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THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle OSHAWA WHITBY VOL. 6--NO. 36 3 OSHAWA-WHITBY, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1947, Price 4 Cents FOURTEEN PACES | Board of Works Budget Increased $¢ Provides | For Purchase Of Capital Equipment The City Council last night passed a Works Depart- ment budget for 1947 amounting to $159,101, including ex- penditures for capital equipment totalling $29,056. This budget represents an increase of $43,936 over the amount budgeted for in 1946 and $49,809 over the actual 3,936 4 $29,056 expenditure last year. Exclusive of the sum provided for the purchase of equipment the anticipated expen- diture 1s $130,045, an increase of $14,880 over the 1046 budget. Snow Removal Costly Apart from the capital expendi- ture amount, the chief additional items in the 1947 budget are $6,700 resulting from the cost of living bonus granted civic employees by the council last week and an in- crease of $6,000 allowed for the cost of snow removal. It was pointed out that to .the end of January, $4928.86 had already been spent this year on snow removal while the total expenditure for this pur- pose in 1046 was $4,906.36. The rad provided for snow removal in the 1047 budget was $11,000. The total expendiure, exclusive of the capital equipment amount, is made up under the following head- ings: $28,400 for street cleaning; $62,145 for Board of Works; $9,000 Toupectively, over over ; Plan New Equipment - Nine amounts were provided for the purchase of equipment which Card Playing Under Ban AtHartHouse|™ Toronto, Feb. 12 (CP)--Canrd playing, except by special permis- sion, today came under a ban at Hart House at the University of Toronto. The board of stewards and house committee announced the | Ty ban yesterday and also said the card room: in the house will be closed because "of gambling and general behavior." The only exception to the card ban is the Weekly Bridge Club and at any other times authorized by stewards and committee. It was reported in university cir- cles that high bridge stakes-- a cent a point--and poker playing during lunch hour led to the action, The announcement said there was no objection to card playing as a leisure occupation "if reasonably pursued" but "gambling is illegal and the board cannot permit a situ- ation which might lead to the im- position of a heavy fine on Hart House." BARKER QUITS; GIVE RESPITE T0 TERRORIST Jerusalem, Feb. 12 (Reuters)-- Lt.-Gen. Sir Evelyn Barker, Gener~ al Officer Commnianding British troops in Palestine, was reliably re- ported tonight to have relinquished his command and to have left by air for Cairo on his'way to Britain, Jerusalem, Feb, 12 (Reuters)-- Dov Gruner, 33-year-old Hungatian Jew, condemned to death for an attack on a Palestine police station in which two policemen died, has been granted an "indefinite" re- spite by Lt.-Gen. Sir Evelyn Barker, General Officer Commanding Brit- ith troops in Palestine, it was of- ficially stated here tonight South Ont. Highways Improved Toronto, Feb. 12--(CP)~Constant improvement in snowbound South- ern Ontario's road situation is being reported hourly to headquarters of Department of Highways here, "We're starting to dig ourselves out of the woods," was the way one officlal put it, announcing that Owen Sound had been removed from the "isolated community" list. Snowplows succeeded in clearing Highway No. 10 all the way to the Georgian Bay port about 4:30 pm. Tuesday, about the same time that Highway No, 11 was pronounced clear from Bradford to Orillia, hough the going was said to be ne aways officials said drifting, which was responsible for the trou- blesome drifts, erecting 20-foot traf- fic barriers in places, had dropped to negligible proportions enabling the tie-up to "loosen" everywhere, Weather throughout the province is expected to moderate consider- ably today, with changes precept- able in the evening. Only Toronto is expecting a drop in temperature, a few degrees only. "We are beginning to have things our way at last and they will im- prove from here in," said the road- men, Engineer Explains Uses Of Fluorescent Lighting Say Woman Swindled 'Falls Man Toronto, Feb. 12 -- (CP) -- Mrs, Vera Anderson, 30, was arrested on Street late last night and een to Nigra 1 Falls on a charge of swindling Mike Buchyk, Crow- land grocer who complained to pol- jce some days ago that he had been | robbed of $14,500 in a fake property Deputy police chief G. Hughes of Ni ' Falls came here to escort "on a vagrancy count. Buchyk told Niugara Falls police Niagara Falls with the money and there. gave her the suitcase of | money to check in a railway locker. She returned the locker key to Buchyk and disappeared and , Buchyk found the locker empty. About 70 electrical maintenance men, the staff of The Christian Electric and Hardware, and other guests gathered In the Blue Room of the Genosha Hotel last night to hear an illustrated and demonstrated lecture oh fluorescent lighting. This informative talk was ably given by C. J. Ladouceur, ser- vice specialist, assisted by B. F. Wiggin and attended by P. W. Greene, all representing Eastern Ontario for General Electric who sponsored the show. "The idea of the meeting is to acquaint the audience with the con- struction, operation and mainten- ance of fluorescent lighting" said R. Grant representing Mr. Christ- ian, in introducing the guest speak- adoceur then outlined the eve- ning's program, emphasizing the point that he was not there to sell anything but to throw light, upon the relatively new "sun 1h the home" system of illumination. Development Traced The first film, "Magic of Fluor- escence" began with the original at- tempts of primitive man to throw back the shadows of night, by means of wood fires, Next follow- ed the flaming torch, the clay pot- tery oil lamp which was used about | ENGINEER (Continued on Page 2) TYRONE HOME IS ISOLATED BY DRIFTS Driving winds and drifting snow of last Sunday's blizzard have tho- roughly tied up the Hampton-Ty- Tone district in drifts five to six {feet deep, J. B, Biddle, an employee of General Motors for the last 18 years as a company watchman, re- ports that he has not been able to reach his home, which is about five miles from Tyrone, at Moore's Cor ner, since last Saturday afternoon, The plows had just about cleared the roads, blocked by the last storm, and now there all filled in again," he said. It had taken practically two weeks to open the routes for travel the last time, and it is not likely that they can be cleared in a shorter period now, thought Biddle, Snow plows are working through Lindsay from Bowmanville and two plows and a bulldozer with a plow attachment owned by Tyrone are trying to clear the roads through to the highway. "I may be able to get through to- day or tomorrow" sald Biddle, The north-south road from the Seventh Concession to the Fifth Concession, from Solina, had not been cleared of snow from tAe preceding storm. He continued, "My family, wife and two children, have plenty of QUESTION IS 'WOULD IT HAVE HATCHED TWINS Not satisfied with the medio cre distinction of laying double« yoked eggs, hens at George Scott's chicken farm on King- ston Road West have turned to producing double eggs. The sample brought to the Times-Gazette office, is not even normal size but measures approximately four inches in length and two and a half in- cheg in width and weighs nearly five ounces, The "egg" was laid by a six months-old Plymouth Rock, and is t'uly a double one, The large outer shell contains not only a yolk and white but also another quite normal looking egg which also has both a yolk and a white, The outer shell had broken slightly but the inner egg was completely intact. The question is--would it have hatched twins? Seed Supply Favorable ---- Toronto, Feb. 12 (CP)--Ontario farmers can face the important 1947 crop year with the knowledge of a favorable seed supply as a re- sult of the banner 1946 Crop, par- ticularly in the central and west- ern sections of the province, This assurance came last night in a dinner address to the Ontario Crop Improvement Association by R. E., Godin, secretary of the seed marketing and publicity committee of the organization, who sald that 'not only have we satisfactory quantities, but the quality is above average." The keen demand for cereals and favorable conditions for fall plow- ing in 1946 would probably bring Mcreased acreage in oats, barley and corn this year. A survey show- ed there were ample supplies of practically all cereal seeds except barley available in most areas. Some seed might have to be ship- ped into parts of eastern and north- ern Ontario. Both hybrid and open-pollinated corn were plentiful. There were. in- dications that many farmers plan to sow peas with their corn this year but supplies of suitable vari- eties for this were none lentiful and seed should be bought earl, DR. BIRD RECOVERING Dr. Grant Bird, who has been confined to his home for the past coup'e of weeks through illness, is | reported on the way to recovery. His many friends hope to see him around again soon, Ottawa, Feb, 12--(CP)--Gra- ham ¥, Towers, governor of the Bank of Canada, warned today that "Canada cannot continue in- definitely to sell on credit in ov- erseas markets while she is in- curring a substantial cash deficit in her balance of payments with the United States." Mr. Towers issued the warning in his annual report to Finance Minister Abbott on operations of the government-owned bank and in statements made in an inter- view prior to the tabling of the report in the Commons, Throughout the report Mr. Towers stressed the . extent to which Canadian prosperity de- pended on foreign trade. He told newspapermen at A press confer- ence that he was mot trying to paint g gloomy picture but rather a realistic one, No one could expect Canada to move easily through a period fol- lowing a war which made the First World War look like "child's play." One of the principal factors in Canada's present prosperity was the high level of exports, one- third of which were financed in 1946 on credit, Mr, Towers sald it was in Can- ada's own self interest to assist in the re-establishment of war- disrupted countries, because Can. ada's employment standard and living "so greatly depended" on export trade, We Can't Extend Overseas Credit While Cash Deficit Grows In U.S., Says Towers Because Canada had finished the war with large United States dollar reserves she could grant the trade credits and still meet her American trade balances, "It is obvious, however, that the successful functioning of this policy depends on our being able to realize, in due course, suffici- ent cash from our overseas trade to meet our requirements in the United States," he said. Other. high points in Mr, Tow- ers' report were: 1, Post - war conditions were such the bank did mot believe higher rates of interest would be Justitied. 2, Public savings deposits In- creased by $604,000,000 during 1946, but much of the increase was due to the sale of war bonds by individuals and investment of the proceeds in savings accounts, 3, The chartered bank in« creased their Dominion and Prov- incial government holdings by $60,000,000 during 1946 and their over.all cash reserves by $58,300,000, 4. The Bank of Canada's net profit for 1946 was $21,236,194. 6. Price increases in Canada since the end of the war had been "moderate" and lower than those |. in the United States where all price controls had been removed. 6. In general the redistribution of manpower involved in recon- version had taken place "relative. |! ly smoothly," By Earl Lama Revealing Cornwall, Feb, 12--(CP) -- Two statements read today to the jury at the trial of William Barl Lama on a charge of murder quoted Lama as denying that he killed his 30- year-old wife and nine-year-old daughter Mary last August and told of arguments between Lama and hig wife. ©, P, Hope, special Crown prose- cutor, read one statement said to have been found in a home at near by Moulinette a month after the slaying and which began: "I W. E. Lama, did not kill my wife 'and baby but I have no way of proving it. If they would send in the fingerprints they say they found they would see that I.did not do it." Lama's movements as police sought him following discovery of the slashed bodies of Mrs, Lama and the little girl outside their farm shack 's Corners near here. It continued: "If they gend in the fingerprints they got they will see it was not me that dome it and I stay in hid- ing until they do or die but if somebody killed my wife she de- Served killing because she was an awful woman. "Her and Fred were a pair of good ones but a ue 2 oon very sorry for her. For my wife I am not dae bit sorry because she it." deserved it. "Fred" is believed to refer to Lama's 17-year-old son, Frederick. "Mary" was the little girl who was one of the victims of the bili ing knife slaying. don't the cops take in Fred and give him a dam good going over? Maybe they will find out something then about it," the state ment 'added. Lama sald in the statement that STATEMENTS (Continued on Page 2) The statement gave an account of | SPO TALMADGE ™ GEORGIA'S GOVERNOR MoDonough, Ga, Feb, 12 (CP) =~ Judge Walter Hendrix ruled today that Herman Tal- madge is the legal governor of a, In a 2,000-word decision Judge Hendrix said the state legisla- ture was within its constitution al rights when it elected Tal- madge Jan, 15 to the four-year term of the late Eugene Tal- madge, his father. 'Mama's Pet' Type Worst Problem Toronto, Feb. 12--(OP)--The fled boy of "mama's pet" is the most difficult type of juvenile de- linquent to reform because he is sly and sneaky, HSC. Rees, for 43 years a leader in juvenile delin- uency work in Britain, said night, Here on a tour of Canada, he sald that the co-called tough boy or teeror of the neighborhood, makes a fine citizen with leadership quali- ties if properly directed. Truck Hit Train, Driver Unhurt Toronto, Ti (OP) Stanley arker, obours, Ont y , escaped in- By The Associated Press United States Navy fliers have discovered a strange lake-studded "oasis" tucked into the wastes of ice and snow which comprise the vast continent of Antartica and there is much speculation as to whether the remarkable area Is warm enough to support year. around human life in comfort, A combined American Press dis- patch from Associated Press corres- pondent Alton L. Blakeslee last night said discovery of the ice-free inland region, 40 miles wide, might be one of the most mportant yet made by the Navy expedition mow sfudying the little-known down un- der continent. | Expeditionary leaders, Blakeslee (a, considered the discovery of the greatest sginificance from the Strange Oasis Ts Found In Antarctic Waste-Land standpoint of geology and geog- raphy. Capt. Robert 8. Quackenbush, Jr. chief of the expeditionary staff, sald this Land-of-Lakes region was discovered by fliers of the expedi- tion's western task group Monday 'in' the Knox Coast vicinity. They described it as a remarkable inland "oasis" of muddy pea-green lakes--some of them big enough to land a plane on---and tall, brown mounds of apparently bare earth rising 500 feet above the surface, Exact location of the area was not given nor were tie number of lakes and mounds specified, but Bond sald photographers' planes took colored motion pictures and still shots of the area, which he said had a radius of about 20 miles, and a width of about 40 miles, DECRY LARGE SUM SPENT SCHOOL PLANS In considering the Board of BEdu- cation budget estimates for 1947 the City Council last night urged that a change should be made jn the rul- ing whereby municipalities are re- give to ing Juge & amounts 2a fe Preparation of pl or schoo! buildings before approval will be given for their erection, An an e: le, Ald, Ernie Cay, Chairman of Finance, pointed to the expenditure which preparation of plans for the Roxborough Public School had involved only to have the project defeated by vote of the ratepayers, Mayor F. N., McCallum expressed the view that the Depart- ment of Bducation should be in a position to advise on the approxi- mate cost of school buildings when 80 many are being constructed throughout the province, 'The discussion arose in connection with an amount of $20,000 included in the Board's budget for architect's fees in connection with the propos- ed new jovi ary pehook Ao ony expressed the view, Aldermen Starr and Sam Jackson, that it would he wise for the Board rough esti en estimated [Eas rey in 104 of 1d o as levy asked for was A uf ae and seven-tenths mills over last year's rate, Two Attacked By Thieves After Money Police here are seeking at least two men in connection with two assaults that occurred within a matter of hours late last night and early today. Shortly after midnight 18-year. oll Harvey Kalnitsky, 421 King Street East, was attacked by two men as he crossed a park- ing lot behind the main office of General Motors, He said he had no money at the time and his fa- ther David Kalnitsky declined to enlarge on the incident today. A few hours earlier 'Sydney Found of Courtice, four miles east of 'her, was struck on the nose as he was opposite 187 King Street East, His assailant ordered him to hand over his money, He handed over $1.50, he told police. ---------------- Freight Rate Preferences Are Feared tawd Web, 17 12 (CP)--Granting of ' rallways' application for general rate increases might result in "undue preference and unjust discrimination" W. P., Fillmore, |{ Manitoba representative claimed to- day before the Board of Transport Commissioners, He was continuing argument, be- gun yesterday, on the contention of seven provinces that the Board has no jurisdiction to hear the present application, and that the jurisdic- tional issue should be settled by the oourts, The claim of possible preference | 93 and discrimination was one reason why, the Board did not have power to grant a general percentage in- crease of 30 per cent as sought by the 24 railways in the application, Mr, Fillmore said. Possibility of discrimination would arise, the provincial repre- sentative sald because the railways might not be able to impose gener- al advances in all localities or for all shippers or all commodities. Further, he declared, it was "at- dark | tempted taxation" when railways sought increases on the ground of financial need, as they were doing in this application. Mr, Fillmore said the Board should go to the Supreme Court of Canada to get an- swers to two questions:---- 1, Does it have power to grant a general increase in all rates. 2. Does it have power to grant an 'increase based solely on finan cial need. SUDDEN ICING CAUSED FATALITY Recommend Use Of Dual Road Bridge During The Winter There was absolutely no negligence on the part of the Department of Highways in connection with the death of Toronto transport driver, Ernest Pope, according to. the ver. dict of a coroner's jury at Pickering last night. Twenty-one yar aa Pope burned to death in the flaming cab of his vehi after it had plunged over $vehicle BRITAIN BACK T0 BLACKOUT; EXTEND CUTS London, Feb. 12 -- (Reuters) -- Domestic electricity cuts will be ex- tended to all of Britain as from tomorrow, the Ministry of Fuel and Power announced late today. Britain also will go back to the blackout, it was announced, drastic cuts in street lighting to be enforced, The Ministry announced that the cuts which began Monday over one~ half of land and Wales would be ex tomorrow to cover the entire country, In the new areas the pe will | and order be cut off and restored an hous sooner han Ln tho id and, ox: to the. weather-created ship- ping tie-up, Brysen 5,000,000 and 6,000,000 are the United Kingdom from direct and indirect effects of the industrial power stoppage throughout the 36 English counties, a Board of Trade spokes- man estimated. 'The spokesman forecast an even greater shutdown dor next week with unemployment spreading in- evitably to all parts of the country, Steel Wage May Rise, Price Drop New York, Feb, 12--(AP) -- The Iron Age, a trade ngton few steel officials," the magazine stated, 'have indicated by their re- marks that the steel industry would do well to reduce some of its prices, but such suggestions have been definitely tied in with the prerequi site that there be no increase in current wage 5 "To believe that the Steel Work- ers' Union would accede to a status quo in its wage rates is to be a little bit less than "However, since the US.W.A. has at no time mentioed a specific wage RO Luk Segormiicrs 'which could result in a J Saitjpromise oi the wage: Steel _-- 'production this week, the iron age concluded, =, Sontimies o e highest peacetime SONY: WIN) Wie He Up One point © 93 p- cent of capacity from last k's revised 92.5 per cent, 2 Accidents Result In Dented Fenders Two minor traffic accidents, re- sulting in dented fenders, were Te- ported in the city last evening. Kenneth Power, 310 Burk Street, who was proceeding west on King Street East shortly before six o'clock sald he was unable to stop when a | this woman driver pulled out in front of him from w Street. The front fender of his car was damaged, Later in the evening, at approx- imately 8:15, an Oshawa Railway Co. bus driven by John Zaporozan brushed a parked car as it proceed= ed south on Simcoe Street North at Alma Street. Slight damage was caused to the left front fender of the auto. the Rouge bridge shortly before 2 am, January 20, v Icing Common Knowledge Declaring that "sudden icing of this bridge is common knowledge," the jury's verdict recommended "immediate use of the new highway bridge during the winter season." The jury, which was empanelled for the inquest by Coroner Dr. V, B, Cartwright, found that the tractors trailer had gone over the bridge be~ cause of the icy condition of the road, a condition that had arisen 'mot more than 10 minutes before the accident occurred." The coroner was assisted in adducing evidence by Orown Attorney A. O, Hall, Walter "Duke" Smith, night pa- trolman for the of Highways, testified that he had been over the Rouge bridge at.about 140 am, approximately 10 minutes before the accident, "The road was good, I tried the surface of the bridge as I. always dha Mr, Lin a, MW were slippery, I'd go directly plant pe er sand." Mr, Smith added that he had been over that part of the highway four times during the evening prior to the accident, "We are the only province Canada which provides such Oe ing facilities and there is no mate BUDDEN ICING _ (Continued on Page fd fod Families Here Are Aided By Salvage Bd. A very comprehensive rt of the great volume of work eo by the Oshawa Salvage Board during 19046 was presented by A. J, Graves, Manager, at a meeting of the Board last night, The report was as fol- lows: "I herewith submit the following report of the activities during the year 1046, Besides the enclosed statement your Board has been able to help a number of families with furniture, bedding, and clothes dur- ing the year--one very good ©cook= ing stove, three bedsteads complete, three mattresses, baby's crib and mattress, two chairs, two forms to be used at the play grounds, kitch« en cupboards, six saucers, six plates, % mattress, two real good suits, three overcoats, three suits not so for the burnt-out family, odd oup= board and two old chairs. "T would like to point out that the National Clothing Collection was handled almost entirely by the Sale vage Board and your Af spent gilts three onl finishing up this 'wor! "The Bond Ae any help to needy famili donations of $840.51, Included he this, of course, is the donations to the Research for Cancer Treatment and the Com= munity Chest Sonation. "I would like to say that the Board had the utmost co-operation from both Mr, Hallitt and Mr, Me- Gill, the Welfare Administrators and the staff of the Welfare Board, Our Board has met all the requests made by them for help in very needy family cases, Twenty-seven needy family cases were helped sev- eral times where the Oity would ii to pay 100% of the costs." Engineer's Dept. | To Take Over Bldg. Inspection The duties of of bullding inspection in the city, in the hands of Fire Chief W. R. Elliott for the A, six years, are to be returned to the City Engineering Department, it was de- cided at the city council meeting , night, The fire chief had been ap) to this position to Je engineer at that time, O. G It was felt that with the recent ads ditions to the Engineering Depart ment staff, it was now possible for department to again carry out these inspections. THE WEATHER Cloudy today and Thurs. day, clearing both evenings. Somewhat = milder. Light winds, Low tonight and high Thursday 15, 383. Summary for Thursday: Cloudy, mild er,