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FRIDAY, JUNE 25, 1948 NA THE 'DAILY TI MES-GAZETTE PAGE THREE Claxton Says Canada Could Beat Off 1000-Plane Attack Russia Considered Only Possible Foe, Minister States By D'ARCY O'DONNELL Canadian Press Staff Writer Ottawa, June 25-- (CP)--Defence Minister Claxton told the Commons Thursday that Canada must keep her defences alert because of Russia's aggre ssiveness. He predicted, how- ever, that should the Soviet attempt a large scale attack -on this country it would be destroyed "within a short time." "The probability . . . of any such attack is so slight at present that it is something that hardly needs being con- sidered in the realm of active possibility," said Mr. Claxton. He bluntly told members thate possible aggressor at the moment. "The oe way the Soviet Union can attack Canada is by sea or by | air," he said. | Since the Soviet had no large | fleet, air seemed the more likely method of attack. A sea offensive against Alaska could be dealt with by .the Americans. The number of Russian four-en- gine planes, is not known, but he doubted if the Soviet has more than 1,000, enough to carry a divi- sion of about 15,000 men one way. Cites Stategy "I suggest that you have to con- sider the possible strategic benefits that might result from an attack of that kind," he said. "I suggest that the only strategic results would be that the Soviet Union would losé the 1,000 planes they had sent over. . .and they would lose the men they had landed." The planes which were not forced down could possibly be intercepted id destroyed by the R.CAF. Despite the unlikelihood of any such Russian attack, Canadian de- fence authorities are studying "possibilities, probabilities and plans' on the "assumption that war might take place at dates ranging from the present time on into the indefinite future." He said Canada's three regular | forces will be recruited beyond the | current target of 42,000. * The Minister's statement brought immediaté opposition reaction and among participants in the debate were Maj.-Gen. G. R. Pearkes V.C. PC--Nanaimo),: Angus MacInnis (CCF--Vancouver East), John Blackmore (SC--Lethbridge), Wing Cmdr. Lawrence Skey (PC--Toron- to Trinity) Maj. E. D. Fulton (PC-- Kamloops) and Clarie Gillis (CCF --Cape Breton South). Gen, Pearkes, a veteran of the, two world wars, said Canada's for- | ces- would be "impotent" if they | Canada considers Russia the id] | | were called to defend the country against a "sudden" attack. He | stressed the need for training of | civilians and for an up-to-date air 'orce. Asks Preparedness Mr. MacInnis said that if Can-| dians were to prepare for an RUSSIA CONSIDERS (Continued 'on Page 9) St. Andrew's Sun. School Holds Picnic St. Andrew's United Church Sun- day School picnic was held at Camp Pretoria' on Wednesday afternoon with ideal weather conditions. About 250 attended, leaving the church at 4.30 in the afternoon, travelling in a chartered bus and cars. After a good hearty supper, the sports events were run off and the following are the winners who re- ceived their prizes: Girls, 6 years, Roberta Mackay, Sheila Dancey. Boys, 7 and 8, Paul Bentley, Paul Black. Girls, 7 and 8, Margaret Dancey, Beverley Black. Boys, 9 and 10, potato race, Bryan Prang, Sydney Nobbin.® Girls, 9 and 10, shoe race, Marlyn Kane, Dorothy McLaughlin. Boys, 11 and 12, back-to-back race, Gordon Nichol, Don McMur- try. Girls, 11 and 12, potato race, Joan Bint, Jacqueline New, Girls' needle race, open to all, Ruth Moorrow, Roose Simpson. Boys' sack race, open to all, Doug McHugh, Bud Wagar. Girls' hopping race, Joan Bint, Jacqueline New. Ladies' hopping race, Jacqueline New, Jacqueline Wright. Ladies' potato race, Mrs. Yule, Marjorie Culley. Wheelbarrow race, Mr. Nichol and Gordon Nichol, Mr. Black and Paul | Bentley. Ball throwing contest, open. to all, Allan Hendry, Mr. McMurtry. The tug-of-war event staged be- tween the session and the board of managers was won by the session, after which came the distribution of prizes, which was handled by Morley Wyman and John Dancey. Later the 40 people left for home after a very busy afternoon. Help Party Leader Celebrate A combined birthday party and wedding anniversary was celebrated Tuesday by Hon. John Bracken, national leader of the Progressive Conservative party, at his farm home near Ottawa. Eastern Ontario Progressive | Conservative MP's at the party with their host, are from left: Mr. Bracken; A. C. Casselman, MP Grenville- | Dundas; Charles Stephenson, MP, Durham; and J. M. Macdonnell, MP, Muskoka, Ontario. W.E. Mason Sudbury, June 25--(CP)--The W.' E. Mason Foundation, established for. charity several years before Mr. | | Mason's death ast Tuesday, will op-~ | erate his newspaper and radio en- terprises, it was announced Thuts- day by executors of the estate. Pro- vision will be made for the publish- | er's' brother, sisters, nephews and'| nieces by way of annuities for their | lifetime, | The executors said William Edge! Mason had declared confidence in the managers of his enterprises which would continue under pres- | ent management. The Sudbury | Daily Star and Sudbury Realty and | Holding Company will be headed | by J. R. Meakes and radio station! CKSO, Sudbury, by W. J. Woodill. | In North Bay the Nugget remains | under management of J. F. Grain- | ger and the St. Regis Hotel under | management of W. G. Cornish. | Funeral services of the. 66-year- | old publisher who started in the; newspaper busifiess as a printer's devil, will be held at four o'clock | ED.T. today. The service was ori- ginally slated for Knox Presbyter- | ian Church but has been transfer- | red to the larger United Church to accommodate a larger crowd. From the funds of the foundation | will be taken sufficient to construct i a wading pool for children in Me- | morial "Park. After this, deduction | 40 per cent of the residue will go for construction and maintenance | ILAW N MOWERS | Prices Slashed 4 FOR THIS WEEKEND SPECIAL @ JACKSON'S POINT ( Ontario s Friend 20%=] ave Money GRASS GROOMER 5 Blade 16" cut Lawn Mower Reg. 24.80. Sale .... CONQUEROR 5 Blade Lawn Mower Reg. 30.25. Sale ., . GREAT AMERICAN .5 Blade 16" cut Lawn. Mower Reg. " PENNSYLVANIA METEOR 5 Blade 13" cut Lawn Mower Reg. 46.00. Sale. ...... STORES LOCATED AT e Simcoe) Lak 1] Y\/ t~ 1Y i DOC ® OSHAWA 19.85 . 24.20 33.50 14" cut 41.90. Sale ... 36.80 ® BELLEVILLE To Operate Enterprises' | | Cornish of North Bay; | | ! Foundation | of the proposed sudvaly General | Hospital. / Executors and trustees of the Mason estate are George M. Miller, Sudbury solicitor; George n of | Galt, a brother, and the Canada | Permanent Trust Company. Speaking for the executors Mr. Miller said: "We felt that the peo- ple of Sudbury -gnd district, who | were familar with many of the fine works to which Mr, his whole-hearted support, know now that his kindliness and | good work did not cease with his | death, but will garry on." . | Relatives for whom provision in| form of annuities is made in Mr. | Mason's will are his brother, George; his sisters, Mrs. A. McLel- | lan' and Mrs. S. Rutherford, both of Galt; three nieces, Mrs. William Jean and Mary Rutherford of Galt; and three nephews, Robert Mason, Allan McLellan and Jack Rutherford, all | of Galt. | 2 1] 1 FOUR DUPLEXES SOLD | Four duplex houses on Simcoe | Street South between Dr. PF. J.| | Rundle's office and the Hind pro- | perty, have been purchased by Mrs. | M. Graham, 97 Bond Street East, from the Borsberry estate. It is reported that the property' has | been purchased for commercial purposes and the buildings will be converted into stores and apart- | ments. The property is estimated as having 'a value of between $25,- 000 and $50,000. i OPENING. STORE ADDITION 'The new addition to the furmi- | ture store owned by Dick Bradley | Jr., opposite the Dominion Store on | King 'Street West, is expected to | be opened to the public this week- | end. The new premises are those | formerly occupied by the OK Bil- | liard Parlor and they have been | completely renovated. . Ontario. RAPS: DAILY SHOPPING Preston June 25 (CP).--Husbands will agree with Betty Johnston that daily shopping is a costly habit. Addressing "the Preston Kinette Club Thursday, she said thrifty wo- men should only need to buy groc- eries twice a week because "most women buy unnecessary things that they have. no business buying" and therd return to the store for "for- gotten things." + % * MINISTERS OBJECT - Brantford, June 25 (CP).-- Brantford's Ministerial Associ- ation is considering asking for a ban on Sunday funcrals. Members feel that two regular church services along with other activities make a Sunday busy enough for a minister. * bk RELIGIOUS HARMONY Dundalk, June 25 (CP). --~Church- es in these parts can show their bigger counterparts how to live in religious harmony. The Presbyter- ian minister is living in the Angli- can rectory and a United Church student is boarding "with him. Not only that, but a Presbyterian stud- ent minister conducted services at Oakville United Church last week, while the tggular United Church minister was preaching to the Presbyterians. During July and August, the Presbyterian and Unit- = churches will exchange mini- sters. LA BE TEACHERS' SALARIES Toronto, June 25 (CP). --Board of education Thursday night increased the maximum salary of public school women teach- ers to $3,500, the same maximum as men public school teachers. The increase is estimated to cost $120,000, but will not be- come effective in any case until PONTARDAWE, Wales. --(CP)-- Seven of a family of nine died when fire destroyed their bungalow here recently, Released on Bail Band Concert Well Received Last Night The featured artist at last night's band concert at the McLaughlin Band Shell in Memorial Park, the second of the new season, was Miss Lois White, soprano. Miss White appeared in two | groups of songs, which included | "The Sunshine of Your Smile," "A Little Love, a Little Kiss," the well- known "Holy City" and "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling." Her. voice rallied well to the task of singing out-of-doors, which requires great strength and control. If it tended at times to be a little thin in the upper range, it was mainly because of the difficulty of the outdoor medium. The band performed at its best in a medley of selections from Gounod's "Faust," and this, was also the most demanding of their selections. Other. pieces that met with much approval from the audi- ence of several hundred were a novelty selection, , "Fox and Hounds," and an encore march, "Punchinello." A medley of selections from the popular Vincent 'Youmans musical comedy, "No, No, Nanette," inclui- Ask New the Moscow, Radio and distributed in London By Tass, Russian News Agency, said an all-German gov- ernment should be created by big- four agreement. The Foreign Ministers, including V. M. Molotov of Russia, said the government in Germany should be made up of representatives of de- mocratic parties and organizations ang .should guarantee against any more German aggression, In. the conference with Russia ing the most popular of his pieces, "Tea For Two," also caused pro- | longed applause from the audience | which had gathered -in and about | Memorial Park. Musician Jack Lee again played | his popular trombone solo, "The | Firefly." Lee is a regular member | of the Oshawa Regimental and | Civic Band which presented last | night's concert. The band is under | the direction of WO1 Jack Bro Ay beént. 5 NATIONAL QUALITY AWARD | Recently appointed business man- ager of the Oshawa Climte, John | Gillette has been made the reci- | pient of the National Quality! Award by the Wife Underwriters' Association of Canada, The award | is "in recognition 'of the quality of | life underwriting service to the! | public 'as evidenced by an excellent ' | record of maintaining in force and +. | extending the benefits of life insur- | GORDON HARVEY Young boilermaker's apprentice; of Hopewell Ave., York Twp., released on $2,000 bail yesterday until Tues- day on a charge of aggravated as- sault against Teresa Dowling, 8. lance." Mr. Gillett's service was { rendered while he was with the | Excelsior Life Insurance Company. | WINS AT ST. CATHARINES | Billy Leggett of North Oshawa | or 'Sonny Joe" took third place in | | the class for saddle ponies at the | St. Catharines Horse Show yester- day afternoon. i ment of a were Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslo- vakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Yugoslavia. Russia and Po-| land called 'the meeting, ! Delegates talked over a recent | London conference when six west- | ern powers agreed to set up a fed- | eral government in Western Ger- | many. = Well-informed sources said some in the Warsaw meeting wanted to | counter this with an Eastern Ger- | man state but the conference fin- | ally agreed upon one more try for | German unity. The said if this failed the Russian bloc would cre- | ate a separate East-German gov- ernment. The Warsaw communique as dis- | tributed by Tass in London Thurs- | day said the governments that took | part 'consider as urgent": : | 1. German demilitarization | agreement of the big four--Russia, | Britain, the United States and | France. | | | by 2. Big-four control "for a defi- nite. period" over the Ruhr's heavy industry to keep from restoring | Germany's war potential. 3. Creation by four-power agree- "provisional democra- | tic, "all-German government" with | the aim of "creating guarantees | against repetition of German ag- | gression." | 4. Conclusion of the peace treaty | with Germany and withdrawal of | | all occupation troops a year later. | | 5. "Measures of fulfilment by | Russia, Satellites Set Up For German Gov't By LARRY ALLEN Warsaw, June 25--(AP)--Russia and seven European satellites 'today urged that a "provisional democratic, peace= loving all-German government' be set up. They did so in a communique by their Foreign Ministers, who ended a two-day conference Thursday midnight in Wilanow palace, eight miles east of here. The communique as broadcast by ®---- Honored by Family JOHN STACEY Former Oshawa mayor and alder- man, long prominent as a building contractor, who celebrated his 8ist | birthday at his home, 471 Simcoe Street South, on Wednesday. Among those who gathered to extend their congratulations were his daughter, Mrs. Gordon Wallace, and his sister, Mrs. Beatrice Hastings of Toronto, and his three brothers, Harry of Myrtle, William and Walter of Oshawa, Germany on her reparations obli- gations toward the states which suffered from German aggression." The June 7 communique of the London conference which the Rus- sians turned down, said Germany should be enabled to participate in the European Recovery Program. Xe co SLEANS Ling svsTI% ONTARIO MOTOR SALES LIMITE rn KING AND MA eT ST | DEAL OSHAW | | CADILLAC ] Now is the-time for your car to BLOSSOM FORTH IN ALL ITS SUMMER BEAUTY. When you use GM special spring accessories it's a simple matter to restore a dull, lifeless car to a startling, refresh PERFORMANCE 7. 908 0 S301 (44 (6 DIR STAR SALES See ILE ERS FOR ET FXTk fo) * X * GM ed condition. BRAKE LINING SETS | IN | ol | Phone 900 BUICK TRUCKS Major Repairs and Accessories May Be Financed" Out of In- come on G.MA.C. 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