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OSHAWA 2 \ a" -G WA Combining The Oshawa Tinies and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle -- pS 4 ne TT WHITBY VOL, 10--No. 269 OSHAWA-WHITBY, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1951 Price § Cents TWENTY-TWO PAGES ACCEPT CHINESE CEASE ad Veterans' Pensions Increased By One-Thir Oshawa K January Checks For Pensions Will Be At Ne w Rate Ottawa (CP)--Canada's 161,000 disabled war veterans will receive an increase of about 33% per cent in their pen- sions, starting January next. told the Commons yesterday t to the dependents of veterans mailed at the end of January Roughly 200,000 checks are mail- Veterans Minister Lapointe hat increases also will be paid and their widows. The checks will carry the new rates. ed each month. They cover 161,-7 000 veterans, 20,000 widows, 125,000 children and 12,000 dependent-par- ents. » The new rates, boosting the an- nual pensions bill by $27,916,885 to $124,014,568 provide: \ 1. The basic 100-per-cent 'dis- ability pension for a single war veteran up to the rank of captain is increased to $125 a month from $94. 2. Allowance for a total disabil- ity pensioner's -wife increased to $45 from $31. 3. Allowance for the first child increased to $20 from $19. Rates for.other children -- $15 for second child and $12 for each subsequent child -- remain unchanged. 4. Personal pension of a war widow increased to $100 from $75 # month. 5. Additional pension for war widow's first child increased to $40 a month from $38. Rates for other children -- $30 for second child and $24 for each subsequent child -- remain unchanged. Mr, Lapointe said that the un- WAR PENSIONS (Continued on Page 2) Royal Couple Welcomed Home Again Liverpool, England (AP)--A 21- gun salute and cheers from thous- ands of Britons today welcomed Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh back home from a six- week visit to Canada and the Uni- ted States. Stepping ashore from the liner Empress of Scotland, the Princess and her husband were ushered in- to a waiting car and drove through the crowded streets of this port city to the town hall. Crowds had gathered early at Prince's landing stage in bright sunshine to see the royal couple step ashore for an 80-minute visit to Liverpool before boarding a train for London. Shortly before 9 am, as the ship's p s were di rk- ing, work began on the unloading of 174 parcels -- gifts to the royal couple and. their children from all parts of Canada. The gifts ranged from fishing tackle to boxes of fruit and a coffee set. Dock workers broke off thew work for a few minutes when a party of RCMP, which crossed the Atlantic with the royal party, ap- peared on the dockside. As the Mounties descended the gangway the ship's crew and the waiting crowd welcomed them with a popular song from the operetta "Rose Marie." ATROCITIES CONFIRMED BY RIDGEWAY Tokyo (AP) -- Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway today verified the Communist atrocity killings of Uni- ted Nations' soldier captives in Ko- rea and declared "the shocking impact of the brutality which has been revealed should have been no surprise to the American people." But the supreme allied com- mander, in his first comment on the story that shocked the world Wednesday, expressed regret over the way it was disclosed. Ridgway said all known deaths dy: been reported to next- and that the report had caused needless anguish among ATROC (Continued on Deny Reports Australian Maltreated By BILL BOSS Canadian Press Staff Writer West Sector, Korea (CP) --Top Commonwealth division officers today discounted a report that Australian soldier undergoing pun- ishment. Lt.-Col. William Vickers, Brit- ish assistant adjutant Quarter- master-General of the British Com- monwealth division, said prelimin- ary investigation of the charge showed it had been "exaggerated grossly." An Australian soldier told a meeting of the Korea Veterans' Association in Melbourne this week that an Australian sentenced to 28 days' detention for sleeping on duty was chained to the wall in a Canadian military jail in Seoul. The soldier later told Australian army officials he heard the story second-hand and did not know the name of the man concerned. Lt. - Gen, Wililam Bridgeford, Commomwealth Administr- ative commander who only Thurs- day paid an official visit to Brig. J.M. Rockingham as newly-arrived Commonwealth Commander - in - chief in Seoul, said that on the basis of the preliminary examin- ation he might order a court of inquiry, age 2) Egyptians Use Flaming Cats To Start Fires in Airport For his refusal he was given + two days' solitary confinement. Re- turning from his punishment, he again said he would not obey or- ders and again drew two days' solitary, After that, he was reported to have become a model prisoner who obtained remission of part of sentence for good behavior. As far as the Canadians were concerned, the case ended there. NET PAID CIRCULATION The Times-Gazette Average Ped issue for OCTOBER 11,345 Sweeney returned to his unit and was subsequensly killed in action. Since the punishment camp was opened it has been inspected twice by Brig. Rockingham, four times by Col. Vickers and on several occasions by Maj. - Gen. Archi- bald J. Cassels, commanding of ficer of the division. All were sat- his |isfied that it was being properly operated. By coincidence, this reporter spoke a few days ago to an Ot- tawa soldier just returned from the camp. The soldier described it as '"'R. and R. without pay." R. and R. is the Rest and Relaxation Program under which soldiers are granted five days' leave in Japan every six months, : ' It is understood that in his of- ficial report on the preliminary in- | vestigation Vickers termed the Mellourne allegations "a fantastic | lie." | He told the Candian Press last (night that "there has been no il- legal treatment of anybody as far |as I can see down there." Brig. Rockingham denied that lany prisoner in a Canadian camp had ever been ehained og wall, h Members of the Oshawa Kiwanis Club are busy planning their annual and Arthur Crockett of the Christmas Seal Committee; front row: Don T.B. Christmas Seal campaign, which is starting today. At a recent | Storie, president of the Oshawa Kiwanis Club; Ted Johnson, chairman | meeting, members of the committee are shown discussing plans, Shown | of the Chri iwanians Plan Christmas Seal Campaign Seal C above are (left to right), back row: Harry Millen, president-elect of the committee, Kiwanis Club; Dr. A. F, MacKay, Medical Officer of Health; Allen Cay | 4 * FROST CLAIMS CREDIT FOR SEAWAY PLAN By the Canadian Press Premier Frost says his adminis- tration made it possible for the federal government to launch plans for the St. Lawrence seaway. The federal government yester- day gave notice it will move for creation of a $300 million St. Law- rence Seaway Authority and Mr. Frost said last night in a Nov. 22 Ontario general election campaign speech in Ottawa: "It wouldn't be possible unless the Ontario government had said it was prepared to put its money on the line." ; Ontario. will divide with New York state the $400 million cost of the power end of the river's de- velopment. . E. B. Jolliffe, Ontario CCF lead- er, campaigned yesterday and last night in Toronto, while Liberal leader Walter Thomson made a swing through eastern Ontario rid- ing along the St. Lawrence river FROST CLAIMS (Continued on Page 2) Car Skids Into Train; Two Inj ured ED LEWIS Correspondent Claremont Two Claremont residents had a miraculous escape from serious injury when the truck in which they were driving skidded into the side of a locomotive, near the Claremont CPR station at 8.30 a.m. today. J Earl Campbell of Claremont suf- fered cuts and bruises and Charles Redshaw, also of Claremont, had two teeth knocked out by the im- pact. The truck was a total wreck. Bqth men were able to go home. t is' learned that the driver of the truck saw the train, a special carrying parents and children from Peterborough on their way to see the Santa Claus parade in To- ronto, but, was unable to stop due to the icy condition of the pave- ment, Provincial Constable W. Smith of the Whitby Detachment investi gated. THE WEATHER Cloudy with a few snowflur- ries today. Cloudy vith occas- ional sunny intervals Sunday. Continping cold. Winds nogth- west 15. Low tonight and high Sunday 25 and 32. Summary for Sunday; Continuming sold, Christmas Seal Campaign Being Launched Today By Kiwanis Club Committee | and Fred Bartlett, treasurer of the --Times-Gazette Staff Photo. Today the Kiwanis Club of Oshawa Christmas Seal Committee launches its annual campaign for the sale of Christmas seals, the proceeds for which enable the tuber- culosis and rehabilitation committee of the club to carry on its splendid work of saving lives and relieving suffering. As in past year, the committee sponsoring this worthy ap- peal to the citizens of Oshawa is asking the public to give its maximum support to so deserving a cause. Protection of the homes of Oshawa and district against tuberculosis is a major activity in promoting the health and well-being of the community, and through the Christmas Seal Fund a splendid work of early diagnosis and treatment, essential to cure, is made possible. The annual Christmas Seal cam-® paign is one which has always re- ceived generous support from all classes of citizens, who contribute according to their means by buy- ing Christmas Seals. This is in- dicated by the long list of patrons who have given their unqualified approval to the appeal, and which consists of the following: LIST OF PATRONS « Col. R. 8. McLaughlin, T. D. Thomas, M.L.A., Walter C. Thom- son, Mayor Michael Starr, Dr. A. F. MacKay, Medical Officer of Health; W, A. Wecker, President and General Manager, General Motors of Canada, Ltd.; Stephen G. Saywell, Chairman, Board of Education; L. M. Letcher, Port Perry; Rev. Harold Cleyerdon, President, Oshawa Ministerial As- sociation; Rev. Father P. Coffey, Holy Cross Parish; W. J. Elliott, Mayor of Whitby; Ed. Cline, Presi- dent, Oshdwa and District Labor CHRISTMAS SEALS (Continued on 'Page 2) Liberals Held Entertainment At Hotel Genosha Close to 200 men "dropped in" at the smoker and entertainment held last night in the Blue Room of the Genosha Hotel by the Ontario Rid- ing Liberal Party. James Heffering, Riding Presi- dent and Elmo Dunn, spoke brief- ly and Philip Ball, Liberal organ- izer, who acted as chairman, turn- ed the meeting over to Bob Cawk- er, President the Liberal Men's As- sociation in Oshawa. Entertainment was provided by Victor Porteous and his two sons who did imitations and dancing and singing numbers. Effect of Pension Increases Ottawa, Nov. 16 (Staff)--For 7,542 veterans of the First and Sec- ond World Wars the average 33% calculated as follows: Personal pension Allowance for wife Allowance for first child . Ajlowance for third child .. (and any additional) Total for 100 per cent dis- ability pensioner with Total with two children Total with one child Total for married man with sassssrusesens $94 teasansanes Allowance for second child seersianas per cent pensions increase can be After Jan..1 Percentage monthly increase $125 331% 45 45 20 5.3 15 Nil 12 Nil Present scale monthly 31 19 15 oo 12 outchildren caresmsererarirenradares OSHAWA HAS HIGH INCOME TAX AVERAGE Mr. Oshawa made $2,983 in 1949 and paid $239.50 in income tax ac- cording to taxation statistics re- leased today by the taxation divis- ion of the Department of Nation- al Revenue. This average income worked out by dividing the number of taxpayers, 11,210, into the total income reported, $33,445,000, does not give a completely true picture but it is about as close as can be obtained. It shows that the average income of the Oshawa, resident" is well up among that of the cities and towns of Canada. The average tax paid is arrived at by dividing the number of tax- payers, 11,210 into the total tax paid from Oshawa which was $2,- 685,000. One hundred persons in the city made more than $15,000 in this year the tax statistics "show and 60 reported incomes of between $10,- 000 and $15,000. Forty were in the bracket between $9,000 and $10,000 and 10 between $8,000 and $9,000. Other groupings were: between $7,- 000 and $8,000--70; between $6,000 » INCOME TAX (Continued on Page 2) Girl Injured 'When Hit By Automobile Bernice Dolan, 16, of Lakeview Avenue, Fairport Beach, is in the Oshawa General Hospital today with injuries received last night when she was struck by an auto- mobile at the Fairport Beach Cor- ner and Highway 2A at 1045 p.m. last night. She is suffering from a compound fracture of the left leg and other minor injuries, Just how the accident happened was not clear this' morning. Miss Dolan was on foot and the automo- bile which struck her was driven by Julius. Garten, 52 Borden Street, Toronto, The girl was treated in Whitby | by Dr. J. O. Ruddy and removed | to Oshawa hy ambulance. | 'steel cooking utensils, U.N. Initiates Dramatic Move To End Deadlock Munsan, Korea (AP) -- The United Nations command, in a dramatic move to end the cease-fire deadlock, today offered to accept the Communist buffer-zone proposal--if an armistice is signed within 30 days. The Communists indicated they might agree. the proposal overnight and ¢ The Reds promised to study 'comment" further when the sub-committees meet again at 11 a.m. Sunday (9 p.m. EST Saturday in Panmunjom). PY Maj. - Gen. Henry I. Hodes, chief CANADIANS TAKE CHINESE WINTER LINE ¢ By BILL BOSS Canadian Press Staff Writer With the Canadians in .Korea (CP) -- The Chinese built a winter line. Part of it was north and west of the Imjin river, and the Canadians took it. The Chinese have been trying to get it back ever since. That, in brief, is what has been happening during the last three months in that part of the Korean front manned by the 25th Can- adian Infantry Brigade group. The brigade is in the west central sec- tor, northwest of Uljongbu and Tokchong. At minimum cost, and at first with formations of the 8th United States army in Korea, it won its objectives when the "limited of- fensive" campaign was launched last Sept. 28. All were taken the first day. By noon of the' 29th it had completed its exploitation of them and was firm on its final positions. The brigade had advanced a to- tal of 12,000 map yards since the beginning of September, or 36,000 yards as the foot-soldier goes -- up hill and across country. Outlining the fighting, Brig. John M. Rockingham of Vancouver, bri- CANADIAN (Continued on Page 2) Kitchener Prosecution Unusual Case Kitchener (CP) -- Mrs, Kath- leen Herchenrader, 22 - year - old saleswoman, yesterday was com- mited for trial by a'higher court under the Unfair Competitions act. Charged with having made dispar- aging remarks about a rival pro- duct, she pleaded innocent. However, charges of false pre- tences brought by Urvan Mosh- er of Kitchener and Joseph Kot- cher of Waterloo, described as customers of Mrs. Kerchenrader, were dismissed. Defence counsel W. F. Martin then said he would bring charges of malicious prosecu- tion against the two, as well as against the Aluminum Goods Com- pany of Toronto and two of its employes here. The crown alleges that Mrs. Her- chenrader, an agent for stainless maligned an aluminum cgmpany in demon- strating her wares in local homes. The crown also charges she made certain tests designed to show that aluminum is inferior to stainless | steel in cooking, PU. N. sub - committee delegate, told the Communist negotiators Sa- turday that the Allies will accept the Red proposal to fix a tenta- tive cease - fire line along the pres- ent battlefront, But he made it clear the line will become perman- ent only if all other armistice terms are agreed upon within 30 days after the proposal is accepted by the full five - member armistice delegations. A If no armistice is signed before the deadline, then a new cease- fire line will have to be fixed, Hodes said. Any one of the remaining items on the agenda could block a final armistice agreement. Still to be settled are such thorny problems as the exchange of war prisoners, arrangements to assure that the armistice is not violated and recommendations to the res- pective governments, The Communists were expected to. balk at international inspec- tion behind their lines. And as a result of this week's charges that the communists have massacred thousands of U.N. war prisoners, CEASE FIRE Continued on Page 2) Cattle From District Win At Royal Fair The importance of this district as a source of supply for prize dairy cattle has been manifested continually over the past week in the fact that many local exhibitors are taking awards at the Royal Winter Fair. * The biggest Holstein exhibit in the history of the fair is being held this year. There are so many cattle on display that it was found necessary to house them separate- ly in a different building. Orvan Chambers, of Wilfred, placed ninth in the junior calf bull division: with his animal Way Brock Fraternity, Twelfth place ROYAL FAIR (Continued on Page 2) Allied Division Smashes Ahead On Korea Front By SAM SUMMERLIN | Seoul, Korea (AP)--An AL lied division . supported by tanks and planes today smash. ed ahead nearly two miles in & surprise attack along a nine mile front in central Korea. The UN. command division jumped off shortly before dawn in a limited-objective attack southeast of Kumsong, former Red Supply base 30 miles north of parallel 38. Allied infantrymen had knocked the Reds off 11 hills by early afternoon. Ontario Population Up 20 Per Cent Since 1901 Ottawa (CP) -- Ontario's popu- lation has jumped more than 20 per cent in the last 10 years, the Bureau of Statistics reported yes- terday. In the latest of a series of pre- liminary releases on provincial populations, the bureau said On- tario's present population is 4,562,~ 354, compared with 3,787,655--a gain of 774,699 since 'the previous census was taken in 1941, Numerically, the increase was more than double the gain of 355,- 972 in the decade from 1931 to 1941 and more than 1 1, times the vious largest increase of 498,021 between 1921 and 1931. Proportion- ately, the ipcrease since 1941 is exceeded in onesus totals only by the rise of 46.6 per cent from 1851 to 1861 when the popu lation climbed 444,087 from 952,004 to 1,396,091. The preliminary totals show poe pulation gains in all but five of On- tario's 54 counties and districts. Re flecting the marked industzializa- tion and urban growth, the largest numerical increases were in York, with an increase of 215,000; Went worth, "with 58,000, Essex, 42,000, Carleton, 36,000, Middlesex, 34,000, Welland, 29,000, Sudbury, 28,000 Waterloo, 27,000, Lincoln and Peel, 24,000 each, and Ontario, 21,000. from 65,78 to 86,611. In a considerable number eof other counties and districts of ri populations there were percentage gains, ; .