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| 200 Montrealers Said Poisoned With Arsenic- read THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE Combining The Oshgwa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle OSHAWA " WHITBY VOL. 5--NO. 135 OSHAWA-WHITBY, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1946 Price 4 Cents TWELVE PAGES 1T0 BUILD ODEON THEATRE HER English Film Firm Secures Fine Site King and Victoria Seek Permit From Council to Erect Building to Seat 1,000 People -- Cost $100,000 -- Company Headed by J. Arthur Rank Plan Big Chain for Canada -- Second Theatre Company to Announce Building Plans " Bail Judge For Ld na y L. United Mine Workers tions luncheon. Will Appear At The Next Sessions Of County Court Cobourg, Oct. 23--Judge J. C. M. German was bailed for trial this morning on a charge of dangerous driving. Bail in the amount of $2,000 was set, of which $1,000 was put up by Dr. S. R. Robertson, Cobourg dentist, and by ex-sheriff John T. Field. Magistrate Menzies of London, Ont., said he would take the responsibility of "bailing" ® T accused for trial rather than com- mitting him. . Professor Joselyn Rogers was 'called to relate his findings when he analy:2d a blood sample taken Dr. Wikins. Professor Rogers sald that his analysis showed 3.1 percent per thousand by weight. Judge German will appear at the December sessions of county court. A further charge of drunk driving was laid over to October 31 at which time an adjournment will be made to a later date. Tells of Tests Detalls of his examination of COBOURG JUDGE (Continued on Page 2) November 1, ] Or Else! Lewis Says Washington, Oct. 23. -- (AP)-- © John L. Lewis today stepped up the tempo of his attack for fresh wage concessions from the Federally-op- erated sbft coal industry, whipping out a sharp new ultimatum to In- terior Secretary Krug. Mr. Lewis told Mr. Krug to meet him in Washington on Nov. 1--and no later--or face a walkout by Lew- is' 400,000 soft coal miners 20 days earlier than the Nov, 20 deadline set previously. The 68-year-old boss of the AF. Union thus underscored his demand that 'Mr. Krug re-open the whole ques- tion of wages, hours and other mat. ters involved in the Lewis-Krug agreement which followed the gov- ernment's seizure of the pits last May 22. Meanwhile, labor experts looked for possible repercussions from this _ pre-winter controversy which could affect Pennsylvania's 75,000 hard cou] miners. Almost the entire hard coal output goes into heating homes and buildings. . U.N. Session Opens In N.Y. New York, Oct 23--(AP)--With permanent peace as their goal and the split between the United States and Russia as their foremost wor- ry, the delegates of 51 United Na- tions gathered today to hear Presi~ dent Truman open their first great assembly on North American soil, By plane, train and ship they have been arriving in this new "world capital" . Mr. Tru- man waa due in during' the after- noon, State Secretary Byrnes pre- ceded him ]ast night, but aides said Mr. Byres' only active part in to- day's round of opening ceremonies probably would be a brief, extemp- oraneous speech at a United Na- i New York, Oct. 23--(CP)--Prime Minister Mackenzie King arrived in New York this morning from Otta- wa to take part in the United Na- tions General Assembly opening this afternoon and hear the keynote address of President Truman. To Wage Campaign Against Lamprey Eel Toronto, Oct. 23-- (CP)--Ontario is joining with the United States bordering the upper Great Lakes in an all-out campaign against the lamprey eel, which is preying with considerable effect, on lake trout and other species of commercial ish, Lands Minister Thcmpson an. ced yesterday. He sald that H. H. MacKay of the fish and wild- life division will be one of a_party leaving this week-end for a con- ference in Ann. Arbor, Mich., with American officials, Threatens kia il JOHN L. LEWIS Another disastrous soft coal strike is in the offing in the United States if the government and the United Mine Workers' Union do not get to- gether over a new contract, Mr. Lewis has warned all and sundry. Trial On Dangerous Driving Say Homicide Investigation Under Way Montreal, Oct. 23.--(CP) -- The Herald said today in a newspage story that the city homicide squad has been ordered to investigate the mass poisoning of 500 residents of the east end Maisonneuve district and the discovery of arsenic in samples of bread submitted by some of the victims to food inspectors and medical experts. Details of the poisoning, two weeks ago, have just been disclosed and The Herald said that in order- ing the homicide squad investiga- tion, Inspector Alphonse Canton, head of the detective squad, said "there are some indications that the pdisonings may have been deli« berate and not accidental." The Herald added: "Other authorities in official po- sitions have also declared that the poisonings may have been acciden- tal but that & police investigation was ordered because of the case's unusual nature and what appeared to be deliberate under-handed Auto Pioneer Dies In Connorsville, Ind. Chicago, Oct. 28.--(AP)--Charles C. Hinch, 78, a pioneer in the auto- motive industry, died yesterday after several weeks illness. He was chief of the automotive products section of the War Industries Board in the First Great War, He became gener- al manager of the Maxwell Motor Company, Detroit, in 1919 and was named executive vice president of the Lexington Motor Co, Conners- ville Ind, in 1921. Engineer To Prepare Specifications For Colborne Street Bridge The long-proposed Colborne Street bridge was the sub- ject of further controversy at last night's City Council meet- ing with the matter eventually being left in the hands of the city engineer to present plans and specifications "as soon as possible". Meanwhile it will be taken off the council's agenda. This action was urged by Board ®---- 4 of Works Chairman Michael Starr, who pointed out that the city engi- neer was not yet in a position to give a report on the project. Alder- man PF, M. Dafoe voiced the opinion that the engineer should be in- structed to bring in plans and speci- fications "early in the spring," as it was too late to proceed with the project this fall, While members of council' ex- pressed concern that the matter might be '"side-tracked" if it were not left on the agenda, Ald. Starr made it clear that this was not his intention, that the engineer would | be working on it and would present his report as soon as it was com- pleted. Wants Foot Bridge Ald C. B, Gay referred again to his original proposal for the con- struction of a foot bridge across the | bate. Creek as a temporary measure, On a previous occasion he had submit- ted a sketch for such a bridge but council had decided to proceed with COLBORNE BRIDGE (Continued on Page 2) Russia's Billion Loan Seems Out Washington, Oct. 23--(AP)--Rus. sia's request for a $1,000,000,000 American loan appears doomed to- day unless Soviet leaders cease their criticism of United 'States foreign economic policy. : Similarly, Czechslovakia and Po- land may find it, difficult to win approval of their requests for loans totalling $850,000,000 from the An- glo-American dcminated world bank. State Secretary 'Byrnes himself made clear at his press conference yesterday that the United States wil] limit its future financial aid to friendly countries who do not brand dollar credits as instruments of ec- onomic enslavement. Review London, Oct. 23--(CP) -- Prime Minister Attlee called today for a review of the use of the veto in the United Nations Security Council. "His Majesty's government is certainly of the opinion that there should be a review of the use of the veto with a view to restraining it to its original intent," Mr, Attlee told the House of Commons in the second day of a foreign affairs de- Winston Churchill, Wartime Prime Minister, was to follow Mr. Attlee in speaking for the Conser- vative opposition. ' Mr. Attlee told the House: "If we are to achieve a peaceful world, states of diverse character must be prepared to tolerate each other and work together." Exploding Mines Kill 30, Wound 27 Batavia, Java, Oct. 23-- (Reuters) --Thirty people were killed and 27 wounded wh 18 Japanese sea mines exploded at Menado, Celebes, the Netherlands News Agency re- ported today. A report received in Batavia today from Menado said | the mines exploded while a Dutch naval mine disposal squad was en- gaged in rendering them. harmless. THE WEATHER Clear 'and warmer. Tuesday clear and continuing warm be- coming cloudy late evening, light winds, Thursday, con- tinuing clear and warm. Low tonight and high Thursday 45 and 65. I Community Chest Total $7,116.25 At Noon Today Contributions turned in to Community Chest headquar- ters by noon today totalled $7,116.25, a considerable increase over the total at the same stage in previous campaigns. munity Chest headquarters by oon today totalled $7,116.25, a consider- able increase over the total at the same stage in previous campaigns. In addition to the returns re- ceived at the treasurer's office the canvasses are reported to be well under way in all the factories in the city with indications that em- ployees are attempting to make it a 100 per cent contribution, Five 100 Per Cent. Many of the small businesses have already completed their canvasses and in practically every instance it is found that every employee has made a contribution. The first five business places listed as "100 per centers" are Adanac Machine Co., Dominion Bank, Schofield Insur- ance Agency, Bint Foundry and Bank of Montreal. Many interesting sidelights on the campaign come from the canvassers, and headquarters. There was the small newsboy, "for instance, who wanted to give 50 cents of his hard- earned paper money to help the Red Feather Campaign--and could he please have a =ice big red feather. At headquarters an elderly gentle- man came saying that he didn't COMMUNITY CHEST (Continued on Page 2) 270 Injured In Chicago 'L' Accident Chicago, Oct. 23-- (AP) --Between 240 and 270 persons bound for work were injured today, about 10 seri- ously, when an elevated express train rammed the rear of another during heavy fog. The crash occurred during the morning rush. hour at the 47th street station on the south side. Both trains were derailed but were in no danger of falling to the street, From 1,030 to 1500 passengers were on the two trains, Police re- ported many of them crowded the station platform, delaying removal of the injured. y So jammed with milling, confused passengers was the platform and its stairway that firemen used hook and ladder equipment to climb the structure. Ambulances and fire equipment so congested the 47th street area that all street car and automobile traffic had to be re-routed. Every avail- able south side ambulance rushed victims to eight hospitals, Contributions turned in to Com-®-- Pleads Guilty To 14 Charges Forging Cheques Pleading guilty to 14 charges of forging and uttering cheques during September and October to the amount of $150, Wilfred Spencer Wood, 16, of Tyrone, was remanted in custody until October 28 for sen- tence by Magistrate F. 8. Ebbs in court today. Inspector Wilbur. Dawn testified that he arrested the accused on October 16 and that Wood had made a signed statement to the po- lice admitting the passing of seven cheques on the Oshawa branch of the Canadian Bank of Commerce. Most of the cheques were forged in the eof C. Tabb .of e, who, it was said, lives in the Wood home. Five of the charges invol- ved persons residing in the Bow- manville area but Crown Attorney A. C. Hall told the court that they had asked that all the charges be heard in Oshawa. Magistrate Ebbs noted that the lad had been a ward of the Bow- manville Training School. He thought he still might be under their jurisdiction, .He had received suspended sentence for stealing a bicycle last August. STRAWBERRIES PLENTIFUL EVEN IF CREAM DEAR The price of cream may have gone up but perhaps one would not begrudge the effort of stret- ching the budget a little in order to have "strawberries and cream" for breakfast, this late in the season. Mrs. J. Chambers, 227 Ver- dun Road, who enjoys an en- viable reputation for strawberry growing, is enjoying a very special season with her "Ever- bearing" type of plant, due in part, of course, to'the extend- ed summer-like weather which "has prevallied this month, Mrs. Chambers had seven boxes of strawberries, all good size, on Thanksgiving Day, Oct. 14th, and this morning, she picked four more boxes from her strawberry patch, One of them was two inches across and an inch and a half through, from tép to 'bottom--quite a strawberry, for any time of year. construction of 6,500 Teet of s includes extension on LaSalle Let $19,014 Contract For Sanitary Sewers . City Council last night awarded the contract for the the Scott-Jackson Construction Co. Ltd., at an amount of $19,014. This project, which comprises 13 stretches of sewer, anitary sewers in the city to and Highland Avenues to service the Integrated Housing® developments on those streets, Recommended by Engineer The Scott-Jackson bid was the i lowest of the three received and the contract was awarded on recom- mendation of City Engineer W. T. Dempsey who reported that his in- vestigations concerning this firm's work in othér municipalities indi- cated that it would be capable of doing this work satisfactorily, Ten- ders had also been recefved from the Swansea . Construction Co. Ltd. and the W. B, Bennett Construction Co., Ajax. It was pointed out that the con- tractors would be prepared to com- mence work possibly by November 1. To a query by Ald. F. M. Dafoe, Board of Works Chairman M. Starr recalled that it was well on to Dec- ember when the Swansea Co. had to cease sewer work last fall. Ald. .! Dafoe questioned the advisability of commencing the project if there was no guarantee that it would be com- pleted this fall. Use Nine-Inch Pipe Nine-inch pipe is to be laid throughout and the extensions planned are as follows: Bruce St, 300 feet each from Yonge Street; Gliddon Avenue, from Cadillac to Highland; Highland Avenue from Athol to Gliddon; LaSalle Avenue from Athol to Gliddon; Simcoe Street South, 500 feet north from Jackson; Sutherland Avenue from Mary to Jarvis; Masson Street, 400 meet south from Aberdeen; Park Road South, from Gibbs to Quebec; Oshawa Blvd, 600 feet north from Alice; Bloor Street East, 750 feet east from Haig; Ritson Road North, from Rosedale to Pearson; Pearson Street, 300 feet west from Ritson Road; and on private property from Bruce to Gliudon. concerning the calling of such a 'meeting. ! " bd amin Asks Meeting To Consider - Civic Projects Pointing out the danger of the council finding itself in a serious financial condition if some policy was not set up in regard to projects to be undertaken within the next few years, Finance Chairman. Ernie Cay last night urged that a eting be called of all civic bodies which were contemplating capital expen- ditures in order to get some idea of the total expenditure involved. As successive projects came up for discussion at last night's city coun- cil meeting, Ald. Cay pointed out that the city is in debt at the present time and appealed for careful con- sideration before deciding on any unnecessary expenditures, Supported by Ald. W; J. Lock, Ald. Cay urged that a round table dis- cussion be held for the purpose of getting a clear conception of all the projects under consideration. "I don't think the aldermen know that all these proposed projects are going to mean to the tax .rate, "Let's get it on paper and see what it's going to cost," he declared, While Mayor McCallum and other members of council endorsed Ald. Cay's views no action was taken Mines Kill 38, Injure 45 Off Albania London, Oct. 23--(CP) -- John Dugdale, financial secretary to the Admiralty, anfounced teday that 38 men were killed and 45 injured in explosions which damaged two British destroyers off the Albanian coast yesterday. Mr. Dugdale told the House of Commons that the first vessel, the Saumarez, "was believed to have hit a mine." The other, the Volage, was damaged nearly two hours la- ter while towing the Saumarez. He said "there was an explosion" which blew off her bow. Both ships have arrived at Cor- fu. An Admiralty board is inquir- ing into the cause of the explos- ons, Seek Further Information Gifts To Vets Pointing out that such an under- taking would involve an expendi- ture of perhaps $25,000, Alderman C. W. Minett, Vice-chairman of Finance, expressed the view last night that it appeared impossible that the city would be able to do anything this year in regard to pre- senting gifts to the men and women from the city who had served in World War II. Ald. Minett said it was with re- gret that he made this recommen- dation but he couldn't see how any. thing could be done this year in view of the city's current financial position. It was estimated, he poin- ted out, that the number of service. men and women involved would be about 2,700, adding that it might be referred to next year's council. Other members of council expres- sed the opinion, however, that the matter should not be dropped and it was referred back to the Finance Committee so that further infor- mation might be obtained, with a view to making a concrete recom- mendation to next year's council. Asks Strike Date Be Moved Back Sault' Ste. Marle, Ont.,, Oct, 23-- (CP)--William Mahoney, interna- tional representative of the United Steel Workers of America (CIO) said last night representations have been made to the Unemployment Insurance Commission at Ottawa to have the date marking end of the Oct. 14 to Oct. 3. He said the union regards Oct. 8 as the proper date in view of a clause in the settle- ment agreement concerning a nine- day waiting period from date of re. gistration before entitlement to draw employes insurance, For Oshawa The British motion picture concern, Odeon Theatres of Canada Ltd., is planning the erection of a $100,000 theatre building in Oshawa on the northeast corner of King and Victoria Street. The most modern fireproof construction, with design and appointments following the English line, and having a seating capacity of 1,000, Six Millions Is Cost of Theatres Now Being Built Toronto, Oct. 22 -- John Davis, managing director of J. Arthur Rank's' British Odeon theatre cir- cuit, said 15 new Odeon theatres are under actual construction in Canada at an approximate cost of $6,000,000, - with - 64.-new buildings planned over a four-year period. There are 105 Odeon theatres in Canada now, he sald, completion of the long-range program to bring the total to 169. The new theatres now building include four in the Toronto district, five in the Montreal area and one each in Ottawa, London, Victoria, Guelph, West Vancouver and North Sydney. He sald' the British film industry is in a period of rapid expansion pointing out that his organization will have at least 35 feature pictures out next season, compared to 15 or 18 this year, He estimated next year's cost of production at $32,000,000. No production schedule is planned in Canada at the moment, he stat- ed, although they would like to make a picture with Canadian back- ground of the type of "49th Par- allel." . é& 2 4 The proposition was put forth at last night's city council meeting when K. B. Stratton, K.C. of Tor onto accompanied by A. F. Annis, K.C. and Ernest Marks Jr., of Osh= awa, appeared on behalf of the company in its application for the erection of such a building. The architect J. I. English of Toronto, was also present and explained in detail the construction of the pro- posed building. Notify Other Theatre Chain It was recalled by council that a promise had already been given to Pwentieth Century Theatres, the firm proposing the erection of a theatre on the northwest corner of Simcoe and Athol Streets, that a permit would not be issued to any ENGLISH THEATRE (Continued on Page 2) . Board Approves New Sewer Rate The city's bylaw raising! the rate for sewer connection to 16% cents a foot has been approved by the Ontario Municipal Board. The bys law had been pending before the Board since before the first of the year, . The new rate, necessitated by the increased cost of materials, is an increase of 7% cents a foot over the former charge, Authorize Purchase Of Airport Building For Recreation Group City Council last night authorized purchase of one of the former No. 20 E.F.T.S. buildings for use by the Com- munity Recreation Association, the C.R.A. to bear the cost of moving the building to a suitable location in the city. Price of the building, which is of one-storey, frame construction and similar to that purchased by the Oshawa General Hospital, is approxi= mately $2.000, While the council praised the work being carried on in the city by the C.R.A. and various members expressed a desire to assist the or- ganization, some hesitated to pur- chase the building in view of the many outlays with which the city is faced at the present time, Finance Chairman Ernie Cay went so far as to suggest that the aldermen give up their salaries amounting to $1,500, leaving the C.R.A. to provide the remaining $500,- but he found it necessary to vote against the motion because of his concern for the city's finances. Pointing to the work conducted at the various playgrounds in the city by the CR.A, Ald. M. Starr said that the organization had been an asset to the city and he was in favor of assisting it if at all possible, "I think they have done a wone derful job. It will really open your eyes to see what they have done at she playgrounds," Mayor McCallum told council, The recommendation that council purchase the building came from Ald. C. W. Minett, vice-chairman of Iinance. % LATE NEWS BRIEFS : From The Canadian Press Washington: The United States has accused Russia of forcing the "suppression" of an American protest con: cerning elections in the London: Winston Churchill, in Balkans. ! the U.K, Commons, denounced Russian policy in what he called the "Communized Balkan Bloc" and accused the Soviet of departing . from many Big Three agreements at Yalta and else* where. Ottawa: The Crown called Igor Gouzenko as its first witness in the trial of J. S. espionage accused. Benning, one of Canada's Toronto: Attorney-General Blackwell branded as conjecture reports that the Ontario Liquor Licence Act will be proclaimed. shortly and that cocktail lounges may open in a few weeks.