Winnipeg Free Press

Monday, February 08, 1960

Issue date: Monday, February 8, 1960
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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 8, 1960, Winnipeg, Manitoba You will find Gaucho and me . In mate Mitt tote a 15. W finance. M. You re the doctor. Final edition free press phone number Whitehall 3-9331 All departments including classified forecast sunny Zero and 20 Sun Riim Moon . Sun kit . Moon my february 8, i960 Winnipeg vol. 67 113 flares in London scar faced hoodlums shoot Down a handsome club owner London a a secret gang War Over the Rich pickings from London s sex and liquor clubs flared Dur. Anh in girder. To reveal names Ottawa income tax Appeal Board is giving up its 10-year practice of congeal ing the identities of litigants in its judgments. Starting immediately names of persons and corporations appealing Revenue department tax assessments will be made known in Board decisions. Boosts his chances senator Humphrey of Minnesota in race for nomination by Earl Mazo Albuquerque new Mexico special Nyht sen. Hubert Humphrey who came As a decided underdog emerged from the West Ern democratic conference sunday As a Man to watch in the race for the democratic nomination. That is the consensus of top Echelon party figures who attended the three Day political session end ing sunday. It was Clear Fromi a Survey of leaders that neither the Minnesota senator nor any other contender actually picked up Many new convention votes. But the significant gain for sen. Humphrey was that for the first time most democratic leaders _ in the West now rank him As a major contender deserving serious consideration. This important boost in his prospects stemmed from a speech at the conference s formal dinner saturday night. It generated such enthusiasm in the audience of 680 democrats from 15 Western states that Calvin Rawlings the regional chairman observed that if a vote was taken then and there Humphrey would win the West. Another highlight of the Confer ence dinner was National chairman Paul Butler s pointing to either sen. Humphrey or sen. John Ken Nedy of Massachusetts As his preferences for the nomination. Their Art s pitiful Vancouver Jar vis former director of the National gallery in Ottawa arrived in Vancouver saturday and quickly put the City in its place in the Art world. It astonished me that a City of such civic magnificence should have such a poor collection he said saturday of the permanent collection at the Vancouver Art gallery. To put it mildly it s he told reporters excepting a group of paintings and sketches by native artist Emily Carr. Or. J a r v i s gave a firm never to suggestions advanced Here recently that City Council take Over the financing of the Gal Lery. I Don t want to be rude about your Council but you can hardly run an Art gallery like the Street end sanitation women open 36th Bonspiel the 36th annual Manitoba ladies Curling association Bonspiel opened on 38 sheets of ice monday with two More draws to follow before breaking off for the annual ban Quet at the Marlborough hotel. All told 152 rinks stood poised for action but mrs. Gertrude to Gers of St. Vital the 1959 grand aggregate Champion was t on the opening draw. She was scheduled to meet mrs. R. C. Morrow of Heather on the noon draw in what figured to be the feature game of the Day. Mrs. J. A. Norton of Starbuck who won one of the major trophies last year opened with a 11-6 Vic tory Over mrs. Treleaven of the Craf. Handsome Bullet in his head staggered from a club in squalid Duval Street to die in. The Gutter. Blue bowled William Abrose. Alias Billy the Boxer stumbled Over his body blood Welling from a his stomach. As a Beautiful blonde sobbed Over Cooney s Corpse three scar faced hoodlums jumped into a waiting automobile and roared off into the night. Chicago style killing had come to London. Drove to Hospital Ambrose crawled to his car and drove a mile to Hospital. I be been he gasped. Early today after an operation the 40-year-old sex Boxer still was too ill to Talfe. But police were Able to build up crime. See gang a picture of the continued War Page 8 oppose bail subsidy wide As Ever new freight formula urged Royal family name up the Queen announced tonight that future generations of her family except those in direct line to the throne Bear the Royal name of Mountbatten Windsor giving them her husband s name As Well As her own. A spokesman at Buckingham Palace said the Queen has had this in mind for a Long time and it is close to her the Queen has always wanted to associate the name of her Hus band with her own and his descendants without changing the name of the Royal House established by her the announcement of the change published in the official London Gazette said the Queen at a meeting of the privy Council today declared her will that while she and her Chil Dren would continue to be known As the House and family of wind Sor her descendants other than those entitled to the title of Royal highness and Prince or Princess and females who married and their children should Bear the surname Mountbatten wind rain crimps traffic winds up to 67 Mph temperature drops 23 degrees overnight rain leading to icy streets monday morning slowed greater Winnipeg traffic but did t bring it to a standstill. Ice formed on the streets when rain fell during the night and temperatures dropped sharply at one time the temperature was 38 but it dropped rapidly to a Low of 15. There was a 50 Miles an hour North West wind with gusts up to 67. The Strong winds blew in a Large plate Glass window at the Jefferson service station Jefferson Avenue and Mam Street. A patrolling Constable Dis covered the broken window which gave away under the pressure of the Strong gusts. The transit system reported buses were running behind schedule by up to 15 minutes. Outlying routes where streets had been neither sanded nor hindered were More particularly affected. By 11 Ever buses on most routes were Back on schedule. See weather Page 8 league Parley opens without top delegates by t. S. Manor free foreign editor the gathering of the Arab league in Cairo today failed to heal the rift that has be set this body since its inception in 1945. Although the league secretariat announced that the recruit ment of one million refugees of wage War against Israel would be High on the Agenda Only two member states Are sending their for eign ministers to the meet my. They Are Jordan and Lebanon. The Call for the recruitment of refugees is not new it has been made repeatedly last in november 1958 when the league secretariat told the refugees to get ready for the decisive meanwhile however the league which has become a minor instrument of president Nasser of Egypt has been having its troubles with members who do not wish to be dominated by Egypt. See arabs Page 8 of collectors Montreal ramp has launched a search for Evi Dence of fraud or theft in toll collections on Montreal s Jacques Cartier and Victoria Bridges. They of 25 collectors and former collectors during the weekend it was Day. Superintendent or j. Belec of the and Docu ments relating to income tax re turns and property holdings were seized. A parliamentary investigation into the toll collections is to begin in Ottawa this week mrs. Sheila co Trier 24, blonde and the Mother of a Vear old turned out to be to what Toronto businessman Frank Ogden wanted when he for Genius to help hta in his one Man business. Or. Courrier the 836th in a Stop 237 applicants but she got the Job. Why did he seek the Job i think the offer to let me drive is thunderbird attracted she says. Friendly to West Tunis Tunisia Habib Bourguiba today ignored a deadline he set Las month for evacuation of frenc. Orces from the Bizerte air an aval base in Tunisia. Instead he said in a radio broadcast that Tunisia Hopes to each peaceful agreement with Ranee on the Issue and intends o take up the Bizerte affair with to Western friends and the United nations and to have them oin in settling this in today s speech the president Aid we will see it is possible o reach our goal by practising a peaceful but he added if not we will use Force and we Are sure that he whole world will be with us and that we will have shown world opinion that before resort no to that we had preferred to Ettle the question amicably Britain to join space race London a the govern ment announced monday that Brit Ain intends ultimately to get into the space race now dominated by Russia and the United states. Aviation Duncan Sandys told the House of com Mons 4hat design modifications now under Way will enable Brit ish rockets being developed for military purposes to be used for the launching of space satellites. This work is being done partly by the Royal. Aeronautical establishment at Farnborough and partly he said. Sandys also said the govern ment has no intention of halting the development of the Blue Streak rocket a medium Range ballistic missile the Blue Streak presumably would be used by the British when they get ready to a satellite. However this rocket has not yet been test fired. . Stalls reg1na up freezing rain Snow and 70-mile-an-hour monday made motor travel in Southern Saskatchewan a. Near impossibility. Highway ditches Are lined with abandoned cars. Manitoba Brief Calls for tribunal on National transportation Flat opposition to an increase in Crow s nest brain rates or at Sidy tied to the rates was expressed Mon Day by Premier Duff Roble. Presenting the first of four Manitoba briefs at the Winnipeg hear Ings of the Royal commission on transportation Premier Roblin called for a new method of apply ing freight rate increases to Bene fit Long haul shippers in the West and urged that the freight Rale Structure give Manitoba the Bene fit of its Central geographic Posi Tion. Tribunal the government submission also Calls for establishment of a new advisory tribunal to co ordinate All phases of transportation in can Ada. The Brief did not elaborate on the Powers the tribunal should be Given or its Structure. _ this commission can better de Termine these factors after due consideration of National policies As they affect the various economic regions of Baribea. Fca. W Cepulo. In deep River. Ont., but Only on weekend. Thai s when he at 120-fi.t Crane parked behind i. Trailer he at laches the television Antenna to the Crane raised it and place to in the Best port Lon for television buy rum Church urges Hamilton up a United Church of Canada report aimed at stimulating Trade Between Canada and the West indies advocated that this country bus More rum from the federation a United Church minister claims. But says Rev. A. C. Forrest the reference was discreetly buried in the report. A Toronto reporter spotted the item or. Forrest said and brought it to the attention of Rev. J. R. Mutchmore one of the United Church s 1 e a d i n g Ami liquor spokesmen. Or. Mutchmor asked the journalist not to use. The reference the Story did not appear. Declared or. Forrest editor of the United Church of if i had been the editor of the paper i would prob ably have used the he was addressing the Annua convention of the Ontario week newspapers association. 6un resolutions designed to make trouble Ottawa Xci in an address to the Eastern Ontario progressive conservative women s association external affairs replied to recent Here saturday minister Green criticism of the government s hands off stand on South Africa s separation policies. On Canada s action in abstain ing from voting at the in on a Resolution condemning South Afri Ca s apartheid he said Many in resolutions Are Only designed to make trouble and put someone on the me added there would be no Commonwealth if some member countries were expelled because j of their ii in. 1 it was emphasized the tribunal would not be a regulatory body to replace present agencies. See puff Page 17 freed of combines charge Toronto justic j. C. Mcruer of the Ontario supreme court today found Cana Dian breweries limited not guilty of operating a Combine As charged under the combines investigation act. His ruling said that testimony presented during the 38 Days of trial hearing did not prove that the merger of 37 companies across Canada gave Canadian breweries the Power to carry out activities without Competition. The charge was that Canadian breweries had formed or oper ated a merger that operated or was Likely to operate against the Public interest. The trial opened last oct. 13 and was adjourned Jan. 22. Legal circles estimated that it Cost in lawyers fees alone. Chief Justice Mcruer ruled that the situation outlined in evidence did not provide the merged com Pany with the Power to control the Canadian Beer Market and provincial authorities could protect the Public he said the evidence did not support allegations that Canadian breweries was Able to affect pric ing in Ontario the liquor control Board fixed prices on All lev Els throughout the entire period of the the charge against the com Pany was that Canadian Brewer ies had set up a merger or Trust Prairie View is different briefs put emphasis on whole problem of transportation the Royal commission on transportation opened its Manitoba hearings monday and promptly got a different View of what canadians think of transportation prob lems. Most of the briefs filed for presentation to the commission emphasized transportation As a whole and played Down the controversial Crow s nest freight rates. One representative of a group which will present a Brief in Winnipeg was heard to say they the commission had Only. One problem at their Eastern hearings Crow i nest rates. When they leave Winnipeg they will have an idea of the whole transportation in gaining of 37 other March 1930 . Can photo spy clearer than Russia Willis win openers Cliff Wise of Strathcona defeat Charlie Nye of West Kildonan 11-1 on the opening draw of the Mani Toba Curling association Veteran s Curling championships monday morning the first leg of what he Hopes will be a successful defence of the title he won last year. Another Strong contender Hon. Errick Willis lieutenant governor got off to a fast Start with a 13-10 Victory Over Lindstrom of Kenora the 1958 Champion. By Earl Ubell Stamford Connecticut Spe Cial Nyht in a War Headquarters worries much about whether its reconnaissance aircraft will re turn with Good pictures of the ene my layout. Lonely surveillance air planes often make Good targets. Why Aren t unmanned planes with television cameras sent to see just what is going on be cause the to picture fails to give a sharply defined View of Small targets at five Miles Down below factory on to will be blurred looking Fob a piano this want and under miscellaneous articles 50 upright Lesage piano 46" so new 5550. Phon. Or 5-1433. Is among the hundreds of bar gains in today s classified Sec Tion. No matter what you need shop and Lave in free press want ads. Or a rocket base will merge with the Countryside. Now lbs laboratories Here have invented a system of very rapid transmission by radio of still Pic Premier Duff Roblin led off the Prairie attack with pointed references u rate differences on ship ments of goods from East to West rates that Are than on goods s lipped either Way from Winnipeg. He spoke of rate inequalities in a Oom crowded with 125 people counsel industrialists and other servers. See hearing Page 10 2diein crossing collision Ituna sask. Mrs. Lillian Vla Sori 30, was fatally injured or son Larry 7, was killed and ice daughter Debbie 5, was critic ally Hurt sunday night when the Mason car collided with a Cana Dian National railways passenger rain. The collision occurred at a Snow wept level crossing at this town i Miles Northeast of Regina. Mrs. Mason who was in advanced pregnancy died in Hospital Here monday. Police were seeking her Hus band Dona Mason a construe Ion worker to Tell him of the a aged. He was believed working at Squaw rapids in Northern Sas 11 die in traffic by the Canadian press traffic mishaps caused 11 of the 14 fatalities recorded across in Wei Tures 200 times or More sharper than an Ordinary television scene the photos Are almost As Good As direct photography. On satellites or. Peter Goldmark presiden and director of research at the Laboratory told a press tour the system could be used aboard artificial satellites and rockets de signed for surveillance of scientific astronomical work. Alt Houel the United states has two surveil Lance spy in the sky projects or Goldmark declined to say Wretne the lab was working on either pro Gram now in principal the lbs system Valleff photo scan is similar to the one the russians reportedly use in photographing the far Side of the Moon from one of their Tuniks however the photo scan woul have Given enormously better Pic Turet. Canada during the weekend. Two died in fires and one by asphyxia Tion. Joint manoeuvres Montreal ;