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JE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle OSHAWA WHITBY 5--NO. 190 0 OSHAWA-WHITBY, MONDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1946 Price 4 Cents FOURTEEN PAGES HARGE A-ENERGY FOR WAR ONLY > 4 Tips' On Lost Child Lead Police Nowhere Track Every Clue . To Earth In Case . Of Marion Rusnak Hamilton, Dec. 30 (CP)--Police said today that James Mutch of suburban Westdale had informed them that he and his small daughter were the persons a Toronto truck driver picked up on the outskirts of Hamilton last night. trucker, Charles Collins, later told police he thought the little & 4 The gif] might have been the missing®- Marion Rusnak of St. Catharines, . Mutch telephoned police after hearing*a broadcast based on the truck 'driver's report. Collins said . ed up a man and a little girl the outskirts of Hamilton and let them off as he entered the built-up section of the city, "The man asked me for a ln to Longwood Road, Hamilton," Col- lins said. "I'm mot supposed to car- ry any passengers I couldn't re- fuse a little child a lift in that weather. The girl only $poke once after she got into the cab and that was to say shedwas cold After Brantford police received Collins' report, they stopped auto- mobiles and trucks travelling east » and west to check passengers. They also asked the drivers to notify Hamilton police if they saw a man and a little girl on the highway. St. Catharines, Dec. 30 (CP)-- groups of volunteer in St, Catharines and sur- sections of Lincoln Coun- $y 'braved cold weather today to hunt for clues to the disappear- e B week ago of nine-year-old 'officer. He added that Still were receiving "doz- ens of lips" from people who sought | out immigration certificates. to assist them. Every clue, no mat- ter how 'slender, was investigated. Ottawa Fire Leaves Many Homeless Ottawa, Dec. 30--(CP)--Owners and officials probing through the blackened, ice-coated ruins of the Accord apartments today tot- ted up a heavy damage toll from a blaze which raged three hours yes. terday and left 26 persons homeless. 'The fire, which broke out about 4 p.m. in the basement of the busi- ness section block at the corner of Lisgar and Bank Streets, also re- sulted in serious smoke and water damage to stores on the ground floor. ' by Practically the entire Ottawa fire department was called out to fight the two-alarm blaze, which never- theless spread under a highwind. Saturday the same.firemen battled a $10,000 fire in the 'Ottawa Paint Works on Wellington Street and brought it under control despite 1be highly-inflammable merchand- 'The Bank Street fire, besides dri- ving the tenants into bitterly cold weather, held up traffic along the main artery for hours and flooded the street with freezing water "which menaced fire-fighting oper- ations. t of the fire was the res- cue Fire Chief Gray Burnett of his Deputy, Alex Gardner. Gard- ner entered the building to direct firemen and fell down a flight of stairs, bruising himself painfully. The Fire Chief, hearing cries for help, found Gardner injured and on his knees, unable to get to his feet. 'Water which had seeped from the upper storey was up to his chest. Reucuad, he later returned to the Accurate estimates of the damage were not available last night, al- though it was believed they might reach $150,000. German P.O.W. On The Loose Hull, Que., Dec. 30 -- (CP) Members of the Royal Canadian 4 Mounted Police as well as Ottawa by and Hull police were on the look- out today for a German prisoner- of-war who escaped from the in- ternment camp here early last night by scaling the 20-foot stome wall ' surrounding the camp. The former Naxi airman is 27- year-old Arthur Scheffler. He has blonde hair, blue eyes, wears glasses, weighs 150 pounds, and is about five feet three inches tall. He had been at the camp only four days, and was to have been repatriated back - . to Germany within the next few weeks with the last draft of war prisoners, ' harbor, bringing 750 Jewish refugees '| with British authorities and Pales- Terrorists Flog Five Britishers Jerusalem, Dec. 30 -- (AP) -- British military authorities today announted that all Jewish commun- ities along the Palestine coast had been placed out of bounds to the 30,000 British troops on duty in the area, as authorities pressed a search for the kidnappers who ab-4 ducted a British major and three sergeants last night and gave each 18 lashes in what was described as a retaliatory move. A military source predicted that authorities, fearing British troops might seek vengeance for the flog- gings, would keep the ruling in force at least until after New Year's Eve. The Provost. Marshal's office said that "feeling is running high" in the military camps. Jewish sources expressed "ftcanwnile the. Bi Ww Ocean Vigour, who were deported to Cyprus when they originally arrived here with- Search for the perpetrators of last night's floggings continued, tine police participating in the manhunt, Authorities said the major was whisked away by flve armed men from the lounge of the hotel Metro- pol in Nathanya, 40 miles north of Tel Aviv, where he was sitting with his wife, He was said to have been blindfolded, tied to a rock and beaten with a cane. Meanwhile eight men, armed with sub-machine guns, abducted two sergeants from in front of the Ar- mon Hotel on Tel Aviv's water- front. Forced into an automobile, they were taken to the outskirts of the all-Jewish city, where police said their abductors "took down their pants and administered 18 strokes apiece." A third sergeant was flogged at TERRORISTS (Continued on Page 2) French Fight Heavy Indo- China Attack Paris, Dec. 30--(AP)--The French General Staff reported to- day in dispatches from Indo-Chi- na that Viet Nam Nationalist troops had launched a series of heavy attacks against French po- sitions at Namdinh, key town controlling the mouth of the Riv- er Rouge southeast of Hanoi. At the same time Viet Namese artillery was reported shelling French positions within encircled Hanoi, causing some damage in the centre of the city. Patrol clashes were frequent as both sides sought to infiltrate behind the opposing lines, North of Hanoi, on the main railway line leading to the Chin- ese border, a French relief col- umn was said to have reached isolated French garrisons at Bac Ninh and Thu Lang, A French General Staff bulle- tin said the Viet Namese attacks at Namdinh were "incessant and very violent." Nationalist forces were reported pouring heavy mor- tar fire on the French garrison. At Pont-Des-Rapides, about five miles northeast of Hanoi, 'French troops fought off a Viet Nam patrol which tried to push through their lines, the bulletin said, In Southern Indo-China. mean- while, French Colonia. Minister Marius Moutet--who is making an on-the-spot investigation of the situation--visited Bnom- Penh for an official call on the King of Cambodia and his Cabin- et, Agence France-Presse said that Cambodian Premier Ioeuk Keus, welcoming Moutet" had emphasized the need for French' economic assistance in the Pro. t.ctorate, 4 | \ S ELECTION NOMINATION MEET TONIGHT While very little has been heard locally regarding election possibili- ties, it is expected that the picture will be clarified to some degree fol- lowing the nomination meeting whicth will be held at the old City Hall tonight. Nominations for the offices of Mayor, Aldermen, Board of Educa- tion Trustees and Public Utilities Comenissioners will be received by City Clerk F. E. Hare between 7.20 Pp. m. and 8.30 p. m. Those who elect to contest the various offices will have until tomorrow night to file their qualification papers. Retiring members of the Board of Education are tees Mrs. B. C. Colpus, Dr. F. J. Donevan, William J. Nayor, Dr. 8. J. Phillips and L. M. Souch. Retiring members of the Public Utilities Commission are Wil- liam Boddy and Robert G. Mills. Of the members of City Council Mayor McCallum together with Al- dermen Halliday, Harman, Gay, Lock, Minett and Starr have signi- fied their intention of seeking re- election. The other four members of Council--Aldermen Davis, Dafoe, Cay and Ross, have not declared themselves. The only other resident to declare his intention of seeking a place on the City Council has been Orville Eagle, Cadillac Avenue North. Dur- ing the present year Mr, Eagle was active in the interests of residents of that area in connection with Council's intention of moving a business firm to the area, Nomination meeting for Bast Whitby and Whitby Townships were ava Ths pili held ie ~afternoon . and Brooklin respectively. Full re- ports of all three nomination meet- ings will appear in The Times-Ga- zette tomorrow. Coal Picture In U.K.Better But Tense London, Dec, 30 (CP Cable)-- Week-end deliveries of coal by road and rail have temporarily eased fuel-short' factories in some parts of England today. Indications are that many industrial firms, faced with the prospect of closing or cur- tailing production, will open their doors to normal production. But the fuel position, although eased, still remains a major prob- lem and it is expected that the situ: | ation will be the main concern of Cabinet Ministers, most of whom returned to their Whitehall desks today. Fuel chiefs in the industrial cen- tres of the north and the Midlands estimated that about 1,000 workers would be turned away from plants today because of coal shortages. A threatened close down of fac- tories in Lancashire and York- shire has been averted by last min- ute improvisations but the situa- tions in both counties still is re- garded 'as "grim." Fresh proposals for conserving coal will be considered in detail by a cabinet meeting Tuesday or Wednesday, and emergency orders diverting supplies from luxury trades to essential industries are expected. Meanwhile badly-needed coal has been moved from colliery sidings to coal wharves in Lancashire and Porkshire cotton towns. It was an- nounced that of 12 Blackburn cotton mills which closed down Sa- turday on account of the coal short- age will re-open. A major portion of the blame was placed on transport holdups in moving dwindling stocks of coal from mines to factories. The loss of (Continued on! Page 2) COAL PICTURE Liquor Sale Hours Noted Toronto, Dec. 30 -- (CP) -- There will be no change in the hours of sale of beer and liquor at retail stores on New Year's Eve, the On- tario Liquor Control Board an- nounced today. Retail liquor stores will open at 10 am, and close at 6 p.m. while sale of beer at Brewers' warehouses will be from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Only change in the Liquor Authority Control Board's routine will be in the sale of beer and wine in licensed beverage rooms and clubs. All bev- erage rooms in Toronto will close at 6:30 pm, New Year's Eve and re- main closed till noon Thursday. This order does not apply to hotels 'outside Toronto, Installing Master RT. WOR. BRO. E. F. FARROW who acted as Installing Master at the Installation of Officers of Cedar Lodge, AF. and AM, No. 270, on Friday night. Cedar Lodge Master WOR. BRO. THOMAS HOPKINS who was installed as Worshipful Master of Cedar Lodge, AF. and A. M., No. 270, G.R.C., at the installa- tion of officers last Friday, Cedar Lodge Officers Installed On Friday At Annual : Festival The Festival of St. John, the Evangelist, was celebrated in tradi- tional manner at the Masonic Temple last Friday evening when the shnual Inpiallation of We oa cers of Cedar Lodge, AF. GROvwas'teld. 'Rt. Wo 290, hb i Bro. Edwin F. Farrow acted as In- stalling Master and Wor, Bro. Thomas Hopkins was duly installed as Worshipful Master of the Lodge for 1047. At the conclusion of the business portian of the evening, conducted by the retiring W.M., Wor, Bro. Al- bert W. Marks, Bro. Chas. E. Smith introduced the Installing Board which was headed by Rt. Wor. Bro. Farrow and consisted of the follow- ing Past Masters of Cedar Lodge: Rt. Wor. Bro. Robert Meek, Very Wor. Bro. Byron 8S. Edmondson, Wor. Bro's Norman H. Ashley, H. G. Palmer, Chas. J. Pirie, Chas. M., Wallace, W. E. Baker, H, L. Wallace, H. 8. Palmer, A. M. McDonald, Percy H. Jobb, Norman E, Winter, Harry Shelley and the retiring W.M. A. W. Marks. 'New Officers After the Board had been suitably welcomed by the W.M., the Instal- ling Master was asked to assume the Chair and proceed with the cere- mony. Rt. Wor. Bro. Farrow then assigned the several Past Masters to the respective offices in the Lodge and, with their assistance, the fol- lowing Officers were installed and invested in a most creditable man- ner: W.M., Wor, Bro. Thomas Hopkins; IPM, Wor. Bro. A, W, Marks; SW, Bro. Chas. E. Smith; JW, Bro. A. E. (Bert) Salter; Chaplain, Wor. Bro. H. L. Wallace; Treasurer, Rt. Wor. Bro. E. F. Far- row; Secretary, Rt. Wor. Bro. Robert Meek; D. of C, Wor. Bro. H. 8S, Palmer; S.D., Bro. Hal. Brown; J.D, Bro. C, F. Litster; I1.G., Bro. Wm. Huxtable; SS., Bro. J. A. Pen- found; J.8., Bro. Harry L, Gay; Organist, Bro. Reginald G. Geen; Tyler, Wor. Bro. Harry Shelley; Auditors, Bros. Reg. Burr and 8. J. Nobbin. During the period the Lodge was open in the third degree the cere- mony was interrupted for a few minutes and all bretherm pho. had received the third degree during 1946 were given an opportunity of proving their proficiency as Mas. ter Masons, About 15 brethren took advantage of this opportunity of demonstrating their skill in the work of the degree. The examina- tion clearly proved how carefully and efficiently they had been coach- ed in the work by Bro. Walter CEDAR B (Continued on Page 2) Churchill Evolving Europe Plan London, Dec. 30 -- (CP)--Though Winston Churchill has been silent on the matter, he has been working "behind the scenes" to further his plan for a United States of Europe, the political correspondent of the Liberal Manchester Guardian sald today. The Guardian story referred to the first of two copyrighted articles by Mr. Churchill which appeared in the Conservative Daily Telegraph morning, elaborating his suggestion of a United States as a means of stopping wars. The article, in which Britain's wartime Prime Minister suggests that France should give the lead by extending the hand of forgiveness to Germany and expresses the opin- ion that the United States of Am- erica should further this design since the Atlantic Ocean no longer is a sure barrier, was written origi- nally for Colliers Magazine. Berlin, Dec. 30--(AP)--Reli- able diplomatic 8: urces predicted today that proposals for revision of Germany's western frontier, except for cession of the Saar to France, would be strongly oppos- « by the United' States at the forthcoming German peace trea- ty negotiations, It is expected, these. sources said, that th: United States will not only oppose Franc 's clams to the Rhineland but will reject more modest border changes' pro- posed by Hrlland and Belgium unless the countries concerned c'n present satisfacte-y proof that the people of the area concer- ned "genuinely desire" a change. The position of the United States and others on the German border' settlements is being out- lined among the four major Allied po.ers here for presentation to the Foreign Ministers Council when it convenes in Moscow in March, The American position, it was understood here, will be essen- tially the same as that outlined by State Secretary Byrnes of the | United States in his Stuttgart po- licy speech last Septewber, . U.S. To Oppose Shifts Of Germany's West Line J the west, 2 ' At Stuttgart, Byrnes announced opposition to any claims against Germany in the west--except for the French claim to the Saar. He further qualified this by sayin< that in return for the Saar, France should "readjust her re- parations claims." There have been strong indica- tions during the past week that Russia will support the United States position with regard to Germany's western frontiers. Should Denmark and Czecho- slovakia make any territorial claims, the American position yosld be the same, sources here 8d. France not only is expccted to support the Dutch and Belgium claims for border revisions in the west but also is expected to op- pose any suggestion by the United Statés that portions of the former Reich's agricultural areas in the east, now occupied by Poland, be returned to Germany. Britain is understood sympathetic to the American view with regard to Germany's eastern frontier, but has been noticeably silent concerning the situation in A A A A A | ners and draggers which have made | this south shore port famous were to be. FISHERMEN'S STRIKE GRIPS LUNENBURG Lunenburg, N.8.,, Dec. 30 (CP)-- Most of the deep-sea fishing schoo- tied up at their docks today as the three-year-old Canadian Pisher- men's and Fish Handlers' Union (TLC) called a strike among crews of 30 vessels to win a new agreement with snip owners, Unless the vessels, which came home for an overhaul while crews spent Christmas with their families, put to sea again within a week, the whole Nova Scotia fishing industry --a source of livelihood for 3,000-- is likely to be affected. The decision to strike was taken at a union meeting here Saturday when representatives of 500 deep- sea union fishermen voted "that all fishing cease until the owners in- dicate a change of attitude that will make possible the conclusion of a suitable agreement." Meanwhile, vessel owners sald they had not been notified officially of the strike. H. C. Meade, union secretary, said they would be ad- vised today. Mr. Meade said last night that "95 per cent of the deep-sea fisher- men are members of the union and they are determined not to go to sea again until an agreement with the owners is reached." It was considered doubtful whe- ther the unorganized fishermen could maintain the flow of fresh fish necessary to keep shore proces- sing plants operating at capacity. Chief issue of the strike is the fishermen's demand for a 60-40 "lay"--a 60 per cent share in the proceeds of their vessel's catches, compared with the current 40 per cent. It was the second general tie-up of the fishing fleet in eight years. In 1938 captains and fishermen walked ashore demanding an in. crease in the price of fish. At that time they formed the Fishermen's Federation, which was succeeded in 1943 by the CF.U, later to merge the Fish Handlers' Union. German Trial Of 27,000 In January Berlin, Dec, 30-- (Reuters) -- Trials of about 27,000 Germans now held in civil internment in the Britsh zone of Germany by German courts will start at the end of January. They are former members of organizations declared criminal by the Nuernberg War Crimes Tribunal--the leadership corps of The Nazi party, the Gestapo, the security police and the S.S. Among them are a few wcmen, The future of thousands of other members of these organiza- tions awaiting repatriation in Bri- tain or elsewhere or at large in the British zone, is under consid- eration, Special rules of procedure now are being drafted by the German central legal office, which is re- sponsible for the trials, It is esti- mated that between 100 and 130 German tribunals will be requir- ed to dispose of all the cases by the end of next year, The tribunals will have power to impose a maximum sentence of 10 years' imprisonment and con- fiscation of property. A British spokesman said it was hoped to finish this series of trials by the end of the year, but the 27,000 were only a quarter of the people liable to be charged in virtue of their membership of the convicted organizations. The whole. operation is being handed over to the Germans, with Karl M_yer of Oldenburg, a barrister who was one of Hitler's jewish victims, as inspector gen- eral, Each court will have a chair- man with legal qualifications, and two lay assessors, Each camp wiil have a legal ad- vice bureau, where internees who are lawyers can help their fellow internees to prepare their de- fence. Thus a man tried one day may have been legal adviser to another the day before, though he will not be "allowed to appear as counsel in court. Former members of the Nazi party are barred as defence coun- sel. To insure the speediest possible justice, British experts are exami- ning the German legal code with the aim of making changes which wil slgplity. procedure, 4 + wl Outlaw A-Weapons Destroy Bomb-Pile, Gromyko' sDemand Lake Success, N. Y., Dec. 30 (AP)--Soviet Russia charged today that atomic' energy is still being used exclusively for production of aggressive arms and called for urgent action to outlaw atomic weapons. Simultaneously, Russia rejected the United States' Black Mart To Result In Arrests Ottawa, Dec. 30 -- (CP) -- An "undisclosed" number of men shortly will face arrest by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police as a re- sult of illegal trafficking in butter coupoas stolen from the E! B. Eddy Company plant in Hull, Que. the Ottawa Citizen said in a newspage story today. No figure of the number of per- sons involved could be obtained, but the paper quoted a Prices Board official as saying there would be "considerably less than 50 persons involved." It was belleved the prices board might issue a statement early this week setting out in detail the posie tion of the board as far as the- thefts are concerned. Both R.CM.P. and Prices Board officials emphasized that the E, B. Eddy Company was in no way in- volved in the removal of the butter coupons from the company premises. 2 Governors For Georgia Possibility Atlanta, Dec. 30 (AP)--Two rival governors of Georgia, with offices less than 60 feet apart, may result from an unprecedented scramble over the late Eugene Talmadge's fourth term. The rivals would be Herman Tal. madge, 33-year-old son of the dead governor-elect; and his political foe, Governor Ellis Arnall, incumbent. A high Talmadge source said the sit- uation is expected to arise if the Legislature designates Herman to become governor and if Arnall re- fuses to surrender his office. Talmadge lieutenants claim 155 pledges of Legislative support--26 more than a clear majority of House and Senate. But Arnall has indi- cated he regards such a move as il- legal. Arnall is expected to retain office unless allowed to resign in favor of the Lieutenant-governor- elect, M. E. Thompson. Talmadge leaders originally plan- ned to impeach Arnall if he refused to yield, but they abandoned this. Now, they are understood from trustworthy sources to plan mergly to by-pass Arnall, allowing hi complete freedom of the capitol and TWO GOVERNORS (Continued on Page 2) Rush Wheat To Japanese Tokyo, Dec. 30 -- (AP) -- The United States army has ordered 7,600 tons of imported American wheat distributed throughout the devastated areas of Central Honshu and Shikoku Islands, where ac- cording to latest army reports 1,289 Japanese were killed, 2,364 injured and 32 unaccounted for in the Dec. 21 earthquake and tidal waves. To hungry Japanese, one of the worst blows was the wave destruc- tion of more than 150,000 bushels of rice. proposal that the veto be waived on atomic matters, attacking that sug- gestion as actually a revision of the United Nations Charter, Russia, in effect, reinstated its plan of controlling atomic energy. This asked the powers to outlaw atomic weapons by treaty and des- troy existing stocks of bombs. Immediately after Russia's posi sition was stated by Andrei A. Gromyko, newly-appointed Deputy Foreign Minister, Bernard M. Bar- uch, United States delegate, form= ally moved that the United States plan, incorporated in a report sub- mitted today to the commission, be adopted as the commission's report and sent to the United Nations Se- curity Council, "It is necessary," Gromyko said, "to distinguish the question con- cernng the prohibition of atomic and all other weapons adaptable to mass destruction, in order to take an urgent decision on it, since the atomic energy is still being used ex- clusively for the production of arm- aments, which, by their nature, are weapons of aggression, and which by their very nature are destined for an attack mainly on large cities with numerous civil population." Gromyko also declared that the United States' proposals were in conflict with the arms-limitation resolution adopted unanimously by. the United Nations General Assem- bly Dec, 14. 'He called for an item-by-item discussion of the American plan in order to make "absolutely necessary corrections and to proceed without delay with preparation of the in. ternational convention on the pro- hibition of the production and use of atomic and other major weapons adaptable to mass destruction, hav- ing in mind the draft convention, submitted by the Soviet government on July 19. 1946 (this was the Ruse sian plan for atomic control)." Eire Plane Crush Probe Is Adjourned Ennis, County Clwre, Eire, Dec, 30--(AP)--An inquést into the deaths of the 12 vietifte. of the T.W.A. Constellation crash. at Shannon was adjourned today un-: ti Jan. 28, when Injured meme bers of the crew were expected to be able to testify. Before the adjournment, Sgt. John Hickey, in charge of the Irish Civil Guards at Shannon, testified that "it was very dark and cloudy with a slight mist and Jain" when the airliner crashed on the island in the Shannon Riv er Saturday. Michael Donnellan, a young farm hand who lives across a small creek from the island, said: "I was called by the boss about 2:16 a.m. I had just got out of bed when I heard three oud re- ports like a shotgun, When I dressed and went out of the house I saw a straight line of fire from the burning plane on the island." Dr, J. B. McClancy, county hos- pital surgeon, said the 12 victims died of shock resulting from the mangling injuries they received. THE WEATHER Clear today becoming ove ercast with intermittent very light snow late tonight, clearing again by Tuesday evening. Continuing cold. Light winds. Lows tonight and highs Tuesday 10 below and 10 above. Smmmar- for Tuesday: Snowflurries, then clearing, cold. % LATE NEWS BRIEFS x Nanking: Chinese Communists have decided to set up a "government" of their own in opposition to the central government at Nanking, a Chinese Central News Agency report from Peiping said today. Washington: Charges of economic enslavement, political terrorism, religious repression, broken promises and ambitions for military power were levélled against Russia today by the special House of Representatives committee on post-war economic policy. Hamilton: Fire which today tower and the east end of the Gillies-Gu pany property caused mated at $20,000. swept through the screening Coal Com- damage which firemen esti- New York: The United States Coast Guard reported today that it had picked up an SOS from the British trawler Benghazi which reported it was "leaking badly" 200 miles north-northwest of Dennis Heath, Orkney ls- lands,