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THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE: OSHAWA Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle WHITBY VOL. 7, NO. 67 OSHAWA-WHITBY, FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1948 Price 4 Cents FOURTEEN PAGES 'FLOODS SWEEP ONTARIO 4 "Chamber Of Commerce Elects New Officers K.D. Gahan Chosen President, Succeeds Thomas L. Wilson K. RED MEETING ENDS IN FIGHT IN ROME PARK Rome, March 19 -- (AP)--Fight- D. Gahan was elected president of the Oshawa |ing broke out at a big leftist rally Chamber of Commerce at a meeting of the directors in |in the middle of Rome today and | Adelaide House yesterday. Other officers elected were: 1st vice-president, W. A. Wecker; second vice-president, L. M. Souch; third vice-president, S. R. Alger; treasurer, C. R. | peach by Luigi Longo, Italy's No. | Heads Chamber KEITH D. GAHAN Who was elected president of the Oshawa Chamber of Commerce at a meeting cf the directors in Ade- laide House yesterday. ° TROOPS MOVE IN YUGOSLAVIA GREEKS STATE Athens, March 19 -- (AP) -- A Greek Foreign Ministry spokesman said today the ministry has receiv- ed reports of considerable military movement in Yugoslavia and Al- | bania. He added, however, that he knew | nothing about the concentration on | Greek borders of an international brigade as reported yesterday by the United States State Depart- ment. The spokesman said considerable quantities of war material are being moved from Yugoslavia to Albania. Heavy troop movements were noted in both countries. The State Department reports, which estimated 30,000 men, mostly Greeks and Albanians, were con- centrated under over-all Russian military direction on the Greek frontiers, said an attack from Al- bania appeared most likely. A dispatch from Corfu said 15 persons were executed there yester- day. The report said 44 of an esti- TROOPS MOVE (Continued on Page 2) eMcIntosh and secretary.manager, !2 communist. G. W. Warner. Permanent directors are: L., F. McLaughlin, Col. Frank Chappell, T. K. Creighton, Dr. G. L. Bird, Frank L. Mason, George Hart, Dr. W. J. Langmaid, J. L. Beaton, A. E. Coulter, M. G. Hart, J. C. Ander- son, A. F. Annis, and T. L. Wilson. Directors one year yet to serve are: 8. R. Alger, A. R. Huestis, R. D. Humphreys, Dr. O. G. Mills, A. G. Storie, W. A. Wecker and K. D. Gahan. Directors elected for two-year period ending March 1, 1950 are: A. W. Armstrong, Ernie Cay, L. M. Souch, J. G. Gei- kie, D. M. Storie and Ed. Robson. and members general for their support during the past year, T. L. Wilson, the retiring president, said that he was proud of the marked growth shown by the Chamber dur. ing the past year and the high place it held in public esteem. This could not have come about without the wholé-hearted backing given last year's officers by the members, he said. He regretted that he was un. able to stand again for president but pressure of business forced him to retire. The directors named a special committee to go ahead with plans for an Industrial Fair to be held in the arena some time in the fall. The Fair will concentrate on show- ing to the public what industry does in this city. A questionnaire sent to industries -here showed a large ma. jority in favor of the project. It was announced today by T. L. Wilson, retiring President, that the annual meeting would be postponed until a date in April owing to the acceptance of an invitation extended some time ago to Sir Alexander Clutterbuck, British High Commis. sioner to Canada from Great Bri- jain. The date will be announced | later, 350,000 Miners Now Out In US Pittsburgh, March 19--(AP)--The picture today in the five.day.old 20. state walkout of more than 350,000 of the United States' 400,000 soft coal miners: Transportation -- At least 11,250 workers idled on coal-carrying rail. roads; 300 river workers laid off. Steel--Two blast furnaces, five open hearths down--several steel ccenpanies will be forced to cut back operations withih a few days. Government--25_per.cent cut or. dered Sunday' midnight in coal. burning passenger train service. Ex. port of coal, except to Canada, ban- ned. Federal labor conciliator meets with John L. Lewis and Ezra Van Horn; won't tell what they said to him. x Commons Speeds Debate On Sugar, Wheat, Atom By GEORGE KITCHEN Canadian Press Staff Writer Ottawa, March 19 (CP).--The Commons,.. driving to clear away emergency government legislation before the Easter recess begins next week, yesterday touched on sugar, briefly discussed wheat, and verged on a full-dress debate on atomic energy. Sugar and atomic energy came before the Chamber as it completed study of & measure empowering the government to continue certain wartime controls until April 1, 1949. The bill was given third and final pading. A highlight of the sugar debate was a suggestion by Jean Francois Pouliot (Ind L.-Temiscouta) that Canada asks Britain for the out- right transfer to Dominion sover- eignity of the British West Indies in return for the "sacrifices in men, money and food ... we have made for the empire." No response came from cabinet benches. The atomic energy discussion be- gan with C.C.F. members protesting against the government's action in opening the prospecting and mining of uranium and other radioactive minerals to private companies and closed with Reconstruction Minister Howe's assurance that no great wealth would be lost to the country. Prime Minister Mackenzie King said he could give no information as to whether steps will be taken to extend the five-power western union treaty to Canada, the United States, the commonwealth and oth- er nations interested in keeping the peaage. Trade Minister Howe said he could not accept a suggestion by the Canadian Federation of Mayors that the federal government ad- vance money to provinces and muni- cipalities for housing construction, Justice Minister Ilsley said the federal government does not pro- pose submitting Quebec's "padlock law" to the Supreme Court, In a short-lived wheat debate, Ralph Maybank (L.-Winnipeg South Centre)--declared his opposition to the provision to introduce state marketing of feed grains, although he approved of the sections dealing with the wheat board pension scheme and thé wheat price in- crease. John Bracken, Progressive Conser- vative leader, briefly reviewed his party's stand and sald it opposed the section dealing with feed grains 'becatise this would "force" farmers to sell their products only to the wheat board and only at one fixed price. police riot squads were summoned to restore order. The battling erupted J. Biddulph, | In thanking committee chairmen | { The popular front rally, Rome's Piazza Santi Apostoli, not after a | } in | {far from Piazza Venezia, was one | of held almost simultaneously on this | holiday--St. Joseph's Day. | One rightist meeting was ad- | dressed by Marshal Giovanni Mes- | se, one-time Commander of Italian forces in Russia." Giuseppe Saragat, leader of Anti-Communist wing of the So- | cialist Party, and Ivan Matteo thred political meetings being | Another heard | the | Lombardo of the Socialist Unity | | Ticket. Police quickly quelled the dis- | orders at the leftist rally and no | casualties were reported. leaving the rally in the Santi Apostolj met those leaving | a mearby Socialist meeting. Jeers and catcalls were exchanged and then fists began to fly, Police split the two groups and sent them on their way. licomen and a bystander were seriously wounded when the offi- cers attempted to arrest a Com- munist leader at Porto Gruaro. The dispatch, from Venice, quot- ed police "as saying Angelo Matson, Communist Party Secretary, fired ion police when they tried to arrest him for theft. It said 'Marson, slightly wounded, fled on a bi- cycle, Heavy Loss From Blaze N.B., March 19 -- two-alarm fire raced Saint John, (CP) -- A ness block 'on Street here early this morning { causing damage estimated at sev- eral hundred thousand dollars. Three hours after the blaze was discovered firemen were still pour- | ing streams of water into the brick- | facturing plant and business shops. Six people living in an adjoining two-storey wood-frame building were evacuated at the height of the blaze and one fireman suffered minor burns to his hands. other small the building declined hundred thousand dollars." Douglas Bishop first spotted the flames as he left an all-night cafe. He ran tothe nearby fire station to sound the alarm. The second call for apparatus was sent in al- most immediately. Flames were first noticed coming from the second-storey windows 'but soon spread to the two upper floors. Several times the outbreak appeared to be under control only to break out anew, Fr tm Will Be Busy T. K. CREIGHTON, K.C., M.LA. Member of the Ontario Legislature for Ontario Riding, who has been appointed to eight of the standing committees of the Legislature. The committees on which Mr. Creighton will serve are: Labor, Agriculture and Colonization, Legal Bills, Muni- cipal Law, Public Accounts, Private Bills, Privileges and Elections and Standing Orders. frame building housing a manu- | Officials of the firm located In| to estimate | the damage to their shops but fire- | men said it would "run into several | The trouble began when crowds | Piazza | Ansa News Agency said two po- | These at the Osha Weaving for Profit and Community Recreation Centre, Mrs. Thomas Shields, background, and Mrs. Barbara Martin, Pickering, sitting, listen attentively as Instructress Miss Mary G. Andrews explains the in- tricate art of weaving. All 36 pupils taking instruction will be able to make their own materials for suits, drapes, | bedding and other home items after completing the course next week, and will then manufacture material- | by-the-yard for sale. Note pupils' weaving samples on the wall. sure a § --Times-Gazette Staff Photo through a four-storey brick busi- | downtown Union | Berkeley, Calif.,, March 19 (AP).-- State Secretary Marshall today de- | clared quick action is needed to stop | the spread of Communism, but ad- | ded "the door is wide open for any | general conciliatory moves" by | Russia. E He compared the spread of Com- | munist influence in Europe with | Hitler's tactics. "Never before i history has the | world situation been more threaten- | ing to our ideals and interests than | at the present time, he told a Uni- | versity of California Charter Day | audience. He called for prompt enactment of the European Recovery Prcgram to check the advdnce of Commun- ism, He defined United States policy as: "To stand firm on basic, prin- ciples but at the same time to keep the door wide oyen for any general conciliatory moves." A "depressing aspect" of the world | situation was "the duplication in | Europe of the high-handed and | calculated procedure of the Nazi | regime. "It should now be perfectly clear Door Is Open To Russ For Conciliatory Move Marshall Tells Group that rule based on threats and force instead of on reason and justice must not be allowed to spread fur- ther unchecked. "We cannot evade the issue by the negative procedure of inaction." Marshall pointed a parallel be- tween the present need. for deter- mining "just where and how we should exert our influence" and his | wartime problems as Chief of Staff in deciding the priority of men and material for various war theatres. * "Unfortunately, critical situations are not confined to Europe," he said. "They exist in the Middle East, in Indonesia, in China--and we can- not ignore Latin America, of our direct responsibilities in Japan and Korea. "Rich and powerful as we are, we cannot afford to disperse our efforts to a degree which would render all ineffective. Our means are not un- limited--we must not spend our ef- forts unwisely." The need for prompt congression- al action on the European Recovery MARSHALL (Continued on Page 2) Prague, March 19--(AP) -- The Prague radio announced today that Vlado Clementis, a Communist, has been appointed foreign Minister of Czechoslovakia, . Clementis, who had been the No. 2 man in the Foreign Ministry, suc- ceeds Jan Masaryk, who died in a plunge from his apartment in the Foreign Cffice building March 10. 'The new Foreign Minister, a Slo- vak had been Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and had been Masaryk's chief assistant for sev. eral years. He is a lawyer, 46 years old. The Prague radio broadcast said the offices of Foreign Minister and Secretary of State are 'being com. bined and that Clementis will fill both posts. The appointment was made pub. lic just four weeks after the start of a cabinet crisis which resulted in complete Communist control of the government. It came three weeks after President Eduard Benes swore in the new cabinet, of which Mas- aryk was a member, Though for many years an ener. ietic worker for Communist causes, Olementis has many associations Communist Appointed Czech Foreign Minister with western countries. He speaks English and French fluently. In 1935 he was a Communist de- puty representing a Slovak district in the Prague Parliament. Upon occupation of the country by the Germans he fled to Poland and Russia and ultimately reached France. There the Daladier govern- ment interned him. After France fell went to England, From there . for several years he broadcast news of world events to his homeland. In 1942 Clementis became a mem. ber of-the Slovak State Council in London. Now he is a member of the Slovak National Council, a provin. cial legislature which sits in Bra. tislava. " The appointment.does not change the composition of the Communist. deminated cabinet. As Secretary of State Clementis previously had cab- inet rank. Masaryk was affiliated with no party. Zdenek Fierlinger, Leftist Social Democrat who helped the Commun. ists in their rise to power, was elect. ed chairman of his party last night to succeed Bohumil Lausman, right winger who resigned, he a eli Big Interest Is Weaving Course 1 Here Twenty-four pupils, under the di- rectorship of Mary G. Andrews, are learning the delicate art of weav- ing, at the Community Recreation Associaticn centre at Gibb Street, and will graduate as qualified | weavers next week. The young wo. | men are the first of a group,who throughcut the province, have aken up the government sponsored weav- ing course. "The government wants people | to learn a worthwhile art that will | also be financially lucrative" said Miss Andrews. When the term of instruction is complete the women will be able to make their own ma. terials for suits, tablecloths, bed. spreads and many useful household items the instructress explained. The 24 pupils at the C.R.A. Bouil. ding and the 12 at Whitby are tak- ing their school work seriously, wor- king eight hours a day to master the intricacies of "count" and "ply" of wool and cotton and to get the required 46 varied samples of weav. ing to their credit. . "We are only taking people who really want to learn and can devote a full eight hours a day to doing $0," Miss Andrews said. The teacher has been giving in. struction on waving for five years and became civic instructress last September when the Government Home Weaving Services came into being. Miss Andrews states that she has been greatly impressed by the excel- lent work that the pupils are turn. ing" out after only a very limited period of instruction, and feels that every new wife should know how to weave. "It is certainly a marvellous help in the home," she said. Soldier Killed Kingston, March 19. (CP)-Cpl. Joseph Dornstaader, Vibank, Sask., of the Canadian Army, was killed and George Treneer, local truck driver, is in hospital with serious in- juries as a result of a collision sev- en miles east of the city last night. The mishap occurred when a transport truck stalled ¢n the high- | way and a second truck stopped to | haul the first vehicle into Kingston. | Treneer's truck plowed into one of | the other vehicles, killing Dorn- staader instantly. THE WEATHER Rain and widely scaitered thunderstorms today, cloudy with a few showers tonight and Saturday. Warmer today, not much change in temperature Saturday. Winds southeast 25 today, southwest 20 Saturday. Low tonight and high Saturday 38 and 48, _ ww Warning Is Given Of Rising Waters In Many Sections Oshawa Creek | Rising Rapidly 'The water is rising very quickly and by four or four-thir. ty this afternoon we should have a real flood', commented Assistant City Engineer 0. G. Miller when seen by The Times. Gazette at the creek bridge on Simeoe Street South, near the lake, at 1:45 p.m. today. At that time the Oshawa Creek had flooded all the marsh land to the west of the creek. The muddy water was lapping at the stringers supporting bridge due to a small ice jam further down its course. Mr. Miller thought that when the volume of water coming down the stream increased it would break up the jam and carry it out into the lake, Further up the creek at King Street and again at Mill Street, the creek was running bank high. Strewn along the banks were large cakes of ice. Should the creek rjse much higher it will spill over into the flats, A survey of Oshawa streets show- ed flooding only in scattered low- | lying spots. In the creeks the water is still iow, far below the | high water mark set on Tuesday, | Oshawa creek is behaving and | keeping within its banks and Har- | mony Creek has receded consider- ably since Tuesday. Muddy side streets were the cause of most trouble to motorists although some of the main thor- oughfares were well under water | in spots. Calls for tow trucks to! pull cars out of water holes or mud were considerably heavy, garages OSHAWA KEEPS (Continued on Page 2) Windsor Hears Tornado Coming Windsor, Ont., March 19 (CP) --Local weather bureaus sald there was a "strong possibili- ty" of a- tornado striking this area today. Weather bureaus forecast winds up to 60 miles an hour and thunderstorms between 2 pm, and 6 p.m. today. The city is on the front of a low pressure area which ex- tends to Belleville, Ill. In Bel- leville, winds over 100 miles an hour were recorded and a tore nado struck Scott Field there before 1 p.m. Toronto, March 19--(CP)--Flood warnings were issued here today by | officials of the Ontario Department. of Planning and Development. They were "very much afraid" heavy rains which started in West ern Ontario and are expected to sweep the province by tonight would cause rivers and streams which overflowed their banks earl- ier this week to run wild again. Officials said there is still frost in the ground in various sections of the provinces while other sections are fully saturated with water from previous rainfalls, giving the pres- ent downpour no settling place but the rivers and lakes. Thunderstorms were expected throughout the morning and late afternoon by weather officials here who said the rain started in the Wnidsor area shortly after six o'clock this morning and was spreading northward and over the rest of Ontario: ! Light rain followed by Toronto's first thunderstorm of the ' year WINDSOR IS HIT (Continued on Page 2) Mme. Curie Detained Then Released By U.S. Washington, March 19 (AP)-- Attorney General Tom Clark today authorized the release of Mme. Irene Joliot-Curie, French scientist, who had been detained by immigra- tion officials at Ellis Island. Mme. Joliot-Curie was taken into custody and removed to the island shortly after her arrival late yes- térday in New York from Paris . Waiting at La Guardia airport to greet her were officers of the Joint | Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee, which has been listed by Clark as | a subversive organization. A committee spokesman said she had come to this country "to ac- quaint the American people with the immediate needs of the Span- ish Republicans in exile." The order for Mme. Joliot-Curie's release followed earlier indications from the justice department that she would be detained until it could be determined whether her entry would be "prejudicial to the best interests of the United States." She was released on her own rec- ognizance - (without bond) for 18 days. This is the exact period of her proposed visit to the United States which was authorized in a state de- partment 15-day visitor's visa issued at Paris. In reply to a question concerning an apparent reversal in the exclu- sion plan, the justice department said the Mme. Joliot-Curie will re- main at liberty "while her case is being studied." An official said the first word the justic department had on Mme. Joliot-Curie's visit was when she arrived at the airport, He said there was no advance information that diplomatic authorities in Paris had issued the visa. She came here for a speaking tour under the sponsorship of the Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Com- mittee. Asked whether she would be per- mitted to go on the tour now, the department said she was at liberty to do so and that no strings had been attached to the release. * LATE NEWS BRIEFS 20 KILLED IN HOLY LAND Jerusalem, March 19 (AP)--Eight Jews and 12 Arabs were killed today in new clashes throughout Palestine. Arab demolition squads cut the east-west highways into the strategically important Beisan Valley southeast of Haifa, posing a threat to wipe out the val- ley settlements. Nine Arabs were killed and three in- jured when two Arab trucks were fired on by a party of 50 Jews north of Acre, in Upper Galilee. . TWO KILLED AT CROSSING Moncton, N.B., March 19 (CP)--Two men were killed early today when the car in which they were driving. was struck by a Canadian National Railways train at a level crossing near Memramcook, Waifies of the victims were Edgar Boudreau, 30, Moncton and Wil- liam A. Colborne, Amherst, N.S. FIND TRAPPER'S BODY Sudbury, March 19 (CP)--A lonely Sudbury district trapper, Peter Meri, 75, was found dead in his cabin on Nepawassi Lake, in Burwash Township. Matti Volpin, a guard of the Burwash industrial farm discovered Meri's body in the cabin, some 51; miles east of Estaire. Police said today that Meri appeared to have died a natural death. HEAR OF REBEL PLOT Athens, Marca 19 (AP) ister of Public Order, said --Constantine Rentis, Min- today the government. had learned guerrillas planned an attack on Salonika be- - tween March 22 and March 30. Rentis said reports had been received of an international brigade in neighbor- ing gountries, - AREAS