Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 24, 1950, Winnipeg, Manitoba Cooked meats Winnipeg free press Kitchen Star news Newt Hun to new going Mlac subject to improvements traffic it bid Fri. Miki fimm i Kitchen stir Ortw Iii link Witch Price so per copy edition with comics Loc Winnipeg wednesday May 24, 1950 by Carrier in Winnipeg 2sc per week fund administration discussed priority for destitute urged by labor group a Resolution passed at a meeting j of the Trade Union committee of the Manitoba flood Relief fund tues Day afternoon requested that in. The administration of the fund " Pri Only be Given to the most needy those made destitute by the the same Resolution also request cd the responsible body that a declaration be made that the fund is to replace essential household furniture and personal belongings the loss of which will not be Cov ered by assistance from the senior declaration Ementrial representatives of the three Cen trial labor groups on the committee Felt that declaration of such policy was most essential if the maximum collection possible is to be made among the workers. In another Resolution the Provin Cial government and some employ were strongly criticized for Flat 500 Cartons of clothing on Way Here the salvation army emergency Relief Centre in Toronto has pre pared 500 Cartons of new or slightly used clothing for shipment to Manitoba flood sufferers Accord ing to information received wednesday from the salvation army National Headquarters by Hufus Raymer commander. Manitoba division More than articles of All kinds of women s and Chil Dren s clothing and bedding Are included in the shipment. Salva Tion army officials say the Toronto emergency Centre is working on a shift basis to sort and pack the tremendous flow of goods arriving from All parts of Eastern can Ada. All salvation army the country Hare been alerted and a Marjre scale drive for bedding and clothing is Well under Way. Commercial firms Are co operating by lending their fleets of trucks speedy collection so that sup refusal to accommodate their employees by making payroll Deduc ions in order that larger sums can be contributed by that method. My information i that the provincial government hat placed a taboo in All govern ment to the proposal that government employ make their to the Relief fund on payroll r. B. Russell Secretary of the o.b.u., told the committee. Andrew Murphy labor s representative on the Manitoba flood Relief fund who presided Over he meting was instructed to take this question with the general commit tee the fund. He was asked thai the general Relief committee make a representation to the provincial it was agreed that if the general flood committee failed to make representation to the government a delegation from labor group would be sent to see Premier d Campbell. During a discussion on the administration of the Relief fund labor Felt assistance to the flood victim. S should be made on the basis that everybody should get a certain Basic amount depending on the amount of the funds raised. Labor frowned on the idea that a percentage basis be used. Donation basis j. B. Graham business agent of Carpenter s local 343, whose inter National Union in the United states had donated s50.000 to the Mani Toba Relief fund told the meeting the reason contributions were com ing from the labor groups was be cause of the Appeal that All monies received shall be used for the immediate Relief of those who have been made destitute and will be used to reimburse their present i fesses. It is being fully anticipated that the government or govern ments will of necessity have to take care of the greater problems As far As losses Are or. Graham called the attention of the better business Bureau to the fact that the labor Temple was be ing charged an hour for the pumping of water from its base ment. It was plies will arrive in Winnipeg in Rood time families. To assist returning schools Start clean up Job half May be open by monday first of Winnipeg s 42 Community clubs to make a contribution to the Manitoba flood re Lief fund was sir Franklin whose president Rupert l. C. Randall Centre is shown presenting a Cheque to Lamont honorary organizer of the fund. At the right is Norman Bergman vice president of the club. During the crucial Days the Hood fighting sir John Franklin members turned out to Man six daily four hour shifts with to 100 men in each shift. All food and hot beverages were supplied by the ladies auxiliary of the club. No Case of looting in City As police boats on patrol reported that George Jones special representative of the Canadian brotherhood of. Railway employees and other transport workers c.c.l., has been1 added is another labor representative on the general committee of the Manitoba flood Relief fund. Andrew Murphy is another labor representative on that body. Bedding plants to be scarce most Large growers flooded a very Knuth Supply of bedding plants and potted plants will be available this year due to the drastic effect of the flood and the lateness of the season it was Learned wednesday. I Don t think there will be nearly enough plants to go one grower told the free press. He added that growers that have not been flooded out have found it difficult to obtain plants. Orders have been placed As far West As Medicine hat Alia. One Farmer said there were approximately Large growers in the greater Winni Peg District All affected by the floods. I be lost plants my self at about s3 Dave Connery of St. Vital said. The total loss was placed at about 12 acres in Bird s Hill have been made available for two Winnipeg growers to Plant cabbage and cauliflower or. Connery said. Any bedding plants however Irr Ewers Felt would be in Short Supply and at a slightly higher Price than usual. Our friends won t Tell but City s aldermen do if Winnipeg does t watch out it s next motto will be even our Best friends won t by Norm escorted to and from Winni Eggers forced by dwellings. Waters to evacuate can rest Navy has established a wire sure their Homes Are being detachment in a railway Cav quaely patrolled by police near the Mission and radio personnel and civilian is made with both the working with boating and boats and naval authorities equipment donated for that flood control Headquarters. Posted the Well integrated and tour of this area in a boat tenuous method of property by Constable Tony Tion was seen at first hand and operated by Able sea night with a visit to All Henry Lawrence of 1he areas within the City micmac revealed that ant it has worked to were posted at defiles such thus far with no reports of Bridges subways and bypasses to Date within the City limits Check on All unauthorized per Only one looting Case being while civilian patrols on foot by City police involving the perimeter of this re burglary of an abandoned Section. Kildonan Are not for incidence of crime during women and girls using Manitoba floods has been facilities of Sutherland below inspector of keep food and drink Tives David Nicholson night and Day. Tuesday. Compare this record the Kun Stoit District Pri the opportunities available to hoists Are allowed into ers and you can judge just patrolled area although h police Security work has Check is kept on nil taken from Point to Point in from Headquarters in Sidecar of a motorcycle school Navy personnel by traffic sergeant Reg by police and civilians Issue Gomery we first visited the permits to residents wish patrol boat Headquarters to retrieve personal belongings Bone of the protective their Homes. Resident owners working out of boats Are Given permanent Mission radio equipped but All boat passengers Hoats tour the Point permits which handed area on a 34-hour basis. To Headquarters after each visit. City police the Navy and in time out and purpose. Of credited trip is listed on each pass. Any from service ing in the Region. Bob Gillespie explained wanting to get clothing a ferrying service had been Small articles from their for persons without Are Given a permit by wanting to reach their naval officer in charge and boats for this work Are mayor Heads kept in readiness at the makeshift which juts out into the Street below the school. We Don t transport persons who merely want to Sec their said. They must have legitimate reasons for entering the when 303 Oakwood Avenue Headquarters for the Stiver View water patrol was reached a show was in Progress for people in the building. The Navy had managed to scrounge a projector and naval training films to relieve the tedium of constant patrolling. Coming into the jetty put up by he fire Constable Charlie Tully himself a former Navy Man who was completing a water tour that extended from old River Park up past the municipal hospitals. Civilian volunteers he pointed out a couple of motor driven punts with a draft half of Winnipeg s 68 Public and High schools will have re opened for classes for monday and All should be in operation for the fall term with the possible exception of some according to a re port read by or. Herbert Mclyn Osh assistant superintendent schools at a Winnipeg school Board meeting tuesday. Issued by the committee on the school situation during the flood the report said a Start had been made on rehabilitation where conditions permitted. Cleaning disinfecting and painting of All flood affected surfaces has already be gun it was stated. Open next. Week a revised list of schools now open and those expected to be open monday follows now open Clifton Daniel Mcintyre David Livingstone Duffer in general Wolfe Gordon. Bell Grosvenor. Inkster Isaac Newton Jam Wood place Machray no. 2 Sargent Park sir John Franklin and Model school Tuxedo. Proposed to open monday Ceci Rhodes no. 1, Champlain Elm Wood Faraday Greenway nos. And 2, King Edward nos. 1 and Laura Secord la Verendrye Montcalm Pinkham p r i n c i p a Sparling River Heights Robert h Smith Rockwood sir Sam Steele Wellington Weston. And William Whyte. Doubtful John m. King Queen reported in Good the possibility of returning the school s eight Junior High classes o the building is under consideration should the number of evacuees housed there be not too Reat. A committee composed of mrs. E. R. Tennant p. M. Petursson and David Orlikov was appointed o handle problems relating to working agreement Between the Winnipeg District association of the Manitoba teachers society and the Board. The report on flooded schools an d its recommendations were approved unanimously. A request by t. A. Mamas Ter general Secretary of the teachers society that a pay Roll deduction plan be instituted to Aid in the Manitoba Hood Relief Campaign was approved by the Board. Following the Brief meeting the Board held a closed session to con Sider five applications for the office of assistant superintendent of City schools. St. Vital estimates damage Ston and doubtful Somerset Are on list while the the remainder will remain closed until further notice. Replying to a suggestion by Joseph Zuken Ward three trustee hat provision be made in Public schools now open to accommodate pupils from adjacent close schools the assistant superintendent said this was being done where possible. Lie also advised that the double up plan for High schools As recommended at the May 1r meeting was now in operation. The report recommended that the fire department be requested to assist in pumping operations at several schools and that the pro posed building plan be postponed in order to appraise Hie Man an Over All municipal rehabilitation plan for flood evacuated St. Vital was approved tuesday night at a meeting of residents called by the St. Vital chamber of com Merce in the Nanton building. Outlining the plan to the gather of More than 40 citizens mayor Elswood Bole estimated that flood damage in the municipality would total approximately 000. He said Are looking Forward to putting is. Vita on its feet faster than any flooded area is greater rhe second step will be the a mayor Bole said. First the initial clean up Campaign to be conducted by Volunteer workers organized by the Community clubs will Render of Only a few inches that civilian Power available for the Over All volunteers used to patrol required by the 8t. James flood costs now being estimated compilation of flood costs in St. James is under Way and figures will be made Public next week mayor r. F. Wight Man told a Council committee meeting tuesday. Mayor Wight Man said the Manitoba flood Relief fund contributions received by the St. James com Mittee were Gratifying both in their extent and number and he was confident the municipality would make a Good showing. He be necessary to main Tain the dikes for some time adding that volunteers vere still needed for Dike patrols in the St. James area. Tell Aid. James Black warned tuesday. The stench from stagnating pools of River and sewer water on otherwise a flooded City streets was something he complained to Public works com Mittee. Can t do something about Aid. D. A. Mulligan agreed. He said he had been forced to leave a theatre As a result of the overpowering atmosphere. The committee agreed to leave the matter in the hands of City health and engineering authorities. Soldier s condition serious after attack condition of pet. Frank .28-year-old Reserve army sol Dier with the r.c.a.s.c., who knocked to the ground by a Hood Lum thursday night still remains serious detective officials said wednesday. Pet Lowther is in Deer Lodge Hospital suffering from a fractured Skull and brain lacerations. Nay the Soldier who at fj2 Talbot Avenue had run to n parking lot at Avenue Maple Street on hearing a woman. Stream. When he arrived n Man jumped out of a truck knocked him Down climbed Hack into the vehicle and drove off. Police Are holding Jet Vear old Leo Lavallee 343 Provencher Avenue St. Beni once on a charge of assault Occa Sioning or Lermit bodily harm in connection with the attack. Fireworks yes but not too big no Large scale Celebration of Victoria Day was anticipated by the leaders of Winnipeg s chinese population. A fair amount of fireworks had been sold one merchant said tues air Force Reserve to resume meetings first meeting of the City of 1 Winnipeg 402 Reserve leg Mouth. Silt deposits Havet blocked the Mouth Channel for a stretch into the Lake Selkirk of Serveri stated wednesday. Walk across they claim that in hip waders it would be possible to walk across the River s 100-foot wide Mouth. Suction dredge red River under Helt Christansen left Selkirk wednesday to work on the lilt Selkirk fishing Fleet captains ready to sail into the Lake for the june 12 season expert to be held up for b week while the dredge copes with the Barrier. 5.s. Kee Nura delayed also delayed is the . Keen Ora Winnipeg rifles handle the Mayfair Dike sector while others work with the Cameron Highl Anders Over in the Elmwood Glenwood Crescent area. And in other flooded areas such As Armstrong Point and Welling ton Crescent still others maintain a 24-hour Vigil. Add to this Check for unessential vehicular the police who municipalities met with department of labor and civic electrical officials tuesday night to discuss problems of restoring electrical services Cut off because of the flood. Representatives were also present from the Manitoba Power com Mission and the Winnipeg electric company. W. Elliott Wilson Mani Toba Deputy minister of labor pre sided. Municipalities reported estimates of the number of flooded Homes where electrical service was Dis connected for precautionary Rea traffic and Bridges and bypasses and the motorcycle police who sons. A major , it was control traffic an d tour a flooded agreed will be Access to most but vacated regions and you have the whole Security picture. Because of this coordinated protective measure police officials say there is no need for evacuees to feel alarmed shout their property and consequently should not attempt to re turn to their Homes until such time As flood and health authorities Kive their consent. Looting scares Are Unwar rant said one. Fortunately we Are remarkably free of Homes because o washed out roads. Nothing can be started until the Homes have been Given a Chance i to dry out. As soon As this stage is reached a first inspection will be made and faulty and dangerous circuits will be tagged. A later inspection will try to pinpoint the trouble so that electricians can be called in to remedy the difficulty. All applications for reconnection of service or for inspection Are to be addressed to decided. An encouraging feature was the extent to which Volunteer local Effort had removed electrical equipment Tieyon flood stated the Deputy minister of inbox. Representatives of the Winnipeg electric company outlined their plan for rehabilitation flood damaged stoves refrigerators Anri washing machines in a Centra depot. Or. Wilson emphasized on behalf of the minister that the depart ment was offering assistance and that it was for municipalities to indicate How the assistance could be Given the initiative will rest with the local municipal authorities but where provincial organization facilities Are available the depart ment will work to minimize Losi of time Money and said the Deputy minister. Which last year made her first Reight haul North May 24. Her Captain thinks it will be seven Days before he can leave port. Each year the River Mouth up in this fashion n d each year it is dredged g. B. Andes ton District Engineer for the Federal department of pub lie works stated. But this year the deposits Are worse than usual he said. Generally there is about six feet of water at the Mouth Channel and or. Anderson thought floods were perhaps responsible for this year s Over abundance of Silt. As the River Waters strike those of the currents Are slowed Down and the Silt drops to the bed. Clearing it will have said or. Anderson effect on flood Levels in the province. Chester raps pumping halt at subway Aid. Frank Chester tuesday pro tested the discontinuance of Pimp ing in the Higgins Avenue subway because pumping operations had been stopped at. The request Canadian Pacific railway he told he City s Public works committee Carby properties were being looked with sewer water. There s lots of flour stored in he Soo line flour Mills and would be too bad if that smell go nto the Aid. Chester complained. Pumping had been stopped after engineers declared tha Vater pressure was weakening the foundation of the railway Bridge be said. But that flour company pay and the railway does t in t it More important to serve the he queried. The Public works commile agreed that the question should b referred to the City s flood Contro committee. He builds amid destruction. Guillaume Bux of 593 Lyn Dale Street St. Boniface was putting the finishing stonework on the Home that Boux built. He lives within a Pebble s throw of the red River. His family evacuated to Montreal. Left Sun Gui Haume said and wanted to come Back then he went right on building. Group urges 10-Day wait Winnipeg s flood control com Milter wednesday warned citizen not to return to their Homes of 10 Days. Evacuated citizens Shou wait until the River level drops t at least 25 feet above Datum. In 10 Days the major danger should be past in diked areas was pointed out. The armorial bearings of t h Dominion of Canada were author nov. 21, 1921. Municipal Council and had a two fold to recruit volunteers for the rehabilitation plan and to reassure evacuated residents that everything possible was being clone to return them to their Homes As quickly As possible. Warnings souled repeated warnings were voiced by mayor Bole and or. Racine that evacuated families should remain out of St. Vital until the clean up Campaign was Well advanced. Persons evacuated out of Iown will be informed of this plan by circulars and by the or. Racine said and we will also Tell them when their Homes Are again the municipality has ordered 100 pumps of capacity to Clear basements of flood Waters along with 100 chlorine sprayers to disinfect basements the mayor re ported. Under the plan the pumps will be manned by 10 pump gangs working 24 hours daily in a House to House Campaign. When the basements have been pumped debris will be cleared mid dried in Yards of the dwellings. The sewer will then he pulled and the Listie Niels will be hosed out and disinfected by Volunteer under the supervision of provincial department of health sanitary officials. Electric switch boxes will opened and dried out and govern ent electrical inspectors will Leek the wiring in each Home be 3re families Are allowed Back. The Volunteer workers will live their own Homes where possible was explained. Canteens will be it up to accommodate the work Only Volunteer workers will e allowed into the municipality using the clean up it was agreed Lii Dren under 12 years of age ill be prohibited from All areas until authorities consider them afe. Mayor Bole said that sewer Mains Ould be pumped out once the ver had receded to the 26-foot Evel. Volunteer police policing of St. Vital during the rehabilitation Campaign will be married on by the municipal Force augmented by about 100 Volunteer constables Frank Pagan acting olice chief reported. A Captain be appointed for each six Block Rea with a Volunteer Constable in Ach Block. The Ealing chief also reported Liat there had been no looting in i. Vital during the evacuation. The police Force has maintained patrols during the whole he said and this will be con inked on an even More intense Cale during the Elm Park Bridge should be available for use during rehab Ilita Ion according to a report Given by id Scott after consultation with Winnipeg s City Engineer w. A. Burst. _ in Anell signal in reply to a query about repairs o Homes mayor Bole reported that b. Carswell of the Federal pro Uncial flood commission had and ised him that homeowners should o ahead with arrangements for contracting work and not wait for he commission s report. The mayor Aid private homeowners should detailed accounts of All work contracted for or done by them elves. The mayor snid he under stood that circulars would he Lent to each Homeowner by the commission to determine tha a ritual flood damage per Home. Reporting on transportation fac lilies Pat Murphy said Winnipeg electric company officials had As ured him that they would run uses on St. Mary s and St. Anne s As soon As receded lending repairs to damaged Street tracks. Mayor Bole encouraged those present to Vork wholeheartedly Vith the chamber Commerce Lood committee. In working with his he said you Are work no with an organization which has he full authorization of your coun he exp rid Confidence that the committee working through Community clubs in the districts of so vital would carry off its tasks of patrolling and general rehabilitation in Fine the meeting unanimously approved a vote of thanks to mayor Bole for a stupendous Job car ried out under his leadership during the flood crisis. Birth rate drops Ottawa May 24 Ada s birth rate declined to 27.3 for population in the first nine months of 1949 from 27.5 in the corresponding period of 1948. The Bureau of statistics reported tues Day. Ottawa. May 24 up women customs officers have proven themselves in the smuggler Hunt ing business the Senate finance committee was told tuesday ;