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REUTHER QUELLS REBELLION TALK PHONE 3-2233 FOR WANT AD RESULTS THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle Weather Forecast Mostly cloudy and cooler, northwest winds. Low tonight and high Wednesday, 25 and 45. VOL. 12--No. 70 Authorized as Second-Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawo OSHAWA-WHITBY, TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 1953 Price Not Over 5 Cents Per Copy SIXTEEN PAGES USWA Head Speaks ATLANTIC CITY, NJ. (AP) -- Walter Reuther, his .power again proved in his own United Automobile Workers union, moved today to squelch rumors of rebel- lion in the parent CIO which he also heads. Reuther invited David J. McDon- ald, president of the United Steel- workers, to address the UAW con- vention. The expectation was that McDon- ald, who fought Reuther's election to the CIO presidency in Decem- ber, would use the occasion to deny lished reports that he might @ his union out of the CIO and e it into John L. Lewis' United Mine Workers Ind. * The auto workers, with a record of 1,350,000 members, is the largest union in the CIO. But even Reuther doncedes that a bolt by the 1,000,- 000-member steelworkers could have a devastating effect on the CIO. _ McDonald led the unsuccessful vice-president, for the post left yacant by the death of President Philip Murray. * Haywood died shortly after Reu- thers election. Some labor observ- ers have speculated that without the unifying force of Haywood, Mc- of-living wage set-ups and other | UAW "babies." Last Saturday, however, Reuther met questions about the bolt re- by saying the steelworkers "anchored firmly in the day by the ease with which changes in the UAW's constitution went by Reuther, were designed to make easier for the international union to keep Communists, racketeers and it deems undesirable from even local union office. the most controversial to come be- fore the week-long convention. El Salvador is the only Central American republic without a coast- Caribbean QUEEN MARY ON DEATH BED; ALL ROYAL FAMILY AT SIDE Heart Weakening Rapidly, May Not Live Over Night BULLETIN Queen Mary's "strength is ebbing," it was announced tonight. Royal doctors treating the 85-year-old Queen grandmother who was near death, issued their third bulletin saying: "Queen Mary's strength is ebbing but Her Majesty is sleeping peacefully." One Of The Last Family Pictures | ®.Alarm Fire Blocks Toronto Traffic Rush + TORONTO (CP) -- A two-alarm fire raged out of control for more n an hour in east-central Tor- to today, gutting a three-storey pattern factory and tying up morning rush-hour traffic in one of the worst jams in the city's his- tory. Firemen estimated damage fo the McCall Corporation building, tted after a four-hour fight, at 75,000. Nine firefighters were treated for r cuts as flames roared through the brick factory and burst through the roof, showering the area with fiery debris. Neighboring apartments were evacuated when the blaze threatened to spread. The traffic tie-up started at 6:48 a. m. when firemen laid hoses across Queen street east, east-west artery, blocking the majority of street-car service from Toronto's east end. Thousands were hours late for work as trams lined up on either side of the fire area and Toronto transportation commission officials attempted to reroute their traffic. FLOOR OF BARN ° YIELDS TREASURE ey On a French farm' a 'cow broke through a barn floor gnd fell smack into an-underground treasure-chamber. # If you'll look around on your own premises you'll also find unsuspected treasures. Pieces of furniture, antiques, musical instruments, applianes, sports equipment, luggage and toys --all sell for handsome cash through The Times .-Gazette Classified ads! Start going through your 'treasure barns' today and you may find that source of cash you're wishing for. For an experienced adwriter dial 3-2233. ' J | In Sudden Passin » The City of Oshawa late yester- day afternoon lost one of its most prominent and public spirited citi- zens in the death of Ernest George Hart in his 80th year, Mr. Hart was returning to his home from the Oshawa Dairy Limited plant when he was involved in a minor motor accident on Simcoe Street South. He suffered a heart attack and failed to rally. President of the Oshawa Dairy Limited, Mr. Hart had been in business in the city for 42 years and had seen the community grow from a small town to its present thriving industrial maturity. Dur- ins his life here his business re- ected his integrity growing by leaps and bounds with the com- munity he called home and stand- as a symbol of the free enter- rise system which he cherished so highly. SURVIVING RELATIVES Predeceased by his wife, the former Margaret Pierdon, several years ago, he is survived by two daughters, Mrs. M. B. Reed (Ethel) of Oshawa and Mrs, Harold Dewar (Margaret) of Sarnia and two sons, aurice G. and William D., who ere associated with him in the Qin of the firm of which he was the founder and president. * Also surviving are a sister, Kath- leen and a brother, Owen, both in England; 16 grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Mr, Hart was predeceased by two sons, Ernest and Harold and by one grandson, Pilot Officer Thomas Hart, who was killed overseas while serving with the RCAF during World War I. + Mr. Hart will rest at the Luke- McIntosh Funeral Home for serve ice in St. George's Anglican church t 3.30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 3, jucted by Rev. Canon David E HAR 2 . G. T » (Continued on Page 2) * " . | | Oshawa Loses Leading Citizen g Of E.G. Hart Ernest George Hart New A-Blast Lacks Jolt At Distance LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP) -- The second atomic blast of the 1953 spring series lit the sky over this desert gambling centre at 8.13 a.m. The flash a ppeared much bright- er than that of the series opener a week ago. Seconds later a large cloud, coral-colored in the dawn light, rose into the heavens to the north- west over the atomic energy com- mission's proving ground at Yucca Flat, 75 miles from here. The main cloud seemed to divide as it soared rapidly upward and fanned out on top. Veteran obser- vers here said it was unusual for a cloud to divide. There was little wind here, but it was possible breezes over the test site could account for the splitting effect. The mushroom-shaped cloud then began drifting northeast. The AEC did not disclose in ad- vance the energy of today's deton- ation or whether it would be set off from a tower--as was last week's--or dropped from a high- flying air force bomber. Some 1300 U. 8S. troops in fox- holes 4,000 yards (slightly more than two miles) from ground zero were observers of today's test. The shock wave, which takes about seven minutes to reach here from the explosion site, was aud- ible as a low rumble but produced no jar. Observers said it was not as strong as last week's. Members of the Royal Family stood at the bedside of proud old Queen Mary as she sank near death in Marlborough House, London tonight. The white-haired noble aristocrat is 85 and it is doubted that she will live through the night. © A crowd of hundreds of people outside the Queen's austere home watched the bedroom window from which she looked down at the fun- eral procession of her kingly son, George VI, a year ago. As the queen weakened, Queen Elizabeth with the Duke of Edinburgh and Princess-ns- ; aret hurriedly left Buckingham Palace for the 200-yard journey to Marlborough House. Sum- moned to the bedside were the Duke of Windsor, the Duchess of Kent, Queen Mother Elizabeth and the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Geoffrey Fisher. LONDON (CP)--Britain's ailing Queen Mary took a dangerous turn for the worse today. Her dectors re- ported "a serious weakening of the heart action" and said her condition gave rise to "increasing anxiety." A medical bulletin issued early this afternoon said Queen Mary's condition has EXTREMELY DANGEROUS It was the second bulletin of the day on the condition of the grandmother Queen, who took a turn for the worse today after being stricken a month ago with what doctors said was a recur- rence of a gastric ailment. Medical experts said the two bulletins left no doubt that there had been a sharp deterioration in Queen Mary's condition. Weakening of the heart is ex- tremely dangerous in a woman of her age, they said. No details of the exact nature of Queen Mary's stomach com- plaint have been disclosed. Her granddaughter, the Queen, and other members of the Royal Family were quickly informed of the developments, The Duke of Edinburgh arrived by plane from a week's tour of Germany and hurried to Buckingham Palace. Crowds gathered about Marlbor- ough House, Queen Mary's resi- dence near Buckingham Palace. MORE SEVERE There an earlier bulletin posted on the gates about 11:30 a. m. (6:30 a. m. EST) said: "Queen Mary had a 'restless night due to a sudden occurrence of more severe symptoms of gas- tric trouble. Her Majesty's condi- tion is causing some anxiety." It was igned by Sir Horace Evans, the Queen's physician who specializes in kidney and arterial diseases, and Lord Webb-Johnson, her surgeon. Queen Mary has been confined to bed for more than a month by what doctors described as a recurrence of an old gastric ail- ment. One London medical authority Firemen's $ Parleys Come To Dead End Wage talks between Oshawa fire- men and city council came to a dead end last night. The firemen reduced their wage increase de- mands from $800 per year to $510 but council was only willing to re- peat its former offer' of an in- crease of $400 per year. > A delegation representing the lo- cal firefighters association met with the council. W. R. Murray was the spokesman and he point- ed out the Bardshiip employees by the high wages paid in local industries, Firemen were seeking a basic vay or a first- class fireman of $3,600 which they wanted to be standard across the province. That would be a $510 ba- sic increase over last year. Earlier the firefighters had ask- caused to city ed for a shorter working week and other benefits which council would not agree to, although per- mission was grven for. the intro- duction of a check-off of union dues. City police are also seeking wage increases. They want $800 more per year and have intimated taney will take their case to arbitration. Ald. Joseph Victor, chairman of the city finance committee, explain- ed that if the city paid the $510 increase the firemen wanted it would cost an extra $28,560 a year. By a vote of 9 to four the coun- cil decided to repeat its offer to the firemen of a $400 increase which will include. as basic pay the $60 | cost of living bonus paid last year. become "more grave." Pp ASKS NO CHANGE IN CORONATION LONDON (Reuters) -- It is understood plans for the Coron- ation June 2 will go ahead in any eventuality resulting from Queen Mary's current illness. During the last month Queen Mary has expressed the wish that her illness should not in any way interfere with the ceremony, it was learned. said the bulletin on the Queen's condition means she is "not quite holding her own." The most probable explanation of it, he said, is that she has a base case of intestinal trouble (Diar- rhoea) and her doctors are unable to replace loss of fluid quickly enough. He said indications are that a blood transfusion is in order or that glucose may have to be in- jected through the veins. In any event, the source said, it is a dangerous condition in a person of Queen Mary's age be- cause resistance is hard to main- tain. Only Monday night it was stated at Marlborough House that Queen Mary had had a comfortable day and that announcement about her condition in the future would be made only from time to time in- stead of daily. Both the Duek of Windsor and the Princess Royal visited their mother Monday. The Duke interrupted a Florida vacation two weeks ago to hurry home to his mother's bedside. He was accompanied by the Princess Royal who cut short a tour of the British West Indies. The Duke also visited Prime Minister Churchill Monday, but no reason was given for his visit. Churchill OKs 'Red Plane Talks | LONDON (Reuters)--Prime Min- |ister Churchill announced in_the | House of Commons today that Brit- ain will accept Russia's recent | proposal for talks on measures to avoid Iron Curtain air incidents. Churchill discussed the recent shooting down of an unarmed RAF | bomber by Soviet jet fighters over |Germany. Seven British airmen |lost their lives. | He said two-power talks to avoid jany further events of this kind | were proposed by General Chuikov head of the Soviet control com- mission in Germany. «+ « A Proud Queen Occupied by the city police force since last summer, the new police station came back into the news last night. Anthony Mayer, the contractor, wants the city to pay him a furth- er $12,550 for extra work that the architect instructed him to do. It was the first council had heard of te extra sum. They recently authoized payment of $204,000 for the work of building the police station. Mr. Mayer reminded the council fore building: started to discuss means of lopping $35,000 off his original bid. That amount was tak- en off but during the process of building it was found that the re- designed and cheapened walls were not thick enough and they had to be constructed to meet the original requirements. Other alterations were needed and the number of men needed to handle the poorer that he met with a committee be- | ti Builder Asks City For $12,550 More material was greater than it would have been if the better materials first asked for were used. "Council can pay me this $12,- 550 which has been spent and they will still be $22,000 better off than when I first put in my bid," wrote Mr, May. The letter was written "without predjudice." Mr. Mayer's original bid was for $235,000 and the next lowest tender was for $339,000. His letter was referred to the building committee for investiga- on, TO REBUILD PLANT FORT ERIE (CP)--James Neil, vice-president of the Gould Na- tional Battery Company of Can- ada, announced Monday that re- building of the company's plant would start at once. The building was gutted by fire Sunday with loss estimated at $225,000. K-F Plans NEW YORK (AP)---Kaiser-Frazer Corp. plans to buy Willys-Overland Motors Inc, for an estimated $62,- 300,000. The deal will make Kaiser- Frazer the world's fourth largest auto company, with assets of more than $200,000,000. The purchase, announced here Monday by Kaiser-Frazer, is expec- ted to be completed next month. It is subject to approval by Willys- Overland ¢c o m m on stockholders who will meet April 24. . Kaiser-Frazer said it was finan- cing the purchase with $72,000,000 in private capital from various sources. The estimated purchase price includes the assumption by aiser-Frazer of certain liabilities. Edgar F. Kaiser, president of Kaiser-Frazer and son of Henry J. Kaiser, 'said the 'sale will give Kasier-Frazer production facilities to boost it among the world's big- gest automobile companies after General Motors, Ford and Chrysler. Willys-Overland and Kaiser-i'ra- zer put out a total of 242,461 cars and trucks last year. Their com- bined total sales are running at the rate of about $600,000,000 annually. To Buy Willys Motor Firm The purchase will give Kaiser Frazer a complete line of automo- biles and utility vehicles. The Wil- lys-Overland output of the famed jeep, jeep station wagon, and Aero Willys will be added to Kaiser- Frazer's low-priced Henry J., and ° the Kaiser and Frazer lines. Willys-Overland already held third rank among the U. S. export- ers of commercial vehicles. Kaiser-Frazer is financing the purchase with $37,600,000 put up by the Henry J. Kaiser Co., a holding company; $15,000,000 by the Trans- America Corp., a bank holding cor- poration; and $20,000,000 in a loan from the Bank of America National Trust Savings Association, Some $15,000,000 of the new fin- ancing will be used to reduce the $48,417,000 in reconstruction fin- ance corporation loans owed by Kaiser-Frazer, Kaiser sald in a statement, The purchase is being made by the Kaiser Manufacturing Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kaiser- Frazer. It will operate the Willys- Overland assets separately, chang- ing its name to the Willys Motor Corp.