Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 4, 1953, Winnipeg, Manitoba Final edition weather forecast Winnipeg Cloudy with intermittent Snow. Milder. Low tonight and High thursday 15 and 20 above. Vol. 60 no. 110 36 pages Winnipeg thursday february 5, 1953 Winnipeg wednesday february 4, 1953 ?2 forecast intermittent Snow new storm rocks areas Airlift aids homeless supplies flown out Toronto special Ordinary shoes and boots blankets mattresses and All household. Effects Are the urgent requirements flooded out families overseas that was the word wednesday from National Headquarters of the red Cross Here. The Toronto red Cross Centre has at the request of the fed eral government assumed responsibility of coordinating assist Ance Effort on a National scale. At noon the red Cross despatched from Malton Airport its second material shipment from Canada. It consisted of 18 cases weighing about pounds containing for the most part infants clothing childrens Wear quilts Etc. Tuesday a similar shipment of 21 cases was made from Mon Treal. Instructions were cabled from Headquarters Here Over the week end to Central warehouses in Geneva to release 250 cases of Canadian goods for flood victims. Aggregate repeat Hope lost club mate defeats Jimmy Welsh rink victims of flood horror As Blanket wrapped flood refugees Are evacuated from Jay Wick near Clacton England the sign in the background lends rails need not proved Shepard by shame Mackay Ottawa special c. D Shepard Manitoba government counsel told the transport Board tuesday that the railways have failed utterly and completely to demonstrate their need for higher freight the companies have applied for a. Seven per cent general rate in crease and for a rate base and per missive 6.5-per-cent return for Canadian Pacific. Also pending is application for a further nine or cent freight rate hike. Tuesday the Board heard 1. John a o Brien car coun Sel Tell the commissioners it would be breaking the Law if it forced confiscatory freight rates on can Adian Pacific. 2. Hugh o Donnell car coun Sel say the railways urgently need an immediate seven per cent rate increase. 3. Or. Shepard argue that both companies would be As. Well or better off in 1953 As in 1952. 4. M. A. Macpherson Saskatchewan counsel bait the car to state whether it supports or opposes the car rate base proposal. The railways completed their argument in support of the applications hearings on which began last autumn. Asks 5% now the car s rate base proposal would have the Board permit the company a Long term rate of re per cent on its net rail investment. The company also asks for the immediate Opportunity of earning a five per cent return. Its present earnings Are slightly under four per cent of its estimated net rail investment calculated by the car at see freight Katies Page 11 flood stalls lift Hardy workers climb 40 floors new York Nyht a pre Dawn flood in the sub basement of the 42-Storey, 545 foot equitable building on Manhattan tuesday caused business activities of More than concerns and 62 elevators to come to a standstill. Firemen who removed Gallons of flood wafer blamed a broken 20-Inch Watermain in the engine room for the dilemma which kept workers from their jobs. But it was business As usual for some Hardy souls. A 67-Yeav-old bookkeeper climbed As High As the 37th floor and two employees up for work at the Bankers club on the 40th floor. An ironic touch to the scene. These people were evacuated in the Wake of Europe s greatest storm and flood disaster in centuries. Soft Snow Blanket covers City one of the thickest snowfalls of the season hit Winnipeg wednes Day morning and for a while visibility was limited to one City Block. By night the City will lie under two inches of Snow the weather Man predicted. The heavy fall was expected to thin by mid afternoon and end a few hours later. Thursday will Likely be Cloudy and with the temperature near 20 degrees above Zero. The High predicted for wednesday was 25 above and the Low during the night is expected to be about 15 degrees. Winds will be Light. West of Winnipeg freezing rain mixed with the Snow. Meanwhile mild weather is hold ing Sway Over the province. Low Dulles quits France reassured leaders to push maps on european army plan by Barrett mag Dan Nyht 3ulles, . Secretary of state left. markedly a Ritnour aged after a 52-hour fac finding visit the longest stay he plans in any of the seven countries on his itinerary. Government assurances hat every Effort will to made to brain parliament ratification o he european army plan the Creme for rearming germans vere especially comforting to the new american Secretary of state. Or Dulles emerged from talks with the French leaders More con iced than Ever that the european army plan seems to be the Only practicable device for bringing he strength of the West German ederal Republic into the defence of Europe. Or. Dulles expressed himself in Hose terms at noon at a meeting of the Council of the North Atlantic treaty organization nations. The closed meeting was moved Forward me Day to permit or. Dulles to it in As a . Representative. The alternatives to the european Railroad plagued by version a. A the Erie Railroad beset by a band of furry conspirators is sued this order tuesday to engineers on the 30-mile Moun Tain run from Here to Lacka Waxen a run carefully looking out for Timber on track account of beavers cutting Down and moving logs across est temperatures were at the Pas and Churchill where the Mercury settled at Zero. Cutting Down payroll big . Economy drive Aims at lower budget by Egbert j. Donovan Washington Nyht the Eisenhower administration tuesday launched a major Economy drive aimed at slashing the budget reducing the number of government employees and cutting Back non essential Federal construction pro and other government pro Grams. The sweeping directive issued by Joseph m. Dodge budget director with the approval of president Eisenhower and the Cabinet came one Day after the president in his state of the Union message had called for a balanced budget and elimination of the deficit. Highlights it contained these main provi Sions to achieve a progressive reduction of government personnel the hiring of new government employees shall immediately be restricted though not prohibited when it is wherever possible vacant positions shall be abolished. All proposed or authorized construction projects on which work has not yet begun Are to be reviewed and construction initiated Only on those projects which Are clearly essential and Are under taken according to the strictest standards of even projects on which work already has started Are to be reviewed. I All government programs As distinct from construction projects Are to be checked As to their necessity and those found unnecessary Are to be eliminated. To help president Eisenhower scale Down the proposed new budget As submitted to Congress by former president Harry Truman before leaving office All departments and agencies Are to seek to reduce their spending below the january rate. Efficiency Call or. Dodge s directive said it is Clear. That he budget will not be brought under control without action to reduce budgetary Obliga tonal authority reduce the level of expenditures critically examine existing programs restrain commitments for new programs and generally drive for greater efficiency and reduced the Clear intent of the directive s to make it possible for the Eisen lower administration to submit a Ower budget than that proposed y or. Truman affy to Clear the Way for some reduction in axes. As of nov. Day for which figures Are available the United states government employed throughout the world per ions. The lumber of government employees country on the ame Date was of whom worked in the District of Columbia. I army Are extremely or. Dulles told the 50 representatives of Vato Mem Ber countries present. Egypt wants million Sonn credit by Gaston Coblentz Bonn Nyht Egypt it was Learned tuesday has demanded Long term credit of 000 from the Bonn government As the Price for influence to Call off the Arab league s threatened economic Boycott of West Germany. The Boycott results from the Arab states indignation Over the decision of the Bonn Republic t pay reparations t Israel for the anti semitic crime of the nazis. German delegation arrived in Cairo monday to try t come to Sofele Down the egyptian demands. The germans believe that if they can make a Deal with Cairo the egyptians will be Able to Preven West Germany s industrialists ant merchants from being Cut out o he markets of the Middle East while the Bonn delegation i still in the near East an East Ger Many communist Mission is do o reach Cairo. It is expected this Mission will do its utmost to pre vent a reconciliation Between West Germany and the arabs. Bright is first player to sign with Calgary Calgary Johnny Bright is the first player to sign a contract with the 1953 edition of the Calgary Stampede football club. Making the announcement tues Day club officials said the con tract is for a one year period on a renewable basis and that the former Drake University Star will return to Calgary in june. Bright has just been released irom Hospital Here after undergo no an operation on his shoulder and left tuesday for his Home in fort Wayne ind. It Eden relays . Fears to Dulles . Expected to say she won t extend Korea War London Secretary John Foster Dulles was told today that Britain strongly disapproves of the United states action Deneu to realizing Formosa qualified officials reported. In the course of a private meet ing with Dulles it. Hon. Anthony Eden foreign Secretary was said to have s fears re Garding the move which leaves chinese. Nationalists free to raid their communist ruled Homeland. What Dulles said in answer was not disclosed. He was expected to assure Britain that the new u. S. Administration has no intention of extending the korean War. The Secretary of state and the . Mutual Security administrator Harold Stassen later discussed the eneral far Eastern situation with Eden and prime minister Churchill Over lunch at 10 Downing St., the prime minister s residence. Twice during the Day american and British leaders and their advisers went into full scale Confer ence at the foreign office on Sev eral other aspects of their foreign and economic policies. A foreign office spokesman told reporters that held while Dulles and Eden were Britain s expressions of concern had not been answered with any american assurances. Winners of the grand aggregate in last year s Manitoba Curling association Bonspiel Jimmy Welsh s Deer Lodge rink fell Vic Tim to a club mate s foursome in the major Eaton event wednesday morning. J Clyde Allen s rink took the highly rated former Dominion championship quartet into Camp 6-5, in a thrilling game at their Home rink. The loss practically eliminated the Welsh rink from the grand aggregate race this year. Walsh on beam reigning Canadian Champion Billy Walsh of fort Rouge got Back on the right track wednesday morning by walloping g. W. Ste Venard of Glenella 12-6. Walsh suffered his first loss in the Spiel tuesday afternoon. All games wednesday morning were in the Eaton event. The two Woods Howard and Howie jr., kept right on winning the former knocking off c. Edwards of Otterburne 10-4, while the latter edged Gibbs of Strath Cona 8-7. Other crack rinks to come up victorious were Sammy Arenson of Maple Leaf who Defeated Walker of fort Rouge 11-4 a Gowanlock of Dauphin who trounced d. Callum of Miami 9-5 George Sangster of Granite who nipped Eric Moore of Eaton 12-11 and Bob Dunbar of St. Paul who tripped i. H. Greenburg of por Tage la Prairie 11-6. Fms loss Well known Charlie Krupp of Maple Leaf suffered his first loss an 11-7 defeat at the hands of Bert Reinsch of Brunild. A favorite with the Curling fans bunty Mcwhirter s rink from Scotland has been drawn against j. D. Caldwell of Hamiota in a Birks game at Elmwood on the 4.30 . Draw today. 9 i reports hint deaths May top Mark in three countries Amsterdam up another storm broke Over the flood ravaged areas of England and the Netherlands to night menacing efforts of a Rescue army to save thousands of isolated dutch. The official death toll in the two countries mounted to nearly and reliable reports indicate the count will exceed the new Northwest storm with winds up to 50 Miles an hour accompanied by driving rain broke Over the Netherlands by night fall. The storm hampered the efforts of an Armada of Rescue boats to Rescue countless thousands of men women and children perched on some were tapped on two Netherlands islands alone. Upwards of persons Are taking part in Mammoth Emer ency Rescue operations. Dutch the official figure for the Netherlands alone reached today. This figure included 240 dead at nude Tonge in the Island o Loweree Over Flakker and 75 persons owned in the sister town of Nieuwe Tonge. It did not take into account How reports from the burgomaster Zierik Zee that upwards of see results on Page 6 Jimmy Welsh upset cig Aret tax reduction is forecast by Victor Mackie Ottawa special another reduction in the cig Aret tax in the budget to be brought Down in two weeks time is being forecast Here in View of the excellent Federal Revenue results which came out of the last tax Cut granted Cigar smokers. A one cent Cut in the tax on a pack of Cigar ets theoretically would Cost the Federal Treasury 00. But the experience of the ederal finance people is that it does not work out according to theory. The increased consumption due to the lowered cig Aret Price More than makes up for the Cut in tax and results in More Money pouring into the Treasury. The figures follow cig Aret tax collections april to december 1951, when Cigar ets were 42 cents amounted to cig Aret tax collections april to december 1952, after the tax had seen chopped three cents and cig rets dropped to 39 cents a pack were thus by cutting the tax the government realized More in nine i City police officials get acting posts inspector of detectives David Nicholosn has been appointed acting superintendent of police the free press Learned wednesday. He will now handle the duties of superintendent Robert Taft who is acting Deputy chief. Superintendent Taft automatically became the acting Deputy when Deputy chief George Jamieson went on retirement leave at the beginning of the year. Detective inspector George blow is now acting inspector of detectives replacing inspector Nicholson. His appoint ment became automatic when inspector Nicholson was made acting superintendent. Inspector Nicholson who has been absent from work since nov. 22 because of illness returned to his desk monday. Chief Constable Charles Mac Iver refused to wednesday on the changes. How Ever it was believed Perman ent appointments to these Posi 1 tons will not be made until Deputy chief George Jamie son s retirement becomes effective april 11. You will find Bridge column Page 4. Comics pages 24, 25. Crossword Puzzle Page 4. Deaths and funerals Page 11. Financial news and commodity markets pages 31, s3. Hollywood column Page 5. Match the stars contest Page a radio Page 4. Serial Page 7. Society news pages 1213, 14. Sports pages 20, 21, 22, 23. Temperatures temperature readings Durons the 24-hour period ending at 6.30 . Wednesday were new school draw Wrath of trustees chairman sizzles at dough head mistakes Winnipeg s two newest schools came in for a one hour panning at a school Board meeting tuesday night As trus tees labelled them everything from defective to glaring examples of poor planning the criticism reached a cres Cendo when Board chairman a. N. Robertson sent trustees into fits of chuckles with a description of the dough head mistakes the details of the two buildings. Or. Robertson said he did t think it was funny. Under fire were the seven room Kent Road school in East Elmwood and the nine room Harrow school in Crescent Wood both opened last month. These were the criticisms levelled by trustee mrs. Nan Murphy in the Harrow no Kitchen for teachers. Project activity window ledges too narrow for project activities. Shelves so narrow stocks of foolscap paper fell on the floor. In the Kent Road halt floor so rough it will be immune to cleansing and can be expected to retain the dirt. Horse trough drinking fountains. Beautiful pastel plaster extended to the floor where there was no protective Board ing and where it will be dirtied and scuffed. The paint is blistering. Like the Prairie trustee mrs. E. R. Tennant had one complaint the Prin Cipal has to go outside and ring a hand Bell like they do on the Prairie because there in t any thing chairman Robertson had gone Down to the basement and found that a special worm had been provided in one school so the caretaker would t have to shovel Coal into the Furnace. See school Board Page 6 Dersons have lost their lives on the big Island of Schouwe dui Veland. This would boost the dutch toll Well beyond together with Britain s More than 500 deaths and 14 in Belgium the toll was rapidly approaching the Mark. The latest count from official and unofficial sources City begins flood Relief drive plans Campaign will tie in with nation wide Effort organization of a Winnipeg flood Relief fund Campaign with the possibility of a competent woman at its head has already begun mayor Garnet Coulter announced wednesday. The Campaign conducted locally would tie in with the forma Tion of a National body to assist flood ravaged Europe. Mayor Coulter was trying to arrange an Exchange of ideas with Premier d. L. Campbell wednes Day so Winnipeg s program would fit in with the provincial Effort. The City would work with the province As closely As possible he said. Meanwhile asked what Steps Best available unofficial sources if province intended t a i n g to was be p flood stricken Europe pre Holland 3 223 Mier Campbell said such Aid could England 546 including 169 lost Best be assembled under the one in ships at sea j National organization that is being Belgium 14 total the Amsterdam newspaper Het Drije has been extremely conservative in its Tabu lation of the Large additional dutch death toll. As thousands of workers raced against time to Shore up shattered sea defences in Britain and the Netherlands some vessels and More than 125 planes rushed see storm Page 6 govt. Awaits transit Bond plan the provincial government will consider any Concrete propositions or a provincial guarantee of de ventures submitted by an inter municipal transit commission pre Mier d. L. Campbell declared wed set up for that purpose. Need office and staff the initial problem of getting a local Campaign started said mayor Coulter was to find office space and staff to handle the work. He said he May ask for a woman in the civic service to be released from her regular duties to handle the Campaign. At least one paid person would the evacuation of thousands numb have to work full time to keep the Effort properly said the mayor. There was no indication at pres ent As to what the City could offer beyond Money voluntarily Contri buted towards the fun d. Mayor Coulter had no inventory As yet on what supplies left Over from the 1950 flood were available. The Toronto National office the Canadian red Cross has been in touch with Winnipeg asking this City to get ready articles new clothing. At the same time orders went out to the Geneva Headquarters of the e red to release All Canadian sup plies there to Europe. Bartel menage dutch Consul in Winnipeg and president of the Netherlands Canada society has been named a member of the nation wide committee of dutch canadians organizing flood Relief for Holland. Care parcels officials of care in Ottawa announced wednesday they were prepared to move food and blankets parcels front stockpiles in other parts of Europe to accommodate donors who wish to help friends relatives or unknown Vic Tims of the floods. At least 200 care parcels have been sent to the Netherlands through or. J. Auer president of the newly organized Netherlands flood Relief fund in Canada. In British Columbia trustees a fund established in 1948 to assist Fraser Valley flood victims voted to european Relief. The Money comes from the still remaining in the fund treas Ury. Mayor Fred Hume of Van Couver also opened a Relief fund for British victims tuesday. Errick f. Willis Manitoba progressive conservative Leader and opposition Leader in the provincial House said wednesday the Federal and provincial governments should do everything in t h air Power to help the flood victims of Britain. Les Day. Or. Campbell emphasized that he Cabinet had not refused to guarantee the debentures nor on he other hand had it agreed to do o. The government would have to Vait until some formal proposal Vas in its hands before it could ome to any decision he said. The Premier was asked about in province s position following a Ommert in City Council monday ight by mayor. Garnet Coulter. He mayor said the government would not care to guarantee the reposed commission s Bonds. Or. Campbell said he had just received a letter from mayor Couler requesting a meeting on the Ransit question Between the pro nce and greater Winnipeg Muni parities. He said he would arrange us without in the matter of legislation which Ould allow the City itself to guar tee the Bonds without recourse o the ratepayers or. Campbell Aid it would have to take its nor chances in the House. Any Ould Bill of this nature which Amend the City s charter Ould have to be introduced As a private rather than a government 111. Request for such a change Ould first have to be made by to Council and a formal Applina on submitted to the government. Stalin puts big squeeze on Ukraine min. prec. Vancouver 38 no .20 Canary 23 43 Edmonton .14 32 i Watt current to 38 to. Saskatoon 22 31 Trgina in j 27 .28 Brandon. 0 20 .05 in to. -32 -7 to. A 24 to. 1 22 to. -10 14 to we Wims port Churchill fort William Toronto Otuwa. By Don Dallas London Stalin has put the heat on the Ukraine in his current drive against jewish and Bourgeois influence press and reports from Moscow indic ate. A substantial purge of official Dom there seems under Way. Sev eral ukrainian ministers have Al ready been attacked for alleged failures and ineptitude. The Ukraine Southern soviet re Public known As the granary of the user together with its neigh Boring Republic of Belo Russia contains a substantial proportion of the roughly jews in the soviet Union. The Ukraine with its population More than 1939 census is the Sec Ond biggest soviet Republic. Nationalism not Only has jewish influence always been Strong in the Ukraine but there has often been evidence in the past of tendencies towards the Kremlin has tried to soviet ize All ukrainian culture. Stalin by putting the squeeze on zionist and Burgeois influence in the Ukraine May be trying to kill two Birds with one Stone keeping the jewish element in Check and suppressing nationalist the latest Public attack which appeared in the local newspaper pravda Ukraine feb. 1, was on Justice minister Panasiuk and his ministry and on lawyers said to have accepted bribes. Heavy fire earlier Trade minister Caporoz hets food minister Gritsyuk meat and milk minister Butenko and Industry minister Gritzenko cams under heavy fire for alleged fail Ings. Running through articles in the pravda Ukraine was a lot talk about gangs of thieves sworn enemies of the said to have been Busy wrecking the con Sumer goods Trade in the major ukrainian towns. The implication seems to be that despite soviet in Atin private Enterprise it working again in the Ukraine. Several of the criminals Meni toned have jewish sounding name like Hein Grenstein ;