Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 24, 1952, Winnipeg, Manitoba True Economy cooked Winnipeg week end edition with comics inc Winnipeg tuesday june 24, 1952 by Carrier in Winnipeg 30c per week red River show attracted a total s7.699 persons visited the red River exhibition held june 14-21, a Check by officials of the Kinsmen club has revealed. Until All expenses have been paid it will not be definitely known just How the show made out financially but w. J. Bill Sinclair exhibition chairman indicated tuesday that a profit is expected. Daily paid attendance at the show staged in Osborne stadium and the amphitheatre rink was As follows first sat urday monday tuesday wednesday 706 thursday. 12.54s Friday and the second Satur Day monday night. Winnipeg Kinsmen officially bade fare Well to Betty and Benny Fox Darin sky dancers whose amazing act atop a 12o-foot pole brought gasps from thousands of fair visitors. Both were presented with engraved Gold watches at a dinner in their Honor at Camp Manitou on the Assiniboine River near St. Charles. This summer Camp for boys is one of the projects sponsored by Winnipeg Kinsmen. The Gold watches not Only will serve As a Token appreciation on the part of the Kinsmen but so far As Betty Fox is concerned will become a very useful article. She dropped her own watch while skipping rope on the 12o-pole one night during the exhibition and it was never Dis covered. Probably spattered into a Kinsmen official Blue 10, Back Home faces first Day at school six year old Lorraine was excited. When Peter comes Home and when school s out Well be Able to go to the Beach won t we she said As she waited at the Canadian Pacific station for the return of tier ten year old brother. said her father we 11 have to spend the summer get Ting Peter All Peter son of or. And mrs. Joseph Graham 795 _ Jubilee Avenue the 16th Blue baby to be sent to Toronto s Hospi Tal for sick children by the Manitoba Junior red Cross arrived Home tuesday morning just four weeks after he left to undergo an operation for the congenital heart disease. Peter stepped from the train. Lorraine rushed to give him a welcoming kiss. Doctor s had proclaimed the operation so very successful that Peter was realised a week a lot Peter said. The doctor said i would t be Able to play football but i can go to the blonde boy has received Home instruction. Now he plans to attend our lady of Victory school. Recently he passed his University Grade three piano examination. On hand to Greet him were his father and sister 13-year old brother John his grand Mother mrs. J. Graham or. And mrs. W. Graham or. Ana mrs j. Mlodzinski of Detroit and mrs j. Thomes uncles and aunts mrs. P. Tickets Peter s Cousin and miss Ruby l. Spenceley. Director of Mani Toba s Junior red Cross. Crippled cd Dren enjoy legion concert a ule its at the shrines Hospital for c he the concert enjoy Cal a variety show by the legion _ children saturday party of Prince Edward music Orch Sra Ano the legion ettes briton sees trading seed All certified . Builds reputation of her on stocks convention told a prediction that in the near future seed Trade Between coun tries would be confined to certified stocks was made tuesday by h. C. Gregory president of the seed Trade association of the United kingdom. Or Gregory told closing sessions of the Canadian seed Trade association convention at the Royal Alexandra hotel that the . Aimed at qualitative control of see exports and imports to build up the reputation of her lines abroad Anc to boost the production of food at Home. Dollar curbs buying sales of Canadian seed to the . Could be greatly increased or. Gregory said if Only the .1 Dollar shortage could be remedied a solution of the Dollar problem or. Gregory said would Benen Canada even More in some respects than it would the . He said the Dominion is in an economically Ideal position to produce food for Sale in the . And other euro Pean countries. But because of Dollar shortages the . Is having to depend More and More on her own production. The ., he added is now work in toward self sufficiency in the production of sugar and is increasing the output of grasses forage crops and feed grains in an at tempt to increase her meat output. Shillings for meat we be got plenty of or Gregory said but one and one half shillings of meat per week is a miserable thing for a nation of beef eaters to the present world food shortage or. Gregory said was More a mat Ter of distribution than production. The production problem he Felt could largely be overcome with the use of better seed and a Freer interchange information and Parent Stock among Plant breeders of the world. Council backs Borrower s firing City Council in a monday night approved the recent i dismissal of a waterworks employee by w. D. Hurst City Engineer for misconduct m Tor s rowing City tools and materials for use on a private plumbing Job. Voting on the recommendation from personnel and legislation committee was not recorded. How Ever two amendments which would have merely suspended the employee were turned Down 9-6 and 11-4. An amendment moved by Aid. H a. Mckelvey would have set up a committee of three aldermen to decide on the length of suspension the employee s misconduct civil defence chief of . Coming Here sir John Hodsell sees local officials july 10, 11 sir John Hodsell recognized As the Foremost civil defence author Ity will Confer with civil defence officials in Winnipeg july 10 and accompanists were j Lin Florin a clays and Piper John Robertson. Hotel fracas sends graduation exercises for 16-year-old twins Arlene and Marilynn ased thin. Five year record Agar. Of never they Are k of c elects Brocket t grand Knight Park Pavilion scene of Council s meeting St. Boniface Calls pact on diking costs unfair _ _ Aita t1. A St. Night Boniface Council decided to protest. To the monday Calgary. Mayor Maclean Aid. Louis Leger and Aid. Henri Bois 11. Chief of civil defence services in great Britain he developed the system now being followed by both Canada and the United states sir John will arrive Here the evening of july 9 from Regma accompanied by map Gen p. P. Worthington Canadian civil de Fence coordinator. The Western visit of sir John is primarily to attend the convention of mayors and municipalities at provincial government against the terms compelled of an agreement it has been to sign with the City police hold two on Ontario charge Winnipeg police Are holding two Ontario men in connection with a car allegedly stolen at Kenora ont., Over the week end. Police were Noti fied monday and the car was spotted on a City Street Mon Day night. Arrested were George r. Foster. 21, of Tor onto and William Hamilton is of London ont. Police said an escort is on its Way from the Ontario resort town to take them Back to face Knelt charges. Two men to jail a saturday night Brawl in a City hotel room ended in jail terms for two men who appeared tuesday before magi Strate d. C. M. Kyle in City police court. John Thomas Craig 29, and George Savage 29 both of no fixed address received six and four month jail sentences respectively after Thev pleaded guilty to assault ing Michael Crook 38 Argyle Street. Oloc Nilor. George Day. One second and to and Cost were me City traffic court Mon Sidney Avenue was 7 tempi Etc n of Osborne Bridge traffic Over the Osborne Street Bridge is being slightly disrupted while the City repairs the Concrete deck at the Bridge s expansion joint. A. J. Taunton Deputy City Engineer said tuesday that the old Point had been faulty causing vibrations which shattered the Cement on either Side. Two new Concrete strips three feet wide Are being Laid along the joint. Concordia official an honorary life member ship in the Concordia club monday was conferred on one of its organizers. George t. Hasten prior to his departure to live in Victoria . He also received a gift from the Board of directors on which he had served since the clubs organization in 1936. A. E. Longstaffe presided at the ceremony. Votre Michael his escape Mac inside inc c Kyle tuesday in ii police court. It. Kyle tuesday in in Slid Down the Coal Chute entered a he came out with Cash City s Undi ked ask Board of arbitration a request for a Board of arbitration to Settle the claims of 4o Home owners outside the Dike on Gie Wood Crescent was referred to finance committee by City Council monday night the request was made by representatives of the property own ers who have been trying to get compensation for lowered proper to values and other grievances since the Dike was built in the fall of 1950 isolating them on the River Bank. The delegation produced two Large scrapbooks full of clippings documents and correspondence re latin to their claims. Turned Down by Federal and provincial governments they had returned to Council As the source of author said the delegation. Under the City charter claims for damage caused by the City can be submitted for arbitration. How Ever it has been pointed out that the City did not build the dikes. Council also heard a Chimney sweep Dele gation Appeal for a further re vision of tariffs under the. Chim by sweep bylaw. Heard Aid. Gordon Chown ask for the third time if the City Engineer had called for test tenders on local improvements and Public works to Check on department costs. Aid. J. G. Harvey Public works chairman answered no. Learned that Aid. Harvey the City solicitor and the City Engineer will negotiate with the Winnipeg electric company for removal of unused Streetcar tracks on Sel Kirk Avenue since the municipal and Public Utility Board has re fused to approve a 1946 agree ment Between the City and the company greater Winnipeg sanitary District covering the Cost and maintenance dikes and pumping stations in the municipality. Under the terms of a Bill passed at the Spring session of the Regis future. St. Boniface has to meet construction and maintenance costs for diking and pumping within its boundaries. Council holds that this agree Selle Are slated to attend the five Day meet which commences sat urday. Expense unjustified ment is an unfair Levy on municipalities which by misfortune of nature have a lower Elevation and urges that diking costs m the greater Winnipeg area be made on a per capita basis. Asks review of Bui a special committee report commissioned by Council recommends that mayor George Maclean sign next session. Elected the Winnipeg Council of the Manitoba pharmaceutical association ifif11 Aprl Herfi by the Manitoba retail druggists association j. H. Karr vice president win right arc George Whyte Winnipeg Houston honorary treasurer Steinbach and Nipper r l hat Ryan president Winnipeg c. J. Vic Muisey j _ Mijck oct or Missil m a Anderson Gistar treasurer. Missing from the to pc toss. Bartle in the 10w picture Are association from left to City Harold a. Brown Boniface Knight 1 knights of Columbus at a general meeting and dinner monday at Assiniboine Park Pavilion. Others named to the executive were Norman j. Lindsay Deputy Rand Knight . Mcmanus Lane Ellor . Carter recording Creary l. E. Williams adv Ite a. Hookham treasurer h Bell Warden Charles Greco m Casey . Howley w. K. Graeve. Guards . Mclntyre s. Whalley jr., . Tadman and . Keenan lecturer. Aldermen Call for Check up on Brooklands provincial Aid urged in City suburb amalgamation the provincial government should a willing to assist municipalities a siring to amalgamate with the Ity of Winnipeg it was claimed at the inaugural meeting monday f the City s special committee on in committee recently set up by mayor Garnet Coulter dealt chiefly with the question of pos sible amalgamation with the Vil age of recent Brooklands voted for amalgamation by a Large majority Aid Peter Taraska was named chairman of the new committee other members Are Aid. George Sharpe Aid. V. B. Anderson Aid h v Mckelvey Aid. Gordon shown and Aid. Jacob Penner j r. Mcinnes City treasurer was instructed to report on Brook land s financial position the assess ment value of its land and build Ings its amount of vacant prop erty school population and facilities Miles of roads streets Anc other such details. It will take at least two month to assemble this information or Mcinnes told the committee. Carnival dancing a summer carnival and s tree dance will Climax the activities o the Broadway Optimist Community Centre saturday evening at 17 Young Street. An old time orches tra for dancing and games will b special features. Pony rides and fish Pond for the children will b added attractions with prizes Bem Given. Council also heard a Strong pro Nat from Aid. L l. Against the expenditure of sanctioned earlier by Council to cover the Cost of a delegation to the Canadian federation of mayors and municipalities convention druggists p Manitoba of Tail treas Ireri Winnipeg j. G. Men discussion arose out of a letter submitted by a. Forbes Rankin 171 Claremont Avenue representing a group of which contended that the expenditure was unjustified and that mayor Mac lean alone should attend. Aid Desjardins was doubtful of the value to the City of such Dele g Aid. Marion said that Little Money had been spent by the administration on educating our own and contended that sum of even out of a budget which exceeded was Well Worth Aid g. P. Shearer echoed the deep As expressed in a letter of Norwood businessmen at the decision of the Winnipeg elec tric company to run its buses to St vital along St. Mary s Road thereby by passing the business Section in the new route is contemplated when Street cars Are replaced. Council agreed that its traffic committee should study the mat Ter. July 10, members of the metro Politan civil defence Board headed by . M. H. S. Penhale will fete sir John and Gen. Worthington at a dinner m the fort Garry hotel. Attending will be Premier d. L. Campbell Hon. C Rhodes Smith the provincial minister in charge of civil defence cd Board members committee members from local . Planning groups and mayors and Reeves in the metropolitan area. Sir John who directed British civil defence services during the second War will study the local organization and training pro gramme while Here. Gen Penhale said tuesday the matter of the detailed administration of Federal . Grants will be taken up with the Canadian coordinator. Split decision warranted. It was supported by aldermen David Orlikov. Jack Blumberg Jacob Penner Slaw re Chuck and Peter Taraska. Aid. Penner s amendment Call ing for suspension to july 1, backed by aldermen Mckelvey Orlikov and Blumberg. Could t get Joyc publicity Given to the Case said Aid. Mckelvey had placed the Man in the position where he would t be Able to get a Job in the City. It was tantamount to Blac Balling the City Only fires employees for theft said Aid. Orlikov. And if a worker stole he should be prosecuted. In this Case he reasoned there were no charges of theft so there should be no Dis Missal. Laxness in the department contributed to the whole charged Aid. Orlikov. Is too severe and the Man has Al ready lost 5300 in on the other Side Aid. C. E. Simonite suggested that the army thefts recently uncovered at Petawawa ont., started from things like this if a Man borrows a Dollar from the till wednesday intending to replace it he said there in t a person Here would t say that the Man should be severely dealt the dismissed employee had borrowed 132 feet of Copper pipe from the waterworks department intending to replace it a few Days later according to his own pcs Alimony the worst tiling we can do with All the employees we have turn Down the decision of a department said Aid. Simo Nite. Act deterrent Aid. Gordon Chown said it was the prerogative of management to hire and fire and in this the punishment should be designed to act As a deterrent to others. If we support this amendment merely suspending the worker we condone immorality which can affect All Levels of Leon Mitchell business agent in Board places Bonus onus on arbitrator mediator will decide whether teachers to lose an arbitrator will decide whether Winnipeg school teachers will lose from their monthly Cost of using Bonus the Winnipeg school Board decided at a special meeting monday night. The Board appointed chairman b Laing vice chairman. A. In. Robertson and j. K. Morton Board free press meetings two meetings Are slated for wednesday in the free press building. They Are Board room ladies auxiliary to the associated Canadian travellers at s . And in the clubroom the Winnipeg philatelic society also at s . U poultry slated thursday the University of Manitoba s federation of civic pm also presented a Brief less severe waterworks for the Plo yees to Council urging a punishment for the Aid. Simonite charged that the Brief was coloured from Start to finish and that he never could accept a statement of Mitchells at face poultry Field Day will be held thursday beginning at 10 . And not on Friday As previously reported. The Field Day will feature poultry and egg marketing discussions disease prevention Cost reduction methods and reviews of recent re search findings in regard to management and picnic aug. 2 Canadian National railways employees will hold their 2sth annual picnic aug. 2 at grand Beach. It is sponsored by the Canadian National recreation association. Plumber architect tangle leaves trustees in Tizzy Winnipeg rotary the out going president Bulman and his Board will re port to members of the Wempe rotary the annual Meetin at 1215 . Wednesday in the Royal Alexandra hotel. Solicitor to select an arbitrator n co operation with a teachers Ommittee. The Board acted in response to request from the teachers that i arbitrator be appointed to m Erret the agreement the Board also heard a report rom a d. Adamson supervisor of caretakers who outlined plans for a organization of Caret ser prices in City schools. Trustee Joseph Zuken gave notices of motion. The first would enable the Board to retain if de sired on the supervisor s recommendations services of Board employees beyond the retirement age of 60 for women and 60 for men. The second would ask the Board w urge City Council to introduce fluoridation of water in Winnipeg. Housing Centre got bad Bootlegger ousted the City has evicted on a 24 hour notice a convicted Bootleg Ger from its Flora place emergency housing project. Council s special housing Mittee approved the action Mon Day night after hearing a report from William courage housing supervisor. Or. Courage said bootlegging activities and police raids at the of a. Mcinnes 51 Flora work on the Ebby Harrow school by the general contractor will Start almost immediately with the Winnipeg school Board still in doubt As to which of the two firms will do the plumbing work. At a special meeting monday night Board members again heard representatives of the John flax ton company limited ask Why the company should t receive the plumbing contract for work on the school when its tender was lower than the next bid. Earlier the Board s committee a heard representatives of the Pany answer letters referring to alleged 2 hours of talk after almost two hours of Dis Cussion monday night the Board two passed a motion by trustee Joseph Zuken which rescinded a directive to the general contractor that he use the firm which tendered the second highest tender Randall and company limited. D. B. W. Forrester appearing awarded two additional contracts to the company which had resulted in additional savings of or. Forrester added. Or Zuken said or. Moody should be Able to substantiate complaints against the company by chapter and complaints As a whole against the company were not and Board had a duty to safeguard Public funds. The Board had engaged an out Side architect Only after a great Deal of thought and had engaged the firm of Moody and Moore As one of the Best architectural firms trustee Peter d. Curry said. The recommendation not to accept the tender of the Plaxton firm Tiad been concurred in. By w a. Martin a Man who has built More schools probably than any Man in he said. Chairman s. B. Laing said the Board would give or. Moody an further details of unusual crash come to Light further details have been revealed of an unusual Accident involving three cars and a truck on Henderson Highway about 3.30 . Sunday. Injured were Albert Pierson 16 of 412 Harbison Avenue Dar win Walters 23, of 211 Trent ave nue and miss Jean Randall 21, 313 Harbison Avenue. Or. Pierson and miss ran Dall were passengers in a car tra Velling North on Henderson High Way near Narol when it met in collision with a two ton truck pol ice reported. The truck careened nto a ditch but the car Over turned on the Highway. Or Walters came in by another car stopped Well Clear of the scene. As he started out to Aid the Accident victims a third car driven by r. G. Anderson Moncton Avenue met in collision with the overturned car. In this second Creash or. Walt ers was injured. An earlier report said incorrectly that or. And Etson s car had collided with or Walters car. Bird Opportunity to his reasons to the Board he suggested to the Board that it invite All architects to give their impress i a ability., Home slut ill place had been giving the housing project a bad the City could do nothing for Lack of firm of Moody and Moore architects for the school in refusing to recommend the Low bidding Pany has had very far reaching the company now is known to have submitted the lowest bid on a sub contract and to have had it refused. Contractors Are asking Why. We want to know Why. We have the tight to ask for the Rea son for or. Forrester said. Or. Forrester said the explanation Given to the letters of plaint had completely absolved the company of the company took the stand that the architect must specify every item in. The plans. If not then the company could charge for extras. Architects in some cases left items out he said. Or. Forrester claimed that Moody and Moore often offended in this respect. Trustees list More changes in principals further appointments and changes in school principals were announced by the school Board first jewel has Early Speed and the rail. Merry gift figures closely in a race of this sort. Last flight showed Sharp improvement last out. Second race Maslim is lightly let appears to be the threat. Meadow. Nook should go Well Here. Third race pro new six has won three in a Row. Mac is a hard hitting sort. Agent is always dangerous fourth race by should be Able to take the Mea sure of a Field of this sort. Dumb founder should share in the purse. Suntum step rates consideration. Fifth race plucky Chic running Well. Alito should show Waterf is Light Bleu you my evidence. However Mcinnes had finally been convicted and fined for hav ing liquor for Sale. The City was then Able to give him 24-hours notice to vacate. The Sukker or Lloyd barrage dam in Pakistan has 66 spans each 60. Feet Widet savings of. The company had received work totalling from the Board. Its bids for work had resulted in a savings for the Board of he said. Since turning Down the Pany s sub contract on the Ebby Harrow school the Board had they Are mrs. . Mccallum of Florence Nightingale moves to is Bister school miss h. K. Umney moves from Wellington school to Florence Nightingale and or. L. G Robinson now on the stall 01 Kelvin technical High school moves to Wellington As principal. The Board also named trustee a. N Robertson to turn the first Sod for the Ebby Harrow now to be known As the Harrow school and trustee Adam Beck will Lay the Cornerstone. Trustee Hanson will turn the first Sod of the Kent manhat Tan school now officially named the Kent Road school. Trustee Joseph Zuken will Lay the Corner Stone. John c. Belt despite the weight. Warren author is at Peak form. Sir Low should do better than m his ase tenth race cargo ship is near a winning race. Betl Cit figures closely Here. Is running Well. At a glance 1. Paul s jewel merry gift last flight. 2. Madina Whiteford tet 3. Princess i a Sierra Mac 4. Bless you dumbfounded Samba 5. Plucky Chic Alito misty 6. John Warren. Author sir Wardlow. 7. Cargo ship bet Len miss Eplin 1st dista vicar i Best Doris y. 2nd bet Len Spinard you. Morran Reston ;