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"THE DAILY OSHAWA I Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle ES-GAZET 'WHITBY VOL. 8--No. 9 OSHAWA-WHITBY, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12,' 1949 Price 4 Cente EIGHTEEN PAGES|" s or ~ G.M. To Make Oldsmobile Eight In Oshawa Special Display * \ Of New Car Models For Local People Oshawa people are to be given a preview of the new 1949 General Motors car models, it was announced today. President William A. Wecker said that a special display of Chevrolets, Pontiacs and Oldsmobiles would be held in Oshawa, for three days prior to public announcement of the cars. There will be a special showing® for employees and their families, as well as showings for the general public. 'All these cars incorporate more radical design €hanges and mechanical improvements than for a decade, and there is the keenest interest in the new lines on the part of the thousands who helped to make them. To Make Olds Eight Included in the preview will be a newcomer to the Oshawa production line for '49, the Oldsmobile Eight, with' the sen- sational V-8 high compression "Rocket" engine. New models are scheduled to come off the line before the end of the month, and public announce- ment will be made progressively across Canada. The Oshawa pre- view will be in advance of. this in about three weeks time. "Although our plant has been af- fected by a model change greater than we have experienced for 10 years, we will be getting underway on our 1949 output after only a short delay," said Mr. Wecker. "As a matter of fact, 1949 truck produc- tion is already: at the scheduled devel and' truck shipments have started. Recall of employees on the passenger car lines is proceeding at a rapid rate and we hope to ship a number of Chevrolets, Pontiacs and "Oldsmobiles for dealer-announce- ment meetings from coast to coast befort the end of January, The first jobs will start through the Body Shop next week. y "The extent of the changeover and rearrangement necessary to be- gin production on the radically changed new cars, will be appreci- ated wien they are placed on dis- play for our employees and the community." Plan High Production Mr. Wecker said that a high level of production was planned for the year. So much so that there certainly will be no fewer people employed in 1949 than in 1948. Where changes in process had resulted in a reducti of working force in certain de- partments, those affected will be employed in other depart- ments, Men Being Recalled The "back-to-work" movement at the General Motors plant here is going full' stgam ahead, Malcolm Smith, chairman of the bargaining committee of the G.M. division of Local 222, UAW.-CI.O. declared last night in an interview in Union Hall. Mr. Smith was commenting on the reconversion of the plant to 1940 models, which are scheduled to be off the assembly lines by the end of the month. "Last week 180 men were called back to their own departments," Mr. Smith sald. "There were 38 called back on Monday, 35 called back on Tuesday and 'calls have gone out te 77 men to report to- day." ' . Beginning next week, Mr. Smith calculated, the recalls would amount to approximately 100 a day. He said there was a big step-up in the manufacturing departments al- though the assembly line depart- ments were not up to full-time strength, : : Plating Work Recall "We expect that the night shift insthe nickel .plate department will be up to 100 per cent by Wednes- day," Mr. Smith said. He added that the wiring and harness and the final body departments were recalling manpower at a fast rate. Mr. Smith sald that General Motors had imported some Bodies from the United States to be used SPECIAL DISPLAY (Continued on Page 2) NET PAID CIRCULATION The Times-Gazette Average Per Issue \ December, 1948 Nationalists Turn Down Red Proposal Nanking, Jan. 12--(AP)--Radio reports from Tientsin tonight said the Tientsin National garrison had rejected a three-point proposal for hte surrender of that North China city to the Communists. The reports said the National force of €7,000 troops had agreed to give up the city of 3,000,000 'if they were permiited to be evacua- ted "with light terms" through the port of Tangku, 27 miles from Tientsin. Some 16 ships were reported waiting off Tangku anticipating the removal of National troops if the Reds aci the proposal. 'The radio added that the Com- munists originally offered to accept the surrender on these terms: That Nationals lay down their arms within the city; all military sup- plies and equipment be protected for handing over to the Commun ists, and the lives of all National solfliers who obey these terms will be protected. ; The exact situation in Tientsin was still confused here but it ap- peared the eventual surrender was being arranged under the préssure of the peoples' demands. Other reports here said the Reds shelled the city Tuesday night, af- ter the surrender ultimatum was given, and "quite a few casualties" resulted. No estimate was given on the number. ' The shelling suggested to observ- ers at Peiping, 90 miles northwest of Tientsin, that the Communists found the Nationalists' reaction to their demand unsatisfactory. It was presumed that the Tient- sin council delegates on a reported second trip into Communist terri- tory tried to bargain instead of agreeing to outright surrender of the city, swollen by war refugees to 3,000,000 persons. Humane Society Inspector Has Very Busy Year Humane Society Inspector, Lloyd L. Fowler spent a busy 1948 hand- ling all kinds of animal: ranging in size from squirrels to cows, his annual report reveals. Outside of dogs and cats, Inspector Fowler captured 43 skunks in the precincts of the city, four raccoons and two squirrels. One goat and a cow were brought into the pound as strays but were eventually returned to their owners. Inspector Fowler reports that during the past year one horse was destrdyed and 113 cattle and horses examined. There were 397 investi- gations and court summonses were issued accordingly. During the year Inspector Fowler received 2,346 calls, The statistics on dogs and cats is as follows: destroyed, dogs, 455; 'cats, 519; killed "on streets, dogs, 192; cats, 187; strays picked up, dogs, 105, cats, 176; placed in homes, dogs 24 and cats, 15. Thirty- four dogs were returned to their owners. Inspector Fowler warns that there is an epidemic of pet poison- ing going on in the city and .urges owners to take their pets to a vet-, erinary at the first signs of poison- ing. Up Milk Price In Kent County Chatham, Jan. 12--(CP)--A. D. Wilson, chairman of the. Kent 'County Milk Producers' Association, said toddy that the price of milk will be raised one cent a quart to 18 cents next Monday. He said that effective Saturday the price of milk to producers woyld jump from $3.76 hundredweight to $4. Milk has been selling in Essex County, | 9,141 including Windscr at 18 cents a Quart for six months, Judge A. B. Currey of Manitoulin Island, at the court house in Whitby, this morning started the job of recounting the ballots cast for Clarence Fair and Ray Williamson in the municipal election in Brock Township on January 3. These two candidates for the township council tied for the last place on the council with 310 votes each. Caught by the camera | divisions had been r | Judge Recounts Ballots Cast In Brock Township Election as they started the job of chéckihg the ballots are, left to right, M. C. McLean, Brock Township Clerk; Judge Currey and Sheriff Horace Bascom. * Should the recount fail to decide the issue, Mr. McLean will be called upon to cast a deciding vote. At 2 pm. six of the ten sub- in the standing. ted with no ch --Times-Gazette Staff Photo. Man Killed Toronto, Jan. 12 -- (CP) -- One man was killed and another serious- ly injured" today when 10 tons of | prefabricated concrete fell on them at a waterfront plant. Dead was Seroe Borko, 45, father of four small children. Taken to hospital with possible spine fracture was John Hanza, 50, whose condi- tion was reported "serious." Hanza, pinned beneath the con- crete slabs, was freed by fellow workmen. A post-mortem will be cenducted today on Borko. Coroner F. W. Tickett said the accident occurred as the two men were working as cement finishers on three side walls on a wooden rack. "Two concrete walls were on one side of the rack and one on the other," he said. Under the rack is a 'vacuum lift capable of lifting 20 tons." The lift was set in motion some- how and it toppled the wooden rack over, releasing the concrete wall, he said. Company officials said the slabs were for a hydro building being constructed at nearby Islington. DVA Schools For MN Vets Ottawa, Jan. 12--(CP)--Certain of Canada's merchant seamen soon will be' taking vocational training on the same basis as the members of Canada's armed forces, Veterans Affairs Minister Gregg and Trans- port Minister Chevrier = today an- nounced in a joint statement. Those eligible for the training are merchant seamen. under 30, who served in Canadian ships and re- ceived the special bonus payable to those in the Merchant Navy prior to April 1, 1844, or the war service bonus which was payable subsequent to that date. Only those who have left the sea, or who obtain permission of the Transport Department to take up shore occupations will be eligible for the training Application for it must be made prior to July 1 of this year. The training will be administered by the two departments, The Trans- port Department will decide eligi- bility, and the Veterans Affairs De- partment will arrange the training and payment of allowances. The allowances -will be the same 4s those provided for members of the armed forces. Sixty dollars a month will be given trainees with- out dependents, and $90 for 'a trainee and wife, plus allowances for any children or dependent par- ent. THE WEATHER Overcast clearing early Thurs- day. Light snowflurries stop- ping mid-afternoon Wednesday. Milder Thursday. Winds west 15. Low tonight and high Thursday 25 and 35. Summary for - Thursday. Clear and Mild. Health Ministers Meet At Whithy To Disc Assistaiite To Ho uss" itals Dominion and Provincial minis- ters of health and their deputies are cbnferring today with officials of the Ontario Hospital at Whitby on problems. concerning the expan- sion of mental health programs. in Ontario. Those present at the conference were Federal Health' Minister Paul Martin; - Dr, G. -D. W. Cameron, Dominion deputy minister; Ontario Health Minister Russell T. Kelley; Dr. J. T. Phair, Ontatio deputy minister and Dr. R. G. Struthers of the Ontario department; Dr. A. R. Fletcher, superintendent of the Whitby institution, Dr. W. H. physician, "We are discussing what assist- ance and grants under the expand- ed Dominion program will be ap- portioned to various mental hos- pitals in Ontario," MF. Martin said He declined to say whether the vis- it directly concerns expansion plans for Whitby Hospital. The Ontario government owns sufficient farm lands adjoining the present hospital site to accommo- date many more buildings of the cottage type which is favored in Whitby. : Past Worst Import Bans Toronto, Jan, 12-- (CP) -- 'The worst is over in the way of import bans and currency restrictions against Canadian exports of manu- facturers - to - markets overseas, Wynne Plumptre, associate: editor of Saturday Night, said today in an address to the Canadian Export- ers' Association. At the same time, certain diffi- culties remain because countries lack Canadian dollars. He urged that more -be bought from overseas countries, so that they in turn will have money to.buy here, and that every. attention be given to selling in the United States, Recent : exports to the United States are at record levels, but: "We got $100,000,000 from sales of feed and cattle in six months, and- this can not go on. Nor will Wash- ington go on forever buying and stockpiling Canadian base metals for defence purposes." . Mr. Plumptre said he welcomed President Truman's statement that the Reciprocal Agreements Act should be freed from restrictions put on it by the last Congress. He thought it probable the United States now will go ahead with ar- rangements to set up the inter- national trade = organization, of which Canada will be a member. Award Damages To Injured Man Peterborough, Jan. 12. -- (CP) -- Two 'Peterborough men were award- ed a total of $3,531 for injuries re- ceived when their motorcycle was struck by a driver who left -the scene of the accident: September, 1947, Mr. Justice J. C. Genest as- sessed the damages, plus court costs. It will be paid from the unsatisfied judgment fund. This is the second case in this city in which damages payable from the fund. have been awarded. Evidence was given that Kenneth Hotson, 25, and Charles Cutmore, 23, were injured return- ing from a dance 'near Peter- borough.. Their machine was thrown thrown ind a ditch by a car which did 'not stop. (Government Impatient Nanking, Jan, 12--(Reuters) Rank-and-file Kuomintang (gov- ernment) party members ar be- coming increasingly impatient with the so called ineffective moves of the cabinet to obtain. a negotiated peace with the advancing Commu- nists, political observers said today. These observers said the increas- ingly popular desire of the war- weary masses for peace explained Tuesday's call for an immediate cease-fire by the Control Yuan -- the - country's highest supervisory body. AY 'The Control Yuan, popularly el- ected, 'possesses no executive or le- gislative: authority and has the power only to impeach. However, it has taken the initiative to further peace moves. Political observers expect the cabinet soon will consider the Control Xual's appeal for a cease- re, In addition, the Control Yuan it- self is expected to consider the four-point plan for a permanent peace settlement. put forward by a group of its members Tuesday. Usually reliable Chinese sources said today that vice-president Li Tsung-Jen soon will go Peiping to undertake the govern#ient's first definite move to get in touch with the Communists for peace talks. Man Found Dead In Tool Shed Galt, Jan. 12--(CP) -- William Ellis, an aged man, who it is be- lieved came to this district from Vancouver, was found dead this morning in a former tool shed at the Preston municipal sewer beds. Death is believed to have been due to a heart attack. He had been dead about eight 'hours. The body was found by a town employee who Monday gave the old man permis- sion: to rest in the unheated shack. Tuesday afternoon the man made a similar requ2st. He had. gone to a nearby store late in the afternoon to buy cheese and biscuits and the packages were found unopened to- days. : Ground Fire Downed Spit Tel Aviv, Jan. 12---(Reuters)--One of the four R.A.F. pilots shot down {last Friday by Israeli forces told Moorhouse, assistant superintend- | ent and Dr, A. R. Richards, staff | reporters here today that his Spit- fire was over Israeli territory when {it was set on fire by shots from Jewish ground. troovs. PO. Frank Harvey Close of Lon- don, attached to R.A.F. reconnais- sance wing at the Suez Canal base, was interviewed with his consent in the Jewish military hospital near Tel Aviv. He is recovering from in- juries to the face and head suffered in his parachute landing from a low altitude. He said he knew his flight had crossed the border because he was familiar with the road land marks in the area. He could not say whe- ther his flight leader knew they had flown over the Israeli side of the frontier. : "We had received information suggesting that Israeli forces had crossed into Egypt," Close said. "We were instructed to photo- graph their advance positions . . . "We arrived at the front without seeing any troops at all, whereupon we crossed the frontier. I know the area. Whether our flight leader had instructions about crossing the bor- der I do not know. "There I saw lots of troops," he said. Close said that up to that time his flight had encountered neither anti-aircraft fire nor hostile planes, In reply to questions Close said he and others had instructions to evade action if engaged by aircraft. Close said that when he para- chutéd it was near some Jewish troops who gave him first aid and sent hinmr to Beersheba Military Hos- pital, Cars Of Future Will Be Lighter Detroit, Jan. 12--(CP)--Passenger cars of the future will tend to weigh less, Stanwood W. Sparrow, Studebaker Corp. vice-president, said at a press conference, Tuesday. Later, Sparrow took office as president of the Society of Automo- tive Engineers. Even' the biggest cars have about reached their limit in size, he de- clared, In general the public no longer believes you have to buy a big car in order to,get a good car, he said. Labor Congress Jolts IUMMSW Ottawa, Jan, 12--(CP)--The Ca- nadian Congress of Labor handed its left-wing affiliate, the Interna- tional Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers, another jolt to- day by announcing it was moving into that union's field among gold miners in the Timmins, Ont., area. The Congress, which has been en- gaged in a long running battle with the smelters union over that body's claimed Red leadership, declared it was going to organize the 7,000 Timmins miners into a group direct- ly affiliated to the C.C.L. REVENUE FROM METERS §17476 Motorists deposited a total of $17,476.98 in pennies and nickels in the parking meters in downtown | Oshawa, giving the city a net pro- fit of $5313.21 for 1948, City Treasurer Harold Tripp said to- day. Half the collections from the parking meters goes to M. H. Rhodes, Inc., of Hartford, Conn. until the meters are paid for, Mr. Tripp explained. The operating exs penses such as the salary of the collector, repairs and installation were taken into account to give the net figure. . During 62 months operation in 1947, a total of $9,878.51 was cole lected from the meters, giving a net profit of $2,484.91. While city officials have - been endeavoring fo get the company to instal new heads which would give credit for one, two, three, four or five cents, instead of the awkward ones now used which only take | one cent or a nickel, their efforts to get action from the manufac- turers have so far been unsuccess- ful. Hunt For Hatch From Jet Plane Trenton, Jan. 12--(CP)--R.C.AF. officers here are looking for a metal hatch which flew off a Vampire jet aircraft while it did acrobatics in the Ameliasburg - Mountainview area. The officers said the hatch, 12- inches by 14-inches, may be valu- able in preventing similar accidents if found. Republican Plan Batavia, Java, Jan. 12--(AP)--The Indonesian Republican leaders' pro- gram for a continued struggle against the Netherlands, written just before they were captured, was made public here today. It called on all Indonesians to: 1. Obstruct and sabotage efforts to consolidate the Netherlands gov- ernment through non-co-operation of civil servants. 2. Prevent economic consolidation by hindering the production of goods the Netherlands needs for foreign exchange. 3. Prevent the "puppet regime" formation of a through non-co- | operation politically, POSSE SEEKS MISSING MAN, Police Probing Disappearance Of Man At Whitevale A posse of 75 to $00 men yesterday and this. forenoon failed to find any trace of 68-year-old John MacPherson who disappeared Sunday afternoon after taking a walk fron his home at Whitevale, northwest of Pickering. The group, composed of neighbors and farmers of the area, led by Pro vincial Police officers, made an intensive search of the Whitevale district and the Pickering-Markham townshiy line, where Mr. MacPherson was last seen at 2:00 a.m. Mon day morning, walking in a northerly direction. --& At press time this afternoon Con stable Ray Hodgson of the Ontar Provincial Police reported that trace of the missing man had yd been found, despite a search tha covered "every bush, bank, an haystack in the area". He said thy the main hope of finding Mr. Mae Pherson now lies in the possibilit that he was taken in by some farm er or had taken shelter in building on some farm. An appeal to all farmers in th area near Whitevale asked a care ful survey of each individual pie: of land, in the hope that som) trace might be found. If Mr. Mag Pherson was not successful in find ing some shelter since his disap pearance, officers hold little hop for his survival in the recent col snap. The missing man has been i poor health for some time, and ha been suffering from lapses of me ory, it is stated. He has been livin with his son, Prof. Rev. John Ma¢ Pherson, of the University of Toro! to, for the past six weeks. He ha only recently been discharged afte two years in hospital in Montrea Provincial police officers, who a leading the search for Mr. Mad Pherson, describe him as 68 yeay of age, five feet, eight inches tall very slim, weight 120 pounds, wil grey eves and a heavy white mu tache. He is grey-haired and turi ing bald. He wears silver-rimme glasses, and has a watch and fo with his name engraved on it. When last seen he was wearil a grey fedora hat, brown twee trousers, brown suit ceat, and grey spring-and-fall coat. He ha black boots and rubbers, Mr. MacPherson left his son house to go for a walk on Sunda afternoon at 1.00 p.m., accompanie by his St. Bernard dog, Prince. Th} dog, who had been scared by thi noise of a group of men, returnel after a short interval. Mrs. MacPherson, the missing man daughter-in-law, told The Timeg Gazette that if he had not bee chased, the dog would have. u doubtedly have stayed with th aged man. . Police officers fear that a passin| motorist may have offered to giv Mr. MacPherson a "lift", and take} him several miles away from ti scene of his disappearance, to u familiar territory. He was describ ed as a very quiet man, who woul§ not be likely to speak to any passerf: by, even if lost or confused. Constables of the . Provincia Police asked any mgqtorist or pas; ersby who had seen anyone answel ing Mr. MacPherson's descriptiof to report the matter to Constablf i Ray Hodgson at the Provincigh J Police office, or to this newspape | The missing man was last « see! walking north of the town line be) ] tween Pickering and Markha townships, about three miles we of Whitevale, according to th police report. Prof. MacPherson is a lecturer i Oriental Languages at Victoria Col} lege, University of Toronto. jt were killed and a number today. in dock. All ships in the send assistance, * LATE NEWS BRIEFS SECOND EARTHQUAKE Rome, Jan. 12 (AP).--An earth shock, the second in 15 hours, shook the area of Viterbo, 50 miles north of Rome, at 9:01 a.m. (3:01 a.m., EST) today, dispatches from the city' said. Many spent the night in the open after the first shock. No damage was reported. REDS POST WARNINGS Berlin, Jan. 12 (AP).--The Russians posted warn- ings today that they plan parachute-jumping practice over-Brandenburg, in a corridor used by the allied air lift4o Berlin. Meanwhile the blockade-busting air lift, marred by the crash of an American C-54 Skymaster during the night, speeded up with supply planes arriving and departing at five-minute intervals. PUBLIC EXAMINATION Washington, Jan. 12 (AP).--The Senate Foreign Relations Committee will begin .a public examination tomorrow of President Truman's appointment of Dean Acheson as his Secretary of State. Connally (Dem., Tex,) called for open hearings with unanimous consent of the 13-member committee. OIL TANKER EXPLODES Rio De Janeiro, Jan. 12 (Reuters).--Three persons Chairman Tom injured when the Brazilian oil tanker Itangarati blew up in Rio De Janeiro Bay It was reported earlier that the vessel exploded vicinity were called on to # SEL A RI IY I