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PAGE TWO THE DAILY TIMES GAZETTE THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1947 Births FAMME--Mr. and Mrs. Walter Famme wish to announce the birth of their son, Wednesday, July 16th, 1847, Osh- awa General Hospital. : PEARSE--Mr, and Mrs. Roy Pearse (nee Marian Fields) are happy fo announce the birth of their daughter, on July 16th, 1947. The Oshawa General Hos- pital. 4 Mr, and Mrs, Boivin wish to thank Dr. Philips, Dr. ton, nurses and staff of the Oshawa pital, the Oshawa Fire Department, the Clinic, neighbors and friends, for kindness shown during our son's recent accident, John W. Hurlbert wishes to thank the staff of the General Hospital, Dr. Mill- man, the Oshawa Clinie, for their kindness in sending flowers, es- ecially - my friends on French St, e Canadian Legion, G.M.C. War Vet- erans, 52 Dept. G.M.C., Mr. Roberts, Mr. Jarvis, Mr. Winters, Mr. Lawrence and Mr, Johnston. Ohituary WALLACE C. PLATTEN Onetime prominent stockbreeder of Scugog Island and Brock Town- ship, Wallace C. Platten died in Lindsay at the home of his son, M. R. Platten, on Wednesday, July 186, after a brief illness. He was in his 85th year. Son of the late John M. and Har- riet R. Platten, he was born on Scugog Island and attended public and high school in Port Perry. For a number of years he worked in the Toronto office of the C.P.R. and _ then he returned to Scugog Island where he became a successful stock- breeder. Following his retirement in 1938, he took up residence in Port Perry. Mr. Platten married tie former Emma Ida Reader at Scugog Island almost 60 years ago. Mrs. Platten passed away about six years ago. He was a staunch worker in the Liberal party during his younger days and a member of Scugog United Church. Mr. Platten was a keen sportsman, deriving great pleasure from such out-of-door ac- tivities as trap shooting, fishing and hunting. - ' Surviving are the following: two daughters, Mrs. Roy Hood (Veda), of Oshawa, and Mrs. William Heron (Greta) of Blackwater; two sons, C. + V. Platten, of Oshawa, and M. R. Platten, of Lindsay; one sister, Mrs. EB. H. Gerrow, of Oshawa. Remains are at the A. L. McDer- mott Funeral Chapel in Port Perry and the funeral service will be held there on Friday, July 18, at 2 p.m. Interment is in Pine Grove Ceme- tery, Prince Albert. FRANK E. McLEOD Embro, July 16 -- Frank Ernest McLeod, one of West Zorra's best- known citizens, died Tuesday at his ' home, lot 23, con. 7, West Zorra. Born on the Seventh Line of Zor- ra, a son of the late Mr, and Mrs. Peter McLeod, he lived all his life in the township, In 1809 he married Ida Mary Howe. He was a member of St. Andrew's United Church, Brookfield. For over 30 years he was a member of the West Zorra Board of Health, Surviving, besides his wife, are three sons, Ernest, Oshawa; Law- rence and Elmer, West Zorra; two daughters, Mrs. George MecArdell, East Zorra; Mrs. William McIntosh, West Zorra; one brother, Daniel McLeod, Forest; one sister, Mrs, M. Lillow, Stratford. Nineteen grand- children and three great-grandchil- dren also vive. Funera! service will be held from the late residence at 2:00 Pp. m. Thursday. Rev. N. J. Sceviour will officiate. Interment will pe in North Embro cemetery. . Child Improved (Continued from Page 1) tried to fire the gun. Then sud- « denly it went off." i He said Annette is floor, her face ! blood. ¥ "The children were in our barn » scampering in the hay, while I { prepared a small lunch to be ser- t ved on the lawn. How they found 4the gun I cannot understand," said Mrs, Reginald Elliott, Ann- + ette's mother, is A shattering explosion was + heard by Mr. Elliott who was js working in the field, He ran to :1the barn and while his wife cal- wled Dr. A, S. MacKenzie, of Oro- lino, his daughter was taken to + hospital, J Hid Gun In Barn "Annette's grandfather had ta- tken the gun from the house to "hunt skunks Saturday, He put it i; behind the machinery where it (seemed safe," said Mr. Elliott, "Mrs, Elliott has been in Bow- !manville with, Annette since the 'accident occurred and she "7on't «leave her side until Annette is out lof danger," said Elliott, ! The birthday party which end- sed with an elaborate cake un- touched on the table, was for *Neil Elliott who received numer- 'vous cards and presents 'including a purse for his seventh birthday. + "I will never forget my seventh birthday," Neil wept. x Ray fell to the covered with nd ! Sutton Bridge, Norfolk, Eng. (CP) --Housing shortage note: One lighthouse is "to let" in the Fen- idand district, Ld Eyewitness conditions. Watters reported through the speaking tube: "The scan is clear sir." There wag a short interval in which Watters, in the darkened room, kept his eye glued to the only light visible--the face of the radar scope. Shadowy forms of ratings stood near him. Their siren was howling six-sec- ond blasts every two minutes in ac- cordance with rules of the sea. But s0 deep was the concentration on the scope as the destroyer glided through the clinging "fog ' shroud that nobody heard the warning blasts, They had been sounding for hours and the ear had got as accus- tomed to hearing them as to the even rhythm of the powerful mo- tors, The voice from the bridge asked for a radar positional fix and when this had been given the scope show- ed heavier fog patches. Suddenly a sharp command came over the public address' system: "Full speed astern both engines," and the telegraph clicked and re- clicked as the engine room confirm- ed the order. "The thought flashed through my mind that we must be going to col- lide with something and I gave the order to hold fast to something," Watters recalled. "I grabbed the radar scope with both hands and hung on and there was series of shudders and thumps that took a matter of seconds." Asked about his own unofficial opinion of what could be the ex- planation for the big freighter not appearing in the scope, Watters said the only suggestion he could offer was that radar often does not operate on objects which are "right on top of you." He left his yeoman on duty and gained the bridge "just in time to see the large bulk of a merchant ship disappearing in the fog." Watters rap to the mess deck where he saw this scene: "there were sailors moving calmly, unhur- riedly and surely about the mass of debris, They were in no panic. They were wonderful. One group was trying to extricate a man, horibly imprisoned by steel girders. They talked to him and told him: 'Keep your pecker up chum, we'll have you out of there in jig time.' They didn't free him for an hour and a half but he never showed them any fear. He didn't discourage their en- couragement and he chatted with them calmly. He was Able Seaman Bill Reid of Corunna, Ont.). I saw others display equal courage. Authorize. Strike (Continued from Page 1) the Union's demand for a 15 cents per hour increase been met, it would have still left the plant quite a bit lower than other heavy industry here." It was claimed that the cost of living has increased more in Osh- awa than any other city in Can- ada and it is the feeling of the Un- fon that there should be closer parity between rates of pay in local plants. Mr, Beatty sald that while In General Motors it was possible to earn more money by going over the incentive objective, $1.02 was all employees at the Ontario Steel plant could earn. . Good Relationship Stressing the good relationship Which has prevailed between the Union and the Company for the pdst 10 years, Mr. Beatty said the Union feels its demands are not above the ability of 'the Company to pay. The Union demand, he said, is only reasonable for the type of work done in the plant. The local plant of Ontario Steel Products Company, Limited, was the first plant to sign a U.AW. contract in Canada, being organized in about six hours. The only major work stoppage was of two-weeks duration in 1938 when the Company refused to renew its 1937 agree- ment. The plant has been a 100 per cent, Union shop for the past 10 years. A------------------------------ BAND CONCERT FRIDAY -- The regular Thursday band con- cert at Memorial Park has been postponed until tomorrow night at 8.30. Featured on tomorrow night's program will pe the Oshawa Civic and Regimental Band, Sons of Ul- ster Flute Band, General Motors War Veterans' Pipe Band, and vo- calist Shirley Harmer, 'southeast of here. Double Tragedy Near Cornwall Cornwall July 17--(CP)--A pleasure outing was turned into a double tragedy yesterday when Norricus Martinez, 69, lost his life in~a futile attempt to rescue six-year-old Thomas Leaf from | drowning in the St. Regis river near Hogansburg, N.Y. 15 miles Martinez, who lived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph! Leaf, parents of the drowned boy, jumped into the river when the lad slipped off a ledge into deep water, He succeeded in catching hold of the youngster, but both disappeared in the swift water. The bodies were recovered later. C.C.F. Motion (Continued from Page 1) opposition on a want-of-confidence motion. . Liberals Rallied But the administration of veter- an Prime Minister Mackenzie King won out as the Liberals rallied around him--not one broke ranks-- to' defeat, 84 to 54, a C.C.F. amend- ment based on veterans pensions which would have prevented the government from going into com- mittee of supply to consider its financial estimates, Prime Minis- ter King said success of the mo- tion would precipitate a general election, The C.C.F. motion, supported by the entire opposition in the House at the time, asked the government to consider "immediately" the ques- tion of increases for veterans and war widows. Mr. King said it was | something with which he and all | members were in sympathy, but | something which would have to be considered by the government. Estimates Remain After the vote, only estimates on the order paper but the first ones up--those of Veterans' Minister Mackenzie--kept the House going until the 11 o'clock adjournment. Still to come are some Reconstruc- tion estimates--containing content- Kiwanis International May Censure 'Color Line': Club Ahoskie, N.C, July 17 -- (CP)-- Harvey Jones--who lives on a tiny, poverty-stricken farm near here-- today was awaiting delivery of a shiny new Cadilfac. But he says he would prefer cash: it would come in" handier than the hig automobile at his backwoods home. At the same time, Ahoskie's Ki- wanis Club--which at first refused to give Jones the $3,200 raffle prize because of his color--faced possible disciplinary - action from Kiwanis International officials, the local ser- vice club said today that a new Cadillac would be delivered to Jones "shortly." Jones, a negro war veteran and tenant farmer, won the car in a Ki- wanis raffle. Then he was told that, as a negro, he wasn't eligible for the draw. A second draw was made and a wealthy white Virginia doctor -- already owned a Cadillac--won. Wheén the story came to light this week, Kiwanis International stepped in. Dr. Charles W. Armstrong of Salisbury, N.C. president of Ki- wanis International, termed the Ahoskie Club's action "a very seri- ous mistake" and said the board of directors of the international service club would consider the matter at its Aug. 9-10 meeting in Chicago. Would Put Stop To Gals' Fags London, July 17--(CP)--Brave George Easter of Brighton ventured into print with a suggestion that women be banned by law from smoking. In a letter tp a Sunday newspa- per Easter said: "Dalton can't find dollars for tobacco ... and we men may have to go short. Yet I see my wife and four grown-up daugh- ters puffing away like chimney- pots--even in the street. "It's time we had a law forbid- ding women to smoke. That would not only reduce consumption and save dollars but might perhaps re- store to our girls a little of what they need so badly--feminine sweetness and dignity." Spotted Adder At Brockville 17--(CP)--Wil- at a starch Brockville, July liam Blair, engineer factory here, was startled--and not | Over the beaches between May 26 | probably a court martial--is held. | ious civilian housing--finance, ex- ternal affairs and other depart- | ments. | Inly a few of the hefty Veterans | Affairs estimates had been passed | at the adjournment. Before the two-minute long pounding of Liberal desks signalled | the government's victory in the | confidence vote--a lot of the oppo- sition seats were empty--the morn- ing House opening heard these de- | velopments: Service Button Defence Minister Claxton said | the Canadian general service badge | --Canada's discharge button--could | now be issued to Canadians who | served with any other British Com- monwealth or Allied forces in the Second World War, External Affairs Minister St. Laurent said negotiations etween | Canadian and Newfoundland dele- | gations investigating possible un- | lon for the Island colony, have not | yet reached a stage where any de- | finite statement can be made. Reconstruction Minister Howe criticized as "serious" arrangements | by the Ontario government to fly 7,000 United Kingdom immigrants to Canada. He said this broke across "our treaty arrangements with the International Civil Avia- | tion Authority and also the Air! Transport Authority." | Not Formally Asked The Minister said the federal government had not been "formally | consulted" on the Ontario project. | Any province or agency was quite welcome to sponsor. plans 'to bring | British immigrants to Canada but this one involved difficulties be- | cause Ontario had signed a trans- portation agreement with an Amer- ican air line and U.S. aircraft on | Britain-to-Canada flights cannot | land in Canada. The Commons also gave third | and final reading to the contentious | government bill redefining the | boundaries of many federal consti- tuenries and raising Commons membership from 245 to 255 mem- bers, effective at the next general election. TRANSIENT FINED $10 Ross Dickie, no fixed address, pleaded guilty to a charge of in- toxication and was fined $10 and costs or three days by Magistrate | F. 8. Ebbs in Police Court this morning. | @® l Our Staff Has Been i Increased to Give | Our Customers 1 Prompt, Efficient Service /|} PORK 1. 37: | LoIN PORK Grade A BOILING FOWL 4-7 1b. Average | x BUEHLER'S GUARANTEED SATISFACTION + Rolled RIB BEEF 1b. 49 STANDING RIB BEEF 1b. 38¢ RIB BOILING BEEF 1b. 18¢ CLEANLINESS © SERVICE o SATISFACTION » QUALITY ! 12 KING ST.E. 12 KING ST.E. J | in the past. Shearing without reason--when he found .a small snake crawling up his back as | he sat at a door of the plant. It was identified as a poisonous | spotted adder, rare in this district, Two Years' Probation For Theft of Auto James W, Shearing, 17, ap- pearing in Magistrate's Court this morning on a charge of au- tomible theft was released on two years' probation in the custody of the Bowmanville Training School, Shearing, who had run away from that School, took the car from the driveway of William Sadler, 654 Wilson Road South on July 9. Magistrate I', S, Ebbs asked the boy if he would try to abide by the rules of the insti- tution better than he had done said, "I would like to try again Sir." -- BRIGHTEST BIRD" Crows are considered the most in- telligent of birds. Drew Benefits Illegally Must Serve 10 Days Edward Blackburn, 167 Elliott Av- enue, pleading guilty to two counts of obtaining benefits contrary to the regulations of the Unemploy- ment Insurance Act, was sentenced by Magistrate F. S. Ebbs this morn- ing to ten days on the. first count and ten days on the second count, both to run concurrently. Sentences up to three months without the option of a fine may be imposed in such a case. On two similar counts, John E. Martin, R.R. 1, Oshawa, was ordered to pay the costs of the court and go on suspended sentence for six | months. Dunkerque (Continued from Page 1). craft in such numbers that Royal Air Force were unable deal .with the situation." A footnote reported that the | R.AAF. destroyed 262 German planes to | and June 4. x At about 4 pm. May 29 a two- | hour dive bombing attack on Dun- kerque harbor forced the cessation | of embarkations, but the operation | was resumed at dusk. That air at- | tack, however, blocked the harbor, and all troops thereafter were load- ed from the beaches, wading out into the surf. "Heavy" air attacks by more than {100 bombers started soon after dawn | June 1 "and it became evident that a very serious threat to daylight | evacuation again was in being." On June 2 this signal came from the beaches: "Wounded situation {acute and hospital ships should enter during day. Geneva conven- | tion will be honorably observed, it is felt, and that the enemy will re- | frain from attacking." | So two hospital ships started out {and both, Sir Bertram reported, were attacked by Junkers planes, | one, the Paris, was "badly damaged" | and it subsequently sank "and the | last attempt to evacuate the wound- ed by hospital carrier from Dun- kerque was brought to nought." the | District Youth (Continued from Page 1) visit his sister, Patricia. A.B. Good- lad has two Other sisters, and a brother. A.B. Goodlad attended Rouge Hill School, and Northern Vocational School in Toronto. He had just re- cently completed a naval course, and been promoted to the rank of Able Seaman from Ordinary Sea- man. Informed of the tragedy last night in a brief telegram from the Commander of the Micmae, which simply stated that the boy was missing following a collision at sea, Mrs. Goodlad said that it was a "great shock", because she had ex- pected that the boy would be tak- ing another course at H.M.C.S. "Stadacona", The Canadian Press reported fur- ther that the force of impact did relatively little damage and caused no casualties aboard the tough-sided freighter but pushed up the deck structure of the destroyer for 50 feet like an accordion, twisted the forward gun turret askew crushing ratings under shattered deck beams and spilling others into the sea. Acting Skilfully Both naval 'and mercchant ma- rine men said that the death toll would have keen heavier if the cap- tains of the two ships had not act- ed skilfully when the collision was inevitable, The ship's struck a glancing blow port-to-port. A naval spokesman said that if the destroyer had been turned sharply just before the col- lision the freighiter would have cut her in half. Cmdr, J. C. Littler, DS.C., of Victoria, on the bridge of the Mic- mac decided--in the split seconds he had to make a decision--to veer 'as close to the freighters towering side as he could, hoping at best to strike a glancing blow. That is what happened. Being Probed The cause of the collision was be- ing probed in a preliminary inves- tigation but many of the questions being asked in naval and merchant marine circles will probably not be answered until a formal inquiry-- | For instance, the Micmac | known to have carried the very la- | test in radar devices which are -de- signed to pierce fog and pick up ob- | structions. It has been reported the | radar was operating when the 2,000- | ton Canadian-built tribal | the fog bank. All of the dead, injured and miss- | ing, most of them from Ontario | and Quebec, were members of the destroyer's ccempany of 178 naval men and eight dockyard civilians rutting the warship through her steaming .trials before going into her second commission. One of the missing men was a Halifax civilian. Freighter Crew None of the 41 crew members 1s | entered | "I saw the huge bow of the freighter looking as though jtwas directly over my head and then there was a jolt, and I knew we had been hit," said Cmdr. Littler. "It all happened within less than 22 seconds from the time of the im- past until rescue operations and damage control was put into effect." Thought Grounded Seamen on the freighter thought pheir ship had groun"sd whzn the jar came. They said the destroyer veered off after the first crash, then her stern struck 'the freighter and finally she drifted off #nto the fog. From the Yarmouth County the damaged warship could not be seen in the murk, but the seamen said they could hear .the commotion aboard the destroyer. "We couldn't see the length of the deck the fog was so thick," T. Balcock of Dartmouth, N. 8S, a sea- man, recalled afterwards. Ag the Yarmouth County hove to to render assistance, damage con- trol parties and rescue squads aboard the destroyer went to work. caught under, buckled deck Jen pho jagged sections of plat- ing were extricated and the dead removed. . Five Missing " It was believed the five missing men had been injured out through the gaping hole in tHe smashed destroyer's bows. A sister ship, the Haida, searched the wa- ters during the night for them but without success. After the crash both ships turned about and headed back fo port un- der reduced speed. A tense moment came when the Micmac's officers discovered that 70 feet of her anchor chain, torn loose by the impact, was dragging on the bottom of the harbor, ham- ering her progress, B "All the way I had a party at- tempting to secure the chain," the Captain said. "But it was found to be impossible due to the nature of the damage and the risk of losing 'men in the attemp! Finally the navy tug Riverton slipped alongside and cut the chain with acetylene torches. TO THE HARD OF {and two passengers aboard the | freighter were hurt in the crash | | which telescoved the destroyer's | ship's forward plates. | | The crash occurred about 1 p.m. | off Sambro Lightship about 15 miles outside the hartor when the des-' | troyer, returning from her trials, | collided with the outbound freight- | |er in the fog. | bows but 'only gashed ¢he larger | You need not miss church or theatre because of impaired hear- ing. 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