Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 4, 1955, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press by Carrier in 30c per week baked wedding a n anniversary cakes Vii a Manitoba s feet dry fast but no danger of drought provincial roads awash with surface flooding provincial highways department closed by washout Chatfield to shout Chr Miles All depends but seeding May Start earlier Highway officials said the sur face flooding is probably at its very worst for this year. The Pap is rapidly being closed across the Assiniboine River at the Midtown Bridge site. In this picture a work Man is shown astride a steel beam that a. Crane is dropping boy age 4, is injured in City Street mishap a Hoy was injured sunday afternoon in n collision with a car. T Olip reported he had run on to the Street from Between parked cars on Harbison Avenue. The child identified As Michael Collins 7749 Harbison Laker to co corp Hospital he the Driver of the car. William a Stock marketing Hoard Merino of 703 Harbison Avenue police said. The boy was reported the request has been securely into place As part of the main foundation. Steel work for the Bridge which is expected to be open next fall is being erected by the Dominion Bridge co. November vote sought on livestock marketing officials monday and with a surface water problem o Fisher Branch raised by the past week s rapid melting. Portions of a number of provincial roads Are flooded with surface water and others have been washed out. In other places highways Are impassable due to i extreme softness of new grades. The trans Canada Highway East of broke head is impassable. However Highway no. 1 both East and West is open and Pas Sable All the Way with Only some Frost heaves and broken sur other highways affected by water Are 3 Jordan to Winkler Cor Ner water on the Road but still passable. G poor condition. No. 13 closed by surface flooding. No. 14 Road open but sur face flooding has reached the top of the Grade at Plum Coulee. No. 15 soft and impassable Tiv be Miles East of Anola. No. 20 Dauphin to Siplon s Corner impassable due to surface flooding. I no. 23 Jordan to Morris surface flooding but open Jor Dan to Miami impassable due to surface flooding. In addition the following roads have been affected Lac Dubon net to Pointe Dubois closed by surface flooding Fraser Wood to Arborg closed by surface flood ing Winnipeg Beach to Komano last week s phenomenal thaw Quick switched a prospective late Spring to a Normal one As sunny weather melted most of Turc will be depends on the next Miles Snow had six weeks. If there is Good drying r j _ in knt o nah of that has t ample to unfortunately excess How serious that excess Mois Turc will be depends on the next. The Manitoba government has been asked to hold a plebiscite by nov. 1 on a whether or it should set up a compulsory live maximum Price or prices mini mum Price or prices or both maximum or minimum prices a which the regulated products or the request Nas of ii Suu. Milled by the livestock injured Stiemly when they collided producers marketing committee any Grade or class thereof May sub i be bought or sold in the rom Mutee with a ear at. I Portage Avenue and landside Street at 7.50 provisional is sponsored by Bev were Harold Pahl. Of 217 Assai Hinr hotel and mrs. Farmers Union. Mina Smith r42 on Wocl Avenue. Both were taken to Winn Peel if the government. The Manitoba agrees to province and fix different prices for different parts of. The or neral Hospital hut Only or Ivas reported Cood. City police say j. The operator of the vehicle. Served car 4x years. Leslie Taylor retires Leslie Tay or. Of 434 Valade it pet. St. Boniface Western Orion tie and tire apr agent for the Canadian National rail Way has retired after 13 years service. N the past 14 years. Or. Taylor had the responsibility of providing 56.000.000 track tics and other Timber mater la for the Road. To Mark his retirement. Or. Taylor was at two testimonial dinners. Dahl was detained. His condition hold the vote among Farmers land Many Farmers believe that of Gladstone Man., was it will a feverish Campaign will probably be waged in the province. The Manitoba Independent livestock producers association strongly opposes the marketing Frk is hand taking grease from stove grabbing a pot of burning grease from a stove in his longing House saturday after noon resulted in Victor Goodview. 33, of 527 Balmoral Street burning his right hand. He was taken to Winnipeg general Hospital then allowed to leave. Board because of its compulsory features. Moreover the Manitoba federation of agriculture and schools orchestra tour set the senior Section of the Mani Toba schools orchestra under the direction of Glen Pierce will be Gin its concert tour of the prov co operation May make a coun Junce in two weeks or proposal to Start with _ a1 its first appearance sect speaker assails Christendom Christendom is failing today because it does not practice christianity but rather a confusion of religions a Winnipeg Conven Tion of Jehovah s witnesses Lold sunday. More than people at i tended the final Day of the convention of Jehovah s witnesses of circuit my a. D. E. Held speaking on the theme Christendom or Christian Ity which one is the Light of the declared that these terms were not one and the to Christendom the portion of the world christianity prevails. D rain tonight cooler air tomorrow in sunday with a High of 53 above was the warmest Day of the year in 1955. And it May hold on to the title for a while according to weather forecasts. For today and tomorrow the Public forecaster had a prediction of Cloudy weather with the first april showers due tonight. High today was expected to be 50 above with an overnight Low of 35. To Morrow it won t be quite As mild with the temperature due to hit a High 45. The mass at cold air that Hung Over the North last week has moved into Alberta and Saskatchewan bringing blowing Snow with it. Winni Peg s forecaster said this disturbance which has now sub sided was moving East but would have moderated by the time it gets Here. The Weatherman admitted there was a Chance fur hats might sideline easter bonnets but he was t predicting anything in the line of an easter snowstorm. The United states govern ment 30-Day forecast for this Region predicts below Normal precipitation for april and above Normal temperatures. Maniotas Snow. S been five to 10 inches above nor weather and absence of Neavy real. It is still too soon to say with certainty seeding will be general in Manitoba this month because snowstorms and heavy april Rains could delay work on the Sand. Henry e. Wood provincial agriculture department statistician cautioned. At the moment however an earlier than usual program is the Prospect. Operations Normal Spring operations on farms Are r 4 to ii i 1 3 of farm lands will have a Chance to dry up for seeding. Or. Wood said there is excess moisture in some areas in the red River Valley and in the East and North Riding Mountain coun y. This week Farmers Are Busy preparing their Spring programs. As a result of last week s warn ing that there May be another serious rust epidemic this year Are or. Wood said Sale of rust re More Normal than Over the last i Selkirk wheat has number of years. Or. Wood said f monday. In the last 10 years there had been Only two seasons when seeding was under Way in late april. In the other seasons in that period seeding was not under was until May. I of moisture conditions or. Wood said there is no threat of drought not an area in Manitoba plasterers pay raise seeded up. Herbicide sales Are increasing too because abnormal moisture of the past two years resulted in heavy growth of weeds. Though the acreage pattern is not expected to differ materially from the last year or two or. Wood said to acres of above Normal summer allow May be sown to wheat. Summer fallow acreage is acres above Normal. Seeding of Oats and Barley will be close to the 1954 figure in acreage but flax acreage May v Lump from acres to to year collective wage 000 acres or better. Or. Wood agreement has been signed be tween local 334, operative plasterers and Cement masons Al tic and the master plasterers Section of the Winni Peg builders Exchange. Alex p. Lawrence. Business said flax will be increased be cause it is a Cash crop not on quota delivery. In special crops or. Wood looks Lor acres in Sun Flowers a considerable increase Over last year and an increase in r i by go Jug go year Ali a tall i. Agent said monday journeymen acreage. If the Early Spring plasterers received an increase hn1ri. Corn acreage will be in plasterers of 15 cents an hour plus to per cent additional Holiday pay. Which brings new rates effective May 1, 1955. To s2.25 an hour plus four per cent Holiday pay. The basis of settlement is the same As that with carpenters. Bricklayers and Sheet Metal i workers who signed theft con eighty tracts a few weeks holds Corn acreage will be creased noticeably. Plates have to last Manitoba motorists a Long time Baillie Manitoba motorists Are the tiling system is Likely to get a of car licence i new general plates for a looking backward is ago april 4, 1875 the new red River Steamer Manitoba built by an Independent company of Winnipeg Mer chants and shareholders had obtained a full Crew headed by capt. Jerry Webber with m. S. Gray his mate. D. Gray who knew every red River Shoal was appointed Pilot. Seventy years Ajo april Battleford was surrounded by . And the wires had been Cut. Making it impossible to Send 1.11115. Or receive despatches. J. H. About the time it has Holman widely known Winnipeg and a new Cue Abattoir owner was appointed sergeant major of the Winnipeg Grosvenor Home and school As meet tuesday at Hall social Ion r.30 . At St. George s Grosvenor and Wilton. 161 Piu Picu. To t i hog producers marketing Board. Typical of the compulsory feature of the proposed livestock plan is clause c in the Constitution. It would give the Board Nower to fix from time to the Price or prices to be i does not practice real Bible _ a registrar of motor vehicles told the free press Power time j. Ray Highland dancers president mrs. J. Ray was installed As president of the Manitoba High land dancers association at its annual meeting. Other officers installed a rare mrs. J. Merriman past president mrs. C. Peabody vice president mrs. I. Allan Secretary and mrs. William Tail treasurer. The following cups and trophies were presented under in years class Lynn Merrian Janice Mccormick Linda class Marilyn Peabody Eleanor Nielson Diane. Joyce Taylor Betty Ann Tail bids Likely in june for legion project tenders Are expected to be at Pine Falls where the 48 play ers will present a three Day series from april 15 to 18. Miss Frances port is assistant conductor. The orchestra s appearance is scheduled at eight Manitoba centres with s to. A i. Closing concert at the Nymha in order to be ordained and a p in .1 p51 is christianity he said. Jesus did not establish Monas teries or Nunn eries. Or. He a said but. Told his followers go and i under the present Manitoba system it is possible for the department to provide ail info plated in the foreseeable future. Name of Home guard. Sixty years ago april i. 1952, Are permanent Atleed by x considered a Semi plate and Are guar the manufacturer to ule the car or licence number no Pirner did Esus -01 a apostles gain a College degree in Island up under Normal use for tinder 13 years Thatcher under 16 years class Maureen Allan. Nymha adult program extended several courses of the Nymha Community Centre adult program Are being extended beyond their usual duration. Slated for extra semesters Are latin Ameri can dancing Art classes under the d Section of Jack Markoll. And an Art life class. Program director is h. Rosen thai. Winnipeg. Frank florentine. Called in shout two months for construction of the Canadian legion s Low rental housing project on Talbot Avenue. Plans Are for construction of clarinet St 40 two and three room suites 22. Is the orchestra s soloist for the series. Following its opening presenta Tion at Pine fails the orchestra will play at Rivers april is Birtle april 19, Shoal Lake april 20, Roblin april 21, and at Russell the authority to preach. Jesus was a Carpenter till 30 years of age then went Forth to similarly. Jesus was not against marriage for his apostle five years. 83% increase at the same time or. Bailly said vehicle registrations in the province have increased approximately s3 per cent since 1947. Two fixed Sjo of zoning counts Alex Kowalski 174 Canora Street and Sergy Nowosad s3s Greenwood place were each fined 510 and costs in City police court for violating the City zoning bylaw. Officials said the two accused allowed More than two families to live in their Homes despite residential no. 2 Zon ing restrictions. Series of Small two Storey apartment buildings. Estimated Prai Cost is n. M. Zunic is the architect. Its performance at Portage la Rairie is tentatively scheduled for april 23. The Winnipeg performance will follow Arriage Lor Nis a ualies. The convention closed with an operators licences have increased evening film. Speakers vere 61 per cent visiting missionaries b. Funk of Here Are the comparative i Delhi India and a. Laidlaw of Uruguay. 1 next week end Jehovah s wit Nesses of circuit my a will hold a three Day convention in the playhouse. They May lie j get the show on the Road Carmen no Milestone Jan Peerce is film s critic 1947 1953 1954 2 Hurt in Falls on Street . I jul Al 11 two persons were injured in Falls on Winnipeg streets sunday. Louis Sutherland 70, of 88 Macdonald Avenue broke an ankle when he fell while walking along Market ave Niue. He is in Winnipeg general Hospital and his condition is reported Good. Mrs. Cecelia Boac. 500 Beverley , was in Good condition in general hos Pital with a broken wrist. She tripped and fell while walking West on Whitehall Avenue near Colony Street. Thieves ransack office but get nothing thieves who broke into per miss it d. P. Wood and son. Ltd., Arlington i Pei. Left . Who Thev Chr Offir nothing was stolen. The vault remained intact. Entrance gained by fore front door. Burglars take Cash i gaskets gaining Entrance through a t ear window burglars broke into the Maxwell House 102 Sherbrook Street and stole in Cash and sane Rig nothing was believed stolen for nor. The while Rose service station e and Krin. Which was also entered. Hollywood s recent screen version of Carmen is definitely not a Milestone on the Road to successful filmed opera according to metro Politan opera Tenor Jan Peerce. I loved the Broadway show of the dark haired Singer said in an interview at the fort Garry hotel sunday but i did t really care for the film since they dubbed in most of the voices they might have used More suitable one Point in favor of both i he live show and film he Felt was the fact that the music was unchanged. Music ranks next to the Bible in my he said both can do without too much in town for a celebrity con Cert at the civic auditorium monday night the Golden voiced Tenor was to leave violinist wins Amateur Talent finals finest Zabolotny Winnipeg violinist the last of 20 contest ant to appear won the associated commercial travellers Amateur finals at Hie civic auditorium saturday night. Paul Fraser of St. Boniface who recited placed second while the old time orchestra from Roland Man. Placed third. The show was held in conjunction with radio station Job. As Well As receipts from preliminary contest throughout the province will be i used for tuberculosis prevention. S. B. Black general chairman of the . Tuberculosis Preven Tive committee presented a Che que for receipts from this year s shows to William Whyte the Sanatorium shortly after for new York. Many Winni Eggers How Ever will have another Chance to hear him sing when the metropolitan opera company travels to Minneapolis in May. He s scheduled to play the Lead in Tosca. Admitting that trends in opera and theatre often change rapidly or. Peerce noted that a few years ago Tosca was poor Box office while today it is one of the Best. The fact that Mozart takes precedence Over Wagner and plays to sell out houses to Day is due he feels to the greater knowledge of music and a tendency of the times to search for clarity in thought. Or. Pc rce s accompanist for the Winnipeg concert is Warner Bass. Cures total registrations passenger cars Only operators permits 165.767 or. Baillie said while no derailed breakdown of locale was maintained by the department he estimated about three sevenths of All registrations were in the greater Winnipeg area. Life history he said the present Perpetua licence plates have enabled his department to build a Complete set of records which a life history of both cars and car owners. A minimum filing of vehicle registrations is required to adequately serve the police Little theatre chosen for drama festival the Winnipeg Little theatre thirty tears production of the comedy re member mama has won a place in the Dominion drama festival scheduled for Regina May 9 to 14, but financial difficulties May prevent it from accepting the Honor. Judged tops in the Manitoba a t. Munn adventurous bran Don citizen had a thrilling Story the to Tell on his return from a year spent in the country of the Muskox and Caribou. The greatest Cris is in the expedition had been reached when with 10 of his 20 dogs dead and his party about to kill and eat the other 10. He had run into a Herd of Caribou. Fifty years Aco april 4, 1905. Chevalier Marconi. At sea on his honeymoon trip with h i s Bride formerly the Hon. Beatrice o Brien took time to prove the efficiency of the wireless Tele Graphy system which he had Dis covered. In 4, 1923 ;