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THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE OSHAWA Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle WHITBY VOL. 7--NO. 116 OSHAWA-WHITBY, MONDAY, MAY 17, 1948 Price 4 Cents FOURTEEN PAGES '3 Drowned In A ------------------ Three Fishermen Die As Boat Tips; Missing Trio Found Barrie, May 17--(CP)--The bodies of three persons | drowned yesterday in Lake Simcoe were recovered today off | Lake Success, N.Y. May 17 -- Fox Island, 16 miles southeast of here. The dead are William Irvine Earl, 68-year-old Toronto hardware merchant; Dar- | roch Burgess, his 10-year-old grandson, and Lloyd Makins, | forces of Arab countries. 32-year-old Toronto mechanic. The trio rented a boat Sunday at" Bonsecours Beach, near where the bodies were found. A squall struck the lake three hours later and over- turned the boat. Toronto, May 17 -- (CP) -- Three European youths reported missing during a storm on Rice Lake, 60 miles northeast of here, turned up safely today--one in Toronto, two near Harwood, a village on the south shore of the lake. The three are Luc Delacroix, 23, of. Tirlemont, Belgium, and Louis Folquet, 25, and Pierre Folquet, 19, brothers, of Paris, France. Delocroix- is employed by the Bel- gian Consul here. The Folquet bro- thers are students at the University of Toronto. Delacroix returned . to Toronto when his companions decided yes- terday to spend the night at an Indian community on the north shore of Rice Lake. The Folquets 7, Here Tonight Lake Simcoe, 3 Ot s Safe ® U.N. TO STUDY ARAB ASSAULT OF PALESTINE By NORMAN ALSTEDTER Canadian Press Staff Writer | (CP) -- The United Nations Secur- | ity Council meets today to study the invasion of Palestine by armed For the first time in its three- year history, the U.N. has before it communications from countries | admitting invasion tactics. | But the council will have to de- cide whether the invasion consti- tutes an act of aggression, Observ. ers said that unless the Arab forces enter the part of Palestine which the U.N. partition decision of last Nov. 29 laid down for a Jewish state, the Arab countries could not under the U.N. charter be charged with aggression. The United States is expected to make an important policy declara- tion today on the Arab invasion. There is no indication that the pol- icy will be. Sunday, the new State of Israel applied for membership in the U.N. while King Abdullah of Trans-Jor- dan filed formal notice that his troops had invaded Palestine. Abdel Rahman Azzam Pasha, Secretary-General of the Arab Lea- gue, in a communication to U.N. Pretty Queen's Graduates "Laugh and be beautiful," is the password among co-eds at Queen's. These two pretty lassies, Miss Christina Berry of Ottawa (left) and Miss Jean Bell, Picton, both arts grads, find graduation day really something to enjoy. Invaders Near Tel Aviv | LS. REPORTER FOUND SLAIN AT SALONIKA | Salonika, Greece, May 17--(AP) --A Greek cabinet minister hurried here from Athens today to investi- gate the death. of George Polk, American radio correspondent, whose trussed-up body, with a bul- let in the head, was found floating in Salonika Bay Sunday. Premier Themistoldles Sophoulis announced in Athens that he had ordered a full investigation and Constantin Rentis, the Minister of Public Order, undertook to conduct it. Polk, 34, a correspondent for the Columbia Broadcastoing System, disappeared a week ago, after tell- ing friends that he was trying to get an interview with Markos Vafiades, leader of the Communist Greek guerrillas. Sunday his body floated ashore | along Salonika's Niki (Victory) | Boulevard, the city's fashionable | promenade. Apparently fearing an international incident, police con- vealed for several hours the fact that Polk had been shot in the back of the head. His hands and legs were bound. A coroner estimated his body had been in the water seven days. | Police said they were hunting for | suspected Communists with whom | Polk 'might have made contact in| trying to reach Markos. The rebel G.M. STRIKE THREATENS IN U.S. 225,000 Workers May Quit Plants Within Two Weeks Detroit, May 17-- (AP)--The United Automobile Work: ers (C.1.O.) threatened today to call a strike -of 225,000 General Motors employees wit hin two weeks. This threat came against a backdrop of a strike aft Chrysler Corporation and an unexpected move by the Ford Motor Company to cut wages. T. A. Johnstone, acting director &------ of the U.AW.A's General Motors department, said there is "a very good possibility" of a walkout in 90 Geéneral Motors plants May 28 if no settlement is reached by then. "Our people probably aren't going to work if there's no contract," he added. The current U.AW.-GM. con- tract, extended 30 days, expires May 28. Nearly half of the General Méptors union locals already have approved a strike, Johnstone said. A walkout at General Motors would boost the auto industry's strike total to 300,000. Some observers believe the union would be reluctant to strike two of the country's "big three" companies at the same time. Ford's proposal met a crisp C.I.O. rejection. Chrysler, meanwhile, accused pickets of forcibly preventing white collar workers from entering some of its 16 strike-bound plants. Ford contended Saturday in a letter to the union that announced demands for a 30-cent hourly raise | would result in "decreased buying | power for the consumer's dollar." | Instead, the company suggested | that . wage differentials between | Ford and the other two major auto State Police Nip Violence At Chrysler Detroit, May 17 -- (AP) -- Spe- cial squads of state police were rushed into suburban Highland Park today to cope with an out- break of picket line violence around one of 16 strikebound Chrysler Cor- poration plants. They were dispatched into the Detroit area by Governor Kim Sig- ler at the request of Highland Park Mayor Norman Patterson, Patterson said local police were unable to quell a disturbance start- ed by United Automobile Workers (C.I1.0.) "goon squads." Two police- men were reported sent to hospital by the outbreak of fist fighting and rock throwing. Sigler also disclosed he was pre- paring to alert the National Guard if necessary. This first major violence in the In Palestine Advance Army Of Israel Egyptian Drive radio lately has been calling all Americans "Fascist beasts." In Athens, however, a close friend | firms be eliminated. This was one | six-day-old Chrysler stiike came as | oh five PROpOSals SUCIIION Jn nat rue auto union threatened to call ; pation ol ban S a strike of 225,000 General Motors of Polk's said the correspondent | J begin before July 15. Ja Stitke oad. Fevelved an. UDEXPeSt: had received several threatening : tg} telephone calls, in which th callers | Meanwhile the U.A.W. turned ii |eq plea from the Ford Motor Com- Hits Acre Arabs |Making Headway | enone cui 'in whicn ih calor | etme, 1 ston wits vote | 2,08, 0m he F | icating dm soto | of strike action in four locals. By MAX BOYD | ingens, Just Shh Spuists Workers at Chrysler Corp., where | . Tel Aviv, May 17--(AP)--Tue ar- | Cairo, May 17 -- (AP) -- The | Mrs, Rhea Polk, his bride of eight | the U:A-W. called a strike last Wed- | Wagon Damaged my. of newborn Israel claims it is |Arab higher executive committee | months, said her husband had a | D€Sday, Sunday a. Lg oe et near capture of the Arab city of |said today Egyptian troops have | feeling he was going to die. | by Ford Local 600, the U.A.W.s larg As Firecracker Acre to the north and even has driven within 30 miles of Tel Aviv| Mrs. Polk said his body will be | est local. wa struck seven miles into enemy Le- |after an advance of at least 34 |puried in Athens, in accordance | More than 9,000 UAW. mem | Fri banon, | miles into Palestine. | with his will, which stipulated that | 8 four G. M. plants--two in La- were reported at Harwood, appar- ently after recrossing the lake, early . this afternoon, Delacroix, first to be located, told the Canadian Press he was sur- prised tq learn of the search. Long before the news from Harwood, he expressed confidence his friends were safe. 4 In Family Secretary-General #Lie, said that Arab intervention in the Holy Land was undertaken "for the sole pur- pose of restoring peace and security and establishing law and order." He repeated demands of the Arab League states of Egypt, Syria, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Trans-Jordan, Ye- | men and Lebanon, for a single Arab state covering all of Pales. tine. Following up Egypt's invasion no- tice of Saturday, Abdullah said the invasion of his Trans-Jordan forces DR. HEALEY WILLAN Well.known Toronto organist and composer, who will lead his St. 'Mary Magdalene singers in a re- cital at St. George's Church, tonight. The recital is sponsored by the Oshawa and District Centre of the Canadian College of Organ- ists, in aid of the British Organ Restoration Fund. Objective of the | fund is to restore the organ in By JAMES M. LONG Dead | In Fire Campbellton, N. B. May 17 -- (CP)--Four persons -- a man, his wife and two children--died Sat- urday night when flames swept through their home at nearby Bal- moral, Dead are: William Boudreau, 58; his wife, 48; and two sons, Gaston, 15, and Jacques, 13. When neighbors sighted flames from the tiny farmhouse they rush- ed to the scene and succeeded in controlling the flames before, the house had been destroyed. When rescuers entered the house, however, the bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Boudreau were found lying near their bed. The floor of the house had col- lapsed carrying the bodies of the two children and their bed into the basement. Police who investigated said they believed the four had failed to awake untli it was too late to es- cape. Cause of the fire was not known. FIREMEN VISIT HOSPITAL Fire reels were despatched to the Oshawa General Hospital this morning when an overheated eleva- tor motor began emitting smoke up the shaft. On their arrival firemen cut off the motor and let it cool off. There wag no damage. THE WEATHER with showers and thunderstorms today and to- night, Tuesday cloudy with a few scattered showers not much change in temperature. Tuesday. Low tonight and high Summary | bomb-shattered Coventry Cathe. | dral, Charges Laid As Cyclists Hurt On 2A Kenneth Bell, 631 Durie Avenue, Toronto, appeared in police court here today on charges of careless and dangerous driving as the result of a collision with two 15-year-old Oshawa cyclists on Highway 2A Saturday afternoon. Tell was re. manded until June 18 with bail set at $1,000. Injured were James Tippett, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Tippett, 91 Highland Avenue, Oshawa, and William Edward Farrow, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Farrow, 94 Rit- son Road South. Also proceeding eastward on the south lane, the car applied its brakes and swerved into the deep mire of the centre boulevard. Occupants of the car were slightly shaken and cut. Four pro- vincial police cars came to the scene and gave first-aid. The in- jured lads were removed in Town's ambulance to Oshawa General Hos- pital. One of the bicycles had the rear fender broken; the other ap. peared undamaged. While the Farrow boy is back at school today the other youngster, James Tippett, is still confined to hospital but his condition is report- ed as good. Provincial Constable Charles Hef- feron investigated. Odd Fellows Lodges Hold Church Parade The local lodges of the Inde-, pendent Order of Odd Fellows paraded to Centre Street United Church yesterday afternoon led by the General Motors Veterans' Pipe Band. Members of the Order from Port Perry, Pickering, Brooklin, Whitby, Cobourg, Cardinal, To- rontoand Royal Oak, Michigan, were also in attendance. On' their arrival at the church, the male members of the lodges were joined by sisters of the Re- bekah Branch, The service was conducted by the Rev. Dr. W. P. Fletcher, acting pastor of Centre Street United Church, who used as his text the 10th chapter of St. Luke's Gospel - wherein ' the parable of the Good Samaritan is related. Asking of the members present the question: "How serious are we taking the teachings of Jesus," Dr. Fletcher said that to his mind the present day generations were get- ting away from Jesus and His teachings, and as an'example quot- ed the 27th verse of Chapter 10, St. Luke: "Thou shalt love the Lord they God with! all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbor as thyself." To clarify the meaning of the above text Jesus had painted a pic- ture through words of the Good Samaritan, showing that the priest of the temple, and a Levite passed by a wounded and robbed traveller on the road and a man of Samaria, an enemy of the wounded man, stopped to administer succor to the ODDFELLOWS (Continued on Page 2) was necessary "to protect unarmed Arabs against massacres ..."" The security council's considera- tion of the Palestine problem was expected to linger over the legal questions involved. The council is the U.N. body with primary responsibility for main- tenance of international peace and security. As. such it must study | the Palestine problem. Israel has called on the council to apply economic sanctions or a U.N. armed force if the Arabs per. | sist in invasion. But it was expected the most the council would do im- mediately would be to order the Arab states to withdraw from Pal- | | estine. | Bus Driver Hurt In Fight Pair Arrested Two men, George Siblock and Fred Tullock of 509 Bloor Street East, were arrested by city police on Saturday night after a dispute which started on a Ritson Road bus and terminated with injuries to the bus driver. Harold Whit. bread, 35 of 171 Elliott Avenue. George Siblock has been charged with disorderly conduct and Fred Tullock arrested on an assault charge. Bus company officials said that one of the men, sitting in a front seat of the bus, worked the geawift out of place a number of w@nes before the driver realized what was taking place. When the driver noticed that his passenger was causing the trouble he asked him to move. The man was reported to have used bad language in a loud voice and continued to knock the gearshift into neutral and when the bus halt- ed at the C.P.R. crossing on Ritson Road put the gear sinto reverse which resulted in the bus backing up and hitting a car behind. When Whitbread left the bus the two men attempted, to leave and when the driver tried to hold them a fight ensued which resulted in Whitbread receiving facial injuries including a cut requiring stitches. The police were summoned by an- other passenger on the bus and placed the two men under arrest, TWO FIRE ALARNS Firemen from headquarters sta- tion responded twice to calls yes- terday. At 4.30 pm. there was a chimney fire at the residence of William Wyniile, zi9 Court Street. No damage was reported. At 12.49 pm. a roast of meat in the oven caused smoke which resulted in a call to the home of J. W. Dyer, 155 state's northeastern border Lebanon, not so much for myself, Brock Street East. But the new Jewish state's capi- tal of Tel Aviv has undergone air raids, at a cpst of at least 10 lives, for three days straight, and jts For- | Jerusalem to the Arab volunteer | journalism at Harvard University eign Minister Moshe Shertok, ad- mits the Jews are under hard Arab pressure from the northeast and south, Tel Aviv was bombed from the air this. morning. It was believed only two planes took part in the raid-- one of them a light or medium bomber. The attack apparently was aimed at the port area. Shertok Sunday night said Jew- ish settlements are being pressed by the Egyptian army in the Negeb (southern desert) and the Iraqi army in the Northern Jordan valley. The Israelite Army, Hagana, said Acre "is expected to surrender at any moment." ; Hagana said 31 Egyptians had + been killed in a two-day battle for Narim, southernmost Jewisix settle- ment in the Negeb, and 200 enemy soldiers har peen killed and wound- ed at Malikya, near the Jewish with (A Syrian Army communique is- sued in Damascus last night said the volunteer Arab liberation army had recaptured Malikya frcem the Jews.) Hagana issued this communique at noon: "In the Semakh area, Lake Gali- lee, heavy attacks were made on our positions yesterday. Three enemy ar- ARMY (Continued on Page ?) | The office said also the Jewish | Agency has authorized | render of Jews in the old city of | command. : The "conditions of surrender" | provide 'that the Jews give up their |arms, that men be considered pris- {oners of war and that women and | | children be handed over to the In- ternational Red Cross, it said, The office, quoting a communi- que from the Middle East broad- casting station, said Syrian 'and Iraqi troops have joined forces in the Samakh area at the south- ern tip of the Sea of Galilee. The town, reported captured by the Syrians, is 2% miles inside Pales- tine from both Syria and Trans- Jordan. Arab volunteers were reported to have captured the Lydda Airport, inside Israel territory less than 10 miles fmo Tel Aviv, and another strip at the Qalandiya Jewish col- ony. The United States Embassy here said Sunday the Egyptian Air Force confiscated four C-47 transport planes which the Trans World Air- lines had agreed to 'sell to Saudi Arabia, American sources reported Saudi Arabia had outbid Egypt for six surplus T.W.A, planes and two of the planes already had been de- livered to Arabia. The (Egyptian government later advised the American Embassy that it will undertake to pay for EGYPTIAN (Continued on Page 2) R. L. Coleman Issues The following statement was given to The Times-Gazette this morning by Robert L. Coleman, whose services as recreational direc- tor were terminated by the execu- tive of the Community Recreation Association of Oshawa and District: "The actions of the past week came almost as suddenly fo me in the midst of my work and plans as it did to ali others, whether con- nected officially with C.R.A. or just interested in its development. I'm not anxious to cause any further difficulty within C.R.A. in Oshawa. I've worked too long and toe hard helping to build it up into a really fine community force for good to willingly do anything to damage it. But now that it has been broken open through no action of mine, I'd like to see a sound re-organiza- tion to get strength built into the obvious weak spots-in the organiza- tion. "My thoughts at this moment, are serious though jt is for me, as for this good thing that we have all built to- gether over the past two years, Statement On Dismissal "I don't think that I personally am the real reason for this hurried dropping of the guillotine. It's more a matter of whether C.R.A. is going to be allowed to continue to grow fully and naturally into a real rep- resentative community movement or whether it will be curtailed and con- trolled by a few who feel "called" to do the thinking and planning for all the others. Naturally, I have favored and worked for the former plan, and, perhaps, in this I have stepped on toes 'made sensitive by former community censorship. In all my dealings and behaviour, both public and private, I have tried to be decent, fair and honest -- any reports to the contrary will bear investigation for truth. "I think too, it should be clearly pointed out fhat the term "Execu- tive" as used in the press announce- ment, should not be confused with the = full, official, authoritative "Board of Directors" of CR.A. "It was not at the official Board ISSUES STATEMENT (Continued on Page 2) the sur- | ihe be buried in the country in | | which he died. Polk had been nom- | inated for a Nieman Fellowship in and had planned to return to the United States this week. He told a | friend he wanted the Harkos inter- | | view as a farewell "scoop." Start Work On 3 Miles Grange, Ill, and two in Detroit-- ghtens Horse voted to strike to enforce demands | for a 25-cent-hourly wage increase| ap exploding firecracker, thrown plus fringe concessions. [under a bread salesman's horse, to- The U.A.W. contract with G. M. | gqay started the animal on a wild terminated April 28 but was extend- run-away trip that came to a sud- ed a month. It expires May 28. den halt when the wagon failed to Whatever the outcome, all the| follow the animal round a corner industry's 500,000 or more Workers ang wound up against a tree with likely would be affected in estab-|the front of the wagon resting lishment of any new wage pattern. | against some upper limbs. The effect on other industry Hugh Hamer left his horse and might also be a pronounced one. |wagon outside 117 Lauder Road Ford made its proposals in sug-|while making a call which was in= gesting that "top priority be given |terrupted by an explosion and gal- loping feet. When Hamer ran to the front of the house, all that could be seen was a smouldering exploded firecracker and a horse G.M. STRIKE (Continued on Page 2) Of Sidewalk Miller Paving Ltd. has started work on one of the largest sidewalk building projects to be undertaken in the city in several years. The contract calls for approximately three miles of sidewalk to be built on more than 25 streets. Some grading has already been done in the LaSalle-Highland-Cad- illac area but the almost continu- out rain of the past week has caused considerable delay. With weather the "controlling factor" it is expected that most of the sum- mer will be required to complete the contract, Streets on which walk is to be laid are: Athol Street, north side, west from LaSalle Avenue, 192 feet; Athol Street, south side, west from LaSalle Avenue, 147 feet; Bond Street West, north side, east from Gladstone Avenue, 320 feet; Bal- lard Street, north side, east from Ritson Road, 450 feet; Bloor Street West, south side, west from Simcoe Street, 215 feet; Connaught Street, north and south sides, west from Jarvis Street, 350 feet; Cadillac Avenue, east and west sides, north from Gliddon Avenue for 172 feet; Douglas Street, east side, from An- nis to Conant. Street; Drew Street, east side, from Annis to Conant Street; Drew Street, east side, from First Avenue to Second Avenue; Drew Street, west side, from First START WORK (Continued on Page 2) Trenton Officers To Inspect Air Cadets Annual inspection of the Oshawa | (Chadburn) Air Cadet Squadron, No. 151, will be held at Rotary Park tomorrow at 7.15 p.m. The Squadron will be inspected by G/C Bradshaw and F/L Cleaver, both of Trenton. Besides the marcy past and inspection the 'evening will include judging of models made' by the boys. In case of rain, the inspection will take place at the community Re- creation Association building, 100 Gibbs Street, |and wagon disappearing up the Postcard Brings | se | - Unable to make the turn onto Firemen to Fire | Mary Street the wagon swayed and | went out of control, striking a tree and hurling the shafts across the sidewalk. The horse sustained a cut above the eye and when caught was taken to the stables for ate tention. ; "It was a very silly thing for anyone to do," sald Hamer and added, "but I hope it will be a warning to parents to speak to their children about this sort of thing. It's just lucky there were no kids playing on the sidewalk when the wagon went over." '% LATE NEWS BRIEFS % CONTROL PLAN SHELVED Lake Success, May 17--(CP)--The United Nations Atomic Energy Commission derided today to end its two-year effort to agree.on world atomic control. The vote was 9 to 2. Russia and the Soviet Ukraine voted against the suspension, which was proposed originally by the United States, Britain and France. ATOM TESTS SUCCESSFUL Washington, May 17--(AP)--The White House said today that tests involving three atomic weapons of improved .design proved successful in all respects re- cently at Eniewetok Atoll in the Pacific.«Chairman David E. Lilienthal said about 10,000 men were involved in the test, including military personnel, engineers, scientists and others. GIRL PICKETER ARRESTED Toronto, May 17--(CP)--Marion Anderson, 18, was arrested today at the strikebound Rogers Majestic plant in suburban. Leaside. She was charged with watching and besetting in connection with a picket-line disturb- ance last Friday. Her arrest brought to 35 the number charged since the United Electrical Workers (C.1.0.) went on strike last May 3. RECOVER WOMAN'S BODY Niagara Falls, Ont., May 17--(CP)--The body of an unidentified woman was recovered. today from the Niagara River. Police said she was dark-haired, five feet six inches tall and 35 to 40 years of age, weighing about 135 pounds, Police said the woman's head was terribly krattered and the right ankle fractured, Blackpool, England, May 17-- (AP)--A man sent the Black- pool fire brigade a postcard saying: "Will you come to my house? I can smell burning." The fireman got it 24 hours later. They thouglx it was a joke, went away, snd found timbers smouldering under the man's Jucarth. They extinguished the ire, .