Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 10, 1954, Winnipeg, Manitoba New classified phone number 93-6541 final edition Winnipeg free press weather forecast sunny with Cloudy periods today and thursday. Colder. Winds North at 15, occasionally at 25. Low tonight and High thursday 15 and 5. 36 pages a v if , Sun rises 7.49 . Moon rises in. 34 . Sun sets 5.37 . Moon sets 2.15 . Forecast Clear cold North Power project May top million sleepy time boy Here is the grog Giest Young fellow in Winnipeg. Young Patrick Trainer right six year old son of or. And mrs. Don Trainer 221 Sydney Avenue East Kildonan Swal Lowed 20 nerve pills tuesday night. His Mother had difficulty waking him wednesday morning and when she finally succeeded found he could t stand up. Questioning Dis closed that during the night he had climbed on to the Kitchen stove to get at the cupboard where the pills Are kept. His dad found the rest of them later in the phonograph. Fol lowing urgent instructions from Winnipeg children s Hospital where Patrick was taken police brother Shaun tries to keep him awake with a comic Book. Patrick could t be less interested. As he told the free press i m 4 children die in Brandon fire Brandon special four Young Brandon Chil Dren were smothered in their smoke filled second Street Home Here tuesday afternoon and their Mother is in hos Pital in fairly Good condition with Burns and Shock suffered while trying to Rescue them. Dead Are the four children of or. And mrs. John pilchard 29 second Street. They Are Brian 5 Barbara 3 Elaine 1h and Donna six months. In Hospital is their 24-year-old Mother and fireman Donald Stouffer 35, were overcome while try ing to Rescue the children. Full of smoke the fire department received the alarm at 3.47 tuesday after noon when neighbors telephoned end reported the House full of smoke. Apparently All the child Ren and mrs. Pilchard had been sleeping when the fire began. Neighbors first saw the House wife As she broke a second Storey Xvi Dow and screamed for help. It see pictures on Page 10 a is believed that mrs. Pilchard at tempted to take the children downstairs but was overcome by smoke. Fireman Donald Stouffer entered the building but was also overcome. A second fireman equipped with a smoke mask Man aged to reach the second floor and helped both mrs. Pilchard and fireman Stouffer from the build ing. The firemen found three children in an upstairs bedroom and the fourth sitting in a living room chair. The children were not badly burned. Detective sergeant Murdoch Mclean of the City police Force said it was believed the fire of san in a pantry adjoining the kit Chen but said there was some Evi Dence of a Flash of flame through the House. The Interior of the Cne and one half Storey Home was big 4 get Molotov proposal red treaty would kill North Atlantic Alliance Berlin Reuters Russia s Vyacheslav Molotov today submitted to the big four conference a proposal for a general european treaty of collective Europe. Security in seared and furniture was scorch is 50 the treaty would be open to All european states whatever their political system. The East and West German governments would be parties to the treaty with equal rights pending the establishment of a United Ger Many. See Alliance nullified the associated press said the soviet treaty if adopted would annul the North Atlantic Alliance 0ne treaty clause would bind the parties not to enter a coalition or Alliance or conclude any agreement the purposes of which would contradict the purposes of the Molotov proposes that the governments of the United states and communist China should Send representatives to the bodies set up under the treaty As observers. Proposed duration of the treaty de rather than completely burned. John pilchard. An employee of the Canadian Pacific railway re turned to his Home immediately after the fire. In a state of Ner Vous collapse he was admitted to Hospital during the afternoon but was discharged later in the eve Ning. There has been no official Esti mate of the fire damage As yet. Police say no decision regarding an inquest has been made. Tax proposal Quebec up Premier Duplessis government tuesday set out details of proposed legislation to slap a income tax Bill on Quebec residents. The measure Calls for payment to the provincial government of an amount equal to 15 per cent of the present Federal income the soviet delegation also pro posed a Resolution suggesting interim measures to be taken in Germany pending the conclusion of a peace treaty. Spieler warm with cold Midnight draw helps pick up some lost games things were slightly brighter around the ice room in the Marl Borough at noon wednesday As play in the Manitoba Curling association s 66th annual Bonspiel moved into the third Day. A Midnight draw last night helped pick up a number of the 32s games lost. To the weather Man during the first two Days of the Spiel and a Midnight draw see Bonspiel results on Page 11 plus a 3 . Draw tonight Are calculated to get the Bonspiel Back somewhere close to Normal. Despite the Midnight draw last night 20 games were still lost to be surfaces that failed to respond quickly enough to lowering temperatures. A Midnight draw for thursday s in the offing and if necessary one May be billed fori Friday to it the Bonspiel on schedule a situation draw master Charlie Scrymgeour laughingly describes As one he doubts will Ever be Eaton s event most of the games in wednes Day morning s play were in the Eaton s event one of the major competitions in the Bonspiel. And most of the rinks that rate with the experts came through with wins As expected. A Gowanlock Dominion curing Champ registered one of the bigger wins wednesday when he see Bonspiel Page 11 Boom Likely in farm tool sales optimistic forecasts brighten Prairie picture by Pat o dweeb farm machinery company officials Are optimistic about the sales Outlook on the Prairies this year and indicate trends towards a bigger volume of Busi Ness Over last year. Their enthusiastic reports resulted from a spot Survey made by the free press wednesday. And Here s what it Means to the Prairie Economy total retail sales of new farm machinery and equip ment amounting to an estimated in Mani Toba Saskatchewan and Al Berta. Total sales in 1952, Dominion Bureau of statistics reports of parts and re pairs an estimated Prairie sales in 1952, lbs apart from what it Means in dollars and cents the farm machinery Industry is a Good Baro meter of economic conditions. It breathes new life into Prairie towns and villages Steps up de Mand for labor in the larger cities for machine mechanics and office workers As Well. Important Impact City workers Are As interested and keen in the scramble for the Farmer s Dollar As the Industrial is and the businessman. And rom labor too comes a report of Good Days ahead. Recognizing the important Impact of the farm machinery business on Prairie Trade As a whole w. H. Darra Cott manager of the National employment service in Winnipeg says we look for a buoyant sea son and we Don t see any sign of a tip off As to the cause of the improved Outlook came from j. L. Edey sales manager for inter National Harvester. He says More Grain is moving now and the Farmer has More Money to spend. We find it Good Here in the Overall picture and particularly last month. It was much better than last fall. We re looking for a big year and we re expecting the Rush to Start the first week in March when Snow is melting on the see optic Vns Page 7 f fun it proposed 0am to Buiu Elfre Manitoba fishermen watch empty nets because the fish in Manitoba lakes have mysteriously eluded their nets All Winter fishermen around the South Eastern end of the Lake have just about Given up Hope of making a living this season. They take Little Comfort from an Assurance in january by or. W. A. Kennedy of the Central fish station Winnipeg that can Ada s lakes Are under fished. At the Ottawa conference of crop insurance scheme urged for Manitoba a Resolution asking the Mani Toba government to take the Lead in establishing a scheme of crop insurance in the province is being introduced in the legis lature by h. P. Shewman und. The Resolution was filed with the clerk of the House tuesday and will come up for debate Fri Day. It predicts such a scheme would act As a stabilizing Factor in Manitoba s farm Industry. A similar Resolution was introduced by or. Shewman a year ago but it failed to gain adoption. Syn Man Rhee set on reopening War Seoul Syng Man Rhee warned today that he is determined to reopen the War against the chinese reds occupying North Korea and that if necessary he will go ahead with out . Support. I am not he said. Yearned for children Macfadden 86, reveals you will find around the Home Page 6. Around the world Page 2. Bridge column Page 8. Comics pages 12, 13. Crossword Puzzle Page s. Deaths acid funerals Page 24. Film family contest Page 8. Financial news and commod Ity markets pages 31, 32, 33. Hollywood column Page 5. Letters to the editor Page Power of positive thinking Page 2. Radio Page 4. Society news pages 14, 15, 16, 17. Sports pages 20, 21, 22, 23. New York a physical cult Urist Bernarr Macfadden revealed tuesday that he looked Forward to the Patter of Little feet when he last married although he was Over 80 at the time. His yearning was in vain. His third wife blonde Jonnie Lee Macfadden 47, is suing him for separation after six years of an admittedly bizarre marriage Dur ing which the couple com muted to each other s bed room. State supreme court jus Tice Henry Clay Greenberg a sked the 86-year-old Mac Fadden at one Point did you Ever discuss with your wife the possibility of having a yes we replied the publisher and outdoor enthusiast. What was her she were there any develop ments after persisted the court. I m sorry to say there replied Macfadden. Your wife testified that you like to sleep on the Greenberg went on. Is that i be done that for 20 years because of an injury to my said Macfadden. I never slept in bed with Macfadden denied his wife s testimony that he tried to hit her accused her of poisoning his food and suspected her of opening a window in their Penthouse As an invitation to a Lover. Predicts Success in new York top . Critic praises Ballet by Shane Mackay Washington most engaging group of dancers beautifully disciplined technically with this accolade from the top american dance critic John Martin of the new York times the Royal Winnipeg Ballet tues Day became an overnight Success in its first appearance in the Eastern United states. Walter Terry dance critic of the new York Herald Tribune also hailed the troupe As a com Pany of Energy of taste of youth Ful eagerness and of Promise of maturer things to Only two of the six new York and Washington critics writing in tuesday s newspapers unenthusiastic about the perform Ance. Paul Hume of the washing ton Post found the Ballet uninspiring and Milton Berliner of the tabloid Washington news pleasant but suffering from stiffness and uncertainty in some of the compositions. John Haskins of the washing ton times Herald said the com Pany was integrated Well the corps de Ballet precise in its Drill and everyone showed an eager Ness which wins immediate sym in the Washington Star Jay Carmody praised the Winnipeg Gers 35. A fresh vibrant troupe of which Winnipeg and Canada can feel in his new York times review or. Martin predicted the com Pany will be a Success in new York. He wrote with becoming modesty the Young company in its stateside debut chose rather to at capturing this diplomatic capital with a gracious of hands across the Border rather than attempt a direct assault upon the artistic Citadel of new York. Capture tonight s audience it assuredly did for it is a most engaging group of dancers. Talented group give it another year or two and new York too will be Ca see Ballet Page i _ except in general terms he did not specify when he will order his armies to attack but he said time is rapidly running out. We shall have to act soon or he criticized . Policy As mistaken in discussing peace with the chinese and said unification through a political con Ference is he gave these reasons for the position he is taking firstly he is convinced the chinese themselves will reopen the War whenever they Are ready. They have not Given up their ambition for the whole of Korea. They will attack secondly he believes the pre sent armistice like the talks in 1951, is merely to gain time for the military build up. Thirdly the build up is in pro Gress this communist army has new weapons from the soviets including a Strong air and Many giant fourthly even assuming the chinese do not attack in the near future which he does not assume a i bisected Korea could not live. The fisheries research Board of Canada or. Kennedy said there were no signs of fish depletion in Lake Winnipeg. Empty sets big Bills commercial fishermen h o w e v e a gloomily contemplating their empty nets and mounting grocery Bills Are taking a pretty dismal View of such pronounce ments. Fish catches Are far be Low Normal and fish season closes feb. 22. For some reason apparently known Only to the fish a late freeze up especially when f o 1 Lowed by storms which break up the ice cover seems to ruin1 the season. Government experts have observed this phenomenon repeatedly but have never been Able to offer a definite explanation. This year seems to be the worst in three decades. The fish just can t be found. I have never seen so Many dejected fishermen. There seems to be no encouragement any a Fisherman s wife at Oak Point Man., has written in a let Ter to the free press. No one seems to locate the fish this Winter. The nets have been moved from one area to another in an Effort to locate them. One outfit has 45 nets on top of the ice and when asked if they were going to set them said what s the they catch just As much on top of the first time in Hole in 30 years she said her Hus band has never gone in the Hole at but now it is a grim business our Only Hope of livelihood is if Carpenter work Etc. Is started Early in the because the fishermen spent their Money on nets and Gro Ceries they have had to Lay off their hired help and in Conse Quence the nets Are not raised As frequently As necessary and what fish Are caught Are often Rotten before they Are recovered. Thirty families in nearby St. Laurent she says have been put on Relief because of the poor clue found to where Jet crashed Crews have recovered a Yard Square piece of wreckage from the British Comet jetliner which crashed in the Mediterranean last month the senior British naval officer on the Island of Elba reported today. The wreckage gives searchers the first positive indication of the Airliner s position he added in a report to the British embassy Here. The search for the plane has been going on since it crashed off Elba on Jan. 10. Killing 35 persons. Another message received Here today said trawlers have recovered several Small pieces from the Comet including a safety Belt. The naval officer s report did not say whether underwater Tele vision cameras used in the search had spotted the wreck. 15 below predicted for tonight curlers taking part in the cur rent Bonspiel Are going to be Happy with the weather Outlook but other citizens will not be so pleased following a week of Spring like temperatures. The weather office said wednesday that Winter was definitely Back to stay in Winnipeg at least for two Days and pos Sibly for four. Low predicted for wednesday night is a chilling 15 below Zero. The High for thursday is not expected to be More than five below. The Balmy air Clung around the City until about 11 . Tues Day. At that time it was still 30 above. However within a few hours the official thermometer had registered a Low for the night of Only two above. Winni Eggers at noon wednes Day were shivering in an unaccustomed six above As a stiff Breeze added to their discomfort. Maximum and minimum temperatures and precipitation readings for the 24 hour period ending wednesday Vancouver Calgary Edmonton Swift current Regina Saskatoon 37 Brandon 3s Winnipeg Max. 44 38 34 36 35 fort William Ottawa Montreal Halifax 21 32 33 34 34 30 us 11 13 21 it s 4 in 9 25 34 24 .13 to. To. To. .02 .02 to. To. .75 Campbell talks of new scheme Premier d. L. Campbell tuesday indicated the government May soon have to consider spending an initial on a Hydro electric Power development in Northern Manitoba. Final Cost of the project he said could go Over the Mark. Other Northern Power developments would have to follow in the future. Mixed fruit is peaches to customs device boosts Tariff and costs Public Money by Victor Mackie Ottawa special Cana Dian housewives Are paying around four to five cents More per can for United states fruit cocktail As a result of a ruling by the National Revenue depart ment that Here a bit has even the bewildered. Experts the department had a conundrum dropped into its Lap when is a can of mixed fruit not mixed the answer when it is Classi fied As that answer has Cost the House wives Money. Representatives of the fruit importers argue that the depart ment s answer i was a device to impose a higher Tariff against the . Canned fruit cocktails or fruit salads in order to pro vide Protection for Canadian canners and growers. The Revenue department will defend its action presumably by contending that the canned fruit salad consists for the most part of peaches. The argument will be aired at a hearing by the Canadian Tariff Doard ssi Down for March 11 in Ottawa. The strange Story of mixed fruit becoming peaches in the eyes of customs appraisers came to Light when importers of the . Fruit salad appealed to the Tariff Board against the depart ment s ruling which went into effect Early in 1953. Speaking in the throne speech debate the Premier told the legislature these Power develop m e n t s would certainly in crease Power rates in this prov. Ince. He suggested Mcarthur Falls Power when ready in 1955, May increase wholesale rates. He did not Dis-1 close the site of i the province s i next Power pro-1 Jet but it is ex-1 petted to be Ati grand rapids where the Sas of Kat Chewan River flows into North Western Lake Winnipeg. Investigations of possible North Ern Power Sites have been practically completed or. Campbell said. He added that the proposed Brandon steam Plant would be built first. The House tuesday also heard Hon. R. D. Turner provincial treasurer turn Down a request for a foreign Trade representative. Gave second Reading to a Bill to Amend the billiard and Pool room act. Heard a proposal for a liquor surtax to Aid old age pension is. Speaking on the throne speech the Premier abide by the speaker s monday ruling and con fined his remarks to the subject of the want of Confidence Amend ment moved by Errick Willis progressive conservative Leader. The amendment censured the government for failing to provide Loans to municipalities for approved projects such As construction of water Mains and sewers. Long time Manitoba s loser record said or. Campbell showed the govern ment has lost Money All along the line on Loans for approved self liquidating he estimated the direct loss at More see legislature Page 11 Freedom their motto impossible happens work slaves strike last of three articles by Brigitte gel Anil Munich special owns a strike in a soviet slave labor Camp How could there be a strike of slaves in a country where even free men have no right to strike the russian students who were enslaved in the soviet far North because they preached the True word of Lenin a stateless society had an answer. The soviet system is so largely based on forced labor that a strike movement among the prisoners would shake the foundations of the gome of them argued. A strike is possible in the Camps. We do not risk much once we Are Here. We must set an the students at the Vor Kuta Camp had already gained allies among the secret religious society known As the Verush Chy believers or Monashko monks and who preached a Primi Tive form of Christian communism. But even if the two russian groups combined there was one Snag to any strike plans the West ukrainians who had remained consistent separatists even in the Camps. Almost All of the Ukrain ians came from the under see slaves eve revolt Page 7 automatics took Over ;