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Vi THE DAILY TIMESGAZETT Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle OSHAWA WHITBY VOL. 10--No. 108 OSHAWA-WHITBY, WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 1951 Price § Cents TWENTY-TWO PAGES ATCHMAN TIED, OFFIGE LOOTED Ajax Recreation Centre To Close May 13th Trustee Board Decides Public Support Lacking Ajax, May 2--Failure of the residents of Ajax to give the necessary financial support and to take adequate inter- | est in the affairs of the recreational association of the com- munity has resulted in a decision to close down the Ajax Recreational Centre, to be effective on May 13. This decision was made on Monday evening at a meet- ing of the Board of Trustees of the Ajax Improvement Dis- trict, at' which the affairs of the recreational association were thoroughly discussed. F. C. Nunn, of the Department of Municipal Affairs, Toronto, attended the meeting in 'Red Assault UN Victory --Van Fleet Korean Front, May 2--(AP)--Lt.- Gen. James A. Van Fleet, U.N. ground commander; said today that the first phase of the Communist | spring offensive "has ended in a i great victory for the United Na- | tions." | He made his comment after a flying visit to 10th Corps Advance Headquarters. Van Fleet said he thought the Chinese would strike again. He added: "He has the capability of hitting again as hard as before or harder. However, I am confident the results will be the same." "We have punished the Commu- nist forces severely," Van Fleet an advisory capacity. Recreation Centre were both i result of which all activities centring on them will cease. Response Inadequate The two halls which make up the said. "The enemy has failed in the first phase of his offensive. He has paid a heavy price. The first part of the battle has ended in a great victory for the United Nations." a nvolved in the decision, as a *~-- The discussion revealed that not-, - withstanding the sincere efforts and dogged determination of a few members of committees of interest- | ed persons seeking to keep the cen- tre in operation, the response by the citizens of the community was not sufficient to make continued operation possible. Not only was the | financial response far short of > quirements, but there was little dis- position on the part of residents to | give the necessary 'co-operation in| leadership of activities. These fac- | tors were instrumental in persuad- | ing the Board of Trustees to cease operations, May Rent Halls : The closing of the centre will mean that all groups using the AJAX RECREATION (Continued on Page 2) 1,000 Planes Said Readied By Commies Taipeh, Formosa, May 2 --(Reu- ters)--The English-language daily China News said today an inter- national air force of Poles, Czechs, and "other Eastern Europeans," will soon go into action with Rus- sian planes in Korea. The paper, quoting a report from its Hong Kong correspondent, said that a Communist international air force with 1,000 Russian- built planes was already assembled in Manchuria. See Trend to Right In Scottish Votes Glasgow, May 2--(Reuters)--Vot- | ing in yesterday's Scottish munici- | pal elections showed a slight trend to the right, results indicatec today. . Conservatives in Glasgow increas- ed their majority over Labor on the local council from one seat to five. In Dundee they seized two seats from Labor. Socialists over the whole country lost 23 seats but gained 16. ; The results showed no change in control anywhere. Communists fared badly. Seven in Glasgow constituencies ended up| at the bottom of the poll. normal levels, U.N. tank patrols | rumbled out Wednesday on Red hunts. road block. Seoul, They found no Reds. Chinese Offensive | Smashed By Allies All Efforts Fouled Tokyo, May 2-- (AP)--The Communist spring offensive has been stopped by "a great victory by the United Nations," Lt.-Gen. James A. Van Fleet said today -- but a new Com- munist assault is in the making. The Allied ground commander jubilantly announced "the enemy has failed." The Reds lost, too, in their battle to control the rivers which must be crossed. in the next phase of their spring 300 Outlets Selling Milk At 18 Cents One tank force stabbed 11 miles north of Seoul to the Uijongbu area | "Toronto, May 2--(CP)--Some 300 and ran into a Chinese ambush. | | Toronto grocery stores and res- The force fought their way back | taurants sell milk at 18 cents a through Red attempts to set up a | quart, two cen#s less than in the | majority of retail outlets. Other armored patrols searched | Joe Zelinka, who operates the the immense "V" formed by the [dairy (Sunny Farms) which sup- Pukhan and Han Rivers east of |plies the 18-cent milk, says he | doesn't intend to raise prices until Planes Hit Reds | his costs make it necessary. i | He says he makes a modest profit ied JDianes found plenty Bt sap. lon his operations, which include gos ne oy a y wer | ome delivery to a small group of x e ors . uD by pon oir | householders at 20 cents a quart, ad hid 8 o Sompared with the general 20%- : cent figure. Every Red attempt in the drive 80 | ""ge yonorts that stores make a ftwo-cent profit a quart on the 18-cent retail cash-and-carry price. offensive. American naval planes bomb- ed gaping holes in the flood- gates of Hwachon reservoir and sent water rushing back into the Pukhan and Han Rivers. The Reds had closed the gates in an effort to lower these water bar- riers for an easy crossing. As the rivers returned toward SMASH OFENSIVE (Continues on Page 2) 'Canadian-Built Plane Ready 1 for RCAF In Ajax Masked Gi ly $50 X Robbery A revolver jabbed in his side, Henry Misun, 12 Brant Place, Toronto, was ordered by a masked gunman to "lie down or we are going to let you have it" as he entered a temporary construction company office in Ajax early today, | Frightened, he obeyed. His hands and legs were then bound tightly with rope. The thugs, who Misun said were all masked, then sawe | ed the hinges off a small safe and escaped with some $50 in | petty cash and a number of employee vacation pay books, th | Canadian-built F-86 Sabre jet fighter is seen here being given a final check by Canadair test pilot Glen Lynes | before being turned over to the R.C.AF. The F-86 Sabre is rated the world's fastest fighter plane, with an! admitted speed of 670 m.p h. -- Note the 35-degree swept-back wings, designed to reduce the impact of shock waves when the aircraft is flyifig near the speed of sound. The Sabre is being mass produced for the R. CAF. at the Canadair Ltd. plant in suburban Montreal. { The telephone was pulled from the wall before the thugs | fled from the building: ,The 50-year-old night watchmam for the Foundation Company of Labor Party | --==" Closes Ranks .ior of the Franciscan Mission Reds Seeking Times- Gazette Joins Thomson Group Of Daily Newspapers Punishment 'Of Two Nuns | Hong Kong, May 2 (Reuters) -- Communist reports from China to- day-said a mass meeting in Chung- | king called for the punishment of | two more Roman Catholic mission- ary nuns for alleged neglect and ill-treatment of orphans, This is the latest incident in the Communist "orphanage purge" in which several foreign missionaries in China have been arrested for.al- leged . neglect of orphans, 4 Five Canadian nuns are being held in Canton on similar charges. The reports today said an '*'ac- cusation meeting" last month called for the arrest of the Mother Super- in Chungking, identified by Catholic sources here as Mother Chrysanth, a Swiss citizen. It also demanded action against the Catholic sister at our Lady of Peace Hospital, Chungking, who was accused of spying for "imper- ialists" as well as neglecting child- ren. The sister is Chinese, say Cath- olics here. Catholic quarters admit hundreds of orphans die every year in Chin- ese missions--but only because they are on the brink of death through | starvation and disease when they are left at the doors of the mis- sions. PO Services "Improving" Says Rinfret Ottawa, May master-General Rinfret said night that the postal "improving all the time." last It was doing 23 per cent 'more business than "a few years" ago with a five- per-cent increase in staff. He told the meeting of the domin- | until May 18 was granted this! i... is registered against either 2 --(CP)-- Post- service is The Times-Gazette has entered, upon a new chapter in 'its career | as the newspaper has become 'a! member of the Thomson group of newsphpers which includes some of | the leading dailies in the smaller | {cities of the province. A new pub- lishilg' company which has been formed, with the name Gazette Publishers Limited," is a subsidiary of The Thomson Com- pany Limited, of which Roy H Thomson is President and General Manager. "Times-Gazette Publishers' Limit- ed" will have its head office at Oshawa and A. R. Alloway, who! has been associated with the news- paper since 1919 and the publisher and principal owner since Novem- ber, 1943, will be president of the new company and will continue in the position of publister. company. 1ector, present, | newspaper and the operation of | Other | directors will be V. A. Henkelman | and Henry H. Cowley, Times-Gaz- | ette executives, and S. F. Chapman, | of Toronto, who will be secretary- | treasurer of the new company. M. | its rotary printing business. "Times- | He has | also been invited by Mr. Thomson | to become a director of the parent | Thomas L. Wilson will | be vice-president and managing di- | in full charge, as he is at | of the production of the | To Win Vote London, May 2 ay 2 (AP)--Britain's squabbling Socialists closed their ranks solidly last night to beat down a divide-and-conquer man- oeuvre engineered by. a chuckling Winston Churehill. Taking his cue from the rebel Labor members' own protests over rearmament, the Conservative lead- ler came up with a cagily-worded MelIntyre Hood will continue as motion designed to draw support of { managing editor and W. Ford Lind- | the dissident Socialists. say as news editor. | But the rebels refused to be taken { There will be no change in edi- |in. They kept a solid party front torial or business policies and no that defeated Churchill's motion staff changes are contemplated. A |by & 13-vote margin--305 to 292-- [lease of the premises occupied by and left Prime Minister Attlee still the newspaper has been arranged. clinging to control of the govern. The transfer of the business to ment. the new company is effective from | Churchill sent in his deputy, An- | May 1st, but announcement was |thony Eden, to offer a motion ex- delayed until all of the legal docu- | pressing the anxiety of the house ments weré executed. This work | that the rearmament program "was was completed only ' this morning based on estimates of defence pro- in the office of Toronto. solicitors duction which were not accepted | for the new company. | by the ministers principally con- In explaining reasons for the | cerned." change, A. R. Alloway, the publish- | The reference was to Aneurin Be- | er, said he and his associates felt | van and Harold Wilson, who re- that the new arrangements would | Signed as Labor monister and Board | maintain satisfactory lccal auton- | Of Trade president in protest over {omy and at the same time assure the budget. a sound economic ition that i nls. pos t 12 fused to be put on the spot. Along | so essential in view of rapidly ris- °% i! ing costs of operation and probable with other Labor Party left wing- need for further plant expansion to | eT they voted with the government. keep pace with the growth and de- | velcpment of the city and district. 'Name B. C. Colonel 'Top Staff Officers The Times-Gazette will also gain | certain advantages in the handling | of its telegraphic new$ on a co- | operative basis with other newspap- | | ers in the group, and in having | available the work of special cor- | respondents in the pyess galleries at Ottawa and Toronto. Ottawa, May 2 (CP)--Lt.-Col. Er- nest Deighton Danby, 35, a native of New Wtstminster, B.C., has been | named the top staff officer at head- | quarters of the new Commonwealth 22 Found-Ins 0f Case Against 'Keepers' Y Division being established in Korea, The army said today he 'will be (1) ] esu general staff officer grade one-- the so-called GI--on the staff of Brit- the division comes into being. Gen. Cassels will command the division. Canada's 25th brigade will make | At the request of Crown Attor- | ney Alex C. Hall, an adjournment | up. one-third of the division's com- | | K.C., who represented all accused, | at manpower, assured the court that i n- . a : 3 a co ver and first commissioned in that But both Bevan and Wilson re- | ish Maj.-Gen. A. J. H. Cassels when | Col. Danby, educated in Vancou- | city's Seaforth Highlanders in 1936, | AUSSIES HIT HARD Melbourne, May 2--(Reuters)-- Australia's heaviest casualty list from Korea so far was announced {today by Army Minister J. Francis. | It included 85 names eight dead, 22 missing, and 55 wounded. Call Ex-New York Mayor To Resign As Or Clear Self Ambassador of Charges Washington, May 2 (AP) -- Sen- | ator Kenneth Wherry (Rep. Neb.) said today that Ambassador Wil- liam O'Dwyer should either "resign or clear himself" of charges fired at him by the Senate Crime In- vestigating Committee. "Solely on the basis of the NET PAID CIRCULATION + The Times-Gazette Average Per lssue for APRIL 10,591 committee's report . . . those are the alternatives open to him," Wherry said of the Amer- Duplessis Loses Suit for $8,125 | Montreal, May fay 3 ( (CP)--Premier Duplessis of Quebec was ordered by a court judgment today to pay Frank Roncarelli, restaurant own- er, $8,123.53 . The court action arose from Ron- carelli's claim that his liquor per- mit for his restaurant was cancel- led Dec. 4, 1946, without cause through intervention of Premier Duplessis, Mr. Justice C. G. Mac- Kinnon agreed. The cancellation came at the height of activities of the Jehovah's Witnesses religious sect, particular- ly in Montreal, through distribu- tion of literature without permits as required under a city by-law. Roncarelli, wealthy Montreal res- taurant owner, at that time said he was sympathetic toward the Wit nesses and it was he who regularly supplied bail funds. ican envoy to Mexico and for- mer mayor of New York City. jon executive of the Canadian Post-| morning by Magistrate F. S. Ebbs Masters Association that all charges in the case against Frank Brady, against the post office department|18'z Simcoe Street North, and] will be "duly and peremptorily dealt|{ Walter Brabin, 15 Fairbanks with" when its estimates com~ before | Street, both of whom' are charged parliament, [ with keeping a common gaming' Referring to recent reductions in house. Bail of $500 each was re- urban deliveries and hikes 'in some newed for the two accused. postal rates, he said there "is{ An adjournment until the same bound to be some one critical of' date was also granted the 22 men these things, . especially when it charged with being found in a affects him." | gaming house. A. W. 8. Greer, Oshawa Post Office Marks Record Month Postmaster Norman J. Moran announced this morn- ing that the month of April was the largest revenue producing month in the history of the Oshawa Post Of- fice. A record number of money orders was also issued Wherry, Senate Republican floor leader, is not a member of the com- mittee. Members declined comment on whether they feel O'Dwyer should quit as ambassador. In its report yesterday, the comn- mittee hit hard at O'Dwyer, who served as district attorney of New York's Kings County (Brooklyn) from 1940 to 1942 and as mayor from 1946 until last fall, when President Truman named him am- bassador. The committee said neither O'- Dwyer nor his appointees "ttook any effective action against the top echelons of the gambling, narcotics, CALL EX-MAYOR (Continuea on Page 3) HACKNEY STALLIONS FOR CANADA Hackney Stallions exported to Canada and the United States have brought $50,000 to Great Britain during the past six weeks. THE WEATHER Sunny today and Thursday, becoming cloudy Thursday even- ing. Not much change in tem- perature. Winds light today, southeast 15 Thursday. Low to- night and high Thursday 50 and 70. Summary for Thursday-- Sunny, becoming cloudy in the evening. during the month. Total revenue at the post office in April was $40,- 826.34 as compared with the previous high of $34,208.11 established in December, 1950, Mr. Moran said stamp sales were up apDRoZimately $2,700. Revenue from second class mail was slightly in- creased while third class mail revenue was up about $7,- 700. Revenue from postage meters was increased about $1,500. While not counted as revenue, sales of money or- ders were well above previous levels. During the month a total of 10,310 money orders were sold as compared with the previous high of 8,087 in March of this year. } Brabin or Brady, pleas of guilty | will be entered by those charged with being found in and the fines assessed by the court paid. | The hearing will be held in the Whitby courthouse at 10 a.m. short sitting will be held in Moa Oshawa courtroom before this and | the number of chairs and tables seized on the premises entered as | evidence. Charges were laid following a | raid on the premises at 18'z Sim- | coe Street North made by a Prov- | incial Police anti-gambling squad 22 FOUND-INS (Continued on Page 2) Newzies Volunteer To Combat Strike Wellington, NZ. M May 2--(Reu- ters)--Men lined up at New Zea | land ports today to join the coun- | trys new civilian "law and order force. Their enrolment for the emer- {gency force came 24 hours after Prime Minister Sidney Holland had | called on every able-bodied man to fight "wreckers and trouble- makers trying to overthrow orderly government." Police in Wellington, enforcing new "get tough" orders, broke up a march of 1,000 striking dock work- ers yesterday. Holland's appeal for civilian vol- unteers came as the dock workers' strike dragged through its 10th week. Beatings and the dynamit- | ing of a coal district bridge had | added to the tension. | built up a broad experience both as a combat and a staff officer in the Second World War. THEATRICAL GARDEN PARTY One of the outstanding events of the London season--the Theatrical | Garden Party--returns to the lovely | grounds of the Royal Hospital | | Chelsea, for its 49th anniversary on | | June 19th, | Canada Limited, struggled for near | 1y an hour before being able to free | the ropes from his legs. He was not attacked. His hands still bound, Misun ran for over a third of a mile to the | Ajax fire hall. Firemen untied his | hands and notified police. Corporal | Murray Bruce and Constable Harold |'Quantrill, of the Ontario Provincial Police, were soon on the scene. Misun was unable to give polié$ a good description of the men. He said there were three or four and that they all wore masks. It is bes lieved they fled in a waiting auto mobile. The night watchman said he had completed a round of a new build- ing now under construction for the Monarch Knitting Company and was nearing the office, which is also | used as quarters for night watch- men, at 2 am., when he heard two or three men talking inside the building. , Entering he was confronted by thé men, one toting a revolver, and was commanded to lie on the floor. Unification 0f 3 Forces Not So Easy Ottawa, May 2--(CP)--The first big breach in the defence departe ment's program of unification for the three forces has been disclosed. C. M. Drury, deputy defence | minister, told the Commons public accounts committee yesterday that | the department has abandoned the | experiment of having the army | generally made responsible for re= | pair and maintenance of vehicles for all three forces. The reason, he told Maj.-Gen. G. R. Pearkes V.C. (PC--Nanaimo), was that the navy and air force "had perhaps a lesser. feeling of responsibility for incurring exe penses" than when they themselves (had to pay for looking after the vehicles. "They put in for repairs that were unnecessary," he said, "and they didn't take as good care of | motor transport as they might have |if they were financially responsible | themselves." So the idea was dropped as an economy measure, It was originally adopted as part of the drive 10 co-ordinate the forces as much as possible, Intrigued by this "departure from | policy." Gen. Pearkes called for & | full statement on any other similar ! breaches in the unification line and was promised one. The Saskatchewan River was discovered in 1739 by Francois L& Verendrye. son of the famous ex- | plorer Sieur De Le Verendrye, Claim Wedemeyer Report Proves Far East Policy 0f Administration Wrong .| Washington, May 2 -- (AP) | Backers of Gen. MacArthur claimed » | today that the long-secret Wede- | meyer report on Korea, made public | yesterday, proves that administra- tion policy in Korea and China was | wrong. Meanwhile, it was reported that a record of the conference on Wake Island last fall between President | Truman and MacArthur may be made public. Three key Republican sena- tors Kenneth Wherry of Nebraska, William F. Knowland of California and Styles Bridges of New Hampshire--said the re- port by Lt.-Gen. Albert C. | Wedemeyer gives new weight to { MacArthur's views on Far East | policy. MacArthur is scheduled as the & N a & 4 -- istar witness at closed hearings opening tomorrow on Pacific policy, The hearings grew out of the conflict between President Truman and MacArthur over the conduct of hostilities in the Orient. The dis= agreement led to MacArthur's ree moval as Far East commander. The China portion of the Wede= | meyer report was made public as part of a 1949 state department "white paper," but the Korean sec< tions were 'under official secrecy until yesterday. In the report, Wedemeyer fore« cast a possible "Soviet-controlled" invasion of South Korea. He | recommended an. American-officered South Korean "scout forces," and | called for military aid and supplies for South Korea, M