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TLE] TWENTY-FOUR PAGES OSHAWA Combining The Oshawa Daily Times-Gazette and Whitby Chronicle VOL. 9--No. 255 OSHAWA-WHITBY THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1950 Price 4 Cents 5,000 YANKS HELD IN RED TRAP ' Health Plan For Union Iron Workers Okayed Third of Cavalry 400 Employees Of [MRACLE MILE greed Wier Dies IaNADA FACES Division In Peril | Oshawa Firm Given VOTED DOWN SBI LL TO BUILD A: af Family Coverage [IN EDMONTON KOREA AGAIN As Rescue Fail Si . | Edmonton, Nov. 2--(CP) -- Ed- Ottawa, Nov. 2--(CP)--Canada is gave up tonight a day-long fight to rescue A new health plan for 400 employees of the Ontario |monton ratepayers yesterday voted | likely to save some money now on nearly 5,000 soldiers surrounded by Com- Malleable Iron Company was approved last might by com-| "no" to a $25000000 scheme for | | her "estimated multi-million-dollar munist forces in Northwest Korea. ; : 2 Rath | a streamlined ivic centre. i military costs in Korea, but she can pany officials and representatives of Local 1817, United| yey rejected a scheme whereby expect to get tagged for a helping RESCUE ATTEMPT FAILS The trapped men were ordered to attempt a break-out . x s 1. : ae ive " x ! i ial hand in another field-- overs y 2d, wick, union representative | an undeveloped four-block area in financia Steelworkers of America, M. J. Fenwick, u I | the heart of the city into a "mi- reconstruction. ] | on their own. They faced terrific odds--and grinning, fur- iously-fighting Reds who turned captured American guns announced today. Underwritten by the Occidental Life In-|racie mile." It is not yet clear what Can- SR y i : Pos ember 1. There would have been a ada or Canadians as individuals surance Company, the plan will go into effect Decemb " large civic auditorium, parking will do in the relief, rehabilitat- It covers the employees and their dependents for hospi- | ars, ! f th on the surrounded U.S. force. modern office buildings. aged peninsula but oificials are 5 i ( i Put. although 60 per cent of certain of one thing: it's going Some Americans already had escaped the trap. It was and $30 weekly sickness indemnity to employees only. | the voters favored the plan, a to cost Canada something. clamped shut last night by overwhelming Communist forces Highlight of the plan. SECURE 4 ly set by Defence Minister Claxton ! to Fenwick, is that the policy at $50,000,000 for the months end- The majority of 66 2-3 per cent was space for 1,800 cars, parks and io: and rebuilding of the rav- . . . | talization and medical costs; provides $1,000 life insurance But the military bill, once rough- | . : "ie . ncluding Chinese Red troops in strength. That vote was the main issue. regiment--one-third of is held jointly by the company and the union. The company waived its share of any refunds or dividends an d all unused funds will go either | to improve the plan or reduce its cost. Under the plan the company will contribute $3.40 monthly for each employee. Employees will pay thirty-seven cents (37c) a week BJOALTH (Continued on page 2) Hunt Gaming Ring Centre In Windsor RUSSIAN VETO POWERS CUT By TOM OCHILTREE New York, Nov. 2 -- (AP) -- The | | United . Nations General Assembly | | moved today toward arming itself | with broad powers to discover and | | combat aggression when the veto | | hamstrings the Security Council. | | It is scheduled to ratify for- | mally an American-backed plan | for collective security on a | world-wide basis, and to ap- | prove a request that the five | mapor powers try again to set- | tle their differences. | American Delegat¢ John Foster | Dulles repeated yesterday that the | Election of five aldermen was re- garded with fair interest, but some | aldermen expressed more concern over the outcome of the miracle mile than in their own re-election. For four months the plan has | been the topic of violent debate. | Civic officials, newspapers and ra- | | dio stations took sides on the mat- ter. Citizens discussed it on street corners. On election day an air- | craft flew overhead with a stream- | er urging voters to reject the scheme, | Some 18,000 of an estimated 33,- 000 eligible voters cast ballots. | Oshawa High In Boy Scout SS. L 4 | ing next March 31, appears to have | been over-estimated for the simple | reason that it does not now appear that the majority of the Army's Special Force will be going to Korea. That bill was based on the.assump- | tion that the Navy's three destroyers would keep on operating, that the { R.C.AF. air lift would continue and | that the 11,000-man Special Brigade would cross the Pacific and get into action, With the announcement on the | destination of the main part of the force expected shortly, kFrime ..iui- ister St. Laurent last night told 1.- porters after a Cabinet meeting | that part but not all of the Special | Force will go to korea. | PUERTO RICAN 'Is Re-Elected the U.S. 1st Cavalry Division-- was cut off near a dry river bed four miles uthwest of Unsan. This is the area where the Reds have made their strongest fight of the North Korean campaign. Usan is .66 air miles north of Pyongyang, former Red Korean capital. Maj. Gen. Hobart R. Gay, divise ion commander, said the regiment | had been 'very badly hurt." A spokesman told AP Corres= pondent Tom Lambert the rescue team ran into a "stone wall" of re= | sistance. Americans who escaped the trap suid there were many Chinese Reds |in the enemy force. | A Chinese prisoner said the force | included 3,000 Chinese Red soldiers. | Lambert quoted an American platoon sergeant as saying the "crazy". Shaw Dies at 9 Chinese soldiers were | The sergeant -ided: "They would stand right up United States is ready to talk with . | Russia at any time. He warned, ad 1-(CP) Ontario |) ;wever, that the possibilities of ov. Provincial police are making ef-| forts to trace the roving headquart- | ers of a. gambling syndicate in| Windsor, it was reported last night. | Police headquarters here indicated | the Assembly's 60-member political | that Sergeant Neil Tomlinson, as- signed to the task, had made some | progress. in checking accounts and | receipts of Windsor business firms. Tomlinson, head of the anti- gambling squad, spent last week in Windsor. It was reported he had obtained accounts received and paid by a man said to be | head of the gambling ring. | It was reported that Tomlinson | was trying to get information about location of the wire bringing race track information to Windsor, Its pickup point is said to move every | month or so to evade detection by police. | | | success are limited. The veto-free system of collective security for which Dulles spoke has been overwhelmingly approved in committee. That assures the reso- lution's ratification by the Assembly itself, Russia Ready to Join London, Nov. 2 -- (AP) Diplomatic officials said today Russia has told the United States she is ready to join in in general conference to write a peace treaty for Japan. Some East-West procedural differences still must be settled before such a conference can be | called, however, | | Child Aid Board Defends Shelter * Implied criticism of the policy of the Oshawa branch of | the Children's Aid Society by a Monday night meeting of C by members of the C.A.S. B wish to conduct a public controversy on the question they pointed out that Alderman B minority in her belief that the branch should get rid of the shelter here and adopt a pol placed in foster homes. "Mrs. Bateman seems to have lost sight of the fact that it is, and has been, the policy of the board to get as many children as possible into suit- able private homes" said Douglas M, Coombs, President. "The reason that there are not more children in homes is that there just are not enough suitable homes available." City council seems to have foeen well satisfied with the work 'done by the board if the past,' Mr. Coombs said. Also the child wel- fare division of the Department of - Public Welfare. This was confirm- ed today when The Times-Gazette contacted Mr. B. Beaumont, di- rector of that division, Mr. Beau- CHILD AID (Continuea on page 2) NET PAID CIRCULATION The Times-Gazette Average Per Issue for SEPTEMBER 11,023 Alderman Evelyn Bateman at | ity Council was resented today | oard. Although they did not ateman was very much in the icy whereby all children were Naval Cruise Seen as Prop For Europe | Lisbon, Portugal, Nov. 2--(CP)-- | | Rear-Admiral E. R. Mainguy, com- | {mander of the Canadian Special | | Service squadron, said last night] [that the squadron's European grise} {is designed to show other members [of the North Atlantic Pact 'that | | Canada is interested not only in| safeguarding peace and. freedom but | | wants to co-operate in making this | effective on a world-wide basis. He said it is also hoped that | the Canadian officers and men will see for themselves there is "| much in common between Ca- nadians and the "peoples of the The aircraft carrier Magnificent | |airived yesterday with the destroy- | {ers Micmac and Huron for a four-| | day visit. It is the first time Cana- | | dian warshine have visited T.ishon SHAW"S DEATH BIG NEWS f London, Nov. 2--(Reuters)--The | | deuth of Gedrge Bernard Shaw took | precedence over. the attempt on President Truman's life in today's | \awndon evening newspapers. y b |ian and British Labor members. | tions made under the spur of the WL | Communist assault upon South Ko- nations we are visiting. 1 Recruitment | One out of every 30 boys in| Oshawa is either a Scout or Cub | | as compared to an average of her | {out of every 60 in many other | centres of Canada, which B. H.| | Mortlock, executive commissioner |of publications, Canadian Boy Scout Headquarters, Ottawa, told | the annual meeting of the Oshawa | Boy Scouts' Association last night | was "very encouraging." | "Nearly 160 attended the | meeting, 'held at "Sheban- dowan," Camp Samac, which was considered one of the best ever held. The committee re- ports were outstanding and the membership in Scouting in the district shows an increase over last year. Mr. Mortlock spoke on the value of "our" work and training of the boy and told of the value of inter- national gatherings such as the Jamboree which was held at Valley Forge earlier this year when some 47,000 Scouts gathered from all parts of the world. He depicted one ceremony when the boys gathered ' together over an area of 12 acres, each holding a flaming candle and illuminating the surrounding space which he said "was an excellent example of boys of every race and creed unit- ing together in the brotherhood of man." Mr. Mortlock stressed that "what SCOUTS (Continued on page 2) Europe Maps Unified Army Rome, Nov. 2--(AP) -- Foreign ministers and their deputies from the 13 countries of the Council of Europe gathered here today to try to weld a unified army strong en- ough to stop Soviet aggression. The debate probably will focus on whether and how to include German troops in such a west- ern defence command. That was the issue which stalemated the Washington meeting of defence ministers of most of the same countries earlier this week. The. idea of a 50-division West uropean army was «proposed by Britain's wartime leader, Winston Churchill, at sessions last summer of the European "ouncil's consulta- tive assembly at Strasbourg. There it met opposition from Scandinav- Since that time, with modifica- ea, the general plan for a united army has won the support of most members whose ministers. are meet- ing here. Cloudy today. Sunny with -gc- casional cloudy periods Friday. Cocl. Frost in low lying. areas tonight. Winds northwest "20 to- day, light tonight and Friday. Yow tonicht and high Friday, | 35 and 55. Summary for Fri- day: Mainl, sunny and cool. 3, $73,515.96; After Long Career As Top Dramatist | Ayott St. Lawrence, Eng Bernard Shaw, the century's today at the age of 94. | land, Nov, 2-- (AP) -- George most famous playwright, died The life of the famed Irish-born wit who amassed a for- tune by poking fun at the shortcomings of this civilized age, | flickered out at last at 4:59 A.M. (11:59 P.M. EST. Wednes- day). A tumble in his garden Sept. 10 while pruning a tree proved the undoing of the self-styled Napoleon of drama. He broke his left thigh bone and was taken to Luton hospital to have the bones pinned together. A bladder ailment complicated his condition. A minor operation eased the trouble and he was brought home Oct. 4, but suf- fered a relapse Sunday. Mrs. Alice Laden, his keeper at the brick cottage, "Shaw's Corner," announced the death to reporters. He had lapsed into 'a coma at 3 A.M. yesterday. No announcement has been made of funeral plans, but friends expect SHAW (Continued on page 2) MENZIES RE-ELECTED Regina, Nov. 2 -- (CP) -- Mayor | Garnet N. Menzies was fe-elected yesterday for a third successive term. Returned to office with him wis the full slate of Civic. Voters' Association candidates for the 10 civic posts up for election. house- ® * Puerto Rican Revolt Chief Surrenders San Juan, Puerto Rico, Nov. 2 (AP). --Pedro Alkizu Campos, lead- er of the rebel Nationalist party, surrendered early today to island police. A police tear-gas attack here on his home flushed the Har- vard-educated rebel leader from the refuge he had held throughout the rebellion on Puerto Rico since Monday. Police had maintained a cor- don around the house since the outbreak of the revolt. Two letters signed with the name of the Nationalist chieftain were | | | found on the body of one of the | revolutionary Puerto Rican gun- 'men who tried to assassinate Pre- sident Truman in Washington ' yesterday. Oshawa Community Chest [Is $16,640 From Objective The Greater Oshawa Community in' yesterday's issue of The Times- | Chest yesterday moved within $16,- 640 of its objective of $102,500 yes- terday when contributions rose to a total of $8 ,862. With three days of the campaign to run all indica- tions point to the objective being attained. It is stresed that no one should fail to supnort the campaign because they are not canvassed, Ar- rangements will be made to pick up contributions if a cell is made to Chest headquarters. It is of interest to note that the following totals were reported on the corresponding the 1949 wr November 2, $53, November 4, $81,268 and November 6, $84.096. A donation of $200 from Mr. and Mrs, E. V. Lander was erroneously credited to Mr. and Mis. G. J. Lander in the list which appeared Gazette. Amount previously acknowledged ay | Mrs. Hilda Carrington | Mrs. Myrtle Simpson | Mrs. R. Lee i | Mrs. Robina Yeoman 1 Mrs. Alice Crowder . 1 iMrs. W. M. Wilcox ........ 1 1 1 1.00 50 5) 0) 00 00 00 [| Mrs. A. T. Cain Mrs. R. Jewe'l Mrs, Margaret Bone Mrs. Annie Yuskin | Mrs. Daisy Bisch Franklin Chumbley Mrs. E. J. Bowman Mrs. Dorothy McCallum .. Miss Irene Harvey ne Miss Hazel Power Mrs. Julia Sherwood Miss - Grace Richer Miss Oonah Hewson Miss Mary Andrews Misz Elizabeth Pitt ... Peter Milosh ) 1.C0 1.90 2.00 3.00 5.00 5.00 10.00 10.00 1) 00) 10.00 15.00 20.00 20.00 CHEST DRIVE (Continued on page 12) $81,087.50 | * Toronto Youths Get RED LEADERS ROUNDED UP By JAMES FOWLER San Juan, Puerto Rico. Nov. 2 (AP). --Police seized the presidents and top leaders of the Nationalist and Communist parties today in a widespread round-up begun by Puerto Rican authorities a few hours after the Washington attempt on the life of President Truman, Pedro Albizu Campos, presi- dent of the Nationalists, was routed from his besieged home with tear gas and surrendered without a shot being fired. His house had been under siege since Monday when a Nation- alist uprising--reported to have been egged on by the Commun- ists--erupted suddenly. | San Juan was virtually under | state of siege today. Police blocked {off roads in their hunt for Na- | tionalists and Communists. Albizu Campos and other Na- | tionalist and Communist leaders | were whisked to police headquarters for intensive questioning. It was | learned that some 600 Nationalists | and Communists in all were to be | rounded up, 300 of them in the | metropolitan San Juan area. Australia Crippled By Rail Strike Melbourne, Australia, Nov.. 2! (Reuters) --Labor Minister Harold | Holt said today the federal govern- ment will intervene in the Austra- | 'lian rail strike if the affected | states ask for help. | | The deadlock in the strike, which | | has paralyzed rail transport in | Victoria and South Australia for | 17 days, continued today. i Nineteen unions involved in the stoppage rejected a proposal that they would return to work while the dispute on overtime pay was referred to an arbitra- tion court. The strike has hit all industry {and food distribution. | An Australian Wheat Board spokesman said yesterday that it | might cost Australia £12,000,000 in | | Fuined wheat if grain stores could not be emptied to make room for this year's bumper harvest. | 4 Years } 1 ih Robbery |" Bracebridge, Nov. 2 (CP)-- | Two Toronto youths, pleading | guilty to 2 charge of armed rob- ' hery of a. 35-year-oll - wonfan taxi driver, were each sentenced yesterday to four years. An Ontario Supreme Court jury acquitted Orval Penrose and Douglas Davies, both 17, of raping Mrs. Roy Phillips 'of | nearby Huntsville, | | resola, | the head, he died close under the BYRON S. EDMONDSON Who was re-elected president of the Boy Scouts Association, District of Oshawa, at its annual meeting last night at Camp Samac. RASPBERRIES IN NOVEMBER Wilfred Fursey, 175 Athol Street East, reported picking a serving dish full of raspberries from his garden at 175 Athol Street East last | night. in front of you, laughing to beat hell. We killed them by the hundreds. Still they kept com- ing." The Reds launched their attack at. sunset against, the division's lead regiment. A spokesman said the regiment was spread out in a "pure suit situation." Communist forces smashed at the | Americans from the north, east and west. They were equipped with Bazookas, automatic rifies and sube machine-guns. In two hours the escape road to the south was cut. The battle raged throughout the night. n Truman Plot By STERLING F. GREEN Washington, Nov. 2-- (A P)--Two Puerto Rican revolu= tionaries were felled in a blaze of gunfire at President Tru- man's front door yesterday as they tried to shoot their way in and assassinate him. One was shot dead by return police fire. The other was dropped, wounded, on the steps of Blair House and will probe ably recover to face a murder Spared by the heroism and smoking guns of White House po- lice, the President was grave but calm. He planned to hold his weekly press conference today, as usual. : But the secret service re- inforced its guard around him, and roped off part of the busy block on Pennsylvania avenue which briefly had become a bullet-spattered battle zone. Three police were brought down lin the fusillade before the would- | be assassins were. stopped. One of them, Pte. Leslie Coffelt, 40, died last night. For this, a murder charge was filed against Oscar Collazo, 37, of New York, who blasted his way to the very. doorstep of Blair House before he was dropped, his chest riddled with bullets. Maximunr penalty for murder in the District | of Columbia is electrocution. The other gunman, Griselio Tor- was killed, Shot through second-storey window where the President lay napping in the tem- porary executive mansion, hard by | the White House itself. In New York, police ransacked the tenement blocks in the Bronx area where Collazo and his wife charge. & A 4 { Berlin Reds | Flinch From Clubs, Hose | - Berlin, Nov. 2 '(Reuters).--A | West-German police squadron 200 | stropg, "armed with truncheons and | fire hoses, today drove off a mob |of some 800 East Berlin 'Peace | Pighters" outsitle a courthouse in | the British zone of the city. | The crowd was shouting Com- | munist slogans such as "Tommy, | go home." | Police made several arrests, "and Some persons were injured, one a woman, | Police cleared a space outside the | courthouse, where | East Berlin "Peace Fighter," Werner | Byszio, was being tried. They cordoned off a large area and | combed nearby houses for Commun= ists. Inside the courtroom | dozen police kept order, several --described as a "quiet couple" by | lived. - Thirteen * per from the area were detained for questioning. Mrs. Collazo was held in $50,000 bail and charged with conspiring with others to injure the President. théir neighbors | She was arraigned early today and held pending further inquiry on grand jury action. | 5 YEARS FOR GIRL SLAYER: | Sarnia, Nov. 2 (CP)--James Wal- | ter Clarke, 25, of Point Edward, to- day was sentenced to five years by | Judge R. W. Treleaven for the ghot- | gun-slaying last Aug. 13 of Helen { Anderson, 23, his fiancee. 4 ar 4 f a "28-year-old/