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THE | OSHAWA AIL Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby "T1 S-GAZE Gazette and Chronicle WHITBY VOL. 6--NO. 94 .OSHAWA-WHITBY TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 1947 Price 4 Cents FOURTEEN PAGES § CNR DEFIC EA Y NINE MILLION P Nitrate {| Fresh Explosions Feared A Blacksout Area Texas City, Tex., April 22 Texas City Terminal Railway, stored with ammonium ni- trate, burst into flames today seven days after the disastrous explosions, caused by the same chemical, killed an estimate of 575 persons. ow Warehouse £ flame In Texas City s Smoke (AP)--The warehouse of the Deputy Mayor John Hilt saild® that "an explosion could occur at | any time." The cause of the fire was mot determined, but a Houston Chronicle reporter at the scene said it broke out shortly after 9:10 a.m. almost the same min. ute the first blast occurred aboard the French ship Grand- camp last Wednesday. High clouds of smoke obscured tragedy-torn Texas City. Survivors of the Grandeamp werd expected to testify before a Coast Guard investigating board later in the day. The board is seeking to' fletermine the cause of last Wednesday's explosions . WAREHOUSE (Continued on Page 2) May Cancel Muskoka-Ont 25, Federal Seat Ottawa, April 22--(OP)--The eli- mination of the Progressive Conser~ | tack: vative seat of Muskoka-Ontario highlighted the report of an On- tario sub-committee today to the Commons committee established to realign constituency boundaries so that Commons representation may be increased from 245 to 256. The change, which must be ap-] proved by the Commons when the committee makes its report, was necessitated by the granting of two seats to Northern Ontario, The Muskoka part of the consti tuency, now held by J. M. Macdon- nell, financial critic for the Progres- sive Conservative party; would be joined with Parry Sound, now re- presented by Wilfrid (Bucko) Mc- Donald, a liberal. Two counties in the Ontario sec- tion of the seat would be joined with Simcoe East. The remainder of the section would be joined with the Riding of Victoria. The Muskoka-Ontario seat is the only one that would disappear in Ontario which had its representa- tion increased from 82 to 83 under the new redistribution. Seaway Bill Reaches U.S. Senate | Washington, April 22 -- (AP) -- Senator Willlam Langer (Rep. N. D.) yesterday introduced legislation R ajiorize the multi-million-dol- ar St. Lawrence seaway and er development, y pow The legislation, Langer said, is identical to that which the Senate Foreign Relations Committee re- ported favorably last year, but which did not reach a Senate vote. Langer said he introduced the new measure because "the people of the northwest are crying for this developmen 7 "Here we are halfway through the first session "of the 80th Congress," he told a reporter, "and nothing has been done about the seaway propo- sal. I felt' it was high time to get some action started." TERRORISTS BLAST, GUN TROOP TRAIN Jerusalem, April 22--(AP)--Ter- A. J. Graves Awarded New Car In Newspaper Contest In a circulation contest conducted Warren Avenue, was declared the winner of the new automobile offered auto was presented to Mr. Graves by Mayor F. 3 Mr, Graves is shown receiving the congratulations of His Worship. Look- by The Courler, A. J. McCall this morning. 1947 Outlook Not | Financially Bright, Statement Reveals Ottawa, April 22 (CP)--The annual report of Canadian National Railways was tabled in the Commons today show- ing the publicly-owned system ca meout of 1946 with a deficit of $8,961,670 compared with a profit of $24,756,130. earned in 1945 and with predictions that its outlook for 1947 was not at all financially bright. 1 The report gave this picture of C.N.R.'s 1946 operating results as compared with the previous year: Operating revenues ......eees.: Operating expenses .. :| Net operating revenue Graves, 57 | ing on, left to right, are:--Mrs. Graves, Robert Argo, Ald. E. Cay, Clifford | Arthur Walker, former publisher, and Ald. Sam Jackson. At the strictly paid basis. The | rear, left to right, are: J. McNaughton, Editor of the Courier, G. M. Goodfellow, A. E. Coulter and William Burns, --Photo by Campbell's Studio rorists blew up a British troop train southeast of Tel Aviv today, killing at least eight persons, and then machine-gunned the . The attack was made two hours after two condemned .Jews committed suicide with explosives just before they were to have mounted the gal- lows Amy sources said they the "Egypt Express' sol- diers from that country, had been members of the Jewish Troops and guards were reported to have exchanged fire with the at- ers, but no one was captured. One of the dead was a child, two were civilians and five were soldiers. Those at the scene reported seeing arms, legs and other parts of mu- tilated bodies in the wreckage. The doomed Jews, Meyer, Fein- stein and Moshe Barazani clasped explosives secreted in hollowed or- anges to their breasts and died in mangled contortion in Jerusalem prison just before they were to have mounted the 13 steps leading to the hangman's noose. Both were under- ground members and had been con- demned for anti-British violence. Four other members of Irgun were hanged last week, and Irgun had js- sued threats of vengeance, While rescue squads hastened to< ward the scene from all parts of the coastal plain, military and po- lice authorities cordonned off the entire area--where the attack oc- curred, Several hundred Jews were hastily screened in a search for Ex- tremists believed responsible. $75,000 School For Amherst Isle Kingston, April 22--(CP) -- A $75,000 composite school is to be built on Amherst Island, in Lake Ontario southwest of here, it was announced today. It will house elementary and secondary schools, SO YOU HAVE TROUBLES Los Angeles, April 22 (AP).-- If you think you have troubles, listen to those of Raymond of a shiny new PresentShiny New Auto To waed| A, J. Graves " 1 don't know of anyone who | is more deserving of this: honor «| than you Mr, Graves," said | 'Frank N. McCallum this © ing when he presented the keys to A, J, "Johnny" , Graves, the winning contestant in the Osha~- wa Courjer Subscription Contest. "I am sure that your many friends will be glad to know that you have won this automabile. All those who helped you in this contest will, I am sure, be particularly interested to hear of your success," said the Mayor. Mr. Graves in accepting the keys - said "All I can say my friends is thank you! I appreciate more than I can say the help that my many friends gave me dur- ing this contest." Among those present at the presentation at 11:00 o'clock this morning at the - Courier office were: Mayor McCallum, 'Robert Argo, Manager, Bank of Mont- real; Ald. Ernie Cay; G, M. Goodfellow, General Manager, Mundy-Goodfellow Printing Co, Ltd.; T. I. Wilson, Assistant Gen- eral Manager, Times-Gazette; Ald. Sam Jackson, A, E, Coulter, President, Coulter Manufacturing Co. Ltd.; Willlam Burns, Burns Shoe Store; Cliff Cousins, Me- Laughlin Coal and Supplies Ltd.; Arthur Walker, Proprietor. Cour- fer Press; Mr. and Mrs, A, J. Graves; J. A. McNaughton and Umphrey Strome representing The Independent Publishers, Mr. Graves was presented with the car on the boulevard outside the Courier office. While he was in the office receiving the con- gratulations of his many friends the Oshawa Police Department noticing the car parked on the boulevard placed a summons on the windshield for illegal park- ing leaving Mr, Graves to face a charge for a "parking" misde- meanor within the first fifteen minutes after receiving the auto- mobile, Work Progressing Installing Meters Hoping to have the parking Chevrolet coach | lets, Dennis, Donna They have been notified they must vacate their house. Mrs. Hoffman mother- hood again, in. June. And her doctor says it will be twins. meters in operation by not too dis- tant a date, the Board of Works department is busy installing the remaining meters and cer- tain n shifts in connection with those -already in place. : Installation of the posts was | Church Council Endorses UN Declaration On Rights London, April 22--(AP)--The Bri- tish Council of Churches endorsed today a committee report that the forthcoming United Na bury, tions declaration on human rights support the rights of religious min- orities to practise their faiths free- ly in all member counties. in a discussion of the report, sev- ty. eral religious leaders said modern Socialist states constituted a threat to religious freedom because they put emphasis on the state rather than the individual. Some cited the "pressure" of Communism and le- al sestriciong on missionary acti- vities, , One speaker said the report would }| begun last fall but was interrupted by weather conditions, Meanwhile it has been decided to place meters on several sectioms not included in the original area planned. These are on Athol Street from Simcoe to Centre and from Celina to Albert; on Bond Street from. Ontario to Mary Street on Prince Street from be interpreted as an attack on Rus- sla, but the Archbishop of Canter- , Dr. Geoffrey Fisher, said "Russia is not the only, and I should be inclined to say not the greatest, danger in this particular field of threats to religious liber- The Bishop of- Worcester, Dr, Wil- son Cash, sald "there is less reli- glous freedom in the secular state of Turkey today than there was un- der the old Ottoman rule." He said the Egyptian government was try- ne to "exterminate" missionary Simcoe Street South from Athol Bagot and Bruce Streets. some of the posts to straighten othes knocked out of place, work has yet to be done on King Street and Simcoe Street 'North 'be- tween Richmond and Streets. Bond to Richmond Street, and on to It has been mecessary to. move Ba ve ve 'When the remainder of the posts have been installed it will still be necessary to paint the parking meter "stalls" on the pavement to Sesighate the space allowed for each vehicle. \ Hearing of Auto Sale Adjourned Case Again RCMP, by A. W. 8. Greer, K.C., ng J.P. Mangan, KC, bought out' that the officer had 'discussed a transcript of the evi- dence made at the previous hearing with E. Enforcement PP Toronto, despite the fact that all witnesses had: been excluded from the court room at the time. Evidence given Wilson during the cross examination was that he stood in front of the window, at the Dodd home and watched the trans- action take place. He said he could see quite clearly what went on in the room. "I saw Frank Preston," the buyer of the car, "place the money on the table, and Minard pick it up." At this point, he explained, he jumped down from the truck, in which he had been concealed, eliminated a cramp in his leg, ran into the house, and confronted Minard in the hall with a warrant. He returned to the office, in Dodd's house, with Minard AUTO SALE CASE (Continued on Page 2) Rule 'Witnesses' May Enter Appeal Montreal, April 22-- (CP) -- Court. of Appeal yesterday granted permission to two Jehovah's Wit« nesses to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada against convic- tion in Recorder's Court in Que- bec on' a- charge of violating the municipal by-laws by distributing pamphlets on the street without a permit, ea | Higher Court =/To Hear Wound Case + Evidence submitted by two wit- nesses during a preliminary hear- ing in Magistrate's Court this morn- ing was deemed sufficient by Ma- gistrate F. S. Ebbs to send the case of Albert A. Turner, 65 Elgin Street Fast, charged with wounding Char- les Robert Lowery, 104 Brock Street West, on to a higher court. The ac- cused had elected trial by the next court of competent jurisdiction. Lowery claimed the accused struck him in the right eye, break- ing his glasses and driving a piece of the glass into his eye. The eye- ball was so badly damaged he lost the sight in it, Evidence was that Lowery had keen drinking beer in a downtown hotel until about midnight, Tues- day, February 11. He left the hotel with a young lady, who, he claimed, had consented to have a cup of cof- fee with him. Lowery was ap- profiched outside the hotel by the accused 'and a friend of the ac- cused. This friend, he was told had spent the evening with the girl in the hotel. "He asked me what I thought I was doing," Lowery said, "and I told him to' beat it. He then stated that the girl had been with his friend all evening and when I look- ed around to see what she had to say about it, I found she had gone." Lowery then explained that he had felt there was no further use of arguing and had taken his hands out of his pocket, raised his right arm and pushed the accused aside, intending to walk away, On cross-examination: by J. P. Mangan, K. C., counsel for Turner, Lowery said he had not known the accused and had only known the girl for about three years, on a speaking basis, He said the girl, when asked for a cup of coffee, had made no reply but, Just walked out the hotel door WOUNDING CASE (Continued on Page 2) Highly-Skilled Ensemble Concludes Concert Series That the 1946-47 series of Community Concerts should con- clude with such a splendid pro- gram as: that given-last night by the Saint. Louis Sinfonietta un- der Paul' Schreiber augurs well for the success of the Association next season, . + The committee is to be congrat- ulated on its choice for this fie nal 'concert as in a. city of small orchestras the appearance of so 'highly-skilled and well-disciplin- ed an ensemble . chould inspire and . encourage . these groups whose 'membership is similar in numbers '12 not in attainment. The "London Symphony" of 'Hadyn, which was one of the cen- tral works on the program, re- vealed the conductor's musician- ship at its finest. By choosing a 'more jaunty tempo for the minu- et than ds usual, he brought out N AVS EEL A the whimsicality that is so much a part of Hadyn's dance move- ments, In the andante which preceded the minuet the sensitive phrasing of the flutist gave the section distinction. The precision with which Moz- art's "Overture to the Marriage of Figaro" was played was especial- ly admirable that it was accom- panied by the spontaniety neces- sary to a preamble to a comedy, In the "Air for the G String" by J. S. Bach, the opening selec- tion, the work of the wood-winds was somewhat tentative, This was not perhaps the fault of the play- ers, for the composition, origin. ally scored for string orchestra, demands that depth and reson- ance of tone that only strings CONCERT SERIES (Continued om Page §) CAD IW Circulation Simcoe Hall Books Is Up While circulation at the Simcoe Hall branch during March showed an increase of 170 books over last year, circulation figures in the adult wing of the main library TYe- mained pegged at 9,541 as compar-- ed with 9,540 in March, 1046, Miss Jean Fetterly, reported at a meet- ing of the Library Board. A breakdown of the main library figures revealed a circulation of 7,- 333 fiction and 2,208 non-fiction during March. The Simcoe Hall figure of 862----a decided increase over February's 558--was made up of 319 non-fiction and 543 fiction, Pointing out how closely this year's March circulation corre- sponded with that of 1946, Miss Fetterly said non-fiction had shown a drop of 169 while fiction had climbed by 170 books. In the child- ren's section, total circulation was 4,264, made up of 2,759 fiction. and 1,505 non-fiction, Oshawa Music Teachers' Associa- tion will donate a number of re- cords to "set the(ball rolling" for the proposed music room at the main library, it was disclosed. Re- cords for the collection will be wel- comed from any interested donor. The board appointed Miss Olive Nickle as assistant librarian com- mencing June 1. Graduate of West- ern University, Miss Nickle obtain- ed her Bachelor of Library Science degree from University of Toronto Library School, To enable the whole library staff to attend the Ontario Library Con- vention at Guelph, the library will remain closed May 14 and 15, it was' decided. Miss Fetterly reported that sev- en Grade VI classes visited the lib- rary for book talks. One new bor- rower was registered and 37 other children had lost cards replaced. Five story hours were broadcast with 95 in attendance at the 'lib- rary, Find BC Jap Treasonist, Must Die Hong Kong, April 22-- (Reuters) --Kanao Inouye, 30-year-old Kam- loops, B. C.-born Japanese, tod: was sentenced to death by the Hong Kong Supreme Court which con- victed him of high treason. Inouye left Canada for Japan in 1835 for university education and military service but said shortly af- ter the war he still was a British subject. Ironically, he escaped other war crimes charged with this defence but it eventually led to his treason conviction, Iouye served with the Japanese gendarmerie in Hong Kong and took part in the arrest and torture of many residents. He 'was remembered well by Can- adian prisoners-of-war captured at Hong Kong in December, 1941, and was accused of ill-treating them on many occasions. THE WEATHER owers, Wednesday Cloudy. Not much change in tempera- ture, ig Mg 15 today becoming evening. Light winds Wednesday, - Low tonight and high Wednesday, 33 and 48. Summary for Wednes- day: Cloudy, irn4d Taxes, equipment and joint facility rents Net railway operating income Other income, less reductions debit .. Interest on funded debt--public .... Interest on government loans .. Deficit for 1946 ... Surplus for 1945 .. cesessne $400,586,025.89 1946 1945 $433,773,393.56 355,204,048.48 78,479,345.08 10,601,406.83 68,877.938.26 3,206,334.49 26,021,784.56 20,306,358.18 ¥is 24,756,130.00 President R. C. Vaughan reported 357,236,718.29 43,340,307.60 11,790,360.40 31,558,947.20 4,160,579.72 23,358,514.18 21,322,583.23 8,961,570.49 C.N.R. PLANS AVIATION BUILDING Ottawa, April 22 (CP).~An aviation wing, to house the of- fices of international aviation organizations having their world headquarters in Montreal, is to be built above the track area at Montreal's Central Station, it was disclosed today in the an- nual report of Canadian Na- tional Railways, tabled in the Commons. Late it is planned to construct an office building and hotel on + the site, 22 Injured On Aquitania Crossing Southampton, Eng., April 22-- (CP)--The liner Acquitana dock- ed today after riding out Atlantic gales in which Cunard-White Star officials said 22 persons were in- jured Saturday night while the ship was en route to Britain from Halifax and Bermuda. One of the vessel's 1,107 pas- sengers was taken to hospital here with severe facial injuries. Treated in the ship's hospital among the other 21 injured pas- sengers was Mrs, Judith Fraser of Vancouver, who suffered rib injuries and facial bruises, The ship was reported undama- ged by the buffetting, At Liverpool, gusts reaching 80 miles an hour velocity prevented the liner Mauretania from dock- ing after high-speed test runs preparatory to resuming trans- Atlantic passenger service. Offi- cials said she would berth to- morrow, weather permitting. Meanwhile the 31,000-ton bat- tleship Warspite was adrift off Land's End, the southwestern tip of England, The Warship broke loose while under tow to a ship- yard for scrapping, but radioed it was in no immediate danger. Capt. G, E. Cove, master of the Acquitania, said the liner battled a westerly gale throughout most of the crossings and speed was reduced to minimize rolling. The ship carried 1,107 passen- gers, ; 10TH ANNIVERSARY Today, April 22, is a historic day in the annals of the UAW. It is the 10th anniversary of the signing of the first contract between Gen- eral Motors of Canada, Ltd, and Local 222. The anniversary will be 2Y marked by a picnic at Lakeview Park on Saturday, June 14. that though railway traffic in train miles was almost as heavy as in 1945, return to peacetime normal was hampered by reconversion in industry, by strikes and by short- ages of rolling stock and savings in operating costs "were far more than offset by increased rates of pay and increased prices for fuel and the materials used in railway operation and maintenance." : High Costs For the future outlook, the presi- dent had this to say: "The higher costs, which have been obscured by peak traffic con- ditions, became apparent as traffic volume diminished and their impact has not yet been fully felt. '""The wage increases of June 1, 19046 will be in effect for the full year in 1947. It is estimated that material prices will be 10 per cent higher, Thus operating costs will be some $20,000,000 greater than in 1046." Travel Off The report disclosed that passen- ger train service decreased 31.4 per cent in miles and $17,267,000 in re- venue as compared with 1945 while revenue from grain carriage slump- ed $14,726,000. It sald the decreases in these two sources of revenue ac- counted in the mai for the reduc- tion in gross receipts. The fact that passenger milels decreased 31.4 per cent and revenue from fares 23.1 per cent while train miles decreased only 4.1 per cent and passengers per car mile sllump- ed by 20 per cent reflected a change in the type of passenger traffic, Freight Up v Although freight car loads were greater by 2.6 per cent than in 1945, revenue decreased 5.1 per cent and tons hauled by 1.2 per cent. The average length of the haul was down by 9.8 per cent and the vol- ulme of grain less by 27 per cent. These conditions and a change in the character of commodities car- ried resulted in a lighter per car load of 7.9 per cent and net train load of 7.3 per cent. "This condition--more cars car« C. N. R, DEFICIT (Continued on Page 2) City Receives New Compressor The first new plece of equipment this year, an air compressor, has arrived in the Board of Works yard and the tools which go along with it are expected immediately. The compressor is mounted on two pneumatic-tired wheels and has a capacity of 105 cubic feet per minute with 100 pounds pressure. City Engineer W. T. Dempsey said the compressor will be used chiefly for breaking out concrete, pavement cuts, trenching work and also for cleaning out holes in the pavement in preparation for patching. It is the first time the city has owned this type of equipment. The tools yet to come are two pavement breakers, as well as the necessary hose, chisels and points, % LATE NEWS BRIEFS + (By THE CANADIAN PRESS) Glace Bay: Caledonia local of district 26 United Mine Work- ers (C.C.L.) today began withdrawing its members from coal control units in strike-bound Cape Breton following disagreement with the executive board over its policy on bootleg coal mining. Kirkland Lake: The local office of the Prices Board an- nounced today that they were preparing to lay charg- es in "the most flagrant violation of rental bind. 3 'ever encountered here." New Delhi: J. N. Mandal, official of the scheduled Castes (Untouchables) Federation, declared last night that Mohandas K. Gandhi has done "nothing substantial" to relieve the plight of Untouchables in India. * Windsor, Ont.: Board of Control has voted unanimously to include in the city's 1947 budget $50,000 for cost-of- living bonuses for municipal employees.