Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 25, 1948, Winnipeg, Manitoba Army week sept. 18-25 Winnipeg free press sold Only at your Groger b Price so per copy edition with comics inc. Commuting Manitoba youths help Harvest North Dakota potato crop approximately women and youths from Southern Mani Toba Are assisting United states Farmers in their annual potato Harvest Fred j. White regional superintendent of the unemployment insurance commission has revealed. All of the boys Are 16 and 17-year-Olds who can be spared from their farm duties at or White. Stressed that these Canadian workers were All from districts of Southern Manitoba immediately adjacent to the International Border and that practically All of them Are commuting daily from Homes in Manitoba to farms and Fields in North Dakota. Or. White said the movement was made possible by the co operation of american and Canadian immigration authorities and the National employment service. Those participating in this Harvest excursion Are supplied with temporary permits by the United states immigration authorities allowing them to Cross Back and Forth Over the International Boundary. Arrangements Tor this labor migration were made some time ago at meetings attended by representatives of National employment service Korth Dakota state employment service and american and Cana Dian immigration officials. Orangemen Honor Victor w. Gilmer Victor a Gilmer a resident of Manitoba for 35 years and for 50 years a member of the change was honoured at a banquet held at Moore s restaurant recently on his retire ment from the office of grand Secretary. Tribute to or Gil Mer s service was paid by Vari Ous members of the Organiza Tion. C. G. Perry presented the guest of Honor with a Marble desk on behalf of the members. Winnipeg saturday september 25, 1948 firms making More use of business Bureau business firms in Winnipeg As Well As the general Public Are making More use of the services of the better Busi Ness Bureau than Ever before according to a recent report. At the Boardo directors recently it was revealed that a total of enquiries and complaints had been handled since March when the Bureau was placed on full time opera Tion. For the same period 57 firms have been accepted into the membership. By Carrier in Winnipeg 25c per week. Eleven Mies f Highway Leady soon or. Gilmer plans to reside in Montreal. A a Home school croup to present award Bruno Yaeger 10-year-old son of or. And . H. Laeger As Oakville drive has been awarded the s50 scholarship donated by the Chapman Home and school association to the outstanding student in Grade eleven. Bruno was educated at Phoenix school heading Ley and latterly at the Charleswood Chapman school. At present he is taking the Commerce course at the University of Manitoba. Presentation of the award will be made to Bruno at the association s on Enilie meeting for the fall and Winter season at 8 . Tuesday in the Chapman school. A. V. Pigott will at the meeting on the values of Home and associations to a Community. Bruno Yaeger bakery workers Union official on trip West w t White Secretary and business agent of the Canadian bakery workers Union c.c.l., left for the West Friday night to co ordinate activities of the Bike by workers in Western Canada into a con Ference or. White expects to be away from two to three weeks his first meeting outside the City was scheduled at 2 . Sat urday at Saskatoon. He will attempt to visit All cities in the Western provinces. A or Small boy injured when struck by cab Michael Hanford 4% years son of. Or. And . K. Han Ford 1 Raymond apartments Beresford Avenue suffered con Cussion and a Cut Mouth when struck by an Auto at Osborne Street and Baltimore Road at 5.35 . Friday. At Winnipeg general Hospital the child s condition is fairly Good. Driver of the car police said was George Weatherhead 127 a 1 Lington Street. Wreckers Are the old judge Wood House first residence built in fort Rouge when wealthy Winni Eggers began to develop old Ward one nearly 70 years ago. The House built during Winnipeg s firsthand Boom 1880 to 1882, was Vised from 1887 to 1916 As a children . Int its place the new premises of the Winnipeg Winter club will be erected. Marked migration of Homes fort Rouge s first House being razed Woodsworth pupils Honor Rev. G. Foy students in religious instruction at Woodsworth or Hool presented a Wallet a key Case and a Small sum in Cash to Rev. George Foy who has conducted the classes for the past two years. Or. Foy leaves for nor Anda que., where he will become Rector of All saints Church. He will be succeeded at Woodsworth school by Rev. Gordon Walker St. Thomas anglican Church. W.e.c., employees meet to sign 14 pacts i Ali. Winns Noo employees feelers officials of the Winnipeg electric employees Council. Met Friday with the it of the company to sign Sesars a -4c appliance re Sellers meter agreement a. O. Brigden named 10 engravers executive a. O. Brigden of Winn Irreg was elected to the executive committee of the photo engravers and electro types association of Canada afar meet ing held recently at Niagara Falls. President is g. L. Gardi Ner of Toronto. To a 93-year-old britishers on Long flight oldest passenger Ever to aboard a trans Canada painting presented to Isbister school an Oil painting entitled Black Mountain by the Winnipeg artist j. F. Plaskett was presented to Isbister school by the. Junior chamber of com Merce Friday afternoon. G. H. Warren principal received the picture on behalf of the school. Construction work in Canada. He assisted in building the Tus connecting the chateau with the Ottawa urn on . A of a magistrate Lacerte goes to Quebec conference magistrate Henri Lacerte of St. Boniface left Friday for three Rivers Quebec to at tend the annual conference of Semaine social at which he the first House to be built i fort Rouge is being torn Down. It is a great Brick Castle facing River Avenue on a wide Sward of grass Long uncut. The wreckers Are pry ing off the unsightly Wood Veran Das erected in a later Day. They Are taking out the panes from the big window squares. The House that chief Justice Edmund Burke Wood began to build during Winnipeg s first land Boom in 1880, and which was five years later bought by the women s Chris Tian Union of Winnipeg for a Chil Dren s will a. Few Days be slowed under by the Street that has known it for nearly 70 years will see it no More. The Structure is de to make Way for Winnipeg Winter club. Railroads moved in the old judge Wood House is important As marking the gradual migration southward of Winnipeg s residential districts. In the 1870 s the Villas of the Well to do were congregated on. Point Douglas. The Railroad arrived there in 1879, and the blackening Coal smoke drove Point Doug lasers South to Broadway where the old Many roomed ornamental houses now used As Rooming houses. Then Manitoba began to build the red River Valley nucleus and precursor of the present Canadian National. The residents on Boulevard de Broadway fore seeing More Coal smoke near a hand made plans to move Aero the Assiniboine. Judge Wood the first chief Justice of Manitoba an one of Winnipeg s Best known Cit the political plan form As big the a into the Bushland South of the River cleared several acres and Bui an Alhambra among the log cab ins and the Frame shanties of the Market gardeners. The big House was thus the firs residence properly so called in the suburb soon named fort Rouge. When were new the City built the first Assin. Boine Bridge at main Street. Rive Avenue was opened and paved wit Cedar blocks. Judge Wardlaw Tay Lor another famous Early Jurist pioneered Wellington Crescent Rosyln Road grew into being and substantial Home seekers began Leir Long and comfortable sojourn Long the South Assini vew freight loading system saves time work in handling test shipment shows Laura Secor group flan Busy session a business meeting registration for the arts and Craft classes and four films will be on the programme for the Laura Secord Home and school association meeting monday at 8 . In the school auditorium. Will be guest speaker. A Board of directors at meeting. Group s gravel on roads is threat to safety another menace to Highway safety has developed the Mani Toba motor league has pointed out due to a continued dry spell gravel on highways has become very Loose and the danger comes from the throw ing of Loose stones by cars be ing driven at excessive Speed. Slow is the advice of the league. North Centre liberals plan meeting members of the North Centre Liberal association will hold a meeting in free press Board room no. 2 at 8 . Monday. A a trans conf a liberals to meet monday a meeting of the. Transcona Liberal association will be held. At 7.30 . Monday in the Castle Hall at. Transcona. Ome. Judge Wood died. Suddenly in 882 before his House was com lated. Fighting Joe Martin at Orney general of Manitoba. In the arly eighties lived in the Wood a few years then moved Way. In 1887 the big White Brick evidence began its thirty years career As the children . Early builders other Early builders in fort Louge were major Stewart Muley father of Public schools in Winnipeg and j. H. D. Munson Ames is still among he finest on Wellington Crescent a Story illustrating the Early Esis Tanee of fort Rouge residents of e. M. Wood son. Of. Chief jus ice Wood whose House adjoined father s along River Avenue. Investors were anxious to Eret residential blocks along River ave where they could charge Hig rent on account of the locality exclusiveness. Permission was Fin ally obtained to put up the firs Block on River . M Wood s House. Or. Wood s Respens was a "spite1 Fence of Tongue and grooved boards the highest. Eve built in Winnipeg or perhaps any where else. The Fence shut out the Light from the High priced suite on the first and second storeys a phase estate later bought by along that Side of the Black. Represented fort Rouge s first re action. To Block building in wha was then intended to be Winnipeg three in Hospital eleven Miles of Concrete paving the Emerson Highway Between Nion Point and Cartier will be by the end of next week n official of the Manitoba High ays department said saturday o More paving will be made on 16-Highway this year because of in shortages of Cement and steel a 30-mile stretch of Road is in he process of being graded be Veen and Morris. The Rading work is expected to. Be completed within two weeks time it is the intention of the de Concrete pave entire 60-mile Trietch of Highway no. 14 from t Norbert 10 Miles out of win Arment to Lay ent Over the Lieg lated to Emerson. When Corn it will be a 24-foot rein forced Concrete Highway with a 0-Fbot shoulder. At the present me the Road has an Asphalt sur action a gravel base. Credit unions to Mark 00th anniversary credit unions of greater Winnipeg plan to hold e Mon Ster rally at the Marlborough hotel oct. 2 to celebrate the of the credit Union movement., heavy truck overturns Falls on passenger car j v three persons were injured Fri Day when a truck loaded with our tons of crushed Stone Over turned on to an oncoming car in to. 1 Highway at River Crest settlement one half mile North of Middle Church. In fairly Good condition at the Winnipeg general Hospital Are . Florence Jones 338 seven Oaks Avenue a passenger in the Mike Stelmaschuk of Gar son Man. And Frank Zondek also of Garson said to have been passengers in the car. According to r.c.m.p., Gordon Rumley of 395 Carlton Street was driving a Stone Quarry truck North on the Highway at 2.35 . And swung out to avoid a trailer which he was following. He applied his brakes but the heavy Load he was carrying threw his truck out of control on to the wrong Side of the Highway where it overturned on top of the car said police. Or. Rumley escaped uninjured but his passenger . Jones was thrown through the truck s window onto the Hood of the car witnesses report. Or. Stelmaschuk and or. Zon Oder in the car were hurled Forward against their by the Force of the Impact. Mrs. Jones injuries were de scribed As four Inch laceration to the Scalp and hand injuries while or. Stelmaschuk suffered possible head injuries Ani Lacera Tion to the left Eyebrow Cheek lip and Gums and had two broken Teeth. Extent injury to or. Zondek was not yet known hos Pital authorities reported. Prairie employment picture superintendent reports two jobs for every Man the. 30 Prairie officers of the National employment service now me two jobs for every Man seek no work while for women the number of., employment a Sportun ties and the number of those seek ing employment Are about equal it was revealed saturday by Fred j. White regional superintendent of. The unemployment insurance commission. Of the people placed in employment by the National employment service in the one week ending sept. 16, were placed by the Winnipeg office he said. The employment situation fluctuates much too quickly for us to be Able to anticipate future or. White declared. But we would not be surprised if is present picture continues for least a month or contributing factors to the resent employment picture or. White Felt were bumper crop ields an All Lime High in building permits and the Public works now eng constructed by municipal and provincial governments. Eltawa sept. 25 countess Alexander wife of. The governor general returned to government House Friday following a successful surgical operation at the o commercial encroachment is told area. Permanent residential civic Hospital. She was believed suffering from a Throat ailment. Communicable diseases show decline communicable diseases showed a decrease during the past week City health officials said saturday. There were Only 18 cases As com pared with 24 the week , there were two deaths one from tuberculosis and one from infantile diarrhoea reported included Chicken pox one mumps 10 infantile paralysis two Scarlet fever one Nencil typhoid one. Screen Crescent Wood club to address club s. Alexander Mackay educational consultant associated screen news limited Toronto will speak to the sales and advertising club at a luncheon monday in the fort Garry hotel. His subject will be sell ing is teaching and vice versa. Opening drive funds a supper rally at the St. George s Parish Hall monday will officially open the cres cent Wood Community clubs annual Campaign for funds following the supper which is being provided by the ladies auxiliary members of the club will begin a personal canvass possibility seen of transferring two Rural seats possibility of two Rural seats in the Manitoba legislature being dropped and added to the greater Winnipeg Urban area was seen sat or defy following a of a sub committee of the main re distribution committee by. The legislature at the last ses Sion. While no official announcement of the committee s deliberations was forthcoming it was Learned saturday that there May be even More than two seats added to the area. If such was to be the Case the number of permanent seats in the legislative Assembly would have to be increased Over the present total of 55. Any such increase however would not exceed three seats Mak ing the total seats in the House 58, a committee source said. The sub committee met Friday. It was the third meeting since the sub committee was created. While declining to make any statement Ion the committee s discussions Hon. William Morton minister of Muni Cipal affairs and sub committee chairman said considerable pro Gress has been he said the sub committee would meet again oct. 15. At its Friday meeting the com Mittee reviewed a report of Popula Tion figures in a act Rural constituency by townships. As a result it was suggested that in the re shuffling of the constituencies i might be necessary to erase two Rural seats. No decision was reached however and it could no1 be Learned would mos the first test shipment Chandise to be moved to Western Anada by a new method Calle Wallet sized arrived in Winnipeg this week Over Canadian National -railway.lines. The cargo cartoons of Ketchup Anc aimed soup made its Journe pm Leamington ont., to Winnieg by rail without Bein during transit. This method of loading whish according to warehousemen a n Elway officials saves Man hour and Energy makes use of Soli a forms called pallets. Each Allet is and weigh pounds. Trucks do work the. Goods to be shipped a led Ion the pallets and spot glue o hold their together. Specia Rucks equipped elevator Lik its move the pallets from the to boat or freight car. By usual hand loading method requires seven men to unload of car in from two to four hour y pallet Zed loading it is est mated one Man can unload a Ca n half an. Hour. To . I Likely be dropped if such a move was made this picture shows a pallet loaded with l Cartons of canned goods being lifted away from a Stock pile by a special truck. The truck then backs away and deposits the loaded pallet in a Box car. Timely warning Don t let this happen to you i. Citizen above rained his timepieces by pushing clock hands around in a dirty Circle when the return to Standard time came and has now resigned himself to relying on the old fashioned Sundial. If he had just moved the clock hands Back one Hoar he could have enjoyed an extra hour of rest with the knowledge that All household timepieces were in tact. Remember before you go to bed tonight set clock hands Back one hour for Daylight saving time is officially Over sunday at 2 . 2 people injured by hit run track driving a stolen truck a hit and run Driver Friday night smashed into the rear of a parked Auto on Carlton Street slightly Jurin g two persons. City police Are holding a Man for questioning in connection with the Accident it v As Learned. He was arrested in the Vicinity soon after the Accident occurred officials said. The truck was stolen from the Wolfe Sheet Metal company Yard at 154 Princess Street. At 10.15 ., it rammed an Auto parked in front of 83 Carlton Street. The car was driven up Over the crashing into a tree on the Boule Vard. The truck stopped and the Driver leaped out and raced away police said. Occupants of the car miss Stella Potter room 7, 83 Carlton Street and Phillip sch Baum 310 Queens ton Street were Winni Peg general Hospital allowed to leave. Miss Potter suffered a sprained right ankle or. Schu Baum received bruises and cuts to the right hand. The truck is reported to have narrowly missed two Young cyclists before hitting the car. Great unionist great Canadian Pat Conroy acclaimed at testimonial dinner 3mrch group collects 15 tons f used clothing Over 15 tons of used 12 tons of which have been Shippe o England and Germany have Een collected by Manitoba protes ant churches subscribing to Cana Lan Church Relief abroad officials report. The organization s collection de it 166 water Street has been for the Winter months receive new consignments of cloth no which will be distributed to missions pastors and needy people n countries crippled by War. The Canadian Council of churches in Manitoba which m this instance operates under the of the Canadian Church Pat Conroy Secretary treasurer of the Canadian Congress of labor was acclaimed at a testimonial dinner in his Honor Friday night As being a great Canadian Trade unionist and a. Great the dinner was held at the Marl Borough hotel. Citizens the province Active n educational institutions Rell Industry and the provincial and City governments joined with Abor leaders to pay tribute to or. Conroy s to the Union movement and the country As a whole. The dinner was sponsored by the Winnipeg labor Council c.c.l., whose president j. James acted As master of ceremonies. The Occa Sion also marked the first labor Institute sponsored jointly by the Council and the Canadian Congress of labor and now being held at the University of Manitoba. A scroll presented by or. Tames on behalf of the Council says presentation to our esteemed Friend and brother Pat Conroy l.l.d., in recognition of a lifetime Devotion to the cause of labor and the demo cratic Way of ther dinner marked the occasion of Conroy s awarded an honorary degree. Of doctor Laws by St. Francis Xavier University Antigonish . The degree was conferred at the regular convocation of the University May .25, after or. Conroy had returned from Rome where he had attended a meeting of the executive of. The world federation of Trade unions of which he is an executive member. The citation accompanying the degree states that in his efforts to procure for the Canadian worker a greater share of the nation s wealth and a More effective voice in the world of Industry or con Roy Ihas made an outstanding contribution to the enrichment of democratic. In Canada. I for Canada to recognize men and women who work with their hands mat Erial resource essential to Realiza Tion of Canada s full potential a a nation was stressed by Roy. Because the mass of people Lave not. Been recognized As contributing Factor in our coun abroad is appealing for name Relief its of clothing and of Money to cover packing and shipping expenses through the Church of England and the United Baptist and presbyterian churches. The Winnipeg depot will be open daily from monday through Friday and saturday mornings for the receipt of clothes. Mrs. Douglas a Tacky is chairman of the local organization ., Paul Duval is depot supervisor. The National organization had collected 240 tons of used clothing and shoes up to sept. 1 and shipped 160 tons according to a report from Headquarters at Toronto. The largest shipments had been directed to Britain and the British occupied zone of Germany. Smaller shipments were forwarded to France Italy Greece Japan and Korea officials emphasize that Cana Dian Church Relief abroad is the churches own organization Ita usefulness depends wholly on the collective contribution protes Tant churches in terms Money and clothing. It has been a fact that the resources of the nation have Bee entrapped and our nation the or. Conroy said the Only cure for. he said is to raise the work ing Man to the same status other individuals to give to i personality the prestige it re quires to provide for the Workin men and women the respect o the nation As a whole or. In a biographical sketch said or. Conroy was Bor aug. 30, 1900, at Baillieston suburb of Glasgow he Ven to work in the Coal mines at the age of 13 years and where h became a of the Britis mine workers federation at tha age. He came to Canada at the a of 20. He worked in mines Lumbe Camps and other industries i Canada the and Mexico. H was Active in the locals United mine workers of of Thame Ica becoming vice president o that mine District 18, which cover Western Canada. Wheat the Canadian con Gress of labor was reconstituted in 1940, mr., Conroy was elected vice president and the following year he was elected Secretary treasurer. Short speeches of cop Gatula tons were Given by Hon. R Rhodes Smith minister of Labb of both mayor Garnet Coulter May George c. Maclean of St. Boni Pat Conroy Ace Hon. 3. C. Dryden minister education f father Joseph Campbell Chancellor of the win Peg archdiocese who represent d archbishop Murray Fred Cowling Canadian director and vice president of the United packing House workers of Amer Ca who introduced International resident Ralph Helstein. Of Chi ago prof. W. J. Waines Dean f arts Anc science of the univer Ltd of. Manitoba Harry a. Chap Ella representative of the Canadian brotherhood of railway employees judge w. J. Lindal chairman of the. National employ ment advisory committee of the employment insurance commis Ion Ralph d. Baker president of lie Winnipeg chamber of com Merce or. Helstein and c. E. Wood president of the Manitoba federation of agriculture and co operation. Among others who were Intro iced to the audience by or. Ames and c. F. Schubert chair Man of the Institute were or. Justice s. E. Richards . Rob Ert Mcqueen t. A Mcmaster Secretary. Of the Manitoba teach ers society . A a. P. Mckay ice chairman of the Winnipeg school Board prof. L. E. Graham or. R. O. Macfarlane Deputy minister of education w. Elliott Wilson Deputy minister of labor Aid. E. A. Brotman Legal advisor of the Winnipeg labor Council Fred White superintendent of the unemployment insurance commis Sion Alistair Stewart m.p., Doit Swailes Lloyd Stinson w. dash m.l.a., de Hansford m.l.a., Rev. D. Carlson president of the Mai Sterria association who offered prayers and Howard conquer Ood educational director of the United steelworkers . Csc supervisor to speak Here general supervisor of the Csc International service Dilworth is to be guest speaker at a meet ing of the Canadian club of Winni Peg at the Royal Alexandra hotel thursday. His topic will be the voice of Canada. Or Dilworth native of High Bluff Man., prior to his appoint ment As general supervisor of the Csc International service was Bri Tish Columbia regional representative of the Csc and manager car Vancouver. He represented Canada at meet Ings of Enesco in Paris in 1947 in connection with mass communications the same year went to Mexico City As a a Erncr of the Canadian delegation tothe second general Assembly of Enesco. In the Spring of this year he journeyed to England on Csc business and for purposes of Liaison with bbl ;