Calgary Herald from Calgary, Alberta, Canada • 13

7 1 F-f CALGARY EEEALD CALGARY, ALBERTA. FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 1948 r. i Increase In Cancer Research Planned Alberta Branch Annual Meeting Told Province Will Keep Up with Dominion in Study Program Fred Shaw, commercial of CFAC, was elected president of the Alberta branch of th Canadian Cancer Society at the annual meeting Thursday evening. This is Mr. Shaw's second successive t.rm.

Fred Kenney was re-elected secretary and Donald Forster was named vice-president. The it i Mltll Ml i 1 1 He 1 1 1 to Hill 1 J. 'VI Pay Raises For 5 City Unions Agreed On Watson, Newhall Still at Odds on Increases For Four Groups; Reports to Be Given Council The drawn-out wage negotiations between the city and its 1,200 employees will be tossed into the lap of city council Monday afternoon by the city commissioners who have themselves failed to agree on the terms of settlement with four unions, although settlement Iips been reached with the five other Province Offers ToWriieOff $544,000 of Debt Part of Balance Of Relief Cost Would Be Refunded A recommendation that the city accept the Alberta government's offer to "write off" $544,000 of the city's $1,360,860 depression period relief debt will be submitted to city council, Monday, by the civic finance committee which met Thursday afternoon. Under the proposal the balance of the debt, amounting to 5816,860 would be refunded by 30-year debentures of which 50 per cent, or $408,430, would bear interest at 2 58 per cent per year and the balance would be non-interest bearing. THE GOVERNMENT'S offer was the culmination of negotiations which have been conducted in executive includes: Mrs.

A. Klocpher, Mrs. Angus MacDonald. Dr. Lola McLatchie, Mrs.

Morris Shapiro, Mabel Attwood. Arthur I Scott, Beverley Mannix, Woodrow I Case and William Hobbs. AN INCREASED program of i cancer research in Canada would be an important part of this year's The city commissioners have schedule of the society. Mr. Shaw I failed to agree on their offers to Fog Forces the Calgary Transit System work is- Iff if" T.C.A.

to Use ers, outside workers, the police department and the fire department. They jointly report they have reached a settlement and recommend that agreements be signed with the teamsters and chauffeurs, health department, blacksmiths and drop forgers, city hall ft Currie Field 1X' I declared. He mentioned that Alberta would "keep pace" with the rest of the Dominion in cancer study. Plans for the 194S program of the Alberta branch include the providing of suitable facilities for persons visiting career diagnostic clinics and the" organization of committees to handle education and publicity including speakers' panels, newspaper and radio education. Mrs.

Klocpher was named chairman of the committee in charge of facilities; Mr. Forster will head the education committee, and Mr. Mannix will be in charge of cdu-4 cation and publicity. committee to handle social AMIGO, THE SOUTH AMERICAN CAVY cftilly reception was not to his liking. clerical staff, and carpenters and THE ORIGINAL requests of the workers would have cost the city an additional $138,822 if met in full, while the city commissioners' first offer of a 510.60 monthly cost-of-living bonus would have entailed Clash of Weather Fronts Causes Visibility Blackout FRED SHAW re-elected president.

Mate Of Newcomer To Zoo Staying Home Until Winter Weather Wanes an additional S243.579 annually. During the negotiations the employees' reoucsts have been scaled down and the city commissioners' Air traffic at the Calgai-y It -port was brought to a standstill from about 6 p.m. Thursday until early this morning when a fog reduced visibility to zero for several hours. Although the fog was first re-eoi-ded at 5:30 a.m. Thursday by ihe Dominion Weather Bureau It otter has been increased in some instances, but the final cost to the recent months between government and civic officials with a view to the settlement of the debt which was incurred in 1932, -33, 34 and 35.

The loans were made to the city by the province, in the main from funds loaned to them by the federal government, and for which the city issued treasury bills payable to the provincial government. City Comptrollen E. A. Hook-way, who was prominent in the negotiations with provincial government submitted a report to the finance committee, Thursday, in which he outlined the nature of the debt and the government's latest offer. He recommended that the city accept the offer and said "interest adjustments and schedules for repayment of the balance have yet be worked out with government officials, but for the present it will be necessary for the city to indicate its acceptance or otherwise of this offer," NTEREST ON the original Throo rnnntlie unrl fi OOO milps hark, hriffht-pvprl city has not yet been worked out pending settlement with all unioas.

The matters slill at issue are: TRANSIT SYSTEM employees was not thiek enough to hold up th? Cavy from South. America left a sun-baked land to come to Calgary. He expected to arrive in a spring-like climate which had been wanned by Chinooks, but he got a surprise, Military Funeral Trans-Canada Air Lines opera Rate Increase Boosts CarPrices Prices of cars in at least one Calgary auto showroom will be raised considerably as a result of the freight rate increase which came into effect Thursday. Freeman-Wilson Co. Ltd.

said today that prices on Dodges and DeSotos shipped as of Thursday would be increased by S37 to S45. None of the other auto sales companies' had received word of any increase though several were Even the warmth of an inside pen For D. L. Redman Officials Review ask for an increase in the basic rate of pay from 97 'a cents to "1.12'a an hour for a 44-hour week. The mayor has offered an increase of fl'i cents an hour to transit em-iployees to bring the rate to $1.07 jan hour, with clerical workers to get 8'a cents an hour increase.

The city commissioner has offered 8'j I cents and 7Vs cents an hour respec tions unlil later in the day. AT 5:30 P.M. Thursday, a Leth-bridge-Catgary flight landed at the R.C.A.F. field at Currie Barracks where visibility was considerably better than at the municipal airport. The fog was caused by the clash of cold and warm weather fronts.

rAssessment Plan did not make up for the absence of the scorching sun which, in South America, provides the cavies' main occupation of basking in the summer sun. Amigo's mate was to follow him shortly after he had arrived and become, used to the climate but Tom Baines, curator of the Cal Full military honors will be ac-i corded Saturday Colonel Daniel Lee Redman, K.C., 59, who died in Holy Cross hospital early Thursday mornins, Funeral services! With a view to reaching a standard basis of assessment for the six cities in Alberta, the first service work of the society and to take charge of financial assistance for patients when necessary, may be formed in the near future. The Calgary district campaign, usually held during April, was posfponed due to the late spring and impossibility of rural roads. It has now been set for October. Dispute Goes To Arbitration A wage dispute between Canadian Creosoting Ltd.

and the creosote workers' union, local 73, T.L.C., will be submitted to arbitration, it was decided at a meeting of the union in the Labor Temple Thursday evening. Conciliation proceedings, in which H. E. Bcndickson, of Edmonton, had been acting as conciliator, ended Monday. The union, whose agreement expired on April 1, is seeking a wage increase of 25 cents per hour, a union shop agreement, and nine paid statutory holidays a year.

Present wages at the creosoting plant are 63 cents to $1.05 per hour. tively. Outside workers laborers, dig debt has been paid at rates varying from 5 i per cent per annum in 1934, to three per cent since the renewal dates of 1936. In such clashes the cold air has the upper hand, according 10 of a series of meetings of city as-1 sessors was held in city hall on Thursday. At this general discussion of weather bureau officials, and 'he will be held in the Church of the Redeemer, Saturday at 2 p.m., with Captain J.

Willis Duncan, M.B.E.k Army padre, officiating. Burial will be In the Field of gary Zoological Society, postponed gers, pipemen, metermen, gardeners): the mayor's offer was a nine cents an hour increase; the commissioner's offer was the bonus of S10.60 a month or six cents an hour increase. assessment matters there was an exchange of ideas and information and it is expected that definite recommendations will bs submit expecting a boost of around $35 or more in the near future. As all cars were priced F.O.B. factory the increase would come in the laid down price in Calvary.

Plane Called To Deliver Body An aircraft from Cal-Air Ltd. in her trip until the weather warms should arrive sometime in the summer, but in the meantime Amigo is the ooly South American cavy in Alberta. Mr. Hookway said that under recent arrangements between the federal and Alberta government, certain relief debts, owed by the province, had been cancelled and the province had offered to pass on these benefits to the city. Mayor J.

C. Watson presided and Aldermen G. C. Lancaster, G. G.

Cush-ing, R. T. Alderman and M. J. milder temperatures forecast for the Calgary region today will be replaced by colder readings brought by the cold front.

Some snow-clearing progress was made during the night on th Vulcan-Cheadlc corner According to the district engineer for the department of public works, Police department: the mayor's ted at the next meeting, at some future date. offer was an increase of $12.80 a month to all members and the com Honor, Burnsland cemetery, and officers of the Calgary Highlander Regiment will be pallbearers. The pipers' "Lament" will be played by a member of the Highland regiment and 'The Last Post" and "Reveille" will be sounded by an army bugler. The meeting was called by J. AMIGO BELONGS TO the rab missioner's offer was.

a month. bit species and is the first cavy W. Forbes, provincial director of assessment, and was attended by city assessors from to arrive in Calcary. He is a vege Edwards were present FIRE DEPARTMENT: the mayor's offer was an increase of Calgary was scheduled to leave the tarian and, like a rabbit, his pelt is valuable. The animal stands about 14 inches high and is cover monton, Lethbndge, Red Deer, Drumheller and Wetaskiwin.

$12.80 a month to all members Car Tools Stolen COL. REDMAN, who came to Calgarv in 1910. served in the First Great War with the 10th Battalion, C.E.F. Previously he was with the ed with thick fur, which is gray on the upper parts with a yellowish and the commissioner offered $10.60 a month. Mayor J.

C. Watson in his report stated that all four unions were prepared to accept his i 103rd Regiment. Calgary Rifles. From Vehicle Parked Behind Police Garage A previous offer of 15 cents tinge, graduating to white on the undcrthroat. stomach and feet.

city this afternoon to go to Endiang for the body of Andrew Webster, 60. who died suddenly Thursday while visiting neighbors. The plane was to take the body to Hanna for the funeral. Roads in the aroa are blocked and th? plane was unable to leave this morning because of poor visibility. He served overseas in the becond Great Wac with the Canadian per hour wage increase, and six statutory holidays a year made by The ears are shorter than those of F.

J. Graham. A PLOW workin? from the No. 1 highway near Chcadle, east of Calgary, reached Carseland early this morning, and another working north from Vulcan, reached Moss-leigh. They were expected to meet some time today.

The Drumhcllcr-Hanna line was still blocked, although a plow had been working on it continuously for the last three days. A plow, working on the No. I highway east of Strathmoro, was near. Gieichen this morning, according to Mr. Graham.

Driver Remanded In Crash Case in his report, City Commissioner Army, commanding reinforcement the common rabbit and the nose is the company, had been turned units in England. He also served with the Judge Advocate General's V. A. Newhall said he would not agree to an increase of cents an hour to transit workers "until the down by the union, Chris Jorgen-on. union president, said.

longer. Most remarkable are the long slender legs which give the animal an odd appearance. His matter was referred to council as eyes, which are large amr daTK, are the most attractive feature. that increase would put the depart Magistrate G. H.

Rose remanded Thieves Thursday afternoon broke into the truck of Martin Diegel, Craigmyle, and stole 540 worth of tools, which they obtained by forcing the truck's tool box. They apparently weren't deterred b.v the location of the vehicle the parking lot immediately behind the city police garage on 7th Ave. ment operations at a deficit. 1 until April 17 a dangerous driving That deficit could only be cor When frightened, he is quite timid, makes an odd grunting noise and quivers his black nose intensilv. I charge against William F.

Mac- branch and lated on the continent with the First Echelon Headquarters. COL. REDMAN was associated with the legal firm of Bennett and Loughecd v. hen he first cmc to Calgary and at the time of his death had own law office in the Lancaster Building. He was a member of the Ranch rected by a new and higher fare structure, or being charged to th? Alister.

alter a hearing in police This type ot cavy is nor to be court Thursday afternoon. The RACHMANINOFF MUSIC MOSCOW, April 9 'APITwo mill rate, a matter for city council confused with the "restless cavy which' is related to the euinea pig charge against MacAUsler out of a fatal accident south of to decide first of all. piano compositions by the late Rus Airdrie last Nov. 22 in which He said his $10.60 offer 1o the 'See Page 23 WAGES and of which there are 20 or 30 in this district. sian composer bergei Rachmaninoff have been discovered.

men's Club and the Calgary Golf Richard Barton of Calgary re-coived injuries from which he died and Country Club. five days later. Mclnnis and Holloway are in charge and friends may view the MEETING TODAY The Calgary Housewives' and Steve Simpson, of the Closed Saturday I p.m. Open All Day Wednesdays ii. nonoison Optometrist GROUND FLOOR, Southam Bidg.

truck in which Barton was riding, told how he hatl stopped beside Consumers' League will meet in the Board of Trade board room at 8 p.m. today. the road and both men got out to chock a loose tire chain. Bctre Horn Making body in Park Memorial chapel until 1 p.m. Saturday.

PAY TO BE BOOSTED OTTAWA, April 9 (CP) -A bill to increase the salary of Jules Castonguay, chief electoral officer, from to $10,000 a year was given first reading in the Commons Thursday. 1 WHILE BARTON was on his knees beside a rear right wheel, MacAlister's sedan approached Beautify With Paint from the rear and crashed into D. POWERS OPTOMETRIST Semr.Glosa Clo-Tone Qi. "Monarch Gil. the rear of the panel truck.

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