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THE DAILY TIMESGAZETTE Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle OSHAWA WHITBY OSHAWA-WHITBY, TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1951 3 Price 4 Cents FOURTEEN PAGES VOL. 10--No. 19 ATTLEE URGES CAUTION ON U.N. > Call For Police Station Tenders Very Soon Alderman Dafoe Draws Mayor's Ire For Opposition Alderman Finley M. Dafoe was accused last night, at a gpecial meeting of City Council, of trying to obstruct the | construction of the public buildings voted upon by the rate- | payers at the 1949-50 elections. Continual sniping at the rate of speed at which the fire hall is being constructed and | pointed criticism of the plans for the new police station, finally aroused Mayor Michael Starr's ire. 4,000 KILLED pT SEL IN VOLCANIC ERUPTION | | | | | ings delayed," Mayor Starr charged. "First you don't like | | | Port Moresby, New Guinea, Jan. 23-- (CP) --Oficials said today that the plans, despite the fact that 4,000 persons were killed, injured you sat here the very night last year when they were ap- Now or missing in the wake of a mighty volcanic eruption which blasted out an entire side of Mount-Laming- Guinea's "extinct" vol- G0 wa, New $ The altercation was instituted by Australian officials in Sydney a letter from the police station said the eruption which spread | architects, the firm of Hanks and seething lava and red-hot ash over a wide area may have caused | the century's worst disaster in this section of the globe. The casualty figures were | issued by an Australian gov- | ] sanitation | Gotham Drug ® Ring Broken By Arrests & * proved by council. you want to delay again, Talking in Circles "You are just taking up time and talking in circles. Apparently, from your carping criticism you think we hired the wrong architect. If- | vou think so", th~ Mayor continued, | "you should have said so a long |time ago. In your case you just {don't want to see the buildings | erected despite the fact that they | have been approved by the voters of this city." CALL TENDERS (Continued on Page 2) | | Mount Lamington began to erupt Thursday. Six major blasts were reported between then and yester- B'nai B'rith Lodge Presents Oxygen [ Enthusiastic supporters of the Oshawa General Hospital, the members of | superintendent of nurses, are: George W. Garner, J. H. Beaton, Cyril the Oshawa Lodge of the B'Nai B'Rith last night added to their benefac- tions with the presentation of a ch new iceless oxygen tent. Caught president of the Lodge, presented 73 eque for $795 to cover the cost of a by the camera as Michael Sossin, the cheque to Miss Mary Bourne, Waite, president of the hospital board; intermediate nursing class; Sam Horwich, Morton Atkins, Miss Bourne, Max Palter, William Holland, hospital business administrator; M, Sossin and Miss Ruth Lott, of the senior nursing class. Tent To Hospital Miss Donna Crozier of the --Times-Gazette Staff Photo. B'Nai B'Rith Oxygen Tent To Hospital | A further addition to the equip- ment of the Oshawa General Hos- pital was made last night when a group of the members of the Osh- awa Lodge of the B"Nai B'Rith paid day. The main eruption appeared to have taken place Sunday. At least ong European was Kkill- ed and 34 others--traders, mis- he said, as terrified natives creep out of hiding from the New York, Jan. 23 (AP)--A dozen | men. whom , police described as humid jungles to which they fled. major dope distributors in transac- | of | 4,000 KILLED (Conunued on Page 2) Soft Drinks Now To Be 7 Cents A Bottle Toronto, Jan. 23 -- (CP) -- A soft drink price increase from six to seven cents a hottle was announced today by several larze manufacturers. The price increase went inte effect in Oshawa this morning. Drinks to which it applies in- clude Coca Cola, Orange Crush and Seven-Up. Canada Dry ginger ale in small bottles also goes up to seven cents but the price of large bottles is un- changed. However, most brands will sell at six bottles for 36 cents, tions running into "millions" Manhattan District Frank S. Hogan, in announcing the arrests, said two. here distributors" and the others were "upper-bracket dealers." Hogan said the arrests fol- lowed 10 months of work by his office, the Federal Bureau of Narcotics and the New York City police department. Forty agents, including 16 under-cov- er men, tracked the peddlers, he said. A young Negro Federal agent, the | district - attorney said, jeopardized | | his -life several times by posing as | an interstate narcotics distributor. | His information produced the tips that led to the mass roundup, ac- | cording to Hogan. During his cloak-and-dagger ex- istence, Hogan said, the unidenti- fied agent established himself as a "character" who wore a trench coat | | with a fur collar and a Parision | | beret, and who smoked big cigars. | dollars were arrested early today. | "top-level | a visit to the hospital and present- ed a cheque for $795 to pay for a Attorney | ney jceless oxygen tent of the lat- | est design, The presentation was made by | Michael Sossin, president of the { lodge. Miss Mary Bourne, superin- | tendent of nurses, who accepted {the cheque on behalf of the board of directors, voiced the sincere ap- preciation of the hospital saying that the new oxygen tent was a OXYGEN TENT (Continued on Page 2) U.K. Cabinet Eyes Chinese Peace Offer London, Jan, 23--(AP) -- The Cabinet went into an emergency session today to considét Commu- nist China's new cease-fire offer in Korea. The special meeting was hur- U.S. Maps Attack Strategy From Air Fields In Europe ; By C. YATES McDANIEL |duled to meet until Thursday. Washington, Jan. 23--(AP)--American global-war strategy now is keyed to counter-bombing attacks launched Kheryraqy Body from overseas bases which are much nearer Russia than the | United States home fields of the giant B-36. Of WwW oman In The fight in Congress and the &-- riedly called after the govern- ment received a report on the new Peiping proposal from Brit- ain's delegate to the United Nations, Sir Gladwyn Jebb. Foreign Secretary Bevin is ill with flu and did not attend. State Minister Kenneth Younger, who headed Britain's delegation to the General Assembly, sat in for him. The Cabinet had not been sche- services last year over the effec- fiveness of the B-36 created the mistaken impression in Some quarters that the U.S. Air Force planned to place all of NET PAID CIRCULATION The Times-Gazette Average Per Issue for DECEM.BER 11,120 its strategic eggs in one bas- ketful of inter-continental bombers. Since then' the air force itself has moved to cor- rect such impressions. Three bomber bases are already | operating in Britain. One jet fight- er group is there to help the RAF. | | protect the B-29 superforts. Amer- ican anti-aircraft guns and crews | are established and Yncreasing in | Quebec Field Quyon, Que., Jan. 23 (CP)--The | frozen body of Miss Bedelia O'Don- nell, 69, of Ottawa was found yes- | terday in a field north of this town, | 35 miles northwest of Ottawa. The body was found by relatives | strength around these bases in the | Who had been awaiting Miss O'- | United Kingdom, | | Western Europe. *# | The recent .B-36 flight to Britain would be based overseas. U. S. MAPS (Continued on Page 2) | Donnell' arrival from Ottawa. She Air force officials freely say that | had taken a train' from Ottawa to { further sites are -being sought in | Quyon, then travelled by taxi to a point near where she was found. Police said they believe the wo- | {renewed - speculation that the big man had decided to walk the re- | | planes capable of carrying A-bombs { maining distance to her relatives Airmen | home when the taxi gpuld go no | turther on the treacherous roads. | She . apparently took a short cut | through the field and became lost. 4 Red Jet Ships Downed By Yanks In Great Air Battle By OLEN CLEMENTS Tokyo, Jan. 23-- (AP)--American airmen today | history's biggest jet air battle, fought at dazzling speeds in the blue skies of northwestern Korea. United States F-84 Thunderjets knocked down four Russian-made M.I.G. fighters, probably destroyed one other, 'claimed two doubtful kills and damaged or shot down sev- | eral others. ; | The Far East Air Forces in Tokyo said that 25 of 33 | rd | F-84s--the largest jet force to sally forth against Red planes | g 4 ARRESTED IN TORONTO BANK HOLDUP Toronto, Jan, 23 (CP)--Four men wearing white handkerchiefs and dark glasses yesterday robbed branch of the Dominion Bank of : $5,000. It took them two minutes to WON | pull off the precision hold-up. Toronto police, handling their second bank hold-up in eight years, were equally swift. Less than six hours after the robbery they had arrested four men, re- covered $500 which they said was part of the bank loot, and seized an arsenal of guns, am- munition, explosives and safe- cracking tools. Louis Stavroff, 24, and Anthony runet, 28, were charged with arm- | --tackled between 18 and 28 M.I.G.s over Sinuiju, just across | ed robbery of a bank and possession | of {the Yalu River from Manchuria, U.S. Fifth Air Force headquar- & | ters in Korea did not report any |... gector, Intelligence reports | { ican planes lost in the : of ihe American p | said the Chinese armies in the tanks big air battle. | e | Eight F-86 Sabre jets shot down | Seoul area were moving | Six MIGS and a probable seventh | verberated against the lofty moun- | Dec. 22. | tains. Field reports said 400 of I On the ground, the heaviest |one group of nearly 2,000 Red in- filtrators had been killed in the sharp action. Another group of | battle in several days flared 10 | miles southeast of Tangyang 1,000 North Koreans and 200 wo- men also was in the area. on the eastern central Korean There was little fighting in any | front. U.S. 7th Division dough- to U.S. Eigiith Army Headquarters | boys and other Allied troops | | had cornered nearly 3,000 | Communist infiltrators and were hammering at them. Artillery and mortar blasts re- Mercury Dips To 53 Below InYukon, Windsor45 Ahove &- KOREA (Continued on Page 2) 23 --(CP)-- The' $90,000 Fire Damage Cape Winnipeg, Jan. | Yukon was the coldest spot in the Dominion yesterday. And it will be | again today. | The mercury dipped to 53 below at | | Dawson Sunday night and only rose | | four degrees yesterday. An over- | | night low of 55 below and high to- | |day of 50 below were forecast by | 5 a he Breton Town | | | But some 1275 miles:south, in the Vancouver district, there'll be a | difference of about 100 degrees in Cheticamp, N. S., Jan. 23--(CP) the temperature. A high of 44 above | --Some 15 persons will begin a {is forceast for Vancouver today. |search for new homes today fol- | Warmest spot in'Canada is ex-|lowing the worst fire in this Cape | pected at Windsor, Ont., with 45 Breton Acadian village's history. above, A A building housing a general | The storm which caused heavy | iore and a Royal Bank of Canada | damage ori the Pacific Coast |pranch and two homes were level- during the week-end, hit Sas- |jeq last night and a half-dozen katchewan and Manitoba yes- | other homes were threatened. La- terday, causing tie-ups in high- _| test reports set the damage at | way, rail and air transporta- $90,000. | tion. The fury of the Pacific Some records from the bank were storm, however, had abated by |al] that were saved. | | ihe time it reached the prairies. Rev. - Patrick LeBlanc, parish | | Regina received. the brunt of the priest, said it was the worst blaze | em ee in Cheticamp's history although the | MERCURY DIPS village of 600 was threatened by a (Continued on Page 2) forest fire three years age i demonstration {have called against him tomorrow | afternoon, explosives. They were arrested after a brief 4 ARRESTED (Continued on Page 2) Eisenhower Near End Of Arms Survey Paris, Jan. 23 (AP)--Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower arrived from Germ- any today, homeward bound after speedy. stops in 10 European coun- tries from which he hopes to draw the bulk of his Atlantic Pact army to defend Western Europe against Russian communism. o After two days in the French capital, Eisenhower leaves on Thursday by air for Iceland and Canada--the only two Atlantic Pact signers he still must visit --and Washington. Eisenhower began his survey of West Europe's readiness and plans for defence with a look two weeks ago at France's situation. During his visit now he is expected to work on arrangements for setting up his headquarters, in Paris or its vicin- ity. As Western Europe's new supreme | military commander returned here, | French police stood ready to en- | force a government ban on a mass the Communists THE WEATHER Cloudy and milder today. Occasional light snow ending this evening. Cloudy with little change in temperature Wednesday. Winds south 20 today, decreasing to light by late afternoon, light tonight and Wednesday. Low tonight and high Wednesday 28 and 35. ry for Wednesday-- cloudy. Little change in tem- perature, Western Europe Studies Chinese Red Manoeuvre London, Jan. 23-- (CP)--Prime Minister Attlee declar- ed today Britain refuses to give up hope for a peaceful settle- ment with Communist China in Korea. In an apparent reference to American demands that the United Nations formally brand the Peiping government an aggressor, Attlee told the House of Commons: "We are of the opinion that the United Nations should not at this stage take a new and important decision. "We do not believe the time has come to consider fur- ther measures. To do so implies that we have abandoned hope of reaching a peaceful settlement, and this we have not done." Attlee spoke in response to a request by Conservative Leader Winston Churchill for a statement on the policy to- ward Red China now being followed by the U.N.'s political | committee. Parliament reconvened today af-® ter its 39-day holiday recess. "We have not lost hope of negotiating a settlement in Korea," Attlee said, "nor have we lost hope that China may «..dive on friendly terms with other members of the world community." He praised the U.N. political come ATTLEE (Continued on Page 2) AVALANCHE DEATH TOLL REACHES 234 Vienna, Jan. 23 (AP)--Giant ave alanches thundering down Austria's mountains brought new peril today to isolated villages and towns as estimates of Alpine Europe's death toll reached 234 persons. In Switzerland, lessening of snowfall and a temperature Wiggly-Style Lead Bricks To Foil Atoms New York, Jan. 23--(AP) -- Production of new, wiggly-shap- ed lead bricks for better pro- tection against radioactivity was announced today by the National Lead Company. These bricks have the ordin- ary flat sides, but their edges and their ends are curved, so that one will fit into another somewhat like putting your fist into a cup. Or, in carpen- ters' language, they are like tongue - and - groove boards, whose edges fit to shut out wind and water. The purpose of the new wig- gly bricks is the same, except drop cut the avalanche danger sharply, but reports from all areas in the Austrian Alps said the slides still were roaring down, carrying boulders and uprooted trées with them and demolishing farms, hunting lodges and haystacks. Between 112 and 127 persons had been buried by the snow in Austria during four terror-filled days. The number of missing was unknown ag an estimated 45,000 persons -- ine cluding thousands of foreign tourists --remained isolated from the rest of the world. In Switzerland 68 bodies had been recovered and at least 11 more per- sons were believed dead. At least 20 were listed as severely injured and scores of families were homeless in the icy winter. | Italy reported 25 dead, 30 injured and 20 missing following huge slides in the Livigno Valley, on the Swiss= Italian border ,and in the Venezia Tridentina region near the Austrian border, U.K. Parliament In that grooves are made to shut out - X-rays, gamma-rays of bombs and any other fine-par- ticle radioactive rays that might pass between the cracks form- ed when one brick is laid on top of another. $10,000 Fire Damage Hull, Que., Jan. 23--(CP)--A $10,- 000 fire last night broke out at the | Gatineau Boom Company ware- | house on this side of the Ottawa | River, directly across from the cap- | ital. | Firemen confined the damage to | part of the one-storey building which contained equipment for the firm's tugs used to haul log-booms. Origin of the blaze was not imme- diately determined. Session, Will Face Rearmament Quiz London, Jan. 28--(AP)--Britain's Parliament came back to work today plagued by international defence and economic problems. Returning to Westminster after a 39-day recess, the members wanted first to know how much the government is planning to spend on the rearmament program. ® New Weapons Await The best opinion was that Prime "| Minister, Attlee would 'promise a statement later, probably next week. Conservative Leader Winston Churchill and his followers are re= ported to feel that the Labor Gov= ernment has no idea how much it will spend for arms or how many reserves it will call up. Unless the Government. can satisfy the Conservatives that rearmament now is to go ahead adequately and speedily, it is beReved the opposition is certain to offer a motion of censure. Adoption of such a motion would mean resignation of the Government and probably a general election. Churchill is due to demand again some time this week a defence de- bate with at least part of it in sec- ret session. The Government is known to oppose a secret debate for Yank Fighting Forces New York, Jan. 23--(AP)--New rifles, tanks, bazookas, rockets, guided missiles and other weapons are coming for the United States soldiers, Brig.-Gen, Leslie E. Simon said today. Simon, chief of the army ord- nance research and development division, said the American fight- ing man already 'is "by all odds the best-armed and best-gquipped soldier the world has ever seen." Even better weapons are being developed, he said in a speech pre- pared for a meeting of the Ameri- can Institute of Electrical Engin- feers. PARLIAMENT {Continued on Page 2) COA, WR al,