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HlUAY.
MAY
19,
1950
PRICE
flVE
CENTS
i
Manitoba
Flood
Sufferers!
1
k.
IX
II
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ti
II
II
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K
A
a
FI
iii
no
styp
Dim
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fie
Daily
News
Is
Receiving
Subscriptions
-y
Isn
Dangcf"
lAssadlt"
Dikes
Ar
:1
-
--'
:
,r-
A''
&tr
More
Storms
Due
In
Red
River
Basin
Till
May
24
Pact
Nations
Joined
Closer
U.K.
Intelligence
Decline
Alarming
LONDON
Leading
seient-i.'i
warned
today
of
a
substantial
drop
in
average
intelligence
in
Britain
if
the
present
''alarm-iiiT''
decrease
in
fertility
rate.;.
;
I
NO
It
A
rr.
BLAST
continues.
WINNIPEG
"(CP)
Wind,
rain
and
river
today
launched
the
greatest
offensive
of
the'
month-long
siege
against
Canada's
fourth
city.
It
was
a
lesson
In
memoranda
to
th?
Royal
Commission
on
Population,
sci
:O.VZON
North
AUantic
w
powers
have
set
up
a
no
executive
agency
and
instructed
it
to
weld
the
armies
and
economies
of
the
Western
world
into
a
bulwark
against
Communist
W
.1
entists
said
by
2000
AD.
65.5
'n
rorrthinofl
nripr;itinni
'
cent
of
the
British
ponuia-!
.,
,
per
T
T,
,
,
,
North
Dakota
southern
Manitoba
tion
would
consist
of
substand-!
rom
through
1
aggression.
Foreign
minister's
of
ard
intelligence
12
pact
members
decided
Uiey!
!
up
to
an
inch
in
places--poured
new
tons
of
water
i
-
-
on
the
scaked
Rsd
River
watr;r-
i
ArHFSOKI
LFAVF;
'
i
shed.
Through
the
twin
cities
of
'
Jt
i
WINNIPEG
The
army
today
j
ave
"P
's
plans
to
blast
out
I
tart
of
the
C.N.R.
Letellier
line
j
to
relieve
pressure
on
the
Fort
I
Carry
dike.
It
used
picks
and
I
shovel?:
instead.
Ihe
threat-
j
ened
dike
was
tottering
but
I
standing.
I
VITAL
Iflfl
DAYS
TAIPKI,
Formosa
General
j
thianp;
Cliins-Kiio,
elder
son,
j
of
Generalissimo
Chiang
Kai-'
Shek,
said
today
Formosa
faces
r.
critical
100
days.
He
said
if
the
Nationalists
weather
the
!
next
1(10
days
on
Formosa,
j
they
should
still
be
there
next
i
FOR
HOME
TODAY
.1.
d
a
strong
directins
group!
in
the
continuous
session
to
j
make
sure
both
military
and
Winnipeg
and
St.
Boniface,
'the
turbid
muddy
Red
twisted'like
British
Offer
Aid
In
Flood
Distress
LONDON
'0"
-
Trime
Minister
Attlce
today
invited
Hon.
L.
B.
Pearson,
to
Downing
Street
to
LONDON
(?
State
Secretary
,
an
angry
serpent,
more
power-
l(.ar,
Ar.he.son
leaves
for
horns
I
ba
l
a"f
p:t
Tlt
Early
today
dikes
held
but
there
today
alter
10
days
of
confer-
j
were
indi,atioll3
the
assau;t
rrr
-
which
U-hiencd
western
i
might
last
five
davs.
economic
chiefs
of
members
act
wi.tly
and
decisively.
'Tiie
new
group,
made
up
of
it;ii
with
the
statua
of
deputy
ur.ign
ministers,
probably
will
noose
its
own
head
man.
This
1
s'.rai
c?
-in
the
cold
war.
Ache-
i..e'iciij
rtne
lorecast
ivas
for
stoimy
weather
until
May
24
in
Dakota
and
Minnesota,
ron
was
in
a
lar;re
measure
p?r-Fonally
re.spansible
for
the
ap-
PEG
BUSINESS
DISTRICT
The
upper
portion
of
this
air
photo
shows
how
the
R?d
River
rs
huve
knifed
Into
the
outer
fringes
of
the
Winnipeg
business
district.
The
ramp
con-daver
ihe
Provcnrher
Bridge
Is
the
only
link
between
the
twin
Manitoba
cities
of
Winni
er
ull
commander
is
almost
talk
about
possible
ritish
help
in
relieving
Manitoba
flood
distress.
He
conveyed
to
the
Canadian
external
af'--s
minister
the
Brit
rtain
to
be
an
American.
es;
B
.:.:!.!
IC.
P.
Photo)
I
i
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.
.....
!
pmvHl
yo.sLcrd.iy
by
Foreign
Uv
here
the
river
rises.
Every
drop
ministers
of
the
12
North
At-jof
rain
would
weaken
the
inner
l;mti
Pact
countries
of
n;w
tiefences
of
Greater
Winnipeg,
mrf
ure."
to
repl
both
military
i
its
central
49
square
niiics
aland
economic
threats
to
the;
ready
cne
sixth
under
water,
west.
.
j
,
ish
wish
o
anything
she
can
to
help.
Pearson
said.
the
offer
will
be
passed
to
Ottawa.
TODAY'S
STOCKS
:
:;'"'
Commonwealth
Agrees
On
Aid
SYDNEY,
Australia
Oi-
The
Commonwealth
conference
on
economic
aid
to
South
and
Southeast
Asia
reached
an
unexpectedly
early
agreement.
In
less
than
an
hour
differences
of
opinion
which
had
arisen
Tuesday
between
British
and
Australia,"1
delrgatiors
were
dissolved.
in
Anscomo
(
iHiiti-Hjf
S.
U.
Jiihiistim
Co.
l.til.)
ine
i'nnce
Kupert
Frrwrt-pssTV-
Aui:aque
i?
.
u
...
Bfvcourt
OJ'2
.'.
69
36
VConservative
Association,
its
jV-eting
last
night
passeti
a
w-;
inimous
vote
of
confidtiw
in
year.
SHIP
N
DISTRESS
HONOIALlf
Kadio
marine
station
KIIK
today
intercepted
a
"ce.-(;tant
SOS"
from
the
motor
vessel
Naia
in
distress
about
500
miles
northeast
of
Hawaii.
Kadio
Marine
said
th
SOS
vas
sent
with
no
Jes-
cription
;-f
ship's
trouble.
She
carried
a
crew
of
six
or
eight.
WOtU)
COST
$5,MU00t)0
VKTOKIA-.
il
would
cost
about
$.H)1.o;i
vto
duplicate
txn
a
w'.
Ki-.rh
t
Fiitw.
Owrgr-,
said
oDna'd
(Gordon,
president
f
CartadiaT
N'atir.
nl
Itailways,
her
yest"tdiy
in
rnmm-ntin
on
th?
Itritish
f'oliimbia
Coast
steamship
service
of
the
Company
in
view
of
the
impending
retirement
from
service
of
(
the
40-year
"old
Prince
Rupert,
t
is
grlting
near
the
day
when
wn
must
eih-r
aV.Tlon
..ths
service
the
Prince
Rupert
gives
or
build
a
new
ship,"
Mr.
Gordon
said.
Boo
jo
JO
14
14
eir
provincial
leader,
Hpn.
fier-
!
ft,
,
Bn.'tMl-i
ranuni.-r.
..
j
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1
4
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Vancouver
Bayonne
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8.15
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R.
Con
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in'
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B.
R.
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Quart
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1.30
Congress
i
,2
3
Hedley
Mascot
.35
Pioneer
3-0.1
Premier
Border
03
Privateer
13
Reno
0.5
The
conference
agreed
iii
principle
to
the
establishment
of
a
'
'hnical
aid
fund,
capital
in
Halibut
Sales,
.
American
!
Arita,
60,000,
20.3c,
19.5
aiuf
vestment
and
a
central
bureau
ii
Colombo,
Ceylon.
The
bureau
will
be
staffed
by
financial
and
economic
experts
drawn
from
all
Commonwealth
countries.
It
will
Dinalda
70
Eldona
.;
...1
.
.30
East
Sullivan
;.
-
7.00
Giant
Yellowknife
8.90
God's
Lake
.37
Harclrock
.45
Harrieana
.11
it
,
17c,
Booth.
j
Omaney,
70,000,
20.6c,
19.5
and
j
17c,
Storage.
....
s
'
Evening
Star,
60,000,
20.6c,
19.
5
and
17c,
Royal.
Harmony,
42,000,
20.5c,
19.5
and
17c,
Pacific.
Canadian
'
I
I
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n
'.s
A
-
V
-
:
iiii"ilnii
lJ
j
collect
information
concerning
development
plans
of
underdeveloped
Asian
countries,
particularly
Indp-China,
Indonesia,
Burma,
Malaya
and
Thailand.
Countries
may
apply
to
the
bureau
for
aid.
Sheep
Creek
1.15
Silbak
Premier
.37
Taku
River
12
i
Vananda
.18!i
Salmon
Gold
..:
Oo
Spud
Valley
.07
j
Silver
Standard
1.01
Oils-
Haida
Chief,
2,0:0,
2'2.6c,
20
6
and
18c,
Atlin.
1
Hosco
.oy
1
a
Joliet
Quebec
t;
,
Lake
Rowan
..."
.l&'i
Lapa.ska
....'.
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I
Little
Long
Lac
.-44
!
Lynx
.3)
!
Madsen
Red
Lake
2.
SO
j
McLeod
Cockshutt
3.30
I
Moneta
34',i
j
Negus
1.53
j
Noranda
70.00
I
Louvicourt
21?i
j
TmE
weather
f
WINNIPEG
FIGHTS
FLOODS
Joe
Itzk
w
of
Winnipeg's
West
Kildonan
area
is
no
man
Teeny
MUly,
':8,C00.
Gony,
25,000;
Four
Forty,
io.Oi'O,
Viking,
18.CC0,
all
to
Co-op.
i
EXPIATION
IN
GAS
CHAMBER
'
work
on
his
house.
With
water
on
the
ground
floor,
Joe
hoisted
himself
to
the
roof
Jlie
water
wouldn't
cause
damage
that
high.
(CP.
Photoi
Forecast
Nutrh
Coast
Region
Cloudy
j
with
occasional
light
rain
today,
i
Rain
tomorrow,
becoming
cloudy
with
scattered
showers
late
in
RALEIGH,
N.C.
h
A
young
man
died
in
the
gas
chamber
today
for
slaying
his
mistress'
husband,
whom
he
buried
alive.
John
Robert
Bridges,
24,
was
Government
Vins
noiher
Vote
Tesi
Anglo
Canadian
4.
U0
A.
P.
Con
37
!i
Atlantic
1.73
Calmont
55
Central
Leduc
,..
1.32
Home
Oil
14.25
Mercury
11
Okalta
1.70
Pacific
Pete
5.65
Princess
1G
Royal
Canadian
07
Royalite
13.0U
Toronto
Athona
12
'2
the
afternoon.
Continuing
cool.
Winds
light,
increasing
to
south
fider
The
Case
Of
KCherkes-Lost
All
Pickle
Crow
1.75
Regccurt
.05
San
Antonio
3.35
Senator
Rouyn
33
Sherrit
Gordon
2.40
Steep
Rock
3.15
Sturgeon
River
"22
Silver
Miller
.
.9;-!
Upper
Canada
3.30
erly
(25)
after
midnight
tonight
convicted
of
slaying
Keston
Nor-and
shifting
to
westerly
(20i
late
fris
Privette,
22.
Privette's
body
in
the
afternoon.
Lows
tonight
was
found
in
a
shallow
grave
at
LONDON
0"
-The
Labor
Cov-
Saturday,
May
20,
1950
High
2:40
19.9
feet
15:53
17.1
feet
Low
9:33
3.5
feet
21:20
9.2
feet
ernmrnt
today
defeated
another
I
onri
niehS
tomorrow
at
Pott
his
home.
Evidence
showed
he
opposition
challenge
in
the
,
Hardy,
Sandspit
and
Prince
Ru-
had
been
lured
to
the
spot,
struck
House
of
Commons.
This
time
it
i
P't.
38
and
52.
with
a
rifle
butt
and
buried
alive.
'II'KG-Joiin
Cherkes
lives
in
Winnipeg.
a
house
once,
but
hasn't
any
more.
It's
thtiusaiids
of
others
abandoned
to
the
wa-Kwl
River.
Cl1
to
Canada
years
ago
and
settled
in
fM
he
says,
"Ever
since
I
can
remember
I
'"I
'"l.ill
!.!,:..
.....
1
.
was
on
its
gasoline
rationing
policy.
The
Government's
majority
was
4fl,
187-141.
The
voting
was
on
a
Conservative
member's
motion
urging
more
gasoline
for
motorists.
As
the
motion
was
not
an
officii
Onnosition
act,
there
was
no
4
Injured
Logger
Dies
in
Aircraft
On
Way
to
City
For
Hospitalization
James
McCormick,
middle-aged,
Morgan
log-
iiiiiii
um
flood
has
taken
everythint;
I
'"'ush
money
to
put
on
a
hous,
'gao
and
move
my
vave
in
the
world
and
I
don't
"
(,!lu
01!;
t
relatives
i
F
,
'''lit
''r
V
I
now
what
I
will
do
when
all
his
is
over."
,
question
of
the
government's
re-
j
Queen
Cnailotte
Islands
vosterday
afternoon,
caused
"since
"parfSSni
opened
on
the
death
of
one
logger
and
sent
the
other
to
General
March
6,
Labor
has
beaten
down
j
Hospital
wih.a
Crushed
leg.
For
men
liKc'John
Cherkes.
1
'
Past
three
years
we
'!'!!;
to
the
house.
!1"
the
things
-im.kiaahomc.
tini':-li
of
t
tlm.n
w
Jrjmes
McCormick
Morgan,
middle-aged,
camp
employee,
died
in
a
C.
P.
A.
Canso
at
4
p.m.
Opposition
motions
hi
times
ami
1
private
member's
motions
twice,
j
The
Conservatives
have
defeated
j
the
Government
only
once,
id
in
rehabilitation
will
come
rom
the
Manitoba
Flood
Relief
"unci,
whih
has
been
organized
n
Prince
Rupert
and
for
which
he
Daily
News
is
receiving
rnroute
from
Sandspit
to
Prince,
Rupert.
Dr.
W.
S.
Kergin,
who;
rrono;ncei
the
man
dead.
Edwart
Ranta,
elderly
builj
cook
at
Morgan's
camp,
accom-
stated
the
logger
"was
so
badly
panled
M:Cormtck
here.
He
tjldi
''Inrd
a
better
.
H
and
we
owned
,
w
horn,-.
Now
it
home
is
uie
com-
J
h
m
on
'safe!
Protest
Division
Of
Prize
1
-.
iuuiuri
"ated
and
I
don't
:trE
t!-
10
to
30
Years
For
Axis
Sally
fy
ai'e-
U
all
hap-
Injured
as
tar
as
we
know
by
tne
Dally
News
last
night
that
head
cru
hln?
that
death
was,
he
and
a
bedmaker
were
called
the
result.
-
j
'hortly
before
noon
from
camp
Adelard
Gibrieau,
-a
Kelly
.
by
a
first
aid
man.
In
the
lo?-Lopgins
emplovce
at
Aero
Cam;i
1
gins
area,
about
a
mile
from
about
30
years
old,
was
operat-
camp,
they
picked
up
the
body.1
ed
on
this
morn
n?
by
Dr.
K3r-
The
man
never
regained
con-gin.
His
condition
was
reporte:'.
sciousness.
j
as
"satisfactory".
1
Gabrieau
was
conscious,
M'Conni.'k
suffered
a
crush-
throucnout
the
trip
cd
head
and
possib'e
fractures
Dr.
Kergin
stated
last
night:
in
Hiu
hmiv
neni'din"
to
re-
that
the
vnunir
lewder"
font
can'
WJy.Thnrf;,
OTTAWA
Opposition
forces
protested
in
the
Commons
a
j
government
decision
to
diviJe
!
$2,500,000
01"
wartime
"prize
9
to,
.
u
DIOK",
the
street.
7
"poured
in
all
WASHINGTON
0i
The
United
States
circuit
court
of
PPpals
,noney
between
Air
Korce'
and
ruled
today
that
Mildred
Axls
Navy
benevoient
vmds
lnstwd
of
:
around
be-
!ti
ill
i
'
UV
neiahhnr-
a
civilian
,'lt:iis
h'lusp
-
......
m
ar
.
;
v.
..u
1
j
".fwe
owners
""'HUPS
T
..!.
following
the
traditional
disd
ibu-,
p()rU
bu
&
(urthe;.
examina-
be
saved.
;
Mon
among
men
of
the
services
tjun
today
of
th-
body
will
pro-
A
Queen
Charlotte
Air
lines
-orcerned
with
the
actual
prize
!
cluse
the
actual
cause
of
daath
aircraft
carried
the
injured
log-
j
j
and
extent
of
bodily
h.irm.
De-;gers
from.
Cumshewa
Inlet
takinG'
(tails
of
the
accident
have
not;
camps,
where
the
accidents
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money
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curred.
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capture
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two
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30
years
for
broadcasting
Nazi
propaganda
during
the
war.
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former
actress,
49,
was
convicted
more
than
a
year
ago
in
federal
district
court.
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the
Nazi
downfall,
her
smooth-voiced
radio
shows
became
known
to
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of
Allied
servicemen.
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ON
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of
these
romantic
water
taxis,
the
gondoliers
of
Venice,
Italy,
were
on
strike
recently
against
the
motorboats
whose
competition
they
have
been
fighting
for
two
years.
They
refused
all
passengers,
forcing
wayfarers
to
trudge
along
canal
banks
to
the
nearest
bridges.
Gondoliers
charge
waves
from
motorboats
dam-pge
gondolas
and
frighten
pas-enger.;.
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