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THE DAILY TIMESGAZETTE Combining The Osha wa Daily Times-Gazette and Whitby Chronicle OSHAWA WHITBY VOL. 9--No. 164 OSHAWA-WHITBY, SATURDAY, JULY 15, 1950 Price 4 Cents TWENTY PAGES REDS BRIDGEHEAD INTACT Start Work For New G.M. Warehouse To Let Contract For Structural Steel Next Week Grading and excavating for the new $3,000,000 Central Parts Distribution Warehouse on the 400-acre site, on Park Road South, purchased by General Motors of Canada Limit- ed this spring, has now been under way for some time. The excavating for the siding from the Canadian National Rail- way main line to the project still considerable work to be done before the railway siding will be in operation. A General Motors official said # this morning, that the work was proceeding close to schedule and that actual construction of the huge warehouse would probably be under way by the end of this month. 1t is hoped that the construction of footings for the building would be under way by that time. Actual floor space is 325,000 square feet. The grading and levelling of the area to be used for the plant and parking lot is being done by Curran and Briggs Ltd. of Torento. Huge bulldozers are levelling and prepar- ing the ground for the foundations and at the east end of the property just off Park Road, a low area his been filled in for a parking area for the employees. Entrance to the lot is to be from Park Road Souin, just south of the C.N.R. tracks. A level crossing at Park Road will be used until the overhead bridge, which is planned is completed. A service road has been constructed West from Stephenson's Road, south of No. 2A Highway, to the Thornton's Corners Road South, to relieve traffic congestion. A general contract has not been awarded yet but the contract for the steel for the huge building will be let next week. GOVERNMENT CONSIDERING LIE'S APPEAL Ottawa, July 15--(CP) -- The External Affairs Department announced today the appeal of Trygve Lie, United Nations Secretary-General, for more help in Korea has been received here and is being considered by the government. The department withheld the text of the message for the time being but said its nature was "substantial- ly as forecast in press reports." This appeared to indicate the Sec- retary-General had asked Canada to consider sending ground troops to Korea in addition to the three destroyers which this couniry al- ready has dispatched to the fiight- ing zone, Egypt Will Not Send Any Troops Cairo, July 15 -- (Reuters) -- Egypt's War Minister, Mustafa Mos- rat Bey, said today that Egypt will not send ground forces to Korea. Commenting on Trygve Lies ap- peal to the United Nations for aid for the South Koreans, he said that "in keeping with our declared neu- tral attitude' in the conflict there, we are not giving any assistance." KILLED BY TRAIN Stratford, July 15 -- (CP) -- Ira Hamilton, about 40, father of three young children, was killed today when a car he was driving collided with a Canadian National Railways freight train at a level crossing near Brunner, 14 miles north of here. NET PAID CIRCULATION The Times-Gazette Average Per Issue Juhe, 1950 11,038 has been started but there is No Sahotage Suspected In Naval Blast Portsmouth, England, July 15-- (Reuters)--Admiral of the Fleet Sir Algernon Willis, Commander-in- Chief of the Portsmouth Naval Base, said today there is no reason to suspect sabotage caused the fire which set off last night's ammuni- tion explosions in Gosport harbor. The high-ranking Royal Navy of- ficer made this statement after holding a preliminary on-the-spot enquiry into the blasts which des- troyed nine naval ammunition barges, wrecked a loading jetty and three railroad ammunition trucks, and shattered doors and windows over a wide area. Armed police today patrolled the entire dock .area of Portsmouth-- Britain's principal naval base-- while naval intelligence officers combed the devastated area for clues, First information, said the admiralty, suggested that the ex- plosions were caused by an acci- dent. A senior dockyard armament de- pot official said today that despite the severe damage, it now was al- most certain that no one was killed. Most men took cover in the shel- ter of defence mounds when a shout of "Fire" gave warning of the first explosion, the official added. Iran Answers Soviet Note | Tehran, Iran, July 15 (Reuters) --Iran -today rejected Russian com- plaints concerning alleged Ameri- can oil surveys on the Soviet-Irgn border but said that to remove fric- tion and misunderstanding air sur- veys will be stopped and only Iran- & A 4 ian engineers will make ground sur- veys in future. The Iran statement, in reply to | a Soviet note of June 22, said Iran- | ians are. free to do what they pleese | at any point of national territory 'The purchase of two American drilling machines by the Iranian government necessitated its instal- lation by American technicians but the government has not engaged any foreign advisers to carry out military activities detrimental to Soviet security, the note stated. Three Firemen Injured As Fire Destroys Mill Appleton, Ont., July 15 (CP)-- Three firemen were injured today fighting a $100,000 blaze which de- stroyed most of the Collie woollen mills and left more than 100 work- ers jobless. Appleton is about 40 miles west of Ottawa. John Lyons of the Almonte fire for injuries suffered when struck | by a falling beam. Gordon onl | no relation, of the Carleton Place | fire department also had to be! treated in hospital. George Julian | | of Almonte suffered minor injuries {and was treated at home. | Cause of the early morning ont- | | break in the town's only industry | | was 'not known. REQUIRE FINGERPRINTS Peterorough's new taxi by-law, | which goes into effect on September, | will require al taxi drivers to be | fingerprinted by the police depart- | ment. The license fee for drivers is | upped from $1 to $1.50 to cover the! |cost of the metal badge which "all |drivers must wear, | | Levelling For New G.M. Warehouse Under Way Curran and Briggs Limited, of Toronto, have move in graders and earth movers and commenced the job | of levelling the land south of the Canadian National Railway on Park Road South for the erection of the new $3,000,0000 General Motors of Canada Limited Central Parts Distribution Warehouse. has not yet been awarded but the contract for the steel for the building, which will have 325,000 square feet of floor space, will be let next week. a The general contract ~--Times-Gazette Staff Photo. ALBANIA NOW U.S. Chiefs Of Staff Optimistic Over Korea On Return From Front 2 4 SENDS NOTE T0YUGOSLAVS Prague, Czechoslovakia, July 15 (AP)--Albania has sent Yugoslavia a note charging her with border violations "aimed at starting-a war," the Russian News Agency Tass said in a dispatch published here today. The dispatch, from the Albanian capital of Tirana, said the Albania legation handed the note to the Yugoslav Foreigh Ministry in Bel- grade yesterday. The communication was quoted as saying that in June "The Yugo- | slavs were guilty of seven provoca- | tions on land and two in the air against the Albanian People's Re- public." This was the latest move in a ser- ies of exchanges between Commun- | ist Yugoslavia and her neighbors linked in the Cominform, which ousted the Yugoslav Communist Party in mid-1948. Wednesday the Yugoslav Party's organ, Borba, alleged Bulgaria was | moving troops toward the common frontier and that "Hungary was shifting her Yugoslav minority from the border in a "state of emerg- ency" measure. | | Bus And Auto Damaged In Crash | A car and an Oshawa Railway | Company bus were extensively dam- | aged, but no one was injured when | they collided at the intersection of | Simcoe Street South and Avenue | Street at 10:05 p.m. yesterday. © As near as can be learned John | Willett, Barnhart's Pavilion, was | driving a car south on Simcoe Street South following the bus, which was operated by Ross Bovay, 160 Elgin Street East. Willett said he was about 60 feet behind the bus travel- ling at about 25 miles per hour when it stopped to let off pas- sengers. Apparently Willett could not stop in time and he crashed into the rear of the heavier vehicle. Damage to the car, which was estimated at approximately $400, in- cluded the radiator, grill, front bumper, headlights and fenders. The rear bumper and frame of the bus were damaged by the impact. Damage was estimated at approxi- mately $150. BODY RECOVERED Sudbury, July 15 -- (CP) -- The body of Harold Wise, of Findlay, O., | American tourist who. drowned in | Lake Nipiwassi near Markstay, | June 7, was found yesterday. Police | discovered the body floating about | fire | 150 yards from the spot where his | "idi f i department was taken to hospital | motorboat was found a week ago. hii Riding hg bicycle sorth en Sim shortly after ' o'clock last night when he struck |a car parked on the west side of Chinese Army Moving North Hong Kong, July 15--(AP)-- Pro-Nationalist newspapers here today claimed the entire 4th Field Army of Communist China has been ordered moved to Manchuria--next to the Ko- rean war zone--by the end of July. All this week, there have been | repeated reports of troops mov- | ing north but the unit was not specified previously. | Patrick Roberts, East. the street." The impact hurled the injured man to the sidewalk and wrecked his bicycle. The car, which was undamaged, was owned by 164 Elgin Street OVERCOME BY FUMES Overcome by coal gas fuaes yes- terday in his home, at 83 Eldon Avenue, J. F. Adams was revived by Dr. C. D. Russell. A fire official from the Richmond Street station 'was called to the home and inspect- ed the heating equipment for pos- sible faults. He reported everything in order. ill effects after being revived. U.S. To Equip Iran's Army Tehran, Iran, July 15--(AP)-- Premier Gen. Ali Razmara said yesterday the United States has agreed to equip Iran's army for defensive mountain fighting. The equipment, he said, will include infantry arms, light mountain artillery and other material. It will be worth from $10,000,000 to $15,000,000 and will start arriving in about a month. The premier said in an inter- view that the threat of an invasion from Russia, Iran's northern neighbor, was "a real- ity." Three Killed In Collision At Brampton Brampton, July 15 (CP)--Three persons were killed and three oth- ers injured when two automobiles collided head-on 10 miles north of here last night. James Cobban, 44, Ferguson Cas- sidy, 51, and Edward Haddad, 17 all of Toronto, died. All were pas- sengers in a car driven by George Martin of Toronto, who suffered facial cuts. kess seriously injured were Mar- jorie Cameron, Caledon, Ont., driver of the other car, and Allan Neeley, Inglewood, Ont., driver of a trac- tor which took to the ditch as Mar- tin tried to pass it. Hits Parked Auto Fractures Jaw Suffering a fractured jaw and a deep cut to his nose and slight head injuries, 24-year-old Edward Mothersill, 134 Bloor Street East, was taken by ambulance to the Oshawa General Hospital last night after falling from his bicycle when it collided with a parked car. His condition is not serious. According to police Mothersill 4 Washington, July 15--(AP)--The Chiefs of Staff of the United States Army and Air Force flew back from Korea today with the word that American troops "are doing damn well there, and everything will come out all right." Their return from the war theatre was expected to speed up President Truman's decision on what to do about mobilizing American resources. Gen. J. Lawton Collins, Army Chief, stepped off the plane with Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg, Air Force Chief, in a driving early-morning rain at the military airport, after a 4'.-day flying trip to Japan and the Korean battlefront. Collins told reporters: that "You know more about what has happened in the last 24 hours than we do." It was he who expressed the optimistic summary of the situation in the war area. Neither general would say any- thing about the nature of the re- commendations they will make as to stepping up support for the American army fighting the Com- munists in South Korea. The Army and Air Force chiefs left Washington Monday night with the announced intention of finding out on the spot how best the de- fence department and armed serv- ices could support Gen. Douglas MacArthur's elements in Korea, Medical Dental Heads To Discuss Arctic Warfare Ottawa, July 15 -- (CP) -- Top medical and dental officials of Can- ada, the United States and the Un- ited Kingdom will meet soon to dis- cuss such problems as how to keep soldiers and sailors fighting and alive in the Arctic The defence department announc- ed today that those will be among the subjects discussed in Montreal at the sixth meeting of more than 100 prominent military and civilian medical and dental officials of the three countries. The meeting, first held outside the U.S., will last from July 19 to 25. Nefence Minister Claxton, who issued the invitations, will be re- presented by Dr. O. M. Solandt, Di- rector-General of Defence Research and a medical man himself. Ecuador Revolt Quickly Halted Guayaquil, Ecuador, July 156-- | (AP)--A revolt broke out here today but its leaders were quickly arrested | by Government troops. The rebels cut communications in a swift move before dawn. They also distributed leaflets claiming the revolution was country-wide. There was no immediate news as to the situation in Quito, the Capital. Carlos Guevara Moreno, interior minister in the regime of deposed | the women. President Jose Maria Velasco Ibar- ra, was the revolt leader, an army | annountement said. He -and other | Mr. Adams suffered no revolutionary leaders were arrested | | by gevernment forces, | U.S. Centre Holds Firm Despite Reds' Grossing Of Kum River On Flank Tokyo, July 16--(Sunday) -- (CP) -- United States UN. WAITING FOR REPLIES T0 REQUEST | By FRANCIS W. CARPENTER Lake Success, July 15--(AP)--| The United Nations watched anx-| iously today for replies fromm 52] members to Secretary - General | forces defending the Kum River were forced back Saturday by Communists from North Korea. The entire left (west) flank gave way before infiltra ting Communist troops. The Communists came in dresse | as U.S. soldiers and civilians, The Associated Press said. The attackers' bridgehead on the south bank of ti river "remained intact despite heavy losses" inflicted k American ground-fire and by aerial strafing, said a com | munique issued early Sunday by Gen. MacArthur, CENTRE HOLDING FIRM ¥ Tokyo, July 16--(Sunday)--(CP)--An army spokes Trygve Lie's call for all-out fight- Man in Korea said late Saturday night the United States left ing aid to stem the Red invasiorf of | flank has been pushed back from the Kum River to a new South Korea. Lie expressed his concern over the U.N. situation in Korea at a press conference yesterday. He made it clear that he ex- pects every U.N. member except the dissenting Soviet bloc and communist Yugoslavia to help turn back the North Kc an Reds. | Lie 'does not .xpect troops from ever, all are expected to chip in some supplies and other evidence of aid. | India, whose delegate recently | told reporters that India could not] send troops to Korea, was among those asked directly for soldiers. Arab countries also were asked differed as to the extent of their support of the Security, Council] resolution calling for all measures | to stop the fighting. Egypt al - stained on the resolution but Lie] is backing it now. (Canada's Minister of Exter- nal Affairs, L. B. Pearson, cal- ling for "cool and far-sighted" situation, said in a Toronto speech last night that the de- fence of Korea is of primary concern to Canada, but that the Dominion should not throw all U.N. WAITING (Continued on Page 2) U.S. Will Step Up Re-Arming For Europe New 'York, July 15--(AP)--The New York Times says today the | United States, spurred by the Ko- | rean war, will ask stepped-up re- | armament among the North Atlan- tic Treaty countries. To boost its own share and to help its allies, the Times says in a Washington dispatch, the U.S. ex- pects to call up certain National | Guard and reserve units and mobil- ize part of American industry for arms production. The decision to speed rearma- ment is understood to have been approved by President Truman af- ter it was recomended by the Na- tional Security Council. $500,000 Fire In N.H. Summer Resort Hampton Beach, N.H,, July 15 -- (AP) -- A $500,000 flash fire roared through 18 buildings in the heart of this popular New Hampshire seaside resort last night. It razed an entire wooden block, destroying one hotel, four restaur- ants, a penny arcade and several rooming houses and other business establishments. Another hotel was damaged. No one was injured seriously, TWO PURNED TO DEATH Chambly, Que., July 15--(CP)--| Two unknown women were burned to death and a joy-riding driver was | slightly injured when a car crashed | into a ditch early today near this Richelieu river town 30 miles South of Montreal. Provincial police did not name the Ariver wHo is being | held as a witness in the death -f THE WEATHER Sunny today. Clear tonight and part of Sunday, becoming cloudy with thundershowers in the afternoon, clearing in the evening. A little warmer Sun- day. Winds light today and to- night, south 15 shifting to west 20 Sunday. Low tonight and high Sunday 55 and 85. Sum- mary for Sunday: Thunder- showers in the afternoon, | position by attacking Communists. The advanced headquarters spokesman said the U.S. | troops were holding firm at the centre of their front, north- | west of Taejon, but have been moved back generally west, {somewhat farther from Taejon, the emergency capital. Northward, midway to Chongju, some 40 miles north of every one of the 52 countries. How- | Taejon, South Korean forces gave some ground. The spokesman said no Red tanks had been seen south of the river. west of Taejon. But several were seen on two north-south roads American. front-line defenders appeared in danger of for help, although observers here | encirclement following the first crossing of the stragetie Kum River by Northern forces, said a Reuters dispatch, The North Koreans breached the American River line near Samgyo, 20 miles northwest of Taejon, over-ran field told reporters he knows that Egypt | gun positions, and established a bridgehead. The Communist forces apparently were trying to drive a wedge between the United States right flank and South Korean troops defending a sector 10 miles south of Chongju, said The Associated Press. ¢ Some Communist soldiers wereY seen advancing under heavy mortar fire, an AP correspondent at ad- vanced headquarters said in a dis- patch timed at 10.52 p.m. Saturday (852 a.m. EDT Saturday). The correspondent, William R. Moore, said the Northern self-pro- pelled 76-millimetre guns were be- lieved to have been brought into use. arlier Moore had reported from Korea the Americans had stabilized their positions near the Kum River toehold grabbed by the Communists earlier in the day. Four attempting ferry crossings of the river. Holding Their Own Heavy fighting raged in the sector south of Chongju. The South Koreans were holding their own in this batile, AP correspondent Moore said in a field headquarters dispatch. He said there was relatively little fighting during the day around the Samgyo foothold seized by the Reds. Some of these waded the shallow YANKS DEFENCE STIFFENS (Continued on Page 2) BLAME SPACE HEATER No damage was reported when Richmond Street firemen were call- ed out to the premises of Keith and Craggs, 8 Athol Street West, at noon vesterday when a space heater got out of order, NEW RATES FOR OSHAWA TELEPHONES New rates for telephone service in ed Btanks| wereldesizoyed, Oshawa will be effective on July 23 according to a spokesman for the Bell Telephone Company here. In accordance with an interim order of the Board of Transport Commise sioners for Canada, the Bell Come pany has filed tariff schedules with the board in Ottawa and they have been approved. The temporary rates - will ree main in effect. until the board makes its final decision of the come pany's main application for increase ed rates. New and present monthly hand telephone hand telephone rates for typical classes of service in Oshawa are shown in the following table: Residence New Rate Present Rate Ind. line .......35 2.85 Two-party line .3.10 2.35 Rural line ...... 2.85 2.10 NEW RATES (Continued on Page 2) Nehru Sends Attlee New Message On Korean War - London, July 15 -- (Reuters) -- A further message on Korea from Prime Minister Jawaharlal of In- dia today was rushed 40 miles to Prime Minister Attlee by special dispatch rider. It was announced Thursday Ne- hru has made personal approaches to Prime Minister Stalin and to State Secretary Dean Acheson of the United States on the Korea conflict. Today's message was dispatched from India House in London, to Chequers in Buckinghamshire, Alt- lee's official , country residence, where he is entertaining the Aus- tralian Prime Minister, Robert Menzies, during the week-end. The message is understood to be a reply to a communication sent by Attlee to Nehru giving him the British Government's ' reaction to Nehru's approaches to Russia and the United States. The Indian High Commissioner in London, V. K. Krishna Menon, is believed to be holding himself to consult him during the week-end. In his message Thursday, Nehru urged as a step toward localizing the Korea conflict that the Chinese Communist government be admitted to the Uniteq Nations Security Council. Britain will back the United States in insisting on no negotia- tions over Korea until the North Koreans cease fire and return fo their own territory, a foreign office spokesman indicated today. He refused, in answer to a ques= tion at a press conference, to link the questio" of Chinese Communist representation in the Security Council with the Korean situation, maintaining that a cease fire must take priority over all other nations. He would not reply when asked if the British view over Chinese representation has changed in prine ciple, The British view is that of waite ing until a majority in the United Nations Security Council supports Chinese Communist representation, in readiness in case Attlee wishes !he said, x