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OSHA \V VA A C ombining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle VOL. 10--No. 289 OSHAWA-WHITBY, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1951 Price § Cents STA RR RE ELECTED ) MAYO Veteran Board Member Honored In recognition of 21 years of unbroken service on the Oshaina "Board of Education, Mrs. B. C. Colpus was last night guest of honor at a dinner tendered her by the Board, and was presented with an illuminated | testimonial and a gold watch by her colleagues. Here Stephen G. Say- well, chairman of the Board, is seen presenting the testimonial to Mrs. Colpus. --Times-Gazette Staff Photo. WinnersandLosers. Greet Electors At Times- Gazette At 10.30 last night, when election results were pretty well confirmed, crowds gathered in the hallway and front offices of The Times-Gazette building to hear the winning candidates and some others say a few words over the radio. Personnel from Station CKLB joined with the News Room | staff to get the results out to the waiting public, outside the building via the PA system, and to Oshawa and its sur- rounding district over the Air Waves. Says Union Leadership Communist Halifax (CP) Sharp union protests were expected today to a precedent-setting ruling by the Nova ° Scotia Labor Relations Board, refusing certification of a shipyard union because of Com- munist leadership. The board, in a decision made | public yesterday, said it refused to certify the Maritime Marine Work- ers Federation (CCL) as bargain- ing agent for some 500 workers in Dartmouth, Lunenburg, Pictou and Liverpool, because its secretary- treasurer, J.K. Bell, was a Com- Mmunist. Mr. Bell said the union's execu- tive would meet immediatley to de- cide whether to appeal to the Nova Scotia Supreme Couft, the next le- gal step. The board's decision said: "To certify as bargaining agent a union while its dominant leadership and direction is provided by a member of the Communist party would be incompatible with promotion of good faith, And so, finally, the winning can- didates were introduced to the pub- lic, and spoke over a microphone set up on a counter in the Adverti- sing Department, T. L. Wilson, managing director and vice-presi- dent of The Times-Gazette, introd- uced the successful candidates in yesterday's voting, at the same time congratulating them, and wishing them success in the work of the coming year. "And to those who have not been successful," said Mr. Wilson, "we want to congratulate you on having the public spirit to be candidates and to suggest that perhaps next year, you may have better luck." At that time, with 76 polls out of 85 having reported, Mayor Mic- hael Starr was conceded victory with 5,273 votes. Alderman Finley M. Dafoe registered 2.553. MAYOR STARR As the winner, Mayor Starr was asked to speak first. He expressed thanks to The Times-Gazette and to Station CKLB, and to others who had helped to get out the vote and tell the public about it. His Honor thanked his supporters at the polls, and he knew it was an endorsation of his policies for the past three years that they had elected him again. "I know it's going to be a hard year," said Mr. Starr. "Every year is a hard one. But with the help of the council you have elected, GREET ELECTORS (Continued on Page 2) Mass Atrocities + Report Says Half Million Balts, Killed Deported Washington (AP)--The Lithuan- ian legation here reports that somewhere between 400,000 and 550,000 Lithuanians have been de- ported from their homeland on orders from Moscow. NET PAID CIRCULATION The Times-Gazette Average Per issue tor NOVEMBER 11,225 It also reports that 50,488 people, conservatively, have been executed by Soviet secret police and the Red army. Further, untold num- bers of the deportees have died in slave labor camps in remote re- gions of the Soviet Union. Previously the Associated Press | reported erroneously that 2,225,000 | Lithuanians had been deported. Leading Lithuanian exiles have arrived at these figures through | reports from escapees, through let- | ters from slave camps, and through | reports made by eye - witnesses Ito the deportations. The reports, together with copies of a file of Soviet secret police ordres governing the deportations and executions, have been pre- sented to the member states of the United Nations along with similar reports from seven other nations of central Europe. BIG 4 AGREE T0 ESTABLISH COMMISSION By STANLEY JOHNSON Paris (AP) -- United Nations as- sembly president Luis Padilla Nervo officially reported today that Russia and the Western powers | have agreed to set up a new dis- armament commission. But the opposing sides still are far apart on how the commission should operate, he added. Canada, along with the 11 mem- bers of the U. N. security council, would make up the new disarm- ament commission. Padilla Nervo's report summed up the results of 10 days of secret talks among the Big Four on how to end the world arms race. The agreement to set up a new | commission -- which would deal | with both atomic and conventional weapons -- appeared to be the |only concrete result of the conver- | satiohs about rival Soviet and Western plans for disarmament. Padilla Nervo"s report was un- animously approved by the four powers -- Russia, Britain, France and the United States -- who asked that it be considered their formal report to the U. N. political come mittee. King Marks Anniversary 0f Accession London (AP) -- Fifteen years | ago today the King succeeded to {the throne through the abdication of his elder brother, King Edward VIII, The King spent the anniversary | quietly at Buckingham Palace, still convalescing from his operation two months ago for removal of all or part of a lung. His brother, Edward, now the Duke of Windsor, arrived in New York yesterday for his annual winter visit to the United States. With him was his American - born duchess, for whom he gave up his throne. Today's anniversary was observ- ed at Portsmouth naval base by the firing of a royal salute amid beflagged warships. The King will be 56 Friday, when there will be a family party at the palace. The King, whose continued re- covery has gratified his doctors, was reported to be 'in training" for a mild bout of game shooting around Sandringham, country home where he traditionally spends Christmas. He may go out on one or two days but will not do much walk- ing. The beaters would do most of the work, bringing the birds within range of the royal guns. Ontario Municipal Elections By the Canadian Press ONTARIO MAYORS ELECTED .. CITIES North Bay -- Arthur Beattie Oshawa -- Michael Starr ... ... Port Arthur -- Charles W. Cox TOWNS Acton -- Tom Salmon Aurora -- Dr. Crawford Rose .:. Bonfield -- Reg. Beaudoin Brampton -- B. Harper Bull Fort Erie -- Charles H. Price Georgetown -- Jack Armstrong Goderich -- J. E. Huckins Mattawa -- Harry Smart Merritton -- F. O. Leeson Napanee -- A. S. Immerly Orillia -- J. Austin Cook Port Hope -- Wilbur Moore Thorold -- W. P. Martin ONTARIO REEVES ELECTED. . By The Canadian Press TOWNS Aurora -- A. A. Cook ' Bradford -- William Compton Fort Erie -- William Duncan Napanee -- George Chalk Port Hope -- William Roche Thorold -- C. Daley VILLAGES Beaverton -- Mrs. Helen McKenzie Streetsville -- Dr. G. A. Monte- murro Sutton -- William J. Park TOWNSHIPS Scarboro -- Oliver Crockford Teck -- Ann Shipley Holland -- Wilbert Sutcliffe Grey -- Clifford Roland South Easthope -- Alex Anderson Stephen -- John Morrissey .|as a plain delegate. Normanby -- Joseph Russel Mayor and Colleagues Scan Election Results Mayor Starr and three other elected candidates looked quite happy as they scanned a sheet of election re- turns at The Times-Gazette office last night. Mayor Starr was re-elected with 3,300 majority. In the picture, left to right, are Ald. Frank N. McCallum, Samuel Babe, re-elected to Utilities Commission; Mayor Starr and Norman Down, elected for first time as alderman, --Times-Gazette Staff Photo. Reds Ask Outright Release Of Prisoners By Both Sides & * SPAAK QUITS "ONE-EUROPE™ LEADERSHIP Strasbourg, France (AP)--Paul- Henri Spaak fo Belgium quit to- day as president of the European Assembly in protest against its "timid policy' shortly after the assembly proposed a limited inter- national "political authority" to control the projected European army. Spaak's letter of resignation made no mention of the plan for army control, the latest in a long series of waterings down of sweep- ing proposals for European unity. The compromise on the army plan was designed to secure British backing for the European force, even if Britain will not join the army. Spaak adamantly refused the re- peated pleadings of assembly members that he remain at their head and took his seat on the floor The assembly has no power to enforce decisions. It can only re- commend them to the upper house of the Council of Europe -- a com- mittee of foreign ministers who then ask their individual govern- ments to carry out decisions. 4 Men Hurt As 0il Tanker Explodes Sarnia (CP) -- The huge oil! tanker, Imperial Leduc, is ex-| pected to go into dry dock for 3 pairs to damages from yesterda, explosion in her hull which Te jured four men and sent 'smoke | billowing over Sarnia and neigh- | boring Port Huron, Mich. The 18,500-ton Imperial Oil Lim- ited ship, one of the largest fresh- water tankers in the world, lay alongside her dock today. Despite damage to her plates officials said she is in no danger of sinking. She had a decided list 'to port. Some officials felt the damage to the ship wouldn't be as great as was at first feared. They felt any would be to tank plates and tank frames deep inside the $4 million vessel. The Leduc was being cleaned out in preparation for loading a cargo of fuel oil for Toronto when the explosion occurred. The bottom of her tanks had been corroded. She had been carrying crude oil from the Lakehead to Imperial refin- OIL TANKER (Continuea on Page 2) By ROBERT B. TUCKMAN Munsan, Korea (AP) -- Truce negotiators discussed the | exchange of war prisoners today for the first time and im- mediately tangled on how to do it. The Communists proposed | all prisoners be released by both sides when an armistice is | reached, The United Nations insisted on.a "fair and equit- able" exchange, which was interpreted as a man-for-man swap. * WILD DISORDER AS FOES ORDER PREMIER QUIT Tehran, Iran (AP) -- Opposition deputies made a bold bid today to topple the government of Premier Mohammed Mossadegh as a Na- tionalist mob battered on the par- liament (majlis) gates, shouting for the blood of the aged premier's opponents. Inside the packed building sev- eral persons were injured as sup- porters and opponents of the gov- ernment fought briefly with fists and feet, delaying the parliament session. When the majlis chamber finally was cleared of press and public and the session opened, opposition deputies at once leaped to attack the premier, whose oil nationaliza- tion program ejected the British- owned Anglo-Iranian Oil Company and ended Iran's chief revenues from oil production. Yelling at the top of their lungs, the opposition accused Mossadegh of leading' Iran into terror and us afd demanded that he demanded that he resign, Britain Asks $600 Million Rid from U.S. Washington (AP) -- (AP) -- Britain was. reported today to have requested about $600 million in American economic aid during the next six months to prevent a new financial crisis. But the informed officials who reported this © said the United States probably will grant Britain no more than half that amount. The officials asked that their names not be used. They said a delegation represent- ing Prime Minister government outlined Britain's need for American dollars during talks here last week with the Economit Cooperation Administration. Churchill's | The prisoner question was taken up by a two - man sub - committee | (one from each side) a few min- utes after the Communists capitu- lated to Allied insistence that the subject be tackled now. Simultaneously the Red negotia- tors intimated they would agree to continued rotation of troops and to two other Allied demands if the United Nations command would agree to neutral behind - the - lines inspection during a Korean armistice. Later the tentative offer was withdrawn without the Allies say- ing how they felt about it. The Red concessions rekindled hopes of a possible truce by Christmas. The Reds complained that a U.N. plane bombed and strafed the security area' surrounding their Kaesong - headquarters, But it appeared the incident would be smoothed over. Neither side seemed desirous of making it a major incident. There has been no official word on how, many prisoners the Reds hold. But Lt. - Col. Howard M. Levie, U.N. spokesman, said Com- munist broadcasts reported 139,000 U.N. and South Korean troops were held by the Reds. "Roughly I'd say we hold 100,000 North Koreans and between 15,000 and 20,000 Chinese," Levie said. CALGARY WEST CONSERVATIVE WINS ELECTION Calgary (CP) -- Tradition was upheld yesterday when Carl O. Nickle, 37-year-old Progressive Conservative making his political debut, was elected to parliament in the Calgary West federal by- election. Calgary West electors have voted Conservative all but once in seven general elections and three by- elections in the last 26 years. R. B. Bennett, former Conservative prime minister, initiated the trend in 1925 and represented the riding for 14 years. This was the first by-election to be contested. Mr. Nickle won hnadily in, a three-way fight. When vote-count- ing ended at 11 p.m. last night with 193 of 199 polls reported he had 10,513 votes to 6280 for Liberal Dr. Frank G. Buchanan, 65-year- old retired school superintendent, CALGARY WEST J. WES. POWERS .... Wins 2-1 Verdict Over F. M. Dafoe In Heavy Polling ble vote was cast as the voter civic business. In fact eight office have served previously (For Complete Tabulation See Page 13) It has often been said of Oshawa that when there is & mayoralty contest the electors will turn out. Yesterday's civic election was no exception as 45.66 per cent of the possis ® rs s of the city showed a marked preference for men who have had previous experiené¢é in of the 12 aldermen elected to while both of the men elected to the Public Utilities Commission were the retiring mems= bers. The same situation applied to the Board of Education to which all four of the retiring members were returned. One of the surprises of the elee- | Election Result FOR MAYOR BOARD OF EDUCATION (Four elected) E. A. LOVELL J. LEWIS BEATON §. G. SAYWELL {C. A. SADLER ...... | Albert Granik Wilfred Duffield ..... PUBLIC UTILITIES (Two elected) | SAMUEL BABE | HENRY BALDWIN ... {8 J. Fleming Walter E. F. Beattie .. 4529 FOR ALDERMAN (Twelve elected) {CLIFFORD HARMAN ...... F. N. McCALLUM CEPHAS GAY W. J. NAYLOR A. HAYWARD MURDOCH | NORMAN DOWN HERBERT 'ROBINSON ..... RAE HALLIDAY 4921 4738 | 4718 | 4685 | 4320 | 4091 | 3688 3638 3477 2947 2834 2770 | 2766 2471 2347 2326 2124 1743 1589 1516 1241 JOHN W. DYER ........ ess JOSEPH VICTOR GORDON ATTERSLEY .... Orville C. Eagle W. Frank Stirtevant Evelyn M. Bateman W. H. J. Harmer .. John M. Black .... W. F. Rutherford .. John Motley Arthur Turner .. Norville Sweet May Discuss Fate 0f War Criminals Ottawa (CP) -- A convention with West Germany on the future of imprisoned German war crim- inals is under consideration but will not involve Canada, whose only German prisoner is Maj. Gen. Kurt Meyer, a government spokesman said yesterday. Any such convention would be made with the occupying western powers--Britain, the United States and France -- if agreement was reached after a final determina- German republic. 3943 | tion of relationships with the West ~ tion was. the sound beating ade | ministered by Mayor - Michael | Starr to his opponent, Alderman Finley, M. Dafoe, who this year served as chairman or the rinance Committee. With a total vote | 6,217 Mayor Starr received more | 5094 | MAYOR MICHAEL STARR Re-elected as mayor of Oshawa for his fourth term' by a majority of | approximately 3,300 over Finley | Dafoe. than twice the number of votes accorded his opponent who 'ree ceived 2,915. BUILT UP LEAD | From the time returns ¢offis menced flowing in to The Timese | Gazette office Mayor Starr held' a |lead and continued to add to it through the evening. Indeed, derman Dafoe won but four of 85 polls and had an edge of one vote in two of these. The Ralls where he headed the poll were located at Rossland Road West, 144 Orchard View Avenue, Wests mount School and the Base East School. Elected to the city council in-the order in which they finished were: Clifford Harman, F. N. McCallum, 2 TO 1 ERDICT ""- (Continued on Page 2) et WEATHER to Cloudy today with occasions al light snow beginning morning and ending during tia night. Cloudy with a few snowws:« flurries Wednesday. Colder the. night and Wednesday. Wi southwest 20, shifting to no . west 20 this afternoon, becom" ing west 15 tonight and Weds nesday. Low tonight and Wednesday 25 and 30. Summary for Wednesday Cloudy and colder. Cost of Defence Ottawa (CP) -- Canada has of- fered to the North Atlantic treaty mutual military-aid program, an- other $65 million worth of arms and ammunition besides the $200 million worth of equipment al- ready sent to Europe. defence, disclosed this yesterday to the Commons' special committee on defence expenditure in tabling detailed information about Can- ada's forces and military commit- ments. Canada already has equipped.a division for each of the Nether- lands, Belgium and Italy and sent smaller allotments to Luxembourg and other countries. The deputy minister's return showed also that Canada has com- mitted a further $24,784,000 worth «(Continued on Page 2) of equipment to be diverted from by C. M. Drury, deputy minister of | Canada Offers $65 Million Additional NATO Arms a new production sometime in He future. The documents were tabled ft lowing testimony by M. W. kenzie, deputy minister of ietence: production. He said Canada 'has decided to purchase two British Comet jet transports at a cost of $3,500,000 mainly because Canada's jetliner is not yet fully developed. Development of the jefliner was: being virtually halied -- but not abandoned -- to allow Avro (Can- ada) Limited to concentrate on fighter production. He said the. $8 million already spent on the 'jet- liner had helped to establighojeb research in Canada. 1. Canada's 25th Brigade iy Ko- rea. cost $72,636,064 to Novi +8 CANADA OFFERS (Continuea on Bage 2) wy