Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 28, 1948, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press sold Only at your grocer s Price 5c per copy edition with comics Loc. A Sass Home. Made bread saturday August 28, 1948 newcomer at u Western culture interests Gillson eight Days ago the that the whole Field Carrier in Winnipeg 2sc per week. President the University o Manitoba arrived in Winnipeg t take up his duties. Friday morning Albert h. S Gillson relaxed momentarily in i office at the fort Garry campy and said "1 am just beginning t Jiff the feel of sliding my i under this air. Gillson is particularly pleased about his new Post cause it brings him in Contact the Peoples of the West these he have the Treen piously interesting task of weaving a great tapestry in Canadian life from All the fascinating Ana differ ent ethnic groups now living Here he absorbed in the study of these groups with their separate origins and their varied and highly developed cultures which in his opinion can stamp u Brilliant pattern into the life of Western canadians and contribute to the growing culture of Canada As a cultures must kept and developed for the Benefit o he said. This must not done he emphasized so As to bring about a separatist feeling but in order to add to the Richness of a distinctively Canadian culture pattern. Direct approach the West has a simple direct approach which is he said and which comes out most clearly in Western or. Gillson who is president of the federation of Canadian artists feels that the West has pos Sibly brought participation in Art to the Community level where individuals Are not Only interested in it but also have an interest in actual artistic achievement. The Western provinces Are simply humming with this activity on a Community lie said. At the same time or. Gilson Canadian Art is promising i. Dividends. While he did not thin it was possible to take anything away from the Toronto origin group of seven painters que artists were exhibiting at preset a More adventurous and exper mental spirit. Inherent or Chuom this Progress so general Aero the Dominion was due in his Opin Ion to the inherent Freedom Canada. Development of he d cleared can Only come when there is a genuine expression the Progress of Wester artistic Levels May correlate Villi this feeling of. he thinks Manitoba University has a magnificent Campus acid that the decision to unify Junior and senior divisions was the Only possible one under the circumstances. I m pleased to see the agric Ura faculty on the Campus of n Manitoba where agriculture plays so important a part the in of students from othe abilities with those from agric tire is highly while he admitted that seep of brains to the United state a fundamental problem ther i As also that of t astern Canada. Power of East it was possible he Felt tha westerners were overwhelmed b., he material Power of the East and that they failed to recognize he spiritual and cultural asset which were so much a part o Estern living and More significant Ian Mere material goods. We should really Tell our what we Are and realize lie contribution which we Cai Lake in our own Field of a he said. Catholic seminar being held Here to cover wide Range of questions a Catholic seminar sponsored the St. Mary s alumnae will held in Winnipeg sept. 13 to 19 with courses conducted clergy and Lay speakers. Evening lectures throughout the week will held at St. Mary s Academy and College. Most Kev. Gerald c. Murray co Jill Tutor archbishop of Winnipeg is Patron and honorary chairman. Relationship to Christ the Church and the Community is the theme of Hie programme which includes courses in Catholic action and the greek rite and conferences on marriage leadership organization and programme building social service Public sneaking and arts in the Community. Registration now being conducted parochial. Representatives will also take place at the Winnipeg piano company sept. Inclusive. For All age groups the seminar is open to non catholics As Well As catholics. Kyle reserves judgment in narcotics Case a craving for a of drugs caused Frank Taccio to slip out of Winnipeg general Hospital where he was an invalid patient of the night of March 22, 1948 and to go Only in his night clothes to obtain the narcotics he testified in provincial police court Raccio was testifying As a de Fence witness at the trial of his wife Mary 29, of 558 Ross Avenue charged with illegal Possession of drugs. Magistrate d. C. M. Kyle re served judgment on the Case until sept. 2. Raccio s Story termed in credible Crown prosecutor a. M. Sbin Banc was that while in the Hospital he had several fixes of drugs. He said he had them while lying in bed and was assisted his Bro ther pet a screen was around his bed each time he had a he declared on the night of March 22, the night an narcotic squad found an addict s outfit an races of a drug in the room. O pied Mary Raccio Frank a he met his wife on the main Floo of the Hospital and they called taxi. Rod a. Copland receives appointment As Community Chest drive chairman member of Ontario House to speak to . Here a. A. Macleod member of the Ontario legislature for Bel Woods Riding Toronto on a Western tour in behalf of the National committee labor progressive party will address a Public meeting at 8.15 . Sunday at the playhouse theatre. Other speakers will m. J. Sago chairman of the meeting w. C Ross and w. A. Kardash. Aptitude testing topic for sales executives members of the National federation of sales executives Winnipeg Branch will hold their first fall meeting at 5.30 . Monday at the Concordia club. Speakers will l. E. Lick Standard brands limited and Jack Hill programme Dir Ector for Krc. Their subject will the selection of sales men and will Deal particularly with aptitude testing. Winners announced in legion Garden contest winners in the Best Garden contest sponsored .the fort Rouge Branch of the Canadian legion have been announced. The contest was divided into two classes .1 owners of wartime houses and 2 owners of non wartime houses. Winners in the wartime houses class were first t. Hedges 1388 Lincoln Avenue Weston second e. Ii. Bergen 676 Ebby Avenue. Fort Rouge third h. Pur a scr Dale mad Crescent River Crest Mill Dechurch. In the inn War time Bouse Section first prize went to w. Weald 702 Beresford Avenue second Yvo. A hard 393 Lariviere Street St. Boniface and third prize to a. Cirt 285 Maplewood Avenue. Fort Rouge. Judges were a. Hiles Stan Turner and h. Mcna Gliton. Two monday in free press building two meetings Are scheduled to held in the free press club rooms monday both Start ing at s . Members of the Winnipeg magicians club will Nibot in Board room no. 2 and the ten pin printers Bowling league will meet in the club room. Over goo harvesters arrive from East More than 600 farm workers reached Winnipeg during the week from Eastern Points to engage in harvesting operations on the Prairies officials of the unemployment insurance com Mission reported. A party of 175 harvesters arrived Over Canadian Pacific lines Friday new information on Flett Tombstone Light on the 95-year-old Tombstone inscribed to William found some three weeks ago in Winnipeg s warehouse District is contained in a letter received the free press from uts. Alex Campbell Mafeking. Mrs. States incidentally that her family have been subscribers to the free press since writes we saw the article about the Tombstone with inscription to inc memory of William Flett dated april 18, 1853. William and Rev Georic Flett were Brothers. These fleets were my father s uncles. A sister Margaret Flett married Jock Atkinson. My father William George Atkinson was their son. The Rev. George Flett baptized nil our family including a head of investment firm reviews Progress economic Security plans in the minds of most people follow needs for food clothing and shelter t. O. Peterson president and general manager of the investors Syndicate said at the concluding session of tin Syndicate s first National convention. Or Peterson spoke at a dinner at the Royal Alexandra hotel Friday. ,1. K. Brumell presided. Reviewing the growth of the company he traced the strides made in the past seven years the Canadian division which now represented investments of approximately to keep Pace with changing conditions he urged members to co operate and prepared for necessary changes he referred to a proposed new insurance vestment plan. St. Adolphe Man judge at Ohio fair Carl Roberts St. Adolph Man., a director of the Cana Dian Swine breeders association will leave air this week end to judge in the american belgian horse show now being held in conjunction with the Ohio state fair at Columbus. The following week he will judge Percheron horses at the Canadian National exhibition at Toronto and the Percheron and Clydesdale horses at the Michigan state fair at Detroit. This is the second year or. Roberts has placed the awards at the Ohio and Michigan state lairs. Jaygee Golf entries to close sept. 3 entries for the fall Golf classic of the Winnipeg Junior chamber Commerce will close sept. 3, Don Reid Secretary has revealed. The tournament will held at 1 . Sept. 10 at Elmhurst Golf club. Dinner will held in the club House. Montreal he would never return to Montreal after Worth of goods had been stolen from his automobile Charles Carey of Buffalo. . Had started for Home when Border customs men informed him that Montreal police had recovered the articles 35 minutes after the theft was re ported. At the time he was wearing Only pyjamas a Light Hospital dressing gown socks and slip pers witness said. He was sit Ting in a wheel chair which the taxi Driver helped push out to the cab. Raccio said he had no permission o leave the Hospital. At Horn Laccio continued he had his if eave the room while he fixed him Elf a witness in answer to a Crow question admitted his wife Kne e took drugs but f did t wan or to see me take after having his fix Raucci Aid he returned to the Hospital. Bout 20 minutes after he had left miss Rose Raccio. 23, of-558 Ros venue said she saw Mary Hapcic Arry her husband in the House 01 e night of March 22. Narcotic squad raid about 9.30 . The same nigh. E . Narcotic squad raided in House witness said but Frank or brother was not in the Home in. Or. Shinbane in his address to the magistrate contended that under the act the onus was on Mary Raccio As the occupant of the room to prove the drugs and equipment were there without her authority or consent. It was impossible to believe mrs. Raccio was not aware of Why her husband came Home that night and what he was doing or. Shin Bane declared and it was incredible that he did leave the Hospi Tal As he had stated. Or. Shinbane contended that mrs. Raccio must have known the drugs were in the room and that they were there with this he said made her guilty under the act Harry Walsh defence counsel replied that although or. Shin Bane found the Story "incredible1 it had not been contradicted and the testimony raised sufficient doubt for an there was no evidence offered to show mrs. Raccio knew of the drugs being in the room or. Walsh declared. Fraser 3 feet off danger Point Quesnel c. Aug. 28 cp1 steady downpour of rain which has drenched the Caribou the rest of British two weeks has caused the Fraser River to Rise six feet in two Days. Official Reading Friday was 17 feet three feet of the danger Point. Logging operations halted Dur no the disastrous june floods. Lave come to a standstill again. Rod a. Copland Community Chest Headquarters has announced the appointment 01 its new Campaign chairman Roc a. Copland who will assume his duties monday. Or. Copland is a past president of the Young men s Section of the chamber of Commerce vice presi Dent of Knowles school far boys and a member of the management Board of St. Stephens Broadway United Church. He served mittens in Ada s Victory Loans and was chair Man of the Public relations com Mittee for greater Winnipeg in the ninth Victory loan. Community Chest officials Are confident or. Copland s appoint ment plenty of action in the organization s Campaign for funds. Copland has been released Tor the Campaign Oldfield Mcirby and Gardner limited where is manager of the Stock and Bond department. On numerous Corn connection with can sex partner slain financier s letters Point to murder Asbury Park n.j., aug. 28 i guess the Lack of anything left behind Henry . Brooks financier who was found dead his own hand in a hotel bathroom Here Friday constitute a confession of the murder of his former business partner representatives the county prosecutor s office said saturday. While detectives traced Brook s Trail from the time of the shoot no of his erstwhile partner Joseph r. Watkins wednesday county prosecutor Mario Volpe said there is no question in my mind hat Brooks is the guilty Watkins body was found in a car parked outside the Princeton inn -n.j. Police said the gun which was till clenched in Brooks hand was he same the gun Vith which Watkins was slain. Police quoted one of the letters Brooks As saying in part letters quoted about that crazy thing at i kept telling in i had to have answers to our relations problems it was still that and per aps or the one Little piece until e just decided to drive away just broke my Volpe said that Watkins lawyer and investment broker a obtained a judgment again Brooks on the grounds that he a made Good losses in several o their joint financial ventures. The prosecutor said that Brooks whom he identified As being bankrupt and under investigation the at Torney general s office in new Yor state had made several a Success t us efforts to have the judgment set aside. Johnson inquest set for sept 2 an inquest into the death o Guy Johnson of Newton siding will held at Portage la Prairie on sept. 2 at s . Standard time . Said saturday. Johnson died two hour after being injured when his Cai crashed into a ditch on the port age Oakville Highway on aug. 20 Driver of the Auto Frank Germain Portage Farmer was held while . Investigated the mishap Bank asks tenders on new building tenders have been called for Fie construction of a fully mod in six Storey Winnipeg head of ice of the Bank of Toronto a tie Corner of Portage and notre Dame avenues William Kerr Vestern superintendent of the Ank said Friday. The new Structure will stand n the Northeast Corner of the intersection on the present site f the Montgomery Block. Ten its of the Montgomery Block ave received notice that the Block to torn Down and several have ready moved out. Ready in 1950 Cost of the building and the Date Hen work will begin Are not yet Iown or. Kerr said. He added lat the Bank hoped to vacate its resent head office on main Street hich was built in 1906, Jan Ary 1950. Limestone and Granite with a steel framework will used in the construction of the new Bank building. It will have a 95 foot frontage on Portage Avenue 80 feet on notre Dame Avenue and will have a Maxi mum depth of 100 feet. The building will 95 feet High id will incorporate five floors and a Mezzanine floor at the rear the main floor banking room Here the divisional administrative offices will situated. Northwood and Chivers Are the architects. W. R. L. Blackwell and company Are associated with them in the Job. The main floor will have roughly Square feet of floor space. Walls will of italian travertine Marble and counters and floors in the banking room will also of Marble. The tellers cages and window and door trimmings will Bronze and a combination of indirect and direct lighting will used throughout the Structure. Safety Deposit boxes will situated in the basement. Air conditioning equipment is to in stalled and two elevators will serve patrons. A freight elevator will also operate. The main Entrance to the Bank no room will on the Corner of Portage and notre Dame. A Side door on Portage Avenue at the rear of the Bank will serve the offices upstairs. The second third and fourth floor offices have been set aside for rentals. Site of the new Bank was Pur chased several years ago or. Kerr said. Or added that the Bank was also building a new head office in Edmonton on which work has Al ready begun. The first Bank of Toronto was opened in 1905. The present main office on main Street was opened the following year and has been in use since. Semaphore signalling develops a boy s Powers of concentration and of Quick thinking sending a message As Well As receiving one. These sea cadets Are taking instruction from right . R. Can.-, 358 Selkirk Avenue. From they Are Barry Ball of 124 Avenue Garry Rushworth of 671 Garwood Avenue. Fred Coxhead of 251 Kensington Street St. Lames and Ernie Cormack 486 Craig Street. Inland naval stronghold Manitoba sea cadets on Parade beginning sept. 10 very soon now it will on Parade for some 400 boys of Mani Toba s sea Cadet movement. Fall operations for these boys of 14 to is years of age begin sept. 10 at . , and will e the signal for another season s work the Manitoba division of the Navy league of Canada. It May come As a Surprise to most Winni Eggers taut this Inland oily located thousands of Miles from coastal seaports is regarded Asne of the strongholds of Canadian naval interest. See the sea this is due partly it seems to he inherent desire of Prairie boys o see the sea but it is also clue n Large measure to the work of he league s Manitoba division which continues to boys Only in the traditions of the Navy Lut also in the development of character. There arc 300 to. 400 boys in tie Manitoba sea Cadet movement and it is on their behalf that the Manitoba Divi Sion is conducting its annual fall Campaign for financial sup port. This Appeal to Coyer costs of operation of the local Cadet movement will held sept. 1 to .15, league officials have announced. Navy league leaders Don t mini Mize the of Cadet training As a defensive measure. But they View it too. As a system of Educa Tion for boys which better qualifies them for whatever work they May undertake and gives hem a Keener sense of their personal obligations. A sea Cadet learns discipline team work and All the varied de tails of naval in doing so becomes an asset to himself his parents and his Community. It is for these reasons that the movement has continued in years of peace As Well As in War. Vuc lion in addition to its regular Nava training the sea Cadet mov men provides a two week summer Vaca Tion for some boys each sum Mer at Camp Multan five Miles from Nora and scholarships for boys at . Royal roads Vic Toria or the Royal military College Kingston. Financial support of the Lea gue aids in thin programme and other activities including the operation of hostels care of Neily my their dependents and the Supply of com forts to men of the Nuvy and merchant . Ruttan is located on town Island in the Lake of inc Woods District and one of the ten sea Cadet Camps owned the Navy league and operated jointly with the idea of providing scholarships to successful candidates began in when five were donated to boys across Canada. The number of scholarships wanted Ench year has since increased until now 10 arc provided. St. Vital society s horse show winners announced Manitoba horse lovers turned our Lauri 3. Jumping Joe a. Gilchrist Stan n Large numbers last saturday t witness the Norse show program a Titch highlighted the St. Vita agricultural society fair. It Waie 39th annual horse show put o y the society. Results Are listed in. Order o Erit with the horse s name first hat of the owner second and then the rider. Class and or Flor in liar 17.year 1. Smoke a. George Kea Les Udy Mph arson j. Gomie a Woodlaw if info club Jean Mcgowan 3. Chenne opine prilchard., Mimi a clench. Class Ami or Fiir Nilor a i Jacqueline toy. Donn . Bob Armstrong 2. Twilight i a Frijda Svein Farden Diane Wilcock Chenne. Daphne spirit Charco. Daphn a. Merry . Gladys Taylor Arv Dennison 5. Honey Gold Bill Urley Llly Hurley. Class i. It. L ult Brown a Ornberg Wood in rifling club. A. Berriault. Class Ladi us. 13ert Angus Berl Angus 2. Brow bomber Woodlawn Kiti Ink club a. Ber Allen. Class 5 so Nile Pony Cri uni Ery trophy 1. Tony Wooi Lawn hiding club Rudy Leblanc. Class c pleasure Saddle Home. Over Ili Llu Nihi z inches 1. Sierra sue. Ken Bale Betty Bell 2. Smoky George Krats Judy Mcpherson 3. Red Jubal mrs. Paul Kelln mrs. P. Kcal plan. Class 7 Light a misery exhibition j. Lucky t. Eaton co. 2. J. Eaton co.1. Goldie boy t. Eaton co. -1, Cor Dite t. Eaton co. Class urls inc display inc t. Kalcum . 1, Lucky. T. Eaton com Pany 2. King t. Eaton company y. Golden boy t. Eaton company. Class i Saddle american a red Saddle horse lady Campbell or c w. Burns mrs. Paul Kcal plan l. Jacqueline Joy Donna Armstrong Donna Armstrong. Class to single Gravy delivery 1 Captain City Dairy or. A or inv glider. City Dairy or. W. A. Banker modern dairies Larry Tenner. Class ii Colt 1. I i racy Asli r. W. B. Pickard Jack Blake j. Coldstream Genius. Belli gel Chest sum Aller Sunbeam. Fred Gordon Bob Jln Wood. Class 13 Nai Lilli Horm not Ftp 15 Elj Nihls 2 inc la. 1. Twi Light girl. Wrelda a Al Iii 2. Mae kill in Handford. Eileen Ham Ord i. Flux j. , .1. Lamoureaux. Class 14 Grade Mare 17110 Lis. And under. On 1. Captain. I Ltd Dairy. Or. Pol tree glider. City Dalry w. Ladd 3. Lady r. J. Wright r. J. Right. Class 1c Grade Mare or cell in Over his., in line j. Bird r. J. Xvi Lulu. R. J. Wright. Exhibition heavy Gold Lent de. Anderson t. Eaton co. Ltd. Sun Shine. Jack Blake t. Eaton co. Ltd. May Lens Chang Al. Englis t. 3iaton co. Ltd. Madame Charm w. A Pickard t. Eaton co. Ltd. Class 6 Stock worst 1. Flax. J. Amour eau j. Lamoureau 2. Bili kid. Fred Gordon. Fred Gordon 3. Sandy j. I a Tairyn j. Tataryn. Class 17 combination if one Jacqueline Joy Donna Armstrong Donna motorists gawk at safety Isle motorists and pedestrians slowed to gawk at and go around temporary safety Island which was in the process of being constructed Friday afternoon at St. Mary s Road and Marion Street. A temporary measure the St. Boniface traffic committee to improve conditions at ibis inter Section the Island will determine the shape of a permanent one to erected there next year. Triangular in shape now it con u Sis of 20s sandbags filed with about 50 pounds of Sand each and All carefully whitewashed to make the Island stand out. The base of the Triangle Meas ures 5 1 feet and is flush Jilji Warion Street facing Norwood Rise. The purpose of its extreme Virilli is to ensure that cars going rom Marion Street South on to St. Mary s Road will turn wide enough to avoid the northbound i offic on St. Mary s Road. The two longer sides i Ach 90 get in length converge South of he base to form n Long wedge which divides northbound and soul bound traffic on St. Mary s Armstrong. Horse l Alrs-3. Lady or. 2. Twilight Frelda win Rarden Jim Foote Smoky. George Keates. Rland fold Eileen Han lord Sunshine i1. Mcpherson 3. Mac Marquis or. Kist miss s a Gootel sort and should to defeat this Field. Nas plenty of curly Speed Ami should set the Pace. Glad answer is Cap Able of upsetting. Second has run some fair races recently and books Best Here. Song ranks As a contender. Flying should go Well in this company. Timon has been running Well and looks Best of this juvenile array. Mud paddle comes from Vancouver highly rec Trathan Bert Angus. Class Saddle Moky George Keates. Judy Mcpherson _. Lady Campbell or. C. W. Burns Oyce Kelpin 3. Twilight girl Freida vein Garden. F. Weingarden. Cla i flax. J. Lamoureau. J. Lamoureau 2. Pic Ball Gordon. J. Cordon 3. Sandy. J. Tataryn. Tataryn. Ytaas harness Hallie Hea memorial Diamond Jim. Macd mud h. Macdonald 2. Boyne 3cauty. D. Lydle. Mrs. D. Lydic z. A i boy d. Lydle. Mrs. H. Mcdonald. Class Saddle Ictor Smoky. George Spates Judy Mcpherson 2. Lady Camp or. C. W. Burns. Mrs. Jiu join Twilight girl. Freida Weingarden f. P cd Garden. Class draft team on grounds Leo. A Roll Bird arid Girlie in. A. J. Wright 2. May and Betty a. Clendenning 3. Belle acid Judy g. H. Dulcy. Class n St. Kosak. Woodlawn Riding us. Joan. Mccowan 2. Spotty Riding club. Jim Vansanlen. Oldie. Woodlawn dlr dub Mcowan. Lax Lay and Getty a. E. Clendenning 2. Betty and Udy. C. A Dudley 3. Ladasic and buddy. B. Clendenning. Ladi Luv Bert Nguk Bert Angus 2. Mac Marquis or. Eileen Handforth 3. Banner at o Dowd. Pat o Dowd. Bown i arts us. Bert Angus. Bert 2. Bravn omber. San Edlawn Riding club. A. Ault 3. Jumping Joe Goldst torn s arcs Tjom mearled. Kor should close. Of Riith Annie. Should Able to take the measure of this Field. Ascot 1 Sifry will like the distance. Yunice trader is and ready. Fifth Kirmond should go Well in this purse affair. Topsy is a Good sort and runs Wel Over the Polo Park track. Ohs Odry has been running Well it Vancouver. Sixth a a speedy sort and appears to have an Edge Here. Cd differ should improve from last out. Silent Siru is ready. Seventh Belle appears Well placed Here. Hane ranks As the threat. Ben mar tin is a danger. In m nutshell 1. Mystic miss glad answer. 2. Conevia Star Sony Kly Lair Aster. 3. Manikin or mud puddle kor. 4. Mlot Annie Ait cot Peggy Yankee trader. 5. Kairer Noel ohs Odry. 6. Silver Delia Cunter silent saris. 7. Sunny Belle dus Nanc Ben Martin. Loan p., stretch Annie ;