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TH OSHAWA rr Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle E DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE WHITBY VOL. 7--NO. 300 OSHAWA-WHITBY, THURSDAY, DECEMBER -23, 1948 Price 4 Cents SIXTEEN PAGES U.5. APPROVES DI See Keen Election Contest In East Whitby Two Are re Seeking Deputy Reeveship Survey Reveals Present indications are that there will be a contest for every office on the East Whitby Township Council except that of Reeve. The nomination meeting for the election will be held in the Township Hall in Columbus at eight p.m. on Monday, December 27. 2 os Retirement of T. D. Thomas, M.¢ L.A. as Reeve leaves that top posi- tion open. Deputy-Reeve William Noble said today that he definite- ly was an aspirant for the position. A survey made this morning failed to indicate any other candidates for the position. However, as Dep- -uty-Reeve Noble said: "You can never tell up until the moment the nominations are closed." Two For Deputy-Reeve At least two men will contest the Deptuy-Reeveship. They are Councillor Elmer Powell, who has served three years on the Council and ' Edgar Glover, who was a councilldr last 'year and four years previously. Mr, Glover, who lives at 702 Simcoe Street North, said today. "I have an idea that I will run for Deputy-Reeve. I have spent five years on the council and feel that I am sufficiently well quali- fied to take good care of the rate- payers' interests." Mr. Glover was a Councillor. from 1043 to 1947. He was 4 memn- ber of Council in 1939. With William Noble contesting the top spot and Elmer Powell as- to the Deput; two members of council left, Neil Fraser, K.C. and Norman Down, Mr. Fraser said today that he intends to run again as a can- didate, pending, of course, nomi- nation. Mr. Down could not be reached this morning and will not be avail- able until late this afternoon or tonight. Word .was received from his home that it was unlikely that he would run but no confirmation could be made. Ratepayers Back Candidates East Whitby Ratepayers' Asso-|P ciation will be well represented. Prank Crawford, Joseph Childer- hose and Wesley Power are run- ning for council representatives of that organization. They all have been endorsed by the organization they represent and their candida- tures have been officially announ- ced. Mentioned as a possible candi- date was Lyman Gifford. However, he said this morning that he has no intention of running. Wilbur Down was another potential candi- date, rumour said. He could not be reached to confirm or deny this assertion. Suspend K.L.M. Indian Service New Delhi, Dec. 3 23--(AP)--The Indian government ordered K.L.M., the Royal Dutch Airlines, to sus- pend service to India effective to- morrow, A government spokesman 'said the Netherlands ambassador to India informed K.L.M. it will not be is- sued fuel or clearance certifichtes in India. India took similar action at the time of the last Dutch "police ac- tion" against the Republic of In- donesia. Salvage Vessel With Freighter Halifax, Dec. 23--(CP)--The sal- vage tug Grenadier reported today she had reached the disabled 2,322- ton Netherlands freighter Prins Alexander 200 miles off Sydney, N.S, and will start towing her to this port later today. The Grena- dier estimated she would complete the tow Christmas Day. Shipping circles earlier today expressed fears that the freighter might be in serieus difficulties. NET PAID CIRCULATION The Times-Gazette Average Per Issue November 1948 9,138 13 Officers Called Red Washington, Dec. 23. -- (AP) -- The House of Representatives Un- American Activities committee tied a Ted rag today to 13 union officers in the CIO. But it said the C.I.O. has taken steps to purge itself. . . Four of the men na ..d by the committee as "Communist officers" are union presidents. They are Harry Brydges of the Longshore- men's Union, Ben Gold of the Fur and Leather Workers, Abram Bax- ter of the United Public Workers of America, and Donald Henderson, of the Food, Tobacco and Agricultural Workers. In a report, in question and ans- wer form, on "100 things you should know about Communism and la- bor," the committee also: 1. Warned the working man that if he went on strike under a Com- it. the govern- ment "would send soldiers around with guns, to kill you." 2. Listed 20 C.IL.O. unions in which it said Communist leadership was "strongly entrenched" in 1944. It said the Reds : re "still in the saddle" in a number of them, such as the "United Electrical Workers and Longshoremen's Unions. 3. Named 33 organizations as Communist or Communist-front groups which the committee said are trying to influence labor. Among them was the American Labor arty. 4, Said unions would 'be "wiped out" if the Communists ever ruled the United Seates. 5. Placed responsibility for clean- ing out Red-infested unions pri- marily on rank and file members. 6. Quoted tke Reds themselves as saying that in case of war be- tween the United States and Rus- sia, they woul¢ "stop the manufac- ture and transport" of munitions and war materials through mass demonstrations, strikes and picket- ing. 7. Declared that the aim of Communism is to seize control of your job security, working condi- tions, pay and union membership, if any," and to "end forever your chance of living as a free citizen." The committee listed the C.I.O. Transpo: Workers as the one un- jon that "belatedly tried to clean out Communists" under the direc- tion of union president Michael Quill, Two Destroyers To Turkish Navy London, Dec. ec. 23--(AP) -- Two pattle-tested United States des- troyers, the Buchanan and McCal- la, are being transferred to the Turkish Navy, United States Navy headquarters here said today. The destroyers are being reacti- va at the naval shipyard af Charleston, S.C., under an enact- ment approved last April authoriz- ing additional funds for the Greek-Turkish aid program. Both vessels were built in 1942 and have extensive Second World War battle records. United States crews will sail them to Turkey early in 1049. Skeleton Turkish crews -- six officers and 31 men on each ship -- are assisting in the reactivation and will go along 8s passengers. Stanley Fights Deportation London, Dec. 23--(Reuters)--Ais- ney Stanley, key witness in the-tri- bunal which has been inquiring in- to -alleged corruption in British public life, has asked Home Secre- tary James Cuter Ede, to cancel a deportation order made against him in 1933. No decision is expected until after Christmas. The application, made Wednes~ day night by Stanley's counsel, is unders=od to he on the grounds that Stanley had never been com- victed of any criminal offence. New Platforms at C.N.R. Station Add to Passengers Comfort Yotod tly on the const 44, Work was Pp T Rm TA-------- of a new platform at | be seen on the left while 532 feet of platform, 11 feet wide, has been the Canadian National Railway station, the present length being more | added to the platform between the station and the first set of tracks. than four times the previous length. Work is also progressing on a new | The addition to the express shed is also shown at the end of the building addition to the express shed. In the above picture, part of the 1040 feet of four-foot wide platform between the first and second set of tracks can in the middle foreground. --Times-Gazette Staff Photo. Old City Hall I Stair Rapidly Disintegrating The dilapitated old City Hall housing the Police and Fire Departments and 'the police court is <disintergrating more rapidly than ever. This morning one of the treads leading from the "police station to the court room col- lapsed and everyone including Magistrate F. S. Ebbs, Crown Attorney Alex Hall, K.C., other counsel, police officers and police had to pick their way carefully down the stairs to avoid » nasty fall. Earlier this year the Board of Works reported that the floor of the fire hall was dangerous. There was a danger that some of the heavy fire trucks would break through the floor, but although the floor was shored up, it was a purely temporary measure. May Boost Hydro Quota Three P.C. Toronto, Dec. 23 -- (CP)--Daily hydro quotas in Southern Ontario may be increased an additional three per cent as a result of the United States State Department approval of a plan for diversion of water from the Welland Canal, Chairman Robert H. Saunders, of the Ontario Hydro-Electric Power Commission, said today. Today's announcement from the State Départment is "a wonderful Christmas present for ourselves and the hydro users in the Southern Ontario area," he said. The plan is expected to provide 1,250,000 Kkilo- watt hours daily or the equivalent of the output of a 52,000-kilowatt generating plant working on a 24- hour schedule. Mr. Saunders said he hoped the diversion would allow Ontario to pass the winter without further cut-offs but this was a matter to be decided by municipal authorities in the light of available power. Consumers, however, still could not relax hydro-saving measures or the staggered work week designed to shift consumption from peak per- iods. The commission would meet this afternoon to consider the possible quota increase, 27 Die In Crash Madrid, Dec. 23 -- (AP) --Au- thoritative sources said a Madrid- Barcelona plane crashed in the mountains near Tarragona today killing all 27 persons aboard. Span- ish airline . officials declined to make a statement. The sources said the Spanish- Iberia airlines plane left Barajas airport this morning with 24 pag- sengers and a crew of three. They said it crashed three hours after the take-off. Tarragona is a Mediterranean coastal city south of Barcelona, Citizens Respond The appeal made by The Times-Gazette in yesterday's issue of the newspaper for funds with which to buy a spe- cially designed and equipped wheel chair for a badly crippled Oshawa citizen, met with an immediate and. overwhelming response, and although the appeal was made only yesterday, by noon today more than enough money had been subscribed to buy the chair, and leave a balance over to provide a Merry Christmas for the crippled man's wife and three The amount asked/for in the appeal, to buy the chair, was $135, and at noon today, when the fund closed, the total amounted to $195.50. children. Renew Battle On Negev Desert Front Tel Aviv, Dek. 23--(AP)--Fight- ing broke. out today between Jew- ish and Egyptian forces along the Negev front. : Both air and ground forces were reported involved, shattering hopes for armistice talks soon between the two states. ; The Negev is the southern desert area of Palestine, It was assigned to Jews under the United Nations partiction 'plan of 1947. An Israeli October offensive drove back Egyp- tian troops astride roads into the area and a brigade of Egyptians was bottled up at Faluja. (Israeli notified the United Nations Dec. 10 she was ready to negotiate a step by step release of the Faluja garrison, and to discuss demarca- tion lines throughout the area.) The power of this appeal through the columns of The Times-Gazette became apparent within a few min- utes after the first copies of the paper were delivered yesterday aft- ernoon, as by 4 o'clock donations began to reach the Welfare Office and the office of The Times-Gaz- ette.. When it became evident that the objective was to be realized, J. C. McGill, welfare administrator, notified the cripple and his family that their Christmas dream was coming true, and that a parape- legic wheel chair was coming to him as a Christmas gift from the citizens of Oshawa, and brought | great, joy to that household. The | little girl whose plea to Santa | Claus for a wheel chair for her crippled daddy was particularly happy that her request was being granted, and to the wife of this man, .it was a wonderful thrill to know that the optdoor world was once again to b ed up to her afflicted husband. : As the chair has to be designed WHEEL CHAIR (Continued on Page 2) Oshawa's New Street Signs New cast aluminum-magnesium alloy street signs are now being installed by the City Engineer's Department as they are received from the manu- facturer. The functional design and legibility of the signs, as shown above, are receiving much favorable comment. The letters and the raised horders are natural polished metal while the area surrounding the letters is black. First phase of the new street sign project is to install them on all streets intersecting Simcoe and King Stre:ts, Then signs will be erected on other streets. "seal -Times-Gazette Staff Photo. 'Jap Cabinet Dissolved Tokyo, Dec. 23--(Reuters)--Jap= anese Prime Minister Shigeru Yos- hida today dissolved the Japanese Parliament and called for a general election. His action=followed the passage of a formal no-confidence vote submitted" ander an arrangement between the government and the opposition to enable new elections to be held next yeaw Yoshida had demanded a disso- lution since his election as Prime Minister by a minority vote last October after the Ashida adminis- tration had resigned because of a big bribery scandal. . Political observers thought the Democratic Liberals, now in op- position, might obtain enough at the elections to enable th to. form Japan's most stable government since the war. Charge Follows Showroom Fire Belleville, Dec. 23 -- Charged with negligence in the fire which, Monday afternoon, swept through the Trudeau Motor Sales garage and showroom causing damage of $200,000, Thomas Reyn- olds, 26, of Cannifton, was arrested today by Inspector J. C. Hayes. Reynolds is being held in custody and will appear for remand before Magistrate T. Y. Wills on Friday. He was employed as a mechanic at Trudeau's. THE WEATHER » CALE Variable cloudiness today and Friday. Not much change in temperature, Winds west 15 to- day, light tonight and Friday. Low tonight and high Friday 20, 30. Summary for Friday: Variable cloudiness, little tem- perdature change, ERSION PLAN Water From Canal Will Help Ontario Power Situation Washington, Dec. 23 (CP)--The United States State Department today announced it has approved an Ontarida plan for diversion of water from the Welland Canal to help meet the province's power shortage. 4 The diversion will be used to step (CP) -- | Times-Gazette Not Publishing Saturday Or Monday On account gf the Christmas Day holiday on Saturday and the Boxing Day . holiday pro- claimed by His Worship Mayor F. N. McCallum, for Monday, December 27, there will be no issue of The Times-Gazette on either of these days, so as to allow all members of the staff to have the long week-end holiday for their Christmas fes- tivities. OHA Official Says Blow Accidental Toronto, Dec. 23.--(CP)--Referee J. A, (Red) Wood, struck over the head by Ron Plumb of Guelph Bilt- mores during a Junior "A" Ontario Hockey Association gamé in Osh- awa Wednesday night, said today the attack was not deliberate. "It could have -been somebody in a green, red or yellow sweater who got hit--unfortunately it was me," said Wood, who suffered a four- stitch head wound when Plumb's stick broke over his head. The Guelph player was given a match misconduct penalty. Wood said the fracas started when a spectator grabbed one of the Guelph players sticks. "While they were scuffling, other Guelph players joined in to help their mate and more spectators got into it. Farrell (the other official) and I were trying to break it up when Plumb came rushing in, swung his stick just as I turned right into it. I just happened to be in the way. The player was slightly berserk and was swinging at anybody. "If the attack had been deliber- ate in our opinion, Plumb would have been given a match penalty which meant that he would have been out of hockey until he had been up before the O.H.A.. He was given a match misconduct by Far- rell, with whic.. I concurred." Parliament Will Open January 26 Ottawa, Dec. 23.--Prime Minister St. Laurent announced today that the fifth session of Canada's 20th Parliament will open Wednesday, January 26. The Prime Minister said he hoped to get'the address in reply to the speech from the throne moved and seconded, and the debate opened by all party leaders in the opening week of Parliament. That was why he hand abandoned the traditional Thursday opening in favor of Wed- nesday. On Y: tie following Monday he would ask agreement of all parties to suspend debate on the address and take up up at once the legisla- tion necessary to effect the union of Newfoundland witH the Domin- ion as a 10th province. "This is urgent legislation," he said. : "It would be necessary to submit the approved legislation to the United Kingdom Parliament and the desir@ywas to have union com- pleted by March 31, up the output of the big hydro electric. plant at Decew ,near Sf Catharines, Ont. The diversion will apply only dure ing the winter months when the canal is not used by Great Lakes ships. Because the United States shares jurisdiction over Welland Canal. waters, American approval was re- quired. The diversion proposal was put forward here last Nov. 17 by Robert Saunders, chairman of the Ontario Hydro-Electric Power Commission. Today's announcement said that the diversion totals 6,500 cubic feet a second. The diversion goes into effect provisionally as of today. It carries with it the understand ing, the State Department said, "that it will enter into force defin- itely when approved by the Senate and, if rejected by that body the agreement will thereupon terminate and the diversion of water provided therein be discontinued." The diversion is the result of an exchange of notes between Canada and the United States for "tempor- ary emergency diversion of water for power purposes from the Nia- gara area." "The notes provide for diversion of 4,000 cubic feet a second as are ranged in an exchange of notes be= tween 'the two governments on May 3, 1044 -through the hydro-electric plants located along the Canadian side of the Niagara River and the additional diversion of 2,500 cubic feet a second, during the non navigation season, through the Wel= land Ship Canal for use in the Decew Falls power plant," the State Department said. Danish Butter Passes Check Ottawa, Dec. 23 -- A National Health Department official said toe day investigations have been made as the result of reports that some Canadians found "something wrong with butter imported from Dene mark." He said that as a matter of rous tine the butter had been checked when it first started arriving here and the check had been continued as a result of the report. So far there was nothing to indicate that there was anything wrong with it. "I think it quite possible," oné official said, "that Danish butte# simply tdstes different than ouf: own; it takes getting used to." ) Line Blocked By Derailment Colborne, Ont., Dec. 23--(CP) I One car of a Canadian Nation Railways freight train praceeding | east near this town, 28 miles west of Belleville, was derailed early toe day. Both main C.N.R. tracks were blocked for four hours and both east and west traffic delayed. as much as 12 hours. No injuries were reported and cause of the derailment has nof been determined." Royal Nannie Takes Charge # London, Dec. 23 -- (AP) --Helen Lightbody, Royal nannie, today" took over the care of 'Prince Charles. Miss Lightbody formerly was nurse of the children of the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester. She relieves Helen Rowe who ree sumes her duties as a state regise tered nurse. Miss Rowe has looked after Princess Elizabeth's son since his birth Nov. 14. * LATE NEWS BRIEFS x MODERATE EARTHQUAKE Weston, Mass., Dec. 23 (AP)--An earthquake of "moderate strength" was reported today by the Boston. College seismograph station about 4,900 miles from Bos- ton. The disturbance, lasting about two hours, was said to be probably near the Aleutian Islands. : STEAMER MISSING Shanghai,-Dec. 23 (Reuters)--The 5,000-ton Chli« nese. steamer Haichi is reported missing today hier sending a radio message a few hours out from Shangh that explosives had been discovered in the hold. Haichi, carrying 80 passengers bound for Canton, wes loaded with military supplies.