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THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle OSHAWA WHITBY VOL. 10--Ng, 35 OSHAWA-WHITBY, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1951 Price 5 Cents TWENTY PAGES OSHAWA TAX INCREASE CERTAIN Red Line Collapses Under Allied Pounding Oshawa 'Man On Operation Beaver U.N. Troops Reach Suburbs of Seoul; Foe Flees North Tokyo, Feb. 10 (AT)--Allied 1 forces captured Inchon port and the industrial city of of Seoul today without firing Yongdungpo on the outskirts a shot, A South Korean patrol probed into Seoul, the old Korean capital that was given up to C hinese Communist troops Jan. 4. All the conquests were in blackened ruins of previous give-and-take fighting. Troops of the United Btat es 25th Division led the drive into Seoul's industrial suburb and 15 miles northwest of the big Kimpo airfield. Then, with American and British tanks supporting the foot-sloggers, they pushed northwest along the Seoul-Inch- on corridor. Troops of a 25th Division recon- ®-- naissance company. with light tanks entered destroyed Port Inchon on the Yellow Sea shore after a 25- mile dash from the southeast. Big guns of the battleship Missouri protected the task force on its dash into Inchon. The Communists' entire wes- tern defence perimeter had collapsed under the day-after- day pounding of Allied tank-in- fantry smashes, and blitzes and naval bombardment. Allied planes roared back into the fight in clearing weather after a day on the ground Friday. The planes caught 1,000 Reds in a bend of the Han River southeast of Seoul and raked them with machine-gun bullets and fire-bombs. The Reds were trying to flee across the frozen Han. With the battleship Missouri, were the U.S. crusier St. Paul and KOREA Continued on Page 2) MUNICIPAL CONTROLS HIT INHOT DEBATE Toronto, Feb. 10--(CP)--A charge that municipalities had lost auton- omy because of provincial controls over local financial affairs was made in the Legislature yesterday by Gordon Ellis (CCF -- Essex North), The statement was hotly de- nied by Municipal Affairs Min- ister Dunbar during debate on a Government bill affecting sale of industrial property by muni- cipalities. The bill, designed to dssure that money from such sales should be used to reduce any debts on the land, was approved in principle. The legislation was "ridiculous, Mr. Ellis said. The Government was | "trying to keep our municipalities | from having a windfall." "Municipalities should mot be re- LEGISLATURE (Continued on Page 2) Local Clubs To Operate Fair Midway For about a month now. execu- tives of the Oshawa Lions Club have been negotiating with the South Ontario Agricultural Associ- ation regarding the operation of the midway held eac} year at the Osh- awa Fair. Final arrangements have now been completed and next faly the rides and concessions and booths will all be operated by the Lions Club and the Oshawa B'nai B'rith Lodge. The clubs have entered into a contract with March Shows, of Tor- onto to provide the usual rides. By an arrangement with the club the local organizations retain complete . control. It is expected that there will be more than 50 booths, rides and concessions at the fair and a large percentage of them will be operated by Oshawans -- members of the clubs. This is thought to be the first over administration of such a large part of a fair. All of the money accruing will be devoted to charity. Korea Force Gets Draft Of 35 Men With the Canadians in Korea, Feb, 10--(CP)--The first reinforce- ments for Canada's ground forces in Korea arrived yesterday. A draft of 35 men---approximately one-third the number needed -- reached this war theatre. Twenty- two immediately joined their units in the 2nd battalion, Princess Pa- tricia's Canadian Light Infantry at the Miryang training base. The re- mainder is due today, British Housewives Raise Cry Over Meatless Menus London, Feb. 10 (AP) -- House- keeping is dreary in Britain today. The meat ration is down to eight pence (about 10 cents) worth a week a person. That eight pence will buy about six ounces of lamb chops, eight ounces of ground or roast- ing beef, 4) ounces of beef- steak or nine ounces of roast- ing lamb, : In most cases that's a little more than a bite or so a week. Eggs are rationed, except during the laying season, to roughly one each week. Bacon is rationed to four rashers a week. ~ NET PAID | CIRCULATION | The Times-Gazette Average Per lssue | for JANUARY 11,152 | does," ior bread as a base. Sausages were welcomed back with joy when the Government an- nounced recently they were to re- gain their full pork content. But there aren't enough to go around. about," but these are beyond the pocket of the average household more than about once a week. There is plenty of fish. Cheese is rationed to two ounces a week. you've got to pay the prices," said Mrs. Bradshaw of Bromley, west of London. "Why can't we have more meat? Every other country in Europe asked Mrs. John Thompson, | wife of a London janitor. Her cry {is echoed by many housewives who'd rather have the chance to {spend more on meat and less on | the things to make up for it. Rice, macaroni, spaghetti, sauer- | kraut, herbs, as well as nearly every {kind of vegetable, are available. Most meals of the average family are made-up dishes, with vegetables Meat pies, stews, fish chow- risottos, curries, {ders are the most usual for the main meal of the day, with toasted sardines, cheesé and so on, for the light meal. time that service clubs have taken | There are plenty of canned meats |, "You've got to have food, so! south- | Ottawa. right, searchmaster of the operation, looks Flying Officer Al Humphreys, left, of Oshawa, assistant to the searchmaster on Operation Beaver, "points out the exact location of the wreckage of a civilian Beaver aircraft to Air Commodore A. D. Ross, centre, Air Officer Commanding, Air Transport Command at Rockcliffe. Squadron Leader W. A, G. McLeish, of Hamilton, on. The civilian craft was the object of an intense four-day search by RCAF plane. The lifeless wreckage was spotted on the snow-covered ice of Lake Tessier, 200 miles north of =--(National Defence Photo). 20,000 Dock Workers Out In UK. Ports | London, Feb. 10 10-- > (Reuters) -- 4 country-wide wildcat strike threat- day when 20,000 dock workers stay- | ed off the job. London, Liverpool, Manchester docks, most with vital cargoes waiting to be unloaded. Ten thousand were on strike in London after seven strike leaders were taken to court yesterday and charged with in- citement. The strike, which started in northwestern ports last week- end, drew only 450 supporters in London at first. They had decided to go back to work when the seven leaders were arrested. The original strike demand--for an extra four shillings (60 cents) a day--was pushed into the back- ground. The Daily Worker, official newpaper of the Communist Party, told dockers today the arrests were "a conspiracy of the Government, the Tories and the capitalist press against the workers." Strike leaders were holding meet- ings in an effort to bring out all London's 25,000 dock workers. But many wharves were still working. The stoppage was officially de- nounced by the 1500,000-strong Transport Workers Union, Its sec- retary, Arthur Deakin, said Com- munist "saboteurs" 'were respons ible for a move to create nation- wide industrial unrest. Alan Anderson Trails Dunfield By Half Point Vancouver, Feb, 10-- 16--(CP) --Peter Dunfield of the Toronto Skating | Club Friday night took a slim lead | in the Canadian Junior Men's fig-| ure skating championships with a scintillating performance in the compulsory figures. He executed near-perfect figures in the five events and finished up with an 11-point rating, a bare point over his nearest rival, Alan Anderson of the Oshawa, Ont, Skating Club, The Montreal Skating Club star Yarmila (Ya Ya) sparkled her way to a '15% 4point rating to take a good margin over Joyce Salo of the Coppercliff, Ont, Skating Club. | | She ended up with 17 points, More than 152 ships were idle in | Birkenhead and | Hoover Warns U.S. Of Land War Risks New York, Feb. 10-- (AP)--Herbert Hoover, former | Republican President, declaring that air and sea might are ened to cripple Britain's ports to- | America's best weapons against aggression, said last night | that land war against Russia would risk "the loss of all civil- ization." He urged a period of watch- ful waiting for evidence of Eu- rope"s unity and military strength before sending more ground troops there. Hoover said that instead of commiting land armies abroad, the United States should build "overwhelming air and naval- power" for use against Russia if she attacks Europe. "A land , offensive against the Communists," he said, "could bring no military victory, no political conclusion." It could bring catas- trophe to America, he added, "with no salvation to Europe." 'In. his second major foreign pol- icy speech in recent weeks, Hoover urged emphasis on production of planes, ships and munitions and sending of supplies to countries "doing their utmost to defend them- selves." He proposed that Chiang Kal- Shek be freed "to do what he wishes to China" and that the Un- ited States "furnish him with mun- itions." | His address carried nationally over the Mutual Broadcasting Sys- tem network, seemed to modify somewhat his widely debated "Gi- braltar" speech of six weeks ago. But the 76-year-old Hoover in no way repudiated his basic thesis that the United States should strengthen | itself, and its ocean perimeters as | the safest means of averting disas- ter. Russians Turn Over Factpries to Chinese | | | | Moscow, Feb. 10--(AP) The | Russian press today listcl 44 fac- | tories in Manchuria which it said | have been turned over to Com- munist Chinese People's Republic | by the Soviet Union. The transfer was made in ac-| cordance with the treaty of friend- | ship, alliance and mutual aid sign- | {ed by the We countries Feb. 14, | 1950. The list included 19 factories in| Dairen and 25 elsewhere in Man- | churia which were taken over by | the Red army from the Japanese | {in 1945, Bus Driver Charged In | Fatal Crash Sudbury, Ont. nt, Feb. 10--(CP) -- Edward Carriere, 24-year-old driver of a bus which was struck by a train near here yesterday, killing seven persons, today was charged with manslaughter, Little change was reported in the condition of survivors of the level-crossing accident yes- terday at: nearby Coniston which took seven lives. Thirty-two bus passengers were admitted to hospital here and at Copper Cliff after a bus was struck by a transcon- tinental - passenger train and ripped apart. The seven dead and most of the bus passengers were workers head- the rear and knocked 35 feet by the International Nickel Company's smelter at Coniston. Four bodies were removed from the overturned vehicle, struck at the rear and knocked 35 feet b the Canadian Pacific Railway's crack Montreal-Vanoouver flyer. The train was reported travelling about 35 miles an hour at the time. Most seriously ill and reported in "very poor" condition today was Toni Santi of Coniston who suf- fered 'a crushed skull and chest, multiple fractures and numerous cuts and bruises, D. Martin, who suffered a frac- tured skull and crushed chest among other injuries, also was re- ported very poor. THE WEATHER Cloudy, - clearing by noon. Cloudy again with occasional light snow tonight and early Sunday. A few sunny intervals Sunday afternoon. Milder. Winds light today, South 15 Sunday. Low tonight and high Sunday 10 and 25. Summary for Sunday: Milder. No Relief Seen From Cold Snap On Week-End By The "Canadian Press There's no sign of relief for eastern and central Canada, shivering in the most prolonged cold spell of the winter. At least, if there is any mod- eration at all during the week- end it will be so slight as to be hardly noticeable. About the only comfort folks in the cold belt can draw from their chilly plight is the fact that skies are crystal clear over just about all the eastern half of Canada, contrasting sharply with the soggy situation in balmy British Columbia. Northern Ontario, with temp- ' eratures 40 below and colder, is the chilliest part of the country, barring the far north. In Southern Ontario and in Quebec a southeast wind is on the way which might raise temperatures briefly to around the low 20s but it will be quick- ly followed by another cold wind which will send tempera- tures down down again. = OTTAWA GETS PLEA TO CUT LIVING COSTS Ottawa, Feb. 10--(CP) The | Commons ended its second week of Throne-Speech debating yesterday and heard a repeat call from Op- osition members for action to | Baiting the rising cost of living. The only reaction on the Government side came from Agriculture Minister Gardiner, who told the chamber the coun- try could not have prosperity without high prices and high wages. A drop in prices and wages would mean only that a deperession was on the way. Mrs. Ellen Fairclough (P.C. Hamilton West), the chamber's only woman member and her party's chief labor specialist, said the Gov- ernment already has soniribived | to high prices and inflation by its recent action in curtailing the size of loans for individual home-build- | ing. proaching abandonment of federal rent ceilings, tals. Other speakers included H. O. White (P.C.--Middlesex East), Hec- tor Dupuis (Ind.-L.--Montreal St. Mary) and Julian Ferguson (P.C.-- Simcoe North). In the opening stages, Labor Minister Gregg said the Govern- ment will not revise a recent re- OTTAWA (Continued on Page 2) 'Frozen' Girl Makes Quick Recovery Chicago, Feb. 10 -- (AP) -- Chi- cago's "frozen girl" is making an "astounding recovery," a physician said today, in a case that is making medical history. The woman, Mrs. Dorothy Mae Stevens, 23, appeared gaining to- day two days after she was brought to hospital with a tempera- ture of 64 degrees, the lowest in the history of medicine. She was found frozen stiff in a South Side passageway. Medical records show no human with a temperature that low ever survived. Medical authorities had expressed little hope for her recovery and said that if she survived her limbs and arms might have to be amputated. But Dr. Harold Laufman, staff surgeon, said "it appears now that Mrs, Stevens will keep her limbs. Even now she is able to move all her fingers and toes individually and collectively." 1,269 Britons Died 0f Flu In Week London, Feb. 10 -- (AP) health ministry said today that, in the week ended Feb. 3, 1,269 Britons died of influ- enza in 'urban areas, an in- crease of 30 over the previous week. The ministry said the area covered has a population: of 20,000,000 and reported. the spread of flu is not as intense as it recently was in the crowd- ed sections of Liverpool and Birkenhead. This step, coupled with the ap- | would increase ren- | Annexation Sets Higher Costs: have been taking a hard look in some cases vastly higher. in the tax rate. It begins to probably be much higher. during 1950 and compaiing them with 1951 estimates, almost every case the estimates for this year are higher -- All this adds up to an increase See 45 Mill Rate By PAT MURPHY For two weeks now members of the City Council, under the leadership of the members of the Finance Committee, at departmental expenditures In look as though the 1950 rate of 39 mills on the dollar will be increased by five or perhaps six mills this year. Had is not been for the increased assesse ment gained by the city through annexation, this rate would Oshawa will not be the only city with an increased mill rate. It begins to look as thoug™ such municipalities as Hamilton and Windsor will see increases of possibly ten mills in their rates. | Loath to increase the rates city councils here have been cutting | and paring for years to try and offset increased expenditures. The time now has come, it seems, when the taxpayer is going to have to bear the burden. There is just no way of meeting in- creased operating costs except by raising more money and where else would the municipal- ity raise it except from you? Annexation Ups Costs Annexation of 10,500 acres of land | from East Whitby Township by the City of Oshawa has undoubtedly | increased departmental estimates for 1951. The Police Department, for example, has added two more squad cars to its fleet and six men | | to its staff. In 1951 the City Engin- | eer's Department will have miles! more roadway to keep in condition, thousands of square yards more HIGHER COSTS (Continued on Soniinued on Page | 2) Italian Reds > Facing Crisis In Walkouts | | | | | | Rome, Feb, 10--(AP) -- Resigna- tions of two Communist deputies and the widening split in Italy's | Red ranks "will have repercussions | on the entire Italian democracy," Ignazio Silone, leader of an anti- | Red Socialist faction said today. | Silone, secretary of the indepen- | dent Unity Socialist party, told the | newspaper Il Tempo that the grow- | ing Red Schism is importance." The veteran Soclalist leader went to Bologna yesterday for talks with the two former Com- munist deputies--Valdo Mag- nani and Aldo Cucchi. He was reported to have discussed plans for a new party the two are organizing. Silone said sections and com- mittees of a new national Com- munist party, will be organized by Magnani and Succhi, in all Italy's major cities. Meanwhile, the Communist press continued to insist that the resig- nations of Magnani and Cucchi had increased the number of appli- cations for party membership. The Red organ L'Unita said at least 3,000 persons have sent in applica- tions for membership since their resignation. The Catholic Action newspaper II Quotidiano declared, however, that "the Communist party in Emilia (Italy's Red stronghold) is falling apart." Australia And U.K. In Meat Pact Melbourne, Australia, Feb. 10-- (Reuters) -- A 15-year meat agree- ment between Australia and Bri tain, to"make Australia one of the biggest meat-producing areas in the world, will be signed shortly; Commerce Minister John McEwen, announced today, McEwen said the main point would be a guarantee by Britain to buy Australia's entire surplus of beef, lamb and mutton. On this basis, Australian cattle and sheep raising is to be expand- ed considerably and vast tracts of virgin land are to be opened up of British capital. McEwen said the agreement will provide a fixed floor price. Selling prices would be reviewed every | year, ' | snow to remove and generally in- for cattle farming with the help | IND DIVISION STANDTURNED KOREAN TIDE | Central Front, Korea, Feb. 10-- | (AP)--One brilliant and bloody | stand by a single Allled division | turned the tide of defeat in Korea | and restored the morale of the re= | treating United Nations army, Probably mo American, French or Dutch soldier who fought the long, bitter-cold | January battle of the Wonju | bulge knew he was helping to change the face of the war, But he was, In eight days cold, the greatly | United States 2nd Division dog- | gedly met attacks with counter- attacks and killed an estimated of sub-zero outnumbered 12,000 North Korean troops -- an average of 1,500 each day. It broke the back of the Come | munist drive through Korea's cene esi corridor. More important still, the 2nd Die foo at the end of its eight-day battle, had set the pattern of the | Eighth Army's new hunt-and-kill | offensive with aggressive tank | forces spearing the way. After {killing as many of the enemy as they could, the tank teams pulled | back to the security of their own }lines at nightfall. | Had the 2nd Division failed to stand. at Wonju, retreat of the ene | tire Eighth Army would have been flmost a certainty. For if the Reds had gained control of the | central network of roads out of | Wonju the surging Communists | threatened to trap Allied forces Jen the western side of the penin sula, Detectives Dismissal To Be Probed By The Canadian Press Defeat of a non-confidence moe tion and announcements of a Royal Commission inquiry and a plebiscite were the highlights yesterday of three legislature sessions. , In the Ontario Legislature Attorney-General Porter or- dered a Royal Commission probe into the dismissal of Allan Rush from his detective post on the London police force before his election as the city's mayor. Premier Campbell of Manitoba called for plebiscite among the province's producers of oats and barley to determine their attitude about compulsory marketing of coarse grains. Saskatchewan's C.CF, Govern- ' ment turned back 28-18 a Liberal non-confidence motion presented as an amendment to the reply to the Throne Speech, Voting was along party lines with Jacob Benson (Ind.--Last Mountain), who left the C.CF. last year, siding with the Liberal opposition. The inquiry that Mayor Rush has | sought since his firing from the London police force after 16 years' service will be conducted by Mr, Justice W. D. Roach of the Ontario Supreme Court, The announcement came after a conference between Mr. Porter and Mayor Rush. No reason was given when Lone don's police commission announced his dismissal last July, "of historical | | WILL AWARD SCHOLARSHIP Golden, Colo., Feb, 10--(CP) The Colorado School of Mines will award a scholarship to a male stu« dent in Ontario for the school year 1951-52, it was announced today by President John W, Vanderbilt, --