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Play Carols To Woo : Back Allied PoW's . Kidnap-Killers Die Within Hours . Daily Bverace Circuladion for November, 1953 25:3 THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle Cold Weather Forecast snap will last over Thurs- day. Low tonight 15, high tomor- row '22. VOL. 12--No. 293 Authorized es Second-Class Mall, Post Office Department, Ottawe | | By STAN CARTER P. JOM (AP)--The All to win back balky war prisoners appeared today to have eollapsed, and an Indian spokes- man said the 22 Americans and ene Briton who chose communism are fully aware time is running out. Two PoW leaders who conferred Fucsday with Indian Lt.-Gen. K. S. ayya said it makes no dif-| ference to them that the 90-day od for interviews expires Dec. A South Korean prisoner re- patriated from the pro-Communist eompound today said, however, that three of the 22 "Americans want to be repatriated. Pfe. Kim Mun Du said most of the 77 South Koreans remaining to be interviewed also will ask to ied | munists deliberately stalled further [veturn home. He asserted the Com- interviews So the remaining pris- oners would have no choice. Kim asked his Indian guards for repatriation and was returned to the United Nations command dur- ing the day. He said it is possible that other prisoners may also ask to be returned. BROADCAST CAROLS But there appears to be virtually no chance that the Americans and Briton will agree to attend inter- views before the deadline. And the UN command is considering other ways of reaching the prisoners, in- cluding Christmas carols broadcast | over the compound public eddress | system. | The music would be interspersed with apleals to abandon commun- | 'ism and return home. Other people besides Santa Claus are rushed at Christmas time, as evidenced by these photos taken yesterday at Osh- awa's main post office on King Street East and the Richmond Street annex. Top left is seen part of the crowd that thronged "SLICK ORGA OSHAWA-WHITBY, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1953 TWENTY-SIX PAGES i the post office around 3 p.m. vesterday in a rush to buy stamps and send off parcels. Top right shows the postal employees, many of them part-time sorting mail by streets for the carriers. At the lower left, Arthur Davey, of 257 Cadillac Avenue elpers, South, aims an outgoing parcel at a sack several feet away. His aim is reputed to be better than that of the average basketball player. In the lower right pic- ture, Chuck Powers, of the OCVI, a part-time worker brought in NIZATION HANDDLES MOUNTAINS OF MAIL to help with the rush, dumps mail onto a stacking table where outgoing mail is arranged for the cancellation machines. To- morrow is the deadline for mail, warns the post office. --Times-Gazette Staff Photos. CHRISTMAS MAIL SMASHING RECORD 30 Cars Ditched By Drunk A drunk driver last night forced 30 cars off Highwa 0. 2, be- tween Whitby and Oshawa. Allan T. Duncan, 580 Gibbs Avenue, who led pursuers a merry chase to Oshawa where he stepped from his car and fell on the road in a drunk- en condition, was this morning con- victed of drunk driving and sen- tenced to a minimum term of seven days in county jail. | The nightmare chase started at {the railway subway just east of | Whitby when Charles .Bell, head- |ing west, was forced from the {road -by Duncan's eastbound car. !Bell turned and gave chase to the | wildly fleeing car. ; | In the four short intervening | miles some 30 drivers prudently | chose the ditch rather than a crack- up. Apparently none of the cars 'were damaged. Oshawa police cruisers convetged on the spot where Duncan fell from his car on Park Road, just south of the King Street intersection. The car came LARRY HALL JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP)-- | the The Greenlease kidnap-killers spent of their time today reading wild west stories and working cross | word Puzles outwardly nonchal- ant about their execution early day. Carl Austin Hall, 34-year-old playboy, and Bonnie Brown Heady, 41, his amour, gave no outward signs of cracking before their death in the gas chamber. They pay with their lives, side side, a few minutes after mid- night Thursday night for the kil- ling of six-year-old Bobby Green- lease which they planned before they kidnapped him Sept. 28 in Kansas City. ; The only enigma of the crime left is what happéned to half of $600,000 ransom paid by Bob- | by's multi-millionaire father, Rob-) ert C. Greenl , e issing money, which Hall has insisted he had with him when arrested in St. Louis the night of Oct. 6, has be- come the object of an inquiry by a federal grand jury at Kansas City, the FBI and the St. Louis police board. The killers have shown no appar- ent concern about their deaths, al- though Hall has asked an Episco- palian minister, Rev. George Evans of Kansas City, to stay with him "until the very end." | Hall has been reading wild west | | magazines. Mrs. Heady has kept! | busy with crossword puzzles in| 'newspapers. Neither has shown ' any interest in hundreds of pounds of mail sent to them but detoured by prison authorities at their re- quest, Both have gained weight since entering their death row cells Nov. 20, the day after they were con- victed. Hall has said he has gained about 20 pounds: Mrs. Heady has put on 'about five. Their faces are full, free of wrinkles, and Mrs. Heady has even joked about the roll of fat she was told Hall has acquired around his midriff. Neither has had any exercise since walking into the narrow con- finement of their solitary cells, where they can neither see nor talk with one another. Their only contact is with the prison guards stationed just outside their cells and with occasional carefully L. | screened visitors. CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL The first hospital for children on the American continent was es- tablished in Toronto in 1878. "JUST COINCIDENCE" Strangling Not Linked To Marion's Abduction TORONTO (CP) -- Police invest-seph Schreiber, igating the strangling of Mrs. Jo- UNCLE MELTY | PUMP -- DON'T JUMP -- WHEN YOU WANT TO STOP ON A SLIPPERY ROAD. PUMPING YOUR BRAKES KEEPS THE WHEELS FROM LOCKING -- AND SKIDDING/ 1 | 4 (went to the apartment and found |Schreiber closely about the 23, - say there is | no connection between the attrac- {tive blonde's death and the dis- {appearance Dec. 6 of 17-year-old Marion McDowell, a co-worker in the office of a photo-engraving | | plant. A | | Mrs. Schreiber's 27-year-old hus- | | band has been charged with) murder. He is accused of killing | | his wife in their east-end apart-| {ment Monday night after a recon- | |ciliation that followed two weeks | {of separation. Police called by the woman's |father - in" law, immigration in- spector Collingwood Schreiber, ithe woman's body lying fully - clothed aeross a bed. They ques- tioned the husband at the apart- ment and at the police station and | then charged him. Detectives said he told them he couldn't remember what happened after he and his wife peo after meeting in a downtown bar; Police said they found several em- pty beer bottles in the apartment NEVER MET Police said questioned | Me- | Dowell girl. reported abducted from a youth's parked car and | they feared slain. Schreiber told them he had heard of the girl but had never met her, He said he knew she worked with his wife and that he and his wife had discussed the girl's dis- appearance. He said that on the night of the kidnapping he was visiting friends, Chief of detectives Alex McCathie said there was nothing to link the strangling with the kidnapping, Said one of the investigating of- ficers: "It is sheer coincidence that the two girls knew each other and worked together." SPECIAL MEETING TONIGHT At a special meeting of Oshawa city council to be held tonight in| the Police Building, Norman Mill- man, chairman of the Oshawa Planning Board wili discuss the proposed zoning by-law with coun- cil and it is expected that many phases of town planning in general will be touched on. * MOUNTAIN CLIMBER | The 13,386-foot Schreckhorn peak | in the Swiss Alps was first climbed by Sir Leslie Stephen in 1861, Driver to rest with its front wheels in the west ditch, Found in the car was a carton containing six pints of beer, Dun- can had attended a party with fel- low construction workers and was driving home alone. In court this morning Magistrate F. S. Ebbs felt that the minimum seven-day jail term was warranted because of the coming Christmas festivities. A charge of having lig- quor was withdrawn. Duncan's car was impounded and his driver's licence suspended for three months. France Resents Intervention PARIS (AP)--The foreign af- fairs committee of the French Na- tional Assembly said today it will not let itself be influenced, or pushed, by any statements of out- siders on the proposed European army. . The resolution adopted by the lower house committee was in dir- ect answer to the warning Mon- day by U.S. State Secretary Dulles that if the European Defence Com- munity is not approved soon, the United States might have to re- appraise its foreign policy. y The assembly is getting ready for its most critical debate on ratification of the EDC treaty. was the case last year. Despite pleas from the post of- fice to mail cards and parcels early, residents of Oshawa have waited until the last minute. The post office at King Street East was packed to the doors yesterday and again today with people trying to buy stamps and have their parcel$ weighed. Last year it took until January to clear out the Christmas mail. This year with a larger population and more restricted facilities for the handling of the mails, it is not anticipated that the final clean-up will be any earlier. To indicate the large volume of mail being handled, Postmaster Moran Jesierday supplied the fol- lowing breakdown of the pieces of mail passing through the cancelling machines. To get an idea of the task - confronting the local post of- fice it must be realized that a large number of pieces of mail are hand stamped. Here are the figures for ma- chine cancellation during the rush period. The latter figure in each case is that for this year. Dec. 8, 16,114 -- 19,357. Dec. 9, 15,506 -- 18,147, Dac. 10, 19,156 -- 21,813, Dec. 11 26,462 -- 26,155, Daily Count Reaches Hundred Thousand Mark The volume of Christmas mail being handled by the staff of the Oshawa Post Office this year, in common with past years; is setting records and Postmaster Norman J. Moran is sure that when the final count is made that his staff will have handled between 12 and 15 per cent more of this type of mail at the end of the rush season than Dec. 12, 32,789 --- 33,209. Dec. 13, 42,666 -- 17,720 (Sunday). Dec. 14, 17,655 (Sunday) -- 77,089, Dec. 15 69,438 -- 103,286. To augment the local post office staff, Mr. Moran has hired 81 part- time workers, most of whom are collegiate pupils, to handle the mountains of mail passing through the King Street post office and the postal annex on Church Street. Adding to the troubles of the hard - pressed staff are the hun- dreds of imporperly addressed pieces of mail. me bear only the recipient's name with no street address. These have to be laid aside for the time being. When the rush is over the post office staff will go over each one individually, consulting the city directory. In this way it may be possible for the Christmas card to ultimately reach its destination. Among the improperly addressed mail there are always some which, despite the pressure under which the staff is working, provoke a smile. Yesterday the prize piece of mail was addressed to 'the man who lives in the cement block house with a flat roof, Farewell Avenue. Ike Won't Share Atomic Techniques With Allies WASHINGTON (AP)-- President Eisenhower said today he does not intend to ask Congress to permit the U.S. to share with its allies scientific pr hni or tech for building atomic weapons. He left the implication, however, that the administration does con- template sharing information about DEPENDS ON CIRCUMSTANCES | dent asked, what do we d 0? He | This appeared to men that what | added he was somewhat astonished {the administration does contem- [that anyone would feel there is |plate, if Congress approves, is | sharing information about the use of atomic weapons -and perhaps sharing the weapons themselves with U.S. allies. Along that line Eisenhower said it would depend on circumstances, the use of atomic p ani perhaps sharing the weapons them- selves with other NATO powers. Eisenhower made his remarks at a press conference when asked to comment on the statement by the Paris NATO conference Tues- day. Wilson spid Congress would be asked soon to permit the shar- ing of information on atomic weap- ons with the NATO allies. Eisenhower said some changes in the law will be necessary before the U.S. can realize the fullest advantages of atomic progress. But no changes were contem- plated which have anything to do with the scientific processes in- volved in developing atomic energy or with the building of atomic weapons. MATTRESS MATTERS A hard mattress promotes restful sleep, some authorities claim, For assured comfort it should be at least 36 to 39 inches wide. But restful sleep comes easy on any old mattress when everyday problems are happily solved. And the easy way to solve 'em is through Classified ads! Renting, selling, job-finding and recovering lost articles is pleasant and quick through Want Ads! Dial 3-2233 for an ad-writer. military circumstances, whether the U.S. would turn over atomic weapons to its allies. He said if war comes the U.S. should use its atomic weapons in whatever way would be to the country's best advantage, Quite possibly, he said, it would be best to let 'an ally use American weap- ons under cértain eircumstances. Eisenhower said he is by no means jiving up hope the Rus- sians will decide to accept the pro- posal he recently made in a speech to the United Nations -- that all the atomic powers join in a limited program of atomic research, with emphasis on peacetime power de- velopment. But even a rejection of this offer by the Soviets, Eisenhower said, {would not stop him from trying to meet the problem of interna- tional control in another way. NO OFFICIAL REACTION The president said the adminis- tration has received no official Soviet reaction to the plan he out- lined to the United Nations Gen- eral Assembly. Eisenhower also commented on State Secretary Dulles' Monday address to the NATO conference. He said in effect that he agrees with Dulles' remarks prodding France to ratify the European de- fence army project. U.S. law, the president said. already provides that 50 per cent of this year's appropriations for foreign aid must be channelled -into the European Defence Community, which has not been set up as yet. If there is no EDC, the presi- anything blunt or new in what |y Dulles .said in Paris. Basra Under Military Rule BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- The Iraqi oil port of Basra lay under martial law today following a clash between police and striking workers of the Basra Petroleum Co. in which six persons were re- ported killed. 3 The casualty reports, which were not confirmed, said 33 other per- sons, including some police, were injured in the fray. The battle broke out Tuesday when police tried to disperse a worker's dem- onstration. Monster Sun Bathes LOCH NESS, Scotland (AP) -- The legendary Loch Ness monster, which normally spends its winters4 Shivering at the bottom of the loch was reported today basking hap- pily in the balmy sunshine of Britain's Indian summer. Woodcutters on the loch banks said they saw the monster--they said it resembled a 'huge horse' -- gambolling and splashing around on the surface, The monster's last reported ap- pearance was about 18 months ago. He usually makes an appear- ance to coincide' with the arrivald of Scotland's first tourists. By ELTON C. FAY WASHINGTON (AP) -- Swift, highly manoeuvrable cruisers, des- troyers, submarines and troop- carrying merchantmen are going into the new fleet Russia is creat- . ing for use if she gambles on a conquest of Europe. » Some of her submarines are rated as rivals in under;water speed to the new United States atomic models. | Authorities here estimated today that in cruiser construction alone Soviet building during the last few Jears has exceeded the total built y the U.S. and its North Atlantic Treaty Organization alllies. Currently Russia is believed to have more than 30 cruisers built or building, including an ultra-mod- ern, swift, manoeuvrable type de- signated as the Sverdlov class. Only one of the class has been seen by the Western world, when it appeared for Britain's Coronation ceremonies last summer. Presum- ably it and others are based at White sea ports, like Murmansk, toward which the Sverdlov was seen heading after it sailed from England. Cruisers like this are especially useful as raiders against both combat and merchant ships, and in support of amphibious land- ing operations. Reds Beat West In Subs Output The Sverdlov, listed by the Rus- sians as a 12,000-ton ship but seem- ing much heavier, manoceuyred swiftly and easily as Western naval experts watched it on its visit last summer. EQUIPMENT GOOD Equipment of the Sverdlov class compares favorably with that of the best U.S. and British combat craft. Fire-control radar equip- ment for the main armament, ap- parently about six-inch weapons, and anti-aircraft weapons were noted. Naval men still estimate the size of the Soviet submarine force at about 300, a figure used as far back as 1948. But since then mod- ern craft, presumably including the type XXVI submersibles de- signed by Germany's submarine experts, are rapidly replacing the conglomeration of older craft which the Russians had or inher- ited by capture at the end of the Second World War. The type XXVI is powered by a closed-cycle-en- gine which requires no oxygen for combustion, permitting prolonged operation at great depths and high speed. Under-water speed of up to 25 knots is probable, a speed which approaches that expected for the U.S. atomic-powered sub- mersibles now being built. New York Sales Fall Sharply . NEW YORK (AP)--Sale volume in New York City's department stores dropped 10 2A cent last week, compared with the compar- able week a year ago, according to preliminary figures issued by the Federal Reserve Bank of New ork. The report Monday also showed that sales for the four weeks ended Dec. 12 were off six per cent from the corresponding period a year ago. Store executives attributed last week's drop in business to the 11- day strike of newspaper photo-en- gravers, which ended Dec. 8, and unseasonably warm weather, Dur- ing the strike the stores couldn't use newspapers for their promo- ions. Rhee Seeks Big Papers SEOUL (AP)--President Syng- man Rhee said today he will use force if necessary to reorganize and enhance the quality of Korean newspapers. Rhee appealed to interviewing South Korean reporters to do "your own best' to establish really igood newspapers. He regretted that there were too many small newspapers in South Korea of low quality. "We must have a few big news- papers which could be quoted by foreign newspapers," he said. "I seldom see the foreign press quot- ing our newspapers.' here are about 45 daily news- apers in South Korea, and none as more than 10,000 circulation. ~ LATE NEWS FLASH! ED cut to 10 per cent from murdering his wife--an Marion McDowell. British rail union heads road strike. CLEAR CTA MEXICO RU might postpone the U.K. LOWER 'DOWN PAYMENTS The government is expected to announce taday that down payments under new housing legislation will be 20 per cent on the first $8,- 000 of the mortgage value. REMAND IN MURDER CASE Joseph Schreiber, 27, was remanded a week when he appeared in Toronto court today to face a charge of office companion of missing STRIKE THREAT LESSENS accepted a peace plan which 's threatened Christmas rail- N The U.S. has agreed to allow TCA to operate the ser- vice it desires to Mexico from Montreal. flight will probably be in two weeks. The first