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PAGE TWO THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1948 'Births CORNETT---At Ottawa, on Monday, February 23, 1948, to Mr. and 'S. Donald M. Cornett, a daughter. MARKS Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Marks are pleased to announce the birth of their son at the Oshawa General Hospital, on February 23, 1948. Obituary GEORGE RUTLEDGE A resident of Hybla, Ontario, for the rast 57 years, George Rutledge, beloved husband of the former Mary Young, died suddenly as the result of a heart attack on Friday, Feb- ruary 20, in his 71st year. A native of Stormont County, the decedised was a member of Zion Uni.ed Chuich, Hybla. Besides his wife he is survived by a sister, Mrs. George Oram of Mountain View, Prince Edward County, and two brothers, Don- ald W. of Oshawa and Johnstone of Timmins. The funeral was held from the family residence to Zion United Church on Monday, February 23. Interment . was in Zion Cemetery, Hybla. Ontario Cutoffs Reported Eased By Power Saving Tcronto, Feb. 25--(CP)--As Tor- onto and some other large Ontario cities today settled down to a rou- tine cf one power cutoff a day, the opinign was expressed that rural areas mizht undergo power breaks if the power.saving campaign in the province's six largest cities does not succeed. "cutoffs in the country must be considered carefully because they could do a lo* of harm," A. W. Manby, assistant general manager of the Ontario Hydro-Electric Pow- er Comm. sion, said yesterday. "Take hatcheries, for instance. A stoppage of electricity there might have serious results." London will be free from cutoffs today for the second consecutive day but officials cautioned that cuts would be re-imposed Wednesday if voluntary saving did not reach &x- pectations. Sarnia can expect a cutoff-free day Thursday in the uptown busi. ness areas as an experiment to de. termine whether veluntary power saving by merchants will save as much power as the interruptions. The merchants have agreed to cut an hour from their business day. Blenheim experienced its first cutoff yesterday and half-hour breaks will continue daily except Sundays. Six power cuts, totalling three hours, were experienced yesterday by Smiths Falls. Not affected were the town's two hospitals, for which specia] 'power service was arranged. Brockville residents were told that unless 'they conserve more power daily," their city may undergo cut- «offs. Street lighting, already reduc. ed, may be dimmed further. Torento citizens can expect no more installations of electric water heaters until the end of the power, shortage. brought on by low water at generating. plants. The Toronto Hydro.Electric Power Commission will continue to take orders for the equipment but installation will be delayed. Korea (Continued from Page 1) ported failure because of Russian non.co. operation. Canada yesterday, through L. B. Pearson, Under-Secretary for Ex- ternal Affairs, protested the Ameri. can proposal. He also criticized Rus. sia's "obstructive attitude," saying that this policy was to be '"con- demned." American sources said the Uni. ted States would press for accept- ance'of its plan despite the Cana. dian-Australian objections. The Ht. tle Assembly has scheduled another meeting for today and indications were that a vote would be taken then. The Secyity Council, meanwhile, seeking to cope with perhaps the gravest crisis to confront the Uni. ted Nations, late today continues the debate on Palestine. A special commission has recommended for. mation of an international army to enforce partition cf the Holy Land as voted by the General Assembly last Nov. 29. Britain has said she will yield her mandate May 15. A surprise development last night was A move by Colombia. to call a special session of the Assembly to recciisider the Palestine problem. Colcmmbia proposed that the coun. cil appoint a committee to examine the advisability of requesting an extraprdinary assembly session ana Yo ask Britain to postpone unti: July 15 the date for terminating her mandate. P Dofglas Bailey of Enniskillen was fined"$20 and costs or 20 days by Magistrate Ebbs here today on a Ew 8 of speeding. Bailey pleaded guilty, Chief of Police Owen D. Friend told the court that accused was found travelling 55 miles-per- hour 'on Simcoe Street North on February 10. Bailey said his speed- ometer was registering "around 35 miles-per-hour." DISORDERLY CONDUCT Plehding guilty to 'a charge of disorderly conduct, Kenneth Hughes, 159, William Street East, was fined $5 and costs or five days by Magistrate F. S. Ebbs here today. Evidence was that Hughes was dis- playing obscene pictures in a King Street Cafe last night. $8,000 FIRE LOS ssa, Ont., Feb, t ited at ire of ynknewn origin this n the tobacco barn on the med and operated by Aaron e mile north of this ccenmunity. The barn, and six kilns of tobacco (CP)-- 25 -- a $8,000 was caus. ! | ? : | Local Grain Local selling prices for bran $47- $48 ton; shorts, $49-3$30; baled hay, $20-3$22 ton; straw, $18-$20 ton; pastry flour, $395 a bag; bread flour, $4.75 a bag. Dealers are pay- ing no set price. Wheat, $1.48 a bushel; oats, 85.20 cents; barley, $1.20-$1.25; buckwheat, $1.25. Local Eggs Local eggs: Grade A large 42, A medium 40, Grade B 38, Fullets 32, Grade C and cracks 25. . | Produce | Toronto, Feb. 25--(CP)--Produce | prices in the spot market here to- day were reported as follows: - | Butter prints unchanged, 1st grade 69%, 2nd grade 68%, 3rd grade 67%. | Churning cream unchanged, No. {1 1b. 71 FOB, 75 delivered. | Eggs: Market continued steady | with receipts sufficient for demand. A large 46-47, A medium 45.46, A pullet 41.42, B 43, C 37.38, country ! shippers quoted graded eggs, cases | free, A large 43'5.44';, A medium 421.43, A pullet 38, B 40, C 36. Butter solids unchanged, grade 67%, 2nd grade 66s. Fruit Toronto, Feb. 26--(CP)--Whole: | sale frult and vegetable prices were unchanged here today. Livestock Toronto, Feb. 25--(CP) -- Early sales were too few to establish pri- ces on the livestock market this morning although calves and hogs sold at firm levels. There were 200 fhead of cattle held over from yes. terday's close. Calves were $21.23 "for + choice and hogs closed previously at $28.75 for grade A, $28.35 for grade Bl. Receipts reported by the Domin. ion Marketing Service were: Cattle 270, calves 40, hogs 210, no sheep or lambs, Hogs Toronto, Feb, 25--(CP)--Hog pri ces were unchanged at Stratford, grade A delivered to farmers $28.55, truckers $28.70, in markets re- porting early this morning. ¢ | | 1st Power Shortage Strikes California San Francisco, Feb. 25--(AP)-- | Northern and central California's | | worst winter drought in history re- | sulted today in orders to cut the consumption of electrical power al- most to wartime dimout propor- tions. . The State Public Utilities Com- mission faced with a situation simi- lar to that in Southern Ontario, ordered seven utility companies to take drastic curtailment measures effective at 12:01 a.m. tomorrow. Housewices were asked to cut their use of electricity by 10 per cent, Industrial and .agricultural, users, with few exceptions, must reduced their power use by at least 10 per cent or risk termination. of all service. The commission Indicated that Sonsereation will be necessary until fall, Cameron Named In Rail Dispute Ottawa, Feb. 25--(CP)--Mr, Jus. tice J. C. A. Cameron of the Ex- chequer Court of Canada, has been appointed chairman of a concilia- tion board established to deal with a wage dispute involving Canadian railways and a group of internat. ional un , Labor Minister Mitch. ell annouficed today. The unions represent approxi- mately 125,000 of the employees of the railways involved, which in. clude the Canadian National Rail. ways, the Canadian Pacific Railway, the Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railway, and the Ontario Northland Railway. The dispute arose from demands of employees for a wage increase of 35 cents an hour, effective last Dec. 20. To Ask Russ (Continued from Page 1) German property except with the consent of Russia. Presumably this would include such assets as oll re- fineries in which the western pow. ers had a stake before the war. 2. A clause preventing Austria from raising 'any difficulties" against Russian export of profits from enterprises which it would re- ceive under a settlement, Russia wants two-thirds of Austria's oil production, plus control of the Dan. ube Shipping Company. 3. A blanket condition - freeing Russia from all obligations during her custodianship of German, as- sets prior to the settlement. 4. An agreement among the big powers for bilateral settlement 'be. tween interested parties oh all fu. ture disputes involving former Ger. man property. . American and British official ob. servers say the meetings thus far have been devoted largely to efforts to clarify the Russian demands. There has been little elaboration oh the part of the Soviet delegate N, P. Koktomov, The delegates decided yesterday to bar public disclosures of their | discussions except for an occasion. al communique. The Benelux coun. | tries--Belgium, the Netherlands and | Luxembourg--will join the talks la. | ter this week. SPRING ON THE WAY Mrs. Millie Ellis, 26 Gladstone Ave, is certain that "spring is fi the air." This morning she spotted a large house fly buzzing about her verandah, Despite agile attempts with the swatter Mrs, Ellis reports that the early arrival made good a | get-away. Times. | =Why not try one Gazette classified ads pay today, FineResponse Richards Testifies Anticipated For Fund At another meeting yesterday of the Oshawa committee on the Canadian Appeal for Children, Pro- vincial Organizer Christie A. Mec. Donald, of Toronto, disclosed that the campaign would likely carry on through -the first two weeks in March. "Organization cf the ap. peal was so fushed," he said, "if has been found advisable to lengthen the campaign." All indications point to a splen- did response lécally with one labor group's contribution listed as $100 end individual "day's pay" dona- tions being received as high as $25. It was made clear once again that cash contributions could be made at any of the Oshawa banks where en official receipt will ke issued for income tax deduction purpcses. number of local merchants. have placed large containers at the exits of their stores and many shoppers are dropping fn parcels which, at the close of each day's business, ar& returned to the shelves and the re. tail price credited to the appeal fund. A definite effort is being made to interest the children of Cafiada in {the plight oftheir cousins abroad. A special chart has been prepared, | showing a class room with vacant seats. For each dollar a class ob tains, a sticker shcwing the head of a child is pasted on the desk, un- til the 32 desks in the room are completely filled. The money collec ted is then taken to the bank and a receipt obtained, the money being forwarded by the banks to the cen. tral fund. Various groups, such as the service clubs and other local organizations, are being asked to back classrocms in raising the mo- | ney to complete the chart. When | the chart is completed, it is forward. ed to the National Headquarters and will accompany the equipment | to the designated school in the de. vastated areas, and will be hung on | the wall cf the school as a symbol of the co.operativn of the school whose name appears in the space provided at the bottom of the chart. In- this way, it is hcped -to bring to the attention of the school chil- dren abroad the contribution their cousins in Canada. The campaign is for cash, but the latge chain stores, co.cperative and others of a similar nature, are prepared to receive goods in kind, which at the end of each day, will be totaled at their retail value and | the co-operating stores will remit | to the fund. The Canadian Ari Council are arranging a contriou. tion from outstanding artists in Canada, and a tour of Canada of the pictures donated, which will be auctioned later in the interests of the Appeal. "Liberals (Continued frem 'Page 1) giving effect to the excise taxes an- nounced when the exchange-conser- vation bill was brought into effect Nov, 17. At the house opening, Prime Min- ister Mackenzie King said he will table the written record of the Royal Commision inquiry into Ca- nadian participation in the defence of Hong Kong, with some telegrams paraphrased for security reasons. Agriculture Minister Gardiner said he will place before the cabinet proposals for federal aid in dyking marshlands near the New Bruns- wick-Nova Scotia border. He also said that decreases in Canadian cattle prices in recent weeks were 'nothing comparable" to United States reductions which amounted to as much as $7 to $8 a hundredweight, In moving the amendment to the exchange bill, John Bracken, Pro. | gressive Conservative leader, said (iis party wished to see from it an amount of protection which was not required. J. M, Macdonnell (FC--Muskoka- Ontario) said what had been hailed as a step to save American dollars | had been clearly shown to be an instrument of control. It gave pow. er to Trade Minister Howe Orders-in.Council. Everything de- pended on one minister. Stanley Kncwles peg North Centre) said his party was opposed to the bill because it | did not get at the root of the ex. change prchlem, "Charges Discrimination Solon Low, Social Credit leader, | sajd his party had always been op. posed to such legislation. Such non.discrimina. tion simply succeeded in causing discrimination against Canadians. In 'the farm loan debate, Robert Mayhew, Parliamentary Secretary, said he believed the government | would be wise to retain the five per | cent interest rate. The. three years | in which the act fas been operat. ing had not been "normal" and there was no guarantee that the good loan record would con. tinue. He said that because loans | were short term the interest barely | covered handling costs, G. Belzile, the junior of Mr. Ab. | bott's assistants, said that at last Dec. 31 sceme $31,500,000 had been loaned to farmers under the act. The amount repaid was some $15,- 500,000--about 49.1 per cent of the total loaned. . Several C.C.F. speakers, while urging that banks be nationalized, asked that farmer credit unions be | given the same privileges as char. tered banks because they were clos. est to the farmers. Mr. Belzile said most credit un. ions 'were operated under provin. cigl charter. The government felt it woul .dbe wise to limit the provi- sions, of the act to organizations over which it had some measure of jurisdiction and control. 'WELFARE WIDESPREAD Kingston, Jamaica (CP) Jamaica's social welfare organiza- titn dncludes 58 community councils | and village committees, nearly 400 co-operative groups and more than 200 young farmers' clubs with 8,500 members, - Al by | removed | that | was 50:broad that he could tear.up | (CCF--Winni- | non.discriminatory | features as were contained in the | years | (Continued from Page 1) he claimed that he ' had been "warned" against it. Richards was sentenced last June to three and a half years in the penitentiary on these counts and a short time ago received a furthér sentence of two years less a day on a charge of retaining a stolen auto. Slowly and deliberately Rich- ards laid his account of the robbéry before Mr. Justice A. M. LeBel and the Assize court jury hearing the casg, stating that he and Tuck- er had been the two carrying guns in the hold-up. Describing events leading up to | the robbery, Richards said he went | to Toronto sometime after five | getocte on the night of February | 27, in company with Mike Podvin- sky, and drove a 1947 Buick sedan to Whitby from a parking lot | where he left it the previous day. The license plate on it was one that had been issued to him for his | | own car, he said. He had left the Buick at the | corner of the third concession and Cochrane Street, northwest of { Whitby (where it was later found | by police), and had driven around | Whitby in the Podvinskv car with Robert Willis, Mike and Frank | Podvinsky, searching for a garage | in which to house it. Eventually | they had located one but finding it too small for the vehicle, return- | ed the latter to the third conces- sion corner. Came to Oshawa Richards went on to tell how | the four had come to a beverage room in Oshawa where Tucker was working that night. "I approached him (Tucker) and | said I wanted to see him," the wit- | ness went on, adding that they | later met Tucker in a restaurant on King Street West. "We discussed the robbery and Tucker agreed to accompany us," he testified, They had then pro- ceeded to where the Buick was | the club cificers joining .the mem- | parked and the two Podvinskys had gone to their home nearby, return- | ing with silk stockings which were | to be used as masks. They had converted the stockings | into masks and when this was done | Richards had nrocured two guns --a sawed-off .22 rifle and a black automatic--and Willis had obtain- | | ed additional clothing for disguise | purposes. | Stating that they arrived at the | | Ontario Hospital shortly before 3 a.m., Richards said Mike Podvin- skv remained in the car while the | | other four entered the male infir- | mary, using a master key that had | been procured previously. | "I entered first followed by Wil- | lig, Donald Tucker and Frank Pod- | vinsky," he said, adding that he and | Tucker were armed with the sawed- | off .22 and the black automatic respectively. | "The attendants were covered | and put in the washroom and Tuck- | er was outside in the corridor. While we were holding the attend= | ants, Willis and Frank Podvinsky | were to enter the dispensary," he | continued. Fearing that the latter two had | not located the dispensary, he had | taken the one attendant, Gordon Wilson, to the dispensary, but | finding that the others had located | the drugs he returned Wilson to | the washroom. In a short time, | he said, Willis and Podvinsky came out with a cardboard carton con- taining the narcotics, | "We went to the office and | wrecked the telephones and then [left the building," he continued. | "We then entered the Buick and | came up to Brock Street South as | far as Keith Street. Then we went to the corner of Keith and Centre | Streets wher Frank Podvinsky got | out with the narcotics and we went {on up Centre Street to Dundas | Street, and turned west to Euclid | Street where we let Willis out at | dead and two missing | his rsidence. Then we went to | Brock Street North, up to the third | | concession and across it to Coch- | rane Street to get the Podvinsky | car which was to follow me." | Stuck in Snow Richards went on to say that he had got stuck in the snow turning the Buick around. They had sought | help from Willis and Frank Pod. | | vinsky but both were in bed by this | time and refused to-come out. Fin- | ally they had decided the best thing | to do was to get help from a farm= | er and they chose Crawford Kerr whose farm was near where the | Buick was stuck. | As the Podvinsky car in which | they were riding kept getting stuck crossing the field to the Kerr house Tucker had elected to go on foot to obtain the use of a tractor, Richards continued. Before Tucker | had returned with Mr. Kerr the | police officers had arrived on the scene. Asked in cross-examination what | his purpose was in giving evidence, Richards replied: "Crime is a sucker's racket as | | late W. E. N. Sinclair, K.C., M.P, far as I'm concerned." "You have found doesn't pay?" Defence Swartz asked. "It certaimy does not." "You are reformed now?" "I intend to be," he replied. "I've been called to give evidence and I've done so to the best of my ability," Richards said, when it was pointed out that he had been called as a witness on an order from His Lordship. % "Were you advised not to give evidence ?" Mr. Swartz continued. "lI was warned not to if that's what you are getting at," was the reply, "Were you advised not to?" "Yes, I was advised not to." "Would it be fair to say that your only purpose in coming is be- cause you have decided that crime doesn't pay?" "Yes." that crime | Counsel Referring to the latter part of | the cross-examination, Crown At- | torney Hall asked Richards who had "advised" hinr not to give evi- dence. "Tucker," was the reply. Other witnesses yesterday were local pelice officers. sSgt. Ronald Love, of the Whitby police force, told of finding a maroon Stude- baker car in the field of Crawford Kerr near the corner of the third concession and Cochrane Street west of Whitby. Richards and Mike | | Podvinsky were in the car, he said, | ruary 28, | liam Davidson, Mayor of Whitby. | was not moved by the tractor. | hooked onto the car; but the latter Kiwanians Hold Open Forum At Oshawa Airport Members of the Oshawa Kiwan. is Club held their weekly meeting at the Ontario County Flying Club "Recreation Hall" last evening. With Kiwanians Bill Duncan and. Harold Armstrong supervising the event, the members" wheeled up to a buffet luncheon of high order and following the meal, an- "open forum' was held. Given advance notice as a "beef night", the meeting resolved into an interesting free discussion ses- sion, with the members bringing forth' questions and observations | as to their opinions on-club activi | ties, procedure and policies, on var. | jous items of business and activity. Kiwanian Murray Johnston sat | as chairman for the session with! bers on "the floor of the house" | and some worthwhile suggestions were brought forward and con. structive criticism voiced--all of | which was noted by the secretary, | to be given consideration by the! club directors, at their next regu- lar meeting. : Following the discussion period | the members adjourned to the] various sporis centres at the Club, | a number invading the bowling al. | leys, while still another more ener. | getic group engaged in a game of | volleyball. Others found their re. | creation, at the bridge tables, but | all agreed that the meeting, some. | thing new in combining Kiwanis | business and fellowship, was an outstanding success. | 1 Dead, 2 Missing $500,000 Damage Quebec Fire Toll Quebec, Feb. 25--(CP)--Toll of life in Quebec's worst blaze in 10 | vears today stood at one known believed | dead as firemen resumed search | for bodies of an aged man and his! niece among the blackened, fire- | seared remains of a business block on Mountain Hill. Damage was ex- | pected to reach $500,000. | After preliminary probing of the | ruins last night and a city-wide | search by police, Fire Chiel Ros- aire Beaulieu said authorities were | convinced 92-year-old James Smith | and his niece, Miss Mamie Trum- ble, 63, who lived above Smith's curio shop, had perished in the blaze. Earlier Smith was reported to have been rezcued from the five. Later reports said he had died after leaving the scene, but when no official conlirmation of his death could be obtained, police combed the city. Mrs. Patrick Mercie, 45, died at the scene after being carried from inside the doorway of a three- storey apartment house where the blaze started from a furnace ex- plosion, She was found by firemen within a few feet of the street and safety. Chief Beaulieu said there still was no official list of tenants of the apartment house or apartments over the burned out shops. How- ever, there was no report of miss- ing persons other than Smith and his niece. The fire, which resulted in the rarely used "99" alarm for all firemen, raced rapidly through the apartment house, Smith's souvenir shop, a dress shop, a private home, a tailor shop and the 50-room Mountain Hill Hotel, one of Que- bec's landmarks. Hobbs Plate Glass | Company also suffered heavy dam- age. Liberals Elects (Continued from Page 1) by; Graydon Goodfellow, Whitby; Bob Ruddy, Pickering; Mrs. W. Brent, Mrs. Mustard, Mr. ILock- ery, Frank Leask, Uxbridge; Mor- | ley Simms, Goodwood; Mrs. George Banton, Mrs. Elmer Clemens, Mrs. Dunn, Oshawa; Mrs. Hoy, Oshawa; Mrs. Edna Guthrie, Mrs. William | Pearn, Brooklin; Mrs. Frank Wells, Whitby; Mys. Cecil Jeffery, Port | Perry; Rev. J.-R. Luffman, Green- wood; Jos. Farr, Claremont, and Mrs. Carman Lott, Oshawa. Brief addresses were given by President James Heffering who flew from Florida to attend the meeting; A. F. Annis, secrefary; William Woods, provincial organ- | izer, who will be in the district | for the mext few weeks and Wil- | | Following the general meetin the executive committee met for | the purpose of discussing the hold- | ing of a convention for naming of | a Liberal candidate to replace the QUALITY COWS IN DEMAND H, L. Fair, Ontario County Agri. cultural Representative, reports | that seed cleaning plants are oper- | ating in the county. The demand | continues strong for good quality dairy cows for export. | and a few minutes latér Tucker and Crawford Kerr approached on | a tractor, This incident occurred shortly before six o'clock on the morning of February 28, and the officer said it was cold and "snowing and blowing." The officer said Kerr was about to pull the car when he (Love) told him to stop. Kerr had testi- fied that he pulled the car but Sgt. Love maintained that the car Tucker had denied any knowl- edge of the other car stuck on the third concession and later identi- fied as the one used in the hold-up. Chief John Irvine of Pickering Township, who had accompanied Sgt. Love, said the tractor had had moved under its own power. Harold Boyes, Whitby garage operator, said he towed the 1947 Buick sedan, serial number 145- 60622 from the third concession to his garage the morning of Feb- ) ! secretary, said: | made, Red Cabinet : (Continued from Page 1) threat of a general strike to en- force their demands. The radio, now in Communist hands, said the President had ac- cepted the resignations of 12 anti- Communist ministers from the co- alition - cabinet. This would clear the way for the Communist seizure of complete power, - The President's office * declined to make any statement immediate- ly but did not deny the report. A statement was promised later to- | day. Communist Premier Klement Gottwald went to the Presidential Palace to present a list of minis- ters for a new cabinet. The radio said an, announcement of a new government was expected momen- tarily. The Conimunists clamped a grip | as the coup | rushed to a climax. Nowhere, now, do sthe opposition parties have a | on communications chance to oppose Gottwald pub- licly. Commenting upon the broadcast announcement concerning Benes, Dr. Vlaclav Sykora, the President's " "The only statement we have other than our communi- que about the Premier's visit, was that any inquiries must be directed to the office of the Premier, who issued the statement read on the Prague radio." The Presidential office said that, taking part with Gottwald in the conference with Benes, were Com- munist Interior Minister Velav No- sek and Trade Union Leader Anto- | nin Zapotocky. Zapotocky led a | one-hour token strike yesterday in. support of Gottwald. Gottwald's visit to the President's Palace followed an exchange of let- ters during the night which seemed to presage Benes' acceptance of the Communist demands. Exchange Made Public The exchange was made public shortly befcre noon in a special one sheet edition of Mlada Fronta. youth newspaper, and they were read on the latter broadcast of the Government Radio. The President's letter said he still insisted upon parliamentary demo. cracy for Czecheoslovakia. It blam. ed the crisis on the present interna- tional situation. It added, however, that: "In the crisis itself the principle of the national front (the country's seven.party coalition government) is not rejected." The Ccmmunist answer insisted the party could not deal with the present leadership of three opposi-. tion parties, declared the President should accept the resighations of , the 12 ministers and demanded that Gottwald be allowed to pick his cwn cabinet. The letter promised that Gott. wald would name "democratic pro- , gressive" members of the three op." position parties. The President has Insisted stead. fastly that the parties which insti- tuted the pcst-war republic in 1945 must remain in office under a coal. ition. Immediately after the Govern. ment Radio announced that a new government was forthcoming, a proclamation of the social democera. tic party was read denying that it had split. The broadcast sald the proclama- tion was signed by Zdenek Fierl. inger, former Premier, and Bohumil Lausman, dustry. \ Hjerlinger was deposed last Nov. ember as.party chairman when the party wrcte a declaration of inde- pendence from the Communists, al. though not from the entire Commu. nist program, Lausman succeeded him. Last night at party headquarters, Fierlinger again assumed power. Lausman told a reporter: "I have nothing to say." The Social Democrats, who have | held the balance of power in the, crisis, immediately swung over to the Communist side again. That ap- peared to give Gottwald the last battery of political artillery he former Ministry of In. | © Ottawa, Feb. "25--(CP)--Ri~har Rogers, 37, of Belleville ju: t rolearad from hospital, was arrestzd yo. cp | day by provincial police on a chaige of possessing "instruments of safe- breaking." His arrest followed an escape from death when an automobile in which he was a passenger was struck Sunday by a fast-moving Toronto-bound C.P.R. passenger train just outside of Ottawa. A companion, Arthur Richardson, 32, also of Belleville, is in a critical Two Belleville Men Hurt In Crash, Held By Police from severe A guard condition, suffering chest and facial injuries. has been posted at his bed. . Police say Rogers is a suspect in | connection with a Belleville cloth-* | ing store robbery last Saturday (night and also recent safe-breakin | erimes in Ottawa, i | In the wrecked car, tossed by the: | train some 50 feet from, the! track, police said they found tools used by" safe-blowers and a glass jar con- taining what may be nitro-glycer- | ine. LIBRARY CORNER Droll Reminiscences REVIEWED BY RUTH BROOKING THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A NOBODY By Norman B. James | A far cry from the usual biogra- phy, here is a book that lives up to !its title. It is, as the author has in- tended, a humorous account of the life of a very ordinary person, one of the millions of nobodys in the world. "It has no definite purpose except, as the author points out, to earn him enough money so that he can retire. Mr, James begins his book by | telling of his early life in England. He lays a doubtful claim liam the Conqueror as his ancestor. According to the author, his de- parture to Canada was due to the urgent wishes of his family and friends, who, he says, were very anxious to get rid of him because he did not fit into their staid way of life. Upon his arrival in Halifax Nor- man James was urged to 'go West, young man, go West." Consequently | he wound up in Alberta where he made his home. Although he had a strong dislike for work, he be- | came a cowpuncher and cook on a | ranch, He laughs good-naturedly | at his attempts to ride a horse, say- ing, "I won't go into all the pain- ful details but will just hit the high- spots. It was the low spots that left the 'deepest impression on ! my anatomy." Aside from his rid- ing experiences he recounts many amusing happenings, including his efforts to kill a pig and then scrape it with his razor. Although he was averse to settl iing down, Mr. James married a | Colonial girl and dceided to make a quick fortune by becoming a | farmer. This was after his four- year service in the first World War. Although his efforts at farming were not very successful, he decided | to remain in the country. Included {among his 'poetical works was the {| "Ode to the Plough" which he sang to the tune of the Lost Chord while he was ploughing his farm, ' Oshawa Public Library to Wil- | One of the highlights of the eu- » thor's life, so he claims, was the oc- . casion of his first the return of several war heroes (Mr. James Included), their home town prepared a welcome to which the lieutenant - in-command was supposed to reply. The lieutenant, however, got stage fright and "pass-. ed the buck" who, on the spur of the moment, made a very witty, if somewhat blunt, speech. This initiation into speech-making made the author quite popular and eventually . he | found himself preaching sermons and conducting funerals. During the depression that 'fol- lowed the first World War, the for+ speech. - Upon to Corporal James, - 3 +) mation of the Social Credit Party "4 in Alberta gave Mr. James the 'un~: wented opportunity of getting into politics. Although he had always: declared that he would never 'be- come a politician, when he was nominated as a candidate for the' Legislature he agreed to run.: His: election was as great a surprise to - him as was the overwhelming vic-- tory of his party in the Province to - Canada, He had no wish to change: his life and rather resented "the honour that had befallen him: However, once he began his work:as - a member of Parliament, he. *be=- came one of the Partys staunchest: supporters, Now, after twelve years in politics, Mr. James is looking forward to the time when he can step aside and let a youriger man take his place " X In his book, Norman James has" often given a very vivid picture of" the Old Canadian West when life was free and gay. He likes to coms pare the olden days with modern times antiquated form of government and Pl L] y * Y ' s « T o » 2] *3 ¥ of " « El ' i He continually jibes at ouf the way the world is run, Beheath *v the raillery, the reader can 'éften detect a note of serious thinking.' | In this collection of his reminiscen ces Mr. James writes an amusing and entertaining book, yi | needed: to persuade the President. Some of Gottwald's "action com- | mittees" were composed of members of the National Socialist, the Slov- | ak Demacrat and the Catholic Peo.' |.ple's Parties, the three opposition [ groups which resigned from the | coalition. But. these members, now | running government offices, nat. | ionalized industries and party | newspapers, had been regarded as renegades by their own parties. | The Government Radio also car- | ried an announcement of the Com. | munist.directed Interior Ministry | that a new plot had been uncovered. This one allegedly by the Slovak Democrats against the government. The National cialists, whose | headquarters was raided Monday by | Communist-led police, were charg- ed with planning and crganizing a pre.election revelt. They also were charged with being implicated in a frontier spy plot. Security police and action com | mittees occupied the offices of Svo- | bedne Slovo, newspaper of the Nat. [ional Socialists. Late editions did | not appear last night. It seemed | likely, however, that action commit. I A very important statement with regard to HYDRO and the FUTURE will be made by Premier George Drew Listen to Toronto - CBL - 740 | 8-80 p.m. Thursday Feb. 26th "4 tees favoring Gottwald's new "po." | pular government program" would | have its presses running tonight, | The moves whereby Gottwald steered his party toward. é¢nirol' | prior to national elections ret § { which he predicted his party. would | convert their 38-per.cent vote into |a 5l.per.cent majority--were al. | most singularly without violence. There was a show of arms by pol= ice; EY © there were raids, arrests. and. controls. But there were no wide. | Spread clashes, no street battles, no arricades. $20,000 FIRE LOSS Longwood, Ont., Feb, 25-- (OP) | Fire of undetermined origin early: | today destrcyed one large and two smaller barns on the Steve Horni: irst concession, Caradoc | ack farm, f ~ 5 \ ~ | Township. In the barns ahd ®iso ** | destroyed were a quantity of cured * * | tobacco and scme implements, Loss was estimated at $20,000. os = ATS London--(CP)--Sweethearts * in 1903, L. Smith, 72, of Johannes= burg, has just wed Mrs. Annie Wil- % i liams, 66, e000 pedo oo 0 ©0000 00000 °e i» » --- Ec