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THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle OSHAWA WHITBY VOL. 7--NO. 166 OSHAWA-WHITBY, FRIDAY, JULY 16, 1948 Price 4 Cents FOURTEEN PAGES PLAN DRASTIC MOVE ON TRACKS Officer Charged In Sarnia Ship Shooting * Wounded Five Men Boarding Vessel; Surrenders Gun Toronto, July 16 (CP)-- Chief engineer M. J. Murphy of the Canada Steamship Lines freighter Lethbridge has been charged with shooting with intent to maim, it was an- |anndunced last night by Dorland nounced at the office of the Attorney General today. The charge was laid in Sarnia this morning by hel acting Crown Attorney for Lamb-&-- ton County, Allan Fowler. It fol- lows the wounding of five Canadian Seamen's Union (T.L.C.) pickets who attempted to board the Leth- bridge at Point Edward near Sar- nia, Wednesday. When the Lethbridge docked at Sault Ste. Marie Thursday night, Engigeer Murphy said he had sur- rendered *the gun to Police Chief Hugh Peters of Point Edward and was allowed ot continue his trip. 'The only thing that bothers me is worry over the safety of my fam- ily in Midland. I know what hap- pened to Mrs. Andy Allen (Mrs. Al- len is a wife of a former captain of the Lethbridge who was assault- ed several weeks ago)." Three C.S.U. men who boarded the Lethbridge in an attempt to induce the crew to leavé the ship, are in hospital suffering gunshot wounds. Three others appeared in court to" face charges of unlawful boarding and assaulting a jcrew member. The three in hospital face these charges. Legal counsel for the Department of Labor in' Ottawa, however, said any offence committed aboard the Lethbridge would be a breach of the Criminal Code and therefore undes¢ the jurisdiction of the Provincial Government. Thirty C8,U. pickets wearing stee] helmets marched before the Toron- to offices of the C.S.L. Thursday, carrying placards reading: "murder" and "arrest Reoch" (operating man. ager of CS.L.) At Cornwall, twenty-five members of the Canadian Seamen's Union (T. LC) against the shotgun-wounding of the C.S.U, men. Carrying placards, the 25 pla- carded the CSL, warehouse here for about an hour. Then, Michael Jackson, CS.U's great lakes organizer, they marched through the city behind a union sound truck. U.S. Ford Boosts Office Salaries Detroit, July 16--(AP)--The Ford Motor Ccmpany today raised the wages of 25,500 salaries employees by from $20 to $50 a month, an average of about nine per cent. At the same time, the company rejected for the present at least, any intervention by the federal me- diation and conciliation service in its wage deadlock with the United Automobile Workers (C.1.O.). ® The 116,000 production employees represented by the union are seeking a wage increase and other benefits equivalent to about 21 cents an hour. protested Thursday night | led by | East Whitby Plans Field Day in August The East Whitby Community Re- creation Association met last might at a special meeting in North Osh- dwa Public School, to discuss plans for a field day. The field day, ten- tatively scheduled for August 14, will take place in at the new park off Five Points Road. Members discussed at length whe- ther or not admission should be charged to the grounds and it was finally decided to charge 25 cents for adults and allow children of public school age and under in free, Plans include having a .band, per- haps the General Motors Veterans Pipe Band, and a dance orchestra to play in the evening. J. Lynch said a dance floor 30 by 30 feet will be constructed and ar- rangements are being made to have the park lighted. A baseball diamond is alse being = built = and baseball games will be one of the features of the day. Horseshoe pitching and a track for foot races.will also be a part of the facilities. Still under discussion and not de- finitely arranged yet are plans to have at least one hooth, probably for bingo, and a tug-o-war between the various districts. A special com- mittee has been set up to provide some special feature for the field day and a real surprise may be in store for East Whitby residents. Sug- included a carnival or circus, with lions, tigers and merry-go-rounds as well as a beauty contest with $100 as the first prize. The Bast Whitby Community Re- creation consists of representative members from Harmony, West- mount, Thornton's Corners, North Oshawa, Columbus and Raglan. Each district has its own recreation ccmmittee but this year it was de- cided to combine under one associa- tion and they elected Frank Lee as chairman. Profits from the field day will go the 'association for its work. PLAN PILOT TEST 16--(CP)--The be July | Calgary, | Webster Memorial trophy will | presented the man, or woman, jud- ged to be the most outstanding amateur pilot in Canada this year, at the Calgary air show scheduled Sept. 4 and 5, It was learned Thursday night. The trophy, given by Dr. and Mrs. Webster of Shediac, N.B, now is held by Charles Wilson of Vancouver. St. Kitts Workers Asked By Daley to Return To Jobs Pending Talks St. Catharines, Ont, July 16-- (CP)--Labor Minister Daley of On- tario said today he had asked strik- ing employees at McKinnon Indus- tries here to return to work pending further negotiation of their wage dispute. . He said he told representatives of the United Automobile Workers (C.I.O.) Thursday that negotiations would be reopened Monday in To- ronto. Some 2,650 empioyees went on strike here Wednesday for a 26-cent hourly wage increase. McKinnon Industries is a subsidiary of General Motors of Canada Ltd. Neither McKinnon Industries' management, under T. J. Cook, or union officials, under George Burt, had anything to say on the strike situation when they returned. from a meeting with the Hon. Charles Daley at Queen's Park yesterday. Mr. Cook arrived back shortly after 5 514 the union officials came in at A membership meeting has been called for Friday night, when to- day's discussions at Toronto will be presented for their consideration. In the meantime picketing went on quietly. The striking workers, members of /Local 199, UAW-CIO, yesterday threw a picket line across the of- fice entrance which had been left, un-picketed Wednesday. As office workers appeared around 8 a.m. and again at 1 p.m. picketers asked them to remain away from work. Some employees turned back, but after several had gained entry with- out being stopped, the others fol- lowed suit. Company spokesmen said the entire office force was at work, Today the union removed the picket line in front of the company offices. The union has drawn up a sched- ule of picket line "turns" to main- tain a cordon of picketers at each entrance on a 24-hour basis. The plant was shut down completely to- day as a few workers, who had gone . In with union permission, completed the task of emptying boilers and furnaces and removing conveyor motors. The annual two-weeks vacation at McKinnon was scheduled to start with the last shift on July 23 and work was to resume with the frst shift Aug. 9. gested special attractions last night | BUS DRIVERS GET 17-CENT WAGE BOOST Oshawa bus drivers, employed by the Oshawa Street Railway Com- | pany, a C.N.R. subsidiary, will re- | ceive the 17-cent wage boost grant- |ed to the main rail lines. This was | Windover, president of Division 11255, Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway and | Motor Coach Employees of America | (AFL). | The 70 members affected include | the bus drivers, shopmen, shed men, | track men, and line men employed by the local company. + The men had been asking 15 cents an hour across the board and | had voted for strike action a month enter into negotiations. | "On Monday of this week we re- | | ceived a' letter stating we would | receive the same increase as any granted the main lines," Windover | stated. He said that while the union | members were naturally gratified at | receiving two cents more than their | original request, "at the same time, it must be remembered that we first | asked for an increase last Novem= ker and, as everyone knows, the cost of liviiig index nas risen con- siderably since that time." There is no time limit set on the | new agreement which is: subject {to termination by either company | or union on 60 days' notice. To Demolish 'Market And Trull Home In receipt of a communication from the Ontario Fire Marshal's Department asking action oa the demolition of the market building and the Trull residence at 458 |demned by the Department somsz | months ago, City Council last night | moved to have both buildings re- moved at an early date. i An offer of $50 for the market building from Frank M. Balson, R.R. 3, Bowmanville, was turned down and the Board of Works was given authority to demolish the ials it can for its own use. Notice will be given to the band now us- ing the building, to vacate. The Welfare Board will also be notified that A. J. Graves, manager of the Salvage Board, must also vacate. | It was also decided to have the solicitor serve notice on the three families in the Trull residence to vacate by September 15. East Whitby 'Debenture Has Been Sold The Township of East Whitby has sold a new issue of debentures amounting to $199,818.36 to Domin- ion Securities Corporation and Bell, Gouinlock and .Co. Of the pro- ceeds $90,000 is earmarked for school repairs, $75,000 for water- mains and $34,818.36 for storm sew- ers, The issue consists of $87,000 3'2¢, debentures due Dec. 15, 1949 to 1968; $34,818.36 3'4i¢,, debentures due Dec. 15, 1949 to 1958; $75,000 3; debentures due Dec. 15, 1949 to 1953 and $3,000 2% due Dec. 15, 1949 to 1953. All bonds are dated Aug. 15, 1948. The 2% and 3¢,, debentures have been sold and the .balance, the one- to-10-year bonds being offered to yield 2.90¢, and the 11-to-30-year bonds are being offered to yield 3.25¢;,. First Baptist 'Bible School Closes Tonight | The very successful Vacation | Bible School, which has been held at First Baptist Church for the past two weeks, will conclude with the presentation of an outstanding program at 8 p.m. tonight. This is | the first venture of the kind under- taken by the church. It has been marked by notable success and an attendance of about 30 children. Teachers at the school were Mrs, W. R. Collins, Mrs. Harold Audley, Miss Ferne Ledgett and Mrs. Ian Mastin, assisted by Miss Mae Con- way, Miss Joan Bowen and Mrs. Roy Peyton, ago unless the company agreed to | King Street East, which were con- | building and salvage what mater- | debentures | : i 5 | | | Youngsters Help Ease Heat Wave Breaking the heat wave. Three enterprising youngsters set up a lemonade stand at the corner of Simcoe and Bond Street yesterday and while cooling off over-heated shoppers, coliected five cents a glass for their product. Smiling in anticipation, customer Marion MaclInally, 16 Bond Street, is being waited on by Norman Smith, 351 Arthur Street. Co-owners in the business, John Pritchard, 72 Bond Street, and Norman Weeks, 85 Mont- rave Avenue, smile happily while the money rolls in. --Times-Gazette Staff Photo Whether Oshawa will be able to night to tell that body that only 22 the type of houses erected must meet with the approval of Assess- ment Commissioner Eldon Kerr. A letter and a telegram have been | received by Council from the Cor- | poration during the last month. A | survey of available building lots was made by corporation officials with .the result that only 27 were acceptable. A total of 29 more were required. The telegram urged speedy decision on the part of Council as it was pointed out win- ter construction would be more costly. For that reason the lots must be approved before August 1. Would Lose $159,000 A statement, prepared by Mr. Kerr, showed that if all the 56 houses were erected the city would stand to lose $159,000 over the 50- year term of the agreement. ' According to the agreement each house would cost $6,850. The ap- proximate assessment would be $3,- 450 while the lot would be worth $300, or a total of $3,750. With a mill rate of 33 mills the annual taxes on each house would be $123.- 75 but as Central Mortgage and Oshawa Would Lose $159,000 on Rental Housing Council Hears offer low rental housing to its citi- | zens rests with the Central Mort- | gage and Housing Corporation fol- | lowing City Council's decision 'last | building lots are available and thai | | Housing only pays $75 taxes a year there would be a loss in taxes on each house of $48.75 annually. This would represent a total of $136,500 over 50 years while the loss on local improvements, efc., would be about $22,500. | It was pointed out by Ald. R. D. | Humphreys, K.C., chairman of the | Finance Committee that Central | Mortgage and Housing sells the | houses at the end of 50 years and | turns over half the profit, if any to | the city. 'He felt that after 50) years there would not be much pro- | fit on this type of home. 150 Homes Going Up "If we are going to pay $160,000 | we had better embark on a housing | scheme of our own. We would have | to get a permit from the province", | commented Mayor McCallum who | reminded council there are about | 150 houses being erected by indi- viduals in the city today. | In reply to a question Ald. Sam | Jackson said that houses in the | Northway Court develepment could | be purchased for a down payment | of $500. He doubted if Central | Mortgage and Housing would start | building houses here unless it has | its full quota of 56. Mr. Kerr informed Council that very few lots are available for building in the city except in the north east section, 6 R.A.F. Jets Cross Ocean, Reach Canada Montreal, July 16--(CP)--Mont- real Airway traffic control report- ed today that six R.AF. Vampires, first jet aircraft to cross the At- lantic, arrived at Mont Joli airport this morning. Mont Joli is 350 miles down the St. Lawrence River from here. The planes, which will make a goodwill tour of Canada and the United States, left Goose Bay- air- port, Labrador, at 8.09 a.m. EDT. The exact time of their arrival at Mont Joli was not immediaately known but air traffic authorities said it was about 10.30 a.m. The planes will refuel at Mont Joli before flying to nearby Dorval Airport where they are expected to arrive this afternoon. # The jets left their base at Odi- ham, Hampshire, England, July 1. They were held up by weather at Stornoway in the Hebrides before they were able to make the hops from Iceland, then to Greenland and across the northern seas to Goose Bay. LILY IN BLOOM An Easter Lily blooming in the garden at 321 French Street is proudly owned by Mrs. E. Essex. The plant wag purchased from a local florist and planted in the gar- den by Mrs. Essex. The flower burst into bloom yesterday and a second flower is reported ready to make its gala appearance within the nex few days. : U.E.W. Men Accept 13c Wage Boost Peterborough, July 16--(CP)--Lo- cal 524, UEW.-C.I1.O. in a mass meeting here on Thursday night, voted to accept the recommenda- tions of the joint negotiating com- mittee, thus ending negotiations for a new contract with the C.G.E. that began in April. * According to the terms of the' new contract; union members will receive a 13-cent-an-hour -increase retroactive to July 1; a master con- tract covering employees at the Peterborough, Cobourg and Toronto plants; a checkoff for new em- ployees within 30 days of joining the plant--present workers re- maining unaffected; a 45-hour week with the provision that if the worker is put on a new shift he will not have to work less hours than he did previously; overtime pay, time and a half, and statutory holiday pay, two and a half times the nor- mal rate. Vacations will remain unaffected. Full detailso n piecework and job evaluation are not yet known. THE WEATHER Increasing cloudiness, becgn- ing overcast this afternoon, clearing by mid-day Saturday. Occasional showers beginning this evening ending Saturday morning. Not much change in temperature. Winds light. Low tonight and high Satutllay 64 and 78, JEWS ACCEPT UN. COUNCIL TRUCE ORDER Tel Aviv, July 16--(Reuters)--The | Israeli Government tonight ac- | cepted the United Nations Security | Council's truce resolution "which | will be carried out as soon as Israel is informed that all Arab Govern- ments have issued the necessary order," an Israeli Foreign Office spokesman announced. By NORMAN ALTSTEDTER Canadian Press Staff Writer Lake Success, July 16--(CP)--A Security Council stop-war order, strongest in the history of the Unit- ed Nations, was placed before the Arabs and Jews today, backed by a threat of force if not obeyed. The Security Council, using the force threat for the first time, Thursday night gave the Palestine antagonists three days to cease fir- ing in Palestine as a whole and until tonight to stop fighting in Jerusalem. Only: Syria opposed the United States resolution in the 11-member council. It was passed by a vote of 7 to 1 with Russia, the Soviet Ukraine and Argentina abstaining. Canada, Britain, France, China, Colombia and Belgium supported the proposal. The Israeli Government announc- ed before the order was issued that it would accept the Council's de- mands. Arab delegates told the Council they could see no chance of the Arab countries accepting. They protested the resolution, em- phasizing that the Arabs had re- jected previous truce appeals while the Jews had accepted. But Sir Alexander Cadogan of Britain emphasized that his govern- ment was not endorsing any sug- gestion that the Arabs are aggres- SOrs. Failure of either side to comply with the order automatically "dem- onstrates" a breach of the world peace in the terms of the U.N. Charter. The Council then is com- mitted immediately to consider in- voking its most potent weapons under the charter--diplomatic sanc- JEWS ACCEPT (Continued on Page 2) 550 Laid Off Windsor GM Windsor, July 16 -- (CP)--Ap- proximately 550 employees of the General Motors Company of Can- ada were laid off Thursday night as a result of a strike in a feeder supply plant at St. Catharines. D. K. MacDonald, plant manager of the Windsor G.M., said the lay- off would last until "several days" after employees of the McKinnon Industries at St. Catharines return- ed to work. More than 2,650 em- ployees of the G.M. subsidiary plant at St. Catharines struck Wednesday for a 26 cents hourly wage increase. Mr. MacDonald said a few "main- tenance men" would remain on the job at Windsor but all other work- ers would be laid off. Employees of the plant. are sched- uled to go on holidays a week fro Friday. if Council Instructs City Solicitor To Prepare Bylaw . a Chamber of Commerce | May Result In Expropri- Meets With Heads of Firms Affected--Com- mittee Suggested To Study Problem A suggestion that a small com- | mittee composed of representatives of the City Council, the Chamber of Commerce, the three coal com- panies. and the Retail Merchants Association be formed to explore |R the situation and attempt to re- commend a solution, was made fol- lowing an informal - discussion, sponsored by the Chambédr of Com- merce, at Adelaide House yester- day, at which the King Street West tracks situation was reviewed. During the meeting, at which A. F. Annis, K.C., past president of the Chamber, presided, representa- tives of the coal companies, City Council, Oshawa Railway Company, | Oshawa Planning Commission and the Chamber of Commerce express- ed their views. expressed that the meeting had been most beneficial as it had been the means of bringing all interest- ed parties together for the first time for an xchange of views. Chamber Sponsored Move Mr. Annis explained that while the Chamber had no definite au- | thority the securing of the remov- al of the tracks from King Street had been one of the planks in the Chamber program three years ago. Subsequently there had been agita- tion throughout the city in this di- rection and certain overtures had been made by City Council. He ex- plained that as the situation had apparently reached an impasse, HEADS OF FIRMS (Continued on Page 3) Toronto Coal Price Up, May Follow Here Toronto, July = 16--(CP)--Retail coal prices here will rise again Monday. E. R. Lockyer, president of the Greater Toronto Retail Coal Importers' Association, Thursday said the increases will range from 45 cents a ton for rice coal, to $1.- 45 a ton on stove, egg and nut an- thracite. He said wholesale just gone up. Anthracite coal now retails at $19.40 a ton. The price Monday will be $20.85. Rice coal which now sells at $13.35 will rise to $13.80. prices have An official of the Dixon Coal Co; stated this morning that anthra- cite coal retails for $20 a ton here, 60 cents above the Toronto price. Rice coal sells®locally for $14 al- though very little is sold here. Local dealers have informed their customers to expect an increase in price next week. At the present time very little anthracite is com- ing in the Dixon Coal official sta- ted. EXECUTIVE DIES Kingston, July 16--(CP)--Wil- liam Frederick Casey, 60, who worked his way from apprentice to President and General Manager of the Canadian Locomotive Company here, died Thursday night in hospi- tal. He had been ill for several weeks. SEA CADETS TOUR Quebec, July 16--(CP)--The first two Canadian whalers to be built entirely by Royal Canadian Sea Co- dets left Quebec harbor early today on their first cruise up the St. Low- rence river. The opinion was | ation of Properties on | King West Served by, | Oshawa Railway Com- pany' In a determined effort to put a stop to the use of King Street by the freight trains of the Oshawa Railway Company, City Council | last night, on the motion of Ald- . D. Humphrey, K.C., and Ald. Rae Halliday, moved to have the | city solicitor prepare a by-law to re- strict the operation of any business which requires the operation of a | railway line along King Street. The | by-law will be presented at the | next meeting of Council. | A letter from the Department of Transport quoted the C.N.R., in re= [ply to a Council communication re- | garding the operation of its trains on the street, as saying that in the light of the fact that the city was prepared to offer sites and com- pensate the coal firms it appeared that a settlement should be made between the city and the companies or expropriation proceedings re- sorted to. The C.N.R. also said that | even if the siding rights were can- | celled the railway could not cancel |its service, Regarding the opera- tion of the trains bn the street being a menace it was suggested that the matter should be drawn to {the attention of the Board of Transport Commissioners. Commenting on the situation, ' Ald. Humphreys expressed the opin= ion that Council. had been more than fair, Ample opportunity had been given to look over sites for the re-location of the coal business es, but no action in this direction had been taken. He pointed out that by restricting the type of business on the street it gave Council the right to expro- priate. Once the by-law was passed these proceedings could be start ed. The next step would be to give notice to vacate. Mayor McCallum, commenting on the meeting earlier in the day, sponsored by the Chamber of Com- merce, said that opinion except for the dealers had been in favor of the removal of the tracks. : Regarding the Cooper-Smith Co. Ald. Humphreys said this firm had a free siding but that little freight {was moved in. He suggested writ= {ing a letter to the company informe ing them of the contemplated ace | tion and asking their reaction, | Big Bombers | 'Based by U.S. OnU.K.Fields London, July 16 -- (Reuters)--= Sixty American heavy bombers have left their bases in the United States and are on the way to Brit= ish air fields for a short period of temporary duty, the United States Embassy announced here today. | "The movement of the planes is part of the normal long-range flight training program which was instituted more than a year ago by the Strategic Air Command," the announcement said. The. bombers, B-29s, are in twe groups, each consisting of threes squadrons of 10 aircraft. One group will fly via Goose Bay, Labrador, and the other via Bermuda. They will be based near Lincoln, in eastern England, at Marham, Scrampton and Wadding, wartime R.AF. heavy bomber bases. On arrival in Britain, the two groups will come under the operae tion control of Lt.-Gen. Curtiss Le= may, commanding general of the United States Air Forces in Europe. About 1,500 men will be involved {in the training. Other aircraft will | transport maintenance personnel | and supplies to Britain. * LATE NEWS BRIEFS KEEP M.P.'S CLOSE TO LONDON London, July 16 (AP)--A high government source declared today that unless the Berlin crisis eases mem« bers of Parliament will be kept within easy recall of London during the summer. Instead of recessing for the summer, the source said, Parliament may merely be adjourned. This procedure would enable the government to reconvene both houses in 24 hours. SHIP AGROUND, 200 SAVED Vancouver, July 16 (CP)--Nearly 200 passengers were safely removed when the Union Steamship's S.S. Cardena grounded on-a reef early today at the entrance to False Bay, Lasquetti Island. A wireless report said the passengers had been landed at False Bay, 55 miles north« west of here, and that none suffered injury. Crew mem« bers also escaped injury.