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THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETT Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle OSHAWA WHITBY VOL. 7, NO. 38 OSHAWA-WHITBY, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1948 Price 4 Cents SIXTEEN PAGES HAGANA GETS SET FOR ARAB WAR ne Dead, Traffic Snarled In Ontario Storm Pupils Give "Valentines" To European Children Ld Bus, Power Lines Disrupted By Ice Over Large Areas Toronto, Feb. 14 (CP)--With one motorist dead, trans- portation systems tied up and power facilities in some places disrupted Ontario today faced prospects of still worse weath- er as cold winds moved in from the north. Already the province's highways had been iced-over, and its power lines sheathed with ice ®-- by last night's cold rain -- a pre- lude to snow predicted for today. Temperatures ranging from zero to 10 below were predicted for Windsor, London, Hamilton and Ni- agara areas. In eastern Ontario and in the Lake Huron and Georgian Bay districts the weatherman gave probable lows of 15 to 26 below. At Wingham, theatre manager Rex Ostrander died last night en route to hospital after his automo- pil2 crashed into a snowbank. All inter-city bus schedules were disrupted as a result of the rain- glazed roads. At Peterborough, 200 passengers were stranded overnight, In Toronto week-end bus travellers were sent home after a major bus company (Gray Coach Lines), an- nounced half its service had been cancelled for the night. Some 1200 dancers at a night spot just west of here faced the prospect of sleeping on the dance floor until a nearby resident, awake ened hy noisy automobile horns, sanded the roszdway so that they could get the cars onto the high- way. . HL Ban. oul Ice snapped hydro lines at Lind- say and plunged the community in an hour of darkness. Several per- sons at Brantford escaped serious injury when their car skidded over a 14-foot embankment and in a three-car accident in the same city John Thompson, his wife and daughter suffered minor injuries. Four persons were injured at Bar- rie and $2,000 damage was caused to a bus in a highway accident. The Highways Department broad- cast a warning against non-essen- tial travel. Airline flights out of windsor and Toronto were cancel- led. Chicago, Feb. 14 (AP)--Angry el- ements, lashing out across wide secons of the United States brought deaph and injury to scores caused heavy property damage and left thossands homeless today. Five died in two tornadoes which twisted through east central Missis- sippl yestreday. More than a score To Address Rotary JUSTICE C, P. McTAGUE Chairman of the Ontario Securities were injured and 32 homes destroy- od y Thousands fled their homes in the south, in parts of Ohio and West Virginia as turbulent waters from rain and snow-swollen rivers and streams flooded lowlands. The Red Cross in the south pre- pared for any emergency in view of the flood peril. National guards in some states were on the alert. Many communities in the flood belt were virtually isolated. Rain, sleet, freezjng rain and snow fell from the Rockies to the North Atlantic seaboard. A fresh mass of cold air moved into the northern plains and temperatures dropped rapidly -- to below zero in some regions. The cold mass was expected to move south eastward and evtend in- to the northeastern part of the country over the week-end. New X-Ray Equipment Aids Kiwanis TB Work As a further step in its tuberculo- sis prevention work in this area, Oshawg Kiwanis Club is undertak- ing to complete the payment of $5,. 00 for new X-ray equipment, which will be delivered shortly, for the T. B. clinic carried on at the Oshawa General Hospital. The Club has commended. by Health Minister Russell T. Kel- ley in its job of carrying out some 30,000 chest X-rays in the southern part of On#ario County. As a follow. up to the mass survey conducted a year ago, a clinic has been operated weekly at the Oshawa General Hos- pital, This is particularly for per. sons suspected of having the dis- ease. Its facilities are available to all doctors in the district for their patients and reports are made to the medical officer of health. The service is free of charge. A. E. Johnson, who has been committee chairman for this phase of the club's activities since 1945, sald the new equipment is the fin. est procupable and will be of dis tinct advantage to the hospital as well as aiding in the Kiwanis T.B. work. Approximately 750 examina. tions were made last year and with the aid of this new equipment it is hoped to raise the figure to 1,500 this year. - Financed By Seal Program Funds for this work are raised through the &hristmas Seal pro- gram, which was instituted more INE NEW X-RAY (Continued on Fage 2) THE WEATHER Variable clotidiness today with occasional very light snow. Clear and much colder tonight and Sunday, Winds northwest 70 becoming north 15 Sunday morning, Low tonight and high Sunday 15 below and 5 above. U.A.W. Asks 35 Cent Hike At Chrysler Detroit, Feb, 14--(AP)--The United Auto Workers (CIO) came up yesterday with pay demands against Chrysler Corp. exceeding 36 cents an hour. The figure is five cents higher than that adopted recently by the union's policy committee and ap- proved by its international execu- tive board. U.A.W, delegates from 14 Chrys- ler plants in Michigan, Indiana and California set forth the de- mands in a resolution approved by the union's national Chrysler con- ference. 5 These are the demands voted by the conference on behalf of 70,000 Chrysler workers: 1. A 30-cent hourly wage in- crease. 2. Social security benefits -- hos- pital care, medical benefits, etc.-- previously estimated to cost an ad- ditional five cents an hour, 3. An "adequate" pension plan. 4. Improved vacation provisions. 5. A guaranteed weekly wége. The executive board's wage pol- icy statement called for a 25-cent across-the-board increase plus five cents for social security and the same other so-called "fringe" de- mands. The Chrysler delegates are ex- pected to act today on starting negotiations for a new wage clause for their two-year contract. Their agreement has more than a year to run but can be reopened on "eco- nomic issues" -once by either the company or union, Rather than spend money on Valentines this year, Harmony Public School | beside the one-day campaign chart are, left to right Winnie Matthews, 9; Ives an objective of $10 to raise for the Douglas Terry, 11; Ralph Myers, 9, and Janet Rogers, 6. In carrying out this plan, the school's 140 children beat the starting gun for the Oshawa campaign which officially begins om Monday morning. iad children d to set th Canadian Apppeal for Children, Each youngster contributed the change | he was going to use for Valentine cards and when the drive was finished, total funds recorded by Principal G. A. Korry were $15.70, Pictured above --Photo by Campbell's Studio NO INDICATION RENT CEILINGS WILL CHANGE Ottawa, Feb. 14--(CP)--High government officials said last night |. they saw no immediate prospect of an increase being granted in the ceilings on residential rents, al- though they conceded that this con- trol has come up periodically for review along with other goods and services still being restricted. However, rentals have mot re- cently been discussed, they added. The comment was made in con- nection with reports which circu- lated yesterday that an increase of around 10 per cent is "likely" in the rental ceilings effective from May 1. Another "report said the cases of landlords who heat apart- ments and duplexes were under consideration. It was learned, however, that there has been no discussion on rentals in the cabinet, which might conceivably make the first move towards a jump in the rentals ceil- ing if that was felt necessary. One source suggested the reports of a possible increase were in the nature of "seasonal" speculation arising with the approach to the spring moving season. This official said he thought it unlikely that the government would increase ceilings at a time when there was public clamor against the rising cost of living and a spe: cial parliamentary committee was probing the causes of that increase. Toronto, Feb, 14--(CP)--The Evening Telegram said yesterday in a newspage story that a survey it conducted showed "scores--per- haps hundreds--of Toronto's small- er merchants will be forced either to pay exorbitant rentals or go completely out of business early in April." It adds that a "crisis" is arising by reason of the federal govein- ment's removal of rent controls on commercial "properties, effective March 31. No Accidents Despite Ice Police and hospital authori- ties reported no accidents last night or today at press time although icy streets through- out 'the city were causing com- plaints from all quarters. Warnings to pedestrians and motorists to exercise care seem to have been heeded. The thaw evident today will not last according to weather forecasters who predict a sud- den drop in temperatures to below the zero mark. TWO CALLS Firemen responded to a call at the home of Homer Martin, 18 Ca- dillac Avenue North, at 7.10 am. today where fumes were escaping from an oil burner. Captain Hugh Chase said the trouble probably resulted from a dirty chimney pipe. A clogged scupper on the Queen's Hotel roof caused water to flood in. bo some of the rooms before firemen cleared the drain near midnight last night, ~ Sharp Exchanges Feature Debate On Throne Speech As Price Controls Urged V.O.N. Speaker REV. ALAN REOCH Former missionary to Manchuria and ro tly an administrator = of Canadian Aid to China, who will speak at the annual meeting of the Oshawa Branch of the Victorian Order of Nurses Monday night. On his return from Manchuria in 1941, Mr. Reoch served overseas as a chaplain in the Canadian Army and for the past two years has been in China in connection with Canadian aid to that country. The meeting will be held at .St. An- drew's Church. By DARCY O'DONNELL Canadian Press Staff Writer Ottawa, Feb. 14--(CP)--Demands by private members for government action in various fields multiplied quickly in the Commons yesterday as representatives from all parts of the country continued the debate on the throne speech. The usual quiet Friday atmos- phere was enlivened by 'one heated incident as members demanded a return to price controls, appoint- ment of a minister in charge of the tourist trade, a distinctive Canadian flag, development of Western oil fields, higher. allowances for veter. ans and a lengthy list of other changes. 3 The demands in the debate, which allows = members sufficient latitude to express their own views and grievances, came from Gordon Isnor (L--Halifax); Lewis Men- ary (PC--Wellington North); Li- guori Lacombe (Ind--Laval Two Mountains); E. B. McKay (CCF-- Weyburn); Douglas Harkness (PC --Calgary East); J. W. Murphy (PC --Lambton West); H. G. Archibald (CCPF---Skeena); and Rene Jutras (L--Provencher). ; The interruption in the contin. uous run of speech-making came when Labor Minister Mitchell char- ged that the speech made by Mr. Archibald was a 'speech made in Moscow," Mr. Archibald retorted that the minister's speeches were CONTROLS URGED (Continued on Page 2) . Legion Business Manager Awarded Life Membership "This is tke highest honor that a branch can bestow upon a mem- ber," declared Provincial Presi- dent E. S. Evans of the Canadian Legion at the regular meeting of Branch 31, vhen he presented Busines Manager Ben Jacklin with a life membership in the Canadian Legion. "Comrade Jacklin's record of un- stinted service to the Legion is one of which all members can be proud," the Provincial President stated in pointing out that Com- rade Jacklin had joined the first branch organized in Ontario in 1926, while he was a patient in Christie Street Hospital. Joining the Oshawa Branch in 1927 Com- rade Jacklin has been extremely active in Legion affairs in Osh- awa since that time, holding many offices, including the office of president during 1935 and 1936. Provincial Treasurer P. Biggs briefly addressed the large mem- bership present, urging that the Oshawa Branch have representa- tion at the Dominion Convention which will be held at Saskatoon this summer. s The branch voted to hold its meetings on the fourth Thursday of each month, commencing in Marg: instead of twice monthly ag" 9% present. A resolution passed at the Pro- vincial convention urging the es- tablishment Ontario Civil was unanimously passed of an tai ment o an Service BEN JACKLIN and a copy will be forwarded to T. K. Creighton, K.C.,, M.P.P. The resolution which was strongly sup- ported by the Provincial President reads as follows: "Resolved that the Provincial Command should circularize and re- LEGION (Continued on page 2) BREAD PRICE UNDER PROBE BY OTTAWA By ROSS MUNRO Canadian Press Staff Writer Ottawa, Feb, 14--(CP) -- The bread-baking industry of Eastern and Central Canada likely will be investigated by the Commons price probe committee when it launches its inquiry into causes of increases ed bread prices, it was learned to- day, It probably will be held at the same time as another inquiry un- der the Combines Investigation Act is bing carried out into the bread- baking industry of Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia. In this way, information on the whole industry will be gathered, with the committee itself likely look- ing into the situation in Manitoba later. Health Minister Martin, commit- tee chairman, said in an interview last night that the Western inquiry in no way tied the hands of the committee here. It can go ahead with its probe simultaneously with the combine commissioner's in- quiry. The committee also is considering extending its inquiry into holdings of butter in warehouses and cold storage plants during the last year. Mr. Martin has again reiterated his contention that the committee probe is no witch hunt. "We are not out to get anyone -- we are out to get the facts," he said. If the committee finds there is no profiteering or no hoarding which have boosted prices, then that will be fine in his opinion. The committee does not sit today but meets Monday morning at 11 am. EST, with Fred McGregor, commissioner under the Combines Investigation Act, scheduled to be the first witness. It is likely that Graham Towers, Governor of the Bank of Canada, Labor Minister Mitchell and possi- bly Agriculture Minister Gardiner also well be called. U.S. Leaflets Ask China Communists To Free Marines Shanghai, Feb. 14--(AP)--United States marine planes dropped leaf- lets today in Chinese Communist areas near Tsingtao in an effort to open negotiations for release of four marines held by the reds. A spokesman for the United Sta- i te. Embassy said the navy was in contact with the Communists and "is diong everything possible to ar- range their release." The Chinese Communist radio, in | a brodacast picked up by the As. sociated Press in San Francisco, confirmed yesterday that five mar- | ines were captured Christmas Day and one of them had died of wounds. The reds charged the marines were aiding government tr'bops in an engagement north of Arms Are Needed More Than Troops Commander Says By James M. Long Jerusalem, Feb. 14 -- (AP) -- Hagana's military com= mander said today the Jewish organization Is strongh enough now to hold its own against an Arab attack. Although Hag- anah wants United Nations help, he said, it is prepared to win against the Arabs without such aid if necessary, en in written replies to questions submitted to him by the Associated Press. Because Hagana's formal sta- tus as a Jewish militia is still on the borderline of recognition, his identity is a secret even to most Jews, The answers brought out these main points: 1. Hagana needs arms more than manpower, y 2. At most an international force of only a few thousand is needed to supplement an armed Hagana. 3. The prerequisite to any effect. ive military action against the Ar. abs is withdrawal of the British forces. 4, Hagana's present policy of "ag- gressive defence" propa®ly will be changed to "attack" sometime after May 15. This would include Hag. ana offensives against Arab con- centraticns in Arab territory il the wer continues. "We will believe the United Nat- ions will not lat itself be killed as an guthcritative force in internat.' lonal affairs by some relatively weal Ara) states," the Commander's answers £oid. "We Believe that political efforts of the Jewish Agency's representa- tives in the United States will bring about creation of an international force whicta will assist us in 'es{ab- lishment of a Jewish state, which has been decreed by the United Na. tions." g "If this proposal does not come off for reasons of international, political or technical difficulties, we believe the time will come when we will ke able to bring in large and serious consignments of equip- ment for Hagana or the Jewish.mili- tia. Sy "We are confident we can even The Commander's views were giv-® Bitter Conflict | Seen In Palestine Halifax, Feb. 14--(CP)--Arthur Creech Jones, British Colonial Sec- retary, left here today for Lake Success to discuss Britain's stand on the Palestine question--a ques= tion he told reporters here was fraught with danger. Creech Jones predicted greater bloodshed in Polestine, where 1,161 have died in fighting since an- nouncement of the partition plan in November. Creech Jones told reporters: "We have fully co-operated with U.N. in every possible way and have given them much practical help but the proposed arrival] of the commission in Palestine will be the occasion of fiercer conflict." Until Britain's withdrawal dead- line Aug. 1 "we will not enforce on Arabs or Jews a policy which one or the other actively resists." now successfully repel all attacks, naturally not without losses and even defeats, for that is wat. But we can hold our own in Palestine now and inflict serious military and economic damage upon the Arab attackers." The Commander said Hagana's strength is increasing daily. He add- ed that with the present power and reinforcements expected to be brought in from Many onwards, Ha. gana will establish and maintain the Jewish state. Britain plans to give up her man- .ldate about May 15 and complete 'withdrawal of her troops by Aug. 1. Toronto, Feb. 14--(CP)--More than 80 residents of three dwell- ings on Chandos Street in west- central Toronto were evacuated from their homes by police early today when a two-alarm fire de- stroyed the Liberty Ornamental Iron Works. Total] damage was estimated at $85,000. District Fire Chief William Cul- ling sai da search of 'the ruins failed to disclose the cause of the blaze and the Ontario Fire Mar- shal's department was asked to in- vestigate. Culling said that a fireproof wall on the west side of the plant helped firemen in their battle to save adjoining homes. "Flames were roaring 50 feet Thirty Flee From Homes As Toronto Plant Burns In 2-Alarm $85,000 Fire in the air," he said. "But for that fireproof wall he would have had serious trouble preventing the flames from spreading." Eyewitnesses said the blaze seemed to shoot right across the roofs of two duplex residences. Police went from door to door of the buildings rousing the 24 occu- pants, including several small chil- dren, and they took to the street in night attire. Occupants of a third house also left as a precautionary, measure. * In the iron works building was a shipment of chairs for Sunny- brook Military Hospital valued at $12,000. These were destroyed along with 500 cocktail lounge chairs. Tsingtao, in Nortta China. United States naval authorities have answered similar charges with emphatic denials, * LATE NEWS BRIEFS $100,000 FIRE IN MONTREAL Montreal, Feb. 14 (CP)--Water damage estimated at about $100,000 was caused when fire broken out on the fifth floor of a six-storey building on downtown Acqueduct Street early today. It was the third serious fire within six hours in the Montreal area. MUFTI'S HOME IS BOMBED Jerusalem, Feb. 14 (Reuters)--Covered by auto- matic rifle fire of Jewish forces, Jewish battle squads early today planted two bombs beside a house owned by Haj Amin El Husseini, exiled Mufti of Jerusalem. The blast demolished one room and damaged the doorway. /The nephew of the Mufti was in the house at the time of the explosion but was uninjured. TIRE PLANT DAMAGE $25,000 St. Catharines, Feb. 14 (CP)--Damage was estim- ated at $25,000 in an early morning blaze at the Bots- ford Tire Company vulcanizing plant here today. Only a few of the large stock of tires carried were destroyed. COAST LASHED BY STORM Halifax, Feb. 14 (CP)--Shipping, already storm- lashed in the North Atlantic, was warned today of gales in the. Newfoundland aiea by the dominion public weath- er office at Halifax. In the gale area were two limping | freighters, the British Clunepark with deck and propel- lor damage and the Boston City, with engine trouble.