Sherbrooke daily record, 17 août 1940, samedi 17 août 1940

[" WEATHER Scattered thundeis showers.krlu-nnkr Uathj îlprnrô TEMPERATURES Yesterday: Maximum, 84 ; minimum, 44.Same day last yean Max., 82; min., 59.Established 1897 SHERBROOKE, QUEBEC, SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 1940.Forty-Fourth Year.BRITISH PLANES STRIKE BACK AT GERMAN BASES Leading Gasoline Refinery Struck Latest Raids Air Ministry Declares that Synthetic Gasoline Refinery Near Leipzig Was Badly Damaged by British Bombers During Night\u2014Large Areas of Southern British Isles Objectives of New Raids.THREE FLIERS LOST LIVES IN ATLANTIC AREA R.C.A.F.Machine Crashed Off Cape Breton Coast While Engaged in Machine Gun Practice.ASSUMES NEW OFFICE London.Aug.1/.\u2014 (P\u2014The Ministries of Air and Home Security announced today that German bombers had attacked South Wales and Southeast and Southwest England during the night, damaging property and causing a few casualties, but the assaults were described as \u201cnot heavy.\u201d A communique said: \u201cEnemy activity over this country last night was not on a heavy scale.\"Bombs were dropped in South Wales.Some damage was done to property and a few casualties were^-\u2014-\u2014- caused.\u2018'Some tombs also were dropped in ! Southeastern and Southwestern Eng- j land, A few persons were injured i when some houses were damaged in | a town in Southwest England.Other- i wise very little damage was caused.! \u201cAn enemy bomber was shot down [ by anti-aircraft guns in the Channel ! in the early hours of the morning.\u201d While British pursuit planes fought the new German raiders, the Air Ministry revealed that Royal Air Force bombers raiding Germany last night had struck heavily at the Nazi air-fuel supply, wreaking \u201cvery large damage\u201d on a great synthetic fuel plant at Leuna near Leipzig, where :oal is transformed into gasoline.North Sydney, N.S., Aug.17.\u2014((f) \u2014A search will be made today for a Royal Canadian Air Force plane which crashed yesterday near Hertford Island, off Cape Dolphin cn the Cape Breton Coast, carrying three men to their deaths.An R.C.A.F, communique list night announced the crash which oc curred while carrying cut gunnery practice.The plane went down 'm-mediately, and local inhabitatns were unable to rescue the crew of three.After leaving shore early in the morning the plane was engaged for 1 1-2 hours in routine machine-gun practice off here.Word was sent to the air base here when the plane was seen to crash, but a search by several Continued on page 2, col.5 -The German radio today announc ed a statement by the Government - ,\t, in which it proclaimed \u201ca complete At the same time the Ministry re-1 blockade of the British Mes \u201d vised upward its figures of German j The German Government, i\u201e a planes destroyed, reporting seventy- note to the governments of neutral fiv^-not seventy-one\u2014Nazi raiders | 3tates which send vessds to Bl.iwin had been shot down j-esterday and , asked them io take action similar that a new check of Thursday's bat- tles showed 180 invading aircraft and Argentina by their neutrality) were certainly destroyed.The pre- legislation forbidding their vessels to vious figure for Thursday was 169.saii jn th war zon BRITISH AIR FORCE STILL RULES SKIES London.Aug.17.\u2014(®\u2014The Royal ; Air Force continued its mastery i over British skies today as German ; planes resumed daylight raids on the United Kingdom for the seventh successive day when they roared over an inland town in the Southeast of England, hotly chased.Dogfights developed over the town as British fighters engaged the attackers.One German Messersch-mitt was shot down.The nilot was captured.Germany Proudly Proclaims Blockade Of British Isles German Radio Announces Government Declaration of \u201cComplete Blockade of British Isles\u201d but Fails to Tell Methods of Making Enforcement Effective\u2014Distorted Figures of Raid Results.- »- Berlin, Aug.17.\u2014(A.P.via ~\\idio; LOWER LOSS OF PILOTS FAVORS BRITISH FORCE Great Britain Losing but Six Aviators for Every Hundred Lost to Germany in Great Battle.Ü m teHtgSSk 8 H.R.H.THE DUKE OF WINDSOR arrived at Nassau, Capital of The Bahamas today where he assumed the oflice of Governor, representing his brother, King George VI.TRINIDAD AND NEWFOUNDLAND HOLD INTEREST Believed that United States May Negotiate for Bases on These Two British Western Possessions.Washington, Aug.17.-i/P) The islands of Trinidad and Newfoundland were singled out today by defence experts as the two strategically most desirable spots for the United States to acquire naval and air bases through the negotiations now in progress with the British and Canadian Governments.The question of what base locations would be the most advantageous to United States security was one of the first to arise after President Roosevelt announced yesterday that he was negotiating for the acquisition of sites on British possessions in the Western Hemisphere.Coming at a time when the \"De Continued on page 3, col.3.Premier And President Holding Conference On Vital Defence Question Canadian and United States Chief Executives Meeting in Northern New York State Today to Study Problem of Western Hemisphere Defence \u2014 Canada May Grant Naval and Air Bases to United States.Ollawu, Aug.I,.\t(® Hromier Miickoir/.u' King totlay goes In Ogilonshiirg, N.Y., jusl across flic undcfomlcil I'.anada-l uilcd Slates border for a conference willi Presidenl Itoosevell at a lime when vital matters of North American delencc are occupying the governments of belli countries.I\u2019bis development followed closely upon a statement Mr.Roosevelt made at bis regular press conference in Washington yeslerdav morning Unit his Governmenl was \"carrying on conversations with liir Canadian Govern men I looking toward defence of Iho American Hemisphere.\" This announcement, with no additional dolails, was immediately confirmed by Mr.King in Ottawa, luit he said the discussions were, obviously of such a nature that no details eould he made publie.The Prime Minister will dine with '\u201cMr.Roosevelt at Ogdonsburg, pre- British West Indian Possession Is Welcoming New Governor Today to that taken by the United States the war zone.The broadcast claimed that a 'naval war\u201d was raging around Britain and that \u201cevery neutral vessel .is therefore running the risk cf be-destroyed.\u201d Tt said the German Government will decline responsibility for any London, Aug.17.-air battles -ffi\u2014In the raging over damage caused to vessels or per- massive sons m this region.\u201d\t[Britain the Royal Air Force has had CONTINUE HIGH SOUNDING i011e~advanta^ ^ the Nazi Luft CLAIMS Berlin, Aug.17.\u2014(JP) German high command que : \u2018\u2018The high command ;waffe considered highly important .|by military experts.Britain is said; - Today s to be losing only six flyers to every communi- hundred lost by the Germans.i R.A.F.pilots who bail out of -\tannounces crippled planes live to fight in other ! that the air force on August 16th battles, but German pilots who make I mu\ti\t., , and the following night continued safe landings are lost to the I uft- The new squadrons were sighted the fight against the British Mes waffe \"for the duration.\u201d It\u2019s intern-! shortly after the surprise explosion with part of its forces.\t,ment\tfor them if they survive their in a Southwestern London suburb of ) \"Airports, anti-aircraft and bai- wounds.\ti delayed-action Geinian bombs, drop-j ioon barrages in Southwest England In the past nine days of air fights : ped last night by Nazi planes in , and other vicinities of London,'over Britain, 130 British planes! their attack at both sides of the armament works in Central Eng- have been brought down but forty-Thames estuary.\t! land as well as harbors and docks five pilots have been saved.Ten 1 A dozen persons visiting the I in Cardiff, Newport and Bristol'pilots were reported safe yesterday I scene of the bombardment narrowly j were attacked successfully with when the R.A.F.lost eighteen escaped injury and others were sent) bombs.\tplanes.to air raid shelters by the explos-j (London did not announce details1.The Germans have lost 540 planes ions.They moved away from the of points attacked but indicated,in that period.There has been no! military objectives were ably de- announcement as to how many Nazi fended.\tjairmen have been captured, but it \u201cOne destroyer was sunk at the 's obvious German personnel losses | force were concentrated mainly on 1 Isle of Wight.\t!?re greater because the attaek- Wales, where a number of casualties i (There was no British comment'!^ bombers require larger crews By FRED L.STROZIER, (Associated Press Staff Writer) Nassau, Bahamas, Aug.17.\u2014 (TP) \u2014The Bahama Islands prepared a royal welcome today for their new Governor-General, the Duke of Windsor \u2014 once Sovereign of the Empire of which this New World colony is only a tiny part.A half-holiday cleared the way for almost all of Nassau\u2019s 20,000 inhabitants to join hundreds of visitors at the waterfront by the time the Duke and Duchess were scheduled to land at 10 a.m.E.D.T.Tradition provided that there should be no delay in swearing in the new Governor.The programme called for the Duke and his American-born wife to proceed at once to the Legislative Council chambers, where the Duke will pledge to serve \u201cwell and truly\u201d his younger brother, King George, who succeeded him on the Throne.It is the second assignment for the Duke since he returned to Britain at the beginning of the war for the first time since his abdication in December, 1936.He served also as a liaison officer between the British and French armies.The voyage here brought the Duchess, the former Wallis Warfield, nearer the United States than she #- GERMAN PLANE LOSSES IN RAIDS YESTERDAY PLACED AT 75 London, Aug.17\u2014(0>)\u2014A total of seventy-five German planes were destroyed in attacks on Britain yesterday and 180 were \"certainly destroyed\u201d in Thursday\u2019s attack, the Air Ministry announced today.The statement said: \u201cFinal figures' can be now given of the losses sustained by the enemy in his attacks on this country on Thursday: 180 enemy aircraft were certainly destroyed.\u201cThe total number of enemy aircraft shot, down during yesterday\u2019s attacks was seventy-five.\u201d Italy Apologizes To Greece For Attacks On Destroyers Reliable Sources in Athens Report Italian Naval Attache Told Greek Premier that Italian Planes Mistook Craft for British Ships \u2014Greece Orders Partial Mobilization as Crisis Grows, McGILL WILL HOUSE LEAGUE LABOR BODY Montreal, Aug.17.\u2014W\u2014Members of the International Labor Office of the League of Nations have accepted McGill University\u2019s offer to give them headquarters in Montreal, probably for the duration of the war, Principal F.Cyril James announced last night.CANADIAN ARMY MFÂIS BLOCKADE TALE Substantial Quantities of High Quality Food Being Provided for Canadian Troops in Great Britain.sumably on the Presidential train which is taking him on an inspection trip to the sicenc of peace-time army manoeuvres in Northern New York.For many months there have been rumors and several queries in the.Il ou.o of Commons on the possibility of Canada and the United States integrating their American defence policies.R has been suggested that facilities might be offered the United Stales for establishment of naval and air bases on the Canadian Atlantic \u2022\u2014.coast, Athens, Greece, Aug.17.\t- (A1) Only this week it was announced Reliable sources say the Italian that Newfoundland defence facili-nuval at tache » pologized\tto\tpremier-\tties were being\textended\teonsider- Gcneral John Mrfnxns\tlast\tnight\tfor\tably beyond the\tneeds for\ttho Can- the bombing attack yesterday on adian forces now established there, two Creek destroyers, asserting Ita Early this summer Mr.King, at Han aviators mistook them for the end of a holiday in Virginia, British vessels.\tvisited President\tRoosevelt\tat Warm (The Greek censor, by cutting a Springs, Georgia, and a few days telephonic connection with Buda later called upon him in Washington.pest, prevented further of this point).Earlier the Greek had ordered partial mi calling up for August 20th a group discussion At the same time Mr, Roosevelt was ; having lengthy consultations with Gove rame ni, I Lord Lothian, British Ambassador ization,U° the United States.It In a telegram to the Principal, has been since she left eight years I John G.Winant, former Governor ago and became a member of fash- j of Massachusetts and Director of the iomable circles at London, where she I Office, said his staff \u201cgratefully site a bare minute before the bombs went off.Night operations by the Nazi air and the Duke began the friendship that led to their marriage.The Duke\u2019s new domain consists of twenty inhabited islands with a population of about 68,090 persons.Nassau, the capital, is a favorite of winter tourists.accepted\u201d the University\u2019s \u201ckind hospitality.\u201d Principal James did not know when the party would arrive here.It was believed tho office staff consisted of about fifty skilled economists and statisticians.Continued on page 2, col.3.Continued on Page 2, Col.3.British Armed Forces Demanding Offensive Action Against Reich jthan the single-seater fighter planes used in defence.The personnel required for a Ger- j man attacking force probably averages three men per plane, counting-five for the large bombers and ranging down to one for the escort fighters.This would mean the Germans have lost approximately 1,350 air-1 - the Sherbrooke Regi- from heads of various organizations J out a careful inqmiy and check-up.!meIlt (M G ) and Le* Fusiliers de such as the I.O.D.E., Toc-H, Junior The answers to the eighteen «W68-iSherbrooke lior Catholic Women\u2019s Lca-|tions for men and 19 for women,\t.\t' and Senior\t_\t__ ____ , gues, Jewish Congregation and Sims) on the registration cards will give During the last Great War a large ¦of England.Among others who have offered to help are H.B.Lovell, A.C.Skinner, Hertel O\u2019Eready, Alfred Martin, J.A.Couture, Miss Norah Moorehead, Frank Merrill, A.W.Jones, Fred Brunelle, Agnes J.Holley, L.E.Gau-dreau, M.T.Stenson, S.S.Messenger, F.Mitchell, I, Mitchell, S.Saunders, Miss J.J.MacAllister, Mrs.Murdock Wheeler, Dr.S.Bloomfield, D.J.McKinnon, Denis Veasey, Mrs.J.Pergau, Mrs.D.Brundage, A.Willis, Joseph Mittleman, Gaston Cloutier, Fernand Tanguay, Miss Kathleen Shea, Miss Lucille Moore, J.D.Haggle, Mrs.Daniel, F.P.Houlahan, Joseph Darby, Miss Kathleen Leonard, Miss Madelaine Forest, John Campbell, Maurice Do-Lottinville, Charles Gordon, Miss Ruth Echenberg and Miss Evelyn Veilleux.the Government a precise picture of military camp existed at Farnham the human, resources of Canada.They ; and this summer another training will show where persons of various\tcame info being there.Several skills and aptitudes may be found units, including Les Fusiliers de should they be required for snecial.Sherbrooke, are at present under jobs in war industries or in the es- j canvas at Farnham.sential services of the country.i- *-* jTrinidad And Newfoundland Hold Interest City Briefi&fs ?- Polly Beauty St., closed from August 19 to 26 Special Turkey Dinner, Jim\u2019s Dining-room, Sunday, from 12 o\u2019cl., 50c.MANY ALREADY HAVE REGISTERED Ottawa, Aug.17.\u2014i( Dance tonight, Burroughs\u2019 Falls Pav.Music by Mayfair Orchestra.Save your good articles for Y.O.N.Thrift Shop in October.Tel.801., All Rebekahs will meet at Trinity \u201e\t4.,, \u2022 ,\t, j lLn ?\" I Church, 1.45 p.m., Sunday7, for fun- most thirty per cent of the pepula- ,ral of Sister winnif^d Reed.-\u2014 J Rebekah service at Cemetery after- ' ward.MILITARY TAILORING Offi cers\u2019 Uniforms whip-1 cord or Barathea, Tunic and Slacks, New Regulation Greatcoat and Waterproof Coat, Caps, and Military] Equipment.LEO LALIBERTE Military Tailor 61 Wellington St.North, Sherbrooke, Que, ¦j.\t(Continued from Page 1) ! stroyers-for-Britain\u201d issue was to Shoppe, 27 Wolfe the fore, the announcement also caused conjecture as to what price the United States would pay for any bases acquired.Mr.Roosevelt was silent on this point, but elsewhere Congressmen and others advanced two possibilities: 1.\t\u2014That \u201coverage\u201d destroyers would be traded for bases, if negotiations are successful; or 2.\t\u2014That the purchase price would be deduced from Britain\u2019s First Great War debt, which, if liquidated, might remove some of the obstacles to Britain\u2019s obtaining credit here.Of the Congressmen who commented on the disclosure of negoti-|ations, a majority called acquisition of additional bases desirable.Senator Rush Holt (Democrat, West ; Virginia), wdiile praising such a move, charged it was \u201csugar coating\u201d to make the transfer of destroyers palatable.Several legislators, however, viewed the idea coldly, or with WAR\u201425 YEARS AGO TODAY (By The Canadian Press) Aug.17, 1915.\u2014Kovno, key to t he Grodno-Brest Litovsk line in Poland As tourists pass they turn to stare.For it's quite a sight to see Trucks, Packards.Fords and C.hcv: J And some old \u201cJallopies.'\u2019 Some kindly stop and offer help.\"Can 1 give ya a hand, Bud?\u201d Then they grasp the situation, And why we\u2019re tramping in the mud.XVI)en the laughter has subsided They continue on their way.XVe hope they stop in Sherbrooke.\u201cBut how long will they stay?\" Now it really seems a pity City Fathers cannot see That water free of germ and filth Is a necessity.So until they manage wisely The tax money we have paid XVe hope you'll guard your health and join The Water Jug Parade.\u2014\u201cAn Observant Water Bug.'\u2019 * * * * NOTE:\u2014This little poem on Sherbrooke\u2019s water situation goes to Record readers with the compliments of a Sherbrooke subscriber.Perhaps the day will come when the City Council will awake to the seriousness of the present situation.Annual Flower Show Opened Last Night At Lennoxville Mayer Henry W.S.Downs Inaugurates 14th Annual Horticultural Society Display at Lennoxville Curling Club\u2014 Exhibits Rank with Best During Fourteen-Year History of Event.The fourteenth annual flower table, and in the evening by Mrs.show of the Lennoxville llorticul- j Noble Smith.This afternoon Mr in the Curling Rink turn! Society Bury, AugusTTu\u2014-Despite the of-1,\"'8* offloiall>\u2019 °Pencd la?t .forts of a bucket brigado and tho Mayor Henry \\\\.S.Downs, ure of a chemieal extinguLshor fivin Sr., with J.A.Ste.Marie, Super-the town, tho home of Mr.nmi Mrs.:intelldcnt of the Lennoxvlib Ex William McCormick was destroved\t, , ,, by tiro early this morning.The Mo- penmenta! farm, as guest speaker.Cormiek place is located about a mile! Bonier P.\\\\ lute, President of the from Bury on the Seotstown road.jSociety, who extended a hearty wel-Ihe blaze was tirst ivtieed Jiort- come to the guests, was busy during ly betoiv four o'clock by Mr.and the evening pointing out the various M McCormiek\u2019s young son who 1 features of the show to flowor-I was awakened by the smell of smoko.'lovers, Mayor Downs, in officially Hearing the crackling of the blaao opening the activities, stated that, I ho hastened to arouse bis parents although there is much distress in and then set out