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THE DAI 'OSHAWA Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle Y TIMES-GAZETTE WHITBY, VOL. 6--NO, 294 OSHAWA-WHITBY, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1947 Price 4 Cents SIXTEEN PAGES FOUR DIE Hospital Will Ask Aid From City and County Revenues Too Low . To Meet Increased Costs of Operation The Oshawa General Hospital is faced with a very serious financial situation with respect to its operating account because of steadily rising costs and at the regular meeting of the Hospital Board held last night it was decided to ask for financial aid from both the city of Oshawa and the With this in®-- County of Ontario. view letters will be sent to both corporations asking that opportun- ity be given as soon as possible for consultation as to ways and means for providing definite financial help. The Board will ask both bodies to meet members of its exe- cutive, who will lay before the res- pective representatives of the city and county, the financial status of the institution and - the pressing need for early and substantial help toward meeting that need. Many Generous Gifts It was remarked at last night's meeting of the Board, which was presided over by the Hospital Presi- dent, Mr. J. A. Morphy, that this is the first time in the Hospital's history of over 36 years that either city or county has been asked for any important financial aid, the support of the institution having come almost entirely from the patients using the hospital and the many generous gifts of interested friends. The latter have not only made up deficits in thie past but also provided funds for large exten- sions to the hospital, the latest gift having been that of the new nurses' residence which was pro- vided and completely furnished through the generosity of Col. and Mrs. R. 8. McLaughlin. The time has now come, the Board feels, WILL ASK AID (Oontinued on Page 2) Many Happy Returns PRIME MINISTER KING Who is today celebrating his 73rd | birthday. Unlike many men of his age he is still extremely active and is playing a prominent part in the current session of the House of Commons, He recently returned to Canada after attending the Royal Wedding in London. McNaughton States U.S. Should Maintain Lead In Atomic Energy Field New York, Dec. 17--(CP)--The United States should be able to maintain its ascendancy fh the field of atomic energy "for a decade at least," provided research and de- velopment, are maintained on the scale authorized by Congress, Gen. A. G. L. McNaughton said today. If international agreement could not be reached on this "acute pro- blem," the Canadian delegate to the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission proposed as an alterna- tive that the United States should maintain and expand its lead. In a speech prepared by a Can- adian Club of New York luncheon, he put it this way: "In the absence of an interna- tional agreement, an alternative possibility of = preserving peace, which is, I think, fully justified in the short-term view by consider- ations of expediency and practica- bility, is that the present para- mount ascendancy in the field, which is now held by peace-loving and democratic nations, and in largest measure by the United Sta- tes, should be continued and in- creased by every method which is open, "The very progress which is made by these nations will be a strong inducement to other mations to join in the project for international con- trol sp that they may share in the benefits.' Outlining the steps taken through the U.N. towards devising a system of international control, Gen. Mc- Naughton, also President of the Canadian Atomic Energy Control Board, said: "A satisfactory solution to this acute problem and the institution of appropriate safeguards are among the indispensable conditions for the establishment and mainten- ace of stable peace throughout the world." Those who had studied the pro- blem thoroughly 'believed that "without undue restriction on the peaceful uses of atomic energy and without the setting np of an unduly cumbersone organization, it would be possible to provide at the least several months' warning before atomic war could be launched by any nation on a significant scale . . . "If confidence can once be estab- lished that atomic war is' not being prepared it may reascnably be ex- pected to extend to all other meth- ods of war and ultimately to war it- self, It seems therefore that the ATOMIC ENERGY (Continued on Page 2) Premier King 73 Today Spends Birthday On Job Ottawa, Dec. 17--(CP)--Still hale and hearty, Prime Minister Mac- kenzie King today celebrated his 73rd birthday with a customary working day, which included an early start at the office, a cabinet meeting and attendance in parlia- ment, A bouquet of roses from Lberal party members likely will be on Mr. King's Commons' desk when the House opens this afternoon but, aside from that and telegrams from his many friends around the world, there will be little to mark the oc- casion. At 73, Mr. King is on: the thresh- old of a new commonwealth record for the Prime Ministership. By April 20 next, he will have equalled the record established by 'Walpole, the British Prime who served from April-3; 1721, to Feb, H, 1742-17, days or 20 years, 10 months and nine days. It is expected that once Mr. King hae arhisved that record he will prepare to hand over the govern- ment leadership, possibly selecting | day in the southern United States a temporary party chieftain until a national liberal convention chooses a new leader. He already has an- nounced his intention of not leading the Liberal party into another gen- eral election although he may sit as a private member. However there have been reports lately that his retirement plans may be upset by the international situation. Mr. King recently returned from a month-long trip overseas during which he attended the royal wed- ding of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip and visited Western Europe. After a week-long return voyage of ocean liner he came home to report himself fit and ready for this -pre-Christmas parliamentary session, Early this year the Prime Minis- ter suffered a heavy cold which verged for a time on pneumonia and it was thought possible that he might have had to retire from pub- lic life, However a three-weeks holi- following convalescence at home ARAB-JEWISH STRIFE EASES IN HOLY LAND Jerusalem, Dec. 17-- (AP) -- Police said that two Jews, "ob- vious victims of foul play," were found dead in the Old City to- day, raising the death toll in 17 days of Arab-Jewish strife to 262. Of those slain in arguments over partition, 131 were Jews, 120 were Arabs, eight were Bri- tons and three were of other na- tionalities. A British police sergeant was killed and another was wounded severely during the night. Violence, however, appeared to be tapering off, and this morn. ing was the quietest since the United Nations decision to parti- tion Palestine touched off the wave of disorders. In Cairo, Haj Amin El Husse- ini, exiled Mufti of Jerusalem, in- dicated the Arab League's an- nouncement on its "council of war" against Palestine partition may be made public tonight. It has been expected yesterday but was postponed while leaders of the seven Arab League states considered it further, Also in Cairo Samir Al Rifai Pasha, Premier of Trans-Jordan, announced Arab Legion troops will not be withdrawn from Pa- lestine as long as British troops remain in the Holy Land. Jewish leaders have demanded the with- drawal of the British - command- ed Legionnaires, a detachment of whom machine-gunned a truck convoy near Tel Aviv Sunday, killing 14 Jews. Officers Of Temple Lodge Installed Last night brethren of Temple Lodge, AF. & AM, No. 649 GRC, celebrated the annual festival of St. John the Evangelist with an in. stallation ceremony directed by Rt. Wor. Bro. M.A. Jackson assisted by Past Masters of Temple Lodge. Bro. Ernest S. Reading was installed as Worshipful Master to succeed Wor. Bro. E. A. Scuthwell who became Immediate Past Master. Newly invested officers of Temple Lodge for 1948 are as follows: Wor- shipful Master Bro. E. S. Reading, Sr. Warden Bro. E. Pankhurst, Jr. Warden Bro. J. T. Simnett, Chap- plain Wor. Bro. F. C. Davidson, Treasurer Wor. Bro. J. G. McIn- tosh, Secretary Bro. A. S. Clark, Director of Ceremonies Wor. Bro. J. Jackson, Sr. Deacon Bro. T. L. Wil- liams, Jr. Deacon Bro. R. Flutter, Inner Guard Bro. H. Donald, Sr. Steward Bro. D. E. Sturgis, Jr. Steward Bro. G. McLaughlin, Or- ganist Bro. H. Murray, Tyler Bro. H. Campbell. Commended for their efficient presentation of the installation, members of the installing board in- cluded: IP.M., V. Wor. Bro. J. N. Willson, Sr. Warden Wor. Bro. W. R. Elliott, Jr. Warden Wor. Bro. O. D. Friend, Chaplain Wor. Bro. R. Murison, of Doric Lodge, Pickering, Treasurer V, Wor. Bro. E. A. Coop- er, Secretary Wor. Bro. J. Jackson, Director of Ceremonies Wor. Bro. L. F. McLaughlin, Sr. Deacon Wor. Bro. J. G. McIntosh, Jr. Deacon Wor. Bro. S. G. Peebles, Inner Guard Wor. Bro. F. C. Davidson, Sr, Steward Wor. Bro. A. W. Jack- lin, Jr. Steward Wor. Bro. A. S. Clark, Organist Wor. Bro. R. G. Geen, They were assisted by Wor. Bro. T. Hopkins, and Wor. Bro. H. Flintoff, Worshipful Masters of Cedar and Lebanon Lodges respect- ively. Highly Regarded One of the highlights of the -en- tertaining program which featured banquet room proceedings was the short reply delivered by Very Wor. Bro. Harry Wallace, Grand Senior Deacon, who responded to Wor. Bro. Stephen. Peebles' toast to Grand Lodge. V. Wor, Bro. Wallace said "Grand Lodge looks witty favor on the man- ner in which Masonry is conducted in Oshawa". He voiced the regrets of the District Deputy who was un- able to be present, owing to illness and in conclusion extended congra- tulations to the newly installed 'Wor- shipful Master. Wor, «Bro. Ernie Reading and his officers, and also paid tribute to the Immediate Past- Master, Wor, Bro. Eldon Southwell, for his fine work in the past year. It was pointed out also by V. Wor, Bro. Wallace that the installation ceremony of Temple Lodge for 1948 officers constituted a unique event in Oshawa's great Masonic history, in that the installing of George Mc- TEMPLE LODGE restored him to health, (Continued on Page 2) / New Worshipful Master of Temple Lodge Installed a Temple Lodge, AF. & AM. No. 649 G.R.C., held its twentieth annual celebration of The Festival of St. John the Evangelist, Installation Ceremony, last evening at Masonic Temple, when Rt. Wor. Bro. Matthew A. Jackson, assisted by other Past-Masters of Temple Lodge. comprised the Installing Board for the ceremony of installing in office the Worshipful Master-elect for 1948, Bro. Ernest S. Reading and his officers. above picture, taken following the investiture when Wof, Bro. E. 8S. Reading had been installed in the Master's Chair, shows, left to right, Wor. Bro. E. A. Southwell, Immediate Past-Master, Jewel, which he received in" a portion of the ceremony; the new Worshipful Master of Temple Lodge, and Rt. Wor. Bro. M. A. Jackson, the Installing Master. The wearing his Past-Master's --Photo by Thos. Simnett. London, Dec. 17--(AP)--Sir Staf- ford Cripps urged the House of Commons today to give Prince Philip and Princess Elizabeth £50,- 000 ($200,000). a year because "this is not a matter on which we should cavil at a few thousand pounds." Sir Stafford, Britain's ec: mic chief and author of her prog. 1 of austerity, led off a debate which in the house tonight on the amount of income to be given the heiress to the throne and her husband. "should have an adequate income of his own" and stressed that £10,000 is "the provision customary for the younger sons of the King." "Whatever we do must be done with a view to supporting the dig- nity of the crown and the national prestige." Sir Stafford noted that the pro- posed income for - Elizabeth was considerably lower than the approx- imately £80,000 a year which the heir to the throne received as re- venues from the Duchy of Corn- wall before the war. Sir Stafford.said the full amount proposed by the committee "may help to insure _that the young couple live in happiness and good fellowship among a people whose Sir Stafford said the government | believes it is "'essential" that Philip promised to lead a bitter-end vote | Cripps Urges Payment Of $200,000 Annually To Prince and Princess honorable devotion they have al- ready earned and will continue to merit by the simple yet dignified manner in which they will dis- charge the heavy responsibilities which their high office places upon them." The bride and groom are living at Buckingham Palace at_present. The groom has a desk job at the Ad- miralty, There were indications of a grow- ing revolt in parliament over grant- ing a suggested yearly allowance of £50,000 ($200,000) to the newlyweds --four-fifths of it to Elizabetn and the remainder to Philip, A special session of the Labor members in the House of Com- mons was summoned prior to to- day's debate on the question. One Labor motion to cancel the allow. ance and let the young couple get along on Elizabeth's present allow- ance of $60,000 a year previously was tabled. An all-parliamentary committee recommended the $200,000 figure, but of the nine Labor members on the committee held out for reduc- ing both the bride's and the groom's allowance by $20,000 apiece --or $140,000 for Elizabeth and' $20,000 for. Philip, whose pay at the Admiralty is $51.80 a week. Prime Minister Attlee is reported to favor the larger figure. Active Life Promised "Blue babies" from across Canada, and one from New York State, have been cured by operations this year at the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto. Since last March, 28 operations have been successfully perform- | ed there. An active life is promised for the first time to a 16-year-old | Boyymanville bov, seen at Hosvital for Sick Children after "blue baby" operation, Former C.0. Ont Regiment DiesSuddenly A former commanding officer of the Ontario Regiment, H. E. "Bert" Smith died today at Gibraltar, Ont., as the result of a heart attack. He was in his 64th year. Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Smith, Mr. Smith was born in Toronto and came to Oshawa as a young man, being associated first with the Ontario Malleable Iron Co. Later he operated a dry cleaning business for a number of years. He enlisted in the Ontario Regiment H. E. "BERT" SMITH at the outbreak of World War I and went overseas with the Canadian Mounted Rifles. He was a prisoner of war and returned with the rank of major. He took an active part in the reserve regiment here fol- lowing the war and became com- manding officer in 1928.29, Mr. Smith was active in commun- ity life here, being first president of the Oshawa Rotary Club in 1920. He served throughout World War II as barracks officer at the RCAF station at Mountain View, a posi- tion he held until the station was closed last July. He then purchased a business at Gibralter, near Col- lingwood and was living there at the time of his death. Surviving are his wife, the former Jean Kerr, two daughters, June of New York, and Hope of Cincinatti; a sister, Mrs. Fred Storie, and a brother, Archie Smith, both of Oshawa, The remains will arrive in Osh- awa on Thursday evening and will rest at the Luke-McIntosh Funeral Home for service at 2 p.m. on Sat- urday, December 20. Interment will be in Scarboro Lawn Cemetery, Two U.S. Ships Call For Help Seattle, Dec. 17--(AP)--Rescue ships steamed through the North Pacific today to the aid of two d¥- abled United States Army vessels-- The rudderless drifting tanker El Caney and the partially-flooded cargo boat FS-245. The El Caney was expected to be |" intercepted about 9 p.m. PST by the United States Navy salvage vessel Balster, -~ IN FIRE NEAR KINGSTON Mother, Daughter Son And Grandson Perish In Flames Kingston, Ont., Dec. 17 (CP)--Four persons werg burned to death and one man sutfered burns, cuts and shock early today when fire believed caused by an overheated stove destroyed a two-storey log farmhouse near Hartinge ton Village about 30 miles north of here. Dead are: her son, Henry Card, 32; her daughter, Mrs, Lillian Boomhour, 30, and her six-months-old grand- son, Harry James Boomhour. In Kingston General Hospital is James Boomhour, husband of Mrs. Lillian Boomhour, who suffered cuts and burns when he smashed a win- down of the burning house and ran to a neighbor's home for help. He was the only occupant of the farm house to escape. Boomhour pounded on the door of a farmhouse 50 feet away from the burning structure and awakened Mr. and Mrs. Fred G. Babcook. Later Babcook said Boomhour, clad only in a nightshirt and with his face and arms covered with blood, told him he awakened to find the house a mass of flames and that he "couldn't find anyone in it." Wood In Stove Babcook quoted Boomhour as say- ing Card, his brother-in-law, got up about 3:45 am. put wood on the kitchen stove which heated the log cabin and then went back to bed. Between 15 and 20 minutes later the house was on fire. After dressing hastily as protec- tion against the near-freezing wea- ther, Babcook and his wife went FOUR DIE (Continued on Page 2) Mrs, Steven Card, 69; ¢ European Aid Bill For $597 Million Signed By Truman 'Washington, Dec. 17-- (AP) President Truman today sign the $597,000,000 stop-gap Euros pean Aid Bill, Yesterday, Presidential Presg Secretary Charles Ross told reg porters a special ceremony wag planned to emphasize the imports ance of the measure, But Ross told reporters today that the President found it im possible to arrange a ceremonial signing because of the difficulty of getting to the White House a$ one time all of those who had a major part in the passage of tha legislation, The announcement that the measure had been signed came as the House went back to debating the $88,000,000 cut its approprie ations committee recommended in: the program. It was part of a 30-per-cent trimming thé committee made in producing a $77:,726,000 mease ure to finance foreign aid and army occupation costs, Scarlet Fever In Line With Despite a record of six new cases of scarlet fever this month as com- pared with, only four reported ca- ses during the whole of 1946, there is' no question of an epidemic here, Dr. A. F. Mackay, Medical Officer of Health, said today. There had certainly been "an up- swing", he said, but this was con- sistent with the record of scarlet fever incidence which showed the disease "coming in waves." Scarlet fever cases in November totalled four with an 11-month total of 14. The 1946 total of four cases was the low point for the last three years, 1945 showing a total of 14 cases and 1944 with 43 cases on re- cord. A province-wide survey for No- vember revealed a normal record so far as scarlet fever incidence was concerned, Dr. Mackay pointed out. Report of Miss Gertrude H. Tuck- er, supervising public health nurse, records a total of five cases of mumps during November, one case of typhoid fever, three cases of Shicksnpox and one case of meas- es, First and only case of typhoid fe- ver to date this year resulted in death for the male patient. There were two cases of typhoid in 1946. Measles, which reached a total of 708 cases last year, stands at 17 ca- ses for 11 months of this year. Other comparative figures for communic- able diseases in 1946 and the 11- Upswing Cycle Trend month period in 1947 were: wh ing cough, 6 and 91; chickenpox, 411 and 193; German measles, 2 and 12% mumps, 12 and 49; poliomyelitis, 3 and 3; diphtheria, none and one, Total number of children come pleting immunization for November was 27 bringing the 1l-month total to T10 as compared with the 1948 total of 903, Miss Tucker reports, Of the 27, 13 received the combined serum, diphtherina and whooping cough, and 10 were vaccinated against smallpox. Recall doses toe talled 14 for the month. Total number of infants attende ing the Child Health Centre was 159 for the month, The 11-month total stands at 2,175, an increase over last' year's final total of 1,853, CHECK CELLAR BLAZE A cellar blaze at W, Rahme's Garage, 26 Athol Street West, bes lieved to have started from overs heated furnace pipes, was checke ed by firemen shortly before 11s 30 'this morning. THE WEATHER Overcast with widely scatters ed snowflurries. Thursday over cast clearing in the morning, Not much change in tempera- ture today and becoming milder Thursday. Winds southwest 15 low tonight and high Thursday 20 and 35, * LATE NEWS BRIEFS x WEW U.AW. CONTRACT Brantford, Dec. 17 (CP)--Fred Brookes, U.AW.- C.1.O,, international representative in Brantford, today announced the signing of a new contract between the Kirsch Manufacturing Company of Canada Ltd., Wood- stock, and Local 636 U.A.W.-C.1.0. SETTLEMENT ENDORSED Hamilton, Dec. 17 (CP)--When settlement was reached out of court, Mr. Justice Jean Genest endorsed the court record giving judgment of $14,500 to Joseph A. Duncan, Hamilton, for damages claimed against the City of Hamilton for injuries said to have beca received by the plaintiff while a patient in the Hamilton General Hospital in January, 1946. FIRE DESTROYS HOME Peterborough, Dec. 17 (CP)--A fire believed to have started from overheated pipes and fanned by 'high wind last night dstroyed the two-store home of Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Bird at miles east of here. Mr. and were away at the time. frame farm rent River, 29 Mrs. Bird and four children PLUNGE VICTIM IMPROVES Belleville, Dec. 17 (CP)--The condition of Theo- dore Kravacek, Trenton, who narrowly escaped drown= ing. when his car plunged into the Trent River near Trenton Tuesday and who was taken to Belleville hos- pital suffering from shock, is improved today. Dr. G. H. Stobie, attending physician, has not allowed police to interview the man as to how the accident happened in which Louis Stojan lost his life,