Winnipeg Free Press

Saturday, February 13, 1954

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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 13, 1954, Winnipeg, Manitoba New classified phone number 93-6541 final edition Winnipeg free press weather forecast Winnipeg Cloudy. Snow ending thai afternoon. Little change in temperature. Winds Southeast at 15. Low tonight and High sunday 5 and 15. Vol. 61 no. 118 56 pages tittvrxrrriipr1 in Al Sun rises 7.44 . Moon rises 1.19 . Winnipeg Oahu Kiojai , Sun sets 5.43 . Moon sett 3.26 . Forecast Cloudy Little miss Queen of hearts yes her heart belongs to daddy especially seeing As daddy came through so quickly with yes my Darling daughter when she asked How much is that Pussy in the the Pussy now belongs to two year old Marilyn Tinkler of 235 Montgomery Avenue and that giant she Valentine she and Duffy the cat Are studying will soon belong to daddy Robert Tinkler. That other Valentine of course is Lor Mummy. St. Laurent encouraged by visits visits to Germany and France Are encouraging Rome up Canada s prime minister said Friday his visits this week to France and Germany have revealed encouraging signs of increased in an interview aboard the air plane flying him Here from Gros ten Quin France. It. Hon. Louis St. Lauren said in France they Are still very much concerned about Over All difficulties arising from the Drain of guerrilla activities in indo China. They feel that when they can remove that situation it will pave the Way for removal of All difficulties in the Way of a proper setup for the european army. I find encouraging signs of in creased Confidence in both coun at Rome s rain swept Ciampino Airport the prime minister was greeted by Mario Scelba Italy s new Premier members of his cab inet Canadian ambassador Pierre Dupuy and his wife and almost 300 members of Rome s Canadian Colony. Prime minister St. Laurent said in French that he brought with him the very cordial greetings of . Reader raps Chaplin s Swiss . Residence London special Nyht britons generally have been sympathetic toward Charles Chaplin since he left the a lifted states in 1952 after a residence of More than 40 years. They have tended to treat him As a Vic Tim of political intolerance in America. But a newspaper Reader reacted sharply Tri Day to Chaplin s action in holding a press conference Here wednesday to advertise the fact that his wife the former Ona o Neill was renouncing her american citizenship and becoming a British subject As he is. Francis Young in a letter published in the evening Standard said if he is so proud of being British Why has he chosen to live in for eign countries Why did he never visit his native country during the War Why when he left America did he set tie in the Canadian people italian people. To the Milder week end forecast Winnipeg in t in for a snowy week end although conditions Early saturday May have 1 e d some residents to believe a major snowstorm was on the Way. The Public weather office said the snowfall would probably not last Long. All told there la be about one Inch of Snow. The week end is also promising from the temperature standpoint. Headings will hover around 10 above which is Normal for this time of year. Saturday morning s snowfall will give Way to cloudiness thai will continue during pretty Wel the whole week end. The saturday morning forecast represented a. Change from Fri Day s when it appeared that the District might be in for blizzard or near blizzard conditions Over saturday and sunday. Pope to speak via radio to world s sick Vatican City a convalescing Pope Pius will speak by radio sunday to the world s sick the announcement today is the firmest sign that the 77-year-old head of the roman Catholic Church definitely is on the Roa to recovery. A severe gastric ail ment struck him january 25 ant has since then confined him to his apartment. The pontiff s address will be broadcast by the Vatican radio which will be hooked up with the italian radio system and that o several other countries. It will be broadcast by Vatican radio beginning at 6.15 . Is on Short Waves 50.27 and 31.41 metres. The facts 4bout cancer we Don t have to wait for a cancer cure says or. . Bauer director of health education american medical association. In a series of six special articles beginning monday in the free press or. Bauer presents in forthright terms an accurate hopeful picture of the cancer situation As it is today. You la learn about can cer and heredity the re search attack on cancer and Many More facts about this Kider including Why we Don t have to wait for a cancer police arrest in baby Export Ziemiel gets two year sentence nearly murder Case Crown counsel insists Percy Rudy Marshall. Ziemiel 21, convicted of manslaughter by an Assize court jury tuesday in the Street Brawl death of Joseph Mcleod was sentenced saturday to two years in tertiary. In speaking to sentence Crown prosecutor w. J. Johnston declared that this Case was not an Ordinary Case of manslaughter. This Case is so close to murder it could t be much said or. Johnston. He said the de ceased Man was viciously at tacked by Ziemiel and that a sub Stantial sentence should be imposed. Of indiscretion w. Davidson counsel for the accused declared that Ziemiel s age should be considered and that the whole thing was an act of or. Justice p. G. Duval agreed that it could easily have been a Case of murder but he proposed to make allowance in this in stance. The accused who admitted striking Mcleod a Hong Kong Veteran one blow on the Side of the face on oct. 30 after an argument Over a Beer table sat through his two Day trial earlier this week Only to have the jury convict him after less than an hour s deliberation. About face Joseph Mcleod 40, of 462 Ken Nedy Street was first beaten about the face outside the sey Mour by what one Crown witness called a set of knuckle dusters worn by Ziemiel. He was then attacked on the Street. When struck Mcleod dropped like a Stone to the Street. He underwent an emergency brain operation at Winnipeg general Hospital that evening but died next morning oct. 31. Or. Davison had told court that what probably had ensued was just a Drunken Brawl in which All of Ziemiel s friends had become involved. 2 Montreal lawyers arrested policewoman bought baby certificate for Montreal up a Montreal lawyer and two women were arrested Friday night bringing to four the number of persons arrested in the last 24 hours for questioning in connection with what Law authorities have described a Black Market ring in babies. The three persons unidentified were arrested at a North end address after transactions were completed for tub Pur Chase of a baby by two police women of new York and Mont real City police departments. Officials said a sum of s3.500 changed Hernds and the birth certificate reportedly falsified was provided. A raid on the House by combined squads of provincial and Montreal police immediately Fol Lowed the transaction. Police said they recovered the. Money which had been marked and took the child into custody. Dealings Lor the Purchase of the baby were underway for three Days before the alleged Sale was completed police said. The prisoners were taken to provincial police Headquarters where further information pertaining to Howe announces Tea expansion Here major expansion of commercial airline facilities at Winnipeg s Stevenson Field to involve in new construction this year was forecast in the City Friday j by it. Hon. C. D. Howe minister of Trade and Commerce. The expansion plan Calls for Tea accounting staff now located at the Airfield to be moved into the City. Here is what is on the Way for the air terminal this year a new fireproof stores building. A new aircraft engine overhaul Plant. Enlargement of pre sent buildings used for Over haul and servicing. Or. Howe s comments on growth of the City As a Centre of transportation by air were contained in his speech to the Winnipeg chamber of Commerce. He added the Price tag in later remarks. He forecast a considerable increase in traffic at Stevenson Field in 1954. He said Tea and other airlines based at Winnipeg were making a substantial contribution to the City s growth and Prosperity. Tea employs people with an annual payroll of Howe predicts Western Farmers can expect to Market their surpluses of wheat at reasonable prices despite the decline in overseas demand which Las created a change for the worse in the marketing it. Hon. C. D. Howe minister of Trade and Commerce said in Winnipeg Friday. Or. Howe was speaking at a dinner in the Royal Alexandra Herman Buller Montreal lawyer seized the International baby ring is said to have come to Light. One of those arrested Friday night was released after question ing and another woman said to have acted As a Liaison Between unwed mothers and the baby racketeers was arrested. Friday another Montreal lawyer 38-year-old Herman Buller was arrested at a Montreal Airport As he his wife and her parents pre pared to Board a plane for Israel. He was released on bail after he was charged in court with falsifying birth entries in a certificate and giving advice in connection with an indictable offence. Preliminary hearing was set for feb. 19. Builer s arrest followed by a few hours a police disclosure of details of alleged traffic in illegitimate babies Between Canada and the United states. Police said the ring has been operating Lor the last 10 years Anc has smuggled More than i Bies into the . Lawyers doct and social workers Many of whom were innocent dupes were said to be involved. Reasonable Price on surplus wheat Don t fear depression end of Korea fighting won t kill Prosperity Wilson declares new York a defence Secretary Charles e. Wilson said Friday night there is no reason to fear that the shift by the . From its korean War footing to peace will Lead to depression. I have no patience with the people who seem to think that blood spilling and jobs Are syn he declared. In an address prepared for de livery before the 68th annual Lincoln dinner of the National Republic club Wilson said that War and production of guns and War equipment make no contribution to real whatever we put into defence we take out of our Standard of he raid. A the Energy All the Money poured into War goods Means less Effort and fewer resources 1 hat can be devoted to civilian Lotel celebrating the 75th anniversary of the formation of the Winnipeg chamber of Commerce. The Trade minister said that Canadian Grain marketing had come to the end of a period marked by the highest level of demand for Prairie Grain in his tory. We Are now in he said a transitional the outcome of which is not entirely Clear. There is no reason to believe however that there is in fact or will be a reduced demand for wheat indeed the evidence is All to the contrary. World consumption of wheat is continuing to Rise. Reasonable prices since Canada is an economic producer of preferred kinds of wheat and one that is prepared to compete and compete vigorously for markets i believe we can Over a period expect to mar Ket our surpluses at reasonable prices. I can assure you that the can Adian government intends to Fol Low the Trade policies that Are strongly supported in this part of Canada policies that will encourage our customers to sell to us so that they in turn can buy our Grain and other exportable referring to the wheat Board or. Howe said i believe that it is in the Best interests of the Prairie producers and of Winni Peg that the wheat Board method of marketing be retained at least under the present Circum on the subject of the chamber 75th anniversary or. Howe said he did not really believe Mem Bers were looking backward but rather were celebrating because see Howe Page 9 always a Silver lining jobless seasonal Portage flier sees St. Louis it s wrong Way harrison9 St. Louis a an Craf Jet plane on a routine training flight Between two Canadian Points breezed into St. Louis by mistake Friday night. Of. N. L. Harrison of Tor onto who was surprised to say the said All his navigational aids had gone on the blink. Harrison said he and of. G. G. Macleod of Montreal left their base at Portage la Prairie man., Friday for North Bay ont. I began to suspect some thing was Harrison said because we picked up none of the scheduled Check Points on the this was shortly before St. Louis Airport control Tower radio operator Jerry Moonier heard the Canadian plane re port itself lost. The ground control unit tracking the plane on its Rad a scope brought Pilot Harri son safely into St Louis. The distance Between the two in Canada was estimated at about 900 Miles feb ugly the distance from Portage la Prairie to St. Louis. Cam a 2 a Harrison took off landed in St. Louis. From Portage for North Bay and exuding d. Howe optimism it. Hon. C. Trade and Commerce minister refuses to cry the blues As far As Canada s employment situation goes. At his press conference in Winnipeg Friday or. Howe Reiter ated the Federal government s stand that present unemployment s seasonal and no worse than in 1949." or. Howe used the Dominion Bureau of statistics figure of More than unemployed now compared with organized labor s claims that the non work no Force exceeds or. Howe referred to Bush workers to make his Point. Their work was seasonal and in the off season they Are counted As unemployed and should t or. Howe also reiterated the other official View that people with jobs have applications at unemployment offices. They were counted As unemployed but wer actually working. The Federal government is not planning any major Public works see unemployment Page 9 video camera identifies parts of crashed Jet Wakeful Reuters a television camera aboard this British warship Friday identified on the seabed pieces of a Comet Jet Airliner which crashed off Elba Jan. 10. The Royal Navy has been search ing for the wreckage of the Comet since it crashed with the loss of 35 lives. It is hoped the wreckage will show what caused the plane to plunge into the Mediterranean shortly after leaving Rome Airport. A trawler picked up some pieces of wreckage earlier this week. They included a three foot Square piece of the plane and a laity Belt. Railways number lost Bills Canadian National railway have announced serial numbers o the Bills and 200 Bill which vanished from the car offices at the Pas last week. The numbers on the Bill Range from 6656001 to 6657000. The numbers on the Bills Are 9661001 to 9661200. The Money disappeared unde mysterious circumstances Las saturday. Investigators from. Winnipeg have arrived at the Pas to Loo. Into the matter. Surrounding the disappearance of the Cash Are no known. But a northbound Trai on the Day of the disappearance was pursued by ramp and car police in a Gas car. The train was caught near Mil 17. What not been divulged. Men watch your pocket maybe we re hipped on the subject but this is too far. First it was Slacks and now it s the hip pocket. This snug waisted two piece suit is one of the Spring offerings from Paris. Old country you will find Dox Ftp results of soccer Arnes played today in the United English to sail b division 1 renal 1. Cardiff c 1 Blackpool 3. Sunderland 0 3ohon w Preston be 2 Belsen 4. Wolverhampton 2 Jve Pool 2, Charlton a 3 Lanchester u 2, Tottenham 0 u 2. Tottenham 0 Newcastle u 3, Burnley 1 3orlsmbut.h 4. Manchester c 1 Hetfield u is Aston Villa Ppd v Bromich 4, Sheffield w 2 division u Birmingham c 2, West Ham u 0 Blackburn r 4, Oldham a 0 Brentford 2, Hull c 2 Bristol r 1, Notts c 1 Derby c 2, Everton 6 Doncaster r. 0. Bury 1 Leeds u a Lincoln c 2 Juton t 0, Stoke c 1 f 4, Fulham 1 Plymouth a 0. Leicester c 3 Wansea t 0, Rotherham u 2 division 111 Southern Aldershot Bristol c 5 Bournemouth 1, Wauford 3 Coventry c 4. Torquay u 0 Exeter c 0. Queen s or 0 Willingham 2, Northampton t 1 Psi sch t Brighton 3 Lyton o 2, Reading i ill Wall 2, South ind u 3 s Export c 4. Norwich c 1 Shrewsbury t 3. Southampton 2 Swindon t 1. Crystal p 1 Walsall 2. Colchester u 3 division Curington s 0. Bradford c 1 Barnsley is Gateshead Ppd Sra Tord is Workington Ppd Carlisle u 2. Chesterfield 3 Chester 1, Southport 0 Crew Alex 1, York c 1 Darlington is Hartl pools u Ppd Grimsby t 1, Barrow 0 Halifax Vale 0. Scunthorpe u 0 Rochdale 5, a Wrexham 2 Loch Daie 6. Wrexham 2 Stockport c 3, Mansfield t 2 scottish it p second hound Albion r 1, Dundee 1 Berwick r 5, Ayr u 1 Yeechin c 2, Hamilton a 3 Coldstream 1, Raith r 10 Duns 0, Aberdeen s Alkirk is celtic Ppd Fraserburgh 0, hearts 3 hibernian 7, Clyde 0 Morton 4, Cowdenbeath 0 both Orwell Dunfermline a 2 Moth Envell 5, Dunfermline a 2 Peebles r 1, buckle t 1 Queen of s 3, Forfar a 0 dangers 2, Kilmarnock 2 Stirling a is Arbroath Ppd Tariff r 1, Partick t 9 third Lanark 7, Devron v 2 scottish league division a St Mirren 1, East Fife 1 division b Dumbarton is St. Johnstone Ppd Friendly match Stenhouse Muir 5. Alloa a 2 Irish league Ards 1, Linfield 2 Coleraine 3, Glenavon 0 crusaders 4, Bangor 0 distillery "4, Ballymena u 0 go Antoran 1. Derry c 0 Portadown 2, Clilton Llie 1 great West fire damage placed at Mark damage by fire which swept the two Storey Annex of the great West life Assurance co. Early Friday morning was estimated at by the City tire department Friday night. The fire destroyed contents valued at and did damage to the building the department reported. Company officials Friday morn ing said that the staff employed in the Annex would be absorbed into the offices of the two main buildings. The company will be in full operation monday morn they said. Origin of the fire was riot yet around the world Book reviews Page Bridge column Page 4. Church news pages 10, 11. Comics pages 28, 29. Crossword Puzzle Page 4. Deaths and funerals Page 7. Film family contest Page 6. Financial news pages 38, 39. Hollywood column Page 5. Home Gardener Page 13. Letters to the editor Page 27. Power of positive thinking Page 27. Radio Page 4. Society news pages 15, 18, 17, 18, sports pages 22, 23, 24, 25. Statement on Market clarified by Shane Mackay Washington special John h. Davis . Assistant Secretary of agriculture Friday said lie had no information which would Lead him to believe Canada might reopen her wheat futures Market. He was commenting on a ques Tion raised in the House of com Mons at Ottawa thursday by Hazen argue who quoted or. Davis As having said in a recent Csc farm forum broadcast from Washiington that the matter was under consideration in Canada. To reason i Don t recall having said or. Davis said and if i did i cannot think of any particular reason for saying he added that before the Broad cast some one had mentioned the possibility of the Canadian futures Market being reopened. This May have been what was on his mind. Or. Davis did not intend to leave the impression that he had any special knowledge of the government s intentions. In the commons it. Hon. C. D. Howe minister of Trade and Commerce said the subject was not under consideration by the in the Csc broadcast or. Davis comment on the Market came in response to a reporter s observation that several senators had suggested the . Should adopt the Canadian system of Grain marketing. Works Well the assistant Secretary said the Canadian plan had worked particularly Well in several respects notably in its avoidance of the heavy subsidization which has plagued the . Support system but it had done so at the expense of losing the free Market. At the same he continued we would like to keep As much Freedom of Market As we can. We would like to keep our futures markets going and the Canadian program has not done that although i understand there is some consideration Given to initiating futures Market again. I Don t think that necessarily has to ;