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Dally Bverage Circuladon for October. 1953 0 12626 THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle Weather Forecast Turning colder Saturday. Cloudy, few showers. Low tonight and high tomorrow about 45. VOL. 12--No. 283 Authorized as Second-Ciass Mafl, OSHAWA-WHITBY, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1953 Not Over $3 Cents Per Copy TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES CLAIM POLITICS BUILT 0S ITS "DEPLORABLE G END OF A LOCAL EYESORE council heaved a sigh of this week when it f will now be land- part of the mew city hall property at the corner of Athol and Queen. Almost a per- ixt! in Oshawa, this | > manent fixie | Robinson, is clearing his stock to car wrecker"s depot has stood since the early days of the motor car. All this year, council threat- ened and cajoled in an effort to have the building demolished but all municipal "deadlines" were ignored. Now the. owner, "Alfie" a ne wsite in the south end of the city. --Times-Gazette Staff Photo. $1 Million Flood Toronto Yards TORONTO (CP)--A water main in downtown Toronto today, Basyments of factories an lw. containing ¥ to a depth of six hours later. Water ,was being umped from the parking lot but ye of trucks were stalled by water in their engines. Rowboats toured the lot at the height of the flood, taking drivers to trucks. Your offer is snapped up through a Jnes.Gasdtie Classified ad! To sell anything from property to pretzels, phone 3-2233 for an ad- writer. Australia Has Her Own Flag CANBERRA (Reuters) -- Parlia- ment Thursday passed a bill mak- ing the star-spangled blue ensign with a small Union Jack in the corner the official Australian flag. The flag has been in use as Australia's flag for many years but hitherto has lacked formal rec- ognition. The bill makes the same flag, on a red background, the official merchant marine ensign. It also preserves the right of citizens to fly the Union Jack if they want. as water gushed over to the railway yard. Water fl into the main was turned off 1% hours after it broke, but mopping-up was still goihg on" <i [ke Lands -- Big Three Is Assembled For Talks By MARVIN ARROWSMITH TUCKER'S TOWN, Bermuda (AP)--President Eisenhower. ar- rived Bermuda today for the start of a Big Three conference with Prime Minister Churchill and French Premier Laniel. The presidential plane Colum- bine landed at Kindley Field at 11:12 a. m. EST. A Light On Monday, 24,534 eligible voters may, wish, cast ballots in if they Oshawa for candidates for council, Board of Education and Public Util- 'ities. If the vote follows the tern of other years it will be light because there is no contest for the mayoralty and no 'questions' to be voted upon. Eelction officials today urged that voters make an effort to cast their ballots early, as an assistance to the Deputy Returning Officers and ll clerks. There are a total of polling sub-divisions in Oshawa. "If the women would come out early to vote -- not wait until they can go with their husbands, per- haps after supper, it would make tl s much easier for us," an of- ficial said. "Some people seem to at- | the Vote Is Predicted forget that the polls must close at seve in the evening. That is the deadline. It doesn't help matters by crowding into the polling booth in hope that you can" vote after seven o'clock. Some day, these people will just find that they are out of luck for a vote." There are 29 names on the ballot for 12 positions as aldermen; five contestants for four seats (two-year terms) on the Board of Education and three running for two seats (two-year terms) on the Osh- awa Public Utilities Commission. Although there ate a good many civic issues and many important matters involved in the election, no outstanding controversial topics have presented themselves, which would influence the vote. Newspaper, Radio Link For Election Following the practice which has become familiar in Oshawa elec- tions, on Monday evening The Times-Gazette and Radio Station CKLB will co-operate in Fiving to the citizens of Oshawa and District a fast and complete service of elec- tion Its over the facilities of the rad' "ion. Technicians of CKLB wil up their broadcasting equip....at in the newsroom of The Times-Gazette, where the news staff will be busy compiling the results, and as the figures are re- ceived from the returning officers, they will be handed to the announc- ers for broadcasting. The first broadcast of election figures will be made at 7.45 p.m., ar again at 8.00 p.m., and there- after as frequently as summaries al results are available. As is cnsfomary, the candidates for Cty Council, Board of Educa- | tion and Public Utilities Commis- sion will be given the opportunity of addressing the crowd assembled in The Times-Gazette newsroom, and citizens generally by radio, when the results become known, probably about 10 o'clock. All can- ddiates are given .. cordial invita- tion to come to The Times-Gazette newsroom to receive the results and to address the public. In order to make a speedy and accurate service possible, The Times--Gazette appeals to all de- puty-returning officers to telephone their election figures to the news- paper, No. 3-2233, as soon as the count is completed. Switchboard service will be provided in order that these incoming calls can be handled as speedily as possible. In ast years, splendid co-operation Times-Gazette. Waiting to greet Eisenhower were Churchill and Laniel, together with Foreign Secretary Eden and French Foreign Minister Bidault. A crowd of about 2,000 was at the field. Also present was a color- ful honor guard made up of Royal Welch Fusiliers, Bermuda militia and U. S. airmen. British warships off Hamilton boomed a salute. Churchill and Laniel, already in Bermuda, reached the airport about five minutes before the Col- umbine landed. Eisenhower stepped off the plane promptly at 11:15 'a. m. and was greeted by Governor Sir Alexander Hood and Mrs. Hood, followed by the commanders of the military units drawn up to receive him. full of them." grateful for the gift. SEN. McCARTHY GETS SPIES FROM WHITBY--IS GRATEFUL Senator Joseph McCarthy has received his bushel basket of Canadian Spies. The apples, sent to him as a gag, arrived yesterday and the senator received them at Washington. Mingled with the Spies was a McIntosh "Red" and the card attached to the basket said: and' your committee can get your teeth into. "Here's something you The woods are The basket was sent by the staff of the Toronto Globe and Mail and for added emphasis the apples were picked at Whitby and despatched from the Red Wing Orchards. After posing for photographs Sen. McCarthy said he was AT LONG LAST OTTAWA (CP) Ending a steady, five-months rise, living costs declined during October, with the consumer price index drop- ping by -one-half point to 116.2 from 116.7. The decline was due almost en- tirely to food price drops, the bur- eau of statistics reported today. The consumer price index is based on -1949 prices equalling 100. Egg prices droppe! sharply, {along with most meats and grape- | fruit, slicing 2.1 points from the food column which dropped to 113.4 from 115.5. SHELTER COST LEAPS The shelter column rose to a new high of 125 from 124.5 re- flecting higher rents. and home ownership costs. The miscellaneous column, called "other commodities and services" also edged ahead by one-tenth of a point to 116.3 from 116, with the price of theatre admission tickets increasing. i ' "However, the household opera- tions column eased to 117.4 from 117.5, reflecting scattered changes in various household items. Only column to remain un- changed was clothing--at 110.3. The cost of men's suits and over- Price Index Hits Decline coats advanced, but this was coun- terbalanced by declines in women's and children's wear. . The half-point drop in the con- sumer price index brought it back to where it was in September. In the previous five-month climb, the living costs yardstick had ad- vanced a total of 2.3 points. .The index mow is two points be- low the All-time high of 118.2 recorded in December, 1951. Some wholesale industrial prices eased during November, but farm products strengthened. The index of wholesale industrial materials, based on 1935-39 prices equalling 100, dropped to .6 on Nov. 27 from 227.1 on Oct. 30. The Canadian farm products in- dex, also based on 1935-39 prices, increased to 207.8 from Price declines showed for hogs, western oats, fir timber, western wheat, raw sugar, bleached wood: pulp, copper, iron oré and raw cot- on These offset increases for steers, is. raw rubber, lead and white lead. In the farm products index, egg prices increased along with steers, calves, lambs, raw wool and milk for cheese manufacture. Ninety PoW's Prefer Reds PANMUNJOM (AP) -- United States envoy Arthur H. Dean told the Communists today that unre- patriated war prisoners will be freed Jan. 22 unless a peace con- ference decides some other course |"and no human hand or mind or debate can change it." "We are never going to agree, under any circumstances, to a change in that date," he declared. Dean and Communist diplomats conferred for almost three hours on plans for a peace conference while a few miles away 30 more South Korean war prisoners unan- imously rejected pleas to return home. Allied persuaders in three days have talked to 90 South Koreans who chose life under the Commun- ists and not one has changed his mind. South Korean officers whisked Nobody Ready To Answer AQuery On Ice Arena "Will Oshawa have an Arena by next winter?" That was one of the provocative questions submitted to city legis- lators in a question period at the Junior Chamber of Commerce Town Hall Meeting at the Central Collegiate last night. This particular query was ad- dressed to the council in general and no one seemed to covet the opportunity of answering. 'ventually Mayor Naylor replied that a representative committee should be appointed to study tbat problem.\The formation of the com- mittee itself would require some careful study, he said. "An ice surface of some sort should definitely be available for the kids-at any rate," he declared. Another question was asked from the floor: "Is council considering a municipal centre as well as an ice arena? A swimming pool and recreation centre are needed as well." Alderman Gordon Attersley re- plied that he had been working in conjunction with the CRA for some time on that very issue, with em- phasis on benefits for children. However, he had been asked not to reveal any plans until they were final and he wanted to respect that confidence. Glass Monstrosity Tag For City Hall Alderman H. E. Robinson took exception last night to the term "glass monstrosity' as applied to| $450 the new city hall. The term was used in a question addressed to him at an open forum at the Central Collegiate last night: "By how much will the tender of the city hall contract be surpassed? Is there any pen- alty for going beyond the contract limit in the building of that glass monstrosity on the corner of Athol and Centre streets?" Ald. Robinson said he thought {in this respect has been received | the new city hall was a fine edi- {and a similar service on Monday | fice. The cost of the building and evening will be appreciated by The | the land was estimated at $570, | paper industry is newsprint. 'for sale accounts for a quarter. 000 he said. Council had asked his building committee to keep the Sonst of the hall down to However, changes had been made and that figure was going to be exceeded by about $25,000, for a cost of $475,000. "But even that is better than $25,000 less than the original ten- der price." He felt sure that the citizens of Oshawa would be' very proud of their new city hall when it was finished. On a tonnage hasis over half the output of the Canadian pulp and Pulp through 30 interviews before noon Friday. The United Nations com- mand asked to interview 40 pris- oners Saturday. The repatriation commission said the request for an extra 10 was filed too late, but tonight the commission approved it. HOST ROAD" 'I Cost City Nothing, F Alderman Told y Nothing, Forum Live in City | Is Told By Ald. Murdoch Amid cries of "deplorable", "sit down" and "Order! Order!", Oshawa's 'ghost road' came back to haunt city officials last night in the question period of a civic forum To Live in City ih 2am 3 Aa fire last night at the Jaycee-spon- sored Town Hall meeting in the CCL. "If Ald. Murdoch wants to be elected in Oshawa, it's 'time he moved here," a note from the aud- | ince read. "I have a perfectly legal righ to run for council here," Mr. Mur- doch replied. 'My business and church are here. I pay taxes at the city hall." He had 'placed an affidiavit to that éffect in the hands of the city clerk. "If I wasn't able to rum, I wouldn't be here on this platform tonight," he affirmed. The audience applauded him as he walked back to his seat. Welfare Homes No Cost to City Chairman of a special housing committee, Alderman Rae Halliday last night explained how a welfare housing project could be construct- ed in Oshawa without costing the taxpayers a penny. For the Pysoses of explanation he described' the Owen Sound pro- ct after which the local one would modelled. The total eost of the five apart- ments in Owen Sound was $206,000, he said. Of this, the federal gov- ernment paid $180,000, leaving \ 000 for the city to invest. However, the rents are turned back to the city and in 20 ygars the $26,000 would be liquidated. In addition, half of the investment would be refunded by the federal government. Thus the project would necessi- tate an outlay of $13,000 only, for the five apartment houses and that would be returned to the city with- in 20 years. Fialka Facing Two Charges Charges of selling liquor on No- vember 29 and having liquor in a pubjie place on August 3 were read Magistrate's Court, here this morning against John Fialka, 303 Ritson Road South. Louis S. Hy- man, QC, appeared for Mr. Fialka on the selling charge, asking for a remand. Both charges were re- | The value of Canada's pulp and paper production exceeds that of all her mineral production. ded one week, until December 11, so that a date for hearing on both charges could be set. Fialka was present in court today. Gouzenko Terms Accepted By U.S. OTTAWA (CP)--The Canadian government today received a note from the United States accepting Canadian terms for an interview with Igor Gouzenko. The note was delivered to the external affairs department in mid- morning, and officials said it will receive immediate study. While the contents of the com- |tee munication. were not made public here, officials said they conform enerally with earlier information rom ashington that officials seeking the interview with the former Russian embassy cipher clerk will abide by Canada's de- cision as to what material may be made publie after the secret meet- ing. fi was learned also that--thou the note asks permission for i- cers of a senate sub-committee to talk to Gouzenko--they would do s0 on the nomination of the U. S. administration. This is in line with a provision | be laid down by the Canadian govern- ment, which deals with the admin- istration rather than with Congress. OFFICERS NAMED The note, according to Wash- ington dispatches, asks that the interview be conducted in Canada by chairman William Jenner and counsel Robert Morris of the Sen- ate internal security sub-commit- Gouzenko, who broke the Rus- sian espionage case in Canada in 1945, now is living in seclusion in a Canadian town under an assum- od name and under RCMP protec- tion. Canada's reply to the latest U. S. note--third from Washington sincé Gouzenko expressed a will- ingness to be interviewed--will deal largely with arrangements for the meeting with the U. S. officers, it. was indicated by officials. They had no immediate informa- tion on when it would be sent or whet i where the meeting would eld. LATE NEWS FLAS HES MOUNTIES GET MORE PAY RCMP headquarters annnounced pay increases rang- ing from $10 to $100 a month for the force's 4,353 service personnel, CLEARING UP FLOOD WRECKAGE Waterworks officiale were working frantically to repair the main that burst in Toronto today, blasting a creter 60 feet across. They expected to complete the re- pairs today. HEAR TV STATION BIDS The CBC governors considered applications to oper- ate six private TV stations -- one of them at Peterboro. MOVE TOWARD GAS PIPE Trade Minister Howe promised quick action on a project to run a natural gas pipeline from Alberta to eastern Canada. BUS PLUNGES DOWN 'BANK A Welsh commuter bus plunged over a bank at Bridgend, killing twe and imjuring 25. at Central Collegiate auditorium. The original question on the issue was directed to | Alderman A. H. Murdoch who in his three-minute talk | had mentioned the city's $4,500,000 debenture debt. The question was: "What part of that debt was represented by the ghost road?" . Alderman Murdoch: "None at all." He said the. Ontario provincial government had paid for the con- struction of the mystery road that runs off Farewell Avenue north of the sewage plant. However, it did run over city property. Question from the floor by James Fleming: "Did city council give permission to build the road on city Murdoch: "No. The road was well on the stage of being graded in, before I discovered it." Mr. Fleming: "Well, I think it's a deplorable state of affairs." Mr. Murdoch: "I agree." Mr. Fleming: ". . . a deplorable state of affairs when an outside body can come in here and build on city land without any consent whatsoever." Mr. Murdoch: "I agree." "REMOVE ROAD" . Mr. Fleming: "I don't care who it is, provincial government or not, they should be asked to remove that road." Crowd: Applause. Mr. Fleming: "There should be an investigation of city council's actions on this matter." Mr. Murdoch: "I would go fur- ther if I were you. The two alder- men who went to Toronto to invest- 'gate could find no trace of the road in provincial records. The matter can be investigated a lot further than city council." Alderman Murdoch emphasized: that the present eouncil had no connection with any politics. Mr. Fleming attempted to press tht question further and the alder- man suggested he was partaking | unfairly of the people's time. | "Order! Order!" interjected the chairman, Roy Smith, "You 'say the road is not con- nected with politics," Mr. Fleming insisted. "I say it is." NO PROOF "I daresay it is too,"" Mr. Mur- dogh rejoined, '"'but I don't know for sure and neither do you." Mr. Fleming: "Well, it certainly is a deplorable state of affairs . .." Mr. Murdoch: "Mr. Chairman, I refuse to discuss the matter any longer with Mr. Fleming." "Order! Order!" the chairman called. "I must insist that ques- tions be submitted on the slips provided." The crowd applauded this state- ment. Mr. Fleming retired and Mayor Jack Naylor stepped into the breach. The Mayor said council had tried to get to the bottom of the issue, but had no success. In reply to a question he said there was no sig- nature on any option for the road. He thought it must have been a verbal agreement made by some- one previously. John Cameron who sat beside Mr. Fleming directed a question to CLAIMS POLITICS (Continued on Page 2) Local Member Votes For Socred ""Non-Confidence" Michael Starr, MP for Ontario Riding, was one of a group of 11 Progressive Conservatives who yesterday voted in the House of Commons for a Social Credit motion of no-confidence in the gov+ ernment. The PC's put forward a motion of no-confidence, which was defeat- ed by 153 to 56, saying that Can- ada's welfare depends on free com- petition. It urged policies to restore markets and promote world trade. Liberals, CCF and three Independ- ents voted against the motion, which was supported by the Social Credit up. The cial Credit party then iy a motion amending the PC's y changing the words 'free com- petition". to 'private enterprise" and adding a request that Canada accept sterling payment for her exports. The ¥ Conservatives lined with the Social Credit members support of that motion. it was op- posed and defeated 193 to 25, the Liberals, the Yeltaiuing members under Opposition leader George Drew, and Independent members. \ Others in the group which includ- ed Mr. Starr were John Diefen- baker, Andrew Robinson, Bruce C. W. Hodgson, Victoria, Ontario; and Wallace Nesbitt, Oxford. The Commons has now ended the throne speech debate which has lasted three weeks and now tackles government legislation. Bus Company Tells Ald. Of Deficit, Difficulties The Traffic Committee represen- tatives, Alderman H. E. Robinson, chairman ond Alderman C. B. Gay, called on H. F. McIntyre, Superin- tendent of the Oshawa Railway Bus Services yesterday with a view to obtaining information concern- ing re-adjustments and future plan for bus services in Oshawa. The plans for further changes in serv- ces were made known. In addi- tion the tremendous difficulties that are being faced by transport- ation companies in providing serv- ice to cities of this size were point- ed out. Mr. McIntyre told the aldermen that during the first ten months of 1953 Canada has prodcuced more than 430,000 ' automobiles, more than has been produced in Canada before. This has been beneficial to many new trends -- the decentral- ization in housing and in many areas the creation of shopping cen- tres. This, with the latest invention of home entertainment, the televi- vision, has caused transportation companies, particularly in small towns, major problems -- congest- ed streets during business hours, parking problems and after busi- ness hours lack of patronage due to families finding their entertainment at home around the television. Many transportation companies, he pointed out, have had to adjust, reduce schedules, secure subsidi from municipalities or out of business. In one state of the United States, 36 small bus lines have had to suspend service; in Canada a smaller number. In Canada, from coast to coast, service adjustments have had to be made to offset tre- mendous losses. Bus services in four towns in Ontario receive sub- sidies from municipalities, Mr. Me- Intyre noted. In Oshawa the local bus service has been operating at a deficit due to a great extent to the conditions aforementioned and traffic surveys have been made, said Mr. c- Intyre. On November 30 minor ad- justments to .service were made with three route extensions. Fur- ther adjustments and re-routing, giving service to areas not already served, and removing duplication of service in other areas will be put into effect after the Christmas season. "It is expected, after a fair trial, that the citizens of Oshawa will see the reason for such changes and will appreciate the extensions and re-routing that will be made ef- fective," says the company Wm a statement. U.S. Ship Fired At Off Egypt CAIRO (AP)--The United States embassy announced today that the American freighter Albion reported she had been fired on Thursday by Egyptian shore batteries while in the Gulf of Aqaba; east of Egypt's Sinai peninsula. The ship's message did not say whether there were any casualties or damage to the vessel. 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