Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 24, 1950, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free Page 7 Gordon pledges Effort. To reopen car South an All out Effort to open the Canadian National rail Way i 1 i n e Between Emerson in the shortest possible time was pledged tuesday by Donald Gor Don chairman and vice president of the company in Winnipeg. After a Day Long air Survey of the flooded area or. Gordon declared that opening of the line not be an easy talk on our part of the 63 Miles of. Track involved 38 Are covered by water. Bank problem following the air Survey or. Gordon met with w. D. Hurst City Engineer to discus a the ramp along water Avenue leading to proven Cher Bridge which we a s recently constructed to open t h e flooded or. Hurst has stated he would like to see the ramp eight feet High at permanent Structure. The railway. H a s expressed opposition to the proposal. Discussion Between or. Gordon and the civic officials resulted in the railways and City being established to study measures to be employed As soon As flood Waters subside. Although no definite decision the ramp be reached until the flood is Over agree ment in principle reached Over procedure to be followed hath Iii respect to immediate needs and Lone term notation covering the flooding problem in the water Avenue area a railway officials statement. Or. Gordon s statement issued after his Survey of flood damage in part i realize that uppermost in the minds of those who live in the Valley of the red River City and country residents the ques Tion of rehabilitation. You have fought a Gallant fight but not everywhere have Yon Wen. Much rebuilding hire quire. I have discussed with our officers a plan to attack the rehabilitation of the Emerson line on three fronts trom Winnipeg from Emerson and our Miami subdivision leading nto Morris. I am most hopeful we can com Mence work from the South Hirough Emerson next week. Closer to Winnipeg the work will involve a longer until the water has drained out of the fort Garry District and we can Mence pile driving. In any event we Are determined not to spare province to help in clean up task Rumba the Sac St of can Karma in 5 mini Rtin at Arthur Murray s. 400 Par tags am mom 925 294. Car aet Fng Cash i syst met geo4 for Oqiunn and adult to sex lax chocolate laxative be taller my own Impi he i u ft., in. Ceylon client 20 Rains eight inches. Other pupils report Ace claims in 50 a fins. In Denyi 3fl a 5 ins. 6 weeks 21 5 ins. 5 m the. 27h i ins. 4 weeks 34 3 ins. 6 m the i ins. E weeks 16 .3 passel 6 it. Mark Irvi passed 6-it. 2-Lni. No appliances no tablets no Boss so Stem enclose 25 cents Tampi for details or Complete Rosi system air. Mall it desired. S3 extra. 1 Malcom t. R. Ross height specialist b.d.1i. . . End. Money men and material to get land communication functioning again. Time saved now May put Money ii hands of the Farmer next fall. At the same time As f pay. Tribute to the scores of thou of civilians who won the Battle of the dikes those operate the Public utilities the municipal bodies and the social service organisations i would like to say a word of Praise for the officers and men of the Canadian National i am convinced that but for their determination to continue operations until the track washed away beneath them that the losses in the red River Valley would have been much More severe. I would be remiss in my duty As president of the . If Ivald not publicly thank All our employees Here for a Good Job Well done under most trying circumstances. In stating this i am. Aware that a Large proportion of our employees Are resident in Norwood and port Garry close to their employment districts. That have been hard hit by the flood rehabilitation of flooded areas As far As health is concerned will e in the hands of. Municipal 6f ices of health. Doctors from Southern Manitoba St. Boniface and Winnipeg suburbs met tuesday afternoon in the legislative building to discuss ways to the return of Fame tie to flooded Homes the opening of flood damaged business premises clean up procedures Man Power and equipment. Help assured Hon. Ivan Schultz minister of health and Public welfare was chairman of the meeting. He told the officers v that every resource of the department is behind you. We will provide you with technical help equipment and he said the move to keep authority vested in health officers is in accordance with the government s policy of establishing the municipal organization As an operative unit at the earliest pos sible he said the government Felt authorities should become operative As As possible and that As far a the health of the people was concerned should be done through the councils and municipal officers of health. In order to Deal with clean up problems the flooded Section of the province has been divided into three sections the area South of the municipality of fort Garry the City of Winnipeg and the Winni Peg suburbs together with the City of St. Boniface. Director named or. Schultz announced that the Overall programme will be directed by or. Hugh Malcolmson director of environmental sanitation for the department. The or. Schultz explained has a set up largely com plete in itself and one which has the of the department it can be relied upon to do thoroughly effective the suburbs and St. Boni thank you shippers As a result of your patience and understanding we have overtaken our log of . Freight wait ing delivery. We Are now to daily pick up and delivery of merchandise for further information Telephone National cartage co. 21-251 21-231 or 22-953 Man wli0 turned tide lord Wavell Dies at 67 Viscount wave in count Wavell the. One eyed Field marshal who crushed italian armies in Africa-10 years ago died wednesday. V the Veteran Soldier underwent an abdominal operation May 5, his 67th birthday. He suffered a re lapse sunday. A daring strategist Wka be if eved in Aluig calculated risks Archibald Percival was Ell won the first substantial Victorias for Briatta la the last War. Be turned the tide temporarily at least in ism and 1941 and inspired the Empire allies Alert As red rally nears when the final contingent of communist demonstrators from the soviet Cone it the East German communist government has warned that Reg ular traffic on the autobahn will be subject to a 36-mile-Detour As of thursday to allow unrestricted movement of communist youth convoys. Allied officials said they would East. Berlin s rally of red youth not tolerate interference with May 24 a a Fleet of 36 British american and French military police jeeps wednesday began an intensified patrol of Berlin s main Road link with the West the 100-mile superhighway through the russian zone. V the patrol was part of a preliminary Alert to which Al lied troops and West Ber Lin police were ordered As More and More communists headed for with Hope in a time of deep lord italia forces from Egypt cleared much of Cire Naira and the strongest cements Mussolini s african rooms. Viceroy in turbulence Britain in Africa afrika Korps under. Erwi i. Rom Mel striking powerfully while British troops were occupied in Ireece. Lord Wavell was trans erred to. The British command in India where in a period of great political turbulence he became Viceroy. In the far East Ana military commander and a political Leader he played a role in the War against the japanese which was deeply appreciated in the United states lord Wavell was. Awarded the legion of Merit after the recalled from India by the labor government with which he differed questions of policy lord Wavell iad time to pursue interests nor Mally not associated with bitten Field marshal. A Lover of poet Ray he edited an. Anthology of this weekend. Allied controlled forces will to on a full Alert saturday More about fund continued from Page 1 face have their own health units fully staffed and Quali fied to do the necessary be added. The area South of fort Garry will be under the authority of he municipal officers of health who will have teams of men to help these men will work out of tuesday by the National Council set. Up by the . A women throughout the hooded jewish women these teams will be directed by a Lett Tram a c. G. Macquarrie District sanitary inspector and they will work with Oca authorities on clean up pro-1 Cedres. The chief duties of these technicians who include 15 Sani tary inspectors a Public health Engineer and a Public health veterinarian will be to inspect build nos test water supplies investigate sanitary problems and teach others the methods of disinfecting and cleaning. Suburban health units or. Schultz said have their own Public health staffs but Mark flattery chief sanitary inspector will Aid them with supplies and manpower. Seek sanitarians or. Morley Lougheed of the City health department asked the department s assistance getting extra experienced sanitarians. He said he hoped to have a Force of 24 inspectors in Winni Peg. At offer of men who know Manitoba and Winnipeg was made by r. Bowering director of environmental sanitation for the . Department of Public health. He Aii he might be Able to spare three men. A system of placarding out lined by an emergency order in Council May be used at the discretion of municipal health officers to control the return of people to flooded and places of business. The doctors approved the wording of Pla cards. The health officers decided they will not discourage individuals or working groups from going into Homes or buildings to repair them. The doctors agreed to minimum requirements living in a Home damaged by floods. Before a Home is Safe from a health standpoint there must be a Safe water Supply from Normal sources satisfactory toilet facilities and All contaminated rooms must be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected. Railways to help the doctors Learned that the rail systems will help with clean up problems supplying water tank cars with Safe water for drinking Harold Lorie. National pres ident said the Council wished to express sympathy to Manitoba s flood victims. Personal contributions from members of the Winnipeg Section of the National Council Are still be ing received by their treasurer. From Kenora came word tues Day night that service clubs and other organizations will canvass the town june and 2 on behalf of the. Manitoba flood Relief fund. Mayor g. R. Carmichael was made chairman of the drive while Charles Zeal was appointed chair Man of the canvassing committee and George Mclean was named Secretary. N meanwhile from Points across Ca Nada cities towns and Vil Lages came indications of Forth coming financial assistance. In Montreal protestant teachers of Quebec province were asked tuesday to support the Manitoba teachers Relief fund set up by the Canadian teachers federation office in Ottawa. The Appeal was sent to All protestant schools in the province by the vehicles of the Western Powers. Allied military police were under orders to ignore Highway com mands of the East German police but if soviet troops enforced the Detour they were to follow it subject to protest. Arrest complaint. Soviet licenced newspapers bit Terly complained at the arrest of 11 Leipzig delegates in a communist mannered truck in the Ameri can sector of Berlin tuesday. But the West City attorney general announced that rigor Ous prosecution faced All who might violate Allied sector Laws against resistance to state authority rioting or disturb ing the peace. Communist leaders appeared elated at the prospects of world wide publicity for the March on which they contended would prove Germany s younger generation is wholeheartedly be Hind their political programme. The rally is dedicated to peace Western Powers accused of threatening to "unity1 of All Germany As part of the Sov Iet bloc. Communist spokesmen repeated thut the entire Demon citation would be confined to Kant Berlin and Allied sectors would not be trespassed. Western officials although were conflicting reports in news papers on what he had stated at a press conference in Winnipeg. He had been asked a direct question by one Newspaperman As to what direct Federal Aid was forthcoming for the Little Man whose pos sessions had been lost in the flood. "1 replied directly said or. St., Laurent. I said that our dealings were going to be with the Manitoba government just in the Case of the Fraser. River they were ish Columbia. It would seem that there Are some who would rather Deal with us than with the government of but that is a consideration to which i cannot give effect. V the position i took was that our be with the government of the people of Mani Toba and that they in turn would Deal with the municipalities and individuals As they thought might befit their responsibilities in the premises i am advised that the govern ment of Manitoba has indicated that it proposes to provide assist Ance for rehabilitation of families in cases of " need. We can All understand and sympathize deeply with the anxiety of families whose Homes have been devastated by the flood Waters particularly those who have few resources1 to Homes. But i unconvinced that the co operative efforts of governments . Health plan costs londoners 811.59 yearly London May 24 Cap Bri Tain s socialized Medicine is Cost no an average 14s 10d. S11.59 a year for the London City administration announced tuesday. The Cost of dental and Eye treat ment was higher than care the report said be Cavite hundreds of thousands of person Liv ing outside London county come Lere for attention. V other men a Flowers a Reveis with the voluntary was widely acclaimed. He was fond i of poetry that sings germans convicted i he once said that the taste for music and poetry would be revived if someone would Ive us words and tunes instead of the dark obscure discordant mutterings which pass for poetry in these in the House of lords after the War lord fought to Imp Moroye pensions of veterans of the Indian service. Late in 1949 lord Wavell visited Canada on the invitation of a Aivadian veterans. I attracted attention it Ottawa by saying that in his opinion Germany remained a Grenter menace in Western Europe than Russia. He described Germany As a convicted but observed that so far Russia had merely committed loitering with his primary interest remained in the military Field and he never ceased assailing some traditional British Barrack room and Parade ground practices. Lord Wavell started fighting for the King in the South african War in 1901. Later he was engaged in operations on India s Northwest Frontier. He lost an Eye while fight ing in France in the first world War. Agencies and particularly the Manitoba flood Relief fund will ensure to All those who need help in the True can Adian spirit Are. Ready to help no party or. Maybank took Issue with a report which stated that or. St. Lauren had attended a Liberal party reception in Winnipeg. Or. Maybank. Said the prime minister had attended a meeting of those connected with flood Relief work in Manitoba. He was sure no one would attempt to play politics with the great disaster. Or. St. Laurent said that Winnipeg houses have been flooded to some substantial extent. The figure was based on a. Bioust to House count made by employees of the Central mortgage and housing1 corporation. Of the total some had water about the first floor. Or. Mutch indicated that he i not agree with the figures. He said he did not Knovs who counted the houses but i am reasonable certain they did not get outside o South Winnipeg in making the More about St. Laurent continued from Page 1 Raffles pleads guilty Montreal May 24 James t. Ripley 27, described by police As an International pleaded guilty tuesday to charges of obtaining Cash air tickets and merchandise by false pretences. Mow when Rou m i d in Clear up your Money pro Krai now with a Cash loan from pfc. Loans made on your own Ture without endorsers or bankable Security up to 24 months a to Tiff choose the repayment plan that Best fits your budget. Check these favourable rates. You la see Why 3 out of 4 choose household for prompt Cash Loans. Amount of s490.46 12 18 s20.00 s32.00 s36.00 20 bed Junks sunk Taipei. Formosa May 2-j a warships wednesday Sank 20 chinese communist Junks i in Wei Tao Bay near Amoy. I Fok and Good i or Stop in today i household finance two with pkg Inarik Fitl m4 a. Pm t27-49 j3j at Hourt 9 to s or by appointment of of nearby town serving the Public since 1878 laying none of their protective measures appeared to believe that the communists meant what they and said that All canadians and people in other countries were hoping for a speedy end to the of trial. Jul Lluc us hit Lii Viiu Ililau 111ccli11 provincial association of protest now. Said the week end would be relatively quiet. Early this year. Red orators had boasted they would storm Ell Berlin at Whitsun. Collected will be to the Manitoba and for cleaning purposes in areas Reg a your beneficiaries will appreciate dealing with this Trust company As the executor of your estate. They will know that their affairs Are on a business footing that there will be a minimum of delay and expense in carrying out the provisions of your will. They will find the estates officer in charge of their estate accessible experienced and co operative. Appoint the Toronto general trusts your executor. Toronto general trusts co o r. A t 1.6 n f. A. Wansbrough mgr. Port out ave. At Smith St. Winnipeg admin is a sets of i s 0 0. 0 0 0 0 0 where people rely on cisterns. The railways will also provide coaches to House working teams before the areas Are. Generally opened. Or. W. Karlinsky of Emer reported about 600 people out of a population of 950 were j still in the town. These people i have been living in their Sec j Ond storeys for almost a he said. They net up temporary Hunting and enting arrangements and we have a Safe water Supply and delivery system As Well As n scavenging or. J. C. Ellas of Morris asked about water supplies on farms in fringe areas where families will be Able to move in quickly. . L. A. Kay Public health Engineer for the department said chlorination kits will be available and sanitary inspectors will teach individuals How to use them. Provincial chemists were asked o gather information for House holders on the subject of doors Anu their control. A gift of 20 tons of Chloride Ime from the Canadian industries limited was announced. This will be parcelled and distributed by the department of health and Public welfare. Or. Schultz said the depart ment will Supply insecticide to flooded areas and through the department of Public works will provide pumps to pump out basements. Attending the meeting were or. W. Karlinsky of Emerson or. S. S. Of Altona or. J. P. Bor Eske of Gretna or. C. J. W. Dick of Dominion City or. J. H. Bou Chick of St. Jean or. J. C. Elias or. J. S. Holowin and a. J. Swain. Ant teachers. The Money turned Over teachers society to Aid in the re Lief and rehabilitation of teachers and their families in the flooded areas. The unofficial total of Saskatchewan s contributions to Manitoba flood Relief Rose to s70.21s at noon tuesday. Official total at fund Headquarters in Retina was but had been collected at various provincial Points. This total Hod not yet been turned Over to the Manitoba flood Relief fund in Regina. The Saskatchewan wheat. Pool tuesday urged Saskatchewan Farmers to make every Effort to assist flooded out Farmers in Mani Toba. Seed Grain grass and feed supplies Are in Short Supply a Pool official said. Also in Regina a horse show and carnival will be held at the exhibition grounds saturday by the and driving club. Proceeds will be turned Over to George Drew progressive conservative Leader termed the flood As the greatest disaster of its kind that has hit any settled Community in Canada since the begin Ning of our country the Manitoba flood Relief fund. J. Lain Ruk president of the Sherridon kisses sin chamber of Commerce tuesday revealed a total of collected in the drive sponsored by his organization Sherritt Gordon Alines and locals 287 and Lake of the the drive is expected to continue for an other week. Prime minister Louis St. Laurent read a Telegram tuesday in the House of commons from the Bri Tish Empire service league sending sincerest sympathy to All concerned in the Manitoba flood and Rimouski and Cabano qua., fires. The league Parent body of the Canadian legion said it hoped to collaborate where possible in any Relief measures taken in great some Lucky contributor to the Manitoba flood Relief fund is go ing to become the owner of a dream House m Hamilton ont. Ken Soble owner manager of radio station chm Ham Ilton has arranged for the construction of a Bouse on which tickets will be sold. It is anticipated that much As May he raised for the Manitoba flood Relief fund by this method. All materials Are to be supplied free and construction unions affiliated with the . Have in i one Hundred Days from de taken to donate their labor j wednesday is sept. 1. Of Morris or. M. G. Tinkov Steinbach or. Alan Davidson of of Tram crashes Glasgow bus seven killed Glasgow May 24. Cap f speeding Streetcar crashed into an overturned double Decker bus killing seven persons and injuring 43 Here wednesday. The bus loaded with work bound people overturned in the path of the trolley at the height of the morning Rush hour. The Streetcar also crowded crashed through the roof of the bus and imbedded it self in the ceiling of the lower deck. A girl about 17 years old and six men were killed. Twelve of those injured were reported in a serious condition. The bus went Over on its Side with a said Alec car Michael one of its uninjured Pas sengers on lower deck of the bus. The passengers were thrown about like nine pins. Almost immediately there was another violent crash As the Tram slowed into the bus roof. I heard screams coming from the upper deck and the crunch of twisting and break ing Glass and Metal work. Then just above my head 1 was horrified to see the driving Cabin of the Tram car Pierce through the ceiling of the lower doctors and nurses gave mor Phine to the injured sobbing and screaming in. The ruins a file workmen Cut away the tangled steel with Obj acetylene burners to get them free. Most of the dead and injured were on the second deck. One thin that would ease the concern o the people was the earliest possible announcement of the amount of assistance they could expect. Other comments came from j. A. Ross Les lie Mutch l Winnipeg Ralph Maybank Winnipeg South Centre and Stanley Knowles Nipes n Orth or. Ross wanted to know when a report could be expected from the Dominion provincial committee established to make an estimate of the damages. He also wanted to know if there Hafl been any re for an interim from the Federal financial govern notice to our Emerson depositors during the present flood emergency we have made arrangements to service the requirements of our Emerson Branch depositors through our main Winnipeg office located at Portage carry streets. The Bank of Nova Scotia quest Grant ment. No request or. St. Laurent said that to his knowledge there had been no re quest for an interim Grant. While the commission had started work sunday it will be some Lime be fore there can be anything even approximate with respect to the amount damage i am told that there Are some of these houses which will not have been damaged otherwise than made wet and probably the plaster injured inside but from which the outer sheathing will have to be removed in order to allow the in isolation either to be replaced or Flo dry out. And then it will not be possible to make even an approximate Esti mate of the amount of household effects lost until people Are Able to get . The mayor of Winnipeg told me that they were fortunate in having had no increase in disease and no epidemic of any kind. He said that they were going to be extremely careful to see that the people did not go too soon and that they did not do anything that might occasion an conflicting reports or. St. Laurent said that there More about seeding continued from Page 1 heavy killing frosts arrive this fall designing is being done by the Hamilton architectural association. The House will be completely equipped with All the most modern labor saving devices. P will include a garage and. Incidentally an automobile. Ste moan or. Asian a Armson 01 _., up t 4 Mcdonald municipality or. Made to let Rawson of the St. James fort Garry St. Vital health or. E. J. Rutledge. Of Kildonan St. Paul health unit or. P. L Heureux and or. B. Chown of the St. Boniface health unit or. Morley Lougheed and or. E. J. Rigby of the City health department inspector j. B. Harris . Or. D. F. Gray technical services representative of Canadian industries limited j. R. Menzies director of Public health engineering for the department of National health and welfare Ottawa or. R. Bowering director of environmental Sanita Tion of the . Department of Public health and members of the Manitoba department of health and Public welfare. Toronto s rapid transit subway now under construction is tire first in Canada and North America. The fifth in sell equipment abroad Ottawa May 24 up the government tuesday asked Parlia ment for Power to allow the forces for the first time to sell abroad non surplus military equipment and use the proceeds directly to buy other equipment they need. It opens a new Channel for at lactic pact participation on a Cash basis and indicates another step in revision of defence purchasing arrangements As Well As plans for More modern equipment. 2 Little girls found Prince Rupert ., May 24 up two 10 and 12, missing since monday Iii rain uninhabited swamp country 25 Miles North of Here were found Safe late tuesday. Ice delivery service we Are maintaining regular delivery service except in restricted areas. We have established temporary office at 1405 Portage Avenue. Telephone 37006-37007 Arctic ice co. Ltd. The Brandon experimental farm wednesday provided some Statis is on1 Frost and Frost free periods on farm weather records. The average annual Frost free period farm records show is 95 j Days. The records Date from 1891. Longest Frost free period in Manitoba occurred in 1918, when farmlands had 111 Days without Frost. Shortest periods were in 1892, 1895 1908, 1915. And 1929 when there were 59 65, 65, and 62 Frost free Days respectively. However the statement said in some of these titular by Good crops were produced in Manitoba. Double advantage it noted that today s Farmer has double advantage Over his coun in the Early 1.900 s. Modern machinery was reduced the task of seeding and seeded it up a great Deal. Also new varieties Ripen a Good Deal faster. Red Fife the Standard Prairie wheat up to 1d14. Needed -120 to 1.25 Days try mature compared with 100-to 103 Days Abr modern Stan Dard types Fash St Martin luxury liners Fly Over the flood to grand Forks Fargo Minneapolis hour hours 12.25 25.50 1 2 3 hours flights leave Winnipeg daily at 8.00 . And 2.30 . Standard time ask about Northwest s family Plait phone. 922-271 or your Travet agent airlines Skyway to the ;