Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 01, 1940, Winnipeg, Manitoba Final Winnipeg free press pages. Sun rises 4.23 Sun. Sets Moon rises 1.47 Moon sets. 16.49. Winnipeg monday july 1, 1940 p neral War looms in Balkans seek Africa British Isles and Ukraine London. July 1. Up Hitler is planning moves following his lightning Conquest of France Ted countries according to a Story by the diplomatic correspondent of the sunday signs Point to War tuning to shoot chutes they Are 1. A German Africa with wily i Aid. 2 German invasion of Britain. 3. A lightning thrust at the soviet Ukraine. I he said it was known whether Lihe attack on Africa would precede fellow or synchronize with the at cd on Britain and added that the Nican planned to take j Tiace both from Italy and through Spain. The of the italian armistice items. To the correspond-1 was to mobilize the resist a lace of the French colonial Empire that at the psychological moment he Axis May grab it without j Weifen. Spain s recompense allowing herself to be the Chanel for an Axis attack on Africa is o be Gibraltar and some territory i Morocco. The african plan is in three sages the correspondent said the military seizure of the colonial Empire of North Africa. 2. Military seizure of French Africa and also the Bel Gian Congo. 1 political immobilization of and the South african Union. Four nations Are involved Bucharest july Balkan powder Keg ignited by the russian invasion of Rumania proper As Well As the ceded territories of Bessarabia and Bukovina today was flaming into what appeared a general explosion. Com plete chaos appeared to be spreading throughout the entire area Avith lightning Speed As reports came in Swift Success Ion that rumanian troops were battling against russian hungarian and bulgarian forces. A Turkey guarding bulgarian front ears red drive Winnipeg Man gravely Hurt in Accident Warren minn., july 1. Allan Kent. 35. Winnipeg was in a critical condition in a Hospital today from a fractured Skull received in an automobile Accident North of Here. Saturday. Throe other Winnipeg residents received minor injuries when the driven by Kent struck a rough spot the Highway and Over turned in a Thev were Andrew Brown. 27 Waller 20. And Hilda Gilbert 24. The Young women returned to Winnipeg last night. Reynaud injured Berne. July 1. Rey bid former French Premier is in an emergency Hospital in Mont Pelier in Southern France in Seri re condition As the result of an automobile Accident Friday the Swiss telegraphic Agency reported last night. He suffered a head in Jet. The report said. Sea air Battle Washington july 1. Cap Evi Dence appears to be accumulating that the single word War is the answer to the question what is Russia up this is not to suggest that Josef Stalin has decided on a bold Chal Lenge to the nazi juggernaut but that Moscow now is convinced that in the scheme of the Axis dictators Russia is next after great Britain and is getting ready. It is an Over simplified and obvious interpretation of the seizure of Bessarabia. It May be significant nevertheless that it is held firmly by a Large body of extremely Well informed opinion in Washington. Shift eastward predicted from one Quarter with Access to official advices comes the prediction that the War will shift East Ward in september with a head on lash Between the nazis and their recent russian partners in Power politics. Lest this prediction be dismissed As Guesswork it is a matter of re Cord that the Roosevelt administration was advised months in and Vance that May 10 had been set As the Date for the German invasion of the Netherlands. There also Lave been other instances where the time table of the War has been published in Advance. The View that Moscow is preparing for a clash it considers inevitable is one of three principal interpretations of the Balkan move that seems to have caught Berlin off guard. It is supported How Ever by virtually every major development in Eastern Europe since the War started. It could be of course that Bol Shevik. Russia lately As imperialistic As Russia of the czars merely is continuing to grab while the grabbing is Good neither the Axis dictators nor great Britain being in a position for the moment to oppose. Berlin apparently taker Aback when the red started moving into Bessarabia on the heeds of a Short ultimatum undertakes now to spread the impression that the occupation was in Accord with last August s compact by which Russia became a passive partner of the Axis. Both these alternative explanations fail to carry full conviction in a detachment of Par shots organization de signed to take cure of Parachute troops that May be dropped in the expected invasion of England is shown at practice under the supervision of a gun Nery expert somewhere in England. The Par shots Are using rifles and shotguns ammunition being supplied by the government. Targets Are Clay pigeons and toy balloons. Hurricane swoop . Craft spread havoc among nazi fighter planes London july air Force planes shot Down five German Messerschmidt planes Over France yesterday and probably destroyed seven More it was officially reported in Lon Don today. Ministry announcement said British Hurricane fighters shot Down the enemy planes 7 German planes were encountered in which were Messerschmidt 109s, and that in several engagements. The win commander of the Hurricane for mation shot Down three enemy fighters q in the Athens. July 1. Be h Een British naval units and ital Ian aircraft. Saturday off the North Cost coast Crete was reported Here today. The ships were too is off Faure for const observers to determine the result. Five Indian girls drown user River minn., june 30. A five Indian of them today in Little Lake 15 Miles North West of Here when their Rowboat capsized near Shore. Road to War continued on Page 6, column 4 donations Ottawa july 1. Its of Money to the government to Aid in Canada s War Effort have reached a total of the director of Public information announced saturday. Contributions from All Corners of the Dominion Are Heing received daily by he finance department. Flames follow bombing London july 1 planes bombed England Scotland and Wales today in a continuation of raids regarded As Only the prelude to an Early German attempt at in Vasion in full Force. This morning s attacks were met by intensive defensive activity both from fighter planes and anti air Craft batteries. The German planes apparently struck their heaviest blows in North East scottish areas and started a number of fires. But a communique from the air ministry and ministry of Home Security announced no serious damage or casualties from any of the bombings with injury to Only one person reported. A subsequent communique said enemy activity Over great Bri Tain last night was on a smaller scale a few bombs were dropped in South Wales and near the East coast but nothing of any importance was achieved. The Only casualty reported is one person slightly two persons were reported killed and eight injured in German raids saturday night. In today s raids the German bombers loosed incendiary bombs ministry said. The. Air ministry last night re ported that British planes Are continuing 1o disrupt German preparations for an invasion attack on Britain. The Royal air Force having won initiative in the air from Germany staged two Daylight raids yesterday on military objectives in France hard up Orr the heels of night attacks on a widespread Region in Germany. An air ministry bulletin Indi ated four attacks were made on Germany and German held Terri swooped o n the nazi air Hase at Berville and bombed grounded German aircraft. In the afternoon Loyal air Force bombs left rolling Stock ablaze in an attack on a Yard North of. Abbeville. Saturday afternoon British bombs struck a Hanger at Abbeville Naai Aie attacks continued on Page 2, column 6 raids on Britain continued on Page 6, column 1 German order Berlin july 1. Foreign office today advised the United states government to discontinue All diplomatic missions in Norway Belgium Luxembourg and the Netherlands. The missions must be discont used by july 15. The foreign office informed the United states embassy that All political questions affecting thes countries must be taken up through the Mission in Berlin. German downed London july 1 Ger Man bomber was reported shot Down by anti aircraft guns in Northeast England shortly be fore noon today. A second Ger Man plane was reported brought Down shortly afterwards. Ory within 24 hours. Yesterday morning raiders Eritrea Border broken Cairo july 1. Up reports reaching Here from Khartoum yesterday said that fast striking Brit ish mechanized units have smashed through the Border defences of Eritrea and inflicted heavy casual ties. Extent of the advances was not disclosed. In the hot Rocky badlands East or Kassala the despatches said two British Light armoured vehicles at tacking with machine guns routed an italian cavalry corps of men. Fifty men were reported Russia was reported to be throwing a tremendous mass of tanks armoured cars and mechanized artillery into occupied rumanian territory Over which russian planes were swarming. At the same time despatches from Budapest told of clashes Between hungarians and rumanian massed along the Frontier and said Hun Gary mobilizing More troops. The clashes brought a formal protest by Hungary to Rumania charging rumanian troops had moved too close to the Frontier and had fired across it killing at least three citizens. It also was reported that clashes Between military patrols had occurred on the bulgarian Frontier of Rumania and that casualties had occurred. Nazis concerned speculation continued in Diplo Matic circles As to the attitude of Germany toward the russian inva Sion and there were persistent rumours that the nazis were concerned about the russian Advance closer to the rumanian Oil centres of Buzgau and Plesti. Official German and rumanian sources refused confirmation of re ports of friction however and soviet legation sources denied there had been any friction with the Ger mans or any clashes with rumanian troops. They also denied that rus Sia planned to take Over any Terri tory other than that ceded by re mania. The informants who Are close to the rumanian Palace Cabi net declared that the government at Rome and Berlin had promised Rumania land and air assistance if Russia made further attempts to overstep the line of territorial demarcation agreed upon by Carol in ceding Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina to the soviet. Troops by air refugees arriving in Bucharest from the ceded territory said that thousands of red forces were being landed by Parachute ahead Ankara july turkish troop concentrations were reported near the bulgarian Frontier today on the Chance Russia might thrust through Rumania and Bulgaria toward the Dardan Elles Straits that link the Black sea and Mediterranean. The haste with which the russians were to plete the rumanian occupation Lent weight fears that their next move might be an immediate drive toward the Straits. Or. Douglas retired health officer Dies or. A. J. Douglas for almost 40 years head of the Public health administration in Winnipeg died at Winnipeg general Hospital at 9.25 . Sunday. Prior to his retirement Little More than a year ago or. Douglas had been in the civic service As medical health officer of Winnipeg since 1900, and in this capacity he is credited with keeping any serious epidemic from striking the City for 20 years. He was a member of the staff of the Manitoba medical College where he lectured on Public killed before the cavalry spurred to shelter in the Hills. British raiders paid a repeat visit to Al Gubbi Libya bombing troops and aircraft an air Force bulletin said a Large Force of italian planes engaged . Raiders in a Sharp fight in which two British planes were lost italian War continued on Page 6, column 2 British and . Women children leave Hong Kong Hong july 1. Ish women and children began flee ing to the safety of the Philippines and Australia today fearing a Jap anese attack on Hong Kong. The american liner president Coolidge ordered to return is due to sail at Midnight for Manila and it is believed she will be Laden to capacity with britons and Ameri cans. The . Gunboats Tulsa and Asheville of the United states far East Fleet stood by Here. Japanese troops Here now occupied territory opposite Hong Kong All the Way from the Canton River on the West to Mirs Bay on the East and Are in position to carry out their threat to blockade Hong Kong so As to prevent supplies from going to demand firmer stand Tokyo july 1. Bup Gen. Shunroku Hata War minister has handed Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai the Premier a statement of policy which insists on a firmer stand toward interference by out Side nations in affairs of the far East it was reported today. The it was said based its statement on a radio speech made japanese continued on Page 2, column 5 Balkans continued on Page 6, column 1 natives unite to Battle italian troops by Richard Mowrer Cairo july 1. Special can to authoritative information reaching the British Here the dissident tribesmen of Goddam have formed a committee to unify their operations against the italians. This brings to mind the fact that last april in the an Kobar area Ras ran a Aragi and his warriors caused enough trouble to compel the italians to Send out men to perform what Rome Calls police operations. And the has is still at Large. It will also be recalled that be fore the present european War ethiopian chiefs repeatedly approached the British for supplies and munitions. At that time the British turned Down those requests obliging the ethiopians to capture ammunition from italian convoys. Now there is reason to believe that the a subdued ethiopians Are no longer dependent on italian convoys for their the ethiopian Rainy season continues until november and nothing More spectacular than guerrilla warfare is anticipated for the time being but although the italians have built Good roads their military mobility in Ethiopia remains Lim Ted to those roads. Or. A. J. Douglas health for seven years and was stil on the College s honorary staff a the time of his death. Friday h fell downstairs and saturday a taken to the Winnipeg Genera Hospital for treatment of a Hea injury. Born in Ernfrid ont in 1374, he at tended the University of Manitoba taking his . In 1893, his and . In 1897. He furthered i education at Mcgill and later in England. He was a fellow of the Royal College of physicians am received the honorary degree o . From the University of Mani in 1937. After a year As House surgeon in Winnipeg general Hospital and after he had been some time in England he took up a general practice wit an office in the Mclntyre Block Only a few months later on the retirement of or. M. S. Inglis the or. Douglas continued on Page 6. Column 5 temperature readings 8.00 a.m., july 1 9.00 a.m., july 1 10.00 a.m., july 1 11.00 a.m., july 1 land at Gibraltar i reports from Budapest said that diplomatic circles there asserted that Russia has asked Turkey for permission to participate in defence of the Dardanelles. This was interpreted As a Defin Ite indication that Russia has embarked on a further programme of solidifying her defences against possible attack from the a hold on the vital Dardanelles As a major russian goal. It intensified the belief that Russia was prepared to try a far reaching penetration into South East Europe boldly clashing with he interests of Germany. This belief appeared last night to ave silenced other Balkan revisionist claims that grew Sharp when Russia took Over Bessarabia and Northern Bucovina from re mania. Instead attention was centred on possible development of grave issues Between the Axis Powers and tie soviets with the Balkans inned Between the two. In the Black sea an increased turkish Fleet continued patrol activities. Diplomatic circles watched the developments closely in View of sports that Axis Powers have As ured Rumania they would lend clash continued on Page 6. Column 2 germans occupy two Isles Berlin july 1. A by radio Berlin radio asserted to Day that the islands of Guernsey and Jersey in the English Chan Nel have been occupied by Ger Man troops. Britain demilitarized the Channel islands and withdrew All armed forces from them the German High command said nazi forces landed on Guernsey yesterday and Jersey today. These two islands lie much closer to the German occupied French coast than to England and probably were considered pm defensible by the British command Cadiz Spain july 1. French air planes flown by i aviators at Odds with the Petain avg government were reported today Fri to have landed at Gibraltar. Several were said to have cracked up Landing and one which crossed p Over Spanish soil was fired at by Spanish anti aircraft batteries. J Happy Holiday of to be an actor film Folk Lead in salary Parade Warner Baxter Washington july 1. Teen of the 25 highest corporation salaries paid in the United states in 1938 went to movie stars and executives the Federal Treasury disclosed today. A salary to Louis b. Mayer head of metro Goldwyn Mayer pictures topped them All. The rankings appeared in a Treasury list supplementing an earlier list issued in january of All corporation salaries in excess the two lists for Sidd totalled 650 persons. The information is gathered for corporation income tax returns and made pub Lic As required by Law. Here Are the 25 highest compensations reported by the Treasury counting Only salaries bonuses commissions and fees during 1938 or fiscal years including part of 1938, but not dividends interest and other order Louis b. Mayer. E. A. Countway. President lever Broth ers company j Watson business president machines International corporation Claudette Colbert 944 Bing Crosby Irene Dunne Eugene g. Grace president Bethlehem steel corporation Charles Boyer Wallace Beery Gary Grant George w. Hill president american tobacco company Hunt Strom Berg film producer. Shir Ley Temple Joan Craw Ford William s. Knudsen president. General motors Corpora Tion Mervyn. Leroy film Tor Warner Baxter 807 Edward c. Stone United states manager employers liability Assurance corporation limited Nicholas m. Schenck president of Loew s. Inc., and my a 673 Clark Gable Greta Garbo Fred Astaire and Darryl l Zanuck film producer Shirley Temple s huge salary was nearly double her nearest Chila competitor. Shirley got Deanna Durbin the Winnipeg born of tractor Norma Shearer Star Ana Frank Capra film direct Tholo Mew Winni Eggers Start Early to celebrate Dominion Day Winnipeg citizens were up Bright and Early monday morning ready to enjoy a real Happy Dominion Day Holiday. Thousands made Early starts to the various beaches and summer reports travelling by train and Auto. Others swarmed to the Parks for picnics while still others made their Way to the annual scottish snorts at Polo Park where they watched the sports and listened to the bagpipes. Golf courses were crowded while baseball ionized. Parks was watched with interest. Hundreds of citizens whose Homes Are in the province took the Opportunity of paying a visit Over the Long week end and buses did e thriving business. Many attended Carman fair. The Weatherman was kind to games were Well Pat Cricket too at the two cloudless sky. Those who remained at Home spent an enjoyable Day in their gardens and others simply made themselves comfortable be Neath a Shady tree or an awning and enjoyed a Day of Complete relaxation. In the evening at 8.30 o clock crowds expected to flock to Osborne , where Winnipeg Ramblers meet Moose jaw royals in a girls soft Ball feature. Proceeds will go toward funds of the athletic patriotic association. Rumor penalty Deanna a juror. Uie a Star s174916. And Freddie bar those who had the Day off alcu., i Bright Sun beamed Down from a London july 1. Jacques 25. A member of used women auxiliary air forced 16 played As a Telephone old 157 was sent to jail for three died 19 today for repeating a raring now parachutists had landed Lish town. Previ missing ;