Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 1, 1946, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg Friday March 1, 1946 former War prisoner tells of vital red Cross services the bed Cross performed a vital service for Canadian prisoners of to keeping their next of Kin informed of their whereabouts Dur ing their time in Camps in enemy countries. This is the opinion of George Black 25, of 257 Berry Street. St. James an infantry vet eran of the fighting in France and Belgium. Enlisting in Winnipeg As a private George went overseas with the 23rd Field ambulance an Ontario unit. He Vas selected to take an officer s n Coursi and returned to Canada m not go Janu Efry. 1943. Qualifying for his those commission after training at word re airy on . Back in Europe he was posted As reinforcement officer to the Reginia Rifle regiment. He was the Regina when they helped time he called the red Cross representative was Given a Complete list of All prisoners of War m Tae Camp and their next of Kin. Gearge received no letters or parcels from Home during his time at olag 79 but he shared in a num Ber of red Cross parcels and states that these were a big help to the boys in the Camp. The boys received about half a red Cross parcel per Man per week from the time of his arrival at g Flag 79 in november 1944, until february 1945, when Only occasional shipments got through owing to the food situation in Germany and the smashing of the German transportation system by a lied bombing. The germans did their Betto look after us but they could not get the supplies through in times meant red Cross parcels a lot. I can t a in Garson tells teachers meet education depends on taxes unless Manitoba receives a new Deal As a result of the forthcoming Dominion provincial conference harsh taxes must Supply the moneys needed for increased education and. Social service said Premier Garson when he addressed the luncheon meeting of the suburban collegiate teachers association s annual con those taxes lie continued will produce a sufficient volume of Rev Enue Only by reaching Down into the medium and lower income Brae Hospital. Aberdeen school presents Early Winnipeg pageant .___-c.--sw-. Turbulent Day night. Read by then Geo. Black to capture Calais and when crossed the Leopold canal. They during Niv Tough fighting in the Early stages of the Battle of the Schelde Estu Arv he was wounded in the left Eye and left and taken prisoner. In German Hospital two weeks in a German Hospital at Dordrecht Holland was followed by about five weeks at stalag 11b near Hanover Germany and nearly five months at Flag 79 near he recalls that a red Cross rep tentative a Swiss he believes. A cited Flag 79 twice during his time there and prisoner of War had the Opportunity of sending Mem Oranda on vital personal matters to the senior British officer of the 3nior o1-1w3a1 Camp which could be referred to the red runs representative. Bacn 4 Manitoban decorated one Manitoban was awarded the a r Force Cross and three others received the King s commendation for services in the air in a release tuesday by the directorate of pub Lic relations. . Awarded the air Force Cross flight lieutenant t. C. Cooke. Bj.c., whose wife resides at Dau Phin Man. Those receiving the Kings commendation for valuable services m the air were Squadron Leader a. R Ross whose parents or. And mrs. A. A. Ross live at suite 15, Bradeen apartments landside i Street flight lieutenant r. H. Log an whose Mother mrs. L. Logan. Resides at 723 Jessie Avenue and fit lieutenant c. W. Weir whose parents or. And mrs. W. Weir live at Dauphin Man. Lyn Watt president elected head of Umsu Lynn Watt was elected president of the University of Manitoba students Union defeating David Mcqueen it was announced wednesday. Elections were held tuesday 53 Ion All campuses following a week Winnipeg from the of Active campaigning to time or. Watt is a fourth year science Aberdeen school student and retiring senior stick was presented to teacher Pupil of that faculty. He takes Over office pupils at be school thurs from David Robertson. The new president of the women by a narrator Jack wine association is Jean Peters third from the history Book the year Home economics. Miss Peter of the City s history were Defeated Shirley Edmond and Mary p acted on the stage inter Elizabeth Bayer. She succeeds with period Folk songs and Shirley Mcdiarmid and will receive her formal Symbol of office monday evening at the annual coed banquet. Elected of the athletic Board of control was Duncan Govan of third year Medicine who Defeated Bruce Larsen. At the polls he succeeds Gordon Ramsay. La Boheme broadcast opening the final month of the met opera broadcasts Puccini s la Boheme will be presented Over wbk sky on saturday at 1 Cesare Todero will conduct and the new brazilian baritone Giaco o Vaghi will appear As col line singing the song of the Coas in the final act. Stella roman Wil sing the role of Mimi and Jan Peerce will be Rudolfo. France Greer will sing the role of Musett and John Brownless will be sets and taking Money out of the pockets of people who can ill afford to pay it. Put bluntly our position has been that having not enough Tobas people and making it pos sible for the people of Manitoba to provide ample support for Educa Tion is the policy of of presenting a Shuk esperian play and at the mathematics and science meeting r. A. spoke on method s of teaching geometry. Chairman elected for 1946 in clude French miss m. Martin West Kildonan English miss Olive i Phalanx fraternity elects n. Toseland Norman Toseland has been elec Ted president of the Winnipeg Al Rich to tax we must tax the poor and those in the medium there Are Only two ways of in creasing the Money available for de said the Premier. First by increasing the income of Manitoba people and second by persuading Public opinion in. Manitoba to pay i larger proportion of that income n support of education. People get exactly what the Ourse in senior High schools. The majority of teachers presen were in favor of the much discussed innovation said or. Moore. The Dea has been approved by the in varsity and the Manitoba education association. From the standpoint of the said president w. S. Yarwood another year at school would make the student More mature and better Able to other members of the executive include past president lome Par Ker vice president Art Lougheed Secretary Roy Dunfield treasurer Dave guest s e r g e a Rit at arms Stewart Northcote Mentor Ber Soer Cea Wiki dances. H. A. Starr history teacher. Was the director. Exhibition of Art work was fill g also on display in the class rooms primarily from the Junior High school but including work from the elementary schools. Of these exhibits the town plan Ning Model of a City was outstand ing made by Grade eight pupils under the direction of the Art teacher mrs. E. Mcdonald. Tbs Model constructed to scale is a citizen s dream of what Community life should be. Want in education or any othe government service. But what the want is not necessarily what the say they want. What they want what they Are prepared to pay of and paying for government be vices is hard in a province like Manitoba Saskatchewan or Alberta out of which Money goes elsewhere and does not come Back and in which therefore High expenditures bring harsh municipal payments or. Garson pointed out that educational costs in Manitoba Are paid out of provincial and Munici Jal taxes at present mostly out of make the transition from High school to University also by spreading the High school course Over four years instead of three students would not be encumbered with As much Homework As they Are at present he said. The proposed course embraced two new mathematics and general science. These subjects do not give the student As fundamental training As does the present system. However taking the regular mathematics and Sci nce subjects will be optional said tar. Yarwood. Students planning o continue their studies at the Rook Gle Lawn collegiate and and science miss Mills United College. The conference continued today. Caiser endorses Price control Washington March 1 bup j. Kaiser one of the nation s leading industrialists today endorsed continued Price control. He said however that production was the real answer to the threat of inflation arid the Way to achieve it was for everyone to Stop Bicker ing and go to Kaiser told the House banking it should not Only extend the Price control Law after its june 30 expiration but should support reinstatement of the War time system of allocating materials. Kaiser took Sharp Issue with the National association of manufacturers published arguments that removal of Price controls would stimulate production. Yearling Mutton la loins b 20e shoulders 12c breasts 7e poultry roasting chickens in. 35e and boiling fowl in. Domestic ducks in. 32 round Steak roast hip pork Butts. Pork shoulder r smoked pork shoulders picnic style pork round Steak comm sirloin Steak comm in. 29c in. 25e in. 23c in. 29c la. Us in. 32c the Tea was organized by miss Ruth Hill. Following is the cast of the pageant musicians r. Atanos w. Did uck w. Kachur. A. Tachenko. E. Danchuk. B. Fedoruk. Indians. E. Keiman. I. Kleiman. G. Kupper. G. Skowron s. Cohen. J. Raber Israel Shapiro l. Levi w. S. Markle a. Markusoff. La Veren Diye men. O. Kowalewich. R. Fisher j. Stefanik. North westers. N. Cole Man. M. Bar Luck j. Stefanuk r. Fisher. E Kutney. Selkirk settlers. M. Rypp r. Bauer d. Vinsky f. Lee m Zarowny b. Pierce. J. Zeiber. L. Wach s. Dur Kalo d. Margolese b. Litman m. Freedman. F. Fireman. Metis m. Petel. W. Nomako. J. Sedun. V. Symonovich t. Kusmuk. Singers. Leo i. Goldberg m. Freedman David Vinsky far fireman and h. Rubinfield. Municipal taxes. The collection of Lese taxes varies with the income f the people and this varies with he fortunes of the if we reduce the amount which Manitoba taxpayers pay to the municipalities for education we have o increase the amount they pay o the provincial government for education. The provincial Levy it c True will Iron out some of the inequalities Between municipal to the suggestion of taxing the Rich he said most of the Ricl people who do business in Manitoba indirectly through owning shares in corporations which operate in Manitoba do not live in the province and cannot therefore b taxed Here University would be advised to Ake the regular course but Stu ends who would take their places n society on the completion of Grade 12, would not need the More intensive training. Added financial Burden objections to the proposed four year course were mainly founded on the additional financial Burden which would be placed _ both on trustees and parents. Smaller schools would have to enlarge their buildings by at least one room Anc the Large schools would require several additional rooms. Sectional meetings took place a the afternoon session under the swedish liner catches fire England March 1 swedish liner Drott Minholm caught fire at her pier Early today and the swedish passengers and Crew were evacuate d in night clothing. Firemen wearing breathing a Aratus descended the after hold to combat fire among Bales of Cotton. He fire was discovered by dockers mail. The ship was the mos famous mercy ship of the War moving ormer following chairmen French mis Halldorson English miss b. Al Bright and mathematics am thousands prisoners repatriates War Anc commercial prime Kib roast of Beel. In. Plate brisket beef. In. Blade Kib Koas so. Cooked meats jellied beef Tongue in. Smoked Wie Svere ism1 Brun s liver sausage Ham sausage ib.3 Lei lied veal la. Open saturdays till 7 . Store closes wednesdays at 1 . City meat sausage co. Ltd. Wounded. She arrived Here wednes Day night from Bombay and swe dish passengers had remained aboard. Many women were Over come by fumes. 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Stabilizing the income of All Man Sumi loan costs reduced s20 to without endorsers no bankable Security required before you borrow anywhere look at Tolje table Siow and Little you pay each i Iloan at Hokhold s reduced rate of 1 i on the unpaid balance. This Orth less than the maximum rate be netted by the Small Loans act applicable to Loans of or less. No endorsers or bankable Security required. Just say much you need and How you mat to repay. One Day Serocke i plan inn 6 i 10 i 12 poynts 50 100 150 200 .300 500 87.76 700 122.87 10oo i 175.53 35.11 5.42 10.84 16.27 21.69 32.53 54.22 75.90 10s.43 j2.29 4.5s 9.17 13.75 13.34 27.50 45.84 64.18 91.68 11.24 14.99 22.48 37.47 52.46 74.94 Paymal 29.12 40.77 58.25 _ 1 2j2 a. Fort St. 4th floor Huron a Eri. M-244 Winnipeg Man. H. K. Garnd. Manager town planning program outlined purposes organization and. Work program of the metropolitan town planning commission out lined for members of the Gyro club thursday evening by Eric Thrift commission director at a meeting in the Royal Alexandra hotel. Co ordination of the various sections Gre iter Winnipeg for Effic and Economy was Given by the director As the main purpose of the commission. Illustrating his talk with maps or. Thrift described How residential areas will be protected from buildings such As shops stores and from excessive traffic. Healthy living conditions require adequate spacing of buildings to provide for Light and air Parks and other recreational facilities said the director. Safety must be a first consideration for the plan Ning of schools and playgrounds. Children must be kept off Mam thoroughfares As much As possible. In detail or. Thrift described the plans already for Street Tran sit systems air and motor transportation schools Parks neigh boyhood development based on the elementary school zoning hous ing rehabilitation Central business districts sub division control acid a Public works program for the various municipalities. . Men visit Winnipeg horses can Tell too there s no Aid quite like Cuti Cura pimples blackheads and rashes regular use of mildly medicated Cuti Cura soap and ointment Many Nurs s agree helps relieve pimples and similar skin defects. Try Why thousands prefer Cuti Cura buy today i made in Canada. After a shampoo Jour Scalp t Massage with Booster. Used twice 3. Week it will keep your Scalp and Hail free from Dandruff. In bottles and 41.00 Nelson Mcewen National boys work Secretary of the of Canada and Secretary of the National Council s department of Public relations is a visitor in Winnipeg. He is accompanied by t h Hutchinson personnel Secretary the National Council of . S. Or Mcewen will discuss boy f Community work with the Board of directors. He is concerned the organization and contacting of 3 000 boys locally and will be meet ing the boys work and boys Community committees. He will be act ing in an advisory capacity. Or. Mcewen was boys Secretary at the Winnipeg Branch of the . A for a Brief period. Or Hutchinson will meet the local staff individually and discuss problems with them. He is also concerned with placing . The drink that tastes As though you d wished it up yourself you be heard about red Rock cola the drink that s not too Sweet not too tart Rist it s a Winner wherever it goes and Nowj--1right Hje everyone is cheering for the new drink that s really something for flavor just the Way you like it. Try red Rock cola yourself take Home a few bottles. Serve it to Coy your per family. Secretaries now overseas in positions across the Dominion. 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