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i ! ' THO YEA 0 ARO THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle OSHAWA "WHITBY VOL. 7--NO. 259 OSHAWA-WHITBY, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1948 . Price 4 Cents FOURTEEN PAGES PAIR FACE ASSAULT CHARGES Struck Over Head With Bottle On Lonely Sideroad Two men, one a resident of Oshawa, were arrested last night and are being held in connection with the attempted robberies of two Oshawa taxicab drivers. The men, Robert Lee, 323 James Street, Oshawa and Ralph Bassett, 207 Gilmore Avenue, Toronto, are being held in county jail in Whitby on charges of assault occasioning actual bodily harm. One of the drivers, Bill Kashul,&-- 23, of 345 St. Julien Street, is suf- | fering from head wounds inflicted when two men beat him on the | head with an empty bottle in an | attempted robbery at 10:30 pm. A | second driver, Murray Davidson, 22, | 24 Prince Street, was struck on the eye earlier in the evening when he refused to yield to threats of "This is a stick-up" from two men, be- | lieved to be the same ones Who | assaulted Kashul. | Struck With Bottle Kashul had picked up two men | at the Globe Cafe on King Street | West, and was proceeding to Courtice when the men asked him to turn on to a side road at Hart's Hill. When he attempted to radio his dispatcher: to tell him of the change in plans, he was struck on the head several times with an empty bottle. = Almost . stunned, he stag- gered from the car into bushes by the roadside, as his attackers were heard saying "Get him", After he had lost his pursuers in the underbrush, Kashul staggered | to the nearest nouse. Covered with mingled blood and mud, he was un- | able to obtain admittance. At the | next house, the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fenton, he phoned the police and Newion Richards, owner of the taxi firm for Which he was driving. Crawled 1,000 Feet | Mr. Fenton told The Times- Gazette that Kashul had crawled over 1,000 feet on his hands and knees from the point where his car had stopped in order to reach the Fenton home at 23 Grandview Road, the first road south of Hart's Hill. "There were gashes all over his head," said Mr. Fenton. "He must have been hit at least four or five times, judging by the cuts all over his head. There was blood all over him, on his face and hair, his Jacket and his shirt." Kashul related that he had open- ed the door of the car as he was being hit, and had fallen out almost directly into the bushes. He had screamed, he said, and started to crawl away through the underbush. Because of the force of the blows, he had not been able to walk. Mr. Fenton had called the police and Mr. Richards, and assisted in looking after Kashul's wounds. "He looked so bad I thought he was going to faint," said Fenton, Pair Said Identified After querying Kashul, the offil cers picked up two men who are said to have been hitch-hiking west on Highway Number 2. The men were reportedly identified by Seto Kin and Seto Fon, waiters at the Globe Cafe, as the two who had summoned a cab from the restau- rant shortly after 10 pm. The men are said to have claimed to be hitch-hiking from Montreal. Witnesses at both cab stands identified one of the men as Robert Lee, of 232 James Street, Oshawa. Kashul was attended by Dr. Charles Russell, who put four stitches in his scalp as a result of the blows suffered in the assault. According to Newton Richards, whose taxi Kashul was driving, the injured man was "shaking all over, shaking like a leaf," when he was brought back to the cab station. The arrests of Lee and Bassett were made by Detective-Sergeant Alexander, in charge of the Osh- awa Police detachment, CLEAR CONFUSION Toronto, Nov. 5--(CP) -- Second mortgage loans, granted to purchas- ers of new homes under the 1948 Ontario Housing Development Act, will not be granted for homes cost- ing more than $15,000, Flanning Minister Welsh announced Thurs- day. The announcement was made, he said, to clear up evisting confu- sion about the terms of the act. SHELTER KEFUGEES Kingston, Ont., Nov. 5--(CP) -- Agriculture Minister Gardimer said here Thursday night that in ad- mitting four French citizens accus- ed of war crimes in their own coun- try, Canada was acting much as Bri- tain has done in sheltering "politi- cal refugees," Reunion Speaker COL. J. H. PERRY, M.C., ED, Of Toronto, formerly manager of the Dominion Bank in Whitby, who will be speaker when the 11th Armored (Ontario) Regiment holds its reunion dinner here tomorrow night. CHEST FUND TOTAL NOW $100,011 Everyone connected with the Greater Oshawa Community Chest campaign, including residents of the city and district who contribut- ed so generously to it have reascn for pride in the announcement late yesterday afternoon that the amount received had surpassed the $100,000 which Chest executives hoped to attain before the closing of the books. During the day a total of $836.75 was received by Treasurer S. T. Hopkins which boosted the total to $100,011.52. } Amount prev, acknowledged ..$99,174.77 Dr. J. E. Rundle ' 25.00 McCallum . Transport - Ltd. ... 300.00 R. R. Ratcliffe Mrs, F. Heddon .......\ John Nesbitt .... Harold Werry.. Roy Hepburn .... Miss L. Hepburn Mrs. J. Glover .. E. G. Evans .. Mr. H. Hayes . Art Howden . .. SHMNNABL INL MLL 2828888 383888888 --- (Continued on Page 2) Chartered Banks Do Big Business Toronto, Nov. 5--(CP)--Canadian chartered banks handle $6,500,000,- 000 worth of customers' cheques a month, Robert Rae, president of the Canadian Bankers' Association, told the Association's annual meeting today. . Mr. Rae, vice-president and gen- eral manager of the Dominion Bank, sald more Canadians are using bank facilities than ever before. The Canadian banking system had proved sound and safe under every test in recent memory due to the confidence of the banks' 7,000,000 customers, In a general review of Canadian affairs, Mr. Rae said that apart from the United -States, Canada is more - prosperous than any ' other country in the world. AS TAXI DRIVERS BEATEN COMMUNISTS BEGIN FIGHT FOR CYPRUS Cyprus, Nov. 5--(AP)--Commun- ists appear to be starting a fight to the finish for Cyprus, keystone of Anglo-American strategy in the Eastern Mediterranean. Soviet Russia has never had so | much as a consulate on this vital | island. But Moscow-training Cypri- | ots are baffling the British colonial | office with their fifth-column tac- | tics. | A Labor party peer, Lord Winster, | is governor. He is known to have | filed strong warnings to London against the "Red rot" here. As yet. however, observers claim that no effective counter-measures have been authorized. They speak gloom- ily of "another Malaya." | Two big objectives are charged to Cyprus Communists: Sabotage of Anglo-American plans for developing the island into an important aid and naval base against possible Soviet encroach- ments in the Middle East. Political and economic chaos leading eventually to severance of the island from the Commonwealth and its adherence, under the guise of self-government, to an expand- ing Soviet bloc. Under the bewildered gaze of British colonial officersf,Commun- ists 'here have achieved hiore, pro- portionally, than in France or Italy Red mayors run the majority of Cyprus towns. The largest newspa- per on the island faithfully echoes Pravda. Communists dominate the pan- Cyprian Federation of Labor. Tt | controls 15,000 of the island's 18,000 | organized workers, including those | employed by the British civil ad- ministration and British military garrisons. In the backward, arid countryside Communists are enrolling small farmers and the landless in a un- ion of agriculturalists. C¢émmunists, in their operations, | keep Communism in the back- ground, but rally the discontented in leftist coalitions which they guide. There is no Communist par- ty in the open here. Their princi- | pal instrument is called the Progress Farty of the Working People. The island's population, now ap- proaching 500,000, is roughly 80 per cent Greek, 20 per cent Turkish, but includes 4,000 Armenians and 1,200 Britons, Airman Killed In Car Crash London, Ont., Nov. 5 -- (CP) -- One airman was killed and four others injured'early today when the auto in which they were riding went out of contrdl shortly after the party left Centralia R.C.AP, sta- tion north of London. ' LAC. Joseph Izidore Potvin; 26, formerly of Ottawa, died of multiple injuries shortly after his admission to Westminster Veterans' Hospital here, He was born at Belleville, ont, Most seriously injured is LAC. Thomas Joseph Higgins, 23, who suffered head and possible internal injuries. He is a native of Ireland. The other injured are reported in fair condition, They are: ACI. Richard Malcolm Doherty, 22, of Vancouver, B.C. head injuries; LAC. Kenneth R. Lane, 20, of Syd- ney, N.S. leg and body injuries; and Cpl. William P. Baker, 24, of Toronto, head injuries. Police said that the driver of the privately-owned car in which the men were riding to London was not known, Murder At The Waldorf Astoria New York, Nov. 5 -- (CP) "--The | body of C. C. MacKeller of Mont. | real was found today on the floor | of his Waldorf Astoria suite with pockets turned inside out and an empty wallet nearby. Police said they are investigat- ing the possibility of homicide and that the case appeared to be one of robbery, A 2 A few drops of an amber-coiored liquid was found in a glass on a nearby table. Police'said they were turning over the glass to a labora- tory to determine whether the liquid contained knockout drops. There is a possibility that Mac- Keller died cg a heart attack and had then been robbed, police said. Driver Slugged In " ¥ - i $e 8 Robbery Attempt. Bill 'Kashul of 345 St. Jullen Street, is shown holding 'his bloodstained sweater. Kashul, a cab driver, was slugged over the head with a bottle | by two men whom he picked up and who told him to drive down a lonely | | sideroad near 'Hart's Hill. Robert Lee of Oshawa and Ralph Bassett of Toronto are held by police in connection with the case. ~~ » Photo Use Of Evidence In Court --Times-Gazette Staff Precipitates Legal Tangle The question of whether evidence taken at a criminal or Highway | Traffic Ac hearing may be used | during subsequent. civil proceedings | became a major issue this morning | in police court during "the hearing of a charge of careless driving against Hugh Graham, of Minden. After court discussion which last- ed for three quarters of an hour, Magistrate Frank Ebbs adjourned hearing of the charge for two weeks. He wanted, he said, to have the situation clarified. First witness called was Roy Po- lito, of Lindsay. At that point W. P. Rogers, of Toronto, got to his feet. He represented Polito, he said; and he asked that the evidence given be protected by the court; that it not be used in any civil pro- ceedings that might subsequently follow. If, said Mr. Rogers, he were not given a blanket protection he would be forced to get to his feet each time the witness replied to a ques- tion and formally claim protection o fthe court under the terms of Sec- tion 6 of the Ontario Evidence Act. Semi-stunned looks came over the faces of the barristers. It was they admitted, the first time they had ever heard of such a thing. "Why," said A. W. S. Greer, K.C,, who was defending Graham, "should counsel come all the way down here from Toronto to make this a test court. It is making a farce of this court." When the background finally was filled in-its appeared that there was much more to the matter than first appeared. Behind the Highway Traffic Act hearing was a maze of claims and civil actions. It all boiled down to the fact that Mr. Rogers did not want the evidence taken to- day to ever be used in the civil ac- tions which would follow. To but- tress his claim he cited Section 6 from the Ontario Evidence Act. "This has never been done be- fore," said Mr. Greer. "Why, this throws a cloak of protection around USE OF EVIDENCE (Continued on Page 2) City 13.97 P.C. Over Power Quota Oshawa power consumption yesterday soared over the quo- ta set for this city when 223,- 600 kilowatt hours were used, 27,400 K.W.H. over the 196200 K.W.H. ration. This represents an excess of 13.97 per cent. The rural area served by the Oshawa Public Utilities Com- - mission also went over its quo- ' ta yesterday when 38,360 K.W.H. were used. This is an average of 9,160 K.\W.H. or an excess of 30.33 pas cent. ® *-- Final Standing U.S. House By The Canadian Press Last 1948 House Democrat 185 Republican 243 American Labor .... 2 5 435 U.S. Senate By The Canadian Press Democrats elected 24; hold- overs 30; total 54. Republicans elected 9; hold- overs 33; total 42. Other parties elected 0; hold- overs 0; total 0. Last Senate: Republicans 51, Democrats 45. : Egyptian Force Escapes Jewish Coastal Pocket 'Tel Aviv, Nov. 5 -- (AP) -- Egyp- tian troops escaped. during the night from the coastal pocket at Majdal where they had been trap- ped during last month's Israeli ad- vance in the Negev, an official Jewish spokesman said today. The spokesman said the Egyp- tians 'withdrew to the main Egyp- tian base in Palestine at Gaza under cover of heavy artillery fire against Jewish positions ' ringing Majdal. 'The Egyptians pulled out along the beach, getting "their feet wet," the spokesman said. He said they were not fired upon by Israeli for- ces although 'the 'waterfront is under the muzzles of Jewish guns. He announced also that Jewish troops followed up the Egyptian withdrawal by moving into the whole Majdal area this morning. The city is in the coastal area of Southern Palestine which was given to the Arabs under the partition plan. The Israeli advance put Jewish forces in an arc around and with- in four miles of Gaza itself. The wilhidiawal Involved 'upto 3,000 troops. Perhaps as many other Egyptian troops still "are trapped around Faluja, 13 miles inland from Majdal. Their supplies are reported virtually exhausted and they are described here as. faced with a choice of starvation, surrender. or trying to fight their way out. LIVING COSTS CLIMBING AT SLOWER RATE Ottawa, Nov. 5--(CP)--Another increase in the cost-of-living index is on the records today, but the rate of rise is decrgasing. Sept. 1 to 159.6 at Oct. 1. A year ago--at Oct. 1, 1947--the index stood at 142.2, The Bureau said the advance in the index sinee the: outbreak of war now totals 58.3 per cent. It is cal- culated on the basis that living costs in 1935-39 equalled 100. The September gain was ascribed to higher costs for foods, clothing, fuels and home furnishings. = The group indexes covering these items advanced while rents and miscel- laneous items held steady. The food index moved up to 205.4 | from 203.9. It was propelled mainly {| by higher prices for eggs, meats and citrus fruits. There were de- | clines in vegetables but not suffi- | | cient to keep the index down. | The fuel series went up--rising | from 128.5 to 128.8--on higher prices {for coal and coke. The clothing index rose from 179.9 to 181.0 and home-furnishings and | services from 1642 to 165.1, The | Bureau said many price averages for items in these two groups re- corded small advances, tapering off earlier increases in new autumn lines of merchandise. In the wholesale group of prices, | the 'Bureau reported that its index | of industrial material prices de- clined from 162.4 for the week end- ed Sept. 24 to 161.6 for the week ended Oct. 29. Canadian farm pro- ducts eased from 1442 to 143.2 in the same period. By-Elections Set For Dec. 20 Oftawa, Nov. 5---(AP)-- Acting Prime Minister St. Laurent an- nounced today Premier Garson of Manitoba has agreed to "associate himself" with the Liberal party in the Federal field--presumably to enter the government. Mr. St. Laurept also announced by-elections will be held Dec. 20 in the Federal ridings of Marquette in Manitoba--where Mr. Garson is ex- pected to run--and in Carleton in Ontario and Laval-Two-Mountains in Quebec. At the same time, Mr. St. Laurent announced that Hon. J. A. Glen, former Mines and Resources Minis- ter, has resigned the Marquette seat, presumably because of ill- health. Mr. St. Laurent did not say out- right that Mr. Garson would enter the Pederal cabinet--possibly as Justice Minister--although this was regarded as a virtual certainty. He put his announcement into these words: . "The Premier of Manitoba has responded to my request, as leader of the Liberal party, to associate himself with the party in the Fe- deral field. To facilitate Mr. Gar- son's entry into the Commons, Hon. J. A. Glen has generously offered to resign his seat as Member of Parliament for Marquette. Thunderstorm Hits Windsor Windsor, midsummer Nov. 5 -- (CP) -- A type thunderstorm ed in at least one automobile ac- cident. heavy rain, Electric wires were knocked down in Detroit and one home was damaged. The rain lasted less than 20 minutes. The weather bureau expected thundershowers most of the morn- ing with cloudy and cooler weather in the afternoon and tonight, THE WEATHER Clear and warm today. Cloudy with showers and scat- tered thundershowers and Saturday morning clearing Saturday afternoon. Cooler Sat- urday afiernoon. Winds light becoming south 20 this after- noon and west 15 Saturday morning. Low tonight and high Saturday 58, 62. Summary for Saturday: Clearing, cooler. tonight * which struck Windsor early today, | with torrential rain in sections of | the city, flooded streets and result- | The thunder and lightning was | accompanied by hail, as well as | mother, Mr. and Mrs. Gerald this morning. Inhalator Used Half Hour Before Parents Revived Two-year-old Garry Farrow is dead and his father and Farrow, are in hospital today after coal gas fumes filled tieir home at 365 Division Street ¢ Condition of Mr. and Mrs. Farrow Victim Of Fumes | | | | The Bureau of Statistics reported | Thursday that the index advanced | only seven-tenths of a point during | September, climbing from 158.9 at | We id GARRY FARROW | Two-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Farrow, 365 Division Street, who died at his home early today as the result of carbon monoxide pois- oning from escaping coal gas fumes. --Photo by Hornsby Studio 'Regrets P.U.C. 'Has By-Passed Committee In a statement handed to The Times-Gazette this morning, M. J. Fenwick, Secretary-Treasurer of the Oshawa and District. Labor | Council, described the decision of | the Oshawa Public Utilities -Com- | mission to pull 'switches on plants not meeting their péwer quota as "arbitrary and ill-advised." | as follows: "We regret the P.U.C. has decid- ed to by-pass the joint employer- | labor committee which met last | Sunday to discuss the latest cut in | electric power. It seems some, if not | all the commissioners, are bent on having 'their way no matter what the consequences. | "We note that the onus for the solution of the shortage is always put on the workingmen and women of this city. The commissioners have repeatedly referred to labor refusing to work Saturdays and { Sundays. This is incorrect. The [ unions of this city have not refused | to work Saturdays and Sundays to | help the power shortage. | "All we ask is that the employ- ers observe provisions in their agreements which call for pay- | ment of overtime premium for work | on these days. No one has yet ex- pressed regret that the employers have refused to go along with this idea, although our agreements pro- vide for such payment. "Not being responsible for the muddle in which Hydro finds itself, labor is not prepared to carry the burden of the shortage alone. We disagree with the P.U.C. statement that the joint employer-labor com- mittee formed to study all aspects of the power shortage did not achieve the required results. "The committee did a good job considering the difficulties it had to face. I think the P.U'C. is mak- ing a big mistake when it decides to ignore the committee and pull switches without calling a general meeting of representatives of all groups as was proposed in the first place. It's decision is arbitrary and ill-advised." The | | statement issued by Mr. Fenwick is | is "fairly good", Dr. A. K. Mighton, the attending physician said just at press time. Both are in oxygen tents. Timely arrival of a Red Cross Homemaker Service nurse, Mrs, Earle Tomlinson, 265 French Street, is believed to have saved the lives of the parents. When she entered the house to find it filled with fumes, Mrs. Tomlinson opened all the doors and windows and then called to neighbors to summon medical aid. Mrs. Farrow has been ill and Mrs, Tomlinson has been looking after the house. Usually the nurse arrives at 8 o'clock in the morning but this morning she came at 7.45. Last night as Mrs. Tomlinson went off duty, Mr. Farrow had jok- ingly said to her, "I'd better give you a key to the house. You know how I like to sleep in." He handed her the key and it was by using it that she was able to enter the house this morning. Opened Windows and Doors On entering the bungalow she immediately smelled the fumes and opened all the windows and doors. The litle boy was in his room at the rear of the house while Mr. and Mrs. Farrow were lying in the front | bedroom. Reelizing the seriousness | of the situation she called to Mrs. | william Essex of 361 Division Street, next door, to summon a doc- tor. | Mrs. Essex phoned the Oshawa Clinic and Dr. A. K. Mighton was on the scene in a few minutes. meanwhile, Mrs. Tomlinson had called the Fire Department and a | truck and crew in charge of Chief | W. R. Elliott was sent to the house with inhalators. The three victims were given inhalator treatment for half an hour before the parents | were sent to the hospital and the boy pronounced. dead. Both surviv- ors are in serious condition, especi- ally Mrs. Farrow who has been ill with influenza. While Dr. Mighton and the Fire | Department crew worked on the victims, neighbors led by Mrs. Es- sex and Mrs, Willard Spencer, of 362 Division Street, lent all possible | assistance, supplying blankets and | hot water bottles. | Dog Recovers The Farrow's dog, Ching, & Pekinese, was also found overcome by the fumes, Mrs. Essex took him | to her home where he recovered shortly after. Chief Elliott believes . that Mr. Farrow late last, night threw some coal on the fire and inadvertently covered all the live coals. He be= lieves the gas accumulated in the furnace without being burned off | until the fire até through the cov= ering of coal. When he arrived the furnace was burning brightly, he | said. With Coroner Dr. R. W, | Graham, Chief Elliott is conducting | a thorough investigation. Dr. Gras | ha @ said an inquest would probably be neld. Garry Farrow is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Farrow of 129 Yonge Street, Oshawa. An aunt, Mrs. A. Steele of North Oshawa, also survives. NET PAID CIRCULATION The Times-Gazette Average Per Issue October 1948 9,135 | / | dollars for pleasure travel tinue for another year, * LATE NEWS BRIEFS DOLLAR RATIONING CONTINUES J Ottawa, Nov. 5 (CP)--Rationing of United States across the border will con- Finance = Minister Abbott | announced today. The ceiling is $150 a person. , PLAN NEW London, Nov. 5 APPROACH (AP)--Foreign Minister - Juan Atilio Bramuglia of Argentina said today he probably motor manslaughter in the Peacock on a of control on an icy street. oronto street. i juries after being struck by Best's car which went out will make a new attempt soon. "from a different angle to conciliate the east-west dispute over Berlin. Bra- muglia, November president of the United Nations Security Council, spoke with reporters on his arrival from Paris for a five-day official visit. . BEST ACQUITTED Toronto, Nov. 5 (CP)--Robert A. Best, 33-year-old Toronto lawyer, today was acquitted on a charge of death last February of Irene Miss Peacock died of in- FAVOR AFFILIATION" Port Colborne, Nov. 5 (CP)--Members of Port Col- borne Refinery Workers' Union Local 637, (1.U.M.M. and S.W.) in two meeting called by the officers of the local Thursday night, voted unanimously to affiliate with the United Steelworkers of America.