Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 20, 1940, Winnipeg, Manitoba Carrier in Winnipeg 25c per week. Winnipeg saturday january 20, 1940 Price so per copy edition with comics Loc Stanley s org Energy bread for slimming and a Clit it Ducler with diet aug Energy Lor everyone. Distributed by Bryce bakeries Ltd. Phone 37 Oss and Dave our Salesman Call Billy spotlighted youth recreation Pirvey surprises More Light than Ever before has been shed in Winnipeg on the old question which reputedly keeps a and a awake at nights with worry that is about what the Young folks do with their spare time is found in a report on recreational facilities in the City prepared by Mamiel Berlatsky under youth training auspices. Now in the final stages of preparation the Berlatsky report will serve As a basis for plans to co ordinate the work of Young people s societies clubs and All similar Agen cies through which the youth of Winnipeg get together in group activities. Extension of the youth training programme in the City will be under Hart m. Devenney Mon Treal . Leader who has been on the Job in Winnipeg since the first of the year. Guiding spirit of the youth project is Hon. Ivan Schultz minister of education whose department already has extended the youth training pro gramme in Rural Manitoba where 57 recreational centres Are being Emanuel Berlatsky sixty years 20, 1880 finders of lost articles always turned them in at the free press office Wilh the result that there were now piled up on the counter awaiting owners a red Sash four horseshoes innumerable Bunches of keys a pair of new boots in a parcel a celluloid Collar ditto cuffs ditto Dickie new and wrapped and other things too Many to list owners were warned that an auction Sale would be held shortly if the items were not claimed. Fifty years 20, 1890 the Winnipeg citizens band under Leader Henderson s Baton was making Good Progress among the personnel were s. L. Barrow dough Cornet soloist a. Fonsica Jas. Stack c. E. Gooding a. E Gamble trombone r. Weston clarinet 0 Ingo snare drum and h. H. Dart cymbals. Forty five years 20, 1895 among contributors to the cur rent american magazines were Marion Crawford. Mrs. Burton har Rison Rudyard Kipling whose cur rent Jungle stories were making a great hit with Young readers and prof. Brander Matthews. Forty years 20, 1900 g. W. Steevens noted War correspondent author of with Kitchene to Khartoum and Many graphic let ters on the Dervish Campaign Sony of which had been published at tha time in the free press died of enteric fever in besieged Ladysmith where the heat was intense an deaths averaged ten per Day. Thirty five years 20, 190 there was quite a controversy Over the prof i Sion Klizing by the . Of Portage la Prairi hockey its Billy Baird and Alia Kent and the anticipate match Between the Winnipeg Row ing club and Portage was Post Pond till the matter should b Sci led As the . Had threat end to professionalize the who league. Thirty years 20, 1910 the fisheries commission a found that Manitoba lakes had Bee Over fished with a marked decrease of certain valuable Ping of missiles from air planes a experimented with at the big to Angeles meet with Little Success. Twenty five years ago Jan. 20, 1915 Perceval Gibbon noted novels and Magazine contributor was Senc ing graphic stories to the Londo times of the fighting Between the russians and germans on the polish front enormous forces wer engaged and the Czar s troops wer reported to be winning. Twenty years 20, 1920 suspension of the Winnipeg new papers through Lack of newsprint paper continued the City had no been four Days without a newspaper used by Young men and women this Winter. The Berlatsky report urges immediate Steps to co ordinate recreational facilities in. Point Douglas and other sections of Ward 3. The investigation included com Erial recreation and the Dis Overy was made that there Are no Eer Parlours or billiard Halls South the Assiniboine River in the City Orty one out of 48 Public Beer Carlors Are North of Portage Avenue Are 49 out of 57 licensed billiard alls. 558 organizations the Young people of Winnipeg eem to find their spare time Leisure n clubs and societies of their own he Survey which was assisted by 19 volunteers obtained return rom 558 organizations which con act activity groups attracting n aggregate attendance in 1939 o practically one third of Lese. Groups were carried on by protestant or Catholic churches. The Survey covered recreation programmes in Parks playgrounds schools ., y.m.h.a., service Lubs boy scouts girl guides Community clubs organized groups As veil As churches. A striking feature disclosed was Riat Winnipeg has Only nine Hobby recreation continued on Page 4, column 6 Gardiner estimates crop Bonus Saskatoon sask., Jan. 20. Up and 00 will be paid out by the fed eral government this year to farm ers in 1939 crop failure areas of Western Canada who qualify for Jonus payments under the Prairie farm assistance act of 1939. A ording to a letter from . 5. Gardiner Federal minister of agriculture to Frank Chason Secretary of the United Farmers of Canada Saskatchewan Section Lim Ted a special committee had re viewed the applications for assist Ance of townships in which Here were More than 50.000 armers and had already passed he applications of townships in which More than Farmers resided. Although the intention of the act was to protect Farmers suffering crop failure it was not intended o remove All responsibility for the plight of Farmers from the Muni Cipal and provincial governments or. Gardiner indicated in his letter. He understood the minister said that the Saskatchewan government Aad recognized its responsibility in this respect by informing municipalities that persons needing re Lief would be allowed to apply for it irrespective of the Bonus pay ment. Portage landmark destroyed Bennett confers with red Cross London Jan. 20. Up Hon. R. B. Bennett has re engaged in intensive work Here on Behal of the Canadian red Cross. Back in England after a Stormy Atlantic crossing following a visit to Canada the former prime minister conferred throughout yesterday with or. F. W. Routley of the Canadian red Cross cleaning up outstanding details of the organization s War Effort. Balkan ministers meet Bucharest Jan. 20. Cap foreign ministers Grigore Gafencu of Rumania and Alksander Cincar Markovic of Yugoslavia held secret decision on Balkan foreign policy today. They met near Timisoara Rumania where King Caro of Rumania and Regent princ Paul of Yugoslavia conferred or Jan. 12. In the fort Garry horse we note the following promotions Sergt. W. Martin to be warrant officer class three corp. P. W. J. Kennedy to be Sergt., troopers j. Stark l. H. Snell r. J. Mcwhirter g. A. Fraser d. W. Robb a. H. Fitzpatrick w. A. Alford and a. H. Howorth to be Lance corporals. With the exception of the latter who is in c Squadron All promo ions Are in b Squadron. In the last War there were scores of parodies written on the popular songs and a Reader sends one entitled Way Down in Shore Ham Camp Sung to the tune of Way Down in Tennessee and suggested that an Effort be made to change the words to suit our boys locally. The Effort has been made with the following result Way Down in . 10, that s where you see the men All training every Day just waiting for their pay. _ All you can hear All the time is come and get your dime. Sergeants bawling Lance jacks calling Don t miss pay Parade. You go to bed at night the sergeant tucks you tight the corporals on the floor then tuck you in some More. When you Wake up in the morn ing you can hear the Bugle calling show a leg there show a be there Way Down in . 10. All right about sing ing it for . 10? in the Lith medium Battery . We find gunner j l. Cunningham was married on Jan. I and gunner j. K. White promoted to Lance Bombardier Jan. 12. Bar Racks were very Calm and peace Ful thursday evening with Only the sounds of the fatigue detail thirsty you used More water in 1939 yes 192 million Gallons More water consumption in greater Winnipeg increased 192 million Gallons in 1939, according to the annual report of me greater Winnipeg water District commissioners which was tabled at the administration Board meeting thursday. The average daily consumption of prevent the usual quantities of cordwood and pulpwood being hauled from the Bush the Road handled a Tota of 3859 cars of freight comparer with the previous year. Passen Ger traffic was Down to settlers along the railway donated six carloads of cordwood to the rec Cross and this Wood was hauled free to St. Boniface by the District the output of the gravel pit a increased cubic Yards t during the year. Both the railway and gravel pit earned surplus but this was wide Jermme As yet 18.74 million Gallons was Only slightly under the All time Peak of. 18.3 millions in 1930. Tortal con sumption was Gallons. Greater Winnipeg residents consumed an average of 65 Gallons per capita per Day. This despite the Quality of the water was a relatively Low average the commissioners pointed out. Winnipeg alone consumed Gallons. There was a Sharp decline in both freight and passenger traffic a the greater Winnipeg water District railway last year. An Early break up last Spring and rebuttal wore bombers towed Over line causing damage estimated at fire swept through Ralph s store in Portage la Prairie Fri Day. Views of the Blaze one of the worst in the history of the City Are shown above with smoke Bil lowing from the ruins and Only the outside Shell of the Structure left standing. Minor injuries were suffered by several firemen. Der inc new Post leaning up floors to disturb the faithful few. Gunners s. Potor a. Ross and r. E. Winso vere the Busy men whilst a bar o Brien who is . Pioneer Section of the Battery looked o n approval. I did learn that the oys generally Are having quite Ime rolling up their blankets i new Way and that one big Blac of visits Barracks each and Ever Lay grabs a Bone and departs wit Speed. It is expected tha he visits and the Speed will con Niue until such time As Sergt oof Murray catches up with the log. Gnu. R. E. Winsor tells me h s a Lumberjack from the Keno District. Back again with the fort Garry Lorse we note corporals g. G. Mackenzie r. J. Adams and j. H. A Macdonald have been promoted to air Grants . J. H. Sack Ville to be Corporal and troopers Johnston and w. T. Vant to be Ance corporals. As we entered Jar Racks we found the troops and heir lady friends All assembled in he main mess. Brig. B. W. Browne and . S. J. Cox had seats n the front Row which certainly indicated Advance knowledge of the entertainment to be presented under master of ceremonies by Gardiner. The programme was Well balanced and All numbers were applauded generously. Lou i old time or Chestra Shirley Busch and Lily courage dancers Horace Coleman comedian or. Leckie and Joe Lyons Community singing Margaret Laid Law Stevens Soprano Bill Lowes accordion band misses Mavis Mil Ler Joan Potter Marjorie Chisholm Betty Herbert Joan Harris Shirley Potter All pupils of Margaret Elizabeth Potter with Vivian Stone As pianist with Maurice Taylor the Garry own popular Singer All gave voluntary service to the cause of the troops. And they did the Job Well. F g a banquet and dance will be held by the and Navy vet Erans in the Assembly Hall of the building on Young Street wednes Day Jan. 31. This is open to All units in military District no. 10 and tickets can be obtained at the Hall. Further evidence of the activity of the auxiliary services is the for mation of a Curling club amongst the clerical staff of the Royal can Adian pay corps at Tuxedo staff Sergt Stewart is attending to the formation of rinks etc., Anc play will take place at. Deer Lodge Curling rink wednesday and Friday afternoons with about half the staff attending each Day. 4 the auxiliary services arranged for the showing of pictures during recreation period on wednesday a the fort Garry horse Barracks. And with Chester Bloom one of my younger colleagues has asked me about wages and working conditions on american newspapers. I suspect him of envying Large salary reporters. It May interest Winnipeg readers know Why i disillusioned him. First american newspapers publish seven Days a Wisek sundays whereas Canadian newspapers by the Law of the land Are restricted to six Days. The american seven Day week Iii responsible Tor the rapidity with which the american newspaper Guild virtually an adjunct of the typographical has spread in the United states with Many extremely unpleasant and unprofitable strikes. It is Only a tradition in . Newspaper practice that editors and reporters get one Day off a frequently honoured in the breach than the Observance. Newspaper men know when big news Breaks everyone must be ready to help get out the paper regardless of hours or Days off. In most . Cities big news stories especially crime break so frequently lie average reporter is Apt to find himself working 24 hours a Day seven Days a week. The first american City editor who put me to work made that poin emphatically. He said remember you Are hired seven Days a week and 24 hours a Day and any time you have off is by the Grace of Goc and this City that s Way it turned out too. On one Well known Pacific coast . Afternoon daily our Day staff punched time clocks at 7.30 . We published five editions during the Day working under steam engine pressure. When the last Home edition went to press at 3.30 . The staff put in the time until 5.30 . Clipping out reams of what is known to the Trade As time copy. On saturdays we went to work at the same hour 7.30 ., bu1 were off at 3.30 . In order to come Back at 6 . Then we worked through until 2 . Sunday morning getting out the sunday newspaper in each shift we had 20 minutes off Eor lunch. When one got to bed at. 3 o clock sunday morning he was so utterly he stayed in bed until noon again retired by 9 or 10 sunday night to Rise and Shine at s o clock monday for the Early car to the office. This is a common practice on american metropolitan news papers with sunday editions the one i worked for being unusually generous paid us an extra Day s wage for that double shift saturday. In the first flush of enthusiasm when the Young reporter counts All time not spent in the office the . Practice is enthralling later it becomes somewhat like an indeterminate jail sentence. High wages too Are illusive big Money goes to the Schlect few in the higher brackets. In the big cities scores of reporters and sub editors work for from to a. Week. I found that so even in recent years in the National capital of Washington where Competition is unusually fierce this practice coupled with hordes of Young College graduates ambitious to break into. game and willing to work of Little or nothing also helped promote the newspaper Guild it is universally understood american newspaper men that they work by the week and May be fired at a moment s notice depending on the digestion of the proprietor or managing editor. There is very Little of the inborn Canadian attitude of regarding an employee from human standpoint. The tradition of James Gordon Bennett who used to fire his new York managing editors by Cable from Paris and install an office boy in their place was widespread throughout the . News paper it still hangs Over. Generally speaking the Victoria 20. Colonel Victor Tremaine assistant fortress commander at Victoria a been transferred to Kingston As of icer administering the Royal Cana Han artillery. Succeeding Lieut. Colonel Tremaine As assistant fort commander temporarily command is c. V 3ishop, m.c., formerly commanding officer of a Battery Royal Cana Dian horse artillery Winnipeg. Peace search urged new York Jan. 20. United states must mind its own business but search also for a non entangling Opportunity to help effect a genuine District attorney Thomas e. Dewey. Sah today in his first discussion o foreign affairs As a presidential candidate american newspaper Rule is that nothing counts except delivery of the goods not always being specifically defined. There s fun of i recall working on one big Western paper which was running an anti gambling Campaign. This particular newspaper was published by a proprietor with a military Complex the. Atmosphere was a Barracks., Gold medals were Given for scoops reporters saluted editors our a Gold Snedal with bars attached for Many feats was attacking the gamblers. lines despite a reluctant. Sheriff chief of police and state attorney the newspaper forced meeting . The Tost indictment was returned Gamst reporter. Evidence disclosed lie was the head of one gambling ring which was fighting the other. That ended the medal business. Battigelli continues Benefit club head g. Battigelli was re elected pres Dent of the . Machinists apprentices and helpers sic Benefit club at its annual Meetin Friday night in the free pres soard rooms. Other officers elected were vice president r. Moorcroft Secretary measurer h. O. Porter trustees Hutchinson w. Port and e. De Erell auditors h. A. Taylor an o. C. Hallman committee d. Cor Rin l. Herzog f. Hankowski e Fawcett j. Thomas f. Armstron 3. Roll Vigan k. Moyies and Fife. Varied opinions at Relief probe wide divergences of opinion regarding unemployment Relief regulations appeared Friday when were submitted o the. Special committee of the legislature investigating the effect of Relief regulations. Three witnesses c. W. Foster representing the trades and labor Council a. Thompson Manitoba Emerson Jan. 20. Special Immy Mattern famous round the supervised the Transfer Ere yesterday of the second ship nent of Lockheed Hudson twin motored bombers for the Canadian department of National defence. The. Three big bombers roared into Graceful Landing on the american lying Field and after a speedy in Section by the collector of customs Lendrum were towed by a team o the Canadian Side from where hey soared off to Winnipeg for a ast trip to Ottawa and the training ields of the Empire air scheme. Mattern spoke in glowing terms 5f the bombers he flew up from Omaha yesterday. Many americans and canadians were on hand at the new air Field o Welcome the Franes. London chuckles Over pictures London Jan. 20. Up press today published a vivid Roya air Force picture of list the Ger Man mine laying seaplane base in Sylt. The picture is so Clear tha t is possible to see motor cars and people on the streets. The wealth of detail obtained Foi he intelligence officers is shown of annotations indicating a wire Ess station seaplane hangars and Barracks beside the Harbor. This and other pictures taken b. The . Were published on the front pages of the newspapers in some cases covering half the Page and. Causing a plenitude o chuckles of the revelation of so called nazi secrets. Burns night planned by King memorial King memorial United Church will hold its annual. Burns supper in the Church auditorium at 6.30 ., tuesday. A concert will Fol Low and those taking part will in clude Robert Stevenson Rev. D. G. Paton who. Will officiate ;