Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 2, 1945, Winnipeg, Manitoba FINAL EDITION Winnipeg Free Press VOL. Sun 5.57; Sun 21.10. Moon 1.09; Moon 16.34. AUGUST 2, 1945 MEAT INDUSTRY AT STANDSTILL Pierre who will soon go on trial in Paris for collaborating with the is here shortly after being taken into custody by American The former premier's wife is shown in the picture at left as she smiles sitting in a jeep at Horshing where they were photographed on arrival from July 31. Fire Blankets Jap Cities In Greatest Air Raid Yet Aug. 2. of visible more than 180 blanketed four Japanese cities and a huge oil refinery centre today as a great fleet of 820 smashed Japan with tons of bombs and mines in the greatest air raid in Fighter planes carried on the attack as the winged reports from Admiral Petain Trial Told Of Nazi Demand To Cross Spain 2. testified at the treason trial of Marshal Petain today that Hitler early in 1941 demanded Gen. Franco allow Germany to send troops through Pierre Laval To Testify Friday Spain to attack The who described self as an intimate friend of the said Franco had disclosed the demand to Marshal with the information that he had The marshal himself was uneasy about the witness foot he quoted him as can count on me in re- sisting the demand for permission to cross As the trial started 10th defence counsel read a cable signed by John Alexnader tor of tae National Republican Vigilance committee of New which veterans who had tne honor serving in France under Gen. Pershing and who have ad- you through the years as soldier and patriot salute you in this grave With abiding fection and we con- demn your trial as unrepresentative of the great French and pray that the of France will compel termination of the The old marshal fell sound as did three of the while a procession of defence witnesses trayed him as anti-German ana as a patriot who gave up French lery in North Africa to prevent the Germans from through Spain to attack Charles president of the Paris municipal was Marshal Petain really was never in control of the Vichy when the 89-year-old fendant dozed off. M. Trochu raised his voice to a saying Vichy ministers ruled their departments and the marshal never knew what they were Marshal awakened and recess was called the defendant's former chief of is in Fresnes SrUon faces treason but his trial may be two months No Secret Clauses Leon the first to Poland at the start ol the testified that the armistice had no secret He was a member of the French armistice he told a cabinet meeting June 26 1940 it was necessary to maintain Continued on Page 11, 2 Attlee Sworn In Aug. 2. Prime Minister Clement Attlee today was cheered by the house of commons when he entered the chamber and took his seat a few hours after re- turning from Ha took the oath of office became the first minister of the new government to be sworn in formally as a member of the new 2. Pierre Laval will testify tomorrow in the treason trial of Marshal the judge of the French high court an- Justice Pierre an- tne decision to summon Laval as a Neither the prosecution nor the defence was anxious to hear the Vichy chief of They feared his testimony might tear the trial of Petain wide regarded as France's No. 1 war criminal and with the will be brought from Fresnes decided that light must be thrown on a number of after a wrangle with defence and tion therefore de- to hear Pierre Laval at 1.30 p.m. He overruled vigorous objections by defence chief of protested that appearance won't throw anv light on Prosecutor Andre said conclusions to me to be He himself had said earlier that he had no wish to mon The decision was reached after the court hr deliberated privately for an hour and a The an- caused a Payen sprang demanding an opportunity to study documents be- fore Laval The session was suspended and after 10 minutes further deliberation beaux announced he was overruling the objections and maintaining the Reports Sabotage In Czechoslovakia Aug. 2. writing in the News Chronicle under a Prague that sabotage in directed by German is rapidly Litauer said great damage was caused Tuesday in the Sudeten town of where three persons were killed in a factory and sugar refinery Following the explosion fires swept through the Czech police rounded up all Germans in town and there was serious Litauer reported that Czech police blamed the fires on German Canada Is Opening Embassy In Argentine WARWICK M. CHIPMAN Aug. 2. Warwick M. Canadian ambassador to has been appointed to the it was announced No successor has been named yet to Mr. Chipman becomes tha first Canadian ambassador at Buenos Aires as the last senior Canadian official Hon. W. F. A. held the rank of It was learned the appointment has no political but it is a logical consequence of the recognition of the present Farrell government in Argentina by Canada and the other United It also was considered desirable to appoint an experienced and com- petent diplomat to the post in view of the somewhat strained relations Mr formerly a Montreal has had several years ex- in Chile and Speaks Mrs. Chipman was formerly Mary of ter of the late Mr. and Mrs. set and Tokyo radio told of sub- marine and warship ments on either side of the shelling of Wake island and a daring rescue on a held Marshal island One was lost as the hundreds of big planes dumped their cargoes on the refineries and the four cities forewarned of their Some of the carried out the deepest mining operation of the Pacific almost to the Russian Radio Tokyo reported that Allied carrier planes and warships bombed and shell O 70 miles south of Tokyo in the Sagami Tokyo said one cruiser and three destroyers shelled O island and that three submarines shelled the ern side of the Cape of Erimo on southern Today's attack fired the Honshu cities of Nagaoka and and the Kawasaki oil constructed on reclaimed land in Tokyo This new and smashing blow came as a flagship despatch dis- closed the United States 3rd Fleet had struck at hide-out Japanese destroying or damaging at least 10, after smashing about all that was left of the Japanese face and air A re- ported an American battleship barded Wake island Wednesday and carrier planes the island Admiral disclosed tne rescue of 283 natives from the island of in the Marshalls to the south of Wake on the same Bombers and fighters of the Far East air force added to destruction on the Japanese it was announced today in Manila by blasting shipping and installations on and around Kyushu island Today's mission left nine Japanese cities to be erased from the list oi 19 named in advance for They are Kori- yama Nishinomiya and all on the main island of Hakodate on Hokkaido and Kurume on The approximately nese living in these industrial tres or all with military gets have received one or two warnings from the 20th air force to The 3rd fleet's blow at the sub- marines was disclosed in a despatch from the in the mists off Japan in the 24th day of its punishing patrol of the Tokyo radio reported a new The unconfirmed broadcast said an American submarine last night shelled the port of Tomakomai on the northernmost island of Hokkaido for half an It also said 20 fighters from Iwo were attacking the area Japs Assured San Aug. 2. headlines in Tokyo newspapers day assured readers Japan now stands ready to win the showdown fight our The emphasis of the newspaper as detailed in was the Japanese air force has remained intact re- fusing to fight Allied raiders over the leaving the job en- tirely to ground The newspapers played up the un- confirmed claim that during July anti-aircraft downed 478 carrier planes and crippled 400 having fied the striking power of six to seven aircraft carriers of the Essex Laval Dismal And Solitary Aug. 2. Pierre Laval wept today when he was taken out of his Fresnes prison cell to attend the formal ceremony of sealing the baggage he brought with him from Spain by way of Laval looked depressed and dis- after a night of solitary confinement in the prison where he awaited trial as France's arch- French swung into the clearing the way for his preliminary Lawyers who will conduct it visited the prison to place seals on Laval's Laval had chosen no defence It appeared likely that the state would have to name since there was no indication that any lawyer would want to take the Moit believe that Laval largely is n for Vichy's collaboration It was significant one of the first people to meet him at get yesterday was examining trate Maurice Laval spent his first night at Fresnes in a solitary cell with double guards on the He was barred from any communication with the other accused col- and traitors housed in the same Laval was preceded into prison by Mrs. who sat in the first automobile in the convoy bringing them from She appeared overwhelmed as she entered Fresnes though earlier she had Last Minute Effort Aug. 2. May Dock Saturday Aug. 2. ship He de carrying more than Canadian is ex- to dock in Halifax late jrday instead of Sunday as iously Returning aboard the troopship is Crerar 1st Canadian army and his Almost personnel are included in the OCT. 8 Aug. 2. Day will be celebrated in Canada this year on Oct. 8 the second Monday in that n WES announced TEMPERATURE READINGS during the 4-49 7.30 August 2..... 10.30 August 2..... 1.30 August 2..... This tUy last in a last effort to offered his two German each if they would take him to tugal instead of to an witness said A Spanish official who was ent at the airfield wnen Laval took off said upon of the plane's tried to bribe the airmen to take him and his wife to or any other neutral Laval said he would them in money instead of the de- valuated But the German crewmen did not Spanish authorities asked Mrs. Laval to sign a statement that she wae leaving the country of her own free will but Laval told her not to He picked up the pen and leave absolutely against our free Packers Out On Sympathy Strike Winnipeg's meat packing industry came to a complete Thursday packinghouse workers were into the picketing ranks of the employees already on strike at the St. Boniface plant of Canada of Am Preparations were completed Wednesday night by the locals of the United Packinghouse Workers for the strike being staged in all organized Winnipeg plants in support of the striking workers of Canada Packers in Affected plants in the Winnipeg area are the Swift Canadian Burns and Manitoba Cold Western 3t. Boniface Public Farmer's Employees of the North Star sr ing walked out at noon from his near-by working statement issued Wednesday Cabinet May Discuss Crisis Aug. 2. Minister King was scheduled to at this after- come retreat noon to attend a cabinet meeting which was expected to delve nto the packing industry strike which July 24. began in Toronto yet has The strike assumed a new ency for the federal authorities when it threatened to be- coma virtually if not settled by tomorrow on a basis which will prevent sympathetic walkouts in cities not Canadian agriculture demanded that either the federal or provincial both over the packing plants and operate them until such time as he workers and the managements can their The demand from agriculture for Irong government action came in he form of a vigorous statement by H. H. president of the Canadian Federation of President Hannam ed that the if would involve Canadian livestock producers in serious and that t also threatened Canada's ment of its meat commitments to the United He characterized the struggle as too to either he workers cr the packing firms engaged in it. While the formal protest of agriculture was believed STRIKE Continued on Page 11, Column 3 Storage Walkouts Threaten Produce Thousands of pounds of cheese and poultry are in danger of spoiling as a result of the clamped on several cold storage plants by company officials In goods for shipment to starving Eu- countries are being tied allow anything to leave or come into oui R. S. manager of the Manitoba Cold Storage coming in from the with butter and eggs and ther perishable farm products are eing turned Where they don't but if other plants an't take it and the stuff as to be taken back to the country it will just he jointed would not last 24 hours n present The local egg drying plant was Iso affected and had to close e because it could not get of shell eggs from the cold torage have about half a million ounds of canned goods for UNRRA or overseas he but we can't get it out of the A check Thursday noon showed hat picketing had not yet affected ome of the cold-storage concerns in he but they had no idea what situation might be from hour to night by the Manitoba Wartime Labor Relations over the signature of W. Elliott chief executive said that any strikes which develop in other loca plants arising out of the same as that of employees at Canada will be illegal and Manitoba board Is strongly of the opinion that labor agreements must be Failure to live up to can only result in the discrediting of the offending and prevent ment of good labor-management on which the future of industry complaint whatever has been made at Winnipeg of any violation by any of the packinghouse or cold storage companies of their ments with the United Packing house Workers of Each local is covered by a labor agreement between the company and a local union of the United Packinghouse Workers of America and all agreements include sions that disputes shall be without interruption of to the wartime labor relations P.C. 1003, LOCAL STRIKE Continued on Page 11, Column 4 Provincial Says MacNamara Contrary to opinion expressed by members of the toba that the house strike is a federal rather thar a provincial concern by reason the war labor a despatch from the Free Press correspondent a1 Ottawa Thursday quotes Arthur federal deputy ter of as saying that the packing industry js definitely un- der provincial Under P.C. 1003, which sets forth the code of relations on col- meat packing or food processing generally is not listed as an activity dealt with by the national A schedule attached to the lists activities deemed to be so essential that the national board steps packing is not P.C. 1003 on wartime labor Feb. 17 1944, in these regulations apply in the case of employees are employed upon and in connection with a or business that is essential to the efficient prosecution of and the purpose of this section the employees em- ployed in a undertaking or Business described in schedule A to these regulations and no others shall be deemed to be employed in connection with a under- aking or business that is essential the war The schedule lists 14 of these essential works or undertakings but none of them could be constituted as having any connection with meat packing or food King George Greets Truman At Plymouth Aug. 2, George VI received the president of the United Harry S. aboard the battle cruiser Renown for a brief luncheon meeting lowing the arrival by air from the Big Three con- Big 3 Results Known Tonight Aug. 2. foreign office said today the decisions of the Big Three at dam would be made known In a communique which ably will be placed in the hands of correspondents sometime this after- noon for release at midnight p.m. The longest ever issued by the Allied heads of will be released simultaneously in Washington and There still was no official tion of what the communique would but reports from British 21st army group headquarters in Germany quoted a British staff of- ficer as saying the Germans would receive an from the control plan for Germany drawn up at It. was said the scheme prepared at Potsdam was likely to provide for movement of surplus German labor to any part of the world where it was urgently Cordial The conference in atmosphere fit The expected to know soon what Prime President Truman and Premier Stalin ned for immediate future of but the full import of accomplished the sessions opened July 7 may not be realized tor some time insofar as decisions affect the Pacific An said the final two- lour session was marked by an of great Forty Dersons were in the conference 15 of them seated around the round for the after-dinner meeting which was devoted to the phrasing of the joint communique When that task was the Prime Minister Attlee proposed a vote of thanks to 3remier Stalin for the and to the foreign secretaries or their The other two in similar bestowed ligh praise on the work of the hree foreign Occupation Plans Made Aug. 2. Brit- sh spokesman said the Big Three greed on the machinery for the ontrol of occupied Germany at the conference ended William head of the British foreign press said Sic Polish and Balkan questions BIG THREE Continued on Page 3, Column 5 ference a- President Truman sailed for the United States aboard the Augusta after the meeting with Kinn Mr. Truman was hurrying to report to American people on the Big Three conference con- cluded early today at The president and his flew from Berlin for the meeting His Majesty Mr. Truman for luncheon aboard the Renown proceeded Inter to the where he spent half an The and the president of the United States were together Iwo and a half King George left the Augusta at 3.35 p.m. and the American cruiser sailed at 3.55 p.m. His Majesty welcomed president aboard Renown to my Mr. and when the KmR returned the the president am pleased to see you When the United States president boarded the Renown a band played The Star Banner and Truman inspected a of honor of the Royal Similar Ceremony A similar ceremony was enacted on the Augusta where an honor guard of U.S. marines saluted Majesty and a band God Save the Then the King and met and talked in the cabin in which former Prime Minister Call 22 Witnesses In Stabbing Case Twenty-two witnesses are being in the fatal stabbing case claimed the life of 15-year- Barbara 505 Notre Dame venue St. Saturday and will appear at the in- quest Friday evening in the St. Boniface council St. police said The 16-year-old youth who is held by police on a charge if the murder is at present at the Detention home on Vaughan Whether or not he will pear in Friday evening is at present St. Boniface jolice as he is still d as a juvenile until the crown declares him Churchill nnd the late President the Atlantic At the on the U.S. Secretary of State the Earl of British ambassador to ihe United Sir Alan vate and Admiral Sir Raich Lentham ate with His ty and the As the Augusta to His Majesty sent President Truman a message of farewell iron the been a very real pleasure to mo to you during your all too brief visit to rny country after your recent labors in the ca to which the nations are the King send you my best wishes for your homo- ward voyage for your London despatch said the president's plane was reported to have made an emergency landing at another airport in be- cause of weather conditions before proceeding to The KiAS was in full uni- form as an of the in contrast to the suit by tain is at no salutes U.S. Party In Stx The party airdrome near Plymouth at 9.45 a.m. in Fix planes nnd in n U.S. navy motor convoy for Plymouth King George arrived at Jetty in dock at Plymouth larbor at 10.30 accompanied 3y Earl of British to K. G. the lord welcomed the with n briot speech calling the dav historic occasion in tine Jons ation between Plymouth nnd United States which has through centuries the sailing of Pilgrims in The King boarded the at 10.45 a.m. in to moot ihc president and was by the of the battle Capt. J. Leatham had movements in nil Plymouth's big double harbor from 9.20 a.m. to 6 p.m. as a further security Says Red Lake Fire Charge Not Justified packinghouse workers went out on of and machines are used to cook and can ducts lor shipment to By LESLIE BISHOP Aug. 2. A plea by defence counsel that the crown had failed to produce one tittle of evidence justifying a charge of murder against Patrick Leonard Kiely 38-year-old mine in connection with the fire that destroyed the Red Lake July 1 featured the closing stages of the preliminary hearing opened be- fore Magistrate T. H. in Kenora district police court Crown Attorney L. A. McLennan conducts the H. J. appeared for the In the original Information laid July 3. John M. 60. was named as the victim of the alleged New information was I in which the victim was named as Miss Gladys a employed at the Both informations were laid bv Martin of the provincial i After six witnesses had heard and counsel their final Magistrate adjourned the case until 2.30 p.m. Only one of the six Raymond night man at the mentioned Hugh manager of the described the layout of the He told how Gordon Randall and H. N of had arrived at the hotel oil the ning of June 30. He and Mrs. had arranged to accommodate the two in their own suite on the second Miss room was on the third and Mr. Wyatt had con- struction and made to the Mr. Boyd st. At about 10.30 p.m. he and Mrs. Boyd and their two down to the kitchen on the to They remained in chen until about 12.45 a.m. They went upstairs and Mr Boyd said he noticed a person sleeping on the floor of the room on the main He said he was cot able to identify the Saw Kiely Around Mailloux testified that lie new Kiely around the hotel on the after- noon of June 30. came on duty at the hotel desk nt 9 p.m. At 9.30 p.m. Kiely up to Mailloux was drunk at the time asked for a suggesting should Kive him his room as he was Mailloux Then at about p.m. Mailloux RED LAKE FIRE Continued on Page 11, Column K
