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a ISNEEL A $3 MILLION TOMATO CROP LOSS VIOLENT HURRICANE HEADS FOR COAST GIVE WARNING! GALES TO HIT BY NIGHTFALL 120 MPH Winds Striking Inland Miami, Fla., Aug. 30 (AP) --Hurricane warnings were ordered hoisted from Wil- mington, N.C., to Cape Hat- teras, N. C., today. At the same time, north- east storm warnings were or- dered displayed north of Cape Hatteras to the Virginia Capes and northwest storm warnings south of Wilming- ton to Charleston, S.C. A violent tropical hurricane with winds up to 120 miles an hour, was expected to reach the North Carolina coastline early tonight. "This is an emergency, warn all interests," the federal storm warn- ing service said in an advisory. Residents along the North Caro- lina 'coastline were warned winds would begin increasing early today, they would resch gale force by mid-afternoon, and hurricane force GIVE WARNING (Continued on Page 2) THE OSHAWA DAILY TI MES-GAZETTE Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle WHITBY VOL. 7--NO. 203 OSHAWA-WHITBY MONDAY, AUGUST 30, 1948 Price 4 Cents FOURTEEN PAGES 36 Killed As Lightning Strikes U.S. Plane; Need Human Chain To Recover 26 Bodies ------------------ Bowmanville Resident Wins Legion Fair Auto ---- L 'Throhgs of Oshaws citizens push- ed and jostled their way into the blaze of light that was Rotary Park, on Saturday night, to take part in the mammoth Canadian Legion Fair, It was the second and last night of fun and prizes for young and old and thousands of Oshawans, despite unrelenting temperatures, crowded the grounds to take part in the - activities and most important of ali, to see who would win the big prize--a brand new Chevrolet coach. The draw for the automobile which was made at 11 pm, by Miss Vera Siblock, a blind girl who has a stand in the Alger Building, was witnessed by hundreds of hopeful people. Auto To Bowmanville The grand winner, who didn't learn about his good fortune until repeated telephone calls found him at home at 3 a.m, Sunday, was L. Goddard, 104 King Street Bast, Bow- manville. The rules specified that lucky ticket holder had to answer the question "How many letters are there in the alphabet?" ahd with a brand new auto at stake, Mr. God- dard didn't take long to come up with the right answer. Prizes and surprises followed in quick succession. Whipper Bil] Wat- son, the wrestler, was on hand to make the puppy draw and while an auto was the grand prize for adults, no prize ever thrilled a youngster as much as a warm eyed little Cocker spaniel puppy could do, Complete- ly speechless when the puppy was presented, the happy child. Barbara Cook, was soon busy trying to pick a name for the dog. In the radio draw Mrs. C. Chese- brough was the winner. Another radio, which was not claimed with- in the hour time limit, went to Sun- |' nybrook Hospital in Toronto, American Legionnaires Attend Crowds at Rotary Park as well as citizens downtown, got a big sur- prise when a vehicle, made up to look like a train cam: shunting down the street, puffing and blow- English Firm Confirms Move To Ajax Site Cambridge, England, Aug. 30 --(CP) -- Pye, Limited, elec- tronic manufacturers, today announced the Bank of Eng- land has given financial ap- proval for the establishment of a production plant at Ajax, Ont. The plant, which will manu- facture electronic products, in- cluding radio and television sets, will be in a former gov- ernment shell-filling establish- ment, Pye Canada, Ltd. will operate the new venture. The company added it is al- ready producing a type of tele- vision set suitable for Canad- ian television transmission. ing steam like a real loccmotive. Manned by four members of the American Legion from Buffalo on will tour across Canada, the a good "train" created more than a little confusion as bewildered motorists rubbed their eyes, looked twice and headed for the back streets. It was all pant of the fun, how- ever, and in extending a good-will bandshake across the border, the American Legion visitors provided a fitting climax to a very successful Canadian Legion Fair. GRASS FIRE ' Firemen from the Cedar Dale Fire Station extinguished a grass fire near the rear of the Oshawa Laundry on Saturday afternoon. The firemen left the hall at 3:35 pm. and returned at 3:48 p.m. There was no damage. Schuman Scans Problem Of New French Cabinet By ROBERT EUNSON . Paris, Aug, 30 -- (AP) -- Robert Schuman, out of office as French Premier for 32 days, said today he will try to form a new cabinet. ' "But,". the balding Alsatian said as he left President Vincent Auriol's Palace shortly after midnight. "I have adopted the same attitude as M. Ramadier. I am. going to exam- ine the situation first." | Ramadier, Schuman's predecessor Premier, spént all Sunday check- over his chances to form a new A .. He admitted "at midnight 'had been unable to convince .ei- himself or ° French pelitical 'he was the man of the hour. has beeri without a gov- ernment since early Saturday when Premier Andre'Marie resigned as a result' of Socialist 'disagréement with wage and price moves planned by his Finance Minister, Paul Reynaud. The parties represented by Rama- dier, Schuman and Marie had con- trolled France for two years in coal. CAD IW ition. The purpose of the coalition was to keep the Communists on the left, and followers of Gen. Charles De Gaulle on the right, from com- ing to power, When Schuman said he was go- ing t0 "examine the situation" he bad two things in mind. His first obstacle and the stumb- ling. block that caused Marie's re- signation will be to line up a cab- inet that will agree on sume defin- ite policy. The second important item Schu- 'man 'must consider is what to do labout a Foreign Minister, Georges Bidault, Foreign Minister in the last Schuman cabinet has lost his popu- larity at home. Schuman himself held the post under Marie. Adding to the rising background of discontent came the voice of for- mer Premier. Edouard Daladier call- ing for new elections, Daladier, re- gistered as a radical Socialist, has changed his colors to back De e. rnd 4 Caught by the camera as they paraded to the CPR. station on Saturday ¢ morning to take a special train are the General Motors War Veterans Pipe Band and 223 members of the G.M. War Veterans' Association. The local group won high praise for its smart appearance and the ability of the band during the Warriors' Day parade at the C.N.E, After the parade the local veterans paraded through the Automotive Building. Ti Band paraded through this building again in the ev 3 "of President of the G.M. Veterans Club was a guest at the C. luncheon at noon. Pipe . Rigg, .E. Directors' ~--Times-Gazette Staff Photo Radio Club 'Hamfest' Drew 300 Amateurs To Lakeview Park During the week-end over 300 ra- dio amateurs from many sections of the province, together wita their wives and children, gathered at Lakeview Park for the second an- nual "Hamfest" of the North Shore Radio Club. The event, which was the medium for personal contacts between .the men and women who talk. together over the air, was an unqualified success. The "Hams" began gathering on Saturday afternoon when members of the district club assembled to put up tents, loaned by the 11th Armor- ed Regiment, and put their short- wave equipment in operation. The success of the event was increased by the co-operation of the C.R.A. which loaned tables and chairs and the Oshawa Parks Commission which moved large picnic tables to the area for the convenience of the visitors. Much Equipment Shown In operation during the week-end was equipment to cover all the amateur bands as well as a number of sets mounted in automobiles. A large rotary antenna mounted on a steel mast was erected and was of great assistance as it permitted very directional work on the 10- meter band. One of the aims of the gathering was to display as much equipment as possible, In this the Hamfest was most successful as five mem- bers of the RC.AF. from the Clin- ton airport brought their mobile transmitter and generator which attracted a great deal of interest. Mounted in an air force van the transmitter and receiver were the last word in the radio field. The transmitter was capable of handling calls from two and 18 megocycles while the transmitter could work between 75 kilocycles and 30 mego- cycles. With fans and fluorescent lighting the van was everything a radio expert could ask. .The gener- ator unit, mounted on a two-wheel trailer, also drew much. attention. Picnic and Sports On Sunday afternoon the Ham- fest concluded with a community picnic and sports followed by a draw for prizes donated by radio manufacturers and parts distribu- tors. The district club announced it had received over 100 prizes for men and between 30 and 40 for women. Visitors. to the gathering included radio amateurs from as far east as Brockville and as. far .west_ as Lon- don. Also included were amateurs from Erie, Pennsylvania; Conneaut, Ohio, Tonawanda, New York, Win- nipeg and British Columbia. The North Shore Road Club has every reason for pride in the success of its annual field day and picnic. The club is composed of some '75 members in the area extending from Newcastle to Dunbarton, including Brougham, Ashburn sad Gelumbus. Paid By Reds, Got U.S. Job, Probers Told By DOUGLAS B. CORNELL Washington, Aug. 30--(AP) The Congressional spy hunt sift- ed to New York today for Whit- taker Chambers' own story of hav- ing landed a government job while drawing pay as a Communist agent. The new development was un- folded by Chambers himself in secret testimony before the House of Representatives Un-American Activities Committee. It led Rep. Richard Nixon (Rep. Calif.) to claim that for the first time the committee now has a "de- finite, probable link" between the pre-war Red underground describ- ed by Chambers -- a senior editor of Time Magazine -- and the war- time 'Russian spy activities related by Elizabeth T. Bentley. Nixon, who summoned reporters to Capitol Hill late Sunday to hear the latest turn of events, said Chambers got his government job from two people Miss Bentley ac- cused. Nixon declined to go into more than the bare details. Nixon said Chambers told the committee that he went to two of the people Miss Bentley named as members of this group and asked to be put on the federal payroll. Within 24 hours, Nixon said, Chambers was given a job and stayed on it several months "while actually still a $35-a-week under- cover man for the Communist un- derground." In its report issued Saturday night, the committee mentioned Miss Bentley's testimony about two spy networks and added: "There is évery reason to believe that the committee scratched the surface of these ac- tivities, that more of tiese groups exist than have been disclosed by available witnesses, and that such STqups are still within the govern- ment." YACHT ESCAPES DAMAGE Annapolis Royal, N. 8.--(CP)--A 35-foot yacht, the Loadstone from Marblehead, Mass., narrowly escap- ed destruction when it dragged an- chor in the swift current of the in- coming tide of the Annapolis River, recently, Some mén on shore saw the craft's danger, located the skip- POF Jus SABE As bunk: 40 catty, 1) G.M. Veterans Highly Commended In Warriors' Parade Day At C.N.E. has merely |, SOVIET CALLS FOR TAXATION IN OWN ZONE By GEORGE BRIA Berlin, Aug. 30--(AP)--The Rus- sians moved to cut finances of the anti-Communist Berlin city govern- ment today. Intensifying their pressure against the administration was an order from the Soviet Commandant in Berlin that henceforth all residents of the Soviet sector will pay taxes cnly in the sector where they live. He further ordered these tax funds should be used only for the benefit of the Russian sector. The order, which will withhold scme revenues from the city, ap- peared designed to split the city's finance department, Previous Com- munis; manoeuvres have forced div- ision of the police, food and Labor Senaziments into east and west un- s. This is the 68th day of the Soviet blockade of the city. The official Socialist press pub- lished today a photostat of a note sent to a Berlin woman calling for the killing of two leaders of ihe city government, The note was sign- ed "Kill Kommando." The renewed Communist pressure onthe city administration apparent- ly was an effort to claim additional power as a bargaining point before any new four-power discussions be- gin, The Communist drive against the Berlin government has been led by the Russian commandant in Berlin, Maj.-Gen. Alexander Kotikov, who (as celebrated the tempo of his at- tacks as the Moscow talks dragged on, So far, despite two Communijst- led invasions of the city council chamber last week, the government has resisted the campaign to force it to withdraw to the western sec- tors, leaving the city hall in Soviet- controlled hands. Rubber Workers Return to Jobs Kitchener, Aug. 30 -- (CP) -- The more than 1,200 employees of the Dominion Rubber Company's tire plant returned to work today. Workers of the Banbury (mixing) department returns to adjustments of their rates which mean approxi- mately 63% cents an hour to.the 51 employees of this department, say union officials. For almost a week, the plant had been operating on an 80-percent ef- ficiency "slowdown" basis, suspend- ed Wednesday when plant opera- tion ceased because: of the heat wave. THE WEATHER Cloudy, clearing this evening. Clear tonight and most of Tues- day, variable afternoon cloudi- ness. Cooler today. Not much change in temperature Tues- day. Winds northwest 15 today, light tonight and Tuesday. Low tonight and high Tuesday 58 and 78. Summary for Tuesday: Mostly clear. Not much change in temperature, this plan and: it is understood it On Giant sissippi river bluff. Flin Flon, Man., which will wind its way down 150-foot ravine into which the List Two Canadians Among Passengers Skyliner Winona, Minn., Aug. 30 (AP)--Thirty-six persons in- cluding a Canadian couple died in the crash Sunday of a storm-raked Northwest Airlines plane atop a wooded Mis- The Canadians were C. C. listed by the lines' Chicago office. The mangled bodies of 26 persons trapped in the wreck- ed fuselage will be brought out today by a human chain Plummer and his wife, of the steep and rocky side of a plane toppled. to Minneapolis from Toronto, miss- ed the plane at Chicago although he was listed as a passenger. Coroner Herbert F. Stohr of Al- ma, Wis, said 10 bodies were re- moved to Alma before recovery ef- forts were halted. The plane was one of the air- lines newer Martin 2-0-2 ships and was bound for Minneapolis from Chicago with 33 passengers 'and three crew members. It left Chicago at 3.50 p.m. and although due in Minneapolis at 530 pm. apparently was behind schedule because of the storm. _ A crash witness told the coroner he saw the plane fall into the rav- ine on Sutters Ridge after light- | ning shattered a wing. A N.W.A. pilot who was among the first to thought the ship had been. struck I" by lightning. Bits of wreckage were scattered | over a wide area. Some of it was | found in a ball park in Winona seven miles away. Executive Editor Gordon Clos- way and Reporter William White of the Winona Republican-Herald, Officer Walter Haeussinger of the Winona Police and N.W.A. Pilot Volkel were among the first to reach the crash scene. They searched for nearly two hours before locating the wreck- age deep in the ravine. Closway said the plane sheered off trees as it bounced across the top of the ridge and then dropped into the ravine. The body of Capt. Robert John- son, 30, St. Paul, the pilot, was still in the smashed nose of the plane, The crash was the worst in N. W.A's history. Thirty persons died when one. of the line's Orient planes smashed into the side of an Alaskan mountain last March 30. Less than two months ago. N. W. A. was given a National Safety Council award for having flown more than 1,000,000,000 miles with- out an accident. N.Z. Butter May Be Sent To Canada By JACK GRAHAM Canadian Press Correspondent Auckland, Aug. 30 -- (CP) --Al- though no official comment has been made on reports from Canada that the Canadian government may seek New Zealand butter to sup- plement its winter stocks, produc- ers here believe some supplies may be sent. New Zealand's new contract with Britain obliges her to send 97 per cent of her exportable butter sur- plus to Britain. But a clause en- ables this percentage to be review- ed at any time if necessary for the procurement of essential commodi- ties from other countries. New Zealand farmers have been urging diversion of sufficient meat and butter to dollar countries to permit purchase of additional urgently-néeded farm machinery, particularly tractors which are un- obtainable in Britain. The government does not favor has arranged with Britain for extra dollars from the sterling area pool for this purpose if necessary. Dairy produce interests are anx- ious to establish extra markets, without harming Britain if possible. |, They doubt whether butter will E. W. Head, who was returning reach the crash ' sccne said he | & Completes Year VICTOR R. BOWINS of Taunton, who has successfully completed his second year in theology at Emmanuel College, will shortly return to the Cape Croker charge of t United Church, near Wiarton, where he will resume his work among the North American Indians. regain its pre-war hold on the Bri- tish market. In these circumstan- 40 PER CENT WIPED OUT BY SEARING HEAT Scorched Earth In Need of Rain Toronto, Aug. 30 (CP) Loss to the 1948 tomato crop in Ontario from last week's record-breaking heat wave is estimated at almost $3,000,¢ 000, Agriculture Ministes Kennedy announced today. "Only 60 per cent of tha tomato crop wll be harvested here this year," Col. Kennedy, said. The crop was expected to yield growers about $7,000,000. Only rain can prevent further damage to fruit and vegetable crops. Spokesman for a large local wholesale product firm estimated that nearly 50 per cent of the exe pected fruit and vegetable produce tion would not reach the market, Parched trees and fields are thirste ing for much-needed rain. At noon today downtown Toronto received light rain but the weather= man said rainfall was isolated to small districts of Southern One tario. No general rain was in sight. Cooler temperatures today, howe ever, are expected to restrain dame age by the blistering heat. Col. Kennedy said the heat wave has sent production of late sum- mer fruit and vegetables below last ear. yA niless there is rain within the next few days, the toll will rise much higher," he said. "Besides to- matoes, the percentage of corn and other vegetables destroyed has been unusual. Fruit has been set back generally." Prices of fruit and vegetables have risen sharply in relation te their limited supply. Tomatoes jumped from 40 cents a basket to almost 90 cents within the last few days. George Wilson, Director of the Fruit and Vegetable Branch, One tario Department of Agriculture, said potatoes have suffered recente ly both from rain and heat. Rain has caused late blight and heat has burned tops. Loss of peaches was estimated at 10 per cent because of' fruit scalding. Grapes and pears, too, suffered from scalding. He said corn was "sugaring badly." Although rain is needed badly, the weather forecaster does not hold any hope in sight. Cooler wea« ther over Southern Ontario may pass quickly, and is expected to be followed by hot, damp air. Dairy farmers have been . hard hit, the Agriculture Department said." Pastures are browned to a crisp and several thousands of acres of pastureland were "burned up" during the heat wave. Loss wa$ heavy and cattle will have to be' fed with-.expensive grain. | Peach prices were expected to fluctuate rapidly. Prices dropped sharply last week-end when peaches N.Z. BUTTER (Continued on Page 2) SA------------ Ba 40 PEFR CENT | (Continued on Page 2) * LATE NEWS NEWS BRIEFS x FIVE YEARS FOR BOY'S ABDUCTOR Toronto, Aug. 30 (CP)--William Wood, 36-year« old laborer, was sentenced today to five years on a charge of abducting six-year-old Melvin Aquin. The boy disappeared from his home last Aug. 20 and returned two days later. He told his parents that he spent two days with a man at a west Toronto boarding house. He later led police to the house and identified Wood as his abductor. TWO HELD IN BOGGUS BILL CASE Toronto, Aug. 30 (CP)--Police toda said Mary, Boyce, 37, had been arrested along with 42-year-old Leo Gauchier of Toronto in connection with the passing of counterfeit United States $10 bills at the Canadian Na« tional Exhibition Saturday. The pair were remanded to- day to Sept. 7, with bail set at $10,000 for Gauchier and $5,000 for the woman. 35,570 AT PETERBORO FAIR Peterborough, Aug. 30 (CP)--Total paid admissions to the Peterborough Exhibition: closing Saturday night were 35,570. Attendance Saturday was slightly more than 12,000 and the figures for the three days. as report« ed from the treasury office were: Thursday 9,600; Fri« day 14,570; Saturday 12,000. Livestock was greatly, affected becoming sick with the heat and many owners were permitted to take their animals home as soon as they were judged. ESTONIANS SAIL FOR ARGENTINA Plymouth, England, Aug. 30 (AP)--Twenty-one Estonian refugees sailed into this harbor today on their way to Argentina in hopes of freedom. They expect to set out for Buenos Aires in their sturdy 36-foot sailing boat, the "limarine", which brought them from Sweden, aften buying supplies. 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