The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

"THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE : Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle OSHAWA WHITBY VOL. 6--NO. 165 OSHAWA-WHITBY, THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1947 Price 4 Cents SIXTEEN PAGES PICKERIN Dunkerque E pic Is Released By Admiralty Evacuation Facts Told Seven Years After Heroic Event London, July 17 (AP)--The Admiralty today released, seven years after the event, the epic of the British and French evacuation from the bombed, bloody beaches of Dunkerque between May 26 and June 4, 1940. The matter-of-fact language of the dispatch from the late Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay. ® who directed the operation, hid none of the magnificence of the achievement. Sir Bertram disclosed in his dis- patch, written June 18, 1940, that of the 176° British ships used in the operation 35 were sunk and 42 oth- ers damaged. The 176, ranging from destroyers and hospital ships" to trawlers and drifters, were supple- mented by approximately 700 little boats from British fishing points, in the rescue of the battered troops. Some 330.000 of the British troops who had been driven out of Europe by the victorious Germans were brought back to Britain. The Admiralty, Sir Bertram wrote had expected at the utmost to res- cue 45,000. The French Navy, too, suffered heavp losses among the 196 ships it flung into the evacuation of French troops from the beaches. Nineteen were sunk and two damaged. In all, 123,095 French troops were trans- ferred across the channel in Brit- ish and French ships. A Through "intensive" air attack, minelaying by plane. action by mot- or torpedo boats, y Sonsh artillery gun- fire and submarine operations the Germans tried to block the evacua- taf, Sir Bertram reported. All their tions succeed®d in part, but Fear 700 Drowned As Steamship Sinks Near Bombay Bombay, July 17-- (Reuters) -- Nearly 700 passengers are feared to have lost their lives when a steamship sank during a rain. storm at noon today off the coast of Kolaba, South of Bom. bay. Reports received here de. scribed the sinking as the great. est ocean "disaster in. recent memory." Reports said that only 12 of the total 700 passengers had been saved. the air attacks were the worst. "Heavy air attacks started May 29," Sir Bertram wrote. "From then onwards the scale and vigor of the air attack increased and during June 1 all ships in Dunkerque, off the beaches or in the approach channels were sub- jected every two hours to an unpre- cedented scale of attack by air- DUNKERQUE 'Continued on Page 2) International Union Authorizes Strike At Ontario Steel Plant 'This morning the 87 employees of the local plant of the Ontario Steel Products Company, Limited, are on strike. While the employees did not go to work.and the plant was picketed yesterday, authorization for a strike was not given by the futermational Union until last Alex Beatty, chairman of the bargaining committee of the Union, which is a division of Local 222, UAW.-C.IO, stated that negotia- tions had been carried on with the company over a period of some weeks. Several wage-increase offers were made by the company but none of them was satisfactory. Last week a strike vote was held by the em- ployees, who voted 92 per cent. in favor of strike action. Last Company Offer It was explained that the final offer by the Company was for an increase of 10 cents per hour for machine shop and regular 'mainten- ance workers; 9 cents an hour in- crease for all other day-work em- ployees and seven cents an hour in- crease on the base rate for all em- ployees on incentive pay operations, which is equivalent to 8% sents per hour on the 125 per cent incentive. The Company also offered to pay for four holidays. "The reason we rejected the Com- pany offer was that the Ontario Steel plant employees are the low- est paid in heavy industry in Osh- awa. With the increase offered by the Company to production workers it would have brought the top rate up to only $1.02 cents per hour which is considerably below other plants engaged in heavy industry here", Mr, Beatty said. "Even had AUTHORIZE STRIKE (Continued on Page 2) Church Must Wield "Christian Unity Club By TIM DICKSON Canadian Press Staff Writer "Whitby, July 17--(CP)--Reforma- tion and world-wide Christian unity are the weapons the Christian church must use to fight revolution. ary tendencies which threaten to break up the underlying structures of modern culture, Dr. Henry Pitney Van Dusen of New York, told the International Missionary Council Dr. Van Dusen, president of the Union Theological Seminary, in an address to last night's session of the leaders here, said that authentic 'gathering of Protestant missionary Christianity sympathizes profoundly with the aspiration of men, but it cannot identify itself uncritically with the desires and demands of men. Four Movements "It must understand the demonic as well as the creative impulses of the time," he sald. "Today, four mighty movements have kindled and claimed passionate devotion of mil. lions--Fascism, lately scotched, but not dead; Communism, island and political Romanism." The latter three were the three most powerful rivals, "if not the enemies of Christian faith in vari- ous parts of the world." "With all their variety, indeed #n- mity, they are alike in underlying character. All are totalitarianisms, both in their conscription of the whole life, and in their ambition to dominate the whole world. ' Promise Gifts "Therefore whatever their tem- porary alliances in the interest of immediate goals, they recognize their deeper ncilable antagon- isms. All hold out before men the promise of gifts valued more highly by the masses than any now pos- sessed or promised by the 'dying society." Nearing the final stages of its two-week session, the International Council today was scheduled to dis- cuss a provisional report which com- bines earliér findings of groyps rep- resenting mission churches, on the one hand, and mission-supporting 'churches on the other. From the joint report is expected to come a, declaration of council policy toward future missionary, activities. This declaration is expected to announce far-reaching changes in Protestant mission work. Reporting to a press conference yesterday Dr. Charles T. Leber of New York, chairman of the administrative com. mittee of the board of foreign mis. sions of the Presbyterian Church in the United States, said it was the opinion of the Council that the mis- sion churches and their sponsoring churches should work in "compléte partnership and go-operation," = G.M. Train of Tomorrow Has Many Striking Features SAN AN Third Victim Of Fire Still Is Unfound Peterborough, July 17 -- (CP) -- Searchers today hand-picked piles of water-soaked wool and scattered debris to locate the body of 42- year-old George Colbran, one of three men burned to death in a $1,500,000 fire which demolished the G. Whitaker wool warehouse here last week. Yesterday, two of the victims whose bodies were recovered Tues- day, were buried. Employees of the company, who witnessed the men disappear in smoke and flames, were pall-bearers for the two, James Hawthorne, 52, and George Clem enta, 47." Charred beams frames were removed from the wreckage yesterday so that search. ers could descend upon the last pile of wool in which, it is believed, the body of Colbran will be uncovered. Meanwhile, investigation into the cause of the blaze is being made by Inspector Alex Grant of the Fire Marshal's office, and R. B. Bradley of the Department of Labor, Tor- onto. Polio Said In Check By The Canadian Press The summertime scourage of Pol- fomyelitis, the paralysing disease that strikes at children with crip- pling force, appeared to be well in check throughout Ontario, a Can- adian Press survey showed today. Last-case to be reported in To- ronto was on July 10. It was but the second to strike there this year, At Hamilton, "two cases originating there were under treatment and a third from outside the city was under observation. Only other case in Ontario was reported from Corn- wall, The victim was a Stormont county resident who had been brought there for medical care. Almost all cases reported this year were of a mild form and of 12 in the Brantford area, nine recov- ered fully. Kitchener has been sin- gularly free of the disease with no one afflicted since 1945. Woodstock, St. Catharines, Lon- don, Windsor, Owen Sound, Tim- mins, and North Bay each reported a clean bill of health as far as pol- i-myelitis was concerned... Medical authorities say the disease returns in cycles and expressed the belief that 1947 would be a "good year." Local Girl In Beauty Contest Between 25 and 30 entries have already been received and we are hopeful of receiving between 40 and 50, stated a member of the commit- tee arranging the Beauty contest, which will form part of the Bow- manville Lions Club carnival on Friday and Saturday of this week. Miss Delores Corrigan, 116 Ver- dun Road, is the only entry receiv ed from Oshawa so' far, but the committee is hoping that a large number of girls from the Motor City will enter the competition. One of the features of the carni- val will be the soap box derby which is being held at 2 pm. on Saturday. THE WEATHER Variable cloudiness today with widely scattered show- ers and thunderstorms in the evening, Friday clear. Con- tinuing warm with light winds today and Friday. Low tonight, high Friday 68 and 86. Summary for Fri- day: Clear, continuing warm, and twisted experimental train that is packed full of mechanical marvels, new-¢ as-tomorrow interior decoration and many postwar features for the comfort and safety of passengers Canadian National Exhibition in Torgnto, September 1 to 6.. will be on public display at the Powered by a G.M. electro-motive diesel locomotive, the cars--daycoach, diner, sleeper and observation lounge--are of an entirely new design that permits an astra dome atop each (see above) for unrivalled view of landscape, and a depressed car floor beneath, resulting in four floor levels in each car. GM Train Of Tomorrow On Public View At Toronto Exhibition Pointing the way to 8 new era in| railway transportation, the Gerleral Motors "Train of Tomorrow" --the | first multi-storeyed. train in history --will be on publi¢ display at the Canadian National Exhibition for the week of September 3-6. Featuring four different floor levels, a refreshment loupge, and meals served in one of four glass Astra-Domes on .the top level, this ultra-modern train offers also a myriad of other innovations and luxuries. Designed by General Motors en- gineers purely as an experiment, the "Train of Tomorrow" is intended primarily to contribute new ideas in the field of transportation toward greater comfort and enjoyment for the travelling public. Extensive Tour Interrupted In order to place the train on view at the C.N.E. General Motors officials have interrupted its exten- sive tour of more than 30 leading cities in the United States. During its week at the "Ex" the train's guides will be able to conduct 1,200 visitors per hour through the four coaches of the General Motors Die- sel locomotive.- W. A. Wecker, President of Gen- eral Motors of Canada, in making the, announcement of the train's visit to the "Ex," on behalf of Gen- eral Motors Corporation, described the train as a research project aim- ed to augment the service of rail- G. M. TRAIN (Continued on Page 5) Separate Japanese Peace Is Seen Washington, July 17--(AP)--De- spite the widening split between Russia and the Western Allies in Europe, United States officials voi- ced hope today that Moscow will agree to Japanese peace treaty talks free of any big power veto. If the Kremlin rejects the United States proposal which it now has under consideration, this govern- ment will be faced with deciding whether to go ahead with a "separ- ate" treaty with Japan--that is, one without Soviet participation. Unlike her position in Germany, Russia has no occupation forces in Japan and controls no Japanese territory. Hence officials here con- tend such a separate peace with a functioning Japanese government could be made to work. 11 Japanese Die For War Crimes Tokyo, July 17 -- (AP) -- Allied headquarters legal section announc- ed today that 11 Japanese convicted of war crimes had been executed in Manila for "killing hundreds of Philippine and American civilians, including women and children, in the Philippine Islands." Eight of the Japanese were hang- ed, three were shot. Col. Akira Nagahama, commander of Japanese military police in the Philippines from September, 1942, to January, 1945, was among those hanged. Critically Injured ANNETTE ELLIOTT who is reported as showing improve- ment at Bowmanville General Hos- pital today. Eight-year-old Annette was critically injured Tuesday, at her parents' farm ncar Kendal, when a 12-gauge shotgun, accident- ally discharged in a hayloft by fro- licking children, sent 25 pellets in- to her face and head. --Evening Telegram Photo No Devaluation Of Dollar, Abbott Ottawa, July 17--(CP)--Finance | Minister Abbott today in the Com- mons branded as-"completely with- out foundation" recurring reports in financial circles that the Can- adian dollar wag to be revalued and said he had "no intention" of re- commending such action to the gov- ernment. Mr. Abbott made brief comment on the dollar after J. M. MacDon- nell (PC--Muskoka-Ontario), Pro- gressive Conservative financial cri- tic asked whether he could make a statement on Canada's foreign ex- change position. MISSION TO NEGROES A very interesting missionary work among the Colored race in At- lanta, Georgia was presented to the Calvary Baptist Church. on Wed- nesday night by the Rev. Lenon Hakes of Richburg, New York. Mr. Hakes recently resigned his pastor- ate of the First Baptist Church of that town to accept the position as a professor and missionary to these people, which is under the direction of the Carver Bible Institute, At- lanta, Georgia, Nurse Probe Testimony Unwinding Cochrane, July 17--(CP) -- Rocco Sisco, 25-year-old grocery clerk, said today he was not alar- med or anxious about the ab- sence of pretty Valair Vandebelt the week-end of June 22 until he learned she"had not returned to her nursing duties at Lady Minto Hospital here some 30 hours af- ter she had left a cabin at nearby Silver Queen Lake where they had attended a party. . He testitied today at the open~ ing of the second day of the in- quest into the death of the 22- year-old Toronto girl whose body was found near the cabin Mon- day, June 23, her skull fractured and a belt tightly wound about her neck. Adjourn Due Heat Today's sitting began at 8 a. m, after coroner W. J. Grummett called adjournment late yester- day afternoon and cancelled a night sitting because of the swel- tering heat in the inquest room which was thronged to -capacity with spectators hoping to hear something which would throw light on the girl's mysterious death, During his lengthy examina- tion, Sisco said he had purchased the cottage jointly with a friend, Harry Bernstein, about a month before the girl's death, He had visited it 10 times and she had been there on most of those oc- casions, The trip on the night of June 21 was only arranged that even- ing and it was nearly midnight when the party of six--the wit- ness, Miss Vandebelt, Mr. and Mrs, Mike Tedesco, Roger Gauth- jer and Eileen Keogh, another nurse--arrived, The witness said he and the other members of the party were sober. Changes Stand Sisco testified that a state- ment he made to police July 1 that Miss Vandebelt was in the cottage when some of the party returned after being told she in- tended to stay the night was wrong. She had slipped out be- fore they returned, he said, At first he and Gauthier calk- ed about staying all night, the witness continued. But when Miss Vandebelt said she would not stay Gauthier decided to go back to Cochrane. Sisco went to bed after Mr. and Mrs. Tedesco, Gauthier and Miss Keogh left to get in the auto. He did not fol- low to see whether the nurse was at the car. He did not awaken un- til a group of friends arrived at the cabin Sunday afternoon. Soap Box Derby Plans Announced The Oshawa and District Com- munity Recreation Association has made public the plan for a Boys' Downhill Racing Car Contest to be sponsored by Ontario Motor Sales and held on Saturday, August 9. With prizes and awards to the amount of $100 being made available to the first three winners and to the best-built car among the entrants, all eligible boys should be interested enough to get right to work on their vehicles. The principal rules are listed on page 11 of this issue along with an entry form. So that he may have immediate access to the Community Recreation Workshop at 100 Gibbs Street where he will be given ad- vice, diagrams, and tools to work with, every boy should send in his entry form at once: The Recreation Headquarters is situated on the west side of Rotary Park, SAILOR LOST AT SEA . Thomas Goodlad |On Missing List In Sea Disaster Able Seaman Thomas Goodlad, 20, son of Robert Good« lad, Vancouver, and grandson of Mrs. Henrietta Goodlad, R.R. 2, Pickering, has been reported missing today following a collision at sea between the destroyer H.M.C.S. Micmac and the freighter Yarmouth County. The Canadian Press reported that®-- six men died violently, another five are missing and 16 were injur- ed in the head-on crash of the two vessels off Sambro Light at the en- trance to Halifax harbor. Search of the crumpled bow, from which the battered body of an unidenti- fied rating was extricated early to- day, is continuing. Defence Minister Claxton said today information from Halifax indicated that the destroyer Mic- mac, wounded yesterday in a col- lision off Halifax, would not be a total loss and would be capable of sailing again. After a telephone conversation with naval officers in Halifax, he said that "from present indica- tions there is no truth in reports that she will be a total lass." The Micmac, laid down in Hal- ifax shipyards in 1942 aad com- missioned in 1945, cost about $8,000,000 to build. A. B. Goodlad pad been in the navy almost two years, and rejoin- ed the Micmac on May 28th, after spending three weeks leave with his grandmother. Mrs. Goodlad stated that the missing boy always referred to her as mother, because she had raised him since his mother died when he was a baby. The white haired Mrs. Goodlad said that Tommy had not seen his father for about 15 years, but that he had gone with her to New York, while on his leave to DISTRICT YOUTH (Continued on Page 2) Cobourg Man Tells Of Crash Halifax, July 17 -- (CP) -- Stories of cool courage and calm organiza- tion that followed the collision of the destroyer Micmac and freighter Yarmouth County were told today by an operations officer who reported he had not picked up the merchant ship on his radar scope. A yeoman of signals added his word of tribute to his shipmates and declared that the destroyer Cap- tain's decision to give a delicate turn rather than "a hard-over" was re- sponsible for keeping the warship afloat and saving many lives. The two grim-faced sailors Lieut, John Watters, 22, of Cobourg, Ont., and yeoman of signals Gilbert Howe, 25, of London, Ont. -- recited their impressions of the crash which resulted in 11 of their fellow crew members being dead or missing and 16 being injured. Like other members of the ship's company, tall, bronzed Lieut. Wat- ters, with two rows of campaign ribbons for war service, had been looking forward to the Atlantic squadron's summer cruise for which the Micmac had just been commis. sioned. He had finished his lunch and gone into the dark and eerie radar room to take up his post at the scope. The ship was humming along smoothly and the delicate scope was picking up even fog patches. He could tell this by the signal. Sud- denly he picked up a stronger "blip." He identified it as the Sam- bro Lightship. Then followed more "blips"--the shore line. Later the Captain asked about EYEWITNESS (Continued on Page 2.) Reported Missing A. B. THOMAS GOODLAD Grandson of Mrs. Henrietta Good. lad, R.R. 2, Pickering, who has been reported missing following the col. lision between H.M.C.S. Micmac and a freighter off Halifax yesterday, SHOT IN HEAD KENDAL CHILD IS IMPROVED Struck in the head by 25 pele lets from a 12-gauge shotgun, eight-year-old Annette Elliott, of Kendal, today is reported '"show= ing some improvement" at Bowe manville General Hospital. "That is all-we can say for the moment," Dr. A. 8, McKenzie, of Orono, re- ported, Annette was critically injured Tuesday at her nine-year-old bro- ther"s gala birthday party when the shotgun .discharged and sent pellets streaming into her face. Six children at the party were playing "hide-and-go-seek" in tne hayloft of her parents' farm when Annette's - brother, Ross, and an- other child discovered the gun behind . some machinery on the ground floor. .of the barn, "I found the gun with Ross," seven-year-old Ronnie Thompson said. "We saw there was a shell inside. We tried to fire the gun but the hammer clicked without anything happening. All of us CHILD IMPROVED (Continued on Page 2) 22 PARKING INFRACTIONS Parking meter violations are con- 'tinuing throughout the business area. On Tuesday, 19 fines were. paid and yesterday 13 cards were brought in to the Police @tation. Police Constables, who issue the summonses, suggest that drivers read the directions on the meters before attempting to deposit, for example, two cents for 24 minutes. One coin only will register. For 12 minutes one cent and for 60 min- utes one nickel, not five coppers, * LATE NEWS BRIEFS * (By THE CANADIAN PRESS) London: The Seventh Earl of Warwick was fined £1,150 ($4,600) today after pleading guilty to cashing two cheques at Cannes, receiving francs for pounds in violation of British treasury regulations. Toronto: C. R. Magone, of the Ontario Attorney-General's Department, saic today the Department would study thoroughly the Ontario Court of Appeal's judgment in the case of Mrs. Evelyn Dick before deciding future action. Hastings, Eng.: Foreign Secretary Bevin declared today it was "right and proper" for Europe to make a claim upon American "productive genius" to aid in the re- construction of the continent's economy. London: Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, vice-president of India's Interim government, was reported by New Delhi radic tonight to have resigned. 5 Z 4