Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 22, 1949, Winnipeg, Manitoba 200 Hunt missing woodsman Cloudy. Snow flurries wednesday morning. A Little colder. Winds North 25 be coming Light wednesday. Low tonight and High wednesday 10 and 20. Relatives fear drowning Roblin Man., nov. 22 Hundred men tuesday were searching the heavily wooded Southern Edge of the Duck Mountain Forest Reserve for Ernie Cockerill 45, missing since last Friday. An experienced woodsman Cockerill left his Home at Merrydale 20 Miles Northeast of Roblin for a tramp through the Woods. When he failed to return that night a search was instituted saturday by his family. Sunday neighbors were called to help but no Trace of the missing Man could be found. Monday a Call was made to Ron Lin Togo Makaroff and grand View for volunteers to assist in the search with the result some 200 were recruited. The search has been made More difficult by the fact that rain and Snow have washed away any tracks the missing Man May have made. Born at Merrydale Cockerill is reported to be thoroughly versed in woodcraft and to have an inti mate knowledge of the District. It is feared he May have gone through the ice on one of the Many lakes in the area. Tiie searches being directed by Kelly Cockerill a relative assisted by the missing Man s three Bro thers Roy Ralph and Arthur. The family operates a saw Mill just outside the Forest Reserve. Final edition Winnipeg free press vol. 47 28 pages Price 5 cents Winnipeg tuesday november 22, 1949 Sun Rise 7.52 . Moon Rise 11.17 . Sun set 4.37 . Moon set 6.1-1 . Forecast Cloudy Snow flurries Abbott urges . Slash tariffs three Accident victims die would Aid world Trade finance minister says inspired Howe hints shipping act tightening up Ottawa nov. 22 Hon. Lionel Chevrier transport mini Ster May shortly bring in Legisla Tion to tighten up regulations in i Der the Canada shipping act it was indicated in commons monday. It. Hon. C. D. Howe Trade mini Ster in answer to a question by Howard Green said he would be very surprised if my colleague or. Does t bring in such possible or. Chevrier w a s absent from the chamber because of ill Ness. Or. Green had pointed out thai in the Light of the moronic disaster there was urgent need for a thorough revision of shipping regu lations. The present shiping act gives Cape. Taylor the right to Appeal his one year suspension. The suspension was ordered monday when the Captain and the owners Canada steamship lines were found guilty of wrongful default in the loss of the ship and 118 lives. Costs the is Way investigation charged against the firm Are estimated at Between and officials said the . Cannot Appeal the finding. I three damage suits Toronto nov. 22 up Frank Wilkinson counsel for Canada steamship lines said tuesday three damage suits totalling have been filed against the As a result of the moronic disaster Here sept. 17. He said Alvin Metzgar of Cleve land is asking for the loss of his wife drowned when she jumped from the ship into the Harbor. Gordon and Arthur Albes Brothers from Cleveland Are claiming in a joint action for injuries. At Chicago a suit for has been entered by the estate of Earl Doering. Both Doering and Liis wife died in the fire. Three injured persons died in greater Winnipeg hospitals monday and tuesday bring ing to 376 the number killed in Manitoba accidents this year. Ij91 of them in automobile mis haps. The dead Are jars. H. Cann 60, of 96 Kingston Row injured Sun Day when the automobile to which she was Riding collided with a Street car near the main Street barns. She died monday in St. Joseph s hos Pital. Mrs. Henry f. Friesen 29, of Gretna Man., who died in Winnipeg general Hospital monday two Days after the car in which she was riding1 turned Over on Highway no. 75 South of Winnipeg. Gerome Cardinal 43, of 372 me Dermot Avenue who died in St. Boniface Hospital of injuries received a week ago when he fell from a udder at the rear of the Olaf son apart j ments 216 James Street. An inquest will definitely be i held into mrs. Cann s or. I. O. Fryer provincial Cor Oner stated monday night. The Coroner was not sure whether such an inquiry would be held into the death of mrs. Friesen. So far this year the provincial traffic death toll tops by four the total for the whole of 194s one three children in the Friesen car Bobby Siemens of Retna was also injured and had to have stitches taken in a Cut near his left Eye. Or. Friesen his son Richie and Arlene Siemens Alles caped injury. The Fri Sens were on their Way to Winnipeg to watch the Santa Claus Parade. . Said the car. Driven by or. Friesen skidded on the Highway hit the shoulder of the Road and careened Back on of the pavement where it turned Over. Mrs. Friesen was born in Bield new York nov. 22 Douglas Abbott finance minister called tues Day for a readjustment of tariffs and customs to enable Canada to sell More goods to the United states and help world Trade generally. In a speech to the Bond club of new y Ork or. Abbott said Canada has a Large Trade surplus with the Sterling area and Western e Europe and a Large Trade deficit with the United govt. Gets new blast in combines debate see accidents Page 6 Ottawa acts to hold West indies Trade Ottawa nov. 22 government tuesday pressed an All our. Bid to maintain the Lush West indies Export Trade after urging Britain to give the islanders the dollars with which to pay. The Trade was estimated to be More than a year. London police Are toying with the belief that Jack of bean stalk fairy tale Fame has been re incarnated this time in the flesh. Belief stems from the quandary which arose Over How some person recently managed to scale a 310-foot the last 15 feet without Westminster and place a policeman s helmet atop it. Jack Larkin professional Steeple Jack is pictured Here during the entire Day he required to put up a series of ladders arid retrieve the Bobby s hat from St. Stephens one of the highest Spires of London s houses of parliament. A Telephone caller to the evening Standard said two Madcap medical students were responsible and that the caller was one of them. In any event police reasons for de siring to ascertain the identity of the dauntless daredevil or devils Are twofold and Only one of them is to Admire his or athletic prowess. The very dignity of the police Force is at stake. It was disclosed the them. Government Leader Wishart me. L. Robertson said Canada had made representations to Britain. He also told of the switch in Canadian purchases to the indies from other countries so the islands would have enough dollars to pay for things Canada would like to Ottawa nov. 22 up j. M. Macdonnell pc Toronto Green Wood said tuesday in the commons the government had committed a conspiracy against the Constitution when it did not file a com Bines investigation report As required by Law. Be was referring to a report on an alleged Combine in the flour mailing Industry. The report reached the government dec. 29, 1948, and was not tabled in the commons until a few weeks ago. The com Bines act requires such reports be made Public 15 Days after they Are received. Speaking in renewed debate on a Bill amending the combines act or. Macdonnell said the government had made no serious attempt to give reasons for the suspensions of the Rule of Law. What bothers me is that men of deservedly High reputations make no excuse for do ing what Kisir Charles lost his head said or. Macdonnell. Jus before the luncheon adjourn ment Hon. Stuart Garson Justice minister said that when he Partick fixing agreements in the Industry. Or. Garson said prices Board officials had pointed out that when see commons Page 6 Cha letters result it is of particular import senator it Obertson said that exports to the British West indies do not lapse Hack to prewar Levels of about at that rate the Cost of shipping facilities Ami sugar preferences would be barely in Kcf attack by Maurice Western Ottawa nov. 22 special correspondence Between the Cana Dian manufacturers association and the Federal government tabled late last week by Hon. Stuart Garson Justice minister May provide the . Parly with a new Spring Board Lor attack on the administration in the combines controversy. When it became Knovs that the government intended to introduce certain amendments to the existing legislation the . Requested the text of the new provisions in and Vance As a basis for preparing its states. Unless our customers overseas can pay us. We cannot pay he said. We in Canada must facilitate the efforts of our Over seas customers to earn More from us and at the same time we must try to sell More to the United states. In this Way we can bring our own trading position into bet Ter or. Abbott said Canada has had considerable Success in this policy but that More needs to be done in reducing our Trade deficit with we shall Endeavor to do it by increasing our exports rather than by restricting he said. We need your help and Coop ration. We can Supply the goods at competitive prices but often we find that your tariffs and Cus Toms administration make it difficult and impossible for our goods to flow into your markets. I am confident that the Good will and co operation which has contributed so much to our past relations enable us to Deal rated in the debate previously he representations to the minister of 1 -1 Justice. The association was How raised by various speakers and pos Sibly his defence of the govern ment action s had not been Clear. This time however he was not restricted As to time and he did not have questions to answer. He said the would answer or. Point by Point and Hope to con i government statistics him no matter How sceptical Canadian exports to the islands Rose he might be. From in 1938 to a High be then began a review of the of in 1947. J flour milling report and of Condi. They dropped to in Lions which led to its being withheld 1948 and showed a further Moder ate downward trend in the first six months of Unis year. Bill would provide half trans Canada Road Cost radio news Page 4. Movies Page 5. Bridge column Page 4. Women s news pages 12, 13. Sports pages 16, 17, 18. Crossword Puzzle Page 11. Comics Page 20. Editorials Page 15. Finance pages 25, 26. Canasta Page 10. Toy Tough for police new York. Nov. 22 bup it took 14 husky policemen and two ambulance attendants monday to free six year old Joseph a Kaher s Finger when he got stuck in his toy automobile. Ottawa nov. 22 up legislation authorizing the Federal government to pay 50 per cent of the Cost of a trans Canada Highway was introduced in the commons monday i by Hon. Robert Winters min Lister of reconstruction. He did not estimate the total Ost but there has been spec dilation the Federal share will Range Between and or. Winters spoke on a Reso Lution to a Bill that would allow the government to enter into agreements with the provinces on plans for completion of roads would form links in trans Canada Highway. It Manitoba voices stand on truck Competition by Hugh Boyd Ottawa nov. 22 special Back on the witness stand after a break of several Days r. E. Moffat economic adviser to the Manitoba government the Royal commission on transportation monday that building of the trans Canada Highway would be unlikely to bring Manitoba much in the Way of competitive freight traffic see earlier Story on Page 2. That was because the great bulk of goods Long a haul that there was no great advantage to be gained in Speed the chief he asset of the trucks. In a competitive Market so Jar As the bulk of heavy traffic in the West was concerned. The railways unlike the situation in Eastern Canada were pretty Well guaranteed that Type of traffic. There was nowhere else for it to go and so the Public was not protected by the usual advantages Stem Ming from Competition. He did not think the trans Canada Highway would make much difference in that regard. Since the commission had been relied George Drew progressive conservative Leader said the offer to pay 50 per cent of the Cost of such a Highway was not enough. A Dominion provincial conference should he called to discuss How the prov inces would finance the in creased Burden they would As sume on undertaking new Road construction. Or. Winters said that Early in september he forwarded letters to the ministers responsible for highways in each province seek ing agreement on Broad questions of policy which might ultimately form the basis agreements. Replies indicating agreement in most principles have been received from nearly All he said. Concurrence of others in a Gen eral Way has been indicated verb ally. Some technical details remain to be worked out Between the Federal and provincial govern ments and specific routes remain to be defined by formal agree before introducing his re solution or. Winters tabled correspondence regarding the Highway with seven of Ahe 10 provinces. He indicated the other provinces had asked that the correspondence not be tabled at this time. The latter provinces were British Colum Bia Nova Scotia and Manitoba. The correspondence indicated various stages of negotiations with each province. The Federal government s concept of the Highway is not that of a super Highway for High Speed traffic from coast to coast said or. Winters. It is rather that of a first lion already had made direct representations to i Britain to make the necessary Canadian dollars available to the British West indies so they could maintain the maximum possible eve of purchases from Canada diverted to the West. Indies from other countries notably Cuba the whole of Canada s 1950 sugar Pur chases so the islanders could use the dollars they receive for sugar to buy Canadian products and bought cases of Citrus fruit juices from the West indies for a similar reason. A growing crisis in Ciu Iada West indies Trade followed on the heels of the Sterling area s Dollar troubles. It prompted numerous debates in the Senate throughout the present session of parliament senators Neil Mclean and j. Kinley led the Field in complaining that dollars which Canada had paid the indies for sugar liquor tourist travel and other commodities and approximately of a services had found their Way estate left by the wite or the general Sterling area Dollar Pool a Winnipeg mister a directed to Charity by the t because of that they said he f n a f probable in 10st Rogate court monday. The bequests were made by mrs. Catherine Mary revel Mcconnell wife of Rev. John a. Mcconnell h Plaza apartments. Mrs. Mccon Nell died in Winnipeg oct. 16. The will set aside in Trust with the income to go to or. Mcconnell during his life time. At his death the will go to the Winnipeg foun Dation in memory of Cather Ine and William and will he known As the Cross memorial. The will listed legacies total Ling these were mar Garet Dool. Dalkeith apartments St. Peter s anglican Church was restricted to 40 minutes. He had had to answer Many questions City woman wills to charities indies Trade. In the upper House monday night Ever concerned not Only with the proposed amendments but also with the combines a the government did not accede to the wishes of the . In the matter of Advance no Tice. It is understood however Bat in the specific instance of the flour milling report the . Will charge the ministry with practical acceptance of the principal . Requests. In this conned Ion three major with our Trade problems in a Man Ner which is in the Best interests of both our or. Abbott said Canada s Economy now is More secure than Ever before and that the Dominion May be entering a new Era of economic growth because of the recent discovery of vast supplies of important raw despite recent tax reductions or. Abbott said Canada s revenues have exceeded expenditures from publication. He said that of a. submissions will prob Mcgregor combines investigation chief had reported or an alleged Price fixing Combine in the flour milling Industry. Or. Mcgregor who resigned because of the. Way Tho government had bandied the re port had drawn attention to an incident in september when representatives of the flour milling Industry agreed on prices to he charged when Price ceilings and subsidies were lifted. General administration of. The by More than had been expected National production has continued to Rise and employment has not declined. While there was a time he said when it was feared the War s end would bring huge vacant factory space and a Large amount of Idle equipment that did not happen. Our businessmen found it pos sible quickly to convert wartime Industrial capacity to peacetime he said and found it Neces sary of increase enormously their investment in new Plant and equipment. In fac the total Cap ital investment in Canada in Industrial Plant and equipment Public utilities housing Public projects and so Forth has been proceeding at an unprecedented Pace a Pace even More rapid than in the United or. Abbot said that recent discoveries of. Vast supplies of Iron Ore in Northern Quebec and lab Rador uranium in the Northwest see Combine probe Page 8 some egg prices fall prices paid to Farmers for top Grade eggs have dropped As much As eight cents a dozen within the last two Days according announcement tuesday to an by Alberta and Titan Ferous Ore the incident was not stressed department of agriculture. In May Mark the begin lint n a uni Lorl in _ .1 _ a _ a _ Mcgregor but was pointed to sur Iby him As one n. A series Price Asistent with the needs of the prov inces and Canada As a whole. When completed the inter provincial or trans Canada route of approximately Miles should assist in the development of Trade and natural resources As Well As our tourist Grain Man leaves estate of the Royal Bank of Canada who died in Winnipeg oct. 31. The will was filed for probable in sur Rogate court monday. Charitable bequests of were specified in the will which Brockville , at. Pauls set aside s500 or the children s anglican Church. Home and s2i50o to the Winnipeg Brockville general the remainder the Tal holy Trinity win be divided to Chai. Increased receipts a n re downward trend in Eastern Canada have combined to drive Winnipeg Market prices to the lowest average level since mid summer. Average prices paid by wholesale dealers tuesday were announced As follows Grade a Large 44. Cents Down eight cents from last a medium 42 cents Down five an estate of was and a cents posed of in the will of Norman Lawrence Leach vice chairman of Searle Grain company and director Ning of a new Era growth for of economic temperature Reading during Tir 24 hop at 6.30 . Tuesday my. Max. Of Rucina Brandon 27 2d it now is possible to travel the St selected by the trustees of t Miles Between Halifax siege state and Vancouver by Road on Cana see Highway Page 8 Anne Johnson Winthorpe sask., Jane Irwin Toronto ont., see estate Page 6 Down one Grade b eggs hell unchanged at 3s cents a dozen and Grade c were up one cent at 27 is 25 t port. Churchill v Arthur 12 23 Toronto 13 2n Ottawa 14 23 Only Bobbi survives Ai Oslo Norway nov. 22 the battered bodies of 30 persons among them 24 jewish t crash French officials said but it a impossible for the time being to persuade him to Tell his name. All the children had been Des province oks proposal but seeks larger Grant As she remained month As Long unmarried. Following these legacies the in come o the estate including shares Manitoba s government has Indi would Cost in Searle Grain company Searle 11 was also specified that 5500 should go to the Canadian seed growers association if the Condi from North african slums lion of the estate warranted it. Found tuesday strewn around the a sister in Law Madge Leach partly burned wreckage of a dutch was left while an aunt Georgina Ferguson of Gowan Brae was left an annuity of s100 per the railways or. O Donnell want Cross examined by Hugh to know the Manitoba govern Nell of the c.n.r., As that the were not see Boyd Page 8 class hard surfaced Road which should follow the shortest practical East West route across Canada and rated general concurrence with the Federal government plan for construction of the trans Canada High Way but is. Hopeful of getting a larger contribution than 50 per cent. From Ottawa. Premier d. A Campbell made this comment tuesday after read ing a statement made at Ottawa by Hon. R. H. Winters minister of reconstruction. Manitoba was also hopeful of being reimbursed Tor amounts already expended on the construction of sections of the Highway through this province. Copies of the draft agreement Between the Federal government and provincial governments were discussed during the Good roads association conference at Lake Louise this year. Suggested amendments to the agreements were forwarded to the Federal government but it is not known by the provincial govern ment if those amendments were accepted by Ottawa. George Collins Deputy minister of Public works estimated tues through each of the provinces con Day the new Highway construction been completed alone. If Ottawa paid Only 50 per cent., Manitoba s share would be the proposed Federal provincial agreement is of Only seven year s duration consequently Manitoba would have to Complete its trans Canada programme before 1958. The 84-mile Section of no. 1 Highway from Brandon to the Saskatchewan Boundary is being built according to the trans Canada standards. Another Section from Portage to Sidney 3s Miles has been constructed on those Stan Dards. The remainder of no. 1 Highway from Brandon to the Ontario Boundary less the stretch from Sidney to Portage will have to be reconstructed to meet the Stan Dards. Length of Road to be re built is approximately 214 Miles. It is believed the standards will Call for a 44-foot Grade with a 24-foot Black top and two 10-foot gravel shoulders. These standards will be confirmed at a conference with the provinces to be called after the initial agreements have terminal company and Leach in vestments limited was left in Trust of mrs. Rosabelle Searle Leach t61 Wellington Crescent widow of or. Leach. At her death the principal of he estate will revert to a Augustus Searle Leach. J the estate is composed clothing jewelry Book debts and promissory notes 000 life insurance Bank and other stocks securities for Money Cash in the Bank other property air liner which lost us Way and crashed near Oslo sunday night. Lined eventually to go on to Israel. The searchers found the twin engined dc-3 transport after searching since sunday through i jul Ifju. O one of the 23 children aboard the the dense forests of Southern nor survived. Four others Way. It was lost in route from transport were missing and almost certainly dead. All six dutch crewmen and two killed. A death toll of 34 of the 35 aboard seemed certain. The survivor was an 11-year old French speaking boy whose weeping in the wreckage attracted searchers who found the plane. Taken to Hospital at dram men 20 Miles from Oslo he was found to have suffered Only an injured . The boy one of the pitiable in Tunis North Africa. Demers gets 15-year term for slaying Sher Brooke. Que. N o v. 22 up Tony Demers one time hockey Star tuesday was sentenced to 35 years in Penitentiary on a charge of manslaughter in Der fed refugee children who had connection with the sept. 16" death been on their Way to rest and re habilitation in Norway Speaks disappointed Rugby fans vent Wrath on ticket agents Toronto nov. 22 were called tuesday when about 80 fans seeking tickets for next saturday s Dominion foot Ball final Here were told by a downtown Agency there were no tickets for Sale. Some of the crowd threatened to kick Down the Agency s door and shouted the office was holding ticket agencies said they received less than their usual quota. One of the largest reported it got Only 25 per cent of last year s quota. One agent said a couple of Hundred thousand want tickets for a stadium that seats about of his girl Friend. The 32-year-ow hockey voted most gentlemanly player in the Quebec senior hockey league last not Bat an Eye As or. Justice Cesaire Gervais pronounced sentence. A King s Bench court jury which tried the Star of last year s Sher Brooke hockey team rejected a charge of murder in favor of the lesser count of manslaughter. Demers woman Friend mrs. Anita Robert of Coaticook. Que., died in a Magog que. Hospital sept. Is after a drinking party which began with Demers the previous Day. Mrs. Robert s husband is a chef in a Banff hotel ;