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OSHAWA > [HE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE WHITBY] Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle VOL. 7--NO. 139 OSHAWA-WHITBY, MONDAY, JUNE 14, 1948 Price 4 Cents FOURTEEN PAGES -- {CMP CHARGE 4 IN SHIP STRIKE Ontario Regiment Command Change M.P. Johnston Is Succeeded By s Hands Nm, Edgar F. Bastedo Edgar Franklin Bastedo, Oshawa lawyer, has been named officer commanding the 11 Armored (Ontario) Regi- ment with the rank of lieutenant-colonel to succeed Lt.-Col. | Murray P. Johnston. Lt.-Col. Bastedo, who has a fine war record, has been second in command of the regiment. There will be no formal ceremonies in handing over the command of the regiment. Native of Regina Lt.-Col. Bastedo, son of Frank L.| Bastedo, K.C. and the late ws. Britain Studies Bastedo, was born and educated at ® * | of the Columbia | flood crests swirled seaward today. | & * LIST 40 DEAD IN NORTHWEST FLOOD AREAS Portland, Ore., June 14--(AP) -- The third and apparently the last River's summer Hope that the greatest flood dis- | aster in the Pacific northwest is | passing was tempered by United | States Army warnings that there | will be no respite from menace of | high water in the lower valley for | several weeks. { Troops and sandbag crews still | work today to save rich farmlands | and industrial mills guarded by | flood-weakened earthworks. The] Columbia yesterday was back up to its June 1 peak in this area, but Hand Over Command of Regiment Regina. Following graduation from Regina Central Collegiate Institute, he enrolled in the University of Toronto, obtaining his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1938. He then enter- ed Osgoode Hall and after gradu- ating from there in 1941, joined the Oshawa law firm of Grierson, Creighton and Fraser. Late the same year he Joined the 18th Arm- ored Car Regiment (12th Manitoba Dragoons), and served overseas for three and a half years with distinc- tion. He was mentioned in despateh- "es in the Northwest Europe cam- | paign and cited as a most efficient | squadron commander. On receiving his discharge from the army with the rank of major in 1946, he rejoined the firm of Grier- son, Creighton and Fraser and late that year formed, with Charles C. MpcGibbon, the law firm of MoGib~ bon and Bastedo, successors to the practise of the late W. E. N. Sinclair, KC. MP. He became actively in- terested in the 11 Armored Regi- ment and was named second in command. 3 . Lt.-Col. Bastedo is married to the former Patricia Sylvester of Toron- to. He is a member of the Oshawa Golf Club. Distinguished Service Lt.-Col. Johnston, from whom the new commander takes over, is well known in Oshawa, and was voted the leading boy at O.C.V.I. during his school days. He was active in sports, having been a member of the championship Blue Devil Rugby Club and an executive of the Osh- awa Hockey Club. Joining the army, he was attached to the 11th Cana- dian Armored Regiment, and took command of the regiment in Eng- land in October of 1942. He led the regiment in the Sicilian and Italian campaigns until he was wounded. Since returning to Oshawa, where he. is connected with Johnston's Men's Wear, he has been command- | ing officer of the 11 Armored (On- | tario) Regiment, successor to the | th CAR. Rangoon Rumor 'On Tie With Reds was expected to start dropping to- day. The } own dead in three weeks of London, Juné 14 (AP)--The Brit- ish Foreign Office said today it lacks official confirmation of Columbia and Freser River floods-- | from the river headwaters in the Canadian and United States rock- | Reuters report from Rangoon say- | AREAS LT. COL. MURRAY P. JOHNSTON LT.-COL. EDGAR F. BASTEDO Announcement was made today of the handing over of command of the 11th Armored (Ontario) Regiment by Lt.-Col. Murray P. Johnston to Lt.-Col. Edgar F. Bastedo. Lt.-Col. Johnston took command of the 11th Armored (Ontario) Regiment in England in October, 1942, and took the vnit to Sicily and Italy. He assumed command of the reserve regiment in November, 1946. Lt.-Col. Bastedo, who has been second in command of the unit, served three and a half years overseas with fhe 18th Armored ing that Premier Thakin Nu has | announced his intention to lead Burma into Communist domination and close relationship with Russia. The Foreign Office said the report is under close consideration. (Reuters said that Thakin Nu had announced wanted to "follow Russia" "abolish capitalism.") Privately, and | over the reported development. Bur- ma cut her ties with the British Commonwealth a little more than five months ago. "Its difficult to believe that the Burmese people would really aps prove an action of this kind if they understood what Communism stands for," one informant said. Thakin Nu, leader of the anti- Fascist People's League for Free- dom, has presided over a moderate Socialist government since last July. Britain still has a big economic stake in Burma, rich in oil, silver and lead mines, AT DISTRICT MEETING Among the members of the Osh- awa Rotary Club who attended dis- trict Rotary meeting at Peterbor- ough were Jack Biddulph, Dr. G. L. Bird and A. L. Bouckley. Dr. Bird, a past district governor, was one of the speakers at the conference. THE WEATHER Cloudy today, becoming over- cast tonight. Tuesday cloudy, scattered showers early morn- ing, Not much change in tem- perature. Winds light. Low to- night and high Tuesday, 55 and 70. Summary for Tuesday: Cloudy. Not much change in temperature, Guns Hushed As Truce Plan Proceeds By MAX BOYD Cairo, June 14--(CP)--The Arab- Jewish truce was reported.to have brought quiet to Palestine at last today. The United Nations media- tor was on Rhodes, Greek Mediter- ranean Island off Turkey, setting up headquarters for negotiations to- ward lasting peace. Both Jews and Syrians charged new violations Sunday in Northern Palestine of the four-week armistice that began Friday morning under U. N, sponsorship. The Jews said they had been forced to fight back. The Syrians threatened to do so. , But two truce observers, United States naval officers, got back to Tel Aviv from the northern front Sunday night and reported all quiet there. A Jewish communique said the fighting stopped Sunday morn- ing. The Jews welcomed 420 immi- grants to Tel Aviv Sunday night. They got their first food convoy in more than seven weeks through from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem Sunday. The U.N. mediator, Count Folke Bernadotte of Sweden, flew into Rhodes and said he had word (Ge Holy Land had "calmed down." He arrived from Cairo by way of Trans- Jordan, Palestine and Syria. He would say nothing about future gegotiations., He planned to go back Cairo tomorrow to see the Arab ague political committee and then to Tel Aviv Thursday to meet Isra- eli leaders, p King Abdullah of Trans-Jordon told an interviewer in Amman that Arab acceptance of the truce "does not mean in any way that our de- termination to fight Zionism has weakened." Israel has insisted upon statehood in a partitioned Palestine. Abdul- | lah called for "a unitary Arab state | tice, | In Palestine in which the Jews would have full citizenship and local independence." "But this is not yet the time for discussing these politica] matters," he said, "and we are now concern- ed with the greatest task-fighting that his country | 'In Whitby Court responsible Whitehall | officials expressed "grave concern" | FLOOD (Continued on Page 2) Second Re-Trial Is Commenced Second retrial of James A. Bar- ker of Beaverton and Toronto, fac- ing a total of 17 charges of break- ing and entering, theft and receiv- ing, was commenced today before a General Sessions jury under Judge M. A-Miller, of , in Whitby. Two previous trials did not reach a |conclusion; the first because the | jury disagreed and the second, held | last week, because the jury was dis- missed after one of the jurors had been seen in conversation with a Crown witness. Barker is charged with breaking |into' a number of summer cottages |near Beaverton, owned by Toronto residents. The Crown alleges that the goods taken from the cottages | | were found in Barker's home. | Several of the cottage owners! | took the stand this morning and | testified that they had closed and | the 16 members of the board who locked their cottages at the close of the 1946 season. On their return in | 1947 they found that the premises | had been broken into and a variety | of goods removed. Hearing of Crown witnesses will continue this after- | noon, Eric R. Marsden of Toronto is | acting as defense counsel and | Crown Attorney A. C. Hall is prosecuting. Four Students Successful In Toronto Courses [Fou oshara students taking the Physi and Occupational Ther- y courses at'the University of ronto were successful in passing their annual examinations, accord- ing \to word from the Registrar's second year Occupational Miss Esther Marder, , 632 Sommerville Avenue, Zionism and unifying Palestine." He denied reports he favored a | passed while in the first year of the same course, successful stud- | sports organizer and commentator, | Recreation Association for the next union of Palestine and Trans-Jor-|ents were Miss Joyce Hart, daugh- |dan. He said he would follow the | ter of Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Hart, | decisions of all Arab countries on | | Palestine's political future. | The Israeli government wroie | John Reedman of the U.N. staff in | Tel Aviv that the Syrian Army had | broken the truce with attacks on | three Jewish settlements in Galilee | and said Israel's army had had "to renew its acticities in self-defence." In Damascus, Syrian Premier Jamil Mardam Bey told a newspa- per man the Jews attacked Sunday morning in the Baniyas area and inflicted sceme casualties at = Tel Khenzir. The Jewish truck convoy from Tel Aviv took food into Jerusalem for 90,000 Jews there. Commanders of the Trans-Jordan Arab Legion in (he Holy City said the Israelis had broken the truce by | bringing the ccnvoy in unchecked. Truce terms made public by Ber- nadotte Tuesday do not mention convoys to Jerusalem but forbid movement of war materials and put relief to Jerusalem people in the hands of the International Red Cross.. The 420 Jewish immigrants arriv- ed aboard the liner Kedmah from Marseille. A senior truce observer said all} men of military age aboard would be sent to a refugee camp. The truce agreement calls for in? ternment of men between 18 and 45 who reach Isrgel during the armis- vl} | | 635 King Street East and Miss Peg- gy Thompson, daughter of Mrs. E. E. Hart, 144 Agnes Street, Miss Gwennyth Garrard, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Garrard, 750 Simcoe Street North, passed her first year examinations in i -sical Therapy. Newspapermen To Visit Oshawa Tomorrow His Worship Mayor Frank Mec- Callum will welcome tomorrow a | meeting of representative Ontario newspaper executives, members of the Ontario Provincial Dailies As- sociataion. Arthur L. Davies, King- ston Whig-Standard, is president. The members will be guests of the publishers of The Oshawa Times-Gazette and will inspect the newspaper's recently enlarged plant. A tour through General Motors, fol- lowed by afternoon tea at "Park- wood" as guests of Col. R. S. Mc- Laughlin, has also been planned as a feature of the visit to the motor city. The members will be guests of The Times-Gazette at a luneheon at Adelaide House. E. J. Umphrey, general sales manager of General Motors of Canada, Ltd., will be the guest speaker, | Car Regiment (12th Manitoba Dragoons). Ivan Richards Named Recreation Director On Temporary Basis « At a special meeting of the Com- munity Recreation Association di- rectors over the weekend Ivan C. Richards was selected from 16 ap- plications for temporary director of recreation for the CR.A. on a 6 month's local basis. The post became open following the dismissal -of former recreation director Rotert L. Coleman. The approval of the hiring of Mr. Rich- ards was unanimously upheld by attended the meeting. In a statement to The Times- Gazette CR.A. president George Roberts said: Getting Post Office Leave "Ivan Richards, well known local has accepted the position of tem- porary director of the Community six months, Mr. Richards has ap- plied for leave of absence from the Post Office Department at Ottawa, and it is expected he will begin the actual direction of C.R.A.S pro- gram as soon as a favorable reply is secured from Ottawa." "Ive" Richards, is one of Osha- wa's best known citizens in the sporting world. Many people enjoy his nightly commentary over the local radio station and his "hot stove league" during the broadcasts of the local Junior "A" Hockey ser- ies. He is a life-long resident. of Oshawa, being connected closely with a great many sporting and athletic groups, having held office in several important organizations. | general He is immediate Past President of the Oshawa Ski Club. "During World War II, Mr. Rich- | ards served 4!; years as a Sgt. Ma- jor Instructor in the Army where he qualified as an Army P.T. In- structor as well as in methods of teaching and' instruction." "For the past several years, Mr. | UN And ILO. spare time, radio commentator and | worthy | Richards has been a letter carrier of the local Post Office and in his assistant to all sporting activities in the city. His two children are well known mem- bers of the Oshawa Skating Club | and many Oshawa citizens have seen them perform at the annual Carnivals." ' Well Fitted For Duties "The Board of Directors of C.R.A. feel that Mr. Richards is well fitted to do the immediate job in direct- ing the summer program. He is fa- | vorably known all over the city and will be a great assistant to the neighborhood associations in the various park areas. He knows most of the young people who work on the playgrounds, personally, and is perhaps as familiar with the differ- ent sections of the city as anyone could possibly be." "The Board of Directors of C.R.A. feel very fortunate indeed in se- curing Mr. Richards services at this time when the summer program is on the verge of being started. It is expected that C.R.A. will be ready with a complete staff to open the Rotary Swimming Club on June 21, and the full summer program on July 2." Showers Check Bush Fires But Flames Still Advance Leaving Charred Forest By The Canadian Press The scars of 1948's devastating forest fires In Northern Ontario and Northwestern Quebec may re- main until 2028. - Experts say it takes 80 years to reforest a burned-out area. Some sections of the north country in which giant outbreaks have eaten steadily through timberland contain little but the charred hulks of once- valuable pines and spruce--and the | fires still are advancing, Week-end showers checked the flames slightly in some areas of Northern Ontario--particularly the hard-hit Mississagi and Chapleau regions--but shifting winds added to the troubles of the fire crews. A 10-minute, shower gave fire- fighters in the Maniwaki district, north of Ottawa, their first respite in 20 days of battle against three forest fires in that .important pulp and paper district. But fires con- tinued to rage in the Clova area, 50 miles. northwest of Maniwaki, and near Forbes Depot, 45 miles to the northwest. Ready for evacuation if necessary, the 3,000 residents of the Northern Ontario. railway town of Chapleau kept anxious eyes on a fire in Panet Township which swept to within 1% miles of the community's nor< thern limits. Roman Catholics in |the area held special masses to | pray for rain. | Flames Sunday came within 3! miles of the Trans-Canada Con- | struction Company camp at Squaq | Chute, on the southern fringes of the 200,000-acre Mississagi blaze. All persons at the camp were moved to safety. The. Chapleau blaze had spread over 250,000 acres of mixed timber by Sunday night. The wind was | shifting and outbreaks in new quar- i ters were feared. | {--Three forest fires morth of this important pulp and paper town are continuing to rage today and paper mill officials said at least three days of rain would be required to halt the devastation. " One fire was reported partially checked at Forbes Depot, 45 miles northwest of Maniwaki. However, the others at Clova, 115 miles northeast of here, and at Suzie, a few miles south of Clova, still were out of control, A slight respite of a 10-minute downpour yesterday failed to re- lieve the 1,000 log drivers and bush x BUSH FIRES 3° (Continued on Page 2) CAR INDUSTRY UPSET IN US. BY SHORTAGES De'roit, June 14--(AP) -- Auto- mobile production followed its long- familiar zig-zag course today, im- peded by layoffs and strike ef- fects. One bright spot, however, was the anticapated early 'return to work of 16,500 men at Chrysler in view of a truce in a supplier strike. Another 200,000 in General Mot- ors began a week's idleness. G.M. laid them off, blaming a steel shor- tage which it said was caused by the last coal strike. Wage disputes figured promin- ently in the general picture along with another price increase -- on General Motors trucks. In the midst of this, the automo- bile industry looked expectantly to the United Auto Workers' (C.1.0) pay talks starting tomorrow with | the Ford Motor Company. Ford, which once proposed a wage cut for its 108,000 production work- ers, is the last of the "big three" to negotiat> "over 'the U.AW.-C.IO.'s demanded "third round" increase. The UAW. has formally de- manded a 30-cents-an-hour boost from Ford, which compares with the 13-cent pattern set by Chrysler and since followed by several other com- panies. During the week-end, the Briggs Manufacturing Company, builder of car bodies, extended the 13 cents to its 23,500 workers. Chrysler planned an early recall of ity laid-off workers as a result of a union-ordered termination of a three-day strike of 3,000 men at the Budd Company, which makes doors and panels for Chrysler. Meanwhile, 30,000 Ford workers returned after a one-day layoff which the company slamed on a shortage of parts. | Maniwaki, Que, June 14 -- (CP) | One In Hospital, ! 5 Others Injured As Sailors Clash Cornwall, June 14 (CP)--Week-end waterfront incle dents here, which included the alleged boarding of twd vessels in Cornwall Canal, had their sequel in Magistrate's Court today when four members of the Canadian Seamen's Union were brought up on charges laid by the R.C.M.P. The men were remanded for a hearing on June 21 with< out pleas being taken. They are. Milton C. Nuttall, C.S.U.. business agent, charged with seizing and retaining or ime prisoning Edward Sutton, a member of the crew of the C.S.I Acadian; Joseph Grabek of Toronto charged with assault and obstruction in connection with the boarding of the Sar nia freighter J. O. McKellar Sunday morning, and Gerald Yettmen, Halifax, N.S., and John Clake, Digby, N.S.; charg« ed with assult causing actual bodily harm on the person of Capt. John Sharp, skipper of the McKellar. It was reported that Crown At-¢ torney R. B. Milligan declined to! May Consider Labor Bans Montreal, June 14--(CP)--Joint United Nations-International Labor Organization consultations on ma- chinery to enforce the right of wor- kers and employers to join organi- mtlons of their own choosing are | envisaged in the I.L.O.'s second an- nual report to the U.N. made public here today. The report reveals that the IL. O's governing body has proposed that the annual I.L.O. conference opening June 17 at San Francisco cosider such talks. The conference first must act on an international labor convention guaranteeing the right of fredom of association, which then would be subject to ratification by the 56 IL.O. member countries. If the convention is adopted, the conference then will take up the plan for discussions with the U.N. human rights commission on ma- chinery to augment I.L.O. enforce- ment powers in cases where viola- tions of other civil rights interfere with freedom of association. The report recalls that the recom- mendations result from resolutions of the U.N. economic and social council and general assembly and the 1947 session of the I.L.O, con- ference at Geneva. It declares that, although it would be comparatively eaty to de- termine when there has been a vi- olation of the terms of the con- vention, "the practical exercise of { freedom of association may be af- fected by the possibility of the ex- ercise of other rights of a more gen- eral character, so that there might be a considerable advantage in ela- borating some machinery in consul- tation with the human rights com- mission for dealing with cases in which several elements were. in- volved." Oshawa's Share Of Liquor Taxes Still Going Up Oshawa beer drinkers had a larger thirst last year than the year before, according to a '"gallonage tax" cheque just- received at the City Treasurer's office. The cheque, forwarded by the Liquor Control Board of .Ontario, | was for $7,626.34, compared to $5,- [173.11 for the preceding year.- The year before that the cheque amount. ed to $4,149.63. {= The cheque is for a proportion: of | the taxes collected from the sale of conduct the prosecution. Rodolphe Danis, K. C. will conduct the case for the shipping companies. George Bleakney, of Ottawa, represented the C.S.U. Bail details will be arranged this afternoon. It was also stated cther charges are pending against the men. Arrest of the CS.U. business agent by the R.C.M.P. came as a result of the alleged bcarding of the CSL. freighter Acadian at 5 a.m. Satur- day at lock 20, Maple Grove. The C.S.U, boarding party is said to have forcibly removed 11 crew members and five others, wlio were riding . super cargos. C.S.U. officials charged the five men swore out af- fidavits admitting they were being paid $10 per day to (protect) the crew. A police source said at least six of the men taken from the Acadian were taken into the country near the city early Sunday and given se= vere beatings "by C.S.U. inquisition squads" before being let loose. One man Marcel Laporte, was ade mitted to Hote] Dieu Hospital with severe facial injuries. At least 15 "others suffered cuts and bruises, Another man, identified only as Aird, was reported by Laporte td have been beaten into unconscious ness. He could not be found at the spot on Eleventh Street designated by Laporte as the attack area, bud SHIP STRIKE (Continued on Page 2 Wolf Cub Field Day Outstanding Success With a splendid attendance of Wolf Cubs from Oshawa and Whitby, Wolf Cub Field Day was | held Saturday at Camp Samac. Aided by members of the 4th Osh- | awa Rover Crew, the members of the program committee kept events on the move, and provided a very interesting and attractive afternoon for the boys. The first event of the afternoon was the 50-yard dash, and this competition was divided into two groups, so that two age groups could more fairly compete against each other. In the 8-10 year class, the 12th Oshawa were victorious, followed by the 15th and 16th in that order. In the 10-12 age group, the 3rd "B" Pack won with the 14th and 16th Packs following in that order. Other events are as follows: Knot relay--12th, 3 "A" Pack, (8-10 year group); 12th, 5th, 14th. (10-12 year group). Shuttle relay--(8-10 year group) 9th, 14th, 16th; (10-12 year group) 8 "A" Pack, 15th, 7 "A" Pack. Obstacle Race-- (8-10 year group) | 7T "B"" Pack, 6th, 3 "A" Pack; (10-13 year group) 5th, 8 "A" Pack, 14th. Miscellaneous .Relay--14th, 12th, | 9th Packs. Message Relay--(8-10 year group) 9th, 12th, 14th; (10-12 year group) 3rd "A" Pack, 8th "B" Pack, 3rd "B" Pack. Due to the cold weather there were no swimming races held, al= though those that wished were allowed to swim on their own, with the leaders acting as lifé guards. Most of the Packs stayed in camp for their supper, and after the supper, all were called together, when Mrs. Dorothy Alker, Assistanf District Commissioner for Cubs, presented the Cub Field Day Shield to Cubmaster Chris Willoughby of the 12th Oshawa 'Pack for taking first place in the events for the day. | Throughout the day, careful ade | ministration and record was kept | by the Field Day Committee, come | prising District Cubmaster Lynda Fairhart, and Cubmasters Marion St. Andrews, and Betty Baxter, Much credit goes to them for a very | fine Field Day. | * LATE NEWS BRIEFS x POLICE INVESTIGATE VANDALISNi Owen Sound, June 24 day are investigating what (CP)--Provincial Police to- appears to have been sense- less vandalism at a cottage at Paytners Bay near here Saturday night. Windows and doors of the cottage were broken, every piece of china and glassware smashed, beer in the municipality, the refrigerator turned face down on the floor and the whole contents of the cottage upset. ROTARY ASSEMBLY OPENS Peterborough, June 14 (CP)--The 1948 assembly of the 168th district of Rotary International opened t.ere today under the direction of District Governor Elect Ed Simmons of Trenton and with James Dutton of Peter- borough presiding. Delegates are here from all clubs in Ontario and Northwestern Quebec with also several guests from the United States. REPORT REDS TRY LANDING Shanghai, June T#°(AP)--A hundred junks loaded with Chinese Communist troops tried to land on the coast 100 miles south of here, a pro-government dis- patch said today. The report could not be confirmed. The vessels were reported seen in waters between Ting- hai Island and the mainland. The dispatch said the Communists were from Northern Kiangsu Province, which includes Shanghai and Nanking. . NO ACTION ON CONTROLS Ottawa, June 14 (CP)--Fihance Minister Abbott re- iterated in the Commons today that the government does not intend to return to a system of over-all price control to meet the high cost of living. Replying to Stanley Knowles (CCF-Winnipeg North Centre), he said the government had neither the constitutional 'nor the Parliamentary authority to return to extensive wage and price controls, ~