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DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle WHITBY OSHAWA-WHITBY, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1949 TWENTY PAGES TH | | OSHAWA VOL. 8--No. 133 AJAX POLICE TRAINING Puerto Rico Crash Death Toll Up To 5 PY ° Price 4 Cente SCHOOL 'Municipal Police Officers May Also Get Instruction Part of the buildings and facilities at Ajax, which for the past three years have been used by the University of Toronto for its courses in applied science, are to be taken over by the Attorney-General's Department of the Ontario Government for use as a police training school for the Prov- ince of Ontario. Information to this effect was given to The Times-Gazette today by Clifford R. Magone, Deputy Attorney-General, who said it was hoped to have this police ---------- Worst Commercial Airline Disaster In Air History San Juan, Puerto Rico, June 8--(AP)--Searchers used flares today to scour murky, shark-ridden waters where a New Roller For City Works Department Delivered ¢ transport plane crashed Tuesday. At least 54 of the 81 | aboard are believed to have perished. 4 United States B-17 bombers drop- Protesting American Intervention London, June 8--(CP)--Striking Canadian seamen, who said they were protesting United States in- tervention in the dominion's trade unions, Tuesday night picketed the United States embassy in London. The 35 pickets, involved in a strike which has paralyzed one- fifth of Britain's shipping, paraded in front of the embassy on Gros- venor Square and the neaifby Unit- ed States naval headquarters in the heart of London. One of the posters, carried by the seamen, who said they would continue picketing until they re- ceived a reply from the United States embassy, said: "American government, keep your hands off Canadian trade unions." Doucette said the AFL. has threatened to boycott all British ships because of the support the C.8.U. strike has received from dockers in a number of British ports. The AF.L. has often charged the C.S.U. with being dominated by . Communists. The C.S.U. called its strike, which now has reached world-wide pro- portions, March 27 after ship oper- ators in Canadian east-coast ports , signed a working agreement with the rival Seafarers International Union (AFL) British dockers refused three weeks ago to unload Canadian ves- sels involved in the strike at Avon- mouth. Nearly 12,000 stevedores in Avonmouth, Bristol and Liverpool have since then walked out. Heavy Frost Damage To Ont. Crops London, Ont, June 8--(CP) -- Severe frost damage was reported in many parts of Western Ontario} today, following the coldest night of the season, adding {o the drought | worries of thousands of farmers. There was considerable damage to vegetable and cash crops in the London area, where the mercury dropped to 31.7 degrees, but heaviest hit appeared to be Bruce peninsula where temperatures as low as 23 degrees were recorded. In the low lying Tara district damage to market garden and cash crops was reported nearly 100 per cent. At Port Elgin, 30 acres of young tobacco seedlings put in last week in an experimental plot were de- stroyed. Beans, tomatoes, pota- toes and cabbages also were affect- ed sericusly. 7 Ize a quarter-inch thick was re- ported in many sections of the Bruce peninsula. Paisley and Southampton suffered widespread damage. One market gardener who sells in London said he lost two acres of tomatoes, an acre of beans in bud, an acre of squash and 5,000 pepper plants. The loss left him with only a half acre of beans, NET PAID CIRCULATION The Times-Gazette Average Per Issue May, 1949 ped the flares to help Coast Guard and Navy craft press to pre-dawn missing. the United States Coast Guard base here, said he did not believe Twenty-five of the 27 saved them- selves by swimming to shore. There were 19 children aboard landed in a rainstorm Tuesday, af- ter radioing back it had engine trouble. The ship had just set out for the United States. By last night 27 survivors and 34 bodies had been fished out of the rocky waters where the plane sank. All the passengers were Puerto Ricans. : Most of the passengers aboard the C-46 were bound for Miami, Fla., and Newark, N.J. The plane fell in deep water just off the coast about four miles from the San Juan airfield. Four Oshawa Students Are Stccessful Four Oshawa students, in third years Arts, honor courses, at the University of Toronto, were success- ful in passing their examinations it was announced today. The students and courses which they passed in are: R. O. Skinner, son of Mr. and Mrs. 'H. R. Skinner,. 67 Ritson Road South, Class I, Mathematics and Physics. - G. R. Wallace, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Wallace, 350 Athol Street East, Class II, Mathematics and Physics. Miss Nancy H. T. Schell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Schell, 377 Simcoe Street North, Class II, Eng- lish Language and Literature. Miss Jean I. Pegg, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Pegg, 71 Col- borne Street East, Modern History and Modern Languages. Miss Pegg may apply for admission to the fourth year of the general course. Governdr Pays Official Visit To Kiwanis Lieutenant-Governor of Kiwanis Division No. 6, Kiwanian Albert Hinton of the Riverdale Club, paid his official visit to the Oshawa Kiwanis Club, at its regular noon- day luncheon meeting on Tuesday and delivered an interesting and inspirational address on the theme "What Did I Inherit, When I Be- came a Kiwanian." Kiwanian Col. "Bob" Smith of the Oshawa Club, a past Lievt.- Governor himself, introduced the speaker to the members, stressing the amount of time and effort devoted to Kiwanis work by any man who accepts the duties of such a position. At the conclusion of his splendid talk, Kiwanian "Lew" Beaton voiced the appreciation of the members. Kiwanian M. M. Hood gave a re- port to the club on the visit to the Lindsay Club's "International Night," at which the Oshawa Ki- wanians were represented by Ki- wanians Dr. "Josh" Metcalfe and "Mac" Hood, together with their "Kweens." In his sincere talk to fellow- Kiwanians, the Lieutenant-Gover- nor Albert Hinton briefly reviewed the routine of Kiwanis education, the need for training Kiwanians, as members, as committee chair- and as officers. He voiced special praise for the "Cinderella Committees," such as OFFICIAL VISIT (Continued on Page 2) THE WEATHER Clear and cool today, Clear and warmer Thursday, Winds light today and most of Thurs- 10,002 day becoming southeast 15 Thursday afternoon. Low to- night and high Thursday 44 and 68. Summary for Thursday ~Clear and warmer, search for some 20 persons still | Capt. D. H. Dexter, in charge of | l} any more would be found alive. | the chartered plane which crash | | * Home Week Gets Impetus From Letter | Receipt of names of old Oshawa boys and girls by the Old Home Week Committee received a decided | impetus today as the result of a| |1étter sent out by Chairman Wil- | liam Duncan to some 3,000 homes in the city. Ald. A. Hayward Murdoch, secre- | | tary for the Old Home Week, re- ported this forenoon that his tele- | phone had been ringing constantly | since the office opened this morn- | ing, to bring calls from citizens | wishing to add names to the invi-| tation list. So far, over 2000 names have been placed on the list, | and considerable = additions have | been made to the number today. The letter sent out by Ald. Dun- can, addressed to all citizens of Oshawa, is as follows: "The Committee in charge of Old Home Week celebration is desirous of giving you as much information | as possible regarding the celebra- tions that are being planned for Oshawa's Silver Anniversary. "First of all, we would like to report that we have reached 2,000 names. Many, many more are needed. It does not matter whe- ther a person is a former resident by birth, or otherwise, just so long as we can have the name to invite him or her to come. If you have not already sent in names, please do so--either by mail to 12): Sim- coe Street South, or phone 99. All citizens are requested to write to their own friends and relatives, special invitations for that week- end. We know that there are a great many people coming that we have not had the privilege of con- tacting through this office. They would no doubt appreciate an in- vitation, "We are happy to report that the general program is in the hands of a very capable committee and that the week-end of June 30 to July 4 is being well taken care of from every possible direction. It is our sincere wish, as your Citizens' Committee, to see that this program is carried to a successful conclu- sion. "There will be ball games, motor- cycle races, boat races, dancing (including Charlie Spivak's Orches- !tra), band concert, parades, clowns land open house will be the order of the day for all organizations. "May we count.on you as a citi- zen of Oshawa to do your utmost to assist in, not only inviting your relatives and friends to come, but showing them a good time while they are here. "Respectfully yours, "YOUR COMMITTEE "Ald. Wm. Duncan, Chairman." { NEW SEAGRAVE PASTOR Rev. A. W. Lougheed of Shan- nonville will be the new pastor of the Seagrave circuit of the United Church of Canada after July 1. He succeeds Rev. George Patten who is retiring. | 4 Giving a new roller for the city a test run before putting it to work is® Joe Wood, superintendent of the Board of Works. Watching the operation | A of the machine are W. T. Dempsey, tity engineer; Rhys Th: omson, repre- sentative of the Sheridan Equipment Company, from whom the machine was purchased, and Olley Miller, assistant city engineer. --Times-Gazette Staff Photo. Princess Margaret May Visit U.S. London, June 8--(AP)--Princess Margaret will make a "private visit" | to the United States this auttimn, | & source close to the Royal family said today. An official spokesman at Buck- ingham Palace commented: "We have nothing to say at the mom- ent." Private sources said the Princess would visit Washington, probably as the guest of the British ambas- | sador, Sir Oliver Franks. "The visit is purely private," the source said. "There is no question of Princess Margaret persuading her father whether she may go to the United States, The King has never opposed her trip there." This referred to published stories that the King's younger daughter wanted to make the visit but was trying to get her father's permis- sion, Soviet Seeks Equal Voice In Germany Paris, June 8--(AP)--The foreign ministers conference faced a con- tinued deadlock today, with Russia demanding a voice equal to that of the combined three western powers in the control of Berlin. This proposal for a fifty-fifty voice--actually one power equalling three--was flatly rejected Tuesday by State Secretary Dean Acheson of the United States as a device for imposing the will of one occupying power on the other three. Foreign Minister Andrei Vishin- sky of Russia had proposed, pend- ing the election of a Berlin city government, that the Soviet com- mander appoint 50 percent of the pgrsonnel of a German commission to run the city and supervise elec- tions. Vishinsky said this would be "fair and equitable." Acheson said it would not, on the basis of popula- tion or any other standard, re- minding that West Berlin had two- thirds of the population, He said also that the Soviet-sponsored S.E. D. party had received only 15 per cent of the vote in the 1946 election, and therefore 25 per cent voice for the Russians in the control of Ber- lin would be generous. The western ministers urged adoption of the United States plan to give Berlin's administration the leeway enjoyed by Vienna where the city administration can do as it pleases unless all four of the oc- cupying powers disapprove. Vishinsky, who spoke two hours against the United States proposal, said he wanted to continue his speech today. Vishinsky remarked that Vienna was different from Berlin, since Vienna was the capital of a "liber- ation" country, rather than that of a defeated countrv. No Delay In Answering Fire Alarm "The statement of Councillor Wesley Powers, made at a meet- ing of East Whitby Township Council on Monday night, that the Oshawa Fire Department er- roneously went to Alexandra Street rather than Alexander Bou- levard on Saturday night when the home of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Ellis was razed, was indignantly repu- diated today by Fire Chief Wesley R. Elliott. "The alarm was received at 7.03 o'clock on Saturday evening and there was no delay whatsoever in getting to the right address," the Fire Chief said. "The statement that our equipment went to Alex- andra Street rather than Alexan- der Boulevard is entirely incorrect. My men went directly to the fire and they were there within five minutes after the call was receiv- ed. After all the distance to -Alex- ander Boulevard is not great." A fact, not generally known, is that when a call is received at the fire hall there is equipment there to control traffic lights and_ turn them green while the department trucks are going through. This procedure was used on Saturday evening, the Chief said. The truck went down Simcoe Street and turned right on King Street and from there directly to the fire. The Summary Business and Markets Whitby News Editorials Women's News Radio Programs Sports Comics .... Theatre Programs Classified 4 chester County homes. Other simi- 'More Troops To Sail For Hong Kong Hong ; Kong, June 8--(CP)--De- fence Minister = A. V.. Alexander rison and proposed reinforcements are not all Britain has available in | | case the Chinese Communists threaten this Crown colony. Asked by reporters what Britain | {would do if the colony is attacked, | | Alexander said "We will deal with | the problem when it arises." | "Our objective is to maintain 4s | friendly as possible relationships | with whatever is the government of China," he said. "No one has struggled as con- sistently for peace as His Majes- ty's government, and we will en- deavor to continue to do so," he said, Asked 'whether a direct attack on the new leased territories on the { Chinese mainland would mean war, Alexander replied: "What usually happens when an attack is made? We would have to look into the circumstances under which the attack was made. . "If an attack were made on or- ders, we would deal with such a position: as it arose." He said he had come to Hong Kong because this is a part of the World in a condition of flux and difficulty, and naturally as defence minister he wished to study the situation on the spot. Asked whether sea, land and air reinforcements. planned for the colony would be sufficient for its defence, he replied "these are not the extent of our resources." oo today Hong Kong's small gar- Southampton, England, June 8 --(Reuten®) Further reinforce- ments for the Hong Kong garrison will sail Friday atoard the troop- ship Empire Trooper, it was an- nounced today. These will include the Royal Artillery Regiment and a part of a company of the Royal Army Service Corps. . Gerard Dennis PN Pleads Guilty White Plains, N.Y., June 8--(AP) --Gerard Graham Dennis, hand- some burglar of wealthy homes, and a native of St. Catharines, to- day face a possible prison sentence of 15 years to life. The dapper, 29-year-old prisoner, alleged to have taken $600,000 worth of loot in Canada and the United States, pleaded guilty Tuesday to seven charges of robbery, burglary and grand larceny. The charges involved $38,650 loot taken from three fashionable West- lar charges were pending . County Judge Elbert T. Gal- lagher sent Dennis back to jail to await sentence, for which no date was set. school started in the fall of this year. The new Police Training School, &--------=-- which, it is hoped, will be operated | EE nl Pastor Moves on an all-year-round basis, will pro- vide training, not only for new offi- cers of the Provincial Police, and refresher courses for officers of longer service, but will also be avail- able for the training of municipal | police. Attorney-General's Department and | the Provincial Police. An invitation | will also be extended to outstanding | | municipal police officials through- out the province to become part of the instructional staff of the school. "Whether or not this becomes a | permanent training school for police | officers," said Mr. Magone, "de- pends entirely on the use which is made of it by municipal police forces for the training of their of- ficers. They will be offered the courses of training, and all the fa- cilities of the school, but the use It will be operated by the | which they make of it will be en- | tirely up to them. We feel, however, that it will be a tremendous step | forward in the improvement of police forces throughout Ontario, in helping to provide greater uniform- ity in police training and methods. Plans are now well advanced for the opening of the school, and it is our hope that it will be ready to start operations in. the fall." Mr. Magone also intimated to The Times-Gazette that it would be lo- cated in part of the buildings which were vacated by the School of Practical Science of the University at the end of May. Will Debate Party Policy Blackpool, England, June 8 -- (CP) -- Britain's Labor party to- day settles down to a debate on party policy designed to give La- bor victory in next year's general election. The party's 48th annual confer- | ence was scheduled to consider the program after Tuesday beating down a revolt against the govern- ment's "hard labor" policy. The policies of Sir Cripps were overwhelmingly Stafford ap- proved. The Chancellor of the Ex- |; chequer had warned in a debate on prices and profits that Britain has reached a "very tough spot" in her progress toward recovery. Approval came after Arthur Deacon, head of the powerful transport and general workers uni- cn and chairman of the trade union congress, voiced support and other delegates joined Sir Stafford in painting a sombre fu- ture of Britain's economic outlook. ine dralv ram promises, if the Lator party is re-elected, na- L.u.iadzation o. five more major industries -- sugar manufacturing and refining, cement, water sup- plies, all 'suitable minerals" and industrial insurance. Delegates will be able to express opinions freely but will not vote on the program. : In Tuesday's debate Sir Stafford said: "Our position is a grave one. We have got along well with our re- covery, but we have reached a very tough spot in the journey, and the economic barometer is cer- tainly not rising." He offered a cheerless choice be- tween greater efficiency in produc- tion or failure to bridge the dollar gap by 1952, when Marshall-plan aid for Europe is scheduled to end. In support, Deakin said unions are not satisfied with wages in many industries, but "if you lift the lid at this time you create a condition which will react very un- favorably on wage earners." Lord Stratolgi, author on mili- tary and economic subjects, blunt- ly said gereral election should be held this fall before Britain suffers "the full weight of the ec- onomic¢ blizzard." That suggestion, the first real shock to the meeting, immediate- ly brought Morrison to his feet. The top party strategist shut off public debate and said: "No doubt Mr. Churchill would like to know the date but that im- portant matter will be decided by the prime minister after consulta- tion with his colleagues in the party." ic | Bake REV. IVAN E, KENNEDY | of Claremont, former chairman of the Oshawa Presbytery of the United Church of Canada, who will | move to Cannington at the end of | the month. He will succeed Rev. G, | H. Cerscadden who gues to iluipus- | kasing. Manpower Proslens Quebec, June 8--(CP)--Munici=' palities have always required a re=- | latively high diversity of job skills | and recent years have phenomen- [tally increased the manpower | problem, Eric Hardy, director of | the Citizens Research Institut2 of | canada, today told tiie convention | of Canadian Federation of Mayors | and Municipalities. | This increase in manpower prob- | lems is most notable in the spacial- | ist .and professional categories, he | said, while a second problem-- | "that constantly haunts the muni- | cipal scene"--is the damage done | by political favoritism and lobby~ g. "In Canada we have rarely seen | this reach the point of open scan- dal but taere can be little honest doubt that at times and in places it is there just the same," said Mr, Hardy. Mr. Hardy spoke on municipal personnel problems and said muni- cipal services may suffer because, unlike business, the top people directing operations, the members of council, have an assured term of office for only one, two or three years. On the question of labor negotia=- tions Mr. Hardy noted that Toronto recognizes unions among its muni- cipal employees and has introduced the closed shop--of the type which some prefer to call the union shop --affecting major departments. Other municipalities are asking themselves what their attitude should be toward unions and in- creasingly municipalities will be granting recognition of independent or affiliated unions among em- ployees. Mr. Hardy recommended for all municipalities a central control over personnel administration. A personnel officer would turn his attention to recruitment and proe motions and, while it is admitted that seniority has some merit as a basis for promotion, advancement should be guided "by performance rather than by the calendar." In municipalities where there are civic unions with whom collective bargaining agreements must be worked out, the council should ac=- cept the growing complexity of em= ployer-employee relations and ap- point. a specialist to the job. "It is' not at all a question of | beating the unions," said Mr. Har= { dy. "It is a question of obtaining a | sensible lasting and equitable agree= | ment." | tat is ---- | LARGE PRIZE WINNER R. L. Cochrane of Oshawa was | one of the large prize winners at | the Brooklin Spring Fair on Sat- | urday. He won six firsts, two secs | onds, a third and a fourth prize.