Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 05, 1949, Winnipeg, Manitoba Leg free press 5c per copy edition with comics Loc Winnipeg Friday August 5, 1949 Ujj f i i i Winnipeg 2sc per week waterfowl epidemic kills thousands of wild Ducu Safe Erar incr to Impi Hill i Safe cracking Job termed work of amateurs Early Friday used a washing machine a 5mau Safe on the premises of Canadian limited 175 Carlton Street according to police 6s escaped with from the Safe other Flici Corpany were ransacked after entry to the building had been gained t i s Vear the forced window was discovered by a Constable at 6 Friday. A break in at the a a scr Vica station 55t Academy Road Early Friday netted thieves in Cash and an inner fro to reported was by breaking Glass in the dutchman is hopeful of steady work Here unsteady employment in his own country led w. Wientjes of Amersfoort Holland to Migrate Canada a country which he hoped would offer More employment stability. Or. Wientjes arrived in Winni Peg monday in a party of 146 dutch immigrants Over Cana Dian Pacific lines. Or. Wientjes a University graduate who Speaks English is going to Blairmore alta., where he Hopes to obtain government Gladiolus society to hold show the Winnipeg Gladiolus society will hold its fifth parlor show saturday from 1 . To 9 pm. In Harstone memorial Church. Exhibit placement deadline is from 1 . To 10.30 . Friday. Labor Council plans picnic the Winnipeg labor coun cil c.c.l., with its affiliates of 62 local unions will hold its second annual picnic aug. 20 at Assiniboine Park. In charge of the picnic committee Are j. Place and Harry Morris. Work City Dock teams win san Diego Drill events two Winnipeg teams attending the dramatic order knights of Khorasan at san Diego calif., have succeeded in winning first and third places in Drill events. The . Groups Are the men s team from the Tabara Temple 149 of Winnipeg who won the Drill championship and the women s team which placed third in the women s Drill event. Isador Gliener of Edmonton was awarded a s500 scholarship to the University of Florida As a second prize Winner in the biennial oratorical contest sponsored by the order. Accident victim in fair condition Alexander Bamberger -607 Mountain Avenue is in fair condition in St. Boniface Hospi Tal with lacerations to his head received in a car Accident about b . Thursday. Accord car superintendent honoured on promotion r. M. Cowan former assist ant Foreman of the Canadian National railways was presented with a gift on behalf of supervisors of the motor Power shops on his. Recent promotion to superintendent of motor Power shops fort Rouge. The presentation was made by Weston. Ing to St. Vital police or. Banberger was driving West on Avalon Road when his car apparently went out of control and careened into the ditch. Watch proves a watchful s downfall Captain Kidd and Morgan Are Long gone but buried treasure made a comeback in Winnipeg Early Friday. The a stolen wrist watch was buried by 32-year-old Stanley Bertram Hall behind his Home at 210 Edmonton Street. He pleaded guilty in City police court Friday to theft of the watch from a fellow Roomer. Hall according to local legend was just digging up the loot when a couple of detectives Hove Over the horizon and clapped him in the Brig. Magistrate. R. B. Graham decided he should stay there for three months. Relic of past Skeleton an the face a of these eight puppies Rhey weren t any too Happy about being bundled into an Pren delivery Wagon even have their pictures Tatrn. Their Captivity noted onlyi.5 few Howem and Wett imn Rutlt nerf and offered huge bowls of their favorite Mush. This octet of purebred us razor puppies born ii Wiecki ago it owned by mrs. Norman Loung Hoo Somerset Avenue. She Plant to keep Ona of the puppies try. Or Hera a Little purple . A around its ref. Colour Troia Are the Only provinces in which a Down Ward trend in meat prices in the past 12 months was reported High in Winnipeg but a drop in Price is predicted when this season s hens it laying. Prices Are already Montreal. Are Down a Frt own a title from 194s and Are expected to re disease infects Lake thousands of wild ducks have been wiped out by a waterfowl disease which broke out about two weeks ago at Whitewater Lake near Deloraine man., officials of the game and fisheries Branch of the provincial depart ment of mines and natural re sources reported Friday. Total waterfowl deaths from the it .r1sf m m botulism ill probably reach the Mark unless the epidemic can be checked within the next Day or two according to officials. Game and fisheries men Are burying dead Birds and trans porting infected Birds away from the disease area. There is no known cure for disease. The virus develops in the soil Mound shallow Lake shores when the right water and weather conditions pre first report of the outbreak was received by authorities july 16. Sick Birds Are being moved by truck from Whitewater Lake to a nearby farm dugout Reservoir. When sufficiently recovered the ducks Are taken to a Lake about 15 Miles away and released. In an attempt to Chase remain ing ducks off Whitewater Lake an air boat belonging to the United and wild life in be placed on the Lake Friday , a shallow draught affair wtrf1 a propeller will run All Over the Lake area and try to frighten the Undis eased waterfowl away from the source of infection. Several Hundred each mile univer sity of Manitoba consulting Biolo it to the game and fisheries Branch and an assistant have been supervising the work of trying to save As Many waterfowl As pos sible. A gang of men has been hired to pick up and Bury the thousands of Birds which have succumbed to the disease. Dead Birds Are being found at the rate of several Hun dred to each mile of Shoreline on the Lake. Members of the local game and fish association att Bosse Vam man., volunteered their services to Aid in the Salvage work for one Day. Whitewater Lake with its 15 Miles of marshy shallow Shoreline s a natural place for the disease o break out it is explained. The disease never occurs where ducks Are in lakes with definite Shore Mes or where there is running water. Large areas of very shallow water where wind changes drive water in and out continually Are most favourable for the occur ence of the virus. Whitewater Lake has no Inlet or outlet. Spreads rapidly a c c o i n g to officials the worst feature of botulism is that it spreads at a surprisingly fast rate. On the first Day perhaps Only 100 ducks will be stricken but by the second Day the number affected May reach or outbreaks of the., disease Are More common in the Whitewater Lake area than any. Other part of the province because of the Type of Lake Shore. This year s epidemic is the worst in the past four years officials said. Combating botulism is a big one official stated and we cannot Hope to eradicate it or even to carry out very comprehensive Relief measures because there is As yet no cure for the the Only thing we can do is to carry on Salvage work when the outbreaks Are at their he said. Good work in salvaging Birds has been done in the past few a sea on and prices Are correspondingly higher. The one Point increase in the Canadian rent Index from 122.4 to 123.4 was reflected in Winnipeg according to officials of the Dominion government s rental control office Here. The new Index figure came from a Dominion wide rent Survey in june. Most of the local increase can be counted for by new a commode on and by that rented for the St time since nov. 1, 1s4s, said he officials both these types of accommodation have been Decon Man near who lives at the Lake an rolled landlords of controlled hous no in. Winnipeg were allowed a. Free per cent. Increase in rentals effective june 1, to cover tax in leases said the rental office. It id. Not think however that such ent rises had any effect on the . They could not be put nto the landlord had Iven proper notice. That meant lost of them would not be Felt until july at the earliest. The National fuel and Light in sex Rose four tenths of a Point in Une and the Bureau of statistics Aid the Price i of Coal had increase d in several centres. In Winnipeg however the was in the Price of Coke about 35 cents a said local dealers. Two types of and Souris have declined in Price during official said. The District resident Keith Story is continually on the watch for any outbreak of the disease among the waterfowl and has saved a number of ducks. Aldermen s Boner costs City if aldermen s faces appear a Little red this week end it won t necessarily be sunburn. The usually astute businessmen who run the City s affairs recently pulled a Boner which Cost Winnipeg a Cool s500. Details of the error were revealed in City finance committee Fri Day. The committee decided to by Back its. Own subsoil from m. L. Grose contractor for s500. The subsoil is needed for the new Princess Elizabeth hos Pital grounds. It was stored on the property sold by the City to or. Grose. However when the City disposed of the land it forgot to remove the soil before the transaction completed. Festoon lights on Portage ave nue will be on every night until the end of August the committee decided. Aid. E. A. Brotman asked City Council last month to have the lights on every night during the summer As a tourist attraction. Cost to City Cost to the City for the Lightf will be a night. The committee also made a 000 Grant to the Industrial devel Usu Grant to the Industrial the past two months the form Ozment Board of Manitoba. Or by As much As a ton to Hie latter by about .25 cents. Bearsted Kent England Home furnishings and ser up Welsh Collie dog Rice during june dropped slightly is nursing and feeding a wild baby across Jet Dominion Rabbit ;