Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 10, 1946, Winnipeg, Manitoba Final edition Winnipeg free press 20 pages vol. No. 62 Price 5 cents with comics 10c Winnipeg tuesday december 10, 1946 Cloudy with Snow flurries St. Boniface fire department flayed fire Don to dangerous thoughtless reckless careless stupid casualties heavy in Azerbaijan Tehran dec. 10 Iran s chief of general staff re ported tuesday that govern ment troops pushing into Azer Baijan Buffer province Border ing on Russia had advanced 25 Miles inflicting heavy casualties on the azerbaijani and Captur ing Many prisoners. Premier Ahmed Avam announced that he was sending troops into Azerbaijan to supervise the forthcoming parliamentary editions. The government said the first troops crossed the provincial Frontier monday night. Bombardment this morning government Artil Lery bombarded Azerbaijan positions along the Graf Lantuh mountains he announced. A second column began to Advance toward Milaneh from Marcham after the bombardment. Avam announced monday that his troops were poised All along the Frontier and would enter the province to supervise parliamentary elections. The Azerbaijan regime headed by Jaafar pish Evari has warned that any movement of government troops into the prov Ince would be resisted by Provin Cial troops. Avam said Central troops had every right to enter Azerbaijan because it was part of Iran. Troops Winnipeg firemen Are shown Here fighting a fire which apparently broke out near a Kitchen stove in a third floor suite of a Rooming House at 191 Kennedy Street and drove the 40 occupants of the build ing into the Street Many of them Clad Only in night clothes tuesday morning. Damage estimated at was confined mainly to the suite in which the fire started and the Kitchen of an adjacent Flat. Discovered at 8.30 . When Grace Mills of suite 19, went into the Kitchen to prepare breakfast the fire quickly spread through the apartment and into suite 18, occupied by mrs. Jack costello and her son Bobby. Detachments from nos. 1, 3 and 4 fire Halls fought the Blaze which threatened to break out through the roof. Shortly before 9.30 the flames were under control. The three Storey 30-room House owned by mrs. Marie Beirnes was fully covered by insurance mrs. P. Holmes tenant in charge said. Bungling charge probe launched the fire committee of the St. Boniface City Council has called a special meeting for p.m., wednesday night to investigate complaints rising out of the handling of the red River Grain company s elevator fire Early sunday morning. Charges of in efficiency have been levelled against the St. Boniface fire department. Mayor George Mac lean stated tuesday morning that the committee would also probe the handling of the other three major fires in St. Boniface recently. These Are the tache Block nov 27 Winnipeg rendering company dec. 1 and Anderson packing com Pany dec. 7. Decision to Call the meeting Fol Lowed the motion by Aid. J. Or. Van Belleghem that the chairman of the fire committee Aid. Paul Marion Call a special meeting of the com Mittee to investigate the com plaints. This followed the appearance of a group of business men of the City before Council monday night when e. P. Dawson superintendent of the elevator company denounced what he termed the in efficiency of the St. Boniface lire department in putting out the fire which destroyed two elevators of the company. Quite frankly the second ele Vator would never have Buen Des troyed if the St. Boniface fire department had not or. Dawson stated. Our employees Alon e would have saved the build no. In country districts a bucket brigade can put fire of the representing about ,20 local business men or Dawson said that gasoline cigarette blamed for 2 fires Saskatoon sask., dec. Exploding can of High test gasoline which a Cook used in his Kitchen stove caused the fire which gutted the Barry hotel and killed 11 persons fire officials said tuesday. Plans to inspect every hotel in Saskatchewan for possible fire Hazard will be put into effect immediately j. A Young provincial fire commissioner said monday. It was previously intended that inspections in co operation with local fire departments would be carried out in january and february or. Young said. Careless smoker Atlanta. Ga., dec. 10 decided tuesday that Atlanta s disastrous hotel wire coff fire started from a cigarette thrown into a mattress after being told that such blazes Are common Here. Fire marshal Harry Phillips told Atlanta s Board of fire masters that intoxicated guests set fire to mattresses and furniture virtually every night. He added that occasionally one May be arrested for drunkenness but never for arson. The fire marshal also told the Board in special session monday that an unusual number of whiskey bottles were found in the hotel after the fire. Or. Weizmann Heads zionist 22nd Congress Basel Switzerland dec. 10 Chain. Weizmann of London was elected chairman of the 22nd world zionist Congress tuesday. Or. Weizmann received 191 votes. Forty eight votes were cast against Weizmann and 60 did not vote. He was the Only nominee. Among the 15 vice presidents elected were rabbi Abba Hillel Silver of Cleveland Ohio and mrs. Judith Epstein of new York president of Hadassah. J. K. Goldbloom of London made an Appeal for a United zionist front after the Assembly was thrown into an uproar by shouts of jewish fascism in connection with the election of two revisionists to the presidium. The revisionists walked out of the Congress some 15 years ago and tuesday made up the Only party actively opposed to the election of Weizman As chairman of the con Gress. Ottawa helps cupid along Ottawa dec. 10 a hand to cupid the Canadian immigration department is ironing out a few in the course of True love for several Hundred Over seas fighters of the second great War. It May even play the role of Santa Claus by bringing Over euro Pean Fiancee of the former service men in time for Christmas season marriages. Movement of brides to be from the continent to Canada is being facilitated by the setting up of special immigration offices in the Hague Holland and Brussels Bel Gium. There the girls will be Given civil and medical examinations and those qualifying for entry to the Dominion will receive visas immediately. On the part of the soldiers and their Fiancee they must pay the girl s passage across the Atlantic and they must be married within 30 Days after she arrives in the Dominion. Shopping Days to i Christmas i worst Hazard careless smokers started of the reported fires in Canada last year with a property loss of according to the Dominion fire commissioner s office. Faulty stoves furnaces boilers and smoke pipes were responsible for fires causing 785 damage while fires started by electrical wiring appliances accounted for of the total property loss. French agree on coalition Paris dec. 10 party leaders agreed in principle at a meeting tuesday on the for mation of a four party coalition government of communists socialists popular republicans and left Republican unionists. The proposal was raised by Vin cent Auriol president of the As Sembly. France has been without a government since nov. 28, when that of Georges Bidault resigned to permit a reorganization in line with election returns. In earlier votes in the Assembly Bidault and Maurice Thorrez communist Leader fell Short of the majority required for the Premier ship. Obstacle to disarmament u. Russia differ on arms probe set up Lake n.y., dec. 10 United states and soviet russian views on setting up inspection and control organizations regulating arms control were reported authoritatively tuesday to be the Lone obstacle to completion of a proposed Resolution of world wide disarmament. A drafting committee charged with . Resolution went Back into session tuesday morning after working until monday mid night. An informant said the United judge f. A. E. Hamilton retires after 21 years on Bench judge Hamilton retires the retirement of Frank a. E. Hamilton judge of the juvenile court for the past 21 years was announced by Hon. James Mclenan Hen attorney tuesday. At the same time or. Mclenaghan announced that judge Hamilton will be succeeded by Emerson j. Heaney attorney for the province. Judge Hamilton s retirement is because of his reaching retirement age and will become effective at the first of the year. Although he was unavailable for comment it is understood that on monday judge Hamilton was asked to accept the appointment of executive director of Juthe prisoners Aid association and had agreed to do so As soon As a successor was appointed to relieve him of his duties at court. Jurg a Hamilton was one of the organizers of the prisoners Aid association 15 years ago and. Has been honorary executive Secretary for More than 10 years. He recently at tended the International penal association meetings at Detroit Hamilton states desired that the general As Sembly in its disarmament Resolution leave a free hand to these purity Council in setting up the inspection and control organizations this source said that Russia has insisted that the Resolution specifically provide for one commission to control execution of decisions on armaments deduction and a second to control the decision on prohibit ing Energy for military purpose. The United states was said to feel that the Security Council should have a free hand to set up More than two commissions if found necessary. An unofficial Survey of delegates indicated that the . Assembly would Over ride russian opposition to an International inventory of armed troops at Home. Continued on Page 7 column 2 sengers. Violent gales sweep Europe London dec. 10 most destructive gales in years left wreckage floods Snow and fog tuesday Over Western Europe. Damage was especially heavy along the Northwest French coast. Heavy seas carried away House terraces on the beaches and smashed dozens of fishing boats. A foot of water still covered some roads. Gale warnings were flown on the North and West coasts of the British Isles. High tides brought floods in some areas. Fog and ice were general in North England Scotland Belgium and adjacent countries. Aircraft were grounded at numerous Points. Two Passen Ger collided in the fog near Birmingham injuring several Pas action taken in Hope of ousting Franco in members vote to recall ambassadors from Spain Lake Success n.y., dec. 10 Cap the United nations political and Security com Mittee monday adopted a belgian recommendation that All members immediately recall their ambassadors and plenipotentiaries from Franco Spain. The same amendment adopted by a 27 to 7 vote with 16 abstentions recommended that if within a reasonable time there has. Not been established a Spanish government drawing its authority from the consent of the citizens the Security Council will continue to consider Ade quate measures to be taken in order to remedy the under the belgian recommendations member countries still could maintain their embassies in Madrid under charges d affaires. Thus the Resolution did not go so far As the political committee s sub commit tee which had recommended that the individual member states break relations with Franco Spain the sub committee Resolution had been rejected a few minutes before by a tie vote of 20 to 20 in the 54-member committee. At the same time the committee rejected an american proposal 5 that the United nations invite the Spanish people to establish their eligibility for . Membership by bringing about the ouster of fran o. A the belgian amendment was in ship in specialized agencies. The survived. Sorted in the main Spanish Resolution in place of the Defeated clause calling for rupture of relations. The committee then approved the entire Resolution by a vote of 22 to 5, with 20 abstentions. The Resolution now goes to the general Assembly for final action. Following the meeting Jose Gir Al Premier of Spanish Republican government in exile said he was Canada voted for the belgian proposal As finally approved by the 54-member committee. Escott Reid speaking for the Dominion said during the debate on the Spanish Issue that his government could not vote in favor of debarring Spain from . Delegate said the Dominion saw no practical Adlai tages to such a course. Canada scores on Relief Canada s Compromise solution for a threatened impasse Over pc five continued on Page 7 column 11 bodies Whitehaven England de 10 up Rescue workers reported tuesday the recovery of to bodies of 11 men killed in an explosion in an undersea Section the United steel companies Low mine and said there was Little to that any of the four still Missir Greece claims bulgarian Aid Given rebels Salonika dec. 10 Cap a greek 3rd army spokesman said monday night that 600 to partisans openly supplied with food and arms from Bulgaria had a three mile front around the Village of co Romvos in Western Thrace near the greek turkish Border town of Didyme Tikhon. The spokesman said greek forces Are resisting from use of artillery to defend the Village which is Only a few Kilometres from the Border. I i Athens Constantino Kalkanis minister of Public order said More that 200 partisans had surrendered during the last two weeks As a result of the modified amnesty an Ted the Mountain fighters. Police said one person was killed and five wounded when a grenade was thrown into a suburban Athens cafe monday night. Soft Coal production climbs in u. S. Pittsburg Deo. 10 soft Coal production tuesday mounted steadily throughout the United states with output already past. 65 per cent of Normal and with the last groups of Idle miners preparing to Don helmets and help revive fuel starved Indus tries. Month to catch tip Washington dec. 10 return to the peacetime production Peak in the United Peak attained on the eve of the 17-Day strike of soft Coal take a month or two economists of the government predicted tuesday. Analysts said it probably will take two or three weeks or More to re store steel production hardest hit Industry after the Coal Industry it self. The automobile Industry an other sufferer was seen As rebound ing somewhat More a week or two. Also hit quickly and hard were arts makers whose production loss threatened to throw out of gear the making of Many finished pro ducts. Several building materials in severely Short Supply including Cement chemicals paper and pulp also were said to have Felt the effects of the Coal stoppage sharply. Cattle escape fire Vancouver dec. 10 prize cattle valued at were saved Early tuesday when fire levelled the main feed barn and turned four horses to death at the is Mondale Colony experimental just East of Westminster . Damage was placed at the origin of the fire is unknown. Colony farm is famed for its Lead of purebred Holstein cattle and it has exported pedigreed bulls of breeders throughout the Empire. Something should be done to give More adequate fire Protection. Poor show i think it was a. Pretty poor he said. The Grande Prairie elevator should never have caught fire. One Man with an extinguisher could have put it chief Points of the business men s speakers were that shortages of fire equipment firemen and water pressure were responsible for extensive damages. Two More fire fighting pumps were needed by the department they said add ing that sufficient pressure was lacking on two lines and that two and a half hours were required to fire probe continued on Page 7 column 6x City hotels on guard against fire Winnipeg has one of the Best records in the Dominion As far As hotel fires Are concerned. For Al most 40 years there has not been a Atal fires in a City hotel and the ocal hotels Are Bent on maintain ing this record. In a Survey carried out monday Light which covered the majority of Winnipeg s Central hotels it was evident that hotel staffs Are constantly on the Alert for the grim. Invader staffs trained the following is representative of the fire precautions taken by City the City s two railway hotels have then staffs trained at fire Drill and All members Are Given action stations in the event of an alarm to enable them to guide the guests to the fire exits. Apart from this fire escapes Are on every floor and accessible to every making it almost impossible to be Cut off by flames. Hoses fire extinguishers axes and electric alarm signals com plete the picture of fire precautions a nightly patrol is constantly on the Job making the rounds of the buildings from top to Bottom. H. L. Stidston manager of the St. Regis hotel stated that his hotel structurally was As nearly fire proof As possible with steel and reinforced Concrete throughout and Brick Walls Between rooms patrol nightly a nightly patrol made the rounds and an hourly alarm system As Well As the usual electric alarm was used he said he added that fire hoses and extinguishers were distributed throughout and fire escapes were situated on every floor one at either end of the corridors and one in the Middle. Hotels on main Street were visited and All declared that they were taking the utmost Ore caution in the prevention of fires might patrols hoses on every floor land fire extinguishers and Ade quate fire escapes were reported. Officials of both the Mclaren and the Brunswick hotels said that heir alarm systems were frequently tested and that the fire escapes were Well located. The Empire hotel s being brought up to line with he More modern buildings this month John assistant manager said. It is planned to put in the latest form of alarm systems plane crash Tokyo dec. 10 a c-46 transport plane crashed shortly after taking off from Itami air ase near Osaka tuesday and All but one of the 29 persons aboard vere reported killed. The plane which belonged to the 317th troop Carrier group was in route from Tokyo to Fukuoka on Northwest Kyushu Island. The cold air which moved South last Over the District yesterday 3 already being replaced by warm r air Over Southern Saskatchewan and Manitoba. However the cold Veather will continue Over the Northern regions. The warmer air s flowing eastward across the Northern states and into the South Western Prairies where the tem i creatures Are 40 above. Weak Dis Urbancek Are moving rapidly East Yard along the Boundary line be Ween the cold and warm air giving variable and scattered Snow flurries to the Southern regions. Red River and Over ast. Snow showers late this after Loon and evening Clearing to Light. Cloudy on wednesday with not much change in temperature. Southeast winds at 10 Mph be Aming Northeast at 10 Mph to night and wednesday. Low tonight and High on wednesday at Winnipeg 2 above and 12 above. High yesterday in Winnipeg was 34 above Low during the night 1 above. Records for this Date High 40 above 1913 Low 36 below 1376 ;