Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 20, 1950, Winnipeg, Manitoba Shortening Price 5c per copy edition with comics Loc Winnipeg saturday May 20, 1950 some schools but evacuation goes on Don t atop evacuating just because some schools arc re open that was the plea issued saturday by or. J. C. Pincock of City schools. He said the Winnipeg school Board Felt that re opening of some schools should not delay evacuation of those who could possibly nor should it be a reason for the of any children already evacuated. Children will be fully protected in school standing if they Are not at school Between vow and the summer holidays or. Pincock said. The school Board of the schools were open solely to provide a profitable pro gramme for children who for one reason or another were not evacuating and who should be kept off the streets. The Board fully endorsed the Appeal of flood control Headquarters to parents to take their children out of the City and keep them out As Long As it was held desirable. Summer lectures eve Law to Tesume lectures in the summer ses Sion of the Manitoba Law school discontinued due to the flood emergency will resume Mon Day at 8 . In the Law school building. Toronto humane society will look after pets Toronto humane society Headquarters Friday wired miss Sally Warnock of the Winni Peg society that Winnipeg evacuees to that City wishing to take their pets with them will be met at the Toronto Sta Tion by officials of the society who will care for the animals during their sojourn in the East. Max hit by Auto taken to Hospital William Hunt link 23, of 146 Edmonton Street is in Winni Peg general Hospital with in juries to the face and the left knee resulting from an Acci Dent at York Avenue and Edmonton Street Friday evening. He is in Good condition. According to police or. Hun Clink was crossing York Enue at Edmonton Street on a motorcycle when he was struck an Auto going West on York and operated by Daniel Linney 29s Lansdowne Avenue. Or. Hunchuk was taken to Hospital in police ambulance. Troupe cheerios troops in St. James while Winnipeg theatres u arc closed during the past week due to flood conditions members of the Cheerio concert troupe were filling in the entertainment breach with nightly performances for the Trinei forces in the St. James Hall. The shows were under the direction of a hello Monnington with Edgar a. Hose As Muster of Cere monies. Participating artists were Ken Leyton Norman Howarth Jack Oldfield Beverly Dunsmore and the Donna Jackson Joan Finlay Marguerite Chapman Cheryl i age Helen Hendry Paul Munson Xor inn hasted Bill Lesack Cliff Gardner of Job Sharon Wedlock William Warbeck Irma Conrad Arietta Busalacchi aunt Zaeta Ernie Fletcher Gordon Harlry and miss Monnington. Accompanists were mrs. Florence Milne Irma Conrad and emm Orr. Baseball and boys bad for windows boys will be boys the say ing goes. The result a West end Kitchen window and its companion storm window fell prey to a baseball at noon Fri Day. Four 17-year-Olds, engrossed in the american National pastime on uie Burnell Street Kovanis playground were the cause of the damage. Police no arrived after the boys had settled with the Householder cautioned the boys against playing handball in that area. Fire destroys basement pump fire Early saturday Des troyed the electric motor being used to pump the basement or the Brunswick hotel 571 main reel City police reported. The electric pump was noticed burning freely about 1.50 . Saturday by a passer by who notified police. The fire department extinguished the Blaze with chemicals. Accord ins to he police report the s200 pump appeared to be a total loss i Kitchen Star bulletin Kitchen Star bread and cake in no longer available. When flood condition permit these famous product will again be available from your grocer. By Carrier in Winnipeg 25c per week St. Vital homeowners. Urged to stay away an Appeal for All evacuated residents of St. Vital not to return to their Homes until general flood conditions improve was Marie Fri Day by Elswood St. Vital. Bole mayor of carry out essential work without interruption. Every Effort be made to rehabilitate us vital at the earliest possible moment and information will be broadcast As plans Progress. The co operation of All is requested at this since a considerable number of St. Vital residents have been re turning to collect personal articles he Drain on transportation and hindrance to workers has Marie it necessary to Issue an Appeal at this time. Mayor Bole said. Following is a text of his message Large numbers of St. Vita residents who have moved to Winnipeg or District arc seeking per Mission to return to their Homes to collect personal properly. This is creating serious prob Ems for the following reasons i. Many of those Homes can Only be reached by boat and transportation by this Means is not available to any great extent. On streets where Homos May be reached on foot deterioration of Road Beds has resulted in Many Holos of considerable depth which Are a grave Hazard. 3. The health problem is also a danger. The influx of a Large number of people at this time makes proper policing extremely diff make a financial contribution cult. The staff on hand has a big Many inquiries from overseas Job to do and the extra work Deon received by mayor Coul tailed hinders this considerably. to where c ont r i b u t i o n s londoners give to mayor s fund for flood Relief the lord mayor of London has Boon authorized to establish a lord mayor s 1 und for flood Relief in the red River Valley either directly or through the news papers of the United kingdom mayor Garnet Coulter of Winni Peg said Friday. Funds received in the United kingdom will be used for the Pur Chase of British made supplies required for he rehabilitation of flood victims. Numerous the lord mayor of London was authorized to establish an overseas flood fund in View of the Largo number of cables and letters from All parts of the British Isles received in Winnipeg expressing sympathy and stating a desire to a mayor Coulter in a Cable t o iwo receive Ioctl if on we hesitate to your citizens should for obstruction of police officer an n i tempt by iwo Winnipeg men Early Friday to Stop a con stable by physical Force from breaking up a fish fight had its sequel in City police court when o Birek Selkirk a four barges and a tug being shipped to Hudson or.t., Foi use in the regular summer runs of the Hudson Patricia transportation company were pressed into service in Southern Manitoba Friday. The barges carried cars and trucks from the Richardson Stock farms South of the City to fort Garry after previously taking 300 head Stock to Portage la Prairie. On North drive at the Wildwood club the ears and trucks in the top picture were unloaded on dry land. Then the 5-ton Barge in lower was loaded aboard trailer trucks and taken to the Canadian National railways for transportation to Hudson ont. Put another sandbag pull out Cash a blood inspired parody soon will be on its Way to radio stations record Canada. On his morning disc jockey programme Over Job Cliff Gardner lately has been singing two popular tunes with new and timely lyrics. Put another Nickel in As the recorded called sandbags sandbags sandbags. The other if i knew you were coming i d a built a Dike. Now or. Gardner s renditions themselves will be recorded and Job has arranged to Send them to some id Canadian radio stations with a View to swelling the Manitoba flood Relief my. Radioman will he to play the records and inform their listeners that similar discs May he obtained from the Winnipeg station in Exchange for donation to the fund. Disc distribution will remain with Job. Fire Rescue squad revives gassed thl the fire department Rescue squad was called out Friday afternoon to revive a seven year old girl who was Over come by Carbon monoxide fumes while Riding in her father s car City police said saturday. According to police who were called to the Abc Auto sales 9s9 Portage ave nue at 4.09 . Friday Juo Zas Del Reckas of 170 Isabel Street had just driven his car into the lot for Sale when his daughter Veronica who was a passenger in the car along her four year old sister Dona was taken ill. After oxygen was administered by the Rescue squad the Small girl was taken to Winnipeg Hospital and treated for Carbon monoxide poisoning. Police say the Carbon monoxide seeped through unsound flooring in the car. St. Bont Fack Norwood 1 Akols under was Protection of All Norwood and St. Boniface Homes by Civ Ilian Volunteer patrolmen be Gan Midnight Friday it was announced at Hood control Headquarters. Officials said the patrol would be a continued and that the Volunteer police could be distinguished by bands. No looting of evacuated Homes has been reported up to Date by municipal officials of greater Winnipeg suburbs according to a flood control spokesman. He said a couple of rumours were believed unfounded. School of monday w. Kildonan West Kildonan s Victory school will resume classes at Al . Monday. The school had been closed due to flood conditions in the municipality. Flood bad foe if Blaze hits firemen use boat patrol family bid to save cow in vain from flood devastated St. Vital comes the Story of a Rescue at tempt that failed. When swirling Waters of the Reil River engulfed the Market Garden and greenhouses of or. And airs. Authorise la Coste the parents and their four children were forced to evacuate. However they had no intentions of leaving their Milch cow behind. The family piled into Small boat and threw a Halter about the cow s neck. Seeing the family s difficulties soldiers aiding in the St. Vital evacuation came to their Rescue. As the luckless animal was being carefully towed to higher ground debris swirled about her forced her head beneath water and drowned her. Like thousands of other families throughout flood stricken Manitoba the Lacostes Are looking the Manitoba flood Relief fund to help them rehabilitate. May 23 designated citizenship Day tuesday May 23, is Canadian citizenship marked in most provinces As Empire Day May 23 has now been set aside by prime minister Louis St. Laurent As a Day for distinctive joint observances of common citizenship As a Canadian and As members of the Commonwealth. In an address to the House of commons april 28, the prime minister stressed that the citizenship observances should not in any Way affect traditional Empire Day celebrations hut rather supple ment them. It is not intended that May 23 should be a Public holi Day but that suitable exercises could be observed both in schools and by Public spirited organizations in order that we he Contr More deeply conscious of our own citizenship and All that it he declared. Under the direction of the Canadian citizenship Council of Ottawa plans have been Laid for observances of citizenship by schools Community organizations and Church and youth groups throughout the country. By Shirley lev water the firefighter s Friend has also become the foe in flooded Winnipeg. A tank of inflammable fluid spills Over in an evacuated Indus trial building. A Bunch of oily rags into flames in a descried Homo. But flood Waters do not. Part to provide a route for screaming fire engines. That is Why firefighting boat patrols constant Vigil in three City areas the Lom Bard Avenue a overview and Poison Avenue districts. Potential danger the danger of fire in areas a peopled by the flood has not been Overly publicized. But it is a potential danger uppermost in the minds of fire chief. Dave Clawson and his Deputy n. R. Matheson. Yes we have to keep a careful watch explains the fire chief. He let us travel on the fire department s patrols in All three City areas Friday afternoon. Water we have plenty of laughed Hugh Lindsay fireman As he navigated the patrol boat Over the Lombard ave nue debris a very Here but he returned the Blank stare of the windows in flooded buildings with a searching glance. He Kepi a wary Eye on the floating debris on the ramshackle Sheds Bobbing Between the Large Industrial blocks. A fire would t be an easy thing to fight or. Five feet of he said. Admiral Lindsay s Fleet like those in the other two patrolled areas. Consisted of. One boat equipped with pump and fire Hose and manned by flood firefighters who came As volunteers. Friday Peter Gordon and Joseph Sokal ski were on hand. Caught on rail just before arrived at the Lombard the patrol boat had been caught on a railway switch completely submerged by River water. We Hung there for a couple of minutes but. Managed to Joggle it free with the help of another explained fireman Gordon. The patrol boat a former Navy whaler pushed through the water under a railway subway. Over to the left above the Normal Channel of the red. Was a sign. It said danger shallow the fireman navigator laughed. Debris most of it logs from a nearby lumber Yard drifted past in the. Whirling current of the River. That was the Lombard Avenue big patrol area the a overview Lake was big Ger in area and in the amount of personal tragedy it exposed. As a the flood covered patrol area in he Poison Avenue District. Pretty terrible in t said Ernie Smith fireman Admiral in the rivet View District As we cruised past hundreds of Homes most of them tragically new. All of them helplessly in six to Twenty feel of murky water. A garage its roof Bright Green wobbled on what once was the Boulevard of Morley Avenue. It had come from somewhere nobody knew where. Volunteer Stewart Patterson s attention was drawn to a Wisp of smoke Curling from he Chimney of an inundated two Storey Home. Must be somebody on that second he said. A group of teachers docked their boat at the front Steps of the to overview school. Don t forget to water the yelled Admiral Smith. Along Matheson Avenue in the North Section of the City we could see our reflections in second Storey windows of Low Slung Homes. One woman had placed jars of preserves along the window Sills. Never thought that water would reach his declared Captain Herbert Pate Volunteer flood fire fighter As he helped fireman Steve Stefaniuk navigate the patrol boat along St. Cross Street. Suggest that come to our assistance in our plight As we real ize the great task of rebuilding in which you Are now engaged. How Ever in View of the expressed wish of those who Are in a Posi Tion to and have the desire to As Sist we feel hint we should auth Enue and . 131 lome Nup a vt1. Avenue. Welc each fined s75 Force it costs or two months in mail obstructing a police officer. I both pleaded guilty to grabbing the policeman As the officer at tempted to move aside a crowd to separate two brawlers. Ignat was reported to have torn the con stable s Raincoat in the struggle. Free Community use of schools is advocated free use of the schools by Community groups in the evenings was advocated in a Resolution passed at a meeting of the . Board of directors recently. The group fell thai failure of the Parks Board school Board to provide for free usage of the schools by such groups would result in the City s paying a great Deal More to take care of juvenile and youth problems which would arise a result. We believe the failure to provide funds is unsound in principle and i i practice and that hundreds of youth will be adversely affected As a result. We strongly urge that arrange ments for the free use of the schools by Community groups be the Resolution stated. Court was told the policeman had to radio for assistance. Ignal s brother Fred of 113 e i w a r d Street who was sporting an extensive abrasion to his icel Chi u and Eye pleaded guilty to fighting on the Street and was fined s3 or five Days. His alleged opponent. Harold k. Mowbray of 360 Carl ton Street was remanded one week. Fraternity meeting off owing to the flood emergency the third order. Is. Antholiy s Fra will not meet sunday or hold heir Day of recollection Mav 24. Convention canc killed the 17th anti Una stationers convention scheduled to take place in Winnipeg May 29 to 31, has been cancelled. For new school opening of the new lord Selkirk school has been postponed to May 2f to an announcement by the Winnipeg school Board. Decision for the postponement was Marie owing to the danger of flooding in that area if dikes should give Way. Officials said. Pupils of grades 10 and 11 from lord Selkirk school will be temporarily accommodated at Daniel Mclntyre school. Students have been asked to meet their principal in the auditorium of general Wolfe school Al lick Avenue and Burnell Street. Those who Are exempt from further examinations will be in i formed at this meeting called for monday. Excused a rom classes pupils of kindergarten to Grade d inclusive in the lord Selkirk Iren Are excused from school. Officials of the department said pupils who have left Winnipeg because of flood conditions should not return for the purpose of attending school. Doctors and nurses stand by to care for sick flood do s a Pool of. 200 Volunteer doctors Manning the Centre first Aid Post i medical assistance to Render on and an equal number of a inoculations supervision of medical i the spot first Aid and to offer and giving medical assistance to flood evacuations and assignments on Ca Livice to mothers of sick Hildro victims in need of Aid Yinru from the medical desk. J nurses Are also on Call suite committee on personnel for medical care established at the red Cross evacuation Centre at the civic auditorium. Since establishment of the com Mittee May 9, one half of Winni Peg s Normal Hospital population of patients has been evacuated hundreds of aged and infirm persons have shifted to temporary accommodation and thous ands have received anti typhoid inoculations. Responsibility for the evacuation function of red Cross emergency measures lies in the hands of or. Gordon s. Fahrni civilian representative col. Fob Crawford for. Army flood Headquarters and or. C. R. Donovan Deputy minister of health and Public welfare. In. Pole a nurse has remained on duty ment staff of the Deer Lodge hos at the Centre registration de ski Pill where temporary wards have throughout the duration of dec Jecen set up to provide bed space to tailed in first crisis government inaction blasted by Hastings the coalition government of Manitoba has faced the first crisis in its history and has failed miser ably in its duty to the citizens of this George v. Hastings chairman of the Manitoba Democrat. L. Downey assisted by or. F. Churches in North Winnipeg to Appeal for Dike workers an Appeal for More volunteers to work four hour shifts at the dikes will be made in All North Winnipeg churches sunday morning. Letters have been sent to All ministers in North Winnipeg urging them to Appeal to their congregations for further registration to meet any unexpected emergency. Registration will take place at the following schools sunday Ralph Brown King Edward Cham Florence Nightingale Stella Mission and Luxton school. There will also be registration facilities at 197 Euclid Avenue. Trucks will stationed at the registration centres and will volunteers to Emer gency areas. The committee in charge Dike workers stresses the need for More volunteers for night duty. Members of the committee made a personal Appeal in North Winni Peg thursday asking residents to Register for Dike duly. Those speak ing on behalf of the committee included j. M. Hawryluk m.l.a., or. J. M. White Rev. J. M. Stew Art Dean j. O. Anderson Rev. W. A. Zaharichuk and Aid. Slaw e. Mcdonald school trustee Bebchuk. The committee will meet again sunday afternoon at Ralph Brown school. Peter Tara ska is chairman of the committee and miss h. B. Hawryluk is Secretary chiefs of the medical nursing Sec a tic movement anti coalition group Tion Are or. D. S. Mcewen and charged Friday. Statement released to the or. M. T. Macfarlane or. Joan Crane and or. Elspeth Mavor this group. _ medical supplies dispensing of medical supplies is i the hands of Gordon Smith s. Mason and Cliff Horsfall who As sume charge of All medical stores in connection with evacuations. Disaster services include hos Pital temporary shelter inoculation clinics temporary first Aid posts train and Airlift transportation. These Are provided by registered and practical nurses. Voluntary Aid detachment personnel and medical and Laboratory technicians. Operations of this department Are under the guidance of miss Lillian e. Pettigrew executive Secretary of the Manitoba association of registered nurses. Nurses on staff at the Centre included Public health personnel members of the victorian order of nurses and members of civic and provincial health departments. An average of 10 nurses is on duty in the Section at All times. Nurses duties have included Ern ment s answer was wait and or. Hastings stated. He continued that the suffering citizens of the red River Valley were bankrupting and their municipalities in an Endea Vor to combat the greatest disaster that has overtaken the Dominion of Canada since 1917." the most recent stare enl issued by Premier d. L. Campbell was still nonspecific enough to enable Citi Zens who have lost their Homes and who have mortgaged their for Sheable future to make any plans fight the flood with any de Gree of or. Hastings. A coalition government by its very nature cannot result in coherent action in he said and continued that the citizens of. The province had a right to demand that the government answer to them for its failings. To donate proceeds net. Proceeds of the Lake Winni Peg fishermen s annual grand Ball to be held May 24 in the Gimli Pavilion will be turned Over to crisis was a plea from the mayor the Manitoba flood Relief fund of Morris speaking from a Corn United states authorities was provided to the Public through the local press warning the citizens of the red River Valley of the severity of the coming floods he said. This in formation and probably More was available to the government at the time but nothing was done or. Hastings continued. When the flood Waters were swirling into Emerson nothing was done when evacuees were Stream ing into the City from Points along the Valley no statement was made by the government. The first indication of the severity of our Petely inundated town. Still no thing was said or when the full emergency hit the City of Winnipeg and when Reau Urance. To the flood cd out common ours tooth of Winnipeg and the fachting population of this City win desperately needed the for the event was originally scheduled to Lake place May 12 but was postponed due to the flood crisis. Pleading guilty to keeping liquor for Sale at 123 Edmonton Street Lewis reek was fined s100 and costs or two months in mail plus a two week suspended sentence when he appeared in City police court saturday. Traffic arteries latest Kel outs Bridges Jim Pakk closed condemned weigh cd and barricaded. Lol Isk open to emergency vehicles. Main Street closed and barricaded at North end. Street Seine he opened for traffic Friday afternoon Afler construction of new crossing. It was ordered closed thursday vat mining. Mauland open to traffic but subject to periodic checks to eliminate needless vehicular movement. Roadway broken Anil still badly in need of repair. Nokwood closed to All hut amphibious vehicles. a Creek Ellice open to All traffic. Osi Boref Street to All traffic it subject to periodic checks. A Roadway at South approach broken and in need of repair. I Kovin Chikit two Way traffic. Gravel ramp wet and heavy work proceeding. Traffic subject to periodic checks. Prove Cheit closed. Diked at Provuncher. Redwood open to All traffic checks. St. James Madison open to All traffic. Truro open. Gravel ramp on North Side of Portage Avenue in Good condition. Subways v Natl acts Annab Kila closed Ami barricaded. Dike at South end. Arlix Tox open to All traffic but rough. Pumping. Assiniboine drive closed impassable. Barricade at Lanark and Junction with St. James Madison Bridge. Elcin passable to High Chassis vehicles Only. Open to emergency vehicles. Pumping. St Phillips closed ail barricaded. Main Street open to All traffic. Shallow water. Osborne closed and barricaded. Pembina closed and Barric clod. impassable to All but High Chassis vehicles. St. James open to emergency vehicles. All traffic to use South Side of subway. Badly holed. Sheri Istook closed and barricaded. Tecumseh High Chassis vehicles Only. Streets avenues Axx Abella flooded and impassable its entire length. Higgins intersection Clear. Broadway flooded and barricaded from to Colony. Diked at Osborne. Remainder in very poor condition but passable. Daly flooded from Montague to Churchill drive and from Jubilee to Kyle More. Intersections Clear unpaved. Passing questionable. Jubilee flooded from Daly to near Peiu Tina Highway. Barricaded East of cock urn. Sewer inlets in flooded sections sandbagged and diking in Progress along South Side. Water receding pumping at intervals. Passable. Palmerston closed and diked from Canora to Ethel Bert. Sewers sandbagged. Remainder of Avenue passable. St. James Street lie opened from Ellice to Portage. Maintenance work and travelling proceeding North of Ellice. Proceeding. Southbound traffic Only. Wolseley flooded and closed from Chestnut to near Evanson. Sewer inlets Are sandbagged. Passable from Newman to Raglan Road. Bypasses Archibald through Alsip Yard soft. Maintenance proceeding. Osborne through Felissie s Good condition but under constant maintenance. Two Way traffic. Pembina Jubilee Good condition. Bergen Cut off Good condition. Military checking traffic ;