Winnipeg Free Press

Saturday, January 23, 1943

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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 23, 1943, Winnipeg, Manitoba Page Winnipeg free press saturday january 23, 1943 first eighth armies Only 300 Miles apart London Jan. Axis forces on the continent of Africa were pressed today Between two great Allied armies now Only 300 Miles apart As. The triumphant British 8th army swarmed through Tripoli the largest and richest City of the italian Empire and rushed on beyond intent upon trapping the remainder of the beaten afrika Korps. _ a terrific Battle believed to and ichor the corridor be Axis of the North. Presumably of Tripoli the italians once pretentious the Orrid to . A african for practical elements army. The nazi of eighth pans purposes Only 300 Miles by land Separ Headquarters n Orch ated the forces of Cid Enlal the British first the Ameri duly. Sorn Jean if i army my French i in Tunisia. Only 200 Miles a pit Sileci them air and i and planes from Africa Tripoli i Lii pounding afrika . A i Best it v or lapped in an of the fleeing believed the Axis planned to Light Only a delaying action in Northern Tunisia. Germans that the Crucs been encircled their european defences be Knirr thu British to j fore the allies swarm on to the trap had been fru Etrata cd. Continent. Alicd had indicated besides being a great a was of great to the ranged potential Benefit to the allies. It Korps it quit the n magnificent Harbor pres n Africa and i Complete with wrecked ships def Troy to in Southeastern a american and British i by Berj. Great caste Benito air drome 10 Miles South of Tripoli. Mai Oil officially to have died january id As gunshot wounds while a nailed in the Scot guards in Lon the Aye of 16 five years police then to the Newcastle police to Winnipeg in 1929. He was a , fir battalion Hoyt Winnipeg unit in August 1941. Survived by his parents. Or. More about strike continued from i age one provincial is tuition workers of America recommend and expect our members in the steel plants involved to accept the settlement and to immediately re turn to the making of steel which is so necessary to our War Effort. After a week careful review of the Canadian steel situation we believe the original demands of the workers to be entirely justified but we think the present settlement is a decisive gain toward the objective of the steel workers and provides machinery for ultimately reaching their goal. On behalf of president Philip Murray and ourselves we wish to express our very deep appreciation for the kindness and courteous treatment we have received from prime minister Mackenzie King labor minister Mitchell and other members of the Cabinet who have All worked hard and diligently while resolving this very difficult principal demand of the . In the strike has been establishment of a minimum wage rate of 55 of or Justice Richards Winnipeg who according More about coldwell continued from Page one of to usher in a new Era of brother 4 time had been placed in the hands of representatives of powerful Fin Ancial Industrial and business interests. The work should be done by National administrators paid Only by the state and responsible to the people s representatives said or. Cold Well. Having effected a change to a full working democracy in War planning the . Using the experience gained would retain All the economic controls and social agencies necessary for the maintenance of full employment in the Post War period. Or. Coldwell said. Regimentation of unemployed we dare not sentence millions of our citizens to the regimentation of unemployment Relief and want to which the advocates of rugged to individualism boomed the nation Ottawa reports May be appointed in the 10 dreary years before the new chairman of the National War labor Board. Local issued an announcement that it was pleased to hear that negotiations in Ottawa aimed at end ing the dispute which closed the cents an hour plus Cost of living Plant of the Algoma steel Corpora and mrs. William in its original strike settlement Tion Here nine Days ago have not completely broken Haven Scotland his widow made Public last tuesday thai the statement was made after the and nine year old daughter Valerie residing at g Victory apartments one brother William Jamieson Swan River Man. And two Sisters living in England. Triumphal Arch 10 Day the Icin Jernard s Desei a hardened swinging narrow reels 01 Tripoli and under the Marble j will give the allies a nearby base for operations against the Axis in Moke about from i Aye one of i of the Don and donets and radio Morocco said the Axis novy Yek Onk m my Retreat was no1.1. A Complete rout. Salsa. Bliia up military installations cavalry wiped out East of arc built. A column the germans and italians the Caesars j understood to have blown up Many military installations in Tripoli a had bypassed Tripoli moved ahead in Zuara 70 Miles 01 Tripoli along that was a graveyard of Axis tanks trucks and troops. Beyond the Border Lay the old French Mareth line of forts. Ben Gardane 20 Miles inside Tunisia meat nine 4ej Miles West o Ben and gabes 43 North of Ltd nine. He first big base for a new thrill in with Clear natural accepted by the american ass n Council m therapy Etas enable prices. Free trial convenient terms. 400 sold 86 764 it takes More than cd ssh to revive a Balky Battery be for anything the what her Man thinks up. Save your time. Torii by. Car by a ready 1o plump to its Job. Nilan s 4 new machines before Ulicy Tunisia with Ine gunning British and american planes flocking Over them like sea gulls. Reconnaissance reports said most of the afrika Korps was across the Pur fled West toward bombing and Mach Border and for All practical the Sun had set on Benito Mussolini s dream of an italian Empire. One Hundred Miles or less of Barren coastline was left the ital ians and they with their nazi allies were fleeing from it without thought of fight. A Middle Eastern command com to Munique yesterday reported a col a Diome time of the eighth army South of Tripoli. Observers believed this column had by passed Tripoli and the noon communique reported thai in the North caucasus the rus during the night wiped out two squadrons of enemy cavalry perhaps men who tried to defend the approaches to a big in habited place. The russians Here captured 100 motor trucks an air plane bomb dump a hand grenade dump 75 motor trucks Laden with supplies a Grain depot and 4.000 government offered to establish a minimum Basic rate of 55 cents an hour including Cost of living Bonus. It was not known How this Dif Ference Between the government and the Union had been resolved. It was understood that during the last several Days one of the principal suggestions under consideration Here was that a Basic minimum wage of 55 cents an hour be established and that the ques Tion of Cost of living Bonus pay ments and retroactive pay Byj left up la the National War labor Board. The Bonus now paid is five cents an hour a the Sault and nine cents at Sydney. Should be retroactive one Union demand has been Are Raj try to ensure you Battery trouble by giving your b .1 t t c r y a thorough every Castn part. Machines Arn approved by the Larvic . Batteries charged in car. In from to to 30 minutes. A o waiting no rental Cost Nilan Battery service ohl70balmoral established for 20 year. Sped on West with the intention cutting off part of the afrika Korps before it reached the Border. More ambitious plan other despatches hinted at a much More ambitious plan. Des patches from Algiers said . Jacques Leclerc s fighting French forces from the Chad Region were bearing Northwest in an apparent attempt to Cut in behind the fleeing Axis forces. British United press staff Cor respondent Donald Coe hinted that american and French forces hold ing the Allied right flank in South Ern Tunisia would soon essay a drive to the coast catching the afrika Korps in a narrow pocket hard to Supply and hemmed in by american French and British troops. Gen. Henri Honore Giraud announced that French troops in the Central part of Tunisia Reinec Rcd by British troops had driven the germans Back several Miles. Threatening German attacks North Northwest of Kairouan which is Southwest of mousses. Were head of cattle which the germans had looted from the civil Popula Tion. Salsa was the second big German air base the russians had taken recently. The first was Tat Zinskaya. West of Stalingrad where 300 planes at the Ai drome and 50 on Railroad Flat cars were captured intact. The pushing Back of German air cases to the West was regarded As effect on Puis that any pay increases granted should be retroactive to last March when first application for wage revisions was made to regional War labor boards. The amount of retroactive pay due the men under the suggested plan would be deter mined by the National Board. While it was not definitely known Early today what Compromise had Beer reached by the government the ., it was thought possible that something along the line of Titis proposal might have been adopted. About workers have been Idle because the strike action and Canada s inv. Committee heard reports from its president Eri Dalrymple and its Secretary William Mahoney on is at Ottawa. The committee was disturbed to find that the government had taken unfair advantage of a few workers at this unfortunate time by taking their last Cheque from them com for income tax which should been collected in said the statement. Such ill advised and discriminatory action will not assist in the settlement of this Dis Pute but will merely add aggravation to there already overburdened is no doubt these sums a return my friends to pre War capitalism. For that is what they mean will inevitably mean a return to pre War poverty. That is not what our Young men Are risking and giving their lives to ensure least dislocation in changing from War to peace the . Called for establishment of a the immediate Post War plan Ning commission representative o All classes. Trie commission would establish equally representative regional bodies and encourage local planning committees to study conditions and to formulate plans Foi the consideration of the regional and provincial committees who. In turn would report to the National committee. The commission would of Neces sity. Cause the government to sum Mon a representative convention to consider the difficult constitutional position in which the nation would find itself when the War measures act went out of Force. Parliament should have been said tary authority must be established time Strei production has been Cut by an estimated two thirds. It was not indicated in the state i of most Shari offensive operations All the Way ______., from the North caucasus to the ment when production in the donets Basin. Plants might be expected to be resumed. Text of the statement issued Early today follows a joint announcement is made by representatives of the men and on behalf of the prime minister that As a result of an Exchange of letters being held by French american troops just arrived. And missing at sea washing ton Jan. 2.1 coast guard Cutler Yatsek with an estimated Crew of 30 aboard has More about from one of the jewel City of the italian Empire an estimated italian colonists herded Westward As the eighth army advanced awaited the British arrival along with civilian police and administrative officials. To the italians had come the final humiliation after seeing the fall of Tripoli of accepting British Charity for their bread and British Protection from the bitterly hostile arabs whose land Mussolini had stolen and who had slaughtered or put in concentration Camps thousands of them. Mahoney but Why should they have been collected by the govern ment at this particular not acceptable Sydney n.s., Jan. 23. Charging the Federal government with retarding of the four freedoms of the Atlantic charter the Sydney steelworkers Union last night declared it could not accept proposals Laid Down by the Cabinet As terms of settlement for Canada s steel strikes. Following is the text of a state ment the action of the Federal Cabinet in presenting a seven Point proposal for ending the walkout in the steel plants at Sydney Sault Ste. Ilarie and Trenton has placed our demands in the proper Light. It has emphasized the necessity for upward revision of the present Low bewildering labor policy of the Federal government. But to expect to Deal with the grave National problems beyond the peace but there should be no need to disturb any of the Basic principles and rights on which confederation de pends or. Coldwell said. Must be Given Opportunity those in the armed forces must be Given an Opportunity to live use fully on their return to civilian life. An inventory of National resources Industrial equipment and human Power should be prepared and a National policy formulated. The whole of Canada s Northland Calls for such a policy schemes should be prepared for the development of Mineral re sources electric Power and water ways. Irrigation of certain regions and electrification of Rural areas. Forests required Protection from exploitation and govern ment soil surveys should the workers have Pauen Tiv Fol by on and uses of. Agri. Cultural products should be sought y Soojai planning. Canada must be rehoused or. Hood and Security for All the Peoples of the Earth. Canada had demonstrated what full employment meant in terms of productive output. With More than 600.000 of the fittest Young men in uniform Canada in 1942 produced almost twice As much As it did 10 years ago. And what we have accomplished for destruction we should be Able to do for construction and the Benefit of in urging that necessary eco nomic controls and social agencies be maintained after the War the . Differed sharply from other parties which placed their Faith in the return to what they called private Enterprise and individual initiative. They say that we Are advocating regimentation when As a matter of fact we Are merely urging that we establish a Rule of Law. An Extension of the principle that democracy is government not an Archy and government of the people by the people for the people at the . Leader said. Even orc patriotic Young men overseas were not thinking of pre War Days. Wistfully today a generation of Best educated and highly intelligent Young men now overseas Are sting their eyes Back to a land which during their absence from it they have grown to love even More than they loved it before. One who has been much among them told me very recently that our boys Are More intensely Patri Otic in the Best sense of the word than they have Ever been. They want to return to a land which they can make the Canada of which they dream. They will not go Back to Long lines of Relief to crowds around government employment agencies or to Riding the rods let us not be like the bourbons who Learned nothing and so perished in the the . Believed Canadian institutions were Good if they were used As they should be used. Survivors live on shark meat Philadelphia Jan. 23 bup eight survivors of an american merchant ship sunk in the carib bean last october lived on Sharks which they fought with their Bare them to accept the meagre and memoranda and discussions in hourly rates offered which took place today m would of much. The very Between the. Government and officials of the United steel workers of America the Way seems Clear for resumption of steel production the details of the agreement of settlement will be communicated the local unions by senior offi to vials of the Union with a recommendation that work be resumed. The prime minister and minister Justuce Thon Louis St. Laurent and the minister of labor of the fires blazing were set by the germans trying to destroy everything of value to the British. Hence it was believed that Gen. An evening in which it became apparent that the most important presumed lost the Navy announced today. A Pool of bushels of wheat is being built up read distribution in Europe when Reacy for Pence negotiations were under Way with in a View to resumption of steel no sir Bernard Montgomery found the auction. Lovurn rent the Cabinet had started a meet ing at noon and it continued until after 8 o clock. Presumably a new strike settlement proposal was drafted at that session. City proper with its palaces and expensive Public build protect your eyes our clinical examination is the result of scientific advancement 204 Montgomery building the fitting of classes is an exacting science Telephone 97 850 optician optometrist buy War saving Stamps sea front promenade fairly intact. Many of the italians who in Tripoli had been taken Home by ship or plane. Record drive when Montgomery t arted his drive october 23, the germans were hardly More than co Miles 1 rom Alexandria. The fact that Rommel had succeeded in withdrawing the bulk of his forces took a bit of the frosting from Montgomery s Victory cake. But three times he had been threat issuance of this proposal does in deed show the real miserly attitude of the government toward the just demands of organized labor. Prime minister Mackenzie King will not solve this righteous grievance by antiquated blueprint methods or weasel phrases relative to wage ceiling or inflation. It must be solved by direct incisive action. The s eel workers have told their Story under oath. And it shows that men who product the steel in Canada Are in want. It must be discouraging to canadians to find that the implementation of one of four freedoms mentioned in the Atlantic charter Freedom from receive its first set Buck from parliament Hill. Call conference Hamilton ont., Jan. 23. Shop stewards and the executive of local 1005, United steel workers of America . Last night at a meeting sent an invitation to labor coldwell said. The present conditions of congestion and Lack of sanitary and other modern conveniences especially in Rural areas were a blot on the nation and a threat to Public health. Rural rehabilitation must be undertaken on a nationwide scale. The . Criticism of the present system was that too few Farmers and too few people generally had Homes or farms they could truly Call their own. The development of co operative aboard the raft with the but they made Lair and kept us Queen s fun Roi. Montreal Jan. 23 Coffi reach fund Offieri used hot water systems Complete guaranty including boiler pipe valves and suitable for Small lifetime hot and Standard Ciu tanks in All sizes a Complete Moi plumbing fix Trade in your of for new d. Visit our Kins Jarvis of main phone 55 83j to 1 i used and new steam and hot Witer heating system plumbing1 supplies Lanki fillings valves str Uotani Heaters troughs and Man articles too num Crout to write or Schwartz Iron Metal co. Ltd. 299 Jarvis Avenue Winnipeg phone 51 feet ibs get instant belief or. Albert serum foot specialist. Free 207 Somerset bldg. By a. W. Fordham hands and killed with knives in was revealed today. At one Seaman Ernest h iowan of Becton tex., said we had two five foot Sharks thrashing farm communities pensive plans for with compre Security and social betterment would Lay the Broad foundations on which farm families could build a full and creative meantime Union officials con i minister Peter Heenan of Ontario with Arthur Macnamara minister of labor end with Striction. Envelopment twice in the and de opening phase and once at the Wadi mat Ralin West of Benghazi. highly developed Road mining creasing bad weather and the in length of Montgomery s Supply line enabled the germans to escape. Feared Deputy director of National selective ser vice. Later they were joined by labor minister Mitchell. Then late in the evening prime minister Mackenzie King himself appeared at or. Mitchell s office along with Justice minister St. Laurent. After they left Union officials who had gone away for several hours returned for final discussions which culminated the official statement. Two of the three Canadian Basic steel plants were shut Down by the Algoma steel Corpora lion s Plant at Sault Ste. Marie and the Sydney Plant of Dominion steel and Coal corporation. In and Mcc ins Alamein line was broke i edition three Dosco subsidiaries at Rommi had never been Able to try Trenton the big Trenton steel More than a delaying action. With works and Lac Trenton in. Company most of his Armor lost with and Eastern Ca expected reinforcements Dominion wheel and found to Tunisia the would be conqueror i Ries limited wore of Egypt got the secondary role of four thousand Union members defying Montgomery s Advance want on strike at the Sault an another to Tripoli j Idle As a result. Than Union Man were off the Miles maae in 90 Sydney sort of a record for an Overland ton. Supply route for a fighting army a j route which sometimes had to be cleared foot by foot of the most elaborate mining system yet de Vised. Into Tunisia. Montgomery s route was estimated Here at workers were left five thousand Job at and 35qq think of Comfort when making your next essential trip i Roel Comfort and Convenie Roii. Every one of Clark s Vrtar cloches is hot water heated operated by skilled and cd Pericon cd Drivers. Leaving Winnipeg 2.10 round trip fares for Minnedosa 6.15 Shoal Lake 7.75 b1rtle g.85 Russell 10.10 leaving Winnipeg 6.00 round trip fares for Neepawa .s5.35 Dauphin 8.65 Roblin 10.65 Yorkton 1245 All buses on schedule before you travel phone 87200 or 21 341. Weather reports issued by division of in fail View Jasper Medicine had Ducr Batlle nerf Civ. Moose Jau Prince Albert Regina Saskatoon Swift current Yorkton Dauphin Minnedosa divers the p3s Winnipeg Manitoba forecasts moderate -22 to fresh threaten strike the Hamilton Plant of steel com Pany of Canada has been the Only Basic steel Plant operating. Workers there have threatened strike action unless they Are granted uni recognition by. Monday. It was not known Early today whether the threat of a Hamilton strike had been averted through apparent settlement of the strike already in Progress. In addition to the Basic minimum wage rate of 55 cents in hour the Union also sought graduated pay increases for men earning More than the minimum figure. Received with satisfaction Sault Ste. Marie ont., Jan. 23. Announcement from Ottawa today that a appeared to have been reached in the strikes affecting steel workers at Sault Ste. Marie and at Trenton and Sydney in Nova Scotia was received with satisfaction Here. William Mahoney. Secretary of the Sault local of the United steel workers of America . Said he is glad to hear of the announce ment but added that he has not received word direct from Ottawa on the terms of settlement. When the word is received we will take it up with local Union winds fair decidedly cold today and sunday. Saskatchewan and Alberta partly Cloudy and decidedly cold tonight and sunday Light snowfalls Bali or flumes m Southern districts. A special committee of the Sault he Aid. To Confer with them Here sunday afternoon to discuss the Union s dispute with the steel company of Canada. The Union also sent a Telegram to Ross Mcmaster president of the company appealing to him to open this if vol is negotiations with the Union which Loans called old age shop stewards said represented a pensions hut forces which control our country said the . Leader. Only a people s government which has taken Power away from the Mono polies can achieve this people s similar to new zealand a National Security system Sim Ilar to that in new zealand should be devised for Canada. Every citizen had the right to Protection by society and in return society had the right to expect service from everyone according to his ability. The first charge upon us is the care of the aged and of the Young and said or. Coldwell. A programme not majority of the employees of the Hamilton Stephen Krawchyk to be buried tuesday the funeral service for Stephen Krawchyk 40, member of the Mani Toba legislature who died at his residence 1364 Elgin Avenue thurs Day be held tuesday at 2.30 ., in the St. Nicholas Church with burial in All saints cemetery. Zawitoski s funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Alfred Harold Willis Alfred Harold Willis of suite a Nicolett hotel died Friday at Misericordia Hospital at the age of 40. The body will be taken sunday to Saskatoon for the funeral ser vice and burial. Mordue Bros funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Pensions but pensions that Are pensions and sufficient to main Tain a decent Standard of life. Nor should they be pauper the . Faces the question of financing social services realist in the process of production purchasing Power is said or. Coldwell. Its adequate distribution is pre vented by the very system under which we live so that in addition to the economic plans i have suggested a fundamental policy is the socialization of the banking and financial system. No successful use of the nation s currency and credit is possible without suggests joint discussions or. Coldwell said he is grateful to the Canadian Cor management for permitting him to Joshua Edward to Tuvell fount to Stonewall funeral Joshua Edward Rothwell 75, of Argyle Man., who died in Stone Wall Jan. 16, was held in the Church of the ascension Jan. 19, Rev George Foy conducting the service or. Rothwell was born in Ashton ont., settling in Argyle in 1913 he retired in 1942, moving to Stone Wall. He is survived by his wife Julia Anne and nine children hol gird and John. Woodlands Hen to Mas and Benjamin of mrs. Edith Dorrian. Of woodlands1 mrs. Mrtle mrs. Myrtle Moll Ison windows blown out in Ross Avenue Blaze windows were blown out and considerable damage was done to he Home of William Thompson 1418 Ross Avenue by fire which was at 8 25 saturday disco the the aze started in tha rear of he dwelling and or. Thompson not aware of the fire until a neighbor noticed smoke and flames and telephoned the Winnic fire department. Friday night and Early saturday other a Arras kept Werse fees provide for More frequent and perhaps joint discussions of the programmes and policies of the political parties represented in the House. He said he Hopes the session of parliament opening next wednes Day will Mark Long Steps towards Complete Victory. The . Has said from the beginning that we can achieve a successful and Complete War Effort Only by mobilizing every human and material resource without re Gard to special privilege property or he said. Nor can we secure such an Effort until we bring All groups in the Community into full partnership in the conduct of the War. Our failure to achieve this is largely responsible for our or. Coldwell then cited the Case of the Idle steel Mills. In strengthening the determination of the Peoples fighting the Axis Canada should declare that the four freedoms Are not Mere empty words but that they Are the real and honest Pur pose of the United nations Effort in this people s revolution it should be Clear that this was no Ordinary War but in the Best or. Jacob and associates dentists Winnipeg Bra Don Pola by Aue. Roger ave. Montgomery Bluff. Hours daily 9 . To g Auction Sale of valuable living room dining bedroom and Kitchen Turnak. Ings and effects Fordham s Sale rooms Canada bjulg., Donald and elect monday january 254 at 2 , Choice 2 and 3-Plcce Cheerfield Walnut spinet desk High crime Hilt Hilton trip persian rues 4.6x8.9 Watn Rug. Occasional chairs. 0-Ptece wite it dining room suite Standard and but lumps modernistic Dinette Ftika 4 Duncan phyfe chairs vacuum Cliftner a i piece Walnut bedroom suite Chain and rockers Walnut and Oak dressers Art Van Tys Walnut Chiffo Robe m. 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