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THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle OSHAWA WHITBY VOL. 7--NO. 155 OSHAWA-WHITBY, SATURDAY, JULY 3, 1948 Price 4 Cents SIXTEEN PAGES ALBANIA, YUGOSLAVIA SPLIT TIES Building Permits In June Total $259,510 Work Started On 15 New Residences During the Month The value of Building Permits issued by the City En- gineer's office in June totalled $259,510, it was announced this morning. This is a considerable drop from May's record- breaking figure of $520,995, but is an increase of nearly $40,000 over June, 1947. The total value of the building permits issued so far this year isé-- now $1241945, and the total for the first six months of 1947 was $737,735. The total number of per- mits issued in June was 57, a drop of 54 from the 111 which were issu- ed in May. In June 1947 the figure was 53. During June Oshawa builders started work on fifteen new houses, and the details of the owners, lo- cations, costs, and materials follow: John Brennan, 341 Colborne St., $6,000, brick veneer; Stan Sereda, 54 Highland Ave. $7,000, brick ve- neer; John Sabo, 240 Huron St., $5,000, brick veneer; Norman Gil- bank, 428 'King St. E., $7,000, brick veneer; S. J. McKnight, 144 Central Park Blvd. $6,000, brick veneer; Wm. Ridgely, 111 Sutherland Ave. $8,000, brick veneer; J. Powlenzuk, 746 Douglas, $6,800, brick veneer; Herbert Higgs, on Ritson Road N., between Alice and Rossland, $4,800, brick veneer; J. H, Lowery, 525 Ro- gers, $7,000, brick veneer; C. Mc- Grath, 518 Athol St. E., $6,500, brick veneer; H. Poloz, two insul-brick houses to cost $4,000 each, at 328 and 332 St. Julien St.; Mr. and Mrs. P., Kroll, 272 Huron St., $5,000, brick veneer; Ri G. Parish, 132 Central Park Blvd. $5,500, brick veneer; and Melville Selby, 80 Phillip St., $5,000, stuceo. New Theatre Under Way The largest single project start- ing this month is the new theatre being built by the K. & W. Theatres Ltd., on King St. E. This is to cost $85,000. Another large building go- ing up on Simcoe St. South, is to house gasoline and fuel oil tanks, These are being erected by J. Shoy- chet, and the construction is to cost $16,000. The Royal House Fur- nishings Co. is raising a new store at 19 Celina Street, which is to be of concrete block and brick con- struction, costing $38,000. Other permits issued last month were as follows: John Reid, 576 Oxford Avenue, to build a back porch, $25; Mrs. June Gibson, 473 Ritson Road South, to move a building, $100; Frank Fister, 325 Simcoe Street South, garage, $200; D. Zahrybelny, 299 Courcelette, al- terations, $1500; T. Rorison, 201 Quebec Street, veranda, $300; Mrs. M. Huggins, 54 Brock Street West, foundations, $700; Veteran's Taxi, 17 Bond Street West, taxi office, $700. George Fogal, 100 Kingsdale Drive, garage, $200; L. M. Johnson, 236 | Beatty avenue, alterations, $100; | William J. Clark, 230 Oshawa Bivd., | garage and addition to house, brick veneer and stucco, $1800; L. Hen- ning, 720 Cedar Street, alterations, $100; George Lipa, 249 Verdun Road, | frame and Insul-brick garage, $200; | K. C. Murphy, on King Street be- tween Gladstone and Oshawa Creek, carpenter shop, $3600; W. Edwards, 238 Albert Street, alterations, $500; Nick Katerinich, 256 Park Avenue, veranda, $100; W., Zufelt, 97-99 Col- borne Street East, alterations, $250; C. A. Powell, 92 Simcoe Street North, addition to house, $1800, Sunday Permits William Mareinius, 418 Bloor Street West, additions, $100; Billy Taylor, 61 King Street East, Neon sign, $500: George Dod8worth, 99 Burk Street. addition, $250; James Bell, 74 Gladstone Avenue, garage, §175; S. Holcomb, 83 Gladstone Ave, alterations, $180; E. Stretch, 133 Patricia, garage, $200; J. A. Howes, to move a house to 364 Rit- son Road, $150; Paul Ristich, 76 Bond Street East, lunch counter of JUNE BUILDING (Continued on Page 2) Present Gift To Minister On Departure Over 150 friends and members of the Albert Street United Church gathered last night to welcome Rev. E. Donovan Jones home and: say goodbye to Rev. S. R. Henderson. Beginning with a rousing renditigh of "O Canada", the ceremonies were marked throughout by a genial and friendly atmosphere. : Mrs. Gordon Shemilt, speaking on behalf of the members, officially welcomed Mr, Jones and his wife home. Then the musical part. of the program got under way with a vocal duet by Miss A. Sargeant and Miss P. Vann. King Scout Clayton Keith spoke on behalf of the Scouts and Cubs and urged parents to back up the Seput activities and to en- courage new members to join. Following this, Sandra Hardy re- ¢ited a poem and Joy Ford, accom- panied by Mrs. J. Wiltshire on the piano, sang a solo. Mrs. Clayton Lee recited two humorous passages and Miss Louise Pearce, accompanied by Mrs. Harold Lemon, sang "Thanks Be To God." A violin solo by Douglas Gray was the next feature of the program, followed by a song by Robert Holden, Sr. Concluding the enter- tainment, Glenna Wilson gave a humorous sketch of a lady trying to see a movie from behind another lady's hat. Mrs. Clayton Lee, speaking on be- 'half of the members of the congre- gation, then thanked Mr. Henderson for the work he had done in the past year and wished him luck in his new position in Bowmanville. She presented him with a brown leather travelling bag from the members. In accepting the gift, Mr, Henderson said he was very thank- ful for the co-operation he had re- ceived from everyone and said his stay in Oshawa had been most en- joyable. He joined with Mr, Jones | to sing a duet which was very well received. Closing the ceremonies Mr. Jones thanked Mr. Henderson for the fine work he had done in the past year and asked him to visit often from Bowmanville. Refreshments were served by the women's organizations. Swimming Pools Opening Monday With Rotary and Ritson Road swimming pools opening under the auspices of the Community Recrea- tion Association on Monday, officials will take registration of children who wish swimming instruction right at the pools during the day. The Ritson pool is filled and ready for. use but the Rotary pool has developed a small leak which is being fixed, It is hoped that this pool will be ready for use on Mon- day. The pools will be under super- vision of competent swimming in- structors. The C.R.A. playground summer program will also get under way on Monday. Sisters Open Jail Door After Barring Prisoners Montreal, July 3--(CP)--The sis- | Piers of. the Good Shepherd today | suddenly reversed a previous deci- | sion not to admit any more prison- ers to east-end Fullum Street women'y jail. Assistant Director Alfred Belanger announced that 10 women barred from the jail yesterday in what was believed a contract rift between the sisters who run the prison and the provincial government, would be ad- mitted later today. Most of the women were awaiting 1] court appearances but for one, sen- tenced to serve two months, the re- opening of the jail will mean she can begin serving her term. Under the law the time she spent in police cells, where the women were de- tained last night after being barred from the prison, could not be counted against her sentence. Assistant Director Belanger said he.did not know the details of the agreement reached, Original reports were: that the sisters refused to accept more pris- oners until provincial authorities supplied the jail with additional funds to meet increased food costs. & * ITALY POLICE USE FIREARMS T0 HALT RIOT Rome, July 3--(AP)-- Dispatches to the Rome press said today Cara- binieri fired sub-machine guns in the air and used tear gas to dis- perse an angry mob during Friday's half-day national industrial strike. Several persons were hurt in fighting and 27 demonstrators were arrested. The dispatches said the skirmish, near Verona, started after a titled landlord tried to drive an automo- bile along a road blocked by demon- strators. There was a quarrel, the man was attacked and the Carabin- ieri rescued him and took him to their barracks, the stories said. The mob surrounded the barracks and the Carabinieri fired over the people's heads to keep them off. The | landlord's automobile was overturn- ed. The dispatches said reinforce- ments of Carabinieri arriving from Verona used tear gas to break up the mob, The Ccemmunist-controlled Gen- eral Confederation of Labor (C.G. I.L.) set the stage for a series of na. tional strikes running from Tuesday through Friday. Meanwhile, the Italian Senate gave Premier Alcide De Gasperi a 184-to0-67 vote of confidence on his recovery and reform plans Friday night. The Chamber of Deputies gave De Gasperi's government a similar vote three weeks ago. Friday night the chamber approv- ed a Marshall-Plan agreement with the United States signed earlier this week. The vote was 264 to 76. Meanwhile a country-wide strike of petroleum workers continued. Po- lice camped at 'storage plants and distillers t6 prevent stoppage of sup- plies to retail outlets. Local Airman Out to Win Webster Trophy Winner of the Ontario prelimin- ary trials a year ago, Lorne Sargant of the Ontario County Flying Club will again seek the Webster Trophy this fall. Lorne will take part in the On- tario zone contests in the near fu- ture and, if successful, will go on to the Dcminion finals being held in Calgary on September 2 and 3. This year, the aireraft to be used in the competitions can be any light type with conventional controls, not ex- ceeding 1900 lbs. gross weight, and with an engine not exceeding 150 1p. ... Good airmanship, safely precautions, and forced landing pro- cedure, are the all important fea- tures of the tests. There are 200 marks for the general flying test and 100 marks for the air pilotage test. Lorne has a lot of work ahead of him in preparing for these tests, however, we believe hie has the goods and wil] make an excellent showing against some of Canada's best pi- lots. Visiting Police Officer's Car Rifled Here Police Captain Francis E. Sweit- zer of Lancaster, New York, can't get away from crime even when he's on a holiday. So it would appear anyway, for some time last might while Captain Sweitzer and his wife were peacefully sleeping and perhaps dreaming of their holiday trip to Haliburton, their car was broken into and considerable quantity of goods stolen. The car, which was parked behind the Genosha Hotel, was entered by fc 'cing the small side window called the "no draft" ventilator. Items stolen included a portable battery radio, "Fada", a 620 Kodak box camera, a fibre suitcase initialed F. E. 8. and several articles of cloth- ing. Police Chief, O, D. Friend, said that a very great number of cars that are broken into are entered by forcing the side window. Clear fin- gerprints were found on the window and an investigation headed by In- spector Down of the Police Depart- ment is being carried out. THE WEATHER Saturday variable cloudiness in the afternoon, otherwise clear. Sunday mostly clear. Warni today, very warm on Sunday. Winds light.' Low to- night and high Sunday 61 and 84. Summary for Sunday: Most- ly clear and very warm. ws Signs Which Confused Motorists During recent weeks the operators of motor vehicles, particularly those unfamiliar with the district, returning to Highway No. 2, after travelling from Toronto on Highway 2A, have become confused and turned west instead of east at the intersection of King Street and Ritson Road. This picture shows the signs of the northeast corner of the intersection. The upper sign was recently changed to include the words "Business Section". Many residents of the city believe that the word "Bowmanville" should be replaced with "Montreal" as a means of further clarifying the signs for United States tourists. --Times-Gazette Staff Photo British Demand Russia Lift Highway Blockade And "Hold Conference Berlin, July 3--(CP)--British officials announced today the British, American and French Military governors will meet with Soviet Marshal Vassily D. Sokolovsky tonight to discuss lifting of the Soviet blockade of Berlin, Berlin, July 3--(AP)--Gen.. Sir Brian Robertson, British Military Governor, demanded today that the Russians lift their blockade on the highway to Berlin at once. He sug- gested an immediate conference with the Soviet Commander. Sir Brian also demanded in a letter to Marshal Vassily D. Soko- lovsky, the Soviet Commander, that the Russians say when rail traffic to the isolated city can be restored. Sir Brian was prepared to meet Sokolovsky right away "to discuss times and methods of reopening communications." The Socialist newspaper Telegraf quoted informed German Commu- nists as saying Sokolovsky, this month's chairman of the Allied Control Council for Germany, might summon his western colleagues to a meeting. The paper said Sokolovsky's pur- pose would be to "declare that the control council had failed in its function as trustee for German sovereignty and that would be the council's last meeting." If correct, this would mean the Russians planned.to make a formal withdrawal from the four-power governing body for Germany similar to their withdrawal from the Ber- lin kommandatura on Thursday. The Soviet official newspaper, Taegliche Rundschau, described world-wide expressions of concern over the blockade as "a great hue and cry." ; "They seek to hush up the fact that if the western powers want to stay in Berlin they must accept full responsibility for the economy of their occupation sectors and the welfare of the population." Theré was no hint in the editor- fal as to when the blockade would be lifted. The British Commander's demand that the Berlin highway be opened brought no apparent result this morning. The British-zone border control point at Helmstedt said nothing was moving along the road except German pedestrians with adequate interzonal passes. Officials at the control point add- ed here was no rail movement yet either, As the, letter went out, planes roared over the city in the expand- ing British-American attempt to shuttle food from western Germany to some 2,500,000 western Berliners. Allied experts said "flying coal cars" soon may join the growing air armada. ' American and British officials in- dicated that the shuttle soon would be increased to more than 500 flights and 2,000 tons of food a day. Sir Brian's letter was in reply to one from the Russian Commander earlier this week in which Sokolov- sky held out hope of competing "technical repairs" on the Hélm- stedt-Berlin rail line berore the city's food supply ran out, Four Killed In Car Crash Howick, Que., July 3--(CP)--Four men suffered fatal injuries in a highway crash early today near this Chateauguay County village 30 miles west of Montreal and a fifth was in hospital with injuries not regarded as serious. Provincial Police listed the dead as Wilfrid Arcot, 22, Beauharnois; Fabien Primeau, 23, Adrien Daoust, 34, and Renaud Trudel, 19, all of Howick. Roch Parent, 20, of Howick, was in hospital at nearby Ormstown suffering from general bruises and shock, Police 'said the accident occurred when the speeding car in which the five were riding went out of control and crashed into a tree. The car was demolished. An inquest will be held at nearby St. Martine this afternoon under Dr, I, K. Williams, coroner, Auto Trim Strike Settled With Hike Of 7 to 16 Cents Windsor, July 3 (OP).--Strike set- tlement at Canadian Automotive Trim, Limited, came Friday night. Employees return to work today and Monday. : 'A Local 195 United Automobile Workers, Congress of Industrial Or- ganization, membership meetin ac- cepted . the company proposal of hourly wage increases of from seven to 16 cents an hour. The seven to 16 cents wage boost was what the union had asked. Three hundred of the company's 400 employees attended the mem- bership meeting which accepted the settlement. : Chrysler Worker Reported Missing Windsor, July 3 (CP). -- The strange disappearance Wednesday of 27-year-old Peter Iatzko, a Chrysler worker, who was last seen at Windsor bathing beach, is still a' mystery. Although Windsor police have re- ported nothing officially, they are investigating the case. At 8:30 Wednesday night, Nelson Lonnee said he discovered that the young man's clothes . were still checked at the beach. He said he summoned a lifeguard, who found no one on the beach or in the area, dressed in a bathing suit. Police were called and the clothes were taken to police headquarters. Personal papers found in a wallet provided identification. MAYOR ON RADIO Mayor F. N. McCallum will be the featured personality on the radio program "Headliners" which will be broadcast over CFRB at 10.55 p.m. today. ; FLIERS HUNT PLANE WITH 14 ON BOARD Mexico City, July 3--(AP) -- Commercial and army fliers were searching today for a missing plane carrying 14 'employees of the joint United States-Mexico commission fighting foot-and-mouth disease in cattle, The commission plane, a two- motored DC-3, left Minatitlan, Vercruz State, Friday en route to Vercruz and Mexico City on a rou- tine flight. It did not reach Vera- cruz, Central airport here declared a general emergency in the Veracruz area and authorized commercial airliners to detour from their routes to look for 'the plane. Commission officials said the missing craft was on a regular twice-weekly flight to Minatitlan with personnel, supplies and mach- inery for the fight against fott-and- mouth disease. Finnish Vote Leaves Reds Far Behind Helsinki, July 3--(AP)--The Communist-led popular Demo- crats, the strongest party in the last Finnish parliament, may be a poor third in the new one, it appeared today. One of their newspapers suggested Russia would not like that. With eight of 15 districts re- ported, returns from the elec- tion of Friday and the day be- fore gave the social Democrats the most parliamentary seats-- 53. The Agrarians, a centre party, ranked second with 52. The Popular Democrats were be- hind them with 44 seats, seven less than in the parliament chosen in 1945. Parliament has about 200 seats. The leading Popular Demo- crat paper, Vapaa Sana, said a reversal of political power in Finland could not be risked by the Soviet Union. In the old parliament, the Popular Democrats had 51 seats, the Social Democrats and Agrarians 48 each, the Conservative rally 29, Swedish People's Party 14 and Progres- sives nine, New Minister Inducted At Centre Street Rev. F. J. Whiteley, BAA, BD, was last night inducted as pastor of Centre Street United Church, at a service attended by over 100 par- ishioners, The service was under the direction of Rev. I. E. Kennedy of Claremont, Chairman of the Osh- awa Presbytery, and the sermon was given by Rev. G. W. Gardner of Columbus, Secretary of the Pres- bytery. Rev. George Telford of St. Andrew's Church, Oshawa, gave the charge to the incoming minister and to the congregation, In his sermon, based on a text from 1 Timothy 3:15, "The Church of the Living God", Mr. Gardner dif- ferentiated between the original meaning of "Holy", that is "Sin- less", and its meaning today, "De- dicated to the Service of God". He warned that 20th century scepticism allows a man to believe Christian ethics even though he sees no need to be a member of the Christian Chueh. But, said Mr. Gardiner, man can not live by himself alone phy- sically, nor can he do so spiritually. The Church is essential to our spiritual life, and men must work together to make the Church strong. "It is," he said, "the work of men living under the spirit of Christ." In charging the new incumbent and the congregation, Rev. George Telford said that the arrival of a man willing to take up the work of the Church, is a challenge to .the courage and understanding of both minister and people. Courage, he said, is needed for any Christian to avow his beliefs in a largely un- Christian world, and understanding to see and conquer the problems facing the people of today. Each Christian, he said, must study to in- terpret the message of the Church to others. Above all, according to Mr, Telford, the arrival of a new r NEW MINISTER (Continued on Page 2) Trade Group Told To Leave Country Within 48 Hours London, July 3--(AP)--The Belgrade radio said toda, Albania, breaking trade relations with Yugoslavia, has or- dered Yugoslav cultural and trade missions to leave the country within 48 hours. The broadcast, monitored by the official Yugoslav news agency Tanjug, said Premier Marshal Tito's Foreign Ministry had sent Albania a stiffly worded note protesting the sever= ence of trade as a 'gross violation" of international law. Yugoslavia delivered three sharp®- notes to Albania yesterday accus- ing her of "offensive acts" to des- troy Yugoslav prestige. The notes warned Albania of economic reper- cussions if such action continued. Today's broadcast said Albania, by a unilateral act contrary to all fun- damental principles of internation- al law, had denounced "all economic agreements and protocols" with Yugoslavia. Tanjug said the Albanian note was dated July 1, the day after the Yugoslav Central Communist Party Committee denied the Cominform charges that Tito and his lieuten- ants had strayed from the path of Marxism and were conducting an anti-Russian policy. The Yugoslav notes charged Al- banian , authorities had insulted Yugoslavia, cut exports to her and stopped construction of a railroad to the border. . They were the latest 'develop- ments in a Balkan neighbrs' quarrel developing since the Communist In- ternational Information Bureau chastised Tito and other Yugoslav Communist leaders for a "hateful policy" toward Russia and a de- parture from Marxism-Leninism. A Greek military source said Fri- day night an unidentified plane had bombed Bitolj, Yugoslavia, Thurs- day night and the town still was without electric power. Bitolj is about 10 miles from Greece and 30 miles from Albania. 3 The same source, at Greek army headquarters at Kozane, Greece, said 13 armed Yugoslav civilians surrendered Friday at a Greek bore | der post. Whether they were for or against Tito was not indicated. The reports were not confirmed from any other quarter. Italy's top Communist, Palmiro Togliatti, criticized Tito sternly Fria. day in the Rome Communist news= paper Unita. He said Tito's ouster from the Cominform should "strengthen our lot." The Cminform, formerly with headquarters in Belgrade, began publishing its bulletin in Romania. TRADE GROUP (Continued on Pac: 2) Three Drown In North Land Kapuskasing, July 3--(CP)--Two men and a boy were drowned within three hours Friday near this Coch- rane district centre some 200 miles northwest of Sudbury. The dead: Arvi Heikkola, about 50; Frank Pohorolés, nine, of Brunetville and Emil Vandal, 28, of Kapuskasing. The boy was drowned in a pond beside the Smoky Falls railroad, a mile north of here. Heikkola died in three feet of water in Moonshine Creek, which cuts across the Kapus- kasing golf course.* Vandal was drowned in Remi Lake, 17 miles from here, Flames Sweep Vessel Near Delaware Coast; All of Crew Rescued New York, July 3 (AP).--Raging flames swept the 5,000-ton Swedish steamship Dagmar Salen 10 miles off the Delaware coast today but all members of its crew were saved after abandoning the vessel. The fire, breaking out in the ship's engine" room, spread quickly to the superstructure. The crew took to lifeboats at 4:49 a.m. EDT. One crew member was reported injured. A Coast Guard plane was sent to pick him up and fly him to a hospital. The master of the S.8, Perla, which reached 'the scene shortly after the Dagmar Salen sent out its distress message, said he had picked up half of the crew. Later, along with other crew members still in lifeboats, the rescued seamen were transferred to the Coast Guard cut- ter Gentian. The Gentian poured streams of water into the blazing ship and the Coast Guard said later the fire was coming under control slowly and was "believed to be stopped from spreading." The Coast Guard gave the loca=- tion of the burning ship as 30 miles south of Cape May, NJ. and 10 miles east of the Delaware coast. It was en route to New York from Shanghai via the west coast and the Panama Canal. : % LATE NEWS BRIEFS x ® SEVERAL HURT IN TRAIN CRASH Winnipeg, July 3--(CP)--Several persons aboard an east-bound Canadian National Railways transcon- tinental train were injured struck in the rear by a followin took place about 35 miles east s today when the train was freight. The accident Rivers, Man., and 100 miles west of Winnipeg. The train had stopped to check a loose coupling connecting two coaches. Injured pas- sengers were taken by special train to Portage la Prairie hospital. FIND MAN SERIOUSLY HURT Kirkland Lake, July 3-- (CP )--A badly-injured man believed to be a former Montrealer was found today at the bottom of the basement steps in the home of O. Joki, who discovered him. An identification card in the injured man's wallet read "Robert Gordon Love, Montreal." He was 'taken to hospital where a doctor said his skull was badly fractured and condition critical. U.S. TOURISTS ON MOVE NORTH Niagara Falls, Ont., July 3--(CP)--After a slow early morning start, fourth of July traffic from the United States started to pour across the border here ir what officials say looks like. the start of a near-recorc movement. The majority of U.S. holiday-seekers are north-bound. MONTREAL READY FOR TRAFFIC Montreal, July 3--(CP)--Assistant Director Hilaire Beauregarde announced today that he was placing his 100 traffic officers on 24-hour duty starting tomorrow morning to cope with holiday traffic expected to reach its peak Sunday night. He said special details would be placed at bridges to prevent traffic jams among the thousands of Montreaiers returning home after spend- ing the holiday week-end in the country.