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THE DAILY TIMES-GAZET OSHAWA Combining The Oshawa Tinies and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle TE WHITBY VOL. 7--NO. 112 OSHAWA-WHITBY, WEDNESDAY * MAY 12, 1948 Price 4 Cents SIXTEEN PAGES | 75,000 WALK OUT AT CHRYSLER Michigan (Governor Seeks Injunction Against Strikers Detroit, May 12 (AP)--The 75,000 Chrysler Corpora= tion United Automobile Workers (C.I.O.) employees in the United States struck today for a third round of post-war " Liberals NameE Pe * S '% Northumberland school teacher, and v IH * ------------------------------ Oshawa S Imo Dunn Ontario Candidate alesman Only Nominee; Scores HydroPolicy Wilfred Elmo Dunn, stock food salesman, of Oshawa, was last night nominated as Liberal candidate in South On- tario for the provincial electio held in Whitby Town Hall. Mr. In accepting the nominatio n at a well attended meeting Dunn was the only nominee. n, Mr. Dunn attacked Premier Drew for bringing Hydro into poli-# tics and for his waste in calling three elections within five years, "I am confident that the Liberal party will be returned to power in the Legislature," he said. "Under our leader, Farquhar Oliver, the Liberal party is going forward with plans and progress." Mr, Dunn was born in Northum- berland County and farmed there until the age of 27. He then joined the sales staff of the International Stock Food Company and has been with them ever since. While he has travelled all over the province and in the Maritimes and the Prairies, he has worked out of Oshawa for 25 years and has been a resident here for the past 17 years. Coming from an old Liberal fam- ily, Mr. Dunn is treasurer of the Oshawa Liberal Association and has been active on behalf of the party in a number of election campaigns. He was also connected with a num- "ber of Victory Loan drives. He married Marion Wright, a has \pne son, Wilfred "Bill" Dunn, who 'moved to St. Catharines two years ago. There .is one grandchild. An enthusiastic sportsman, Mr. Dunn is especially interested in trout fishing and hunting. He is a horse fancier and hockey fan and is . # WILFRED ELMO DUNN a direchtr of the South Ontario Agricultiiral Society, Mr. Dunn is a member of King Street United Church and resides at 205 Athol Street East. Ottawa Announces Hike For All War Pensions Retroactive to October 1 By D'ARCY O'DONNELL Canadian Press Staff Writer Ottawa, May 12 -- (CP) -- The government, offering a 25-per-cent increase in war pensions, made its third and probably final attempt in the Commons Tuesday to settle the controversial pensions issue. The offer, made by Veterans Minister Gregg, immediately brought renewed opposition de- mands for a 33's-per cent boost. Liberal members, who eaglier threatened to break with the gov- ernment on the issue, appeared satisfied. Opposition members said they were grateful the government had gone as far as it had. But they ex- pressed hope it will change its mind again before the bill passes, or that it at least will provide for further increases before the end of the session. Gordon Graydon (PC-Peel) the public should be \ouse hules prevented the commit- of the whole house from mov- Ing that a 33%-per cent increase be granted. Debate on the bill providing for the 25-per cent increase is ex- pected to be resumed today. The proposal originated with the Can- adian Legion and was unanimously recommended by the Commons Committee on Veterans Affairs, First Since 1925 The increase, the first in basic pension rates since 1925, benefits 400,000 Canadian men, women and children, including 153,000 disabled veterans and 17,000 widows. It raises the pension for a total, un- married disability case from $75 to $94 a month, for a widow from $60 to $7°, for a first child from $15 to $19, and for a family of five on total pension from $137 to $171. It boosts the total pensions bill from $73,000,000 to $91,000,000 a year and will mean about $13,000,- 00 in retroactive payments when the cheques are mailed out, prob- ably about the end of June. The increases are back-dated to last Oct. 1. Earlier this session, the govern- ment proposed to increase the pensions by 10 per cent. When this ran into heavy opposition .the pro- posal was changed to increases ranging from 16 to 20 per cent. Opposition to the second proposal brought another change in the gov- ernment"s offer. Mr. Gregg disclosed that the gov- sfrnment has agreed to five other 'ommittee recommendations, rang- mg from stabilization of first war said told that WAR PENSIONS (Continued on Page 2) Bandits Get $2 Million Gold | Cargo Bangkok, May 12 -- (AP) -- The Criminal Investigation Division an. nounced 'that between 20 and 30 | armed bandits today stole an in- ternational gold shipment valued at $2,000,000. The shipment was en route to Macao from India on a K.LM. )Dutch) plane that stopped at Bangkok overnight. The bandits, disguised as Siam- ese police and soldiers, halted a truck carrying 120,000 grams of gold to the customs house for safe- keeping. Nine guards were hand- cuffed and the bandits escaped. International air traffic from Bangkok was suspended until noon while police searched planes to pre. vent the gold being flown abroad. Dragnets were formed throughout the city. Police recovered $200,000 worth of gold. A sergeant driving through Khao Dhin' Park came across a group of men in a truck dividing gold from three boxes. They fled in a nearby car leaving the boxes containing the metal. Still missing are 35 boxes. The stolen gold was supposed to have gone out Tuesday, but the plane was delayed. Police said a robbery attempt had been planned for Tuesday because a group of men was seen in the same place where the gold truck was ambush- ed today. City Offices Close For Funeral City offices will be closed to- morrow afternoon for the fun. eral of Peter A. Blackburn who served the city as treasur- er for 25 years. Mr. Blackburn was fatally injured Monday night when struck by an auto- mobile near his 'home, at the King Street - Ritson Road in- tersection. The City Council meeting scheduled for tonight has been postponed until to. miorrow night. BRITAIN ENDS J0-YEAR RULE FRIDAY NIGHT Jerusalem, May 12 (Reuters).-- British troops will withdraw from | Jerusalem to the port of Haifa beginning Friday--a few hours be- fore the British mandate over Palestine ends at midnight--an of- ficial communique said today. Sir Alan Cunningham, last Bri- tish High Commissioner for Fale- stine, will sail from Haifa aboard the cruiser Euryalus early Saturday, the communique added. "The Jerusalem garrison, consist- the Royal Warwicks, the Royal Suf- folks and units of the tank corps and the Royal Artillery will move | into the Haifa enclave. Britain will retain control of this area until the last troops are with- drawn from the enclave by Aug. 1. A lone piper of the Highland Light Infantry will "play out" the British mandate from the gallery of government house in Jerusalem Friday morning. As Cunningham leaves the Holy City, a junior officer of the regi- ment will haul down the Union Jack from the house. 'Final ceremonies marking the end of 30 years of British rule in the Holy Land will take place at Haifa later in the day, and the Euryalus will stay in territorial waters until shortly after midnight when the mandaté officially ends. Cairo, May 12 (Reuters). --With only three days to go before Bri- tain relinquishes her Palestine mandate, the Egyptian government today decitied to declare a "state of siege" throughout Egyptian territory as from that day. & Under the "state of siege" to proclaimed by royal decree tomor- row, Prime Minister Nokrashy Pa- sha will become military governor of Egypt. The decision was taken for "the security of military forces, the maintenance of their lines of ocm- munication and their supplies and the publication of military news in the press." Drew Wants 1-Man Show Hl Campbell Premier George Drew has all the traits of a dictator in that he does not trust his Cabinet Min- isters and wants to run the gov- érnment as a one man show, Colin Campbell, former Minister of Works in the Hepburn Government declared last night at a Liberal meeting in Whitby Town Hall at which Wilfred Elmo Dunn was {named Liberal standard bearer for (South Ontario in the provincial election. Mr. Campbell, who rose to the rank of brigadier overseas in World War II, declared that he welcomed the election because Premier Drew is treading on dangerous ground. "I have watched dictators and have seen how they operate," Mr. Campbell declared. "There is one man in the province--Premier Drew --who has all the traits of a dic- tator. He distrusts his ministers and is afraid they will get too much power. Premier Drew has shown by his own actions in the past few weeks that he is afraid of his min- isters." Mr. Campbell referred to a ser- ies of 13 radio talks made by the premier on various phoses of the government during which "not one DREW WANTS (Continued on Page 2) | Wilhelmina Gives Rule To Juliana | The Hague, May 12 (Reuters).-- | Queen Wilhelmina today gave up | the throne of The Netherlands. | An announcement said the Queen would give up the throne "at the béginning of September" in favor of Princéss Juliana. Queen Wilhelmina made the an- nouncement herself in a broadcast to the Dutch people. The Queen said it was only at the "urgent request" of her daughter Princess Juliana that she had post- poned transferring the throne to her after August 31--the Queen's 68th birthday--and the celebration of her 50 years on the throne. Queen Wilhelmina has reigned longer than any other living Euro- pean sovereign. | ing of the Highland Light Infantry, | oe sign her name to a petition calling for the move. Westmount Ratepayers Seek Annexation to City Mrs, 1V. Dowe heads the line-up of Westmount ratepayers who last night agreed to take the annexation of part of the Township of East Whitby by the City of Oshawa. Mrs. Dowe is seen about to The Westmount Ratepayers Association, which met in Westmount School last night, hopes to secure 500 names before placing the petition before Township Council. the first step toward Degrees At Queen's Seven from Oshawa will receive degrees at the spring convocation | of Queen's University, Kingston, on Saturday. According to results amnounced today; Lyle B. Sherwin, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Sherwin, 54 Greta Street, will receive his Master of Arts degree in mathematics. He graduated with the degree of Bach- elor of Arts a year ago, having ob- tained" the degree of Bachelor of Commerce "in 1943 prior to service in the Royal Canadian Navy. Bachelor of Arts (pass) degrees will be conferred on Laurence T. Savery, of the Oshawa public school teaching staff; Miss Dorothy J. L. T. SAVERY Owens; and Bernard J. Kinlin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Kinlin, 66 Aberdeen Street. The latter's brother, Lawrence R. Kinlin will receive his Bachelor of Commerce | degree. Those receiving Bachelor of Sci- ence degrees are F. James Skinner, son of Mr. and Mrs. F, V. Skinner, 177 Rossland Road West; and James J. Williams, THE WEATHER Overcast with ogcasional rain today. Cloudy Thursday. Lit- tle change in temperature. Winds light. Low tonight and high Thursday 48 and 65. Sum. 7 Receive Petition for Annexation Started In Westmount | To Get M.A. L. 8S. SHERWIN, B.A, B.Com. Who will receive his Master of Arts degree in mathematics from Queen's University Saturday. mary for Thursday: Cloudy. ~ 4 . = No Foul Play In Fire Deaths | Gore Bay, May 12 (CP)--Police said today there is no evidence of murder in the deaths last" Sunday of -Joseph Williton, 76, and his wife, Mabel, 67. They were burned to death when fire destroyed their grocery store and gasoline station at Long Bay, 12 miles southeast of this Manitoulin Island town. Talk of foul play persisted, how- ever, and police strove to separate rumor from fact. Inspector T. Wil- kinson of the Provincial Police de- tachment at Sudbury discounted the murder reports. "From reports I have received, there is no evidence as yet to sub- stantiate the foul-play theory," he said. "All I have had so far are telephone reports and right now there is not very much to it." The investigation was tinged with mystery following discovery of a blood-stained shoe and a trail of blood leading to the back door of the Williton store. In an attempt to clarify the circumstances of the couple's deaths, Crown Attorney E. L. Claridge ordered an ingest. It et Ae. will be held herg tomorrow nigh | The much talked of annexation | of the Township of East Whitby | by the City of Oshawa took a de- | finite trend toward reality last | night when the Westmount Rate- | payers Association carried a motion by Joseph W. Childerhose to ap- proach all ratepayers in School Section 10 and see if they are sat- isfied to sign a petition for annex- ation, The association was almost unanimously in accord with the motion and many lined up after the meeting to sign their names to the petitions. Many ratepayers took questionnaires away with them with the hope of securing a total of 500 signatures in the sec- tion. Township Taxation Higher In a summation of the situation throughout the township, Associa- tion President Al Teno used blackboard to show taxation fig- ures which, he stated, were con- siderably higher than in the city of Oshawa. The president told the audience that water rates in the township were eight cents per hundred gallons more than in the city and contended that he per- sonally would save over $10 on this one item alone. He pointed out that in the township there existed a hydro service charge of one dol- lar a month which was not the case in Oshawa. "The fire insurance rates on a | brick building in Oshawa are 3c |a hundred and in Westmount 65c. | [You pay $8,000 for fire protection that doesn't mean a thing and a police protection of two men cost- ing $38,000. You had a county rate 108 mills last year. These! things wouldn't apply in Oshawa," Mr. Teno sdid. "Time We Woke Up" "For 25 years we have never got anything. It's time we woke up and got something for our money. Un- less we make a move for annexa- tion we never will get anything," said Vice-President Joseph Chil- derhose, . Reeve Thomas D., Thomas told the association that he was '"'defin- itely in favor of annexation." "It will be of benefit to the rate- payers," he said and explained the procedure required in making ap- plication for annexation. During the course of his talk the reeve said, "I urge you agitate for annexation to the City of Oshawa." Mr. Thomas said that when the matter had previously been dis- cussed it was suggested that the city take over from south of the ANNEXATION «# (Coniipued op Page 2) = wage increases. Governor Kim Sigler immediately ordered a complaint against the strikers under Michigan's new Bonine-Tripp labor law. é& 2 4 K. Of C. Honors Three Members With Degrees A ceremony, unique in the annals of St. Gregory's Council of the Knights of Columbus, was held in the auditorium of St. Gregory's Separate School when honorary de- grees were conferred upon three members of the council last night. To qualify for the degree mem- bers must be 65 years of age and have at least 25 years membership in the Knights of Columbus. Paul Bruyea, George Toppings and Joseph Callahan--the three honored --have combined membership of 107 years. They were presented with honorary membership pins. The degree was put on by Past Grand Knight J. L. Riordan, as- sisted by Ernie Marks, Jr., as chan- cellor; Gerald McKenna as warden, and E. J. Clark as Deputy Grand Knight. Sponsors of those honored were S. P. Kinlin, A. C. Love and W. R. Heffer. Among the visitors attending were District Deputy Wolfe of Peter- borough and a number of members from Toronto and Peterborough. Following the conferring of the degree refreshinents were served. It requires that the state take a strike vote before workers can walk out. The U.AW.-C1.0. con- tends it does not apply when a firm has plants outside of Michigan. Sigler told reporters that he had asked the State Labor Mediation Board to make a complaint to Wayne County (Detroit) Prosecue tor James McNally. Under the law, McNally then could ask a court in- junction. "Either the law is good or it isn't," Sigler said. "If it's constitu- tional, we might as well find out now." Picket Cal Moorehead, parading before the big Dodge main plant, told reporters "it looks like a long strike.' "This will probably be tough," he added, Picketing was quiet. Union head- quarters said the first workers out were those at the Dodge truck plant. They jumped the gun by 30 minutes, The union already is raising a $1,- 000,000 "Kitty" to finance the walkout. The executive board of the union met in special session as picket lines were thrown about Chrysler's Detroit plants. Negotiations broke down Tuesday night on wage demands of the Un- ited Automobile Workers, The un- (Continued on, Page 1) Gunfire of Arabs, Jews Ends Jerusalem Truce; Legion Launches Attack Jerusalem, May 12--(CP)--King Abdullah's Arab Legion launched |an attack today on four Jewish set- tlements in the Kefar Etzion area south of Bethlehem, Jewish sources reported, as war flared again in the Holy City where British troops are preparing to withdraw in the dying hours of the British man- date, Hagana, which announced the Kefar Etzion Assault, said it had captured three Arab strongholds on the Gaza-Tel Aviv road in night- long battles in which 60 Arabs were slain, Hagana said the Jews lost five dead in the battle for the road which is the main link between Tel Aviv and the Negeb desert area, The Jewish militia also claimed the capture of Bashit, described as a strong Arab concentration; Dir Badas, around which the heaviest Holy Land fighting centred; and Swafarit Shamalia. The Arab Legion was using arm- ored cars and artillery on strategic Kefar Etzion, which already has beaten off three previous assaults, Hagana said. The cease-fire was broken in Jer- usalem today when Jews and Arabs exchanged shots in the suburbs. Each side blamed the other for breaking the truce. And as fighting resumed in the Holy City, British authorities an- nounced that the Jerusalem garri- son would begin withdrawing to the port of Haifa--for eventual evacu- ation of Palestine--a few hours be- i fore Britain drops the mandate Friday midnight. The main shooting was in the GUNFIRE 2g! (Continued on Page 2) °F, * LATE NEWS BRIEFS * 800 MOSLEMS KILLED New Delhi, May 12 (Reuters)--About 800 Moslem raiders were estimated killed and 1,000 wounded when Indian (Hindu) troops repulsed an attack near Jhangar, Kashmir, Monday, it was stated today in military re- ports. Estimate of casualties came from prisoners. The . raiders, 4,000 strong, were reported organized in six battalions. RECOVER $25,530 LOOT Montreal, May 12 (CP)--Recovery of $25,530 worth of bonds, stolen from the bank of Nova Scotia branch at Gampbellville, Ont., more than a year ago, was announc- ed by Canadian Pacific Railway's investigation depart- ment. The bonds, in a paper bag, were found on a girder Friday by a gang of C.P.R. painters working on the Mountain Street bridge. U.N. MUST ACT FAST Lake Success, May 12 (CP)--Britain warned the United Nations today that any new emergency regime for Palestine must be created by action here before 6 p.m. EDT, Friday. John Fletcher-Cooke, British repre- sentative, told a U.N. assembly Palestine sub-committee the mandate would be ended at that hour -- Friday mid- night in Palestine -- and the British High Commission- er, Gen. Sir Alan Cunningham, would sail immediately. TEL AVIV CONTROLS JAFFA Tel Aviv, Palestine, May 12 (AP)--Mayor Isreal Ro- kach announced today the administration of neighboring Jaffa had been 'taken over" by this all-Jewish city. Jaffa, an all-Arab city, has been the main port of the Arabs in Palestine. The announcement'came a few hours after Abu Laben, chairman of the Jaffa emergency com- mittee, came to Tel Aviv in a car guarded by Hagana, the Jewish militia, for a truge talk,