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CUT INDUST -. MC 12 Labor Relations Board permission, ¥ a Hallowe'en prank then . strongly suggestive of feuding and THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle: OSHAWA. WHITBY yOL. 7--NO. 255 OSHAWA-WHITBY, MONDAY, NOVEMBER '1, 1948 Price 4 Cents SIXTEEN PAGES 10 10 KINNON WORKERS ACCEPT CENT WAGE BOOST Plant To Resume Production After 15-Weeks St. Catharines, Nov. 1 (CP)--The giant plant of | McKinnon Industries, Limited, was scheduled to resume | production today with the end of a 15-weeks strike that | Strike threatened to shut down Windsor and Oshawa plants of the parent General Motors of Canada Limited. Nearly 1,500 employees--members ® of striking local 199 of the United Auto Workers (C.1.0.-C.C.L.)--voted overwhelmingly Saturday to accept a compromise 'wage offer and go back to work. Both union and company offi- cials said they were happy with the settlement that gave the men wage increases ranging from 12 to 15 cents an hour. The strike cost the 2,650 em~ ployees an estimated $1,775,000 in lost wages and union officials said the U.A.W, spent $200,000 in strike benefits. The union paid strikers $1250 weekly during the strike, with an extra $1.50 for each child and had met fuel, rent, light and water bills. Settlement would almost certain- ly end the company's prosecution against the union. With Ontario the 'company charged the "union with conducting an illegal strike and had begun legal proceedings. The case had not been heard and a company spokesman said they would ask the magistrate to drop the charge. The settlement was reached Fri- day after long negotiations between the company, union and govern- ment officials. It was referred to a membership meeting 'which voted 1,115 to 171 to accept it. It began July 14 when the men struck for a wage boost of 26 cents an hour. The company offered 12 cents and later the union cut its demands to 18 cents. The terms of settlement will give the largest group of workers--piece workers and those in the company's group bonus plan--increases of 13 cents an hour, but adjustments in the bonus plan will give bonus workers an average of 158 cents an hour. For day-rate employees, the increase will range from 12 to 15 cents. The agreement runs to Nov. 1, 1949, Fusilade Of Shots Near Farm House Causes Excitement If it all was a gag, said the people who live on the farm of J. J. Flem- ing just east of Oshawa, it was too dangerous to be funny; if it wasn't it is they want no part of it. Clifford Marnien is the manager of a farm owned by J. J. Fleming immediately east of the city. With Marnien on the farm are his wife and two children, and his brother- in-law, Cecil Winacott, 16. Also there is Clifford Smith, 18, a hired hand. They maintain that on Sat- urday night they were subjected to a barrage during which thirty to fifty shots were fired from .22 calibre rifles. Six men laid in wait around the farm and tried to ambush them they say. To give weight to their contention that Saturday night's event was no Hallowe'en joke, Marnien points out that the shooting affray was only one of a series of events which have been disturbing them. Their flock of fifty-odd ducks has been re- duced from eighty, they say. A young bull, pastured nearby, has been moved and once was tethered by its nose tin in such a way that its héad was drawn back. Replied With A Volley On Hallowe'en night Smith sus- pected that there might be trouble and at about 9:30 o'clock thought he would take a turn around. He took his twelve gauge shotgun with him and some six shells. Thinking that he heard someone he discharg- ed one shot in the air. The dis- charge was followed by a 'volley of what he thought were shots from a .22 calibre rifle from all around the house. 4 He and Winacott, who was with | | |] \ { | | Community Chest | him, hid behind a hay wagon and more shots were exchanged. At one time one of the men had his gun cocked and ready and when he saw a flash from the small woods nearby he was in position to shoot back |, instantly. Both men said they heard a yell although no blood could be found. The besieged farmers were under somewhat of a handicap. The shot- gun they were using did not have a proper ejector for cartridge cases and, after each shot, they were forced to pry the casing out of the breech with a pen knife. That all took time. Smith finally got word back to the house that after his fifth shot was heard Mrs. Marnien should phone police as he would have only one left. She did so but lines were busy or policemen were out and she did not have much luck. Expected Bullet In Back Meanwhile Smith and Winacott decided to make a run for the house. They dodged and ran. "I expected to feel a bullet in my back at any time," Winacott said. They made the house and that is about where the shooting ended. No one went to sleep that night how- ever and the men took turns guard- ing from the kitchen. Provincial Constables Harry Kift and Ray Hodgson came on Sunday to find out what it was all about. However, they were not long there bef-e they were called away over the radio in their police car. They left there shot gun shells described as' "high powered" with Marnien with instructions to use them to de- fend himself. Owner of the farm, J. J. Fleming, wanted to pass the whole thing off as a Hallowe'en prank but his tenants are not sure--not at all sure. Heavy Fog Halts Berlin's Airlift Berlin, Nov. 1--(AP)--A heavy fog over the Frankfurst area today crippled the airlift carrying sup- | plies into blockaded Berlin. American planes stopped coming in at Tempelhof Airfield at mid- night and fog kept all hut a few planes out of service 11 hours later. Shuttle planes from bases in the British zone were arriving at the RAF's Gatow Field in Berlin, however. There was an interrup- tion due to fog there too, but full service was resumed after about four hours. G.M. Closing Today Until Thursday General Motors plant here will close down this afternoon until Thursday morning, J. B. High- field, General Manufacturing Manager, said today. Mr. Highfield said that there was no doubt that the shut- down would only be temporary and the company was sorry it had to be. However, by Thurs- day the absence of certain parts that now are needed would be rectified. ----r---- ---- CONSERVATIVE CONVENTION NEXT APRIL Toronto, Nov. 1 -- (CP) -- A new leader will be chosen by the Ontario Progressive Conservative Association at a convention next April 25-27. Meantime Premier Thomas L. Kennedy will lead the government through the next session of the Legislature, expected ' to start in February. Mr. Kennedy, 70, who stepped up from Agriculture Min- ister when George Drew resigned to become national leader of the party, said upon taking office that he would not be a candidate at the next provincial convention. A meeting of 496 delegate mem- bers of the Provincial Association set the April convention date Sat- urday in deliberations behind closed doors. The gathering voted down an amendment to hold the leadership convention Dec. 6-8, a proposal which received a scant sprinkling of support. Maj. John Weir Foote, the war- time padre who won the Victoria Cross at Dieppe and who repre- sents Durham in the Ontario Legis- lature, moved the resolution for the spring convention. He and his sec- onder, F. G. Gardiner of Toronto, argued that an early convention would be an affront to Mr. Ken- nedy while an intervening session would test the qualities of leader- ship aspirants. U.S. Jet Bomber Sets New Record Washington, Nov. 1--(AP)--A United States Air Force jet- powered "Flying Wing" bomber has flown 9% hours, longer than any jet aircraft has been able to stay aloft. This definite indication of progress toward solving a major problem of jet planes--high fuel consumption and short range--came in an announcement Saturday by the air force. Drew By-Election Date Not Yet Set Ottawa, Nov. 1-- (CP) --George Drew, new National Leader of the Progressive Conservative party, said today after a meeting with Acting Prime Minister St. Laurent that the date has not yet been set for a by-election which will pave the way for his entry into the Commons. After a 20-minute conference with Mr. St. Laurent, the former Ontario Premier said that naturally it was up to the government to fix the date for a by-election in the Ontario constituency of Carleton, where he/ will stand as. a candidate. He recalled' that Mr. St. Laurent had stated Friday that the by-elec- tion could be held Dec. 20. "Naturally, I am anxious that the by-election should come on as soon as possible," said Mr. Drew. He left Mr. St. Laurent's office to confer with Russell Boucher, Pro- gressive Conservative member of the commons, who decided to resign {to make way for Mr. Drew. The | Progressive Conservative leader said {he planned to discuss with Mr. Boucher the setting of a date for a convention in Carleton. THE WEATHER Cloudy with a few showers today, clearing this evening. Tuesday cloudy with much the same temperature. O fonal rain Tuesday evening. Winds light. Low tonight and high Tuesday 46 and 53. Summary for Tuesday: Cloudy and mild Poison Fog Kills 20, Makes 400 Persons Ill ' Donora, Pa. Nov. 1--(AP)--The "death in the smog" epidemic which hit this small industrial'city, killing 20 persons and making 400 others ill, was no respecter of ages. A doctor who asked that his name be not used said Sunday he had treated a baby of 4!2 months and a woman of 85 years. He said, how- ever, all the deaths were among elderly people. He said when the first case was reported late Friday afternoon, doc- tors did not consider it-unusual. In the past, he said, when a smog settled over this Monongahela Val- ley doctors usually were called to treat a half dozen or so cases of respiratory ailments. Friday night, however, the con- dition became general. The eight active doctors in the town treated at least 400 cases during the week- end. The number fell off consider- ably Sunday. The doctor said three methods of treatment were generally used. They were injection, use of oxygen tents and doses of anti-hitiminic. The last is a drug used for asthma. He sald those stricken found themselves breathing with difficulty and complained of pains in the chest. All the victims died of heart failure, brought on by an overwork- ed heart, due to lack of oxygen. The deaths, the doctor said, were relatively painless, Meanwhile, the citizenry of this mill town remained apparently un- ruffled. There was much activity in the hospitals and home where doctors fought to save many cardiac and asthma sufferers affected by the fatal fog. But on the streets it was just an- other Sunday. The youngsters con- tinued their games of touch foot- ball and rode their bikes. Older folks, and children, too, went to church as usual. Filling stations and drug stores were kept open for trade. There was no talk of quarantining or of closing public meeting places. Telephone service to and from Donora was at a virtual standstill and three operators had more calls than they could possibly handle. Delay on calls ranged as high as five hours. Meanwhile, those who had any fear of the smog's persistance put moistened handkerchiefs over their faces and headed for their homes. Captain Colin Plant of the Dono- ra Fire Department told how a res- cue squad made emergency oxygen tents out of bed-sheets to aid vic- tims of the noxious fog. Plant's men rushed to nearly a dozen Donora homes to help elderly men and women who were unable to go to the emergency aid stations. "The people couldn't breath," Plant told a meeting of the board of health. "They just lay there and gasped. But oxygen made them fell better right away. We used old sheets around the house to im- provise oxygen tents and they work- ed, fine. We didn't have a single fa- tality among the people we gave oxygen." Donora is located in a wide sweep of the Monongahela River in Washington County. Thirty miles upriver from Pitts- burgh, Donora's industrial life is dominated by the big sprawling plant of the Donora Steel and Wire Works, a subsidiary of the U.S. Steel Corp., and by the plant of the Do- nora Zinc Works. Both are located on the river banks. Other heavy in- dustries are located in the adjacent cities of Charleroi, Monessen and Monongahela. The Donora Steel and Wire Works employs about 4,200 and the zinc plant accounts for another 1,000 workers. The town has a popula- tion of approximately 12,000, What About You? A man shows what he is by what he does with what he has. And by the same token a community shows its true spirit by what it does to meet the basic needs of all its citizens, both young and old. As a newcomer to Oshawa, I am genuinely glad to have the privilege of living, working and serving in a community that so obviously sees its responsibilities and is sincerely bent on meeting them. May I suggest that the only Christianity that can do anything for us is a Christianity that makes us want to do something for others. To my mind, the Community Chest is the tangible outreaching expression of that kind of faith; and it is only in that spirit of selfless sharing and '"burden- bearing" that such a venture as the "Chest" can succeed. If someone came up to you and asked, "Does it make and difference to you whether the Community Chest reaches its allocation or not?" I'm certain you would reply, "Sure it makes a difference, I really want to see it go 'over the top'. But a Christian is not just one ET who cares, he is a person who cares enough to do something tangible and practical about the need he sees around him in the community. You can see those needs around you. They may well be as close as your own home and family. You would rightly feel insulted if I, as a newcomer, attempted to point them out. The needs are there, they have to be met. They won't be met by asking already overworked and underpaid agencies to reduce their budgets. They can and will be met by grateful citizens expressing their gratitude for work already done and their confidence in the workers and work yet to be done with an open handed, open hearted "The money I have given generosity. away," said a man as he came down to the close of his life, "has given me more satisfaction than any money I have ever kept." It is very important that each of us shall remember that he is not to be judged by the amount he has left after he has done his giving; but he is to be judged by those who have been uncared for while he had more than he needed. You have, no doubt, already given your contribution to our Community Chest. arrived at the amount of your May I be bold enough to ask if you gift on the basis of one or two agencies or on the basis of sixteen causes that wait on you for support? The thought occurred to me that if the average individual contributor were to divide his contribution by sixteen there might be some healthy soul-searching through- out this city and a fresh resolve to make the gift match the need. Approached in this spirit, the glad acceptance of your share of responsibility will bring you a deep joy, a joy which comes, not from self-gratification but, through fidelity to a worthy purpose. -- REV. J. K. MOFFAT, B.A. Assize Commence At Lindsay Today Lindsay, Nov. 1--(CP)--The Fall Assizes of the Supreme Court open here at 1 p.m. today with Justice R. W. Treleaven of Toronto presid- ing. The Grand Jury will be asked to bring in true hills on one murder charge, two for manslaughter and one for attempted indecent assault. Heading the list is the trial of a MaANietor wha ie rhare. . yor Arye Alexander B, Grant, 34, of Wood- ville, and Douglas Lamb, 24-year- old son of Mayor Charles Lamb, will face separate motor manslaughter charges, James Steadman, 61, no address, will appear on an attempt- ed indecent mssaulf charge, . 1 Dead, 3 Hurt In Ship Crash Norfolk, Va, Nov, 1 -- (AP) -- 'A collision between a passenger steamship and a tanker in Hamp- ton Roads Sunday resulted in the death of a woman passenger on the steamship and injuries to three others. Capt. E. H. Eaton, of Washing- ton, skipper of the steamship Dis- triet of Columbia, told an investi- boating afficer that he fried +a avoid the crash, which occurred in a heavy morning fog. He sald the tide was too strong and the steamship sideswiped the tanker, The tanker, the Georgia, was at anchor, y UMBERMAN CHARGED IN GILL MURDER Tory Hill, Ont., Nov. 1 -- (CP) -- A 20-year-old logger was killed by a shotgun blast during an argument in this' backwoods village Saturday night, Arnold Gill died in a Haliburton hospital a few hours after the shooting. Herman George Woodcox, 33- year-old lumberman, was charged with murder in police court at Lindsay today and was remanded for one week. Eye-witnesses said they saw Gill and Woodcox in an argument on the main street of this village 60 miles north of Peterborough, They said Woodcox, carrying a 12-gauge shotgun, had been drink- ing when he came into town. Provincial Police said they had been instructed not to give news papermen details of the shooting and it was not known what started the quarrel, Witnesses said they heard a shot and Gill, who was crossing the street, staggered and fell. Allan Gill, the dead man's father, said he grappled with Woodcox and dis- armed him, not knowing his son lay dying on the street. He went back to the: group of spectators clustered 'around the body and recognized his son. Woodcox was arrested early yes- terday in a cabin where he lives with his uncle. Mrs. Grace Gill, the victim's mother, said Woodcox started an argument with her son but "I don't know what it was about. There were so many kids about I couldn't tell what was going on. I heard a second shot and turned in time to see Arnold falling to the ground. Then I realized what had hap- pened." Most witnesses agreed there were two shots--the second of which apparently struck Gill in the groin. The father said he was standing 100 feet away talking to Woodcox's cousin, Dave, when the shooting took place. He said he rushed over to Woodcox with his son, Kenneth, and took the gun from him. NET PAID CIRCULATION The Times-Gazette Average Per Issue October 1948 9,135 Domestic pulling 'the switches on the domes- tic and commercial consumers from 9 to 10 in the morning and from 1.30 to 2.20 in theafternoon," P.U.C. Manager George F. Shreve said this morning. "The $64 question now is at what time will we impose the further cuts which will be impera- tive to keep within our quota?" Mr. Shreve-pointed out that do- mestic and commercial consumers use 41 per cent of the quota daily which means that their cuts will have to be increased by an hour- and-a-half a day, making a total of three-and-a-half hours. He and his staff are now figuring out the times when these cuts will be imposed so as to cause the least inconvenience. It is expected that a meeting of the P.U.C. will be held in the very near future to authorize these fur- ther cuts. New Industrial Quotas Industrial power consumers here- tofore were allotted 112017 K.W.H. daily, With this 8918 K.W.H. daily it will mean that as of today they will only be allowed 103,099 K.W.H. The reduc- tion was made on a basis of former quotas allowed each industrial user. Following is a table showing the old and new industrial quotas: Consumer Quota tion General Motors 47,989 4,149 Ontario Steel .. 1,549 13 Oshawa Rly. Fittings Ltd. ...... Ont. Malleable .... Duplate Pedlar People ... Skinners Anglo-Cdn. Drug City Pure Ice . Beaton's Dairy Coulter's Kohen BOXes ...... Osh. Gen. Hosp. . Oshawa Collegiate T. G. Gale Co. Ltd. Osh. Box & Lumb. McCallum Trans, . Alger Press .... 2.372 Genosha Hotel Bell Tele, Co. Oshawa Eng. Times Publishing . Ont. Shore Gas ... Osh. Dairy Ltd. ... Robson Leather .. Met Sunday Afternoon Ways and means to save power were discussed on Sunday afternoon by a meeting consisting of repre- sentatives of labour, industry, the council and the Public Utilities Commission. No final decision was made but a report of the conver- sation which took place will be made to the Mayor and general Power Co-ordinating Committee. Present at the meeting were Jack Reid, Chairman; J. B. Highfield, Alderman Clifford Harman, Alfred POWER QUOTAS (Continued on Page 2) Reinstate Union After Apology Ottawa, Nov. 1 -- (CP)-- The Canadian Congress of Labor today announced reinstatement of the In- ternational Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers, suspended from its membership three months ago, to good standing. The L.UMM.S.W. was suspended because of attacks made in its of- ficial organ, The Union, on C.CL. officials. In a joint statement, A. R. Mosh- er, president, and Pat Conroy, sec- retary-treasurer of the C.CL., said President John Clark of the IU. M.M.S.W. had published a full apology and the C.CL. executive has voted to reinstate the union in its ranks. Further Cuts Due For Commercial, Users With a power quota cut from 211,000 kilowatt hours ta 196,200 K.W.H. as of today, the Oshawa Public Utilities Commission today slashed quotas to industrial consumers by 8,918 K.W.H, daily. With domestic and commercial users already undergoing two hourly cuts daily, the reduced quots as imposed by the Ontario Hydro Electric Power Commission will mean that further cuts will be made in these categories, --- "Up until now we have been® quota reduced | 50 PERMITS FOR BUILDING IN OCTOBER Boosted by a permit for the new Bell Telephone Dial Exchange builds ing on Victoria Street, building per« mit figures for October issued by the City Engineer's Department today showed a healthy '$356,335 total compared with $190,095 issued in October, 1947, and $213,425 issued last September. Statistics compiled by the departe ment revealed 50 building permits issued last month including ten dwellings, the latter totalling $54,300 in value. One of the dwellings is an | apartment and store to be erected at 243 Huron Street by Walter Zyg= mont of 140 Olive Str-et. Another major item is a $9,000 't issued to the T. Eaton Com; altera= tions at 45 King S t. The balance of the permit for mie nor items. List of permits issued, ¢, ving pure pose, location, owner and value fole 4 | lows: Garage, Leslie Street, J. E. Crouch, 303 Leslie Street, $200; enclosed porch, Simcoe Street North, Leonard Glover, 584 Simcoe Street North, $200; storage shed, Ritson Road South, George Macko, 474 Ritson Road South, $500; metal sign, Sime 0) coe Street South, Bell Telephong | Company, 65 Simcoe Street Southy 2] $150! garage, McLaughlin Boulevard, M. F. Swartz, 17 McLaughlin Boules vard, $400; replace sunporch, liam Street East, Edmund Jeffs, 2 | William Street East, $100; garagq, Central Park Boulevard, William 9 | Bodashevsky, 23 Central Park Bo levard, $500; garage, Divisio Etreet, ©. Chesebrough, 394 Divisi Street, $150; foundation for dwells ing, Verdun Road, Mrs. Elda Mount joy, 150 Verdun Road, $1,200; addie tion to workshop, Frank Street, H, F. Boorman, 22 Frank Street; stuce co dwelling, 31 Park Road South, W. Fenton, 19 Nasseau Street, $5,0003 stucco dwelling, 598 Grierson Street, Russell Black, 23 Athol Street East, $6,000; clapboard dwelling, 445 Rite 80 PERMITS (Continued on Page 2) German Commies Demand Removal Occupation Forces Berlin, Nov. 1--(AP)--The Soviet= led German Peoples' Council has issued a week-end declaration de= manding a peace treaty with "an all-German government" under which all occupation forces would be withdrawn within a year of the signing of the treaty. The declaration said that if the Western Powers "now hinder' the conclusion of an all-German peace treaty, the continued presence of their occupation troops and admin istrative organs amounts to colonial annexation of German territory and colonial enslavement of the German people." Western authorities consider this move of the Communist Peoples' Council an attempt to embarrass the Western powers. Karl Kobialko, killed by a that the deceased could not less violent manner. The Muldrow, Okla., Nov. Ark. 14 SEAMEN have drowned today when A 1 A Rome, Nov. 1 (AP) other added. officer shot to stop him and not to kill." U.S. ARMY PLANE CRASHES +5 LATE NEWS BRIEFS JURY SUPPORTS CONSTABLE Hamilton, Nov. 1 (CP)--Investigating the death of Provincial constable. while attempting to escape arrest near Winona on the night of Oct. 24, a coroner's jury today found that the fatal shot was fired in performance of the officer's duty and have been apprehended in a. jury also found that "the & 1 (AP)--A United States Army plane crashed near here today and five bodies were reported recovered from the wreckage. Muldrow is in east Oklahoma about 12 miles west of Fort Smith, DROWNED Penzance, Cornwall, England, Nov. 1 (AP)--Coast Guardsmen said at least 14 seamen were believed to a small French tanker ran aground on the rocky Cornish coast during a storm. One survivor was found, severely injured. SEVEN PERSONS ENTOMBED &rranitey ed entombed today by a landslide which engulfed a house at Posillipo, near Naples. family was assembled at the bier of the mother. Several persons may have been in the house, the reports v Dispatches said the ae 3