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13 000 Maritime Miners Quit Their P THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle | OSHAWA | WHITBY ¥ vou. 6--NO. 27 OSHAWA-WHITBY, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1947 Price 4 Cents 20 PAGES IN TWO SECTIONS ORE PRICE CONTROLS ARE EASEL Oshawa Pays Tribute to Recently Appointed Hastings Judge izens, representative of many walks of life, gathered | Alloway, Mayor William Davidson of Whitby; Alex G. Storie, Rev. T. H. udge J..C. Anderson, well known and popular local | P. Anderson, father of the guest of honor; Lt.-Col. R. B. Smith, yD: tly appointed to the County Court Bench in| Hon. G. D. "Conant, K.C.; T. K. Creighton, K.C., M.L.A.; Judge D. B. Seated, left to right, at the head fable are: A. R.| Coleman, Judge Anderson; A. F, Annis, K.C., President of the Chamber of Commerce, who presided; Mayor F. N, McCallum; W. E. N. Sinclair, wd M.P.; George Hart, Rev. A. D. Cornett, R. D. Humphreys, K.C; J. H Beaton and George W. Garner, -Photo by Campbell's Studio Chest of y) Silver Is Given As Token Of Public Esteem At one of the largest gatherings of its kind on record in the icity, the citizens of Oshawa officially paid tribute and extended farewell wishes last night to Judge J. Carroll Ander-| son on his departure from this community to assume his higher duties on the Bench of Hastings County. The gathering, whic: took theé form of a testimonial dinner in the Piccadilly Room of Hotel Gen- osha, came as an expression of the esteem in which Judge Ander- son was held during his 20-odd years as a public spirited member. of this community. His outstand- ing record of community service during this period had included participation in practically every civic undertaking in the city and among those present at the din- ner were many who had known him intimately in one or more of these fields of service. A lengthy list of speakers, re- presenting various phases of the 'public life of the city and prov- ince paid high tribute to Judge Anderson's ability and character in congratulating him on his ele- vation to the Bench, and on be- half of the eity, Mayor F. N. Mc- Callum presented him with an engraved chest of silver, Tribute To All Expressing his sincere appre- ciation, Judge Anderson said he chose to consider this gathering as a tribute not to himself per- sonally but to all those who have or will in future occupy positions of public. responsibility in this ty and in this country, The majority of those who oc- cupy public office, he said, do so not with any expectation of re- ward but only for the satisfaction of having rendered service, Judge Anderson went on to say that those elected to public office could not make a success- ful contribution if it were not for those competent officials who JUDGE ANDERSON (Continued on Page 5) US Interests Buy Ont. Coal Concern Brockville, Feb. 1 (CP)>-The Em- pire Hanna Coal Company Ltd, represénting Anierican interests, has bought 'the marine coaling station operated on the Galops Canal near 1 by H. V. Redden. The sta- jas & capachy Of 400 tons an Transfer has been fixed for foe i Rotary Speaker T. H. ROSE of Birmingham, England, a director of Rotary International, who will be the special speaker at the lunch- eon meeting of the Oshawa Rotary Club on Monday. Say Murder Suspect Is in Toils Montreal, Feb. 1 (CP)--Police to- day said they were confident they had arrested one of the suspects in the murder of Leon Feigenbaum, downtown Craig Street pawnbrok- er shot to death when felled by 'bullets of two bandits who attempt- ed to hold up his store a week ago, following a night-long search by a squad of more than 200 municipal Police gave out no further details beyond saying they hoped to make a second arrest shortly. They had previously arrested a number of persons in connection with the case, AFL PONDERS UNION MOVE BY MURRAY Miami, Feb, 1--(AP)--Amerl- can Federation of Labor leaders today used C.I.O. president Phil- ip Murray's bid for a united labor front as an opening to propose a merger of the rival labor groups. Strategically, the = A.F.L. exe- cutive council meetings here put Murray on a spot, They said the kind of unity of action with which Murray sought to combat anti-la- bor forces could come only through "organic" or physical merger of the more than 13,000,- 000 members of the two big or- ganizations. Murray on Dec. 5 suggested that the C10. the railroad brother- .hoods and the A.F.L. should work together to fight off unfavorable legislation in the United States congress and present a solid front 'btherwise. «Fh 1a Green withheld a reply to Murray until the executive council could consider it. Two years ago Muk- ray had made a similar suggest ion and Green had quickly rejec- ted it for the\same reason that "organic" unity had to come first. Privately, members of the council were not too hopeful that anything would come of their pro- posal, made in a letter from Green to Murray. Murray, in Pittsburgh, declined to comment before reading the letter, which was dispatched to him at the 'Washington C.1.O:. headquarters, Norwegians Talk Over Franco Move Oslo, Feb. 1 (AP)--Reports that Generalissimo Franco has threat- ened to bar Norwegian ships from Spanish ports as a result of Nor- way"s initiative against his regime in the recent United Nations Gen- eral Assembly were discussed in secret session of the Norwegian Parliament yesterday. The reports presented to Parlia- ment said that Spanish authorities had threatened to prevent Norwe- glan ships from entering Spanish harbors. THE WEATHER Cloudy, clearing Saturday evening, Widely scattered snow- flurries Saturday. Sunday cloudy. Cold Saturday, becom- ing cloudy in the afternoon. Winds light. Low tonight and high Sunday, zero, 10, Sum- mary for Sunday --- cloudy, colder, president William | | return As a mark of the esteem in which he is held by the people of Oshawa, Judge J. C. Anderson, at a was presented with a chest of sterling silver flatware, on behalf of the citizens of the city, by His Worship Mayor F. N. McCallum. The chest bore a sterling silver plate on which was engraved, below the city crest, the words: "Presented to His Honor Judge J. C. Anderson by The Mayor, on behalf of the citizens of Oshawa, in appreciation of his services to the unity. Oshawa, January 31, 1947", Each piece of silver was engrav- comm: ed with the letter "A". 1 dinner in his honor last night, --Photo by Campbell's Studio No Relief For Britain From Cold London, Feb, 1--(CP)--Chil- led, rheumy Britons wera told to- day their promised thaw was still some way off--cold weather offiféfrain from parking their autos the last week will continye with fog, snow and gales throughout the country, Temperatures eased overnight but fell again this morning and now there is little prospect of im- provement during the week-end, forecasters said. ; There were further heavy snowfalls last night and the vil- lage of Simon's Baths, in the heart of Exmoor, Devon, was cut off by. 12 - foot drifts, The post- master reported by telephone to- day the food situation of the 100 inhabitants was "very serious." Even the return of normal wea- ther was not expected to permit a to normal production through much of the Midlands be- fore mid-week or later, For the third consecutive day all race meetings were elled but the cold was not To fously to hamper today's foStball program. rugby matches were postponed, however. PlanRenewed Attack On City's Drifts A warning to residents of the city living" in the residential sections to and trucks on the street was voiced by City Engineer W. T. Dempsey this morning as he outlined Board of Works plans for the removal of snow from the city's streets, He said that the cleaning up of the business section is now pretty well completed, but it is planned: to use a grader to remove loose snow where it has been scattered after loading operations are completed. It is explained that the snow is so hard that the plows, mounted on city trucks, cannot cope with it. For this reason great difficulty has been experienced in handling it. 'To speed the cleaning up of the city generally, a grader is being sent from Toronto by the W. B. Bennett Construction Co. A bull- doger is also being hired from a Whitby resident. A bulldozer plow will be attached to the tractor which has been loading snow while on Monday a 10-foot wing front will arrive from Montreal for use on the j new flusher. Pe PALESTINE BECOMING A FORTRESS Jerusalem, Feb, 1--(AP)--Military labor crews went into action before dawn today restringing barbed wire barricades and renewing defenses, in an apparent second step by the British government to turn all Pa- lestine into a fortress against un- derground violence. Yt y the government order- ed all pire florid. it British women and children -- together with some men--evacuated by Tuesday, moved the families of married army men into barracks and told government officials to prepare for a similar move. Working in rain and mud, mili- tary groups could be seen refurbish- ing Jerusalem's defence line with barbed wire. Some blocks of flats previously used as officer's clubs were being barricaded, lending im- petus od reports that the blocks being taken over as come. Protests against yesterday's eva- cuation order increased today as housewives vehemently opposed leaving their husbands to return to England. Wives of police officers, given the option of staying if their husbands agreed, banded in Sarona encampment at Tel Aviv to declare: "We stay." British newspaper correspondents objected strenuously to the Pales- tine government ruling classing them as "unessential" civilians who could stay in the Holy Land only at their own risk, They demanded protection and sald they intended to stay. Meanwhile, fears that the next step in the British campaign against violence would enfail imposition of martial law in some form spread through Jerusalem along with un- confirmed reports that Dov Bela Gruner, Jewish underground mem- ber under death sentence, had re- jected his right to appeal to the il Council, Britain's Supreme 0 Found In Snow With Broken Leg Found on Phillip Street with a broken right leg, Frank 'Judy' Mallett, 734 Margaret Street, was charged with intoxication early this morning and taken to the Oshawa General Hospital for treatment, P, C. Harvey of the Oshawa Po- lice Force found the man sitting on the snow on the nortn side of Phillip Street, near Albert Street, at 1:10 a.m, Dr, H. M. MacDonald was called to the police station Clothes, Food, Soap Are Affected Now: Leather Is On List Ottawa, Feb, 1 (CP)--The Canadian consumer could expect immediate. price increases on products containing fats and oils today and other price boosts sometime in the near future on articles such as cotton goods and leather gloves and mitts following the latest move of the Prices HOPE IS HELD COAL STRIKE MAY BE SHORT By JOHY TRACY Canadian Press Staff Writer Sydney, N.S, Feb, 1--(CP)-- Coal production in Maritime col- |} lieries came to a standstill today as 13,000 United Mine Workers (C.C.L.) walked out after expiry of their contract with mining op- erators, But whether the strike would be a long one, seriously affecting Maritime industry and power supply or a brief work stoppage was not made clear last night by Freeman Jenkins, U.M.W, district president. Other than to say that 4 strike would be oh at night | the and that the union had taken no action to cancel a previous notice to membership of the expiry of the contract Jan, 31, the union chief had no comment, A meeting of the union's dis- trict board later today was expec- ted to clarity the status of the walkout, Hope that the {first general Martime coal strike in 22 years would be of short duration was based on a statement yesterday by Mr, Justice W. F, Carroll of the Nova Scotia Supreme Court, gov- ernmeént - appointed conciliator HOPE IS HELD (Continued on Page 2) 4Board fo ease up the lid of price control, The Board announced last night that following partial removal of government subsidies on raw cot~ ton, cotton products and edible and inedible oils and fats,' controlled increases on maximum prices would be permitted for a number of pro- dusts affected by the subsidy remo- va . In addition the Board announced that of certain types of skins and leather would be "brought into line with prices of other hides od leather as adjusted recently." would permit price increases bi leather gloves and mitts from 11 to 62 per cent on stock bought after Jan. 31. The Board said increases on fats and oils products, including soaps and foods, would be permissible ef- fective today but emphasized that no increase in retail prices of cot ton products would. be allowed until present inventories of yarns ana fabrics have been used up. A Board spokesman said it was impossible at present to say when this might Leather gloves and mitts may be increased from 11 to 16% per cent on stock bought after Jan. 31, In- creases of five to 25 per cent will be permitted in the prices of knitted underwear and outerwear, shirts,' cotton work clothing and a variety of miscellaneous when present stocks of yarns and fabrics are depleted. Foods Maximum retail prices for such things as shortening, salad and cooking oils, may now be boosted PRICES EASED (Continued on Page 2) Rotary International Director Here Monday Members of the Oshawa Rotary Club, at their luncheon meeting in Hotel Genosha on Monday, will have the privilege of listening to an address by T. H. Rose of Birming- ham, England, a Director of Rotary International This is one of the few speaking engagements Rotarian Rose has scheduled for Canada and a large number of the members of neighboring clubs are expected to attend. T. H. Rose was born in Birming- ham, England, and received education at King Edward's School in that city. Until he retired re- cently to devote his entire time to voluntary service work, he was man- ager of Barclay's Bank, Ltd, in Birmingham He is a member of the British Ministry of Labor's Catering Wages Commission, Organizing Chairman of the B ham Hospital Con- tributory Association (which raises at least £450,000 each year), is Treasurer of the Council for the Welfare of Disabled Persons, Treas- urer of a large hostel for boys in need of disciplinary care, a meme ber of the Y.M.C.A. War Emergency Committee, and is active in the work of the Royal Cripples and Orthopaedic Hospital. He is also in charge of the finances of one of the largest County War Agriculture al Executive Committees, a member of sie Board ot the, Institute for British - American Understanding, and is Liaison Officer for the large Nuffield Trusts in connection with his | hospital and medical services. Mr. Rose has been a member of the Rotary Club of Birmingham since 1925, is a Past President of that Olub, and has. served as committee chairman and member and as District Representative = of Rotary International. In 1944-45 he was President of RIBI (Rotary Internationa) in Great Britain and Ireland). He is a Director of Ro- tary International for 1946-47, and is also a member of the Nominat- ing Committee for President of Ro~ tary International in 1947-48. * LATE NEWS BRIEFS Toronto: Premier Drew of Ontario announced today the Provincial Legislature Thursday, March 6. will open its 1947 session Inverness, N.S.: W. T. Chew, manager of the provincial gov- ernment-owned number one colliery here, said today he believed that a $200,000 fire in the bankhead of the mine had been set. London: The battleship Vanguard, carrying the King and Queen and Princesses to South Africa, sighted a float- ing mine 20 miles off the Isle of Wight today, Ex- change Telegraph reported. Edmonton: Premier Manning announced today Alberta is prepared to accept the latest Dominion government offers covering a tax-transfer agreement. Prince Albert, Sask.: One sister is believed dead as a result of fire which destroyed St. Patrick's Orphanage here today. Another was critically injured and four chil and the man was taken to hospi- tal, dren are missing.