Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 27, 1954, Winnipeg, Manitoba By Carrier in Winnipeg 30c per week Winnipeg monday september .27, 1954 Grain marketing Outlook of improved says banker the marketing Outlook for Prairie grains is vastly improved now Neil j. Mckinnon vice president and general manager of the Canadian Bank of Commerce said an Winnipeg monday. Many countries Are making commercial inquiries about Wes Tern and sales outlooks Are encouraging for the West he said. Or. Mckinnon is on the last Jap of a tour that took him to sask Toon Regina Edmonton Van Couver Victoria and Calgary. Commenting on a recent state ment by Jake Schulz president of the Manitoba Farmers Union that Bank managers in Northern Manitoba were pushing Farmers of Loans or. Mckinnon said he had no personal knowledge of the statement. For instances where Farmers in tin t have any Cash or. My said local managers were being realistic. I Don t think managers Are putting an awful lot of pressure on those Farmers who Haven Money to or. Mckinnon said. J or. Mckinnon said he was optimistic about the Canadian Economy. He said the important thing to remember is that Agri culture is the., Basic Industry in Canada but diversification of the Economy has helped. Although the Gross National product was Down Over last year capital expenditures which amount to 25 cent of Canada s Ross National product As against 10 per cent of the Gross National product in the United states lives the Canadian Economy buoyancy or. Mckinnon explained. Canada must look to its foreign Trade and must increase to efficiency to maintain its vol Ime of Trade in Competition with he United. Kingdom and the United Stales or. Mckinnon legionnaires give concert in Sanatorium Prince Edward legionnaires concert party presented a two Houi variety show sunday for patients at St. Boniface Sanatorium. Taking part were legionnaires orchestra and legion ettes chorus Danyl Moss Valerie Smith Beverley Mitchell Linda Taylor Pat Donald Marlene Mccaffey Myna Durham Barbara Wileman Casey Biatek Stan Hamis Willie Zainnie Ruth towns Jean towns. Shirley Koretko Johnny Gauthier Anne Reid Yvonne Boxall Allan maybe Lillian Kathie Kostik and David Lavalice. George Boutell was master of ceremonies and Dick Barber director. Rail Man sentenced for forgery Alphonse parisian a railway Cookee who forged and cashed i unemployment insurance voucher for was sentenced to two years imprisonment in Stony Mountain Penitentiary magistrate d. G. Potter in provincial police court monday. Up asian who had a criminal record dating Back to and sex Lienying from Vancouver . To Sudbury out blamed alcohol Impre Secl by archbishop winds up Western Canada tour most Rev. Geoffrey f is h a archbishop of Canterbury said saturday that he was immensely impressed by the signs he saw that the people of England were coming Back into the Christian he addressed a joint meeting of the Empire and Canadian clubs at the Royal Alexandra Lotel saturday a f t e r n o o a ti2 hours before boarding an Airliner or new York. The wind up of his Winnipeg his three week tour if Western Canada. Ted example the archbishop cited examples if revived interest in Christian to in England a English Bishop had visited an College which some his downfall. Tempera ice group Howors Secretary Manitoba Temperance Al i Liance presented Barry d. Mccorquodale retiring educational Secretary with a gift at a reception at . Rev. T. E. J. Gibbon new Field Secretary was introduced by Rev. Garbutt f. Smith. Chairman was w. J. Mcsorl y. Documentary film the first in a series of documentary films will be shown at 8 . Friday in theatre a Broad Way building. The showings will be held every second Friday and Are free to the Public. The series is sponsored by the Winnipeg pub Lic Library the Winnipeg film Council the Junior chamber of Commerce and the University of Manitoba hit by softball Man sent to Hospital a Man was admitted to Victoria Hospital sunday afternoon fitter being struck in the head by a softball at a baseball game in a lot at Kyle More Avenue and Osborne Street. George Jones 47, of 60 Pearl Street was treated in Hospital Ood eve arc Bruise to the Vej e condition was reported or Jones was a Spectator at a ballgame Between the fort Garry legion and legion Branch 141. He was sitting on the first base line when a Ball was thrown Over the first baseman s head and struck him in the forehead. When or Jones collapsed from the blow he was taken to Hospital in a private automobile motorcyclist plunges into ditch Tony Zimmerman of 533 William ave Niue who was Riding his motorcycle on Pembina Highway at 8.45 . Sunday lost control of the vehicle and plunged into the ditch. He was taken to Winnipeg injured fort Garry police said. Is believed he is Winnipeg kiwanis club John. W. Dafoe International is will be the subject of a speech by Roy St. George Stubbs Winnipeg lawyer at a Winnipeg kiwanis Andra hotel. Last Day of display the Winnipeg Art gallery has announced that today is Tho last Day of the display of Coronation Robes. They will be shipped out Anis club meeting at 12.30 tomorrow for the continuation of tuesday in the Royal Alex i their world tour. The gallery will be open today until 10 . All help on service corps moving Day All hands pitched in last week when the 6th armoured division Khynl Canadian army service corps militia moved from Minto Barracks to its new location in the Mcgregor armouries. The move was made because of an increase in strength of the unit from 12o to 195 men in All estimated so army trucks carried everything from refrigerators to Boot aces As the unit took Over the Barracks formerly occupied by the disbanded Winnipeg a Junt infantry. . Les Stevens officer commanding the unit directed the moving operations. In in a six polio cases reported last week ears ago was reputed to have staff and student body made p almost entirely of atheists the Bishop was astounded to find the situation almost reversed. We believe that christianity is the Only thing for the students told him. The archbishop was con stantly being invited to meetings of Industrial leaders both management and labor and he was always asked one question what does christianity Tell us about the. Way we should run our a had been circulated among thousands of Young men doing their two year stint in the armed forces two improvements were consistently called for in the the soldiers wanted better food and the soldiers wanted More religion. Turning to Britain s economic situation the archbishop said that the welfare state which i a Good name for had proved Good for some reasons and for others not so Christian pre Sciples there Are Christian principles behind it i m quite sure of he said but we must re member history has Given us plenty of evidence no Christian principles will operate., unless there Are christians there to operate he said Britain had survived the bankruptcy it faced at the end of the second world War. He said he Felt the Coronation was the turning Point in this Post War recovery the people were carried into the midst of the most moving religious experience they d Ever had. We Felt the dedication of All of us before Weck end edition with comics we in transit dispute t Bell Wel conies convention ates Hon. Of. The University of Manitoba s 1954 Preshie Queen Nancy Bleeks of , gives a warm smile Tor the Benefit of her Happy subjects. Preshie crowned tall blonde 54 Queen polio Levitis reported to the department of Tai 4 we Are the week bringing the total to Date this year to 107. One of these six cases had its Onset in july one in August and four in Early september there were 2s cases of chickenpox during the past week 16 s o of tuberculosis nine cases of mumps and seven cases whooping cough. There were also four cases of measles engineers social of free press meetings two will be shown at n. Meeting of the Winnipeg Cine club at s . Friday in the free press Board room. The Winnipeg Section of the Institute of radio engineers will hold a social at 8 . Friday in the Canadian legion clubroom Maryland Street and Sargent Avenue. Kay Heads water sewage group a Winnipeg Man l. A. Kay director of the Manitoba Bureau cd Public health engineering has been elected president of the or Stern Canada water and sewage conference. Or. Kay was selected for the Post at the annual meeting in Stegma other officers elected were r. H. Nicholson of Edmonton vice president w. J. Waddell of Calgary Secretary treasurer directors of the organizations Are w. H. Collins Winnipeg w. Do charms. Fort Garry Matthew Prescott Regina j. C. Poston a Toque jaw and w. L. Weyburn. U stage society casts for Bernadine casting for Bernadine this year s University of Manitoba stage society production began monday in the students Union building fort Garry. Pc written by Mary Chase author of Harvey Bernadine will be presented dec. 2 and 3 at the playhouse theatre. Try outs for the whose cast is mainly male will continue at 4.so . Tuesday i muted College and 7.30 . Wednesday also at United this car s stage society president is Dena Mamak. Inspector gives a turn warning traffic inspector Reginald St. James fire damage set at fire Early sunday swept through a storeroom of the uni Versal construction co. Ltd. Building 623 ferry Road St. James. An official said damage will not exceed although cause of the Blaze is unknown it is believed to have started in the Furnace room or an adjoining Coal bin. A spokesman said none of the company s work men will be left unemployed As a result. Flames were confined to the storeroom and garage at the rear of the building. There was some smoke damage to office quarters at the front. Major loss is in structural dam age to the building owned by c. W. Bailey 2176" Portage Avenue. Most supplies and equipment were stored on construction jobs at Stevenson Field although much of a Carload of Cement left in the building is believed lost. Fire department officials said. The Blaze Vas reported at 4.25 . Sunday. It was brought under control within an hour and a half. Nancy of found saturday night that do come True. That night in the Stu dents Union building she was crowned 1954 Preshie Queen of the University of Manitoba. The ceremony was the highlight of the annual fre Shie dance which ended Preshie week. Prior to the crowning Cere Mony Ron Meyers co chair Man of Preshie week pre the. Float trophy for the Best Preshie Parade float to the school of Fine arts. Donated by the. T. Eaton co. For. Annual Competition the annual Competition the. Tro Phy accepted on behalf of Fine arts by the school s publicity chairman Len Stone. Judges were mrs. E. Russe Hoit Ann Henry and Frank Morriss. At the Preshie dance sponsored by the Preshie week thousands of Stu dents and their guests watched the crowning. Proceedings started when master of ceremonies John Medland called for the in Terance of the Queen Candi dates. The candidates were met by an Honor guard of the University naval training divisions. The 17 candidates were. Miss Bleeks Anne Sproule Interior design Joanne Holden St. Mary a Carol Macauley Law Margaret Clarke St. Johns Carol Brown accountancy Mary Huband arts Jean Witherspoon nursing education Judy Hanson engineering Joan Wheeler so Cial work Carol Davis Agri culture Gertrude Bemben science Gail Audrie Prettie Home economics Lucy Ann Smaizys Fine arts Mary Diane Keith Medicine and Joyce Mcgregor pharmacy. Queen crowned after or. Medland had announced the successful can or. A. S. R. Tweedie honorary of the University of Manitoba. Stu dents Union placed the Crown on the Queen. Or. H. A. Saunderson pre Sidcot of the University bowed before the Queen and presented the Queen trophy and Lier own Ture and ring of office. Mrs Saunderson and mrs. Tweedie presented the candidates with compacts. Miss Bleeks a first year United. College student is a five foot seven Inch blonde who graduated from Kelvin High school. At the Jpn be which Fol Lowed music was supplied by Harold Green and his orches tra with entertainment by Bert Baker. Resme week co chairman Barb Thomas and Ron Meyers and the Preshie week committee were in charge. Rights claim for supreme court ruling a Virden Farmer who lost his claim to the Mineral rights on by court of Appeal ruling this summer was granted the right to carry his Appeal to the supreme court of Canada monday. The same Manitoba court of Appeal a which ruled against him earlier in the year unanimously agreed that Edward Gordon Wardle be allowed to fake his Case to the highest tribunal in Canada. Wardle supported in his Legal Battle with the province of Manitoba and the Manitoba farms Loans association by other Farmers in the Virden Oil District in what is being considered a test Case. The earlier decision of the Manitoba court of Appeal which granted the Mineral rights on Wardle s property to the pro Vince reversed the decision of chief Justice e. A. Williams in the court of Queen s Bench the c. Hearth welfare Jeffon Day Over 200 delegates to the joint conventions of to h e Western Canada Institute for hos Pital administrators and trustee and the Manitoba Hospital and nursing convention. Mayor Coulter delivered greetings from the City of Winnipeg. More than delegates will hear speakers from Western Canada and United states Dur ing the five Day sessions at t h e Royal Alexandra hotel. V other speakers monday included j. Milton George of1 mar Den Man., commissioner of-1 h e joint commission on accreditation of. Hospitals and Alan k. Mctaggar it president of the Manitoba hospitals association and administrator of Brandon general Hospital. A debate on the question re solved that compulsory govern ment Hospital insurance is Desir Able was also heard. Speakers were for1 the affirmative or. L. O. Administrator of Cal Gary general Hospital and e. V. Wahn assistant director of University Saskatchewan Hospi Tal and for the negative or. C. Buerki executive director of the Henry Ford Hospital at Detroit and or. O. C. Trainor medical director of Misericordia Hospital. Not getting care or. Bradley and or. Wahn. Contended that people who needed medical attention most the old age pensioner the ind Gerit and those in Low income brackets were not getting the medical care they should. Both or. Bradley and or. Wahn claimed that a Hospital which was operating without financial worry could give its entire attention to new and sound treatment. The need of the patient and not of the Treasury could then Conie first. Or. Trainor claimed that the advocates of government compulsory hospitalization included the world s greatest from Union issues statement mass meets further negotiations on the transit employees wage i Siut were indicated monday following decision of two mass meetings o the greater Transi employees Union Obj Hel Over the week end r. G. Slocombe business Agen of the transit trainmen s Union one of four Obj unions involve a bismark Stalin. To Hitler Lenin a n d a believer in free Enterprise he said believes in the right p1 the person to protect his own welfare and will Tell the state to keep its hands off. He said that co operative voluntary enterprises have enabled people to get Good medical care without surrendering to Bureau Cracy. Tax imposed or. Trainor pointed out that when British Columbia originally introduced its hospitalization plan it was okayed by the i Emier. Of the coalition government at the time on the condition that the people would not have any additional taxes imposed on them. But the present government he said has imposed now a five per cent tax on certain goods to pay for this plan. Or. Buerki said the Public never gets anything unless they pay for it one Way or an other. He said a compulsory government insurance plan was one step towards a completely socialized welfare state. 4 escape fire sunday four Pei sons acted swiftly to escape injury in a fire that swept the Interior of a two Storey Frame House at 154 Garry Street sunday night. The fire broke out on the main year previous. The original judg floor of the building at 10.31 . Ment was appealed by the farms Loans association Montgomery monday issued a warning to motorists that making a a turn at intersections where traffic lights were in operation was illegal. He said a number of motorists were apparently com mitting this offence because they Dida t know it Ille Gal. The Highway traffic act reads no person shall drive a vehicle so As to make a u turn at any Street intersection where traffic Light Sig nals Are installed and oper United nations Assn. Alister Stewart my for Winni Peg North will speak on thoughts on the opening of the new general Assembly at a meeting of the Manitoba Branch of the United nations association of Canada at 8.15 . Wednesday in the auditorium of radio stat Ion free press building or. Stewart was a parliamentary observer at the Gen eral Assembly of the United Nat ions in new York in 1952--53. To director to speak the Laura Secord Home and school association will meet at 8 . Tonight w. G. Carpentier cwt television director will speak on television and Educa Tion. Kinsmen club committee set of i to president of the Norwood St. Boni i club has announced the names of b. F. Robertshaw. Program director and a of or View funds the latest project of the group a Paro in the St. Boniface Cobalt bomb housing project. Avins re san to Canadian provinces except Newfoundland and Quebec Are in Winnipeg for a three Day Highway traffic problem conference at the legislative building w t r c f the Hon Dana Ontario Premier Hon r w. Bonner British Columbia and Hon. Clarence fines treasurer of Saskatchewan. Young thugs grab pedestrian take Wallet two Youthful thugs Strong armed a pedestrian at 1 . Saturday and fled with a Wallet containing the pedestrian John Tes Lak 632 Elgin Avenue told police he. Was walking on Ellice Avenue near Isabel Street when two youths grabbed him and took his Wallet. One youth is described As about 19 years of age six feet tall weighing 180 pounds fair hair and complexion with a Small scar on the left Cheek which had b e in stitched. The second youth is about 20 to 22 years of age Jive foot 10 inches 160 pounds with dark blonde hair. He was wearing a rust collared Buckskin jacket with thongs on the sleeves and a pair of Black pants. Girl indecently assaulted attacker jailed a 25-year-old Man who said he land t worked for Over a year was sentenced to six months in ail for indecently assaulting a Iri. The sentence is the Maxi mum for such an offence. Joseph Anthony Puzniak 61 Street was sentenced by magistrate d. C. M. Kyle in Cit police court monday after he pleaded guilty to the charge. With a blackened right Eye and scratches to the forehead Puzniak said the reason he had worked for Over a year was be cause i m Lazy i court was girl received lip and nose bruises an Eye Cut and superficial scratches on her neck and arms. Jail for passer of bogus cheques Robert Malcolm Johnston 479 Maryland Street was sentenced. To one year in jail monday after he pleaded guilty in City police to two charges of fraud and one of theft. He pleaded guilty to passing two worthless cheques for and in 1953 and stealing a buttonhole maker a Home Maryland Street. Up to the second floor occupied by four roomers. One Man Thomas Potter escaped by lowering himself from a window with a rope of bed sheets. Two other roomers Dave cousins and Irene Antonichuk plunged Down the stairway through the flames f to safety. A fourth Roomer an elderly out of his bedroom window onto a porch roof where he was rescued by the although it burned fiercely was brought under control within half an hour and dam age was estimated at about fire department authorities said they believed., the fire started from left on a Chesterfield on the main floor of the building. Flames after destroying , also damaged the ceiling and Walls of and second floors. The e Blaze was stopped before it reached the roof. Firemen left at Midnight approximately an. Hour and a half after the fire started. Owner of the House Vas w. R. Lemieux who the main floor. City detectives monday re ported they had received complaints from four Resi dents Iff the area of my Phillips Street and Pritchard Avenue that their tires had been slashed or punctured with a Sharp instrument causing extensive damage. Sea England up an elderly woman on the top deck of an open bus was struck and stunned by a Welcome to Southend illuminations sign set the sea Breeze. J said monday that the question of taking a strike ballot was never even discussed at either of the meetings. Issued statement representatives of the unions issued the following statement monday noon after a second mass meeting had been held in the Obj Hall for might shift workers two mass meetings of thex membership of the transit unions decided by a unanimous vote to offer As a basis for agreement those recommendations unanimously agreed to by the Board and the recommendations submitted by or. Stanley Knowles on the question of wages no Riely a 10-cent an hour increase five cents of which is effective april 1, 1954, and the additional five cents effective nov. 1, 1954." pay hike rejected Union demands for pay in creases had been turned Down by the conciliation Board. However fringe benefits sought by the Union were recommended by the Board whose decision was made Public wednesday. Or. Knowles one of three Mem Bers of the Board is reported to have recommended general wage increase of 10 cents an hour in a minority opinion. Fringe benefits which were sought included vacations with pay after 12 years ser vice eight paid statutory holi Days increase of sick pay Bene fits to a week and others. A year management officials of the e greater Winnipeg transit com Mission said thursday that just to implement the Board s recommendations would Cost the com Pany about to year. The commission announced that the increase would have to be met by an increase in transit fares or in real estate taxes or a decrease in taxes levied on the commission. The commission has not yet indicated whether or not it will accept the conciliation findings. Sgt. Minto strains eagerly to catch the Stream of soft drink poured Down to him by two Young visitors at Assiniboine Park sunday. The Little girls were Only two of the Hundred s who swarmed to the attracted by the Day s Sun Shine and warm tempera Tures. Woman held in swindle released inspector of detectives George blow said sunday he ordered the release of a woman being held by Edmonton police in connection with the Gypsy Blessing swindle of from a Winnipeg woman last May. Mrs. Annie of Winnipeg was arrested by Edmonton police Friday but her release was ordered sunday by inspector 31ow. Inspector blow said investigation will Conj Jnue. He gave no reason for ordering Ler release. In a despatch from Edmonton police said they a ested mrs. Mitchell on the instructions of Winnipeg police who requested her arrest for a swindle and then found he was not the person respond the woman who lost tier life savings to the Gypsy i Ortune Eller was separated her husband and was seeking advice marital problems. Upon instructions from the for Une Teller the woman brought her life savings to the Ortune Teller s main Street establishment. The woman says the Ortune Teller took the Money ewed it up in two pieces of cloth my told her to place the bundle n her own safety Deposit Box. The woman was instructed to bundle for nine fridays. Evhen she returned after the pres ribbed time she found the on Tain de Only in Bills. Chess expert reviews world meet on his return to Winnipeg from the world chess championships at Amsterdam or. N. J. Div sky past president of the chess federation of Canada sunday con firmed that Abe Yanofsky did not play up to his usual Standard. One reason for his poor show ing or. Divinsky said May have been that he played first Board and Nad to meet the Best opponents. It was a difficult position for him to occupy the Dent said. Frank Anderson of Toronto who played second Board did Mark ably Well or. Divinsky Saiof. He recalled that it was while playing in the tournament on that Board 15 years ago in the Argentine that in Yanofsky be came famous. It seems to be strange he commented. Be cause of his Fine at Amsterdam or. Divinsky said no doubt or. Anderson be regarded As a Canadian inter National master. Or. A Jivinski mentioned that he played one match As a spare in the preliminaries. Tju s was against u. Cala Captain of the italian team and ended draw. K the next world championship tournament is scheduled for mos cow in ;