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WN DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle WHITBY OSHAWA-WHITBY, THURSDAY, . DECEMBER 16, 1948 TWENTY-FOUR PAGES o Price 4 Cents YORK PLA roval State Department p Will Not Submit == == Power Applications Washington, Dec. 16 (AP) --The Truman administratiog has blocked New York State's proposal that-it and the Province of Ontario be permitted to develop a St. Lawrence River power project. VOL. 7 --NO. 294 \ BLOCK ONTARIO-NEW sim Gray Coach Bus Mounts Bronte Bridge Railing PS ad A State Department official said the New York State Power Authore ity had been informed that the dee partment will not submit the aue thority's application for the power construction to the International Joint Commission. Development of the river, involve ing new transportation facilities as well as power, is more desirable. This is a view that President True man has expressed several times in 'recent months. The New York power proposal was instigated by Governor Thomas Governors Meet In Frankfurt Frankfurt, Dec. 16.--(Reuters)-- Military governors of the three western zones met today for their fourth and final discussion of a statute to define the relationship between a future Federal govern- ment of Western Germany and the occupation authorities. juire assistance. Standing room only was the or- fer at the Christmas Socifil Even- ng of the Oshawa Legion Branch, ind the hundreds who attended en- joyed an excellent program, and waited patiently until the last iraw had been made for the forty Project 1--Hillcroft St. Plan extension of street from Ritson Road to Wilson Road and indicate its contin at 1, in the Township, to Harmouy Road. « This is the only street between William Street and Rossland Road which now continues from Simcoe Street to Ritson Road. An impor- tant feature is that it crosses the Oshawa Railway where the latter is single tracked. Project 2--Louisa St. - Alice St. pearances, there will be a big meet- T C ® t C : un cil ing tonight, and a much larger at- > ' atter affecting their relations with] A 10 project plan, drawn up by Chairman Norman Ghe Department of Veterans Af- i rom» 12 noon until 10° p.m. to give P.U.C. Building yesterday even': advice and guidance to such vet- The approved submission will be 3 RENCH BLO ers over with any who have prob- ems with which they feel they re- maps and data have been assem- bled. The list of projects approved : man, but he had plenty of able the Soviei-controfled radia Berlityic: tenants, while the Ladies' Auxil- knocking the station off the air. tendance than has been usual. Millman, and providing for the widening and extension ofairs, can find a means of help at srans, and while many appoint- forwarded to City Council for ap- turkeys and twenty chickens dis- fjary did its usual efficient job in { Street Develop t Plans Gi A ee : T Project Plan War veterans who have /prob- lems in connection with pension, the Legion Memorial Hall tomor- existing streets and laying out new ones, was given approvaow afternoon. Expert officials ments have already been made vith these officials by local veter- proval and then the projects will be tfken up by the Department of Tr tributed, and felt well repaid for Berlin, Dec. 16--(AP) --. Frenckheir evening. Social Committee * The Russians, however, have anproviding refreshments. other tower outlet, Germany's ol Another big event was the annu- J . \d 2k ak in Hae "Ad 1 e u mi e few have asked to be allowed : vote ahead of time. From all ap- allowances, treatment or any other by the Oshawa Town. Planning Board at a meeting if therom Toronto are to be at the hall ns, they will be glad to talk mat- Planning and Development after forces today blew up the towers ochairman Bill Beaton was a busy 1 Christmas treat for the children i ; this Gray Coach Lines bus yesterday Bronte, injuring two passengers. Force of the impact knocked the front a bridge on the Lakeshore Rd. near | undercarriage off. The driver was forced to climb out the emergency door. --Globe and Mall Photo Deutschland sender, 20 miles eas? DE Sirs, and when the 0! Oe . Jean Ganeval, Frenc00 children were assembled in the military commander in Berlin, saiftall, the habe] of Sousa was Jimest the two towers were demolished bdeafening. ere Too Teli French forces this morning. Th#ilence, however, after San radio was not on the air at th@rrived and began the distribution Home Do ocho mils 1 i ome feeling well satis! di Gantval sa id he was compelled tq 0 provided for them by the Leg- estroy on in this annual event which has Thoroughfare (a) Plan junction of these twa streets in order to provide a full cross-city thoroughfare from Park Road to Wilson. (b) Plan extension of Alice Btreet from Roxborough Street to Wilson Road and indicate its continuation, in the Township, to Harmony Road. (e) Plan extension of Louisa Street from McMillan Drive, across Oshawa Creek, to Park Road, and indicate its continuation, in the Township, to Stevenson's Road. (d) Plan this thoroughfare to have a 70' right-of-way. This is the only route between STREET FLANS (Continued on Page 23) May Announce Date Of Opening In Few Days Ottawa, Dec. 16--(CP)--Authori- tative sources said today announce- ment will be made before Christ- mas of the date of the opening of the next session of Parliament, The date is expected to be either Thursday, Jan. 20, or Thursday, Jan. 27. A date for the opening--Jan. 12-- already has been announced in the official Canada Gazette, but this is merely a formality and is no indi- cation of the actual meeting time. The new session will, by all indi- cations, be the last of the current Parliament, which first sat in the fall of 1945, and it shows signs of becoming the most hectic of all five sessions. It will, as the precursor of a gen- eral election that may come next fall, see all parties striving for poli- | tical advantage. The two old par- ties will be under new leaders, the Liberals with Prime Minister St. Laurent, the Progressive Conserva- tives with George Drew. Whether Mr. Drew has a seat will be decided Monday in the Carle- ton by-election. Fire Sweeps. Ford Plant Detroit, Dec. 16--(AP)--An esti- mated $500,000 worth of Mercury's and Mercury parts were destroyed Wednesday night by the fire which swept through a portion of the Ford Motor Company's huge Rouge plant. Quick action by em- ployees saved more than 20 other Mercurys on the final assembly line as workers hurriedly placed wheels on the vehicles and rolled them to safety. Company spokesmen said that the materials destroyed would have been enough for 200 cars: NET PAID CIRCULATION The Times-Gazette Average Per Issue November 1948 9,138 1 Revenue Department today intro- {up-to now the size of income has were "a very great danger" to allie air-lif$ planes coming in by radar e the new Tegel field in the Frenclt sector, The towers were near the field. The French commander said he had notified the Berlin radio station management Nov. 20 that the demo- lition would take place today in or- der to allow the management time to arrange new installations in an- other sector. He said the demolition took place without incident. German postal authorities said the French not only blew up the radio towers, but also the control installations for the towers. Demolishing the towers climaxed a long four-power dispute over ra- dio Berlin. The radio station itself is locat- ed in the British sector of the city. The Russians have successfully re- sisted British efforts to force them from the station, which they took over when Berlin fell. Hope Conference: Will Be Over By Christmas London, Dec. 16.--(Reuters)--Di- plomatic circles in London are hopeful today that the six-power London conference on the Ruhr would be successfully concluded be; fore Christmas. The conference met in plenary session again this morning. It is believed some progress was made Wednesday towards recon- ciling French proposals for control and management of the Ruhr in- dustries, with a compromise sug- gested by the United States dele- gation last week-end. Heads of de- Jegations had private talks during the afternoon. For Canadians Ottawa, Dec. 16--(CP) -- The duced Canadians to a new and simplified short income tax forth which it said will'be used by 3,000,- 000 of the 3,500,000 individual tax payers who will file 1948 tax re- turns. ' Revenue Minister McCann said the new form is a pocket-size fold- er and will be known as the "Tl short form." Thé new form also changes the basis of reporting taxes. While governed the form to be used, this year the source of income is the governing factor. Thus, all individuals whose earn- ed income is derived solely from salaries, wages or pensions, and whose investment income does not exceed $1,800 a year may use the short form. The department esti- matcy this includes 86 per cent of all taxpayers. The short form is a condensa- tion of the old foolscap si»2, four- page form with the red border (T1 special),,the six-page foolscap size white form (T1 generdl) and the short form introduced last en going on as a maor Legion ac- vity for nearly 25 years. It is understood that one of the and elemesgman, with a reeard nf gressional -spy hunters: today prom- ised new and up-to-the-minute sen- sations, now that the celebrated Hiss-Chambers case shifts from Capitol Hill to a court room. Wednesday's Federal grand-jury indictment of Alger Hiss, former high State Department official, on two counts of lying under oath sat- isfied the Un-American Activities Committee that it has nailed down evidence of a pre-war Soviet espion- age ring in tne United States. They claim that a man still working for the United States Army as 'a civilian stole secrets of the famous Norden bomb sight and passed them along to Russia in 1938. In the grand-jury indictment handed down in New York, Hiss was accused of having sworn false- ly that he did not give secret State Department papers to Whittaker Chambers a decade ago and that he did not talk to the 'confessed former Communist courier during February and March of 1938. But even as the committee switched its main efforts away from the Hiss-Chambers case, it turned loqse 26 more documents it said were among those chambers claimed he got from Hiss. These covered such then-top- secret information as a possible trade treaty with Germany, Japan- ese troop movements, efforts of some top Nazis to persuade Hitler not to move prematurely against Czechoslovakia and - Japanese ef- forts to raise money in the United States. / Right now, Representative Karl Mundt (Rep. S.D.), acting commit- t chairman, told reporters, the committee has two objectives: 1. To determine "the full part that the Communist party in Am- erica plays as an adjunct of foreign espionage agents." 2, What new laws are needed to make continuing espionage "and the employment of disloyal people impossible." Will Not Rush Power Plants Toronto, Dec. 16--(CP)--The On- tario Hydro-Electric Power Com- mission "will not rush into the erec- tion of steam plants," despite the United States State Department veto of an Ontario-New York plan for hydro development of the St. Lawrence,, commission chairman Robert H. Saunders said today. Mr. Saunders announced recent- ly that if he could not be assured an early start on the St. Lawrence River hydro development the com- mission would begin construction of steam plants throughout the prov- ince capable of generating an amount of power equivalent to its share of the St. Lawrence dévelop- ment. The U.S. State Department ruled Wednesday submission" of the On- tario-New York plan to the Inter- national Joint Commission was not year (T4-T1 employees), appropriate at this time. ; Frenchman Sent On For Trial | For Dangerous Driving James Brannigan, 26, of French- men's Bay, was committed for, trial by a higher court on a. charge of dangerous driving by Magistrate F. S. Ebbs in Police - Court this morning. The charge arose from an accident on No. 2 Highway just west of Dunbarton early on the morning of October 2, when an auto illegally driven by Brannigan was in collision witlx one driven by Robert E. Stevens of Whitby. Bail of $1,000 was renewed. Mr. Stevens suffered concussion, a broken jaw and a broken collar- bone while his wife, who was a passenger in his car, suffered in- juries which will blind her for life as well as a broken jaw. Branni- gan escaped with lacerations to the head and knee. Both vehicles were wrecked. ? Dr. Morton Shulman of: Toronto East General Hospital ' testified that early on the morning of Oc- tober 2, Brannigan, and Mr. and Mrs. Stevens were brought into the emergency ward of the hospital where he is an interne. He recog- nized that both Mr. and Mrs. Ste- vens were severely injured and did | not treat them calling in special- ists instead. "Brannigan was slightly injured; he had a cut on the knee and one on the forehead," Dr.. Shulman said. "I put three stitches in the cut on his. forehead and ten. on his knee." "Was there anything else which caught your attention as regards to accused?" asked Crown Attor- ney Alex Hall. "Under Influence of Liquor" "He was not drunk but definite- ly under the influence of liquor," replied the doctor. "I sewed him up without using an anaesthetic and he did no seem to feel the pain." Dr. Shulman said that when he first saw Brannigan he was lean- ing against a counter and would not lie down on a stretcher which was offered to him. Cross-examined by Defence Counsel Harry Rose of Toronto, Dr. Shulman reiterated his opin- ion that Brannigan was under the influence of liquor. "What makes you so sure?" ask- ed Mr. Rose. I' "He was sewed up without an anaesthetic; he slept through the sewing, there was liquor on his breath and he refused to lie down at first," Dr. Shulman said. Dr. Shulman said he had under- stood it was a severe accident and Mr. Rose asked him if Brannigan's condition might not be attributable to shock. "Not in = medical sense," witness said. "He was not prostrate, his blood pressure was normal dnd his pulse was full and fast." Despite a series of searching questions, Dr. Shulman maintain- ed his contention that Brannigan had. heen. 'uncer 'the influence »f liquor on the morning of the acci- dent. At the conclusion of his evi- dence he was commended by Ma- gistrate Ebbs for the lucid way in a MAN COMMITTED (Continued on Page 2) 's Bay Man A 4 Perlman Asks Supreme Court Not To Tamper Washington, Dec. 16--(AP)--The United States government pleaded with the Supreme Court not to "tamper" with the international tribunal which doomed former Premier Tojo and six other Japan- ese leaders to death. A brief filed in advance of to- day's historic war-crimes argu- ments cited the government's "deep concern lest irreparable ' damage be done" if the Supreme - Court "arrogates" to -itself power to re- view the Tokyo international tri- bunal's actions. Solicitor-General Philip -B. Perl- man said any such move not only would be a blow to peaceful and judicial settlements of internation- al disputes and "the continued growth of World law" but: "Other co-operative endeavors . ..such as United Nations activi- ties, also will suffer." Secrecy Veils Negotiations Tel Aviv, Dec. 16 -- (Reuters) -- Strict secrecy today veiled reported peace negotiations between Israel and Trans-Jordan. An 'official spokesman here declined to add to Tuesday night's Israel statement that "contact had been established" between the two countries. He denied rumors of direct talks between King Abullah' of Trans- Jordan and Dr. Chiam Weizmann, president of Israel, Observers here believe fiegotia- tias were further advanced then in- dicated by the Israeli government's cautios attitude. One Injured In Morning Blaze Oneida, N. Y., Dec. 16--(AP)-- | Two buildings were gutted and two | others damaged early today in a| fire that injured one fireman and ! caused damage estimated at about $125,000. Twenty-one persons living in second-floor, apartments e:caped as the flames swept through several stores in a downtown block. EAA RE I THE WEATHER ' Overcast, clearing this eve- ning. Clear tonight Friday except cloudy Friday afternoon. Occasional rain or drizzle end- ing early this afternoon. Colder tonight and Friday. Winds east 15 shifting to west 20 this afternoon. Wind northwest 15 Friday. Low tonight. and high Friday 26, 30. Summary for Fri- day: Sunny, colder, Light Winds Will Loosen Ice-Armor Toronto, Dec. 16.--(CP)--Milder, light east winds and showers were expected today in Southwest On- tario to loosen the ice-armor that developed Wednesday in the area's first winter storm. But the weather forecaster pre- dicted that winter, now that it's here, wouldn't give up easily. East- ern Ontario would tlzo get a taste today of the freezing rain that turn- ed highways to skating rinks and tore down communication lines from Toronto to Windsor. "The worst of it is over in South- west Ontario," said the weather forecaster Wednesday night, and the news was echoed with relief throughout the iced-in areas. Little traffic moved for most of Wednesday over highways, heeding warnings by thé- Department of Highways to stay home while sand- ing crews fought an often losing battle against the rain that froze as soon as it landed. Lights went out, telephones were silenced and telegraph messages piled up at many points as the weight of ice tore down tree branch- es and lines. Flight officials at Toronto's Mal- ton airport expect today: that as the bad weather moves slowly east- ward they can put some west- bound flights into the air by early afternoon. Airfields at Montreal and Ottawa may not be sufficiently clear to take eastbound flights from Malton. Flights have been cancelled in Southern Ontario since early Wednesday. Toronto, one of the few spots along Lake Erie.and Ontario to get much show, experienced a small outbreak of minor accidents. Two persons were hit and bruised on snowy streets during the heavy snow flurry. Three others broke bones in falls. Although Eastern Ontario, from the Kingston north to Sudbury, Haliburton and Northern Georgian Bay was slated for a dose of snow and freezing rain today, conditions probably won't be as bad as they were Wednesday in the southeast. Throughout it all, the Northern Ontario region will continue to have its usual winter, with another layer of snow and continuing sub-freezing temperatures. PS i Sii New Forms For Farmers Ottawa, Dec. 16--(CP)-- Revenue Minister McCann said todayy his de- partment has abandoned the spe- cial income; tax forms for farmers and that t on the sai nesses, commission agents others. He told a press conference that The governors at today's meeting were working on the text of the oc- cupation statute compiled by their E. Dewey last spring. His action followed Senate defeat of legisla= tion that would have authorized which will experts. The outstanding points of dif- ference included: Whether the shall levy occupation costs on the West German Federal government, and if so, whether to leave it to the internal distribution of the burden. Britain and the United States favor this. course. 2. Whether the ase oalies themselves decide the met! 0 distribution and levy the costs di- submit the full seaway plan to rectly on the states, as the French | Congress. insist. 3. Whether the arbitration board interpret the shall include a German member. Bevin Receives Representatives London, Dec. 16-- (Reuters) 1. " construction of both the seaway and power phases of the develop- ment. Tuesday, the New York governor, at an Albany press conference, said the federal government was delay= ing action on the New York-One tario proposal. Its reason for doing so, Dewey | said he understood, was because | the administration once again will western allies The State Department said in explaining its action: "After careful consideration by the administration and' the State Department, it is felt that due to the urgent need for both power and additional transportation facile ities in the area in question, ape proval of the 1841 agreement bee tween the United States and Cane ada for construction of the St, Lawrence seaway and power project statute will now file returns form used by profes- | sional men, owners of small busi-| and farmers would now use a new. form known as the T1 General which, he! said, the average farmer should be | able to fill out without-the aid of 2 legal man or anyone else. It would be considerably simpler than the special forms used last, year. The change also covers fishermen. | Foreign Sécrétary Bevin today saw members of Commonwealth gov- ernments now passing through London on their way home after attending the United Nations Gen- eral Assembly in Paris. Peter Fraser, Prime Minister of New Zealand, called on him at the Foreign Office immediately after breakfast. Later Bevin again received L. B. Pearson, Canadian Minister for External Affairs, with whom he had a business talk Tuesday. Dr. Herbert Evatt, Australian Foreign Minister and president of the General Assembly of the Uni- ted Nations, had a meeting with Prime Minister Attlee and Bevin at which Indonesia and questions of special concern to Australia were discussed. Students Back Seminary Dean ---- Toronto, Dec. 16--(CP)--Students in the men's residence of the To- ronto Baptist Seminary have gone on record in support of their Dean, Rev. W. Gordon Brown, who has been asked to submit his resigna- tion at the end of the year. Dr. T. T. Shields, president of the downtown seminary who asked for Dean Brown's resignation, has charged that the students are "un- christian in their behavior." The seminary Student Council now holds that in view of the dean's dismissal the contract signed by them upon enrolment has been broken. . Dr. Shields described-thé students' behavior as "unruly" and said they are unwilling to perform voluntary tasks "unless they are paid for it." When waiters were wanted for a Sunday School gathering, students "immediately inquired how much they would be paid." Replying, Dean Brown said some of the students are pressed for time, and he opposéd Dr. 'Shields suggestion students should give free janitor-service to Jarvis Street Church. He could not visualize "50 stu- dents scrambling over the building for one hour, mop, duster, paint brush, vacuum and dustpan in hand." is desirable." The 1941 agreement provides thai each country authorize, by legislae tion, construction of their indivie dual parts of the huge develope ment. Congress repeatedly has ree fused this authorization, the las§ time being early this year. Senator Alexander Wiley (Re Wis.), an advocate of the dual purd pose - project but opposed to thd New York proposal, recently madd public new estimates by army ena gineers on the cost of the project, The latest estimate, Wiley said, is $96,678,000. This would permif construction of a 27-foot "seaway™ channel from the: head of the Great Lakes to the Atlantic. The latest estimate is roughly $300,000,« 000 greater than that previously made by army engineers. i In the latest figure, Wiley said, the United States share of the cost would be $605,203,000 and that of Canada, $361,475,000. . The State Department decision renders unimportant what action the Federal Power Commission may take on another application by New York that the commission license it to construct the power develope ment. H Even if the commission approves the application New York would be unable to proceed because ape proval of the joint commission 18 also necessary. Coroner's Jury Declares Death 'Accidental' * Sudbury, Dec. 16.--(CP)--A vere dict of zccidental death has been returned by a coroner's jury investi gating the death near Espanola last Nov. 14 of Ontario Provincial Police Constable John S. Hare of Toronto. The jury decided Hare was accie dentally shot during a hinting trip on Manitoulin Island. Hare was hunting with Ralph C. Waller of London, Ont. and Waller's son, Howard. Ralph Waller's gun ace cidentally discharged while he was unloading it. He has been charged with unlawfully discharging a gun and was remanded to Dec. 30, - % LATE NEWS BRIEFS % 25 BURNED ALIVE ! Athens, Dec. 16 (Reuters)--The government today accused guerrillas of burnin ing 500 in their raid on the 25 people alive and abduct« hessalian town of Karditsa last week-end. Greek Army casualties in the operation were officially put at 19 killed; 85 wounded and 23 miss=~ ing. It was stated the bodies of 44 guerrillas had so fan been counted. : HISS PLEADS INNOCENT ; ! New York, Dec. i6 (AP)--=Aigei Hiss ioday pleadsd Hoy he ¢ rived Wednesday night reiu seent to a Federal grand jury's charge he lied when nied giving secret government papers to ex-Com- ist agent Whittaker Chambers. The indictment was as a climax to an 18-month jury probe of alleged Communist espionage. 3 LS