Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 01, 1940, Winnipeg, Manitoba Page eight. Press monday july 1, 1940 Low in wheat at Chicago o Chicago july mar Betings of new crop carried july and september wheat futures to new seasonal lows at Chicago when renewed hedging pressure found sup port thin. Prices were 1% to 2vs cents lower at 11 ., Central Stan Dard time. Minneapolis was cent Sigher to h cent lower when taken at the same time. General Selling came into wheat at the opening but milling inter ests were Good buyers of the july and september on the recession. Cent Market Export Kansas City was to lower. Winnipeg s wheat was closed for a Holiday interest appeared Light. Skies were partly Cloudy Over the Southwest Early monday and scattered Rains were reported Over the week end. Northwest conditions were reported generally Clear. Buenos Aires Buenos Aires wheat at Al Was h4 cents to cent higher while Corn was Oft i cent. Other grains were unchanged. Australia and Argentina plan Large wheat acreage Broomhall comment h in. 7 in. I 153 in. 120 in. In. Defence of Canada penalty at Brandon Brandon man., july 1. Special of utterances in the Ivers District detrimental to can a s War Effort Kornelius Veen ass was fined and costs and sentenced to two weeks in jail in Ity police court saturday. The targe was Laid by Royal Canadian counted police under the defence Canada regulations. Tom Wilson went to jail for one Veek on a disorderly charge with concurrent term for common As Ault Joe Katkoski Nick Shad Ock and Nick Kaminiski guilty of assaulting a Canadian Pacific rail a policeman were remanded for sentence for one week. The Trio in be meantime were released on Neir own recognizance. 25% 38% 8 a 353-i 32% 30% 50is 31 in. A 39 in. Tva in. Vun. In. In Vun. A in. Liun. In. In. In. In. Savings deposits Ottawa july 1 up notice savings deposits in Canadian chartered Banks on May 31 totalled compared with april 30 and 561 the same Date last year it was shown today in the monthly state ment issued by the finance depart ment. Notes in circulation Rose to from my Call Loans in Canada dropped to from and and current Loans in Canada were against and the statement follows May 31.mo Al. S steel production nears capacity Cleveland july 1. Benefit of expected heavy steel requirements for National defence steel Mill production continues at a rate within reaching distance of practical capacity the Magazine steel says. Delivery dates Are being advanced under the accumulation of Mill backlogs. Buyers Are adding to inventory As a safeguard against expected curtailment of supplies defence measures bring orders to the Bills with perhaps priority pro Reserve fund.5 note Cir Ltd demand depos. Notice depus., depos. Outside Canada by. Can notes depos. With by. Of Canada get. And other securities Hall Loans can. Loans else. Cur. Loans can cur. Loans else Otal liabilities Otal assets 4b7.114.635 earnings London tin London july 1. A tin steady spot 10s bid asked future 5s bid 10s asked. The richest Man in Babylon tells his system for card or phone Call brings you a free copy of this Book. The Universal life Assurance a annuity co. 505 Paris a ump a. Phone 95 723. Gatineau Power Ottawa july 1. Power company reports Consoli dated Revenue of in the first Quarter of 1940 compared with in the same period last year. Kootenay Power Montreal july. 1. Of s4.004 is reported by East Koonmay Power company limited in net earnings of for May against in the corresponding month of 1939. Central Patricia Toronto. July 1. Up Central Patricia Gold mines limited Cen trial Patricia ont.1 had an estimated net profit of s158.822 in the three months ending March against in the same Quarter of 1939 London quotations London. July 1. A British Stock closings in Sterling Anglo am. Of so. Africa 17s 6d Austin motor a 10s Babcock Wilcox 32s Carreras a mining c Onsol. Golt Fields 23s 9d court aulds 25s Crown sex div. Brit. Am Tob 63s East Geduld sex div Ford. 15s Gen. Elec., 60s hic. Imp. Tob., 82s 6d Len Midland Metal Box 60s mex Eagle 3s 3d Minin Trust is 3d Rand. Sex div. . Springs. 17s 6d, sex div. United steel 15s Vente Spost 17s go sex div. Vickers 12s 6d Woolworth 44s. 2vi per cent Consols Brit. 3% per cent War loan. Brit. Funding 4 s. 1960-90, German 5 a 1924, Teck Huj jes Gold mines limited lad a net profit of for he nine months ended May 31 according to an interim report is sued during the week end. This compared with in the same period of the previous j ear operating costs dropped from to and operating profit of compared with production advanced from to an in crease of Book value sharply reduced Minneapolis july 1. Cap an advisory report on reorganization of the Minnesota and Ontario paper company filed by the United state securities Exchange commis Sion places the valuation of the concern at compare with present Book value of Abou it was revealed Here. The report filed with the federa District court for study before the reorganization hearings Are resumed july 15, approves in general a reorganization plan proposed a trustees of the company last dec. Under the Federal bankruptcy ac1 More business Ottawa july 1. Up the amount of cheques cashed at Clear ing centres in Canada during maj totalled compare with in May 1939, gain of 17.6 per cent the Domin Ion Bureau of statistics reported saturday. No Celebration London july 1. Up Cable Canada s anniversary of confederation today was not Given the Cus Celebration by canadians in London due to the War. Brandon social notes Brandon man., july 1. Special d. W. Coburn and children Etty Billy and Bobby of tort Villiam arrived sunday to visit in former s parents judge and irs. S. E. Clement for a month. Irs. H. J. Clement of Winnipeg is Ilso their guest for a few Days. 9 if mrs. K. R. Mcbain of Winnipeg pent the week end at the Home of or father or. F. A. Lewis. Mrs. A. R. Knight and two Chil Ren. Of Toronto have arrived to Eside Here for the next two months. Flight Lieut. Knight has Een in the City for several months organizing Manning depot no. 2 . Misses Harriet Mildred and Gwen Boyes left Over the week end by motor for Saskatoon where they vill visit or. And mrs. Fred Boyes or a week. Mrs. R. H Cross left wednesday o visit in Oshawa and other Points n Ontario for a month. A or. James Morrow of Winnipeg As a week end guest of inspector and mrs. A. G. Marsom. Miss m. Almena Yeomans will eave monday for Duck Mountain she will be an instruct Ress t the summer school for six weeks. Miss Mildred Donnelly of Cal Ary is visiting her parents or. And mrs. E. J. Donnelly for a few weeks. Or. Leslie Groves has left for Oronto to join the . Miss Irene Heywood is spending Lis week at Runciman sask., the West of or. And mrs. Harry Fitton. Or. And mrs. T. L. Jones of re Ina arrived Friday to visit the ormer s parents or. And mrs. W. Jones for a few Days. A or. William Mccreary of Riorden man., was a week end West of Ven. Archdeacon and mrs. Heywood miss Margaret Doak will Leavic monday to attend the Duck Moi Ain summer school for the next six weeks. Or. Arid mrs. A e. Mckenzie and miss Marjorie Mckenzie have re turned from Chicago and Louisville there they have been visiting for he past month. Miss Kathleen Mckenzie of Boston accompanied them Home and will spend the Ummer Here. Ready to score for Britain these Canadian naval men among the first to arrive in eng land augment their guns with baseball bats symbolizing their intention of knocking for a Loop any enemy ships attempting an in Vasion of the motherland. Theirs was one of the first of the growing Stream of Canadian warships to Cross the Atlantic for the purpose of patrolling Britain s shores. Vital Point captured disastrous month the Garrison at the strategic port of Heni Rumania situated at the Junction of the Danube and the put Rivers was captured last night by Russia s latest War tanks. Else where along the prut which Rumania intended As the limit of russian occupation the red army crossed the liver amid bloody fighting with rumanian troops who refused to withdraw. Rumania has agreed to cede the Northern part of Bukovina Bessarabia 2 and control of the ports of Dulcea and Constanta 3 to Russia. Troops have been sent to the Frontier to defend Transylvania against attack from Hungary and Dobrija against attacks from Bulgaria. Bound for the comparative safety of Little French girl is pictured in the French Seaside town where she embarked for Britain in mass evacuation of French civilians As they fled the nazis. Second. Rifae hardball game Between Birtle and sol Girth was a tie. As Daylight failed. R. Mccann Birtle won the singles in horseshoes d. Mclntyre and j. Lindsay Vita the doubles. Portage ambulance fund Portage la Prairie man., july 1. Special the ambulance fund realized the total asked and will be the gift of the Urban and Rural municipality of Portage was the information Given by or. Walter Dalzell saturday who expressed appreciation from the Canadian ked Cross association. Shilo band at Kenton Kenton man., july 1. The Queen s own Cameron High Landers pipe band of Shilo Camp gave a band concert in the school grounds Friday evening. The entire proceeds Are to be donated to the red Cross. By Taylor Henry san Sebastian Spain july 1. Casualties in the disastrous final month of the War with Germany a tire estimated unofficially today at men most of them listed As dead or missing. It took Hitler s mechanized army approximately one month to destroy what 60 Days ago still was described As the most efficient military machine in the world the French to Over run and occupy n its Blitzkrieg More than half of trance. When France decided on june 12 o plead for an armistice the Situa Tion was so desperate it is reliably reported that Gen. Weygand told he historic Midnight meeting of he French Cabinet in a chateau near Tours that the French army iad Only cartridges enough to last three More Days. French ministers who had watched the army melt away along the Ine of the Somme and Aisne Rivers were As the Generalissimo described How the germans advanced slaughtering men who no longer Lave the Means to defend them financial paper quits Philadelphia july 1. Philadelphia financial journal sus Pended publication saturday after More than 40 years because eco nomic factors Are Mary Francis University of Toronto Frishette is taking daily workouts to get in rim for a trip by bicycle this summer. She is a member of the american youth hostels fourth annual rolling uth Hostel group. With 25 others miss Francis will travel Miles through Canada and u.s., but Miles of the trip will be by rail. Rural red Cross societies sports. At Lyleton Lyleton man., july 1. With seven baseball teams com petting in the feature event Lyle ton staged a successful sports Day june 27. Antler ., won first prize Lyleton second and Good lands third. Others were Melita Elmore Pierson and Coulte Vale. N softball Pierson won the final from Lyleton Gainsborough Coulter and Coulte Vale also entered. The proceeds of the Day were de voted to the red Cross. Sports at sol Girth sol Firth man., july it. Special proceeds of sol Girth s sports Day june 26, about were turned Over to the red Cross society. There were 15 entries in softball and hardball the winners being soft Ball men Crandall sol Girth Sec Ond. Ladies Crandall Rossburn Avne Mcdonnell Bride to be of Henry Ford 2nd grandson of the automobile manufacturer is ready for a dip a Southampton . Miss Mcdon Nell is a daughter of or. And mrs James f. Mcdonnell of new York City and Southampton. French casualties estimated at dead or missing Taylor Henry was accredited associated press correspondent with the the full collapse of France As a military Power is just beginning o be realized in France itself. The destruction of the army left. The nation stunned. French leaders including mar Shal Henri Petain whose tragic task it was to sue for peace now say that the collapse of the army was due to three l of equipment. 2. Lack of manpower. 3. Lack of determination the Lack of equipment which is emphasized As the outstanding Rea son for France s defeat centred in and tanks Germany s main weapons. In a radio speech to the nation Petain admitted German air superiority was six to one. Time and again i saw three or four French Pursuit ships Rise to attack squad Rons of 60 to 80 German bombers protected by 40 to 60 chasers. The organized their attack aviation so As to make simultaneous use of dive bombers and machine gunning hedge hop pers. They were Able to hurl 300 and 400 planes against a live mile sector of the French front. When the Blitzkrieg started with a German attack against Holland and Belgium the entire French at tack aviation numbered Only 510 planes. Only in november it was Only in november two a months after the War started that the French began training attack aviation Crews for the highly specialized types of aurial warfare. In tanks the German numerical superiority was less marked Al though modern equipment and concentration of attack made the effect almost the same. The germans apparently used 12 Panzer armoured divisions in the Battle of France each numbering at least 500 tanks. The most optimistic estimate of the French tanks was about and Many of these were far from modern. In general Andre corp s ninth army which was along the Meuse in the German s first main break through i saw 1918-Vintage tanks in action. The Lack of communication and transport equipment in corp s army was so pronounced that a member of his general staff told me two Days before it was captured by the nazis that there was Only the flimsiest of Liaison Between army Headquarters and the Genera staff. Two More italian a boats sunk London july 1. Admiralty announced saturday that two More italian submarines have been sunk. A. Brief communique said the comr Aander in chief East indies reports further successes by his forces. Two More italian u boats have been previously seven italian sub marines had been announced As sunk Italy had 104 submarines to september 1939. Margaret e. Faulkner of Oakville ont whose lightning fingers raced at 121 words a minute to win the world s Amateur Speed typing championship in Chicago. Well known As a Middle Debunce swimmer miss Faulkner was can Ada s Only entry in the main event of the St annual internat Oil commercial schools contest. Central committee formed at Dauphin Dauphin man., july 1. Be civil Central committee for the Dib Phin provincial constituency t set up saturday to promote the Sale of War savings certificates Stamps. The committee represent the town of Dauphin and the Rural area. Heading the committee he is mayor j. E. Ramsden with Robert Hawkins organizer miss e. Town Secretary executive a. J. Fulker son Reeve m. F. Szewel Zyruk Valley River a. J. Marsh a j White h. E. Hamilton h. L. Heath j. J. Grant mrs. D. D. Mcdonald mrs. William Mcclernon am Thomas Warnock. Each member has a special Field to cover. Pioneers of Arthur rally at sour Isford Melita man., july 1. Special the 41st-annual rally of the Arthur pioneers association was held Coulter Park sour Isford june 28. Many visitors were present from surrounding towns and Rural districts including a. Number Irum North Dakota. Judge Acheson of bottle Neil county Ben Wright port master of Antler who pioneered in sour Isford District Rev. David Clark Spokane Wash who is spending a few months neat the Border in North d. Lamont t. Loucks r. Stinson m. P. Floyd w. F. Cosgrove a. R Pitt m. La were speakers on afternoon programme. Or. A., mat Tice Secretary read names of 32 pioneers who have passed away during the year. Melita citizens band. Jack Kenner Leader assisted Colony Street Between Ellice and Portage ave. 100 it. X 120 it this excellent com m e r c i a 1 property for Sale. Apply nation Alt rust co. Ltd. 250 . Pm. 95 i ;