Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 23, 1950, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press Price 5c per copy edition with comics Loc committee of three to study reduction of City Hydro rates a recommendation that cily of Hydro rates be reduced will be probed by a special civic sub committee. Aid. D. A. Mulligan s to lion urging Winnipeg s City Council to approve a lowering of Hydro rates was referred monday to a sub committee of the City s Public utilities committee consisting of Aid. Mulligan Aid. Jack St. John and Aid. H. V. Mckelvey. City Council before which the motion first brought at least two months ago has repeatedly Post ported discussion on it. At the last Council meeting however it was agreed that the utilities committee should study the matter and bring in a report within two months. Winnipeg tuesday May 23, 1950 Ham radio talk brings in thanks to Ham radio has been raised to r the Manitoba flood Relief fund in Calgary and plans Are now underway for a Campaign in Nanaimo . Mrs. S. R. Tal Bot 865 Dudley Avenue wife the Licensee answered a Call from George Sargenia of Calgary who wanted news of the Winnipeg flood situation. Or. Sargenia known As ve6ac on the airwaves re corded the conversation which was later broadcast. Calgary s first response was for flood Relief in Manitoba. Now Jim Reid another Ham Friend of the Talbot in Nanaimo has asked for news to be used in a three Day Campaign which gets under Way there May 24. Or. Reid a former Winnipeg Ger resided on Kings ton Crescent one of Winnipeg s hardest hit areas. 200 Greet red Deax during Brief Stopover or. Hewlett Johnson red Dean of Canterbury passed through Winnipeg saturday on his Way to the West coast. Some 200 members of the Manitoba peace Council Bear ing placards with slogans of Welcome were on t h a n d to meet the Dean when he stepped off the train accompanied by or. James g. Endi Cott chairman of the Canadian peace Inoc cation clinic in Crescent Wood area for residents of Crescent Wood District there will be a typhoid inoculation clinic set up in the Crescent Wood Community dub Rockwood Street and Corydon Avenue every thursday and Friday evening from 8 to 9 . 2 Hurt in student Driver mishap a Freak Accident sunday night slightly injured two boys when a ear in which a Young woman was learning to drive hound re Over curb and struck the Hoys who were standing on the sidewalk with their bicycles. Police said monday that miss Ellie Hunter 512 Ross Nve Nur was being taught to drive by a Friend William Maxwell of 9s7 Marion Boulevard fort Garry. Said or. Maxwell in a report to police we were going Down Isabel Street near Elgin Avenue when the Knob on the steering wheel caught in Eilie s jacket pocket. I tried to control the car As it lurched to the left by pushing on the Brake hut instead i pressed the accelerator. The car bounced across the curb ran Over the two boys bicycles badly damaging them and knocked Down the lads. We ended up against a the two boys we Futon Warren 13, of 5fis Pacific Avenue Ami Harry Chester 1.1, of 5.13 Pacific Avenue were treated for bruises at the Winnipeg general Hospital. Movie programme at Good neighbors films were shown 175 Mem Bers of the Good neighbors club sunday evening by w. J. Robinson sponsored by the Junior chamber of Commerce film service and the Winnipeg Public Library. T. H. Upjohn Sang several selections accompanied by mrs. Ethel Kitchen Star news Plain now to it Bridei Mike Kitchen stir your grocer s. Witch Tor by Carrier in Winnipeg 2sc per week. Imprudent unfortunate9 mayor raps claim flood exaggerated mayor Garnet Coulter tuesday lashed out at members of the joint 1 ederal provincial flood commis Sion for terming flood damage re ports exaggerated and he charged the commission with casting doubt on the integrity of our people who have gone through so the mayor was referring to a newspaper report in which j. I. Carswell of Vancouver Federal nominee on the com Mission said of the Fig ures he had received were exaggerated and absolutely in the same report d. Bruce Shaw of Winnipeg provincial representative on the commission a quoted As saying the whole thing has been blown up a great sheer presumption these charges of capitalizing on our misfortunes implicate not Only i the authorities but also the unfortunate victims of the flood stricken areas and our people ii Region which was the Plain duty f such a commission imprudent statements had been made which cached newspaper headlines the Navor claimed. He said the action of the com Mission might Well undermine the Confidence of potential contrib ors to the flood Relief fund and deprive flood victims of fund benefits. It is unfortunate in the extreme hat this element of discord should Lave been introduced into a Situa Ion where human values and feel nos not Are mayor Coulter asserted. The red River Valley who have Jon through three weeks of bitter struggle and extreme sacrifice to save properly Homes and mayor Coulter declared. He said the commission was As yet in no position to make sort of appraisal of Rural and Urban Dit Mac and the re ported attempt to in was sheer instead of Hie judicious Dis Xavy medical director checks on flood work surgeon capt. Archie Mccallum medical director Gen eral of the Royal Canadian Navy. Is visiting Winnipeg to see at first hand what the medical Branch of naval head quarters can do to assist in the flood beleaguered City. Mccallum said he was extremely pleased with the or organization and work of the medical department at . Chippawa under the direction of Surg. Rob Ert Mcneil principal medical officer. I cannot Praise too highly the Good work of it. Commander Mcneil and his staff and Volunteer helpers capt. Mccallum declared. Capt. I Mccallum. Was to return to Ottawa later tuesday. Davis. Refreshments were sup plied by the executive of the Good neighbors club. I Point Douglas evacuees now being registered registration of evacuees from the Point Douglas area is going on daily at the Point Douglas Headquarters of the Central Volunteer Bureau .105 Euclid Avenue officials said tuesday. Mrs. M. Gimmick is in charge of the registration. Excitement runs High at a a Day Headquarters in the cily Dairy building As results from the one Day Volunteer wages drive pour in to the Manitoba food Relief fund. Volun Teers from the associated Canadian travellers association Man the telephones As subscription totals from employees of Busi Ness and Industry throughout greater Winnipeg arc completed. Scanning the returns Are left to Maitland Steinkopf a vice chairman of the fund s provincial tee a. H. Watson committee chairman e. C. Gilliat j. O. Blick members of the executive and r. I Ica Ion one of the commit tee s 120 Section Heads. 9 buildings taken Over As army tests last ditch if exercise rooms in nine buildings eluding five schools in the greater Winnipeg area were taken Over for a few hours monday night As flood control authorities ordered test exercise of the Headquarters system that would be established under the if plan. That plan would go into immediate operation should it Ever become necessary to order total evacuation of greater Winnipeg because of a sudden Rise of the red River to the critical level. Precautionary l the exercise was described tues Day by Brig. R. E. A. Morton flood control commander As a precautionary measure designed to lest the Over All communications plan to be effected in an extreme Emer gency. He stressed that it was merely a test and that the Public should not become alarmed or take it As an indication that food conditions in greater Winnipeg would get worse. Splendid magnificent he said. Army patrol gets fish behind Dike men of the 52nd . Battery who Are patrolling the dikes along South drive in fort Garry found Mon Day s warm weather to their liking. To pass the time be tween patrols a couple of the soldiers acquired some fishing tackle and cast a line into the murky Waters pouring across South drive behind tiie Dike. Their Reward a five Pound Carp. Little danger seen from stagnant pools likelihood of contamination from stagnant pools of water left he the flood was minimized by the chief health inspector or. E. J. Rigby tuesday. Most of the pools will have to be pumped he said. Definite plans for this work would be ready by the end of the week. Those wishing to do their own de contamination work were advised to use Chloride of Lime As a disinfectant. The Lime should be mixed to paste one Pound to one pint of water and the paste allowed to dissolve in n Phil of water he explained. When ready the disinfectant should be poured into the offending area. One pail of this mix Ture will cover a Large so duty to Send funds for Browning window contributions for the Brown ing memorial window to be placed in the Browning Chapel St. Marylebone Church London England have come not Only from the Browning society of Winnipeg but from students of Browning through the years from 1904 to 1950, mrs. R. R. Thomson 369 Queenston Street the Secretary has announced. The donations to the fund will shortly be sent to London. Nursing brigade chief visits flood areas an extended tour of first Aid posts manned by members of the St. John ambulance brigade was made Friday by miss j. M. Mac Laren superintendent in chief of the brigade nursing division Ottawa while in Winnipeg miss Maclaren conferred with Fred Watkins provincial president of St. John ambulance and mrs. R. Levitt provincial superintendent. She vis Teil greater Winnipeg s Dike system red Cross manned hospitals catering services Ami the evacuation Hospital it Winnipeg Beach. Miss Maclaren returned to Ottawa monday. Tarred car thefts get Man s months a Mati with a criminal rec Ord dating Back 14 years was sentenced tuesday to another three months in jail when he appeared in City police court on two charges thefts from parked cars. He is 56-year-old Ingi Jorun son of no fixed abode. Jorun son Vas arrested overnight on main charged with theft of a Book from one parked Auto and or a Blanket from a second. He was sentenced to three months on each count the terms to be concurrent court was told Jorun son s criminal record went Back to 1936 and included numerous theft cases. Commendation of the citizens of St. Boniface for their splendid actions and magnificent courage during the flood crisis was voiced monday night by mayor George Maclean at a meeting of St. Boni face City Council. I want to thank All the St. Boniface mayor lauds citizen work for their splendid conduct in this mayor Maclean said. They held Back two Rivers the red and the Seine. This Council is very proud of our citizens. All of us feel that without them our would not be in the Fine position it is confident of Aid the mayor expressed Confidence that the provincial and Federal governments were aware of the appalling ravages caused by this they know of the tragic effects the schools in which temporary accommodation was taken were Daniel Mclyn Lyric Centennial. King George Earl Grey and Linwood school in St. James. Zone head quarters were also established in the St. Boniface cily Hall. Fort Garry legion Hall fort Osborne bar Racks and Mcgregor armouries. Nine zones under the if plan greater Winnipeg would be divided into nine zones. A Headquarters would be established for each zone. It was to test this set up that the exer night. During the operation the efficiency of signals Telephone and lighting networks from the dikes to flood control Headquarters were tested. Central Headquarters under Hie if plan would be located at Minto armouries and two sub control centres would be established. They Hurst says he s Happy at pledge on flood control w. D. Hurst City Engineer and chairman of Winnipeg s flood con Irol committee expressed Confidence tuesday in promises of the joint commission to work out a plan of flood control in the red River Valley. Or. Hurst conferred monday with general a. G. L. Mcnaugh ton Canadian member of he com Mission and with Federal and provincial engineers. It was one of the happier experiences i have had during the entire flood emergency. I have every Confidence in general my or. Hurst declared. General Mcnaughton who flew Over the Valley during the week end had declared that he Felt sure a sound engineering plan could be worked out for the flood problem. C of c launches Blitz canvass of St. James a Campaign Oil behalf of the Manitoba. Flood Relief fund was being held tuesday in St. Lames. Members of the chamber of com Merce were canvassing merchants and industries in the municipality which had been divided into zones under captains As follows 1. St. James is reel West and Madison Street s. Mcneil. 2. Kensington Street to Brook Lynsi Reet w. G. Farrell. 3. Berry is reel. To Parkview Street mrs. Nina Ward. 4. Roseberry is Reet to Inglewood i Street Maurice Appell. Rutland Street to Winchester Street Henry Smith. 6. Coverdale is Reet to Strathcona farm Jack bailable. Sturgeon Creek m. A. City speeds delayed Start on pavements stalled almost a month by floods cily engineering Crews were rushed to work tuesday Winnipeg s local improvement pro gramme for 1950. Rians were he Iii made tues Day to have Crews placed on three eight hour shifts daily in order to Ratcli up Street and repairs delayed title o emergency flood conditions. W. D. Hurst City Engineer revealed tuesday that As Many men As possible were being returned to regular jobs from flood emergency duties. We Are gelling started on our Street programme right he said. Major on this year s improvement programme Iff the in intr of streets for which an estimate of the beginning the year. Oiler estimates included for Street extensions Ami. Widcig int 3x5 for sidewalks and for sewers. Flood caused Breaks in pave minis and sewers would Likely add considerably to the summer pro gramme of work it was Learned. It has had on he said adding that Council has Faith that Lyons. 8. A special zone comprising the . Station Deer Lodge hos Pital and the municipal offices mayor r. F. Wightman. 9. The Airport Industrial area a. L. Bessey Airport committee chairman. City Hall to stay employees the St. Boniface City Hall have volunteered to re main on duty wednesday despite the Dominion Holiday mayor George c. Maclean announcer. Tuesday. The employees made this decision to accommodate residents of the Cathedral cily who wish to pay their taxes and other accounts. Citizenship Day gets Little play in City schools citizenship Day came and went n City schools with out much fuss. Only 13 of 60-Odd schools were still open. Those that were open were operating under reduced attend Ance and conditions that left no room for citizenship Day Spac Tacle. There has been no general directive issued by the school said e. H. Morgan assistant superintendent. Any Spe Cial Observance be made by walking wading boating Tomato Plant Centre named for fort Garry in a Story in monday s edition of the free press concerning the planting of extra Tomato plants by Home gardeners in dry areas for those flooded out it was incorrectly stated that the plants would be received at the fort Garry Community clubhouse on the general sir Sam Steele school grounds. The plants will be received at the clubhouse on the general Steele school grounds rive Vood Avenue fort Garry june 22 to 25. . Alia. Chinook Corkey a Lulu exp Philion Park. Calgary wednesday. May 1m, livid. Fourth Day. S7cxi Cin iming. 4 year Olds and up. About 7 furlongs. X Nihl Tuot .110 x count Boot 11.i Wiir y Ace or clubs 115 noddy s number 115 x boy even Trade 110 heart attack 11" Sapon x Shanly How favorite Jay x Peri Brau is x Mynah s Moon 1 in digit. Toney s Hull or or also eligible Brushton Upton count Aeo 120 Grande Kin Bali Flor 120 Gallant Kmic Jin also Ellk Iblis it tills race will be used As Suhs dilute race k necessary. Sfrnn.1 s700, Clai Niino. Year Oltis and up. Six and a halt Curloss. C out o Oell 1vj also Elir Lilc Ovion x lust Rusty .jl4 1h wild town 114 111 x clonus.11-1 119 x Kapoo ill 1.19 Paris .10u 119 fair Ida m7 i meadowland 114 s700. Allowances. 3 year those governments will through to the end so see that sex Winnipeg Ger finds City astounding on visit has Broucht More chm Ifres to Winnipeg than has flood time has brought More j. Ross Cameron said monday. A former now m living certainly has become Nigger. I scarcely know How to get around Ai he is staying at the fort Gurry hotel until Thun Day night he mid. Beacon theatre acts entertain at Chippawa while flood Emten lapped . Chippawa Sunda night off duty naval personnel army men Volunteer workers and their relaxed on the Drill deck and watched a variety performance staged by the Beacon theatre troupe. Participating in the hour Long show which was viewed by More than persons wer Mary Danie Jinny and june Joyce Barnard John Knight Dick Sut ton Billy Kinas. The haymakers Diana and Ernie Krywonis and Iris Spencer and her All girl orchestra of ceremonies. Union Heads flying to Toronto. Convention w. Ladyman representative of the International brother Hood of electrical workers a.fx., and j. A. Shirkie Busi Ness manager of the Winnipeg locals will leave thursday by plane to attend the three Day annual convention of the Cana Ralph Gerry acted As Maste Dian District of the brother Hood which opens Friday in Toronto. The question of the Manitoba flood Relief fund will be dealt with at the meet ing. In 1870 smallpox took the lives of the Wes Ern Plains. Black of Pilot can asian cited annl oppor Lou third its Furlong Tala toy arty Hoy Cas Lanau our people will be rehabilitated As quickly and As Wel As humanly kellers were from the mayors of Strathroy and Minneapolis. Minn., conveying sympathy to St. Monif non Citi Zens coupled with offers of help. In a Resolution moved by Aid. To. 3. Van Belleghem Council expressed its congratulations to cily treasurer e. A. Poulain on his birthday. Following a Brief business meet ing the Council retired to an emergency flood meeting. .109 Haza Cliance 11" 103 Fermi enter 109 104 Donna 10s Jos also Eli Ribic could dome us he de Lay fourth run Maidens 3 Yeai is and up 6vj furlongs. Sarahan us also eligible Tinda Ella .106 River wait x Uncle Vic 101. Cat lie flae Broad Simon 112 bottle fed wee Lochinvar ill x Fleet sir tyra s watch 1.19 pyrus lady Cloverdale Joe 104 test hem Paddy n. 114 Vlf pc Raff . Allowances. Folds and up the Victoria Day or loops. Sister s Best 113 reason Lawf arc us x Diriego Prince Calvert Jib asst Orr Cipel in also he pole bet in lord Balmy sixth s of. Claim my j is and up about 5 furlongs. Florenc 113 x Ella tryst 103 also Ell Elbic alone Lala hot vac 115 proletarian x Durban 119 Island to lord time Belle 110 x bind is tuft x desert band 11" Lovely Way seventh purr s700. Claims. To 4 year Olds and up 10. 11 11j 11 11 106 Yea f a. 120 10s 113 10g year 114 120 117 11 112 is Ril big demand seen for graduates in engineering graduating engineers will be in Large demand in Winnipeg when flood rehabilitation gets into full swing Dean a. E. Macdonald of the engineering faculty at the University of Manitoba said tues Day. We expect All our 1950 engineering graduates to have jobs by Early he said. The placement picture in t Good As it was last he explained. This year s graduating class was much larger and pres ent flood conditions Are delaying would be set up in car Piquet bar Racks and at Stevenson air Field. The Public works department of the provincial government worked with the Hood control Aulii or Ilies to test emergency lighting equipment. Police report looting Case pair arrested police tuesday said they be sieved they had uncovered a Case o looting from a flooded West Kildonan Home. Jwo 19-year-old youths Wilbert Edwin Towle 424 notre Dame Avenue and Michael Stahl form Ray of Elie Man., but now stay ing with Towle were slopped on Edmonton Street near notre Dame Avenue at 1.30 . And accompanied to their notre Dame a detectives a Pope found entire room. Under the bed Thorne and Ernest sugar Sackin which was a hug mahogany Case containing an in piece set of Silver plate and an alarm clock. The pair appeared in cily polic court tuesday and were remanded one week without charge however inspector of detective David Nicholson said the to would be charged with burglar izing an evacuated West Kildonan Home. Cameramen teams Bush on flood level Survey teams of City photographers lorried through cily flood areas londay and tuesday to get a pictorial Survey of Good Levels in Winnipeg proper. Walking wading and boating nost of the City s commercial photographers were out on a de ailed Survey to gather visual Evi Dence for City officials. It was expected the Survey would in completed by tuesday night. Authorized monday City s flood control commit i ithe Survey will Irive the cily positive to submit to the joint inc tical i if com Mission now probing1 flood costs and mayor Garnet Coulter had pointed out that figures quoted by prime while some will be of individual houses others will Likely be. Of blocks of houses lie thought. At the same time City building inspectors Are surveying blood the schools to assemblies the school Board also saw no general assemblies called amidst in already confused City school flood scene. Observance they said would probably be limited to individual classroom elsewhere throughout Canada schools Community organizations Church and youth groups observed citizenship Day through plans Laid Down by the Canadian Citi Council at Ottawa. Damage to Homes in Winnipeg s in undated at i May 23, already marked in most provinces As Empire Day was set Csirip As citizenship Day by prime minister Louis St. Laurent in a narnia Mcnary address april 28. Laurent those in Dif the minister Louis St. Feed greatly from hands of civic officials. Most of he pictures taken Dur no the Survey will be exterior shots according to w. D. Hurst City Engineer and chairman of the flood control committee. Tag Day postponed tag Day of the Winnipeg and District joint Hospital com Mittee Canadian legion scheduled for june 3, has been postponed. The new Date will be announced shortly. Griffons meet thursday incoming executive of the Griffons club will be installed at a dinner meeting at 6.15 . Thursday in Moore s restau rant. 117 sleepy Sally 112 x Lula red 117 flying Aster 305 x Maxine loan 112 Little pie 1.10 Roberta e 112 v Queen Rhymer 11 u2 x Doris y 107 and mares or loss. Spec la Gal lady Slick aluminium Lou x Fairola Bella Siriano Aner Northy girl May do Touchwood also eligible horses listed Accordine to Post positions. First race Post Lime wednesday 2.30 . Boys brigade concert cancelled a concert planned for tonight by the 5th Winnipeg company of the boys brigade at St. Paul s United Church has been cancelled rotary luncheon off owing to prevailing flood conditions the Winnipeg rotary club will not hold its weekly luncheon meeting wednesday. Billy Beaver s Back bed food and ail but this time he s marked for violence Billy the Beaver refuses to be the food store and bed he had established in the Home of Arnold Davey Manitoba s chief game guardian were removed. Bag and baggage he was ousted for he lad chewed up the game official s Steps and the latter was afraid Lis basement uprights might be next on the list. But Billy ii Are his nest and his feed pile of Juicy Poplar twits. Bearing no grudge he has renewed housekeeping in the game guardian s basement just As nothing Ever happened. For i Brief Tima following hit Evacula lion he tried living in a Heigh Bor s basement also hooded. But for some reason he just did t eel at Home As he had at 212 Clare Avenue. Now he s a marked bearer. Peaceful Means having failed to uproot Billy or. Davey is forced to resort to violence and trap Ping or shooting May be employed. Meanwhile the flooded of Winnipeg Are rapidly be coming a tame Sanctuary. Added to the Beaver and Torne where in the or out tide the City and let Ting up new Homes in the City Are Mink. The red River released some Mink vhf Iii would have drowned in heir cages when. The breeder was forced to evacuate. Have received Only one report of Mink being released up of said or. Davey. Others have been crated and taken out by boat or Canoe. Fur Farmers met sunday to learn what number breeders had been dispossessed and to wha extent. Or. Davey said they vere not Able to learn the answers and further efforts Are being made. I Don t think these animals Wil tron ble anyone in the h added. They will stay in Tii River and in creeks just As the at least one fur Farmer along do in the water four feet deep has hooded the basement of St. Matthew s anglican Church. A. E. Bradshaw Verger of the Church is shown salvaging sewing materials belonging to the woman s auxiliary ;