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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1947 THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE PACE THREE ' 26 Dead As Snow Paralyzes New York, Other U.S. Cities Nine Forced Down Rescued By Plane On Labr Westover Field, Mass., airmen and two Canadian a frozen Labrador Lake si landed Christmas Eve, we Bay yesterday after a four! Officers at the Atlantic Div fon Headquarters of Air Tran port Command here said radi messages reported the men wer in good shape and apparent] suffered little from their two-da, vigil on barren Lake Dyke. Their rescue was accomplish ed yesterday by a ski-equippe jet-propelled plane piloted by Lt. Col. Emil G. Beaudry. The di tance from Goose Bay to th downed plane is 276 miles. In th rescue plane with Beaudry wer Lt.-Col. Richard C. Kugel, Co mander of the base at Narsarssu in Southern Green land, which the fortress had taken of] on a Christmas mail delivery mis sion to Baffin Island outposts, The Canadians were listed J. B, Cleghorn of Montreal an R. H. Tyril of Barrie, Ont. Cle horn, who "ad been stationed as weather observer in the Baffi Island area, praised the work 0 the rescue crew and said the ma ooned men could have held o indefinitely as they had war clothing and food. The downed plane was pilote by Lieut. Chester Karney of Iro River, Mich, Before their rescue the seve crew members and their two pa sengers had made preparatio to spend a third night in su zero temperatures, Emergency supplies we ped from the air despit storm -- blankets, food clothing and axes to chop wood. The men radioed they were holding out well and in good spir- its, constdering their plight. The study of art and science of perspective did not interest people particularly until the 15th century. Mrs, Morley Stephenson, Brock Street North, Whitby, is a sister of Mrs. Matthews. She receive a tele- gram telling of the tragedy yester- day. She.has recelved no further information. Large Congregations 'At Christm Christmas was ushered in with midnight service in the city's Ang- lican and Roman Catholic churches. The Christmas services held later in the morning were also attended by large congregations. Midnight Mass was celebrated at both Roman Catholic churches, and the Christmas mass at 8, 9, 10 and 11 am. At St. Gregory's Church the midnight mass was pre- ceded by carols by the boys' choir and the speaker at the mass was Father F. Lawless, C.S8R., of To- ronto. Holy Cross Church was filled to capacity for the midnight high mass which was also preceded by carol singing. The 9 o'clock service was children's mass, with the child- ren's choir in attendance. Addresses were delivered by Rev. P. Coffey, parish priest, and he was assisted by Father Robert Scollard of St. Michael's College, Toronto. St. George A large congregation attended the Holy Communion service at St. George's Anglican Church Christ- mas Eve, and the carol service from 11.15 to 11.30 p.m. The senior choir and junior girls' choir were in at- tendance, singing as an anthem, Healey Willan's arrangement of the old French carol "What is this jovely fragrance?" A service of Holy Communion was also held at 10 o'clock Christmas morning. Rev. W. Provence, of Alliston, as- sisted at the midnight service of Holy Communion at Christ Memo- rial Church and services were held again at 8 and 10.30 a.m. The rec- tor, Rev. H. D. Cleverdon delivered an address at the 10.30 service. At the Christmas services the Christ Chuich congregation saw for the first time an original Italian painting hung in the baptistry as a gift from the estate of the late Mr. and Mrs. George McLaughlin. The painting is in three panels and de- picts the life of Christ. Holy Trinity The solemnity of Christmas observed at Holy Trinity Ang Church with the customary cere- monies proper to this season. At 11.30 p.m. on Christmas Eve there was a short period of carol sing- ing, ending with a solo item by Mrs. T. Anderson who rendered Schu- pert's "Ave Maria". At midnight the traditional Pro- cession and Solemn Eucharist com- menced, the celebrant being the rector, Rev. E. H. McLellan assisted py J. Taylor as crucifer, R. Flutter as thurifer, Clarence Keith junr. and T. Anderson junr, as altar servers, and B. Prout and Clayton Keith as taperers. For the proces- sion the first hymn was "Adeste Pideles," with two verses enriched oy descants from the choir. During ' the procession a station was made at the crib which had been installed fo the side of the chancel steps. nis was followed by the fourth sentury hymm "Of the Father's Love Begotten", sung to 'the grand .welfth century plainsong melody, which however appeared to be taken hy shade too stiffly and at. rather 00 fast a tempo. The music of the Mass was the jetting hy John Merbecke written m the year 1550 at Archbishop granmer's request, the latter sti. Julating that "there be one note snly to each syllable". An excep- as Services tion was the post-communion "Our Father", which was sung to Healey Willan's version of the Paternoster used at High Mass in the ancient Sarum Rite of England. At the Gradual the carol "Away in a Manger" was sung, and another carol "Shepherds in the fields abid- ing", was sung after the Credo. The rector then proceeded to the chancel steps to deliver a short Christmas message. He first wel- comed those visitors who from time to time came to Holy Trinity Church for this service at the earl- iest hour on Christmas morning, but reminded all present that the infant Baviour in true spirit, also to make the reception of that hea- venly food, the Body and Blood of Christ, our first act in celebrating this great feast. He then pictured those who work in their daily lives to please God as being the real makers of progress. Most of us, the rector went on, expected peace and plenty and even luxury after' the war's end, but a sense of frustration was evident be- cause of continued uncertainties. The materialists of course would limit the vision of mankind to these visible and tangible things of life, but Almighty God is not limited by time and space. His outlook is far wider, and He sent us the Son of God to widen our own vision too-- a vision that should help us in our dally lives, a vision of beauty, health and harmony. With that vision, whether our tasks are lofty or romantic or just' menial, we shall display the spirit of Christ- mas' throughout our daily lives, evidenced by a happy heart and a cheerful smile, Prior to the offertory the choir rendered an anthem entitled "Night of Nights", and during the offertory hymn the censing of the sacred elements, the officiating priest, the servers, choir and congregation took place according to accepted Eng- lish use. The service then proceed- ed to the prayer of consecration to which was added the prayer of oblation, as is customary in the more recent Anglican liturgies. A large number of worshippers made their communion, and during this period the choir quietly sang the Austrian carol, "Silent Night," also "Let all mortal flesh keep silence", a hymn taken from the Greek Lit- urgy of St. James. In connection with the latter one missed the fa- millar tune, "Picardy," with which this ancient hymn has been asso- ciated for nearly fifty years, and which so effectively fits the words. THe post-communion or eucha- ristic portion of the service then led to the final blessing by the priest and a last hymn, which was Bishop Brooks' "O little town of Bethlehem". With the congregation once more out in the crisp air of winter there were many greetings of "Merry Christmas" to be heard on all sides, and the good people returned home spiritually refreshed to snatch a few hours' sleep before engaging in 'the more secular activities of the day. Later at 10.00 a.m. there was the children's Fucharist at which se veral more made their Christmas communion, and at which also the {winconfirmed children: were given | a blessing X bbject in so doing was to greet the | This was Johnny Buechler's last Christmas, according to doctors at the a Hospital for Sick Children. He is suffering from a dreaded blosd disease, leukemia. Johnny (right) was caught by the camera happily playing with & Due to the gifts showered upon him, Christmas was New Officers Installed By L.O.L. Lodge The annual meeting of Enterprise L.O.L.,, No. 2167, held on Friday, De- cember 19, in the Orange Temple, Bruce Street, was a huge success the lodge room being filled with-en- thusiastic members whose keenness could be felt from the outset of the meeting. The reports of the various de- partments were most encouraging for the year 1947 and proved the zeal the officers and members have taken in their lodge this past year. Enterprise LOL. 2167 has this year doubled its membership, a feat we believe to have never before been accomplished by any other lodge. The election and installation of officers were conducted under the capable direction of Wor. Bro. Robt. J. Andrews, County Master, and Wor. Bro. HA. M. Bateman, Past County Master. Both these officers were highly complimented on the efficient manner in which they pre- sided over these ceremonies. The following slate of officers were the selections for 1943 ang re- sulted from a well contested elec- tion: Wor. Master, D. M. McNevin; Deputy Master, Robt. S. Shearer; Chaplain, Walter B. Dawe; Record- ing Secretary, Robt. J, Andrews; Financial Secretary, Wm. M. Cliff; Treasurer, W. 8. Gardner; Marshall F. W. Roche; Lecturer, H, Norton; Deputy Lecturer, Jolin Shearer; 1st Commiteemen, R. Lane; 2nd com- mitteemen, K. Corneal; 3rd Com- mitteemen, A. W, Thompson; 4th, Committeemen, FP. C, Beamish; 5th Comeniteemen, N. Baragar; Inside Tylor, , Amon Toms; Outside Tyler, H. M. Bateman; Social ccenmittee, F. C. Beamish; Degree captain, H. M. Bateman; Auditors, Wm. M. Clif- ford, Gord. Crawford. The retiring Master, Wor. Bro. Bruce Campney, expressed his thanks to the membership for the co-operation he had received dur- ing his tenure of office and pledged his continue efforts and support to the new officers. Several bretliren were exalted to a higher degree. The evening was then completed by the serving of a very tasty lunch, & ad Santa Claus Lavished Gifts on Leukemia Sufferes scores of toys which people from all parts of the province sent, while his baby brother Terry doesn't seem interested in the presents. --Photo by Globe and Mall REE ar 5 for John Arthur Buechler, three-year-old son. of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Buezchler, 275 College Avenue. On Saturday morning, a representative of the Otaco Metal Toy Co., of Orillia, made a special trip to Oshawa and left a complete set of road contractor toys (shown/ above) for the little boy, seén sleeping, who is suffering from leukemia. Gifts were also presented by Sheather's Hardware, King St. E., and the T. Eaton Co. Ltd. ---Photo by Campbell's Studio Mailed Greetings Set Record But Fewer Phone Calls Oshawa people sent more written Christmas greetings than ever be- fore this year but the number of Christmas Day telephone calls was somewhat below previous years. A total of 2,687 long distance and 46,182 local calls were handled here Christmas Day. There were delays all day in the long distance service and it was thought that this might have been one cause for the de- crease in calls. The wires were busy with pre-Christmas arrange- ments, however, with a total og 3,- 100 long distance calls the Tuesday before Christmas. Once again the number of cards and letters posted in Oshawa dur- ing the Christmas rush topped pre- vious reccrds. In all, Oshawa people posted a total of 579,180 cards and letters during the 11.day period prior to Christmas Day, 62,000 more than during the sam epériod a year ago. While the total for the first day of the "rush," December 14, was be- hind that of last year when 'that date fell on a Saturday, December 15 this year saw 37,828 letters go through the cancelling machine as compared with 11,5697 a year ago and on December 16, 75,632 as against 41,817 on the same date last year, The December 17 total of 75,632 was down from last year's figure as was that for the following day but on December 19, the deadline for local delivery, the cancelling ma- chine's indicator jumped to the all- time high of 119,800, as against the 115,385 for the same day last year, The following day the total drop. ped 41,900 but still remained 19,3 above the figure for the same date in 1946. After a drop to 23,890 on Sunday, December 21, the number rose to 45,910 on Monday. On Tues- day, however, it declined to 27,5664 and on the day before Christmas only. 9,496 cards were post marked Commending the postal workers for tHeir handling of the abnormal mails, Pcstmaster N. J. Moran said that practically all the mail posted by December 23 was delivered before Christmas. "We were right on top of it all the way through," he stated. The main items undelivered were letters which were wrongly address- ed' 'A number of these still remain, in fact, and Mr. Moran said the postmen were going to give them "a final going over" in an endeavor to locate the parties for whom they are intended. Throughout the season, postmen racked their brains to think of the "Mr. Brown" or "Mr. Smith," who lived on Simcoe Street South--or just in Oshawa. One unusual prob- lem arose when sorters came across a number of cards, in the same handwriting, marked "town." It was discovered, however, that the street addresses did not belong to Oshawa, but to Bowmanville. After a well-earned holiday Christmas Day the post office staff went to work as usual yesterday, making a clean sweep of the mail arriving late fro mout of town. The one staff member on duty Christ- mas morning had shown little en- thusiasm at the arrival of seven bags of letters on one train from Toronto and western points as com- pared with a normal lot of three. CHILDREN DIE IN FIRE { Milford, Del. Dec. 27 (AP)--A five-year-old girl and her four year-old brother were burned to death after their mother, Mrs. W. Wyatt discovered a blaze in their home and unintentionally locked the front door- behind her as she ran for 'hein, Coroner W. I. Con- away said. Neighbors together with firemen were unahle to force their way into the burning house in time as compared with 11,835 on the same day last year. . to save the children, indeed a happy day® Recover Ajax Postal Orders, Arrest Pair Toronto, Dec. 27--Postal money orders with a possible face value of $13,500 were recovered by three To- ronto detectives Thuysday night a few minutes before they arrested two men on a charge of breaking into the post office at Ajax before Christmas, 1946, Detectives waited in their room until the suspects re- turned. Police executed a searcly warrant on a room the pair were otcupying on Church St. In it they found a rrinting set, with which they had apparently planned to stamp dates on the orders, and three bundles of the notes hidden in as many places. Police said they believed the men had held the orders for a year in the hope that they would not be traced when they were cashed. Inside the Church St. bedroom, Sergt. of Dets. Norman Tinsley and Dets, Arthur Keay and Jack Gilles- pie found 100 of the notes hidden in an empty bear carton. Stuffed un- der a dresser were 25 more. Beside the bed was a paper bag partially filled with garbage. When the de- tectives dumped the contents out they located another book of 10 or- ders. Each order can be made out for a maximum of $100, police said. $150,000 Damage in Coal Pile Fire Portland, Me, Dec. 27 (AP)-- Whipped by a strong wind, fire feeding on 3,000 tons of coal threat- ened the waterfront late last night as it destroyed the Randall McAl- lister Company coal pockets of Unicn Wharf, No one was injured. Before it was brought under con- trol, the blaze menaced a 400-ton coal loading tower and burned the 75-foot fishing boat Jeanne D'Arc. H. Kezar Libby, coal company of- ficial, valued the coal in the pock- ets at $60,000 and the wharf, most of which appeared to be destroyed at $150,000, (Gotham Streets Clogged By Snow In 15-Hour Period New York, Dec. 27 (AP)---North America's greatest metropolis resembled :. ghost dig out from under a record 25. city today as it struggled to 8-inch snowfall that paralyzed much of its transportation system and virtually erased traf- fic from its normally teeming streets. Surpassing the 209-inch down-®-- fall left by the famous blizzard of 1888, the storm swept in with sur- prise fury early yesterday, pelted the area with an average hourly fall of 1.8 inches and ended of- ficially 15 hours and 45 minutes later. More than three inches swirled down between 3 and 4 p.m. It left deep snow deposits and a death of at least 26 in the storm belt which embraced parts of New England, Pennsylvania, New Jer- sey and South-Eastern New York State and extended south to include Washington. . New Jersey counted seven dead and New York six; most of them attributable to over-ex- ertion in battling the giant drifts. The storm. centered in the metro- politan area, Technically not a blizzard since it was not accompanied by high winds and near-zero temperatures, the snowfall wrought sufficient havoc during the day to insure it- self a legendary role in New York weather history, It slowed and in some cases stop- ped railroad transportation. Virtu- ally all bus lines, interstate and local, were brought to a dead stand- still. Planes were grounded and many were buried in snow. The city'sa subway and elevated lines lagged well behind schedule and home-bound throngs, as a re- sult, jammed their terminals. The city's usually congested streets still were congested--but by lines of stalled automobiles, buses and trucks, bumper to bumper, stretching block after block. Other strests, piled high with drifts, were as deserted as country lanes. Broadway theatres and motion picture houses reported business off" from 25 to 75 per cent and Broad- way itself was virtually lifeless. Thousands of commuters sought hotel rooms in the city overnight or resigned themselves to sleeping at terminals, A possible shortage of fuel was seen by coal and oil dealers who urged householders with sufficient fuel for at least five days not to ask further deliveries until streets are cleared. food deliveries, while reduced, were expected to be adequate. All available firemen were assign- ed to round-the-clock duty and Fire Commissioner Frank J. Quayle said last night that the city faced the "gravest emergency' in the history of the fire department. "Our streets are practically im- passable," he said. The burden of paying for the huge snow removal job was of par- ticular concern to city officials. They estimated the bill might come to between $2,500,000 and $3,000,000. The amount appropriated for snow removal for the entire winter was $1,285,688, Presents Await 50 With Mumps Peterborough, Dec. 27-- (CP) ~--There were 200 presents plac- ed Tuesday evening under the Christmas tree™4t" the Young Wemen's Christian Association Christmas party and after Santa Claus had arrived and distributed the gifts 50 presents still remained under the tree. The intended recipients of these 50 were all home with the | Conservative 32 MISSING AS TYPHOON SINKS SHIP Manila, Dec. 27 (AP)--Twenty- nine of the 61 persons who were aboard the Danish motorship Kina, sunk by a typhoon in the Samar Sea, have been rescued but 32 still are missing, the East Asiatic Com« pany reported today. Those saved included three Am=- erican women en route ho: from Tokyo. The contpany, agents for the Kina, made the report after an exchange of messages with the mo- torship Samuel Bakke, anchored at Calbayog, Samar Island. The Bak- ke earlier had erroneously reported that all but five aboard the Kina had reached shore, then messaged a correction. Chief Officer F. L. W. Dalberg of the Kina reported, the company said, a total of 12 passengers and 17 crew members were safe. Capt. Aage Hrernum, 30 other crew members and one passenger were listed as missing. Dalbert and four of the crew were landed at Calbayog after be- ing picked up at sea by the Bakke. The other survivors were reported to have reached Dinalio Point, north of Calbayog, in lifeboats, Planes and tugs continued their search for others from the Kina, who attempted to ride out the ty- phoon in lifeboats or on pieces of wreckage. The typhoon, with winds which rose to 120 miles an hour, uprooted trees, flattened power and tele- phone lines and blew off roofs in Manila, where five persons were killed and at least 20 were injured. There were no further reports of casualties, but communications were out with many of the stricken prov- inces to the south, In all, 20 ships in Philippine wa= ters reported damage. Former Premier In New Brunswick L.P.D. Tilley Dies Saint John, N.B,, Dee. 27--(CP)-- Another link with the period of Canadian history associated with the name of Tilley was severed Fri- day when death ended the distin- guished career of ©. P. D. Tilley, Premier of New Brunswick from 1933 to 1935. Younger sort of the late Sir. Sam- uel Leonard Tilley, a father of Cone federation whose suggested desig- nation of "Dominion" for Canada was adopted. Mr. Tilley died in the Saint John General Hospital. He was 77. Stricken with a heart attack while preparing to go to a dinner party on Christmas Eve, Mr. Tilley was taken from his home near Rothesday to hospital last night. The funeral service will be held here Monday afternoon in St. mumps. John's (Stone) Church. Current Year Momentous For All Canadian Trade Ottawa, Dec. 27. -- (CP) --Trade ! Minister MacKinnon in a 'year-end review of Canada's growth as a trading mation, said today that 1947 had been a "momentous = one for Canadian trade" and decisions taken "will lead to changes which we hope will work toward a better balance in Canada's "trade with foreign countries." The minister reviewed how Ca- nada had been forced to impose im- port restrictions to conserve Ameri- can dollars and urged the co-opera- tion of business men ard manu- facturers to make these restriction workable without imposing further strain on Canada's economy. "During the past year many of our post-war loans to European countries have been used up and more supplies will be available for export to hard currency areas," the minister said. "Exports of some commodities to the United + King- dom are likely to diminish as Bri- tain has had to adjust her imporst to. her current and immediately prospective exchange balances. "The flow of Canadian goods from now on must become more ev- enly balanced between hard and soft currency countries in order that our intermational obligaitons may be kept within the limits of our capacities. The most hopeful development in 1947 was the successful completion of the Geneva Conference on Trade and. Employment which drew up the charter and the trade agree- ments defining the guiding princip- les pf international trade for the future. . \ "These agreements may well out- weigh any other developments in the field of international trade dur- ing the year," the minister said. Canada had obtained some major adjustments in tariffs and quota restrictions currently in effect in the United States and certain Eu- ropean countries, particularly for her agricultural goods and manu- factured products. = These conces= sions would have a favorable effect on Canadian exports in general and to the U.S. in particular. The minister said the conditions leading up to the Canadian restric- tions on imports from hard curren- cy countries were the extension of loans to European countries while at the same time purchasing U.S. goods for cash and continued sup- ply to the United Kingdom largely on credit. With a few exceptions, the drain on Canada's American dollar ex- change had been constant and had reduced Canadian holdings from $1,250,000,000 .]1ast January to $500,~ 000,000 at the middle of Novems= ber. On the export side of the picture the minister said that Canada had been "deliberately" channelling her exports to Europe. Contracts for many staple commodities had kept the bulk of the export surplus off the world market and strict em- bargoes on shipments had kept oth- ers from more lucrative markets. In propertion to her. population, Canada had played a part "second to none' in extending post-war aid as a practical step in the establish- ment of peace 3 i Zz