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SATURDAY, JULY 3, 1948 i THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE PAGE THRE] Food Prices Lift Canada's Living Cost To Historic High & 2 4 Mediator For Arab On Peace Waits Answer Plans By MAX BOYD Cairo, July 3--(AP)--Count Folke Bernadotte expects to get the Arab reply to his Palestine peace plan today. He may receive the Jewish answer early next week. The United Nations mediator said at his Rhodes head- quarters Friday night Arab leaders "are prepared to talk with me" and he is flying to Cairo today to get their views. In Tel Aviv the Israeli Foreign Office announced the cabinet will meet tomorrow to draft the Jewish reply to the Bernadotte proposals. I'S The four-week Palestine truce is®-- due to expire next Friday. Count Bernadotte said he would have the Arab and Jewish replies before the deadline. U.N. headquarters at Lake Suc- cess said the mediator's peace pro- posals will be made public tomor- row afternoon. A U.N. spokesman said the 1,500-word text, submitted to the Arabs and Jews June 28 and 29, would be given out simultane- ously in Lake Success, Cairo, Tel Aviv and Rhodes' In Baghdad, Premier Muzahim Al Pachachi told the Iraqi Senate he did no' believe the U.N. propos- als would be acceptable to the Ar- abs. Lake Success informants said publication of the peace proposals was decided on as a result of the printing in a Cairo paper of a plan purporting to be that offered by Bernadotte. A high U.N. source said the published plan was "not entire- ly correct." It was understood. that aides of Trygve Lie, U.N. Secretary General, hoped publication of the plan might open the way for a move to extend the -Palestine truce. Lie told reporters Friday at Lake Success that he hoped for an ex- tension of the truce in the event Count Bernadotte was unable to ob- tain a Jewish-Arab agreement on permanent peace. The Israeli delegation to the U.N. protested to Lie against restrictions which Canada, Switzerland, Pana- ma and other powers have placed on immigration to Palestine. In Haifa Jewish officials charged Arab soldiers under the command of Fawzi Pasha Al Kaukji set fire to Balfour forest on the slopes of the Nazareth hills. Jewish authorities said Arab sol- diers set fire last week to Jewish fields ready to harvest near the Misran settlement three miles from El 'Affule. Times-Gazette classified ad pay-- Why not try one today? Forced to Use Bus to Pass B.C. Washout In a letter to The Times-Gazette from Nelson, B. C., Mayor Frank N. McCallum tells of his experience with the flood damage during his journey to take part in the curling bonspiel at Nelson. He says that he was five and a half hours late arriving at Nelson due to a washout near Echo, B. C. The party had to get up at 3.30 a.m, and change to a bus for a 20 mile trip before boarding a second train, and wait for all baggage, express and mail to be transferred by truck, The letter, written on June 30, states that the Oshawa curlers have won two games and lost two in the bonspiel. The ice was poor due to hot weather and the results have been rather disappointing. Blaze In Garage Soon Subdued The Oshawa fire department made short work yesterday after- noon of a blaze which started in| an empty garage at the rear of the house occupied by Lawrence Hart, 136 Albert St. The fire ate through the wall of the garage before it was discovered, but eighty gallons of water re- removed the danger within minutes of the time the alarm was turned in, at ten minutes to four. The cause of the blaze is not known. AIR CADETS TAKING WINGS The summer course for air cadets at the Oshawa Airport will get undre way on Monday. The classes will in- clude navigation, meteorology and airmanship. Those taking the course are all graduate air cadets and have earned the scholarship flying course through three years of good attendance and effort in their squadrons, . Police Seek Murder Gun That Blasted 2 to Death On Lonely Quebec Road Riviere Du Loup, Que., July 3-- (CP)--Police thrashed through a lonely stretch of roadside bush 10 miles from this south shore St. Lawrence town today as they sought the murder gun that brought bru- tal death to a banker and his taxi driver. The shattered condition of the bo- dies, the finding of a 20 gauge shell--these were the clues that made police think bank manager Louis Philippe Breton and taxi-dri- ver Wilfrid Dumais of Trois Pistoles died by a series of blasts from a sawed-off shotgun. A scheduled inquest and autopsy today would tel] .the story. Mean- while, police were holding 35-year- old Maurice Lebel as a material wit- ness in the Dominion Day killing. The tall, lean truckdriver from the back concessions hamlet of St. Guy was arrested as he crossed a Riviere 'Du Loup street at noon Friday, Breton and Dumais died as they drove over a deserted dirt road be- tween Cacouna and St. Modeste, and police thought they might have been shot from the back seat of their blue sedan. The front wind- shield was shattered by five gun blasts. Beyond that, there were a lot of questions still to be answered. Why were the blasted bodies lying 75 feet apart on the road? Why did the killer fire such a fusillade of shots when two might have sufficed? Above all, where was the murder gun? Police puzzled too over what prompted the 47-year-old Breton, father of six children, to take a third person with him on his last business trip. Coroner Marcel Ca- tellier, who saw Breton leave Trois Pistoles said he took the third man to be a district villager. Police could not say how long the bodies lay on the little travelled road. They might not have been dis- covered for days had three drivers not decided to take a short cut Thursday night. The truckers thought Breton still breathed when they found him. But if he did, it was only for a short time, and a village priest wag called to administer last rites. Decision on Harvey Trial Will Be Made on July Toronto, July 3 -- (CP) -- Magis- trate O. M. Martin will rule July 9 on whether Gordon Harvey, 21, must stand trial on charges of abducting and assaulting eight-year-old Teresa Dowling. When hearings of the case was resumed Friday, Magistrate Martin said he would consider it a prelimi. nary hearing. Thus whether Harvey goes free or faces trial in a higher court depends on the weight the magistrate attaches to evidence presented June 29 and Friday. The slender, brown-haired girl pointed to Harvey in the courtroom Wednesday and said he was the man who led her into a fleld last May 17, beat her and left her for dead, Harvey was arrested June 21 after the child pointed him out as he Coming Events W.A. LUCKY DRAW. QUILT: MRS. E. Hooper, 15 Maple St.; Pillow Cases: Fra Wilson. 734 Simcoe 8t.; Towels: A. Caley, 240 Annis St. (155a) walked down a street near the scene of the attack, police said. The defence sought to show that the girl, who underwent a brain operation after being found in the field, was confused in her claimed identification. Inspector Albert Gray of sub- urban York Township police said that after the girl pointed to Harvey on the street and Harvey was brought to a police cruiser, the in- spector asked the girl: "Have you ever seen this man be- fore?" The Inspector said the girl an- swered "no." * Harvey was then told he could get out of the automobile. But De- tective-Sergeant Walter Corson, who was also in the cruiser, repeated the question. The detective told the court the girl's answer then was "yes." Defence Counsel Eric R. Marsden urged that Harvey be set free. He told the court: "I suggest that you have no al- ternative, I can't see where you can put a man on trial on such flimsy evidence." Have Prepared Elaborate Program For U.A.W Picnic Gathered at the Union Hall for one of the many meetings held Tn "recent months '2 lay plans for the Local 222, U.A.W.-C.LO. annual picnic, the members of the picnic committee were caught by The Times-Gazette photographer. The picnic, to be held at Lakeview Park on Saturday, July 10, will include many attractions calculated to please one and all. Members of the committee are: front row, left to right, Mrs. May Sloan, Mrs. Kay Rutherford, Ed. Boote, vice-chairman; Chris Mason, chairman of the enter ittee of Local 222; Miss Leona Light, secretary of the picnic committee; Mrs, Jean Hurst and Mrs, Ella Smart. Second row, left to right: Mrs. Margaret Ward, Mrs, Clara McKay, Mrs. Hazel Farrow, Pat Jarvis, chairman of the softball committee; Mrs. Mabel Mayne, Mrs. Mary Slater and Mrs. Mary Turner. Back row, left to right: R. Worsley, vice-chairman of the property' committee; F. O'Connor, Alec McKay, L. Van Valkenburg, Rod and Gun Club; W. Fry, M. Zubkavich, transportation; Sid McCormick, property committee; H. Hud- son, G. A. Snow, R. E. Cayley, A. i L. Gabourie, Alex Donaldson and P. Chryk. Bruce, M. Lloyd, first aid; Henry --Times-Gazette Staff Photo Railroad Dispute Still Under Study By Ottawa Board Ottawa, July 3--(CP)--A . high- ranking gevernment official Friday night said the government is "doing everything in its power" to avert a possible rail strike July 15 and that negotiations were continuing. However, in the event of a break- down in negotiations between a mediation. board and 18 inter- national railway brotherhoods, it would be "childish," he said, to think the government would provide other facilities, such as R.C.AF. aircraft, to provide essential coun- try-wide transportation. He indicated that negotiations will reach their crucial point early | next week, when the government in Ottawa will receive a report from the mediation board set up in Montreal. The brotherhoods asked las} winter for a 35-cents-an-hour 'in- crease, Conciliation boards in ma- jority reports recommended seven- cent increases, minority reports calling for 20-cent increases. Medi- ation efforts so far have failed to arrive at a figure at which the rail- ways and unions could agree. In other quarters, there were in- dications that the R.C.AF, would be prepared to bring in some air- craft to the rescue of Canadian centres if the strike was brought into force, This would be on similar lines to the "operation sandbags" in which two squadrons of transport planes flew sandbags from Montreal to the flood-stricken areas. in British Col- umbia. Such items as food and drugs would be included amongst the supplies the planes would carry. Port Perry High School Results Grade ID IX Howey, Joan, 83.9; Vance, Shirley, 83.1; Real, Joan, 829; Lee, Anna- belle, 82.7; Hull, Doris, 82.6; Brock, Georgia, 82.2; DeNure, Fred, 81.2; Walker, Edna, 80.3; Hall, Cathryn, 79.8; Sweetman, Carole, 77.8; Day, Ethel, 77.; Fralick, Ruby, 75.6; Bald- win, June, 75.1; Wallace, Joyce, 74.6; Bond, Elva, 73.7; Clements, Joyce, 73.2; Fowler, Allan, 73.1; Waller, Marian, 70.7; Falconer, Donalda, 69.7; Smith, Shirley, 69.3; Watson, Berniece, 68.9; Gerrow, Melville, 68.5; Heayn, Dawne, 68.; Curl, Reta, 67.9; Heayn, Douglas, 67.6; Walden- sperger,. Joe, 66.8; Doupe, Doreen, 66.; Peel, William, 64.3; Sweetman, Allene, 63.1; Wallace, Ronald, 60.6; McCartney, Phyllis, 60.1; Rahm, Ruth, 58.6; Tummonds, Doris, 58.3; Howsam, Harold, 57.2; Geer, Donald, 57.; Cook, Joan, 559; Cumming, Audrey, 55.6; Reader, Constance, 56.,Cherrie, Eileen, 56.; Evans, Ross, 56.; Freeman, Roy, 55.7; McMillan, Aileen, 55.1; Till, Glen, 54.6; Heard, Alan, 54.5; Colley, John, 54.5; Baird, Hugh, 54.; Parry, Norman, 53.8; James, Arthur, 51.8; Real, Ross, 50.6; McMillan, Maxine, 48.4; Craw- ford, Jack, 41.8. Grade X Prentice, Kay, 87.8; Clements, Isabel, 80.3; Santer, Diane, 76.1; Griffin, Jack, 74.3; Garvey, Howard 72.5; Tetlow, Phyllis, 724; Jackson, Barbara, 71.6; Prescott, Murray, 709; Sweetman, Eleanor, 170.7; Snowden, Ruth, 70.; Woods, Bar- bara, 67.9; Till, Joan, 67.7; Cawker, Alan, 674; Michell, Grant, 635; Smith, Marion, 62.5; Sulman, Peter, 62.4; Goode, Anne, 61.5; Brunton, David, 61.2; Brinkman, Robt., 58.4; Osaduke, Peter, 57.4; . Goode, Jack, 56.; Towsam, Mary, 55.7; Gibson, Marilyn, 55.2; Cawker, Arthur, 54.4; Wray, Burness, 54.1; Corner, Greta, 53.7; Bonnel, Fay, 53.5; Holdershaw, Jean, 52.1; Sonley, Robert, 42.1; Clarks, Jack, 34.2; Jemison, Ross, J. L. CRANE, Principal. PLAN OPEN HOUSE The Ontario County Flying Club will hold an "Open House" on 'Thursday evening, July 8. The event will open with a bombing contest followed by a parachute jump by Cam Warne. Members of the club will be on hand to explain the in- tricacies of the planes to visitors. THREE PILOTS SOLO Three members of the Ontario County Flying Club soloed recent- ly. They were George Charlton, Bill Mounce and Irwin Colwill. Plans For U.A.W. Picnic Leave Little To Be Desired The program lined up for the pleasure and entertainment of all Local , 222, UAW-CIO, members at their picnic on July 10 at Lakeview Park, leaves little to be desired. No effort or expense has been spared to give UAW members the best that could be procured in the fields of education, entertainment and sports. The entertainment committee, under the able chairmanship of Chris Mason, have worked hard to present a grand program, Since it is planned to make the picnic an annual affair, the co-operation of every member js essential to make this picnic an outstanding success Assistance in the erection of tents and booths on Friday is ur- gently required and volunteers are requested to leave their names and addresses at the Union Hall. Prop- erty committee chairman Sid Mec- Cormack and transportation chair- man Milton Zibkavich will be happy to hear ¢f anyone who wil] offer their services to their committees. Refreshments, balloons and grand prizes will feature the children's part on this day, as well as a varie- ty show, including Punch and Judy and a magician. The grand prizes for the chil- dren's dratw will include two bicycles and two tricycles and you, as par- ents, should be on hand, with your union card and thus ensure that your child will not be denied the chance at any one of these prizes. For adults a combination radio and phonograpia and a tri-lite floor lamp will be drawn for and it is required that the winner be on the grounds to qualify. It is planned to record the high- lights of the picnic and present it as a broadcast later in the evening on CKDO. The free dance 'at Barnhart's Pavilion will wind up a perfect day. 'There is no charge for any of the draws, dances or prizes. The Department of Lands and Forests will present a game and fisheries display under the auspices of the Union Rod and Gun Club. An open casting event will also be featured, so bring your rods and reels and let's see how good an an- gler you are. The baby show in Barnhart's is open to all union members of Lo- cal 222, so enter your baby now. Particulars may be had at the hall. Races, softball, speakers and bands will add to the zest of the entertainment. So be on hand and have yourself a good time. 24 Air Cadets Will Visit U.S. Ottawa, July 3--(CP)--The Air Cadet League of Canada Friday announced an extension of its ex- change visits this year to the Uni- ted States. A party of 24 cadets, chosen from each district in Canada, will make the trip. They will visit US. Air Force bases, pircraft manufactur- ing plants, movie studios and points of interest in Washington, New York, Hollywood and San Francisco, while alike group of 24 lads of the U.S. civil air patrol will tour Cana- da. The league now is selecting the 24 cadets who will represent Cana- da. They are chosen on a merit bas is from squadrons across the domin= ion. : Apples and Pears Report Damaged By Winter Injury Toronto, July 3--(CP)--Weather conditions within the last month, although variable, have been favor. able to fruit and vegetable crops in Ontario, the provincial fruit and vegetable statistics ccmmittee an- nounces in a seasonal crop report. There has been general freedom from insect and fungi infestation in Western Ontario and only damage reported from some localied areas has been winter injury to peaches | and plums, In Eastern Ontario, considerable winter injury is apparent on pears and to some extent on apples, es- pecially in Durham and Ontario counties. Recent ware weather in Western Ontario has more than counteracted adverse vegetable growing condi- tions prior to the first week of June. With few exceptions, all crops shown steady growth. Acreage in- creases are reported in early pota- toes, spinach, corn and early cab- bage. In Lambton County, early potato seeding, washed out by flood waters, has been replaced. Growth was re- tarded in Northern Ontario because of a dry spell there. Brightest spot on the horizon is the canning crops picture. Officials report it is shaping up as the best in three years. Asparagus has been nearly all packed and the berry crop promises to be exceptionally large. OFF FOR SUMMER CAMP The first group of 16 officers and i0 other ranks of the 11th Armored (Cntario) Regiment leave for Peta- wawa shortly after midnight to- night to spend a week in training. Four parties from the regiment will each spend a week in camp and will go at intervals of two weeks, Rubber Workers Get Pay Increase Hamilton, July 3,--(CP)--Em- ployees of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company announced Fri- day they have accepted the com- pany's new wage offer, made in an effort to settle a dispute at the meeting between the negotiating committee and company officials last week. The employees, members of Local No. 113, United Rubber Workers of America, numbering some 800, will receive 10 cents an hour increase for day workers and time-cycle work- ers and nine cents an hour increase for piece workers. FOUR NEW MEMBERS The Ontario County Flying Club has welcomed four new members-- Jim Souch, Carlie Vasser, Robert Taylor and J. R. Jackson. Only One of Four Who Broke Jail Still at Large Haileybury, July 3--(CP)-- Only cne of the four district men who staged a jail break here Dominion Day remained at large today. He was William Glen Lewis, 36, of Kirkland Lake. Police, aided by dis- trict residents in checking the few roads and rail lines in this section of Northern Ontario roughly mid- way between North Bay and Kirk- land, Lake, expressed confidence of his early capture, The tliree other men. who went over the jail yard wall with him after trussing one guard and locking another in a cell, enjoyed less than 24 hours' freedom. Four Provincial Police constables stalked Charles Dale, 40, and An- drew Peacock, 33, both of Timmins, through thick bush, Then they pounced on tie third fugitives while they rested beside a creek a quar- ter of a mile from the Ferguson Highway. A few hours later a party of volun- teer searchers stopped Peter Vahey, 20, on a rural road 12 miles from here. Vahey, who home is 15 miles south of here in Silver Centre, gave up without a struggle. Vancouver Starts Paying Sales Tax Vancouver, July 3--(CP)--It was a day of confusion for store clerks and customers alike as the force of British Columbia's new three-per- cent sales tax was felt Friday by retailers and buyers. Designed to enrich provincial coffers by $12,- 000,000 the tax became effective Thursday. Foodstuffs are exempt, but the tax applies to all other purchases of over 14 cents and to restaurant meals costing more than 50 cents. The big headache was to dis- tinguish between tax-free and tax- able goods and customers com- plained it took clerks twice as long to handle the cash-end of each sale. The most confusion was in milk bars and restaurants. Customers couldn't understand one ruling: Milkshakes are not taxable but ice cream sodas and sundaes are. Government experts ruled that milkshakes are food but ice cream sodas and sundaes are confections. L inches high. The 1 1b. size comes in a handy pumper gun, ready for use. *Reg'd trade-mark Bugs and "~ Blights ARE ON THER WAY... Protect Your Vegetables + ROTENONE 'This is a modern double-action derris dust; containing 50% more rotenone than ordinary derris dusts. It's deadly to both sucking and chewing garden insects. Non-poisonous to humans, it is particularly suitable for the protection of vegetables etc. Dust every 1Q days after plants are 3-4 ra Y oo ASK YOUR DEALER A GREEN CROSS FIELD LEADER PROD Index Up to 154.3 At First of June, Statistics Reveal Ottawa, July 3 -- (CP) -- Canada's dinner table today wobbled under a heavier burden of food prices which shot the official cost-of-living index to a historic peak. The Bureau of Statistics attributed almost all of a one- point spurt during May to higher food costs. As the index climbed from 153.3 at May 1 to 154.3 at June 1, the price of food rose from 191.2 to 193.9. However, the bureau noted bright spot in the cost-of-living scales. The rate of rise had dropped from the previous month. The one- point jump compared with a jump of 1.7 points during April. Since the outbreak of war in 1939 the rise in the index has been 53.1 per cent. ,Most of the heavier food prices were reflected in meats and vege- tables. There was no indication by the bureau whether the removal of the eight-per-cent sales tax from certain processed and canned food, announced in the budget May 18, had any effect on the index. Butter which already was tax-free, aver- aged lower, Some decline in the miscellane- ous items index -- a fractional drop from 122.9 to 122.7--was believed in part due to the removal of the thea- tre tax in some places. But other advances were marked. The cost of clothing rose from 173.6 to 174.8. There were scattered advances in the prices of coal and coke, sending the fuel-and-light in- dex up from 122.7 to 1243. Home furnishings and services rose to 162.0 from 161.9. The index is calculated on the basis that living costs during 1935- 39 equalled 100. It moved up sharp- ly during the fall months and early this year shattered the previous high of 130.6, established in post- war 1920. Along with the cost-of-living in- dex, the Canadian farm products index jumped from 144.3 to 149.1. Potatoes and livestock showed "un- usual" strength. The weekly index of industrial- material prices, on the basis that 1926 equals 100, rose sharply from 151.5 for the week ending May 28 to 155.3 for the week ended June 25. It was 24.8 points above the cor- responding week of last year. GM Veterans Pipe Band Wins Trophy The General Motors Veterans' Pipe Band, which has recently been re-organized, competed for the first time at the Caledonian Competi- tions, at Embro, Ontario, on July Among the bands competing were the 48th Highlanders of Toronto; the Argyle and Sutherland High- landers, and the 91st Highlanders | of Hamilton; with civilian kands from Todmorden, Ingersoll and St. Catharines. There were many items of individual competing, which in- cluded various types of piping, as well as dancing. The main item of interest was of course, the band competitions themselves, in which the General Motors Veterans' Band received the trophy for the bands entering the civilian classifications. An estimated 7,000 people crowd- ed to capacity the park in which the competitions were held, and ad Distinguished Visitor # CONSTANTINE VITOU Son of Mr. and Mrs. K. Vitou of Montreal, who spends his holidays with his sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Samatos, 23 McMillan Drive. Presently in his third year as a medical student at McGill University, Montreal, he will be 23 when he graduates. While in medicine he has been awarded the highest attainable prizes in| microscopic anatomy, embryology, and pharmacology. This year he gained the Joseph Hils Prize in pharmacclogy and came second in parasitology and medicine. He is interning at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal and was also head demonstrator in the histolo- gical laboratry at McGill. were loud in their applause of the competitors. As a brilliant finale, all bands competing were massed, and marched the entire length of the park to the grandstand, where they played three familiar and pop- ular Scottish airs, at the request of the huge gathering. Oshawa may well be proud of this newest addition to its musical ore ganizations, and its future progress, which is assured, under the capable leadership of Pipe Major Jack Reid, will be watched with a great deal of interest 'and enthusiasm. REGRETTABLE OMMISSION In the report of the promotions at Thornton's Corners School, publishe ed in yesterday's issue, a very regrete able omission occurred. Irene Mat« thews, who received honors and stood second in her class. was pro= moted from Grade 2 to Grade 3 in the Junior Room. Her name was omitted from the results. NEW ROTARY OFFICE The Oshawa Rotary Club has are ranged to open an office in the Al- ger Building. 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