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THE D OSHAWA Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle AILY TIMES-GAZETTE B WHITBY VOL. 7--NO. 106 Xx x OSHAWA-WHITBY, WEDNESDAY, MAY 5. 1948 Price 4 Cents SIXTEEN PAGES | "TWO INJURED IN G.M. EXPLOSION | " Robinson App fe ------ i eal Fails, Deportation Ordered . Mine Union Leader Stays In Custody Until Over Border Toronto, May 5 (CP)--Reids Robinson's appeal for dis- charge from custody was refused today and the union organ- izer. will board a a train carrying him to the United States on a deportation order as a Communist. The judgment of an Ontario Supreme Court judgment on a habeas corpus action heard ®- April 30 in which Robinson sought release from Don Jail here was read by Chief Justice J. C. McRuer. Robinson came to Canada last fall to direct union organization work in Northern Ontario goldfields. The eastern president of the Mine, Mill and Smelter Union, (C.I1.0.) will travel in police custody and cross the border at Buffalo. He has been in jail since his appeal against the deportation order was thrown out two weeks ago. "In my opinion there was suffi- cient evidence given before the im- migration board to justify the de- portation order," said Chief Jus- tice McRuer, commenting on the recommendation of an immigra- tion board that Robinson be forced to leave Canada. "The Immigra- tion Act applies to all 'aliens com- ing from abroad and parliament 'left it. to the. board to 'take any evidence it considered trustworthy." In refusing Robinson's discharge from custody under a habeas cor- pus action the Chief Justice said the evidence submitted at the board of inquiry was open to him for review to ascertain if the board had sufficient evidence to order d tion, llowing the judgment Robin- son commented: "My deportation makes it possible for any interna- tional representative of a trade union to be barred from Canada simply by having an' employer ac- cuse him of being a Communist." C. L. Dubin, counsel for Robin- son said any further action would be when the union leader again sought entry into Canada. Mr. Dubin said that after his return to the United Siates, Robinson will still be en- titled to apply for entry into the country and that hig eligibility for entry will be tested at that time by the immigration department. Ottawa officials ordered Robin- son deported under a regulation which permits deportation of aliens found to be Communists. Robinson came to Northern On- tario from Chicago last fall after passage of the U. S. Taft-Hartley Law which contains anti-Com- munist clauses. He was arrested in Timmins March 23 by the R.CM.P. when immigration authorities rec- ommended his deportation, charg- ing that Robinson favored over- throw of the government by force and that he had been connected with Communists in the United States before coming to Canada. In a personal appeal to Acting Resources Minister MacKinnon, Robinson again was Surned down and ordered out of Canada. Robinson asserted that he was not a Communist, never had been one and believed the United States and Canadian governments wére the finest in the -world. BUS DRIVER CHARGED Brockville, May 5--(CP)-- Crown authorities announced tepday that John Williams of Fairfield East, temporary driver of the school bus which crashed into an Ottawa- bound CP.R. train last Friday at Clark's Crossing, seven miles north of here, will appear in court May 12 an a charge of dangerous driv- ing. The crash resulted in the death i of 10-year-old Marjorie Dixen. taken at a later date if and 81,000 STRIKE OVER RATIONS FOR GERMANS Hanover, May 5 -- (AP) -- The number of German hunger strikers in the British and American occu- pation zones is expected to rise past 81,000 today. German officials in the British zone went to Frank- furt to discuss the growing unrest with bizonal authorities, Almost 60,000 workmen already are on strike in the Hanover re- gion and in Nuernberg and Augs- | burg in the American zone. The | strikers are protesting the Bavar- | iar government's decision to cut | extra meat and fat from the ra- tions of heavy workers. Union officials said 39,300 strik- | ing metal and chemical workers will | be joined today by another 5,700 chemical workers and 12,000 build- ing operatives. There was some hope that strik- ers in Nuernberg and Augsburg might return to work. The Bavarian trade union executive told its mem- bers that it disapproved of the walkouts, and said the strike would not yield more meat and fat. The British zone was hard hit and bricklayers planned to walk out today on the big Hanoverian trade fair; due to open May 22. The executive of Hanover's pub- lic services union decided in favor of a strike next Monday. The ques- tion will be referred to union mem- bers for action. A public. services strike would take 30,000 employees out of the local government tram- ways, water, electricity and gas plants. PP A 4 Oshawa Cancer Group Receives Its Charter Removal Of Simcoe St. Poles Begun Although held up on King Street through the injunction obtained by the Oshawa Railway Oe. Public Utilities crews are today at work removing the old hydro poles from Simcoe Street South. With installation of the new $200,000 underground distribution now virtually finished, only the re. moval of the old poles remains ta complete the job. Work was start- ed on Simcoe Street South, opposite Metcalfe Street yesterday and plans are to proceed north along the east side of the street. The only poles which it will be necessary to leave temporarily are t-ose serving buildings where in- terior wiring has not been changed over to connect with the new un- derground building. The Public Utilities Commission is urging all owners of buildings in the area served by the new lighting to pro- ceed without delay in having the I ry alterations made. Kiwanians Hear Training School Program Activity W. J. Eastough, Superintendent of the Ontario Training School for Boys, at Bowmanville and Galt, was the guest speaker at the week- ly luncheon meetng of the Oshawa Kiwanis Club yesterday. He was infroduced to the mem- bers by Kiwanian Mel. Jolley, who reviewed the speaker's educational qualifications and his service as an R.C.AYF. pilot in the war, as well as his experience in his present occu. pation. At the outset of his interesting address, the speaker pointed out that while he perhaps knew little | or nothing concerning the indivi- dual duties and occupations of his audience, they on the other hand, had perhaps considerable experi- ence in "raising boys." He praised the loyalty and ability KIWANIANS HEAR (Continued on Page 2) Police Hunt For Slayer Of Gold Town Gambler Timmins, May 5 -- (CP)--A pol- ice hunt was on today for the per- son responsible for the fatal stab. bing of 59-year-old Frank DeLuca reputed gold-town gambler. Inves- tigators said they believed DeLuca was slain for his money. Acquaintdnces said DeLuca flash. ed a big roll"of banknotes when last seen Sunday night. There was only one cent in his hip pocket when a laundryman found his slashed body in the livingroom of his Riverside Drive home 'Tuesday. Nearby lay a 14-inch knife, razor sharp on both sides ane ground to a point. Blood spattered the verandah and the stone steps leading .to , the ' house. The front door was smashed and telephone wires were broken. | spiring to purchase gold ore. During Police who sought to trace De- | yesterday's search of the ransacked N Luca's movements Sunday night were told he visited many places and saw a large number of friends | but apparently did no gambling that night. DeLuca came here from Welland about 20 years ago and built a spa- cious house jus® across the Matta- gami River from Timmins. Neigh. bors recalled 'his habit of lounging in swimming trunks on his drive- way on summer days. Nights he was seen regularly in Timmins gambling houses, sitting in on pok- er sessions or attending the gold miners' Saturday night "stags." Police records revealed another side of the character of the big, flashily-dressed man said to have always carried at least $1,000 in his pockets. He was sentenced in June 1942, to 15 months in reformatory for con- | premises, police priec loose a strip of siding and uncovered a quantity | of ore rich in Porcupine Area gold. MPS EFL ANNO -PAN, | strike." The new system extends from William to Metcalfe Street on Sim. coe, Church to Mary Street on King Street. Removal of the poles on King Street West had been scheduled to begin last Monday morning but coamencement of the work was prevented by an injunction served on behalf of the Oshawa Railway Co. during the week-end. The trolley line serving the railway company's King Street tracks is suspended from wires attached to these poles. The project is suspended until next Tuesday when a hearing on the question will be held at Os- goode Hall, Toronto. Strikers Orderly As 50 Policemen Appear At Plant Toronto, May 5--(CP)--With 50 Provincial Police standing by, all was quiet on the picket lines today in the strike at Rogers Majestic plant at suburban Leaside. Two_hundred non-striking em- ployees entered the plant while a token picket line of girls marched outside. r Today was the first without vio- lence since the strike began Mon- day. In the first two days 11 persons were arrested when workers rushed the plant in attempts to gain entry through picket lines. The strike was called by the Unit- ed Electrical Workers (C.C.L.-C.I1.0.) when the ccmpany refused to renew its contract with the union on the grounds that a newly-organized AF.L. union had applied to the On- tario Labor Relations Board for certification as collective bargain- ing agent. The Provincial Police appeared at the plant for the first time today, invited by Leaside council which de- cided its own force could not pro- perly maintain order in event of outbreaks of violence. Girl pickets were addressed by George Harris, Canadian Secretary of the U.E.W. who said "despite the Leaside police, Provincial Police and a few sellout A.F.L. organizers we | will show that the working people | of Toronto will rally to the assist- ance of you Rogers Workers. You can be assured we will win the | Central if 0 A charter issued by the Canadian Cancer Society to its Oshawa Branch ® was presented to Dr. Walter Bapty by Mayor Frank N. McCallum in the Chamber of Commerce offices on Monday. Joining the function, from left to right, were N. S. McFadyen, Miss Mary Bourne, Mrs. T. K. Creigh- ton, Mrs. O. D. Friend, chairman of and Miss Kathleen Brown, secretary. the canvassers, Mrs. Archie Smith, On Monday $500 hid been collected by 15 of the 76 canvassers who had covered their districts. --Times-Gazette Staff Photo O.M.I. Employees Get Wage Increase Ranging From 6 To Pay raises ranging from six to nine cents an hour highlight con- tract renewal terms between the Ontario Malleable Iron Company Limited and Local 1817, United Steelworkers of America, M. J. Fen- wick, Union representative, today informed The Times-Gazette. Involving nearly 500 workers, the agreement was renewed last night following a plant meeting of em- ployees who ratified the Company's wages and holidays offer. Employees earning up to 89 cents an hour will get an hourly raise of nine cents, the rest will re- ceive 8 cents while piece workers will be paid 6 cents. The raise brings the labor rate to 94 cents an hour, the highest in the malleable iron industry. The Company undertakes to pay for six legal holidays. The 40-hour working week and the vacation with pay to those with one week's holiday pay to employees under five years service and two weeks pay to those with five and over are retained in the new agree- ment, Arthur Davies, plant manager, and R. T. Wilson, superintendent, signed for the Company and Jeff Authors, D. N. Kay, L. J. Mitchell and W. R. Welsh on behalf of Local 1817. M. J. Fenwick signed for the international union. aa | 4-Months Building Total Up $50,578 Over 1947 - An upsurge in house construction saw permits issued in the city last month for building of an estimated value of $94,450, boosting' the total for the first four months of the year to $360,968. While the amount for the month is down $20,615 from April, 1947, the total for the year to date represents an increase of $50,578 over the same period of last year. Largest permit issued last month was for a $20,000 addition to the Coulter Manufacturing Co. plant on Richmond Street. Business con- struction included a $6,000 service station to be known as Kent United Service Station at the corner of Athol and Albert Streets; a $6,000 building to be erected at 70 King Street West by W. E. Ward for a store and poolroom; a $3,000 addi- tion to Herb Robinson's auto parts business, 72 Richmond Street West, to be used an an auto repair shop; | a $2,300 lumber shed and altera- | tions costing $650 to a building at 53 Albert Street, for an office, by the Ernie Cay Lumieer Co. A $4,000 addition is also being erected at Dr. C. D. Russell's office building, 109 King Street East. J Permits were issued for a total of 25 single family &wellings and one apartment building. The latter is being erected at.165 Eulalie Avenue by C. A. Glecoff at an estimated cost of $6,000. The houses are lo- cated as follows: a $6,000 stucco house at 120 Cadillac Avenue South, Frank Johnson; a clapboard house at 448 Jarvis Street, L. G. Chapman; $5,500(clap- board houses at 409 and 413 Ritson Road North, C. McCullough; a $6,000 brick house at 120 Highland Avenue, N. Johansen and Sons; a $5,000 stucco house at 63 Park Road North, Mrs. W. Reid; a $5,000 stucco house at 320 Oshawa Blvd. Arthur Ball; a $6,500 clapboard house at 156 Central Park Blvd. Fred Tilk; a $5,500 brick veneer house at 68 Park Blvd, . Carmen D. | Lott; 4 $5,500 brick .house at 187 | Nassau Street, John Zabutsky; a | $5,000 brick veneer house at 283 | Monash Avenue, L. Ripley; a $5,000 brick house at 287 Monash Avenue, {d i Cordial Invitiation Extended To Visitors By Times-Gazette To com ate the pl tion of another large addition to the premises, I'he Ushawa Times Limited, Goodfellow Printing Co. Ltd, and Rotary Printing 'Co. are holding "open house" today and tomorrow to ble. 7 of h Whitby and surrounding dis- tricts to gain a new apprecia- tion of the work necessary in the producti of a nm per" and of the job printing work done by the Goodfellow Print- ing Co. Ltd. A cordial invitation is extend- ed to all residents of the area to visit the plant and inspect the building, Members of the staff will act as guides and ex- plain the various phases of the printing and publishing busi- ness. In as far as is possible the entire plant will be in opera. tion to demonstrate the many interesting processes. The plant will be open from 7 to 9 pm, today and from 2 to 5 pm. and from 7 to 9 p.m. tomorrow. Stephen Kostiuk; a $5,000 clap- board house at 202 Quebec Street, James Clement; $5,000 stucco houses at 568 and 569 Grierson "Avenue, Russel Black; a $7,000 brick veneer house at 433 Athol Street East, I. E. Ivey; a $5,000 stucco house at 361 Ritson Road North, Douglas Burley; a $4,500 brick house at 230 Park Avenue, John Cap; a $5,500 clapboard house at 93 Olive Avenue, Leo Bird; a $3,500 brick house at 739 Albert Street, J. Stezik; a $6,000 sutcco house at 84 Patricia. Avenue, Roy Peyton; a $4.800 brick house at 242 | Park Avenue, John : Bodnar; a 10,000 FACING BRIEF LAYOFF AT CHRYSLER Detroit, May 5 -- (AP) -- With 75,000 Chrysler Corporation produc- io parkers completing plans for ay 12 strike, the big automobile firm ran' into more trouble today. A steel shortage affected its as- sembly lines. | = = It announced ifiat about 10,000 workers in its' Dodge, De Soto and Chrysler plants will be laid off for four days, effective Friday. Some 2,500 Plymouth division . workers were laid off Monday because of the steel situation. The company said all its regular production lines will be reopened May 11. In the meantime, machine operations in all plants will "con- tinue as long as possible" and the Dodge truck plant will' not be af- fected. The Chrysler layoffs came as 125,000 General Motors Corpora- tion workers were getting back on their jobs after a one-week layoff caused by the steel shortage. Meanwhile, Michigan officials and top leaders of the Chrysler depart- ment of the United Automobile Workers (C.I.0.) continued their dispute ' over whether the UAW. could call its Chrysler members out on strike next Wednesday. Gideons Present 420 Testaments To Grade 5 Pupils The presentation - of Testaments to Grade V pupils was completed in. Oshawa public schools yesterday by representatives of The Gideons, the Christian Commercial Men's Association, with ceremonies in the morning at Ritson, Albert Street and King Street public schools. Together 'with the .presentations made on Monday to the other pub- lic schools in the city, a total of 420 Testaments were presented to Grade V pupils. The Testaments are beautifully bound in red, with gold lettering, and in addition to the complete New Testament the Psalms and the Book of -Proverbs is included, also a selection of well- known hymns. The pupil's name was written in each copy. Copies were also presented to the teachers of Grade V clusses and the school principals. Those taking part iin the pres- entation ceremonies yesterday were A. Earle Potter, president of the Toronto camp .of The Gideons, and Walter Hurd and Elton Beal of the Toronto Testament Committee. Lo- cal ministers who offered dedication prayers were: Rev. D! M. Rose of St. George's Anglican Church; Rev. A. W. Whitehead of Calvary Bap- tist Church; Rev. B. S. Morwood of Northminster United Church. Re- presentatives of the Board of Edu- cation were: Trustees George Flet- cher, S. G. Saywell and L. M. Souch, and local Gideons taking part in the presentations were Morley Wy. man, R. B. Wilkins, Levi Brown and A. R. Alloway. The programs were exceptionally |» well arranged and included num- bers sung by the school pupils and brief addresses of appreciation for the gifts from boys and girls chos- $4,800 brick veneer house at 246 Oshawa Blvd, F. G. Purdy. . en for this honor, » Hit West West Plant. Acetylene Blasts Plant, Damage Is Heavy Two employees at the local plant of General Motors of Canada, Limited, "Josh" March and Henry Monaghan, were rushed to the Oshawa General Hospital shortly before 3 p.m. today following an explosion in the body room of the the plant while March was carried out on a stretcher. Hospital author- ities reported the condition of nei- ther was serious. The explosion is understood to have occurred when an acetylene tank let go. Shortly afterward an- other tank exploded and immedi- ately all the employees of thie West Plant were ordered out as a precau- tion against 'further explosions. Most of the windows were blown out of the south side of the building and following the explosions fire broke out which was still burning fiercely at 3:30 pm. A cloud of black smoke was coming from the building. The injured men were working on the changing over of a battery of acetylene tanks when the blast occurred. They were removed free the building before the second ex- | plosion occurred. This latter blast blew out the windows and covered the immediate area with soot. Two weeks ago a similar explo- sion occurred in the acetylene gen- erating plant when an plosion was not in this department of the plant. At the time of "going to press", full extent of the damage could not be .determined and so whether or Monaghan was able to walk from*® employee | was seriously injured. Today's ex- | | not . production in this section of | the plant can be resumed on Thurse day morning is not yet known, Windsor Chrysler To Lay Off 1,800 As Steel Is Short Windsor, May 5--(CP)--Chrysler Corporation of Canada will lay off approximately 1,800 employees in its passenger-car plant Friday | night until May 17, E. C. Row, | Vice-President and General Man- ager announced today. Mr, Row said that lack of body steel stampings because of United States steel shortages was the cause of the layoff order. Resumption of operations May | 17 will depend on the availability | of stampings at that time. | een i -------- | THE WEATHER Cloudy today. Thursday clear. Light winds. Not much change in temperature today and Thursday, Low tonight and high Thursday 50 and 61. Sum- mary for Thursday: Mostly clear, Washington, May 5 (AP)--State | Secrétary Marshall said today Rus- sian leaders must be convinced the | | Soviet Union can "live side by side in peace' with the western powers | in the United Nations. He made that argument in oppos- ing any drastic shake-up of the U.N. without Russian agreement. Such a step Marshall said probably would destroy the organization and mean setting up rival military al- liances. Marshall appeared before the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee which is Tonsid- ering proposals for reorganizing the U, N. with or without Russian co- operation. He said that what the world needs today is not new structures for peace but better use of the organi- zation whic already exists. His testimony amounted to a plea to the United States Congress not to express its impatience with the present U. N. and its objections to Russian conduct. Legislators have complained especially about Rus- sian frequent use of the big rower veto. The committee alsp planned to call Warren Austin U. S. delegate to the U, N. for his views on re- vamping the peace league. In advance of the hearing Re- presentative Mike Mansfield (Dem.~ Mont.) said Latin America will go along on any move to curb the big power veto in the U.N. Mansfield attended the Inter-American Con- ference at Bogota as an observer for the committee. Must Keep Russ In U.N. To Aid Peace-Marshall | Marshall told the committee "the | problems today presented to those who desire peace are not questions of structure. "Nor are they problems solvable by new forms of organization. They require performance of obligations already undertaken fidelity to pledges already given. Basic human frailties cannot be overcome by charter provisions alone for they exist in the behavior of men and governments. "The suggestioh that a revised United Nations or some form of .world government should be achieve ed if necessary without those na- tions which would be, unwilling to join deserves special attention. "Such a procedure would probab< ly destroy the present United Na=- tions organization. The result would be a dispersal of the community of nations followed by the formation of rival military alliances and iso- lated groups of states. This result would weaken us and expose us to even greater dangers from thosé who seek domination of other states." Marshall said it is a fundamental task. both of the U.N. and of the United States "to dispel the mis- conceptions of the Soviet leaders about western civilization and its relations with Russia. He recalled that the UN. was founded originally on the theory tHat that great powers would co- operate to preserve peace once it MARSHALL (Continued on Page 2) ment compromise on the voluntter force, | ' * LATE NEWS BRIEFS CANADA GETS $33 MILLION ORDER Washington, May 5 (CP)--A $33,500,000 shipment of food to Britain under the European Recovery Pro- gram was authorized today by Paul G. Hoffman, eco- nomic co-operation administrator. The supplies--wheat, flour and bacon -- will be purchased in Canada with United States funds. The allotment to Britain under the recovery plan was the first to that country and. the larg- est single allocation to date. BELGIAN GOVERNMENT RESIGNS Brussels, May 5 (Reuters)--Paul-Henri Spaak's coalition government resigned tonight. Socialists in the Chamber of Deputies this afternoon rejected a govern- issue of state subsidies to Catholic schools, over which Spaak had already an- nounced his intention to resign. BRITISH WARN ARABS | Damascus, Syria, May 5 (AP)--The Arab volun- teer army in Palestine reported today British authorities had warned them to stop shelling Jewish positions in Jerusalem, or British planes would be used to destroy the Arab artillery. This was announced in a communi- que distributed here from: general headquarters of the BELLEVILLE MAN ARCHDEACON : Kingston,.May 5 (CP)--Appointment of Rev. Ar- thur Smith, rector of St. Peter's Church, Belleville, as Archdeacon of Ontario was made by Rt. Rev. John Lyons, Bishop of the Diocese of Ontario, at today's ses- sion of the 82nd annual Synod,