Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 17, 1944, Winnipeg, Manitoba Final edition pages. Demand fascist deaths Edward a. Moran pies april 17. Special communist today demanded that i Nown fascists be shot As traitors to Italy and intimated hat if it entered the new gov it would advocate car guilt trials. At the same time other political developments indicated that the non Sitison parties As a whole in of a by american civil affairs twi cers unexpected charges that is spreading in Southern ulv were attempting to Force the Jimi nation of the entire Sadoglio so verment including Sadoglio meanwhile the opposition parties Ere All impressed and excited bite accusation of . G. H. My Airey regional commissioner for he Allied control commission for he nine Southern provinces that he government was undoing a lot 1 work which the am government had Lone there and in some cases was actively encouraging fascist Organ nations. The opposition parties will of course make All the political Cap Ial they can from Mccaffrey s Harges. They May succeed in engineering a More sweeping reorganization of government than they dared Hope for before. But. Despite his weakened Posi Tion it seer is hardly possible that hey will be Able to eliminate Sadoglio altogether unless they can convince the allies that they can produce a Leader who will form a Able government. Although the Junta representing be six opposition parties finally merged on saturday after a Lively with a communique pledging their support in the formation f a democratic War government icy Leit themselves plenty of Lee for future action. The Junta meets again tuesday to discuss the situation further. They May have some interesting new material because two represent ves of the action party Are con erring with Sadoglio this afternoon j t his invitation. The a zionists ave been most Adamant of All that rises 6.32. Sun sets 20.24 Moon rises 4.19. Moon sets 13.45 Winnipeg monday april 17, 1944. Mild. Standin and y automobile four individuals the funeral will be held in Fly that is the Way radio Rome announced last evening the assassination of the greatest italian scientist to accept fascism. Gentile was president the Academy of Taly and a Neo pascut senator. Gentile. A Phol Sopher and politician was born at Castel act Ano Trapani province. May 30, 875. Once the Friend and later the adversary of Benedetto Croce be was considered by italians to be Ine of the greatest contemporary thinkers. He was often Iii ated Ghali can saturday after in Gentile was returning Home in enemy pay shot him dead. Rence monday up fliers raise bag to 10 an . Fifth Ler base in april 17. Up Cable the St inactive City of Edmonton Squadron carried its fruitful against the in for a warm time temperature readings Low Din inn the night 7.30 a.m., april 17th 10.30 a.m., april 17th 1.30 . April 17th this Day last year -h59 Bright Sunshine sent Winnipeg s . Wellingtons Many of which were piloted by canadians struck at the Budapest rail Yards and Crew men said new fires were started in rhe target area by the night attach. Kai Yards hit heavy damage was spread through j the rail Yards at turn Severin bottleneck on the romanian Side of danubian Iron Gate by the Sun Day Daylight attack. In a fourth Daylight foray into Balkans other heavy bombers attacked the yugoslav rail Junction of Nis. Ten planes were lost in the bal Kan raids and three failed to return irom other operations by the medi Allied air Force during the Day. A Budapest broadcast heard in London said the germans have sus Pended All passenger traffic on the Danube. The night raiding wellingtons from Italy concentrated their Block busters Early today on subsidiary 4 Toni railway Yards at Budapest handling be. I production from the Manfred Weiss armament factory. Belgrade now capital of the German puppet slate of Serbia is one of the most important Cross roads from Central Europe to the East. As such it has been German Headquarters for All the Balkans since last october. American Long Range fighters by his italian admirers to the Rench philosopher Bergson. He presented the philosophical school of italian idealism. Because to was n Complete agreement with the fascist ideology honors were by upon him for Many r fact he was one of the Gro test genetic varies of the Mussolini re temperature Garrison that once numbered More than were seek ing desperately to escape by sea from the base while rearguard fought the final Battle but a Hail of soviet artillery shells and Aerial bombs Sank scores of their ships at their piers or at Anchor. Front despatches said North Bay and the naval base anchorages had become a graveyard of sunken transports and Power Many of which had been sent to the Bottom fully Laden with hundreds of troops. Piers and Harbor installations ablaze. Sevastopol s main airfields in the Northern suburbs already were in russian hands and soviet planes destroyed 28 enemy aircraft parked on one the few air bases still held by the germans. Ten other enemy planes some of them presumably attempting to evacuate key personnel by air were shot Down. Forty More towns and villages East and Southeast of Sevastopol including Only other Cri mean port held by the Axis fell to Gen. Andrei Yeremenko s inde pendent coastal yesterday As it surged Forward to join in the siege of the naval base. Overcoming minefields. Road blocks and other enemy defences. Yeremenko s forces forced the germans from Mountain hideouts and rounded up More prison ers boosting the total bag for the nine Day crimean Campaign to More than some 30j300 other germans and romanians have been killed. Gen. Feodor i. To Bukhin s 4th ukrainian methodically battled its Way through the suburbs of Sevastopol after capturing Lyubimov a three Miles to the North and Shuli nine Miles to the East. Northwest of the Crimea mar Shal Ivan s. Konev s 2nd Ukrain Ian forced the lower Nestr into Bessarabia 11 Miles East of Chisinau second largest City in pre War Romania and near Tiras pol 36 Miles Southeast of Chisinau. Brushing aside enemy counter attacks one column Cut the Dighina railway Ancl captured Ursola 11 Miles Southwest of Tiras pol in an Advance. Along a first class Highway leading 112 Miles Southwest to Ali at the Entrance to the famed Galati Gateway to Bucharest and the Plesti Oil Fields. A special bulletin. From the Sov Iet information service disclosed that the 2nd., in a 41-Day drive across the Southern front to a Point 65 Miles inside Romania killed germans and captured 393 through april 15. This brought the number of Axis troops killed or captured in the 44-Day-old Southern front offensive to Tornado takes heavy toll Royston ga., april 17. Bup emergency Crews worked to pro 500 to 750 Strong fanned out Over Germany almost to Berlin Satur Day. The americans shot Down 18 German planes and destroyed 40 others on the ground for r. Loss of 30 fighters. This was the in Kest loss Ever suffered by american fighters in a single Day s operation. In All the Low level strafing lacks were directed at 10 German airfields and at barges locomotives and a factory. Blazing merrily before it was discovered by the residents of 201 Ferndale Avenue Norwood fire damaged the roof and third floor of the three Storey House to the extent of defective wiring was slated to be the probable cause of the fire by St. Boniface fire chief Arthur Spence. Norwood residents take a close up View of the fire department in action in the above picture As ladders to the third floor Are manned. Bond values assured by it. T. Richardson Ottawa april Assurance that values of War Bonds purchased by the Public will be protected was contained in a speech made today by Hon. ,1. L. Lesley finance minister at Windsor on. This was seen Here As the government s reply to the . Demand recently that governmental guarantee of Ioc cents on the Dollar should be Given to ail War Bonds. Or. Lesley said the Price of Bonds would drop after the War Only in the government allowed interest rates to Rise. His statement was in the Normal course of events there will be who will wish to sell their Bonds after the War. And indeed one the reasons we give for buying Bonds now is thai they will provide funds for Pur chases or investments after the War. Richardson continued on. Page 7, column 3 fires in St. Boniface keep fighters Busy St. Boniface firemen had no time for playing checkers on sunday. Two serious fires which Drew Large crowds occurred almost simultaneously around noon and half a dozen grass fires allowed no Idle time the rest of the Day. There was not even time for brass polishing. A Call came from the Alsip Brick. Lumber and tile company while All trucks were still at 201 Ferndale Avenue finishing off a finns leave door open London april 17. Has rejected revised russian peace terms but in a note to Moscow has sought to keep open the door to future negotiations it was Learned today. Both Britain and the United states were believed informed of he decision. The fact that some time has elapsed since the negotiations started during which the rus Sian has initiated no Offen Sive on the finnish front ter pretend Here As meaning there still was some Chance for peace. One bomber every hour Detroit april 17. Bup the Ford motor company s goal of a bomber every working hour at Willow run was reached in. Feb professor of philosophy gentle was professor destroying three enemy aircraft in the air Over Luxeuil France and leaving seven flaming or. The ground and another badly dam aged. The bag raised the score of the s crack Mosquito intruders since last sunday to 10 destroyed and several damaged in Day and the Weatherman c us. Us Jodi Ujj. Pm Sophy of Palermo. Naples. Pisa so Rome. He entered political life i 1920. And served As counsellor in s in anti socialist administration of iome. When Mussolini came to Oiver Gentile was appointed rain Ster of National education and Urig the 20 months that he held Nis Dost made great reforms in he italian schools. Marshal Sadoglio deprived Gen be of All his positions. The Ulo Sopher then wrote two letters o his Pupil. Professor Severi. Losalio s minister of education urging him to break away but remained Loyal to his con actions. In his last speech exactly a month ago. Gentile said who arc now old have lived or Italy. If need be. We will die or Manitoba s skies will remain for the next 36 hours and be will be even warmer in win. Tucs Dav. The Mercury reached 54 by officials revealed today in Uii Nuary the War department c t permitted to announce that n production rate approaching 450 bombers 12 30 achieved and month had been thai the bomber an o cock. Muddy roads Are drying up. The had Ashville bus unable for several weeks to get further than Richer through to the end Vas in Ford spokesmen vide shelter and Relief today for scores made homeless by a Tornado which hit Georgia and South Caro Lina with lightning swiftness before Dawn yesterday and left at least 39 dead and More than 300 injured. Twenty one were killed in Georgia and 18 in South Carolina. Property damage by twister i which Cut a -100-mile path was sex 1 peeled to exceed hundreds of thous ands of dollars. Eye witnesses said the Tornado ripped through the stretch of farm ing communities with express train crumbling Homes and buildings like matchboxes uproot ing Trees overturning cars and disrupting communications. The Tornado left Hoyston and sur rounding villages almost a shambles. Many Homes roofless Auto mobiles were overturned on the streets and the negro sections virtually were demolished at Greenwood. S.c., 12-year-old Jean Willingham was killed when the wind destroyed her Home and blow her Ico feet across the Street. The twister which lasted less than five seconds left Green Wood s streets cluttered with debris counter attacks push japs Back advanced Allied Headquarters Ceylon april and Indian troops opening twin counter attacks against the japanese around Imphal were Clearing the Kohima today alter pushing the enemy deep into the Hills beyond Imphal Plain with the capture of an important position Northeast of the capital of India s Manipur state. Although a communique from no Binge scotch is out Macarthur rules Many beyond repair or. The ground. Four Crews took part in sunday s Ninette bus Only to Somerset. Neutrals4 attitude is Allied problem by William h. Stone wan London april 17. Special can Means of enforcing Allied demands upon neutrals if the recent British and american notes fail to bring about a drastic curtailment in shipments to Germany Are thought to have been among the matters discussed by under Secre tary or stale e. R. Steu Mius or prime minister Churchill and for eign Secretary Anthony Eden in extended conversations Over the week end. The problem is not an easy one and grows More complicated the More it is considered. The difficulty now. As before is thai the allies Are not prepared to take drastic action to enforce their demands. The worst they can do is to curtail those limited shipments which they have hitherto allowed to reach the Continental neutrals. In the Case of Spain one of the worst offenders they have already stopped shipments of Oil the com Moditz most needed there. In the Case of Sweden which the allies now ask to Stop or almost Stop the shipments of bal bearings to Ger Many imports from the american continent Are already so strictly limited that further tightening up could have Small effect or. Thar country s Economy. Supply difficulty another difficulty lies in our in ability to Supply several of the countries notably Spain and tur of the first pictures of great Britain s new Fairey i i Barracuda a combination dive and torpedo bomber now m service with air Arm. Barracudas participated in the latest attack on the German battleship Tirpitz. Which left the enemy Craft battered and burning in its Alton fjord Norway hideout. Key. With the supplies they Germany and absolutely essential now receive from they would cease to receive if they obeyed our injunctions. We cannot Supply Spain with flour to feed its populations and we probably Are unable to fur Nish Turkey with the medical sup now gets from Germany. The neutrals concerned Are obviously playing for time hoping that the second front May begin and its outcome be fairly Well decided before they have to make further drastic concessions either Way. It May be expected that All the neutrals readily undertake concessions to the allies if any the second front goes Well but if it results in Rebuff or stalemate they l wish to maintain amicable relations with the germans. One Basic difficulty Basic difficulty in negotiating with the neutrals or demanding anything of them lies in the neutrals fixed conviction that they will enjoy practically All the Bene fits accorded Allied belligerents in the Post War world. Sweden for example naturally expects to be treated Sis Well As Norway follow ing the peace and Spain probably expects to be treated As Well As Portugal which has Given us the use of the azores. This being the Case and the coun tries concerned being convinced that neutrality is preferable to Par War against the they cannot be putting Teeth into Hull policy Washington april 17. Lied diplomats now Are putting Teeth into the no Compromise announced by state Secretary Cor Dell Hull for Neutral countries Deal ing with Hitler Germany. They Are under instructions to pursue a relentless course for implementing this policy until Hitler is beaten. One of the first accomplishments of reinforced diplomacy under this policy May be Complete economic separation of Turkey from Ger Many. Officials Here Are More Hope Ful now of a break up of turkish German Trade than they have been Foj several months. In the Case of Sweden the immediate apparently is to reduce supplies of swedish Ball bearings and machine tools to Germany but the Long Range must be to halt swedish German Trade entirely. Admiral lord Louis Mountbatten s new Headquarters did not identify the position the japanese in the Northeast sector last were reported on punish gun Peak 10 Miles from Imphal. The communique which denied japanese claims of having penetrated the Imp Ial Plain said the enemy s Hill position was taken by the imperials after a Battle thai lasted several Days. At the same time other unit i from the City s Garrison attacked the japanese holding blocks on the Road to Kohima. 60 Miles North of Imphal. And the operations were said to be progressing Success the Allied advances relieved the pressure around Imphal which the japanese almost had isolated with a three Way drive that had Cut the Kohima Highway the Tiddum Road and the Jungle Trail Between Bishe pore and Wilchar. Adventurous Allied glider borne troops Are operating Only 70 Miles Northwest of Mandalay creating a serious situation for the japanese in the India Burma offensive in column ii fire which caused about si.500 damage. The Alsip Brick factory suffered severe damage when a grass fire started a Blaze which destroyed the shed housing the Brick making machinery. No hydrant was available at the Brick Plant so firemen had to pump stagnant water from a pit beside the building. Top floor damaged extensive fire damage was done to the top floor of a three Storey House at 201 Ferndale and the lower floors suffered smoke and water damage. The first floor is occupied by or. And mrs. Ralph Carter and two children. Joyce 9. And Bob 5. Or. And mrs. Albert Stevenson occupy the second floor. The top floor was unoccupied but was ready for tenants. Furniture was removed from the House be fore it could be damaged. The fire had made considerable Progress before a passerby noticed smoke coming from the roof shingles. Fire chief Arthur Spence said that the origin Hud not been determined. The House is owned by the Trust and loan com Pany of Canada. Chief Spence issued a warning to citizens against the danger of grass fires at the present season. More than a foot tall in places. The grass and weeds Are dry and easily set ablaze. Fences and posts were burned in some of sunday s fires. A Quantity of flax Fibre at the key l r Fibre Mills. Mission Street and Mctavish Avenue was destroyed when a grass fire swept in on it. Machinery was scorched. To citation in the German octopus expected to make concessions the Sake of Good Fellowship. What other arguments can be used re Mains to be decided by Washington and London. It is hard to see what they can be. Pet. James h. Dumas of Birmingham ala., and pet. Alexander d. Price of Wykoff n.j., sit before their i dwelling the Waldorf hysteria which they built of Earth cardboard Shell cases and Timber in the Anzio beachhead sector of Italy. Bombay rocked by explosions Bombay april 17. Allies estimated at occurred Friday when two ammunition explosions Shook Bombay and started a fire which raged out of control until sunday. The number of dead was not Given in this despatch. A govern ment communique issued saturday said 67 persons died the fire started on a ship in Dock and spread to the ammunition. Several firemen and their equipment vanished in the first explosion. Buildings Shook for Miles Arou id and hundreds of per sons working in business houses were injured by Glass from broken windows. What to do told to give it Back to Navy with the Canadian corps in Italy april 17. Up Telephone talk As recorded in the log Book of. A Canadian division 2215 is a boat off the pier at Ortona and when challenged does not answer. Our people have three machine guns trained on it and wish permission to lire. It does t respond to challenger you May open fire. Note checked with naval officer in charge. Ortua. Whose office does not know of any of their Craft being in the Vicinity. 2245 just discovered that one of my Craft slipped in without warning. Please Call your dogs. They Are now shooting up flares from All directions and seem to be grouping for an infantry attack. "2305 just captured boat. What Are we to do with it it Back to the Navy ;