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THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE Combining The Oshawa Times and 'Whitby Gazette and Chronicle OSHAWA WHITBY VOL. 6--NO. 116 OSHAWA-WHITBY SATURDAY, MAY 17, 1947 Price 4 Cents SIXTEEN PAGES THREE DEAD IN FIRE REEL ad CR New Plans To Be Drawn For Park Alexandra Sketch Said Unsuitable; Hire Toronto Firm In line with City Engineer W. T. Dempsey's objections, the Board of Park Management today shelved plans already drawn up for dressing rooms and rest rooms at Alexandra Park and authorized a firm of Toronto engineers to proceed with a new set of preliminary sketches. , uilding The board tacked the word '"ur-¢ gent" to the: letter addressed to the Shfineeiing firm, Morrison, Hersh- , Millman and Huggins, and- also asked for plans in connection with smaller lavatory buildings to be constructed at Bathe and Jarvis Street parks. After examining the sketch of the proposed Alexandra Park building, gineering advice in order "to get full value for money spent." "This whole thing has been kicking around for over a year now," remarked May- or Frank McCallum. "Let's get start- If this is no good, let's throw it and get another plan." "Just an oversize garage" with an all-cement floor and walls to be built from concrete blocks. An ar- chitect would have cost about $900, he estimated. "You're not building a shed or garage here," interjected Mr. Dem- sey, pointing out that the addition of further specifications to the pre- sent sketch would actually mean re- You think six per cent as an -architectural fee is unduly high" to get a guarantee of good construc- tion?" he queried, ALEXANDRA PARK (Continued on Page 2) Rotary Speaker Aviation Management and British Representative of Percival Ais, craft Co. who will be 'the speak- er at the luncheon meeting of te Oshaws Rotary Club on Mon- ye To Open N egotiations For 15-Cent Increase Negotiations will commence here Monday between of- ficials of General Motors of Canada Ltd. and the United Automobile Workers (CIO) on the union's request for a 15 cent an hour wage increase for all employees in the Oshawa and Windsor plants, it was announced today. : . The union is seeking a wage boost similar to that granted by General Motors Corporation several weeks &go to its American workers. is increase was on the basis of hourly wage raise of 11% cents, with the remaining 4% cents re- sulting from paid statutory holidays. 'The question of how the proposed 16-cent total in Ontario plants would be divided up will be decided during the course of negotiations. 'The reason given for the request- ed Increase is the higher cost of living resulting from the removal of price controls. A meeting has been called here Monday afternoon at two o'clock between company representatives and members of the General Motors Canadian Council and at the same time negotiations will be opened with McKinnon Industries Ltd. St. Catharines, for a similar increase. George Burt, regional director of the U.AW,, will be present for the discussions here along with James Smith, representing the interna- tional union. The other union ne- gotiators will be Malcolm Smith, chairman of the G.M. Canadian Council, Ed, Cline and Bert Stovell, Osha members 'of the Council, and Windsor representatives, Percy Barnard and B. Bush. The members of the G.M. Cana- dian Council are planning to meet 'in Toronto tomorrow. MINE STRIKE 'TENTATIVELY' OVER IN N.S. Ottawa, May 17--(CP)---Labor Department sources today con- firmed reports that a tentative agreement has been reached be- tween union heads of the 13,000 striking Maritime coal miners would return to work following a meeting Monday of the miners at Glace Bay, N. S. Train Off Tracks Pavement Suffers Would Abolish Shaving Mugs From Barber The time-honored shaving mug will disappear from Oshawa barber shops if amendments to the barber shop by-law proposed by the local barbers' association and approved last night by the Board of Health are passed by City Council. The amendments would prohibit the use of shaving mugs for the dispensing of soap for shaving and require all soap for shaving, either cream or powder form, to be used from a special dispenser. Regulations are also set forth for the sterilization of all shaving brushes, razors, clippers, shears, and other barber utensils. Shops Here 'These utensils must be sterilized for two minutes in a designated solu- tion each time after using. Further amendments are to the effect that no person suffering from a communicable disease or one who has been in cemtact with such a disease may act as a barber until approval is given by the medical officer of 'health, and that no bar- ber shap may be used as sleeping guarers or for the preparation of ood. During the month of April, the sanitary inspector, Lorne - Slaght, carried out 12 inspections at barber shops. WOLFE-RITSON PLAYGROUND 'TEMPORARY' Board of Park Management today accepted as a "temporary play- ground" the property at the corner on Wolfe Street and Ritson Road, designated by the city council as Harman Park. "The council was not satisfied that this area was thc. proper place for a permanent park," explained Mayor Frank McCallum, "but we wanted to give the children there some place to play. It's really a temporary arrangement." It was decided that the ground would be rolled, a ball diamond marked out and swings and teeter- totters erected. "I think we should call it a play- ground since I don't think it can be regarded as part of our parks system," remarked C. R. Bailes. Discussing the subject of names for city parks, Fred Maundrell said the name "Jarvis Street park" was hardly satisfactory identification for that particular park. The public entered the park by Connaught Street rather than Jarvis Street and "Connaught" would be a more at- tractive name, he suggested. "Any recommendation coming from this hoard would certainly receive consideration by coun- cil" declared Mayor McCallum, "but no snap judgment should be made." The board decided to open the Confident of Future Col. McLaughlin Tells Automotive Engineers From the laboratory to the test- ing ground to the finished product, the spotlight was on the automotive industry last night as the Canadian Section of the Society of Automo- tive Engineers held its annual Oshawa dinner meeting in the Pic- cadilly Room of Hotel Genosha. Using a series of clear-cut slides and graphs, Dr. H. R. Wolf, of General Motors Research Labora- tories in Detroit, traced the latest developments and experiments in the field of lubricating oils and automotive fuels, pointing out the effects of various types on the rate of engine "wear and tear." Newly elected officers of the Canadian Section of S.AE. were installed after Charles E. McTavish, outgoing chairman, welcomed chair- man-elect Ed. F. Armstrong to the top S.A.E. post. Other members of the new executive include: Warren B. Hastings, Toronto, vice-chair- man; W. W. Taylor, of Toronto, treasurer; Clifford E. Phillips, of Toronto, secretary; regional vice- chairmen: Fred J. Beattie; George W. Sawin, Kitchener; George Cler- mont, Montreal; Emerson L. Chant, Oshawa; Col. F. W. Miller, Quebec; Gordon McIntyre, Sarnia; C. K. Edward, Niagara Peninsula; W. Henry Cantelon, Windsor. Dean of the S.AE, Col. R. 8S. McLaughlin said the automotive engineers were doing "a magnifi- Widely Mourned wo DUNCAN CAMPBELL Well known and highly respected Oshawa photographer who passed away in the Oshawa General Hos- pital early this morning. Mr. Campbell suffered a heart attack on Monday last, way for refreshment c ions in all parks with the exception of Lakeview and Memorial. Regula- tions governing the placing and ments for stands will be prior to the insertion of any advertisements regarding park concessions, it was agreed. Texas City Struggling Back to Life Texas City, Tex., May 17-- (AP)--Sound of reconstruction can be heard throughout this coastal industrial port ' one month after a series of explos- ions levelled the town and left 484 known dead and 200 missing. Life is far from normal, with piers still twisted, makeshift roadways winding through razed buildings, workers searching for yet unfound bodies down by the docks, But yesterday, for the first time, flags were raised from half mast to full height, Bodies of 103 unclaimed and unidentified victims of the explo- sions touched off when the French ship Grandcamp 'lew up April 16 are kept in refrigerators at nearby Camp Wallace, "ayor Curtis Trahan announc- ed gratefully that relief funds for Texas City sufferers had passed ($689,000. (Checkups of other re- lief funds place the.over-all to- tal at close to $900,000). At the city auditorium 1,825 families in need of aid have been registered by the Red Cross. All schools have reopened, buf Levi Frey, superintendent, said one-fourth of the students are still absent. Falls from Auto Child in Hospital Falling out of a moving auto at King Street Bast and Prosvect Street, last night, two and a half year old Bryan Heaney, Toronto, was rushed to the Oshawa General Hospital, The child suffered abras- ions about the head and face, but his condition is understood to be satis- factory. J. 8. Johnston, 139 Withrow Avenue, Toronto, the driver of the car, reported the accident to the police and stated the parents had been sitting in the rear seat with the child when the door opened and he fell out. Cars Damaged Near Courtice Blinded by the bright lights of a car driven by John Stonebridge, 341 Alice Street, Oshawa, George Shank, 60 Kent Road, Toronto, sideswiped the Stonebridge car, sehding them both into the ditch. Although no one Was injured, both cars received cone siderable damage. : The accident is reported to have happened about 3.00 o'clock this Horning on No. 2 Highway at Cour- S.A.E. Chairman EDWIN F. ARMSTRONG Chief Engineer of General Motors of Canada, Ltd, Oshawa, who was installed as Chairman of the Cana- dian Section of the Society of Automotive Engineers at its annual dinner here last night, cent job making a product that's a credit"to the world." Declaring he was glad to be back "in my old haunts," Col. McLaughlin pointed out that the automotive industry had returned "to the old work with 'mest" following years of wartime production. "I'm looking forward to the future with confidence," he said. * Col. McLaughlin congratulated longtime S.AE. secretary, Warren B. Hastings, and presented him with a handsome desk set on be- half of the society. He praised Mr. Hasting's efficient work as secre- tary and his "high grade" journal- istic achievements in connection with the automotive magazine. In a second presentation, chair- man-elect E. F. Armstrong, of Osh- awa, handed a fishing rod com- plete with all the equipment to past chairman Mr. McTavish, who had presided throughout the meeting. Introduced by J. L. Stewart, a past chairman of S.A.E, Dr. Wolf marked off the four factors de- termining the satisfactory perform- ance of motors: operating condi- tions and maintenance; engine de- IS OPTIMISTIC (Continued on Page 2) 12 Plumbing Permits Issued A total of 12 permits for plumb- ing installations were issued during April, Sanitary Ins] Lorne Slaght reported last night to the Board of Health. Nineteen primary inspections of such installations Nero made and four final inspec- The question of plumbing instal- lations in the 22 Robson Leather Co. houses on Rowena Street were dis- cussed and Dr, A. F. Mackay, M.O. H., reported that the company had made application for sewer connections. He said it was ex- pected the tile for this work would .' be available in four to git weeks. 9 Photographer One of the city's best known and most, highly respected business men, Duncan Campbell, passed away in the Oshawa General Hos- pital early this morning. Only re- cently returned from & two-month holiday in the south, he suffered a heart attack last Monday from which he failed to recover. One of the city's oldest business men in point of years, he had been in business, he came to Canada in 1907 and purchased the photogra- phic business of the late William O'Brien on Simcoe Street South. He continued in business for 40 years, although he partially retired a few years ago. His studio was on an upper floor until 1942 when it was moved to its present location on the ground fioor. Since 1939 the business has been operated by Ed- ward Pankhurst who has been as- sociated with Mr. Campbell for 36 years, However, Mr. Campbell con- tinued to take an active interest in photographic work and was at the studio every day. Mr, Campbell's work was widely known and on a number of occa- sions won high awards at the an- nual display of the Photographic Association of which he was a dir- ector at the time of his death, Of a quiet, unassuming nature, he en- joyed a wide circle of friends who respected him for his many fine qualities. An active worker in Knox Pres- byterian Church, the deceased was a member of Cedar Lodge, AF. and AM.; Pentalpha Chapter and of the Oshawa Rotary Club. A member of a family of ten children, Mr. Campbell was the son of the late James FP. Campbell and Mary Isabella MacIver of Inver- ness, Scotland. He is survived by his wife, the former Lizzie Milne, and two daughters, Mrs. Eric M. Pym (Iso- bel) and Miss Catherine Campbell of Oshawa. Also surviving are four sisters, Mrs. Ewen Fraser of Toron- to, Helen and Bella of Inverness, Scotland, and Mrs. M. MacPherson (Mary) of New Zealand, and four brothers, Roderick of Toronto, James and Donald of TInvernees, $eotland, ana Kenneth of Austra- a. 5 ._ The funeral will be held from the Luke-McIntosh Funeral Home at 2.30 pm. on Tuesday, May 20, followed by interment in the Osh- awa Union Cemetery. The services will be conducted by Rev. H. F. Da- vidson, minister of Knox Presbyter- ian Church, assisted by Rev. Wil- liam MvRoberts of Cooke's Church, Toronto, a former minister of Knox Church, THE WEATHER Lake Ontario: Cloudy become ing overcast tonight and Sune day. Intermittent rain begin- ning this evening stopping by Sunday evening. Not much change in temperature today or Sunday. Winds light today and tonight, east 15 Sunday. Low tonight and high Sunday at Trenton 52, 58. Summary for . Sunday: Rain till evening, ROBESON MAY SING ONLY: NO SPEECHES Toronto, May 17 (CP)\--Toronto's police commission today granted permission for a concert! by Paul Robeson, providing sponsors agree that the American negro baritone- actor will sing only and not make a speech. The concert is scheduled tonight in the Coliseum and the commission sat to decide whether it would constitute "a breach of the peace." . The rumpus was raised by fears i over the lengths to which Robeson's known propensity to inject political pronouncements into his concerts might be indulged here. | Toronto civic fathers fear a riot would develop if the artist, con- ! sidered a Communist and anti- | British, didn't tend his purely | musical "knitting." They recalled |that last month a concert of his |in Peoria, Ill, was cancelled be- | cause authorities feared "bloodshed," | and that a year ago Robeson inter- | rupted a concert in Toronto's Mas- | sey Hall to deliver a speech. Controller John Innes, announc- | ing that hé would appear before the police commission to seek cancella- tion fo the. Coliseum booking, said: "Some of the veterans' organiza- tions might go in there and break a few of the heads of these Com- munists. Robeson is a great singing artist but Toronto is definitely not the place for the spouting of his Communistic talk." - Elwood Hughes, manager of the Canadian National Exhibition, in whose grounds the Coliseum is lo» feated, tried to oil its troubled wat- ers by observing that a woman en- {gaged to publicize the concert had assured him Robeson would sing only--no talk. 1 Black Mart In Berlin Is Smashed Berlin, May 17--(AP)--Agents of the United States military govern- ment have smashed one of Berlin's biggest black market rings and arrested the leader, a 50-year-old | German named Karl Jahn. Officials [said Jahn began his operations in Holland during the German occu- pation there and then switched to the lush profits available in Berlin under Allied occupation. Jahn, described as "a very clever guy," by American agents, was sent to Holland in 1942 with 100,000,000 marks to make purchases for the German army. One of his fraudu- lent operations, American officials said, was to purchase a large con- signment of "cocoa for the Wehr- macht, which turned out to be brick dust when the German quart- ermasters received it." CBC Broadcast To Originate Here Sunday Afternoon The Canadian Broadcasting Cor- poration Sunday afternoon feature "Church the Air" will originate at - Knox Presbyterian Church, Oshawa, tomorrow. The half-hour service will be conducted by the minister of Knox Church, Rev. H. F. Davidson, and the music will be by the Knox choir under the direction of David Jen- kins These broadcasts, which are at 4.30 p.m., EDT, originate in turn in various cities across Canada. City Engineering Office Expanding Alterations have been in progress this week in the former Board of Health office in the Public Utilities building to accommodate the En- gineering Department. The local Board of Health is now located on the second floor of the former Wartime Prices and Trade Board building at 65 Simcoe Street South. It's offices are those for- merly occupied by the rentals con- trol and grocery, meat and textiles sections of the Prices Board. The City Engineering Department is expanding from its own office into the former Public Health quar- ters in the P.U.C. building. The new entrance to the Engineering Department offices is that formerly used by the Public Health depart- ment, skull injuries suffered in the ASH Head-On Collision In Toronto Leaves 5 Others Injured Toronto, May 17 CP)--Deaths resulting from a spec tacular early-morning head-on crash of two fire reels, mounted to three when fireman Melville Kerfoot died from accident which gave a tragic twist to Toronto's traffic safety drive launched only three Honor Graduate 8 JOHN O. MILLER Son of Dr. and Mrs. C. O. Miller, 89 Simcoe Street South, who secur- ed honor standing in the final year of the Mechanical Engineering course of the Faculty of Applied Science at the University of Toron- to, Engineering Students Get Honors UofT | Hl Three Oshawa students obtain- | ed honors in the third and fourth year examinations of the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, University of Tor- onto, according to the regults an- nounced today, John O, Miller, son of Dr. and Mrs. C. O. Miller, 89 Simcoe | Street South, obtained honor | standing in his final year in | Mechanical Emnginering. In third year, F. E. J, Crome, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Crome, 117 Mon- trave Avenue, received honors in Civil Engineering and Frank W. Henkelman, son of Mr, and Mrs. Wm. Henkelman, 96 Phillip | Street. In third year also, G. E. B. Dan- iel, son of Mr, and Mis. N. H. Dan- iel, 406 Mary Street, passed in all subjects in Engineering Physics. Others who obtained pass standing GET HONORS (Continued on Page 2) Carpenters Plan Monday Meeting At Kingston Kingston, May 17--(CP)--Settle- ment of the strike involving 325 un- fon carpenters will be discussed Monday night at a joint conference of members of the therhood of Carpenters and Joinels Local 249 and representatives of the Kingston Building Contractors Association called for Monday evening, Picket action threatened to start on all bui projects Monday morning will be withheld pending the result of the conference. The union seeks a 20-cerib~hourly wage increase for a 40-hour week. The contractors offered 10 cents. The carpenters have been receiving $1.05 per hour for 44-hour week, $days ago, Kiiled almost instantly in the collision as the two fire trucks raced to a three-alarm school fire in the city's east end were Joseph Walker, 24, and Charles Leslie, 26. Tog est Dr. Smirle Lawson, ehief core oner, announced that an inquest will be ordered into the deaths. Fireman Albert Creighton suffer ed a fractured skull and internal injuries and at St. Michael's hos= pital his condition was reported as '"grave." Five other firemen were injure ed in the crash which left pools of blood on the roadside and sidewalks at the intersection of Queen Street East and Parliament 'Street. Eye-witnesses said it seemed a miracle that all eight firemen were not killed as they were hurled into the air. Through Plate Glass One fireman was thrown against the door of a bank buile ding crashing through plate glass. Another landed headfirst on the car tracks, One fireman was pin. ned in the wreckage but was quickly extricated by citizens and police officers. Others injured were Captain Jess Stroud, cuts to hands and face, shock; Captain Alex Johne ston, cuts and bruises, chest ine juries; Fireman John Morrison, scalp injuries and bruised thigh Fireman Ralph Brunton, cuts and bruises, chest injuries, As the heavy reels collided, wreckage was strewn to all corners of the intersection. Firemen were thrown in all directions and some were pinned beneath the 'reels, One hook-and-ladder truck was thrown 25 feet and landed on its side and the other truck struck a sidewalk Hydro pole and rippeg it off at the base. Gasoline from: the wrecked ene gines created a fire threat but ade i ditional equipment from surrounds ing firehalls removed the danger, The whine of sirens could be heard for miles as ambulances from every hospital in the city rushed to the scene and doctors administered first ald to the injured. The fire in Queen Alexandra School on Broadview Avenue broke out in a third-floor room and spread to other rooms on the floor and down to the secnd floor before it was brought under eontrol. Four rooms were gutted. Local Employees Face Theft Counts -George Slater, 338 Buena Vista and Richard Newell, RR. 3, Osh- awa, were charged jointly today with stealing two bumperettes and two tire irons from the property of the Skinner Company, on or about May 16. There were remanded until May 27, with bail set at $200, The Skinrer Corgbany officials claimed they noticed bumperettes missing several times and so re- ported it to the police. The men, who work at the plant, are said to have been caught passing the are ticles out the washroom window. No Dog Licenses, To Pay Fines Because they allowed their dogs » to run around loose, about 20 pere sons were forced to pay fines yese terday. Chief of Police Owen D. Friend, stated the deadline for bie cycle licenses is long overdue also and he will be forced to give ine structions to his police officers to prosecute offenders in the neap future. singles matches to fini Harbor for scrapping in out of Honolulu, railway, -l ee * LATE NEWS BRIEFS (By THE CANADIAN PRESS) St. Andrews: United States golfers regained the Walker Cup today by scoring victories in five of the first six sh on the second day's play, giving the challenging team the necessary sevem triumphs to clinch the trophy. San Francisco: The United States Coast Guard announced "today the battleship Oklahoma, under tow from Pearl San Francisco, sank 540 miles | Calcutta: Thirty people were killed and 61 injured when an express train was derailed today on the Bengal-Assam nd