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THE DAILY TIMESGAZETTE Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette | OSHAWA and Chronicle - WHITBY VoL. 10--No. 58 OSHAWA-WHITBY, FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 1951 Price § Cents SIXTEEN PAGES PEN HELI Dr. S. G. Werry Heads Oshawa Red Cross Broad Scope Of Activities Shown In Annual Report Dr. 8S. G. Werry was elected president of the Oshawa Branch of the Canadian Red C eral meeting held at Adelaide The other officers are as ross Society at its annual gen- House last evening. follows: Honorary president, Colonel R. S. McLaughlin; honorary vice presidents, Mr. W. R. Geikie, Mrs. F. W. Cowan, Mayor Michael Starr. First vice-president, Mr. R. F, Aker; second vice-presi- dent, Mr. J. W. Powers; third treasurer, Mr. A. S. Hill; Millman; corresponding secret Executive: Mrs, Frank Campbell, * vice-president, Mrs. C. S. Lee; recording secretary, Mrs. N. C. ary, Mr. T. R. Prest. Mrs. T. K. Creighton, Mrs. J. L. Beaton, Mrs. Harry Jeffery, Mrs. Norman Hinds, Mrs. N, C. Mill- man, Mrs, A. J. Parkhill, Mrs. How- ard Luke, Mrs. C. S. Lee, Mr. E. F Bastedo, Mr. E. J. Weir, Mr. A, C. | New County Hall, Mr. A. 8. Hill, Mrs. A, W. Smith. . Advisory Committee: Mr. T. K. Creighton, Mr. Murray Johnston, Mr. John Geikie, Mr. N. C. Mill- man, Mr. Hayden MacDonald, Mr. D. M. Storie, Mr. William O, Hart, Mr. E. G. Disney, Mr. 8S. F. Ever- son, Mr.. S, T. Hopkins, Mr. C. Ewart McLaughlin, Mr, W. A. Wecker, Dr. A. F. Mackay, Mrs. F. N. McCallum, Mr, 'T. D. Thomas, Miss B. Harris, Broad Activities The activities of the Oshawa Branch of the Canadian Red Cross RED CROSS (Continued on Page 5) SALES TAX PLAN STRIKES BNA. SNAG By The Canadian Press For at least one Canadian prov- ince, the question of whether gov- ernment, spending will produce a surplus or deficit this year is chief- ly one affecting the Constitution. Premier Angus L. Macdonald of Nova Scotia, also provincial treas- urer, introduced his budget yester- day and it contained a major ques- tion mark. The premier said Nova Scotia plans to put a new turnover sales tax into operation as soon as it can. The only thing bar- ring the way is that the Brit- - ish North America Act must first be amended. Mr. Macdonald said the tax, which would be less than the maxi- SALES TAX (Continued on page 2) LABOR TALKS BROKEN OFF Toronto, March 9--(CP)--Ne- gotiations between Canadian Gen- eral Electric 'nc the United Elec- trical Workers have broken off after failure to, agree on contrat matters other t! wages. The union, rep- resenting 7,000 employees in Toronto 'MacRae Is Judge Here The Justice Department at Ot- tawa today announced the appoint- ment of Farquhar J. MacRae, K.C., of Toronto as county judge for Ontario County and a local judge of the High Court of Justice for Ontario Province. The appoint- ment became effective yesterday. Judge MacRae succeeds Judge D. B. Coleman who died on December 17 last. Judge MacRae was born in Bel- fast, Ireland, on May 1, Scottish parentage, and had been His father, Alexander MacRae, is a resident of Toronto. He received his education in the public schools of Toronto and then attended Harbord Collegiate. Grad- uating from the University of To- ronto in 1024, he studied law at Osgoode Hall and graduated in NEW JUDGE (Continued on page 2) Baron Given Backing In Union Fight Cornwall, Ont., March 9--(CP)-- Representatives of 5,000 textile workers here last night pledged to support Sam Baron in his fight against dismissal from the post of Canadian director of the Textile Workers of Ameriea (CI.O.-C.C.L.). Emil Rieve, president of the union, said in Boston meanwhile that Baron had been fired for conduct unbecoming a staff mem- ber. Tom Duffy, president of Corn- wall's joint textile board, issued a statement pledging support to Baron. He added that Baron's dismissal was a result of his sup- port of George Baldanzi against efforts of Rieve to get rid of him as vice-president at the union's last convention. The Canadian section, which has about 20,000 members, supported and Peterborough, announced it would apply for conciliition, Baron at the convention, Duffy said, 'Lonely Hearts' Slayers Go To Chair, Killed for Profit Ossining, N.Y. March 9--(AP)-- "Lonely Hearts" killers Martha Beck, 31, and Raymond Fernandez, 86, died last night in Sing Sing Pris- on's electric chair, calm and digni- fied and pledging an 'undying love for each other. The 200-pound murderess, her fat bulging under the-chair's straps, was the last of four per- sons executed in the space of 24 minutes, She entered the high, bare death chamber unassisted, squeezed into the tight-fitting chair with difficulty and smil- ed faintly at the two attending matrons. Four minutes earlier, the prison doctor had muttered "I pronounce this man dead" over the body of her partner in murder-for-profit. It was Sing Sing's first quadruple execution in four years. The parade of death began with John J. King, 22, who died for a hold-up murder last March. chard NET PAID CIRCULATION The Times-Gazette Average Per Issue for FEBRUARY 10,842 Power, 22, sentenced for the same crime, was the second to die. Fernadez' brown eyes were Spark- ling when he entered the death chamber. His charms had been fa- tal bait for love-starved widows. The suggestion of a smile played at the corners of his mouth, and he adjusted his arms for the five guards strapping him into the chair. At the last moment he kiss- ed a crucifix. A few hours before they died, they issued statements through Mrs. Beck's lawyer. "My last statement to my attorn- ey," the murderess said, "is that I have sinned and society will know that I am paying this debt." 1902, of | a resident of Canada since 1909. | Officers and Executive of Oshawa Red Cross Society Officers and executive of the Oshawa Branch of the Canadian Red Cross Society were elected at the annual meeting held last night at Adelaide House, Lt.-Col. E. F. Bastedo, C. Lamon, They are shown above, as 'follows: Standing, left to right, Mrs. T. K. Creighton, A. 8. Hill, treasurer; Dr. S. G. Werry, president; Mrs, Frank Chappell, Mrs. J. L. Beaton, Mrs. N. Hinds and R. F. Aker, first vice-president. Front row, left to right, Mrs. C. S. Lee, third vice-president; Mrs. A. W. Smith, Mrs. N. C. Millman, recording secretary; Mrs. A. J. Parkhill and Mrs. H. Jeffery, --Times-Gazette Staff Photo. Is Re-Elected RUSSELL D. HUMPHREYS, K.C. who was re-elected president of the Ontario Riding Progressive Con- servative Association at its annual meeting in the township hall at Brooklin last night, P.C. Riding Executives Re-Elected Russell D. Humphreys, K.C, Acting Crown Attorney for this district, was re-elected president of the Ontario Riding Progressive Conservative Association at the annual meeting of the Association held in the Township Hall, Brook- lin, last. night, The treasurer, William J. Brownlee and secretary, Ernest Marks, Jr, were also re- turned to 'office. Because of a wealth of nomina- tions, 17 vice-presidents were named by the Association instead of the constitutional 12. Vice- presidents named were: Harry Jermyn, Whitby; Donald Ruddy, Whitby; Elmer Cawker, Port Perry; Mrs. Eva Hastings, Oshawa; John Howden, Brooklin; Mrs. Lloyd Nichols, Ajax; Gordon Aftersley, Oshawa; Howard McDiarmid, Osh- awa, Dr. M. B. Dymond, Port Perry; Ray Ferguson, Uxbridge; Seymour Whitney, Whitby; Miss A, Fennell, Port Perry; Wilf Brown, P.C. EXECUTIVES (Continued on page 2) Belgians Give Reich Generals Long Terms Brussels, March 9--(Reuters)-- Gen. Alexander Von Falkenhausen, 73, wartime military governor of Belgium and northern France, to- day was sentenced to 12 years at hard labor by a military court for war crimes. Gen.. Egert Reeder, head of the German administration in Belgium, was - also sentenced to 12 years. Gen. Franz Bertram, German gov- ernor of Liege, was sentenced to 10 years, and Gen. Bernard Von Claes, also wartime governor of Liege, was acquitted. All were accused of responsibil- ity for executions and deportations. Allies Rip Gaps In Red Defences Tokyo, March 9--(AP)--Allied troops ripped gaping holes in Communist lines as they drove ahead as much as four miles today in their big new Korean offensive, Thousands of Red casualties were added Friday to the more than 17,000 killed or wounded in the first two days of the Allied northward push. A US. 9th Corps spokesman said ® "the enemy seems to be hightailing | it" along the entire west-central front. He indicated a general withdraw- al from the US. Eighth Army's major offensive is in progress. Ninth Corps troops pushed northward up to four miles Fri- day through rough country. They met little resistance. This was described as rear-guard ac- tion. The 27th Commonwealth Brig- ade, including Canadian troops, was reported to have kicked off on another attack. U.S. 25th Division troops killed or wounded an estimated 2,000 Chinese in-gaining a bitter mile on the west- ern end of the thundering 70-mile Korea front. 'The gain deepened the 25th's Han River Bridgehead to five miles, The division made three assault cross- ings Wednesday about 15 miles east of Seoul. Some U.S. Tth Division units un- sheathed bayonets and seized mile- high Mount Aemi in their advance through the forest wilderness 10 miles northwest of Pangnim. The Reds abandoned caves and foxholes and fled to the valley floor after a three-hour battle, Red troops smashed at five Al- lied divisions before dawn Friday in their effort to check the grind- ing U.N. advance, The Chinese and Korean Communists struck with gren- ades, rifles, mortars, They em- ployed virtus!:- every trick of Asian warfare, : The Red attacks started in the east against the South Korean sec- tor, thgn rumbled westward against the Americans, INCREASE HOSPITAL GRANTS T0 RELIEVE MUNICIPALITIES Speaking before the annual meeting of the Ontario Riding Progressive Conservative Associa- tion, held in the Township Hall, Brooklin, last ght, Dr. Mac- Kinnon Phillips, ister of Health for the Province of Ontario, told how the budget brought down this week by the Provincial Govern- ment would affect the Department of Health as regards hospitals and special projects. "We are making increased grants to hospitals to relieve the burden of the municipalities in the over- plus which they have had to pay for indigent patients," he said. He explained that under the present tax structure the muni- cipality pays $3 an indigent patient a day and the provin- cial "government pays $2.35 a day for public ward beds. But the hospitals say that it costs $9 ¢ day to keep an indigent patient and an overplus of $3.65 is created. It was to the payment of this overplus that the i ties object: $48,034 To We Hospital "Last year, our regular grant to the Oshawa General Hospital was $48,034," he stated. "In: addition, we made a supplementary grant of $8,575.56 based on 5,229 indigent patient days at the rate of $1.64 per day." He went on to tell of the other HO! PITAL (Continu' 4 on page 3) .| of the Army Chief Is Arrested In Pakistan Lahore, Pakistan, M March 9 (Reu- ters) --Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan today said his government has discovered a plot "striking at the foundations of our national ex- istence" and has arrested the chief general staff and other "ringleaders." Full details can not yet be dis- closed "for reasons of national se- curity," he said. Those arrested include Maj.- Gen. Akbar Khan, chief of the general staff, and his wife, Mrs. Akbar Khan; Faiz Ahmed Faiz, editor of the Pakistan Times, and Brig. M. A. Latif. The plot, the Prime Minister said, "aimed to create commotion in the country by violent means and in furtherance of that purpose to sub- vert loyalty of the Pakistan defence forces." Akbar Khan was one of three Pakistanis to take over the higher command of the country's army early this year as part of the policy of gradual withdrawal of British i ficers. Restrictions On Visiting At Hospital Lifted Since the difficulties caused by the influenza epidemic are almost over, it seems desirable that the visiting restrictions now in force at the Oshawa General Hospital be removed. The administrative staff of the hospital appreciate the co-operation of the public during the very diffi- cult period. \Visiting will be according to pre- vious regulations with the exception of evening visiting hours. In future, the visiting hours in semi-private and public wards will be from 3:00 to 4:00 pm. and 7:00 to 8:00 p.m, instead of until 9:00 p.m. AH vi- sitors are requested to note the change. ' Woman's Tip Brings Arrest 0f Juveniles Four "juveniles, ranging, in age from 12 to 15 years, have been ap- prehended by police here and' will face at least six charges of breaking and entering. The boys were caught in the act of breaking into the Oshawa Dairy Limited early Thurs- day morning by two police officers who were summoned to the scene in a cruiser after a telephone call was placed by a woman across the street who saw the attempted entry. The boys, all Oshawa youths, are said to have admitted to police that they have been responsible for the many break-ins which have plagued police here over the past few weeks. Police did not give the name of the woman who, early on Thurs day morning, saw the youths at- tempt to break into the dairy. She called the police station and the officer on duty there immediately used the two-way radio transmitter to send the officers who were cruis- ing in the police cruiser to the scene, The policemen arrived there while the boys were still in the building and made an arrest. No resistance was offered. The police officers were Police Constables Mac VanAllen and Ernie Barker. Questioned by Inspector Wilbur Dawn and Sergeant of Detectives Herbert Flintoff the boys are said by police to have admitted break- ing into Progressive Motors, Sim- coe Street South; Bradley Furni- ture and Appliance Company, 40 King Street West; Oke Produce, 110 Court Street, and Smith's Barber Shop, Bond Street West, Man and Woman Die 0f Monoxide Fumes Toronto, March 9 (CP).--A man and a woman were found dead today in a parked truck in nearby Markham Township. Police said a hose leading into the truck cab had been con- nected to the exhaust. The man was identified as Ronald H. Benson, 24, of To- ronto. The woman was not immediately identified. OPTER CRASH PROBE olice Secrecy hrouds Mishap, wo Are Hurt The Department of Transport has ordered an investiga- tion into the crash of a Hiller helicopter which crashed on the No. 2A Highway extension near Courtice, late yesterday afternoon, resulting in the pilot and a passenger being in- jured and taken to hospital. The pilot, Walter Gadzos, 31, whose home is in Windsor but who is at present in Oshawa, suffered burns, back injuries and shock, while his passenger, Clifton Butler, 29, of Secarboro, sustained a fractured right arm, dislocation of his left shoulder, cuts, abrasions and shock. They were taken in a car to the Oshawa Gen- eral Hospital. Attending physi- clan Dr. R. A. Gill today re- ported the condition of the pair as "fairly good." Provincial police of the Bowman- ville detachment threw a guard around the wreckage and warned newspapermen to keep away. While it has not been confirmed it is understood the helicopter burst into flames when it crashed to the ground. A farmer, it is re- ported, rushed to the scene and rescued the men from the helicop- ter. The farmer took the injured men to hospital in his car. Fire- men were not called to the scene. Alec Soutar, manager of Heli- copter Operations at Kenting Aviation here, said the two flyers were on a "routine flight" from the Oshawa Airport when the crash occurred. He could not say immediately how long the machine had been in the air prior to the HELICOPTER (Continued on page 9) Kitchener Bus Fare Hike Stirs Protest Kitchener, March 9--(CP)--The action of the Public Utilities Com- mission in raising bus fares in Waterloo and Kitchener without advance notice raised a storm of protest from passengers who had to pay an extra five cents for four tickets today. The commission acted swiftly after voting for an increase yester- day. Rates now are four adult fares for 30 cents, eight student or-chil- dren fares for 30 cents and a straight 10 cents for a cash fare. PS ba Suicide Pact Is Probed In Mystery A new twist in the drowning of Mrs, Maud Best, 75, in the icy waters of the Whitby har- bor yesterday was revealed to- day when Acting Crown Ate torney R. D. Humphreys, K.C., announced that her daughter, Mrs. Donald Gaine, 36, has been charged with attempting to p icide. Hi hreys said it will not be known whet- the other charges will be laid against the woman until police have finished their investig tion. He said Mrs. Gaine would undergo a mental examination, Mrs. Gaine, who was rescued from the ship channel, with her daughter 'Donna Gaine, five, appeared before Justice of the Peace, J. M. Hicks, in Whitby this morning. The JP said Mrs. Gaine was remanded until next Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock when it is expected she will be 3Tigd before Magistrate Frank 8. Ebbs, At noon hour today mo bail had been set for Mrs. Gaine. It is reported. that police are investigating the possibility of a suicide pact in connection with the drowning. Earler today, Mr. Huiphuore was quoted as d case as "a suicide pact in Hy the little girl was a part." 'FROZEN WOMAN' LOSES LEGS Chicago, March 9--(AP) -- Mus. Dorothy Mae Stevens, Chicago's frozen woman, had both her legs cut off Thursday to save her life. Mrs. Stevens, 28-year-old Negro, was found frozen stiff in an alley Feb. 8. Her body temperature then was recorded at 64 degrees, about 34 degrees below normal, Doctors took off both her legs Thursday nine inches below the knees. Paris Parley Now Is Mere Wrangle Paris, March 9--(AP)--The three western deputies te- day faced a fifth meeting with Russia's. Andrei Gromyko, glumly aware that they are making little progress towards setting up an agenda for a foreign ministers' conference. This pessimism was reflectéd in the statements of west- ern officials. Patricias Still Lead Advance As Reds Retreat West-Central Front, Korea, March 9--(CP)--Canadian and Australian troops punched out gains up to three-quarters of a mile today in the Yongdu area against diminishing Communist resistance. A communique issued at 8 PM. (68 AM. EST) from US. Eighth Army headquarters an- nounced that the Prince: Pa- tricia's Canadinn Light 1n- fantry and Australian forces "gained 1,000 to 1,500 yards by mid-day" east of Yongdu. The communique said: "Gains of 1,000 to 2,000 yards were registered against dimin- ishing enemy resistance to the east of Yongdu.. Canadicn and Australian forces gained 1,000 to 1,500 yards by mid-day. R.O.K. (Republic of Korea) 6th division elements registered gains of 1,000 to 3,000 yards." MAN HANGS SELF Timmins, March 9 -- (CP) Albert Cavenay was found dead in the bathroom of his home last night, He had been hanged with an electrical appliance cord. His widow and a two-year-old - child survive, The coroner ruled it was a case ot ma ® official, "Yesterday," said an American "I had the feeling there was some small chance we might fit up (a list of discussion topics). Today I feel we have even less chance. We are miles and miles a " Commented a French official: "From what (French delegate Alexandre) Parod said at the beginning of the session, it seemed we were going ahead a little, but when Gromyko began speaking ' it seemed we were going backwards." Most observers feel that little has been achieved at any of the depu- ties' sessions so tar, but many cling to the hope that some kind of agenda will be agreed upon, and that the foreign ministers' meet- ing may still be arranged. Yesterday's session lasted 4% hours and was devoted mostly to wangling. Highlight of the meeting was an accusation by the U.S. Am- bassador-At-Large, Philip Jessup, that Russia is fomentihg the cur- rent armament race. Jessup said any western move to disarm would alarm the free Pouples of the world. However, Jessup did not think the Russians and the Western powers were too far apart on general sub- jects for the agenda. He suggested that another approach to putting these down on paper might help. THE WEATHER Sunny with a few cloudy intervals today and Saturday. Little ch in temp Winds west 30 today, light to- night and Saturday. Low y H night and high Saturday and 35. Summary for wrday. 1% Bunny and cool.