Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 4, 1940, Winnipeg, Manitoba I03rd Day the 103rd Day without a fatal traffic Accident was completed at 1.30 , today. The last traffic fatality occurred dec. 23. Winnipeg free press Carrier in Winnipeg 2sc per week. Winnipeg thursday april 4, 1940 Price so per copy edition with comics Joc ladies tune in . Daily except sat. And Sun. Bryce s health and Beauty Bureau a new interesting radio program conducted by Irene Parker milk plea Lougheed urges better inspection milk consumed in Winnipeg is not being properly inspected or. M. S. Loufik cd City medical health officer told the civic health committee wednesday. We arc spending less for this service than in any period or More than 20 said or. Lougheed who reiterated his statement at the last Council meeting that Winnipeg must supervise the milk Supply. Acting on his report the commit tee recommended to the civic finance committee that be added to the budget estimates to be used for milk inspection. Previously ies need ., son ant stresses Cannington ont., april 4. Up Canada s in the present con list is to make every sacrifice Short f impairing i s status As a Sovereign action to bring the United states nto the win on the Side of he Hies the Ontario attorney general Hon. Gorskin Conant said Here last i gift. Or. Conant said the Success of the died cause May be very doubt us unless Active participation of the United states is made effective t an Early Date. Jno sacrifice on our part will be great f that can be a com i shed. He United states wants a build the St. Lawrence water Flay by All Means let us join them. Of Thev want Access to Alaska Over Canadian there should be no imitation in settling the matter. Day that the United states Days in joining the allies will Only prolong the War and increase the tort and the sacrifice that the United states May yet be called Pono make to save herself from be Fate now threatens All democracies of the world. Royal Navy gets map warning Tokyo april 4. Spokes for the japanese admiralty d a warning to the British avy today not to Institute a close Ange blockade of the russian port f Vladivostok by saying that any illegal activity would compel the Annese Navy to take the spokesman said furthermore hat while the Japan sea is not territorial Waters it is a japanese Ake in. Japanese eyes. The British avy can take any action it pleases Nerc. But the reaction in japanese sentiment would be Convoy ordered Copenhagen Denmark april 4. Newspaper Beijing see Idenden in a report from Berlin Jid last night that the russian acidic Fleet has been ordered to envoy soviet ships if the allies try to extend the blockade to the Pacific Ocean. The finance committee Cut the health department estimates by More than at the Council meeting a week ago. A proposed charter amendment to allow Winnipeg to take Over milk inspection from the Manitoba milk control Board was Defeated. Under this amendment the milk Board would have Given the City for supervising the milk Supply. Since the plan to receive financial assistance from the milk Board was Defeated or. Lougheed told the health committee the alternative was to set up an inspector who would be supplied with transportation and do nothing else but make inspections. Aid. Margaret Mcwilliams stated hat the City was not in a position to fight an epidemic of typhoid fever should it come. She questioned or. Lougheed about the milk Supply in regards to the typhoid fever epidemic in the St. Boniface District. Have we inspected the milk which comes from St. She asked. Or. Lougheed answered that he had requested the provincial government to inspect dairies in St Boniface which supplied milk to Winnipeg. We made an inspection of one Dairy there he said and were not satisfied at All with the but he said that tests had shown the milk Supply was not to be blamed in this epidemic. As far As i can gather the cause of the St. Boniface outbreak was the mass infection at a gathering or gatherings of persons in St. Boni face. For that reason i think the Peak has been reached in their Epi he added. Three of Winnipeg s cases he told the committee were definitely connected with St. Boniface. The other three had not been traced to any thing definite. Practical instruction for troops Calk Chamberlain speech Serene Oslo april 4. Up havas French Agency norwegian newspapers yesterday called prime minister Chamberlain s speech to the House of commons tuesday a rebuttal of reports the allies planned to violate Norway s neutrality or extend the War to the North. The conservative newspaper Morge bladet under the heading a Serene said or. Chamberlain s statement regarding intensification of the blockade must undoubtedly be interpreted As an announcement of British Fleet and air Force action in International Waters South of Norway Heligoland bight and the a Skagerrak. What Neutral countries must acknowledge is that this speech is entirely lacking in All attempts to throw unjustified suspicion upon Proa tin the fourth of a series of lectures in first Aid for members of the Canadian Active Force stationed in Winnipeg was Given in the clubroom of the free press tuesday night. A free press cameraman snapped a class from the fort Garry horse As it practice artificial respiration. Instructors of the free press division of the St. John ambulance brigade look on. I wonder false fire Call from a Post Box a false fire alarm was rung in from a Box opposite Harman s drug store 709 Sargent Avenue wednes Day evening. A clerk in the store has a theory As to How it happened theory which if Correct makes somebody look pretty silly. Here it is shortly before the lire trucks Arr veil a Man entered the store and wanted to know where he could mail a parcel. He told the clerk he had tried unsuccessfully both Post boxes outside the store. When the fire trucks arrived and the Man had gone the clerk thought a letter Box and a fire bicycle licenses r. C. Scanes Winnipeg License inspector said thursday that his department would commence sell ing bicycle licenses on monday. The License year he pointed out begins on May 1. He reported that bicycle licenses issued were steadily increasing with 16.625 applied for in 1939. This represented an increase of Over 1938, he said. Alarm Box outside to mail a parcel he wanted i knowledge counts Elliott stresses importance of first Aid on Battlefield discomfort suffering even death May be prevented by knowledge of first Aid while on Active said Captain m. R. Elliott regimental medical officer of the fort Garry horse wednesday night after a lecture Given to 100 officers and men in the club room of the Winnipeg free press. Behind the lines Rome april making women 4. And children Law 13 subject to mobilization for War work behind the lines was adopted by the italian Cabinet yesterday in a session devoted to making Italy prepared and self sufficient. Farm Loans unit in the . Makes if or Applina the army service corps of its daily requirements. These Muentes Are checked by the Supply depot and if o.k., a Supply Issue voucher is made up and the sup piles got ready for the units to pick up and of course they Are signed for. A Check is made every three months to determine the accuracy of All indents within this levied and any supplies overdrawn Jocose a liability of the unit con earned. There is a Complete set up o Cor this feature starting the statement of rations Ssu cd to each unit made up by the apply depot the statement of to Buzun of rations received made by the units verification of sch distribution by the pay office which renders its findings for or against. It is appreciated that the ration strength of any unit varies item time to time As several extra bin May be attached for various purposes and these of course re a Jeffi a meals. But the pay office mews All about these attached if fir and extra rations cannot be drawn without Good and sufficient in arranging for the Large sup piles required to feed the troops the department of the District sup transport officer r.c.., prepares his estimates which Are submitted to the department of National defence at Ottawa. When approved these estimates Are whose Bothi con is Dru i to the War Supply Board duty it is to arrange con tracts with various Supply houses on completion such contracts the War Supply re advises the . . Of names of the firms with which tracts have been made and it Hen in order for the . To on Icse Supply houses a foods Are required and Check Anc pass the accounts to the District Treasury office which then makes so . A Soldier is transferred from oae part of Canada to another he 15 concerned with the army ser vice corps. He requires a move tent order accommodation on rain or bus food and lodging Flora the time he leaves until hives at his destination. Shoult dumber of troops entrain it u necessary for a member of we army service corps to inspect 3f. Train thoroughly to see tha supplies and conveniences to properly care for the of troops travelling. The condition of the train itself Muse carefully inspected and a report made of any breakages existing before the troops go aboard. An officer of the unit concerned accompanies the . Represent Ive and both parties sign the clearance. When the train arrives at its destination another thorough investigation is made and so if any damage has been done in the meantime there is a proper record of support or question any state ment of claim received from the Ranspot tation company. It is Well or units to remember that where such claims Are made and substantiated they Are forwarded to the unit concerned for settlement As such claims Are no liability of the . All in All it will be noted that the army service corps has a varied assortment of phone service fuel supplies water sanitary supplies food quarters transportation hire of vehicles re pair of mechanical of which add up to a veritable Mountain of detail requiring organization ability of a High degree to keep the wheels turning smoothly from our observations at Tuxedo we would say that brigadier Browne is Well served by the personnel of the At . . No. 10. . R. H. Webb who was appointed chief inspector of ing and Messing Jan. 15, recently inspected the Winnipeg Grenadier in respect to his particular duties and highly commended . O m. M. Kay on the internal arrange ments and administration govern ing Messing cooking etc., within the unit. Look through the want ads. Save time and Moity. When buying furniture a used car motorcycle or bicycle rent ing a House or a room look first in the free press want ads your Best Bracken determined problem be solved a warning that Manitoba would seek its own solution of the mortgage debt problem if parliament failed to provide the necessary Protection for the province s debt burdened Farmers was Given in the legislature by Premier John Bracken wednesday. The lecture which was fourth in a series of six now being Given to he Canadian Active service Force stationed in Winnipeg dealt with artificial respiration and treatment if Shock and asphyxiation. The eries is sponsored by the St. John ambulance brigade under the direction of corps officer e. Camp Ell. Practical instruction in treatment f Haemorrhage and wounds was Given wednesday evening by the tree press division of the St. John ambulance brigade under superintendent j. Henderson. Corps officer Campbell showed the soldiers the Best methods of artificial respiration. He was Fol owed by superintendent Henderson who illustrated the Best places for the flow of blood in Large arteries and veins. Captain Elliott stated that one hour each week is Given to the soldiers for practice in first Aid be sides their regular lecture hours. A special session of the House would be held for this purpose be fore next fall he declared unless by that time the Federal authorities lad empowered the province to Institute the land court or alternatively had re enacted the farm ers creditors arrangement act. The. Premier s announcement tame As he appealed to members to unanimously support his Resolution requesting parliament to adopt one of these two schemes in order to remove the present condition of in Justice from which Manitoba citizens suffer As compared with those of Alberta and Saskatchewan debate on the Resolution was adjourned by w. R. Sexsmith con., Portage la Prairie after James my Lenaghen con., Kildonan St. An Drews and j. S. Lament gov., incr Ville had spoke i. There were Farmers in Manitoba of whom one third worked mortgaged land the Premier stated valued these mortgages were at during the past ten years except for one or two years the average Price of wheat had been Only half that for the previous ten. Western Farmers had lost a year in in ome. Only two alternatives under Ordinary circumstances individuals should be. Held strictly to their obligations Premier Brac Ken continued. But in the event that such obligations could not be met Only two alternatives remained. We can either let matters take their Normal course which would mean bankruptcy for this whole Western country or the state can step in and say conditions warrant some adjustment of Farmers he said. The Farmers creditors arrange ment act had provided the Maxi mum of Protection with the mini mum of damage to the credit of the province he said. He did not want to see Manitoba forced to resort to other alternatives which might impair further its credit. Such measures would be avoided As Long As possible. Premier Bracker added but something would have to be done to relieve the Farmer while Manitoba had been deprived of the Farmers creditors arrange ment act. It still held Good in Al Berta and Saskatchewan. Asks readjustment to lower debt interest readjustment of the provincial and municipal debt set up to bring lower rates of interest and Exten Sion of the debt adjustment act to make it applicable to land contracts until dec. 21 1939, was asked by George Renouf con., possibility of prorogation Fri Day was discussed by Premier John Bracken but the matter was left indefinite until further Progress has been made with remaining Legisla Ion. Continuing the debate on the Budet or. Renouf gave a graphic Pic Ture of the debt Burden in his own municipality of Minitonas. Bond holders he said were not making the same sacrifices As the Ordinary taxpayer in the present Days of economic stress1. Between 1921 and 1923 the municipality made an Issue of for Road purposes bearing interest at six per cent. Some of the Bonds were sold As Low As 88 cents on the Dollar and since the Date of the Issue the municipality has been paying Between and in interest and before the Bonds Are repaid will have contributed in interest alone besides repayment of the original unless some Relief were forthcoming municipalities All Over the province will find the Burden too heavy to carry. Other speakers in the debate our or. M. T. Lewis ind., Rockwood who urged a work and wages pro gramme for the unemployed and John Lawrie cons., Norfolk who asked that his constituency be Given an agricultural representative. Or Lawrie said his District was one of the oldest and Best agricultural parts of Manitoba with a crop output very much greater than other parts of the province who had Al ready been Given agricultural representatives. Flames destroy Mill at Ashern Ashern Man., april 4. Special destroyed completely the Ashern flour Mill tuesday after noon in a spectacular Blaze tha burned for four hours from Abou 4 . Starting on the third floor of the building origin not be clearly ascertained the fire Swep the building with terrific Speed and Only some of the flour Stock on hand could be saved. The Mill was owned and operate by the Interlake milling co., and the insurance involved is inadequate fire fighting equipment rendered futile All efforts to com Bat the flames. Boissevain red Cross Boissevain Man., april 4. Spe Branch of red Cross has reported the following work completed i the town and District since dec. 15, 1939 335 pairs socks 89 scarves 30 sweaters 154 pairs wristlets six pairs mitts six dozen Hospital gowns 24 dozen Hospital supplies and one Hospital quilt donated by tin. J. Corkish. The practical instruction free press division of the brigade gave practical instruction of the Winnipeg grenadiers from two to four ., thursday at fort Osborne Barracks. The lecture was Given by the regimental medical officer Captain j. Crawford. Demonstration of artificial respiration was in charge of ambulance officer h. T. Jansen of the free press. Thursday evening the Cameron highlanders will receive their Esson in the free press club rooms while members of the Lith medium Battery and the 13th Field Battery and the Royal engineers will meet in the Dominion immigration Hall with Captain s. E. Bowering lec Turing. Sixty years 4, 1880 the Mcdowells the first Good opera troupe that had Ever visited Winnipeg had been giving Winni Peg audiences such a Good time that Emerson wanted to get them for a while on their Way Back to the states. Fifty five years 4, 1885 the upper Canada Bible society wired w. R. Mulock k.c., of Winnipeg that they were forwarding 500 pocket testaments for or. My to present to the Toronto volunteers for the Northwest when they reached Winnipeg. Fifty years 4, 1890 Robert Watson Liberal member or Marquette gave an address in he Ottawa House on the benefits hat would accrue to Manitoba armers from a lowering of the duties on farm implements and Jinder twine or. Watson said the interests of Manitoba Lay in the direction of reciprocity with the United states. Forty five years 4, 1895 there was considerable interest n the Northwest exhibition to be held at Regina and several Cabinet ministers were arranging to be present the governor general was o open the fair. Forty years 4, 1900 Rudyard Kipling had written a poem praising general Joubert the deceased Transvaal commander As me who had had no part with those who had loosed the strife in South Africa Kipling presaged the Rise of a people Strong and great in the present War locale who would in future years recount old Battles without thirty five years april 4, 1905 the . Began moving out of the old Winnipeg depot into the new one the Aid one was to be razed As soon As the offices and other portions of the building were Tate who hauled the Stone for the fort Garry Gate Way died in Edmonton. Thirty years 4, 1910 there had been practically no destitution in Winnipeg during the Winter just past the free press Learned from interviews with Secretary j. H. T. Falk of the associated charities brigadier Burditt of the salvation army and Margaret Scott of the nursing Mission. Twenty five years april 4, 1915 i want Jess to wrote thug terrifies Selkirk women Selkirk Man., april 4. Special his Way into the Home of roman Denchuk on the out skirts of East Selkirk Between s and 10 ., tuesday a masked thug thrust two guns into the faces of mrs. Denchuk and her daughter and then forced them to hand Over All the Money there was in the House he so frightened the women that he escaped without their being Able to notice details o his appearance beyond a Blacl mask and the fact that he had two revolvers one of which he put in his pocket when he took the Money the husband and father an old age pensioner was across the River in Selkirk at the time. Used at g. Swan elected by manufacturers George Swan was elected chairman the Manitoba Branch of the Canadian manufacturers association at the association s annual dinner in the fort Garry hotel wednesday evening which was attended by nearly 250 persons. He succeeds j. N. To Bulman. I am not pessimistic about our Day and said lev. J. W. Clarke pastor of Knox United Church guest speaker. But i wonder if we take the Pride and have the thoroughness in our work that our fathers his subject was the soul of Canada. What is the speaker asked saying that Canada was not Reat wealthy deposits of Ore of Ilver and of Iron and Gold. Rather Canada was the United Empire royalists was that band of men who in 1867 overcame racial pre dices geographical and religious differences to band their country n the Bonds of confederation. Can Ada was 67 was Unity and the greatest and Cardinal sin of All would be the division of Canada. He was thanked by j. D. Henderson. Industrial Effort we on the Industrial front must not fall Down on thu War or. Bulman said in reviewing the year s activities. And he urged that Canadian Industry be so re organized that the government might be supported to the maximum on the held at Home and in the Export department. This was being accomplished the speaker continued thanking Hon. S. Mcdiarmid minister of mines battling Nelson famous sex Light weight Champion but Willard must be in prime condition if he expects to whip Jack Johnson to Morrow Johnson is a bit fat but his lung Power is perfect and he looks As Good to me As when he beat Jeffries in 1910." Willard has t a thing but his Superior strength wrote Mike Gibbons St Paul. Twenty tears 4, 1320 Pollyan Fla the most successful of All Mary Pickford s pictures to Date was showing on a return engage ment in Winnipeg another Star who was making a hit was Mary Miles Minter in Anne of Green Gables by the popular Canadian author l. M. Montgomery. Epidemic in Poland Parto april 4 polish information Centre alleged today that an epidemic following famine and aided by Lack of medical sup plies was causing 250 deaths a Day at Lwow in Southeastern Poland and that infant mortality had reached 75 per cent. The statement said that in Addi Tion to the deaths russian authorities were arresting 300 persons daily and. Deporting them to Russia in cattle trains. Hundreds of persons it was alleged were freezing to death in sub Zero flour Burns tire sweeping the three Storey flour Mill at Ashern tuesday afternoon of the Interlake milling company completely destroyed the property which was covered by insurance up to Fine year Geo. H. Swan ind natural resources a guest of Honor for his co operation. He also thanked the Winnipeg Board of Trade Manitoba chamber of mines and other agencies. Or. Bulman concluded with Par ocular Praise for the support re lived from g. E. Carpenter Secre Ary of the Prairie division e. R. Kennedy assistant Secretary of the Prairie division and or. Swan As ice president. And to the incoming chairman and to the new exec Ive offered his own personal congratulations and pledged support. Or. Carpenter told of his work at Ottawa on behalf of the Organiza Ion with the War Supply Board. Western Industry was becoming recognized by the Board he explained quoting that in the first Ive months of the War Only n Industrial contracts were award to the three Western provinces Hen in january and february the contracts awarded amounted to but in. March was awarded to Prairie Industry hese figures he added did not in clude Grain and pork products. Gain Over previous year the report of the membership committee which showed a definite Ain Over the previous year was submitted and read by a. W. Mccallum. C. W. Johnson read the report of the transportation com Mittee. Tribute to the work done by he retiring chairman or. Bulman was paid by r. A Parkhill. Or. Swan in taking Over the chairmanship also paid tribute to the retiring chairman. Others elected were w. T. Ken Nedy and j. H. Finlay vice their Man executive committee a. W. Mccallum a. Brown or. Bulman e. F. Hannibal j. S. Morricy g. C. Smith d. R. Vinson j. R. Hitch Ings h. B. Lyall l. F. Mccarthy d. W. Dyson a. M. Rankin k. S. Davis Joseph Merrett. W. Keller d. J. Hutchings j. H. Gregg h. Hilton e. B. Gass e. C. Mackay Theo. Kipp f. E. Garrett j. D. Macdonald h. Mcfayden. H. L. Mackinnon c. M. Thomson h. A. Mackay f. J. Manning j. L. Mor ton. T. A. Sparks h. D. Williams w. J. Mundill t. F. Aspden r. H. Parkhill w. L. Wessen w. E. Bull w. L. Wallace. J. W. Mathewson j. B. In Tiernan r. G. R. Govan c. S. Wiggins n. T. Sin Clair j. A. Acheson John Manin j. W. Spiers w. W. Mccreary to. D. Rosenberry. Entertainment was by Curnie Reid. Wandering and wondering with Chester Bloom i wonder How Many Winni Eggers really know the physical difficulties of our downtown Highway layout which is leading City traffic experts to Experiment in shortening the Cycle of traffic signal lights along Portage Avenue and Cross streets. I m sure we All think of Portage Avenue and main Street As Uvo great Broad highways for hustling traffic through the Centre of the City. Maybe once upon a time it s a pipe dream now. Both Are Broad not for moving traffic rapidly. Portage is a useful example. Though 132 feel wide is feet of Side walk on each Side a total of 36 feet must be subtracted leaving 06 feet from curb to curb available far traffic. Off that 96 feet comes 17 feet 2 inches from outside rail to outside rail of Street car tracks leaving 77 feet 10 inches for vehicle . One half of that say 39 feet is left for Clear traffic lanes on Euch Side of the Avenue Winnipeg s safety islands for loading Street cars widest in Canada Are each 8 feet 6 inches from outside Street car rail to outside of guard posts so subtract just that much space from the 39-foot traffic lanes reducing them to about 31 feet Tor actual vehicular usage. Between main and fort streets Hargrave and Donald Kennedy and the mall such safety islands line both sides of the car tracks. Where motor cars Are parked parallel to the curb they take about 7 More feet off each Side of the Avenue. Thus at a safety Island location the 31 foot traffic lanes Are again narrowed to about 24 feet. Where there Are no safety islands and cars Are parked diagonally the Diagonal parking takes about 15 feet off each 39 foot traffic Lane leaving the actual space for moving cars buses and trucks at about 24 feet thus the Cross streets become bottle necks where the actual vehicular traffic Lutes Are narrowed to 23 to 24 feet just about enough for two cars to come safely abreast. These figures Are from careful studies. They Are illustrated with graphic charts and working models. Car bus and truck Drivers naturally swing out on the tracks Between Cross streets swing in at the bottle necks. Combine this with Drivers Hunting turning out of or backing into parking spaces and the result is constant weaving in and Cardinal sin in Well managed traffic. Some faults this Breeds in Drivers Are extremely noticeable. Iiah Stop and go lights on Portage arc set to allow cars to drive through on them at 15 Miles per hour very Low compared to no Driver can keep that Speed. Weaving of a motor car passim another in mid Block on the through Lane slows Down both Drivers fearing they la get squeezed at a safety Island cars Maving left and right also slow traffic. Winnipeg Drivers Are noticeably slow in starting on the Green Nijim if pedestrians Are not actually walking in front of them against the red Light the Drivers Are apprehensive of people crowding close to the moving cars waiting at their peril to Dart across Between them. Most annoying Are the Drivers who disregard the rules that a car preparing to make a left hand turn must stay at the Centre line of the Street or in making a right hand turn remain on the curb Side. Few motorists Here have not had the heart stopping experience of a Driver cutting across squarely in front of them to make a turn or Dart into a parking space. Hand signals in turning out of a parking space or making other turns Are almost unknown. Traffic experts also roundly condemn the common practice of double stopping suddenly in traffic lanes to Load or unload passenger. The think one very inexpensive remedy for the weaving would be to paint a White line Between the traffic on each Side of Portage an other cities do so Why not Winnipeg that Point mad other Mage Illions of the traffic men will be dealt with later. On paper All this sounds quite horrible confusion worse confounded. The saving Grace of the situation is that Winnipeg pedestrians Don t get killed and injured downtown by the scores. Natural Canadian polite rom and consideration for others exercised by All but a Small percent inc of our Drivers saves lives and not much time. If Winnipeg and Washington Drivers or those of any other City could be exchanged for one Day i tremble to think of the Catas trophic holocaust on our streets and chuckle Over the astonishment of the Pedestrians finding they could Cross e of comb Light without having to run for their lives ;