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THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and: Chronicle OSHAWA > WHITBY _---- VOL. 6--NO. 194 p-- h2J OSHAWA-WHITBY, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1947 Price 4 Cents rem FOURTEEN PAGES DUTCH GRIP OCCUPIED REGIONS 24-Hour Manhunt For Convict Trio Fizzles Soap Box Entries Set Out for Derby Downs Rumors Flood In e As Police Check 100-Mile Stretch Kingston, Aug. 20 (CP)--Officials at Kingston Penl- tentiary said today they had heard nothing from any author- ized source on progress of the manhunt for three long-term convicts, Donald (Mickey) McDonald, Ulysses Lauzon and Nicholas Minille, who escaped from the pen last Monday morning. Warden R. M. Allan said investi- gation is continuing by prison offi- cials into the daring escape in which the prisoners sawed through the bars of their cells and used a rope to scale the prison walls, They are believed to have had outside aid. Search Called Off Chapeau, Que., Aug. 20--(CP)-- The hot, 24-hour zig-zag chase over mountainous country 'roads for three escaped Kingston Peniten- tlary convicts petered out today as squads of Ontario and Quebes Pro- vincial police, armed to the teeth and with orders to "shoot on sight," called off the search. At day-break reinforcements which converged on this Alumette Island town across the Ottawa Ri- ver from Pembroke on the tip of a service station attendant packed away their fire-arms. Of the scores of police who covered all roads yes- Droay only four were on duty to- The quartet, under Sgt. Gaston RUMORS FLOOD + (Continued on Page 2) . 19 ¥ 3 * Eleven New Polio Toe Yas Fa¥ . Cases in Ontario Toronto, Aug. 20 (CP)--Eleven New oases of poliomyelitis reported in Ontario yesterday -- three of themi in Toronto -- brought the provincial total for this year to 109 with four deaths, and Toronto's to- tal to 22. Despite the jump of 11 cases, polio in the province remain- ed below the 1946 level, when 129 cases had been uncovered to date and nine deaths Two of the new cases, in Hamilton and Kent County, involved paraly- sis. Cases without paralysis were reported from Thornhill, Toronto, Allensville, Hamilton and Kingston. Twenty-six cases in the West to- day brought the Canadian total to ) Pe <> BANK PAIR - T0 APPEAR HERE FRIDAY Two youthful, alleged gunmen, 'appeared in Whitby police ceurt yesterday afternoon to answer charges of armed robbery in con- nection with the holdup of the Pickering branch of the Canadian Bank of Commerce one week ago today. Loot from the robbery to- talled $14,000, all of which was recovered. The two | youths, 19-year-old Theodore Greger, Toronto, and 23-year-old Frank Polanski, Ham. ilton, were remanded for prelim. inary hearing of the counts by Magistrate Russel P. Locke until Fridar morning, at the request of Defence Counsel A. W. 8. Greer, K.C, of Oshawa. The two suspects entered the courtroom In the Ontario county buildings yesterday under sur- veillance of several armed police- men and were handcuffed to Pickerin: Police Chief Jack Irvine and Constable Fred White, Wear- ing white shirts, open at the neck, and dark trousers, the two youths appeared even younger than they are, but despite their youtth neither of the accused men show- ed any sign of nervousness. In asking for a remand, Mr. Greer informed the bench that he was not prepared to go ahead with the case at the present time and asked the magistrate to remand the cas: for two weeks. The magistrate denied the request for BANK PAIR (Continued on Page 2) 60,000 Dependent On Local Missing Pickering Flier Safe The nine-day search for Pilot J. B. Mutton, R.R. No. 2, Pickering, who disappeared while on a photo- graphic mission, ended yesterday when he was sighted near the wreckage of his plane by an Ameri- can search plane, and taken to hospital at Goose Bay, Labrador. Flying a light Fox Moth plane alone, Mutton had taken off from Rapide Lake, Que. on August 10, en route to Goose Bay. Attempting to "make a forced landing in rough country near Lac Aubin, on the Quebec Gulf shore, his plane turn- ed over, but Mutton escaped injury and waited nine days for rescue. Friends of the veteran pilot said | last week, that he always said he would stay near the wreckage of his plane if forced down, because it was easier for the searchers to sight it, and that was where he was first sighted. Mutton was well fed and un- harmed, when rescued yesterday. Officials of the R.C.AF. at Halifax, said supplies in the plane, supplemented by berries would give Mutton a good food supply. The 35-year-old pilot joined the RAF. in 1936, and was transferred to their R.C.AF. in 1944. He served a tour of operations as an air gun- ner in the Middle East, before tak- ing further instruction, and return- ing to do two tours of ops as a pilot over France, Belgium, Hol- land and Norway. He was the pilot yof a glider towing plane in three of the most decisive battles of the war: Normandy, Arnhem and the Rhine; . N Hospital Oshawa General Hospital serves a constituency of approximately 60,- 000 people. This estimate of popula- tion in the city of Oshawa and ad- jacent municipalities was contain- ed in a report to the provincial De- partment of Health which was adopted by the Hospital Board at its regular meeting last evening. After allowing for over-lapping service within the same area given by Bowmanville and Port Perry hos- pitals the ratio of hospital beds to population is considerably below the standard set by the Department. This probably explains the fact that the Oshawa Hospital is gener- ally filled to capacity and indicates the need for further expansion of the institution. ' The report being made to the De- partment is part of a general survey in connection with the new plan for assisting with capital expenditures where extension of facilities is re- quired. Will Interview Minister Following thei submission of this report T. K. Creighton, K.C., M.P.P., will seek to arrange a conference between the chairman of the Board, J. A. Morphy, and other members, and the Minister of Public Health, Hon. Russell T. Kelley. It is hoped that Mr. Kelley may consent to come to Oshawa personally and in- spect the hospital but if this is not convenient the conference will pro- bably be held in his office in To- ronto. The extension to the hospi- tal which is now under way, pro- viding approximately 18 additional beds, may cost up to $40,000, not in- cluding furnishings. It was pointed out at last night's meeting of the Board by the treasurer, Cyril Waite, that only a portion of this amount is provided for and it is hoped to secure a generous grant from the $0,000 (Continued on Page 2) Slash in U.S. Imports 'Inevitable'. London, Aug. 20--(CP)--Canada's shortage of United States dollars makes it appear "inevitable" that the Dominion will have to reduce American imports. the Financial Times said in an editorial today. If such a situation arises and Canada finds herself "drawn, at least in a limited sense, into the sterling group of countries, Britain mst make a maximum endeavor to see that resulting shortages of manufactured goods in Canada are of the shortest possible duration." 'The paper said the deterioration of the Canadian exchange situation was largely due to circumstances beyond the Dominion's contrel. It was difficult to see what course Canada could have followed other than bilateral agreements providing on one hand for payment in cash for heavy excesses of imports over exports with the United States and on the other for financing large favorable trade balances with Bri- tain and other European countries on lines of credit. Due to her position midway be: tween the United States and the sterling area, "Canada had a great- er interest than almost any other country" in re-establishing multila- teral trade but the results had been disappointing due to the slow re- covery of European countries. Canada received 50 per cent of her export surplus to Britain in dollars, but once the United King- dom American credits were ex- for Canada hausted the Dominion serious problem." ' "Wnless this country is prepared to dip heavily into the gold reserve or is furnished with a new supply of United States dollars under the Marshall plan which could be uti- lized to financing a continuing ad- verse trade balance with the Do- minion, Canada must be prepared to undertake a thorough reorienta- tion of her foreign trade and finan- cial policy .... "Whatever may be done in such circumstances about exports, a re- latively drastic cut in imports from the United States appears in- evitable." The fact that Canada has been paying inflated market prices for American manufactured goods while selling a large part of her agricultural products on long-term faced " a contracts at prices materially below | world levels had undoubtedly ag- gravated her overseas payments difriculties. THE WEATHER Variable cloudiness with scattered afternoon and eve- ning thundershowers. Con. tinuing hot and humid. Light winds. Low tonight and high Thursday 70 and 88. Summary for Thursday: Hot, humid, scattered thun- dershowers, . Caught in a confident air in the parade down Simcoe Street to "derby downs" this morning, is Peter Zakarow, top, in his soap box smoothy, "Mike's Place". His confidence was he crossed the red finish line seconds ahead of 30 other entrants. Below is "Atomic Flash" with Fred Parish in the driver's seat being encouraged by two pretty members of the C.R.A. staff, Misses Irene Sabyan, right, and Dorothy Henry. Norman Kerr pushed the Flash in the parade so that Don Stovin who will push ip the races, could sleep in and conserve energy. rewarded in the speed trials when ~Photos by Campbell's Studio || sumed Thursday. v || 'Mike's Place' Fastest In Derby Time Trials UAW Wins Immunity Clause Detroit, Aug. 20--(AP) -- A con- tract by-passing the right to court action under the Taft-Hartley law and calling for a 15-cent-hourly wage increase for 7,000 United Au- tomobile Workers (CI1.O.) of the Murray Corporation of America awaited today an official stamp of approval. Company and union hailed the agreement, ending a strike that has reached 30 days, as "fair to both parties" and "completely satisfac- tory." The company, in agreeing to give up its prerogative of court action for breach of contract, obtained from the union a clause placing re- strictions on its members' rights to strike, Slowdown and sitdown strikes were outlawed. Corporation officials said regular production schedules would be re- Maintenance workers were asked to report this afternoon, The strike, which began July 21, sharply curtailed production in Ford Moto Company plants and made idle 10,000 workers in Stude- baker Corporation plants dependent on Murray for body components. The union called a membership meeting for Wednesday to spend formal ratification of the contract, which will run until Jan. 31, 1949, with the wage increases retroactive to May 1. During early negotiations, the U. A. W. called the corporation a "beachhead" in its national cam- paign to win immunity from provi- sions of the Taft-Hartley Act. 2 Britishers Shot in India Lahore, Pakistan, Aug. 20 (AP)-- An official announcement said to- day that two young British Army officers had been slain during com- munal rioting in Armitsar -- first British victims of the bloody war- fare between India's religious sects which has been raging intermittent. ly since August, 1946. 4 The officers, whose names were withheld pending notification of relatives, were said to have been shot to death Monday night. First reports indicated they might have been ambushed, The shootings occurréd a short time before a bitter outbreak of rioting on a Moslem village near Amritsar, holy city of the Sikhs, in which 24 men and women were re- |ported slashed to death. As scheduled, the time trials for the Ontario Motor Sales spon- sored boys' downhill racing car contest were run off this morn- ing on the sloping stretch of the new highway just west of Simcoe Street north of the C.N.R, tracks. "Mike's Place," No. 5 car pushed and driven by Norman Wasylyk and Peter Zakarow, silently slip- ped over the course in 36 seconds to clear 211 other cars -except "United Taxi" which did it in 40 seconds, by a wide margin, Parking their vehicles in front of the band shell for last minute briefing -by Captain Robert Cole- man, the boys filed out of Mem- orial Park, went north on Centre Street to Bagot then east to Sim- coe and south to the unpaved clo- verleaf. Their paraie attracted the attention of many early mor- ning shoppers and by the time the soap box cars were on the way up the hill to the weighing in scales, the viaduct over the double jane highway was crowded with on. lookers and hundreds of ypung- sters lined up alongside the con. crete, None Over Weight At the top of the hill, both driver and machine were weighed on an accurate scale and not.one was dis- qualified for being over the regula- tion 250 pounds. Several jalopies were pushed off the starting line MIKES PLACE (Continued on Page 2) House Blaze Kills Three Buffalo, N.Y., Aug, 20-- (AP) --Three persons lost their lives today in a fire which swept through the three floors of their rgbming house, Six others were injured, two critically, and two more suffered heart attacks after fleeing from the blazing wooden stractu.e. Dead were Jean Szymanska, 22, Andrew Lesinski, 52, and Delores Preske, 12. In critical condition were Mrs. Théresa Szymanska, mother of one of the victims, and Francis Falcheck, 30. Treated at the scene for heart attacks were Dan- iel Bossler, 52, and Mrs, Mary Cummins, 55. Police said the building hous- ed 21 persons 20 of whom were in the building at the time of the fire. Several of (he occupants reach- ed the street by the stale way, but police and firmen took several others froma the front porch rocf. Lesinski was found with bis feet hanging 'out a third floor window, his hand clutching a flashligt., Miss Szymansksn was dead in her second floor bad and the 12-year-old giri wag found lying near the hazd of the burned taircase. police sail, Reject Indonesian Gov't's Authority; New Fight Looms By STANLEY SWINTON Batavia, Java, Aug. 20 (AP)--Acting Governor-General H. J. Van Mook declared today the Netherlands would ree tain authority over the rich regions of Sumatra and Madoers occupied by Dutch troops since July 21. "Areas that have been made safe shall remain safe,™ Two Parkwood Mares Killed By Lightning Two thoroughbred mares, in pasture at R, 8. McLaugh. lin's Parkwood S'ables dure ing the height of the electri. cal storm: Monday evening, were instantly killed by lightning, The mares, "Ama. nit" and "Sue", were both in foal to "Fairaris." A veterinarian found only a short burn on each of the animals, Stalemate Yet At Robson's "There have been no new de- velopments for a week now," Fred Collins, International Re- presentative of the LF.L.W.U. said this morning commenting on the 22.day old strike of workers at Robson Leather Company. Full picket lines are still being main- tained, the union official said, and although some of the men are working, they are filling in time on the night picket shift. Employees walked off the job on July 30, after negotiations for a wage increase had broken down, Workers demanded a 25 cents an hour increase, while company officials countered with offers of a five cent increase, which they later upped to 10 cents, Last week company officials rejected union proposals to end th> strike, which included an of- fer to remove 3,000 hides on the company siding to a cold storage plant, and since then a complete stalemate has existed between union members and company of- ficials, Van Mook said in a radio address, Authority of the Indonesian Ree publican government over the Dutch-occupied regions of the twa islands, which flank the island of Java, would not again be recognized, May Start Drive Neutral quarters in Batavia ine terpreted the address as indicating that the Dutch might be considere ing a drive on the Indonesian Rew public's capital, Jogjakarta, unlesy Indonesian violations of the ceases fire order halted. Netherlands army headquarterg sald today Dutch forces had sufe fered 214 casualties from the Ine donesian violations since the ordem, requested by the United Nations Security Council, went into effect August 4. The Indonesian cabinet met emergency session at Jogjakarta plan for removal of their capital #4 Sumatra if necessary, a dispatch from that city sald. The cabined was represented as expecting fulle scale resumption of hostilities with the Dutch. Emergency Session (The Dutch cabinet met at The Hague in emergency session to cuss Indonesia and action wy day in the United Nations Council). Van Mook's address was sharpest criticism he ever levelled at the native government. He blamed the Jog Jakarta regime for a record "murder, arson and torture" August 9, 1045, when he said Japane ese Fleld Marshal Terauchi fi Saigon instructed Dr. Soekarno ant Mohammed Hatta, currently preste dent and vice-president of the Res publican government, to establish an "independent" Indonesia. Constructive, idealistic Indones sians had failed in their efforts to gyercome Japanese influences, he sald. (As monitored in Holland, Van Mook declared 'a federal interim government 'would be- formed as soon as: possible and that orders from the Indonesian government were no longer valid. He forbade Indonesians to obey such orders). Stanley Easson Wins Storie Flying Award Stanley Easson, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. Easson, 215 Mary Street is this year's winner of the A. G. Storie Flying Scholarship awarded | to the Lloyd Chadburn Air Cadet | Squadron obtaining the highest | standing in the government-spon- | sored course just completed at the! Ontario County Flying Club for graduate air cadets. The scholarship | entitles the winner to sufficient! flying to procure his private flying license. i Six cadets, four of them Oshawa | boys, successfully completed the | course which is one of a series be- | ing sponsored across Canada by the | Royal Canadian Air Force. This was the second year such a course had been held here. Those taking the course were Stanley Easson, Don- ald Fish, Ross Bishop and Joe Peters of Oshawa; William Hiltz of Unionville and Bob Swartman of | Parry Sound. During the four weeks course, the boys received 90 hours ground school and 12% hours flying train- ing. They will all receive certificates from No. 1 Air Command, Trenton. The course is open only to cadets who have completed three years STANLEY EASSON training and is taken annually 225 cadets at 42 clubs across ada. % LATE NEWS BRIEFS > (By THE CANADIAN PRESS) London: The Daily Mail said today that Prime Minister Attlee intended to resign "in the near future", but the report was challenged by Herbert Morrison, Deputy, Prime Minister and government leader in the House of Commons. "I only saw it in one paper," Morrison told a press conference, "and, as far as | can see, the story does not know what it's talking about." Lake Success: Trygve Lie, secretary-general of the United Nations, took sharp issue today with a Russian con- tention that the Balkan investigating commission and its subsidiary group in Greece were "liquidated" now, London: Britain will send Jews aboard three British vessels off Port-de-Bouc, France, to Hamburg if they refuse a final request to land in France, authoritative sources said today.