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| H J N | | | | "Shoot Down Planes Japan Warns Reds e PHONE 3.2233 TH A AA FOR WANT AD RESULTS E DAILY TIMES- Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle G \ 7ET -r A AES ASI A A AJ F Weather Forecast Cloudy, sunny intervals today and to- morrow, turning cooler. Low tonight and high Wednesday 25 and 30. VOL. 12--No. 10 - OSHAWA-WHITBY, TUESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1953 Price Not Over $3 Cents Per Copy FOURTEEN PAGES AJAX IN URGENT NEED OF SCHOOL ACCOMMODATION Deterioration of the present temporary school buildings is one reason why a new 16-room school is planned for Ajax, One bad feature of the temporary senior school, shown above, is the wood- en fire escape. Fire drills are held regularly, and there are plenty of exits. Steam heating reduces the fire hazard, but the structure cannot be regarded as absolutely satisfactory. --Photo by John Mills. | New 16-Room School | Is Planned For Ajax AJAX (Staff Reporter, The Times - Gazette) -- The many dis- cussions between the Ajax School Board, School Inspector, W. A. Archibald, and the Department of Education, Queen's Park, have at last reached a stage where, plans will be prepared and costs estim- ated, it was learned today by The Times-Gazette. Ajax in common with most other municipalities, is facing a shortage of school rooms, in fact, in much greater degree due to residential expansion above the normal in old- er communities. THE FIRST SCHOOL The first school in Ajax opened in 1942 to accommodate childrén of the war workers' families hous- project. A ten-roomed school, this building failed to meet the require- ments as more houses were built, and a dormitory in the men's resi- dence area was altered into class- rooms to take care of the senior grades. SOUTH AREA NEEDS With the construction of homes in the new neighborhood in south Ajax, still more classrooms were necessary and a former change house on the corner of Harwood Avenue South and First Street was remodeled into a school. Another 200 homes in the south area made it hecessary to remodel a dormi- tory in the former women's resi- dence area into a Junior Schoodl and the change house was desig- nated a Senior School. If these buildings had not been available the school board of those earlier days would of necessity, have been faced with the construction of new schools at that time. The rapid deterioration of these temporary buildings, while serving a purpose, has for some time caused the pres- ent school board grave concern. Further residential expansion coupled with normal increase in the school age population, has now made it imperative that perma- nent school buildings be construct- ed without further delay. 16-ROOM SCHOOL In general, present plans call for a 16-room school to be built on King's Crescent immediately ad- jacent to the present Junior School, which will be removed from the site. A four-room extension will be added to the North Junior School to accommodate pupils in the North Area, It is estimated that the 16-room school in the South Area will ac- commodate both junior and senior school pupils in the next school year, but provision will have to be made for the construction of a sen- ior school the following year. In this regard also plans must also be studied for a proposed high school which will be required due to the High School at Pickering reaching a capacity enrolment. The Times - Gazette is informed NEW 16-ROOM SCHOOL (Continued on Page 2) TOKYO (AP) -- Japan, irritated by 'at least 20 or 30" violations of its borders, today warned Russia against sending planes over Japan- ese territory. A foreign office spokesman said U. 8. planes would shoot down in- truders if necessary. The United States approved Japan's ultimatum in advance. Japan thus in effect rattled a U. 8. sabre against its old enemy to the north. did Shortly after the blunt warning, Gen. Mark Clark's headquarters announced 'the Far East com- sures necessary to prevent further violations of Japan's security or acts which endanger U. 8. forces." A Japanese government spokes- man said planes flying without per- mission over Japan would be or- dered to land. "When they don't follow our or- ders," Mitsuo Tanaka of the for- eign office told a press conference, "if necessary (we will) shoot them down." The warning could be aimed only at Russia. Only six miles of water separate Hokkaido, Japan's north- ernmost main island, from the Russian-held Kurile Islands. The spokesman for the Japanese government said foreign planes had intruded over Hokkaido "at least 20 or 30 times since last summer." He expressed the belief that the planes came from Soviet bases. 2 In Hospital | After Car Misses Curve WHITBY (Staff) -- Richard Shol- der, John Street West, Hamilton, is believed to have neen the driver of a car which swerved off the road at a curve north of Brooklin about 2 a.m. today. Scholer and a male companion were taken to Oshawa General Hospital. Hospital authorities say they have undetermined injuries with cuts and bruises. Provincial Constables Dennis Mallon and William McLennan said the car was headed south and at a sharp curve, the driver apparent- ly mistook a row of lights along a HATE CAMPAIGN Reds Purge Jewish Doctors Said To Have Plotted Deaths MOSCOW (AP)--The Soviet press and radio today announced the arrest of nine doctors--most of them Jews--on charges of killing two top Russian leaders and plot- ting the deaths of others on instruc- tions from British and American intelligence services and Zionist srganizations. The announcement said the doc- tors admitted killing Andrei A. Zhdanov, one of the leading mem- bers of the powerful politburo until his death in 1948, and Alexander S. Scherbakov, head of the chief political administration of the Soviet Army, who died in 1945, The announcement by Tass, the Soviet news agency, said others marked for death included War Minister Marshal Alexander M. Konev, commander-in-chief of Sov- iet ground forces, and his chief of staff, Gen. 8. M. Shtemenko; Marshal Leonid A. 'Govorov, who commanded Red armies in Finland during the Second World War, and Admiral G. I. Levchenko, deputy navy minister. Leading military figures were the first targets, said Tass, "but arrest thwarted their villainous plan and the criminals failed to achieve their goal." « Tass said they "criminally under- mined' their patients' health, "de- liberately made incorrect diag- noses and then, by incorrect heal- ing methods, destroyed them." Tass said the doctors were "hired agents of imperialist intelligence" who received their 'instructions from "Joint." (The Russian accusations against the doctors and the Jewish agency coincide with a wave of anti-Semi- tic purges and trials reported throughout Soviet - controlled East- ern Europe in recent months. The doctors, said the -accounts, confessed that in Zhdanov's case "they made an incorrect diagnosis suffered, prescribed a regime which was contra-indicated for this serious illness and thereby killed comrade A. A. Zhdanov." The of- ficial announcement of Zhdanov's death had said that he died of heart failure. miocardal infraction from which he | sideroad for the main road. In the case of Scherbakov, Tass added, the doctors "incorrectly ap- plied strong medicines for his treat- ment, introduced an experimental regime and thus caused his death." At the time of his death in 1945, it was announced that he had died of Simonds Slaps Critics Defends ArmysWork & ad TURN ON HEAT MP's Sizzle As New Report Adds Fuel To Army Scandal OTTAWA (CP)--The Commons' turbulent battle over the Currie report resumes today after a day which set the stage with a lavish series of preludes. 'While the first day of sittings after the Christmas recess was largely given over to debate on private members' resolutions, these developments were crackling: 1. The annual report of Auditor- General Watson Sellar threw new fuel on the fire by criticizing the armed forces' accounting systems. The defence department later is- sued a statement quarreling with most of what he said. 2. Prime Minister St. Laurent contradicted that part of the Currie report which says there were horses on the army payroll at Petawawa under the guise of non- existent laborers. 3. Returning members of all parties confirmed privately that the report is a hot political issue pretty well across the country. 4. It was learned that the govern- ment is highly likely to launch an independent inquiry into how the CCF got hold of an advance copy of the Currie report which differed in some details from the final report itself. CCF leader M. J. Coldwell has consistently declined to say how he got, the document. 5. Lt.-Gen. G. G. Simonds, chief of the general staff, issued a mes- sage to the army which struck back in eloquent and fighting lan- guage at critics who have "been making unremitting attacks on the army in recent weeks and months." He didn't mention the Currie report, which described a "general breakdown' in control of the army works services and an indifference to administration and a haste- before-cost attitude among defence *'higher-ups."' But there was little doubt it was within the scope of what he had to say. He said some aspects of the army are far below the standards he would like to see but said im- provements are in train and urged all soldiers to back them up. Today both Prime Minister St. Laurent and Defence Minister Claxton are due to speak on a government motion for establish- ment of a defence expenditure committee to which the report will be referred. Mr. Claxton is set to deal in detail with the report. George Drew, Progressive Con- servative leader, is likely to head the opposition speakers. The Sellar comments on the de. fence accounting setup are likely to figure in the fight. Mr. Sellar, Parliament's watch- dog of government spending, dis- closed that he had some of his own auditors. working at Petawawa before the Mounties moved in to investigate irregulari- ties which led to 14 prosecutions, 11 sentences and the Currie report. Camp When the Mounties moved in, his men moved out and launched a moré general study of defence accounting. They found a number of flaws. eight accounting systems, quate chance for criticisms, from below, opportunities for advance- ment of unqualified men to senior positions and no real effort to reach common accounting stan- dards. There were at least inade- Blast Victim Dies Despite Mercy Race PETERBOROUGH (CP)--Angus Ferguson, 64, died Monday night of injuries suffered a few hours earlier in an explosion at the Quaker Oats Company plant. Five other men suffered injuries in the blast and fire Jibith, caused 'So much blood plasma was used in an effort to save Ferguson's life that hospital authorities here realized their emergency supply of 'plasma would not last through the night. Late in the afterrioon a pro- vineial police cruiser brought an additional supply from Toronto. ' An employee of the company for 28 years, Ferguson was scheduled to retire next August, His widow survives. Company officials still are in- vestigating the cause of the ex- plosion, ood Till. Ferguson and the others injured were on the eighth floor. The condition of the others, in- cluding 54-year-old Clarence Fair- bairn, who was severely burned about the face and hands, was-des- cribed today as satisfactory. The others, burned about face. and ; are Foreman. Grant, 30; Davis 41; Francis Fife, 32; and Harold J. Temple, 28. Machinery on five floors was damaged by the force of the blast. Water from the plant's sprinkler system also damaged machinery as well as tons of feed ingredients on lower floors. Both the flour and the feed mills will be out of operation for about 10 days. Vice-president Lou Ingram announced, however, that most of the men assigned to those depart- ments will work on cleaning up the debris and helping to get the machinery back in operation. McDonald Dropped From Wanted List OTTAWA (CP) -- Donald (Mickey) McDonald, Toronto hi- jacker who broke out of peniten- tiary 5% years ago, has been dropped from the RCMP's new list o Pid 10 most-wanted crim- An RCMP spokesman said today McDonald is "presumed dead." He declined to elaborate. The 44-year-old Toronto hoodlum held the top spot on the list all last year, except when Toronto gangsters Edwin Alonzo Bayd, Leonard Jackson and Steve Suchan were being sought. His place as Canada's No. 1 bad man is taken by 35-year-old Hugh Kennedy of Winnipeg and Toronto. alias Mc. has wanted by Toronto police since his of paralysis of the heart. escape Nov. 27, 1948 while on the ling business reached a low ebb in employment, as seen by one piece of evidence in Whitby court this morning. Snow Shortage Brings Court Fine Whitby (Staff) -- Snow shovel- in Oshawe may have George Ross of Oshawa appear- ed before Magistrate F. S. Ebbs charged with intoxication. He was fined $10 and costs or 10 days. "Ross told the magistrate he was in" Whitby to shovel snow because .Oshawa's sidewalks did not offer much employment. One Oshawa he said, was completely off. 5 HOW TO LIVE TO BE A HUNDRED If you want to live to be a hundred, scientists say, do work you enjoy. Most 100-year olds they talked with, said they liked their work. If your present job isn't exactly to your liking, or if you're out of work what you're after in (The Times- Gazette) Help Wanted columns. entirely, you might find But if what you want isn't there when you look, place a Work Want- ed ad. way to Kingston penitentiary to serve eight years for forgery. . The RCMP says he tops the list becase he has a long record and is considered dangerous, McDonald sawed his way out of Kingston penitentiary Aug. 17, 1947, after serving less than two years of a 17%-year sentence for armed robbery and kidnapping. With him were Ulysses Lauzon an Nicholas Minille, also long-termers. A bullet-riddled body identified as Lauzon's was found in a Mis- sissippi swamp July, 1948. Minille was recaptured in California two months earlier. After that, a persistent story said that U.S. gangsters "liquid. | ated" McDonald because he talked too much when he was drinking McDONALD tinued on Page 2) Stinging Defends Attack Troops OTTAWA (CP)--Lieut.-Gen. Guy Simonds, chief of the general staff, has lashed out at critics of the Canadian army with a stinging attack in defe He called on his soldiers nce of his 49,000 troops. not to be "discouraged or de- pressed by criticisms which are neither founded on truth nor justified in the light of our positive achievements." NO GREATER PRIDE His statement was published last night in the monthly Canadian Army Journal. Following is the text of the 500-word message: There are few national activities of our country in which Canadians ought to take greater satisfaction than in the record and achieve- ments of the Canadian Army. To serve it has always been my greatest pride and I believe that every soldier who has the .privi- lege to belong to it should share that feeling. I believe the Canadian Army to- day" is fulfilling its duty to Can- ada in a manner fully in keeping with its high record of service in the past. If I did not hold that conviction, I would not continue as its head. The high tributes paid to Canadian troops serving in Korea and Europe have not come from me or from any other Cana- dian officer or civilian. They have come unsolicited from supreme commanders and a number of highly responsible observers whose impartiality is beyond a doubt. Canadian sldiers seving at home are every bit as good as the Cana- dian soldiers serving abroad. Many have already served in Canada, Korea and Europe. The apprecia- tion of their services is probably less openly expressed because they are not in the position of being compared with other armies by impartial critics. Canadians are notoriously critical' of their own institutions. In recent weeks and months the Army has been the target of un- remitting attacks from many sources. We have been eriticized for the indiscipline of Canadian soldiers. We have been criticized for too much discipline. We have been criticized for extravagance and criticized for not providing .a whole host of things which cost a very great deal of money. We have been criticized for «lack of morale and accused of complac- ency and arrogance when we have shown or proclaimed a pride in the Canadian Army. UNFAIRLY BIASED We must expect and welcome constructive criticism. No one of us would claim that the Canadian Army is perfect, and the expan- sion of the last two years has accentuated faults and weaknesses. These faults and weaknesses call for our full attention and the ap- plication of corrective action and improvement. Dishonesty, lack of integrity or indifference to sound administration are intolerable and will continue to .be ruthlessly re- moved from the Canadian Army as diseased flesh from its body. None of this should give cause for any discouragement or depres- sion. The only justification for the existence of the Canadian Army is to defend democracy of which free public criticism is an essential ele- ment. Some of this criticism has been, and will continue to be, un- fairly biased and irresponsible but that will be as clear to the citizens and taxpayers outside the Army as to those 'that serve in it. The Canadian Army today is cer- tainly not perfect and in several respects falls far short of the stand- SIMONDS SLAPS CRITICS (Continued on Page 2) Firemen Battle Oil Flames 400 ft. High JOLIETTE, Que, (CP)--Firemen battled for three hours early today to subdue a fire which engulfed four oil storage, tanks and de- sfroyed a nearby residence. Dam- age was estimated at approxim- ately $100,000. One fireman was injured. The fire started at 6.30 a. m., when a gasoline truck driver turned on his ignition at the Super Test refinery, near the centre of the town. An explosion which turned his truck into a flaming inferno threw blazing oil. on to a nearby storage tank and within minutes another three tanks were Siase. The driver escaped in- ury. Twenty-five persons left their homes when flames, sometimes reaching 400 feet into the air, threatened nearby residences. One house was destroyed and a second severely damaged before the fire was brought under control. Abbott Readies Budget, OTTAWA (CP)--Hold your breath d Sih 1953-54 budget is in the mak- day in the Commons by Finance Minister Abbott who said study of departmental e x p e nd itures has been completed. He has started to work on the budget itself. g. This information was given Mon- Canadians should know within the next two months what is in . | store--either higher or lower taxes. Betting around parliamentary cor- ridors is for lower taxes, especi- ally if an election is called for this fall, The finance minister did not, of course, give a hint as to tax or other changes. Neither did he men- tion a target date beyond saying he hopes to present the budget "as early as possible," However, it is generally believed it will come early in March. The finance minister spoke on a resolution by Stanley Knowles (CCF--Winnipeg North Centre) for abolition of the four-per-cent: floor Festooned with huge icicles and buried beneath one of the biggest ice pack of recent vears. the Oshawa harbor area ter picture. Winds from the south forced pack ice shorewards and the open lake is now more than normal beach. The jetty is cover- ed with thick ice along its en- tire length and is flanked by of his disease and, concealing the | presents a sombre and bleak win- | & hundred yards out fron we | fives, eacii hore whan six foot ELAN BIL INT NF ia | Wopalas LG SAOWS across and resembling huge water lilies. The view at the left was taken from the centre of the A ahawa tha nald hil, wa l-00:0 <a itary locks stretching off into the dis tance. where waves pound the foot of Bonniebrae Point. One sol- shi Sana ie = as ridingy at moorings | WINDS, WEATHER COMBINE TO PROVIDE BEAUTIFUL BUT COOL LAKE SCENE in the harbor which has one free channel through the. ice. On the right is a view of the ice-sheath- ed pier. Photo by Dutton--Times Studie No Hint Of Lower Taxes on medical expenses deductible for income tax purposes. Mr, Knowles sald charitable donations were de- ductible from earnings and the same principle should apply for medical expenses. Mr, Abbott said he would con- sider Mr. Knowles' proposal. But he did not agree with the principle that normal living expenses should be deductible from income tax. Medical expenses had no more right to such calculation than food or clothing which also were neces- Mr. Abbott precipitated a record- ed vote when he moved adjourn- ment of the debate on Mr. Knowles' motion, thus postponing further de- bate at this time. Amid opposition cries of "veto" and "clgsure," the House upheld Mr, Abbott's adjourn- Sens motion by a vote of 109 to The CCF motion started the re- sumed session with members just back from a 25-day Christmas re- cess. The aim now is to clean up work by late April or early May to enable government representat- ives to go to London for the June 2 Coronations of the Queen. : The Commons went from the de- bate on medical expenses to one on conservation of natufal resour- ces. The resolution of H. W. Her- ridge (CCF -- Kootenay West) ur- ging a federal-provincial confer- ence to discuss a national conser- vation policy for Canada's" soil, water and forests resorces took up most of the day. It brought from the prime mini- ster the statement that the gov ernment Would be willing to con- sider the proposal, though he felt it would be bettep to wait until Parliament passed ation enab- ling the federal government to cor operate with the provinces on con servation measures. This -enabling - legislation was forecast in the speech from the throne at the opening of Parlia- ment Nov. 20. Mr. St. Laurent spoke after a number of members including Spe ABBOTT READIES BUDGET * (Continued on Page 2) . \