Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 1, 1954, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press More milk More Bryce s milk Glo Brand bread look for milk percentage on wrapper by Carrier in Winnipeg 30c per week Winnipeg monday february 1, 1954 week end edition with comics Loc on the third Day of his ski jump sitting 21-year-old Don Elliot chats with friends As he describes How he is roughing it in the 40 above temperature. Don who is putting in flying time for his commercial Pilot s licence and is a member of the Winnipeg ski club saturday announced he was taking up residence in the 85-foot Tower of the Puffin ski club and would stay there until wednesday night. Beside his sock Clad feet Are Craf survival Issue Muk Luks and scattered around his Home is More Arctic survival equipment. Was Down to my pyjamas picking up some Sun this Don said on the phone. I m sure going to stay up Here till wednesday. I like the Rockin and Swain up Here. Yep i m Here till wednes Day yep hmm wednesday that s the Day the Manitoba ski zone is Crown ing its ski Queen at the Uptown theatre. Hmm what some Guys la do seven polio cases so far this year another polio Case was reported in Manitoba during the week ending Jan. 30, bringing the province s 1954 total to seven. The provincial health department also reported another 52 chickenpox cases during the week with the year s total to late now other communicable diseases reported with the year s totals in brackets were infectious jaundice 11 influenza one measles 26 mumps 40 Scarlet fever 19 tuberculosis six whooping cough one venereal disease report the provincial health department has released reported figures of civilian and armed forces venereal disease cases in Manitoba for the week ending Jan. 23. These figures with the previous week s totals in brackets Are proper 11 Winnipeg suburban four outside greater Winnipeg 14 syphilis Winnipeg proper none Winnipeg sub Urban none outside greater Winnipeg two totals gonorrhoea 29 syphilis two neighbourhood House should married women with children work do movies con tribute to Home life these subjects will be discussed tonight in debates by the adult group of Logan neighbourhood House 294 Ellen Street. Taking part will be c. Ash p. Louzecky mrs. A. Sambory and mrs. W. Kapisky. W. C. Luck of the Winnipeg rotary club will be judge. Luxton activities the Luxton activities Centre under the direction of the Winnipeg Parks Board will open at 8 . Tuesday in Luxton school. Registration is still open in tur Kish lace millinery and Square dancing. Boy Breaks leg in Street mishap a six year old boy broke his leg sunday night when he was in collision with a car it Fermor Avenue and St. Mary s Road St. Vital. Robert Eirick 25 St. Andrew s Road St. Vital is in St. Boniface Hospital his condition reported As police said the boy was in collision with a car driven by Clive Kenne 14 St. George s Road St. Vital after stepping from behind a greater Winnipeg transit commission bus. They said the boy crossed in front of the bus after stepping out at the intersection. Degraff Heads . School District William Degraff has been re elected chairman of the Milvor District no. 2323 in North Kildonan. He has been a member of the school Board for 15 years. E. B. Tomlinson was reappointed As Secretary treasurer. Estimates for 1954 were drawn up at the inaugural meeting of the Board calling for expenditure of a decrease of five Mills in school tax for this year was made. The Mill rate for 1953 was 31.5. Corner a Saleslady in the hardware Section of a downtown department store thinks she is hardened to the antics of customers. She had a Surprise last week though. An elderly gentleman walked up and asked to see the files. He looked Over the selection picked out one that he liked then took out his false Teeth and filed off a rough Edge. A that s he said. He handed Back the file thanked the lady politely and walked away. Probably to the hard Candy coun Ter she thinks. Dog s dunking shows ice risky for children a dog was rescued from the red River saturday after noon after breaking through the treacherous ice at the foot of Metcalfe Street chief Constable j. H. Beaudry of St. Boniface said sunday. Chief Beaudry said there were Many weak spots in the River ice but they were Cov ered by deep Snow. If a dog can fall through that shows the danger for any children playing on the he said. Warm water from sewers causes weak spots farther downstream the chief warned. Re Poi Hospital head its Check of ceilings All plaster in the old Jubilee Wing of the Winnipeg general Hospital has been carefully checked and some in one Balcony has been removed or. H. Cop pinger Hospital superintendent said monday. The action was taken after about 300 Square feet of plaster fell Friday morning in e Flat of the Wing where there were 19 women patients. We Are taking off the Plas Ter in the Balcony of the same Ward e said or. Coppin Ger. The plaster does t seem to be threatening in other parts of Jubilee Wing wards a f and the Jubilee Wing was first occupied in 1899. The Metal lathe in the plaster of this Wing could have become Rusty because it was not galvanized he said. Other parts of the Hospital presented no worries said the superintendent. The oldest Section with a and b Flats has Beaver Board ceilings nailed securely to the rafters he said. During the second world War the cd k Section was completely modernized including a new plastering Job said the superintendent. If any Large area of lathe gave Way in the Jubilee Wing a Blis Ter would be visible in the Plas Ter he said. A Check revealed no further weaknesses at present. St. Boniface wire goods Plant Burns fire started by an overheated Furnace destroyed a Small St. Boniface manufacturing Plant Early sunday and fire depart ment officials estimated the dam age at roof of the Nolin Hunter manufacturing co. Plant 376 Bertrand Avenue collapsed at the height of the Blaze. The Interior was reduced to rubble. First alarm first alarm was turned in about 1 . Sunday when a Pas Serby Claude Marcoux 305 mar Ion Street saw smoke pouring from the building. But fire department officials said the Blaze was already out of control when the first pieces of fire fighting equipment arrived. Shortly after firemen reached the scene fire broke through the roof near the Furnace in the Cen trial part of the Structure. Soon As shifting winds spread flames in both directions the entire Root was ablaze. Officials said they could Only protect nearby buildings and let the fire Burn itself out. Firemen worked in dense smoke that poured from the roof and artificial Brick Walls of the Plant. Estimated damage St. Boniface fire officials Esti mated damage to Stock and equipment of the company owned by j. W. Hunter at and to the building owned by Louis Vieville at they said both building and equipment were a total loss. Or. Hunter however said that some of the equipment May be salvageable. He estimated that damage May not run higher than a loss still Only partially covered by insurance. The company manufactures wire and Sheet Metal products. Juba Home ransacked but Why a sunday night break in on the William Avenue Home of Ste phen Juba la elect for Winnipeg Centre and advocate of mixed drinking Parlours in Mani Toba is shrouded in mystery. So far As or. Juba knows nothing was stolen. However his desk was ransacked and hundreds manuscripts dealing with the liquor question were examined and scattered about the premises. Letters were also opened and then cast aside. A radio a cig Aret lighter camera and various other articles of value which could easily have been carried away were left untouched. La mystified i can t understand the reason for the or. Juba said Mon Day. I do not know whether it has anything to do with my drive for mixed drinking or my Politi Cal career. I am very anxious to find out what it is All or. Juba monday offered a re Ward of 5500 for information leading to the arrest of the hous Breakers. Discovery of the break in was made by or. Juba when he re turned to his Home at s5s Wil Liam Avenue at about 12.30 . Monday. He found the House Topsy Turvy. Remove window the intruders gained Entrance by inserting an a shaped Iron bar through the ventilation holes of a rear storm window. With this instrument they succeeded in lift ing the Hooks which held the storm window in place. They also tried to Jimmy the window Marks on the outside of the House indicate. While working on the window the burglars stood on a raised platform used to hold a clothes line pole. They left the a shaped bar lying on a chair. It is being examined for fingerprints. City police said monday that nothing was believed stolen from the Juba Home. Manitoba education officials Okay civil defence teaching thieves Hack Bank Wall but fail to gain entry break ins. Police said an unsuccessful attempt to enter a Bank was reported to City detectives monday who Are also investigating five week end thieves attempted to chop through the Wall of the Bank of Montreal at Mountain Avenue and Mcgregor Street by working from inside san Gros dry goods store 5s1 Mountain Avenue. The thieves did not gain Entrance to the Bank. Nothing is believed stolen from the dry goods store. Two adjacent premises jewel store 579 Mountain Avenue and Jeannie s bakery 577 Mountain Avenue were also broken into. Only was reported stolen from the bakery. The break ins on Mountain Avenue were discovered at 5.05 . Monday by a patrol Ling Cruiser car. A Safe in the capital Coal co., Nassau Street and Pembina High Way was reported moved but no attempt was made to break it open. The Home of w. Schroeder. 127 Sherburn Street was entered Dur ing the week end and an electric Shaver a Piggy Bank and a bottle of whisky taken. Thieves g r a b b de household goods estimated at s300 after breaking into the Home of Kurt Oswald 271 St. Mary s Road St. Boniface saturday night. They gained entry some time Between 6 . And 2.30 . Sunday by breaking the Glass in a Back door to open the lock from the inside according to St. Boniface police a door lock on the Canada Safeway store at 222 St. Mary s Road St. Boniface was battered but unbroken police said. Top flight Manitoba education officials and civil defence personnel met with Hon. W. C. Miller education minister sat urday to discuss civil defence As part of provincial school Curri Culum. A 10-Man sub committee was struck off to study the proposal in detail and report Back to the main group. Civil defence officials presented a Brief to the meeting out lining plans for civil defence organization in defence is made training and schools if civil part of the school curriculum. School trustees teacher representatives and education officials indicated at the meeting their whole hearted support of the proposal first submitted to the min ister by the metropolitan civil defence Board a week ago. The civil defence Brief Laid Down instructions for emergency measures in schools appointment of individual school cd organizations surveys of shelter areas Temperance Secretary Calls for liquor probe an Independent commission to examine and investigate All aspects of the liquor question was advocated sunday by Rev. William Potoroka Field Secretary the Manitoba Temperance Alliance. Or. Potoroka addressed the morning service at Rosedale United Church and the evening service Church on Manitoba s liquor question. Such a commission he suggested should be composed of citizens outstanding merits integrity judgment and schooled in objective or. Potoroka warned against a commission with narrow terms of reference. It might recon Winnipeg South j mend Only aspirin legislation for our one big he said if such a commission at Augustine United the subject leads on . Guest speaker d. F. Amer Engineer from Durham England will address the electrical Section of the engineering Institute of Canada at s.15 . Thursday in the Wes tag House auditorium 1460 Ellice Avenue. He will speak on various aspects of contemporary electrical engineering. Doubled govt. Aid asked for three local hospitals the Manitoba government has been asked to double the amount its annual special Grants to Ward patients St. Boniface s3 a Day and the children s Hospital is. These three together with Misericordia and Grace lost it s called Roberts rules of order. I Hadda leave my Sling shot a Security Nyhen they found out i was sitting in the legis billets for Bondsmen when the Royal Canadian horse artillery came Back from Europe some time ago it had added a number of dutch and British musicians to the band. On saturday the families of nine of these men arrived in Winnipeg. They Are now living in hotels but the army is on the Job looking for suit Able family quarters Lor them. Major r. Curry at Prairie command Headquarters fort Osborne is in charge of. The search. Teaching hospitals in greater Winnipeg Thi Chil Joop or Huit gents in 1952, the Drens Hospital Winnipeg and St. Brie said. Irmi face general. The request was contained in a Brief presented monday to Hon. F. C. Bell minister of health by the associated hospitals of Mani Toba. Each of the three now receives a year in special Aid from the province. The Brief asked for a year for each particular Strain the Brief said that virtually All Public Ward patients in the three hospitals were cases of municipal or provincial responsibility. However Grants for their maintenance did not meet full costs with the result that the teaching institutions were under a particular figures in the Brief showed Winnipeg general to be losing a Day on indigent Public besides urging higher special Grants for the teaching institutions the submission requested an increase in statutory per diem Grants for Public Ward patient Days in All Manitoba hospitals. Rates sought the province was asked to in crease the payment for newborns to is from 50 cents a Day for adults and children to from is a Day and for indigents who Are the responsibility of a municipality or the province to si.50 from 50 cents a Day. The Brief also asked the prov Ince to make per diem Grants to hospitals on behalf of patients who Are insured for Ward care under the Blue Cross. At present the province does not make pay ments on behalf of patients in this category pros con hits legislation on housing new Federal government legis lation on postage rates and hous ing came under attack in Winnipeg saturday from Gordon Churchill pc in a radio address Over Krc or. Churchill said it was open to question whether the new housing legislation would result in the construction of a greater number of Homes than were being built at present. He added that fully two thirds of the people of Canada wore unable to qualify for Home a ownership under the new plan because their incomes were too Low. Or. Churchill claimed that anyone wishing to build a Home under the new regulations would need an annual income of at least he added obviously a Large segment of our population is not going to Benefit from the pro posed plan for ownership of newly constructed commenting on government plans to increase postal rates or. Churchill predicted a pro longed House of commons fight on the Issue. He questioned the practice of other government departments mailing free of charge Ava Lanches of literature that if paid for would bring the Post office department additional revenues of a year. He said he also wanted to know to what extent is the i a i i c11cicli ii Lulu cd Post office department subsidize j South african veterans command were Given Broad terms of re Ference and an exhaustive Analy Sis of the question were made instead of aspirin legislation you will get corrective and remedial action in several ways new statutes improved enforcement better alcohol education and study and treatment of alcohol he continued. The liquor question was a Complex he stressed and to treat it primarily As a pro Blem of legislation would be Gross error of he charged that Many who advocated liberalizing Manitoba s liquor act were anxious to get into some part liquor to this were dealing with Broad of the retail those opposed War bequest comes to end signatures on cheques that went toward final Christmas cheer Are the last memorial to some men Empire in who fought for South Africa. The South african War died last year leaving in his will a bequest of s10 at Christmas for every Bona fide member of the Manitoba ing trans Canada air lines for the Carriage of free press meetings meetings scheduled for the free press building tuesday Are t. Eaton co. Public speaking group 5.30 ., Board room no. 2 War widows and widowed mothers association. S ., Board room no. 1 so Optimist club business meeting 7.15 ., Board room no. 2, and free press Bridge club at s . In the clubroom. Who could prove his service the Boer War and still lived in the province. The bequest was to run As Long As the Money lasted. This Christmas 351 Cheque vent out to members who had applied but Only 339 actually reached the men they were in tended for according to a. A. Herriot command president. Seven men could not be found although four were known to be still alive. Two of the men who received their cheques were in the Academy Road veterans Home wards. But died shortly after new legislation May halt dumping of raw sewage the provincial from the provincial Sani May introduce legislation at the tary control commission coming session to Force three main stumbling Block for the municipalities of greater Winni Peg to Stop dumping raw sewage into the red and Assiniboine Rivers. Last year the provincial Sani tary control commission ordered fort Garry St. James and Tuxedo As Well As the greater Winnipeg sanitary District to re Frain from the practice. However the order was never enforced. The three municipalities which Are not connected with the District have continued dumping raw sewage. The District which a charged bypassing its disposal Plant in West Kildonan to some extent and with not sufficiently processing sewage went ahead under protest to construct Plant expansion which will be completed next last april the District submitted a 21-Page Brief to the control commission explaining tha. It could not go ahead with Plant expansion efficiently until it knew whether or not the three municipalities would join it and How much sewage could be dumped into the Rivers without danger of pollution. W. D. Hurst City Engineer said monday he has not yet had a reply from the commission As to How much sewage the commis Sion would allow to be dumped into the Rivers. There were other questions asked in the Brief which the government has ignored since april. Tuxedo and fort Garry have queried the District on facilities for disposing of their sewage. However or. Hurst has been unable to answer them until he three municipalities to join the District is that they would have to be assessed for their share of the original Plant Cost plus the new expansion. Tea shows new air freighter Public showing of the new Bristol freighter was staged by trans Canada air lines at a Lun Cheon demonstration at Steven son Airport Friday. Among those in attendance was mayor Garnet Coulter of Winni Peg mayor t. B. Findlay of St. Run Tui re issues and with the implications for our society of any changes in liquor there ought to be no changes for the Sake of and no change for the Sake of political he urged Temperance support ers to be party to an intelligent and constructive approach to j Manitoba s liquor and do what is Best for corned now and in coming Gamma Supply doubled Manitoba polio serum Supply at least vials More than twice As much Gamma globulin will be available to canadians 1953. Or. M. R. Made by con research lab this year As in Elliott provincial Deputy minister of health told the free press monday that at least vials of the anti polio serum will be available in 1954, if the disease strikes again. Each vial naught medical oratories in Toronto contains five cubic centimetres of the serum. The Gamma globulin has been derived from human blood collected by the Canadian red Cross society in a continuing Campaign. Cost of manufacture was paid by the provinces through Federal health Grants. The Central Gamma globulin committee in the health depart ment at Ottawa will make the serum available to All provinces appointment of teachers As War Dens setting up first Aid stations As Well As general instructions on How courses for the pupils should be handled. The Brief emphasized that All teachers should take civil de Fence training. Mayor e. A. Hansford of is. Boniface said his City already has worked civil defence into its school curriculum. All classes from Grade 6 up take eight 40 minute lectures from the Drill master of the St. Boniface fire department. The mayor said St. Boniface had sent five Grade 9 students to Quappelle sask., to take cd courses. They spread their enthusiasm among the other children when they returned to their own he said. Winnipeg s Aid. J. Gurzon har vey chairman of the metropolitan civil defence Board said he would like to see the Rural area of Manitoba approve the proposal of teaching civil defence in schools. Mrs. A. A. Anderson East Kil Donan school trustee said meet Ings in her municipality had indicated a desire for immediate of the proposal. Or. W. C. Lorimer Winnipeg a la con superintendent said plans were made last year in Winnipeg to set up a Basic cd plan and a Survey of shelter areas. However students Iii not participate in this plan. Of own initiative or. E. R. Tennant. Winnipeg school trustee said 200 Winnipeg eachers have already taken civil defence courses under their own initiative. St. James would probably by fully prepared to Back the proposal after More detailed information is available. Norman fairs. St. James school trustee told the meeting. A. C. Delaney. Manitoba coordinator for Civi defence said that at a november meeting representatives from flin flon. Dauphin Selkirk. Portage la Prairie and Brandon Felt consideration should be Given to Tea Ching civil defence in schools. R. W. Lightly principal of the Manitoba Normal school said Tea Chers should be Given civil de Fence training for the areas in which they intend to work. How Ever a general elementary course in cd work could be provided at the provincial Normal school. Members of the Suh Coin Mitten Are c. K. Rogers chief school inspector chairman e. F. To Auley acting director for metropolitan c Vil defence Board Secretary or. Lightly or. Lori Mer maj. John Graham plan Ning operation officer for Mani Toba civil Deforce r. L. Donald of the Manitoba teachers society a. J. Thiessen of the Manitoba school trustees association s. Burland. Of the suburban school trustees association l. Ben on the basis of need or. Elliott Nett of Carman Man., for the said. Distribution made Rural teachers association. By provincial health departments. A representative of the Mani Toba Home and school association each vial of five cubic Centi meters represents one blood do has yet to be named As a Mem nation red Cross officials said.1 her of the committee turns Down wage boost request by Winnipeg fire fighters association for a 10 per cent wage boost in 1954 has been turned Down by civic personnel avid legislation committee. Committee will recommend to City Council tonight that the pre sent wage scale remain unchanged this year. Negotiations for a wage agree ment have been going on Over the past few months. Arbitration rights j. R. Stuart City personnel manager said monday that the association would have the right to take the Case to an arbitration Board. The increase was asked for All positions in the fire department in to and including the rank of District chief. It was based on the following main Points parity with Winni Peg police department employees in wages and h ours hazardous nature of the work performed Standard of living and Lack of promotional Opportunity a first class Constable receives a month for a 40-hour week. A first class firefighter receives the same amount but works 44 hours a week. However the committee s re port pointed out that working hours for firemen Are the Short est of any fire department on the continent. Vinci Al treasurer. Hugh Johnston cargo sales director for Tea toil the visitors that Tea will he the first com Mercial airline in North America operate specifically designed freight aircraft on schedule. Three Bristol have been ordered by Tea. Ceve club meeting films to be shown at a Winni Peg Cine club meeting at 8 . Friday will be lowering the Boom going to the Sun and Africa Speaks. The meeting will be in the free press Board room. Highland dancers Manitoba Highland dancing association will hold a Competition at 8.15 . Friday in the Royal templars Hall. A rec us Survey showed that Winnipeg firefighters Are receiving a higher hourly at9 of pay Salute to Mark accession Date a Royal Salute of 21 or a will be fired at the legislative building at 12 noon feb. 8 to Mark the anniversary of the accession of Queen Eli Zabeth. The Salute will be fired by an artillery troop from the 1st regiment Royal Cana Dian horse artillery commanded by capt j. E. Go Dine. The four 25-Pounder Field guns will be drawn up on the legislative building grounds Northwest driveway than All other leading Canadian cities excepting Vancouver the report also pointed out that it cannot be contended that the hazards associated with firefighting Are As great As those associated with the duties of policemen or linemen. Committee decided that the Standard of living has kept Pace with rising costs and in no other area of civic service exists greater Opportunity for promotion. Unit slates health week film talks a. Alvin Winslow was elected chairman and Sam Morgan was chosen vice chairman at the first meeting of the advisory Board to the St. James St. Vital fort Garry health unit in the fort Garry municipal Hall. Other Board members Are w. M. Carlyle and Robert Collier of St. James j. J. Doyle and m. V. Hull of St. Vital w. S. Fair brother and or. G. B. Mctavish of fort Garry and or. N. R. Rawson medical director Secre tary treasurer. A Public meeting will be held in St. James collegiate thursday which is Heath education Day in National i Mith in to morning films on nursing Are or Poi i a if its will be shown. In the afternoon Wii or. H. R. Stewart Dis dental health k. O. Mac Kenzie Deputy minister of Public welfare and s. C. Sparling on the society of crippled children. Wen Leborn will discuss health education. Speakers at the evening meeting will be or. M. R. Elliott Deputy minister of health prof. C. Robson and Frazer g. Earle of the Myca. The provincial Laboratory re ports on samples of milk collected in the area served by the unit were found satisfactory. Re Gret was expressed that Choco late Dairy drink is being Distri buted to school children rather than whole milk with its higher food value ;