Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 12, 1954, Winnipeg, Manitoba New classified phone number 93-6541 final edition Winnipeg free press weather forecast Winnipeg overcast with Snow. Blowing Snow on saturday. Little Milder. Winds South at 15 East at 20, occasional 35 Tomor Row. Low tonight and High saturday 5 and 15. Sun Olfes 7.46 Moon rises 12.13 . Winnipeg Friday february 12, 1954 forecast blowing Snow Assurance building destroyed by flames Montreal police crack million Racket in babies Montreal up combined Montreal and Provin Cial police forces were re ported today to have uncovered a Black Market in babies in which More than have been sold out of the Montreal area in the last 10 years. Information Oba Ned leads police to believe most of the babies were sold in the United states to jewish couples who were led to be Lieve the French Canadian and other Christian infants were born of parents of the jewish Faith. Reports Here said evidence was uncovered both in Mont real and new York and that 1he jewish couples paid from to for babies. Airman guilty on 2 counts Carragher sentenced to one year in jail convicted on manslaughter and Drunken driving charges by an Assize court jury after hours deliberation a 32-year-old girl air Force Corpora was sentenced thursday in court of Queens Bench to one year in jail. Owen William Carragher o Gimli Man., received one year on the manslaughter charge and one month concurrent on the driving while intoxicated count. Or Justice Samuel Freedman upon hearing the 12-Man jury re turn a verdict of guilty on the first count of manslaughter declared that he wished to he no verdict in connection with third charge of driving in a Man Ner dangerous to the Public. Carragher was charged after William dem dash of Gimli a instantly killed aug. 2, when h was attempting to fix a Flat Tir on the Highway East of the Recai station at Gimli. Four other per sons including or. And mrs. A dem dash. Parents of the accused were injured. The accused Man s Servic record had been read to the Cour it was provided by we g. Dun Ning. Chief technical officer a Gimli. Most regrettable that you behaviour on this past even should have marred that record declared or. Justice Freedman he added that he was going 1 take into consideration Carra her s Good references but a the same time he had to Consic Public Protection. Or. Justice Freedman also of bade Carragher from driving car anywhere in Canada for period of is months. His Driver License was suspended for equal period. One of the last witnesses thur Day Lac Norman Gange to court that he was driving a vehicle from the station to Gimli when he noticed a Light on the Highway near a identified it As ministers make some Lommon base sought by East and West reports says Berlin a a tiny Leek of Light showed today through gloomy talks of the in four foreign ministers ver Asia. One Western source without going into email said they have made a Shade of an ther said there is evidence he East and West Are no for common ground. The second Day of closed door discussion of asian problems need thursday night with a de Ision by the ministers to pick a again today such threads of i element As they had been ble to work out. The Western ministers made lain to Molotov in thursday s closed session it was understood hat they have no intention what ver of accepting his five Power conference demand but that they re deeply interested in having he Berlin meeting break the communist United nations dead Ock Over arrangements for a korean peace settlement. As to asian problems the min sters after the wind up of thursday s session announced Only tha t they had talked about Tern 1 of the Agenda. This item travelling pm visits Craf Field in France Bonn Germany up Canada s travelling prime minister left West Germany today after a 2vi-Day visit and stopped off at the Craf s Gros ten Quin Airfield in East Ern France to visit the men who maintain and Fly the Sabre jets As Canada s contribution to the air defence of Europe. Scheduled visit to the Craf s other Sabre Jet Field at we Brucken Germany was called off when prime minister St. Laurent s plane was unable to land there be cause bad weather. So the prime minister continued on to Rome next Stop on his round the world Goodwill tour which today entered its Sec Ond week. Later the prime minister took off for Rome where he landed in a rainstorm. Abbott tilts with labor on jobless two congresses paint picture too dark says minister Ottawa up spokesmen for the Federal Cabinet and for Canada s two largest labor congresses thursday disagreed sharply on the seriousness of the coun records Safe says official a two alarm fire of undetermined origin swept the two Storey Annex of the great West life Assur Ance co. Early this morning. The fire was reported at 1.54 . By a night watch Man who smelled smoke on his rounds. At 5 . Firemen had the Blaze under control but were still battling smoke n intense cold. Includes the soviet proposal to eat communist China in the councils of the great Powers. Convicts Start fire in cell one sealed whole off in cell Block was Stony Mountain Penitentiary tuesday when a number of convicts Are believed to have assaulted a guard and cell mattresses on fire. Warden a. H. Campbell of dark object. Pfc lose the car owned All Stony Mountain Penitentiary told the free press Friday that a fire had occurred there but he could not Issue a statement on it other than to say he did report the incident to Ottawa. He did say however that no one was actually Hurt in disturbance and that the in 6 it self was no reports indicate that a guard Hugh Macdonald had been off sick for a few Days. When he re turned on tuesday he was Given the task of exercising a number of men in g Block the Pri son s detention Section. During the exercise one of the convicts is reported to have picked up a chair and struck or. Macdonald in the Back. He then grabbed his keys and proceeded to set fire to some mattresses. Try s current unemployment. A joint Brief from the congresses described the situation As but Hon. Douglas Abbott finance minister suggested the labor groups jobless figures Are wrong and said the Winter unemployment picture is Only Union officials claimed in a submission to Cabinet members that unemployment now stands around which would be a Post War Peak. Or. Abbott held it was much lower and he cautioned labor against taking a too gloomy Outlook on the ground that this could slow Down business expansion. A Cabinet committee headed by Hon. Milton Gregg labor minis Ter met thursday with a joint group of the trades and labor Congress of Canada and the can Adian Congress of labor repro building program considered government May arid to Portage school for defectives a possible building program at the Manitoba school for mental defectives at Portage la Prairie is under consideration by the provincial government. Legislative sources said Friday a government announcement May be made within the next few weeks. The new building is said to have been agreed to in principle by the government. It is understood that plans Call for a 300-bed addition at the por Tage institution. Total Cost would run to about the new accommodation would be built in parts with about 150 Beds added in the first phase. It would be for female patients. The government is said to have considered renovating existing buildings at Portage. However it is believed this plan was turned Down because new construction Rould entitle the province to fed eral Aid toward the building. Dense Clouds of smoke at first obscured the location of the fire setting an aggregate of 000 members. It was the first time since 1951 that the rival congresses had come together in a joint Effort. By or. Dem dash. As he Drew up close to it he noticed he said that the car was occupying the East Lane in the Centre of the travelled portion of the Highway. All four wheels were on the travelled portion of the Highway and it seemed that the car was jacked up because it was on a said Lac Gange. Gange had passed by Demi dash s car about 1.25 . Aug 2 shortly before the Accident occur red. Carragher was represented by a. V. Mauro. The Crown s Case was presented by Murray Peden. Car rates decision monday by Peter Mclintock Ottawa special the transport Board announced Fri Day it will bring Down its Deci Sion on the Canadian Pacific railway s application for a new system of establishing freight rates monday morning. If the car requests were granted it could mean immediate rate increase of nine per cent. The car application asked the Board to set freight rates on a basis which would give the com Pany a permissive rate of return on its net rail investment of not less than 6.5 per cent per year. All provinces except Ontario and Quebec opposed the application arguing that the present system of rate setting should be continued. The Canadian National rail ways although associated with the car application neither sup ported nor opposed it. Off duty guards were called Back and managed to Seal off g Block. Guards entered the Section with respirators and succeeded Ift extinguishing the smouldering mattresses. It was Learned that order was restored at about 11 . Three hours after the incident occurred. Tips and plans for homemakers tired living rooms dreary kitchens and monotonous bedrooms will be a thing of the past for read ers who follow the new weekly Home decoration feature which appears exclusively in the free press beginning today. Dotty decorates Illus trates imaginative Inex pensive ways to beautify the Home Points out unusual and distinctive touches to make Ordinary rooms into gracious ones. Dottie is actually two people Dottie and Harry Brown a husband and wife team. Both Are successful Home decoration Consul Tants whose articles have appeared in outstanding magazines. Dottie decorates on Page 8 today caught in in Layoff House told Ottawa Canadian National railways has Laid off at least employees because of declining traffic Hon. Lionel Chev Rier transport minister said in the commons thursday. Car officials Are most anxious to hire the men again As soon As traffic improves head ded in a reply to Stanley Knowles North who had asked if the minister Howe mum on final wheat pay acting prime minister Here to address conc acting prime minister c. D Howe in t giving any hint about the amount of the final payment Prairie Farmers win get on their 1952-53 wh3at from the Canadian wheat Board. Or. Howe minister of Trade and Commerce and minister o c defence production arrived in Winnipeg thursday night. He w la address the 75th anniversary dinner of the Winnipeg chamber of Commerce at the Royal Alex Andra hotel Friday night. In 10 Days at a press conference Friday morning in the wheat Board offices or. Howe said he expected to announce the amount of the final payment in the commons at Ottawa within t next 10 to 12 Daj or. Is optimistic about the Outlook for Canada in 1954. He said the yearly forecast of capital expenditure up Over a year ago. Usually we Are too conserva Tive in january and have to Cor rect the estimate upwards As we have done in the past or. Howe said. And hindered firefighting. Two firemen were overcome by smoke but were quickly re Vived. Smoke poured through the steel doors of the Annex basement finding its Way into the revelator shafts of two big great West buildings to the East and West. It came out windows at the tenth and eleventh Storey Levels at first confusing fire Len. Many of the girls in the total staff of close to 940 persons in the company s three buildings were sent Home for a Holiday Friday. All essential services Are be ing manned and All necessary business matters Are being a company official stated Friday. The staff does t work saturday anyway and will be Back to work monday he said. The three buildings from main Street to rorie Street on Lombard Avenue Are All the property of the great West life and Are at upwards of the two Storey Annex is nestled Between the Large structures. Largely destroyed company officials Friday morn ing reported that the two Storey building which housed part of the Winnipeg Branch has been largely destroyed. It is extremely fortunate that neither of the main buildings has suffered any damage other than water in the basement. The com Pany will be in full operation monday they said. About 40 persons had worked in the Annex and these would be absorbed into the offices of the two main buildings where about 900 Are employed officials stated. No official estimate some equipment and men from the fire department were still at the scene late Friday morning. No official estimate on the losses to the building and contents was available. Firemen first entered the rorie Street building thinking the Blaze located there. They traced smoke to the basement of the Annex. The fire originated in a machine shop in the basement of the an nex. George Aitken assistant Gen eral manager and comptroller said. He was not sure How it started. Firemen who smashed through second Storey windows in the an nex and unpeeled a Battery of loses from four fire stations in 14 below Zero weather said that he fire had been burning some Ime before their arrival. You can t kill men just for the Sake of a a fire offi Cial said. There was nothing to do hut to let it Burn itself the fire had already gotten nto the Walls of the first and second another official said. Dense smoke made it very hazardous for the men to go in unexpected Holiday 11 was school s out Friday morning for Many employees of the great West life Assurance company. These three girls arrived at work to find they could not go desks in the fire damaged building in the background. The girls Are left to Muriel Bridges Phyllis Geddy and Evelyn it was you win find Gong Piel schedule becoming Normal around the Home Page 8. Around the world Page i. Bonspiel results pages a 37. Bridge column Page 4. Comics pages 27, 28. Crossword Puzzle Page 14. Deaths and funerals Page 17. Film family contest Page 7. Financial news and commod Ity markets pages 37, 38. Hollywood column Page 5. Letters to the editor Page 9. Power of positive thinking Page 17. Radio Page 4. Society news pages 18, 19, 20, 21. Sports pages 24, 25, 26, 27, 37. The Manitoba Curling association s 66th annual Bonspiel was practically Back to today As play moved into the fifth Day of Competition. Draw master Charlie Scrymgeour hit hard by the weather Man on the first two Days of the Spiel and who had visualized the necessity of a Midnight draw to uset Pipestone while Gray beat Boyd 5-4. In Winnipeg electric compete results on Page 14 vital to if the final payment on the could allay fears of further car layoffs. Or. Chevrier said the govern ment owned company s freight traffic has declined in several commodities including Coal and Grain. There had been less interchange traffic with connecting United states railroads and the change Over program from steam locomotives to diesel engines also had caused layoffs. The question arose after an unsuccessful Kcf attempt to Start a debate on the unemployment Situa Tion. Vatican reports Pope s condition still improving Vatican City a Pope Pius apparently definitely re covering from three weeks of dangerous illness that gravely weakened him today continued to improve. The Vatican press office said that he rested Well during the night. Thursday in its most optimistic report on the pontiff s health since he became ill with a gastric disturbance Jan. 25, the Vatican said that the Pope had set foot on the Road to 1952-53 Pool is substantial it could be of real importance to the West. If it is anything near the final payment on the 1951-52 Pool it could mean More than 000 going into Prairie wheat growers pockets before next april 15. However it is generall believed the payment will not be nearly As Large on the 1952-53 crop As on the 1951-52 crop. Producers deliveries totalled bushels in 1951-52 and the final payment averaging 25.23 cents per Bushel a big Cash amount of producers deliveries totalled bushels in the crop year aug. 1. 1952 to july 31, 1953, nearly bushels of wheat More than in the previous year. The foregoing figures on the two last crop years gives some basis for comparison. Actual sales of wheat totalled in 1951-52, and from aug. 1, 1952 to july 31, 1953. Sales of the 1952-53 Pool Are just being wound up now. Or. Aitken could not give an estimate of the damage until the fire had burned itself out and he could look the premises Over. Records moved All the buildings were fully insured or. Aitken said. Reserve records had been moved to an other part of the City six years earlier he said to guard against just such an event. The Annex was used principally by City agents he added. There vere records in it and these were duplicated by records in the Reserve building and in the main buildings. The Only other fire the official could recall in a period of Over 20 years was one Small one which involved about dam age. Temperatures maximum minimum temperatures and precipitation readings for 24 hour per Iod ending Friday were Max. Vancouver 40 Calgary Edmonton Swift current Regina Saskatoon Brandon Wix mfr fort William Ottawa Toronto Montreal Halifax 0 17 2s 18 30 min. 32 -3 .1 -12 -20 -18 23 per. To lunch shop loses to Bandit a masked Bandit held up and robbed the proprietor of the Domey Light lunches 406 Dufferin Avenue of Between and shortly before Dawn Friday. The loot included close to cheques. J. Domey said he had just opened the store and was stand ing beside the Cash Register when he Felt a Metal object plunged against his Back. You stay the Bandit said removing or. Domey s Wallet and empty office Here is closed Winnipeg travellers now get clearance at Border Winni Eggers who went to the trouble of getting entry permits to the United states before Leav ing the City can now forget about it. All clearances will now be made at the Border. For Economy reasons the . Immigration service in washing ton has announced curtailment of some of its examination ser vices in Canada. Winnipeg along with Van Couver Toronto Montreal and is one of the centres affected. Here s what it Means for the first time in 52 years Winnipeg will be without an immigration office. Pre flight inspection offices at Winnipeg Van Couver Toronto and Mon Treal airports will still be maintained. Four american citizens employed at the local offices will return for duty to the United states. All persons who Are not Canadian or american citizens Are still required to apply to the american Consul for a visitor s visa. All persons except americans who plan to live in the United states re quire an immigrant s visa for permanent residence. These visas Are obtained at the u. S. Consulate s office As in previous years. The immigration offices in the various centres were maintained chiefly for the convenience of canadians and others living in Canada who desire to make temporary visits to the United states. The immigration service will continue to have representatives Forsythe beat Charlie i s Maple Leafers 7-6 Daun night said today that no late draw would be held. Play this morning was confined to the Grain Exchange Imperial Oil Winnipeg electric Canada packers and free press events. A six . Draw today sees play returning to the Eaton s event one of the major events of the Spiel. Extra ends seven games were decided on extra ends this morning. Record ing extra end triumphs were gis Lason Vanderveken and Gray in the Imperial Oil event Forsythe Daun and Derrell in the Winnipeg electric event and Birse of civic Caledonia in the free press event. Birse s victim was Smith of Victoria who bowed 11-10. Gislason a former High school Champion skipped his Belmont pals to a Over towns of the Grain Exchange. Vanderveken s victim was Hen Tion Krupp s Maple of the Thistle downed Mcnabb of Deer Lodge 9-s and Derrett of the Granite beat Kjartanson 7-6. Line Svein Soti of Strathcona had the Honor scoring the second seven Ender of the Bon Spiel to Date counting seven on the fourth end of his match with common of Portage in the Imperial Oil event. He needed it to win 11-s. Meanwhile a Gowanlock and his Dominion champions Are find ing life pretty rough. After play ing brilliantly in the Early stages of the Bonspiel a and his Dau Phin dandies have suffered three losses. The third came this morn g at the hands of the Klippen Ein rink of Altona. The Scora As 7-5. Ont. Lawyers scrutinizing Quebec act Ottawa the Ontario Section of the Canadian bar association is making a de tailed study of the Quebec legis lation passed recently which is aimed at curbing the activities of the Jehovah witnesses in province it was Learned Here Fri Day. The scrutiny of the Quebec legislation described As an abridgement of Freedom of Wor ship is concerned primarily with its constitutionality. Isadore Levinter chairman o the Ontario Section s subcommittee on civil liberties has reported that the subcommittee made u of leading Ontario lawyers a the Quebec act under Examina Tion. They Are seeking to deter mine whether the new Law i Infra Vires of the Quebec Legisla Ture. Ing the till. Police described the Man As five feet six inches tall Wear 1t ing a Long Black overcoat and a .22 Winter Cap. A the major Canadian cities to work with the . Consulate on other matters pertaining to alien entire. A Quebec office for checking overseas arrivals headed for the . Will be continued but a smaller similar service at Van Couver will be eliminated leaving French offered s. Korea division for indo China Seoul a South Kore has offered try Send a full division to help the French figh the communist led vie Minh i indo China foreign minister Pyun Yung Tai said today. Pyun said it is quite probable that red China might Retalia by sending one or More of i divisions to help the reds ther the foreign minister said pres Dent syn Man Rhee wrote of h proposed offer to Gen. John 1 Hull United states far Eali it 11 arrivals there to seek commander before Hull went Washington a few Days ago. Overseas clearance at the Border. Reopening Market not planned by Victor Mackie special sports that the Canadian government was considering re the Winnipeg Grain sex Range for wheat reached Parlia ment thursday and brought a denial from it. Hon. C. D. Howe acting prime minister or. Owe who arrived in Winnipeg thursday evening made the denial just before leaving Ottawa y air rumours have been circulating n Grain circles recently that the ederal government was Conte lating reopening the futures Market for wheat in Canada. The reports were Given added impetus recently by John Davis United states assistant Secretary if agriculture. Or. Davis Dis ussing the relative merits of he . And Canadian wheat programs said the . Preferred 0 keep As much Freedom Market As possible. We would like to keep our futures markets going and the Canadian program has not done hat although i understand there s some consideration Given to initiating futures markets or. Davis said. Grain officials said Friday that no rumours about possible reopening of wheat futures Trad no in the Winnipeg Grain Exchange had been circulating in ocal Trade circles thursday in the commons Hazen argue referred to the . Assistant Secretary s statement. He asked or. Howe if the minister would assure wheat producers that no consideration is being Given to opening the Winnipeg Grain Exchange for trading in wheat. Howe replies or. Howe replied my Atten Tion has been called to this by the . Assistant Secretary. I can Only say that 1 am not giving consideration to reopening the futures Market and so far As 1 know it is not being considered by anyone or. Howe added ;