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MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE IS LAID 'THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle OSHAWA WHITBY VOL. 10--No. 196, OSHAWA-WHITBY, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1951 Price J Cenis SIXTEEN PAGES LABOR COUNCIL CONTINUES RECRUITING' CHARGE PROBE | Committee tee Will Investigate Glaim Against Service A three-man committee was last night set up by the Oshawa and District Labor Council to investigate allegations made by Local 222 delegate Bill Rutherford that local un- employed men are being told by employment officers to join the Services. The suggestion was first made by Mr. Ruther- ford a month ago and at last night's monthly meeting of the Council he produced a man who said he had been told to join the Army when he went to the unemployment office. Order- ed personally by the Minister of Labor an official investiga- tion failed to reveal any witnesses who could verify Mr. Rutherford's allegations. "This is one of those men", Rutherford told delegates at last night's meeting as he introduced young Matthews Katchaluba, of 176 Bloor Street East. "I want him to tell you what happened at the ,, unemployment insurance of- fice. TELLS OF INTERVIEW "I was out of a job and I went down to the selective service", said Katchaluba. "The guy there said he had no jobs for young men and that 'there are jobs in the Army for you'. There were about seven ®f us in line who heard that . . . We left and I got a job outside on my own", "Why didn't this come out at the recent investigation held by the Minister of Labor?" asked M: J. Fenwick, secretary-treasurer of the council. He had just read the letter signed perfonally by the Hon. Milton F, Gregg, Minister of LABOR COUNCIL (Continued on Page 2) CANNOT AGREE WHO HANDLES NIAGARA PLAN Washington (AP)-- A three-way fight developed today among Nia- gara river power project support- ers at a U. S. Senate public 'works sub-committee. To a disagreement over whether the army engineers or the New York State Power Authority should build the project there were added arguments for a third proposal -- development by private enterprise. Representative William E. Miller (Rep. -N. Y.), who has offered a House bill to permit private devel- opment plan is before the commit- tee in a bill presented by Senator Homer Capehart (Rep.-Ind.). Miller, in offering his bill, said the proposal by Senator Herbert Lehman (Dem. -Lib.-N. Y.) for 'NIAGARA POWER (Continued on Page 2) Bill &- Stalin Guard Was Officer In Nazi Army Washington (AP) --_J. Edgar Hoover has told U. S. sefators "the personal bodyguard of Stalin" smuggled himself into Nazi Ger- man forces during the last war. Hoover, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, also dis- closed that a woman who carried information from Germany to Mos- cow later came to the United States as a displaced person. He said the FBI was able to trace her and order her deporta- tion. This sidelight on international in- trigue was offered by Hoover in closed-door testimony before the Senate appropriations committee March 1. It was made public today. "We have many German files seized in Germany after the army of occupation occupied that coun- STALIN GUARD (Continued on Page 2) 300 Workers Face Layoff At Hamilton Hamilton (CP) -- About 300 em- ployees of the Canadian Westing- house Company Ltd., will be af- fected by a production cutback scheduled to take place in the next 'three weeks, H. H. Rogge, pre- sident, announced Tuesday. He said as many as possible of the workers involved would be transferred to other divisions of the company but that some would be laid off. Mr. Rogge blamed a continua- tion of the adverse business con- ditions which led to the layoff of 270 Westinghouse 'employes last month, 7 Drought Is Feared Loss of Precious Water Is Blow In Big Quake Honolulu (AP) -- The heaviest earthquake ever recorded on the volcano island of Hawaii cost the Kona coast district most of its treasured water stores -- with two months of normal drought ahead. Property damdge was estimated NET PAID CIRCULATION The Times-Gazette Average Per issue for JULY 10,284 officially at between $750,000 and $1,000,000, but the water loss was the most critical. The quake jarred the largest of the Hawalian islands early yester- day. It wrecked or damaged more than 200° wooden water shortage tanks on cattle ranches. | An after - shock bumped the Kona coast'last night. Police said it was weak and no damage was reported. The after - shock rattled dishes and windows in Honolulu. Families along a 30 - mile stretch of the Kona coast, on the west Slope of "Mauna Loa voleano, use tanks for storing drinking and household water.' Yesterday's tremor was centred deep below the undersea slope of massive Mauna Loa. The volcano rises. 13,680 feet above sea level EARTHQUAKES (Continued on Page 2) { RED STRENGTH IS REDUCED IN U3.-HOOVER Washington (AP) -- Membership in the United States Communist party has dropped from 54,174 to 43217 in a year's time, director J. Edgar Hoover of the Federal Bureau of Investigation has told senators. And each party member now has back of him about seven to eight fellow travellers, as against 10 several years ago, Hoover told a Senate appropriations sub-commit- tee March 1 while testifying in support of his request for funds. His testimony was made public to- day. But Hoover cautioned that the remaining party members consti- tute "a hard core dedicated to sapotage and to militant revolt against. this country if and when the times comes." Dope Ring Said Broken 'With Arrests Hamilton (CP) -- Royal Canadian Mounted Police said today they be- lieve they have smashed a dope ring that operated in Ontario cities and may be connected with an in- ternational network run by Charles (Lucky) Luciano. Their statements came as Louis Gallow, 49, and Maxine Morrison, his pretty, 19 - year - old comamon- law wife, were remanded today until Aug. 27 on charges of con- spiracy. The Mounties said the charges were laid in connection with under- cover invedtigations in Hamilton into the sale of narcotics. The arrest of Gallow and Miss Morrison yesterday brought to five the number picked up since Aug. 13 when Carl Stout, his wifé¢ and his brother, Charles, were arrested on charges of illegal possession of narcotics. Bail was set at $20,000 for Gal- low and $3000 for Miss Morrison. The five will face charges of pos- sessing narcotics, of distributing and transporting drugs. Police said there was more than a 'slight possibility"' that Stout and Gallow are members of Lu- ciano's ring which they said oper- ates a $30,000,000-a-year drug traf- ic. RCMP officials in Toronto, how- DOPE RING (Continued on Page 2) FROST SURE CANADA ABLE [TOTACKLE JOB Ottawa (CP) -- Premier Frost said Tuesday he is conyinced Can- ada can go ahead alone with de- velopment of the St. Lawrence sea- ways and power project. In an interview following discu sions with Prime Minister St. Laur- ent and Finance Minister Abbott. Mr. Frost said the St. Lawrence projects are not too big for the people of Canada. The premier said he discussed the credit situation generally with the federal authorities. During the discussions reference was made to the financing of the St. Lawrence seaway and power projects. The people of Ontario, he said are interested as Canadians in the development of the seaway. But they are fundamentally interested in the power end of the project. Ontario would be asked to con- tribute toward' the cost of power developments on the international rapids section of the river. Ontario would obtain an additional 1,250, 000 horsepower from the develop- ment, he said. While the total cost of the power development would he great, it would still be more favorable per horsepower than any power pro- ject now contemplated by the pro- vince. First Bowl in G.M. Gold Cup Bowling Tournament At 9 am. today, Thomas R. Elliott (right), public relations manager of General Motors of Carinin Limited, delivered the first bowl to officially open the General Motors Gold Cup Lawn Bowling Tourmament -- the big event of the year at the Oshawa Lawn Bowling Club. Seventy-two rinks are playing on the Oshawa greens and another 36 are playing on the greens of the Whitby Lawn Bowling Club. Rinks from all sec- tions of the province as well as the United States are taking paz#f Left to right with Mr. Elliott are: J. Norval Willson, president of the Oshawa Lawn Bowling Club; Ron. Snowden, a member of the tourna- ment committee, and M. Telfer of Parkhill, president of the Ontario Lawn Bowling Association. --Times-Gazette Staff Photo. Occupation of Abadan By Troops Is Possible Legion Seeks To Assist Older Vets Cornwall (CP) -- A resolution aimed at reducing unemployment among older veterans was one of several approved Tuesday by the Ontario Command of the Canadian Legion. The resolution, adopted by dele- gates to she command's 17th bien- nial convention, asked for the ap- pointment of -officers in all large unemployment offices in Canada to deal with the employment needs of older veterans. Other resolutions urged the estab- lishment of Legion homes for aged and disabled veterans and of sum- mer camps for- the children .of needy veterans, Delegates also recommended that Legion homes and institutions be used to assist immigrants comipg into Canada. There are more than 80 licensed airports in Canada, with "many other emergency landing fields. London, Aug. 2% (APy--The cabinet met today in emergency session on the prospects of imminent collapse of the British-Iranian oil dispute negotiations. Prime Minister Attlee presided over the session, which was attended by Sir William Frazer, chairman of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Com- pany, whose holdings in Iran have been nationalized. MOSSADEGH GETS SUPPORT IN REFUSAL By ROBERT B. HEWETT Tehran, Iran (AP) -- Parliament gave a vote of confidence today to Premier Mohammed Mossadegh.on his stand rejecting the latest Brit- ish proposals for settlemert of the Anglo -- Iranian oil dispute. But the lower house urged him to con- MOSSADEGH (Continued on Page 2) Unexpected May Happen Feeling Grows Russia May Sign Jap Peace Treaty Tokyo (AP)--There is a grow- ing Belief in Japan that Russia Will do the unexpected and sign the Japanese peace treaty in San Francisco next month. Reliable, if unofficial, Japanese circles express the view that the Russians will- sign after putting up a strong fight for inclusion on one Major provision. They say the Reds will agree to keeping an American military es- - tablishment in Japan -- but will A demand a definite date for depar- ture. They are opposed to a unila- teral treaty hetween Japan and the United States. This view was expressed des- pite last night's threats from ' the Chinese Reds' Peiping radio that Japan's acceptance of a peace treaty not approved by both Red JAP TREATY (Continued on- Page 2) a The Tehran government's reply to a British oil mission's ultimatum has been delayed, a Foreign Office spokesman reported, adding that Prime Minister Mohammed Mossa- degh of Iran asked for--and got-- an extension of the deadline until after his cabinet met_tonight. Richard, Stokes, Lord Privy Seal and leader of the British oil mission in Tehran, was expected to fly back to London at once should the Iranian answer to British demands be a flat "no." But some officials said he might -delay hissreturn by 48 hours or so, should Iran show the slightest inclination to come to terms. Collapse of the Tehran talks would face British leaders with the OCCUPATION (Continued on Page 2) UAW ADOPTS CCF AS PARTY FOR WORKMEN Windsor (CP) The biggest automobile union local in Canada has endorsed the CCF as its politi- cal arm, it was announced here Tuesday. The 12,000-odd members of local 200, United Automobile Workers (CIO-CCL), approved the move at a membership meeting. The endorsation follows the lead of the Canadian Congress of La- bor, with which the U.AW. is af- filiated, but does not bind any union member to vote for" the party. -The CCL 'long has endorsed the CCF as the working man's party in Canada, A ite i -- Say Woman Died After Abortion On August 20th Mrs. Helen Bayes, aged Pickering Township, Whitby today. on Monday of Mrs. Lloyd Cooper, was charged with The charge arises out of the sudden death 40 years, of Morgan's Park, manslaughter ag R.R. 3, Pickering. Police charge that Mrs. Cooper, who was the mother of four small children, died 90 minutes after an abortion was performed on her. A brunette and herself the moth- BAD FAITH CHARGED AS TALKS STALL . By ROBERT B. TUCKMAN Munsan, Korea (AP)--The allies accused the Communists today of making "a universal symbol of bad faith' out of HKaesong, site of Korean war truce talks. The charge was broadcast after a sub' - committee held its sixth session in Kaesong without sign of breaking the deadlock over where to draw an armistice line across Korea. The sub-committee scheduled. an- other try for Thursday. Armistice negotiations were com- plicated by a dispute over latest Red charges that United Nations forces violated the Kaesong neu- trality zone. The "voice of the United Nations Command," broadcast from Tokyo to Korea, said the "Communist charges border on the ridiculous." The broadcast asked: "Why are the United Nations de- CEASE FIRE (Continued on Page 2) ROK Infantry Take Vital § Hill Position 8th Army Headquarters, Korea (AP)-- South Korean infantrymen, attacking behind the most sustain- ed artillery barrage of the Korean war, captured a dominating hill in rugged eastern Korea today. From its crest the South Koreans "look down the throats' of Com- munists on other hills north of Yanggu, Associated Press .corres- pondent George A. McArthur re- ported. South Koreans seized two other hills on the eastern front, recapt- uring one from counter-attacking Reds. Communist forces clung to three other eastern ridges they had seized in fierce counter - attacks Tuesday. A briefing officer estimated Reds lost about 2000 men in five days of fighting north and northwest of Yanggu. All heavy fighting was along the eastern front. Planes and warships joined United Nations artillery in | supporting South Korean infantry- men. The U. S. cruiser Toledo and des- troyer Wedderburn hit "16 large groups of Red soldiers' along the east coast with 23,000 pounds of high explosives, the navy reported. Mustang fighter planes fire- bombed and strafed Red ridges. Fifth Air Force pilots Tuesday con- centrated on hitting intensified Red efforts to resupply their front lines. From the east-central front Mec- Arthur reported massed allied guns supporting South Korean infantry- men in a 4% - day attack, fired 12,000 rounds of high explosives. Mortars and the high velocity guns of tanks added to the barrage. "No unit ever had that much fire support," 'the division commander said. "The Reds couldn't evacuate. KOREA (Continued on Page 2) ®er of three children, Mrs. Bayes was charged before J. M. Hicks, J.P., of Whitby, and was remanded to Whitby Magistrate's Court next Tuesday. Bail was set by Mr. Hicks at $5,000 cash and at 1.30 p.m. to« day she had been unable to raise the money and was still in Whitby jail. Sgt. Fred White, of Pickering Police, is in charge of the official investigations. He said this mome ing that Mrs. Bayes had been live ing in Pickering for about a year, According to the sergeant the alleged abortion took place on Monday morning and Mrs, Cooper died within an hour-and-a-half. Mrs. Cooper, who was 25 years old, was" taken suddenly ill on Monday and was rushed to Toronto East General Hospital but was pro- nounced dead on arrival. Relatives stated she had a heart seizure and had suffered from anemia since the birth of her daughter, Wenda, a year ago. Mrs. Dorothy Cooper, wife of Lloyd Cooper, R. R. 3, Pickering, complained of not feeling well and said she was going back to bed, her father, .J. Johnson, of Virginia Street, said. She collapsed before reaching her bed, was rushed to Toronto East General hospital where she was pronounced dead. Mr. Johnson said his daughter had been suffering acute anemia since the birth of Wenda a year ago. She leaves three other chile dren: Brian, five; Gordon, four, and Lynda, three, Born in Toronto, Mrs. Cooper moved to Pickering with her huse band several years ago. She is also survived by her parents and three sisters, Irene, Mrs. A. Henderson, Audrey and Marguerite, all of Toe ronto, Defence Wins Adjournment At Army Trial By BILL BOSS Canadian Press Staff Writer Seoul, Korea (CP)-- A surprise move by the defence today delayed until Saturday the court-martial of Pte. Glen Roland Blank of Winni- peg on a-.charge of murder. Blank, first of three Canadian soldiers all charged with the same offence, barely had pleaded inno- cent before his defending officer, Lt.-Col. John A. Hutchins of Mont- real, launched a "trial within & trial." Col. Hutchins called the prose- cuting officer to the stand in an ef for to determine whether Blank had been properly informed of all legal resources at his disposal at the time when summaries of evid- ence were being taken. Col. W. Clement Dick of Toronto, president of the court martial, or- dered adjournment to Saturday to enable four officers of Blank's unit, the Princess - Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, to describe the means employed to inform Blank and his fellow-defendants of their rights. Blank's co-defendants are Ptes. Donald Michael Gibson of Ottawa and Alan Roy Montgomery Davis COURT MARTIAL (Continued on Page 2) THE WEATHER Cloudy and cool today. Clear tonight. Sunny 'and a little warmer Thursday. Winds north- west 15 with "gusts to "25 today, Low tonight and high Thurs. day, 50 and 75. Summary for Thursday: Sunny and a lit- tle warmer. Tampico in Path City Ready for Trouble As Hurricane Tampico, Mexico (AP) -- A Kkil- ler hurricane hovered ominously over the Gulf of Mexico 230 miles southeast of Tampico today 'as weather experts tried to figure out where it would strike next. Early today the United States eather bureau at New Orleans aid the storm -- after remaining almost stationary for several hours --was beginning 40 move slowly towards Tampico. Last night's advisories had pre- dicted the swirling winds, which killed 155 persons in devastated Jamaica, would hit. this port of 1100,000 population and nearby rich Mexican oil fields before noon to- day. Hoping to ride. out the rampag- Advances ing fury, if it strikes, Tampico authorities have ordered thousands of residents in the lowlands moved to higher ground. The centre of Tampico is built on a hill, but the outlying districts are on low ground subject to flood- ing. Winds at the core of the hurri- cane are said to reach 115 to 130 miles an hour. They extend 75. miles in all directions from the centre. Raging seas lashed Mexico's gulf coast. Dispatches from Merida, Mexico, said the storm wrought havoc HURRICANE (Continued on"Page 2)