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THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle OSHAWA WHITBY VOL. 5--NO. 125 OSHAWA-WHITBY, THURSDAY, OCT OBER 10, 1946 Price 4 Cents FOURTEEN PAGES 6 NAZI APPEALS JUNKED ad Mayfair Lanes Bowling Alley Will Be Sold Will Be Sold by Local Master to Wind Up Partnership Court Dissolves Partnership Two Oshawa Residents Sitting in Weekly Court at Osgoode Hall yesterday, Mr. Justice Smily gave judgment Manning F. Swartz anc. Peter dissolving the partnership of Bakogeorge, both of Oshawa, operators of Mayfair Lanes, as of July 12 and appointed Oswald S. Hobbs of Oshawa as receiver without security. The judgment directed that the®- partnership be wound up and the sale of assets of the tnership, the bowlin y, be car- ried out under the direction of the Local Master at Whitby. Each of the partners will be at liberty to bid at the sale. The costs of the action and motion were referred to the Local Master at Whitby. Wind Up Partnership At the hearing in Toronto yes- a motion was brought by J. phrntiblp ip business conducted by tiff and defendant. After argument Mr. Justice partner oy ihe Lae, at oa a y been - ved, gave judgment to wind it 30h A, wk aaa ete as : 8 of the Sines bowling alleys hick I i Ty, Te 25, 1945, with Mayor w. H, cutting a white Warsaw, Oct. 10.--(AP)--Train- Ing 3 its Janting men mostly along lines, New Poland is ing an' efficient and com- pact post-war army about one- fourth the size of that in the field when the war in Europe ended in 1948. Marshal Michal Rola-Zymierski, Minister of National Defence, says the army now has only 16 infantry divisions and three cavalry regi- ments. Air and units make up the remainder of the new army, which now numbers about 165,000 men, : Red Alliance "We are united with the Red Army by an alliance and brother- hood-in-arms," he said. The Polish Army recruitment system now jis based on a system of 24 months' obligatory military ser- _ Vice, starting with men 18 years of age. Men who are sole support of a family and workers indispensable in state industries, such as coal min- ers, and teachers and clergymen, are assigned to non-combat units. BILTON APPEAL SAID STILL PENDING "I can give no information at present," Louis Isaac of Toronto told The Times-Gazette this morning when questioned in Sunmwetioh with a rumor that appeal has been entered on behalf of George Bilton, recent ly convicted at Whitby of the murder on June 13 last, of Mrs, Theresa Laurie of Ajax, beside the dual highway east of Ajax. The A meray De partment, 's that no appeal has been entered ax Sit in Weekly Court in' Toronto that le oe devi i Prmentih » % was sentenced to hang on De- cember S-Ash Union Meet Due Tonight Windsor, Oat. Oct. 10--(CP)--The effort to settle the 90-day strike at the Brunner Mond of Canada plant at nearby Amherstburg--key to many consumer and industrial shortages--went forward another step today with the announcement that a meeting of strikers will be held tonight to consider proposals for settlement. Harry Rowe, publicity director of the national office of the United Automobile Workers (CIO), an- nounced the proposed meeting of members of U.A.W, Local 89 which called the strike July 12 to enforce demands for a $2 daily wage in- crease, a 40-hour week and the Rand formula of union security un- der which all employees pay union dues whether they are union mem- bers or not. Effects Wide The strike, which had an effect all out of proportion to its size, cut off virtually all Canadian manufac ture of soda ash, essential in the manufacture of glass, textiles and dozens of other products. It cut off production of bottles and that in turn led to a reduction from 208 to 26 ounces a month in the Ontario Liquor Ration. THE WEATHER Clear and warmer today. Fri- day cloudy becoming overcast with intermittent rain com- mencing in the afternoon, Low tonisns and high Friday 47 and Show School Children Fire Prevention Movies Through the effective medium of movie films, several thousand school children in Oshawa this week have seen the horror and tragedy which can be the result of carelessness in leaving a hot iron unattended, in with matches, -in allowing ulty wiring and heating equip- ment to exist in one's home all of which help every day to swell the nations death toll. from fire. As Fire Prevention Week has been observed in the city as across the Dominion, school children have not only been made aware of the danger of fire in every day life but have also been given training in what to do in case of fire in their jority of schools all children were out of the building within a minute of the sounding of the alarm. Hospital Day Tomorrow Tomorrow will be "hospital day" the the local Fire Prevention Week program. Movies will be shown for the benefit of the student nurses at the Oshawa General Hospital and members of the fire department will carry out a general inspection of the hospital. The movie program, which has been conducted by Fire Department officials assisted by Laurence Sav- ery of the Rublic School Staff, will conclude tomorrow with a showing in Ritson Public School. This morning in King Street Pub- lic School a group of 75 or more Grade V and VI pupils watched with wrapt attention as they saw FIRE PREVENTION (Continued on Page 2) \ { band John Dick. Alley, Cetna snd Athol Breet, bo yesterday, Mr. Justice Smily fo, St A en Lr ee BULLETIN Berlin, Oct, 10--(AP)--The Allied Con- trol Council today rejected all clemency pleas of 16 convicted Nazi war criminals, A communique drafted by the four-power Council announced the decision after two three- hour sessions, yesterday and today: The Con- trol Council is the last resort for the 11 doomed to die, The Council also rejected petitions of Hermann Goering, Wilhelm Keitel and Alfred Jodl to be shot instead of hanged: Vow pot" Mrs. Dick Got Letter Calling Her 'Sucker' Hamilton, Oct. 10--(OP)--An an- onymous letter received by Mrs, Evelyn MacLean Dick shortly be- fore her husband disappeared last March warned her the man ghe is accused of slaying "was making a sucker out of her," the court was told today during trial of the com- ely young widow on a charge of the March 6 torso slaying of her hus- Ray Castle, superintendent of the Hamilton Street Rallway which em- ployed Dick as a tram driver told of the anonymous letter yesterday and sald Mrs, Dick brought the let- ter to him before Dick disappeared last March 6. She wanted to see "SUCKER" (Continued on Page 2) Rotary Vice President J. NORVAL WILLSON who was elected vice-president of the club for the 1946-47 Rotary year at a meeting of the directors of the Oshawa Rotary Club last night, 'Wartime Mentality' Bracken Charges Federal Government HOLD THAT TIGER! BOMBAY CRY Bombay, Oct. 10--(Reuters) --Six persons have been killed by a man-eating tiger which for two months has roamed the countryside in the Karwar dis- trict of Bombay province. Armed villagers have made day and night patrols in attempts to capture the tiger which, in addition to dodging all traps, has killed livestock and caused terror among village's, Shot at Thug, Missed, Bank Manager Says Cochrane, Oct. 10--(CP) -- Bank manager William McDowell of South Porcupine sald yesterday he tried twice to shoot at a man who held up his branch of the Bank of Toronto, last November but both times his pistol failed to work: Mc- Dowell testified at the re-trial of Marcel Desserres, 23, on a charge of murder arising from the shooting of John Dubinsky, 48, a customer who attempted to leave the bank during the holdup. J | Toronto, Oct. 10--(CP) -- John Bracken, Progressive Conservative leader, today criticized government waste and high taxation and charg- ed that the interest bill on what the Federal government has borrow= ed "now approaches the total ex- penditures of pre-war days. "If the present trend is not ar- rested, we will soon reach the point where all that we can do with our money is to earn it, turn it over to the government and then hope that the government will maintain us," Mr, Bracken sald today in an ad- dress prepared for delivery to the Progressive Conservative Business men's Club, To Start Nazi Trials For Doctors Accused Maiming 'Guinea Pigs' Nuernberg, Oct. 10 (AP)--United States authorities said today that German doctors charged with using human beings as guinea pigs for inhuman experiments in 8.8. (Elite Guard) laboratories would face trial about Nov, 15 in re- newed war crimes proceedings in Nuernberg. Lawyers sald 8.8, officials ande doctors involved in swh experi. ments on concentration camp in mates and other persons would be grouped together in the first of a series of six trials, The second group, they sald, would include Na- zl Peoples Court Judges who issued summary death sentences, often without even hearing defence. testi- mony, Dozen Involved At least a dozen doctors engaged in so-called medical experiments for the 8.8. have been brought here for trial and an entire corridor of the Nuernberg Courthouse has been roped off for ks for the inter- rogation of witnesses, Experimental laboratories were discovered by invading Allied Arm- ies In several areas of Germany, and Jsiimony = the recently concluded War Crimes trial before the In- ternational Military Tribunal and German documents disclosed that the experiments included: Ice Baths The subjection of naked men to icy winter air or ice baths for long periods in a search for methods to prevent downed German airmen from freezing to death. The human guinea pigs--the ones who v.:re not frozen to death--were warmed up in hot baths, or by putting them in bed with nude women. The lat- ter method, tors not very successful, The sterilization of women and the castration of men at Oswiecim i Boland, 4b the guurse of whith he roprodue roductive organs of 15 to 18 ear-old girls were destroyed by x- To or other methods, transform- ing them into hobbling creatures appearing to be 70 years old. Extravagances The Progressive Conservative Leader charged that "the govern- ment cannot get away from its war- time mentality," and "it can't dis- card wartime extravagances." He referred particularly to the Wartime Information Service, cost ing between $600,000 and $700,000 a year, and the National Film Board, with nearly 1,000 persons on the payroll, costing nearly $2,000,000 a year. In addition, the government was apenging more an bei a year on advertising and publicity. Waste Material He also referred to "materials at military camps or in the hands of war assets sufficient to house, to clothe, to supply fuel and to provide comforts for thousands of those Hous WARTIME {Continued on Page 2) CHRYSLER TALKS AT OTTAWA CONTINUING Ottawa, Oct. 10--(CP)--Con- . ferences between union, com- pany and Labor Department officials, aimed at ending the strike of automobile workers at The discussions, centering around a union de- mand for 15 cents an hour and As company offer of nine cents, h ®) h Was | On RUSS LIFT MYSTERY BAN ON AIRCRAFT Frankfu-t, Germany, Oct. 10 = (AP)=-An unexplained sus- pension of American plane flights over Czechoslovakia was lifted suddenly today by United States headquarters in Europe, but a military ban was contin- ued on flights either by civil or military planes over Romania and Hungary. Toronto Men Go To Trial Charged with the on of housebreaking tools, Noel Rivers and George Tough, both 45-year. old Toronto men, today were sent on for trial after preliminary hear- ing before Magistrate F. 8. Ebbs. separate charges of vagrancy against the pair, Rivers ved a six-month sentence in county jail RAILWAYS ASK FREIGHT RATE HIKE Montreal, Oct. 10 (CP)= Canadian Railways announced today they have applied to the Board of Transport Commis- sloners for a general advance of 30 per cent in freight rates. The application was made by The Rallway Association of Canad U.S. Nabs 24 On Way To Yank Army Windsor, Oct, -10--(OP)--United for its 23 members, Application also has been made to the Prices Board for concurrence in the increases if approved by the Board of Transport Commissioners. Signed by J. A. Brass, gener- al secretary of the Assocation, the application was filed simul. taneously with the two Boards in Ottawa today. . amera Club Will Conduct Members Drive With emphasis upon a member- ship drive to encourage all types of camera enthusiasts to join in its activities which this year would in- clude a great deal work, the Oshawa Camera Club held its organizing meeting night at Adelaide House, of dark-room last Dr. Willlam Blair, last year's president, said there were many camera fans in the Oshawa dis trict who were probably hesitant about coming out to a camera club meeting because they thought joine ing such an organization meant ad. vanced knowledge of techniques and the possession of expensive equipment, That, he said, wag not true of the Oshawa tlub, There was no need of an expen= sive camera he explained, as one aim of the club was to ghow begin. ners and others what excellent pho- tographs could be obtained with a cheap camera, A motion passed by those present called for the imme- diate setting up of a dark room for use of all members. Most of the fa- cllities were already available and beginners would then be able to make contact prints and also en- largements under the instruction of more advanced members, Another plan for thé year, agreed upon by those present, was to have camera trips to well-known local and Tore wl industries arranged in inter. ls. Blair sald more emphasis should be put on photos of every- day ocourrences and objects rather than upon pure salon work, as the latter would discourage photographers who can take excel- many good CAMERA CLUB (Continued on Page 2) States Immigration officials in De- trolt yesterday predicted an investi gation into possible "condoning of raud" bu draft board officials at Toledo, ©. for assisting young Canadians from the Windsor area to enlist fraudulently in the U.S. Army, The situation came to light when 2¢ Windsor area youths with Army career aspirations were returned home within two days by US Im» officials who sald they are retaining two others for further Hvestigwion because of their rece ords, The immigration men sald results of the inquiry will be placed before Selective Service officials in Wash- ington, They reported that one of the youths told them the Toledo Board advised them to give Detroit addresses in seeking enlistment, Lack of jobs in Windsor industry because of strikes, high pay in the US. Army and the chance of ob- taining U.8, citimanship were said to be among reasons for the attempted modus, E. Alcock, district director of the us. Immigration Service in De- troit, said that although non-citie zens were accepted by the Army during the war, such enlistments now are illegal and fraudulent, He sald if the boys were right in say- ing the Toledo Draft Board advised them to use Detroit addresses and other means to assist them to ene list "it looks as though they were taking an easy way to get their quotas." He admitted that some youths had successfully enlisted in the US. forces but declined to estimate the number, but tone of the youths re ported. that immigration officials Jug him there were more than The movement over the border was first discovered Mon when the US, Border Patrol R up three Jobs who admitted they were to assemble in Toledo the next day. Five more were caught a8, She i of the Detrolt-Windsor' unn Try Glass Making Without Soda Ash Wallaceburg, Oct. 10.~(CP)-- Experiments aimed at manufacture of "amber glass" without use of s0« da ash are under way at the Do- minion Glass Company plant here, manager BE. Davies said Juerday. The amber glass could be used to make bottles. The firm made pre- liminary experiments two weeks ago and this week 125 men were called back to work, while Tough got four months, Both are in custody with $5,000 bail being asked in each instance, At one point in the hearing of Rivers, Magistrate Ebbs said 'he's had a longer experience of court than I ni) " He was referring to the accused's record .as read to the court by Crown Attorney A. ©, Hall, Rivers has been convicted on about a dozen charges of housebreaking since 1932 and has spent some time in Portsmouth Penitentiary at Kingston. Arrested October § The two men were arrested in the early morning of October 5 in the driveway between 467 and 473 Mas- son Street carrying in their posses. sion tools allegedly used in burg- ay Polies Tam, they found a Sigal pe! flash a key ring with a skeleton key, &nd. a screwdriver on Rivers, Sergeant Donald MacLellan testi fled that he had caught the pair when they ran into his arms in TORONTO MEN *, (Continued on Page N ° i Toronto, Oct. 10--(CP)--Police in suburban North York Township to- day blamed a "child's prank" for the tying of a naked two-year-old boy to a wire fence yesterday at a farm half a mile from his home. The described as exaggerated earlier reports that the youngsters body was slightly mutilated when he was found, hanging horizontally with one hand and one foot tied to the fence with his own torn clothing. "If you call a scratch mutilation, he was mutilated," said one officer, "That was all he had--a scratoh. We're morning to make sure we weren't {wrong about that" investigating further this ~ Boy, Two, Lashed To Fence Stripped of Clothing; Claimed Gag By Police Comic Strip Idea Another officer sald it was thought that the youngsters respon- sible got the idea from a comic strip in which a victim was tied into a "spider web" 'The police, who carried on a night long investigation, are hopeful of an early solution." The boy--James Maley, son of Mr, and Mrs, James Maley--wand« ered away from his home yesterday afternoon. His mother found him at dark, tied to the fence, He could give his mo and pol ice only an incoherent s of what happened. ' Police said this morning that he appeared lo be getting along alrighty