Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 22, 1944, Winnipeg, Manitoba Final edition o. Pages. Winnipeg saturday april 22 1944. 6.20. Sun sets Moon rises 7.15. Moon sets 21.41. Europe rocked for sixth Day London april big Waves of Allied heavy medium and bombers swarmed Over Europe today for the sixth straight Day of a record assault by an estimated planes in what is described As the first phase of the Western front. Hundreds of planes formed a virtually unbroken procession k.a.f., Dominion and american aircraft across the Channel at Dawn and All signs indicated u. First suns Boom Forth invasion hints raid on Genoa Victory loan Call Manitoba swung into action on the sixth Canadian Victory can saturday aiming at a provincial objective of Winnipeg presented a colourful spectacle reminiscent the Days of mediaeval chivalry As Street cars flew fluttering red White and Blue pennants from their trolley ropes and winged i emblems in flame coi or flashed of from the shining windows stores and downtown buildings. Line place of the knights in the picture was taken by scores of sailors soldiers and airmen who in the City either to take part a the opening ceremonies of we drive or on week end leave. Seemed As though there were Young service Man in the City j wan at any time for months. Ine biggest artillery Salute Ever in m Winnipeg marked the com Lac Campaign. Satur As four in Pounder front of the legislative meeting is called by Ford workers Windsor out., april 22. Bup the United automobile workers . Today called a mass meet ing for tomorrow to discuss develop meals in its three Day strike at four plants of the motor car com Pany of Canada limited. Union leaders said the estimated facing North along me members participating in the Boulevard fired 80 rounds jul infer Mari of of w lieu of Luu nuts Tomk i each round 1.000.000 of Manitoba s Ine guns were maimed by army artillerymen of the held regiment. R.c.a., under f . S. P. Gem major w. H. Evans the will receive Shields Ine key role which airborne in Nav Are expected to play in the nazi occupied Europe underlined when a score of paratroopers train i Canada s Centre for air . At Shilo Camp no at the legislative by uding Cei Ved Victory loan shield to i Vered from the air at differ Manitoba Points. Cup r in de no Parachute drop h. I f greater Winnipeg area but let loan shield for this Dis will be received by mayor Coulter at 12 o clock. Mon under the big indicator on Emoneal Boulevard during the a ceremony which will be a i Uro Durins the Campaign. War finance committee stated. Monday s ceremony Citi have another Chance to Kyj Winnipeg s outstanding Navy when the musicians of . Chipp Avra play under the 5h of warrant officer r. Hal sailors of the Chippawa will by one Parade and color party monday s event. Sunday events scheduled sunday events were a ruled in connection with the Loar. Drive. Of about 2.45 . In front of base on Portage avenues West of Carlton Street some Victory loan on Page 2, column 6 protest strike will be informed of developments and further plans at the closed meeting. Meanwhile two Dominion labor conciliators j. S. Mccullagh and f. J. Gainsborough were reported attempting to arrange mediation conferences. Not until sunday Ottawa april 22. High labor department official said Here today thai further developments in the peace negotiations Between local 200. U.a.w.-. And the Ford motor company of Canada at wind Sor arc not expected until tomorrow. Dozy Days of Man weather is hotting it up temperature readings Low during the night. ., april 22. April 22.., april 22.-. This Day last year after Friday had been Winni Peg s Overall warmest Day of the year so far the Weatherman. Satur Day predicted thai Manitoba s warm spell will continue with Fine weather Over the week end. Friday Winnipeg s tempera Ture was 51.1. Nearly 10 degrees above Normal although four and one half degrees lower than the mean temperature on april 21. Last Cypress River Swan River and Boissevain All reported traces of rain during the past 24 hours. Heard from two capitals London april 22. Cow despatches and Berlin Broad casts hinted broadly today that the invasion of Western Europe might be coordinated with a full scale russian offensive in line with the pattern of concentric assault on Ger Many As Laia out at the Teheran conference. British United press correspond ent Harrison Salisbury reported a feeling of anticipation of great in Moscow in connection with an expected red army Spring offensive. His despatch dealing with German counter attacks in pre War Poland said with millions of Allied troops poised in the West and the Allied air offensive on the Crescendo. Ger Man invasion jitters Over the prospects of a coordinated attack As Teheran reached a the commanders in As Stanislaow Are promised at Point where such sectors pouring in men and machines in an Effort to reduce two and three Way the German radio broadcast a despatch of the Voel Kischer be Zachter. Nazi party Organ which said should an invasion be attempted this Spring or summer and should possibly at the same time the soviets renew their attacks then forces would meet armed As never before in history and Battles would rage with a fury never known in other possible signs of a concerted offensive were the reported inspection of Black sea naval facilities by German Admiral Doenitz and nazi hints that they fear Italy would be used As a base for a major of the Allied striking forces. The spate of invasion rumours and propaganda feelers included speculation by the Madrid newspaper Arriba that the allies would land on the continent Between 10 p. Of the 22nd and 8 . Of the 30 0th, pointing out that Allied landings heretofore have been made during the phase of the new Moon. A National brim casting company reporter in Stockholm said a pre diction circulated widely there was that the invasion fore May 1. Would come be hits taxi Supply Allied Headquarters Naples. April wellingtons extended the pre Dawn raids to Genoa Northern. Italy s largest port today in pressing their offensive to disrupt Germany s sea Supply lanes. Targets at the head of the Adri Alic sea caught the Brunt of the assault four engined bombers pour ing explosives into Venice Harbor and the Monfalcone shipyards neat Trieste. Other wellingtons attacked the italian West coast ports of san Ste Fano and Livorno hit almost daily during the past fort night. Large fires were reported to have been started at san Stefano and Livorno but results were not observed at Genoa. The Lull continued on the ground fronts with a one sentence com Munique reporting Only that our were aggressive All along the front and there several Small clashes with the the germans increased their artillery fire on the port area of the Anzio beachhead and also directed 150 rounds at an area about four Miles Northeast of Nettuno. A total of 37 German planes made four raids on the beachhead Early yesterday but lost eight aircraft and possibly another. Five were shot Down by anti aircraft gunners and three by spitfire pilots while the probable was also credited to tha anti aircraft batteries. Allied medium and Light bomb yesterday pounded railway lines North of Rome coastal air Force Matian coast. Aircraft of the swept the dal Salisbury said the feeling of anticipation of great events in Moscow was not communicated to the rus Ion people by the press and to the average russian the Western invasion is going to come As a Thunder Ous Surprise. The Allied air offensive is re sorted his despatch Jaid the populace is studying charts of nor phases of the Moon Hitler orders scrutinized London april 22. Bup the London daily sketch snid today that the chiefs of the German army Navy and air Force forced Adolf Hitler at a recent meeting to accept an advisory Coni Mittee of interpreters to scrutinize his orders before they Are sent to fighting fronts. Inasmuch As Hitler previously was supreme in strategy and tactics. This is an indication both of his loss of Power and of tin newspaper said. London. April 22. Underground attacks on railroads have killed German soldiers and wounded a broadcast e p engaged in from the United nations radio at charts of the Channel tides Algiers and heard by the Assoc a tar press said Vesterdal. Japs knocked Back at Imphal Kandy Ceylon. April 22. Cap the japanese have thrown reinforcements. Including Lanks. Into he Daylight operations were on a Large scale. Last night speedy mosquitoes struck Cologne and . And . Planes sowed mines in enemy Waters without loss. The British based assault continued the Mediterranean Allied air Force in Naples announced that its heavy bombers struck the rail Road Yards in Bucharest capital of a mania yesterday and those at turn Severin 170 Miles West of Bucharest. Last night s blow at Cologne by Block Buster carrying mosquitoes was a follow up to the tremendous pounding the Rhineland City received thursday night. Of the most important rail Road centres in Western Germany was still burning last night from the deluge of Long tons of bombs poured upon it by . And . Four engined bombers 24 hours earlier. Coastal watches on the British coast saturday said one formation after another of Allied bombers crossed the Southeast coast in an almost constant procession during the morning. Medium bombers were the squadrons. Swarms of fighters performed escort duty flying above below and around the bombers. American medium bombers in strength attacked military targets Northern France today. The medium marauders and Light fast havoc were covered by swarms of ., Dominion and Allied spit fires in Thi attack. Many. Squadrons of . Fighters also were observed in the air. Lasts it 10 minutes reported the Cologne attack lasted Only 10 minutes be tween 4 and 5 . 10 and 11 Friday . With Many two ton Block busters among the bombs dropped on the Rhineland City. Returning Crews reported a huge explosion the target area indicating something really big had been speedy plywood bombers hit. The were guided to their glow log targets by the w of fires still burning in co be s railway Yards from a 1.770 ten Brit Iii attack the previous Riig it. All planes returned safely from last night s operations. While British based air armadas intensified their Campaign to soften Western Europe for invasion american heavy bombers from Italy continued to support the russian army with attacks on railway Yards in Bucharest and torn Severin in Romania setting rolling Stock afire and ripping up tracks at two of the main junctions serving the Ger mans on the Northern romanian front within which lies 20 Miles Southeast of the the raid was the scorn week on turn Severin Ottawa reviews Churchill talk re Churchi by b. T. Richardson april 2 " the speech of prime minister on Commonwealth relations disclosed marked differences Between his views and the formal Altitude adopted by the Canadian government though at the same time considerable common ground the text of the speech much More than the Canadian press summary showed fundamental disagreements with the prime minister Mackenzie King. Churchill has restated the theory of a postwar world dominated by huge Power blocs. This theory was stated last january by lord Halifax and at that time it Drew a Sharp repudiation from or. King. Or. Churchill spoke of the British Commonwealth in terms of a Federal system which in the Canadian viewpoint has no basis in existing relationships among British nations and he also spoke of the dominions As a vast and its relations As a family no other Leader of a British nation is As strongly centralist As Churchill and Public opinion in none of the dominions is Likely to accept the extreme views he has expressed for a consolidated Commonwealth in the belief of Ottawa sources. Observers noted the Small attendance at the British debate. Experts agree on stabilization plan Washington april technicians of 34 countries announced last night their agreement on Broad outlines for a proposed Gold based stabilization fund designed to restore order to International finance and promote world Prosperity. Russia dramatically gave approval at the last minute. Word of russian concurrence with the Money experts of other United nations was received Only a Short time before the agreement was made Public Here and in other Allied capitals. The fund it was explained would use such methods As buying and Selling Gold and currencies and to promote Trade. It could provide one country with currency of an other in Exchange for its own cur Rency or Gold. It could also offer Gold to a member country in Exchange for its currency if the coun try needed Gold to maintain Confidence in its Money. The agreement was considered Here a United states Victory Over British proposals to. Relegate sold to a minor role in Post War currency stabilization. Outgrowth of More than a year of planning and discussion the agree ment replaces separate proposals advanced by great Britain Canada and the United states. Resemblances to Keynes plan despite British capitulation i. American and Canadian views to Iron. Gate in southwestern Ward Gold As a stabilization basis 35 nazi planes shot Down both Henry Morgenthau and Harry nearly German planes inter ;