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THE OSHAWA Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette DAILY TIMES-GAZET and Chronicle TE | WHITBY VOL. 10---No. 91 OSHAWA-WHITBY, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 1951 Price § Cents EIGHTEEN PAGES SIGNALS FROM SUNKEN SUB STOP City Council Pl From Hillside Avenue to King: May Cost $64,700 City Council plans calling for paving of Park Road South from King Street to Hillside Avenue are expected to reach maturity this year. Improvement of this traffic art- ery which, since the erection of the new G.M. central parts distribution warehouse in the south-western part of the city, has attained so much importance, is expected to cost about $64,700. A motion, sponsored by Mayor#$ Michael Starr, to pave Park Road | to a width of 44 feet and to pave Bloor Street from Simcoe Street Ask Order to Give to the Cromwell Avenue cloverleaf to a width of 33 feet was lost on Child Transfusion Monday night when city council | considered the question. Alderman | Chicago, April 18 (AP)--The Finley M. Dafoe fathered an| State of Illinois today sought a amendment to the motion that no court order to permit physi- action be taken on the Bloor Street | cians to give blood transfusions job and that Park Road be paved to a week-old girl in an attempt to a width of 33 feet. | to sive Dee ite. Bs " Heated Discussion | e infant, physicians said, | may otherwise die. Her par- There Was-4 short bul heatad | i have refused on religious discussion at the meeting of city Rds to permit transfusions council on Monday night. Alder ot ol DR man Dafoe based his objections to % the Mayor's motion on the fact and legal authorities. that the taxpayers had "just about | as much as they could stand." | Darrell Labrenz, 25, and his wife, Rhoda, 20, who described themselves as Jehovah's Wit- Had the Mayor's motion gone through the cost of paving Park Road to a width of 44 feet would | have been about $97,700 and the Bloor Street paving job would have | cost about $103,000. "We have had to raise taxes in| TO PAVE STREET (Continued on Page 2) OSHAWA GENERAL HOSPITAL REPORTS RECORD FOR BIRTHS March was another record month nesses, said they would be vio- | lating Biblical directives if they allowed their daughter, Cheryl Lynn, to receive blood. The state's attorney's office prepared to petition family court to have a guardian appointed for Cheryl Lynn on a techni- cal charge that the parents are neglecting her health. PS ans To Pave Park Road South 4 Fear For 75 Men Aboard U.K. Submarine Destroyers, motor torpedo boats, helicopters and planes are searching the English Channel south of the British Isles, for the Royal Navy Submarine Affray, missing with 75 men and officers aboard. Missing since she dived Monday night, while on manoeuvres, the crew of the submarine sent out weak signals yesterday but they were so weak the exact location of the undersea craft could not be ascertained. Hopes raised by early- | buoy' or surfacing survivors. Shown here is the Acheron, sister ship of the Affray. _ central Press Canadian. Y &-- l 4 _» Manchuria Attack , Claimed Necessary To Balk Stalemate outsasey gp i ICE Where the Affray is believed to have | | | | 1 sunk, SAY GENERAL | Tokyo, April 18--(AP)--An informant who demanded | | anonymity today reported that the top Commonwealth mili- proposal to bomb Red Chinese bases in Manchuria. 5 A man who attended a confidential conference reported | today that Lt.-Gen. Sir H. C. H. Robertson, administrative | commander of Commonwealth forces in Korea, last week told Moscow, April, 16--(AP)--Pravia | MacArthur's proposal offered the best hope of forcing the said today that President Truman Chinese Reds out of the war and preventing a costly stale- dismissed Gen. MacArthur because mate. {had been unable to accomplish the! that the only alternative would be \. A... J0N0R, invasion of China. | to send a tremendous land army i atricia S The Communist Party newspaper, | larger than anyone had contempla- in the first Russian comment on | ted -- into Korea. FIRED BECAUSE | tary officer in Japan voiced support for Gen. MacArthur's i | | a confidential conference of Commonwealth reporters that |the former Rar East commander He quoted Robertson as sayingé- MacArthur's dismissal, said the gen-| The Australian general is the ¢ | first important Commonwealth of- morning tappings from the bed of the seas were fading as time passed without sign of the sub"s marking | UK WORKERS BEAT CHARGE; STRIKE T0 END London, April 18-- (Reuters) Seven dock workers' leaders were freed today from charges of strike conspiracy after their three-day trial had brought 9,000 London longshoremen out on a protest work stoppage. Attorney-General Sir Hartley | Shawcross said the findings of the | jury were illogical and compelled { him to drop the prosecution, | The jury yesterday failed to agree | on a charge of inciting to strike, but found the men guilty of conspir- ing to induce dock workers to "ab- sent themselves from work without their employers consent." Longshoremen, assembled outside the Old Bailey courthouse, cheered when they heard the decision The seven men were leaders of the unofficial Port Workers' Com- mittee, which is disowned by the Dockers' Union, About 100 ships were idle in the London docks today due to the strike, but the longshoremen were diate return to work. expected to vote tonight an imme- | Only Few Hours Of Life Possible For 75 Trapped . | Portsmouth, England, April 18-- (Reuters) -- Planes | and ships still scoured the English Channel late today as | hope lessened for the British submarine Affray, with 78 | aboard, missing since she dived Monday night. ~The submarine still has not definitely been located | though contact has been made and the British Navy admits ! ted that the long submersion reduced the prospect of rescue. | But the Navy added that there is "increasing evidence | the search is being concentrated in the right place. | FLOODWATERS INGH HIGHER: BUSINESS HI Ottawa, April 18 -- (CP) -- The | levels of flooding waters of the Ot- | tawa River Valley continued early A brief flurry of excitement was caused this afternoon when a R.AF. plane sighted a white- and-yellow object on the sea down the channel from Ports- mouth but turned out to be a false alarm. Ships sent immediately to the spot in hopes it might be a marker buoy from the missing Affray re- potted back that it was not a buoy and had no connection with the submarine. Rain squalls hampered the hunt | for the Affray, now in its second day. & ad HOPES FADING Hopes raised by early-morning | today to inch higher and higher-- | tappings from the bed of the sea | were already fading as time passed [ ] i MN river men called them higher than | ™° 2 4 Air Forces | anytime since 1909--but the main | Without sign of the sub's marking | pressure appeared to have shifted | PUoy or surfacing survivors. down-river from the capital. The belief grew that the { ° i { At Rockland, 25 miles east of 1,600-ton submarine--stuck on an | here, more than 50 persons had the bottom 200 feet down about | to leave living quarters, chased 30 miles off the Isle of Wight fd out by the turgid Ottawa River. --was canted on her side, pre- oint eet Three feet of water covered the venting release of the buoy or | highway east of town. escape of her men from the . At Hawkesbury, Ont. 50 miles hatches. Sei " | eas f Ottawa, the river invaded Search-plane pilots ted rai Washington, April 18 -- (AP) -- | ast of Ot p pilots reported rain The nts mn Canada, the | the low-lying section of the town | was falling despite forecasts of fing United States, Britain and France and washed over the bridge leading | and sunny weather. will meet here within the next two | [0 the town's pumphouse on an is- | Capt. William O. Shelford, Brite weeks, the United States Air Force land in the stream. A lumber mill announced today. | was shut down. i } FEW HOURS An announcement said only that | rhe. SROllh Ollawh at foaviest (Continued on Page 2) the joint meeting "will afford an hii Prepanioy Ue vey of opportunity to review the progress | bie Body a Due ® ° pee meat eo oo nuh ann" Ajax Family our I S col J . | CN.R. loccmotive while he was | Those attending the session will | working on a railway bridge. The | be Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg, US. river is also holding the bodies of in the history of the Oshawa Gen- eral Hospital, with a daily average bed occupancy of 215.5. Births again reached a new high with 161, and there were 423 operations in the main operating room, and 280 op- | erations and treatments in the emergency operating room. The number of patients admitted was 6717. These figures were given in the regular monthly report of the Superintendent, Miss Mary Bourne, presented to the Board of Directors at their meeting last evening. Need More Accommodation The constant pressure on the fa- Philippe Petain Said Near Death La Rochelle, France, April 18 -- (Reuters)--Philippe Petain, former hero of France condemned to fin- ish his life prisoner for wartime collaboration, is dying, a source at his fortress prison said today. A telephone call to the mainland from the French Atlantic coast Isle D'Yeu said the former Mar- shall, who will be 95 Tuesday. was in a goma. He has been suffering from,' congestion of the lungs since cilities of the hospital and the fact that there appears to be no easing at an early date again emphasize to the Board the need for further accommodation, and much interest 0 : was shown in a report of the Pro- | Petain's principal lawyer, planned perty Committee regarding an ex- | to leave for the island, where the tension to the pavilian now located | victor of Verdun has been interned east of the main hospital building. | for treason since 1945. The committee had been asked to ------ report on this project with the NAMES R.F.C. BOSS thought in mind that it might be | Washington, April 18 -- (AP) -- desirable to create this additional | President Truman, Tuesday night, accommodation to meet what has | named W. Stuart Symington as the come to be recognized as a real one-man boss of the Reconstruc- emergency pending the erection of | tion Finance Corporation--first step a large permanent addition, which {in reorganizing the huge govern- under present conditions would (ment lending agency, which has | been under the fire of a Senate in- last, week. Petain's condition became critical overnight following a relapse. A secretary of Georges Isorni, eral had been given the job no only of taking all Korea, but also | "of invading Manchuria to attack | the Chinese People's Republic." | The United States president, | | Pravda said, was trying to shift to | MacArthur the responsibility for | American failures in Korea. | The Pravda editorial demanded to know what the United States now propose to offer as a peaceful set- | tlement of the Korean conflict, | i then added that American policy in | the Far East is unchanged by Mac- | | Arthur's dismissal. New Bid From Chinese Mooted In UN United Nations, N.Y. April 18-- (AP)--Reports of a new peace bid from Communist China circulated | here today as delegates studied the official cable interpreted by some as a peace offer and by others as a pro- paganda blast. The 12 Arab-Asian members of Casualties Upped to 86 | | ficer to spe in favor of hombing | Manchuria. The British Foreign | Office and Commonwealth govern- | ments have strongly opposed Mac- | Arthur's program for fear it would | spread the war. 3 A man who attended the con-| Ottawa, April 18--(CP) ference said Robertson expressed | army today issued the ninth casu- | his off-the-record view April 10 -- | alty list of the Korean war, show- | --the day before President Truman | ing one officer and five other ranks | dismissed MacArthur. | wounded. It was presumed that Robertson, | The list brought to 86 the num- lik& MacArthur, had spoken with- | ber of casualties suffered by the | out consulting his government. {2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's | Robertson said failure to act will | Canadian Light Infantry, in Kor- | result in a disastrous stalemate. He lean action. They include 22 dead, | | -- The | | | | saw little hope of maintaining an | 58 wounded and six injured in chief of air W. A. Curtis, R.C.A.F. chief of air staff; General Charles Francois Lecheres, chief of staff of the | French Air Force and marshal of | hit town still was housing a healthy | the Royal Air Force Sir John Sles- | fraction of its 5,000 citizens inthe sor. The chiefs will be accompanied by supply representatives of their various countries. MacArthur staff; Air Marshall | | three men from Vinton, Que., who | { wre drowned Monday night. At Gatineau Point five miles northeast of the capital, the hard- Flying Home On Friday Mrs. Douglas Walker, 25-year-old Ajax war bride who is dying from | cancer, is very excited today abou | the prospects of being with her | parents in Bristol, England, this Saturday evening. Her husband and three daughters will be with hep on this last trip. Farmer Disarms Gang of Youths Subject only to her doctor's final ee | clearance Mrs. Walker, as a stretcher Owen Sound, April 18 (CP).--A |case, will be placed aboard the 10:18 | town hall and St. Francis Parish Hall. Officials reported a rapid re- |sponSe to broadcast appeals for clothing and food. text of a North Korean Allied defence line along the 38th | | Parallel, and even less of holding | positions farther into Red Korea. | Robertson left - the impression | | that serious consequences face Uni- | | ted Nations forces if Manchurian | | bases are permitted to operate free- Id as the supply funnel into Korea. . No Charges to be Laid In Athens Death Case Brockville, Ont.,, April 18--(CP) --Crown Attorney Harworth Atkin- | son said today no charges will be | laid against John Hartley of See- | 1ey's Bay following an accident in | nearby Athens Sunday which claim- | battle accidents. The list: Wounded Hill, Alfred Lee, Lieut. Windsor, Ont.; Mrs. Lila Etoile Hill (moth- er), Windsor. Barkwell, William Russel, Pte., Minden, Ont.; Mrs, Alice Barkwell (mother), Minden. Gray, Arthur Hill, Sgt., Hamil- ton; Mrs. Myrtle Gray Hamilton. Hayward, Henry, -Pte.; Churchill, Man.; Mrs. Emily Hayward (moth- er), Churchill. Smith, Jackie Ellis, Pte, Mid- land, Ont.; John M. Smith (fath- er), 207 Lindsay Street, Midland. (wife) NE "hepping-mad" farmer disarmed a a.m. Montreal bound train leaving gang of five youths today after (Oshawa on Friday morning. The | | ! Welcome one of the group fired two shots at | family will be housed in a Montreal | him while they tried to steal his | hotel prior to the British American | -- | car. | Airways plane leaving Dorval Aire { San Francisco, April 18--(AP)-- The youths, all from Etobicoke, | port at 6:30 p.m. the same day. | Gen. MacArthur's dramatic home- | were arrested and charged with |It is understood the"plane will are coming was growing today into the |theft of an automobile and were rive in London, England, around | wildest emotional jag this city has|remanded to April 25. | noontime Saturday. Passage on the Fred Wickens surprised the gang plane has already 'been booked for near his farm yard. He said one the family. of the youths fired two shots at | Last weekend the Ajax War him as he ran towards them. They | Brides' Association learned of Mrs, dropped a rifle and a shotgun and | Walker's wish to return to her home fled through a swamp. in England. A fund was started Remanded in police court were: [and it was reported that approxim= Thomas Buckley, 18; Randall Fos- {ately $2,000 has been collected, ter, 17; David Thompson, 16, and through the generosity of Ontario seen since the tumult of VJ-Day. Tens of thousands of citi- zens poured out of their homes to give the ousted general a welcome expected to over- shadow the riotous greeting of last night. It is his first return to the United Stafes mainland in 14 years. RECORD BIRTHS (Continued on Page 2) vestigating committee for several months. Grinding Advance of Allies Keeps Commies Off Balance Despite Massive Build-Up > Tokyo, April 18--(AP) -- Allied] troops advanced 2,000 to 3,000 yards | on the West Korean front today behind heavy aid and artillery at- | tacks | The Reds gave that ground--1 1/3} to 2 miles--grudgingly. | The big gains were south and! southeast of Chorwon, a five-high- |* NET PAID CIRCULATION The Times-Gazette Average Per Issue for MARCH 10,558 | west but stood and way hub about 19 miles inside Red Korea. One Allied infantry team pushed up a valley road within two miles of the rubbled city. They met Chinese mortar and rifle fire and withdrew. A tank force lunged into the Red lines near Chipyong and killed 100 Communists. Chip- yong is seven miles southeast of Chorwon and seven miles south- west of Kumhwa. The gains carried the main Allied line to about eight miles south of Chorwon. Chorwon and Kumhwa are the western bases of the Red build-up area where an stimated 600,000 Communist combat troops were de- ployed. The Reds retreated slowly in the fought for Hwachon, the eastern base of the ADVANCE (Continued on Page 2) Bishop, Edward Douglas, Pte.; Nanaimo, B.C. Mrs. Mary E. Bishop (wife), 527 Hamilton Ave. Nanaimo. the U.N. scheduled a meeting today to discuss the North Korean com- munication and "other develop- ments." Members of the group hinted strongly that it would be a good guess that the "other developments" included a new message from Peip- ing, relayed through India's am- bassador there, clarifying the Red Chinese views on a cease fire in Korea. Silver Tea Set For Long Service Employees and management of the Ontario Motor Sales this morn- -ing honored an employee of the | company, Garfield Clement, who | today completes 25 years with that | firm, Mr. Clement joined the staff | ed the life of Mrs, Fred Austin, 82, of Athens. Mrs. Austin was hit by a car driven by Hartley. Long Service Recognized .lof OM.S. when the firm was lo- | cated at 99 Simcoe Street South. | A presentation of a silver tea | service was made by President | Norval Willson, after which a large | | birthday cake was cut. Over 100 | employees of the firm joined in the | | celebration. At the time Mr. Cle- | | ment jointed the staff as an ap- | | prentice at O.M.S. there were about | 12 employees. | Mr. Clement was born in Hali- | burton and came from there on | April 18, 1926, to work at O.M.S.| An employee with the Ontario Motor Sales since April 18, 1926, Garfield He is father of four boys and four | Clements this morning received a silver tea service commemorating girls and the grandfather of seven. his 25 years as an employee of the company. Shown making the Mr. and Mrs. Clement live at 373 | presentation is Norval Willson, president of the company, and at right | Louisa Street. {is L. M. Souch, vice-president, Dennis Mobbe, 17. The fifth mem- ber of the gang, only 15, was re- manded to juvenile court. A posse of 35 armed farmers and | provincial police cornered the youths in a haymow in Collingwood Township. MacArthur captured San Fran- cisco as surely as his troops con- quered Manila and Leyte and New Guinea in the Second World War. And his parade today climaxes the homecoming party. 3 Once the welcome is extended, citizens so far, and that it is exe pected the fund will reach the. $3, 000 before it closes. The dying mother will be brough$ AJAX FAMILY (Continued on Page 2) the General will hurry to Washing- ton to defend before Congress to- morrow the Asian policies which caused President Truman to fire him. The crowds who greeted Mac- Commit Owen soldier, regardless of how they felt about his policies. New Milk Increase Threat In Toronto 1 Toronto, April 18 (CP).--Another | development in Toronto's troubled milk situation was made public today when distributors said they would have to increase the retail price 3'2z cents a quart if they are to meet a new scale asked by pro- ducers. Milk is delivered in To- ronto for 20': cents a quart, Kingston, April 18--(CP)--A story | of sadism was detailed in court to- | day before Owen C. Dulmage was committed for trial on a charge of | abducting a 13-year-old Kingston | boy. | The sandy-haired, 29-year-old | prisoner wore an unconcerned look | during the 2!2-hour preliminary | hearing. He chose trial by judge] and jury and didn't apply for bail. | No date was set for his trial. | The Ottawa civil servant also] heard a' charge of careless driving | read before his remand on that count to April 23. Main witness Teddy Wainwright told of being hit over the head on Division, Street while walking home or. the night of March 23. He then [related a series of happenings that | |included being tied up, gagged, | taken for an automobile ride, forced | » THE WEATHER Sunny, becoming cloudy to- night, Cloudy and warmer Thursday with light rain dur- ing the early morning. Winds southeast 15. Low tonight and high Thursday 40 and 55. Sum- mary for Thursday: Cloudy and warmer, ® ® Arthur last night left no doubt of | For Trial In Abdu h their deep admiration of the hero- | 0f Former Oshawa Boy into different positions while clothe ed only in bathing trunks, and have ing the initials "TW" carved ito his thigh. The accused was arrested Easter Sunday after his car hit a culvert, It is. alleged that he was returning the boy to Kingston at the time, Mrs, Ethel Walnwright, moth- er of the boy, said she noticed marks, which appeared to have been made by ropes, on the boy's throat when she first saw him after his disappearance. She also said she found the ini- tials "TW" scratched on the boy's thigh. The boy told police at the time that he was bludgeoned on a King= ston street, gagged and carried te OWEN DULMAGE (Continued on Page 2)