11 Jan 1949
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Newspaper
Lethbridge Herald
Location
Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jan 11, 1949
Page
1
The Board of Transport Commissioners refused to hear an immediate 40 percent freight rate increase request. It tied any rate change to a review of the formula used for last spring’s 21 percent rise, a review ordered by the cabinet last fall. The railways pressed for action, but the board insisted on the formula review before reconsidering approvals.
Two department store employees were hospitalized after a stabbing and a suicide attempt on Eaton’s ninth floor. Ivan Krawetz, a cake counter storekeeper, slashed Miss Elaine Forbes before cutting his own throat. Forbes, 27, was injured in the face and neck but improving. Police said witnesses heard Krawetz tell Forbes he had not finished his work.
The Fish and Wildlife Division reports an extensive 1948 restocking in Ontario with 2.3 million yearling speckled trout, 590 thousand fingerlings, 4.6 hundred thousand yearling Kamloops trout, 10 adults, 4.375 million lake trout fingerlings, over two million small mouth bass and 410 thousand large mouth bass added to lakes and streams around Lake Bernard in Muskoka. The effort aims to boost game fish numbers. officials expect it to become a valued addition in years ahead. Also notes export plan as Westerdam will carry 3,000 barrels of Nova Scotian apples to Antwerp, Belgium.
A 44 year old hotel night clerk Robert Mabley was beaten to death in the downtown Winnipeg hotel lobby. Howard Ferguson, 28, a waiter, accompanied police to headquarters for questioning and was remanded in custody with no charge. An inquest will be held tomorrow. Ferguson had been hospitalized last August after knife wounds in a hotel brawl.
J A Brass, chairman of the Canadien Passenger Association, said fares for sleeping and parlor car travel within Canada will rise on January 15. The exact amount was not stated, the percentage varying by locality, with higher operating costs cited as the reason.
A Calgary report details an armed robbery on 6th Avenue West as Leonard Gabert was turning into his yard. The robber demanded money, implying a weapon. Gabert handed over $18 after the threat. The item is part of Calgary’s January coverage surrounding urban development and local events.
Officials and citizens braved sub zero weather to honor the builders of two major structures on the Oldman River. A $326,547 highway bridge opened by Premier E C Manning marked a landmark, alongside the unveiling of a cairn for the famed railway bridge. The ceremonies, led by the city of Lethbridge, the chambers of commerce and government representatives, were brief due to the cold.
Ottawa January report on prices by the royal commission is nearing completion. The commission began last August under Prof A Curtis of Queen's University, with hearings concluded last month. The two bodies studied the cost of living, the committee focusing on foods and the commission on clothing. The January 25 deadline looms, with observers doubting a return to wartime price controls. Continued on Page Two.
City council approved a new gasoline sales hours bylaw replacing an earlier rule deemed discriminatory. Magistrate Alfred Simpson ruled the old bylaw unconstitutional as it singled out four garages allowed to sell after 7 p.m. on weekdays while others must close.
Ottawa reports the Canadian Congress of Labor backs general wage increases as 1949 nears. It calls for social security, end to male female pay gaps, a 40 hour week, and a guaranteed annual wage, with raises to be set by each union amid profits and productivity. Chinese Control Yuan urges an immediate cease fire to end the civil war, while reports suggest Tientsin may fall and Nanking fights intensify. A four point peace plan seeks talks among leaders and powers, and a cease-fire has been claimed in Tientsin per Shanghai.
New York January 11 The post Christmas sales have convinced many leading retailers that prices will generally fall. About 600 retailers at the 38th annual National Retail Dry Goods Association convention say they aim to boost sales cut costs and maintain profits. They foresee selective downward price revisions and higher value rather than a broad price break, though wage hikes or higher government spending could push prices up. P J Greenbaum notes consumer response to post Christmas sales was gratifying with no uniform price cuts.
Israel prepared a new attack on Britain amid mounting Palestine tensions as Aubrey Eban arranged a press conference and as U N and U S officials urged cooling tensions. Eban called British troop movements in Trans Jordan a repudiation of security council truce resolutions and warned that such maneuvers could prejudice armistice talks with Egypt.
The board of transport commissioners suspended higher freight rates on farm implements moving to western Canada. The order takes effect today pending a hearing. Protests by the Canadian Federation of Agriculture and Canadian Manufacturers' Association highlighted concerns the rises would push total east to west freight rates up significantly within a year.
In Creston, British Columbia, the bodies of a 26 year old mother Margaret Skerik and her one year old daughter Sanford Jean were found frozen in their home. The husband and father W G Skerik, a railwayman, was away at the time. Coroner Dr. J W Murray ordered an autopsy to determine the cause of death.
Israel sent a letter to the United Nations Security Council accusing British reconnaissance over the Israeli Egyptian battlefield of violating neutrality. Britain may file a complaint over the shooting down of five RAF planes by Israelis last Friday. Saskatchewan government seeks leave to appeal to the Privy Council from a Supreme Court Canada ruling on the provincial minimum wage act. Canadian railways seek removal of the federal tax on passenger fares, proposing to raise fares instead. About 500 Canadian seamen staged a three hour token strike in Britain protesting carrier practices. Prime Minister Attlee received a protest telegram from the Seaboard Pioneer crew. Canadian Pacific Airlines plans Pacific familiarization flights by April or May using a surplus Liberator.
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