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PACE TWO THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 1948 Births MORRIS--Mr. and Mrs. D, E. Morris, (nee Ruth Stephenson), are happy to announce the birth of a daugh- ter, Dianne Christine, at the Oshawa General Hospital, June 22, 1948, Deaths ADAMS--Suddenly in Pickering Town- ship on Wednesday, June 23, 1948, Alice Rogers, beloved wife of Robert Adams, in her 35th year. Resting at the W. C. Town and Sons Funeral Home, 110 Dundas Street East, Whitby, for service Friday, June 25 at 2:30 o'clock. Interment Union Ceme- tery, Oshawa. ~ Strike Vote (Continued from Page 1) _ ment officials that it will continue to skyrocket. "The company offered a nine-cent across the board hourly increase and two extra paid statutory holi- days and payment for holidays which fall on a Saturday. They refused to consider either the inter- plant differentials or the differen- tials existing between the lower- paid workers at General Motors and Ford and Chrysler. The company demanded a freeze of one year and two weeks on wage demands and refused to consider that the in- creases, be retroactive to June 1, the date of expiration of the old agreement. They wanted it retro- active to June 12 provided the union accepted their offer by June 23. Escalator Clause Proposed "In afreal effort to prevent a dis- pute from developing, the union proposed that the company put into effect an escalator clause on the same basis as that in effect in the United States. The company pro- posed an escalator clause which would become operative only after the cost-of-living index showed an additional jump from 153.3, the present figure, to 167.3. When the index reached the latter figure, the company agreed. to institute a one- cent-an-hour increase and for every additional 1.3 rise in the index an extra one-cent-an-hour. "Last year between the time the agreement was put into effect and when it expired, the cost-of-living index increased 18.5 points. Now the company wants to wait until there is a 14-point increase before granting anything over nine cents ap hour, uti. "The company's own charfy which they drafted during negotiations showed that the standard of living of General Motors workers had not increased since September, 1939. The union claims that this is abso- lutely unfair and General Motors workers are 17 cents worth below the standard of living which they enjoyed in 1947. If we accepted the vompany's offer we would have to assume that the workers are willing to accept a standard of living which has not improved since 1939." fh enlarging on his statement, Mr. Burt said that the 166-point level in thec ost-of-living index would be a floor. four or five points above that floor, the increases would be granted but \f 'the index fell back to that level the increases would be withdrawn. He charged that the General Motors Corporation had paid its executive $29,000,000 in bonuses in she past few months and claimed that the union's requests could be covered with $2,000,000. Bven if the membership vote is|months. inf. favor of a strike, it does not mein that a walkout would be staged immediately, he said. "We are open for a call from Gemeral Motors at any time and would use every effort to avoid dis- ruption of production," he added. wl Horse Races (Continued from Page 1) question is, are we as a council willing to adopt this measure." W. E. Dunn said he believed the general public opinion seemed to favor. betting. "It is not my per- sonal wish," he said, "but we must consider the added revenue to be derived. We must raise the $4,000 and this seems like a good way to o it." Norman Down was definitely against the motion. "We are only inviting the youth of the commun- ity to take part in legalized betting and IT don't think that is right. We also have to consider the opinion of 'the citizens of Oshawa as well as members of the rural communi- ties who help to make our fairs a success." When it was pointed out to Mr, Down that betling was going on all the time in the midways of every fair in Ontario, including the Rotary Fair, Mr. Downs replied, "I've only made one bet in my life, and that was 40 years ago when somebody bet me a nickel I couldn't kick a barrel apart with three kicks, I broke it with my first kick and since I had two kicks to go I lost my nickel. I haven't bet since," he concluded. * Heber Down emphasized, in voic- ing his strong opposition to the move, that the fair board might be jeopardizing its grants from the De- partment of Agriculture. Answering the query on how much money could be expected, Dr. Gifford said that if the betting were sold outright to Pari-Mutuels, they might expect, at a very rough estimate, $250 to $300, Our real money would come from raising the cost of gate admission from 35 cents to almost a dollar." Showers Loom As Title Bout Nears at N.Y. New York, June 24 -- (CP) -- A bright sun burned its way through a heavy morning overcast today and indications were that the Joe Louis. Jersey Joe Walcott fight would go as scheduled at 10 p.m. EDT. The fight, 10 be neld in Yankee Stadium was postponed 24 hours Wednesday because of rains. The weather bureau forecast for tonight was widely scattered show- rs and temperatures in the Jow 50s. The 15-rouna engagement will be Louis' 26th title defence and, he says, his last fight. If washed out a. second time, the bout would be staged Friday. Survives Explosion When a gas explosion completely wrecked the Hillcrest Country Club lubh at Los Angel Calif. Olin Dutra, nationally known golf pro, was hurled to the ground, but otherwise uninjured. In this pic- ture, he is still wondering how he got away so lightly. Six persons were injured. Three were critical- ly injured and damage is estimated at $500,000. Toronto Woman Seeks Damages Damages are sought in an action brought by Lillian A. Harrigan, 283, of Brerhin and Toronto against William Flood of Huntsville for in- Brechin-Gamebridge road on Dec. 6, 1946. Hearing of the case opened this morning in Whitby County un- der Judge A. B. Currey. Miss Harrigan testified that she had been a passenger in a car dri- ven by Alex T. Dure of Sudbury when the accident occurred. She claimed that Flood had parked his truck on the west side of the road facing north and had left his head. lights on, It was raining with a heavy fog and Dure, believing tlat the lights were those of an ap- proaching vehicle, had run his car onto the shoulder of the road to avoid an accident. Dure's car then crashed into another truck and a If the index rose | Pile of lumber which Flood had been transferring from the second. truck to his own. Plaintiff said she lost two teeth and broke two vertebraes as a re= sult of the crash. She said she was confined to bed with a fracture board for three weeks and was out of work for three months, She add- ed she has had to wear a leather brace on her back for the past 14 Miss Harrigan's physician, Dr. N. W. McQuay of Brechin, confirmed plaintiff's testimony as to her in- Juries and treatment. He' identified X-Ray plates of the broken verte- 'brae. Dr. James Devine of Beaverton, Miss Harrigan's dentist, testified as to treatments he had given her fol- lowing the accident. Dure stated he had been driving Miss Harrigan from a dance at Bre- chin to a restaurant at Beaverton when the accident occurred. A. W. 8S. Greer, K, C, is acting for the plaintiff and B. V. Elliott, K.C., of Toronto, for the defense, ATTEMPTING SETTLEMENT Officials of the Skinner Division of Local 222, U.AW.-CI1.0, and the Skinner Company Limited were in negotiation yesterday in an attempt to settle the strike of 160 plant workers who walked out on Tues- day. Union officials said that there had been no change in the com- pany's stand and the strike will continue, | | vanced prices for juries received in an accident on the Farmens- Market. Local Grain Local selling prices for bran $47- $48 ton; shorts, $49-$50; baled hay, $20-$22 ton; straw, $18-820 ton; pastry flour, $395 a bag; bread flour, $4.75 a bag. Dealers are pay- ing no set price. Wheat, $148 a bushel; oats, 85.20 cents; barley, $1.20-$1.25; buckwheat, $1.25. Local Eggs Local eggs: Grade A large, 45; grade A medium, 42; grade A pullet, 36; grade B, 34; grade C and cracks, 30. Produce Toronto, June 23--(CP)--Produce prices on the spot market toda. were quoted as follows: Churning cream is unchang with No. 1 72 cents FOB; 76 deliv- ered. Butter print§ are unchanged with first grade 69; second grade 68; third grade 67. The egg market here today is firm and trading active at slightly ad- Grade A eggs. Country shippers quoted graded eggs; cases free; grade A large 48- 48%; grade A medium 46-467; grade A pullet 42-43; grade B 40-41; grade C 36-37. Wholesale to retail: grade A large 50-51; Grade A me- dium 48-40; grade A pullet 45-46; grade A 45; Grade C 40. Butter solids are unchanged with first grade 67%; second grade 65% - 66%. Fruit Toronto, June 24--(CP)--Whole- sale fruit and vegetable prices here today are unchanged with the fol- lowing exceptions: Strawberries, quarts, = $6-$6.50; caulifiower $1.25-$1.50; lettuce, head, 50-65; radishes, doz, 50 cents; green onions 50-60; spinach $1- $1.25; cabbage, 40-lb., bags $1.75-82; cherries, Leno, 6 gts., $2-$2,50; flats, $1.25-8$1.50; 'celery, white $4-$5; green, $5.50-8$6; cucumbers, 24s $5- $5.50. Livestock Toronto, June 24--(CP)--Sales were too few on the livestock mar- ket here today to establish prices. The Dominion Marketing Service reports no receipts of calves, hogs or sheep and only 100 cattle were received this morning. Some 3,400 head of cattle were left from Wed- nesday's trading. Hogs Toronto, June 24--(CP)--At Strat- ford today dealers were paying $31.50 to farmers for grade A hogs delivered and to truckers $31.65. At Hull hogs off truck were un- quoted. Dressed grade A were un- changed at $31.75 delivered, Some sales were made. GM Officials (Continued from Page 1) could be liable to suspension of the check-off. The text of the Company's offer was as follows: "For the period of this wage agreement, the Company agrees to increase wages automatically after the Dominion Bureau of Statistics cost of living index passes 166 on the following basis: "Beginning September, 1948, and every three months thereafter, the cost of living index to be reviewed and adjustments, if any, to be cal- culated, based on the-official Bu- reau of Statistics figure for the previous month, "Adjustments would become ef- fective at the beginning of the first pay period after the quarterly re- view, "Adjustments to be at the rate of one cent per hour for each varia- tion of 1.3 points above 166 in the official cost of living index. "Once the cost of living index has passed 166 quarterly adjustments to be upward or downward, but no downward adjustment if the cost of living index is below 166. "In the event that the method of calculating the official Dominion Bureau of Statistics cost of living index is changed, it is agreed that the index figure would then be converted back to a basis cpmoar- able with the present for purposes of our wage adjustments, if any." Faster Than Sound Pictured during a test flight over Muroc Air Base, Muroc, Cal, an air force rocket-driven plane, the XS-1, goes through its paces during experiments conducted for the government. According to an announce- ment by U.S. Air Secretary W. Stuart Symington, the new craft has "many times" topped the speed of sound, 763 miles per hour. / By EDWIN SHANKE Berlin, June 24--(AP)--Gen. Lu- cius Clay said today that the Rus- sians "cannot drive us out of Ber- it lin by any action short of war. This statement by the American Military Governor, made at Heidel. berg, came as the Russians tighten- ed their squeeze on Berlin today. They cut off electric power to the western allies' sectors of the city and halted all food shipments on rail lines running from Western Ger- many, Clay said the latest moves of the Russians indicate they "are trying to put on the final pressure to drive us out of Berlin." The official Russian German Communist press demanded anew that the western allies quit the city. The Berlin power shutdown af- fected the British, United States, and French zones. The only areas spared were those where hospitals or other important public institu- tions are located, Reports from the French sector said water service was being dis- turbed there. ; The Russians and German Com- munists threatened economic repri- sals against any of the 3,400,000 Ber- liners who accept the western allies' new currency. The Russians have decreed the currency illegal and or- dered use of their own! new money for the entire city. When conversion begins in West- ern Berlin tomorrow a German who turns in his old money for the new Deutsche mark musf accept a stamp on his personal identification papers to prevent repeating conversions. The Russian radio urged residents of Western Berlin to go into the Soviet sector for the new Russian stamped currency being issued to- day, and to disregard the western conversion tomorrow. The power cut-off will not affect most newspapers in the western sector because they have their own emergency power plant. The freight stoppage if continued will create newsprint supply difficulties. The power first was reported off in Zehlendorf, a Berlin district where many United States Army in- stallations and billets are situated. The Burrent in Tempelhof, an- other borough in the American sec- tor, had its power snapped off at about the same time and then sim- ilar current cutoffs were reported from other parts of the western zones, The Russians also announced they were stopping railway traffic to the western sectors from Western Ger- many. This cut off daily deliveries of about 2,000 tons of food for some coming year. THANK YOU! On behalf of the members of the Oshawa Rotary Club I'am delighted to take this opportunity to extend sincere thanks for the generous co-operation extended to us in connection with the presentation of the Rotary Fair of 1948. The attendance was excellent and we are hopeful that sufficient funds will have been accrued to take care of thé crippled children's activities for the I am particularly anxious to extend grateful thanks to all those who helped, in any way, to make the Fair the success that it was. It will be readily understood that the planning involved in such a gigantic activity necessitated the spending of many long tedious hours on the part of those responsible but their burdens were lightened considerably by the whole-hearted sup- port of a large number of people who gave generously of their time that this enterprise might be a success. To every citizen the Rotary Club extends grateful thanks. J. NORVAL WILLSON, President, Oshawa Rotary Club. v Nothing But War Will Loosen Hold on Berlin, Clay's Answer to Russ 2,000,000 persons in West Berlin. It also halted coal shipments. The United States constabulary patrolled the American sector in ar. mored cars and jeeps with mounted machine-guns, Col. R. A. Willard, Berlin Post Commander, called this a precaution against "possible un- rest." He said no disorders had been reported in the sector. The western powers started a cur- rency reform, introducing a new "deutsche mark," in their occupa- tion zones of Germany last Sunday. It did not include -Berlii. Wednesday the Russians decreed a new currency--the old mark with a Russian stamp--for their occu- pation zone and Berlin. The western allies voided this decree and order- ed the Deutsche mark issued in their sectors of the city. Early today the Russians an- nounced they were "forced" to sus- pend railway traffic on the 100-mile line from Western Germany to Berlin because of an unspecified "technical disturbance." WIN AT ST. CATHARINES M. Leggette and Sons of Oshawa won third place with "Sonny Joe" in the single pony class at the St. Catharines Horse Show last night. Terry McKee Will Remain. With Father Toronto, June 24 (CP).--Terry McKee, 10, who for most of his young life has been the object of a court battle between his divorced parents, had his future settled today by the Ontario Supreme Court. Custody of Terry was awarded to his father, wealthy air lines exe- cutive Mark T. McKee. Terry will live in Canada with his father. Today's appeal court decision reverses judgment of a California court awarding the boy to the custody of his mother. Mrs, McKee was today denied her appeal from a judgment of Mr. Justice Dalton Wells which last fall gave Mr, McKee custody of his son. The Boy's mother argued that after she was awarded custody of her son in 1945 by the California Court, Mr. McKee "kidnapped" Terry and took him to Michigan and subsequently to Kitchener, The boys and his father have been living on a farm at Linwood. The case has been fought in United States courts since the par- ents were divorced in California in 1942. At a hearing last March, Mr. Justice R. S. Robertson ventured the opinion: "I'm afraid Terry will have celebrated his 21st birthday before he gets through with this litigation." Mrs. McKee launched her appeal last October 21, contending that Mr. Justice Wells should have ruled that Mr. McKee was not a bona fide residents of Ontario but merely temporarily in the jurisdiction of the court for the purpose of evad- ing the California judgment, In the terms of Mr. Justice Well's judgment, avMrding Terry to his father, it was provided Mrs. McKee could see Terry once a week "dur- ing reasonable hours." Terry did not appear in court and every effort was made to hide from him the fact that he was the centre of a dispute between his parents. During the hearing, Mr. McKee testified he intended to make his permanent home at Linwood, edu- cate Terry there and later send him to McGill University in Montreal. Mrs. McKee has made her home in Los Angeles since her divorce. Honeymoon Pair In Auto Collision Cornwall, Ont., June 24-- (CP) -- A honeymoon and a holiday, for two American couples, were disrup- ted Wednesday when the cars in which they were riding collided near Lancaster. One was destroyed when it burst into flames. Police said the cars were driven by W. L. Phillips, Harrisburg, Pa., who was on his honeymoon and David H. Baral, Washington, D.C. The Baral auto was wrecked by fire and the Phillips car was damaged. | Republican Candidate May be I"amed Today By CLYDE BLACKBURN Canadian Press Staff Writer Philadelphia, June 24--(CP) -- Today the Republican National Convention turned from ballyhoo to ballots. Six hours and 42 minutes of flaming oratory and flamboyant carnival ended at 4.02 am. EDT when the party had put in nomi- nation the flames of seven men who are anxious or willing to run as Republican candidate for President in the Nov. 2 national elections. At 2 pm. EDT today the weary delegates will return to the con- vention hall to vote and it was still a toss-up between Governor Tho- mas E. Dewey of New York and Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio. Others in nomination were Har- old Stassen, youngest of the group and former governor of Minnesota, Senator Arthur Vandenberg of Michigan, Governor Earl Warren of California, Senator Raymond Baldwin of Connecticut. and Gener- al of the Armies Douglas MacArth- ur of Wisconsin, Supreme Comman- der of the Allied Forces in the Paci- fic. The end came when shortly be- fore 4 a.m. today the thin and worn hero of Bataan and Corregidor, Gen. Johnathan (Skinny) Wain- wright, put in the name of the last candidate, his comrade in glorious victory, Gen. MacArthur. A few minutes of feeble demon- stration put on by the eight Wis- consin delegates and their aides who are supporting MacArthur was interrupted by.a motion to adjouri until two this afternoon. It contrasted sharply with the previous demonstration when Dew- ey, Taft, Warren and Stassen were given tumultuous applause of half an hour duration. If the delegates vote as they cheered it appeared that the con- test would be between Dewey, Taft and Stassen in that order. But anything can happen this af ternoon and if three or four bal- lots fail to reveal a sure winner there may be switches that would bring in Vandenberg or some other compromise. In any event there was a likeli hood that by tonight the country will know the name of the Repub- lican party's choice for President. Dewey leaders claimed they will reach 500 votes -- only 48 short of the nomination -- by the second ballot. And with that start, they said, nothing can stop him. These claims were quickly an vigorously disputed from the other camps, The opposition's strategy was for each candidate to hold his lines as firmly as possible for two ballots. This would require co-operation-- and it seemed likely to be forth coming -- from such favorite sons as Governor Earl Warren of Cali- fornia and Senators Raymond Bald of Connecticut and Everett Saltonstall of Massachusetts. PRESENTING IN SCENE THE GOSPEL AND SONG THE KING'S HERALDS SOLOIST PIANIST CHALK ARTIST FROM THE KING'S COLLEGE Pres, PERCY CRAWFORD BANDSHELL M Friday June 25 8 p.m. EVERYONE WELCOME EMORIAL PARK " fCOPYMGNHT BY CARLING'S, ,. .. A duck that nests in trees and prefers wooded swamps to open water! That's the Wood Duck, the most beautiful of our waterfowl. They are well protected by law, but the draining of wetlands and clearing away of the dead tree trunks they nest in presents a serious threat to their survival. Everything you do to preserve their natural nesting areas will help to conserve the Wood Duck for years to come. PrN TPH Z 77 My 7 if agli nl AN A LR Is nN id Ss 3 4 7) V i) Witte SAW 3 AY Lh Z The Labtador Duck became extinct before 1900. Today 44 stuffed specimens are all that remain of this little sea-duck, showing what happens when sound conservational practices are neglected. WATERLOO, ONTARIO THE CARLING BREWERIES LIMITED -- YOURS TO ENJOY -- YOURS TQ PROTECT /l /