Britain's New PM and party clashes swirl in 1957 debate
Reports detail Labour and Conservative tensions after Eden's resignation. Macmillan is favoured yet questioned for leadership, with Butler and Chamberlain ties under scrutiny. Royal assent and constitutional implications stir planners as Hungary arrests eight student leaders amid anti-government protests.
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Wireton Churchil
Labor Party
Macrahan
Macmillen
Macmillan
Polley
James Griffiths
Labor
Cic
Egypt
Butler
Lord Salisbury
Churchill
Iden
Neville Chamberlain
Hitler
Mussollin
Max W
Plan to End CPR Strike Seeks Board Inquiry on Firemen Cuts
The nine day CPR firemen strike ends with a plan to create a government board of inquiry to study reducing firemen on diesel locomotives. The issue of whether the board's findings should be binding was disputed, with the union prevailing. Prime Minister St Laurent indicated finality would follow the inquiry's report. CPR President Crump accepted the assessment, while W E Gamble of the Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen union praised the settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Pacific Railway
CPR
St Lanrer
Commons
Board of Inquiry
N. R Crump
Crump
W. E. Gamble
Montreal
Canadien
Striing Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen
CLC
Dauphin Little Theatre Plans Ambitious Public Performance
At a Wednesday meeting in Henderson School the Dauphin Little Theatre approved a second public performance for the 1956 57 season of the musical COMET Annie Get Your Gun. Wm McClernon and Dr Sell Wright were named business managers with committees handling backstage duties. The treasurer Chas Volk reported finances for Night of January 16 and the club set 75 cent minimum admission after expenses showed a loss at 50 cent price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Littl Theatre
Henderson School
Wm. McClernon
Dr Sell
C. Hoare
B.C Goodhand
Der
O'Donnell
Audrey Shore
Neil Beck
To Winters
Dauphin Little Theatre
Dauphin Town Seeks Longer Polling Hours
Dauphin council proposes extending municipal election polling from five to six o clock in the afternoon. The resolution urges Manitoba to amend section 122(1) of the Municipal Act to set polls from nine AM to six PM, with cities staying open until nine PM. Attending the Urban association convention in Brandon were Mayor Stewart and councilors McLean Buckwold Dicks and Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fernoon
Dauphin
Manitoba Urban Association
Nn Council
Manitoba
Urba
Brandon
Stewart & McLean
D EE. McLean
A. Buckwold
W Dicks
Eric «. Day
Canadian Players Here Field Season With Othello Desdemona Cast
Tony van Bridge headlines as Othello with Dawn Greenhalgh as Desdemona in a Canadian Players production. Van Bridge, a veteran of the Old Vic and postwar tours, brings dramatic technique and versatility. Greenhalgh, born in Shanghai and raised in Canada, rose to fame after Stratford Festive and a Life magazine cover. The company features radio TV and stage work across North America in a bid to stage classical works internationally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tony van Bridge
London
Old Vic
Toronto Crest Theatre
Ontario
Shanghai
Dawn Greenhalgh
Canada
McGill University
Stratford
Life Magazine
Wayne
Scott
Ochre River objects to municipal taxes in school area report
A Rural Ochre River council protests a Herald report on area taxation, arguing the study misleads taxpayers by showing higher municipal taxes than school needs. The letter explains tax sale arrears stay on rolls and tax reserves offset future school funding, citing a 1957 school district assessment of 710 815 and property values tied to tax sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ochre River Council
Up & Cas
Department of Education
Weather recaps show deep January cold and light snow
The week followed January norms with temperatures dropping to 28.1 below on January 12 and 17.6 below Tuesday dawn. Light snowfall totaled only 2 inches on January 10 as icy west winds reached 31 mph and chilled exposed ears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pluvius
Dauphin Seeks Higher Wheat Quota From Canadian Wheat Board
Dauphin business leaders and farmers pressed for an eight bushel per acre quota or at least an expanded delivery space, arguing the current one bushel quota and limited elevator storage harm cash flow. The chamber presented a Jan 10 letter noting other areas have opened quotas and reported 170000 bushels of space available as of Jan 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Wheat Board
Dauphin
Chamber of Commerce
Quota Department of the Wheat Board
Dauphin C of C
C of C
Acre
T Quota Department
Gordon Harrison Re-elected Fire Chief in Seventh Term
Gordon Harrison is re-elected to head the Dauphin fire brigade for a seventh term at the annual fire department meeting. George Scott becomes deputy fire chief with Harold Mobberley as deputy. Six others join the executive, 8800 feet of hose laid, and the brigade answered 39 fires including chimneys houses and electrical incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Harrison
Dauphin Fire Brigade
Fire Department
George Scott
Depauty
Harold Mobberley
Dawson Sisson
Chesney
Don Porter
Harrison
Town Police Report Week Ending January 12
Week summary shows 1 traffic conviction and 3 warnings, 2 other by law infractions, 1 fire call, and 18 investigated complaints. Drivers licenses endorsed. Town conditions described as quiet.
Legion Branch Sets Up 1957 Committees
The Dauphin branch of the Canadian Legion re elected John W. McCallum for a fourth term. It set up 1957 committees with named chairmen including Finance A J Middleditch Roger QC Building K G Wheeler J M Barr Memorial A J Middleditch Rey D G Ray Club Ed Mus G W Bedford L P Beech Public relations L P Beech G H Shave F Matowsk. Pensions L P Beech Membership F Malewski J M Barr J A Clarke G W Bedford E G Wheeler Sick and visiting A E Redgate J N Miles Resolutions A J Middleditch Ss a Rogers Last Post Lloyd Sneath Rev D G Ray Citizens welfare Albert Redgate Blood donors Albert Redgate Poppy Day Novil Albert Reigate Chairman Business canvass G W Bedford W N Wilkinson Street canvass J A Clarke House to house canvass G C Attwood South end R R Bradley R N Dodds North end The Legion annual benspiel will be held March 2 3 The next general meeting will be Tuesday Jan 9
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dauphin
The
Canadian Legion
John W. McCallum
First
A. J. Middleditch
Cs.a
Roger, QC
K. G. W. Wheeler
J. M. Barr
Memorial
A. J. Middledien
Rey D. G. Ray
Club
Ed Mus
G. W. Bedford
L. P. Beech
F. Malewski
J A. Clarke
G W. Bedford
E. G Wheeler
A. E Redgate
J. N Miles
A Rogers
Lloyd Sneath
D. G. Ray
Citizens’ Welfare
Albert Redgate
Poppy Day
Novil
Albert Reigate
W. N. Wilkinson
J. A. Clarke
G C. Attwood
South End
R. R. Bradley
R. N. Dodds
North End
Induction Service Set For New Rector At St Pauls Church
A special induction service will be held at St. Pauls Anglican at 8 p.m. Monday Jan 21 with Bishop Ivor A Norris officiating and Rev Marcus T Robinson to be instituted as the new rector. Archdeacon B Horsefield and Canon T W Wilkinson assist. a reception follows in the church hall with invites to nearby Anglican congregations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul’s Church
St. Paul's Anglican Church
Ivor A. Norris
Brandon
St. Paul's
Marcus T. Robinson
Rosetown
Sask
Dauphin
RE. B. Horsefield
St James' Anglican Church
Flin Flon
Robinson
Canon T. W. Wilkinson
Ice Show Planned By Dauphin Figure Skating Club
Dauphin figure skating club schedules a March 9 ice show described as vaudeville on ice with a big night of variety entertainment. Preliminary meeting discussions set the date and outline early plans for a uniquely different production on the ice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Figure Skating Club
1957 Standing Committees Named for Dauphin-Ochre Area
Dauphin-Ochre area school board set 1957 standing committees with chairmen listed. Finance includes Volkers Szewczyk Wolff Allard. Management lists Rampton Pollo Way Wolff Volkers. Buildings Polloway Rampton Allard Wolff. Transport Allard Polloway Rampton Wolff. Equipment and Supplies Szewczyk Allard Polloway. Salary Schedule Volkers Rampton Szewczyk. Fuel Wolff Szewczyk. Festival Rampton Szewczyk. Technical agriculture Dorston general shop Volkers. Commercial Allard home economics Rampton. Auditorium Rampton Allord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dauphin-Ochre
Volkers, Szewczyk
Wolff
Allard
Rampton
Pollo- Way
Volkers
Polloway
Volkers, Rampton
Szewczyk
Fuel
Szewczyk Technical
Dorston
Commere Cial
Area Board Reports on Collegiate Dance Enquiry
Special report details Henderson auditorium incidents and a Dauphin Ochre school inquiry led by W H Rampton. It describes actions agreed by the area board with the Police to handle future disruptions and notes six known troublemakers would be barred from two dances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Area Board
Henderson Auditorium
W. H. Rampton
Norris G. Aitken
Dauphin Building Passes Half Million Mark In 1956
Building permits issued by the town engineer in 1956 totalled 553 750 led by a 190 400 add on to Mackenzie high school and 100 000 for the McKay Indian residential school. Home building expanded with 20 dwellings and 139 000 for private dwellings alterations. Commercial activity reached 91 700 with six permits, while repairs totaled 9 700 and private garages added 5 200.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dauphin
Mackenzie
McKay
Manitoba Pool
Meanest Types Reported Here
Ed Paiement, chairman of the Joint committee for the March of Dimes drive, reports attempts to tear rifle cards from downtown business cards to steal dimes. He denounces the act as theft from a cripple and warns that anyone caught removing money from the cards will be prosecuted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Paiement
Joint Committee
Paiement
Radio Warathon Booked for Weekend Fund Drive
March of Dimes campaign rolls on in Dauphin with IOOF and Rebekah lodges sponsoring. Brian Skinner and Larry Schwartz host a 30 hour non stop fund raising radio marathon from Robinson's store window starting at midnight Friday January 18. Proceeds aid crippled polio victims with local artists volunteering and shoppers watching the window stunts and night broadcasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brian Skinner
Larry Schwartz
Robinson
Schwartz-Skinner
Messrs. Schwartz and Skinner
March of Dimes
Dauntless
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Britain
Hungary
Simmers
Jeaders
Hungarian Students Federation
Budapest
Budapest Radio
Czepel Island
Hungarian Communist Party
New Rail Enquiry
Othello
Desdemona
Middle East
British Isles
Europe
Eric Portman
Ochre River
Max
Amd
FE. Robson
G. Seeley
H. Buckwold
J Beaton
J. McMillan
Legion
Szewczyk, Allard, Polloway
Rampton, Allord
Composite Hub
Counel
Collegiate
Aitken
Home and School Association
Warathon
E. C Paiement
IOOF
Rebekah
Loca
Oddfellows
Rebekahs
Joe Miller
Hooper
Mike
Schwartz
Skinner
Gay
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