Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 24, 1949, Winnipeg, Manitoba Final edition Winnipeg free press Winnipeg Cloudy. Intermittent Snow again Friday morning. Little change in temperature. Winds Light. Low tonight and High Friday Zero and 20. Vol. 49 40 pages Price 5 cents with comics Loc Winnipeg thursday november 1949 Sun Rife 7.54 . Sun set 4.35 . Forecast intermittent Snow russian Bear crushes foes in big purges this is the first of two significant articles on the purpose of current and recent soviet purges of communist satellite countries in Eastern Europe. Since the War Russia has been Soli pedalling her efforts to push the total communication of these states under the Guise of so called people s democracies. Now she is coming out in the open in her main objective As revealed in a series of ruthless purges. By Marguerite Higgins Xci York Herald Tribune service Berlin nov. Astonishingly Frank admission of the tactics and plans of the Eastern european Peoples democracies has just been published Here in a series of articles in the official red army newspaper Taeg Liche Mundschau. The series admit for the first time that these regimes Are dictatorships Bent on achieving soviet Zed economies including full collectivization of the farm land. One party states arise the articles explain Why non communist or so called Bourgeois parties were initially allowed to co operate in the governments of the Peoples democracies and Why these political groups Are now being purged. The series even includes a Brief review of the pro Gress of in the various Eastern european countries. The Blunt acknowledgement i hat the Eastern european regimes Are being developed into one party Stales is a vast change from the propaganda line of As late As ago. At that Lime most of the regimes of East Europe with the exception of Yugoslavia still Aid claims to democratic trappings. For in accordance with Potsdam and Yalta agreements and the peace treaties Poland and the Balkans were to become representative democracies or so the West thought when they entered into International agreements with Russia. But there is no pretence of parliamentary democracy in the rus Sian sponsored articles written by f. T. Konstantinov a soviet author and entitled the Peoples democracies on i he Road to the regime of the peonies the series states can and Mist practice with Success the functions he dictatorship of he proletariat in the present historic situation the regime of the Peoples democracies and the soviet order Are. Analogous in the most important and essential Points that they have the same class character and that they represent two different forms of dictatorship of the working the Peoples democracies came into being the articles maintain because of the support of the soviet Union and because soviet troops on marching into the countries of Middle and Southeastern eur Ope stole a March on Anglo american the Road to socialism in the Peoples democracies in the initial phases differed from tactics used in the soviet Union because of Peculiar foreign and Domestic this of course was due in part to the fact that in the beginning the Peoples democracies were 1 de by coalition governments in which non communist parties held some important posts. This it is Clear was necessary so Long As a show of democracy was still being put from coalition to communism the transition from the coalition regimes to the completely communist dominated stale a transition which is still continuing is described this Way the regime of the Peoples democracy is continuously developing and perfecting itself in so doing it passes through a series of stages. In the course of development and distribution of Power of the classes is changed. In the first stage representatives of the bourgeoisie were permitted to participate in the stale administration along with workers Farmers and the Active intelligentsia in so far As the former worked loyally together with the Power of the people. But As the socialistic character of the new Power became Ever More settled certain Bourgeois elements transferred from collaboration with the people s Power to Battle against further democratic reforms. They ran Over to the Camp of the people s the justification for the dictatorship is in strict line with bolshevik theory that the dictatorship of the proletariat in the period of transition from capitalism to communism is a necessity and an Una voidable event represents an axiom for each marxist Leninist. The Peoples democracies have stepped on to the Way to socialism but it is impossible to proceed to the end of this path without the dictatorship of the Fortune Teller guides search in Hunt for missing woodsman it s lunch time for Lena a week old wild hog and her pal g. D. Bradford 75 year old former Deputy sheriff of Arp Texas is s a set to give her a hot tie. Or. Bradford captured Lena when she was an hour old. At the time he was on a Deer Hunt in South Texas and the animal charged at him. Lena is now six inches High and May grow to so pounds. Or. Bradford named Lena after he was informed she was a , a species of ferocious hog. Bonn Germany nov. 24 a the Western allies agreed thursday to Stop the dismantling of 18 big Western German factories in return for German pledges to help keep the peace in Europe. See Story on Page 11. The plants to be re moved from the Dis mantling list include the August Thyssen steel works one of the largest in Europe. All dismantling in divided Berlin will Stop under the agreement announced thursday by the Allied High commissioner with the West German government. In return for sweeping Al lied concessions the West German government agreed to join the International Ruhr authority and to maintain the demilitarization of the Federal territory and Loen Deavor by All Means in i t s Power to prevent the recreation of armed forces of any the German government also promised full co operation with the Allied military secur Ity Board. This Board was set up to keep Germany demilitarized. The German government expressed its firm determination to eradicate All traces of nazism from German life and institutions. For its part the High com Mission agreed to relax the present restrictions on Ger Man shipbuilding. Canadian Oil Supply assured says expert Vancouver nov. 24 up Canada enough should be Oil within producing the next 10 years to Supply All her needs and have a Little left Over for Export m. L. Haider of said Here wednesday. Or. Haider is production chief for Imperial Oil com Pany limited. . And Canada give warning on danger of food surpluses by Max Freedman Washington nov. 24 United states and Canada joined wednesday in telling the food and Agri cultural organization that there must be adjustments in agricultural production on the North american continent avoid the danger of unmarketable surpluses accumulating. Stanley Andrews director of the office of foreign agricultural relations in the . Department of agriculture said the expanded food programme of the United states had been Carrier out at the Cost of sound conservation practices. He added that there would be a Cut Back in various crops. He specifically excluded How Ever any Sharp reduction in . Wheat acreage. Said the fact is that Canada has had Only a Low amount of exports in the past two years because she has had relatively Low wheat crops. It she returns to Normal crops there is a possibility of serious difficulties. In our opinion the time has come for a to Good agricultural practices on the North american continent. We would disagree with any ment from this Confer ence that present practices should be although no Delegate said so openly at the conference the feel ing has been expressed privately by delegates that one of the complicating factors in the whole Situa Tion is the High level support prices for agriculture maintained by the United states without any correspondingly firm limitations on i acreage. This naturally produces a great increase in farm output. Or. An Drews however tried to attribute see Fao Page 38 jagged ice Hole found by party the vision of an elderly Teacup Reader wednesday led searchers for 46-year-old Cockerill of Merrivale Man., into one of the most forlorn and densely wooded areas of Duck Mountain Reserve. Known Only As or. The Fortune Teller lives at Boggy s Creek Northwest of Roblin. I Corporal d. Young of the . Robiin detachment said at noon thursday or. Cockerill had not yet been found either alive or dead. The trapper has been missing since Friday. Reportedly contacted by a brother of the missing Man the Fortune Teller said he could visualize the body of the mis farm death probe opens at Portage Cofer urges Garson quit Over flour report delay Ottawa. Nov. 24 Mclnnis East said bluntly in the commons thursday that Hon. Stuart Garson Justice minister should resign be cause of the Way he handled the report of an alleged Price fixing Combine in the flour milling Industry. He made the statement As Mem Bers continued clause by clause study of a Bill aimed at strength ening the combines investigation act. Or. Mclnnis said he agreed with George Drew progressive conservative Leader that the jus Tice minister had placed himself in a position where he should not be Given any More Powers under the combines investigation act. Or. Mclnnis said the minister had failed to table the combines report within the 15 Days required by Law. As a result there was a suspicion throughout the coun try that the minister and the government were not favourable to prosecutions under the combines investigation act. The Justice minister should re sign and a new minister should m. Cold Wen . Said he must reject the govern ment statement that the flour Millers were grantee wartime in Portage la Prairie nov. 2-1 special preliminary hear ing of a murder charge against. In mile Amharic 31, Poplar Point farm hand opened Here thursday before magistrate r. 3. Webster. Allarie is charged with the sept. 2 1 slaying of or. And mrs. William Delbridge in. Their farm Home two Miles North West of Poplar Point. Nine of the 16 witnesses scheduled to appear at the hearing Testi fied before the noon adjournment. Roy Cryderman Canadian Paci fic railway Section Man at Poplar Point told the court he Nunci been awakened about 2. -13 . Sept. 2-1 while sleeping in his blink House the railway tracks. He identified Allarie As the Man who visited him and asked to borrow his Rifle. The pair had shared a of Beer before Alvarie departed about 10 minutes after his arrival. Or. Cryderman said the farm hand Hud taken the Rifle Over his protests Ami had re fused to say Why he wanted it. The witness identified a Rifle found in the Delbridge Home his own. Mrs. Violet Matthies Portage la Prairie told court she had stayed from Canada s anti Price Iwillis four of the five Delbridge will 3i radio news Page 4. Movies Page 5. Bridge column Page 4. Women s news pages 15, 16, 17. Sports pages 22, 23, 24. Crossword Puzzle Page 10. Comics Page 30. Editorials Page 21. Finance Page 25. Canasta Page 26. Fixing Laws. Children on the night of. Sept. 23 while or. And mrs. Delbridge at tended a dance in Poplar Point. They had returned about 2.15 am. In Normal condition. Their eldest daughter Joan 13, attended the dance with them. Mis. Matthies and her husband had then loft for Home. Allarie at dance searing questions hurled at Garson or. Brew said the govern ment has been in breach and contempt of parliament for 10 in charged that or. Garson had failed to recognize the seriousness of his action in withholding publication of Tho report for 10 Luo Tbs. He reiterated a demand that the minister give Assurance breach of the Lav happen again. The tilde appeared to thought it had had break the Law in regard to the Jug flour milling report. If that he the dance and had been offered a drink by the accused. Allarie had been a Little Happy but. Talked and normally. Or. John w. Kettlewell Portage la Prairie testified he performed a postmortem in or. And mrs. Delbridge s bodies in the Day of the slaying. Position of the Bullet wounds indicated mrs. Delbridge had been shot my the rear while in a stooped position. Or. Lel Man lying at the Bottom of a Lake centred by two Moun armed Only with the seer s vision and a Compass the search parly accompanied by an . Officer and the missing Man s two sons set out to search through the myriad Lake area suggested by or. Henry. Find inc cd Hole Corporal Young said the party did find a jagged Hole in a Lake in the general area mentioned by i lie Teacup Reader but that Thor Ough dragging operations proved Corporal Young added however that the party Sank Trees which they chopped from the Brush to Mark the exact spot so a More com plete search Nav be made in the Spring. From what i hear the Lake where the search party found the Hole was not Tho same one suggested by this or. Henry. In any event we do not think or. Cockerill went through Tho ice at this Point. The water was Only two or three feet the officer stated. Corporal Young expressed the be Lief that the missing Man suffered a heart attack and has been buried completely by heavy snowfalls which occurred in the area. Henri. Seizure or. Cockerill was a highly experienced the officer continued. He left the House last Friday scantily Clad in a Light wind by Maurice West hex Ottawa nov. 24 special a Volley of searing had Holm shot the questions fired at Hon. Stuart Garson Justice minister . Be appointed to administer this wednesday night by John Diefenbaker Centre i the condition said or. Mclnnis. I Ellen Tlle a said or. Mclnnis. Or. Drew said he wished to sub officers described of the Home arrived curly in signalled the end of the Short reprieve won by the govern the Morni no of sept. 2-1. The Mit. That or. Garson had not the ment through procedural victories in the combines debate. For a time wednesday morning it appeared that a tactical error on the part of the opposition had provided ministers with an excuse for shutting off further discussion right to prosecute any Canadian for breach of the Law. The min ister himself had broken the Law and placed himself in contempt of parliament. Commenting immediately on or. Andrews statement. In. Hon. James g. Gardiner Canada s mini Ster of agriculture Drew attention to the fact that with respect to wheat and bread grains the Posi Tion the two countries had been almost reversed in recent years. The United states he said in creased its share in world exports of bread grains from about one tenth before the War to about one half since the War. Canada he added usually supplied about one half the world s wheat exports before the War and now we Are seriously continuing or. Gardiner i shopping Days till Christmas Jonly 26 Dayi to do your chant fun of shopping. Buying Early j run to f it Chris Moi stocking. Calgary fans Roar into Toronto my s threaten to play hookey officials announced for Grey cup final Toronto nov. 24 opened the door threw away the key and gave a Royal Welcome thursday to More than 300 whooping football crazy Calgary fans. There were speeches bands a few songs and Square dances and a big traffic bottleneck in the downtown area. Stampede supporters wearing their now famous 10-gallon cow boy hats colourful if if shirts and High heeled boots travelled Miles to watch their Dominion champions tangle with Montreal Alou ettes in the Grey cup final Here saturday. Everything went off on sched ule except the arrival of mayor Hiram Mccallum. He was five minutes late. Fife and drum a Fife and drum band with Lar iat tossing majorettes leading the Way marched up and Down in front of the Union station with hundreds of Rubbe necking torontonian flocking around. We re glad to have you the mayor said in his official Wel coming speech. The town is agog and alive with interest in Satur Day s game. Any torontonian you meet will probably ask you for a couple of citizens who expected a big show were a trifle disappointed see fax Page 9 Toronto nov. 24 up Hec Crighton of Toronto will referee saturday s East West football game Between Mon Treal Alou ettes and Calgary stampedes. This was announced thurs Day by Percy Robinson Secre tary of the Canadian Rugby Union. Of the five officials he announced four Are from Eastern Canada and one from the West. Besides Crighton they Are Umpire Seymour Wilson Hamilton judge of play Jim my Simpson Hamilton head Linesman Andy Beiber Winnipeg Down Boxman Bob Lyle Hamilton. The Kickoff is at 1.45 . Ottawa nov. 24 up Arthur Smith pc Calgary solemnly informed prime minister Louis St. Laurent thursday there must be some mistake behind the prime minister s request that the commons sit sat urday to Speed the drive for prorogation. The sittings he said should be called for varsity stadium. Toronto because that was where the majority of members would be watching Calgary and Montreal in the Grey cup final. The prime minister whose no Tice of a saturday sitting was placed on this morning s order paper equally solemnly replied that he hoped members sense of Public responsibility will prevail Over their desires to see the same. Or. Smith promptly assured him Edt 11.45 . The . Secretary did not mention Les Ferguson of Cal Gary originally nominated by the stampedes As one of the officials. However president Tom Brook of the Stamps said that Joe Ryan of the Alou ettes objected to Ferguson and the Stamps named Crighton As its alternate. Crighton is designated by the West and will said Brook. We re quite satisfied. They re All Good officials. Crighton is a Good ref Eree. So is Ferguson but he comes from Calgary and i guess they wanted Neutral of that with him the final comes first. The speaker. Ross Macdonald. Assured or. Smith that his sympathies were All with him. It s an insult a second notice of intention to play hookey came from Frank Lennard a former Canadian Rugby football Union official who said it s an insult to the sports fraternity to have the House sit saturday. He said the Calgary Ottawa final last year did More for East West Unity than this House has been Able to do in the last 10 the game this year would do the same. Of the Mcgregor report. In permitting 8. Vole on the amendment by George Drew progressive conservative Leader without first attempting to reply of the Justice minister s speech tuesday opposition critics appeared to have tossed away their Golden Opportunity. Speaker Ross s Rul ing that members must hence Forth con inc their remarks to the subject matter of the specific amendments to the combines act forced the opposition to fall Back on amendments to the main motion Lor second of order to resurrect former debate. Each of these see Garson Page 8 bad russians earn their Salt mines mechanized London nov. 24 a things Are looking up in those famous russian Salt mines to which so Many bad russians Are supposed to be banished. Moscow radio reported wednesday night that workers in the South aral Salt mines have completed their five year plan Well in Advance of the stipulated heavy manual labor has Beer completely done away with in the the radio went on. The whole process of mining transportation grinding and loading has been bodies had been found lying in the living room. Constable w. Hyrasyn photographer produced pictures of the scene and .1 plan of inc Home and Vicinity. Sgt. Mason Coke . Ballistics expert from Regina Idem. Fied some of he bullets and that is Quile probably what has happened. It is very doubtful indeed if he will be found Corporal Young said a Man with cock Rili s Bush know How would not have ventured onto see search Page 9 City s rights in fare Appeal undecided chief Justice e. A. Mcpherson wednesday reserved judgment on the City of Winnipeg s application for leave to Appeal the recent Street railway fare increase. Hearing of the application was held in. Camera in the chief Justice s office. Ii. Guy counsel for the Winnipeg electric company was understood to have opposed the application made by rom the bodies having Beer j . Bond Rity solicitor. Fired from the .30-30 Rifle found if leave is granted the City will nearby. I Appeal the municipal and Public or. George h. Hamlin District Utility Board ruling the Coroner said he attended Tho ? court of Appeal. The of the tragedy about 5 . Sept. J Board earlier this Moth ordered 24, and had pronounced both or. Increase of car fires from and mrs. Do lbs de dead. Hodies identified Ralph Delbridge. Brother of Delbridge told court he two for 15 cents to three for 2.5 of no monthly pass from the two bodies in Portage later the same Day. He described Allarie As a Good worker and said the accused s relations with the Bridge family were All right. Al Larie had worked with them for about eight years prior to which he had been employed by this wit Ness. Crown counsel at the hearing was w. J. Johnston Winnipeg and defence counsel Samuel Breen Winnipeg. Fire damages Home Carman Man. Nov. 21 Spe believed to have started in the basement badly burned the inside of the Frame Home of or. And mrs. Walter Rutler Here wednesday evening. Smoke and water also caused heavy damage. Is understood the City s be based or the fact that Small fare increases awarded a year ago were regarded by Iho Board As in Crim Relief for the company until May 1051. The City is objecting to the fact the Board reserved the right to review the order and award a further in crease this month. 3. Ca temporal lire ? Durins the 24 hour period ending . Were Vancouver .21 Calgary .1 50 Saskatoon if .30 Nelma 5 24 .26 10 16 .10 Brandon port Churchill port Arthur Toronto Ottawa 19 x to. To. .13 save traffic today s traffic query car approaching you is wavering Over the Centre line. In that Case you should a. Honk your Horn loudly. B. Drive Over on to the Centre line your self to Force him Hack to his Side of the Road. C. Slow up and drive Well to the right if necessary getting off the Road. Never compete with a drunk or Uncertain Driver. Keep but of his Way ;