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"Daily Kverage Circulation for, August, 1953 1549 TH D J ICY TIMES.GAZETTE Combining The Oshawa Times and Whithy Gazette and Chronicle Cold Weather. Forecast air arriving from north, otherwise sunny. Tonight, 40; high Thursday, 60. VOL. 12--No. 216 OSHAWA-WHITBY, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1953 Price Not Ov. 3 Cents Per i 1H TWENTY PAGES THREE ESCAPE Wrecked Car Somersaults On Hi -- Three Toron- we men WHANVILIE escaped death last night when a car in which they were travelling went out of control, turned end over end into a tree, and hurtled across a fence into a field. The third occupant, |1 Bill Munro, driver and owner, of 64 Mulock Ave. Toronto, was brought to Memorial Hospital here suffering from severe shock and a possible skull fracture. Mu=zro, and his two chums, Ger- ald Lake of 28 Lansdowne Ave., and Archie I Tavish, 33 Beatty Ave., were returning from a brief visit to Munro's sister in Trenton when the accident occurred near the intersection of Highway 2, and the Solina Road, 5 miles east of Oshawa. Munro's car. went out of control several yards past the crossroads, where deep skid marks traced the course of the careening vehicle for some forty feet before it plunged off the shoulder of the road, dug into the soft sand, turned end over end, slammed backwards into a tree .and bounded another 15 feet across a fence where it landed on it's side in a newly plowed field. The deep gouge in the tree show- ed that the car had struck almost five feet from the ground. Munro was dragged from the car through the rear window by his two pas- sengers; wrapped in blankets, and attended by Lake while McTavish ran to a nearby service station to summon aid. In a statement given to Provin- cial Police a short time after the accident, McTavish stated t hat Munro had lost control of his car when he swerved to avoid a col- lision with an unidentified dump ghway truck which had entered the High- way from the south on the Solina Road. Although police arrived at the scene only several minutes after the accident, no truck could be ted. Several wit stated that they had seen the men em- erge from the completely demol- ished car following the crash, but none were able to give police an accurate description of the actual events preceding it. McTavish told officers that they had gone to Trenton earlier in the day to pick up a sewing machine at the home of Munro's sister, had spent a brief visit, ind return- ed within the hour. i The shattered sewing "ine was found 30 fcet bc ond ti: wee, thrown from the trunk when the impact shattered the rear of the car. Lake and McTavish were allow- ed to return to their homes in Toronto, but police advised that charges are pending. Graydon In "Fair Shape" TORONTO (CP)--Hospital au- thorities said today that Gordon Graydon, 56-year-old foreign af- | fairs expert for the Progressive Consevative party, is in "only fair condition' with a stomach ailment. Mr. Graydon, who represents Peel riding in the House of Com- mons, underwent a stomach opera- tion last month. Plane Hits Radio Tower ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)--An Amer- jean Airline Convair plane crashed and burned near here today and all the occupants, numbering at | least 25, were reported killed, The plane, Flight 723, was bound from Boston to Chicago. The crash occurred in a slightly wooded area near the Al Ds wil The cause mi wes y was not det 2d frtunedi ately. Edward Ber rgeron, operator of a asoline Station near the scene said fe «1 'strewn: near . He said he saw dhe bodies inside. The plane struck the central tower of radio station WPTR. Timmins' Set Ma Grow AL (CP)--William Ma- Meow of Toronto, direttor of the United Steelworkers of America, (CIO-CCL) said "today the gold miners' strike at Timmins may spread soon as walkouts are planned at two of te biggest pro- ne in 'the area--MclIntyre and Hollinger gold mines. A strike at Hollinger and Me- Intyre, and possibly at a third Timmins mine, Coniaurum, is "very close," he said. Mr. Mahoney, a member of the executive committee of the Cana- Congress of Labor in con- vention here, said it had not been decided when the strike Hipster will be pulled. It could be within a week or longer. If. the ees take place, it Jrould mean, with existing strikes s and Noranda that a hig chunk" of the Canadian gold mining industry would be knocked out, Mr. Mahoney said, 2,500 men already are on strike for "higher wages and shorter hours in the area. The union leader said another 2,200 might be affected if the strike spreads. s The crash occurred at 9.45 a.m. EDT. The plane was scheduled to land at Albany airport, about six miles from the accident scene. The airport reported it had been | | unable to establish contact with {the plane prior to the crash. Firemen extinguished the blaze. The two-engine Convair just mis- sed a trailer camp. It had been circling the Albany airport for 15 Finutes waiting for Ing for ciedi ance from from | the -aitpont: control 'tower é de- | av was due to ground fog cloaking runway. John W: Hoda; 23, a former navy pilot. who lved nearby, said he heard thé engine cut out, and then roar as if the pilot had "gunned Kk" 4 Hodd ran to the door of the plane and tried to open it, but was | 2xiven back by the flames. PORTS HELP OFFERS TREAM INTO OSHAWA ONCE PROUD ICE PALACE TANGLED RUIN Steel beams, twisted like pret- zels, and charred pieces of the wood framework are all that re- main today of the Oshawa Arena following yesterday morning's disastrous fire. Thousands of residents of the district visited i the building yesterday afternoon and last night, recalling the many happy occasions on which they were spectators at sports | and other events within its walls. Damage t6 the building, which is a total loss, is estimated by officials of the Oshawa Fire De- partment at $350,000. Times-Gazette Staff Photo. B + GENEVA { AP)+---Police said today-the Airerienmeborn wife and three children of the missing British diplomat Donald MacLean have disappeared. They have not been |to return after the week-end. seen since Friday. Britain has called officially for ap tnear-Montreaux and Bid not re- (turned. Mrs. Dunbar did not report the family missing until they failed Immediate consultations between ritish authorities and the Geneva Europe-wide search for the family of the man who is police ruled out the possibility Mrs. believed to have skipped behind the Iron Curtain. Sentence Actions of a Valencia Road man which local police and local courts interpreted as armed robbery were yesterday ruled by the On- tario Court of Appeal to be the silly actions of a drunken man and his conviction on the robbery charge was quashed, Clarence Shurtliff, 48, had been committed for trial by Magistrate F. S. Ebbs and was convicted, July 6, 1953, by Judge F. J. Mac. Rae but given suspended sentence for one 'year and ordered to re- port periodically to Chief. Owen D. Friend. Yesterday, hearing the appeal, Mr, Justice R. E. Laidlaw describ- ed the circumstances as "so silly it's like a play". . Evidence was that early this year Shurtliff, in a drunken condi- tion, entered the confectionery store of Irwin Pretty on Simcoe Street South. He bought a candy bar and carried on a quiet con- versation with the woman at the till. Both the woman and her daughter heard him mutter: 'this is a hold-up". The girl called the police. Shurtliff did not steal any- Drunken Holdup Quashed thing and then waited outside the store until police arrived. The woman's husband recogniz- ed the man as one he had seen before but could not name and also carried on a conversation with him. Other witnesses testified as to Shurtliff's drunken condition. In London, Wiliiam Didsale, for- was a 'matter of speculation as to whether Mrs. MacLean had left to join her husband, who vanished | in May, 1951." Mrs. MacLean, 37, a native of | Chicago, and the three MacLean | children--two boys, nine and seven, and a two-year- "old daughter--had been living here with her mother, Mrs. Melinda Dunbar, for some | months. Geneva police chief 'Charles Knecht said Mrs. MacLean and the children left home Friday by car | for a three-day outing with friends Jus office press officer, said it MacLean was involved in an auto | accident. { Britain at once called upon the | police of Italy, Austria, West Ger- | many and France, countries. adjoin- 'ing Switzerland, to search for the | missing family. MacLean and Guy Burgess, an- other British diplomat, crossed | from England to France. In 1951, | ostensibly on a holiday, and van- |ished. It has been widely assumed | they either slipped behind the Iron Curtain or were kidnapped by Com- munist agents and taken there. | Both MacLean and Burgess were | foreign office experts on U.S. af- fairs. MacLean sat on the U.S.- | British Canadian wartime commit- Wife Follows Dip | lomat Vanishing In Europe tee that Handled political aspects of the atom bo The two Home agents sent to Geneva to investigate Mrs, Mac- Lean's disappearance have been working on the MacLean-Burgess case since the men vanished. Ridsdale told reporters: "There is absolutely no evidence to suggest Mrs. MacLean's disap- pearance was involuntary. She was entirely a free agent. She did not need to inform us of her move- ments although she did let us know a year ago when she decided to leave this country te live with her | mother in Switzerland." He said Mrs. Dunbar was not clear as to the names of the friends Mrs. MacLean said she Was going to visit. British authorities in Switzerland, he said, had not, been specially | ordered to keep their eyes on Mrs. MacLean. On July 6, Shurtliff's Cc a A CR nd his client's actions were consistent with drunkenness and submitted to the court that "it was a stupid and asinine thing to do." Judge. MacRae ruled that: Drink is your weakness and this thing is a fantastic proposition from beginning to end. I feel that a conviction (and suspended sen- tence) is sufficient under the cir- cumstances". Yesterday's appeal was heard by Justices Laidlaw, Aylesworth and Gibson. C. L. Dubin, QC, ap- peared for the defendant. "Do you seriously support this conviction?" Mr. Justice Laidlaw asked C. P. Hope, Crown Counsel. "Well, I must admit I had my doubts, * Mr. Hope repliéd. Guaranteed Wage Plan Is Coming Says Reuther By HAROLD MORRISON Canadian Press Staff Writer MONTREAL (CP)--CIO Presi- dent Walter Reuter has proposed that Canada and the United States wage an international war against poverty to break the back of ag- gressive communism. He suggested Tuesday night that the two countries ship part of their combined 2,729,000 bushel wheat surplus to impoverished countries, either as a gift or through long- term credit, as one weapon in the fight. The Communists, he said, made their gains by promising to feed the hungry, "to take the wrinkles out of the empty belly." Canada and the U.S. were con- cerned about their huge wheat stockpile, but that wheat surplus, said Mr. Reuther, can be made more powerful than the H-bomb, more powerful than all the guns of the world, "if we have the sense to go to work in the world com- munity in which we live." Speaking before the Canadian Congress of Labor convention ban- quet, Mr. Reuther suggested, too, that the free world fight the Reds on the political, social and econ- omic fronts by providing more technical aid to under-developed countries. Military strength was essential, but that was a negative way of fighting. "In this struggle to achieve eco- | nomic security and material well- being, in the struggle between the forces of freedom and tyranny, the world is going' to judgé Canada and the U.S. not in terms of mater- ial wealth but by their sense of moral and social responsibility, by the way in which we are able to translate technical progress into human progress." In his speech and at a' press conference later, Mr. Reuther called for continued solidarity be- tween the unions of Canada and the U.S. He predicted the CIO will suc- ceed in its drive for a guaranteed annual wage for union members, to replace the "antiquated" method of paying workers by the hour, Canadian workers would get the guaranteed wage, along with Am- ericans. And he suggested that nothing should stand in the way of organic unity among the . central labor bodies, providing unity is in the best interests of the workers. Other CCL developments: 1. The 756-delegate convention agreed to create a national strike committee to support gold miners on strike in northern Ontario and Quebec. Charles Millard, chief of the Cznadian steel workers, left for Pittsburgh to confer with David McDonald, 'international steelwork- ers director, on American aid for the miners. 2. CCL President A R. Mosher; at the banquet, charged that the mine operators are not only anti- public, but anti-social, anti-Cana- dian, anti-democratic Christian. 3. Turning to other matters, the convention 'agreed to make new demands on the federal cabinet for low-cost, low-rent housing. It will seek co-operation in this bid from the Trades and Labor Congress and the Canadian and Catholic Con- |. federation of. Labor. 4. It called on labor councils and provincial federations to establish joint meetings with similar bodies of the TLC and CCCL 'to work out co-operative activities on all phases of union work." and anti- TORONTO (CP)--Salesmen who have victimized thcusands of Tor- onto citizens by selling them phony grave plots at exorbitant prices were branded 'callous and unethi- cal" at a hearing Tuesday before Chamber Elects New President EDMONTON (CP)--W. J. Borrie, of Vancouver, today was elected president of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, succeeding L. W. Simms of Saint John, N.B. J. Gerald Godsoe, Toronto, was elected first national vice-president, G. S. THorvaldson, Winnipeg, sec- ond national vice-president; R. M. Fowler, Montreal, chairman of the executive council; W. S. Kirkpat- rick, Montreal, and Thomas Oak- ley, Toronto, vice-chairmen; C. L. Walker, Montreal, honorary treas- urer; and A. C. Ashforth, Toronto, associate honorary treasurer. Provincial vice-presidents include John J. Stuart, Windsor, Ont, Provincial directors include R. J. Prettie, Port Arthur and E. R. Rowzee, Sarnia. Mr. Borrie, the new president, is president of Pemberton Securities, Ltd., Vancouver. 25 PER CENT OF WIVES EMPLOYED One fourth of all married wo- men in the U.S. go to work figures reveal. If you're interested in secur- ing a good job look in The Times-Gazette Classified for it. That's where some of the'best jobs in town are advertised You might place a Work Wanted ad of your own to tell employers you're ready to start. Phone 3-2233 for an ad- writer. the legislature's select committee on cemetery legislation. Ald. William Dennison, appear- ing for the city of Toronto before the committee, said he knew of one woman who signed a contract to buy on a $5 down and $5 monthly basis a four-grave plot for $367.25. He said the same plot in an older cemetery would have cost only $80. Ald. Dennison said the plot was in a farmer's field, but the sales- man didn't mention that. However, he emphasized that the price would go up when half the plots were sold and she could make a healthy profit by reselling. "It was a very callous and un- ethical approach," said Ald. Den- nison, 'Then when the woman wanted to get out of her contract, she got a rather mean letter say- ing she would have to honor the contract and the money would have to be paid. Controller Ford Brand, solicitor Palmer Kent and Dr. L. A. Peg- uegnat, the medical officer of health, all accompanying Ald. Den- nison, urged the committee to rec- ommend to the provincial govern- ment that at least 50 per cent of Racketeers Sell Grave Spaces Located In Farmers Fields the purchase price of cemetery lots be placed in a provincially- adminis::red fund for perpetual care. They also 'asked that plot sales- men's commissions be limited to 10 per cent and that the govern- ment rule no plots may be sold until the Ontario minister of health approved the site and the price of the plots. Ald. Dennison said commercial cemeteries could sell plots at prices amounting to $110,000 an acre in metropolitan Toronto. Edwin Kay, appearing on behalf of the Canadian Society of Land- scape Architects and Town Plan- ners, said promotion of modern cemeteries had bécome "something of a financial racket" because of lack of controlling legislation. Some thought should oe given, he said, to the turning of aban- doned cemeteries and those which have been filled into park areas. "It would create a more beautiful and peaceful atmosphere by the removal of all tombstones and monuments, some of which are grotesque, and would replace them with beautiful trees and flowers." "Kiwanian Bert Coulter has been a Kiwanian in the true sense since the day he joined Kiwanis. He is a Christian gentleman who will bring furthe: honor to the Kiwanis organization," stated Kiwanis Gov- ernor Mel Osbourne of the East York Kiwanis Club, in his re- marks at last night's testimonial dinner held by the Oshawa Kiwanis Club to pay tribute to their own members, A. E. "Bert" Coulter, Kiwanis Governor-elect for the On- tario-Quebec-Martime District. - Oshawa club members made this week's regular meeting a special Kiwanis Honor Member Who Is Governor-elect event to honor their fellow-club member, who was elected at the recent 0-Q-M District convention to one of the highest positions in Kiwanis International. EXTEND CONGRATULATIONS Representatives of .the . Oshawa Rotary Club and Kiwanis officers of the Division were on hand, to joirc in the tribute while the Osh- awa club's attendance committee had made a special effort to assure an outstanding attendance, privik KIWANIS (Continued on Page 2) Hockey ONLY PARTIALLY COVERED Officials of the Oshawa Fire De- partment today estimated the loss as about $350,000 which is only partially covered by insurance. The Oshawa Hockey Club equipment as well as the equipment of the Oshawa Skating Club was covered by insurance but no insurance was carried by the Oshawa Truck- men, Senior OHA Club, Shareholders of Oshawa Arena Limited, which operated the rink, compose members of the Hambly family. It was learned today the family has not met and will not do so until such time as an insurance adjustment is made. It is pointed out that this may take some time. A meeting will be held, however, at a later date to decide. what course of action will be taken. Word of the destruction of the arena spread like wildfice yester- day morning. At noon hundreds of workers from the city's industrial plants treked to the scene to see the havoc wrought by the flames. A similar situation prevailed dur- ing the afternoon and early evening hours and traffic on Bond Street West was forced to move at a snail's pace as large crowds as- sembled and discussed the disaster which had struck the community. HELP OFFERED Offers of assistance have been streaming into the city. Last night, at a meeting of the Whitby Community Memorial Arena exe- cutive, an offer to extend all pos- sible help was made by the Presi- dent, F. J. McIntyre. A meeting of the executive of the Bowmanville Community Memorial Arena is being held tonight, It is expected that plans will be made at that time to provide accommo- dation for the Smith Truckmen and the Oshawa Skating Club. TRUCKMEN WILL OPERATE Oshawa's hockey future, at least Future Is Undecided After Blaze Residents of Oshawa and district today still had not recovered from the shock of the destruction by fire yes- terday morning of the Oshawa Arena, around which many of the city's sporting activities centred. the loss of the building to which he had devoted hours without number so affected Albert Hambly, manager and superintendent, that he is today confined to his home under the care of the family physician. Indeed, & 4 for the approaching 1953-54 season, is still undecided, as far as_the Oshawa Generals are concerned, however. Wren Blair, business manager of the Oshawa Truckmen, last year sponsored by Smith Transport of this city, informed The Times- Gazette this morning that the Truckmen would definitely operate this winter. The re-organization and finane- ing of the 1953-54 club had already been practically completed and de- spite the loss of over $4,000 worth of equipment, uniforms, etc., the Truckmen will again operate and an order for new uniforms and equipment has already been plac- ed with a local sporting goods store. The Truckmen have opened ne- gotiations with the Bowmanville Arena Commission with a view to playing their schedule games in that new artificial-ice- arena and if 'it is found later in, the winter months that the activities of Bow- manville's own OHA teams creates too much "traffic," some of the Oshawa sénior schedule games may be moved to the new Whitby Arena, which will be ready by the end of the year. Port Pe Arena, where the in- stallation of artificial ice for this season, has been under considera- tion, has also extended an invita- tion to the Oshawa Truckmen to make that their "home ice." Since in order to commence a schedule in late October or early November, as intended, an arti- ficial ice surface must be avail- able at once, it seems likely that the Oshawa Truckmen will first try to reach an agreement with SPORTS HELP (Continued on Page 2) As president of the Whitby Com- | munity Arena Board which is now | erecting a $100,000 modern arti- ficial arena in Whitby, Francis J. | McIntyre in a statement issued | vesterday stated that he deeply regretted the loss 'by fire of the | very fine Oshawa Arena. 1 feel | that I am expressing the sincere sentiments of all the of Whitby many of whom | used and attended .events in the Oshawa arena and realize its value | to the city and surrounding dis- trict" said Mr. McIntyre. "I feel sure that no time will be lost in replacing the arena with an even more modern and larger sports palace" Mr. McIntyre added. Mr. McIntyre said that as a re- Sympathetic Whitby Offers City Rink's Use sult of the fire in Oshawa, efforts would be redoubled to complete the arena in Whitby. He said that {he had this assurance from the | contractors. It.is a little early yet | Mr. McIntyre said to make any | plans for the use of the new arena but he stated that when this was {being done the needs of Oshawa land the district it served would aken into consideration. 'We will do everything we cdn to as- |sist our neighbors in the Motor City who have sustained such a | great loss" Mr. McIntyre added. ° Mr. Mcintyre said that yester- day he had one or two calls from Oshawa with respect to the new arena here. He added that it would be at least December 15 before it was ready for use. WHOSE The Oshawa citizen above was snapped by The Times-Gazette candid camera man while walk- ing along Simcoe Street. He can PHOTOGRAPH IS THIS? secure an 8 by 10 inch print of the above photograph by calling at the office of The Times-Gaz- sette and identifying himself. Times-Gazette Staff Photo.