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THE DAIPY TIMES-GAZETTE I Saunders, Same Board Of Control Returned At Toronto FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 1948 . ~ PAGE THRER ! 5s __[17 Of 18 Alderman: Chamber Officials Visit Sklar Furniture Company Plant § Sklar Furniture Adds New Products As Firm Prospers Also Voted Back; Communist Is Out - Toronto, Jan. 2 (CP)--Robert Hood Saunders has beer" re-elected for his fourth consecutive term as Mayor of - Toronto, his 1947 board of control is back in office and 18. of the 18 aldermen on the 1947 city council have been res ~ = turned. . ' J The voting yesterday climaxed a ® : 3 Many small industries have located in Oshawa during the past 12 to 18 months. It has been the policy of the Chamber of Commerce and the Industrial Committee of the City Council to encourage small industries to locate here and then to give them every possible assistance in order that they may develop and grow ®-- - into larger industries with their roots deep in this community. This policy has proved to be very successful and on Wednesday morn- ing Chamber of Commerce officials were taken on a tour through the Sklar Furniture Manufacturing Company in the' Williams Piano building on Richmond Street West to view the progress that has been made by this young industry in one year. Sam Sklar and his two bro- thers, Joe and Harry, commenced operations here about a year agod with a staff of less than half 4a dozen and already more than 35 are employed and the prospects for the future are that as materials are made availabl®¥ that this number may be increased to around the 200 figure. ' Products Extended Sam Sklar, in showing the repre- sentatives through the industry, pointed out that at the time they opened business here they were in. terested mainly in the manufacture of children's furniture. Since then, however, they have added new equipment and are now in the pro- cess of producing their first line of chesterfield suites in many designs and patterns. Boudoir chairs, oc- casional chairs and .complete ches- terfield suites will be the main fea- NEW PRODUCTS (Coninued on Page 14) 2 Trainmen Die In Crash Cobalt, Ont,, Jan 2--(CP)--In- vestigation to determine the. cause of a head-on freight-train crash in which two men were killed and three others injured was continued today along a wreckage-strewn track at Pickerel Lake, two miles south of here. Dead are J. R. Newton, 22, and Herbert Lewis, both of North Bay, Ont., firemen and engineer of an Ontario Northland Railway north- bound freight which collided with a ~suthbound train early yesterday. ~J. D. Lang, brakeman on the northbound freight, was seriously injured and was admitted to hospi- tal at nearby Haileybury. Conduct- or William Bourret of the north- bound and brakeman C. E. Phillips of the southbound were less ser- {ously injured. All three are from North Bay. Newton was killed almost instant- ly. Lewis died in Halleybury hospi- tal after being trapped for eight hours in the cab of the north- bound locomotive. Rescuers used acetylene torches to free him. Eight cars were derailed by the impact and some toppled down an enbankment, snapping telephone lines and, for a ttime, cutting Co- balt off from telephone communi- cation with Southern Ontario. Both locomotives remained upright. Investigation of the crash was headed by Archie Freeman, C.N.R. general manager. The track was being cleared by auxiliaries dispat- ched to tRe scene from North Bay and Englehart. - Soup Company Plans Meeting In line with its policy of holding meetings each year to discuss new developments with. its tomato growers, the Campbell Soup Co, Ltd, announces that gatherings will be held at Markham on Jan- uary and in the Community Hall at Newcastle on January 9. Dr. Hester, soils specialist from Riverton, N. J. will address both meetings on "Problems in Fertiliz= ing Tomatoes', Dr. Younkin, the company's plant disease specialist also of Riverton, will talk about "The Control of Temato Diseases. At Markham Raymond Lowe will entertain with magic and lunch will be served following the meet- ing. At Newcastle Don Hamm's Or- chestra will play for round and ssuare daneing following the lunch. Preparing Report On Cornwall Fire ---------- Cornwall, Jan. 2--(CP)--Inspec- tor Aime Deroches of the Ontario Fire Marshal's Department contin- ued investigation into the cause of last Wednesday's $1,000,000 fire in downtown Cornwall but it was learned that none of his findings will be made public until he has submitted a full repogt to his super- fors. | 2 The blaze destroyed 11 business establishments and made some 25 families homeless. Mayor Lloyd D. Gallinger said he does not believe rebuilding will be started until the fire inspector's report is released. Meanwhile~.in- surance adjustors' reports are being awaited so that demolitiori work on the ruined buildings may be start- ed. --The local ban' on Sunday games _which now can be played after church -hours--has been lifted after 12 years. i ¥ - i > Hildenborcugh, Kent, Eng.--(CP) Gun Victim Tells Court Of Shooting Kitchener, Jan. 2--(CP)--Magis- trate Polsen Wednesday committed Lorne Morgan Burns, 34, of Toron- to, for trial on a charge of shop- breaking with intent while armed and on wounding with. intent to maim, Burns, arrested Dec. 7 after a gun battle in Wopdworth"s store here in which one police officer was wound- ed, was not represented by counsel in the preliminary hearing. Police Consatble Harold Ulmer, who captured Burns, said he (Ul- mer) followed Constable Richard Cowan Into the rear of the store and chased two of the men up one aisle when the firing started. He said he saw Burns shoot at Cowan just before he surrendered. Constable Richard Cowan, wound- ed in the thigh in the battle, told the court how he chased Burns who allegedly opened fire on him. He sald he was wounded by the second shot and he crawled in a niche in the counter in an effort to fix his revolver, which had jammed after the first shot he fired. He sald the firing was coming from a spot where Burns was apprehended. Six additional charges were laid against Burns by Hamilton police. Det. Sgt. Orrie Young of the ilton force said that one char- ge of -house breaking, two charges of shop breaking and three charges of receiving have been laid against the accused. It is understood that he will be taken to Hamilton to stand trial on the six charges after he is tried ere, Telegraph Editors Vote The Wedding Biggest 47 Story By The Canadian Press The wedding of Princess Eliza. beth and Prince Philip, a pag- eant that drew the eyes of the world, was selected by Canadian telegraph editors as the outstand.q ing world news story of 1947. Voting in a Canadian Press pall in which each was asked to name the six most notable world and Canadian stories, they chose announcement of the Canadian dollar-saving program and the Geneva Trade Agreements in Ot- tawa Nov. 17 as the best Canad- ian story of the year. A close sec- ond was the labor -day Dugald, Man., train wreck in which 31 persons were killed, The selections: Canadian news: 1. Dollar-sav. ing program and trade pacts; 2. Dugald train wreck; 3, Arctic res- cue of Canon J, H., Turner; 4. Barbara Ann Scott's figure-skat- ing triumphs; 5. Evelyn Dick's final conviction for manslaught. er; 6. Five-week strike of packe inghouse workers, ended Oct. 22. World: 1, Royal wedding; 2. partition of Palestine; 3. Texas City explosion which killed 573; 4, granting of Indian independ- ence; 5. Marshall plan; 6, Brit- ish economic crisis, All but one of the editors vot- ing placed the Royal wedding among their world news selec- tions, The partition of Palestine, approved by the United Nations Nov. 29, and the strife in the Holy Land before and since, was a close second. The Texas City disaster was mentioned by more than two thirds of the voters. Voting on Canadian stories was |' not so unanimous but more than half the editors chose the dollar- saving program and the trade pacts, and the Dugald wreck was not far behind. The dramatic story of the rescue of Canon Tur- ner from his missionary post on Baffin Island after he had been accidently shot, corWinued from Sept, 30 until he was briught to Winnipeg Nov. 24 and was cli- maxed by his death on Dec, 9. Seven Hours On Operating Table Cobourg, Ontario, January 2 -- Lester A, Caugliey, proprietor of the British Hotel is improving in St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, where he underwent a left-arm op- eration this week. He was on the operating table almost seven hours last Monday while specialists at- tempted to mend a phenomenal shoulder fracture sustained in an automobile mishap near Cold Springs last December 21. Two other persons--Mrs. Caughey and driver of the automobile, Harry Lucas--were less seriously injured. The car slithered on* the slippery Rice Lake road north of here when Lucas successfully averted collision with another automobile backing onto the highway, but lost contro. of his car and ended up stradling a snow-hidden culvert along the roadside. The car was badly dam- aged. To mark the first anniversary of the setting up of its plant in Oshawa, the Sklar Furniture Company held open house on Wednesday morning when officials of the Oshawa Chamber of Commerce and prominent in- dustrialists view the firm's products in the process production. In the upper picture are a number of pieces of furniture being completed by workmen with the visitors as interested spectators. In the centre photo Sam Sklar is showing Fred Skinner and Dr. W. H. Gifford one of the new type easy chairs recently developed .by the company. In the lower picture is a view of the cutting table, --Photos by Campbell's Studio Was Love 'At First Sight For Michael And Princess Copenhagen, Jan. 2--(AP)--Prin. cess Anne of Bourbon-Parma. said yesterday: "it was love at first sight" with her and former King Michael of Romania and that "wherever he goes, I will follow him." She seid the young monarch's ab- dication Tuesday was a complete surprise to her and that she did not know his plans. She was anxiously awaiting word from him at the residence of her uncle, Prince Axel in Gentofte, a Copenhagen suburb. "I have had no word from King Michael and I do not know any- {hing about his plans for the fu- ture," the pretty young princess said in an interview. "It. seems, however, after what I have read in the pa- pers, that he intends to go to Swit- zerland--but wherever he goes, I will follow him. But I will not leave Copenhagen until I have heard from him. x "King Michael's abdication was a complete surprise to me. .." There have been persistent: re- ports that Anne and Michael soon will be married. y "Michael and I met for the first time in London at the wedding of Princess Elizabeth," she said. "If was love at first sight--but I did not think it could happen to me, "When Michael and I parted in Lausanne (Switzerland), we had no definite plans for the future. It seemed so uncertain, but I hoped to see him again in April" Boys Are Heroes In Fire At Farm Brockville, Jan, 2--(CP)--Two wards of the Leeds and Grenville Children's Aid Society--Douglas McGee, 15, and Donald O'Reilley, five--combined on a mutual rescue operation last night when fire de- stroyed the nearby Lansdowne farmhouse of T. J. MacDonald. e boys were alone and asleep when the fire started. Donald was awakened by a noise resembling an explosion. He awakened Douglas who dashed downstairs, found fla- mes sweeping through the house and then returned to the upper room "where he wrapped the small- er boy in bedding and carried him to'a barn. Clad only in pajamas, Douglas then ran about a quarter of a mile to a nearby farmhouse and gave the alarm, ; 14 ARE DEAD IN MISSOURI TRAIN CRASH Otterville, Mo,, Jan. 2--(AP)-- Alexander W. Weddell, former United States Ambassador to Spain and Argentina, and 13 other holi- day travellers were killed in the New Year's .day collision of two passenger trains near this Central Missouri town. Approximately 12 persons wer: injured, five of whom required hos- pital treatment. The dead also included Mrs. Weddell and Frank M. Ryan, iden- tified as a Hollywood movie direc- tor. The collision occurred during a heavy snow storm while the Mis- sourl Pacific's "The Missourian" was travelling from St. Louis to Kansas City in two sections. The engine of the second section rammed into the rear pullman of the first train, crushing the car so completely that torches were used to cut 'the wreckage apart and re- move the dead. All of those killed were occupants of the rear pullman, Weddell, 71, had served in many diplomatic posts throughout the world. He began his State Depart- ment career in 1907 when he be- came secretary to the Minister to Denmark. He became Ambassador to Argentina in 1933 and served un- til 1939, then asked President Roo- sevelt for the post in Spain. He served as Ambassador to Spain un- til his retirement in 1942. The family of Frank Ryan also was killed in the wreck. They were identified as Mrs. Adelaide Ryan, the wife; James, 20, a son, and Ju- dith, 18 a daughter, and Frankie, nine, a son. The Ryans were re- turning to Hollywood. The Missouri Pacific issued a statement saying there probably was "flagrant negligence on the part of certain train employees." Dedicate New Church Home At Courtice A 15-year-old dream and a 15- month project will be climaxed next Sunday when Courtice United Church's new building is dedicated at a special afternoon service, Rev. J: E. Griffith, of Bowman- ville, president of the Oshawa Pres- bytery of the United Church, will officiate at the services beginning at 230 pm. and Rev. Herbert C. Linstead, former pastor of the church, will preach. Mr, Griffith will be assisted by Rev. G. W. Gard- ner, of Columbus, and Rev. George Telford, minister of St. Andrew's United Church. The Bowmanville Rotary - Choir will supply special music with Mell Dale as soloist. Pastor of the church is Rev. Frank Yardley. Costing close 'to. $10,000, the new one-flogr structure will seat 175 in nine to the former site of the church services in the school--in a room seating no more than 60. With church members pitching in day after day, the building, begun in July of 1946, gradually moved to- ward completion. The money requir- ed to pay for the building has vir- tually all been raised. Dimensions of the new structure are 80 feet by 38 feet. It has a con- crete foundation and is insulated throughout. W. S. Pogson was the contractor in the final stages of construction. Church members don't intend to call a halt with the dedication of the pew church, The present build- ing is considered only the first step in a program for a regular church structure. In addition to the afternoon dedi- cation services, there will be an evening service at 7.30 when Mr. Grove choir will be jn attendafice. J London--( , 74, mother of 15} 50 children, ha, Linstead will preach. The Maple Th 1 i + ¢ | campaign fought chiefly on the is- sue of Communism and -it left only one Communist alderman in the city council, Norman Freed hav= ing been ousted by non-Commun=- 1 ist newcomer F. H. Chambers, De- war Ferguson, Communist and for- mer glderman, failed in a comeback bid but his colleague in the Labor- Progressive Party, Charles Sims, made the re-election grade. As expected, the election brought out a larger vote than last year -- approximately 38 per cent -- but fell far short of optimistic predic- tion that upwards of 50 per cent of the city's 400,000-odd eligible voters would vote. Re-elected to Board of Control were D, A. Balfour, J. M. Innes, H. E. McCallum and K. B. McKellar, Communist Stewart Smith, unsuc~ cessful candidate for the board last year, again fell short. Mayor Saunders' re-election sur- prised no one, Even his lone op- ponent, Ross Dowson of the Revolu- tionary Workers Party, said 'on nomination day that he did not ex- pect to beat Saunders but hoped to gain experience and win publicity for his Trotskyist party. With 811 of the 838 polls counted, Dowson polled. 15,008 votes compar= ed with Mayor Saunders' whopping 118,097. Dowson's showing was far ahead of that scored last year by his brother, Murray. In a three- way race, Murray Dowson, RWP standard-bearer, gained only 3,201 votes and placed third. The aldermen for 1948, in addi- tion to F. H. Chambers, are: L. H. Saunders, C. A, Walton, J. L. Shan- non, E. L. Weaver, H. F: Fishleigh, A. Lamport, N. Phillips, A. Frost, C. PSims, W. F. Clifton, G. P. Granell, W. H. Butt, E. C. Roelfson, W. F. Collins, R. S. Malting, L. M. Rellly and M. W. Wilson. Communists lost three seats and retained one on the Board of Edu- cation. Mrs. Edna Ryerson kept her ward five seat but Samuel Walsh, John Boyd and Mrs, Elizabeth Mor- ton were defeated. After a cloudy, cold voting day, the polls closed at 6 pm. a few hours before a howling snowstorm swept into Toronto from the Wind sor area. The storm bogged down vote-counting as 20 ballot boxes re- ~fhained unaccounted for when tabu- lation halted just before midnight to enable girl adding-machine op- erators to reach home and escape being snowbound downtown. The electors endorsed a $3,000,000 money by-law for the widening of Spadina Avenue, one of the. city's main traffic arteries. The vote was close and with 25 polls still to be tabulated, it stood: "Yes", 32,304; "No", 31,081. Watchnight At Calvary Baptist As In former years New Year's Eve was marked at Calvary Baptist Church with a Watchnight Service which began shortly after 8 o'clock and continued until past the magic hour of midnight which divides the old year frcmm the new. The program was in charge of the pastor, Rev. A. W. Whitehead, and inspirational talks' were given by Mr. W. Midgley of London Bible In- stitute and Rev. Ralph Willson, pas- tor of First Baptist Church. A num- ber of vocal and instrumental num- bers were given and colored pictures were shown of the London Bible In- stitute, through the kindness of Mr, Robert Ireland, president of the Institute also took part in the pro- gram, At about 10.30 the meeting ad- journed for lunch, which had been prepared by the ladies' social ccm. mittee. When the meeting resumed a devotional period was conducted until the New Year was ushered in, Brighton, Sussex, Eng. (CP).-- Working in spare time for three winters, Kate Clarke made 16 cur- tains, knitting a total of 3,000,000 crochet stitches, Oshawa Film Council. Graduates, and students of the London Bible: Ontario Spotite. | WINTER RAINBOW 8t. Thomas, Jan. 2 (CP). --A bow formed yesterday afternoon oa the . middle of the storm é Passersby stopped to look at glowing colors while hail, rain oo sleet was blown about by a biting wind. * » + BANQUET WASHED OUT Toronto, Jan. 2 (CP) .~A brok. en watermain disrupted 'the Polish Busi Associ tion banquet last night by flood= ing the banquet hall with 18 inches of ice-cold water. A quick withdrawal by ladies and their escorts prevented them from being soaked. Bdge HURT IN COLLISION . Stouffville, Jan. 2 (CP).--Russell Dowswell of Stouffville, was injured last night when a truck crashed into a sleigh carrying a dozen dis rict youths on a sleighing party. HA. was taken to hospital with a brokeff collarbone and possible concussions - * FERRY HALTED Kingston, Jan, 2 (CP).--~JIce in the bay between Wolfe and Garden Islands forced heavy freight, usually transported by ferry, to be trucked from Spoor's Wharf, west of the village of Marysville, to village stores in. stead of being ferried direct. ok op RAILROADER RETIRES Fort Erie, Jan. 2 (CP).--Harry} Gillies, veteran Canadian National Rallway car department employe retired yesterday at the age of after 29 years service. ; * OLD WRECK FOUND Fort Erie, Jan. 3 (CP)--A record low water level on the Canadian bank of the Niagara River exposed the skeleton of the old ferry, Union. The wat- | erline has receded 12 feet from the shore and residents are able to walk out to the old wreck, ¢ Primate Urges More Restraint To Avoid Evils Halifax, aJn. 2--(CP)--Most George F. Kingston, Og #0 Nova Scotia and AngHcan, Primate of all Canada, said in a New Year's. message that "if 1948 is to be & year of progress, attention musk | be given to the correction of the evils in our midst." The cultivation of virtues, he said, 5 "seems important when there are such flagrant lapses in conduct and when people seem to think they may play fast and loose with moray +" regulations." One of the crying issues of our time is discipline and restraint ° among young people and others in handling (liquor) . ... which brings ruin to many a life and degradation to many a home," the Archbishop said. : Justice 1s clearly defined but "soe cial justice" is still needed. "Slums still remain in our cities, facilities for dealing with deline quency are Inadequate, prisoners" have not the environment which makes for reformation of charace ter, divorce sibility of pay. for the care of children they have brought into the * world, and wrongs of many kinds °° have not been eliminated from hue' man society." COAL DOWN 50 CENTS Toronto, Jan. 2--(CP)--Lifting of an import duty on coal will mean a 50-cents-a-ton reduction in the price of coal effective Jan. 2, it was announced here. By The Canadian Press Eleven fatalities marred the New Year's holiday in Eastern Canada. Three persons. were asphyxiated by coal gas in a cottage mear Port Arthur, two died in a hotel fire at St. Cesaire, Que., two were killed in the head-on collision of two freight trains near Cobalt, Ont., three were victims of traffic accidents and one died on a snowplow near Barrie, ont. The coal gas victims were James Green, 28, his wife, Mary, 30, and Mrs. Alex Gibson, 21. Their bodies were discovered by Green's bro- ther, David, when he arrives at the cottake for a» New Year's day Visit ey apparently were overcome by fumes from a small heated as they slept. Mrs. Adelard Riendeau, 60, and her nephew, Bruno Gagn, 35, died in a $60,000 fire which destroyed a 30-room hotel af St. Cesaire. Gagne m 11 Fatalities In East Over New Year Holiday died in a futile attempt to rescue : his aunt. The train crash near Cobalt - claimed the lives of J. R. Newton; - 22, and Herbert - Lewis, both of ... North Bay, fireman and engineer of a northbound Ontario Northland Railway freight which collided with a southbound freight. : James Brown, 6$, was killed when his automobile crashed into a .-.. tree at Oshawa; eight-year-nld Ce< cil Robinson died at North Bay of injuries suffered when his sled coasted into the path of a taxi cal and . Aaron Poyaner, 93-year drygoods merchant, was fa! Jured when sbiuck By an a in Montreal. 4 Herbert Martin, 30, of, i. Ont., died near Barrie as driven home on a snowpld complaining of feeling il working on a sanding mach county road. LS wud ® - bwwnw still allow loope . holes for mero shirk the respon.