Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 27, 1948, Winnipeg, Manitoba Final edition vol. 284 22 pages Price 5 cents with comics Loc Winnipeg Friday August 27, 1948 Clear except briefly Cloudy in widely scattered thunderstorms during the night. Cooler winds Southeast 20 Mph decreasing to tonight Low tonight and High saturday 4s and 70. Sign rises 6.36 . Moon risk s 11.23 . Sun sets s.23 . Moon sets 3.20 . Forecast Cool Berlin reds demand new civic Rule counsel for City questions Dahl the Winnipeg electric company should write Oil. Its books a Street car depreciation item of As recommended by Millar Macdonald chartered accountants g. S. City counsel told the Public Utility Board Friday at its hearings of the company s application for an increase in fares. The company had proposed t write off the item at a rate o approximately annual for the next five years. Boar accountants however had con tended that the Street cars major Cost item on the company books should be considered full depreciated. Most of the evidence at the Fri Day hearing revolved Aroun or not the Winnipeg electric had actually collected us Jacient funds in lieu of depreciation Over the years. Evidence before the boar showed that no depreciation a been charged prior to 1917, an that less than Normal depreciation rates had been used Between 191 and 1942. Since 1942, counsel opposing the increase charge the depreciation has been excessive. To probably charged too t Low a rate of depreciation in i the twenties and c. M. Dahl company transport 1 tation manager said. I suggest to you that no depreciation at All was charged Prio to or. Thorvaldson said pointing out that most of Street cars had been Purchase As far Back As 1914. Yes that s probably or. Dahl replied. Don t you think there was probably a Reserve fund establish. De during that Are you sure of no but i think it could be or. Thorvaldson said that there is no evidence that reserves were no made prior to 1917. I suggest that the reason the company began depreciating see . Page 6 . Supports West Europe Assembly plan Washington aug. 27 a the United states gave its Back ing Friday to a move led by France to set. Up an All Western european parliament with advisory Powers. V the state department said in a statement that this government strongly favors the progressively closer integration of the free nations of Western a spokesman said the depart ment is very sympathetic to the proposal for an Assembly made by France to the other countries which have signed the Brussels Belgium the Netherlands and Luxembourg. Manitoba Pockky club 1 him Park Winnipeg first August j twist race claim three year Olds and lord Broxa 112 Wise Joe 117 the fairy Barb 112 Crystal Parade 112 . 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Ill sister Dolas 112 proletarian .__119 10 also Mary Mahone 105 u Tiger Al 112 Kan u id 114 10 also Good Counselor 116 1 Buffy Craig ill Aledah Craig 112 Lapuc 117 scat. Peggy 30h Pussy boots 109 a Al Rose 109 allowance. Horses listed according to Posl positions. In times Potosk 10.00 . Scratch time . Ost time fi11st Hack 2.30 . Eaty Bird selections on Page 3 Diefenbaker s big guns . And liberals get Tongue lashing . Socialist policy which he said was based on hatred and envy Between classes and the bureaucracy of the Liberal party were sharply attacked by John g. Diefenbaker progressive conservative member for Lake Centre sask., thursday. Speaking at a meeting of. The South Winnipeg progressive conservative association thursday night or. Diefenbaker charge . Policy would make change could Only result in catastrophe and split Canada into irreconcilable factions at the same time the said the Liberal government had avowed Freedom Anc condemned socialism had introduced measures respecting foreign Exchange control and the production and distribution of commodities which were the earmarks o. the Liberal government he said jihad avowed free Trade but made the Canadian Tariff the highest on record. It had allowed bureaucracy to be supreme Over parliament re strained Trade by embargoes and centralized government regardless of constitutional provisions to the contrary. The 12-Point programme announced by the . National convention he continued meant the destruction of free Enterprise and must inevitably Lead to the taking Over of smaller businesses despite . Claims that free Enterprise could work under socialism. In his attack upon socialist policies or. Diefenbaker made these Points 1. In Britain less than 25 per cent of business has been taken Over but the other 75 per cent., subject for its very existence upon the Benevolence of government authority has been All but Paral Zed by Petty planners. 2. The experience of recent years had shown that so called economic experts have. Been As wrong As wrong Way and oftener than he. 3. The Saskatchewan . Government in the past four years has increased taxes by for Nan woman and child. Socialism he said could not succeed without the Regina station imposed by planning boards. These he said would place the govern ment in control of almost every thing and with controls would come enforcement boards which characterize the police state. Or. Diefenbaker said he always see Diefenbaker Page 6 Eastern weather forecasters for Day were still stuck in the hot an humid Groove of the weather re Cord but Winni Eggers continue to enjoy Ideal moderate Summe weather. In Ottawa Toronto Montrea and other Quebec and Ontario Citie sizzling weather was forecast t o Friday and no respite was in sigh for the week end. They re Gettin our heat wave the Winnipeg Weatherman said. The High Tern Pesature in Montreal Friday is expected to set an All time record an their Low thursday night the Western provinces and Mari times reported Normal readings an in the North residents were pro paring for temperatures near the freezing Point. Manitoba forecast cooler weather was expected i Manitoba this week end. The fors cast High saturday is 70 above of Winnipeg and the Day will be Clear except for Brief cloudiness an widely scattered. Thunderstorm saturday night. Southeast winds o 20 m.p.h., decreasing to Light a expected. Thursday the thermometer hit 86. Grain crops in the peace River District have suffered considerable damage from Frost in the last two. Or three Days officials of the Alberta department of agriculture re ported. In Southern Ontario where High Friday Are expected to average 92, Bram Tori reported its first heat baby. In the United states tempera Tures soared toward .100 degrees in parts of the Midwest and East for the sixth straight Day. A Survey showed 59 deaths attributed to the heat. A report from Hamilton ont., said the four Day heat wave added to continuing Retro uth will be a serious blow to fruit Farmers. In the Ham Ilton and Niagara District peaches and other fruits have already been damaged. Official thermometers in. Toronto registered 97.4 degrees at. 4 . Thursday compared with 101 de Grees registered at the same time wednesday. Ottawa registered 94 degrees Montreal 93. High tempera Tures predicted for Friday were nationalization cure British labor s meet to discuss problems London aug. 27 labor will voice its answers to the country s economic and International problems when the Power Ful Trade Union s Congress meets in annual convention next month. its membership of too too the Congress will debate for five Days at he o Margate beginning sept. 6. Out of the deliberations will come the British workers suggestions for halting inflationary trends meeting1 the Dollar crisis Mill otherwise curing Britain s economic ills. And Many seem to think More nationalization is the cure. Internationally the Congress is asked by the electrical to Irge government sponsorship of a conference Between Britain the United states and Russia with a to achieving and maintaining lasting woodworkers seek increased reciprocal Trade with rus n. Crisis programme at the top the economic Sec Tion of the s7-Resolution Agenda is i crisis programme sponsored by Union of. Public employees. The Union asks support Lor the programme As an alternative rubber Industry to wage another which promises to be the most in perhaps most Contro the convention s Soo delegates. The crisis programme envisages Congress examination of 1. The possibilities and advantages of transferring brewing Anc tobacco trades to state ownership 2. A controlled plan of emigration. 3. Industrial employment of Pris on labor. 4. A reduction of manpower engaged in non essential Industry trades and services and its Transfer to productive undertakings. Iron and steel constructional engineers also want More state ownership. They urge nationalization without delay of the Iron and steel which the government has already promised within the life of the present parliament. They favor compulsory acquisition of land As the first step toward the nationalization of the agricultural Industry. Further they seek inquiry into control of profits in All industries. Rubber workers ask Congress support for nationalization of the Windsor 95, London s3, Ottawa 93 Toronto 92, Sudbury 90, Montrea 90. Get afternoon off thousands of factory and office got the afternoon of thursday when work became Al most impossible. The Genera motors Plant at Osh Awa ont., which employs about. Declared a half Holiday As did plants at Tor onto Guelph and other Ontario Points. In Ottawa nearly Civi servants were let off work an hour Early. Representing a Quarter of the total Ottawa civil service personnel they work in War buil see weather Page 6 Darrel baby ii Hospital danger list Randall Darrel child who was critically injured tuesday apparently stood a Good Chance of recovery Friday. After spending a fair night in Hildren s Hospital the baby rallied during the morning and at noon Vas reported to be off the danger 1st." his Mother mrs. Isabel Darrel 21, of 641 Dufferin Avenue is still m police custody charged with assaulting the baby in a fit of anger. The child is suffering from i fractured Skull a broken and leg and Shock. For the second Day in Suc cession Friday a mob of communist demonstrators broke up the scheduled meeting of the anti communist Berlin City As Sembly. Thursday reds mobbed the City Hall shown at top. Friday 200 Youthful demonstrators surged through the outer Gate at the City Hall and some of. Them up feed their Way into the meeting chamber where they demanded the City Assembly be replaced by a. Special nine Man commission. The anti communists replied we will fight to the last breath to. Break the assault of Bush death probe an inquest into the death Alexander Campbell 38-year-ol Metis Fisherman will be held i the municipal Hall at St. Lauren at 6.30 . Aug. 30, . Sai Friday. Campbell died four Days after e was found injured on a. Bus ath in St Laurent aug. 14. D i. M. Huot District Coroner i preside at. The probe. Soy of four Dies under Anaesthetic Murray Balfour four year Oli on of or. And mrs. David Balfou if the Manitou District died unde an Anaesthetic while receiving rental treatment in Manitou thurs Lay afternoon according to . Or. W. A. Pourner. Dentist who Vas working on the boy a called in or. H. P. Mcphail o Manitou but the child did not re Pond to treatment. Or. C. A. Corbett District Coron Crystal City is investigating. Committee approves Gardner favored for City clerk Post appointment of George l. Gardner who joined the civic ser ice 31 years ago As Winnipeg s new City clerk was approved by lie civic finance committee Friday. This recommendation will now 6 to Council for ratification. Or. Gardner will succeed Leslie i. Ault who retired on pension ome months ago after 39 years ervice with the City. Born in Dublin oct. 25, 1901, or. Jardner entered. The City clerk s Par Trent Jan. 15, 1917, and be Ime assistant City clerk oct. George x. Gardner 1945, upon the retirement of g. F. Bentley. He has served in the Capa City of acting City clerk since or. Ault went on sick leave six months ago. To the committee on legis lation and reception with the Blessing of the finance com Mittee went a recommendation thai j. B. Kinnear. At present chief clerk and acting assist ant City Elerk be appointed assistant City clerk. Also that Thomas Mitchell senior clerk and now acting chief clerk be come chief clerk. Other recommended appoint ments in the department which also went to the committee on legislation and reception were j. A. Masson senior clerk to be reclassified As principal clerk. W. A. Quayle clerk acting senior clerk to be appointed senior clerk. H. E. Sanger clerk a to appointed clerk k. E. Porter clerk a to appointed clerk and w. B. Clark rated As clerk a be to be reclassified As a senior clerk. New witness links Hiss with reels washing Pon aug. 27 Budenz former communist Leader linked to the communist party in secret testimony Given the House in american activities committee tuesday this was disclosed thursday night when the committee made Public a transcript of Budenz Tes Timony. Hiss is. A former top level United states state department official. Budenz said he always regarded Hiss a member of the communist party and considered him to be under communist Hiss previously had been named r a former communist As a Mem ber of a communist underground roup in Washington in the l930 s. Miss has denied the accusation. Friday the congressional spy unters called in a handwriting expert in their search for a key to he Hiss Chambers Riddle. Hiss called Whittaker Chambers liar wednesday for telling the on Pittee that Hiss had a Lead no part in a pre War communist underground in the United states. Chambers self described former courier for the underground stuck o his Story and said it is Hiss to is lying. The committee summoned the and writing expert to Check mobsters surge into City Hall be.rl1x, aug. Leaders demanded Friday that a special nine Man commission of ber Lin citizens be set up to Rule Berlin after demonstrators broke up the second scheduled meeting of the anti communist City Assembly within 20 hours Council members already had assembled for then Meviin of Friday morning when 200 Youthful demonstrators surged through the outer Gate at City Hall and began hammering 031 hastily slammed doors. Otto Suhr socialist chairman o the Council immediately announce cancellation of the session h blamed the postponement on Lack of adequate police out Side soviet controlled police mad no Effort to control the demonstrators. City Hall is in Hie soviet zone of Berlin. A few moments later about 100 demonstrators surged through the Back door and into the building itself. One anti communist Council member charged that the Buck door was opened by a member of 1he communist dominated socialist Unity party which is in the minority in the Council. Some of the demonstrators pushed their Way into the Meetin chamber. Many of them were carrying lunches and were munching on sandwiches As they entered there they heard a speech by Kar Littke communist Leader in the Council. Littke ridiculed the City Assem Bly for calling off the meeting am demanded that it resign to Inake Way for a special nine Man com Mission of Berlin citizens to operate the City administration. The communists hold Only 26 o 130 seals in the City Assembly. The demonstrators carried red banners and placards de manding a unified currency and a unified Germany. Their hostility waned when the ses Sion was postponed and Many left the building Drifting to Ward the Centre of the City. Most of the demonstrators appeared to be about is or 19 years old. Their number contrasted sharply with the size of the mob thurs Day but the effect was the same the Best guess seemed to be that thursday s crowd numbered about thursday s communist Demon stration which had some of the flavor old Beer Hall Putsch Days of Adolph Hitler s Ascendancy apparently Only served to solidify the anti communists. Answering a communist Call Foi a government willing to work hand in hand with the great soviet Union the anti communists re plied vigorously we will fight to the last breath to break the assault of com the tiling of a William Rosen against in signature William Rosen on title Transfer of Hiss old Model Ford in 1936. Chambers whom Hiss has acknowledged knowing and befriend g under another name claims iss wanted the car to be turned ver to some poor communist or an Izer. Hiss maintains he. Simply threw e Ford in on an apartment sub Sec he arranged with Chambers. Names three others Budenz who renounced common m after attaining a High place in arty circles and now is a proves or at Fordham University testified lat he also knew Lee Pressman Athan Witt and John Abt As communists. All three men Are Rmer government officials. Meanwhile chairman j. Parnell Dicmas of the committee announce d that a new series of hearings ill . 7 on a new Spione Case. He said All testimony in the Ini Al investigation involving Hiss Hii taker Chambers and others ill be turned Over to the depart see Hiss Page 6 German kills two russians Godlar Germany. Aug. 27 bup German Border police near Here reported Friday that two russian officers were shot and killed by a German who fled across the Border from the soviet to the British Xone. Police said their report of the shooting came from other Ger mans who were seized while trying to Cross the Border illegally. The Kiler was said to have fled into the Harz mountains to the West of the zonal Boundary. German police on the russian Side of the Border refused to com new Parley Over crisis at Kremlin Moscow. Aug. 27 Voys of the Western Powers attended another of the series of Krem Lin conferences on the Berlin crisis and the future of Germany Friday. V. At. Molotov soviet foreign minister met with the representatives of the United states by Jonin and France at the russian foreign office. Premier Josef Amlin. Who attended n Long session monday night was not believed to be pres ent Friday. Waller Bedel Smith. . Ambas Sador. Yves Cha Daigneau French Moscow Auk. Meeting Between Molotov Neil the envoys of die Western the United slates did two hours ii nil 55 minutes and ended with no Impi Raitto As 1o whether any Progress was hindu toward i Nero cent. Imp issador and the special British envoy Frank Roberts represented their respective nations As they Lave in All the sessions. Governors meet Berlin Auk. 27 three Western military governors met at British Headquarters Here Friday. The office of Gen. Lucius Clay. American military governor said the meeting was for a general Dis Cussion of Western Gorman prob lems and bipartite mailers with no direct bearing on the Moscow talks. Western Allied observers speculated however that the three com Manders might be laying the ground Worb for four Power folks on the Berlin currency dispute. Hungarian defies come Home bid Washington aug. 27 bup hungarian legation revealed Friday that Ivan c. Nagy first Sec had defied a come Home order from the communist con rolled Budapest government. The stale department refused Lom mint but informed quarters Aid Nagy had applied for perils Ion to remain in the United slate is a political refugee. Nagy was the sole non common St Diplomat remaining in the Hun Arian legation Here. Var May Start n new York. Aug. 27 up c. Bill will. Former United slates ambassador 10 Russia and France said thurs Day in the current Issue of ment on the Magazine we May to forced Inlo War this in an article entitled How we won the War and lost the bullitt Laid United states insecurity to president Roosevelt s failure to demand pledges from Stalin in return for lend Lens plenty of plump ducks Regina aug. 27 ducks will be plentiful and plump this fall according to reports from the country. Numbers of ducks in the settled part of the province was described As retail prices show b Ottawa aug. 27 eve commission thursday showed la Large manufacturers of girls and profits in the first five months of of 1939. The company s financial shoe profits i g increase Tidence placed before the prices at the Savage shoe company children s shoes made greater this year than in the entire year documents were for the first five months of. 1948, com were contained in documents placed before the commission by l. M. Savage president and c. R kid Ner Secretary treasurer. I the firm s profits As Sef out in demonstrations seen As part of pattern in communists scheme for taking Berlin re Arr Nair o by David m. Nichol Berlin aug. 27 communist plan for taking ber Lin is becoming clearer by the moment thursday after the second successive Day demonstrators in the City Hall have forced postponement of the scheduled August meeting of. The. City Assembly. It is now anticipated that there will shortly be a spontaneous people s decision declaring the City government out of existence be cause of its inability to act and its unwillingness to meet. Then into the resulting breach will step an emergency committee Domin ated completely by the socialist Unity party . Is the soviet sponsored party which polled 20 per cent of the City vote two yearn but probably would t 5 per cent in tree secret bal lot today. The emergency committee will be headed by the three. Communist members of the present City cab inet including Heinrich Ecker Deputy lord communist deputies from the present City Assembly and nine Peoples representatives chosen in turn from communist controlled labor unions youth groups and similar organizations the emergency committee then will fireman s Folly Hamilto Naug. 27 fireman Robert Moran was dismissed thursday for Gross breach of he rang a false alarm. Repeal the Assembly orders which suspended the soviet trained police chief Paul Mirk Arraf who has remained in of fice defiantly with the open backing of the russians. Lift the prohibitions now in Force in the Western occupied sectors of the a finst the communist front . Threaten with punishment and pad Locking any firm or Agency that uses West Ern issued currency. Open negotiations directly with the soviet authorities and with the Ger Man economic commission for food and fuel for All of the City. Presumably the committee see Sta Egv Page 6 pared to for 1939. Total in the earlier year pairs. Tin sales of shoes amounted to profits for the Early pan of 19-18 was made on the Sale of pairs. Selling prices of firm s shoes Wax Given As si.70 in 1930 and s3.10 this year. The Price in question is the Cost to retailers who evidence before the commis Sion earlier has shown generally take a. 30-to-5g-por cent. Marrius of profit. Or. Savage said the firm suggests retail prices when it Sells shoes and that a Ishon they sold for lust oven her they recommended n final so liner Price of in 1839 the shoe sold for s5-50 re tool. George Dufresne. Vice president of the Slater shoe company Canada limited said his firm s orders were 25 per cent lower this year than. Last. He attributed it mainly to retailers desire to reduce their stocks and Price resistance. The commission adjourned thursday for the week end. Tho commissioners decided after listen ing to the week Ujj evidence that retailers As Well As should be called and they will heard next week. V ;