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3 Vii PAGE TWO THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1946 _ " Births BESSIE--Mr, and Mus._Johnn A {her amivhy of hele anapior on Tuesdsy, December "W585. and baby doing well. ELLICOTT--Ms, and Mrs, Ivan Ellicott (nee Senate gel . wish to an- nounce the arrival daughter, Bandra Lenore, on December 17, 19046, at Peterboro Clvic Hospital, .. Deaths into rest on RE iL / . 2.30 dds ent rt PE A ®hituary /MRS, WILLIAM JAMES oan COAKWELL the Very: active in the work of Wome Association of © Albert Street' United Church and formerly, for many years, 8 member of the church' choir; Mary Jane Robson, beloyed wife of the late William Ja Coakwell, passed away in the Oshigwa General Hospital yester- day.followirg p serious fliness of two weeks, The daughter of the late Mr, and Mrs, Henry Robson, the deceased was born at Markham on May 20, 1872, where she was married on No- vember 24, 1808. A resident of Osh- awa since 1923, she had previously resided in Bronte, Pickering, Tor- onto and Brougham. Predezeased by her husband on December 4, 1939, is survived by a daughter, Mrs, C. Detlor (Mabel) of Picton' and three sons, Willlam E. of North Oshawa, W. Gordon of Kingston and C. Orval of Oshawa, Als surviving are a brother, Prank Robson of Detroit and nine grand- children, The funeral will be held from the Armstrong Puneral Home at 230 p.m, on Saturday, December 21, fol- lowed by interment in Mount Lawn Cemetery. The services will be conducted by Rev. E. Donovan Jones, pastor of Albert Street Unit- ed ©hurch; MRS. ROBERT W. MEEK Uxbridge, Dec, 19--The death oc- curred on Sunday, December 15, of Maftgaret Forest, beloved wife of the late 'Robert W. Meek, in her 79th yea¥, She lm been In poor health for several years, The funeral took place to Quaker Hill" Cemetery on Wednesday, De- sember' 18, services being conducted by Rev. C. R. McDermid of Chal- mer's 'Presbyterian church, at the honje of Her nephew, Milburn Meek, Sarnidford. THe late Margaret Forest Leask was born in Scott township, in 1868, a daughter of the late George Leask and Margaret Ledingham, and mar- ried Robert W. Meek in 1889. They farmed in Scott township on the 4th concession until 1000, when they re- tired to Quaker Hill to live, until 1014 when they returned to the farm, Later they moved to Whitby where Mr, Meek predeceased her in 1044, During her early years, Mrs, Meek took a great interest in the work of the Church and was President of Sandford W.M.S., the Women's In- stitute, and a member of Quaker Hill Presbyterian Church, Left to mourn her death are three brothers, Thomas of Uxbridge; John Toronto; James of Sherman Oaks, Cal, and a sister Mary Jane Leask of Whitby, to whom the sympathy of the community is extended in thelr bereavement, Port Perry Man Tops County In Potato Growing The Annual Banquet of the On- tario County 500 Bushel Potato Club was held in the dining-room of the Mansion House, Uxbridge, at- noon on Thursday, December 5, with about 30 in attendance, Howard Harper, Goodwood, the chairman of the Club introduced Bob McIntyre of Niagara Brand Spray Company, and Gordon Ough of Canadian Industries Limited, and they both, sald a few words about the potato, situation. W. M. Céckburn, Agricultural Re- preseatdtive, for York County, was introduced by F. M. Campbell, The theme of his talk was better land utilization, by proper fertilization and cultural methods. R. E. Goodin, Potato Fieldman for Ontario, gave a short address and presented a. gold et watch to the winner in the bushel contest, Henry Skerratt; R. R, No. 4, Port Perry. Mr. Skerratt was successful in producing 408 bushels of potatoes on one acre of land. . . Standing and.ylelds for the first jn winta 35 the SB Ware a2 fol. ows: Henry Skerratt, R. R. 4, Port Per- ry, 408 bus,; Howard Harper, Good- wood, 471 bus.;' Lloyd McDonald, R. R. No. 1, Port Perry, 373 bus.; George Moore, R. R. No, 1, Ux- bridge, 364 bus.; Horace Hird, R. R. No, 1, Uxbridge, 348 bus.; Ralph Veitch, R, R. No. 3, Uxbridge, 335 bus.; Gordon Rynard Zephyr 324 bus.; Walter E, Ball, R. R. No. 1, Ux- bridge, 248 bus.; Ed. Pollard, R. R. No. 1, Uxbridge, 240. bus.; Walter Carruthers, R. R. No. 1, Uxbridge, 239 bus. Casualty Toll Mounts In Greece Athens, Dec. 20--(AP)-- An offi- cial announcement today sald 300 guerillas had been killed, 300 more wounded and an additional 500 tak en prisonef in the last two weeks in nor 'Greece. Miltary 'sow sald 40 members of one guerilla band were killed two days ago in an eight-hour battle which included hand-to-hand fight ing during =U 'at the village in the Th Welcome MenWho Served At Calvary Baptist Church A fine prcgram was enjoyed on Tuesday night last when Calvary Baptist Church officially welcomed home the men formerly connected with the armed forces and whose names now appear on the Honor Roll Don led in some chorus- es and played his accordian., After a , "Am I a Soldier of the Cross", C. E, Mills, who presided as chairman, asked Mr. Timkin to bring a word of welcome on behalf of the Church. Don Manning re- plied in a very suitable manner on behalf of the former members of the armed forces. The ladies were highly commend- ed for their fine work sending par- cels and comforts during the war to which Mrs, Reddick made acknowl- edgment on behalf of the ladles, Capt. (Rev.) W. Hughes opened the program with a prayer of praise. Ernie Sargeant played a cornet solo following which a minute's silence in memory of the fallen was obser- ved, followed by "Revellle" sounded by Mr, Sargeant from the vestibule at the rear, This observance was very impressive, Capt. Hughes then read the Scripture after which Stanley Hunt brought his first mes- sage in song. : Following the singing of another | hymn, Mr. Sargeant played "The Holy City" on his cornet. Capt. Hughes presented the message ol the. evening, warning his hearers of the folly of not coming to Christ and letting Him lead them. He then showed pictures of Europe. Stanley Hunt rendered another) fine solo and O. Sharrard closed the gathering with prayer and gave! thanks for the refreshments, W. E. Stacey distributed souven- irs commemorative of the occasion, They were printed cards bearing the coat of arms, and a personal welcome from the church, with suitable Scripture verses incribed. Refreshments, including ice cream, provided by the ladles of the church, were served, Gibbons Mission Presents Prizes For Attendance Prizes for attendance as well as chocolate bars and oranges to everyone were distributed on the occasion of the annual Christmas program at the Gibbons Street Mis- sion last night, Walter Manning was chairman for the very inter- esting program. The program opened with the singing of the carol "O Come All Ye Faithful"; a welcome by Jimmy Topping; "What The Stocking Said" by Helen Gould and "Books of the Bible" by Mary Bell. Other numbers included a recitation, "Eyes of the Christmas Tree" by Bingy Fagan; a solo, "Christmas Slumber Song" by Joan Brant; a recitation, "Merry Christmas" by Morris Stauffer; a recitation, "A Christmas Gift" by Phyllis Griffin; a song, "Silent Night" by the Pri- mary Class; "A Christmas Tele- phone" by Charles Buck; "My Greeting" by Kathleen Gould; "A Christmas Wish" by Diane Terrant; "Christmas in the Heart" by Donna Brant an exercise, "A Birthday Cake for Christ" by the Junior Class; a solo, "I wonder" by Dor- othy Manning and "Christmas Giv- ing" by Lillian Gould. Following a break in the program for announcements and the taking of the offering the carol "Hark the Herald Angels Sing" was sung. Other numbers in this part of the pregram included a song, "Gifts" by the Junior Class; a solo, "No One Ever Cared for Me Like Jesus" by Ray Gould; a recitation, "Gifts" by Fred Johnson; a duet, "There's a Song in the Air" by Shirley Brant and Betty Irwin; "Keeping the Christ in Christmas" by Kenneth Terrant; a solo, "O Little Town of Bethlehem" by Irene Manning: a recitation, "A Christmas Present for Him" by Bruce Stauffer; a panto= mine, "Christmas Story" by the young ladies' class and a recitation by Ray Gould. : The evening was brought to a close with the singing of the Dox- ology and prayer by R. B. Wilkins, Cards Posted (Continued from Page 1) praised the work of the post of- fice staff who have been working an average of 11 hours a day to keep pace with the deluge of mail, Assisting in the sorting and de- livery of the mail are more than 6 temporary employees, all of whom are ex-servicemen, Mr, Moran says the staff has been able to keep up with the mall pretty well so far except for tha local delivery which he sald had "got ahead of us" In addi- tion to the letters posted at the Post Office there are the quanti. ties coming in from the street let- ter boxes where in many cases it has been necessary to have more than the usual number of collec- tions. Fairly Prompt Service As for the deliveries, Mr. Mor- an says the carriers have been able te give fairly prompt service so far but he warned that "the worst Is yet to come," in this re. spect, So far the incoming mall has been about 400 per cent over the normal volume, but a con- stant incréase in this is expected each day until Christmas, Cramped for space in the Post Office bullding, the basement of the adjoining Customs bullding is being used for the sorting of in- coming parcels, The parcels are being delivered mostly by trucks manned by temporary employees. ---------------- FEARED LIQUOR GOING London, Ont, Dec, 19 -- (CP)-- Police had visions of someone try- irig to get a free supply of Christ. mas alcoholics when they answered a burglar alarm call at the east London liquor store. Investigation showed a short circuit was the Khasla mountains beiween Kozane la, cause, Reconvention Of D.-P. Talks Gains Weight By The Canadian Press Request from Premier Angus Macdonald of Nova Scotia that the Dominion-Provincial conference be reconvened had ready support from Premier Drew of Ontario last night. Four of the nine provinces now have reached agreements with the Dominion since the Dominion-Pro- vincial conference broke up st Ot- tawa last spring. They are British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba New Brunswick. me, the five others, apart from Nova Scotia and Ontario, there was no comment from government heads in Prince Edward Island, Quebec or berta. : At Macdonald wrote to Prime Minister Mackenzie King that the conference should be. Jesonvanty consider new financ Bn in the light of the experi- ence which the Dominion has had May." a Drew's statement to an Ontario Progressive Conservative party meeting coincidentally sald the conference should be reconvened not only to discuss tax agreements but also proposals for health and security programs on a national scale. Union Contract (Continued from Page 1) clared Commissioner R. G. Mills, Supporting Mr. Mills, Commis- sioner William Boddy said he didn't believe "we should impose such a penalty on any man, who comes to work for this Commission." H. C. Tracy of Thorold, Interna- tional Representative of the IEW, pointed out that other Commissions in Canada had agreed to the union shop clause. "We need protection for the union, If men are allowed to come in and reap all the benefits won by the union without contri- buting to it, the union may be un- dermined and even crushed. Then we would have to organize all over again," Mr. Tracy said, Covers Electrical Workers The contract, which covers elec~ trical department employees of the P.U.C., recognizes the union as sole collective bargaining agency for those employees in conformity with the official certification granted Local 894 by the provincial govern- ment, Government certification is awarded once the union has a membership of at least 51 per cent among the employees concerned. Employees with one year's service or more will receive two weeks va- cation with pay, Regarding the wage scale itself, union delegates agreed that the Commission's rates were quite fair as presently consti- tuted. Mr, Tracy agreed with Commis- sioner Boddy that pubilc utilities were "a 24-hour job" and hence the union's International Representa- tive held no brief against the con- tract's 48-hour week clause. Mr. Tracy felt, however, that the short- er work week was in the offing for more and more branches of indus- ry. Seniority provisions, governing promotions, and arrangements for emergency standbys were amicably negotiated by the Commission and the union. Just before the meeting was ad- journed, Mr, Boddy reminded Mr. Lawrence and Mr. Lambert that two members of 'the Commission would have to stand for re-election. The composition of the P.U.G. could change and hence the whole agree- ment might have to be scrutinized again, he concluded. PUC Asks (Continued from Page 1) lesser extent throughout the eatire daytime period from 8 a. m. to 8 p.m, Voluntary efforts toward conser- vation could effect a 'considerable saving of power, the H.EP.C. report emphasized. Recommendations from the HEP.C. included the following: Signs and window displays should remain unlit from 8 a. m. to 8 p. m.; Christmas decorations should be lighted only from December 21 to January 1; industry should switch from day to night operations wher ever possible; all household electric appliances should be used as spar- ingly as possible. "We are about three years short in the development of our sources of supply," Commissioner Willlam Boddy commented. P.U.C, approved the changeover from 25 to 60 cycles, now under con- sideration for certain sections of the province in order to give Ontario a single 60 cycle setup, A copy of this motion will be sent to the Secretary of the HEP.C. Drafts of the proposed agreement between East Whitby Township and the Commission concerning con- struction and maintenance of water mals are to be submitted to the Towship Council and the consulting engineer. These two parties will be asked to attend a joint meeting of all concerned, it was decided, ., ., Accounts totalling $25,608.24 for December, presented by Mr, Shreve were passed for payment, | TWO COTTAGES STRIPPED | Someone Is evidently doing thelr summer frolicking in the off sea- son, Provincial Police Constable M, R. Hodgson discovered that two cottages on the island at Pine Point, Lake Scugog, had been enter- ed and stripped of dishes tablecloths and rugs. Constable Hodgson sald that the break.in probably occurred during the latter part of last week, Both cottages are owned by G, W, G. Gaul of Toronto, NEWS VETERAN DIES Detroit, Dec. 20 (OP)---Mark Mathews, 49, assistant city editor | of the Detroit News for 15 years and | former New York and Toronto | newspaperman dled yesterday in hospital. He had been ill for more than a year. A native of Port Col- borne, he worked as a reporter on the New York Sun, the old Toronto World, Toronto Daily News and Toronto News Mirror and was for & time a feature writer for the To- ronto Star Weekly, wed, Television Hypnotism Successful London, Dee, 20--(AP)--The BBC announced today that it had so successfully experimented with hypnotism: by television that the feat would not be tried on a gen. eral broadcast. The experiment was carried out on a closed cireuit--not publicly televised--this week by Peter Casson, In the first test a dozen volunteers from the BBC staff subjected themselves to the hyp- notist and five of them went into & hypnotic sleep, BBC said, In a second test, Casson madc a direct attempt to hypnotize six persons watching the sereen in a darken- ed room. Four went to sleep and of these, two had to be awakened. "But the most Interesting point," sald the BBC, "was that one person in a party watching a television screen In a darkened room across the corridor (at the timo of the first test) also fell under the hypnotic influence si- though Mr, Casson was not tren addressing the viewing audience, "Because of the suecess of this experiment, and the consequent danger of hypnotizing viewers who might not have anyone at hand to wake them, it has now been decided that a hypnotic tele- vision broadcast would not he ad- visable." : Simcoe Street Sunday School Entertainment The Christmas entertainment of Simcoe Street United Church Sunday School was held on Wed- nesday night with a good attend- ance of boys and girls, parents and friends, A varied program of Christmas recitations, songs and exercises was opened with a song by eight girls from the Beginners' Depart. men, entitled "Singing Happy Christmas." Recitations were given by Douglas Thompson, Betty Brown, Bobby Gow, and Billy Jackson. The Beginners' Department sang a chorus "Calling Santa Claus" and fourteen members of the Be- ginners' Department presented an exercise entitled "Birthday Gifts." The final offering of this group was a little drama entitled "A Christmas Tail" and was given by Mrs, George Jackson and five of the Beginners, The Primary Department sang a chorus and also presented a pan- tomime "There's a Song in the Air." The solo in this number was sung by Miss Sybil Langmald: Other numbers by the Primary Department included a chorus by five girls "Christmas Bells Are Ringing" and two short plays "The Christmas Tree And the Fairies" and "Christmas with the Old Woman in the Shoe." The Junior and Intermediate scholars gave two plays "The Street of Hearts" and "Keeping Christmas." At the close of the program Santa Claus arrived and distributed oranges to the boys and girls. The program was un- der the direction of Mrs, L. W. Currell, ably assisted by mem- bers of the teaching staff in all Departments, Unloads Grain At Kingston Kingston, Dec. 20--(CP)--Delayed by storms on its trip from the lake- head, the Canada Steamship Lines freighter Battleford today started to unload grain at the Kingston elevator, When it moves into winter berth, it will bring to 38 the number of ships wintering here. t . Planes Hit (Continued from Page 1) Alrlines C-47, approaching from the left three or four miles north of Aberdeen, He pulled his ship up at the last instant and scraped over the top of the Universal plane, Eastern officials said. The co-pilot, R. Brown, sald he had "just a second or two" in which to avert disaster. The pilot of this plane, J. B. Kuhn, told a reporter, "Brown saved the day." A three-by-five foot hole was rip- ped in thé tail section of the larger plane, while the Universal Liner, carrying 22 passengers and a crew of three on a charter flight, had a hole driven into the upper portion of the fuselage, its escape hatch wrenched free and its radio and hydraulic system knocked out of commission, Despite the damage, Henry Norris, pllot of the Universal ship, brought it down safely at the Aberdeen proving ground field, while the Eastern plane was landed unevent. fully by Kuhn before waiting crash- wagons and fire-engines at National Alrport, Washington, o four-engined ship, crulsing at about 230 miles an hour, apparently had overtaken: the slower aircraft, It had started from New York, while the Universal plane had taken off at Nowark, N, J, Ocoupants of both planes report. ed little If any confusion at the time of thelr narrow escape, and most sald they had been unaware of the extent of thelr danger. All, how. over, had lavish praises for crew members, One grateful survivor of the Bast ern plane, Ben J, Bluteky, of Ellen. ville, N. Y,, announced he was pre- senting $500 to the crew and invited other passengers to a '"survivors' party" at a miami night elub, DAMAGED AUTO LOCATED When he returned to his' auto- mobile, which had swerved into the diter, three miles north of Brooklin yesterday afternoon, Dan Kellar of Toronto, found that he was minus a spare tire, small radlo, liquor permit and car tool accessories, Mr, Kellar told Pro- vinelal Constable Gordon Keast that he had left the car to get a two-truck and had been gone for a few hours, Que. Liberals Face Test On Monday Sorel, Que, Dec. 20--(CP)--A Liberal strongpoint that has stood staunchly by the party for over half a century will be challenged Mon- day in the federal byelection in Richelieu-Vercheres. Three youthful candidates, none of Them beyond the early thirties, are waging an intensive and lively 'campaign for the House of Com- mons seat that P. J. A. Cardin oc- cupled for 35 years until his death two months ago. Undismayed by the substantial majorities that Mr, Cardin register- ed for the Liberals in election after election, Progressive Conservative and Social Credit candidates have fought hard and express confidence as the campaign enters its final phase. For the Liberals, Gerard Courn- oy:r, K.C, 34-year-old former law partner of Mr. Cardin, seeks to in- herit his late chief's political mant- le. Etienne Duhamel, bank ac- countant well known in the riding, is the essive Conservative nominee, while Roland Corbell car- ries the Union Des Electeurs (So- cial Credit) banner. Not since Sir Hector Langevin carried the riding for the Couser- vatives in 1891 has the seat been anything but Liberal, Hospital Plan Inaugurated In The West Regina, Dec, 20--(CP)~The {first government-controlled hospital ser- vices plan of its kind in North America faces.a chorus of vocal op- position and an expected rush of patients with its New Year's day in- auguration, The Saskatchewan C.C.P. govern- ment's plan, which will provide bas- fc hospital care for a $5 compulsory annual tax from each resident of the province with a maximum of $30 tax a family, is taking the slams with the plaudits. Opponents say it will flood th: slready-overcrowded hospitals; that it is too expensive; and that con- trol should be decentralized to re- glonk] schemes, some already in ef- ect. Plan administrators say the ex- pected rush of patients will soon level off; that the centralized scheme cuts down on overhead ex- penses and allows it to fit easily in- to any future Dominion-wide plane; and that it "breaks down the econ- omic barrier to hospitalization," Although up to last Monday less than $1,800,000 of an- expected $3,- 500,000 was collected from Sas- katchewan residents, the planning commission officials are not wor- ried. They expected the big rush in the final two weeks' collection, Residents who do not pay the tax before Jan, 1 will not be eligible for benefits until one month after they do pay and will also be liable to a $25 fine. Driver Taking Up Entire Road Officer Says Convicted on two counts of careless driving and having liquor in an illegal place, Oscar Graham, Ajax, was fined a total of $25 nd costs or 21 days by Magistrate F. S. Ebbs in court this morning. Provincial Constable Gordon Keast told the court that he had followed the Graham car Into Whitby on No, 2 Highway, Gra- ham was taking up "the entire road," Constable Keast said. A partially consumed bottle of 1i- quor was found in Graham's pos- sesion, New Agreement To Aid Trade Ottawa, Dec. 20 (OP)--Progres- sively freer trade is expected to de- velop between Canada and countries in the sterling bloc as a result of ar- rangements concluded between Can- ada and the United Kingdom and announced last night by Finance Minister Abbott, Under changes, to become effec- tive Jan, 1, Canadian exporters and importers will be able to deal on a sterling basis with cowitries which heretofore had o'be deala with on a United States dollar basis, The change -- considered the main one -- is, expected to do away with the necessity of countries ir the sterling bloc discriminating against Canada in matters of trade because of a shortage of dojlars. Highway Victim Dies Like Sister Cornwall, Dec. 20--(CP)~--Doreen Sabourin, 13-year-old Glen Walter achool girl, died in hospital last night from injuries suffered in an Acoldent almost exactly similar to the one which claimed the life of her six-year-old sister Monica, less than two months ago. - Doreen was struck by an automo- bile on the highway near her home while on her way to school Wednes- day, She never regained conscious- ness, Like her sister, police said she ran from behind one vehicle into the path of another one. Dr, 8, A. Stewart, coroner, said an Inquest was likely. - Police sald the automobile was driven by deputy police chief George Kerr of Brantford, who was Singing a Nolen car mek from ontreal. He was accompanied by detective Charles Kellas and two prisoners, Little classified's give hig re- sults in The Times.Gazette, Mr. Bracken, Col. Drew Reveal Plans Toronto, Dec. 20 -- (CP) -- John Bracken, federal party leader, and Premier Drew of Ontario laid before the Ontario Progressive Conserva- tive party convention last night two main proposals--that Canada must co-operate in cutting restrictions on international trade, and that a new Dominion - Provincial confer ence should be convened. Mr. Bracken talked of trade, and Premier Drew of Dominion-Provin- cial relations.' The federal party leader said that Canada must lessen rather than in- crease its restrictions on import of again "not only to discuss the finan- lateral trade agreement. Premier Drew, in urging recon- veaing of the Dominion-Provinecial conferences, said it was absolutely necessary that the conference meet again "nit only to discuss the finan- cial measures, but also to lay the basis for those wider examination of the various health and social secur- ity proposals which have been put forward by all the governments, so that the necessary statistical infor- mation may be available to proceed with the examination of possible ar- raagements in those fields." Ontario will relinquish personal income tax and corporation income | tax flelds for the duration of any hew agreement provided the Dom- inion gets out of the minor direct tax figlds, Premier Drew said, Great Arturo Is A Damant Niagara Falls, N. Y, Dec. 20 -- (AP)--Arthur (Arturo The Great) Trostl says he will cross Niagara gorge on a tight rope "even if I have | to buy or lease a piece of land to set up my equipment." Arturo sald yesterday he planned | to cross the roaring Niagara river | next spring somewhere below | falls, employing a one-inch steel ca- the ble and a 24-foot, 20-pound balanc- ing pole for his high wire act. "This is not a suicide stunt," Ar- turo said, in answer to officials who denied him permission to crsos at the fall themselves, He sald he hoped to find a site for the projected crossing near the Rainbow Bridge, where the gorge is 10 feet deep and about 1,100 feet wide. Rio Mob Burns Russian Flag Rio De Janeiro, Dec. 20--(AP)-- Anti-Communist mobs, apparently | incensed at an incident involving a | Brazilian diplomatic official in| Moscow, attacked and stoned head- quarters of the Brazilian Commun- | ist party last night, beat a guards- man on duty, wrecked Communist | election billboards and burned a | Russian rlag. | The demonstrations occurred sev- eral hours after foreign minister Paul Fernandes said Brazil would withdraw her second secretary of the embassy at Moscow, Joao Batis- ta Soaer Des Pina, at the request of Russia. Respite the violence in down- town streets, no casualties were re- ported. Fernandes said Brazil's ambassa- dor in Moscow had agreed to re- lease Soares de Pina but had felt the secretary was not responsible for a street scuffle in which the secretary was reported involved. The foreign minister said the dip- lomat "may have been imprisoned and mistreated." He added he was seeking official information from the embassy in Mcscow, headed by ambassador Pimentel Brandao. i» 251 Indonesian: . & . . Die In Fighting Denpasar, Ball, Dec. 20--(AP)-- The Netherlands East Indies gov- ernment today announced that 251 Indonesians had been: killed in fighting in South Celebes since the declaration of martial law there, Dec. 11. It also announced that Dutch troops had cqrried out four clear- ing actions 'against extremists and repulsed a night attack by Indon- esians against Malino, which last July was the site of the conference where a United States of Indonesia was first proposed. HIT BY WRITER London, Dec. 20 (Reuters)--Com- munist Phil Piratin told the House of Commons yesterday that a veter- an Parliamentary correspondent had assaulted him physically twice in the Commons cafeteria "after using offensive remarks." The correspon- dent was not further identified pending an investigation by the Commons' committte of privileges. DOCTOR'S AUTO DAMAGED Dr. D. E. Sturgis, 12 Burk Street, told police his auto, park- ed in front of his office at 167 Simcoe Street North, had been struck by a hit-and-run car late last night, Left rear and front fenders, both left doors and left froht hub cap of Dr. Sturgis' car were damaged. : ' BABY SUFFOCATES Toronto, Dec. 20--(CP)--Paul, 10- months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Nott, died of suffocation in his crib last night. Firemen using an inhalator were unable to revive the baby. Mr, Nott is a well-known city photographer. : BANK MANAGER DEAD Smiths Falls, Dec. 20 (CP)--Clare B. Houston, 62, manager of the Bank of Nova Scotia here for 43 years before retirement two years ago, died in haspital here yesterday. CHILD DROWNS Brockville, Dec. 20 (CP)--Five- year-old Vernon Armstrong, only son of Mr. and Mrs. Acil Arm. strong was drowned yesterday when he broke through the thin ice of a Australia Faces Black Christmas ' Sydney, Australia, Dec. 20 -- (CP Cable) --Australis faces its second black post-war Christmas with gas rationed or cut off from households in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide, with their total population of near- ly 3,000,000. In the three state capitals, 4,000 gas workers are on strike for higher wages and adjustments in overtime pay. They were replaced by volun- teer workers and production at Syd- ney's main gas works was cut off Thursday while in Melbourne and Adelaide volunteers still are main- taining restricted supplies, Housewives already are cooking 2nd boiling laundry over backyard res. Ont. 'Shops Close On Dot During Rush By The Canadian Press Btores in only a few Ontario | cities plan to remain open evenings to meet the last.minute Christmas survey showed today. said the days when clerks tolled to | midnight in the final stages of the i shopping spree appeared tw have gone forever, ' Nowhere, the survey showed, do | business places plan to remain open later than 930 pm. between DOW and Christmas, Moreover, the ma- | jority will close a4 6 pm. Christmas Eve. Retail stores plan to remain open evenings in Woodstock, Bault Ste. Marie, Kingston Brockville, Chal- ham, Oshawa, North Bay, and Sud- bury. Large department stores in Kingston are to close at six every night, as are grocery, meat and men's clothing fms in Oshawa. In Brockville and Woodstock, merchants will observe Boxing Day ' as a holiday. Food stores in Owen Sound plan ' to stay open Monday night but the | an hour, majority of other stores decided Fowl Thefts Are Epidemic Local District Districts farmers should be on : the alert against resourceful chie- ; ken thieves who have been mak. ing a considerable haul in th arga, Provincial Constable M, Hodgson warned today, This type of thievery has reach 3, 'ed epidemic proportions with Jo. seph Galka. R.R, 3, Oshawa, re. porting that 186 chickens out of 5 total of 190 had disappeared in one Might. - eordie . Beott, Kingsto Road West, estimates he eg Tost between 600 and 700 chicks in the past few weeks. Between 300 and 400 are missing fro Peel ' Brothers poultry farm, lice learned, Constable Hodgson, who Is in vestigating, said that a group of men wére probably involved, He . advised farmers to keep one ear open for any unusual noises dur- : ing the night. Yule Broadcas Link The W orld By JOHN SMALLER Canadian Press Staff Writer Develoged through the last de. cade to it; present-day high level, Christmas season radio programs be iil Bong an P | are a welcomed adjunct to the fes- sadisn Brew tive period in all homes, Station « stalls everywhere spend much time preparing for the season and with- out exception--whether at 500-watt or 50000-watt stations--succeed in making the event memorable for the inveterate radio fan or the casual listener, Peature of Christmas Day, and again the result of years of experi- ence, is the world-wide broadcast. The British Broadcasting Corporation has organized a world wide hook-up beginning with the bells of Coventry Cathedral and lollowed by the annual Christmas message from the King to the work. The program, to be carried in Canada largely by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation networks, will be carried in part by other sta- tions as well. Circling the gicbe in the space of the Empire Broadcast will bring to Canadians the voices of against night selling. Owen Sound British cccupation troops in Ham- ! merchants sald most of their cus- tomers shopped early. Store owners sary. Wartime saw the dropping of late store hours in St. Catharines and merchants decided not to revive | them for this year's Christmas sea- son, However, most stores stayed open last Wednesday afternoon. Ford Folds burg and Tokyo and then switch to the Church of the Nativity In xchanges | in Peterborough, sticking to the six | Bethlehem. There will be e | o'clock closing said they, too, con- °F | sidered evening openings unneces- Christmas T among friends and kinsmen of the Com. monwealth and the Bmpire, and two-way conversations between Glasgow in Scotland and Milan in Italy, between the Shetland Islands and Norway, Christmas Day on the Atlantic, from remote Bishop's Rock light in New York; Germans in Hamburg, and a party of children of Nazi con- be described at first hand. From "down under" will come the broad- Til J an. 2 --4-cast. of a midnight bathing gang in Pay Workers Detroit, Dec. 20--(CP)--The Ford Motor Company announced today that all but a few operations will stop Tuesday afternoon and remain halted until Jan. 2. The shutdown workers throughout the United will affect ah estimated 90,000 Ford States. D. S. Harder, vice-president of op~ erations, said the work stoppage was attributed to a serious shortage of steel 'and Malleable and grey iron castings. "Although we are producing steel at record capacity in our own plant we are going behind daily at our present level of car and truck pro- duetion," he said. Only four days' production will be lost. The company normally closes Saturday and Sunday, Christmas Day and New Year's Day, Salaries workers will not be affected by the shut-down. A-Energy For All Seen Soon Boston, Dec. 20--(AP)--Commer- cial use of atomic energy within five years was predicted today by a group of New England experts pro- viding the United States govern- ment gives the "green light" to in- dustry, Atomic generation of electric power, they said, could be accom- plished at an original cost com- parable to present modern methods and eventually for much less. . These views were expressed 'in a report by a New England council committee headed . by Karl T. setts Institute of Technology and one of the developers of the atom bomb, U.A.W. Trial (Continued from Page 1) of all three accused that they op- posed the union's 122-day strike last summer at the Chrysler plants here and in Chatham, Returning to the courtroom for instructions during the delibera. tions, the jury asked Judge Shau- nessy if the defendants shared re- spnsibility for the strike despite the fact that the union's policy come mittee had overruled their advice against it. The judge replied: "If the ac- cused acquiesced in what their policy committee had instructed, in my opinion they are carrying out a common plot and may well be found "gullty of conspiracy." Earlier, in his charge to the Jury, Judge Shaunessy said: "If you dis- agree with me it is your duty to give the accused the 'benefit of the | doubt and acquit them." | Defence counsel had termed the joint charge against the three men "a charge against the rights of the worker" while Crown Attorney E. C. Awrey declared that union lead. ers rather than "small men who picketed illegally" should be held Compton, president of Massachu. [| Australia and from Canada a ski- camp at Gray Rocks Inn, St. Jovitey A special Christmastime trans-% mission of choral and folk singing from Moscow's grand opera house will mark the first "live" relay from that city since the war and will be a feature of the prograam, CBC networks will combine on Christmas Day and, in keeping with the spirit of the day, there will be no ercial programs. all Canada on the one program. Christmas celebrations in g French- one of Montreal's leading hotels, a these are some of the pl michophones will visit to picture of "Canadian 1046." All Canadian stations have full- in Western Canada, St Andews Anglican in Lockport, an, w how a special Christmas morning also carry special Christmas broad- casts, many of which will be heard in Canada. $15,000 FIRE Hotel and a grocery store causing 0 00. The two-storey wooden structure, one of the town's oldest buildings, hag 40 rooms. The grocery occupied part of the first storey of the building. SS SY. ONLY 3 MORE SHOPPING DAYS TIL CHRISTMAS For the Convenience of the CHRISTMAS SHOPPER CHRISTIANS will be Open Every Night Until CHRISTMAS creek here, His body was recovered. responsible for the offence. Canadian home at Cap Rouge, a ° | fisherman's home in the Maritimes, .. house; the day in Labrador; a party * | centration-camps victims-- all will » CBC's own feature is the linking of * veterans' hoepital in Winnireg -- 7 aces CBC ~ | resent a. ristmas = | day schedules of special Christmas programs. From the oldest church service. United States networks will | Island. Falls, Me., Dec. 20--(AP)-- Six persons fled to safety today as . fire swept through the Exchange . loss estimated unofficially at $15,- '