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' I THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle @ OSHAWA WHITBY VOL. 9--No. 88 OSHAWA-WHITBY, SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 1950 Price 4 Cents TWENTY-TWO PAGES Carriers Tell Of Montreal Trip Thrills ® * Party Welcomed At C.N.R. Station On Return To Oshawa Saturday is the day after the three days before for 75 carrier boys and girls of The Times-Gazette, who at 9.10 o'clock last night returned from their three-day holiday trip to Canada's largest city, Montreal. Noisy, still excited, they came hurrying out of their two special railway cars at the C.N.R. station. Tired? Well maybe. But that didn't dam- pen their enthusiasm on arriving home. Shouts of greetings and recognition from boys and girls to their waiting parents, who had gathered an hour before the train pulled in to wel- come them, were plainly heard over the screeching and noise of a passing freight train. T. L. Wilson, Vice-President and Managing Director of The Times-Gazette, was also waiting to welcome them back, when the train pulled into the station. ---- ad AIRMAN, 19, SENTENCED T0 5 YEARS Garmisch - Partenkirchen, Ger- many, April 15 -- (AP) -- A United States Air Force court martial to- day convicted Cpl. Gustav Mueller of St. Paul, Minn,, of trying to give secret American military informa- tion to Russia. The 19-year-old airman was sentenced to five years Im- prisonment and to be dishon- orably discharged from the U.S. Air Force. Mueller testi- fied in his own defence that he was only trying to trap some Russian spies when he gave secret documents, The verdict followed a two-day trial. The court rejected Mueller's claim that he was trying to catch Soviet spies. U.S. agents had testi- fied earlier that they posed as Rus- _slan agents and that when Mueller gave them secret documents he told them he was doing so because "I believe in Communism." They said he asked no pay. Union Boss Raps Board Decisions Montreal, April 15 -- (CP) -- A spokesman for 90,000 members of | international brotherhoods involved in a wage-hour dispute with the railways said today "it is a fore- gone conclusion that the majority findings of the conciliation board in the railway wage-hour case will be rejected by the employees." Frank H. Hall, chairman of the conference for 15 international unions, said in a prepared state- ment that conciliation board recommendations on the railway- brotherhood dispute constitute "a most reactionary document." Mr, Hall was referring to the re- port of the conciliation board which dealt with demands of his group of unions, The report, together with the report of another board examining a dispute between the railways and the Canadian Bro- therhood of Railway Employees (C.CL.), was made public this Loaded down with souvenirs they had bought on their trip, they came trooping off the train. The excited babble of children's voices, anxious questions of parents and confusion reigned around the station before they were whisked away in waiting cars to their homes. Wonderful Trip "Oh it was a wonderful trip," exclaimed 15-year-old Mary Hanson, of 191 Park Road South. "I saw so many new things. But I'm happy to be home." Then Mary's parents had her in their arms in a real home- coming welcome. Young Marvin Colvin of Lake- shore, said he took pictures of "all the tall buildings" with his little camera. "And I took pictures of Notre. Dame Church too. I can't remember when I've had so much fun." The excellent meals were one of the biggest attractions to Carl Cheski, 12, of 739 Gifford Street. "They were delicious and we could order anything we wanted." Similar com- ments were heard by the en- thusiastic children, many of them were sorry the trip had to end so soon." "We saw a smoke fire while we were watching a hockey game in the Montreal Forum," exclaimed Gordon® Annan, 14, of Pickering. "It sure scared everybody, but not me." Gordon said he thought the beds in the Laurentian Hotel were the "best I ever slept in." Thrilled By Midgets "you should have seen the mid- gets we saw," said 14-year-old Ger- ald Deline, of Courtice. "They were scary. But I sure liked the Mid- gets Palace," cited boy. "A little midget boy played the piano for us and he was CARRIERS TRIP (Continued on page 2) Doukhobors Burn Shrine Vancouver, April 15 (CP)--Douk- hobor leader John J. Verigin is homeless, burned out by a gang of youths police identified as radical members of his Russian sect. And Attorney-General Gordon S. Wismer is on his way to Ottawa, for talks with Justice Minister Gar- son which may solidify a plan to] end the half-century of strife and violence in Doukhobor districts of interior British Columbia. Thirty-six young men were taken into custody at Brilliant, B.C., 250 miles east of Vancouver, after hymn-chanting Doukhobors dragged Verigin from his home and put it to the torch. No charges were laid diatel monias in Ottawa. "While official decison must await the convening of the general conference committee of the 15 as- sociated unions I am sure that these representatives will share my views as to the inadequacy of the recommendations contained in the report," Mr. Hall said. "It is a most reactionary document. It dénies to railway workers the benefit of the shorter work week which obtains in many other industries. The board's rejection of the wage re- quest means a reduced standard of living for the workers in this national and vitally important in- dustry." NET PAID CIRCULATION The Times-Gazette Average Per Issue March, 1950 10,483 Police said the raiders were from the Sons of Freedom, a group of some 2,000 which broke away from the main body of Doukhobor in pro- test against acceptance of man- made laws. The Verigin house, once used by the late Peter (the Lordly) Verigin who led the sect from Russia to America, was venerated as a Douk- hobor shrine. It burned in 40 min- utes, the flames fed by gasoline. The fire spread to nearby houses, doing an estimated $25,000 worth of damage. Friday's burning was the first act | of terrorism in the doukhobor coun- | try since leaders of the Sons of | Freedom signed four months ago al solemn pledge of peace. Verigin said the fire was set by "spiritually and mentally crazed | fanatics". "In my opinion, the immediate point of issue is the protection of society from them and their kind, rather than a discussion of ways and means of punishment or treat- ment of the culprits." While Attorney-General Wismer is in Ottawa Justice Minister Garson is expected to make public a report drafted by a two-man commission set up last winter to investigate the Doukhobor problem. declared the still ex- | Times-Gazette Carriers Look Out Over Montreal from Mount Royal Climbing to the lookout on the top Gazette carriers party were thrilled by the wonderful view of Canada's of Mount Royal by bus, The Times- largest city secured from that vantage point. The bus-drivers acted as very capable and courteous guides, pointing out places of special interest. --Times-Gazette Staff Photo. | BOARD FINDS UNION CLAIM IS TOO HIGH Ottawa, April 15 -- (CP) -- Rail- way union demands for higher pay and shorter hours are sliced to a fraction in Federal Conciliation Board Findings made public today. Rejecting the 17 unions' claims for outright pay increases, the ma- jority reports of two boards recom- mended a formula that would give about 124,000 employees a shorter week, higher hourly rates and, gen- erally, less in the pay envelope. The non-operating employees -- those who do not run the trains -- would get on the average an addi- tional 6.8 cents on their general hourly rate of $1.03. The unions had asked for re- duction in the work week from 48 to 40 hours with a five-day week and no loss in take-home pay, plus wage increases above that of from seven to 10 cents an hour. The boards estimated this would be the equal of a general increase of 29 cents an hour. After turning down the straight | increase, they settled on a 44-hour | week rather than the requested 40- hour period and worked out a com- promise on the unions' demand for luncheon in the Windsor Hotel, Montreal, Here some of the boys are finding the tricks of a clever magician highly amusing. Entertainment at G. M. Luncheon Pleases Boys Yesterday The Times-Gazette carrier boys and girls' were Faests of General Motors of Canada, Lin , after which a splendid program of entertainment was provided: --Times-Gazette Staff Photo. 48 hours' pay for the shorter week. | If the plan went into effect and the boards' findings are not | binding on the unions or the rail- | ways it would mean that the bulk of the employees would take | a weekly the shorter hours, wage cut to get UNION CLAIM (Continued on Page 2) Kaiser-Frazer Lost in 1949 Detroit, April 15--(AP)--Kaiser- Frazer Corporation lost $30,329,351 last year. This was disclosed in the auto- motive corporation's annual finan- cial statement, issued today. 362,098 after all taxes, in 1948. Kaiser-Frazer's experience general in 1949. Earnings were at a new high with a record production of 6,238,- 000 cars and trucks. Big General Motors earned $656,- 434,232, Chrysler $132,170,096. But K-F is optimistic about the | future. It has three new models in production or- soon to reach th e| assembly lines, and Edgar F., Kai-! ser, president, believes most of the losses "are behind us." The financial statement listed | last year's total sales at $104,474,- | 189. In 1948 they totalled $341,552, | 441. New Air Raids On Red Bases Taipei, Formosa, april 15 (AP)-- | Nationalist China's Air Force today | announced new raids on the Com- munists' South China invasion | springboard -- the Luichow penin- sula. The air headquarter: report was issued as the top Nationalist mili- | tary chiefs conferred here, presum- ably on how to checkmate expected red attempts to make large-scale | amphibious landings on Hainan and Chushan islands. Nationalist planes carried out daylong attacks Friday on Red ship- ping along the southern coast of | Luichow opposite Hainan, air head- | quarters said. Military installations ashore were heavily damaged it claimed. It| compares with a net profit of $10,- | ran | contrary to that of the industry in| though not as large | Left to right, Barbara McClelland, Testing Their Voices on Trip to Montreal Here a group of the carriers is seen passing the time on the train between Oshawa and Montreal enjoying a hearty sing-song, using the new Times-Gazette song sheets. Hanson, Gerald Blair, David Andrews, Beverly Bull and Janet Bull, all of Oshawa. Times-Gozette Staff Photo, | Mary 'Incredible' Report Says 'A. R. Mosher Ottawa, April 15 ( 15 (CP)--A strike | be called | vote undoubtedly will among the 30,000 members of the Canadian Brotherhood of Railway ; C.B.R.E, presi- | dent A. R. Mosher said today as | he blasted the majority finding of | Employees (C.C.L.), a concihation board that investi- gated his union's wage-hour de-_ mands on the railways. Mr. Mosher, the report "almost incredible" and "almost unbelievably reactionary and unrealistic." He said it would stir up maximum resentment among employees. / The report was one of two on the raliway-union dispute made public today. In the case of the C.BR.E. and the Brotherhood of Express | Employees (C.C.L) it rejected de- mands for a pay increase, the 40- hour week and the company check- off of union dues. It recommended the 44-hour week with some reduc- ) tion in take-home pay, also president of the ! Canadian Congress! of Labor, called | Will Stop Scorch Tomorrow Aft Afternoon Wiesbaden, GoTehy. April 15 (AP)--Lt.-Gen. John K. Cannon, Crief of the United States Air Force in Europe, announced today search for a Navy Privateer plane missing for a week will be abandoned at sundown tomorrow. U.S. planes roared over the Baltic | for the. seventh day today with scant hope the still may find the: plane and its crew of ten. German Officials Flee Russ Zone Berlin, April 15 (AP)--Two Chris- tian Democratic east zone officials fled to West Berlin two days ago to evade arrest by Communist-con- trolled police, it was learned Fri- day night. Informants identified Dr. Braedel, district chief of Wor- bis, on the Soviet-American zonal border, and his deputy. Full names were not available. THE WEATHER Sunny and milder today and Sunday. Winds light. Low to- night and high Sunday 30, 55. Summary for Sunday: Sunny and - milder, Alex C. Hall 'St. Andrew's Society Head Alex C. Hall, KC. K.C., was elected president of the St. Andrew's So- | ciety of Oshawa at its annual meet- {ing held last night in the recrea- tion hall lounge at the Oshawa Air- port. "There was a good attendance of enthusiastic members, and ex- ! cellent reports were presented on | the success of the year's activities. Other officers elected were as fol- lows: Hon. Presidents, Col. R. S. McLaughlin and Dr. Walter Bapty; 1st Vice-President, John Reid: 2nd Vice-President, David Henedrson; secretary, Dr. Walter Bapty; treas- urer, Duncan MacLennan; chair- man, Entertainment Committee, J. H. McDiarmid; chairman, Finance Committee, John Reid; Auditors, Robert Argo and Alex Gould; Chap- lains, Rev. George A. Telford and Rev. Hugh F. Davidson; Pipers, Donald McLellan and Jack Reid; Historian and Bard, M. McIntyre Hood. A warm expression of thanks was tendered to William C. Young who retired from the office of treasurer after three years of faithful ser- vice, and to William Duncan, the retiring president for the past year. THER, SON DIE IN OTTAWA FIRE 8 Others s Escape As Flames Sweep Ottawa's Sandy Hill district. year-old son, Timmy. Three-Storey Home Ottawa, April 15-"(CP)--A mother and her three-year- old son were burned to death when an early morning fire swept through their three-storey home on Daly Avenue in Dead are Mrs. Kathleeen Saunders, 38, and her three- GLASS CASE IN COURT ON JUNE 5 Toronto, April 15 (CP)--The trial of nine flat glass combines charges June 5. Chief Justice J. C. McRuer of the Ontario, Supreme Court Friday ov- erruled contentions of the Ontario and Quebec companies, which chal- lenged the right of the Ontario Su- preme Court to try them without a jury. Mr. Justice R. W. Treleaven will be trial judge. The firms are charged under an amendment to the Combines Investigation Act passed last year. The amendment denies jury trial to corporations ac- cused of conspiracy to operate a combine in restraint of trade. The glass firms concerned are in Toronto, Montreal, Hamilton and London, Ont. E. S. Livermore, counsel for Hobbs | Glass Company of London, argued will returned by a grand jury at the spring assizes, tried by a judge and jury. Similar charges against several dental sup- ply firms were tried before a jury last year prior to amendment of the Combines Act. Mr, Livermore said that, while of jury trial in such cases, it had not specified the trial procedure to dictment be quashed. When the court refused this re- quest, the companies declined plead to the charge. Chief Justice McRuer ordered that a plea of in- nocence be entered. torney-General of Canada, said the hearing will probably take about three weeks. Late je Spring On The Way For U.S. Chicago, April 5 (AP) --Spring | weather, halted by a delayed out- | | pouring of Arctic air, appears to be on the way for eastern half of the United States. The early spring cold spell al- ready has program. But, Federal Weather = Bureau forecasters had a long-range note of cheer. . The unseasonably chilly snap is nearing an end. The pre- dicted end of the near wintry wea- ther of sub-freezing temperatures, snow and sleet was made as the midwest and east reported record low readings for mid-April. The cold air which extended over the eastern half of the country was caused by a series of high pressure It was indicated warm breezes soon will be on the way. veteran forecasters said, was the duration, intensity and area. Snow fell in many eastern areas Friday, with an eight-inch fall at North Adams, Mass. New York City's fall measured 1.6 inches and the suburban areas were blanketed with three inches. The 25.2 degree temperature was a re- cord low for April 14 in the metro- polis. The early spring freezes caused $16,000,000 damage to the peach crops in Northern Georgia and the Carolinas. Losses also were report- ed by peach growers in Southern Illinois, and there was damage to peaches and strawberries in Ar- kansase® #--Friday's near-freezing weather caused postponement of exhibition baseball games by 10 major league teams. Famed 'Bojangles' Left Only $3,150 New York, April 15 (AP) -- Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, who earned approximately $2,000,000 during his tap-dancing career, left an estate of $3,150, it was disclosed Friday. He died last Nov. 25 at 71. Will Begin Summer Time Tomorrow London, April 15 (AP)--Britain goes on summer time tomorrow un- til Oct. 22. Clocks will be advanced one hour at 2 am. (9 pm. Saturday EST), putfing British time six hours ahead of Eastern Standard, instead | of five,--~ & * | | companies on| start here that, since the indictment had been | the case should be | Parliament had withdrawn the right | be followed. He asked that the in- | T. N. Phelan, counsel for the At- | the winter-weary | caused millions of dol- | lars damage to southern fruit crops | and disrupted the country's sports | areas along the Canadian border. | southern | The abnormal early spring cold, | worst they could recall in terms of | Eight other persons escaped injury in the fire, believed started by a cigaret butt kept burning in the groundfloor liv- ing room of the Saunder's apartment. Heroine of the tragedy was 24- year-old Simone Tetu who raced through the building arousing resie dents as soon as she discovered the blaze. She told firemen that she had been awakened by an explo- sion. Damage was tentatively estimated at $20,000. The fire started shortly after 4 AM. EST. Firemen were at the scene shortly after and fought their way into the blaz- ing interior of the Saunder's |" apartment to find the bodies of the two victims. Mrs. Saunder's body was found sprawled on the floor close to the door of her second-floor bedroom in a position indicating that she had perished while trying to get to her young son's room, The child was found a short dise tance away in a back room, stretche ed lengthwise across his bed. He had apparently tried to leave his bed and run to the safety of his mother, Mr. Saunders was away at the time of the blaze and did not are rive until shortly after firemen were {on the scene. The building, which stands close |to the corner of King Edward Ave enue, was one of the oldest resi- |dences in the district. Parks Board Discusses New Fence | That there will be a new fence {around Alexandra Park this sume | mer no member of the Board of Parks Commissioners has any doubt. Just when it will be erected | and of what type is still a matter | of conjecture, The matter was dis= | cussed this morning at the regular April meeting and referred to a committee, headed by John Brady, which has power to make decisions and to act upon them. | At a recent meeting it was de= | cided that the Alexandra Park | fence was a matter that could no { longer be neglected. The members | of the Park Board felt that the | cost of this structure should be | borne, in some part at least, by the property owners whose land ade Joins 'the park. Accordingly they were circularized by mail and aske ed their wishes in the matter--just | what type of fence they would pre= fer, It was more or less assumed that the property owners would see the necessity of a new fence. Many replies were received and | these were considered at this morne | ing's meeting. They varied in dee { gree and intensity. With the excep- | tion of one or two, and at least one of them was named at the meet= ing, all agreed to contribute a share In the cost of the fence, A number of tenders were receive ed. They all provided that the fence | would be of board construction and six feet in height. The amount of | the tenders ranged from $2,388 to $3,000. Time to Prepare For Election April 15--(AP)--Herbert Morrison, Deputy Prime Minister, said in an address today that it is time for the Labor party to prepare for the next general elece tion, He did not speculate on the date when it may be held, but said there is urgent party work to be done in the marginal constituencies. Speaking to a London' Labor pare ty conference Morrison said: "On Feb. 23 (the last general election) we won on points. Our task next time is to win a decisive victory." to | | | | over London, Newspaper Man's Death Accidental Oakland, Calif., April 15 (AP)-- A jury decided Friday that Courte enay Terrett, 46, newspaper man and former war correspondent, died Wednesday of an accidental over- dose of barbiturates. \Terrett fore merly worked for The New York Herald-Tribune, Post and Worlde Telegram. The Summary Whitby News Editorials .... Women's News Young People . Sports ...... . Theatre Programs Building Pages . Comics a Radio I: sgrams | Classified sera anesergeenes tases