Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 12, 1946, Winnipeg, Manitoba Final edition if n i Dpi Hupp t y Al 1 30 pages. Vol. No. 54 Price 5 cents with comics inc Winnipeg thursday december 12, 1946 is forecast Clear and cold. Flaming Wall hits tenement murder verdict new trial or manslaughter conviction seen indicating their decision to quash the verdict of murder against Elizabeth Maud Mclean was to hang Jan. 3, for the murder of Claude f. Salisbury with a Butcher knife on june 19, the Manitoba court of Appeal thursday adjourned until 11 . Friday and Are considering whether to Grant the accused a new trial or themselves substitute a verdict of Man Slaughter. The decision to adjourn was made after motion by c. A. Tupper Crown counsel who said if your lordships have decided that a verdict of murder cannot stand then i move that this court quash the verdict and substitute one of or. Tupper s motion was made after a two hour hearing of argument by s. Hart Green acting for mrs. Mclean and his own sub Mission on behalf of the Crown. The Appeal was heard before chief Justice e. A Mcpherson and Puisze judges w. H. Trueman s. E. Richards and h. A. Berg Man with or. Justice j. E. Adam son court of King s Bench sitting and hoc to make up a full Appeal court. Before adjournment chief jus Tice Mcpherson asked or. Green if he would agree to or. Tupper s motion. Or. Green said he would not want to do so without first consulting his client As to whether she would rather have a new trial or whether she would prefer reduction of the verdict to manslaughter. Enable the Crown to bring mrs Mclean in to Winnipeg for a consultation this afternoon with her counsel. Grounds of Tjie Appeal main grounds of the Appeal As set Forth by or. Green is that the trial judge. Or. Justice a. K. Dysart erred in his instructions to the jury in that he did not leave the defence of sell defence oper to mrs. Mclean and took Awa from the jury a verdict of Man Slaughter. In his summing up of the Evi Dence the trial judge had instructed the jury to return with a ver diet of guilty or not guilty of murder As charged. He gave it As his opinion that there were no grounds of sell Appeal continued on Page 8 column 5 Barley plan. The adjournment was granted to wednesday. Dec. 12 recommendation of the recent do minion provincial agricultural con Ference that an acreage payment be made to stimulate production of Barley has not yet reached the Federal Cabinet it was Learned chief urges sprinklers eight St. Boniface lire fighters still weary from battling re cent Grain elevator fires went before a special meeting of the fire committee of the City of St. Boniface wednesday night in an investigation arising from charges of inefficiency in the handling of the red River gain company s elevator fire Early sunday the complaints were made by r. P. Dawson superintendent of the elevator company in an address to the St. Boniface Council monday evening. Calling for legislation forcing Grain companies to install Sprink Ler systems fire chief a. Spence denounced elevators without sprinklers As dangerous fire Haz Ards. He described his actions and those of his men during the night of the fire. I have been urging the Eleva Tor companies to get sprinklers for a Long he said. They Are a Hazard without them not Only to themselves but to All the surround ing houses buildings and industries. There should be Laws com Pelling them to have sprinkler sys repudiating charges that the fire department had not immediately answered the alarm firemen re ported that there was no delay whatsoever. We received a phone alarm at ., to go to the red River Grain re ported fire capt. G. Manson and we were out of the fire Hall in a minute and a this was substantiated by the firemen of the other fire Halls As Well As the police report. Telephone the night watchman at the ele Vator presumably said that he had called the fire station and that after 10 or 12 rings on the Tele phone no one said mayor George Maclean and that it took about 10 minutes before any one chief Spence reported the night watchman must have been mis taken and stated that upon invest fire probe continued on Page 8 column 3 wheat pools saved in taxes Ottawa dec 12 the finance depart ment insists that details must come from the wheat pools it has been Learned that the tax savings to the pools As result of successful negotiations with it. Hon. J. L. Ilsley former finance minister will total More than the budget last june said provision had been made to apply corporation taxes to the wheat pools on patronage dividends during the tax years 1944 and 1945, but offered to negotiate As to the amount of the tax. According to inform a Tion Here the full tax would have totalled about for the two years. The amount agreed on was around socialist Heads government Leon Blum interim Premier of France Paris dec. 12 Blum 74, socialist Leader of France s pre War popular front regime thursday was elected Premier of a prospective government designed to give the warring political parties time to put their tangled affairs in order. The National Assembly gave Blum 575 of 590 votes cast. Blum was not in die chamber jut waited in a Salon of. The near by prime minister s office where he was notified of the for eight for Robert Schu Man seven abstentions. He was expected to Start consultations on the formation of a government Tri Dayi the National Assembly gave Blum 575 of 590 votes cast. The remainder were scattered Incon Queh tally. Stopgap measure the near unanimous vote the Assembly for the Veteran socialist eader who agreed to the candid by Only As a sacrifice and on a temporary basis reflected prior agreements by the communists popular republicans and left Republican Union to vote for him. The election was a Stopgap Meier ure designed to meet the urgent leed of a government which could bridle increasingly grave domes in and International problems. Ranee has had no government Nee Premier Georges Bidault designed nov. 28 to make Way for reorganization in keeping with election returns. In the More than two weeks of deadlock among the parties by Dault and Maurice Thorey com slide of the franc. by Tom Monist Leader had. Failed to get a majority when their were jut to vote .ii.tht. Assembly. Blun s first task try to get together a temporary govern ment for a few to push through a budget last Quarter of 1946 and to tackle the mounting of inflation and award for Winnipeg Ger by newspaper Guild honors or. Slotin the memory of one of the great martyrs of or. Louis Slotin Winnipeg physicist who sacrificed his life save seven comrades in an atomic Energy Experiment last May will be honoured by the posthumous presentation of an annual Page one award of the newspaper Guild of new York Jan. 6. Or Slotin s brother Samuel 129 Scotia will receive the award in new York. A letter to Samuel Slotin from the Guild reads in part i am privileged and pleased to notify you . Mynarski is honoured government Honse scene of . Presentation to hero s Mother for the first time in the history of Manitoba a Victoria Cross was presented at government House wednesday afternoon. Recipient of the posthumous award to Pilot officer Andrew Charles Mynarski who sacrificed his life in an Effort to save that of a Comrade was his Mother mrs. Stanley Mynarski of 772 Atlantic Avenue. On behalf of his majesty the King 1 present you with the Victoria Cross the. British Empire s highest award for said Hon. R. F. Mcwilliams lieutenant governor As he made the presenta Tion. The award to . Mynarski was the second in the entire his tory of the . And the second to be won by a Manitoban As a result of action in the. Second world War. The previous award also posthumous was to John r. Osborn of St. Vital for his heroic leadership in the defence of mount Butler Hong Kong Dee 19. 1941. Relating the heroism of . Mynarski in attempting to Rescue . George p. Brophy from a gun tur ret of a blazing Lancaster Over Camien France on the night of june 12, 1944, the official citation accompanying the medal concluded ". Mynarski must have been Lully aware that in trying to free the rear gunner he was almost certain to lose his own life despite this with outstanding courage and Complete disregard for his own safety he went to the r e s c be. Willingly accepting the danger. To. Mynarski lost his life by a most conspicuous act of hero ism which called for valour of the highest the action in Whitfi the Young air gunner lost his life occurred . Awards continued on Page 8-column 6 mrs. Mynarski receiving pc that a jury of leading members of Guild of new York has voted one of our annual Page one awards in memory of your brother or. Louis Slotin As one of the martyrs of the letter is signed by John. T. Mcmanus for the jury Jesse p. Abramson of. The Herald Tribune Cecelia Ager pm Robert Bagar world Telegram Ben Gross news Nora Holt Amsterdam news John Martin times Arthur pol lock Brooklyn Eagle Karl Schriml t Giesser and t. H. Wending both Newsweek Earl Wilson of the Post William grail or and Leonard the 35-year-old scientist died from the effects of atomic Radia Tion following an Accident in the los Alamos new Mexico Labora tory where he was working May 21. Or. Slotin knowingly condemned himself to death in a successful at tempt to save the lives of seven fellow scientists when he dispersed a pile of fissionable material which endangered the entire group. Born in Winnipeg or. Slotin at tended Machray school St. John s technical High school and the University of Manitoba. In 1933, he graduated with and a Sci degrees. Then he went where he studied at King s College and graduated with a. Pm. D. In 1936. Later he became an assistant professor at the University of Chicago where he worked on the construction of the famous atom smasher. Following the . Entry into the War or. Slotin was appointed to do research work for the government and was employed on atomic re search at Oak Ridge term., before going to los Alamos in 1944. Days to i i Christmas Friday the 13th superstitious get their Chance to have jitters if you can get your attention off that starry item on the Calendar dec. 25, just for a moment you might take a sidelong glance at tomorrow s Date. Yes it s Friday the 13th. Had you forgotten that 1946 carried a double Burden of that Omin Ous combination the first was in september i Case you have already forgotten the misfortunes of the just what the duo May por tend for tomorrow is impossible for even the most confirmed superstition addict to foretell. It s too Early for the Christmas tree to be up so it won t have a Chance to. Crash heavily to the floor ornaments and All. And the Many hazards of new. Year s eve Are still too far off to worry about. But if you Are determined to be unhappy about Friday the 13th you could always drop that Crystal vase you bought for your Mother in Law for Christmas. Or the mice could get into the Christmas cake Crock in the basement. Or you scare yourself into a serious headache. Looking through history it would appear that the Peoples of the past have done enough worrying about that Seldom occurring but fearsome two some Friday 13th continued Page 8 column 2 Canadian disarmament plan approved Lake Success dec. Disarmament discussions in the entered a new phase Tai urmy when a special sub com Mittee of the . Approved Canadian proposal which provided that the Security Council draft disarmament programme which would later be submitted to the general Assembly for approval and faction. Such a special meeting of the general Assembly would constitute new York dec. A United nations Mittee today approved the Basic principles of a world wide limitation program providing for inspection and control machinery free of the big Power veto. In effect a special United nations disarmament conference. The Canadian proposal introduced As an amendment to the Resolution in disarmament which the . Sub committee had under consideration was followed by a suggestion from sir Hartley Shaw Cross the British Delegate that the world wide disarmament conference be called within six months to con Sider Steps for reducing world ments and providing International safeguards for atomic bombs. This meant that Britain was pre pared to drop its demands for an immediate troop census and that it would now oppose russian proposals for an immediate count of world armaments including the . Atomic bomb stockpile. On both these Points Britain was in agree ment tuesday night with Russia thus precipitating the present Dis armament discussions. Relief flan accepted the Assembly unanimously Cepter a nation to nation Relief plan. Many nations had preferred an International organization to continue the. Work of Umbra after that organization closes Down. How Ever since the United states the largest single contributor to Urra had demanded that Relief in the future be arranged Between individual nations the general As Sembly agreed thursday to adoption of this course. The hard driving last week of the . Assembly s meeting has left delegates Haggard and tired with overwork. The following Conversa Tion was reported to have taken place Between two delegates thurs Day morning outside the meeting Hall v if i Don t come Back in five minutes you la know i be fallen Flat on my face Dada Tova Risch but who will carry me to look for missing plane reports Safe los Angeles dec. 12 twin engine bomber reported miss ing on a flight from Munro air base on the Mojave desert to minefield los Angeles landed safely at its destination at 1 . Wednesday. Through an oversight of the Pilot the flight plan was riot closed when the plane left maroc Field said a statement by the e air Force. Thus March Field at Riverside calif., which was awaiting clearance for the plane to make the flight was not advised of the Landing. Pilot said the cryptic statement Many killed Hurt in n. Y. New York dec. 12 Brick Wall of a flaming ice House an adjoining tenement House Here Early wednesday killing or injuring a majority of the 92 persons who lived in the six Storey building which residents said had been. Condemned years while firemen and police emergency squads searched through debris in an Effort to at least 30 persons still missing a preliminary Check showed eight known dead and at least 25 injured or dead. The new York journal american said that at least were the cries of some of those trapped heard at intervals. One Man who had screamed Al most constantly for Many hours get me out of was removed British held Only Choice claims soviet foreign policy anti zionist Basel dec. 12 Rosenblueth of Tel Aviv told the world zionist Congress thursday that russian anti zionist be Cut off foreign policy was and Palestine would from world jewry if it fell within the soviet sphere of influence. Rosenblueth spokesman for the Small moderate party known As Aliya Shatasha told delegates that Palestine must be oriented toward one of tile great Powers in order to guarantee is future Security and that As there is every indication the United states has decided to leave the near East in the British sphere of influence Palestine had. No Choice but to rely on the British despite jewry s inane disputes with the British government dependent on England we Are dependent upon eng land and must not endanger our position by the of Active he said. We must abandon desperate1 schemes and place our Faith in negotiation backed by our movement s moral wednesday night Meyer Gross new Yorac a Leader of the right Wing revisionist party told the Congress that we Are in open conflict with the English regime in Palestine and this Congress must ratify that the confederation of general zionists wednesday elected Emmanuel of new York As its loader. The confederation is the largest single party of the world zionist Congress. Neumann is a Strong supporter rabbi Abba Hillel Silver of Cleveland who berated the present leadership s acceptance of. A proposal to partition Palestine. Neu Mann called upon the zionist Congress to return to the historic demand for. All of Palestine As a jewish state. He said the present executive had exceeded its authority in putting Forth the partition suggestion. Neumann also called for the re Moval of Headquarters of the jew ish Agency from London to some City not under the British we have not declared War on he said but we must recognize that Britain is waging War against the Best interests of the jewish fire quelled Vancouver dec. 12 fire in the York hotel downtown Vancouver wednesday was. Quelled with slight damage As 32 guests were routed from their rooms. Legislature meets Jan 21 Premier Stuart Carson announced wednesday that the. Session of the Twenty second legislature of Manitoba would open Jan. 21. Our present the Premier said provide for. The convening of the legislature 21 1947, provided there Are no unforeseen developments which will prevent our doing so. Am forced at Tach this proviso because a great Deal of the work of the legislature will arise out of negotiations still current Dominion and the provinces in the Fields of do minion provincial relations and alive. A crawled through a Hole in one of the shattered Brick. Walls and administered last rites to three persons who he believed were beyond Hope. A detective who also entered the wreckage told of finding four bodies. Four persons died in hospitals to which they were sent after alarms sent fire and Rescue equip ment to the scene at Amsterdam Avenue and 184th Street on new York s upper West Side. Ice Plant of the Knickerbocker company abandoned some 15, was wrecked by fire and explosion and it. Was the rear Wall of the big building which crashed upon the tenement. Boys playing with candles police capt. Thomas a thanni Gan said that four boys All 10 or 11 years old had admitted they started the fire in the ice Plant wednesday afternoon playing with candles. Deputy fire chief Michael f. Flowers was on the roof of the tenement fighting the ice Plant fire when he Felt a slight from experience i knew some thing was about to he said. I yelled to my. Men get Oft the roof some get Oft the roof a moment before it collapsed he said but others fell with the roof As it crashed four stories through the building. Among them was Frank Moorhead known to be. Killed who was one of the first to answer what appeared to be a routine Calt. Firemen employed cranes Bull dozers and other1 equipment in an All night fight victims but the work went slowly because calamity continued on Page 8 Colin in 1 not Windy ask Weatherman cold weather to last several Days longer Manitoban. Kay have been pleasantly let Down severity of the storm which swept the Southern part of the province wednesday but the lists that it. Was the size he ordered gusts of wind which averaged Over 40 Miles per hour and reached a Peak of 62 Miles at six pin. Wednesday fulfilled his predictions Al though they did not bring As much Snow As had been and if those icy blasts did t Send As Many hats scuttling Down Portage Avenue had anticipated the Weatherman suggests that those same citizens should have ventured from the sheltered out to the Airport. Then they would t have doubled the truth of the storm warnings. Neepawa in southwestern Mam j Toba bore the Brunt of the winds reporting Westerly winds at 40 Miles an hour. The Clear cold weather prevail ing Over most of Manitoba today will continue for the next few Days with the wind velocity gradually decreasing. The Low temperature thursday during the Day in. The hed River Region will be five be Low Zero with similar readings forecast for Friday. The Low last night was nine below but a drop to 22 below is expected. Thursday night. Temperatures at other Points were Brandon 17 below Regina 20 below and Edmonton 19 below. A rain storm moving North West Over the area is re ported to be neutralizing the worst effects of that which moved on from Manitoba. For aiding hemisphere understanding free press editor first Canadian to receive Cabot Gold medal Grant Dexter new York dec. 12 special Canadian Ever to receive the award Grant. Dexter executive editor _ of the Winnipeg free press will be honoured Friday at a special ceremony by the trustees of Columbia University wha will present him with a Gold medal for distinguished journalistic work which has advanced sympathetic understanding among the people of the Western for its contribution in the same Field the free press won recognition from the famous United states University receiving a Silver plaque. The free press is the first Canadian newspaper to obtain this award in addition to the Gold medal. Or Dexter was presented with purse of announcement of the awards was made wednesday by Dean Carl w. Ackerman of the graduate school of journalism at Columbia. The Gold medal awards known As the 1946 Maria moors Cabot Gold medal were endowed by or. Godfrey Lowell Cabot of Boston in 1939 As a memorial wife to be made annually in recognition of the professional achievements newspaper editors publishers and writers who contribute to International Friendship Between the Peoples and nations North South and Central three winners or. Frank d. Fackenthal act ing president of Columbia will present the awards at the eighth annual Maria moors Cabot convocation in Low memorial Library Friday afternoon. The three Vin Dexter photo by Karsh continued on Page 3 Colman 4 ;