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THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE] Combining The Oshawa Daily Times-Gazette and Whitby Chronicle OSHAWA ~ WHITBY VOL. 9--No. 264 OSHAWA-WHITBY, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1950 Price 4 Cente TWENTY PAGES MARINES HIT FOR POWER Pickering Farmer Killed By Gravel Fall Undermined Shelf Drops, Crushing Unfortunate Man Gordon Petty, 35, Pickering Township farmer was in- \ stantly killed Saturday when the top edge of 'a gravel pit in which he was digging caved in and almost cov ered him. The cave-in crushed his head. Petty was digging in a gravel pit at the farm of Joseph Amos on the Pickering-Scarbor- ough town line at the time. > Accompanied by i 3 his brother-in-law Douglas Alves, 18, and a neighbor, Grant Burkhold- er, 24, Petty was getting a load of! gravel for use on his farm about a quarter mile away. He had been minutes prior to the mishap. Gordon Petty Lifting off the huge chunks of hard-packed gravel and dragging Petty by his feet, the other two managed to get him clear. Alves said Petty was shovelfing ints the loose gravel in thie bank when a shelf of gravel packed as hard as concrete collapsed. The shelf which collapsed was onzz a driveway into the pit but was gradually being undermined as loads of gravel were removed to make the pit deeper. Height of the bank was about six feet and the shelf was almost a foot thick, Was No Warning Alves said there was no warning GRAVEL FALL (Continued on page 2) U.S. Draft Extension Is Now Hinted 0, Nov. 13 3 (APY--Mal. -Gen. La Hershey, United States se- lective service director, says U.S. manpower must serve both the economy and the Armed Forces. The draft may have to be ex- tended to 18-year-olds and to men older than 25, he told a Northwestern University radio panel broadcast yesterday. Although there are estimated 8,- 000,000 men in the 19-26 age group, | Hershey said, about 1,000,000 have | dependents, another 3,000,000 are iy veterans and a large proportion of | those remaining do not meet physi- | cal or mental requirements. He said men taken from the high- er age bracket should be those who | have not served before, and those not essential to industry or agricul- ture. 925 Fatal Weekend Mishaps; 10 Drown By THE iE CANADIAN PRESS Farmer Killed by Cavedn RED OCTOPUS DEFENCE 1S ALLIED WORRY By HAL BOYLE With the U.S. Eighth Army in | Korea, Nov. 13--(AP)--The Taited | Nations is running up against world | communism in the first real test of | i the Red Military theory of "octopus | defence." The UN. has defeated the North Korean foe in the field. But, behind the fresh, well- warmed Chinese, the shattered North Koreans are trying des- perately to rebuild a new army. That is the belief of some veteran American intelligence officers. It is a known fact that, although U.N. forces stripped the North Korean army of its muscle, the brain remained in- tact, A recent summary by Gen. Mac- | Arthur estimated that the North | Koreans have only 60,000 soldiers OCTOPUS (Continued on page 2) The collapse of a shelf of gravel in a pit on the farm of Joseph Amos, on the Pickering-Scarboro Town Line, on Saturday took the life of Gordon Petty, 35, of Pickering Township. Douglas Alves, a brother-in-law, poin to the spot where the accident occurred, ~--Globe .ond Mail Photo. 10 Die, 16 Hurt As Blast Tears Hotel in a Uns Seven persons lost their lives in two separate multiple | drownings in Eastern Canada nll > 4 Chinese Take Over Tibet, Enter Lhasa Kalimpong, Northern India, Nov. | 13-- (Reuters)--Chinese Communist | columns have entered Lhasa, the| Tibetan capital, after a sweep over the frontier and across Tibet, it was reported today. Reliable sources here report- ed today that hostilities ended soon after the Chinese march- ed into the capital. The source said the Tibetan overnment has accepted Chinese proposals for the fu- tore of the country, The Chinese Communists began their march on Lhasa last month. Many Tibetans are' reported to have joined the army along the way. during the week-end. They were among the 25 fatali- ties recorded by the Canadian Press. All told, there were 10 lives lost by drowning, 10 in traffic accidents and five from various other causes. Quebec had nine fatalities--eight of them drownings -- Onfario, 10; the Maritimes, six. Hormidas Asselin, 42, and his wife, Rose, 34, parents of 10 children, were among four per- sons who were drowned at Bry- son, Que., Satruday night when an automobile crashed through the barrier of a dead-end street and plunged into the Ottawa River, Charles Lance, 66, and his wife, Delima, 59, parents of Mrs. Asselin, were the others. All were of Campbell's Bay, near Bryson. A similar. fate was met Sunday by three men in a taxi which went out of control and plunged from | the highway into La Boulee River | at St. Faustin, Que. Drowned were: Taxi-driver Paul Dube-LaPointe, 31, of Lac Superieur, Roger Bourgui- inon, 20, of Lac Carre; and Arthur | Dufour, 21, of St. Faustin. [ o ---- i ACCIDENTS (Continued on page 2) Atlantic Pact To Speed Up Defence Plans Chiefs Seek LEGION GETS LICENSES Toronto, Nov. 13--(CP)--The On- tario Liquor Licence Board today announced the granting of liquor licences to Canadian Legion branches in Tillsonburg and Chats- worth. 425925 single women and 116,- 094 married women paid _income | -- Quick | tax in Canada Canadian Facts. NET PAID CIRCULATION The . Times-Gazette Average Per Issue tor OCTOBER 11,023 in 1947. | By ERNEST AGNEW London, Nov. 13--(AP)--Atlantic pact deputies called tday for a definite decision by Christmas on hew Western Germany is to be brought into the Western European defence system. 1 The deputies, openi-g sessions here, faced three big problems: 1. To allay French fears that the use of Germans in a com- bined army would provide the basis for a future independent German Army; 2. To try and salvage parts of French Premier Rene Pleven's | plan for West European defence; 3. To determine exactly what | contribution the Germans should | ae toward that defence. sed by many of the deputies, | nch pian calls calls Jor organiza- ATLANTIC 1 PACT (Continued on page 2) | woh WASHINGTON A AT NEW YORK | George Washington, the first | U.S. president, was inaugurated at New , York Cjty--not Washington | ~--in 1789. | Leduc, Alta,, Nov. 13--(CP) -- The fire-blackened ruins | of the Pioneer Leduc Hotel--death trap of 10 persons in an' explosion which destroyed the building Saturday--symbol | ize the blackest day in the history of this oil-boom town of | 2,000 population. The two-storey brick-and- frame hotel was ripped asunder by a blast heard 17 miles away shortly before noon Saturday, just as Leduc residents return- ed from Remembrance Day ceremonies. The hotel beverage room was to open in five min- utes, and within 15 minutes it * | dents fear the death toll might have been closer to 100. The explosion was believed caus- ! basement from an undetermined source, Estimates of damage rang- ed from $100,000 to $300,000. Sixteen persons were sent to hos- AST ed by gas seeping into the hotel | would have been filled. Had the | explosion occurred . then, resi- L. (Continued on page 2) Thomson Makes Demand For Royal Commission 'To Probe Windsor Vice Walter C. Thomson, the new On- fario Liberal leader, has called on Premier Frost's Progressive Con- servative government to appoint a | royal commission "with wide scope and extended powers" to investi- | gate gambling and vice conditions ' in Windsor. In an interview at his Pickering Farm yesterday, Mr. Thomson said the royal commission should take over the Windsor investigation from the reorganized police com- | mission of the city which -is study- ing conditions following a Provin- cial Police report that gambling and vice flourished. "Surely Mr. Frost would welcome the suggestion that a thorough-go- ing investigation be made into con- ditions in Windsor or any other Toronto, Nov. 13 -- (CP) -- Wott ern Canada farmers, who consist-' ently cart off most of the world | championships awarded at the seed | show of the Royal Winter Fair, | may find their prowess weakened | a bit this year, Fair officials say seed men "in | the 'West rgport 1950 has been 2, poor year, August frosts having | been mainly responsible. The eight-day agricultural show, pageant and contest [locality where the liquor trade is | linked with widespread vice," sald. In another Windsor reference, he said: mand to know what active or pas- | ht "The people of Ontario de- | Collection Taxes Set "New Record 'The percentage of taxes collect- ed in this city has been increasing yéarly and a comparative statement of collections for the period from January 1 to October 10 indicates that; a record will be established this year. Inasmuch as Oshawa leads most Ontario municipalities in this respect it is likely that this year's mark will again top collec- tions in Ontario. The total to be collected this year was $1,375,939 and the total collec- Reds Confer On Strategy InKorean War Taipei, Formosa, Nov. 13-- (Reuters)--Chinese Nationalist intelligence sources here re- ported today that Communist Leader Mao Tse-Tung of China is conferring in Man- churia with Communist Prem- ier Kim Ir Sen of North Korea. Top advisers from Russia, North Korea and China were reported at the conference, in- cluding a Chinese Communist army marshal. These sources claimed that the conference had made de- cisions on future strategy in | Manchuria and Korea. The | decisions had been cabled to the Chinese premier and for- eign minister, Chou En Lai, in Peipins VAST NEW AID. PLANS FACE U.S. CONGRESS Washington, Nov. 13 (AP)--A blueprint for a vast new American | foreign aid program, including eco- nomic help to Western Europe | beyond the scheduled end of the! Marshall Plan, was made public by the governmen. last night. It probably will form the basis fc President Truman's foreign eco- nomic recommendations to the new Congress. The President made public a global survey of economic pros- pects and American aid in the light of the Communist threat and the western rearmament program. The survey calls for far-r ts in American policy to provide help running into billions of dollars over the next few years -- tions, including $7,420 in outstand- ing arrears, amounted to $1,342378 or a percentage of 97.56. This com- | pares with percentages of 96.44 for the same period in 1949, 96.31 in| 1948 and 94.99 in 1947. This total may well be increased | | | before the year is ended. The last | instalment of taxes was due on Oc- | tober 2 but payments will still be | made, with penalties, up until the end of the calendar year, 'Toronto Cops | Suspended In Shooting Toronto, Nov. 13--(CP)--A man and woman were fired on last night by plainclothes policemen who suspected them of attempt- ed extortion. They. in turn mis- took the detectives for holdup men. Neither C. B. Gillespie nor his friend, Edna Cairncross, was hit 'by the bullets. Police said they had no connection with the per- sons sought. Detective John Gillespie and Acting Detective William Me- Nellie were suspended, Chief Constable John Chisholm an- nounced today, and will be tried by the police commission for "indiscriminate use of firearms." | Two bullets struck C. B. Gilles- | pie's t bile--one pierced the sive part was played by members of the provincial cabinet in the mess 'of degradation uncovered in Wind- | sor." In the interview, Mr. Thomson aitacked the government's hand- ling of liquor administration, edu- | cation, forest resources and social | security, He said the government | had not implemented the report of 3 Royal Commission it appointed to | inquire into management of forest resources and that it' "has placed our vast forest resources at the dis- | posal of a handful of men who op- erate the pulpwood monopoly." Western Farmers to Fuce Stiff Contests in 'Royal' {rear trunk, the other a side win- dow. Alex McCathie, inspector of de- tectives, said that officials of a company whose plant was robbed last week have since received | "ransom notes" demanding $500 in 120 bills. These were to be put in {a brown paper bag Police declined to give further details but said that the two de-| tectivés, dressed in old clothes, | were stationed on East-End Ger-! | rard street in the hope they might ' {nab the extortionists. wo They saw a car pull to a stop. A woman stepped out, carrying a brown paper bag. As the detec- tives approached, she jumped back | in and the car sped away. ERA i Kitchener, Nov. 13--(CP)--A fast, ! police-escorted trip from nearby | | FAST TRIP IN VAIN -- | Bridgeport to Toronto late Satur- | one of the world't biggest | farmer show pieces - opens here tomorrow, The seed show, in a change started last year, now is an in- | ternational competition, and the | frost-hit Western Canads yarin. | ers will have Americ seed | growers froin 10 Midwest and Northwest states as well as all other Canadian provinces after their laurels. There are 756 en- tries, i day afternoon failed to save the Le of 1%-year-old Wayne Richa Walker, son of Mr, and Mrs. W. Hy i | Walker. He suffered a kidney ail- ment. THE WEATHER Cloudy today and Tuesday. Occasional light snow ending carly "(his aflernoon, Conlins- ing cool. Winds west 15, Low | tonight and high Tuesday 25 | and 35. Summary for Tuesday ~Cloudy and ecel. perhaps $8,000,000,000 or more. Truman released the report, pre- | pared by Gordon Gray, former Army , Who will be receiving 'he. congratu- [rocreiary, as a document deserving Iations of his wide circle of friends St ENTRE Strong Column Within 4 Miles Of Prized Goal By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Seoul, Nov. 13-----(AP)--A strong column of United States Marines today advanced 51% miles uncpposed through icy hills toward prized Changjin reservoir. The cautious push carried the Marines to within foup miles of their goal. Defence of the reservoir, facing the centre of the North Korean front, was believed a major rea- |; [2 | son for the belated entrance of Chinese Communists into the war. To the south the U.S. 3rd Division, brought to full | strength by South Korean and Puerto Rican elements, link led up with the South Korean 8th Division to form a solid United Nations defence line across the narrow waist of the | Korean peninsula. Fighting flared at both extremes of the battle line. North Koreans guarding the approaches to the Soviet border attacked in force on the east coast Monday under cover of a | blinding snowstorm." The Red spearhead battalion was led by tanks and self-propelled guns. It pushed across the Orangchon River, about 90 miles from the Russian Border, threatening to outflank a South Korean reg- iment. Near the west coast; U.S. 1st Cave alry Division unifs| advanced 1% miles. That carried them half way ito the walled town of Yongbyon, | Patrols reached the walls but did not | enter the town. | Heavy Communist resistance stope iped other 1st cavalry troops near | won, eight miles southeast of Yonge | byon. And five miles south of Won, ang estimated three regiments of Chinese Man y Hoops Returns | | | KOREA | (Continued on page 2) FEAR MAN POISON VICTIM Windsor, Noy, 13--(CP)--A mam | identified as Alfred Simmons, 22, of | Copper Cliff, Ont., was found dead jin his hotel room here last night Police said Simmons apparently MAYOR MICHAEL STARR tomorrow on the celebration of his NEW AID (Continued on Continued on page 2 2) Icy Roads Cause Many RutoMishaps Ontario Provincial Police investi- | gated numerous motor mishaps on ice-covered No. '2 Highway early this morning. Conditions were des- cribed as "treacherous." While no one was reported as seriously hurt, property damage was reported to be extensive. Traffic was tied up for more than an hour at the scene of | two separate accidents. Buses were | running nearly half an hour off schedule, | An Oshawa-bound Gray Coach | bus, a tractor trailer transport, and three automobiles were involved in an accident near West Hill, It is ICY ROADS (Continued on page 2) Baby Saved By Mother From Fire Kitchener, Nov. 13 -- (CP) -- A young Kitchener houscwife snatch- ed her baby son from possible death today as he sat in a high chair and | watched searing flames lick towards him. Mrs. Harold Stumpf, who lives in | the . Knollwood Park emergency | housing shelter, was washing clothes ; in another room when her five- i year-old son, Bobbie, dashed in and | {told her the kitchen war on fire. | She ran into the kitchen, grabbed | her baby and fled out into the snow. ' Nearby workmen formed a human i chain and handed furniture out the: apartment window: as firemen bat-! | tled the blaze, The apartment was | i guited. Seek Identity of of Man Dead Near Kingston Kingston, Nov. 13 - 13 -- (CP)--Pro- vincial police are continuing their efforts to establish the identity of a well- dressed, elderly man whose | bedy vas- found in a fleld about io] miles 'east of here Friday. The body was found lying about | 1,000 feet from a dance hall on No. 2 Bighway, Cnn. 40th birthday. took a fatal dose of poison, whicky had been bought in a Windsor drug | store, 'Diplomatic Moves To Localize Korea > War Begun by U.N. By STANLEY JOHNSON Lake Success, N.Y., Nov. 13--(AP)--The United Nae tions today mounted a three-pronged diplomatic offensive, seeking to neutralize Communist China and to prevent the | Kor On the eve of the departure from i Peiping of a Red delegation to the ! Security Council, diplomats moved | swiftly to keep the war localized. The basic strategy was to reassure Chinese Communist leaders that U.N. forces have no designs on their territory, will not interfere with China's sup- ply of electric power from North Korean dams, and will build a united, atic, ind d Korea which would present no threat to China, This was combined with a clear warning, however, that continued Red Chinese interveation in Korea will lead to drastic action. As though to point up these ef- icrts, a spokesman at Gen, Mac- U.N. (Continued on page 2) Says Canada Helps Build World Peace Sault Ste, Marie, Ont., Nov. 13-- (CP) -- Defence Minister Claxton said yesterday that the first con- cern of his department is "to bring our strength to bear in deterring the aggression that might result in war." In doing so, he said at a cor- nerstone ceremony for a $1,- 000,000 armory, he believes Canadians are also helping to build the siructure of a lasting peace. "The strengthening of our na- tional life is our greatest re- sistance ean campaign from exploding into a Third World War; & One Bullet Wounds 3, Farmer Held Sudbury, Ont., Nov. 13--(CP)--A 29-year-old farmer is in custody here today, charged with attempted murder in the strange case of a triple shooting with a single bul- let. Lean, lantern-jawed 'Herbert Deering is accused of firing a ocne-in-a-million shot from a high-powered rifle which struck his 10-month-old nephew, his sister-in-law and his wife in quick succession. The shooting occurred in the tiny Manitoulin Island Hamlet of Ice Lake last Friday, but it wasn't until Saturday that Deering was arrested. Charges were laid last night. When the victims were brought to hospital last Priday, it was thought they had been shot by a freak bule let from a hunter's gun. But, aftes investigation, police arrested Deer= ing and put him in jail here until he appears before Magistrate W, Golden at the town of Little Cure rent on the island later this week, Police said the shooting appare ently occurred after Deering was involved in an argument with his wife over attending the annual turkey supper at Silver Water, so- cial event of the year on Manitoule in. They said that as the car drew away, carrying the two women and child, Deering fired a Pts bier gm» ww of