Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 13, 1957, Winnipeg, Manitoba It Swift Swift s Premium Franks made fresh Dailyjr Winnipeg free press More ads Mora readers More results your greatest Market to buy to Seh free press want ads phone Whitehall 3-9331 by Carrier in Winnipeg 30c per Winnipeg Friday december 13, 1957 weekend edition with comics Loc City Hydro to study a i Cost of Gas Utility report on municipally owned affiliate due by january 15 a civic Public works subcommittee thursday gave the go ahead signal to City Hydro to find out How much it will Cost the City to sell natural Gas in Winnipeg. It War the first time the Hydro was called into the Gas question Anil Hydro general manager to e. Storey said the big City owned Agency was quite prepared Toi make the study. He told the works subcommittee on Gas that a Gas distribution filiato Lent itself to the work of City Hydro. Three departments of a Gas Agency were already a part of j City Hydro to Aid the Book keeping department the Oil Ren Dering department and the meter Reading department. Sales major Factor or. Storey said that he thought the Price at which the Hydro would sell Gas depended almost entirely on volume of sales. This prior investigation. But Many aldermen who voted against the measure did so on the a that it had not been prop cuts Price of gasoline by 4 cents my there was More activity in the Winnipeg Gas War Friday As an other Large station announced what appears to be the biggest Cut was _ the major Factor to be do to Dale in the or acc of Ter mined. The consolidated car Mart on prepare a report. City Council has voted Down a Kcf Resolution that would have had the effect of putting the City Hydro in the Sas business without 2y2 Days off for Manitoba civil servants he was Given until Jan. La Street an Esso outlet Nas slashed inc Price of its no. 2 inc from 35.9 cents a gallon to 32 1 cents. This is the biggest Cut of any Esso dealer since some re a gently Cut the Price from 33.9 to i 36.0 cents. Despite this now Cut. There was still no sign Friday of other stations joining the War and several major outlets have retained for Mer prices. The first stations Toj Cut appeared to be British Ameri can Oil who dropped prices of no. 2 More than a week ago. Do minion motors is the Only station that has Cut the Price of Premium Erly studied. The rejection of the Kcf motion did not necessarily for doom a motion from the works committee having the same effect but founded upon a study by the Hydro itself. Gas firms heard meanwhile the subcommittee also heard representatives of great Northern Gas utilities Ltd. And the great Plains Gas co. Which Are both seeking the right to distribute in those areas of Winnipeg not served by Winnipeg and Central. Great Plains representatives said detailed estimates prove beyond doubt that Gas can and should be sold in the Winnipeg area for 70c. Northern is offering 81c per thousand cubic feet. They said great Northern was Selling Gas in Brandon for 65c while asking 81c for the same Gas in Winnipeg. Police ask Board for wage boost of 10 per cent by Elman Guttormson free press staff reporter Winnipeg police athletic association has petitioned the Board of police commissioners for a 10 per cent wage increase it was Learned Friday. If granted the increase would Cost the taxpayers of Winnipeg approximately negotiations began wednes Day when representatives of the association met with the commission. No comment was available from the Board. Members of the Force who would be affected by any in crease granted by the Board include those up to the rank of sergeant. At present a first class Constable receives a month a patrol ser Geant and sergeants last year the association asked for a 10 per cent wage increase but the Board said it would consider Only per cent. Later when the association came Down to seven per cent the Board stuck to 2ji per cent and the Case went before a Board of arbitration. The arbitration Board granted the police a six per cent increase retroactive to Jan. I 1957. This increase Cost the City about at the present Lime the police department is 25 men be Low strength. During the first 11 months of the year 25 members of the Force resigned. Approximately the same number left the Force in 1956. Officials of the police department claim Money is one of the big reasons for the Large number of resignations. Shift work is another reason Given. Manitoba civil servants will gasoline Start their Christmas holidays at noon dec. 24 and will go Back to work dec. 27. The government announced Friday. The civil servants will also get new Day off. The Mani government Holiday period is similar to that of the Federal government but the province of Al Berta announced an extra Christ Mas present for its employees. Grandview Man. Special Alberta the civil servants will a Delorme District Hunter Friday dec. 27 off As Well. Almost instantly killed near the Alberta government said it Here thursday when he was had decided to give employees in the neck by what was Friday Holiday because Many a ricocheting Bullet. Them had asked for leave of William Hendry 27, was hit As sence without pay that Day. He hunted Moose and Elk in the Hunter killed a firm belief to our mind is that people who Aren t superstitious Are Overly Lucky. Take Estelle View Point this nonsense about Friday the 13th is just Plain Here the Young Winni pegged shows a Flag rant disregard for some of the situations which other people May put in the Jinx category such As walking under ladder breaking a Mir ror or opening up an umbrella indoors. In Manitoba the statutes require that some offices be open a cer Tain length of time and it is deemed impossible to give the employees the Friday off. Personnel association the personnel association of greater Winnipeg will hold its monthly meeting dec. 17 at the Marlborough hotel. Guest speaker Duck Mountain Forest preserve about 20 Miles North of grand View with three companions. Members of the party had fired at a Moose. Other members of the party have been identified As m. Perry and two Andries Brothers from the same general area. Coroner or. P. W. Hopper of Grandview and ramp from the will be archbishop Philip f. To Dauphin detachment invest cock. His speech will be on Christ gated. An inquest opened thurs _ its message for personnel i Day night in Dauphin and was and journey until dec. 19. A Man will Siveret talk. Give you the big Eye a 44 year old Man. Who bilked a o3-year-old Winnipeg spinster of with smooth talk and phony tales was Given 23 months in i leading Ley jail Friday. Sentenced in four charges of fraud was Clarence William Van Henhouse of no fixed address. Police said Henhouse talked the woman nut of s105 on one occasion. On another. S2flfi on a third and then ?650 yet another Lime. For each Henhouse had a colourful excuse. The Salofi. He said he would use to invest Stock Lor her. The s190 was for a payment on his non existent car. The Cheque was to pay for rental on a hotel suite for them and the he told the woman was to Settle difficulties with a suburban police Man. The policeman he said had been blackmailing him As a result of a traffic offence the policeman would have to get the in spy or he Hek House would go to jail. Henhouse also convinced the spinster he was a former Heli copter Pilot. Actually said police done nothing More than sell sewing machines and that for Only two Days. One of our operatives passes on word that the one room Deseronto school at Plumas Manitoba boasts some kind of record in one family attendance. Albert Watson was a Pupil there Many years ago. He later married a teacher who came to the school after he had grown up. His four children went to Deseronto school and now the four Watson grandchildren Are getting their primary education there. Mr., and mrs. Albert Watson by the Way Are still living in Plumas. Uncle Haurigan says concerning his Friend Pat who is planning a Holiday in the it la be two weeks on the Sands in Florida then Back Home for 50 weeks on the a Kitten and a briefcase a Kitten and a briefcase Are both still at Large after having gone missing several Days ago. There has been an intensive search for both and their loss has been advertised but to no Avail. The Kitten is the pet of a five year old girl in the West end and unless it is returned Home it looks like a sad Christmas in her Home. Puss now missing for a week if nine months old White with a Black spot on its Back and another Black spot on its face. If you know where the cat is would you please phone Spruce 4-3910 As for the briefcase the owner says the finder is Welcome to keep it if he will just mail Back the papers it contained or leave them at his office switchboard. His business cards Are in the Case along with other papers of value to him but to no one and what is your excuse for smiling on the 13th? 42-Days of racing v c7 return to Winni in june september horse racing returns to Winnipeg june 10 with the opening of a 21-Day Spring meet the first of two 21-Day stands sen Edued for Downs track in 1958. The first meet will close july 3 but racing will return from j sept. 1 to sept. 24. Winnipeg racing dates were announced following negotiations be Ween the Western Canada racing association and operators of the new Assiniboia Downs track now under construction in Winnipeg. Announcement of the agreement chiefs car idea gets a razing Fira chief David Dunnett s in which admits Winnipeg s 42-Day insistence that the City must provide racing Span into the Prairie Cir a big car for its fire chief look a snapped Aid. Walter Crawford. "1 think we ought Only to buy ply Mouths Fords and Chevrolet that is the lower priced cars Cuit was made by Lou four minute razing in civic i. A general manager of the Nance committee Friday and these department Tion and managers were that there was worse the fire chief persuaded civic thoroughbred sport in Calgary to come in City Council monday i safety committee earlier this week with Edmonton Saskatoon and Regina. Longest season in 1s58, with the admission i Winnipeg to the Prairie circuit after a absence the three Prairie provinces will have 114 Days of racing longest season since the circuit was organized in 1925. Turf experts believe that Addi Tion of this number of Days to the circuit will have far reaching effects on the sport in Western Canada. With the increase in Over All purse distribution the Quality and calibre of thoroughbreds com Peting should show a substantial Rise Over previous years. Night. That he should have a car with a i think we have to Stop 1125-Inch wheel base because of the danger of Slippery streets. A minority of aldermen argued that if Ismail cars were Safe enough for the police they were Safe enough for the fire chief. Opposed i but Friday a majority of the Al. Dermen on civic finance commit Itee appeared opposed. They were told however that they could not i formally fight the Purchase until in came to City Council. That did t Stop them talking i about it. K said Aid. Peter Aras a. It s the old round to Manitoba will get about half Aibin Ite looks at the City Engineer Only conflict of dates appearing More from Jle the chief of police on the schedule occurs on labor Era government As a result at by have big car and then Day when racing is planned for Ottawa s proposal to pay a Why both Winnipeg and Calgary. Or cent of employment a1d Taraska demanded to know this poses no real problem o to be no great trick to Cope with ithe coinciding Day. Many stables ship on ahead to the next meet ing anyway when they have Noth ing going for them. Adjustments can be made for the travelling staff affected for this one partic ular of great Benefit commenting on or. Davies announcement j. C. Hardy presid of Assiniboia Downs said assistance costs. The chief of police can t drive a Low priced car and Aid. Craw the proposal will Cost the fed Jford said that in future the com eral government about Mittee should try to get rid of the More annually. Idea of big automobiles in the City Hon. R. W. Bend provincial service health minister said that under my Ford will pass any of them the former set up the Federal gov said Aid. Crawford. This integration racing dates j Ottawa will pay a Flat 50 per cent will be of great Benefit to the Public horsemen and with 114 Days of racing on the Prairies we should be Able to at tract new enthusiasts to the thoroughbred sport in the owners and breeders ranks and Are looking of All unemployment assistance. The .45 per cent was an arbitrary figure which Federal authorities thought was an unavoidable amount of unemployment. Ontario was not a party to the old agreement but it now has a Many new Manitoba promo the Federal proposal and owners in future . We Are pleased that this pro Gram for 195b has the Complete end oration of Lou Maynard president of the horsemen s Bene Volent protective association in Western Canada and his member ship. Following Are Prairie racing dates for 1958 May 10-26, Cal Gary Spring meet May 29-june 7, Edmonton Spring meet june 10-july 3, Winnipeg Spring meet meet julyl5-19, Edmonton exhibit Meel july 21-26, Saskatoon 6. Will participate in the program. Ern ment paid half the assistance let s put our Finger on this thing costs for All persons unemployed and if we can to do it now in excess of .45 per cent of the province s population. Under the new scheme proposed by the fed eral government at the november Dominion provincial conference civic welfare chairman Aid. Retroactive to dec. 1 the direct i Gordon fines reported Friday that contribution of municipalities to ithe vie welfare committee will bless will be reduced from need an extra appropriation of Regina exhibition meet aug. 8 23, Edmonton fall meet aug. 25 sept. 1, Calgary fall meet sept. 1-24, Winnipeg fall meet. Convict gets ail jobless will be reduced from 40 per cent to 20 per cent of the total. Formerly the municipalities paid 40 per cent and the province 60. The Federal scheme which has not yet been introduced or approved by the Federal government is expected to be put into Force nonetheless because or. Bend said. Prime minister Diefenbaker promised that the new program would be followed. To meet increased welfare costs this year though per cent of it will be borne by the provincial government. Aid. Walter Crawford civic Fin Ance chairman greeted his news with the prediction that civic extra appropriations this year total about and that the City will have a difficult time hop ing the tax rate next year. Aid. Fines said of the extra sought by welfare was due to increases in direct Aid a reflection of tougher economic conditions. Increases in the rates of old folks Homes had added an other and in the Cost of Graves another Aid. Crawford said that the full figure of will have to show girl As she was walking into her additional Revenue. It brought Youmg thug grabs purse from girl 21 and her purse the extra appropriations to . be girl said the Man. Between 20 and he said. By the time the year is 22 years old. Was wearing a Scarf j Over Well have a million. By Roger Whittaker free press staff writer terrible things happen to people on Friday the 13th. Dismayed by the mounting wave of tragedies occurring on this evil Day the free press has decided to devote some space to this Story readers to take utmost urging care. To acquaint our readers with toes these things every single unhappy one of them happened Friday sept. 13, 1957. This year Friday the 13th occurred Only twice. Last year however it morbidly greeted the world three times. A Penitentiary inmate and the Over his face. Widow of a traffic victim were victim of the theft was Patricia three and a half Mills in taxes. Said Ala. Slaw Sobchuk. I awarded increased damages in a Payonk. 54s Furby Street. And people say we Are not Rulin handed Down thursday by miss Payonk told police she going to have an increase in the the Manitoba Cour of appeals. Had jus driven her car into her Mili next said Aid. Serving garage at about 1 . Ami was Milton Olson who is was j walking from the to tier Crawford. You re not saying there s going of but the amount was tripled be now flip the Calendar to july and another Friday the 13th. An idea which would have meant Happy driving for hundreds Winnipeg males was squashed by mayor George Sharpe. The proposal was to space Large billboards along the projected let s Start with Friday Jan. Is Midtown Highway featuring bos Alderman Walter Joy girls and their girdles. Crawford this announced or. Sharpe what can happen on this Day we remind them of previous Friday the 13th s. His rough Day it was on a cold Grey Dawn Fri Day sept. 13, this year that Al Derman Henry Baird Scott held a heavy head in both hands and said they can t do this to me. I carry a lot of political weight in this Aid. Scott had Good reason sigh. Aid. Scott was thinking of several thousand dollars from both the night before. He had lost by Strong boxes. 13 votes the progressive con Down 1n Phoenix watchdog of the City s Treasury did. Not impress him As being dig and chairman of the civic finance unified. _ committee grinned happily while in san Diego California a pick his committee proposed a halt of j pocket had just successfully trans water and tax Bill discounts chop j erred a Wallet from the trouser Ping transit commissioner s Sal a pocket of a passer by to that of Ping Aries and slashing the City s entertainment Bill. The greater Winnipeg transit commission announced a deficit of s297.000 and Safe robberies occurred in Winnipeg and Transcona bandits streaking off with Serva Tive nomination in the provincial Riding of Wellington. He had been beaten by of All things a fiddle player. Those tomatoes that same Day a City bus firm was sued for s22.53 appeared in provincial for their 53rd time their 54th remand drop in Home permits was announced and the free press ran a headline watch your Toma his own. As he hurriedly strode away his toe struck an uneven Block of sidewalk paving trip Ping him. He was out cold As he fell he knocked against somebody else changing the direction of his Tumble. His knee hit a jewellery store window smash ing it and setting off a burglar alarm. His head hit the pavement and he was out cold. Came Home when he came to there were Early to find his wife in the hot j the police. Instantly recognized clutches of the postman. An officer the dip was Subjec routine search. The Many other frustrating things that Day. In Phoenix by the a peal court. . Cornell Braun widow of Jacob fall Braun who died after an Auto collision in 1955, was awarded damages of Doub Ling a previous award. The sentence being served by Olson had no connection with the Accident for which the damages were Given. Sclerosis group can t find Trace of stolen Cash she about five feet seven inches and of slim build. Of an unholy degree replied 1 Aid. Crawford but he did not i finish the sentence. Lots of Yule food roast Turkey Ham and Tbone Staak Are on the menu for the in mates of heading Ley jail and Stony Mountain Penitentiary on Christ Mas Day. Las Uay. I Berry Littlewood superintendent live Well too. Will give individual packages of Candy and fruit. There will be a Christmas concert. On boxing Day a picture will be shown. Inmates in the Penitentiary will the Man would soon be Able to aboard. T let himself into any building in and a Happy Friday the 13th to the City. Lye s167 in Cash belonging to the multiple sclerosis society which was taken from a parked truck wednesday morning. The Money had been collected from the Sale of japanese oranges for the society s yearly fund drive. . Herbert Nitikman of 411 Waterloo Street said the envelope with the Money also contained receipts and a list of donors. If the person who took the Money will just mail us the receipts and other papers in the envelope it would be App rec mrs. Nitikman said. She is one of the chairmen of the multiple sclerosis fund drive. For Christmas breakfast Accord ing to c. E. Pcs rosters Warden they will get Tomato juice Bacon and eggs hot muffins Honey Toast and butter and milk. At dinner time Tbone steaks will be served with creamed Pota toes Gravy sauteed onions Cream Corn Dill pickles Plum pudding Caramel sauce Christmas cake bread and butter and Coffee. At suppertime the men can sink their Teeth into baked Virginia Ham with hot Mustard. French Fried potatoes Rice arid i c. G. Carter has been Rolls buttered Wax Beans hot for the eleventh year As president mince Pic a la Mode Shortbread. Of the Manitoba motor league. He j assorted bread and was also appointed to the Board and cookies. Of heading Ley said about 30 tur i keys weighing 20 pounds each have been ordered. The inmates j will also have Gravy dressing i Cranberry sauce Green peas i Sweet pickles browned potatoes bread and butter fruit cocktails ice Cream and Tea. I the men will receive an Issue of Cigar ets and the salvation army Carter again Heads Manitoba motor league of directors of the american Auto a movie will be shown in morning and sports hockey or Mobile association for a three year term. R. R. Goodwin was 1 basketball will be played in the elected vice president for the Sec afternoon. A concert will be held Ond year. Ion dec. 20 ;