Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 10, 1954, Winnipeg, Manitoba Classified and. Phone number 93-6541 final edition Winnipeg free press weather forecast Cloudy with a few sunny periods. Little change in temperature. Winds Light. Low tonight and Slygh saturday 45 and 65. Vol. 61 no. 297 46 pages Winnipeg Friday september 10, 1954 i Sun uses 6.56 . rises. 6.4f . Sun Styfs 7.55 . Moon 4.0s . Forecast Cloudy blonde ont. Teenager Marathon swim Queen Marilyn s recovery absolutely says Toronto my Toronto Cdr. Frank Griffin physician who examined Marilyn Bell after she completed her amazing n2-Mije swim across Lake Ontario thursday said that from her condition you would never know she Ever did a it s absolutely in said. After such an or Deal you can expect a Low ering of the Hoori pressure bin hers is absolutely nor St. Laurent raps Quebec politicians i 21-hour ordeal vanquished i Lake first time i up a Golden haired laughing eyed Ejiro of 16 with the courage and fortitude of an Amazon Lake Ontario thursday captured the hearts of canadians and came out of it feeling Marilyn Bell a blonde who will go new York state and Ontario. Imo fourth form High school the Cap m he next week did what no Jor 20 hours and 56 minutes human has Ever done Lac evidence lot nor fight against cold and High the 32 Miles of the Lake that Waves sometimes As High As six feet and Toronto had read cd gradually to the drama being acted out in its front Yard. Two failed but there was no doubt of its feeling when she finished in the dark at . About persons screamed their Delight at a local girl s Vic tory Over the cold High seas and two noted English Channel conquerors. Flo Chadwick and Winnie Roach la Viszler. was a bedlam As the if ivc foot one he Pound girl with the Boyish Bob and infectious Grin from suburban new Toronto surged to a breakwater near Shore. Marilyn herself who announced she fell terrific Al the end of the swim through More than Miles of Choppy water revealed to Day she had swum the con Stant pain of a strained Tendon in her left ankle. She said nothing Aboul the ankle until after she reached Toronto As the first person Ever to swim across Lake Ontario. The blonde High school student confessed to being Over welcomed by the Welcome from the vast throngs who waited in the dusk if for her to finish and by the Public i City her feat attracted. To thought my swim if i Fin shed would be on the Back pages of the she said in an interview. Tells of okd Kal with her accomplish Mont still virtually the sole topic of conversation in this City that took the Montreal minister St. Laurent told a gathering of top business and government figures thursday that Canada s growth the Federal government s in fluence on Domestic and world affairs can not by Quebec "politicians.1 he a i str Canada wait beginning an Era of and develop in m be cent w o i 1 d tour 1 found that was realized every where and our influence w e loomed St. Laurent everywhere except Hind the Iron curtain and among some people Here in or. St. Laurent said the Federal government s in fluence on International National affairs increased with Canada s development. This May have some effect on provincial politicians but their dislike can not prevent the country from continuing to develop or prevent an increase in this 7vtr. St. Laurent s remarks were made before a luncheon aboard the Cunard liner sax Onia making her Maiden Voy age Here. The guests included executives from some of can Ada s largest industries. . Redeploy Fleet in Southeast Asia Eisenhower sets up three year scheme to move surpluses 20% duty event of famine or disaster Washington redeploy the red China buildup and ment of some United states Navy continuing bombardment of Fleet units West of Pearl Harbor the the nationalist heir Island of que in inc cold water Thev Sav i wiil to Slep twice j maybe i did but i know i kept Dou n a bomber of is 1 Beria last Friday. Vanquished and Victor Marilyn Bell after two Battles one with Cana Dian National exhibition officials and another with the icy Waters of Lake Ontario deposed Florence Chadwick left As Queen of the Long distance swimmers thursday night. The 16-year-old Toronto girl became the first of swimmer to Cross the Lake when she reached a breakwater on the Toronto waterfront 20 hours and ,59 minutes after she entered the water at Youngstown . The other two women in the Marathon. Miss Chadwick and Canadian Vinnie reach Leuszler both dropped out shortly after the Start. Right on swimming. It was the darkness and the eels that bothered me most. It was so dark that first night t called to inc boat to turn All its lights Fin so f could Sec something. They did and i Felt better. But the eels kept coming around me. I of told feel them. One of them i fastened on my Jeg. Finally j i kicked it off. The last two hours were the i hardest. I Felt like i did in Atlantic City when i swam the 2g mile Marathon if i d been swimming All by life. See swim Page continued _ sex City Man police crack Down paces top on Jay walkers relay team since the end of August there Ting he offences in the morn has been an increase of per ing Between 7.30 and 8.go . Cent in convictions of they were Rushing work Jay walkers. The inspector added that most the Sharp increase is the ref the offences look place with Suli of a strengthened traffic 11 division concentrating on the heavy traffic area of Portage venue and main Street. N the period from a until thursday have been fined court. During the two to aug. 30, Only convicted. A bloc a of the intersection i Portage and main. 4 Canadian swimmers take purse Toronto in. Attlee describing his tour. Clement a. Attlee by it. Hon. Hong there is one striking difference Between the russians and the chinese which impresses one at once in conversation. The russian is Al ways at pains 1o Tell you that everything in Russia is not Only equal to but Superior to anything in the West. Any suggestion that we in Britain have of which he is boasting is met with Blank incredulity. Very rarely will to be admitted thar everything is not yet perfect. The chinese on the other hand Are delightfully Frank. Without any boasting they will show j of their artistic treasures of ceramics and paintings dating Back to the time when we were Barbar ians. They will freely say we Are a backward nation. Have a Long Way to they will show one what they Are doing in the Way of housing the w orders but will say that this is Only a begin Ning. So. Far from resenting 15 criticism they will invite it. This makes conversation fat More easy than with their Northern neighbors. See Attlee Page 13 see brew Page 8 continued concerning disposal of United la minute surplus agricultural com stretched to 30 minutes before j Modi ties the prime minister and the Royal Complete details of the visitors emerged from a hotel Jinou Cement suite and posed for. Picture retired president of University Dies or. Albert Henry Steward Illson for six years president of the University of Manitoba died Friday at the president s residence on the fort Garry Cam pus. He was 63. Or. Gillson died shortly after 8.30 . He had been unconscious for two Days and ill for More than a year. Or. Gillson was die fifth presi Dent of the University of Mani Toba and was president during the period of its greatest physical expansion. He was appointed to head the institution in 1949 after a distinguished academic career at Mcgill University Mon Treal where he had been since 1320. Or. Gillson made Many Public addresses in his capacity of University president Here. On such occasions one of his favorite topics was a plea for die growth of a spirit of affection for the University among Mani Loans and graduates. Stich a feeling was unfortunately lacking in this province he said Manv times. More recently his Public appearances declined because of his illness which also prevented him from spending As much time at his desk As previously. Cal As Wel one of his major goals. See president a an were not available in Ottawa Friday and govern ment authorities were wailing to read the entire statement. They will study it closely but judging from press reports from Washington they believe it represented no changes in . Government policy that might adversely affect Canada. We Welcome this reiteration i of the principles on which the was i american administration will act in disposing of its product at competitive another authority said the announcement that the . Would not use its agricultural surpluses to impair the traditional competitive position cd Friendly countries by disrupting world prices of agricultural com was of major import Ance to Canada officials Here stressed. The officials added that working out of the new policy would be watched closely by Canada. Page 11 a. H. S. Retires Early then on March 15, the Board of governors announced he would relinquish his duties immediately and would retire officially sept. 1, 1954 a year before his nor Mal Dale of retirement. He was to continue As official chairman of the mathematical physics department until sept. 1, 1955. During or. Gibson s tenure of office Hie University proper which had formerly occupied buildings at Broadway and of b Orne Street for its Junior Divi Sion was consolidated at the fort Garry Campus with the exception of the medical College and the school of Art. This consolidation was in achievement of which or. Gill son was extremely proud. The Unity of the University phys i mysterious subs sighted off Sweden Stockholm swedish destroyers have been sent out to search for one or More unidentified submarines reported 1o have been seen in the Southern part of the Stockholm archipelago across Canada with Monsarrat starts saturday Don t miss this new series a Light hearted intimate a count of a mile of Canada by Nicho Las Monsarrat famous British novelist. Readers who the free press serialization of the cruel sea. Or. Monsarrat s master fit novel of the British Navy during the second world War. Will want to meet the author again it the Patei of this newspaper ;