Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 5, 1946, Winnipeg, Manitoba Domestic Winnipeg free press Price so per copy edition with comics inc Winnipeg thursday december 5, 1946 Home made products Are different by Carrier in Winnipeg 25c per week Winnipeg forging toward million Dollar Needle Industry number of buses and trucks growing fast Utility Board official denies trucking monopoly exists d. L. Mellish member of the municipal and Public Utility Board denied thursday the existence of any monopoly by trucks operating As Public service vehicles Over the routes served by them. Addressing the annual convention of the Manitoba associated boards of Trade at the Royal Alexandra hotel he defied the policy of controlling this form of transport. The free press cameraman snapped a number of delegates attending the Manitoba association boards of Trade meeting which opened thursday morning in the Royal Alexandra hotel. Left to right c. J. Mcburney Steinbach r. Wood min Nedosa a. W. Welsh Baldur r. T. Robinson Kelwood John Morrison Portage la Prairie g. A. Brown Secretary of Roland b. Langridge Somerset and , Erickson. Helped convict Strangler Nelson the question had become a live one to the Public said or. Mel Lish in View of the application by the railways for an increase in freight rates. 1j that application were granted the truckers might ask for a similar boost. He would not venture an opinion on what the decision might be. But he was sure there would be a thorough investigation to decide what was right and he Laid Down the general Prin Ciple that approved rates must be adhered to by the trucking concerns and must not exceed the rail rate. As for the question of Lack of Competition or otherwise or. Mellish affirmed that the number of trucks serving any Given area i was governed by the need of the particular Community served. There Are few if any. Places in the province that Are not provided with competitive truck he declared. If there were places served by Only one truck it usually meant there was not enough the Community for More. Too much trucking generally speaking he would say there was too much trucking in Manitoba rather than too Little. That raised a question can we afford a dual system of transportation when conditions Settle will there be enough business to sustain this additional service and if not which one will have to step aside i have no doubt in my mind that the bus and truck service is Here to or. Mellish continued which suggests a further question should there be More consideration Given to co ordinate ing the two rail and Road services i am convinced the farm producer will not want to relinquish the present service by truck to the markets for his livestock and other products which makes us wonder How much service even As Well off a Community As we Are can pay he pointed to the recent rapid growth of truck Competition with in Manitoba. Last year there were 684 Public service vehicles and there Are 731 this year. They car ried tons in 1945, which was More than in 1944. In addition there were 994 Commer Cial trucks operated by individuals or companies to carry their own goods in 1945, As compared with to Date this year. The ton nage carried by. This class might even exceed that of Public service vehicles. X More buses the number of buses had gone up from 105 in 1944 to 126 in 194o, and there would be still More this year and next As More equip ment became available. Over crowded buses might become a thing of the past before too Long. As it was buses had been expected to keep up their service in the face of four times the number of passengers they had before the War. Many questions were put to or. Mellish from delegates mainly on the score of inadequate bus de pots. R. Wood of Minnedosa had a word on behalf of the railways. If they could t pay their Way he suggested Canadian taxpayers might have to meet the deficits of both roads. The time is Here when we must consider whether this bus and truck business has t gone far he said. President s address in the absence of the president of the associated boards of Trade. D g Mckenzie. His presidential address was read by e. C Gilliatt. Secretary treasurer. The dominant theme was can Unity leadership in the interests of a More abundant life for All. Security need not be purchased at the Cost of opportune was or. Mckenzie s message. If you and everyone you can influence will produce More efficiently you reduce the Cost of what you produce. The lower the Cost the More people there will be who can buy it. The greater the demand the More secure jobs Wili be for All. This is the Only Way to real Security and Opportunity and history proves can be had in any other strikes acted in precisely the opposite direction the president affirmed. Instead of an expanding Economy at War s end the position was that of Industrial workers led by demagogues seek ing ruthlessly. To exploit the Situa Tion for reasons that did not reflect the nation s interests engaged in illegal strikes and unnecessary Bick ering for a level of wages and work ing conditions which if granted would have created a production Cost so High As to make impossible the development of Large Export markets and at the same time add enormously to the Cost of living in Canada labor poorly advised and led. Has not in fact helped itself and has by its action so delayed con version As to greatly prejudice can Ada s prospects in obtaining the world s markets. Public opinion must be vigilantly aroused to such dangers and should see that the perpetrators of illegal strikes suffer the full penalty of the he praised such efforts As made by the Transcona Board of Trade to improve the cultural educational and recreational life of the Community and commended its work to the attention of similar bodies. Or. Mckenzie also stressed the relationship of town and country. Urging that it should be made closer still. One Way was to get Farmers to become members of the Loca Board of Trade. He noted an estimated increase of nearly 86 per cent in farm purchasing Power since 1939. Resolutions passed resolutions adopted at the morn ing under guidance of c. C. Miller m. P. For Portage la Prairie and immediate past presi Dent of the association included a group previously passed by the Canadian chamber of Commerce convention. These endorsed free Dom of Enterprise and stated the conditions under which it could work Laid Down principles for harmonious employer employee relationships favored selective Immi Gration and Laid Down an Agri cultural policy for both Dominion and provincial action in improving conditions on the land. On Force 38 years sgt. Hoskins retires a career of crime years and five months in to a close wednesday when sergeant of detectives James Henry Hoskins one of the City s Best known policemen went on leave prior to his retirement from the Force dec. 31. Paying tribute to the retiring detective chief Constable George in Ultra Violet Light persons who have had an Eye Lens remove can see objects clearly that Are almost invisible to those with Gooc eyes. Dolan proposes labor Day move a new note was sounded by d. Leo Dolan director of the Canadian travel Bureau speaking to the Manitoba associated boards of Trade luncheon at the Royal Alexandra hotel thursday. Or. Dolan advocated the Extension of the vacation season to the third week in september changing labor Day 1 rom the first monday to the third. For Many years we have lost first rate tourist continued or. Dolan and now to match a similar movement launched in the . We must approach educational and labor authorities to make the change or. Dolan indicated that Canada had a Good. Tourist year in 1945, and that 1946 shapes up Well. A Good year is in the neighbourhood of As far As his department is concerned. Color advertisements Are now going out to 35 periodicals in the . Because As or. Dolan mentioned publicity increased in the off seasons. Birds Eye View of Supply Christmas lists easier to fill the Christmas shopper looking for a present which will fill out pop s depleted Stock of clothing or for some nylons Eor Mother will have a Little better Success this year. There Are still Many scarcities in the Winnipeg stores the free press Survey shows but the shopper should find his lists easier to fill. A Survey of stores wednesday showed an improvement in most lines with a few extras thrown in such As real silk neckwear. The following is a list of articles and your possibilities of obtaining them for this Christmas. Mens Wear tweeds available mostly Canadian products with few imported English or scotch fabrics. Worsted in very Short Supply. Made to measure re quires up to four months. To find not 35 Good Supply As last season. Supply definite improvement Over last year. Still far above Normal but supplier better than last year. Sport shirts in Good Supply. Winter for heavy Woolen underwear is in Short Supply. Supply ajl Varie ties. Supply. Of Linen Etc showing improvement fair Supply of Cotton varieties. Women Wear better than last year although not equal to the demand at present. Scarce but a limited Supply of satins Rayons and crepes available. A few Parachute silk items Are Avail Able too. Good sup plies available in Rayons pad ded Silks and wools. One Large store reports a goodly Stock of Chenille houseboats while an other states that these Are still on the list of scarcities. Bedroom in almost All materials except Lea ther. Ladies shoe Situa Tion is improving although there is still not the variety of former years. Novelty wools Are easy to obtain Al though crepes Are in Short sup ply. Childrens Wear children s Good Supply of cheap and moderately priced footwear but the better brands Are still in Short Supply. Children s underwear and Stock in Short Supply. Children s dresses and Snow Good Supply. Staples Supply of Chenille bedspreads at most stores but Cotton Homespun Are scarce. Good Supply. Sheet and Good Supply. Tablecloths and luncheon available in adequate quantities. Carman this Manitoba town was named after Rev. Albert car Man who in 1880 was stationed in Belleville and was Bishop of the methodist episcopal Church in Canada. It was registered As a Post office in 1880. Smith revealed that sgt. Hoskins had provided a clue that served As a very important link in the convicting of the notorious Strangler Earle Nelson in 1927. Sgt. Hoskins arrested a great number of criminals during his said the chief. A crack pistol shot he was a valued Mem Ber of Many police pistol teams and won a number of awards for shooting on fight squad since 1931 sgt. Hoskins has been on the night squad where he was in charge of All detective work. Born in the county of Haldi Mand near Hamilton ont., sgt Hoskins had worked in a Genera store As Well As a household furnishings establishment before he joined the Winnipeg police Force on july 12, 1908. After four years of service with the uniform department of the Force sgt. Hoskins became a detective May 1, 1912. Eight years later found him a detective ser Geant. Nelson Case it was in 1927 that sol. Hos Kins distinguished himself in the Strangler Nelson Case. At the time in charge of second hand store investigations Hoskins uncovered the suit Nelson had stolen after he murdered mrs. Patterson in her Riverton Avenue Home. This discovery led to the subsequent arrest and conviction of the Strang Ler. Hoskins was also in charge of the Winnipeg Force which travelled to Killarney Man., to air crash victim s funeral Friday a funeral and memorial service will be held Friday at 1 . In Gardiner s funeral Chapel for miss Florence Henry one of the three canadians aboard the dc-3 plane which crashed near Burbank. Calif., nov. 13. Rev. J. L. Mclnnis assisted by or. E. M. Howse. Will conduct the service Ana burial will be made in the family plot. Elmwood Ceme Tery. Miss Henry is survived by her Mother. Mrs. Robert a. Henry of 265 Oak Street and two Sisters mrs. J. Bernice Shepherd and mrs p. H. T. Thorlakson both of Winnipeg. prom the free press piles x j. H. Hoskins conduct a manhunt for Nelson Ivhon had broken out of confine ment at the Killarney jail. He was Aler detailed along with Detec Tive Alex Calder to prepare the Case for court. I guess we had enough evidence of hang the Strangler three reminisced the sergeant. Police work requires a great Deal of perseverance and a said sgt. Hoskins. You Lave to pay attention to Hie most minute details in every Case you encounter any one of which might Lead to the cracking of the Case. The satisfaction you get from this work comes when evidence can be found to Clear up cases Ike the Penny and strangle murder cases. Those Are times when you feel you Are doing some thing worthwhile for the vocation a swarm locusts seen crossing he red sea in 1889 was so Large that it covered an area 01 Miles. Missing 11-year-old boy returns Home object of a police search since he was reported missing at noon wednesday. 11-year-old John Kras sey of 299 Lizzie Street returned Home at 10.30 ., wednesday. The boy police say gave no explanation for his absence. Often saw sister did t know her imagine the Surprise of two Sis ers separated for 36 years when hey found that at one time they had been living within a few blocks of one another imagine their even greater amazement when hey found that their children had Een attending the same school Victoria Albert imagine their astonishment when the realized that they had often seen one another on the University bus without mowing that they were in any Way related this is the Peculiar situation in which mrs. Vern Kyes and mrs. C. H. Manns found themselves two Sisters who were separated 36 rears ago. Following the death of their Mother when they were adopted by two different families one in Morris Man., and another n Inglis Man. Found Brothers Fate has played Peculiar tricks on these two women. Mrs. Manns who had not seen her Long lost sister since she was three years old had made repeated efforts to Ocate the scattered members of her family and 12 years ago her efforts were e rewarded when she succeeded in finding two of her Brothers William Springett of Cleveland Ohio and c. J. Spring Ett of Ottawa. Both Brothers came o Winnipeg where they were re United with mrs. Manns and an ther sister. Mrs. F. Aster. East Kildonan. However they failed to Ocate mrs. Kyes. Recently news arrived seventy years 5, 187b. An outbreak of smallpox had been reported from neatly Creek. Was being Well advertised by Deputy postmaster w. Hargrave of Winnipeg or. Har grave had recently sent his Friend r. D. Rorison of Windsor two 4-lb. Potatoes grown in or. Har grave s Garden and or. Rorison had got a Story about the huge tubers into the Windsor papers. A sixty years 5, the Dominion conservative government s architect had for gotten to Mark in any outside let Ter boxes for the new Post office. Main and Mcdermott and now special stonecutter had to been aged to Drill a Slit through the solid Stone this was evidently the conservatives Way of doing things a a fifty years 5, 1896. J. W. Home and d. J. Dyson were to be the Aldermani Candi dates in Ward a Osborne. Editor and proprietor of the abandon Sun was disposing of his interest in the Sun with a View to starting journalism in the East or. Osborne had a wide acquaintance in Winnipeg. 5f forty years a 1906. The new signs for the ticket office at the Corner por Tage and main were put in place and the main floor of the Canada life building had been renovated in preparation for the . To move in. A a thirty years 5, 1936. Out of the misty past. Bob Fitzsimmons who Twenty years before had been Champion of champions stepped on the stage of the pantages theatre and in Fine fettle though 54 years of age boxed three rounds with his son Bob. Free press car Toon features were Mutt and Jeff Jiggs Katzen hammers Happy Hooligan and skin nay. A Twenty years 5, 192g. At a directors meeting of the United Grain growers Hon. T. A. Crerar was elected president for the 19th consecutive John Martin Harvey in the Only Way was one of the chief current screen attractions sir John in person was Well known to win nip Eggers. Expansion foreseen he t Huff 1 1 o i textile making Winnipeg s dream of a million Dollar Needle trades Centre is last becoming a important step in making the drawn a materialize was taken by government labor and Industry last month when they joined in setting up a Needle trades training Centre in the lower floor of the Ford building which will soon be opened. Manitoba s educational depart ment supplied the building space and helped in the making of col ored films showing Winnipeg Leedle workers at their jobs. The films will be used to Aid trainees during study periods. Some fifteen training machines special operation machines and the material for operation Are being supplied by the Western Canadian garment manufacturers association o Winnipeg. Accord no to g. Stephens government employment officer Active in the building up of the training school he manufacturers realize that with an annual pay Roll Industry already established Here expansion is necessary in garment manufacturing which will ultimately Lead to textile manufacturing in this City. He said the govern ment Industry and labor have been working Day and night at the question. Of supplying qualified workers for what looms up As one of Winnipeg s largest employment sources five branches of Munu a Turing Are and men s garments gloves and aps or. Stephens said. School pupils impressed Winnipeg s school Board is also aking part in the setting up of the raining Centre. Two weeks ago Var. Stephens took pupils from Kel Vin school through garment manufacturing plants and Over half of these students said that until their Plant visit they had not realized the benefits to be derived to of the Industry or the interesting nature of various branches of its work. Design cutting and other phases of garment manufacturing Are highly specialized jobs. Some 96? of students in this area leave school at Grade ten or eleven and a great Many of these Are definitely material for Winnipeg s coming Industry or. Stephen said. Of. The four per cent who go to University about one per cent Are recognized by the school Board As better fitted for specialized training in the Needle trades or Stephen added. Morris Neaman of. The Sterling cloak company has been Active in interesting the government and the manufacturers in expansion and has put Forth an idea which has according to or. Stephens started a plan for a Central Needle Trade Centre in this City As modern and up to Date As any on the. Continent the. Ford building school is the first step in this plan. It will sup. Ply the workers necessary to the expansion of the Industry. S. Herbst and the International ladies garment workers Union m. The International fur and leather workers Union the amalgamated and United cloth my unions Are or. Stephens said wholeheartedly behind the plan to Supply qualified labor for a com ing Industry. St. Boniface children get one extra Day St. Boniface school children will rejoice to hear that they will have one More precious Day of Freedom added to their Christmas vacation schools in St. Boniface will close Friday dec. 20 4nd will reopen Jan. 7. Youngsters in greater Winnipeg Norwood St. Vital St. James fort Garry and East and West Kildonan will put away their books and pre pare to enjoy the festive season Friday dec. 20, and will troop Back monday Jan. 6, school Board officials stated thursday. North. Kildonan was the Only District which had not officially set the Long awaited Holiday dates. However a spokesman stated that although the. School Board meeting was not until Dee. 16, it. Is. Fairly definite this suburb will follow the policy of greater Winnipeg closing schools dec. 20 and reopening Jan Vlay 6. St. James against War House buffing St. James Council does not favor the construction of any More wartime houses under present conditions. At a meeting in the Council Chambers wednesday evening St. James Council unanimously adopted a Resolution to this effect proposed by councillor a. H. Thorndycraft. The Council did not favor the construction of the wartime houses unless the Dominion government houses be erected St. Boniface 200, St. James 100, fort 100, East Kildonan 100 and West Kil Donan 100. The St. James Resolution stated subsidizes the municipality for that the councillors of the Munici loss in taxation or unless such houses Are assessed according to he provisions of the municipal act and the full share of taxation levied and collected including Allim prove ments. The Resolution was moved Fol lowing the Reading of a letter from. H. J. Large Secretary of Deer Lodge Branch Canadian legion contain ing a Resolution urging the Erec Tion of additional wartime houses. It urged that for Winnipeg food poisoning prevention committee would licence caterers As a step to prevent food poisoning in Winnipeg the City s health committee on wednesday recommended to the City Counci that the licence bylaw be amended to include caterers. From England regarding mrs. Kucs plans a reunion in Winnipeg was made to Morris Man., where mrs. Mackenzie revealed the i hereabouts of her adopted daughter. Years of patient searching were rewarded nov. 14, when mrs. Manns walked into her Sisters Home and the two were reunited. Plans reunion overjoyed at finding her lost relatives for she had no idea that any of her family were living mrs. Kyes Loans a reunion in Winnipeg next july with her two Brothers whom she has never met. And so it s a Small world after All it was also proposed that bake Ries bottling plants Candy fac ories Butcher shops fish process no plants grocery stores and ice Cream manufacturers also be required to obtain a licence for operation. This proposal is now under consideration. The decision to regulate Cater no services in the City came Fol owing a report of a serious out break of food poisoning in Winni leg Given by or. Morley s. Lougheed City health officer. Under they Law caterers would be required o obtain a health department Lermit prior to obtaining a i ence. Or. Lougheed declared that Al Hough the food handling establishments in the City were in petted it was difficult to enforce health act regulations when they could operate without a licence. Or. Lougheed also reported that Lis staff was inadequate to handle All the education work necessary among food handlers and asked hat the position of nutritionist a Post now vacant be filled in order that a competent person might be in charge of organizing instructional courses. He also recommended that the the salvation army Marks so years of service to Winnipeg on dec. 8, for it was on this Date Back in 1886, that the army commenced operations in the City with the first meet ing being held in the Victoria Hall later the Winnipeg theatre. Two restaurant inspectors in his department be transferred to the sanitary division and that All sanitary inspectors act As restau rant inspectors in their own districts. Both recommendations were concurred in and the question of the nutritionist s salary was sent to the legislation committee. The application of Mark Grabo Becky for a Bowling Alley licence or a building which it is proposed to erect on the East Side of main Street Between Cathedral and Machray avenues was Laid Over until Jan. 1. Residents in the area opposed the granting the licence. Permission was granted for the of Perkon of another Bowling Alley at 730 Osborne Street. Complaints registered with the committee by Aid. Hilda Hesson and Aid. E. A. Brotman concern ing the alleged tearing up boulevards by the new sidewalk Snow ploughs operated by the engineering department were referred to the Public improvements committee. An increase of the per diem rate for City cases at the convalescent Hospital 676 Jessie Avenue from 65 cents to per Day was recommended to the finance committee. Correction in tuesday evening s edition of the free press the address of Jessie Morrisette was incorrectly Given As 88 Charlotte Street and that of mrs. Florence Hogue As 487 Elgin Avenue. L police report that mrs. Hogue resides at.88 Charlotte Street and Jessie Morrisette s Home address is 323 Ross Avenue. Vii Pally occupy a position analogous to that of trustees and Are responsible to the ratepayers As a Snoie for expenditures and that they should not Confer benefits on any particular class. Unfair to ratepayers they stated that it would be unfair to the. Ratepayers a. A whole to allow the construction of further wartime houses unless the do minion government is prepared to subsidize the for loss in taxation. Copies of the Resolution will be sent to the Manitoba command of the legion the Deer Lodge Branch the Dominion government and All other municipalities concerned. Three applications were received and granted for skating rinks to be flooded in the St. James area. They Are 204 ferry Road the vacant lot on Trie North Side of 122 Hose Berry Avenue and the property adjoining 268 Guildford Street. The St. James Bridge will be painted according to an agreement Between the City of Winnipeg and the municipalities of St. James and Tuxedo the painting Accord ing to the estimate Given by w. D. Winnipeg s Engineer will Cost half will be paid by Winnipeg and the remainder shared by the two municipalities. It was agreed to place the expenditure in the estimates for 1947. Red shield shows gabs there is evidence that the Sal vation army Campaign officials and workers have taken their second wind and Are going Forward in great strides according to j. E. Yarnell Campaign chairman in announcing thursday morning that the drive has now reached this figure he explained is the actual amount received at Campaign sea quarters but it is not indicative of the True Overall picture because of the fact that employee groups All Over the City Are working Stead ily and their returns will keep com ing in. In Many cases the Campaign committee has sent letters of a peal previous contributors of the need for their donations and it is also that these too will bring continued response. There is no evidence of gloom around salvation army Headquarters As they continue in a spirit of to hopefulness that the citizens of Winnipeg will not let the army Down because this would mean the curtailment of their Many humanitarian activities. Failure to reach the objective this year would be the disheartening because the army Here in Winnipeg is Cele Brating its Diamond ;