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Daily Average Circulation Jor July, 1953 12078 THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE . Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle Weather Forecast Showers tonight, sunny and cooler Thursday. - Low tonight, 65; high tomorrow, 80. VOL. 12--No. 187 Authorized es Second-Class Mail, OSHAWA-WHITBY, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1953 Price Not Over S Cents Per Copy SIXTEEN PAGES Post Office Department, Otteweo "CAUGHT ON 6-LBS. TEST LINE George Semoniuk caught this 22 pound 11 ounce pike on a six pound test line on a spinning reel. The 46-inch monster was caught ldst week in Lake Sim- coe, and took an hour and five minutes to land. Shown at his home, 662 Simcoe Street South, George says he'll have the fish moun to prove his story. Be- fore two men dragged it into the boat, the northern pike had to be knocked over the head a few times. Times-Gazette Staff Photo. GALLUP POLL OF CANADA A ---- WR Election Forecast Close To By CANADIAN INSTITUTE of PUBLIC OPINION In the most accurate series of forecasts:in its 12-year history, the | oop Institute Peleased to member news- papers last Saturday the outcome of Monday's elections with an aver- age error on the national standings of less than one percentage point. Outcome of the vote in Ontario and Quebec was also predicted with a degree of accuracy well within the four-percentage point margin to which sample polling is subject. Here, in _table form, are the forecasts of the Institute as released last Saturday, compared with the final outcome based on latest available returns on popular vote standing. Results CIPO Actual National Liberals 50 Progressive Cons. $1 1 8 100 Average deviation, on a four- party basis in the above, is less than one percentage point. Ontario CIPO Actual Liberals 47 47 Prog. Cons. 41 40 CCF 10 11 Others 2, 2 100 100 GALLUP POLL (Continued on Page 2) Socred and others 90 MPH DAWN GUN DUEL RAGES ACROSS TORONTO RCAF Chases Cameramen MONTREAL (CP)--Gordon Prit. chard, Montreal Gazette photogra- pher, was arrested on RCAF or- ders and held for two hours Tues- day night after he had taken pic- tures at the scene where a jet plane had crashed into two frame houses, killing nine persons. Four cameras were temporarily seized from other .newspaper photogra- phers. In an interview, Pritchard said he was first told by an RCAF officer that no pictures could be taken of the burning plane. "I turned my back on the plane wreckage and began shooting pic- tures of the burning homes, when an air force sergeant ordered me to hand over the camera and my film," said Pritchard. He said he reminded the sergeant that '"'we're not on federal prop- erty--how can you stop me from taking pictures?" At this point, said Pritchard, an RCAF guard stuck the muzzle of a rifle in his back and the ser- geant ordered: "If this man runs or tries to get away, shoot him." A short time later, police of Ville Jacques Cartier, scene of the crash, arrived and again ordered Pritchard to give up his camera and film. "If you take the camera, you take me," Pritchard replied. He was taken to the Ville Jacques. Cartier police station and heéld for two hours. His camera and film were re- turned intact. OTTAWA (CP)--Air Vice Mar- shal A. L. James, air officer com- manding air def com d, has ordered a full investigation into '""all circumstances' of the CF-100 crash which took nine lives at St. Hubert, Que., Tuesday. An RCAF spokesman said this study will include a close investi- gation of reports that a Montreal Gazette photographer was arrested on RCAF orders and held for two hours, and that four cameras were temporarily seized from other newspaper photographers. Air force headquarters said there will be no comment on these re- ports pending completion of the investigation. Mac Juster, photographer for the Montreal Star, said he was chased more than 100 yards by "at least 10" policemen, RCAF guards and civilians who attempted to seize his camera. Juster said that after some ar- RCAF (Continued on Page 2) Series of Earthquakes Ravage Greek Islands ATHENS (AP)--The Greek gov- ¢ ernment rushed aid today to a group of Ionian Sea islands, dev- astated by a series of earth- quakes. The official death toll stood at 150, but survivors predicted it would top 400. * The navy ministry announced that the landing ship Alfeios reached the ravaged island of Ke- fallinia Tuesday night with medi- cal personnel and emergency sup- plies. It also carried Minister of Welfare Constantine Adamopoulos to Sake personal charge of relief work. Prime Minister Alexander Pa- pagos promised all possible gov- ernment aid would be sped to the homeless survivors of the tragedy. Kefallinia and its neighboring is- lands: off the west-central Greek of recurring quakes since Monday. coast have been rocked by a wave of recurring quakes since Monday. The fourth tremor in three days shook the area Tuesday night. Scattered and fragmentary re- ports told of whole towns being destroyed, of survivors living in the open and short of food. The governor's office of Kefal- linia appealed for helicopters to fly doctors, nurses and medical supplies to the stricken islands. It described the situation as "hope- Reports said fears of new quakes BLOOR ST. BRIDGE TO BE OPENED IN DECEMBER Work began this week to de- molish the old, narrow Bloor Street West bridge. Rayner Con- struction Company of Leaside has a $76,296 contract for construc- tion of the new span which will have a road deck of 44 feet plus pedestrian walks to a total of 60 feet. Length is about 58 feet. Photo shows the old bridge being demolished. A temporary pedestrian crossing has been thrown across the creek. Motor traffic has to detour to Cromwell Avenue or Cubert Street. Blake McCoy, Charles Street, Whitby, is foreman of the job. --Times-Gazette Staff Photo. JET HITS HOMES ~ Shots Fired Above Mob - Hindering Fire Fighters . By ROMEO MAGERA Canadian Press Staff Writer VILLE JACQUES CARTIER, Que. _(CP)--Flaming death came to nine persons Tuesday night when an RCAF jet plane smashed into two small homes in this com- munity across the St. Lawrence s river from Montreal. Details of the tragedy still were hazy, but the pilot of the CF-100, based at nearby St. Hubert, made one last-minute attempt to avert the h , failed, hed into them and started a roaring in- ferno. The dead, five of them children, had no chance so rapidly did the « flames eat into the small dwellings. two occupants of the plane, their identity ' withheld pending notification of next-of-kin, also perished. The flames subsided as rapidly as they flared up and as they did, firemen from Ville Jacques Cartier and neighboring communities brought out badly burned bodies, placed them on the ground and returned for more. The dead were finally identified as: Mrs. Marcel Bourassa, 30; her © two children, Michel, 6,, Ginette, 2; her mother, Mrs. = Emilien Fournier, 57; Pierre Lavoie, 5, his four-year-old' sister Colette, and two-month-old brother, Normand, only children of Mr. and Mrs. Omer Lavoie. Mrs. Bourassa and her two chil- dren were killed only a short time after they entered the Fournier home to visit Mrs. Bourassa's mother. The RCAF has set up a board of investigation to inquire into the , cause of the crash of the CF-100, an all-weather fighter Canada has been developing for several years. The plane was reported to have brought down power lines before slamming into the houses, but eye- witnesses said it was in trouble before it struck the lines. More than 100 RCAF police, a number of them armed, were pressed into duty to assist local police in holding back a crowd of 5,000 persons that quickly gath- ered. great was the press that RCA® police fired a number of blanks into the air to hold back the crowd. Ville Jacques Cartier police, who said they acted on RCAF orders, seized several newspaper photo- graphers' cameras and took at least one man into custody for a short time. Commenting on the situation, Air Vice-Marshal A. L. James, air officer commanding, air defence command, said in a statement: "It is of particular importance in determining the true of an widely spaced than in the little community itself. The two dwellings--a one-storey, flat-roofed structure and a 1%- storey cottage were levelled within minutes, so rapidly did the flames take hold. Fiery Sermon WAYNESBORO, Va. (AP)--The minister took his congregation to task for the light summer attend- ance at church services. "If we set the church on fire, Im sure everyone would turn out. ts later, five church offi- aircraft accident and devising means to prevent a recurrence, that wreckage or other evidence at the scene is not disturbed. . . . "Reports which have reached me indicate that spectators, in- cluding many children and num- bering several thousand, interfered with the firefighters . . . Some spectators even attempted to re- move parts of the aircraft which was strewn about. . . . ""As a result, unusual measures had to be taken. After repeated warnings in both French and Eng- lish, water was' sprinkled on the crowd and a few blank rounds were fired vertically upward. It is reported that this had the de- sired effect of re - establishig order." 3 The accident occurred four miles from the St. Hubert base of the plane, on a routine flight all the time. On the outskirts of Ville Jacques Cartier where the plane struck, the housés were 'more cers left their pews, seeking the source of smoke seeping into the sanctuary. They found it: The public ad- dress system had caught fire. ORIENT PLACE OF ETIQUETTE'S BIRTH First reference to manners is said to have appeared in Oriental writings. Confucius, who lived in the 6th century B.C., developed a moral sys- tem based essentially on the principle of the Golden Rule --source of all etiquette. Golden Rule service is what you're also sure to get when you place Classified ads in the Times-Gazette. Carefully train- ed. ad-writers go all out to help you efficiently, courteously, ec- onomically. To place an ad call 3-2233 and. be pleased! Another Remand -No final disposal has yet been made of the court charges against Donald Harding, 16-year-old Osh- awa boy who is alleged to have started three fires in Oshawa, one of which took the life of his moth- £0 Mrs. Doris Harding early in ay. In police court in Whitby this morning, another adjournment was made, while the court awaits the return of Magistrate F. S. Ebbs who is on holidays. The boy has been examined by psychiatrists and is in hospital. The results of the mental exam- ination will be examined by the magistrate. The swastika, which became the official symbol of the Nazi party, was used as a charm by the ancients. POLICE CHIEF AT 22 MORRISBURG (CP) -- Maurice G. Fraser, 22, is believed to be the youngest police chief in Can- ada. He has n hired as chief constable of this town on the St. Lawrence river. He is a former RCMP constable. Local Murder Case Remanded J. J. Robinette, QC, of Toronto. will represent Roger "Buck" Cor- bett, 18, of Uxbridge when he ap- pears in court in Whitby to be tried on a murder charge. This morning, in the absence of Mr. Robinette, Corbett was given a week's remand by Judge John Grudeff. It was indicated that the preliminary hearing will proceed in September although no date has yet been set, The accused is being held without bail in the Ontario County jail at Whitby. Corbett is charged with shooting his brother Ted, in their Uxbridge home, on July 23, following a fa- mily quarrel. Both brothers were employed in Oshawa. BIGGLESWADE, England (CP) This Bedfordshire town's civil de- fence canvassers celebrated with Shampague after signing up 200 re- cruits. kept unhurt inhabitants from searching the wreckage of their towns and villages for dead and injured. 11 Dead, 3 Hurt In Bullet-Torn Cars TORONTO (CP)--Eight store fronts were ripped out today when a stolen car and a police cruiser crashed and careened over the sidewalk after a bullet-punctuated five-mile chase through city streets. A Tillsonburg man was killed and two detectives and another man seriously injured in the crash which left the autos twisted heaps of metal. 50 BULLETS Police estimate 50 shots were exchanged in the wild chase out Bloor street which at times reached 90 miles an hour in pre- dawn darkness. The detectives in the police cruiser emptied their guns at the speeding auto. 'Occupants of the car returned the fire with rifles and revolvers. Dead is William Atkinson of Tillsonburg. Captured by officers as they fled from the crash scene on the citys western outskirts were Donald Wolf and Allan Pid- geon, also of Tillsonburg. LAY CHARGES Wolf and Pidgeon were later charged with attempted murder. Police said Atkinson dropped from the stolen car after police sideswiped it in an attempt to force it to stop. They said the man died of a broken back. In hospital in only fair condition today as a result of the crash were occupants of the police cruiser, Toronto detectives John Follis and Ross Fordham. Fordham suffered brain injuries and a paralyzed lef! side, and Follis a broken back and internal injuries. Pidgeon was captured near the crash scene and taken-to hospital with undetermined injuries. Wolf was also captured nearby. Police said the two will face a number of charges. including five of breaking into jewelry stores and sporting goods shops between here and Till- sonburg where the car was re« ported stolen. TRAVELLING ARMOURY About a dozen rifles, shotguns and revolvers with boxes of ammu- nition were found in the car, police said. These they said had been stolen from a gunshop in Tillson- burg. Officers said they believed the men had been planning to hold fup a bank. Police said none of the shots fired in the wild chase along Bloor street from mid-city to the outskirts hit anyone in either the cruiser or stolen car. 1 Both autos were smashed into GUN DUEL (Continued on Page 2) Dulles Endangers Korea Truce By Demanding PoWs Return By JOHN A. SCALI WASHINGTON (AP) -- United States officials seem to feel a Com- munist refusal to return war pris- oners convicted of 'crimes' would violate the Kosean. duce. agree ment as well as t eneva Con- vention. : State Secretary Dulles has de- manded prompt repatriation of every United Nations prisoner held by the Reds--hale, ailing or jailed after Communist trials. Otherwise, he said, the United Nations will reciprocate in kind. Dulles' statement, upon return- ing this week from his trip to Korea, followed in the wake of re- ports that the Communists intend to keep prisoners they convicted until the imposed prison terms are completed. Dulles ordered his legal aides to study the international aspect of the issue--which could snarl the Korean truce--in search of legal ammunition to reinforce his stand. Informants said the legal experts carefully weighed the Korean truce agreement and the Geneva Conven- tion, which lays down international rules for handling of war prisoners. They said it was tetatively de- cided that both documents would be violated if the Reds held onto the prisoners convicted of crimes. These informants conceded that, in looking over the Geneva war prisoner provisions, they found the Communists could legally insist upon pletion of 7 meted UN prisoners while under captivity. But, they said, in such cases Gov't To Work On Business Backlog. By THE CANADIAN PRESS Prime Minister St. Laurent, sol- idly dug in for another electoral term, is getting right back to gov- ernment business. With a hefty Commons majority behind him from Mondays general election, the prime minister meets his cabinet Thursday to clean up work spilled over from eight days of campaigning and perhaps to sketch legislative plans for the next parliamentary session. Opening of the new Parliaments 1954 session this fall is likely.- PARIS (AP)--France's growing general strike pushed the country deeper and deeper into chaos today with no end in sight, but Premier Joseph Laniel stuck by his econ- omy guns. Furious at - the government's plans to balance its budget by trimming payrolls. and upping the retirement age for civil servants, more than 1,000,000 railwaymen, miners- and fovernment workers kept up their indefinite walkout. Railroads, mines, public utilities, government services, posts, tele- phone and telegraphs were al paralyzed or hit hard. ? The Socialist Force Ouvrier called on 850,000 white collar workers -- doctors, dentists, law- yers and office employees--to join the strikers for 24 hours Thursday. Paris subways and buses halted late Tuesday night for 24 hours. Strike Is Leading France To Disaster Disgusted tourists fled the strike- bound country. With trains and buses halted, every outgoing plane was jammed. Shipping lines scur- ried for special buses to take their passengers to channel ports, and to collect arrivals. The American Express and Cooks's travel agency were DBe- sieged with travel applicants, all' wanting out. Many vacationers were running out of money, the communications strike' kept them from gettig more from home. Foreigners planning to visit France soon rearranged their itin- eraries. Other West European countries got ready for a bonanza of unexpected business. France's tourist industry faced huge losses. Lanijel remained grim but calm, to all outward appearances. Show- ing no signs of weakening, he planned a broadcast appeal to the country tonight. Liberal quarters have indicated this will be the rule from now on, enabling legislators to get a head start on the years business, in- cluding an early introduction of the budget. It will also allow them to get home before the onset of Ot- tawas hot weather season. A cabinet shuffle is in prospect. It is expected that at least one of the 171 Liberals in the new Com- mons vill be promoted to the cab- inet, where a vacancy exists in public works. The probability is that filling the vacancy will mean changes in other portfolios. Finance Minister Douglas Abbott long has indicated that he is ready to slow down'in a lighter job. There has been speculation that he will swap posts with Justice Minister Garson, former premier and pro- vincial treasurer of Manitoba. Woman Dives Nine Stories Into Swim Pool NEW YORK (AP)--The 36-year- old wife of an air lines executive put on a bathing suit early today and dived nine stories from the roof of her apartment house into a swimming pool containing four feet of water, police said. The woman, Mrs. Laura Mae Creighton, blonde mother of three, was taken to hospital where her condition was reported critical. Patrolmen pulled Mrs. Creighton from the pool. No one had an official explanation for the wom- an's leap. the country holding the prisoners must notify their government and identify them. The Communists have made no move to inform the UN command of any such detention plan..and, acco , could be charged with violating the Geneva pact. Overriding the Geneva Conven- tion, however, is the detailed truce agreement signed with the UN by both the North Korean and Com- munist Chinese representatives. This agreement makes no men- tion of the right to hold prisoners convicted of crime. It specifies that all prisoners are to be freed. With this legal opinion backing him up, Dulles is expected to pur sue American demands for the re- turn of all prisoners. His threat of retaliation repre- sents strictly an American view at the moment. Bu} officials are confident other UN countries would adopt the same position in a show- down. The Geneva Convention, adopted at Geneva, Switzerland, in 1906, has never been ratified by the United States. But at the outset of the Korean war in mid-1950, Gen. MacArthur, then the UN Far East commander, announced the U. S. and Allies would abide by its provisions. Britain and America Welcome Liberal Victory 3h LIKE ST. LAURENT - LONDON (Reuters) British newspapers today welcomed the victory of Prime Minister Louis St. Laurents Liberal government in Mondays Canadian election, but saw the landslide vote as a possible threat to the two-party system. The Manchester Guardian says it is hardly an exaggeration to say longer divided between two major and two minor parties, but instead between one major party and three splinter groups, each representing mainly sectional attitudes and in- terests. "Clearly this situation cannot en- dure, in a democracy so serious- minded and alert as Canada, this Liberal newspaper argues. "The lack of effective opposition exposes the Liberals to the dangers of 'over-confidence, breeding in time both slackness in detail and errors in principle. BUT NOT MAJORITY NEW YORK (CP)--It was no surprise that the Liberal party won Canada's general election Monday, the Times says today. "Certainly, Americans have no cause whatever for complaint or disappointment. The Liberals won fair and squarely. They have the kind of government most Cana- dians want. It has shown itself to be a good and prudent government in domestic affairs and a staunch ally on the international scene." The Herald Tribue welcome the election outcome '"'as an opportun- ity to congratulate a durable gov- ernment." "The best wishes of all Amer- icans will surely be with the Cana- dian government as it continues on its lengthy career." The Daily News also compli- mented Canadians on relectin the Liberal government, whose pol- icies "have fostered an era of solid and abounding prosperity. « «