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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 2, 1954, Winnipeg, Manitoba New classified phone number 93-6541 final edition Winnipeg free press weather forecast Winnipeg sunny with Cloudy intervals to Day and wednesday. Continuing mild. Winds West at 15 during the Day Light at night. Low tonight and High wednesday 25 and 35. Vol. 61 no. 108 28 pages Sun rises s.01 . Moon rises 7.26 , Winnipeg tuesday february 2, 1954 Sun sets 3.23 . Moon sets 4.29 forecast sunny and mild woman accused of murder mrs. Yasinski charged in fatal stabbing of husband mrs. Agnes Yasinski tuesday was charged with murder in connection with the fatal Stab Bing of her husband Joseph Jan. 20 in St. James. The charge was Laid by St. James police in provincial police court. The Case was remanded by magistrate d. G. Potter for one week. A Coroner s jury at St. James police station monday night at an inquest into the death of the 52-year-old railway Cook re turned a verdict of death caused by a knife wound in the left breast. The jury ruled that life1 was pronounced extinct at 11.40 . Jan. 20 in Winnipeg Gen eral Hospital. Or. I. O. Fryer provincial co Roner called 14 witnesses to give evidence at the inquest. The accused woman mrs. Yasinski appeared in a Black fur coat and Black shawl and listened to the evidence. She sat directly m front of the dead Man s sister in the Large group of spectators her almost a fact City police re arrest two in theft Case City halts land Sale commission unanimous vote ends 40-year-Olcl practice Winnipeg s City Council monday night voted unanimously to abolish a 40-year practice of pay lace impassive. Crying. Shaking one of the chief Crown wit mrs. Nav Brown 313 Mercury fails to hit record at 35 degrees the Mercury did t reach record High monday As predicted but it was mild any Way. And it will continue mild for the next few Days the Weatherman says. The Mercury failed to hit the expected 40 above Mark which would have made it the Mildest feb. 1 in history. It did hit 35 above though dropping to a Low of 24 above during the night. The High today is expected to be 35 again with a slight drop to night to 25. High wednesday is also expected to be 35. Ing commissions on sales of City property. J at the same time aldermen mrs. Kay Crown 010 took a verbal trimming from Aid. J Kensington St. James said i h. B. Scott for waiting until that mrs. Yasinski had come Tow carry of a move he said he do i ch1jjc1 Ciui her Home Between 7 and 7.30 . On the fatal morning crying and Werc b brow i and the tech land sales Over the past 10 years Saskatoon chewed hand go q Marks. More slip owned land has already been sold Church Iii on mrs. Yasinski face and . Accused aul i said mrs. I Anderson chairman of City Albert Brown gave evidence j temperature and precipitation Reading during the Al hour period ending 6.30 Max. Min. Prec. .11 .11 -1.t 411 47 to. Molotov tosses out Reich Union plan Berlin special Nyht soviet foreign min ister Viacheslav m. Molotov monday rejected the Western Powers proposals for reunification of Germany. He virtually ignored the West s demands for free elections As the vital basis for reuniting Germany. He delivered a Long address at the big four foreign ministers conference violently attacking the United states and charging the american government with preparing aggressive War against the soviet Union. He coupled these attacks with a major plea to France to join with the soviet Union in pre venting a revival of German after or. Molotov address Secretary state John Foster Dulles told the conference cannot speak for my colleagues. Accepts pc Challenge Premier d. L. Campbell said tuesday he is quite will ing to accept Errick f. Willis Challenge to a Curling match. However he did not think he would have time until after the legislative session. The progressive conservative provincial Leader had issued the Challenge to the Campbell Cabinet. Monday. The Premier said he Felt or. Willis should first prove that he is in the same curl ing class As the Liberal gov see land sales Page 9 Montreal Halifax .07 .01 .24 .75 .1-1 to. To corroborate his wife s Testi Mony. Cig Aret still in Mouth police officers from St. James including the chief Constable Donald Macdonald and inspector j g w Bagley told the jury that j they proceeded to 308 Kensington Street in response to a phone Call from a woman who told them she had stabbed her husband. I entered the House through tie front Constable George Dunmall related and i saw a woman who stood holding a Chim. She motioned to a door and said he s in there. 1 just Stab bed him. The knife s there " a Manovas lying on a bed with a to _ a bloodstain on his a i one of the most bitter and Stormy anti St parliamentary debates since the end of the War. Inspector Bagley entered and or enc of a three hour Battle in which the two sides exchanged angry insults sir Winston s conserva party succeeded in defeating a Laberite motion of took a specimen of the dead j censure upon the government for adopting the new Bel and a insults jeers fill air Churchill called liar As British debate Rifle by Joseph Newman London special Nyht prime minister sir Winston Churchill was handled roughly by labor party opponents monday in the House of commons in but As far As i am concerned 1 can keep awake indefinitely under the stimulus of new ideas. I find it hard to keep awake when an old refrain is played again and tensely awaited or. Molotov s address was the tensely awaited russian reply to the West s proposals last Wecks on the German problem. Or. Dul Les and the foreign ministers of great Britain and France regard the question of Germany As the main business that brought them to Berlin. J an official spokesman of the j British delegation who saturday regarded or. Molotov s opening j remarks on the German problem As encouraging said monday night we regard or. Molotov today As very disappointing. There was no sign whatsoever such As he i see Molotov Page 7 u h charge pase d Gian in Rifle instead of the new British em-2 Rifle As a Standard weapon for the British . Secret Power talks blasted by Taraska Aid. Peter Taraska demanded but ran into a Brick Wall on monday that Council be informed regularly on the Progress j poor showing i the vote was 266 to 232, and i thus the conservatives had a majority of 34, but even some lot the 79-year-old prime minis Ter s supporters had to concede that he made a poor showing in the debate. Red tirade disappoints ilk. Press Reuters newspapers agreed today that for eign minister Molotov s truculent speech at the Berlin big four con Ferenec monday has shattered i Hopes of settling the German Issue j Ern ment them on. Before he takes Hon. Edmond Prefontaine minister of municipal affairs beat the Premier at St. Pierre saturday to win the Cabinet championship. 3 others nabbed with pair on bail two men charged with conspiracy in connection with the free press hold up and out on bail were arrested Early tuesday with three other persons several hours before the pair were to stand trial. Arrested in a car at 1.30 ., the five were taken into custody and jointly charged with having a firearm in a car without a permit. The preliminary hearing for Alexander Nicholas Bolonchuk 31, of 105 Mcdonald Avenue Carton remanded the Case until and Alexander Mcneil Wilson j wednesday to decide whether 29, of no fixed abode went would commit the two tuesday morning As scheduled accused to stand jury trial. Sion Over a controversial unsigned statement Given to police by Wilson magistrate m. H. With eight persons testifying for the Crown. Following a lengthy discus province to launch i liquor Law probe the Manitoba government the Light of current bounced tuesday it will soon set up an Independent commission to the last major change in Mam probe the province s liquor liquor Laws came in 1928. The commission will have Little new business Power to recommend any changes in the Laws it sees fit. Charged jointly the announcement came tues Day afternoon As the High Point charged jointly with having a firearm Are Bolonchuk Wilson Clara Knight alias Bolonchuk about 25, of 233 Martin Avenue Theodore Horbas about 2s, of 1200 Dudley Avenue and James Larry Zazula alias Minim or about 35, no fixed abode. Clara Knight protested to magistrate Carton that she had been struck in the Eye by Detec Tives when she was arrested Early tuesday morning. Her right Eye was badly swollen and discoloured. Insp. George blow denied her statement and said it had occurred two or three Days ago during a quarrel with Bolonchuk on the whole Little new gov at 105 Mcdonald Avenue. He said Ern ment legislation was had been seen running out in the throne speech and the House in night attire and croon As the High Point Bers described the program j dragged Back in again by Bol of the speech from the by Lyle lieutenant Gover on huk the opening session of no. A the sign test to face Lei just a Manule or. Said House in Many years. The girl that was this the read at the opening Manitoba s 24th legislature. Traditional pomp and ceremony marked the opening. A 15-gun Salute was fired by Royal can Adian horse artillery guns on Tut the South Lawn of the legislative j lieutenant i me Gin mat. Was Luis throne speech climaxed pointing to the left one which time honoured opening ceremonies including a colourful procession to the chamber of the House. The grounds and a 100-Man guard of Honor inspected by the lieutenant governor. The throne speech prepared or delivery at 2.30 . Was the first delivered by Hon. J. S. Mcdiarmid As lieutenant Gover nor. Of the House. The piously acting f Wernor was preceded Wilson said h military aides a 10 on Uljas was slightly discoloured. Sten goer Well who was pre t or Bolonchuk and s was acting for charge and asked the magistrate to set bail. Or. A goer Well suggested bail be set Cabinet members and Premier same As before for Wilson l. Campbell. Bolonchuk was out on n. V. Bachynsky. Member for 000 bail Wilson on Fisher was re elected speaker Crown prosecutor c. W. Tup for the new legislature. Per opposed the bail. Magistrate visitors packed the legislative it was the first session of the Garlon said Lle would nol Grant a. The throne speech they by the the Arld Lold or. Goer Well he by Cis in and Man officers escort command ing officers of the armed forces v. M. Molotov chamber. The throne speech they heard outlined the government s legislative program for the new session and it also carried a commentary on general conditions in the province. My or. Mcdiarmid told the House is of the opinion that it is desirable to appoint an Independent commis Sion of representative citizens to i review such liquor legislation the times of London labelled rpm of i the russian s tirade an to Moquah 11c it Power talks with the provincial representatives 1 i Ntina cd ill Tel of at a meeting with suburban tied disappointment for the West. The daily Telegraph said the speech marked the end of the honeymoon period of the Berlin chapter two adding that the soviet for eign minister made it. Clear that saturday. Government. Mier Campbell had i ejected when be concluded his defence the Only agreement reached Dur Vot his decision to adopt the Bel Jing the first week of the conker p Gian Rifle on the ground that Cnoc dealt Only with procedure. R. Tsim Tich Murii Ntow up Vivori anew the of is Superior the British Wea Laberite member a Ern ment. Istl j a i a Laberite he said further that he hoped request from St. James that Wigg declared Inin. Rita a provincial t offer such As had been made to the new joint City Power committee would not re a sort to the past practice of hold ing such meetings in camera. See Power talks Page 7 has the prime minister made a the visitors galleries in the House were crowded with persons House were crowded inn persons Jace to lines anxious to see How sir Winston initial meeting monday other _7 than what was reported in 1 ills 1631" season cited press. This was that the technical and Francial officials of the City the Manitoba Hydro electric Board and Manitoba Power commis Sion get together to investigate All aspects of the government a sponsored proposal. I the provincial government re a cantly had made an offer to win a to Exchange the Winnipeg electric co s City distribution system. Which is now owned by the Pas Man. Special Scarcity of teams in this year s Canadian open dog racing championship contest at the Pas is being blamed Here on a Tough season for fishermen trappers and Wood workers. This local residents say is Iii ii 13 the province for City Hydro a partly because of a Laic Fah Litins fro Pyp in Tor ice conditions. Suburban distribution facilities plus an estimated 56.000.000. Slow amalgamation Aid Taraska wanted the government to be told that the pro Vince s practice of holding on to the electrical distribution facilities in the suburban municipalities would slow up the plan to amalgamate essential services. Would the government change its mind on this score he wanted to know. Mayor Coulter said it had been brought up at monday s meeting freeze up poor ice conditions and a Low Price on fish and fur in the North. Officials claim Relief Rolls have been growing this win Ter. Some Indian settlements which up to last year were prosperous have been living on hand out rations. There were Only seven teams entered in this year s run. In the last two years there have been 17 and 18 starters. Would handle himself on the occasion in View of the widespread rumours that he May retire this Spring from Public affairs. Among those on hand was his wife lady Churchill who clearly was per Turbed Over what took place. Although sir Winston was not in his usual form this appeared to be due less to the state of his see Churchill Page 9 you will find around the Home 6. Around the world Page 2. Bridge column Page 4. Comics pages 20. Crossword Page 8. Deaths and funerals Page 14. Film family contest Page 8. Financial news and commo Dity pages 26, 27. Hollywood column Page 5. Letters to the editor Page 14. Radio Page 5. Society news pages 11, 12, 13. Sports pages 16, 17, 18. _ official smooths zoning Issue far pro that. St. Boniface would by Victor mack1e face become a numerical w e i 1 Ottawa special established place names in the Winnipeg area such As St. Boni face. And others will not he displaced by the postal num Bering system now in operation in Manitoba s capital w. J. Turn Bull Deputy postmaster general told the free press tuesday. It is certainly not our intention to do away with such historical place names in fact we Jar prefer that where a place is Well known that it be used instead of the postal zone said or. Turnbull. Publication of the City postal map in the Jan. 26 free press resulted in protests being lodged with members of Parlia ment representing those areas. Fernand Viau Boniface has discussed the matter with Hon. Alcide Cote postmaster general and or. Turnbull. I have been assured that under no circumstances will St. Boni of he said. Or. Viau had received representations from mayor e. A. Molotov revived anew the old irreconcilable conflict Between a Reaty imposed upon Germany by her victors and a settlement negotiated with a free German gov the Telegraph said. The daily express wondered Why Molotov shed his Good humor and smiles during the week end. Perhaps popular speculation last week that he has got a Freer hand was Wishful thinking. It said. The Kremlin Reading re ports of this new and reasonable Molotov May have sent him or Cal or perhaps Molotov has him self been playing artfully just to Lead foreign Secretary Eden on to accept a sucker murder trial under Way a murder charge against a Young Brooklands housewife opened the Spring assizes in court of Queen s Bench tuesday. The charge is facing mrs. Phyl Lis Hasler in connection with the death of her Young daughter about two years ago. Of the la persons charged the first Pri Soner on the docket Lloyd bad Ger pleaded guilty to illegal pos session of narcotics. Or. Justice Ralph Maybank said i positive thinking using prayer Power to banish worries lose its identity if the numbering system were used to supplant pre sent place names. Seni Auorb cum i Hansford of St. Boniface. The the Post office department mayor protested that citizens has no desire to do away with h such historical place names. We want them to continue in said or. Turnbull. Council hits name loss St. Boniface Council will de Mand that the Federal govern ment exclude the Cathedral City from the new numerical postal zone system introduced Here a week ago. Meeting in committee monday see St. Bombace Page 9 City postmaster Happy to handle mail to St. Boniface c. W. Heisler Winnipeg s postmaster said tuesday he will be quite Happy to handle letters addressed St. Without the Winnipeg 6" designation. However he said a letter addressed to suburban Resi dents should be marked St. And then Winnipeg for example or West Kildonan Winnipeg 4." he would pronounce sentence on Sadger thursday morning after the accused declared in court that be had the ability to make an Lonest he said he wished to readjust his life and to con form with the Laws of society. The Crown informed court that Badger is now serving a tour year term for theft and that he had recently pleaded guilty to his fourth charge of illegal Possession of narcotics. He had also served More than seven years on major charges since his first conviction at the age of 18 years. The last of four manslaughter cases will open at the Law courts feb. 16, As requested by Vav. J Johnston Crown prosecutor. Trial of mrs. Hasler began Al 2 . In court room no. 1 am was expected to continue into wednesday. John l. Ross is act ing for the accused in the murder trial and a the Crown. A. Gallagher to in a business office High above the City streets two men were having a serious conversation. One heavily troubled by a business and personal crisis paced the floor restlessly then sat dejectedly head in hand a picture of despair. He had come to the other for advice. Together they had explored the problem from every Angle but seemingly without Resuli. This deepened the troubled Man s discouragement. I guess no Power on Earth can save he sighed. The other reflected for a moment then spoke i would t look at it that Way. I believe you Are wrong in saying there is no Power that can save you. Person ally i have found that there is an answer to every prob Lem. I know a Power that can help then slowly he asked Why not try prayer somewhat surprised the discouraged Man said of course i believe in prayer hut perhaps i do not know How to Pray. You speak of it. As something practical that fits a business problem. I never thought of it that Way but i m willing to try prayer if you will show me solves All problems he did apply practical prayer techniques and in due course got his answer. Naturally he had difficulties. In fact he had rather a hard time of it but ultimately he worked out of this trouble. Now he believes in prayer Power so enthusiastically that i recently heard him say every problem can be see legislature Page 7 it s Mush and race under Way Only 7 teams trying for dog sled title by Cory Kilvert Pas Man. 200-mile Canadian open dog sled would have to take out Corpus if he wanted to get the two men out on bail when magistrate Carton was informed that Knight Horbas and Zazula might face other charges he remanded them one Day without bail. Read in court or. Goer Well objected to the unsigned statement being read in court because he said it was not the statement of the accused. Magistrate Carton noted or. Goer Well s objection but admitted the statement As evidence. The statement read in court was As follows i met Bolonchuk in the Penitentiary. When f got out dec. 1g i met Bolonchuk and went on a special drunk with him a couple in a Beer parlor he asked me if 1 would like a piece of solved and solved right it you then there was the Young married Stoman who admitted she was filled with hates jealousy and resentment to Ward neighbors and friends. She was also very apprehensive always worrying about her children whether they would be sick or get into an Accident or fail in school. Her life was a pathetic mixture of dissatisfaction rear hate see thinking Page 2 Vivino would like a piece 01 Stu. Championships got off to Start tuesday morning the. First to had had an argument with them see arrests Page 7 fishermen facing losses Day of the seventh annual North Ern Manitoba trappers festival. Steve Praleau ii year old i grand rapids Indian two time Winner of the first prize was reported in the Ead one mile from the starting Josts. One local favorite however Art Allen is year old from the Pas lost close to five minutes when his huskies broke Over into the crowd at the starting gun. Another starter Jack Captain 16-year-old Indian boy from Cedar Lake did not arrive at the starting line until about eight minutes Otter other teams had begun the first Section of the four Lap race to Cranberry por Tage flin flon and return. Press kept out press photographers and re porters present at the Start were forbidden by ramp to take close up pictures of the teams or to interview the Drivers. This is believed the first time this has happened in the history of dog see dog race Page 7 Pope s illness arouses grave fears in Vatican Vatican City a the Pope s apparent inability to throw off a weakening ailment began to arouse concern in Vatican circles monday despite official reassurances. The Vatican press office com Munique was Brief. It said the condition of the More than a week from a stomach stationary because the gastric disturbance that Al flicks him has not completely Van the communique added that the Pope s health considered to be satisfactory and causes no Uneas other Vatican sources said the Hiccough which have resulted from the Pope s gastric disorder have diminished but not completely disappeared. Pope Pius Xii hundreds of Lake Manitoba Shermen Are facing heavy Finan Al losses As a result of the Forest fishing season on the Iwer Lake in Over 20 years. So far this season Many of the Shermen have been Able to land Only 15 per cent of the catch Rought in up to the same Point ast season. Details of conditions on the Ake were Given in Winnipeg tuesday by Chris Halldorson i Cral progressive member of he legislature for St. George. Reason for the Scarcity had t Een established he told the be press but most fishermen connected it with the late freeze p and the violent storms that turned Lake Waters shortly be Ore ice formed. Worst season or. Halldorson described the Jeason As the worst i can re see fishermen Page 7 . Liner hits Rock Vancouver Cana Dian National passenger liner Prince George sheered into a Rock n treacherous Seymour Narrows 150 Miles North of Here Early to Day but damage was believed to be Light. A radio report received Here from capt. W. E. Eccles said the ton vessel had proceeded through the Narrows past Ripple Rock and was standing by wait ing for Daylight. No injuries were reported. The number of passengers aboard was not immediately known ;