Winnipeg Free Press

Tuesday, July 01, 1952

Issue date: Tuesday, July 1, 1952
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Previous edition: Monday, June 30, 1952

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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 1, 1952, Winnipeg, Manitoba Free press True Economy milk glob read Domestic shortening week end edition with comics inc Winnipeg tuesday july 1, 1952 by Carrier in Winnipeg 30c per week real life Alice flies Over the sea a lot of Tittle people in Winnipeg today Are hearing a modern Alice in wonderland Story. The Alice this tale is a Little blonde nine year old girl called Lindsay. Now Lindsay s adventures Lindsay Stopforth july 11 set for incest into slay Angs a postmortem held monday at Winnipeg general Hospital on the body louts Schmoutz revealed that he had been shot once behind the ear officials report. His wife. Ruth died from a Haemorrhage the result of seven Stab wounds in the Back and neck according to or. Athol cordon Deputy provincial Coroner. J in fittest into both deaths opened monday at Central police station at 1 . And was adjourned until . July it at Central police Sta Tion. I mrs Schmoutz was found dead shortly after 9 . Saturday in the made my hallway of her Home at 327 Ken a queer but Nedy Street. Her husband was Riis i covered on the basement floor shortly afterwards a pos automatic bar Side him. Rushed to Hospital by police Hel died at 3.35 . Without recover did t Start by following the mad March Hare Down the Rabbit Hole and into the mys tical wonderland. In the souped up version she climbed into one of . S big North stars one Day last no vember and All alone flew across the sea to England. Pivot first time it was t the first time Lindsay had seen England. In fact she was born there but it was her first air plane ride. Her memories of that won Derland were a bit hazy too As she was Only four when she came Back to Canada with her Mother and father. Sunday Lindsay returned Home to her parents or. And mrs. L. H. Stopforth. 500 Mon Reich Street her sister Jocey and her brother John four. After spending eight months with her grandparents or. And mrs. R. Carr White in Oxford. Lindsay. Like Alice. Has some excitingly vivid memories memories of a Long Holiday at sandbanks by the sea going to the theatre to see Aladdin and Robin Hood and some wonderful times with Jill her old Friend who lived Nert door. Her greatest thrill came when she Rode a Lovely big elephant during a visit to Whipsnade zoo. Close to Oxford. While she was in Oxford she attended Grey Oats school. She found the sums rather difficult and the work very but she liked it. Prior to going to England she was a Grade three student at lord Nelson school. Afraid afraid of travelling alone not Lindsay. Shes an old hand at it. When she was three she went from London to Oxford by bus All alone. I liked it very she said giving an account of the plane flight. The Young lady sitting nex c to me and the Crew answered All my questions. Sometimes the plane went up and Down and it Canada must hike Export Trade c of c warns protectionist trend in . Pointed up government and Industry mus Sale of farm products. If is this stood at increase Export Trade if Canada is to head off Stormy economic weather. Weal he 000 from the previous High in 1949. This was the warning vowed by Manitoba figures for 1951, 1950 the Winnipeg chamber of com it 1m9 Are Merci in its mid year and 3942 bulletin issued Over the signature ,fhh., Manatine 1 be 9tllcr right from horse s Mouth he s treated better than some humans _ Stone cd treks certification of the journeymen Stone outer Winnipeg Branch agent for a u pm n Orth America As bargaining Clovees sex Day. Lindsay she will return to England. She tells her Story with quite an Oxford accent. She had no Trace accent when she her father reports. Teachers certified the Manitoba labor Board has certified the Churchill local association no. 25-4 of the Mani Oba society As bargaining of son Greenlay labor minister monday announced monday. Newest Speed skating Hope for Canada in the 1956 olympic games is Gunnar Berg pictured Here with Frank stack the Winnipeg Speed skater who met the Young norwegian in Oslo during the 1952 Winter games in february. Joung Gunnar of Oslo thinks Canada s Fine o fast february had an enthusiastic Uke Canada. By Ojeka Bozyk maybe if you re Lucky you la one Day be treated like a horse. No joke intended. For the silk arid Satin handling of the Prima Donnas of the race track make Mere humans Green with envy. Not that the four footed Speed steady Don t earn the treatment. They do and then some. But the tender care that goes into making a horse a possible Winner is More de manding than meets the Lay Man s Eye. You be got to spend a Day at the track when there s no one around except the people vitally concerned with the horses to get an inkling As to what it s All about and feel the concentrated excitement that is part of preparing a horse for the sport of but there s More to it than the daily rigmarole before a race. And at Polo Park s stable a Billy Trevenen a Man who holds a Trainer s licence since 1925, gave us the Lowdown on horse training. Treat pm like he said patting the snoot of Prai Rie Wool. And he meant it. No foot no horse the next question asked longingly was obvious. What puts a race horse lengths ahead of its competitors chiefly Good sound legs for no foot no the care of the horse s legs and hooves rivals if not surpasses that of a Ballerina. Horses Are usually shod when they Are one and one half years old. Most stables like to leave them Barefoot for As Long As possible to give the Hoof extra toughness. Ninety per cent of the race horses eventually suffer from leg trouble. Hoof treatment borrows _ a Page straight out of maladies notebook on Beauty. When the foot gets dry and begins to crack mud packs Are placed Over to keep it Pat. This stays on Over night. And says Billy Trevenen Winnipeg mud is Ideal for the purpose. Sometimes a bit of tar is added to the pack he said hastening to add that each Trainer had his pet theory on the Best kind of treatment. Oil or vaseline Are also used on the hooves. Daily rub Down the feet Are inspected before and immediately after a horse Lias run a race. And once off the track the horse gets a rub Down a combing and brushing which is a daily Fea Ture. His eyes Are inspected for foreign bodies and an Eye Wash administered to soothe sockets that have picked up track mud. Cost of keeping a horse in food according to Billy tre Venen is approximately less than 51.50 a Day. But this docs not include veterinary Bills. Trainers Are constantly on guard against infection. Usually the Only injection a horse gets is a serum used to counteract shipping fever similar to pneumonia. Sulpha and penicillin cuts Down on serious illness. Colds Are quite common among horses and Here again the horse is coddled As much not More than a human. The horse s head is dropped in a Blanket a steaming pail of menthol and eucalyptus used to ease the malady. This is combined with generous is of cough syrup and plenty of cod liver Oil. And some Hor ses react to the latter in much the same Way As the Junior members of the household. Vitamins in liquid form Are some times used to help build up a horse who has had a heavy season. Most horses Are kept to a strict schedule. Up at 5 . To bed at 5 . With meals and exercise in. Between times. Some horses or. Trevenen said go without breakfast pre Ferring to wait until later in the Fey. One horse he recalls was a finicky eater until it was fed a Cereal reserved for babies. It thrived on the substance. Or. Trevenen admits that thoroughbreds Are temperamental that the Trainer must Cater to the individuality of the horse to get the Best out of the animal. No two animals Are race horses can last a Good Many years on the track he said one horse or. Pook ran at a Good Speed for 15 years. Others become Saddle horses. And others still wind up at the old glue wherever the nag winds up seems like the horse leads a pretty pampered existence in its hey Day. A Rubdown Start cameras clicking free press contest is on camera fans will be out in prizes of 52 each and four Force during the Holiday seeking prizes of each will be of Lulu i pictures to be entered in the big six week free camera con test which now is in full swing. No matter if they remain at Home or go Galavan Ting around the country they re sure to Dis cover some interesting subjects to be photographed. In this feed free press readers. Then at 8 counts bring youth 3 years Laurie Melvin Martin 20, alias lome Peebles of 430 River Avenue was sentenced to a total of three years imprisonment by judge a. R. Macdonnell in county court m on Day. The Youthful accused pleaded guilty to theft of an Auto and six counts of receiving stolen goods. He was convicted on a seventh charge of receiving. Articles in licence typewriter. He had a previous rec Ord. Solved included stolen plates a stolen radio and this stood at for the Prairie provinces up by from 1950 and by of Evan Mccormick managing Secretary. Canada s present Prosperity u almost completely dependent on the huge appetite of the american Industrial machine the report stated and because of this the country will watch with More than passing in Terest the . Presidential Campaign. Bear watching possible resurgence of isolationist sentiment in the United states the recent drive by several . Indus tries for More Tariff Protection and for cancellation of some Trade con Cessions and the network of Trade and currency restrictions quotas and embargoes All Bear watching. There is plenty of steam in Ca Nadian Economy and most business indicators Point upwards. Most notable of the business indicators is the All time High last year in the Cash income from the die a Thor side1 on the other Side of the Ere provincial retail sales and Winnipeg building permits. During the first four months of this year Manitoba retail sales stood at compared with in the same per Iod last year. Total 1951 Manitoba retail Trade was the 1950 figure being on the wholesale level percen Tage changes in the whole of can Ada for the first four months of this year compared with 1931, arc january Down 3 per cent. February up 2 per cent. March Down 1 per cent., and april up -1 per cent. Up to june 20, value of building permits issued in Winnipeg a 1952 totalled As against for the same period last better military bands goal of new director music for Prairie health benefits and Long holidays Canadian and also he is regarded As a trades director of music command of the that s a new position and a now army for Lieut. Jack Holt a Bri ton with Many years experience in military band work. Jack Holt s new position gives my the Job of interesting More Young men in a career in military band work As Well As raising the general standards of most Perman ent and Reserve bands in Prairie command. It takes a Man with a great Deal of experience to undertake a task like that and Lieut. Holt has that experience. He is a graduate of both the Royal College of music and the Royal military school of music where he completed a three and a half year course in military band music. 13 years with Greys Man. He is therefore paid Accord ing to his musical he continued. Decides ability another one of Jack Holt s new Jack riot s new Juii i v c an Ouier Viiu us o him the Job of interesting More tasks is deciding when a bands _ Milit sri Man s ability warrants his promo Tion to a higher grouping with a higher rate of pay. It takes two years of daily practising before a Man becomes a useful performer in a military band music the lieutenant replied times it a Man six years to become a Good musician. Asked about modern trends in band music the Lieut replied that that most military bands Are now employment Index Bank clearings in Winnipeg for the same periods wore 007 and respectively employment Index at april 1, 1952, using 1939 As the base year was 16s.s for Winnipeg. 16s.6 for Manitoba and 177.8 for Canada. Last year s figures were respectively 167.9, 165.2 and 173.3. Increase in production of electricity by All Power utilities was noted. During the first four months of this year the Manitoba Power commission distributed kilowatt hours of elec Rocity an in crease of 24 per cent Over the same period last year. In the first five months Winni Peg Power utilities generated 1. K.w.h., up from last year s comparative period of the 1.921 services connected by the . During the first four months of this year bring the total to the 1952 programme when completed will see another farms and 26 villages connected to the system. This will bring electric service that most military bands Are now r farms and -145 arranging and playing Contemp or communiques. Ary musical works but Public do insurance sales Armand still seems to be for the Well before coming to Canada spent 13 years As master of band of the Royal scots Greys the household cavalry of Scotland. He was senior bandmaster at the world famous Edinburgh International festival of music. There he Lead 15 combined bands in the renowned Edinburgh Tatoo in the .1949 and 1950 festivals. Commenting on Why he came to Canada Lieut. Holt said that he came More for family reasons than any other. He believes that this country offers his three Young sons a better Opportunity than they might have had in Britain. The boys Are now in St. Ont with mrs. Holt waiting for the lieutenant to get settled Here. The Canadian army offers excellent the new director said. The Bondsman has the Assurance of a steady Job with an More medals crop up More old medals keep crop Ping up. The latest is from mrs. J. W. Redpath of 842 Mcmillan Avenue who has two fenian raid medals in her Possession. Mrs. Redpath explains that the medals belonged to he Grandfather . G. Mat Tice who served with the can Adian permanent army Force corps. The service medals handed Down to her by her father have the dates 1866 and 1sto stamped on them. sales the first four months of 1952 saw provincial sales of Ordinary life insurance totalling last year s figure can Adian figures Are and school enrolment As of my 31, was up this year standing at pupils in 73 schools. Teaching staffs increased from to Winnipeg Post office Revenue to May 31 this year was As against last your. Western car loadings increased the number carrying Revenue freight in this first five months of this year being As against last year. Winnipeg realty tax Levy this year was set at last year it was City water sales to May 31 this year were with last year s figure standing Al. Time stands still in City Smithy by Douglas Pollard a big Load of Luck die Ioanu i. Head of old Bill Richardson. In 1912 you could buy 100 Over pounds of shoes for but now it Law 1 o contest offers wide scope for there Are classes dealing with babies Worth striving for children Young people and so remember that almost Lerea Rue jul Csc a caucus. , head of old the conclusion of the individual neatly on roses of nails weekly contests grand awards of beams of Bill s Blacksmith .1510 will be offered in each of the t ,87 Lizzio Street Are 500 four classes. Horseshoes one for every horse next local contest winners get a St a pi0dding along Winnipeg crack at the big International con Streels test in which prizes totalling Ovri you have to pay 518-65 for said Bill. J v Are offered. And that s some any scenes and still life and animal you May Lake will fit into Laid it so whether they Are on the farm at the Beach or in the City they la be snapping Law student irom Saiu. He was Dussa i skaters club for possible stardom with he pros oct of making a in the 1956 Canadian olympic living in Norway and went him find a Job when he reached i Canada. Or. Berg quit Law school in High Vaj contracts land left Oslo june 10. He landed in i Halifax june is and came to Winnipeg where he found work As a i Tel Printer with the Canadian National railways. 1 monday he started to look for _ a place to live you could t Atikokan. Ont., june 30 find room in Oslo it is Vinai contracts much easier in Canada he said. A or Oran Rej one of the four entry classes. Plan to enter All your better snapshots Many As you desire. Jets scribble Swift Chalk lines on the Bummer sky As Bill bends Over his forge As Smiths have done for years and fires another shoe tiny draft horse. Does it Hurt a horse when you put Shoei on him he drawled but some can get pretty excited especially first lires Shetland Pony or a might hardly any left test offers. Fully yourself. It s impossible to Tell when a simple and appealing snapshot will become a big prize entries for the first week s con Winner. Test must be in the hands of the go get going camera fans and snapshot contest editor not later gain fable and Fortune with a few i a of Toifl Don t than july 14. Deft Clicks the Don t Fri Ujj each week for the six weeks forget that if your picture reaches the International contest it May that the contest is in Progress four first prizes of four docs it Hurt sometimes a have to put them in the stocks to hold them after 32 years in his shop at Princess Street Bill returned this year to the Lizzie Street shop where he began 43 years ago. After work he returns to his Elmwood Home and his very understanding wife a Blacksmith s daughter. ,.nn win one of the big awards Jill it to begin immediately with the completion Date expected to be some time in 1953. In All seven contracts were let. Work on some stretches has underway since last fall with Brush Ine work being pushed ahead All has not been Rainy River said in his last report. Granted the last. To buy an Orange at Christ most of he delighted in his new Freedom from government restrictions. The government controls everything in he said. If you want to set up in business you Heve to have Permis a Sion from the government. Taxes Are High and it costs so much Toj live there that it is difficult to make a Good he Hopes to continue studying in Canada and certainly intends to keep up track and skating fun is fun that should be photographed. A picture such As this sent in to the free Hewitson construction metres runner. Interest shots such As cameras clicking. Now j Cam Here in 1919 from Britain. Drawing deeply on his Briar pipe Bill tried to figure How Many shoes he has fitted since he began his apprenticeship 55 years ago. It passed the Mark and surprised even him. With a strange cursing Devotion the White haired Scot with the gentle Burr or in his voice unhooked a huge pair of shoes from the beam Over his head. Unable to hide the Pride in his eyes he said look. Here s s. Pair i made myself from bar Iron. They were made for a show horse and they be been All Over the place. Last 5 weeks How Long do the shoes five weeks on City streets he said. Nearly All horseshoes today Are machine made and have been for fifty years. I can hardly make a jiving at it said Bill so i do a lot of repair work sharpening cultivator Blades and plow shares or making knives bolts brackets and things like rubber shoes a lot of the Dairy and bakery horses use rubber shoes because it saves firing the Iron but most of my customers want the old fashioned Many of the horses shod in Winnipeg today Are shipped to Ontario or Quebec where it is cheaper to use horses on the Hilly farms he explained. But Dairy officials in Winnipeg admitted old Dobbin was still the cheapest form of transportation. However Speed and the five Day week have made him obsolete. Like everything else the Price of show has soared in the past 40 years. Blacksmith Bill Richardson prepares another horse for a be. Of shoes. He s already nailed on and he s still Strong. This horse belonging to the Winnipeg Public Parki set of Irons every tix weeks ;