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MONDAY DECEMBER 13, 1948 THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE PAGE NINE wo Michigan Students Killed In Crash Near St. Thomas 14 Traffic Deaths Recorded In East By The Canadian Press A week-end jaunt by four University of Michigan stu- dents from Ann Arbor to Buffalo ended in death for two and injuries for the others when the automobile in which they were riding went out of control and crashed into a tree near St. Thomas. Killed were Barbara Silverthorn, 20, of Menominee, Mich, and Ed- ward Fedor, 20, of Homestead Park, Pa. Injured were Ruth Fawcett, 19, of Buffalo and Howard Crasher, 27, of Battle Creek, Mich. Another double fatality in a high- way crash was at Kingston with Er- nest Jarvis, 31, and Harry Simpson, 30, both of the Kingston area as the victims. The four deaths helped swell to 19 the toll of fatal accidents report- ed in Eastern Canada during the week-end. In all, there were 14 traf- Hc deaths. A Canadian Press survey showed that in addition to the highway fatalities, two persons were as- phyxiated, one was killed by a train and one in a fight. The body of an unidentified man was found Sun- day in the woods near Bout de L'Ile at the eastern end of Montreal Is- land. Cecile Henry Kelly, 26, of Ber- wick, N.S., died near Windsor, N. S,, after his truck collided with a other vehicle. Victims of Ontario traffic nicl dents, in addition to those in the two causing double fatalities, were Mrs. Anita Mallet, 23, in an Ottawa area collision; John Fisher, 66, struck down by an automobile near St. Catharines; Murdoch J. Cameron, 36, of Norland, in a crash near Fenelon Falls in which David Blair, also of Norland, suffered injuries; David Graham, Middlemiss, who died of auto accident injuries; Nor-, man Lechty, 52, St. Jacobs, struck by a motorcar. Herbert Gowland, 52, of Bramp- , died after a fight during which he is said to-have fallen on a floor. Dr. W. C. Bovaird, Brampton vet- erinarian, faces manslaughter char- ges as a result of the fight. Alex McLachlan, 74, was killed in Strathroy when struck by a freight train. Believed asphyxiated by fumes, Louis Brisson, 32, of Montreal, was found dead near an oil furnace in Fireman L. H. D'Amour, 27, was focated while fighting a fire in e Montreal suburb of Verdun. British Plan 0 Remain In Shanghai Shanghai, Dec. 13.--(AP)-- Bri- ish business, with the biggest for- pign stake in China, is determined 0 "see it through." The United States is evacuating on-essential personnel and depend- pnts. Britain plans to concentrate her nationals within Shanghai and protect them if it comes to that. Most American you talk to either ave sent or are sending their fam- les home. Britons, are, well, hocked at the idea. One English lady, a 20-year resi- ent of Shanghai, was stopped on he, street by a friend. "Are you bvacuating?" the friend asked. 'Good Lord, No!" she replied. British holdings in China are ooted in generations of trade. mericans began doing business here in the comparatively recent bast. _ The British-owned North China Daily News in one of its many edi- orials of late assailing the "spirit defeatism," commented: "The great trading machinery built up over so many years will not be saved by evacuation. "The solution--the only solution is over-all protection and main- nance of this machinrey. To de- hude existing organizations of ef- icient staffs required to handle bresent and future business would a serious disservice to our coun- y. The newspaper added: "The fact as to be faced that if no attempt made to protect British trade, if 1 the wealth thgt has been sunk in is country will be allowed to go default, the chances of even re- overing it will be of the slimmest." WEEK-END VISIT London, Dec. 13--(AR)-- Roman- cally-minded Britons wagged their ongues anew today over a week- nd visit Princess Margaret paid to Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire -- tately home of the Marquess of ndford. The Marquess, 22-year- d son of the Duke and Duchess of borough, is out front in one of he country's chief guessing games-- pho is likely to be Princess Margar- 's husband? SENATOR DEAD , Dec. 13--(CP)--Sena- John A. McDonald, 72, died at 8 creates 14 vacancies in the 96- t Jpper oO chamber. There are 65 S 17 Progressive Con- a RHODES SCHOLARS Toronto, Dec. 13--(CP)--Donald mpbell 'of Toronto and Eric Ho- Costa Rican Authorities Gain Control ii San Jose, Costa Rica, Dec. 13-- (AP)--Costa Rican authorities said today they have the country wel under control, despite an invasion they claim was launched from Ni- caragua with Communist support. Authorities said the invaders, es- timated at not more than 200 to 300, have been contained in a small area in the northwestern extremity of the country near the Nicaraguan border. Martial law has been decreed in this central American country, which lies 180 miles from the 'Pan- ama~Canal. Civilians were mobiliz- ed as the governing Junta quickly improvised a defence force to take the place of the Army which was ordered disbanded 11 days ago. A Junta spokesman said the in- vaders were led by former Costa Rican President Rafael A. Calder- on Guardia and were made up of Communists, Nicaraguan National Guardsmen and Costa Rican exiles. Costa Rica has protested to Ni- caragua that thei nvasion constitut- ed a "flagrant violation" of two in- ter-American accords--the 1928 pact of Havana and the Rio De Janeiro pact, ratified this month. A similar protest was placed be- fore the United Nations Security Council in Paris. In Washington, the - council of the Organization of American States voted Sunday nihgt to refer Costa Rica's plea for ail under the Rio pact to the foreign ministers of the 21 American republics. Under terms of the Rio pact the foreign ministers meeting would is- sue a cease fire order, officially identifying the aggressor and adopt --by two-thirds vote--such enforce- ment measures as breaking of diplo- matic relations, invoking economic sanctions or outright military as- sistance. UAW To Seek HigherWages The United Auto Workers (CIO- CCL) yesterday announced that so- cial security provisions will be plac- ed at the top of the bargaining list in the 1949 wage negotiations. This decision was taken at the quarterly session of the UAW dis- trict council. Seventy delegates from the UAW"s Ontario locals and from those in Montreal attended the week-end meeting here. The social security provisions the UAW will seek would provide for "hospital, medical and sick benefits, as well as life insurance. Under the union's plan the cost would be borne entirely by management. Canadian Director George Burt stressed that while social security for the union's 50,000 members is first on the list for 1949, this de- mand is not in lieu of wage in- creases. No wage increase figure to ac- company the social security demand was décided upon. But a consult- ing committee of eight, represent- ing the auto, farm implement, air- craft and parts plants under the UAW"s jurisdiction, was appointed. to review all wage offers which var- ious union locals may get during 1949 negotiations. Roy England, president of the Ford loeal in Windsor, was elected chairman, with the first meeting 'slated for mid-January. First 1949 negotiations will be in the farm implement field and are expected to open with Massey Har- ris in mid-February. The. district council also adopted a resolution supporting the Mar- shall Plan. Mr. Burt said the reso- lution places the Canadian section of the UAW on record as in full agreement with Canadian Congress of Labor policy and the position taken by the CIO and the interna- tional of the UAW. Ontario Labor Minister Daley was condemned for adopting the new labor law without consulting labor, which UAW leaders said the labor minister had promised to do. The new legislation was branded Can- ada's Taft-Hartley Law. The district council also reiterat- ed the union's support of the CCF Party in the Dominion and provin- cial field. Other resolutions asked the pro- vincial government to sponsor leg- islation which would make it pos- sible for a certified union to picket peacefully without any restrictions on the number of pickets. There was also a resolution that the Ca- nadian UAW assist in establishing a centre for financial help to trade unionists in Europe. JOIN A UNION Toronto, Dec. 13--(CP) -- Labor Minister Charles Daley of Ontario told bers of the Fur Workers h of were 1 urday as Ontario's 1949 Rhodes pholars. Bow are 30 alu] are stu - economics Ed ov of To- at Queen's Union (AFL.-TLC.) Saturday night he believed in the principle that every worker should belong to & union. "Individually you are weak," he said. "Collectively ' you are strong." _| annual elections take Warns CSAO Against Red Infiltration Ottawa, Dec. 13 -- (CP)--Civil servants were warned Sunday of ing and of the Civil Service Association of Ottawa The warning, from the pulpit of four Roman Catholic churches, came just two days before the as- sociation holds its annual meeting and elects a slate of officers. The place Tues- day night. At all masses Sunday, Rev. A. J. Gorman of St. Margaret Mary's Church, warned civil servants against installing a "radical group" in office. "Every Catholic civil serv- ant should exercise his right to vote . . . Naturally, he should not vote for arty person of whose faith he is not absolutely certain." There were indications of a "Red offensive" in the civil service, said Rev. Ernest Castonguay, parish priest at Sacred Heart Church. The fight against the Reds should not be 1 eft to leaders, he added. They could do little without "whole- hearted and active support" of the members. Rev. Maurice Egan, St. Mary's Church, spoke of the importance of the issue facing civil servants"in the C.S.AO. election and urged oners who were members of the C.AS.0. to "attend the meet- ing and vote," It was the "duty" of parishioners to take an active part in the voting, the congregation at St. Anthony's Church was told. Seeking re-election in the as- sociation is R. H. Taber. He has gone on record favoring a resolu- tion te exclude Communists from the association's executive. Oppos- ing him will be H. Lukin Robinson, currently first vice-president, who has gone on record opposing the anti-Communist resolution. Will Reconsider Toronto Prices Toronto, Dec: 13--(CP)--The way was cleared Sunday for reconsider- ation of the price farmers in the To- ronto area are paid for milk. Arbitration proceedings on the milk price were stopped last week when some delegates to the annual meeting of the Producers' Associa- tion suggested that farmers with- hold milk shipments to force a price rise. But the advisory board of the To- ronto. Milk - Producers' Association announced that it frowned upon any suggestion of stopping shipments. Judge J. B. Moon, chairman of ithe arbitration board, Sunday night ex- pressed satisfaction that the situa- tion had thus been clarified and said he was ready to proceed with the arbitration. Convict Seaman Of Wounding Welland, Dec. 13--(CP)--A Coun- ty Court jury Saturday convicted Charles Scott of Sombra, Ont., of wounding three persons last June 24 during a Welland Canal dock- side dispute. He will be sentenced next Thursday. A similar charge against Leonard Cummings of Sar- nia was dismissed. Scott, a member of the Canadian Seamen's Union (T.L.C.), was charg- ed with waylaying a truckload of men bound for the canal dispute scene and with assaulting Charles Gervais and Clodmir Beaudoin of Montreal and John Missen of St. Catharines. German Rabbi Leaves For Ganada Lewis Faced German rabbi Abraham Davidson for a new life in Canada. and his family leave Genoa, Italy, The rabbi and his wife spent six years in a German conceniration camp. They sailed aboard the S.S., Nea Hellas under International Relief Organization sponsorship. --~Central Press Canadian. Historic Year Sees Mr. King End Term By GEORGE KITCHEN Canadian Press Staff Writer Ottawa, Dec. 13--(CP)--Canada's political pulse quickened in. 1948 as the Dominion experiencéd one of the biggest years in the:jégisla- tive field since Confederatiom.: Preparation for the welcomé of a | new member--Newfoundl into the Confederation family 3 oné of the year's highlights. The crown colony voted for union with Can- ada last July and the formal entry may take place March 31, 1949, Also on tap for the Dominion in the New Year is a possible general election. While the Liberal ad- ministration's mandate holds good until July, 1950, many observers predict the government will go to the country, next October. Politically, the big event of the year was the retirement of Rt. Hon. William Lyon Mackenzie King as prime minister after a record of 21 years, five months and five days in office. Rt. Hon. Louis St. Laurent, who succeeded him as Liberal lead- er at the party convention here in August, followed him into the prime ministership. The Progressive Conservatives, too, held a national convention and found a new leader in George Drew, the former Ontario premier. He took the job surrendered by John Bracken because of his age--he was 65--and ill-health. Mr. Bracken had led the party since 1942. The C.C.F. party also met in na- tional conventino and confirmed the leadership of M. J. Coldwell. All three parties revamped and refurnished their platforms with an eye to a 1949 election campaign. Provincial Elections The provincial - elections were held in New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Saskatchewan and Alberta. In each case, the voters returned the government in power at disso- lution, though in Ontario 'and Saskatchewan the legislative ma- jorities were reduced. The federal by-elections were strung out right across the coun- try--in- the ridings of Yale and Vancouver centre, in British Co- lumbia; Rosthern in Saskatche- wan; Marquette, in Manitoba; On- tario, Algoma East and Carleton, in Ontario; Laval-Two Mountains, in Quebec; and Digby-Annapolis- Kings, ni Nova Scotia. Four new members entered the { federal cabinet and two veterin ministers resigned. L. B. Pearson, under-secretary of state, was appointed external af- fairs minister; Stuart Garson, former premier of Manitoba, be- came justice minister; R. H. Win- ters, member of parliament for Queen's-Lunenburg and parlia- mentary assistant to Transport Minister Chevrier, became recon- struction minister, and R. W. May- hew, member for Victoria and parliamentary assistant to Finance Minister Abbott, was appointed Fisheries minister. Rt. Hon. J. L. Ilsley, Canada's wartime finance minister and later justice minister, retired and re- turned to private law practice while Hon. James A. Glen, former resources minister, left office be- cause of ill-health. There was some reshuffling of portfolios among the remaining cabinet min- LIFE BANNED Lynn, Mass., Dec. 13--(AP)-- The current issue of Life Magazine Sun- day was banned from sale in this industrial city of 100,000 because of a picture showing two nude girls wading in a pool of water. Patrol- man Arthur P, Witham, the city's censor, said the picture was an "af- front to Lynn morals and decency." The offending picture was posed at a private lake in Norfolk, England, and was shown in September in the 39th annual exhibition of the Lon- don Salon of Photography. With Large Coal Stocks Washington, Dec. 13--(AP)--A soft coal stockpile big enough to last the United States 40-odd days has led to speculation over how John L. Lewis may be viewing this potential threat to his' bargaining position. Some operators are wondering whether Lewis will call some kind of mine shutdown to trim the above-ground reserves. Any big supply of coal such as the 70,000,000 tons already mined and ready for use is bad for the miners when they are negotiating a new contract. The operators can drive a better bargain. But the present wage agreement does not expire until next June 30, so the stockpile may shririk natur- ally long before then. When Lewis called the miners out last March in his pension dispute with the operators, there was an above-normal 30-day supply of about 49,000,000 tons on hand. That strike lasted from March 15 to April 19, Industry officials said the present stockpile is the result of two fac- tofs: A mild autumn, which led householders to hold off filling their bins and a 20,000,000-ton drop in coal exports, The industry is counting on two factors to restrain Lewis from any @bssible move to curb production and thereby reduce the extra- crdinarily large stockpile. One is that any interruption of work would mean a loss of the 20# cent-a-ten royalty which goes to the United Mine Workers' Welfare Fund. That is Lewis' in- terest at the moment. He'll get about $100,000,000 for it in the cur- rent contract year. The second factor is that a strike of any sort would certainly affect Congressional reaction to President Truman's pledge to seek repeal of the Taft-Hartley Labor Act. Britain Reaches Export Target London, Dec. 12 -- Britain has reached her 1948 export target. Re- cord-breaking figures for November enabled Mr. Harold Wilson, Presi- of the Board of Trade to make thi$® announcement on December 7th. The value of Britain's exports last month totalled $588.4 million--$5.6 millions more than in July, the pre- vious highest, and $28 millions high- er than in October. Since November contained 26 working days, the daily rate of ex- ports by value was 5 per cent. higher than in July which had 27 working days. "It is too early yet to say what these figures mean in terms of vol- ume" said Mr, Wilson, "but it is quite clear that the November rate must be quite close to the end--48 target of 150 per cent. of the 1938 volume if not actually beyond it." Imports in November were also high, the value being some $724 million. This is $26 millions more than in October and has been ex- ceeded in only two other months-- April and July of this year. Britain's adverse trade balance fell by only $0.8 millions to $115.2 millions but was lower than in any month since January, 1947. DISMISSED Trail, B.C, Dec. 13--(CP)--Chief Constable John Laurie was dis- missed from the Trail police force for "unsatisfactory service" by unanimous vote of the City Police Commission Saturday. The commis- sion gave the chjef two hours in which to tender his resignation. He refused and was fired. - S HL, 7 f Toronto, Dec. 13--(CP) -- Fire swept through the Toronto Buck- wheat Milling Co. plant Sunday night causing $3,000 damage. Fire Marshall Sam Hill said he is in- vestigating the possibility young boys may have broken into the building and set fire to its con- tents. + * Niagara Falls Dec. 13--(CP) ~The Welland @bunty village of Chippawa, five miles south of here, has collected 100 per cent of its 1948 taxes, clerk R. T. H. Callan announced at a special week-end meeting. The meeting approved the village's 1948-49 assessment roll of $1,- 346,002, an increase of $13,- 900 over last year. L 2 IR J Preston, Dec. 13--(CP) -- The Preston Water and Light Com- mission announced Saturday 1,800 workers in the community's 31 manufacturing. concerns will con- tinue to work full Sunday shifts, at least until January. "There is a remote possibility Sunday work might be eliminated after the holi- day season," the commission repor- ted. L BE BR Moosonee,. Dec ' 13--(CP)--A snowmobile has been purchas- 4d by the Ontario Northland rtation C i to trasmort children from Mouse Factory into school in this James Bay community. It will be available by mid-January. * +b Kincardine, Dec. 13--(CP) --The skirl of Pipe Major James Irvine's bagpipes welcomed 11 Scottish las- sies when they arrived in this Bruce community to work in local textile mills. * + $ Flordale, Dec. 13--(CP) Fearing a complete disappear- ance of the "village smithy," 15 blacksmiths in the area near this Waterloo County commu- nity have formed a Black- smith's Association, believed the only one of its kind in the country, * + * Niagara Falls, Dec. 13--(CP) -- The Niagara Parks Commission agreed during the week-end .to wait until January to decide whether to purchase Butler's barracks at Niagara-On-The Lake. The prop- erty was recently declared surplus by the Department of Mines and Resources of Ontario. Mimico Against Liquor Sale Toronto, Pec. 13--(CP)-- Subur- ban Mimico Saturday voted down proposals for a cocktail lounge and for sale of distilled liquors in the dining room of its only hotel. To permit hotel owner Thomas Holmes to apply for the licenses, it would have been necessary for 60 per cent of the 7,000 eligible voters to vote in favor of them. The vote was 2,287-1,874 in favor of the din- ing lounge license and 2,209-1,973 in favor of the cocktail lounge license. The balloting in favor of the liquor proposals was approximately 55 per cent of the eligible vote. The town of approximately 10,000 population jyst west of Toronto has one beverage room and a brewers' retail beer store. The vote, one of the first of its kind in Ontario, was held in con- nectiony with the annual municipal election but was not made an issue in the civic campaign. Mother, you know what com- forting relief you get when you rub on Vicks VapoRub! 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