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THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle OSHAWA ~ WHITBY VOL. 7, NO. 34 OSHAWA-WHITBY, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1948 ) Price 4 Cents TWELVE PAGES 41 DEAD "Homemaker Work Feature of Red Cross Year Present Pins In Recognition Of Outstanding Service Nutrition Help For Service, Britain Other '47 Projects A year of peacetime activities highlighted by the inaug- uration of a homemaker service, the appointment of a nutri- tionist and shipment of warm articles to Great Britain was reviewed last night as the Oshawa Branch of the Canadian Red Cross Society held its annual meeting in Adelaide House. & During the meeting Miss Nesta 2 J Is Re-Elected GORDON B. MILES Who was re-elected president of recently, Hinton, director of nutrition and Homemaker service, for the Red Cross Ontario Division, presented pins to Mrs. Elmer Greene and Mrs. A, J. Oliver, who have been members of the Oshawa Home. maker Service since its inception a year ago, and who received high standing in a special two.weeks course conducted by the Ontario Division. A Red Cross Homemaker Service was established in Oshawa last February with Miss Mary Quinn as committee chairman and Miss Doris Moore as supervisor. During its first year of operations it ser. viced 58 families and cared for 111 children. A total of 518 telephone calls were received by the super- visor and she made 160 visits to homes. In September the service was extended to East Whitby Township and the staff has been increased to six, from the original three. Purpose of the service is to pro- vide qualified women to go into a home and fill the place of the mother who is incapacitated; to al. low the breadwinner to carry on his work; to prepare well-balanced HOMEMAKER (Continued on Page 2) the Oshawa Humane Soclety at its British Troops In Action As Jewish-Arab Fighting Sweeps Over Jerusalem Jerusalem, Feb, 10-- (Reuters) -- British troops went into action in Jerusalem today and laid down a barrage of mortar fire as the heav- fest battle yet between Jews and Arabs flared up in different parts of Jerusalem and around the Old Walled City, Men, women and children fled as machine-guns, rifles and pistols sent raking fire through the streets in various parts of Jerusalem. People trapped in the battle areas crouched behind walls as bullets screeched off buildings and ambu- lances raced through the streets to the rattle of automatic fire, The shgoting began about 10 am. in the area of Princess Mary Avenue when police guarding a road block replied to snipers' fire from a house nearby. Fighting then swept through the city as posts of Hagana, the Jew- ish defence army, opened up and Arabs let loose a barrage of auto- matic and rifle fire from roof tops and sandbagged positions on the tops of the walls of the Old City. Correspondents in the Public In- formation Office came under fire as bullets struck the building and other bursts of fire hit two press cars. Outside a press photographer driv- ing down the had his wind- shield smashed by a bullet, As the intensity of the fighting increased and pedestrians inside the sandbagged and barbed wire se- curity zones flattened themselves as bullets whistled oveshead, rein- Jorgen troops of the Highland Light Infantry were called up in trucks to silence Arab positions on the tops of the Old City walls from where fire was directed towards the newly-built British Officers' Club and army posts around the Public Information Office buildings. Men of the Highland Light Infan. try deployed in firing positions among the trees outside the Infor- mation and directed heavy Bren gun and rifle fire at the gun Bushes coming from the Old City walls, Except for operational military vehicles, traffic was in Jerusalm and residents crouched be. hind barred doors and the shutter- ed windows of their homes. Important Plans Discussed by Lodge Important plans for the future benefit of No Surrender, L.O.L., No, 686, were discussed at the recent meeting of the lodge and will be put into effect at its next meeting. W.M. Bro. W. J. McQuaid presid- ed at the meeting which was well attended by officers and members. Several applications for member- ship were dealt with.and the appli- cants no! itied to be present at the | and re-instalment, a Promotion Mooted RICHARD F. COURTNEY President of Local 222, UAW..C.L 0., who is being mentioned as a poszible appointee as International Representative for the Union in US. ARRESTS, WILL DEPORT RED LEADER Washington, Feb. 10--(AP)--The Justice Department today announc. ed the arrest for deportation of John Williamson, labor secretary of the Communist Party in the Unit. ed States. A department official described Willlamson as "the most important figure in the Communist party against whom the Justice Depart. ment has taken action thus far." The department said Williamson, a member of the Communist party's national committee, "has been pos- ing as an American citizen for many years, whereas he is an alien." Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation showed he was born in Scotland 45 years ago. Immigration service officials and F. B. 1. agents took Williamson in. to this: morning as ! leaving his home. in New York, bers of the H Two dusted bh for course ker Service established a year ago by the Oshawa Branch of the Canadian Red Cross Society received pins last night in recognition of one year's service and p Pp s of the service by the Ontario Division of letion of a ial the Red Cross. They are, left to right, Mrs, A, J. Oliver and Mrs. Elmer Greene. The awards were presented by Miss Nesta Hinton (right), director of nutrition and homemaker service for the Ontario Division, --Photo by Campbell's Studio FEAR 25,000 FACE RELIEF AT WINDSOR Windsor, Feb. 10 -- (CP) -- Its three.week-old natural gas famine today found Western Ontario still with thousands idle, scores of plants closed, possibility of emer. gency fuel and relief vouchers--and definite assurance of no solution unless cold weather subsides. Border City union leaders said about $2,000,000 in wages has been lost since the frigid spell and shortage struck the city. At the week-end, Windsor had 24,899 job- less, National Employment Service cffices announced. City officials said return to relief voucher systems of the depression '30s is being considered and, in any event, they emergency food and fuel relief will cost at least $20,- 000 Mayor Arthur Reaume of Wind. sor said Provincial Fuel Controller A. R. Crozier yesterday told him there will be no gas today--and probably none for the rest of the week. All hopes for easing of the par- alysis that struck more than 10 Western Ontario communities are based on advent of four or five mild days to allow gas pressure storage for industrial use. No gas for industrial use is flow. ing to Galt, Hespeler, Woodstock, Paris, London, St. Thomas, Inger. soll, Dutton and Lambeth. Dom. inion Natural Gas Company said gas made from bitane is being sup- plied to Brantford domestic con- sumers. 8 Hamilton was warned by Fuel Controller Crozier that it is facing a critical shortage and the city may have to ration supplies, $250,000 Damage As Church Burns At Smiths Falls Smiths Falls, Feb. 10--(CP)-- Firemen early today poured water on the embers of historic St. Fran- cis De Sales Roman Catholic Church, destroyed yesterday in a two-hour flash fire which swept the huge building with lightning speed. Estimates of the damage hag risen from a previous $200,000 to $250,000. . Meanwhile, other town churches placed their facilities at the dis- posal of the parish and attempts were made to restore the heating system for nearby St. Francis separate school. Pumps were put into operation, draining the pipes which carry heat from the church boilers to the school. Pupils may return to their classrooms in a day or two if pipe. lines .are found to be undamaged and fires can be rekindled. Only the stone walls and steep. le of the church were able to with- stand the ravaging flames, Fire- men of Smiths Falls, Perth and a local manufacturing plant, working in below-zero weather, were able to save the two.ton bell and the church tower. At the peak of the "| the blaze, Rev. J. T. Hanley and his ale, Rev. D. MacDonald, rescued Sacraments -and Vestments, Courtroom Silent As Woman Serves. Two-Minute Term Probably the shortest > jail term N. H. Daniel Heads ever imposed on a convicted person Red Cross Branch For Third Term N. H. Daniel was elected presi- dent of the Oshawa Branch of the Canadian Red Cross Society for the third consecutive yéar at its an- nual meeting last night. Mrs, N. C. Millman, who has served as secre- tarywfor the past two years, was named recording secretary with 'C. A. Lamon assuming the office of executive secretary. i Other officers elected were: hono- rary president, Col. R. 8, McLaugh- lin; honorary wice-presidents, Mrs. F, W. Cowan and Mayor F. N. Mc. NORMAN H. DANIEL - Callum; vice-presidents, C. C. Mc- Gibbon, Murray P. Johnston, Dr, A. F. Mackay. and T. K. Creighton, and treasurer A.R. Huestis. Members of the executive commit. tee are N.H. Daniel, T.K. Creighton, J.H. Beaton, Dr. AF. Mackay, M.P. Johnston, Mrs. N.C. Millman, AR. Huestis, D. M.. Storie, C. C. McGib- bon, Reginald Aker, Mrs. C.S. Lee, Mrs. T. K. Cr#fghton, Mrs. Frank Chapel], Mrs. A. W. Smith, Mrs. N, C. Fraser, Mrs. W. H. Stanley and Miss Mary Quinn. Named to the Women's Commit- te ewere: Miss BE. Harris, Mrs. F.J. Donevan, Mrs. H, Arnott, Mrs. J. Archer Brown, Mrs. C. A. Lamon, Mrs. HM. Jeffrey, Mrs. R. Crook, Mrs. O.D, Friend, Mrs. G.H. Robin- son, Mrs. Reg. Gibson, Miss Mary | Bourne, Miss Elizabeth Pitt, Mrs. ©. | C. Baxter and Mrs. D. M. Hall, | The Men's Committee i: composed of A.R. Alloway, J. J. English, Willi- &m Hart, C. Ewart McLaughlin, W. A. Wecker, SF. Everson, John Ge. | kie and T.R. Elliott. THE WEATHER Clear gnd cold. Winds light. Low tonight and high Wednes- day 10 below and 18 ahove, Summary for Wednesday: Clear and cold. ef fal was awarded to 28.year-old Agnes Johnson, of Whitby, this morning by Judge D. B. Coleman when she was found guilty of the thef; of a quantity of furniture and household articles, valued at $280, from her husband, Grant Johnson. Mrs. Johnson was ordered to serve a two.minute sentence with. out Jeaving the courtroom with the result that the sentence was served jointly, in absolute silence, by the judge, counsel, witnesses, members of the press and a handful of spec- tators. The unusual incident occurred when Crown Attorney A. C. Hall informed the court he would not accept a suspended sentence unless the judge ordered Mrs. Johnson to return the articles in question to her husband. Judge Coleman had stated pre- vicusly that the case was "extreme- ly petty and miserable" and that under no circumstances would he make such an order. Mr. Hall pointed out that an or. der was 'mandatory according to criminal law and the judge replied that notwithstanding, he was refus. ing to make any such order, believ- ing it "to be a gross misuse of the criminal court of the country to have had to hear the case at all: Judge Coleman said he "couldn't conceive of a man charging his wife with theft under these circum. stances." He added that the whole machinery of criminal law and courts -had been set in motion with the culmination being "that today the :trial of the whole miserable thing is before me." Johnson in his testimony told the court that on his return from over. seas he and his wife. .had set up housekeeping in an apartment on Green Street, Whitby and that he had purchased various items of COURTROOM (Continued on Page 2) Baby In Bathtub Drowns As Fumes Overcome Mother Hamilton, Feb. 10 (CP)--Coal gas fumes from a défective furnace to- day were held responsible for the death of a 3%-year-old' boy and sending four adults to hospital here yesterday. : Mrs, Janet Barber of Hamilton was awakened last night by the cry- ing of her baby son, David. Be- lieving he suffered from convul- sions, she submerged his body in a warm bath but collapsed on the floor before she could remove the baby from the water. Police were summoned to find the baby drowned and the house reek- ing with coal gas fumes. Mrs. Bar- ber, her two-year-old daughter Kathleen and two Lithuanian im- migrants were taken to hospital. The child and three adults are re- ported-out-of danger. Named President B: C. GARDNER, MC. Who today was elected President of the Bank of Montreal succeed- ing the late George W. Spinney, who died last week. Mr. Gardner joined the bank in 1918 after serv- ing overseas with the 43rd Bat- talion. He became General Manager of the Bank of Montreal in 1942 and was named Executive Vice- President last D: b B.C. Gardner, M.C. Elected President Bank of Montreal . Montreal, Feb, 10--(CP)--B. C. Gardner," M.C., Executive Viee- President of the Bank of Montreal, today was elected President and Chief - Executive Officer of 'the bank. He. succeeds the late George W. Spinney, C.M.G., who died last week. Mr. Gardner is a Past President of the Canadian Bankers' As- sociation, a member of the execu- Chamber of Commerce, a life Gov- ernor of the Montreal General Hospital and a Governor of Ridley College of St. Catharines. Bertie Charles Gardner was born in Bristol, England, in 1884. Fol- lowing his education in that city he joined Stuckey's Banking om- pany, Ltd., which he left five years later to come to Canada. : In 1917 he was commissioned a Lieutenant in the 79th Cameron Highlanders and went to France in 1916 with the 43rd Battalion of the same unit, Twice wounded, he was awarded |' | the Military Cross in 1917 for "conspicuous gallantry and devo- tion to duty during an attack on ~nemy trenches." He ended the war vith the rank of Major. '. Returning to Canada he joined 'he Bank of Montreal which had 1bsorbed the bank of British North America in 1918, In 1985, Mr. Gardner was made | Assistant General Manager in Montreal. He became Genéral Man- ager in 1942 and Executive Vice- President last December. He married Jean Elizabeth Mil- ley in 1922. They have a son. and a daughtens 5% tive committee of the Canadian | By BOB JELLISON Canadian Press Staff Writer Halifax, Feb. 10--(CP)--Seven persons died and one was serious- ly injured in a fire that swept a three-storey = wooden tenement building housing = 27 persons on north-end Creighton Street here early today. Six burned to death and the other died of injuriés re- ceived in a fall. THE DEAD: Mrs. Joseph Gaudet, 32, her sons, Patrick, four, and Joseph, seven, William Greencorn, 29, his wife, 34, and daughter, Lorina, four, Dorothy Barry, 12. INJURED: Mrs. Freeman Barry, 33, moth- er of Dorothy, suffering a frac- tured skull and body injuries, Stephen David, 24, laceration of the arm, . Dorothy Barry broke her back and leg when her father dropped her three storeys to his wife, who had jumped a few seconds before. Mrs. Barry had fallen in the first leap and fell again in catch- ing the girl. Both were taken to hospital im- mediately. Dorothy died several hours later. The temperature was eight be- low zero. Many Children The other occupants of the crowded tenement--snany of them children--were forced to flee in only night attire in the sub-zero weather. They were taken into other crowded homes in the part- Negro tenement section which SEVEN DIED (Continued on Page 2) Former Ratio Will Govern Car Imports Ottawa, Feb. 10--(CP)--Regula.- tions governing imports of motor vehicles during 1948 and setting quotas for imports of autcmative parts and accessories were an. nounced today by Trade Minister Howe. Importers of automotive vehicles will be given dollar allotments bas. ed on the number of passenger cars ang trucks they imported during the 12 months ended last Oct. 31. The regulations governing parts, a further measure to conserve Can. ada's foreign exchange, will become effective March 1. They will allow manufacturers and importers to obtain dollar allotments covering imports from the United States and certain other countries, in a percen. tage ration to the dollar value of parts and accessories imported during the same basic period--the Year ended Oct. 31 last. Regarding complete motor vehi- cles the dollar allotment will be ar- rived at by multiplying the number of units imported during the basic period 'by $230--a figure calculated to be 75 per cent of the average foreign currency content of auto. mobiles manufactured in Canada. IN NFLD., HALIFAX FIRES 34 Old Folks Die Four Are Missing; Seven N.S. Victims 8t. John's, Nfld., Feb, 10--(CP)-= The Public Health and Welfare De. partment announced this afternoon that 34 were dead and four missing out of a total of 43 occupants of an old people's home which was swept by fire of undetermined origin early today. The death toll had mounted from the original estimate of 17 as fire men recovered charred bodies from ice-caked and steaming debris and carried them to a nearby morgue where attempts at identification will be made later today. The dead included an unidentified elderly man who jumped from the third floor of the concrete structure to the icy sidewalk: ~--\ Known as Hull House the build- ing is situated at the corner of New Gower and Springdale Streets. It is run by Mr. and Mrs. A. Hull and was used to lodge elderly indigents and infirm persons at government expense while they were awaiting admission to hospital or a perman- ent institutional home. \ The fire broke out at 7.30 am. ES.T. and raced through the big building, ground floor of which. was occupied by the §Vylie Commis- sion Merchant store. Firemen, ar- rived in near zero weather, fought hard to gain admission to the blaz- ing structure but were repeatedly driven back by the raging inferno within, It is understood thafghbefore arri. val of firemen. a few occupants es- caped but most of the old and in- firm were still in bed and died of either burns or suffocation, Officials said that Mr, and Mrs. Hull were among the missing. When the flames in the main building were brought under con. trol, firemen made their way into the streaming debris and found bodies charred to g cinder on beds and on floors. Nine bodies were in the first room entered. Some of them were in bed but many of the victims had managed to make their way to windows before collapsing. 34 DIE (Continued on Page 2) $250,000 Fire Loss In Hamilton Hamilton, Feb. 10--(CP)--A spectacular fire roared its way to=- day through the three-storey build. ing of the former Burroughs Ste= wart and Ware Stove Foundry here today, and latest estimate of the damage was $250,000. Every piece of fire equipment in the city is being used at the blaze at the corner of Cannon and Hugh- son Streets. All occupants of the building have been removed, and a block of Hughson street. cleared. Police feared the walls might collapse or an explosion blow them out. Firemen said water pressure was low because of relatively small wa. ter mains in that section of the city and because of the many hoses in use. Pumpers are being used to boost the pressure, along the tracks. miles east of here. civilians were wounded. * LATE NEWS BRIEFS MAN KILLED BY TRAIN Toronto, Feb. 10 (CP)--Petro-Santarossa, 46-year- old Toronto construction worker was killed today when struck by a Canadian National Railways train. Dr. Fred Ticket, coroner, said Santarossa's body was mangled and identification ' was made from several papers strewn Police believe he was killed while walking on the right of way. TWO SHIPS IN TROUBLE Halifax, Feb. 10 (CP)--Two freighters were in serious trouble "in very rough seas" off Halifax and two other ships were going to their aid, Navy officers re- ported today. The ships--the Clunepark and the Pierre H. Dupont--were within 90 miles of one another 800 REBELS SHELL SALONIKA Salonika, Greece, Feb. guerrillas fired 12 mountain artillery shells into this city this morning, killing four persons, an official announce- ment said. The dead included a British soldier who died in his billet in the heart of the city, when a shell explod« ed. Two British soldiers in the same billet were wounded. Two women and a man also were killed and nine other 10 (AP)--A large force of TWO HURT IN TANKER BLAST New York, Feb. 10 (AP)--Police headquarters said two crew members were injured in an explosion today in the engineroom of the 500-ton tanker Richmond off the Statute of Liberty. There was no indication the tanker exploded, police said. The injured crew members wera taken in police launches to a hospital,