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THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle OSHAWA WHITBY, VOL. 7--NO. 156 OSHAWA-WHITBY, MONDAY, JULY 5, 1948 Price 4 Cents SIXTEEN PAGES CANADA JOINS IN DEFENCE TALKS Westmount Residents Ask For Annexation Will Be No Delay Council Members Tell Delegation Another move on the part of the Westmount ratepayers' in the step-by-step process of annexing their district to the City of Oshawa took place on Saturday when a three-man delegation from the Westmount Ratepayers Association, | headed by Al Teno, officially applied to the Township Coun- cil for annexation. While a petition of only 150 names #- Orange Lodge is required before council can take action on the annexation question, the petion on Saturday was sign- ed by over 500 names of ratepayers in district number 10. The application, presented by A. Teno, president of the Westmount Ratepayers Association, -Joseph W. Childerhose, vice-president and Charles E. Game, secretary, called for four major conditions tobe up- held by the city council in the ev- ent of their taking in Westmount as part of Oshawa. Four Major Conditions 1. Annexation of the entire area bounded by Park Road on the east to Bloor Street, and north to Ross' Road and as far west as Stephen- son's Road south to Bloor Street. 2. A complete reassessment of the district. 3. The City of Oshawa immedi- ately negotiate with the Public Utilities Commission in an effort to have all hydro and water rates in the annexed district comparable with those of the City of Oshawa. 4. City to undertake a sewer laying program in the district prior to the completion of the new sew- age disposal plant and that upon completion of this program, roads in the area be repaired. Council Favors Move The council stated they were in favor of the new move made by the Westmount ratepayers and said they thought that in many ways the people as a whole would bene- fit by such a move. Councillor Norman Down said: "I don't blame you for wanting to leave East Whitby Township. It would relieve this municipality of a lot of headaches but it can't be done in a day." Councillor Powell: annexation is more than overdue. The time has come when we can ASK ANNEXATION (Continued on Page 2) PS > "The time for | Held Annual Church Walk Some 300 members of the Oshawa | Orange Lodges and representatives from Bowmanville, Whitby and To- ronto, lined up in procession order for. the annual Orangemen's church parade on Sunday. This year the group attended evening service at Christ Memorial Anglican Church, with a special service conducted .by Rev. H. D. Cleverdon whose sermon was based on the constitution and laws of the Loyal Orange Order. The parade started from the L.O. L. headquarters on Bruce Street and proceeded up Simcoe Street to Hillcroft Street and east to the church at the corner of Mary and, Hillcroft. The procession was led by nd- ard-bearer Bro. Fred Adi who carried a billowing Union Jack | and County Marshal, the Worship- | ful Bro. Gordon Crawford with his | glistening sword at his side. A stylish- young drum ma jorette | marched smartly ahead of the La- | dies' Golden Jubilee Flute. Band, followed by the juvenile members of | the Loyal True Blues, No, 55, who in | turn were followed by adults of the same order. The Juvenile Orange Lodge marched trim]y ahead of the | Ladies' Orange Benévolent Associa. | tion consisting of "Victory" L.OB | A. "Queen Mary" L.O.B.A, and the | "Oakleigh" L.O.B.A. Behind the L.O.BA. members of "No Surrender" €86; "Enterprise" L.O.L.; 2167; "Ulster" L.O.L. 3158 and visiting representatives free lodges in Whitby, Bowmanville and Toronto came the | L.OL,| Western Allies Step Up Services Flying Food To Western Berliners By GEORGE BRIA Berlin, July 5 (AP). --British and United States efforts to beat the Russian blockade of Berlin with a bridge of supply-carrying planes gained fresh momentum today. The air forces of the two Western allies sent nearly 400 planes into the city Sunday from Western Ger- many and were planning to keep up the pace. Brig.-Gen. Joseph Smith, com- manding the American Air Service, said he was pleased with the efforts of both the flight and ground crews. Although the crews are averaging only four or five hours sleep each day they are maintaining and flying the planes with maximum efficiency he said. Use Flying Boats Britain plans to use Sunderland flying boats to increase the ton- nage being flown to Allied nationals and some 2,000,000 Germans in the Western sectors of Berlin. Ten of the huge aircraft already have ar- rived in the Elbe River at Hamburg. Meanwhile, there were hints that the Russians planned a new pro- test over alleged violations of flying rules in the corridor being used by the American and British planes. Soviet officials have made approxi- mately 30 similar protests in the last three months, The hints of a new Soviet protest came in a dispatch by the Russian- licensed ADN News Agency. The agency said it had heard that the Soviet commander, Marshal Vassily D. Sokolovsky, had sent letters on the subject to Gen Lucius D. Clay, United States commander, However, Clay's, office said no such letter was received Sunday, Coal Lack Worries Despite the giant air lift Berlin still faced economic paralysis by the Soviet ground blockade, now in its 17th day. The stoppage of coal shipments from the west already | has decreased by half Western Ber- | lin's industrial output. There were new indicati®ns that the Russians want a meeting of the Big Four foreign ministers to'take up again over-all discussions on Germany. The Russians have de- manded for some time that the Western Allies abandon their plan for a Western German Government. It London it was regarded as vir- tually certain that the Western powers will send a formal protest to Moscow concerning the blockade. Responsible diplomatic authorities there said, however, that no agree- ment yet has been reached on the wording of the protest. Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin of Britain is scheduled to report on the Berlin crisis at a special Cabi- net meeting today. At a Labor party rally in Wymondham, Eng- land, Sunday, he charged tnat Rus- sia is starving innocent people to force the Western Powers from Berlin. Declaring the Western Powers will not surrender the city, he said: "We are always ready to discuss Berlin if they (the Russians) are willing to discuss it, and I am not unhopeful that sanity will prevail." 'Save Berlin' Campaign "Save Berlin" campaigns were sprouting all over Western Germany although on slim diets themselves, the Western Germans voluntarily were giving up one day's food ra- tions to be flown to Berliners in the western sectors of the city. With the gifts went messages of encour- agement in "Berlin's fight for free- dom." Increased gifts also were reported from Sweden, Switzerland, the United States and other countries. London, July 5 (AP).--~Diplomatic officials said today a joint British- American-French note to Moscow protesting the Berlin blockade prob- WESTERN ALLIES (Continued on Page 2) Orangemen Parade To Christ Memorial Church | Some 300 members. of the Oshawa Lodges fell in on parade last night for | L.O.L. rooms on Bruce Street and marched up Simcoe Street to Hillcroft | their Children as well as adults attended the | Street and east to the church on the corner of Mary Street. The parade service which took place this year at Christ Memorial Anglican Church | was kept in step by the music of the Ladies Golden Jubilee Flute Band church service. and was conducted by Rev. H. D, Cleverdon. The procession formed at the | which also attended the service. --Times-Gazette Staff Photo JEWS, ARABS SPURN TERMS OF MEDIATOR By MAX VAX BOYD Cairo, July 5--(AP)--Count Folke | Bernadotte asked Arabs and Jews today to extend the armistice in Palestine. Both sides were Yeported on good authority to have rejected his partition plan for a lasting peace. The four-weeks truce which Ber- nadotte arranged as United Nations mediator expires Friday. He aslo asked the Jews and Ar- abs to agree that the Holy City of Jerusalem and. the port, terminal and refinery facilities of Haifa be demilitarized. Bernadotte appeared hopeful, despite the apparent rejection of hise lasting peace plan. If the Ar- abs and Israel agree to a truce ex- tension, a conference will set the length of time it will last. United Nations observers watched 2,200 Jews file from the S.S. Pan York in Haifa. They came from in- ternment camps on Cypress, where about 20,000 other Jews await pas- sage to Palestine. They had been interned ' there by Britain during the mandate period while trying to enter Palestine without visas. The Pan Crescent was en route to Haifa with 2,000 more Jews. Arabs gave Count Bernadotte their reply and a counter-proposal Saturday night. The formal Jewish answer was expected in Tel Aviv today or tomorrow. Outbreak Threatens A new outbreak of war threaten- ed the Holy Land. The four-week truce arranged by Bernadotte ends JEWS, ARABS (Continued on Page 2) 'Missing' Lad Watches Movie Eight Hours Fire-year-old Gerald Topp Two Yachtsmen Drift 25 Hours In The Lake Before Being Rescued While vesidenis of of the district | sweltered and sought cool places to | sleep, Ronald Poulter, 185 Church Street, Oshawa, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Poulter, 95 Warren Avenue, Osh- awa, and James "Con" Law, Loren- dale Avenue, Toronto, were endur- ing the cold of a night on Lake Ontario, Leaving Oshawa Harbor at about 9:15 a.m. Saturday, in a 26-foot partially open sail boat, which they planned to sail to Toronto, the two men were becalmed and when the auxiliary engine 'gave out, drifted in the lake until they were found at 9 am. Sunday, five miles off Highland Creek, by a Toronto life saving crew. Mr. Law recently purchased the boat - from Leslie Stevens of the Oshawa Yacht Club and arranged with Poulter, who is fleet captain of the power division of the club, to sail it to Toronto. Dressed only in shorts and light jerseys they had no idea of spending the night on the lake as Toronto is only about four hours sail from Oshawa, Unable To Start Engine _ Only about 40 minutes after leav- ing Oshawa, the schooner was be- calmed and the two men with a meagre knowledge of the engine were unable to get it started. A slight off-shore wind was blowing but it only served to carry them further out into the lake. Hours after hour the boat drifted. The 10 sandwiches they took with them were consumed by nightfall, but the 22 pints of beer they had lasted until morning. Both suffered severe sunburn and were thoroughly chilled by the cold of the night. When the boat failed to appear at the Queen City Yacht Club in Toronto yesterday morning, Mrs. Poulter called Toronto police while DRIFT IN LAKE (Continued on Page 2) got his money's worth several times over on Saturday when he sat for eight hours in the Biltmore Theatre, watching the adventures of Roy Rogers. The youngster, who lives with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Har- ry Topping, 98 Athol Street East, was missed when he failed to return at the usual time of 6.00 p.m. As time passed and he was still missing, the police and ra- dio station CKDO were notified. From the Biltmore Theatre came a phone call, that the missing boy was there; but it was the wrong boy, The right one, how- ever, was also there, sleeping very comfortably while he "watched" the show, and at 10.45 he returned home in the custody of his father, who was visiting from Trenton for the weekend. STILL ON STRIKE Employees of the Skinner Com- pany Limited are still on strike. No further conversations with company officials have been held. Picketing is being . continued outside the plant. i Holiday Toll For U.S. Is 335 Chicago, July 5-- (AP) -- The July 4 holiday week-end death toll in the U.S. amounted to 335 today with the peak of home- ward bound travel still to come. Traffic fatalities rose to 195, only 40 less than the 235 total predicted by the National Safe- ty Council for the three-day Yericd ending tonight. There were only. two known deaths from fireworks but drownings totalled 100 and miscellaneous accidents caused 38 deaths. Windsor Workers Return To Work In Auto Plant Windsor, July 5 (CP).--All em- ployees of Canadian Automotive Trim Limited were reported back at work today. The 17-day-old strike of workers, members of Local 195, United Automotive Workers (C.1.O.) ended Saturday when some of 400 strikers returned with the remaind- er scheduled to come in today. Settlement was based on a mutual agreement on wages after negotia- tion between company and union officials. THE WEATHER Variable cloudiness today and Tuesday, with scattered thun- derstorms in the evenings, and tonight. Continuing warm and humid. Winds light. Low tonight and high Tuesday 69, 87. Drifted Over 24 Hours In Lake Becalmed and unable fo start the auxiliary engine of the partially open boat they were sailing from Oshawa to Toronto, James C. Law (left), of Lorendale Avenue, Toronto, and Ronald Poulter, 185 Church Street, Osh- awa, drifted in Lake Ontario from Saturday morning until picked up by a Toronto lifesaving crew at 9 a.m. Sunday, five miles off Highland Creek. | Ernest R. Wood when their only | child, Alden MacAmmond Wood, (3), | when he ran from the side of the | struck a parked auto. resulting in ruck and toddled out HIT BY TRUCK ON PARK ROAD CHILD DIES A Saturday afternoon holiday turned to tragedy for Mr. and Mrs. was killed on Saturday afternoon, road into the path of a truck driv- en by Orlie Conlin, R.R. 4, Oshawa. The youngster had been playing with a toy truck beside the road outside his home at 94 Park Road South minutes before the accident occurred. The child put down his onto the road and was struck by the truck and died of a fractured skull be- fore reaching the hospital. The boy's father was in the gar- den at the rear of the house talking to a neighbor, George Clay, when he heard the crash and both men ran to the front of the build- ing and Mr. Wood picked up his unconscious child. Mr. and Mrs. Wood came to Osh- awa from Madoc a year ago and Mr. Wood has been working as a carpenter in the township. The couple returned to Madoc yesterday for the funeral which will take place there tcmorrow followed by interment in Madoc cemetery. While no decision has been made regarding the holding of an inquest, Crown Attorney A. C. Hall said at noon that it was probable one would be held, Material Lack Advances Holiday Of Chrysler Corp. Windsor, July 5--(CP)--Materia! shortages caused Chrysler Corpora- tion of Canada to end production last Friday and advance the vaca- tion period shutdown from Aug. 22 to the week of July 4. Kenneth Crittenden, vice-presi- dent and operating manager, who made the announcement, said also that all Windsor Chrysler plants will be closed July 11 due to short- a = said if materials needed for full production were lacking the following Monday, July 19, a further layoff might be necessary. Two Minor Accidents During the Week-End There were two minor accidents reported in Oshawa this weekend. Both occurred early Sunday morn- ing. Bill Reid, 16 Maple Street, was driving south on. Victoria Street when he was crowded into the west curb by a car coming north. Reid slight damage to the right front fen- der of his auto. Alfred Deau, Wilson Road North, was driving east on King Street when he collided with a parked car owned by N. Tukacs, 345 St. Julien Street. The rear left fender of Tu-~ kacs car was damaged to the extent of about $30. Will Discuss. Plans With United States And Western Union By Syivain Mangs Mangeot ) London, July 5 (Reuters) --Canada will in future be ful« ly associated with the United of the Western Union in di defence. States and the five countries scussing plans for regional This was disclosed today by Hector McNeil, Minister of State, in answer to a Parliamentary &- question. He said there would be "a constant exchange of views in Washington between the govern- ments of the United Kingdom, the United States, the other parties to the Brussels Treaty (France, Bel- gium, Holland and Luxembourg) and Canada concerning Western European security arrangements and the United States and Canadi- an association with them." Ottawa Statement In Ottawa the Canadian Govern- ment disclosed today that it has ac- cepted an invitation to participate in "exploratory" discussions in Washington looking towards secur- ity arrangements with Western Europe. This is the first official step taken by the countries of the Western hemisphere towards associating | themselves with the countries of | the Western Union Britain, | France, Belgium, Holland and Lux- embourg in defence arrange- ments against the spread of Com- munism across Europe. Announcing Canada's acceptance, the External Affairs Department said in a statement: "The proposed Washington dis- cussions, at this stage at least, will be purely exploratory and on the diplomatic, not the governmental level. "The Canadian Government has been glad to accept the invitation to participate in them, and the Canadian Ambassador in Washing, ton has been asked to make himself available for that purpose. In these diplomatic discussions he will be as- sisted by officials of the department of External Affairs as required from time to time." Talks Open Tomorrow In Washington last night, it was said that diplomatic talks between the State Department and the am- bassadors of the five Western Union powers will open tomorrow in Washington. It was authoritatively learned to- day that Hume Wrong, Canadian Ambassador to the United States, will represent Canada at these talks, McNeil explained that United States association with Western Union defence plans "would come under the terms of the Senate reso- lution, June 11, the third paragraph of which recommends association of the United States by constitutional process with such regional and other collective arrangements as are based on continuous and effective self- help and mutual aid." This is regarded in London as as- suring the continuity of the consti- tutional process of associating the United States with western defence if a republican administration takes office in the United States after next November's presidential elec- tions, A hint that Canada would be brought in as a full partner in re- gional defence moves between the United States and Western Union was given recently by Louis St. Laurent, Canadian Minister of Ex- ternal Affairs, in the Canadian House of Commons. Supported Defence Pact He supported the idea of a re- gional defence pact linking Canada with the {nited States and the Western Union alliance. St. Laure ent also laid emphasis on the na- tural ties binding the countries of the North Atlantic seaboard and urged that they should pool their respective potentials for defence purposes so as to make plain to any possible aggressor that they would have to overcome a unified group if they attempted any aggression. Mr. St. Laurent on that occasion made it clear that he considered Canada's association with. the ex- isting Western Union defence alli- ance would "add/very little to it" without the simultaneous adherence of the United States. This was interpreted in political quarters in London as a positive rather than a negative indication of Canada's readiness to bring about a North Atlantic defence pact, Today's announcement fully bears i out this interpretation. Observers here see Canadian ase sociation in the Washington talks as supplying a useful and logical missing link in the progress of Western Union-United States cone sultations to date on defence probe- lems. The inclusion of Canada, it is argued here, not only links the al- ready close military association of Canada and the United States through the Joint Defence Board with British and Western Union planning, but brings a valuable ele- ment of reciprocity to what was in danger of being interpreted as a one way commitment by the United States to guarantee the military ine tegrity of Western Union, Wage Committee Is Interviewing Labor Minister Members of the Wage Committea of Local 222, U.AW.-C.I.O,, are in Toronto today interviewing Hon, Charles Daley, Ontario Minister of Labor, relative to the holding of a Rand formula strike vote in the local plant of General Motors of Canada, Limited. A meeting of the executive and the Shop Committee of the Local is being held tonight when it is ex« pected a report of the meeting will be presented. Members of tlie Wage Committee waiting on thé Minister are-- Mal« colm Smith, chairman of the Bar gaining Committee: RussellMcNeil, and W, L. Grant, president of Lo= cal 222. Assisting the committee ara George Burt, regional director and Richard Courtney, international ree presentative. O.M.I. PRESIDENT DIES Russell Grinnell, president of the Ontario Malleable Iron Co. Ltd, died today at his home in Provie dence, R.I,, at an advanced age. Mr, Grinnell was also president of tha Grinnell Co. of Canada Limited, Toronto. He was a son of the founder of the parent corporation, Grinnell Corporation Inc. Provie dence, R.I, of which company he was chairman of the board at the time of his death. * LATE NEWS BRIEFS x 35 DIE IN INDIA RIOTS Bombay, July 5 (AP)--Hindu-Moslem rioting which started last night had claime least 95 were wounded. The peared to be Hindus. The fiercest d 35 lives by late today. At majority of the victims ap= ighting occurred in Maharbowri where police opened fire to disperse rioters. Order was restored in Bombay today. FIND WOMAN'S BODY Stoco, Ont, July 5 (CP )--The body of Mrs. Janet Grey, 76, missing since Thursday, was found Sunday in a swamp near this village 25 miles northeast of Belleville. Coroner Richard Potter of Belleville said she died after a seizure. TWO HURT IN CRASH Roslin, Ont., July 5 (CP)--William and Robert Burke of Toronto were criti when their automobile collid village 19 miles north of Be cally injured Sunday night esd with another car in this lleville. Name of the driver. of the other car was not immediately available. POLITICAL RIOTS KILL THREE Panama, July 5 (AP)--Panama was under a declar- ed state of emergency today because of political clashes that cost three lives during the week-end. The govern ment issued the declaration Sunday. It also suspended constitutional guarantees. Three persons were killed and more than 20 wounded in two fights Saturday, night,