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THE DAILY OSHAWA Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle WHITBY 163 " OSHAWA-WHITBY, MONDAY, JULY 14, 1947 Price 4 Cents FOURTEEN PAGES LIFEGUARD SAVES LAD AT SAMAC Local Instructor Is Killed At Highland Creek Kiddies Have "Swell Fun" As Eastview Neighborhood Assoc. Holds First Picnic HENRY R. FIG CRASH VICTIM FOUR HURT Losing control of the truck that he was driving while rounding the curve at Highland Creek late Satur- day night, Henry Richard Figg, 140 Cowan Ave., Toronto, smashed head on into an oncoming car, and was | instantly killed when he was thrown | out of the truck as it rolled into the | ditch on the north side of the road. | The accident occurred less than a quarter mile from the scene of the series of accidents which sent 13 Jeople to hospital only 24 hours be- Ontario Regiment Instructor Pigg, who held the rznk of Squa- dron Sergeant Major, was driving one of the 11th Armored (Ontario) Regiment trucks at the time of the accident. He had keen at Meaford Ranges where he was instructing in tank work, and was returning to Oshawa with the truck which was loaded with stores. Thirty-five years of age, he had been a member of the Canadian pmilitia for almost 20 years. He was y& member of the Royal Canadian Dragoons and had been with the, 11th Armored Regiment here for slightly over a year as a member of the administrative and training Shalt. "He was very popular with those both above and below him him in range and he will be very much missed", commented Captain F. S. 'Wotten, adjutant of the unit this . "He was a very worker and as well 2s being a me ber of the regimen ih we po of my ey Raa boi 243 Bruce ,. He had recently secured an t and his marriage date a) _for September. persons in the westbound car . -- by George Cox, age 24, Queensdale Ave., Toronto, were taken to the hospital. But by Sun- day night, Shirley Arthur, age 19, 27 Burgess Ave. Toronto, who suf- fered head and back injuries was the only one who had not been dis- charged: The other passengers were Madge Sheffield, age 23, 24 Osborne INSTRUCTOR DIES (Continued on Page 2) the 8 t training staff | | ork win th Ary Ga: p boarded at |- 21 Persons Killed In Florida Airliner Crash Melbourne, Fla., July 14 -- (AP)--Twenty-one persons were killed yesterday in the crash of a DC-3 chartered airliner in swampy wastelands mear here, and today 12 remained unidenti- fied mainly because of a confus- jon in Spanish names, The death toll was expected to mount with two of the 13 injured on the "critical" list. 86 Persons Aboard The plane, en route from New- ark, N.J., to Miami with 36 per- song aboard--a crew of five and 31 home-bound Puerto Ricans-- cit a 300-foot swath phrough the b pine six miles from this rida east coast town as fit floughed to earth shortly after 80 a.m. the _ Similarity in Spanish names of the Puerto Ricans, a number of wh were young children carried in the arms f parents and not listed as passen- gers, and the inability of the sur- vivors to speak English, hamper- ed identification of the dead. Two children escaped injury. One was a boy, Jose Rodriguiz, three, whose mother, Pura Rodri- guiz, is not expected to live, She has 12 broken bones. The other child was Ellen Acevdo, five. Among the dead were the pil- oot, Capt. Henry Hein, 36, of Houston, Tex., the co-pilot, Rod- erick Paul Mackinnon, formerly of Rochester, N.Y. First rescue workers to plough AIRLINER CRASH (Continued on Page 2) Local Army Cadets at Camp > A group of Oshawa cadets from the 11th Armoured Regt. Cadet Corps, at Camp Ipperwash. Sitting in the front seat of the jeep with Major J, Young, one of the instructors, is: Harry §¢ to right: David Davidson, Roy Nesbitt and Arthur Rozell. --Canadisn Army Photo! ott. In the rear seat are: left | Barbara. #"Gee! We Had Swell Fun". That was the unanimous op 'nion enthusiastically voiced by the children at thee conclusion of the first annual picnic held by the Eastview Neighborhood Association, at Eastview Park, on Saturday. Featured as a big day for the kiddies, there was a wide variety of entertainment provided under expert supervision. The above pictures show some of the activity that went on. Upper left, Ed. Kennedy, of the C.R.A. staff, supervises a class of young boys in the art of wood-working. totem poles. Upper right, Vera Krochanski of the C.R.A. staff, instructs :. group of interested girls in leather work, making napkin rings and also in shell-work. Lower left, the most popular spot on the grounds--around the ice-cream bar, with kiddies biting and licking their cones (also their fingers) while parents distribute the treat. Lower right, are the winners of the "mother and daughter" race, left-to-right: 1st, Joan McComb and Paddy Rose Kimball; 2nd, Vera Krochanski and Katherin Burns; 3rd, Mrs. W. Roberts and her daughter, They 'are making miniature --Photos by Campbell's Studio FirstCampAt The first boys' camp at the Kiwanis Camp is now over and although a lot of wet, cool, weather was experienced, the camp was a success. A total of 50 boys under Camp Director Kaine were at the camp for the period beginning June 29 and ending July 9. First aid in- struction was under the supervision of Mrs. Kaine, who reported that there was an average gain in weight of three-and-one-half pounds. The weight increases ranged from one- half to eight pounds. The wet weather took its: toll of colds, but none of them were of the serious nature. The only worry, for the camp directors was the usual group of homesick campers who were out for the first time. Only one out of a group of six, who felt they wanted to see their parents again, was taken home. The rest recovered from this feeling. The greatest attraction at the camp was, naturally enough, the swimming pool, and all told a total of eight tadpoles learned to swim. Counsellors are also present at the camp and they included Clif- ford Trick, Lorne Seeley, Harold Wilson, Roy Langfield, Norman Jackson, Pete Babcock and Bill Howie. They acted as group lead- ers in the activities around the camp, such as swimming, sing- songs, hikes, camp fire, skits and concerts and all the outdoor sports that can be played at the camp. 'The second group of boys to come to camp arrived on July 9 and leave July 21 to make room for the girls' camps which run from July 21 on. Then comes the last camp of { the season for Sea Cadets, which runs for 'only 10 days. Pp) g First Annual Eastview Neighborhood Picnic Unqualified Success Down in theeast corner of Oshawa, is an area comprising La Salle, Cadillac South, High- land, Athol East and a part of King Street East, is a compar- atively new community which the people living there have christened "Eastview." The residents looked out on the twelfth of July morning and though not how the rain might spoil the Orangemen's parades but how it might ruin their own scheduled picnic. Heavy, dark clouds rolled over early in the af- ternoon as folk began congregat- ing in the unfenced confines of Eastview Park which nestles at the south end of Highland Ave- nue, this city's "baby boulevard." It is so nick-named because no other street in the city has set forth claim that it houses a g: *at- er number of baby carriages znd what they normally contain. Picnics do not just come about, there is work involved. A little whilé before the 24th of May this year, a few of the neighbours thought of collecting a dollar from each house and buying fire- works to be set off for cvery- EASTVIEW PICNIC (Continued on Page 2) ; THE WEATHER Variable cloudiness, with widely scattered showers and thunderstorms, today and Tues- day, Not much change in tem- perature.' Winds light. Low to- night and high Tuesday 65, 85. Sumpiary for Tuesday: Warm. Scattered thundershowers. °. | May Discuss Ford Offer This Week Windsor, Ont., July 14 -- (CP) -- A meeting of Local 200 of the Un- ited Automobile Workers (C.I.0.) may be called this week to discuss the offer of the Ford Motor Com- pany of Canada, Ltd. in answer to the Union's demand for a 15-cent hourly wage increase, it an- nounced today. The offer is in the hands of the union negotiating committee. It has not yet been submitted to the mem- bership, Jack, Lawler, Union finan- cial secretary, said. The Ford Motor Company "of Dearborn, Mich, settled with its employees for a combination wage increase and pension plan. FATAL HEART ATTACK Brockville, July 14 -- (CP) -- A heart attack was believed by police to have caused John Charlton, 47, to fall from a wharf here into the St. Lawrence River from which his body -was recovered today. Sum- moned by several bdys who saw the body floating in the river, firemen used a pulmotor in unsuceessful at- tempts to resuscitate the man. COLLAPSES IN PULPIT Montreal, July 14 --(CP)-- Rev. Charles E. Baker, founder of the Evangel Tebernacle here iollapsed suddenly Sunday as he 16ff his pul- pit. Aged 76, Mr. Baker had been pastor of a congregation of some 1,000 members. He was born at Belleville, Huge Auction Sale to Raise Arena Funds One of the biggest events in the history of Brooklin and district is scheduled for Thursday evening of this week when a mammoth com- munity auction sale will be held, starting at 7 p. m., for the purpose of raising funds toward the cost of building the proposed Memorial Arena in memory of the men who fought in both world wars. The es- timated cost of the arena is $20,000 and already many donations have been received for the fund. The auction sale on Thursday night is being organized by the In- dependent Order of Odd Fellows, Brooklin Lodge, and the committee in charge is headed by Charles Pil- key as chairman. He is assisted by a group of prominent citizens in- cluding Norman J. White, Joseph Holdershaw and Thearn Kivell. Generous gifts of new merchan- dise of all kinds are flowing in to the committee. These include fur- niture, radio, groceries, hardware and many other kinds of useful and valuable merchandise, The sale is attracting wide interest in the Brooklin district and no doubt will also atract many visitors from Osh- awa, Whitby and other places. Refreshment booths are being erected on the Brooklin Commune ity 'Park grounds where the sale will be held and these booths will be well stocked with ice cream and soft drinks which are also being contributed by leading business firms in these lines. The women of Brooklin have agreed to donate one hundred home-made pies to assist ihe refreshment, committee in their ask. Recapture Pair Who Escaped Reformatory Guelph, July 14 -- (CP) -- Don Buott, 18, of Toronto and Victor Powell, 18, of Hamilton were re- captured near Aberfoyle yesterday |- by Ontario Reformatory - guards shortly after the pair had escaped from the institution. Guards combed nearby highways when the-escape was discovered and found the youths on their way to | Hamilton. Two shots were fired be- {fore the pair submitted to capture, tion. ® Used Artificial Respiration For Over 15 Minutes Plunging fully-dressed into Camp Samac's man-made lake, lifeguard Bud Pipher snatched 11-year-old David John- son, son of Mr. tnd Mrs. R. R. Johnson, 3 Fairleigh Avenue, from the bottom of a six-foot channel late yesterday after- noon and revived him after 15 minutes of artificial respira- Felt Earth Give Way David is comfortable at home to- day with nothing worse than a "sore back" to remind him of the near tragedy. "I was wading waist- deep in the shallow water when I felt the earth going behind me just like a landslide," said David. Seeing David splashing frantic- ally in deep water, his 14-year-old brother, Lee, made a grab for him, but the struggling boy went down out of sight. "I was just going to reach him when he disappeared," Lee said. While Lee and another boy, Doug- las Perry, of Toronto, continued their desperate efforts to locate Da- vid, another boy summoned 17- year-old Bud Pipher, R. R. 3, Osh- awa, spending his first year as a lifeguard at the camp, to the north- west end of the lake. Bud, who had already dressed to return home, rushed into the water, saw David inert at the bottom and dragged the unconscious boy ashore. Working steadily for 15 minutes, Bud brought David back to con- sciousness just before Oshawa fire- men, headed by Capt. Milton Oster, LIFEGUARD SAVES (Continued on Page 2) ° Hayes Steel Workers Reject Wage Offer Merritton, July 14--(CP)--A wage offer by Hayes Steel Products Li here was rejected yesterday by i employees, members of Local 676 U.AW.-C.1.0. It was announced to= day by Fred G. Steeve, Interna- tional Representative of the Union. The Company offered increases of eight cents hourly for men and six cents for women, with four paid statutory holidays. The bargailng committee was instructed to reopel negotiations to coincide an agree- ment "more in line with that re- ceived by the McKimion Industrials workers" in St. Catharines. PLAN ANOTHER MEETING James Smith, International Representative of the U.A.W., in- formed The Times-Gazette this morning that another meeting with executives of the Ontario Steel Products Co., Ltd., is plan- ned by the Union in an effort to secure a higher wage-offer. The employees of the plant last week voted 92 per cent in favor of strike action, Hamilton, Ont., --Two Hamilton men appeared before a justice of the peace at the nearby Halton County town of 'Milton today on charges of robbing the Bank of Nova Scotia Branch at Campbellville last Tuesday. The official chaige against the pair brought the dis- closure. that loot amounted to roughly $105,000, compared with previous unofficial estimates of $212,000, The two suspects--John Kry- wiarchuk, 36, and Tony Dececca, 29--were remanded to July 16 by William Deans, justice of the peace, The men were t.ken sin- gly into the office of Glen Ryder, jail governor, for the remand and newspapermen were not admit ted, A third person arrested--32- year-old Elsie Nash of Hamilton --did not appear, Police, disclos- ing her identity this morning, said she is held as a material witness. She and Krywiarchuk were ar- rested Saturday morning in a tourist cabin on the outskirts of Hamilton, It was reported that police went to the cabin after getting a "hot tip." Dececca was arrested Sunday on a Hamilton street. The charges against the two men read that they "on July 8 in Nassagawaya Township did un- lawfully rob Frank E. Quinlon, the bank manager, of the sum of approximately. $10,000 in cash and approximately $95,000 worth of bonds, property of the Bank of Nova Scotia, Campbellville branch." A portion of the heavy loot from HAMILTON MEN (Continued on Page 2) {Remand Hamilton Men Theft of $105,000 From Campbellville Bank July 14-- (CP) Think Car Thief Involved In Bank Robbery Toronto, July 14 -- (€P) -- A wild-driving car thief who police believe may be one of three gunmen sought in connection with a $200,000 bank holdup, was the target for a widespread search here today. The suspect, believed to be one of the men who escaped after rob ne the Bank of Nova Scotia at Cai bellville, Ont., last week of $10,000 in cash and an estimated $200,000 in bonds, narrowly escaped capture Sunday in an 80-mile-an-hour chase through Central Toronto in which eight shots were fired by pursuing police. The suspect abandoned his: stolen auto and was last seen fleeing into Rosedale Ravine in midtown Tor- onto. At the same time police ar- rested a young woman on a charge of vagrancy. She will be questioned regarding the two men and a wo- man now held by Provincial Police at Hamilton regarding the Camp- bellville holdup. Police said the abandoned car was stolen Saturday night from a Ham- ilton garage and the thief, appar- ently unfamiliar with electrically. operated doors, drove through them. In the wild chase through this city a motorcycle policeman barely escaped being run down and several motorists had to pull sharply to the curb to avoid a collision. Three per- sons, who got out of the stolen car; were grabbed by police. They said they were waiting for a street car and were given a lift by the mo- torist. Paris: ulated that a coalition % LATE NEWS BRIEFS » (By THE CANADIAN PRESS) y London: A temporary cut in Britain's tea ration was an- "nounced in the House of Commons today by Food Minister Strachey. The cut is a result of strikes in Calcutta and Colombo. Strachey said the tea ration-- normally eight ounces a person one month and 12 ounces the next--will be eight ounces a month until mid-November. Persons over 70 and men at sea will be unaffected by the cut. Ernest Bevin, British Foreign Secretary, in a Bastille Day broadcast from Paris tonight said Britain and France were resolved that nothing should separate them. Much had divided the two countries in the past but there always had been an identity of policy aimed at resistance to tyranny and maintenance of freedom. London: British politicians talked today of a possible shake- up in Prime Minister Attlee's Labor Cabinet and spec- government or a new general election might be in the offing.