june 29. Up peaceful Channel islands noted for their Low income and As a Holiday Paradise were strafed and bombed by nazi planes Friday with a death toll of equalling the total of air raid victims in All England and Scotland since the nazis began their night raids. The victims were civilians among the few remaining after the Island had been demilitarized and proclaimed As open towns and almost completely evacuated. A majority of the civilian population was transferred to eng land last week in a tragic and historic exodus. They left behind Field crops live Stock and most of their belongings and boarded up famous hotels and boarding houses. It was understood however that practically everything of food value which might be seized by German raiding parties was removed. Virtually All the remaining potato crop was lifted acres of Tomato plants were stripped and Many famous herds of Jersey and Guernsey cattle were shipped to England. Lasts 50 minutes the raid on Guernsey lasted 50 minutes. Low flying raiders continually circled the undefended islands dropping High explosive and incendiary bombs and blazing away with machine suns. An ambulance taking wounded to a Hospital was machine gunned and riddled with bullets. The wounded were transferred to another vehicle. The dead included police con stable Bougard. Shot through the head with a machine gun Bullet while on duty and Joseph Way an ambulance Driver. Exploding bombs Shook houses shops and hotels As if there were an earthquake. The casualties and most of the material damage occurred within a radius of about a mile in every direction. Houses at the strand in Guernsey were so badly damaged that families bad to abandon them. Windows of the Royal hotel were shattered. A Well known hostelry at the foot of one of the main streets was machine gunned. Burned to death men who crawled beneath trucks and cars were burned to death when bombs fired the vehicles. Planes circled Over the abandon German fliers bombed and strafed the open towns of the Channel islands shown at Bottom Centre map and killed 29 civilians. The meeting was called by James Jenkins president of the St. David s society in response to an Appeal from sir Robert Webber publisher of the Cardiff Western mail Wales made through w. Rupert Davies president of the Canadian press that members of. All Welsh societies in Canada be organized to Aid in the placing of children evacuated from Wales. Every Effort will be made said or. Jackson to put children in the same Type of Homes from which they came. The first groups will air raid continued on Page 5, column 4 left Manitoba red Cross resources being drained by heavy Calls the following statement on the finances of the Manitoba division of the Canadian red Cross society was released today from the Headquarters of the Manitoba division. Money received november 1939, Campaign and special expenditures National red Cross society Toronto material for Manitoba War work peacetime work and administration expenses including deficit prior to november 1939. Campaign and Campaign expenses Cash on hands this leaves a balance of Only to carry on All the War time activities the peacetime work and the administration expense until after the next Campaign commencing sept. 23. In outlining the use of the funds sent to the National red Cross. Victor Sefton president of the Manitoba division mentioned some of the contributions Canadian red Cross which society the has made to the British red Cross the Royal Navy and the merchant mar Ine special contributions to naval units at Halifax and Relief Grants to the allies. Or. Sifton mentioned specially that was required to erect and equip the Canadian red Cross society s base Hospital in England which has just recently been opened. In issuing this statement or. Sifton advised that it was the in Tention to publish ii statement each month showing exactly How the Manitoba division stands financially. This said or. Sifton belongs to the people of Manitoba. They subscribed generously to the red Cross Appeal last november and they Are continuing to support us in every possible Way. This said or. Sifton will show the people of Manitoba what a Large sum of Money is required to carry on essential red Cross work. The events of the last few weeks make it More than Ever imperative that we continue this he went on to say that inquiries and questions concerning expenses Manitoba red Cross Are of the always Welcome and will be answered. Haven of safety British refugee children May be sent to Manitoba it is fair to say that already Manitoba Homes Are prepared and suitable to receive children evacuated from great or. F. W. Jackson Deputy minister of health and Public welfare in Manitoba told a joint meeting of the Winnipeg St. David s society and the congregation of the first Welsh Church Sherbrook Street Friday night. Arrive in Manitoba about the Middle of july he announced when 250 or 300 Are expected. Further groups will come at weekly intervals after that but just How big the problem May ultimately become is impossible to say he said. It is quite Likely however he added that Manitoba will be called upon to take As Many As children in the course of a few months. Now that France has collapsed he said few foreign refugees will be sent to Canada. The bulk of the children will be British and be tween the Ages of four and 16. A committee was appointed to organize the work. It included eve. E. L. Lewis minister of the first Welsh Church chairman j. Farr mrs. C. Thomas mrs. W. H. Jones mrs. N. Fisher miss m. Farr and m. Edwards of the St. David s society offered to help in the stenographic work of the committee. Handled with ease by b. T. Richardson Ottawa ont., june 29. All that will be required from Mani Toba in the care of refugee children from the United kingdom will be provision for 250 children at the present time Hon. I. B. Griffiths said at the conclusion of a two Day conference on refugees at which he represented Manitoba. This quota will be handled with ease he said in View of the response already received. Demands upon Canadian hospitality May increase in emergency proportions it is Felt though just As quickly the turn of events May make the Transfer of Large numbers unnecessary. Hon. T. A. Crerar who is handling the refugee prob Lem is in constant touch with the British government and As a result of the inter provincial conference that ended last night Canada is ready to expand its refugee pro gramme to meet virtually any contingency. De Gaulle formally recognized British government backs attempts of general to form French legion London june 29. Cup Cable the British government has Given formal recognition to general Charles de Gaulle As the Leader of All free the ministry of information announced last night. Whatever happens in other parts of the world the French Volunteer legion will go ahead even if it is an isolated body of frenchmen in a spokesman for Gen. De Gaulle declared. Even if Gen. Eugene Mittlehauser commander in Syria and Gen. Auguste Nogues High commissioner for North Africa Lay Down their arms Gen. De Gaulle will continue forming his legion with the backing of the British government. Already he has enough men and officers in this country to form the legion which will be mechanized from British sources of Supply. Gen. De Gaulle will not be recognized As head of a government for the present at least Britain will continue diplomatic relations with Premier Petain s administration. There was no confirmation Here of reports that Gen. Mittlehauser has announced cessation of hostilities in Syria or that Gen. Nogues who is in military control of the vast area Between Senegal and Tunis will resist. May be another two or three Days before this whole complicated question of French resistance with in the colonial Empire becomes Clear. The position of the French Fleet still is obscure and May remain so until prime minister Churchill Speaks in the House of commons late next week possibly july 4. Gen. De Gaulle in a French Lan Guage broadcast last night said that the British government s decision to recognize him As Leader of free frenchmen was of deep Signi fic he said he had decided to take under his authority All frenchmen living in British territory and those who might eventually come to Bri Tish Gen. De Gaulle called upon generals and officers of the nigh com Mand and governors of the French Empire to communicate with him so that your forces can be combined for salvation of France and French territory Keport Reynaud in Hospital the Swiss radio broadcast a re port last night that former Premier Paul Reynaud of France had been taken to Hospital with minor Auto Mobile Accident injuries. Nothing was said As to the locale of the Accident. Leaving soon Bordeaux France june 27. Delayed a Transfer of the French government from Bordeaux is expected by the end of the week. German and Spanish reports have said the new capital will be Clermont Ferrand in unoccupied Central France German soldiers already sur round Bordeaux and some carrying sidearms have entered the City but there have been no incidents. Faces two wars London june 29. Ing the probable defection of most of the French despite appeals for them to fight on at Britain s Side Vernon Bartlett member of Parlia ment and commentator for the news chronicle said today that Britain alone must fight two faced with the possibility that the French african colonies will now or. Bartlett said the British government must be prepared to fight two wars the one West of Gibraltar and the other East of the Island of Pantelleria the it Alian fortress Between Sicily and it was for this reason he said that emergency Powers for the government of India were rushed through parliament this ambulance donated by women s Lodge grand Lodge daughters of eng land benevolent society has presented the Canadian red Cross with a fully equipped four Stretcher ambulance built to British military specifications. The society is pro posing to raise funds for the Pur Chase of another ambulance. Winnipeg Ger loses son on Eraser when Able bodied Seaman Rob Ert m. Kennedy left for Active ser vice with the Royal Canadian Navy his father. James Kennedy Hung a Union Jack on a huge Flag pole at the rear of his Home 416 Talbot Avenue. It was to Fly proudly until Young Kennedy re turned. Friday morning a gust of wind ripped the Flag in half Robert m. Kennedy Friday afternoon word was received that Bob had been killed when . Fraser Sank off the coast of France following a collision. In the casualty list his address was Given As 1117 Hillside Avenue Victoria b.c., but he was actually a native of Winnipeg. Andrew More son of mrs. Mar Garet More of 338 Young Street was also lost in the sinking. Seaman Kennedy aged 24, was born Here and attended lord Sel Kirk school. Five years ago he joined the sea cadets and then the . He joined the Perman ent Navy two years ago and was married about the same time. A treasured souvenir of his Par Andrew Moke ends is a Silver trophy he won last year in a . Boxing tournament in Vancouver. Kennedy s last leave was in nov Ember at which time his baby daughter Roberta was born. He told his wife who resides in a Carlton Street Rooming House that following service in Jamaica he would visit Winnipeg again but his plans were apparently changed and his boat went to France in Stead. Other survivors Are his parents one sister mrs. D. J. Whitehead Saskatoon and two Brothers James and David at Home ;