Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 25, 1943, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press monday january is. 1943" j. P. Moffat . Minister Dies at Ottawa Ottawa Jon. 25. Up Jnya Pierrepont Moffat seventh United states minister to died suddenly at the legation residence Here yesterday morning a time it was believed he had fully recovered from an operation per formed about three weeks ago for phlebitis. Missioner for Eire said his career already brilliantly distinguished held Promise of the highest Eminence and achievement in the ser vice of his country tragic loss says Hull washing ton Jan. 25. Rotary of state Cordell Hull said yesterday the death of Jay Pierre Pont Moffat. United states minister to Canada came at the Peak of his usefulness and is a tragic loss to our he was the highest Type of offi cer developed in a trained foreign Hull commented. At every Post he served with distinction. He was one of my Ablest advisers and closest personal friends. In May 1d40. He was appointed min ister to Canada one of our most important posts where he had since minister who took up t my represented our country Post in Ottawa june 13, 1940. 46. He was born ill Rye. . July 18. He was a career Diplomat f and had held posts in Many by Trot 01" world. minister Mackenzie King described or. Moffit As Diplomat had Carni d the Confidence and if Calion of the and people of and said Dettt a grievous loss to own country and to our country As w or. Moffat was stricken during the Holiday season and a specialist brought from the United states per formed an operation Las Jan. 3. He Jay Pierrepont Moffat began to show immediate improve ment and saturday appeared to be recovered. He had announced is intention of returning to Hii desk in the legation today. Shortly after b . Yesterday he suffered a recurrence of his malady and his physician. Or. H. T. C. Whitley was hastily summoned. But a was apparent at once that the attack would be fatal and or. Of fat died at about 9.3g surrounded by the immediate members of his family. He is survived by mrs. Moffat to Iio was Lily Cabot grew Daugh Ter Joseph grew former United official kills wife self Toronto Jan. 25. Cps bodies of Donald Macaskill go former vice president and general Man Ager of the International Nickel company of Canada limited and his wife Jane 57, were found yesterday in a bedroom of the Mac Askin Home. Police described the double fatality As murder and Sui cide. The bodies were discovered yes vierday morning by a Cook Irene j Mitchell who said she had heard no shots. Police sail two of six bullets had been fired from i .32 calibre Revol ver found in the bedroom of mrs. Macaskill. Or. Macaskill retired As vice president and general manager of the Nickel company last december. He had been in ill health for some time. Electric lights still burned in the bedroom of the Macaskill Home on Cor Leigh Boulevard in North to Ronto when the bodies were discovered. Mrs. Macaskill s body was found lying bed. Her husband s body Lay on the floor near the bed. Killed instantly police said mrs. Macaskill was killed instantly by a Bullet which struck the left Side of her face. They added that or. Macaskill then placed the revolver against the right j. G. Taggart gives up Price Board Post Ottawa Jan. 25. Gordon Taggart foods administrator for the prices Board since december 1d41, is returning to Regina. To give his full time to his Post As Saskatchewan Minster of agriculture the prices Board announced yesterday. When the Generel Price ceiling was made effective or. Taggart s services were loaned to the Board Side of his neck pulled the states minister to Tokyo and two children. Edith and Ptter both of High school age. Funeral tuesday there will be a funeral service i to 1 be cremated in Montreal for subsequent interment in he United slates. Perhaps the outstanding incident of or. Moffat s Long diplomatic career covering nearly 26 years was his tour of Europe with Assis Tant Secretary of state Skimner Welles on a fact finding Mission for president Roosevelt Early in the War. He entered the diplomatic service in 1917 after graduating from Gro ton school and Harvard University. His first appointment was Secre tary to the United states minister at the Hague in the Netherlands. In 191d he was at the legation at Warsaw and in 1921in returned to duties in the state department in Washington. That same year he sent to Tokyo where he remained for two years then to constantinople. In Ottawa in 1d27 in 1927, when the United states opened a legation in Ottawa or. Moffat came Here Vith the min ister Hon. William Phillips As first Secretary on temporary duty until the legation was Well established. Later he was transferred to Berne Switzerland where he served about three years on United states Rais 5ions associated with International negotiations on disarmament and other matters. He Secretary of the United states delegation to the red Cross and prisoners of War conference in 1929. In 1931 or. Moffat returned to Washington As head of the Western european Section of the european division in the state department. In 1035 he went to Sydney. N.s.w., As american Consul general and in 1937 he returned to Washington As head of the state department s european division the position he occupier at die time his appoint ment to Ottawa was announced by president Roosevelt in May 1940. Soon after the minister s arrival Here president Roosevelt travelled Ogdensburg. New York just across the International Boundary he and prime minister Mac Kenzie King Drew in the Owdens Burg agreement establishing the Canada United states permanent joint defence committee. Or. Mot a attended that historic meeting find attached great importance to the agreement in his subsequent Public utterances. Message of sympathy when he heard of or. Of fans death yesterday morning or. At font a of sympathy mrs. Moffat and similar messages 1n president Roosevelt and Cordell United states Secretary of St Etc. Or. King s Telegram to president Roosevelt said no minister could possibly have been More helpful in All relations Between our two countries at this time of War than or. Moffat was. His passing is a loss not Only to our two countries but to the cause of Freedom of which at All times he was so outstanding a tributes came from Many diplomats in Ottawa. Malcolm Macdonald. British High commissioner in Canada called him one of the half dozen most prom Ising Young diplomats son ing any country m any part of the world " sir William Glasgow. Australian High commissioner described or. Moffat As a Man of wide experience great Industry and High ideals and j. Hearne High Corn trigger. Or. Lawson chief Coroner for Ontario said an inquest is not Likely but added that he would Confer with Premier and attorney general Gordon Conant today to decide what action will be taken. Or. Macaskill was born in Loch Invar Scotland. He came to Canada As a Young and joined the International Nickel company in 19c6. He was married in 1916 to the former Jane Frost daughter of the late David and Mary Milward Frost in Lexington by. Two sons and a daughter survive. Police said Macaskill and his wife spent All or most of saturday night at Home. Mrs. Macaskill apparently retired before Midnight in her second floor bedroom. She self up in bed to read a Magazine. From the position of the body it was believed Macaskill entered the bedroom and fired at Point Blank Range. He then shot himself and fell at the Side of the bed with the revolver at his feet. Seven die in fire Brushton n.y., Jan. 25. Cap seven of 18 children ranging from 17 years to 5 years perished Satur Day in a fire which destroyed their two Storey Frame Home in this Northern new York town. Their parents or. And mrs. Elmer shutter escaped by jumping from a second Storey window but not before being burned critically. G. Taggart on the understanding he would re tire after organization had been completed. Board officials said yesterday his term As foods administrator had been extended several times at the Board s special request. In a statement Donald Gordon prices Board chairman said or. Taggart s loss to the Board will be keenly Felt. He had been of. Immense assistance to the Board and both the Board and the Canadian people owed him a debt. No decision has yet been reached on appointment of a successor prices Board officials said but f. S. Gris Dale another Westerner is Deputy foods administrator. It was under stood that for a time at least he will be acting foods administrator. Britain sending wheat Bombay Jan. 25. Government announced yesterday that great Britain will Send substantial shipments of wheat to India in the next two or three months to help relieve the growing seriousness of the food situation. Song writer Dies los Angeles Jan. 25. A Charles n. Daniels 64, who wrote several song hits including Moon Light and roses under the name of Neil Myret died saturday. Chloe and Hiawatha also Are among his compositions. He began his Musi Cal career at 17. B Nai b Rith order Marks anniversary the b Nai b Rith order will have an. Important Post War task in help ing educate Europe about the demo cratic Way of life rabbi Jerome d. Folkman of grand rapids mich., told a Large gathering of members of the local b Nai b Rith Lodge at the Royal Alexandra hotel sunday afternoon. The meeting culminated a week end of special activities marking the 100th anniversary of the order. A highlight. Sunday afternoon was the initiation of 375 new members into the Winnipeg Lodge. The Cere Mony was conducted by a degree team headed by r. Kliffer. Rabbi Folkman. Who is president of District grand Lodge no. A which includes the midwestern states and part of Western Canada said tie was not being too visionary when he predicted that As soon As the War is Over b Nai b Rith will be approached by the president of the United states with the request to interpret democracy abroad just As the order has been interpreting democracy on the american Contin ent for the past 100 years. Praising the Winnipeg Lodge for securing 375 new members during a single membership drive rabbi Folkman said that this must have been a difficult task As b Nai b Rith requires its members to be hard thinking practical and always ready to serve their religion and country. The rabbi was introduced by a. Cantor a former president of the i District grand Lodge. Another speaker was s. Hait i Green a past president of the win i Nipes Lodge who formally welcomed the initiates into the order l. C. Cohen the chairman read messages of greeting from the Moose jaw Regina Calgary and Edmonton lodges. There was also a message from d. B. Kliman of Regina. President of the Western admirable tailored versatile suits you la spice with blouses shirts or dressmakers. Man tailored with that tidy look Vogue is so devoted to. Men s Wear worsted tweeds that won t Wilt under War work or Days at the office. Jackets of simple Grimness Hymo fronted Satin lined. Skirts with Centre pleats and Zipper fastenings. Black Navy Brown Oxford Light Grey and Teal. 12 to 20. Third floor. Incorporated of May Canadian Council of b Nai b Rith lodges. The Saskatoon Lodge sent a. Representative to the affair. The anniversary observances commenced Friday night with a special Sabbath service at shares Zedek synagogue at which rabbi s. Frank officiated. A social was held saturday night at Picardy s Salon and a luncheon was held sunday noon with past president m. Finkelstein As speaker. List six More Hong Kong prisoners Ottawa Jan. 25. Up the external affairs department late sat urday made Public a list of six members of the Royal naval Volun Teer Reserve at Hong Kong who have been reported prisoners of War through the International red Cross at Geneva. List contained the names of canadians and non Canadian Brit ish subjects known to have relatives in Canada or who Are employed by Canadian companies. The known relatives and companies have been the department said. Following is the list of prisoners with company affiliation or next of Kin prisoners of War in Hong Kong Ferrier v. E., pte., manufacturers life insurance company , j. C. M., . Manufacturers life insurance company. Harriman Gilbert. Sub it mrs. Maud whale 54 Home Street Winnipeg. Jupp Edmund to Henry Humphreys 5 Tweedsmuir mansion Victoria. Millar Robert sub-lt., r. D. Mawhood 178 High Park Avenue Toronto and r. Millar 146 Ellerslie Avenue Willowdale ont. Swetland s. J., ., mrs. Denis j. Mckenna 2459 St. Antoine Street Montreal. . Gilbert Harriman whose sister in Law mrs. Maud whale resides at 54 Home Street was a resident of Hong Kong for the past 25 years where he was a stockbroker. He resided for a Short while at Vancouver but was never in Winnipeg. During the last War he served in the air Force but later joined the naval Reserve at hons . Towing truck Driver has excess of Energy if the face of a certain Driver of a certain Winnipeg Auto towing ser vice was very red sunday Don t blame it on the wintry winds. The certain Driver it seems was sent out to notre Dame Avenue and Keewatin Street to haul in a Frozen car which he did. But John buckle of Rosser. Man., who owned the car had t told the towing ser vice to take his Frozen Auto away and. When he discovered it missing sunday afternoon he assumed it had been stolen and notified City police. Police quickly found the car in the garage and it was explained that the Tow truck Driver had apparently brought the wrong car in. Papuan Battle Points Way to Swift Victory Allied Headquarters Australia Jan. 25. Douglas Mac Arthur Allied commander in chief in the Southwest Pacific said today that in his forces winning Battle for Papua a new form of Campaign was tested which Points the Way to the ultimate defeat of the enemy in the this new method of warfare Mac Arthur said primarily involves the calculated application of air our air forces and ground forces were welded together in Papua and when in sufficient strength with proper naval support their indissoluble Union Points the Way to Victory through new and broadened strategic and tactical Macarthur said in written comment on the action now concluded. Close co ordination Between air and land units will permit Swift massive strokes against the enemy and preclude the necessity for a dilatory and costly Islan to Island he predicted. At the end of their rope in new Guinea s papuan Jungle 117 Jap anese chose surrender saturday in Stead of fighting to the death As hundreds of others had done. Thus the Campaign against a Jap army which once totalled came to an end. Only a few isolated snipers remained to be shot out of their Trees and other perches. On the spreading Aerial front two Waves of night bombers raiding on the first anniversary of Japan s capture of Rabaul blasted at air domes and ships in that new Britain sector. Afterwards a recon Naissance bomber scored a direct hot and badly damaged a transport then brought an vessel to a standstill near Rabaul with two near hits. 25 years ago Jan. Airmen bombarded turkish column on Jeru Salem Nablus Road. Enemy held railways at Courtrair and routers on the Western front attacked from the German Chancellor Hertling outlined German peace plans. Master cleaning the finest cleaning in Western Canada Plain dresses men s suits Light Coats Standard cleaning Henry s cleaners dyers launderers since 1900 three die in crash Halifax Jan. 25. Three members of the Crew of a twin engined . Training aircraft were killed saturday alien the machine crashed at Hills Mountain Bridge 10 Miles East of St. Stephen n.b., Headquarters of the Eastern air command announced Here last night. Next of Kin Are being informed and. Names will be made Public shortly. Truck Driver in Hospital after collision with bus Ernest w. Waldie 29, of 198 Roger Street Xor Wood is in Winnipeg general Hospital with two fractured ribs received As the result of a collision Between the Tow truck he was driving and a Winnipeg electric company bus. The Accident occurred at 11.15a.m. Sunday at Graham Avenue and Garry Street. Waldie s condition is reported to be fairly Good. Driver of the bus according to police was Peter Neu Feld 128 Cobourg Avenue. None of the passengers in the bus were injured. John b. Mcdougall Dies suddenly in Calgary Calgary Jan. 25. Of Rev. John Mcdougall Early Alberta missionary John Boyd Mcdougall 63, Calgary walked into the Cana Dian Pacific railway depot Friday put his hand on a Radiator and dropped dead of a heart attack. His brother major p. Mcdougall overseas was made a member of the order of the British Empire in the King s new year s Honor list. David l. Mcdougall Medicine hat is a brother and other survivors include two Sisters. Mrs. Begg and mrs. H. Wheatley both of Winnipeg. Bruxelles boy Battly Heckt Holland Man., Jan. 25. Special 12, son of or. And mrs. Albert Van de Spiegle Bruxelles Man., struck on the head by a piece of Iron thursday is in the children s Hospital Winnipeg and his condition Early to Day was re ported As fair. Sub presumed lost London Jan. 25. 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