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u omens a Ty ----_--_--_ an----_ LD, SRR | J In Year Training to Start In Quebec Sept. 1, Claxton State WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 1948 Canada Will Have Two Jet Fighter Squadrons Barns THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE. PR Ble" Four Seamen Told to Pay Fine of $300 Toronto, July 28--(CP)--Four men, identified as Canadian Sea- men's Union (T.L.C.) pickets, were fined a total of $300 in two Ontario courts Tuesday on charges laid fol- lowing incidents in the Great Lakes shipring dispute. Three others in another court were committ- 1 for trial on char- ges of assault with intent to maim; judgment was reserved in another case of counselling to beset a coun- ty jail, and 15 others were reman- ded to Aug. 10 on charges of car- rying offensive weanons . following Lightning De:troys Voting Slip Sales Nipped In Quebec With Five Arrests Quebec, July 28 {CP)--The ballot-markers took com- mand today of Quebec's provincial elections but the fury of a sizzling six-week campaign refused to die. The uproar 'centred in Montreal where accusations of fraud and black mail in registration slips were freely tossed about. Police said thousands of voters®-- By Douglas How Ottawa, July 28 (CP)---As Canada's Air Chief stressed the prolonged and arduous job that lies behind the creation of any standing air strength, the dominion was presented today with the first tangible signs of a beginning. R.C.A.F. unit to train fighter pilots in operational tactics with Defence Minister Claxton announced formation of an | 1 in the metropolis may have been disfranchised because they unwit- tingly surrendered their registra- tion slips to persons posing as re- visers and examiners. Deputy Director Hilaire Beaure- gard of the Provincial Police said Montreal black market operators were offering voters from $2 to $5 for each slip--a paper similar to a sales bill. Later reports said the slips market value has risen to $10. As a result, police anticipated . polling-station disturbances and hundreds of attempts at impersona- tion, In the constituency of Montreal Mercier the Liberal candidate, Jo- seph Francoeur, charged Tuesday that 727. registration slips found behind a picture in his committee rooms had been deliberately plant- 'ed by Union Nationale supporters. In a counter-move Tuesday night, ~an unidentified man applied for a warrant to have the committee rooms of Mr. Francoeur's Union Nationale opponent, Gerard Thi- bault, searched. Police in Action Provincial Police arrested five men in a raid on the committee rooms of J. E. Dubreuil, Liberal candidate in Montreal - Jeanne Mance, where they said they found about 100 voters slips in a back room. Political forecasters predicted about 75 per cent of more than 2,- 000,000 eligible voters would go to the polls. In the last election, in 1944, a total of 1,330,060 voted, 71.3 per cent of the 1,864,692 eligible voters. A record vote was set in 1944, the first provincial election in which women had the franchise. Weather indications for today's ballotting were generally fair and warm, with widely scattered show- ers, There was a possibility the farm vote may be affected because many farmers were reported still busy with haying. Polls opened at 9 a.m. and closed at 6.30 p.m. EDT. The time the re- sult will be known depends largely on the closeness of the battle among the 312 candidates for the province's 92 constituencies. A de- cisive trend may possibly be estab- lished in the vote counting three hours or less after the polls close. In the heavy voting of 1944 the Union Nationale Party won 448 seats with 38 per cent of the popu- lar vote; the Liberals took 37 seats with 37 per cent of the vote. An unpredictable element in this year's results is the appearance of a full slate of 92 candidates offer- ed by the Union of Electors, an or- ganization that featured orthodox Social Credit principles in its cam- paign. Heretofore only a few Social Credit candidates have appeared in Quebec elections. J. C. Gregoire, leader of Union of Electors, has predicted his party will take 60 seats although the cam- paign lacked large financial back- ing. Funds were collected at public meetings and touring speakers fre- quently stayed with friends to keep expenses down. Ends Campaign Premier Duplessis, campaigning for the return of his Union Nation- ale government on its record over th elast four years, ended his tour in his Three Rivers home constitu- ency. There he told a rally that the Union Nationale was the ser- vant of the people, while the Lib- eral Party had "its feet in Quebec but its head and heart elsewhere." His party has 91 candidataes. Liberal Leader Adelard Godbout also e in his home constitu- ency of L'Islet, where he said Que- bec- was at a turning point in her history. A Liberal victory was nec- essary to ensure social justice. The CCF, led by provincial leader Guy-Merrill Desaulniers, a candidate in Montreal St. Henry constituency, has only seven candi- dates in the field. The Labor-Progressive party is represented only by its provincial leader, Gui L. Caron, running in Montreal St. Louis. In the big field of 312 there are only two women candidates, both members of the Union of Electors party. In Westmount-St. George, a Montreal riding, Mrs, Beaulah D, Grace is the candidate, and in the Magdalen Islands Miss Priscile Beaulieu, a school teacher, is the party's nominee. Standing of the legislature at dis- solution was: . Union Nationale, 52; Liberal 33; Bloc Populaire, 1; Nationalist, 1; Independent, 3; vacant, 1. REPAIRS AT OCVI Repairs being: made to the Boys' Gymnasium in the Oshawa Collegi- ate and Vocational Institute are al- most finished, according to Busi- ness. Administrator W. Gordon Bunker of the Board of Education. 'The Board authorized the con- struction of a new roof and floor in the gymnasium, and Mr. Bunker said that the roof work has now been completed, and the floor will be finished at an early date. Maple flooring is being used. DOE ON MAIN STREET Port Arthur, Ont. -- (CP)--Tour- ists in the vicinity of Port Arthur's tourist pagoda were treated to a rare, sight recently when a wild, full-grown doe galloped Anwm g main street here Korean President For more than 35 years a leader in the fight for Korean Independence, Dr. Syngman Rhee, 74, (above) has been elected president of the Kor- ean Republic. In youth, as editor of the first daily paper in Seoul, he began his fight against the last of the Korean emperors and was sent to a prison torture chamber." He was Korea's first president-in-exile in the U.S. Report From Westminster By JAMES McCOOK Canadian Press Staff Writer LONDON, July. 28--(CP)--Men- tion Canada to British traders and win a pleased smile, : It is agreed god progress is being made in the drive to increase ex- ports to the Dominion, Sales in this vital dollar market are up sub- stantially for the first half of the year. Detailed Board of Trade figures for the first five months shiow a definite measure of improvement. In that period in 1947, United King- deen purchases from Canada were £84,500,000 ($338,000,000) and sales to Canada £15,000,600. For the same period in 1948, imports rose to £94,- 500,000, exports to £26,000,000. This is still far from the better trade balance Britain would like to see, but at least thie export position is improved. The board reported the adverse balance with Canada and Newfoundland as £190,000,000 in 1947, In the first five months of 1948 the adverse balance is £63,500,- 000. But in the third quarter of 1947 the adverse balance ran at a month- ly average of nearly £19,000,000 com- pared with £13,750,000 for the first quarter of 1948. In April and May the monthly rate was down to £13,- 338,000. The objective of increasing cotton textile exports to Canada by 12% times this year and making other gains almost as large has not yet been attained. But authorities say there's a natural delay in getting orders settled. Jittery raw-cotton prices had caused uncertainty and textile mills had to make changes to rafse production. Scme gains in exports to Canada are spectacular, Automobiles shipped in the second quarter of 1948 num- bered 3,173 against 554 in the last quarter of 1947. TQe quarterly aver- age in 1938 was 143. Cotton piece goods shipments more than doubled compared with 1947 figures and woollen goods are being sold at the rate of nearly 6,- 000,000 square yards monthly against 3,350,000 sold in 1938. Food bought from Canada under long-term contracts is still available at prices which often compare favor- ably with world rates. PASTOR KILLS BURGLAR Philadelphia, While 25 parishioners weer meeting in an adjoining auditorium, Rev. Theodore Bullock, pastor of a North Philadelphia church, Tuesday night || shot and killed a man he had: sur- prised stealing $50 from a desk in his study, police reported. The shooting, according to police, cli- maxed a violent scuffle during which the intrduder dropped an en- |: velope containing the money. EXPLOSION TESTS Salt Lake City, July 28--(AP)-- United States Army engineers have || started explosive tests to determine the type of underground construc- |) tion necessary to withstand destruc- tive blasts of the future. The first of a series of underground explo- sions were touched off Tuesday, but the eflects are classified by the army as "restricted" information. TOO FAST FOR THEM The mongoose, killer of slow- moving cobras in India, cannot cope with the faster poisonous snakes in the new world. ; July 28 -- (AP) -- || It was a narrow escape for farmer Robert Vyse apd four of his family when lightning struck a string of four barns on their Bathurst-St. Lawrence Ave. farm, near Toronto yesterday. Inside a few minutes, the whole building was an inferno which destroyed more than half Vyse's hay crop and some of his livestock. Efforts of firemen and torrential rain failed to check the fire which completely razed the barns. Britain, U.S. Split in U.N. On Palestine By NORMAN ALTSTEDTER | Canadian Press Staff Writer Lake Success, July 28--(CP) -- | Britain and the United States to- day are divided in the United Nat- ions Security Council on two sec- ondary Palestine issues. The two powers after reaching unanimity on a tough cease-fire order July 15 to Jews and Arabs, fell apart Tuesday on comparative- ly minor questions: 1. Syria's proposal that the whole Palestine problem be referred to the International Court of Justice. 2. Britain's demand that the Se- curity Council order release of five Britons held by Israel. Canada, with the reputation of being the strongest binding agent between Britain and the United States, opposed the British-sup- ported Arab appeal and is under- stood to favor Britain's demand. The proposal of Faris El Khoury of Syria that the International Court rule on the legal status of | Palestine was only one vote short of acceptance with six countries fa- voring the plan, one against and four abstaining, seven .votes were necessary for passage. Gen. A. G. L. McNaughton of Canada, who abstained in the vote, said that sending the problem to the court would delay the media- tion efforts of Count Folke Berna- dotte. His views were backed by the United States as well as Russia and France. The Soviet Ukraine - voted | against the resQlution while Brit- ain, Argentina, Belgium, Cclombia, China and Syria favored the pro- posal. d The second point at issue is ex- pected to come to a vote when the council next meets tomorrow. The council adjourned Tuesday night after Belgium and Syria expressed support of Britain's demand con- cerning the five employees of the Jerusalem Electric Corporation, ab- ducted July 6 by terrorists of Irgun Zvai Leumi. Israeli representative Aubrey Eb- an said the Britons were brought before a magistrate Tuesday in Tel Aviv where the judge ordered the prosecution to produce specific charges or release them within 15 days. . | RAY MILLAND SUSPENDED Hollywood, July 28--(AP)--Actor Ray Milland was suspended Tuesday for refusing a starring role in the film "A Mask For Lucretia," Par- amount Studio announced. Express- ing surprise when notified of the suspension, the Academy Award winner maintained thie never had re- fused to play the role, although he bad objected to it. French Premier A ber of the moderate Radi- cal-Socialist party, Andre Marie, above, has been named new French premier. Marie was minister of justice in the . fallen cabinet of Robert Schuman. A Probe Cause Of Explosion That Killed 13 U.S. Miners By WILLIAM L. MADIGAN Princeton, Ind, July 28--(AP)-- Grim inspectors today probed the depths of King's Coal Mine seeking to learn the cause of an explosion which killed 13 miners Tuesday af- ternoon, It was the second serious explo- sion in eight months at King's. The previous blast, last November, caused no deaths but was followed by extensive fires which closed the mine for more than two months, The mine had been closed again last week because of water sezpage. It had been inspected Sunday by state mine inspectors and had been reopened only Tuesday. Two men were injured critically in Tuesday's blast, and a rescue worker also was in a hospital after being overcome by gas. His condi- tion was not serious. The dead and injured were mem- ters of a single loading unit which was on the lowest level of In- diana's deepest shaft mine, 433 feet underground, and three miles east of the tipple. Coroner C. C. Cooper said all the bodies were badly mutilated and burned. - All were brought out with- in three hours after the explosion. There were 176 men in the mine at the time, but other crews were not endangered. The blast caused only a small fire which was soon put out. King's employs 525 men on three shifts. A silent crowd of 250 persons gathered around the tipple as res- cue workers brought out the bodies. One of the dead, William De Courcey of Princeton, had come back to work Tuesday for the first time after being hurt' in a slate fall in the mine threes months ago. Job Situation Now Better, Ottawa | Says Ottawa, July 28--(CP)--Employ- ment conditions have shown im- provement during both June and July, with a more adequate labor force and only local shortages of workers, the labor department said Tuesday night. In its monthly review of labor conditions across Canada, the de- partment said that on July 15, there were 110,000 people 'looking for work through the National Em- ployment Service and 51,000 jobs available. The absence of any severe labor shortage so far as the country as a whole is concerned was attributed mainly to a great reduciion in' labor turnover. The number of immi- grants coming to this country has been apother major factor. A measure of the availability of jobs was shown by the fact that the department estimated the closing of the schools for summer holidays threw approximately 125,- 000 students onto the labor market. Although many of them regis- tered with the employment service, the 110,000 job hunters on its books was 9,000 less than the 119,000 regis- tered a month earlier. The number of unfilled jobs fell from 63,000 on record on June 17 to the 51,000 available at the middle of this month. The review said seasonal indus- tries are making heavy demands on the labor force and the heaviest concentration of unfilled jobs is in Ontario. Activity in agriculture and building has continued to expand and a growing supply of materials has speeded up the latter. "The tourist trade is stimulating employment in the transportation and service industries," the review noted. "In mining many firms. have acquired immigrants who are turn- ing out to be very regular workers and employment is more stable than usual for this time of year." Employment in the manufactur- ing industries is three per cent above last year's levels but demand for additional labor is light since most plants are operating at or Jeu capacity. Labor turmover is ow. C. CRAWFORTH PROMOTED Due to a clerical error, the name of Carolyn Crawforth of Oshawa was omitted in the list of results issued by 'the O.C.V.I. The collegi- ate office has forwarded her a let- te: telling her she had successfully passed her examinations and will be eligible to enter Grade 12 in the fall. ---------------- 5 DIE IN CRASH Fairo, Switzerland, July 28 -- (Reuters) -- Five persons were kil- led and 11 injured when 'a Belgian bus carrying British tourists crash- ed Tuesday on the road between Biasca and Faido, in._tHe -Tessin Canton of Switssrland, Kiwanis Club the boarding cof a vessel. The biggest fine was $100, levied against Jcseph Grabeck, 23, found guilty at Cornwall of obstnucting a police officer. Royal Canadian Mounted Police said he interfered with the arrest of two other C.S.U. members who boarded the Sarnia freighter J. O. McKellar June 13. At Toronto, Gordon Coutch, 22, Saul Gellar, 19, and John Quinlan, 18, were convicted of obstmicting police in front of C.S.L. property July 17. Coutch was fined $75 and costs or 30 days; Gellar, $50 and costs or 20 days and Quinlan $75 and costs or 30 days. In passing sentence Magistrate R. J. Browne observed that fines apparently were not having the desired effect. "Open defiance of law and order cannot be tolerated in this city," he said. "When certain types of of- fences become an epidemic in the community they must be stamped out. The only thing that will stop it is a jail sentence. You might take note of that for the future." Charged at Port Colborne with assault with intent to maim in con- nection with a beating given the crew of the Colonial Steamships freighter Royal July 9, three C.S.U. pickets were committed for trial. They were: Patrick C. Rogers, Fred | Hilson and Patrick McManus. | Two new charges laid under the Canada Shipping Act of boarding a ship and carryin;; offensive wea- pons also will be heard when the three appear in ccurt again Aug. 10. On that date 15 other men ar- | rested the day after the freighter was boarded also will te heard. They were remanded Tuesday on charges of carrying - offensive wea- pons, At Welland, judgment was reser- ved until Aug. 3 on a charge of counselling to beset the county jail, laid against Danny Daniels, C.S.U. organizer. Magistrate George Street said he wanted to consider if pic- keting a public building is unlawful under the section of the Criminal Code, under which the charge was laid. Inducts Three New Members | Three members were initiated in- to membership in the Kiwanis Club, at the weekly luncheon meeting on Tuesday, held this week at "Pinehurst Lodge," Corbett's | Point, Oshawa's newest Kiwanians are Dr, S. George Werry, dentist: R. D. Doug. Fleck, electrical appliance manufacturer and Harry B. Pick- en, Chief Engineer," Weston Air- craft. The three new members were - Introduced respectively by their Kiwanian sponsors Harry Gay, Morley Wyman and Murray Johnston, Kiwanian Bert Coulter officiat- ed at the brief but impressive in- itiation ceremony, after which Pre- sident "Shorty" Reynolds extended the club's' welcome to the new members and announced that they would be shortly alloted to various club committees, for Kiwanis acti- vity. zKiwanian Dr. "Josh" Metcalfe, chairman of the Boys and Girls Camp Committee for this year, gave a brief report on the splendid cuccess of the second section of the Boys' camp, concluded on Satur- day. It was revealed that an aver- age gain in weight of almost five pounds was reported for the.group of 9 boys, one lad gaining ten potyads. Camp Supervisor, J. Kaine, a guest at the meeting, also spoke briefly, expressing thanks for the co-operation received and urging all the members to "drop in" once in a whtle and see the ' Kiwanis Camp in action, while the children are enjoying their summer outing. Ten-Pound Pike Taken by 'Tickle' Belleville, July 28 -- (CP) -- A tip to fishermen who run out of bait--just tickle a fish with your fingers until it becomes sleepy. Alvin Richardson swears he slipped his hand under a fish and tickled it yesterday when he noticed .it loafing near the government dock. He has a 10%; pound pike to back up his story. ACTION AGAINST PLANE W. A. Curtis, Chief of the Air Staff, said in an interview the first two regular interceptor fighter sguad- rons will be in existence within 12 months, based at Bagotville and Mont Joli, Que. Trainer pilots will be converted to jet fighters and trained "in in- terceptor air d :fence operations" at the school. From there, they will go out to Squadrons. The O.T.U. will teach air and giound crews together how to spot incoming bombers with radar and how to get up to meet them. The technigues will resemble those used in the Battle of Britain. Air Marshal Curtis said 90 per cent of Canadians probably didn't alize the efforts behind creation of a standing force. Whether they considered it extravagance or rea- lism, they should be aware of the jet planes. It will be launched Sept. 1 at St. Hubert Airport, i At the same time, Air Marshal &- elementary facts that the only ef | fective way of meeting an enemy attack was with a ready force and that you had to look from three to five years ahead in planning it. If Canada was going, to need a fighting air force in 1951 or later, | she had to start getting ready for it now. The two regular squadrons were a start. Canada's present ability to meet | air assault rested with six of the eight auxiliary or part-time squad- rons now in varying stages of pre= paration. If trouble came, they could be immediately reinforced with regular pilots crew to become operational. The two other auxiliaries were i tactical bomber squadrons. Mr, Claxton said a regular bomber squadron would ~ : set up, too. Mid-Summer BLACK' ... CONTINUES!!! SUMMER Tremendous Savings On Our Leftover Stock of DRESSES Here's Another Big... Windsor, Ont., July 28 -- (CP)-- | Mayor Arthur J. Reaums Tuesday | laid a charge against the Detroit | Flying Service for operating a sight-seeing plane over Windsor in a manner "reckless and dangerous" and which "endangered the lives and safety" of citizens. The charge was the outcome of futile attempts to halt operation of the plane which takes off each day from Belle Isle in the Detroit River and flies at a low altitude over this city. GIVE UP SEARCH Penetanguishene, July 28 -- (CP) --After 20 hours of fruitless drag- ging and probing with pike poles into Penetanguishene Bay, search was abandoned Tuesday night for the body of Jules Lalone, 59, believ- ed drowned while fishing from a rowboat Monday. His rented boat was found Monday night, anchored to a sand bar, FOR SPORT | A mastiff, is a typical British dog bred to its present type for sport- ing purposes, but now kept only as ® guard or pet. tn tar ara ttn @ NS CASH! We Want to Buy a Good Building in Main Business Section of Oshawa Occupancy Within 2 Years All Replies Confidential Write Box 910 Times-Gazette Sale and materials. regardless of loss. "pick of the lot." 'ia -00 for This Week-end! 30 DRESSES! These are leftovers from our big Midsummer Clearance include many well-known makes. and Odd sizes in the lot. These must be cleared Be here early tomorrow for the Out they go! In Two Low Priced Groups! 10 SHIRTS an 20% OF BLACK'S Ladies Wear 72 Simcoe St. N. LOOK! 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