Winnipeg Free Press

Monday, April 23, 1945

Issue date: Monday, April 23, 1945
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Previous edition: Saturday, April 21, 1945

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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 23, 1945, Winnipeg, Manitoba Page two Winnipeg free press monday april 23, 1945 2 Quebec factions make agreement by Chester Bloom Ottawa. April to a statement in l action cat Olique tissue of saturday a tacit agree Anent has been reached Between Arthur Cardin former min gaster of Public works who Heads v the group of Quebec liberals that quit the government on the conscription Issue and the bloc popu Laire whereby they will not oppose each other s candidates in certain of designated Quebec counties. This statement appeared simultaneously in l action cat Olique with an announcement that Hon. C. G. Power will be a candidate in que Bec South faithful to Liberal principles but will not participate in the organization of the Liberal nor in any political party one minute news about Johns Manville Home never meant so much today there s new magic in the simple word More than Ever before Home Means Joyful reunion of families Long separated by War. And now we in Canada have an Opportunity to help Speed the Home coming of our boys Over Opportunity to express our appreciation of the great sacrifices they have made and arc making. Host by buying More and More Victory Bonds in Canada s eighth Victory loan which starts today. Remember it takes fighting dollars As Well As fight men to win a War. So let s make this new Victory loan the same smashing Success As Canada s seven other Victory Loans. De cide now to invest in the every Victory Bond you buy will help to make your Post War dreams come True. Western Asbestos co. Ltd. Johns Manville dealers roof in Sillins Rock Wool Butts. Blown Home insulation pm. 26 052 for free estimate Here is an out standing develop helps much As glasses help and rest eyes. Come in today for absolutely tree demonstration or Send Folfree Farook Doerr Mil Toronto general trusts bid or. Winnipeg. Man Relief acts instantly no waiting for Relief when you use Scholl s Zino pads on your corns sore toes the instant you apply these thin soothing protective cushioning pads tormenting shoe friction stops painful pressure is lifted imme Diate Relief is yours separate medi cations Are included for quickly re moving corns. Get or. Scholl s Zino Padg at your drug shoe dept. Store or toilet goods counter today. Cost but a trifle. S Way to regularity thousands everywhere now follow Don t wait another Day to get rid. O sluggish headaches digestive upsets Gas and bad breath got feel better. Oufa your intestinal tract thoroughly. Not Halfway. Bui thoroughly with Carter s pills. Tomor Row morning be on the Dot. Because Carter s pills contain two vegetable herbs they Are doubly effective first they help clean your system Oki. T Horn ulily get you on the Dot in the morning. Second they re so tiny you can Grad Uati the dose from 3 to 3 pills to fit your individual system s needs. Thus no griping because too much. No disappointment because toe Little. Join the Happy thousands Tollow the Carter thorough East on the Dot a to feel better Over a billion Wold last Vear. Gee at any drugstore take tonight ii directed tomorrow morning you la feel better because Vou of on the Dot Acar by w. H. Mcpherson auction Sale of Nice household furniture 3-pce. Walnut bedroom suite Wal nut Gate leg Extension table 4 Wal nut Windsor chairs Walnut finished Buffet Webber piano in Oak Case "1938 Marconi Long and Short wave radio Continental Couch Bridge lamps 2 very Nice upholstered chairs Singer sewing machine Brunswick radio Shoemaker s sew in machine occasional chairs Nice single bed Complete 8-piece Oak dining room suite Ferney Nice Moffat electric Small Flat top desk 2-Oiece Chesterfield suite ire Fox enamelled top Kitchen table drop Leaf Kitchen table Oak chair and Rocker Toronto Couch. Davenport dressers Oak settee set of dishes clock club bag elec Heater 2 sets Goll clubs Etc. Etc. At my auction Mart 264 Smith St., on tuesday april 24th, at 2 . Terms Cash a. H. Mcpherso auctioneer. Pm. 97 Psi group movement or faction Organ the same announcement appeared in be Soleil Liberal Organ in que Bec City. Or Power s statement read i will be a candidate in Quebec South at the elections of june 11 my conduct and acts for the last 27 years As member and administrator of Public affairs Are a guarantee Hope to my electors of my political conduct in a future which indubitably shows signs of much More in states l action Catho Lique the bloc will co operate with the Cardin movement but maintain its own the paper goes Fri to give a list of probable or possible Cardin candidates and under Reserve mentions j. E. A. Dubuc Chicoutimi Oscar Drouin Quebec East if Tuc latter should run there against Hon. Louis St. Laurent Lucien Dubois Nicolet Wilfrid three Rivers j. U. Morissette mayor i Cap de la Madeleine Cham Prairi Alphide Crete. St. Maurice Lafleche Marcel Ostiguy St. Mary Montreal Gerard Cournoyer Berthier Maski Nonge Sarto Tournier Maisson nerve Hose mount. Montreal Alcide ote. Mayor of St. John in county of St. John Napierville mayor Garon of Drummondville in Drummond Athabasca Frederic Dorion Charlevoix Saguenay Sas Seville Roy Gaspe Emmanuel d Anjou Rimouski Liguori la Combe two mountains Laval Paul Brien Montcalm Joliette la assume Tion Lionel Bertrand Terrebonne. The same newspaper asserts As a fact that senator Elie Beauregard will be organizer for the Cardin croup. The senator for Many years was King pin of the Liberal organization at Montreal Leonce Marcotte of Montreal formerly at St. Bazille announced Over the week end that he will be candidate in Portneuf county. 14 cars fail to meet Brake Check Standard during the first week of the Brake Check programme being con ducted by Winnipeg police 107 cars have been checked and of this num Ber 14 failed to meet requirements chief Constable George Smith said monday. Many motorists whose brakes barely met the Check requirements were urged to have them tested. The Brake Check programme is part of a project under Way All Over Canada and the United states. Sponsored by the International association of chiefs of police the programme is designed to reduce traffic accidents and to help make cars last longer. Re suits so far Are the chief Constable said. Motorists have been very co operative and the police believe that by the time the programme is completed june 1, cars will be considerably More Safe than they were at the Start of the he stated. Motorists should have their cars inspected at repair shops not Only their brakes but other parts that have to do with he said. Police will Check the brakes of All cars involved in moving traffic violations and in accidents. Cars will also be checked which Are operated i in a manner indicating that the brakes Are. Not Safe. Thorvaldson urges downtown University urging that practical and Steps be taken toward the establishment of the University of Mani in downtown Winnipeg g. S. Thorvaldson . For Winnipeg told Tho civics committee of the Winnipeg Board of Trade that the expropriation of land from Ken Nedy Street to Donald Street on the North sidj2 of Broadway would be an appropriate initial step. A bylaw approving this should be submitted to Winnipeg taxpayers at the 1945 election he said. He said that the establishment of the University on the site would end the depreciation of adjacent and surrounding property and restore assessment to a higher and per manent value which would bring in tax returns to justify the Pur chasing of the property. Post was demands for buildings such As the University buildings at fort Garry should relieve the government of any anxiety As to the Sale of the fort Garry site. Or. Thorvaldson a. De owning found unconscious on tracks Andrew de owning 45, of 466 Magnus Avenue was found lying unconscious on the tracks of the . Bergen Cut Oie about 10 Miles from Winnipeg at 1.15 . Monday., or. De owning was taken by the . To the Winnipeg general Hospital where he was found to be suffering from cuts and a fracture to the right . His condition is fairly Good. Airport officials Confer at Regina the future of aviation the modernization of airfields the develop ment of aircraft and the heavy com Mercial and private traffic anticipated after the War were discussed Friday fit a meeting of representatives of civic airports of Western Canada held at Regina. Reeve d. A. Best of St. James and Wilfred Lawson Secretary of the St. James Winnipeg Airport com Mission were present. As soon As the Federal election has bean held and a statement of policy of the Dominion government has been obtained another Confer ence will be called when delegates will be prepared for a Fuller Dis Cussion. Or. Lawson said monday. Excuse fails to save Shumila from Fine Plis excuse that he had been Rush ing his Mother to Hospital after she had been stricken with a heart at tack failed to save Peter Shumila. I Brolie head man., from a Fine in i provincial police court monday. Charged under the Dominion Speed regulations with driving through Middle Church at More than 40 Miles an hour. Shumila pleaded guilty and was fined and costs by magistrate t. J. Murray. Vaughan wires message As to 8th Victory loan Montreal april the open ing of the eighth Victory loan Campaign today r. C. Vaughan chairman and Canadian National railways wired the Fol owing message to All officers and employees of the As the forces of the Allied nations close n on the heart of nazi tyranny the German people have been called upon to cast aside the rules of War. We May expect fanatical resistance As the Day of Victory draws near. The War is not yet von. Our men have sacrificed much and much More will be demanded of them. They Are not Esting and we at Home cannot re a. The Price of Victory is great ind every one of us must help pay it. I am confident that he men and women the Cana Dian National system will be equal o their splendid achievements of he past and will do their utmost n support of the eighth Victory pet. William l. Newman who has been a prisoner of War since the Dieppe raid in 1942 is now Safe in England. A Cable to hit Mother mrs. L. Newman at Virden. Man., dated april 20, said he had been repatriated to England and is now at Aldershot Barracks. Pet. Newman is a member of the Queen s own Cameron Highland ers and was reported Safe and. Well he was held prisoner by the Ger mans following raid Al stalag 11d. The Cable telling of his re Elase and repatriation to eng land was the first word his Mother had received since dec. 17. 1944. Registration under Way for camerons reunion in preparation for a reunion of members the 1st battalion. Queen s own Cameron Highland ers registration of All members interested has been requested by regimental Headquarters 202 main Street it was announced monday. When registering the camerons should give their names and and the announcement said. Bono Iii Cabinet ready to resign by George bk1a Rome april 23. Cap Ivanoe Bonomi s government is Sei to resign As soon As North Italy ii liberated but the country acutely Short of potential new leaders prob ably will be ruled by virtually the same men. Resignation of the four party coalition Cabinet is Likely to pro Voke Only a technical crisis. The new government possibly bread ened to include other parties May find Bonomi at the Helm again the principal reason Why the North incubator of most of Italy s statesmen probably will not. Immediately produce new political figures is that most of the Region. Well known anti fascists already Are in liberated Italy. Many Are serving in the present Goven men count Sforza whom vetoed last december As Britain foreign minister has been widely men toned As a possible new Premier but his chances of the Job Are slim. The action party presently out Side the government has been the Only steadfast supporter of Sforza Tio held various diplomatic posit in the pre fascist Era and later lived in exile. Socialists and communists have backed him to a lesser degree. It is considered highly unlikely that the stronger political parties would risk backing Sforza in the face of Britain s stand. Of the other s in liberated major r. A. Colquhoun. Who has been wounded for the third time according to word received Friday. By his wife who resides at 295 Ash Street. He received his lat est injury while leading his regi ment in the Calmelo District North East of Zut Phon. And was recently mentioned in despatches for his Vork there. Major Colquhoun in isted with the Lake superiors in 1940 and went overseas in August 1942. He was last wounded oct. 13. 1944. He is the son of mrs. W. Colquhoun. Port Arthur. Work reconstruction inflation Ana housing. It will have to show whether it Means what it says about surging fascists. The question of he monarchy will be sharpened. Explosions at Calgary Calgary. April 23. Series of explosions at the banish Ameri can Oil refinery her sturday night Italy the december crisis showed Lund yesterday caused Unest mated that none of them had sufficient support to replace Rio Nomi. Crown Prince Humbert lieutenant Genera of the realm after weeks of con ustation. Called on Borzomi again. After the technical crisis is solved. He underlying political crisis will remain on a vaster scale. The new government will be faced with precarious situations in food. Damage and a spectacular fire but no casualties. Falling from a horse he was at tempting to break f b. Arm Strong 221 Winchester Street suffered a fractured Vertebra Friday afternoon and was taken Misericordia Hoso Itel. Was his to the Rondi Cotton reverts in rank to fight . Harry f. Cotton o Winnipeg formerly officer com manding the Winnipeg Light infantry has reverted to the rank of major at his own request and is now serving on the Western fron with the Royal Winnipeg rifles according to word received Here. He led a team of Canadian officers who served with the australian forces for n time in the South Pacific returning to Canada last year. In february it was announced that he was to take a staff appointment in Ottawa but he wanted to get into action so reverted in rank and obtained another Over posting. It is his second Apfl. In the european theatre. He Well with the Ess in Lirria s Canadian Light infantry in the 1st can Dinn i Ion in december. 1939 a per Ruanell Force officer. I 5layfd i Rugby for the Winnipeg Blue a Mobers in 1933 and 1934 Rind organized the fort Osborne firn son Rugby team mrs. Cotton is at present residing Alan Nee. Ont. Donald c. Small optometrist phone 95 650 unit n to 9 baby Burns to death in fire at Athabasca Edmonton april 23. Canadian mounted police have reported a baby was burned to death at Athabasca about 80 mile Northeast of Edmonton while the Mother. Mrs. Ted Bart was shopping. The Travalo revue under the direction of mrs. T. Komar and mrs. G. Jackson sponsored by Dyson s limited of Winnipeg entertained a capacity audience. Thursday evening at no. 3 conditioning school. Portage la Prairie. The variety programme consisted of songs dances instrumental hand balancing and spinning nets by Gardner was master of Cere monies and Rosemary Jones pianist. Or. Jacob and associates dentists off cell Winnipeg i Brandon ave. I 11311 Roeur ave Montgomery hours daily 9 . F 6 . Tune in Krc saturdays at 4-3o . Dominion motors safety club for immediate sek vict Brake adjustment repairs drive in today Rhon Winnipeg what your banker says again. The finest investment for your savings a Victory loan Bonds they provide the safest investment available to canadians with savings or the ability to save. 2. They May be sold quickly at any Branch of any chartered Bank at any time if the need arises. 3. They earn 3% interest will earn you a year and will earn you a 4. They Are the Best Security for a Bank loan at a minimum rate of interest if funds Are needed to meet an emergency. 5. They May be left for safekeeping with any will clip the coupons As they be come due and Deposit the in Terest to your account. The charge for this service is nominal 25c per annul minimum up to Bonds and 1 of per annul for each additional g. They can be acquired by setting aside Small or Large sums of Money regularly each month or on other convenient terms. We heartily recommend to savings account holders that they freely place. Such savings in Canada s eighth Victory loan and thus invest the Best it ;