Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 2, 1945, Winnipeg, Manitoba FINAL EDITION Winnipeg Free Press VOL. Sun 7.16; sun 17.06. Moon 4.37; moon 16.42. NOVEMBER 2, 1945 PACKINGHOUSE AGREEMENT REACHED Ten Killed At Alexandria In Violence Nov. persons were reported killed and 200 injured in as rioting and demonstrations spread swiftly through Egypt and where the Arabs rigidly enforced a general Field Marshal resigned as high comissioner of turbulent Colonial Secretary George Hall described the widespread and highly sabotage in the history of the country as a Witnesses Curse Japs As Beasts Nov. 2. Filipino and Spanish nesses who hysterically cursed the Japanese and screamed for the death of Tomoyuki kept the war inal trial of the former Philippines turmoil Members of the prosecution staff and interpreters were required to quiet a Chinese woman whose year-old son had been snatched Irom her arms and repeatedly The woman testified she lost nine of the 12 in her had seen women and children slain when 39 commander-in-chief in SUN SPOTS Chinese were herded into a yard and murdered last Feb. 10. Scenes it is hard to find words to described were related by witnesses of the mass slaying of from 500 to ians who had taken refuge in the Manila German club the same Spanish Francisco former film company representative in the shouted that all anese soldiers were and as he testified troops poured gasoline over men's heads and set them made sport of young girls for th entertainment of other Japanese a a club and then raped one of th after she was Hand Grenade Tossed Into Room Another Jose Maldon described the tossing of a hanc grenade into a bathroom where th Japanese had locked up all the men of a group of GO who sought in a certain Five were and many Details of the Feb. 13, of Albert C. Venezuelan con- along with his wife and foster were related by a who said they and six others were tied marchea into a room of their own and The house was JAPS Continued on Page 2, Column 3 Car Spill Kills Veteran Of Lena Nov. 2. Gordon 25 son of Mrs. William Pratt of was instantly killed Thursday night when his car overturned on the highway four miles east and two miles south of His two Loraine and old of escaped un- There may be an The accident happened in the the car left the road and overturned in the had served with the Weather Experts See More Cold Nov. 2. experts at the dominion mental farm took a long look ai their maps and charts today anc then agreed more or less that this winter will be at least than Dr. R. E. government blames on sun spots While emphasizing that nothing was ever certain about the he theorized that increased ness induced by sun spots should mean increasingly cold winters for the next four or five years until solar disturbances enter a new 2 Escape Death In Plane Crash Fighting their way clear of their wrecked and blazing two Winnipeggers had a narrow from after they had crashed landed 400 yards from the bank of Bird river in northern The Cessna plane was a total On their way from Red Lac du M. G. mining and Jim pilot of the were forced down when the engine of their plane quit as they series of resulting from careful planning by a very considerable tion among Jewish In anti-Zionist elements started the general strike in Cairo on this anniversary of the Balfour demanding that the Jews be awakened their dream of a in Street fighting broke Police fired in the air attempting to dis- perse Arab shops closed and prayers were called in the Reason for Resigning Mr. Hall told commons Lord Gort resigned because he was ill and a successor would be named as soon as J. V. W. chief will administer the High ranking officers of the Eighth army recently celebrated the victory of Alamein with a dinner at Here Field Marshal Sir Bernard chats with Winston the guest of ed the veteran of many a northern mercy nursed his plane close to the water in a vain effort to reach the only available landing He could not make and the party crashed into the open As soon burst into as she flames and the plane both men barely succeeded in making their Members of Mr. Smerchanski s family who described the had great praise for Marshall s handling of the they craft which un- saved the lives of all Scene of the crash was a few River post Dying Hours Of Hitler And Eva Are Described Nov. 2. details of the last hours of Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun in Berlin on April 30 have been revealed in an official British intelligence Hitler's original intention hart been to fly to Berchtesgaden on April 20 and from there continue the When that day came he postponed his On April 22 at about 4.30 p.m. he held a staff at which he made it clear to his advisers that he considered the war was lost and that he intended to remain in Berlin to the last in defence of the If Berlin fell he would die clear that Hitler at that time suffered from an attack of nervous during which he blamed but himself for the failure of Germany to win the Hitler Refused To Leave His both military anc civil endeavored to ler to change his mind and leave This was of no Dr Goebbels took the same deci- sion and with Martin Dr. Ludwig Hitler's geon and others of the personal staff remained behind to the HITLER Continued on Page 9, Column 1 Lumber Now Coming To City Nov. 2. feet of are on their way to and another four of the No. 5 Air school at Stevenson field will be available for emergency housing by Dec. 1, according to the latest report received H. B. Thursday Strike Averted Compromise There will be no general meat packing plant strike in That fundamental fact emerged Friday Mr. Justice S. E. mediator in the dispute between the United Packinghouse Workers of America and three major announced that an agreement had been reached between the parties and that a formal joint statement would be issued The news was hailed with satisfaction by spokesmen o organized agriculture who hac attended the They were that a strike had been as this would hav meant disaster for the Canadian In a conversation with B. K. president of Wartime Housing Scott said that he had been in- formed that feet of the required feet of lumber to complete the 400 low-cost houses now under construction was on its way to The ance of toe will low he With the co-operation of Mr. Boulton and the department of re- the window sashes and doors that needed are now en route to LORD GORT Palestine Palestine direct Apparently connection resignation there between Lord and the dis- Mr. Hall regret there would be this wanton resort while the British all means to solve the He said were sufficient forces in Palestine to deal with the risings but that both the Palestine police and the forces have a cult and delicate task to A Jerusalem despatch said sketchy service was resumed on the railroads which had been cut in 153 places 24 hours before in a country-wide wave of At least three saboteurs were known to have been killed in PALESTINE Continued on Page 9, Column 3 of these buildings have promised for Nov. 15. have been more than pleased with the co-operation and action 1 have received in ed Alderman He expressed complete satisfaction with the out- come of his visit and said that if it was possible to get accommodation with the Trans-Canada Air he would return to Winnipeg Winnipeg Waits Scott's Return Cool Weather Heralded By Snow TEMPERATURE READINGS Low during the Nov. 2 10.30 Nov. 2 1.30 Nov. 2 This day last year A accompanied by northwest blanketed eastern the whole of Manitoba and northern In the snow started at about 8.40 a.m. and an inch of the white stuff had been piled up by 12.30 p.m. At The the wind reached gale force during the morning and conditions for a what fliers describe as Manitoba's weather on Saturday will be fair and says the two by every obstacle to the completion of the houses had been Alderman Scott This forestalls the necessity of the Bird Construction company to lay off 100 to 150 as they had told him would be necessary if the equipment was not Alderman Scott told the Free i- progress was also connection with No. 5 Alderman Scott said that he had been informed by Brigadier Colin Campbell of tne department of that an additional four huts would be available for occupancy by Dec. 1. the return of H. B. Friday evening or Saturday the of Winnipeg is marking time on the housing Just what action will be done when materials and supplies are not yet been Mayor Garnet Coulter said Friday TW entire matter waits until the return of Mayor Coulter Friday He is expected to bring back full particulars as to just what is planned and what will be done to keep Winnipeg citizens off the VIVID OF FAJ From Winnipeg to Tokyo by way of London and Calcutta Frank B. Free Press Pacific on a air trip of He met the Hong Korig veterans of the Winnipeg Grenadiers in Manila and by radio and the first full-length interviews members of the famous Manitoba telling of the heroic stand in defence of the Crown But Mr. Walker also gathered many vivid impressions in the course of his hurried trip and he is giving some of these in a short series of articles starting in Saturday Free I EAST scenes on his travels some of them were pretty He pulls no He is worried by 1 conditions in i the Grand late at bodies litter the pavement and children rise out of the darkness to beg for pennies or offer for sale the bodies of their i the full horror of the tragedy of modern India strikes with brutal He found Manila shattered memorial to Japan's great He visited Pacific islands where men had fought and died where shafts of decapitated palm trees still testify to the sweating courage of men who stumbled ashore to take livestock The nine-day Winnipeg confer ence ended in Th exact nature of that was as to hours and were the basic was stil undisclosed pending the on which the negotiators were busy working at the noon adjourn But it was generally that the parties had met abou from their original posi At the the unions were asking for a 40-hour work with hourly pay increases that would give packinghouse em ployees the same amount of money in their pay envelopes as they arc now getting for a 48-hour Proposals and were known to have been offeree by each which by Thursday had narrow the gap to about one and wage differences likewise to a. fairly small Richards Leaves at 1 It was 1 a.m. when Judge Richards left the conference room after Thursday's exhausting session second night sitting of the union and company representatives sat on for another hour to iron out relatively minor points which At 11 a.m. Friday the chairman broke the for the first time but only to say that agreement was reached at last and that the join statement was to Meanwhile the conference con behind closed as th even while consider ing their still foun themselves with loose ends to tid The producer point of view wa given in a brief statement issue jointly by Hon. D. L. Campbel Manitoba minister of agriculture R. J. representing the On tario Federation of Agriculture an the livestock producers of tha F. H. manage of Canadian Livestock speaking specifically fo Saskatchewan livestock growers and Kenneth secretary o the Western Stock as for They ex pressed themselves pleased that the parties had come to an agree ment and that a strike had been averted which would have been disastrous to Drafting of the formal agreement was in the hands of L. H of represented the three Canada Swift Canadian and while E. B. of was handling the legal part for the PO Walter the British with its of coral ferry who flew the Canadian and sand now mere patches of repatriation party from London to dotted with small Now and white wooden crosses and piled staffe would enter the cabin of the discarded big lean against a bulkhead And so to where and give out one of his airy re- the Fifth avenue of the Japanese such pilot doesn't is a twisted shambles of need charts after leaving gutted buildings and lack of food All you do is lean out of the and housing threaten starvation and 1 oc 1 c pit and take a good epidemics this But Mr. the next hop is to Walker also noted signs of Cairo if ing ditch in your seating Pulls No Punches Read these colorful impressions of Jie post-war starting in Mr. Walker saw many poignant Saturday afternoon's Free Expect Mitchell To Give Statement Nov. 2 Labor Minister Humphrey Mitchell ably will make a statement in the house of commons today in regard to an agreement reached in peg between United house the three main Canadian labor department officials ment of a dispute was announced in Winnipeg They also thought it possible that the minister might make an tional statement regarding reaction by striking automobile workers at to his proposals to settle their differences with the Ford Motor The minister had not received word from the union at noon as to the union's but it was anticipated he would shortly be advised of their BET UN THE UNI Better Representation In Every Section Needed Manitoba has now reached a total of in sub- 9th Canadian Victory which is 53.4 per cent of its but many more buyers are needed in order that every section of the community may be properly represented in a job well representatives at Victory Loan headquarters Manitoba Lodge Protest Nov. 2. Th increase of tariffs on seamless stee pipe and tubing from five to li jer cent and a 25 per cent tariff gainst diesel engines any except Great Britain was by the Manitoba members f two from British Columbia and one from Ontario in meeting with the dominion The members placed their ons before the cabinet on the principle that now is not he time to start putting on The general feeling mong the members was that ng the period of reconstruction it ould have only adverse Ralph Winnipeg South was spokesman for the ate He said that Mr sley promised that the cabinet ould give the matter further con- Brought together for this group picture are the men who led Nazi Germany to its brief triumph and complete It was taken in Luxembourg at the Anglo-American Left to front Hans Franz von Herman Franz Xaver Otto Second left to Joachim von Walter Ernst Jakob Franz Herbert Otto Third left to Friedrich Arthur Seyss Leitz Schwerin von Robert Werner Albert left to Hans Eric Karl Johannes Hermann Ernst John von Hans Karl Alfred Gerhard Karl Philipp von Paul directly behind Walter rear row behind Walter Walter Alfred Leopold Wilhelm Wilhelm un- Kurt profile Julius Ley is now N CANADA Babies Wanted And Away Nov. 2. John said yesterday in the commons that Canada needs more babies and she needs them During discussion of army mates Mr. Blackmore protested the fact that in the army the number of men permitted to marry was and there is any we want in and want it is and we want them right He suggested those in the war army who wished to marry be permitted to do so and that some measures be taken to enable them to support a At the noon ceremony In studio 9VL, Portage and George master of paid tribute to the children of the 18 school choruses singing in aid of the Victory loan and to the school board officials and directors who have arranged the students are our citizens of he 'The victory Jiat our fighting men won must be followed by the sure ment of a lasting a peace that we can hand over to these Our duty now is to all we possibly can in Victory Lord Selkirk Choral The Lord Selkirk school Victory chorus sang two Ever Smiling Liberty from Judas and Leezy a Highland Scottish ir from the Manitoba school song Miss Margaret Thomson the chorus with Miss lorton as The vill be heard in a recorded ast over at 8.05 a Interviewing officials of the ional war finance a was told that Greater most intensive door-to-door has been organized tor the of celling Victory bonds in Jie metropolitan area The 197 men are organized into six each with a divisional sales The divisions are zed into teams with from five to ight salesmen in under team Prospect Before tho campaign otal of prospect cards cards to stack 110 if piled one top These cards covered and places of business n Greater At the start of the every alesman was given a certain er of for people within a specific He must canvass this territory thoroughly but must not sell outside it. Commissions paid to Victory loan salesmen are not on but on hours a sales of- At the end of the campaign a- pool of commission is formed and divided equally among the The salesmen meet every morning at 8.30 a.m. on the third floor of the street Breen Main VICTORY LOAN Continued on Page 2, Column 2 How Totals Stand Official provincial minimum Total to date Dominion Dominion total to date Other than Business Provincial Citizens citizens Concerns Total Objective Previous total Since reported Still needed Percentage of official minimum provincial objective of 53.4 per cent. r. Winnipeg Citizens Objective Previous total Since reported to date Buyers still needed Other Provincial citizens Total
