Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 16, 1956, Winnipeg, Manitoba Free press Polione number 93-9331 Al including classified Adi. Final edition Winnipeg free press the weather Winnipeg sunny periods saturday. Milder. Winds Light. Low tonight and High saturday 20 and 35, vol. 63 no. 145 52 pages Winnipeg Friday March 16, 1956 Sun rises 6.40 . Moon rises s.09 . Sun 5ets 6.35 . Moon sets forecast Milder tradesmen s Entrance for Georgi District curfew imposed Oxford Street shoppers see red London a Georgi Malenkos former soviet Premier smiling and Gay joined londoners morning Rush hour Friday for his first real look at the Commonwealth s capital. At the soviet embassy he has to use the fide done. The front door is being re painted for the arrival of com rades Bulgarin and Khrushchev. An Chassy employee explained. Soviet Premier Nikolai by Lunnin and Nikita Khrushchev communist party Secretary arrive april 13 for a 10-Day tour. From the soviet embassy he was driven past Hyde Park and Marble Arch Down Oxford Street London s busiest shopping area. Or. Malenkos now Sovie minis Ter of Power stations ended up at the offices of the Central electricity authority hosts for the three week tour of British Power installations by the parly of so Viet Power experts. Office girls and Early shoppers clustered round As or. Malenkos stepped from his car with a Broad smile across his Sallow Pudgy face. See Malenkos Page 8 cypriots defy own leaders govt., pcs Cool to health plan Malenkos painting town red fear Recluse Trio died in Cabin fire Tyndall Man. Special found in the still glow he ramp Friday combed the ashes embers thursday and police of a log Home near Here sure were certain that search of the wreckage after it cooled would re that three elderly recluses two More bodies died in the flames which levelled body found the Cabin thursday. Two Brothers and a sister the remains of a Man s William Williams 78. Owen 73, and Elizabeth 71 lived in the isolated Cabin three Miles from Tyndall and about 31 Miles East of Winnipeg. H can t be reached by Road. The one body found was too badly burned to allow identification. Friday police is ill weren t sure when the fire began. Neighbors re ported seeing a glow in the sky shortly after Midnight thursday. Petlock Case goes to jury but ramp in Beausejour weren t notified until 11 . And by the protest strike halts work in Greece Nicosia a British troops isolated the major cypriot port of Limassol Friday clamping on the toughest curfew yet seen on this Island. The order confining Limas sol s citizens to their Homes said the curfew would continue until further see Cyprus Page 115 Israel arms shipments get Okay Ottawa special the Cana Dian government has approved three applications for arms ship Mients to Israel and has two other applications from Israel now under consideration prime minister j Louis St. Laurent announced in the commons Friday. The applications had been considered by the Cabinet at its thursday meeting. The decisions had been made in the Light of the tensions in the Middle East. It was Felt that while the Basic uneasiness remains there has been in the last few Days an easing of the apprehension that existed Fol lowing the dismissal of sir John Clubb from command of the Arab said or. St. Laurent. The three applications for arms from Israel that had been approved involved 1 a total of units of 25 Pounder ammunition. 2 a Small order of electronic equipment valued at to con Vert wireless sets from direct to alternating current. 3 spare parts for Sherman m4 tanks valued at the prime minister did not Dis close details of the two new applications before the Cabinet. The Cabinet in granting the a to the three applications regard to the fact that discus Sions were now in Progress As to How the United nations might intervene effectively in the interest of facilitating a peaceful solution of the Middle East problems said or. St. Laurent. The two new applications had been considered by the Cabinet but decision had been deferred. Now in t that the biggest cat you Ever did see Arrow Points to Jimmy the Dachshund who has pitted his 35 pounds against a goodly number of felines in his Day but the cat he came across Friday was a different matter. It weighs 35 tons. In Case Jimmy is Wor ried about being outweighed to one it might console him to know they Don t come any bigger. The Caterpillar d9 on display for the Manitoba government at the legislative grounds is the largest Crawler Type tractor in fhe world. It is 18 feet Long 10 feet High and 10 feet wide. It was brought to Manitoba by Powell equipment co. To work on the province s 1956 record Highway construction program. The d9 will be on exhibit at the Corner of Portage Avenue and main Street saturday. Accept it or lose election say Kcf members a hesitant Manitoba government and equally sceptical conservative opposition thursday eyed the Federal government s bait to the province to enter a National Hospital insurance scheme. While both parties marked time waiting for More information from Ottawa the Kcf members called on the government to snap up the offer immediately with the warning that if it failed it would be Defeated at the next election. We want More data before decision Bend health minister Hon. R. W. Be Didian citizens wanted it. Excluded thursday said Manitoba required a from Federal support would be and great Deal More information and capital costs. Its tired at 12.10 . Friday to con Sider its verdict. Retirement came after or. Jus Tice ii. F. Thomson spent 2 i hours delivering his charge in which he said the evidence showed an extraordinary situation be tween the Petluck is charged with the murder of his brother Michael last aug. 23. The judge told the jury that they might return one of three possible verdicts 1. Guilty of murder As charged 2. Not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter 3. Or not guilty. Both Crown and defence coun Sel spent thursday addressing the jury in a review of evidence Given by 47 witnesses. Emmett Hall for the defence contended that the police had fastened on a theory hat Michael Petlock. Brother of the accused killed in the Kitchen of the farm House yet there was no de finite evidence presented by the Crown to Bear this theory out. See trial Page 15 t today s lenten thought Lent is the High Point of the Christian year because it con fronts us with the spirit of Jesus Christ and his sacrifice for All men. To wait quietly before him will Lead to honest self analysis and finer living. As we approach Lent it is Good to remember that Jesus Christ equals All the needs that Man can have. Rev. Ralph j. Cummings Broadway first Baptist Church Winnipeg the three residents were first reported to have sought shelter with neighbors when fire raced through their Home. But ramp could find no Trace of them and discovery of the body ended Hope in that direction. The remains were taken to Grant s funeral Home in because Sotir. See fire Page 16 Nevis of the world in Brief although cypriot Trade Union leaders ordered the general strike to end the stoppage goes on. Page 1 and the archbishop of Canter Bury said the deportation of archbishop Makarios caused great distress among Christian nations. Pape Premier Nasser assured France Egypt desires a peaceful solution in Al Geria. Page . Negroes May form a third political party. Page temperatures maximum minimum temperatures and precipitation readings Tor 24 hour period ending s.30 . Friday March 16. 1956, were Max. Min. Prec. Vancouver 48 36 Cal tary 44 2j Swift current 35 31 Saskatoon Brandon Wink pm in Ottawa Toronto Montreal Halifax 24 21 so 36 26 25 16 14 11 to. To. .03 .13 .10 to. 39 1 s to same site for new Misito armoires by Victor Mackie Ottawa special a decision has been made by the Federal government to rebuild the fire dam aged Minto armoires on its present Ottawa before it could decide whether to accept or reject a National hospitalization scheme. But he left the impression the provincial government was Cool toward a univer Sal compulsory plan. In a statement to the legislature he emphasized the province was not shutting the door on the Feder Al proposal and that state Hospi Tal insurance had Many desirable features. However the province could not buy the scheme As it stood. Only after All the information was Avail Able could the Case be decided on its merits. The Federal offer briefly is that Ottawa would pay roughly 50 per cent of a Universal Hospital care plan i the majority of provinces the Normal becomes the unusual this Winter when the unusual has become the expected normality is a Welcome Relief. And that s just what s ahead for the week end Normal temperatures 25 to 35 above for this time of year. It will be mostly sunny with thawing at least part of the time Light winds and very Little if any Snow. At 11.30 Friday the temperature was 25 above the maximum expected for Friday. Manitoba farm boy signs giants contract Chris Riddell 18-year-old stylish Southpaw Pitcher from Warren Man., signed a professional base Ball contract Friday with the new York giants in Melbourne Fla. He has been assigned to the mus Chris Riddell Kogee giants of the class d sooner state Oklahoma league. In a Telephone conversation Charlie Fox manager of the St. Cloud Rox of the Northern base Ball league said it was hoped that Riddell would join St. Cloud later in the season. We want to Send him to Muskogee okla., to Iron out some Fox is the new York giants scout in this area. Muskogee is the Home town of the former Winnipeg Blue bomber Star Jack Jacobs. Father pleased Ernest Riddell who farms at Warren said he was very pleased with the giants offer and impressed with what the giants had said about his son. Chris came to the attention of the giants when Elman Guttorm son of the Winnipeg free press news staff recommended him to Fox. He attended the Camp at the giants expense with another Pitcher Terry Taylor of 854 Fleet Avenue Winnipeg. Terry was released from the Camp tuesday and returned Winnipeg wednesday. To continued see baseball Page 37 representing the majority of Cana plan. Kcf pc pipeline Alliance Ottawa special fear of american capital gaining control of Canada s natural Gas pipeline resulted in progressive conservatives and the Kcf join ing forces in t h e commons thursday to denounce the Federal government s All Cana Dian pipeline scheme As a blow to Canada s National Pride. It. Hon. C. D. Howe Trade Well As Hospital care to those ister forecast that under the to pay. Ern ment s plan the Best of he admitted he had to adopt a socialist doctrine in this Case any known proposals according to his Gas would be flowing As far East i Means to each according to his contributions would be based on Normal operating and maintenance costs see Bend Page 15 Alta. Takes first Steps to join up Edmonton up a Bill authorizing Alberta s entry into a Federal provincial health insurance scheme was Given first Reading thursday in the legislature. The Federal government has offered to pay up to 50 per cent of the Cost of a National Hospital and diagnostic services insurance site in Winnipeg at an estimated Cost of Paul Hellyer parliamentary assistant to the minister of National defence told the com Mons Friday. A preliminary estimate of the Cost of restoring the buildings to its original conditions had been received by the department of National defence. The Cost was 000. The loss of Public stores and equipment in the fire was estimated to total there has been no estimate placed As yet on the loss of non Public stores and equipment such As material in the canteens. I cause of the fire was believed due to an a extinguished cigarette butt in a Chesterfield in the ser i Grants mess according to the re. Port. A civilian consultant firm in Winnipeg has been engaged by the de Fence department to report on the extent of the work required in re storing the armoires to full use. It is expected it will be s o m e Ern ment s plan the Best of Ime before the consultant firm has completed its report or. Hell yer said. He gave the information to the House in reply to a question asked needy should come View Manitoba should be thinking of looking both Hospital and medical Iare of those that can t pay their own rather than support a Universal Hospital insurance j scheme that would include the wealthy opposition Leader Duff Roblin declared thursday. He said there never had been a i demand to help provide services to those who could pay we Are i under no obligation to look after i their but what the pro Vince would have to face up to be fore Long was Extension of medical by Gordon Churchill pc Winni Peg South pair sentenced for refusing to accept negro Rio de Janeiro api a Man and wife operators of a Pri Vatt school were convicted thurs Day of violating Brazil s anti segregation Law and sentenced to a year in jail. Johann Peter Theodore Vanlammeren and his wife Sylvia who operated the Happy school were found guilty of refusing to accept a negro child. As Montreal in 1958. The Federal scheme Calls for a Federal Ontario Crown company to build the All Canadian pipeline through the in economic Section from Manitoba s Border to Kapuskasing. The Battle lines were drawn in what the opposition has promised will be one of the great filibusters of Canadian parliamentary history. Six speeches were head before the House Rpse thursday night. See pipeline Page 16 Money to Speed new Post office Ottawa special a supplementary vote of to Speed the construction of the Winnipeg Post office is included in the supplementary estimates tabled in the commons Friday by Hon. Walter Harris finance minister. The total supplementary Esti mates of also included drawing up of plans for new major building of terminal facilities at Stevenson Airport although work on new building was not due to Start this year. Nov there s a terrible thing he s Aiter Reading it wrong in this respect Manitoba should recognize the principle of the Frost says Public cheer slip of line not feasible Toronto Frost of Ontario thursday told a 100 Strong Ontario federation of labor delegation he does not think Public ownership of the proposed pipeline for natural Gas Canada is feasible. Sonna let us play in your cellar like Itie last Washington Reuters prime minister John costello of the Republic of Ireland aroused uproarious laughter at the National press club lunch Eon thursday by confessing in the Middle of an address that he was Reading from the wrong costello who was due to address the United states Senate later in the Day suddenly interrupted an eloquent portrayal of United states links with ire land by turning to the Irish ambassador at his Side and saying indignantly this is the wrong he added that the speech be had been Reading had been prepared for delivery to the Senate. After joining in the laughter costello was handed the speech for delivery to the press club by an embassy official and starting anew delivered his denunciation of the partition of Ireland. You will Abmd main inside Page no. News 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, is 19, 37, 38 48 deaths. 10 radio and to 20 entertainment. 21 social news 22 to 25 sports 39 to 43 comics 44, 45 science and the occult 45 finance. 46, 47 4 special features Billy Graham. 4 medical memos 5 Jumble contest 27 Kings of Kings. 31 letters to the editor 43 Frank in Hollywood Page 21 Means test unpopular As it May he Felt the conservative proposal last year where the province pay Blue Cross premiums for Wel fare cases and part of the premiums for the medically indigent should be put into effect. See Robin Page 13 Martin gives the details Ottawa minister Hon. Paul Martin said today the Federal government is not putting pressure on any province to accept the Federal offer in connection with a proposed National Hospital insurance scheme. See plan Page 15 buy it 9 says Swailes and go on from there Donovan Swailes cd of mpg. Centre said that the Manitoba government should buy the Fede ral government s offer on Hospi tals insurance As it now stands. A. R. Paulley Kcf Killon no whip on liquor Premier Premier d. L. Campbell Friday declared that legislative voting on the new liquor Bill would be completely non partisan even though it was introduced As the govern ment measure. He told the crowded audience at the Law amendments commit tee that there had been no pres sure or whip cracking on his part nor on that of any government members to have this act pushed through. It was considered fair and proper that introduced As a government Bill because of its great importance. He emphasized that a publicity program setting out the temper Ance Side of the Bracken report would begin As soon As possible after prorogation. He said the government was of an open mind concerning when local option votes or if wanted a provincial referendum should be held and was open to suggestions As to what time lag should be Al Lowed before such voting. He him self thought that municipal elec Tion Day seemed the proper time but he was willing to listen to any other suggestions. An Transcona said the people of Manitoba were clamouring for a proper system of hospitalization and that if the Liberal government turned this Down it would be Duj heated at the next election. Or. Swailes said that the Kcf party and labor unions were seek ing health insurance in its fullest sense and that they would be prepared to accept what they could get under this plan and would go on from or. Swailes also argued that Manitoba should not consider turning Down the Federal offer five other provinces agree to it and if Manitoba s rejection would have the effect of denying it to other canadians. See Swailes Page 15 legislature reports liberals and conservatives appear Cool to compulsory hospitalization on a Canada wide basis while the Kcf party urges acceptance of the Feder Al Hospital insurance offer. Page 1. Bend stresses that provincial welfare Aid must be geared to Revenue. Page 18. Equal pay for equal work Bill gets first Reading. Page 18. Royal assent is Given 37 Bills. Page 18. Legislature to debate Federal provincial fiscal agreements at next session. Page 18 ;