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THE DAILY TIMESGAZETTE! WHITBY | OSHAWA Combining The Oshawa Daily Times-Gazette and Whitby Chronicle VOL. 9--No. 153 OSHAWA-WHITBY, MONDAY, JULY 3, 1950 Price 4 Cents U.S. IR OPS REACH FRONT Two East itby Safes Blown Open Daring Burglars Received Nothing For Their Effort Using acetylene torches and a canvas "tent" to cam- ouflage their activities, safecrackers over the week-end cut the combinations off two safes in the Park Road North, East Whitby Township Munic proved fruitless as there was no money in the safes. thought the yeggs were afte which, however had been banked Friday. ipal offices, but their efforts It is r the week's- tax collections, Municipal ree- ords, including the township tax roll, were untouched. The township police office which is also housed in the same build- ing was not entered. Police believe the job to be the Work of "professionals". Police Chief William Cairney has ¢ been policing the whole of the township alone since last Thursday. | The resignation of the lone con- | stable on the two-mgn force had | been accepted by towhship council | late last month. Municipal author- ities have been advertising for a new constable but to date, it is un- derstood, a new constable has not been named. Chief Cairney said prior to Thursday the constable had been on night duty and spent most of his time in the police office. Police said the would-be robbers entered the building sometime be- tween midnight Saturday and eight a.m. Sunday by breaking a rear window, near the safes, and un- latched the window lock inside. A make-shift "tent" was used by the safecrackers to hide the glare of the torches from the outside. The can- vas and some of the acetylene torch equipment was left behind by the safecrackers., It is believed they worked on the safe combinations for WHITBY SAFE (Continued on page 2) Cross Stolen From Altar Of Cathedral London, July 3--(Reuters)--Police today kept watch at all ports for £10,000 worth of diamonds ripped | from the high altar cross at Exeter Cathedral, Devon, during the week- end. They were expected to seek the help of Dutch and French police in | the belief the thieves would try to | get the stones out of Britain as soon as possible. ; The six-foot-high silver cross, its diamonds expertly removed, was found in a field on the Exeter-Lon- don road yesterday morning. | A few hours earlier, vergers open | ing the bomb-damaged 13th century | cathedral for early communion had | found a side door forced open. The £20,000 cross had gone. Scottish Miners On Strike Today Glasgow, July 3--(Reuters)--Two thousand miners in Lanarkshire, Scotland, went on strike today as a protest against the state-run Coal Board's refusal to grant a wage in- crease for 400,000 lower-paid miners Nine collieries were affected. The Coal Board refused to grant | increases of about 15 shilling ($2.30) | a week for 400,000 underground and surface workers earning between £5 and £5 15s. a week. Oshawa Fireman On Assocn. Executive Timmins, July 3 (CP)--Ken Put- man of Kitchener was elected presi- dent of the Ontario Fire Fighters Association at the closing session of the annual convention. Reginald Swanborough of Ham- ilton was re-elected secretary- treasurer. Other officers elected were Dave Forgie, Scarboro; Fred McFadden, Ottawa; Bob Gilbert, Hamilton; Howard MacKay, Wood- stock; Leon Millie, Oshawa; and william Franc, Fort William. NET PAID CIRCULATION The Times-Gazette Average Per Issue - June, 1950 11,038 French Gov't Faces Major Test Tuesday Paris, July 3 (AP)--Premier Henri | Queuille has formed a new cabinet | whose right-wing tinge already has | aroused Socialist ire. The govern- ment may receive its first crucial | test in the National Assembly to- | morrow. The new cabinet formed yester- day, eight days after George Bi- dault's government toppled' could be defeated tomorrow, if the as- sembly votes against Queuille on some technical issue, The crisis which broiight in the new government has had little to do with France's foreign policy. For- eign Mini-ter Robert Schuman has keen kept in his post indicating that his plan to pool Western Europe's coal and steel has full gov- ernment backing. Complaints about France's new government are expected to come from the left side of the assembly. The Socialists, who refused to join, dislike two new ministzrs. They are former Premier Paul Reynaud who takes the new post of Minister of State for the Associated States and the Far East and Paul Giacobbi, Minister of State for Civil Service. The Communists like them even less. A Both men are right wingers. Rey- naud is an indepeadent and Gia- cobbi a member of Queuille's Radi- | cal Socialist group. Over 74,000 Local Calls On Thursday The little yellod lights on Osha- wa's switchboards/were blinking in- cessantly last wek as subscribers prepared for thi Dominion Day week-end with afrush of local and long distance cal A Bell Telephote spokesman said today that more/than 74,000 local calls were handldi at the exchange on Thursday, 9,000 more than on a normal day. The record for long distance calls id one day, which stood at 3,722 sice last year, was shattered twice last week. On Thursday, long distance operators connected. 4,069 calls -- the new all-time high --|after handling an- other record-brding 3,829 calls to out-of-town point Despite the number of lo since last su s the previous day. dition of a large distance circuits } er," the current heavy volume calling is taxing Oshawa's outff-town telephone channels to capcity with the result that during t)e peak hours calls are sometimes| delayed. Until the local telephongsystem is converted to dial operat pn next April, when ce switchboards will ifble, long distance operators her| will do everything possible to hdidle the heavy load of traffic as duickly as possible. ' Holiday Border ' Traffi{ Record Windsor, record for Hrder crossing at the bridge and fnnel between Detroit and Windsorpvas set this week-end. Officials jt the Ambassador Bridge said B,022 cars were check- ed h fturday and estimated another 1390 crossed the bridge Sunday. No figureé{were kept at the De- troit-Winds¢ tunnel but officials sby the Dojinion Day traffic was the heaviestiiey have ever handled. | A series of tr. y 3 (CP)--A holiday | Fs for % C.R.A. Staff Prepares for Busy Summer g staff, directed by Alan Quin, C.R.A's Director of Recreation and here Saturday by one of Canada's Assistant Director Pat Pellette, and C.R.A.'s summer staff are all set for their job of providing for the health! WO major railroad unions. and happiness, fun and good sportsmanship of the youngsters of Oshawa on the playgrounds and swimming pools this summer. In this picture (Shelleraft). are: Elenor Lavis Row 1, front (left to right) Marilyn Douglas (Victory Park), Vivian Lloyd (Valleyview), Madeline Hall (Rrndle), Mary Carnwith (Storie). Row 2--Diana Robertson (Swimming), | Janet Benson (Shelicraft), Josephine Laird (Junior Leader), Row 3--Beverley Phillips Connaught), Catherine Laidler (Sunnyside), Nancy Burns (Eastview), Betty MacDonald (Swim- ming), Gladys Carter (Bathe), Naomi Wilson (Swimming), Margaret Haines (Woodview), Joe Olliffe (Main- tenance). Row 4-~Paul Fleck (Swimming), Graham Peel (Junior Leader), Bob. Brown (Tennis), Mary Sheremeta (Office Staff), Agnes Gorrie (Office), Clayton Keith (Swimming), Cezarina Wysocki (Harman), Larry Grills (Junior Leader). (Rundle). Back Rew--Bill Willmore Preston (Music), Jean Lambert (Supervisor of Arts and Crafts), Bill Smith (Assistant Director), Joyce Kerr (Area Director), Mae Dalby Missing from the picture were D'Army (Boxing), Gordon Craggs (Dramatics), Smith (Leathercraft), Lois Tippett (Junior Leader), (Woodworking), Irene (Area Director), Pat Pellette Frank Wright (Maintenance). Marjorie Scott --C.R.A. Photo, Nehru Urges That India-Pakistan Forget Differences New Delhi, India, July 3 (AP) -- Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru urged today that in view of the tense world situa- tion India and Pakistan forget their minor differences. He told an unofficial Pakis- tan trade delegation that with many believing that the Korean situation placed the world on the threshold of war, India and Pakistan should not indulge in bickering. Says Korea / Test For U.N. Geneva, July 3 (AP)--Hernan Santa Cruz of Chile, today opened the eleventh session of the United Nations Economic and Social Coun- cil with a plea- for the repulse of the Communist aggressors in Korea. The seats of the Russian, Czech and Polish delegates were vacant. The Chilean president of thé Coun- cil told his .colleagpes that the or- ganization was -mgeting "in a very difficult moment (in international i seen since machinery of the and urged his colleagues to seek fruitful results from the meeting. Editor Slain In Indo-China Saigon, Indo-China, July 3 (Reu- ters)--A Vietnamese gunman today assassinated Lu Khe, editor of Anh Sang, Saigon's biggest vernacular newspaper--third killing of a Viet namese newspaper man in the last two months. The gunman, riding a bicycle, fired three pistol shots at Lu Khe as he was leaving home for his office, French sources said they believe Moscow has ordered all its follow- ers-in Asia, including those in In- do-China, to step up their terrorist activities in a show of solidarity with the North Korean army. During the week-end, 11 gren- ades were thrown in different parts of the city, wounding three citizens of the Vietnam state, and one | Frenchman. A bomb was discovered in a wheel of the personal plane of | Van Hoach, leader of the Pro- | French Caodi religious sect, ing permits applied for in the month of June was reduced sharply from the all-time high total of the previous month does not mean that activity in the building industry has ceased. What it does mean is that most of the big building pro- grams, particularly those in which houses are heing constructed In wholesale lots, have been started and are under way. The value of permits applied for in June was approximately $211,000. This figure compares unfavorably with that of the previous month which was over $805,000. Of the June total $117,500 was for new houses being built in the city. They were 18 in number. There were no major building projects started during the montn although the addition to the build- ing of the Coulter Manufacturing Company was estimated to cost in the neighborhood of $25,000. An- other addition to the city will be a motel on the north side of Second Avenue between Drew and Ritson Road. It will be of cinder block construction and will be owned by A. Sabo. A basement Sunday school and living quarters above are being ad- ded to the Pentecostal Church on the west side of Ritson Road be- tween Eldon and Olive Avenues at an estimated cost of $3,500. A list of the building permits, value of each and the name of the owners who applied for thegn are as follows: Demolition, $100, A Sabo, 241 Olice Street; roofing, $240, F. P. Van Luven, Somerville Avenue; Porch, 75, Nick Kupnicki, 576 How- ard Street; roofing, $70, J. Thoran, 178 Stacey Avenue; roofing, $160. H. M. Griffin, 223 Dearborn Avenue; alteration, $150, N. Stacey, 192 Athol Street East; foundation, $475, Mrs. F. J. Goyne, 226 Athol Street East; roofing, $150, E. Kirkpatrick, 608 Carnegie Avenue; moving garage, $100, B. J. Logan, 103 Con- naught Street; garage, $250, Adam Nemish, 123 Highland Avenue; dwelling, $5,000, Peter Kurlyo, 242 Craburn Avenue; basement, $500, 8. Wallis, 253 James Street; garage, Permits For 18 Homes Issued By Engineer's Department In June Church, Oshawa; -- The fact that the value of build- p14 Garnochen, 92 Elgin Street East. i Addition, $3500, Pentecostal alterations, $300, W. J. Lawrie, 41 Bond Street East; alterations, $200, Harold Gordon, 640 Hortop Avenue; playroom, $500, Mrs. M. Sisson, 101 Centra] Park Boulevard; alterations, $300, Chas. Shepherd, 39 Park Road South; dwelling, $5,000, Nick Skochko, 104 JUNE BUILDING (Continued on Page 5) 350 Dead In U.S. Holiday Weekend Chicago, July 3--(AP;--The holi- day week-end accidental death toll in the United States climbed to 350 today as millions of motorists took to highways and beaches for tthe July 4 celebration. Highway mishaps caused 236 deaths. There were 71 drownings, one fireworks fatality and 42 from miscellaneous causes. The national safety council had said it would be the bizgest four- day traffic jam in history and pre- dicted that 385 would be killed be- fore it ends, about midnight tomor- Tow. 123 Killed In Bus Bourg-en-Bressee, France, July 3 --Twenty-three excursionists were killed near here today when a train hit a bus at a crossing. The town is 35 miles portheast of Lyon, in Central Fran-e. Three other persons were severe- ly hurt. Agence France-Presse said the barrier gates at the crossing were snot down. THE WEATHER Sunny_teday, becoming cloudy with widely scattered thunder- showers after midnight tonight, $150, R..B. MacKenzie, 159 LaSalle Avenue; garage, $125, William Was- sell, 751 Gifford Street; alterations, $400, Mrs.' J. Tutkaluk, Kingston Road East; dwelling, $5,000, Stanley G. Jackson. 34 Elgin Street West; | dwelling, $6,000, W. Mathews, 161] Park Road South; chimney, $225, clearing early Tuesday after- noon. A little 'warmer. Winds light, becoming northwest 13 Tuesday afternoon. Low tonight and higl. Tuesday at Toronto 50 and 75. Summary for Tues- day - - Scattered showers till afternoon, ad British Police Watch Agitators London, July 3-- (Reuters) -- The London Daily Telegraph says today that police through- out Britain are watching known Communist agitators in view of possible attempts to start dis- turbances with propaganda against the Korean campaign. The newspaper says under- cover men in close touch with Communist elements have re- ported that Communists are ex- periencing difficulty in deciding what propaganda line to take, Rail Unions To Strike If Necessary Montreal, Julr 3 (CP)--A vote to strike "if necessary" to back up wage-hour demands was announced | The announcement came from | the Canadian Brotherhood of Rail- way Employees and other Trans- port Working (C.CL.) and the | Brotherhood of Express Employees | (C.C.L.) which called for the strike | | vote among its 35,000 members af- | ter union vleaders rejected a con- ciliation board compromise nearly three months ago. The other union group consists of 15 international brotherhoods af- filiated with the American Federa- tion of Labor and numbering more than 90,000 members. This group" has also sent ouf strike ballots which are returnable July 25. Both unions asked Canadian Communists Ad Slowed Down As G.l.'s Man South Defences railways for a 40-hour week to re- place the current 48-hour week with | no reduction in take-home pay, plus | general wage increases. | In addition the C.B.R.E. asked a | 10-cent hourly increase and union | dues checkoff. The AF. of L.| brotherhoods asked a seven-cent hourly raise. Holidays In Local Plants Announced A survey of the principal Oshawa industries reveals the fact that the first two weeks in August seem to be the most popular period for holidays. Along with General Mot- ors of Canada Limited five other industries are closing down for this fortnight. Holiday periods are as follows: General Motors of Canada Limit- ed, first two weeks in August. Duplate Canada Limited, second week in August. Fiberglas Canada Limited, second week in August. Ontario Steel Products Limited, first two weeks in August. Fittings Limited, first two weeks in August. Coulter Manufacturing Co. Ltd., first two weeks in August. Pedlar People Limited, last week in July and first week in August. Ontario Malleable Iron Co, Ltd.; first two weeks in August. Skinner Co. Ltd., July 28 to Au- gust 8. Foreign Submarines Near Philippines Manila, July 3 -- (AP) -- The : Philippines Defence Department | announced today foreign submarines had surfaced Sunday 40 miles from | Manila. y | A spokesman declined to say how | many submarines were seen, saying | simply "more than one." He said | they were seen by soldiers and | civilians to surface briefly in coastal | waters off tne coast of Quezon pro- vince, Markings on the craft were not distinguishable from shore. DROWNED IN ST. LAWRENCE Cornwall, July 3--(CP)--Romeo Ruest, 54, drowned in the St. Law- rence River Sunday when a boat in which he was riding with two other men capsized. Mack Lafave, well 'Enown Cornwall hockey and la- crosse player, rescued the victim's | brother, Adrien Ruest. Lafave, also a passenger in the boat, said some- one stood up and the boat turmed over, vance Tokyo, July 4 -- (Tuesday) -- AP) -- Communist ine vaders of South Korea slowed down their powerful armored advance Monday to lie low in the face of fierce daylight pounding by Australian and United 'States: fighters and bombers. . First United States infantry units digging in at the front were greeted by a savage 25-minute attack of five un- identified strafing planes. American bombers and fighters in large numbers sprayed bombs, rockels and machine-gun fire at the Communists, four of whose tank columns were across the Han river. Another Red tank column had taken Wonju, 50 miles east of Seoul, captured South Korea capital. American and Australian fighter planes wrecked seven North Korean tanks and 22 trucks and shot down two hos- tile planes Monday. The Communists were building up their anti-aircraft positions in the Seoul area and carrying out heavy bombing attacks on Suwon but they failed to disclose the South Koreans still hanging on to the town and its air- field, 23 miles south of the fallen capital. Two Red tank columns were reported 25 miles below the Han in a menacing break through outflanking Suwon and its airfield, abandoned by the Americans as an advance supply base. Gen. Douglas MacArthur's advanced headquarters in South Korea said the northern invad- ers had made no serious pro- gress during the day, marked only by sporadic fighting be- tween Korean forces. A spokesman indicated the break through the Han river line at Youngdungpo by two tank columns might have been less serious than first anticipated. American pilots reported thal most Communist convoys apparente ly were lying low during daylight. The strafing and rocket attack on the Americans lasted 25 minutes, One foot soldier was wounded. No Serious Progress Advance headquarters in South Korea said the North Korean spearheads had failed to make any serious progress in a series of breaks through South Korean lines. The drive on Suwon, abandoned American norward base, appeared to have bogged down or collapsed. A spokesman said some of the janks appeared to have pulled ACK, Disaster Fund Distributed By Local Committee The bulk of Oshawa's Disas- ter Relief Fund contributions, totalling $22,882.48 to date, will be forwardéd to the Manitoba Flood Relief headquarters, it was announced today following a Disaster Relief Fund commit- tee meeting in the City Treasur- er's office. Summs of $4,000 each will be wired to the respective Mayors of the fire-ravaged towns of Ri- mouski and Cabano, Quebec. It was decided the closing date of the fund will be July 15. Monies received up to that time will be added to the total sum to be forwarded to the Manitoba Flood Relief headquarters. CANADA MAY SEND MORE AID TO KOREA Ottawa, July 3--(CP) -- Canada American bombers today raided the North Korean capital twice and dropped more than 800 bombs, radio Pyongyang said tonight. The broad cast, minitoreq in Tokyo, = said North Korean fighter planes inter- cepted the bombers and knocked two down. The bombers also carried ou strafing attacks on villages on the outskirts of Pyongyang, the broad cast added. Four Columns Over River might send some further aid beyond three destroyers to fight Northern Korean aggression without recalling Parliament, official sources said to- day. They were commenting on an- nouncement that Australia's par- liament has been recalled over Korea. They said warships from the At- lantic, possibly including the air- craft carrier Magnificent, could be moved into the Pacific if the situa- tion warranted that move. If needed in Korea, the Atlantic ships would be available, So far, however, there are no signs that such a step will be ne- cessary. Nor is there any sign that the three destroyers slated to leave Esquimalt, . B.C., Wednesday or MORE AID (Continued on page 2) Four hostile columns are across the Han River just south of Seoul, The North Korean radio claimed that a fifth column, ramming south ward far to the east, had seized Wonju, 50 miles edst of Seoul, Of immediate concern to United States forces were two tank-held columns which cross- ed the Han last night. They were reported as much as 25 miles south of the river in a new and menacing break- through. Large numbers of U.S. bombers and fighters roared over 'the ade vancing Communists, ripping .heir columns with rockets, bombs and machine-gun fire. No column was » US. TROOPS (Continued on page 2) Korean Situation at a Glance By THE CANADIAN PRESS » Tokyo -- Communist tank and troop forces advance on 55-mile front against ferocious pounding of American fighters and bombers. Red drive slowed as U.S. infantry speeds northward for combat action. Red tank columns outflank important Suwon and its airfield, drive 25 miles south of Han river defence line. B-29's, escorted by Aus~ tralian fighters, bomb airfield 135 miles inside Communist North Korea, London -- Admiralty says neither U.S. nor British 'ware ships damaged in engagement yesterday in which they sank five or six North Korean torpedo boats and shelled shore installations. Washington -- President Truman, State Secretary Acheson scan battle front reports; said to have been told South Korean morale remains high, Thirty-nine United Nations members backing U.S. actions believed ready to name Gen, MacArthur supreme commander. Nationalist China's offer of 33,000 troops for Korea, Da aman TE - i. Ly i SW U.S. rejectss| | TWENTY PAGES | LINE