Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 12, 1955, Winnipeg, Manitoba New free press phone number 93-9331 a departments including classified ads. Vol. 63 no. 12 final edition 52 pages Winnipeg free press the weather Winnipeg mainly Clear Low tonight and High thursday 30 and 60. Winnipeg wednesday october 12, 1955 Sun rises 6.44 . Moon vises 5.14 . Sun sets 5.45 . Moon sets 4.06 . Forecast Clear he d buy Bridge House Alderman accepts cold Cash Challenge Cal in uproar As Kcf motion gets Rush Aid. James Cowan tues Day night offered to Back up his charges of heavy City losses on Midtown Bridge property transactions with in his own Cash. He offered to buy Back a House the City had sold for and sell it again at a profit turning the profit Over to the City of Winnipeg to help defray some of the alleged losses on the Bridge trans actions. His offer climaxed the most fiery and hectic meeting yet in the months Long Battle Over the activities of the three Man prop erty group. It was a meeting that saw Aid. Walter Crawford prop erty committee member clash with mayor George Sharpe. The Alder Man charged the major had shut off debate before property commit tee members could defend them selves. 0 Aid. A. B. Scott declare property committee members Don t know what they re doing 0 Aid. Crawford accuse Aid. Scott of slandering property committee members. 9 Aid. H. V. Mckelvey Promise to bring before the finance com Mittee another old property com Mittee sore Point its action last year in setting aside serviced land on Strathcona Street for the Parks Board and a resulting 000 financial Angle which has never been straightened out. Rooming House but the High Point in the debate among the flushed desk pounding aldermen centred around a room ing House at 217 River Avenue owned by mrs. Sonia Levine. In 1954, mrs. Levine had sold the House to the City for it was in the path of the South Midtown approach. A Triangle of property was removed from the front Lawn. The rear Lane was closed. The City then sold it Back to her Lor Friday at a civic finance com Mittee meeting. Mrs. Levine had claimed she d been she wanted the City to provide a rear Access to the House. She said the Road Grade was three feet above the Lawn. She wanted Steps built. Committee called for an Engineer ing report. Outside the committee chamber. Mrs. Levine told re porters it was property committee who suggested she Tell her Story to the finance group. Beats the gun tuesday morning. Aid. Crawford said he would demand that Aid. Cowan buy the House from mrs. Levine or admit his charges were irresponsible. But tuesday night before Aid. Crawford had. Made the Challenge Aid. Cowan had accepted it. I would be quite willing to buy the property for sell it and turn the profit Back to by Michael Harris Toronto special one of the noisiest rows in the history of the Canadian Congress of labor erupted at its annual convention altered Story russian writer criticizes own Agency Ottawa Tass correspondent Vladimir a Shewchenko Here tuesday when Dele misinterpretation in mos i Cal s i. Aldermani fire and fury at Long distance Are raging around this Rooming House at 217 River Avenue. And Aid. James Cavyan says he s ready to buy the House with his own Money sell it and give the City the profit to offset alleged losses an Midtown Bridge property transactions. An unidentified tenant is shown at the front door and in the Back ground at right May be seen Donald Street the Southern approach to the Bridge. Pearson ends Moscow visit Moscow up external affairs minister Hon. L. B. Pearson ended his week Long visit to Russia wednesday and left by for Basra Iraq to continue his world tour. Moscow communique published by Moscow newspapers today said a Canadian russian Trade agreement on a voted nation basis was discussed during last week s talks Between Hon. L. B. Pearson external affairs minister and foreign min ister Molotov. The he said. He had some new disclosures. Mrs. Levine. He said had actually acquired a High Revenue House for shoo. Here s How he arrived at the figure. She bought the House in March. 1952. For she sold it to the City in july 1954, for in Cash and was Given As Well the net Revenue for the bal Ance of 1954 which by her own mates would equal another countries the City rented her the House con Man lev nil Trade talks with Russia to continue Ottawa special it. Hon. C. D. Howe minister of Trade and Commerce said wednesday agree ment has been reached Between Canada and Russia to continue Trade talks which May eventually Lead to a Trade treaty granting the . Most favoured nation treatment on tariffs. Or. Howe said the possibility of Selling More wheat to Russia is be ing explored. He pointed out that in the Lussia bought wheat from Canada for her Eastern pro Vinces. Canaria Hopes to regain this Trade he added but it is unlikely that Oiler Trade Between the the communique said both countries have agreed to continue Rade negotiations in Ottawa As soon As possible. Russia May buy certain Canadian products especially wheat. Pravda and Izvestia described the statement As a joint Cana Dian russian but officials of Pearson s party expressed Surprise at its release and said they had received Only a draft copy which Pearson had hoped to revise. They also described the published version As income however. Robert Dunne. Pear son s press Secretary emphasized that the Canadian party Plahs no protest and that the russians As hosts had a right to release a communique whenever they so a month for five of 1955. Her income after rent awl wished. Dunne added that the canadians had hoped to release a final draft of the communique simultaneously in Moscow and Ottawa later in the Day. The Canadian embassy in mos cow gave correspondents the can Adian version of the communique wednesday. For All practical Pur poses it was identical with that published in the soviet press eight hours earlier. A High soviet official meanwhile insisted Pearson had agreed with Bulgarin and Khrushchev both on the text and the time it should be released. This official who de use of his name said the alleged confusion might have resulted from the geographical fac Tor Pearson in Yalta his press officer in Moscow and the Cana Dian capital thousands of Miles away. The communique c overed a wide would reach Large Range of topics n said Pearson and Molotov agreed that an Exve most favoured a Cyprus . Talks break Down archbishop Back governor s proposals Nicosia Cyprus Field Alari Ihal sir John Harding new British governor and com Mander in Diefin Cyprus tues Day night announced a breakdown n his talks with greek cypriot a Der archbishop Makarios and termed the. Rupture a very serious sir John told a radio audience hat the breakdown in his three Day talks with Makarios who leads the Union with Greece movement Here was serious be cause i believe that Britain s proposals were both reasonable and in London the War office announced that a battalion of Brit ish 600 Deen ordered to the strategic is land Colony to assuring the maintenance of Law and order in any the unit is the 1st" battalion of the Gordon highlanders now stationed in Scot land. The troops will be flown to Cyprus by plane Friday. Nicosia the capital was placed out o f Bounds to British troops. It was announced earlier that the governor had assumed personal direction of the Island s Security arrangements. Gates were not allowed to speak on the Issue of the Cal s tie up with the Kcf. The Resolution reaffirming the political affiliation an Issue complicated by the Cal s coming merger with the Politi Cally Neutral trades and labor passed almost be fore Kcf adherents realized the Congress executive was aiming at sending it through without debate. protest at the convention chairman Cal presi Dent a. R. Mosher stamped thumped tables and ignored his pleas to act like men not child batted Down in other convention action left 1 Wing attempts at closer relations Between Canada and the Kremlin were batted Down by All but a handful of the 900 delegates. Des Pite the efforts of about a few diehard party liners the Congress renewed its support for the anti red International confederation of free Trade unions and refused to Call for negotiations Between the in Ftp and the russian led world federation of Trade unions. A vote on the Issue indicated that red party liners at the convention of some 900 delegates num Ber no More than a handful. A Resolution for an in Ftp a Ftp tie up sponsored by the maritime Marine workers federation found Only about a dozen supporters. The convention also refused to adopt a Resolution from local 222 of the United automobile work ers in Oshawa ont., saying the Cal should try to sponsor Exchange visits Between russian and Canadian unionists. treaties Trade with a Large number of countries and it is pos sold it Back to her for paid in paid out altogether or. mrs. Levine had paid out and s10.400 and taken in plus plus she was out of pocket 5300 for the House. On top of that it had earned a month for her 28 months from March 1952, to july 1054. To Don t think she was said Aid. Cowan. I think she has done very see Council panic 2 with the minister under Man Trade treaties can Ada and the . Would agree to reduce Tariff on the other nation s goods. Or. Howe told reporters that news reports from Moscow that Canada and Russia had agreed to conclude a most favoured nation pact were not strictly Correct. All that Canada had agreed to at this stage was to continue negotiations which began when Hon. L. B. Pearson Secretary of slate for external affairs talked Trade in mos cow during his visit there last week. Change of parliamentary delegations would contribute to better understanding Between the . And Canada and to the strengthening of Friendly rela see Pearson Page 2 new minister Rio de Janeiro Reuters i Mario Camara former brazilian Treasury representative in new York tuesday succeeded Jose Maria Whittaker As brazilian min ister of finance. Alcides Devosta Vidigal president of the Bank of Brazil who was invited to accept the Post monday decided not to implement his first decision to accept. . Sends More goods to Canada London up Britain s exports to Canada dropped in sep tember but the nine month Trade picture showed a slight improve ment. The Board of Trade said tues Day that Britain exported 320.000 Worth of goods to Canada last month. This braised the monthly average for january to september to a four per cent increase Over the Cor responding period of last year. Exports to the United states were s42.p30.000 last month and the nine month average was . An increase of 19 per cent compared with 1954. Together exports so far to North America 12 per cent Hishen than in the same period of 1954. Beyond Call of duty dog sniffs old sock refuses to find owner confusion Over the Kcf tie up Resolution was the worst to occur at the e. Gel convention in years. See Cal Page 2 Russia gets Nasty Over Iran snub London a Russia warned Iran wednesday that this Middle Eastern country s decision to join the Turkey Pakistan iraqi defence pact May endanger relations the two countries Moscow radio reported Iran announced tuesday her decision to join the Alliance of which Britain is also a member. Cow of his despatch based on a Halifax news Story for the erroneous quotation attributed to a High ranking Canadian air Force officer. The quotation suggested that the Canadian air squadrons in Europe were poised for attack on the . Canadian press cables from the russian capital this week described Canada s Hon. L. Pear son Secretary of state for external affairs As shocked when he was shown the Tass report. It quoted air. Commodore f. S. Carpenter chief of air operations recently returned from a european tour the air Commodore has denied he used the words attributed to him by Tass. However air Commodore car Penter s language in the interview at Halifax was forceful and a it is conceded Here. It has raised once again the whole perplexing problem of How fat High ranking officers should go in replying to questions put to them by newsmen. The Tass correspondent or. A Shewchenko. Told Ottawa co respondents in the parliamentary press gallery that he had not quoted air Commodore Carpenter As stating that Canadian squadrons were poised for an attack. He said he filed to Moscow Only what the Canadian press had reported from Halifax in its interview with the air. Commodore he added that he possesses a Carbon copy of Story which he could produce to Back up his claim. Or. A Shewchenko said his Story must have been altered when the in the Moscow Tass office re wrote his despatch into conversational russian. Cab Lese is an abbreviated form of sending press Cable copy in order to Cut Down on transmission costs Israel seeks . Backing wants Assurance of arms Aid in strife by Jack Tait Washington special Nyht israeli ambassador Abba Eban formally asked the United states tuesday for assurances that it will Honor its Mutual Security pact with Israel and provide her with arms to counter whatever Mill Ary equipment Egypt obtains rom the communist bloc. Similar diplomatic moves by Israel were under Way in London and Paris. Ambassador Eban put the israeli request to George v. Allen assistant Secretary of state for Lear Eastern affairs. Tuesday on he basis that communist arms for Egypt would disturb the bal Ance of Power in the Middle East a balance which the Britain and France Are pledged to main Ain. Israeli sources said or. Eban also urged the .through or Allen to extend a Security guar Antee insuring the present Borders of Israel against aggression it i understood that the pact envisage by i. Gov or n men would bar aggression by either the aral nations or is Rael. Struggle sell wheat to reds ailing Drew urges Prog con chief takes to bed with heavy cold by Gordon Sinclair Souris special recruiting of top flight Cana Dian salesmen to sell our wheat. Beyond the. Iron curtain and around the world was advocated Here tuesday night by George Drew in a tape recorded speech. The National conservative Leader was unable to appear in person to deliver his scheduled speech because of a bad cold and temperature of 102. Wednesday it was Learned that Imp. Drew s itinerary for the Day Dean Portland Ore. Special Oregon Forest rangers Are Bandiera plans suit for libel by Frank Mccool sports editor Calgary albertan Calgary special _ Bandiera former football player with the Calgary stampedes has announced his intention of filing a libel suit against the Al Bertan its publisher g. Max Bell the Canadian press and others. The notice follows publication of a Story tuesday morning after Bandiera had been released by the team. Edward j. Mccormick who filed the notice on Bandiera s behalf said tuesday the mentioned could include every news paper and radio station which car ried the see ban diera Page 2 musical club s Grant gets approval Winnipeg City Council tuesday night passed without debate a civic finance committee recommendation that the men s musical Hunter got lost All the rangers club be Given an additional Grant wondering today whether the gimmick they thought up to find lost Hunters was such a Bright idea after All. They asked All Hunters plan Ning first Send an old sock to the Forest i d had to do was to let one of their search dogs sniff the missing Man s old sock Presto the Pooch would set off and find him. The Jip peal certainly had re sults. The rangers were flooded with nearly 3.000 old socks. One sock was so Mellow that a rangers dog. After one sniff promptly buried it. Of to make up losses it has suffered in the past two years. The Grant was made on the ctn edition that it not be considered a precedent if the club incurs future deficits. The additional brings City assistance to the club this year to it was passed after hav ing been rejected times in recent months. News of the world in Brief Iran s adherence to the Western backed Middle East pact precipitated a Sharp protest from mos cow. Page . Will not disarm unless she is sure others Are doing the same. Page Adenauer will have to stay in bed for quite some Page Russia has More planes than . But american aircraft is better. Page this is one test i d hate to 1 mind if i play Hooky tomorrow you will find main inside Page no. News 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 35 parents Corner 25 deaths 26 comics 36, 37 radio and to. 38 Hollywood column 39 entertainment 39 a Dufel news. 40. 41. 42 sports. 43, 44, 45, 4s special features Billy Graham. 22 letters to the editor 25 Jumble contest 27 a broadcast heard Here said so Iet foreign minister v. M. Molo of called in the iranian Amassa or in Moscow and told him that Ranian accession to the pact con Radits the Good neighbourly rela ions Between Persia. Iran and the soviet Union and certain treaty obligations of the soviet Union is Iran s North in neighbor. She has a Friendship Reaty with Iran which gives the soviet Union he right to March nto Iran if she considers the alter has become a base for an track on Russia. Iran s participation in the mid lie East pact will create a con Chain of Western allies rom the Indian sub continent to he Mediterranean. It also 1. Delivers a Sharp blow to com expansionist Aims in the Middle East and is a firm reply o communist Czechoslovakia s Deal to sell arms to Egypt. 2. Implements the defence sys pm of the Northern tier of Middle Eastern states for which John Foser Dulles . Secretary of state Las vigorously worked. Iran s participation will be a particularly bitter blow to Egypt s aspirations to dominate the Middle East political scene. The Cairo regime seconded by Syria and saudi Arabia has attempted to read Iraq out of the Arab Lagae Lor following her Independent and pro Western Way in the Alli Ance with Turkey. B u t tuesday ambassador a earlier syrian Eban rid had Zeineddine w a r n e t had been cancelled although he appeared a Little better and his temperature had gone Down slightly. He is still a Little said Hassan Ragab Egypt s undersea that any such Security agree ment Between the . A n c Israel could have grave consequences and an Alliance probably would spark an. Outright Strugor Gle in the Middle East. Israeli sources emphasized thai if their government s request for arms and for a Security Guaran tee came to nothing there was no question of Israel s embarking on a preventive War. Against Egypt it has. Been suggested he s e quarters that Israel might a Rake such a move if it appeared no Western arms would be Forth coming. These sources denied egyptian claims that communist arms for Cairo would merely redress Anc balance the military picture in the Middle East. They said Egypt has a Clear Cut superiority Over Israel in tanks of All particular y heavy Lanks in Jet air crafts machine guns and Field artillery. A Tours arms Plant Prague Gen w. L. Rowe National party Organ Izer and the doctor deems it in advisable for him to go on with his schedule for or. Drew wednesday was to motor to Winnipeg where he will have another medical Check up. Chances of him making his scheduled speech to the joint luncheon of the Canadian club of Winnipeg and the Empire club thursday appeared More Remote at noon to Day. Became worse his cold with him for several Days took a turn for the worse tuesday afternoon and he was Ord ered to bed in his Brandon hotel room to conserve his energies for two major addresses in Winnipeg thursday and saturday night. Fears were expressed that any undue exertion might bring about a recurrence of the severe attack of meningitis he suffered last no vember which kept him away from duty until year. March of this see Drew Page 2 Peron out to grass on ranch Asuncion Paraguay authoritative sources said wednes Day that Juan Peron Argentina s toppled dictator will be interned on a ranch in Interior Paraguay to meet demands by the new Buenos Aires government. The informants said Peron prob ably will be sent to a ranch near he town of Villarica 105 Miles Southeast of Asuncion. This would get him away from the capital which is just across the Paraguay River from Argentina. The Argen Ines said his present proximity o them would inspire die hard per nistas to make trouble for the regime headed by provisional pres ident Eduardo Lonardi. Argentine complaints of Pron s conduct in exile stemmed from his remarks last week to a re Porter that he still considered him self constitutional president of Argentina despite his overthrow in the revolt last month. Simonite for arms plants tuesday toured Czechoslovakia s Industrial area a czechoslovak Trade official said. Who arrived Here Friday is reported t have. Come to Czechoslovakia to arrange for the first shipment of arms to Egypt under the recent czech egyptian arms Deal. New motion to topple French pm Paris motion of no Confidence in the French government was put before the National Assembly wednesday in the name of the socialists. The motion said that Only a pol icy with new Aims and new meth ods could re establish Calm in Al Geria assure the continued pres ence of France in the territory and allow the democratic evolution of the algerian people. Now you re talking prof o Detroit a most Bosses talk Loo much. Or. Wesley Wiksell told the sys tems and procedures association of America tuesday. Many Bosses feel that their position entitles them to do All or most of the said or. Wiksell a professor of speech at Louisiana state University. But actually much of the secret of effective communication is simply Lel tink the other fellow do most of the City can t afford cub show offs Winnipeg will spend Dis playing the zoo s new grizzly cubs at the red River exhibition. But City Council made the decision tuesday night Only after finance chairman Aid. C. E. Simonite objected that however worthy the cause the City could t afford it. Aid. Gordon Chown asked for the expenditure after consultation with Parks superintendent t. R. Hodgson. He said the cubs were the first born in Captivity on the North american continent. Though Cost of providing a display and Cage should not come near or. Hodgson had suggested this to be on the Safe it s very popular it s Good advertising and All the said Aid. Simonite. But the Call for Charity and advertising is getting beyond control. I feel we Shouff tighten Aid. Jack Blumberg said he would agree with Aid. Simonite about the open door Down stairs in the finance commit tee Roomi but it would be a mistake if we did t take part in the appropriation was car ried on a voice vote. Temperatures maximum minimum temperatures and per. Readings for 24 hour period ends 6.30 . Wednesday. Oct. 11 were Max. Min. Vancouver 3r .13 a Calgary re i Edmonton. Tali Swift current Reilona Saskatoon Brandon us nip r Kort William j Ottawa Toronto i Montreal i 5-1 Vivi 71 63 in ;