Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 1, 1943, Winnipeg, Manitoba Product of Canada packers 3y Carrier in Winnipeg 2sc per week. Over optimism in North Africa Tunis is no Apple just to be picked by William h. Stoneman american Field Headquarters in North Africa feb. 1 special or other the impression seems to have gotten around that Bizerte and Tunis and other important town along the coast of Tunisia Are just so Many poles which can be picked whenever we can get a tall enough a to do the Job and that it. Won t take a very tall boy at that. Since arriving Here from Tunisia i have heard people express the opinion that our positions opposite the germans Are excellent and that to Are in Possession of a number of Fine springboards for our final English women Here to meet husbands of twelve English women arrived in u innit saturday morning Over Tan Pacific railway lines on a to their . Hus by i stationed at air schools in was particularly pleas t o mrs r. Elliott of Blackpool her husband a Corporal a Carberry met her at the station. Vat Elliott will live in Winnipeg. He guest of mrs. J. Parkinson at originally been 107 ,.orrn in the p a in which left but these Only the 12 s husbands in Western Canada. The remaining 95 stopped at various h. Woodcock. K to lived near London where she was employ Hodgetts. Of to work in drive. This just in t True and people will avoid disappointment later on if they understand it. The fact is that line from Ca Serrat. On the Northern coast right Down to Sbei la. Northwest of Sfax is fairly Good from a defensive viewpoint but no More. The Ger mans and italians opposite us have even better defensive positions All along the line and our efforts to kick them out have been costly and in the end. Futile. German strongholds in he far North West of Amateur the germans still Are dug in on the so called Green and White mountains controlling both the Road and railway to Amateur and Tunis. Two fairly serious efforts w a los j i Navy been made to dislodge them who used alld both failed. To the South in the neighbourhood of Medvez Al Bab we were con Man from Parka Edith Mcgiffin c Shire. Wore a Woollen Over curls and said the mid Here was nothing much. It uld be just As cold where she came from As it was Here Sho in _ u soldiers in 10 receive promotions promotion of eleven soldiers is a Ordrie. Promotions were Cor 1 Tav St. Vital g. G. Pu.ai3. I. N to r. H. All to id and n. Charlton to corporals v. The 103rd c.a.lbjt.c., fort Garry private r. Y. To Corporal Lance Corporal h. Maker Winnipeg to Corporal pet. J. Graham. Bible Man., to Lance Corporal pc. R. H. Ward of Scot land to . Pet. M. Sawczuk. Who is on duty in Western Canada has been promoted Lance Corporal. Fronted by equally formidable Ger Man Mountain strongholds. Djebel Ohmera. So called Lon Stop Hill lies six Miles North of Medvez Al Bab absolutely blocking the Road to to Bourbar. Djebel do. And thence to Tunis. We have made two big attacks against it since the germans recovered it Early in december and have done nothing but lose men the process. Going South the next key Point in the line is Pont fun Fahs out of which the germans made a Strong attack a week ago last monday. We have clone no better than to hold hem in the area Between Pont do Fahs and Bou Arada. Where the British stopped last week. The recent German thrust South and out of the Ouel i Kebir area Given the enemy would be available for am positions around the Valley Ofie rican planes to bomb Tokyo and Ouss Eltia and has made an american troops to attack the Pieart on the key town of Kairouan much j of the japanese Empire. Then More difficult for us. South of Ouss Eltia the positions with Spring coming up military Are much More open but we still observers Here arc closely watching Are very far from the coast some sign As to whether or not unless we Are much stronger than the ene Joiy. They can play the same tricks on us that we can play on looking backward from the free press files sixty years 1, 1883 Portage la Prairie was anxious to have the provincial fair held in that town in the coming year and subscriptions totalling had been made by its citizens to that end. Fifty five years 1, 1888 there was considerable discussion Over the scheme to establish scottish crofter colonies in provincial Lacrosse association was or j Gani Zed with the following on the executive m t. Quigley. A. M. Stowe. J. D. Morton Harry Dexter and e. O. Der unison. Fifty years 1. 1893 Hev. C. B. Pitblado. Former pastor of St. Andrew s Church Elgin Avenue was Given a unanimous Call to the congregation of Westminster Church or. Pitblado. Since having charge of St. Andrews had been in California. Forty five years 1, 1898 donations aggregating s700 had been received through senator Cox Lor the Victoria Jubilee Wing of the Winnipeg general Tor Carter Montana proposed that canadians be permitted to take up claims in Alaska. Forty years i 1803 a Branch of the British Navy vague had been organized in win s Peg col. H. N. was elected permanent chairman and honorary scr tary. And among those on the Secu Tive were major Jackson captains Carruthers and w. Palmer Clarke. Aid. Barclay. T. H. Hooper Captain Douglas. Thirty five years 1, 1908 a Bill introduced in the Manitoba Kli Slature provided two year terms or Manitoba win a Peg permanent players headed by George Alison were staging quo thirty tears 1, 1913 skipped by Finlay. Won two cups at the Saskatoon the press popular comics were Only child by Mcmanus Hooligan and the Katzen kids. My five years 1. 1918 president Woodrow Wilson in a mess age to the nation s sirs called their attention to country s need of their assist i m time of Var. He speech was at a big agricultural con 1 once in Urbana. 111. Years 1, 1s23 Segina Pearl miss is Leona Mclntosh and Winnipeg Muriel Harper guests at a cabaret supper in Royal Alexandra prior to their ure for Montreal to take part a carnival contest for election queer of Canada. Of the Canadian the press Canadian press is entitled to the use for of All news Des credited to to the press in this paper also the local news pub herein. Winnipeg free press Winnipeg. Monday february 1. 1943. Scam ii Bryce s Home Are different volunteers requested Casablanca talks go smoothly to bring certificates married volunteers for the army and men called up under the National resources mobilization scheme were advised to bring their marriage certificates and birth certificates of their the recruiting office on the Day of their enlistment. Lieut. K. S. T. Kenward assistant paymaster District depot no. 10, fort Osborne pointed out that by bringing such certificates men entering the army would facilitate the receipt by dependents their allowances. Dining conference at Casablanca French Morocco president Roosevelt broke into his discus Sions prime minister Winston Churchill for a whispered Exchange with his son Lieut col Elliot Roosevelt on duty in the area. Tokyo faces grave dilemma japs sole Chance of Victory fading this is the last of a series o articles on japanese War Effort. By a. T. Steele chunking feb. 1. Special can sole Chance for collapse of rapidly fading in the smoke of the red army s magnificent successes in Europe. The hard headed Jap militarists Are now confronted with their most difficult dilemma. Hitler needs their help desperately and must have it soon if at All but there is no surety that even a Jap attack on Russia could bring about the soviet Union s defeat. It is More probable that the Jap army become bogged Down and washed in Siberia and that siberian Japan s doom would be sealed. Them. The statement that our equip ment is better than the enemy s is object to some serious reservations As far As the tunisian front is concerned. Outclassed in air in the air have actually been outclassed on occasions. We still have no real dive bombers Here and the German junkers is medium level bomber is As fancy As any of our mediums. German fighters the Messerschmidt loj of and the Focke-Wulf-190, Are faster than our fighters that we have so far had on the front and Only the skill of our pilots has enabled them to keep the Gorman fighter pilots on the jump. Our Best medium tanks have been equal to the German Mark in tanks what they would do if they Ever ran into a 52-ton tank armed with an 38-Miri gun. Anybody can guess for himself. It is certainly no secret to the germans by this time that All of our units were not fully equipped with our latest tanks when they first went into action. As far As the British Are concerned they have Beer using a lot of crusaders and Valentines which Are thinner shelled and More lightly armed than the mediums and have been no match for the German mediums. Our half tracks and Oiler fighting vehicles Are undoubtedly Good but they have been misused on Many occasions. We must know by now that we cannot fight tanks with troop carriers whose Armor can Stop nothing heavier than the machine continually half hungry. Medical leave Holiday and All the of social Security Are verboten to women foreign labourers. In Belgium All unmarried women Between 21 and 35 must do work of any kind in Belgium or in the Reich territory or starve nor vegan women have been recruited for service As Cooks and nurses on the russian front Ard nazi labor organized Hansen has ordered that clearly defines the Legal treatment for these servants they must be paid the lowest rate of pay they will not be Al Lowed extra leave As a result of Long service they Are forbidden to receive social Security benefits and they must not be Given Christmas or birthday presents or any re wards for faithful service. Proof of the relations Between these slave servants and their Ger Man mistresses is the Long lists of convictions printed in various Ger Man newspapers of polish women for such crimes As talking Back to their mistresses and surly con duct. By far the most barbarous Means by which the nazis degrade foreign non German women is the state directed White slave traffic. The moment Poland fell nazis organized raids in All next year labor service be compulsory for All girls Over 18 the the i c so cities and carried be Tho bust looking Young women land girls. Many of the girls were 15 years old and came from Well to of families. In Warsaw the 228th regiment sent a patrol into the residential Quarter and carried a group of Young girls to their bar Racks. In the suburb of Mok Otow the soldiers of the 7th anti aircraft Battery did the same thing. The Gestapo organized a raid in Lublin through which a number of Young old. Nuns eligible for heavy labor last Winter the Sisters of the in Luxembourg where All women s of 17 and 70 do Concho ii uni Zuj the germans girls of 1s a press ganged into labor lion in the Vilno Region of Poland were sent to forced labor in Ger so they return proudly As German mothers As the local Gaul Ieter put it thousands of the degradation ordered peasant girls drafted ostensibly for Hitler s Choice spot for foreign and particularly for polish Worsen is As menial Domestic servants cities. Work on German farms have actually been locked up in German Viking club holds f inaugural banquet f the basis democracy is of nordic origin and no matter where nordics migrated the rules of democracy always stated judge w. J. Lindal. Guest speaker and i p honorary president of the Viking club of Winnipeg at the first ban j. Quet of this scandinavian Tiomi held in the St. Regis hotel saturday. J. T. Jonasson president of the Viking club and chairman made the welcoming address which. Was followed by greetings to the club by Alfred w. Klieforth Ameri can Consul general and by h. Old Lam. British Trade commissioner. The Aims of the club were Dis cussed. The purpose of the Organ ration is to Advance co operation tween canadians of scandinavian Jireh or descent through social Cul ural and other activities. Entertainment was provided by mss Florence Forsburg Singer with accompaniment by miss Elsie Sikyr Bol. The vote of appreciation was moved by h. P. A. Hermanson con us for Sweden. Rev. Victor Bagger pastor of the danish lutheran Church said Grace. Corvette concert party presents week end show entertainment was provided at he Good neighbors club. 181 me 3ermot Avenue during the week and by the Murvette concert party and refreshments by St. Luke s Larish Guild. The ladies of the a Guild under Convent ship of mrs. A. E. Webb president were a mesdames w. A. Mcknight j. E. E. P. Thomson w. Monson. 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