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TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 1948 Huge Crowd Visits Times-Gagzette Office To Follow Election The compilation of the election returns requires the services of a large staff. Many people worked diligently last night to speed the news to the waiting public. Here Norm. Arthurs, Patricia Bryant, Bob Noble Wire Editor and Jan Noxon are caught by the cameraman in the midst of compiling the election returns. int service was provided the general public last night when the facilities of Radio Station CKDO and SI sui Room were merged in order that a good service might be given. Ross Rowlands of CKDO broadcasts the election news direct from The Times-Gazette News Room assisted by Andrew Thompson of the CKDO staft and Frank Harris of The Times-Gazette Advertising Staff. 'imes-Gazette Office ive of Activity As Poll Results Compiled By MICKEY CARLTON / with the forms to the man at the --_-- oe "Come on, gang, let's get home" "Anybody got a stick of gum?" "Gum nothin', give me a bed." "Tum out the lights someone". Hey! Look at the clock, 3 am. what, you know, iit's federal by-election v" Canadian's Letter Describes Japanese Edmonton -- (CP -- A Garg | dian's . picture of conditions in By 7 o'clock last night the last microphone to read out on the loud- | japan is given by W. F. W. (Bill) lection ballot had fallen into the | ballot boxes, polling booths closed | heir doors and the citizens waited. | By 7 o'clock The Times-Gazette | news room came to life, girls from accounting, circulation and ad- | ising departments and the EWitchboard took their places at lephones and typewriters in readi- ness to handle the influx of returns hat would shortly pour in from nolling booths in the city and coun- rs went to committee ooms and polling divisions, execu- ves took their places about the blic-address-system microphone, he radio announcer cleared his vith dials. The- Times-Gazette btood ready to afford a community ice. At 7:14 pm. the first tabulation rom the advance poll = came hrough, the reporting machinery s put in motion, First Results At 7:15 PM. | At 7:15 the smal] crowd that had athered outside the Times-Gazetts building heard the first election re- urns which ran, "Creighton 14, D 6, Thomas 6" as the words hame through the two giant speak- rs placed on the roof of the Times- Fazette building. Inside the building typewriters attled, phones rang and the tele- ypes clattered the results gathered by The Cdnadian Press from the arious Ontario ecntres. Outside he crowd gathered and the tension hounted as the electoral race gath- red momentum. 'The assembled crowd made. little, r no comment on the returns. They coked up at the loud speakers and baited. They were joined by riends, Liberal friends, CCF. iends and Progressive Conserva- ve friends. They passed greetings ad waited for the next announce- e) | hroat, and the operator fidgetted | 7:29 the loudspeaker came to 'e again with "From Oshawa poll- division number 21: "T. K. ighton 92, W. Elmo Dunn, 56, , D. Thomas 48" The crowd, hich by this time had doubled its al size, made no comment, shifted frcm one foot to the ther and looked up at the loud beaker. In the Times-Gazette news room he tempo mounted, copy boys in sleeves raced with return ms from girls at the telephone to Hi girls entering long columns figures on the big tally sheets. he copy boys raced away in hia speaker, In another corner of the news| room Ross Rowlands, manager of radio station CKDO, broadcast the lccal returns as they.came in. Excitement Grows At 9:55 the score stood at 8,151 for Creighton, 6365 for W. Elmo Dunn and 10,545 for T. D. Thomas and almost 1,000 people were out- side the Times-Gazette building. The excitement grew, crowds chat- ted noisily, the people's choice ap- peared to be T. D. Thomas. The. huge bank of lights which were suspended from the roof of the Times-Gazette building, threw contorted shadows over portions of the excited crowds and as every announcement placed the clr. candidate further in the lead, cheers and shouts went up from the vast outdoor audience. At 9:55 the election was conceded, the CCF, party was victorious and "Temmy" D. Thomas had been elected M.L.A. for Ontario Riding. The fast-moving pace of events in the news room slowed the clatter of machines subsided to a smoother theme, copy boys walked from phone to desk and girls flexed their legs and eased back in their chairs. The climax had been reached and they watched with tired eyes the hordes of electors that pushed their way down the Times-Gazette corri- ders to listen to the speeches of the victorious and defeated politicians. Cheers For the Victor Cheers and applause went up from the milling multitude as the victorious candidate entered the building followed by vast numbers of his supporters. Mr. Thomas spoke first over the public-address system to the people crowding about the newspaper uilding and the took his place at he microrhone to thank the air audience for their support and to urge their further support for Ar- thur Williams, C.C.F. candidate for the federal by-election. Mr: Thomas went away again, the people followed him and in the news room the Times-Gazette staff coped with the tabulation of the final returns. Finally for them, too, the elec- tion was over, the commuity had been served They could go home Exhansted copy boys rolled down their sleeves and put on their coats. Weary office girls reached for lip- stick and powder and tired reporters tossed their last sheet of copy. Hancock of Edmonton, former chief of the R.C.M.P. in Western Canada, in a letter from Tokyo. Mr. Hancock, now Edmonton rep- resentative of the vice-president in charge of the Orient route of Northwest Airlines, is in Tokyo on business. He wrote he is living in the former palace of Prince Tokagawa and is driven around by a former Japanese army colonel. Although wages of Japanese seem ridiculously low by North American standards, Col. Hancock says a person living in Japan can do nice- ly on "10 bucks a month." "The first thing that scared me was driving on the left side of the road and the traffic that must be dodged--kids by the thousands, ox- carts, honey wagons, bicycles with every kind of trailer, rickshaws, gasoline and charcoal - burning autonfobiles and street cars if you can call them such. "The city is huge and one finds magnificent buildings side by side with shacks. "The United States Army Air Forces did a wonderful job of pre- cision bombing, picking out just the spots they wanted to hit, leav- ing the show places untouched. "It sure looked good to see the Japanese war office, navy building and all office buildings in that area --including the German embassy-- gutted and the Imperial Hotel left intact. "The United States army is do- ing a marvellous job of control, and Gen. Douglas MacArthur is tops with everyone. i "The Japanese police look like | something the cat dragged in, but the funniest thing I've seen so far is the Tokyo fire brigade in action. "The engines are very antiquated and hurtle down the street at top speed . regardless of traffic. One chap stands on the running board brinding a siren and another fran- tically waves a huge red flag. "At the fire they run out a length of hose and then stop and bow to eac.. other." ' HISTORIC SITES MARKED Halifax--(CP) -- Markers desig- aating two of Nova Scotia's his- toric sites will be placed in Anna- Jolis and Digby counties in the near future. One will commemor- ate the arrival of the Acadians at 3t. Mary's Bay shore, the other the ocation of Potrincourt's grist mill near Annapolis Royal, THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE AGE NINE Every inch of space in The Times-Gazette office was crowd- | over a public address system and to cheer the three candi- | well complete, Here. "Tommy" Thomas, on the shoulders ed with interested electors to hear the returns of the election | dats when they arrived to speak after the vote was pretty | of his fellow workers, is showered with congratulations, Crowds jamming Simcoe Street in front of The Times- | of "Tommy" Thomas the successful C.C.F. candidate. A |the News Room to the huge throng both inside and outside Gazette office last night cheered the news of the election | public address system carried the news poll by poll from | of The Times- Gazette building. Feelings Range From Elation To Gloom In Party Committee Rooms Feeling ranged from elation in the CCF headquarters in Union Hall to gloom in the Progressive Conservative committee rooms -last night as results of the voting show- ed the successful CCF candidate, Reeve T. D. Thomas of East Whitby, a front runner all the way after the first few polls had phoned in their counts. At the Liberal committee rooms on Simcoe Street South, the gen- eral reaction seemed to be a résig- nation toward the inevitable with a touch of pride for the good show- ing made by their candidate, W. Elmo Dunn, who polled over 6,500 votes in his first venture into politics. At 7:10 p. m. the first return-- from the advance poll--showed T. K. Creighton, K. C., the Progressive Conservative standard-bearer, in the lead with 14 votes to six each for his opponents. As reports from succeeding polls rolled in, however, Mr. Thomas took a healthy lead and was never headed thereafter. As poll after po'l reported major- ities for the CCF candidate with only an occasional victory for his opponents, enthusiasm mounted in the CCF headquarters to -the ac- companiment of ringing cheers as the figures were called out. Band Leads Parade As Mr. Thomas' majority mount- ed steadily and the election was no longer in doubt, a victory parade was organized by his supporters. -| Preceded by a band from Whitby, the singing and cheering celebrators started off down Simcoe Street, and swung west on King St. By the time the parade reached Centre St. where it swung south, there were at least 3,000 paraders, marching five abreast. The parade then went west on Athol Street and down Simcoe Street where it mingled with the large crowd which had gathered around The Times-Gazette building to listen to the returns being an- nounced over a loudspeaker system. Enthusiasm on the part of the CCF supporters reached a peak, when at 9:10. p. m., Mr. Creighton and' Mr. Dunn conceded defeat, although the result had been ap- parent about 45 minutes before. Cheers reached a crescendo as Mr. Thomas waved and smiled ' his thanks to the voters before entering The Times-Gazette building to speak over the loudspeakers. Inside the lobby, a crowd had gathered around the area set aside for the microphone servicing the loudspeaker. Mr. « Thomas' two opponents had just finished grace- ful addresses conceding defeat and congratulating the CCF candidate when the victor pushed his way through the jam. Just as Mr. Thomas reached the microphone, at which T. L, Wilson, managing director of The Times- Gazette, was presiding, he spotted a Canadian Press bulletin announc- ing that Premier George Drew had conceded personal defeat. He read the bulletin as cheers rang out again. Then he launched into a short address of thanks to his work- ers and to his opponents for the clean campaign, After addressing the throng in and around the building, he went on' the air- to thank his supporters who were not present. P. C. Rooms Quiet Quietness was the keynote in the Progressive Conservative committee rooms even after election returns began coming in. Only four people were. present for nearly an hour after the polls closed officially; then two or three interested electors wandered in with echoes of The Times-Ganette loudspeakers ring- ing CCF subdivision: victories in their ears. The effect was not en- encouraging to thosé taking re- turns oysr. the committee room tele- \ phones until an occasional call showed that Mr. Creighton had carried a poll here or there in the riding. When polling subdivision number 52 in Cedar Dale reported at about 7.25 p. m. that Thomas had re- ceived 29 votes to Creighton's 78 enthusiasm showed its bright visage for a fleeting moment. Some East Whitby Township results favored the Progressive Conservative can- didate, too, but by small margins. Glancing over the white sheet on which telephoned results had been marked, a die-hard Progressive Conservative gloomily predicted, "Thomas is going to take it, eh?" "Oh, I wouldn't say that," replied a more. faithful follower. --Times-Gazette Staff Photos candidate in the federal by-election, | protesting the presence of police at who congratulated his mate on his good run. No Violence As Ships Sail Canal Locks Toronto, June 8--(CP)--A union appeal direct to Prime Minister Mackenzie: King and conflicting claims on the number of vessels tied up today marked the foun day in the current strike by the The columns of figures were un-| Canadian Seamen's Union (T.L.C.). balanced from the beginning. Thomas took a lead with the first two telephone calls and retained it throughout the evening. On oc- casion, Creighton's votes exceeded the other two candidates' and once or twice Elmo Dunn won out, but the race was between CCF and Progressive Conservative with Mr. Thomas always out in front. There were no incidents and, in fact, no excitement. It was as though the few who visited the Pro- gressive Conservative committee room had resigned themselves to defeat. Good Organization Apparent The results of good organization were apparent in the Liberal com- mittee rooms where the returns from polling stations were handled smoothly and efficiently. As the figures came in they were quickly transferred to large sheets and then onto huge blackboards set against the wall so that spectators could see at a glance how the vote was progressing. As tile returns showed Mr. Dunn trailfng, while putting up a good fight, Liberal workers did not stop to commiserate with each other but went on with their work. "It's looks like the 1943 election all over again," commented one. "Well, we've been beaten before and our candidate has put up a swell showing. We've nothing to be ashamed of and tomorrow will be a different story when the by-election returns are coming in." Watching the returns with Mr. Dunn was Lyman Gifford, Liberal Ships of five companies -- Can- ada Steamship Lines, Colonial Steamships, Sarnia Steamships, Northwest Steamships, and Transit Tankers and Terminals -- have been affected in the walkout in varying degree, Latest vessels halted in the labor dispute were four forced to dock | Monday night in running | Cornwall. He asserted the movement, of ships with skeleton crews was "a danger to navigation and a threat to the lives of our seamen on contract vessels." The union claimed that 24 ships of the five major lines have been immobilized by the strike action, However, Canadian Steamship Lines asserted Monday night 57 of its 58 freighters either were sailing or preparing to sail. The Trades and Labor Congress of Canada, through J: W. Buckley, secretary, appealed to AF.L. grain elevator employees and the Inter- national Longshoremen's Union to assist the C.S.U. in the strike, Victor In Beaches, C.C.F. Man Of 23 Youngest Member -- Toronto, June 8 (CP).--Election f Reid Scott, 21-year-old C.C.F, 0 the Cornwall | candidate in Toronto Beaches, esta= Canal when crews walked off. Canal | blishes him as the youngest mem- authorities ordered that the ships cannot lock through the canal until fully manned. The vessels are the Simcoe and Meaford of C.S.L, the Brampton of the Sarnia Line and the Trans- lake of the Transit Tankers. Accompanied by a police escort, Milton Nuttall, business agent for the striking union, appealed to crew members of inlocking ships by loud speaker. However, some other ships, including the Rapids Prince of the C.S.L., sailed through unmolested. Special detachments of the R.CM.P. and Ontario Provincial Police are guarding the lower sec- tion of the canal but waterfront picketing 'by the C.S.U. has been unmarked by violence so far. In a jurisdictional dispute spread- ing over several weeks, the affiliated C.8.U. has protested the operators' negotiations and agreement with the Canadian Lake Seamen's Union (independent), organized by J. A. (Pat) Sullivan after he resigned as an afficer of the C.S.U. and left the union. C.S.U. President Harry Davis telegraphed - Prime Minister King | ber tver elected to the Ontario Legislature. The youthful 'secretary of the Teamsters' Union in Toronto bet- tered the record set by Farquhar Oliver who was elected in 1926 at the age of 22. Despite his youth, Scott who was graduated in political science and economics 'at University of To- ronto last Wednesday has been connected with Socialism for 13 years. He delivered party litera- ture when he was eight. Scott, winner of four oratorical contests in elementary and high schools, broke the 22-year-old hold on the Beaches riding by Progress- ive Conservative Thomas Murphy who is 63. The new member for Beaches is studying law and will enter Ose goode Hall in the fall. ARTIST BUYS BOAT Halifax--(CP)--The well-known | young Halifax artist, John L. Gray, recently purchased the motor ves- sel Kathleen R.H., a 50-foot, diesel» powered lobster boat. He plans to use it for painting seascapes on the coast and may go as far south as Florida in search of subject. - !