Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 16, 1954, Winnipeg, Manitoba New classified phone number 93-6541 final edition weather forecast Clear clouding Over sunday morning. A few Snow flurries tomorrow eve Ning. Continuing cold. Winds West it is Southwest at 15 sunday morning. Low to night and High sunday 30 mid 15 below. Vol. 61 no. 94 coldest Day in .3 years freezes City Mercury to take another plunge tonight Winnipeg has sunk to its lowest in three years Low est temperature that is. Be tween chattering Teeth the Weatherman said it was 33 below this morning. The Southern Canadian Prairies today Are in the Centre of a vast Arctic air mass extending from the Pacific coast to Lake Huron. -37 at Kenora Kenora ont., registered a Cool "7 below at 8.30 . And Central Saskatchewan was generally about 40 below. Cold spot of the West overnight was Wagner North of Edmonton Alia with 48 below. In the same province Vermilion registered 46 below and Jasper 45 below. Saskatoon reported 42 below overnight and other Saskatchewan Points were not far behind. Vancouver and Victoria traditional warm spots on the Pacific reported overnight lows of 16 and 17 above respectively. To top it off Victoria residents Friday saw mow again two inches of it. The Weatherman could see temperatures easing slightly Over the week end with a Low of some where Between 25 and 30 below tonight and a High sunday of 15 below. High today is expected to about 20 below. Last Day in Winnipeg was Jan. 29, 1951, when the temperature dipped to 36.1 below coldest Day for 1952 was 27.1 Low for 1953 27.2 below. North . Covered the Arctic air mass moved into the Northern United states and extended As far South As Oklahoma today. A storm Cut through the Prairies of the United states dump ing up to nine inches of Snow in Montana and Wyoming. Trains into. Winnipeg were delayed an average of an hour on Long runs due to cold. The can Adian Pacific railway s trains from Toronto and Montreal were run Ning Between 10 and 40 minutes late while their Vancouver train was two and a half hours of t schedule. The Canadian National s Toron to and Montreal trains run Ning about one hour late on the run into Winnipeg Early today. The train from Edmonton was one hour late. Gale lashes . Vancouver up a million dollars Worth of logs was abandoned to turbulent seas Here Fri Day As the Winter s worst storm howled out of the Arctic to lash British Columbia. Ten tiny tugs after battling 24 hours against icy Spray from 10 foot Waves in an attempt to round logs scurried for port late Fri Day leaving the Timber to the known locally As a the Arctic blasts reached 70-mile an hour speeds As they scattered the logs throughout the sound. Piggy Bank clue leads l to arrest a Blue plastic Piggy Bank has led to the arrest in Winnipeg of a Moose jaw Man wanted in Regina on several charges of shop break ing. Police said William Melvin Kim Briel 21, is also a suspect Inathe recent attempted armed robbery of Regina s Woolworth store. Car trouble Kimbriel was arrested wednes Day along with another Man const. Frank Lund when they were having difficulty with their car. Const. Lund arrested the two men when they were unable to explain the presence of the Piggy Bank in the Back seat of their car subsequent investigation revealed the Piggy Bank was part of stolen loot in Saskatoon. As a re sult of information furnished the Winnipeg police department Stegina police have located a Large Quantity of loot taken in recen shop breaking in that City. Kimbriel is now awaiting ramp escort to take him to Regina. 52 pages Winnipeg saturday january 16, Sun 9.21 Moon rim 2.21 . Sun sell 4.sf . Moon 6.41 serious problem for 54 big squeeze on Farmers May put Pinch on you police find family of elderly Man after three Days a taxi Driver brought the 88 year old ukrainian Man to the Rupert Avenue police station tuesday Midnight. He did t know where he wanted to go. He did t know where his Home was. He had come to the City to see a doctor he said. He had been in Hospital. His name was Michael Gregorry. Police phoned and phoned. Hospitals old age Homes even the provincial age pension Board. For three Days while the investigation went on the elderly Man was quartered in the police station Bull finally a son Steve was con at Arborg Man. His father had taken a Bur min Cha City to Pat o dweeb in the first nine months of 1953, Canada s far mers pocketed nearly billion in Cash for the Sale of their produce. This Cash income was the biggest Ever received our Farmers in such a period. You might think in View of this record that Farmers Are entering 1954 in a highly optimistic Frame of mind. But they Aren t. They re a mighty worried group. And the cause of their worry is a situation that adds up to one of Canada s biggest prob lems of 1954. It s a problem of vital in Terest to Farmers and City peo ple alike. For regardless of Canada s great Advance As an Industrial nation the Farmer is still one of our Basic figures. If he makes Money we All make Money. If he has it Tough we All feel the Pinch. This is particularly True in the Prairie West. What is this problem briefly it is this the Farmer is the victim of a squeeze. The prices of Arnost everything he Sells Are going Down and the prices of almost everything he buys Are staying up. If this problem in t solved if the squeeze gets tighter in Stead of easier then the Farmer and All of us could headed for trouble in fact the Only reason Why agriculture is still in a relatively prosperous state in spite of the squeeze is that it is much More efficient than it used to. If Farmers were faced with the same costs of production today As they were in the 1920 a Many of them would bankrupt. In 1936, a Farmer had to hire two stokers for every opera Ting Binder paying stokers w a Day and boarding them. In the 20 s it took a 16-Man Crew to keep a steam engine separator outfit rolling at a payroll of j125, daily at a threshing Cost of about 10 cents a Bushel for wheat. Added to that were the Cost of cutting and stocking the crop arid the huge Cost of feeding the threshing Crew with extra Kitchen help Tor the housewife. Today the self propelled Combine following the Swather has changed All that. The Combine operator and Grain trucker do what a big outfit did before and thresh for three or four cents a Bushel compared with 10 cents in the old Days. And remember 10 cents in the 20 s would go As far As about twice Libit amount now. So the comparison is really four cents As against 20 cents not four against 10. If in the last four the Farmer had. Been operating in the same free Wheeling costly Way he did in the Golden mid 20 she d broke As Flat now As the Straw on his Winter stubble Field. Yet his efficiency is a big Factor in storing up surplus grains now and shoving up this year s challenging problem. He faces lowering Selling prices _ partly because of declining world prices for bread grains. As the prices which Farmers get slide downwards their operating costs drop much More slowly if at All. This situation has prevailed since 1951, speeding up against the Farmer in 1952 and 1953. Between 1951 and september 1953, close to the average for last year farm prices skidded 61.4 Points. In the same period costs to Farmers for commodities and services went ahead 8.4 Points. These figures give an India Tion of the squeeze. There Are Only two ways it can eased. One is the Farmer getting higher prices for what he Sells and the other is for a further Cut to made somehow in his costs of production. Prairie farmkb8 must sell their big Cash crop wheat on a world Market. If they Are going to sell that wheat they must accept the Price the world Market will pay. In times of world surplus they cannot pass on their higher operating costs in the form of Hoffher prices. If they tried it. Their world customers would desert them. What about easing the squeeze the other alter a forecast continuing cold Price on Power project plan secret talks denied to revive scheme says Campbell Premier d. L. Campbell and mayor Garnet Coulter denied Friday that secret negotiations Are underway Between Winnipeg s City Council and the provincial May Nave ils Eye on Meyer As a Kurt Meyer May play key role for West in new German army Ottawa up a German War criminal Kurt Meyer to freed soon from a life term in prison May play a vital role in a new German army. He was highly regarded in the German army during the second world War and at 33 became its youngest government to revive plan live lowering production costs this in t going to easy. As stated the Farmer has already done an excellent Job of lowering his Cost of operation. Opportunities for him to make further reductions on his own Hook still exist but they Are narrowing. Any sizable reductions from Here on will depend largely on what is done non farm quarters such As Industry and government. If As a result of a concerted Effort All parties the farm production Cost is lowered then the Farmer can increase his production even at lower sell ing prices and still maintain the Strong position which he has built up in the last few years. Font ice Iii however mayor Coulter made Public a letter from the provincial government which asked the City to enter talks n a new Power Deal. Premier Campbell also said hat any revival of plan c was possible since the Winnipeg electric co. Has been broken up and the transit and Gas utilities disposed of. Aid. C. E. Sibonile finance com Mittee chairman termed the earlier on authoritative in formation received Friday morn no at City in ready to fight meanwhile Aid. H. B. Scott the Only member of Council who came out against plan c said he would fight any attempted revival at n f t. P table Nehf the Story the following table tells the of Between income and to an annual and month prepared if Dominion Bureau of 1m5-19s9 equal 1w. Farm farm family of agricultural products 133.1 .1951 296.s 273.5 195s sept tue Farmers living 119 so 210 old country you will find around the Home Page 9, soccer London up results of names played in the United kingdom to Day English it Slon i Aslom Villa j. Portsmouth 1. Bolton w 2. Newcastle u 2. Burnley 5, Middlesbrough 0. Charlton a 4. Sheffield w 2. Hudden Leld t 0. Blackpool 0. Manchester to to Manchester c 1. Preston n e 2. Liverpool 1. Sheffield u 1, Chelsea 3. Sunderland 5, Cardill c 0. Tottenham 0, w Bromwich 1. Wolverhampton 0. Arsenal 2. Div Lake ii Bristol r 0. Brentford 0. Everton 0, Bury 0. Fulham 3, West Ham u 4. Hull c 3, Doncaster r 1. Leicester c 3, Birmingham c 4. Lincoln c 2, Derby c 2. Notts c 0, Blackburn r s. Plymouth a 5, Oldham a 0. Rotherham u 3, Nottingham f 0. Stoke c Leeds u 0. Swansea t 1, Luton t 1. Neil inn Iii Southern Brighton 3. Gillingham 1. Colchester u i. Bristol c 2. Crystal p 2, Millwall 3. Exeter c 1, Torquay u 2. Leylon o 1, Ipswich t 2. Newport c 2, Shrewsbury t 1. Norwich c 3. Walsall 0. Queen s pro Swindon t 2. Reading 0. Bournemouth 1. Southampton 2, Aldershot 0. Southend u 2. Coventry c 2. Watford 1. Northampton t 1. Tiv attn Iii Northern Barrow 1, Halifax t j. Bradford c 1, Tran Mere r 0. Chesterfield 1, Barnsley t. Darlington 2, Bradford j. Gateshead 2, Crewe Alex 0. Mansfield t 2, Carlisle u 1. Hartlepool u 2. Port Vale 1. Rochdale 4. Grimsby t 1. Scunthorpe u 1, Southport j. Stockport c 0, York c 1. Worx Nifton 2. Chester 0. Wrexham 4, Accrington 2, scottish league a Aberdeen 1. Hibernian 3. Clyde 1, Stirling a 1. Falkirk 2, part irk t 2. Hamilton a 0, Fife 1. Hearts 5. St. Mirr a 1. Queen at s 5, Durdee 1. Raith r 2, celtic 0. Rangers 3. Aird ionians 0. Book 2. Church news Page 10. 24, 25. Crossword Pimer Page 6. Deaths and Faff 34 finance news Page m. Hollywood column to the editor Page 23 music news Page it. Society paces 14, 15, 16 17. Sports poles ill 21. 22. Divisional commander j the West now is looking for ways to rearm Germany As a partner in Western defence and the drop of a the electric Power proposal known As plan a was Defeated overwhelmingly in a referendum taken april 16, 1952. The letter received wednesday from Premier Douglas Campbell said the government was prepared to enter negotiations with the City on a new Power Deal. According to the Tetter such a plan would sell All former Winnipeg electric distribution properties lying within the boundaries of the City of Winnipeg and now owned the government to the City. Transfer to the Manitoba Power commission All the distribution properties of the City Hydro electric system lying outside the City s boundaries. The Premier s letter said the government is prepared to enter into negotiations without re Quiring that a Transfer of owner ship of the City Hydro electric system generating plants or steam plants is necessarily included in any such Aid. Scott said Why should the City spend to on decrepit see plan c Page 7 Likely reorganized of German military strength. Hon. Brooke Claxton defence Linister last month attended the North Atlantic Alliance Council meeting at Paris and May Nave discussed Meyer s Case with nato military leaders. Any military a ointment Lor Meyer however probably would go Down hard in Canada. It was recalled that while in prison at Dorchester n.b., the Inlet eyed Meyer told his guards e was convinced he would Multi iia Tely freed to fight with the West in a War against Prussia. Announced in commons or. Clanton announced in the Tommons Friday that Meyer 12th . Elite guard Hitler youth division slaughtered 144 Canadian prisoners of War in mor Nandy in 1944, will released from. Werl prison in the British occupation zone of Germany with n a matter of he said Meyer s sentence of life imprisonment has been reduced to 14 years. A defence department official said that with time off for Good behaviour Meyer can released As Early As sept. 7 this year. The official added that see Meyer Page 13 6 inches of Snow save boy s life in 120-foot fall new York special Nyht a six Inch carpet of Snow saved the life of a three year old boy Friday when he fell 120 feet from a bathroom window of a 10th floor apartment. He suffered simple fractures of both legs and the left wrist but doctors at metropolitan Hospital called his survival a Miracle. His condition was listed As Christopher Furtick after treatment told his Mother mrs. Carolyn Furtick that he tried to get some Snow from the window after climb ing up the Side of the Bath tub. His five year old brother saw him Tumble out and called his Mother. Govt. Offers City Urban monopoly new Deal leaves Rural rights to province the Manitoba government s j latest Power proposal to the City of Winnipeg would Cost the City Treasury about rough government estimates indicated Friday. Briefly the plan would give City Hydro All electrical distribution facilities within the City of Winnipeg and the Manitoba Power commission All distribution facilities out Side the City boundaries. Under the scheme City Hydro would acquire additional custom ers. Since City Hydro is already operating at capacity to Supply its present customers. According Ito government engineers Power i for the additional loss would have to purchased from the Manitoba Hydro electric Board. Premier d. L. Campbell said Fri Day that the government was now to turn Over to ils distributing Agency the Manitoba Power com Mission the distribution facilities of the Winnipeg electric co. Pur chased the province a year however the government had to decided to offer the City first Chance at the Wec distribution system within the City limits to unify Winnipeg s electrical setup. A condition of the offer would require the City to turn Over to the government All City Hydro distribution properties outside the City limits.1 these Are mainly in Transcona Ami East and West Kil Donan. Here s How one government official estimated the difference in value in the Exchange. City accounting consultants in 1951 valued Wec distribution properties at depreciation and replacement since then have about cancelled each of her vere jubilant. An official of one out to leave the valuation at the servicemen s and sex servicemen s same figure. Rag Bizalion the Canadian legion said he expects Strong protests. Only two of the Canadian army men concerned in his trial were outs Okenly pro or Eon. One of those who welcomed the news that Meyer soon will re eased was Fred Lichtenberg Ger i Man born contractor in Moncton .b., spokesman for a largely Anonymous group which worked or Meyer s release. . Maur City. Be Andrew of Stratford ont., who defended Meyer in 1945, also said . Kurt my flyer he guarded Hitler few cheer news Meyer soon free Canadian legion official expects Sharp protest the Canadian press How have canadians taken the news that German War criminal Hurt Meyer May soon freed rom a life sentence first reactions indicated few match stars and children in this big contest Craf tests Winter supplies Ottawa special the Royal Canadian air Force is carrying Albion r 3. Cowdenbeath 3. 3, Arbroath 3. Ayr u 0, Dumbarton 0. Dundee u 0, Kil Mamock 3, Dunfermline 0, third Lanark t. Forfar a 1. Stenhouse Muir 2, Morton 4. St. 3. Queen i p 0, Moth Envell 0. Ballymena v 2. Bangor 0. Cliftonville 0, porn Down. A Coleraine 3, distillery Derry c 6, Ards 1. Glenavon 5, Glen torn s. Linfield 1, crusade 1. Out a Winter operation in North Central Canada involving the use see a clock for of Saui. Promised of 1 into the City and pick Friday. Temperatures father up saturday. Friday at Midnight two grand daughters who live in the City phoned to claim their Grandfather. Is was sleeping peacefully. They decided to pick him up in the morning. The inspector put identification in his Wallet in the future or sew a tag on clothing. We Don t want to go through ill this an official Craf statement said the operation is aimed at 1 conducting a physical Survey under Winter conditions of various areas 2 testing Winter apply and transport conditions. The Patricia transportation co. Of Winnipeg will operate a tractor train for the Craf bet Preci Picauo 24-.our period in diff saturday were is the second Day of 1 the big film fam ily contest a Brand new picture game in which you match the pictures of 60 screen stars with pictures of their children. Below is Fred Astaire who has danced his Way into the hearts of thousands of fans. But the handsome Young lad in the other picture we do not identify. That is up to you. At some Point in this contest one of his parents will Pic tured and you will match the pair filling in the Blank space provided on the picture with the number on the Matching picture. And then you la watch ing too for the picture of an infant or of an older boy or girl to match with the photo of Fred Astaire. Rules for the contest appear today on Page 7. They will give you All the details on How the game is played and How you May officially enter the contest Anil qualify for a Chance at one of the 169 prizes. First prize is and that s certainly Worth trying for. So Don t forget to clip the pictures every Day. There will 120 in All 60 of stars and 60 of children of stars. The game is lots of fun and who knows you might the big Winner. Roughly these properties Are divided evenly Between City and non City areas. This gives Wec distribution in the City proper a value of deduct from this the value of City Hydro non City properties to Given up in Exchange. These were valued at. Around this left a consideration of to to paid out the the government did not ask for Calgary Edmonton Swirt current Regina Saskatoon Brandon set Craf test 13 fort William Ottawa Toronto Max. 23 -20 -24 -25 -22 -24 -21 -23 s 33 29 Hutiu m he is Happy to hear that the life sentence has been commuted to .4 years and Meyer soon will Reed. Useless situation another View was taken it. Col. Clarence Campbell one of the prosecutors who said in Montreal hat Meyer s death sentence never should have been changed. But since it had first been commuted of life imprisonment and now 14 ears i can see no Point in per equating a useless situation in maintaining him in custody at our expense for no useful in Halifax president James tur pin of the Nova Scotia Branch of he Canadian legion said his see reaction Page 13 . To Send a missiles to Germany 83 Elton c. Fay Washington a the United states is arming its forces in Germany with guided missiles capable of carrying atomic War Heads hundreds of Miles into red held territory. The . Air Force announced tersely Friday night that it will Send two pilotless bomber squad City Hydro Power plants in pay ment of this consideration. It is considered this was done because City voters made Plain in the plan see Power plan Page 13 Rhee sets 3-month deadline William c. Barnard Seoul a president Syng Man Piee today set a deadline of three months for International at tempts to unify Korea peacefully and declared then we arc free to take our own bad or we will not sit Back and wait until we arc sold Rocc said. He declined to give any Indica Tion of what the action would. In the past he has threatened to Send his american trained divisions marching into communist North Korea. Rhee indicated his deadline would april 23 and if no Settle ment is made then something must if the United states is not go ing to Settle this then the koreans must do he said at a press conference. This business cannot dragged on Rons to Germany this year. No details were Given. This move seems to fit into Basic american strategy defined state Secretary John Foster Dulles in a speech tuesday and affirmed president Eisenhower at his press conference the next Day. This strategy Dulles said is based on massive retaliatory Power to deter soviet aggression. Matador missiles the two squadrons bound for Germany win equipped with Bill Matador missiles. These have been in production at the Jiun the known ignores treaty Rhee made no mention of Mutual Security treaty with the United states ratified Friday the South korean National As Sembly. The . Senate foreign relations see Rivee Page 13 mail rates boost gets preliminary commons Okay j it he govern or a c an ounce in j i a postal rates v ratify of a comparable Jet fighter has won commons a Jie Matador presumably has a Proval after a two nay fight against Range Well beyond 500 haps approaching Miles. The Matador s Speed during All of its flight except the final dive it All three opposition parties. By a vote of 49 to 34 the com Mons Friday night passed a motion preliminary to a Bill to in at its target must assumed us lenient the increases. The Bill sub sonic less than about too Hun was introduced. Mites an thus. It could he progressive conservative Kcf vulnerable to of the newest and social credit members voted Fred Astaire the child of a Star j types of interceptors which have Raptes up in us ionic Range. Together against the motion which supported list Ritli ;