Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 12, 1955, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press braces milk Glo bread contains by Carrier in Winnipeg 30c per week Winnipeg wednesday october 12, 1955 week end edition with comics Loc civic Bosses gain Power to fire their employees the Case of the stolen Sun Flower seeds has burst wide open once again. The federation of civic employees informed Winnipeg City Council by letter tuesday night that it was asking for an arbitration Board to Rule upon the Case. It developed this summer when two temporary employees working on a Lane paving Job were found in a private garage. Some Sunflower seeds were re ported missing from a bag. The employees were suspended by a Foreman and later fired by a High engineering department official. One finds work the federation objected and ensuing arguments kept the City s engineering Legal and business Talent engrossed for hours. Meanwhile one of the two men had found work else where but no work was Avail Able for the other. The federation tuesday night officially protested the firing and announced it would seek arbitration. Meanwhile Council by a 10 to 8 vote amended its procedure bylaw empowering department Heads to fire employees subject to Appeal be fore civic personnel committee. Aid. H. V. Mckelvey who has been battling the Amend ment contended department Heads should have the right to suspend but not to dismiss. Dismissing he said should be the aldermen s Job. He Felt aldermen were shirking their responsibility. Private View Aid. Gordon Chown said the amendment was in line with recommendations of the Woods and Gordon efficiency report on City operations. He said present dismissal procedure allowed conditions which Pri vate management would not Aid. Walter Crawford said department Heads feel frustrated with the present sys tem. Aid. C. E. Simonite added if i had As Little Confidence in the Heads of depart ments As some aldermen have expressed Here tonight i d put a Resolution on the table with in 10 minutes asking for their vitally needed Hurst freeway a in flood or exodus the proposed Disraeli Street free Way could be a Lifesaver in an emergency such As the 1950 red River flood or in a civil de Fence evacuation the City City Engineer w. D. Hurst told the rotary club wednesday. He said the Bridge was designed to incline to an Elevation Well above flood Levels of the River and the Point Douglas Peninsula which was hard hit in 1950. The freeway would take three years to Complete if passed by ratepayers at this month s civic election. If the project is postponed through he it is quite conceivable that in a few years time the downtown area will become clogged at Rush hours to such an extent that businessmen shop pers and Public transit will be seriously or. Hurst said 1958 comple Tion Date for the project will be none too soon. In fact by that time serious traffic tie ups could already be taking or. Hurst characterized Winni Peg As being compartment de by a number of great each with Large or Small Gates through which traffic can move from one compartment to another. The Walls and Gates the car Yards and right of Way forming a Wall from the tip of Point Douglas to the West City limits broken by the Higgins Avenue subway a Small an other Small Gate at Annabella Street the main Street subway a medium sized the Sal Ter Bridge a Large the Arlington Bridge a Small Gate and the Mcphillips subway a Large the red River a North South Wall across the City broken by four Bridges Redwood Louise Provencher and Norwood. But the Norwood Bridge is choked off on the Winnipeg Side of the River on main Street by railway obstructions. The Assiniboine River a lesser Wall broken by a number of Large and Small Gates including the Midtown Bridge. The Disraeli project he said is the Best possible solution to the problem of penetrating the Walls formed by the car and red River this aiding the Motorist from North Winnipeg Elmwood and the municipalities North of Winnipeg. Aid. Mckelvey replied that he had every Confidence the department Heads could do their Job but firing of employees is not then Aid. David Orlikov said the Sun Flower seed Case was evidence enough that the Union would continue to Battle what it Felt was unjustified firing whether the procedure x bylaw were amended or not. A locked door stalls Cruiser councillor d. A. Boulden s request to fort Garry Council that the municipality s police men and firemen be Given keys to the Public works shed so that they could get gasoline on sundays and holidays was referred Back to committee tuesday night for further study. Councillor Boulden said the auditor does t like it because there is no Way to Trace a however said the councillor if we can t Trust policemen to go into our own building How can they be trusted to go into other people s councillor Boulden said that recently one police car had run out of Gas on a week end and William t. Finnbogason gets 50-cent tip is fined James Waddy 23 St. Andrew s Road St. Vital wednesday was fined and costs in St. Boniface police court for Selling liquor. Court was told Waddy used his permit to buy liquor for someone who had t a permit. For this he received a 50-cent tip from the person he helped. Leo j. Cinqmars 445 St. Jean Baptiste Street St. Boni face was fined and costs for having liquor in a place other than designated on his permit. B. F. Drew receives local film Board Post b. F. Drew has been appointed District officer in charge of the National film Board office 205 Childs build ing. He replaces a. F. Knowles who has been transferred to Toronto As assistant regional supervisor for Ontario. Or. Drew has been in charge of the Board s operations in Newfoundland for three years and before that was a District representative in Ontario. Inquest of victim of Highway mishap inquest into the death of Gilles Lussier of 381 Hamel Street St. Boniface will be held nov. 3 in provincial police court or. Reginald Cham pagne Elie Coroner informed ramp wednesday. Or. Lussier was killed Early tues Day morning when the car he was driving plunged into a Creek crossing the no. 1 High Way West about four Miles West of heading Ley Man. Fines for window peepers boosted two window peepers were each fined and costs in City Magis trate s court wednesday after they pleaded guilty to charges of tres passing. Fined were Paul Derry 41, of 283 Union Avenue and Harold William Wagner 21, 343 St. John s Avenue. There is too much of this sort of thing going magistrate m. H. Garton who usually levies fines of and costs for this sort of offence. Smedley s Corner a new Canadian with a fondness for children treated 30 of Winnipeg s less privileged Small Fry to Turkey dinners thanksgiving Day. He is Felix Szymanski a local restaurateur. The children were taken to and from his place by members of elks Lodge no. 10, most of the children getting their first ride in a taxi that Day. Odds and ends one of our operatives has been brooding about the plight of typing students who must be tired by now of typing out the Quick Brown Fox jumped Over the Lazy dog s Back. He suggests As a variation at their next practice session that they might find it refreshing to try this one for a change pack my Box with five dozen soggy jumbo liquorice Sticks Well Why not and we have a More serious note about a Little boy s tricycle that disappeared from the porch at 1320 Selkirk Avenue a few Days ago. It belongs to Young Douglas Tumilson aged eight and one half years who is a polio cripple and the Trike was used for therapy. If someone knows where the bicycle is it would be very much appreciated if they would get in touch with the owners. And a few words from a St. Boniface Mother who wonders Why All the fuss about children watching wrestling on to. In t it up to the parents to see that Young ones Are in bed Long before the wrestling comes on hers Are. Accuracy at All costs we told tuesday about an eight year old in West Kil Donan so shy that he hid under the table when his pals Sang Happy birthday at his birthday party. We added that it was Only with difficulty that he was persuaded to emerge from his hiding place. The shy Young fellow was told about the Smedley item last night and he hotly denied the last part of the Story. There had been no difficulty getting him out from under the table. I came out when they opened the said he. Traffic Engineer appointed Winnipeg City Council tuesday Light approved the appointment of William t. Finnboga Ion As City traffic Engineer. He succeeds Harry of. Burns who retires nov. 15 become a consulting traffic Engineer with a Toronto firm. Or. Finnbogason is at present assistant traffic Engineer. Council voted 12 to i to approve salary increases retroactive to sept. 1, for the City s professional engineers and Learned that or. Burns had been offered nearly double his Winnipeg salary in the East. Aid. A. E. Bennett vainly argued that the increases be Retro Active to june 1. The. City has been losing Many of its professional engineers he said and Sal Ary was the Only reason. Aid. Gordon Chown personnel committee chairman replied thai the engineers had been Given Sev eral increases in recent years and that their salaries had also climbed sharply because the men were rapidly promoted. Aid. James Cowan suggested that perhaps or. Burns position could be filled by a non professional Man. He understood tha non professional personnel directed traffic departments in some other cities. Aid. Jack Blumberg traffic commission chairman said he Mew of no City in Canada Anc he United states where this was he 8-Street truck ban trucking bans on eight streets were approved by Winnipeg s City Council tuesday night As the City moved to squeeze the heavy vehicle on to truck routes. Through truck and inter Urban bus traffic was banned on Ashburn Clifton Downing Lipton Lockwood Spruce and Strathcona streets and valour Road. The regulation had been adopted by the traffic commis Sion july 19 for a trial period questioned by Aid. A. E. Bennett Aid. Jack Blumberg traffic commission chairman said the regulation would be proclaimed by signs and enforced by police. Centre strip parking on Kelvin requested Aid. Frank Wagner tuesday night asked the civic traffic com Mission to consider converting the Centre strip of Kelvin Street inf a parking area for this Winter on the Alderman told Winnipeg cil Council now that tracks have Bee removed from the Street the Muddy strip Down the Centre a a disgrace to the Community Aid. Jack Blumberg traffic com Mission chairman said he won take the matter up with the com Mission but he doubted the Par ing would be approved. Had to be left Idle. The second car had been involved in an Accident. Not much Protection for the Public if it is said the councillor. Tuesday night Council decided to Purchase Worth of radio equipment for two police car s and police Headquarters. The Headquarters station will be on the same y e length As the existing station in the Public works depart ment. The police cars and Public works vehicles will receive the same Calls. Man Dies in police station City detectives wednesday were seeking the identity of a Man who died at . Wednesday in the Northend police station. Police said the Man was found lying in the Street in a Drunken condition at 10.10 . Tuesday near the intersection of Dufferin Avenue and Schultz Street. A search of his clothing revealed a chinese laundry ticket but no identification. A postmortem will be held wednesday afternoon. The dead Man is described As about 55 to 60 years of age about 125 pounds of Short stature with Blue eyes Brown hair turning Grey no Teeth round face and clean shaven. He is believed to be of Central european extraction. Free press meetings meetings to be held thurs Day in the free press building Board room no. 1, local Council of women win 8 clubroom Manitoba old age pensioners society 2 ., Imperial Lon Don association 8 . More candidates ready for suburban elections nominations in several suburban municipalities closed tuesday. The St of nominees follows St. James mayor Thomas b. Inlay and George f. Stokes councillors David m. Graham Eorge w. Johnson David Jshii on a. Spence Lewis Sam mor an Donald Mcnaughton Al e c Loudfoot Douglas m. Staines and Reginald f. Wightman school us tees William a. Leader Emnanuel j. Mccready Esther a. Argue a. B. Stovel Thomas a. And Norman Faiers. Transcona mayor. John Samuel in a deaths own an across the Board drop Highway accidents and fatalities in gust was reported wednesday f r. B. Baillie commissioner motor vehicles -for.Manitoba. There were eight fatal accidents n the province during the month compared with 12 in August last ear. In greater Winnipeg there Ere no fatal Street accidents a year ago August there four. There was also a decline in in Ury accidents. Some 313 this August compared with 364 in the corresponding month of 1954. In greater Winnipeg the drop in in Ury accidents was from 175 to 15. Or. Baillie attributed the Good ecord to More careful driving by motorists together with stricter enforcement of traffic regulations in police courts and the pro. Safety Branch. The effectiveness of the safety program was. Shown by the fad hat fatal accidents in Winnipeg Lave dropped 33 per cent since 950 despite a 35 per cent increase in the number of motor vehicles. Over two per cent of Manitoba Rivers Are under suspension for Aulty driving records or. Baillie added. Total suspensions were ,060 at the end of september. Robbed to pay rent a Young married woman who stole because her Hus band s monthly salary was t enough to pay the rent was fined ?50 and costs wednesday. Bernice Edna Berard 23, of 164 Ruby Street pleaded guilty in City magistrate s court to stealing a Bill from the cup Board of a neighbor in t h e same Roo Ringhouse. Court was told the woman who was placed on suspended sentence in february had no children but was four months pregnant. If this Ever happens again you will certainly go to jail for a Long magistrate m. H. Garton told mrs. Ber Ard. Fluoridation got refund at gunpoint fined in fore a youth who made a bad buy in a car and then attempted to get his Money Back at gunpoint with a starting Pis Tol wound up being a much bigger loser. Steve Stoyko 18, of 180 Al Fred Avenue was fined and costs in City magistrate s court tuesday for pointing a gun at a 17-year-old boy Sun Day. Police said Stoyko Pur chased a car for from the 17-year-old boy. When the car did t function too Well Stoyko demanded his Money Back. When the 17-year-old refused to refund the Money Stoyko police said pointed the Wea Pon at the juvenile and obtained his refund. That s almost robbery with remarked magistrate m. H. Garton. If you were older i would Send you to hotel men condemn straitjacket Laws compulsory closing of Beer Par tors for at least one hour during the evening meal period As recommended in the Bracken liquor report was one of the main Points of protest by the hotel Industry at the opening session of the 29th annual convention of the Manitoba hotel association wednesday. Ohnston Robert Gunn Matheson Dward Peter Staszenska and Ouglas Malcolm Stuart Council is two to be elected William Dzyndra Paul Emile Martin her Ert Leslie Milne and Eddy Davic Rougeau. School trustees three to be acted Ralph Collett acc Lama William Bert Everton a Amati on and Harold Coveney Atcher North Kildonan mayor Jack Earce councillors Rard 1, Henry Defehr acc Lama Ward 2, Charles Barry and Cornelius Lemmen Ward 3, rank Degraff Vard 4, Al Rougeau acc Lama East St. Paul Reeve j. A. Or Liston councillors Vard 1, Adolph Kullman and John Ward 3, William Sta Finis school trus yes Ward 1, Melvin w. Bradshaw Ward 3, William Vaugh most of the 279 licensed hotels in the province were represented the largest convention in history of the association. Opinions of the hotel men were set out in the an Nual report of managing director c. A. Tanner. Delegates approved it unanimously. Or. Tanner said the hotel Indus try was not seeking any special privilege. Considering its capita investment of nearly dollars and the fact it had an an Nual payroll of More than 000, it was entitled to an even break in liquor Sale privileges. Restrictions just peanuts Pembina Highway from the sub to St. Norbert is becoming a gasoline councillor r. D. Base told fort Garry Council tuesday night. The councillor s remark was prompted by a request from the Toth Star Oil co. For permission o build a service station on the Highway. Councillor Chase complained that ervice stations were appearing All yer the place and what s More tie tax Revenue they yielded was just peanuts compared with that rom apartment buildings. However Council approved North itar s request proof of the they say is eating it. In that Case it would be a Man size Job to eat this giant turnip. It weighs 24 pounds and that is big for a turnip. It was grown at the lad Wood Man., farm of Jack Chr Plewe. The hungry looking Little fellow standing beside the turnip is Harold Davidson zy2, of 451 Church Avenue. Few contests in Rural Manitoba Ever since Sale of Beer by the Glass became Legal in 1928, he said hotels had been in a Strait although they were licensed and rigidly inspected the Law seemed designed to prevent them from being successful. They were prohibited from serving food fruit juices soft drinks no music allowed mixed drinking was banned and there were even restrictions on the Wall decorations. On the other hand a change two or three years ago in the liquor act allowed All these privileges to clubs which since the Amend ment had sprung up All Over the province until there were nearly half As Many clubs As licensed hotels. The discriminatory features of he Law had not been removed by he Bracken report or. Tanner said. It has recommended that Egal hours for Beer Parlours be Leld to 10 . To 10 . Origin ally Beer Parlours were open until .1 . But during the War one your was Cut off and although the Industry was promised this was Only a wartime measure the. Hour Vas never restored. The Bracken report also recommended that other proposed liquor outlets be permitted to remain open from 5 . Until Midnight. If this were included in the liquor a amendments to come and if jeer Parlours had to dose an hour heir patrons could go to a res Aurant cocktail room or cabaret and buy liquor of any kind. No reason nominations held in Rural Mani Toba tuesday revealed a. Continuing pattern of acclamations., con tests Are rare except in some of the larger Urban in Brandon or. Stuart Schultz was named mayor of the City by acclamation. Or. Schultz is superintendent of the Brandon mental Hospital and has served 11 years As City Alderman. He succeeds mayor James a. Creighton who announced his retirement before the close of nominations. In Portage la Prairie Glen b. Al Hood will oppose mayor h. L. Henderson for the office of mayor. In Dauphin mayor w. L. Bullmore is retiring with Stewart e. Mclean president of the Manitoba progressive association and Lloyc g. Sneath seeking to replace him in the Pas mayor l a. Dembin sky Wilt be opposed by h. F Bickle. Manitoba will have two women mayors next year. In Lac Dubon net mayor Edythe Brown was re turned by acclamation and in the Village of Cartwright mrs. Isabel Wallace is mayor elect. In the Rural municipalities acclamations featured the nominations very few elections for the office of Reeve reported. One exception is in the municipality of Glenella where mrs. Dolly Wilson wife of a District Farmer will oppose Reeve Jacob single on elec Tion Day oct. 21. They re for it St. Boniface City Council in an 3 to 2 vote approved fluoridation if water supplies tuesday night after hearing a powerful a in its favor by or. J. N. R. Scatliff medical director of he St. Boniface health unit. Arguing for immediate approval was Aid. J. J. Pynoos who said we have read papers in favor and against fluoridation for the ast two years everybody has made up their i Don t see the replied mayor j. G. Van Belleghem who voted with Aid. Jenri Boiselle against the motion the mayor added just be cause some member of Council n Winnipeg is pressing the mater we Don t have to jump on the Jand Wagon. Or. Bubbis of the greater Winnipeg water District n. S. Bubbis gawd s general manager in t convinced and he is a but or. Fluoridation has been accepted by medical arid dental associations of Canada and the United fluorine in the Correct amount is not Only Good for the Teeth he said but Safe to use. It is a Poi son when used in excessive amounts but so is chlorine which is currently added to water and iodine often added to Salt. Or. Scatliff said that As director of the red River health unit he examined 825 school beginners at St. Pierre Man. A District where fluorine is a natural part of water Supply. Of the 825, Only 18.4 per cent required dental care and 60 per cent of these had cavities or a cavity in Only one tooth. At Steinbach where fluorine is not in the water Supply they re against it Winnipeg civic health commit tee s attempt to Speed suburban approval of plans to fluoridated the metropolitan water Supply Drew two anti fluoridation delegates to tuesday night s City Council meeting. Health committee has Given suburbs which buy water from Winnipeg until oct. 26 in which to any opposition to the fluoridation program. If a negative reply were not received the com Mittee would assume the suburb was in favor. Vernon Dutton of 1196 St. Mat thews Avenue a professional in told Council there were two aspects to the proposal one medical the other moral. He said the technical efficiency of the treatment had not been established oni Way or the other. The moral aspect he said was the loss of Freedom of the individual. Must we submit ourselves to enforced or. Dutton urged rejection of the program. School beginners were examined and 71.7 per cent these required dental care. Here 49 per cent of the children needing dental work had cavities in four or More Teeth., most healthy group i examined them at St. He said not Only for their Teeth but also for their general health and they were a most healthy or. Scatliff said the concerted opposition to fluoridation could arise from disagreements among doctors in the Early stages experimentation and from erroneous reports. Voting in favor of fluoridation j. J. Pynos Jack Schimnowski Georges Guilbault Rene Dussault Gladstone b. Shearer. Clifford Warman w. F. Mcgurran and Charles. Ursel. Aid. J. B. Demetriff was absent. Miss Myrtle b. Gooch represent ing the committee for pure water appeared to cite evidence of scientists opposing fluoridation she said there had been an unexpected increase of 42 per cent in tooth decay in one new York state fluoridation area. She said paralysis and stunted growth in Ani Mals and an increased death rate from heart disease were All suspected fluoridation results. Council took no action. The mat Terris still in the hands of health committee. Some Rural hotels closed their Beer Parlours voluntarily for an hour in the evening and the procedure had worked satisfactorily. Or. Tanner asked that it be left on this basis. In Large Urban areas such As greater Winnipeg with industries scattered All Over the. City and suburbs and work hours staggered there was neither Rea son nor necessity for it. If Beer Parlours were compelled o close or. Tanner said the ame restriction should be placed m a licensed premises including government stores. The Bracken report he noted lid not Deal with mixed Beer Par ors. The hotel Industry Felt that f patrons of both sexes were Al owed in clubs and other licensed premises there was no reason Why hey should t be allowed to enter jeer Parlours. Or. Tanner s report also made hese requests on behalf of the 1 that a question on mixed jeer Parlours be included whenever a local option vote was submitted o the electors. That if local option is to be he basis on which Public opinion s determined petitions for a vote hould be signed by 50 per cent of he resident electors instead of the present 20 per cent. Local option votes May now e taken every four years. The association asked that after a vote s taken the decision remain in effect for seven years in order of assure stability of investment. They re on the Fence cavities of various sizes Domi-1 drinking water question which rated West Kildonan Council had arrived at in a com feedings tuesday night. Smittee of the whole oct. 3, the councillors agreed to defer Lilc Agi Ccu to to begin with Council heard Althe whole matter until science report on the number of tooth knows More about it or until what stopping recently installed by the science does know about it is More dentist in the municipality s free readily available. Council then directed its Atten Tion to the subjects of holes in the ground. The councillors heard a submission on behalf of the Spon sors of the Garden City sub Divi Sion who wanted contractors to Start putting in foundations and water systems before cold weather and the Central mortgage and school dental clinic. West Kildonan operated the most successful dental clinic in Mani Toba councillor r. F. Morrison told Council. Fluoridation Council formally approved its stand on the fluoridation of Public housing corporation put a Stop to operations this year. Council was reluctant to Issue building permits until surveys o the area had been checked through the land titles office. The councillors relented when the company offered a written guarantee against any loss that might result from pre mature Issue of permits. From the municipal building committee Council Learned tha value of this year s building per mils up until sept. 30, totalled against Las year. Chest fund Winnipeg is gaining slightly on Vancouver in Community Chest returns but still lags behind re Ina which has collected 50.1 per cent of its objective. And wednesday a total of canvassers were reported on the trying to whittle Down the Ead taken by Vancouver and Regina. Red Feather returns in he metropolitan area this year Are about what they were at this time n 1954, Campaign officials said. Returns wednesday night were expected to exceed of the Otal objective of the City of Edmonton was re ported wednesday morning to Lave attained 36 per cent of its Otal objective while Saskatoon bad reached 28 per cent. Campaign officials wednesday expressed themselves As pleased with the first phase of the Campaign and were still confident that Winnipeg would be the first Western City to go Over the top in the 1955 Campaign. Local Bridge players win Winnipeg Bridge players distinguished themselves last week end at the International Bridge meet ing held at Sioux Falls South Dakota. J. J. Cohen and g. R. Wilson teamed up with a St. Paul pair to win the Leam of four championship at the first Bridge tournament organized by the newly formed associated Bridge clubs of America regional group which includes the Dakotas Minnesota and Manitoba. Mrs. Paul Shapiro teamed with a Minneapolis player to win the open pair event. Other winners from Winnipeg included mrs. H. Vav. Mcglynn h. R. Moxley. Mrs. Murray Myers and Jack Klein ;