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U.K. DOLLAR PROBLEM EASED THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE OSHAWA Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle WHITBY! VOL. 8--NO. 213_ OSHAWA-WHITBY, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1949 Price 4 Cents TWENTY PAGES East Whitby William Cairney Is Chosen From 28 Applicants Holder of the King's Police Medal for meritorious ser- | day. vice, William N. Cairney, 48, was appointed chief of police! _for East Whitby Township when he appeared before the only Township Council last night. He was chosen from 28 appli- cants considered by council for the positions of police chief [approval to the speech from the and constable. The constable will be chosen at a later date.- i r. Cairney has been chief con-# stable for the Town of Prescott for the past three years. He is at pres- ent on holidays in Oshawa. During 1942-46 he was police chief at Cochrane, Prior to 1942 he served nearly 17 years on the police force at Sault Ste, Marie during which time he attained the rank of ser- geant. Mr. Cairney was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. He is also in possession of a parchment of the Royal Canadian Hussars AssoOcia- tion for lifesaving. During the past two or three months = East Whitby Township Council has been considering oust- ing the Provincial Police from the |' municipality. and operating its own force again. Last month council was informed by Police Commis- sioner William Stringer that the agreement between the Provincial Police and the township would be terminated on October 31. Council was in accord. Some members of council haven't been altogether happy about the arrangement which has been in effect for over a year. Provincial Constables Ray Hodgson and Har- ry Kift are at present policing the township. Planning To Stockpile Rubber, Tin Ottawa, Sept. 13 (CP).--A gov- ernment spokesman today said | Canada likely will review her| stockpiling activities in rubber and | tin but will make no "sudden | plunge" in buying great supplies of these commodities. He was commenting on reports from Washington that Canada and the United States have agreed to review stockpiling policy with the! possibility of buying greater sup- | plies of rubber and tin to help the United Kingdom in her financial crisis. The spokesman said Canada al- ready had built up a supply of tin, but had made no recent purchases of natural rubber from the Malaya area. . Agreement by the U.S. to ease customs regulations and allow Marshall aid funds for the pur- chase of wheat by the UK. in Canada was pleasant news, spokes- men said. Frequently Canadian goods ear- marked for the U.S. hit a snag at border points. More Money For Six Hospitals | Ottawa, Sept. 13 (CP) --S8ix On- tario hospitals will share in $89,500 worth of federal health grants allocated today by the Federal Health Department. The grants are part of the gov- ernment's $31,000.000-a-year health program and will be used in the provision of 120 additional hospital © beds. The new Hotel Dieu Hospital at St. Catharines will get $17,000 to help its develop into a general hospital with a bed capacity ex- panded from 27 to 100. Already in operation, the Sau- geen Hospital at Southampton will! get $5,800 to help serve Port Elgin and surrounding townships. More than $23,600 will go to the. new hospital in Wiarton. At Burk's | Falls $24,600 will be used for the completion of a 24-bed institution, expected to be in operation some time this fall. The Englehart $3,200 will be used | to add another 14 beds to the Red | Cross Hospital. | i NET PAID CIRCULATION The Times-Gazette Average Per Issue August, 1949 9,702 | iE ET ---- East. Whitby Chief £ | tion plans to join with the provin- s | legislation aimed £ | home ownership through reduced ownship Names Police Chief & Preparing For 21st Parliament | Ottawa, Sept, 13 -- (CP) -- The | federal cabinet meets today to re- | view the legislative program to be | presented to the first session of | the 21st Parliament opening Thurs- Since the general election June 27, the cabinet has been meeting on Wednesdays. However, Tuesday and Wednesday meetings were called this week to give final Throne, which will forecast the | | government's legislative plans for | | the coming session. There js speculation that the | speech will forecast new housing at encouraging | down payments. It may also men- t ces on low-cost, low-rental housing f | Reconstruction : | tour. ® | Also discussed were WILLIAM N. CAIRNEY Whe was last night selected from 28 applicants for the position of Chief of Police of East Whitby Township. Chief Cairmey has had many years of police experience. Re-Marriage Resolution Approved Halifax, Sept. 13.--(CP) -- The Lower House of the 17th general synod of the Church of England in Caflada today passed a resolution permitting the re-marriage of per- sons where nullity of the previous marriage has been established by the church. The measure was entered by Mr. Justice W. H. Harrison of Saint John, N.B.,, and seconded by Can- on W. H. Davidson of Montreal. Before gaining final approval, the motion must be passed by the House of Bishops. Indications were that the house would consid- er the motion today and report to- Morrow. Previosly, re-marrlage was poss- ible in cases where civil courts re- turned verdicts of nullity--no mar- riage--but not divorce or dissolu- tion. The motion provides for a review of the factors behind the separa- tion and if the church can estab- lish nullity--regardless -of the civ- il court verdict--re-marriage is permissible on the grounds that there has been no previous marri- age. Earlier the synod recieved a re- port of the commission on church's marriage and laws. This report has been tem- porarily shelved and will come up for adoption or rejection at a later session along with two resolutions from the dioces of Calgary deal- ing with the laws. The synod began debate on the report of the whole council for soc- ial service, last of three major re- ports, just before the noon recess. Believes R.C.M.P. Should Do Job Toronto, Sept. 13. (CP) Highgraders are stealing $1,000,000 a year in gold .from Ontario mines and their apprehension should be- come the responsibility of the R. CM.P.,, Mines Minister Gemmell of Ontario said here today. Mr. Gemmell, who has just re- turned from the annual ggonfer- ence of provincial mines ministers at Predericton said delegates to the conference unanimously supported a recommendation that highgrading should become a federal offence. In this way, he said. provincial boundaries would not interfere in the curbing of highgrading activi- ties.. The men handling the illegal gold were in the same category as those involved in dope smuggling and white slavery, both of which are federal offences, he added. Ontario and Quebec now rely up- on their provincial police to pre- vent highgrading. The other prov- | iInces have the RCMP, do their from a flat roof. Value of the loot provinciall yolicing. the | divorce | | projects. Both matters were discussed by | Minister Winters with the premiews of all provinces during his recent trans-Canada plans for | | completion of a trans-Canada high- | way. It is expected the government | will revive legislation, not passed jat the last session, providing for | federal financial contributions to the construction project. The fed- eral grants may run as high as $250,000,000, about half of the es- timated cost of completing the] | highway. | References likely will be made | to the current trade and currency | problems, but it is believed the | government will not be in a posi- | tion by Thursday to forecast any | legislative steps it may have to I take as a result of the economic | talks in Washington with represen- | tatives of Britain and the United | States. | The government may call for early passage of the budget and the | department estimates of expendi- | | tures for the 1949-50 fiscal year. | ~The budget was brought down | March 22 and went into effect im- mediately although it was not pass- ed by Parliament before it pro- rogued April 30. It is expected to be re-introduced in its original form without any new budget | speech being made by Finance Min- ister Abbott. Before the election, Parliament voted the government sufficient funds to carry on until the end of this month. A new vote probably will be asked for within the early days of the new session to cover expenditures until the - estimates are passed. Some supplementary estimates of expenditures likely will be intro- duced to cover expenses uriforeseen when the original estimates were prepared last year. Some observers believe the gov-| ernment will leave over for another | session, its legislation to abolish | appeals to the Privy Council and make the Supreme Court of Can- ada the highest tribunal for Can- ada. The Privy Council is due to hear this fall an appeal against the Su- preme Court's ruling that the fed- eral government has not the power | to ban the sale and manufacture of margarine. Open Probe At Ottawa Ottawa, Sept. 13--(CP)--A top- ranking official of the Ontario Provincial Police, Deputy Commis- sioner E. T. Boyle, Monday began an investigation into charges of maladministration levelled by 15 police constables against Inspector S. T. Hunter of Cornwall, The accusations were made when the officers recently applied for transfers out of Inspector Hunter's district, comprising most of East- ern Ontario. Eight of the constables appeared before Deputy Commissioner Doyle Monday and he is expected to in- terview the other seven today. In- spector Hunter was reported to have been present toushiyt Monday's hearings, which 1 held in camera. 2 Deputy Commissioner Doyle said there would °° no announcement on progress of the investigations at least un'" the inquiry is over. The hearing is: expected to end Wed- nesday. 21 Fur Coats Reported Stolen Toronto, Sept, 13--(CP)-- Theft of 21 fur coats from the shop of S. Sussman in downtown Toronto during the night was reported to- day by police. Thieves forced a small second storey window to gain entrance to the building, operating 'was not available, Halifax Leads Way As Cost Of Living Climbs Upwards Ottawa, Sept. 13--(CP)--Halifax led the way with a 1.6-point increase as the July cost-of-living barometer climbed upwards in seven of eight regional cities, the Bureau of Statistics reported Monday. Only Edmonton showed a decline. In the Alberta pro- vincial capital the regional index dipped one-tenth of a point. Higher food prices were mainly responsible. for the in- dex advance, the bureau said. The regional cost-of-living index compared with previous standings: Aug. 3/48 Halifax Saint John Montreal Toronto Winhipeg Saskatoon Edmonton Vancouver 151.7 156.0 160.6 154.3 150.6 159.5 153.5 159.5 July 2/49 155.6 158.5 165.9 . 157.8 157.0 163.5 158.4 163.6 157.2 159.7 166.1 158.5 157.9 163.8 158.3 164.2 'Whitby Motorist Seeks $10,000 Damages In Supreme Court Action Damages of $10,000 are being ask- ed in an action taking place this week at the County. Building in Whitby where Mr. Justice J. K. Mackay of Toronto, is presiding over thé fall session of the Su- preme Court of Ontario, Plaintiff in the action is Lorne Bradley of Whitby and defendants are Bruin Products Limited of Whitby and James Turrell of Oshawa. A counter claim for $500 has been entered against Mr. Bradley by the | defendant, The case for the plain- tiff will probably be completed to- day after which the defence wit- nesses will be heard. Witnesses this morning included Norman Down, East Whitby coun- cilor and Dr. D. E. Sturgis. Mr. Bradley was on the stand for most of the afternoon session yesterday when he was questioned exhaus- tively by his counsel, A. W_ S. Greer, K.C, and E. L, Haines, of the firm of Haines and Haines, Toronto, counsel . for the defendant. Mr. Down said he was returning from a business trip to Toronto when he arrived at the scene of the accident west of Whitby. His was one of several vehicles held up. Hc went to the scene and spoke to Turrell, driver of the Bruin Pro- ducts Limited truck: "How did it happen?" "He came at me with his lights off", Turrell replied. "I said: "That could hardly hap- pen, He has one light on now", Mr, Down also gave a report of the conversation which took place two years ago on January 7. He pdded that there was one man ob- viously badly hurt, in an automo- bile which had been involved in the crash, One headl on. the right hand side, was still burning on the car. Medical Testimony When he saw Bradley he was still unconscious at the hospital, Dr. Sturgis said. The man had. been treated for multiple bruises and abrasions. After two day's observa- tion, an examination disclosed a crushing fracture of the fifth cervi- cal vertebra and a dislocation of the fifth or the sixth vertebra which brought about a paralysis of the left arm. There was a skull frac- ture which caused brain dullnéss and a loss of memory for about two weeks, Treatment included the use of ice-tong calipers which are fixed in the patient's skull and to which weights are attached to reduce the dislocation of the neck. After the dislocation was taken care of a cast was put on to keep the spine in alignment. A further corrective period was needed with the traction equipment before the final cast was put on, The man now had recovered as much as he ever would, Dr, Stur- gis said. Arthritis in the neighbor- ing joints still persisted and res- tricted the plaintiff's free neck movement, There would, in addi WHITBY MOTORIST (Continued on Page 2) Lay Murder Charge In Sudbury Case Sudbury, Ont. Sept. 13--(CP)-- Adelard Latour, 48-year-old bush worker today was charged with murder in the hunting-knife slay- ing of 23-year-old Mrs. Cecile Rain- ville, his cousin's wife. Handcuffed, his hands and wrists bandaged, Latour appeared brief- ly in court today and was remand- ed to Sept. 20. Mrs. Rainville died Monday in a two-room basement apartment while her two-year-old adopted daughter, Jeannette, sobbed by her side, In another room, the woman's infant daughter, Adrienne slept in her carriage. . Police found the woman's body, with numerous knife wounds, clad in a dressing gown, The former Cecile Vardon of Rocklafd, near Ottawa, laid in a pool of blood on the floor of her bedroom, An au- topsy showed death was due to knife wounds in the lungs and ab- domen. Latour was kept under police guard Monday night at a hospital where he was treated for cuts on his right hand. The index finger and a tendon in his hand had been cut deeply. With blood dripping from his wounded hand, Latour walked near- fy half a mile to police headquar- ters. Police, who had been looking 'for him, took him into custody. Latour, who came from the Rock- land area, had been in Sudbury eight days. Police said they were told he was to have left the city Monday to work for a logging com- pany. Investigators quoted Mrs. Kath- leen Isnechaj, landlady of the house on Van Horne Street in which the Rainvilles had lived for twe years, as saying that Latour visited the Rainville apartment twice early Monday morning. She said that after the first call he left with Rainville when the latter set out for work at the nearby Copper Cliff smelter. She said that about 7 a.m, Latour returned to the apart- ment, She told police: "I' heard someone tramp down the basement stairs and slam the door hard. I thought to myself, 'That's Eddie: Latour.' "Then I heard a short, gasping scream, I got up and ran out and down to the Rainvilles' apartment. The door was locked. I shook it and called, 'Eddie, what do you do?' He answered, 'Go away, it's my own business what I do.' "I rushed back to my kitchen and called the police. Then I looked for a key I have to the apartment, Ed- die came upstairs with blood drip- ping from his hands. He told me to go look after the kids. He said he was going to the police station to '| report a fight. I told him I had called police already, but he walked away." . ES Aug. 1/49 Leaders Surrender VETERANS 10 FOOT BLL FOR WATER Householders in the Veterans' Road ' district, south of Bloor Street East in East Whitby Town- | ship, have decided to pay for the ; supply of water and maintenance | of the only four fire hydrants in| the township. The decision was | made at a community meeting last night. Some 24 homes in the area benefit from the hydrants. Cost of | maintaining the hydrants is $300 yearly, Township Council decided recent- ly that the water supply to the hydrants would be cut off if the residents in the immediate area did not pay the "shot." Council maintained that residents who do not benefit from the hydrants should not be burdened with the cost. Reeve William E. Noble explain- ed to a delegation which appeared before council two weeks ago that the Department of Veterans' Af- fairs installed the hydrants with- | out council's consent. The DVA re- fused to accept any responsibility for the hydrants after Dec. 31, 1948, and passed the annual cost of $300 over to the township. Meanwhile council has decided to in all three hydrants opposite the three schools in the township. To Buffalo Police Buffalo, N.Y., Sept. 13.--(AP) ~ A group of union leaders wanted on charges of rioting in the Bell aircraft strike today surrendered to police a few hours before a scheduled mediation meeting with | company representatives, | Members of the. striking United Automobile Workers (CI.O.), they included Robert V. Siegler, Jr., 33, president of striking U.A.W. lical 501; Clayton W. Fountain, 40, U.A. | W. public relations representative, and Donald Slaiman, 30, a member of the local 501 bargaining commit- tee. Their lawyer, Edward N. Mills. Jr., sald they surrendered so that they could be released on bail to at- tend a mediation meeting called for later today. All 10 were charged with riot in warrants issued Friday in connec- tion with disturbances last week arising out of the strike which started 14 weeks ago. The strike was called for higher wages and pension benefits. Approve Pipe Line Plan Ottawa, Sept. 13 -- (CP)--The| Board of Transpott Commissioners | Monday gave the go-ahead to a plan to build an oil pipe line from Regina to Superior, Wis, by-pass- ing Canadian ports at the head of the lakes. The Interprovincial Pipe Line Company, authorized to build the line, said the $90,000,000 project will be finished by early 1951. Earlier this year, it obtained per- mission for a line from Edmonton to Regina. The board said it had no juris- diction to hear protests from the lakehead cities of Fort William and Port Arthur on the route. Mayor F. O. Robinson of Port Arthur asked to have the ruling deferred until the possibility of a federal subsidy for an all-Can- adian pipe line could be studied. Traditional Canadian Transport- ation policy, developed during the early years of the Dominion, has been to keep all east-west transport facilities on Canadian territory. The company, a subsidiary of Imperial Oil, said it would cost an extra $10,000,000 to push the line through the rugged rockey country between the lakehead and the Man- itoba border. The boaxd--empowered only to decide on the company's ability to! build, finance and operate the pipe line--ruled it must bé finished by Oct. 31, 1951. Company officials said the line must go through U. 8. territory if Alberta oil was to compete in East- ern Canada. with oil shipped from the U. 8. : The oil will be brought by tank- er to Sarnia and company officials estimated .it will save an estimated $30,000,000 a year in U, S. dollars. Dr. O. B. Hopkins, president of the company, said that docking and storage facilities will "be built at Superior. The line is expected to have g capacity of 95,000 barrels a day from Edmonton to Regina and 70,000 barrels east of Regina. It is estimated some 57,000 barrels will be shipped 'east from Superior. \ | By 10-Po | charting new western moves Economic Disaster Will Be Averted int Plan Washington, Sept. 13-- (AP) -- State Secretary Dean Acheson and Foreign Minister Ernest Bevin today began in the cold war. They appar- 'ently are confident that Britain has once more been rescued from the threat of economic disaster. & | LA.P.A. Speaker H. A. BAFTIE Personnel manager of the Western Cleck Co., Ltd, Peterborough, whe will be the speaker at the dinner meeting of the Oshawa-Whitby Section of the Central Ontario Di- vision of the Industrial Accident Prevent.on Associations in the Ma- sonic Temple here tomorrow night. His subject will be "What Is Your Score?", ... ERE : Famed Pier Damaged By Flames Atlantic City, N.J., Sept. 13--(AP) --A $200,000 fire ripped through 300 feet of the famed Million Dollar Pier early today. The well-known landmark, which juts 1,900 feet into the ocean on the downtown section of the board- walk, caught fire about 4:30 a.m. The pier's huge ballroom, the shore end, was gutted com- pletely. Twisted roof girders fell into the blaze. The long pleasure palace was closed on Labor Day for the winter, No one was injured. Caretaker Walter Merchant and his wife were helped down a ladder to the beach. The resort's fire department brought special high pressurt equip- ment into play. These special measures enabled firemen to contain the blaze in a relatively small shoreward section of the pier. The Million Dollar Pier is the second largest in Atlantic City, next to the Steel Pier. ' Built in 1906 by Capt. John L. Young, the pier once was a won- der for its size and construction. Through the years, it has remain- ed a landmark of the resort. Bucket Brigade Helps To Save Lakeshore Home A neighborhood bucket brigade, a | garden hose and a fire department booster ttuck saved the home of Mrs. A. Hastie, 315 Lakeshore, from possible fire destruction early last night. Firemen blamed an over- heated stove. Mrs. A. Hastie and a daughter, Sheila, were in the home when the fire broke out in the kitchen wall partition. "We spotted flames in the parti- tion," - Sheila said. "My mother threw water on it. We thought it was out but the fire broke out again." ; Sheila telephoned her brother, Dave, who was working at a service station. He sped home in his car with an extinguisher. "Again we thought the flames were quelled. Then we were told flames were shooting from the roof. Dave got onto the roof and neighbors handed him buckets of water. A neighbor played a garden hose on the fire. We were still when firemen arrived," Sheila re- counted. Cedar Dale firemen, under Cap- tain William Culling, laid 100 feet Damage Was not ex- Culling reported the stove close to the: partition. THE WEATHER Overcast today and Wednes- day. O ionml rain beginni this afternoon, becoming more continuous tonight, then inter- mittent again Wednesday after- noon. Becoming cooler Wednes- day afternoon. Winds south 15, shifting to northwest 15 Wed nesday afternoon. Low fo- ight and high Wednesday "60, 70; Summary for Wednesday: Intermitterg rain, cooler, of hose. tensive. was too near | fighting the fire 4 A 10-point attack on Britain's | plight, worked out by Achéson, Be- | vin and other American, British and | Canadian cabinet ministers. was | announced here as assuring Bri- itain's prompt recovery from its current dollar crisis and also prom- | ising her a more secure economic | Final agreement in the week- {long three-power conference came {late Monday. Acheson and Treas- | ury Secretary John W. Snyder de- | cided that the United States could i find ways to give Britain more free- dom in spending its Marshall plan ! dollars, easier access to American markets and an increased volume {of sales to the United States of : such items as rubber and tin. These and other measures, in- cluding probable British made dis- i criminations against the United 1 States in order to save dollars by i buying elsewhere, were welcomed oy Bevin. He viewed them as se- curing the economic basis for Bri- .tain's active role as a partner with . America the United States and other western countrigs in the con- flict with Russia and in the drive for greater western security. Ache- i son agreed with this statement of | the economic program's political | importance. Against this bac und, the {two men open today ther series |of conferences. They dea] with {British and American far-eastern policy, Germany, Tito's split with { the Kremlin, the devzlopment of an ! Atlantic defence system under the new Atlantic treaty and other is- sues with which both countries are vitally concerned. Meanwhile, the governors of the International Monetary Fund and the World bank prepared to open their annual sessions. They must grapple with fdr-reaching finangi- al problems, some of which stem directly from the British dollar crisis and the three-power talks here. ' { One issue certain to be raised tin the monetary func: that of dee valuation of the British pound to ~% | bring it more into line with what { American officials consider its real ! buying power in terms of dollars. CONFIDENT | (Continued on Page 5) { SRSA RB | Stolen Gems Recovered In Toronto Toronto, Sept. 13--(CP)--Sto. 4 {diamonds and emeralds valued at more than $15,000 were found early {today in a safety deposit box of a downtown vault by police who said the box had been rented by Lou Molnar, suave, good-looking form- er dancing instructor who is being held as the suspected leader of a Vancouver jewel theft ring. Police said the jewels discovered' today taken from the Fraser Valley es= tate of C. S. Glaspie, millionaire lumberman, several weeks ago. The seven diamonds and three emeralds had been taken out of their setting by a jewel expert leading police to believe another member of the gang still. is at large either here or in Vancouver. One emerald is valued. at $5000 while a diamond is reported to be worth at least $4,000. : The safety deposit box was dis covered following a 48-hour inves- tigation in which '10 friends of Molnar had been rounded up and questioned. It was from one of the friends that police learned about the safety deposit box. ! Police believe the rest of the loot is hidden in safety deposit: boxes in Vancouver. A British Columbia Provincial Police escort was expected to arrive today to take Molnar back ta Van- couver where he will face seven charges of jewel theft. Molnar, known also as Ward, was arrested in a downtown hotel | suite where ho had been th:owing |1avish parties. Police said ths dap- | per native of Brantford, was prres= ted on information supplied Donald McGrath, 26, charged in Vancouver with the Glaspie rob= bery. Molnar, "former R.C.AF. bomb= aimer who made 26 wartime opera= tion 'trips over Germany, was char= pon when a search of his room un= covered a German automatic pis< tol. The charge was later with=; crawn. Also found in his room was a jewellers magnifying - glass. He 'wore an eight-stone diamond ring which he said he bought Vancouver pool room. Police said ' the ; former dancing: teacher may be the modern-day Raffles who debutantes to facilitate the robbe [of wealthy estates. An excelles | dancer and golfer, police said nar was the pet of 'Vancouver ciety. At the time of his arre carried membership cards i of the mos; fashionable {Canada golf and country ¢ in a were about half. the loot | by ged with having an offensive wea= § owe we | | 1 il charmed Vancouver Si