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HE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE OSHAWA Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle WHITBY, VOL. 5__NO. 176 OSHAWA-WHITBY, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1946 Price 4 Cents TWELVE PAGES GLASS CO. TO OPEN BRA v Jail Governor Tosses Reporter. From Home Blame Tension Due Duties Connected Bilton Hanging Elmer Ross, Courier reporter and Oshawa correspondent of the Giobe and Mail, Toronto morning newspaper, today blamed tension accompanying the duties of assisting at the hanging of George Bilton for the attack he declares was made upon him early this morning by Ontario County Jail Governor J. D. e Suljerjand, §-- shortly after the execution had tak- en place at Whitby. Law and Press Clash « Ross told The Times-Gazette he had been invited into the governor's apartment, which adjoins the jail, by Mrs. Sutherland, He was a friend of the family, he said. Other reporters were informed by Sheriff Horace Bascom that none were to be allowed in the jail and, while awaiting word that the execution had been carried out, waited in the county court house. Heard Distinct Thud ° According to Ross he was sitting with Mrs. Sutherland and her daughter when a distinct thud was, heard. Mrs. Sutherland was re- ported to have said, "well, I guess that's it," meaning that Bilton had been hanged. He said he was giv- en permission to phone the Toronto paper and was left 'alone in the room. While talking on the phone, he declared, Mr. Sutherland and the sheriff walked in, "Why, you What are you doing in here? Get away from that phone," Ross quoted Sutherland as saying. "I think he was excited--wrought over the hanging," the reporter on, He added; "then he struck me of the head, over the right ear, with an open hand." Ross said after the governor had dragged him aoross the floor by the overcoat and out on to the back verandah. Inspector of prisons T. M, Gour« lay, in Toronto, would not speak for publication. He declared that he BLAME TENSION | ¥ (Continued on Page 2) | isin A en AR | Expert Testimony | Features Trial | i Cobourg, Dec. 10 -- writs] & Crown today closed its case in the | trial of Judge J. C. M. German of | Cobourg on trial of drunken driving | and dangerous driving and the de- | fence started to call its witnesses. | | tial The charge arose from an accident here last Sept 3 in which an auto- mobile struck and injured Mrs, Jeanne Taylor of Cobourg who still is in hospital. Last crown witness was Professor Joselyn Rogers, provincial patholo- gist, who said he examined a blood sample taken frcen Judge German after the accident and found it contained alcohol to the extent of 3.1 per cent per thousand. Provincial Constable Thomas Trimble of Cobourg said that he carried to Dr. Joselyn Rogers, path- ologist, a blood sample taken from Judge German by Dr. Wilkins. Un- der cross-examination, he said he did not ask Professor Rogers to take a blood sugar test of the sample. Dr. W. W. Brown of Toronto, lec- turer on Anaesthesia at the Uni- versity of Toronto, said he had done research work on the effect of al- cohol. The tests, he said, showad a siowing up of reaction time as the amount of alcohol in the blood stream rose. One of the first fa- culties aflecied wad judgment. ELMER ROSS There were few other topics of con- versation in the city this morning than the clash, at the Governor's residence at the County Jail early this morning, between Governor James Sutherland and Elmer Ross, well known Oshawa newspaperman. The Globe and Mail today stated erroneously Mr, Ross was an em- ployee of The Times-Gazette, GETS MONTH IN JAIL "For his own good there's no use giving this, man a remand," said Magistrate I. S. Ebbs in sentencing David Farrer, 743 Douglas Street, to one month in jail on each of two charges of intoxication, sentences to run consecutively, or $50 and costs. Farrer had been remanded to De- cember 13 on one charge of drunk- enness when he was picked up on a similar charge last night, Police Chief O. D. Friend reported. Northern Ont. Miners Wages Raised 10 p.c. By The Canadian Press Northern Ontario mines today posted notices of a wage increase of 10-cents-an-hour for hourly-rated employees. Mining men said the boost would bring earnings of the average . miner to approximately $2,500 a year -- the highest in his- tory. It was learned in Toronto that approximately 90 per cent of the mines in Northern Ontario as well as their neighbors in northwestern Quebec had granted the increase. One of the prime reasons for the increase was to attract more men to the mining industry, The Can- adian Press learned. If the mines can step up production they can reduce overhead costs. At the same time the extra earnings will help * workers who faced increased living costs. Qbservers said the increase fol- lowed a pattern which had become apparent in the mining industry across Canada. British Columbia mines boosted wages 10% cents but others had generally granted 10 cents. First mine to post notice of the increase was Lamacque in northern Quebec which made its announce- ment yesterday. The big' McIntyre Porcupine mines in Timmins fol- lowed this morning and Kirkland Lake district mines at noon. N. L. Urquhart, assistant manager of McIatyre Porcupine, said its in- crease, retroactive to Dec. 1, would affect 1,250 men. Lifting of federal wage controls had enabled the raise in the basic wage rate from 75 cents an hour to 85 cents. The men are to receive the increase in their Christmas cheques. Mine managers in Timmins said the increase likely would be general throughout the Porcupine camp which employs upwards of 7,000 miners US. TO SPEED NEW STRIKE LEGISLATION Wasi Dec. 10 -- (AP) -- Lawmakers of both political parties today set March 31 as the dead- line for labor control measures aim- ed at staving off a possible new' coal strike in the United States at that time. Republicans and Democrats alike said John L. Lewis' order sending his miners back to the pits until April 1 puts pressure on Congress to act swiftly if it is to find a so- lution for disputes in such essen- industries as coal, steel, anc transportation. : With coal output gradually re- turning to its normal figure of 2,200,000 tons a day, there were these hangovers from the 17-day bituminous shutdown: 1. The Supreme Court not only agreed to step into the Lewis case itself but decided to rule as well on another ' background issue in the coal dispute--the unionization of foremen. While the current case involves only a group of Packard Motor Company supervisors, the funda. mental question is one in which Mr, Lewis is vitually interested whether foremen are included in the Wagner Act's. guarantee to workers of the right to join unions and bargain collectively, Mr. Lewis already has won fed- eral approval--in his reinstated contract with the .government--to U.S. TO SPEED (Continued on Page 2) ii" pap mr May Neve Know Cause Atlanta Fire Atlanta, Ga. Dec. 10 (AP)--Def- inite cause of the devastating fire which took 120 lives in the Wine- coff Hotel Saturday may never be established, Fire Marshal Harry Phillips told an investigating city council fire board last night, But, he said, a careless cigaret smoker under the influence of alc hol may have started the fire. Liquor bottles were strewn around many of the hotel rooms, he added. So far the investigation has point- ed to a charred mattress in a third floor hallway as the possible start- ing point. Meanwhile, 117 bodies have been identified. Three bodies of young women, charred and mutilated beyond recognition, remained name- less. Of the 100 injured, 49 still are under treatment in Atlanta hos pitals, Colborne Street Bridge Plans To Be Considered City Engineer W. T. Dempsey last night submitted to the City Council plans for a low level bridge across the Oshawa Creek at Col- borne Street, to cost an estimated $55,00. Mr, Dempsey sald he had de- signed 'a low level concrete bridge, of a type which would be about as inexpensive 'as it would be possible for a permanent bridge. He said the difference between a low level bridge and a high level one was that the former would have fill for ap- proaches while the latter would be bridge all the way across. The high level bridge, he said, would cost at least 50 per cent. more. When Ald. Ernie Cay questioned the advisability of Colborne Street as the location for: bridge, Ald. F. M. Dafoe pointed out that this street had bec: decided upon be- cause it was thought it would pro- vide a route for traffic going from the west part of the city to the General Motors plant. Ald. A, G. Davis said that in 1944 it had been proposed to erect a high bridge leaving sufficient room for a road along the Creek Valley underneath. It-was decided that Ald. Dafoe, who is familiar with construction work, should go over the plans with the city engineer before they were discussed by council as a whole. STOLEN CAR FOUND Police learned today 'that a ear, stolen on November 8 from Ken- neth Young, R.R. 2, Bowmanville, had been found this morning in the Don River between North York and East York. The car, a 1928 Ford touring model, was stolen from in front of the Canadian Tire Store, on Bond Street East, in Oshawa. oil | om The luncheon meeting of the Oshawa Rotary Controller H. E. McCallum of Toronto, the guest\s McCallum of Oshawa while Bert McCallum, anothe Times- Gazette photographer are, left : Three "Mac's" AllIn A Row to right, Mayor EY Club yesterday was quite an occasion for the McCallum family. jpeaker, was introduced by his brother, brother, was an interested listener. cCallum, Controller McCallum and Bert McCallum, Mayor F. MN. Caught by The No Signs Of Faltering During His By Bilton Last Hours George N, Bilton, 26, of Oshawa, convicted for the rock- slaying last june of Mrs. Theresa Laurie walked to the gal- lows early today and paid his debt to society for the brutal murder.. Commutation of death sentence was denied by the governor-in-council, it was nounced by the State Secretary's Department at Ottawa, a few hours before the execution was carried out.' The. trap was sprung at On- tario 'County Jail, Whitby, at 12.11 am, and 'Bilton was pronounced dead by Dr. F. A. Cuddy, jail physi- cian, at 12.30 a.m. Did Not Falter The stockily-built man walked to the gallows with a steady step snd showed no sign of faltering in his last moments. Bilton was visited late yesterday by his mother and other close relatives and was said to be cheerful as they bid final farewells. The condemned man was reported by those whose duty it was to be with him in his last days to have expressed the desire to die' rather than face the prospect of life im- prisonment. Bilton was escorted to the gallows by the same constable who first placed him under arrest. Following the execution an in- quest.was held, presided over by Dr. V. E, Cartwright, Pickering coroner. The five-man jury handed in its formal verdict after viewing the body and listening to the testimony: of Dr. Cuddy--'"death frcm strangu- | lation due to hanging." | The hanging marked the first | time .an execution has taken place | at the jail since 1910, when Walter | McLaughlin paid the death penalty for the murder of his wife and NO FALTERING (Conti :u>d on Page 2) Traffic Lights Are Expected In This Week Prospects are that the traffic lights at the corner of Ritson Road and King Street will be installed this week, it was announced last night by Ald. W. J. Lock, chairman of the special comunittee of the an-¢ City Council set up to deal with this matter. Ald. Lock said that plans were also complete for putting the | lights at the corner of Simcoe and Bond Streets: in operation. Official orders for the materials | were given by the council, the lights | to be installed by John Cuddy, To- ronto, with the co-operation of the Public Utilities Commission, It is estimated the cost of the work will amount to approximately $1,000. THE WEATHER Continuous . rain today with fog in many sections. Wednesday clearing and coo. ler, Light winds. Low to- night and high Wednesday 44 and 48. Questions Are Referred To 1947 Council With the year rapidly drawing to a close and funds running low in the city treasury, City Council last night referred a number of ques- tions, mainly having to do with fi- nance, to the 1947 council. With regard to the matter of a salary schedule for all civic em- ployees, Ald. C. W, Minett, Vite Chairman of Finance, read a re- commendation from the Civil Ser- vice Commission and while it' was felt such a schedule was worthy of mention, it was pointed out that there was not sufficient time to pro- perly deal with it this year. Ald. Rae Halliday, who had urged that such a schedule be studied, sald he was of the opinion that there should he a definite minimum and maximum salary for each po- sition with definite increases each year until the maximum had been reached. : Also referred to the 1947 counct were requests from the police de- partment for salary. increases and from the Fire Department for a 56- hour week. It was reported by Ald. C. Harman, Chairman of Fire Pro- tection, that a reduction of fire- men's hours to a 56-hour week would involved the hiring of 11 additional men and one officer, resulting in an added expenditure of $20,000 per year at the present salary rates. Regarding the matter of a pen- sion plan for civic employees, Ald. Halliday, the chief advocate of this project also, announced that he had desired to retire from municipal life this year but he would likely stand again for election as it appeared as if it could not before the end of the year. He reported that the bye law, after some delays, was now be- ing drafted and might be ready for presentation before the end of the year, year. : Also referred to next year's coun- cil was the Library Board's request for the council to take up an op- tion on the property immediately to the west of the present Library A final item referred was a re- 'quest from the Oshawa Film Coun- cil for a grant of $300. Finance . | Chairman Ernie Cay pointed out that there was no money available for' further grants or expenditures of this kind this year. " BOXING DAY HOLIDAY The City Council last night de- clared Boxing Day, December 26, a civic holiday. | but it was unlikely there] (would be time to have it passed this . | Licences Are Approved See Packard Decision Big C.1.0. Factor Washington, Dec. 10--(AP) --The promised supreme court decision in a case involving the Packard Motor Company - may furnish a clue to the settlement of a big issue between John L. Lewis and the mine operators: whether foremen can belong to a union, . The question has been dead- lockéd since last spring and was one of the reasons Mr, Lewis and the operators failed to agree on a new contract. A case involving 136 foremen who want the United Mine Wor- kers (A.F.L.) to represent them at four Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation mines In Pennsylva- nia is before the National Labor Relations Board, All hands have agreed it will wind up in the Su- preme Court, Meanwhile, the court announc- ed yesterday it will review the Packard case. (The aanounce- ment superseded one in which, through a clerical error at the court, the high tribunal was re- presented as refusing a review). The Packard foremen belong to the Foremen's Association of America, It is not affiliated with any other union and this is aloof from the production workers' or- ganization, The Jones and Laughlin fore- men, 'however; 'would. belong to the same union-as the men they boss.if the supreme court decides they have a right to be represen- ted. by the U.M.W. December 17 Hearing Men Caught Here Montreal, Dec, 10--(CP)--J. C. Murray, 19, and Joseph Hance, 22, arrested at Oshawa Saturday, were arraigned before Judge C. E. Guerin yesterday and charged with obtain- ing $3,000 by false pretences. Pre- liminary hearing was set for Dec- ember 17. Police * said the men allegedly drew. several cheques using the Na- tional Registration Card and bank pass book' of another Montrealer. They were arrested after cashing two. cheqlies in Oshawa when sus- picious bank employees called the police. . Two Commercial Air Ottawa, Dec. 10 (CP)--Applica- tions for two commercial air service licences in Ontario have been ap- proved by the Air Transport Board, Reconstruction Minister Howe an- 'nounced today. The applications tere those of Samuel R. Bernardo to operate a |. non-scheduled 'charter service from a base at Brantford, and of Quinte . Skyways, Ltd., to operate from a fishing and hunting club near Trenton. L In both' cases, the licences pro- hibit carriage of passengers 'and gootis between points on scheduled routes except in emergencies, 4 0) Subject to the approval POWER STOP WORST EVER IN TORONTO Toronto, Dec. 10--(CP)--Biggest failure in the city's history today paralyzed Toronto and district in- dustry from 10 to 24 minutes, One suggestion by a hydro source was that the breakdown was due to a short circuit caused by dense fog. Another unofficial source consider- ed the cause might be an overload on facilities. At the head office of the hydro commission one official said: "We are still investigating the reason for the power failure." All over Toronto lights suddenly went out at 11.01 am. ES.T. and cast Toronto and all municipalities from Hamilton on the west, to Osh- awa on the east into an elect ical blackout. Heavy fog hanging over the Toronto area at the time addad to the poor visibility. The wires in the head office of The Canadian Press suddenly went dead as lights went out throughout the downtown area of Toronto, In newspapers presses stopped. At the Toronto Star power was maintained and the paper gave the story an eight-column headline, getting into its early edition only 130 words or so on the incident. The Toronto Telegram, however, re- mained without power as the noon hour rolled by. Bench Voices Congratulations To New Judge "It is a matter of gratification to the Bar of this county and to myself that M#, Anderson has been appointed Judge for the County of Hastings," said His Honor Judge D. B, Coleman in Division Court this morning, commenting on the elevation yes- terday of J, C. Anderson; K.C., to the Bench. 'Mr, Anderson has served the Bar with distinction and honor, The appointment is an excellent one," Judge Cole- man declared, ' Louis 8. Hyman speaking on behalf of the Bar in Ontario County, added his congratula- tions, saying he felt 'highly hon- ored that a member of this coun- ty"s Bar has been elevated to the Bench," Court proceedings were marked by a large number of adjourn- ments until January '7. "We'll have quite a day on that date," Judge Coleman remarked. Fred Vickers, 865 Simcoe Street South, was ordered to pay $3 out of each pay on a gro- cery account of over $100, be- ginning December 13. HOLD AUTO THIEVES Three Rivers,' Que., Dec. 10 (CP) --Three youths charged with steal- ing an automobile in Kingston, Ont., last week were arrested here yes- terday and are being held in jail un- til Kingston police arrive to take custody. The three, Edmund Clarke, 20, Jack Leeman, 17, and a minor, all of Kingston, were arrested by highway police, J [Purchase Land And Buildings At Elm And Simcoe Streets of plans by the Building In« spector and the City Engineer, City Council last night gave its sanction to Hobbs Glass Limited, 54 Duke Street, Torohto, purchasing the land, at Simcoe Street South and Elm Street. --& A letter from Hooper and Howell, dwelling and garage situated Imperial Bank Building, Toronf counsel for the firm, stated company had contracted to pulse chase the property on the east sid® of Simcoe Street, at the corner of Elm Street. However, it was une derstood that there was a municls pal bylaw restricting the area %Q residential purposes only. As substantial sum was being paid the property, the firm wished have these restrictions lifted. ASSESSED FOR $6,700 The property, which has a fronts | age of 82 feet 6 inches on Simco® | Street and a depth of 132 feet, 1i§ | owned by William - Hrychshyn, § Bloor Street East and was ono owned by Miss Emma Larke. | On the property is two storey | rough cast house and a one storey ! garage of concrete blocks with & | brick front. The building is 40 feeb | by 71 feet and was formerly occue | pled by Martin Transport Ltd. The |land is assessed for $1,570 and the | buildings for $5,130. . Contacted by The Times-Gazett§ at London, Ontario, A. C. Bohm | who is in charge of branch cons | struction, stated that no refinitg plans have been de by the come pany as yet. He said L. E. B Palace Street North, Whitby, woul be the manager of the local bri warehouse. Cutting, Silvering and Glazing It was pointed out the would be used as a warehouse the company "and that out silvering and glazing work be done which would not interferg with persons residing nearby. Aldermen Dafoe and Long sponsored a motion to refer letter to the General Purpose Come mittee in order to secure the reacs tion of residents to the establishe ment of the business. However, al amendment sponsored by Aldermen Halliday and Davis was passed to advise the company that there are no restrictions on the 'use of the property and that Council ape proves of the establishment of the business provided its plans are ape proved by the Building Inspector and the City Engineer. Ald, Halliday, speaking for the TO OPEN BRANCH (Continued from Page 2) All Poll Tax Is Collected By The City Copies of his report for the year, presented to members of City Coune cil at their meeting last night, show that Tax Collector Admiral Nelson Sharp had another successful yeap in collecting the poll tax levy in the city. As was the case in 1944 and 1948 one hundred per cent. of the curs rent tax was collected. Only 107 summonses were issued this year as compared with 352 a year ago and 158 in 1944. The report shows that 954 poll tax notices were sent out. At $7. each these represented a total $7,155, Exemptions totalling $2,510.87 were granted on account of exempe tions for naval, military or aie force members; assessed otherwiseg over or under age; physically hane dicapped; left city and worked oul the tax with the Board of Works. This left a total of $4,644.03 which was collected. The total collected this year come pares with $6,162.50 collected last year and $6,656.10 in 1944. In neithe er 1946 nor 1945 were any arrears collected as they had been paid up, Greek-Turkish border x LATE NEWS BRIEFS * Péiping: Chinese Communists foday battled to within 10 miles of Paoting, the Hopeh provincial capital, as party leaders proclaimed they were taking the initia ative in China's civil war. London: The most destructive gales in years left wreckage, floods, snow and fog today over Western Europe. . New Delhi: Dr. Rajendra Prasad, food minister of the interim Indian government, was nominated without opposis tion for the chairmanship of India's constituent ass sembly. Election will take place tomorrow. - Salonika: A Greek 3rd army spokesman declares 600 to 1,000 partisans "openly supplied with food and arms from Bulgaria" had opened a three-mile front around the village of Corymvos in western Thrace near the town of Didymoteikhon. Jerusalem: British and Greek ships were reported today standing off the desolate island of Syrina where Jews, lacking immigration certificates, were ships | wrecked en route to Palestine. 3 hh »* ¥