The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

- GM. Employees To Vote On Imported Parts uestion Remanded Until F; riday o Appearing before Magistrate F. 8. Ebbs this morning on a charge of robbery with violence in connection with the theft of $12,000 in ¢ash and cheques from Cecil Bonneita, accountant of the Oshawa Brewers' ware- house, Jack Sirkoski of Hamilton was remanded in custody until Friday of this week. The above picture was taken as Sirkoski was lead from the County Jail at Whitby by Inspector Wilbert Dawn this morning. Sirkoski (left) hit his face with a hat. --Times-Gazette Staff Photo - Bail Refused By Court, Sirkoski Is Remanded In Custody to Sept. 3 Jack Sirkoski of Hamilton, char- ged with robbery and personal vio- lence arising out of the theft of $12,000 in money and cheques from Brewers' Warehouse accountant, Cecil Bonnetta on August 16, ap- peared in court today before Magis- trate Frank S. Ebbs. Magistrate Ebbs refused to allow Sirkoski bail and remanded him in custody to Friday, September 3, - Two men escaped with the loot in an automobile after grabbing a satchel containing the day's re- ceipts from the messenger.' Frank Wasni of Toronto was shot to death in Hamilton by a police - officer when he attempted to escape from custody while being taken to a police station for questioning in regard to the holdup. A coroner's jury exonerated the officer of lame in. Wasni's death. Defence attorneys, W. R. Hob- son, K.C., and H. L. Schreiber, both of Hamilton appeared for the ac- cused. Asking. that a reasonable bail be set for the accused, Mr. Schreiber said, "One of the cardi- nal rules of British justice is that a man is innocent until he is prov- . ed guilty." Crown Attorney Alex: C. Hall pointed out that due to the nature of the charge he would not recom- mend bail being set. There are oth- er factors, not necessary to men- tion in court, which require me to ask that the accused be remanded in custody," he said. "What are those reasons?" asked Mr. Schreiber. "We have a right to know why bail won't be set. Is your evidence direct or circumstantial?" "For one thing, I haven't had time to prepare the case properly," answered the Crown Attorney, "but the evidence will certainly be di- rect as well as supported circum- stantial." Addressing the court, Mr. Schrei- ber said, "I was associated with the Dick trial in Hamilton and with a murder charge facing the accused in that case, 'a reasonable bail was set and the sccused released from custody. I would like to submit that when bail was set for a person who might have received the death pen- alty on conviction, that bail should certainly be set in a less serious case such as this." W. R. Hobson K.C., then remind- ed the court that bail was only a substitution for confinement and there was no reason to believe that Sirkoski would not appear if he was released. Immigrants Help Boost Population of Canada To Nearly 13,000,000 Ottawa, Aug. 31 (CP)--Canada, riding the crest of the biggest immigration since 1930, soon will have a population of 13,000,000. A. H. LeNeveau, Chief of the Social Analysis ranch of the Bureau of Statistics, says that mark proba ly will be passed in October. The population was estimated last June 1 at 12,833,000, compared with 11,489,713 in 1941, the last census year. But the months ended June 1 told a more noteworthy story, The rise was 301,- 000, biggest annual increase in the Dominion's history. Of "these, 90,- 000 were immigrants. These are other population facts from the files of the Bureau of Statistics: 1. Most ininligrants are going to Ontario. 2. British Columbia is the fast- est-growing province. 3. Canadians aren't doing as much moving around from one province to another. But when they do move, the greatest numbers go to British Columbia. 4, Quebec has the biggest excess of births over deaths. Ontario's immigration total for 1947-48 was 50,403, more than half of the Dominion's 20,566. In 1946- 47, Ontario absorbed 25,128 of the 60,464 immigrants admitted, Other provincial totals, with 1946-47 comparisons in brackets: Quebec, 13,740 (8,057); British Columbia, 10,684 (8,362); Alberta, 5,044 (4,629); Manitoba, 4,069 (3,- 671); Saskatchewan, 2,599 (3,611); Nova Scotia, 2366 (3,822); New Brunswick, 1,369 (2,664); Prince Edward Island, 211 (495). The percentage of population gain shows British Columbia well out in front; despite a. drop to 3.6 per cent in 1947-48 from 4.1 per cent in 1946-47. In second place was Alberta with 2.9 per cent, com- " increase 'in the 124 pared with 2.4 per cent in the pre- vious 12 months, Ontario showed with 2.1. Prince Edward Island, with no gain in 1946-47, recorded a 1.1 per cent population loss in 1947-48. Quebec's excess of births over deaths during the 12 months end- ed June I amounted to 79,139 or 2.1 per cent, British Columbia and Ontario were the only provinces whose po- pulations were increased to any extent during 1947-48 by persons from other provinces. British Col- ubia attracted 17,900 from other provinces and lost 5,000, for a net gain of 12,900. Ontario won 17,900 but lost 11,300, for a gain of 6,600. The Dominion's "interpgpvincial migration" total was 68,400, com- pared with 89,400 in 1946-47. Brit- ish Columbia, with 19,000, and On- taro, with 3,400, were the only net gainers during that period. There are no up-to-date figures on population by farm and city. But of the 11,489,713 Canadians listed at the 1941 census 6,250,619 were urban dwellers, 3,116,922 lived on farms and 2,122,172 lived in ru- ral areas other than farms, Figures for the three Prairie provinces show sharp decreases in farm population between 1936 and 1946 -- from 1,235451 to 1,009,672. Biggest loss: was Saskatchewan's 39,000. 28 compared THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle OSHAWA WHITBY VOL. 7--NO. 204 OSHAWA-WHITBY TUESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1948 Price 4 Cents FOURTEEN PAGES | FIRE LEAVES 6 HOMELESS, A report from the committee and executive of the Lo- cal was presented to a member- ship meeting held in the OCVI auditorium last night when be- tween 300 and 400 members at- tended. The question was discuss- ed for over two hours when ques- tions from the floor were answer- ed. Chief speaker was George Burt, director of the UAW, Vote at Windsor Also The vote will be held between noon and 8 p.m. tomorrow; and at the same hours on Thursday. On Friday the ballot boxes will be open at the Union Hall from 9:30 to 5 pm. It is expected that the Lo- cal in Windsor will ballot at the same time as a meeting of the membership was held there last night. At. 4 press conference, following last night's meeting here, Mr. Burt explained that the meeting was called to discuss the strike at Mec- kinnon Industries in St. Catharines and the importation of United States material to replace that nor- mally supplied by the St. Catha- rines plant. He further said that a week ago Saturday a meeting was held in St. Catharines of all the presidents, vice presidents and financial sec- retaries of the Locals in the region to discuss financial aid to the strikers. At the same time a separate meeting was held there of the General Motors Sub-Council com- posed of delegates from the bar- gaining committees in Windsor, Oshawa, and St. Catharines. The Sub-Council reported to the exe- cutive conference that it was pre- McKINNON ISSUE (Continued on Page 2) Hurricane In Atlantic Diminishes Hatteras, N.C.,, Aug. 31 (AP).--A tropical hurricane's threat .to the Carolina-Virginia coast diminished today as the disturbance appeared headed back to sea. This battened-down area, how- ever, was still endangered by stead- ily-mounting winds and pounding seas as it caught the edge of the recurving hurricane. An advisory issued by the United States Weather Bureau today said: "Present indications are that the storm will continue to turn slowly to a more northeasterly track with increase in forward speed today and pass to the open sea east of Cape Hatteras." Intensity of winds near the hur- ricane's centre was estimated at 115 miles an hour and covering an area with a radius of 50 to 60 miles. Gales exlended over a radius of about 140 miles the bureau advised. The United States Coast Guard reported heavy seas rolling in from the ocean from Morehead * City northward along the many miles of Outer Banks the vast chain of island dunes that fashion North Carolina's coastline. The Red Cross established facili- ties at Morehead City and neighbor- ing Beaufort in preparation for the blow. The Coast Guard made a house-to-house canvass of nearby Atlantic Beach warning vacationers and summer residents to evacuate to safer ground but many remain- ed at the beach preferring to ride out the storm. Hundreds of armed forces planes were flown inland from Carolinas, Virginia and Washington bases to escape the danger of the hurricane, A naval airman who chased the hurricane Monday described its cen- tre as. 'a black, stovepipe affair, extending approximately 25,000 feet high." The report was made by Lt.-Cmdr. J. A. Guida aerologist on a four-engined United States Navy bomber, As the hurricane bore down on the Carolina coast Monday the Coast Guard evacuated eight men from one of its own exposed sta- tions--the Atlantic lifeboat station on Core Bank. f Cop Is 'Prisoner' In 'Black Maria' Portsmouth, Va. Aug. 31-- (AP)--An ill wind whistled down Leckie Street Monday and slammed the door of a police patrol wagon. Patrolman B. L. Berry, on a solo mission to distribute park- in, , was trapped inside with\ his signs. Patrol wagons, it seems, can- not be opened from the inside of the business compartment. So Berry proceeded to rend the morning quiet with cries for aid. A group of sailors hove to and «discovered his plight. They called the cops. To Form Cabinet ROBERT S. SCHUMAN Popular Republican, who has agreed to try and form a new French cabinet after being out of office as Premier for only 32 days. He's seen discussing crisis with newsmen in Paris on Sunday, Yugoslav Leader Hits Back at Russ In Cabinet Shifts London, Aug. 31 (AP)--Reports reaching here said Premier Tito tightened his grip on Yugoslavia today, pro- moting to greater power his trusted governmental and party lieutenants, Eduard Kardelj and Alexander Rankovic. Stanjoe Simic, the non-Communist Foreign Minister, was replaced.' Vice-Premier Kardelj was promoted from Chairman of the Control Commission to Foreign Minister. Rankovic, who heads Yugoslavia's police, now becomes a Vice-Premier. He remains Interior Minister. Kardelj and Rankovic were sin-#¢ gled out with Tito by the Russian- dominated Communist Information Bureau as arch-foes of the Mos- cow line in Yugoslavia. The shifts were announced in a decree of the ruling Presidium of the Yugoslav National Assembly, which put into effect a "reconstruc- tion of the Yugoslav government." The decree was broadcast from Belgrade by Tanjug, official Yugo- slav news agency. Kardelj retains his post as Vice Premier. The announcement coincides with dispatches from Greece indi- cating that Tito further is out- raging the Russians by interning Communist guerrillas fleeing across the border before the advances of Greek government forces. It also coincide: with the newest Cominform (Communist Interna- tional Information Bureau) bulletin which resumed its denunciations of Tito. The bulletin issued in Bucharest, Romania, said Tito's Yugoslav Communists can "afford to behave impudently" because they believe Russia will not aban- don them. Simic, stepping out of the For- eign Office, takes a post as min- ister without portfolio, Tanjug an- nounced. Other changes it report- ed: Durbalagoje Neskovic, former Premier of Serbia and a member of the powerful Politburg, becomes a Vice Premier and get's Kardelj's old post as Chairman of the Feder- al Control Commission. Shetozar Vukmanovic becomes "Island, Minister of Mines, succeeding Bane Andrejev. Rodoljub Colakovic be-' comes Minister for Science and! Culture, apparently a new post! replacing the Commission for Art! and Culture, which had been head- ed by Vladislav Ribnikar. THE WEATHER Mostly clear but occasionally cloudy today and Wednesday. Not much change in tempera- ture. Winds northeast 15. Low tonight and high Wednesday 56 and 76. Summary for Wed- nesday, mostly clear. Not much -d change in temperature, Start Search For Crewmen Of Lost Ship Seattle, Aug. 31 (AP).--Planes and surface vessels today searched the storm lashed Pacific off the south- western Alaska coast for the crew of a fishing boat that sank during the night. The number of men forced to abandon the seiner Rustler was not known, Neither was its home port. An SOS sent out at 7:15 p.m. PST, just before the Rustler went down, said the crew would attempt to ride out the gale in an outboard- powered tender. Help was asked at once since there was doubt that the small, open boat coudl long survive in the towering seas. The distress call gave no further information after listing the seiner's position. The United States Coast Guard gutter Hemlock, checking buoys and light stations nearby, reached the scene two hours later and reported just before midnight that no trace of the crew had been found. There was a possibility, the Hem- lock said, that the fishermen were able to reach shore a mile away. The Rustler's SOS reported it was sinking just off Port Bazan on Dall approximately 90 miles southwest of Ketchikan in . the Dixon entrance to the inland pas- sage. Other ships were asked to aid the Hemlock in its search and Coast Guard planes were ordered out. FALL PROVES FATAL Durham, Aug. 31--(CP)--Freder- ick Noble, 76, of this town, 20 miles south of Owen Sound, died almost tantly on Monday evening when he fell off the steps at his home. He had gone out to sit on the ver~ anda after supper. A few minutes later his wife found him dead on the ground below the steps. ad T. EATON CO. MOVING TO ALGER BLOCK As soon as necessary renovations are made and a modern front is in- stalled by Harry M. Brooks, local contractor, the T. Eaton Company order office will be moved from its present location, on the east side of Simcoe Street North, to the Ale ger Building, on King Street East, opposite the Oshawa Post Office. The order office, which is under the managership of Gordon Rae, has been in its present location on the ground floor of the former Central Canada Loan and Savings Building for the past 12 years. The need for enlarged premises to pro- vide for additional ready-to-wear aisplay space was one of the factors prompting the move. The premises in the Alger Build- ing, whieh once housed the Tray- more. Restaurant and more recently the Royal House Furnishings Co., will he altered considerably. A modern front with a centra] en- trance will be installed together with large display windows. No date has been set for opening of the new premises. Schuman Bids For Return As Premier By ROBERT ENSON Paris, Aug. 31 -- (AP) -- Robert Schuman today will ask the Nation- al Assembly to reinsiate him as Premier of France. He agreed Mon- day night to try to form a new cab- inet and so end the latest French political crisis. The tall, craggy-faced leader of Mouvement Republican Populaire expressed confidence he would get the 311 votes he needs when the 620 deputies get down to voting this afterncon. : Schuman headed the government for eight months until last July 19 when he resigned in the face of de- feat on a bil] before thz assembly. During his tenure, he hammered down a violent wave of strikes which all but wrecked France, The Communists hate him vehemently. "Time presses and France has need of a government," Schuman told reporters Monday night when he went to Elysee Palace to inform President Vincent Auriol that he was ready to stand before the as- sembly again for approval. The current crisis popped up Sat- urday when Premier Andre Marie and his coalition cabinet quit in a dispute over economic policies. Schuman, Foreign Minister in Ma~ rie's gévernment, hopes to form his rew cabinet from the same three centre parties he had before--the M.R.P.,, Socialists and Radica] So- cialists. There is every indication he in- tends to call on most of the mem- bers of his previous cabinet. That would mean dropping Finance Min- ister Paul Reynaud, whose conserva- tive views on French financial pol- icy caused the break-up of the Ma- rie cabinet. | When he said time is pressing he referred both to domestic and inter- national events which are crowding in on French politicians. Closest to home is the fact that De Gaulle is coming to Paris today for consulta- tions with leaders of his Rightist party, Rassemblement Du Peuple Francais. De Gaulle has been clamoring for two years for new general elections and the centre parties have been banded together for that long to keep him out of power. Their union also is aimed at keeping the Com- munists down. Blackbirds Attack Pickering Corn Crop Pickering, Aug. 31--A field - of corn was destroyed by "thousands" of blackbirds at the farm of L. C. Annis during the week end. The Annis farm is situated in the southeast corner of Pickering Town- ship. Apparently the birds were fright- ened by noise coming from a large industrial plant nearby. "They came over like a black cloud, cir- cled the field a number of times, and then settled and started eating the corn," Mrs. M. S. Southcombe said. : the WINS SCHOLARSHIP Archie Hendry, of the Bowman- ville High School, has been award- ed the Mowat Scholarship in math- eématics by Queen's University, Kingston. The scholarship is valued at $232, House, Furniture Destroyed When Spark Hits Roof By Staff Reporter + Whitby, Aug. 31--A fire, believed to have started when a spark from the chimney ignited the roof, caused an estimated $9,000 damage when flames almost completely, destroyed the home of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Shearer, 218 Perry Street, at 10.45 a.m. today. Mr. Shearer did not carry, any insurance. $9,000 DAMAGE IN WHITBY Local 222, U.A.W. Decides to Ballot On McKinnon Issue On Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of this week the membership-of the G.M. Division of Local 222, U.A.W.-C.I.O., will ballot on the question of whether they are in favor of handling parts imported from the United States to replace those normally supplied to the local General Motors plant by McKinnon Industries at St. Catharines. bargaining ® The roof was a seething mass of flames when Whitby firemen arrived and the second storey of the six-room frame house was a charred wreck before tons of water extinguished the blaze. Mrs. Shearer and her two daugh- ters, Norma, 15, and Colleen, 13, had just finished breakfast when a neighbor, Mrs. Banner, of 217 Perry Street, dashed in shouting, "Your house is on fire." "I was going down into the gar- den," said Mrs. Banner later, "when, I happened to look up and see flames on the roof." Flames were shooting 10 feet into the air as firemen fought to bring the blaze under control. Furniture from the ground floor was hur- riedly removed and the back garden wag strewn with assorted articles as water streamed through the doom- ed building. Old newspapers, which had been burned in the kitchen stove earlier, were believed responsible for the spark which drifted up the chim- ney and lighted on the roof, tinder- dry from the recent heat wave, said Fire Chief William Heard. Mr. Shearer, who had been sume moned from work by a neighbor, arrived on the scene just after the blaze was extinguished. "I don't know what we are going to do now," he said dolefully, "We carried no insurance at all. Two other children, Billy, 14, and Bev erley, 12, were expected back this week after spending a month's holiday in Belleville. The Shearers had lived in the house for the past eight years. An inspection of the damaged house after the blaze showed the ground floor, although relatively undamaged by fire, a soggy mess as water dripped slowly through the ceiling. Upstairs, where two beds rooms and a bathroom had been totally demolished, charred embers floated slowly through .a mass of twisted . furniture and the morning sun streamed in through the roof. Four Military Governors Meet to Settle Blockade And End Dispute In Berlin Berlin, Aug. 31 -- (AP) -- The Military Governors of the big four powers met today to begin discus- sions toward working out a settle- ment of the east-west struggle for Berlin, The State Department in Wash- ington said the governors will dis- cuss measures to lift the blockade and to solve the dispute over rival Russian: and western marks circu- lating in the German capital. Gen. Sir Brian Robertson of Bri- tain, Gen. Lucius D. Clay of the United States, Marshal Vassily Sokolovsky of Russia and Gen. Pierre Koenig of France met at the Allied Control Authority Building shortly before the scheduled 5 p.m. (11 am. EDT) time for the meet- ing. It was the first such meeting since the Russians walked out of the control council in March. The meeting grew directly from nine diplomatic conferences in the Kremlin of western diplomats withy Foreign Minister Molotov and Prime Minister Stalin. . As word circulated 'that Berlin soon might be on a single currency basis, the city's flourishing money trade slowed down abruptly. Somd money offices closed. Francois Seydoux, special French political adviser at the Moscow four-power talks, left Moscow thig morning for Berlin, He was be lieved to be carrying proposals fos settlement of the currency = situa ation which the military governors could discuss on.a technical basis, It is understood that the prina ciples involved in the currency ree form situation are such that the western representatives in Moscow did not have sufficient information on hand to make any final settlee ment with the Russians, and it wag BERLIN DISPUTE (Continued on Page 2) CONSTABLE CHARGED IN SHOOTING Toronto, Aug. 31 (CP)--Police Constable Floyd V. Neuen was charged with manslaughter today in the death of Charles McMahon, 42. McMahon died in hos- pital last 'Saturday, nine days after being shot during a police chase. Police said 42-year-old McMahon fled when Neuen spotted him loitering near a parked automobile. He was shot in the chase. TRUCK DRIVER SAVES FIVE Alderwood, Aug. 31 (CP)--A passing truck driver is credited with saving the lives of Mr. and Mrs. Edward O'Brien and their three small children who fled from their blazing bungalow early today. When he saw flames shooting up from the rear of the O'Brien home, he kick=« ed and pounded the door until he woke the occupants and then ran to a nearby service station to call the fire department. SEEK TWO LOST GIRLS Toronto, Aug. 31 (CP)--Two teen-age girls, miss ing from their homes since last Thursday, are being sought by police. They are Bernice Wright, 16, and Le« nore Ryan, 15, both of suburban East York. MOTORMAN FOILS ROBBERY Toronto; Aug. 31 (CP)--A Street car motorman's repeated gong alarm today summoned police to foil a robbery attempt at a midtown fur store, The motorman saw the suspects hurl a rock through the store window, As police appeared on the scene, the pair fled and wera chased by tf > officers. Both were arrested at gunpoint, one in a ne .rby college yard.