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THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle OSHAWA WHITBY) VOL. 6--NO. 75 OSHAWA-WHITBY, SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 1947 Price 4 Cents SIXT EEN PAGES CANADA SWEEP BOOTY $195,112 Board To Possible Changes; Planning Man Here The city's Town Planning Board last night agreed to set about studying the present zoning by-law, adopted by Touncil but not yet submitted a view to revising certain features and preparing a final draft for submission to Council and thence to the Municipal Board. Consider to the Municipal Board, with The Planning Board met last® night with A. E. K. Bunnell, con-| sultant on community planning for the Department of Planning and Development, who gave advice on, various problems of planning in| Oshawa and particularly in connec- tion with putting a zoning by-law into effect. / | It was Mr. Bunnell's recofhmen- | dation, in which the Board con-| curred, that steps should be taken to make a thorough study of the goning sHy-law as prepared in 1945 by Norman D. Wilson, consulting engineer, with a view to making whatever revisions might be deem- ed desirable for one reason or an- other. It was pointed out that con- ditions might have changed in some instances since the by-law was drafted as well as other details which a thorough study would re- veal as needing improvement. Urges Neighbourhood Meetings In this process Mr. Bunnell urged the advantage of holding neigh- bourhood meetings in which the residents of the different localities would have an opportunity to dis- cuss with the authorities the situa- area In this . way «ments would be ironed out before ZONING BY-LAW (Continued on Page 2) Union Heads Hit at Red Charges Detroit, 'March 20 --(AP)-- Top leaders of the United Automobile Workers (CI1.0.) took sharp issue today with Michigan governor Kim Sigler's testimony that the Com- munist party has gained "absolute control of certain unions." Sigler"s remarks in Washington yesterday before the House of Re- presentatives committee on un-Am- -erican activties were described by U.A.W. president Walter P. Reuther as "part of the current all-out drive which organized reaction has launched against labor and liberal forces in this country." Vice-president R. J. Thomas and secretary-treasurer George F. Addes, two of the three U.A.W. high offi- cials who Sigler testified were "captives of the Communist party in the United States," had quick denials to the charges. Reuther, known mn the U.A.W., as opposed to Communist influence within his union, criti¢ized the Gov- ernor's remarks and said he would fight "Republican party interference in our union, and I stand foresquare for that policy," he declared. May Decree Spain to Be Monarchy Madrid, March 20 -- (AP) -- authoritative source said today & Spanish Cabinet is expected to is- sue a decree Tuesday declaring Spain a "traditional monarchy," and in effect, recognizing the regime ~f Generalissimo Francisco Franco as merely a temporary one. This informant said such a de- cree, when and if announced and made effective, would be the first c acknowledgment by the Franco regime of the "temporary nature of the present governrhent." Many Franco supporters have long advocated such a course, which | would, in effect, simply recognize, the Generalissimo as administrator for the monarchy because of /his victory in the civil war. The decree designating Spdin a monarchy, this source said, would recognize Franco as "chief of state" and would provide that in the event of his death of inability to rule be- cause of incapacity he would be succeeded by a regency. Under the degree, the regency's first duty wculd' be to examine the tions of claimants to the Spanish throne. Don Juan, son of Spans lst Rae and Fhe present "pretender" the cipal Salant, gl | of Brooklin, "Royal" President JAMES ALEXANDER NORTHEY Toronto, who has been elected to succeed Mr. Gordon Perry as Presi- dent of the Royal Winter Fair. A well known industrialist, Mr. North- ey has served as a_ director of the Royal and was a Vice-President in 1946. He is also a director of Cana- dian National Railways, Wins High Praise WILLIAM A. DRYDEN who ing praise on the success of his work as Manager of the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair at its an- nual meeting yesterday. ved 434 Positive All Miners Are Dead Centralia, Ill, March 29--(AP)-- Tired rescue workers today neared the end of their hopeless search for survivors of last Tuesday' disastrous coal mine explosion which claifned an estimated 111 lives. The mournful tolling of funeral church bells marked the deepest sorrow in the history of this com- munity of 16,000 after rescue squads reported they had searched the mine's "dead end"--the only spot in the workings that might have pro- vided a refuge for some of the trap- ped men--and found 12 bodies. Barly today two additional bodies were found and the grim discoveries brought to 94 the known dead in the Sxgionion and left 17 unaccounted "They're all lost now," a rescue leader said after not a living person was found in the "dead end" extrem- ity of the pit, 1-10 mile below the surface and 34 miles from the only shaft to escape. Some rescue workers had main- tained there was a remote possibil- ity some of the miners could have erected a barricade at the "dead end" to keep out the deadly mine gases if they only had time. There was no sign of a barricade. ELECT DELEGATES Balloting conciuded this after- the District Council, ; | OF 55 POINTS ON AUSTRIA, 24 AGREED Moscow, March 29--(AP)--Depu- ties of the four-rower Council of Foreign Ministers today approved a report of progress on the Austrian peace treaty which showed that of 55 proposed articles for the treaty, only 24 had been agreed. The three major open questions on the treaty are the issues of Ger- man assets, frontiers, and compen- sationg to United Nation from pro- party losses due to the war. In the meeting of the deputies on Germany, meanwhile, a spokesman for the small Western powers en- titled to reparations from Germany charted that the big powers had fail- ed to live up to Potsdam promises on reparations, and had produced only "paltry results" in deliveries from enemy capital equipment to date. This charge and an appeal to speed up deliveries were made as the ministers themselves prepared to pass on state secretary Marhall's proposal that they come to grips at once with the three key issues in- volved in the restoration of German economic unity. The whole reparations question is deeply involved in that question. It was learned on high authority that Marshall was determined to force an early showdown on the cri- tical German issues, in an effort to discover upon what basis, if any, Russia was willing to make accept- able agreements. Tumultuous, Hectic Day In Commons Ottawa, March 29--(CP)--The most confused and hectic day of the session was behind the Com- mons today with a 10-day Easter recess ust three sitting days away. Amid scenes which frequently bordered on tumult, the Lower House sat for four hours yesterday and saw: 1. Maxime Raymond, tall, stately Bloc Populaire Member for the Quebec constituency of Beaubar- nois-Laprairie, finally say his piece on electoral "irregularities" in the Montreal-Cartier by-election after pitching members into a sea of pro- tests against a Speaker's ruling. 2. Finance Minister Abbott clim- axed responses to a string of Pro- gressive Conservative sallies on Do- the angry statement that he was "sick and tired" of hearing people talk about the "uncompromising attitude of the Dominion." 3. H. W. Herridge (People's C.CF. --Kootenay West) say he had De- partment of Agriculture figures to prove that a hen needed more win- dow space than was allowed Com- mons' stenographers in thelr typing room. 4. An even 200 members absent as supplementary estimates worth $55,000,000 for the dying fiscal year, ending Monday, went through. (But the government gave assurance that all matters dealt with could be dater on the main estimates.) ~ 5. The Senate give its approval to the estimates, approved an interim supply bill for $193,000,000 and ad- journed for an Easter recess ex- tending to April 22 after hearing Senator W. Aseltine (PC-Saskat- chewan) report that his divorce committee, had once again been faced with a record number of pe- tions, 399 from Quebec, the only province that hands its divorce cases to the Senate. Legislators Rush Work Toronto, March 29 --(CP)-- The rush to wind up all its affairs be- fore next Thursday saw the Ontario Legislature hear first reading given four new bills yesterday, while 16 pleces of legislation received third reading, 29 second reading and 14! passed the committee of the whole before final reading. Oshawa Man Has Bible Over 370 Years Old Candidates Gang Up On Communism Montreal, March 29--(CP)-- While a group of labor leaders made public last night an appeal to the workers of Cartier not to vote for Communism, the campaigning for Monday's balloting was nearing its climax with close to a dozen political meetings planned for the week-end by the six candidates in the federal by-election. Deputy police director Alfred Be- langer said that extra police will be on duty Monday to maintain order during the by- tection, called to elect a successor to jailed Commun- ist Fred Rose. "We are not anticipating much trouble," the deputy director said, "but, nevertheless, we are taking our precautions. The appeal to the workers of the division came in the form of a joint statement by eight Montreal labor leaders which called for the "defeat of Communism." In a radio address in favor of Maurice Hartt, official Liberal Can- didate, defence Minister Claxton called on the electors to support Mr. Hartt as a move against Com- munism, which he termed the big issue in the election. Speaking at a rally for Paul Masse, Autonomist and anti-Com- munist candidate, journalist "Paul Bouchard praised Quebec Premier Maurice Duplessis' stand on Domin- ion-provincial matters and urged the Cartier electors to send Mr. Masse to Ottawa to help the Pre- mier in his defence "of our most sacred rights." David Rochon, independent Lib- eral, charged at a meeting that conditions in Cartier were worse than those accompanying elections in Germany and Poland. He de- nounced gangsterism which, he sald, some organizations plan to semploy Monday. Ticket Selling Newest Task For Alexander Toronto, March 29.--(CP)--When Viscount Alexander unveiled a plaque to Members of Toronto Men's Press Club who died in action during the Second World War, he requested that he be sent all club notices after accepting an honorary life membership. Directors took him at his word and today along with a circular let- ter they sent the Governor General six tickets to sell for the Press Club's By-line Ball here June 17, with a request to "let us know by April 15 how you've done with your first six." TAX BILLS ARE OUT Oshawa property owners this week received their tax bills. As was to be expected with the in- creased mill rate, taxes are high- er-and city offices are being in- undated with calls from owners seeking an explanation. Dating back to the early days of book printing in England is a 370- year-old Bible in the possession of Charles Warren, 335 Kingsdale Ave- nue, It is believed to have been in the family from the time it was ori- ginally purchased, being passed down from one generation to the next. The Bible is believed to be a "Breeches" edition as it contains, in the seventh verse of the third chapter of Genesis, reference to Adam and Eve having "sewed figge tree leaues together dnd made themselves breeches." Published in 1576 This edition of the Bible was published first in 1560, the third year of Elizabeth's reign, and this particular copy is dated 1576. While a value has not been placed on this copy one 1599 copy of the Breeches edition sold for $62.50 and a more elaborate one for $75. The sum of $105 was obtained for an ornate 1616 copy. The copy owned by Mr. Warren was printed at London by Chisto- pher Barker "dwelling in Powles Churchyard at the sign of the Ty- gres Head". The volume is illumin- ated with wood cuts and the text is annotated "upon all the harde Plases, and other things of great ce as may appear in the Boia to the Reader." The volume is 10% by 7 inches in dimension, approximately three inches thick and contains some 685 pages. It begins with a three-page introduction addressed "To the most Vertvovs and Novle Qveene Elizabeth, Qveene of England, France and Ireland" in which the editor submits that the Font expe- dient ¥ Yay of advancing the church WAS t "the holy Scriptures fatthtully and plainely translated to the lan- guages wherein they were first VERY OLD BIBLE (Continued on Page 2) Penalties To Drivers Stiffened Toronto, March 29-- (CP)--Driv- ers who continue to drive automo- biles while their licences are under suspension or cancellation will face stiffer penalties in future. These penalties are provided in the amendment to the Highways Traffic Act which was introduced in the Ontario Legislature yester- day. The amendment provides for protection against irresponsible mo- torists. "In these instances, it is proposed that his car, or indeed the family car, will be forfeited to the crown where under suspension or cancel- lation of licence, he is convicted of driving it," Highways Minister Doucett said. Explaining the bill, Mr, Doucett said that the measure prevented a man who had lost his licence, or whose car had been impounded, from driving the car of a father, mother, brother or sister -- any member of his immediate family-- and thus would prevent evasions of the purpose of suspension of opera- tors permits and drivers licences. When a car is seized by the crown under the amendment, it will not be returnable, The vehicle will be forfeited to the Crown and will be auctioned off. Communist Said By Bracken To Be Greatest Threat To Peace Ottawa, March 20 -- (OP) -- John Bracken, Progressive Con- servative leader, warning that "the intolerance of Communism" now was the greatest threat to peace, sald last night it was fortunate that the United States fell heir to the atomic bomb. Speaking to the annual dinner | meeting of the Progressive Conser- The flurry of bills brought to 31 vative Association for Canada, Mr. the number introduced this week, | 43 given second reading and 30 dis- cussed by the committee. The bills given final reading yes- terday were the only ones so treat- ed this week. TO ADDRESS ROTARY George Hart will be the speaker at the luncheon meeting of the Oshawa Rotary Club on Monday. | Bracken, in speaking of the atomic bomb, said: "If a less tolerant country had got it, we would, many of us, be in danger of destruction by now, or all of us forced into Communism without delay, or threatened with another war of unprecedented character. As it is the United States has offered to give the world the benefit of the development of The members of the club will also | {atomic energy if the world will be asked to cast a nominating bal- | agree to an effective plan of inter- moon at the Union Hall Simcoé lot as the first step in the selection national security against the pro- Street North, to elect delegats to | of a board of directors for the 1947- | | duction of atomic weapons." 48 Rotary Year. Mr. Bracken was one of several to Intolerance address the 650 delegates to the three-day annual meeting. Tomor- row will be devoted to the passage of some 150 resolutions submitted for approval. At the dinner and at a I eon earlier, Mr. Bracken referred/to th intolerance of Communists. "The majority of Communists hold the view that there is no room in the world for these two idealo- gles--that one or the other must go, and that the one to disappear must be Democracy," he said. "With such an intolerant philos- ophy, combined with the militant progation of its views, Communism carries with it the potential seeds of a major war. "Our answer to this threat must be a two-fold one. We must prevent the expansion of Communism by the superiority of our own economy. I say to you that the Democracies of the world can serve their re- spective peoples more effectively than Communism serves the Soviet Union "still must have divorces approved by Ly Gets Queen's Chair REV. W. E. L. SMITH, M.C. Pastor of Grafton United Church, who has been appointed Associate Professor of Church History and Practical Theology at Queen's Theological College, Kingston. Mr. Smith was chaplain of the 11th Ar- mored (Ontario) Regiment over- seas and won the Military Cross. He assumes his new duties on July L Dominion's Divorce Rate Soars Ottawa, March 20--(CP)-- Can- ada's rising divorce rate was point- ed up yesterday with disclosure in the Senate that petitions before that august body for the untying of un- happy marital knots had hit an all- time high. Marriage counselling and other moves for the smoothing of post- wedding relationship notwithstand- ing, the record of 399 divorce peti- tions was for the province of Que- bec alone, the only province which the Senate. And it eclipsed even the number of divorce bills handled by the Sen- ate in the days when it accepted them for.the provinces of Ontario and Prince Edward Island as well as from Quebec. Senator W. M. Aseltine (PC-Sask- atchewan), reporting for the hard- working divorce committee said it had sat continuously for four days a week during this month and had recommended 132 petitions, about one-third of the total. It has 260 to deal with yet. Seven of the petitions had been withdrawn and though Senator Asel- tine didn't give details on these, it was presumed the parties concern- ed had become reconciled while awaiting the lengthy process neces- sary to divorce. Senator Aseltine told a questioner that the time now had passed for receipt of divorce petitions by the Senate, That meant any that have since Yesouity pending in Quebec would have to await the Senate's next session. Josie Will Pester Falls Officials Toronto, March 29.-- (CP)--Un- less she can think up some other way to win over the authorities in Niagara Falls, Ont. 21-year-old Josephine Berosini of Hollywood, Fla., stands no chance of wire- walking the gorge there. The pret- ty blonde this week said she would continue ®pestering" them, It is "physically impossible" for her to do it, said Max Gray, gener- al manager of the Niagara Falls Park Commission, on a visit to To- ronto yesterday. . He said Miss Berosini, who wants to walk across the Falls on a 1% inch cable this summer, "can write every minute of every day asking for permission, but she won't get it, These stunts have been ruled out and the ruling will not be changed." \ In one of her numetous written appeals to the Commission she claimed she is a great-granddaugh- ter of the Great Blondin who walk- ed across the Gorge on a tight- "THE WEATHER 4 , Cloudy with showers to- day changing to snowflur- ries by early evening. Clear and cooler tonight and Sun- day. Winds Southwest 20 shifting during afternoon to Northwest 25 them becom- ing light Sunday morning. Low tonight and high Sun- day 12 and 30, Summary for Sunday: Clear and cool. Look To Passing Of Revised Zoning By-Law Tickets Are Held On First 3 Horses: 46 Winners In All By The Canadian Press Russell Long, 38-year-old nom-de-plume All So Ran held Toronto truck driver with the an Irish Hospital Sweepstakes ticket on Caughoo, winner of the Grand National Steeple- chase today, and stands to win a prize of £25,000 ($100,000). Another Canadian, with the Nom-de-plume Bill, 'held 4a ticket on the second-place Lough Caughoo At 100-1 Wins Race By TOM WILLIAMS Atnivee, England, March 29% --(AP)--A 100 to 1 Irish outsi- der, eight-year-old Caughvo. dropped 'out of the clouds" in the rain and mud of Aintree's fierce jumping course today to come from far back and win the 104th running of the Grand Na- tional Steeplechase by 20 lengths. Overhauling the faltering lead- ers and favorites only in the fi- nal half-dozen of the 30 jumps over this toughest race course in the world. the gelded son of Within-the-Law came surging up to the gold and glory of this cen- turies-old classic--but in the slowest time in half-century, 10:31 1/5. His" nearest rival at the wire was the Irish bred, 33 tol 'Dark Horse" Lough Conn, who led most of the way around until Caughoo turned loose his fine ishing kick after never having received a eall through the run- CAUGHOO (Continued on Page 2) 100Gs Won By Toronto Trucker Toronto, March 29 -- (CP) -- Russell Long, 38-year-old truck driver for a Toronto gas com- pany, today claimed to have won $100,000 with a winning ticket on Caughoo, winner of the Grand National Steeple- chase at Aintree, England. Long was at work when the result was announced. He went home from work after his wife called him by telephone. An emergency truck driver for the Consumers' Gas Com- pany, where he has been em- ploy 23 years, Long didn't leave work until he could find a man to relieve him. Mrs. Long, so excited she could hardly talk, said she theard a broadcast naming the winner and had to calm down before she could compare the announced number with that on her husband's ticket. Big Four Set For Germany On Monday Moscow, March 29 (AP)--The Cotincil of Foreign Ministers agreed today to come to grips Monday with the heart of the German problem. They will try then to reach a com- promise on reparations and eco- nomic unity. In a one-hour session, the short- est of this conference thus far, the ministers agreed on # schedule for German discussions and set up a special committee to attempt to draw up a directive on the lesser problems of the report of the Al- lied Control Council for Germany. Conn and is in line for a prize of $40,000. Two others--with the nome de-plumes Cab and Chaser -- held tickets on Kami which ran third, Their probable prize is $20,000 apiece, All told, the 46 Canadians whose tickets were drawn earlier in the week, won $195,112, the 42 whose horses failed to place qualifying for minimum prizes of $336 each. Five others won residual and consolation prizes aggregating $5,848. Only eight of the Canadians whose tickets were drawn at Dublin Mon- day came forward during the week and identified themselves. None of the eight held the tickets on the first three horses. The ticket numbers: All So Ran, BE50230; Bill, MV944064; CAB, A1A7006; Chaser, BT514460. Canadians usually use nom-de- plumes in purchasing tickets in the Irish sweepstakes because of crim- ral code provisions against lotter- es, Any person winning a sweep- stakes prize has the consolation that there is no Canadian income tax on the winnings. Such money is re- garded as capital gain. In the Unit. ed States, however, such winnings are taxable. Bad news came for one Canadian --P. A. Cameron of Verdun, a Mon- treal suburb--shortly before the race He held a ticket on Lovely Co , the 1946 winner of the Grand National, which was scratch- ed just before the race began. His nom-de-plume was Red Rose, Forty Acres Are Donated To College Ottawa, March 20 --(CP)--Ap- proximately 40 acres of land in Nep- ean Township adjacent to the south-west city limits has been do- nated to Ottawa's Carleton College, it was announced yesterday. Donors are H. S. Southam, publisher of the Ottawa Citizen and chairman of the College board, C. M. Edwards, a member of the board, and W. M. Southam of Ottawa. The property, comprising 200 building lots, runs along the east bank of the Rideau Canal facing the Cengral Experimental Farm. Palestine To U.N. Now, British Say London, March 29--(AP)--A for- eign Office spokesman said today Britain will ask immediately for a special session of the United Na- tions assembly to consider the prob- lem of the Palestine mandate. Sir Alexander Cadogan, perman- ent British répresentative to the United Nations, has been authoriz- ed to make the formal request, the spokesman said. "It is within the latitude of his instructions to take the step at once," he added. "He may act to- day, but formalities involved may not be completed until next week." -------------------------------------------------- ? SIGN COMES DOWN One of the first steps toward the closing of the sub-regional office of the Wartime Prices and Trade Board here was carried out this morning with the removal of the sign on the door of the office. « LATE NEWS BRIEFS x (By THE CANADIAN PRESS) London: A new flood threat developed in Eastern England near the mouth of the tidal Trent River today and authorities warned residents to be ready to evacuate. Calcutta: Troops helped civil authorities try to restore order here toda a fourth day. Hamilton: Cross- examination most of this morning' Ss as Hindu-Moslem violence continued into of William Bohozuk took up session of Bohozuk's trial on a charge of murder in the death of an infant said to be the son of Mrs. Evelyn Dick of Hamilton. Essen: Four thousand Ruhr coal miners at Dortmund struck today in the latest German demonstration against short food rations.