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eeths; Jews and Arabs Are St rike-Bent Bsuawa E D Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle AILY TIMES-GAZETTE WHITBY, VOL. 5--NO. 143 OSHAWA-WHITBY, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1946 Price 4 Cents TWELVE PAGES PUC PLANT EXTENSIONS $109,138 Pass Sick Benefits Plan For PUC Employees Two Weeks Pay Allowance For Permanent Staff The Public Utilities Commission last night adopted a sick benefits plan for its permanent employees, providing sickness allowance of two working weeks at full pay for all employees with at least one year's service. The plan, which follows a recom-¢ mendation submitted after a care- ful survey by the general manager, George Shreve, provides sickness al- Jowance of one day at full pay for each month of service for those having less than one year's service. Cumulative Plan After one year's service and dur- ing any subsequent year, the sick- ness allowance would be two work- ing weeks at full pay. If no claim is made against this allowance, the number of working weeks at full pay is more accumulative up to a maximum of eight weeks, It is also provided that in the case of pro- longed illness beyond this accumu- lative period, special consideration should be given by the Commission. + For the plan, "permanent" em- will be regarded as those en- rolled in or eligible for the pension and insurance plan, or in cases where advanced age has prevented . enrolment, those employees... by X " A schedule covering permissable absence due to death in the em- ployee's family is also included, the allowed off being as follows: in the case of the death of his wife, son or daughter, three days; father, mother, father-in-law, mother- law, brother or sister, one day. The time 50 lost shall be deducted from the employee's sick pay allowance. Last Night Quiet In City And District Hallowe'en was celebrated here in the traditional manner with the younger fry canvassing the houses yelling "Shell Out", with their older brothers touring the back fences to remove the immoveable, and with their up" compatriots acting the sophisticated fool at parties and dances. On 'the police blotter it was a clean and quiet night and the fire department also reported a tranquil evening, with only three calls, just one of which was a false alarm. Lots of fence posts and gates dis- appeared, the odd street light and traffic sign suffered a beating, and the usual strange and haunting noises were prevalent on the dark- ened streets, but nothing serious occurred. As Inspector Wilbur Dawn said it was just a typical Hallo- we"en, with the expected goings-on that would be anticipated from "a bunch of healthy children." An auto with a number of tin cans tied to the back end rumbled down the main streets early in the evening playing the ash-can sym- phony in B flat. The front steps of ig 7% HALLOWE'EN (Continued on Page 2) WINS CASES; DIVORCE AND PILLOW '! San Diego, Calif, Nov. 1.-- (AP)~ Superior Judge Charles C, Haines awarded an interlo- cutory judgment of divorce to Harold C. Weber, Jr. with this additional stipulation: That no support be awarded the defen- dant, Ruby P. Weber, "and the plaintiff is hereby awa ded his separate property three sheets, two pillow cases, two blankets and 25 fiction " w= Electronic . . Brain Next- Lord Louis miral Viscount Mountbatten told the British Institute of Radio En- gineers last night that science is on the verge of producing an electronic brain and a memory machine. ENIA.C.--The initials denoting one machine in this field--already solves , complicated mathematical problems in a few seconds, he said, and there are machines actually in use which "can exercise a degree of memory." "The reference library of the fu- ture will be a kind of memory ma- chine the size of a large desk," he said. . "It will store such a fantastic amount of information that it would take hundreds of years to fill it even if the user inserted every day what is now 5,000 pages of ma- terial." Radio tubes would be the control- ling factors in the machine, Lord Mountbatten said. P.U.C. Seeking Early Settlement . Water Agreement The Public Utilities Commission expressed a desire last night to have the matter of thq water agreement with East Whitby township cleared up before the end of the year if at all possible. On motion by Comm, Wm, Boddy, who stressed the urgency of this matter, instructions were given for letters to be sent to Gore and Stor- rie, consulting engineers, and City Solicitor T. K. Creighton, request- ing that the agreement be present- ed at the Commission's November meeting. Cedardale Hallowe'en Party Roaring Success Going into Cedardale Public schoo] last night was like entering the Hall of the Mountain King. Masked creatures flitted in and out of rooms, skeletons dangled from yelling: and the noise was enough No shatter the windows, Cedardale school children were having a Hal- lowe'en party. Indians, cowboys, tramps, little old women, super- man, Daisy Mae, Bo-peep and the Shah of Persia, all were there by 7 pm. Down in the basement, films, Joaned by General Motors, were shown to two grades at a time and while this was going on the other grades were playing games and en- joying themselves in their . own rooms. In Grade VII, in dim can- dle-light, a ghost wavered" across | the room while a skeleton jerked its way up to the ceiling. | Then came the refreshments. The Cedardale Home and School | Association provided doughnuts and | chocolate milk, the district grocers | sent candies for everybody and ap- ples were in abundant supply. Judge Fancy Costumes by the judges to pick the best fancy costumes and lucky prize winners. For costumes the winners were: | Grade 1, Jimmie McCristoll, David Robinson, Marilyn Bittorf; Grade II--Donald Wassell, Gary Lewis, Marilyn Twine; Grade III, Yvonne Bittor,, Beverley Cornish, George | Van de Water; Grade IV, Gail Au- thors, Arlene McCristal, Jackie Ger- mond; Grade V, Violet Worsley, Richard Packer, Janet Germond; CEDARDALE (Continued on Page 2) . London, Nov. 1--(CP Cable) --Ad- | Each room in turn was visited | UN.-SPAIN BREAK SEEN IMMINENT New York, Nov. 1--(AP)--Action by the United Nations resulting in a possible concerted break in diplo- matic relations with Franco Spain was predicted today by many U.N.| delegates. Andrei Y. Vishinsky, Soviet Vice Foreign Minister, expressed the séntiments of many delegations when he declared that "it is now time for action, not words" on the "accursed Spanish question." The way for Assembly action was expected to be paved Monday when the Security Council meets to take up the Franco case again. At that time the council will decide wheth- er to drop the Spanish issue from its agenda in order to permit As- sembly discussions and action. It was recalled that Soviet dele- gate Andrei Gromyko vetoed every attempt of the majority of the Council members last June to send the Spanish case to the Assembly for action. But Russia now is behind the move to place the case before the Assembly, thus removing any like- lihood that the Soviet Union will block the proposal to drop the is. sue from the Council agenda. This council action must tak- en' before 'the Assembly can y the issue. Under the charter, any a matter which is before the Coun- cil cannot be discussed by the As- sembly simultaneously. The fact that the Assembly voted unanimously yesterday to place the Franco case on its agenda practi- cally rules that the Security Council will drop the issue, The Slav bloc is demanding the harshest action against Spain, 100,000 Reds Are Encircled In Chefoo -- Peiping, Nov. 1--(AP)--Chinese government armies, increasing the tempo and range of their civil war, rushed vanguards to within 33 miles of Dairen today and encircled 100,000 fiercely-fighting Commun- ists in Chefoo. The Pro-government Jih Pal sald vanguards reached "Pulantien, only 33 miles north of Dairen on the border between Manchuria and Kwantung Peninsula. Their objec- tive is to cut off the Lioatung Pen- insula Communists from the Man. churian mainland. The Nationals had driven south down the Muk- den-Dairen railway. Government sources previously said they would not menace Dair- en itself, but would establish a 30- mile safety zone around that Rus- sian-occupied open port. Nationals striking at Chefoo and the Shantung Peninsula to cut oft the Reds' Yellow Sea route to Man- churia approached the suburbs of Yehhsien, one of the four larg- est ports on the northern coast, and shiaged Chinese Red forces in two others. Canadian Delegates At U.N. tes get-together for -m- few minules just before Seen at the delegates' tajle in the asgembly room in the former New York city building of the World's Fair : Hon. Louis St. Laurent (standing), head of the delegation; Hon. M, J. Coldwell, left and Hon. John Bracken, was called to order, and bronze general. Education Week Here Will Be Featured By Radio Broadcasts Oshawa's observance of "Education Week" which opens throubhout the Dominion on Monday will be marked this year by an extensive series of radio broadcasts as well as by parents' nights at the schools, and addresses on educational topics, The Oshawa Teachers Council, of which G. W. Rapley is president, is sponsoring the week here, and E. G. Higgins is chairman of the committee in charge. The purpose of Education Week,® which is observed also in the Unit- ed States, is to make citizens aware of the importance of education and to give information as to the work being done in the schools and vari- ous educational institutions. As Mr. Rapley pointed out: "Times change -- ideas change -- ideas in education change. The work done in schools has changed considerably since our fathers and mothers went to school, even since we went to school, and we teachers feel that we have a responsibility to publicize the efforts of our schools." ' Explaining that this one week is set aside for intensive campaign to EDUCATION WEEK! (Continued on Page 2) MISSED LIGHT; COMMUNITY SERVICE Portland, Ore, Nov. 1--(AP)-- Motorist Ernest Thompson fold Judge John Seabrook that after a week of dark days and heavy storms, "the sun was so bright I failed to see the traffic signal change." Said the Judge: "Your excuse shows that Oregon is not always filled with rain in the fall and for the publicity our state will get the fine will be $5--suspended." 1 : First Court of Revision Session Tonight S. A. BONE Members of the Oshawa Court of Revision who will hear tonight the first group of appeals against the assessment roll for 1947 taxes as returned the first of October by Assessment Commissioner Eldon Kerr. Four sessions are being held this year to hear the 135-0dd appeals listed. Tonight the appeals from A to I' will be hearings are scheduled for next Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday evenings at 7.30. heard and the remaining L. 8. HYMAN 8. R. ALGER DEMONSTRATE PROTESTING UK. POLICIES Jerusalem, Nov. 1--(AP)--A gen- eral strike of Palestine Jews was proclaimed for Sunday to protest the deportation of 1,200 illegal im- migrants from Haifa today. The announcement came as police pre- pared security measures for. to- morrow's scheduled Arab strike marking the anniversary of the Balfour Declaration, which said Britain regarded with favor the es- tablishment of a Jewish national home in the Holy Land. Jewish factories, shops and offices will be closed from moon to 6 p.m. Sunday while mass meetings and demonstrations are to be held in Jewish towns, villages and settle- ments, New violence erupted in Tel Avvi, where two office clerks were attack- ed and overpowered by three armed, masked men who fled with satchels containing nearly $12,000. Meanwhile, the Palestine Arab army Futuwah was summoned for a parade and mass meeting 33 miles north of Jerusalem, and some Arabs pictured this as a "show of strength." Haifa, Nov. 1--(CP)--Despite 'de- flant screams and intermittent vio- lence, 1200 Jewish refugees were transferred today-=from the almost foundering immigrant ship San Dimitrios to two British vessels for deportation to Cyprus. The transfer followed by only. a short time a general strike and mass meeting at which the deporta- tion of the refugees was protested by Haifa's Jews. Two thousand Jews, leaving the mass meeting, marched on British street barri- DEMONSTRATE (Continued on Page 2) Ottawa Ends 'Bill 9' Plea; Before P.C. London, Nov, 1 -- (CP Cable) -- Saying that "the people of Canada want an independent, self-sufficient judicature," F. P. Varcoe, K.C.,, de- puty Canadian Justice Minister, to- day concluded his argument for the Canadian government that the right of appeal from Canada to the 1| Privy council should be abolished. Mr. Varcoe held that the Cani- dian Parliament's power to "legis- late for good government of Canada over-rides provincial rights of ap- peal to the Privy Council." The action in which Mr, Varcoe spoke before the Privy Council's ju- dicial committee concerns the legal- ity of "Bill 9," a Dominion govern- ment measure introduced but never carried through Parliament in 1939. "Bill 9" provides for abolition of Privy Council appeals from Canada. The Canadian government, Sas- katchewan and Manitoba are in favor of the measure. New Bruns- wick, Quebec, Ontario and British Columbia are opposed. Mr, Varcoe told the seven law lords of the Judicial Committee: "Speaking as a citizen of Canada I would say no topic is under more Average Monthly Hydro Power Load Increased 100 H.P. Decreases of approximately three and six per cent in hydro and water consumption in Oshawa during 1945 as compared with 1944 are shown in the 16th annual report of the Oshawa Public Utilities Commission released last night. 6 The upward trend in hydro load LOOKS LIKE BEARS SPARED AFTER ALL Des Moines, Ia., Nov. 1--(AP) ~Three bears, doomed to be- come bearburgers during the shortage, have been offered to two cities for municipal zoos. Kenneth Sonderlieter has offer- ed papa, mamma and baby bear to Des Moines and Omaha, Nebr. He gave up plans to slaughter the bears because of pleas from school children and other animal lovers, But he cannot keep the bears because of the increased costs of food. CanadaBonds Popular Here; SaleExtended The wide appeal Canada Sav- ings Bonds hold for the people of Canada is illustrated by the excel- lent response being evidenced to the offering here. W. R. Fleming and Co, reported this morning that 90 per cent. of the employees of four small, local plants have purchased the bonds despite the fact that there has been no high pressure campaign, The plants are: Oshawa Laundry and Dry Cleaning, Oshawa Whole- sale, Weston Aircraft Limited and Oshawa Box and Lumber Co. Extend Sale Indefinitely Ottawa, Nov. 1--(CP)--The new Canada Savings Bonds, which since October 15 have sold to the value of $257,947,600, will remain on sale indefinitely, Finance Minister Isley announced today, "Results reported to date. .. of 670,601 applications for $257,947,600 prove conclusively that this new se- curity is meeting a substantial pub. lic demand," he said, "No national objective was estab- lished but plans were laid on a scale which would find reasonable justification in a sale of $200,000,- 000 or better. Taking into account returns yet to be officially recorded it is clear that performance will outrun this reasonable expectation by a considerable margin." Withdrawn When Demand Drops Mr. Ilsley said the bond would be withdrawn at any time the demand did not justify its continued sale. Interest would be added to thé price of the bond after November 15. Of the total to date, $71,503,050 was in sales under the payroll sav- ings plan. He said the success of the bond sale "without the stimulus of the urgent presentations of previous campaigns," showed that war-de- veloped thrift was being maintain- continuous discussion than this| ed, question of whether the Dominion of Canada is a self-governing, auto- nomous state with all the attributes of sovereignty--a complete and in- dependent system of government. "When Parliament decided that the public of Canada wants an in- dependent and self-sufficient judi- cature I submit that it is a matter of national concern and not a ques- tion of provincial administration of Justice." MINOR ACCIDENT A minor accident was reported to the police yesterday afternoon on Simcoe Street North. Fred Pawson of Simcoe Manor apartments, was turning off Simcoe Street into a driveway near the building when his auto was struck on the rear right fender by an auto driven by Clara Wilson, R.R. 2, East Whitby Town- ship. Damage was slight and no one was hurt. THE WEATHER Cloudy today becoming overcast this evening and most of Saturday. Rain beginning early Saturday. Light winds increasing tonight to southeast 15 m.p.h. and shifting to west Saturday afternoon. Low to- 'night and high Saturday 42 and 60. was continued with the average monthly load for 1945 being 18,026 horsepower as compared with 17,« 926 in 1944, The load factor was 49.9 per cent as campared with 51.6 per cent the previous year. While still limited because of scarcity of materials, plant exten- tions in the electric department in 1945 amounted to $85,155.63 and was more pronounced than in any of the war years. Additions to plant in the water works department were also curtail. ed owing to.the critical shortage of materials but here also an increase wags shown over the brevious years, the 1045 additions amounting to $23,983.61 The predominant feature was main extensions. Betterment of both the electric and water distribution systems is planned as soon as materials are available and a cash reserve of $515, HYDRO LOAD (Continued on Page 2) England And Wales Go To Polls London, Nov. 1--(Reuters)--Near= ly 4,000 candidates are taking part today in municipal elections throughout England and Wales which will decided the political con- trol for another year of more than 200 English boroughs. During the last year in similar elections the Labor Party greatly consolidated its position in the ma- chinery of local government. In last November's local elections, for example, it won more than seats. This year's elections may pro vide an important indication on the current strength of the Labor sym. pathy in the country. Both the Conservative and Labor parties, the principal protagonists, this year have been making strenu- ous efforts to achieve victory in the elections. The 2,000 Labor candi- dates in today's contests have the official backing of the National party. Some 300 Communists are fighting on party lines, Scouts Turn Down . . German's Resignation Cobourg, Nov. 1--(CP)--Resigna« tion of Judge J. C. M. German as secretary of the Cobourg Boy Scouts Association has been turned down by the executive.of the Asso« ciation. Judge German faces trial on charges of drunk driving and dane gerous driving. SPEAKING IN COBOURG George A. Fletcher, president of the Community Recreation Assoc- ation of Oshawa and District is to be the guest speaker at the meet- ing of the Cobourg Business and Professional Women's Club on Mon« day next. in Leicester Square. month, % LATE NEWS BRIEFS * Williamson, W. Va.: 15 of the 42 coal mines here are closed because of a walkout, as John L. Lewis representa« tives opened Washington negotiation over contracts. London: The U.K. government has asked prompt action by; Italy to protect the British Embassy in Rome. Lake Success: Trygve Lie has submitted a budget of $20; 000,000 for the year's operation of the U.N. A U.S, spokesman declared that country could not be ex- pected to pay 50 per cent of the amount. London: Police reserves and ambulances have been detailed to stand by when thousands gather tonight for Bri. tain's first all-motion picture command performance Ottawa: A Col. Letson and a Col. Leblanc, were named' for the first time today at the Ottawa espionage trial as the two Canadian colonels the Russian .spy ring at- tempted to "develop" and failed. Ottawa: John Bracken, Progressive Conservative Leader, declares his party will be "in the fight" in the Feder- al by-election in Richelieu-Vercheres riding next