Winnipeg Free Press

Monday, May 29, 1950

Issue date: Monday, May 29, 1950
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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 29, 1950, Winnipeg, Manitoba Jende Flake pure lard Winnipeg free press Kitchen Star Back again Kitchen Star rat with the magic touch it if in available it your Roger f. Price so per copy edition with comics Loc Winnipeg monday May 29, 1950 by Carrier in Winnipeg 2sc per week. After the City seeks Volunteer Crews Winnipeg s clean up authorities directed a help wanted Appeal to Volunteer workers monday. The City Hift cd front the Battle of the to the Battle with the Broom n. A bubbles chairman of Winnipeg s re establishment committee asked that report to the City s four rehabilitation centres. Zone Headquarters Are located As follows Riverview District Riverview United Church Telephone ss2ss1 Point Douglas District Norquay school Junior building 595351 Scotia District Luxton school 587341 Assiniboine District Augustine United Church 931461. We Are going to require considerable help at these Lone Headquarters and we will Likely need transport facilities or. Bubba said. Flood worker airman gets new Caf Post Al. F. E. Mclaren Public relations officer with the Northwest air commanded Monton who conducted Public relations for the . In operation red ramp the red River flood will be. Transferred to Trenton ont where he will take up flying duties with the air armament school june 1. Al. Mclaren served overseas with the . Night bomber command during the second world War and saw service in England Malta and North Africa. He will be re placed by of. Harold n. workers arrive from Holland bound for farm work in Western Canada some 350 dutch immigrants arrived in Winnipeg sunday Over Cana Dian Pacific lines. All were passengers from the Vole dam. Of these 50 were designated for Manitoba. 100 for British Columbia so for the Lelh Bridge and Edmonton districts of Alberta and 32 for Saskatchewan. Fourteen new canadians from aboard the com Umbria detained at Winnipeg sunday evening As Well while another 12, passengers off the Ascania arrived monday morning. All 26 will make their Homes in Manitoba. Astrof. Far off Guernsey sends Comfort message from near and far messages of Comfort for water logged we Zipek come pouring in daily. One of the More recent of these comes from w. G. Baker divisional Secretary of the Guernsey ambulance division in the Channel islands to r. W. Payne of the St. John ambulance association. After convening sympathy negress at Large on behalf of the officers and men of the Guernsey division or. Linker went on to say although Winnipeg is far from the Channel islands the City of Winnipeg is close to the hearts of islanders. This division and the people of Guernsey Are Ever mindful of Canada s great kindness Ulm generosity to them during the German occupation and especially for the item Cross parcels and other gifts which arrived in the Island Only just in time. For this Guernsey will never forget the letter concluded. Perfect cribbage hand turns up at Deer Lodge two arthritic patients at Deer Lodge Hospital got a pleasant Surprise recently while playing cribbage when one of the pair came up with a perfect 29 hand. Lucky card Holder was Keith a. E. Parker who was dealt the lives clubs Spades and hearts and the Jack of diamonds. The Cut turned up the five of diamonds City builds gravel stockpile for fighting future red ramp Here r. J. W. Lyons and his Busy Volunteer rehabilitation group at Luxton school Are seen at work planning rehabilitation work for the hundreds of hooded Homes in the Scotia Street area. Left to right they Are mrs. Lyons historian m. Linnett in charge of patrols miss Helen Eckert information and capt. Lyons. Scotia Street residents Start mop up with help of army and volunteers game injures child a game of knife ended in injury to one of the players Friday evening when 11-year old Ronald Piper 606 Harbison Avenue received a Cut to the knee which required six stitches to close. Police said that during the game 13-year old Gordon Ford 553 Harbison tossed the knife to his playmate and the open Blade struck Young Ronald s knee. Ronald was treated at Winni making the perfect count. Or. Parker s opponent was Sam Mcclements. Peg children s Hospital. Ukrainian decoration Day changed to june 25 flood conditions have necessitated a change in tie Date of the ukrainian Day from May 28 to june 25. Or. W. Muslin in Rector of is. Vladimir find Olga ukrainian Catholic Cathedral announced it the sunday morning service. Or. Kiis Mir explained thai the ukrainian decoration Day has always been held on the Day of Pentecost. 5w Days after easter and that this was the first time the Date Hod been altered. Che Parade in which All ukrainian churches and organizations will participate will Start from the St. Vladimir and Olga Cathedral Mcgregor Street at Flora Avenue and will proceed to the Cenotaph where a Brief service will he held. From there it will move to All saints cemetery Riverside where the main memorial service will take place. Mcgrath is named to succeed Allax Morgan Mcgrath was elected mopping up operations in the Scolia Street area were going full Speed ahead monday. With evacuations barely finished picked we can Ihen go area d a Day Nursery so parents a big he on rehabilitation Crew a red Cross Centre have no worries As to the equipment room and an in Lorma a Volunteer rehabilitation organi Ilion group along with a transport this work is new to capt. Lyons said. Bui Well get it Many of the workers now Vehabi lilting have had experience evacuating he pointed out. It s Only a Skeleton Crew it will e expected at least 300 Volun ers to turn up within the next Eek. Wilh our key personnel already professor to attend slavic teachers meet i or. J. B. Rudnyckyj assist 1 ant professor of slavic Lang i pages at the University of Manitoba will Attena the an. Nual meeting of the american association of teachers of slavic and East european languages of Canada to be held june 10 at University Hamilton. The Winni Peg professor will represent the University of Manitoba june 4 at the installation ceremony for the association president prof. A. P. Coleman formerly of Columbia univer sity. Secretary treasurer and Busin Ess agent of local 206, hotel and restaurant employees and bartenders International Union a.f.l., at a meeting sunday in the labor Temple. Or. Mcgrath succeeds James Allan who died recently. Pleading guilty in City police court monday to Drunken driving Angus s. Foster 385 Carlton Street was sentenced to seven Days in jail. His car was ordered impounded for three months and his driving licence suspended for six. Lood cleaners urged o separate garbage flood cleaning Winni Eggers asked monday to separate combustible rubbish from combustible waste near their garb be cans. It is most important that this rubbish be n. S. Bubbis chairman of the City s re Stablish nent committee declared. He said garbage disposal Crews vere having difficulty in collecting tumbled rubbish. Saskatoon police donate Saskatoon police Force members unable because of distance to As Sist their brother Law enforcement officers in Winnipeg personally Friday sent a Cheque to the Winnipeg City police athletic association to be used As you see the fittest use the Winnipeg association could find was to donate the Cheque to the Manitoba flood re Lief fund. In a letter accompanying the contribution j. Forbes presi Dent of the Saskatoon police athletic association extended sympathy for the City s plight. Said James v. Ayres president of the Winnipeg group on behalf of the association i take pleasure in accepting this gift and with even greater pleasure pass it on to the flood Relief Calgary entries Cal aka l Luno Oli Wucki y club Cal Jary exhibition grounds ninth Day tucs Uay. Way 30, 193u. First Tuo for Maiden x year in Manucia about j furlongs. X bottle fed also eligible vol Best Jer Cults Lovevell Ujj j Dona Claxton 1.17 Elizabeth b 112 Van hem 11u x Host War 117 on the sly x Pasha s act Fairburn Tess him x Windalene Chinook Arch King onslaught be Cunt s700, claiming year Olds and up Xvi furlongs. A poo also eligible x Yin inc Aster 1u6 double or Catoma ill nothing-----106 x Pacoima ill Solon Marcus ill x count tineral 10s Lavender 106 x boots shorty 111 x Clin Rumbell Roberta e -----111 x Falls Ali Man s Pari the tort Emce too Maidens. 2 year old Jna Idns loaded a Canada about j Lur cold us is Queen janet___116 Paul Welsh lit. A Tinda main 113 also eligible x Princess Betsy 11u a Tina Gilt. Eternal Knight us silent Honor lib silent Bank us Broca Jck and Bulia Tondu Slock Larn by _ s700, claiming ton rid i. Aids and up s i furlongs. Better no bet a j Ais eligible Ace of clubs x Gypsy Opal aluminium Lou x chemo digit Bella Pirtano lady stick 111 deter 116 107 Maxine loan 106 111 Yankee trader ill 10g v e Broom ill 111 Fairria 109 106 hard Pitik Rob 5900, allowances the foot Bills 4 year Olds and up. About 7 furlongs. 120 also Elie Bic Ebor 109 a Ella tryst Lucky i. I05 a sky Meadows 106 son o sax-----117 Campbell entry. Johansen entry. T sixth Luwe shoo claiming 4 year Olds and up about 7 Jur tongs. Dust Bane u9 Lovely Way 119 x just Rusty 119 morning Manny 119 1 Brighton Upton 110 also eligible x hair do ill out o War 12 x mataco.116 x Mynah s Moon 116 1 s7oo, claiming 4 year ields and up furlongs. Also eligible dry Marsh ill Genie s boy----119 party time ill x Queen Rhymer 106 f Yates Junior ill shitty Jane ill Jubilo 1w Marduk Estrer. 106 Vino Tanto 116 Yra Lac 11 x sleepy Sally 106 x Abernethy girl 106 Erinda Clad 11.1 Dune s favor ill horses listed according to Post positions. Allowance. , first race 5 . Of the total number of agricultural holdings in Britain 79 per Are of 100 or lest. Traffic officers i new quarters the City police traffic depart ment moved to its new and freshly painted quarters Early monday and in so doing said Farewell to heir old cramped space w h i c 1 lad been partitioned off from the main Parade floor in the Ruper Avenue station. The department took Over the chief Constable s former Privat office and his general offices. Decorating the laying of n e u linoleum and the installation of of ice equipment began s e v e r a weeks ago when the chief the Deputy the general office s t a f and signals group moved to the new Annex. The chief s former office w a divided into two parts one of traffic inspector Robert still the other for the traffic sergeants. The general office has b e e i fixed up with a Long counter i enable traffic personnel to Tak Down and file Accident report and the like. Break in suspect remanded 1 Day arrested when one of his hand was bleeding from fresh cuts. 34 year old Charles Cazmir Wach o 539 Furby Street was arraigned before magistrate m. H. Carton i City police court monday and a remanded one Day at which Tim he will be tried on a charge o Gartte breaking with intent. Inspector of detectives Davi Nicholson said that two Plain clothes constables John l. Talbo and j. M. Edward went to the . Service station 512 Zeilic Avenue Early sunday to inv slight a Call regarding a Man acting suspiciously. On arrival he said the polic spotted Wach in a vacant lot near by and arrested him. Two of h fingers had been Cut h reported. Further investigation revealed that four panes of Glass and tji Cross pieces had been broken i one of a quorum of f commons is luding the speaker. A quorum he House of lords is three. The British House 40 members in in the nucleus one classroom has been turned nation under capt. R. J. W. Lyons ii Atlon. Depot formed Royal Winnipeg rifles with head for this work quarters at Luxton school got under Way Over the weekend. Equipped Wilh Stirrup pumps rubber boots shovels and other stores a Skeleton Crew started work on flooded basements Mon Day. It will work in close co operation with City engineers and other units to out and Spray contaminated in the area. Have experience 5 million Miles without fatality for Eaton Drivers five million Miles in five years without a single fatal Accident was the record chalked by some 200 t. Eaton company Drivers. This fact was revealed monday c. Tucker supervisor de liveries speaking to Drivers As Iamb cd to receive 312th. Annual Safe driving Campaign awards to Talling or. Tucker said 165 company trucks had rolled up 940.000 Miles n the past year. Only 34 charge Able accidents were recorded and damaged totalled Only ?830. There were no personal injuries involved he said in 12 years the t. Eaton company Winnipeg had paid out More than in awards to Drivers for driving and Road Courtesy. Intersection conditions which used to cause most accidents Fig ured in Only two during the past year or. Tucker revealed. W. B. Pickard store superintendent thanked the Drivers on behalf of the company for their Fine record. Work done in c o n Section with flood evacuation operations was lauded by w. Hurl Burt chairman of the store s safety committee. Whereabouts of their children. In charge of the Nursery is miss l Greenham with teen Ager mar Aret Anne Lyons As assistant. Other key personnel include c Ruskin red Cross representative Lee assistant to Cape. Lyons Linnett in charge of patrol and policing Gary Directo of work parties a. Scoble stores Horace Taylor transportation Centre mrs. R. Lyons historian it. A. Cowley chief clerk and mrs. F. H. Spector canteen. The information group is com posed of misses m. Mclntyre m. Shore h. Eckert and Ann Des a classes from 1 to 5 . The same teams of Volunteer workers to additional neighbourhood groups Community have been clubs and schoolchildren have been parties but we will be looking for prizes and sheepskins 46 awarded Law degrees while 25 called to bar relatives and friends crowded court room one of the Law courts As Dixon Pratt David Proctor Don Ald Drummond St. John Roberl Gordon Smellie Arthur Raymond building in Winnipeg saturday . Diplomas were presented 46 graduates of the Manitoba Law called to the bar were William school. Murray Coghlin William James Twenty five of the Walter Joseph Fenny Ili veterans of the armed Allen Youngson. Called to the bar before chief Justice e. K. Williams court of King s Bench at the same Ime. The graduates were presented by f. R. Evans president of the Manitoba Law society and or. Justice w. 3. Major welcomed the new members to the Manitoba bar. It was one of the largest groups Ever to be called to the Manitoba bar. Degrees of i. B. Had been presented in absent a to the Law Grad lates May 16, when the Convoc Ion of the University of Manitoba Vas cancelled due to flood Condi Iona. When it was found that the parchments would be ready Fri Lay As Many graduates As possible we re notified of the presentation and the mass Call to the bar. Sheepskins a rented the sheepskins were presented by or. Justice a. K. Dysart of the Manitoba court of a p p e a 1, Chancellor of the University of a Manitoba. Judge Dysart also presented the Alexander Morris exhibition prize to f. K. Turner while the Law society prize was presented to Roy Albert Gallagher by or. Evans. Sitting on the Bench for the impressive ceremony were chief Justice Williams judge a Yurt Judy of major or. Jirik tick a. M. Campbell and or. Justice j. T. A Beaubien. Called to the bar and admitted As attorneys at Law and solicitors were Frederick Ronald Bickell Eorge Caven Carmichael Gordon Campbell Chown. Richard Steele Cook Erdman Falk Roy Albert Gallagher. William Cooper Gard Ner Edwin Charles Kimelman George Campbell Maclean Neil Gerard Macphee Henry William Barry Manning Francis Macdonald Manwaring Robert Brock my Arbhur James Norman Mclachlan Ross Albert Laurence Nugent Phillip George Nutter Dennis a Winnipeg s Central Volun Teer Bureau has appealed for volunteers to help flooded City dwellers in the rehabilitation of. Their Homes. Volunteer registration is being conducted Between 8 . And s . Daily at any of the four re habilitation centres located in Riverview and Augustine United churches and Norquay and Luxton schools. Guarding against possible future goods the City is building Stock piles of gravel and other materials ised for 1950 flood defences in operation. Red ramp. City engineering Crews Are Load no used materials in stockpiles for potential use in Dike construction a. J. Taunton Deputy City Engineer revealed monday. Commenting on the possibility of permanent City dikes mayor Garnet Coulter pointed out such a project would de 24 now open City schools double up to accommodate pupils pupils whose schools Are still closed because of flooding were directed to other schools monday when they reported for classes. In addition to the 22 schools previously reported As opening two others lord Selkirk and George v also resumed instruction school Board officials said. Official the Board Aims to make facilities available for All pupils still in the City. Two arrangements have been adopted they said. Either school hours ate staggered so that the Home school holds its classes in the morning and the evacuated school in the afternoon or evacuated children Are absorbed into existing classes in a nearby school. The plan followed depends a great Deal on the accommodation available one official said. Adjustments possible after school principals have re ported to the Board on the number of children who turned up for noon classes which Start at 1 ., continue until 5.30 . Present arrangements Are subject to change according to local conditions Board officials said. Mayor Maclau first new patient at St. Boniface the first patient admitted to St. Boniface Hospital since the general evacuation during the flood was mayor George Maclean of St. Boniface. Saturday evening the Rua Yoi and his wife arrived Home to Fine hat mrs. Maclean had forgotten the keys to the House. The mayor undid a cellar Wir. Dow and crawled into the House but in the process he twisted his ;