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THOUGHT FOR TODAY There are limits to free speech but anything worth saying can be said within the limits. Asha Fines "WEATHER REPORT oeertees ig Re Sunny with cloudy intervals and warmer Friday. Southwest winds 15 to 25 Friday. VOL. 92--NO. 74 Sathactand aa Senand cise biel Dat Oifine, Paper taney: Ottawe and payment 6 Subway Cars In Toronto TORONTO (CP) -- Gas- "masked firemen struggling in a smoke-filled tunnel early to- @ay extinguished a fire that turned six Toronto Transit ; ion subway cars into shells, causing damage . at more than $300,- They gained the upper hand after nearly three hours during which acrid black smoke filled a half-mile section of the new) University Avenue line and fanned over downtown Toronto in a thick pall. Two firemen were overcome by smoke, but passengers were safely disembarked at Union Minimum Wage Law Reaction Found Mixed TORONTO (CP)--The mini- mum wage law. introduced in the legislature Tuesday drew mixed reaction from labor and political leaders. H. Carl Goldenberg of Mont- real, one of Canada's best known labor negotiators, said Wednesday the law, introduced by Labor Minister Rowntree, was "progressive." "This is a beginning and a very progressive measure. The minimum wage set is consider- Burn Station, the line's southern ter- minal after: the train had passed through eight stations with the flames spreading un- der the flooring. Services on the University Avenue line were halted but trains contiued to run on the Yonge Street line from King station, the first north of Union. A TTC spokesman said Yonge Sreet services will be normal again today, but possible dam- jage to the University Avenue line's electrical system may hinder service. Another spokesman said the fire started through a defect in the electrical system of one of the train's two last cars, cut- ting power to both. It was first noticed by a track crew at Summerhill Station and again at Bloor Station. The train continued two miles Plane rests on house after crash landing on test flight at Gloucester, England, Wednes- day. Three women in the OSHAWA, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1963 8 LANDS ON HOUSE house escaped, but the test pilot and his assistant were killed. It was believed the live engine of the two-engine Var- sity plane failed during prac- tice flight on single engine. --AP Wirephoto via cable from London south to Union where it was parked on a central line 100 yards inside the tunnel, Firemen wearing oxygen masks took more than half an hour to reach the burning train. They worked in relays, groping blindly along the tracks as the jet black smoke cut. visibility to nil, each team dragging the hoses a few yards further. Oxy- gen bottles were shuttled back and forth in dozens. John Lord, 48, was overcome as he attempted to reach the train before the smoke billowed down the tunnel. As he passed a ventilation outlet the fans were turned on and the smoke was sucked towards him. Anxious Eyes Watch Ontario River Levels By THE CANADIAN PRESS Residents of the southwestern Ontario snowbelt are: anxiously watching river levels after a warning from the lands 'and forests department that flood- ing caused by sudden warm weather is expected to continue for the next few days. One death has been attributed to the high water. : Overnight low temperatures dipping as far as 25 degrees and generally' below yee were expected to stem the floo briefly. However, temperatures today are expected to shoot back up to the 3s, continuing presumed to have drowned Tuesday near London after a canoe overturned in the swirl- ing Thames, throwing him and is son Terrance, 14, into the water. Terrance was rescued after being swept eight miles downstream with the capsized craft. . OTTAWA (CP) -- Canada's ninth monthly trade surplus in a row--an $8,000,000 excess of exports over imports in Febru- ary--was reported today by the bureau of statistics. It compared with a trade def- icit .of $26,100,000 in February last year as the month's ex- ports rose 3.8 per cent to $437,- 700,000 from a. year earlier while imports declined four per cent to $429,700,000. Exports in the first two months of the year advanced to $984,500,000, up 6.5 per cent from $924,600,000 in the corres- ponding period of last year, while January - February im- ports declined slightly to $938,- 100,000 from $939,800,000. The two-month trade surplus of $46,400,000 compares with a trade deficit of $15,200,000 in the opening two months of 1962. Canada now has had cumula- tive trade surpluses of more than $26,000,000 in the nine months since last June. The bureau said part of the increase in exports and decline in imports reflects the lower ex- ports were larger to all four main markets. February trade figures showed exports to the U.S. up 2.5 per cent from a year earlier at $266,300,000 compared with $259,800,000, while imports from the U.S. decreased 2.5 per cent to $312,600 000 from $320,500,000. Exports to Britain in Febru- ary dropped 3.9 per cent to $57,- 600,000 from $59,900,00, while imports from Britain in the month fell sharply to $29,900,- advanced to $23,90,000 from $19,600,000 and imports from 000 from $16,000,000. Crown Can Be Sued Under New Law sons may be sued through the 000 from $43,900,000. Sales to other Commonwealth countries these countriese rose to $22,400,- TORONTO (CP)--The Onta- rio government has introduced legislation which would allow any person to sue the Crown in the same manner as other per- CUBA THREATENS TO ARM VESSEL Ninth Monthly Trade Surplus Considered HAVANA (AP)--Prime M'nis- ter Fidel Castro threatened to- day to arm Cuba with long- range bombers and conyoy Cu- ban shipping unless the United States clamps down on hit-and- run raids against Cuba by ex- ile groups. In a communique, Castro held the United States responsible for an attack on a Russian freighter by Cuban exiles Tues- day. "If these attacks continue Cuba will see herself in a sit- uation of considering acquisi- tion .of long-range bombers as well as naval equipment neces- sary to escort our merchant ships, protect our supply lines and repel aggressors," the com- munique said. The United States is solely responsible for any '"'incidents which may arise," it added. Castro's talk of long - range medium - range missiles. bombers was an obvious ref- erence to the Soviet 750 - mile- range jet bombers the Soviets sent to Cuba last fall along with After the United States put a maval blockade on Cuba, Soviet Premier Khrushchev agreed to withdraw the missiles and the TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. ede sot Armed Escort For Ships By Castro rexpressed a' desire to see Ca freed of communism, said last week he did not be- lieve the hit-run tactics are ef: fective toward this end. They may even strengthen i Minister Fidel Castro, he Some concern is expressed high administration circles the free lance raids, if come tinued, might prove the spatk that would set off a new, eX« Plosive crisis in U.S,-Soviet re« lations, ve The question of what meéas- ures the United States is es - to stop the forays came up the wake of a Soviet Union prow test Wednesday and the repokt of another raid Tuesday nightr Russia charged the Unie States was responsible for " ratical attacks." Specifically at mentioned an attack on the Sie viet freighter-Lgov, shot up by exiles March 17 at the susie port of Isabela de Sagua Cuba's north coast. - The state department denied U.S. responsibility for the ; sault, which refugee lea have said was mounted from "somewhere in the Caribbean?* Lincoln White, department able progress over conditions as I found them during the (one- man royal commission on la- bor exploitation) inquiry." bombers. The U.S. government said it counted 42 of each on ships leaving Cuba. The Soviet government informed Washing- press officer, said "the U, government is doing every! it possibly can to prevent su change value of the Canadian dollar. Figures for the first two menths of the year show ex- courts. In introducing the bill, titled the Proceedings Against the Farther downstream, at Chat- ham, the Thames was expected to crest about one foot below "In 23 years as a fireman I have never seen smoke so thick and repulsive," he said after the rapid runoff of heavy snow cover. The main rivers mentioned in Sections of riverside commu- nities in some areas already have been flooded, with a num- Murray Cotterill, public rela- tions director of the United Steelworkers of America, said the bill--stipulating a minimum of $1 an hour for general labor and $1.25 for construction work- ers--was 'too little, too late and bas too many exclusions." he was hauled to safety by fire- men who heard his cries for help. Mel Bulmer, 28, suffered smoke inhalation as he fought the fire later. He was treated by a passing doctor and later ber of families evacuated from their homes. Paris Crippled at a hospital. "No one can possibly main- 2 rie Ce eet C AS GESTURE John , provincial Liberal leader, said the bill was "merely a re in the direc- tion os ies advocated for; years the opposition." §. J. Randall, chairman of the Ontario Economic Council, said the bill was "a move in the tight direction." Steven Jensen, international representative of the Interna- tional Laborers' Union, 'said the minimum wage was unrealis- Russia Denies Alaska Flight WASHINGTON (AP)--The So- viet Union has denied a U.S. charge that Russian planes flew 30 miles into Alaska March 15. The Russians say their aircraft were more than 200 miles away. Washington authorities said the Soviet denial, received late Wednesday, probably will end the formal diplomatic exchange on the incident. But the U.S. government is By Surprise Electric Strike PARIS -- Surprise strikes by electricity company workers to- day crippled the vast Paris Metro (subway) system and suburban trains. The new strike tactic came as a walkout of some 240,000 coal miners moved into its 28th day with no sign of settlement. Workers in both industries, which are state run, want higher wages, shorter hours, longer vacation periods and other benefits. The government has met the demand part way, the lands and forests depart- ment warning included the Sau- geen, Grand, Thames, Mait- land, Sydenham, Beaver and Nottawasaga. _ The 'genéral area affected by flooding stretches from. Owen Sound and Barrie in the north to London and Chatham in the s 4 THREAT WEAKENS At London, the Thames 'was reported to be no longer a seri- ous. threat after flooding streets and basements in some low- lying sections. Taxi-driver Eber Wright was the overflowing level this after- noon. Ben Vandenburgh, a field man for the Lower Thames Vatley Conservation Authority, said Wednesday he did not ex- pect the river to overflow at Chatham. At Paisley, where the Saugeen River joins the Teeswater in th of town, works de- for quick action in ease ice jammed at the junction, which could cause Serious flooding. Four homes were evacuated there Tuesday. $750,000 Fire N.Y. Engravers Keep Papers Off Street NEW YO! (AP)--A_ small ) photoengravers up of Parbment: men, were prepared holding Sorter a 75-minute cut in their work week--kept eight New York daily newspapers off the streets today and threatened to prolong the 1ll-day newspa- per shutdown indefinitely. The AFL-CIO Photoengravers Local 1 voted 191 to 111 Wed- nesday night to reject a pro- posed contract that would have ended their strike--the last of four against the papers. The engravers overrode their own leadership and turned down a settlement formula that had Crown Act, Attorney - General Cass said Wednesday its terms would come into effect Sept. 1. The new legislation would re- place a similar act passed in 1952, but never proclaimed, he said, Among restrictions in the new legislation would be that. the Crown must be tried by judge, and not by judge and jury, and that no court can issue an in- ton in December this was all the so-called "offensive" weap- ons it had sent to Cuba. WASHINGTON (AP) -- The FBI, the U.S, Coast Guard and other agencies are doing. all possible to discourage hit-and- tun raids by Cuban refugees on Cuba, officials said today. They said this is in line with of Presid Ken- junction agai the Crown. poll nedy. While he has, repeatedly. incidents from happening fro} U.S. territory." . Today, Havana radio. sel@ that Fidel Castro holds -the United States responsible 10¢ the attack. ie If such hit-and-run atte foes fie radio quoted Pre mier Castro as saying, ie may have to 'acquire '"# range bombersand the ne sary naval equipment. which to escort. her vessels. and protect. her Leaving on possibly the first leg of a WHITEHORSE, Y.T. (CP)-- Petite Helen Kliaben was ex- pected to slip quietly away from this northern centre today North Survivors Hospital trom work--he did crash has cost him $20,000. He said the loss included time lost not dis- close his salary--$7,000 invested of supplies from the outside ahd to repel aggressors." i, Even as the United States wag rejecting the Russian -- proté: word came of a new raid anti-Castro organization . on the port of Isabela de Sagua; A spokesman for the ' Commando L, said in the raiders slipped into the port Tuesday night, attacked a Rus- sian freighter and left it "badly in need of repairs to keep dt: Hits Lindsay ; : LINDSAY, Ont. (CP)--FirejShop and apartments on the go sng enna suburban| Vednesday night destroyed a} second floor. " | | 2 " trains halted during the SS edd ge ggg lg a bk _About 45 firemen battled the hour, stranding many commu- ' , &¢/\fire for more than three hours. in the wrecked aircraft, which was uninsured, and expenses in-| The raiders, the 5; man curred by his family. said, returned safely to their At Paramus, N.J. the com.| pase , Somewhere in the Carib- pany that employs him said) S pe 7 Flores' job is waiting for him.| Justice officials, like others a he government, exp) from sinking." tic. "It I had to make a living on $1 an hour I'd have to work 100 hours a week. And a girl couldn't live on $5 cents an hour working a 40-hour week." been recommended by Mayor Robert F. Wagner and accepted by other newspaper unions in- volved, including the printers, whose Dec. 8 strike led to the shutdown. but refuses to offer more for fear of starting a dangerous in- sticking firmly to its version, contained in a March 16 protest note to Moscow, that two Soviet reconnaissance planes flew over! the southwestern corner of Alaska for nearly a half hour. trip to her Brooklyn, N.Y., home. She has still to undergo sur- gery for the removal of the toes on her right foot. The foot was injured when the light aircraft Senator Claims Drug Ban Sought WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sena- tor Hubert H. Humphrey said today he has been told the Food and Drug Administration is tak- ing steps to ban sales of a vi- tamin. supplement, Menadoine, to pregnant women. i Minnesota Democrat said the FDA may try to pass off the action against the supple- ment, vitamin K-3, as routine. But, he added in a statement: "The fact is it has taken a behind-the-scenes battle of more than a year and a public airing of the situation to get the FDA to act decisively." Humphrey, himself a pharma- cist, is chairman of a Senate government operations subcom- mittee which heard Dr. John O. Nestor, a pediatrician on. the FDA staff, testify last week that the use of the vitamin in pre- natal supplements may result in|the extent of organized crime some instances in "brain dam-|in the province by claiming last to|year's crime investigation pro- |vided exoneration. Humphrey also announced hel, has received further confirma-|'"¢ age, spasticity and death" the newborn. tion that another drug, Mylicon, which he said Nestor had forced from the market as a "pediatric drug,"' still is "unfortunately be- ing sold for infant use" in the treatment of colic. He said his subcommittee will not give FDA officials hearings until its staff has examined all the files on drugs criticized by Dr. Nestor, as well as aon "cer- tain other cases" and members have all the facts. Nestor dropped something of a bombshell when he charged | : : |overruling expert medical opin- CITY EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBERS POLICE 725-1133 FIRE DEPT. 725-6574 | ments drowned out speeches. |CLAIM JUSTIFIED | during his testimony that the FDA has permitted the sale of new drugs "imminently hazar- dous to the public health' by ion. Nestor is in charge of evaluat- ing applications to market new ters. Lights .also blinked out in several districts of the capital. The current cuts were due to come intermittently for the next] week. Parisians braced themselves for another day of transporta- tion chaos today as 13 bus lines were closed down:by strikes. Work stoppages by journalists and gas workers also were ex- pected during the day. Pay talks were due to start with representatives of France's 350,000 railroadmen who Wed- nesday threw the country into turmoil for the fourth time this month with a day of periodic drugs for children's diseases. work stoppages. estimated at $750,000. Two fire- men were injured. Four shops and several apart- ments were housed in the down- |town building on the south side of Kent Street. Firewalls pre- vented the flames from spread- ing to large stores on either ter damage to stock and floors. The fire is. believed to have started iff Michael's hairdress- ing salon, spreading to Marsh- all Stephen's barbershop and the order offic: 2f Simpsons- Sears Limited on the street floor, and to the Modern Beauty side of the building, but they} received heavy smoke and wa-| | One, Wilton James, a volun- |teer from Omemee, fell from. a ladder and was taken to hos- pital, whre his condition later was reported to be satisfactory. Michael Hutton, a member of the Lindsay fire department, |was treated for face cuts. suf- |fered: when a window shattered soon after the fire broke out. | All apartment occupants left the building safely. Lindsay firemen, assisted by brigades from nearby Bob- caygeon, Fenelon Falls, Little Britain, Omemee, Oakwood and |Kirkfield, evacuated sev- jeral families from apartments 'in adjacent buildings. CRIME PROBE DISCUSSED TORONTO (CP) -- Opposition members of the Ontario legis- lature: accused the government Wednesday night of minimizing Premier Robarts dismissed charges as examples of emotionalism" and said his Progressive Conservative gov- ernment is considering action as a result of the report by Mr. Justice W. D. Roach, whose royal commission report on crime was tabled 110 days ago. Outside the House after the 34-hour debate was adjourned, Mr. Robarts said the govern- ment intends to introduce legis- lation in the current session as a result of the report. Speakers brought out few new charges and no new facts dur- ing a sometimes tempestuous debate in which the Speaker had to call the House to order repeatedly when shouted com- " Liberal Leader John Winter- meyer and New 'Democratic Party Leader Donald C. Mac- on organized crime in the prov- ice justified the campaign they waged in 1961 to get a full- scale investigation. Government members argued that key in- ferences of high-level corrup- tion in the 1961 charges had been proved groundless by the Roach commission. The government waived the opportunity to speak first in the debate, giving way to hour-long speeches by the leaders of the two opposition parties. Mr: Ro- barts spoke briefly after them. Mr. Wintermeyer said the Roach report is "vindicatio: and justification of the speec' I made Nov. 29, 1961"--a speech that gave details of alleged cor- ruption designed to show a crime probe was necessary. Regarding one implication of his 1961 speech, Mr. Winter- meyer said he accepts "quite clearly that the commission has found that there was no link between officials in the attor- ney-general's office and gam- blers in this province." But he noted the Roach com- mission's finding that organized gambling has reached danger- ous proportions in Ontario and HOSPITAL 723-2211 Donald said the report's finding called on the government to do something about it. He also quoted passages from the Roach report showing that certain so- cial clubs run by gamblers had been allowed by the provincial secretary's office to retain their charters despite repeated com- plaints by the police. URGES LAW CHANGE He urged that the law be changed to prevent persons fac- ing gaming house charges to use a government social club charter as a defence. Mr. MacDonald said a gen- eral impression created by the ress that.the Roach report ex- ated the government is un- The commission showed there was organized crime in the province, he said. Commission findings also upheld opposition charges of corruption in "high places" in finding that late mines minister James Maloney was a confidante of top gam- blers and interceded for them. Corruption was shown within the provincial police. The conclusions of Mr. Jus- tice Roach were a "pallid re- flection" of the evidence pre- sented at the inquiry, Mr. Mac- Robarts Promises Action |decisions that involved political |problems he was timid." Mr. MacDonald said nobody ever questioned the honesty of Kelso Roberts, former attorney- general who became lands and forests minister late last year. "He was incredibly naive . . and by his naivete he provided the. circumstances in which oth- ers could pursue corruption." SAYS UNFOUNDED Mr. Roberts retorted later in the debate that Mr. Winter- meyer had levelled unfounded accusations in 1961 against Many people. "I have been through trial by fire for 15 months, ending only with the publication of this report the other day." _Mr. Roberts said the accusa- tions were aggravated under the system whereby the royal commission accepted hearsay evidence and required the ac- cused to prove their innocence. "He (Mr. Wintermeyer) con- sorted with the gatherers of gar- he asked' for it and he got it," Mr. Roberts said in stating that the Roach investigation had Donald said. "When he came to shown the attorney-general's of- fice free of cotruption. bage from the gutters of life--|. There are 320 newspaper pho- toengravers among 20,000 news- paper employees in the city. April 8 OTTAWA (CP)--Chief Elec- toral Officer Nelson Castonguay has forecast a record turnout of better than 80 per cent of eligible voters in' the April 8 federal election. Best previous showing was 79.8 per cent of 9,131,000 eligi- bles in the: 1958 election. Last June 18, 79.3 per cent of the 9,700,325 eligibles went to the Polls. Mr. Castonguay said he based his forecast of a record turnout on public interest, reflected in inquiries to his own office and to returning officers in the country's 263 constituencies. "We'll do better than 80 per cent this time,"' he said, looking .|for an "increase of at least one percentage point." He had never seen such wide- spread interest, said Mr, Cas- tonguay. One letter of inquiry came from a Canadian in Sing- apore. YOU'LL FIND - INSIDE... Oshawa Life Underwriters Win Contést ...... Page 13 Oshawa Avg. Weekly Wage 5th In Canadu Page 13 Woman Suffers Face Cuts In Accident . Page 13 OCCI Students Hold Career Day ....... Page 13 Cafik Predicts Election Outcome .. Page 13 mountainside Feb. 4. that a reservation has been made for the girl) on a Pan- uled to about noon for Fairbanks, Al- aska, weather permitting. However, no ticket had been purchased, and no discharge slip had been prepared at the hospital. Th question of the girl's de- parture hinges on the arrival were thwarted by a storm. vate hospital room, seeing onl: personal friends. Meanwhile, Flores left th ping off for a haircat,and visit- ing a dentist for some repair work on teeth broken in the air crash, He was preparing for the ar- rival of his wife, who was ex- pected to fly in today from Vancouver. "She'll collapse when she sees me," said the plucky, 42-year- old pilot. "'My face is not the same. It's so high up on this side." He referred to a jawbone fracture on the left side of his face, In Vancouver, his wife The- resa, 39, said she had never given up hope that her husband would be found. She said her six children' who remained at the family home in San Bruno, Calif., also had faith their fa- ther would be found alive. "And I will not stand in his way if he wants to fly again," ste said. Hospital authorities reported both were eating a full soft-food diet. It would probably be an- other three days before they could eat regular meals. During their stay in the northern Brit- ish Columbia wilderness the pair had gone without food for Cadi Warns Against Perjury ... Page 3 about six weeks. Flores estimated that the carrying her and pilot Ralph)relegraph's Flores crasted into an isolated It was learned early today American Airlines plane sched- leave Whitehorse at Corporation' Flores' said it received a call from Flores' wife Tuesday. She told the company her husband was the company might have hired someone new for the Dew-line post, it said. gram Wednesday advising. him to take as much time as needed to recover from his ordeal and when he was ready he would be sent back to the north. of her brother, Arthur and his » wife, now believed in Seattle. § The couple had planned to fly to Whitehorse Wednesday but ® International Telephone and Federal 4Electric employer, concerned, because, having overstayed his leave, he felt The company sent him a tele- Wednesday, Miss Klaben went into semi-seclusion in her pri- | hospital for the first time, stop- © mixed feelings toward Cubait refugee leaders who have vowed to strike "again -and again and again." $ "We certainly 5: at! deeply with. their desive to uae Cuba freed," one official said, "but we don't want them to Push us into a war." % "If we saw an anmed heading from Florida to Cuba we would certainly stop it," an official said, Po However, the coast guard's jurisdiction extends only over |U.S. territorial waters. ae et MRS. THERESA FLORES