Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 24, 1937, Winnipeg, Manitoba Temperature readings 7 ., april 23 10 ., april 23 1 ., april 24 4 ., april 24 for full report of meteorological office Sec Page one. Rises 5.19, Sun Seta 19.35. Moon rises 19.07, Moon sets 4.30. Winnipeg saturday april 24, 1937. Rises Sun sets 19i. Moon rises 20.11, Moon sets 4.54. Published at 5.30 Cool. Defied by British freighters Ermen worried n f. Ver Relief Tost Ottawa help Honey Nan instructed to strive for greater Federal share of Burden May near Mark by year end says treasurer alarmed by the mounting Gravity of the unemployment Relief Avion civic finance committee on motion of Aid. M a Gray. Friday afternoon decide act on one More of its Many attempts to obtain an increase in the Federal Grant in Aid for Relief purposes. Aid e d. Honey Nan. Now in Ottawa on housing matters will be instructed to bring the position of the City before the Federal minister of finance and urge a More generous Lump sum Grant. The situation in Winnipeg at a mint was clearly summed up to forebodings about Relief. The Cost remit tee in a letter from hurry of Relief for the first three months c Thompson City treasurer. The of this year he stated was Ritts share of Relief he said would he around the s2.000.000 Mark by the end of the year if the Load was lightened either by reduction in the number on Relief or an in crease in the Federal contribution. It was another letter of cold facts similar to that written by the trea ago when he 403, Turer a fortnight Jound reason briefly right to colonies Cologne Germany april 24 Franz hitter von Epp head of the German Colon Ial league pointed Friday night to the huge sparsely settled Domin ions of South Africa and Australia As proof of Germany s right to de Mand additional territory. Year compared with for Junta for Franco Salamanca april 24. Gen eral Franco decided upon a 20-Man Junta modelled after the italian fascist grand Council to help him Rule insurgent Spain. Accept agreement Fernie. B.c., april 24. Final count Sof the ballots of Michel and Fernie miners Friday night showed a five to one majority for accept Ance of the new working agreement 1 reached with officials of the Crow s i nest pass coat company april 21. 1 0 acc he same period in 1936, an increase of big City jump the City s share however due to reduction of the Grant in Aid jumped from to an increase for the three months period of these figures include administration and the Cost for medical optical arid Denta care in which neither the Provin Cial nor Dominion governments participate. A heavier Relief Case Load a certainly not the cause Aid. Pau Bardal said. A drop in the num ber All along the line was apparel from a perusal of the Case list for april 17, with that for the Cor responding Date in 1936. The married total had slumped by 80 the single women by 232 and single men by 26. The City s difficulties he said were not caused by the province the Manitoba government a still paying one third of Ordinary Relief and would probably continue to do so Bur the Federal contribution had been reduced. Defying threats from the insurgent Cruiser Almirante Cevera and an armed trawler three British food freighters Friday steamed into Bilbao carrying tons of provisions to the famished basques. At the left is pictured Don Francisco Moreno Fernandez Admiral in chief of the insurgent Fleet conferring with the commander of the Almirante. See Story on austrian nazis forgiven to be admitted to von Schuschnigg s party As conference result Venice Italy april 24 up Mussolini himself advised austrian Chancellor. Kurt von Schuschnigg to include nazis in the Vienna government italian political circles were convinced Friday night imminent admission of nazis into the austrian. Fatherland front and their subsequent in the Vienna government were listed by defendant mrs. Norton found guilty los Angeles jury frees Ukini pegged of second charge authorized Kalian sources outstanding developments the the Aberhart slap Cockroft Breaks silence to denounce government Stettler alta., april 24. Policy of Premier Aberhart of Alberta was attacked by Charles Cockroft ., Stetter in a statement issued by the insurgent member to his constituency executive Here thursday night breaking a silence he has maintained since Jan. 1, when he resigned As province two Day Mussolini von Schuschnigg conference which ended Here Fri fatherland front is von Schuschnigg s Only Legal political group in Austria. Once Day. The treasurer. My position became or. Cockroft asserted in outlining his complaints against the Premier. The former provincial treasurer charged the Premier with several errors in government policy particularly in regard to provincial Fin Pattullo s plea convict nazi Slayer Beans Aires april 24. Announced Friday night they had arrested the murderers of Joseph Riedel reported fuehrer of Argentina s nazis slain nearly two weeks ago and had established that the motive was theft. Lone survivor Montreal april 24. Up Lone survivor of quadruplets born in the Joliette District of the Laurentian mountains Little Marie Rita Ron Deau was taken out of an incubator Given an even Chance to asks Aid to meet Dou Hobor problem Victoria april 24. British Columbia government Friday decided to enlist the Aid of the Federal authorities in Deal ing with Dou Kobors living according to their religious concepts in communities throughout the Interior of the province. Friday live. Sarga duels again Budapest. April 24. Apr. Franz Sarga. Budapest s most pug nations due list disposed of one More of his nine scheduled duels Friday wounded and Defeated his adversary and was himself slightly injured. Going to England Montreal april 24. Up the Premier t. D. Patullo announced that the Dominion would Send a representative to Victoria to discuss the Dou Hobor problem with provincial officials and at the same time charged Peter Verigin the younger spiritual head of the rus Sian religious sect flouts the provincial police and attempts to bring them into the Premier who conferred last i week with the russian sect Leader about a wave of incendiary so Royal commission probing Canada s Penitentiary conditions will visit England in july to study the Best penal or. Justice Joseph Archambault commission chairman said Friday. Liner aground Antofagasta Chile april 24. A British liner Orbita with 159 passengers aboard is aground off he chilean coast. Several efforts to float her failed. Lindbergh Case again Flemington n.j., april 24. A of the peace e. R. Hum Mer of Frenchtown said Friday an information had been filed with him by a private detective charging i a new figure described As an International spy with conspiracy which had swept the communities said he would Call upon Verigin to substantiate his protestations that his whole desire is to be meanwhile provincial police still engaged in a two weeks old investigation of the firing of 11 schools and other buildings in the Douk hobos settlements around Nelson turned their attention to a series of poisoning cases among the Mem Bers of the sect which already has resulted in three deaths. As they awaited stomach con tents of the third victim mrs. Alex Berikoff who died in Nelson hos Pital Early Friday police theorized that the poisoning might have re suited from eating wild Parsnip of which the Dou Kobors Are very the stomach contents will be examined in an attempt to determine definitely the Poison responsible. Police Learned of two previous deaths when four Dou Kobors in Verigin gets hard labor term in jail Castlegar ., april 24. Up Peter Verigin spiritual Leader of some Dou Kobors in Canada was convicted on charges of Vag Rancy and driving to the common danger in police court Here Friday. He was sentenced to three months hard labor and fines totalling by stipendiary magistrate . D. West who heard the double Case. Both charges were Laid following an incident on the Highway Between Here and Nelson and involving Verigin his Dou Hobor Driver John Konkin and or. And mrs. Alfred m. Of nearby Ross land Criticizes Verigin in handing Down sentence Magis criticized Verigin ances and relations with the do minion government. Inviting his constituency to Institute recall proceedings against him or. Cockroft promised to resign if 40 per cent of electors signed a re Call petition instead of the 66 per cent required by the recall act. Otherwise he added he would ask that his seat in the legislature be moved to the Sec Tion of the House. The executive took no action on or. Cockroft s invitation. Tells Why he quit disclosing in the statement Why he had split with Premier Aber Hart the member for Stettler de Nied the Premier s assertions blocking tactics had prevented establishment of social credit. Nei ther he nor. Any other member or. Cockroft added had placed any impediment in the path of social Cre Dit. Or. Aberhart and certain Mem Bers of persistently re Quested that the province sell out its sinking funds or. Cockroft declared adding such a course would have led to a misuse of Trust funds and certainly a loss to the province of and would have been an action against the common Cockroft continued on Page 5, column 3 for Roberta nazis enter its ranks it is generally believed they will eventually participate in the government itself. 1 Mussolini left Venice by plane late Friday with Schuschnigg at the Field to see him. Off. Shortly afterwards the austrian Chancellor departed by train. They departed after a significant conference which numbered among its important decisions formal admission of Germany into the Danu Bian fold. Details appear on Page implied warning linked with this was an implied italian warning to Austria to steer Clear. Of too close relations with Czechoslovakia because of its Friendship with the soviet Union and its alleged Hope of aligning Vienna in the anti German Camp. With Italy already joined in Diplo Matic Friendship to Yugoslavia and expected soon to negotiate a similar understanding with Rumania observers declared Czechoslovakia would be the sole Little entente member left outside the zone of Kalian influence. Virginio Gayda editor of the authoritative Gior Nale d italia asserted that no important differences separated Austria from either Jugo Slavia or Rumania but that an unbridgeable Gulf divided it from Czechoslovakia. Charging the Praha government Andreww Mellon Washington d.c., april 24. A mighty Legal struggle appeared certain with the filing by the United states department of Justice of a. Suit to dissolve the powerful aluminium company of on charges it had violated the anti Trust Laws. Andrew w. Mellon former United states Secretary of the Treasury is named a defendant along with .36 others. Convicted on count of misuse of mails but held inno cent of to be imposed May 3 with maximum possible term of five years los Angeles april 24. Violet Wells Norton Winnipeg was convicted by a Federal court jury Friday night on a charge of misuse of the mails in her claim that Clark Gable film Star is the father of her illegitimate daughter. The jury after an hour and 55 minutes found the plump 47-year-old englishwoman not guilty of a second charge of con would end Industrial warfare Hepburn to use new Board to prevent future strikes Toronto april 24. Mitchell Hepburn of Ontario Friday night stated the government would employ the newly created Industry and labor Board to prevent labor strikes in future. His statement Fol Lowed settlement of the Oshawa general motors strike. Oshawa strike terms Page 2 piracy. Mrs. Norton who has persisted in her declaration that Gable is the Frank. Billings with whom she asserted she had a romantic affair in England i n 1922 and 1923. Received the jury s verdict with no show of emotion. She sat calmly As her attorney Maurice Lavine patted her Consol singly on her . Her 13-year-old daughter Gwendoline was not in court. Friday afternoon mrs. Norton again subjected Gable to Long scrutiny and shouted that he was Bill Ings. Details on Page Gable who testified he never had been in England and was working As a Lumberjack and at other jobs in Oregon during 1922 and 1923, did not attend Friday night s session. Judge George Cosgrave set May 3 for pronouncing sentence. At Torney Lavine said he would apply for probation to permit mrs. Nor ton to leave the United states and if refused would Appeal. Mrs. Norton meanwhile had changed from her previous Calm Demeanour and appeared greatly excited uttering protests of innocence maximum is 5 years the maximum sentence which can be Given mrs. Norton is five years in prison Fine or both. Just before the jury received the Case prosecutor John Powell told i the Case. Lindbergh Kidnap murder eluding mrs. Berikoff were admitted to Hospital thursday. Names of the two who died previously could not be Learned. They were identified Only As members of the sons of Freedom sect who balk at registration of deaths and births of their members. Trate West saying instead of being an example of Good behaviour you Are running around the country causing trouble you have been Here nine years and cannot understand English. We Are not going to allow Veri Gin or anyone else running around the coun try disturbing people. You have no business taking the Law into your own Erickson said in each Case Veri Gin was Yelling and swearing in Verigin continued on Page .4, column 5 los Angeles april 24. Cap a judgment late Friday wrote a drab anti Climax to a. Dramatic trial of Roberta Sample s slander suit against an attorney for her Mother Aimee Semple Mcpher _ son whose tearful near collapse took her from the verdict. Judge Clarence Kincaid awarded 27-year-old Roberta her allegation that Willedd. Andrews attorney for both and her Angelus newspaper Man Aimee has been threatened intimidated coerced and Mack mail de for the last judge Kincaid gave her another 000 on1 her charge that Andrews omitting repeated the statement to other newspapermen and another attorney fees. With desiring to Diaw Vienna into an array against the Reich Gayda added this is to say Austria must break off relations with Czechoslovakia i it will even be Able to strengthen them but in the econ other sources said the conference affirmed Austria s desire for closer relations Czechoslovakia. Berlin pleased Berlin april 24. Up havas the German press expressed Satis faction Friday night on the out come of Premier Mussolini s Venice conference with austrian Chancel Lor Kurt von Schuschnigg which accorded the Reich a. Place in the danubian fold the Berliner Tage Blatt saw the conversations As proving the West Ern Powers. Had failed to disrupt the natural course the affairs of South Eastern Europe might be expected to take. Germania contrasted the Venice policy with the. Danubian plans of czechoslovakian Premier Hodza and former. Premier Laval of France. Ivair. Jun Sumii i Ciusa seek Liberal member of parliament for Ontario county As chairman of tile Board. In my opinion he. Is the outstanding economist in the Dominion of he said. I am holding the position of chairman open for him and i expect definite word from him at the first of the week purpose of this Board is to strikes continued. On Page 5, column of people throughout the world Are looking to your decision As to whether or not Clark Gable is the father of mrs. Norton s mrs. Norton s co defendant Jack l. Smith investigator was exonerated of conspiracy. Federal judge George Cosgrave granted a motion Norton trial continued on Page 4, column 6 tuition troubles correspondence and Trade school methods criticized charges that some correspondence and Trade schools Are not giving value for Money received had. An airing Friday afternoon legislative committee got in initial strikes on an air authorized by the Manitoba House at the Behest of Hon. Schultz k.c., minister of educate Ivan these statesmen sought to exclude the Reich and Italy from the Danube Basin in line with French soviet policy. The newspaper charged.-. Nazis arrested Vienna april. 24. Police raided Central offices of. The austrian nazi movement Friday arresting. 20 alleged leaders. Authorities declared they seized ments showing that nazi disturb ances in Austria on the last birth Day of Chancellor Hitler of Germany we re planned at the offices. Three drowned Halifax april 24. Curtis Bou user 33 Raymond Smith 20, and mrs. Gertrude Lyman. All of Hali fax were drowned Friday in big fidian Lake 20 Miles Northwest of Halifax when their fishing boat overturned. Teof Thoday Coronation bound Flag bedecked liners leave with official representatives outstanding festival honors go to Kelvin Ai is a piece of singing for either this choir has produced the most o any that is a a adults. Chorus or soloist in this declared or. I Frederick Staton angry Madrid creates new defence body Madrid april 24. Up havas Madrid s emergency defence coun cil was suppressed Friday As a wave of anger swept this capital in the Wake of the twelfth consecutive Day of the insurgent artillery bombard ment. General Jose Miaja chief of me defence Junta retained his Post As commander in chief of the capital defences and All government troops in Central Spain. A Brief announce ment said a new City Council will take Over defence administration saturday. Italians Aid rebels henday Franco Spanish fron tier april 24. A More than 1500 regular italian artillerymen their colors flying paraded through san Sebastian Spain Friday on their Way to reinforce the sur gent attack on Bilbao 48 Miles to the East. Charges students of colleges be exploited by employers made at Ting of local Council of women Page 7. Proud parents take part in Wel coming Canada s Junior hockey champions Page 34. Magistrate Graham rules pinball machines without pay off apparatus Are Page 18. Law fails to indicate who must a costs of East Kildonan school Page 9. Bernard Shaw does not know his Montreal april 24. Of Canada s official representatives to the Coronation sailed Seaward Friday night on the Flag bedecked Indania and Duchess of co but admits 34 he has Bright donation Day color scheme will City 7. Liners York. The vessels pulled out of Mon Treal Harbor Friday carrying More than London bound Pas sengers representative of the do minion from coast to coast. Nearly every province had some one among the premiers Cabinet officials legislative members clerics school children and Royal Canadian mounted policemen who comprised the big passenger list from the maritime came pre Mier a. A. Dysart with his wife and daughters . Patenaude of Quebec will join the ship at que Bers included Hon. Pierre f. Cas Grain speaker of the House of commons a. L. M.p., Provencher Man., and George Mcphee m.p., Yorkton sask. Others included Hon. G. Howard Ferguson former Premier of on Tario Hon. H. A. Stewart former minister of Public works most Rev. To Kelvin. The a choir of Virv Voung tour from Aberdeen school. The Winnipeg auditorium Small by far to accommodate was the crowds of festival enthusiasts who ame to hear the afternoon finals. A Box of Flowers went for the of its most Loyal festival to one from Daniel collegiate Earl Grey Aberdeen Isaac Brock two from Victoria Al Bert general steel Prince Edward East Kildonan Queenston supporter s during the past nine teen years miss Annie us of music in Winnipeg schools. This year is the first tune miss Pullar who is ill has not been present. Winners of the afternoon events Iii a ii a j of w a us. Vic a. U. De fancier archbishop of the than the chorus finalists were _ i _ no nov u British Columbia and commander p. W. Nelles Ottawa of the Cana Dian Navy. Saturday the third Coronation liner Plaunia will Clear with a full passenger list. From Quebec the Empress of Australia will sail saturday night or sunday. _ police reserves were called out before the sailings to keep order among the throngs which jammed 01 us exec. Win Bee City saturday. Ottawa Mem approaches to the Peggy Kennedy and Louise Isaacs Junior pianoforte duet and Astley Cooper boys sacred Solo. Earl Grey trophy the championship Earl Grey Tro Phy was held by Kelvin in 1834 and since by the Daniel Mclntyre collegiate. When Kelvin regained the coveted trophy and received such enviable Praise Friday after noon they competed against eleven tool possibly through supervision if was emphasized by s. T. Newton director of vocational education. He was directed to bring in a summary of what states ind other provinces Are doing in his regard. Hon. Stuart Garson k.c., provincial treasurer was named chair Man and Albert Tomlinson Secre Ary As the committee started a probe that will dig deep into text look questions before it has finished. Prices charged influence brought to Bear in the selection of text books and text Book changes will be among the matters the committee will seek to bring to Light. At the conclusion of the meeting it was decided to ask Alex. Musker and James Green of the Musker engineering Institute to appear be fore the next meeting which will be held subject to Call of the chair. L. T. Barnes of the service schools also will be asked to testify. At the Start of the meeting or. Schultz stated that committee Mem Bers would be furnished a Complete textbook probe continued on Pate 6, column 3 voluntary Board suggested Alberta delegates urge government appointed wheat body Calgary april 24. Up the weight of the boards of Trade of eight southwestern Alberta towns was thrown behind proposals for a voluntary wheat Board during Fri Day s session of the Turgeon Royal Grain commission. Urging appointment of a Volun tary Board through Farmers could Market their crops if they wished Gordon Walker Farmer of the Claresholm District 90 Miles South of Calgary presented the suggestions of the boards of Trade. The towns represented were Claresholm Nanton. Granum High River stavely Pincher Creek Cayley and Macleod. Earlier the commission heard John h. Rhodes Farmer of Brant 60 Miles South of Here urge a producer con trolled Board. Details on Page declaring marketing wheat a National problem or. Walker told j. E. Coyne Winnipeg assistant commission counsel that the boards of Trade which a represented desired a government appointed voluntary Board because they believed it would Endeavor to give the producer maximum return on his crop. It was necessary he said to in sure the producer reasonable Bene fits resulting from High prices. This could be done it was argued through orderly marketing by a Board. He contended it was the most effective Means of marketing wheat. Best relations should be established Between Canada and other countries through Trade treaties he said and Tariff burdens on the things which Farmers have to buy should be lightened. Steps should be taken he added to prevent re Currence of Price declines of 1930-35 and a method evolved to store wheat on farms. Or. Walker urged that the pro Tein Content of wheat should be included in the factors involved in the grading of wheat. Steps should be taken he declared to improve the Quality of Canadian wheat and insure uniformity of the Quality within grades. Kiss murder Crayson ky., april 24. A the boy kiss in the dark death of a hitch hiker known As Jimmy Scott puzzled authorities Here Friday. Who fired the revolver that ended his life while he was playing Post office in a darkened room with 14-year-old Stella Stevens remained a mystery. The Coroner s jury returned a verdict that the boy about 16, died at the hands of persons Eddie homies. 20, who Coroner c. W. Henderson said was a sort of a jilted was held As a material witness. Bulging Brief cases Laura music festival continued on Page 4, column 2 first Grain shipment canadians leave for London with big Parley Agenda ahead the weather thursday 0.30 ., to Friday . At 6.30 37 maximum 42 minimum. 37 barometer. 20.73 North Wert wind at Miles per hour .08 precipitation sky Cloudy. Friday. 0.30 ., to Friday 0.80 temperature at 6.30 40 maximum 45 minimum. 37 barometer. 20.83 North wind at 13 Miles per hour maximum humidity. Minimum humidity. Sky Cloudy. A fairly deep disturbance centred Over Iowa was moving northeastward Fri Day. While pressure was hitch in Northern que but continued Low to the southward of Nova Scotia. Except for Leht showers in a few districts the weather wan Fiir quite Cool from inn great lakes eastward. Snow and rain Tell in the Rainy River District list it was fair Ana Cool Over the Western Mima Montreal apr 24. Up first Grain shipments of the season from Montreal for overseas left Friday on the liners Indania and Duchess of York. T. Coincident with the initial ship ments the Harbor Grain Board issued its first report showing elevator stocks of bushels compared with bushels for the Cor responding Date a year ago. Ottawa april 24. Foreign policies constitutional questions and migration within the Empire will be chief topics to engage Canada s delegation which left Ottawa Friday to attend the Imper Ial conference in London. Trade matters it has been indicated will also be a live subject in unofficial conversations for which the meet ing with Empire ministers will provide an Opportunity. Restricted to those ministers whose departments will be concerned with the topics on the offi Cial Agenda the delegation from Canada consists of five ministers prime minister Mackenzie King Justice minister Ernest Laporte finance minister c. A. Dunning defense minister Ian Mackenzie and mines minister t. A. Crerar. The delegation of ministers will also form a part of the Dominion representation at the Coronation of King George i. On that offi Cial party there will be the speak ers of the Senate and House of commons and conservative Leader r. B. Bennett prior to the Coronation the ministers and the Large group of Mem Bers of both houses of parliament who have left for London will at tend sessions of the Empire parliamentary association meeting in London. Dawson Simpson or. Rupert Vancouver or. Go orc Edmonton Calgary med. Hat Saskatoon Zeeina Winnipeg it. Arthur Cochrane Parry so Toronto Ottawa Quebec Halifax Chicano Manitoba 22 .12 36 42 26 24 28 ,35 24 30 20 30 32 34 34 36 32 34 .12 40 Aklavik it. Smith Victoria Kamloops Jasper Banff a Clobridge s. Current or. Albert Mooc jaw Brandon Kenora moot once London Kingston Montreal St. John Mima 12 16 11 30 42 52 36 54 22 26 40 2s 42 48 Charlottes n 32 St. Pau 44 33 48 47 33 50 42 44 46 42 40 forecasts northerly winds Molly Cloudy and Cool possibly some Light Snover rain in South Cist portion. Smikat Bewan partly Cloudy and Cool. Alberta mostly fair and Cool. Kenora and Rainy no Var North my Northwest winds Cloudy and Cool v. Ill some Snow or ;