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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1948 THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE PAGE THIRTEEN a ------------------------ Heavy Casualties In Tientsin Area Nanking, Dec. 21 (AP)--Official sources y admitted new government losses on North China battlefronts today, less than 24 hours after formation of a cabinet willing to make an "honorable peace" with the Communists. \ Na rail almost on the outskirts of Tientsin, major industrial city of North China. One competent ob- server said this completed the "iso- lation' of Tientsin. The major acknowledged loss was Chualiangcheng, 17 miles east of Tientsin on thé railway to the port of Tangku. It's loss cuts off Teintsin's last link with the sea. The Nationalist withdrawal was abnounced by the official Central News Agency, which said govern= ment troops had to fight their way out, inflicting 1,000 Communist cas- ualties in the process. The casualty figure is prob:bly exaggerated. Simultaneously it was officially announced that Chiang Gai-Shek's orces evacuated Yankliutsing, 10 miles southeast of Tientsin on the Pukow Railway. Little fighting but heavy Com- munist movements were reported on the central China front north of Nanking. Nanking was more interested in the intent of the new cabinet, which is awaiting approval of Pre- sident Chiang. In announcing he had formed a new government, Premier Sun Fo made these confusing statements: "We have to fight on until we can secure an honorable peace." there will be "absolutely no surrender;" "We will not surrender outright to the Comm ts." Sun had ing to form the ' mew government sinse Nov. 26. 3 a A report from : Spencer Moosa, Associated Press correspondent in Peiping, tended to confirm belief the Communists are strengthening their forces before setting out to try to take Nanking and: Shanghai. By their isolation of Peiping and Tientsin, Moosa said, the Commun- ts are in a position to assign a ge part of their forces in Man- churia and: North China to the bat- ! telfront north of Nanking. | Oleo On Sale ] In Vancouver Vancouver, Dec. 21 -- (OP) -- ¥ There wasn't much of it but the {first batch of margarine to go on | sale'in Canada since the lifting of i" the ban was sold here Monday for pi i 53 cents a pound. The butter sub- stitute, manufactured by a small producer appeared on the shelves | of a few small grocery stores--and § butter in taste, was quickly snapped up It was the first seen here since the First World War when the ban on its manufacture was lifted briefly. The Supreme Court of Canada in a judgment last Tuesday ruled that Federal legislation prohibit- ing for the, last 62 years the gale and manufacture of butter substi- tutes is ultra vires of Parliament. The margarine sold here Mon- day bears little resemblance to texture or color. & However it was reported to be an appetizing bread-spread. "Tastes like a mixture of may- onnaise and cream cheese," said sampler. DUCKS UNLIMITED Vancouver-~(CP) -- A nine-man water-fowl banding expedition into the Cariboo district of British Col- umbja in two months tagged ap- proximately 1000 diving ducks, more than have ever been banded in the entire North American his- tory of the species. pne t troops abandoned two® Death Watch Begins Today Tokyo, Dec. 21, -- (AP) -- The death watch began again today on wartime Premier 'ideki Tojo and six other Japanese war leaders. A 13-minute conference today be- tween Gen. McArthur and his top Army commander probably deter mined how long the seven con- demned for war crimes have to live. Tight military secreey permitted only vague clues as to the time of execution. They indicated the hangings could come any time af- ter midnight tonight (10 am. EST today) but possibly not before to- morrow afternoon. The Buddhist priest who will ac- company the condemned men on their walk to the gallows entered Sugamo prison this morning for the first time in two weeks. MacArthur called a halt to ex- ecution plans two weeks ago when appeals carried cases of two of the condemned men to the Supreme Court of the United States. ' The court decided Monday it was none of its business. That re-opened the way for the executions. | The Japanese press said the priest, Shinsho Hanayama, was prepared to stay in the prison "two or three nights." The Army will not announce the executions until they are over. Cor- respondents again requested permis- sion to attend, but MacArthur has given no indication he might break the tight secrecy he planned for the hangings and disposal of the bodies. Marshal Asked To Check Homes Toronto, Deg. 21--(QP)--The On- tario Fire Marshall's Department has been asked by the Public Wel- fare Department to inspect all homes for the aged in the province, it was learned Monday. The request followed a report re- |; ceived by the Welfare Department on the Wellington County old peo- ple's home. Welfare Minister Goodfellow said the most alarming feature of the report was the fire hazard that existed in the Wellington County home. Inspection had been carried out at the Guelph institution and re- gulations outlined for safety of in- mates. Mr. Goodfellow said the situa- tion was generally bad throughout the province because of outdated buildings and overcrowded condi- tions. ONLY YOUNG YET One method of calculating the age of the earth is by determining the amount of salt in the oceans, by which a figure of about 200,000,000 years has been suggested. SK1 SUITS at .'. . Pearls "Oshawa's Leading Sportswear Shoppe" 33 Simcoe St. N. Phone 3718 repli do ms the world Bao, 72 IN THE TRENT VALLEY RY a leisurely camping trip through the Trent Valley Waterway system, which extends 181 miles from Lake Simcoe, east and south to Trenton, on the north- west tip of the Bay of Quinte. It takes in the Kawartha chain of ght large lakés and numerous smaller lakes, rapids and rivers for fishing. Sturgeon Lake . . . and most of the other lakes in the system--are periodically stocked with muskie fingerlings . . . so anglers can be assured of good sport. Start your trip at Trenton, 57 miles west of Kingston on High- way No.2. For complete detailsand help in planning a new kind of holiday, write to the Chamber of Commerce, Peterboro, Ont. ---- Chinese Nationalists Withdraw: From Two Rail Towns 4 New Bridge Speeds High way Traffic f The new 725-foot bridge on No. 5 Highway at Tansley, 15 miles northeast of Hamilton, now open; has four lanes and sidewalks, plus straight approaches. It replaces the 27-year-old stricture at right, which barely allowed two cars room to pass, and had winding grade approaches. : ~Globe and Mail Photo Former Sudbury Mayor Is Dead Toronto, Dec. 21--(CP) -- Alder- man Percy Morrison of Sudbury died here Monday, a man who in his 62 years achieved a personal legend which went far beyond the rough-and-tumble politics of North- ern Ontario's nickel city. At 31 he became the youngest mayor Sudbury has ever had. His astute business sense and a run of luck made him a millionaire--but the stock market crash of 1929 scat- tered his riches to the winds. He watched Sudbury grow from a tough mining camp to a rich and prosperous ' city' and he spent 16 years in its public life as a mem- ber of its City Council. Percy Morrison's career started at 16 when, equipped with business school training he obtained in Bar- rie, he left his hometown of New- ton Robinson, near Barrie, and took a job as bookkeeper' with a Sudbury plumbing firm. Within the next 15 years, he es- tablished a flourishing plumbing business of his own and was elect- ed mayor of the fast-growing com- munity. He served as mayor for three terms starting in 1917 and then retired with a vow never again to seek public office. But 'he didn't keep his vow. Liv- ing through the depression days when both the municipal govern- ment and the citizens knew hard times helped to soften him. About seven years ago he decided to run again for council and for six suc- cessive years he was returned as al- derman, One story told of Morrison con- cerns a card game in which a ten- derfoot in the north had a run of luck and the stakes went sky high. When the session was over, the ten- derfoot fumbled for his chequebook to meet the losses he sustained when his luck ran out. Morrison quietly took him aside and told him: "Never mind. I know you've gone away over your head. But let this be a lesson." SAILOR DIES Tooele, Utah, Dec. 21 -- (AP) --- Utah's flaming two-bus- crash took another life Monday. Don Stoltz, 20-year-old sailor from Greeley, Colo., travelling home for Christ- mas, died in hospital of burns and other injuries. This brings to 14 the number of dead in Saturday's col- lifes of two Burlington Trailways uses. 'QUARREL' Montreal, Dec. 21--(CP)-- A 41- year-old woman was slashed about the face with a razor by another woman in a rooming house here Monday during what police termed a "qudrrel." Police said eight stitch- es were needed to close cuts suffer- ed by the injured woman--Blanche Lapointe, Carleton Ohtive, Dec, c. 21--(CP)--George Drew, colorful, outspoken leader of the Progressive Conservative party, scored a sweeping by-election vics tory in the Ottawa district riding of Carleton Monday and won.the right to enter the Commons as leader of the official opposition. The 54-year-old former Premier of Ontario piled up such a record- shattering majority for the con- stituency that his two ' opponents lost their by-election deposits of $200 each. The riding's 128 polls gave Mr. Drew 12,235 votes against 3,334 for Eugene Forsey, C.C.F. candidate, and 4556 for J. Nelson McCracken of the Social Credit party. The ma- jority broke the record set in 1945 when Russell Boucher retained the seat for the Progressive Conserva- tives with a majority of 5,607. Mr. Drew, beaming with confi- dence, told a post-election gather- ing of supporters and well-wishers that there is not a seat in the country which the -party cannot win through hard work. Pointing to 3 e party victory last week in the Nova Scotia constitu- ency of Digby-Annapolis-Kings and to his own win in Carleton, Mr. Drew said there was evidence that the . Progressive Conservatives are on the march. "Today," he said, "you paid trib- ute not so much to me as an in- dividual but as the leader of a great party which put before you a program that is going to do great things for this country." He hoped the party would have candidates every constituency in the next general election. There was not a seat which the party could not win if supporters worked as hard as they had in the Nova Scotia and Ontario seats. Mr. Drew's victory raised the party's representation in the Com- mons to 67. The party, unopposed by the Liberals in Carleton, did not contest thé day's two other by- elections in the Quebec riding of Laval-Two Mountains and the Manitoba constituency of Mar- quette. The Quebec seat was won by Leopold Demers, a Liberal, and the Manitoba seat by Justice "Min- ister Garson. As a result of the by-elections the Commons standing now is: Liberals 124; Progressive Conser- vatives 67; C.C.F. 32; Social Credit 5 others eight; vacant one; total 45. There are bargains galore -- om The Times-Gazette classified page. Drew Sweeps $250,0 00 Fire In Belleville Belleville, Dec. 21--(CP) -- Fire and several minor explosions at the Trudeau Motor Sales showroom and garage here Monday caused damage estimated as high as $250,000. Included in the loss were several of a shipment of 30 new automobiles which were received Saturday. Some were driven out of the blazing building by employees, but others were total losses. One hour after the alarm was turned in the roof of the main building collapsed. Cause of the blaze has not yet been determined. Officials are ine vestigating the theory that it start- ed from a blow torch being operat= ed from a grease pit. . 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