Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 26, 1944, Winnipeg, Manitoba Final edition vol. Pages. Winnipeg free press bombs shake Europe London april 26 Ameri can heavy bombers flying in medium strength attacked the aircraft production Centre of Brunswick and other targets in Western Germany today with out losing a bomber in a continuation of the 12-Day air offensive. Last night . Mos quinoes pounded Cologne for the fourth time and other planes sowed mines All with out loss a Strong escort which m5rie us a Olal raiding Force of Bably More than planes. Buy Winnipeg wednesday april 26, 1944. Or London april 28. American bombers made major attacks in Brunswick and Osna Bruch in. Germany today the nazi Tran Ocean Agency re ported. It to Brunswick formerly strongly defended aircraft production Centre without sighting a Linsle enemy lighter. Some o the fighters swept air Fields in France with fire however. The Crews reported heavy anti aircraft and rocket defences Over Brunswick. Six of the lighters failed to return. Madrid despatches Hibl shed in London newspapers said the mount. Ins Allied air attacks had thrown the entire French Railroad system Complete with More Tian 2.000 Reznir workers unable to keep Pace with the destruction. In Salish coast attached German continued their armed reconnaissance Over the English South coast last night seek out signs of Allied preparations or p. Landing or. The european coast. Some dropped bombs aimlessly in he sea or in open country when hey encountered a heavy British anti aircraft barrage. At least four planes were shot Down. Nancy Anel Metz bombed nearly 500 United states heavy Model of the famous spitfire Lin Street. The repair depot 1 1 soldiers putting shoulders to Victory loan s wheel Canadian ships help sink nazi destroyer a i i-.-. 1 i i i showing that the soldiers k a Yui. Victory Nisi. In .000 objective in the sixth Canadian Victory loan wed Coda military District to passed How totals stand official minimum provincial objective 80.000 000 local to Date 9.75s.hoo Tommion objective. Dominion total to Date and . Fighters yesterday hit German fighter bases at Nancy and Metz. 170 Miles East of Paris. Objective. Near the German Frontier Dijon. Previous 50 Miles Southeast of Paris and unspecified targets in southwestern across the Vosges since be Force of heavies pounded the Pas de Calais fortifications nearest Britain and Fighier bomb ers Niso aunt keel an enemy Airfield in Northern France. Then. Late yesterday United states medium bombers escorted Fay . Spit again flu objectives in North pm France. Germany ? fit Herp uttered Only comm Nice said. Ten of their Dearies shot business concern 131.276.000 greater mpg. Citizens other than str. Mpg. Citizens provincial total s s s s s s s Down combat and an unsure i fied number of others destroyed on the ground. Returning fliers told of wowing up the majority of hangars Ai the enemy bases at tacked. Total to Date Money still needed s s47.937.300 s12.w3.850 percentage of .12.19 per cent. Objective previous Iola of of acc reported to Date _ buyers still needed 95.902 germans routed in Lwow Battle Moscow april red was revealed today to have seized the initiative at least temporarily on the embattled Southeastern approaches to Lwow routing the germans in a Surprise flanking blow after absorbing a full week of nazi attacks. 3.317 a a the red has launched an Irtack on a Broad front in South Ern Russia from the carpathians the Black sea German and to card in London a German com had a gunboat and an escort vessel to raise their two week record to 69 ships sunk or severely damaged off the Crimea. Soviet airmen also shot Down 12 Aerial combat Ayanian reports maimed today. Unique claimed the nazis scored a Complete defensive Vic Ary after heavy Battles when the sea attacked in the lower Nestr yesterday Vith Strong aril and air strength. The nazis aimed they had sealed off soviet t l the soviet attack was believed Fqy 1 do a limited manoeuvre to relieve pressure against marshal Gregory Zhukov s 1st ukrainian . However rather than a prelude to a full scale resumption of the rus Sian March across old Poland. Planes of the Black sea Fleet air continued their Aerial blockade besieged Sevastopol at the South Western lip of the Crimea sinking t to transports totalling 3.000 tons. German planes and destroyed 15 others on the ground. On the Baltic front soviet Long Range bombers attacked concentrations of military trains at the lat Vian railway junctions of Rezene and Gullene. Railway cars include were left burning. London april a government White paper announced today a threepence a Day pay in crease British for specially privates proficient who have served at least three years bring ing their pay to five shilling a Day. No general increase was granted despite Long agitation to raise Brit ish pay. Westgate trial first on summer assizes Albert Victor Westgate will go on trial at Zes. Opening May 2. Charged with murder. The summer or. Justice major will preside and Case is the first on the docket. List for the sittings includes four cases of three m them arising from the same set of circumstances two of manslaughter and one each i i april is heading of abortion goods. I and receiving stolen temperature readings Low during the night a.m., april 2g to a.m., april 2g . April 26 this Day last year far this month has been win driest april on record said Weatherman wednesday pro acting that the Fine weather will in Manitoba for at Leas 36 hours with no moisture of the three juveniles charged with the killing of Edward Pearse. Guard at the Vaughan Street detention Home nov. 11, Wal be held separately. It is. Also under stood that because he is under age. Lewis Glenny Mcneill will no i be tried at the regular Der the age of in years and my Eill is Only 14. Of the two to be tried at the regular assizes George Janssens will come first followed by that of Leslie w. West Gale is being defended by sir Charles Tapper with a. As Crown counsel. The Heaning s expected to last four Days. Following is a list of the cases to be tried courtroom 2. Albert Westgate. May 2 George Janssens. With More than one Inch abortion Horace is Normal for the showery Tagne. Manslaughter May t. Of. _ he stated. Water level in the Assiniboine Rivers Here is aside ably below Normal said bunion water Power officials. One bus service from to Vita will be resumed. Ufnal. Manslaughter. May 8 and Harry g. Elk tin receiving stolen jjfstiee0 Dysart will be the third sit the second eci. Week of the session with chief Jui in night the bus depot an-1 Rice Robson presiding and or. Jul Jned. Tice major retiring. Millions Are piling up for Canada Ottawa april 26. National War finance commit tee announced today that yesterday s purchases of sixth Victory loan Bonds totalled bringing the loan total at the end of the second Yas Manitoba contrib Lions neared Mark. Often at some considerable Sac Rifice personnel Are again leading the observed Briga Dier r. A. Macfarlane District offi cer commanding in a statement in which he extended the congratulations of the department of National defence. Ottawa and of . 10 to All ranks of the and a c and members of the civil service employed in the military District major c. E. Otton is chairman of the Victory loan committee of . 10. Which has now raised and is second among All military districts of Canada in contributions. Kay Francis routine she was attempting to escape after hits from the guns of the three Jana Ian ships and a British de Stroyer. The Canadian ships participating Ivere the Haida. Skippered by Csc or. H. O. De Wolfe of halite a he athabaskan commanded . John Hamilton Stubbs. Of Victoria. B.c., and the Huron commanded by cmdr. H. S. Rayner. Grin by on. Nazis try in Usu pc an admiralty communique said he Lorce commanded by a Cit d m. Lees r.k., in the Black Prince encountered the enemy Force of free or four destroyers believed of be of the Elbing class and the germans immediately altered course and tried to Speed away under a smoke cover. The Black Prince illuminated the enemy Force with Star shells my the British ships opened Lite obtaining several hits later . Black Prince sighted torpedoes approaching and took successful avoiding action the communique said. Meanwhile his majesty s destroy ers continued to press Home the attack. At Short Ranfred one German destroyer seeking to escape under cover of darkness was intercepted and engaged i Short Range by the Haida and athabaskan. Later they were joined by Royal Navy destroyer Ashanti. Commanded by j. R. Barnes . And the Huron. The enemy destroyer was hit repeatedly and finally sunk the communique added. The remain Der of is enemy Force escaped. The British and Canadian ships Reed Early in the action. She was sunk after Takin scene o turned safely Harbor having suffered Only minor casualties and superficial damage. Winnipeg May get fishery station by c. Ii. Higg1nbothax Ottawa april 2g special recently in the of commons it was announced by Hon. Ernest Bertrand. Minister of j thai. Miss Kay Francis. Holly Wood Jit is. Intended to establish on the who led her troupe an a our of service units in the West will return to Winnipeg by trans Annada airlines from the East at 4.45 . Tour adj to address Oay Roll mass meetings in Ait at the loan Friday officials announced. Airmen from no. 3 wireless school paraded Dou a Toiven and took part in the noon ceremony on memorial Boulevard at which George Waight interviewed mrs Frarer Eadie whose husband. Major Fraser Eadie is overseas with the 1st Canadian Parachute battalion. Eadie. Who is chairman the women s Victory loan team Victory loan continued on Page 9, column at Prairies a search station similar to Trio so oper ated on the Pacific and Atlantic . While lids step nol be taken k is understood unofficially thai this station will be located i or near As die logical Centre the Prairie fishing Industry. A conference was held in Ottawa Ai which Means of improving and maintaining the Quality of White fish were discussed. As a result it was decided that the provinces will make a Survey Whitefish producing Waters the Board will undertake a programme of fresh water fisheries research and machinery will be set up for Whitefish Tion. A Nuge Liberator bomber similar to the one that crashed in Montreal yesterday is Nic Surpri it ploughs Way through the sky. Below is a View of Down town Montreal a Bare the Liberator crashed Montreal plane crash probed As wrecked tenements smoke Montreal april 26. Smote is Jujj curled from a shattered Block of tenement houses today As investigators sought to determine what caused an transport pm Block yesterday with a toll of at least 16 dead. The investigators had Jirtle so inspect any roof has to do harried tenants find hit and so fiercely did the wreckage Burn. To into work Oil so Allied casualties in air War listed total for monday first Day of the Campaign was yesterday s total was approximately Down from the corresponding Day of the fifth loan. Due to the change in our re porting system comparisons is Dif loan officials said but the lag would appear to be in Pur chases of individual canadians. This loan for instance we already tally find a place to have they can i Cpd a Home of sorts most whether they can find hard did the Liberator bomber among the known dead were the five Crew members of the big plane three of them o polish nationality. An Eldaly Man wag listed As missing and three other persons were in critical condition in Hospital. One of the airmen was said to be a famous polish Ace. The Montreal Herald said in n of april 26 11-Day-Olcl assault on Hitler s Continental fortress the world s greatest sustained Aerial bombardment has Cost the allies 2.300 airmen. Most of the men Are believed to be prisoners of War and interned in Neutral a Sweden and Switzerland. It has Cost 3s9 planes valued at approximately figuring the value of the aircraft lost and the value of the technical educations Given the airmen lost with them the offensive has Cost the Dilion when Laken to one of the City s hospitals. No confirmation could be obtained at the Hospital and the Royal air Force ferry command in an official statement said earlier that the five Crew members All lost their lives. Residents of both streets the plane struck buildings facing Churchill rejects cession of bases London april 2fi prime a place which even remotely meets their needs. They Are emphatic about the Lack in uhe City of adequate accommodation to suit their birties and Necess people Are having their difficulties unless they buy nne of the few Homes offered for Sale with immediate Possession. Even then real estate firms admit that most have More than reported of Ilie houses offered for Sale today from the troop overseas. We did Are at a Price of at least si.000 More Nof have this total until much later n the last they said subscriptions to Date Are just equalling the aver age which must be maintained. Eleven per cent of the canvassing time has passed and 11 pet cent of the minimum objective has been would have been considered fair even three years ago. The offers one widow who has an advertise ment in the free press asking Ijar a four room suite or duplex rent s50 a month says she can definitely achieved. A Noval promotional idea Campfi from the Kootenay Dunbar Section of Vancouver which is divided into tour units. Find accommodation but it either won l be Large enough to hold her furniture or if in , the real will be from to s35 a suite in an old House made Over. Suites thai at the most could Only be rented 11 started out Wilh four soldiers i for 1s45 a few years Gnu. This woman each dressed Only in ills underwear j said she has visited nine Large standing at a Central Point in the i downtown apartment blocks recent area. Each Soldier represented my could no vacancy. I unit. As his unit reached a Point her search she also discovered Iii in the objective he was allowed to his soles. When it pro put on re Sec i a Lille further he was people with rooms for rent in disc Ricks want s-10 per Fri unto for a Clr cont Bright room. She said that she Manv vaunt purse sense Ary requirements of the average tenant. Size of income seems to have Little to do with the problem. Even those who can afford to pay More in the Way of rent than most and a Block West of old Bonaventure station. The death list included residents of both streets. The plane crossed St. Catherine Street at 250 feet just missed the plane crash continued on Page 9. Column 2 blocks South minister Winston Churchill rejected stolen jewels figure in two burglaries among the thousands of dollars Worth of stolen jewelry recovered by police following the gun Battle in which Martin Silver burglar was killed saturday afternoon was a Large Quantity which has figured in two burglaries. In both cases the men who stole it or who it re connected with the theft of it have been shot and killed by police. The jewelry which would appear to prove the Nemesis of burglars is owned mrs. G. M. Yates 36 Devon court. Capture of Jap Aird Romes near advanced Allied Guinea april of the three key Aird Romes in Hollandia area of Netherlands new Guinea was believed imminent to 1h, Mure than unix e Days after powerful Allied Turcus landed by it is valued at Silver stole it from her apart ment. Dec. 20. It was All found after the burglar had been Spiot ibid killed by Constable Alex Janiie Sun following an attempted burglary in the Albany bloc la. The same jewelry said chief police George Smith. Was sullen from mrs. Yules Snorri in the fort Garry hotel in november 1933. It shortly after by allowed to Wear the fir. Soldier completely dressed who must be paying Lana Merah and Humb kit buys senis Victory for the unit he represents. Edmonton reported 8.g5 of of i Clive. The unit of stavely in Southern Alberta was reported Over the top of sg5.000 objective Van Couver has 13.3 per cent Victoria has g.7. In Saskatchewan Moose jaw showed 10 per cent of objective Prince Albert 24 Saskatoon nine and Regina six. The armed services Are rapidly approaching the first half of the More than s3c. They combined to raise in the fifth loan. Half their income for decent housing in heir 500-mile leapfrog Advance toward the Philippines. Lat Cal reports from the fron indicated the american invaders were accommodation instead of Quarter that is considered reason Able to any Well balanced budget. She said. Pc 1 were a War Bride. Some of the dreary places i d have to live in would give me such a. I it of the blues i d go Home to she also Felt that it was a shame that older Homes turned Inki suites since the War could charge such forces Are the to Cyclops sent Iii and exorbitant rentals because there Hollandia Fields. American forces were virtually within sight of the Hollandia air drome the reports indicated. Meeting with Liue More Upp Silion in their final drive on the vital Aird Romes than encountered during their initial push Inland from the detective inspector James Melville and sergeant of Del Clives William Mcl Hersi i. Who arrested two men for the then. One of Idem who flatly today the recommendation of an american congressional com Mittee that great Britain cede some of the British bases now being operated under lease by the United allies at least the Allied command considers the. Plane loss is slightly More than one per cent of the 000 attacking aircraft of All a reasonable Price for the results obtained. More than 700 fighters of states armed forces. The enemy s precious front line Thero is not the slightest ques j strength have been destroyed and lion of any cession of British tar Nas been done us air Ril ories not the or phots. Fields rail junctions and Churchill told the commons. Coastal Cirii fictions which May his statement was made in reply Knock 1he " Arlo a question by Laberite Rhys p Davies in connection Wilh the u. S. J f111c t House committee s recommendation that the United Stales acquire per Brandon Aorl Ufi. Manent Possession of bases leased r. Frost a Farmer City District was of from Britain. The Hoiu a May rest assured that when the rapid tally injured his four horse team bolted there have been no developments j with a Drill and Over a calling for review by the govern Menor the House of the existing position in this matter which re Mains or. Churchill said. Low flying Low flying frightened plane in n designated area is said to have the horses. An inquest will be held Here. Frost died in the Hospital Here tuesday night. Hangman s knot game nearly fatal William 13, of 581 Balmoral Street narrowly escaped death around 8.20 ., tuesday when he and George Morrison 7, of 574 Balmoral Street were playing with a rope at he rear of Young Mccau s Home. It is reported that George went Loas frenchy Gimlet pleaded guilty i when was known play Wilh William in his Back Yard. And was sentenced to three years. The second whom police said was a Young Man called Lucky Nichol Sun. Was Rel used when proceedings were stayed after Goulut had pleaded guilty. The following year chief Smith recalled. Nicholson was killed in the seven year old boy beachhead. The three Aird Romes a film Battle with police at Saska almost within grasp of the Allied was no previous rental record for housing continued in Page y. Column 3 Toon. Sask. Lucky had nol been so the police chief said. Identified by owners several thousand dollars Worth of diamonds and jewelry belonging other citizens was identified at police Headquarters tuesday by the owners from whose suites it was stolen during the last few months by Silver. A Quantity of other jewelry owned by h. K. Townsend. In Suranee adjuster 15, Sheridan jewelry continued on Page a column 3 Rived he had his skipping rope Wilh and the older boy said thai he would show How to lie a hang Man s knot. Taking the rope from the younger lad Mccal tied one end around his neck and the other Allied mines Are effective to the limb of a tree at the rear of the House. It is reported that he then stepped off of the barrel he had used to secure the rope to the tree in an Effort to show Young Morrison How it was done. Seeing his Friend hanging from the tree the younger boy became frightened and to Tell Mccall s sister Lois. 11. Who was playing in the front Yard. When i around to the Lois Laid the police i saw Billy swinging from a tree with a rope around his neck. I and got a knife and Cul Down. Then i called no the boy s grandmother. Mrs. Rose Rusk Lold police the boy had been doing the same thing front Yard earlier in the Day. There he was using a limb that yielded to this is athabaskan which two other Canadian destroyers and British Navy vessels Sank a German destroyer off the coast of France this morning. Stockholm april 2fi. Allied Aerial mine laying in the Baltic sea has paralysed surface traffic Between Southern Sweden and Germany. Twenty merchantmen were tied ground when police officers up. Tuesday at. The Trel Leborg Quay i Rived it is slated and artificial awaiting removal of the mines by j respiration was immediately and his weight and would let gently to the ground. I made Slop. I did l know that he was doing the same in the Back William was unconscious on the the germans. I ministered in an attempt to revive . Billy Mccall gelling h Lyle Success with their treatment the police took the lad in the police ambulance to the general Hospital where or. Carson an Interne used oxygen to revive the boy. When or. C. Abbott the family physician arrived he per formed an operation on the Bov s Throat. Or. D. S. Mcewen assisted. The boy s condition is poor it was announced by Hospital officials wednesday morning ;