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I THE DAILY TIMESGAZETTE OSHAWA Combining The Oshawa Daily Times-Gazette and Whitby Chronicle WHITBY VOL. 9--No. 197 OSHAWA-WHITBY, THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1950 TWENTY-TWO PAGES 'TRUMAN TACKLES U.S. RAIL GRISIS Defence College Party In Oshawa Today Double Menaces Price 4 Cents Inspect General Motors Plant And Attend Luncheon Sixteen members of the Imperial Defence College cur- rently touring Canada came to Oshawa today to see Cana- dian cars and trucks in the making at the General Motors of Canada plant. Members of the party included senior of- ficers of Commonwealth armed services and four senior Uni- ted Kingdom civil servants. They have already visited Que- bec province and the Maritimes ad are now enroute to visit heavy idustries in Toronto and Hamilton. Later, they will be flown to Port Arthur and thence to Churchill, Yellow- knife, Whitehorse, Vancouver and Winnipeg, then to the United States for a week's inspection there of military in- stallations. ® The party includes representa- tives of the Royal Navy, Royal Marines, British Army, Royal Air To Speak Here New Zealand Army and the UK. Foreign Office, Post Office, Min- istry of Transport and Colonial Offices. Object of College "The object of the Imperial Defence College, explained Wing Commander G. H. Newsome, R.C.AAF. the party's conduct- ing officer, "is to produce a body of senior officers of the fighting services and civil ser- vice who will be capable of holding high command and key appointments in the structure of C 1th def peace and war. "Experience has shown that the defence of the British Common- DEFENCE COLLEGE (Continued on page 2) RI Conference HON. x by KENNEDY : Hl} D f opus 3 Nery UM DEGIETICE be the guest speaker at the vid Is Launched Club on Monday, Septe - Ran when the directors of the Society will join with the Rotar- : Ottawa, Aug. 24 (CP) --Canada's first Dominion-Provincial confer- ence on civil defence was launched ians at the luncheon. today with high Ottawa officials ready to report on the possibilities Charge Owner of war, the menace of modern Force, Pakistan Army, Indian Army, : Of Dog Which |Site co Attacked Boy of keeping a vicious dog has been laid against J. Hooey, 24 York Street, Ajax, Acting Crown Attorney Russell Humphreys said today. Hooey is scheduled to ap- pear in Whitby court on Septem- ber 5. The charge was laid after Phillip Gibson, pr og of Ajax, was attack- ed by Hooey's dog, known to Ajax children as Captain, last Satur- day. The boy was badly mauled by the dog and facial wounds re- quired fifty stitches to close. Captain suddenly turned from a playful pet into an enraged wild beast, while a group of children threw sticks for him to retrieve. Toronto Picket Beaten Toronto, Aug. 23--(CP)--Police are seeking a man, believed from St. Catharines, who last night as- saulted Wax Farber, 40, a Canadian Pacific Railway cleaner on picket duty at the downtown freight yards. A charge with internal sabotage. The conference was started be- hind closed doors shortly after 10 am. EDT, with Defence Minister Claxton and Justice Minister Gar- son heading the Federal delegation and all 10 provinces represented. It is expected to last two days and to clear the way for the prov- inces to co-operate with the muni- cipalities in building up local or- ganizations to cope with the effects of modern war. High on the agenda were these reports: 1. One by Lt.-Gen. Charles Foulkes, chief of the general staff, on the international situ- ation and the threat of war. 2. One by Dr. O. M. Solandt, chairman of the Defence Re- search Board, on the charac- teristics and menace of germ, atomic and other types of mod- ern attack weapons Senior R.CMP. officials were present with information of the government's plans to cope with sabotage and espionage at home in event of war. Maj.-Gen. F. F. Worthington, co-ordinator of civil defence, was on hand to help lead discussions. R.D. Werner Co. Reaches Agreement With Union nion and Company negotiators _~ night reached an agreement governing relations between Local 2784, United Steelworkers of Ameri- ca and the R. D. Werner Company (Canada) Limited, M. J. Fenwick, international union representative, announced today. "We have called a special NET PAID CIZCULATION The Times-Gazette Average Per Issue for JULY 10,711 meeting of the employees for Sunday afternoon to vote on the Company's offer," Fenwick said. "The firm's proposals cover a wage raise, payment for legal holidays, vacations with pay and a Blue Cross hospitali- zation plan." Agreement was reached after two meetings between Union and Com- pany representatives preceded by certification of the local by the Ontario Labor Relations Board as the bargaining agency for the com- pany's employees. Employing some 90 production workers now, the plant officially began operations on May 12. It manufactures aluminum extrusions and chrometrim" mouldings. "I would like to take this oppor- tunity to thank Company officers for their co-operation in. reaching a speedy settlement," Fenwick de- clared. "We believe labor-manage- ment. relations in the plant have started off well and should benefit both groups." - REDS MASSING FORNEW DRIVE ONEASTFRONT By RUSSELL BRINES Tokyo, Aug. 25-- (Friday) -- (AP) -- A heavily-armed Red Korean : division rolled eastward Thursday night to- ward American positions on'! the Korean south coast, pos- | ing a new threat to the allied port of Pusan, some 50 miles | away. i The threat appeared in the sout after pressure had eased on the central front north of Taegu where feelers for five Red divisions were thrown back for five consecutive days. (Reuters news agency repor- ted that American and South Korean troops had advanced in limited attacks at both ends of the front. The Communists were shoved back west of Ma- san, near the outh coast, and » northwest of Taegu, the agency said.) U.S. planes bombed and strafed the approaching Reds in th south. . KOREA (Continued on page 2) Billion For Arms Seen In 1951-52 Ottawa, Aug. 24--(CP)--A bill that will raise Canada's defence budget for the fiscal year to a record peacetime $570,000,000 or so will be presented to Parliament | shortly as the first instalment of the cost of the Dominion's expand- ed preparedness program. The .defence .Department, forced to rush because of the call for the special session to open Tuesday, is expected to present supplementary estimates that will fall just short of $150,- 000,000. The defence estimates so far approved for the year ending March 31, 1951, total $425,000,000. The new total will not include the arms aid Canada now 'is pro- posing she give to her Western European allies... That would be handled separately once its ram- fications are clarified. Of even greater significance than the actual anticipated expenditures themselves will be the total to b BILLION (Continued on page 2) Ford Offers Service To Parliament Meet Windsor, Ont. Aug. 24--(CP)-- Transportation facilities of the Ford Motor Company of Canada, Ltd., were placed at the disposal of the Federal Government Wednesday to assist in the assembly of members of Parliament and Senators to the special session of Parliament open- ing next Tuesday. Automobiles and drivers will be made available to members and sen- ators anywhere in Canada through the company's 1,100 dealers, the company said. The cars would take members from their homes to air- ports used in the parliament airlift. Others not coming by plane will be driven to Ottawa if they wish. The company offer was made yes- terday to the Prime Minister's of- fice, and was accepted today, the company said. * Million Guerrillas Said Active In China Taipei, Formosa, Aug. 24--(AP)-- A Chinese Nationalist spokesman today said Guerrillas are active in all of China's 35 Communist-ruled provinces. He said previous estimates of 1,000,000 Nationalist guerrillas on the mainland would have to be re- vised upward. The Guerrillas are most active in south and southwest China, the areas most recently taken over by the Communists and traditionally the most rebellious, he said. THE WEATHER Clear, becoming cloudy Friday afternoon. Continuing warm. Winds light today, southwest 20 Friday. Low tonight and high Friday 60 and 85. Summary for Friday: Sunny, then cloudy. Large Scale Action Imminent u-6uopry) LX ee Ss 53) | As Communists made new attempts to break through to the main U.S. supply port of Pusan and the inland hub of Taegu, this was the situation along the Korean front: (1) Two South Korean divisions pushed another | five miles north above the liberated port of Pohang and also advanced | beyond recaptured Kigye. (2) In the area below Uison, the South Korean | capital division "moved forward with increasing pressure." (3) An enemy | infantry battalion, supported by tanks, was repulsed in an ght near Kumhwa, above Taegu. (4) Immediately above Taegu, infiltrating Reds slipped behind the U.S. lines and threw a block across the main highway. (5) Thirteen miles southwest of Taegu, still another North Korean force was building up its Hyonpung bridgehead across the Naktong River in the face of counter-thrusts by air-supported American troops. (6) In the southern sector, two Red regiments spearheaded a twin-pronged offensive aimed through Haman at Masan, western gateway to Pusan. (7) South Korean Marines who had landed at Tongyong were driving inland in a move to menace the flank of the enemy. --Central Press Canadian. Layoffs, Shortages Speed Over Ganada By THE CANADIAN PRESS Canada struggled today with spreading industrial lay- offs and new possibilities of shortages, the result of a na- tional railway and telegraph strike. After two days of the strike, practically every Canadian had been touched in one way or another. Thousands were temporarily out of work. Reduced pay- rolls would inevitably be felt by every section of the coun- try. Others, were running short of some foods. Millions more found themselves with 'a reduced mail service and no telegraph communications. Buses, air lines, truck com- panies and telephone systems struggled to try to keep up with the rush of new business. Saskatchewan, dependent on coal for electric power, faced a power shortage as railway coal cars lay idle. Outdoor electric signs were turned off in Sas- katoon last night and street cars ran on a reduced schedule. Western wheat farmers and On- tario peach producers all expected serious problems in marketing their crop without railway cars. In ad- dition, a prolonged strike could stop the usual movement of eastern workers to the prairie harvest. By the end of the week, nearly 14,000 coal miners in Nova Scotia, Alberta and Bri- tish Columbia might be laid off. So might nearly 8,000 auto workers in Oshawa and Hamil- ton, Ont, Refinery workers in Trail, B.C, and Sudbury, Ont. packinghouse LAYOFFS (Continued on page 2) in isolated communities, Bakers Seek Early End of Rail Strike Ottawa, Aug. 24 -- (CP) -- Tne baking industry today informed Prime Minister St. Laurent that be- cause of the rail strike "tens of thousands" of Canadians are unable to buy bread and pleaded with him to get the trains operating again. "That a railroad strike could be even possible in this country is un- thinkable," the National Council of the Baking Industry said in a let- ter delivered today to the Prime Minister. Truck Bureau Swamped Hamilton, Aug. 24--(CP)--J. Gor- don Saunders, heading the 'emer- gency transportation bureau at the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce, said today the bureau would be swamped with transportation re- quests by the end of the week. Yes- terday a dozen trips took drugs to Barrie and other small quantities of vital supplies to Ontario centres. Bl:-d Oshawa Citizens Enthusiastic Guests At Picnic At Lakeview Park A picnic of an unusual character, and entered intg with more than ordinary enthusiasm, was held at Lakeview Park yesterday afternoon and evening when a group of the registered blind citizens of Oshawa attended as guests of the Oshawa Board of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind and the Oshawa Lions Club. Of the 33 registered sightless persons in Osh- awa, 18 were able to attend, and they thoroughly enjoyed the pro- gram which had been prepared for them, and the splendid chicken supper provided by their hosts. In the absence from the city of Rev. G. A. Telford, chairman of the Oshawa Board of the C.N.I.B., Mrs, B. C. Colpus, vice-chairman, and Mrs. A. J. Parkhill, welfare con- vener, assisted by Mrs, W. R. Fisher and Mrs. J. Kinder, tool charge of BLIND CITIZENS (Continued on page 2) ONIONS war Loom Monday To TO RESUME MEDIATION Ottawa, Aug. 24--(CP)-- A.R. Mosher, president of the Canadian Brotherhood of Railway Employees (C.C.L.) said today union negotiators for 124,000 striking rail workers are willing to resume negotiations with the com- panies under mediation. Mr. Mosher said this policy had been determined by the joint ne- gotiating committee for 15 inter- national and two Canadian unions by telephone consultation between the negotiating officers here and in Montreal. He said it would be agree- able to the unions to resume negotiations with the help of Dr. W. A. Mackintosh, the gov- ernment - appointed mediator whose efforts failed just before the Tuesday morning general strike deadline. "Or anyone else," he added. Ottawa Gets Control 0f All Planes Ottawa, Aug. 23--(CP)--The Gov- ernment has obtained authority through order-in-council to mobilize and control all Canadian commercia aircraft as a means of coping with the present rail crisis, Government officials disclosed today. The order-in-council is expected to be made public tomorrow. The officials said it will not b . placed into operation unless the rail strike tie-up causes a further deteriora- tion of Canadian transportation fa- cilities. "We consider that so far Can- adian commercial air lines are able to handle the situation without need of Government controls," an official said. "How- ever, if required, we are prepar- ed to institute a system of con- trol similar to the one we had in the Second World War." The order-in-council also gives the. Government power to requisi- tion aircraft and order them to any OTTAWA (Continued on page 2) Malik May Win Battle In U.N. Lake Success, N.Y., Aug. 24--(AP) --Russia's Jakob A. Malik heads today into the fourth and final week of his United Nations Security Council presidency, apparently ded- icated -- and successfully to stalling decisive council action on the Korean war. In the three weeks since ended, the Russian boycott to head the council, Malik has trumpeted the Soviet propaganda line at length. The West has replied with similarly-long speeches, but many observers wonder which has had the more telling effect on the Asian mind -- ultimate prize in the current U.N. war of words. Malik's delaying strategy has consisted mainly of 'presenting pro- posals to the council that obvious- ly would be knocked down, or in stalling off action on western pro- posals. The procedural wrangle has re- volved mainly around the council's decision of last June to invite South Korea's representative to join in discussion of Korean questions. Malik has refused either to seat the representative or to make a rule denying him a seat. He has countred with two proposals -- one to order a cease-fire and withdrawal of all foreign troops, and to seat both (Continued on page 2) He Can Come Home For Bath, Is All Providence, R.I, Aug. 24 -- (AP) Justice Charles A. Walsh recognized an institution yesterday. In entering a decree giving Mrs: Beatrice M. Lussier exclu- sive use of the couple's cottage in Woonsocket, R.L, until count- er-suits for divorce can be heard he made this proviso: Husband George H. Lussier "may return to the above sta- ted residence one day in each week for the purpose of taking a bath." In Collision Whole Continent By HAROLD W. WARD Washington, Aug. 24 (AP).--Union orders for a country-wide railroad strike in the United States next Monday put the rail-labor wage-hour problem squarely up to President Truman today. The railroad strike in Canada now is in its fourth day. Thus if the threatened walkout develops in the United States, virtually all rail transportation in North America will be at a standstill. MAY SEIZE RAILROADS Truman's choice seems to be either some new move aimed at quickly settling the long-smouldering dispute on ordering Government seizure of the rail industry. TRUMAN in the midst of the Korean fighting and a swelling rearma- orders to their 300,000 members given everyone to understand they constantly been growing more Ottawa, Aug. 24-- (CP) -- (Continued on page 2) gency session. Some indication of how the President intends to handle this sudden threat to the U.S. transport system -- coming ment program -- is expected at Truman's press conference late to day. Two big rail unions -- the ¢ Brotherhood Railroad Trainmen and Order of Railway Conduc- tors -- gave their all-out strike last night after a new deadlock developed in White House peace : talks with the carriers. The strike call against 131 rail | lines was unexpected. The union | leaders only Tuesday night had would not expand five-day "token" I N R walkouts presently in progress at five key rail centres. A However, the dispute over wages By JOHN LEBLANC and working hours has dragged out No . over a period of 1% years -- and | Canadian Press Staff Writer ominous. Under the American Railway La- | The Government worked to- bor Act, which sets up a complex day on plans for getting the rocedure for handling of rail dis- . g 4 . $ full weight of Parliament be- hind action to end the gener- al rail strike as it awaited the M t 1 Tuesday opening of an emer= . y As the critical strike went Riders Hurt into its third day, there was . no direct Government inter vention in prospect before the opening of Parliament, with the administration Joseph Rzany, 156'2 Olive Avenue, and Floyd Clarke, 173 Celina Street, | were injured and taken to hospital | early today when the motorcycle they were riding: crashed into an automobile at the intersection of William and Division Streets. Rzany, the driver, suffered a bruised hip and shoulder while Clarke, a pas- senger, received a bruised elbow and lacerations to both his legs. They were removed to hospital by ambulance. Police report Benoit Dulac, R.R. 2, Oshawa, was driving a car west on William Street East and when crossing over Division Street was hit by the Rzany-driven motorcycle. After the motorcycle hit the Dulac car it carried on and Lit a second car which was parked on the west side of Division Street. It had been standing by its decision to have the legislators share re- sponsibility for any action. What that action might be was still problematical. Prime Minister St. Laurent, in a i the opening date yesterday, said the Cabinet had not yet taken the final decisions on the program of action it will lay before the Commons. Its deliberations on the momen tous issue, outcome of which may have a heavy bearing on future ine dustrial relations in national ine dustries such as the railways, went on today at a Cabinet meeting; Expectations were they would proceed at a continuation of the STRIKE (Continued on page 2) driven by Harry Bays, 75 Avenue Street. The motorcycle was a total wreck and was towed to the police station yard. Both cars were also damaged. P.C, Ted Ferguson investigated. 90 Laid Off By Strike Hamilton, Aug. 24--(CP) -- The Gypsum, Lime and Alabastine, Can- ada, Ltd. of Caledonia, which em- ploys 370 men, has laid off 9" work- ers because of the railway strike, L. V. Robinson superintendent, said today. . North Bay Gunman Opens Fire On Pickets North Bay, Ont, Aug. 24 -- (CP) -- A hidden gunman fired on six railway picketers here early today and escaped withe out being seen. One shot smashed a street light and another whistled above the picketers heads. No one was hit, Korean Situation at a Glance . i By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TAEGU FRONT: Allies inch into positions left by Reds who appear to be drifting eastward, possibly seeking softer spot for 50,000-man drive on Taegu, after flanking attacks were beaten off for five days. Naktong bridgehead south- west of Taegu still contained by U.S. troops. SOUTHERN FRONT: Amesicans win dominating ridge guarding approaches to Pusan. Red advance units pour 'small arms and mortar fire on U.S. positions, while other Reds mass for possible offensive. EASTERN FRONT: South Korean units edge north- ward against stiffening Red resistance. AIR AND SEA: B-29s hit chemical plant at Konan, North Korea, with 290 half-ton bombs. Superforts blast rail lines leading to fronts. Marine airmen: attack troop cone centrations near Taegu. F.80 jets hit Reds on Southern front and fighter-bombers range front lines. i #