Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 8, 1952, Winnipeg, Manitoba I --1-" baby Ham 1 cooked serve hot or. Winnipeg free press True Economy Bryce s milk Glo bread by Carrier in Winnipeg 30c per week Winnipeg tuesday july 8, 1952 week end edition with comics Loc new skipper at Helm keen Ora s Captain knows ships from Tramper to great liner Kirk saturday. The left his wife at by doxog11 when the . Keen Ora pulled guide the keen Ora with its son in Law and Only daughter or. And mrs. Patterson also Call robot org their Home. When 23, the skipper was Corn out of the Selkirk Dock Lac Shoals. Freight and so hol dayers through missioner As a sub lieutenant in evening and headed for Warren s Landing there was a new Captain on the Bridge for the first time 2-i years. Although new to the to Short deeply a tanned sea dog capt. William Bryson is an old hand aboard Belfast born capt. Bryson whose. Youthful appearance belies his 63 years has had a wealth of expert-1 on nearly All Type of and is jus Man to capt. John Hogansen. Who to supervise government works Lockport. J he has his master s ticket for Square rigged sailing vessels he i was a commander in the is aval Reserve during the world War and supported the vault on the Dardanelles he has commanded ships ranging from tramp steamers and oilers to Pas Singer liners car ferries on Lake Ontario. 1 lots foreign vessels he has also piloted foreign ves Sels Dou n he is. Lawrence and through the great lakes to Forti William. Bui fort William is the farthest Point West the Cobourg. Ont. Skip per has been in Canada so for his first trip on Lake Winnipeg he says hell have to i la heavily on his first mate Veteran Samuel when the Captain arrived in Sel t. William the Royal naval Reserve in 1912. During the first world War he ser Ved aboard destroyers and cruisers As gunnery officer and navigation officer. Spots enemy positions it was at Gallipoli in the Darden i Elles that he took on a special Job of spotting enemy positions for the battleship Queen Elizabeth from a Small Pontoo Ned biplane. Voice communication by radio was still in its infancy first heard Marconi speak in 1920 when 1 was at and fire orders were Given from the plane by wireless telegraphy. He was wearing the three rings of a commander when the War ended. Bryson who has 47 years sailing experience behind him first came to Canada in 1927 when he took a Lake out from England. He decided to slay Here. Ten years later he began 14 years of service with the Ontario car ferry company taking freight cars across Lake Ontario Between the Canadian National railways lines and those of the Baltimore and Ohio railway. For the past year he has been piloting foreign vessels through the great lakes. His last stint of duty which ended last tuesday was aboard the norwegian ship Aske Means he s one staunch advocate of the St. Lawrence Seaway mainly be cause there Are 25 locks Between Montreal and Prescott ont. It was As new skipper of the keen Ora he will also be taking on a new a special meeting of All s special meeting Encl or schedule apart from the and executives of the Fedi ration std a series of proposals which will _ journeys to of civic employees decided submitted to the general Mem w Landing. It will be the night to Call a general for their approval or other-1 Cial Tom. To Beren s River for Jne Etin thursday at . In i week Enders during july and aug civic auditorium to consider Tho he said the meeting did not me conciliation Board s report the recommendations con-1 its recommendations. Tai cd in the Board s report bul an official of federation said urged an immediate resumption of the Union was disappointed at. The direct negotiations with the City Board s recommendation but did with a View to concluding an no qualify whether the agreement for 1952 without play Tion applied to both the majority i and acceptable to the membership. Incl minority reports. J the federation is a bargaining Leon Mitch la. Business for about 2.400 City eni ploy tuesday in a press release yes. Civic workers Union meet to weigh Board s report burglars get from desk miss floor and papers strewn about or. Stadnyk said. The night watchman Walter Rydz was upstairs in the restaurant at the time. Burglars Early monday broke into the Blackstone restaurant 320 Smith Street and stole in Cash from an office desk. However they overlooked an other so in pay envelopes in Ihen same drawer and in another drawer manager Mike Stadnyk told the free press tuesday. The office Safe was damaged in the flood. Or. Stadnyk said it looked like an inside As the thieves forced heir Way in through a Coal Chute went along a basement alleyway to the office Jimmie it open then went directly to the locked desk drawer. The manager said he put. The Money in the drawer about 1.45 . Monday. When bookkeeper mrs. Simone Ashley came into the pigeons object to it s office at 7 . She found one social habits of pigeons broken drawer scattered Over the running Batlle thieves lumber in week end raid Herman sulkers. 778 Monck ton Avenue reported to Winnipeg police that thieves last week end made away with 30 pieces of lumber from a House under construction at 261 a i veil Street. It was the first time the premises have been entered since or. Stadnyk took Over As manager five years ago. I police Are investigating. Out of Coop into court goes Pigeon fancier Joseph Zemski of 540 Cherrier Street St. Boniface likes pigeons. Cooker properly he says they Are a very Nice dish. Pigeon soup is Good too. Some of or. Zemski s neighbors however have a lesser admiration for the Birds. It s not so much the the this difference of opinion Lias resulted in a running Battle for years. The matter will be More fully in St. Boniface court wednesday morning where or. Zemski s Pas Ision for pigeons will be weighed against the objection of neighbors and the health department. Been Well recently he says and his doctor advises a diet of Pigeon soup. At one time he had More than 200 pigeons in a Back Yard Coop. The health department Iclet a flock of 25 would be easier to manage. Or. Zemski eating steadily reduced the number to the required amount. But. Things officials said got out of hand. Once again harsh com plaints were heard above the gentle cooing in the Cherrier Street Vicin the health department ordered the Cherrier Street Pigeon fancier to get rid of his Birds. His wife told the free press tuesday that or. Zemski has been red rings believed spying on ukrainian newcomers fond of pigeons since he was a or. Zemski says he has a Strong Small boy in Poland. She said the argument on his Side. He has not pigeons were kept locked up and could t bother anyone. Her husband she intimated he explained that the cruises Start from Selkirk at 8.30 . Each Friday returning sunday evening. During the 400-mile trip stops Are to be made at Hecla Gull Harbor Pine Dock and Matheson Island. Fair weather promises to be in store for the new Captain on his manager Mike Stadnyk Points 1x3 the desk drawer in the Blackstone restaurant from which thieves took close to Early monday. On the floor Are parts of the drawer below that thieves smashed in their efforts to get 1he Cash. June Oil drilling Peak Romanito a first journey. As George Simpson manager of _ c As George Simpson manager i army reservists Fly to Bummer tamp a . The navigation company a party of army a big incr reservists of the 21st Field explained monday when the ship Squadron. Flon. Took to the Nir sunday to spend two a weeks a twas pulling out it s a Traditi it chillin ask. I5.c. Two Canadian Pacific airlines charter a new skipper s first Voya Fleu them from the i is to Vancouver. Major is. Of. Grimmelt. Squad Jis in Fine weather. Here s Luck to Tumble to make the trip. I All 38 lire miners incl employees of the Hudson Bay i mining smelting company at flin finn. Two years ago these reservists were break in attempt flown to Winnipeg to do special flood work. Thirty Tiutke cd casks thu guides in ma.vitoj5a off to National Camp venereal disease rates re approximately 50 girl guides Oil Well drilling activity reached its highest Peak in Manitoba Dur ing june the department of mines and natural resources reported tuesday. Peak development followed a record breaking recovery of barrels of Oil from five Manitoba Wells in May. Total Oil produced to Date in the province is barrels. Ported in Manitoba totalled .13 for the week ending june 2s. The department of health stated tuesday. This was eight More than during the previous week. Fourteen cases of gonorrhoea were reported in Winnipeg proper Uvo in sub Urban Winnipeg and 14 in Rural Manitoba. The three syphilis cases were All reported from Manitoba will leave Winnipeg saturday at 7.40 . St Over Canadian Pacific railway lines for a National Camp to be held at Connaught ranges near Ottawa. The Manitoba girls will travel with 63 from Alberta and 50 from Saskatchewan. The 12-Day Camp meet which opens july 14. Will he attended by some guides and rangers. Through or Dow fails a burglar who tried to enter the Home of f. Kussin s94 Bannerman Avenue Early Mon Day morning failed police said. Entrance was attempted through a screened basement window. In Winnipeg proper. Pensioners and unemployed to picnic three Hundred of Winnipeg s single unemployed men and Neil pensioners. Uhr Tirc of the Good neighbors club will not Elul their Iii Cuil picnic it Assin Ironine Park wednesday. Five Winnipeg Kloc tric will he on hand for transport n hot supper will be served at 4.30 ., by tin women of the executive with assistance from the City Kjall Market gardeners association. A band will lie supplied the musicians association of Winnipeg. Sid to head summer student Council Sid Allen was elected presi swedish ked accused Stockholm july 8 a Fingal Larsson Veteran swedish communist was accused in court of revealing extremely important military secrets to the soviet Union As this country s current trial of communists accused of typing for Russia entered its four week. Larsson denied the charges. Test programme in the Spruce Woods area South of Carberry on the outskirts of s Hilo military Camp. Here two test holes Are being drilled. Two Wildcat Wells were drilled and the location of a third one an a displaced person who came to Canada in 19-19 said mond in it is very possible that red spy rings in. The country Are watching ukrainian immigrants and report ing on their activities. The Man is or. Steve Rosocha formerly of Toronto and now Man Ager of the ukrainian newspaper new pathway. He was referring to remarks made in Manchester eng land by Canon Emmuel Korduba. Canon Korduba was reported to have told a congregation that Ca Nada has a red spy ring which watches ukrainian immigrants. He said the ring s Headquarters Are in Toronto. No use because of this ring. Canon kor Duba said it won t do any Good for ukrainians to go to Canada or the United states to try to get would his Case. Peg he be Gros to hear brass my unit is Tju Rcd Ort eagles Mel tonight monthly initiation meeting of the fraternal order of Kams aerie i 5, will be held tonight in the Eagle could have been instigated by the m Dagmar Street. The group s communists. Isal urday night dances will be re while he himself has not july 10. Approached in any Way by the communists or. Winn lives he is on the com it was Likely Canon Korri Uba s statement applied to the ass Cia lion of United ukr ninian canadians a comm it dominated group with Headquarters in Tor onto. It was understood in Ottawa government authorities have received complaints about the . S activities from displaced persons arriving in Canada from the Ukraine in the last few years is reel., at s . Convention at. A dinner meeting at .1.30 . Thursday in the Royal Alexandra hotel. A coloured film on the 1051 Canadian open Golf championships will be shown. A meeting of the Ward one c c f association will take place in the clubroom. 188 Osborne bounced by California Standard. From spies watching their besides the one Well now producing Canadian Superior is drilling a second in the Virden area the Haskett h5-2. Another Canadian jut no skill Ica i in w u biggest producer was the latest Superior Well Jones 10-12 is await a forma Standard company Well l of drilling Ai. The Cal Daly 15-1, eight Miles West of Vir Den. A total of if barrels of Oil vere recovered from this Well. Three other Standard Wells in the same area Daly province 7-12, 2-12, and Daly 2-11. Produced 709, 407 and 20s barrels of Oil respectively during May. Superior s Well the Only other producing Well is owned by the Canadian Superior Oil company cruickshank.14-4, also in the Virden District. During May 512 barrels of Oil were recovered from this Well. During june the California Stan Dard company continued develop ment work in the Daly Field near Virden. It also began a Structure completion of drilling at t h Valley Oil company and Pascar oils limited Are also preparing to Drill Wells while p 1 vat 56 Korea veterans slated see Homes this week activities in Britain. He said ukrainian refugees now in England. And others who have fled from russian occupied Terri iries appear to be under Manitoba immunization tops . Nurse finds m firl scholarship memorial fund scholarship to lories Liance by persons Well posted on passed a i j Jiniv Cirr a fort their activities. Canon Korduba said Many re Fuges had received letters or Grig the scale of Manitoba s memorial Tion Mog Ramme has greatly in is Ludy maternal and child health health i programmes says Jentons attach great importance to their immunization programme but have not been Able to carry it As far As Man preparing 10 unit Wunt Canadian devonian Petroleum them _ to return behind the limited and Wilrich hoi limited have completed test Hole or Rosocha said hat awhile he nursing officer of the British mini of health. Miss Millicent m. Ballgae of London in Canada on a British s. I Ted have completed test hole., programmes on their Crown 1 i to. Icin to i n dec i i 1 o to snid t hot. Right displaced persons in that area. Watching others icon talk draws St. Boniface City fathers All aldermen to hear . Expert speak on cd world Touk of Choi s j at the Plant science division. University of Manitoba will hold a Field crops Field Day thursday at the University starting at 1.30 . Visitors will tour test plots and hear reviews of work being done on chemical Weed control new Barley and Alfalfa varieties and other aspects of Field drop production. Dent monday of the University of Manitoba .1952 summer school student Council. Other officers Are vice president Fred Smith Secretary treasurer Rytsar Finkelstein so Cial. Nadia Skyba athletic. Miss m. J. Leckie publicity x. Harvey. One officer and 55 men Are scheduled to return for Korea to Manitoba Saskatchewan and Northwestern Ontario later this week aboard the Canadian Pacific railway. The group is due to arrive in Winnipeg thursday at 15.45 cd at the Canadian Pacific railway station. Ali of the following soldiers enlisted originally in Prairie com Mand and the addresses Given Are hich each Soldier has in those to w cd scaled he will proceed on leave. Transcona swaps gravel for gravel for Selling the Tallman gravel company 20.000 Yards of gun Vclav a from kit rules on crushed gravel otherwise Canadian Provost corps is. Boniface Council As a body apr. I. K. Miller. General delivery. I will attend the dinner address Winnipeg w. E. Reed 727 Eiby Avenue fort Rouge apr. G. A. Renton 434 Catherine Street fort. William ont. Apr. E. A. Sawyer 77 Flora place apr. R. J. L. Simmons Box 333, Nipigon. Ont. H. E. Steckel mini Tonas apr. M. Bryan 747 Toronto Street. Princess Patricia s Canadian Light infantry pet. C. Richards 24s crossly Avenue the Pas pie. K. G. Suth Erland 207 Jam Oswood place South St. James pet. J. J. Wheel a or. West Selkirk pet. .7. Bulback he said it was generally con ceded that All pro communist organizations have groups secretly watching not Only recently arrived displaced persons in Canada but Canadian cilia cons of longer stand ing As Well also opposed to communist ideologies. Or. Rosocha said placing of a to onto and Empire nurses the lower percentage of child immunization. I am also impressed with the efforts to keep Rural nurses abreast of modern thought and new trends through institutes and with Gener Ous nurseries available to graduate nurses for Public health Home service basically similar to Canadian to buy poles shortage prompts City j to relax Rule on tenders City Council monday night Dis j k.uaiyi.1 a Jia t re Ioctl i us i Ijelu Niv. T 5mb in a ukrainian Hall in Tor Pei ised with the Rule to Call lot Over periods of illness Ito approximately two years and granted h. U fro Hvarim Penn Al manager _ _ thursday evening of sir John Hod sell chief of civil defence services for Groat Britain the aldermen decided monday night. The dinner arranged by the metropolitan civil defence Board will be held at the fort Garry hotel at 8 . Those attending will assemble an hour earlier in is being investigated by City May offer fuming firm new location an alternative site for the Union Metal company s Mcgee Street Macdona room. Recognized As the Foremost living authority on civil defence and described As a gifted dynamic and witty sir John will touch on the work of civil defence ser vices in Britain during the War this was agreed to monday night at the regular session of a request for i donation representing for each Days print in St. Roni Fiu a Lisp ital by i ill Trun Leoiki residents in rime from the Hospital s it w Huil dig fund committee. This request was referred to ij153 budget for consideration. To 2 a. H. Heymans 470 bal moral Street sgt. F. C. Harwood 715 Poison Avenue. Koyal Canadian horse artillery Council Ali c idol to cull a special meeting to consider Hie Type of j7 r. Villebrun St. Boni repairs to Lin nil Street from Pandora ave Iii. North to Kil Claro a venue. Car. O. E. Krienke port a j asks Assoc it Lenir a group of members of hip Winnipeg Board of Parks and recreation association will leave Winnipeg wednesday at . St Over can Adian Pacific railway lines for a picnic at Winnipeg Beai a. C. G. Karl Warrles is in charge if arrangements. Two Coz Pecten is medical exam list garbled wire Linns monday contributed to errors in the names of two Winni Eggers who passed Spring examinations allowing them to practice Medicine in Canada. The corrected names Are As follows Markus Scherz and Aart. Schaferjr. Suspect remanded in Wallet their Case a Ali year old Winnipeg Nuin was remanded to july 15 in City police court tur Silay on a Rig. Of theft of s3.1. Police said miss Dorothy Donna cd Street. Making n phone Call from Booth in n downtown hotel monday a Lien her containing the Money. In taken. Detectives Ticle placed her Wallet on ii ledge in the Hooth. A entered Iho Looth. Spoke to her. And moments later her Wilh t had disappeared. Police inter arrested Lola , of so Derby Street and Phreed him with theft. Thur. On. Gnu. J. A. Macnevin j. K. Mccoll Elkhorn Gnu. T. O. Pettitt Arden Gnu. B. Ross the Pas Gnu. B. Rupert Beaconia r. F. Wannamaker Nipa win sask. Koyal Canadian engineers apr. J. R. L. Desrochers Green Way apr. P. M. Gonzy 612 Selkirk Avenue. Koyal Canadian electrical and mechanical engineers Cpl. R. J. Birch grand Marais 66s main Street Portage la Prairie and will outline what is being done Koyiol Canadian ordnance corps now. Pet. W. R. Dodson 325 Home it is hoped most members of the Street. J civil defence organization in the Royal Canadian Kerment Vrcic greater Winnipeg target area will pet. T. J. Beattie Gen. Del., port be attending . M. H. S. Arthur ont. Pet. R. C. Morley Penhale. Winnipeg director sex 1378 Bannatyne Avenue pet. H. Planned tuesday. Among the head fable guests will be the Canadian c. D. Coordinator maj. Gen. F. F. G. Shegrud 617 Nelson Street fort Frances ont. Koyal 22nd regiment Vrcic pie. R. Lavalle 528 landside Street pet. R. Pilon 17 Hull ave nue port Arthur ont. Royal Canadian army medical corps pet. A. Lamoureaux 203 Yela Avenue e., Transcona. 25 pkg Vrcic pet. J. J. Sternest in 526 Mac Donald Avenue fort William ont. Royal Canadian corps of signals Worthington. Accompanying sir John on his Lour Premier d. L. Campbell mayor Garnet Coulter and Hon. C. Rhodes Smith minister responsible for civil defence in Manitoba. Gen. Penhale said the dinner icily Hydro general manager authority to buy Worth of Cedar Hydro poles when available and needed. Poles have been hard to get for the last year or so the Hydro chief reported. Year Only one ten Der was submitted and the British Columbia lumber strike has not improved the situation this year. Council also 0 approved the appointment of j. B. Scott As City Surveyor to re place r. H. Avent who retires july 15, and promoted j. H. Phillips to succeed or. Scott. Passed a bylaw authorizing widening of Grant Avenue to 100 feet Between Cambridge and Lind say streets Cost to be borne by the City at Large. Health committee Aid. George Sharpe told City Council monday night. If health committee approves a new location suggested by prop erties committee will be offered to the company in Exchange for ils present property. The new site was not disclosed. The company has been prosecuted for creating a Public nuisance with smoke and fumes from its Plant. It pleaded meanwhile. Mayor Garnet Coul Ter promised a look into the proo Iem Ami by iujp0rtatj persuade the company to Stop Molion was Defeated creating a nuisance until it can build a new Plant elsewhere. Aid. Jack St. John called for an eluded provision for a Home help service to provide help where there s need. This scheme which is paid for according to the family s ability is and in req gently allows them to remain in their . Instead of being ins Titu she explained. Another difference in the por grammes was the wide use of midwives in Britain with Many More Home confinements. Under the British Public health scheme Public health nurses or health visitors care for the whole family and advise on All matters of maternal and child care including school child care free of charge. Leaves wednesday miss Bathgate who was awarded for services to Public health in the 3951 new year s honors has studied schemes in Montreal Ottawa and Toronto Tell Lill it. Agreed to discontinue car Al through programmes arranged by the Canadian nurses association and provincial branches will leave Winnipeg wednesday to continue her Survey in the. West. In Canada for 1-1 weeks she will Lowance for citizen members of the zoning Board after july 31. It was reported the City auditor had complained some of the Citix. did not own cars. Aid. Ian i did not own cars. In. M aldermen he would pc p Macj Eori called for a trans a spend two weeks in new York to problem and try allowance instead but United states programmes before returning to England. Injunction to be taken out against Union Metal but Council took no action. Bers of the . Organization. Any one interested can attend. J Central Volunteer Bureau and can. A. T. Leclair Box 69, river.5j Symn. J. P. Rowan 293 Whyte-1 metropolitan . Headquarters Camp papers. Ro3 Al Canadian army service corps column pet. J. J. Cloutier the Pas Cpl. H. Garrow Wabigoon ont. Pet. J. R. Girling Milner Ridge Cpl. M. Krehbiel flin flon pet. L. J. Martel Provencher Avenue St. Boniface pet. B. V. Powers 520 North Brodie Street fort William ont. Pet. C. Rosin 1475 Alexander Avenue pie. S. J. Sas Transcona pet. P. E. Street c s Morrison 522 Walker Ontario seeks Gas pipeline Ontario and Manitoba govern nation As to possibilities of having ment officials held talks in Winn the Alberta Gas piped East. Peg during the week end about the is now interested in obtaining possibility of piping Alberta natural the Western fuel. Avenue sgt. J. S. Rymarchuk 138 Gas through this province to East. Following their meetings Street Portage la Prairie apr. Ern Canada. Manitoba officials the w. Blaschuk 540 main Street Hon. P. T. Kelly. Ontario s min i apr. O. E. Erlendson Sal Mam ister of mines and a. R. Cormier representatives left Street. Selkirk can. W. R. Forbes full controller for Ontario. Saskatchewan and Alberta. F erred with Hon. J. S. Mcdiarmid. Wold Road St. James. Iare handling arrangements. Press meetings a meeting of the Winnipeg philatelic society will be held at s . Wednesday in the club room of the Winnipeg free press building. Minister of mines and natural re thief forces window sources and j. S. Richards off with Beer Toba s director of mines. The Ontario officials also met saturday and sunday with officers of the Vestern pipe lines com Pany in Winnipeg. Or. Kelly and or. Arf reported to be sizing up the sit Winnipeg police tuesday re someone forced a Bise intent window at the Home of n. Lubiski. S17 Logan Avenue. Sunday night made off with a Case of Beer. 960 Clifton Street apr. H. Gun if. Ville apr. G. H. Hanson suite 4, j Brant Block 427 Logan Cpl. S. 125 spend Morel Lane a Copprell lanes., England apr. W. J. Hercun is Florence Street. Dryden ont. Apr. A. E. Hill 441 Magnus ave nue apr. E. L. Mckenzie. . 2. Fort William. Ont apr Jar. L. Mckenzie 49 Boan Street flin flon St. Vital Council hears Lane closing pros cons St. Vital Council monday night heard petitioners for and against unprofitable. The Beaver lines pick up Pas closing of a Lane Between from Winnipeg electric Ier Avenue and Haig Avenue East buses at St. Mary s Road and Ber of St Mary s Road. Rydal Avenue operating to Tod Bryce s bakery has requested Post office on St. Mary s Road and the closing to extend its factory to St. Boniface Sanitorium on. Delegates representing 300 Resi pm Var Road dents opposed the plan. I to meet bus if the factory were allowed loj a committee consisting of mayor expand opponents said that the area would become Industrial rather than residential. Property values would go Down. They further stated that the Lane formed a useful Short Cut reducing traffic on St. Mary s Road. Bryce s solicitor said the municipality could not Hope to attract Harry Paul two aldermen and the superintendent of Public works will meet with officials of the Cav r and Winnipeg electric companies to find a Way of continuing the service. Council also Learned that w. E. Scott Harl agreed to conduct a Survey of St. Tax paying industries if present i vital water needs. Ones were not allowed to expand agreed to take action to pc he produced petitions signed by vent horses wandering Loose on several persons living in the area of the factory who favored closing the Lane. Decision delayed Council voted 3-2 to delay decision pending further investigation into a possible reduction in property value. A two week programme consisting of Lawn services Lor children opened monday evening at downtown holy Trinity Church. The programme is conducted Lor children in the neighbourhood and includes an hour of religious instruction and hymn singing. Above one of the instructors miss Shirley Dann leads the group in a hymn. Do la Miclais Avenue. Refused to waive licence for police dogs used As watch dogs on a Mink farm. Be rotary report president George a. Coates will Beaver bus lines will Stop its i report to Winnipeg on vice in St. Vital at Midnight the International convention at Mexico City at a luncheon meeting at 12.15 p a. Wednesday in the saturday councillors Learned. The company advised that poor Road conditions made its St. Vital Alexandra hotel ;