Sherbrooke daily record, 24 mars 1949, jeudi 24 mars 1949

[" 1949\t\tMARCH\t\t\t1949\t S.\tM.\tT.\tW.\tT.\tF.\tS.\t\t1\t\u2022>\t3\t4\t5 6\t7\t8\t9\t10\t11\t12 13\t14\t15\t16\t17\t18\t19 20\t21\t22\t23\t24\t23\t26 27\t28\t29\t30\t31\t\t Stjcrbcooke Baili) Bccocd THE PAPER OF THE EASTERS\u2019 TOWNSHIPS WEATHER CUar Clear today and tonight, Hieco ming cloudy Friday niornlnK followed by light rain at night, Mild light wind».Yesterday temperatures: Maximum 48, minimum 40.Year ago: Maximum 46, ¦minimum 28.Established 1897.PRICE: 5 CENTS SHERBROOKE, QUEBEC.THURSDAY.MARCH 24, 1940.l ifty-Third Year World News In Brief Buenos Aires, March 24.\u2014 (Æ3)\u2014A presidential decree made public yesterday disclos-ed that funds for Argentina's armed forces will be trimmed by 184.000.000 pesos (836,000.-000) this year.The government is seeking total savings in all departments of 650,000,-000 pesos.* \u2022 London, March 24.\u2014(rP)\u2014 Prime Minister Stalin last night received the visiting Albanian government delegation to Russia, Moscow radio said.» V » Rangoon, March 24.\u2014(Reuters)\u2014The Burmese government has launched a new offensive against the Karen ami Communist rebels in the Mandalay sector, it was officially announced today.The Karens are fighting to establish an independent state of their own.* * * Wellington, March 24.\u2014 (Reuters) \u2014 Prime Minister Peter Fraser of New Zealand will attend the preliminary meeting of the Commonwealth Prime Ministers\u2019 conference in London next month.He will return home in tome for the New Zealand Labor party\u2019s conference in May.Damage Caused East Angus Exceeding $150,000 As Flames Sweep Hardware Store Spring In Essex T.L.C.Makes Legislative Submission East Angus, March 24\u2014Damage estimated at $150,000 was caused today by fire that swept through the St.Cyr Company Limited hardware store on St.James street.The blaze was discovered at 4.20 a.m.by Miss Clemence Fouquet, a maid in the St.Cyr home which occupies the second floor of the large two-storey building.At noon the fire was j under control but firemen from here and Sherbrooke were still By JOHN LEBLANC\tpouring water into the building.Director Percy Donahue, of Canadian Press Staff Writer Y, ,\t6 Ottawa, March 24.___ffi \u2014All-em- Sherbrooke was in charge of hre-hghting operations.bracing social security measures\tAlthough the brick walls remained standing, heavy on a contributory basis, along with\tj .\t\u2022 r .u .\t.\ti ,i \u2019\u2022esumption of price controls, lower damage was caused to the interior of the structure and the .axes and a wide variety of other cejljng at the back collapsed.The fire, cause of which is not j legislation, were sought today by |\t.i ¦ l j .l i i the Trades and Labor Congress known, originated in a shed at the back.jof Canada in its annual legislative\t\\ Roman Catholic church and the J.S.Gosselin butcher submission to the Federal cabinet,! .\t-.l -j c l j\t.\t.j i Canada's biggest labor congress, shop, on either side of the hardware store, were threatened hy speaking for about 400,000 mem- the fire but firemen prevented the flames from spreading to ! bars, presented these additional1 ., Iproposals: _\telther structure.1\u2014Establishment of a low-rental, Small arms ammunition in the store exploded frequently housing program on a national; ,.\t,\t.,\t\u2022\u2022¦\u2022.lii -\t-\tduring the morning but no one was injured in the blaze.Living above the store, which also housed the Dominion Tire Depot, were Mr.and Mrs.Leonidas St.Cyr, the proprietor, and Mrs.St.Cyr\u2019s parents, Mr.and Mrs.H.Therrien.Hong Kong, March 24.\u2014(/P) \u2014The China Mail said today Chinese Communist troops had occupied little-known Itu Aba island, between Indochina and the Philippines, The island, the newspaper said, was being used to supply Communists fighting in Indo-China.* * * Vienna, March 24\u2014(JP)\u2014-The Socialist party newspaper Arbeiter-Zeitung says a former high official of the Nazi (iestapo has been released from prison on order of Soviet occupation authorities.The paper says Johann Sanitzer, wartime Gestapo chief in Vien-na.has been taken out of an Austrian jail where he was serving a life sentence.* * Stockholm, March 24\t\u2014 (Reuters)\u2014Rationing in Swedish restaurants will be abolished as of today.Coupons have been required for butter and meat dishes.Montreal Sisters Take Own Lives Montreal.March 24.\u2014W\u2014Two basis with Federal aid.2\u2014Extension of the scope of the j Federal labor code adopted last ' year.G\u2014Establishment of the 4f)-hotir work week for employees in industries under Dominion labor department jurisdiction.4\u2014\tA \u201csound\u201d immigration policy under the Department of Labor, which would balance immigration with Canada\u2019s ability to absorb new settlers.A government-labor-man-agement immigration commission would administer Immigration matters.5\u2014\tEnactment of a national bill of rights to guarantee citizen\u2019s freedoms.6\u2014\tAid for Canadian shipbuild \u2022: British Film Expected To Win Oscars Dying «inter lingers on as spring, with Ha sunshine and mild temperatures, fights a winning battle in rural Essex County in southern Ontario.A contrast of (lie two seasons is shown here.Two mules on a farm near Rutinrn are looking for grass among the patches of snow as winter yields to the advent of spring.\t(i® photo) At Asbestos of the Canada Shipping Act\u2014termed \"a relic of the dark ages\u201d\u2014-to bring its labor sections into line with Canadian practices.7\u2014\tA coastguard service for both the coasts and the lakes.8\u2014\tEstablishment of new steel production mills to overcome the shortage of this product.i 9\u2014Maintenance of the CBC as a government-owned utility with full .control of licences for the operation jof all Canadian broadcasting sta-! tions.10.Extension of the voting ¦ franchise to all over 18.i The congress submission, pre-I sented by a group of its officers ! headed by president Percy Ben-\u2019 gough, declared it commends the government for its activities in international affairs, but added Plan Gains UN Approval Montreal, March 24.\u2014W'\u2014Dis-.'%T\tA\ti trict Fire Chief Patrick Roche was 0W\tL seriously injured and a number of\tv other firemen suffered minor in-\ta\t\u2022» i juries early today in a three-alarm I H OT* /A\t11 I T 8250,000 blaze which gutted Cen-\tUl-OOClUIL tenary United Church in suburban j Point St.Charles eariy today.Hospital authorities said that Roche was suffering from \u201csevere; Fred Vallieres, a striking em-internal injuries.\u201d He was crushed j ployee of the Canadian Johns-when the first of two smoke ex- J Manville Company at Asbestos, plosions which rocked the structure ; was arraigned here yesterday on! ing and shipping and amendment!\t** heavy stained glass win-; a charge of assaulting Ehvin Per- .j\td™' and a portion of the stone ; kins, an employee of the company, i .wall.onto him._\tHo was freed on personal bail of i Fernando barton, a fireman, «200 and remanded pro forma un-1 .also was m hospital from injuries tn March 29.This brings the total , received vvhen he was thrown from numijer 0f arVests in connection a ladder 30 feet in the air by the with tlie atrike t0 cleven_ blast.\t.\t,\t.,\t, The church, located at the cor- Reports from Asbestos state ner of Charron and Wellington\tca m .'s prevailing streets, was built 57 years ago.the town.At a meeting The fire believed to have started1 striking miners held in the parish in the cellar and spread through-!'13\" ,0^ St.Aime Church, Tuesday out the entire lower floors of the1 evernlj^,\u2019 nl\u20acn were \u201ckeep church before moving upwards.\tcalm in the face of current events When it did make its move it\taPd ,not to K\u2019ve cause to the Pro- spread throughout the entire pre- vincia^ Police to strike back at mises almost simultaneouesly.them.\u201d The whole of the lower part of These words of caution, accord-the church was demolished.All\t'nSt f° Asbestos observers, indi- but one small part of the roof re-\tcate that the union leaders of the\tj\tthe proposal\tpcsented\tby\tGen! \\.mained intact.\tSyndicate, which lost its bargain-\t:\tG.L.\tMcNaughtoii,\tCanada's\tpe The first alaim was turned in at ing certificate, see no immediate j manent delegate to the United there is \u201ca great deal of dissatis-\tmidnight, and the second and\tthird\treturn-to-work\tmovement\tand are\tj\tNations.faction at the snail\u2019s pace made\twithin an\thour.The \u201cunder\teon-\treadying their\tplans for\ta\tshow-\tRepresentatives\tof the\tdi-.put- middle-aged\tsisters who\tleft\tnotes\ttowards economic and social secur-\tDoi was\tnot sounded until\t3:56\tdown siege.\tants gave some\tindication\ttin v sajing\tthey\twere tired\tof\tliving\tit.y since the close of the war\ta-rn; .\tTn a prepared statement\tissued\t|\tmight accept the\tplan, were found asphyxiated in a west peri0d.\u201d\tNeighboring buildings, which this morning.Inspector Labbe, of Dr.J.H.Van Royjon, Nether- In its broad social security pro- were separated from the church by the Quebec Provincial Police, lands ambassador to ( anada a;;' - gram, which would be on a con- a £rass lawn about 10 feet in width gas emanating from five open jets tributory basis for all citizens, the were not seriously damaged.on a gas stove,\tCongress proposed:\tI\t- Mrs.Jean Douglas, 52, and Mrs.i.a national health insurance , Çircleville, O.March 24\u2014CP)\u2014 Jessie Delaney, 56, were found on act embodying1 accident and hos- ,\tof five persons burned to East-West Conflict Will Be The Major Issue At Meeting Of U.N.Assembly Canadian By NORMAN ALTSTEDTER Canadian Press Staff Writer I^ke Success, N.Y\u2019., March 24\u2014 J)\u2014The United Nations security through ; roencil last ni.ght adopted a Cana-of the ; in roundtable talk;.By NORMAN ALTSTEDTER Canadian Press StafT Writer Lake Success, N.7 ., March 24.kP The curtain goes up April 6 j T>\t, rn-» « ^ on tin* United Nations' biggest |-*\u20acl/*TC\t| i A I-Jo show 'the General Assembly.\u201d j ¦*\" '\u2014'V'Aw -M-J V/ The play isn\u2019t written in detail yet, though the general outline i known.The dramatic conflict, this east New Defence Considered By HOWARD (\u2019.HEVN Hollywood, March 21, (/P)\u2014Th« Academy of Motion Picture Arts ! and Sciences hands out its 1948 Oscars tonight, and it looks like Britain\u2019s show at last.If this be heresy in Hollywood, then build my gallows high.Be-i cause 1 believe Sir Laurence Olivier and his majestic \"Hamlet\u201d should win the host actor and best film awards.Jane Wyman should got the nod I ns best actress, in \u201cJohnny I Belinda.\" I (U course (here comes the hodg-Jing), if voting among the 1,987 academy members follows a strictly American pattern, \u201cJohnny Belinda'\u2019 will make \"Hamlet,\" move over.Miss Wyman\u2019s only serious worry, 1 think, is Olivia DeHavil-huni\u2019s performance in \"The Snake Pit.'' And Sir Laurence could bo displaced as best actor by Lew Ayers, also in \u201cJohnny Belinda.\u201d A I'rilisli picture lias never won the top award.This year, for tho first, time, two British films, \"Hamlet.\u2019 and \" rile Red Shoes,\u201d woro nominated.Other contenders are ! \"Johnny Belinda,'' \"The Snake Pit\u201d and \u201cThe Treasure of tha Sierra Mad re.\u201d I With Sir Laurence and Ayres oi« tk