Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 05, 1949, Winnipeg, Manitoba Final edition Winnipeg free press Clearing this evening. Clear Fri Day. Little change in temperature. Light winds. Low tonight and High Friday 38 and 58. Vol. 188 40 pages Price 5 cents with comics Loc thursday May 5, 1949 blockade Sun Rise 4.59 . Sun set 7.5 . Moon Rise 10.47 . Moon set 2.23 . Forecast overcast new squeeze by Russia foreseen Gen. Lucius Clay scheduled to retire As . Mili tary governor of Germany May 15, shakes hands with his successor . Clarence r. Huebner who is his chief of staff during Farewell tribute at Grafe Woehr. Germany wednesday. Wire photo via radio bid for Central govt. Expected Berlin May close to soviet Headquarters said thursday Russia s first step after the lifting of the Berlin blockade May 12 would be to demand a plebiscite to Force establishment of a Central German government. The report came shortly after the big four Powers n a cold War truce move officially announced thursday the Berlin blockade will be lifted May 12 and a big four Council of foreign ministers meeting will be convened in or. Philip c. Jessup . Ambassador at Large second from and Jacob Malik soviet Deputy foreign minister second from shake As Britain s sir Alexander Cadogan left and Jean Chauvel of France watch at the conclusion of the historic new York conference where the big four representatives set May 12 As the Date for lifting the Berlin blockade. East and West continue their political chess game same differences exist after 10 months of air lift by Stephen White Economy. Russia sought to create . Herald Tribune news service Germany controlled by com Berlin May 5 it May be come difficult for berliners to sleep nights when the Airlift Fin ally comes to an end. The Roar of planes has been a dominant part of life Here for More than 10 months and the City will not seem the same without it. A state of blockade seems almost the natural this bedraggled qty shabby even under its Spring blossoms. The blockade did not Spring into being As an isolated event. It followed almost inevitably from the entire state of affairs within Germany 1c months Ugo. Then As now ers were seeking to create a unified self governing Ger Many. There were sizeable differences among them but the major Gap Lay Between the Western allies on the one Side and Russia on the other. The West sought to create a Germany that would be democratic in the Western sense of the word capable of sustaining itself munits or their sympathizers along a one party line would be integrated with the communist Economy. It was not surprising that and contributing to the european Many. Moscow reports agreement without comment Moscow May 5 bup All newspapers and the Moscow radio gave prominent play thursday to the big four agreement to lift the Berlin blockade but there was no immediate comment. The newspapers printed a Tass despatch from new York reporting that preliminary four Power agree ment had been reached on All important questions of principle in the Berlin the despatch specifically mentioned the agreement for Mutual and simultaneous lifting of All transportation restrictions in Ger months of negotiations had yielded nothing since in those antithetical Aims there was no com Mon ground. By the end of 1947, both sides Ivere hedging on their chances of achieving a unified Germany and were casting around for alternatives. For the Western allies this look the shape of unifying their own zone and creating within them a Western German govern ment capable of developing along Western lines. For Russia the correspond ing programme was the establishment of a communist re Gime in. Western Germany and its integration within the so Viet bloc. Both sides began to turn their efforts toward fur Thering their own plus and the soviets engaged in at tempts to prevent accomplish ment of the Western plans. The currency problem is As an integral part of the Western prob Lem. German credit and banking was in a state of chaos and on this subject As on every other the two antagonists could not agree. Accordingly a year ago the with earned dollars not Erp funds Britain to continue buying Canada wheat says Strachey London May 5 will continue to buy Canadian wheat using earned dollars to finance purchases instead of mar shall plan funds it. Hon. John Strachey food minister said thurs Day. This Means a Good Deal of administrative he said but will continue to Purchase wheat under our agreement with or. Strachey was replying to a question based on a ruling in Washington that dollars allocated by the economic co operation administration cannot be used to finance British purchases of food of which there Mav be a surplus in the United states. The United states has More wheat on hand than is needed for its Domestic Market. Some observers in Washington have said recently that Congress has an in written understanding that no . Funds will be released for Purchase of other than United states wheat until the american wheat surplus is ended. Under the . Law no commodity declared surplus in the Mother reveals grave ramp Hunt St. Jean Man in death of Small child Manitoba ., aided by police service dogs from heading Ley man., wednesday launched a widespread search for Edward Teennie 36-year-old Rosseau Reserve Indian wanted for questioning in the death of the 13 month old child of his common Law wife. The tiny body of the child Oliver thorns was raised from a hastily dug grave on the outskirts of the Rosseau Reserve near St. Jean man., wednesday at noon. . Were led to the isolated grave by the Mother Edna thorns 39, also a Reserve Indian. A postmortem was held late wednesday by or. . Dick of Dominion City man., and or. W. Karlinsky of Emerson man., and an inquest was ordered. The body was released for burial after the postmortem at the Home of the Indian agent Mike Brad near Letellier. The Post Morten showed that death was caused by a cerebral Haemorrhage probably As a result of a blow one doctor stated. First news of the child s death came tuesday night see tragedy Page 13 United states May be bought out Side with . Funds. The most recent commodity affected by this provision was fresh pork. Wheat has not been declared surplus although a surplus exists asked whether any Anglo Canadian talks were contemplated concerning compensation for Canadian Farmers who sold wheat to Britain at n. Price below world Levels or. Stra Chucy said Britain now is paying a Bushel under the u ii cat agreement with Canada lie said this is 20 cents higher than the world Price established under the recent inter National wheat agreement. Another question was whether the Price of russian wheat is below that quoted by Canada. Or. Stra Chey said Britain has not bought any russian wheat and that the soviet Union has quoted no Price in the world Market. He said the British government has had and is talks with it. Hon. C. D. Howe Canada s Trade minister on the future of trading relations Between Canada and the United kingdom he said these discussions were covering specific Canadian commodities such As tinned Salmon and apples. Herring Plant fire Curling East nfld., May 5 herring Plant was destroyed when fire swept the water front of this West coast Village Early thursday. Damage amounted to s50.000. West decided to go ahead with currency Reform in Western Ger Many alone. Berlin sore spot even before the Peculiar situation of Berlin was a sore spot for the russians and they had been making moves designed to drive the allies from the City. Bio 4 Issue of Manque Washington. May 5 the text of the four Power Block Ade communique the governments of France the .s.r. The United kingdom and the United states have reached the following agreement _ All the restrictions imposed since March 1. 194s. By the government of the Union of soviet socialist republics on communications. Transportation and Trade Between Berlin and the Western zones of Germany and Between the Eastern zone and the Western zones will be removed May 12, 1949. All the restrictions imposed since March 1. 13-13, by the governments of France the United kingdom and the United states or any one of them on communications transportation and Trade be tween Berlin and the Eastern zone and Between the Western and Eastern zones of Germany will also be removed May 12. 1949. 2 eleven Days subsequent to the removal of the. Restrictions referred to in paragraphs one and. Two namely. May 23. 1949. A meet ing of the Council of foreign mini sters will be convened in Paris to consider questions relating to Ger Many. And the problems arising out of the situation in Berlin including also the question of currency in Berlin. Frank starting series on new York City if you have that old restless feeling that goes along with every real Case of Spring fever perhaps Frank Morriss ran help you out. After a week at the Canadian drama festival in Toronto the free press movie and drama critic is off to new York. He has his plans made for just the sort of big City Holiday that makes for a lot of Wishful thinking. Pie s going to take in some of the Broadway shows that Are setting Box office records and ferret out some of the restaurants that make eating in new York an experience not just a three times a Day Job. Watch for Frank Morriss stories from new York. They la be starting in the free press saturday at Best attempts to exploit the soviet zone without including Ber Lin were full of difficulties. It is the zone s principal asset. The pre sence of the West its radio and its press in Berlin made the rus Sian propaganda Battle a difficult one within its own zone. Western currency Reform aggravated these difficulties. A Power Ful Western Economy represented within Berlin made tight economic control Over the soviet zone All aut impossible. And finally there were pow Erful political reasons for the russians desire to he alone in Berlin. Traditionally the Capi Tal of Germany. Berlin is a potent asset in the russian Battle to unify Germany on russian terms. Moreover if the West could he driven out of Berlin it would be close to destruction throughout Ger Many for who in Western Ger Many would be paying Faith in Allied Power or Good will accordingly to isolate the effects of the Western Lowers with in the russian zone the russians slowly sought to isolate Berlin first by cutting Down on Road and Barge traffic into Berlin and Fin ally last june by cutting rail lines As Well. Then the russians waited for Western Berlin to Wither on the Vine. Only by risking War instead the air lift kept this City alive and by the time the russians overcame their Shock at this unexpected outcome they were in a position to Stop the lift Only by risking outright War. Meanwhile the West had responded with a counter blockade. All Trade Between Eastern and Western Many was throttled at the zonal boundaries. Although Large leaks developed the net effect was to Cut Eastern imports from the West. Thus the blockade had shown citizens Hopes rising new York Herald Tribune news service Berlin May c is a very great event for Berlin turning Point in Ernst Reuter lord mayor of Berlin said exult Antly wednesday when news came to him that the blockade Wil soon be lifted. Fie shared his exultation with the rank and file of. Berliners Al though he expressed it on higher plane. On the dark streets of Berlin the first response was almost unanimously More for almost a year nov the citizens of Westeri Berlin have passed most of then evening hours by the fitful of candles. After that the next thought a food gasoline and the amenities of life. There was Little gloating see air lift Page 13 after the storm Senora retreats husband escapes Rome May 5 main characters in the Ingrid Bergman International love Triangle Dis appeared from Public View thurs Day. Miss Bergman and italian film director Roberto Rossellini re treated to Stromboli. Island to re sume work on the film after the storm. Miss Bergman s husband. Or. Peter Lindstrom escaped report ers while taking a train from Messina Sicily to Rome. Or. Lindstrom was scheduled to leave on trans world air lines flight 921 from Rome wednesday night for the United states. Scores of re porters waited for him at the Airport hut he did not Board the plane. Or. Lindstrom s reservations were for two seats reserved Tot him on special order of . President Howard Hughes Indi Cating that there May have been some Advance belief that miss Bergman would leave with him. However the plane left with both seats unoccupied. Miss Bergman s statement that she would return to her husband after finishing the picture on Stromboli was met with coldness by italian actress Anna Ajmani. Star of or. Rossellini s open City and his frequent companion before he., met miss Bergman. This is Senora Bergman s private she said. I am not press reports claimed that miss Magnani would make a film for Hollywood director William die Terle. Also at Stromboli. That place is too far away and miss Magnani said concerning this report. However she confirmed she was negotiating with or. Dieterle to make a film. West will stand firm Bevin says London. May 5 Hon. Ernest Bevin foreign Secre tary told commons thursday the Western Powers would pursue at the big four meeting on Germany the same spirit of firmness and reasonableness that broke the blockade of Berlin. It was not we who were re or. Bevin said blam ing the soviet Union for the Block Ade. But he expressed Hope the four meeting in Paris this month would find a basis for settlement of the whole German problem. Or. Bevin spoke briefly shortly after the big four announced their agreement to lift the blockade. After Reading the four Power statement or. Bevin also told the cheering House 1. The Allied air lift will continue until the situation has been finally cleared 2. Me would go to is Crlin this week end to see the air lift to thank nil concerned for what they have done to Malte it a Success. 3. We have succeeded in standing firm in Berlin because of the air lift 4. We shall not abandon in settlement the principles for which we have always stood re Garding Winston Churchill congratulated the labor government on the agreement and or. Bevin on the see Belv Page 15 Paris May 23. The Western Powers counter blockade of the soviet zone of Germany will be ended at the same time As Hie soviet Block Ade. The Council of foreign ministers will consider questions relating to Germany and problems arising out of the situation in Berlin including also the question of cur Rency in the four Power communique More than two months of intense m in ligation was issued simultaneously in Moscow London Paris and Washington As Well As in new York where the Berlin Deal was worked out at the Headquarters of the United nations. The document was an extraordinary display of Harmony after More than a year of tension and conflict. At the same hour the Brief state ment was made Public a copy was handed to Trygve lie United nations Secretary general. It will require he full Wiek from now to May to make 1he complicated arrangements for restoring Normal rail High Way and Harue traffic Between Germany s first City and the Western occupation zones. The communique did not set any precise hour for Tho lifting of the blockades on May 12. According to the Berlin re port Russia would want the see blockade Page 15 first fruit of pact London. May 5 Carlo Sforza. Italian foreign minis Ter. Thursday said he believed rus Sia s decision to lift the Berlin blockade was the first fruit of the North Atlantic Alliance. Germans reassured glory goes to airmen general Clay states quit Ford plants talks end , May 5 a a strike of workers hit Ford motor company thursday and negotiators broke up. A last minute conference in which they had hoped to reach a settlement. Peace talks were called off at 1.20 . They had been extended after the deadline in a last Desper ate Hope that agreement could be reached. Some shouting work ers streamed out the pates of. The Biff Rouge Plant. At the Lincoln Mercury Plant an other left their jobs. Assembly lines whose Speed had been the subject of wrangling for months ground to a Stop. And so. Ford was hit by the first major walkout since the bloody 10-Dav Battle in 1941 when the see strike Page 13 see mayor Page 15 Ottawa gives clarification of spy Story by Hugh Boyd Ottawa. May 5 Tawa was thrown into a Dithe wednesday by a local press a Cor of foreign agents being discovered within the Federal civil service but the excitement quickly die Down again. It was All a misunderstanding. George Mcilraith parliamentary assistant to the minister of Trade and Commerce had Madi remarks about the Hav ing uncovered some extraordinarily useful information about espionage activities of civil servants but thursday or. Mcilraith fresh from renomination the pre Vious night As Liberal candidate for West explained that i had just been recalling some historical events. What he had in mind was the espionage investigations carried on by the In 1946. Or. Mcilraith was not suggesting new cases had been uncovered by the police and had no reason to be Lieve there were any. At the same time the parliamentary assistant expressed his opinion that Ottawa s 000 civil servants were by no Means suffering from inquisitorial tactics by the police that enquiries Are made into employees records in some cases is Well understood. This process goes on continually. Questionnaires filled in by employees when hired according to the civil service commissioner Are available to the To assist them in their Check to uncover possible communists and agents. . Headquarters explained that the Force was called on frequently to make investigations of civil servants in specific cases. But these covered Only a Small fraction item Plo yees even of those newly appointed. The practice of sending to the police All questionnaires by civil servants assigned to posts involving secrecy and Security be Gan during the War. Reports on individual investigations Are confidential documents sent to the commission and to the Heads of departments concerned. Berlin. May 5 announcement with a com Munique appealing to bin Lin ers to reunite the City under a single administration As the German capital. The agreement proves that an understanding among Tho big pow ers which is what the soviet Union has always advocated is the communique said. To mrs. C. C. Snead of Dicksen City pa., the wife of an army Captain lifting of the blockade would mean a new hat and a Paris be communist leaders greeted Bodnarchuk granted stay v of execution Stephen Godnai Chuk. 36-year-old Transcona truck Driver convicted of the murder of metro Manek 59, last dec. 18, was granted a one month stay of execution by chief Justice e. A. Mcpherson. In the Manitoba court of Appeal thursday. Bodnarchuk was sentenced to be hanged at heading Ley jail May 17, after being convicted of the Flat Iron slaying at the Spring Assize. The new Date for execution was set for june 17. The stay was granted to allow time for an Appeal launched by sir Charles Tupper. Hearing of the Appeal has been delayed due to Cabinet study of Tea brings c of c thanks emphasizing that any decision made by the Federal Cabinet on the proposed move of trans can Ada air lines will have far reach ing e. C. Gillian managing Secretary of the Winni Peg chamber of Commerce wired appreciation wednesday night to prime minister Louis St. Laurent for his Promise of full Cabinet consideration of Manitoba s representations. We believe the Cabinet s Deci Sion will have far reaching repercussions for Good or ill on the West s economic development and our whole National the Telegram read. Similar wires were also sent to each member of the Federal Cabinet. If the Cabinet permits operating Headquarters of Tea to be removed from Winnipeg in the face of the Case presented it will be contrary to the essential trend to wards decentralization of Indus try the wire continued. The eyes of the West Are focused on this Issue. Manitoba has spoken through one of the most representative delegations Ever to appear in Ottawa and greater Winnipeg citizens Are acutely conscious of what is at it concluded. Illness of the defence counsel. Facials said. Air Hunt for 7 men widens in . Halifax May 5 bup Force and private planes Cir cled a Square mile area of new Burnswick thursday in the final stages of an intensive search for seven men missing in a Small transport since april 21. If no sign were found of the men or their twin engined Beech Craft by the end of the week the search would be slackened off of ;