Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 6, 1952, Winnipeg, Manitoba Onetime immigrant Dean of . House in 87th year Washington j. A Arnth one time poor immigrant boy who Rose to serve 4k unbroken to the United states con Gress died Early today. Of democratic Dean representatives As the congressman with had just been elected tuesday to his 24t straight term from a District in the heart of Chicago. Sabath had served under eight presidents starting with Theodore Roosevelt in 1907. His term was the longest on record. Hartfield England Olden Days the Householder who wanted Domestic help put a Broom outside the window. A cottage Here adopted the ancient method and had three applicants the first Day. Landslide returns Saskatoon mayor Saskatoon John s. Mills wednesday night was con ceded reelection to his fifth straight term after Only seven of 81 polls reported in the municipal elections. His opponent. Labor progressive William Berezowski conceded the election when mayor Mills rolled up votes to his own 81 in the first seven polls. Winnipeg free press thursday. November 6, 1952 Low prices every Day w Cross rib roast in. Prime rib Civ roast i Buff _ round Steak roast in minced reef 85% lean while stocks last in 63 35 t Salmon cheese Silver gleam Cohoe Hanoi snack Kraft 16 of. Pineapple juice 35 Alpha milk 3--46 pineapple 2-69 pineapple 5 Winter keeping vegetables carrots local 25 in. Bag. Onions local 25 in. Bag 99 2.09 this Coupon Worth Loc off the Purchase of 1 la. Pkg. Save 10 Manor Coffee at your Friendly jewel store Coupon valid Fri. Sat., nov. 7 8 All stores open Friday night till 9 . Page 9 the modern approach to architecture is shown in this Entrance to the Werklund exhibition in Cologne Germany de signed by architect Walter Gropius in 1914. A giant exhibit of Gropius work will open at the University of Manitoba sunday and will run till nov. 30. Sub like Whaleback ships still startle great lakers by Jack Gearin Canadian press correspondent Sarnia ont. Fright end woman phoned the United j states coast guard station across i the St. Clair River from Sarnia. She thought she had seen a sub i Marine going into Lake Huron. It was Long and Black and Low in the i water and it seemed to have a i smokestack in the she re i ported excitedly. I the coast guard put her straight. Her sub was a 400-foot Whaleback Barge known As "137." of "137" is one of four still operating on the great lakes. Forty were built. 14 steamers and 26 barges from 1888 to 1898. Tivey i were conceived by Captain Alexan Der Mcdougall a Scot who came Ito Canada As a boy. He designed patented and built the Whaleback primarily for great lakes service. Bounded decks i the dictionary definition of a Whaleback is a vessel with a rounded deck which meets the sides in a continuous curve. With out cargo the Whaleback floats like a Cigar the living room and engine quarters perched on the Stern. When loaded the decks Are Only seven or eight feet above the in waterline. They were designed to j offer Little resistance to wind and water. Sceptics dubbed the Whaleback Mcdougall s dream in the Early Days because they did t think the i Craft would be seaworthy. J but Whaleback have hauled Mil Lions of tons of cargo safely and economically. Like other innovations of the 80s. However they have outlived their general useful Ness. Smallness of cargo old age and difficulty in operation is sound ing their death Knell. There was Only one passenger Iship of the Type the Christopher Columbus. The Columb us first j operated on a six mile run at Chi Jago. Between the City and the world s fair at Jackson Park. She i sailed for 44 years. Atlantic the Charles w. Wetmore another Whaleback crossed the at lactic to a Load of wheat in 1895. She later sailed from new York to Everett Washington passing around Cape Horn safely. Mcdougall constructed the first Whaleback Barge at Duluth Minn in 1888. The "101" weighed about 1500 tons was 187 feet Long 20 foot beam and 18 foot deep. The deck contained two turrets eight feet in diameter and seven feet High one in the Bow the other in the Stern through these turrets went the steering gear and the towing gear and other operational equipment. The deck was Clear with hatches for storage. Navi gators and wheels men were in a House 10 feet by 12. Cost was the Rockefeller interests became interested and construction of the ships boomed near Duluth. Notable wrecks there Are dark chapters in the history of Whaleback. The Clifton formerly the Samuel Mather was lost in 1924 in Lake Huron with All hands. The Henry Cort was wrecked on the break Wall of a Lake Michigan port. The James b. Colgate foundered in the Black Friday storm on Lake Erie on oct. 16, 1916. The Whaleback Barge 102" hauled the first cargo of mesabi Range Iron Ore to Cleveland. She was loaded nov. 11, 1892, at Superior wis., with tons aboard and with Captain e. Peabody As skipper. Of Filo the most economical enamel u to stage exclusive Gropius show what does the word architect i Ture mean to you does it mean cold hard construction of buildings regarded As just Plain or does it mean the designing of places to live and work if yours is the second of View you la be pleased to learn that your opinion is shared by a Man recognized As one of the three greatest architects in the world today. He is Walter Gropius German born United states resident and former Dean of Harvard univer sity s school of design. A massive exhibition of his work and that of his has so far been shown in Only i seven cities on the North Ameri i can continent will come to the University of Manitoba sunday open until nov. 30, it will be the first major exhibit in the exhibit i Centre of the University s new Library building on the fort Garry Campus. Gropius a Leader in the functionalist school and an advocate of architecture designed for human living is famous for his View that the people Are weary of Stone cities and his humanizing of architectural design. Winni Eggers will be Able to Sec photographs plans models and paintings by Gropius. This is the Only Canadian showing of the exhibit. Gropius has been called the chief proponent of the great 20th Century Effort to fit architecture into an Industrial the exhibit is said to show Why he can claim this title. 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