Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 13, 1954, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press. Wednesday january 13. 19m Page 7 quake snaps California Power lines Bakersfield Calif. Strong earthquake rocked Large sections of California tuesday Jar ring cities More than 500 Miles snapping some Power and Telephone lines and cracking build Ines. There were no reports of injuries. Seismologists at Pasadena said the quake lasting More than a minute began at . Post and was of 5.75 to 6 4 a major quake. The University of California Seismograph at Berke Ley recorded the quake for 15 min utes. Some Telephone lines were broken at nearby Tehachapi where 10 lives were lost in a devastating 1952 quake. Lines also were snap Ped at Ventura and All phone lines were reported out of operation at Newhall near los Angeles. In los Angeles 120 Miles South East plaster of some buildings cracked As did Walls on the 2-Ith floor of the City Hall Tower. Of crime and violence that origin ated in Sicily. Sophie Didomenico 26, was seen tumbling Down the embankment by a railway switchman As the train roared by. She was taken to Hospital in Toronto where authorities say her injuries Are not serious and that she is recovering. Chief Nelson said he believes the mafia was attempting to procure miss Didomenico for immoral Pur poses and that when she objected she was hurled from the train. Giant organization italian residents at port credit Tell me there is a giant mafia organization preying on italian canadians and a giant Shakedown Racket of which procuring girls for immoral purposes is a chief Nelson said. Port credit a Village of is 10 Miles West of Toronto. _. R been made that the Board s scale must have a Revenue adjustment there had been several attempts to estimate the amount of the up Diamond smuggling ring broken Montreal said Moke about Mia Brief continued from Page 1 ten guilty of excess deliveries Ward adjustment required but it was Clear that any one of them f applied on a uniform percentage basis would raise the scale to the Point where it would be higher than existing rates for these important hauls. The Board has not indicated whether it feels that a Revenue adjustment of its scale is called for. Neither has it indicated the nature of any adjustment which it might said or. Moffat. It is Clear however that if the Board s scale is raised significantly in these mileages we will be forced to state that the present rate Structure for East West traffic is preferable to any proposed new Scales. With respect to the other three Scales before the Board car car Alberta Compromise scale we need Only say that each of them is unacceptable because each would Call upon Manitoba to pay higher i a maj r to tuesday a Multi million Dollar charges on this traffic m order to Wetaskiwin Alta. Farmers pleaded guilty Here tues Day to charges of Over deliveries of Grain Laid under the Canadian wheat Board act. Ten others pleaded not guilty and their hear Ings were adjourned to. Fan. 19. It was shown in the 20 charges heard that the accused Farmers delivered to Grain elevators approximately bushels in excess of quotas allowed them by the wheat of those pleading not guilty Law Board. Irenes Hastings had the largest Al the largest excess delivery Wasll eged excess delivery of More than bushels delivered to the mid bushels. Land Pacific Grain co. Elevator Here by Anton Hladyk who was fined the largest Fine imposed tuesday. The second largest Fine was and costs. The accused was 713 bushels in excess of is quota. A total of 137 charges have been Laid against Farmers and Grain buyers in the District. Thirty six of the remaining Farmers Are expected to be heard tuesday. There Are 81 charges against three Wetaskiwin Grain elevators. Be Troquet Heads Paris Assembly Paris up Andre Letro Quer 89-year-old Veteran socialist tuesday was ident of the Sembly on ored speaker of the Council to an in the French fourth Republic Ter the newly elected president ene Coty. The Templeton Community club will elect its 1954 of of Flam at 8.30 . Thursday in the club House Aikens Templeton Street. And 300 different religious sects and which l Tow dwell what the. A rfcs Mari Firari in my Mem convincing by Clifford a. Thursday Jon. 14 at 7.30 . Native Africa Marlborough hotel terrorism by mafia suspected port credit up police chief Joseph Nelson said today he has reason to believe mafia terrorists May be connected with the fall a Young woman from a speeding Canadian National rail ways train Here tuesday. The mafia also known As the Black hand is a terrorist society european smuggling ring using Montreal As a distribution Centre is believed to have master minded a contraband plot smashed Here with the seizure of Worth of diamonds. Jacob Kusmierski 25, and Moses Plandel 40, whose arrest led to he Gem seizure were definitely involved in the ring police said. But they worked As carriers or runners bringing the diamonds o Canada and taking them into the United states for Sale at Black Market prices that might have net Ted As much As the police added. A loan when you need car finn Al other titans Globe mortgage loan co. Ltd. Aoe Lindsay big. Pm. 92-6614 South Winnipeg Liberal association Federal annual meeting take notice thai the an Nual meeting of Anocia Tien will be held at the Marl hotel in monday january 18th, 1954 at 8.15 . All residing in con ski Tintcy Ofton. Hew to hold false Teeth Mere firmly in Placebo your false Teeth annoy and Embarrass by slipping dropping or wobbling when you eat. Laugh or talk Sprinkle a Little fas Teeth on your plates. This non acid powder holds false Teeth More firmly and comfortably. No Gummy Joey pasty taste or fee up. Does not checks plate Odar a Cintura get Ras Teeth today at int drug counter. Moke about Parley continued from Page 1 minister headed the Canadian Dele gation to the conference. The Commonwealth finance minis ters meeting Here tuesday were reported worried Over official estimates of the Sterling area s Trade position this year. Official figures Given the minis ters estimated that the common wealth s Trade surplus will drop from in the year ending last june 30 to year ending next june 30. The decrease will be due Princi Pally to increased imports since exports Are continuing at about the same level. The ministers tuesday generally agreed that the situation must be eased by increasing exports where Ever possible rather than by imposing artificial restrictions. The ministers were reported to have agreed that the Sterling area s Gold and Dollar reserves must be substantially increased before Iree convertibility of Sterling into other currencies can be considered. Recover for the railways Revenue lost on other longer hauls where major reductions Are or. Moffat declared. Hie made the following Points 9 the federation favored immediate creation of a uniform class rate Structure for shipments within Western Canada and within Eastern Canada on the basis of the Board s scale. 9 overwhelming importance in the discussion of class rate Scales ies for Manitoba in the rates for the mileage blocks Between 1200 and 1500 Miles. The federation wanted the West possible rates for those mile age blocks and believed it was entitled to them because they represented movements through the area where water Competition was real Factor. The federation believed it was entitled to the Benefit of that water Competition. 0 the federation adopted position As to whether the no a and a area should be retained. But it contended that if that area was retained the rate charged Between it and Manitoba should not be higher than would apply from the ship Ping Point concerned under the mileage scale. 0 the federation suggested that possibly the simplest and most satisfactory method of dealing with both the a and a group and the water Competition Issue would be to retain an arbitrary rate from and a group to the Lakehead subject to a provision the a More about Snow slide continued from Page 1 it May be your liver if not Worth living it May be you it i a fact it takes up to two pints of liver a Day to keep your digestive tract in top if your liver bile is not flowing freely i rescued. Crushed under two massive aval Anches. Report 28 dead reports from the first rescuers who reached the isolated Valley said 28 were dead 72 missing and injured. Aid poured into the Entrance of the Valley and uni Ted states army helicopters stood by in Germany and Austria await ing instructions. Rescue work continued too in Dallas in the Vor Arlberg sector of Austria where eight persons Are still missing. A huge Snow slide tuesday swept Over the Railroad station and a train at the platform. Five persons died under the Snow and 36 others some injured were that the mileage scale would always apply As a maximum. The primary concern of Mani Toba agriculture in any discussion of rates for freight moved on the class rate schedules Lay with two main issues. They were first Equality of the rate level within Manitoba with that within Eastern Canada. And secondly the securing of the most favourable possible rates on traffic Between Manitoba and the main Eastern in us trial cities. It had always been the View of Manitoba agriculture that it was Iron g in principle that the Basic Vel of rates in Manitoba should higher than in Eastern Canada. 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Egyptian head outlaws moslem brotherhood arrests 100 leaders Cairo Gen. Moham med Naguib s regime today outlawed Egypt s powerful moslem brotherhood and arrested More than 100 of its leaders. The brotherhood a militant re Gigious organization was ordered dissolved under the same Law the regime used to ban All establishes political parties last october. The organization has been Lead ing a Campaign to drive the Brit ish out the Suez canal zone de spite repeated warnings from the government against political agita Tion. More about traffic poll continued from Page 1 Home needs sunlight washes everything washable new sunlight u i Favourite bar soap by far. It i All pure extra soapy. Kind to hands too. Get sunlight today 3. Under Manitoba s assigned risk plan Accident prone Drivers can obtain special insurance at a Cost of 40 per cent More than Standard insurance rates. Clean risks such As elderly people with Good driving record can obtain assigned risk insurance at stand Ard rates plus a investigation dec. Assigned risk insurance is limited to the minimum required by provincial regulation. Should clean risks have the option of purchasing higher limits than the minimum if so How High should the limit be should Drivers with bad records be charged the additional Premium if so is 40 per cent the proper amount there has been some criticism the questionnaire stated that the assigned risk plan is too often used by insurance companies. The companies claim 98.84 per cent of Manitoba Drivers Are insured through Normal channels and Only 1.16 per cent under the assigned risk plan. Most Drivers clean up their record after several years on the plan. Do you consider thai your motorists Are furnished with an Ade quate Market for Auto insurance b. Under the Highway traffic act traction other than High Speed tractors Are excluded from the definition of motor vehicle and do not have to be licenced. The licence Speed for a High Speed tractor is should tractors regularly operating on the Highway be licenced if so should they be exempted from such requirements of the Highway traffic act As lighting equipment and speedometer i should tractors be barred from i the highways Between Sunset and Sunrise the province s Driver improvement clinic has been operating in greater Winnipeg since 951. In that year Winnipeg s Acci Lent rate dropped 24.5 per cent and was still below the 1950 level n 1952. Should the plan be extended to More experimental areas in the province or should it be extended Rhrou shout the province now 7. 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