Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 1, 1948, Winnipeg, Manitoba FINAL EDITION Winnipeg Free PRICE 5 GENTS WITH COMICS IQc 1 1948 Briefly cloudy Thursday afternoon otherwise clear today and Thursday Continuing warm Wind south at 15 mph during the day and light at night Low tonight and high Thursday 45 and 82 Sun Rises 6.43 Rises 3.37 Sets 8.12 p.m Moon Sets 7.56 p.m VOL 288 30 PAGES PRICE 5 WITH COMICS luc p BERLIN BLOCKADE MAY END SUNDAY Benes In Coma Doctors Gloomy PRAGUE Sept 1 president Eduard Benes of Czechoslovakia is in very bad condition and is not expected to live through the night an official spokesman at his Usti RED LEADER ZHDANOV DIES home said Wednesday Benes has been in a coma since early Wednesday nearly death from arterial sclerosis The statesman had been reported in ill health when he resigned from office shortly after the Communists seized con- trol of his country last February He took a turn for the worse Tuesday and his doctors said he had lost consciousness Benes has been at his home in Usti south of Prague since last February when with tears in his eyes he walked out of the Prague presidential palace after swearing in a new Communist cabinet Friends said he preferred re- public life to bowing to the wishes of the Red cabinet ministers who surrounded him following the coup Benes had been reported in good by his friends in But when he formally re- red om the presidency on the Communists attributed etirement to ill health New Clues Found In Baby Case V City police are investigating nev clues to the identity of Margare Mary baby Saturday at the St Joseph's hosp tal nurses residence it was learn ed Wednesday Nature of the clue was not revealed Every effort is being made trace the baby's mother one police official said Meanwhile the child has been placed in a temporary foster home by the Children's Aid society of Winnipeg A plea by the society to the ther to supply background sary for the permanent placing of the has met with no response so Traffic Victim Identified As Veteran 80 An elderly man killed Tuesday evening in a traffic accident at Academy road and Stafford street was identified Wednesday as Martin SO an inmate of the ans home on Academy road Mr Martin died in a police am bulance en route to Misericordia hospital about 9.50 p.m Tuesday His was the third traffic death in the city in three days boosting t 17 the number of street fatalities ir Winnipeg this year Driver of the auto which struc the elderly pensioner police say was Harry Hooper 331 street police Mr Hoope was travelling west on Academ road and had passed the in of the two streets whe the elderly man stepped out ont the road The man was hit by th car which threw him IS feet Mr Martin a widower had bee living at the veterans home sinr 1944 It is believed he is survive by a niece living in the city An inquest into the death wi open in central police station noon Thursday under Dr I Fryer provincial coroner BENES Good Health A Month Ago LONDON Sept 1 Moscow Inot although he was known Tuesday night the to have been in good health a eath Andrei A Zhdanov a ng contender in the cenes rivalry for the job that Time Minister Stalin must one day ay down Zhdanov died Tuesday afternoon an official Moscow Zhdanov 52 was secretary the central committee of the Com- munist party He was a manor orce in the Cominform's sensa- attack of two months ago on Tito of Yugoslavia He along with Foreign Minister V M Molotov and L O Beria for many years chief Russia's secret police have generally been con- the chief candidates to take over when Stalin dies Stalin is 68 His most powerful position was as a member of the policy-making Politburo and as secretary of the month ago A committee of Jive he died of high pressure hardening of the arteries Western observers believed that Zhdanov and Molotov headed rival political groups within the buro and that his death now has made Molotov the leading er lor Stalin's post Western experts are convinced that the split betwen Zhdanov and Molotov that had developed in the past year was more serious than the Soviets wanted to admit Orders Observers generally believed that Molotov came to Paris in July ast year prepared to consider the Marshall plan in a favorable light Russian Communist party a post formerly held by Stalin Enemy Removed Western experts agreed that Zhdanov's death has removed the western powers most bitter in Russia and the one man above all others who is drive for Soviet domination oJ the world The Moscow announcement said Zhdanov died after a serious ness The length of his illness was walked out and slammed the door after receiving new minute from Moscow Then Zhdanov took over Soviet See ZHDANOV Page 9 BACK AFTER 33 DAYS Schuman Is New French Premier PARIS Sept Schuman was named premier of ranee Tuesday night The national assembly confirmed him by vote of 322 to 185 a member of the Mouvement returns to the post he left 33 days ago when his on cabinet collapsed because of Socialist refusal to support his ANDREI ZHDANOV Reports Say is now on vacation In Kansas BV WALTER KANSAS CITY Mo Sept 1 Gen Andrei A whose sudden death was announced by Moscow Tuesday was believed to have fallen in disfavor with Josef Stalin several months ago It frequently gested around Moscow in the past few months that Stalin was the trend events abroad According to these reports Stalin was disturbed by ca's growing firmness and the moves toward unity in ern Europe On Zhdanov's shoulders ed a large share of for Russia's present difficulties with the rest of the world and with the countries in her own orbit Observers believe that Stalin put the blame on for this situation months ago even though Zhdanov was his aide and erstwhile heir No Change Anticipated Zhdanov was the Soviet Union's most relentless ent to the ideology of world revolution His death does not mean there will change in long-range Soviet strategy The surviving members of the Politburo are firm as was the ultimate goals of Communism and the Soviet Union It could mean however a change in tactics perhaps a ening of pressure on the west The Communist in- formation bureau organized to fight the Marshall believed to be Zhdanov's brainchild However It backfired Allied Supply Trains Ready BERLIN Sept 1 The Soviet of Berlin may be lifted Sunday and two huge western Allied supply trains already are loaded and waiting at the border reported lood and supplies All they and served only to unite the rest of the world Zhdanov directed Soviet policy in Germany It has not brought dividends but rather has served again to strengthen protective ties in the west Zhdanov also had a major hand in the intractable policy which led to the breakdown of the Big Four foreign ministers conference London last December Russia has been spending eight months since then trying to patch up the age Firm With Tito Zhdanov is generally believed t be man whose unrelenting firmness made Marshal Tito s angry that the break between Yugoslavia and the became inevitable I saw Zhdanov little more thai a month ago in Moscow and looked perfectly healthy then It was almost universally ac See COMMENT Page 9 Railway officials have been alerted to traffic on the blockaded line these reports said Two freight trains of 45 cars each are standing by loaded with Big Ministers May Meet Soon WASHINGTON Sept 1 quarters predicted Wednesday the council of foreign ministers will meet in Paris late this month if current cow talks on Germany achieve justifiable progress George C Marshall secretary of state leaves Sept 19 for the Paris meeting of the United Nations eral assembly It was pointed out that the assembly meeting would provide a convenient opportunity for the Big Four ministers to re- sume their deliberations YUGOSLAVIA LASHES OUT Charges Levelled At Bulgaria LONDON Sept has become the fourth Comin form country to draw critical fire from Yugoslavia official Yugoslav news agency Tuesday night accused Bulgaria of having territorial designs on the southern Yugoslav are locomotives Helmstedt on the zonal border is the point where the Russians cut the western lies rail line to Berlin 74 days ago in retaliation against introduction of a new currency the mark in western Germany Governors Confident These reports indicated the four military governors who four-power dealings on Germany Tuesday as a result of the negotiations are confident reaching agreement on a Berlin currency within a few days The governors met again sday to work out plans to ent agreements reached in the Kremlin conferences Reliable reports said trans- port advisers discussed to lift the blockade and cial advisers discussed plans to install the Kussian mark as the sole legal currency for Berlin subject to four-power controL The four deputy military responsible for the stration of Berlin also conferred This to ate some solution on the division i Berlin may also be in the making Concessions Differ Observers say that whereas the oH of the blockade by the soviet authorities is a concession o the western powers which can ie revoked at any time simply by the present military budget France had been without a pre- fer since Saturday when Andre arie resigned with his cabinet Schuman received 11 more votes han the necessary majority In to his own party he was by the Socialists and Independents Communists and their followers mustered all but two of the ive votes Schuman gained his majority despite the fact that he asked foi on the same issues that the downfall of Marie's net Oppose Wage Increases In the face of growing labor un rest Schuman came out agains jeneral wage increases He saic also that he favored price hikes on milk and bread and new amounting to franc to meet the budge deficit A new Communist labor deman sr a 33 per cent wage increas plagued Schuman Wednesday The General ion of Labor announced a demand or a in the nation's mini- wage to francs a month after a meeting of its executive committee Official figures released day showed food prices had ed an average of 10 per cent during the past month including up 28 per cent and potatoes up 20 per cent In asking for support said the freedom of France was at stake In grave tones he told the assembly Trance consumes more than she produces abandons her money lets speculation set the national living standard and gambles through repeated crises the existence of her political in- Schuman now faces the more of getting the various parties to agree on details of a programme and men for the cabinet posts LOSS ESTIMATED Gas R ate Increases Winnipeg Electric company gas utility will lace a loss of about in 1948 unless requested increased rates on gas in all services are permitted by the municipal and public utility board company officials said Wednesday Hearing of an application by the company for an increase in private and commercial gas rates was conducted the public utility board in the law courts Following testimony by Allan H Harris manager of the gas utility the board chairman D L Mellish said decision in the case would be reserved Increased operating costs in both materials wage increases was given by Mr Harris as the reason for the gas utility's application Mr Harris said a recent New Labor Code Goes Into Force Amidst Criticisms Of OTTAWA Sept 1 in a large group of key Canadian industries moved in under the shelter of a federal labor code that has been described variously as a model labor charter and as a flabby makeshift One of the most controversial acts to move through parliament in re- cent years the code sets up ma U.S OFFICIALS STUNNED German Court Acquits Ex Financier Schacht STUTTGART Sept 1 AP German appeals court Wednesday acquitted Hjalmar Schacht former German financial wizard of charges that he was a major Nazi offender He was ordered freed He had been serving an term after conviction on the charge by a Stuttgart tion court last year Schacht also went free from the courtroom at Nuernberg two years ago when Hermann Goering chim Von Ribbentrop and other close associates of Adolf Hitler were condemned to die for war crimes The court held that Schacht's participation in the Nazi tion movement from 1936 onward more than outweighed his earlier support of Hitler Spectators Cheer Schacht will be released from the internment camp here German spectators in the courtroom cheered the verdict Some handed flowers to the aged former president of the reichsbank American officials were stunned when told the verdict Charles M denazi officer for the United States military government in called i incomprehensible Bound Tor Tyrol Schacht said he wants to go the Italian Tyrol with his family He said he intended to avoid poh tics Some German leaders are re ported to have wanted to see hirr back in politics so his could be used in coping post-war economic problems The appeals court early support of Hitler ut noted that he became an op- of the Nazi regime alter the of June 1934 and later op- posed in several sharp memoranda His criticism of the the war in 1943 d in his dismissal as minister vithout portfolio the court said dding that there was proof to how Schacht was to have been killed in amp a Nazi concentration HJALMAR SCHACHT hinery for collective bargaining nd settlement of industrial dis- utes in a wide range of rises now under federal ion These include railways ocean nd inland shipping ions aviation beyond the limits ol a Angle province and any activity hat parliament may declare for general advantage of ada As the code went into fect the Canadian Congress of Labor issued a statement ing- fault with many aspects of it Outstanding provision the code is its provision for a period before a strike or lockout may be staged in the industries under its scope Orders Talks Definite procedure is laid down for negotiation and conciliation o dispute and no stoppage is al lowed until the formula has heen completed The time limit is no specified but it has been estimated to run as long as 80 days from thr outbreak of a dispute No stoppage whatever is mitted during the actual life of a contract They are allowed only before an agree ment has been negotiated or it has expired Penalties are provided for union or employer in the event Hon Another major feature of the code is that a onion must have the vote of more SO per cent of the personnel in a unit before it can get certification as the recognized organization Under the old wartime which the code supplants a unio needed only a vote o those in an election fo certification Labor Critical This stiffer provision has bee criticized by labor whose spokes men contend it would tend t old back a union in its tage in a plant Some workers groups notably he Canadian Congress Labor also have contended hat the scope of the code is top They would have included as coal and steel and le meat-packing industry A strike in these in the contend is difficult to ettle now because the union in- ing wage boost had cost the utility annually while chase of fuel oil was up and propane liquid gas up annually In its application the com- pany revealed that it had ated at a loss over many years until 1047 when it had a net revenue of In February 1947 the public utility board had granted an increased rate but Mr Harris submitted was insufficient to keep the gas utility from its expected year The company's application asked for a cent per thousand cubic feet increase in all classifications except meter service with an additional five cents per thousand cubic feet for various high consumption commercial and industrial As meters in service are in the class only consumers will be affected by in- creased rates Increased rates Mr Harris mated would bring in an additional See Page 9 province of Macedonia Earlier Tuesday the Belgrade Communist newspaper Borba charged Albanians were carrying on an unruly campaign against Yugoslavia Last Wednesday slavia formally accused high Ro- manian officials of trying to voke a revolution against Premier Tito Similar charges were made Friday against Hungary All four garia Hungary and sided with the tion its denunciation of Tito and other Yugoslav leaders two months ago observers see Tito's cabinet shake-up Tuesday as a solid front against the Cominform His ment is now and Tito The shake-up was interpreted as a consequence of the pledge of the recent Communist congress party's task is to close its ranks and tighten the control the government Six Arrested SOFIA Sept of the nin opposition Social Democratic dep in the Bulgarian parliament have bee arrested for activ a parliamentary announced Wednesday See Page 9 HAVANA Cuba Sept 1 in a speeding car Juan Arevalos 52 eran Cuban labor leader as he stood a corner in suburban Lawton waiting for a street car Wednesday A hail of killed Arevalos A student also was injured in the melee The assassins escaped SULLIVAN OUT OF PICTURE WINNIPEG MAN FIFTH DAY THURSDAY SEPT 2 FIRST RACE Claim Foaled In Canada and up Furlongs Loan 119 10 Also Nic Maison 122 122 119 Alice Aurelius 1119 The Fairy Barb 122 Don Eagle 11 119 Silent Double 119 122 Merchant 117 122 Justifiable 122 111 Carol Knight 119 IIS Sir Honey 117 8 4 excluded SECOND RACK and up Furlongs Shrewd Roamer 121 Lady Valetta Convenient Rip Bathrobe Annie X Meadow Saskatoon Lass Lake Union Joins A F L Group MONTREAL Sept 1 Sullivan former president of the Canadian Lake union has been retired from the scene and the union has merged with the Seafarers International union of North America it was announced Wednesday The announcement was ed in a statement issued from the office of Frank Hall vice-president of the Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks who brought the agreement was parties together Mr Hall said Mayor Dies Sept 1 CCP Mayor Charles Jones 66 who had been ill for several months died Wednesday in hospital J Wise loe Fay Mate Number Princess 108 Also Corporal Mike Quick Bluffer O Yarl San Liberia Boy Vegas Terry 8 108 116 US 121 113 116 121 has to operate under the laws of several provinces See CODE Page 9 was elected chief magistrate in the fall and assumed office Jan 7 1948 110 purple Destrer 113 Camp Whip Ill HI Marnoch 111 RACE Allowances The and up Furlongs Border Scout 114 North Bound 114 Silent Flame Ill Night Liner 1.17 Proletarian Port Wise in 114 117 Mary Mabone 8 106 ROBERT MITCHUM ARRESTED Hollywood Home Raided Marijuana Party Bared HOLLYWOOD Sept 1 actor Robert Mitchum arid three other were Wednesday on a cotics by police who raided a marijuana party in the home FOURTH RACE Claim and up 7 Furlongs 120 Gay Paris 112 Morning Mammy Stand Fast Katonga 110 Skidway 110 Ideal Joe 115 Sarasee 113 9 113 FIFTH HACK Allowances St Purse Furlongs Sir Gift 109 Mud llo Royal Pilot 109 Belle 112 Big George a Tyro lib Yaks Senior 109 Broad Bend Casino's Pride 112 9 entry SIXTH BACK The Yosemite and up -1 MHe 0 reached Tuesday between the two- unions whereby the be- comes a part of the Canadian dis- of the Seafarers tional union embracing as well as Great Lakes operations Agreement Signed The agreement was signed by representatives ol both tions D Joyce secretary-treasurer of the Canadian district signed for the Jack Chapman of real new president of the signed for his organization Hall said the docs not retain its identity and now comes simply into the Canadian district He said that with the tion of Sullivan Chapman signed as president of the to give full effect to the merger The announcement Pat Sullivan erstwhile dent of the has been re- ired from the scene The arers approach to the discussions which led up to the agreement conditional upon the of a blonde starlet This is the bitter end of my career my home my said Mitchum as he was Booked He surrendered calmly his broad shoulders as he was taken into tody who by said they caught him smoking a mari- juana cigarette Arrested with him were L i 1 a Leeds 20 haired actress whose home raided dancer Vickie Evans and Ford 31 a friend of Mitchum's Mitchum Ford and Miss Leeds were booked on suspicion of vio lating the narcotics act If con- their sentences could range rom 90 days to 10 years There an be no probation police said Aiss Evans who lives with Miss was booked on a technical harge of visiting a house where is used Mitchum joked with officers who him in central jail he was concerned about his career and his family My wife left me a few months ago but she and the two kids are on their way out here he Lovely My Memory faj Bella Worthy Gal Last Sun 112 Stop Press Double Dot Dale Light 105 122 Dorsey K 10 118 154 116 119 114 117 11 Hair Do Miss Finch Caisa Boy Speck's Case 1 122 Cute Helen Sir Mortimer 122 SUB Claim Three-year-old and UP Furlong 10 Also Pepper Pot Money Hill 5 117 117 117 122 Gono The stage was all set for a big Cat reconciliation With that per of hers she'll turn the cai right around and head hack east I can just see her face When she Rears the news on the or reads it in the paper Who's gonna bail you out asked the policeman who See Page 9 Himself Ala Be Markwell Beaming Son Lady Stick Memphis Lad Market Song Herman Jr 122 114 152 122 10 Also Joan P Beau Brummel 122 Count T- 11 Doris Y 11 122 Thomas L 11 114 Victory Loan 11 114 Girl 114 122 8 20 excluded and up Furlong Sun Forever 119 115 Rockwood Jean a 122 Breezy Somers 11 Sweet Carol 10 103 Yours Only 11 Brown's Line a 9 Jackson and W G onto allowance See Page 8 SCRATCHES All 2 Yank Bven Trade Slay Do 3 Wee Elegance Swift Ard Ehor Band Sky dows Amber 4 5 Brocan Karakus 6 Divulge 7 Coordinator James Cassa Boy Toy Broom Fox Sister Bolus FAST IAT 1 Bulu Pirate Braeg Creek 2 Flying Aster Green Turban 3 Boss Meadows Fair Golden Iris 4 China Jack Lust Sun Coral Rose 5 Fort Garry Lady sterson 6 Fair Shake Wrack O My 7 Hi Genie's Boy Mate Lee Miss Merit Doyle Six Up At Windsor Johnny Doyle defending cipal champion was six holtis up on Bon the end the first 18 holes of match play in Windsor course golf Wednesday Doyle went out in 32 and came in with 37 lor a total of 69 telane posted 37 and 39 The second 18 was to be played Wednesday afternoon Winner of the 35 holes will meet Jim Brown oC for the municipal golf championship day New York Stores Feel Effects Of Truck Strike NEW Sept i Truck drivers struck in the New York metropolitan area day and major grocery chains were he first to feel the effects of the walkout which left them with no means of their retail stores J E Strong president of local 807 of the International hood of Teamsters AFL said the strike by his driver members would hamper the flow of food newsprint freight and dise to and from the metropolitan area Strong announced the action after his men voted to 1.425 to re- ject a hourly wage increase which employers had offered in a last minute attempt to renew a- union contract that expired at mid- night
