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TIMES-GAZETTE TELEPHONE NUMBERS Classified Advertising ....3-3492 All Other Calls ..........3-3474 Weather Forecast Colder sir due from Dakotas Polar air to cover sll Ontario Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE Low tonight 20, High tomorrow 2 YOL. 14--No, 18 OSHAWA-WHITBY, SATURDAY, JANUARY 22, 1955 Oe Ba cour Phone 3-3474 EIGHTEEN P. WINTER BEAUTY COMES TO CITY OF OSHAWA Winter beauty is to he found on the city's doorstep, Garbed in # mantle of white, the banks of the Harmony Creek, just off Wil- | | | | dered their stronghold inside Mas. ' | sachusetts state | exchange for { hope,' | the four, who face additional sen. | tences up to 20 years, ' & of -% + son road, contrast sharply with | sun, this photograph was shot at the apparently Inky waters of | 1-100th, using an aperture of {22 the brook, Taken in mid-after- | A yellow filter was used, and noon, at right + angles to the |! HPS sheet film Seine On New Rampage larm Grows In Paris on | be ad ln "ace hu In 8. Maur, A big suburb to the east, 1,000 people had to be evac- uated whet th the river collapsed a dike and floowed low sections, At Choise le Rol, southeast of Paris, 2,000 inhabitants have fled from their flooded homes in the last 48 hours, _ along the river workmen are ding sandbag barriers, racing the bth elzabing water, FLOODED Already water has seeped Into cellars of such historic buildings In th the heart « of the eity as the. Kingston Woman, 104, Alert But Spends Birthday In Bed KINGSTON, Ont, (CP) ~ Mrs Lenora Adeline Van Luven, eastern | died in Montreal at the age of 102, e Ontario's oldest woman, 'today ob- serves her 104th birthday- Mrs, Van Luven, still alert of mind, has been confined to her bed the last few months following a fall, Her daughter Annie Van Luven, -a registered nurse, has been her constant companion Born In Ernestéwn township, Mrs, Van Luven belongs to a family which boasted other long: living females, in bed, | ! paths, she sald, garry een oval to upper fo y, more | The viver has risen on the left bank were| two feet in the last 24 1 Ey ag along with many homes | third highest level ever recorded, that of 1945, was reached this mor: Near the Puteaux bridge at the| ning and it is feared the second western entrance of the capital | highest level, that of 1024, will be ufldin inva on the fashionable west side, | RCAF Expediter were killed Fri both banks were expected to be | reached by Sunday night, under three feet of wates by night: | AT CREST MONDAY fall, Nevertheless the river has | The Louvre Palace in the heart | climbed into the streets of Paris | of Paris also is threatened The | in only a few spots, The Quai de palace, which shelters priceless | Berey and the Qual de Rapee on paintings and sculpture, is only | the enst side have been most af- | about 25 yards from the river's | fected, edge, All windows and doors Jead-| The Seine is expected to reach ing to the basements have been its crest, probably at the foot | bricked up, and pumps have been! mark, Sunday or Monday, The installed to empty water which river hit its all-time high of 20 in could filter through the walls, 1910 $1350, 000 Loss Kirkland Fire KIRKLAND LAKE (CP)----Fire roared uncontrolled through the eott Appliance and ay might -- One sister, Mrs, John Ferguson, | Mrs, lived sald, Another sister, Georgina Grass of Napanee, to be 88, Mrs, Van Luven's mother died in 1924 at the age of 102 years, She was a school teacher all her life, Mrs, Van | Store for 2% hours Friday night, causing $150,000 damage and for a time threatening the whole of | the downtown of this northern On-| tario gold mining community, injured as firemen, including volunteers, fought the| blaze through zero temp ratures | and a windswept snowstorm with | all available equipment The store was gutted and its stocks, valued at $75,000, de- stroyed, The flames licked at the | NO One wa Luven still recall travelling to and from her mother's school on horseback and often hearing the howls of wolves as she made her way along the country LATE NEWS FLASHES | eaves of a grocery store only a foot away and wind carried | sparks lighted small fires on the! | roofs of three other nearhy build. ings Says Red China Offer 'Gracious' OMAHA, Neb, zie thinks Red' China's jeans' Sqd Workers Ignore Government Censure LESSEN, West Germany 1 million West German coal and steel 24-hour against what they labelled anti-labor statement by a censure nearly workers began a Ruhr industrialist, Dense Fog Blacks Out Britain LONDON -- Dense fog blacked out Britain to- playing havoc with shipping in the North sea and English channel and stalling road and rail traffic up and down the country, A warm air stream brought relief, however, to the desolate highlands of Scotland, gnowbound for the last two weeks, Ships Collide In River Mersey LIVERPOOL, England -- The Cunard liner Par« thia was in collision with another vessel, menco, in the river Mersey today, Damage was caused to the bows of the 13,362-ton Parthia, The Flamenco, an 8,490-ton vessel which is registered at Liverpool and owned by the Pacific Steam Navigation Company day, 'was badly damaged, offer to let imprisoned Amer- families visit them in a might "facilitate their release." He is visiting one of (1. the captured flier's relatives here, | Wife Acquitted |0f Wounding one which | SARNIA (CP) A charge of | wounding, brought against a Port ampion woman mn conneciion with the stabbing of her husband (Jan. 5, was dismissed Friday in | magistrate's court Mrs, Irma Sterling, seven-year-old girl, was charged | after her husband, Donald, suf. | fered a four-inch deep wound in | the right groin after a party, protest Mrs. Sterling said she was thrown out of the couple's home | three times and prevented from | using the telephone to call police. | She told the court she was knocked {to the floor and reached up to | grab the knife from a table, She | sald she did not know how the | wound was inflicted APOLOGIES TO READERS Because of mechanical probe lems which were beyond cons trol, The Times-Gazette des livery has been later than usual during the past few days, However, the publishers are confident that the probs lems have now been overcome and the troubles corrected and future issues should be on time, The Times Gazette wishes to pay a special tribs ute to carrier boys and girls for their splendid co-operation during this trying period Ldr, A. R, Andy MacKen. "gracious" mother of a Ignoring government strike today in the Fla« | found only U.S. NAVAL FORGE SAI Convicts Surrender End 80-Hour Terror GUNS ON TABLE Canham, whose committee was chosen by the convicts themselves, described the tense climax of the discusion inside the grim granite | Jail like this; "Until the precise moment when (they) pulled their guns from their dungarees pockets, slipped out the clips or bullets and tossed them on the table hefore us, we did not know whether the men would choose tragedy or hope, "We had talked, back and forth, for some six hours to try and bring them to choose hope," The convicts, among them a notorious bank robber and escape artist ealled Theodore Green, listed thelr grievances for the eom- BOSTON (AP--Four desperate hostage - holding convicts surren- prison Friday in "some glimmer of The escape = mad rebel four yielded five guards and six fellow conviet hostages, two gunsa and themselves to a seven-man civilian negotiating committee after an 80- hour holdout of snarling death threats, Penal authorities Immediately began an investigation into the prison uprising and Masachusets Attorney-General George Fingold sald he personally will prosecute Spokesman for the negotiating | committee, Erwin D, Canham, edi-| or of The Christian Science Moni-| mittee, All gomplaints concerned tor, said the eivie group made 'mothe medieval facilities of the 150- bargain or deal" with the convicts | Year old hastille which is due to but promised to try "to get some. | be Abandoned later this year for a thing" so the convicts "would have | NeW prison, ald Canham; fad hope for the future,' | "Teddy Green asked me to step 3 Rirmen Die As Planes Hit WINNIPEG (CP) == The three arew members of a twin-engine OTTAWA (CP) = The federal government's tax-reduction plan for Quebec will be a serious blow to national unity, CCF leader Cold- well sald Friday night, He sald that a departure from the principle that federal income tax shoul Joply equally to all Canadians "dangerous to na tional nity, "Just as soon as this is done e, It is day night when the training plane crashed 30 miles southeast of Win nipeg, The RCAF sald the plane was on a routine training flight out of Winnipeg, It carried an RCAF pilot and two navigation students, The plane came down about 4% miles so fl iin Banford, LR wi on | aan honed a on ney aid, a sent to the scene, The air force said the men's bodies were recov: red, Names of the crew members were withheld pending notification of next-of kin, BC's political Prime Minister St, nounced Monday the federal gov. ernment has decided on a two. year, 10-per-cent personal income tax cut for Quebec, which now has a provincial income tax and has no tax agreement with Ottawa, The arrangement will he available to all other provinces If they w want Laurent an. into one of these gloomy dungeons, He shut the barred door and turned out the lights in the corri- doy, Then, in his tense, hard voice, he described life in these cells, That was about 2 am, Friday | morning, and I have rarely had a n| more intensely moving 2 a.m, | HORRORS DESCRIBED "And so for three solid hours we sat and talked--listened, mostly, The convicts complained of their utter frustration, but most of all of the horrors of protracted soli- tary confinement, "You rot," they said, "No mawkish note, no false sym- pathy, no disguise of their crimes entered the discusion, They freely averred they had a debt to pay to society, But they wanted to be brought to trial, to get on with their punishment, and to see whether, way down at the end of the road, there might not be a year or two of liberty left for them," [New Tax Cut Proposal Seen As Blow To Unity to Impose an Income fax as an alternative to existing tax rental BONUR Pi Voit SOME? Mr, Coldwell sald it has been calculated the plan will cost the federal government $30,000,000 but the Quebec provincial government will eollect only $25,000,000 from its tax, leaving a 'direct bonus' of $5,000,000 for some Quebec tax payers,' ax to the am [4 get under rental agreement, would mean taxpayers across Canada In the same income brackets would pay the same tax, It would eliminate double tax- ation, ensure that people in one province did not pay less than In another and safeguard the tax rental agreements, he sald, Ring Smuggles 'Red China Food? FORT ERIE (CP) United States customs officials said Fri day Chinese-Americans are getting some of their seafood from Com: munist China via Hong Kong and Canada, The officials sald several ship- | ' WASHINGTON - AP)--A leading Republican senator says proposed Bid To U.S. Rirmen's Kin Held 'Red Propaganda' sume any responsibility for your travel in Communist China, which ily be undertaken at legislation to pay the ex ments of dried seafood have been | intercepted recently, The U8, has [relatives to visit 17 Americans im. 1 China would serve har on all goods from |brisoned in Rec ay ginbatge on al 8 only "to flame the fires of vicious ganda." In Toronto comment on the case | PrOPAE . came from & man who knows the| The comment came from Charles delicacies well, | B, Potter of Michigan after such Fred Seto, city and Canadian | a bill was proposed Friday by a edi! of a 5 C ninese | Representative, Kenneth Keating, ) of New Yor Times said the product is an oys: also a Republican, Iv ¢ ter sauce made with a recipe hun.| So far the families of only two dreds of years old, He said it|of the jailed Americans have said would be difficult to duplicate by | they will accept the Red Chinese modern methods, offer to let them come, He said the fish are Some others who hesitated men. in China, Over 'the |tioned the expense angle, and some | years Chinese people have be: [obviously had taken notice of an come extremely fond of them he|alr force warning that the United sald States government cannot "'asr varieties Ik at SIREN FEE RECREATE) CANADIAN JUNIOR CHAMPION Don Jackson, 1dyear-old son | known former teacher of Bars of Mr, and Mrs, G, J. Jackson | bara Ann Scott, His triumph in of this eity, captured the Cana- | Canadian championship competi» dian Junior men's figure skat- | tion yesterday, adds further ing crown at the championships | glory and honor to Oshawa's sues at Varsity yesterday. Young | cess in this sport in recent Donald competed as an entry of | years, The young champion can the Minto Skating Club of Otta be seen on television, aver wa, where he trained this past | CBLT, this evening at six o'clock summer under Otto Gold, wells | and again at eleven o'clock, of | must your own risk," At United Nations headquarters in New York it was reported Fri- day night that the UN was ready to make travel arrangements for the relatives but a spokesman sald the international organization has no funds to pay their expenses, Fach round-trip plane fare would come to nearly $2,000, OFFERED FUL IL. AMOUNT The American Red Cross stepped in Friday and sald it would pro- vide up to the full amount of the trip cost to any of the next-of-kin who may he "authorized by the U8, government and desire to go to Communist China" but need financial help to get there, Revolt Seen 'As Hopeless MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) Apparently writing off the Costa Rican revolt as nopeless, Niear: agua's President Anastasio Somoza sald Friday night the rebels should accept a truce if the San Jose government allows its exiles to re- turn to Costa Rica and promises free elections, The Nicaraguan chief expressed the views on the fighting in an interview granted after the Costa Rican general staff announced in San Jose the capture of the last two rebel bases in the northwest tip of the country, The feeling in the Costa Rican capital was that the revolt was virtually over, Somoza said the rebels appeared "in bad shape--in a different sits uation, with no defence against the fighter planes the United States turned over to (Costa, Rican Presi dent Jose) Figueres," SOLD PLANES The US, sold four Mustang fighter planes to Costa Rica at the behest of the Organization of American States, The San Jose government asked the OAS to in tercede in the situation, accusing Nicaragua of aiding the rebels Nicaragua denied the charge, but an OAS Investigating commision found that the insurgents had re Seived help from outside Costa ica Somoza said he feels the revolu. tionaries "should accept" a truce if Figueres offers "full guarantees to let the exiles return and pro- mises free elections, SLOWS DOWN AT 107 Equipped with crash helmet and oxygen Hive, Billy Lundy, of Crestview, Fla, was about celebrate his 107th bir thay ith a ride in a jet plane at a US, army base when he decided the ine was a bit too fast for him. A veteran of the vy War, Lundy observed that the o Pjine "would have heen a big frightening the Yankees, entral Press Canadian 08) . SERVIC ment ! J "A White, a native of A burn, near Oshawa, has been department since 1015, His succes sor has not yet been named, fast carrier task left Manila Nationalist planes struck back Friday night and today at Yikiang- | shan island, invaded Tuesday by | guerrillas, Yikiangshan is eight miles north of the Nationalist Tachen islands, which are miles h of Vor. mosa and 12 miles from the China mainland, The 93,00040n U.S, Ca sex, Yorkt on and arsarge pulled out of Manila y for what a navy spokesma termed | from exercises 14 '] Vregular operations area,' A well-placed naval source at the Pacific fleet headauarters in Pearl Harbor said it would he a 'safe assumption" that the carriers were headed for the Formosa area, Each of the ships carry -a 100 plane striking force, ers Es QUEBEC (CP) ~~ The Quebec a vernment will strike out a tlaute n its income tax act that fr have LE ior Dhpiae oh : a op HEADED FORMOSA WA Each Of 3 Ships Carry 100-Plane Raid Force TAIPEH, Formosa (AP) -- A United States N bay early today and was ported ~ but not confirmed officially ~ headed tow the troubled Formosan waters which have swirled week with hot sea and alr action and Red China's big, amphibious invasion of the long civil war, The reported movi 7th fleet units "tryed "wit defence of Formosa the Communists and won after | Washington reports fi bloody fighting against Nationalist | might id in oy i troops off pn 18 nin | en "Nat hy (President J | Asoo i reparing Kionat Poise for such i ation i aon Bul Nationalist Premier Yul today sald Xb y op A from a oth f-shore Isl ands, nglish-lan, plage Chine LU ol aholk [] ovarnment pL every outpost iiand 4 all costs, om i ke Yikian where the Mints. guerrillas tui fo fi 4 ainst overwhel alr, sea and land loréen, Quebec Wipes Out Income Tax Clause: "step towards justice," Q Hi desired Surovment 'to lon Haas ale sonally drafted Quebec tax Maw preg In id i hoy [ed Fra J House Votes Tuesday | German Rearmament OTTAWA (CP)~The Housk of Commons still debating whether to approve rearming of West Ger. many under the north Atlantic alliance has been asked whether that move is ompatible with United Nations attempts at world disarmament, Health Minister Martin sald Fri day the two are part of a single poliey of working for peace, The recent success at the United Nations in reviving disarmament talks he sald was achieved be: cause the West had hecome strong, The Parls agreements, now bes fore the Commons for ratification would guarantee that strength, Mr, Martin spoke in reply to Joseph W, Noseworthy (COP York South) one of four CCF members who have Indicated in the two days of debate that they will vote against ratification, WILL ARSTAIN The other . three are Stanley Knowles Winnipeg North Centre; R, Knight, Saskatoon; and W, Herrlidge Kootenay West, i, Another CCF meniber Ror Stewart from Winn Friday he will abstain from North nad Mr, Noseworthy said that in the last three years withou! Paris agreements or redeo the Community, made ommunity, the West more progress at negotiating with Russia than at any time LR the Second World War, "Why the hurry now to rearm the Germans!" he asked, Mr, Martin agreed with Mr, some easing of world tension, RJ referred to the Canadian. nsored resolution at the United long Sor Jesuming disarmament ta adobisd he headed Canada » delegation there last fall, "My impression is that we were able to arrive at an understanding with the Soviet Union because by this time the masters of the Xrem: lin had come to the conclusion Noseworthy that there has been |!n that they were net otia ith an area of The World tha hot al Bo Devoe strong." The TaborPe Ive (Commis ald | nist) party Ins! alled tions to party members on A organize a Opa \ iat lL Fleation Mr, Martin sumber. of instructions what he sald was '" vate divective to Its members, Debate resumes Monday on rafls Hioation of fl g Dog ge arms They limit and armed forces, The governs ment has sald they will vive increase in Canada's commit Europe, Seven NATO eounl sounizie the United Kiuydom, aslglum, land, Italy, dreoce and ftv pp ph on NA members Weluding da ada must give approval as must West pected Germany, A vote here 1s ex day, il Liberal [hs ti servatlve and Social Credit a or in {he debate (1 fo have hey will vate for vatifioation has CCF leader Coldwell i Pl w FLOODS ADD TO MISERY OF EUROPEANS Battered hy eripplin rain, snowstorm, many uropean countries are now faced with threat of serious floods as mass- es of snow have turned small rivers into raging torrents, Such Is the case of the usually tran. quil Seine river which can seen overflowing its banks above nig streets in the centre of eral feet below the top of the Parls, Normally the river is seve quay, While firemen atiive Wi pumps to keep the water le dowd in Notre Ate er "wal using sand Sndbags ahd st an town PB v 4 EU VE RE A RA A aL |