Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 18, 1944, Winnipeg, Manitoba Final edition pages. Drastic strike penalties i form april 18. Bup the to verment today announced dras tic penalties up to five years penal servitude and fines of 500 pounds j both for agitators who instigate Moon the measure which is perhaps the most drastic anti strike action taken in the United kingdom since the general strike of 1926. Provides that instigators can be dealt with whether the cause of a stoppage Rimes within Legal definition of we dispute or not Freedom of speech is safeguarded a speaker will be Able to say what he likes at. For example a no Oerly summoned Trade Union meeting. However he starts i fomenting a strike outside on his i own initiative he will be liable to prosecution. The new regulation of which labor minister Bevin is the Prin Cipal author imposes the severe penalties because of the govern ment s belief that no interference with the National War Effort can be tolerated especially in the Light of the impending second front. Principles embodied in the regu lation were previously discussed with the trades Union Congress and the employers federation and it was stated they have the full sup port of both bodies. Simultaneously with the govern ment s action to suppress strike agitators the communist party aligned itself behind the other Par ties with a proclamation calling for an All out National Effort. Must be no interruption of production or transport in any the proclamation said. The front must be supplied with an endless Stream of Muni Lions and communications of All kinds must be maintained at All speech held As reply to critics by b. T. Kichak son Ottawa. Ont., april 18. Special Bracken s statement last night on Commonwealth relations is regarded Here As reply to criticism which has been directed at him within the progressive conservative party of which he is Leader. This criticism has found expression recently in editorial comment in newspapers such As Toronto Telegram and the and mail. Coming on the Eye of prime minister King s departure for Lon Don to attend the conference of prime ministers of the British Commonwealth the Bracken state ment was studied carefully the big Surprise was the extent to which the progressive conservative Leader supported the position adopted by i. King on Jan. 31. When he repudiated the lord Hali fax proposal of common policy organization of the British Commonwealth. Since the . Has already lined up behind or. King on this Issue. Or. King will go to London with much More of a United front behind him than appeared Ric Haridson continued on Page 4. Column 5 pc 3d. Sun sets. 20.26. Rises. 4.55. Moon sets j5.03. Winnipeg tuesday april 18, 1944. Mild. Only plane missing from night operations Over Cologne is Canadian. A Stockholm despatch quoted advices from Switzerland As saying hat romanian Railroad and Oil Field workers were fleeing their Obs by the hundreds As a result of the heavy air attacks. Bucharest was described water and electricity and 40 per cent of its population was said to have been evacuated. The germans have thrown e. Cordon of troops around the Plesti and have forbidden it As a View of the ruined ing Britain clamps Security ban on foreign Diplomat activities untre Eclen Ted to safeguard the secrets of the coming diplomats to leave this country and placed a dras Matic communication to and from Britain of All countries except Russia Alth april Britain 1 tic censorship on the British Commonwealth and the United the move came As nazi sources were predicting that the opening of Western front was not far a Paris broadcast said the invasion Wes nearer even than we would have expected and a Berlin despatch appearing in the Stock Holm newspaper Afton bladet re ported that most germans believed it would Start in the last half of May. The German Tran Ocean Agency also said rumours were circulating in Lisbon that another meeting of president Roosevelt and prime minister Churchill was impending. Air passengers from England the Agency said told of an area being fenced off with barbed wire in Britain similar to fhe Roosevelt Churchill conference area at Casa Blanca. In this connection the impending arrival of a very distinguished personality is talked the Tran Ocean despatch said. Simultaneously it is stated Here Lisbon. That president Roosevelt has changed his trip to the South and has turned Kevo fecs old privileges the British foreign office s order restricting foreign diplomatic staffs revoked privileges Laid Down by the Congress of Vienna in 1315 As inviolable but the announcement detailing the regulations asserted in the unprecedented Circum stances created by military operations impending in the present year any inadvertent disclosure of diplomats continued on Page 4. Column 1 Bracken takes stand on Empire relations Ottawa april 18. Bracken National progressive conservative Leader outlining his party s policy on Empire relationship last night urged even closer co operation with other Commonwealth nations. I am in favor therefore of can Ada acting As an autonomous Power to strengthen the ties which bind the members of the Commonwealth together and to this end i believe that a plan for continuous Consul tation in matters of common in Terest should be worked out by us a. He said in a statement. By that i mean consultation not just for purposes of talk whether described As Exchange of views or As verbal collaboration but Deli nicely with a View to a meeting of minds on matters of practical policy not been suggested As it a Vel considered that1 be such rigidity to so Ould subtract from v Verein c denied that to the had asked Canada in a speech at Toronto to make a commitment to fall in line in any event. Lord Halifax made no such re quest or even said or. Bracken. Very definitely be recognized our completely autonomous position. He asked us to seek to agree with the other members of the common health and invited our full co operation at the table of the British nations in the determination of those features of Commonwealth policy in which All of us Are concerned. I say Canada should not refuse to sit and act at that table. Colonial habits outdated Canada should emerge from co Lonial habits and should not fear to take her responsibilities As a full grown nation and As a partner Bracken continued on Page 30. Column 5 papers in Sydney resume printing Sydney Australia april 18. Sydney morning Herald and the Sydney daily Telegraph resumed publication today after a Brief suspension caused by censorship confiscation of the editions of six australian newspapers which carried stories relating to Busund Erst clings reveal Tirpitz raid result by Nat a. Barrows Stockholm april 18. Special can eyewitness to the Brit ish bombing of the nazi battleship Tirpitz reached Stockholm today with the fact that 80 were killed 300 badly wounded and nearly 1.000 injured during the hours when planes launched from a carried dropped bombs. V the wounded so overtaxed medical facilities of where the Tirpitz had Long been hiding out in North Luftwaffe planes ered from the Tromson airfields lances. The result of were command Bardu Foss arid is flying Amu the latest raid Sforza views Allied Rule is praised by Ben Malkin free press War correspondent Aples March 26. Carlo Sforza distinguished italian statesman and political thinker declared Day that in spite of mistakes committed in the past it will be seen against the background of history that the Allied military in Italy will have been a humane generous id far seeing Experiment. You will be proud of it. The worst he Indi press been mainly created b a Iii Njie Cal leu u pro racist prejudice existing a unconsciously in the minds of of your big officials. Dint were so afraid of reds or s that in Many places they in Power fascists simply be Muse these fascists were Rich were and went on saying that were for order count Sforza who last fall re rated _ an invitation to replace As Italy s prime minister who bitterly opposes the re of King Victor Emmanuel to favors a coalition govern 5eot of Italy s democratic parties. Jang his conversations with this he prepared written to the following questions you believe that the pres italian government can improve Standard of living of the italian present government is a government of old fascist generals of politicians who have been by their own parties. Therefore it lacks authority for any important omd retaking. Policies should be Fol Lowed to achieve this policy must be followed which does not dissociate economic problems from wider social Points. Proved once More that he was a fool when he said and repeated the people ask bread not All italians now know that they lost bread because they had lost Liberty. Not before Italy free 3 of believe that Rome must be captured before an Electon can be held in Southern is impossible to conceive of a general political election be fore the whole of Italy is free. Liberation of Rome might Only help to Render possible a wide series of municipal elections in the South Ern centres since they would be come More Distant from the theatre you believe that an elec Tion could be held now that would Malkin continued on Pace 4. Column 3 badly upset morale among the remaining members of the Crew said the informant who quoted one Ger Man Sailor As saying what s the use of constantly repairing the Tirpitz when the British undo Many months work in a single the informant s information fur ther confirms reports that the Tirpitz is probably useless As a fighting ship for the rest of the War. Prairies enjoy warm weather temperature readings Low to luring the night 7.30 ., april 18 10.30 ., april 18 t.30 p.m., april is this Day last year Manitoba s warm spell will continue with no rain indicated for the next 36 hours the Weatherman predicted tuesday. Fair and mild weather was enjoyed throughout the Prairies Mon Day afternoon with temperatures mainly n the 50 s or Low 60 s. Winnipeg s Mercury travelled nearly 38 degrees monday ranging from a Low of the Early morning to n High of s9.8 during the afternoon. Nazi mine Belt Stockholm april 18. Up monday reports reaching Here night said the germans have Laid a three mile wide Belt of mines along the West coast of Tho Telegraph devoted 4v4 pages to details of the controversy which caused crowds and groups of students to gather in the streets yesterday shouting and of the press lies smouldering in the Thi High court granted a temporary injunction restraining censorship from interfering with publication. After the police halted distribution of the Sydney Sim and the Mirror crowds blocked traffic out Side the newspaper offices and papers were thrown to them from the the newspapers succeeded in get Ting Many copies on the streets where new dealers were besieged. Sydney University students header a procession of 2.000 persons though the streets singing we want a free press. Democracy Tisl clashes with police Many clashes with police occur red and three Young men were taken to the Ponce station but re leased after questioning. Articles banned by censors were printed in All four Sydney dailies to test the censor s ban and All were suspended. Wednesday the daily Telegraph and morning will publish their monday also. Immediate cause of the struggle was conflict Between information minister Arthur Cav cell who has charge of censorship and Rupert Henderson president of the it 2ws paper proprietors association. Issue reviewed Rule this despatch from Sydney did not fully explain the Contro Versy or the exact subject matter involved there was a decided mis understanding abroad 10 Days ago after the australian minister announced plans for reducing the Commonwealth s by Sydney papers continued on Page 4, column 4 2-Way bombardment rocks Axis Europe London april and . Bombers based in Britain and Italy took Over the two Oil Slack sett workers to leave even when of duty it was said. London enjoyed its fourth raid free night and a German plane Wimch ventured Over the South coast of England Early today was shot Down. Italy based . Liberators and wellingtons carried on the almost non Stop Allied Aerial assault on the Balkans with a pre Dawn raid on he most important railway Yards Between Sofia and Istanbul at Plov div 80 Miles Southeast of the bul Ariar. Capital. The night attacks followed raids by 600 fortresses and liberators and 200 fighters also from Italy in Daylight yesterday on railway Yards it Sofia and Belgrade Yugoslavia. Only two heavy bombers and eight other planes were lost in All attacks from italian bases yes of the steady reduction in German fighter opposition to the Balkan offensive. Gunners on the bombers shot Down 15 enemy planes one of them Over Italy and escorting fighters accounted. For an additional 10, including three transports encountered near Belgrade. Battle in India flares hotly Allied Southeast Asia Headquarters Ceylon april 18. Fierce fighting was reported raging around Kohima and Imphal today As japanese troops intensified their assaults on the twin British Anc Indian strongholds. An Allied communique revealed that the invaders were striking with redoubled fury in an Effort to smash the British Indian garrisons before the Start of the Monsoon Rains next month. The communique was obscure on the. Exact location of the attacking forces but it indicated that the Allied defenders were putting up a stubborn fight and counter attack ing repeatedly against japanese roadblocks thrown across their lines of communication North Kohima and North and West Imphal. On the Southern sector of the Imphal front Allied forces drove the japanese out of one position near the track to Wilchar but the enemy counter attacked and fight ing still is going on com Munique added. In this area the infiltrating japanese Are striving for Possession of the by Shenaur Wilchar track an alternative land route connecting with the Bengal Assam Railroad. Allied lifeline to Bui Machina operations. Pair of shoes for Lisbon april 18. Pair of shoes in. Greece today Cost 0_00 drachmas. Some idea of the drachma s present stage of inflation in Greece can be obtained by imagining a Canadian who formerly paid for shoes being required to pay paratroops will Aid loan drive Twenty two Manitoba born paratroopers trained at Shilo Camp will make individual leaps at 22 Points in the province weather permitting saturday afternoon to Mark the open ing of the sixth Victory loan Campaign and give thousands their first glimpse of airborne infantry in the air military authorities announced tuesday. Each Point the paratrooper at will deliver a Victory loan shield to the local committee. Of the legislative building at 2 Lodesta jump Fields Lockheed Narat Rooberg Wayne Lonergan sat hand cuffed Between detectives in route to sing sing prison monday after lie had teen sentenced to 35 years to life for the slaying last october of his wife Patricia Burton loner Gan. Before he left for sing sing the prisoner broke his silence and Becton protesting his innocence charging that he had been double crossed. Asked if he had any to declare the former play Hoy replied i have will land will be marked with a White or yellow 12-foot scare. While Fields in which containers bearing the Shields Are to be drop in Peel will be marked with White or yellow crosses. Spectators will be asked to keep to the sides of the jump Field and remain in their places while the paratrooper is descending military officials explained. Paratroopers will jump at Nee Pawn. Minnedosa Dauphin Rob Lin Russell Rivers. Brandon. Vir Den. Souris. Boissevain. Glenboro. Treherne. Carberry. Carman. Mor Den Emerson Steinbach because Jour Selkirk Stonewall. Portage la Prairie and Morris. Another plane officials stated would drop Shields in containers at Grandview Ste. Rose do Lac. Lac Dubonnet. Hamiota. Shoal Lake. Gladstone. Melita. Ninette St. Pic Bare. Manitou. Mac Gregor and Pilot Mound. Three of the paratroopers will make their jumps at their own Home towns. Privates f. Stoko Lenny. Dauphin d. S. Steele. Tre Herne and e. P. Simon. Neepawa. The other jumpers will be pets. E. R. Bradbury. Mafeking r. C Hadath. C. W. Lounsbury. D. H. Mckay. R. P. Tod. G. Smith. A. A. Freeman. G. R. Morsfield and Lance cps. A. Billum. All of Winnipeg pets. E. Ai Hallen. Neepawa e. A. Houle. St. Eustache j. D. Scott Clearwater e. V. Anderson. Maria Polis . R. A. Cath cart. Dauphin. Pets. H. Doktor. Flin flon w. W. Watt. Oakner j. Zacharyewicz. Alonza l. Lamy. Ste. Rose dul a and w. T. Somerset Woodriffe. The figures and 3 on the map indicate the sectors in which Germany appears to be making her largest concentration of troops to delay the russians. The figure 2 suggests the route that russian out flanking forces May take in an Effort to move southward on the West Side of the formidable Carpathian Range and take Galati defences in the rear. A two russian armies closing giant pincers on Sevastopol Moscow april big russian armies were reported nearing a juncture in. The out skirts of Sevastopol today for a final onslaught against a frenzied Axis Garrison barricaded in the streets after failing to effect a Large scale evacuation from the burning City. Front despatches said Gen. Yeremenko s maritime was moving downhill on the City from the Southeast after cracking a Mountain position in a drive that yesterday swept up a this Force moving through dense minefields was expected to link up at any hour with Gen. Tol Bukhin s 4th Ukraine already filtering through Sevastopol s barricades from the North. The russians already could see huge pillars of smoke towering Over Sevastopol from German demolitions and the almost ceaseless soviet artillery and Aerial bombardment designed to harass enemy attempts to evacuate the last remaining thousands of a crimean Garrison that exceeded 100.000 scenes of terror front despatches said soviet pilots reported scenes of terror along the waterfront As germans and romanians crowded piers in attempts to Board Landing barges and evacuation ships. Planes of the Black sea Fleet air Sank a transport and a fast Landing Barge and damaged the remaining two Landing Craft and two patrol cutters in an attack Oil a Convoy bound for Sevastopol yesterday. More than 1.000 germans were milled in the fierce bring ing the toll of German dead and prisoner for the 10-Day crimean Campaign to 71.500. Planes join Bailie for Romania in Bessarabia marshal Ivan s. Sonev s 2nd ukrainian sex ended its beachhead on the West Bank of the one sir Southeast of Chisinau. Mobile detachments broke into the enemy rear and killed nearly 1.000 germans in a Surprise attack. Red air Force planes joined the Battle for Romania sunday night with a heavy attack on the Danube River Estuary port of Galati in the bottleneck guarding the approaches to Bucharest and the Plesti Oil spreading fires enveloped a considerable part of the j Galati railway Junction setting fire to military trains and a soviet communique said. Anzio outpost is retaken by allies Naples april troops fought their Way Back yesterday into an outpost on the Western flank of the Anzio beachhead and threw Back a Strong German raid North Cassino after fierce hand to hand fighting Headquarters announced today. Mcconnell faces 10 new charges ten new charges of fraud faced Clarence Leroy Mcconnell when appeared before magistrate r. B. Graham in City police court tuesday morning. The new charges were Laid by sergeant of detectives Jack Reeves and involve sums totalling previously the accused faced two other counts still unable to Ruise the jail demanded for his release my the beachhead troops took six prisoners in regaining the lost position about four Miles from the coast. It was disclosed meanwhile that some Allied patrols made deep penetrations West of the Sangro River in the Central sector of the front with out contacting germans medium bombers attacked the Monte Molino and Orte Railroad Bridges above roman and the Fano and Jesi Yards on the Eastern rail lines while other raiders bombed the Popoli station on the Pescara Rome route. Simultaneously formations of fighters fighter bombers and attack bombers swept Over enemy Road lines and Supply areas in the rear of the Battle lines bombing and machine gunning transport targets and fuel and ammunition dumps. Official reports said bitter Skir Connell remains in custody at police fishing and artillery duels flared Headquarters. Nona of the on both 5th fronts and on were read tuesday morning and he was not asked to elect or plead. All cases were remanded until thursday. Police charge that these sums had been Given Mcconnell for invest ment on the Rye futures Market and that he failed to account for hem. Further charges involving much Arger sums May yet be Laid police intimated tuesday. Several of the alleged victims Are physicians re siding both in Winnipeg and. At country Points it was torpedoes Ridden by men now being used by Britain London april 18. Straddled by two Man Crews encased in diving suits have been used successfully by the British Navy in the Mediterranean the admiralty revealed today. The men wrap their legs around the Long slim explosive projectile and ride it under water until it reaches its target. Then they attach its explosive charge with a time fuse to the Hull of a ship or whatever the objective is and ride the propulsive part of the Tor Pedo to safety. The use of the strange device was disclosed by the announce ment of the award of two distinguished service orders and two conspicuous gallantry medals to men who took part in a Success Ful attack on the enemy held naval base at Palermo Sicily in january 194o. Several human torpedoes stole through the anti submarine nets guarding the Palermo Harbor and edged in undetected across its full length. One torpedo Sank the italian Cruiser Vulpio Traiano As she was being completed for service and another wrought such damage to an transport that she Sank after being towed away for repairs. As described officially the human torpedoes Are not suicide devices for the men who Pilot them. All four men decorated now Are prisoners of War As Are some others who took part in the operation. The weapons were described As about the same size and shape As Ordinary torpedoes. The explosive charge is attached to the nose. The torpedo is powered by electric batteries. The 8th s Canadian held Adri Atic sector yesterday As nazi combat patrols in considerable strength at tacked Allied Forward positions. On the coastal flank at. The main 5th lines both sides traded heavy hellfire throughout sunday night and monday. Nazi artillery men pumped More than 400 rounds into the Allied positions near min Turno and kept the entire area illuminated through the night with a steady Stream of flare shells. Canadians take prisoners with the canadians in Italy april 18. And enemy raiding parties staged forays yester Day and captured prisoners but the main positions along the Canadian corps sector of the Adriatic front remained unchanged. In a Daylight raid against a House overlooking German positions a 10 Man French Canadian patrol caught two germans asleep in a Slit Trench and found two others on the Side of another Trench. The patrol with Drew with the prisoners and in formation about the enemy Post but not a shot had been fired. Nine faint baby and horse tangle on Street new York april 18. Map a runaway horse galloped Down a Brooklyn Street stumbled Over a Curbstone and sprawled headlong on to a Carriage in which 11-months old Aimee Ullman was sleeping. Passers by ran to the scene and extricated the child who was unhurt. Therr the infant s Mother seven other women and the horse s owner fainted ;