Winnipeg Free Press

Wednesday, May 17, 1950

Issue date: Wednesday, May 17, 1950
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Previous edition: Tuesday, May 16, 1950

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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 17, 1950, Winnipeg, Manitoba Rpage-6 Winf Peg free press wednesday May 17, 1950 Manitoba official fears million crop loss farms hit a Miracle like 48 could help says expert Crep loss in Southern Manitoba this year May run As High As a provincial agriculture official. Estimated tuesday. More than acres at land Are flooded he said about would normally be planted. Approximately farms sex deluding Market affected by the red River inundation. We have Inlet favor _. Able weather with water re ceding quickly and fast dry inc Only a Small portion will be ceded this he said. This is strictly an if proposition. If a Miracle happens As it did a Mitch 1000 women with Gray hair to try Muring hair colouring Here is an Opportunity for every Woumn in Canada Olio has Gray faded lifeless hair to put lasting color into it. Hair be comes Beautiful Koft. Natural looking Lush lights. Best of All you it right at coat so Surprise you. For Kaunfer looking hair just mix and tue the privacy of your Home. Simply comb it into hair As directed. Anyone your Gray faded liar takes on a Beautiful natural looking Shade. It s an amazing Way to evenly color Arvei. And you la look years younger. Rolex won t stain Tosca Lorwa Shoutan costs Little. Cut this notice out and Kiva to to your druggist. In 1948, the loss will not be As great As i predict however Little wheat will be seeded unless farm ers can get it within the next two or three weeks say by june 5 or 6. Emphasis will be on Barley Oats and flax and probably Millet Corn for no matter what happens the seeding season in Manitoba will be one of the latest on record. A Start has been made from Russell North through the Swan Valley but elsewhere no Start has been made. Seeding will not be general in a flooded areas before May 22 at the earliest. In All branches of agriculture ill is. Slow year. Dairymen report Little or no pasture fur their herds. Egg production is Down about 10 per cent from last with a further decrease expected because the floods. Over wintered Colo Nies of bees Are making slow pro Gress. In six of the last 10 years seed has been general in Manitoba in april. The earliest Date was april 13, 1942. In four 1947, 1948 and 1049 seeding has not been general until May. Daily crossword to look borrow at pfc without endorsers or bankable Security. This Means fast ser you need when you need it. Cash Loans made to clean up old for any Good purpose. Of coat your Spoy firl pin select the repayment plan most convenient to you. Up to 24 months to repay. Check these favourable rates. Amount of of payment s101.it 520.00 Canada s Conui Mik Flea Sci or o an hat on 3 out of 4 choose Hou Sehou pfc is backed by More than 72 experience. Service is always Friendly and courteous. No wonder 3 out of 4 prefer household. Phone or visit pfc today. So phone Book under household finance Money when you need itt household finance stunt Fig in Clits 3m am. My 927-427 921-244 9 5 or by appointment to of Lount the Public since t r78 evacuees urged to stay away until notified precautions for safeguard ing health during the flood emergency Are carried each Day by the free press As a Public service. Health authorities strongly advise that anyone flooded out of his Home should stay in temporary lodgings until notified that it is Safe to return. Plans for rehabilitation of flooded areas Homo and Husi Ness establishments Are being formed now. Provincial and local health officials Point out that a continued drop in the level of flooded Rivers will not mean that Normal activity can be resumed immediately. Flooded buildings will have to be inspected to make sure they Are Safe sanitary and habitable before residents May return. People in flooded areas Are asked to follow the instructions of their local health officers. The number communicable diseases reported in flood areas continues to be remarkably Low and health officials urge people to maintain their defences against flood borne sickness by observing strict personal cleanliness. Flood workers Are asked to disinfect their hands before eating and people handling food Are advised to Wash their hands and often. Kildonan St. Paul a clinic for typhoid immunization will be held from 2 to 5 . Thursday in the Home of or. Garbut lot Aroh i. Simpleton Slang a incite on 9. Clan 10. Folds in thread 11. Dwell 14. Capable 15. Fetish w. Afr it. A gnawing away 18. The old ens 19. Broad smile 20. Tantalum sym 21. A seed 22. Datum 24. Outer covering of an egg 26. Wall 27. 28. Quick 29. Jul Berry so. Saucy 31. Neuter pronoun 33. Book psalm a 36. For 37. Spirit lamp 38. Shallow Pond connected with the sea 40. Meaning 42. Like tin 43. Reckless 44. Finishes Down t 1. Four toed diving Bird 2. River for 3. Sash Jap 4. Relating to a Union of c. Elevated train to. God of pleasure baby 12. Clenched hand shortened 13. Division 0. 7. Desert Asia Blotch a City in new York 11. Legislative body 13. Ireland 17. Ahead 18. Money Slang of a play 24. Forms 25. Leather pistol Case 26. Tell 28. Touch 30. Point abbr to. Manacles 32. Man s nickname 34. Coin India 1 1 a a 7 i Imus Senate told . Should pay part of Winnipeg flood loss f Saiwer 35. Young girl 3s. Body water i so. Liquor 41. Exclamation 12 is 24 27 10 42 20 matter was receiving the closest Portage la Prairie placed part the blame on Waters of the Ottawa May 17 up a Manitoba born Liberal senator Back from a visit to the disastrous Winnipeg floods tuesday suggested that the United states should Bear partial responsibility for the devastation which May to Tal launching a discussion in the Senate on what he called one of the biggest disasters in Canada senator Norman Paterson Tario said the worst in Winnipeg has not been reached. The native of of red River sweeping across the Bor Der from their source in the United states. He said he believed the United suites government should he asked through the. International joint commission to contribute to the loss in Winnipeg hid to join with Gnu in making to prevent a recurrence. In the commons prime minister Louis St. Laurent said Federal assistance will apply to All flood ravaged areas of Manitoba and not exclusively to Winnipeg. George Drew progressive conservative Leader urged the govern ment to give full consideration to the disaster in the Rural areas. Or. St. Laurent indicated the government would and in reply to Stanley Knowles North. Cell s 17 daily How to work Longfellow. One letter simply another. In this example a is for the three l a x for the two o to Etc. Single letters Apo trophies the length and formation of the words All hints. Each Day the code letters Are different. A cryptogram quotation adj Vaduz my a y z a Bax. X so Lysa Uyl . Yesterday s crypt quote there s sure no passion in the human soul but finds its food in Lillo. Tre said that he could not himself go to Winnipeg to make n first hand appraisal of the damage this week. A session of the commons external affairs committee agreed to Call a High official of the inter National joint commission o n Boundary Waters for a report on is Powers and plans to prevent a recurrence of the red River disaster. The Bureau of statistics in a report on crop conditions expressed doubt whether the acres of land now under water in the red River Valley will produce much More than feed this year. Plight of Market gardeners around Winnipeg was reported senator Paterson said lie did not know who or what was to Illume for the disaster i hat 1ms brought almost l11 of Winnipeg s business to it standstill. However he did not believe the . Was appreciative of the Range of the devastation. An. Example he said was the fact that the . Army was Mak ing available sandbags for use in fighting the floods hut at a Price. The loss in the red liver Valley would be More than this was not covered by insurance. Another Manitoba senator j. C. Davis a Liberal from St. Boniface who claims to be the Only Engineer Ever appointed to the chamber since confederation urged the government to make unemployment benefits available to the Dike work ers who have lost their Normal jobs through the floods and were working Day and night receiving no Money. Many had lost their unemployment insurance cards and were unable to put in claims for benefits. Senator j. A. Mackinnon assured the Senate that the govern ment was giving every consideration to ways of helping those hit by the floods. Cabinet ministers had viewed the disaster and the Quick help stomach upsets indigestion heartburn quickly relieved bar anti tums. Just eat like Candy. Ioc . Senator advocates flood Aid for Manitoba special phone numbers 320 is Henderson Paul. Highway East St. Qew Keu Oggs Pep offers d in every bowl Ful 848 121 electric Light 722 551 for growing d is to Normal develop ment of Bonet and tooth Vitamin of la disc tax in human added to whole wheat flakes Here in Canada by year in and year out your children can get 400 of tasteless Vitamin d in each bowl of Pep. Growing children scially need Vitamin d. It s a so arts Vitamin in most foods. And Kellogg a now provide it in no extra Cost to you watch your folks spoon into those nut Brown flakes of whole wheat with own in Cecial Flavouring. Brezic main dish Lupp Liei important carbohydrates Iron Phoui wheat germ. And Sunaina Vitalyn a Rush to the store for the greatest improvement in Canadian Cere als Pip you la be glad you did 4oo International units of Vitamin d Art tit defy recommended to the desirable mini mum daily intake of thit Vitamin for the average growing boy or girl. Special Telephone numbers have been established to facilitate blood army Headquarters. Calls for Assis citizens Are advised that officials will not accept Calls that Are not of an emergency nature. The numbers Are As follows is the new number Lor red Cross flood Relief operators and transportation now centred in the basement of the civic auditorium. 907 499, 935 827 and 935 727 Ance in building dikes requests or sandbags or other assistance should not be put through army Lead quarters Nurnberg in the phone Book. Calling this number direct vill save delay and eliminate con usion. City Hydro Calls for emergency Cut off of service or requests for tem ovary service. The City Hydro Las an emergency staff to handle service Only. Red Cross. Emer gency phone num ber of the red Cross is not being made Public. Only the police and he military Are channelling Calls through this number. The measure Vas deemed necessary when the in became clogged and efficiency was threatened. Exchange instal led by City. Engin Eer s department saturday to Deal with problems involving House holders individual flood defence programmes basemen Protection Dike construction and other sneering flood measures. 849 281 849 232 for evacuees or persons needing emergency housing Only. Engineer. 61 767 935 521 934521 934934 93256 for those on High ground who car provide accommodation. Give numbers you can accommodate. Central Volunteer City police flood service Extension. St vital Nealton unit emergency Aid such As food clothing or boats. Army Headquarters on Kildonan drive East Kildonan. Canteen head quarters and Navy communications Centre on Leigh ton Avenue near Kildonan drive. Flood head quarters in St. James for emergency Calls offers of jumps to the flood committee and All Calls directed to the municipal 105 204 such a 504 846 drive East i 504464 communicate ton Avenue 62375 Washington May 17 of senator Kenneth Wherry rep. Neb tuesday introduced a Resolution in the Senate calling on presi Dent Truman to extend immediate Aid to flood swept Manitoba. Democratic Leader Scott Lucas of Illinois objected to its imme Cli ate consideration. He said he wanted to know a Little More about the Wherry Resolution on the president to direct government agencies to make available immediately the full est Aid consistent with Law to did Manitoba and especially the City of the Resolution said in part the physical financial and canteen Headquarters on Assiniboine Central Volunteer Bureau. Registration of Homes for those willing to accommodate evacuees and registration of those who have storage space for furniture and the like. Sheds barns warehouse space. Earl Grey Community club. All in this District the president s disaster emergency fund can be allocated immediately to Nebraska and that further Money can to made Avail Able civilian May head Atlantic pact plan London May 17 a defence concept which would Picc Hie Western world s economic and Mili Ary affairs under a supremo civilian chief is being advanced behind locked doors of the London Atlantic pact meeting. Because of the United states moral support of the United states should be extended to the can Adian people in their hour of need no alone As an act of mercy but As a natural and fitting expression economic strength and its great i contribution in arms it is expected that the american. If the plan is approved supreme chief will be an of the historic Friendship and Kin a decision on the Choice of such ship of the Peoples of the chief and a Star of advisers a states and of As a possible outcome senator Homer Ferguson rep of the present conference of the Mich suggested the United slates could at least Aid in the air evacuation of Manitoba refugees and Send what food is necessary. Support for Hie Resolution also came from senators Edward Thye rep. Minn mid Alexander Wiley wis or. Lucas said he was disappointed that senator Wherry had not consulted with him before 43 316 flood workers should report to the clubhouse for duty. The clubhouse is the information Centre to Aid in flood Relief. The ladies auxiliary Are providing food for All flood workers. Phone is manned 24 hours a Day. 935 451 935 452 Winnipeg electric company emergency phone for electric ser s ice trouble Calls. 934 040 934 209 Winnipeg electric company emergency phone for Gas trouble Calls. 932 431 932 432 Winnipeg electric company bringing the Resolution before Jie Senate. He said he did not believe such a Resolution was the proper Way to proceed. He added that Canada is in no financial distress. Representative Carl Curtis ;