Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 6, 1946, Winnipeg, Manitoba Final edition Winnipeg free press 28 pages vol. No. 59 Price 5 cents with comics Loc Winnipeg Friday december 6, 1946 f and mild offs threaten Canada this is the first photo of the Kremlin at Moscow to be permitted out of Russia since 1939. Today with reports that Stalin is seriously ill steadily becoming More prevalent the eyes of the world Are centred on this massive Structure focal Point of the destinies of millions of russian subjects. Sales estimate canadians in midst of biggest Yule Boom Toronto dec. 5 gently canadians faster with a Dollar than Ever before Are i the midst of the greatest of All spending booms. By the time the great come and gone they will have spent up wards of that figure is based on Esti mates in the retail Trade where officials going Back Over Christ Mas sales records find no equal to this year s Early Rush to fill the nation s Christmas stocking a Canadian press Survey reveals. The Dominion Bureau of Statis tics retail sales Index last Decem Ber was 1s7.4, basis 1935-39 equals Joo. This was 50 per cent higher than the Boom years of the Lajure 20 s and about 70 per cent higher than 1939. But last year s figure is due for eclipse. With sales for the first nine months of this year averaging about 15 per cent higher than last year there in t any doubt but that we Are on the % Erge of a new said a Toronto re Tailer. The Only question is How much higher sales will be than last throughout Manitoba shoppers have not yet approached the War time Peak although shopping be Gan Early. Household appliances jewelry and Good Quality Luggage Are in big demand. Prices Are higher than recent years. Just for fun Man sent to jail for shooting dog Dauphin Man., dec. 6, Spe shooting a pet dog just for fun As he explained to magistrate Thomas Little in police court thursday Bernard Cutler of the Rural municipality of Dau Phin will spend the next three months in jail at hard labor. The accused noticed the dog swimming across an open stretch of the Vermillion River and took pot shot at it with a Rifle wounding it slightly. Has next shot found a vital spot and the dog Sank. As a result the owner a local citizen is minus a pet and Cutler his Liberty. Rumor of new stroke Paris dec. 6 Lon Don correspondent of the French i rightist newspaper l Poque said Friday that reports from Turkey that prime minister Stalin of Russia was seriously ill had been confirmed by sources in Lon the sources which the correspondent did not name were quoted As saying that Stalin had a new stroke nov. 4 and was carried to Sochi on the Shore of the Black sea near Batum where last year he tried to recover his the article continued some weeks ago he Stalin declined to see president Truman on account of ill health. The last time he was seen in Public was sept. 8 at a motorized forces the despatch followed a London columnist s report that Stalin s illness is the subject of daily bulletins for the Kremlin. The Lon Don Star carried wednesday in the column Star Man s diary the following item russians in London today were As anxious As everybody else to hear More about reports from tur key that Stalin s illness has now taken a dangerous course. Embassies informed embassy officials found it rather difficult to stick to the old formula about Stalin being in the Best of health. It is now generally accepted even there that the 68-year old Leader prematurely old through the Strain of the last few years is All but an invalid. It is significant that for the Benefit of embassy staffs the Kremlin now issues bul adopt . Atom plan in urged by Baruch Lake Success n.y., dec. 6 Cap _ Bernard m. Baruch acting swiftly after major Hussian concessions urged the United nations atomic Energy commission thursday night to adopt the United states plan As its Basic recommendation for harnessing the atomic forces for peaceful purposes. The United states representative on the commission presented a Resolution by which the commission would report the Ameri can plan first presented last june 14, to the United nations Security Council dec. 31 As. Its decision on the Best Way to control the atom. Stalin continued on Page 4 . Contribution Lake Success n.y., dec 6 United states has agreed to contribute 37% per cent of the United nations administrative budget for 1947 in a Compromise move realigning assessments against the 54 member states it was reported authoritatively today 300 turned out by fires the american Resolution immediately raised one potential Stumb ing Block in the form of a renewed demand that the punishment of violations of a proposed treaty Reg atomic Energy must not be subject to the veto of the five Perm Ament members of the Security Council. Russia has yielded the Point of no veto on inspections and control but Las stood Adamant against any of lie numerous proposals from Small Powers to alter or discard the veto Power in Security Council. The United states Resolution in effect re stating the essentials of the United states plan called for a Strong and comprehensive inter National system of control of atomic Energy to be set up by treaty which shall be effective Only when those members of the United nations necessary to assure its Suc agree to accept and support it. . Treaty proposals the treaty would 1. Establish in the . An inter National authority clothed with Complete Powers and responsibility for of the treaty and for carrying out its Day to Day duties. 2. Afford representatives of the authority Complete Freedom to move in and out of countries in performing their inspections and other duties. 3. Prohibit the manufacture pos session and use of atomic weapons by a Powers signing the treaty and by All of their nationals. 4. Provide of any existing of atomic bombs. 5. Specify the Means and meth ods of determining violations of he treaty stigmatizing such viol ions As International crimes and establishing the nature sures of enforcement and punish ment to be imposed upon individuals and upon nations guilty of violating its b. Provide for the prompt report no of Viola Tivvis to the Powers sign ing the treaty and to the Security Council. 7. Provide that in dealing with such violations the permanent members of the Security Council should agree not to use the veto to protect a violator. Vancouver boys school left a gutted ruin Vancouver dec. 6 students and the instructional staff escaped Early Fri Day As a three alarm fire swept through Van Couver College fashionable South Shaugh Nessy District boys residential school leaving the three Storey Structure a gutted ruin with damage estimated at about there was no panic and no on was injured As the students rang ing in age from 13 to 19 years filed through the main door after being Cut off from a fire escape by the flames. Instructional Brothers of the roman Catholic institution led the students to safety wrapped in blankets after a woman passerby noticed smoke pouring from the building and turned in the alarm. Fire fighting equipment from All parts of the City fought the Blaze for More than an hour before the flames were controlled. The roof collapsed half an hour after the five began and the Frame Type top Storey was destroyed and the fire proof Brick first and second storeys gutted. It was believed the fire started in a smoking room on the top Storey which also housed a gymnasium and cafeteria. Built in 1922, the school is con ducted by the Christian Brothers of Ireland. Principal is re Bro ther m. D. Cunningham and the institution was the Home of Van Couver College football team which plays in the Northwest school football conference. Fastest v-2 goes feet per second White Sand . Dec. 6 a ordnance specialists fired a German v-2 rocket 95 Miles above Peterborough veterans Hospital is destroyed Peterborough ont., dec. 6 prompt action by orderlies of the department of veterans affairs tuberculosis Hospital permitted 228 patients from All parts of Canada to escape injury As fire destroyed the Hospital Early damage estimated to building and equipment of fire chief George Gimblett later announced the fire was caused by a discarded cigarette butt. The Blaze believed to have originated in a basement storage room was first noticed shortly before Midnight thursday by Bil Anderson a Hospital orderly. He sounded a general alarm through the Hospital switchboard and the j 228 patients were cleared to Safe the Earth thursday achieving with to in less than five minutes. It a record velocity of feet Ai there was no panic among the second. . Howard Turner Sand proving ground commandant said the missile s top Speed was achieved at the end of the 63.5 seconds required to consume its 11 ton Load of alcohol and liquid oxygen fuel. The Altitude fell nine Miles Short of a 104-mile Mark posted last july but the rocket May have ranged 80 Miles to the North another record. Wide peacetime use of rocket Power including Jet propulsion for trucks and trains was predicted Friday by Dan c. Kimball vice president of Aero Jet engineering corp. Azusa Cal. Veteran patients who filed out to escape doors at the rear of the Hospital. Some patients were not wakened by the alarm and order lies raced from Ward to Ware arousing sleeping veterans Many patients climbed out of lower windows and Down ladders in an orderly race to escape the flames which swept rapidly through the building. First to be evacuated was j. E Patterson former C. A. F flight lieutenant who was lying critically ill in an oxygen when the alarm sounded. He was carried to a waiting ambulance and despatched to Peterborough civic Hospital. Iceland from wartime base to peacetime Boom what of Iceland s future will her present Prosperity. Based largely upon the Energy of her people upon her enor Mous electric Power potential j and herring Export Industry i continue that question according to or. Egil for Chham Mer danish writer of this last i in a series of three articles on Iceland today will depend unon her Export possibilities and upon her position in world politics. Translator of the ser ies was j. C. R. Jurgensen of Regina sask. By or. Ego Foch Hameer Iceland is to a dire a very Barren country. Instead of Woods and undulating wheat Fields you see great plateaus overlaid Here by extensive lava Beds and there by vast Neves or Snow Fields. The strength of this country does not lie in its Fertility but in which Are greater than those of its enormous sources of Energy any other country in the world. Violent water streams crisscross ing the country present unlimited sources of Power to produce electricity for Light Power and heat. Half the population of Reykjavik Cooks by electricity and All enjoy Central heating and hot water the year round from the natural hot Springs found in Many places. The Cost of production is very Low and import of Coal will gradually become unnecessary. More and More of the farms install their own plants. Around the hot Springs whole towns of hot houses have been built. On account of the volcanic activity great areas of warm Sand Are found suitable for growing potatoes. Even though Iceland has great possibilities in the direction of greater self sufficiency imports of wheat lumber Oil and Industrial raw materials etc., Are necessary for her prosperous development the future of Iceland is in a High degree dependent upon her Export possibilities. The Only important Export now is herring. Throughout the sum Mer and autumn the reports on the fisheries Are being followed by every icelander with a Grea degree of interest As the Prosperity of the country depend upon the amount of herring caught. The Industry has not been very successful during the last few years and great losses were sustained during the War. But the icelanders Are preparing them selves and a Stream of new mod Ern trawlers and boats have been bought in Sweden Denmark and England. Preparing for future during prosperous times a cer Iceland continued on Page 7 column 3 soviet favors atom plan Lake Success n. Y., dec. 6 the United nations move closer to a settlement of the Dis armament Issue Friday As the soviet Union readily agreed to support the United. States in its desire to Channel atomic Energy nto peaceful uses As Well As to ban its use for warlike purposes in the in Assembly s subcommittee which is drafting a Resolution which will Lay the basis for world wide disarmament Sovie foreign minister v. M. Molotov agreement to write into the. Draft Resolution a specific provision for developing peaceful purposes for atomic Energy a welcomed by american Delegate As a clarification of the Sovie approach to International atom development. While it did not represent Fina soviet acceptance of the american demand for a world a elopement authority supervise and even atomic Energy facilities the Sov Iet Concession did make Clear tha Russia was agreeable to Linkin the subject of peaceful develop ment of atomic Energy to tha of prohibition of military uses o atomic Energy. Hon. Charles Stewart sex Cabinet minister Dies Ottawa dec. 6 up Hon Charles Stewart 78, Canadian chairman of the International join commission and former libera Premier of Alberta died Early Day after an illness of s e v e r a months. Or. Stewart was minister of Interior and mines in the Dominion government from 1921 to 1930. I was appointed to the joint com Mission following the Liberal vie tory in 1935 Aad had since served on that body in the investigations it had conducted into Boundary Waters. After holding the portfolios o municipal affairs and Public works in the Alberta government he was selected Premier in 1917 and held that Post until he was chosen mini Ster of Interior and mines by prime minister Mackenzie King in 1921 the next year he was elected to the House of commons for Argenteuil que. Afterwards he sat for Edmonton West. Or. Stewart was a Farmer and came to parliament with a deep insight in the needs of Prairie agriculture. As Interior minister he was Able to take an important part in framing the policies of the government in regard to Prairie development. Since Indian affair came under him he took Delight in pressing anything that would improve the lot of the indians and Eskimo. An anglican or. Stewart took an Active interest in Christ Church Cathedral where he was on the financial Board. The funeral will be held in Ottawa. His wife died in 1944. He is sur Vived by three sons and four Daugh ters. Atomic de to control own som Coal strike imperils thousands of jobs although great Britain is already suffering from food Short Ages As a result of the United states Coal strike it is indeed an ill wind that blow eth 110 Man to for Coal cars idled by the strike have become available for hauling Grain and thus Are helping to ease the shortage of Box cars. This line of cars filled with Corn at Louisville Kentucky is awaiting unloading at an elevator. . Fears effect of Coal strike hard hit britons warned Cut May London dec. 6 cart. Hon. John Strachey food minister told britons Friday their bread and Bacon rations might be former because of the United states Coal strike and the latter because Canadian supplies for Export Are running below sex at the same time he visualized a pile up of food supplies in the United states which when eventually released would ease the sup ply situation and enable Britain once More to import in full measure supplies of which today we stand in such great Bacon threatened now the food minister told the com Mons it would almost certainly be necessary to decrease the bread ration if the United states could not meet his requests for wheat and flour shipments in the near future but the most immediately threatened of our was Bacon cherished a much colder air mass dominates the weather Over the Northern part of the District with Churchill s temperature about 10 below. This air mass is moving slowly eastward. Little change in temperature is tomorrow. Red River and Winnipeg Over cast Clearing this afternoon. Vari Able cloudiness 011 saturday. Continuing mild. South winds at in Mph. Decreasing to Light this evening. Light winds on saturday Low tonight and High tomorrow Winnipeg 22 and 33. In Winnipeg last night the Low was 22 above. Yesterday s High was 28 above. Tid bit of which britons each get three ounces weekly. Or. Strachey said that in addition to the lower than expected Canadian supplies imports from Denmark were. In creasing too slowly to affect the situation. It was impose fined after tussle to tic boy pleading he was drunk and did t know what he was doing Robert Turcotte 25, of St. Laurent Man., who the Crown alleged attempted to molest a boy on Good Street wednesday evening was fined and costs in City police court Fri Day on a drunk and disorderly charge. Turcotte the Crown declared approached three boys wednesday evening and tried to drag one of the youths. Honald Rossman .11, of 248 Good Street into a vacant lot. The boy Hung on to a tree until a pass ing citizen Albertt oar 210 Good Street and j. Mccaw and june Blair of 288 Good Street came to his Rescue. Oar police say then knocked Turcotte into unconsciousness. Turcotte with a broken and a turban Bandage around one of his eyes which was battered shut spoke through swollen tips. I did t know what i was he was at first remanded until monday but 10 minutes later re appeared to charges. Plead guilty to the or. Kay told the court this Man was three years overseas. He had quite a Good record. He just came into the City from St. Laur ent and was on his Way out to the mines. That was what he was Cele Brating when he got into sible to increase Domestic sup plies until imports of animal feeding stuffs could be. Improved. A food ministry spokesman said Long term contracts with Canada were looked on As an important Protection of the British ration and temporary reduction in Cana Dian supplies had not weakened Faith in them. Dominion informed the spokesman added Britain seeks food supplies the world Over at the moment but Canada was provided Protection against future diversion of food purchasing by these food contracts. No special representations were made to can Ada recently on food As the do minion was kept. Informed con Ottawa dec. 6 paralysis afflicting United states Industry in the Wake of the soft Coal strike Hung like an ominous Cloud Over Canadian manufacturing plants Friday As a fuel Sav ing embargo on freight and express shipments in Canada and the United states went into effect at 12.01 a.m., thursday. Not Many Canadian industries will feel any immediate serious effects but if the embargo should last any length of time possible layoffs of thousands of workers were seen by some manufacturing officials. Predictions indicated that More than workers in the United states would be Idle by new year if the Coal strike is still in Prog Ress in Canada the embargo is con Fine to shipments of commodities across the Border except those permitted under the u. S. Interstate Commerce commission s embargo. The announcement was made at Montreal by j. A. Brass general Secretary of. The railway association of Canada. At Ottawa Hon. Ernest Bertrand pos ister general announced that effective immediately parcels nailed to Points in the . Will limited to a weight of five pounds and that the restriction will remain in Force until further notice. Expected to be hit hardest by the embargo Are big automotive plants in Windsor and Oshawa ont. West safer Western Canada is not expected to be affected by the strike As severely As the East since Little . Coal is used in this Section of the Dominion. However the strike could be Felt indirectly if Western Coal supplies allocated to Western can Ada were reduced to help the East. Alberta shipments 6-Ccp Edmonton railway officials reported thursday that Alberta Coal is moving in limited volume to ease fuel shortages in the United states. Production at Alberta mines is continuing to mount and is Esti mated to be tons ahead of last year. U. K. Food in a Emoriah Halifax disaster victims honoured Halifax n.s., dec. Al services were held Here Friday for the victims of Canada s greatest disaster the Halifax explosion of dec. 6, 1917. Hundreds net death in a single instant and he bodies of 400 were never found when a norwegian freighter ran into the French Mont Laden continued on. Page 7 column 4 with tons of int. Washington stands firm Lewi s and Union Post Appeal Bonds Washington dec. 6 John l. Lewis and the United mine workers Friday posted Appeal Bonds for the full amount of their contempt fines As the government promised to continue its Battle to end the Coal strike on the administration s terms. The contempt Case seemed headed for fast Appeal through the supreme court. The Union deposited in government securities and Lewis put up in Cash to cover the fines pending the final verdict. Promise to show no Compromise was voiced at the White House after an hour Long meeting of the Cabinet. A Cabinet official told re Trade minister issues statement Canadian wheat producers seen in most favourable Price position Ottawa dec. 6 ing the length of Price guarantee Canadian wheat producers Are in a More favourable Price position than those of any other country Hon. J. A. Mackinnon Trade mini Ster said Friday in a. Statement comparing Canada s wheat Price with those of Australia Agentina and the United states. Prices said or. Mac flags of Eire and Finland Fly today to Mark the anniversary of the Irish free state s establishment the Flag of Eire flies today from the free press Flagstaff. Today is the National Holiday of the people of Finland and in compliment to the people of finnish extraction among us in this country the Flag of Finland also flies from the free press Courtesy Flagstaff. Kinnon were Argentina a additional deliveries. Bushel Australia and tha United states All basis . Ocean ports. To the fort William prices of for Canadian wheat to the United kingdom and to other destinations should be added 15 cents to cover the average freight and other charges to East coast ports bringing those prices to and in order to compare them with the Ocean port prices of other countries. However said or. Mackinnon Export prices were not the real consideration but rather the actual Price basis to the producers of those countries. In Argentina the Export Price of is the government which pays a fixed and final Price to producers of Only . Port basis. After the first 300 tons delivered by each producer the Price is reduced to on any these Flat prices Are guaranteed to producers on their deliveries during 1947 Only. The government profits on the Export sales Are used porters there will be no turning Jack by the administration. With the strike in its 16th Day there were these developments 1. The government prepared sweeping fuel conservation orders to keep the most vital industries and services operating through the Winter 2. Sen. Homer Capehart r., ind., said he had been reliably informed the government had rejected an offer by Lewis to negotiate for a possible resumption of Coal production he said the proposal was made in a written memorandum to Federal judge t. Alan golds Borough who fined the Union and Awis. 3. President Truman discussed with his Cabinet what he will say sunday night in his broadcast Back to work Appeal to the miners. 4. The solid fuels administration announced the nation used up one ourth of its emergency stocks in the first 12 Days of the strike but As a result of conservation orders there is enough Coal left for 55 Days. 5. Judge Goldsborough seeking to Speed final determination of the contempt Case ordered a record of the proceedings before him presented to the appeals Fri Day afternoon. In the financing of various govern ment projects and Are not returned to producers. In Australia the Export Price of also is not fully reflected Back to producers. Last june the australian government established a five year wheat stabilization plan which set a minimum Basic Price to producers of 83 cents a Bushel f.oj3. Ocean ports including bag Ging costs. All Domestic sales of wheat Are made at this Basic Price. The profits on the Export Sale at Over the Basic Price of 83. Cents to producers Are split Jjp-50 Between producers and the stabilization fund. The proceeds of that fund Are to be used to underwrite the Basic Price in the event of Export prices below that level in the future. Some 40 miners returned to u. S. Strike continued on Page 7 column 4 Days to Christmas ;