Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 14, 1949, Winnipeg, Manitoba Final edition Winnipeg free press Winnipeg Cloudy with occasional Enow flurries. Tuesday Cloudy Clearing in the after noon. A Little Milder. Winds 15 Mph this evening and Light tuesday. Low tonight and High tues Day 25 and 40. Vol. 40 38 pages Price 5 cents with comics Loc Winnipeg monday november 14, 1949 Sun Rise 7.39 . Moon Rise 1.00 . Sun set 4.46 Moon set 2.32 forecast Cloudy a Little Milder Abbott details new municipal Grant scheme abandoned tots Mother in court City gets very Little unfair says Coulter game from b.c., statement says Brandon nov. 14 special mrs. Valerene Leigh Mason Jourdan a tall blonde woman 27 years of age appeared in City police court Here monday morning charged with failing to provide the necessities of life for her two children and was remanded without plea for one week by magistrate e. D. Alder. Mrs. Jourdan was returned to Brandon from Winnipeg saturday on a warrant sworn out by the Brandon City police after they found two children Tommy 8, and Diana 7, abandoned by their parents in the greyhound bus depot Here last wednesday. New higher transit fares Start tuesday new fares with the exception of the monthly pass will go into effect tuesday morning on Winnipeg company Street cars and electric buses. Starting with the first cars and buses tuesday Winnipeg transit riders will pay 25 cent for i fare tickets instead of 15 cents for two. As a result of the municipal and Public Utility Board decision two weeks ago. Following student protests against the decision the University of Manitoba s Board governors set up a special investigating com Mittee. The new Gold coloured tickets have been on Sale since saturday ticket Al a at the company offices and from vehicle opera tors. Current monthly passes however will re main Good until the end of Ember for transportation within the area printed in the of the pass. This area includes the new ticket City fare zone and the first extra fare zone As follows fort the univer sity or University Gate. 48. North Knowles Home. Portage Wood Haven or Victoria Street. But with the end of november in a written statement taken by the City police Over the week end mrs. Jourdan made Only passing mention of the fact that the children had been left Here and gave no reasons. According to the statement she left Nelson b.c., with the children about two weeks ago and drove with a Friend to Calgary. From Calgary she and the children hitched hiked to Medicine hat where Hoy were joined by her husband i. J. Jourdan. The family then hitch hiked to Brandon arriving Here Early wednesday morning. After washing up at the . Depot they had breakfast at a local restaurant where or. Jourdan wrote the note which was later found in a cigarette Box car ried by Tommy. They then walked around the City for several hours and at noon mrs. Jourdan took the two children into the bus depot lunch counter elected to legislature Frank Chester wins seat in Winnipeg North William a. Kardash elected in Winnipeg North John m. Hawryluk Cains seat in Winnipeg North Crow s nest rates raise 2-hour Battle by Hugh Boyd Ottawa nov. 14 special if the . Were to be allowed to try to show the Turgeon transportation commission that it lost Money carrying Prairie Grain in 194s, the Western provinces served notice they were going to require a thorough inquiry into All the benefits the company received by the Crow s nest 1897, which gave agreement of it a virtual ordered a meal for them and left monopoly of rail transport in them there. Southern Alberta and a Large part after leaving the children mrs. Of Southern British Columbia. Jourdan stated that she and her husband continued to walk around the City Lor about two hours and then started hitch hiking East on no. 1 Highway. She said she Sot a ride from a Point about three Miles East of the City to Portage la Prairie but there was not room in the car for her husband. After spending the night at Portage la Prairie she continued on into Winnipeg and gave herself up to the . . She said she had not seen her husband since leaving him on the outskirts of Brandon. Police stated this morning that mrs. Jourdan has been held in Cus Tody since her arrival Here and that company officials Point out the she had not seen either of the two higher priced monthly pass which children. The children Are being will Rise from St.50 to s9, will Bei cared for in Brandon Homes under Good for the City fare zone Only and not cover the first extra zone. Boundaries unchanged boundaries of the City fare zone which will remain unchanged extend to the end of the Street car line in West Kildonan to the ends of the Street car lines in East Kil Donan and Morse of the Street car at Deer Lodge to the ends of St. Mary s and St. Anne s Street car lines in St. Vital in fort Garry to the municipal Hall and in Tuxedo to the West Gate of Assiniboine Park. Single Cash fare will remain at 10 cents. Meanwhile the old White fare tickets will continue on Sale until Midnight today and will he accepted for transportation until the last cars or buses on the monday schedule. Old tickets can be redeemed at see fares Page 10 the supervision of the children s Aid society. Following the police court hear ing mrs. Jourdan was taken to the provincial jail where she will be held until her next hearing. In her statement to the police she said that she came originally from to the end Vancouver and has resided at Many line in St James Western cities during the past few years. She said the children had at tended school at Calgary and at temperature readings during the 24 hour period ending at 6.30 . Monday were min. Max. 49 49 50 38 Vancouver Calgary Rapina Brandon Winnipeg port Churchill port a Aluir Toronto Ottawa 31 27 30 an free. .57 to. 18 40 35 2b 33 56 42 to. .32 paper notes conversion leftist labovites soften anti Canada Campaign London nov. 14 cup _ a Campaign by labor left to implicate Canada in Britain s Finan Cial crisis shows signs of soften ing. The Manchester guardian lib eral newspaper said saturday it is glad to note some leaders of what has been construed As an anti Canadian Campaign Are be ginning to talk a Little More mildly the guardian was commenting on a letter from Richard Crossman. Labor member for Coventry East and generally regarded As one of the chief spokesmen for the labor party s left Wing elements. In his letter. Or. Crossman said he is not trying make Canada a Scapegoat for Bri Tain s crisis but merely to face a problem which is As much Canada s As it is our this statement the guardian said marked a from the More extreme views or. Cross Man had expressed earlier. Writing last month in London s sunday pictorial or. Crossman said Britain is ruining herself to save Canadian Farmers from bankruptcy. The obvious Way to solve the problem would be to Tell canadians they must either accent Ster Ling for wheat or we shall be forced to buy tones it Down in the letter published saturday or. Crossman. Put it less strongly. Endorsing recent suggestions that there should be a voluntary association Between the Canadian Dol Lar and the labor . The Dominion must either accept this or forego a Large part of her exports to Britain. Be said everybody knows Bri Tain has been Able to pay for wheat in dollars Only because of Marshall plan Aid. But the United states is not going indefinitely to buy Cana Dian wheat and then give it to the letter repeated the views or. Crossman expressed in an interview with the Canadian press about Canadian and Bri Tish contributions to National defence. It concluded that if Canada were to assume some thing nearer her share of see us views Page 10 nine counsel took part in a Legal Battle of Over two hours before the commission monday morning when the Point at Issue was this was the commission justified in delving into the question of whether or not the Crow s nest rates on Grain and flour were compensatory or not the . Said this was a most relevant matter since its Case for abolition of the statutory rates was largely based on the allegation that last year ii lost something Between and As a result of Western Grain and flour rates being finally pegged by parliament in 3925. The Prairie governments strongly backed by the wheat denied the Point was relevant All. They insisted Grain rates had been settled by parliament in 1925, because of the wheat econ Lomy being a matter of National in Terest and they suggested that if the railways thought they were losing Money they ought to go see freight Bates Page 8 Ottawa nov. 14 up the govern ment s plan to pay approximately 100 of Canada s municipalities about a year As Federal Grants in lieu of taxation was disclosed monday in the commons by Hon. D. C. Abbott finance minister. The plan is based on three assessment principles and will be incorporated in government legislation to be introduced during the current session. It is expected to be brought into effect Jan. 1. Based on the philosophy that establishment of Federal property helps local business the govern ment s payments generally will amount to 75 per cent of the municipal tax. After deductions of four per cent from the local assessment on Federal property. The City of Winnipeg will stand to gain very Little from the Federal government s plan to pay Grants in lieu of taxation on Dominion owned buildings to Canada s municipalities it was revealed monday. Although the City originally expected to a parties May accept idea fight details by Maurice Western Ottawa nov. 14 again millions of dollars from Grants Over a period of years the formula for the Federal scheme announced monday in the House of commons places Winnipeg outside the 100 Munci parities which will receive yearly sums. Garnet Coulter comment immediate reaction of opposition members Hon. Douglas Abbott s announcement with regard to the payment of Grants to municipalities suggests there will be no Sori Ous Challenge on the score of Prin . . Members have not Dis cussed this matter in caucus and indicate they Are certainly not the four per cent is what the government considers is the National average of Federal pro Sperty to local assessment across said Moi Chajt that where a k. 1 Paul Bokdal elected in Winnipeg Centre wins seat in Winnipeg Centre three Ridings undecided 5 More la s named coalition holds 42 seats i the country. Those municipalities in Federal property below the four Pel cent eventually will get no j Federal payments. However in the less than four per cent municipalities where government buys now property Tull taxes will be paid during the i Purchase year plus full taxes for the succeeding year. In the next three years taper ing Grants of 75, 50 and 25 per cent of full taxes will be paid. At the end of this period no further Grams will be i Abbott said. Exception to the plan will receive Grants which will total in increase of from last year s payments. Future Grants will be based on National capital develop ment expenditures. Crown companies defence establishments Parks and the . Are exempt from the plan. But these organizations or. Abbott said can work out a system of payments Wilh the municipalities in fio grosses it any of the Munici Amil they can ask that j comment properly is of a Commer Cial character it was his feeling ate business establishments he cited Chalk River and various research institutions examples of an opposite character. If it were a Rule that All government prop erty should lie subject to municipal taxation then the Case for exempting Othor properties in a municipality such As Church buildings would he weakened accordingly. For lives the progressive conserva John Diefenbaker Lake two More coalition supporters were declared elected in Winnipeg government want support in the provincial legislature up to 42 members out of a formula Grant be Given to total of 57. They were Frank making Chester City Alderman running ufos eco Centre observed that he had been pressing for such action for three years in View of the fact that government is now in business on such a vast scale. Or. Emmet Mccusker ;