Lethbridge Herald, The (Newspaper) - February 22, 1954, Lethbridge, Alberta By CHARLES MERCER NEW YORK Ji five years ago today a lean blue-eyed young man not long a farm borrowed and opened a store in Utica With the help of two clerks plank counters a variety of threads buttons needles yarn small fire shovels and trinkets priced at five cents each At 6 p.m an unidentified woman paused outside and looked up at the sign which read Great Then she went in selected a small fire shovel and paid for it in the fractional paper currency ol the day Thus did Frank Winfield Woolworth open his first store Thus too he began the vation of an idea that would harvest him a fortune grow into the present chain of about stores bearing his name revolutionize retail ing and incidentally a new phrase into the language XXX NEW IDEA The five-and-dime the cent store It's doubtful if you can find a child who hasn't dered wide-eyed through its cor- buying with hard-won els and dimes the toys candies crayons tablets and trinkets that furnish a kid's kingdom To his elders the five-and-dime means the place which specializes in the little things It means cash and carry Woolworth was born April 13 1852 in a cottage in Jefferson county the son ol a poor farmer He died April 8 1910 in the baroque splendor of his man- sion at Glen Cove Long Island He got a job in a store at the of HI ing 84 hours a for three months as janitor and relief clerk for nothing Forty years later President Woodrow Wilson pressed a button in the White House by lighting the world's tallest building which Woolworth had built in New York with of his own The building was called naturally XXX TOOK SALESMAN He was such a poor salesman personally that his first em- ployer was not especially sorry to see him leave Yet when lie died his organization of stores had annual sales of When Woolworth opened his store in Utica in 1879 it was the age of the men who travelled by wagon with a line of new merchandising idea was one of the chief causes of their demise When he opened his first store the merchants in the larger towns did not dis- play their clerks stood at attention before drawers of goods and customers had to ask for what they wanted Woolworth put his good on the counters for the customers to see The old merchants ex- tended credit Woolworth de- manded His first venture In Utica was BIRTH OF Continued on Page Two Edmonton 38 in Calgary 50 30 52 Medicine Hat 53 32 Saskatoon 38 24 tr Prince Rupert 42 38 26 Victoria 48 44 24 Vancouver 51 42 04 Regina 33 31 40 Winnipeg 26 18 Toronto 46 32 01 Ottawa 42 35 12 Montreal 45 36 75 SYNOPSIS Westerly winds will continue the flow of mild air into Alberta and Saskatchewan today and Tuesday Afternoon temperatures in central and Southern Alberta and will be between 35 and 50 Even in the extreme north of berta afternoon temperatures will climb to 20 above Skies will be sunny today and Tuesday except for some variable cloudiness in central Saskatchewan FORECAST Sunny and mild today and Tuesday winds west 35 today nnd west 20 tonight and Tuesday and 50 Medicine Sunny and mild today and Tuesday winds west 20 25 and 50 The Left Hand Corner A New Lord Ladies of Stipends THE FORMER Leslie now Baron isha has just been introduced into the House of Lords His sors were Lord Hurcomb who was permanent secretary at the try of transport during the three years that Mr was minister and Lord Winterton who was a member ot the Commons for the whole time that Mr isha was nn MP The new baron according the London correspondent of the Ot- tawa Journal was specially ed at the Lords by those of his friends who feel that he has been out of the political scene for far too long He hns in fact not had a voice in the nation's affairs since a very great deal har happened since then Evidence of his continued interest in politics is that during the last eight years he THE LEFT HAND CORNER Continued on Three Royal Tots To Join Tour LONDON Reuters were announced Sunday for Prince Charles heir to Britain's throne to make his first royal tour this spring He and sister Anne 3 wilt sail to North Africa in April to meet their parents Queen beth and the Duke of burgh and sail home with them on the return from their royal tour of the Commonwealth An official announcement from the royal at Buckingham Palace verified earlier reports of the youngsters journey Charles and his sister will start their first trip outside Britain April 15 when they board the royal yacht Britannia for a voyage to Tobruk Libya They will sail back from the North African port May 1 with their ents stopping at Malta and tar during the return trip to Britain where they arrive May 15 BEGINNING OF CAREER The trip will mark the beginning of a career for both destined from birth lor the far-flung Commonwealth now occupying their ents in Australia They will be guided in their first venture abroad by Catherine Peebles the prince's governess and Helen Lightbody their nurse There is little chance the voyage will get the children to Tobruk in time for the Queen's birthday April 21 The Britannia is not scheduled to arrive there until April 27 six days after the Queen becomes 28 Kissing Costly Seek Killer Of Canadian a Nurse NEW concentrated on the Miami Fla area today in their search for Anthony Kacinski old ex-convict who is wanted in connection with the slaying of a nurse The body of Norma Rennie 49 a native of Guelph Ont was found by n chambermaid Saturday in her hotel room The woman who wore only a brassiere apparently had been dead two days A don't disturb sign on the door had kept hotel employees from entering Police said Kacinski had pied a room next to Miss Rennie's and was known to have had dates with her The nurse was stabbed in the head and chest A kitchen knife was found in the bathroom Deputy chief inspector James B Leggett said the slaying looked very much like a crime of sion Miss Rennie had lived at the hotel since October The search lor Kacinski was concentrated on the Miami area alter police learned that he had told employees of a restaurant where he ate frequently that he was going to Miami to open his own Queen Opens Tasmanian Parliament HOBART Queen Elizabeth today opened the Tasmanian state parliament in the most intimate official ceremony thus far on her royal tour of the Commonwealth It was an impressive and ful ceremony despite the overcast sky and the rain which stopped temporarily just before the Queen arrived She made her way through flower gardens in full bloom to the tiny legislative council chamber The Queen sat in a chair carved by t labor when Australia still was a convict settlement Opposite her was a painting of the young Queen Victoria which had hung in the same place since soon after Tasmania started erning itself in 1855 Spectators sat within six feet of the sovereign as she read a brief four-minute speech which outlined the government's program for the coming session HAPPY COINCIDENCE Tlie Queen said she felt it a happy coincidence to visit mania during the celebrations of the first British occupation of the island 150 years ago The Pacific members of my realm are taking an increasingly important part in the affairs of the Commonwealth and of the world and I am deeply interested In your progress and continued she said The Queen wore a pure white silk gown with a clump of white roses and lilac on her left hip and a white mink stole The Duke of Edinburgh was in the blue uni- form of an admiral of the fleet Korean Demonstration roken Up By U.S Troops Press Canadian This marathon kiss coat Jack Eigen his job as a television disc jockey in Chicago but it gave movie starlet a good round of publicity The kiss which Eigen claims is a record lasted at least five minutes but so many viewers complained that Mr received his walking papers NINE REBELS HANGED NAIROBI Kenya Reuters Nine Mau Man warriors were hanged here Saturday murder of a loyalist native woman who refused to take the Mau Mau oath CP and Mrs John Wilson both about 35 of Edmonton and Mrs John Labrie about 50 of the head district died in a crash on the highway just north of Saturday morning An icy road was believed sible for the triple accident The I car driven by Wilson apparently went out of control while travelling j south on the highway and crashed j broadside into the northbound auto driven by John Labrie husband of one of the dead women Mr Labrie was taken to Didsbury municipal hospital and his tion was described as still serious Sunday night Both the cars were badly damaged but neither left the highway following the collision A Calgary man Ray Hills and his wife narrowly escaped the crash Mr Hills was driving north immediately ahead of the Labrie car and no- the oncoming Wilson auto swerving on the highway Mr Hills said the driver had lost control of his car on the icy road some distance away from the point where the fatal crash occurred He added that as soon as the collision took place one of the cars leaped up in the sir then came to rest on the highway Mrs Wilson was instantly killed in the accident Mrs Labrie died about the time she reached hospital and Mr Wilson died a short time after being ad- mitted to hospital Mr Labrie was still conscious when removed from the wreckage The wreckage had to be pried apart in order to remove the tims It was snowing slightly when the crash occurred aind the way was slippery The collision took place on a straight stretch of way An inquest will be held but no date has been set 7 INJURED In Calgary and district over the weekend seven persons were injured one seriously in three traffic dents Two persons were charged with dangerous driving by city police Suffering serious injuries is James Allison who has possible fractured ribs and skull and severe cuts to the face His condition was reported to be fair Sunday evening The accident occurred at Saturday when Allison's car was 3 KILLED IN Continued on Page Two Dulles Explains Decision By JOHN SCALI W ASHING TON AP State Secretary Dulles met with 15 key members of Congress day in the first round of his campaign to convince the U.S he got the best re- sults possible put of the Big Four meeting at lin Eight Senators and seven House of Representative bers heard how report on his Berlin conference decision to take part in Asian peace con- ference in Geneva with Com- munist Chinese and Russian delegates Dulles has already said that in the arrangements the United States got 100 per cent what it wanted Some members of Congress ed fears that the Geneva ence might break the ice for mate recognition of Red China or appeasement Today's closed meeting is the first of five reports Dulles will give on the results of the four-week session with Russia's foreign ister Molotov Britain's foreign cretary Eden and France's foreign minister Bidault In a move to reassure uneasy U.S i legislators Dulles is expected to stress that the forthcoming parley with the Communists set for April 26 does not formal U.S diplomatic recognition or ship in the United Nations for the Peiping regime The secretary is reported ready to argue that the terms agreed upon were necessary In order to cut through the deadlocked ary peace talks at Panmunjom which had been stalled since Dec 12 over a name-calling wrangle Special ambassador Arthur Dean broke off talks with the North ean and Chinese Communist then claiming they had falsely accused the United States of perfidy Although the Big Four foreign ministers spent most of their time debating the unsettled German and Austrian peace settlement lems Dulles is expected to spend most of his time talking about the only agreement of the ing the Geneva conference set up to discuss Korean and ese problems The secretary plans to follow up today's meeting by reporting day to the full House of foreign affairs committee in a closed meeting Cupid Wins Press Canadian Though her grandfather willed her a per year income only it she lid not marry out- side the Jewish faith Jean L 21 of New York will receive the bequest and marry her Paraguayan Irish fiance Donald Morrison Kelly Miss Tanburn appealed to the U.S courts and had the will inter- in her favor Pre- mier Mohammed All tonight announced Pakistan has asked the United States for military aid to strengthen her armed forces He said the request for tary aid has been made under the U.S mutual assistance grain in the last two days No amount was specified SCORED BY RUSSIA Heretofore Pakistan has ted only to informal talks on the question of U.S military aid First reports several weeks ago on the bronchi outright tion from the Soviet press and ex- PAKISTAN Continued on Page Twol Pinned Under 2 Hands Ultimatum To Huk Guerrillas MANILA President Ramon issued an ultimatum Sunday to the Huk guerrillas to end their seven years bi warfare against the government The Philippines new president himself a veteran of jungle battles against the Huks said they have until midnight tonight to decide on a chance for a new life by surrendering or meet the full force of our arms I want them to know they not Magsaysay added However there was little hope in government and military circles the guerrillas would yield CARDSTON Frank Stiles Boundary Creek district ranch hand is in hospital here with four broken ribs and a dis- located shoulder received Friday when the wind tipped a hay rack on top of him JMr Stiles employed at the Allan Wilcox ranch was driving a horse-drawn wagon with a flat rack for a load of hales when the accident occurred He was pinned beneath the rack for around two hours before the horses still drawing the wagon strayed back to the farm buildings and were seen by his wife Stiles fearing her band had met with an accident notified neighbors and the tim was found after a search of he area in which he was known to have been CIL Warehouse Sinks Into Ground A cave-in underground in a Windsor sail mine caused this chemical warehouse to sink deep into the ground Water bubbling up from the old salt workings created a lake and the flood for a time threatened much of the section of the big Canadian Industries Limited plant CP from AP Bayonets Used In Protecting Indian Soldiers By JIM BECKER SEOUL AP United States troops jabbing with bayonets chased off without apparent shed some 300 South Koreans who early today tried to halt a train carrying homebound Indian soldiers the U.S 8th Army said The Koreans were cleared from the tracks after some minor jabbing and shoving and the train con- to Inchon port without incident said an 8th Army spokesman However Kim Chang Heung of South Korea's national police said U.S tanks were called to the scene He denounced what he called the 8th Army's heavy against a move by indignant men A U.S officer said the demonstrators were cleared in about 30 minutes shortly after mid- night First Show of Interference Against Indians The incident was the first show of interference which South Koreans had threatened against the Indians Both the 8th Army and South Korean police reported they knew of no injuries in the three miles north of Seoul A South Korean police official who said he was present re- ported that some of the group were former prisoners of war turned loose by Indian dial troops last month In explaining how the South Koreans were dispersed the RoK official They were told to go and they just went The demonstrators were not armed the police official said and saw they could do nothing against such an overwhelming force The Korean official claimed more than 1.000 troops were protecting the train but the 8th army spokesman said there was not anywhere near this number Wont PoWs Back The demonstrations shouted such slogans as the Indians cannot go home and give back our comrades The latter slogan referred to 76 ers taken to India when they asked to be sent to a neutral country About 1.000 Indian troops still Ike Defends Warren Says Charges R WASHINGTON CP A man who is a fugitive of the law was identified Saturday as the source of some of the charges against Earl Wanner former Republican governor of fornia whose appointment as chief justice of the United Slates is up for confirmation by the Senate A file on Warren said he had followed the Marxist line had pointed dishonest judges while ernor of California and had been under the control of a liquor ist The charges brought comment from President Eisenhower who made the Warren appointment hat Warren is one of the finest public servants this country has ever Some members of the sub- committee described the charges against Warren as tommyrot RECOMMEND WARREN The sub-committee recommended confirmation of Warren and sent the appointment to the full judicial committee for further action The committee is expected to consider the appointment next Wednesday after which it will go to the full Senate for final approval The origin of some of the charges against Warren came to light when part of the transcript of Saturday's sub-committee meeting was read to newspaper men by the official re- porter It showed that deputy general William Rogers told the senators most of the first four against Warren came from Wilson who now is a fugitive from justice Rogers told the sub-committee it was regrettable that the chief justice can be maligned by a man who is a fugitive from justice for perjury Seen and Heard ABOUT TOWN HAGGARD curlers returning to work Monday morning after a tiring but enjoyable week Nick Supina ated by the milder weather limbering up arms and leg cles in a tennis match on the city courts Jack Stevens star of the LDS production Joseph Smith the showing his inability to rough it ing the course of the play he lit an old fashioned kerosene lamp turned it up too high and filled the stage with clouds of black smoke in the neutral zone were uled to move out soon to board the Indian ship at In- chon Monday The ship sails Tuesday for India Last week Von Yong Duk South Korean provost shal general threatened that no more Indians would leave Korea until his country received antees about treatment of the 76 prisoners who went to India Since Won made his threat about other Indian troops have moved to Inchon from Panmunjom without incident Wives Who Work Are Criticized ing practice of Canadian women to working was criticized today by a spokesman of lhc United Church of Canada Dr J R secretary of the Church's board of and social service said au increasing number of men and women find it to their advantage generally selfish advantage to team up with both partners ing He This joint arrangement scarcely to be dignified by the name marriage makes it easier to pay the rent purchase stylish fur garments buy the TV operate the car pay for the cocktail ties and generally to go ern Dr listed increasing marriages of convenience as one of five bad signs in Canadian home life in a report prepared for delivery io his annual meeting here The other A high divorce more than four per cent of all live births are illegitimate the size of families is the ily is on the way out Says Agreement Good for Peace Whole World PESHAWAR Minister St Laurent said Saturday Pakistan's new agreement for close collaboration with Turkey is good for the peace of the Com- and whole world The Canadian leader on a world tour made his statement to re- porters here in reply to questions about the pact signed Friday by Pakistan and Turkey for common peace and security It is an extension of the pact of amity and friendship that ex- isted between the two countries for many St Laurent said It is good I knew it was coming Asked what effect it would have on the Commonwealth of which Pakistan is a member the prime minister anything good for peace is good not only for the Com- countries put for the whole word All friendly co-operative ar- rangements between nations ther in the Middle East or Middle West or anywhere in the world are good Negro PM Press Canadian Grantley H Adams a West Indian of African descent has become the first prime minister of Barbados Leader of a labor party which currently com- mands a majority in the House of Assembly Adams is a Queen's Counsel a lawyer and a of Oxford University la 1948 he was a member of the British delegation to the ed Nations Assembly in Paris Strike to Hotels MEDICINE HAT HNS Medicine Hat's five hotels will be strike at 8 o'clock Tuesday morning At a meeting Sunday evening held in the lic library the 125 members of the Beverage Dispensers and Hotel Service Employees Union 185 voted unanimously to take strike action to enforce the terms of an arbitration board award which was rejected by five Medicine Hal hotels When contacted Sunday ning hotel management had Co comment Grant McHardy of Calgary speaking for the union Unless a surprise ment is reached before Tuesday morning the membership of our union will walk off the job The union has called the strike in an attempt to enforce an tration award granting the beverage dispensers a five-day week with no pay reduction and giving pay boosts to the service workers Besides beverage room employees the strike will involve bell boys tors housekeepers elevator operators and other hotel staff The rejected the ar- board award on the grounds that it would mean an additional expenses per year Previously Medicine Hat Trades and Labor Council spokesmen said that organization would support the strike and that no council members would cross picket lines CONDITION IMPROVES EDMONTON Most Rev J H MacDonald 73 Roman Archbishop of Edmonton Was reported in slightly improved con- dition today after suffering a stroke last Wednesday FLASHES GET crackers escaped with 54.000 in cash and in after a weekend raid in the beer parlor of the Grand Union Hotel police reported Monday The missed more than 5250 which was locked in an inside box While they ed the consumed a case of beer The hotel bery highlighted a rash of nine on the lower mainland during the weekend Loot totalled BOOSTS APPROVED OTTAWA The Com- mons Monday approved by a vote of 116 to 44 salary increases of a year for the prime minister and for each of the 21 other cabinet ministers NEW RADAR PLOTTER The air ministry Monday disclosed existence of a new radar ter that records the details of bomb hits on targets This will complement the new British radar claimed to be the best in the world COFFEE UP AGAIN TORONTO CP Coffee prices in Toronto have gone up again it was reported Monday Well-known brands are selling at prices ranging be- tween to 51.33 a pound compared to 35 cents to last month
