Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 9, 1943, Winnipeg, Manitoba Sea get vacation gala a june 9. Nanal War labor Board last night a. Order establishing Vaca Vith pay for employees of n 4. Railway employees Wrt ment . On the same and conditions As those now a by division no. 4 on the Ian National railways. Division no 4 is an organization railway shop trades which holds " re Emonts governing working con a tons with practically All Cana shop employees of car system hold a like agree v Ith he . Management re Board disallowed applications division no. 4 railway pm iovee5 department for orders that be paid for time lost illness brought about by conditions which they irk Anci that time and one halt for All work performed on sunday to those employees who. While working or sunday have an ask cd Day off later in the week. The Board said that the holidays with plan had never been in Traduce by he Canadian Pacific and the net result was that some 60 per of the employee Ero of represented by division no. 4 holidays with pay Al the remainder in the main employees of the c.p.r., did not. Judgment said the Board s nil was considered justifiable in circumstances where some 60 per of the workers concerned Ai ing Sergt. Scarff kit ussing Sergt. Thomas Deuel Scarff son of or. And mrs. C. H. Scarfie 335 Inglewood Street was reported missing on Active service after air operations in the . S 596th casualty list issued last night. Peryt. Scarff enlisted in february 1941, and received his training at Calgary Trenton and Dafoe sask. Any satisfactory evidence of Able comparable the privilege. I he arrived overseas in july 1942. Frh to the second part prior to enlisting he was employed the judgment the Board said with the Bell refrigerator company. The applicants to coffer Vlin Nedosa Man miss info in Minnedosa man., june 9. Spe Pilot Clark Mcnabb. Elder son or. And mrs. Arthur Mcnabb of Minnedosa is missing following air operations overseas according to a Cable received by his parents. Sergt. Mcnabb was born March 23, 1919, at Minnedosa and was educated at do school. He attended the University of Manitoba for two ten Days late june Minior. Bureau f statistics in its turd a series of 18 weekly Tele graphic crop reports said yester Dav that some estimates place the season a a week to 10 Days late in the three Prairie provinces. Crops Are Well rooted in All three provinces and and coarse Grain crops arc largely showing above ground but now Are in need of warmth to offset the backward s of the Spring the Bureau said. Sunshine and heat Are the sen Era need of Grain crops in the Prairie provinces although in Al Berta and some districts of Saskatchewan More vain would be Welcome said the report. Alberta. Seeding trails very Little seeding any crop remains to be clone in Manitoba while in Saskatchewan about 10 per cent of the coarse Grain and 15 per cent of the flaxseed crops have still to be planted. Alberta is Trail in the other two provinces and shows Only 95 per cent of the wheat and 75 per cent of the Ether Grain crops seeded to Date. Heavy Rains fell in Manitoba and parts of Alberta while showers vere fairly general in Saskatchewan the past week. The moisture situation in Manitoba now is ample Lor immediate crop needs and excessive in the heavy soil but l the other two provinces especially in Alberta there Are Many districts still in need of rain to in Crove pastures and ensure germination of late sown grains.1 the height of wheat shows considerable variation but in parts of Manitoba and in Southern Alberta to is six inches the Bureau said. Pasture conditions on the whole Aro satisfactory except in Alberta where they Are spotty and in need rain in some Crews. Livestock Spears to be in a generally Satis cry condition. Years before enlisting in the air Force in october 1941. Sergt. Mcnabb trained at Edmon ton Calgary and Claresholm alta., where he received his wings. Alter further training in navigation in Prince Edward Island he left for overseas in january. 1943. Besides his parents there is one brother Donald at Home. N. Of hit by bombers Allied Headquarters in Australia june 9. Cargo ship was damaged by Allied heavy bombers in a raid on japanese shipping off Swemba. Netherland East indies the High command announced today. Swemba is an Island in the lesser Sunda group More than 900 Miles West of Darwin. Flying boats attacked Babo. 750 Miles North of Darwin in dutch a Guinea setting off explosions and scoring hits on the Ai drome runway. The heavy bombers struck at the Harbor of Waing pole and two 500 Pound bombs fell near the ship. On portuguese timor the area of Dili was attacked bombers. Fires also at Kaupang. Roughly 400 Darwin. Medium bombers made the attack on Babo and also struck at nearby Kaimana. The explosions set off it Babo were so great that they rocked the attacking planes at an Altitude of feet. Prepare a i 1 e o in steel Tensis Pittsburgh june 9. Arabian officials of the United Teel workers of America returned ome last night after conferring Lere with president Phillip Murray or. Measures they said were de me i signed to bring about a satisfactory 430 disposal of the steel crisis in Canada. The Canadian National director. C. Ii. Millard. Said he and Stanley a hessian. Nova Scotia District director and John Mitchell Central can Adian District director would meet with Canadian government author pics Irp or their return to discuss the situation which Millard termed serious. In a statement. Millard said while i am not at Liberty to state 0e nature of the measures which it proposed to adopt i can say they such that it is quite apparent Murray is convinced that the Una Ian steel workers have been fairly treated and Steps must be Buen to Deal constructively with situation before it gets out of prisoners taken in Tunisia und on. June 9. Allied took a total of Axis in prisoners during the fighting by medium were started Dili and Kaupang Are Miles Northwest of Montreal june 9. Up trans port controller t. C. Lockwood of Montreal yesterday announced curtailment of train services to sum Mer resorts and issued a warning that More drastic Steps May have to be taken to prevent non essential travel. He gave no details of train service curtailment. Or. Lockwood said i am seriously concerned at the increase in civilian travel on the railways in Canada non essential conventions and gatherings Are still being held seriously interfering with the move ment of the armed flirt flon hockey player badly burned flin flon man., june 9. Special Warnick Well known Mem Ber the flin flon Bambers hockey team first second and third degree Burns to the face hands and Chest from an electric switch Early tuesday. A compan Ion. George Kowich suffered minor Burns. The Accident occurred in the Ball Mill of the Hudson Bay mining and smelting company Plant. Both men Are in Hospital. To make tankers. Vancouver june 9. Up the news Herald said today in a news Page Story that it Learned on re liable authority that construction of tankers will Start in a Vancouver shipyard this year for wartime merchant shipping limited. Hit Axis ships in authoritative source j London june 9. Be Cable today. Was explained thai the figures Given by prime minister Inston Churchill in his speech osterday referred to prisoners Asen after May 5, when the main a blk opened. Before that however were taken in actions at Al aka Rit the Mareth line id elsewhere. With Churchill s estimated Xis dead total Axis casualties for j tunisian operation would to 341.000. Eat fewer eggs Ottawa. Junn n. Hp1 of Bri Iva. June 9. Cp1 Agricula minister Gardiner said yester that while egg production in now is higher than Ever the increasing dependence and other United Canada for essential Lood re s an Appeal to the people of a to reduce their consumption 1 eggs during the next few weeks. Enemy shipping off the nether lands coast and barges in Holland i were attacked and damaged yester Day by . Mustangs typhoons and spitfires the air ministry announced last night the . Announced the loss of one spitfire in an attack on canal barges. Certain uses of Coal tar Are now prohibited Ottawa june 9. Provide sufficient Coal tar for vital War industries its use for fuel or for the construction maintenance or repair of Public or private roads highways or Airport runways has been prohibited the munitions department announced yesterday. Sir Miles Lampson British ambassador to Egypt upon whom a barony was conferred in the new year Honor list has taken the title of Baron Killearn of Killearn in the county of Stirling. Winnipeg Kek Orfiss wednesday june 9, 1043 thurs ii Windsor kettles White enamel red trimmed Windsor kettles with Side handles. Approximate capacity quarts. Each. 9sc Saucepan sets Flat Bottom a Quality White enamel Ware with red my. Three sizes 2 and 3 pints approximately. Set of three. Floral design apartment sets four containers showing cheery red Flowers on an Ivory background. 4-piece set hardware Section third floor Portage 95c j is and Izeris 53c Lawn grass. Seed finest mixture of the Best turf grasses. Priced per 1-lb. Carton. 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