Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 26, 1951, Winnipeg, Manitoba Final edition Cloudy with Light Clearing this afternoon. Cold. Winds Northwest 20, decreasing to Light tonight. Low tonight and High on saturday live above and 25. Vol. 59 no. 24 40 pages Price by Carrier 26, 1951 Sun rises 7.05 Sun . Moot jus i 1.06 Moon Stu 3.2s . Forecast Snow flurries conservatives win in Britain men re elected x Maude j. Mucci Geeky re eur Ceil Alderman Ward on. Ami. V. B. Re elected Alderman Ward two Ald. James Black Alderman Ward two w. S. Mcewen re elected to school Board word one Juba loses on Transfer three More aldermen and one school trustee were reflected thursday night and Friday morning As the trans or of ballots continued at Winnipeg s City Hall. Friday morning Aid. Fames Black c.e.c., and Aid Victor b. Anderson ., were returned to of fice in Ward two. Thursday evening Aid Maude Mccreery was re elected Council in Ward one and trustee w. S. Mcewen to the school Board in the same Ward. Receiving Good support i r o m the second choices of their respective running mates Aid. Black and Aid. Anderson swept past Stephen Juba who ran As an in dependent advocating the establishment of. Mixed beverage rooms in the City. Aid. Black came up with the Transfer of second choices from Aid. St. John who was elected on the first ballot. Of Aid. St. John s 531 transferable ballots Aid. Black received 395. Or. Juba received Only 43 of Aid St. John s seconds. Anderson who in the first count was trailing or. Juba passed his opponent on the Transfer of 1mllots of j. It. W. Jhc Isanc and a. X. Robertson both candidates. From or. Mcisaac Aid. Ander son received 398 votes and later an additional when the Robert on Transfer was made. This brought him Over the quota. Ward two trustee Friday afternoon Tolje Transfer of ballots of Ward two school trustees got under Way. This will be Fol the Ward three transfers. It is Likely that the entire civic election picture will be cleaned up by Friday evening. Ward one Aldermani win ners Are Aid. C. Be. Simonitz re elected on first count Gor Don Chown also elected on the first count and Aid. Mccreery. School trustees Are mrs. B. K. Tennant and Stan Laing both re elected on f. Serial Page 6. C 22, 23, 24. Wounded veterans. Col. Allan said Complete arrangements had now been made Between the department of National defence provincial government department of vet Erans affairs and the Rivers tour committee. A Happy All involved were Happy about the situation worked out extremely he said that the army and provincial government had been working together the past three Days on the problem. In All 120 veterans and a Small Hospital staff will leave Winnipeg at 8 . Sunday in three army buses arriving at Rivers at noon. An additional group of orderlies and staff from Shilo military Hospital will be on hand to tend the wounded. Or. W. R. Dunlop Deer Lodge Hospital superintendent said thursday those who were convalescing and the chronically ill would be taken. Also included he added would be a number of older veterans who live in the Academy Road Home. Col. Allan said that the vet Erans will be driven out by army service corps Drivers will be Given a hot lunch at the Field and then Tea prior to their departure. He said a warm hangar was available in Case the weather was inclement. The provincial government Ottawa. Oct. 26 special government sources were officially Neutral regarding the outcome o the British election but there a a general behind the scenes gratification Over the result due mainly to the knowledge that Anglo american relations would take turn for the better. Canada occupies position of intermediary Between the United kingdom and the United states and any develop ment that might tend to make relations smoother is. Welcomed Otuwa government sources painted out Friday. At the same time they stressed that As far As Canada was concerned regardless of which Side won the election would place in office men with whom the Cana Dian government had worked closely in the past in both the in Tern a tonal and Commonwealth spheres official Ottawa was mainly anxious that whichever Side won i receive a solid working majority t ensure stable government in Bri Tain with no need for another Elco Tion in the near future. One ranking member of the gov eminent said i think Churchill s return will give the United states and especially Congress More Faith in Britain. It was hard for a coun try such As the . To set much store by what the Attlee govern ment was there had been fear in official quarters that election results would be inconclusive. On the Side of personalities those with whom canadians will Deal Are generally known to them. Some Are old friends. It. Hon. Anthony Eden for example is on tace Best of see veterans Page 16 a head of amps praises idea of Rivers trip Fine was the reaction of to the news hat Many hospitalized patients from Deer Lodge and the Academy Road Home will Rivers ail station to see the Royal couple sunday. Or. Charles manager of the Manitoba Branch of the War am mutations association said it was i very Fine thought on someone s however he said wheel chair and bedridden patients will still be disappointed if they Are not allowed to go. The report that the department of National defence had the mat under Active consideration was made following an offer by the free press to transport the wounded veterans to Rivers. Inclement i weather or ther unforeseeable. Pc 33 23 57 .01 terms with Cagliada s external affairs officials. John Diefenbaker pc Lake Centre commenting on the out come said apparently the results show a return to conservatism every where. First there was Australia and new zealand and now Grea Britain. The Choice of Churchill As prime minister will make for the strongest Commonwealth relations and new Hope to the democratic Peoples in their struggle again Kcf leaders not fretting at . Vote by Peter Mclintock Ottawa oct. 26 special the Party is not too disappointed with British election results according to statements by party spokesmen Here Friday. M. J. Coldwell party Leader said i am pleasantly surprised a the results. British political his tory led me to. Believe the conservatives would be elected with quite a Large majority. A feature of the election is the poor showing of the Liberal party a very Gratifying feature is the utter failure of the m m u n is candidates. The results indicate that the majority of the British people appreciate the f r e a t Forward Steps taken by the labor government since it came to Power. There is no reason for any discouragement in these a prominent Front Bencher commented i think labor did exceptionally Well under the circumstances much better than i thought they would. Their Strong Lien Are All in. The opposition they will produce should mean that any attempt of the tory government to Lessen the gains of the ast six years will result in a lab or Victory in the next Alexander to remain for summer Ottawa oct. 26 up count Alexander s term of office As governor general of Canada has been extended several months beyond next april 12, it was Learned Friday. He Likely will re main until late summer. It is the Sec Ond Extension of the popular gov Ern o a general s Alexander term which or finally was to have expired last april but was set Forward one ear. Traditionally the King s representative in Canada holds office for five years. An official announcement of the test expected to be made shortly by prime minister Louis St. Laurent. It is understood the Extension was agreed upon after Consulta Ion Between prime minister St. Laurent the King and Viscount Alexander. Previously the Viscount had planned to return to England in he Spring. Viscount Alexander was appoint d governor general March 21, 946, and officially assumed office april. 1.2. Go ahead. At 4.30 . Get 10.30 . Cost Morgan Phillips labor party chairman and its chief strategist conceded the election to the conservatives. By Early evening counting of votes in the general election had Given tha conservatives 317 seats to labor s 293, assuring them of an Over All majority in the 625 seat House of commons. A conservative spokesman had said earlier they expected a majority of 25. With the tory margin a slender one possibly leaving about 300 seals to labor or. Followers will not be much bettor Oft than their labor predecessors. The result brought to Climax six years of grim unrelenting struggle by the old wartime prime minister again to the labor party which Imp met government control Over much of Britain s Industry und Pri vate Enterprise. However the tories Are not expected to change things much except turn the Iron and steel Industry to private ownership. Or. Churchill was jubilant and grateful. Speaking to his constituents at Woodford where was re old cod he said you have Given me wonderful support. It Nevor reached a higher Pinacle than it did or Churchill grinning after his first election Victory As a conservative Leader made a Surprise appearance at conservative head quarters. Election in congratulating party workers on their magnificent perform he said it s been a very hard fought election and the yet in Complete show the great Effort you have made have not been unavailing. We shall use not Only party strength but the great strength of this country to bring a restoration of Britain t or. Churchill told during the Campaign that put Ting an end to the cold War with the communist world i see . Page 5 party standings returns from 617 of 625 constituencies in die British election showed the following party stand nos at 6.15 . Get 12.15 . Labor 293, conservatives and allies 317. Liberals and others 7. Deferred 1. Unreported 7. Party gains a summary of gains by parties in he British election based on re urls at 5 . Get cell . Cost rom 612 seats conservatives from labor 20. Conservatives from Liberal 2. Liberal conservative from labor labor from Liberal 2. Liberal from labor 1. Irish labor from Ulster unionist unchanged 585. Doubtful 13. X 2 women Battle and tory wins Newcastle England oct. 26 Reuters the conservatives thursday won the Only All women contest in the British general elec Ion. Miss Irene Ward retained her eat at nearby Tynemouth against Abor s miss Grace Colman who von the seat in 1945, but Ost it in 1950. Miss Ward increased her majority by votes Over 1950. No candidates contested he seat this time. Last year a lib eral polled once rancher Johnson a Winner London oct. 26 up Erie Ohnson an sex cattle rancher from British Columbia s Caribou District thursday night gave the conserva Ives their first break. He captured he Blackley division of Manchester or the conservatives from labor s j. Diamond who had a majority of ,2 in the 1950 election. Atomic bomb drop called off in Nevada Las vegas nev., oct. 26 a a scheduled atomic bomb drop was called off Friday with planes n the air presumably ready to Oose their nuclear weapons. The atomic Energy commission said storm conditions Over the big Esting Range Northwest of Here ailed to improve As rapidly As had been expected. . Youth confesses Vancouver oct 26 up a desire of a 17-year-o 1 d High cd ool student to hug a girl led o the death of 13-year-old Laura Grant of Mission b.c., More than year ago. I wanted to hug a fran is Stephen Sykes said in a death Ell confession released thursday y John s. Burton defence coun Al. Sentenced to be hanged dec. 11 or the sex flaying of the Little school girl sykes1 sentence now Ai been commuted to life Imru Ament ;