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Here is shown the arrival of the London Cavalcade Party at the C.P.R. station today, with some of the 262 Londoners making their way to the buses waiting to take them to the Hotel Genosha for luncheon. They were welcomed by civic and General Motors officials, and the General Motors Veter- ans Pipe Band. ~--Times-Gazette Staff Phote, OSHAWA GREETS 275 LONDONERS [ MayorWelcomes | | | { | | | # Train Cavalcade On Arrival Here By M. McINTYRE HOOD | Industrial, business and professional leaders of the cities of London and Oshawa this afternoon fraternized in a spirit of sincere goodwill and of mutual interest in the great Gen- | eral Motors industrial organization. Promptly on time, the | special C.P.R. train of the London Cavalcade arrived at the | local station at 12.05 p.m., where the first greetings of wel- come to the visitors and reciprocal messages of goodwill were | exchanged. Mayor Michael Starr, W. A. Wecker, president | and general manager, General Motors of Canada Ltd., and | several of the heads of Oshawa organizations including John G. Geikie, president of the Oshawa Chamber of Commerce, | met the Londoners as they came off the train, and the first official meeting was that between Mayor Starr and Mayor | J. Alan Rush of London. { At the station, pipers of the Gen- & eral Motors Veteran Pipe Band EARTHQUAKE UP T0 1,200 were on hand to provide welcoming | music for the visitors. A large crowd of citizens had assembled | at the station, and looked on with San Salvador, El Salvador, May 9 | --(KAP)--The death toll from EI Salvador's weekend earthquake to- | day rose to 1200 persons as new keen interest as the members of reports filtered into the capital | the Cavalcade, wearing bright care nations and with name badges on their coat lapels, trooped off the train and assembled on the plat- form for the first informal welcome from Oshawa. In quick time the 275 mem- bers of the London cavalcade were piled into buses and pri- vate cars and taken to the Ho- tel Gemosha. There," with the London visitors acting as hosts, a luncheon was held at which some 40 citizens of Oshawa, half of them executives of Gen- eral Motors of Canada, Limit- ed, were guests. Mayor Starr briefly | d the Lond party, and Mayor Rush of Lon- don made a fitting response, Chief speaker for the luncheon was Arthur R. Ford, editor-in- chief and vice-president of the tral South American republic. { The injured were reckoned at | | 4,000 or more. | With many villages in the | quake area still cut off, casu- alty figures were incomplete. The government earlier esti- mated that 1,000 persons died in the eastern part of the London Free Press and chancellor of the University of Western On- tario, who acted as spokesman for the 275 visitors from his city. As the schedule for the day was al- most on a split-second basis, Mr. Ford's message was brief, but pointed. Doesn't Drive Car "I am still mystified why I was asked to bring a message of good- will from London to Oshawa" said Mr. Ford. "As a matter of fact, I feel I am the last man who should have been selected, as I am the only man in London who does not drive a car. My wife says she would not trust me, as I would be waving at every passing girl; she says she cannot learn herself, and we can- MAYOR WELCOMES (Continued on Page 2) | | country, President Oscar Osorio last night | proclaimed martial law in the deva- | stated region. Aid was being rush |ed to the injured and homeless. | square-mile zone in the rich coffee- plantation belt close to the Pacific coast. Newspapers reported a move to make a vast funeral pyre of the quake area, to prevent the spread of disease. Local author- ities hotly opposed this, hoping to rescue their records and | identificati of the dead. Renewed but slight local earth shocks were reported agair™yester- day but there were no immediate reports of new casualties or dam- | age, 300 Planes Blast Airfield Being Used By Commies To Build Up Air Strength Tokyo, May 9--(AP)--More than 300 Allied planes today ripped into attack was made planes. by 312 fighter Eighty Russian-type jet fighters part of the Chinese Communist alr force in the biggest air raid of the Korean war. They blasted and burned Sin- uiju airfield in Northwest Ko- rea, where the Chinese were re- ported gathering their Russian- made planes for the first big Red ain strike. were parked on an airfield at An- tung, Manchuria across the Yalu River from Sinuiju. Fifty .rose. But Lt.-Gen. Edrle E. Partridge, U.S. Fifth Air Force commander, said only 13 crossed the Yalu. A few air fights flared. However, pilot Robert Dixon said the Red jets were out in strength. 'It's a Massacre' "It's a massacre," he said, "and they are being massacred, not us." Field dispatches said one Rus- sian-type MIG-15 was probably shot down and another damaged. One US. plane was damaged. The big blow at Sinuiju followed front-line reports that Chinese were angered at Russian failure to sup- ply tanks or planes for their spring offensive. The air show completely overshadowed ground operations Red troops continued to pull back from armored Allied jabs. South Koreans advanced the western end of the UN. line Seventy to 100 planes had been spotted on the 'ground there. The NET PAID CIRCULATION . The Times-Gazetle . Average Per Issue for APRIL 10,591 BLAST AIRFIELD (Continued on Page 2) THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle OSHAWA WHITBY VOL. 10--No. 109 OSHAWA-WHITBY, WED NESDAY, MAY 9, 1951 Price 5 Cents TWENTY-FOUR PAGES Leaders of London's Cavalcade to Oshawa DICKSON GLASS Prominent London insurance execu- President of tive, who promoted. and or d MORLEY AYLSWORTH the Canada Trust C any and the Huron and Erie the London Cavalcade which came Corporation, who is President of to Oshawa on a goodwill visit. from isolated regions in the Cen- | CHARLES E. ISARD | President of Isard, Robertson and General Manager of Hygrade Con- Manager of the London Branch of announced The army continued to evacuate | Co., of London, and Vice-President tainers, Limited, Vice-President of the Bank of Nova | survivors from the region--a 60- of the Londen Cavalcade to Osh- the London Cavalcade to Oshawa Treasurer of the London Cavalcade 1499 are in process of enrolment awa organization, the London Cavalcade to Oshawa. . MAYOR ALAN J. RUSH . Mayor of the City of London, who is if Oshawa today with the Lon- den Cavalcade of leaders in busi- ness; industry and the professions. oa EDWARD WILKINS D. M. PLATT Scotia, and to' Oshawa. Opposition Claims Canada Lacks War Preparations 'Ottawa, May 9-- (CP)--Canada's Navy hasn't a single effective team of warships and planes to tackle its primary wartime job of fighting submarines, the official opposi- tion's military critic charged Use No Japs In Korea For Fear of Russ Washington, May 9--(AP)--De- fence Secretary George Marshall said today no Japanese are Serv- ing with the United Nations troops in Korea largely because of a Chi- nese-Russia defence pact. is aimed at Japan. He implied the fear was that us- ing Japanese against the Chinese | Communists might bring the Rus- sians into the Korean war. | Marshall was in the witness chair for the' third day before the Sen- ate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees. Senator Harry Byrd (Dem. Va.) brought up .the question of the Japanese. Some lawmakers have been contending that Japanese volunteers ought to be permitted to serve with the U.N. forces. Not- ing that the Sino-Russian pact'is directed at any resumption of Japanese aggression, Marshall tes- tified: Canada's first cold storage ware- house with mechanical refrigeration was built in Montreal in 1804. yesterday in the Commons. . That accusation 'was made by & Maj.-Gen. G. R. Pearkes V.C., fi d: U.N. Defied; : [J Israel-Syria { | 100 Low-Cost Houses Wanted for Oshawa PLAN ADDITION FOR HOSPITAL IN OSHAWA As an emergency measure it was { decided, at a special meeting of the board of directors of the Oshawa General Hospital last night, to con- struct immediately a new one-storey building to accommodate 28 addi- tional patients. The new building will pe erected in the area adjacent !to the present one-storey pavilion. The new building is to be ready for occupancy by the fall of this year, This project will not interfere | | with the large main expansion plans | for the hespital now being studied | by the architects. | Last night's meeting was called to consider the overcrowded condi- | tions now existing in the wards and Satria of the hospital. Army Drive For 'Recruits Doing Well Ottawa, May 9--(CP)--The army today that 509 men have been enlisted .and another lin its recruiting drive. for the new | 27th Brigade, destined for service in Europe. Officers said the totals up to late yesterday, were incomplete since they did not include final and western commands. 6,500 men. Here is the breakdown by region- al' commands: Eastern, 56 enrolments and 370 49 enrolments and 563 applications; | plications; prairie, 22 ehrolments and 128 applications; western, 194 erirolments and 100 applications. figures from the eastern, central | The recruiting target is 5,500 to | applichtions in processing; Quebec, | | central, 187 enrolments and 338 ap- | Brought Greetings ARTHUR R. FORD Vice-President and Editor in Chief of the London Free Press and Chancellor of Western University, | London, who was chief speaker at | the London Cavalcade Luncheon at | the Hotel Genosha today. | Fears Ungrounded, 'Tots Not Poisoned | Newmarket, Ont., May 9--(CP)-- { Two' small children in the Lake | Wilcox district, believed earlier to |be suffering from the effects of | poisoned dog biscuits, had nothing more than a common bilious atack, a medical examiner said last night. Dr. J. P..Wilson, summoned to the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Cox, said there was no indication i that the two children had come in contact with poisoned dog biscuits. Thirty-eight dogs and an un- known number of cats died since Saturday in the area. THE WEATHER Cloudy with a few sunny pe- riods today. "Turning cooler. Thursday cloudy and ceol with rain beginning in the early morning and ending about mid- afternoon. Winds northeast 15. | Low tonight and high Thurs- | day 45 and 60. Summary for | Thursday: Rain. Cooler, -,as=iwm Situation Described As Critical Oshawa's City Council will be asked to get together with both the Federal and Provincial govern ments with a view to building & low-cost housing unit of at least 100 houses. The Oshawa and Dis« trict Labor Council made the de- cision : last night following & lengthly discussion on existing housing conditions here during which time Alderman W. J. Nay- lor, Chairman of City Council's housing, said "housing conditions | in Oshawa, instead of improving, are getting much worse". He as~ certed the problem should be cone sidered a national emergency. T. D. "Tommy" Thomas, M.P.P, for Ontario Riding and members of City Council's housing commit- tee, including Mayor Michael Starr, and Aldermen Wes Powers and Naylor discussed the situation, | which was described as "critical", with the Labor Council delegates, Province Will Help Mr. Thomas told the meeting | that Premier Leslie Frost has said the Ontario government is pre=- pared, in co-operation with the Federal Government to finance 87'; per cent of the total cost of a housing project, if a municipal council] will assume 12'2 per cent. "If Mr. Frost is bluffing let's call his bluff," he said. Mayor Starr replied: "If any new housing scheme is at all workable and shared on equal service of land and services we will not hesitate to look into it." The Mayor told briefly of City Council's "sorry experiences" © in the past, recounting that Central Housing and Mortage a couple of years ago had offered to erect brick veneer homes, then suggested aluminium homes and finally "baked clay" houses. Alderman Powers assured the meeting he would do all in his power to assist in the scheme de- scribed by Mr. Thomas. Situation Desperate "One thing we need in Oshawa HOUSES WANTED (Continued on Page 2) U.S. Cuts 400 Tariffs Man On Street Gains (CP--Nanaimo) who coupled it Still Fighting Ottawa, May 9--(CP) -- Canada Agreement on Tariffs' and Trade. ; Canadian industries. Some of tnese with statements that Russia now has 750 subs and that it was the submarine, more than any other weapon, which nearly licked the allies in two world wars. To it Lt.-Col. Douglas Harkness (PC--Calgary East) added the charge that, in the switch to Ameri- can arms, Canada has been stripped replacing them and that the army| Tel Aviv, Israel, May 9--(AP)-- may be swapping some good arms Despite a United Nations security for U.S. weapons which aren't nearly | council order demanding an im- so good. . ! mediate cease-fire, shooting broke The statements were some of the out again today on the Israeli- many made in the first day of a | Syrian border. : free-ranging defence debate touch-| 'Dispatches form the Israeli fron- ed off by Defence Minister Claxton's | tier said Syrians opened fire near introduction of estimates of $1,600,- | Tél El Metella, scene of last week's has passed another milestone on | In Effect June 8 | savings may dribble down to the consumer by way of an expanded of half her army weapons without 000,000 for his department this fiscal year, : ; Must Up Objective Members saw both Mr. Claxton and Gen. Pearkes agree that the three-year $5,000,000,000 defence program will require even more than 115,000 servicemen to fulfill the obligations Canada has under- taken, Gen Pearkes maintained that Canada's one aircraft carrier, the Magnificient, 18,000-ton king- pin of the navy, is out of date and will have to be remodelled or replaced "in a very short time," said tF~ Fleet Air Arm is "totally inadequate for the pro- tection of our two oceans" and wondered when some of the new, | bitter and bloody battles. An Istael. army spokesman here charged that Syrians had -en- trenched themselves in the 'demili- | tarized zone north of the Sea of | Galilee and fortified their posi- | tions during the night, (Dispatches from Damascus, Sy- ria, quoted the Syrian Army as ac- cusing the Israelis of bombing Syria's troops in the same region. The Syrians termed this a "new aggression" defying the U.N.) vaunted . anti-sub escort vessels are going to start coming off the production line. There was no | from Mr. Claxton, comment either today or later. the road to free world trade with|, The concessions go into effect the conclusion of long-term tariff- trimming agreements with 16 countries. The new concessions, third round of post-war tariff cuts by countries representing 85 per cent of world trade, were announced last night. Most significant were reductions by the United States on about 400 items of interest to Canada. How- ever, the effects are not expected on the street. Finance Minister Abbett, ex- pla ning the concessions to the Commons, said they may work, "in these times of inflation and high prices, to help ease the burden for the Canadian con- sumer." Trade Minister Howe said the agreements "will add strength to Canada's commercial position." The agreements represent the immediate reply fruits of séven months of negotia- | but he will likely tions at Torquay, England, by 34 | countries, members of the General {June 6 for Canada, the U.S, | prosperity. | France and a number of other| 3. Concessions on agricultural countries. All of the concessions | items, including cheddar cheese, are expected to be in 'operation by may help agriculture boost exports Nov. 20. |to the U.S. Cheese shipments to Total reductions granted and ob- ' the U.S. for example, now total to be felt immediately by the man | tained by Canada represent com- modities on which she does about business each year. Most of this is with the U.S. Canada's total trade each year runs to more than $6,000,000,000. The American concessions range from aluminum to Doug- las fir plywood and canned sal- mon. Here's the way some of the others may help Canada: 1. Fifty-per-cent reductions on chemicals, {first since the U.S. rates were increased in 1930, are expected to open new markets in the U.S. for petroleum by-products | from Alberta's expanding oil in- | dustry. 2. Concessions of aluminum, lead, zinc and a host of other metals | will lead to tariff savings by major A $600,000,000 or more worth of world | | more than $1,000,000 a year. The | U.S. is a big cheese producer. 4. Reductions on fish rates, espe=- cially canned salmon, may help | Cdnada's fish industry on both | coasts build up trade in the U.S. Besides these concessions, Cana= [da obtained others with 15 coun= tries, including France, Italy, Swe den, Norway, Denmark, the Dom= inican Republic, Haiti, Indonesia and India, as well as the six new | countries entering into the broad | general agreement, These are war- | torn Korea, West Germany, the | Philippines, Turkey, Austria and Peru. | Also Gave .Concessions | Canada didn't get these conces- CUT TARIFFS | (Continued on Page 2) /