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Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle "HE DAILY TIMES-GAZET TE WHITBY OSHAWA-WHITBY, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1947 Price 4 Cents FOURTEEN PAGES HOCKEY PLAYERS IN RR. S Plans To Equ 'WillInclu de Rooms For Crafts, Hobbies | Also Other Groups With the No. 1 airport building about to be moved to the | pity, the Community Recreation Association has outlined | plans for equipping the building as a centfe for club meet- | ings, craft and hobby shops and other activities necessary | to the healthy development of the citizens, old and young. | In connection | phase of O.R.A, activities it has been decided to set up a building fund . rogram g i T pili ;] g o g ' g i i : g H i | ting + hosauing light on Thursday. Low tonigh h Thursday 10. eh ore aud with this new® Six Meet In Secret Over Arms New York, Feb. b6--(AP) -- Six delegates to the United Nations Se- curity Council were called into an "unofficial" meeting today to thrash out privately the conflicting views of Soviet Russie and the Uni- ted States as to how the United Nations should approach the ques- tion of world-wide arms reduction. On the sub-committee were re- presentatives of Australin, Belgium, ia, France, the United Stat- delegate Fernand van Lan- ove were named because they I: i as a committee of the whole to con- sider the terms of reference of the commission. Rudsia argued that this of possib understand what the "real difficul- ty" was between the United States and Russia, but suggested it might be "a lack of confidence." led upon both to place more faith in the U.N. Charter and its declar- ations against aggression, clear Continuing cold, o t We Sr Ty | Plutonium May Replace Radium For | Ottawa, Feb, 5--(OP)--Life-sav~ ing redium's job may be taken Life-Saving Plutonium, which doesn't occur naturally, is produced with the orgy other radioactive materials at the kK been impossib ll with radium, with the result that it has bean ciffioult lo. handle, ealiing Deep RNa Dani. by bringing toge- urani going on, other neu- trons are jumping out of the "pile" of ting uranium, These can be caught in materials placed around the uranium--the way that the new Official sources are cautious, but they say that these activated sub- logical processes, One projectunder way is to make the Deep River plant a centre for research in these directions in co- operation with universities in Can- ada and other countries. ~ west | ister of Highways PEACE CAN BE LOST ~ TRUMAN 'Washington, Feb, 5--(AP)--Presi- dent Truman told Congress today that the United Nations had made "great progress" in the last year but that world hopes for peace can yet "be betrayed and lost." "The difficulties and dangers that lie before us are many and serious," Truman said in a letter transmit- ting to both the Senate and House of Representatives a report on Une ited States activities in the world organization during 1046. He declared in the report itself that progress made on international control of atomic energy is '"heart- ening," due chiefly to increasing Russian eement with American proposals for a world control sys- m, tem, On the other hand, he described as "disappointingly slow" the work of the military staff' committee, That U. N. agency has the task of organizing the forces which the Security Council is authorized to use against any future aggressor. Truman said, however, "there are already signs of greater speed and it is that the pace of the committee's work will continue to accelerate." : The president listed as one out- standing accomplishment of the peace agency during its first year the unanimous agreement by the 54 member states, including Russia, on the principle of « international control and inspection of atomic a9 Of Red Cross Here Thurs. The Oshawa Branch of the Cana~ dian Red Cross Society at its an nual meeting, being held at Ade- laide House at 8 pm. tomorrow night, is particularly fortunate in securing Hon, Leopold Macaulay, K.C., President of the Ontario Di- vision, as its guest speaker, When the Hon, Leopold Macau- ley, K.C., became president of On- tario Division on April 11, 1946, he was to presidé over one of the larg- ly | est units of Red Cross in the Bri- tish Empire, Coming into office at that time, Mr. Macaulay was to ad- minister an enormous peacetime program. This high honor came to man who devoted much of his life to public service. Hon, Leopold Macauley, BA. LLD, KC, was born in Peterbor- ough A graduate of the University of Toronto, he was called to the bar in 1914, He received his commission as a King's Counsellor In 1929, Member for South York in Ontario, Mr, Macaulay became provincial secretary. in the Ferguson govern ment and in 1930 and 1931 was min- which portfolio he administered until 1934. In 1937 he was elected by his colleagues as House Leader of the Opposition of the Legislature for that session, For the two years previous to be- coming President of Ontario Divis- ion, he was president of Toronto Branch of Red Cross. ® Mother, 4 Tots Burn To Death St. Anne, Man, Feb, § -- (OP) -- A mother and her four children were burned to death early today when fire of unknown origin de- stroyed their farm home here, Dead aré: Mrs. Philone Gagne, 45, two daughters, Aurize and Ceclle, as well as two other unidentified children. The father, Antoine Gagne, 65, was admitted to St. Boniface hospl- tal suffering from body burns. His condition is reported as fair, St. Anne is about 30 miles south. west of Winnipeg. Millard Address McGill CCF Club Montreal, Feb, § -- (OP) -- ©. H. Millard, Canadian director of the United Steelworkers of America, told the McGill University C.C.F. Club last night that labor is work- 'ing in the directign of arbitration fur- |and conciliation atans of strike action. He said t while majority of employers were "to some extent co-operative," some while recognize ing unions were here to stay, feared labor would gain too much influence and were trying to curb union power, The presence of mind of Miss Ed- na Foley of Howe Island, teacher at Union School Section No. 4, located on the four-lane highway south of Thornton's Corners, saved the school building from serious damage and possible destruction yesterday afternoon, Shortly before 2 pm. yesterday Miss Foley noticed smoke coming up through the floor. She despatched one of her pupils to the basement to investigate, On going down- stairs the boy found the basement filled with smoke and the partition between the girls' and boys' room burning as the result of the furnace becoming overheated. Miss Foley ordered 35 children into frigid weather outside without waiting to get their clothing which was in the basement, She re- turned to the smoke filled basement herself and secured their coats, hats, Teacher, Pupils Save School From Flames mufflers and gloves. At the same time she sent a boy to the nearby farm home of Wilbur Down to put in a call to the Oshawa Pire De- partment, On his arrival at the school Mr. Down found that Miss Foley with the holp of the older boys had or- ganized a bucket brigade, and car 1ying water from the school well, had subdued the fire. Fire Chief W. R. Elliott des- pached a truck from the main fire and another from the Cedar Dale Hall -- both' trucks using the four-lane highway. On his return he commented that the fire ht well have been more serious as the wood partitions had been built too close to the furnace and that a beam above it was only about two inches above the furnace. The fire was out when the firemen arrived and very little damage was done, Surprise Witnesses For Probe Washington, Feb, 5--(AP)--The House of Representatives committee on un-American activities tossed a cloak of mystery todaw over all but one of its "important witnesses" summoned to testify tomorrow, Exoept to say that Gerhard Elsler, arrested yesterday at New York, will peo committee's i he. ool Jor dee clined to be specific Eisler has heen depicted in com- mittee testimony as the Kremlin's top gent in this country. "There are about a dozen import ant witnesses under Subpoena and you better be on hand to see who they are," Thomas told reporters who prodded him for some indenti« fication. He could not name them now, he added, because of "the delicate na- ture of the situation." Asked whether prospective "ite nesses include Hollywood celebrities whom the committee had indicated it will question during the year, Thomas said only "they are coming from considerable distances." Thomas disclosed that the com- mittee on Jan, 31 requested the hour surveillance in order to ine sure" Eisler's appearance. Eisler was identified last year by Louis F. Budenz, former Communist editor, as the leader of the Com- munist movement in the United States. Budenz Renounced Com- munism to join the Roman Catholic Ohurch and accept an economics professorship at Notre Dame and later at Fordham University. The federal warrant on which Eisler was picked up yesterday charged violation of the Enemy Allen Act. Eisler had been scheduled to leave for his native Germany on a Russian vessel last Oct, 18 but his exit permit was cancelled without explanation by the State Depart- men! Brockville Druggist Dies Brockville, Feb, 5 -- (CP) -- Re- tail druggist here for mors than 20 years, Hugh L. Cameron, 47, died last night. i Born in Fallbrook in Lanark County, he graduated from Ontario College of Pharmacy in 1023. He was active in various fraternal or- ganizations including Montreal's Karnak Shrine, Justice Department to keep a "24- | try. Fixed Bayonets In Calcutta Calcutta, Feb, 6 -- (Reuters) -- Armed ice flying squads today trol Calcutta streets with fixed yonets in an effort to avert pos- sible disturbances arising from the closed and at least one food ship unloaded. 8 he Strike was called Protest was as a ; : on students in : of 'gym- pathy with the Viet Namese Who are fighting the French in Indo- Ask Government To Take Over Noranda Mines The executive of Local 223, U.A. W.-C1.0, at its meeting last night instructed 2 G. Shulw, Piiaucisl Secretary, to send a communication to Prime Minister W. L. Mackenzie King urging the government to take the necessary steps to take over the Noranada Mines and operate them as a government controlled indus- The executive also voted a second donation of $100 to the Mine Work- ers' Strike Fund. The text of the letter to the Prime Minister is as follows: -- Hon. Wm. L. M. King, Phime Minister of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario Dear Sir: In view of the circumstances sur- rounding the strike at the Noranda Mines, the Executive Committee of Local 222 U.AW.A, Oshawa, On- tario, urge you to take the steps ne- cess for the government to take over mines and operate them as government controlled industry and also that the government commis sion in the dispute be given the au- thority to effect a settlement of this lenghy strike. It is regrettable that your govern- 'ment considered it proper to grant e recent 5c per pound increase to ind thereby adding an es- timated millions of dollars to the refused to abide by the recommen- dations of government conciliation regarding check off and who has used about every means possible to break this strike. We therefore urge that you give serious consideration to the situa- tion and act immediately to bring an end to the dispute. Yours truly, 'A. G. Shultz Financial Secretary. The Pas, Man, Feb, 5--(CP)-- The story of an 83-year-old trap- per's barehanded fight to the death with a crazed timber wolf in the far-northern Churchill area was told today by Arthur Anderson, Church- ill trapper-prospector. Anderson said the elderly trap- per, Oscar Varnson, suffered three gashes from the wolf's fangs before he drowned the animal in Rocky River, Then he went back to his cabin on his trap-line, 120 miles west of Churchill, and treated him- self for 10 days. To prove the story, Anderson said, Varson has the wolf's pelt without a mark on it and the scars of the three gashes he himself suffered. It happened last November, Varn- son was unloading a deer he had Ne ' 83-Year-Old Trapper Kills Mad Wolf With Bare Hands shot when he felt a bite on his thigh. He thought it was one of his sleigh dogs, but as he turned a tim- ber wolf launched itself at his throat. In the struggle both fell into the river where Varnson held the wolf under water until it drowned. A former Yukon resident, Varn- son moved to the Churchill area in 1033 and despite his age is one of the most active trappers in the dis- trict. At least twice yearly he makes the six-day journey to Port Church- ill by dog-team, While normally wolves do not at- tack men--some experts say no wolf will atack a human--reports have trickled in of a strange disease af- flicting wolves, foxes and sleigh dogs this winter. Nothing is known of the effects on wolves and foxes but dogs become insane and a a a Wes ip C. R.A. Building Outlined Red Cross Speaker HON, LEOPOLD MACAULEY President of the Ontario Division of the Canadian Red Cross Society, who will be the special speaker when the Oshawa Branch holds its annua] meeting at Adelaide House tomorrow night, Hold Airways Needn't Pay Damages London, Feb. 5 (CP)--The Privy Council today dismissed the eppeal of three Vancouver ngers who claimed damages Yollowing their in- Juries in 1940 when a Ginger Coote (B.C.) Airways plane en route from Yascouver to Zeballos, B.C., caught The appellants were ordered to The Judgment said there was no dispute on facts or the amount of damages. The sole question was whether an express condition con- tained in the ticket issued each ap- pellant, which exempted the Air- ways from labllity, was valid, so any obligation to compensate the appellants for injuries. The judgment continued: "The eral effect of the Trans. port Act 1938 so far as concerns matters arising in the present case, is to lay on every operator licensed to operate aircraft the obligation to afford to all persons all reason- able and proper facilities for the conveyance of passengers and goods traffic." Respondent had filed tariff with authorities as required and there was no ground for holding that the fare of $25 paid by each appellant was not duly approved, or that sta- tutory restrictions had been ine fringed, The appellants succeeded in an initial claim for damages, but th judgment was set aside by the British Columbia Supreme . Court, which was supported by the Su- preme Court of Canada. The Privy Council said it dissent- ed from the view of the first court that the appellants hadn't sufficient notice of conditions on tickets when the tickets were signed, and held he conditions valid and enforce- e. The Empire's highest court said the decision was based on general law, relevant to conditions of the Transport Act of 1038 and orders of the Board of Transport Commis- sioners established under section of the Act. Snowdrift Buries 4 Locos, 2 Plows 'Weyburn, Sask., Feb, 8 -- (OP) -- The daddy of all snowdrifts -- 18 feet high and more than % mile Jong = has railroad men stumped in this section about 70 miles south east of Regina. Four locomotives and two snowplows are buried in it. The drift is on the 10-mile Tal- -Weyburn run and has blocked lc for more than two weeks. The stretch of rail has been tem- porarily abandoned with clearing crews working on other lines. There are no stops between Talmage and Weyburn, Rallway men described drifts in the area as "utterly fantastic." They sald they "never heard of anything like it and hoped never to see the like again." Bread Truck In Crash With Auto Nelson Foster, 56 Cadillac Avenue North, told police that he was driv- ing his bread truck south on Divi- sion Street when he collided with a car backing out of Agnes Street, at about 7:40 this morning. . 'The car, driven by J. W. French, 108 Arlington Avenue, had rear left fender, tail light and brackef dam- aged. Foster said his brakes failed to: work on the icy roadway, Ry Train Hits Truck Spraying Flaming Gas Over 10 Cars Fresno, Calif, Feb. § (CP)--At least eight Canadians were injured---several of them seriously--when a Southern Pacific passenger train smashed through a tank truck and trailer here late yesterday. Four persons were killed in the blast, heard six miles were in- Holy Land Britons Moving Out Jerusalem, Feb, 5--(AP) -- More than 150 British civilians left Pales- tine under the British army's "op~ eration Polly" today, taking off from Aqir Airdrome in R.AF. Hall- fax planes bound for Egypt. A later dispatch from Cairo said the planes engaged in evacuating British civilians from Palestine landed there shortly before noon and that the occupants were taken to British homes in the suburbs, The shuttle flight system was ex- pected to remove at least 500 Bri- tish women and children from the Holy Land trouble spot by nightfall, More than 1,000 others are await ing their turn in Sarafand or Haifa holding centres, where the army has turned military .cantonments into dispersal points for civiliang be- ing evacuated to lessen the govern- ment's security commitments in vio- lence-threatened Palestine. Meanwhile the cities the civilians left were te with a reshuffle agency leaders were meeting hourly as the crisis in the Palestine situa- tion approached. They. expected at any moment to be summoned to see Foreign Secre- tary Bevin and Colonial Secretary Jones for the last talk before the British government announces its following last night's final 3 ee By of formal British nego- tiations with the seven Arab delega- tions who were against "partition in any or form." c Boge meeting at which Be- » vin's policy will be.approved was ex- pected to be held tomorrow morn- ing. It was not known whether it would be followed by a statement to the House Commons or whether the decision would first be announc- ed to the Arabs in another--and perhaps final session of the Pales- tine conference. Had To Destroy Harmony Deer Harmony, Feb. 5--The yearling doe, which was found in the grove near the home of Wesley Powers on Sunday, has been destroyed by Game Warden Ben Smith of Prince Albert and the venison given to charity. The animal suffered a bro- ken jaw as well as a badly gashed throat. The doe was found by a group of boys on Sunday when they heard dogs barking. They notified Mr, Powers who, in company. with Ken Whattam, investigated and later brought the animal to the Powers' barn on a toboggan, Mr, Powers found the animal had suffered a broken jaw when he mixed cream of wheat and put it in a bottle to feed the animal. $away, and 90 passengers jured, Nearly 30 were still in seri. ous condition today. : The fourth victim died in hos pital today. She was Katharine Ann Hansen, 17, of Pasadena, Calif., a victim of burns. Earlier the en- gineer and fireman, and a woman passenger had died. Among the passengers were mems= bers of the San Francisco Shame rocks team of the Pacific Coast Hockey League. Most 'of the hockey players were Canadians and iwo were injured seriously--defenceman Rollie Morrisseau of Verdun, Que, and Eddie Redmond, formerly of North Bay. Morrisseau was serious- ly burned on the head and was re- ported in critical condition. Red- mond suffered a cut arm and burn- ed hands, head and feet, Other hockey players injured were: Bernie McCarthy, burned and cut hand; Roy McKay, cut right hand; Boyd Prentice, burns to face, HOCKEY PLAYERS (Continued on Page 2) Al Capone Is Buried Simply _ Chicago, Feb, 5--(AP)--Al Cap- one, who during his gangland days buried friend and enemy alike with all the pomp and ceremony of a Roman Holiday, was buried yes- terday in a simple, five-minute graveside service. . An icy wind swept across Mt. Olivet Cemetery, tore at the can- vas of the huge canopy over the grave and chilled a small growp of relatives and friends of the 48 year-old former United States top gangster, who died in Florida Jan. There were , no pall = bearers Workmen who a few hours earlier had dug his/grave in the frozen ground, carried the silver-colored casket from the cemetery vault to the grave. There were less than two score persons at the grave, including a few policemen and several men who were identified as members of the old Capone gang. Al's mother, his wife, his only son, Alfred, and his two brothers tood at the side of the grave dur- the brief service. Inside the tent a woman "Al , vo 0s I want to be with AL" The committal rite was conduct ed by Msgr. William Gorma chaplain of the Chicago fire de- partment, whose services were ree quested by Capone's mother, No Requiem mass ' was allowed for Capone, but he was buried in consecrated ground alongside the bodies of his brother, Frank, slain by police in 1024, and his father, . brief Msgr. Gorman sald the ceremony at the grave was "to re- cognize his (Capone's) penitence and the fact he died fortified by « the sacraments of the Church, The (Roman Catholic) church never condones evil, nor the evil in any man's life." ~% LATE NEWS BRIEFS Timmins: Crown Attorney S. A. Caldbick announced today that 1,393 employees of Hollinger Consolidated Gold Mines, Ltd. had voted against stag ing a strike in i ht fl " MASH ~ sympathy with miners on strike since Nov. 22 at ~ Noranda, Que. Detroit: Judge Frank A. Picard, terminating the Mount Clemens Pottery Company case, deferred today for 24 hours a decision on whether the United States gov ernment may suit. become a party to the portal-to-portal Washington: Viscount and Lady Alexander and their official party today drove into snow-covered Virginia to pay omage to United States heroes. Lindsay: Fire which swept through the Clayton Grill Elec. trical Company store today forced 4 persons into sub-zero weather and caused damage estimated at $30,000. A block of apartments was located over the store. Warsaw: Boleslaw Bierut, who had headed the Moscow-born provisional Polish government for 16 months, was elected president of Poland for a seven-year term by the bloc-controlled Parliament today. Toronto: Premier Drew announced at a press conference today establishment of a board of experts to review the organizational setup of the Ontario Hydro- Electric Commission, v A i