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Iv OSHAWA Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle WHITBY VOL. 6--NO. 285 OSHAWA-WHITBY, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1947 Price 4 Cents 'SIXTEEN PAGES TWO NEW STRANGLING DEATHS Township To Pay $8,000 v or Fire Protection Rate Up $3,500; Includes 5 Runs Beyond 4th Line East Whitby Township Council last night accepted the city's figure of $8,000 for fire protection in 1948 on the con- dition, however, that this cover up to five runs beyond the fourth concession, the north boundary of the area covered by the flat rate in previous agreements. ' Owing to increased operating costs the amount paid by the town- ship has risen annually since 1945 when the annual payment was $2,- 600. That year it was raised to $4,200 for 1946 and the rate for the curent year is $4,500. Last night when the township council met with members of the city council's fire protection and finance commitees an amount of $7,000 was offered first by Council- lor W. E, Noble, chairman of the township committee. This figure was based on a 50 per cent increase In costs. . City Treasurer Peter A. Black- burn sald this would be reasonable if the previous figure had been ade- quate. He recalled, however, that it had been a compromise, being considerably less than that origin- ally asked by the city. yor F. N. McCallum reminded the township delegation that it had been necessary to appoint nine ad- -ditional men to the fire department this year, each with a starting sal- ary of $1,800. The city treasurer added that in 1948, considering only salaries and ordinary running ex- cis. he rs Ra i i 0] ent. Almost sSme Protection When Councillor E. J. Powell brought up the question of the township not receiving 100 per cent protection, Chief W. R. Elliott told the council that approximately 90 per cent of the township runs were treated the same as those in the city, The essential thing in fire FIRE PROTECTION (Continued on Page 2) Thug Gives Coin For Police Call Seattle, Dec. 6-- (AP) --"Now I'm broke. How'll I telephone the police?" shouted John Dozi- er, as two men sped off in a car after robbing him of his wallet yesterday. One of the robbers leaned from the window and flipped a nickel back to the victim. The pair escaped. Parked Vehicles Must Not Impede Night Snow Work Wise motorists will not park their | cars all night on Oshawa streets-- at least during the winter months. | Empowered under the Highway Traffic Act to prosecute any person who leaves a vehicle so as to in- terfere with traffic or the removal of snow, city police have already set about seeing that night snow re- moval crews are not hindered in their work, 'This morning, following the sea- son's first night snowplowing, a number of car owners found tickets on their vehicles which had been parked in the business area after the snowplow went to work at 1 am, . Opposition Balks Plan To Skip Speech Debate On Economic Policies By D'ARCY O'DONNELL Canadian Press Staff Writer Ottawa, Dec, 6--(CP)--An op- position, angered by the govern- ment's handling of 'decontrol and by methods followed in eseablish. ing import restrictions, gave vent to ite feelings yesterday within minutes after the Throne Speech officially marked the opening of the fourth session of the 20th parliament, A motion by Prime Minister Mackenzie King outlining govern- ment suggestions on how the work of the session should be proceeded with set off the fire- works and drew from John Bracken, Progressive CoMserva- tive leader, the charge that the government had "murdered the constitution" by imposing its new economic controls, After M. J. Coldwell, C.C.F. leader, Solon Low, Social Credit leader, and some private mem- bers joined the opposition to the proposed procedure, Mr, King withdrew his motion and said it would be re-submitted Monday. Main objection centred on the | government's suggestion that the debate on the Throne Speech be adjourned Monday after party lea- ders have been heard to permit the handing of legislaton which must be passed prior to the Christmas adjournment, tenta- tively set for Dec, 19. No Surprises The 1,200-word Throne Speech read in the Senate Chamber by the Governor-General, Viscount Alexander, contained little in the way of surprises. But in the de- bate on the speech members are allowed to refer to practically any subject, The opposition made it clear that there were things they wished to bring up that could not be referred to in debate on a single piece of legislation, While the opposition leaders did not take issue with the con- tents of the speech, they did ob- ject to Mr. Kings suggestion that the Throne Speech debate be adiourned -Monday 'o permit the introduction. of major measures. Mr, Bracken said that while the austerity measures, the trade pacts and the emergency powers bill were important, they did not OPPOSITION (Continued on Page 2) Committee Lays Plans Polish Relief Campaign At a meeting held last night, at the Polish Hall on Bloor street East, the committee for the United Polish Relief Pund met to discuss ways and means of carrying out this campaign tc a successful con. clusion in Oshawa. T. K. Creighton KC, MLA, Chairman presided and many suggestions were offered pi to the raising 2. funds in the y. The United Polist Relief Fund is nation-wide not only in Canada but in the Unitec "tates and is now under way in many of the larger "centres. Poland, our faithful ally, first to feel the Nazi Impact, and for six long years battered and tor- tured for it's re:istance, today pre- sents a tragic picture of the ravages of war. The only hope of imme- diate aid 1s. voluntary action by the more fortunate peoples. That is why the United Polish Relief Fund of Canada is making ? special ap- peal to everyone for help. At least 300,000 Polish Families-- 1,350,000 men, women an' children are today in dire need of compas- sionate help. The rebuilding of ci- ties, the restoring of production of farm lands, ravaged and depopulat- ed by the invader, are proceeding. But such a colossal task takes time. Animals, seed grains, materials are scarce. Rats infest the growing crops, while whole families, uproot- POLISH RELIEP (Continued on Page 3) BRITON HEADS ARAB LEGION FOR DEFENCE | Malki, Trans-Jordan's Minister ip Cairo, said today the Arab Legion took part for the first time yester- Aviv. He told reporters he received word of the Legion's participation in the Jaffa fighting this morning from Trans-Jordan. "The Legion will make the Jews feel they will be received by bul- lets whenever they attempt to ex- ploit the support they receive from international sources," the minister delcared. Between 6,000 and 7,000 members of the Legion are, reported on duty in Palestine, The Legion is com- manded by a former British offi- cer, Brig. John Glubb, known as Glubb Pasha, Some of its mem- bers were sent to Jaffa recently to police the city. Salih Bey El Jabur, Premier of Iraq, arrived here this morning to attend a meeting of the Premiers and foreign ministers of the Arab states beginning Monday. He told reporters that Iraq tribes totalling between 2,000,000 and 3,000,000 were ! ready to fight. The Egyptian weekly paper Ak- | bar El Yom said the meeting would "consider moves of challenging the United Nations Palestine partition decision on legal .as- well as prac tical grounds." WorksDepartment Gaining Progress On First Snow Snow removal crews were still at work today uncovering city strects from the first snowstorm of the sea- Sob which struck yesterday morn- ng. All the city's major snow-fighting equipment--two power graders, the street flusher converted for snow work, and a wing plow--were in op- eration again tcday, as they had been all day, and a wing plow--were in operation again today, as they had been all day yesterday, and Board of Works Superintendent Joe Wood said this morning that all main streets and bus routes hag been cleared and equipment was at work on the residential streets. A motor grader operated during the night, starting at 1 am, and Works officials said difficulty was still encountered with cars parked in the business section all night, Po- lice have already taken action to have this condition rectified. A sanding crew also battled the slippery streets yesterday while 20 men with four trucks tackled the banks of snow along the curb in the business area. Today this number was increased to 26 men with six trucks. ' Varied Program For Carol Festival Carols of varied origins are on the program for the carol festival to be held in Simcoe Street United Church tomorrow night by the Osh- awa Centrn of the Canadian Col- lege of Organists. Four choirs, comprising 150 voices, will take part in the program and will also. lead. the audience in well- known carols, The choirs, each with its own selection of Christmas mu- sic, are those of St. George's Angli- can Church,' Centre Street United Church, All Saints' Anglican Church, Whitby, and the grade 9 Girls' Glee Club from the O.C.V.I, Sheet Metal Works Winds Up As Co. A motion on behalf of Michael Weroski for the winding up of the Oshawa Sheet Metal Works, 321 Olive Avenue, as a private com- pany was granted at Osgoode Hall by Mr. Justice Keiller Mackay. The motion was made under the Ontario Companys Act, and Joseph Gutman, 'of 'Oshaws, "was named provisional liquidator. The matter was referred to the local master at Whitby, with costs to be disposed of on confirmation of his report. A. W. 8S. Greer, K.C., acted. for the applicant, and J. P. Mangan, K.C., for the respondents Lucy and Donald Yrozub and Peter Sampara. Cairo, Dec. 6 (AP)--Dr. Fawzi Al! of Trans-Jordan, led by a Briton, | day in "repulsing Jewish attacks on | Jaffa", the all-Arab city in Pales- | tine which abuts on all-Jewish Tel | Ship of Hope New Canadians to the number of 800, displaced persons and other immigrants, will arrive in this country German vessel H with each voyage of the Canadian Pacific Steamships' 16-knot diesel-electric liner Beaverbrae, seen above (left) alongside her refitting berth at Sorel, Que, when she enters service early in 1948. Formerly the an of the H: burg-Amerika Line, she was captured virtually undamaged by Allied Nasi- still carries its German wording. Beaverbrae is Captain 'G. 0. Baugh, O.B.E., RD, seen a rear-admiral's flag which was found abeard-the-ship..-Capt. Baugh is himself a veteran of the Battle of the Atlantic, and quite possibly during the war tan led with some submarines which had been based along- side his new command, The blackboard for marking bl 2 water and tank soundings, seen behind the captain, part forces in a Norwegian fjord, where she had acted as repair and "mother" ship to U-boats seeking their toll of shipping - in: the N Atlantic, and- handed over to Canada as Yep: Caplan G t the right in the reparations payment. Master of the ip's 'wheelhouse holding the More Than Jerusalem, Dec. 8 (AP)--Riot- drenched Palestine apparently was on the road to uneasy normality today after a week of communal strife between Jews and Arabs rage ing against partition of the Holy Land. The toll of dedth in the middle east stood at more than 100 and uncounted hundreds wounded in Palestine alone, where normal, at best, has been tension and unrest. Both the Arab and Jewish quar- quiet this morning and Arab shops were opened for the first time since the Arab general strike began Tuesday to underline Arab protests against the United Nations decision to divide Palestine into Arab and Jewish states. \ In the border area between all- Jewish Tel Aviv and Arab Jaffa, one of the hottest spots in the land, curfew still was in effect and all was virtually quiet. Some shops reopened but smoke. 'still curled from a fire set last night by Jews fleeing to safety from Arab-owned homes. A political argument which de- veloped into a scuffle ended in Haifa this morning with one Arab fatally stabbed. Near the Jaffa damage mounted into the millions | of dollars, with nearly 60 dead and* ters of Jerusalem and Haifa 'were |, 100 Killed With Millions Damage In Palestine Battles mosque police found the body of a knifed Yemenite Jew. Curfew restrictions were relaxed in Jerusalem on ll except a single street, where the hardest blows fell in the initial Arab protest attacks Tuesday. Belated 'reports yesterday from Aden, the British colony on the Arabian coast far to the south and east, told of a four-day reign of terror which cost 44 lives, 25 Ar- abs and 19 Jews. Three hundred British troops were flown in and brought the situation under con- trol by imposing a 24-hour curfew. Elsewhere, in Egypt and Syria, in Iraq and Lebanon, Arabs prayed on their Sabbath yesterday for help | in the fight against partition and j cries for a "holy war" continued. | Arab leaders in most of the cities | which have been ripped by violent rioting during the week managed to curb their followers yesterday, but peaceful demonstrations con- tinued at many points. Arabs in Derna ,Libya, got out of hand for a time and stormed a Jewish quar- ter there. At Damascus, recruiting: centres were, reported barely able to keep pace with the flow of Arabs volun- teering for service to defend the Arab cause in Palestine and basic | military training was started in Secondary and high schools. Montreal, Dec. 6--(CP)--The cy- cle of violent deaths -in. Montreal reached a new high last night when two women were killed in separate slayings. ~ These were the fourth and fifth violent deaths in the metropolis in 11 days. Police said that both were caused by: "family arguments." Dead are: Mrs. Martha Sparling, 28, mother of two children, and John 'Sparling, 40, brother-in-law of Mrs. Sparling, who was taken to hospital with shotgun wounds in | the chest after he allegedly fired the shots that killed her was ported in serious condition. Police said that Sparling shot himself after calling.a relative say- Mrs. Marie Jeanne Parons May, 65. re-:| Two Women Murdered Making Five Slayings In 11 Days At Montreal ing that "I have shot my sister-in- aw." In the second case, Atkinson May, 57, was arrested by police af- ter he allegedly beat his wife to death while in an intoxicated .con- dition. Some 200 empty wine bot- tles were strewn about their house. Working On Dress : Mrs, Sparling, a dressmaker was ghot in her east-end Rosemount home while she was putting the finishing touches to a wedding dress which was to be used at a marriage today. The unidentified bride-to-be arrived on the scene shortly after the shooting. 4 TWO WOMEN (Continued on Page 2) Workers In Rome Give Government 3-Day Ultimatum Rome, Dec. 6-- (AP) --Communist- led Rome workers today gave the Italian government three days to accede their demands for employ. ment and for punishment of police who "fired on women and babies" in bloody disorders last night at the capital's gates. What will happen if the demands are not met in the three-day time limit was not stated. Implied, how- ever, was the threat of a general strike and labor turmoil in Rome. The demands came from the new- ly-organized workers' high com. mand for the capital and Rome pro- vince, existence of which was an- nounced in today's leftist press along with its demands. The organization's name was giv- en as the "Provincial Committee of Congress of Management and of Internal Commissions." The press announced that it would "direct the battle of Roman labor." Protests Killings The new-born committee's first act was to publish a communique denouncing the police action in the slum suburb of Primevale yesterday, hen a worker was killed in street fighting . with police. "The sub-machine-guns of the government of plutocrats have struck men, women and children indiscri- mately," the Communist paper L'Unita declared. The story, which appeared under the headline, "Ultimatum {o the government which fires on unem- ployed' concentrated its wrath on Premier De. Gasperi and Interior Minister Mario Scelba, who com. mands Italy's police, and the new Mayor .of Rome, Salvator Rebecchi- ni. The leftist organ Avanti ran a headline "Blood on the hands of Scelba." The two papers said 70,000 unem- ployed had gathered in the slums of Primevale yesterday, and charg- ed the government with "bestial brutality" - in' breaking up the- de- monstration. CAR COLLIDES WITH PLOW | Driving a car from Bond Street | West into Simcoe Street at 1.10 | a.m. today, Lawrence McGovern, | 22. Buckingham Avenue, struck the heavy blade of the municipal snow- plow which was working south on the main street. Constable Charles Stainton investigated to find the car extensively damaged on its left front corner. THE WEATHER Overcast with 'widely - scat- tered snowflurries today. Sun. day cloudy. Little change in temperature. Light winds. Low . tonight and high Sunday 25 and Woman Said Slain On Rear Pathway In Hamilton Park Hamilton, Dec. 6 (CP)--Police announced shortly be« fore noon today they were satisfied a body found behind Dundurn Castle was that of Mrs. Julia Kabas, 54, of Hamil- ton. They said the manner of death had not yet been definite< ly determined but it appeared the woman, who was raped, GIRL VICTIM OF STRANGLER IN FRANKFORD Frankford, Ont., Dec. 8 (CP)-- Marion Jean Badgley, 25-year-old blonde, was strangled and shot through the head, it was indicated today in an autopsy report as police continued their investigations into | the death of the private secretary whose body was found in the sum- mer kitchen of her parent's home here. | Crown Attorney B. C. Donnan | said nothing official had been re- | leased on the findings in the au- topsy, made last Monday after the girl's body was found by a neighbor with a 22 calibre rifle nearby. But it was reported that the au- topsy, made by Dr. C. B. Waite of Peterborough, Ont., showed death was caused when a bone on the left side of her neck was broken by GIRL VICTIM (Continued on Page 2) #had been strangled. The Polish-born Mrs. Kabas" was last seen alive as she set out for home about 11 p.m. after visiting a neighbor, Mrs, Mary Kunzir. Her mud-stained, partly-clad body was found a quarter of a mile from her home. Members of the family said they became alarmed when Mrs. Kabas, who had lived here for approximat- ely 15 years, did not return home. They called police at intervals through the night to see if any trace of her had been found. "She had not been well lately and we thought maybe she had taken a fainting spell," said Mrs. Frank Moroz, daughter of Mrs. Ka- bas. "She suffered from high blood pressure or something else that the doctors couldn't find out about. "Henry Dunn, my sister's hus- band, went over to Mary's (Mrs. Kunzir's) place but she had left there. Later, at three o'clock, he | said to my father, 'get up, pop, momma's not home yet.'" Inspector Walter Hagan of the city police was placed in charge of the investigation. 'An autopsy was ordered. Inspector Hagan interviewed the woman's husband, Michael Kabas, who has been employed at Can- ada Works of the Steel Company of Canada here for the last 17 years. : STRANGLING (Continued on. Page 2) amy The suggestion, put forward by Hgn. G. D. Conant, K. C., at the Camber of Commerce dinner on Wednesday night, which marked the opening of the new dual lane highway, that the highway be nam- ed "The Princess Elizabeth Way", is gaining support in the district. This morning letters were receiv- ed by the editor of The Times-Ga- zette from Mayor William J. David- son of Whitby, Col. Frank Chappell, M. Orethia Bull, president of the Oshawa Business and Professional Women's Club; and George W. James, editor of The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, endorsing the suggestion, Their endorsations are as follows: -- Editor, Times-Gazette, Dear Sirs. I noted with interest the name suggested by The Hon. G. D. Conant, Master of the Supreme Court of Ontario, (The Princess Elizabeth Way) and I feel very strongly that this name is very ap- propriate and I will greatly appre- ciate your valuable support in this suggested and most appropriate name for this new highway. Yours very truly, WM. DAVIDSON, : Mayor Town of Whitby Oshawa, Dec. 5, 1947 Editor Times-Ghzette, : Dear Sir: It was a happy inspira- "Princess Elizabeth Way" Name Gaining Support tion that prompted the suggestion of "Princess Elizabeth Highway" as a name for the splendid new link in our provincial road system, opened up for traffic on Wednesday last. Progress and modern business ef« ficiency alike are in evidence by its completion and use. Eventually, with equally precise purpose, there is no doubt its length will be ex- tended to the boundaries of the province. The suggested name "Princess Elizabeth," or "Princess," highway however, introduces .a colourful touch of romance and historical re gard in what may otherwise become a matter of drab routine. In such expression, this writer feels that he is voicing the approbation of most fellow citizens, Undoubtedly, the necessary aue thorities will give every considera« tion to the suggestion so aptly of= fered by Mr. Conant, during the dinner to the Hon, Mr. Doucett. Perhaps it is not too much to ex- pect that even as Her Majesty, dur ing the memorgble visit of Their Majesties to Canada in 1939, gave her name to the Queen Elizabeth Highway on the West of Toronto, so in the not too distant future her NEW HIGHWAY (Continued on Page 2) x LATE NEWS BRIEFS SMASH COUNTERFEIT RING : Chicago, Dec. 6 (AP)--The United States Secret Service announced today that it has broken up a coun=- terfeit gang which the federal men said had printed $600,000 in bogus currency since last July. It was the biggest such ring to operate in Chicago since 1934, the Secret Service said. $200,000 DAMAGE Val Morin, Que., Dec. 6 determined origin followed (CP)--An explosion of un- by fire destroyed the Pine- hurst Inn, a well-known Laurentian Mountain resort, here last night. Damage was estimated at $200,000. No injuries were reported and the few guests in the inn at the time immediately evacuated their rooms. KASHMIR FO Karachi, Pakistan, Dec RCES CLASH 6 (Reuters)--'"Free Kash- mir" forces advancing south following the capture of Akhnur, strategic town in South Kashmir, were reported during the night to be in close pursuit of Indian troops retreating towards Jammi, Kashmir's winter capital. The invading forces are Moslems angered at the desire of Kashmir to join the Hindu dominion of India. NEW PALESTINE VIOLENCE Jerusalem, Dec. 6 (AP)--Violence erupted anew to- day in the tense borderland between Arab Jaffa and Jewish Tel Aviv. Three Jews were killed. A communique from the Jewish underground army Hagana charged the Palestine police with turning an armored car on the Jews and killin a small child and wounding a woman. It said one member of Hagana had been killed by British troops. THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE | "