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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 05, 1949, Winnipeg, Manitoba Page 8 witness admits West unrepresented Cha freight subsidy not counsel finds by Shane Mackay 4 Toronto aug. 5 proposals by the Canadian manufacturers association that statutory rates on Western Grain should be subsidized if they Are unprofitable to the railways do not rep resent the unanimous opinion of the association Stuart b. Brown transportation manager admitted before the Royal commission on transportation Here thursday. Under Cross examination by Wil e. Mclean Manitoba govern ment counsel and j. J. Frawley Alberta counsel following presen tation of the . Brief or. Brown said the proposals had been approved at a meeting of the association s transportation Mittee. No Western members is is not a fact that most of the. Members of that committee Jive in the Toronto or. Mclean asked. And in the witness implied. How Many of those at the meeting were from Western can none to my or. Brown said the Brief had been mailed to divisional permanent managers of the association at Halifax Montreal Winnipeg and Vancouver. There had been no objections to contents. It had not been sent to Branch managers in smaller Western and maritime cities. You Are saying whether in the View of your association the Crow s nest rates Are compensatory to the railways or or. Frawley asked. No we Don t or. Brown that would have to be stud but you Are saying that if they found to be non compensatory to the railways there should be a that is or. Mclean criticized a statement in the Brief that control of rates by the Board of transport commissioners be not necessarily extended. He asked the witness if this meant that control should continue to be limited to Standard rates and should not apply to competitive rates agreed charges and other special tariffs. Or. Brown agreed that this a the intention of the proposal. Manitoba counsel then pointed of that Only about five per cent o railway traffic moved at Standar rates. Narrow View noting that the Brief express satisfaction that the transport Board s authority was sufficient t Deal with cases involving Region discrimination or. Mclean termed this a pretty narrow View. D. Sinclair Canadian pad Fie railway counsel suggested tha any investigation of Western Grain rates should also d e t e t m i n whether or not Prairie Farmer actually required a special priv if the rates proved to b non compensatory then the rail ways were giving a very Large subsidy to Western or. Sinclair asked or. Brown if it would not be possible to subsidized Western Farmers through Price support for their products rather than through rail rates. He noted that the c.p.k., in outline Brief to the Royal commission had recommended that the Crow s nest rates be removed from parliamentary control and placed under the jurisdiction of the transport Board. Or. Brown said the transportation committee was no necessarily wedded to the idea of assisting Western Farmers through weights. It merely suggested that f. The Grain rates were non compensatory then they should be subsidized. But the subsidy Coluci be Given Hirough Price or. Sin Clair suggested. We never considered or. 3rowrr replied. Later he agreed with or. Sinclair that any person or group with a special privilege wanted immediately Man with following qualifications Between the Ages o f 25 and 35 years. Graduate of University of Manitoba preferably married. If married present or past income must have equalled or exceeded s250.00 per month. Reply Box no. 61 free press Why they still require that special asked by Frank m. Covert Mission counsel if the association envisaged National control of transportation rates or. Brown said he would not go that they merely sought a degree of uniformity of control Over trucking rates in the various provinces. Returning to discussion of Grain rates he emphasized that the . A. Did certainly not wish to Sec them what we Are Savins is that if there is a difference Between the statutory rate and Normal rate and that difference is paid to the Railroad companies through a subsidy then the general level of rates across the country would be Hon. W. F. A. Turgeon chief commissioner noted that the . A. Brief has said some shippers and receivers of freight naturally Felt their rates were higher because the Grain rates wore non compensatory. He asked of. Brown to name some of them or give their locations. The witness said he could name none specifically. The matter had merely been mentioned at the association s transportation Mittee meeting. New air deals Aid Tea spa says Chevrier Ottawa aug. 5 up trans Canada and Canadian Pacific air Ines both have a great future Oil owing Canada s recent air agreements with Britain and the United states Hon. Lionel Chev Ier transport minister predicted thursday. The Anglo Canadian pact he has ust initialled in London will bring expansion. To both lines he told reporters on his return. It benefits . In the Esla Dishmen of the route to flew Winnipeg free press Friday August 5, 1949 of airy crossword zealand and Australia in gaining be of Fiji Island facilities said tar. Chevrier and on the route o be opened to the Orient with Canadian use of Hong Kong air Ort. He foresaw gradual expansion or Tea through clause giving Britain and Canada the right to it Down passengers at. The Points on trans Atlantic routes. Thus Tea would be Able o Lake passengers from say Mon real to Iceland or Ireland and those Points to London or rest wic carom Al. Man s name trite 11. Ethiopian town excl m. Sends Forth metallic. Sounds feminine name 16. Know Scot it. Funeral songs .20. Pithy saying my robber 24. Close to 28. Fragrance 29. Musical instrument 30. Suppose 31. Russian Council 32. Additional 34. Lingers 37. Mandarin Tea 40. Hewing tool 41. Dove 43. 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Besides provincial schemes in Saskatchewan and British Colum Bia Ottawa also has the ambitious British health programme to guide the latter has been closely watched from its inception and an insurance project expected life of present parliament daily Bow to work h one letter simply stands for another. In this example a if used for the three x for the two o a Etc. Single letters Apoi trophies the length and formation of the me til each Day the code letters Are different. A cryptogram quo Uoo cd Csc limited subsidies Compromise farm Bill May pass . Senate Washington aug. 5 a a Compromise United states far. Bill including part of the sibs in programme sponsored by Charle 3 a n n a agriculture Secretary thursday was Given tentative a Proval by a bipartisan Sena group. Senator Clinton Anderson former Secretary of agriculture got the consent ill his drafting sub committee to offer the Compromise to the full Senate agriculture Mittee. The measure was drawn in a Effort to attract support from groups that have been in Shar Neep Hori icons you la enjoy the refreshing change at Canada s Evergreen play ground. L for the utmost in enjoy ment travel . S Low Altitude route via Jasper and mount Robson. Brand air conditioned coaches and sleeping can with Large Lull vision win Dows delicious dining car meals. Wherever wish. Enquiry City ticket office . Corner main and Portage. Phone 902 442, 902 262, 902 263. Canadian National Awa woman s death accidental a verdict of. Accidental death was returned at Winnipeg beat thursday evening by a Coroner jury inquiring . The death o mrs. Rose Levene of Neepawa Man., who was killed in a car truck collision near Winnipeg Beach july 27. The jury found that death a. Due to multiple fractures and Shock. The car driven by Sam Levene husband of the deceased collided with a truck three and one half Miles South of the Beach. Driver of the truck was Gilbert Heseltine 171 Ren Frew Street Winnipeg who said Thutt lie had swerved Sud Denly of avoid a cyclist and collided head on with or. Levene s car. According to or. Heseltine truck ahead of him on Highway no. 8 driven by Anton Zitzelberger 239. Hatford Avenue West Kildonan had swerved to avoid hitting the cyclist Mike Zahaarchuk o Why Tewold just before the Colli Sion. Or. Zitzelberger testified that he had passed tha cyclist when he saw or. Levene s Auto pass him. Hearing the. Collision he hurried Back to assist then went on to the Beach to inform . Or. Zahaarchuk stated he was on his bicycle about 15 feet ahead o the collision. He too went Back to give assistance. Army officers accepted bribes says . Official Washington i -a.bg. 5 api comptroller general Lind say c. Warren of the United states said thursday that fraud or bribery involving army officers and other Federal government employees was indicated in. Award of numerous wartime contracts. A sampling of contracts he said turned up in fraudulent payments on contract settlements be said indicating that the Overall total would be much greater. The disclosures were the result of regular Check made by tie comptroller general s office whose ask is to audit government accounts. Or. Warren said the general accounting office s examination of ,195 contract settlements of All kinds disclosed overpayment or Raste of More than More than fraud ent payments reported he said apparently Only has been covered and he predicted not much More will be. Teau. Ten cd Dian Pori am disagreement upon future farm Price supports. It would authorize some of the production Farmer subsidies asked by or. Brannan but would apply them to a limited number of farm products chiefly fresh fruits and vegetables. Air. Brannan proposed that perishable farm products be allowed to reach their own Market govern ment Price Benefit Consumers. He said " Farmers could collect pay ments or subsidies if these Are necessary to maintain in come at fixed Levels. Other major provisions of the Anderson Bill would 1. Continue for next year the 0 per cent of parity supports n a e due Edwod yeas Chc a wed fog two Doz acne yesterday s crypt quote let thy heart cheer thee in the Days of thy Ecclesiastes. Weatherman s score Day 5 4 tue. 5 5 Fri. Sat. Italy seeks Rise in immigration to Dominion Ottawa aug. 5 up the Talian government is anxious to increase immigration to Canada. A Canadian government spokesman said thursday Italy has inquired what our Atti tude would be to a suggestion to increase the number of farm immigrants to Canada. There Are More than unemployed in Italy. Italian immigrants have been allowed in since aug. 1, 1947, but the movement has been largely re to those who have rela Tives Here. Also at Ottawa easing of Cana Dian immigration bans for the people of India was urged thurs Day by Sardar Hardit Singh Malik Indian High commissioner to Canada who leaves saturday to become ambassador to France. East indians in Canada feel they have been accepted citizens he told a Farewell press conference. He noted there Are of them mostly in British co Lumbia. Whereas european born Are permitted to bring in relatives indians Are not. A Man May have his wife or Fiance admitted or. Malik pointed out. But Many elderly East indians Here need the help relatives could give. Officer of the department recently returned from England with the results of his study on which a confidential report is being made to the minister Hon. Paul Martin officials Here Are making no Public comments on a recent despatch from London which shows Cost of the British scheme is working out at 2s, 6d about 62 cents per capita per week instead of 3s, 2d, about 29 cents As originally estimated. But think Iliff on the subject appears to be that the British May have gone overboard in making their plan too All embracing and so have added greatly to its expense. It is Felt Here that the prime object should be to see to it that by the pooling of costs of illness no family will find itself crippled financially. Such extras As pro vision of Eye glasses and other relatively minor items Ere regarded As construction and for expansion of provincial health services which became operative in 1918. During the Campaign sir. St. Laurent repeatedly stressed the importance of building hospitals As n first step. The next stage is expected to be Hospital insurance. How far beyond that the Federal government would be willing to go is Uncer Tain but it is unlikely to want to disturb the doctor patient relation ship. We must build Block by Block at a sensible is the Way one source expressed it czechs seize More priests catholics say Prague aug. Lie authorities thursday reported How the score Board works 5 Points perfect or near several More priests arrested As perfect 4 Good s 2 1 the czechoslovak press threatened poor clergy with further treason trials. Perfect or near than 5 degrees difference Between actual and predicted temperatures and Correct on other two counts Era than 5 degrees difference in temperature and wrong on one or both of other counts degrees difference in temperature and Correct on other two degrees difference in temperature and wrong on one or both of other counts degrees difference in temperature and absolutely wrong in other respects wrong on All three counts. Non essential. Ottawa sources stress that any nation wide Canadian health insurance plan must Stem from provincial initiative. The political atmosphere is Felt to be vastly improved As a result of the sweep ing Liberal Triumph june 27, and there is a feeling of. Confidence chaff the key provinces of Ontario and Quebec will be More willing to co operate. Individual talks a general Dominion provincial conference on the subject of health is regarded As unlikely. Prime minister Louis St. Laur ent who said during the Campaign hat the Federal government is ready to lend Aid to a sound plan to prefer talks with the individual premiers and their col leagues rather than a big Parley of the Type which broke Down in 1946. It is noted Here that the foundation for health insurance has already been Laid in the Federal Grants for Hospital of d. Only Bryce i baked bread for immediate service basement excavations and sewer connections phone Benjamin Bros. 204 256 residence pm. 80 994 Hay fever and asthma require separate treatments amazingly and Ette Tivi treat ments for both asthma and Hay fever based on use of two different preparations have recently been developed. Hay fever to Canada this for the Relief of discomforts and distresses caused by Hay fever. Azo is a Salve which comes in a tube with a special nozzle which makes it easy to squeeze a Little up each nostril Stop the sneezing and discharge with amazing Speed soothe irritated and inflamed membranes. A tube of Azo costs if your Hay fever is accompanied by dim cult breathing the Complete treat ment for which includes some tablets is recommended. Asthma As there have been so Many preparations used by asthma tics few claims Are made for res Patone but it is believed re Patone tablets give excellent results in a very High percentage of cases. Res Patone asthma tablets sell at 75c, and s5.00. Both products have been compounded by specialists in this Field for Over 30 years. Mail orders prepaid. Winnipeg drug co. Edmonton phone 926 478 or Corn wheat Cotton Rice to Bacco and Basic crops. After that a sliding scale of supports from 75 to 90 per cent would operate. _ 2. Authorize Price props at from 5 to 90 per cent of parity for meats butter Oats and a Long list of other crops classed As non Basic and Strable 3. Revise the present basis of computing a parity Price intended o give a farm product the same relative purchasing Power it had n favourable period by add no hired farm labor costs. This would lift parity prices about six per cent above previous proposals senators said. This is a Long Range variable Price support or. Anderson Aid. It should be acceptable to a majority of Ontario bandits get seven years for Bank theft Kirkland Lake aug. 5 up Desmarais 23, and Leo martial 24, of Noranda. Que. Who held up the Imperial Bank at Larder Lake july 19, were sentenced thursday to seven years. Trying to make a getaway in a commandeered seaplane they were unable to lift it off. The Lake and crashed into a Sandbar near the far Shore. Martial was arrested in the Bush nearby and Desmarais surrendered next Day. One had on him s525 the stolen and the other the rest was uncovered from a Lakeside Cache disclosed by Desmarais. 2 counterfeiter gangs ont aug 5 discovery of bogus american cur Rency has led r..p. To the conviction that at least two Felting circles Are operating in the Windsor Detroit area. Senate threatens French Eca Cut discrimination Washington aug. 5 a the foreign Aid appropriation Bill carrying funds for the second year of the Marshall plan was held up thursday by. A Senate dispute Over the treatment of american Jisi newsmen in French Morocco. As a result of the alleged discrimination against americans there the Senate threatened to shut off Many millions of dollars in Aid to France. The Issue was still unsettled when he Truman administration took a Hasty overnight recess. Before the French Morocco is be arose the Senate appeared to be making fast Progress on the Neasure which contains funds for he economic co operation admin stration. Government and Relief activities in occupied areas and econ Rome also fights Between police and slovak catholics seeking to protect their Parish priests from arrest. A Vatican source said in one such clash police fired on the people killing one and wounding Many others. These reports could not be directly confirmed in Prague where it was thought the government would try to keep things Calm in Catholic Slovakia until the Harvest season ends. At least 10 catholics were jailed or fined for ill Slovakia six weeks ago. The Prague press declared the government is determined to wage a finish fight with the clergy Over the recent Vatican decree Escom Mun Cating militant communists. The press attacks indicated that the government May be preparing to bring treason charges against top Church figures. P one Leader attacked thurs Day was archbishop Matocha of Olomouc accused of having excommunicated u priest who chose to Side with the govern ment. 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