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THE DAILY TIMESGAZET OSHAWA ' Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle TE | WHITBY VOL. 10--No. 166 OSHAWA-WHITBY, TUESDAY, JULY 17, 1951 Price § Cents SIXTEEN PAGES ~ Not From Missouri,--But Right Here In Oshawa' Believe it or not, this is Glidden Avenue as it was in yesterday's rainstorm. Children on this street, along with those on Olive Avenue, Ritson Road and many other streets in the city enjoyed swimming and bathing in the water which lay on them from one to three feet deep. Drains became blocked or were too small to handle the terrific volume of water which fell in a two-hour 'blocked until the water subsided. Salvaging ait oil space heatér from the flood in his basement at 120 La Salle Avenue after yesterday' heavy rain is Roy Allen. It would have been a lot deeper if a neighbor had not put a 'plug in the drain through which the water fiowéd into the basement. Allen's washing machine motor and several other eléctrical ap- pliances vere ruined by the water. period. Traftic became stalled and streets were --Times-Gazette Staff Photo. ~--Times-Gazette Staff Photo. 'Some Progress' Reported As Negotiators Again Work On Cease-Fire Agenda UX. FRANCE DO NOT WANT SPAIN IN NATO Washington (AP) -- Admiral Forest P. Sherman's visit to Ma- drid is thought to indicate a de- sire by the United States to reach some kind of military understand- ing with 'Spain despite British and French opposition. Washington officials expressed this general view but declined to disclose 'the specific subject of the U. S. chief of naval operations' lengthy talk yesterday with Gen- ralissimo Franco. They noted that Admiral Sher- man started his round of high-level . - SPAIN IN NATO (Continued on page 2) Munsan, Korea (AP)--For the second day in a row the army reported "some progress" was made today in Korean war cease-fire negotiations. sixth conference in Kaesong. 35 minutes in two sessions debating the agenda. They meet again at 10 a.m. Wednesday, 8 p.m. Tuesday EDT, for their 4N North Korean Gen. Nam II, chief Delegates spent an hour and Slobodian Hearing Set for July 25 Rudolph Slobodian, husband of Mrs. Anna Slobodian who was found brutally slain on the road near Lynbrook Park, and who is charg- ed with his wife's murder, appear- ed briefly before Magistrate Frank Ebbs this morning in Whitby po- lice court. Hearing of the charge of murder was remanded until July 25. Slobodian was escorted into court by OPP Corporal Jack Scott. He appeared dazed and uncertain and had to be led out of the court room by the arm. Harriman Conferences Are Shrouded In Secrecy ns Tor ell Harriman today eign minister, Bagir Kazemi, for new talks aimed at an oil truce between Iran and Britain. Both Iranian and American sources were 'gcretive about the NET PAID. CIRCULATION . The Times-Gazette . Average Per Issue for JUNE 10,617 come, The hour -long session between President Truman's special en- voy and the Iranian official was believed centred on Iran's rejec- tion of the International Court's recommendation that both sides mark time until a just ruling can 'be reached. Harriman's visit late last night to the British ambassador, - Sir Francis' Shepherd, was dalso shrouded in secrecy. Some observers figured Harri- man was running into the same Iranian brickwall attitude which had balked earlier peace - making moves by U. S. Ambassador Henry Grady. Premier Mohammed Mossadegh {and Kazemi have made it clear to | Harriman they are neither pre- pared to budge from the letter of the oil nationalization law nor ready to accept the world court recommendations Communist delegate, opened Tues- day's sessions, a U. S. Eighth Army announcement said. Most: of the 55 minute morning session was devoted to a discussion between Nam and Vice 'Admiral C. Turner Joy, chief United Nations delegate, of the allied proposals for the agenda. . In the afternoon Nam elaborated on the Reds" idea of what the agenda should include. He appar- ently came: with the English and Chinese translations of his remarks already prepared. .2 "The -afternoon session of the conference was more formal," the army statement said. It added: "The United Nations 'command delegation felt that some progress may be recorded in the confer- ence sessions." . For the third day there were no CEASE-FIRE (Continued on page 3), U.S. Congress In Big Fight CLOUDBURST HITS GITY, HALTS GM PLANT LINES STORY SAYS CAR SUBSIDY REDUCE TAX Detroit (CP)--The Detroit Times says today in an Ottawa dated story that the Canadian govern- ment is preparing to announce a subsidy for automobile manufac- turers which will reduce down pay- ments for new car purchasers. The subsidy plan now under dis- cussion by the cabinet, the story says, will indirectly reduce the present 25 per cent tax on new cars and is expected to break the log jam in new car sales which has clogged new and used car so to capacity throughout Cana- The present credit restriction re- quires a 50 per cent down pay- ment on car sales with the ba- lance to be paid ovef a 12 month period. At Ottawa, iFnance Minister Ab- bott commented tersely: 'That's news to me." Baudouin 1 Proclaimed Belgian King Brussels, Belgium (AP)-- Twen ty-year-old Baudouin 1 was formal- ly procl ed King of the Bel- glans y. He succeeds his father Leopold 111, who abdicated yesterday after an #ll-fated reign of 17 years. ) Standing erect in front of his red and gold threne in the na- tional House of Representatives, the young monarch took the oath to uphold the constitution and as- sumed the royal powers. Loud bursts of cheering and ap- plause roared up from the assem- bly as the ycmthful King spoke. Slowly and clearly, Baudouin said: "I swear to observe the con- stitution and the laws of the Bel- gian people; to maintain the na- tional independence and integrity of the territory." The new ruler took the oath in the khaki uniform of a lieutenant- general, highest rank in the Bel- gian Army. He wore only one de- ceration -- the crimson sash of the Order of Leopold. Outside cannons boomed, church bells pealed and thosands of Bel- gians cheered in the bright sun light. It was in marked contrast to yesterday's brief, quiet cere- mony at which Leopold signed his abdication papers before 250 per- sons in a royal palace ball-room. Today, thousands packed the hall, built to house 220 persons. The 49-year-old Leopold gave up his throne yesterday still contend- ing his surrender to the Germans in 1940 was only after the army 'BELGIAN'S KING (Continued on page 2) 4 Destroyers Move to Aden Valetta, Malta. (Reuters)-- Four British destroyers left here today for Aden British 'owned port near two of the current- Middle East trouble centres. The destroyers are the Chequers, Chieftain, Chevron and Chivalrbus, all 1710 tons and sporting a main armament of four 4.5 guns. Aden lies just at the mouth of the Suez canal, where the British merchantman Empire Roach was boarded by the Egyptian navy July 1. It is also about two or three days steaming distance from the oil town of Abadan, Iran. De Gaspari Likely Head Over Controls Washington (AP) -- Administra- tion forces in the House, sceniing partial victory, stood fast today in a determined deefnce of price con- trols. 1 | | ten -per -cent cut on beef prices which price stabilizer Michael V. DiSalle has termed the symbol of the whole attempt to stabilize prices. Of more far-reaching effect was the fate of the over-all price roll- back principle, and the prospect of {bans on all future rollbacks af- | Immediately at stake was the gim New Cabinet Rome (AP) -- President Luici Einaudi began political talks today to try to broaden Italy's anti-Com- munist government, Premier Al- cide 'de Gasperi, who quit with his cabinet last night to make the manoeuvre possible, probably will be named to head a reshuffled re- e. The resignations were ' decided during a cabinet meeting yester- day afternoon. It was the first time in Italy's parliamentary history that a ca- binet resigned without a vote of non-confidence by parliament, The crisis wag the outcome of several political factors which had ripened in the past weeks since the Communists increased their voting (Continued on page 2) CONTROLS iil strength in recent local elections. & > Family Wash Rescued from Flood Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Andrews, 128 La Salle Avenue, put a fish pole to new use when they used it to retrieve the family wash. The muddy water upset the clothes basket as well as doing considerable other damage in their basement, --Times-Gazette Staff Photo. Maurice Hart Quits Board Because Of Outside Influence Maurice G. Hart, manager, Oshawa Dairy Limited, has resigned from the Milk Control Board of Ontario, because, he says, it. has a policy "influenced by other sources." _This morning Mr. Hart gave to The Times-Gazette a copy of a letter which he has written to the Hon. T. L. Kennedy, Min- | 4, ister 'of Agriculture. The full text of Mr, Hart's letter is published below. & ad Resigns Position MAURICE G. HART Manager of the Oshawa Dairy, Limited, who today resigned from the Omtario Control Board, claiming that it was being subjected to outside influences. Police Seek Assassin Of Slain Premier Amman, Jordan (AP) -- The body -of Lebanon's former premier Riad el Sohl -- cut down yester- day by assassins' bullets -- was flown home to Beyrouth today. Au- thorities said one of his slayers is dead, another lies wounded by his own hand and a third still is sought by police. El Solh was slain as he wal be- ing driven the Amman airport to return to Beyrouth after a three- day state visit to Jordan's King Abdullah. Authorities said three men in a car sped past the royal vehicle, opening fire as they drew abreast. The killers were identified as members of the semi -fascist Syr- ian National party, whose leader, Antoun Saadi, was executed in Le- banon in 1949 and whose plans for (Continued -on page 2) ASSASSINATION ---------------- THE WEATHER Cloudy, clearing ' by noon. Sunny Wednesday, Not much change in temperature. Winds northeast 15 today, southeast 15 Low tonight and * 60 and 75. Bn "I do not wish to elaborate on that letter in any way," said Mr. Hart to a reporter. Mr. Hart's letter to the Minister of Agriculture is as follows: "Dear Sir: In October, 1948, you '| asked me if I would become a mem- ber of the Milk Control Board of Ontario. I told you, at that time, that it was not my wish to spend any more of my time immediately in the industry's problems as I was just completing two years as Presi- dent of the Ontario Milk Distribu- butors' Association. You were very insistent that I was the person you wanted for the job, and I was very proud of the fact that you thought I was the proper person with the necessary ability to fill the impor- tant post. After giving the mat- ter a lot of thought, I accepted the offer and became a member of the Board on January 21, 1949, "I have always tried to be fair in all my dealings with the many problems 'that come before the Board, because I realized that the producers, the distributors and the public must all have fair considera- tion at all times. . "The Board has worked hard and long on the Toronto problems and I thought that the motion I made on Monday afternoon would be a satisfactory solution, because it is MAURICE HART (Continued on page 2) DIPLOMAT HAD INFORMATION ON A-BOMB Washington (AP)-- Donald Mac- Lean, the missing British diplomat was a member of the committee ! which controlled the wartime ex- change between the United States and its partners in the develop- ment of the atomic bomb, a state deparument spokesman said Mon- ay. MacLean and Guy Burgress also a British foreign official, disap- peared from London May 25. They have been the object of a broad international manhunt, accompa- nied by suggestions both may have slipped behind the Iron Curtain with vital secrets. of The state department official would confirm only that MacLean was a member of the combined policy committee which dealt with top-level international relations on the A-bomb project. That was as far as he would go in commenting on dn article in U. 8. News and World Report. It said MacLean knew 'how many atomic bombs the west had, what were the uranium resources, how many bombs could be made wil existing | Blocks Highway, Streets Become Swimming Pools A violent thunderstorm, bringing with it a cloudburst of massive proportions, caused a considerable amount of flooding in Oshawa and the surrounding district yesterday afternoon, disrupted traffic, turned residential streets inte lakes, and caused a complete tie-up of the General Motors of Canada passenger car and truck assembly lines. Last night's shift was unable to Start work when flood waters backed into the north plant, flooding the pits in the assembly lines and putting motors out of commission. The passenger and truck lines are still not operating today, but the passenger car line will be in operation with tonight's 'shift. Traffic on Highway No. 2A was completely bottled up when a large area of the Simcoe. Street South underpass was flooded to the depth of two feet, the water forming a large lake under the subway. More serious flooding occurred at the Ritson Road subway under Highway 2A, cars and trucks being stalled there in water which rose over their headlights. PY v Goodrich Bid Is Rejected By Workers Kitchener (CP)-- A mass meet- ing of the 1400 employes of the B. F. Goodrich Co, of Canada Ltd. Monday rejected for the second time a company wage increase of- er The offer, made July 8 for the first time, involved a 10-cent an- hour increase for male employes and a six-cent-an-hour increase for female workers or an alternative of 10 cents an hour for all divi- sions except footwear. The meeting demanded a 10 cent increase across the board. Following the July 8 rejection the company wrote each employe, explaining its stand. The management declined to give present rates because they are 'complex and lend themselves to misinterpretation." Jail Breaker Recaptured At Barrie Montreal (CP)-- Provincial po- lice Monday night said Fernand Dumont, 23-year-old escaped con- vict, was recaptured Saturday in Barrie, Ont., by Ontario provincial police. He is being held for police ere. Police said Dumont, alias Fer- nand Dube and Henry Richard is in Simcoe county jail. ] Dumont escaped June 10 from St. Vincent de Paul penitentiary, 20 miles north of Montreal, where he was serving 10 years for bur- glary and escape. This was his third jail break in a year. Dumont flitted in and out of Sorel jail almost at will. His es- capades resulted in an investiga- tion by the attorney-general's de- partment and the retirement of the jail governor. 8 Traffic jams on Highway 2A, caused by the highway becoming impassable, and the Ritson Road connecting link being completely blocked by flood waters, compli= cated the traffic problems in the business section of the city for a considerable time, as through traf fic was forced to proceed up Simcoe Street and East on King Street just at the time when the regular five o'Clock traffic jam was in proe gress. As a result, for over an hour cars were running bumper te bumper on Simcoe street and King Street, and progress was so slow | that it took a car nearly half an hour to travel from Bloor Stree to the Four corners. CELLARS FLOODED Cellars in the southern section of the city were badly flooded, partice ularly in the southeast section, ine CLOUDBURST (Continued on page 3) Seaway Gets New Chance In Committee Washington (AP) --The House of Representatives public works com- mittee today defeated, 14 to 13, a motion that in effect would have killed legislation to authorize the St. Lawrence seaway and power project. Its action was on a motion by Representative Tom Pickett (Dem, Tex.), an opponent of the projeet, to table the bill. Representative George A. Done dero (Rep. Mich.), ranking Repub- lican on the committee and a sup- porter of the bill, said today's closed-door session was '"'far more harmonious" than two preceding ones. ' Dondero told reporters a final vote on the bill "could develop' at another meeting of the come mittee tomorrow. Some members of the commit tee were not inclined to view the defeat of the tabling motion as a positive sign the committee will approve the legislation. '"I'm sure," one representative told reporters; "that some appon- SEAWAY (Continued on page 2) Clean-Up In Kansas City Started In the Wake Of History's Costliest Flood Kansas City, Mo. (AP) -- The battered Kansas City area mobiliz- ed today for a herculean cleanup task as flood waters, swirling east- ward, struck new blows at Missouri river towns. Receding flood waters in this me- tropolitan area of 900,000 left block after block of muck-covered ruin. And in Kansas, a line of wrecked or partially - damaged towns and cities stretched across the eastern and central parts of the state. The latest damage estimate for Kansas and Missouri was $750 mil- lion -- costliest flood in States history. Water still covered many sec- tions but it was fast slipping back into river channels here and in ET A small towns along the Missouri felt the full force of the turbulent river. Lexington, Wellington, Norborns and Hardin, Mo., were flooded. Some dikes in central Missouri gave way. The runoff of Kansas flood waters 'also buffeted Oklahoma. Miamj, in northeastern Oklahoma, suffered its worst flood beating in history from the Neosho - Grand ver. President Truman, reported deep ly concerned over the flood situc~ tion, planned to fly over the Mis- souri-Kansas disaster area today. The flood has brought death to 17 persons, tied up highway and rail transportation, forced more than 70,000 from their homes and severely the industrial capacity ef numerous towns and # g