Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 30, 1948, Winnipeg, Manitoba Final edition vol. 286 28 g free Price 5 cents with comics Loc Winnipeg Clear becoming doubly of fac occasions showers or thunderstorms tuesday eve Ning. Hot. Light winds increasing to South at 15 Mph tuesday afternoon. Low tonight and High tuesday 63 and is. Winnipeg monday August 30, 1948 jul forecast Clear and hot. Six Manitoban killed. 12 injured storm hits Northwest Airliner Winona minn., aug. 30 a persons including a Canadian couple died in the crash sunday of a storm raked North West airlines plane atop a wooded Mississippi River Bluff. The canadians were c. C. Plum Jer and his wife of flin flon Man. The mangled bodies of 26 persons trapped in the wrecked fuselage were being brought out monday by a human Chain which wound Way Down the Steep and Rocky of a 150-foot Ravine into which its Side of a 150-foot Ravine into which the plane toppled. The bodies of 10 others were car ried out monday night e. W. Head who was returning to Minneapolis from Toronto missed the plane at Chicago although he was listed As a passenger. The crash occurred Between win Ona and Fountain City wis., on the Wisconsin Side of the River during the height of a severe electrical and rain storm. The plane was one of the air line s newer Martin 2-0-2 ships and was bound for Minneapolis from Chicago with 33 passengers Antl three Crew members. It left Chicago at 3.50 cd. A crash witness told the Coroner he saw the plane fall into the Ravine after lightning Howard Rackow a Farmer living on Perry Island in the Mississippi River told the Coroner there a a Flash of lightning. It struck the plane a part of a Wing fell of and the ship started reporters at the scene said the wreckage was scattered Over wide area. Parts of the wreckage were found in a Mississippi River swamp and other parts were found on a nearby Hillside. Mrs. Charles Guenther a farm woman said she and her husband witnessed the crash. We were coming Home from mrs. Guenther said when we saw the plane rolling like a barrel. Some pieces of the plane fell off. It was raining hard. On butlers Ridge shattered a wind. This twisted is All that remained of Wilding s bakery and restaurant at Winnipeg Beach sunday morning following an Early morning fire which gutted the premises. Behind the Daylight rums of the building can be seen the Beach dance Pavilion which along with the local Post office and other buildings was threatened by the Blaze. The restaurant was owned by Max Olin of 173 Anderson Avenue Winnipeg. Fire destroys Winnipeg Beach store Winnipeg Beach Man., aug. 30 of unknown origin destroyed Wilding s bakery and restaurant Early sunday morning causing damage estimated at and threat party rebels weeded out ening the local Post office and neighbourhood buildings. The business is owned and operated by Max Olin of 173 Anderson Avenue Winnipeg hundreds of vacation lists at the Beach watched the spectacular ii As it completely engulfed the one Storey building within minute the flames were seen for Miles a they leaped skyward thrown burning debris for blocks Aroun the fire which is believed t have started in the Kitchen rapidly spread to All parts of the build ing burning it to the ground with in an hour. And mrs. Olin with three but we did t much wind. Then it crashed wooded think there was into a Large Cripps due sept. 15 Montreal aug. 30 sir Stafford Cripps British Chancel Lor of the exchequer is scheduled to arrive Here by plane sept. 15, it was Learned Here monday from British overseas airways Corpora Tion. . Said Cripps would go to Ottawa and from there would go to Washington inter in the month. He was scheduled to leave for Lon Don oct. 15. The purpose of his visit is said to be Anglo Canadian Trade and remains of the unfree zing of which the Canadian loan. Relatives closed the restaurant about 12.30 . And left for Home the local fire department a on the scene shortly after the alarm was sounded but was unable to Cope with the inferno firemen vere kept Busy protecting the Post office and other neighbouring build nos. Five Selkirk f firemen attended this was the third time that the restaurant has burned. In 1942, a fire which started in the restaurant spread to nearby buildings destroyed the Post office a store and damaged the North american lumber Yards. Or. Olin bought the restaurant and bakery from Art Wilding in 1947. John shave Taske local fire chief said i was Over at the fire min utes after the alarm was sounded and the flames were shooting out of every window and door. It s a mystery to me How a fire could spread so quickly. I was sure the Post office was other witnesses in the. Vicinity said we saw flames in the Back and suddenly the whole building was a mass of flames. It seemed As if the flame s just shot the building was fully covered by insurance. The cause of the fire is being investigated by j. H. Harmer special agent for the Manitoba District fire underwriters investigation department. Berlin paper reports purge of anti soviets aug. Reports said monday the russians have launched a drastic purge of the communist dominated social Unity party in the soviet zone of Germany to Weed out anti soviet Allied Militar governors meet tuesday Frankfurt aug. 30 Reuters states sources stated her monday that the Allied Milita will meet in Berlin tues Day As a result of the Kremli Alks. But they did not say whether the meeting was to be Between a our military governors or on he British French and America representatives. Gen. Pierre Koenig French i tary governor who arrived i Merlin with his staff unexpected Unflat night is said to be Waltin or this meeting. German premiers of the Anglo american zones asked Monda Hether a favourable outcome t he Moscow talks could Lead to a hied request to postpone the Wes Erman constituent Assembly meet no on wednesday. Wilhelm Kaisen president of the Remen Senate said we shall i head. The Assembly will meet on taxation of Street railway discriminatory Board told taxation of the Winnipeg electric company by the City of Winnipeg constitutes discrimination of. The worst kind against lower income groups and a Public Utility a. E. K. Bunnell Toronto consulting Engineer said monday at a Public Utility Board hearing of the comp Nyls application for increases in fares. Other users of City streets or Bunnell said paid no taxes for thei maintenance. In general terms he added lower income groups Wen regular users of the transit system and As such were its major source of Revenue. Higher income groups by and Large were those who drove cars. Admitting the City needs this he continued in t it better that the Money be taken from the higher in come or tips in the form of general taxation thin from the lower income groups who Are Riding on Street cars i think i could go out and be elected on the basis that that tax should be favors buses or. Bunnell. Who is the author of the Bunnell report on City transportation in 1931, also recommended that Street cars and All ancillary equipment be replaced within the next five years with trackless trolley and Gas buses you re no suggesting the old Par line and main Portage Street cars should be thrown out. E. D. Honey nmn Board member. I think that Over n period of five years they should be replaced by trackless trolleys and or. Bunnell said. Yes. Sir asked by r. D. Guy. Counsel for this estimate of the see . Page s failure anticipated Schuman will try to form new Cabinet Paris aug. 30 a former Premier Robert Schuman a member of the movement Republican Populaire agreed Early today to try a new French Cabinet after socialist Paul Ramaier had failed. Schuman was foreign minister in the Cabinet of Premier Andre Marie s coalition government which fell saturday after a term of one month. Schuman said he would begin consultations with elements. The american licenced Neue Zei Tung said that those arrested in the purge Are being locked up in a five mile Long concentration Camp in russian occupied Saxony. Many inmates of other russian concentration Camps in the soviet zone Are being released to make room for the the newspapers reported. The social Unity party was formed by a forced of the communist and socialist parties in the soviet zone. The merger was intended to give greater numerical strength to the communist party. The City Council of divided and blockaded Berlin voted monday to postpone meetings until an announcement is made. On the Kremlin diplomatic talks and until the russians Promise police Protection. Communists broke up scheduled meetings of the anti communist see be Kiln Page 8 Kremlin Parley continue Moscow aug. 30 bup Western envoys met with v. M Molotov soviet foreign minister for the eighth time monday. Walter Bedell Smith u. S. Ambas Sador said afterwards that no communique regarding the negotiations would be issued monday night. He said the conversations will continue. Smith with Frank Roberts Brit 5h special envoy and Yves Cha Daigneau French ambassador emerged from the Kremlin after a conference of two hours and 10 minutes with Molotov and his Deputy Andrei Vishinsky who also had attended the last previous meeting. Smith declined to comment beyond saying Vishinsky As Well As Molotov attended that no communique could be expected monday night and that the conversations would continue. But it appeared probable that difficulties had Arisen Between the Western envoys and the russian officials in framing the wording of a communique which earlier re ports had said quite definitely would be issued monday night. The communique had been expected to announce that agree ment had been reached on a single currency for Berlin and that the soviet surface blockade of the German capital eventually would be lifted. Drowning and traffic accidents take toll six Manitoban were killed and 12 were injured As a result of week end accidents. Four of the six dead lost their lives within the province while or. And mrs. Charles Plummer flin flon were passengers in the Northwest airlines plane which crashed in route to Minneapolis. Dead Are Arthur Edward Lesperance. 23 month old of or. And mrs. J. W. Lesperance who died almost instantly after being struck Down by a six ton truck while playing near his Home at 1320 Selkirk Manitoba Jock a club Polo Park Wlna Lobo until hav Tuk slav August to first Hack claim up _ furlongs Lance destroy 113 i us free year Olds and Quot Alt 113 re Ness Pilot 113 Arol Knight 1.12 Ven Trade Jos own Mantle 133 Lii Barm Bow x.113 meeting -113 Lent double ids is Torch _. Ins a do is 10 also second rack Dixie h pc Rico scotch Nick us Saskatoon lass x102 feckless ins miss Merit 113 Diana Mae ids s excluded City butchers Welcome drop in meat Price the family Butcher will probably be a much busier Man this week if meat prices continue their present downward trend. Reports from across the Dominion indicate that prices Are beginning to skid Down from their High of two weeks ago. I be been expecting prices to slide for one Butcher said. They could t stay up. Long with grass fed cattle coming on the mar 0 a Price Survey monday revealed that most local butchers Are now Selling at the prices which prevailed prior to the lifting of the embargo on beef exports to the United states. And Many retailers added Good percentage of dealers had not raised their prices during the inter Val. Those with Little Supply on hand who had jacked prices Are now Selling at lowered prices again. Overload shipments of cattle at the stockyards were the reason for a general lowering of prices retailers believed. We re going to buy meat for a lot less this declared one Butcher. Meanwhile with prices Down As much As nine cents a Pound in Calgary Quality sirloin in Winni Peg is costing from 59 to 69 cents a Pound retail and round Steak from 58 to 65 cents a Pound. Abandoned on the Steps of St. Joseph s Hospital nurses Resi Dence Early saturday the baby girl shown Here was the Best of care monday in the Hospital s maternity Ward. The 15-Day-Olcl baby has been nicknamed Mary by the nine nurses in the Ward who have adopted her As the object of their special attention. Meanwhile City police continue to search for the child s Mother. Police Hope to Trace baby on nipple clue police Hopes of tracing the parents a baby abandoned Earl saturday at St. Josept s Hospital nurses residence hinge on a nip pm on the feeding bottle found Besid the child. The nipple according to police i of an unusual Type not sold ii the City. Wholesalers interviewed saturday said they had seen Simila allowances stockyards purse three year Olds avs furlongs nit Onos 103 merchant Navy 108 May Jos Dale Light r. Sands 115 uck a clinic Lin Ueen s Pilot no Tii Tki Hack cd Iii cat Kern Sweet Carol to j20 313 furlongs take airfields Shanghai aug. 30 nationalist troops have captured both airfields on the outskirts of beleaguered Changchun and the chinese air Force will Fly food in As soon As the Landing strips Are repaired it was reported monday. The offensive May Mark the be ginning cof major operation the northernmost nationalist stronghold in Manchuria. Parly leaders later today. Ramaier As was expected went through the motions of trying to form a Cabinet. He spent nine hours talking to political leaders of the various parties then an bounced his failure. Failure anticipated Schuman s Choice As the second eader to try his hand was expected. However his failure also Vas anticipated unless some now unforeseen new Factor should enter he picture to heal the breach be Ween the parties. Many observers who Are predict no n Schuman failure still the crisis would degenerate into an passe which would result in n isso Luton of the National Assembly. However there were some who predicted that Marie might be called upon to form another Cabi this time without including Paul Reynaud who was his Fin Ance minister. France has been without Ern ment since Early saturday when Marie resigned As a result of a socialist disagreement with and Price moves planned by hey Naud. Before Marie socialist Schuman was pre Mier for eight months. Ramaier who preceded Schuman held office 10 months although he reshuffled his Cabinet once. The parties represented by ram Adier Schuman and Marie had con trolled France for two in coalition. The purpose of the Ciali Yankee Gallant Tiger Al Pussy boots 109 fifth Hack Ajia Muice the Conquistador first division three year Olds and up a mile Sliver High 112 or. Monroe Tion was to keep the communists sunny ship 112 print a i i. and up 6 the acc your Olds and up mile a Tumea. Double Rose 10 is kiss 117 Lovely Way Ion 314 halt Angel in by Paris 112 Sara see 3oa Kitty s number o Yari 103 3 of 10 fourth Hack comm Throe year Olds and times a wasting 114 count Lavender 1.17 purple Estrer 112 chemo 107 trader 317 King 117 up 1 mile Good Counselor 1.1 Filo Tolx 301 also lady Valetta 112 Yarrito 114 James . 322 3 quarrel Over school results in 2 deaths Mojave calif., aug. 30 Cap a United states army master ser Geant shot and killed his two Small sons sunday then critically wounded himself Deputy sheriff Al Strasner reported. The officer identified the ser Geant As Samuel Ray Adams and the boys As Richard 4, and Samuel Ray jr., 7. Strasner said the tragedy climaxed a quarrel Between Adams and his wife Over which sunday school the youngsters should attend. The unusual nipple shown Here is the Only clue police have to the identity of the baby abandoned saturday at the St. Joseph s Hospital nurses residence. An uncommon Fea Ture of the nipple found on a feeding bottle left with the child is a Small pierced lug right which keeps a steady flow of air into the nipple. Wholesalers interviewed by detectives said nipples of this Type have never been sold in Winnipeg. Nipples but that none had been imported to Winnipeg. Police speculate that the Mot he May have recently visited the or May have been staying in Border town. The baby a 5-Tlny-old girl a found about 7 , saturday id Tony . 367 Selkirk Avenue Hospital employee. Fully clothe and wrapped in a Blanket it. Was lying inside the Entrance of the res Dence. The fact that the nurses residence at. Suiter Street Ami Manitoba Avenue is not conspicuously designated us such lends police to believe the Mother was Tim Iligir with the Hospital layout. John Schon 630 Mountain ave nue. An orderly at the Hospital told detectives he saw a woman enter the Vestibule of the residence about 6.40 . Thinking the woman was another Hospital employee he paid not attention. A few minutes later he was called Over by or. Hojka who a discovered the baby. Schon described the woman a about five feet two inches Lull Vith fair hair. She was wearing Long Fawn cloth coat he said. The baby is being cared for by Hospital authorities. She has Blue eyes and dark Brown hair and a ears to be Normal and healthy he was dressed in a night dress Woollen coat and Bonnet and a air of booties. A the clothing is White trimmed with Pink. A Grad ated eight ounce Buttle about Roe cd Carlers full of milk was found at the child s Side. Trade official hopeful deals May Lessen butter crisis threat Avenue. Saturday at noon. Miss Helen Jasper about 45. Of Hartney. Man., who died in Vic Toria Hospital Throe hours after admittance of. Had injuries sustained when she was struck by a truck at the Cornet of rivet Avenue and Osborne Street at 4ar . Sunday. Steve Check 21. Of Eden. Man., who died As a result of a fail from a tractor while cultivating late Friday night. He is reported to have fallen into the cultivator from the tractor. No inquest will be held according to the . Walter of Melv Hlll Man., who was drowned while swimming at Silver Bay on Lake Manitoba sunday evening. He Sank while swimming in deep water beyond the reach of his companions. Dragging operations were successful monday when . Recovered the body. An employee of the Manitoba Tele phone system. By was tin Only of j. Brady of mall Villilla. k. Mccreedy Shinil 23, Helmsdale Avenue. Easl Kil Lomm who suffered n fractured and a very severe shaking when he fell from a Winnipeg Beach train saturday evening. Miles South of Parkview station when the train was travelling at an estimated Speed of 35 Miles an hour. Mrs. Bessie Polansky 55. Of -372 Selkirk Avenue who was struck by a car at. The Comer of Selkirk Avenue and Powers Street m k.5.1 . Saturday. She receiver multiple contusions to the right Elbow and a severe Bruise to the forehead admitted to St. Joseph s Hospital. Mrs. Polanshy s condition is Good and mrs. H. Veness of 517 Elgin Avenue who were injured when their ear went Over a Bridge in St. Mary s Road near St. Adolphe. The Accident occurred div eve Ning at. About 8.-10 . James Cowie 53, 353 Jefferson venue who was injured in a Street car saturday evening when he re Jor Ledly slipped on Metal Plati n the Centre of the floor Biak in i Jeg. Bob air it i inic who , j e on the left and followers of Jen. Charles de Gaulle on the right from coming to Power. Chevrier trip starts rumours Ottawa aug. 30 is some speculation Here that Hon. Lionel transport minister is headed for the external affairs portfolio when it. Hon. Louis St. Laurent leaves that Job for the prime ministry observer s consider it significant that or. 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By Hugh Boyd Ottawa aug. 30 special a Trade official said monday he was hopeful that present negotiations would Lead to augmenting Canada s butter Supply next win Ter. How far the enquiries about butter imports had gone he would not say but we Are working on this All the time. We Are giving it top event of the Long standing ban against that commodity being lifted next Winter which is a distinct possibility Tariff experts say that it can t escape duty just because there is no classification for it. Margarine would come under a Basket taking in everything not otherwise provided for. This Basket no. 711 of the sched aka Siuk k. La so a Kanvck lacerations to the left wrist Early saturday afternoon when he slipped on a plate Glass window. He was taken to children s Hospi Tal where his condition is reported to be fairly struck on head Harold Harrison 16, of 29 Gallagher Avenue Brook Janals who tile sets a 15 per cent. British pre was struck on the head b time to work out depending As they do so largely upon Exchange factors. If Britain for example were willing to forego some of her butter imports from new Zea land this would release a vol ume of British manufactured goods of equal value which could be diverted to Dollar countries. At the same time. New zealand would also be in a position to get dollars for at least a Small portion of her butter exports. The amount which Canada is looking for is around 10 or 15 million pounds to help tide her Over the acute shortage expected to develop about the end of february. Duty of 5 cents should this country arrange to Dairy see butter coming Here Auckland aug. 30. Though no official comment has been made on reports from Canada that the Canadian government May. Seek new zealand butter to sup Jbrown 19, a deaf mute element its Winter stocks in Prairie who was Here believe some supplies May on the of a by a South sent. Bound Auto on Languido Street i Between Portage and Broadway Jean Almond 17, of 666 Erin Streel who tossed out of a car which hit a Culvert on the River Road on the Way Back from lock port about. 5 . Sunday. Miss Almond suffered n fractured Verte Bra and Shock but her condition is reported As fairly Good by authorities at the Winnipeg Gen eral get butter from either new zealand whether butter will regain its pre or Australia a duty of 5 cents a Pound will apply. This is the rate under the Trade agreements with doth Southern dominions. It is the lowest impost in the Tariff sched ule the British preferential Tariff is 8 cents the most favored nation rate 12 cents and the general tar Iff 13 cents. Canadian Tariff has nothing new zealand s new contract with Britain obliges her to Send 97 per cent of her exportable butter sur plus to Britain. But a clause enables this percentage to be review t d at any time if necessary for the procurement of essential ties from other countries. Toronto aug. 30 Dairy produce interests doubt Central Canada s record breaking heat wave is Over. Cool air from Northern Canada Early monday to jowl a southward Over Ontario. Quebec and the Marl avenues about 11 . Saturday. See fatal accidents Page 8 heat wave ends War hold on the British Market. Leading Dairy authorities have expressed the View that increasing Margarine supplies will tend to drive butter prices Down and also ease present demands for maximum limes. Weathermen temperatures would shipments. Said today s be near the Normal for late j that meant thermometers would in these circumstances product probably reach the 80 s in South about Margarine. But in the Canada. Ers would Welcome the establish ment of a subsidiary Market in Western Ontario. Scattered showers led the Way for cooler weather ;