Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 09, 1949, Winnipeg, Manitoba Final edition Winnipeg free press Winnipeg Clear and warm. Winds Southeast. Low tonight and High tuesday 50 and 70. Vol 191 30 pages Price 5 cents with comics Loc Winnipeg monday May 9, 1949 Moon Rise -1.30 . Moon set . Sun Rise 4.53 . Sun set 7.5s . Clear s25 million Deal set 200 peace possible Bevin claims flour lumber Salmon involved Berlin statement full of Hope prepare for blockade lifting for foreign ministers meet first since Hitler germans agree at Bonn on basis of new state Bonn Germany May 9 Constitution Lor the first German government since the Hitler regime was adopted sunday night Over communist and rightist opposition. The vote in the West German constituent Assembly was 53 to 12. The dissenting votes were cast by the convention s Only two communist delegates and a group of right Wing delegates from Bavaria in the United states zone. By Stephen White new York Herald Tribune news service Berlin May 9 a peace that could last 200 years is within the grasp of european states men it. Hon. Ernest Bevin British foreign Secretary told a Berlin press conference sunday. We shall be he added if we Don t do or. Bevin is in Berlin for a week end visit ostensibly to see the air lift in operation but by his own account also to prepare the ground for his participation in the forthcoming Council of for eign ministers. His Hopes for that meeting he indicated strongly go far beyond the matter of t Ger Man settlement. Each time he discussed the Paris meeting he soon began to in terms of a general settlement for All Europe of which the German question would be Only a part. We have to reach a settlement this he said of a character that will have the effect of settling All Europe along the right line. You have had Napoleon the Kaiser and Hitler All talking about the Unity of Europe and trying to bring it about by Force. But people have got to grow together. You have to create the conditions under which they can come to Gether. I want to get Europe settled for a couple of Hundred he continued. I Don t think it is beyond the realm of possibility but it will take a lot of time a lot of patience a lot of work. We shall be failures if we Don t do out of meetings such As the Paris conference he said he Hopes to see a German peace treaty evolve. This method rather than the old method of a formal peace conference would provide the final basis of settlement he predicted. By his general attitude rather than by any particular phrases or. Bevin made it Clear that he approaches the Paris meeting with the bavarian said the new Constitution failed to Grant enough states rights. Communists have Long opposed the Crea Tion of a separate West German state. The vote climaxed eight months deliberations by the convention. Copies of the Constitution will be sent to the three West Ern zone military governors for their approval. The Constitution Calls for a fed eral Republic along democratic lines to govern inhabitants of the British american and French zones until a government for All Germany is formed. Of the Constitution paved the Way for general elections in the three Western zones Lor members of parliament. The target Date for the new govern ment to off ice is july 15. The soviet zone is excluded under the present set up but the door was left open to the Eastern area should the rus sians agree at the four Power Council of foreign ministers in Paris May 23 to guarantee free elections in the soviet zone. The convention chose by a vote of 49 to 1 the Flag of the old democratic Weimar Republic which fell in 1933 before Hitler and the Swastika. There were 15 abstentions. The Weimar Flag has Black red and Gold horizontal stripes. Choice of a capital City was delayed until later in the week. The chief contestants Are Frankfurt and Bonn. The Bonn Constitution represents an Effort to get Germany Back to the family of democratic countries to Bury the memory of the nazis and their Gas Chambers and a wielding executioners. The new Constitution abolishes the death penalty. It discards militarism by making no provision for raising an army and by giving no one neither president nor Parlia ment Power to declare War. It makes the plotting of aggressive War a punishable offence pro Vides for the surrender of sovereignty to a United states of Europe when and if and embodies an elaborate Bill of rights Guaran teeing Freedom of press religion Assembly and Equality of All regardless of race religion language sex and political opinions. Censor ship is forbidden. A figurehead president is chief of state with administrative Powers handled by a Chancellor chosen by a bund or parliament. Parliament is divided into a bundestag and bundesrat the lower and. Upper houses. An Independent judiciary is provided. Germans tackle blockade ending railway problems Berlin May 9 bup first talks on How to set in motion again the Rusty wheels of traffic Between Berlin and the West were reported during the week end. German experts from the rus Sian and Western zones were thrashing out details of How to get going when the Berlin Block Ade is lifted next thursday. The first train to Berlin is expected to be the British military passenger transport from bad Olenhausen. The american military express the Berliner from Frankfurt is due to follow a few min utes later. Lawrence Wilkinson . Economics chief said technical arrangements for resumption of traffic Are being handled by German 1 officials. A meeting of the Western Powers and the russians would be necessary Only if the ermans were unable to solve the problem. Ruler of Little Monaco Prince Louis ii Dies Monte Carlo May 9 bup Louis ii ruler of the tiny principality of Monaco since 1922, died monday. Prince Louis who had been ill for some time last week Dele gated his Powers in the Princi Pality to Prince Rainier his heir apparent. One of the richest men in eur Ope Prince Louis was in his youth one of the most glamorous officers n the French foreign legion. High Hopes. It was reported that privately during his visit Here or. Bevin also conveyed the impression that he looked for Ward to Concrete and Long term accomplishments in Paris. As to How these would come about he would not publicly say. He had been he said too Long a Trade Union negotiator to let his plans be known before sitting Down at the bargaining table. Somewhat cryptically he warned that not All the decisions made at Paris would win the support of the Public or of the press. As a foreign minister he said it was necessary for him to think in see Bevin Page 11 bound for Winnipeg two killed five injured in Alberta train wreck alta., May 9 Engineer and a fireman were and three train Crew members and two passengers were injured when the Canadian Pacific railway s Edmonton to Winnipeg train was derailed Early monday. W. Harry Williams Engineer and e. R. Tupper fireman both of Edmonton were buried in the tangled wreckage of the derailed locomotive brakeman w. R. Maxwell of Wilkie sask. And baggage Man Edward e. Dieno of Edmonton were badly scalded and train Man t. C. Murphy of Saskatoon suffered a badly lacerated head and face. William Kowal of Ker slander says Moscow soviet Static drowns out 88% of West s broadcasts a. La Trad Tribune service Aling 53 per cent. New York May 9 wave length jamming transmitters used by the soviet Union on the defensive against the round the clock news programmes of the voice of America and the. British Broad casting corporation succeeded Sun Day in scrambling All but 12 per cent of the offerings from the West. Monitoring reports compiled in London and cabled to the state department Here estimated that the russians were completely Bliter big 3 to begin Germany talks this week London May 9 a a for eign office spokesman said Mon Day Britain France and the United states will begin talks in Paris by the end of this week on their plan for the future of Germany. The exchanges Between the three Western Powers Are preliminary to their conference with Russia on German questions May 23. The Western Powers expect to agree on their strategy and Gen eral Aims. This would give them a United front in dealing with the soviet Union. Grammes and seriously interfering with 35 per cent. An estimated 25 per cent were clearly audible sat urday when the Day and night Effort began. To put this crimp in the mass transmission methods adopted by the voice and the bbl the rus sians turned on another 50 Jam Ming stations sunday. This gave them a total of 150 stations howl ing crackling and groaning to keep russian ears in isolation. The Bri Tish and americans employed a Peak total of 61 transmitters Sun of All pro Moscow replied to the Day. Radio broadcasts sunday by accusing the voice of America and the bbl of spreading slander and lies about the voice of America and the bbl have been doing a lot of slandering about some sort of compulsory labor in the .s.r., but listeners to radio Moscow have heard the the soviet Sta Tion said according to reports from London. The voice and bbl added an other 30 minutes to their russian language schedules sunday ing them each a total of three hourly programmes. Each is re broadcast constantly by transcription until its successor is prepared. Robert sask. Was slightly burned and Joseph Krempa of Shaton. Aita., suffered Chest injuries. Murphy who suffered Shock Skull and facial injuries requiring 15 stitches recovered Normal speech As a result of the wreck after stuttering for years. The Engineer and fireman had no Chance to escape is the engine careened off the track on a Sharp curve about s i x Miles East of Wetaskiwin. Several Hundred feet of track torn up and a refrigeration car express and baggage cars were demolished. After leaving the track the engine piled into the Side of a 10 foot embankment rolled Over and come to rest with its wheels in the air. It was buried five or six feet in mud and water from the burst boilers. District superintendent j. R. Strother said the engine was pull ing seven cars. The injured were taken to hos Pital Here. One of the passengers said he saw the brakeman. Maxwell lying on the tracks screaming. It was he said. He was in such pain and there was so Little could be done for him on the preparing for the lifting of the russian blockade of Berlin workmen repaint the traffic Ane Marker at wan see the american Cheek Point Between the soviet and american occupation zones of Berlin. At this Point traffic for Western Germany leaves Berlin and the lanes Are marked to line cars in respective Allied and German paths through the Check station in the rear. An american Corporal right oversees the work. Lashes Mcdowell and Thorvaldson Garson charges Ross trying to sabotage tax agreement Hartney. Man., May 9 Hon. Stuart s. Garson Federal minister of Justice monday accused Arthur Ross progressive conservative member of parliament for Souris of attempting to sabotage the do minion provincial taxation agree ment entered into Between Ottawa and Manitoba s government. He also lashed out at John Mcdowell and g. S. Thorvaldson two Independent progressive conserva Tive members of the Manitoba legislature for sniping misrepresentations in regard to the taxation agreement. Or. Garson asked if or. Mcdowell and or. Thorvaldson were out to break up the coalition government in Mani Toba formed by John Bracken. If so Why a Tom Are they serving or. Drew or speaking at the Liberal nominating convention for Souris constituency the former Manitoba Premier charged or. Ross was prepared to Stab in the Bacic the efforts of. His own conserva Tive colleagues and the people of Manitoba in order to further the interests of George or. Garson said he was at the nominating convention to try to prevent re election of or. Ross who he said had placed himself squarely behind his present fed eral mis statements of fact or. Garson pointed out that the Ross speech contained what he called some Grant mis statements of his statement that the Pix Terence was scuttled by former prime minister it. Hon. King was an outrageous and imprudent or. Said. Or. Garson stressed that the is sue of tax subsidies was one of the most important if not the main Issue for Manitoba. If or. Drew reds push offensive greek army preparing for guerrilla offensive Athens May 9 bup the greek army is deploying to meet a threatened attack from guerrillas massing along the albanian greek Frontier for a possible summer offensive in Northwestern Greece it was reported monday. The announcement did not spec Ify the size of the guerrilla concentrations. But unofficial sources estimated them at More than 000 men. And or. Ross were successful he said they would destroy All the benefits which Manitoba and six other provinces receive under the present tax agreement. The form of Dominion subsidies these provinces received under the agreement was probably the Only Way in which some of the wealth accumulated in certain parts of Canada is a result of National policies could be redistributed to prov in the coming election. Referring to his charge that or Mier Drew and Premier Dupless had wrecked the Dominioni prove Cial conference or. Garson Sai he had proved this charge in i House of commons by citing to authorities who expressed completely Independent judgments k j. Binns economist to the govern mint of Tasmania in the common wealth of Australia and prof. J. A inces where it was created he Sain. Maxwell of Clark University in the he or. Drew is the Only a United states. Tonal Leader in Canadian history who has Ever argued that subsidies Are injurious to a Federal he added. Or. Garson said that or. Drew s stand on this subject Only maae sense As a bid for Quebec support explaining Manitoba s Origina reasons for bringing the problem of Dominion provincial relation to the attention of the people o Canada or. Garson said that the see Garson Page 11 by High Boyd Ottawa May 9 Hon. C. D. Howe minister of Trade and Commerce announced monday additional purchases from Canada by the United kingdom which figured would be Worth about an extra to this country. Milling a firms Hail new Deal or. Howe s announcement that Britain intends to increase her purchases of Canadian flour was hailed by Winnipeg milling com Pany officials monday As Good news that will be a tremendous help to their firms. Until further study had been Given the announcement All companies refused official comment. However All agreed that any in creased business we can get right now helps out the general Situa most if not All the Mills Are running on Short time now and the increased sales May mean the employment of More labor one official said. Another milling company executive declared we certainly require the run to keep flour Mills run Ning. We have to rely on the Export Market for while not of epic proportions this new Trade Deal worked out by or. Howe with the British on his recent flying visit Over seas is expected to have an effect on some primary industries particularly on the coasts. Bri Tain has agreed to take More Imber from of British Columbia a Small Quantity of . Fruit pulp held by the Canadian government a Token amount of Nova Scotia apples and Between and cases of Pacific canned Salmon. The Prairie provinces come into the picture Only indirectly through a stepping up of flour sales to Britain. But the tons of flour which Britain take Dur ing the coming crop year 1949-50 mean no difference in the total wheat contract of bushels. It Means however Over coming resistance of . Millers to the extent of processing in this country a larger proportion of this heat than the contract stipulates. The wheat contract Calls for a minimum of Long tons of flour to be provided. The new figure of announced by or. Howe is about double pre War Canadian flour shipments to the United King Dom. It is however some what lower thin lust year s exports by Canadian Millers. The Timber purchases announced Are not All from Canada. Or. Howe explained that Britain is to buy an additional from Canada states these and Hie Worth United contracts to be awarded on Ordinary commercial considerations. They Are Over and above amounts of West coast Lum Ber to be bought by Britain in the last half of 1949, arrangements for which Are to be settled in the near future. A specialist from the British food ministry is coming to Canada shortly to open negotiations on the see Trade Deal Page 6 racing tractor draws friends to dead Man a drivel less tractor racing around the Field of Henry be co near heading Ley Man., monday attracted neighbors to the crushed body of be co. . Reported that be co had apparently been blowing. It is believed he fell off the tractor and it ran Over him. The tractor ran around the Field until noticed by neighbors at about 11 . Off to Hungary new York May 9 expander Stevens alias j. Peters who was described before the House in american activities committee As one time communist under ground chief in the United states was Evroule to Hungary monday As a deported communist alien. Sympathy with miners chinese armies 17 Miles from Shanghai s heart Shanghai May 9 their drive in Tiangsi and ing around waiting monday brought Chekian provinces the chinese civil War to an area 17 one drive the communique the chinese civil War to Miles Northwest of the heart of Shanghai. Far to the Southwest communist armies pressed a twin pronged offensive along an irregular 230 mile front. This operation extended from the seaport of hang How on the East to Lake Loyang on the West. At some places the red drive had carried 200 Miles South of Yangtze. A Shanghai Garrison command communique seemed to indicate the fighting closest to Shanghai was on a Small scale. Inside this largest asian City the nationalist Garrison ordered chinese and foreign business firms and some government agencies to turn Over to necks and 300 jeeps for Mili tary foreign consulates including the British and american were inter ceding to try to keep the Garrison British open defence talk in Hong Kong London May 9 bup armoured and infantry reinforcements being sent to Hong Kong to defend the Crown Colony will sail from liver Pool wednesday the War office announced monday. From commandeering foreign vehicles. Many British and Ameri can firms were hard hit by the or Der. Some were engaged in Essen tial activities. The Garrison did not give details of the Gigantic communist opera. Tons Southwest of Shanghai but said the communists were Contin enumerators on the March army of 924 out to gather Winnipeg voters names monday saw an army of enumerators Start making their Calls throughout Manitoba to list the More than persons who will be eligible to vote in the fed eral election june 27. The enumerators have six Days in which to Complete the big Job. Work of listing the nearly 000 voters in Winnipeg will be done by 924 enumerators in the four Federal constituencies. In the 1945 Federal election there were names on the voters list in Winnipeg. These were divided As follows Winnipeg North Winnipeg North Centre Winnipeg South and Winnipeg South Centre this year it is anticipated the total on the voters list in the City will be Between and there Are 220 enumerators for Winnipeg North 216 for North Centre 248 for South Centre and 240 for Winnipeg South. Enumeration has to be completed by May 14 and reports made to the returning officers by May 16 at the latest. The enumerators make their Calls in pairs. There Are two for each polling division. Householders will be asked to give the name of persons in each Home entitled to vote. The few questions which the enumerators must ask Are to determine if those residing in the Home Are eligible to cast a ballot under the Dominion election act. To qualify for a vote a per son must be 21 years of age on or before june 27. They must have been a resident of Canada at least 12 months be fore the election Date and a British subject by birth or naturalization. Those who Are not yet 21 but whose birthday will come before june 27 Are entitled to be placed on the preliminary voters lists and May vote on election Day. Signed slips a slip signed by both enumerators will be Given to each person enumerated. Their names will be entered in a record Book. The names of those eligible to vote will be recorded As at april 30, 1949, Date of the election writ. Those who moved to another constituency after april so will be incorporated in the voters lists of the constituencies where they resided prior to moving. They will been titled to vote in that constituency. A married woman or widow will be entered in the voters lists by her Christian name and the family name of her husband. Said was toward Nanchang Tiangsi provincial capital 380 see China War Page 11 Hong Kong May s Reuters Britain s land and sea com Manders in the far East were in Hong Kong saturday for defence consultations As police trailed a gang which last Friday murdered two the Colony s Best known police officers. The murders were thought by seme observers of presage a wave of lawlessness. Gen. Sir Neil Patrick Ritchie commander in chief of far East land forces and Admiral sir Patrick Brind commander in chief of the far East naval station arrived saturday from Singapore. Their talks followed closely on defence minister Alexander s pro Mise in London that 6.000 troops would be sent to reinforce Hong Kong s Security forces and the announcement that spitfires from Malaya and the Cruiser Jamaica from the West indies have been ordered Here. Police trailing the murder gang have orders to bring their Quarry Back alive. Col onial authorities Are anxious to question the gang to find out if the murders Are a prelude to violence on the Malayan pattern. The gang i said to have fled across the Border of the Colony s Mainland territory into communist and guerrilla infested Kwangung province. The mountainous terrain of the 350 Square Miles of Mainland territory opposite Hong Kong is Ideal for Bandit operations. By Hugh Boyd Ottawa May 9 special the bitterness engendered by the prolonged strike in the Asbestos Industry in Quebec flaring into violence and mass arrests last Veek is Likely to have political repercussions in that prov Nee. All reports of objective Obser pers and opinions of those inform e i on Quebec attitudes add up to the same sympathy s definitely on the Side of the strikers. This is so notwithstanding he assault on police Wlinich led to Reading of the riot act in the town of Asbestos last Friday. Attempts to Brand the strike As communist inspired Are not taken seriously by most que people. The Catholic work ers Syndicate has anything but a Reil reputation. Ali pc is just As Little belief in the Conten Tion that members of the clergy siding actively with the men Are radicals and not Ronde tentative of the Church. Chiefly under attack in this connection is father Philippe Amir and of St. Aime Parish described by those who know him Here As a typical Quebec Parish priest. While deploring i he violence father Cam Irand said he was surprised that the men had remained Calm for so Long. He declared they were certainly not communists. The pro strike seen affecting Quebec political picture Vinci Al police on the other hand he termed More fanatical than Ever before in their because of his unpopular labor policies and his open support of the company in the big strike Premier Maurice Duplessis reported to be losing ground steadily in the Public Confidence. This applies not merely to the cities but in the much More politically potent Rural districts. Any repressive action by the police on behalf of strik Breakers further undermines the Premier s once invincible position. It is even More certain that the progressive conservative Leader in Quebec Ivan Sab Ourin is in the political dog House As i result of the troubles at Asbestos. Que Beckers Are Well aware that sir. Sabourin is counsel for the main com Pany in the dispute and they see reaction Page 6 Coal strike spreads Manchester England May 9 a a communist supported Wildcat strike spread to another 20 nationalized mines in the Rich Lancashire Coal Fields monday Leav ing a total of 50 pits and men Idle. Lancashire normally produces ions Coal a week about one twelfth of Britain s to Tal production. The walkout began a week ago. Police stay on patrol riot act restrictions go strike hit Asbestos Asbestos que., May 5, the riot act has been lifted from this strike troubled Asbestos min ing Centre but 350 provincial police still patrol its streets. The act prohibits Assembly except for Church services of More than two persons under penalty of possible life imprisonment. It was Sherbrooke que., May 9 up Twenty eight striking Asbestos workers arrested Fri-4 Day on charges of illegal As Sembly were freed monday on bail each after pleading innocent. Read to the townspeople Here Early Friday morning following an out burst of violence the previous Day. The incidents thursday in which a number of provincial police officers were beaten grew out of the bitter drawn out strike of miners in Quebec s Rich Asbestos Belt. The strike started feb. 13 when the men walked out seeking Union Security and an increase of 15 cents in their Basic of 85 cents an hour. Sunday hundreds of subdued resident of the town attended mass in the roman Catholic Church and heard their Union padre. Father Philippe Camirand deplore last week s violence. He added that the strikers in Asbestos were men of great piety and police stand by a heavy detachment of polic watched the proceedings. Afterwards it was announced tha provisions of the riot act had been lifted. The announcement was greeted quietly. Some strikers even stayed away from Church sunday morning. Rodolphe Hamel president of the Asbestos workers federation said they feared being arrested or to to strikers St. Aime s Church is Battle scarred As Well As Hal Lowed ground. There in the base ment which serves As Parish Hall see strike Page 11 ;