Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 24, 1956, Winnipeg, Manitoba Free Phone Number 93-9331 All Final Edition VOL. NO. 127 42 PAGES Free Press FEBRUARY 24, 1956 The Weather Becoming cloudy on west 20 decreasing to light Saturday Low tonight and high 10 below and 10 T4 Sun 6.01 Moon 4.45 p.m. m. sets 6.14 LITTLE COLDER Bonn Foes Social Democrats Compromise On Arms BONN i cellor Conrad Christian Democratic Party and opposition Social Democrats Friday reached on a compromise to oasy of German rearmament bills A joint alter a if Christian Democrat floor and Democrat loader Erich 01- agreement mi all rearmament hills will in of- clear Ihr for Ihp selling up Ihr ma r. armed forces called fnr under Pans treaties which pave country Thr communique said it hart hern 32rppr! In a parliamentary -is urged hy Social In statement the defence of Lower House will hr to act as an inr body a means of giving control over the armed Sec or Pushe or Action Vote Seen All Greater Winnipeg Mayor Sharps said Friday he would the matter of a Winnipeg liquor referendum before city council Monday He said also that as soon as he received a copy of the liquor he would call a ing of municipal representatives to That one liquor referendum be held for ail Greater Winnipeg municipalities on the same O That the is to share at least some of cost of holding the The mayor made these in reporters following Robot Defence Line For North America A thief snatched a payroll from two girls on their way from the bank 1.20 p.m. Friday in downtown Winnipeg and escaped on The Evelyn a 11Ir The A I til U I. Wheat Sales r ii BV VICTOR Special salesmen for Canada's wheat board arp now in the Middle East seeking to promote orders for Canada wheat part of a sales lour that has edly yielded commissioner ol wheat accompanied by general sales ager ol the at the end ol government sources said They were to make a of prospective Canadian customers and pursue an of rily finance matter was not discussed at the The mayor has said in the past thai he one referendum is not held for all Greater peg municipalities oi more liberal liquor he sei up within the metropolitan Some municipalities may have approved the easing of re- si rid while others have The mayor holds I hat the only to this is to have one for the whole metro- He did not say what he would ask council to do on Monday hut is likely I hat he will instructed to set up a special to determine when Ihe referendum will he OPPORTUNITY Manitobans will have an to vole on the new liquor legislation at Ihe earliest possible a survey of a number of Manitoba lowns and municipalities revealed In the Greater Winnipeg civic and municipal officials thai early action be taken as soon as the legislation became of them admitted they had so to study the posed act and were still in the dark as to 'the steps required jf before any referendum could i The majority of suburban and reeves expressed the hope that drinking laws in the Winnipeg area would he uniform with regard to Reeve A. Ormiston of St. Paul said it would only create contusion and make difficult if there were one set of rules in one place another across ihe Sec RILL Page 2 of 4SS Enniskillen he hit and All he said it 24. were returning from the 1m- when he grabbed the leather brief hank on Bannatyne avenue the weekly payroll for Miss picks up the by Garment 12fi roll every Friday noon al the hard when a man came she appeared very Miss behind Findlay was also quite disturbed He snatched the hag from Miss by the Findlay and ran down Victoria man in Ihe street toward the Provencher of T' Miss bo h d gt of screamed and she ran to j. the corner to sec which way the 'n the thief was The was as was running very fast and about 3D years of about he didn't have a car waiting for seven inches was him that we could she ing a black overcoat and a navy man didn't have a gun as blue rhristie cap. He also wore far as we she dark Russians Ready To Deliver MOSCOW The army is now equipped with required of modern weapons atomic and thermonuclear weapons and long-distance its chief of staff revealed ing in organ of the Communist Part y. Marshal Vasily Sokolovsky command reliable means delivering atomic and hydrogen to any part of the a vague hint was dropped Thursday Red army troops took part in manoeuvres when the Soviet Union detonated its hydrogen bomb last Correspondent B. J. Election In Offing This Canada Prepares Interception MONTREAL Canada in 10 years likely will have an advanced form of air in- installation of a new 000 electronics producer K. R. Patrick predicted This will gather from all the radar warning systems being installed many The was contained in an article Marshal Alexander M. former Red army chief of wrote for the government i newspaper Izvestia to mark anniversary of the Red See MOSCOW Page 5 These two Manitoba bull players will soon grl their a with a major nf the Free is a friend of one of He will tell of their preparations for trip He will then accompany them when they re- their training progress in this of seeking for the wheat now up in Canadian elevators and The itinerary of the two men included Greece snri i- reported that now in Middle Results of tour In or in the increased reaching HIP There also been numerous received hy Canadian cm concerning the of Canada wheat to which haie suffered winter wheat losses and to countries dependent on them for wheat By GORDON SINCLAIR The Manitoba week will introduce legislation en- abling it to call a snap this year if it so the Free Press learned now and will channel them into giant Once an enemy plane crosses a radar the acting on a will i automatically a guided interceptor aircraft or i other weapon precise i Group Capt. president I of Canadian Aviation Electronics i said the three big dian radar the Pinetree along the the Mid-Canada Distant Early i Warning line in the i ern reaches will tend to grow and be integrated on a north-south and east-west basis in the next five to 10 i See DEFENCE Page 9 An amendment to the act will enable a he held in and in a provincial election is made i For the past since Ihe in 1955 abolished the three cies in it. has not beem i possible hold a provincial t j The constituent cies abolished so that the city I could have a larger number single-member The amendment will change this It would serve as a measure until 1057, when will bring i constituency into There has been some talk in legislative corridors that the might call a surprise vole I hoping to take advantage of could particularly in farm It would also catch the op- i position off j This talk has grown since the estimates were brought down early boosting the ment's proposed expenditures by the in 1 tory and more than double any Details Of New Liquor BUI On Pages 4 and 5 in the mood for his trip week to the York base at Chris of wears his spikes nnd cap a from Giants him to a beside him are his and Johnny son of is his idol's shoe Terry Taylor must have been fated for baseball from His parents named him after Terry of the Giants and now he Is to set a with the Giants He is No Noose Ban LONDON Home tary Gwilym George told the House of Commons Thursday he will continue to consider of reprieving condemned murders the merits of each until a final legislative decision is taken on abolishing hanging in Great Faced with the dilemma of a decisive by the House of Commons a week ago to abolish despite government ing to the ihe home tary said it would he tional lo abrogate capital ment by administrative action in anticipation of amending the pre- sent He that in considering the question of reprieves in the future special con- See HANGING Page s Sudan Govt. In Trouble Sudan Protest demonstrations were 01- here Friday against the drain of Sudanese farm ers u ho stifled in a sweltering de- cell Tuesday at south of The dead were among 2RO packed into a room in the Kosti barracks about feel by The Sudanese Bar Association plans to demand the resignation of Sudan's coalition government The Seison of Lent gives to the World the ty to recall the quences of Sin and the surance of Christ died for our sins according to the The Message ol Lent brings pardon and peace to the sin-sick soul of May we accept the Lenten Message which the Church Rev. T. Christ Lutheran Winnipeg Almost 100 Per Cent Here are the highlights of the Manitoba liquor which follow almost 100 per cent tiie unanimous recommendations of the Bracken Inquiry e Mixed if approved by local will be allowed in cocktail first class dining first-class beverage 9 Provision is made for a three-man liquor con- trol with two members on a part time The commission has broad powers to fix prices and in other Controls over breweries are 0 Present beer parlors to be continued but ators must have drinking fruit light food etc. available for TV and radios also allowed in beer for women Although no mixed beer parlors allow men and women to drink beer or wine together in a public Personal permits will be Main points in which the proposed act differs from the Bracken report Liquor advertising in publications can be allowed if approved by the control is the same provision contained in the old but the commission did not permit The Bracken report recommended no liquor Unsealed bottle of liquor is only allowed in the trunk of a car or in a receptacle on the exterior of the The Bracken report recommended unsealed liquor be allowed in a locked glove com- or in personal legislature Reports Manitoba's new liquor is Pages 1 The province is in line for a year more from federal tax Page 1. Manitoba is seeking a new approach to division of Ihe tax dollar among cial and municipal Page 16. government will pave Ihe way for a 1956 if 1. Xew indigent care can eliminate hospital Page o. Manitoba Civil Defence this year will stress organization of evacuation Page 16. Legislators protest charges that are allowed to ada gas Page 16. Flood damage assessment commission is operating in Page 16. Approval in principle is given providing for provincial guarantee of a General hospital Page 3. Opposition Leader Duff lin lifts smallness of library Page 16. Wanning Up Million A Year For Try out Extra For Province By ELMAN A any Canadian boy who has thrown a ball dreams sometime of making the big Only a handful have realized this But for two 1S- year-old one a farm the other a Winnipeg the dream Inside Page News 2. 4. S. S. 16. 21 Draths and Funerals 6 Finance 10, 11 Radio and TV H Hollywood Column Entertainment 15 Social News 17 lo 20 Sports to 27 Special Billy Graham Jumble Contest 25 REFLECTIONS ON HANGING By Arthur Koestler See Page 27 i may be on it's way towards I Chris Riddell of I a stylish left handed and Terry j Fleet a smooth throwing right-handed have been asked by the New York Giants of the National Baseball league to attend their minor league training They are so eager for the boys to attend that they are paying all their The jubilant youngsters will leave Winnipeg Wednesday via i Northwest arriving i in Florida j day j Letters from the Giant read in I has that we invite you to report lo I the New York Giants minor I league training March 1. i at our expense to work out j with the in mind of offering you a contract in i cordance with your ability and future possibilities as shown We are very glad to do Manitoba is in line for a tax payments so they can I increase in federal be geared to essential provincial payments under a new fiscal reasons for the tax This estimate was given in the menl increase resulted from two legislature Thursday by Hon. R. D. changes in the formula between He said that if terms of the time a new suggestion was i Ottawa's January offer were made last October and the time plied to the 195B-57 fiscal Prime Minister St. Laurent sent would be getting a total out his proposals by iof in i Mr Turner told the legislature The last offer provides for an Ithe Manitoba government wants a adjustment in percentage of on the division lax allowed provinces federal from lo nine per There and municipal is provision as well for a page 16. f based lhe Under the existing of any For example i which expires the 1956-37 tax payments wili 1957. Manitoba will get general I This wide difference came as some surprise to political who had estimated that the Federal offer might mean 31.- more for provincial The new termed a inite by Prime Louis St. what the I the succeeding year's High School Title Snow To Blow A predicted for Winnipeg missed the But drifting snow will prevail in the west of the province of today and the weather office There'll probably be more snow on Sunday but before then skies will be sunny The storm in southern Manitoba is seriously affecting the highways branch eral government considers will lhe basis of the five-year fiscal ar- rangement that will replace the FORT present agreement Bob Hawkins and his Regina is Collegiate rink retained the See BASEBALL Page 5 for a different approach emblematic of the Canadian High School c u r J i n g m-i I championship for the province of TakeS Out here early Friday I In a which wasn't completed until 3.45 a.m. Fort William Hawkins and his men defeated Northern rio 9 to 8 in an extra Finds Faults In Auto Engines NEW YORK the faults of an auto on a device resembling a tested by changes in picture TV receiver which is An portable credited with diagnosing auto en- gine troubles in seconds will be marketed by the technical products division of Allen B. Du Mont Inc. Free Press Flies Flag Of Estonia It was the seventh time in the llast eight years a Saskatchewan E. Eugene manager of. rink has won the sales for Du scheduled while Northern toward taking guesswork in compliment to the of Estonian origin living in the flag of Estonia is ito auto service auto i had gone seven and demonstrated at a press jof
