Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 30, 1950, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press tuesday May 30, 1950 Page 9 get top engineers to Avert future floods Council urges Winnipeg City Council urged monday night that Canada s Best engineering brains be put to work on flood prevention measures for the red River Valley. Backing of the provincial government flood affected municipalities local representatives in the Federal Parlia ment and local Senate Mem Bers will be sought in present ing the recommendation to the Federal government. If we just Send this motion on to the Premier or the prime minister it will be Pigeon holed. We must bring All the influence we can to urged Aid. John Blumberg at monday night s Council meet ing. The City of Winnipeg simply could not afford another catastrophe like the 1950 flood he pointed out. It was agreed that the Federal government should set at the earliest possible engineering group to bring in recommendations on remedial measures and to undertake the design and construction of such work. Council s decision came is the result of a letter from d. Hurst City Engineer in which he suggested the advis ability of such an engineering conclave. Or. Hurst denied outright the implication contained in a recent Ssue of time Magazine that a re Currence of the 1950 flood could not be prevented. A caption under a flood picture n the Magazine he reported had read As follows can this be pre vented answer the engineering profession in Canada was not so bankrupt that t could not recommend and put nto effect measures to meet the problem retorted or. Hurst. He said Winnipeg s engineering department agreed with general a. G. L. Mcnaugh Toni member of the International joint commission recently in Winnipeg that a combination of measures could prevent such a catastrophe. Open All Day wednesday close saturday at 1 . Pm. 931 507 317 fort Street Aid. George Sharpe chairman of Winnipeg s flood rehabilitation committee who brought in the motion pointed out that a report by the Best engineering brains in the country would help dispel exaggerated reports and rumours. This motion is to set at ease the minds of Manitoban. So that they will know that flood conditions can be added Aid. C. E. Simonite. Aid. Frank Chester replied that the Dominion government already had the International joint com Mission investigating flood Protection plans. He thought the motion superfluous. The International joint commis Sion commented Aid. Blumberg had accomplished the " sum total of nothing in the past for protect lion of now flooded Manitoban. Steelworkers donate ,450 to Aid fund tribute on to schools and grocery stores. Anyone entering a theatre in fort pm Recei ont., on wednesday can expect to be held up masked thugs but it i for Good cause. Wednesday is to be is Manitoba sympathy Day in fort Frances and its people will be asked to contribute to the Mani Toba flood Relief fund in a variety of ways. They will find themselves Vic Tims of holdups in theatres. Sal vation army collections pots will be placed on the streets and the town will prominently display pos ters of people being evacuated from their flood Ridden Winnipeg Homes by Rowboat. At to o clock the sounding of Mill whistles canvassers horns the town fire hell and fire engine sirens will remind householders that House to House has he fun. Everyone wishing to assist Manitoban with their rehabilitation problems will be asked to turn his porch Light on and squads of canvassers w i 11 visit every Block. Canvassers also plan to invade a hotel ballroom and Cross the Border to International Falls where the mayor has promised full co operation with their fund Rais pile Driver takes Over no flood Glamour nov ing programme. To bring Manitoba sympathy Manitoba s steelworkers have put their full weight behind the Manitoba flood Relief fund although a third of them were Aid off temporarily because of flood conditions. The local members of the United steelworkers of America . Have Given a total of to the fund Arthur j. March regional Union director announced tuesday. Another employee group in Winnipeg has gone Well Over the top in donations. Officials of the Winnipeg electric company reported tuesday that a total contribution of had been received from employees. That worked out to an average of a Day and a half s pay each 50 per cent Over the objective set by the provincial committee of the fund. Young and old help meanwhile donations continued to pour in from Manitoban Young and old Many of them flood evacuees three 11-year-Olds turned in vat Muy a secs Jet mtr Quitt to the fund after collecting and Selling crocuses for three Days last week. The Trio were Barry Robins 160 Riverbend Crescent Charlotte Carter 125 Riverbend Crescent and Lynn argue 107 Garden Road. First the youngsters sold their bouquets from door to door her. They set up a stand. From Montreal 91-year-old b. W. Chaffey whose Home is at 772 Mcmillan Avenue wrote Pleasa accept this Little Cheque with my admiration and homage for the Way Winnipeg my Home town for. 67 years can take mr., Chaffey was one of the 000 residents of greater Winnipeg forced to evacuate during the flood. Nora Graham a 12-year-old Winnipeg girl sent a Small parcel enclosing 25 pennies and a draw ing of a girl kneeling beside the red River. She was sent to William during the flood crisis. Two former Winnipeg girls now living in Venezuela Joan and Donna Brisley sent a donation. Is heartening to learn of the wonderful Way the people in the rest of Canada and even in England have concerned them Sykes about the plight of the flood they wrote. In announcing the steel workers donation or. March pointed out that 30 per cent of the local Union Mem Bers had been Laid off work for or three weeks when flood Waters forced plants to shut town. Two plants employing about 100 men still were not operating tuesday. Even the men Laid off gave a Day s pay to the he said. I to praised the co operative spirit shown by management and employees in the collection. The Winnipeg electric company canvass was organized and carried out entirely by tile employees themselves. Day to a , radio station Cefi has called on performers in fort Frances and the surrounding District to donate their talents to the flood Relief fund. The How will last until the last pledge has been received. As one is Day organizer put every Man woman and child vill be asked not Only to donate Day s pay but to donate again to ease the from St. Lam Larrt. Que. Bus come a. Donation of though the Quebec of Cabano and Rimouski have narrowly escaped being1 wiped out by fire. More about fund continued from Page 1 to Send for flood Relief. This amount collected monday night in a House to House canvass be 2 City patients moved to West die in hospitals Calgary May 30 William Muse 72, of 1424 Lincoln Street Winnipeg a Stretcher evacuee patient from the flooded City died sunday night in Hospital Here. A Veteran of the South african War or. Must was born in county Durham England and moved to Roblin. Man., in 1907. He Farmed in the District until enlisting with in Manitoba horse and going overseas in 1914. While England he joined the Royal artillery and served in France receiving the rank of major in the Field. He held the military medal. Mrs. Helen Gill Albert sask., May 30 up _ . Helen Gill of 23s Rutland Street Winnipeg an evacuee from Manitoba floods died in Hospital Here Sund by she is the of curl to succumb since -13 Hospital Pat ends arrived in Prince Albert on night Nerey flights May 34. Mrs. Gill is survived by her Hus band Harry and one daughter i s. A. Anderson of St. James Man. Burial will he in Winnipeg. Added other collections to make a Carload to be shipped to Mani Toba. Donations in Yorkton sask., now More than 54.000. Were boosted saturday by As a result of a tag Day. Myrtle the posing in tub As a Winnipeg flood victim helped to get donations from passengers off the trains saturday night. Three Yorkton residents got the idea of making Myrtle Aid the flood fund. They Are Emil a Rolnitsky Bert Moore and Archie Tussell. All three appeared with extra noses Horn rimmed glasses and wigs. Or. A Rolnitsky carried a tub of water in which Myrtle reclined. He had caught Myrtle on a fishing trip in the Quappelle Valley. Bert and Archie urged onlookers to throw Silver in the wishing Well and gaze upon the victim of the flood floating in the Foi 25 cents Myrtle stood on her Hind feet for 50 cents on her front feet and Lor s10 she stood on her head As a result of Myrtle s efforts the fund was higher. The province of Quebec going All out in Aid of Manitoba flood Relief has formed a provincial unit of the fund composed of prominent Public figures with sir Eugene Fiset lieutenant governor Aspa Tori. Manitoba flood Relief fund officials monday hailed with enthusiasm announcement of the que Bec unit. This is a splendid example of the Ever closer ties uniting the Peoples of commented h w. Manning fund general chair Man. It is particularly note worthy in View of recent which people at province of them selves have suffered in Linin Uruski among i he members of i lie acl by Fred Edge pile Driver. Thirteen thousands pounds of steel on Wood. Around the clock. Work. Lay that track. Tamp that gravel. Work. Canadian National s Emerson Story. Not much Glamour there. The Glamour went with the flood Waters. Yesterday today and to Morrow it s just work work work. One Hundred men. One Hun dred men with shovels jacks and drills. Men with icat stained shirts and curses for rotted so True handbags. The men who Lay the track. The grim monotonous aftermath of Manitoba s grim disastrous flood Story. It s not much fun. There is no real thrill to clean up. And All Day Long pile Driver. Thirteen thousand pounds of steel on Wood. Hold thirty foot lengths of solid Cedar driven Point Blank into roadbed that could not did not hold. Cross bars lain on Cedar stumps like headstones in the found that did not hold. Sledge new rail pounded into place. This is clean up. This is after Jamath. This is getting the rail rough in the shortest possible Mej and always pile Driver. Thirteen thousand pounds of Wood. One Hundred men building track at the water. Men etting paid to Lay track to get in trains through. This in t very colourful. To these in it is a living. But there is something there be Des. This is the spirit of this entry s Progress. The spirit that St put track through from East Oast to West. Not glamorous Only As Glamor i As sweat from work. Only As orious As glorious Canadian his itself watch tons of gravel More about flood continued from Page 1 poured from gaps Between rail and water. And always ahead just ahead pile Driver. Thirteen thousands pounds of steel on Wood. Today tomorrow who can really say. Twenty four hours to drive 100 feet. Two Cedar piles driven parallel every five. How Many feet of this who can really say water. In s hot work. It s hot and Sticky and not very Clam Orous. The flood Here is Over. The volunteers have gone. Those men Are paid. Paid to empty sandbags and spill soggy travel on to soggy ground. Ing Pace with the accelerating re cession of the red River. A monday Survey indicated nearly persons had returned to Winnipeg and prepared to assist City officials in clean up four rehabilitation centres in the City have been operating since sat urday to Speed return to Normal conditions. Hospital patients were among the returning evacuees. All City hospitals except the water surrounded Kins Edward and King George Are now reported in Normal Peru Ion. Main Street Bridge was opened monday night cutting to the number still impassable. City engineering officials did not expect Norwood Bridge to open for about Days. The main Street Bridge opening permitted the River Crescent bus to return to its Normal route. St. James subway monday was reported open to All traffic. At the same time water boiled through pavement in Higgins ave nue subway closing it to traffic for the second time within a week. Unofficial estimates of havoc ought by the red River ranged to More than an official figure was still awaited. Four suburban Winnipeg municipalities monday totalled up damage claims of 000. They were St. Vital East Kildonan West Kildonan and fort Garry. No damage estimates have been issued for Winnipeg and St. Boni face. Along the red River Valley South to the Border rehabilitation at most Points was slow. Morris is still under several feel of water and the Only clean up activity so far attempted is removal of cars tractors and trucks to High ground on the East Side of the River. Navy flood workers Are hoisting the vehicles out of the water on to an amphibious Duke and ferrying them across the red. Heavy showers were reported from All along the Valley monday night. A. Most sections where some seeding had begun this would mean another Day s delay for Farmers. Only a Small number of families from evacuated towns along the red have so far moved Back into their Homes. The hard hit municipality of Mont Calm which includes Letellier and St. Jean Baptiste will submit its estimate of damages j the rehabilitation Board thursday or Friday. A special meeting of the Council is being held olice to curb resort Rowdy ism Musselman s Lake ont a 30 Rowdy ism id drunkenness w h i c h plague Lis resort area 125 Miles North o Oronto last summer has broken it again. Police said that after a week and of drinking in parked Auto mobiles and mixed parties in rent d Cabins hey have decided t Earch for liquor every car visit g the area on week ends. Three of 30 youths in to Angs were charged monday wit having liquor in an illegal place some return o Morris red Cross estimates at Morris said it would be the end the week before anyone could return to Homes there. Some people How Ever were already Drifting Back to at the at St. Jean Baptiste. Reeve Art Beaubien thought it might be uie even at Emerson few people have yet returned to their omes according to the red Cross. Visor y Board of the Quebec unit wednesday. Are mayor Camillien Houde. Mon i real John Basset president and managing the Henry g. Birks president Henry Birks and sons Allan Bronfman vice president distillers Corpora lion Hon. Charles Dunning chair Man of the Board Ogilvie flour Mills Donald Gordon Canadian National railways j. Of the first week in june Mcconnell publisher Montreal j before return of evacuees became Star Ross h. Mcmaster chairman i general of the Board steel company of Canada and w. A Mather presi Dent Canadian Pacific railway. Two substantial donations reached the Headquarters of the Mani Toba flood Relief fund monday from United states sources. Through the t. Eaton com Pany to which they Are a supplier of goods the National sewing machine com Pany of Belvidere. 19, for warded a Cheque for in american funds or in ont Ulian currency. The do nation was accompanied by h letter from k. F. List executive vice president. From the offices of the Amalga mated clothing workers of Ameri Ca in new York City came Ano her Cheque for with a Cov letter signed by Frank Rosenblum general Secretary trea surer. The Cheque and letter were forwarded through Joseph James manager of the Winnipeg local. Meanwhile from Hamilton came word that its contribution to the Manitoba flood Relief fund was boosted to almost Over the Eek end. The twin cities of fort William and port Arthur reported that col Lect ions by monday had reached nearly was received the week end. In Toronto householders Are he ing asked to dig into their Larder Jeral financial assistance Par and put out Foo packages to be titular by in regard to Long run collected wednesday by the flood damage estimate due within week Manitoban will gel a preliminary estimate of total flood dam age to the red River Valley Early next week when the joint Domin Ion provincial investigating com Mission makes its interim report to the two governments. The commission composed of d Bruce Shaw of Winnipeg and j b. Carswell of Vancouver is sex peeled to file a preliminary state ment which will become the Basil of negotiations Between the Dominion and provincial govern ments on the amount of Initia Federal Aid. As soon As the preliminary Esti mate is filed with the two govern ments. Premier d. L. Will depart for Ottawa Campbel to com t. H the Merice negotiations with Dominion government amount of initial Federal Aid Wil be announced following these negotiations. Ii. Is expected i hat further fed to Ronto Street cleaning department for Winnipeg flood victims. Child Ren will be asked to take con preventive measures will be Forth coming after tie commission ers make their final report prob ably by old Tummer. . Aid Saigon Viet Nam May Blum head of the. Economic Mission Here Sai tuesday that the first Insl Almen american Aid to indo China Wital it will be Divide Mong the three indo Chines ales of Viet Nam Cambodia an to. Canon commissions anglican missionaries Portage la Prairie May 30 special at a special ceremony carried out at the close of the Sun lion of . Fisheries. Day morning service Canon p. Bays of St. Mary s anglican Church officially commissioned miss Pat upper la have ;