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yr : Cecil Snyder said, would allow the ' retention of the verdict of last Oc- OSHAWA Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle Vi THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE WHITBY -- gYoL. 6--NO. 12 OSHAWA WHITBY, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15; 1947 Price 4 Cents SIXTEEN PAGES CL e-- IBRITISH TRUCK STRIKE SPREADS Adult Haircuts 60 Cents Here 'Follows Pattern Price Minimums Set In Toronto Corresponding with the new Toronto price pattern, the Oshawa branch of the Ontario Barbers' Association last night get a revised scale of minimum Effective here tomorrow morning, the minimum for adult haircuts will be 60 cents, for Tomorrow ' 4 prices for barbering services. children's haircuts .40 cents, and for shaves, 35 cents. * Follows De.Control Order This decision, which will boost prices from 45, 30 and 30 cents re- spectively, followed the govern- ment's price decontrol order elim- inating ceiling prices on a number of services. The following officers were elected to the executive of the Oshawa pranch of the Association: William Peters, president; Anthony Scott, vice-president; Fred Langmaid, treasurer, and ¥. J. McCaffrey, sec- tary. Little Relief During War It was pointed out that before the wartime price ceilings came into ef- fect many. barbers were getting as low as 20 cents for a haircut. While price ceilings were in force, barbers had received little relief in view of rising living costs, vice-President Scott declared. In a review of working conditions in the trade, Ed McCaffrey, secre- tary, recalled that during the past 30 years there had been a gradual lowering of working hours amount- ing to 25 hours per week. Barbers here once worked as much as 73 hours per week, Family Has Narrow Gas Escape Cornwall, Jan, 16--(CP)-- A family of four had a narrow es- cape from asphyxiation last night when their home was filled by coal gas fumes, Prompt action by city firemen averted a disaster, Overcome by fumes were Mr and Mrs, Leonard Barnhart and their one-year-old twins who were only slightly affected, Mrs, Barn- hart collapsed after waking up during the night. Her husband heard her fall, and telephoned the fire department, He was told to open all the doors and win- dows, and firmen rushed to the scene, Shortly after firemen ar- rived Barnhart collapsed, and firemen applied artificial respira. tion, All were reported to be re- covering today. Identify On God's Eternal Purpose Says India eself With © Missionary "We must identify ourselves with God's Eternal Purpose if we are to obtain that world-wide peace that we all desire in our day," de- clared Canon C. R. H, Wikkinson, India missionary of the Church of England, at present home in Ca- nada on furlough, who addressed a well-attended meeting of the Osh- awa Kiwanis Club yesterday. Members of the Oshawa Ministe:- ial Association who attended in- cluded: Rev. J. 8. I. Wilson, Rev. A. D. Cornett, Rev. J. V. McNeely, Rev. H. F. Davidson, Rev. John Jacenty, Major H. G Roberts, Rev. H.. W, Cleverdon, Rev. D. M. Rose, Rev. E. H. McLellan and Rev. E. A. Justice. Other guests included J. A. Lane, 8. R. Alger, A. R. Alloway, Thos. L. Wilson, H. Bradley, D. R. Wiley of Pel F UL Browne, of Toronto, Robt. Willson, of Toronto, R. G. Geen, Everett Lovell, Lloyd Shortt, D, E. Gerrard, C. Sleep of Port Perry and Kiwan- ian G. E. Raaflant of Pembroke. Twenty Years in India Kiwanian Cyril Souch introduced Canon C. R. H. Wilkinson to the meeting, briefly outlining the guest speaker's colorful career, since he graduated from Wycliffe College in 1926 and went out to India in the INDIA MISSIONARY (Continued on Page 2) Decision Due In Dick Case Toronto, Jan. 15 (CP)--A decision in the story so ph un- folded of the murder and disember- ck, ordered a post- week in the joint ld MacLean , scheduled for This, Deputy Attorney-General Crown time to get its case in order with regard to any decision forth- coming from the appeal court and also with regard to the new evi- dence. The: Deputy Attorney-General spoke out forcefully in his plea for tober's trial court jury in the case of Mrs. Dick. "If Your Lordships interfere with the decision of the jury in this case there will occur an unwarranted interference with the administra- tion of justice," said Mr. Snyder. Addresses Kiwanis CANON C. R. H. WILKINSON Head of the Kangra Valley Mission of the Church of England, in the Province of the Punjab, India, who delivered an inspiring address at the weekly luncheon meeting of the Oshawa Kiwanis Club yesterday, which was also attended by many members of the Oshawa Ministerial Association. Lay Narcotic Count To 2 Toronto, Jan. 14--(CP)--After a rough-and-tumble battle in an al- ley at midnight police arrested Max Hoffman, 36, and John Murphy, 43, on charges of illegal possession of drugs. Murphy was awaiting trial on a narcotic charge resulting from a previous arrest. Two constables of the R.CMP. and two Toronto plainclothes detec- tives hid in the alley for five hours before the two suspects appeared. The couple fled and after a chase "quite a fight" followed, according to police. No one required treatment for injuries but cuts and bruises were well distributed. THE WEATHER Overcast, becoming clear this 'evening, Thursday clear, be- coming .overcast in' the early af- ternoon, with intermittent snow in the eveni Slightly colder. Light winds, Low tonight and high Thursday 18 and 29. Summary for Thursday--In- termittent snow in the evening, Slightly colder, Labor Council Officers for 1947 JAMES CULLEN Vice-President Who were last night elected to the Oshawa and District Labor Council executive for 1947. E. A. JONES President M. J. FENWICK Secretary-Treasurer In a tie vote between Cullen and Jones, for the office of president, the latter was chosen when the secretary drew a deciding ballot. M. J. Fenwick was also chosen as the Council's representative to the Oshawa Chamber of Commerce. LOCAL WOMAN IS OVERCOME BY GAS FUMES Overcome by coal-gas fumes, Mrs, George Wright, 74, was rushed to Oshawa General Hospital early this - after Riemen bed applied | pe respirat used an to revive her. She is re- ported as progressing favorably to- day by her attending physician, Dr, R. E. McMullen. _ Firemen were called to Mrs. 'Wright's residence, 205 Athol Street East, by her daughter, Mrs. W. E. Dunn, who arrived home at 1.20 am. to find her mother unconscious as a result of the fumes which had seeping through the house. "Both mother and I didn't feel well all day but we didn't know the cause of it," Mrs, Dunn said. Mrs, Dunn said she herself suffered from a severe headache and was forced to sleep at the home of a neighbor since the fumes were still thick. Cause of the trouble, Mrs. Dunn believed, was a plugged chimney. Sold Turkeys Over Ceiling Is Fined $10 "Even though it might work a hardship on the storekeeper, un- graded poultry can't be sold at any- thing other than Grade B price," Magistrate F. S. Ebbs commented in fining Rods Murison, Ajax, $10 and costs or ten days on a charge of violating WPTB regulations. "He made a guess and he was wrong," said the Magistrate, de- claring that the accused was tech- "| nically guilty of the offence and subject to a mominal fine. According to testimony of Jack Aldwinckle and A. J. Thompson, Prices Board investigators, the ac- cused offered turkey for sale six cents over the ceiling for ungraded poultry on December 18 last, "There was no mark of any description on that turkey," said Mr, Thompson, referring to the bird purchased by Mr. Aldwinckle in the accused's store at Ajax. Mr. Murison told the court he had bought the turkeys in St. Thomas after efforts to secure a supply for Christmas from Canada Packers had failed. "They were bought as spec- ial grade turkeys," Mr. Murison testified, Labelling the whole charge "a tempest in a tea-pot," R. D. Hum- phreys, K.C.,, counsel for the ac- cused, said the Crown, represented by A. F. Annis, K.C., had failed to make allowance for freight charges or transportation costs of any de- scription mn arriving at the proper price. "The accused actually sold the birds at a loss," said Mr. Hum- phreys. "There should be better arrange- ments made for storekeepers in con- nection with grading," said Magis- trate Ebbs, * man tried to have the birds graded in the district but was unable to do so. The moral seems to be: don't handle turkeys," concluded the Magistrate. "You might as well go out of busi- ness. Don't handle anything," com- mented Mr. Humphreys sharply. MRS. M. CADWALLADER DEAD London, ont, J Jan. 15 -- (CP) -- Mrs. May Cadwallader, of Wing- . ham, died late yesterday at Victoria Hospital, Funeral arrangements have not been completed, Invest Husband, Wife As Scouting Leaders An impressive Scout'ceremony was held last night in the investiture of Mr. and Mrs. Clive Saunders of the 1st Courtice and 5th Oshawa re- spectively. Never before, in the me. * mory of Assistant District Commis- sioner J. Harold Bateman, had such ceremony been piticemed i + cepemony took a: aout a, Hilicrott Hillcroft "sth Oshawa oe po oe and 1st Courtice Scouts, the two leaders were brought forward by the T.L. of the 5th Oshawa, who presented them to the examining Commissioner. Honor and Privilege 'The Commissioner said, "It is very seldom that a Scout has the distinct honor and privilege to witness not only a scoutmaster being invested, but also his wife as a scout. very rarely happens." Then turning to all Cubs, Scouts and Scout officials the Commission- er commented, "This man and his wife, will, by repeating the same Scout promise, become not only Scouts in our great brotherhood, but and to live up to in every way every- thing they ever hope to have you live up to." Then invoking 's blessing on the two candidates by a silent pray- er, Commissioner Bateman proceed- ed with the impressive ceremony. Assistant District Commissioner C. ily Anderson or cuenicd the new a "of ih a i Scout Troops, and Cubmaster D. A, Houl- den presented them with a Cub cap and Scout hat, The new Scouters are Mr. and Mrs. Clive Saunders, who reside in Courtice. Both are recent comers into the ranks of Scouting, but both have been doing good work in the movement already. Mrs. Saunders is cubmaster or akela, of one of the This | 5th Oshawa Cub packs, while her husband is the Scoutmaster of the 1st Courtice troop. Also present at the investiture were Byron Edmondson, from the Local Association, and Mrs. Claire Stoneberg, Assistant District Com- Jisciones for Cubbing and her hus- will accept their obligations to lead | ban Higher Costs Incorporation May Prevent of Advances In Automobile Production Detroit, Jan. 15 -- (AP) -- In- creasing production costs may keep a lot of engineering advances out > the automobile industry's 1047 models but many improvements aimed at greater driving comfort are in the making for future use. High prices already are reported discouraging many buyers and it is unlikely that any of the major engineering advances will appear before 1948 or even later. But once volume output and distribution are assured, the industry may be able to recast its entire pricing structure and incorporate many of .the changes to attract even more buyers. Here are a few of the things to come: An improved heating and air conditioning system, coupled with a device that will keep the engine al- ways warm, even when the car is parked out-of-doors for hours. A longer-life battery that will be kept constantly at full charge. More automatic transmissions. Greater use of plastics for in- terior trim and other non-stressed parts, Wider front seats. Better all-round visibility through more window area. These items are not part of a future "dream car", but things that are virtually ready now for installa- tion in the present-day automobile, held back chiefly by the factor of production costs, Cornwall Native Dies In Vietoria Victoria, Jan. 15--(CP) -- , 73, former superintendent of the Lake of the Woods Milling Company in Keewatin, Ont, died here Sunday. Born in Comwall, Ont., he came to Victoria 12 years ago. Survivors include two sisters; Mrs. John Spry of New Liskeard, Ont, and Mrs. S. Chambers of Stouffville, Ont.; and two brothers, William of Orono, Cnt, and Fred of Port Hope, Ont. Heavy Rains Accompany Jan. Thaw Toronto, Jan. 15--(CP) -- A real January thaw was accompanied by heavy rain over most of Ontario during the night, and Niagara Falls even had Thunder and lightning. Telephone communications were disrupted at Guelph during the rainstorm and the police station there was without phone service for a time. The rain helped clean the last traces of the big New Year's snow- storms from main highways and city streets were almost clear but many secondary roads remained hazardous. Some flooding was reported in the Thorold area, near Welland. C.1.0.-U.S. Steel Talks Postponed Pittsburgh, Jan. 16-- (AP) -- Wage-and.- hour talks between the Steelworkers Union (C.1.O.) and United States Steel Corporation, whose contracts usually set the pattern in the Steel industry, have been postpone until next week. No reason' for was given, Meanwhile, the United States Labor Department announced 30. day strike notices had been filed by the union involving about 1,- 000 steel, steel fabricating, alu- minum and related companies, Philip. Murray, president of both the steelworkers and the C.I.O,, said the notices are a "mere mechanical procedure" and that they do not mean the union will strike automatically if con- tracts are not renewed by Feb, 15, expiration date for most. postponement NEW JUDGE TO BEHONOREDAT CIVIC DINNER A civic testimonial dinner will be tendered His Honor Judge J. C. Anderson on Friday evening, January 31, at Hotel Genosha. The event will be sponsored by the Oshawa Chamber of Com- merce in co-operation with the City Couheil, the Board of Educa- tion, the Oshawa Public Utilities Commission, the congregation of Simcoe Street United Church, the Ontario Riding Liberal Associa- tion, and other organizations with which he has been associated throughout the years of his resi- dence in Oshawa. All citizens are invited to attend this ci/ic testi. monial dinner, Tickets for ihig event will he on sale at the cffices of the Osh- awa Chamber of Commerce or from J, Lewis Beaton, of the Board' of Education; George Shreve, Genera] Manager Oshawa Public Utiities "ommission; I'red Hare, City Clérk, City Offices; or T. L, Wilson, The Timet Gazette, or the desk at Hotel Genosha. The testimonial dinner com- mittee is comprsed of Mayor F. N. McCalium, S. R. Alger, T. L. Wilson, A. F. Annis, K.C., J, J. English, George Creighton, K.C., Souch, George F. Shreve, Brown, J. L, Leaton, J, H, Bea. ton, James Heffering, L, W, Cur- rell and Rev, A. D, Cornett, D.D, 0.B.E, Tickets for the testimonial din- ner will be available from tomor. row, January 16, up to and inclu. ding January 26, when complete returns must be made to George W. Garner, Secretary-Manager, Oshawa Chamber of Commerce, Jewitt Unfit For Murder Count Trial Windsor, Ont., Jan, 15-- (CP) --William Jewitt, 17, of Leaming- ton, Ont., today was found unfit to stand trial for the hammer slaying of his mother, Mrs, Muriel Jewitt, last Dec 6. An Ontario Supreme Court as- size jury announced its decision at 1.15 p.m,, after 10 minutes de- liberation, Testimony was heard to enable the jury to decide Jewitt's mental ability to stand trial. Dr. C. 8. Tennant, superintendent of the Ontario Hospital at Penetan~ gHisnens, told of interviewing the oy. The psychiatrist said Jewitt told of two attempts at suicide, of which he was "ashamed". "He felt that teachers were laugh- ing at him in school and that the students felt he was 'queer'," said Dr. Tennant. "He said he felt in- ferior to other students and to his (twin) brother, Jack. "He told me of leaving school last October and being gone for three or four days. Conditions had become intolerable at school. He said his relations at home were good, that his mother and father loved him and that his difficulties were from people outside of his home." The jury, selected without chal- lenge from either Crown Attorney E. C. Awrey or Defence Counsel Keith Laird and Robert Eaton, will rule on whether Jewitt will stand trial for murder. Jewitt sat quietly, his hands in his lap and his eyes downcast. The reddish-brown-haired youth wore a brown tweed suit. "In this case we are not entering a plea as we allege the accused is not fit to stand trial by reason of his mental condition," said Mr, Laird, 0.F.L. Will Talk On Labor Act Toronto, Jan. 15--(CP) -- Labor legislation will be the principal to- pic at a meeting of the executive of the Ontario Federation of Labor (CCL) here Jan. 25, it was an- nounced yesterday by Cleve Kidd, secretary-treasurer. The Federation will consider the necessity of labor legislation lor Ontario in view of termination March 31 of the federal labor code operating under the Emergency Powers Act. WIN ATTENDANCE PRIZES Kiwaniang Jimmie Souch, An- gus McDonald and Harold Tonkin were the attendance prize win. ners at Tuesday's meeting of the Oshawa Kiwanis Club. This week's awards were donated by Kiwani- ans Wes, Piatti, Al Parkhill and "Dick" Reed, End Is Predicted But Workers Still Join In Walkout London, Jan. 15 (CP) --More than 2,000 Thames light- ermen and thousands of stevedores and dockers quit work today in sympathy walkouts, swelling to nearly 50,000 the - number of persons idle in London's mushrooming 10-day-old transport strike. The new work stoppages, protest alng the use of troops to replace Police Silent On Murdered Dishwasher oronto, Jan, 16--(CP)--Po- licé were silent today but it was known they had picked up some clues in their probe of the slay- ing of Angelo Fonti, 57-year-old restaurant dishwasher whose bat- tered body was found Sunday in a culvert on a lonely suburban stretch of highway, The clues were a motorcar that was seized in downtown Toronto; a pair of shoes--JFonti's teet were shoeless when the body was found --a part-set of motorcar seat-cov- ers and some items of clothing. Police wouldn't say where they found the shoes, but sald they definitely, belonged to the slain man, The clothing was found by Etobicoke police a mile from the spot where Fonti's body was dis- covered by rabbit-hunters. Police also found a gunny sack similar to the two which covered the body. This sack was found in the city and microscopic examina- tion was being made of all three in an effort to link them, None of the objects so far found appear ed to be bloodstained, Investigators were believed to be satisfied that more than one man was involved in the killing; that it took place in Toronto on Dec. 26 and the body was taken by car to the culvert where it was hidden, Driver Escapes As Bread Wagon Struck By Bus Morris Montgomery, RR. 1 Osh- awa, was thrown clear of his bread wagon shortly before 8 oflock this morning, when an eastbound bus on King Street West skidded into his wagon and sent it toppling on its side. Mr, Montgomery escaped with minor cuts above one eye and about his right ear, Ross Dunk, 4 Wilson Road South, reported driving his bus along King Street and attempting to pass two bread wagons just west of Nassau Street. Just as he pulled out to pass, he said a car, turning onto King from Nassau, forced him to apply his brakes and he skidded into the wagon on the icy, glass- like street, The bus careened across the road and ended up in a snowbank, police reported. Damage to the wagon was estimated at $150. Police Con- stable Keith Dewar investigated. Say Times-Gazette 'Fair' In Election A motion congratulating The Times-Gazette on its "fair cam- paign" in the recent municipal elections, was passed by the Osha- wa and District Labor Council at its meeting last night. James Conner, who made the motion, and other members said they thought the paper had been "very fair" in its policy towards the recent elections. striking truck drivers for delivery of food, came as negotiators hoped for an early settlement of the truck dispute, crux of an "unofficial" strike which some labor partisans feared might upset the Labor gov- ernment, Union leaders appealed to the dock workers at a meeting this morning to return to their jobs, but- their speeches, citing the striking truckers' advice against further sympathy walk-outs, were shouted down. Troops moved into Spitalfields, Covent Garden and the Borough fruit and vegetable markets today as they did early this week at Smithfield, the big London meat market. At Spitalfields, however, there was no work for them to do and they left. A market official said little food had come in since the strike was called last Monday. 'Three hundred transport workers at Newcastle stopped work, tying up additional supplies of food at the Tyneside docks. Delegates of the central London strike committee and the Transport and General Workers' Union met at noon to work out a settlement of the 10-day=~old strike. Morning newspapers carried head- lines predicting an end. to the strike. But at least 20,000 workers in other industries had joined the truckers, The Conservative Daily Mall pped its story: "Strike call-off likely" while the Conservative Daily Telegraph head- line ran: "Haulage strike may end soon." Local Students Stand High In 0.A.C. Exams In the Ohristmas examinations at the Ontario Agricultural College, the results of which have just been announced, Ross M, Alloway son of Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Alloway, Sim coe Street North, Oshawa, stood 18th in a class of approximately 300 in the Second Year Degree course, while William E, Warne, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Warne, Park Road South, came sixth in a class of about 756 in the second year of the Two-Year Course. Another Oshawa student, Grant M. Hart, son of Mr, and Mrs. Maur- ice Hart, King Street East was suce cessful in the First Year Degree course examination and E., B. Mum- ford, son of Mr. and Mrs, C. H. Mumford, Hampton, passed in all his subjects in the Second Year Dee gree course. Protest Increases In Food Prices ' A protest against ast lifting of Dries controls and the recent granting of increases in prices of food commo- dities was voiced by the Oshawa and District Labor Council at its meng last night. In expressing their disapproval of the recent action of the govern- ment in this regard, the numerous members who spoke on the question were of the opinion that price in« creases amounted in effect to a de- crease in wages. The Labor Council also named a special committee to endeavour to have union members purchase only union~-macde goods. * LATE NEWS BRIEFS x Peiping: Field dispatches today reported substantial national troop concentrations had been thrown into the Kinagsu-Shantung border fighting after the Chinese Communists captured Yihsien, 18 miles northwest of Taierchwang. Paris: Dispatches from Saigon reported today that Viet Nam forces which tried to cross the Laos-Annam border had been thrown back into Annamese territory by French troops near Quang Tri, 85 miles southwest of Hanoi. Hamilton: Members of Local 1005 of the United Steelwork- ers of America (C.l.0.) have authorized their negoti- ating committee to resume contract discussions. to- morrow with the management of the Steel Company of Canada. New York: Heavy seas pounded the crippled, 7,163-ton Canadian steamship Tecumseh Park today as it rolled in the trough of the storm-tossed North Atlantic 840 miles east of Halifax.