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THE DAILY TIMESGAZETTE Combining The Oshawa Daily Times-Gazette and Whitby Chronicle OSHAWA WHITBY VOL. 9--No. 190 OSHAWA-WHITBY, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1950 Price 4 Cents TWENTY PAGES MASSIVE B-29 BLOW ROUTS REDS Start Work On New G.M. Building ' FIRST EARTH TURNED OVER AT CEREMONY Yesterday afternoon W. A. Wecker, President and Gen- eral Manager of General Mo- tors of Canada, Limited, as- gisted by Aldernfan Russell Humphreys, acting-mayor of Oshawa, and Reeve W. E. Noble, of East Whitby Town- ship, turned the first spade ful of earth for the huge new Parts and Service Warehouse building being erected by the company on its property be- tween Park Road South and Stephenson Road South, be- low the Canadian National Railway tracks. Usually this ceremony is referred to as "turning the first sod," but bulldozers had removed all the grass from the site in the process of levelling it ready for construction activities. So Mr. Wecker, and the munici- pal heads assisting him dug their spades into the hard- packed clay on which the building will stand, Officials Present The ceremony was brief and sim- ple, with no speeches, but only mes- sages of congratulation to General Motors from Alderman Humphreys and Reeve Noble. In attendance were officials of General Motors of FIRST EARTH (Continued on page 32) Alexander Discounts World War Threat Edmonton, Aug. (CP) ~The Korean conflict will not develop into a third world war, Viscount Alexander said last night. Expressing his opinions "as a soldier and not in the capacity of governor-general," he said that "Communist aggression must be stopped now. It' will go on if it is not halted." Viscount Alexander said in an interview it will be necessary for the United Nations to build up large forces to push the North Koreans back Junless the Russians call it of Asked whether he might accept a second term as governor-general of Cangda, Viscount Alexander re- plied that he had not been asked yet. His five-year term expires next April. ' Two Dead, Three Hurt In Head-on Crash Sydney, N.S, Aug. 16--(CP)-- Two men were killed early today in a head-on car collision on the Syd- ney-New Waterford highway. Three others were injured, one severely. Douglas Pettrie, 25, outfielder and relief pitcher with New Waterford Dodgers of the Cape Breton Col- liery League, and Dan MacEachern of Sydney died when the cars crashed on a curve. Police said there were no skid marks, indicat- ing that the cars met at full speed. First Earth Turned for General Motors Hage New Building Yesterday afternoon, W. A. Wecker, President and General M ger of General Motors of Canada, Limited, assisted by Alderman Russell Humphreys, acting-mayor, and Reeve W. E. Noble of East Whitby Township turned the first spadefuls of earth for the new Parts and Service building of General Motors between Park Road and Stephenson Road south of the C.N.R. tracks. Behind the three principals in the ceremony, left to right, are W. R. Gardner, Parts and Service special in charge of parts and accessories, Gibson, Warehouse and Distribution Manager, General Motors of Canada, and H. C. Lapp, Manager of Field Warehouse Operations, Motors of Canada. General Motors of Canada; E. J. Umphrey, Director of Sales, | piu Motors of Canada; Dudley Fielding, Associate Director of Sales Plenty of Sugar! He'll Prove It Reading, Pa., Aug. 16 (AP).-- An operator of a gasoline sta- tion here today promised two pounds of sugar and a car wash free with every purchase o seven gallons of gasoline. Edward Stein explained in circulars he distributed that he will sponsor the stunt Friday and Saturday to prove there is no sugar shortage. 4,600 Men Join Army's = Roroun Unit Ottawa, Aug. 16--(CP)--Recruits | | are coming in faster than ever for | the Army's special force, defence headquarters reported today. Yesterday saw another 765 added to its enlistment total to make the over-all number enlisted in the first seven days 3,792. In addition, an- other 885 are in the process of be- ing attested, meaning that the force now has roughly 4,600 men. General Motors of Canada; F. J. General --Times-Gazette Staff Photo. Civic Strike In Hamilton At Deadlock Hamilton, Aug. 16--(CP)-- An- other week of steadily-mounting piles of garbage is the prospect fac- ing Hamilton's 190,000 residents to- day following breakdown of talks between the city ana representatives | of striking Local 5 of the Hamilton Civic Employees Union (C.C.L.) The two parties met in Toronto Tuesds _, . th the Ontario Labor De- partment in an attempt to reach a settlement in the seven-day srike. agement deadlock. They remained deadlocked on the agement adlock Cabinet Tackles Rail Strike Issue By JOHN LEBLANC Canadian Press Staff Writer Ottawa, Aug. 16--(CP)--The Cabinet went into ses- | sion today with its most urgent business the consideration of action to halt the threatened Aug. 22 rail strike. The meeting, convening with less than six days to go | before the strike deadline, was expected to bring a govern- ment move of some kind aimed at breaking the union-man- union's demands for higher wages | Cabinet ministers entering the and shorter hours. William Patterson, president of the union local, said after the | Mock Battle All meeting the breakdown meant | at least another week before the | Too Real for Him Owen Sound, Ont Ont.,, Aug. 16-- strike could be ended. "It's a deadlock now," Pat- Camp Borden soldiers waging a mock battle in the nearby terson said. "The city broke off negotiations. They walked out Meaford area today reported a real casualty. of the conference first after we made our counter-proposal." Some 1,000 city employees, includ- W. E. Watson, 30, of Lon- don, Ont., was burned about one eye by the explosion of a thun- der flash, used to simulate gren- ade and mortar fire. He was treated at an advance dressing station. CIVIC (Continued on page 2) TWO MORE POLIO CASES Windsor, Aug. 16 (CP).--The 19th | and 20th cases of poliomyelitis in| Essex County this summer yer reported today by Windsor Medical | Health Officer Dr. John Howie. |Two Boys Burned 20-year-old Windsor woman vs, admitted to Tsolation Hospital| [) Gunpowder Blast here, and a Kingsville boy, in' hos- pital for observation, was reported | to have a mild form of the disease. | Niagara Falls, Ort. ont., Aug. 16 (CP). : Ra --Two boys were burned, one seri- New British Guessing Game Is Naming Baby Princess London, Aug. 16 -- (AP)--Happy | Britons had a favorite new guessing game today -- naming their new princess. A six-pound girl was born yester- day--to-Princess Elizabeth first ing the line of succession to the throne. | Attending doctors reported last | night that both mother and daugh- ter were doing well. The newest member of Britain's | royal family is the second child of'| 24-year-old Elizabeth and her NET PAID CIZZCULATION The Times-Gazette Average Per Issue for JULY 10,711 ously, when a half-pound of gun- powder left from a fireworks display exploded yesterday. Donald Priddle, 12, of nearby Stamford, suffered face, arm and leg burns; John Black, 16, of Niagara Falls, less serious face and arm burns. - One of the boys is | to the gunpowder apparently left naval - officer husband, * Prince | from the centennial fireworks dis- Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Their | play Aug. 7 at nearby Chippawa. 20%: Prince Charles, is 21 months | Er h™o d Britons cheered the new baby | TEACHER FOUND: Drab and toasted her health. Royal | Lindsay, Aug. 16--Roy Falconer, salutes boomed out throughout 41a Simeoe school teacher, was the Commonwealth. The bills | found dead yesterday in his family's summer cottage at Thurston's Point, of historic Westminster Abbey . | few miles northeast of Omemee. ealed f y |a 4 id i Pp or an hoa, 40d those of | Falconer i. believed to have died famed St. Pauls Catliedia) rang from a heart attack. Provinciel There was no indication that police summoned coroper Dr. {England's future queen and her Crowe, | husband have decided on a name BRITISH (Continued on page 2) THE WEATHER Cloudy except for a few sun- ny intervals today and Thurs- day. Widely scattered thunder- showers occurring mainly in the late afternoon and at night. Continuing warm. Winds 1ght becoming southwesi 15 Thurs- day afternoon. Low tonight and high Thursdav 65 and 85. "um- mary for 'Thors'a~ -- Widely scatiered thundersiowers. By PRESTON GROVER Paris, Aug. 16~--(AP) -- United States officials in France are press- ing Washington for a solid pro- {mise of aid to Europe in the form {of United States troops to build up | sage 5; West European spirits. Tueir proposals are double-bar- relied: -- 1L--The United States should "deliver at once, or promise tb believed to have touched a match, Ww. PY * | |five more divisions to Germany or {northern France, ! i said the rail situation | would be high on the day's agenda. They could not esti- mate when a decision would be reached. Labor Minister Gregg was on hand before most of his col- leagues. All available ministers were at the session. There were no "indications of a settlement from the disputants themselves -- the railways and the unions representing 124,000 employ- ees that have scheduled a strike for wage and hours concessions. The strike, which would para- lyze rail transport, was under dis- cussion by Cabinet at a session that CABINET (Continued on page 2) There never has been any of - ficial public estimate of the size of the brigade group that will fight aggression in Korea or elsewhere, but it is expected «to run to around 5,000 men. However, Defence Minister Clax- ton said last night it will recruit beyond its own immediate require- ments so as to guarantee rein- forcements. The Army said today it had an- ticiated that recruiting now would level off at around 500 men a day but it was away out in its estima- tion, The Army said 1,026 new applica~ tions came forward yesterday, rais- ing the figure to 12,701 for the regular and secial forces since the twin TecTUiting drives starte drives started. Labor Fights Churchill's Army Plan Strasbourg, Aug. 16 (AP)--Dele- gates representing Britain's ruling Labor Party battled today to block European Assembly action on} Winston Churchill's proposal for a | European army. l Led by James Callaghan, Labor | Member of Parliament, they en- listed Scandinavian support in the assembly sub-committee on secur- ity. Callaghan threatened to walk out lagt night after it voted seven to | Hunt Begins Hh tnd For 4 Aboard Lost Plane session was marked by bitter clashes. Callaghan and repre- Winnipeg, Aug. 16--(CP)»-Two sentatives of Norway, Sweden and Iceland contended the European consultative assem- bly has no right to act. R.C.AF. planes took off from a E. De La Valle Poussin, Bel- |far-north base today to search for gian member of the sub-com- |a police aircraft and four men mis- mittee, angrily reminded Calla- |sing since Monday somewhere along ghan and the Scandinavians |the eastern coast of Hudson Bay. that the question already had R.C.AF. headquarters here said a Canso flying boat and Lancaster bomber too% off shortly after 5 a.m. CDT from Coral Harbor, on South- been decided by the full 125- member assembly last Friday ampton Island at the northern end of the bay. when it approved Churchill's One plane was to fly east to motion by a vote of 89 to 5, with 27 abstentions, * The whole dispute went today to Cape Smith, .them .turn .due south to Port Harrison where the missing R.C.M.P. amphibidn was ded when it' disappeared. LABOR (Continued on page 2) Government May Clarify Stand 0 on U.N. Ottawa, Aug. 16 -- (CP) -- The | Korean war may lead to Canadian steps to back her United Nations obligations with ground troops in not one but two distinct ways. It may also bring a new official statement on the present situation from the Government next week | when External Affairs M:nister Pearson makes two speeches on the Pacific Coast. one in Victoria Mon- day on "Canada and the Far East" and one in Vancouver Thursday which as yet has no title. Mr. Pearson is expeced to leave by train today and will probably | fill out the drafts of his speeches | on the long ride west. His office | | said" it is not certain but likely | That route is entirely over walter. The other was to go to Cape Smith, then "ollow the indented Hudson Bay shoreline to Port Harrison. Names of the four policemen aboard the missing aircraft were not announced by the R.C.M.P. here, They were on a routine flight from Coral Harbor to Port Harrison, and had fuel for 4%. hours. Flying time normally is about three hours and 20 minutes. U.N. Police Unit that he will have something to say about Korea. One question he could elaborate on if he wished is that of Army support for the U.N. The current emphasis on na- tional units for Korea, such as @anada's special force, has ob- scured but certainly not kiiled the earlier proposal that the U.N. recruit its own police di- vision from volunteers drawn from the r¢aches of the world --including Canada. This proposal is under "explora- tory" consideration and discussion Resists Cracksmen Milverton, Aug. 16 (CP) --Thieves failed in an attempt last night or early today to crack open an old bank vault--in Milverton Creamery. The safe contained from $400 to $500. ilie combination and handle of the vault were broken off and a four by eight inch hole was drilled in the side of the vault. . GOVERNMENT (Continued on page 2) French Need 5 U. S, Divisions to Boost Morale deliver quickly, at least five | mere divisions on European soil. 2.~A commander, preferably American, should be appointed to unify present undirected ef- forts at rearmament. The same 'officials believe Brit- ain also should agree, now, to send 'The crisis in Korea has brought | | them time to get well from the last war, and to rearm. side of the Atlantic report that the defeats in Korea have hardened American determination to rearm and, if necessary, to be ready for a showdown with Russia. There has been no such reaction in France. Top French government officials are facing the problem to the American position in France to a low point. The first blush of gra- tification at American intervention in* Korea has been succeeded by a wave of dismay at U.S. reverses. The French long have expected the strength of American arms-- especially the a.om bomb---to give FRENCH Huge Bombers Blast 60,000 Troops Ready For Break-Through By RELMAN MORIN Tokyo, Aug. 16 (AP).--North Korean troops massed near Waegwan on the Naktong River fights ing front were reported running in all directions today after 98 United States B-29 bombers plastered them with more than 850. tons of bombs. Associated Bress Correspondent Leif Erickson said two observation pilots brought back the reports. The largest raid of the war struck at an esti- mated 60,000 Red troops massed for an assault, on the allied east bank of the Naktong River near Waegan. REDS FLEE IN SMALL GROUPS The observer pilots said the Reds were crossing back westward over the Naktong and fleeing west and north in small groups ranging from three and four to 15 men in a group. 'Maj.-Gen. . Earle E. Partridge, U.S. Fifth Air Force commander who flew over the raided area in an observation plane after the big strike, reported he saw a small group of Red soldiers fleeing "in the right direction." Another pilot said the North Koreans he could spot appeared '""dazed and demoralized." They appeared to be in a state of "complete confusion." The pilots noted that the Reds wading back across the Naktong were fleeing from an area that had not been hit by the B-29s. The enemy troops took cover® when the light observation planes R ° 1 St ° k Will Curtail Mail Service skimmed over the treetops, No shot was fired at them. Two explosi sent of water into the air at the point on the Naktong where the North Koreans had con- Postmaster Norman Moran has ® received notice from the Post Ofe fice "Department at Ottawa that in the event of a railway strike in Canada, there will bé a drastic curtailment of mail services. August structed an underwater, Rus- siari-type tank bridge. The 22 is set as 'the deadline for the threatened railway strike. bridge also had been used to move Red artillery to the Allied In the event of the strike bee coming a reality, the notice says, id east bank of the Allied river barrier. The American fliers were unable to tell whether the explosions were from American shells or whether the North Koreans were exploding demolition charges, Correspondent Erickson reported, The pilots said North Koreans fled without their packs or rifles. They were about four miles west | will be necessary to place an em=- of the river when the U.S. airmen | bargo on parcel post, newspapers spotted them. and other printed matter. These Erickson said the pilots had been | classes of mail may not be accepted sent over the river area hunting |several days prior to the effective for seven camouflaged North Kor-|date of the strike when delivery -- to the public cannot be secured by August 22. Under the restrictions to be ob= served, mail service to out of town points will be limited to the fole lowing: s+ 1. Letters in their ordinary form, 2. Mail prepaid at air mail rates, 3. Medicines, including analyses, speciments and other similar items prepaid at normal rates. There will be no restriction on local mails for the time being. The department emphasizes, however, that the restrictions mentioned are the minimum to be expected in the event of a railway strike taking place, and that further reductions in service may have to be imposed as+ transportation difficulties de= velop, KOREA (Continued on page 2) Two Killed in Grade Crossing Accident Chelmsfdrd, Ont., Aug. 16--(CP)-- Two members of a family were killed and a third critically injured last night when 4 truck in which they were riding crashed headlong into a passenger train at -a level- crossing near this town, 10 miles south of Sudbury, The dead: Leo Demore, 20, of Ca- preol township, and his 34-year-old sister Mrs. Angeline Bratant, of Hanmer. Critically injured and in hospital here is norman Demore, 23, brother of Leo. Police said that the three were returning home from a movie at Chelmsford. The truck driven by Leo Demore was travelling south along the Chelsmford road when it crashed itno the side of the Can- adian Pacific Railway's transcon- tinental passenger train No. 4. Cayuga Goes Into Action Ottawa, Aug. 16--(CP)--Canada's Destroyer Ca- yuga has carried out a successful bombardment of har bor installations of a Communist-held port in South Korea, the Navy announced today. : It was the first official report that the three-ship flotilla provided by Canada for the United Nations has fired its guns at enemy positions. They had been on convoy duty. The Navy said the Cayuga, senior ship of the three, joined a British frigate in pouncing on a harbor and blazing away at ships, docks, cranes, warehouses, railway rolling stock and rail terminals and large build- ings. There were no casualties. destroyed or seriously damaged. LONG TIME COMING De Winton, Alta.--(CP)--It war a long time coming, but George Sutherland of De Winton has re- ceived recognition of his sports prowess at the 1938 Empire games in Sydney, Australia. Recently he received a certificate recognizing his establishment of an Australian record for the hammer throw, The record--163 feet--still stands. All targets were either . Americans newly-arrived on this (Continued on page. 2)