Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 4, 1954, Winnipeg, Manitoba New classified phone number 93-6541 final edition Winnipeg free press weather forecast Winnipeg sunny becoming Cloudy late this afternoon. Sunny again Friday after noon. Occasional rain this evening. Not flute so mild. Winds Northwest at 20, de creasing to 15 this evening. Low tonight and High Friday 15 and 25. Vol. 61 no. 11u 38 pages vandals attack baby Sitter children watch spellbound As thug chokes her forecast Cloudy colder Winnipeg thursday . Atom two children sat stunned on a Chesterfield in their Home wednesday afternoon while a Bandit held their 57-year-old baby Sitter by the Throat and two others ransacked the North Winnipeg House. The Trio forced Entrance to the Home of or and mrs. Joe Gladstone 342 Mcadam Avenue at 3 . They fled empty handed after searching the House and Dis connecting two of the Home s three mrs. Margaret Warkentin 292 Milton Street the baby Sitter said she was Reading to the Chil Dren Frances 5, and Leonard in the dining room when she saw a Man walk past the window. I went to the Back door and injured it. Of f.-.t1 v pm it sirs. Margaret Warkentin demonstrates How thug grabbed her by the Throat while she was baby sitting. Frances Gladstone aged 5, of 342 Mcadam Avenue and her brother Leonard who watched with wonder As the intruders grabbed the baby Sitter and ransacked their Home. A Man pushed me aside and grab bed me around the neck and said come on and Lay Down on the Bench. He dragged me into the Kitchen and threw a sweater Over my head and held me Down by the said mrs. War Entin. I Oung Frances said another Man told her and Leonard to sit on the Chesterfield. We did what they said right said Frances. Did you she was asked. we just sat still. One Man went upstairs another Man held mrs. Warkentin and another Man was looking in the cup mrs. Warkentin said another Man whose face she did t see came to her after he had been upstairs and barked where i the i told him there was t any Money and he asked me again i As worried about the children. The men then left after ripping the Telephone said mrs Warkentin who was still suffer ing from Shock. Although there were no visible Marks on her Throat mrs. War Kentin said her neck was a Little stiff. The children were unharmed. Mrs. Gladstone who returned Home from a synagogue meeting said she did t think anything had been taken. There was no Money in the House except a Little change which was t touched and some costume jewelry. Valuable papers in the Cedar Chest were left intact she said. However police said thursday about 515 had been taken. They also described the Trio As being 19 or 20 years of age and wearing dark Coats or. Gladstone proprietor of la Stone Auto sales. 861 main Reet said he had telephoned ome at 3.30 . He said he received no answer and became worried because he knew a baby tier was at the House looking after the children sick with Olds. I called a neighbor across the Reet and asked her to find out the trouble was. A few minutes later a person walking y the Gladstone Home was told e the robbery by mrs. Warken n and notified or. Gladstone mrs. Warkentin did t Tele hone or. Gladstone herself because she was unaware of the hone in the basement. Hard of earing she did t hear the hone ring when or. Gladstone Vas trying to Call Home. It was t raining rain t Las ice february showers come City s Way it rained in Winnipeg wednesday morning. But it was t raining rain it was raining ice. The weather office reports there was just a Trace of freezing rain for about a half hour around 10.30 . Wednesday. It moved to the City from the Gimli area then went East. And there la be another dash of rain in about the same amount tonight the Weatherman says. It s expected to Start about 6 . And go on intermittently through the evening. Tomorrow the weather Man declares it will probably be a Little cooler but Only a Little. Wednesday s High was 40 degrees and about the same is expected today. Temperatures. Temperature and precipitation during the 24-hour period ending 6.3d a. Thursday were Max. Min. Var is 33 .02 Calgary 36 3s Edmonton 49 .01 a gift current 42 3. 1 Elna 30 21 Saskatoon. 43 21 Brandon l Churchill in fort William 20 Ottawa 32 Toronto Montreal 30 Halifax -10 wreckage left by the vandals in the Gladstone Home at 342 Mcadam Avenue. New Turbo prop test Model plane crashes Gloucester England Reu ters _ a test Model of Britain s fiant new Turbo prop Airliner the Britannia made a forced Landing on mud Banks in the River Severn near. Here today with a Crew of 10 aboard. No one was injured. One of 1he engines caught fire and a fuel tank exploded during the emergency Landing but the plane was not badly damaged. The Britannia weighs 70 ions can carry 100 persons non Stop for up to Miles and has a cruising Speed of 370 Miles an hour at 35.000 feet. It has a Wing Span of 140 feet and a length of 114 feet. Mcwilliams 23 23 27 in .6-1 to. .02 .47 ,14 you will find around the Home Page 8. Around the world Page 2. Bridge column Page 4. Comics pages 26, 27. Crossword Puzzle Page 6. Deaths and funerals Page 18 film family contest Page 6 financial news and commod Ity markets pages 34, 35, so. Big four debate Edc Issue by Gaston Coblentz Berlin special Nyht the United states Britain and France categorically assured rus Sia wednesday that a reunited Germany would be free to reject membership in the Western euro mean defence Community the ninth session of the big your foreign ministers meeting mounted mainly to an intricate debate on this Issue. Soviet foreign minister Viacheslav h. Molotov charged that he Western Powers Are conspire to tie a reunified Germany to the anti soviet military bloc. He suggested that a National referendum be held to find out what the German people them selves want whether they fax or Edc or a peace treaty. Rejected by West French foreign minister geor Ges Bidault quickly rejected his proposal on behalf of the West. Or Molotov argued that the provisions in the Edc treaty and the companion Bonn peace con tracts would make it impossible for a reunited Germany to exer Cise Freedom of Choice in its International alignments. American Secretary of state John Foster Dulles replied that one of the choices available to a reunited Germany would be to become a member of the contemplated european defence Community. We do not disguise the fact that some of us at least Hope Germany will make that or. Dulles said. But i do want to emphasize deafening Welcome for Queen Sydney Australia Reuters Queen Elizabeth today opened the new South Wales parliament after a deafening tumultuous Welcome wednesday from More than australians who crowded Flag decked Sydney to see her arrive from new zealand. The Voung Monarch stood before the legislators in a Long formal dress and said in an almost girl ish voice Black Rod will now inform the legislative Assembly that it is my pleasure they attend me immediately in this crowds of australians outside parliament House cheered wildly As the Queen wearing a Tiara arrived with the Duke of Edinburgh in his White Admiral s uniform. The Queen read the speech from the throne. My ministers Are giving close attention to matters of importance to the Contentment and Prosperity of my people in new South Wales and they will submit their legislative proposals for your the speech said. When the ceremony ended the legislators and distinguished guests Rose to their feet and cheered. Mcwilliams in traffic mishap former suffers broken rib in Accident Hon. R. F. Mcwilliams. Former lieutenant governor of Manitoba thursday was in fairly Good condition in Winnipeg general hos Pital suffering from a broken rib or. Mcwilliams was injured wednesday in a traffic mishap police said the car was Diven b William Palahniuk of 691 Aber Deen Avenue. Mrs. Mcwilliams told police that she had driven her Cai South on Vaughan and stopped across from the Myca. Or. Me Williams she said got out of the car walked around the rear o it and was struck by the Ole car. Mrs. Mcwilliams took he husband to the Hospital. Or. Mcwilliams retired a lieutenant governor last Summe after almost 13 years service. H Ottawa silent on report world Chain planned of a weapon dumps by Victor Mackie Ottawa special military bases in Canada leased by the United states May be used to store atom bombs under an american plan to set up a world wide Chain of a bomb storage establishments. A spokesman for the department of National de Fence declined to make any comment on a report circulating Here that Canadian authorities might be approached by the . To Lear the Way for atom bomb storage. Three of the american bases n Canada Are in Newfoundland obtained from Britain in 1941 under a 99-year lease. These bases Are Harmon near Stephen Ville Mcandrew near Argentina and Peverall air Force base near St. John s. There is another . Base at Goose Bay Labrador the House armed services committee in the . Has a air Force plan Street mishap fatal to or. J. A. Marion an educationist Leader who had won and the title of the grand old Man of St. Boni died thursday. Or. Joseph about 8.20 . A. Marion 89, of 115 Dumoulin Street St. Boniface received head injuries about 5 . Wednesday when he was in Marion had never been out of Public service. Since 1911 he had been chair Man of the Board. In addition he served for 15 unbroken years As Alderman for Ward one of the Cathedral City beginning in 1907. Or. Marion contributed much time to the betterment of Educa . W Iurii no to i collision with a greater throughout the province. Transit commission gasoline bus i in 1907 he helped to form the on Provencher Avenue. Manitoba school trustees Asso or. J. M. Huot St. Boniface Coroner opened an inquest into the death at . Thursday in St. Boniface Hospital. Or. Marion who started in his 50th year on the St. Boniface school Board in january stepped off the South curb to Cross pro is 70. Citation. A member of the executive since 1918, he was twice elected president of the organization. Since 1928 he had been a member of the advisory Board on education for the province Manitoba. Or. Marion helped in 1916 to found the association d Educa Tion Des canadians Francais. For the improvement of education among French canadians in Manitoba. Many honors he has been honoured by civic provincial and ecclesiastical authorities for his Community ser vice. In 1951, his fellow members of the school Board named the new Marion school in his Honor. In see Marion Page 16 in secret roved .0 build a number of a bomb storage bases around the world. The United states has four voucher Avenue Between aul Noui psychiatrist evidence and St. Joseph streets according dubbed opinion major bases in Canada. It is to St. Boniface police. Police said Driver of the Gaso line bus was John Wasylik 190 possible that atom bomb storage dumps might be set up at one or More of those bases. Goose Bay Labrador is an Craf base where the United states air Force has major installations. The lease for part of the Large Airport at Goose Bay is for 20 years. The United states has established a Large air base at Thule in Greenland and it has Large bases in Alaska. These bases Are More strategically located than any . Base within Canada. Authoritative sources declined to comment on whether the leases under which the . Held bases in Newfoundland would enable them to store atom bombs at those bases. However it is not anticipated that the . Would proceed to establish atom bomb storage facilities at such bases without first informing the Cana Dian government. Jubilee Avenue. 1jkj a. Mallox Mother acquitted of murder remained Uncan Boniface Hospital or. Marion scions in St. During the night. Elected in from the time he was first elected a trustee of the St. Boni face school Board in 1904, or. By judge stowaways illegal entry worries Ottawa officials Hollywood column Page 5. Letters to the editor Page 11. Power of positive thinking Page 8. Badio Page 4. Society news pages 17, is 19. Sports pages 22, 23, 24. In categorical terms the fact that we do intend that a United Ger Many should have in the cheers followed the Royal couple All along their drive Back to government House. Many persons had waited All night pressed against Iron railings to get a glimpse of the Queen. The enthusiasm of Sydney s Wel come has not let up once since the Royal liner gothic nosed into the Harbor wednesday morning. Paper reports death threat mailed to Queen Melbourne the Melbourne weekly news paper truth says today that police have seized a letter threatening to kill Queen Elizabeth. The letter was posted in Melbourne last week end and intercepted according to truth. It said Security offi cers Are trying to locate the author believed to be a Ger Man who once worked for the South australian rail Road. Ailing Pope Pius rests fair Well for third night by Victor Mackie Ottawa special an in creasing number of stowaways or ship Crew members who Are jumping ship to try and Settle illegally in Canada is causing immigration authorities concern it was Learned thursday. Latest cases involve two greek citizens now resident in Regina where they have been working in a restaurant. Hon. Waller Harris minister of citizenship and immigration said wednesday his department was considering the cases of the Tsvor greeks. He pointed out however that if the department allowed stowaways or ship deserters to re main in Canada the practice of attempting to become canadians through such illegal entry would increase tremendously. One has family the two greeks now in Regina Are Ilias martinis and Lonnis to thetis. Or. Martinis is 35 years old and has a family in Greece while or. Rothetis is single and 25 years of age according to in formation received by the Immi Gration authorities. They were Crew members of the vessel Empo Rios when they jumped their ship and remained in Canada illegally mrs. Phyllis Hasler late wednesday afternoon was acquitted of the murder of her five year old daughter Sandra Eileen in their Brooklands Home 1943 notre Dame Avenue oct. 12, 1952. A Queen s Bench jury took less than an hour to bring in its not guilty verdict. Or. Justice Ralph Maybank presiding thanked the jury and concurred in its find Ings mrs. Hasler will now return to her husband and Home John l. Ross defence counsel said follow ing the verdict. Thursday she was staying with relatives. In his summary to the jury judge Maybank said there were jury asks leniency for airman a navigation instructor with the Craf at Stevenson Field was found guilty wednesday on a judge via yank Sam Mere were charge of motor manslaughter in three possible verdicts guilty connection with the death of a murder not guilty because of in police caretaker. An Assize court and Complete acquittal. Jury brought in the verdict after an hour s deliberation. The jury of 10 men and two women however made a Strong sanity and Complete acquittal. Said he it you have a reasonable doubt about her sanity at the time of the crime you will not Side ration. Or. Harris a real Choice dog Derby Story of the Pas Derby on Page. 12. Dog Vatican City a Pope Pius ailing for 10 Days with Gas tric trouble and hiccups rested fairly Well wednesday night for the third night straight Vatican circles said today. The pontiff s private physician. Or. Riccardo Galeazzi Lisi declined to comment today after the first of his two regular daily visits. H. P. Mang Appelle has interviewed or. Harris urging that the cases of the two greeks be Given favourable con said that there is not a country in the world that does not take a firm stand re Garding stowaways or Crews o ships who desert. If a country got the reputation of being "soft1 in regard to such illegal entry practices it would be flooded will would be canadians stowing away on ships. It would also encourage Crew members of foreign ships t desert. Forbid Shore leave this would have the effect o making ship owners reluctant t allow their ships into Canadia ports. Or if they did reach Cana Dian ports the captains woul forbid the Crews Shore leave. If stowaways on Board ship enter Canada illegally and the immigration authorities catch u with them the stowaways a turned Back to the shipping line which has the responsibility of taking them away from Canada s shores officials pointed out Here. Red colonel revealed As top spy by John Randolph Toyko a . Yuri a Stonorov was revealed today Side ration. S Russia s chief red spy in Japan and a Youthful protege of Lav anti Beria recently executed Hief of the soviet secret police. Informed United states sources Aid a Stonorov who asked a United states army intelligence nit for political Asylum Jan. 24, was trained on the Japan desk f a special soviet foreign office Clion under direct control of Beria s mid organization. Once a personal courier Foi Beria a Stonorov apparently was headed for a Brilliant future in he secret service. But the source a growing admiration and weakness for americans prob ably Beria s execution and finally direct orders to return to Moscow sparked his decision to change sides. His conversion Long and deliberately sought by . Army operatives is called by observers Lere the most Brilliant piece o . Intelligence work publicized since the Start of the cold War and a blow at soviet espionage in a key far Eastern area. Recommendation for mercy when they returned with their evidence against 33-year-old Robert c. My a he added that evidence Given Inch of 363 St. John s Avenue., by psychiatrists that her state Mcninch at the close of the Jot mind at the time of the crime two Day trud in court of Queen Silas such that she was capable of Bench was found not guilty on a knowing was right and second count of driving while his what was wrong was Only of is wrong Imon evidence. In Cross examination of or. T. Pincock provincial Psychia Trist or. Established that his client had a disordered mind oct. 12, the Day the Knif ing of the child took place. Or. Pincock who had Prev ious knowledge of the accused added that in his opinion mrs. Til the end of the Spring assizes was capable of knowing before sentence is passed 0 the him. At that time judge Camp Ghe had previously had Shock Bell pointed out the jury s re treatments if Selkirk mental hos commendation As Well As the or Pincock said. Her Mem Strong character reference of the t events was worse accused will be taken into 1954 than in 1952, he said. Ai Ryan the said that oct ability was impaired by alcohol. Judge agrees or. Justice a. M. Said he agreed with the verdict and that the jurors were quite within their rights to ask for Len "1 will certainly consider your he said. Mcninch will be remanded in Canada accepts total of new immigrants total of 168 868 new immigrants were accepted by Canada during 1953. This was slightly higher than the arriving in 1952 but Well be Low the postwar High of in 1951, the immigration announced today. The dark heavy set was charged in connection with the death oct. 22 of James. Neill caretaker at Central to ice station. Or. Neill died from crushing injuries when the car n which he was a passenger col idea with another driven by Mcminch at the intersection of Bur rows Avenue and Arlington Street. The evidence of several police officers conflicted sharply with see airman Page 16 St. Laurent Goodwill trip starts Ottawa special prime minister Louis St. Laurent left Here thursday on a six week Goodwill tour around the world the first such trip Ever made by a Canadian prime minister. Or St. Laurent will be paying ceremonial visits to 11 countries and setting foot in several others 12, 1952, the Day the crime was committed until a later Date the accused was in a state of Insan Ity or. E. Johnson superintendent see acquittal Page 16 Chicago hit by rabies outbreak Chicago enforce ment of a rabies quarantine was intensified today by police in Chi Cago s worst mad dog scare in nearly a score of persons have been bitten by two Rabid dogs in South Side districts since tuesday night. In the current outbreak which has resulted in the City be no placed under a rabies quaran Tine one child died after being bitten by a Rabid dog. Sheriff John e. Babb said wed when his plane halts to refuel Wile ii a p he will also visit Canadian troops stationed in France and Germany and the 25th brigade which has been fighting with the common wealth division in Korea. The trip is strictly the minister s not going ii Matic negotiations on any subject own idea and for any special Prim he is Diplo mesday night he has ordered his 125-Man police Force to shoot any dog which becomes vicious during efforts to capture it. Is an emergency he said. Human life is More import ant than All the animals in the dog catching Crews were sent into South Side distorts yesterday alter the latest attacks and were ordered to seize All strays ;