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THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle OSHAWA . WHITBY VOL. 6--NO, 295 i OSHAWA-WHITBY, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1947 Price 4 Cents " TWENTY PAGES HIGHWAY CREWS FIGHT D City Rule Out Orders ing Street Tracks Removed pe hg Repairs; Send Resolution "C.N.R. President At the end of its patience, the Oshawa City Council last | | 000 cargo of ammunition and air- night unanimously passed a resolution, which will be for- warded to R. C. Vaughan, President of the Canadian National Railways, ordering the railway to discontinue its service on King Street forthwith and remove its rails from the street. Council decided that no repairs will be made to the street and that signs will be erected at all inter- sections warning the operators of motor vehicles that they use the street at their own risk. It was the feeling of the aldermen that if pub- lic opinion can be aroused that action will be forthcoming from the CNR. or the Oshawa Railway Co., which is a subsidary of the C.N.R. Text of Resolution The text of a resolution to be forwarded to Mr. Vaughan is as follows: "Whereas the Council of the City of Oshawa for the past 10 years has attempted without success to have the C.N.R. remove its rails and dis- continue service to coal merchants 'on King St. West \ "And whereas the City of Oshawa has spent annually, during the past several years, thousands of dollars in a futile attempt to repair the road between and adjacent to. the railway tracks. x "And whereas the sald road, be- tween and adjacent to the tracks, is presently in a deplorable state of disrepair' and it is impossible due to the condition of the roadbed and the light weight of the rails to TRACKS REMOVED (Continued on Page 8). > Much Growth Indicated By Church Work At a well attended congregational meeting, last night the members of the Pentecostal Church, 245 Simcoe Street South, received the reports of the various departments of the Church, all of which showed a sub- stantial increase over the past year. Pastor R. A. Bombay was in the chair and asked for reports from each department. Mrs. Donal Bell acted as recording secretary. Carl Lagerquist, Sunday School Superintendent, gave a good report of the work done throughout the year and expressed his thanks to the 8. 8S. staff for their loyal co- operation. The financial report of the Sunday School was given by Reuben Young which showed an increase over last year. A brief re- port. was, also given of the branch MUCH GROWTH (Continued on Page 3) Increase Production Is Termed Basic Need To Earn U.S. Dollars By GEORGE KITCHEN Canadian Press Staff Writer Ottawa, Dec. 18*-(CP)--The Com- mons yesterday debated the govern- ment's dollar-saving economic pro- gram amid a flurry of opposition charges that it had committed "col- ossal blunders' and was leading the country down the road to "dictator- ship." These charges were levelled by Donald Fleming (PC--Toronto Eglinton) and John Diefenbaker (PC--Lake Centre) as they spear- headed a Progressive Conservative drive against a bill, up for second reading, which would give legisla- tive effect to the exchange conser- vation program launched Nov. 17. The C.CF. group forced the chamber into a recorded vote when they tried again by amendment to postpone approval of the principle of the measure until price ceilings have been established on the im- ports affected by the economic mea- sures. Speaker Fauteux ruled the amendment, similar to one put for- ward Tuesday, out of order and CCF. members contested the rul- ing, which was upheld by a vote of 162 to 32, Howe Statement These developments followed a statement by Reconstruction Minis. ter Howe in which he outlined the government's plans, said the basic solution to the country's shortage of U. 8. dollars would be found in increased production and called for the best use of Canada's basic ma- terials, such as steel. Amid reports that an announce- ment may be made shortly, Agricul- ture Minister Gardiner told the chamber he had "nothing to re- port" for the moment on the ne- gotiations proceeding here for the renewal of Anglo-Canadian food contracts for 1948, Prime Minister Mackenzie King read a letter of thanks from Prin- cess Elizabeth for the silver service | and the mink coat she received from Canada as wedding gifts. The Senate gave first reading to a bill authorizing the Bell Tele- phone Company of Canada to in- crease its capital and heard Sena- tor A. W. Roebuck (L--Ontario), speaking in the Throne Speech de- bate, assert that Canada must either retrace its steps in the matter of "governmental interference or go on to a completely-controlled econ- omy." Resuming the exchange debate in the Commons, Reconstruction PRODUCTION (Continued on Page 3) Many Proud Winners As Young Farmer Group Entertained by Kiwanians Feted at a Christmas party in the airport recreation hall last night, Kiwanis junior farmers enjoyed a sumptutus banquet and an hour of professional entertainment. Boys and girls from all over Durham and Ontario Counties received trophies and cheques for their prize winning entries Tn the 1947 Oshawa Fair. Feature post-dinner presentation was that of the T. Eaton Co. Ltd. silver salver which was given by Kiwanian Gordon Rae to John Thomson, Brooklin, three-time winner of that company's annual prize. Young Thomson also won the Robert Simpson Co. Ltd, silver tray for gaining the most points as a junior exhikitor. For attaining highest points in the needlecraft department, Miss Olga Westlake, 593 Oxford Street, was presented with the Robert Simpson Co. Ltd. engraved silver tray, Both the Simpson prizes were presented by Miss L. Christie, re- presenting the firm's local branch. Introduced by Kiwanis Club pre- sident Dave Jamieson as chairman for the evening, Ken Colin, chair- man of the agricultural committee, called on several Kiwanians and guests for brief addresses preceding prize presentations. Col. R. B. Smith, representing the Polish Relief Fund committee, re- minded his listeners that the cam- paign was in progress and he asked them to "give, give, give, because in Poland they need help." Norman Down, president of the South On- tario Agricultural Society and H. L, Fair, agricultural representative for Ontario County, congratulated the Kiwanis Club on its successful or- ganizing of the junior farmers. Both speakers told the young people that { they were expected to do a good job { In promoting further interest among PROUD WINNERS (Continued on Page 3) ACT TO HALT SHIP LOADING PLANES, ARMS Vancouver, Dec. 18--(CP)--Long- shoremen prepared to load a $1,200,- craft ground equipment on a China-bound ship here today des- pite growing protests from church, labor and C.C.F. groups. S. R. MacKenzie, Vice-President of Local 501 of the C.I.O.-affiliated longshoremen's union said last night that the dispute was not a labor problem but a mass demon- stration against ammunition being sold by Canada to another country. In order to uphold their contract the longshoremen would load the ship--the Panamanian-owned S85. Colima--under protest. Delegates from church and other protesting groups, meanwhile, plan- ned another conference today in an effort to halt departure of the cargo, which government sources in Ottawa said presumably would be used by Chinese forces against in- surgent Communists, In his statement last night Mr. MacKensie sald the ship would be loaded "pickets or no pickets." Pickets were threatened yesterday by the National Federation of Lab- or Youth, but decision to delay ac- tion until today was finally reach- ed. The Vancouver Labor Council (C.1.0.)) in an emergency meeting backed the suggestion that a picket line be thrown around the ship. The protested cargo is sald by Ottawa sources to be based on the 1945 Chinese-Canhadian mutual 'aid agreement which provided for Ca- nada shipping about 170 surplus Mosquito: fighter-bombers to 'China along with guns, ammuntion and ground maintenance equipment, The shipment was criticized by Rev. Andrew Roddan, First United Church minister, on the grounds that "what China needs at present is food and clothing and not addi- tional means to continue destruc- tion." F. J. McKenzie, C.C.F. provincial secretary, wired M. J. Coldwell, na- tional. C.C.F. leader, asking that he "urge banning the reported ship- ment." Hold Council Should Know Cost of School City Council gave two read- ings last night to the by-law to authorize the'issuance of deben- tures in the sum of $700,000 for the proposed secondary school on the Bishop Bethune property. The third reading was held up until a 'copy of the contract is submit- ted to Council. Members of Council took the view that Council should have some idea of what the school will "cost to prevent 'he taxpayers be- ing saddled with taxation which might be detrimental to their in- tereets. Ald. Sam Jackson and Ald. R. D. Humphries held the opinion that Council should know defin- itely what the school will cost and, that as construction will not be started for some time, the de- lay in the passage of the by-law would not be detrimental to the Board of Education, City Appoints Three to Meet Hospital Board Aldermen 8an Jackson, Michael Starr and R. D. Humphries were named by City Council last night to meet with the Board of Directors of the Oshdwa General Hospital to consider the Board's request for financial assistance. It is expected that representatives of the County Council will also take part in the discussions. Mayor PF. N. McCallum informed Council, following the reading of a letter from Cyril Waite, secretary of the Hospital Board, that this was the first time the hospital had been in the position of not being able to meet its obligations. Ald. Starr commented that the hospital was faced with the need for increasing its rates $1 per day per patient to meet rising costs. THE WEATHER Clear today befoming over- cast on Friday morning. Cold today, not much change in tem. perature on Friday. Winds northwest 15 becoming light to- night and east 15 Friday morn- ing. Low tonight and high Fri- day 10 and 22. / fi Special Auto From U, A. W. For Toronto Paraplegics, Paraplegics in the Toronto area will benefit from this specially equipped automobile purchased by the infer~ national union of the United Automobile Workers of America on behalf of its Canadian region for presenta tion to the Canadian Paraplegics Association. Here Fred Rowe (centre), UAW publicity director for this region, receives the keys and license for the car from L. M. Souch, sales manager of Ontario Motor Sales. On the left is James Smith, UAW international representative. The car will be used for training handicapped veterans to drive and also to assist them in getting about, - --Photo by Campbell's Studio U.A.W. Buys A car designed so that almost any type of paraplegic can get around by himself has been pur- chased here by the international union of the United Auto Workers of America on behalf of the Cana- dian region for use by handicapped veterans in the Toronto area. Delivery of the auto was received yesterday from Ontario Motor Sales Ltd. by James Smith, UAW inter- national representative, and Harry Rowe, UAW publicity drector for this region. The shiney blue vehicle will be shown in the various Auto Workers centres between here and Windsor and will be presented next Monday to the Canadian Para- plegic Association in Toronto. It will be used for training pur- poses as well as for assisting para- plegics in getting about and it is hoped that the Canadian govern- ment will take up the project of providing these specially equipred cars for handicapped ex-service- men. The United States govern- ment has given 5,000 such vehicles For Paraplegic Veterans Special Auto since the conclusion of the war for usé by American veterans. The presentation in Toronto will be made by George Burt, UAW re- gional director, to a representative of the Canadian Paraplegics 'Asso- ciation. _Emil Mazey, international secretary-treasurer and director of veterans affairs for the Auto Work- ers Union, will also take part. Equipped with hydromatic drive, the vehicle can be operated entirely with the hands although foot con- trols are installed for those able to use them. The starter is on the dash board and once the gear shift lever on the steering wheel is put in "drive' no further shifting of gears is required. The lever, too, may be overated by either the left or right hand. For the driver who is unable to regulate the speed of the car by his feet, a gadget on the steering wheel operates both as accelerator and brake, Another switch turns on special signal lights which indicate to other traffic that the driver in- tends to stop or make a turn, Kingston, Dec. 18--(CP)--James Boomhour, 35, lone survivor of a farmhouse fire which took four lives near the district farming commun- ity of Hartington, told Provincial Police his 30-year-old wife, Lillian, and his baby son came within a few feet of escaping from the blaz- ing dwelling. Boomhour talked to police last night from a hospitdl bed here where he is recovering from shock, severe burns and lacerations suffer- ed early yesterday as he dashed from the flaming house to seek help from neighbors. Cpl. Harry Ramsbottom of the Provincial Police Kingston detach- ment said today Boomhour told him he awakened to find the 80- year-old log-walled farmhouse on fire, He aroused his wife and she picked up the six-month-old child, Harry James Boomhour from a basket beside the window in the upstairs bedroom. Boomhour went to the stairway which led down to the kitchen and told his wife to follow him, Groping, through the smoke and trying toi keep their faces turned away from the roaring flames which were gaining headway in kitchen woodwork. At the foot of the stair- way, Boomhour told his wife he would break a window and that she was to follow him through it. Boomhour smashed the kitchen window, climbed through it and jumped down into the snow. He turned to assist his wife and child but saw no sign of them. They had disappeared in-the flames. By that time, tongues of fire were leaping from the entire lower part ; of the house. Above the crackle | and roar, he called to his wife and | shouted to his mother-in-law, Mrs. Steven Card, 69, and his brother- Survivor Of Farm Fire Which Took Four Lives Tells Of Escape Tries law, Henry Card, who still were upstairs, He received no answer. Dazed, burned and bleeding from the cuts he suffered when he smashed the window, Boomhour, clad only in his nightshirt stag- gered to the house of Mr. and Mrs. Fred G. Babcook about 50 feet away. By the time he returned with help the fire was too far advanced for rescue attempts or for any bid to save the dwelling. Cpl. Ramsbottom said today that police and district farmers found the bodies of the three adults in the ruins but no trace of the baby. Strife Toll Is 25 Killed Rome, Dec. 18--(AP)--Reports reached Rome today of new politi- | cal disorders such as those which have led to 23 political killings and the pillage and burning of nearly 100 party headquarters, most of them of the extreme right Uomo Qualunque (common man) move- ment, in the last five weeks. While Pietro Nenni, pro-Com- munist Socialist leader, last night accused the government of "almost considering as outlaws the Parti- sans who fought against Fascists," The government ended a week-loag Partisan occupation of the Pescara City Hall. Calm returned to that Adriatic coast town, but there were reports of other disordeers in Catania, Pal- ermo and Gela in agricultural Sic- ily as well as of workers' unres t in as of workers' 1 LC unrest as o orxers STRIFE TOLL (Continued on Page 2) Gun Unloaded Father Tells Inquest Jury Belleville, Dec. 18--(CP) -- Hugh Badgely told a coroner's jury yesterday the .22-calibre ri- fle found to have killed his 265- year-old daughter, Marion Jean, was not loaded the last time he hung it in the kitchen of his near- by Frankford home after shoot- ing birds. . He broke into tears frequently during the opening session of the hearing-to determine circum- stances of the death of the secre- tary who was spending the week- end with her parents and who died Nov. 20 while thay were at- tending evening church services. Adjournment was called to Dec. 31 and a further delay was considered possible to permit me- dical experts to testify. Mr. Badgely said Marion Jean was expecting her boy friend, Harold Hagerman, to call on her and she was alone in the house when he and his wife left for church, ¥ Before the service was over, he was called from the building by 'a. policeman who told him his daughter was dead, Mr, Badgely said. He told the jury he had seen a car disappear behind a knoll near his home as he was driving away and assumed "it was Hagerman going after Jean." However, the automobile. was identified by William Madill of Frankford as his. Madill said he had been. on his way to call on his girl friend and had left the area after 10 minutes, Mr. and Mrs. Badgely had in- sisted the death of their daughter was not a suicide, that she was too cheerful to want to die, They said they believed she was" killed while resisting an attack. Anoth- er speculation advanced was that the gun had tired accidentally, . Ship In Distress Tosses Rice Cargo To Keep Afloat Honolulu, Dec. 18--- (AP) -- The freighter Simon Benson, which radioed she was breaking up 1,400 miles north-northwest of Oahu, was turned head on in- to heavy seas late last night as her crew of about 45, began jet- tisoning a cargo of sacked rice in the fight to save their lives, The United States coast guard reported a message from the Benson's master said.the vessel was "cracked from below s.'engthening plate to hatch combing, Water coming in, Rice swelling, but water gaining." The Coast Guard Cutter Iro- quois, /dispatched to the Benson's aid, reported it had established radio contact. A Coast Guard officer here said the rice cargo of the Ben- son "may blow the ship wide op- en" if it swells appreciably. An earlier 'distress call from the Benson had indicated only that she was breaking across the deck but was proceeding toward Hono- lulu, Toronto, Dec. 18 throughout Southern Ontario RIFTS Wind-Driven Snow Creates Hazards In Some Districts (CP)--Highways are "heavy™ today in the wake of Central Ontario's first crippling snowstorm of the season, officials of the Department of Highways reported. Described by department officials as "a typical ing in depth from five to 12 inches blanketed the province last night. The storm kept 12 passengers marooned in buses stuck in snow- drifts on No. 7 highway between Georgetown and Norval for four hours until the vehicles were dug out. High winds and driving snow tore down power lines and cut off power at Shelburne and in the Clif- ford district 6f Wellington County. Department of Highways officials warned motorists to stay off Col- lingwood district roads unless on urgent business. Icy pavements made driving perilous in that area and the snowfall was heavy. At noon garage operators reported a large number of cars and trucks stuck in roadside ditches. Highway No. 6 between Mount Forest and Arthur, was blocked dur- ing the night but snow removal crews opened i: this morning. "No provincial highway is com- pletely blocked," a Highways De- partment spokesman said this fore- noon, "We expect the condition of the roads will improve during the day as no precipitation is forecast." Heavy falls of snow tied up traf- fig in the Owen Sound district until early today. As skies cleared and the tem- perature dropped through Southern and Southwestern Ontario today, Highways Department. snowplow crews worked to re-open roads clog- ged wtih drifts by last night's storm. All main roads in the dsor district were reported open this forenoon as high southwest winds abated. At Stratford, officials of the Department of Hgihways re. ported roads in their area "none too good". The storm built an ice jam at the mouth of Kingsville harbor last night 'and two fishing tugs were trapped for some hours before be- ing released by veteran Kingsville captains, mid-wintér storm," a snowfall rang- ®-- SETTLEMENT SAID $30,000 IN BUS CASE Settlement was recorded today in an 'action brought by Mrs. Daisy Jenkins, of Dunbarton, against Gray Coach Lines Ltd. and James W. Harris Ltd., as the result of injure ies received in the accident on De= cember 23, 1944, in which the bus on which she was riding crashed into a standing Harris transport a short distance east of the Ajax traffic signal. In the same accident, Mrs, 8impson Scott, of Ajax, was fatally injured. While the terms of settlement were not announced in court and counsel indicated they were not at liberty to disclose the amount awarded, it 1s understood from other information that the settle« ment was in the neighborhood of $30,000. Mr, Justice G. A. Gale, entering judgment in accord with minutes of settlement filed, commended coun. sel on reaching an amicable settle ment, Plaintiffs in the action were Mrs, Jenkins, whose injuries confined her' to hospital for nearly two years, her hushand, William Robert Jenkins, and her 14-year-old daughe ter, Doreen Jane Jenkns, who suf frd minor injuries in the accident. Defendants were Gray Coach Lines Ltd. driver of the caach James SETTLEMENT (Continued on Page 2) Distributed London, Dec. 18--(CP)--Foreign Secretary Bevin said today Russia's "hostile propaganda" during the London conference of the Big Four Foreign Ministers council had made it impossible "to get to grips with the fundamental principles invol- ved." In a formal report to the Com- mons, Bevin also charged that Sov- let opposition to participation by her neighboring countries in the Marshall Plan is violating "the free choice of free states and is an interference with their independ- ence and sovereignty." 'Hostile Propaganda' By Russia Beat Big Four--Bevin Just as he told Foreign Minister Molotov himself near the close of the talks Monday, Bevin reported to the house that "we were met with a number of long speeches and unjustified and false accusa- tions." Bevin said '"unfortunately, ever since its creation," the council has alternated between carrying out its original purpose of drafting treat ies for submission to a peace cone ference and "being used for entire PROPAGANDA (Continued on Page 2) picked up from Shanghai's current cost. unit reported today that of the Mauvgis, which carried a crew of flares had dropped 50 feet astern of his v he had seen no ship in distress. * LATE NEWS BRIEFS x 141 DIE OF HUNGER Shanghai, Dec. 18 (AP)--More than 140 unidenti- fied corpses of the poor -- 131 of them children -- were streets in the last 48 hours as the price of rice shot up to a new inflationary peak. Rice merchants called on Mayor K. C. Wu to seek measures to bring the price of the food staple below its FAMED CRIMINOLOGIST DIES London, Dec. 18 (AP)--Sir Bernard Spilsbury, 70, noted British criminal investigator, was found dead last night in his laboratory at the London University College and a colleague said the room was filled with gas. Sir Bernard, former pathologist for the Home Office, often had experimented on himself to probe the secrets of murder mysteries. He once gassed himself with carbon monoxide and then had a blood test made. BABY WITH HEART OUTSIDE Los Angeles, Dec. 18 (AP)--A baby boy, with heart and part of his intestines on the outside of his body, was born at Delano Central California last night, and phy- sicians here said there was no hope of saving his life. The child was rushed here by ambulance. VESSEL REACHES SAFETY Halifax, Dec. 18 (CP)--R.C.A.F. search and rescue the 36-ton lobster smack Mauvois out of Yarmouth, N.S., had turned up safely in her home port and that distress flares fired in the Bay of Fundy last night still were unexplained. "he master by ee, said the - ssel but that