Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 13, 1949, Winnipeg, Manitoba Everybody s talking about Margene Winnipeg free press Tea and Only few Bryce baked bread sold Only at your grocer s Price 5c per copy edition with comics Loc Winis Peg fro a May 13, 1949 by Carrier in Winnipeg 2sc per week fire hits farm and equipment damage at Cloverdale farm buildings and equipment valued Between and owned by Max Wehrle Cloverdale Man., were completely destroyed by a lire of unknown origin which broke out about 5 . Thursday starting in the Chicken House the Blaze quickly enveloped a silo implement shed and a Large barn containing bushels of Fec and 400 bushels of seed wheat. A Combine hinders and other farm machinery were stored in the shed. Nothing was saved. When the wind shifted to North about to ., fears were Felt for the farm House and the Selkirk fire department was called. Known As Mclean farm the property was purchased by or. Wehrle about five years go. The buildings were partly covered by insurance. Imperial London group elects h. Randall h. Randall was elected presi Dent of the Imperial London association at the annual meet ing thursday in the free press building. It was announced the association s whist drive and dance will be held saturday at 8.15 . In the templars Hall 360 Young Greet. Other officers include vice president mrs. D. Dewar Secretary treasurer mrs. Vav. Gilbert recording Secretary mrs. C. Murray social chair Man j. Tail social convener mrs. L. Foster sick commit tee mrs. C. Harrison and j. Re Slaw publicity a. Jack son and auditors c. Garner and j. Hargraves. Burglars remove Safe from Concrete a Small tubular Safe contain ing was chipped from its Concrete mounting and re moved by thieves who broke into the Vav g. Mcmahon com Pany offices 92 Gomez Street thursday night City police re port. Entry was gained through a basement window. Scholarship tag Day in e. Kildonan saturday More than 50 taggers will be on East Kildonan streets from 7 . To 12 noon saturday in Aid of the East Kildonan scholarship fund. The tag Clay is sponsored by the East Kildonan scholarship foundation headed by mrs. R. Warne. A. Mantin is tag Day convener. Visiting student party arrives Youthful ambassadors of Goodwill 75 High school students from grand Forks n.d., arrived in Winnipeg by bus Friday morning for one Day visit guests of Gordon Bell High school students. Shortly biter their arrival the visiting scholars were honoured at a luncheon in the t. Eaton company store and in the afternoon entertained their High school hosts in the Gordon Bell auditorium with a musical programme which included excerpts from their production Martha and orchestral and vocal selections. Evening activities for the visitors will take the form of a dance in the school with Gordon Bell pupils the entertainment. Saturday the american students will have an Opportunity to see the City prior to their homeward trip. James Duncan miss 3. Spence Jim Dickie Gordon Bell student Council president and Joan Tyndall student vice president Are in charge of the one Day programme. Society for metals elects Montgomery a. C. Montgomery w a s chosen chairman of the Mani Toba chapter american society for metals succeeding e. J. Edwards at the annual dinner meeting thursday in the Marl Borough hotel. Other appoint ments included vice chairman a. W. Mccallum Secretary j. A. Devlin treasurer e. M. Evans. Presentations were made to or. Evans and or. Taxes red tape grumbles briton taxes taxes one eng Lishman muttered explaining h migration to Canada. Last year i earned a the government deducted in continued h. Phillips of London England. He passed through Winnipeg Friday Over Canadian Pacific railway lines. Life was a weary dreary succession of permits entry forms tax submissions and Sticky red he said. I d move to a desert Island to escape the endless government paper As proprietor of a Small Flangin peering firm in London or. Phillips found private Enterprise was neither private nor particularly enterprising. Ambition to open your own business or to expand is being killed he said. Four of his former workers had moved out to Vancouver and had urged him to sell out in London and Start again in the West coast City in added. In about 15 years Britain will be on the real Road to recovery. Pm too old to he said. Edwards. A film on Winter in the far North was shown by a. T. Armstrong of the provincial department of Educa Tion. City Gyro. Club discusses fresh air Camp problems maintenance problems of the Lakeside fresh air Camp were discussed at a Gyro club Din Ner meeting thursday in the Royal Alexander hotel. Two films were shown. Jack Rich Ards president was chairman. Merchant Navy veterans have get together tonight the Canadian merchant Navy veterans association will hold a Stag in the army Navy and air Force veterans Hall 299 Young Street at 8 . Fri Day. George v school club has closing night the George v school boys club sponsored by Elmwood Home and school association held its closing night programme recently in the George v school auditorium features being a. Display of work films and a concert. The exhibition of work consisted of plaster and ply Wood novelties and stamp albums. Those taking part in the concert were Harry Seelcy s. Leydon and miss m. Anderson while j. Worley was master of ceremonies. The Elmwood Home and school association s annual Spring Tea will be held in Elmwood school May 18 from 2.30 to 4.30 . And from 7 to 9 . G. P. Macleod chairman of the Winnipeg school Board will open the Tea. A nominating committee will be selected at an open meeting of the association s executive May 17 in the Elmwood school. Chm hit by car hip fractured running out from behind a car parked in front of her Home a five year old girl Audrey Bilsker of 321 Banner Man Avenue received a Frac tured left hip when struck by a passing Auto about 8.30 . Thursday. She was taken to St. . Embassy officials Here on Dominion tour three United states embassy officials who have been making air inspection tour of West Ern Canada stopped off in Winnipeg thursday on their Way Back to Ottawa. In the group were col. S. E. Buckland assistant air attache col. R. F. Ennis. Military attache and r. W. Byrd. First Secretary. The party went As far West As Van Couver and Whitehorse Yukon i territory. They were guests at the fort Garry hotel. Joseph s Hospital and later transferred to the children s Hospital where her condition is reported fairly Good. Driver of the car was Wilfred Laidler of 246 Hartford Avenue City police said. Umsu president explains University activities courses of study extra curricular activities and student govern ment were outlined to pupils at lord Selkirk school thursday by William k. Appleby president of the University of Manitoba students Union. This was the first of a series of addresses sponsored by the stud Cut Public relations committee to familiarize High school students with the University. Following the address an open forum was held during which the speaker answered questions on sororities and fraternities Entrance to the Manitoba medical College and participation in inter varsity athletics. Similar speeches will be Given in City and suburban High schools before the end of june. Festival choirs to sing at meet selections by festival choirs and the school orchestra will highlight the final meeting of the season of the John m. King Home and school association at 8 . Tuesday in the school auditorium. J. S. Nic Mondt South african Exchange teacher will compare Canadian Edu cation with the South african. Fire destroys wire in City Hydro store Yard fire caused approximately s500 damage to several reels of overhead and underground wire in the Yard at the rear of the City Hydro stores. 923 929 Logan Avenue about 6 . Thursday. Wind blown Sparks from a nearby ground fire Are believed to have started Blaze. Griffons elect John d. Peters John d. Peters was chosen president of the Griffons club it the annual dinner meeting thursday in Moore s restaurant. The of officers for the Jisuing year includes first vice president r. J. Coch Rane second vice president William a Obertson Secretary j. W. My Weill. And treasurer h. E. Gibson. T. M. Halstead is past president. Committee chairmen Are publicity g. Mills objective j. Turnbull entertainment w. A. Brown sports. T. A. Beckwith and music w. A. Kelley. A film of the Grey cup finals was shown with Chic Chikowski As commentator. Oriole Community club to elect officers monday election of officers will High Light a meeting of the newly formed Oriole West end Community club at s . Monday in the general Wolfe school. Returns from the recent club dance will be announced and j. H. Dryborough will preside. Three meetings monday in free press building three meetings Are slated for i the free press building Mon Day. They Are Board room 1, amalgamated civil servants ladies auxiliary at s . Board room 2, Margaret l. Hughes chapter i.o.d.e., at s ., and clubroom. Manitoba Angora breeders association at s.30 . Hirry. Hurry Winnipeg children will have an other Chance to watch the strange antics of Jungle animals and High flying acrobats As the shrine Cir Cus will present an extra show at the amphitheatre saturday morn ing. Doors open at 9 . And the show starts at 10 . S2.975 collected in Owca Campaign a total of has been collected during the first four Days of the . S building fund drive for it was announced Friday morning. Money raised in the Campaign will be used to repair the 40 year old . Premises on Ellice Avenue. Builders discuss labor co operation plans for increased member ship and for co operation with labor Ware discussed at a meet ing of die Winnipeg builders Exchange thursday evening in the Royal Alexandra hotel. W. H. Carter president of the Winnipeg electric company and a former president of the Exchange recalled Early Days in the organization. W. G. Malcom president was chair Man. St. John s Lawn bowlers plan Semi annual meet plans for the coming season will be discussed at the Semi annual meeting of the St. John s Lawn Bowling club at 8 . Monday in the clubhouse Machray Avenue at Aikins Street. Police inquiry Date to be set soon Selkirk liberals to meet monday a Liberal candidate to contest Selkirk constituency in the Forth coming Dominion elections will be nominated at an open convention monday at 8.30 . Cd in the Sturgeon Creek Hall Portage Avenue at Ainslie Street. Hon. Stuart Garson minister of Justice will be principal speaker at the convention. Mayor r. F. Wightman 67 Oak Dale place St. James is president of the Selkirk Liberal association. The constituency of Selkirk As shown on the official Dominion electoral divisions adopted in the redistribution of 1947, is bounded on the North by a straight line running from the town of Selkirk on the East to a Point about six Miles directly North of Poplar Point on the West. Its Western Boundary proceeds South to a Point about three Miles North of Elm Creek and includes he municipality of West Kildonan. To Southern Boundary runs from the Point North of Elm Creek East Vard to Sanford then North about ii Miles to a Point near Spring Tein and directly East again to the Jorder of the Winnipeg South rid no. This includes the municipality of St. James. Its Eastern Boundary skirts the boundaries of Winnipeg South Winnipeg South Centre Winnipeg North Centre and Winnipeg North and then follows along the red River to Selkirk. Purchasers hear Harry b. Caplan the principles and practices of purchasing and the nature of the purchasing agents association in Canada were outlined by Harry b. Caplan of Montreal at the annual meeting of the Winnipeg Purchas no agents association at Moore s restaurant thursday. Or. Caplan is president of the Canadian Council of purchasing agents and vice president of the National association. Or. Caplan stressed the increasing part purchasing is taking in the management of business. Supply is no longer a hit and miss he stated now that changing Market conditions Are illustrating the importance of Cost factors. The education of the purchasing agent is now of major importance to a or. Caplan described How the association was attempting to pro vide this education. He mentioned the association s Magazine Cana Dian purchaser As ranking among the first two Trade magazines in Canada. Or. Caplan remarked on continuing growth of the Canadian association stating that member ship has now risen to 1.200. Refugee Camp official returns in is months More than european refugees have been cleared through Camp Muehlenberg for immigration to Canada w. Wan a said thursday. Field representatives of the can Adian Christian Council for Settle ment of refugees or. And mrs Wanka have just completed 10 months service in the Organiza Tion s Clearing Camp near Hanover. They arrived in Winnipeg Over Canadian Pacific lines and Are guests at the Royal Alexandra hotel. 10-Day turnover a Farmer from Tupper Creek alta., or. Wanka has been supervising the 10-Day investigation routine for refugees which precedes final acceptance by Canadian immigration teams. Usually there was a 10-Day turn Over in Camp population or. Wan a explained. Since March one group of 800 have been delayed because of Lack of transportation at present there Are people in the Camp. Food and bedding for the Refu gees in Camp were provided by the British occupation forces he said no difficulty had been experienced during the Winter months in pro Viding adequate shelter and rations the Camp s population has included All age groups he said. The majority Are Farmers who came to relatives in Canada to engage in agricultural work. Social agencies and Volunteer Bureau elect g. K. Stone and mrs. C. B. Becher g. K. Stone and mrs. C. B. Becher were named presidents of the Council of social agencies of Reater Winnipeg and the Central Volunteer Bureau respectively at a joint dinner meeting of the two organizations at the Marlborough hotel thursday evening. A. E. Cantor retiring president of the Council of social agencies was in the chair. Other members of the executive of the Council of social agencies Are first vice president Hugh Benham second vice president mrs. F. L. Graham third vice president. H. Coddington treasurer h. D Deschambault honorary Secretary miss Florence Plo Bertson members miss m. L. Moore and Rev. F. J. Douglas. Commission to get at least ten cases a Date for hearing of charges against the Winnipeg solids orce will be set As soon As possible chief Justice e. A. Mcpher on chairman of the commission appointed to conduct the in Luibry said Friday. It was indicated that at least 0 aired by g. S. Thorvaldson Independent Winnipeg in the Manitoba legis be brought before he Board. Chief Justice Mcpherson said he expected to receive the names and details of the com plaints against the police from Hon. J. O. A Clenaghen attorney general Friday. A Date would be set As soon As a courtroom and procedural arrangements could be settled i the chief Justice had announced ast week that no complaints had Ili Imberg promises fireworks mayor and mrs. Garnet Coulter Bonne Ted in Balmoral tarns prepare to affix to their car a Banner publicizing the City s 75th birthday party minutes before the 40-car motorcade moved off from the legislative building grounds for Minneapolis and St. Paul at s.30 . Friday. More than 100 citizens making the five Day tour will invite americans they meet on the Way to visit Winnipeg during the Celebration week. Every car in the procession was decorated with stickers and ban ners As was a bus carrying the Winnipeg police pipe band. Members of the Board of direct ors of the Council were elected for one two. Three and Jour year terms. Those for the one year Erm Are or. D Deschambault mrs. T d. Birt mrs. F. L. Graham miss Moore miss Robertson or. Stone or. Coddington. Two year Erm miss Muriel Frith mrs. C. B. Becher col. G. M. Churchill. Mrs. George Ryan or. C. N. Stephens. K o. Mackenzie. Harley m. Hughes. Three year term h. A. Benham jus Lee a. M. Campbell. Alderman f. L. Chester. Rev. F. J. Douglas mrs. W. P. Fillmore Hev. P. M. Pel Sursson. Father j. H. Fitz Gerald. Four year term mrs. D. Wawrykow. Ken Mitchell. L. M. Ostrander. Mrs. Chaim Gen kind to. Recine j. M. Hanson c. H. Atlwood. Officers of the Central Volunteer Bureau Are past president mrs. Max Heppner first vice president mrs. Stan Ley b. La ing second vice president mrs. 3. M. Moore honorary Secretary. Miss Flor ence Robertson treasurer. Mrs. F. F. Martin. Chairmen of standing committees place ment mrs. G. H. Sutherland education mrs. John m. Gor Don info nation service. Mrs. Ian v. I Ibianski Public re lations. Mrs. A. B. Johnston speakers Bureau. Mrs. Frank Walker Block plan. Mrs. W. S. Hamilton nominating com Mittee mrs. A. Clare Mclnnis. Other elections were women s advisory Margaret Mcwilliams mrs. A. M. Campbell. Miss Avis Clark. Mrs. A. W. Damps miss Minnie Boyd. Miss Marjorie Moore. Mrs. Joseph Harris. Mrs. E. Russe Holt. Men s advisory committee h. D. Harbour. W. C. Borlase. T. O. Peterson. Culver Riley. Roy h. Snyder. G. K. Stone. Sex offi Cio members. Mrs. Robert Mcqueen and miss m. E. Bayer. Directors Board of directors one year term. Mrs. V. F. Bachynsky. Mrs. G e. B. Dickinson mrs. W. S. Hamilton. Mrs. M. Himick mrs. Son. Miss Florence Robertson mrs. Graham travers mrs. W. A. Med land. Two year term mrs. C. B. Becher mrs. Gordon Chown mrs Garnet Coulter mrs. Ian v. Ubienski. Miss Ethel inlay. Mrs. Onrad s. Riey or. Mrs. Frank Waller. Mrs. Otto Winters. Three year term mrs. John m. Gordon miss Nora Hallin mrs. Hector a. Bell mrs. J. G. Jenkins. F. F. Martin mrs. A. Clare Mcinnes mrs. G. H. Sutherland mrs. E. R. Tennant. Four year term mrs. Harry d. Ball. Mrs. Russell Clark. Mrs. Stan Ley Laing mrs. A. J. Mahon. Mrs. Arthur n. Milos mrs. J. M. Moore. Mrs. L. Orlikov. Mrs. Lee Philips. Mrs. Robert Mcqueen executive director of me Council of social agencies in her annual report dealt largely with the question of ild care. The Council she said with the he a of ils member had attempted to inter Piet the principles of child care contained in the report on institutional care for children to the boards and staffs of the agencies concerned and to help them to adapt their programmes Orillia is threatened with widespread strike Orillia. Ont., May 33 up George Brough Canadian con Gress of labor organizer s n i d thursday night that All major Industrial plants in the Orillia area May be strike bound if workers Are brought into this town to work in the Heywood Wakefield Plant. . Pickets have sur rounded the Plant for 12 Days in a strike called to gain recognition of the Orillia general workers Union. The strike was called Over the dismissal of 17 workers. The Union is asking that the 17 be rehired and that All strikers be returned 11 111 in lit a. Bruce Johnston mrs. S. John to their jobs without penalty dresses to transformers fair to show growth of Manitoba industries just a Little More Industrial development in Manitoba and mus tries will mushroom throughout he province. Daniel Sprague chair Man of the Industrial development Board of Manitoba forecast thurs Day. After achieving a Gross Industrial production of s450.000.000 in 1948. Manitoba industrialists will make time out to preen in an Industrial exhibition in the Hudson s Bay company store. May 14 to 21. He added the Industrial fair will be sponsored by the Industrial development Board in conjunction with the Hudson s Bay company. Winnipeg Consumers will then be Able to View a Cross Section of the products of Manitoba s 1.440 industries which employ 40.222 people and support a payroll of or. Sprague pointed out. On display in Bay basement to top floor departments will be the products of 60 firms while in Beaver Hall. 32 Manitoba industries will set up exhibits of heavy made in Manitoba articles. Theme of the Industrial show will be what Manitoba makes makes from electric taxi metres the Only made on the North american continent to electrical transformers the Only ones manufactured Iii Western Canada the list of products ranges. Manitoba s Industry Means aircraft floats aluminium boats meat choppers butter churns baby foods hydrants venetian blinds processed paper floor tiles dresses tanned hides fuel tanks chimneys and statuettes. The list now extends into most Industrial Fields. Since More than 80 per cent of Manitoba s Industrial production is located in greater Winnipeg the majority of the displays will be entered by locally located Indus tries or. Sprague explained. A made in Manitoba exhibit of this scope1 would not have been possible 10 years ago. Or. Sprague remarked. Today Winnipeg was the fourth largest manufacturing Cen tre in Canada with every Hope of improving its relative position. Gross values of production in Manitoba s four leading industries by 1945 statistics were slay Peter ing and meat packing. Flour and feed Mills. S23.952.504 railway and rolling Stock 116 and butter and cheese making buildings and staffs to conform to those principles. Home for girls the Council she stated had had conferences with the children s Home Board which was planning to relinquish the administration of the children s Aid society shelter and to develop a Home for the care of protestant girls who were ii need of specialized institutional treatment. Other improvements in staff and programme were being considered by other child caring .r.stitutions. Turning to the financial Side mrs. Mcqueen pointed out that a situation had recently developed Ivsich might alter the whole Pic lure of child care in the area somewhere she stated the deficit Between the actual Cost of the care of the children concerned and the Money granted by the province and the municipalities had to be met. The question As to How Ion private welfare agencies could or should continue to allow Public welfare responsibilities to be Dele gated to them when they were not adequately financed at either the or mimic dial level for he work they did would have to be answered before another Chest Campaign came around she stressed. Pointing nut that legislation provided that service and re Lief must be riven to dependent neglected and delinquent Chil Dren to the unemployed the unemployable and the sick and to the aged Blind and in firm mrs. Mcqueen said i our opinion these services must he wholly supported out of our taxes if we Are to have enough Chest funds to support the preventive work which should be the role of the Pri vate the present partnership Between Public and private welfare service in Manitoba had much to comment but unless More satisfactory arrangements could be made in the future it would appear Likel that the coming year would see a drastic change in that partnership mrs. Mcqueen said. Mental Hygiene after announcing that it was the intention of the Council to continue to press for improvement in age pensions mrs. Mcqueen spoke of the need to develop a group interested in the promotion of better mental Hygiene services such a group she said was als required to co ordinate the ser vices for crippled children in the province. Commenting on changes tha were taking place in the pattern of social welfare in Canada mrs Mcqueen said that in an insecure world it was perhaps Only Natura for the people to demand that governments should provide them will some of the Security they had been unable to furnish for themselves. If we As she stated arc to accept those measures As a part of our own particular Brand of democratic living we should do so with our Eves open and with a full realization of their possible consequences their Cost in terms Money Freedom and our ability to maintain a flex Ible pattern of government which will not discourage individual Enterprise and Initia miss x. Ysobel pre the re creation division re port and h. Lloyd Thompson and miss m. E. Bayer reported of the Central Volunteer Bureau other speakers were or. Mars Are Mcwilliams. Chief Justice e. A Mcpherson and w. Culver Riley appreciation of the work of combined organizations was voice by miss Florence Robertson. Been received upon which an in Quiry could be conducted after notices asking for complaints and details by May 6, had been posted. Or. A Clenaghen said Fri Day the names and details Given to him by or. Thorvald son after he had made the charges of misconduct had been forwarded to the chief Justice. The Board of police commission ers requested the Public inquiry after or. Thorvaldson charged the police had held Drunken Driver incommunicado and that there were cases of persons under arrest having been severely beaten. Be Here this said Aid Aid Blumberg declared that in the 30 years he had been on the City Council he had always Coop aldermen angrily deny charges of interference heated denials that had interfered with employees working at the City incinerator were made by aldermen John Blumberg and h. B. Scott during Winnipeg s finance committee meeting Friday. They were answering charges levelled at them monday by aldermen Jack St. John and a. H. Fisher. Aid. St. John at a Public utile ies committee meeting asserted he two aldermen who visited the incinerator april 20, had violated he City s procedure bylaw by in offering with the workers. Aid. Fisher added that the actions of Aid. Scott and Blum Harg had been Aid. Blumberg Friday admitted he was holding Hack until monday night s City coun cil session when he promised to provide some fireworks in fully answering the charges. The committee also 1. Decided to emphasize to Ralph Maybank . For Winni Jeg South Centre and assistant to he minister of National health and welfare the need for the City s obtaining a Grant for the Princess Elizabeth Hospital asap proved by the Federal government. The committee indicated it feared the province might attempt to clock or Cut Down the amount Iven to the City. 2. Approved a donation for wreaths in connection with the City s 63rd annual decoration Day Parade june 5. 3. Approved making june 6, the King s birthday a Holiday for City employees. The Day is also civic and Farmer s Day in Winnipeg s 75th birthday celebrations garbage trucks Aid Scott and Aid. Blumberg denied the charges after 1he com Mittee was informed in a report from w. D. Hurst City Engineer that he considered it unlikely the City would want to Purchase an other 30 trucks to enable it to carry out most of the garbage col action work itself. _ or Hurst said trucks hired to do some of this work had Cost the City last year. Last week tenders for the work were cancel de after a mistake was found in hem. The lowest tender had been if he had t questioned another aspect of the tender two weeks ago the mistake would have gone through Council and the City would have been out the Money Alt Blumberg contended. Aid. Scott noted that the Public utilities committee with All the. Brains of the City Council apparently particularly Aid. Fisher never went into this he pointed out that some of the tenders had been As High As when the work Cost Only last year. These aldermen who get up and yell about the irresponsibility of other aldermen give me a pain the neck. Aid. Fisher should fully with every City department. Right he slated he had never interfere. D with the work in any depart ment but maintained airy Aleix Man had the right to visit any civic department. No aldermen should bring out. Any bylaws to say an Alderman can t go Down to a department to 5ee what s going Aid. Blum Berg contended. He also pointed out the matter Vas first brought up in a closed meeting so there would be no pub icy. The committee was informed by w. B. Rown commissioner of finance that the do minion government had apparently approved the Prin Cess Elizabeth As a chronic disease Hospital and a Grant of a bed could to expected. This would amount to around of which should be received at the present time or. Brown said. A bylaw was approved by the ratepayers for the hos Pital in 1945. If the Dominion Grant s received the Hospital will Cost citizens Only province s share besides the per bed to be put up by the Dominion the province is supposed to contribute a like amount it was indicated at the meeting. Hon. Ivan Schultz provincial minister of health is now in of Awa conferring with Hon. Paul Martin Federal minister. The committee members indicated they thought or. Schultz would attempt to have the Federal government reverse its decision and either give the Hospital no Grant smaller one. Acting mayor c. E. Simonite was delegated to arrange a meet no with or. Maybank to put the City s Case before the Federal gov George Brodersen George Bernard Shaw s comedy pygmalion is to be presented Fri Day and saturday evening at 8.30 pm. At the playhouse theatre by the Winnipeg Little theatre. George Brodersen is in the role of col. Pickering and other leading parts Are taken by Peggy Green As Liza Doolittle Arthur Motyer As Henry Higgins and Doug rain As Alfred Doolittle. Ethel Lloyd Jones takes the part of. Mrs. Higgins and Helene Winston the role of mrs. Pearce. Robert Jarman is director of the stage presentation. Immi Gravit feels i ability to speak i English essential a working knowledge of English should be made As compulsory As a passport for Canadian Immi Grants miss Erna anon an Eston Ian displaced person feels. If you can t speak English you feel you re in a private vacuum from the moment you arrive in said this girl the Only one of a group of 35 domestics who could speak English. The party transferred from can Adian National lines Friday to can Adian Pacific to continue their journey Westward. Although English instruction was available in the displaced persons Camps top few took advantage of it she claimed. It s time All the Camp in mates were out of Europe. Four years of futile waiting have sapped their initiative and she added. Since most of the Camp were refugees because of russian expansion tactics they Terri fied of any shift in the european situation favouring Russia she said. Prospects of a year s Domestic work were not depressing said miss anon a former employee of the International refugee organization. While we re All extremely Happy to be in Canada the girls with University training doubt they will eventually get into their own line of she remarked. As for miss anon she Hopes her Job As a Domestic will give her a Chance to get to know Canada and canadians. Later i d like an interesting Job and then to be she said. Middle Churchi Man Dies aboard train North Bay ont., May 13 Toay of r. H. Prit Chard 69, of Middle Church Man., was removed thursday night from a Winnipeg Toronto passenger train Here shortly after he col lapsed and died of a heart attack ;