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THE DAILY TIMES-GAZ p OSHAWA Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle VOL. 7, NO. 36 1948 'OTTAWA TABS BUTTER HOARDERS ad ETTE WHITBY SIXTEEN PAGES OSHAWA-WHITBY, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, Price 4 Cents (Government Troops And Police Nip Plot To Oust President's Party By Reginald Wood San Jose, Costa Rica, Feb. 12 (AP)--Troops and police nipped today a plot to overthrow Costa Rica's government and install former President Rafael Calderon Guardia. The attempted coup began with violence last night over Sunday's presidential elections. A policeman was kifled and several persons were wounded in®-- shooting which continued into the early morning. i raced through the streets. They wore the blue, yellow and red armbands of the Republicano Na- cional and the red armbands of the Vanguardia Popular (Communist) party, both supporters of Calderon. Calderon trails by 10,000 votes in Sunday's election and has con- ceded the victory of publisher Otilio Ulate Blanco, of the Union Nacional party. However, Calder- on has charged fraud. Blanco said yesterday he learned the ConAnu- nists and some army men planned a coup, but outgoing President Teodoro Picado Michalski said he was confident such a move could be repelled. A government source said the coup was plotted by the Commu- nists, and that the Republicano Nacional was not involved. He said the first step was a vain attempt to seize a barracks, but it had wrobably failed -because the plot- ters struck too soon. Shots rang out frequently in the -apital this morning. Half-tracks vaded with soldiers raced through COSTA RIGA * (Continued on Page 2) 'Lay-Off' Story Denied by G.M. "The story is logical but not entirely true," was the com- ment made this morning by an official of General Motors of Canada Limited, with regard to a news story appearing in yesterday's issue of the To- ronto Daily Star. The article in the Toronto newspaper said a shutdown of the Oshawa plant of Genaral Motors was "inevitable" in less than a week if the cold weather continues and gas services at Windsor are not re- established. It was pointed out to The Times-Gazette by the G.M. spokesman - that the Windsor plant, which supplies engines to the local Plant, is still oper- ating and that it has enough material on hand to 'keep it in operation for another week. By that time it is hoped, he said, that the severe cold spell will have ended. Snow Vanishes in Cloud As Blower Goes to Work Ice-toughened snowdrifts literal« ly vanished in a cloud yesterday as Oshawa's new snowblower went to work, a few hours after its arrival, on the windrows of snow which had brought about a temporary halt in traffic at the local airport. While members of city Council watched operations, the sturdy dove-grey vehicle bit into the four and five foot banks which had been spilling across the runways in the sweep of recent winds. With snail_like persistence, the machine ate its way through the jagged drifts, leaving an eight-foot strip ef almost bare pavement in its wake. For demonstration purposes, the machine in turn poured forth a 200-foot horizontal spray of snow from its turbine or spouted a con- centrated stream from the chute which directs the snow into ac- companying trucks, : The latter process is used for re. mol of snew 'from city streets and it is estimated that a truck of six cubic yards capacity can be fill- ed in 30 seconds. Because of the force with which it is peured by the blower, considerably more snow can be packed into a truck than in the case of ordinary shovelling. Speed of the process depends on the type. of material to be remov- ed but the average rate of progress in fairly heavy snow Is assprox!- mately three miles per hour. With light snow it might move along as quickly as five miles an hour, J. Morehouse, service mechanic for Sicard Ltd. manufacturers of the equipment, explained how the snow is attacked by revolving hy- draulically operated conveyors on the front of vehicles, caught in a propellor, driven by a 200 horse. power engine and then discharged through the turbine or chute. The chute can be adjusted so as todirect the snow in whatever direction de- sired. Safety bolts are used throughout, so that gears will not be damaged by hard objects in the snow and special cutters can be attached for working through ice. The warn- ing to the public, however, is to stay out of the machine's path, The blower is mounted on a four- wheel traction truck, approximate- ly 25 feet long, driven by a 145 horsepower gasoline motor. The en. gine for the blower is located at the rear and the vehicle is equip- ped with air brakes. Two men are required to operate the machine. According to Mr. Morehouse, this model has loaded as many as 900 six-yard trucks in eight hours and in the open country it will Dow snow a distance of 200 to 250 eet, Snowslide Hurtles Train Hundreds Of Feet Down Canyon, All Escape Death Alamosa, Colo, Feb. 12--(AP)--A massive snowslide thundered down on & tiny narrow-gauge railroad train lasé night, tumbling three coaches do," a mountain gorge, but those aboard miraculously es. caped death. 4 1 The cars were burled hundreds of eet, Two train crew members were in hospital today with injuries, and a dispatcher for the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad reported that all the 11 passengers were shaken up. * The passengers and members of the train crew arrived here after a two-hour, 15-mile trip from- the wreck scene, The injured men were identified by the dispatcher as brakeman George Otfoway and express mes- senger Victor Ingle. The dispatcher said one woman passsenger whose identity was not lmguediaiely available was reported to have frozen her feet. Ottoway suffered chest injuries. Ingle's injuries have not yet been determined. Railroad officials said the snow. slide was 100 feet wide and 10 feet deep. The only route to the wreck scene, high in the Cumbres Moun- tains, was over the winding, breath-taking railway line. The five-car train was being pulled over its tortuous route by two engines when the snow aval- -anche slammed into it. Two pas- | senger cars--half the size of stand- ard railway equipment--were hurt- led at least 300 feet down the can- yon. The observation car tumbled about 75 feet. The engines, bag. gage and mall cars remained up- right. The Los Pinos River running at the base of the chasm is at least another 700 feet below where the cars stopped. i Conductor ©. E. Morgan uncoup- led one of the locomotives and rode on it to a nearby way station | ments where he telegraphed to Alamosa for help. a BI Stops Rebellion In Costa Rica New Snowblower Gives Spectacular Display at Oshawa Airport Seek Bandit In $100,000 Gem Robbery Jerusalem, Feb: 12--(Reuters) -- Six armed Jews held up a diamond merchant in Tel Aviv today and stole diamonds valued at $100,000 Jewish sources in Tel Aviv reported. Police said five Arabs were killed today when a mine exploded under their bus near Safed. "Witnesses state that the bus was attacked by a party of armed Jews who, simultaneously with the ex- plosion, opened small arms fire" the report added. Five other Arabs were injured. Safed Is in northern Palestine, A Jew and an Arab also were kill- ed in incidents at Haifa. The deaths raised to 1,133 the un- official number slain since parti. tion was announced Nov. 29. Arab D-Day Is Postponed Damascus, Syria, Feb. 12--(AP) --Sources close to the Arab volun- teer army command said today the "D-Day" for the Arab fight against Palestine Jews, reported set for Feb. 15, has been postponed. "Political and diplomatic develop- in Cairo and other world capitals' caused the postponement the informants said. Political ob- servers expressed the opinion that action in Palestine might be con- fined to guerrilla fighting until the British mandcte is ended or until the Arab League meeting in Cairo drafts a policy. Young Jews joined Damascus po- lice today in patrolling the Jewish quarters of the city after the Jew. ish Alliance school was slightly damaged by a bomb. Community leaders said all Jewish would remain in their homes after 7 pm. daily, women | ¢ The city's new snowblower lost no time in going to work on its arrival ® | yesterday. In the top photo it throws a 150 or 200 foot stream of snow as it ploughs along one of the airport runways. Below it demonstrates the chute arrangement used for loading trucks when clearing city streets. --Photos by Campbell's Studio For Strong By D'ARCY O'DONNELL Canadian Press Staff Writer Ottawa, Feb. 12--The. Progressive Conservative party's views on Can. ada's defence were outlined in a chilly House of Commons yesterday during a debate mainly devoted to a discussion of current .condilions in the Maritime provinces. With temperatures in the cham- ber hovering near the 60 degree mark becauas-of a failure in ihe central heating plant boilers, Wing Cmdr. Lawrence Skey, D.F.C. (PC- Toronto Trinity) said he wished to urge on behalf of his party that the government build the R.C.AF. to the status of affirst-line air force as Canada's "cheapest and most effec- tive" line of defence in another war. But his speech was the only one which did not touch matters affect. ing the Maritimes. The other speak. ers were Transport Minister Chev. rier, Clarie Gillis (CCF--Cape Bre. ton South) and 'Gordon Isnor (L-- Halifax). There speeches touched on the use of Maritime ports, on unemployment and on general econcmic' conditions there, 'At the house opening, members suggested that the three-hour mid. week sitting be held despite the heating plant failure. External Affairs Minister St, Laurent reported the justice: de. partment is examining the question of whether Canada's ban on the im. port of oleomargarine will have to be lifted to compl with the Geneva trade agreement. The Senate sat only a few min. utes because of the heating situa, tion. Before adjournment members gave. third reading to.a bill ratify. Provide Defence Fund Air Force Skey Urges Commons ing' a Canadian-American agree- ment for controlling the slaughter of fur seals in 'the North Pacific and the Bering Sea. The senators also approved appointment of mem. bers to sit on the parliamentary Indian Committee. Wing Omdr. Skey said Canada's aircraft industry, particularly in the development of jet-propelléd planes, should be brought to the point where the country would be inde. pendent of outside production in the event of war. . Wing Cmdr. Skey said he dis- DEFENCE FUND (Contnued on Page 2) {Woman's Leg and Foot Fractured In collision with a transport truck yesterday. morning at the intersec- tion of King Street and Ritson Road, the condition of Mrs. M. My- ers, 198 Verdun Road, is described today 'as "good" by her physician Dr. W. S. Millman. Mrs. Myers suf- fered facial lacerations and a'frac. tured bone in the right leg as well as a fractured bone in the left foot. Driver of the truck, Robert Nut. tall of Gananoque, told police he was turning left into Ritson Road from King 'Street when he saw the reflection in his rear vision mirror, of Mrs. Myers falling to the road beside his trailer unit. She was tak- en immediately to the Oshawa Gen- eral Hospital where she is. being treated. 2-Mile Long Traffic Jam Hits Toronto Toronto, Feb. 12--(CP)--A gigan- tic traffic 'snarl, one of the worst in Toronto's history, gripped the downtown area early today. It re- sulted from diversion of traffic from waterfront traffic arteries be. cause of a fire at the British Ameri- can Oil property, ' Street cars on Queen Street, a main east-west street, ran 30 to 40 minutes behind schedule. From, the Queen Street bridge over the Don River street cars and autos crawled at a snail's pace -- stretched in a line as far as the eye -could see. Some estimates were that it was two miles long. Thousands were late for work but the jam did not reach its height un- til after the early morning rush. hour was over. Oshawa Rink Is Eliminated By Galt Four The Oshawa Curling Club repre- sentatives, champions of this Cent. ral Ontario district, competing in the British Consols Provincial sin. gles-rink championship at Hamil- ton today, were eliminated in their morning game. Jack Patrick's Galt rink nosed out Al. Parkhill's Oshawa quartette 8.6 in a keenly-fought THE WEATHER Clear today and Friday morn. ing becoming cloudy during the Afternoon, Little change in tem. perature. Winds light. Low to- night and high Friday 5 and 30. To Check Stocks Held In Storage For Five Months By Ross Munro Canadian Press Staff Writer Ottawa, Feb, 12 (CP)--The Commons Prices Commit. tee decided today to ferret out any speculators and hoarders of butter during the last five months, "If there has been any speculation or hoarding it is for this committee to determine what effect it has had on butter DEEP RESPECT OBSERVED AT GANDHI RITES Alahabad, India, Feb. 12--(AP) The mortal remains of Mohandas K. Gandhi, the beloved man who ranks almost as a saint in this land, were immersed in the waters of three sacred Hindu rivers here to- day. Tens of thousands of persons witnessed the ceremony, which took | place just after 2 p.m., at the con- fluence of the Ganges, Jumna and | Saraswati Rivers. Among the wit- nesses was the Prime Minister of India, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru: Others who watched included members of the Central Govern- ment, the Governor of 'the United Provinces, and Ministers of the local government. The special train carrying Gan- dhi's ashes arrived at Allahabad station at 9 a.m. Nehru, who ar- rived in Allahabad by plane yester- day, was. at the station to greet the train of third-class coaches hearing the funeral urn. A guard of honor escorted the urn to Triveni Sangham, conflu- ence of the three rivers, for the final ceremony. The urn was placed on a {railer. The accompaniment of a booming salute of cannon shots--one for each vear of Gandhi's 78-- and the sounding of conch horns, tie pro- cession slarted. Quarter of a "mile from the station the procession passed the Anglican Cathedral of All-Saints, | where the cortege 'paused briefly while the crowd before it sang Gandhi's favorite hymn "Lead, Kindly Light." Wheeling slowly to the vioht, the | procession went along Canning | Road, the main thoroughfare of Allahabad, on ils way to Triveni Sangham, It passed between huge, silent crowds who lined the way to Triveni. The march from the sta- tion to the confluence of the rivers ended at 12.30 p.m. AUTO AND TRUCK DAMAGED The left side of a car and tae right side of a truck were damaged at 500 p.m yesterday when they collided on Simcoe Street North. Frederick Amey, 103 Montrave Ave. nue, told police he was pulling away from a parked position at the curb when a truck, also going south, struck his car. Driver of the truck was Ross Skitch, 83 Ritson Road South. eprices," said Health Minister Mar. tin, committee chairman, pointing out that butter prices jumped ahead last November and December before the ceiling price was reimposed. The committee will seek to obtain all information available on holde ers of butter in Canadian ware= houses. ' It will demand through a quest. fonnaire to the warehouses and cold storage plants the names of HOARDERS A (Contnued on Page 2) Men Woman Burned | Rescuing Baby In Trenton Fire Trenton, Ont., Feb. 12 -- (CP) -- Mrs. Marie Scea, 29, rescued her two.weeks old baby from their flaming home today but suffered severe burns herself. She was re. moved to Belleville hospital for treatment and latest reports said there is hope for her recovery. The woman's husband, George Scea, banked the fire when he left for work at 8 a.m, She was in bed, An hour later her brother, 18.year. old Gerald Ostram who lives next door, noticed the fire and heard his . sister scream. Believing the baby night still be in the house, he smashed a window with his fists to rescue © the youngster. But the mother had carried the baby to safety shielding it from the fire with her body. She was burned about the back. The house was destroyed. 'The fire brigade from the R.C.A.F. sta. tion here helped the local fire de. partment fight the fire and pre. vent it from spreading to adjoining houses, up ot Six Injured In Explosion -- \' Toronto, Feb. 12--(CP)--An ex. plésion in the plant of Audio Films in suburban Mimico today blew the roof off the plant's assembly room and injured six employees. Extent of their injuries was not known im- mediately. Fire which accompanied the blast destroyed movie film. A girl worker was overcome by fumes, but her condition"was not regarded as serious. Firemen from suburban fire de- partments worked through the noon hour to bring the blaze under con. trol. Its cause was not immediately determined. So far, there is no esti. mate of the damage. % LATE NEWS BRIEFS 5° EIGHT DIE IN CRASH Copenhagen, Feb. 12 (Reuters)--Eight of the 17 passengers and the crew of four were killed today when a Danish Airlines Douglas DC-3 crashed . at Geesen, northeast of Frankfurt, Germany, the Danish Airlines 4 Zurich route. announced. The plane left Kastrup airport near Copen- hagen this morning on the Copenhagen-Frankfurt- - PONDERING FREIGHT INCREASE Ottawa, Feb. 12 (CP)--An official of the Board of Transport Commissioners said today that the board still is pondering a decision on an application by Canadian railways for a 30-per-cent freight-rate increase. He said it would be some time before a verdict would be reached and a report prepared. LOSES LEG IN CRASH " Burlington, Ont., Feb. 12 (CP)--John Gamsby, son of E. W. Gamsby, proprietor of the Poplars: lunch room, at nearby Van Wagner's Beach, is reported to be in only fair condition following amputation of his left leg at the Hamilton General Hospital this morning. He was taken to the hospital this morning after an accident in which his automobile was wrecked on the Queen Elizabeth Way near here. NATURAL CAS RATIONED stl | Toronto, Feb. 12 (CP)--Southwestern Ontario to- day began compulsory rationing of natural gas for" domestic use. The order was an 11th hour step an- nounced by 'Mines Minister Leslie Frost yesterday to solve the three-week-old gas shortage that has closed scores of plants and made upwards of 25,000 idle, uu