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19 Armored 4 Workshop First "Christmas Dinner " THE DAILY TIMES. GAZETTE E OSHAWA Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle VOL. 7--NO. 296 OSHAWA-WHITBY, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1948 hubs he THREE Market Day At Uxbridge Big Success Uxbridge, Dec. 18-- 18--This Ontario county town got into the spirit of Christmas Thursday in a big way with the arrival of Santa Claus, the Kinsmen's annual Christmas par- ade and the Winter Market day. For the small fry, who lined the streets by the hundreds, the arri- val of Santa, pulled by four white horses, was the big moment. For the older folks, the market where hundreds of geese, ducks, chickens and turkeys from the rich farm- lands surrounding Uxbridge, were sold was the big event. They were sold to buyers, largely from Toron- to, and the price they were bring- ing was the main topic of conversa- tion in the town's restaurants where the farmers gathered after market. The parade is sponsored by the Uxbridge Kinsmen Club who proudly boast it is the "biggest Santa Claus parade north of To- ronto." Fred Hammell, president of the club, says everyone in Ux- bridge is behind them in staging the parade. And it was quite a parade, showing plenty of ingenuity. Santa's reindeer we®2 real ones, shot recently by Uxbridge hunters. "Everyone here goes hunting so we select two of the finest bucks and use them in the parade," one of the club officials explained. There were clowns and "Old Mother Goose" and the "Cat in the Well" from fairyland. The prize-winning float showed the Wise Men coming to the stable in Bethlehem. It even had an or- gan to accompany the carolers. The float entered by Goodwood Lodge of the Orange Benevolent Society, came over in a rainstorm. "It sort of messed up our float," one of the ladies said, "but we fixed it up and hope it looks all right now." The parade is held every year on the day of the Uxbridge Winter Market, to build up interest in the town. "This town was dead for about 20 years and now we're try- ing to waken it up and get some community spirit," one of the Kins- men said. "To show you what I mean, there - is the Uxbridge Citizens' Band," he said. "Fifteen years ago it was one of the finest small town bands in the country. Then, like everything else around here, it just sort of died out. Now we're building it up again and hope we can do the same with a lot of things around here." Border Clash Minor Item Berlin, Dec. 18--(AP)--A British- Russian frontier incident appeared settled today, while the squabble over Radio Berlin went on. Six British soldiers, held by the Russians since a border clash Wed- nesday, were returned Friday night. A seventh, Pte. Charles Knill, who was shot in the chest in a discussion after one Briton was detained for crossing the zonal border on a rabbit hunt, is in a British-zone hospital at Duderstadt. Officials announced his condition is improving. Gen. Sir Brian Robertson, British military governor, described the in- cident as regrettable, but of no great importance. In Frankfurt, Gen. Lucius D. Clay, United States commander, com- mended the French for blowing up the towers of Soviet-controlled Ra- dio Berlin. The towers stood near Tegel field in the French sector and their destruction kept the Commun- ist mouthpiece off the air for 12 hours, "I am grateful to the French for their action in removing a real source of danger to our pilots on the air lift," Clay told reporters. Asked if he cared what the threatened Soviet retaliation might be, Clay replied "no." The Russians were still annoyed about the incident, however. The Soviet military administra- tion denied through its official news agency that the French had asked it to remove the towers of Radio Bezlin before they were demolished Thursday. The French blew up the structure after describing them as a menace to air-lift planes landing at Tegel airport. They said they had told the Russians last month that the towers would have to be removed, but they had ignored the notice. East-west differences: threatened to make it a slim Yuletide for Ger- mans in the Russian area. A new Soviet-American disagree- ment has blocked delivery of more than 50,000 Christmas gift parcels to Germans in the Soviet zone and American officials said they will not send any more railway cars to Soviet-occupied Germany, because «~ the Russians don't return them. HIT WOMAN Baltimore, Dec. 18--(AP) -- automobile which police said was driven by Mrs. Whittaker Cham- bers, wife of the confessed pre-war Communist courier, hit and killed a 70-year-old Baltimore woman Fri- day. Mrs. Chambers, accompanied by her husband was brought to court and charged with assaulting, knocking down and thereby cause ing the death of the pedeStrian. AFRICAN DISCOVERY The Cape of Good Hope was dis- covered in 1488 by Bartholomew Dionne. Quintuplets Work To Complete Navy League Essays Keen contestants in the Navy League's national essay contest are the ata als Di quintup m in their classroom at Callander, Ont., receiving a lesson in geography, Like many others, they are striving bard to meet the December 31st deadline for the contest. The conte the Navy League in co-operation with the Royal subject of which is "Our Navy and Senior Section in each province will be awarded a gold medal and a visit® to the Canadian fleet, including a sea trip aboard a Canadian warship. Provincial winners in the Junior Section are to receive a gold medal and hand. ed by r Navy, the Seaborne Trade in our Daily Life." The contest is open to all residents of Canada between 10 and 18 years of +3, age. It is divided into two Junior 8 10 to 13 years inclu- sive, Senior Section 14 to 18 years, inclusive. The first prize winner in the wrist watch and the writer of the essay judged to be the best from all Canada, in this section, will accompany the senior winners on their visit to the fleet. Cecile Dionne, right, smiles happily as she looks forward to the Christmas holidays with her essay completed. Essays, when completed, should be mailed in care of the Navy League of Canada in your town or city. --Copyrighted by King Features Syndicate What to Do To-Night THIS IS A COMMUNITY CHEST ' ASSISTED SERVICE LEATHERCRAFT--Adults, Mon- day to Friday, 2-4 pm. Adults, Tuesday to Friday, 7-8 p.m. Chil- dren, Monday to Friday, 4-5.30 p.m. Children, Saturday morning, 9.30- 11.30 am, BOYS' GYM---Monday, Wednes- day and Friday, 4-5.30; Saturday morning, 9.30-11.30. GIRLS' GYM AND FOLK DANC- ING--Tuesday and Thursday, 4-5.15 p.m. LADIES' GYM---Thursday even- ing, 7-9 p.m. MEN'S BODY BUILDING---Mon- day, Wednesday and Friday, 7-9 p.m. WOODSHOP -- Adults, Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 7-9 pm. Boys, Monday, Wednesday and Fri- day, 4-5.30. Boys, Saturday, 9.30-11. RADIO SERVICE--Boys, Mon- day, 8-9 pm. WEAVING--Monday to. Friday, 2-4 pm. and 7-9 p.m. CHILDREN'S. ART -- Saturday morning, 9.30-11.30. RADIO SR. DRAMA GROUP-- Tuesday and Thursday, 7-9 p.m. FLY-TYING--Tuesday, 7.30 p.m. CHECKER CLUB -- Wednesday, 7.30 pm. Scrap Charge 'Confirmed' Washington, = Dec. 18--(CP) -- While the Economic Co-operation Administration has backed down on charges that Britain, the Neth- erlands and Belgium have been re- selling metal bought with E.C.A. dollars, the Commerce Depart- ment says a recheck "confirms the valjdity" of the charge. Hcward Bruce, E.C.A. acting ad- ministrator, said that the organiz- ation has "absolutely no prof" that Britain, the Netherlands and Bel- gium re-sold to the United States some of the aluminum and lead scarp they bought with E.C.A. dol- lars However; the Commerce Depart- ment reported Friday night that a recheck of census figures on Bri- tish, Belgian and Dutch shipments of lead and aluminum to the Uni- teq States "'confirms the validity of our figures." The charge is the first of its kind since E.C.A. was formed last April. MODERN HERMIT Trenton, N. J., Dec. 18 -- (AP)-- An An 84.year-old 'recluse, dying near death from hunger and ~cold, was pulled from his junk-filled shack Friday with $3,668.63 in coins scat- tered among the rubbish. The man was identified as William Howard Higgins, who moved out of his wife's neat brick home seven years ago to live a hermit's eristence in the frame-and-tin shack near a cemetery wall. OLDEST SPORT The oldest sport in America is lacrosse, played by the Indians as Bell Telephone Asks Public To Co-operate 'o- "co. During Holiday Rush Most people like to be at home for Christmas, eating turkey at = the family board and watching the chil- dren playing about the Christmas tree. Most of those who can't get home in person reach for the tele- phone and attend the family cele- bration by means of a long-distance call. At least. that is the opinion of Bell telephone long distance op- erators, who experience their busi- est time during the Christmas holi- day season. Because of the heavy traffic in Christmas calls, it is estimated that only about 25 per-cent. of Bell long distance operators will-be home for dinner on December 25th. A. A. Gillespie, Bell telephone manager here, says the Company expects to handle 3,400 Jong dis- tance calls originating in Oshawa on the day before Christmas, and 3,000 on Christmas Day. New Year's Eve, another popular time for calling the folks at. home, is ex- pected to produce 'appoximately the same number. In addition to the toll calls the operators expect to handle some 83,000 local calls. on December 24 and 52,000 on 'December 25. New Year's J expected to reach the same level. To meet the annual rush of holiday season calls, officials of the Bell traffic department start plan- ning months in advance in order to marshal the strongest possible op- erating force for the critical rush hours. So many calls come in during these periods that operators cannot answer them all promptly, and some delays are unavoidable. Then, too, the long distance circuits are so busy on most routes that it is difficult to get a connection, and sometimes the operator has to in- form the caller that there will be a delay on the call. However, every operating posi- tion will be manned during the rush period, Mr. Gillespie said, and calls will be put through just as quickly as possible. "Please remember, though, that thousands of others are competing for the long distance circuits during the holiday period and operators are working at top speed to get calls through." he added. "It is a good thing to bear this in mind, and to put through important calls, where possible, a few days be- fore Christmas." Remanded On Theft Charge Brantford, Dec. 18. -- (CP) -- Lloyd Scroggie, 40, and Mrs. Kath- leen Waterland, 33, both of Brant- ford Friday were remanded 'in cust- tody to Dec. 24 on charges of break- ing, entering and' theft. Bail was set at $2,000 for Scroggie and $1,000 for Mrs. Wateérland. Scroggie was arrested by Detec- tive Carl Sudden . and Constable Earl Butler Thursday night. With him he had several Christmas par- cels allegedly the property of Earl Spiece, Upon further investigation it was found that the Spiece home had been entered. ; Mrs. Waterland was short time later. An electric So coat valued at $250 was also miss- ing from the Spiece homé police said. Burley Tobacco Price Slumps Louisville, Ky. Dec. 18--(AP)-- The lowest price average of the season was paid for burley tobacco on Kentucky markets Friday. The State Department of Agri- culture an average of $45.93 a hundred pounds, 45 cents less than the previous low set Wednesday. Shles totalled 11,522,157 pounds for -$5,201,804.78. Meanwhile, the United States De- partment of ZAgriculture in Wash- ing ton said=the average yield an acre of tobacco in the United States this yedr established a record, although reduced acreages resulted in a decling of total production. The d ent's crop summary sald the average yield per acre this year was 1234 pounds compared with a previous record of 1,182 pounds in 1946. on this year was oy at + 1.808,000000 pounds compared with the record of 2,322,- 000,000 pounds in 1946. The yield last year was 2,110,000,000 pounds. LONG LINE OF PRELATES There have been 100 Archbishops of Canterbury. Augustine, consecrat- far back as the 17th century. ed in 507 A.D., was the first. Kiddies Enjoy Kin Party Members of the Oshawa Kinsmen Club and their wives last night en- tertained their own children at the annual Kinsmen Kiddies' Christ- mas Party held at Rotary Hall About 75 boys and girls gathered to enjoy the evening of games and fun and await the arrival of old Santa Claus himself, Interesting contests for all kid- dies were held under the direction of Kinsmen Ray Hobbs, Roy John- ston and Harold Davidson and the kiddies howled with delight when Mortimer Snerd himself arrived on the scene to take part in a balloon contest. Lovely prizes were awarded to the winners while all kiddles received hats and horns. Cartoon movies entertained the youngsters for fifteen minutes with the story of Jack and the Bean- stalk and others followed by a tre- mendous lunch for all concerned. The young gathering then sat back with an air of expectancy awaiting the arrival of Santa Claus who galloped in from the North Pole right on schedule. Every child was the recipient of a parcel from Santa as well as a large bag of goodies. The evening drew to a close as Santa departed and all the young- sters wended their way homeward happy and full with a comforting word from St. Nick about Christ mas and the good things he would bring them. The party was hailed as the best yet and was under the guidance of Kinsmen Roy John- ston and Harold Davidson. NEW LEADER London, Ont., Dec. 18 -- (CP) -- Dr. A. W. A. Brown, associate pro- fessor of zoology and applied bio- logy, University of Westérn On- tario, Friday was named by the Board of Governors to succeed Dr. John D. Detwiler as head of the department. The change is to take i effect July 1, 1949," when Dr. Det- wiler is due to retire. SELF WINDER A clock that, winds itself every time the temperature charges one degree has been invented. Santa Visits St. Andrew's All the trimmings of Christmas, _|including gifts and that jolly fat "Iman with the white beard-and the red coat, were present last night at St. Andrew's Church Sunday School, as the pupils of the school staged their annual concert before.an ap- preciative . audience - of parents, friends and members of the church. Each class of the school presented one or two numbers on the varied program, and in addition there were solos and duets by individual students. One of the highlights of the evening's entertainment was a prize-winning performance by sey- eral of the children who had gath- ered together to form a "band." After a slow start, they finished their program with a group of Christmas carols--ably assisted by the backstage efforts of ten mem- bers of the Oshawa Civic and Regi- mental Band, who later came from behind the scenes to lead the audi- ence in a group of familiar carols. The finale of the concert was a presentation of "The Night Before Christmas," at "the conclusion of which Santa Claus himself appear- ed, as if by magic, and distributed gifts to all the happy Sunday School students, In his remarks at the end of the evening, Rev. George Telford thank- ed all the parents who had shown an interest in their children's activi- ties by attending the concert. This interest, he said, gave great encour- agement to the teachers and offi- cers of the Sunday School, who were glad to work on the children's behalf, when backed up by such support. Berga Survivors Not Giving Up New York, Dec. 18.--(AP)--Sur- vivors of the German slave labor camp of Berga-Am-Elster prepared today to ask the government for a new trial of two Nazi camp com- menders whose death sentences were cummuted. A meeting Friday night of 25 members of the newly-formed or- ganization of Berga survivors, made up of United States. Army veterans who were imprisoned there, decided to make the plea in petitions to President Truman. They demand a trial on what they termed new, untried charges against Irwin Metz and Ludwig Merz, whose sentences were commuted to life and five years imprisonment re- spectively. Dr. Jacob Castor, whose son died in the camp, said members were gathering survivors" statements and old diaries showing that camp pris- oners were "beaten" starved and worked to death." WOMAN BEATEN Streetsville, Ont., Dec. 18 --(CP) --Beaten over the head with a hammer, a woman was found lying on the floor of her home here Fri- day. Dr. S. H. Smith made the dis- covery, sald a criminal assault had been attempted on the housewife. He said he had been called to the scene, evidently by the assailant after the attack. The man fled in a car as he arrived ..- MADE FROM PETROLEUM .. Benzine is a distilled colorless li- quid made from crude petroleum. SKI SUITS at... Pearls "Oshawa's Leading _ Sportswear Shoppe" 33 Simcoe St. N. Phone 3518 Present Pageant At Knox Church Members of the Sunday School of Knox Presbyterian Church pre- sented the sacred pageant, "The Coming of the Great Light," to a large and appreciative audience of pupils, parents and friends in the auditorium of the church last night. A. H. Dancey, superintendent of the Sunday School, presided. The presentation was under the direction of D. Pearse, while David Jenkins, organist and choirmaster of the church, was.in charge of the junior choir which provided the musical background. Following the pageant, the gath- ering adjourned to the Sunday School hall where Santa Claus paid a visit to the children and distribut- ed gifts to the pupils and teachers. On Sunday morning the parents are invited to attend the session of the Sunday School and enjoy the program of Christmas slides. The pupils and teachers will later join with the congregation in the annual White Gift Service in the audi- torium of the church. Horses Burned In Sault Fire Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., Dec. 18-- (CP)--Damage estimated at 'more than $2,000, including the loss of five milk delivery horses, was caus- ed early this morning when a fire of unknown origin razed a barn in the downtown section. Ten tons.of hay were destroyed and considerable damage was caus- gd to an tutomabile parked in the arn. A city police cruiser car spotted emoke in rear of the main street stores and called the fire depart- ment. Success Officers Serve Other Ranks Of Newest Unit Here Good fellowship and an enthusiastic pride in oe marked the first Christmas banquet of the 19 Armored Work= shop, R.C.EM.E. (R) 'in the unit Armories last night. The 19 Workshop is Oshawa's newest military unit, having been organized only this year. In the newly decorated O.R. cane Plan To Quiz Communists Washington, Dec. 18 -- (AP)-- Congressional investigators plan to question a couple of admitted for- mer Communist couriers for expert advice on how to plug loopholes through which government secrets have been sneaked out. Acting chairman Karl Mundt (Rep. S.D.) said the Un-American Activities Committee intends to go into the matter with Whittaker Chambers and Miss Elizabeth T. Bentley. They were two of the group's prize witnesses in the spy hunt which eventually turned up evi- dence that secret papers had been lifted from the United States State Department a decade ago. "We have proof the spy rings existed and stole vital secrets and documents of the government" Mundt told reporters. "Now we in- tend to find out how they were able to get started." Other committee members have expressed belief that the Commu- nist spy rings still operate in the United States. Both Chambers and Miss Bentley have appeared before the New York Federal grand jury which this week handed down a perjury indictment against Alger Hiss, former State Department official named by Chambers as one of his sources for secret documents. Mundt said the committee will not try to get either of the two former Communists as witnesses again without consulting Attorney; General Tom Clark. For a change, Clark and the com- mittee seemed to agree on one point--that legislation to tighten anti-esplonage laws should have quick attention when the new Con- gress meets next month. Clark told reporters after a cab- inet meeting Friday: "He'll have some recommendations right at the beginning of the session in Janu- ary--amendments to the present statutes on espionage." One recommendation would be that wire-tapping be allowed in spy cases. Apparently he meant that in- formation obtained by such means should be admitted as evidence in those cases. Opposition to this procedure is based on the argument that wire tapping is an invasion of private rights. Clark's office indicated that the proposal will be given "careful study" to safeguard constitutional guarantees. Clark also said the Justice De- partment probably will seek a change in the statute of limitations, which now bars prosecution for spying after a certain time has ex- pired. In addition he indicated that a section of the espionage law that requires the prosecution to prove intent and motive ought to be done over. : Cyprus, the third larfest island in the Mediterranean, was once the site of 'Greek and Phoenician col- gies and is now governed by Bri- in. teen of the Armouries, the 40-odd men of the unit sat down to sumptuous turkey. dinner with the trimmings and met for the firs$ time their guest, Lt.-Col. H. L. K§ Mason, M.B.E,,'Commanding EM.E, Central Command, of Oakville As is traditional at service Christe mas dinners, the officers served the men, Major FW. McEwan, Officer Commanding the unit, leading the way. Another feature of the evee ning was two pipers from the Gene eral Motors War Veterans Pipe Band who played for the men. Other guests of the unit were Lt.= Col. E. F. Bastedo, O.C. of the 11th Armored Regiment (Ontario Regiment); RSM. J. R. Barker, representing the 11th Armored's Sergeants' Mess and Pte. B. J, Greeley, representing the 11th Arme ored's O.R. canteen. Lt.-Col. Mason was introduced to the men by Major McEwan who also introduced Lt.-Col. Bastedo and R.S.M. Barker. Corporal Peter Chryk, acted as master of ceremonies. In bringing greetings from the 11th Armored's Sergeants Mess, R. Sy. Barker paid tribute to the new unit, "I want to give you great credit for organizing a good young unit," he declared. "I think you should publicize it more, though. I am pare ticularly glad to see you organized because never before has there been any military unit in Oshawa other than the 11th Armored and compee - tition is good for everyone." A social evening followed the dine ner. Pentecostal Churches Hold Supper Meet Members of the Pentecostal Chur ches of Oshawa, Whitby, and Cole lege Hill gathered at Oshawa's Mae sonic Temple last night for a spee cial Christmas Fellowship Supper, under the chairmanship of Rev. R. A. Bombay. At the conclusion of the homee cooked turkey dinner, a short entere tainment was staged' by children and adults of the group. The complete program was as follows: Marlene Stinson, Bible Reading; June Pickering, Recitae tion; Wayne Miller, Guitar; Begine ners' Class, "Little Baby Jesus"; Cole lege Hill Girls, "Silent Night"; Cole lege Hill Boys, "Star in My Heart"y Bobby Yeomans, Cornet Solo; Bro, MacDonald Boys Class, Scripture} Doreen and Elsie, Accordion duet; Ellen Knowlton, Recitation; Tiny Tots Song, "Ring! Ring! Little Bell"3 Sis. Reed's Class, Scripture; Men's Trio, Song; Teddy Marshall, Recita< tion; Ruth Bombay, Song; Boh Smerage, Piano Solo; Sis. Sutton Class, Song; Divine Kemlo and Rena Brash, Piano Duet; Larry Shank, Recitation. A Birmingham, England, firm of Washing machine manufacturers is cutting down on absenteeism by doing the employees' weekly washe ing at a moderate cost. Notice To Oshawa Shoppers! CHRISTMAS SHOPPING HOURS Oshawa Retail Stores Will Remain Open Evenings... Next Week MON. - TUES. - WED. - THURS. UNTIL J) PM. FRIDAY UNTIL 6 P.M. CLOSED ALL DAY MONDAY, DECEMBER 27th (BOXING DAY) L) Re-Opening Tues. Morning, December 28th This Year Do Your Shopping in Oshawa Where a Grand Selection of Gifts Await Your Choosing! OSHAWA BUSINESS MEN'S ASSOC.