Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 03, 1951, Winnipeg, Manitoba Railways apply for interim increase Winnipeg variable cloudiness today and Sun with a few continuing Low tonight and High 5 below and ask hike be made at once 3 up the railways saturday applied for a temporary five increase in freight they asked the Board of transport commissioners to Grant the higher rates almost immediately in View of the boards postponement of 12 hearings in which the Board was to have heard an for established in creases of about 10 per the railways asked that i he which also would in vote a 10centsaion increase1 on Coal and be dealt with they said postponement of the main hearing would result in loss of Revenue of a Day from what they might have received if the application were heard Nanri saturdays move by the railways comes just two Days after they applied for an increase Between five and six per on top of a application pending before the Board for several Cost to shippers the temporary increase would Cost freight shippers about a representatives of provinces opposing freight rate in who were served her last night with formal notice of the interim said today that if will be opposed just As strongly is the More permanent increases obtained by the railways in the last few Alberta govern freight rate and Rand manager of the maritime transportation com said they were amazed that this action should be taken in View of the 12 final edition Winnipeg free press 59 31 52 pages Price by Carrier 30 cents per week november 1951 Sun rises Moon rises Sun sets forecast continuing cold Moon sets building Boom High River averts danger of Winter Power shortage rumours of an impending Power Ian entirely different Hortage in the Peak Load period ing to of december and january this Winter were spiked Friday by chairman of the Manitoba Hydro electric no fear is Feit for an immediate shortage principally because the Winnipeg River is maintaining a better than average he the Outlook regarding shortage of Hydro electric Power in the not too Distant future tells for the past three years in particular sve have been extremely Lucky in Stephens the River has been flowing at a much greater rate than we should Ever expect from its past this in fact is the sixth year run Ning that the Winnipeg River flow has exceeded the Normal flow of cubic feet per Engin critics lash on new prices step sailing in flattops for Mideast 3 Reuters about troops of the British 3rd infantry the Ironsides will embark Sun Day in the aircraft carriers Triumph and illustrious for the Middle probable destination is within a few hours of the Suez canal most of the troops belong to the 29th the divisions 32nd brigade is standing by and May for the Middle East when the two carriers troops arrive by air 3 Cap a fresh British infantry brigade poured into the Suez canal zone Libya by Airlift Friday in the biggest transport operation since the Berlin troops of the first division guards in desert bit the inn cd in a groups of Bont 10minute intervals fit Knicl to reinforce the Esti mated soldiers holding the canal non inst egyptian threats Zind harass the operation adds perhaps 000 or men to the garrisons and consolidates the first Divi Sion in the one of its three brigades was stationed there when Egypt cancelled her treaties with Britain s in a move to oust the British the second was mov 3 up the governments plan to turn its anti Price fixing legislation Over to committee for farther study ran into brisk commons operation Fri charges of re herring and stalling emerge from the opposition benches As the government moved to establish i joint common Senate to hear representations on the Legisla forecast in the speech fron the opposition members accused the government of altering policy first it had said it would bring1 Down legislation to prohibit manufacturers from fixing retail prices of their pro ducts now it was using the delay intr device of sending it to committee As the debate it produced the second recorded vote of this fall John Diefenbaker the chief progressive conservative critic of the government prompted the vote when he moved an amendment aimed at giving the committee Power to Range through the whole of the governments anti combines Legisla de in recently from backstage moves official sources said Hack stage moves arc under Way to Settle the British egyptian Cri Sis by direct meetings in they said Anthony foreign Silt meet egyptian foreign minister Mohamed Salah Al bin Pasha while both Are attending the in Assembly opening in Paris Eden speaker Ross Macdonald ruled it out of order on the ground no prior notice was and the progressive conservatives they lost 96 to in the opening Hazen argue introduced a motion to initiate a debate on the new railways application for a freight rate speaker k k clothes hike Cost of living 3 cup a Sharp climb in clothing prices provided the main steam for a six tenth Lapoint climb in the Cost of living Index during the bringing the Index to record from during was the smallest in five it compared with the two tenths Leapoint increase during april and the record monthly climb of Points in a feature of the september reported by the Bureau of statistics was a drop in the food the second in two lower meat and egg prices Macdonald declined to allow it to the seeking to get away from too much night also adopted the report of a special committee recommending that it sit Only three nights a week for the remainder of this Stuart Justice min moving to set up the new see prices Page 17 roughriders clash with asks tonight tonight the Saskatchewan roughriders and Edmonton eskimos tangle in the first game of a vital bestow three series for Western foot Ball although the Winnipeg Blue bombers were eased out of the running last f Manitoba fans will still have f ears glued to the radio i for the broadcast from Edmonton Over football fans Are assured of full coverage of the big game in mondays free remainder of the series will be played in ears say because of increased Power demands in the last three a shortage would have developed in that period if it had not been for the Rivers excess of principal worry now is what will happen if a really dry Cycle were to past history shows numer Ous six and even nine year periods when the River was riot carrying enough water to meet today minimum requirements even with additional Power Stephens plans needed now to the expected increased Power he we should have plans on the drawing boards now for plants that should be begun immediately after completion of the Pine Falls it is expected the first no this new Winnipeg River Plant will be producing electricity sometime before the end of the the Winnipeg electric com pants proposed steam Generator which was to have ultimate capacity of horse has been shelved for the this standby Plant was going to be used to supplement the output of the company seven Sisters an great Falls plants in times of to water on the Winnipeg president and Gen eral manager of the Winnipeg electric said Friday tha experts were brought from easier Canada to consult on the plan we Only got As far As Survey ing the proposed a halt was called on the project when the announcement was made by Premier Campbe that the provincial government was going ahead with an act t enable it to acquire private pow first Plant closed the first hydroelectric Powe Plant to lie built in Western can the Winnipeg electric com pants Pinawa has now Bee completely closed reason of see Power Page 9 bitterness Racks Portage politics Portage la Prairie today is a City racked by internal an undercurrent of bitterness and frustration colors the action City officials and on More than one burst into the open to the detriment of the municipality As a the rift in civic affairs began shortly after the election of mayor the family budget items in the based on 193d39 prices equalling were slightly ranging from climbs in Coal and Coke to higher prices for theatre tickets and health rents were not on the wholesale Side during the bureaus Index for 30 Industrial material prices re versed its downward trend in the four previous months and moved did the Index for farm pro on the retail the cloth ing subindex during septem Ber jumped Points to a Peak of this resulted from u Survey which showed higher prices for fall and Winter with lower prices for see living costs Page 11 is expected to talk first with Small increases for other Dean Secretary of and Robert French for eign who support the Bri Tish the first plane flying into the British air base at Fay id Friday brought crack Coldstream fully armed and ready for desert following were battalions of the Queens own and Cameron highlanders and voters listed for Grain ballot returns from 29 of Manitoba 53 electoral divisions show a total or producers have been registered As eligible to Vole in the 2t coarse grains the figures were released Satur Day by Charland chief electoral officer for the in some cases when the producer did not turn up to Register his name was placed on the voting list after a Check was made to de Termine that he had sold Grain last breakdown of the registration in each of the reporting electoral divisions is As follows bran Don s2 673 576 493 Gilbert Lake Mani Norfolk Beautiful Portage la 12s and 675 273 Springfield the 101 Winnipeg 7 Winnipeg 2s so Turtle 1so Frank eni the clan Mour of film land brunettes and gorgeous women and handsome Frank free press movie is deep in the minist fall that spark Ling Hollywood wining and dining with the stars that you yourself would like to and judging by the stories Frank is sending Hes thoroughly enjoying his assignment in the magical film free press we will want to keep posted on his activities in the City where make believe comes watch for his continuing old country soccer 3 of soccer matches played in the United King Dom saturday i 0 2 Aston 3 Derby county 1 Manchester Manchester 0 pc Castol in i 1 Preston North 4 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disharmony was actually a sign of quarrel with ramp observers taking Only one example of friction within the cites failed to see How the mayors quarrel with the local detachment was s sign of his charges that the were not performing their duties in respect to the cites traffic bylaw met general the As a dissociated itself with the mayors later in the election Campaign Henderson said he had no quarrel with the Force As Long As Luton Orient 2 Ipswich town 0 Norwich City 1 Newport county 2 Plymouth Argyle 2 sout Henci United 0 Shrewsbury town 2 Gillingham 2 Swindon town 0 Bristol City 0 Walsall 2 Torquay United 3 1 Mill Wall 2 English league division 111 Northern Accra Norton Stanley 4 Chester 2 Barrow 0 Oldham athletic 1 Bradford 2 Southport 2 Carlisle United 2 York City 1 Chesterfield 0 Crewe Alexandra 0 Grimsby town 3 Darlington 0 Halifax town 1 Tran Mere rovers 0 Mansfield town 4 Scunthorpe United 1 Rochdale 0 Lincoln City 1 Stockport county 1 Braford City 2 Workington 1 Hartlepool 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Here they found win try decorations that Over Shad building series details growth of City the free press in a series of three articles starting to drives the results of i vey of Industrial construction in greater Winnipeg in revue liner Hie size Anil nature of a building Boom estimated in the first 10 months of the year to have surpassed article one shows How increased Power Anil Telephone railway car Bank customs receipts and company payrolls indicate the growing Industrial production thai has Given Rise to this it also lists new manufacture started in greater Winnipeg this article two deals with the trend of downtown Indus trial and business concerns to wards the West end of the City and James where Large properties Are being bought up and construction of plants is underway where steel Supply article three covers expansion of Banks Ami Indus trial concerns within Down town Winnipeg and in outly ing areas excluding James and the West it also touches on big defence con tracts to greater Winnipeg next week to see Start of new Bank construction of a ban of Canada building at Portage Avenue East and rorie Street i Start next week the free pics Learned the permit issued thursday brought value of this years build alterations and repairs to in the City the new Bank is the result of recent Dominion government decision to construct a secondary federa Reserve Bank hero As a defence designed by Moody and Moore the Bank will be two storeys in height with a 50foot frontage 01 Portage Avenue East by 100 feet or rorie a Granite and Tydai Stone front is with face Brick on the West Side facing Mair architects there is adequate room in the space Between the Bank site and main Street for additional James Richardson and sons still own the land surrounding the Bank first floor the building Wil be devoted to banking officials second floor will House he Industrial development Bank and other Federal Earl City inspections said Friday Winnipeg has 5 buildings now under construction Iilah values ranging from o in the to 00 Range Are 22 permits have been issued for 713 new dwellings so far this valued at com pared with 853 to this Date last year valued at in the past two weeks permits vere issued for 37 compar d to 16 for a similar period in larger permits this week include d one to Muirhead forwarding company for a warehouse at 536 Wall Street and to the pro Uncial government for alterations o offices in the old science build no on memorial to Cost see Royal tour Page 9 Idle Cost City there Are individuals re living Public Aid from the City f Winnipeg at the present and the Cost to the City this year p to and including was superin indent of Public revealed for the Cost of actual reef plus stood at of those receiving City Aid at the resent 96 per Are in Palmer this percentage will Hange considerably now that win or is almost Here and casual employment is on the scores be Laid off for the Winter and in Many despite employment they will Eek additional Aid from the Winnipeg is the Only City in Estern Canada that has a policy f subsidizing unemployment in Palmer at the same Date last there Ere persons receiving Aid of the he the reason r the decrease this year is that e employment situation was quite Iod during the pub see Relief Page 9 i expansion air Hank building retail store first to months of Beals All records he but11 Patk son these Are Boom times ind Ilie changing face of greater Winnipeg this year shows construction for the last 10 months is tit an All time High More than and Only of this is de Fence 9 Industrial production is Well on the Way to exceed ing years record 10 to 15 per Gross value of goods produced is estimated at up wards of s4 for 3951 a record higher than last 0 higher increased n e w More warehouse new Industry All these have figured in Winnipeg Industrial life this a canvass of 50 greater Winnipeg manufacturing and Distri buting firms reflected the general Prosperity the this year 22 had either built or were building new and larger plants seven were expanding their existing plants most of them waiting for had bought properly for projected Lew eight wore Manu Fao Urcis who had started new plants Lere this year and two were new of those established previous to reported an increase in sales volume or production rang ing As High As 75 per Over new Auto print distributing warehouse Snow and rain is rugged Rugby fare 3 a it looks like a cold weekend Over most of the United the Days forecast of continued cold and Snow rain in some sections meant heavy wraps for the thousands planning on at tending football it was found that in 30 companies Small and Large distributing houses and manufacturing plants taken at random there had been payroll increases total Ling some bursting Al seams while there were some minor notes Stool shortage was delay ins building by some companies now bursting i lie seams in their present premises credit roster la bad a slight drop in Salos and merchants complained the Federal government had monthly payments Over too a period and Cash Down for in article too High production night look higher in terms of Dol first in series of Throe hrs Dup to Inola Tiomi but was sometimes lower in terms units Noddle trades of Fred buyer resistance was causing n in their Industry these pessimistic undertones worn outweighed by the physical fact of new and larger premises and by Ston Dily expand ing to Thi end of october there in More than permits Jur new building issued by the City proper this More than Worth new Homes and other buildings have been erected or Are under construct this comprises 737 now Dwel 33 new new see Page 17 allies Flint Kaeson zone demilitarized 3 Cap United nations truce in a Surprise proposed to the communists today that disputed Kaeson be placed in a demilitarized decision on the reel held City was the final main Issue blocking agreement on a korean armistice ceasefire the communists insist on keep no which straddles the historic invasion route it Ward 31 Miles 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