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Daily Average Circulation for March, 1953 2550 THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle tures, Weather Forecast Cloudy, but clearing. Occasional rain on Sunday. High and low tempera- 35 and 45. : VOL. 12--No. 88 Authorized Second-Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawe OSHAWA-WHITBY, SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 1953 Price N lot Over 5 Cents Per Copy EIGHTEEN PAGES GM TRUCK PLANT POWERHOUSE TA Rapidly nearing completion, | big powerhouse at the new GM truck plant is a masterpiece of engineering skill. From the to the top of the stacks is 103 feet. Coal bunkers have a | capacity of 600 tons are automatically trimmed. The two boilers will be capable of pro- ducing 120,000 pounds each of | steam per hour. Handling of coal | and ash is entirely automatic; KES SHAPE boiler house is equipped with most modern water softening and treating devices. Powerhouse will be in service this summer. Gale Leaves Trail Of Damage Across Southwestern Ontario By THE CANADIAN PRESS A , sometimes reaching 60 5 an 'hour, knifed across western Ontario Friday, halt- 4 navigation, bowling over barns and trees and Anocking down hydro es. . and telephone ; Estimates of dl in | construction oor god fhm dollars. . | j and Kent county were hit and other centres in the London district had power failures. Telephone service was restored to 400 Chatham householders, but rural lines in Kent are not expec- | ted to be repaired for several days. | Chatham's fire alarm system was | disrupted. | Ships on the Welland Ship canal cathe to a standstill and officials reported 16 vessels tied up. In St. Catharines, a woman was taken to hospital with leg injuries after the wind blew down a 20-foot wooden ricade ip front of a downtown Fire in Dorchester town- ship: was whipped by high winds. Five barns, about 20 head of cattle and farm implements on the farm of Harry Bearss were destroyed. Damage was estimated at $25,000. Lightning started a fire near Sarnia. It struck a penny arcade and flames destroyed the frame structure, A race horse was killed in a freak accident. Edward Arthur was bringing the animal back home to Otterville when the wil the | rack and the mare on the back of the ruck. at the yehicle . Tree branches were blown abou "Hamilton "streets and -gigns ' torn from their hinges. One man was treated for minor injuries after being blown off his feet. London and Toronto had winds of 60 miles an hour. There was considerable damage in both dis- tricts, Barns were damaged in Do- ver township. Ingersoll was with- out power for three hours in the power failure in the hydro trans- former station at Woodstock. Crown Presses For Order Banning Rubber Combine : TORONTO (CP)--Mr. Justice R. W. Treleaven reserved judg-| ment Friday on the five major rubber companies which have plea- ded guilty to charges of operating a combine. Crown Attorney. T. H. Phelan | asked for the maximum fine of | $10,000 for each company and a! Jrokiitry order preventing them | continuing the combine. | The firms are: Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, B. F. Good- rich Rubber Company, Dominion | Rubber Company, Dunlop Tire and ' | Rubber Goods Company, and Gutta Percha and Rubber. In asking for the prohibitory or- der, Mr. Phelan said it would only be enforceable in Ontario. It is necessary, he said, because of the wide scope of the combine, its det- | riment to the public and the length of time. Mr. Justice Treleaven said the words "other persons' in the sug- gested prohibition order "certainly covers people not before me' and he felt the Crown was asking him to do "a tremendous thing." obbery Suspects Fail n Break For Freedom TORONTO (CP)--Two suspected bank robbers made a break for freedom Friday in front of the Don jail as members of an assize | court grand jury watched. gears. constable Craig arrived and | pulled Woods out of the car. Police said there were nine pris- joners in the wagon at the time Talbot Murphy, 22, and Robert |and they were all handcuffed to- Woods, alias Ted Martin, 24, joint] charged with rob-ing a Dominio Bank branch of $28,000 last Sept. | 5, were being returned to their sells after being committed for trial on the robbery charge. As the doors of the van opened at the jail, the pair jumped to the ground. One of them carried what looked like a black automatic pis- tol. It had been fashioned from soap and blackened with wax, Constable Bob Gray was knocked to the ground. Woods broke free and ran down a driveway, with constable Bill Craig chasing him. Murphy was held by constable Woods jumped into a car being driven by James Wagstaff of Tr onto and said: "Get going quick or I'll blow your brains out. wv. .. . Wagstaff fumbled with the V |gether. They said the men used Ya thin two-inch piece of steel to pick the locks of four handcuffs to free themselves. Members of an assize court grand jury watched the attempted escape from the windows of the governor's office in the jail. They were on a routine inspection of the jail at the time. FIND MASH, FINE MAN ST. CATHARINES (CP)--Arthur Welsh, Grantham township farmer, was fined $101 Friday for .possess- ing a mash "suitable for the dis- tillation of spirits." He was arres- ited after five RCMP officers sear ched his home and found 245 gal- lons of fruit mash, apparently made from cherries. N ew Name Is Suggested For Ajax Community AJAX (Times - Gazette Staff Re- r) -- The Board of Trustees | received a letter from Mrs. | a Urquhart, of Barrie, protest- | the suitability of the name, | "Ajax" for this new town and sug-! gests the name "Elizabethtown' | would be much more attractive. | The secretary was instructed to Mrs. Urquhart for her sug- gestion which would be consider- ed at some future date. | video early in the last war, when a German pocket battleship was | bottled up and later came out and her commander scuttled his ship to escape capture or internment. The cruisers HMS Ajax, HMS Exe- ter and HMS Achilles were in on this engagement, and this town was named "Ajax" in commemo- ration. The theme has been car- ried further in naming many of the streets of Ajax after the other | Ontario Has Building Lull TORONTO (CP)--A lull in spring i building has resulted in 10,600 skil- {led construction tradesmen and 110,000 construction laborers being out of work in Ontario. | The national employment service {reports that the demand for labor- 'ers has increased slightly in recent weeks and that it expects there {will be more construction as wea- ther improves. The biggest shortage of man- power is on the farms. NES says at least 1,000 can be absorbed within the next six weeks. The meat packing industry is hiring additional help and the cloth- ing industry is in full swing. Bus- iness is brisk for furniture com- panies and Kitchener firms report tha this spring will be ahead of 1952. In recent years of Asian unrest | Shanghai's population has declined from 5,000,000 to about 3,500,000. Reds Capture Korean Hill By STAN CARTER SEOUL (AP)--Two Chinese Com- munist companies, about 350 men, today drove South Korean infantry off Texas hill, a shell-pitted 2,000- foot central Korean peak which has changed hands nine times a week. The RoKs hurled two counter- attacks against the hill after dawn but both were beaten back, an 8th army officer said. The Chinese attacked with burp guns, hand grenades, mortar and artillery less than 12 hours after losing the hill in the see-saw battle which has raged almost continu- ously since Sunday. The Texas hill fight was the only major action along the 155-mile bat- tle front as negotiators in Panmun- jom signed an agreement for ex- changing sick and wounded prison- ers which could pave the way to a Korean truce. Grain Shipping Rush Likely to Start Next Week 'FORT WILLIAM (CP)--Held up by ice jams at the Sault locks for the last few days, a big fleet of grain and package freighters is expected to reach the Lakehead ports during the week-end. The grain shipping rush, which got off to a big start when navigation opened, is expected to revive next week. Only five carriers were under the spouts at the grain elevators Friday and another five or six are expected to take on loads today. Shipping officials say the ves- sels are beginning to get through at the Sault and should reach here by Sunday. Drew Challenges Russia To Allow Free OTTAWA (CP)--George Drew, Progressive Conservative leader, Friday challenged Russia to prove its peace overtures are serious by allowing free elections in Iron Cur tain countries. Addressing the fifth annual con- vention of the Polish Combatants' Association, Mr. Drew said that un- til Russia permits free elections in Poland and other Communisé satel- lites 'there is no reason for us sentative of the Kremlin." Some convention delegates shou- lo: "They never will, they never will." to accept the word of any repre- Elections Mr. Drew added that Russia's latest international moves are "en- couraging signs--at least I hope they are." He said Canada went to war in 1939, not because Canadian soil was invaded, but because the freedom of Poland was threatened. '""We remember that cause and won't forget it until Poland is free from slavery." The Polish veter- ans applauded. {| Mr. Drew said Poland's slavery {under communism is "more vile" {than the slavery imposed by Nazi | Germany, Elects New Party Head Press For REDS, U.N., SIGN PRISONER DEAL British Columbia CCF Resuming Full Truce Talks VANCOUVER (CP) -- The CCF's |ted a last-minute bid that he with- fight for power in the June 9 Brit- draw his resignation. Nine other ish Columbia election will be car- | candidates said they didn't wish | ried out under a veteran socialist [to run. . whose trade is education--school| One of those who declined to principal Arnold Webster. stand for election was Ernest The 54-year-old principal of Ma- | Winch, senior partner in the only gee high school here moved Friday | father-son team in the B.C. legis- into the leadership slot made vac- lature. | ant when ill health forced Harold! The convention continues today Winch to resign after more than and Sunday to complete a platform 20 years of service to socialism. |for the party, runner-up to Social Mr. Webster was elected by ac- [Credit by only one seat in the elec- clamation after Mr. Winch rejec- /tion last year. By ROBERT B. TUCKMAN MUNSAN (AP)--The Allies and Communigts today sigried an historic agreement for the first formal exchange of disabled captives of the Korean war and the Reds press- ed impatiently for a quick renewal of the full-scale armistice negotiations. The Communists agreed to return®- 600 sick and wounded prisoners and | settlement of the disabled prisoner be | Jee pledged So Sve up 5,800 | exchange. 0] oreans an inese. But thé exchange of sick and The first of these may begin the | wounded captives, some of them journey home as early as next undoubtedly prisoners since the CLEVELAND (CP)--Trade Min- ister Howe of Canada predicted Friday night that his country's pand "for, many years to come." "If the threat of war vanished overnight," he said, "it is expec- ted that there would be minor dis- locations and temporary recessions but in my opinion Canada's curve of expansion will be upward for many years to come." It was the same with population, the minister added in a speech pre- pared for the diamond jubilee con- vocation of the Case Institute of Technol 0gY. Canada, with a population of fewer than 15,000,000, was being "constantly pressed" to open her subsidize the movement to fill empty areas, HAS OPERATION LONDON (Reuters) -- Fo eign Secretary Anthony Eden will undergo a major operation at a London hospital Sunday, the foreign office announced Friday. Eden, 55, entered hospital Wed- nesday and the operation was to have been performed Thursday. It was postponed because he caught a cold. Eden is expected to be away six to eight weeks. Mining Company Executive Dies TORONTO (CP)--Maurice Wil- liam Summerhayes, 81, managing director of Wright-Hargreaves gold mines of Kirkland Lake, died Fri- day at Duncan, B, C. Formerly of Kirkland Lake, he had beenl iving in British Columbia for the last several years. Surviv- ing are two daughters in Duncan and a sister in South Africa. Howe Sees Canada's Expansion Lasting economy and population will ex- | gates wide to immigration and | Educational Sessions Opened For Steelworkers Local Union STAMP MAY BE WORTH $4,000 The 3 cent U.S. postage stamp printed with the U.N. flag at half-mast, is expected to be worth around $4,000 as # collector's item some day. If you've a stamp collection you'd like to trade for cash, you can easily do so through a Classified ad in The Times- Gazette. On the other hand, if you'd like to add to your col- lection, you can place a Want- ed ad and tell folks you're in the market. To fill any want dial 3-2233 phrase a Want By ROD CURRIE | WINDSOR, Ont, (CP)--Winnie, {the Canada goose who is getting las famous as his ancestor of the 'golden eggs, settled down at the nearby Jack Miner bird sanctuary today to recuperate. Compared to the legendary goose Winnie is a flop; he can't even fly. It was for this reason he ar- It should be remembered that battleships, and Admiral Harwood rived in Windsor Fridayy night * the name "Ajax"' town was selected to commemo- | rate the historic battle of Monte- | Exeter Street, Harwood Avenue, Admiral Road, and Achilles Road. for this new who was in command, for instance, aboard a Trans-Canada Air Lines {plane for a reception by Mayor Arthur J. Reaume, air lines of- Noted Goose Had To Be Flown To Ontario Bird Sanctuary ficials, a battery of photographers Conn., a couple of weeks ago. and reporters and a cluster of | spectators. southeast of ate, 25-foot-square coop. For 'Winnie all he hubbub was here, and whisked | Finally, Canadian interests won their battle to have Winnie brought After posing for photographers, home. Before leaving New York he was packed into the car of he was presented with a 14-carat Manley Miner, a son of the famed | gold leg-band bearing he legend: | founder of the sanctuary 25 miles |'"'Winnie, U.S.A -Canada." { During a stopover in Toronto away to the seclusion of a priv- Friday the welcome was similar to the one he received here. Winnie first attracted attention old stuff. He has been in the lunc- a few weeks ago when his lack of light, and caused a minor ruffle tail feathers prev.nted his joining | of international waters, since he the flock taking off to fly north was found stranded at Greenwich, from an inlet at Greenwich, Canada has been "liberal" with her immigration policies, but Mr. Howe believed that in a "middle country in size and thought," there was much to be said for "a cau- tious and pragmatic approach to artificial stimulation." "Of one thing we can be sure-- the population of Canada will show a strong and steady growth for many years to come." Mr. Howe's 7,000-word speech, while dwelli By economics, reached also into the field of phil- osophy, advocating the spirit of "compromise'" as the '"'only hope for world peace and community of nations." \ Wednesday. ! The agreement may have paved | the way for armistice in Korea, | The truce talks have been dead-| locked for a year and suspended since Oct. 8 over the last big issue of exchanging war prisoners. The Reds had insisted on the return of all their captured soldiers. The Allies refused to return anyone to Communist rule against his will. North Korean Maj-Gen., Lee Sang Cho told the Allied liaison am: "Our side considers that the plenary session of the delegations of bot! immediately to discuss and settle the entire question of prisoners of war so as to realize an armistice in Korea." U.S. Rear-Admiral John Daniel said the United Nations command in Tokyo would give an answer. Gen. Mark Clark, UN Far East commander, already has said the truce talks can be resumed after sides should be resumed |in first days of the Korean war nearly three years ago, was the big job for the moment. American engineers raced a deadline to complete roads and camps within the receiving zone at Panmunjom before Tuesday. Doc- tors, nurses and men waited 10 miles away at Munsan's freedom gate for the influx of disabled Allies. Most of the Allied sick and wounded will be flown home im- mediately after they cross the line, if they are able to travel. The others will be taken to hospitals Japan. The exchange must be completed within 20 days after it starts. It must begin not later than April 21 and can start earlier. Besides the 120 Americans, there are 20 Britons, 15 non-Koreans ine cluding at least one Canadian, Turks, rocks and Dutch, and ISONER DEAL (Continued on Page 2) To give union stewards.and com- mitteemen a better insight into "what makes a& union tick" and how unions can function for the betterment of the membership; this is the purpose a two-day Ed- ucational Institute being held today and tomorrow in the UAW hall. In the keynote address this even- ing, Murray Cotterill, Public Re- lations Director, United Steelwork- ers of America said that every union member should | to know and exercise his rights so that he can act to do most good for the membership in general. "The idea of these Institutes is simply that we should keep up to date," said Mr. Cotterill. Seminars will be conducted by Gower Markle, Education and Wel- fare Director; by Mr. Cotterill on how to conduct meetings; by Fred Young, PAC representative on La- bor Legislation and by Max Dodds, Welfare Director, Ontario Federa- tion of Labor, on Workmen's Com- pensation and Accident Prevention. HAS GROWN MIGHTILY "In the past ten years, trade unionism in Canada has grown mightily but most people who be- long to unions today have had no opportunities to learn the bases of union activity," said Mr. Cotterill. "We have to catchup, England which has trade unions for many years, has provided us with some leaders of experience. Some fam-|Os ilies there have been in union membership for three generations, We must try to absorb some of that experience and catch up. There- fore to get the experience to meet Canadian problems there must be such as you will have, We now need the technical training to meet problems arising in the shops." PLEA FOR EDUCATION Mr. Cotterill also expressed the hope that the shorter work week and good wages will enable work. ers to take opportunities to catch up with other phases of education which they may have been forced t0 miss in their younger days. He congratulated the past efforts of Mr, Dodds who, working against a good deal of indifference has seen his efforts pay off in the field of benefits from Workmen's Come pensation and accident prevention, Host at the "school" and chaire man at the opening session, was Michael Fenwick, secretary of the hawa and District Labor Coun- cil, who pointed out that this is the first venture into educational work in the Oshawa area. Besides some 40 representatives from Oshe awa unions, some were present from Port Hope. . The classes will pursue their separate topies until tomorrow night when, at a banquet, the speaker be C. H. Millard, United Steelworkers' National Di- rector. Missing Fishermen Have Been Located COLLINGWOOD (CP) -- Three | fishermen were found Friday night | after being reported missing in s| small boat on windswept Georg-| ian Bay. i They are Earl White, 26, Claude | White, 38, and Fred Raymond, 58. ! Arrangements for a search were | made when they did not return to Collingwood by the time they expected to get back. Independent stores did 75 per cent of Bll vefal) business in Can-| ada in Mario Lanza's Announced By HOLLYWOOD (AP)--MGM stud- io Friday fired Mario Lanza after ric tenor. "Lanza has been shown every | consideration over the months 'The Student Prince' has been scheduled | and rescheduled," said Dore had | Schary, studio head, in announcing | through the talent agenc the singer's dismissal. '"'His latest | demands are unacceptable." | Schary estimated the frequent Josibonements have cost the studio | a Dismissal MGM Studio He said Lanza had made de-~ mands not covered by his contract |a year of bickering with the eccent- |after the studio had given the singer his choice of starting dates, April 13 or May 5, for the produce main reason for terminating Lane za's contract. Lanza, in statement issued which represents him, said: "At the proper time and before the proper forum, all of the details will be revealed. I am confident that the decision will be in my favor." a In their Tudor uniforms of scarlet doublet, knee breeches and hose and low-crowned blue | velvet hats, the Yeomen of the Guard will be a *'sight to see" as they walk in Coronation proces- sion on June €. Founded by Henry VIII, the Yeomen of the WILL GUARD QUEEN AT CORONATION Guard, comprised of all picked men, will act as Queen Kliza- beth's bodyguards during the his- torical event,