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iba THE DAILY TIMESGAZETTE OSHAWA Ares Combining The Oshawa Daily Times-Gazette and Whitby Chronicle WHITBY VOL. 9--No. 193 OSHAWA-WHITBY, SATURDAY, AUGUST 19, 1950 Price 4 Cents TWENTY PAGES MEDIATOR ACTS AS STRIKE NEARS | Oshawa G Walter C. iven New Health Service & L 4 Thomson Receives Notice Of Federal Grant A full-time public health veterinary service has been made available for the City of Oshawa through action of the federal government. care of, at least until the end Cost of this service will be taken the present fiscal year, by a grant of $2,800 from the Dominion Department of National Health and Welfare. Announcement of this grant was given to The Times-Gazette this morning, by long distance tele- phone call from Ottawa, by Walter C. Thomson, M.P. for Ontario Riding, who has received a letter from the Hon. Paul Martin, Minister of Nati ting forth the nature of the Ship Search May Reveal More Bodies Lauzon, Que, Aug. 19--(CP)--A detachment of 20 Quebec Provincial police constables awaited the ex- pected arrival early today, of the burned-out Canada Steamship Lines cruise vessel, Quebec, destroyed in a blaze Monday a half hour out of Tadoussac with a possible loss of seven lives. Five podies have been removed from the vessel. Towed by the tugs Manoir and Chateau, the big blackened hull of the Quebec was still 21 miles from this small town, opposite Quebec City, late last night. The convoy was reported to be moving at about four knots, and to be proceeding with utmost care. The rudder of the Quebec, it was understood, is locked and one of the tugs has SHIP (Continued on page 2) Belgian Bed Chief Slain in Doorway Liege, Belgium, Aug. 19 (AP)-- Two mysterious gunmen were be- ing hunted today as the killers of Julien Lahaut, Belgian Communist Party chief and veteran member of Parliament, who was shot down in his. home last night. The 66-year-old Red leader was riddled by four bullets as he stood in the doorway of his home here. His wife was standing behind him. Lahaut's assassination came one week after he was reported to have shouted "Vive la Republique" in a defiant gesture during the swear- ing in of Crown Prince Baudouin as King Leopold's successor, at a session of Parliament in Bitterly anti-monarchist, Lahaut ---- onal Health and Welfare, set- grant. Walter A. F. Mackay, Medical Officer of Health for Oshawa, said today that Dr. J. Edward Watt, of Toronto had been ap- pointed to take over the posi- tion. Dr. Watt was trained in and had -done post-graduate work in public health and was eminently qualified to the work. Specifically his duties will in- clude inspection of the stables of the 125-odd milk producers who ship to Oshawa, control of slaughter houses, bak- eries and the food production end of the restaurant business. Soft drink manufacturing firms and frosted food lockers will come under his supervision. * Rapid Response About four weeks ago the Board PUBLIC HEALTH (Continued on page 2) Plans 'Made For Services In Rail Tieup Toronto, Aug. inspection and | a Meeting Today Viewed As Crucial; Conference Yesterday Fell Flat New Canadian Government experimental radar ship, a floating electrical laboratory with all the latest | electronic devices, is a former Fairmile of the Canadian Navy. which was sold and later burned and sank after an explosion in Oakville harbor. Named Radel II, she replaces the Radel ~--Globe and Mail Photo. 19--(CP)--Plans | have been laid to provide essential | services and food supplies in On-| tario if the threatened Aug. 22| strike of Canadian non-operating | railroad employees materializes, a Boy, 3, Rescued From Well After Hours of Digging Fairmont, Minn., Aug. 19 -- (AP)--Jimmie Zarling, three, fell into a 10-foot well shaft yesterday and became tightly wedged in the tapering hole. A dozen men dug frantically for two hours to rescue the lad, trapped with his hands over his head and his nose pressed against the wall of his prison. Oxygen was pumped down to him. The shaft was about'a foot across at the top and narrowed to only a few inches at the bottom. trial officials showed today. commissioner who has been ap- pointed 'special co-ordinator of sup- of any staple article." J. 0. Goodman, general man- ager of the Automotive Trans- port Association, said application has been made to Federal authorities to allow truckers to operate 24 hours r day and on Sunday to meet the emergency if a strike develops. Agriculture Minister Kennedy said arrangements have been made to by trucks." Unlicensed trucks would be allowed to carry livestock where necessary. Most major industries in the city expected to be able to continue operations for periods varying from one week to several months in the represented in the Chamber of Deputies a constituency in indus- trial Liege, one of the storm cen- s against Leopold's return from ile. event of a strike. However, fruit | growers feared a protracted strike would be disastrous fer their busi- | ness. Rail Strike Means Almost Total Shutdown in Service Montreal, Aug. 19 -- (CP) -- A railway spokesman, in.a statement issued Friday night, indicated what an impending rail strike by 124,000 non-operating railwaymen would mean, by outlining arrangements reached with unions involved for protection of railway property should the stoppage occur as scheduled Aug. 22: "The term" essential services" has been used and is very misleading | for full railway operation is essen- tial to the needs of the country," the spokesman said. "In the event of a strike, only emergency meas- ures can be considered." NET PAID CIZCULATION The Times-Gazette Average Per Issue for JULY Wn These emergency measures would call for the operation of trains only in case of fires in forest areas, or for use in the rare possibility that some trains might be involved in accidents close to the time of the srikte deadline, he said. Otherwise, agreements between management and strikers would provide watchman service or patrol operations to protect railway prop- erty against fire, pilferage or sabo- tage. In many cases, small towns depended on railway water supplies for fire protection and domestic uses. Some railway bridges, swing or draw, are also used for vehicular or pedestrian traffic. Those would be manned. Where railway facili- ties provide electric power or stéam for hotels, municipalities or out- side industries, service would be maintained. Passengers stopped at any term- hour, would find satation employees ready to help them detrain up to 0 AM. | Otherwise, the spokesman said, {all normal rail, telegraph and ex- | press services would be completely I'discontinued as of 6 A.M, Tuesday. survey of Government and indus-| Harold Bradley, Toronto street plies for the city, said: "There is| no immediate danger of a shortage move cattle and hogs to abattoirs inal at 6 A.M., local time, the strike | ~ The rescuers dug a second hole nearby, 15 feet across and about 9% feet deep. When they reached that depth, they tunneled across to Jimmie. He was sent to hospital for a checkup, Jimmie fell into the hole as he and a playmate pushed aside a box covering the open- ng. Smith Heads Unit to Keep Eye on | Reds Washington, Aug. 19 (AP)--Wal- ter Bedell Smith, the American gen- eral who spent three years watching the Russians from the "nited States embassy in Moscow, is going to be the new chief of the central intelli- gence agency. 3 The priority job of that agency is to learn what the Soviets are up to now. Announcement was made last night that Smith, United States am or to Russia from February, 1946, to March, 1949, would become director of the top political-military intelli- gence unit in September, Smith succeeds Rear Admiral Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter, Charles Ross, White House sec- retary, took pains to declare the change does not reflect any presi- dential dissatisfaction with Hillen- koetter's work as C.I.A. director. He sald the admiral had requested months ago to be relieved so he SMITH (Continued on page 2) : Allies Land Force Far Behind Lines Of Red Attackers By RELMAN MORIN Tokyo, Aug. 19--(AP)--A surprise Allied landing deep in Red territory was announced today as North Korean Communists retreated on two fronts--beaten back from the most serious threats to United Nations forces. At some points the Reds American and South Korean sistance was described as light or moderate. avoided contact entirely with troops. At others their re- The Reds fell back before United ¢ Nations assaults on the road north from Taegu and in the Changnyong sector to the southwest. Both were danger spots earlier in the week. The surprise landings was the first Allied action of its kind in the war. It was made by South Korean troops Friday on Tok- chok Island after a brief shell- ing by British cruisers and de- stroyers. The island is 35 miles thwest of I port of Seoil on the Yellow Sea. Full significance of the landing was not explained by the spokes- man at Gen. MacArthur's head- quarters who announced it. A Navy spokesman said Tokchok may have been a Red centre for waterborne communications. MacArthur's communique said the amphibious force took Chinni village on Tokchok without inci- h KOREA (Continued on page 2) First Baptist Picnic Deferred Superintendent of the First Bap- tist Church Sunday School, Mr. W. R. Collins informed The Times- Gazette today that due to the in- clement weather the Sunday School picnic scheduled for this afternoon is cancelled until further notice. "We will have to put it off to some future date," said Mr. Collins. He said that just at the moment no particular date has been set but when settled it will be announced well in advance of the picnic. Union Spurns Peace > Offer Hamilton, Aug. 19--(CP)--Mem- bers of Hamilton Civic Employee' Union (C.I.O. Friday voted down an offer by the city to end a strike of more than 1,000 civic workers. A negotiating committee of the Operating Engineers' Union, how- ever, agreed to the city's offer. The city offered the engineers and the outside workers a five- day work week in gradual stages to be completed Jan, 1, 1951; a $1 weekly cost of living bonus, increased 50 cents a week for 1.5 rise in the official cost-of- living index; and a shift dif- ferential of seven of nine cents an hour. A negotiating committee repre- senting the outside workers had turned down a similar offer last week at a meeting in Labor Minister Daley's office in Toronto. About 300»of the more than 1,000 members attended Friday's mass meeting. The union seeks a two-cent wage increase to $1.02 an hour and im- mediate reduction of the work week from 44 to 40 hours without loss of take-home pay. The strike began Aug. 10. : DIES OF RACETRACK INJURY Kitchener, Aug. '19--(CP)--Har- vey Black, 67, of Belgrave, died in hospital last night of injuries re ceived when he was struck by a sulky at the New Hamburg track Wednesday. The shaft of the sulky CAPTIVE MAY No Change In Condition Of Ron Hutcheon The condition today of auto- accident victim 13 - year - old Ronald James Mutcheon, R.R. 1, Oshawa, is, according to of- ficials of the Oshawa General Hospital, "unchanged since yes- terday." The Hutcheon boy tically injured Thursday night i when he and a companion John | Hodgson, 14, of 1252 Simcoe | Street North, were struck by an | automobile on County Road No. | 2 just north of Pleasure Valley Ranch. Both were removed to hospital where the Hodgson lad | died a few hours later. | | : | was cri- | BE TORONTO MURDERER . Los Angeles, Aug. 19 -- (AP) -- Frank T. Miller, burglary suspect Montreal, Aug. 19 -- appointed mediator, fighti (CP) -- A government. ng against time, today is scheduled to meet management and labor in an effort to avert an ever-nearing, country-wide railway strike, set for Aug. 22. Appointment of the mediator--Dr. W. A. Maec- a stop here. |intosh of Queen's University, Kingston, Ont.--was | the latest development in a day that saw discussions | between unions and companies once more drag to TALKS BROKEN OFF Involved in the rail-wage dispute are 124,000 non- 34,000 members. { operating employees, comprising 15 international unions | with 90,000 members and two Canadian brotherhoods with The vice-principal of Queen's set his first meeting for today. Major developments in yesterday's broken off talks they had withdrawn Aug. 10 40-hour week with unreduced ing block to conciliation. was renewal by the railways of a "final" compromise offer after the unions rejected it. The international unions offered the railways leeway up te the start of next year for putting into effect a demanded take-home pay, main stumbl- strike, set for 6 a.m. local time, continued on both sides. recaptured recently after a bed- sheet escape from a 13th-floor hos- pital ward, Toronto authorities telephoned Los Angeles police yesterday that | they have reason to believe Miller is actually Stanley Buckoski, Cana- dian bandit. - | Miller, or Buckoski, now is lodged | in the Los Angeles county jail on | five counts of burglary, two counts of robbery and one of escape. Toronto police said Buckoski is wanted for the murder of a school | CAPTIVE (Continued on page 2) Japan Takes Stand Behind U.N. in Korea By RUSSELL BRINES Tokyo, Aug. 19- (AP)--The Gov- ernment today issued a 3,800-word "White Paper" placing Japan squarely behind the United Nations in the Korean war as "a measure for our own self defence." It was the Japanese Government's first formal statement of policy since the outbreak of hostilities and agreed with pact statements of go- litical and industrial leaders. Japan is the major forward stag- ing area for the U.N. Korean effort. The lengthy white paper did not specifically state how Japan proposed to assist but said: "To co-operate with the democracies and assist in strengthening their unity should be considered as nothing less than a measure of our own self defence." The paper also placed Japan in the western democracies' camp in JAPAN (Continued on page 2) THE WEATHER Cloudy with intermittent rain clearing this afternoon, cloud- ing over again early Sunday with showers or thundershow- ers and clearing Sunday after- noon. Continuing cool. Winds light tonight, otherwise north 15. Low tonight and high Sun- pierced his eye, brain and fractured his skull. The mishap occurred as Black, a spectator, walked across | the track. | day, 60 and 70. Summary for Sunday--Cool, morning show- ers. Ba Miami, Fla, Aug. 18\-(AP)--A hurricane-battered freighter, for- ward holds still smouldering from a fire at sea, wallowed through 40- foot waves toward 'Wilmington, N.C, today. Two Coast Guard cut- ters were escorting it to safety. The 7,247-ton Russell R. Jones, first buffeted by 70-mile n hour winds from the fringe of a giant hurricane and then beset by fire, churned toward the mainland at a scant five knots. All crew members were safe; there were mo injuries. LJ The United States Navy ship Kleinsmith was first to reach the burning freighter after a dramatic full speed mercy run through seas still mountainoys in the aftermath of the hurricane. It reported the stricken teoighte | er"s lifeboats were knocked awry by the wgves but tne Russell Jones showed no major damage from the beating it took. The hurricane which had created havoc aboard the freighter, bound for Los--Angeles--from Norfolk, Va; still had lost none of its 140-mile- an-hour punch but posed no im- mediate threat to the mainland. At 5:30 AM. ED.T. today, the hurricane was about 400 miles east of Jacksonville, Fla. The Miami weather bureau reported at that time that the big blow had turned to a north northeast course during the night and picked up in its for- ward speed to about 140 miles an hour, A continued northeasterly course--with acceleration--in its d Ship Safe as Hurricane Heads to Sea This predicted course would take the giant twister along a path that would offer no threat to any land area. By late today, the weather bu- reau said, the storm would be a considerable distance off the North Carolina coast and would lessen the danger to the Carolina Capes. Three vessels reached the side of the stricken vessel shortly after midnight. The freighter Tulane of- fered any assistance and stood by until the Coast Guard cutters An- forward speed was forecast. roscoggin and Paw Paw arrived. is wanted in Toronto | for questioning in the killing of | a bystander at a robbery. The railways already had em- bargoes in effect against ac- cepting shipments of livestock and perishable goods. They also announced an embargo on all freight shipments to go into effect at midnight, local time, Monday night. A Canadian Pacific railway spokesman said their hotels will operate in the event of a strike and will make no substantial layoff of employees. Earlier this year, the Canadian Privy Council ruled that C.P.R. hotels were under provincial juris- diction. Consequently they are not a part of the current wage-hours dispute between the railways and the unions. The Government's decision to send a mediator came late in the week's third day of Cabinet sessions on the rail crisis. There were no indications of further Government moves in STRIKE (Continued on page 2) Meanwhile, preparations for the® Captured Island Is Of Strategic Value Tokyo, Aug. 19 (AP) -- Tokchok Island, seized in an amphibious operation by South Korean troops Friday, could have great walue to the Allies as a marine observation port, Possibly, it might be used as & forward air base. As Allied air strikes have made land travel more hazardous and dangerous for the North Korean Reds, they have turned increasingly to the sea. The Reds have made re- peated attempts to slip material and men down the west coast im junks and small craft. Tokchok would be a natural stopping point for such traffic which must hide in the daye time from Allied sea and air pa- trols. This would be true of of small craft coming either from Inchon, 35 miles to the northeast or from farther wp the coast. Midnight yesterday was the dead- line for freight and express which would be unable to arrive at its destination before Monday night and the scramble here and in other centres to clean out all but that which was due to travel only a short distance was something to see. Freight sheds today have a desert- ed appearance as railway express employees have tried desperatly to get everything possible en route be- fore the threatened railway tie-up goes itno effect. Officials here this morning were still hoping that a settle- ment would be arrived at. "Things are going to be in a terrible mess if the strike takes place", one said today. "The volume of freight which goes through the railway sheds ia this city is terrific and I can't for the life of me see how truck transport and other forms of transportation will be able to cope with it." Fish shipments from the wes$ were cut off on Thursday of this week and freight shipments from Newfoundland and the other easte ern provinces have also been cus off. All shipments to and from Ale berta are cut off today. These arbitrary cut-offs to such distant points as Alberta hardly tell the story. Roads are so jam= med with freight at the present time that only shipments destined for points fairly close at hand have any chance of getting through be- fore the deadline, wha. Marines hurl Reds back nyong sector. almost within sight of Soviet to flee from worse raids to co TOKYO--Japanese, Government sides with 1 tions in Korean conflict; | Korean Situation at a Glance BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS KOREAN FRONT--South Koreans landing on Tokchock Island near Seoul, former South Koe rean capital now in Red hands. fronts north and southwest 'of Taegu. man says threat to vital railroad centre has been eased. On North front, U.N. forces advance 2), miles towards Kume_ make, surprise North Koreans retreat on MacArthur spokes into Naktong River in Chang AIR WAR---American B-29s pounded port of Chongjin, territory. Allied planes drop leaflets in 10 major North Korean cities urging populace me. » Jnited Na- | SETS 4 ELH Lam 11 A SRNR i Freight and Express Goods Being Rushed Out to Meet Railway Strike Deadline 4