Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 01, 1948, Winnipeg, Manitoba Final edition Winnipeg free Price 5 gents with comics inc september 1, 1948 Winnipeg briefly Cloudy thursday afternoon otherwise Clear today and thursday. Continuing warm. Wind South at 15 Mph during the Day and Light at night. Low tonight and High. Thursday 45 and 82. Sun rises 6.43 . Rises 3.37 . Sets 8.12 . Moon sets 7.56 . Vol 5j5__n 288 30 pages Price 5 cents with comics Luc a. Berlin blockade May end sunday Benes in coma doctors gloomy Prague sept. 1 president Eduard Benes of Czechoslovakia is in very bad condition and is not expected to live through the night an official spokesman at his be Zimolo Busti. Red Leader Zhdanov Dies Home said wednesday. Benes has been in a coma since Early wednesday nearly death from arterial sclerosis. The 64-year-old statesman had been reported in ill health when he resigned from office shortly after the communists seized control of his country last february. He took a turn for the worse tuesday and his doctors said he had lost consciousness. Benes has been at his Home in be Zimolo Busti South of Prague since last february when with tears in his eyes he walked out. Of the Prague presidential Palace after swearing in a new communist Cabinet. Friends said he preferred retirement Public life to bowing to the wishes of the red Cabinet ministers who surrounded him following the coup. Benes had been reported in Good health by his friends in recent months. But when he formally re red " of the presidency on Jun the communists attributed i retirement to ill health. New clues found in baby Case v City police Are investigating Nev clues to the identity of Margare Mary 18-Day-old baby abandoned saturday at the St. Joseph s Hosp Tal nurses residence it was Learned wednesday. Nature of the clue was not revealed. Every Effort is being made Trace the baby s Mother one police official said. Meanwhile the child has been placed in a temporary Foster Home by the children s Aid society of Winnipeg. A plea by the society to the Mother to Supply background Neces sary for the permanent placing of the Cirild has met with no response so traffic victim identified As Veteran 80 an elderly Man killed tuesday evening in a traffic Accident at Academy Road and Stafford Street was identified wednesday As Kines Martin so an inmate of the Veter ans Home on Academy Road. Or. Martin died in a police ambulance in route to Misericordia Hospital about 9.50 . Tuesday his was the third traffic death in the City in three Days boosting t 17 the number of Street fatalities in Winnipeg this year. Driver of the Auto which Struc the elderly pensioner police say was Harry Hooper 331 Beaverbrook Street police or. Hoope was travelling West on Academe Road and had just passed the intersection of the two streets the the elderly Man stepped out ont the Road. The Man was hit by the car. Which threw him is feet. Or. Martin a widower had Bee living at the veterans Home sir 1944. It is believed he is survive by a Niece living in the City. An inquest into the death i open in Central police station noon thursday under or. I. Fryer provincial Coroner. Edt Jake Benes Good health a month ago London sept. 1 Moscow Inot although he was known announced tuesday night the to have been in Good health a eath Andrei a. Zhdanov a Lead no contender in the behind the Cenes rivalry for the Job that time minister Stalin must one Day a Down. Zhdanov died tuesday afternoon an official Moscow Isoac cast Zhdanov 52, was Secretary the Central committee of the communist party. He was a Manor orce in the co inform s Sensa ional attack of two months ago on Tito of Yugoslavia. He along with foreign minister v. M. Molotov and l. O. Beria for Many years chief Russia s secret police have generally been considered the chief candidates to take Over when Stalin Dies. Stalin is 68. His most powerful position was As a member of the policy making politburo and As Secretary of the month ago. A committee of Jive doctors testified he died of High blood pressure hardening of the arteries and Western observers believed that Zhdanov and Molotov headed rival political groups within the Polit buro and that his death now has made Molotov the leading contender Lor Stalin s Post. Western experts Are convinced that the split bet Wen Zhdanov and Molotov that had developed in the past year was More serious than the soviets wanted to admit. Lust minute orders observers generally believed that Molotov came to Paris in july ast year prepared to. Consider the Marshall plan in a favourable Light. Russian communist party a Post formerly held by Stalin. Enemy removed Western experts agreed that Zhdanov s death has removed the Western Powers most bitter enemy in Russia and the one Man above All others who is drive for soviet domination of the world. The Moscow announcement said Zhdanov died after a serious ill Ness. The length of his illness was 3e walked out and slammed the door after receiving new last minute instructions from Moscow then Zhdanov took Over soviet see Zhdanov Page 9 Back after 33 Days Schuman is new French Premier Paris sept. Schuman was named Premier of Ranee tuesday night. The National Assembly confirmed him by vote of 322 to 185. Schuman a member of the movement Republic am Populaire returns to the Post he left 33 Days ago when his Coli on Cabinet collapsed because of socialist refusal to support his Andrei Zhdanov reports say is now on vacation in Kansas City by Walter cronk1xe Kansas City mo., sept. 1 Gen. Andrei a. O id nov whose sudden death was announced by Moscow tuesday was believed to have fallen in Disfavour with Generalissimo Josef Stalin several months ago. It. Frequently has tested around Moscow in the. Past few months that Stalin was the trend events abroad. According to these reports Stalin was disturbed by Ameri Ca s growing firmness and the moves toward Unity in West Ern Europe. On Zhdanov s shoulders rested a Large share of responsibility for Russia s present difficulties with the rest of the world and with the countries in her own orbit. Observers believe that Stalin put the blame on for this situation months ago even though Zhdanov was his aide and erstwhile heir. No change anticipated Zhdanov was the soviet Union s most relentless adherent to the ideology of world revolution. His death does not mean there will change in Long Range soviet strategy. The surviving members of the politburo Are As firm As was the ultimate goals of communism and the soviet Union. It could mean however a change in tactics perhaps a less ening of pressure on the West. The nine nation communist in formation Bureau organized to fight the Marshall generally believed to be Zhdanov s brainchild. However it backfired Allied Supply trains ready Berlin sept 1. The 74-Day-old soviet blockade of Berlin May be lifted sunday and two huge Western Allied Supply trains already Are loaded and waiting at the Border it was reported wed neg Lood and supplies. All they need and served Only to unite the rest of the world. Zhdanov directed soviet policy in Germany. It has not brought dividends but rather has served again to strengthen protective ties in the West. Zhdanov also had a major hand in the intractable policy which led to the breakdown of the big four foreign ministers conference London last december. Russia has been spending eight months since then trying to Patch up the dam age. Firm with Tito Zhdanov is generally believed t be the Man whose unrelenting firmness made marshal Tito s angry that the break Between Yugoslavia and the soviet Union became inevitable. I saw Zhdanov Little More thai a month ago in Moscow and looked perfectly healthy then. It was almost universally a see comment Page 9 railway officials have been alerted to re open traffic on. The blockaded helmeted Berlin line on-sept.-5, these reports said. Two freight trains of 45 cars each Are standing by loaded with big ministers May meet soon Washington. Sept. 1 cup quarters predicted wednesday the Council of foreign ministers will meet in Paris late this month if current Berlin cow talks on Germany achieve justifiable Progress. George c. Marshall Secretary of state leaves sept. 19 for the Paris meeting of the United nations Gen eral Assembly. It was pointed out that the Assembly meeting would provide a convenient Opportunity for the big four ministers to re sume their deliberations. Yugoslavia lashes out land greed charges levelled at Bulgaria London sept. Has become the fourth comin form country to draw critical fire from Yugoslavia. Tan Jug official yugoslav news Agency tuesday night accused Bulgaria of having territorial designs on the Southern yugoslav Are locomotives. Helmstedt. On the British russian zonal Border is the Point where the russians Cut the Western Al lies rail line to Berlin 74 Days ago in retaliation against introduction of a new currency the. Deutsch Mark in Western Germany. Governors confident these reports indicated the four military governors who re opened four Power dealings on Germany tuesday As a result of the Moscow negotiations Are confident reaching agreement on a Berlin. Currency within a few Days the governors met again wed Day to work out plans to simple ent agreements reached in. The recent Kremlin conferences. Reliable reports said trans port advisers discussed to lift the blockade and Finan Cial advisers discussed plans to install the Kussian Mark As the sole Legal currency for Berlin subject to four Power control the four Deputy military gov nors responsible for the Afi Miti stration of Berlin also conferred wednesday. This appeared to Indi ate some solution on the division. I Berlin May also be in the making. Concessions differ observers say that whereas the ailing of of the blockade by the soviet authorities is a Concession. O the Western Powers which can in revoked at any time simply by the present rest c military budget. France had been without a pre Fer since saturday when Andre Arie resigned with his Cabinet. Schuman received 11 More votes Han the necessary majority. In edition to his own party he was supported by the socialists Radi Al socialists and independents. Communists and their followers mustered All but two of the Nega Ive votes. Schuman gained his majority despite the fact that he asked Foi support on the same issues that aused the downfall of Marie s cab net. Oppose wage increases in the face of growing labor unrest Schuman came out again Jeneral wage increases. He said also that he favored Price hikes on milk and bread and new Taxe amounting to franc to meet the Budge deficit. A new communist labor deman or a 33 per cent wage increase plagued Schuman wednesday. The communist led general Conedera Ion of labor announced a demand or a boost in the nation s mini wage to francs a month after a meeting of its executive committee. Official figures released wednes Day showed food prices had jumped an average of 10 per cent during the past month including ref up 28 per cent and potatoes up 20 per cent. In asking for support Fec human said the Freedom of France was at stake. In grave tones he told the Assembly trance consumes More than she produces Abandons her Money lets speculation set the National living Standard and gambles through repeated crises the existence of her political in Schuman now faces the More difficult task of getting the various parties to agree on details of a programme and men for the Var ious Cabinet posts. Loss estimated Wulc. Gas r ate increases Winnipeg electric company Gas Utility will lace a loss of about in 1948 unless requested increased rates on Gas in All services Are permitted by the municipal and Public Utility Board company officials said wednesday. Hearing of an application by the company for an increase in private Industrial and commercial Gas rates was conducted the Public Utility Board in. The Law courts. Following testimony by Allan h. Harris manager of the Gas Utility the Board chairman d. A. Mellish said decision in the Case would be reserved. Increased operating costs in both materials and wage increases was Given by or. Harris As the reason for the. Gas. Utility s application. Or. Harris said a recent 11-cent new labor code goes into Force amidst criticisms of . Ottawa sept. 1 in a Large group of key Canadian industries moved in wednesday under the shelter of a Federal labor code that has been described variously As a Model labor charter and As a flabby makeshift. One of the most controversial acts to move through parliament in re cent years the code sets up a . Officials stunned German court acquits sex financier Schacht Stuttgart sept. 1 a German appeals court wednesday acquitted Hjalmar Schacht former German financial wizard of charges that he was a major nazi offender. He was ordered freed. He had been serving an eight term after conviction on the charge by a Stuttgart Dena Ifica Tion court last year. Schacht also went free from the courtroom at Nuernberg two years ago when Hermann Goering Joa Chim von Ribbentrop and other close associates of Adolf Hitler were condemned to die for War crimes. The court held that Schacht s participation in the nazi opposition movement from 1936 Onward More than outweighed his earlier support of Hitler. Spectators cheer Schacht will be released immediately from the internment Camp Here. German spectators in the courtroom cheered the verdict some handed Flowers to the aged former president of the Reich Bank american officials were stunned when told the verdict. Charles m. . Denali Licat Ibn officer for the United states military government in called i bound Tor Tyrol Schacht said he wants to go t the italian Tyrol with his family he said he intended to avoid Poh tics. Some German leaders Are re ported to have wanted to see Hirr Back in politics so his financial could be used in coping Post War economic problems the appeals court criticized Schacht s Early support of Hitler it noted that he became an of of the nazi regime alter the Norge of june 1934, and later opposed re armament in several Sharp memoranda. His criticism of the induct the War in 1943 result d in his dismissal As minister without portfolio the court said dding that there was proof to How Schacht was to have been killed in amp. A nazi concentration Hjalmar Schacht winery for collective bargaining and settlement of Industrial Dis utes in a wide Range of enter rises now under Federal. Juristic Ion. These include railways Ocean and Inland shipping Communia ions aviation extending beyond the limits of a Angle province and any activity hat parliament May declare for the general advantage of can As the code went into effect the Canadian Congress of labor issued a statement find ing fault with Many aspects of it. Outstanding provision the code is its provision for a Coo log off period before a strike or lockout May be staged in the industries under its scope. Orders talks definite procedure is Laid Down for negotiation and conciliation of a dispute and no stoppage is Al Lowed until the formula has Heen completed. The time limit is no specified but it has been estimated to run As Long As 80 Days from the outbreak of a dispute. No stoppage whatever is permitted during the actual life of a collective bargaining contract. They Are allowed Only before an agree ment has been negotiated or after it has expired. Penalties Are provided for Union or employer in the event Hon. Another major feature of the code is that a onion must have the vote of More Tjhan so per cent of the personnel in a bar gaining1 unit before it can get certification As the recognized bargaining organization. Under the old wartime legislation which the code supplants a unit needed Only a 51-per-cent. Vote o those balloting in an election of certification. Labor critical this stiffer provision has Bee criticized by labor whose spokes men contend it would tend t old Back a Union in its normative Tage in a Plant. Some workers groups notably he Canadian Congress labor also have contended hat the scope of the code is top mixed they would have included such undertakings As Coal and steel and be meat packing Industry. _ a country wide strike in these industries the contend is difficult to Ettle now because the Union in ing hour wage boost had Cost the Utility annually while Pur Chase of fuel Oil Wasp and propane liquid Gas up annually. In its application the com Pany revealed that it had oper ated at a loss Over Many years until 1047 when it had a net Revenue of in february 1947, the Public Utility Board had granted an increased rate but or. Harris submitted this was insufficient to keep the Gas Utility from its expected this year. The company s application asked for a cent per thousand cubic feet increase in All classifications except pre payment meter service with an additional five cents per thousand cubic feet for various High consumption Mystic commercial and Industrial. As meters in service Are in the pre payment class Only Consumers will be affected by in creased rates. Increased rates or. Harris Esti mated would bring in an additional see . Page 9 province of Macedonia. _ earlier tuesday the Belgrade communist newspaper Borba charged albanians were carrying on an unruly Campaign against Yugoslavia. Last wednesday Yugo Slavia formally accused High romanian officials of trying to pro Voke a revolution against Premier Tito. Similar charges were made Friday against Hungary. All four bul Garia Hungary and to Omailia sided with the Tion its denunciation of Tito and other yugoslav leaders two months ago. Observers see Tito s Cabinet shake up tuesday ases Tab Lishing a solid pro Tito front against the co inform. His govern ment is now All communist and All Tito. The shake up was interpreted As a consequence of the pledge of the recent communist Congress party s first task is to. Close its ranks and tighten the control Over the government. Six arrested. Sofia sept. Of the Nin opposition social democratic deputies in the bulgarian parliament have Bee arrested for anti National Active a parliamentary spokesman announced wednesday. See Page 9 Havana Cuba sept. 1 112 big George a 12.- Tyro lib yaks senior 109 Broad Bend Casino s Pride 112 9 Rulle entry. Sixth Back Allm Vincen the Yosemite three-year_old5 and up -1 the ,0 reached tuesday Between the two unions whereby the . Be comes a part of the Canadian District of the seafarers International Union embracing deep sea As Well As great lakes agreement signed the agreement was signed by representatives of both organizations. D. Joyce Secretary treasurer of the Canadian District signed for the . Jack Chapman of Mont real new president of the ., signed for his organization. Hall said the . Docs not retain its identity and now comes simply into the Canadian District. He said that with the Elimina Tion of Sullivan Chapman signed As president of the . To give full effect to the merger. The announcement said Pat Sullivan erstwhile presi Dent of the ., has been re ired from the scene. The sea areas approach to the discussions which led up to the agreement conditional upon the Climina Tiore of of a blonde Starlet. This is the bitter end of every my career my Home my said Mitchum As he was booked. He surrendered calmly shrug his Broad shoulders As he was taken into Cus Fig Tody who by said they caught him smoking a Mari Juana cigarette. Arrested with him were l i 1 a Leeds 20, Golden haired actress whose Home was raided dancer Vickie Evans and Ford 31, a Friend of Mitchum s. Mitchum Ford and miss Leeds mite him were booked on suspicion of Vio lating the narcotics act. If con cited their sentences could Range rom 90 Days to 10 years. There an be no probation police said. Aiss Evans who lives with miss was booked on a technical Harge of visiting a House where is used. Mitchum joked with officers who fingerprinted him in Central . 3ut he was concerned about his career and his family. 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Strong president of local 807 of the International brother Hood of teamsters Al said the strike by his Driver members would hamper the flow of food newsprint freight and Merchan Dise to and from the metropolitan area Strong announced the action after his men voted to 1.425 to reject a 15-cent hourly wage increase which employers had offered in. A last minute attempt to renew a Union contract that expired at mid night ;