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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1948 PACE THREE Ottawa Is Planning To Head Off U.S. Labor Communists| & ° THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE Huron By-Election Set For Monday With 2 Candidates Gederich, Feb, 14 (CP)--More than 19,000 Huron constituency voters are eligible to cast ballots Monday in the first Ontario by-election since the Drew Progressive Con- servative government was elected in 1945. The campaign in this Western Ontario riding ended last night with Farquhar Oliver, Liberal *> leader, concluding an intensive cam- paign and Premier Drew entering the two.party battle for the first time. Electors will choose between Tho- mas Pryde, Progressive Conserva- tive, and Benson Tuckey, Liberal, both of Exeter, for a successor to Dr. Hobbs Taylor, a Progressive Conservative, who died last Decem. ber. Although Huron is one of the four Ontario dry areas, coming under the provisions of the Canada Temper- ance Act, the government's liquor policy has been discussed during the campaign and Mr. Drew last night defended it, claiming the li- quor laws were strictly enforced and were developing more temper. ate habits among the people. The Premier replied to an edi- torial in the Toronto Daily Star of Feb. 12 which, he said, "conveyed a challenge to me to deny that I and the party I lead are financed by the liquor interests." He continued: "Let me say with the utmost emphasis that anyone who alleges that I, or those associa- ted with me, are controlled, financed or influenced by the liquor interests is a contemptible and unprincipled liar, Mr. Oliver criticized comparisons made by opposition campaign spea- kers between the amount of road work and hydro extensions done in 1943 and in 1947. Such comparisons between war years and peace years was "pure and unadulterated au- dacity and grossly unfair to the electors of Huron." Norman Hipel, former Ontario Lands Minister, speaking at Exeter with Mr. Oliver, challenged Mr. Drew to prove that either he or Mr, Oliver ever made untrue statements in the legislature. Party standing in the 90-member legislature on the eve of the by. election was: Progressive Conserva- tive 65; Liberal 11; C.CF. eight; Labor-Progressive two; Independent Labor one; Liberal.-Labor two; va- cant one, NEW FIRST SEA LORD London, Feb. 14--(AP)--Admiral Lord Fraser has been named to Britain's top naval post. The Admir. alty announced last night he will succe§yd Admiral Sir John Cunning- ham as First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff next August. Preaching at Ajax REV. JAMES NORWOOD Of the Bible Baptist Seminary of Fort Worth, Texas, who will preach at Ajax Baptist Church Sunday at 10.15 amand 7.30 pam. and each week night to February 20 at 8 pm. During the week, Mr, Norwood give an analysis each night of one of the following books of the Bible, Ezekiel, Daniel, Joel, Hebrews, Ti- tus and Revelation, At Conference W. F. LINDSAY Editor of The Times-Gazette, who is attending a three-day meeting of the Canadian Managing Editors Conference in Montreal. Represen- tatives from 60 Canadian newspa- pers began a clinical study yester- day of the present-day system of news pr tation in this try. Welsh Parish Honors Canadian Armored Regts. Canadian Armored Corps re- giments which trained on Royal Armored Corps ranges at Castle. martin, South Wales, during World War II, have been honored by a tablet dedicated to all ranks. The memorial was recently unveiled in Castlemartin Parish Church, Pem- broke. This news has just reached Army Heaquarters at Ottawa in a letter from the Rev, H. Whitby James, Vicar of Castlemartin and Warren parishes, who asks that the information be passed on to the Canadian Armored formations concerned. The Rev. Mr.. James was Church of England Officiat. ing Chaplain of the RAC ranges from 1939 to 1946. In this capa- city he came to know many mem- bers of Canadian Armored Regi- ments personally, In part, his letter reads: "As so many of the Armored Contingents of the Canadian Forces came down to the Royal Armored Corps ranges, at Castlemartin, during the last war, I venture to send you a brief account of the way in | which we remember them." The tablet, which was dedicated pod the Vicar and unveiled by Lt.. 1. H, Skinner, MC, former Com- mandant of the ranges, bears the badges of the Royal Armored Corps and the Royal Tank Regiment, and the following inscription. "In gra- teful memory of the Royal Armor- ed Corps, and the Canadian and American Armored Contingents, who served in this Parish. Sep. tember 3rd, 1939--March Tth, 19- 46." MILLION DOLLAR FIRE Detroit, Feb. 14--(AP)--Spectacu- lar fire swept the main plant of the L. A. Young Spring and Wire Corp., yesterday, causing damage estimated at more than $1,000,000. will | After an inspection the company, a chief supplier of auto cushion springs, announced its production would not be interrupted as had been feared earlier. Tax On Newsprint Said Unfairly Applied Here Ottawa, Feb. 14--(CP)--Doug- las Harkness (PC-Calgary East) protested in the Commons yester- day against "unfair" application of the Federal eight-per-cent sales tax on newsprint. While daily newspapers had to pay the tax, Mr. Hapkness said, it did not apply to Ameritan maga zines enterisg Canada, to comic books mand pulp fiction or to week- end newspapers out news sec- tions. ; The newsprint tax, he said, was an example of the "discriminatory way" the sales tax was applied some cases. Daily newspapers are in compe- tition with both Canadian and Am- erican magazines for their chief source of revenue, which is adver- tising," he said. "Yet, neither Cana- dian nor Ameyican magazines pay this tax. "In fact, the tax does not apply to newsprint used by week-end newspapers which do wot have a news section." For example, the Toronto Star Weekly has no news section, so it does not pay the tax. On the other hand other week-end newspaper editions with news sections have to pay the tax on all the news- print used in the edition, "Furthermore the newsprint used to produce comic books and pulp fiction is not subject to this tax, though the government considers such publications so unessential, and many people consider the: harmful, that under the presen restrictions on imports they are banned from Canada. The unfair- ness of the 8 per cent tax on news- 'print, as presently applied, I think 1s quite manifest. "In addition to this unfairness it has entered into the increased cost of newspapers, Last year the two Ottawa newspapers increased their prices from three cents to five cents a copy, and as I remember it | the main reason given was the in- creased cost of newsprint. News- print now runs at over $80 a ton. Thus the tax is well over $6 per ton, which is not an inconsiderable item. - It has been an important factor in the increase of 66 2-3 per cent in the pric€ the consumer in Ottawa pays for his daily paper." Stafford Freed In Knife Slaying At Kingston Park Kingston, Feb. 14--(CP) -- Leon Stafford, 24, of Waycross, Ga., was acquitted late yesterday of a mur- der charge arising from the fatal stabbing of 22-year-old Gerald Har- rison of Toronto in a scuffle over raising the odds in a dice game here last August. The trial was the second for Staf- ford, a Negro who served in the Uni. ted States Navy during the war. A jury disagreed at the first trial last October. "I consider you a very lucky man," Mr. Justice G. F. McFarland of jhe Ontario Supreme Court told Stafford after spectators in the crowded courtroom cheered an- nouncement of the verdict. "I hope you have learned your lesson." With tears streaming down her cheeks, Stafford's mother, "brought here by a group of Kingston citi- zens who contributed money for her railway fare, thanked the jurors for their verdict and shook hands with several of them. Then she pushed her way through the courtroom crowd to embrace her smiling son. Admitted as evidence during the four.day trial was a statement po- lice said Stafford gave them after the death of Harrison, a Canadian naval veteran. It quoted him as say- ing ip part: : "I honestly didn't do it . . . I have never carried a knife and never owned one except when I was in the navy. All I did was put up my hands and then I saw the guy was cut. There should have been some hon- est people around who saw what happened. I'm right-handed and I saw blood on my left hand." Principal police witness was de- tective Vincent McQuaide who in- vestigated the slaying. "Stafford told me he hadn't stab. bed anyone and that he didn't have a knife," he said. "Later, on the way to the police station, Stafford said he had been in a dice game and the other fellow wanted to play for $5. Stafford said he wanted to quit and then the fight started." Swift Current MP to Address Union CCF Club Tom J. Bentley, MP. from Swift Current, ~ Saskatchewan, = will' be guest speaker at a public meeting in the U.AW.A. Hall, 17% Simcoe St. N., on Tuesday evening, Febru. ary 17. The meeting is sponsored by the | d Trade Union CCF. Club and James Lownie, president of the Club, says he feels honored that Mr. Bentley accepted the club's invitation to speak in Oshawa in T. J. BENTLEY, M.P, view of the few speaking engage. ments arranged by C.C.F. members while parliament is in session. Mr. Bentley will speak on high prices and profits, and deal espec- ially with the manner in which the question 'has been handled by the government. °*Mr. Bentley was born in Nova Scotia but has» been in western Canada since he was 16. A veteran of the first World War, he halds the Distinguisheq Conduct Medal. He has been associated with the CCF. and the United Farmers Union for many years. He did organizational work for the Sask. atchewan wheat pools before re. signing to become a C.C.F, candi. date. The meeting 1s open to the pub. lic and it is expected a good crowd will be on hand to learn just what is going on at Ottawa regarding high prices. . NEARED EXTINCTION A century ago more than 60,000, 000 bison roamed the North Amer. ican plains, but by 1895 their num. ber had been reduced to 800. Winner of Junior Judging Contest Earle Brown, 15-year-old Newcastle, Ont., boy, who won the 'All-Canadian Junior Judgi Competition held in connection with the selection of All-Canadian Holstein cattle. from all ti of the D A total of 505 Calf Club Boys and Girls took part in the contest. Earle is a member of the South Durham Club coached by Agricultural Represen- tative E. A, Summers, and is shown with his Calf Club Calf, Auto Plant At Windsor Recalls 350 Windsor, Ont., Feb. 14--(CP)-- Auto Specialties Manufacturing Company will recall its 350 em- ployees Monday, regardless of the natura] gas situation in other Windsor plants, it was announced yesterday. j 'I'he busy Windsor foundry will be the first here to resume full- scale operations since the West- ern Ontario gas shortage tied up industry and put more than 20,000 men out of work three weeks ago. One of the chief suppliers of the city's auto industry, Auto Speciali- ties has made adjustments in its own equipment to provide fuel for the operations formerly func- tioning with natural gas. The ad- justment is workable for a tem- porary period. For continued production, the company, fike others, is dependent on the results of the gas-rationing plan announced in Toronto Thurs- ay. If weather holds up during the next few days it is expected to combine with the rationing . to bring industry bask into operation all through Western Ontario by next Tuesday. Meanwhile, in Detroit the Con- solidated Gas Company of Michi- gan announced gas was being re-_ sumed to industry, insuring return to work of more than 150,000 idle auto industry employees by next week. Chrysler Corporation, hardest hit of any plant, has already re- called 50,000 production workers. All but 3,000 will return Tuesday, the remainder Wednesday. Canadian Airmen Win High Awards From U.S., Czechs Ottawa, Fgh, 14 (CP) -- The Czechoslovakian and United States Governments have conferred decor- tions on two top wartime RCAF of- ficers, Air Force Headquarters an- nounced last night. The military Order of the White Lion for Victory, the star first class, highest Czechoslovakian award ever conferred on an RCAF officer, has been awardetl Air Marshal H. Ed- wards, C.B.,, of St. Sauveur des Month, Que, Air Marshal Edwards was formerly air officer command- ing in chief of the RCAF overseas, Two decorations, the Order of the White Lion, third class, from Czechoslovakia and thé Legion of Merit, Degree of Commander, from the United States, were awarded Air Vice MarsFal N. R. Anderson of Walkerton, Ont., who was second in command of tha RCAF overseas, Air Marshal Edwards served in the Royal Naval Air Service in the First World War and joined the Canadian Air Force at its forma- tion in 1920. He commanded the Air Force detachment to the corona- tion of Kinge George in 1937 and in 1939 handled arrangements for the Royal visit to Canada. He set up the Canadian Air Force overseas in the early days of the Secend Great War which included organization of 6 Bomber Group, one of the top wartime bomber groups. He retired from the RCAF C.CE. PUBLIC MEETING 8 P.M. Juesday, February 17th U.A.W.A. HALL -- Speaker -- J. T. BENTLEY, MP. Swift Current, Saskatchewan "Your Government Evades The Issue' EVERYONE WELCOME in 1944 and was succeeded by Air Chief Marshal Lloyd Breadner, Air Vice Marshal Anderson, also a First Great War flier and an or- iginial of the Canadian Air Force, organized Atlantic defense and air operations to protect Allied ship- ping early in the war, He spent a short time in England with the RAF Coastal Command, then returned to headquarters in Ottawa as air member for air staff. While in this post he extended anti- submarine patrols half way across the Atlantic to link with the Coast- al Command and served as the RCAF member on the joint Can- ada-United States defense board. He was appointed deputy air of- ficer commanding in chief of the RCAF overseas in 1943 and held that post under Air Chief Marshal Breadner until ill health forced him to retire in 1945, FIND WOMAN'S BODY Strathroy, Ont., Feb. 14--(CP) -- The frozen body of Miss Margaret Stratham, 32, object of a 24-hour search was found yesterday on the banks of the Sydenham River in this Middlesex County town. Miss Statham, member of a well. known district family, had been missing since Thursday afternoon. SMUGGLED TEA . Because of the high tax on tea in Britain in the 17th and 18th cen. turies, more than half the | tea drunk in England was smuggled in. Open Letters: Topic In Mowder Case "Open letters" addressed to the Ontario Law Society and AWS. Greer, K.C.,, Oshawa barrister, and sent to members of the legal profession throughout the province by Robert G. Roy, co-defendant in the Mowder divorce action, were introduced late yesterday in the second hearing of the action he- fore Mr. Justice G.A. Gale. During cross-examination by. A. F. Rodger, who is appearing in this trial for the plaintiff, Alfred C. Mowder, Roy declared that he sent out the letters in an attempt to expose what he belived to be a "plot" against him by Mowder and the latter's solicitor, Mr. Greer. He had written them, he said, in the summer of '1946, when he "couldn't endure the abuse any longer." Roy charged that a series of law. suits, referred to in the documents, all .formed "part of Mowder's plot to sue him (Roy) for $50,000." "They were all different bricks in the same building," he claimed. While: he had "got the first glimpse of the plot in 1943," Roy admitted that the alledged cons. piracy had not been used as a de- fence in'the alienation of affec. tions action brought against him in that year by Mowder. An appeal by Roy from an Ontario Supreme Court decision in this action is still pending before the Supreme Court of Canada. Cross-examination was at stand. still as court adjourned last night, with His Lordship questioning the relevancy to the present proceed- ings of queries relating to' state- ments made in the documents. Making it clear that he was not going to "embark on a trial as to whether the accusations were jus. tified," Justice Gale, said the cre- dibility of the, witness could not be tested by merely asking him if he had made the statements, The hearing, which began last Monday, is expected to continue into next week. It was adjourned last night until Monday morning. Car Production Drops Slighly Detroit, Feb. 14--(AP)--Motor yehicle production in the United States and Canada this week was estimated by Wards Automotive Report today at 85,262 units. This compares with 82717 last week, 97,276 in the comparable week of last year and 127,510 for the same week of 1941. Ward's said the Industrial gas shortage held production down, Federal Concern Felt Over Report Reds Coming Here] By John LeBlanc Canadian Press Staff Writer Ottawa, Feb. 14 (CP) --Possibility of a ban on the, entry of Communists from the United States is under study by the Canadian government. Authoritative quarters said today early cabinet action on such a prohibition hinges on whether administration experts can find authorization for the move ® in existing legislation, One well-informed source said an announcement on the dominion's position might be expected shortly. The prospective dominien action came in the wake of reports from the United States that the anti- red Taft-Hartley labor legislation of that country was forcing Com- munists in unions to transfer their activities to Canada in large num- bers. Concern of federal officials over Communist domination of several big Canadian unions was reported as sharpened by the new influx-- or the threat of one--into labor groups in the dominion. Another spur to federal anti-red action was an apparent decision by the United States immigration au- thorities to bar suspected Canadian Communists from crossing the bor- der into that country. While the U.S. has made no an- nouncement of such a policy, it has been known in labor quarters for some time that reputed reds trying to get from this country to the U.S.--even for such brief excur- sions as labor conventions--are being turned back at border points. Within the cabinet, there were reported to be two schools of thought on the question of exclud- ing Communists, and it was under- stood that a definite decision had not yet been reached on the issue. Some members were known to feel not only that reds should be excluded from Canada altogether, but that the government had enough authority to keep them out under legislation now on the statutes. Another view--and that of Re- sources' Minister Glen, in charge of immigration--is that there is some doubt as to whether current legislation provides for the bar- ring of Communists. Legal experts now are exploring this point. Though possible federal anti- Communist action has been rumor- ed for several weeks, it came into the open only yesterday when Recita ¥ To Give HARRY ADASKIN Outstanding Canadian violinist, who will give a lecture recital at the Community Recreation Associa~ tion building, 100 Gibbs Street, Wednesday evening, February 25. Mr. Adaskin will also give a short program in the afternoon for the benefit especially of O.C.V.I. stv dents. Frances Marr, pianist, will appear with him, Solon Low, Social Credit leader, asked Prime Minister Mackenzie King in the Commons what action the government planned in the light of U.S. reports that the Taft-Hart- ley measure was driving Com- munists into Canada. Mr. King said at first that the matter "will receive attention." Under further questioning by Mr. Low, he went beyond that and said the question of Communists enter= | ing Canada "has been under con. } sideration by the Department of Immigration and also, to a limited extent, by the government." Important Moti To The Citizens of Oshawa! HELP THE CHILDREN IN WAR-TORN LANDS GIVE TO THE APPEAL FOR CHILDREN FEB. 16th to 28th In OSHAWA , 5 a -- ~ Give AI You Can! A ----