Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 26, 1949, Winnipeg, Manitoba Final edition Winnipeg free press becoming Cloudy wednesday morning. Clearing in the evening. Continuing warm. Low tonight and High wednesday at Winnipeg 50 and s5. Vol. 258 28 pages Price 5 cents with comics Loc Winnipeg tuesday july 26, 1949 Sun Rise 4.49 . Moon Rise 5.24 . Sun set 5.20 . Moon Sci 9.23 . Forecast fair and warm reds for War . Prisoner flees Stony Mountain All . Detachments and Winnipeg City police were alerted shortly before 3 . Tuesday when word was flashed that a prisoner had escaped from Stony Mountain Penitentiary and was heading toward Winnipeg in a stolen car. Police radio broadcast said the car was a Plymouth bearing licence plate no. 89 664. Winnipeg police Cruiser cars were immediately posted at principal Bridges and subways and other strategic Points at the City s outskirts. Two men were reported to be in the getaway car. Boy 5, fatally shoots brother ste1nbach, Man. July said he had just loaded the five year old boy a Jun when it went off. The Young Ciden Lally shot and killed hts boy was turning i he gun towards a brother. Norman p. Friesen 9.1 second floor open window up she stole the show the two were playing in their farm Home. 12 Miles West of Here monday. Norman was shot through the head at 2.30 . He died about two hours later in Steinbach hos Pital As or. P. Enns was preparing a Winnipeg brain brother. Edwin. A. W. Whetter District Coroner that he and nor to Send him to specialist. The younger explained Lodr. Parenty intending to fire Oul sinc. When the Accident occurred according Lodr. Whetter. The Bullet hit Norman in t h e forehead. Slowed through his brain and came out the Back or his head. Or. Whetter said. The Fri Sens live four Miles Northwest of Kleefeld Post office. Norman is survived by his parents. Or. And mrs. A. Friesen and Man found the single shot .22 Rifle other Brothers and Sisters in the upstairs of the farm Home i no inquest will be held or. While their parents were absent a shelter said. Funeral arrange a Shell was also discovered anime nos Are on streets this fall Council votes for trial of 300 Parkins meters Force planes ready Washington. July 26 i United states Arl minis frail ii is pro paring to Lay before Congress secret intelligence reports which indie Alp rent Russin is arming for it Learned tuesday. Informed sources said american and Allied have cracked the curtain of secrecy surrounding soviet military preparations. Their reports it was said will be used to Back up president Truman s request for a arms Aid programme for free nations. Truman plan Aims at army by .10iix m. High Tower Washington july 26 president Truman s arms-for-Eu-1 rope programme is described officially As designed to bring up Tonj combat strength a total of about j fighting men in five countries. The strategic purpose b e Hind this objective is to prepare the countries of Western Europe to rip i fend themselves against any attack Iby Russia until United states forces could be thrown into the struggle. The. Five key countries in the Western Europe rearmament plan Are Britain France Itel Ginni. The Netherlands and Luxembourg. Together t h e y form the Western european Union and have already plan Ned the co ordination of their own military Power independently of any . Assistance. In addition to these five the arms programme also is supposed i to strengthen the combat effect of the relatively Small of Norway. Denmark and Italy. Against the available troops of the Western Union Jowers the soviet Union is reported to have a total military strength of More than men. Including in the ground forces. The hed army ground forces in Jermany Are reported to total about men in -0 to 25 divisions. Another it to divisions Are said to lie distributed elsewhere in occupied or satellite countries of ens Tern Europe. Some reports have reached Washington in recent months that the russians have been increasing the strength of their divisions in Eastern Germany present Esti mates Are based on estimates of in creases. On the United states Side of he picture the United plates now Hai under arms a Enlal of men divided among the army air Force. Navy and marines. Will make All purchasers of City property on build upon their land by july parking meters trial appearance streets Unis. Call. City Council Mon Al. 19-19. Or the City would Lake Pash pay Ament never has dimmed. Any Heap big Light where in the world there is Ufi Ripi Shaw Bein performed the new work Juh 26 of arms Lawrence is Here the world s largest Light bulb generating enough heal to ignite a newspaper six feet away was scheduled to be turned on in times Square tuesday night for a movie premiere. The incandescent bulb is 34 inches High 20 inches in Dia meter and uses 50.000 Watts of electricity enough to run 250 in spirit watching the till for his share. When he moved out of his town Flat in London he decided to sell All the books and papers he did t want to bring Here. He never expected to visit London again he said. A Good estimate of the value. Of the books including of discussion compulsory closure who Elf had to be. Applied to end most of the con tested amendments. By 4 . 10 . Monday cd i the House which still numbered More than 400. Had still not reached the most important amendment that seeking to postpone the opera Tion of the Hill until october. 1050. The labor majority in the Corn get debate Page 10 icon in Jintle. Radio news on Page 4. In Hollywood Page i. Bridge Page 4. Women s news m. 13, sport paires a is. Crossword Puzzle Page features Page 19. Paffe 15. Finance pages 25, 2s. Three lakes named after win . Winner Page threat by to Saskatchewan slight Page 1. Ortune to the Argentina Bridge league to _ head an american Teaman the t ast co Riloff Briti Sll to the most exciting of the Rummy games. Canasta. Of the Charm Aad cordial hospitality of our hosts i have written before but to describe Canasta which has captured the fancy of thousands of erstwhile Gin Rummy players i have not. Heretofore burst into print. Basket is needed to shuffle the of them. It is to Bettr. Of noted that the game like okla 440 9 wicket Shoma. Is played with two full Manchester. England. July decks of cards but. There Are added 26 scoring tues four jokers. Day sent England s first innings if Ever have played any Tota in third Cricket Teslik ind of Rummy you will find it match against new zealand to m pick up the rules of can for wickets before Freddie . As in All Rummy games. Brown declared the innings play ends when any Osif goes the new sealanders. 147 by getting rid of All the cards behind on the first innings Losi Ihui in Canasta going out is less two wickets for 72 runs in their important than building tip a big second innings during the 75 min after having been conducted utes before lunch. See Canasta Page 10 ;