Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 15, 1954, Winnipeg, Manitoba Better cakes Jig of milk More Calcium Bryce s milk Glo bread by Carrier in Winnipeg 30c per week Winnipeg Friday january 15, 1954 week end edition with comics Loe Over All school plan Urgeii-1 or cily and suburbs orphaned voiceless boy gives blood in gratitude a 17-year-old Ontario boy stranded and broke in Winni Peg this week left a big impression on Winnipeg s Juve Nile and family court. The boy was making his Way Back to Ontario from Van Couver where he had been working. He had no Money when he got Here he was an orphan and he was a mute. Weill to the police station to Isick lodging. Because he was under 18, the police took him to juvenile court. There he was interviewed by Alf Kitchen chief probation officer. The wrote notes to or. Kitchen. It was Learned that his faster Home was in kit Chener. He had lost his voice when he was in an air plane crash at the age of 16.at the West coast. Arrangements were made by the court for the boy s transportation East. But the follow ing Day he asked to see or. Kitchen and wrote this note when can 1 go. To the red Cross to give a pint of the amazed probation officer inquired the boy wrote just to help some body who needs though he was under the 18-year-old minimum age limit for blood donors the red Cross accepted his offer and he received the personal thanks of or. G. E. Large provincial medical director red Cross blood transfusion service. It was the boy s Way of say ing thanks for his care Here and his government paid train passage Home. Tii Eft suspect to get jury trial Brian Matthew Armstrong 25, of 483 Brandon Avenue thursday was committed jury trial following a preliminary hearing in Eily be lace court on two charges of theft. He the charged who stealing an overcoat and Brief Cue Worth from a ear oct. Belonging to Alexander g. Scotty 811 grm renor Avenue note s. The car was parked behind the Empire Newt and tobacco shop 441 Portage Avenue. He was charged with taking a Wallet containing from m hotel room dec. 12 occupied by Norman Craf station Choli. Operated businesses without permits 2 fined two persons were each fined and costs in City police court thursday for operating businesses without first obtaining a licence. Mrs. Bernice Danylchuk 1277 Portage ave nue fined for operating a dance Nail. John Maxner 589 William Avenue for operating a Dray. Man gets jail for trouser theft Alexander Dzydzora 43, of no fixed abode was sentenced to three months in jail thurs Day when he pleaded guilty City police court to stealing three pairs of trousers Worth j35.85 from a City department store. Last week he was Given a Floater on a vagrancy charge in City police court. Ridd addresses old age pensioners Rev. I. W. Ridd addressed the Winnipeg old age pensioners wednesday night in Trinity Hall. Or. Red was five years the senior of the next oldest pensioner he topic was influence. Greetings and of support came from mayor Garnet Coulter. An orchestra from the Young Street Community Centre t. E. Thonia presented the auditor s report How inf a favourable balance. Frank Day president announced that n. W. Medd president the National federation of pensioners local ties will vat Winnipeg la february. Damage done when cars collide damage estimated at was done to two cars that collided at the Corner of Mcgregor Street and Hartford Avenue at 750 . Friday. Police re ported cars driven by Sam Cohen 384 Hartford Avenue Takashi Tono ii 561 Kil Donan Avenue collided at the intersection. No one was injured. Free press meetings meetings scheduled for the free press building monday Are Board room no. 2, Winnipeg South Centre women s Liberal association 2.15 . Board room no. 1, ladies auxiliary amalgamated civil servants 8 . Board room no. 2, ladies auxiliary of Imperial veterans in can Ada 8 natural history society of Manitoba 8 Man gets two years for theft theft of Worth of Toota brought a two year Penitentiary term to a Winnipeg nun in St. Boniface police court. Johnnie knt her Euclid Avenue pleaded guilty to two charges breaking entering and theft from two Canadian Pacific railway tear houses. The offences occurred the night of dec. 34. Knt her s loot was a 10-Pound Sledge Hammer and 10-Pound mall valued at a and a claw bar and lining bar valued at knt her asked magistrate Henri Larcerte prior to sentencing that be tent to Penitentiary he could learn a Trade if the penalty was to be a lengthy jail Smedley s Corner this May be news to school trustee George Frith who was t present when the school Board met thursday evening. When the Board met in committee of , chairman Peter d. Curry slipped into or. Frith s vacant seat. Why this is the softest chair in the exclaimed or. Curry. Trustee a. N. Robertson overheard the remark and when the meeting was Over he tried the chair himself. Curry s he. Said and carted of f or. Frith s chair substituting it with his own. Wendy Ann officially first baby Wendy Ann Andrew is greater Winnipeg s official new year s baby and Winner of All the gifts offered by Winnipeg merchants. A Check of vital statistics in Winnipeg and suburbs Friday the Day for the official award con firmed the title. Wendy was born at 12.52 . Jan. 1 to mrs. Hugh Andrew of 111 St. Anne s Road St. Vital in St. Boniface Hospital. First baby born in Winnipeg Jan. 1 was another Wendy Marlene Wendy Ammeter born 40 seconds after Midnight in Concordia hos Pital. However she was not Eli Gible for the contest since her parents Are from Starbuck Man. Only greater Winnipeg parents Are eligible for the free press con lest. Still another Wendy Wendy Charyl Owen of 700 Holly Avenue was born rat 4.37 ., Jan. 1, be coming fort Garry s new year s baby and Winner of All the gifts offered by merchants there. Cox girl Back Home Mother admits abduction of her son a 28-year-Oid Mother who took her seven year old son from the custody of his father was Given a three year suspended sentence Fri Day. Stella Klosowski of Toronto pleaded guilty in City police court to a charge of abduction. Police said the woman had taken the boy Jan. 11 to Camp Morton Man., without the father s Permis. Sion. The father Walter Gube Raczuk 312 Boyd Avenue told police his son Eugene had failed to return from school and he had reason to believe his former wife had taken the child. Later the Mother phoned the wife of her former husband and told her that she had the boy. Police issued an abduction charge and with the assistance of the ramp mrs. Klosowsky and the boy were brought to Winnipeg. The boy was returned to his Ather who had a court order for Lis custody. The woman was placed n custody. Police said or. And mrs. Guber Nanczuk came to Canada in and obtained a divorce in january of last year. Both have remarried since. Judges picked for Mcgoun cup debate three Winnipeg professors have been named judges for tonight s Mcgoun cup debate. Judges Are g. P. R. Tallin Dean and lecturer at the Manitoba Law school John d. Peter associate professor of English at the univer sity of Manitoba and or. Alan a. Klass professor of physiology and surgery at the Manitoba medical College. Topic for is resolved that the Kinsey reports Are a Benefit to society. University of Manitoba Debat ters Leo Stern third year medi Cine and Julius Koteles first year Law will take the affirmative of the topic Here against Irvin Epstein and Elmer Martens from the University of Saskatchewan. Two other local debaters will according to Csc of facial television reception will improve As soon As the tags Are ironed says Smedley he s prob ably the same fellow who Taven Tod be contesting the negative of the topic against University of Brit ish Columbia debaters in Vancou ver. Home school meet a movie titled shyness will be shown to the Champlain Home and school association at 8.15 . Tuesday in the school auditorium. Activities will be discussed by miss Georgina Samuel and k. Speaking of pets mrs. H. Haymen of 852 Mcdermot Avenue has a Budgie by the name of Peter. This morning Peter Laid an egg. Peter is now Patsy. Unhappy anniversary this happened on thursday of this week the first anniversary of the Day when William Mederski of Winnipeg and his wife were involved in a car Accident. The car was battered up quite a bit at that time and it was Only a few Days ago when All the business Over the claim was All cleared up. Well on thursday one year to the Day after that Accident or. Mederski parked his Auto in a parking lot. Soon alter wham a crash a grinding sound the tinkle of falling pieces of Metal. Sure enough a truck had banged into or. Mederski s car. Such is life she waited and waited it seems that this girl from Winnipeg drove with some friends to another town on a buying spree last week end. She became tired told her friends she would go Back and wait in the car. Until they finished shopping. She waited and waited it seemed like an hour at least. Finally she went to look for the others. She found them. They had been looking for her too. It appears that she had been sitting in somebody else s car All the time. St. James kiwanis Kewanian George Taylor will present a program at a dinner meeting of St. James kiwanis club at 5.53 . Tuesday at Moore s restaurant. The debate Here is scheduled for 8.30 . In the residence auditorium on the University Campus. Tickets door. Will be available at the Howard evening. Will be guest for the pretty five year old Laura Diane Cox arrived Back Home Friday. Here she talks happily on the Telephone to her Mother mrs. Edith Cox shortly after her arrival. Her Mother was at work. The child s father Russell g. Cox took Laura out of bed dec. 29, and took her to Calgary. Laura came Back from Calgary with her grandmother mrs. W. J. Cox of 49 Avenue St. Vital thursday night on the train. Friday morning the grandmother returned her to 246 Kensington Street St. James where Laura s Mother lives. The Landlady mrs. Hazel Mcfarlane welcomed the Little girl at the door she had Laid a charge of common assault against Cox for allegedly throwing her away from the Telephone the night he took Laura away. Harvey named chairman of civil defence Board . M. H. S. Penhale re signed thursday As director of the metropolitan civil defence Board at its 1954 inaugural meeting. Aid. Gurzon Harvey was elected chairman and mayor e. A. Hans Ford of St. Boniface vice chair Nan. E. F. Assistant direct or was made acting director of he Board until a sub committee of three appoints Gen. Peri Hale s Suc Cessor. To Arnprior Post Gen. Penhale is leaving the City s civil defence service to take up his Post As commandant of the Federal civil defence staff College at Arnprior ont. His resignation comes effective feb. 5. Commenting on Winnipeg s civil defence plan Gen. Penhale said i will naturally wish to pursue my interests throughout until the plan is developed. I think civil defence is vital and should con Winnipeg s civil defence plan will include a 38-Siren alarm sys tem by the end of the month and is to be linked up with both Cana Dian arid . Air defence control systems. It would not be feasible for Board or committee members to assimilate the plan in a single eve he said in reply to a suggestion that he outline the plan to tis successors at a committee meeting. It would be better if i were to submit a 200-Page draft of the plan that Board members can study in under the plan greater Winni Peg is divided up into four sub divisions and 20 civil defence districts. District wardens we have been trying to put a trained civil defence Warden in charge of each District but so far this has not been Gen. Penhale said. A total of people had Al ready been trained in some aspect of civil defence the retiring director said. This included civil defence trainees 140 specialists 71 War Dens Basic first aiders registered nurses 114 licensed practical mines 158 nursing orderlies and 891 Home nurses. Another 293 persons or there about Are enrolled for civil de Fence courses to begin next week at nine different City centres. Civil defence grand total strength including fire and police services was persons Gen. Pen hate said. Of this number were volunteers. Aid. Harvey councillor w. J. Riley of Tuxedo and mayor Hans Ford were elected to the financial sub committee at thursday s meet ing. They will also form the sub committee to appoint Gen. Pen Bale s successor. First Aid classes classes in first Aid and Home nursing have been planned by the St. John ambulance coun cil starting thursday. Registration for the evening a week classes will be held opening night at 7.30 at St. John House. Subsequent classes will begin at 8 . Ifs shorts not pyjamas for lyrical Vic Ames though he s a member of what s billed As America s no. 1 Quad Vic Ames does t put on any is. No fancy sequin studded pyjamas or Ermine dressing gown for him. Vic sleeps in his shorts and a t shirt. At least that s what it looked like at about . Friday when Vic answered a Knock on the door of his room in the Royal Alexandra hotel to admit a f r e e press reporter male. The other Ames Brothers were asleep. They d arrived Here at . And were As tired As an old tin pan Alley Melody. Vic is the second youngest Mem Ber of the famous team. Joe s the oldest then there s Gene. De s the youngest. The boys Are perhaps Best known for Ria Victor recording of you. You. You but no one s Ever thought to ask them How you d i Brothers. The boys from Boston Are really Brothers. And they re a sports team As Well As singers. All Are top athletes and once with a fifth brother named Mac they formed a basketball team that won a championship in Boston. Vic was an impressive Winner in several Amateur boxing con tests but it s unlikely hell Demon Strate his pugilistic accomplish ments when her performs with the other three at Rancho Don Carlos daily till next thursday. The boys were also Here for a pop concert at the playhouse theatre Friday night. Other information about Vic he apparently does t step vide three yous among four1 shorts. Quite As soundly As the others. He Speaks in Southern like tones which belie his new England Ori Gin and he certainly wears Coloru cd trainee disappointed at least one aspiring civil de Fence trainee is doomed to Dis next week s courses anyhow j. This is what . M. H. A Penhale retiring director told the civil defence Board thursday. I am unable to report for., instruction at this the hopeful wrote the director As i am in the Manitoba Penitentiary. Upon my release i will get in touch with the director said we Only had one Volunteer from there unfortunately. So it was impractical to set up a course for a trustees consider a efficiency proposals a team of efficiency experts has warned the Winnipeg Board that the education systems of greater win _ Nipes cannot run at top efficiency until an Over All plan is "1 developed to meet the requirements of your school District and those of surrounding the efficiency report was re leased at a special school Board meeting thursday night. Nearly All its recommendations on the administrative methods of the school system were promptly endorsed by the trustees. At the same meeting the trus tees chopped off their draft budget of expenses for 1954 now estimated near the Mark about higher than last year. Nearly All the saving was made on the. School alterations and betterment pro Gram. Early estimates figured Ohr a far More work than could be done this year. It chief among the report s commendations was one urging k that the Board acquire More Ware House space. The report suggested is million for education not niggardly Miller in the provincial government s budget for 1953, or in every was set aside for education. Hon. W. C. Miller minister of education mentioned this fact in an address to the Canadian Ger Man business and professional Hen s association at the St. Charles Lotel thursday night. Or. Miller is one of the four patrons of the association formed n october to promote a better understanding with other com Mercial groups in the City and to assist in the education of German immigrants. The other patrons Are it. Hon. C. D. Howe Federal min Ster of Trade and Commerce Hon. R. D. Turner Manitoba s Trade minister and mayor Garnet Coulter of Winnipeg. W. C. Barthel president was chairman of the dinner meeting attended by More than 200. Of equity introduced by John Kelsch vice president or. Miller said the educational system was the nurse of excellence and the guard of it strove to give scope to ability and to raise the general average. In Manitoba the minister said the Quality of educational Opportunity hinged largely on finance in order to equalize the tax Bur Den he said the government in 1947 decided to base its general Grants on the principle of giving greater support to poorer districts. In that Way it was lipped to pro vide equal Opportunity for the youth of the province. Or. Miller said there were still some people who called Manitoba s education allotment niggardly. Surely that is a record not to be ashamed the minister said. Or. Miller spoke of the cultural traditions of men and women of German origin in this country. The contributions they had made to Canada he said extended Over two centuries. Energy needed or. Turner pointed to the vast resources of the province and said that to effect full development the greatest Energy and initiative would the needed. The president congratulated Chester on his appointment o the Canadian farm loan Board and presented a bouquet to mrs. Chester. Or. Chester spoke briefly. It was noted that there were approximately 200 businesses Winnipeg owned or operated people of German origin. Remember Lili Guys she s in town today by Joe Gelmon a girl that Many soldiers know came to town thursday patted her metallic Silver blonde hair smiled her wide smile and would t Tell her age. There was no lamp Post for Lili Marlene to stand under so she twirled her expensive furs and sat Down. The chair was located in the Csc building where German song stress Lale Andersen the original Lili was about to be interviewed for a broadcast on cow. Lili left the Barracks Gate and arrived in Winnipeg Early thurs Day to do three Charity shows for the. Germania football soccer club. She s also visiting her son and daughter who live Here. Going to us. After three weeks Here Lili s few weeks. In september she says Shell be returning to the . To work probably for Good. I to do it meaning ought to know she has to stay in the states because her contracts Are Long term. I Don t like to do it but i have to do the soldiers sweetheart recorded the famous number in 1938 Many years after it had been written by a German author Hans Leip and shortly after it had been set to music by composer Norbert Schultze. In 1941, German occupation troops i Yugoslavia set up a military radio station in Belgrade and they received five German records. Flayed in error an announcer was to play an other Andersen song three red roses. By mistake he played the a Side Lili Marlene and both German troops and British in North Africa heard it loved it Sang it and caused it to be trans lated into nobody knows How Many languages. Or that s the Story they Tell anyway. Lili says the nazis forced her to Hee to the North sea Island of Lange Roog when she refused to sing the song in English Tor propaganda Canadian club to hear United Church head it. Rev. A. A. Scott first Moderator of the United Church of Canada to be chosen from an Over seas position will address the Canadian club of Winnipeg at a luncheon at 12.15 . Wednesday at the fort Garry hotel. His subject will be India where he has been principal of the College at Indore for the last 25 years. Purposes. Smiling liberally she told her Story to reporters who had been warned by a member of her entourage to keep Clear of in the interview. Lili s second husband is a Swiss composer Arthur Beul who had North America yodelling a while Back with a Continental Hill Billy ditty known As when a Swiss boy goes calling. Lili can t sing his numbers though. He s a Swiss so the Way he writes is just not my Way to May entertain troops As for the song about the girl that Many soldiers know there seems to be a bit of a difference of opinion Between Lili and Ameri can singers. She translates it underneath the lantern else says lamp Post. Lili does t mind arguing with Bing Crosby and Vaughan Monroe on this particular Point. And she betting House sentence appealed an Appeal has been filed against a three month jail sentence imposed upon a Winnipeg Man wednesday in connection with keeping a common betting House. Ewaschuk was convicted in City police court by magistrate m h. Garton wednesday. He is now a prisoner at heading Ley jail Ewaschuk who is being represented by s. Hart Green ifs Ted the following grounds against his conviction and sentence the conviction was against Law evidence and weight of Evi Dence there was no evidence that the Appellant s residence at 960 Atlantic Avenue was open kept or used for the purpose of betting by the persons resorting. Thereto with any other that there was no evidence that the aforesaid premises were open kept or used for the Pur pose of recording or registering bets on any horse race. Ewaschuk in motion of a peal said he desired to have his Case presented by Oral argument and he did not desire to be pre sent in person at the hearing of the Appeal. Fire hit family still seeking living quarters or. And mrs. Charles Saun dvrs and their family Are still looking for a House to re place their Home in St vital which was completely Des troyed by fire saturday night. Mrs. Saunders said Friday that they had thought they had what they wanted then decided the House in question was too big. But they have one or two other prospects she mrs. Saunders said help is still being offered in response to a free press Story about the family s plight. Court issues warrant cancels bail for men warrants for the arrest of two men one facing charges of housebreaking the other charges of receiving stolen goods were issued by magistrate m. H. Garton n City police court thursday. Bail was also cancelled for Clif Ford Orr alias Leonard Day 22, and Walter Basil Friend .26, who were ordered to appear in court thursday but failed to do so Day faces nine charges of House breaking and theft and three of theft from automobiles. The stolen goods involved were valued at a total of j7.400. Friend faces four charges of receiving stolen goods. Two remanded John William Zack 39, and Jack Kelln 28, who faced three charges of receiving stolen goods appeared in court and were remanded one week. When Zack failed to appear when his name was called defence coun Sel Yude m. Henteleff asked the court where is he i want him in court. He was Here a minute ago. It he is now in custody suggest he be Given his right to appear in court. The manner he was spirited away in t fair to him or his Louii Sel. He has the right to appear in demanded or. Henteleff Crown prosecutor c. A Tupper position to talk about people appearing in court. You and your senior partner had. Givon us to understand that Day and Friend would appear Jan 5 and. Plead guilty. They appeared yet. If Zack is in custody he will appear in court tomorrow morn ing. We have been remanding this Case for said or. Tupper. Zack produced after hearing arguments by both the defence counsel and or. Tup per magistrate Garton ordered Zack produced in court. Inspector of. Detectives George blow snapped his fingers to signal another detective and Zack was brought in immediately. After Zack appeared in court he was whisked Back into the detective office where inspector blow said he was being questioned on an other matter. Friday Zack appeared in City police court charged with forging and uttering a Cheque for he was remanded until thursday without plea. Day was out on bail the other three men a four men live at 468 Enniskillen Avenue West Kildonan. The housebreaking and thefts occurred in various parts of greater Winnipeg Between August and that the Board erect a warehouse and office building on Gertie Street behind the school Board the 44-Page report also recon Len mended that the purchasing agent s department be absorbed by the Secretary treasurer s depart so that All financial aspects z he operation of the Board would be brought t the thursday meeting. Or. 4 c. Lorimer superintendent endorsed the recommendation for a warehouse and said a report would be presented to the Board s build no committee. Trustees discussed department recon minutes Ca i capable hands the report said we believe that the affairs of Jie school District Are in capable hands and in general Are being 5 carried out in an effective and business like manner. A close spirit of co operation appears to exist Between the de artents and the school District i s fortunate with respect to Avail Able replacements for the depart ment Heads who will be retiring in 5 the next few Over the past few con r med the school District has had of expand substantially at the elementary school level and the same expansion must soon be made at i the High school level. But the problem of meeting the expanded requirements of the school District to Best advantage Bas been made More difficult by. The fact that there is no Over All plan designed to meet the requirements of your District and those of adjoining municipalities. Until such a plan is developed. Faul y Pmj Icli v there can be no Assurance that the educational requirements of the area As a whole will be provided for on the most effective and economical save 400 hours o the report estimated that implementation of its recommend. N Tion would save the District 4qq working hours per month roughly the equivalent to the time of 2v clerks per month. But establishment of new controls recommended in the report would in part offset the saving. A among the Board s other recommendations that a definite policy be Laid Down covering clerical services i provided in the schools. The teach ing staff of the schools Are carry icing on varying amounts of Cleri Cal work themselves the report j said. We found one of the chief i complaints of principals clerical assistance was the fact a said or. Henteleff was not in a i october last year. That they had difficulty in getting away from their constantly being called Back to the that certain types of correspondence dealing with applications and resignations of teachers now taking up an important amount of Sia the school Board s time be with by the superintendent s apartment. Instead of typing both a re port and minutes on the Board meetings that the report be made to serve As the minutes. That department Heads make i. Monthly budget reports. In discussion of this recommendation trustee a. N. Robertson f said that the Hoard should at this time take Stock of its method of preparing the budget. Instead of Starling in december he Felt the trustees should begin work v on it As far Back As May. Or. Lorimer said he was not very impressed with this recommendation because of the amount of additional work it would require. The rest of the 40 recommendations dealt with new filing and accounting methods Exten Sion of the school Board office in Ter communication system a new method of making up and Distri buting the school system payroll of checking the interest charges on overdraft Loans and of con trolling the and Stor ing of school supplies. T the Board rejected Only one of the recommendations a minor one dealing with an accounting i routine. It deferred decision on More than half a dozen of them t there was no discussion whats 1 Ever on the report As a whole. T the report criticized the Board s 1 personnel policy for stenographers and clerks because there was no provision for bringing in caper 1 ended stenographers and clerks i at any other than the regular starting salary follow City policy the report suggested that the school District follow the City s new policy on overtime and trans ports Tion allowance. The City it at present reviewing its policies in t these Fields and the report said j the school system May Able to profit by the City s discoveries. The report was ordered by the school Board last fall following a similar efficiency investigation by the City of Winnipeg. It comes at a Ettac when budget forecasts and new salary 5f. He Dulos threaten to increase the operating Cost of the Winnipeg school system by 000 this year. The investigation Cost the school District it was made by two members of the staff or j. D. Woods and Gordon ld., Toronto management consultants ;