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Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle ? : OSHAWA-WHITBY, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1948 : 2,000 M ~ Three Bandits Get $1,800; Police Nab Fourth Organ Is Memorial To Those Who Served OSHAWA WHITBY VOL. 7 NO. 33 Price 4 Cents FOURTEEN PAGES Plan To Use Man As Human Shield Foiled By Officers Toronto, Feb. 9 (CP)--Arrested during an alleged at- tempt to hold up an east-end hotel, David Nolan, 22, will be charged with armed robbery and shop-breaking, police said today. Nolan was trapped early today by a squad of police which surrounded Coxwell Inn on®-- Danforth Avenue, Three others es- caped with a safe containing $1,800. Police responded to a call from a citizen who said he saw the safe being loaded into an automobile. Police said Nolan was holding at gunpoint John Higgins, a watch- man, as his accomplices fled at the sight of approaching police cars. The trapped gunman threatened to use Higgins as a hostage but had no opportunity as a squad of officers dashed into the hotel. Higgins told police that he was washing the floor at 3 a.m. when he heard a noise behind him. As he went to get up a gun was pressed into his back and he was "wheeled into a corner." : When police arrived the gunman told Higgins "I think I'll make you go out first and then I'll come out ®ehind you." He failed to do so, but made Hig- gins promise he would not identify him in court. - Township Names Planning Board A five-man P Board has been named by East Whitby Town- ship to replace the body composed of three members which existed pre- viously. All previous members were re- appointed: A. J. Parkhill, Kenneth Fletcher and Everett Warne, along with Reeve T. D. Thomas or his representative, and Township As- sessor Stewart Sparling. All matters coming before council pertaining to property develepment will be referred to the Planning Board for its recommendation, SPEAKING IN TORONTO Mrs. Gordon Conant, Provincial Commissioner of the Girl Guides Association will speak at the 25th annual Mother and Daughter ban- quet of the 67th Toronto Company, being held. tonight at the Church of ing Michael and All Angels, Tor- on Food Prices Down In U.S. Chicago, Feb, 9--(AP)--Some ba. sic food items sagged a few cents at retail levels today as a result of the sharp price break last week on major United States commodity ex- changes. Lower prices for bread, flour, lard and meat were announced by several grocery chains. In announcing the price cutbacks, an official of a Chicago grocery chain described the retail food busi- ness as "highly competitive" and added "we have to act fast" in res- ponse to shifting wholesale prices. Some of the price cuts announced as effective today: Bacon--10 cents lower in some New Jersey and Indianapolis stores. Flour--Down 16 to 17 cents for a 25.pound bag. at many markets throughout the country. - Lard--Three to eight cents lower across the country. Hit By Auto Boy Recovering Struck by a car on King Street near Albert Street at approximat- ely 1.30 pm. Saturday, 9-year.old David Levine of 84 Cadillac Avenue South suffered concussion hut "is doing weill at home today" accord- ing to his physician, Dr. H. C. Hall. Driver of the car, Arsene Bolduc of Crystal Beach, Ontario, told po- lice he was travelling east on King Street at a slow rate of speed when a youngster suddenly darted across the road from a group of chillren on the north side. The boy collided with the front of the vehicle and was immediately taken to the Oshawa Clinic then to the Oshawa General Hospital where he remained for little more than 24 hours, Barbara Ann Bridesmaid As Flyer Hockeyist Weds St. Moritz, Feb. 9 -- (CP)--A romance, begun in Copenhagen four years ago, reached a happy ending today with the marriage of Flying Officer Hubert Brooks of Montreal, a member of the R.C. AF. hockey team which won the Olympic championship yesterday, and Birthe Grontved, 26-year-old Norwegian. Bridesmaids for the ceremony in he chapel of the Roman Catholic Church heré, included Barbara Ann Scott, Canada's other Olympic winner, filling that role for the second time in her 19 years. The romance started when Brooks was shot down, in Europe during the war and made his way Copenhagen where he met the ve-foot two-inch Birthe and fell in love. He had returned to Can- ada and was trying to arrange his fiancee's entry when the fifth win- ter Olympics, which ended yester- day, gave him the opportunity of coming back to Europe. Miss Grontved was waiting for him in this Alpine village. Players on the R.C,A.F. Flyers formed an honor guard with up- raised sticks. The bride was given away by Group Capt. Robert Cam- eron of Toronto and Winnipeg, Air Attache at Prague. Sqdn. Ldr. A. G. (Sandy) Watson, manager of the Flyers, was best man. Miss Scott, who won the Olym- pic. women's figure skating crown, was dressed in black chiffon and stole the spotlight after the cere- mony when photographers insisted that she pose kissing the bride- groom. Brooks, 25, played defence with the Canadian team. He was one of the five members of the R.C.A.F. to be awarded the Military Cross in the second world war. 400-Pound Recluse Dies In Junk-Cluttered Home Lynbrook, N.Y., Feb, 9--(AP)-- A rag-wrapped 400-pound spinster --one of two reputed wealthy sis- ters--died yesterday in the barri- caded and junk-filled house where they had retired from the world 10 years ago. A doctor had to climb through a kitchen window to reach the body of Elsie Wolff, 43, who apparently died of a heart attack. Police then battered down the nailed and bolted rear door of the crumbling, two-storey, five-room house. "Mother wanted us to live here," said the surviving sister, Edith, 47, who had cared for the semi- invalid Elsie. The sisters, their neighbors said, locked themselves in the kitchen after the death of their father, a merchant. Their mother, Lena, died about 20 years ago. Stacks of tin cans, boxes, news- papers and other debris littered the kitchen. The other rooms were crammed with junk and with mer- chandise mostly unsaleable--which they had moved from their father's store, The house was without electri- city, gas or water. A kerosene stove in the kitchen was the only com- fort. ' A relative estimated the sisters' total wealth at $100,000. Yester- day, the elder sister leaned out the kitchen window and called to a passing boy to summon a doctor for Elsie. Six men were needed to carry out the body, : 27 WARSHIPS £0 70 RUSSIA IN ITALY PACT Rome, Feb. 9--(AP)--Russia will get two of Italy's modern, long- range submarines, it was announced today. In all, Russia is to receive 27 warships--including the 18,000-ton battleship Julius Caesar and two cruisers--and 19 auxiliaries. under the Italian peace treaty. The Italian government made public a list of 65 warships and 62 auxiliaries which will be delivered to Russia, France, Yugoslavia, Greece and Albania. Actual delivery awaits agreement in a four-power naval commission meeting here. . The commission is reported dead. locked over Russian demands for refitting of ships allotted to Rus- sla. Thirteen warships and 14 auxili- aries were awarded Britain and 14 warships and 12 auxiliaries goven to the United States. The United Sta- tes renounced its share and Brit. ain renounced all but a few motor | patrol boats. These are being scrap- ped and materials will be used in Italian industry. South Korea Riots Kill 47 Seoul, Korea, Feb, 9--(AP)--For- ty seven deaths were attributed today to wisespread sabotage in South Korea. The riots were aim- ed at forcing the United Nations Commission. for Korea to leave the country. An anonymous report to national police headquarters warn. ed 'riots in Seoul tonight." United States Army authorities reported all was quiet however. Among those slain in Saturday's demonstrations and disruptions of rail and telegraph service were 36 civilians and 11 policemen. The U.N. commission was sent heret 0 plan country-wide elec- tions preliminary to establishment of Korean self-government. Local Merchants Seek Improved Business Ethics When a group of Oshawa busi- nessmen met in the Commercial Hotel last week, Harold Sproule was elected president of a local com- mittee formed as the nucleus of a revived branch of the Retail Mer. chants' Association of Canada In. corporated, John Shephard was elected secretary-treasurer, and a board of directors included: Gor. don Shemilt, George Clarke, Harry Paleshok, Charles Chinn, Steve Sciuk and Earle Kane. Believing that there might be a return of "the cut-throat competi- tive practices prevalent in the gro. cery trade before the war," the as- sociation plans to combat such ac- tion by uniting all merchants in the cause of fair business administra. tion. "The better element in busi. ness does not want a return of ruthless price cutting, degredation of quality, low wages, and depress. ed prices to producers," the policy states. To promote efficient and or- derly marketing of food products, the National Food Division of the Retail Merchants' Association has adopted an extensive program. The first meeting here resulted in a basic membership of thirty merchants who heard explanations of 'the association's work from its national director, George Christen. sen of Toronto. Members of the newly-formed executive will be attending a meet. ing in Toronto this week to get first-hand knowledge of the proper functioning of the organization. Eight Miners Die In Blast Greenwood, Ark. Feb. 9 (AP)-- Eight miners died in an explosion in the Sunshine Coal Mine near here yesterday. Bodies of the last three victims were recovered last night nearly six hours after a blast occurred near the bottom of the 4,080-foot slop-' ing shaft. Cause of the explosion has not been determined. The last bodies recovered were those of Frank, Louis and Albin Grille. Previously the bodies of mine foreman Joe Williams, 32, Matt Denne, 50, Earl Fish, 30, Ralph Morelock, 30, and John Winters had been recovered. 4 4 A memorable event in the history of marked yesterday when a new three-manual pipe organ was unveiled in fire that sent columns of smoke memory of thase from the congregation who made the supreme sacrifice and flame towering on the, Lake and all those who served in World War IL' Above, Lt.-Col. Murray P.' Ontario shore, Johnston (left), commanding officer of the Ontario Regiment, unveils ' around. the memorial plaque on the screen of the instrument, At the pulpit also | The cause of the fire 'was un- h, Rev. J. V. McNeely (centre) and the guest | known but it was believed to have speaker, Rev. D. C. Amos, of Belleville. Below is a close-up of the plaque. | originated in the factory storage Pray of the ch are the ' > # | ville aided local firefighters early i factory that for a-time threatened King Street United Church was ~Photos by-€ampunell's Studio Capacity Congregation Sees Organ Dedication At King Street Church In the presence of a congregation which filled the church and Sun- day School 'auditorium to capacity, a three.manual pipe organ. was de- dicated in King Street United Church yesterday as a living mem. orial to the 16 young men of the church 'who made the suprenie sa. crifice and those who served in World War II to preserve faith and freedom. ® The ceremony which marked the culmination of over two years of endeavor on the part of the con. gregation, was conducted by 'the minister, Rev. J. V. McNeely, and the memorial plaque centering the organ. screen was unveiled by Lt.. Col. Murray Johnston, commanding officer of the Ontario Regiment, Following the prayers of dedication, the new instrument pealed forth in the Gloria and the Doxolpgy, and Mr. McNeely read the prayer - of consecration. In his address the guest speaker for thie occasion, Rev. D."C. Amos, of Bridge Church, Belleville, told the congregation that the memor- ial organ should be a living voice calling to all those associated with the church to work, to pray gnd to build on in the cause of j#e re. demption of mankind, Admitting that there was still strife and turmoil in the world, Mr. S ho. was, chaplain "on: the Alaskan Highway during the war, declared that. it was the Christian point of view which made & mem. orial meaningful in such times. Amos, "It is not that we stand in any smug complacency saying the job is done, but that we see ahead to the day when it shall me." he said. Christians were realists but when. ever they saw war, strife and dis. content they looked beyond it to see the Christian love and recon. ciliation manifest in Jesus Christ. The speaker sounded a note of hope as he went on to. cite con. crete examples of the spirit of re- conciliation, love and understand- ing which he said held the promise of a new day and the fulfillment of the promise for which this memor. ial organ stood. Evidence of the reality of this spirit were to be seen for instance in the friendships which developed between ' Greek and German, Dutchman and Indonesian, at the Christian Youth Conference in Os- lo, Norway, and in the young wo- man,' who, after hearing of the murder of her parents at the hands of the Japanese declared that she must go to Japan a missionary. "We 'see people who give the lie to the theory that life is just fate," he said, "and behind folk like that we see Jesus, who putting His con. cidence in God, made bold to say that God was at work." * Mr. Amos went on to speak of the tragedy of indulgent living, and of racial prejudice making for chaos KING STREET (Continugd op Rage 2). FACTORY LOSS $125,000 I GRIMSBY FIRE Grimsby, Feb. 9--(CP)--Firemen from nearby Hamilton and Beams- | today in Quelling a blaze in the Hewson and Sons Limited basket | the business section of this town | 10 mies east of Hamilton, Officials estimated damage be- tween $100,000 and $125,000 in the visible for miles area where thousands of newly. made baskets were stacked. The office records and the strongbox of the factory, which employed 25 persons, were removed to safety before the entire stock and equipment were destroyed. Gets Decree Nisi But Also Pays 'Contempt Fine Mrs. Marguerite E. Woodruff; Oshawa stenographer, today reciv. | ed a decree nisi for divorce from her husband Bruce A. Woodruff | but also paid a fine of $40 for con- | tempt of court. i | Giving judgment in Whitby to- |day after hearing evidence in the | | case last December, Mr. Justice G. | | A, Gale found that in her evidence | | regarding a particular episode, the Fplaintiff had deliberately attempt- | | ed to mislead the court." i | This, he said, amounted to con- ' tempt of court in a type of action | which "requires and demands the | | utmost of good faith," and he did not intend to let it go unpunished. The particular episode, however, had not caused him to lose faith in the other evidence given by the plaintiff and he held that she was ~ of marriage. out that the plaintiff could have been sentenced to a jail term but in this particular case, he consid. ered a fine adequate. . He made it clear, however, that he did «ot intend his decision to indicate that he was of the opin- adequate in such cases. R. D. Humpheys, K.C., appeared entitled to a decree for dissolution | | In imposing a fine of $40 or five days in jail, His Worship pointed | ion that a fine would always. be! OSLEMS DIE IN BATTLE Kashmir Invaders Attack In Waves But Are Repulsed = By G. Milton Kelly New Delhi, Feb. 9 (AP)--The Indian Army said today 2,000 Moslem raiders were killed Friday in the greatest bat= tle of the Kashmir campaign. Another 2,000 were declared wounded in the engage= ment near Naoshera, 50 miles northwest of Jammu, capital of the Southern Kashmir Province of Jammu, The predominantly Hindu and Sikh forces of the Indian Army were led by a Moslem, Brig. Mu- '| hammad Usman, An official spokesman said 11,- 000 attackers struck in waves, using heavy automatic weapons. They were repulsed in daylight but came back at night for hand to hand combat featuring sword play. The spokesman did not re- port Indian losses. Newspaper dis- patches said two of the slain ap- peared to be foreign officers. The army said it captured quan- tities of munitions and was heav- ily shelling Moslem positions. Ma- chine-gun and mortar fire were returned, Indian and Kashmir-State forces have been fighting Moslem tribes- men in Kashmir since last Octo- ber. India, in which the state now is included, has accused neighbor- ing Pakistan of supporting the tribesmen. The dispute' is before the United Nations Security Coun- il In India, two rival Moslem or- ganizations were under govern- ment ban today in the latest after- math of the assassination of Mo- handas K. Gandhi. The Khaksars and the Moslem League National Guard were out- lawed throughout India yesterday. The Home Industry said the rea- son is that they have contributed INVADERS (Continued on Page 2) Rescue Fails, Two Women Die In Blaze Port Colborne, Ont., February 9 '--(CP)--A wrong turning in a strange house was blamed today for the suffocation death of Mrs, Mabel Glaser of Williamsburg, N.Y, and of her hostess, Minnie Bone. berg, who tried to rescue her from a blazing house and was trapped with her, A third occupant, Mary Smith, escaped. Firemen said the fire started early Sunday when an automatie stoker kept feeding coal to the furnace of the two-storey . brick building until the extra load forced open the furnace door and spilled live coals onto kindling wood spread on the floor. Miss Boneberg, organist at First Lutheran Church, was awakened by the smoke and turned in the alarm, Clad in pyjamas and slippers, she and miss Smitth reached the street but Miss Boneberg turned back to assist Mrs. Glaser, who was groping through the house at which she ar. rived the previoyg day for a visit. Firemen who smashed in the front door found the two bodies a few feet from the threshold. Mrs. RESCUE FAILS ' (Continued on Page 2) Rosebank Man Acquitted After Altona Rd. Fatality Guy F. Oullette, of Rosebank, was freed of a charge of danger- ous driving this morning by Judge D. B. Coleman, who ruled that the crown had not proved its case be- yond a reasonable doubt. His Honor dismissed the charge on con- clusion of the crown's case. The charge was laid by Picker- ing Township police following an accident on the Altona Road, north of No. 2 highway, on June 22, in which Henry Gauthier, of Rose- bank, was killed. Gauthier, his wife, and Mrs. Oullette were pas- sengers in a car driven south on the Altona Road by Oullette. Dr..V. E. Cartwright of Picker- ing, who was called to the scene of the accident, testified that when he arrived, between 6 and 7 a.m, he found Gauthier sprawled on the roadway north of where Oullette's car was overturned in the west ditch, "Gauthier was dead when I arrived," he said. Dr. Cartwright said it was evi- dent that Oullette had been drink- ing but that he "definitely was not intoxicated." Dr. H. G. Pritzker, pathologist, attached to the Oshawa General Hospital, said he had conducted the autopsy and attributed Gauthier's death to shock and concussion. George Todd, a farmer living on the Altona Road, stated that Oullette, in company with two women, had called at his home at 5.45 a.m, asking permission to. use the phone to call a doctor, Diagonal Marks Todd told the court that he had visited the scene of the accident 'ACQUITTED (Continued on Page 2) THE WEATHER Clear today and Tuesday morning becoming cloudy in the afternoon. Not quite so cold. Winds light, Low tonight and high Tuesday 8 below and 12 above. Summary for Tuesdays Not quite so cold. * LATE NEWS BRIEFS 20,000 STRIKE IN FRANCE Paris, Feb. 9 (Reuters)--Twenty thousand Belgian workers employed in textile factories in France walked out today in protest against reduced wages caused by the recent devaluation of the French franc. The indus- trial towns of Northern France, including Lille, Roubaix, and Tourcoing, were hardest hit by the strike. GREEKS KILL 45 REBELS Athens, Feb. 9 (AP)--An official report from Salon- ika said today that Greek troops surprised 300 guerrillas north of Xanthe, a mile from the Bulgarian border, and killed 45 before the remainder fled across the border. the loyalists took 41 prisoners and did not lose any men, the report said. for the plaintiff on behalf of J, P. Mangan, K.C. y RESCUED BY FIREMEN Toronto, Feb. 9 (CP)--Shivering in their night- clothes, Mr. and Mrs. John Knebli and their daughter, Elizabeth, jumped through their bedroom window to the roof of a burning building and waited until firemen car- . ried them down ladders to safety in five-above-zero weather early today. Four other persons in an apartment were able to leave by the door. caused $700 damage before it was checked. FIND TWO DEAD IN CAR Bellevue, Que., Feb. 9 (CP)--Two men were found dead in an automobile on the highway here yesterday and their identity is unknown. Que nets A who found the bodies in the damaged car, said the affair was apparently the result of an accident. Bellevue is about 10 miles south of Montreal. adjoining The fire ec Provincial Police