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Es THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE i WHITBY OSHAWA Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle TWENTY-TWO PAGES OSHAWA-WHITBY, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1948 VOL. 7--NO. 283 THINK TRUCK DRIVE Cancel Hydro Cuts Here Until Further Urge Consumers Continue Saving To Prevent Return Price 4 Cents : Vy DE VS \ ° otice Scour Sideroads After Truck Found In Alexandra Park Whitby Auto Wrecked In Dive Off Harbor Pier i Y oth With the Ontario 'Hydro Commission announcing on extra three per cent increase in power quotas Irion icipaliti -offs in Oshawa have an- nicipalities, all hydro cut-o s in Os ? eh 1 io further notice, Public Utilities: Commission Man ager George F. Shreve said today. "While this action may be looked ®-- tr amemers 0 sn wai ne-| Reds Launch Campaign To Hc:)italized for the past month and a half, Rev. I">nneth E. More row, for the last 13 years parish priest of St. Gregory's Roman Catholic Church, died in St. Miche ael's Hospital, Toronto, this morne ing. He was in his 74th year. Born at Alliston, the son of James Edmund Morrow and Sarah Morrow, | n Gouveia coy 0 SR xpected have been paid and it is e: in the -Hi-Ride Ra- that these will Je paid up ; eR, REV, KENNETH E. MORROW Father Morrow had spent the early years of his life at Tottenham in | Simcoe County. | After graduating from the phare macy course at the University of Toronto, he decided to enter the priesthood, and entered St. Miche ael's College. Upon his graduation, he became a "student. at the Grand Seminary in Montreal, He was first stationed at St. Jose eph's Church in Toronto, as Assiste ant, and later at Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Toronto, also ag an assistant. After serving as chape lain in St. Michael's Hospital for two years, he was appointed parish priest at Welland. He was late priest at Brechin for 17 years, and HYDRO QUOTAS ; (Continued on Page 2) Reuther Says 'Anti-Red' Unions | Key charge of the investigation into the disappearance of Rober§ made his collection rounds for a DEATH CALLS andra Park. An empty wallet was murdered Thompson to get the $200 east-end Toronto hotel was thought Provincial Police were scouring | " n a ota and Jf we use oo much po ince, Sgt. Elliott said Thompson's is the fourth in a week and brings 335 pan Wednesday ouside. ab Berlin, Dec. 3--(AP)--Commun- kilowatt hours. where he had a pint of beer with t long as the system's generat-| Their newspapers asserted, with- he Mg ne fe gg a so ' i that Washington EH #4 sion on a week to week basis should | by spring .and # Albert Thrower, Dundas Street East, Whitby, had a narresy rape from & I i Dp gh ir least January} The Russians recognized a Com- the pier to impale itsels ~~ +o 7%" | some §'Whiths Harbor and plunged ds Fil 8 were stewn abourt the ground and effect until at leas . It | 5 3 Hy : i i as formed na. Insually picked her up in the eas ; w t support. The regime was ; '. vay," . Shreve continued. "There | 1 iis a "0 the | : tions Sunday, are trying to get Ger- waited for hin. in September, Oshawa was put on Chi te. a d aited for hin 1 NE ibe 4 J WH. and cutéoffs for domestie|out trouble. .its equipment 'rom ild Injure Munich, Dec. 3--(AP)--A German seri in and possible I Osh WwW itis rT hy : n a a : ' { Carnochan, 287 Drew Street, who increased to four with power being | ing items taken away. Britiish offi- PALA, the leg and bruises at noon today |2'Med American airmen was hang- i his to Be Matin Wy day morning between eight and ut to 196,200 K.W.H. but this was led them move. Street. on his way home from school.| The executions brought to 91 the C .W.H. tl Ioserl thetic picked up by garbage collectors, a ssi i he i or laimed by Ald n be implications beyond his original These steps in the ssian bid for | has been proclaime y erma hit by a truck driven north co Rit-| Lieut. Erich Sentzel, NCREASE and pinnoned itself on a corner of Foronto, Det. 3--(CP)- cy ADN Thursday night re apron : on the island off the German North | the truck they found the certificate ¢ f the Bows een) : | Monday through Friday next week. by the T. G. Gale Lumber Company. cent in the southern system o of tHe apron pase wet er August, 1944. Register vehicle from Toronto and, accumulations of furniture, cloth- |118ht. Witnesses said the driver did Tucker, who lives close by heard the : The accident was investigated by | beat them with fists and shovels, | Tonto area on that day. In the rear Starr said this morning. "Domestic er the water, yelling for help. George Eickstein, 46, medical | 2% 0d had been in the Oshawa will also be collected. . 3--(AP) -- The | his forehead. He was later removed f limits. ig ) Hans Eichel, 58, police director of m missing industries. All materials to be col- to guard against new violence. » Sergeant Ronald Love and Con- Toronto, Dec. 3 (CP)--Detective Sgt. George Elliott, irg Taylor Thompson, 38, Toronto truck driver, said today hd was convinced Thompson was murdered. The truck in which Thompson ®- cash register firm was found aban- doned Thursday in Oshawa's Alex- found on the seat and police said they believed a thief or thieves had BELOV he was carrying. do Sgt. Elliott said a man dressed in brown whom Thompson met in an PRIEST HERE to be the killer. | Scouring Sideroads | erve wer, "Mr. sideroads and a general alarm was cessary to cons PO broadcast to all parts of the prov- ' ch power, usta Sud 4f We as Tae po body would likely be found on some the cut-offs w i. dent. haost sideroad north-east of Toronto. l ee Scar e 0 ers The panel truck was seen about 13 per cent, the total increases to amp east-end hotel. Earlier Thompson placing. Oshawa's quota at 231,000 Co - ne a Ean is | ists launched a last-minute sca "There is no guazanies tl 8 His campaign today to try to keep Ber- a stranger dressed in brown. Qvis i hh it will be the quo- | liners from voting Sunday. A waiter at this hotel told police Shreve said, United hair, and wore a brown i - | out foundation, that the ; with brown hair, Jug TESOUICeS fomalR Roe States might withdraw from Berlin aL : ; : vels. This quota is subj Police said there were indications " t recall Gen. Lucius D. Clay, maki fing. power resources be reduced. hat the the" United States military gov- | serious injury and death early file morning when ue Ard in Ee. A an : Papers, $1,000 worth of cash register ia Toronto bh as il hi i in pernor. ° o m south oh Brock Street missed the turn. sro, Re slated, thei ¥, Cold io - Xr azis repair receipts and other articles 13 per cent increas M # ror.) » i i. i i tinue | munist rump government "the only 1SSES u of the wre~t <Sucss again Aa Parge moored at the pier. This is a piceure iE Hor ~ 63 inside the véhicle, d "I hope all citizens will con iniie legal" regime for Berlin and pledged * : hg, ed auto as it was being removed this morning. | « Mrs. Thompson said her husban to conserve power in every possi ] Driver Has aaition --Times-Gazétte Staff Photo ith, jo. oust t | this week at a Red mass meeting. ATID rs a a efia Qlare | Sat.cchen she finished work. must be no relaxation on the par! The Communists, assured a trounc- x ari] ° hd ? - es. | hood Asciatioy 108 oes. e to save power." city elec- Laren . "a "Directors e telep! ne por cs ae 1 Ye en U3 | (Vc FScape Will Observe Hit By Truck For Crimes |o:3 maim iemme to boycott the voting. + ar ET . day night. Then y KWH. A few | mans AE y night, a a ots 2400 EW, to 211,000] The United States removed Weith Taw id 5 eanup $e i ---- | police. . i "Albert Thrower, 40 Dundas Street a jal consumers -started | the ciesed liaison office Bt the' City East, Whitby, had a narrow escape | Navy lieutenant who led the Bor- Found By Park Employee and sommele ituation wor-{ Hall in the Russian sector. , Com- Garry Clark, aged 6, of 111 Pa- | Isl : A Parks Board employee, Donald on October 5. As.the s! munist police insisted only on "check- ] tricia "A ffered. ini um Island massacre of seven un- the number of cut-offs Was |m death at 2 a.m. today when he miss- | ricia Avenue, suffered injuries to x : gered ud hi ed the turn on Brock Street South, | . | was working on a grading truck in on daily. On Nov- | cials had to argue four hours Thurs- : h When he was struck: by a truck as |ed: today with three other German | the park, first saw the truck yester- withheld 32 hours daily. day night before the Communists To give citizens of Oshawa. an he was crossing Ritson Road at Kin | War orfainels ember 1 Oshawa's quota was again came to rest on a barge moored al | opportunity to rid their premises |e Was crossing son Road a ng Sl aE, YsiNeen dl : the pier. | i i 1 i . : tion off the Com- ban of rubbish which is not usually |™! wallet and ke, mn the floor of the i to. credits| Russian recogni Driving south on Brock Street, He was taken to Oshawa General | umber of men executed in groups e Heys 0 oor of increased $0 207400 ue. itching to | munist regime they abef{lted surpris- g "Clean-Up Week" starting Monday | HOSPital for treatment. on eight consecutive Fridays for war | cab, and thinking that there might Eve ed no one. -1| me $ According to police the boy was | crimes, t the harbor." The auto jump-4d ccording to police e y was night work. 2 A : 46- » impression, telephoned police. They i . the eight-foot high cement curb and i | year-old , complete eon of Feria were g | Mionsel Beare, A he son Road by Merrill Strikefoot, 110 | anti-aircraft officer was stationed | responded immediately and rificats | Toronto, Dec. 3--(CP)-- Hydro announced by the Baviet-sponsoreq | 30 Pinivoned ft landing parge. The | of these items will be in effect from | ABRs Street. The truck is owned Sea coast when an American bomb. | and five turkey raffle tickets another three per force of the impact completely $ : omb- . Quotas afe up wrecked the vehicle with the Former | "The idea of clean-up week is to| Police allege that the boy ran |er made a forced landing there in| The truck was a National Cash | y - i : | across the street against the. red : : Hydro-Electric power com give citizens a chance to clean out : 1 mision and ne nev shomens--| Army Takes |e ' | clesing posi so on, SOC, American crew. member 000, Invision" pace Tomi Mr. and Mrs. Harol "Tommy" |; sh rasulti t i S 0 avoi e ac- E I being le hard J 3 11 BE rae | nfough'a gauntlet of workmen who | UPPOSEd to'be outside of the To crash and running from their home nor household repairs," Alderman v 1 the truck were several cash Contro n ; found Thrower standing on the P..C. Charles Stainton. Hanged with Wentzel in Lands- ae Thompson was a service right running board of his auto, oy- waste materials such as paper, rags, : berg prison courtyard were: cartons, packing cases and bottles hd : area on previous occasions but, on Damascus Dr. F. A. Cuddy was called and Pp ennett 1 lieutenant, accused of shooting an Se Ban his duties were not sup- - treated Thrower for a deep cut on| «nis special collection applies ulie rrnied American flier to death in posed to take him beyond the city only to private households and not | ¢ $ arch, 1945. : Army took over control of riot-torn | to the Oshawa General Hospital for to apartments, stores, business or u e of lire A sister-in-law of the Syria today and imposed a curfew | examination, Hfenbach, accused of giving the |p... lives in this city. She is Doro- | lected should be put out at ihe ine or Which resulted in the death | HET, [VSS 1 this city Street. Police With a govermment crisis contin | stable Roy Stirtevant of the Whitby | same time and same place as the| London, Dec. 3--Reuters) -- The | 3 American flier in February, were told by her that she had not uing, the Armylissued orders ban- | Police Department investigated the 1945. ning public assmmblies and forbid- ding the publi{ to carry arms. Heavy penaltie were threatened for violations. Troops patrded the streets of this capital. | The Army sd the measures were taken to En the security of indsor, Dec. 3--(CP)--Victor Re international educational director of the United Automobile Workers (CI1.0.), said Thursday night that one of the keys to world peace are the anti-Communist unions of Europe. ate Reuther recently returned from Europe where he served as the C.I.O. delegate the Anglo- American commitfec on product- vity. : He told General Council iaem- bers of local 195 U.A.W.-C.I.O. that Canadian and American trade uni- onists have a responsibility toward World affairs, to see that the de- mocratic objectives of European trade unions' are not frustrated. "I think the trade unions in Ca- nada, United States, and the World over ought to know the role the Communists 'are playing inside the trade union movement in France, said. Be Si he explained some of the strategies used by Communist forces in European economic and political circles, part of which is aimed at the destruction of demo- cratic trade unions. Syrian forces icing Israeli troops on Syria's frofler with Palestine. This dispah, which passed through Syriancensorship, indica- ted the counti is under martial law. Rioting brokK out in Damascus early this wa during a public war with Isra¢ Mardam Bgy signed Wednesday | and the crisileepened with the lack of a pull figure who could take the premtship and weld to- gether the disent elements. Middle Easfispatches indicate that about 1Gersons have been killed and mothan 120 have been wounded in drders at Damascus and Aleppo, » commercial city to the north.! 0) a vi Kaiser-Frazer Purcase Famed Willow RunPlant Detroit, Dec. 3--(AP) -- Kaiser- ti chairman, wintered the automo- : Canadian Pacific Railway freight i oa yeciclt, agains, ine trains collided head on near here gover! Thursday killing The cabinelof Premier Jamil |JWing two others. Schreiber was reported | Downey and Fireman W. Kelley, both of Schreiber. back injuries lacerations. miles from this Lake Superior pulp the main CPR. line and officials said the track might be cleared by noon today. Passenger trains were rerouted along the Canadian Na- Red accident. Chief Constable Elliott of the Whitby Police Department said this morning a charge would be laid. Fireman Dies In Freight Train Crash Schreiber, Dec. 3 -- (CP) -- Two one man and in- Fireman J. W. McMullen 23, of ed in € wreck which derailed the en- gines and tenders of both trains and piled 13 cars into a ditch. The two injured are Engineer L. Downey suffered and Kelley facial C. P. R. officials said the cause f the crash, which occurred six nd paper mill town, estigation, The wrecked freight cars blocked is under in- onal Railways line from Oba to Rock. RY bile industry 1 their newly-form- ed corporatigfter the war, The purdd is being made through their Assets Adminis- tration aft@iegotiations which converted lease into a pur- chase agreed, the company said, Involved | approximately 320 acres of lard 35 buildings with total manuffing and office space of more th{500,000 'square feet; K-F said. Kaiser-Fy sald terms call for an immedigitial payment of $1,- 610,900. 'ance is payable in 20 equal af installments start- ing Dec. 1,. Frazer Corporation announced to- day it is buying for $15,100,000 the famous, Government-owned Willow un bomber plant. Ri cost eines $100,000;~ 000 to build the factory, according to unofficial figures. "As lease-holder, Kaiser-Frazer has been manufacturing automobiles in the plant since taking occupancy after the war's ene: ., K-F said it is buying the plant from the government on a 20-year instalment plan. The purchase: announcement was made by Joseph W. Frazer, presi- dent, and Henry J. Kaiser, board NET PAID CIRCULATION The Times-Gazette Average Per Issue November 1948 19,138 director of information since April, 1947. He is one' of ciates of President and Madame Chiang Kai-Shek. in hold 50 vessels and in Nanking | by the Chinese na's Shipping: Guild that the ships would be held at Shanghai, 150 miles east garbage for the regular collection." The garbage colleccors will make extra trips to collect tne material set out and if necessary stake body {Eucks will be used to haul away large items which would not fit in- to the usual garbage collection trucks. Alderman Starr urged all citizens to take advantage of these extra collections to' get rid of un- wanted objects. Tong Resigns From Cabinet Nanking, Dec. 3--(AP)--Holling- ton Tong, spokesman for the hard- pressed Chinese government, said today he had resigned, Tong has been the government's the closest asso- He was a member of Chiang's cabinet, with ministerial rank. He said his resignation becomes effec- tive as soon as China's new Pre- mier, Sun Fo, assumes office. Meanwhile, the official Chinese news agency reported that mem- bers test to Chiang against repeated in- stances of rich Chinese Nanking. of the control Yuan would pro- fleeing The newspaper Meijim Wan Pao eported that shipping companies Shanghai had been ordered to in readiness there for emergency use government. The newspaper added that Chi- had down the Yangtze about of here. ---- we THE WEATHER Mostly cle ar today, cloudy Saturday. Milder today con- tinuing mild Saturday. Winds south 7) today and Saturday. Light f ,night. Low tonight and high Saturday 34, 46. Summary for Saturday: Cloudy, mild, Hill Village home. Station Wagon Ditched West of Whitby an automobile was damaged in a replied | rear-end No. 2 near west of Whithy, at 11.30 p.m. yes- terday. by William * Giroux of 'Chapleau, colliced with the rear end of the station wagon driven by Victor E. Whitley, . Ritson Road, which had just pulled out of driveway of the' hotel. collision rest in thAnorth ditch, will of the late Viscount Bennett, onetime Canadian Prime Minister who died in England June, 1947, was discussed in the chancery Division today, . Barclays bank as executors, raised a question of construction affecting bequests of shares worth about £77,- 000 ($308,000) to Lord Bennett's nephews. . 5 Justice Vaisey, who referred to Lord Bennett as "that eminent statesman," said some confusion of expression in the will gave rise to doubt about 12,000 shares which were part of an estate of consider- able magnitude, There was a 'Fnuddle," said the judge, but he thought there was nothing inconsistent with the view that each nephew was entitled ab- solutely to a half of the shares on attaining the age of 30. Police Capture * Break Suspect Toronto, Dec. 3.--(CP) Joseph Victor Canning, captured by police after two warning shots had failed to halt his dash for freedom Thurs- * day night, was charged with house- raised nearly $7,000,000. breaking and attempted house-| With 115 per cent of its objective breaking here tcday. Canning was | in hand and more money coming in, spotted by police standing on the | Moose Jaw has shown what com. back verandah of a suburban Fort | munity effort can do . in raising | money for welfare. So far the chest | has raised $26,237. The Oshawa chest passed objective for the ninth suecessi drive, this year exceeding its goal by.11.8 per cent, 'with $101,723. Chests at Halifax, London, Ont., | the Federation of Catholic Chari. ties, Montreal, and the Montreal Welfare Federation report that the money raised will make new serv- ices possible, Chests passing their objective in- | clude: Forl Wiiiiaiu, $34,900; Brant- ford, $78,000; HamilteT, $307,156; London, Ont., $168,000; Port Arthur, $41,010. , Oshawa, | * Chests which already haye reach- the | ed $0 per cent of their objective in- After the | clude: Toronto, $2,087,073: Sault e station wagon came to Ste. Marie, Ont. $26,314: Ottawa, | 4$288,632;, Kingston, $53,000, Dachau concentration "selected invalids of executions." cases are being reviewed. Successful Chest Drive Ottawa, Dec. 3 -- (CP) -- Thanks to "Red Feather" most of Canada's private welfare services will have enough money to carry them through another year, - Early results in the recent Red Feather Community Chests cam- paign were announced today by the Community Chests Division, Cana- dian Welfare Council, A total of 37 chests held cam- paigns this fall and 16 of the 24 that sent in results passed their ob- jectives. The remaining eight went beyond the 90 per cent mark. The money is still coming in. Chests reporting so far have A station wagon was ditched and | collision Spruce on Highway Villa Hotel, The automobile, owned and 'driven rhe Y Josef Remmele, 45, sergeant at camp 'who for. extermina- tion transports" and "was in charge Officials said 48 men still are scheduled for execution but the its | ve seen Taylor. As is customary in a case of this kind police have had reports from several sources that the man had been seen. Tracking down all pos- sible leads they, so far, have not been successful. eet Gr mia OAKVILLE PAPER HAS BEEN SOLD Oakville, Ont., Dec. 3.--(CP)--The Record Star, published here since 1886, has been sold to Tina Case, Breckenridge, Montreal-born vice- president of a New York advertising agency, it was announced. today. Sale price was not disclosed. The new owner assumes control Jan. 31. George 'Atkins was the former own- er and will remain as general man- ager for a short time. it was after leaving Brechin that h came to Oshawa 'in August 1936, tq succeed Rev, Father P. J, Bench. During his ministry here, the pare ish expanded and enjoyed grea spiritual advancement, During the last year in which he had guided the church, there had been extense ive improvements made to the ine terior of the church building, Father Morrow is survived by" three sisters: Frances and Marie of Toronto, and Mrs. L. M., Noble (Christina) of Detroit, Mich, Father Morrow will lie at the parish rectory on Saturday and une til Sunday at"3 p.m. and then will lie in state in St. Gregory's Church, DEATH CALLS (Continued on Page 2) REMANDED | North Bay, Dec. Oshawa, appearing in * LATE NEWS BRIEFS % N CUSTODY 3 (CP)--Three 18-year-olds from Magistrate's Court this morning on a charge of breaking and entering and theft, will subsequently face The three, Louis Rundle, Marcenik, were remanded Ww in a half-dozen or more similar charges. ilfred S. Spencer and Alex custody for trial Dec. 9. PLAN POLICE LINEUP Pembroke, Dec. 3 (CP)--Police said today they are making preparation identify a suspect last March 14 of James driver. Inspector Frank 'C. cial Police said it may be nesses renorted to have car can be rounded. up. . RUSS FIRING seen Berlin, Dec. 3 ({(AP)---The Rrissians anna day they intend to conduct fi air-lift corridor to Berlin. Pe s for a police lineup to held in connection with t Edwards, a Pembroke taxis. Kelly of the Ontario Provin- some days before some wit- §Rempt to e murder a man who left the murder PRACTICE need to- ring practice in the British rsistent fog blankets have hampered the ferry flights several days. The Russians told the f our-power Berlin fighter "lanes wz uld targets near Perleberg, mid Hamburg, ; EA A air safety centre Russian practise shooting at ground ars! tow way between 'Berlin and Jn