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- wv PHONE 3-2233 FOR WANT AD RESULTS ¢ THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETT Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle Not Over Weather Forecast Clear, colder temperature tonight, clouding over tomorrow afternoon. Low tonight, high Wednesday, 17-25, VOL. 12--No. 16 Authorized, os Seccind-Class Mail, Post Office "Department, Ottawe OSHAWA-WHITBY, TUESDAY, JANUARY 20,71953 Price $ Cents Per Copy FOURTEEN PAGES MANY ATTEND NORTH SIMCOE CEREMONY ON HAND TO GREET nearly 300 guests at the official opening of the new two-storey addition to North Simcoe Public School last night, were, ABOVE, left to right, Public Schools Inspec- T. R. McEwen, Trustee E.A. ell, chairman of the Board of Education and Principal Arn- old Jobb of North Simcoe School. N Simcoe School AdditionOpened The original purpose in establishing schools in Ontario was simply. to make people literate and able to read the Bible, Col. Stanley A. Watson, BA, assistant superintendent of ele- mentary education in the department of edutation, last night told a large crowd present for dition to North Simcoe Public the official opening of th ad- School. & Seen BELOW are Barbara Read, Lynn Fice and Joan Zakarow, members of the North Simcoe Choir which took part in the program Photo by Dutton--Times Studio Lg ASSURE HOME FUNCTIONS The "sine qua non" of educa- tion in the early days was the ability to read, write and cipher -- the Three R's. Other responsi- bilities had been taken on by teachers in the course of the years, such as character building, litera- ture and religion. The latter ws, of course, shared with the church and the home, Vocational training, such as-man- ual training and household econ- omics, had been added in recent years, over further former functions of the home, the educa- tion official explained. There had grown up a different outlook for children of the current generation, taught as they are in the bright, cheerful and colorful surroundtngs of modern classrooms, compared to the dark colored, utilitarian surroundings of past generations. "Of course, a good teacher can uct a good school in a barn," ed Col. Watson. 'After all, Socrates taught on a street corn- er." But the chances for better education were enhanced, he said, in the bright and pleasant sur- roundings exemplified by the splen- did new addition to North Simcoe School which was being inaugurat- ed last night. 1,500 NEW TEACHERS ® 4 COL. 8. A. WATSON proximately 1,500 new classrooms -- and, consequently, 1,500 new teachers -- during the coming year. This was a challenge to re- sponsible citizens across the land. Col. Watson wanted to pay tribute to the trustees of the board of ed- ucation who had done and were doing so much for the school chil- dren of Oshawa. In so doing, he brought greet- ings from: the minister of educa- The increase in population in the country indicated the need for ap- N. SIMCOE +~SCHOOL (Continued on Page 2) {Sielinski's common-law wife. Baby, 3 Tortured To Death TORONTO' (CP) -- Police today charged a Toronto couple with the torture murder of a 2%-year-old boy who died in hospital early today. An autopsy showed Paul David Leblanc died of a fractured skull and a massive brain hemorrhage. Charged with murder were the child's mother, Edna. Leblanc, 21, and Alexander Sielinski, 37. In- vestigators said the woman is Police said the child had been subjected to "unpelievably fiend- ish" disciplinary measures. His body was covered with welts and bruises from his ankles to his shoulders. Police said they have evidence the boy was lashed with a dog leash, his hands were burned on a stove, and that red pepper juice was forced into his mouth. Paul Leblanc, cared for by re- latives since his birth, was brought to live with his mother 10 days ago. The other Leblanc child, Karen, is four years old. Sielinski Monday night ap- proached two police constables and told them his son was ill. Police took the boy to hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival. The couple's landlady, Mrs. M.J. Stephenson, said she saw the boy about a week ago and he looked then as if he had been tortured. "He had burns oh the palms of both hands, on his legs above the knees and across his toes and on the sides of his feet," she said. "His back was covered with black welts and Mrs. Leblanc told us he was terrified of a stick." Councillors Shocked At Price Offered For Former City Hall A wrecking firm has bought Osdhawa's old city hall for $450. City council called for tenders for the demolition of the 75-year-old building and aldérmen said- they were confident of receiving $2,000 for it. Last night, after advertisements describing the building had been circulated to firms throughout On- tario, the tenders for the razing of the hall were opened in front of city council. There were three tenders and they all brought gasps of astonish- ment from aldermen. The first tender opened was from the St. Clair House Wrecking Company of Toronto - experts in the demolition field. The tender described in technical terms how the company would tear down the city hall, clear all the rubble and carry special insurance to guaran- tee workmen and citizens. Beaming smiles were on the fac: eg of the 12 aldermen until City Clerk Fred Hare got to the last line of the tender . . . upon completion the sum of $1,575 will be paid to the company." He read it out loud again {hile alder-! them." hooted '"'they want us to Pay ' "The next envelope was torn open and this time there was a bid from A. Badalli, of Melville Ave- nue, Toronto, offering to pay $450 to destroy the old city hall, The third letter was from a lumber company which wanted $750 for the job. "Now the public knows just what the firemen and police, who form- erly occupied the building, had to put up with," was the first reac- tion of Ald. Hayward Murdoch. "Let us just receive and file these." Ald. Herb. Robinson wanted the Board of Works to tear down the structure and salvage what mate- rials were useful. Chairman 'of the board of works Ald, Wes Powers, immediate ob- jected. The job was a tough and hazardous one and the board didn't have the staff or the special equip- ment to carry it out. '""And we certainly don't want the alarm clock that is perched on the top for the board of works staff," announced Ald. Powers. A proponent of downtown park- "and ing, Ald. Robinson stated that the building, as long as it stood, was costing the city money. The space it occupied could be used as a parking' lot for at least 20 cars and produce a revenue of $4,500 a year, "So we just can't afford to let this building just stand there," he went on. There was a furnace in the old city hall that cost $5000 only a few years ago' and there were "wonderful" beams and joists in the building which home- owners would be glad to incorpor- ate in new dwellings. "I think we could save $10,000 in materials but say that we should get rid of the building quickly even if it means accepting the $450 offer, "was the sad conclusion of Ald. Robinson. City Solicitor John Hare said he didn't think a better offer would be forthcoming. The advertisement calling for demolition tenders was well publicised and copies were mailed to wrecking firms. Ald. Powers said the experts had figured that their labor costs in destroying the building would be more than the cost of the -materi- als which could be salvaged. The tender of Mr. Badalli was accepted. No decision has yet been made on: what use will be made of the valuable corner property. It was originally the intention of council to sell the land - and the building Collectors An attempt to get Oshawa city council to abolish the $7.50 yearly | poll tax is being made by the" officials who have to collect the "bitterly resented" tax. According to the five leading officials concerned, Oshawa last year spent as much in collecting $12,857.73 in poll tax as was spent in collecting the remaining two million dollars which went into the city coffers. half of one per cent of the total revenue yet it consumed half the time of the tax collecting staff. Salaries and time of the officials amounted to more than the $12,857. City council wouldn't be rushed last night. The suggestion of the officials was passed on to the Fin- ance Committee who will report back next 'Monday night. "The time has come to termi- nate the poll tax," stated a brief prepared and signed by Tax. Col- lector C. L. Cox, Assessment Com- missioner W. E, Kerr, Treasurer H. E, Tripp, City Solicitor John Hare and Chief of Police Owen D. Friend. The poll tax accounted for one | Poll Tax Nuisance Charge According to those officials the tax made no worthwhile contribu- tion to the revenue. Collection of | the poll tax involved the sending {out of notices, numerous checks, mailing out of expensive reply paid envelopes notices to employ- ers and the armed services, ma- gistrates' summonses and attend- ance at court. Census officers found a strong reluctance among people to give information concerning men, be- tween the ages of 21 and 60, li- able for the tax . Householders either didn't know or pretended not 'to know, commented the brief, the required information and the census takers had to make many trips out at night. If the tax was abolished went on the brief which was read to council by John Hare, less supple- mentary staff help would be re- quired. The amount paid out in salaries just about equalled the tax. Summonses to non-payers had to be served by a police constable POLL TAX NUISANCE © atinued on Page 2) others injured, six seriously at Ghost River, 25 miles east their way out of overturned fresh snow in the darkness, Relief trains raced help eastward ¢ from Sioux Lookout and westward |} from Nakina, through the snow- covered northland. No. 1, the Continental, left Mon- treal Sunday night for Vancouver and should have reached Winnipeg this morning. Identified as killed in the crash was Wasyl Chelak, 59, of Unity, Sask. The CNR at Port Arthur said he was a railway man, travelling as a passenger. Superintendent A. D. Lucas of the CNR at Port Arthur sped to the wreck scene, in the northwestern Ontario wilderness of rock, frozen lakes and snow-laden evergreens. This morning when the wreck occurred it was about 14 below zero at Ghost River, about 25 miles east of Sioux Lookout. There tinental Limited was derailed 1 Dead, 60 Hurt In CNR Wreck SIOUX LOOKOUT (CP)--One man was killed and 60 when the CNR's crack Con- in 14-below zero weather of here early today. The scene was a mass of horror as passengers groped coaches into nine inches of Screams of the injured filled the air. Two day coaches, the mail-express and' baggage cars were overturned and five sleeping cars were derailed: was nine inches of fresh snow in the area. CNR officials in Winnipeg blam- ed a broken rail for the derail ment. The hard steel tracks be- come brittle in extremely cold weather, Two day coaches, the mail-ex- press and baggage cars were over: turned as the fast train spewed off the roadbed. Two tourist sleeping cars, the diner and three standard (first class) sleeping cars were derailed but did not turn over. "Only the engine stayed on the tracks. Beside the relief trains carrying doctors, nurses and wrecking crews,' another train was sent from Winni- peg to take uninjured passengers there. Sanctity in Oshawa streets will return. Ambulance sirens will not be heard any more, Alexander Boyd, local ambulance service op- erator told Police Chief O. D. Friend in an irate letter which was a reply to the chief's advice to quieten down. Boyd also. said he would blame the police depart- ment if any of the patients in his ambulances died while being trans- ferred to hospital, because of the restrictions Chief Friend had made concerning traffic regulations. Chief Friend sent a letter to Boyd on January 12, stating the ambul- ances were going through red lights and sounding sirens without pat- ients in the vehicles. NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS "I have received numerous com» plaints about the unnecessary sounding of the siren on your am- bulance while travelling on the city streets -- also running through red lights at corners where there are traffic signals," the chief com- mented. "At about noon (January 12) one of your ambulances ran against a red light at the cornér of Louisa and Simcoe Street. At that time, school children were crossing over and some of them .were nearly struck by your ambulance." "I would like to draw to your at- tention that no vehicles of any type, whether ambulances, fire reels, 'or police vehicles, are permitted to disobey traffic signals and it has been held that even the drivers of fire vehicles have been found guilty of overrunning the light when going to a fire, and penalized therefore. "It is true that ambulances, pol- ice vehicles and fire vehicles are permitted to carry sirens for the purposes of assisting them in cases of emergency, but even at that -- under the law, they are required to obey the traffic lights," the chief advised. N OWNER REPLIES ' Boyd countered: "I wish to state that at no time are the sirens used unless going to and from an em- ergency call." for over $65,000 to help pay for the new city hall. '"My drivers have been instruct- ed to avoid the four corners and the Ambulance Sirens Silenced By Letter main sections whenever possible. A check of your men on duty at the four corners in connection with my operation will, I'm .sure, disclose that the horn is used more than the siren -- the latter being brought into play only when traffic TRUCK PLANT HEAD Ed. N. Weldon, whose ap- pointment as general superinten- dent of the new General Motors Truck Plant has been announced by G. W. Read, manuffcturing Manager. A native of Uxbridge, Mr. Weldon joined GM in 1928, and in the intervening quarter of a century has held many re- sponsible positions in the manu- facturing division, He graduated from the General Motors Insti. tute in Flint in 1932 and for the next few years was associated with the standards department. Latterly he has been with the truck manufacturing department in a supervisory capacity. At present Mr, Weldon is directing planning in connection with equipment and layout for the new 17-acre truck k plant. Mr, Wel- don. resides at 304 Golf Street. Whitby Man Found Dead In Garage Glen Stacey, 7th Concession, Whitby, was found dead early this morning by his housekeeper's daughter, Jenny Jensen. Police said Stacey committed suicide. in a garage at the back of his house. The 63-year-old man shot himself through his right nostril with a 22 calibre rifle and the bullet came out his left temple, Provincial Con- fstable S. W. Pointon said. Coroner Dr. H.' M. MacDonald said there would be no post mortem or inquest. Stacey's body was seen through an upstairs window, lying in the front part of the garage, by Jenny Jensen, daughter of Mrs, Helen Jensen, shortly after 9 a.m. The young girl, after seeing Stacey was dead, notified neighbors, who in turn notified police. Mr, Stacey is survived by one son, Harold, of Whitby, who was visiting his father today, and two daughters, both from out of town. He will be buried Thursday at Lindcreek cemetery, from Robin- son Funeral Home in Brooklin, tion is such that we cannot get through." Chief Friend added another note that Boyd contradicted: "I have been informed that on several occasions when going to and from the hospital, that the sir- en of these ambulances have been sounded when no patient was in the ambulance, and the criticism, as given to this department in respect to this matter, amounts to numer- ous complaints. Therefore, I would appreciate if you would have your drivers take more precautions and also not to sound these sirens unless neces- sary. " "In view of these complaints," Boyd answered, "'I have decided to prohibit the use of the siren entirely and I instructed the driv- ers to follow the line of traffic at all times. "Please be advised that while we are prepared to abide by your instructions} we have no alterna- tive other than to place the res- ponsibility of any death that might result from traffic delay which we will perience, upon your depart- men Knife Slips, Tot Cut In Eye BRANTFORD (CP) -- Je Saunders, four-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Grant Saunders, Sr., Waterford, is in hospital here with a serious eye injury. She was trying to opel a cello- phane bag of nuts with a paring knife when the knife slipped and punctured her eye. Hospital officials said Monday her condition is improving and that it had not yet been deter- mined 'whetheg, she would lose the sight of the eye. Labor MP Dies During Sea Trip STOKE-ON-TRENT, Eng. (CP) --Albert Edward Davies, 52, La- bor member of Parliament for Stoke-On-Trent North, died during a sea voyage to the West Indies, it was learned today. Davies was a former railroad man who had been a member of Parliament since 1945. Davies was on his way to the West Indies with a parliamentary delegation, ' A cable received in his constit- uency here today, said he suffered an attack of coronary thrombosis and was buried at sea, Richard Cobden, the great Eng- lish free trader who died in 1865, was one of 11 children of a small Sussex farmer. HOW TO LIVE TO BE A HUNDRED HINT NO. 14 It'll help you to reach the 100-year mark, scientists say, if you'll live in a small town. Most 100-year olds they found were living in towns of be- tween 5,000 and 25,000 popula~ tion. For oldsters in our own town using The Times-Gazette Clas- sified ads is a good life-stretch- er. Want Ads help to solve everyday problems, and there- by eliminate life - shortening worries. Stop a worry--start a Want Ad today! Phone 3-2233. Council last year. tickets for a quarter. WILL GO HIGHER If the increase were not agreed to by Council last night, the com- pany would 'with great reluc- tance" make application to the On- ig Municipal Board for the new rate. Aldermen turned the application for the increase over to the fin- ance and transportation commit- tees. There were comments that if the bus service to surburban areas was improved the company's de- ficit might be reduced. Submitted to council were the audited statements of the bus com- pany. These showed that in the first 11 months of 1952 the deficit on operating the buses was $62,222. "And that was notwithstanding the increase in fares at the begin- ning of last year," commented A.J. Lomas, vice-president of the company, During 1951 the operating deficit of the bus company was $91,000. Mr. Lomas told council in his let- ter that last year's increase was due to greatly increased labor and material costs. Employees of the bus company recently negotiated an increase in pay to $1.52 an hour and changes in working conditions which the company felt would bring about a further increase in company ex- penditure. Mr. Lomas said it was unreason- able to expect the company to suf- fer such recurring financial losses. "The bus service in Oshawa is not as satisfactory as it might be," stated Ald, Herb Robinson. "We CNR ASKS HIGHER FARE FOR CITY BUSES FEB. 1 Seeks. Better Service Oshawa Railway Company wants to raise its bus fares to meet a deficit of $62,000 incurred in the first 11 months of Last night the company told City Couricil that, effective February 1, it wanted to hike adult fares from the present 10 cents cash or three tickets for a quarter to 12 cents cash or five tickets for 50 cents. The corresponding raises for students and children would be to seven cents cash or five Pu "receive, continually, requests and petitions from all parts of the city for improved service." Ald. Robinson, who is head of the cgouncil's transportation com- mittee, was doubtful if increased fares would cut the company's de- ficit much if it was applied to the present type of service. "If the bus company put on a better service to the suburban area and thereby increased its number of passengers then it might help its revenue tremendously,' observ. ed Ald. Robinson, Mayor W.~J. Naylor said the committees concerned should keep in mind the company's intimation that it would appeal to the Municis pal Board if it didn't have council's decision by January 19. Ald. Cliff Harman asked for a better bus service for the east, north and west areas of the city and more frequent and earlier buses to Bonnie Brae and to Drew Street. His resolution, made after "I received dozens of calls," was passed on to the transportation committee. Mr. Lomas said in Toronto this morning that the CNR has not yet gone to the Ontario Municipal Board for the bus fare increase. The rallway vice-president told The Times-Gazette he was not pre- pared to hold the matter until council came to a decision 'for that may be next Christmas -- but as yet we haven't acted." winning "and earth of peace' gr-ssor by trading America's In his prepared inaugural address the first Republican President in 20 years set forth nine "rules of con- duct" for achievement of lasting world peace, and said: "By their observance, an earth of peace may become .not a vision but a fact. "This hope--this supreme aspira- tion--must rule the way we live." The new President's address from the inaugural platform on the steps of the Capitol, after he took the oath of office, was devoted almost entirely to the international situa- tion -- and to a call for the free countries of the world to unite against the forces of aggression. "We 'shall never try to placate an aggressor by the false and wicked bargain of trading honor for secur- ity," he said. The address dealt only obliquely with domestic affairs. The empha-~ sis on foreign policy--specifically, on the idea" orld-wide collective security--poifited the new admin- istration's course in more of an in- ternational direction than some Re- By MARVIN L. WASHINGTON (AP)--Dwight D. Eisenhower took of« fice as President today and dedicated his administration to > without ever placating an ag- Ike Dedicates Self To 'Earth Of Peace' ARROWSMITH honor for security. . | publican congressional leaders have desired. Eisenhower left no doubt he feels the US. must continue to play a role of world leadership. "We are persuaded by necessity and belief that the strength of all free peoples lie in unity, their dane ger in discord. "To _produce#this unity, to meet the challenge of our time, destiny has laid-upon our country the rese ponsibility of the free world's lead- ership." Eisenhower . declared the TUS. stands ready to co-operate in a drastic reduction of armaments, provided all ccuntries prove good faith, Appealing for a demonstration of such . faith, - Eisenhower had mind perhaps the development of such weapons as the dread hydro- gen bomb in saying: "Science seems ready to confer on us, as its final gift, the power to erase human life from the earth." ¢