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THE DAILY TIMESGAZETIE Combining The Oshawa Daily Times-Gazette and Whitby Chronicle OSHAWA WHITBY VOL. 9--No, 134 'OSHAWA-WHITBY, FRIDAY, JUNE '9, 1950 Price 4 Cents. EIGHTEEN PAGES THIEVE ON RAMPAGE IN OSHAW $12,500,000 For Manitoba Rehabilitation Ottawa, Minister Abbott announced in the commons today that the federal gevernment will grant $12,500,000 to the Manitoba government as an "initial payment" for Red River Valley flood rehabilitation. He announced also that the Do- minion will bear 75 per cent of the cost of dyking and other remedial measures, as was done in the Fraser Valley floods in 1948. Turning briefly to the disastrous fires at Rimouski and Cabano, Que., he said the federal government hs not yet had a chance to discuss with Premier Duplessis of Quebec the re- port of the Commission which in- vestigated the fires, It is anticipated a statement will be made on the fires next week, Mr. Abbott, just back from a trip to the flood area where he, had conferences with provincial officials, tabled an interim re- port by the joint federal-pro- vincial commission appointed to investigate the extent of flood damage. The commissioners reported that "in the aggregate and subject to necessary further detailed investi- gations, excluding intangibles, per- sonal effects and crop losses," the total cost of the Manitoba flood was $26,631,880. This included damage "in the neighborhood" of $16,424,646, cost of flood fighting $7,089,056, cost of emergency relief $618,178, cost of emergency precautions to guard against recurrence of flood condi- tions $2,500,000. The 21-page, 6,000-word report MANITOBA (Continued on page 2) Local Man Arrested In Toronto Toronto, June 9 (CP)--Nine men were arrested Thursday as Torénto Police carried out one of their big- gest raids of recent years on suspected bookmaking centres. Raids were carried out on two barbershops and a tobacco store in the west-central College Street- Spadina Avenue area. Charged with bookmaking were Morris Zeldin, 41; Abe Bernstein, 88; Max Goodman, 44; Louis Born- stein, 38; William Copnick, 43; Abraham Rayson, 44; Joseph Apple- baum, 31; Joseph Pilsmaker, 50, and Max Morrenstein of Oshawa. Police said that sidewalk men, or runners who solicit bets, were among those arrested. Two tele- phones allegedly used to register bets and two radio sets were seized. Producers' Board Set Up in Ontario Toronto, June 9 (CP)--An On- tario Dairy Producers' Co-ordin- ating Board has been set up with C. Weaver of Owen Sound, presi- dent of the Whole Milk Producers League of Ontario as the figst chairman, A joint meeting of the executives of the Whole Milk Producers League, cheese producers, concen- trated milk producers and cream producers approved formation of the league. Given Four Months For Negligence Toronto, June 9 (CP)--Although he was in Europe when fire des- troyed his one-storey toy plant in East Toronto, Alexander Beck today was sentenced to four months for criminal negligence. An employee, Mrs, Nancy Brack- lin, died when the flash fire was touched off by workers who had been smoking near celluloid toys. "There is far too much laxity in industrial buildings where combus- tible material is stored," said Judge Robert Forsyth. NET PAID CIRCULATION The Times-Gazette Average Per Issue May, 1950 11,132 June 9--(CP)--Finance Three Months |For Theft Of 'G.M. Parts Father of two young children Wallace Burnett, 23, 732 Albert Street was today sentenced to three months in the county jail by Magis- trate Frank S. Ebbs on a charge of theft of small parts and acces- sories from General Motors of Can- ada Limited where he had been employed. to the charge, During last week's hearing Serg- eant of Detectives Herbert Flintoff testified that he, along with G.I1. Police Chief William Mills, entered Burnett's home and discovered the parts, which the accused admitted stealing. He told the court last week he stole the parts during the last month and took them for his own personal use. Mr. Flintoff said the convicted man owns a car in a garage somewhere near Whitby. Today Crown Attorney Ale: C. Hall, KC, read a list of offenses dating back to 1946, including theft and assault. A request by Burnett to be sent to the reformatory for four months rather than three in the county jail was refused. boiler repairing, "stated the con- victed man, "Weli, you would have to go to the | reformatory for six 'months," re- | pled the Crown. "You couldn't take a course like that in four months." R. D. Humphreys, K.C., defense counsel for Burnett, asked the bench tu consider the fact that, his client had two children and sald, "I think it should be taken into considera- tion that Mr. Burnett can rehabil- itate himself and be a credit to his family." In reaching his verdict Magis- trate Frank S. Ebbs stated, 'You should receive more than three months with your past record." Relief Fund Up $103 Contributions reported today for the Oshawa Disaster Relief Fund totalled $103.00, of which $50 were handed in to City Treasurer Harold Tripp by Mayor Starr as a dondtion from the St. John's Ukrai- nian Mutual Benefit Society. The total of the fund stands at slightly over $21,000 up to the present. Other contributions reported to The Times-Gazette this morning were as follows: as F. Grierson, $10.00; Mrs. C. , $2.00; Miss Beatrice Mount- Marr $2.00; E. A, Gilroy, $2.00; Osh- awa Branch W.C.T.U, $25.00; Mrs. Sonpco, $1.00; Columbus Home and School Association, $10.00; Mrs. C. Cox, $1.00, Sentenced To Hang Valleyfield, Que., June § -- (CP) -- Two young farmhands will die on the gallows Aug. 25 for the ham- mer slaying of a Huntingdon, Que., taxi driver, Dec. 11. Gervin Patenaude, 19, of Hunt- ingdon was convicted and sentenc- ed Thursday. His companion in the murder, Kenneth Bevin, 18, was sentenced last week. Evidence at their trials was that they hired the cab of Lu- cien Brunette on the night of Dec. 11. When he had driven them to a lonely road, they beat him to death with a ham- mer for his money -- $40." The lads later were trapped by police while they were hiding under a haystack on a farm near Hunt- ingdon, about 35 miles southwest of Montreal. Both youths were farmhands in the district. Less than half an hour was re- quired Thursday by the jury de- liberating Patenaude's case. Paten- aude was og and showed no ner- v was "No doubt, the prisoner is guilty of murder," said Mr. Justice Fran- su Caron in his charge to the ury. Patenaude and Bevin are serving four-year penitentiary sentences for robbing a bank at Ormstown, Que., of $1,400 the day after they murdered 'the taxi driver. They pleaded guilty and were sentenced last January, ' "I would like to take a course in| Burnett pleaded guilty jed a four-room home in Niagara Falls, Ont. yesterday. | managed to escape when the blaze swept through the bungalow home of | Arline, 16, and Fanny, 5, died in the blaze. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Waugh. Last night parents and.nine children were | "Tuo Children Die in Flaming Stamford Township Home Two children died, o one in an attempt to save the other, r. whedfife destroy- | being sheltered by friends. Sharon, Teva, Leslie, Richard, Gerald Eleven others and Donald Waugh were taken to the home of' Jack Rowan. Their sister$, ~Globe and Mail Phote. Five Perish When Flames Sweep Train Beattock, Scotland, June 9 (CP) --Fire broke out Thursday night on a speeding Birmingham-Glasgow express train killing a man, two women and two children. Fanned by the speed of the train, the flames swept through the first three coaches. These were ablaze when the train ground to a halt near this village, 60 miles southeast of Glasgow. Lanarkshire Fire Brigade headquarters said all three of the cars that caught fire were "burned out." The bodies of the victims were found in thé third compartment of the second coach. Adam Moffatt, a truck wcrker, spotted the blazing coaches as the train roared toward Beattock. He ran down the track toward the train, waving his arms to attract the engineer's attention. As the train halted, Moffatt ran to the coaches and pulled open the doors. The fire eventually was extin- guished gnd the train left for Glas- Ww. Britain's worst train disaster oc- curred near Beattock in May, 1915, when 224 people were killed and 246 injured in a collision between a troop train and a passenger train. Beef, Lamb Prices Up The prices of beef and lamb have not risen as much here in the past week as they have in Toronto but they have advanced several cents. Buyer resistance is being felt in the sale of the latter meat and lamb is practically non-existent in the larger Oshawa stores. One butcher explained its absence. "The price we have to charge for lamb is utterly ridiculous and the people just won't buy it. I can't say that I blame them." Round steak which soid last week for around 79 cents a pound is selling in Oshawa to- day for prices ranging around 82 cents. Sirloin and other cuts are selling for around 85 cents. The price of lamb can hardly be established as it just is not there to sell. It might be a result of the high prices of beef and lamb but one Oshawa store is advertising the sale of rabbit meat. Toronto, June § -- (CP) -- Beef and lamb prices here have risen five or six cents here in the last - BEEF, LAMB (Continued on page 2) One Great Labor Group Within Year Toledo, O., Juné 9 (AP)--Presi- dent Willlam Green of the AFL. predicts that within a year all major labor groups will be recon- ciled into "one great labor move- ment." He told the convention of the Flint Glass Workers Thursday night that there is no longer justi- fication for prolonging the split be- tween the CIO. and AFL. Complete unification of labor un- ions, he added "is an indispensable objective that must be achieved in our time because of 'the united op- position we: face and. because of the great economic, social and poy litical problems we face." Ajax Citizens Committee Calls Meeting to Hear Improvement Are Ajax, June 9--A chance for all, citizens interested in the future of Ajax to ascertain the ramifications of an improvement district, as pro- posed by an application now before the municipal board, will be pre- sented next Monday 'evening in the Ajax Recreation Hall A group of citizens headed by Tom: Veitch and Don Travers work ing as a citizens' committee, invited J. W. P. Garter, the chief supervisor of General Administration of the Department of Municipal Affairs, to speak to all interested in the prob- lems. of incorporation of Ajax. He has, it is learned today, accepted the invitation with the approval of his department and has expressed | a desire. to have as many questions | hurled at him as time will allow. George Finley has also been in- | vited to speak to those interested | and he too has accepted expressing | a desire to answer any questions) regarding the relation to Ajax of | Central Mortgage and Housing | | Area Plans Corporation, of which he is the Ajax | Manager. To facilitate the guestion periods of both speakers of the meeting which begins at 8 o'clock, a question box is now in the Recrea- tion Hall for those who would rather write their questions than ask them from the floor. The meeting was felt necessary by -the citizens' committee after a petition for corporate status had been forwarded to the Municipal Affairs Department and & hearing had been set for the Ajax Recrea- tion Hall next Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Due to the local con- troversies, culminating in an open air protest meeting several Sundays ago, it was decided by the commit- tee that an opportunity should be | given the citizens of Ajax and the surrounding districts to find out what an Improvement District ac- tually consists of, how it is organ- ized, how it affects the citizens, how it is terminated and many cogent and so far unascertained facts. 85 Degrees In DowntownOshawa There were no reports of Osha- wans purchasing blankets today as the mercury hovered over the 80 degree mark for the third successive day. At noon the mercury crept to 85 degrees downtown -- and it was still moving upward, Sun-dresses and play-suits will be the order for the week-end for city thermometers are expected again to reach 85 to 90 degrees tomorrow. However, the weatherman said it would probably be a, little cooler Sunday but no sharp drop is ex- pected, Making Progress In Contract Dispute Toronto, June 9--(CP)--Progress is being made in conciliation talks concerning a contract dispute at the Algoma Steel Corporation in Sault Ste. Marie, Louis Fine, Ontario's chief conciliation officer, said today. Representatives of the company and of local 2251 of the United Steelwdr kers of America (CIO. adjourned late Thursday after meet- ing with Mr. Fine here since the beginning of this week, They will resume their discussions next Thursday. About 5500 workers at the big basic steel plant are affected. Would Be 'Says U.S. Abandonment of Aid Disastrous President Columbia, Mo., President Truman said today that abandonment of aid to Western Europe after the Marshall Plan is finished would be disastrous to peace. In a world "full o dangers," he said, the United States must con- tinue its contributions to free coun- tries lest "the Communists move in" He made it clear in an ad- dress prepared for graduation exercises of the University of Missouri that he is convinced "our vital national interest in a healthy world economy" will not end when Marshall Plan aid stops in 1952, "You hear a lot of talk these days to the effect that the world is full of dangers, and that our civil- ization is heading straight for dis- aster, "Of course, the world is full of dangers--the 'world has always been full of dangers, for people in every country and at every period of his- tory." But in spite of these dangers, he added, "our civilization need not wind up in disaster." "It can go on {to greater heights. Those who are fright- ened and dismayed do not have faith that men will use scien- June '9. (AP)-- | tific advances for good ends. y They see y only the dig in the world -- not the oppor- tunities." : Truman cited American foreign aid to the democracies after the last war when it "became clear that one nation did not want to help world recovery." Obviously speaking of Russia, he continued: "Instead, that nation wished to prolong and intensify the misery of others, so that it could gain domination over them. The plain intent of that nation was to over- throw the tradition of freedom which is shared by our country and many others." He said the United States chose to work with other countries to build up strength to withstand ag- gression rather than to abandon the rest of the free world and "try to become strong enough all by our- selves." The 'program, Truman said, calls for a community of nations which can resist Communism whether .its aggression takes the form of "in- ternal subversion or external at- tack." Truman devoted a major part of his address to a discussion of the economic 'measures under way and to follow cessation of the Marshall Plan to keep Western Europe strong. Pair of Shears Stolen from Police Thieves are getting: bolder these days, they are even steal- ing from the local police de- partment. An old and well worn pair of shears used for cutting ojd license plates off bicycles, disappeared ' mysteriously the other day. Even the best men on the force could not locate the miss- ing shears, Police Chief Owen D. Friend settled the affair by going a a hardware More and Rusch ng a Dew | Maybe the thief eo about a recent -order by the Police Chief that all bicycle owners in Oshawa must have 1950 markers By the end of this month and whe trying to slow 'up the pro- Big Treason: Trial Ends Prague, June | 9-- (AP) --Czecho- Slovakia wound up its big treason trial . Thursday night, meting out death sentences to four persons and life imprisonment to four others on charges of spying for western pow- ers, A State Court convicted all 13 de- fendants at the conclusion of the eight-day trial. The remaining five received prison terms ranging from 15 to 28 years. One of those condemned to death was a woman -- Mrs. Milada Hora- kova, former National-Social Party deputy in Parliament. The prosecution described Mrs. Horakova as "the criminal organi- zer of the whole plot" and said: "she is and remains an incorrigible opposer of our regime." The court found all 13 accused had been in contact with 'foreign powers and chargéd th:t the de- fendants gave away state secrets and acted as spies. All had pleaded guilty: or - "basically guilty" to the charges. They also were charged with or- ganizing a fifth column with the aid of the embassies of several wes- tern powers. Those sentenced to death, besides Mrs. Horakava, were Jan Buchal, Dr. Oldrich Pecl and Zavis Kalan- dra. The prosecution had demanded BIG TREASON (Continued on page 2) Coastal Loggers Girded for Strike Vancouver, June 9 -- (CP) -- Bri- tish Columbia's 32,000 coastal log- gers today girded for an indusiry- stifting strike. Only a last-minute settlement will keep them in the woods and mills when the deadline comes June 15. Partial returns from Thursday's government-supervised strike vote show around 70 per cent of the workers in favor of walking out to back demands for a. union shop and pay increases. Vancouver and New Westminster locals, with some 10,000 members, voted about 75 per cent in favor of strike action. The other 22,000 members of the International Woodworkers of America (C.I.O.- C.CL.) dre scattered in.camps and mills up the B.C. coast and on Van- couwer Island. Incomplete returns from Vancouver Island showed 3,075 for "strike action, 913 against. THE WEATHER Sunny and hot today and Saturday. Winds southwest 15. Low tonight and high Satur- day 65, 85. Summary for Sat- urday: Sunny and hot. Two Churches, Hotel, Store, Legion Entered driven bicycle. A C.P.R. Toolshed. The Cadillac Hotel. Baragar's Tire Shop. Burglars were active in this city last night. six break-ins have been received by police this morning, every case entry was made by forcing or jimmying a win- dow. Despite their depredations which must have taken most of the night the thieves' loot amounted only to about $128, worth of cigarettes, a small amount of cash and a motor-, Broken into were: Lake Rises Well Above Flood Level Fort Frances, June 9--(CP)--The lucrative Fort Frances fishing in- dustry has been crippled by Rainy Lake's spring run-off, industry offi- cials said today. The lake, already 4'2 feet above flood level, at some points is high- er than the all-time 1916 mark. Ex- perts say it may not drop to the bench = mark--first-flood stage until Sept. 1. Conservative = estimates today placed damage to the entire lake area, 200 miles east of Winnipeg in Northwestern Ontario, around the $1,000,000 mark. the Rainy Lake Commercial Fish- ermen's Organization, said® mem- bers have lost $150,000 in produc- tion aloneso far. Ninety-five per catch for shipping--and all stores would 'be gone within 15 days. der 31 inches of water. woods area, was in no danger. But | tourist and private summer cot- tages east of here in the point park area are deep in water. Docks and outdoor fixtures have heen swept away. Whole 'islands cyeated by the surging waters, dian reserve are hard hit, Two tamilies have already evacuated, and water is up to the windows on ' some dwellings. C.N.R. trains are running over soggy roadbeds at 10 miles an hour. Reds in U.S. Underground Washington, June 9--(AP) -- J. Edgar Hoover has told Congress that American Communists are going underground, and that there are more subversive activities going underground, and that there are more subversive activities in the United States than "at any per- jod during the last World War." "Communism today is at a great- er height in the United States than 'either nazism or fascism was" during the Second World War, the director of the Federal Bureau: of Investigation, said. What's more, he added, it is cen- tred in strategic areas and In stra- tegic industries. In 'testimony be- fore a congressional = committee, Hoover said: "Forty-eight per cent of the membership of the Communist par- ty is in the basic industry of this country. In this manner they would bc able to sabotage essential indus- try in vital defence areas in the event of a national emergency. "Our investigations disclose that Communist activities are most pronounced in such strategic indus- trial areas as New York, New Jer- sey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, California and Michigan. "Communist efforts toward infil- tration have been intensified in basic industries vital to our secur- ity such as steel, heavy machinery, mining, communications, transpor- tation; the electrical industry and maritime industry." Hoover's statements were wade to a Senate appropriations subcom- mittee in testimony released Thurs- day night. He reported that the recent trial of 11 Communist party leaders in New York prompted party mem- bers to institute a' security programn of their own George C. B. Smith, president of | have disappeared and others been) Indians on the nearby Redgut In- | | Reports of! In, The Oshawa branch of the Canadian Legion. St. Gregory's Roman Catholic Church. St. George's Ukrainian Catholic Church, There was no way of deter- mining this morning whether one man, two or several com- mitted the offenses. The na- tural assumption, inasmuch as they all happened on the same night and entry in each case was made by the same method, was that the same thieves were responsible but police are mot discounting the possibility thas several ' independent pairs or gangs might have been busy. In cases such as these police are left with very little upon which te base their investigations. However, detectives have been busy all morn. ing and will continue their ine vestigations. It was determined by police dur- ing investigation today that the burglars took a crow-bar and a hammer from the C.P.R. toolshed and used- the former to assist in smashing their way into the local branch of the Canadian Legion. Principal of the quintet of bur- glaries was that at the Canadian branch of the Canadian Legion where 348 packages of cigarettes, valued at $125 and a small quantity of cash, not over $10, was taken. Entry was made through the card room in the south-west corner of cent had lost their winter ice packs the building. The thieves removed --vital to preserving the summer's a screen and a metal grill over the ice | window and forced it open. They | entered .and proceeded to the top | 'Namese terrorists, | room which was locked. Entry was Smiths fisheries, one of the larger | made here by means of a crow-bar, plants with its own railroad sta- |The heavy metal door which closes tion, is closed down with docks un- | the bar was pried up and out of the metal grooves in which it slides and Most of the concentrated tourist- | left hanging free. The man or men resort area, west of town along | then climbed over the bar and into Rainy River and the lake of the! the canteen where they apparently helped themselves to the cigarettes, Empty bottles were dumped out of two or three beer cases and the cartons used to pack the cigarettes. The lock which closes the small room at the rear in which the stocks of bottled beer are kept was forced but apparently nothing was touched. From there the men went to the THIEVES (Continued on page 2) Tobacco Company Inspector Slain Saigon, Indo-China, June § -- (Reuters)--A, K. W. Evans, English inspector of the British American Tobacco Company, was shot dead Thursday night in Saigon by Viet who also shot and killed a Vietnamese policeman. Evans, 47, who arrived in Saigon last month, was driving Maurice Lebas, French assistant manager of the tobacco company, and two friends from the factory at Cholon. They were stopped by a group of four Vietnamese including a girl. The men in the group opened fire with automatic pistols. ! The killers sped away in a wait ing car, were challenged by a Viet- namese police patrol and exchanged shots, killing one policeman, Surgeons Cut Away Portions of Hearts Los Angeles, June 9 (AP)--Sure geons at Wadsworth Veterans Hos- pital have successfully cut away portions of the hearts of three pa= tients, Dr. Thomas Barrett, chief of medical services, reported today. Clots were found to be forming in certain pouches of the hearts. A specially-designed clamp was ap- plied in each case. Members of the Department of Surgery at the Uni- versity of California medical centre here cut away each of the faulty pouches (auricular appendices) and stitched together the openings into the heart. The main chambers (auricles) of the heart have appendices that help pump blood. They appear as bulges on 'the heart's surface, and not as a dangling 'tube as in the intestinal appendix. In some types of heart disease stagnant blood accumulates in the auricular ap- pendix, clots and eventually moves into the bloodstream. If carried to vital spots, such as the brain, death results.