Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 4, 1946, Winnipeg, Manitoba Final edition tin i he 0 Krupp t t 111111 j. 1 Al i woo 26 pages vol. 57 Price 5 cents with comics Winnipeg wednesday december 4, 1946 Sun . Sun . Moon . Moon . And coi Ider miners fined control free of veto Lake Success n. Y., dec. Foreign minister Molotov of Russia in a conciliatory move wednesday declared the big Power veto would not apply to any system o f controls and inspections in connection with limitations. He agreed to accept United states reduction proposals As a basis for discussion. His statement was hailed immediately by British sir Hartley Shawcross As an important australian Delegate Paul Hasuluk said the new soviet stand opened the Way for immediate United nations action on disarmament. In a Surprise move before the political committee of the . Assembly Molotov said Prussia was ready to withdraw her own proposals on disarmament in favor of the american plan but that rus Sia would press for certain Amend i i two year sentence a 16-year-old boy implicated in the organized robbery of Snell s drug store. 436 Academy Road Early monday afternoon was sentenced to two years in the Manitoba Home for boys at. Carman. Man., by judge f. A. E. Hamilton in juvenile court wednesday. Employed As a messenger by the drug store the boy permitted three men to obtain an envelope contain ing s315 in Cash and in cheques after they faked an attack on him while he was going to the Bank on Academy Road Between Niagara and Queenston streets at 1.40 . A passing Motorist. George l. Metcalfe. 60 Queens or. Street chased the three men and by Quick thinking anr1 a courageous Bluff secured derails that led to their arrest and uncovered the hoax. Mother to get v. C. Dec. 11 the Victoria Cross will be Given to mrs. Stanley Mynarski 772 at lactic Avenue Mother of Pilot officer Andrew Charles Mynarski who won the award posthumously at an investiture in government Bouse. Dec. 11, at 4 ., it was announced by Hon. R. F. Mcwilliams. Lieutenant governor mesday. Wed the announcement followed a tuesday afternoon meeting be tween his Honor and mrs. Mynar ski to decide upon the Date Anc time of investiture. Or. Mcwilliams will make the presentation to. The hero s Mother. Guests to be invited will include provincial and civic officials representatives of the school Board the Church and intimate friends o he late to. Mynarski and his family. 22 Queen Elizabeth passengers injured ments. On the veto he said there is need to dispel an obvious misunderstanding which has Arisen. The soviet government is in favor of the Security Council adopting measures to prohibit sve Apons of mass destruction. Only the principle of unanimity in the Council can guarantee the adoption of a reduction or . Unanimous action is necessary in adopting regulations on control commissions. The question of unanimity in the Security Council has no relevancy however to the work or con Rol. It is wrong to say that any state which has the veto has the Dower to prevent control and inspection. Any attempt to prevent the implementation of or Witrol Ana inspection would be a violation of the decision of the Security Council. Talk of the veto can be interpreted As an attempt j to evade a direct answer to the question of Molotov s position thus seemed of be that the veto should apply during the setting up of the in Section and control machinery by he Security Council but that once he machinery was ready to oper ate the veto would not apply. This s in conformity with the american position that the Security Council should be the Agency to set up controls but that the machinery should be Independent after it is created. Anxious for unanimity in stating the new soviet Posi Tion Molotov said we Are anxious for unanimity. We will not insist on our draft but will take the american draft As a basis for he amended the american draft Resolution so that other mass destruction weapons be outlawed along with atomic bombs rather than merely controlled As the Resolution suggested. He proposed also that a Security Council Resolution rather than International 5 Levy against Lewis Washington dec t. Allan golds Borough today fined United mine workers for contempt of court. He also imposed a Fine on Union president John l. Lewis. . Counsel immediately served notice that the verdict and Fine would be appealed. He asked that the Fine be suspended pending Appeal. Goldsborough in a Stormy Exchange with an openly defiant Lewis declared that the Coal strike was an evil monstrous to Lewis who a moment earlier had challenged him to impose any Fine he saw fit the judge asserted that the strike Means hunger cold and restitution it he declared to democratic government Southampton England dec. 4. Liner Queen Elizabeth docked 45 minutes late wednesday Iron new York after running through a that injured 22 Passen Gers. At times the Waves were 40 High. Four passengers suffered broken Bones when they i Ell on the slanting decks. The other 18 were Cut and bruised. The More seriously injured were removed to South Ampton hospitals. Mrs. Jian Foley. 24, gave birth to a daughter in the ship s Hospital tuesday night. Commodore Bisset christened the child Elizabeth Dawn. Mrs. Foley was returning with her husband Walter Foley and their two year old son Paul to Settle in England after spending several years in Canada. Commodore Bissett said the Queen Elizabeth ran into bad weather monday and the storm continued throughout tuesday. Considerable damage was done to crockery bottles and Kitchen equipment. Passen Gers received their injuries when they were thrown from chairs in their Cabins or fell on the deck when the ship was rolling. When his counsel concluded Lewis said i do not desire any mercy fro the he added that lie had no objection to saying that i have a when counsel for the govern ment said i had an expense account on which i could draw Liber ally he Lewis said. He reported that he had Homes at Alexandria a. And Spring Field 111. Aside from that i have nothing but enough Money to pay he continued. As far As i m concerned Don t let that deter you from fining me any now was shouting at the judge. Goldsborough warned him not to be in contempt of court. I be been adjudged in con tempt of Lewis replied. Yes but there Are other kinds of the judge said. You have my statement Lewis Saidt the government earlier asked judge Goldsborough to Fine Lewis s United mine workers in punishment for contempt of court. John f. Sonnett chief govern ment counsel made his recommendation after judge Goldsborough asked both sides Tor then views As to sentence. Or. Sonnett said the govern ment believed that the Union has substantial financial resources and that appropriate punish ment would be a Fine of 000. Or. Cellenti authority that Lewis attorneys had asked Goldsborough what the situation would be it the strike were called off wednesday afternoon. Goldsborough judged Lewis Anc the Union guilty of contempt of their refusal to obey a temporary court order of nov. 18 to Cance the walkout of soft Coa miners. He deferred sentence unti 9 . Cost wednesday but at . He called Union and govern ment counsel into his Chambers of conferences and at noon he ordered a recess until 2 . Cost. Joseph a. Padway Al chief counsel was the one who it was reported raised the possibility that the mine shutdown might be ended. He was reported on Good authority to have asked Goldsborough what penalties Lewis and the ump m ight expect if belatedly they obeyed the nov. 18 restrain ing order. Goldsborough s prison instead of Gallows Goodman sentence commuted to life the death sentence passed mercy which had been sup veto continued on Page 8. Column 4 House Hunting sole thought no Christmas spirit for 70 fire victims As Winni Eggers prepared wednesday for Christmas their happiest Christmas in seven years. 22 fam lies desperately scoured the City Hunting not for Christmas gifts but merely for a place to live. The 70 persons Are former Resi dents of the tache Block rendered homeless when the building was razed by fire a week ago. Christmas is Only three weeks away but these victims of one of the most disastrous fires in recent years have lost the spirit of Happy await the most joyous Holiday of anticipation with which others All. To them it will be merely an other Day. A cold and cheerless Day. Since the fire nov. 27, daily pub Lic appeals for permanent housing have been made on their behalf by St. Boniface civic officials. To Date almost no offers have been received and not one of the 22 families has been placed. At the moment All have a roof Over their Heads but not much More. Families have been split up children living apart from their parents wives separated from their husbands. One old couple both old age pensioners Are sleeping in the Kitchen of a Friend s Home. Hundreds of of clothing have flooded the reception centres in Norwood and St. Boniface and hundreds of gifts of beading and furniture have been received. But without living quarters furniture is useless. Stoves and ranges Are urgently needed. Mayor George Maclean head of the tache Block fire re habilitation committee said wednesday. While they cannot immediately. They will be essential items when the families Are finally housed. Receiving depots for stoves Anc furniture have been set up at two St. Boniface fire Halls. They Are no. 1 Hall. 212 Dumoulin Street phone 203 058 and no. 2 station at 326% tache Avenue phone ,202 7b1. By phoning either of the above numbers a donor can have his. Contribution picked up at his Home. Cash donations Are still coming Iti to the committee. Between 000 and has been raised to Date. The contribution of which mayor Maclean is proudest is a modest one a postal note for the accompanying note was signed simply an old age Abraham Goodman for the Hatchet slaying of mrs. Rachel Herman has been commuted to life imprison ment by the governor general in Council it was announced at noon wednesday in the Law courts by sheriff d. C. M. Kyle. Goodman had been sentenced to hang on dec. 27 by Justice j. E. Adamson when an Assize jury found him guilty on oct. 10. Word of. The commutation of the sentence was received by sheriff Kyle in a Telegram from e. H. Coleman under Secretary of state. When pronouncing the elderly Baker guilty of the killing of 50 year old mrs. Herman at 475 Flora Avenue May 20, the jury had brought in a sorted by the trial judge. Goodman s defence had been based an the fact that he was sub to fits of insanity a result of sclerosis of the arteries in the Region of his brain. During his his defence counsel Hon. E. J. Mcmurray maintained Goodman was not responsible for his actions. Head for pole aboard the . It. Olym pus dec. 3 Lead ships of the United states Navy s expedit Antarctic steamed through Hampton roads monday and header for the South pole. Sonnett made no recommendation for a jail sentence for or. Lewis the Only individual defendant. Secretary treasurer Thomas Ken Nedy reported the unions Treasury consisted of at the recent u. M. W. Convention. Imprisonment of the Union Leader would accomplish nothing in the opinion of the Federal Coa mines administration or. Sonnet told the court. Judge Goldsborough wednesday morning deferred imposition of contempt penalties on Lewis and the United mine workers amid indications that Lewis was consider ing the possibility of calling off the National Coal strike. There was no positive indication that the strike actually would he called off but it was Learned on sex lie Waths atone reply was not Learned. Presumably he would solicit the government s recommendations. The government s attitude was not Learned either. Presumably the answer would be forthcoming after court reconvenes at 2 . Golds thorough originally had deferred sentencing until wednesday to give government and Union counsel a Chance to advise him As to what they believed the penal ties should be. The prolonged conferences in the recess Emtil 2 it apparent that More than routine matters about the sentencing were being consid ered and gave weight to the re Lewis continued on Page 8, column 3 Stock Market optimistic new Yolk dec 4 new York Stock Market gave a hint that something May. Be brewing favourable to settlement of the Coal strike when an Avalanche of buying orders hit in the Middle of the last hour wednesday. Iceland from wartime base to peacetime Boom by or. Egil Forchthammer i have always Felt that the great concern numerous Danes have shown regarding the economic Fate of Iceland after secession from Denmark is a direct contradiction of the fact that ice land today is one of the most Well situated and Best supplied countries in the world. Cargoes of gift parcels contain ing not Only Coffee Cocoa and tobacco but also Many kinds of Speed seen scientist makes 3-year forecast Wright Field Dayton Ohio. Dec. 4 former top nazi aircraft designer now doing re search for the . Army air forces estimated wednesday that in about free years commercial supersonic planes will be Able to Fly from Mew York to California in one hour. The . National advisory com Mittee for aeronautics has said that a 1.000-mile-an-hour plane could be developed within three years but figures it might be used to shuttle mail across the country in 2 hours. The German expert is or. Alexander w. Lippisch former chief designer of the Messer Schmuhl aircraft company one of 270 leading German wartime scientists and technicians work ing in this country. The scientists All volunteered to work for the-. Government. They Are contributing their knowledge to military and peacetime scientific research projects. They also Are helping to put to use Cap tured enemy scientific documents and tons of German technical equipment such As aircraft engines wind tunnels and machinery. At fort Bliss tex., Wernher von Braun 34-Yearrold German scientist who invented the v-2 supersonic rocket disclosed that before the Var ended the nazis were building. Rockets continued on Page 8, column 6 the German scientist who invented the v-2 supersonic rocket 34-year-old Wernher von Braun. Is shown at right checking one of the rockets. He is now in the United states co operating with american scientists in developing rockets for peacetime use. He believes rockets could be used space ships capable of circling the Earth. His colleague atop the engine is or. Martin Schilling. German scientist who led in the development of instruments for the v-2. Nuch desired text Des have been vide acc of this Prosperity. Every be of the steamers and every be of the passenger planes from a Eland have carried Young to hefty businessmen and artisans who Vith their pocketbooks Well filled Sterling and dollars have made their purchases or placed heir orders for furniture Agri cultural needs and machinery. A Udden Prosperity is always Raught with danger however Low Iceland will fare in the fun ure is to a great extent a ques Ion. Of How she behaves during Ler Prosperity and her possibilities if expansion of production. Already aboard the Steamer to there is a new Prosperity in Iceland Prosperity car out reaching anything the tiny Republic has Ever experienced before. Young Danes Are crossing to the Island on every boat run seeking employ ment and adventure in Reykjavik capital of Iceland de scribed by or. Egil Forch Hammer. In the following article As a City in Klondike appearing originally in the articles of this ser ies have been translated into English by j. C. R. Jurgen sen of Regina sask. Iceland the change from before the War was Felt. While the firs class salons were filled with pros serous Well dressed and open landed icelanders in the third class you Seldom heard any thin but danish spoken by a swarm of Young danish men and women artisans and clerk seeking adventure. After this first taste it was m great Surprise to find Reykjavik with its inhabitants As City in Klondike style. Even though an advertisement in icelandic daily read in part a not buy an air plane without firs consulting me May give a some what exaggerated impression o conditions it was soon Felt tha the Pace in Reykjavik was in Cess of its economic capacity there was through the a steady Stream Small streets o trucks of All sizes rattling jeep and cars. Horns Are no p permitted. " if there is not enough room on the Street up on Thi de walks you go which by the a Are mostly used for parking Pace. The poor pedestrian must ump for his life Many times Dur in the Day. Patient policemen no favour to maintain or rather each some sort of traffic Eti Uette but this merely piques the colanders sense of Humour and As Little effect. For the first time their history of a thousand ears the icelanders Are now Busy and Are enjoying it. Apart from its glorious sur soundings Reykjavik Lias never Een a Beautiful City. Today it is Nore disorderly More i Harmo ious and duster tha n Ever usty military Barracks from the occupation period Are 11 open places and Are now being ised As dwellings for the Home Ess. In the Middle of this muddle new buildings that grow from Day o Day schools churches. Indus rial plants and stores. The uni and the new school of Navi gation which Are finished show of architecture which promises veil for the future. John l. Lewis while Washington court officials went into a huddle today 1o decide his Fate on a contempt of court conviction the United mine workers chief paced up and Down in an otherwise empty jury room. Food and fuel excepted . Ban on freight May affect Canada Washington dec. 4 officials said tuesday night the Railroad freight embargo ordered by in a Harnly u interstate Commerce commission might reduce sharply United states exports to Canada. In addition to the Railroad freight embargo the association of american railroads in a separate action banned rail shipments except food and fuel to ports for subsequent movement by water. The . Order is effective at ., local time dec. 6. The Railroad associations order went into Midnight tuesday rail when the . Order goes into effect will be United to a list of essential items such As food for human consumption feed for animals and poultry livestock and poultry Petroleum. Shipment of virtually All manufactured goods is banned. The embargo does not apply to shipments billed from the Point of origin prior to the effective Date of the order. Montreal dec. 4 facials at the head offices of the two major Canadian Railroad sys Pacific railway company and Canadian National tuesday night they lad no immediate comment to make on the United states government order Emba going All but Essen tial freight. Send ships to. Canada Vancouver dec. 4 up United states shippers despite end of the maritime strike Are sending ships to Vancouver for loading and increased Trade from this source is expected. No reduction Here have been no reductions to Date in the number of cars operated on the Winnipeg my Neapolis St. Paul runs according to officials of the great Northern and Northern Pacific railways wednesday morning. No instructions have yet been received regarding the volume freight to be handled. The major Ity engines in use by the three lines Are diesel operated. Coal strike hits european industries London dec. 4 trial crises threatened wednesday in at least half a dozen european nations Cut off from United states Coal supplies toy the strike of miners. France Belgium Italy Switzer land and Denmark were suffering most from the strike s immediate effects. A British government spokesman forecast requests particularly from scandinavian countries for More British Coal a Survey indicated that France Taly and Denmark were hardest lit. N a spokesman for the ministry at Industrial production of France predicted widespread work stoppages. In Copenhagen Only half the City s treet lights were burning Public Jan sport was curtailed including reduction of railway traffic to one Bird the pre War level. Gas con sumption was ordered Cut 50 per tales would Welcome soviet in co ordination plan London dec. 4 High Joye rement source said wednesday hat Anglo american talks on co ordination of armed forces were aimed solely at preparing the ies for service together in the secur Ity forces of the United nations. The government source said both the United states and great Bri Ain would Welcome Russia to the standardization talks. He described the conversations As a prelude to of. A military staffs committee of the in Security Council which both coun tries have urged be set up at once. Russia has delayed the appoint ment of representatives. The commentator conceded that the soviets now would be con fronted with a fait a comply on the standardization of certain Small but said the agreements could serve As a basis for three Power standardization including Russia. Further details of the co Ordina Tion of the armed forces were being discussed but the questions of standardizing training methods and of exchanging officers Between the two countries have not yet been considered. Co ordination of air forces and navies would prove much More Complex commentator said and in any event they would not normally be so closely associated. The government source s explanation was a charge earlier by Konni Zilliacus labor member of that the Anglo american agreements actually were designed to prepare for a. Third world War in which these nations would be arrayed against colder air is slowly moving southward Over the Prairies and the temperature trend on thursday will be slightly lower. Skies will remain generally Over cast. Winnipeg Cloudy becoming overcast this afternoon and remain ing overcast on thursday. Fear Snow flurries tonight and Agate thursday night. Colder on thurs Day. Light winds becoming East at 10 Mph thursday morning. Low tonight six above and 13 above. In Winnipeg the High yesterday was 21 above and the Low last night was 18 above. More shopping Days to 1 i Christmas a a i ;