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THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle OSHAWA WHITBY VOL. 10--No. 127 OSHAWA WHITEY "TH URSDAY, MAY 31, 1951 Price § Cents TWENTY.-FOUR PAGES DISPUTE Reds 'Renew F Make Fantastic Counter-Attack For Slight Gain , TOKYO (AP)--Communist troops fighting with re- newed fury halted allied advances today 13 miles from the Communist Korean strongholds of Chorwon and Kumhwa. Other United Nations forces regained control of the 275- foot high Hwachon dam with comparative ease. Across the 125-mile Korean front, allied forces slogged through the & mud for slow gains or fought off sharp attacks. The stiffest fighting swirled against American spearheads on the western and west-central fronts pointéd at Chorwon, and around Anje on the east-central sector. FANTASTIC COUNTER-ATTACK Chinese units pitched a fantastic counter-attack at dusk Wednesday against Americans in the hills around Yonchon, 13 miles south- west of Chorwon. In a night-long battle the Reds pushed the dough- boys off the ridges and shoved them back 100 yards. At dawn Thursday the Ameri- cans leaped to the attack. By noon they had regained their possitions on the road to Chorwon. Front line - officers estimated at least two Chinese divisions stood between the Americans and that Red stronghold, 60 miles north of Seoul. Yonchon itself, said AP Cor- respondent John Randolph, is a RENEW FIGHTING (Continued on Page 2) Cadi Refuses Motion For Dismissal Charging that Mrs, M. H. Page has" been given a most unfair treatment in the press, R. W. Mc- Cauley, counsel for. the defence, strenuously objected in police court this morning to a prolonged ad- journment of the case. "I am pre- pared to go on now or any day un- til this woman is cleared," he stated. Mrs. Page appeared in court this morning charged with ill-treating dogs. A motion for dismissal for lack of evidence, made at the con- clusion of the prosecution evidence yesterday by Mr. McCauley, was re- fused by Magistrate F. S. Ebbs, The hearing continued this morning but had to be adjourned at noon with several defence witnesses yet to be heard. The hearing was tentatively set over for one week with the under- standing that counsel would are range for a definite date. Crown Attorney Alex C. Hall indicated that he would be unable to be pres- ent but on the insistence of Mr. McCauley agreed to the continua- tion of the trial in his absence with Mr. Grant, legal @bunsel for the Toronto Humane Society, act- ing for the Orown. Mr. Hall stated that thg Crown fa not alleging wanton or deliberate cruelty to the dogs byt rather REFUSE MOTION (Continued on Page 2) 14 DEAD IN GERMAN MINE EXPLOSION HAMM-HERRINGEN, Germany (AP)-- An explosion trapped 14 German miners early today in a lazing mine shaft. Rescue workers abandoned all hope of getting any of thé men out alive. Twenty miners were saved -- four of them critically injured. It was the second European coal mine disaster of the week. Hope was abandoned yesterday for 62 British coal miners trapped 900 feet below ground at Easington, Durham, England. The Easington dedth toll was 81. The doom of the German miners was evident when officials ordered the blazing shaft sealed qff, to pre- vent 'the fire from 'spreading and destroying the entire mine. The miners were entombed 3000 feet below ground at the mine -- the Heinrich-Robert--when an ex- plosion touched off a fire in a con- veyor belt which ignited coal dust. The flames soon were roaring through the shaft. The explosion oc- curred at 2:15 am. (9:15 pm, EDT Wednesday), and by noog the 14 trapped men were given up for lost. A 30-member committee from the West German parliament is ex- pected in this north Rhine West- phalia town tomorrow to investi- gate the accident, the worst in many months for the Ruhr valley mines. Greek Arm Army Chief Quits ATHENS (AP) -- G -- Greece's No. 1 | Mil tary hero, 68-year-old Field | Marshal Alexander Papagos, quit as chief of the country's armed forces yesterday. His walkout was followed by "minor incidents" and an army alert in Athens. Papagos blamed his resignation on ill health. Observers here said maybe it was due to political: dif- ferences with King Paul. Emergency measures were put into effect in Athens last. night, ue -- a government announcement of the Athens radio said today -- to reports that an attempt would be made by "anarchist elements at infraction 'of public order." The radio said the emergency was lift- ed at 8 a.m. today. Little Hope Left For Settlement Of Iran Oil Dispute TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran's] eritical oil go ahead with nationalization of its ~ giant B British-controlled oil industry at on 1 gave the Anglo - Iranian com- | |ative, N. R. Seddon, by Finance | i NET PAID CIRCULATION The Times-Gazette . Average Per Issue for APRIL 10,591 Fighting With Intense Fury pany five days to make any sug-, dispute snarled itself gestions. into a still tighter knot today as the | government told Britain it plans to A memorandum to the oil com- pany last night left little hope of any solution to the problem, in the [ Piaion of British observers here. The memorandum was handed the oil company's local represent- at the first meeting of a company official and a government minister since Iran passed the nationaliza- tion law a month ago. The note, outlining "regulations | for execution' of the nationaliza- | tion law, said a 1:'ee;man govern- ment board, was going to Khuzis- tan province, site of Anglo - Iran- ian's operations, to run the nation- alized industry. | An unconfirmed report in. lop | diplomatic circles said National OIL DISPUTE (Continued on Page 2) ® Minister Mohammed Ali Varasteh | | Ontario Regiment Cadet Corps Praised at Inspection Members of the Ontario Regiment Cadet Corps, at its annual inspection in the Oshawa Armori were highly commended by Lt.-Col. E. F. Bastedo, commanding officer of the 11th Armored ( ment and Captain K. T. Busby, Central Command Cadet Training Officer. ftario) Regi- Caught by the cfmera during the inspection are, left to right, Lt.-Col. Bastedo, Bandmaster Sergeant Chester Follest, Captain John W, Kaine, commanding officer of the corps and Capt. Busby. --Times-Gozette Staff .Photo. Fire Rages Unchecked Through = Rich Abitibi Co. Timberlands TIMMINS (CP)-- A fire raged| able to encircle the. fire 'perimeter | unchecked through rich timberland north of 'Lake Abitibi today .and| lashed out towards the big Abitibi Pulp and Paper Company. The blaze, 'which started . late Wednesday, already has destroyed 4800 acres of spruce and jackpine | about 100 miles northeast of here on the Quebec border. Lands Department officials said | in Toronto that the fire is heading towards the paper company and employees are being rushed to the scene. It was the only one of 17 forest fires in the province still burning out of control. Three hundred volunteer fire- | fighters tried unsuccessfully today | to drive a flamin edge in front | of the blaze. More n and equip- | ment are being ru in by plane and truck A.S. Bray, regional forester, said { he hoped the army of men will be | late 'today. The fire was advancing iris. old slash left from pulpwood oper- | ations. Bush pilots reported early today that the fire had cut off the main bush road leading north from the | lake. Meanwhile, firefighting crews are finishing their job on the big fire that swept through 55,000 acres of birch and pine in the Gogama district. There is a possibility that this blaze will be declared under con- trol today, said E. L. Ward, forest- 'ry official in whose territory the fire is located. | He said that the fire, largest in | the province since the 600,000 Mis- | sissagi blaze of 1948, is "in good | Shape * and is being patrolled from he She laze has been completely {ringed by a 'fire line," and more [ai 600 men are at the site, Ward | sa Man Injured When Auto, Bike Crash Scheduled to leave Oshawa early next month for a three-month holi- day. in England, Harry Andrews, 63, of 309 Ritson Road South, was in- jured and taken to the Oshawa Gen. eral Hospital early today when the bicycle he was riding was in col- lision with an automobile at the in- tersection of Metcalfe and Simcoe Streets. Dr. H. M. MacDonald, attending physician, said Andrews suffered slight concussion and a cut near his left eye. Results of X-rays taken are not immediately known. Andrews was on his' way home from work at the time. He was travelling east on Metcalfe Street and turning on to Simcoe Street when his bicycle collided with the side of an-automobile, which police | say, was driven by Chas. Schofield, 382 Simcoe Street, North. Andrews was taken to hospital in an ambulance. BOY, 16, HANGS SELF PITTSFIELD, Mass (AP)--A 16- year-old boy, awaiting Grand Jury | action on a statutory rape charge, was found hanging in his cell yesterday. Police said Hugh T. Dick, Jr., hanged himself by loop- ing his necktie on a cross-piece of the cell door. THE WEATHER Sunny and warm today and Friday, becoming briefly cloudy Friday afternoon. Scattered thundersh s Friday i Winds west 15. Low tonight and high Friday 55 and 80. Sum- mary for Friday: Mostly sunny. Ask Burdens 10f Taxpayers Be Removed OWEN SOUND, Ont. (CP) -- Mayor Hiram McCallum of To- ronto, president of the Association of Ontario Mayors and Reeves, 10- day asked that the burden of pro- viding social services be lifted from the municipalities' shoulders. Delivering his presidential report at the opening of a three-day con- ference here, Mayor McCallum al- so calléd for a more precise defini- tion of municipal tax responsibili- ties. This, he said, would do away with the municipalities handling many taxes which could better be administered at the provincial or federal level. 'The costs of relief to munici- palities never again should be a contributing factor to the financial instability of municipalities," he said. "Defincienceis in the social structure should be met by levels of government having the ' widest {range of reveues derived in a more equitable way than at the municipal level." Mayor McCallum said the sytem of conditional grants to municipal- | ities has proved unsatisfactory and | should be eliminated. He urged a review of properties now exempt from municipal taxation, and ask- ed .that municipalities be granted the right to tax provincial and fed- eral properties in municipal areas. The conference, attended by more than 2200 delegates from cities and towns across the. prov- ince, will hear a keynote address by Premier Frost- on Ontario to- night. FIVE CANADIANS KILLED OTTAWA--(CP)--The Army to- | day issued its 25th casualty list of the Korean war, reporting five men | killed in action. King Able To Preside At State Meet LONDON (Reuters) King George, up again after a week's bout with influenza, today held a | meeting with his state advisers at Buckingham Palace. On his doctor's advice the King yesterday cancilled a four-day vi- sit to Northern Ireland, scheduled for this week-end. . The Queen and Princess Mar- garet will carry out the arranged program, leaving Liverpool tonight Their tour will open Saturday with a 50 mile journey throug pro- vincial areas. Special police Presiions, im- posed following incidents hy ier- rorists of the Irish Republican Army, will be maintained until af- | ter their return home. Earlier this week 13 suspected | extremists were detained by Bel- can areas. Pre-Medical Exam Results Announced At least 11 Oshawa and district candidates have been successful in obtaining standing at the recent examinations of the firs and sec- ond pre-medical years at the Uni- versity of Toornto. They are: First ' year--Peter John Janetos, son of Mrs. B. Janetos and the late John Janetos, 2: Ritson Road, North; 'J. R. Ball, Uxbridge (to write supplemental examinations in anthropology); Miss R. Dfl Braham, of R.R. 2, Pickering, (passed in the subjects ; which she wrote and al- lowed to write. English Literature and Philosophy at the Supplemen- tal examinations). Mr. and Mrs. L. Kahn, Brooklin; Douglas G. Mills, son of Dr. and Mrs. O. G. Mills, North Oshawa; J. K. Braham, R.R. 2, Pickering; M. H. Malyon, Uxbridge; F. W. Rundle, Bowmanville; Brian H, Coggins, son of Mr. and Mrs. B. Coggins, 690 Mary Street; Scott Russell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Russell, Ajax, formerly of Oshawa; Douglas I. R. Dalgleish, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Dalgleish, 116 Frederick Street; J. Ian Kerr, son of Mr. and Mrs. How- ard Kerr, Toronto, formerly of Oshawa. $150,000 FIRE TORONTO (CP) -- Fire today destroyed an estimated $150,000 in perfume and cosmetics in a large warehouse in suburban Scarbo- rough. last night, | for Belfast on the cruiser Sheffieid. |; fast police in raids on pro-republi- | Second year--Fred Kahn, son of | CANADIANS NOW ALL IN ONE BRIGADE OTTAWA (CP) -- Canada's 25th | Infantry Brigade is now fighting | as a unit in Korea under Brig. John M. Rockingham, defence headquarters sald today. The newly-arrived units of the brigade, which have been in the fighting line since last Friday, were joined by the 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, two days ago, according to word reaching here. Previously, the Patricias fought as part of the 28th Commonwealth Brigade, and the unit remained with that formation even when the Royal Canadian Regiment, Royal 22nd Regiment and artillery units went into the line may 35. These other units fought as a partial brigade until joined by the Patricia's two days ago. Powers Send Challenge To Russia PARIS (AP) 8 The United Staes Britain and France challenged Russia today to accept a four- power foreign ministers' meeting in Washington July 23 "in the-in- terests of strengthening peace." The three western powers sent identical notes aimed at breaking the deadlock over what world ten- sions the four foreign minsters should discuss. The four power de- puties have been trying to do that in Paris since March. The American, French and Bri- tish deputies here handed the notes to Russia's deputy foreign minister, Andrei Gromyko, at their ' 64th meeting on a top-level conference agenda. Copies also were handed over at the Kremlin in Moscow by the western ambassadors. The notes blamed lack of 'agree- ment on an agenda upon the So- alliance and the establishment of American bases in Europe. The Soviet Union contends the Atlantic Pact is a major cause of international tension. The west | rejects this claim. The new notes were drafted yes- terday as a last-ditch try to break the deadlock among the deputies, which has prevented the arranging of a foreign ministers get-together. The » deputies, after nearly 13 weeks of confidences on .items for a foreign ministers agenda, are now bogged down over whether to include a discussion of the North Atlantic treaty and United States bases overseas. East German People Given Yote Orders BERLIN (AP) -- East Germany's Communist bosses today demand- ed a '100 per cent" turnout for next week's "peace plebiscite" in the Russian zone. The east sector governmen announced the machinery is all set to poll 12,000,000 eligible East Germans on the double-barrelled question: "Are you against remilitarization and are you for a peace treaty for Germany in 1951?" By 'special decree, youths as young as 16 are permitted to cast a vote in the poll. West Germany and West Berlin have forbidden the poll in their territory as pure Communist pro- paganda. The "votes'" will be taken Sun- day, Monday and Tuesday in the Soviet sector of this city and the surrounding Soviet zone. In previous controlled elections, the east zone has piled up as much as 99.7 per cent of the elegible vote. In driving for "100 per cent" this time, the Communist rulers have a powerful weapon. To ab- stain or to declare oneself against a peace treaty in favor of rearm- ing brands an East German as an "enemy'"' of the state and an enemy of the Soviet Union -- punishable by long jail sentence or even death. Mother, 3 Children Die As Home Burns BLAINA, Wales -- (Reuters)--A 40-year-old mother and her three children, aged 4, 10, and 19, were burned to death early today when a fire swept through a row of houses in this South Wales mining town. Her husband jumped from |a bedroom window and was seriously injured. AT FITTINGS SETTI LED New Agreement Gives 15 Cents Wage Incr crease Fittings Limited and Local 1817, United Steelworkers when the Company accepted a {of America reached an agreement late yesterday afternoon Union proposal to raise wages by 15 cents an hour and reduce the working week from 45 to 40 hours. Actually the wage package amounts to 18 cents an hour since the firm gave employees a three cent an hour interim wage boost in January. The increase establishe es a foundry basic labor rate ment covers 1,300 employees. of $1.22 an hour. The settle The Union had scheduled a Colborne Votes To Remain Dry COLBORNE -- This village voted to stay dry yesterday. By a count of 317 to 296 the pro- posal of a dining lounge and beer and wine license, was turn- ed down. A move to open a liquor store was supported 323 to 307, but lacked the 60 to 40 per cent ma- jority required by law, so was also not allowed. In a similar vote three years ago, proposals to sell liquor and beer here were rejected with an almost unani- mous count. ALLOW FRANCE 3,000 TONS OF NEWSPRINT (CP) France WASHINGTON id 3000 tons of viet insistence that the Big Four | 128 been allocated 3 should discuss the North Atlantic Canadian and American newsprint to meet 'conditions of exceptional urgency." The allocation was made by a 13- country raw materials commitice It was the first action taken by a raw materials conference of 26 western countries since it began meeting here Feb. 26. The commit- tee has been studying means to help overseas countries facing a severe newsprint shortage. In Montreal, an informed news- print source said that any such al- location will have to be done by the governments concerned tc be effective. The source said the com- mittee has not the power to allocate but only the power to reccoramend that, the Canadian and American governments make such an alloca- tion. Before the allocation anno.ince- ment was made known yesterday, Ottawa observers had said 'hat since Canada fills most of North America's newsprint needs, Cana- dian mills would Be called .ipon to fulfill the overseas orders. They said the allocations were not ex- pected to be large and probably would be no more than a small part of the 171,000 -ton increase expected in Canadian newsprint ALLOW FRANCE (Continued on Page 2) * | | | strike vote for tonight to enforce its demands. Union officials said the proposal meeting will be asked instead to ratify the settlement and authorize the negotiating committee to re new the contract. | ADJUSTMENTS MADE In addition to the general wags raise, skilled employees will receive | adjustments amounting to as high | as 16 cents an hour to bring them [to levels prevailing in their trades |in the community. BEST IN INDUSTRY "We consider this agreement as the best in the foundry industry," said M. J. Fenwick, the Union's dis= | trict representative." It is also ome of the top contracts in the city of Oshawa." "We want to thank the inanage- ment for coming to terms with the Union and not allowing the dispute to reach the strike stage," he add- ed. "My colleagues and I think the management exercised industrial statesmanship of the highest order in our negotiations yesterday afe ternoon which resulted in this sete tlement." BENEFITS CONTINUED Other contract benefits including NEW AGREEMENT (Continued on Page 1 Permit Deer Hunting In 'S. Ontario ~ TORONTO (CP)-- For the first time in several years, deer hunting will be permitted this year through- out southern Ontario as well as in the north. Sr 4 The season in the south will run Nov. 5-17 inclusive. Lands Minister Scott said Weds= nesday the general season was de- clared because southern Ontario is becoming over-populated with deer and farmers say they are a nuise ance. In one Waterloo County field; a herd of 30 had been spotted in Welland County and in other places similar large groups had been seen. Cedar swamps were over-browsed. Previously in south= ern Ontario, there had been ope» seasons only at local request. The hunting of moose, prohibited for two years, will be permitted again this fall but only to Ontario residents and in the area north of the northermost transcontinental rail line. The season will be late--Nov. 18 to Dec. 15--so that Indian hunters will be able to freeze the meat, New Wages, Hours Agreement Signed By Railway Union A new agreement was Tuesday, May 29, between the Osh- awa Railway Co. and the Oshawa Railway Employees Union, Division 1255 of the Amalgamated Associa- tion of Street Eelectric Railway and Motor Coach Employees of America The agreement is effective June 1, 1951, and remains in effect until August 31, 1952, Main factors in the agreement are as follows: A reduction from a 48 hour week to a 40 hour week with the same take-home pay, for all employees covered by the agree- ment, plus an eight cent-per- hour increase for bus drivers, and a seven cent per hour in- crease for all other employees, Time and one-half for all work performed in '®xcess of eight hours per day, with a minimum of two hours for each tour of duty, and time and one-half for all work per- new signed | formed in excess of forty hours in any work week. May 24, is added to the list of statutory holidays to be paid for at time and one-half, making a toe tal of seven. One extra pair of uniform pants for bus drivers, every second year, The following employees are cove erd by this agreement:--Coach operators, Shedmen, Trackmen, Linemen,. Bus mechanic, Electricie ans; Coach body repair men, Paint. ers, Carmen, Bus and shop cleaners, Rates of pay effective June 1, 1951 are as follows:--Coach opera- tors, $1354 per hour; Mechanics, 1474 per hour; Shedmen, 213.01 per month; Trackmen: welder, 135.4 per hour, trackmen, 1114 per hour; Carmen, 1354 per hour; Painter, 141.4 per hour; Coach body repair, 1414 per hour; Linemen, 141.4 per hour; Bus and shop cleaners, 111.4 per hour,