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i PAGE TWO - THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE ~. MONDAY, APRIL 28, 1947 Deaths BONE--In , on Sunday, Apri 27th, 1047, Joseph Franklin Bone, . a his Hn year. ? re from Luke-McIntosh Funeral Home, 152 St, East, on Tuesday, April 20th, at 2 p.m. Interment Union Cem 3 etery. --AY Bund ril 27th, 1947, bi , A 3 ys, beloved wife of 'Wm. Mor- Tison, and dear sister of Isabel A. McBrien, Blookiin and Lock McBrien, Winn] ear. ron Cher lave residence, , on , April 29th at 35% p.m. Interment Groveside Ceme- tery, Brooklin. In Memoriam of BARWHLL--In cherished memory June Beverly Pawel, who passed In Goa 's ma a beautiful flower is in ~--Mummy, Dad and Donnas Marte, on.) COVERLY--In loving memory of Roger , David Coverly, who passed away April 943. missed ad d by Sadly Mummy. RICHARDSON--In lov! memory of a in Bf Mr. who passed and dmother, { Richardson, Who passed away Oct, 18, can ever take away The love a heart holds dear, Fond memories linger every day Remembrance keeps them near, ~--Lovingly remembered by the fempy, pr. Cards of Thanks Mr, and Mrs. C. B, Wells, Mill St, wish to thank Drs. Russell and Maroo- sis, all nurses of Ward B.1, friends and relatives, for flowers, fruit and cards, also the Daughters of England "and Rev, McLellan, for thelr htful- ness during the iliness of Mrs, Wells, ®hituary JAMES BASSINGTHWAIGHTE Pioneer educationist in Sault Ste. Marie, where he was one time city clerk, James Bassingthwaighte died Saturday ut home, 536 Huron Street, Toronto, in his 94th year. He had been a resident of To- p ronto for the last 18 years. Born in Ontario County, he attended school in Greenbank, where his grandfather was an early settler. Mr. Bassingthwaighte also attended Port Perry High School and To- ronto Normal School. He engaged in teaching for some years and became principal of the public school in Mani . In 1892 he went to Sault Ste. e as prin- cipal of the public school, and two "years later was appointed eity clerk. He was for some years a member of the town council and the school board, and later license inspector "for Algoma. Mr. Bassingthwaighte was a member of Bloor Street United Church, and in his earlier years active in the Methodist church in Sault Ste. Marie. He was also a member of the Masonic Order and ,the I.OF. are his widow, the former Margaret Jane MacQuarrie; two daughters, Margaret Eileen and Merle Ferguson; and a son, Ewart MacQuarrie Bassingthwaighte. In- ferment will take place in Green- bank cemetery, which was the gift of his grandfather, the late Edward Bassingthwaighte, to the commun- ity. Brazilia Heads Probe Of Palestine New York, April 28--(AP) -- Dr, Oswaldo Aranha, former For- eign Minister of Brazil, was elec- ted president of the special Pal- estine session of the United Nat- jons Assembly today. He received 45 votes on the first ballot and immediately took the chair, Prince Faisal Al Saud of Sauda Arabia, Andrei A, Gro- myko of Russia, Herman Santa Cruz of Chile, L. B. Rearson of Canada and Herman G. Ericksson of Sweden each received one vote. Shortly before the Assembly convened a spokesman said the Jewish Agency felt it "inappro- priate to attend" until the dele- gates had acted on the Agency's request for official recognition as a on-voting participant. The U.N. previously had set aside 20 seats for representatives of the Agency in the observers' section, but these were left vac- ant, . Before the Assembly convened - a British spokesman said Great Britain, which holds a League of Nations mandate over the Holy Land, is ready to accept any de- cision the United Nations makes on the Palestine question, but will insist that the world organi- gation enforce all of its own re- : commendations, SHRINERS London, Ont, April 28--(CP)-- Nearly 1,000 Mocha Shriners from Western Ontario are expected to attend the annual spring ceremon- ial here next Friday, officials said today. Many will remain here over that week-end to take part in cir- . «cus parades to be held on the Sat- _urday and Monday. APPEAL DISALLOWED Montreal, April 28--(CP) -- The Appeals Court in a judgment handed down here Saturday un- animously rejected an appeal by Louis Bercovitch from a life im- prisonment sentence imposed last year after he had been convicted of manslaughter in connection with. the July, 1946, shooting of Harry Davis, Montreal gambler, i the latter's betting house, § ELECTED MAYOR Carleton Place, Ont., April 28 ---(CP)--W. J. Hughes was elec- ted mayor of Carleton Place by acclamation Saturday when four other nominees failed to -qualify in the required time. The mayor's chair was left vacant March 22 by the death of George T. Coleman and Mr. Hughes will serve the re- mainder of the current term. He was chief magistrate in 1922, ft 9 Farmers Market Local Grain -- Local selling prices for grain $29-3$30 ton; shorts $30-$31 ton; baled hay $18-$20 to.; straw $16-3$18 ton; pastry flour $2.86 a bag; bread flour $2.90 a bag. Dealers are paying no set price. Wheat, $1.26 a bushel; oats 53. Bie; barley 65¢; buckwheat 76- Oc. Produce -- Toronto, April 28--(CP)--Produce prices in the spot market here to- day were reported as follows: Churning cream unchanged, No. 1 1b. f.0.b. 45, delivered plus 10 cents subsidy. Butter prints unchanged, 1st grade 42, 2nd grade 41, 3rd grade 40. Eggs: Receipts liberal, market steady at unchanged prices; wholesale to retail, A large 38-40, A medium 36-37, A pullet 33-35, B 35-36, C 33-34; country ship- pers quoted graded eggs, cases free, A large 35-36, A medium 33-34; A pullet 30, B 33-33%, C 31-313. Hogs -- Toronto, April 28--(CP)--Grade A dressed bacon-hogs were unchanged at Brantford $21.85 delivered, in market reporting early today. Fruit -- Toronto, April 28 -- (CP) -- Wholesale fruit and vegetable prices her: today supplied by White and Company follow: Domestic: Cabbage orange cra- tes 35-50c; mushrooms 5 1b, car- ton $2.65-$2.75; radishes doz. 40-50c; beets bu. 50-60c; green onions doz. 35-50c; Ontario new potatoes 75 1b, bag No, 1 $1.10- $1.25; carrots bu. unwashed 60- 75c; washed $1-$1.25; turnips unwashed bu. 50-60c; waxed turnips 50 1bs., $1-$1.10° Cucumbers, doz., $2.00-$2.25; cucumbers, 24s and 30s, $6-$6.50; rhubarb, 10 Ib. bunches, $1.35-$1.50, 12 lbs. $1.75- $1.80. Imported: Cal. Asparagus $5-$6; Cal, oranges $5.25-$7; Messina Ital- jan lemons $5-$5.50;; Cal. Lemons $6.50-$7; Florida grapefruit $3.50-84; Texas grapefruit $3.50-$4; pineapples $5.75-$6; Texas spinach, bu. $1.75- $1.85; Cal. cauliflower $3.50-$3.75; Cal. lettuce $6; Cal, carrots crt. $4.25-84.75; Cal. green peas $4.50-$4; new cabbages, crt, $3.75; Fla, cel- ery $6-$6.50; yams $4.50; sweet pota- toes $3.75; beans Fla, plentiful Val. entine, $7; bountiful, $6.50-$7, Honey -- Toronto, April 28--(CP)--Whole- sale honey quotations were unchan- ged here today at: 24 1-lb glass jars $4.82; 24 2-lb, glass jars $9.12; car- Jo s. 24 1-1b. white No. 1 $4.92: fH - white 0. 1 $9.26: 12 4-ib. white No, 1 $9.04; 8 6-1b, white No. 1 $8.67; 2-1b. Orange Label 24 $8.36; 2-1b. Red Label 24 $7.98; bulk 160s Golden Amber $6.98. Cheese -- Toronto, April 28--(CP)--Whole- sale cheese quotations were un- changed here today at: first grade large paraffined, colored 22 3/16 cents. 1b, white 22% cents, both F.0.B. factory. Livestock -- Toronto, April 28--(CP)-- Cattle prices were steady in the few early sales on the livestock market here today. Choice weighty steers were $16.50, fed yearlings $14-$15.50, good butcher steers up to $15.25. Veal calves were steady at $16.50-$17.26 for choice with plain lights, down- ward to $12. No price was establish ed for hogs, which closed previously at, dressed, Grade A $22, Grade Bl $2160. Good western lambs sold steady at $16.25. No early sales on sheep. Receipts: Cattle 2,830, calves 4480, hogs 400, sheep and lambs 620, Mental Case, Hostage Are Sought San Francisco, April 28 (AP).-- Three of four dangerous mental patients who escaped from the United States Army's Letterman Hospital by trickery and force yes- terday were back in custody today while search widened for the fourth escapee and a hospital orderly they took as a hostage. Still at large, more than 24 hours after the escape, was Frank R. Wallrath, 24. The orderly is Wal- lace Williams, Wallrath, a paratrooper during the war, was convicted by an army court martial last August 23 for deserting under fire and for escap- ing twice from army confinement. He was sentenced to death but President Truman later commuted it to life imprisonment. The four patients made their es- cape from the double-locked psy- chopathic ward at 2 am. after slugging four orderlies who were summoned one by one. They opened the ward doors with keys taken from the orderlies and then slugged a guard, taking his .45 calibre pistol. At nightfall the first of the escapees was captured. Joe Salin- dron, 24, under a five-year sentence for larceny, was caught at Sacra- 7.0. 90 miles northeast of San Francisco. salindron was arrested after h had terrorized two taxicab Givers with a straight-edged razor. He violently resisted arrest, kicking out the windshield of a patrol car en route to the city jail. There he tried twice to take his life, once slashing his wrist ang then attempting to han. himself with his shirt, A few hours later, police at Stockton, 50 miles south of Sacra- mento, breke in the door of a down. town hotel and arrested the two others, Homer Richie, 30, and George Heiser, 30, ' Richie, who was serving a 14-year sentence for assault with a deadly weapon* in Ne; Guinea, admitted he obtained fraudulent passes March 19 witr the ider of escaping. Heiser was serving five years for forgery and desertion. \ Candy Bar Strike Snowballs Vancouver, April 28--(CP)--Born last week in the Vancouver Island town of Chemainus, a teen-age boy- cott of the eight-cent chocolate par apparently already had grown to adolescence today with reports of a similar strike from as far east as Fredericton. Lending the boycott momentum, youth organizations in Vancouver and Victoria last night ratified the strike for a five-cent bar. The Na- tional Federation of Labor Youth decided to place. pledge cards in Vancouver schools and plans chain picket lines next Saturday. Officials of the Youth action committee in Victoria, calling a mass meeting of school children for Sat- urday, said the children will be ap- proached during the week for sup- port, Glyn Thomas, 19, chairman of the Vancouver branch, said he had been advised by the Toronto branch that a country-wide strike of the 7,000 reported members is in the offing. Assistance of parents, which the Federation said it will invoke, al- ready was forthcoming in some qugarters. Mrs. Winnifred Blair, president of the Greater Victoria Council of the Parent-Teacher Fed- eration, said "as far as I'm concern- ed the children will get support. . I feel the majority of housewives will support them." Many Montreal merchants report- ed a heavy run on peanuts as a sub- stitute for chocolate bars and in some sections signs reading "down with chocolate bars" had been chalked up. Byline Ball May Be Host To Kangaroo By WILLIAM STEWART Canadian Press Staff Writer Sydney, Australia, April 28 (CP). --The Sydney Journalists Club is arranging to fly a young kangaroo from Australia to Canada as a good will gesture in connection with the annual "Byline Ball," of the To- ronto Men's Press Club June 7. The Toronto Club invited the Sydney Club to be represented at the ball by one of its members, but because mone were free to make the trip, Arthur Crouch, Sydney Club president, afranged for the gift of the kangaroo. The kangaroo will be the second to fly the Pacific but the first to fly to Canada. Several Hurt In Derailment Of U.S. Train Ontario, Calif, April 28--(AP)-- Sixteen cars of the Southern Paci- fic's new Orleans-bound Argonaut passenger train were derailed last night an hour and 225 minutes after it left the Los Angeles station. Thirty-seven passengers were res ported injured, seven or eight of them seriously. There was no re- port of fatalities. The loccmotive and two baggage cars of the 18-car frain remained on the rails but the first chair car left the track and the next car rip- ped its side away. The first car contained only three passengers, trainmen said. Some 300 yards of track were torn up but H. E. Lindblom of Los Ange- les, pullman conductor, said there was no panic among the passengers as the rails were ripped from the ties with a terrific noise, Ambulances rushed from nearby communities took the injured to hospital in the vicinity. There were no Canadians among the injured. The wreck occurred as the train wag speeding at an estimated 65 miles an hour on a straight, level stretch of track, There was no im- mediate explanation of the cause. Says Meteor May Have Hit Earth Moscow, April 28-- (AP) V. G. Fesenkov, chairman of the meteorite committee of the U.S. S.R. Academy of Science, said to- day it was possible that a minor planet collided with the earth Feb. 12, 1947, when a missile de- scribed as a meteorite, fell in Eastern Siberia. "It is now becoming increas- ingly clear," Fesenkov stated, 'that it was an exceptional pheno- menon in many respects, For one thing some of the fragments smashed through the surface strata of soil and penetrated into bedrock, leaving several dozen craters, the biggest of them about 75 feet in diameter, : "The combination 'of circum- stances required for a heavenly body to strike our planet . with sufficient force to create craters is exceedingly rare." NON.SUPPORT CASE Charged with non-support un- der the Children's Maintenance Act, Irwin E, Tomlinson was ord- ered to pay his wife, Mrs, Dorothy Tomlinson, 69 Orchard View Boulevard, $6.25 weekly for the care of their two children, in Ma- gistrate's Court today. -------- BODIES STILL MISSING A log, floating in the lake off the pumping station, which was thought to be one of the bodies of the two women swept to their deaths in the Oshawa Creek on on April 5, gave the Oshawa Fire epartment a run to the lake at about 11 a.m, today, winning at music festivals. Win Trophy At Brampton Festival Ron and Raymond Walker with the Selmer Trophy won in the Stratford Music Festival on March 29 last for the most outstanding musicianship of the festival. On Saturday last they took first prize and gold medals for winning the open cornet duet in the Peel County Music Festival at Brampton. In addition Ron won the 21 years and under class and a gold medal in the cornet solo contest and Raymond came third and received a bronze medal in the 17 year and under class. The boys were coached by their father, Ernie Walker, who with the boys plays in the Oshawa Regimental and Civic Band. Oshawa is proud of these fine, young who have brought honor to the city by the ¥ lads ding and i Kassel, Germany, April 28 (Reuters). --German beer is not what it used to be and even this thin post-war article .is in short supply. : Beer in Germany is not merely an intoxicating beverage--it is an indispensable part of daily life. Just as the French cannot live happily without wine, so Germans cannot do without a sip of beer for mid- day dinner and supper. When obtainable, the "sip" is of considerable proportions, averaging a quart. was sternly rebuked from all parts of the Bavarian Landtak for sug- gesting cutting beer production to save grain. In Hesse, with its 3,500,000 inha- bitants, breweries last year produced The other day a Social Democrat' a total of about 325,000,000 gallons | German Beer Not What It Used To Be--They Say of beer as compared with 425,000,000 gallons in the war year 1944. Breweries in Hesse, Bavaria and Wuerttemberg Baden have received licenses from the American Mili- tary Government to brew light beer not exceeding 1.7 per cent of alcohol. Whether the breweries will be able to continue the present supply of beer depends on the decision of the Military Government concern- ing the amounts of barley which may be made avaflable. The pros- pect of obtaining 30,000 tons of barley for brewing in the American mone, is dim, in view of the critical food situation. In the British zone it is hoped to obtain 16,000 tons of barley for brewing. Incidentally about one- third of the barley used for beer is returned to the farmers in the shape of fodder. 500 Gallons Into Mine Per Minute Malartic, Que., April 28 (CP).-- The No. 4 shaft of the East Mal- artic Gold Mine where 12 men per- ished after an underground fire is 10 feet by 35 feet wide and the fire burned in the timbers of its con- struction, mine superintendent V. Methery explained last night after the shaft had been sealed off with hope abandoned for any of the trapped miners. There was no other timber any- where in the shaft, he said. Last night water was pouring into the area below the 10th level at 500 gallons a minute. He estimated more than 1,200,000 gallons would be needed to flood the shaft up to the 10th level, 1,570 feet under- ground. As speculation continued as to how long it would take to recover the bodies, Mr. Methery said that if the bodies were together at the bottom of the shaft they might come up to the 10th level with the rising water, but not if they are in side stations further underground. Some of the special rescue squads which were told their work was finished said that the workings they had penetrated were filled with dense smoke and deadly gas fumes. In spite of sealed lights which nor- mally penetrate through smoke, at times the men could not see more than two feet in fromt of them. =~ Mr. Methery said the situation would not have been so hopeless if there had been a flaming fire which the rescue workers could have bat- tled to extinguish. Instead it was a smouldering fire which filled the whole mine with smoke in very short time. Dock Strike (Continued from Page 1) force--6,800 stevedores and dockers and 3,400 lightermen--was idle. The strike grew rapidly as man at dock-gate meetings decided to come out despite the advice of their union officials and some observers expected the stoppage to be com- plete by tomorrow. Three unions are involved--the Union, which is given its official backing to the stoppage, the Light- ermen's Union, also backing the strike, and the Transport and Gen- eral Workers Union which organizes about 15,000 dockers and whose leaders have advocated peaceful ne- gotiation. Most members of the first two un- fons struck at once and the move- ment spread rapidly among those of the third accepted leadership from the ttevedores. Two ministries--Labor and Trans- port--are watching the develop- ments closely. The Ministry of Labor, it is understood, is standing by its decision not to set up an in- dependent inquiry into the dismissal of redundant Glasgow workers, 50 the only possibility at the moment is further negotiations on how to work redundancy decisions. 7,000-strong Stevedores and Dockers | 1945 Disasters In Mines Recalled By The Canadian Press Probable death of 12 gold miners trapped underground by a fire in the East Malartic Mine at Malar- tic, Que., today recalled other major Canadian mine disasters of the last 30 years. Closest parallel to the Malartic tragedy was a fire in the Hollinger Gold Mine at Timmins, Ont., which killed 39 hardrock min- ers in February, 1928, Others were: 1915-- Britannia, 32 dead. 1917--New Waterford, NS. dead. y "ns 1918--Stellarton, N'.S., Alla; Wim n Shaft, 1921--Britannia, B.C., creek dam- burst, 35 in mining camp drowned. 1923--Cumberland, B.C., 23 dead. 190% ~Blakebum, B.C, 45 killed. 5--Coalhurst, Alta. ex] 16 dead. 2%: Spl, 1938--Sydney, N.S. break--16 dead. 1941--Nordegg, Alta., colliery ex- plosion, 29 killed. 1945--Timmins, Ont, mine cage plunge, 16 killed. Bigamy Case Brings Term For Girl 21 Convicted on a charge of bigamy, Alma Doreen Curtis, 21, of Peter. borough, was sentenced. to three months in county jail by Magistrate Ebbs in court this morning. Oscar Curtis, of Brockville, testi- fied that he had married the accus- sed formerly Alma Little, on Novem- ber 22, 1942. He revealed that separ- ation papers had been signed at a later date but no divorce action taken. Bruce Kellar, 224 Montrave Ave- nue, told the court a marriage be- tween himself and the accused had been solemnized in Oshawa in April, B.C, slide, pit cable Admitting that she had gone through the second ceremony, the accused said she "wouldn't be in this mess if I'd have had a mother." "I haven't had a mother since I was five years old," she said, ex- plaining to the court that she was married first at the age of 16. "Most of this offence can be chalk- ed up to ignorance," Magistrate Bbbs declared, "but it is still a ser- ious offence." ; "You should know," he told the accused, "that there are certain forms to go through. Possibly you didn't know it then but you know it now." London --(CP)-- Londoners left 277,000 articles in buses and subway trains last year 34,000 umbrellas, 8,000 bunches of keys, 51,000 pairs of .' gloves and 20,000 single gloves. Hesse Gem Conviction Is Asked Frankfurt, April 28--(AP)--De- claring "the honor of the United States is at stake," Maj. Joseph S. Robinson asked a military court to- day to convict Col. Jack W. Durant of stealing the $1,500,000 Hesse fam- ily Jowele from Kronberg Castle in Germany. ppeared possible by nightfall in the trial, which has lasted nearly five months with fiearings held on both sides of the Atlantic, Durant, 37-year-old former Wash- ington lawyer, is tue third United States Army officer tried for the theft of the once-royal Hesse fam- ily's jewels from their castle, which the Army now occupies as an offi- cers' club. Many of the jewels never have been recovered. "Throughout the course of two wars," Robinson told the court, "the United States has justly denounced violations by German and other governments of international provi- sions relating to inviolability of pri- vate property in occupied territory. "We must not and will not be tar- red with the same brush." Durant's wife, a former W.AC. captain once in charge of the Cas- tle, is serving a five year sentence for participation in the jewel theft, and Maj. David Watson is serving three years for receiving part of the loot. Union Won't Accept $2.50 Phone Offer Des Moines, April 26--(AP)--A. R. Toepfer, secretary of the Northwes- tern Union of Telephone Workers in Iowa, said today the Iowa director- ate of the union had "definitely re- jected" the $2.50 weekly wage boost offered by the Northwestern Bell Telephone Company, "As far as we're concerned a $6 a week boost is the minimum offer we'll consider at present," Toepfer said. "They've got to come across with something better than $250 be- fore we'll consider it." The $2.50 weekly wage hike for 17,500 workers in five Midwestern States had been announced by gov- ernor Luther W, Youngdahl of Min- nesota, Dramatic (Continued from Page 1) vestigate the fire there followed Traian Lueaci, 45-year-old native of Romania who was found dead frong gas fumes in the drift between shaft No. 3 and shaft No. 4, then Nils Strand, Gerard Dube, 18, Gatien himself and Paul Gervais in that order. Dube did not get out alive and Gatien could not say what happen- ed to him, "When we had got up the ladder, I'd say about 100 feet, the others were still at the bottom," said Gat- fen. "They shouted to us: 'Get the fire-fighters--we'll be all right as long as we get air.' "That was when we got the nine bells given by Renault from the No. 3 shaft and as far as I know the other fellows hadn't started up the ladders then." When the bucket came by he and Gervais hopped aboard to get out faster. Then they felt progress was too slow and jumped off at the 10th level, seat of the fire. The gas fumes were "very bad." "It was tough going," continued Gatien. "I held a handkerchief to my face and went up the ladders to the eigth level while Gervais turned into the 10th." Gatien said he and Gervais pass- ed Strand and Lucaci. Strand fought his way out while Gervais became temporarily lost in the drift on the 10th level but struggled on after absorbing fresh air from an air hole. "I was lucky," said Gatien, "I wouldn't want another close call like that." Superintendent V. Nethery of the mine said he believed as did Gat- ien, that the men did not think they were in peril when they first smell- ed smoke. Paul Gervais described his stumbling attempts to get out of the mine as "69 minutes of horror." On the 800-foot cross-cut from the No. 4 shaft to the No. 3 Gervais passed the body of Lucaci. At No. 3 he signalled and a bucket was : sent down to bring him to safety. "I said my beads a couple of dozen times," said Gergais. : Akron Strike Halts All But Taxis Akron, O., April 28--(AP) -- All public transportation with the ex- ception of taxicabs was tied up to- Akron Transportation Col The mechanics, members International Association of Mach- inists (APL), threw picket lines around A. T. C. shops at 4 a. m. af- ter rejecting a company-offered wage increase of more than seven cents hourly, The A.T.C. operates only buses, streetcars having been abandoned months ago. TWO MEN ELECTROCUTE Bellfonte, Pa. April 28 (AP).-- Two Philadelphia men were electro- cuted early today for a robbery- slaying in which they made off with only $6. They had 'made one last request-- for ice cream--and both were sup- plied with all they wanted to eat. The men, David Brooks and Al- bert Wooding, were convicted of first degree murder charges in the fatal shooting of Thomas Burnby, 67, Philadelphia hardware merch- ant, December 14, 1945, Toronto, April 28--(CP) == "Peeping Toms" and others guil- ty of committing public nuisances and mischief have been free from prosecution recently because ma- gistrates have Jacked effective power to deal with such cases, Cecil Snyder, deputy Ontario At- torney-General, told a joint con- ference of more than 100 Ontario magistrates and Crown Attorneys here Saturday, The Ontario Court of Appeal raised the question of magistrates administering preventive justice --the act of binding over on bond persons convicted of public nuis- ance-when it questioned the right of magistrates to deal with such cases, said Mr, Snyder, Since such offences are not lis- ted under the criminal code of- fenders have been tried under the old English common law. The meeting adopted a resolu- tion that statutory amendments be sought to give magistrates the right to administer preventive justice, W. B. Common of the Ontario Attorney - General's department said that a forthright declaration of the law on the (uestion of statements taken by police from accused persons is urgently need- ed. This was a major issue in the Public Nuisances Subject | At Legal Conferences Dick torso-murder trials at Ham- ilton, The conference traced the his- tory of the law on statements and expressed the view that the most recent interpretation by Canad- ian courts was a departure from all previous judgments, Mr. Snyder pointed out also that by a recent court of appeal decision magistrates and jud; cannot date back sentences to the time of arrest, but that sentence must begin on the date of con- viction, Attorney-General Leslie Black~ well told the evening banquet that the government is pushing a policy of improving policing in Ontario with stress on meeting the police needs of every section of the pro- vice. Mr, Blackwell was elected hon- orary president of the magis- 'strates' section with magistrate ' C, Gullen of Toronto president, magistrate D, A. Menzies of Lon- don vice-president and magistrate W. F. Woodliffe of Sudbury sec- retary. ' A Douglas Bell of Chatham was elected president of the Crown Attorney's division with H, F. McCulloch of Hamilton vice-pres- ident and C, C, Savage of London secretary. Statement Is Retracted By Vicar London, April 28-- (AP) --A vicar apologized publicly today for saying that Britain's spinsters, deprived of husbands by the war, should be permitted to have bab- ies without marrying. Rev, W, G. Hargrave Thomas, 68, issued this statement: "At the last meeting of the East Suffolk City Education Committee during the discussion of my motion of equal pay for equal work for women teachers, in winding up the debate, I made a remark to the effect that those thousands of women whom the wars deprived of the possibility of a husband should be able to assert their rights to have a fam=- ily if they wanted one, "This statement, together with its sequel in the press, has caused many people considerable dist- ress, which I deeply regret. I am sorry that I said it and I desire to withdraw it unreservedly." Thomas' original statement 10 days ago brought a flood of indig- nant letters. The press reported the statement as follows: "Perhaps I should not say this now--and no doubt some of you will be very shocked--btit I think it is high time that those thou- sands of women for whom there is no possible chance of a husband should be able to assert thelr right to have a family if they want one." Malartic (Continued from Page 1) gineer, said he could make no fore- cast about when the bodies of the 11 miners might be taken from the mine. He said that the fire itself wasn't likely to be extinguished within 24 hours from the time that the mine had been sealed off and flooding operations begun. Some mine employees thought that the bodies might not be brought out for a week, while oth- ers considered it might be closer to three weeks. Mine superintendent V. Methery disclosed that by grim irony, the trapped men were less than hour away from rescue at one stage of the proceedings. The mine superintendent said that the rescue work had looked as if it might-be crowned with success Saturday but hope was dashed when a six-inch air line snapped at the 10th level from the terrific heat of the fire. It was believed that a metal joining in the air lite melted from the fire. The air line parted at 3:45 a.m. and an official said that the high content of carbon mon- oxide gas in the mine would kill a man in no time. Use a Times-Gazette classified ad for quick and sure results, Wodehouse in US; Continues Writing New York, April 28--(AP)-- P, G, Wodehouse, British novelist and playwright who drew critic- ism during the war for German=- sponsored broadcasts after his in- terment in France, arrived Sat- urday from Europe on the United States liner America, Wodehouse, accompanied by his wife said he plans to remain in the United States at length, writing plays and books, Used Car (Continued from Page 1) the previous night and shoved it in my overcoat pocket. I thought it was a holdup." "Did you handle the money and count it," questioned Mr. Mangan. "No, I didn't," was Minard's answer. Minard said the office door had "banged open," an. R.CMP. Con- stable, D. M. Wilson had entered and said "you're under arrest." Cross-examined by A. F, Annis, K.C., prosecuting counsel, Minard sald he couldn't estimate how much money was contained in the roll of bills "thrown" on the desk. "I don't know how much was there when Wilson was counting it," Minard maintained. "Why would Preston go to the Prices Board and have the R.C.M.P. called in to investigate if the price you quoted was under the ceiling," Mr. Annis queried, "He was cooking up something with the WP.T.B. They were pro- bably working on it days before, maybe weeks before," Minard said. "There would be plenty of cause to go to the Board if the price quoted was $775," returned Mr. Annis, Minard said he "didn't take the trouble to count the money Preston gave him since he was busy show- ing him the copies of the contract to check on its terms. "You knew there 'was a fake price," persisted Mr. Annis. "That is not right." Mrs. Dodd testified that she had heard Preston say "here's your money" to Minard. She said she was going upstairs when she heard a "commotion" at the front door. Coming downstairs, she saw '"no- body: at first," then saw an R.CM.P. constable come in the front door and heard "loud talking" in the office. When she attempted to enter the office, Constable Wilson "pushed" her out, Mrs. Dodd told the court. NOT AN AMATEUR A. O. Wood, 163 Brock Street East, who has developed a bridge railing which he claims will. pre- vent recurrences of the Rouge River tragedy of recent months, points out that he is no sense an amateur designer, He has been engaged in this work for some 30 years, and some of his inventions are not widely used. Office. May, June and July. NOTICE TO DOG OWNERS Owners of dogs are reminded that they must obtain licenses before May 1st. These licenses may be obtained from the City Clerk's Office or the Police Notice is also given that it is against the City By- laws to allow dogs to run at large during the months of OWEN D. FRIEND, Chief of Police. 1947. Petition Forms for above Oshawa, Ontario, April 26, 1947 NOTICE PETITIONS FOR LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS Petitions for the construction of Sidewalks, Sewers and Paving, in the City of Oshawa in 1947, as Local Improvements, must be in the office of the City Clerk not later than 5:00 p.m., Thursday, May 15, from the City Engineer's Office. works can be obtained MICHAEL STARR, Chairman, Board of Works --------------n hs -