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---- a -- i. a. war --_--~ RS ] OSHAWA Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle WHITBY VOL. 7--NO. 280 OSHAWA-WHITBY, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1948 , Price 4 Cents SIXTEEN PAGES WILLIAM A. DRYDEN HONORED BY ASSOCIATES .IN CHICAGO Picture Unveiled Today Hung Beside That Of His Father A distinction given to few Canadians was today con- ferred on William Dryden of Brooklin, Ontario County, one of Canada's outstanding cattle breeders and authorities on agriculture, when his portrait, a gift from Canadian admirers, | was unveiled in the famous Saddle and Sirloin Club in Chicago. This presentation was unique in the annals of the club, in that his portrait will his distinguished father, the la first Minister of Agriculture, 16 years and was one of the hang in company with that of te Hon. John Dryden, Ontario's who held that office for some outstanding early breeders of Shorthorn cattlesand Shropshire sheep in this country, and who, in his lifetime, was similarly honoured. The hanging of the portrait of William A. Dryden brings to this noted son of Ontario Coun- ty an honor which is conferred only for outstanding services to the livestock industry. Mr. Dry- den, through the Canadian Shorthorn Association, the Can- adian Co-operative Wool Grow- ers, the Canadian Sheep Breed- ers' Association, and the Royal Winter Fair, has in his lifetime made a great contribution to the progress of Canadian Agri- culture. The unveiling and pre- sentation of the portrait was timed to coincide with the an- * nual International Livestock Exposition at Chi so that it was attended by a large gath- ering of the prominent figures in the livestock industry of both the United States and Canada. The ceremony of today is the cul- mination of the desire of three or- ganizations with which he was ac- tively associated for many years to pay tribute to The services of Wil- liam A. Dryden. These were the Canadian Shorthorn Association, the Canadian Sheep Breeders' As- sociation, and the Royal Winter Fair, Last spring these organiza- tions formed a joint committee un- der the chairmanship of Dr. G. I Christie, former President of 'the Ontario Agricultural College and now member of the staff of the On- tario Research Foundation. Its work culminated in the decision to have his portrait painted and hung in the Saddle and Sirloin Club, which is the Chicago headquarters of all the noted livestock men of the continent, and occupies an un- ique place in the livestock industry, particularly at the time of the In- ternational Livestock Exposition, when it is crowded with cattle and UNVEIL PICTURE (Continued on Page 3) C.S.U. Members Will Serve Time Cornwall, Nov. 30--(CP)--Coun- ty Judge G. E. Brennan ruled to- day that three members of the Canadian' Seamen's Union (T.L.C.), convicted last July 28 of boarding the J. O. McKellar at Cornwall, June 13, must serve six months' sentences imposed by Magistrate Raou] Labrosse. [he three, who will serve their terms in county pail here, are Ger- ald Yettman, 20, of Halifax, N.S. Joseph Grebek, 22, of Toronto and John Clarke of Digby, N.S. & |New Proposal For Berlin Settlement Par's, Nov. 30--(AP)--A new plan for mediation of the Berlin crisis, devised by a man who wouldn't give up, appears assured of a big-four trial. Juan A. Bramuglia, Argentine Foreign Minister and retiring pre- sident of the United Nations Secur- ity Council, is the author. The plan calls for a neutral com- mission of experts to handle the technical and procedural phases of the east-west conflict over dual currency and the Russian land blockade. Britain, the United States, France and Russia would assign their own representatives to stand by in Paris for 30 days to give whatever aid the expert commission might require, Bramuglia announced Russia agreed to his new plan Monday night and that he expected formal acceptance from Britain, the United States and France today. They have already accepted in principle. An American source said the for- mula was being referred to Wash- ington and that the western pow- ers might reach a decision some time during the day or early to- morrow. Officials in the United States delegation said it was difficult in the light of developments in Ber- lin, to hold much hope of a final agreement with the Soviet Union. They took a gloomy view of the situation. ; : (In Berlin today, Russian-backed NEW PROPOSAL (Continued on Page 7) Big Hospital Planned For Greater Toronto Toronto, Nov. 30--(CP)--Greater Toronto is to have another general hospital, the most modern in Can- ada, it was learned today. Plans call for an 800-bed hospi- tal when completed, but the initial unit may be only 150 or 200 beds. It is expected the hospital will be located north of Eglinton Avenue and named Yorkminster because' it will serve a large area. of York County as well as the city. Pickering Driver Held Following Accidents Toronto, Nov. 30 -- (CP) -- Po- lice early today arrested a man , they said hit two pedestrians in separate accidents and failed to stop his automobile 'after either ac- cident, They laid charges of failing to remain at the scene of an accident and dangerous and careless driving against Max Rendell, 44, of nearby Pickering. . William Hawkshaw, 51, received a possible fractured skull and * John Eaton was slightly injured in sep- arate east-end accidents, Constables Diabold and Shad- dock of the Toronto police accident . squad traced the auto blamed for the accidents to Pickering where it was found parked in front of a garage used by Rendell as a dwell- ing. The arrest was made at Pick- ering early today and Rendell was brought to Toronto. Hawkshaw was taken to hospital and Gerrard -Street in East To- ronto late in the afternoon. By- standers got the licence number of the auto and gave it to police. Eaton was hurt at Cowell Avenue and Queen Street, further east, at 8:30 p.m. Onlookers got the same licence number. and description as those at the- earlier accident. after he was struck at Pape Avenue | SHORTER CUT FOR TORONTO HYDRO USERS Toronto, Nov. 30--(CP)--Toronto's hour-long afternoon hydro-electric power cut will be reduced to % hour starting tomorrow, Mayor H. E. McCallum announced today. The 's-hour cut off made pos} sible by Monday night's announce- | ment by the Ontario Hydro-Electric Power Commission that daily quo- | tas have been boosted another five | per cent, will be in effect for the | month of December. The city will | be free of hydro servite imterrup- | tions for the week preceding Christ- | mas, Dec. 20-24, he said. | Afternoon power cuts will begin | at' 4:30 next month instead of at | 4:00 as heretofore. ' | The commission's announcement Monday night was good news to Southern Ontario communities struggling to keep within their daily quotas. | The announcement, made late Monday by Ontario Hydro Com- missioner Robert Saunders, said an increase in power delivered by . Quebec's Gatineau Power Company of 3,500,000 kilowatt hours weekly permitted the higher quotas. The boost, which the company ex- pects to continue throughout the winter, followed increased rainfall over the Gatineau watershed. The same rainfall in the Ottawa Valley raised water levels at On- tario generating plants in the area and brought two successive in- creases last week totalling five per | cent. ' The city of Ottawa moved quick- ly on hearing the good news, and announced an end to the cutoffs which have lasted for a month and at one stage totalled eight hours & week. Hydro officials there warned that voluntary saving of power must continue if citizens wanted to see the last of the blackouts. Toronto officials, who Monday were considering the reimposition of morning and evening power cuts, | meet with Ontario hydro officials today. 'E. M. Ashworth, manager of the Toronto Hydro Commission, said that the latest increase still left Toronto "considerably short" of her normal require- ments, Mayor Hiram McCallum said he would not advocate res- toring hydro cuts "until I know how long the increased supply will . continue." M. J. Coldwell, dominion CCF leader, said in a speech at Parry Sound that George Drew, as On- tario's Premier, could have ensured SHORTER CUT (Continued on Page 2) Five Million Cars Rolled Off The Line Detroit, Nov. 30--(CP) -- Before the afternoon shift goes home Tuesday, the 5,000,000th motor ve- hicle of the year will come off the production line. In one of the 112 assembly plants in the United States and Cunada, a new passenger car, truck or bus will be driven away under its own power for the first time. And it will be the vehicle -- the 5,000,000th --the industry will figuratively hail. For the automobile industry, since last Jan. 1, has been strain- ing almost to the point of frustra- tion to break the all-time rccord output of 5,621,715 vehicles assem- bled in 1929. Inadequate supplies of sheet steel and disheartening shutdowns caus- ed by labor disputes in plants by manufacturers and suppliers earlier in .the year will prevent establish- ment of a record. But, with the plants operating at only an estimated 70 per cen; of capacity, the industry is making 30 new passenger cars and 10 trucks and buses every minute of every working day. + With 30 days production still to go, Ward's automotive reports esti- mates that the industry will turn out 3,866,000 passenger cars and 1,384,000 trucks in United States plants and 162,000 passenger cars and 101,000 trucks in Canadian plants, Honored By Canadian Associates WILLIAM A. DRYDEN Of Maple Shade Farm, Brooklin, who today was honored when his por- | Berlin Reds Establish Government Berlin, Nov. 30--(AP)--Russian- backed Berlin Communists estab- lished a separate city government today in opposition to the eiected anti-Communist administration. The Communists made virtually complete the political division be- tween Eastern and Western Berlin. Montreal chemist, today lost one year ago for violation of 1946 espionage case. RAYMOND BOYER LOSES APPEAL THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE his appeal against conviction the Official Secrets Act in the The decision against the Only One Power Cut-off In City Domestic and Commercial consumers of electricity in Osh- awa were almost "on their own" today with three of the four cut-offs to which they have been subjected for several weeks eliminated. Manager George F. Shreve of the Oshawa Public Utilities Commission said at noon that the only cut-off in the city to- day would be from 1.30 p.m. to 2.30 p.m. He could not say whether the elimination of the other three cut-offs would be permanent. No official word has been re- ceived from the Hydro Electric Power Commission of Ontario by the local Commission of the 10 per cent increase in quotas which was announced through the press in the past few days. A new anti-Communist govern- ment to administer the Western sectors of the city--occupied by the | United States, Britain and France | --will be chosen in elections Sunday. | The Russians have forbidden | voting in their sector of the city and the Communists have ordered their followers to boy- cott the election. Establishment of the separate government camé at a mass meet- | ing in the city's Soviet sector. Gommunist-controlled trade uni- ons called upon all workers -- in both Eastern and Western Berlin-- to lay down their tools at ncon and join the mass meeting. i City officials and the chiettains | of other parties also were invited, but anti-Cemmunist leaders promp:- ly declined. They termed it a "scheme to establish a Red dicta- torship." Gen. Lucius D. Clay, United Sta- tes military governor, told reporters in Frankfurt Monday he expected "no trouble that we can't take care trait, a gift from Canadian admirers, was unveiled in the famous Saddle | of" from the Communists on elec- and Sirloin Club in Chicago. culture. The honor is conferred only for outstanding services in the livestock industry. Mr. Dryden's portrait will hang beside that of his illustrious father who was Ontario's first Minister of Agri- Motor Vehicle Sales Show 10 Per Cent Drop "Ottawa -- (CP) -- Motor vehicle sales were about 10 per cent lower in the first 10 months of this year than they were in the correspond- ing period of last year. The Dominion Bureau of Statis- | tics said sales totalled 174,314, com- | pared with 191,917 in the first 10 | months of 1947. The bureau gave | no reason for the decrease, | In another report, the bureau | said that the financing of motor vehicle sales still is rising. { The cumulative retail value of the sales in the 10-month period was $337,972,704, compared with $342,471,519. In Octcher, 20,541 units were sold with a value of $39,795,- 925. The comparative figures for October, 1947, were 23,647 units with a value of $44,867,072. Passenger car sales. in the 10 months totalled 112,078, against 130,858, and trucks and buses, 62,- 236 units, against 61,059. The bureau said the increase in motor vehicle financing mainly could be traced to used car deals. There were 4,524 new vehicles Hampton Breeder || Wins At Chicago || F. G. Glaspell, well known sheep breeder of Hampton, was an outstanding exhibitor in the Cotswold Sheep classes at the International Livestock Exposi- tion in Chicago yesterday. In addition to winning first place in the class for the best pen of three Cotswold sheep, he took first, third and fourth places in the classes for indivi- dual animals, in competition with the best sheep breeders in the United States. financed in October for $6,221,077. In October of last year, 5148 new vehicles were financed for $7,219,360. A total of 9,457 used vehicles were financed for $6,767,509, compared with 7,520 units financed for $4,- 540,615 in October, 1947. Remunded Week In Custody Earl Hopkins, 27, who faces a charge of attempting to murder his brother, Marlin, following an argument in the home of George Matthews, Uxbridge Township, is shown in the above photograph as he appeared this morning on his way to police court in Whitby, There he was remanded in custody for a week by Magistrate Frank Ebbs. Hopkins, escorted py Provincial Constables Henry Price (left) and Frank Godley was wearing the same | clothes he had on when taken into Since his arrest, however, he has had a hair cut and been washed and cleaned up. He was unkempt when apprehended. Marlin's condition is described as fair by Toronto General Hospital offic als. He has a chance for recovery. custody carly on Triday moinlag. --Times-Gazette Stall Photo tion day. The Communists were joined by a few splinter elements from other parties at the mass meeting in Admirals Palast Auditorium in tne Soviet Sector of the city. The rally was called with the avewed aim of taking "decisive measures for the protection of a United Berlin" -- apparently a move to gain control of ihe whole city before the election in the Western sectors, where about two-thirds of all Berlin- ers live. An outdoor demonstration of workers marching along Unter Den Linden in the Soviet sector ar- |ranged to follow the rally. The Communist rally adopted a | resolution proposed by the so-cail- ed "democratic block of Berlin" de- nouncing the elected government and demanding it be replaced. The Communists elected as their Berlin mayor Friedrich Ebert, 54, namesake son of the first German president under the Weimar Re- public. Ebert belongs to the Rus- sian-sponsored Socialist Unity (Communist) party. He is president of the Communist-controlled State Parliament of Brandenburg. The rally then named a magistrat (executive government) for the city. In this, also, places were given to 'nominal representatives of the non- Communist Christian Democratic union, the Social Democrats and the rightists Liberal democrats. The men choseen, however, have long since been disowned by the regular organizations of these par- ties which gave the Communisis a trouncing in Berlinis 1946 =lections. The rally began with a denuncia- tion of 'the elected city government, This was delivered by Oftta. 'M. i gray-maned leader of tne Sed. / Geschke denolinced the elected government as "criminal splitters." "Berlin now has become a city without a properly functioning ad- ministration," Geschke said. "Now the splitters are preparing an iile- gal election to complete the divis- ion of the city. In this 11th hour we must act. Every responsible person must join us to build a healthy and united eity government." THE WEATHER Overcast clearing Wednesday evening. A few light flurries tonight and Wednesday morn-. ing, Colder Wednesday. Winds light becoming westerly. 20 this afternoon. Low tonight and high Wednesday 24, 34. Sum- mary for Wednesday: Cloudy and colder. NET PAID CIRCULATION The Times-Gazette Average Per Issue October 1948 9,135 "All I know is what I read in the papers," said Mr. Shreve. Consumption of electrical en- ergy by users on the Oshawa system yesterday amounted to 219,280 Kilowatt hours. | PupilsofFour Schools Hear R.C.M.P. Talk Upper class pupils of four Oshawa | schools today heard the story of law and safety rules from Con- {stable C. C. Holman of the Royal { Canadian Mounted Police. Consta- ble Holman talked to pupils of Mary Street, Albert Street, Simcoe by the R.C.M.P. The officer traced the history of law from the first days of the prin- ciple, "an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth," to the present system of justice. Law, he said, is based on public opinion -- on what the majority of the people believe is right. As people become more civilized more rules or laws were added. Turning to safety rules, Constable Holman showed two sound films outlining the basic principles of safety for pedestrians ard bicyclists. The children showed an eager in- terest and asked many questions after the lecture and the films. Defence Talks Begin Thursday Ottawa, Nov. 30 -- (CP) --More than 50 former officers of Canada's forces will gather here this week to consider defence problems and to talk with leaders of the three services, The. 12th annual meeting of the Conference of Defence Associations will open at defence headquarters Thursday and conclude Saturday. Delegates will represent each of the 12 Corps Associations in the conference, including Army vet- erans of armored, artillery, engi- neers, electrical and mechanical engineers, infantry, signals, service ordnance, medical, dental, pay and intelligence corps. North and Ritson Road schools in | one of a series of lecture sponsored | appeal was unanimous, delivered in a 50-page judgment which was said to be one of the long- est judgments in the Appeal Court's history. It was read by Mr. Aime Marchand. Counsel for Boyer, who was pres: ent in court when the judgment wat read, immediately gave notice of an appeal to the Supreme Court ol Justice bail on which he was freed follow« ing his conviction. The court rejected one of the principal points raised by the scien tist accused of giving away Can« ada's wartime secrets. That point was that evidencg taken by the Royal Commission which investigated the espionage ring in 1946 should not have been admitted as evidence in the court case against him. It was announced Monday that the decision would be handed down some time today in the case of the 41-year-old explosive expert who became the eighth Canadian to be convicted following the sky-ring disclosures of Igor Gouzenko, cipher clerk in the Russian embassy at Ottawa. Dr. Boyer was sentenced to two years in penitentiary follow- ing his conviction on charges of conspiring to communicate information illegally to Russia. Specifically, he was alleged to have given information in 1943 to Fred Rose, former Labor-Pro- gressive Member of Parliament, about Canada's secret process for manufacture of the super- explosive RDX. Rose now is serving a six-year penitentiary term. Dr. Boyer, a former McGill Unis versity professor, was freed on $26,« 000 bail when his appeal was launched last January. Appeal from conviction was based on a contention that there was no legal proof in the record to show Dr, Boyer committed any offence under the Official Secrets Act or that he had been party to any conspiracy. The scientist was rated as one of the top men in Canada in the field or organic chemistry. In 1943 Munitions Minister Howe commend- ed him and four other researchers for having "made an outstanding contribution to the allied cause." { A prominent figure in develop= | ment of RDX at Valcartier, Que., he was named by the Royal Commis= | sion which in 1946 investigated the | espionage ring. | Three trials before French-Speak« ling juries followed illness of a juror. recessitated discharge of the first { jury and the start of a new trial, A | jury disagreement ended the second | trial in March, 1947. | 'Stevedores Quit Southampton, England, Nov. 30 -- (Reuters) -- Stevedores loading the liner Queen Mary, due to leave for New York, tomorrow, stopped work this afternoon. It was understood they objected | to working with railwaymen, whom, | they said, handled baggage on the | Queen Elizabeth during the stevee dores' overtime ban Saturday night. GUNS WILL ROAR Ottawa, Nov. 30.--(CP) -- Guns will roar in 11 Canadian cities Dec, 11 as a royal salute to the 12th an= niversary of King George's accession to the throne. Active and reserve Army artillery units will fire 2le gun salutes at nine in the nine proe vincial capitals, Ottawa and Vane couver. DOCTORS future. reduced to a minimum.' Nanking, Nov. 30 ( garrison has started quitt of 140,000 comrades trapp line tank. VISIT KING London, Nov. 30 (Reuters)--Two doctors, Sir John Weir and Prof. J. R. Learmouth, today visited the King at Buckingham Palace where he is resting in bed. The King continues to receive treatment to re-establish arterial circulation to the feet, but is able to attend to state business. No bulletin is expected in the immediate ON WAY TO RECOVERY Athens, Nov. 30 (AP)--Doctors attending 88-year- old Premier Themistokles Sophoulis of Greece said today he is on the way to full recovery. He suffered two severe heart attacks last week. Today's bulletin said Sophoulis is eating solid food and the use of medicine has been QUIT SUCHOW GARRISON )--The powerful Suchow the city to go to the relief y the Communists to the + south, usually reliable sources™said today. The decision to abandon the bastion of East Central China 211 miles northwest of Nanking was taken in a desperate attempt to salvage forces for the defence of the capital. DEATH TOLL CLIMBS Hull, Yorkshire, England, Nov. 30 (Reuters)--The death toll in Monday's British Cocoa Mills plant explo- sion rose to eight today with the discovery of two bodies inthe wreckage. Two persons still. are missing following, "the blast and fire believed caused by an exploding gaso= Canada and asked for extension of © Court Rules R.D.X. | Expert Served As Espionage Agent Montreal, Nov. 30 (CP)--Dr. Raymond Boyer, wealthy * LATE NEWS BRIEFS * |