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THE BSHAWA Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle WHITBY OL. 7--NO. 284 OSHAWA-WHITBY, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1948 Price 4 Cents TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES HINK FUGEED | \S OVERLOADED VESSEL EXPLO British Proposal For Conciliation Passes Committee Paris, Dec. 4 (AP)--The much-amended British pro- bosal for conciliation of the Palestine problem was approved harrowly today in the United Nations Political Committee. The margin was far too narrow to assure its adoption by the eneral Assembly. The b58-member Political Com-#@ nittee approved the British resolu- on as a whole by a vote of 25 to 1, with nine abstentions and three members marked absent. A two-thirds majority of those present and voting is ne- cessary for approval in the gen- | eral Assambly. Thus, if the non-voters remain the same, a switch of the six Soviet-bloc votes in the assembly would give the American - supported British resolution a two-thirds majority of 31 to 15, : Obviously, this places Russia "in strong bargaining position. Rus- ja and her five satellites voted against the resolution in committee apparently because they opposed ge way in which a three-nation boncilation commission for Pales~ ne would be chosen. The committee decided to place selection of the commission in the nds of the big five powers--Bri- ain, the United States, Russia, n and China. Russia wants ge commission named by the Se- urity Council where the big power eto prevails. | The British resolution would set p the three-power commission fo adjust oul ag. differences be- tween Jews and in the Holy La nd. The committee knocked from the Britisn proposal earlier a section binding the commission to use the 1947 partition plan and the Berna- dotte report as references in fix- g the boundaries of Israel and b Palestine. The committee also voted down recommendation of Count Folke iBernedotte, the slain mediator, that BRITISH PROPOSAL (Continued on Page 2) Ease Pressure On New Line Nanking, Dec. 4--(AP)--Chinese Communist pressure eased abrupt- ly today on Nanking's new defence line 100 miles north of the capital. Communist Gen. Chen Yi's East China armies were reported to have turned north to meet the threat of 250,000 government troops marching down from the abandoned bastion of Suchow. Government military quarters predicted the ensuing battle south of Suchow would settle the fate of Eastern CHina. Unless sizeable segments of the Suchow troops fight free of the massive Commun- ist trap, the government will be hard pressed to hold the new line. Where the Suchow force is now is not exactly known. It last was reported about 60 miles north of this line and running into stiff resistance. But it at least had given the thin ranks of troops holding the de- fence line a breathing spall, and time to consolidate it. Chen's veterans have been ham- mering at 10-mile salient. on the north bank of the Hwai River. The new line lies on the south bank of the river. Only Communist holding forces now appear opposite the govern- ment lines. They are there to keep the Nationalists from trying to lunge north and close the gap be- tween them and the Suchow forces. The government, while it is bring- ing up more troops from its central China base of Hankow, does not seem to have the manpower to drive north from the Hwai to the relief of the trapped forces. Decupation cia 0 Finds German People 'Turning To The impressive fact in the life of | he German people today, in the topinior of lan Wilson, a former Emember of the Canadian Army and Frecently returned from Europe, is the almost complete acceptance of the democratic way of life. "Politically the German people are almost 100 per cent democratic and are putting forth every effort 'to bring about a strong, democratic F government," Mr. Wilson stated in tan interview with The Times- = Gazette, § CIRCULATION & A native of Oshawa, Mr. Wilson 'attended Centre Street Public School band Oshawa Collegiate and Voca- tional Institute. He enlisted in the Canadian Active Army and trained t Yarmouth, Valcartier, Hamilton rade School and Barriefield. He went overseas with the Royal Cana« dian Electrical and Mechanical En- gineers just before Christmas of 1943. In July, 1944, he landed at Normandy and in the following 'months was in France, Belgium, Holland and Germany. On the final day of the war, he suffered a leg injury and was evacuated to England, In November, 1945, Mr. Wilson took his discharge from the army in England and ' joined UNRRA as Sports Officer for UNRRA personnel. He continued in this work for almost a year, then joined the American Army Special Service. In this service, Mr. Wilson had charge of Mannerheim Hoff," a hotel which housed U.S.0. troupe OWS. Mr. Wilson said that he met NET PAID The Times-Gazette - Average Per Issue November 1948 9,138 Democracy many Germans at this time who had escaped from the Berlin area to get into the American zone of occupation, In this area, since the change to the new Deutsch Mark, the standard of living has steadily improved. The workman is able to supply his family with the essen- tials in food and clothing but lux- uries are still expensive. Fruit is increasing on the market but meat is still scarce. Families, who were better off than the ordinary work- ing man's family before the war, are now working along with the average man, Americans travellifg on German trains can pay for their fare in United States Army dollars. The American Military Finance office reimburses the train company in German money. ' Mr. Wilson was also In Vienna, Austria, and even there, he said, Jere seemed to be few Commun- sts. Unusual is the fact that there are many movies shown in theatres in the occupation zone before they are shown in United States and Can- adian cities, When returning, Mr. Wilson saw movies advertised in New York which he had seen in Germany before leaving. In Charge of Construction Prior to returning to Canada Mr. Wilson was engineer in charge of six construction crews, made up of German personnel with an Ameri- can foreman. They worked on buil- ding bowling alleys for use of Ams erican troops in camps. He men- tioned that there was a possibility of his returning to Germany some- time after February and continu- ing with this type of work. A' pres- ent supplies are not available for this work. The return trip was made from Bremerhaven aboard the General William O. Derby which docked at New York on November 21. Several days were spent getting a proper visa to enter Canada. A former member of the Oshawa Yacht Club and the Oshawa Ski Club, Mr. Wilson stated that he hopad to again z2ssume active mem- bership in the organization. Contenders For Mayoralty In Oshawa ERNIE CAY RAE HALLIDAY MICHAEL STARR Who are the three candidates seeking election as mayor of the city in the civic elections on Monday. All have had previous City Council experience, Aldermen Halliday and Starr being members of the 1948 council while Mr. Cay is a former member of council. It is the obligation of all residents of Oshawa to turn out and cast their ballots as only in that way will the candidate acceptable to the majority be elected. The polls will be open from 10 a.m, to 7 p.m, Earthquake Rocks Island Penal Colony Mazatlan, Mexico, Dec. 4--(AP)-- An earthquake rocked Mexico's Maria Madre Island penal colony with destructive force late Friday. One man was reported killed and many injured. Medical aid sped today to the island, the largest of the Islas Marias group. The group lies in the Pacific about 75 miles from the |gq mainland and 130 miles south of Mazatlan. + A boat carrying doctors, nurses and medical supplies left this Pacific port at midnight. A squadron of seven Army planes was ordered to fly there after dawn. There was little possibility any of the 700 or so convicts escaped, but air crews were instructed to be on the lookout for boats leaving the island. 'The prisoners are lifers or long termers. : Radio reports said the colony's electric power plant, a shoe shop, a furniture factory, a theatre and other buildings were demolished by a three-second shock at 6:3¢ pm. The shock tumbled down many of the island's plaster and thatched- roofed homes. . Jose' Antonio Baca, chief radio operator, was reported killed when the radio station caved in. The radio transmission failed after a few details were given in emergency messages. Lack of lights prevented planes from landing on the island Friday night. About 2,000 persons in all live on Maria Madre. One-third are con- victs. The others are prison offi- cials, troops and their families. Livestock Show Closes Tonight Chicago, Dec. 4--(AP)--The In- ternational Livestock Exposition-- show window of the industry--ends its eight-day stand tonight with a host of records in the books won by both Americans and Canadians. Pound for pound, the top cattle and sheep shown in the huge in- ternational amphitheatre have brought the highest prices in the big show's 49-year history, and the quality of the. animals has been better than ever, Officials estimated the attend- ance at the close of the show to- night would reach 472,000--about 72,000 more than last year's record. Also in the exposition books are the following sales records: A world record price per pound for an Aberdeen Angus steer-- $10.75. The largest number of Shorthorn cattle ever shown. An all-time high price for a grand champion steer--$10.75 a pound. 7] Bulgaria Asked To Accept Plan Paris, Dec. 4--(AP)-- President H, V. Evatt of the United Nations General Assembly has asked Bul- garia and Albania to accept the U.N. Balkan mediation plan, it was learned today. A high Greek official said the plan, intended to settle Greece's border difficulties with her Com- munist neighbors, is acceptable to Greece and Yugoslavia. He saidthe plan contains a sche- dule of agreements hy which future frontier incidents would be solved quickly. A four-vower concilliation commission might be created. Police Still Search For Pressing Missing Scarborough Resident Toronto, Dec. 4 ~~ (CP) -- To- ronto police used a helicopter for the first time today to investigate the suspected murder of Robert Taylor Thompson, 38, cash register serviceman missing since Wednes- ay. Chief John Chisholm said the helicopter would fly low along the waterfront between Toronto and Dshawa in search of Thompson's Y. Police today continued to scour sideroads around Oshawa in a wide-spread search for the body of Robert Taylor Thompson of Scar- borough, 35-year-old driver for the National Cash Register Company, who has been missing since Wed- nesday afternoon and who, police fear, has been murdered. The panel truck which Thompson had been driving was found aban- doned in Alexandra Park here on Thursday morning by a Parks Board employee, - Donald Carno- chan, 287 Drew Street. The fact that the gear shift lever in the truck was bent was taken by police as an in- dication that there had been a struggle in the vehicle. There were no blood stains or. other marks, however, Meanwhile the search extends be- tween here and Toronto, not only for the body, but also for a man in a brown suit who was last seen with the missing man in an east- end Toronto hotel on Wednesday afternoon. Local police are of the opinion' that the killer might wel be a local man. All of the three entrances to Alexandra Park were closed and barred with the exception of the one on the south. It by no means is the most obvious of the entrances and police are faced with the prob- ability that the man who drove the truck into the park knew that the south gate was open and, therefore, had knowledge of Oshawa, On the floor of the cab was found the personal wallet of the missing man. It was empty of money: but the personal papers re mained intact. © Thompson was thought to have about $112 at the time he disappeared. In the rear of the panel truck were f ound pa- pers and receipts in connection 'with his business. The papers were thrown out of this case and strewn around. It looked as though the person or persons disposed of the body be- fore driving to the park. There they went through the wallets carelessly tossing aside anything of no value to them. Reconstructing Thompson's movements as well as possible To- ronto police were able to put to- gether this much: Thompson made deliveries Thurs- day for the cash register firm he worked for and then apparently left to pick up his wife in Toronto's east-end. Stopped at Hotel He stopped at a hotel for a pint of beer. The waiter, who knew Thompson, said he was accom- panied by a man in a brown suit. When Thompson did not arrive to pick up his wife, she waited for five hours, then notified police. After he found the truck on Thursday morning Carnochan im- mediately. notified police. They ex- amined the vehicle and as well as the two wallets found inside they also discovered beneath the truck Thompson's birth certificate and five tickets for a turkey draw, Shortly after the truck was taken to Toronto for examination. Chief of Police from Scarborough, where Thompson lived, came to Oshawa yesterday afternoon to con- sult with local officers, Oshawa Municipal Election Candidates For the convenience of civic voters, The Times-Gazette is re- producing the list of candidates for municipal office in alphabetical order as they will appear on the ballots. Polls will open at 10 am. and close at 7 pm. FOR MAYOR Ernest Cay Fae Halliday Michael Starr FOR CITY COUNCIL Percy Norris Barrett Mrs. Evelyn May Bateman Harry Francis Benson Finley M. Dafoe William Duncan Elmo Dunn Orville Calvin Eagle Michael John Fenwick Cep Brock Gay ~ Allan William Griffiths Clifford Harman Thomas Hart Russell D. Humphreys Samuel Jackson, Jr, William James Lock James Murray Lownie Francis Noble McCallum Basil McFarlane Andrew Hayward Murdoch Frederick John Perry Herbert Edmund Robinson Alexander Samuel Ross William Rutherford Harold Robert Stark FOR BOARD OF EDUCATION Dr. Grant L. Bird Mrs. Gertrude Colpus Edgar Percy Eveleigh Walter James Fowlie Albert Granik Dr. Reginald Eric McMullen William John Naylor C'~rence ,A. Sadler Leighton Maurice Souch Charles Henry. Thornington Ralph A. Wallace FOR PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION William Bodd- Roy John Fleming Robert George Mills 3,000 CHINA REFUGEES DES Conference To Get Report About Europe With delegates from all parts of Canada and the United States at- tending, the three-day Ukrainian Evangelical Alliance Conference opened with a service at the Ukrain- ian Presbyterian Church, Simcoe Street South, last night. The Alli- ance is composed of Ukrainian Un- ited, Presbyterian and independent churches of the Protestant faith. Last night's service was in charge of Rev. Luke Standret of Toronto, a former pastor here, and the ser- mon was preached by Rev. John Jacenty of Oshawa, who is conclud- ing his year as president of the Alliance, Chief interest at the meetings will centre on a report by Rev. Basil Kusiw of Newark, N.J., who has just coneluded two years' work in DP. camps in Europe. He will also report on general conditions in 'Europe. Business sessions occupied the de- legates all day today and on Sun- day a special service will be held in the Ukrainian Presbyterian Church, In the evenifig & concert will be presented. The conference concludes on Monday. LS ' Among the early arrivals for the conference were Rev. D. Halenda, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Rev. Theodore Ha- lenda, Hartford, Conn.; Rey. Leon Puchak, Hamilton; Dr. M. Eustace, Winnipeg; Rev. J. J. Roberts, Win- nipeg; Rev. Michael Ferenko, To- ronto and Rev, M. Zaborowets, To- ronto. Citizen Strains Cop's Courtesy A policeman's lof is not a happy one particularly when he has to maintain a studied cour- tesy throughout the most appal- ling stupidity. For example: A woman telephoned the po- lice station the other day. "There is a dog on my lawn and he is a nuisance. What can you do about it," she asked. The officer who received the eall said: "Well, Madam, if you will get the number on the dog tag we can trace the owner and possibly do something." Said she: "Get the number! What in the name of heaven do you mean? That's the job of the police." Crash Reports Start Search Chicago, Dec. 4--(AP)--Airplanes and boats searched Lake Michigan | over a 50-mile area Friday night after reports of plane crashes in the lake, No wreckage was found and no planes in the Chicago area were re- ported missing. The reports of planes crashing, some of them aflame, came from persons at suburban Waukegan and at three separate points along the lake in Chicago. W. M. Percy, United States wea- ther forecaster, said the reports may have been by observers who con- fused the flow of numerous meteors with the lights of airplanes. Offi- cials at the Yerkes Observatory at Williams Bay, Wis., said a meteor was sighted in the southwest sky Friday night. A Coast Guard boat from Ken- osha, Wis, searched the area near Waukegan and boats from the Chi- cago station hunted along the lake shore'in Chicago but found no in dications of a plane crash, Anti-Subversive Squad Active Montreal, Dec. 4--(CP) -- Mem- bers of 'the provincial and city police anti-subversive squad seized tickets for a lottery sponsored by the Association of United Ukraine Canadians last night when they raided two Ukrainian social halls and 10 private homes. Police said they had evidence that proceeds of the lottéry were to be used for "propaganda purposes in Montreal." No arrests were made. outside Shanghai. Yangtze River. -- Worst Marine Tragedy Since Titanic Sinking Claimed 1,517 Lives Shanghai, Dec. 4 (AP)--More than 3,000 Chinese flee« ing war-torn central China were believed today to have perished when an overloaded ship exploded and sank just An estimated 4,000 refugees were aboard the small vessel, the China Merchant Steamship Company's 2,099-ton Kiangya, when it blew up amidship late last night and sank within a few minutes near the mouth of the Rescue craft bringing survivors Winding Up Campaigns By The Canadian Press Candidates for munmicipal office in 23 Ontario cities today polished their last-minute oratory -- final touches to campaign drives that will put. many into power after Monday's elections. Hot fights for the job of mayor, notably at Windsor, Fort William, Sudbury and Stratford, featured campaigns in 15 centres, a Canad- ian Press survey showed. But in eight other municipalities the usual battle for the chief magi- strates seat will be absent this year. Acclamations filled the chairs, with one mayor, W. H, C. Brien at Sault Ste. Marie, going back into office for his fourth term. + Other cities where the b 1 Jected mayor was r y tion were: Kitchener, Galt, Guelph, Brantford, Peterborough, Wod- stock and Belleville, Fort William voters are confront- ed with a situation believed unique in Canadian "municipal history -- they will decide whether Mayor Charles W. Cox of adjacent Port | Arthur also will fill the chief ma- gistrate's chair at Fort William. Mayor Cox, Liberal member for Fort William in the Ontario Legis- lature, campaigned on a platform of drawing the rival lakehead cit- 'les closer together and eliminating what he terms duplication of ser- vices. Two other candidates in Fort William, both former aldermen, ate Hubert Badanai, garageman, and Hubert M. Limbrick, tourist camp operator. Mr. Badanai's campaign speeches have sharply criticized Mayor Cox's 15-year record as chief magistrate of Port Arthur, A hectic campaign has raged at Windsor, where Mayor Arthur Reaume, 42, seeks his fifth two- year term. Both he and one of his opponents, Thomas Brophey, 41- CANDIDATES {Continued on Page 2) ad to Shanghai during the day were re- ported to have picked up less than 700. Some sources reported no more than 400 survived. (If the death toll is confirm- ed, it will be the worst marine disaster in modern history. ~he loss would be about twice the 1,517 who perished when the Titanic went down in 1912. It was the first major disaster in the frenzied exodus from Shang- haji and Nanking. Both cities are menaced by Chinese Communist ar- mies now engaged in critical bat- tles less than 200 miles northwest of Nanking. The steamship had sailed from Shanghai en route to Ningpo, about 200 miles south of here. It was jammed with Shanghai and Nank- ing residents attempting to reach the relative safety of Chekiang Province, A company spokesman said the Kiangya's capacity was 1,- 186 passengers. However, 'thou sands of refugees had swarmed aboard on each of the ship's trips Jn recent weeks despite efforts to hold a safety limit. The spokesman said the vessel had carried at least 4,000 passene gers on each of its previous trips, and that there were at least that many aboard this time. Survivors, some of whom were injured, reported that the ship went down shortly after a tremen= dous explosion. One survivor said it might have been sabotage, be- cause he noticed two junks passing the stern of the ship a few inuteg earlier. , He said they might have loosed a mine.. Shipping men were inclined fo blame overstrained boilers for the blast. The ship's wireless was unaccoun- tably out of commission, and its plight was not learned until a passe ing coastal vessel sighted the smo- king ship. Ee ------------------ THE WEATHER Hazy and continuing very mild today and Sunday with lit- tie cloudiness. Extensive fog area again tonight. Winds light. Low tonight and high Sunday 28, 52. Summary for Sunday: hazy and very mild, New York, Dec. 4--(AP)--The ex- plosion which sank a Chinese ship near the mouth of the Yangtze River early today may be the worst marine disaster in modern history. At least 3,000 are/ffeared drowned. Other major recorded ship dis- asters: Oct. 16, 1926--Troopship blown up in Yangtze River; 1,200 killed. Aug. 29, 1916--Chinese steamship Hisin Yu sank off China coast; 1,000 lost. May 29, 1914--Canadian Pacific steamship Empress of Ireland sank after colliding with Danish vessel Major Ship Tragedies in St. Lawrence River; 1,024 lost. Sept. 28, 1912--Japanese steamse ship Kicker Maru sank off coasb of Japan; 1,000 lost. April 14, 1912--Titanic sank in North Atlantic after collision with iceberg; 1,517 lost. June 15, 1904--Excursion steams ship Gen. Slocum burned in East River, New York City; 1,021 killed, Oct. 29, 1867 -- Several ships wrecked at St. Thomas, West In- dies, by hurricane, about 1,000 lost. April 29, 1865--Steamship Sultana wrecked on Mississippi River near Memphis, Tenn., by boiler explo« sion; approximately 1,450 killed. medicine, whare striking government. * LATE NEWS BRIEFS * GENERAL UNDER ARREST ' .S. anghai, Dec. 4 (AP)--The Chinese press reported tonight the government arrest of Gen. Wei Li-Huang, Nationalist commander-in-chief in Manchuria, the vast northern territory which fell to the Chinese Communists. HELD FOR QUESTIONING Montreal, Dec. 4 (CP)--Police said today they were holding a man for questionin the 68-wound slaying of Thomas Street chef. Police did not identify the man. POLICE CHIEF KILLED Cairo, Dec. 4 (AP)--Police Chief Selim Zaki Pasha was injured fatally today by an exploding I in a student riot at Fuad University, po The blast occurred in the vicinity of the school of in donnection with acvinsky, St. James hand grenade ce announced, students shouted slogans against Premier Mahmoud Fahmy Nokrashy Pasha's