Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 21, 1949, Winnipeg, Manitoba Final edition vol. 46 34 pages g free press Price 5 cents with comics Loc Winnipeg monday november 21, 1949 Sun Rise 7.50 . Moon Rise 10.05 . Sun set 4.3s . Sat 5.1-3 , Winnipeg Cloudy with occasional sunny intervals. Little change in temperature. Windi Southwest at 15 Mph. Low tonight and High tuesday 15 and 30. Forecast fair Norong s Captain suspended Judy and the mums fire report blames shipping line officer Ottawa nov. 21 owners and master of the cruise ship moronic were blamed by a supreme court of Canada judge monday for the sept. 17 Flash fire which took 118 lives As the vessel Lay at a Toronto Dock. Or. Justice r. L. Kellock reporting As commissioner in a transport department inquiry ordered the master s certificate of capt. William Taylor of Sarnia ont., suspended for a year and recommended a series of tightened safety regulations for such vessels As the moronic. In a report tabled in the commons shortly after he had delivered a Brief court judgment suspending the Captain or. Justice Kellock found the loss of the ship and the loss of life had resulted from failure of Canada steamship lines limited and capt. Taylor to take adequate precautions against fire. In particular the judge censured owners and master for failure to provide proper Means of detecting and fighting fires while in Dock for getting passengers off the ship should t take fire in port. The commissioner also expressed the View that laxity by government inspectors in enforcing safety regulations could have induced or encouraged a similar laxity on the party of the owners and officers of the ship with respect to the vital matter of preparedness for it. Hon. C. D. Howe acting Sparks Snow in november was no Surprise for Little 27-month-old Judy Emmett. She s had her Sleigh ready for action for weeks now. But she did t know snowsuits and chrysanthemums go together in Winnipeg As happily As surf Riding and oranges in Florida. Here in the conservatory at Assiniboine Park she finds blooms big and White like snowballs and tiny Poms tightly massed into drifts of color and Beauty. There Are hundreds and thousands of chrysanthemums in the conserva tory right now carefully nursed along for months so they would burst into their full glory All at the same time. Park officials reported monday that Large crowds visited the annual mum show Over the week end. Judy is the daughter of or. Transport minister tabling the re port told parliament the govern ment would carefully consider the judge s recommendations Ann he expressed Hope the investigation would be the Means of preventing disasters of this kind in the future besides suspending the Cap Tain s certificate or. Justice Kellock also assessed against the owner company the expenses incurred by the trans port department in the 17-Day investigation held at Toronto. He had been appointed a com missioner by the department to answer 20 specific questions dealing with the fire which broke out in the Early morning hours during a great lakes cruise which had and mrs. A. C. Emmett jr., of apartment 1, 2059 Portage started at Detroit. Nineteen injured in mishaps As ice Coats Manitoba roads freezing rain and Snow turned highways and streets throughout Manitoba into icy traffic traps Over the week end. Nineteen persons were injured As cars and trucks skidded into each other or Over turned on the Highway. Mrs. Henry f. Friesen of Gretna Man., received a broken neck while 60-year-old mrs. H. Cann of 96 Kingston Row was critically Hurt when the car in which she was a passenger collided with a Street car. She is in St. Joseph Hospital. Mrs. Friesen s Hack injuries came when she was Riding to Winnipeg to see the Santa Claus Parade saturday morn ing. The car upset on the icy Highway about seven Miles South of St. Agathe. She is in Winnipeg general Hospital. One of three children in the car Bobby Siemens of Gretna was also injured and had to have stitches taken in a Cut near his left Eye. Or. Friesen his son Richie and Arlene Siemens All escaped in jury. . Said the car driven by or. Friesen skidded on Highway no. 75, hit the shoulder of the Road and careened Back on to the pavement where it overturned. Five persons were injured Early saturday night when the car in which they were Riding skidded 011 the Highway four Miles South of Selkirk and crashed into the rear of a truck stopped for fuel line re pairs. Still in Selkirk general Hospital Are Fred Chic 61, of me Nice with fractured ribs mrs. Annie Nice received severe facial lacerations. She was treated in Hospital and allowed to return Home. Her baby while hit by Glass was not injured Hospital officials said. Chic his wife with fractured nose and wrist Fred Chic 11, his son with concussion and f. Pys Jerski with fractured slow Down 63, of Matlock ribs. Mrs. Olga Ksenyak 25, of Mel j husband of the injured woman and reportedly Driver of the car was not injured despite the fact the Impact drove the motor Back into the front seat of the car. The All but one of the dead aboard the 36-year-old, Craft were United Stales residents enjoying a Post season cruise. Most of them were trapped in their bunks. Identified dead total 111 and seven persons Are known missing. Unidentified remains assumed to comprise eight bodies now Are believed to be seven. The remainder of the 527 Pas sengers and the 16 Crew members on duty aboard the ship at the Ime including the Captain escaped. While critical of the actions of the master after the fire broke out or. Justice Kellock said the actions of the Ordinary Ottawa nov. 21 of or. Justice r. L. Kellock s Royal commission report on the moronic fire tabled in the commons monday 0 destruction of the moronic and the High loss of life Are blamed on failure of the owners and Captain to assure proper fire fighting precautions aboard the ship. 0 the Taylor 66, of Sarnia. Ont. Was at fault for failing general charge of the situation after fire broke out. Captain William Taylor hmm us hit said Charles Ksenyak Crew members were no doubt Winnipeg s mounting toll of traffic accidents can be reduced if motorists will take simple precautions on Slippery streets inspector Robert still of the City police traffic division said monday. Here Are the precautions reduce driving speeds. G. Apply brakes with a gentle pumping motion leaving the clutch pedal alone until the last minute. 3, if possible gear Down without using brakes. This can be done smoothly by maintaining the engine Speed during the changeover and does not harm the car. By leaving the clutch pedal alone As Long As possible. In Spector still explained the Back pressure of the engine acts to retard Speed without making the wheels skid. The gentle pumping motion on the brakes allows them to reduce Speed without jamming the wheels. Many motorists Are afraid gearing Down will harm their engines the inspector commented but this was not the Case i f the changeover could be achieved smoothly. The Best method was to maintain the engine Speed to allow for the increased revolutions required in lower gears. P inspector still said a woman Driver with two Small children in her car had spun round twice at the Corner of main Street and River Avenue sunday by applying her brakes too quickly in spite of travelling at a Normal rate of Speed. What they would be expected to do in such circumstances. This was in the Light of the fact that officer had taken charge a o e car. E truck was owned by George the s tuition or had attempted Gard contractor. Selkirk. To any general directions if Canada s farm surplus May be world problem by Max Freedman Washington nov. 21 Spe Cial Canada and the United states will face a serious problem in the marketing of their farm surpluses unless world Trade be comes More stable the food and agriculture organization of the United nations was told As its fifth annual Here today. Conference opened in a review of the situation prepared by the Council of the organization the conference was informed that one of the major changes in agricultural production was the greater share of the world Market now claimed by the farms of North America. The report said that in the International Trade situation the most significant feature is the massive increase in the share of the United states and Canada in world exports. Their share in world food exports has risen in the past 10 years from less than one seventh to. About two fifths of the total. The United states share in world exports of bread trains Rose from about one tenth be fore the War to close on one half since the War. The rest of the world has fallen some 40 cent and is recover ing Only slowly put of All this has grown a situation of inherent instability in which even the pre sent inadequate consumption Levels of the food deficit areas Are precariously held. A sudden fall in the Dollar earn Ings of the food deficit countries or in the volume of United states gifts and Loans might precipitate a food shortage in those countries and a surplus disposal problem in North America. Thus the future of the exhausted agricultural production in North America becomes an increasingly important and urgent practical the report stated that in the world As a whole agricultural production has now reached pre War Levels. However the world s population has risen by about 10 cent and there fore the supplies available person Are still lower than be fore the War. The report issued a warning that unless world Trade is restored and the Dollar shortage is lessened the situation May compel some of the largest surplus producing coun the volume of food exports of tries to restrict their agricultural output and deficit countries to expand their production at any to avoid this result the report suggested that the problem should see freed5ian Page 9 Fao official asks gearing House setup Washington nov. 21 Spe Cial Norris e. Dodd. Director general of the food and agriculture organization of the United nations urged that body monday at the opening session of its an Nual conference to set up an International commodity Clearing House to Ward off a threatened unmarketable surplus in farm pro ducts. The purpose of this Clearing House he explained would be to Lessen the importance of the Dollar sign in the marketing of agricultural products and to let countries pay the Clearing House for surplus see Fao Page 8 miss sue Black of 408 Spence Street received cuts and bruises when two cars collided on Highway no. 75 near St. Agathe. Ted j. Bukoski truck Driver from Tyndall Man., was taken to St. Boniface Hospital about 9.30 . Sunday with a lacerated leg and bruises to the Back. . Said that or. Bukoski s truck had the Road near . His condition is reported As Good w. O. Moyer Selkirk Dairy proprietor received head injuries requiring six stitches saturday night when his truck went out of control one mile North of Selkirk. To. Kayak 352 Edmonton Street was taken to Gimli Hospital Early i sunday morning with facial in juries after being struck by a car at Fraser Wood Man. A422-month baby boy Gor Don Walty of 14 Nova Villa apartments sunday was treated in Winnipeg general Hospital for a bruised fore head suffered when he struck the Windshield of his father s car which was in collision with another vehicle. Meanwhile a 77-year-old woman was injured about noon sunday when a Winnipeg electric company trolley bus slammed into a parked car. Knocked it Over the curb and pushed her to the sidewalk. Police report mrs. Sadie Hyle of 42 Dagmar Street was walking on the South Side of notre Dame Avenue opposite Grace Church when the Accident occurred. An East bound trolley bus operating on notre Dame Avenue and said to have been driven by John Taggart. 243 Macadam Avenue collided with an Auto parked at the curb. Car jumps sidewalk the car was pushed onto the sidewalk striking the woman. She was taken to Winnipeg general see accidents Page 8 such was possible at the advanced stage which the fire had reached when the alarm was after the alarm was Given the judge said the Only thing it might have been possible to do which was not done was for the master to have taken general charge of the situation and directed in an organized Way the arousing of Pas sengers instead of acting himself As an Ordinary Seaman in such parts of the ship As he could evidence at the inquiry was that capt. Taylor attempted to fight the fire personally when caught below decks by the outbreak drinking not ruled on the commissioner did not Rule on the question of whether drink contributed to the loss of life though he noted that some Passen Gers had been questioned on this Point during the inquiry. He noted that capt. Taylor see moronic Page 16 radio news Page 4. Movies Page 5. Bridge column Page 4. Women s news pages 14, 15. Sports pages 20, 21, 22. Chess column Page 17. Crossword Puzzle Page 10. Comics Page 23. Editorials Page 19. Finance pages 24, 25. Canute Page it. 0 the Captain should have directed in an organized Way the arousing of passengers instead of acting himself As an Ordinary Sailor in such parts of the ship As he could 0 capt. Taylor s certificate is suspended for one year. No other certificates were interfered with. 0 costs of the investigation Are to be charged against the owners Canada steamship lines limited on the exchequer court scale of costs. 0 no ruling was made on the extent to which drinking May have contributed to loss of life. 0 the fire patrol system aboard the moronic was inadequate for Early fire detection. 0 the fire found officers and. Crew without any Organiza Tion designed to Deal with the situation. 0 High loss of life was the result of Lack of fire fighting organization and absence of a proper alarm system. 0 Complete complacency in regard to the possible outbreak of fire had descended on both the ship officers and the management. 0 the moronic had no pre arranged plan for rousing and getting passengers off the ship in event of fire. 0 there was no evidence of the fire having been deliberately set. The fire cause was not established although it is known to have started in a Small Linen closet just Forward of the women s washroom opening on the port corridor on a deck. 0 such efforts As were made to fight the fire were scattered and ineffective. 0 Ordinary members of the Crew took such action when fire was discovered As they would be expected to take in View of the Lack of general direction resulting from failure of any offi cer to Lake charge of the situation. 0 the fire fighting appliances or. Board appear to have been satisfactory and in Good working order. 0 experience of the fire indicates need for making fire resisting bulk Heads a requirement aboard All passenger carrying Lake ships. 0 regulations requiring Complete coverage of such ships by continuous fire patrol systems As Well As automatic fire alarm systems should be applied. 0 All such ships should have a comprehensive fire fighting organization with each member of the Crew assigned specific duties. 0 sprinkler systems and Public address systems for directing passengers in emergency should be installed on All such vessels. 0 ships at Dock should provide adequate and More than a single Means of getting ashore. 0 passenger ships Docking with the intention of staying for any extender time should be required to be connected with the local Telephone system so that the local fire department can be called without delay in event of fire. Sivee stakes Date mix up explained Montreal nov. 21 up a mix up in dates May have robbed some army and Navy sweepstakes ticket holders of their chances on the Manchester november Handi Cap last saturday. But they will be looked after in the next sweep Slakes operated by Quebec unit no. 33 of the army Navy and air Force veterans in Canada. Although the race was run nov. 10, sweep tickets on the Handicap bore the Date nov. 26. Ticket distributors were told to have their books of stubs in by nov. 15. A spokesman for the sweepstakes organization said Here today that the ticket Date misprint arose months ago from faulty information coming Here from England where the race is run. He said there was a possibility that some tickets May not have been in the Manchester draw. In this he added they la be automatically entered in the next sweep. Each ticket buyer gets a receipt and it will be easy to protect any ticket buyer ears cold Tryl Teloiv at Churchill Winni Eggers who Felt the first frosty touch of Winter on their ears monday can at least find Consolation in the fact they Are not in Churchill. Man. This refrigerated Northern port had a Low temperature during the night of 17 below Zero the coldest spot in Canada. Temperatures a the Winnipeg District however will be a Little higher than during the past 24 hours according to the Dominion meteorological office. It will be Cloudy with Occas Siona sunny intervals and winds will be about 15 Miles hour. Monday night the Mercury is scheduled to slide Only to about 15 above Zero. The Low sunday Light in Winnipeg was three Volove. Predicted High for tuesday is 30 above. I temperature Reading during the 2-i hour period ending at 5.30 . Monday min. Max. Prec. V Taro Uver .32 Edmonton Duck ducks plane s props gets Bent beak Eglin air Force base fla., nov. 21 a a battered but live Duck was removed from the engine Cowling of a e-26 invader which flew in from California. It was surmised the plane flying at 220 Miles an hour Over took the Duck cruising at a slower Speed. Somehow the Duck zipped through or around the b-26 s propellers which were revolving 16 times a second. The Mallard should have been chopped to Duc Burger. In Stead it came through minus a few feathers and with a Bent beak. Canadian ship rescues 18 airmen from Lifeboat nov. 21 up the Doughty Canadian destroyer Haida steamed triumphantly into Hamilton Bermuda sunday after snatching from the Stormy Atlantic 18 survivors of last wednesday s crash of a b-29. The warship successfully concluded a spectacular Rescue saturday when she picked up the 18 men from a Lifeboat where they had huddled cold and exhausted for More than 75 hours. Two other members of the big bomber s Crew Are believed to have gone Down when the plane ditched some 300 Miles Northeast of Bermuda. Fourteen of the survivors walked off the boat. Four were carried to the Hospital at the United states air Force base at Kindley Field. Hundreds of spectators appeared As the Haida entered the Harbor and cheers Rose into a great ovation both for the survivors and the Crew of the ship. The condition of the men was considered quite Good. There were some who suffered sprains and some Salt water see Rescue Page 0 Elizabeth joins Philip to celebrate anniversary Valletta Malta nov. 21 bup Princess Elizabeth of Britain took up the role of a Sailor s wife monday As she rejoined her husband Philip Duke of Edinburgh. After kissing her year old son Prince Charles goodbye she stepped into a Viking of the King s flight in London sunday and was whisked to the Mediterranean Island of Malta. She probably will stay three weeks. Her husband is stationed Here with the Royal Navy. Their second wedding anniversary was sunday. She and the Duke celebrated the event at a Small party which broke up Early to permit the Princess a Good night s rest after her 10-hour journey. Swift Saskatoon Reqina Brandon port Churchill port Arthur Toronto o Montreal Halifax .19 13 3 17 1.1 52 2.1 .19 34 37 .02 .13 .09 .16 .07 to. .27 .16 .15 .55 i thin ice watery grave for dog Here a Small Black Spaniel who failed to heed the Maxim never tread on thin was drowned in the Assiniboine River opposite 100 Hertford Avenue. Tuxedo sunday morn ing before an . Officer could attempt to Rescue him. The struggling dog whose owner has not yet been identified was first seen Strug gling to regain the ice through which he had broken by a resident on the St. James Side of the River. Constable a. Schmidt of Tuxedo detachment ., said the dog gave up the struggle and became motion less just As he arrived at the River Bank to attempt a res Cue. He said the dog was drowned about 100 feet from Shore. Stamps fans9 train making Stop Here Calgary nov. 21 special train with facilities for both cowboys and their horses was due to leave Here monday night with 300 Calgary stampedes sup porters on their Way to the Grey cup final in Toronto. The 16-car special was scheduled to Stop at Medicine hat Swift current Moose jaw Regina Broadview Brandon Winnipeg. Kenora and the Lakehead cities in route to the Calgary Montreal Alou ettes football game ;