Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 18, 1931, Winnipeg, Manitoba Locc press thermometer be Adanjo May 17 May Msj May 18 May 18 for full text of meteorological office see Page Fott 270 Cloudy and with showers in some Sun Sun Moon Moon May 1931 Price 5c a copy edition with 24 pages Speed noted killed Driver of car faces manslaughter charge Wllliam John of visiting in in stantly killed while crossing 295 Laura to appear in court other men held As material killed y Auto on main Street cashes during daring s in wheat 10 Start in today daring aviator killed one Man is victim of a Street Accident at the intersection of Mani Toba Avenue and main Early sunday and a charge of City police is to be Laid against the Driver of the alleged to have struck William John of lady who had been visiting the last few Days with his laying of a formal he will appear in City police court i delegates from eleven wheat exporting countries will meet behind closed doors two held As witnesses two other Oswald 71 Martha and Otto 65 Boyle both said to have been with glee at the time of the Accel Are being held As material wit provincial Cori has ordered an inquest the fatality and set the Date the body of the victim is at during Frank 230 undertaking was besides Reder and two other Sigfrod just and Oswald Bride West the victim of the the alleged Driver of the car that hit him is Ernest 295 Laura who is being held at the Central police station pending the fully almost alone who stayed at the same place As at 295 Laura Are also said to have been among the party of five men in the statements were taken by the police from All tie according to police information the men had attended a party at Laura Street shortly altar Canada Howard Cana Dian High will preside every possible remedy will be explored in Effort to find says chairman j Speed j who crashed to his death sunday at while i exhibition of by Winnipeg Folk 10 Gallant coming out of Power upside at crashed before he could make his ship gain enough Altitude to flip Over Only 50 feet from ground at thousand spectators sit spell bound As tragedy sincerity expressed in decoration Day ceremonials unmarred by downpour of rain people of All walks of life join at impressive service at the Cenotaph giving a daring mighty Parade adds stirring martial Tom to annual Day of Rei Hibrawi to drive some of the guests Home in a car which he had proceeding North on main the car struck Kunesh with great Force As he was crossing at the intersection at Manitoba kill ing him lie pro Noim ced extinct by Douglas Wai very Little moisture who arrived on the scene a Canadian press May the closed j House 2 geese is said to have of Reed j delegates from 11 wheat exporting at Points requiring it badly countries will seek the answer to a vital problem of disposal of the worlds 193132 wheat and from the Prairies of can Ada to the pampas of the Argentine from the Steppes of Russie to the ten lose lives when cars hit by trains at level Crossings Over weekend Canadian press May showers insufficient to end j near the northbound car i next moment the Auto gave a in dust storms which rage in West moment Auto continued on police were told by occupants of the car that the Driver l did not see the Man crossing m one said he first saw him standing the Midwest United the Azri Cul speeding locomotive of a Canadian Tural world will from National railway express took Ai Fields of o 6 toll of three lives Here on Satur Day night As n crashed broadside a Kenific the wreck age Beins sea Ilercil along uis track or several Hundred seven killed in Iowa under a rain that pelted Down Dis As if even the skies wept for sadness of Brave men no longer with citizens of Boniface and suburbs did Honor the 45th decoration sunday in the his tory of the to Gallant Bollers whose Bones lie mouldering under the Green Sod these Are the dust they to dust their mortal bodies have but their Mem j and the legends of the great in front Yugoslavia and the United continued while Winnipeg had a great Deal More sunday than was in j in View of the decoration Day the moisture is by no rest Means general in the the tic j Cru Hern Boundary town of Emerson fared similarly to there being a steady downpour All but West and North of the City there was not enough Moir ure to Benefit materially the growing at Gilbert Plains and in Riding Mountain and Duck Mountain areas there was a heavy downpour which started saturday afternoon and lasted j until about noon the Moisi Ture helped out the crop situation j Bankers greatly in the Gilbert Plains and it put an for the time to the Forest fire danger in the Moun Tain Timber at Portage la Prairie there was a Little rain but barely sufficient to Lay the though at mid night the skies were lowering and a heavy downpour was expected any about a Block further police were the Driver said he must have killed a it was that he also announced ills intention of reporting the Accident to the police to its on his Way after turning Elf states the delegates have assembled in the heart of the Empire and to night Farmers in All these lands Are wondering what the answer will one of the leading figures of the age conference is Howard Feu car girls and two Young men were lulled Here today when to Weir Auto into an Auto of Wilson Street i Mobile was struck by a train at a level crossing occupants the car were instantly the Cleal Are Clifford i the car drove from behind an is bound path former Premier of but owner and Driver of and two farm hands in Hiss and the freight of the train and into wit Souris reported Windy Wea but just sprinkling of there were Light showers Forenoon and afternoon in the Souris and conditions were much the same at Carman and the Mois Ture would do the crops some it was but Many hours of soaking rain Are necessary to help things on in the Way the far mers would there was very Little rain at Dau and Virden reported intermit continued on Pace seven delegates from eleven wheat exporting countries will gather today in Canada to Cuis vital problem of handling the worlds Robert son of a Well known Boston shoots manager of night kills police Man and then commits Page new Tariff Board to be instituted by government will have Many duties and Powers in addition to old advisory and five girls and two men Are killed in Iowa when their cars re hit by trains at France issues memorandum set Ting Forth governments views on proposed aus Rogerman customs government business will occupy attention of House this week and Likely Clear Way for introduction of the registering protest against work at Churchill claims local unemployed not three Young breach banking Page George Ross leaves Ottawa to com Pete plans in Eastern and Prairie cities for series of air this Page egyptian election riots result in inc dead and thirty when police into William of i unruly crowd had started throw instantly killed by Auto while j stones crossing main other disturbances Elm Street exhibit Home opened by mayor Webb and visited by hundreds of Lre situation in Manitoba under control As a result of heavy Charles Holman is Given Chance of men lose lives at Between South China and government on he let some of the yes he was a the police at the Street and Higgins ave half of Chicago is my Sale and legislators seek Means to save City from financial crisis associated press May than half of the property in Chicago faces possible Sale for and Bankers and legislators yesterday sought Means to save the City from a financial although tax paying was thrown More than a year through a new system of the final Day for the payment of for 1929 taxes found on this delinquent property owners must pay one per a month until Are and at the end of three if still the realty will be listed for tax Bankers have purchased already Worth of tax warrants to help the municipality pay current wage with nonpayment of fresh levies and advice from cer Tain organizations to property owners not to pay on the ground that the recent assessment was warn ing was issued by Melvln president of the first National that More vouchers cannot be even at the High rate of 6 per appeals have been made to the state Assembly to change the Laws so that a better system of Levy ing might be now Canadian High commissioner to it was largely through Ferguson efforts that the Confer ence is being held he was can Adian Delegate to the world Confer ence at Rome Early last and took an outstanding part in the deliberations his motion at that time outlined the work of tomorrows conference As being for the purpose of formulating a plan for the marketing of the next and to consider methods of of exist ing stocks of but the problem Itsek is a bitter in Canada Are millions of j Frank Ancle Austin returning Home afici1 an evening in the failed to hear the approach of the As their cat sped toward the Accord ing to without Slack ening the into was struck continued on Pake adjudged insane starts breach of Promise suit against dead Cousin signals were work flagman said he at j tempted to Flop the five of the dead were members the Bernier they were seem Ling Martha 20 29 and the other two Vic mild Neil mum ii and Walter the Driver of the were of the they were from associated press May breach of Promise suit for the largest amount Ever asked in such an action in is being fought in Middlesex Superior court b a woman whom the court pronounces insane against a Cousin who is dead judge Edward Broadhurst yesterday accepted a masters finding that miss Allice of med was mentally irresponsible and appointed Frank Volpe As guardian to represent her in her action against the estate of her Allen a Boston Stock broker who died in miss Porter charges that after promising to marry instead married his former Albert yoga act heard May the yesterday took the Appeal of Albert known in religious circles As brother con to die june 12 for the of seven Earold Simone Appeal of court of Appeal under advisement damned murder nine thirty wounded in egyptian election riots soldiers fire into crowd following beating to death of sub commandant of is but no casual ties boxes stolen in Many provincial Dis associated press May nine persons were killed and 30 wounded in election disturbances during the the most serious disorder was fight last night Between troops and rioters at met game in lower Egypt following the beating to death of a sub commandant of the sol Diers fired into the killing six persons arid wounding one British subject was filled in Cairo and one of two rioters injured in the Saida Zeinab quarters yester Day died police fired into a killed while stunting Ai today Safe driving Day in win Bpggs Accident prevention be the revised electoral system under which they Are being prior to last june when the was dusts held office the Constitution provided for election of members to the chamber by direct Universal suf when Sidky took office he introduced the present indirect sys tem under which the country votes for Flo then elect the actual members of it is the election of delegates which is now proceeding and these Are scheduled to choose members of parliament june the bitterness of the present can or pain is intensified by the govern ments Banning of the proposed a fists National sergeant who aided Nobile Rescue killed in crash Ger train near this caused no boxes were stolen in various provincial the clashes were due to tension existing Between the government of Premier Sidky Pasha and a coalition of was dusts nationalists and the associated press May Axel who was second in com Mand to the late Captain Elnar Paul Lundborg on the Nobile Rescue in and two Cor i portals were killed saturday when refusing to recognize their air plane crashed near sent in Halifax iars0nj pleads guilty to second Dei attempting to avoid Gree charge third Mem Ber alleged ring hits critical condition i press May of was sentenced to serve to eight years in Auburn Ter pleading guilty to a charge of second in court Hicks was described As the third member of an alleged International arson ring to be sentenced in this City after investigation by the fire underwriters association of Montreal disclosed operations in Quebec and new York his sentence followed a plea by his attorneys for leniency on the grounds that Hicks was under try domination of Roy of described As the Leader of the Oatman was sentenced to from five to ten years in Auburn prison last the lawyers brought once threatened Fucks with death in Brooklyn unless he followed oat mans and that Hicks subsequently was under the Oneida mans Hicks indicted Here jointly with the of trans on a charge of setting fire to the Oatman Home near Oneida on 18 for the Pur pose of defrauding fire insurance says Capone henchmen confiscate saloons and resorts of rival gang Canadian 1rcrs May Bernard and Gerald both of were fatally injured this afternoon when struck by a motor car driven by Bolas also of As they were walking along the margarets Bay mile outside the City Joseph crashed the car against r attempting to avoid hitting he and his wife were in n critical condition and while the departed spirits of the heroes of Pas sch Amiens and Arras hovered invisibly Over the Cenotaph on the raised by a Loving City to endure for evermore in Honor of Victory the Pilot already was special Calm Oei Patch to tree Treit by free Fren private win May of was killed today in one of the dare Devil exhibitions of stunt flying which with other brought him recognition As one of the great est american Pilo coming out of a Power upside Only so feet from the Holman crashed before he could make ship gain enough Altitude to flip Over Twenty thousand at tending the last of a three Day air exhibition and spellbound j As the tragedy occurred less than 200 feet there were confusing reports As what caused the some spec thought that the Veteran Pilot had been jerked partly out of his safety or that it had by the terrific Jolt when he levelled the 300 in which Holman had won the Thompson trophy at the National air show in Chicago last was going i nearly five Miles a minute at the j of the hanging by knee Brace these Persona said that As Holman flew directly in front of the grand body seemed to be hang ing Only with a knee while clutched desperately for the for an instant they thought the Craft was nosing then in a Flash machine and Pilot were a rolling mass on the of the voting air and an official of the air with private Lloyd a nation Al reached the wreckage times stronger ii Ian necessary or just such a Holman was 32 years o he began his air life As a Mechanic in and worked up to become a mail Pilot in with the North West airways of in he acquired the first of his Many continued on Page sevens Forest fire heavy Rains in Northern the out of the horsepower Laird area prove Aid firefighters to most of emergency men re turn from Riding Moun Tain National Park heavy Rains in areas of Northern which have been Devast ated by Forest fires in the past few came to the Aid of the fire fighters saturday and the situation was reported by officials of the forestry sunday As Well under control Many of the emergency men sent out to assist the Forest rangers in the Riding Mountain National Park and Duck Mountain where the conflagrations assumed particularly dangerous returned Sim Day afternoon rest up after their desperate efforts to keep the flames an expert said be in Check a Premier Holman had misjudged a some of the Are still Hie Comins out of a mayor of the Mother of seven sons who went to and a Veteran Laid Beautiful wreaths of at its an impressive moment in a drenching major Carruthers at the pro gramme stepped to the foot of the a shrill trumpet Call bade All soldiers to stand smartly to attention and All civilians to Bare their Heads and the Sweet strains of the o god our help in Ages played by the band of the Princess Patricia can his distance in coming out of the Power failing to give himself sufficient Altitude for a Wing Over he thought the 20miie a hour wind a Lent have caused this it would have been impossible for Hermans safety Belt to said those straps Are made ten Pope Pius condemns recent riots in Spain associated press Vatican May the first declaration he has made on conditions resulting from the recent riots in Pope Pius i today scribed burning of religious houses As sacrilege against god and holy a heavy responsibility he for the violence the Pope addressed a group of continued on pane birthday goes unrecognized in Spain but for few Loyal monarchists associated fris May for the first time since he was born a King 45 years Alfonso received no at Tention in Spain on his birthday in contrast to previous elaborate ceremonies on May the country quietly passed Over the even monarchists and close friends of the King made no Public Dis a few of them met secretly in private Homes drank toasts to tie absent former Hungary to denature wheat to sell for livestock feed Spanish auxiliary pilgrims headed by the Bishop of who came to Rome to celebrate the anniversary of the labor encyclical of Pope Leo weather report the lol Loang is the weather report is sued from the Winnipeg Meteorol Fulca office at 7 sunday temperature at 7 maximum for the preceding 12 164 m3 South wind at eight Miles per hour sky Chicago Iii Mav the Herald temperature at 7 55 and examiner says it Lias Learned maximum for the preceding 12 Ana i Nolice 46 South from Federal and local t mlle h sources that henchmen of Al Capone last week confiscated forty one saloons and resorts formerly con trolled by Matt Czar of the Northwest the paper says these expect a gang perhaps As Sanguin iry As any Chicago has known in to Mima Aklavik 24 32 Simpson 2h 50 Smith 42 56 own record is 53 Vancouver 46 report Kaye Don Breaks temperature at 7 maximum Tor the 32 49 the weather unsettled in the Western with far la Cood show ers in Many parts or Manitoba and Al and Light scattered showers in Sas Gardone May reports that Kays British motor boat racer who holds the world re Cord of Miles an had broken his own Mark in a secret unofficial test last were disproved it was said officially that Don made no attempt yesterday due to a functioning improperly Ziilch he changed during he Monk imprisoned during disorders May Baltasar a Capuchin was imprisoned today on a charge of sending an alarmist Telegram during the re cent 48 60 52 43 Yorkton 53 49 Saskatoon 45 Regina 52 Kenora 32 Cochrane Hunts Hie 32 sound 46 London 38 Toronto Kamloops Geo ate Jasper 36 banff33 Lethbridge 40 60 Kingston 38 52 Edmonton 42 45 Ottawa 34 58 hat 40 60 Montreal 36 55 current 4fi 54 quebec34 54 Bhue Tord 43 61 John 42 53 albeit 46 55 64 forecasts Westerly winds partly Cloudy and somewhat with in some Saskatchewan Strons winds Cloudy and with showers in some uart in Cloudy and with scattered show like to Stone South East and South winds with chief Lar in the associated press May the mag Yar Orszag says that it has Learned that tha government administration department will Nert denature Hundred weight of to be Zold As live Stock scene of fires that last week destroy continued on pare Fisci More than decrease Over same month last year a9mcatt4 May the United states totalled during april compared with in the same of year while imports dropped to irom from the free press May fifty five Vears ago Edwin Doidge passed Pembina wit ii nine Fiat boats Laden with 600 bushels of Barley and a Quantity of Oats and red her was Little too Low for but the jul Tyson steamers were Able to keep j things moving a rate that j away with the bulk of the awaiting fifty Vears ago the Winnipeg City Council had granted toward the Celebration of the Queens birthday in the it was reported that Brydges was breaking up his Montreal establishment prior to removing permanently to Harvey was going West by the first Assiniboine boat for the purpose of erecting a new hotel in the new City of bran the excess of exports Over imports was listed by the department of com Mence As amounting to last month against an excess of it for the four months ending with exports totalled against in the corresponding period last imports fell during the four months period from to former president of Chile killed May internationally known financial and political presi Dent of the Central Bank and former president of was killed in an automobile starts path hiding trip to arrange air pageants George Secretary Canadian plying clubs hops off from Ottawa and will touch at Eastern and Prairie cities to Complete plans for series of shows to be held throughout Canada in july and fort five year ago Trie Pacific traffic was to open june 10 with the from Yokohama of the Fred for the Western terminus of the Canadian Pacific taking freight for All Cana Dian Day at was observed by Plant i Trees around the presbyterian clip run and forty years ago the society for political of women whose object was to educated in founded in new York the Presleu of the society was miss Emily Wakeman a Newspaperman who had sat in at one of the society meet Ings said the Tea was Winnipeg mayor pointed out that the funds controlled by the City Council did not much exceed Canadian May pith finding tour which has for its Pur pose a flight to the larger centres in Ontario and the Prairie in order that arrangements might be perfected for the series of air pageants which will open at on july was begun yesterday when Ceorge Secretary of the can Adian flying clubs took off from Ottawa for Toronto on the first leg of the Ross will touch at and crossing into the United states will proceed by Way of Minneapolis and grand to at the Manitoba capital he will meet with the executive of the association some time this when the final touches will be put on the preparations for the the tiler will then continue to Moose North Battle Edmonton and Thea will be the Western terminus of the present Pathol Ndang at each place Ross will take up with the officers of the local flying club the arrangements for the the pageant will be a travelling places All Over Canada during july ment of gave Glasgow he and for the purpose of encouraging Effort to stimulate the of the Canadian the department of National defence is contributing a night of Siskin the plane which is carrying Ross on his Pathol Ndang trip is a the property of the aviation league of loaned him by major general president of the on his return from the West Ross will make another trip to the maritime for a similar Pur and will be staged at numerous on Friday sixteen Hundred Homes in Japan destroyed by fires part of May another serious the fifth in Japan within the past saturday destroyed 700 houses in Matsue in what la known As the Lacadio Hearn no casualties were nine Hundred houses were destroyed by in the town of Atoka thirty five years Ajo the promotions in the Ninetieth regiment were announced Captain Chambre was to be major Lieuten ant Irvine was to be those present at the pinning on of medals at the Winnipeg general hos Pital Isaac Camp and my Popham and Blanchard it was recalled that nurses training school had been organized in thirty years ago saturday 1901 Andrew in connection with his scheme for world endow of a petition was presented to the Assembly tire Northwest territories and Alberta praying for a plebiscite on the liquor it was in bounced that the Canadian Northern would enlarge the former Northern Pacific shops and build cars in win Twenty five years ago saturday 1u1 1 in a constructive address at Sel Edward the new Liberal Leader in outlined the policy of the party among those on the platform with Brown were Horace mayor of Selkirk of of lock and Twenty years ago saturday the officers of the Winnipeg Cam Eron highlanders held a grand gather ing to the entertain the brother of the Cameron clan who was visiting will Peg part of the Jolliffi cation was an excursion to Hyland the Moet moving news item of the Day was the publication of th9 diary of the late inspector Fitzgerald of the lost with two companions on duty in Northern r ;