Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 11, 1952, Winnipeg, Manitoba Final edition free press weather forecast Winnipeg sunny a few Cloudy periods mild. Low tuesday night 25, High wednesday 145. No. 38 26 pages Price by Carrier 30 cents per week Winnipeg tuesday november 11, 1952 7.34 a. W . Moon 1.01 . Moon sets 2.21 . Exclusive report giant shopping Centre for greater Winnipeg memorial service him Gal Here morning at the memorial service in tribute to those who paid world wars. In the civic auditorium this the supreme sacrifice in two silent tribute Winnipeg honors dead of two wars memorial talks heard at services in schools and churches along with the rest of by the veterans Assoc a thousands of Winni Eggers tuesday of greater Winnipeg Veteran morning honoured the dead of two am service groups went on Parade great wars with remembrance "1 Cenotaph Day services Wreath laying and silent prayer. Veterans of both wars and Mem Bers of the Navy army and air Force numbering More than 1.000 persons filled the civic auditorium for the mass remembrance Day service which started at 10.53 . Here wreaths were placed on the Stone memorial by Hon. R. F. My Williams lieutenant governor pre Mier d. L. Campbell and officials of various veterans organizations. Shortly after 11.30 . The Par Ade units moved off past the Salut base on memorial Boulevard. Following the Long blast of the _ free press Siren 11 . The t Sautelas taken by air Corn traditional two minute silence took Over the heart of the City As citizens remembered the fallen after the auditorium Moore j. G. Bryans. The mass memorial service at auditorium was conducted by sniping drives Trygve lie from in Post United nations . A lie. Buffeted from one Side of the Kremlin and from the other by a United states Cong res Servit a Arthur Wilcox of the Royal Canadian air Force. Rev. J. Mckinney of the Navy gave the de dress and Rev. Thomas Saunders of the army read the lesson. A special remembrance Day muss was held at St. Mary s ral. Winnipeg s school children observed remembrance Day with special services in school auditoriums and churches. Rev. Mckinney speaking to those at the auditorium service said canadians on troop ship hold service by Bill Morriss free press staff reporter aboard ass Neptunia special with the White Cliffs of England gleaming in a Bright Sun to the left 660 officers and men the Cana Dian army observed special remembrance Day services aboard this troops up tuesday. The replacement bound for service with the can Adian 27th brigade in Ger Many stood with Heads bowed As the ship on its Way to Rotterdam passed up the English Channel. Capt. J. A. Davidson protestant padre of Wiseton sask., conducted the English portion of the service on deck. Mass strike follows riots Johannesburg South Africa thousands of native Afri cans sullenly went on an indefinite strike in port Elizabeth monday in the Wake of rioting that brought death to 23 persons in two other South african cities. In 48 hours h buildings in East London have been fired including Canadian american company six government buildings of native air. Landers revealed that Mullon to be spent on project old Kildonan site of unique new undertaking by Jack Trower plans for a Gigantic greater Winnipeg shopping Centre costing and claimed to be the most mod Ern on the continent were announced monday night by a Canadian american Syndi Cate. The Centre will be in old Kildonan construction will begin next year and the pro-1 Jet is expected to be in operation by late 1954 or Early 1955, according to the announcement. In addition to 335 competitive retail stores the Centre will con Tain a auditorium three apartment blocks a 75-room hotel a dance and roller skating Pavilion a 40-Alley Bowling Centre two Banks and two foot children s playgrounds. I covering a total of 153 acres or 36 City blocks the Centre will be bounded on the East and West Byj main Street and the Canadian Pacific line to Winnipeg Beach and on the South and North by Wood Bine Avenue and Zahrey Avenue. Parking facilities on the grounds will handle a maximum of cars and trucks. As projected the Centre will also feature a miniature Railroad to carry shoppers from store to store. Disc inner to sprawl and an underground Tunnel system "1hilonor to Send to facilitate the delivery of Mer Chandise. With its own Post office facilities the Centre will go on future maps As shoppers Ville Man. It. Will shoppers Ville first in Western Canada and the most modern on the continent is scheduled for construction in old Kildonan starting next Spring. Here is a Model of the Ultra modern Centre which contains an auditorium apartment blocks Banks Bowling alleys a hotel and roller skating Pavillion plus what the promoter says will be the most elaborate shopping facilities yet available. Tow whole project will cover 153 acres. Churchill says soviet snags peace be operated by the greater Winni Peg shopping Centre limited for which a charter petition has been filed. Details of the project were Given to the free press by d. B. native for shoppers Ville a joint the a Catholic final piece of property was turn Church and a communal Hall. Blame Malan native organizations blamed the Man s memory is so Short on segregation Laws of the i to mid together the debt to in wars h a clonal committee., submitted his resignation monday Secretary i general of the United nations. In an emotion choked voice lie told the general Assembly he was stepping aside in Hope it would i Kin help bring peace to Korea. Russia he called on the gathering to r Giacri pre f we h Man has refused to Deal with lie be member their destiny. Man i i Des his support of the . Said so h close associates said lie was live we were up with the Kremlin s alleged sniping rom a . Senate sub committee and with a slab limbs a v soon vote on transit body suburban councils throughout greater Winnipeg will be shortly to pass resolutions favor ing the setting up of a commission to control transit in the metropolitan area. Decision to urge Council action was made after a. Meeting of the fact finding committee inv sugar ing participation by the suburbs in a metropolitan commission at was Kildonan municipal Hall Mandaj evening. Head of the fact finding com Mittee is mayor j. L. Bodie of was Kildonan and members include or representatives from St. Vital West Kildonan St Assiniboia fort Garry Anc St. Boniface. The fact finding comm True is also probing ways and Means of raising Money for the suburbs in Purchase of the transit system. Price of the bus and Street car network with buildings is Sot Ai a tentative proposal is that the suburbs should Issue Deben Tures backed by the provincial government. The committee will meet again later this week. Trygve lie tons of the . S budget com Mittee slicing big bites from expenditures lie thinks necessary. Assembly president Hon. L. B. Pearson was among several names mentioned As possible successors to lie. However it was not known whether Pearson or the Canadian government would allow his name to stand if some delegation put it Forward. Pearson who turned Down the Post of Secretary general to the North Atlantic treaty organization earlier this year was suggested by Western Powers in 1916 for the . S top Post. Russia however refused to accept Pearson and lie was chosen As a Compromise Candi Date. The resignation will take effect when the. Assembly acting on a Security Council recommendation see to Yove lie Page 7 i government of prime minister Daniel Malan. Opposition Leader j. G. N. Strauss called on the government to appoint an impartial judicial commission to investigate the riots or Call a special session of Parlia ment. It is Clear the position is get Ting out of he warned. In every Corner of South Africa there is a sense of anxiety and insecurity. To the Syndicate Early negotiations leading to de Over monday. Purchase of the site he added have been underway since february. A similar Centre will be built at Edmonton or. Landers said. The company Hopes to have it completed about the same time As the Winnipeg Centre. The two projects or. Landers said would rank with the largest and would certainly be the most modern on the continent.1 the old Kildonan location reasons which helpless pos he says London a prime minis ter Winston Churchill monday night accused Russia of blocking peace in Korea in an attempt to scatter the strength of the free world. Churchill delivering a major foreign policy address Al the an Nual lord mayor s banquet said he is anxious for peace in Korea but not at the Price of dishonor.1 it would be a he continued to Send thousands of helpless prisoners of War Back by Force to be massacred by the Chi Nese government which boasts it has actually rid itself of of its own Churchill declared that every kind of reasonable proposal has been made by the allies. There has been no doubt that so far it has been the policy of Are Bridge column Page 4. Deaths and Page 24. Hollywood column Pace b. Society news pages 10, 11. Sports Page 14, 15, 18. Twin pictures Page 4, see shop Centre Page 1948 polls show Ike s popularity but general says no second of 13 articles the first Eisenhower Boom for presidency was in the summer of 1947, though he had several times been mentioned for the office before that. What set it off was Eisenhower s announcement in june that he would retire As chief of staff and go to Columbia. The movement to make him president spread like a fire. Various polls showed that Eisenhower had an immense Lead Over Truman or any re publican one disclosed that of the people favouring him 58 per. Cent did not know whether he was a Republican or Democrat. The Stan Pat republicans and organization dinosaurs were terrified. Dewey Taft and other candidates had the Nightmare that Eisenhower might Stampede the Conven Tion. On the democratic Side the full impetus of Eisenhower sentiment did not develop till later in 1948. Ike perplexed Eisenhower s own reaction to the 1947-48 Boom was in keep ing with his impulses at the time. He tried to ignore the whole thing. One of his few pronouncements was i Haven t the effrontery to say i would not be president. No one has asked he did net know what to do. Yet he Felt that if the huge majority of the people insisted on calling him he Coull not have the presumption to re fuse to serve. No Man could be that he said once what kind of a democracy is it if the people of this country can t get what they do confusion went on until Jan. 22, 1948, when the general re leased a letter to Leonard v. Finder publisher of the Man Chester new Hampshire eve Ning Leader declining to Al Low his name to be used As Republican candidate in the new Hampshire primaries. In the Light of today severe see Eisenhower Page 2 tray ton gets James Back from East pretty Nice weather for tilt the Blue bombers monday night made a last minute change in their lineup for to Day s final game of the West Ern inter provincial football Union championship series with Edmonton eskimos. They brought Gerry James 18-year-old halfback sensation Back from his hockey duties with Toronto Marlboro in the Ontario hockey association to fill in for injured Tommy Ford. James was with the bombers for their first 19 games this season but missed the opening games in the final because he had to report to Toronto for hockey. Burning the wires when Ford injured his left knee in saturday s game won by the asks 18-12, bomber coach George Trafton immediately started burning the wires Between Here and Toronto to make arrangements for James return. He will probably see action at defensive safety and offensive right half. James return was the Sec Ond piece of Good news the bombers have received in re Gard to this afternoon s game although the second bit of in formation was just As Well received by the eskimos. The Weatherman in his Best voice said the weather for to Day s tilt will be pretty there will be Little wind and what there is will come from the West. Sunshine aplenty there will be plenty of Sun Shine and the rays will keep the temperature in the 40 s. There might be a few Clouds around but the Weatherman doubts it. Both the bombers and the asks held workouts monday the Edmonton club shortly after noon and the Winni Eggers around supper time. Neither coach Hud much to say about today s game. Edmonton s Frankle Fil chock said i think Well while Winnipeg George tray ton said i believe it will be a rugged game. If necessary Well throw everything in the Book at the bombers Are expected to use import Ralph Mcallister at offensive fullback and there is a possibility quarterback Joe Zaleski will play on offence. Some injuries Edmonton has reported a few fullbacks Mike King and Hod pantages half Back Normie Kwong guard Jim Quondamatteo and end Frankle Anderson but none Are serious enough to keep the players out of action. While the bombers were overwhelming favourites to end the series last saturday they now Only 6-5 favourites shortest Odds of the series. Firm gets order to make Queen s Coronation Robe London a firm of London and Ravenscroft bounced monday it had been commissioned to make tile Robe which the Queen will Wear for her Coronation next june 2. Many details about the Robe Are hush hush but a spokes Man said it will be hand made of silk and Satin purple velvet with Ermine 1ails and embroidered in Gold. The Queen herself will choose the design. After the Coronation it be comes a National treasure. Provinces win first round n rate Case Ruth wins spirited fight for applause dubbed your highness she is Princess for a night for Days around her office Ruth Sallee s friends have been calling her your highness because she was entered in the Penny Princess search. Monday night Ruth who lives at 461 Martin Avenue got to be a Penny Princess for the night. She won the preliminary con Tost for the night in the free press Odeon search for Manitoba s by Shane Mackay Ottawa special Western and maritime provincial counsel won the first round in the . Rate base Case monday before thei Board of transport commissioners the Board rejected the railways request that the entire Case be heard at the present time and sustained provincial suggestions that it be adjourned until some time an s january. The . Will be allowed to proceed this week with sub Mission of its main evidence and testimony by expert witnesses Bud the provinces will be Given about two months time to study the material before embarking on their counter arguments. The Board refused however to accede to provincial requests that the . Confine its Case to questions of principle. The company asks the Board to determine its total investment in railway prop erty and then guarantee it a return of 6v4 per cent on this sum. Leads for provinces leading off for the provinces m. A. Macpherson of Saskatchewan argued that the Board should first decide whether or not in should depart from existing rate making principles. Only if it decided in the affirmative or. Macpherson said should the Board agree to hear evidence on the actual setting of the rate base and on the proposed rate of return. C. D. Shepard Manitoba counsel referred the Board to the report of the Royal commission on transportation recommended against the rate base principle. Supporting or. Macpherson s re quest that the provinces be Given time to consider the . Submissions he observed that this was the first time since the Post War round of rate increases began that Western counsel had asked for an adjournment of a Case. J. J. Frawley of Alberta said is province would oppose the application with All the Power and resources at its and considered that it transcended any application made by the railways since the end of the War. Alberta was concerned and Al armed by the . Proposal see freight rates Page 7 Ruth Sallee Penny Princess but Only after a spirited Battle for applause with attractive Jean Ruschau of 22 Dun Durn place. Ruth and Jean were tied with 13% Points each on the first applause Reading by the Odeon the atre audience. With the other four girls eliminated they again tied. Ruth won the third Reading by half a Point after master of ceremonies Tom Pacey remarked that if the third Reading resulted in a tie both girls would Advance to the big final thursday night. This contest marked the first in three night of preliminaries. Ruth was selected to appear on the Odeon stage on the strength of a letter written by her sponsor. Mrs. E. M. Homiak of 192 Linden Avenue. The letter stressed Ruth s charming manners Lovely singing see contest Page 7 temperature readings during the period ending at 6.30 . Sunday were Man. Max. Prec. Vancouver 45 54 .18 Calgary 30 56 Edmonton. 31 53 Swift current 38 41 Saskatoon 19 45 Regina 13 43 Winnipeg 41 Ort Church la 8 26 .14 Ort Arthur 18 34 Toronto 22 38 to. Ottawa. 80 m it ;