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4 OSHAWA - st ee Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle Pd ------ ---- THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE WHITBY VOL. 6--NO. 104 OSHAWA-WHITBY SATURDAY, MAY 3, 1947 Price 4 Cents SIXTEEN PAGES US PRISON RIOT RAGES, ONE | Further Meeting 'Before Signing Of Leases Asked Expressing its disapproval of the erection of so many oil tanks near Simcoe Street, the Town Planning Board last 28 + JEEFRREE night passed a motion urging the City Council to hold up signing agreements with the Anglo Petroleum and Gulf Stream Companies for their proposed locations at the i Li fi I 1 i Joined out by City Engi- A tha TUR With prospects dim for attain- ing the grass cutting equipment long on order, the Board of Parks Management today decided to call tenders for grass cutting in the city parks on an hourly basis. C. R. Bailes was authorized to take charge of the matter, It was agreed to assume the cost up to $300 of maintaining the swimming pool at Rotary Park this summer. It was pointed out that the Rot- ary Club was spending several thou- dollars tion sy: in a of not cost of operat! Addressing Rotary Nab Bandit In Pepsi-Cola Payroll Grab Montreal, May 3 (CP).--One of two.gunmen who shatched a $6,000 payroll of the Pepsi-Cola Company in suburban Outremont was ar- rested here last night a few hours after the theft had been committed. News .of the holdup was withheld by police until early today. The robbery took place at noon yesterday when two company em- ployees, Cecile Napper and Mar- garet Edwards were returning from a nearby bank with the satchel containing the weekly payroll, The two gunmen held up the two girls a short distance from the bank, forcing them into a backyard of a Van Horne Avenue home where Miss Napper was struck on the head with the butt of a revolver by one thug. The other grabbed the sat- chel. Both bandits fled, but two City of Outremont employees at- tracted to the scene by the shouts of the victims, gave chase to the- fleeing pair. One of the gunmen carrying the satchel entered a lane and climbed a fire escape to a rooftop where his pursuers captured him. His ac- complice escaped. Under questioning the bandit gave his name as George Thompson, 22, but police later discovered the name was false, and learned that shortly before the hold-up his mother had died at her home. Because of this police decline to identify the thief. Start Work Monday On New Street Lighting Weather permitting, work on the street . | Avenue. The latter, however, walk and also a strip of the road as the work proceeds but every effort will be made to cause as little in- convenience to traffic as possible. A trench about five feet deep will be dug under the sidewalk and While the entire 12 ducts will* not be required at the present time, su- fificlent are being installed to allow for Mature expansion. The top of the concrete case will be: about three feet below the sidewalk level. The lighting will be in line with the most modern installations in Canada. The lights will bé mount- ed on metal standards inthe busi- ness section and will be similar to those erected recently on Highland are about | on poles instead of metal stand- ards, Would Ask Area Opinion On By-Law As the Town Planning Board started on a lengthy agenda last night, the chairman, N. C. Millman urged that in eoming to grips with the proposed zoning by-law, the city be divided into pertaps six or eight districts .in each of which certain individuals would be named to voice to the board the opinions of the residents of their respective areas. Within each district there would be neighbourhoods and the feeling of each of these would in turn be taken into consideration. Among the items discussed last night was the request for a park in the east part of the city which had come before the City Council at its last meeting. The site pro- posed by the residents of the area is between Gliddon and' Eulalie Avenues in the vicinity of Lasalle Avenue, Approve East End Park Members of the board expressed their approval of the plan as out- lined, but felt that it should be studied further. It was "agreed therefore to meet at the pro) site early next week. * The proposed sub-division of the Scott property on the east side of . | Mary Street, south of Sutherland Avenue, was again before the board and tentative agreement was reached. + The plan as presented by A. F Annis, K.C, on behalf of the own- ers, would provide for the exten- sion of Leslie Street through to Sutherland Avenue and of Kings- dale Avenue north as far as a street df Street. The Mary Street as the existing Scott house is directly opposite the mouth of the present Aberdeen Street. To Jog The commission was opposed t creating a jog in Aberdeen Street at Mary Street and it was decided therefore to approve the plan on condition than an area be provided for a traffic circle at the west limit of the street designated as Aber- deen (approximately at the end of the Kingsdale Avenue extension.) It was felt that this would pro- vide sufficient access to the prop erties involved and would be in line with modern planning trends which favor a certain number of non- through neighborhood streets in any area as opposed to all-through high-speed streets, The street des- ignated as Aberdeen on the plan is to be re-named, Ruth Lott Collegiate May Queen In an arbor of roses on a raised platform, Miss Ruth Lott, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Carman D. Lott, Dearborn Avenue, was enthroned the girls of the graduation classes in the academic, commercial and ts. flowers was placed on the Queen's head, Principal A. E, O'Neill step- ped forward and claimed her for the next dance. Maypole In keeping with the Maytime theme of the dance, a huge May- pole, decorated with a floral de- held in the cafeteria MAY QUEEN (Continued on Page 2) bars of soap to the drive. | Planning Board Objects To Oil Firm Sites Pupils Support Flood Relief Drive # Principal A. W. Jacklin, of Centre Street School, watch es Bruce Clark (left) and Wilford Powers, both in Grade VIII, pack some of the canned goods and bar s oap which poured into Oshawa school Thursday and Friday for British Flood Relief, .Centre Street pupils contributed more than 700 cans and 500 classrooms Photo by Campbells Studio program was enlightened by partment of Transport radio in- "| spector, Eddie Leslie, and entertain- ment provided by a magician, two guitar players, radio receiving de- monstrations and dancing. Al Derumaux, president of the club, expressed the chagrin felt by the members at their inability to give a demonstration with the new transmitter, the use of which has been so kindly offered to the club by Norm , one of the mem- bers. Derumaux explained one of * | the parts had burned out, making it impossible to show what the set could actually do. ' Policy Outlined He outlined the policy and aims of the club and told how radio hams communicate with those in other countries. He expressed the hope that when people got together, they | hy talking on their wireless sets, it would help to bring the world closer together. "Not onl§"this," he said, "but we stand by, at all times, to offer our . |'services free, to any part of North America, thus serving our commu-~ nity, in time of disaster or need." He then called upon Mayor Mc- Callum to say a few words, His Worship expressed his amage- ment at the ability of the hams in being able to communicate with each other and lauded their efforts in attempting to bring the world closer together, North Shore Radio Club Christens New Transmitter The North Shore Radio Club held "Opening Night" at its airport club house last night and officially christened a new 500-watt input, radio transmitter, capable of handling | traffic and communications around the world. The evening's the presence of His Worship, Mayor Frank N. McCallum; a De-&-- "Not so long ago," he said, "it took so long to communicate with the other countries across the oceans." He called upon the members of the club to get behind the clothing | drive and give i their x Support. He expressed h PPO ent a the support it bogey but hoped for an improvement in the near future. "It is not yet over," he said. Dance 'music was supplied with records, under the able direction of C. Jack Elston, publicity director of the club and master of ceremonies, Wilf Barnes and Mert Jones gave renditions on electric Hawaiian and Spanish guitars respectively. Re- cordings were made and played 'back, showing a remarkable repro- duction of tone. . Stellar Performance Lawrence 'Wragg, an amateur magician, but amateur in name only, put on a stellar performance which could have been accredited only to the best. He amazed and amused the enthusiastic audience with one trick after another, invis- ible playing cards flying through air, coins coming from nowhere, silk handkerchiefs being pulled from empty cylinders and many . NEW TRANSMITTER (Continued on Page 2) Napier Moore Will Address Rotary Club The members of the Oshawa Ro- tary Club are looking forward with no little anticipation to their lurfch- eon meeting in Hotel Genosha on Monday when the guest speaker will be, H. Napier Moore, Editorial Direc- tor of Maclean-Hunter Pubblishing Co., Lid., publishers of 34 magazines, trade, industrial and financial pub- Heations. Mr, Moore has been editor of Maclean's Magazine for 20 years and editorial director of Chatelaine since its inception. Before entering the magazine field he had a varied and colorful news- paper experience--reporter on the Vancouver News-Advertiser, city editor of the Montreal Mail, and for ten years on the editorial staff of the Montreal Star, five of them as resident New York correspondent of that paper. He- was also a North American correspondent of the Aus- tralian Press Association, and for a time served as a New York corres- pondent of the London Daily Ex- press, In the editorial interests of Mac- lean - Hunter publications, Mr Moore hag travelled widely and in- cessantly, He has an intimate know. ledge of every part of Canada. Dur- ing and since the war he has criss- crossed ' the United States telling fhe story of this Dominion and ite people. THE WEATHER Saturday clear with near ncrmal = temperatures and light winds. Sunday - over. cast with showers and a lit- tle warmer. Winds South 20 shifting Northwest 25 in the afternoon. Low tonight and high - Sunday 45 and 60. Summary for Sunday: Ov- ercast with showers, DEAD Say White, Negro Prisoners Battle At Leavenworth Fort Leavenworth, Kas, May. 3 (AP)--Two hun- dred and fifty of the 800 prisoners who engaged in a night-long riot at the army disciplinary barracks have surrendered to guards. , Fort Leavenworth, Kas.,, May 3 (AP)--One prisoner has been killed and seven injured in a riot at the United States Army disciplinary barracks here today involving 800 prisoners. The rioting is ¢ontinuing. Col. Graham G. Parks, commanding officer of the prison, identified the dead prison-#¢- er as Dewey Osborne, 30, Mountain City, Tenn. and said he had been "stomped" to death. Parks indicated there might be other dead. "There is a possibility we might find dead bodies on the inside." While not commenting on the causes of the riot during which guards have lobbed into the twc cell blocksk more than 200 tear gas shells and grenades, the command- ing officer told the men over a public address system that negrc and white prisoners had been se- gregated at breakfast: this morning aia the practice would be continu- Joe Wellington, Kansas City Times reporter, said that from the information he had gathered the riot began at breakfast Friday morning when white prisoners pro- tested eating at the same table with all day F i &s punishment for the fracas at breakfast. "We let them out to eat," he de- clared, "and the disturbance start- ed again." He said' 1,500 prisoners were in the disciplinary barracks, with about half participating in the riot. He said the tear gag was having little effect on the men, They have smashed all the windows and doors in the block and the gas is dissipat- irg "about as fast as we fire it in." Parks was standing outside the entrance to one of the blocks about 10 a. m. ED.T. with guards waiting for the ringleaders to surrender Triesler said several of the prison- ers had come to the door with their hands claiming illness but the Colonel had offered them freedom from the besieged block only if they reveal the names of the ringleaders MANITOBA RIOT SAID 'MINOR' Ottawa, May 3--(CP)--Des- eribing the incident as a "min- or flare-up," Maj.-Gen, R. B. Gibson, commissioner of penit- entiaries, told The Canadian Press today three officers at Stoney Mountain federal pen- itentiary in Manitoba had been "slightly" injured in a brush with five convicts last Monday, He said the inmates had at- tacked the guards, two of whom remained on duty after receiv- ing minor bruises. A third was lacerated about the head and was being given medical atten- 'tion. The outbreak lasted 10 minutes and no prisoners were Injured. ------ HIGH MILL RATE Increase of six mills on the Port Hope taxpayers rate was approved during a town council's meeting this week. The 1947 rate will be 52 mills. Special meetings of the council were held in an attempt to. reduce the estimated figure to be levied. Heading the list of in- creased cost this year is the High opodl maintenance expenditure of Masonic Speaker 'here tomorrow aftéfnoon. Th service will be Church at 3:00 Many Flood Fund Items From Pupils Cartons and cases crammed with more than 4,000 items streamed into the Curling Rink main depot today as Oshawa's 11 school depots took stock of a two-day canned food and bar soap drive to bolster the city's British Flood Relief cam- paign. With some school collections still to be heard from, at least 185 box- es were stacked in the Curling Rink depot at noon today. One estimate placed the total number of items at close to 10,000 after all the \ schools had shunted their stock of Sas and soap into the central de- As trucks backed up to the door at the rink this morning, a crew of volunteers made up of CR.A. playground supervisors .toted the bulging cartons inside. Included in the crew, led by Ed Kennedy, of the CR.A. staff, were Jack Kerr, William Dell, William Chant, Stan Skea and Donald Howe. Canned goods on hand ran the gamut, from pate de foie gras to Irish stew. Cans of salmon peas, sardines, herring, sauerkraut, pork and beans, spaghetti, tomatoes, vegetable soup--and a dozen more --peaked from under carton lids. Bar soap, reportedly a scarce item, jammed a large number of boxes. Evidently, pupils had heeded the 'suggestion that the British peovle didn't relish canned corn. A quick survey if the pile produced not one can of corn. Unsweetened fruit juices, another "not required" arti- cle, were also hard to find in the growing collection. WELCOMED TO BOARD John G. Geikie was welcomed to the Board of Park Management at its meeting this morning. Mr. Geikie replaces Gordon Kirby, who resign- ed from the Board recently. * LATE NEWS BRIEFS * (By THE CANADIAN PRESS) New London Harbor, P.E.l.: Four lobster fishermen were drowned just off this north side fishing village when their small fishing boat was swamped in storm-tossed waters. Rome: Workers throughout Italy held a brief general strike and mass meetings today in protest against the May Day ambushing and machine-gunning of a workers' and peasants' parade in Sicily. Cornwall: Hope that three Cornwall fishermen, missing - "since Wednesday might still be alive was dimmed last night when a search by both water and air failed to reveal any trace of them.