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DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE THE OSHAWA Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle OSHAWA-WHITBY WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 1947 ! BANDITS IN WOMEN'S GARB Price 4 Cents VOL, 6--NO. 148 Ei . BANK ) IN 'The Kid Was Murdered,' Father Of Nurse She Didn't Suicide, ultra Fel Dad Avers; Query Five at Cochrane . | Cochrane, June 25 (CP)--*"The kid was murdered" sald William Vandebelt today, a grief-stricken father who arrived here last night to claim the body of his pretty daughter Valair, 22-year-old Toronto nurse who was found Monday fn bushland 500 yards from a "party" cottage on Silver 4Queen Lake, 20 miles north of this Locate Five Of 11-Dead 'At Malartic Que, June 25--(CP)-- Malartic Mine in which they have tombed since April 24 when breke out on the 10th level. on the shaft's 11th level hoped that they could brought out "sometime today." 'it was not likely that the bodies would be found on level--1,745 feet below kk was possible they were station down, another 41) i TE: hive 'worst of 12 dead ti In This Area If War Comes Washington, June 25--(AP)--Gen. Dwight Eisenhower said today that the first effort of any new war would include an air attack against the industries of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence river valley. The United States Army Chief of which would enable the United States to standardize the armed for- ces of the Western Hemisphere. "The average American," Eisen- hower said, "surely realizes that in event of a conflagration, the ini- step would include an effort the industrial areas of America in the vicinity of the Great Lakes and fhe St. Law- rence River Valley wise, the Bverage citizen ap- preciates ese movements may be made through the air." Eisenhower, who. will leave 'his present post to assume the presi- dency of Columbia University next arr told the committee that the ted States was "obligated" to hemispheric military co-operation. railroad town. "From the traiming she had and the religion she followed (Roman Catholic), I know she didn't commit suicide," the father declared. Meanwhile, police are questioning five district residerits whose week- end party ended abruptly with the disappearance and mysterious death of Miss Vandebelt. * "Going to Find Out" The strangled girl's slim, graying and bespectacled father grimly ut-, tered "it looks like there is more behind this than what you read in the paper," and, he vowed, "I'm going to find out what it is." Police have no offiial report on the cause of death of the girl but it is believed that she died of strangula- tion. The red belt from her own coat was found tightly knotted about her neck when two boy scouts discovered Preliminary popular brunette, who came to Co- chrane in February, died of a frac- tured skull and asphyxiation from Rival Parkdale Liberals Clash Toronto, June 25--(CP)--A dis pute between rival Liberal Associa- tions in Toronto Parkdale broke out afresh today. The Ontario Liberal Association yesterday published an advertisement saying that it would not recognize a cenvention being held tomorrow night by one of the associations to choose a candidate for the next Ontario provincial elec- tion. . Chris Kelly, speaking on behalf of the association which called the convention, said the advertisement "contains distorted and misleading facts." He asserted the nominee would support Farquhar Oliver, re- cently-elected provincial leader, in the election. AT FIRE CONVENTION , Fireman Art Rowden, of the lo- cal Fire Department, 'is in Belle- ville today attending the three-day convention of the Ontario Federa- tion of Firefighters, Mr. Rowden is president of the local association. Court Officials Offer Police Timely Advice Instead of 'being able to patrol his beat by virtue of mere brawn, the modern police officer must be #& well-adjusted combination of sci- eéntist and diplomat, Magistrate R, Baxter, of Port Hope, told mem- of the Police Association of Ontario, Northumberland and Dur- ham Counties last night. y at the last regular ting of the association for the season in Hotel Genosha, Magis- Baxter pointed out that the of the police officer is becom- X technical from day to ." When an officer makes an grest and lays a charge, he is "in effect" performing the functions of s magistrate at a preliminary hear- ing, Magistrate Baxter suggested. Has To Know Law "An offic'r has to know the law and be able to make snap judg- ments," he declared. "He has to be intelligent and wide awake." "He has to be very cool and level- headed, particularly in a place where meters have been installed, so that he can calm irate citizens," Magistrate Baxter added ing smilingly. Magistrate F. S. Ebbs, who intro- TIMELY ADVICE AContinued on Page 2) Break Seen In Coal Halt Pittsburgh, June 26-- (AP) --Nearly half of the 400,000-odd soft coal miners in the United States were idle today in angry protest against passage of what they termed the "slave-labor bill" but there was some evidence the wildcat walkouts were breaking up. The walkout had left 176,000 min- ers in 10 states idle. Effects. of 'the walkout, which started in Alabama shortly after the Senate passed the Hartley-Taft La- bor Bill over President Truman's veto, were sure to be felt soon in the steel, railroad and other coal- using industries. » PASSES NORMAL EXAMS Miss M. Doreen Cowie, daugh- ter-of Mr. and Mrs, G. A. Cow- ie, 172 Colborne Street East, has been successful in obtaining her first class certificate at the Tor- onto Normal School according to results announced 'today, 4 _| coroner, said arrangements H. Flintoff Is Master Of Lebonon Wor, Bro. Harold Flintoff was last night installed as worship- ful master of Lebanon Lodge, AF & AM. succeeding Wor. Bro, A, G, Coppin, who was in- stalled as immediate past mas- ter, Other new officers are: sen- for warden, Bro, L. W. Currell; junior warden, Bro, C, Templar; chaplain, -Bro. Fred Dobney; sec- retary, Wor. Bro, H. 8S. White; treasurer, Bro, E, Jackson; sen- ior deacon, Bro, S. E. Everson; junior deacon, Bro. J. Hunter; inner guard, Bro. M. Crawforth; senior steward, W. H. Gibbie; ju- nior steward, Frank Mills; and tyler, Bro, Fred Harris. Wor. Bro. Harry Suddard act- ed as installing master and he was assisted by Wor. Bros. A. Fursey, H, 8. White, 8. J, Babe, F. Proctor, H, B. James, W' G. Bunker, C, Eadie R, Lick, W. L Pierson, N, R i. Libby, 1 Saunders and W, Sargant, Might Grill Ron Barrie Further Bracebridge, June 24--(CP)-- Possibility that the jury might visit the Dinnertime Rapids hon- eymoon scene where Christina Kettlewell died indicated today that the public probe into the pretty 22-year-old bride's death by drowning would be prolonged beyond tonight. Dr. C. G. Johnston, district for the visit--requested by the jur- ors--had to be called off yester- day because one of them was not available, Dinnertime Rapids is roughly 15 miles to the southwest of this Muskoka district town, and the journey might be under- taken tonight, Meanwhile C. P. Hope, K.C., representing the Crown, said he might recall Jack Kettlewell, Christina's husband, and his life- long friend, Ronald Barrie, for further questioning. . Two days and nights of testimony last week, before the hearing was adjourned, saw Kettlewell and Bar- rie on the witness stand for hours, undergoing close questioning by C. P. Hope, K.C., of the Ontario At- torney-General's Department at To- ronto. U Christina Mocan and Jack Kettle- well were married May 12, and late on the night of May 20 the girl's body was found in a few inches of water near Dinnertime Rapids on the Severn River near Orillia. The KETTLEWELL CASE (Continued on Page 3) Toronto Reds Swayed 800 Slavs, Claim Ottawa, June 25--(CP)--The Sen- ate immigration committee today heard "ch: that the 800-odd Ca- nadian Tom who left Montreal last month for their homeland had been "misled" by Communist-in- spired newspapers in Toronto and the Yugoslav embassy in Ottawa. They were made by Dr. Mladen Giunio-Zorkin of Windsor, Ont. secretary of the Canadian Croatian Peasant Society and until 1944 an officer in the Yugoslav underground. The Society's brief asked the com- mittee to recommend .that 10,000 Croat, Serb and Slovence Yugoslavs now in European concentration camps be allowed to enter the Do- minion. ' : "Under the title the Council of Canadian South Slavs and through their official organs 'Novosti,' 'Srp- ski,' 'Glasnik and. Edinost,' Com- munist newspapers edited in To- ronto, Communist agents have sought to create feelings of discon- tent, ill-will and unrest among our countrymen in Canada," the brief charged 'Dr. Giunio-Zorkin said most older Yugoslavs in Canada could not read sufficient English to get their news unadulterated. They therefore had to read the Communist press. The movement had been "defin- itely inspired" by Yugoslav diploma- tic officials in Ottawa. The soclety offered to take respon- sibilty for the care of all Yugoslav immigrants which might be allowed |to enter Canada. 5 DeSioved he Mary, 14 (tight), was énic.. Two other boys jumped Pool Claims Pickering Youth board into Seven feed of water, Howard Davis, 16-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs, H. drowned in the swimming pool at Lynbrook Park yesterday morning soon $fter he hool pienic. The fatality was (the first to occur at this popular amusement park é& -- ht the pool shallow. His sister, attending' the pienic. She did not. know anything to her brother until teachers broke the news. "This is the first time that I have had the honor to inspect a Ranger Group," said Mrs. O. S. Hobbs, Dis- trict Commissioner for the Girl Guide Movement of this city and district, at the formal opening of the "Crusader" Sea Ranger Group held in the basement of St. Andrew's United Church. The leaders of the Group, Miss June W. Marshall, skipper, and Miss Marjorie Carter, 1st mate, welcom- ed tlie visitors, who included Com- missioners Moyse, Fox, and Kinder, Captains Mrs. Lee, Mrs, Holmes, and Captains Miss Brodie an Vivien Charlton. Rev. George Tel- ford represented the church while New Sea Ranger Group Guide Movement Here Assistant District Commissioners J. Harold Bateman and C. K. Ander- son represented the Boy Scout Asso- ciation and the 8th Oshawa Rover Crew. Be Proud of Uniform The meeting opened with a snap- py flag break and inspection by the District Commissioner, * Mrs. O. 8. Hobbs. Mrs. Hobbs asked the Guides to be watchful of their duty as Rangers, "Be proud of the uniform you are wearing, be proud of the service you are giving and be proud of the work that you GUIDE MOVEMENT (Continued on Page 2) City Gets Thesis Data On Oshawa A comprehensive study of Osh- awa' and East Whithy Township, complete with large scale maps, prepared as a graduate thesis at Cornell University has become available to the city. The thesis, entitled "Oshawa and Environs," was written by D. H. MacDonald, son of Dr. and Mrs, H, M. Macdonald, 101 Sim- coe Street North. The work was highly praised last night by the Town Planning Commission which recommended that the city pur. chase the copy of the thesis and accompanying maps and data of- fered by Mr, Macdonald for $350. Housewives See Abbott Over Prices Ottawa, June 25--(CP)--One hundred Canadian housewives, in- dignant over high prices and de- manding government action, will interview Finance Minister Abbott today in an effort to stay rising costs of living. Yesterday the women visited their Members of Parliament and conferred with two opposition lead- ers, C.C.F, leader M. J. Coldwell told them "everybody who reads the papers" knew his party's posi- tion with regard to price controls. Stanley Knowles, C.C.F. whip and member for Winnipeg North, warned them to avoid the fate of a 12-woman delegation which de- ded on the Capital three Worth Th It's worth thousands of dollars to. the city," Ald. Sam Jackson declared in making the motion to acquire the material, The thesis covers both the city and surrounding township and its relation to Ontario generally, It begins with a brief history of the area' and then deals with the to pographical features, soil condi- tions and erosion. A population study follows including its com- position, distribution and its growth as compared with the trend in Canada generally, the province and the county. Coming to the area itself, a study is made of the land use and maps show the public property road surface conditions in East portation in the city and his pro- DATA ON OSHAWA (Continued on: Page 3) Whitby and Oshawa, bus trans- months ago. After demanding re- instatement of controls in the morning, the earlier group sat in the Commons the same afternoon and heard the Finance Minister anounce removal of a long list of price ceilings. Social Credit leader Solon Low told them he'd been "Mrs, Low's husband" for some time and knew just where the women stood. TRUCK, CAR COLLIDE Ld Clayton Wannamaker, 76 William Street West, told police his truck, proceeding east on William Street West, yesterday afternoon. was struck by -an auto pulling ' away from the south curb. The car was driven by Edward Batten, 210 Eu- lalie Avenue. Right front and rear fenders. and running board of the truck were damaged while the left front fender of the car was dented. 1 The + came after = ap- VES | country-wide Half hour strike (Government Head in Italy Resigns Rome, June 25--(AP)--Provision- al President Enrico de Nicola sent his resignation to the Constituent proximately 6,000,000 members of so A me i at mid-morning in protest against a series of attacks on Sicilian Com- munist headquarters Sunday. De Nicola's message, read to a hushed assembly the speaker Um- berto Terracini said his health pre- vented him from exercising "my functions any longer." Only railway workers and em- ployees in the most essential public services were exempted from the Confederation's call for a "folded arms" work stoppage. As whistles blew to announce the start of the strike, buses and other means of local transportation came to a halt in Rome. Passengers des- cended and continued on their way afoot, or waited patiently for the end of the half-hour. Many shops in the Capital ran down their shutters, Fire Fighters Are Meeting In Belleville Belleville, Ont., June 25 -- (CP)--More than 50 per cent of the locals in the Ontario Federa- tion of Fire Fighters have short- er hours of duty and all but a few have received salary increa- ses more commensurate with the high cost of living, president Ed- gar Bevis of Torontp told dele- gates at the opening session of the 26th annual convention of the Federation here yesterday, Delegates from 26 locals throughout the province attended the convention which concludes here Thursday with the election of officers, The president in his annual re- port also referred to the new Fire Department Act which was passed at the last session of the Ontario Legislature, He termed it as one of 'the most progressive pieces of legislation ever granted to fire fighters in Canada, but urged that care be taken that the act not be abused. Members voted non-concur- rence in a resolution submitted by the Brockville local which ur- ged that the Federation legisla- tive committee seek to have the Fire Departments Act amended for the inclusion of an additional section setting $2,000 per annum as the salary of a fireman perma- nently employed in any munici- pality of not less than 10,000 persons, Concurrence was given to Guelph local resolution calling for a further amendment in the legislation which would include all firemen in a 48 hour work week, or to be paid for the addi- tional hours worked over 48 hours per week, THE WEATHER 'Cloudy with widely scattered showers this morning, clearing * by evening. Thursday clear and warm again. Winds light. Low tonight and high Thursday 58 and 82. Summary for Thursday Clear and warm. Manager's Shots Force 3 to Flee Scene at Norwich Norwich, Ont., June 25 clothing, two oi three armed (CP)--Garbed in women's bandits attempting a hold-up |, of the Bank of Montreal in this Western Ontario town, 15 miles south of Woodstock, today were routed from the premises without obtaining any cash by shots fired at them by the manager. Dress of one of the two men--the third stayed outside in a waiting car--was described as a large pic- ture hat and print dress while the other wore skirt and blouse with a bandana about his head. "This is a stick-up" said one of the gunmen as he herded two or three .| customers into a corner. He was re- ported to have been hindered some- what by his skirt as he attempted % vault a counter. As the gunman tried to hurdle the counter the manager, William Col- chester, fired shots froem his office and they raced out of the bank and fled in the waiting car, Sped Westward They sped westward in the car in the direction of Mount Elgin. Li- cence number of the car obtained by Percy Longworth, whose store was on the opposite side of the street. Two or three clients in the bank at the time were herded into a corner py the bandits, one of whom was described as big, burly and unshaven. The bank is situated in the mid- dle of the village business district. Customers who were in the bank at the time said two bandits enter- ed the bank and the third stayed in the car outside. . They were disguised as women. One of the two who entered the bank was wearing a large picture hat and print dress while the other had a Jandanna round his head. a other nouvel ERs op stickup" and attempted to hurdle the counter, He was hindered by his skirt. It was at this time that the bank manager .fired the revolver shots from his office. The bandits - immediately fled. Many persons saw the thugs and the car in which they escaped, The bank js equipped with a pur- gler alarm system and police quick- ly arrived at the scene. WOULD PROVE BAN ULTRA VIRES Ottawa, June 25 (CP).--Sena- tor W. D. Euler (L-Ontario) said last night in an interview he has decided to initiate civil action inan effort to prove the federal ban on margarine in Canada is ultra vires of Dominion powers unjer the British North America ct. The margarine crusader said he had asked Senator J. J. Bench (L-Ontario) to initiate proper legal steps to bring the validity of the ban before the courts, but that such action would probably not come about "before next fall." & A 4 Leaving Force CONSTABLE GEO. D. BOYCE A member of the Oshawa Poiice Department since September, 1940, and who served overseas for three years with the Provost Corps, whe is resigning from the force this week to take a position'in Chatham, Local Officer Takes Position In Chatham Police Constable George D. Boyce, veteran of overseas service with the Canadian Provost Corps, is resign- ing from the Oshawa Police Force' this week to take a position in Chatham, it was learned today. . Constable Boyce joined the force on September 2, 1940, as a cadet and on January 1, 1942, he was promoted to the rank of constable. Following three years service in the Provost Corps, he returned to Oshawa and was reinstated as a first-class con- stable on March 4, 1946. Police Chief Friend sald today that Constable Boyce's record of service was satisfactory. "We're certainly sorry to lose him," the Chief declared. Constable Boyce enlisted in the Provost Corps October 15, 1942, and arrived overseas in mid-July, 1943, Promoted to the rank of staff ser- geant he served overseas until June 30, 19045, when he received ac- cidental injuries necessitating has- pital treatment. He returned home in August, 1945. Present Life-Size Portraits Of 3 Outstanding Masons Life-size oil portraits of three outstanding Masons in Oshawa-- Rt. Wor. Bro. George Hart, Very Wor, Bro. R. S, McLaughlin and the late Bro. George W, Mec- Laughlin -- were presented last night at the festival of St. John the Baptist at Lebanon Lodge, AF. & AM. The portraits were turned over to the ruling masters of the three Oshawa lodges by Very Wor. Bro. Norval Willson, on behalf of the committee in charge, They were accepted by Wor. Bro. A. G. Coppin of Lebanon Lodge, Wor, Bro. Thomas Hopkins of Cedar Lodge and Wor. Bro, El- don Southwell of Temple Lodge. The appreciation of the lodges was voiced by Wor. Bro. Cop- pin. Rt. Wor. Bro. R, V. Mowbray, D.D.G.M., who was present for the occasion, paid tribute to the contribution of these three gen- tlemen towards the advancement of Masonry in Oshawa. The pictures, which were pre- pared by Cunningham Studios, Hamilton, will be individually lighted and will hang in the lodge room. Those on the committee with Very Wor, Bro. Willson were Wor, Bro, Thomas Hopkins -and Wor. Bro, Martin Libby. * * LATE NEWS BRIEFS (By NADIAN PRESS) - London: The term "Dominion" to designate an independent member of the British Commonwealth may disappear shortl with the present Dominions choosing -what- ever description suits them. Detroit: Walter Reuther, president of the United Auto Work- ers (C.1.0.), called the union's policy committee into emergenty session today to consider a request for assistance from 3,800 striking Ford Motor men. 0., fore- New York: An 11th-hour conference was called today in an effort to prevent a walkout of some 40,000 workers in nine Bethlehem shipyards on the United States East Coast at midnight tonight.