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CONGRESS RECONSIDERS SEAWAY THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle OSHAWA WHITBY VOL. 10--No. 231 OSHAWA-WHITBY, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1951 \ TWENTY PAGES OWNSHIP ASSESSMENT ROLLS SHOW BIG INCREASE Economic Picture Reflects Growth Since Annexation A critical assessment of the economic health of East Whitby Township is made more difficult by reason of the fact that at the beginning of this year it had huge segments of its land and pepulation lopped off and joined, through annexation, to the City of Oshawa. Nevertheless a recapitula- tion of the assessment roll, as released today by East Whit- by Township officials, shows that there has been a consist- ent increase both in population and the estimated value of the real property remaining in the municipality. Scalded While Canning Fruit Canning peaches in the gar- age at 82 Park Road North at 2 p.m. today, Mrs. A, Zhinahar- off, who weighs 210 pounds, fell through the floor of the building. A stove fell through with her and she was pinned beneath timbers, badly scalded and with her clothes on fire. First-aid men and firemen rushed to the scene and the wo- man, who has only been Can- ada three months, was rushed to Oshawa General Hospital suffering from bad burns and scalds. Her condition is serious. OFFICE STAFF AT FORD PLANT STAYING OUT Windsor (CP) The wildcat strike of office workers at the Ford Motor Company of Canada went into its second day with no sign of a conciliatory move by either side. Members of X 240, United Auto Workers ( ) maintained a token picket #ine 'at entrances to the main office building on Sand- wich street through the night but made no attempt to stop hourly- rated emplyes from entering. Although auto workers belonging to local 200 of the big union are OFFICE STAFF (@ontinued on Page 3) PREMIER'S KIN WOUNDED St. John's Nfld. (CP) Pte. Agustus Smallwood brother of Premier Joseph R. Smallwood was listed by the army yesterday as wounded in action in Korea. Pte Smallwood 27 is the youngest of the 50 = year - old premier's three brothers. He served overseas dur- ing the Seeond World War. Assessor Ralph Found, who re- ®leased figures today by which a comparison might be made, states that there has been a lot of build- ing in the township since the be- ginning of the year and that it has, furthermore, been a good class of building which has been erected. This is shown by the fact that as- sessment in small areas is found to be comparatively high. POPULATION INCREASED The population of East Whitby Township before annexation was 9404. This was ause of the fact that the township included within its perimeter a good deal of built-up area -- sections of land which were natural adjuncts to the city and which, after annexation, became part of Oshawa. Immedi- tely after annexation the popula- ASSESSMENT (Continued on Page 2) Royal Couple Return By Sea November 17 London (AP) -- Princess Eliza- beth and the Duke of Edinburgh, who will fly to Montreal Monday, will return from their Canadian tour by ship Nov. 17, it was an- nounced today. The journey back will be made in the Canadian Pacific . Railway steampship Empress of Scotland, which will dock at Liverpool. The revised schedule appeared to allow time for the Princess and Duke to keep all the engagements ar- ranged in Canada and Washington. The decision to return by ship was also taken as an indication of lessening anxiety over the con- dition of the King, whose serious lung operation caused postpone- ment of the departure from Eng- land. . The return voyage will start from Bay Bulls, near St. John's, Newfoundland, Nov. 12. The announcement coincided with | today's bulletin from Buckingham | ROYAL COUPLE @ontinued om Page 8) PROVINCIALS INFULL CHARGE INWHITBY NOW Ontario Provincial Police this morning took over full control of the policing of the Town of Whitby and are operating from the office vacated by Chief Ronald Love and the other members of the police force whose resignations were or- dered on Monday by the Whitby Police Commission. Corporal Mur- ray Bruce, who has been in charge of the Ajax Detachment of the Provincial Police, is acting chief for the town, and assigned to him for duty pending re-organization of a Whitby Police Force are Provincial Constables W. S. Hilliard, Harry Campbell, O. G. Smith and Norman Pocock. Provincial Constable John Johnson has been placed in charge of the Ajax Detachment to replace Corporal Murray Bruce as a tem- porary appointment. TURN IN UNIFORMS Only one further development has occurred in the Whitby police Half Century's Effort Work on Bond Street Bridge Is Started Looking 'east from 'the Arena Drive towards McMillan Drive, is shown the preparations being made for the | erection of a bridge over the Oshawa Creek. The construction of the bridge will enable much traffic, which is mow forced to use King Street, to pass along Bond Street West during rush hour periods. transport in the background is on McMillan Drive. The large --Times-Gazette Staff Photo. situation. At a brief meeting of the Board -ef Police Commissioners yesterday afternoon, the secretary; John R. Frost, was instructed to write to the five former members of the police force, instructing them to turn in their uniforms and equipment to the police station. Yesterday forenoon Mayor W, J. Elliott and Town Clerk John R. Frost were in Toronto in connec- tion with the police situation. Mayor Elliott stated that they had interviewed Commissioner William Stringer of the Provincial Police, who confirmed the arrangements made for the policing of the town until further notice. He intimated that five men would be used for this purpose, and they will operate under the guidance of the police commission. In Toronto, Commissioner String- er said that under Section 47 of the Police Act, the Ontario Provincial Police was compelled to comply with the mayor's request for "assist- ance. He further pointed out that under Section 2 of the same act, it was mandatory for Whitby to maintain a police force. The town could, however, make a contract under which provincial officers would provide permanent police protection. The action of the Police Com- mission in abolishing the police force has caused something of a sensation in the county town, and there is a possibility that the Rate- payers' Association, which made the original request for a police investigation, may take some fur- ther action. RESIGNATIONS ALL READY | "The action of the commission | PROVINCIALS (Continued on Page 2, WEATHER Sunny and very warm today and most of Thursday becoming cloudy late Thursday afternoon. Considerable fog tonight, Winds light. Low tonight and high Thursday, 60 and 75. Summary for Thursday -- Mostly sunny and very warm. Both Sides Active News 'Brownout' In Korea May Forecast New Major Offensive -- Truce Is Dead? 8th Army Headquarters, Korea (AP)--Thunderous United Nations artillery barrage roared along the western front today while planes tried to break up tiie biggest com- anit supply effort since the last offensi ve. Red troops who held allied in- NET PAID CIRCULATION The Times-Gazette Average Per issue for SEPTEMBER 10,897 fantrymen without gains yester- day press two battalion-sized prob- ing attacks of their own today. 'Partial blackout," -- frequent- ly a sign of an impending offensive by either the Reds or allies, was clamped on news from fronts Wed- nesday. The tightened censorship was announced by Tokyo headquarters of Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway, su- preme U.N. commander. There was no explanation. The partial blackout of news was imposed "until further notice. While there were indications of a possible impending Red offen- sive, a broad U.N. drive could not be ruled out. The news blackout recalled a Red Chinese broad- cast Saturday asserting the allies Were preparing to make simulfan- eous amphibious landings on both coasts of North Korea. The allied command has not commented on this broadcast. y ! én the highways Tuesday night -- The Far East Air Forces noted that pilots spotted 4355 Red trucks 'the greatest number in a single night since. . .the Communists' last abortive offensive" in mid-May. Warships and night raiding planes concentrated on breaking up this near - record volume of sup- plies. An air force communique said Red trucks "suffered very heavy losses." The allied artillery barrage on the western front was one of the heaviest of the Korean war. Gunfire reached to within 12 miles of Kaesong, site of distrupted truce talks which the Reds broke off 42 days ago. Shells hit the Reds in ridges runn- ing northeast from Korangpo -- 12 miles east of Kaesong just south BROWNOUT nicians left Iran today, Renunciation Step By Step | London (CP) -- British oil tech- bringing | to an end the first phase of the | Anglo - Iranian oil dispute which | a country decided last spring nationalize its petroleum industry. These are the steps leading to to- | day's events: March 8: Iranian,oil commission voted unanimously 'for ition) ation of the oil industry. Apri 28: Mohammed Mossadegh, | pledged to throw Britain out of the | oilfields, elected prime minister. Parliament decided to carry out nationalization immediately. May 8: Anglo - Iranian Oil Com- | pany asked Iran to accept arbitra- | tion. Iran refused. the international court and the Bri- tish government made a wile: | application. June 21: Iranian officials began | moving into oil installations. July 6: International court asked | RENUNCIATIQN (Continued on Page 2) | Last British Technicians Taken Aboard Warship Tehran. (AP)--A government spokesman announ- ced today that Premier Mohammed Mossadegh will leave by air Sunday for New York to plead Iran's case in her oil dispute with Britain before the United Nations Se- curity Council. Mossadegh will be accompanied by his doctor, who is his son, Gholem Hossien. Abadan, Iran (CP)--The British cruiser Mauritius, with flared up when the Middle East | | 260 ousted employees of the nationalized Anglo-Iranian Oil to | Company, today sailed to Basra, Iraq. Removal of the last British technical employees from the huge Abadan refinery left the Iranians in full possession of the rich Iranian oil in- dustry. After the 40 - mile journey up '0dds Shorter 'For Tory Win London (CP) -- Odds on the Con- | | ser vative party's chances of winn-|a forest of about 70 was smoking May 28: AIOC took the dispute to [ing the Oct. 25 general election as the men left behind the multi- shortened today to 1 to 3. The rul- | ing Labor party now is a 2 to 1 shot. When betting opened a couple of weeks ago the Conservatives were slightly less than even money. Ear- ly this week the odds were shaved to 1 to 2. Now the best you can get is 1 to 3. Now Worth 52.9 Cents Ottawa (CP) -- The purchasing value of the Canadian dollar ap- pears to be dropping further and faster than its United States equi- valent. Based on the cost - of - living trends in both countries, figures show that in the space of a year, the Canadian dollar declined 6.4 cents -- the American dollar only 3.8. Since the pre-war period of 1935- 39, the purchasing value of the Can- adian dollar declined 47.1 cents -- the American dollar 46.1, Government statisticians empha- size the difficulties of trying to compare the purchasing power of the two currencies. They estimate nevertheless that on. the basis of latest cost - of - living trends, the purchasing value of the Canadian dollar, would be 52.9 cents -- the American, 57.7. "Their estimates are related to the rate of climb of the cost-of- living indexes in the two countries. In Canada, the index based on 1935 - 39 prices equalling 100, climbed 20.4 points from 168.5 to. a peak 188.9 on Aug. 1. The U.S. index; also based on 1935 - 39 equalling 100, showed 'Qontinued on Page §- greater stability. increasing only Wh 1 Canadian Dollar Skids Faster Than American 12.1 points from 173.4 to 185.5 on Aug. 15. Tomorrow, the Bureau of Statis- | tics likely will issue its cost-of-liv- | ing survey for August. In it will appear the bureau's quarterly sur- vey on rents. Main attention likely will be focussed on food, for food prices, in a continuous gallop, have pro- vided the main impetus for the sharp rise in the prices barometer. In the last 12 months, the food sub-index jumped 34.7 points to a record 251.4 points from 216.7 a year ago. All other sub-groups have climbed to peaks, too, but the food group carries the greatest weight. It counts for 31 per cent of the total index. The rent group, counting for 19 per cent, has climbed 4.9 points from 134.9 to 139.8. Clothing, count- ing 12 per cent, jumped 23.7 points from 180.9 to 204.6; home furnish- ings; counting nine per cent; in- creased 30.1 points to 199.0 from 168.9; and fuel and lighting, count- ing six per cent, climbed 9.8 points t0.148.2-from- 138.4, The miscellanebus group, made up of such items as health and transportation costs and counting 23 per cent, went up 11.2 points to 143.7 from 132.5, "the Shatt - el - Arab river , the men will leave by air for home. They were summarily ordered {out of the country by Premier Mo- {hammed Mossadegh's government. A single refinery smokestack in million-dollar holding built up over | 50 years. Their evacuation marked an end |of the first phase of the Anglo- | Iranian dispute which flared up when Iran decided last April to nationalize the Anglo - Iranian Oil Company. The Mauritius was accompanied by five AIOC tugs. The battle-class destroyer Armada was to follow the cruiser to Basra. Earlier, a British airliner left BRITONS LEAVE (Continued on' Page 5) St. Laurent Visit Followed Quickly By New Hearing Washington (AP)--The House of Representatives pub. lic works committee, which last August pigeon-holed all bills then pending to authorize the St. Lawrence seaway and pow er project, resumes consideration of a new measure tomore rows At that time, Chairman Charles A. Buckley (Dem. N.Y), told a reporter, proponents of the long-disputed legis lation willbe allowed two hours to testify in its behalf. iY APPOINTMENT OF 2MINISTERS ELECTIONPLAN Toronto (CP) -- Possibility of a November general election in On- tario was strengthened yesterday FLETCHER 8S. THOMAS as Premier Frost announced two cabinet appointments. The premier said he was: taking Dr. W. J. Dunlop into the cabinet as minister of education, and Flet- | cher S. Thomas as minister of pub- lic works. At the same time, high Progres- sive Conservative party sources said the premier would probably announce the date of a.general| election after Thursday's cabinet meeting. Likelihood is that he will choose | their word so abruptly,' a date in the week beginning Mon- | DR. Y/. J. DUNLOP day, Nov. 12. Most frequently men- tioned of late has been Nov. 22 -- a Thursday. A general election would give Dr. Dunlop, former director of exten- sion for the University of Toronto, an opportunity to seek a seat in the / _ CABINET (Continued on Page 2) | | The newest bill followed swiftly vin the wake of a White House con- ference between President True man and Prime Minister St. Laur- ent of Canada. Representative John A. Blatnik (Dem. Minn.) introduced the bill Monday -- three days after St. Laurent told Truman that Canada is prepared to proceed on its own with construction of the big water- waterway over an all-Canadian route. In effect, he told Truman that nearly 30 years for congress to approve the project. In a joint statement issued from the White House after the confer- ence, the president said he pre- ferred that the estimated $818 mil- lion development be carried out jointly but, failing that, he support- ed the Canadians in their proposal to go it alone. The change situation brought in- dications that at least one long- | time opponent of the project might SEAWAY (Continued, on Page 5) CHURCHILL FLAYS LABOR INIRAN CRISIS Liverpool, England (CP) -- Win- ston Churchill, warming up his campaign for the Oct. 25 general election, last night attacked the Labor government for handling the Iranian oil crisis "clumsily sand tardily." ' Speaking at a Conservative ral- ly, the wartime prime minister said Labor leader Clement Attlee had broken his promise not to evacuate the Abadan oil fields without first consulting parliament. "I do not remember any case where public men have broken ' he said. Churchill called for a period of "steady, stable administration by a broadly-based government' con- tent to "serve the nation's interest rather than give party satisfac- tion." He called for a "tolerant, non- partisan, non-doctrinaire system of policy for a considerable time." His words were immediately in- terpreted by some sources as .a guarded call for a return to the wartime coalition government. Some termed his speech a clear indication that he wants to head a cabinet of Conservatives, Socialists and Liberals. But Sir David Maxwell Fyfe, top Tory strategist, denied there was any plan to an all-out coalition. He said Churchill merely re- iterated "what he has ssid in the past about getting together a gove ernment on the broadest possible lines to help the country out of its present terrible stage." . . .There was no suggestion-- nor has there ever been--about be- ing brought into. . .an all-out coa~ lition government." Speaking on the Iranian situe ation, Churchill said Premier Mg@- hammed Mossadegh had outsmart ed the Labor government. "He knew. . they were only bluffing," he said. Phe last of the British employes in the Abadan field were due te CHURCHILL (Continued on Page 2) Large Party for Ottawa tawa on October 8, 9 and 10 holiday. 55 Times-Gazette Carriers Qualify for Thanksgiving Trip Fifty-five carrier boys and girls of The TimesiGazette have qualified to go on the grand free three-day trip to Ot- as guests of this newspaper. In a last burst of enthusiasm, mingled with hard work, a dozen or more qualified before closing hour 'last night to bring the total up to that figure. for Ottawa by bus on the morning of Monday, October 8, and will spend three days in a glorious and highly educational These carriers will leave The Times-Gazette manager, J, Burton Rodney, this morning extended his congratula- tions to all the 55 carriers who have qualified for the trip. "They have shown they are real salesmen and salesgirls; and that they are imak- ing a. good.start. at-becoming-high- ly efficient in business. They will reap a& rich reward for their hard work and perseverance in thelr*®n- joyment of the program which has been planned for their Ottawa wip. circulation ® We are delighted that the party is going to be as large as it is, and we are sure that every one of the 55 will thoroughly enjoy their trip and benefit from it." The following are the 55 carrier boys--and--girls--whe -have..qualified | to make the trip: Ed. Broadbent, Morris Fenton, Janet Bull, Robert Amey, Tom- my and Allan Jackson, Barry and Ring, Rae Hopkins, Peter Rob- inson, Danny Tomlinson, Don=- ald Salter, David Brady, George Hubbard, Bill and Bobby Strutt, John Turner, David and Lionel Kelly, Glen Pascoe, Jack Har- per, Don Jeyes, Ron Johnson, Norman Weeks, Ed. Stonebridge, Gilbert Taylor, James Sharples, Garry Lewis, Gordon Jubenville, Murray Reid, Bob Chapman, Orville McCaughey, John Heath, Ken Herrington, Doug Rodgers, Jim Cassel, Alan Fleming, Rich- ard Fry, Gould, Paul Bent- ley, Roy Fice, Denis Kemp, David Flett and Doug Mackey, all of Oshawa. Ken. Moore, Noel Corbett, Jack Sandford, Teddy Bell, Dav- id and Brian Gibson, and Jack- ie_Townson, of Whitby: Doug Lovell and Paul Moore of Ajax and Marion Mantle, of Brooklin. Full details of the arrangements for the Ottawa trip will be announs, _ Hoopes, Frankie A iS us Sets feV das