Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 10, 1943, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press Bryce s Home Independence under Germany nazis plan Holland As part of Reich by Paul Ghali Berne feb. 10. Special can article in the apolant Xai ional Zeitung written by its dutch Cor and by declarations of nazi makes it quite Clear thai in the somewhat dubious event of a German dutch can give up any ideas of becoming an Independent nation again. A few Days ago or. Anton mus Sert. Holland s Quisling whom the nazis recognized last december As the head of the dutch people appointed a sort of Cabinet from among his henchmen. Doubtless he hoped that this move would be approved by the Reich s commissioner Arthur Seyss i quart and Lead to his instalment As head of an autonomous dutch nazi state. Today however the have very effectively dashed his ambitions by disclosing thai they have no intention of restoring dutch Independence. Holland under the nazi programme is to become a constituent part of the greater to justify their designs the nazis claim that the dutch Are of the same blood race As the germans and that close brotherhood Between the two Peoples rules out the feasibility of an autonomous dutch state. Holland writes the National Zeit ung correspondent has always be longed to the Reich and should re turn to it. Shatter dutch Hopes even More shattering to dutch Hopes of Independence Are the re cell declarations to the press of commissioner Schmidt a close assistant of or. Seyss i quart. Schmidt made it quite Clear that recognition of Musset As head of the dutch people in no sense meant recognition of an autonomous dutch stale under his leadership. For Holland was not an Independent state but an integral part of Winnipeg wednesday february 10, 1943. Price 5c per copy edition with comics we. Are different . J. F. Smith returned u duty with the spending leave i j. His or. And mrs. H. Sung i 3. Fort Garry court. Hint Marseilles is a boat base London. Feb. 10 servers today up naval estimated the opacity of the great German sub Arine base at Lorient France been reduced 75 per cent by lied Aerial hammering but they impressed the belief new bases were Hing built and mentioned Marseiles on the French Mediterranean ast As he possible site of a new cd powerful a boat Home. The evacuation of persons the old port District of mar Reilles May mean said these observers. That Hitler intends to sex end the submarine facilities there o provide a great base for pack Hacks on Allied shipping in the Mediterranean. Although the evacuation of is from underway. Servers said this does not mean be germans plan to give up the be despite the terrific punish Lent it has taking. Urges Canada Aid Fin Indian question Ottawa feb. 10. M. J. Cold ivc i m.p., Leader of the co opera live Commonwealth federation tarty yesterday told an Ottawa ser rce dub that in his opinion can Ida can and should participate in the settlement of the Indian prob Lem. I am persuaded he said that a formula can be found which will Naify the people of India against japanese since Canada Nas emerged from the status of a to of a self governing in Pinion she should have a special in stimulating similar Evo "a5 for or. Coldwell did Ive have succeeded in bring _ together two diverse Peoples thin one nation and i believe shall in the course of time tighten out difficulties which be existed and which Are Over Pha sized so that we shall have five members of this Winnipeg family Are reported interned by the japanese in Manila. Philippine islands but no news has yet been received regarding the Mother. Bernard Luyendyk former Winnipeg insurance Man. Is at extreme left while mrs. Luyendyk is slightly behind him to the right. The children Are left to right Douglas. Georgina. Audrey and Bernice. . Groups to be inspected r. A. Macfarlane District officer commanding . 10 l conduct the annual inspection of some 900 members of the University of Manitoba contingent the University student military training unit in Minto armory saturday . R. C. Hopper officer commanding the contingent announced wednesday. The students will Parade in two groups. The first group will fall in of 9 . To be inspected about 10 . The second group at 2 ., to be inspected about 3 Australia praises Canada s billion Dollar Supply plan Melbourne feb. 10. Newspapers to Day praised Canada s new programme to furnish needed War supplies to the United nations. Hitler using party influence Kearney Shields gets flying officer ranking promotion to the rank of flying officer was Given Kearney Shields son of or. And mrs. J. A. Shields Redditt. Ont. According to word received Over the week end by his parents. Flying officer Shields graduated As a navigator at Rivers Man., in March 1942, and went overseas. New paper Cut expected in . Washing Ion Fob. 10. A a second 10 per cent Cut in United states newspapers use of print paper May be expected by april 1. Two War production officials announced today. Newspapers were subjected loan approximate 10 per cent Cut on Jan. 31. The Best available figures on Tho print paper situation indicate that a second Cut in use of not to exceed 10 per cent effective april 1, will be adequate to meet the cur rent situation caused by the said a statement jointly issued by w. C. Chandler director of the printing and publishing division our said the ii is a striking testimony of the Empire s Solidarity and no less Noble than the United Stales lease lend act. Canada s production is prodigious for a population Only a Little larger than Sydney Sun. Canadian finance minister j. L. Lesley s words we acini Australia and new zealand Anc other parts the Commonwealth to get All that Canada can provide will never be forgotten in this the Melbourne Herald said Canada s gesture translates into practical action the spirit of Unity forgetful of parochialism and self interests which must be made the keynote of All the allies efforts ii War and peace Are to be won. Canada s comparative Security from immediate danger has in no Way acted As a Brake upon its Leffin the germanic order which has us and Donald j Sterling w p 3 con and its la dvrs have not its foundation identity of blood and sultans on newspaper and publish race. The dutch potentialities info industries. Schmidt added must now be fully Saskatoon air school wins efficiency Pennant air Commodore t. A. Lawrence air officer commanding no. 2 train ing command wednesday presented the air minister s efficiency pen Nant to no. 7 initial training school Saskatoon won the school As being the outstanding unit of i a Type in Canada during the three months ending Jan. 31. Wing commander l. C. Russell commands the Saskatoon . Air Commodore Lawrence was Accampo. Jim Craig youngest son or. And mrs. J. Craig has arrived overseas according to word received by his parents at 399 Victor Street. War prisoner figures Given London feb. 10 Gaulle s estimate that persons were still held As political prisoners in North Africa was contradicted in effect today when foreign Secretary Eden gave the House of commons figures indicating that Only persons were still in custody Anc not ail these were held for Politico offences. The fighting French Leader said yesterday in a press conference there were political prisoners in North african jails the majority of them frenchmen who were in pained by flying officer j. R. Alex prisoner for wanting to continue the fight against Germany or Span Ander of Winnipeg. Developed for the Benefit of the Rorman Community As a whole. Inopportune moment the nazis would seem to have chosen a very Inopportune moment for this very Blunt restatement of their imperialistic Aims and racial doctrines. By emphasizing once again their intentions of boards of Trade endorse pay As you earn tax plan boards of Trade throughout Mani Toba unanimously endorse the pay As you earn tax plan in a mail vote taken recently. A letter to Hon. J. L. Ilsley. Min rating in a Gigantic German Community in the countries who have Remote racial affinities with Ger my. The nazis Are bound to to Eighn the apprehensions and aver Sions of their who corpor ister of finance was sent tuesday determined to keep their Independence. From the 16 Manitoba boards to re Cord their approval of the plan. A whist drive sponsored by the . Associations of Ward two will be held wednesday evening it and defend 8 pm. In the Agnes Street labor Ireland will never be the same marines practice bagpipe tooting by Nat a. Barrows Londonderry Northern Ireland feb. 10. Special can first that weird noise pouring from various huts in the Marine Barracks of the United states naval operating base Here suggests either a Banshee Wail or a muted air raid Siren out of control. It comes across the Green Hills of Derry above the Patter of rain and the drone of machine shops like a. Lost soul crying out for deliverance. But give the marines time and they will have this Wail attuned to the Melody of to the shores of Tripoli and maybe two or three my United nation with m goal and ise Peoples of the world look to Jesada and the United states for to vibration guidance and Leader a in world Unity in the Post War . Chief asks police o Aid american youth Washington feb. 10. A j. Hoover chief of the Federal Moreau of investigation asked All Femea yesterday to assume an Pra Burden on behalf of boys and Pis in an Effort to destroy a Jpn Dot immorality which threatens future of America s Homes. Said he was astounded by Day to Day observation of the increase in serious crimes committed by Young people. Modify requirements for special delivery in View of the fact that Many first . Marine corps bagpipe band i producers with a Sunu Quan. J More their lungs hold out. For this is the beginning of the 12 Marine pipers Are going to Wear Kilts when they go on Parade. The Marine volunteers Are get Ting plenty of encouragement As they try to master the intricacies of making bagpipes speak or groan or whatever it is bagpipes do. An old Irish Piper is teaching the leathernecks and trying to find More pipes. The question of just what Kilts to Wear is now being considered with the Gordon tartans being favored. Permission of that clan will be asked when the pipe band gets ready to go into dress Parade Marine Blouse and if you can imagine it kills. Red Cross drive committee discusses plans for quota i the Campaign publicity committee of the red Cross a there at luncheon tuesday at 12.30 In Hudson s Bay Tity of Grain threshed find them elves in difficult circumstances until operations can be resumed he Canadian wheat Board Lias decided to modify requirements re arding special borrowing and de Ivery privileges. This action will lid those producers who have threshed some of the crop but not enough to provide them with fuel clothing and other necessities. Up o the present applications to Bor Row and deliver Grain were con fined to producers in immediate need whose crops matured but remained wholly a threshed. When making application to borrow and deliver Grain producers will in future state whether their crops Are wholly a threshed or whether some threshing has been done. The Board Points out that this will ensure that Jie Correct form is sent Forward to them for completion. Woman s death held due to assault and murder Toronto feb. 10. On Tario attorney general s department today described As assault and Mur Der the death of mrs. Annie c. Coughler 50. Whose body was found measured their duty by a shortened yesterday in a Shack in sugar yardstick of their country s own Bush near the Village of Stanley in necessities. Instead Canada has made its own More favored position Spur it on to its greatest efforts so that it May thus contribute from Rich resources for the common diplomats at Vichy removed by nazis by Paul Ghali Berne feb. 10. Special can the representatives in Vichy of countries that have recently broken off relations with France or decided to remove their leg Lions to some Neutral neigh Boring state were ordered by the German authorities to leave Vichy on Jan. 24 for the Little spa of Mont Dore. Some 50 Miles South of the temporary French capital 1 learn from a reliable authority. Included among the diplomats affected by the measure were the brazilian ambassador to Vichy Souza Dantas who has represented his country in France for the last 25 years peruvian minister Calderon and several other representatives of South american countries. The diplomats in Mont Dore Are described As being under surveil Lance. Gaul enters Given drastic commands by Paul Ghali Berne feb. 10. Special can week end meeting of the Sci Clos Gaul enters which culminated with a reunion at Der fuehrer s Headquarters on sunday affords further evidence of Hitler s determination to use the full in fluence of his party in extracting from Germany and the occupied countries their last resources in manpower and material and in holding together Germany s inner front during the difficult months ahead. The nazi Gaul enters have re turned to their jobs with precise instructions from their Boss. What orders they received is not known but presumably their effect will soon become apparent. A Berlin despatch to la suisse Stales that the meeting was convened in order that All regional Heads of the nazi administration might Contact specialists in certain cards who took part in the Spanish civil War. Asked to comment on the con Trast Between his figures and those of de Gaulle. Eden said of am giving information reaching me from the minister in Algiers and i am quite sure that his information As far As he can Check it is wartime matters of capital importance now that the Reich is concentrating All its might for total warfare. Mobilization the nazi press i cannot be carried through in time unless it is quickly and efficiently organized. Discontent signs intensification of the mobilization propaganda Campaign doubt less appears to the nazi leaders All the More necessary As recent measures have reportedly already led to outward signs of dissatisfaction among German workers. At a recent workers meeting at Essen a foreign source discloses Here a nazi orator spoke of the immortal heroes of Stalingrad Only to be answered by the Audi ence with cries of Cannon fodder you mean.1 undoubtedly it was impressed upon the Gau Leivers that such signs of unrest must be suppressed with the utmost severity and hushed up from the outside world. Pet. Jacob Schmaltz who is with the Queen s own Cameron highlanders of Canada. He enlisted on july 3, 1940, and left Winnipeg in 1941. He has a wife and four children. Influenza in Toronto reaches epidemic stage Toronto feb. 10. Influenza outbreak Here has reached epidemic stage or. Gordon p. Jack son Ontario medical health officer reported monday. However he added most of the reported cases Are of a mild nature. One City school has been forced to close and attendances at nearly every school in Toronto arc far below Normal. The Brockville District. In an official statement saying that provincial police were investigating the Case the department said thai it appeared that the woman had been criminally assaulted. The body was partially disrobed when found. Better conditions Are sought former stage and screen actress Dies monday Santa Monica calif., feb. 10. I Lillic h. Bolles who. As Lillian Langton. Appeared on stage and screen a Quarter Century ago. Died monday night. On the screen she appeared with such silent picture stars As Rudolph Valentino. Dorothy Gish. Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks or. Bevin rouses ire of catering group by Helen Kirkpatrick London feb. 10. Special can attempts of a minister who had started life As a Kitchen boy to regulate conditions of work in the catering Trade brought Down the full Wrath of British catering interests in parliament yesterday. Ernest Bevin minister of labor proposed a second Reading of a Bill which is designed to establish a commission to fix wages hours holidays and conditions of work in restaurants hotels and other Cater ing establishments. One Hundred and sixteen tories some of them owners of big catering businesses themselves voted against the Bill. Most of them did so on the grounds that the Bill is controversial and one unnecessary to the War Effort and therefore a violation of the Gordon Smith. Ordinary Seaman in the r.c.n.v.r., has returned to his Sta Tion after spending a leave with his parents. Or. And mrs. J. A. Smith 509 Victor Street. Labor bodies urge Trade Union study Ottawa feb. 10. Cana Dian and Catholic confederation of labor in a Brief presented to Mem Bers of the Cabinet today. Urged the holding of a Dominion Provin Cial conference to study the " compulsory incorporation of Trade unions. The memorandum also asked the appointment of a Royal commis Sion to inquire into the whole mat Ter of living costs and recommended the Cost of living bonuses and overtime pay from taxation. It was suggested that investigation into labor disputes preliminary to appointment of conciliation boards now conducted by a com missioner or conciliation officer should be transferred to provincial labor departments which could recommend the appointment of a Federal commission. The procedure now followed in to discuss plans for raising Manitoba s quota. Gordon e. Hunter chairman of e publicity committee proposed idea of placing a red Cross on Ullh of every Home in the to there during p Jown be the drive is in move. Or. Hunter sex he people of Manitoba u become red Cross conscious. Vivant Thern to realize that Dur year 1942 there were donors. Also that up to now Nave been parcels Europe by the red Cross he and Many More reasons d do give us adequate support this important he concluded. Of the Canadian press Canadian press is sex entitled to the use for cation of All news Des credited to it or to the item press in this paper also the local news pub herein. Public employees Council is planned organization plans for the establishment of the Manitoba joint Council of Public employees which will include municipal provincial and Federal employees will be undertaken at a meeting at the Marlborough hotel sunday at 2 Following the Lead of the British Columbia Public servants representatives from each Section were appointed recently to make arrange ments for full representation at Sun Day s meeting. Representatives in clude e. R. Gagnon Secretary treasurer federation of St Boniface civic employees b. H. Peterson president. Central Council civic employees of Winnipeg and h. Hall president of the Winnipeg local Council amalgamated civil ser vants of Canada. The organization w ill Deal with f Iun the welfare of members and of the governmental report sets record in Brevity some sort of record for terse nuts and Brevity in government depart mental reports manifested itself to Day when the report of the Provin Cial railway commissioner was made available to the legislature. Hwy is the Brief report authorized under the signature of Hon. J. S. Mcdiar . Railway commissioner no transactions took place Dur ing the fiscal year ending. April 30, 1942." the Post of provincial railway commissioner was provided for by statute in 1832 and Veteran Legisla tors were hard put to recall any drama of London Blitz shown in Fate of a flier s flannels by Scott Young London feb. 10. Little aircraft Man was a news paleraman before he joined the . He worked in Paris for a , but had returned to London by the time the germans slugged their Way into France. He had written plenty of stories about refugees. You might have read some of them at the time about the old men and children the grandmothers and Young wives who struggled along packed roads carrying what they wanted to Sal Vage from the War sweeping to Ward their Homes. Sure he had written plenty of those stories. And he smiled his Bright smile As he told How he had laughed at the irony of it All As he looked Down through the lowering rain at the plodding Back of the Donkey. Although he was sitting1 on All that was left of his Home piled into that Little Donkey cart rattling through the streets of London he did t have to look far Down. He was t sitting on much. London Blitz Days those were Blitz Days in London. He is a flight lieutenant now. But then he was just an ac2 on seven Days leave because his Home had been bombed. His father was Little year during the last decade at least i crippled for life and this in which any meetings had been it held. Fireman files suit against fruit company John Mechur Winnipeg fireman filed statement of claim for s10. 5s1.42 in court of King s Bench. Wednesday against David Ruff. Isaac Solomon. Nathan Prober and William Sam Katz. Carrying on Busi Ness As United fruit company. The plaintiff alleges he was seriously and permanently injured on Mcgregor Street. April 30. 1942. When he was run Over by a owned by the defendants and oper englishman with the Bright smile had spent a couple of Days digging through the ruins of his Home look ing for things his family wanted. And in doing so he had almost been killed. I was pulling at a Rug caught under some wreckage when i heard a Little piece of plaster fall. I turned and ran. The whole top of the House smashed Down where i had he told How the bomb got his father hunching his shoulders and jerking his head and legs convulsively to show How his father walks now. He drove the Donkey cart Only transport available to a school that had been evacuated. Many others in the same District had done the same. He set Down his bundle in he Corner of a room. A few Days later he returned to Jet those few belongings. He went to he room where he left what he had saved from the bomb ing of his Home. Flooded by water it was flooded with water Fromi a broken main. He fished around for a while and found his Type writer. He found his planned pants. He took what was left to a Ware Louse where hundreds of such tragic bundles were stacked. Then in went Back to his station. He was Back in London a few weeks later and decided he would g his trousers and have them cleaned. He went to the warehouse. It had been bombed too. After a couple of Days they came up with his trousers to the cleaners. He re so he took his typewriter to a newspaper in Fleet Street and Send his trousers to the cleaners. He re turned to his station again. On his next leave he called Back for his what number is your the girl asked. Two Hundred and she smiled wanly. All the num Bers from 180 to 304 Are missing. The laundry was bombed. But May be they la turn conducting votes to determine Union representation Are in conflict with provincial Laws particularly of Quebec the submission those said. Officers to Confer on women recruiting conferences regarding recruiting for women s branches of the armed services through selective service offices will be held Between women placement officers of selective service and representatives of the . The . Women s Divi Sion and the . In Winni Peg and Calgary monday Fred j. White Prairie regional superintendent of the unemployment insurance commission announced wednesday. the conference the placement officers will obtain information on the qualifications and classifications of employment offered to women by these services or. White said. When the system goes into opera Tion the three armed services will Send a statement of women needed to selective service offices and these will be treated just like those of employers explained or. White. Enlistment will be on a purely voluntary basis he added. Whites he ii hatchery gets Trout eggs a shipment of Brown Trout eggs recently cleared the customs from the United states and were placed in the new fish hatchery in the White shall provincial Park Hon. J. S. Mcdiarmid minister of mines and natural resources announced1 wednesday. This will introduce a new species of sport fish to the province. When hatched the Brown Trout will be placed in suitable lakes. I reorganization of Halifax 1.1h-j a. J it j they did. A couple of weeks health department urged he took the parcel to the news i feb 10_ he came to town Sec pins condensation of health walked along the Street to pick conditions in wartime Halifax was he up his trousers. He did the could see them though dangling from a Hook on a blackened Wall five storeys up in the wrecked Shell of the building he had left whole a few weeks before. Voiced in a report of the International health division of the Rocke Feller foundation made Public last night and recommending immediate reorganization of the City s health department. Mixed algerian staff co operates by Victor Gordon Lennox London feb. 10. Special can returned from the Allied Headquarters in Algiers express genuine amazement Over the extent to which the supreme com Mander there operates with a mixed staff. When Gen. Dwight d. Eisen Hower presses the Bell it is just As Likely that a British As an. American officer appears. Similarly British seniors Are smoothly served by american juniors. It is . Eisenhower is genuinely delighted that he will probably have British senior Manders on land and at sea and in the forecast in these despatches monday they Are to be Gen. Sir Harold r. L. G. Alex Ander. Sir Andrew b. Cunningham and sir Arthur w. Tedder respect each of whom he has affection and regard. Wartime party truce. Bevin insisted that the Bill is essential to the War and further that it is backed by the entire Cabinet. Thus the opposition be came a minor tory revolt of no significance but of surprising strength. According to experts the catering Trade is behind every other Trade or Industry in its working conditions. Canteen problem these conditions Are making it difficult for the ministry of labor to get the necessary recruits for factory canteens and other Essen tial eating places. No one wants to go into a Job so poorly paid and with such Long hours. The government regards the Standard of cooking in Britain As below what it should be and believes that it cannot be remedied until working conditions Are such that people will wish to enter thai Trade. There will be a tremendous amount of Yelling and fuss but the government is confident that the Bill will be passed. Subsequently Bevin intends to tackle the Domestic servant problem and to place Domestic servants in the same Cate gory As catering employees. Bevin himself started life As a Kitchen boy. And today is an unusually Good Cook. He has never forgotten the conditions under which he had to work. Sgt. Pilot John a. Mcgeachy is Home on leave with his parents or. And mrs. W. Mcgeachy of 684 Agnes Street. Sgt. Pilot Mcgeachy received his wings at Hagersville ont. And enlisted with the . In december 1941. Looking backward from the free press improper nutrition methods Are scored Twenty per cent of Canada s population is definitely undernourished and 40 per cent is on the order line stated miss Norah Cherry when speaking on Canada s official food rules to the Winnipeg electric club tuesday at the St. Charles hotel. Canadian War industries lost Man Days through illness in 1948. Much of it due to improper feeding. This lost time is equivalent to the labor needed to 2.000 bombers she added. I miss Cherry stated that More than people have visited the nutrition Centre where Canada s official food rules Are distributed. Or. M. A. Swan of the provincial department of health displayed a coloured talkie illustrating the proper buying and preparing of foods. Mrs. Mary Jane Parker is injured in fall mrs. Mary Jane Parker. 63, of suite 2. Delmar apartments was injured at 4.30 Tuesday when she lost her balance and fell while crossing William Avenue near Isa Bel Street. Suffering a fractured right leg. Mrs. Parker was admitted to Winnipeg general Hospital where her condition is reported Good. Sixty years 10, 1883 the new Central school was occupied and allotted to girls the Only male teacher in the school being j. A Hunt the the Cauchon Block Corner of main and York was completed. Fifty five years 10, 1888 at a conference of the Winnipeg City Council Board of Trade and leading citizens the Waterpower on the Assiniboine was earnestly c. Mclntyre was elected chairmen at the Organiza Tion of the Winnipeg Public school Board. Fifty years 10, 1833 among leading members on the Council elected by the Winnipeg Board of Trade were j. Gait j. H. Ashdown Kenneth Mckenzie. D. W. Bole and we. Or. Sparling had raised s73.000 on the building fund of Wesley United College. Forty five years 10, 1898 the visiting curlers to the Bon Spiel were Banquete at the Mani Toba hotel Corner of main and Zwier streets. Federal building e. L. Drewry m. Toombs was elected grand master of the Orange grand Lodge. Forty years 10, 1903 the Manitoba government Pur chased the Southwest Corner of Gertie Street and William Avenue As a site for the Normal Ira Stratton. Stonewall and m. Lawrie Morris were elected offi cers of the newly formed account ing of Manitoba association. Thirty five years 10, 1908 among the nine entries in the Northwest chess tournament were Charles Blake the Champion Rev. Canon Coombes. R. W. Worsley. Yorkton g. H. Collins h. Ullstrom Rev. S. G. Chambers and r. E. Davison. Thirty years 10, 1913 by a majority of 34, the bylaw to amalgamate the City of St. Boniface and the municipality of St. Vital was Defeated it was the South end of the municipality that Defeated the bylaw. Twenty five years feb. 10, 1318 t. R. Deacon had just organized a Selling corporation for the Mani i Toba Bridge company and looked Forward to extensive developments. Winnipeg permanent play ers with Frank Camp and Anne Bronaugh leading were making a hit with the comedy drama. Rolling stones. Twenty years 10, 1923 miss Winnipeg. Muriel Harper was a close second along with miss Montreal to miss St. John Wini Fred Blair who the title of mass Canada at the All Canada Beauty Competition in Montreal ;