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. "hy OSHAWA THE DAILY TIMES-G Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle LET 1E WHITBY VOL. 7--No. 14 OSHAWA-WHITBY, SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 1948 Price 4 Cents SIXTEEN PAGES BUTTE \ 49 Jews Said S CEILING 70 TO 74 ain By Arabs In Judean Hills A 4 Machine Guns Cut Men, Women Down After Village Raid Jerusalem, Jan. 17 (CP).--Arab sources said today that as many as 49 Jews were killed in fighting with Arabs over- night in the Judean Hills between Bethlehem and Hebron. A reliable source of the Arab higher executive said "jdentity cards of 49 Jews killed last night near Hebron" had ebeen brought to the executive's Jer- Industrial Fair Committee Under L.M. Souch L. M. Souch, sales manager of Ontario Motor Sales, has been named chairman of the Chamber of Commerce committee set up to survey the possibility of holding an industrial fair in Oshawa. It is planned that if sufficient i mT L. M. SOUCH interest for such a project is shown by industrialists and busi- nessmen this committee will carry on with organization of the event. President of the Chamber, T. L. Wilson, was authorized to name such a committee at a joint meet- ¢ ~ @ ing of the Chamber's industrial and civic committees this week. The fair is designed to acquaint the people of Oshawa with the various products manufactured here. Other members of the commit- tee are J. B. Highfield, general factory manager of General Motors of Canada Ltd.; A. G. Storie, pre- sident of Fittings Ltd.; Dr. W. H. Gifford, chairman of the industrial committee; S. R. Alger, chairman of the civic committee; Leon Osier, chairman of the program commit- tee; Les Eagleson, chairman of the Retail Merchants Association; Mel Jolley, president of the, Junior Chamber of - Commerce; A. R. Huestis, treasurer of the Cham- ber; Harold Washington, nfanager of Ontarip Steel Products Co. Ltd.; F. V. Skinner, president of Skin- ner Co. Ltd.; A. E. Coulter, presi- dent of Coulter Manufacturing Co. Ltd.; L. F. McLaughlin, president of McLaughlin Coal and Supplies td.; Ed. Robson, vice-president of Robson Leather Co. Ltd. usalem office. He said the Jews, a party of men and women headed for Kefar Etsyon settlement" as reinforce- ments," were mowed down by ma- chine gun fire from all sides. Police, plecing together sparse reports from the area, gave this version; Jews attacked the Arab village of Surif in the hills south- west of Bethlehem, wounding six Arabs. Returning to their base of operations, they were ambushed by Arabs and about half were wiped out. Jewish sources sald the attack- ers had inflicted heavy Arab casu- alties and "all our men returned to the base." Hagana, Jewish militia, had made no comment since the fight began yesterday. Dr. Hussein Khalidi, Secretary of the Arab executive, denied that identity cards of any Jews had been brought to his office, but said "our reports from Hebron are that more than 40 Jews and six Arabs were killed and eight Arabs wounded." An Arab doctor who arrived from the battle scene this morning said the attacking force of about 100 Jews "were decimated" in the at- tack and only six Arabs wounded. Sheik Mohamed Jabari, Mayor of Hebron, told reporters that "47 Jews were killed by Arabs" during the night's fighting in the Judean Hills south of Bethlehem. Jabari said apparently the Arabs attacked a Jewish funeral convoy burying the dead from the Kefar battle two days earlier and "all were slain." There was no official confirma- tion of Jabari's statement. The authoritatively reported deaths brought the unofficial toll to 831 violent deaths in Palestine since the United Nations voted Nov, 29 to partition the Holy Land. Paris Ousts Red Mayors Paris, Jan. 17--(Reuters)--The Ministry of the Interior has remov- ed from office M. Giraud and M. Morel, Communist Mayors of the 11th and 20th Paris districts, it was officially announced today. The Ministry announced that the two Communists had been dismissed for "their hostile attitude toward our Republican Institutions, incom- patible with the impartiality which municipal officials must show dur- ing their tenure of office." It was learned in ministry circles, | however, that the specific reason for the action was that the mayors had actively supported the strikers during the November strikes, in which the Communists played a leading part. Hazards Behind Them, Estonians In New Home Provided | At Kitchener Kitchener, Jan. 17--(CP)--Their long and hazardous journey from Europe over, 23 Estonian immi- grants awoke early today in their new home here. Behind them but still vivid in their memories were an Atlantic crossing in an open sallboat dur- ing which one member of their com- pany was lost and three months' de- tention at New York's Ellis Island, But when they reached here last night a warm welcome awaited them from Lutheran Church officials and local wellwishers and they went to bed in a house provided for them after negotiation on an internation- al level, 7 They still were the subject of con- troversy as they have been almost continuously 'since they set out three years ago from their native land after it was overrun by the Russians, This week the Canadian Legion branch ~ here protested against arrangements for them to occupy a three-storey house here and claimed the structure should have been made available to house ~--hungry Canadian war veferans. Difficulties dogged the Estonians as they sailed by way of Sweden, Belgium and England to the United States where' they hoped to find sanctuary. They were held at Ellis Island until it was decided they could not enter the United States because the Estonian jmmigration quota had been filled. Then it was arranged that they could come to Canada and new hope dawned for them. Joy shone on all their faces as they were welcomed here last night on behalf of the Canadian Luther- an World Relief Committee by re- presentatives who included Rev. A. W. Lotz, President of the Lutheran STRIKE ENDS 50,000 BACK ON RUHR JOBS Duesseldorf, Jan. 17--(AP)-- Three Ruhr cities where 50,000 workers struck yesterday against food shortages were normal again today with all strikers back on the joi Trade union officials said pro- mises of fat from other areas of the | United States and British zones have relieved tension in the three cities, Duisberg, Muehlheim and Dislaken. In the last week a total of 160,000 workers has been on strike at one time or another in the industrial Ruhr. - Officers of Ruhr trade unions planned to meet again Jan. 23. They said the meeting would he to determine if promises of help have materialized and if the acute hun- ger situation has been relieved. Other areas of the combined zones, meanwhile, reported develop- ing food shortages. Millions of con- | | | sumers suddenly read today they | would get no fat and little meat next week, sooner than these short- ages had been expected to develop. German officials publicly predict- | ed "hunger riots" within the next two months. The Soviet-sponsored Berlin press made political capital of Western Germany's plight. The official So- viet newspaper, Taegliche Rund- schau, said, "the fusion of the two zones strengthened the position of American capital but brought fur- ther reduction in living standards for the German people." " German trade union leaders in the Ruhr said hey were confident that strikes of the past week were not Communist-inspired, 'It is just workers that were hun- gry," said one leading union offi- cial. "Of course, Comntunists may try to capitalize on unrest--but they are just a small minority and have little influence among the workers." N.C. Fraser Heads Bar Association Neil C. Fraser, K.C,, was elected | president of the Ontario County | Bar Association at its annual meet- ing last night, succeeding R. D. Humphreys, K.C. A. F. Annis, K.C, succeeds Mr. Fraser as vice-president and W. . N. C. FRASER, K.C. Ross Scott was re-elected secretary- treasurer and librarian, All mem- bers of the board of directors were re-elected, Judge D. B. Coleman (honorary), R. J. Harris, C. C, Mc- Gibbon and R. D, Ruddy, as were the members of the purchasing committee, E. F., Bastedo and Ern- est Marks, Jr. In a brief address to the Associ- ation, His Honor Judge Coleman paid tribute to Ontario County's sheriff, Dr. H. Bascom. "I think we have without a doubt the most distinguished and best- known sheriff of any county in On- tario, His Honour - declared refer- ring to Dr. Bascom's "remarkable record." He pointed out that Dr. Bascom Ministerial Association of Kitchen- | entered the county buildings first er and Waterloo. After a round of | in 1912 as embraces and hand-shaking, they sat down' to a turkey dinner, But still. to be disposed of was the protest the Canadian Legion sent to federal authorities, John Becker, President of the Kitchener-Waterloo Branch of the Legion, charged the House had been vacant "for some months" and said he knew of "at least one veteran of the second world war who was re- ESTONIANS (Continued on Page 2), * Spe county registrar and | now, at the age of 84, his duties in- clude those of registrar of the su- | preme court, clerk of the county | court, registrar of , the HEADS BAR (Continued on Page 2) THE WEATHER Cloudy, occasional light snow today. Sunday clear. Continu- ing cold. Winds light, Low to- Tien and high Sunday, 10 and surrogate | i Alex Pollock, Stephen Kun, Th International C.1.0. First international CIO conference to be h Walsh, seated, is recording secretary. Conference This Week-End eld in Ontario is scheduled for Brantford this week-end. Walter Reuther, CIO president, will attend. Local 458, UAW-CIO officers at Brantford are pictured planning for the event. Left to right, standing, are: Seth Bejian, Harry Stanford, Harvey Barber, president; James Mason, tray 5 eo a isn mee bed Shanghai, Jan. 17--(AP)--A mob estimated at 10,000 milling Chinese menaced the British Consulate here today as an aftermath to the burn- ing of the British Consulate yester- day at Canton. It finally was dis. persed by club-swinging police without causing damage. The mob failed to penetrate the fenced and heavily-guarded consul- ate compound, although once an attempt was made to inch a big truck against the gate." Four Chin- ese climbéd over the gate and de- manded that the British flag be bade down, but were flatly refus- ed. Speakers thsuccesstully urged the mob to rush the gate. British Con- | sulate employees continued at work. | Buildings were plastered with posters condemning, Britain, the Americans and the Chinese government. Some said: "British get out of Kowloon": --'"Americans get out, too"--"Chin- ese government worst we ever had." The incident began as A demon- stration by some 3,000 students pro- testing gainst British eviction for health reasons of Chinese squatters from Kowloon, on the mainland of the Crown Colony of Hong Kong. A similar demonstration in' Canton yesterday snowballed into a riot, during which the British Consulate and other buildings were burned and some Britons injured. The Shanghai students sang lusti- ly during the demonstration some of the improvised words went: "Down the corrupt government" the more we Chinese suffer." Hong Kong, Jan. 17--(AP)--Brit- ish women and children were being evacuated today from Canton, where Chinese rioters sacked and burned the British Consulate yes- terday and injured six Britons. Eleven women and six children arrived in Hong'Kong by plane to- day. - Hong Kong Airways cancelled all scheduled flights to and from Canton to use the planes to bring and "the more the Americans loan 10,000 Milling Chinese Raid British Consulate In Shanghai Disorders out the evacuees, British authorit- ies plan to evacuate 100 persons, Dr. T. V. Soong, Governor of Kwangtung Province of which Can- ton is the capital, said in a state- ment that the Chinese government would "take prompt military action against outrages to person and pro- perty." Soong declared the riots had been instigated by "Communist agita- tors." The Foreign Office was tak- ing the matter up through the us- ual 'diplomatic channels, (In London the Foreign Office announced that Sir Ralph Steven- son, British Ambassador to China, had protested to the Chinese gov- ernment about the riot). The rioters threatened a number of Americans in yesterday's demon- stration, which protested the evic- tion of 300 of the 2,000 Chinese liv- ing in the old walled city of Kow- loon on the mainland of the British Crown Colony. The British order- ed the destruction of shacks in an- cient Kowloon for sanitary reasons. When the demonstration became violent British authorities rushed a small naval vessel from Hong Kong up the Pearl River to Canton and warned the British sloop Hart to stand by. Chatham Cabbie To Hang April 21 Chatham, Jan. 17 (CP)--James W. St. Pierre was sentenced yester- day to be hanged for a murder he maintained he cannot remember. The 34-year-old taxi driver was convicted by an Ontario Supreme Court jury of the. shotgun slaying last Oct. 1 of his elderly father-in- law, Joseph McIllhargey. The jury recommended mercy. St. Pierre was impassive as the verdict was announced. Asked by Mr. Justice Jean Genest if he had anything to say, the convicted man bi "I haven't." Heroic Nurse week storm had spent its fury in Manitoba today, with snéw removal crews busily engaged in clearing | blocked highways, but a two-year- | old boy in a hospital bed here was painful evidence that the storm had been the most serious of the winter, The youngster, son of Bruce Bradford who lives near Gladstone, Man., was en route to hospital as a | diphtheria suspect this week when the automobile in which he was be- ing conveyed became snowbound. Rescue parties from Gladstone fought snow-burdéned winds to reach the stranded vehicle. Their truck slid off the road. A second attempt with a car failed when the ported blocked, but main arteries | Oshawa Rotary Club of his impres- vehicle bogged down in a drift, | The journey to Gladstone, in all. Froze Legs In Storm To Aid Patient Winnipeg, Jan. 17-- (CP) --A mid- | accounting for nearly 20 hours, was | finally 'made on foot, with nurse | Katherine Donald carrying the 'child in her arms, From Gladtone the boy was tak= en the remaining 75 miles to Win- !nipeg by train. His condition here was described as "fairly good." The nurse suffered from exposure and froze her legs and face during the | winter walk, No other casualties were report- ed throughout the province during | the week, but transportation was | returning to normal only today af- | ter several bus runs had been can- {celled since Wednesday and train | schedules were delayed. Manwmside roads were - still re- were being opened as fast as snow ploughs could operate. A | made to salvage the vessel Westmount Studies Pool Project Intensified study of a community swimming pool project and an at- tempt to clarify the status of Fern- hill Park in relation to School Sec- tion No. 10 seem indicated as a re- sult of last night's meeting of the Westmount Recreation Association. Cecil McKnight was elected chair- man of the association for 1948 re- placing William Simons. Named as vice-chairman was H. N. Pascoe, Westmount School principal, while Rupert Harrison was re-elected sec- retary, Mrs. Ronald Thomas was elected treasurer replacing Clarence Weldon. Mr, Pascoe, 1947 program chair- man, said the question of a swim- ming pool for the district "should be given a lot of attention" in the next two years since there was now a definite need for the pool. Some data on nearby pools had already been gathered, he said. Activities Reviewed Reviewing the past year's activi- ties, Mr. Pascoe emphasized that the association had provided the im- petus for the formation of the pres- ent East Whitby Welfare Associa- tion. . The. association had realized, he said, that permanent financial backing was necessary and now the welfare association was well under- way. At least $300 would be received by the recreation association from ! the funds collected during the East WESTMOUNT (Continued on Page 2) U.S. Funeral Ship Said Still Afloat New York, Jan. 17--(AP)--The United States Army "funeral ship" | Joseph V. Connolly, abandoned at sea last Monday, is still afire and afloat, officials reported last night, adding that an attempt will be The veteran Liberty ship, en route to Answerp with caskets for the removal of war dead, was aban- doned by its 45 crew members and one passenger when flames swept the vessel 900. miles east of New York. All hands were saved. Cornwall Buildings Will Be Demolished Cornwall, Jan, 17--(CP)--Owners of buildings gutted by a $1,000,0000 fire last Dec. 24 were ordered today by city officials to start demolition as soon as possible, so that down- town Pitt Street can be re-opened for traffic. The street has been partially blocked since he blaze. | : Officials said a report from the Ontario Fire Marshal's office on the results of an investigation into the cause of the fire is expected next week. TALK ON ENGLAN Rotarian George Hart, 'who re- | cently returned from a visit to | Bngland, will tell members of the sions of his trip at the club's Juncheon meeting on Monday. GENTS Ontario Lid Is 73 In Plan Announced For Various Areas Ottawa, Jan. 17 (CP).--Maximum retail butter prices will range from 70 to 74 cents a pound under the new price ceiling order announced today by the prices board. Effective Monday, top gr ade creamery butter in prints will retail at 74 cents a pound in the Maritimes, 71 cents in Manitoba and Alberta, 72 cents in® British Columbia, 73 cents in On- tario and Quebec and 70 cents in Saskatchewan. These prices are based on a wholesale level of 67 cents a pound at Montreal. Officials said trade mark-ups are the same as those in effect when butter previously was under con- trol. * Maximum prices of whey and dairy butter will be at approxi- mately the same levels as cream- ery butter. Last Thursday a cross-country survey showed butter prices rang- ing from 69 to 78 cents aw pound in major centres, with Halifax reporting prices from 73 to 78 cents. In Saint John the price ranged from 73 to 74 cents; 72 at Vancouver, Edmonton and Toronto; 70-72 at Winnipeg; 69-72 at Mon- treal, and 71 at Regina and Ot- tawa. Wholesale prices of butter drop- ped from 69 to 67 cents per podnd | for No. 1 grade yesterday in To- ronto, United Farmers Co-opera- tive Co. reported. Winnipeg re~ ported a similar decrease, Already some stores have passed the two- cent saving along to the consum- ers and others are expected to fol- low suit today or Monday. Meanwhile, throughout Toronto, retail, wholesale and produce asso- ciations held meeting to analyse how the new measures would af- fect their businesses. At the same time, Ottawa was preparing to augment its dwindling Wartime Prices and Trade Board staff which will be called upon to enforce the new regulations, City, Township Discuss Projects A three-man committtee of East Whitby Townsip Council met with city officials last night to examine the whole question d@f-the relation- ship of township engineering pro- jects to those planned for the city. Discussion on related engineering problems was on an informal level and no decision was reached in re- gard to employement of the city engineering. department's services. Both parties are expected to report to their respective councils. Representing the township were Reeve T. D. Thomas, Deputy-Reeve William E. Noble and Councillor Neil Fraser, K.C. McCallum, Board of Works chair- man Ald. Michael Starr and W. T. Dempsey, city engineer, represented PORT HOPE POLICE Port Hope, Ont., Jan, 17--(CP)-- A quarter-mile chase led early to- day to the arrest of a man identi- fled by police as John Donaldson, 23, of Toronto, following a smash- and-grab robbery at a downtown jewelry store. attempted theft. Police were summoned by persons who heard the sound of breaking glass. Police said a man standing near the store fled at their ap- proach. During the chase he threw i a number of watches, police said, Mayor Frank ; He was charged with | Temperance Head NORMAN DOWN who was elected president of the Ontario County Temperance Feder ation for the sixth consecutive term at its annual convention here yes terday, Heavy Seas Hit 4 Ships, One Sinking Miami, Jan. 17--(AP)--The Unite ed States coast Guard repgrted the 125-foot motorship Six Shillings, which radioed it was jn a "sinking i condition" 43 miles southeast of | Carysfort Light off Miami last night, arrived here early today une der its own power. | A coast guard escorted the vessel to Miami. The vessel is of British | Honduras registry. First reports last night that the vessel was sinking sent an oil tane ker and the coast guard speeding te the rescue. The message was that | the boat couldn't "stay afloat untik morning." When sighed, however, the craft was travelling at high . speed toward port. | A potentially greater tragedy was {averted when the Coast Guard Cut- ter Mendota radioed last night that it had reached the freighter Adrian Victory, beset by a heavy sea with 53 aboard, en route from Tampa to Bremen, Germany. The Mendota said it came upon the freighter 300 i miles east of Jacksonville and was i escorting it safely to Charlestol some 38 hours away. It added tha a water-edge list of the freighter's starboard weather deck had all but been righted, Other rescue craft took in=stow | the crippled' 30-foot cruiser Jo Ann, missing since Tuesday, and the nearly sunken hulk of the 90-foot | British Freighter Wisague. The {latter's seven-man crew was Tese i cued but no word came of the cone dition of wo men aboard the crule | ser. % LATE NEWS BRIEFS * ALBERTA WARRANTS UPHELD ! Toronto, Jan. 17 (CP).--Mr. Justice F. H. Barlow today dis« missed a motion to quash five Alberta warrants chargs« ing Jack K. Cooke, publisher of New Liberty Magazine, and writer Harold Dingman, with conspiracy to pub« lish a defamatory libel. SHIP HITS MINE, 9 MISSING Athens, Jan. 17 (Reuters).--The 2,056-ton Norwegian ship Svein Jarl struck a mine and sank in the Bay of Patras last night and nine of the crew are missing, her cap= tain said today. The captain was picked up after being shown into the sea by the force of the explosion, 55 BELOW AT HORNPAYNE North Bay, Jan. 17 (CP).--One of the coldest temperatures of the year--55 degrees below zero--was recorded today at Hornepayne, 70 miles northwest of here. Low temperatures were general throughout northern On« tario, with readings of 50 below at Armstrong, 48 below at Nakina, 42 below at Jellicoe, and 30 below at Foliet, Fraserdale, Cochrane and Timagami. FIND BODY IN DRIFT Napanee, Ont; Jan. 18 (CP).--The body of elderly Fred Grange was found yesterday north of Selby by a snow. plow crew, he had apparently died from exhaustion while walking along the road toward the farm of rela- tives. The body was brought out on a sleigh to the main road and met by o a Napanee undertaker. /