Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 25, 1943, Winnipeg, Manitoba Final edition pages. Free press Sun rises 9.12. Sun sets. 18.9. Moon rises 22.48. Moon sets 11.10. Winnipeg monday january 25, 1943. plan Surprise for and cold. . Vile do Quebec. Canadian Corvette which is credited with sinking an Axis a boat in the Mediterranean is shown laying a smoke screen around a Convoy. Inset is sub Lieut. G. P. Arcs of Winnipeg of the officers aboard. Churchill and Roosevelt Confer Berlin claims London Jan. 25. Berlin radio reported from Lisbon today that minister Winston Churchill left Lon Don some Days ago for a meeting with president Roosevelt. The German report said that Churchill and Roosevelt discussed the North african situation and the Mediterranean theatre of War As Well As the relations of the United states and Britain with Russia. An earlier Berlin broadcast claimed Churchill had gone to Washington to ask for additional american Aid. A suggestion was advanced Here today that . Dwight d. Eisenhower May be named com Mander of join operations in the Mediterranean As a result of Anglo american strategy conversations. This report was accompanied by the possibility that Gen. Harold Alexander. British commander in chief in the Middle East May be assigned the specific task of com manding the climactic clean up in pointed out that Eiserer Tunisia. It was Dower Alexander and even Gen. George c. Marshall american chief of staff All would be logical choices for the task of the High command in the Mediterranean. Taken it was said were Likely to include anything and All Fields but informed sources were unable pending More definite information to see How Russia and China could be brought into an Allied War Council so Long As Russia is not involved in the Pacific War and China is not involved in the Atlantic War. It was noted that the main Bri Tish american problem hinged on maintaining proper balance Between the Atlantic and Pacific theatres. Which posed difficult problems for the russians. On the contrary it was said the main problem presumably was that of tightening Anglo american Stra however some reliable opinion Tegyo to correlate their moves with sent to its Doo acadian Corvett Montreal Jan. 25. Sinking of an enemy submarine by a can Adian Corvette in the Mediterranean and commissioning of the second of eight tribal a lass destroyers being acquired by the Royal Canadian Navy were announced today by Yacc Admiral Percy w. Welles thief of naval staff in m Narge c1 address at the opening of the naval exhibition Here. It was the Corvette actual operations of Angio amen can favored Eisenhower s selection be cause the operation in Northwest Africa is primarily an american show. Announcement anticipated a dramatic announcement of agreements on North Africa was anticipated shortly. The decisions might result placing Alexander in charge of co the russian front As far As possible preparatory to smashing the Axis in Europe As hard As possible in the coming year. The decisions which were expected to be specifically designed to Clear up Public confusion re Garding North Africa where it was emphasized there had been no in russian Iron ring closing upon nazis Moscow Jan. Russian armies of the caucasus by planes and warships of the Black set red Fleet drove with accelerating Speed today to Clamp an Iron ring around the entire nazi Field Force South of the Rostov Esti mated or More effective. Rating northward from Arsavir and West along the Voroshilovsk Krasnodar Railroad the soviet forces were within artillery Range of Kropotkin after a 25-mile Over night Advance. Capture of Kropotkin leave Only one important Railroad Junction Point South of nazi hands and other soviet forces were rapidly closing in on that Point. Along the Black sea coast the red fiet and its air Arm were reported carrying out harassing air and naval bombardments of nazi units North of possible Indica Tion that the germans were at tempting to evacuate some of their caucasus troops across the kerch Straits to Crimea. German comment the nazi High command in radio broadcasts described the trapped German sixth army at Stalingrad is winning immortal glory by its stand a probable preliminary to an admission that the Force has been liquidated by the russians. The germans also admitted the loss of Voronezh a Point which Moscow never admitted had been captured my which was used by the russians As the spearhead of the present offensive and told of fierce russian stacks in the caucasus and All the Eastern front most of the caucasus rail now in russian hands or Russia continued on Page 4. Column butter Price slightly higher Jan. 25. Min Creamery butter prices in two Western provinces Are raised slightly Jay an amended order of the prices foods administration issued today Manitoba and Alberta the Mim lawful Price at which a manufacturer May sell Creamery Kuijer solids is increased by one cent a Pound. In the Case of Grade this Price now is 33 to. Price Levels in other prov dark Outlook is reflected in Germany London Jan. 25. Bup Ger Man radio listeners Hoard dirges on Fieira radio stations today and read Tower. The submarine Sank Bow despatches from the russian and the headlines were preparing he German Public for an Early admission that the 22 German Divi ions trapped at Stalingrad were no More and that the situation else there in Russia was none too adorable. Swiss despatches said italian unchanged. Maximum prices for butter of by Grade lower than third Are established for All provinces one cent below the Price for Thyra Grade. That order specifies my i excl maximum prices i w to a manufacturer s sales to wholesale distributor or to any fighting French West of Tripoli Jan 25 forces under t Erc Are Operand w to and have on y 50 Miles 11 reach the Mediterranean communique tonight. Said our troops have penetrated the Jebel Neusa. The fleeing is being pursued without is a Range of Mill in 5t of Tripoli. About 50 mile Taf e of the Meriter do Quebec which Drew first blood the British first and eighth armies _ Luu american Lum army. Aii from the enemy ahead of 16 and Canadian submarine Hunters work is credited Alexan it and Tenor of operations took part in the naval operations attending the Allied landings in North Africa. The commander of the Ville de Quebec . A. R. E. Cole Man of Montreal reported the incident to naval service head quarters in three terse sentences have rammed and sunk sub Marine. Have picked up one survivor German. Think i can proceed at Convoy Allied Headquarters in North Africa announced today in a com Munique that the Ville de Quebec had sunk a submarine in the Western Mediterranean within the last Lew weeks the communique the a boat was located and depth charges were dropped which brought her to the surface. The enemy then was engaged by gunfire and repeatedly hit. Then she was rammed at right angles close to the conning first Ono survivor was the achievement of the Ville de Quebec. Admiral Nelles said. The radio funeral music was in brought a congratulatory message ers Persed with bluntly pessimistic frown Admiral Cunningham the newspapers whose headlines were newspapers after trying to minimize he importance of the loss of Tri i said saturday when the British eighth army captured it must be observed As a Day of National mourning. Alfred Rosenberg the ruthless nazi political philosopher said in a Peech at Berlin yesterday Ger Many today lives through the most decisive and fateful hours of its for the first time in the War he German people must face a Lefeat of some the Jerlin newspaper Boersen Zeitung Aid. It said hopefully that nobody hould be discouraged because the romans when threatened by Han Nibal fought on to Victory while Britain in this War refused to be by any catastrophe. Everything in the German Reich s at stake including the existence every the Al Gemein Zeitung said. Annihilation threat ens from the East. Therefore still greater exertions Are British subs sink six enemy ships London. Jan. 25. British submarines have sunk four enemy Supply ships and two Axis escort vessels in the Central Mediterranean the admiralty announced today. A communique reported a so that British submarine torpedoed a arge modern Supply ship which probably Sank. Naval commander in chief in the North african operations. Gets new destroyer Admiral Nelles disclosed the tribal class destroyer Atabas can now has joined ther Iroquois first tribal received by the . From British shipbuilders in the naval service. He said he hoped All eight of the projected tribal flotilla would soon be in action. Recalling predictions by British and american authorities of intensified a boat warfare Admiral Nelles said the answer must be increased numbers of escort vessels and air Craft. We have reason to believe that the German submarine strength is increasing. Our considered opinion is that the net gain is something More than 10 a he said. Some of these modern submarines Are larger than our corvettes. They mount guns capable of engaging us in action. They Are strongly constructed and nothing is omitted to make them the efficient killers that they arc. Longer at sea there is reason to believe too that the a boat packs Are being kept at sea for longer periods. Oil torpedoes and other supplies Are often being carried and delivered by submarine next Spring the Admiral said the enemy would probably renew his attacks in the St. Lawrence and would be fought with everything available. In my opinion the secret of killing the a boat is More escort vessels closely co operating with More he said. The Admiral s announcement that the Athabasca now has been manned by a Canadian Crew brings the apparent total of Canadian destroyers in service to 14, including two trials it was also expected the decisions Here would indicate the Tenor of the the Success Oli coming months of operations with the drive on Tripoli. J out co ordination of the three armies it was noted is necessary without delay since air action is merging and ground operations soon May be United. There was no question Here that decisions of greatest importance were imminent but there was some concern in informed quarters re Garding the Advance speculation particularly in despatches from the United states and the suggested of a United nations War achievement regarded Here As doubtful if not impossible at. This time. The decisions which have been course suggesting specifically whether they would include air bombardments of Berlin or in Vasion of Norway for example. Suggestions that there will be big Overall solutions of All problems it was said probably were too sweeping. For instance it was expected that Progress in bettering relations be tween Gen. Charles de Gaulle Anc Gen. Giraud would be made but full agreement was expected to be slow. Also reports that a supreme commander of anti submarine War fare Ifould be named were considered most unlikely. Allied All out drive in Tunisia looming London Jan. 25. Bup a daring american raid toward the coast below Sfax and the possibility that Advance patrols of the British 3th army already have crossed the tunisian Border indicated today that the time was near when Allied forces from East and West would join hands for the final assault Gen. G. C. Marshall Gex. Sir. H. Alexander . D. D. Osen Houk workers vote tonight in steel strike dispute Ottawa Jan. 25. Decision on ending the strikes which have tied up steel plants at Sault Ste. Marie ont. And Sydney ., May be reached tonight. Nine thousand workers were voting today on the settlement proposals from Ottawa recommended by the High officers of the United steelworkers of America. The balloting at the Sault does not end until Midnight at Sydney King reveals terms of settlement plan Ottawa Jan. 25. Minister Mackenzie King in a prepared statement last night formally announced the terms proposed last Friday for settlement of Canada s steel strike including a guarantee that workers in the Basic steel plants would receive a minimum wage of 55 cents an hour regardless of any downward fluctuation in the Cost of living. Against the Axis in North Africa. The american raid which was made in response to a written Chal Lenge irom the germans to come out and fight carried the americans to within 33 Miles of the Southeastern tunisian coast. Eighty Axis prison ers were seized. Official quarters Here had no Posi Tive confirmation that the eighth army had crossed the tunisian fron tier but the Pace of the Advance Westward from Tripoli was so rapid that it was regarded As Likely that scouting parties already were Over the Border. Tinting to Retreat. That would indicate that marshal Rommel intended to take his Panzer units All the Way to Sousse or Tunis before at tempting a stand. The Allied air attack grew in in Tensity. American medium bomb ers raided the German Ai drome at twice within a few minutes. Between 25 and 30 enemy planes were believed to have been destroyed. Boeing flying fortresses attacked Sousse and hit a Large Shower of bombs american and British planes showered bombs on the Axis troops in Western Tripoli Tania and Eastern Tunisia and in Southeastern Tunisia a growing american armoured Force checked the . Who were at tempting to preserve and Widen a corridor through which the afrika Korps could Retreat. The manner in which the German Challenge was delivered to the americans was not stated in Des patches from Africa but it was Clear that the United states forces accepted the Issue promptly. They moved Forward 22 Miles from seemed and dashed into Manassy Only 33 Miles from the coast below Sfax. There they took their prisoners and retired. Allied resistance stiffened against the attempt of the germans to Widen their corridor of Retreat by attacking in the Ouss Eltia Valley of Tunisia. American and British a Mored units have been brought up to support French troops holding that sector. Algerian despatches to Madrid said that most of the afrika Korps armoured units moving by night to escape Allied planes had reached a Point North of gabes and were con Tunisia continued on Page 4, column 4 the voting will end at 6 . The workers Are voting on a seven Point settlement which in Brief Calls for a Basic minimum rate of 55 cents an hour including Cost of living Bonus but with a provision that any decreases in Cost of living Bonus will not bring the Basic rate below 55 cents. The settlement plan also entails implementing the majority report of the Barlow commission which rejected the 55 cent minimum but approved higher pay for certain maintenance men designation o Sault and Sydney plants As National industries and Opportunity for the workers to present a new Case directly to the National War labor Board under a new chairman. Chairman of this Board up to nov. Has been the Federal labor minister Humphrey Mitchell. While the workers at the Sault Idle since Jan. 14, and the workers at Sydney Idle since Jan. 12, were taking their vote the situation was different at Trenton ., where workers in sub1 Sidary plants have been on strike since Jan. 14. The Trenton local of the United steelworkers of America voted to continue on strike until they Are placed in the same Basic steel category As workers at the steel plants in Sault Ste. Marie ont., and Sydney The vote was taken at a mass meeting of of the employees three Dominion steel and Coal corporation subsidiaries Here. Union officials said the Resolution to continue the strike was passed unanimously. The Sydney steel men decided that any return to work on the basis of an affirmative vote will be under the provision that their full wage demands Are met in a month or another strike will be called. The new settlement proposals strikes continued on Page 4. Column 3 sub Zero Blitz still going Strong if the Printer s Ink does not freeze before it hits this paper this item will report the Weatherman s official verdict that Winnipeg s sub Zero Blitz the City s longest continuous cold spell since february. 1936, is still going Strong. A temperature readings Low during the night. High yesterday High Jan. 25, 1942. Enemy in Tunisia Cairo Jan. 25. All the italians and the greater part of the germans of marshal Erwin depleted Africa corps have crossed into Tunisia and Are arrayed behind the Mareth line of fortifications despatches from the front said today. Whirlwind of bullets newsman drives into blazing ambush by William h. Stoneman Southern tunisian front Jan. Cial can afternoon i drove my car right into the Middle of a tank and infantry Battle five Miles East of Ouss Eltia and was ambushed by a German heavy machine gun. I escaped from my blazing Ford with nothing but a very minor Nick played Possum for nearly an hour and then made my Way two Miles Back to the safety of our lines it s a and Wiser War correspondent who pens these lines while recovering at an american casualty Clear ins station. Before proceeding i must definitely assure All inter ested that there is nothing wrong with me except that i will have to be careful about sitting Down for a or two. My adventure resulted from misinformation regarding the location of the fighting which was going on Between american and German tanks. At the moment the germans opened fire i was looking for a height from which to watch a spot three Miles farther on where i had been told i might see something. Travelling alone in the car i passed through Ouss Eltia and drove five Miles eastward. On the Way i passed Vari _ on Page 5, column 2 i Portage la Prairie is Snow bound with the result that the Portage terriers Junior hockey team can not come in to play the Winnipeg monarchs in the . South division game scheduled for the amphitheatre rink monday night. The game has been called off. Tie forecast for Manitoba 15 fresh to Strong winds generally fair and not quote so cold tonight and tuesday. Unofficial weather prophets observed that the cold spell still has 13 Days to run be fore it has to give Way before the annual Bonspiel thaw. Low temperature the last Day when it was above Zero in Winnipeg was Jan. 15. When the thermometer hit two above. The Low temperatures on each Day of the cold spell to Date Are Given officially As follows Jan. 15, Jan. 6, Jan. 17, Jan. 18, Jan. 19, Jan. 20, Jan. 21. Jan. 22, Jan. 23, Jan. 24, monday morning the Mer Cury reached a Low of bus depot officials stated monday that service to grand Beach will be suspended until wednesday or later. The service to Ashcan is suspended. Two other routes were curtailed the bus on the Ninette route Only going As far As Miami and Morden and the bus on the Vita route going Only As far As St. Malo. The East Selkirk Libau bus. Suspended Sun Day is now running. The following routes Are Clear bus depot officials weather continued on Page 4, column 2 nazis move norwegians from coast London Jan. 25. Able reports to the norwegian government said today that the Ger mans Are forcing norwegians to evacuate Northern coastal towns and Are sending Large reinforce ments of troops to the North in rowing fear of an Allied attack. The germans were reported concentrating troops in Northern Fin London january 25 up Router s news Agency said a d. N. B. News Agency Broad cast reported today that British commandos carried out a raid at Larvik on the norwegian coast Between saturday night and sunday morning. Maps show a Larvik on the Skager Rak the Channel Between nor Way and Denmark just South West of Oslo Harbor. And in apparent belief that Allied operations against the North tip of he european continent May be launched in order to Clear the Supply route to Russia. Norwegian athletes new York Jan. 25. Organized Amateur athletes of Norway Are training in secret or the Day of Allied invasion a ormer olympic ski Champion who escaped from Norway in july said Oday. Harald land who was a world Amous athlete under his real name said athletes began meeting Sec in the forests and have been raining rigorously to prepare for an emergency. The terms also provided that current Cost of living Bonus would be paid As part of the 55-cent rate but stipulated that workers would be eligible for any Bonus increases brought about by a Rise in the Cost of living. Basically the settlement plan is the same As the seven Point proposal made by the government last tuesday which was subsequently rejected by the the guar Antee against reduction in the Basic wage rate in event of a drop in the Ost of living Bonus payable to the men is new. Under the revised plan the 55 cent rate would be retroactive to nov. 1, 1942. The revised plan for settlement of the strike was endorsed by High officials of the United steelworkers of. America Early saturday morning. Releases letter with his statement last night the prime minister released the text of a letter he received last Friday from c. H. Minard , National director suggesting changes in the government s original proposal and a memorandum later sent to or. Milliard with certain amendments adopted. The original plan provided or a minimum rate of 55 cents in eluding Cost of living Bonus at the resent Rales but the rate would Lave been subject to downward fluctuation of the Bonus. 1. Immediate action to implement he majority report of the Barlow i commission including its recommendations for higher pay for cer Tain maintenance men time and one half for working a seventh Day in any week reclassification of jobs appointment of Mana accent Union employee committees. 2. Recommendation of the govern ment that the Algoma steel corp. At Sault Ste. Marie ont and the Dominion steel and Coal corp. At Sydney ., be designated a proposals continued on Page 4, column 4 we win when we work Reading clockwise from the Arrow that is the message in code on Canada s new 12-sided live cent piece. The coins Bear the blazing Victory Torch within the Victory v ;