Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 8, 1955, Winnipeg, Manitoba York homage Mes in Dandy football tumblers Winnipeg free press by Carrier in Winnipeg 30c per week Winnipeg saturday october 8, 1955 week end edition with comics 10o Winnipeg s fire record one of continent s Best by Elman Guttormson greater Winnipeg the third coldest Metropolis on the North american continent starts out on National fire prevention week on monday secure in the knowledge that it holds one of the continent s Best records for safety from the ravages of fire. While Winnipeg pours out More heat from its furnaces than any City comparable size on the continent the Prospect of Winter does not alarm the metropolitan area s fire chiefs. More furnaces thousands of new Homes have been built since the end of the last War and with them thousands More furnaces pouring out a mighty concentration of heat. But the fire menace has not in creased. In fact it has lessened. A fire insurance rates Here Are among the lowest in the nation. A fire fighting forces have not had to be augmented in proportion to our growth. There Are several reasons for this better heating methods rigid inspections to eliminate fire hazards and excellent fire fighting equipment. Among the nine largest cities of Canada Winnipeg had the lowest average per capita fire loss since the end of the second world War. This record was never challenged with the exception of last year when the big time building fire accounted for almost the entire fire loss during the year. One of the most common types of fire in the past has been practically eliminated with greatly improved heating units replacing the old Wood burning furnaces. Chimneys plugged in earlier Days chimneys would become plugged by Wood today nearly everyone uses either Coal Oil or Domestic Gas. The City Bylas dealing with the installation n of electrical wiring has been rigidly enforced. In Winnipeg last year officials made inspections and removed Poten tial fire hazards from Rooming houses apartment blocks and other Public buildings. Insurance officials say that Superior fire departments and water pressure systems Are the big reasons for cheaper insurance rates. Improved equipment helps to reduce fire losses too. For example introduction of the fog nozzle More than 10 years ago has Cut loss from water damage to a mini on top of that Winnipeg is said to be the Only City in North Ameri Ca with a quintuple Combina this is the term for a fire truck with an amazing amount of push Button equipment. Winni Peg has two of them. Safely conscious Complete the picture people themselves Are becoming More keenly conscious of fire hazards. Housewives Seldom attempt to do their own dry cleaning with gasoline in the Kitchen instead they Send soiled articles to the nearby laundry. The change in beating methods is mirrored by changes in fire personnel. Winnipeg fire chief Daycl Clawson says that at the turn of the Century the chief qualifications for an aspiring fireman were his ability to pass a medical examination and to drive a team of. Horses. Today a Rookie fireman must have a Good in with at least a Grade 10 education. He still has to pass a stiff in tune with the changing times he should be mechanically minded. Clash on trial venue of priest killing Case clash of counsel featured the used said that the Crown had hearing thursday on an application by the Crown for a change of venue from Brandon to Winnipeg for trial of three Quebec youths charged with the murder of a priest last january. The clash occurred when a. S. Dewar Crown attorney told or. Justice Samuel Freedman that the Crown had decided not to proceed with the application to have Guy Feragne 18, Claude Pequin 17, and Gerard Yvon Detonnancour 17, transferred Here for trial at the forthcoming assizes. The three Are charged jointly with the murder of father Alfred Quirion 44. Of St. Edouard. Alta., who was found in a ditch near his car about five Miles West of Brandon after giving three hitch hikers a lift. Harry Walsh counsel for the a voters league backs Bebchuk. Zaharichuk Aid. Slaw Bebchuk and school trustee Andrew Zaharichuk have been endorsed by the Ward 3 civic voters league in this month s civic elections. River Heights is Dame Oliver Wheeler professor at the University of British Colum Bia and professor emeritus University of Wales Cardiff will speak at a River Heights Home and school association meeting at 8.30 . Tuesday in the school audit orium. D. N. Ridd principal of he school will preside and Intro Duce the 1955-56 Taching staff of he school. Originally asked for the change of venue stating certain reasons for the desired change and that he had advised the defence had no objection. The first hearing on the application two weeks ago was adjourned at or. Walsh s re quest to give the accused a Chance to be present. The accused had been brought in for a subsequent hearing a few Days later and a further adjournment was made in order to obtain further details before or. Justice Freedman made a decision. Or. Walsh objected strongly to the Crown svit drawing the application at this time because he Felt that it would be easier to find a French English jury that would be acceptable to both the Crown and defence in Winnipeg. Or. Dewar explained that there had been certain details in the original application which had now been changed that further Dis clo ures had shown there were sufficient numbers of persons in the Brandon judicial District to pro Ide a jury and that the trial hould therefore be held there. Or. Walsh demanded to know any Assurance could be Given he court that French English jul ors could be found in the Brandon District. Or. Dewar gave the court Bat Assurance. Or. Justice Freedman however i caught the Case should be adjourned to explore the situation More fully and it was decided to rang sheriff d. Smith of Brandon o Winnipeg for the purpose of earing him on the matter next half pint letters out Post office says midget sized letters no longer Are being accepted for de livery by Canadian Post offices because they have become a nuisance by interfering with the operation of stamp cancel Ling machines. Officials of the Post office department in Ottawa Friday night confirmed an order to this effect which became offi Cial oct. 1. Letters smaller than four by inches no longer Are accepted. There is no restriction on giant sized envelopes. A countries have been striving to eliminate the letters notices invitation gift cards and the a num ber of years officials said. The matter was thrashed out at the 1952 Brussels convention of the International postal Union Congress. As an outgrowth of that con Ference the Post office depart ment has waged a Campaign against the half pint letters during the last two years. Minor in jail Abandons Appeal application for abandonment of an Appeal on behalf of Gilbert Arnal 18, at present serving 26 months for breaking entering and theft was granted by the Manitoba court of Appeal a peal had been against sentence Only. Decision to abandon the Appeal followed by one week an application for a writ of Hareas Corpus on behalf of the accused. The writ was refused by or. Justice a. M. Campbell. At that time it was argued that As Arnal was a juvenile when he was arrested he should not have been transferred from jul venue court to adult court where he subsequently received his sen tence. Or. Justice Campbell found nothing improper in the Transfer. New jail governor to take Over oct. 31 a switch in command at heading Ley provincial jail will take place oct. 31, Hon. M. N. Hryhorczuk attorney general said Friday. Barry Littlewood former sergeant in charge of the detachment at Dau Phin will take Over from the present governor e. G. Weeks. Or. Weeks is to take another Post with the provincial gov open to him. But he has so car not made a Choice. Myron Hunter Heads w. Kildonan kiwanis Myron Hunter was elected president of the West Kildonan kiwanis club at a meeting thursday night at the seven Oaks club. Other officers Are Mickey Lachter Charles Edwards and Bob Matthewson vice presidents Ted Beeston Secretary and Henry Gauthier treasurer. Harry Young spoke on Bird migration. Sons of Scotland chief honoured a Fifeshire born Scot whose 44 years in Canada have neither lessened his Burr nor weakened is Bonds with the old country whirled into town the other Day on an inspection our. David Grundie of Montreal grand chief of the sons of Scotland benevolent As Catlon is touring the 220 Camps of the 79-year-old organization of scots in Canada. He described the association As a fraternal insurance association which Aims at keeping alive the traditions o old Scotland in Canada. Or. Grundie was made an honorary life member of the past chiefs association of the Winnipeg Branch of the sons of Scotland. Smedley s Corner a yarn about the Early Days of Bush flying when the Cost of transporting freight was really High was brought in to us by one of our spies the other Day. The Story was told by Hugh Johnson formerly of Winnipeg and now director of cargo sales for . At Montreal. Or. Johnson recalled for a meeting Here that a worker at red Lake who had wanted some harness and other equipment for his horse had it rushed in by air just before freeze up. He was flabbergasted when the Pilot handed him the Bill for the freighting 5100 he argued but finally paid up. The next Day the same Pilot preparing to leave red Lake found that his plane was hopelessly stuck in the mud at the Lake s Cige. He called on the teamster for Aid was extricated and presented with a Bill for impartiality on Friday we passed on a few remarks from the sparkling address of or. Justice Freedman at the chamber of Commerce convention. Here s one More. It s about the old time judge on this continent who told the court this morning i received a Cheque for from the plaintiff this afternoon i received a Cheque of from the defendant. I propose to return to the defendant so i can try this Case on its tuesday. The three accused. All from Montreal speak French Only. It s Felt by both the Crown and de ence counsels that the jury there Ore should be composed of equal Umbers of French and English peaking jurors. Cold forces ducks geese to Migrate ducks unlimited reports that freezing weather in the North has touched off an impressive migration of ducks and geese into the Prairie Region. In its october Issue pre pared by chief naturalist Bert w. Cartwright ducks unlimited says everything Points to one of the most Satis factory flights of waterfowl in Many years. The Birds concentrated Dur ing the third weeks of sep tember at the ducks unlimited Hays Lake project in Northwestern Alberta. The first wave of these pintails mallards Blue winged Teal and Snow geese will have Penetra Ted into Pacific and Central flyways by now. Or. Cartwright describes Saskatchewan As loaded wit i appreciable numbers of Snow and Canada geese have arrived South. Main migration Waves Are still to come in Manitoba. Elected director or. Brien d. Ibert of Winnipeg Friday was elected As a director of the Canadian society for the study of Fertility at the annual meeting in Toronto of the association of physicians and surgeons. Housing project pushes permits Over 1954 total construction of a hous Han ing project in Southwest Winnipeg this week pushed the City s 1955 building permits Over the total building permit figure for last year in the week ending oct. 6 City permits climbed to a 1955 total of total for 1954 was total As of oct. 7 last year was a 67-unit housing project of the Quality construction co., pushed the week s total ahead by More certainly the most unusual picture in the Winnipeg Art liar Crys a ambition opening tuesday is this painting of Les Deus muses by the italian surrealist Giorgio de Chirico. It is one surrealist paintings in the exhibition. There is also an Ink drawing by Sal Vador Dali the Best known surrealist in modern painting. Masterpieces on View famed collection at Art gallery pictures for Winnipeg s big autumn Art gallery exhibition have now been assembled and the Dis play of modern european Art 5ince Manet will open tuesday. For the first time non members of the gallery will have to pay 50 cents to see an exhibition. The rising Cost of bringing Art shows of an increasingly High Standard to Winnipeg have forced this move. It will bring the local gallery into line with other major galleries in Canada which have always charged for admission to their major exhibitions. Cost of an exhibition like next week s is Between and 500 a very High Cost for a Gal Lery that could always do with More Money. The new charge does not mean that citizens who want to look at the City s Art collection will have to pay. The permanent collection in the Assembly Hall will be open free of charge All the time. This practice of charging for a special exhibition while keeping the regu Lar show open free is also general throughout England and Europe. The visiting exhibitions have shown predominantly French painting. This time the scope has been extended to take several other european countries. The three paintings from the Ottawa National gallery that have already achieved a measure of notoriety in Winnipeg Are supported then there is a Good collection of German expressionists a Large and striking picture of two muses by the italian surrealist Dechirico a Small composition by Spain s Joan Miro two lithographs by norwegian Edvard Munch including the famous death and some English work Nash us in what might be called therland Nicholson. It would not the French contingent by Good work from Dufy Gauguin Braque and Toulouse Lautrec to name Only some. Less mishaps if motorists like rail men if motorists were As careful to observe Highway locomotive engineers Are in the operation of trains there would be a Sharp decline in the number of Highway accidents inspector r. J. Mont Gomery Winnipeg police traffic division said thursday. He was speaking to 200 Winnipeg admission to the gallery will be terminal employees of the Cana free for members and for parties of schoolchildren. Authorities Hope of course that More people will pay the or gallery membership fee. The fee pays also for a subscription to the Magazina Canadian membership now is around 800 yet More than people visited the gallery in three weeks for the Macaulay exhibition and or. Eckhardt believes that Many of these people could afford to pay a year towards the gallery and would if they realized How much their subscription was needed. It certainly appears that the 50 cents will be Money Well spent on the excellent exhibition of paint Ings that has been collected from Many parts of North America. A feature is the variety of styles re presented. In recent years most of Dian National railways and Mem Bers of their families at the rail Way s fourth annual family safety meeting held in the fort Garry hotel. In the interest of safety traffic signals and Highway signs Are just As important As railway signals he said. Safety consciousness depends to a Large extent on experience in Spector Montgomery said. Experience often tells us what is going to happen because we have seen it happen before either to ourselves or to others. T. S. Sullivan general superintendent Manitoba District car. Said one of the main causes of accidents was worry. He urged wives of employees to help their husbands work safely by keeping them As free from worry As pos sible. Be easy to bring to Winnipeg a More Catholic collection of inter Esting Art. Besides the paintings and graphics there is an Alexander Calder mural and sculptures by Epstein Maillol and others. Winnipeg Art collections have supplied a Good number of Excel Lent contributions. John a. Mac Aulay has loaned five of the Best French paintings shown in his re cent exhibition and still life by Louis Val Tat which he bought recently and which arrived in Winnipeg Only on thursday. The three modern paintings acquired by the Winnipeg gallery last year by Dufy Vlaminck and Chag All All of them highly praised in a recent lecture by d. W. Dale assistant curator of the National gallery in Ottawa have also been Hung alongside the importations. From the collection of or. And mrs. R. A. Purves comes a Dufy water color and professor Wolf gang Gerson has loaned a striking woodcut by Emil Nolde. Professor r. Williams will open the exhibition tuesday night. Crawford let s toss the float overboard civic finance committee Fri Day quashed a move by Aid. Walter Crawford to solve its 13-week-old Grey cup Parade problem by simply refusing to put a Winnipeg float in the Par Ade. The Alderman termed the an Nual football spectacle the biggest piece of nonsense i know of in the Dominion of finance committee which responded to a Vancouver query on the Parade last july by ordering two of carts for later decided they weren t to be used in the Parade. It has since then avoided a decision on what should be used in the Parade. Friday it Laid the mat Ter Over for the 13th time. But Only after Aid Craw Ford said he Learned the City of Calgary a City of big hats and big parades had turned Down the idea of a float within a week of the Van Couver request. He therefore moved Winnipeg reject it. Aid. Jack Blumberg objected. Aid. Slaw Bebchuk suggested the motion be withheld. Aid. Crawford insisted on a vote. He was the Only member in favor. The fact said Aid. Blumberg we re going to be in the Western finals. It would be a Fine thing if we had turned Down a i Don t feel it s the Busi Ness of Council whether Winni Peg is in the final or retorted Aid. Crawford. Aid. Blumberg pointed to the stadium and Arena As evidence of the sort of thing professional sport can bring to a City. And they did it All with City said Aid. Craw Ford. Twenty one of the Homes valued at will be built on the Vest Side of Beaverbrook Street Between Grant and Mathers ave nue another 19, valued at vill be built on the West Side of he same Street. Fifteen of the Homes valued at will 6e built on the East Side of Lindsay Street Between Grant and Mathers Avenue the ast 12 will be built on the East Side of Lindsay Between Fleet and rant avenues. The project is just two blocks North of an even bigger develop nent proposed by real estate agent Eon a. Brown who has asked the City to sell a Large tract of land around Taylor Avenue and the Canadian National railway line or a shopping and housing Centre. The Winnipeg Post of ice project set off this year s building permits at a Pace Well ahead of last year. But housing construction has helped to swell the difference too. On oct. 7 last year housing construction totalled for 763 housing units. This year the comparable figure is for units. The housing development has Deen largely in the Southwest and Northwest quarters of the City assisted by considerable development in Elmwood. Teenagers beat up policeman gang tries to free 2 pals being arrested a policeman on special duty at the Oriole Community club was assaulted by youths Friday night. Police Are holding two suspects William e. Stokes 19, of 670 Logan Avenue and a 17-year-old juvenile. Police said Constable Kenneth Preston was taking two youths to a police Call Box after ejecting them from the club when lie was assaulted by one of the youths. During the scuffle the youths called to a number of boys to assist them. The crowd did and the policeman suffered cuts Over the eyes which required three stitches and bruises to the Mouth and nose. It is believed other arrests will probably be made in connection with the assault after the investigation is completed. Women learn Home chores men to fix outboard motor among the new courses be ing offered this year by the Winnipeg school Board even ing school is a course on out Board motor repair and Over haul and one for housewives on do it yourself. The outboard course will run for 15 weeks with two hours a night twice a week in the Auto lab at Daniel Mclntyre. Registration for this course will be at Mclntyre collegiate oct. 25 from 7.30 to 9.30 . Classes will Start on oct. 27 at 7.30 . The course will include the newsboys guests a t movie on six Days every week boys in nearly 700 communities in Ontario and Saskatchewan trudge from door to door delivering at each a a a copy of that Day s free press. Usually no one gives them a thought unless they make a mistake but saturday is their Day. Saturday morning news paperboy of greater Winni Peg including Transcona and Selkirk were guests of the management of the Winnipeg free press at the metropolitan theatre of the Martin and Lewis comedy you re never too Young. Saturday is National news paperboy Day in Canada and the United states. The free press carries news thousands of people in Western Canada but it is the Youthful new paperboy who carries the free press. He is an important link Between the Home and the world s news. The free press employs of these boys in City and coun try. They do their work quickly and efficiently in blazing heat and freezing cold in the hour after the Day s school. 11 careless smoker blamed for fire an Early morning fire saturday caused extensive damage to the first floor of a dwelling at 124 principle and operation of the engine trouble shooting take Down removal and replace ment of worn out parts Greas ing and oiling and tune up and adjustment. The bourse for wives will be held at Strathcona school and registration night will be at the school on oct. 24, from 7.30 to 9.30 . The course will Start oct. 26 at 7.30 . And will run for 16 weeks. Topics to be studied will in clude replacing washers on taps couplings on Garden hoses repairing leaking water tanks cleaning clogged Drain traps repairing and painting screens cutting Glass and glazing windows repair of electrical appliances repair of scratched furniture installation of rubber tile replacement of fuses and use of Interior and exterior paint. Another course sponsored by the Winnipeg Jaycees is Driver training held on tuesdays and thursdays in the Daniel Mclntyre Auto lab. This course includes practical test ing As Well As physical. Another popular course is the conversational Spanish now under Way at Kelvin school by Senor a. W. C Ostell. The course is now under Way but there is room for More Stu dents. Classes Are held at 7.30 to 9.30 . Wednesdays. Forestry radio setup for Manitoba Saskatoon and Manitoba plan to establish radio networks similar to that of the Saskatchewan natural resources department representatives from the two provinces said Friday the plans were announced at the convention of the Canadian Institute of forestry after delegates Walls ceiling and contents on the Neard an address by Ron Hook of the Saskatchewan Dep Art ment s radio Branch. Hook said that in addition to re this group of free press Carrie boys from Winnipeg Transcona and Selkirk were guests of the free press manag ement saturday morning at the metropolitan theatre. Sat Urdsin is National new paperboy Day in Canada and the United states. This was for Fror press s Way of showing its appreciation to the boys who bring you the after noon paper. Lydia occupied by Mary Ness. Owner of the Terrace is Max Brin Boin. Of 426 Inkster Street. Fire officials blamed the Blaz farces department operations his Ion careless smoking and estimated department provides facilities for loss at to the building and work by the welfare to the contents. The health and agriculture was said to be covered by insure departments of the provincial gov Ance. Ern ment ;