Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 16, 1946, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press monday december 16, 1946 for operating space As Well Asun an entire penicillin factory Gina. This became the meeting place being sent to Italy by . It is of sports enthusiasts. Joe was marshes swamps lakes and Moun going from the United states. Ital of the first sponsors of Regina s gains Tischbein Points out. He adds ians have gone to Canada the . Famed Victoria hockey club. And England to study the production of this wonder drug. Staged a mysterious disease has closed at least two maternity hospitals in great Britain. One Hospital alone reported 18 infant deaths since August All or most of them being due to an undiagnosed ail ment. The soviet Smion is less Vulner Able than any other nation in the world to the threat of ground or air attack according to an article appearing in the coast artillery journal Washington. Author of the article. Col. Carl f. Tischbein general staff corps Points out that All but one of Russia s frontiers face mountains deserts or icy wastes. She has vast open areas pm. 95 650 Mitchell Copp Ltd. Portage and Hargrave hours 9-6. Sat., 9-1. Their Industrial base Over the Lar Gest undeveloped land mass on the lobe. Germany has a population of persons. This is approximately fewer than when Hitler provoked the second great hundreds of pretty Tirls mobbed Gitulio Vargas former president of Brazil As he emerged from the Senate chamber where he made an impassioned defence of his 15-year Rule. They threw their arms about his neck and Cov ered his face with kisses As he Pic tured himself As first real challenger of hit Ler and his gang and the defender of the Western hemisphere. Crowds jammed Vargas the doorways of the Senate chamber and thunderous applause echoed throughout the building As Vargas made his Maiden speech in the sen ate to which he was elected a year ago. That was followed his Over grow As president of the Republic. The quor shortage May he far from Over but whisky ran in the streets los Angeles when a truck overturning at an inter Section spilled 775, cases. Several volumes of irreplaceable private papers have been destroyed by flames which swept through the Middle Temple Library in Lon Don where Law books arc kept. The Library was opened Only last month by Queen Elizabeth. It is housed in one of London s new prefabricated buildings. Cases of tuberculosis and Ven i Eal disease have been discovered among the polish veterans recently brought to Canada for farm work it is stated at Ottawa. It is not known yet just How High the incidence of the disease will run labor department officials state. W a woman s offer to five tier pair of. Sea Blue eyes to a deserving Blind person has brought Hope to a mexican Mother at Placentia Cal. For years the Mother has watched her son now 17, Grope his sightless Way about the House. Mrs. Tomasa Orozco the Mother Lias an appointment with the Anonymous donor who has made her Promise not to reveal her identity. With Only 7 shopping Days left you la have to hurry Here Are some life savers at real savings smoking stands a number of attractive styles Reg. 12.95 Reg. Special Trilikes three different models am Complete with shades Reg. Values s27.50 special 22.95 Torchi Eres Lovely Bronze models Complete with smart reflectors regular 27.50 special 22.95 table lamps a wide selection ranging in Price from to special 12.95 your dollars Bay Over their quota when you. Shop at Reid s furniture Ltd. 490 Portage ave. Phone 72 844 just West of the mall terms in accordance with . Regulations the woman made her off through a letter to the san Pedr Cal., new Pilot. She offered give up her eyes immediately a deserving Blind child. The parents pay Only the Hospital a doctor Bills for the operation. Gen. Dwight d. Eisenhower s fam ily Home is going to be preserved a the Centre of a proposed memorial to him Ani to the armed forces. The memorial i include an entire Block in Ivehic the old two Storey Frame House i located. The . Government has issued a 30-cent pamphlet entitled atomic Energy which tries to answer the question without using words. As far As possible the publication translates the algebraic equations and chemical formulae of atomic fission into Layman s language it is designed for the Understandin of the scientific basis and implications of the problems before the _ however it does t to whip up an. Atomic Tell How bomb George raft movie Star Lias been sued for damages by assaulted Edward Raiden a lawyer who claims the actor him when he attempt recover jewelry which he raft had a Young aspirant. According to the lawyer he called at had the raft apartment of his client 19-year old Betty Doss one evening last the Saskatchewan government 5 not committed to any consume credit legislation but there is a demand for such legis lation. Tie government will d what it can to in lenient it Hon c. M. Fines provincial treasure Jias declared. The minister told representatives o the retail Trade the welfare coun cil and the Cana Dian Congress o labor that the government a ready to protect the merchant an december. There he claims he was held by a bodyguard while raft beat him and struck him in the Groin and stomach with his knee. Later the complaint alleges raft compelled miss Doss and her Mother to sign a paper dismissing Raiden As her lawyer and then took the girl to a train and saw to it that so e left the Raiden demands for personal in juries and More on the ground that the actor act his employees sought to obstruct Justice. Besides raft defendants Are his agent Ben Platt his body guard Vlack Gray and the e latter a brother Loe Gray. Two Farmers of the Tampico iii., District suffered injuries As they chased a Fox by plane Over the Corn and soybean country of North Cen ral Illinois. Their plane crashed nto a Fence after they had Cut he motor at a Low Altitude to shout o another Farmer on the ground to Hoot the fleeing Fox. The plane Vas demolished. The Farmer on the ground shot the Fox. Concert is by Kenora rotarians Kenora ont., dec. 16 special 22nd Christmas concer sponsored by the Kenora rotary club was held sunday evening a the Palace theatre and Despi severe cold weather there was capacity attendance. A most entertaining and outstanding Pri gramme was presented and Tho ough3y. Enjoyed by the audience those participating on the pro gramme were the Kenora Hig school girls glee club Mouth Carmel school choral group Kee Vatin string ensemble Rotar male voice choir Peter Mackella miss Helen Simmons and h. S Hopper. The audience also joined in sing ing hark the Herald Ange sing and. Silent night. Judge e c. Popham acted As master o ceremonies and on behalf of or d. J. Mason rotary president we was unable to be present he Gav an interesting report on the Wor the rotary club. He announce that close to 5450, proceeds of the concert would be used for Christ Mas cheer. Fire Breaks out in Auto Supply shop fire damage amounting to Sev Hundred dollars was caused by a Blaze which broke out in the basement of the Continental Auto Supply company 236 main Street at about 9 . Friday. Cause o the fire was said by fire depart ment officials to be an overheated Furnace pipe which set fire to the ceiling at the rear of the premises fire chief d. A. Boulden estimated property damage at about proprietor of the store is Louis Gilfix 118 Cathedral Avenue. 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They stimulate the Nerre cells help to improve the blood Content increase the appetite and thus help to promote peaceful sleep. Hilburn s health and nerve pills Are sold at All drug counters. Price Doc a Box. The t. Hilburn co., limited. Toronto. Ont he consumer. A meeting hid been called by the government to lean that those concerned with Credi legislation thought of any proposed provincial legislation. Or. Fines added that the Saskatchewan government proposed to Confer with he Alberta and British Columbi governments before any act irn is Aken the City of Ottawa May stage a National sportsman show some Ime next March it has been revealed by the civic tourist and Industrial committee. If present pm carry the City will bring to Ottawa National sportsmen and Hunters representatives of american sport ing magazines and sports publicity directors from Canada and the there s at least one family in Moose jaw sask., that believes Fri Day the 13th is really jinxed. Five minutes after getting out of bed the lady of the House broke her glasses caught her cat s Tail in the door and sat Down on her daughter s glasses. The daughter minus her glasses fell Flat on her face and missed her bus while running to the bus Stop. Next Friday the 13th. Both plan on remaining in bed. The Calgary fire department is right up to Date and capable of handling any situation. So declared fire chief John t. Shelley in commenting on reports from Vancouver Edmonton Saskatoon and other Western allies that fire equipment was out of Date and in sufficient. Although the present equipment is adequate the depart ment has Hopes of securing More in the near future. A special postal rate of five Evertts for the first ground of books circulating Between recognized libraries has been announced in the Canada Gazette. Additional postage will Cost one cent a Pound. Libraries desiring to take advantage of this rate must first obtain permission from the Post office department. A total of persons across Canada Are scheduled to write examinations for positions in the Federal civil service. It is the larg est civil service contest since before the War. Of this number. Will write exams to qualify for clerks Grade one and two for positions of examiner and for the position of immigration inspector. The body of Damon Runyon columnist sportsman and Short Story writer has been taken to Ardsley n. Y. And cremated. Accompanying the body was his son Damon run Yon. Or. Of Cincinnati Ohio and the son s wife. Said his son dad re Quested that the disposition of his ashes should be without publicity. I am following his every. Wish to the Runyon died monday at at new pork Hospital. At Regina w. J. Joe Potts. 68 year old authority on major league baseball and one of Regina s Best known sports figures has died at Lis Home of a heart attack. He had seen in ill health for several years. He was born at Paisley ont., and n 1909 opened a Barber shop at re a according to or. Hugh h. Ben Ett. Chief of the . Soil con Elvation service the United states aces the loss of acres of Ertile Farmland and serious dam be to an additional cres within the next Century. This is unless a 20-year country vide programme of Basic Conser action work is undertaken. Cost in Paris there is a Black Market n new born babies with prices at 10.000 francs or approximately s4so. Such is the revelation by m. J. Javier councillor general of the Sein department. He says that expectant mothers Are being Persua de to sign documents whereby hey Promise to give up their babies he babes were later entered in the registers of births under the buyers two names. Portage Price Board merged with City s consolidation of the Portage la Prairie area of the wartime prices and Trade Board office with the Winnipeg office has been announced by John c. Ross prices and Supply representative for the Manitoba Northwestern Ontario Region effective dec. 31. The change will not affect the operation of local ration boards in the Region said or. Ross. Such merging of areas is in line with a policy of Economy adopted by the prices Board across the Dominion. At the same time or. Hoss said that questions from Northwestern Ontario concerning rationing would be handled by the ration administration Power building Winnipeg. To Branch office of the ration administration at fort William dec. 14. K. G. Burns conservatives re elect Burns . Burns was re elected presi Dent of the Winnipeg progressive conservative. Club at the. Annual meeting held in the club rooms 468 main Street Friday evening. Duff Roblin recently returned from overseas service spoke of Lis impressions of the european countries in which he had travelled and conditions he found upon his return to Canada. The Canada we have returned to s somewhat less than the Canada be saw from afar through the mists 1 imagination and he report on . Check issued at Portage Portage a Prairie Man., dec. 16 older age groups Are unquestionably responsible for the spreading of tuberculosis or. Charles Manley medical director of the Portage health unit said saturday in issuing a report on. The findings of the recent Survey taken in this health unit. Of the persons examined 84 per cent of the 106 found to have to were Over 30 years of age and 40 were Between 40 and 50 years. Five were in their teens and one ten years old. Of the 106 cases .62 were new discoveries 24 previously known and 20 were suspects. Dur ing the Survey three municipalities and portions of two More including the Long Plain Indian reservation were covered by the travelling clinic. It was estimated that children attended 100 per cent., a total of 131 cases was found of which 106 were to while the remainder were heart glandular and. Bone diseases. All those inflicted have been Noti fied and. The necessary completed. Or. Jacob dentist and associates offices Winnipeg. Montgomery bldg. 215% Portage ave. Brandon 939 roster ave. Hours Day 9 . To 6 . For Sale at f. C. Pound s greenhouses nurseries 1028 Mulvey ave. Cor. Of Wilton and Colony Market phone 46407 evening after Dee. I5tjb we deliver Aid. I find that our National Des City holds its own against diseases the number of communicable diseases recorded with the City health department remained Abou stationary this week it was Learned saturday morning. This week ther were 53 cases reported compare with 56 last week. Measles dropped slightly from la last week to four this week. Then were Only four cases of jump compared with seven the previous week. Other diseases Chicken pox 21 infantile diarrhoea one Paratyphoid fever Carrier one Scarle fever six tuberculosis six and on death and whooping cough nine head injury results injured when he fell head firs Down a flight of stairs at 134 Smith Street Thomas Johnson. 50, of 216 Smith Street was treated for a four f this work would be in the neigh Inch Cut to the Back of the head recorded were diphtheria one As been dismiss cd from Hospi 0.1. While there e had his appendix removed an emergency operation. The Ery senator who it Rcd the hos ital 12 Days ago i the midst of is m a y o r a Ity Section Campaign which required eight stitches a Winnipeg general Hospital. His condition is reported Good. Or Hood of senator g. G newly elected mayor of Vancouver according to police Johnson had gone to visit a Friend at the Smith Street residence. When no one an swered his Knock on the second floor door he turned to go Down stairs and lost his footing. A Resi Dent of the House rushed him to Hospital in a taxi. Mcgeer was in Fine limits As he left Hospital. The Oscr Ion it seems had been a com Lete Success. I m feeling he id friends after he arrived at his Vancouver Home. Mind you i m to go out cutting cordwood is yet but i m Okay Gerry served As mayor of Van outer during the years 1935 and 936. Richards leghorn former . My air forces lieutenant colonel t Boston has declared that a Erman military air plane flew ver . Cities along the Atlantic aboard during the second great a shortly before a Day he told the flight1 at the 30th photo reconnaissance Squadron i Britain and France s marking the official opening of in Boston University army air rce optical research Laboratory. E declined to comment further. Ova Scotia has revealed Anta Claus might be just a note tied to a Christmas tree a Little girl in Auto Onish county that any Here. The Man who gathered y pretty gris Mas tree from the Dat Iside said it would go far away. Laybe to new six a e a r Mary m. Pow r wrote. I want know who gets so won t you ease write me. Do. Wish my tree Akes you a Erry in continued. This message surely wrapped in Wax paper was und by Wallace Pait 17, in a Lipmen of Trees to St. Louis. Now s Young Pait s turn to prove that Ary s Christmas tree can still take her Happy. Soon a package ill arrive at the Home of or. And Dan a. Power r. R. No. 2 Andrews n. S. It will be Mark a Dol hot Furnace pipes blamed for fire fire that originated in the base ment of a dwelling at 150 Alfred Avenue sunday at noon caused an estimated 5500 damage. Damage to the Home occupied by John Mclean his wife and two child Ren was confined to the basement and first floor. Police said the fire is believed to have started from overheated Furnace pipes. Fire department of finals estimated damage to the House at and to the furniture at faulty fireplace blamed for Blaze faulty construction of a fire place St. Boniface fire department officials say almost Cost Anthony Lanthier of 615 College Street his Home when fire broke out in the Wall of his immediately be Hind the fireplace in his living room. Captain e. R. Gagnon of no. 1 fire Hall who was in charge of operations decided that the Wall would have to be ripped open to get at the source of the dense smoke which filled the House. There was considerable smoke damage to the furnishings. Stationers Guild hears a Christmas Carol Gerald Wade read. Dickens a Christmas Carol the Story of old Scrooge and the Pratchett family at the annual Christmas party of the stationers Guild club in Moore s restaurant thursday evening. Music and dancing followed or. Wade s Reading. Traffic mishap sends visitor to Hospital struck by an Auto on main Street at Dufferin Avenue saturday at 7.35 ., roman Skuzie 28, of Hazel Ridge Man., was admitted to St. Joseph s Hospital with a Frac nose and a possible concus. Your Mary Sion. His condition is reported pen Christmas fairly Good. Ionics Are presided Over by an elder gentleman who seems less absorbed in. Government than in what e has discovered to be the painful it of giving up and setting aside position of political Power so ear to stated. Provincial leadership we have a most excellent pro Uncial he said but is nose is kept so deep in the Money Box. That i wonder if he ver comes up to give our prov nce the wider leadership it is in tied to expect from its first mini Lar. Hoblin said the immigration quotas to this country were in rely inadequate. G. T. Chapman thanked the leaker. De Sanson Secretary was present d with a set of Crystal Ware by j. Cdowell ., for devoted vice to a difficult or. H. J. Merkeley presented a of cigars to c. Gerrie and or. Errie presented Hugh Boyd trea re with a Cheque in appreciation r past service. The final presen Tion of a Cheque was made to h. Miller Steward of the club by k. G. Burns president. Or. Protesting the system of choosing acting pre , was passed. It urged that our Able Leader Hon. Errick Willis should be designated acting pre Mier in the absence of honorary Post Knud Schioler former vice presi Dent was made an honorary Mem Ber of the executive. Members nominated for the new year s Day voting were honorary patrons John Bracken Hon. Errick Willis Hon. James my Meaghen Hon. C. C. Miller Hon w. J. Tupper senator j. T. Haig col. J. A. Ross m.p., and John Mcdowell Honorary presidents w. W Ken Nedy. . H. D. B. Ketchen or. F. E. Warriner c. Gerrie. Vice presidents j. B Haig d a Best a. T. Chapman and j. A. Wil son. Honorary member of executive Council Garnet Coulter treasurer Hugh Boyd and Secre tary de Sanson. 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