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U.S. Senate Bl \ THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle OSHAWA WHITBY VOL. 7, NO. 62 OSHAWA-WHITBY, 'SATURDAY, MARCH J13, 1948 Price 4 Cents EIGHTEEN PAGES FEAR 30 LOST ON U.S. AIRLINER > ocks Drive To Cut Aid Funds Defeat Taft Move To Slice $1 Billion From Money Bill Washington, March 13 (AP)--The Senate moved to- ward final action today on the European recovery program after defeating a major drive to slash its first-year funds. By a 56-to-31 vote last night it blasted aside a deter- mined effort led by Senator Robert Taft (Rep. Ohio), Chairman of the Senate Republican Rotary Speaker WESLEY J. SALTER, BA. Principal of St. Catharines Colle. siate Institute and Vocational school, who will address the Rotary Club here Monday on the topic "Some False Shibboleths in Educa. tion", Mr. Salter was born and educated in Oshawa before he at- tended the University of Toronto. His first teaching assignment was at the old Pickering College, He was on the Woodstock Collegiate staff when he was appointed prin. cipal theré, 25 years ago he went to St. Catharines as principal of the high School. As a member of the Senate of the University of Toronto, Mr. Salter is well known to many people throughout the province, Local Skating Club Trying To Get Skater Andra McLaughlin, the newest star in American figure skating circles, is a very busy girl. Fresh from winning the New York Sil- ver Skates Championship she has appeared and will appear in ice shows throughout United States at the rate of over one a week until late summer as well as competing in the American National Cham- pionships at Colorado Springs. This year Andra is well on her way to making a clean sweep of the American titles and now has her eyes fixed on the Ladies Championship of United States which is held by Gretchen Merrill bu tis certain to change hands at Colorado Springs when the cham- pionships take place. Miss McLaughlin won the Am- erican Juvenile Championship in 1944 and in 1946 the Middle Atlan- tic and Eastern States 'Champion- ship. This year she is making the complete tour of the Champion- ship circuit and observers are con- fident that this pretty, vivacious young blonde skater will carry SKATING CLUB , (Continued on Page 2) Policy Committee, to shave $1,300,- 000,000 off the $5,300,000,000 Mar. shall Plan figures. Senator Tom Connaly (Dem. Tex.), one of the program's chief sponsors, predicted its overwhelm. ing passage by tonight, The bill is designed to speed funds to 16 Wes. tern European countries to bolster them against Communism. Elated backers said the resound- ing defeat suffered by Taft's fund cutting proposal insured Senate ap- proval of the bill without major changes. . That would be a victory for Sen. ator Arthur Vandenberg (Rep. Mich.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and expondent of the bi-partisan for. eign policy. Vandenberg stood his ground firmly as Taft led the assault to batter the fund down to $4,000,000, 000. fl Once pasb the senate the recov- ery bill faces further action by the House of Representatives. The Republican leadership has set April 10 as tentative target date for- action on all foreign aid pro- grams. That is only eight days be. fore the Italian elections, which are expected to provide a new test of Comaiunist strength in Europe. Negligence In Damage Case Found Equal Both parties were equally negli. gent, Mr, Justice D. P. J. Kelly rul- ed at the Supreme Court Assiss in Whitby yesterday, in giving judg- ment in the damage accident brought by Murray McLaren, Scu- gog Island, his father, John of Port Perry, and Rex Harper, Oshawa, against Charles and Edna Edgar, Oshawa. His Lordship assessed the damage against Murray McLaren at $900; against his father at $500 and against Harper at $900. A counter claim by the Edgars for $105 was al- lowed. Since each party was equally negligent, each will receive half the assessed damages. The plaintiffs were. allowed 80 per cent of their costs. The action arose from an auto collision on Brock Road and the Second Concession of Reach Town. ship when the Edgar and McLaren automobiles were in a crash. A high bank obscured the view at the in. tersection. All plaintiffs were in- jured and both cars considerably damaged. "There is an obligation on all driv. ers, on approaching an intersection, to keep in mind there might be a car coming on: from the left," His Lardship said in giving judgment. "Just be:ause a driver has the right of way does not mean that he can let the car on the left take his chances. "Considerable obligation rests on the shoulders of Mrs. Edgar. She knew it was a bad corner. Had she been able to see the car going east, she would have had the right to keep on, but not seeing him, should have kept the car in control. Both parties admitted that when each saw the other car an accident was inevitable. The liability was 50.50. Each was as responsible as the oth. er." A. W. 8. Green, K.C, acted for the plaintiffs and Joseph P. Man- gan, K.C, for the defendants. 15 Arabs Slain In Raid As Jews Raid Village Jerusalem, March 13--(AP)--Fif- teen Arabs were killed and about 20 wounded at dawn today when a large group of Jews raided an Arab village in Upper Galilee, an official source said. "The village was Al Hussena. Sev- eral Arab houses were blown up dur- ing the attack, and the village has been evacuated, the source added. Police and military units found a number of .grenades and one ruck- sack filled with explosives when they arrived on the scene after the attack. Earlier police had reported that a 7 two columns of Jewish fighters with about 100 men each had attacked the Arab village of Kafr Kanna, north of Nazareth, last night. It is in this area that Arab leader Fawzi Bey Al Kaukji has proclaimed mar- tial law. According to the police report, three Arabs were wounded. Arabs said they inflected 25 casualties on: the Jews and drove them off. Al Kaukji, who claims a_yolunteer army of 15,000 men, recently estab-| lished headquarters in Northern Palestine, This week he declared the region under martial law, RUSS ON SPOT BY UN. MOVE IN SHOWDOWN By LARRY HAUCK Lake 'Success, N.Y., March 13-- (AP)--Chile's demand for United Nations investigation of the Com- munist coup in Czechoslovakia pushed Russia today into the role of a defendant before the world. It also opened the way for ajr- ing of conflitions in at least one part of Russian-dominated Eastern Europe. Many saw the possibility of an east-west showdown. The Security Council put the case on its provisional calendar for next Wednesday. The Russians then must meet the Chilean alel. gations that the methods of Nazi Germany are being used by "a member state against another member state" and that "the ex- tent and magnitude of the plans of the U.S.S.R." stand revealed. This was the first time Russia has been called directly to account since the Iranian case in early 1946. The United States delegation cautiously refrained from early comment, However, on the basis of recent statements by President Tuma and State Secretary Mar- shall, strongest American support for the Chilean case can be ex- pectad. In filing the case RUSS ON SPOT - 4s a (Continued on Page 2) Taxi Driver In Hospital For AW eek Lloyd Prince, Oshawa taxi driver, who was savagely attacked by an unknown assailant on Thursday night, will not be permitted to re. turn hcme for at least a week, offi- cials of the Peel Memorial Hospital, Brampton, told the driver's land. lady today. £ "The patient is out of danger but must have rest and quiet," Mrs. Ar. thur' Timmins, landlady and close friend, was told when investigating the reports carried by Toronto news. papers that the injured man would be allowed to return home today. "I simply can't understand who would have done such a, thing to Lloyd. He has a lovely disposition and hasn't an enemy in the world," said Mrs. Timmins, who has known Prince for two years. Local police, under the direction of Inspector Wilbert Dawn, are in- vestigating the case in Oshawa while Provincial police comb the country. side in- the Brampton. Hamilton area in a search for the "maniacal type" man who after beating his helpless victim to semi.conscious- ness tore $5 in bills to shreds and scattered them about the car, M. Scott, manager of the United Taxi Company for which Prince worked, reported the young man to be "one of his best drivers," and is at a loss to know why anyone would do such a thing. The manager said they had experienced nothing of this nature for 10 years. Mr, Scott was informed by hospi- tal officials yesterday that Prince did not have a fractured skull but yesterday, sustained serious head injuries. Forced to drive his taxi from Oshawa to Malton, Oshawa Taxi Driver Crawls Quarter Mile After Being Assaulted on Thursday night, Lloyd Prince of the Uniled Taxi! crawled to the gate of the Malton pumping station where he made his predicament known to Alexander | Mair, night 1'atchman. ing station. In the upper picture, left, is Mair with his dog, Lady, beside the gate to the pump- On the right in the upper picture is the lonely stretch of road north of Malton where the assault took place. In the lower picture is the gravel pit into which the taxi was driven by Prince's assailant, Benes Weeps At Bier, Gottwald Flays West At J an Masaryk Rites Prague, March 13 -- (AP) -- Jan Masaryk received the last rites of state today as President Eduard Benes wept at his bier. In the vaulted Pantheon of the National Museu, draped in black, Communist Premier Klement Gott- wald made the main funeral ora- tion, berating the critics of Ma- saryk in the west and indirectly accusing them of the Foreign Min- ister's death. The frail, ailing President; who helped Masaryk's father mould this Republic, dried his eyes as a eulogy by another . government official recalled episodes of Jan Masaryk's life. The President stood with head bowed. He seemed to be trying to maintain his composure. Then a children's choir sang the favorite folk song of Czechoslo- vakia's first President, Thomas G. Masaryk. Benes broke into tears. It was Benes' first public ap- pearance since the government crisis began in Czechoslovakia Feb. 21. Dr. Benes reached the Pantheon of the National Museum at 2 p.m. and a few seconds later the funeral began. From early morning thou- sands of persons had gathered around the National Museum and parliament, and had crowded the side streets of Prague's Central Square. Yesterday more than 250,- 000 persons had filed past Ma- saryk's bier. ~ Blames Criticism Gottwald blamed criticism from the west for the death of the Czech statesman, who died Wednesday after plunging from his office win- dow and was officially recorded a suicide. "I can prove that Jan. Masaryk clearly and without compromise agreed with the action program of BENES WEEPS °° (Continued on Page 13) 3 Children Die In Fi Montreal, March 13--(CP)--" Three small chlidren were burned to death in their home at nearby Coteau Rouge today when an oil stove exploded and fire raced quickly through the small frame house. Those burned to death, all children of Mr, and Mrs. Rene Collard, were: Huguette, 35; Pierre, 3, and Cyril. 4 The mother had left the home a few minutes before to get a quart of milk at a nearby store. The explosion came without warning and the three children were trapped. When the mother returned the house was in flames and rescue of the chil- dren was impossible. Name Committees On Court, Home Reeve T. D. Thomas and .Deputy- Reeve W. E. Noble of East Whitby | and Reeve W. H. Westney of Pick. ering were named by Warden Wil. mot Bain yesterday as a special committee to investigate the ques- tion of establishing a juvenile court in the county. A special committee was also set up to revise the rules and regula- tions governing the operation of the county home. Members of this com. mittee are the two county home commissioners, T. R. Harrison and D. B. McIntyre, the heme physician, Dr. W. W. Baldwin, the superin. tendent, . Mrs, James Reid, T. Harding and the warden. H | Buy New Flag For Court House Immediate steps are to be taken to replace the tattered flag flying over the court house which brought criticism from the grand jury at the present Assizes, Purchase of a flag was passed yesterday by County | Council's property committee. Council also discussed the advis. | ability of erecting a flag pole sep- | arate from the building and the | property committee was a@thorized | to obtain further information on | the matter. | It is required that the flag be | flown each day court is in session, fo 'Shunter Delays Firemen While Auto Destroyed Called to an auto fire at Bisson- | ette's Garage in Westmount at 9.20 | a.m, today, fire trucks were delayed | for valuable minutes when they | could not get through King Street after turning west off Simcoe. The 1928 model auto owned by Cecil Burton of R.R. 3, Oshawa, was almost completely destroyed when flames enveloped it soon after the gascline tank had been filled by a station attendant. The garage pro-| | prietor, Joseph Bissonette, said fire | started without any apparent rea- | son as the attendant was hanging | up the hose on the pump. Mr. Bis- sonnette pushed. the burning auto | away from the danger area with] i another car. { Officials of the Fire Department | ! said King Street West was blocked | 'by a shunter which caused firemen | to turn their vehicles around and | make their way along Bond Street. | , Only the metal framework ang | | the tires of the car remained as evi- | i dence of the conflagration, THE WEATHER 1 Clear and milder today and | Sunday. "Winds light today, southwest 15 Sunday. Low to- night and high Sunday 10 and 36, Plane From China Due At Edmonton Has Not Reported St. Paul, Minn., March 13 (AP)--Northwest Airlines res ported today one of its planes, carrying 24 passengers and a crew of six on a non-scheduled charter flight from Shang« hai was overdue at Edmonton. : The ship was due at Edmonton at 7 a.m. CST. It had #left Shanghai at 10:10 p.m, Thurs. 35,000 GUNS REACH GREECE FROM BRITAIN Athens, March 13--(AP)--Maj.. Gen, James Van Fleet, military chief of the American Mission to Aid Greece, said today AM.AG. is speeding up arms deliveries to the Greeks. He announced the arrival of 35, 000 latest-type British rifles sup- plied by the mission. He said heavy Vickers machine.guns and Bren sub. machine-guns are expected from Britain soon and delivery has been hastened on American 75.millime- tre pack howitzers. Grek forces are fighting Com. munist-led guerrillas in some parts of the country. A press report to- day from Kastoria, quoting army authorities, said a point had been found in the region of Presbisko Jezero (Lake Prespa) where the guerrillas had been building an airstrip. The lake borders Greece, Albania and Yugoslavia. (A dispatch from Kastoria last night quoted Greek officers as re. porting a battle 12 miles northeast of there with 800 guerrillas seeking to cut off the town. Another press report from Kas- toria today said more than 4.000 children in the region have been abducted and carried into Albania and Yugoslavia. The Ministry of Public Order an. nounced the arrest of 14 persons aboard a sailboat on which it said they were trying to flee Piraeus, Athens' port. The ministry called them Communists. Shorthorn Sale Prices Are Well Above Average Prices were above average at the 27th Annual Shorthorn sale, spon. sored by the Durham County Short- horn Club, at the farm of A. J. Nesbitt, two miles east of the Brooklin Continuation School, Thursday afternoon. A fine showing of cattle attract- ed an estimated crowd of 200 and included stock from R. Parrot and Sons, A. J. Howden, Lew Richard. son and Son, E. F. R. Osborne, W. F. Rickard and Son, J. McIntyre, W. A. Dryden and Son, Beath Farms, Hugh J. Miller, W, R. Chapman, A. O. Parker, and Garnet Rickard. In all 26 head were offered with bulls averaging $189 and females $195--the over-all average on the day was $191.60. The biggest Short- horn bull was Nonpareil Beauty the Third, 14 months, bred by Lew Richardson and Son and sold to Fisher Chick hatcheries for $290. | day, CST. The passengers were oil come pany employees from Texas and California and were bound for New, York. Northwest Airlines said the pas- sengers were seamen who had taken an oil tanker from New York to Shanghai. They were being brought back home by air. The passenger list was not availe able here. Seattle, March 13--(AP)--The Seattle control tower, checking on a Northeast Airlines plane over- due at Edmonton, reported today it had been informed by the Gul- kana range station a fire had been sighted on Mount Sanford, 200 miles east of Anchorage, Alaska. The Gulkana station, about 50 miles west of the mountain, said the plane had reported it was over- head at 11:36 p.m. PST. No further radio contact was made with the four-engined craft carrying 24 pas= sengers and a crew of six on a charter flight from Shanghai. The tower said the flight plan filed by the pilot called for checks at Gulkana and Northway, after leaving Anchorage. The plane was scheduled to arrive at Edmonton at 5:03 a.m, PST. Mount Sanford, on which the fire was sighted is to the right of the course the plane would have normally followed. Northwest Airlines officials-here sail they had little information about the craft other than it had taken off from Anchorage on schedule and was more than 1% hours overdue at the Edmonton field. They had no crew or passengeg list, but said the 24 passengerg were oil company employees from Texas and California en route te New York. i An unofficial report that the big plane had landed at Fairbanks, Alaska, was discounted by the air- lines who said word would have been received here if it had "set down" in Alaska. | Hooey Remanded In Murder Charge Owen Sound, March 13--(CP)---= Arthur Hooey was again remands ed for a week when he appeared in police court here today charged with murdering Allan Crowe. He was not asked to plead. Hooey was arrested in the early, hours of - March 6 after Allan Crowe had been stabbed in the neck allegedly by a knife wielded by Hooey. Crowe died in hospital here shortly after a scuffle at the house where Hooey resides. It is alleged that Crowe and two com- panions sought to pass through this house into an adjoining one and that Hooey objected and the stab bing resulted. Hooey appeared confident and almost cheerful as he appeared be« fore a packed court room on Sate urday morning. % LATE NEWS BRIEFS % EDEM HAS OPERATION London; March 13 (Reuters)--Anthony Eden, Bri- tain's wartime Foreign Secretary, today was operated on for appendicitis at a London nursing home. condition was described as His "very good". SIGHT MISSING AIRCRAFT Geneva, March 13 (AP)--United States Army planes today sighted an American aircraft which dis- appeared Thursday while en route from Geneva to Rome, Swiss air officials said. The officials said wreck- age was sighted near Lake Como, Italy. The two-engine transport cerried a crew of five, CHILD AIDED IN MERCY FLIGHT Halifax, March 13 (CP)--A six-months-old Eskimo girl was admitted to Navy Hospital here today after she was flown more than 1,200 miles by the R.C.A.F. from her home at Frobisher Bay, Baffin Island. The child, re- ported to be suffering from an abdominal ailment, was accompanied by her mother, identified as Mrs. Oomah. METEOR IN NORTHERN ONTARIO Moose Factory, Ont., March 13 (CP)--A big ball of blue flame, seemingly the size of a football, streaked out of the sky Thursday night and exploded near this North ern Ontario community near the shores of James Bay, V. J. Pratt of the Hudson' s Bay Company said today. The explosion lit up the entire area brighter than day light, he said. Witnesses heard no noise of any kinds