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TIMES-CAZETTE TELEPHONE NUMBERS Classified Advertising .... 3.3492 All Other Calls ..........3-3474 HE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle row 20, Weather Forecast Cloudy with a few sunny inters vals. Low tonight 18, high tomors YOL. 14-No, 19 vont OPies "oparimen, onave Come" or 'Copy Phone 3-3474 SIXTEEN PAGES © OSHAWA-WHITBY, MONDAY, JANUARY 24, 1955 7 SAILORS REMAIN ON DANGER LIST ho NIGHT SCENE This attractive night scene was taken from the railway bridge east of Albert street, and shows the heavy outbound traffic from Toronto while a lone car returns to the metropolis, The shot was taken looking west during a heavy snow storm, Exposure was Donald Jacks ®jriiksLe lead and wis champion by » gens to 1 Donald Jackson, 14-year-old son of Mr, and Mrs, G. J. Jackson, 211 Simcoe Street South, who won the Canadian Junior skating cham- plonship in Toronto on Friday evening, Is being held as a com. ing world champlon, Seasoned critics who enthused about this championship « winning rformance compared him with he sensational world champion Dick Button, in spite of the fact that he was In his first ehamplon- ship contest, and was years young: or than most of the other com. petitors, "STOLE THE SHOW" Seldom has any skater won such an audience as did young Donald Jackson in the free skating figures on Friday evening, and again on Saturday night, when he gave a brilliant solo performance, he Ystole the show," and received thunderous applause, The approval given him for for not only the ease with which this miniature Dick Button glided through the most complicated spins and jumps, for, as well, the professional, stroll through. the-park nonchalance with which he appeared to approach the whole matter." Don had taken a good lead In the compulsory school fig: ures and in the free « skating on Friday evening, he enhanced his erous margin. None of Donald's scores was be | " low 8.3 out of a perfect 10, and| times" two judges even rated him above | Wouldn't? But it Is best for me. 9 in content and in performance, 1 too, "These are exceptional scores,' one veteran skater observes, es-| was In complete accord with that in his | statement, That's a| Donald a prolonged ovation when real comer for sure, He ls going | he completed his turn on the ice, pecially for a youngster rst real competition, to be a great skater,' ON HIGHWAY NO. 401 | on Is Hailed | | | "Magnificent," sald Peter Firat: | brook, a former Canadian ion, "That was really for a skater so young. STILL OSHAWA BOY hile Donald Jackson was list od In the official list as from the Minto Club, Ottawa, he is still very much an Oshawa which destroyed the arena, Donald, already an Osh. awa Skating Club champion, had to go elsewhere to secure ice for training, Some months agg, his yarents decided to send him to the into Club, Ottawa, where he could have the training of Otto Gold, who trained Barbara Ann Scott, "Last year," says Donald, "1 used to travel all over to find ice, 1 skated in Stouffville, Port Perry, Bowmanville, places like that, But I would be tired before I started skating, so my parents decided LATE NEWS FLASHES Coal Mine Blast Kills 36 Miners ISTAMBUL, Turkey--A gas explogion blasted a coal mine Sunday night at Zonguldak, lack Sea port in Northern Turkey, killing 86 miners and injuring 20, It was announced today. Fear Store Fire May Spread AYLMER, Ont, Fire brigades from St, Thomas, Malahide township and the RCAF station are working with the Aylmer brigade today in battling a serious hlaze in a shoe store, Tachen Civilian Refugees Arrive TAIPEH, Formosa -- First civilian refugees from the beleagured Tacheén islands, about 215 chil dren including many orphans, are due to arrive in Keelung, Formosa, Tuesday, The evacuation was ars ranged through Madame Chiang Kai-shek. There was no report whether the U.S, Tth Fleet units were involved in the evacuation. Hearn Named To Saunders' Post TORONTO (CP) Richard L. Hearn, chief engineer of the hydro-electric power commission of Ontario, has been appointed hydro chairman, He succeeds Robert H. 8 a plane crash near London, cham | one knew he had won, Jomethink | LOOKING TO OLYMPICS | boy, and this | ald will not city shares in the glory which he| trainer and his parents are agreed has achieved, Because of the fire [that it would be premature to push Oshawa | him Ino world champlonship com: | | pssed | ality | € 1 | \ A a ES intermittent for two minutes, at 8 on high speed sheet film, One car is visible idling on the side away from the heavy flow of ot me go to Ottawa to skate for Gold at the Minto Club, 1 get lonesome some he confessed, "who Otto "Sure, am learning something, 1 think," The audience at Varsity Arena The spectators gave and the final, Involved calculation of points was anti-climax, Every Although he was invited to be a member of the Canadien team to go to Vienna next month to skate In the world's championship, Don. make that trip, His petition at his early age. So he will keep on with his training wt the Mintoclub, with his eyes on the 1066 Olymple games, He Is re garded as a sure starter for the Canadian team at that time, Naturally, Donald's parents are proud of him, They see his winning of the junior championship as the coming true of thelr hopes and am bitlons when they started him on the road to becoming a champion skater, But Donald himself Is Just an unspoiled, natural boy, who takes his skating very seriously, works tremendously hard in his efforts to attain perfection, and looks on it all as grand fun, EGGS FOR PONY WRITTLE, England (CP)<A hen which roosts on a pony's back at night lays an egg each morning, which the pony promptly eats, George Samuels, farmer in this Essex district, says it's a race for AT SIMCOE STREET trict abounds in similar winter scenes which offer a "camera- man's delight to hundreds pursuing this hobby here ~Times Staff Photo automobile traffic. Overhead lies Oshawa, slowly opening its thous- ands of 'lightbulb eyes' as the shades of night are drawn down on another day, Oshawa and dis- DOUBT TWO FORTS # ONDON (Reuters) + Rritléh offi§ial pources sald here today they would be "surprised" If the United States were to guarantee the Chinese Nationalist-held Quemoy and Matsu Islands within 156 miles of the China coast, Reports in Washington have said President Eisen. hower in his message to Congress today would ask for approval to extend America's protection of Formosa and the Pescadores islands to Quemoy and Matsu, This would be done before New Zealand, supported by the United States and Britain initiated a move in the United Nations Security Council to stop the fighting between the Chinese Nationalists and Communists. An extension of the American 7th Fleet's protection to Quemoy and Matsu would still further reduce the chances of Communist China's agreeing to a cease-fire in the Formosa straits, the source sald, Plays Piano 24 Hours Airman Claims Record NORTH BAY (CP)--The music, ALSO CHOPSTICKS stopped for the first time in 24 ' hours and the youthful pianist was Siiniance, Andre Mathieu of carried out on a stretcher, t .|, During his 24 hours on. a cush. Haggard but smiling Guy Bast: |, C0 plano seat, Bastien downed len, 19, an RCAF aircraftsman, had Just set what he claims is a mara. | & Quart of milk, two tins of grape thon world record at the keyboard, fruit juice, Apounfui a corn yun The Buckingham, Que., mara. | SUCH ER hocolate bar an thoner was taken by ambulance to . He had slept for 17 hours before the RCAF base hospital for a check-up after he ended his playing | Walking onto the stage of the base movie theatre dressed in white at 5:30 pm, Sunday, exactly 2 hours and five seconds after he | flannel pants, a white silk shirt started, and black sash, Doggedly thumping out classical | Bastion, who holds a de ree in and pop tunes and some of his own | music from Ottawa University and played second violin' for the Ot. the ogi every morning and he usually loses to the pony. 7th US. To Aid In Evacuation TAIPIEH, Formosa (AP)-Vice:| Admiral Alfred M, Pride today ex: confidence his US, 7th ot could cope with any eventu- If called upon to evacuate inese Nationalist forces from the Tachen Islands, apparent target of Rell conquest He indicated that the fleet--stand- ing. "at the ready' for the evacu ation and to protect other offshore Islands, if so ordered--includes four large carviers, the Essex, York. town, Kearsarge and Wasp, The admiral, in a press confer ence aboard his flagship, the cruiser Helena at Keelung, said a fifth carrier, the Princeton, also was assigned to the 7th Fleet but "not on this beat." Pride said President Eisenhower was going to Congress for approv al of American naval air support for risk and a major change of policy." Ho added that he did not know' compositions, Bastien broke the previous record of 21 hours, 15| tawa Philharmonic, played every minutes and 31 seconds which was {ing from Chopsticks to Tehal ovaky., set two months ago by an ac! '(AP)--~Rescue workers du whether there would be any Com. munist, opposition, "Only the Communists know," he said, WOULD ASSIST Pride said the Nationalist navy would 'most decidedly" assist in evacuation of the Tachens, 200 miles north of Formosa, He sald he had expected to sall from Keelung this morning but his orders had been changed and he would be there about two days longer, He said the 7th Fleet would be in a position to take the Nationalists off the Tachens "within a very few days" of recelving orders from Washington The 7th Fleet has stood guard over Formosa since 1950, It now may be assigned the job of pro Fleet Poised orders from President Eisenhower who Is expected to ask Congress today for approval of American help In redeploying Nationalist forces mow garrisoning islands Stretching for 350 miles along the Communist coast The Nationalists agreed, appar: ently with reluctance, to withdraw dent Eisenhower orders the fleet to help in the operation, according to sources informed of details of Pride's conferences here with Chiang, Indications here are that if Pres ident Eisenhower orders the fleet to aid in evacuating the Tachens the operation will be executed with maximum speed. It is assumed that the fleet would Intervene if the Reds should try to take the tecting certain strategic p : i , {the evacuation of the Tachens be-| ist islands off the Red China coast aunders who died eight days Ago of Injuries received In [cause "it would be a very grave|and possible evacuation of others like the Tachens, Both steps are contingent upon National. | Tachens before they are evacu ated, and that it would go into action in a big way if the Com munists should attack an evacu: | ation after It begins, troops from the Tachens if Presi | | Sift Wreck For Bodies SUTTON COLDFIELD, England through the twisted wreckage of the York to-Bristol express today for more wsible victims of the 60-mile-an- ur derailment which killed at least 16 persons Sunday and In Jured 42, Police sald more bodies, believed to be still in the piled up debris of the train and the badly damaged Station, might raise the death toll to 18, It was Britain's first major rail | erash since August, 19563, and the worst since Oct, 8, 1952, when 112 persons died in a three-train pileup | in north London, | In Sunday's crash, the train | hurtled off the track just as it | was passing the Button Coldfield | June Election Possible | station, The engine turned upside down, six coaches telesc into each other and three of the four remaining cars smashed iniv the station building, which is not open on Sunday, There was no immediate ex planation of what caused the wreck, A worse disaster was avoided by two railroad workers who leaped from the wrecked train and ran down the track to set a signal against nother oncoming express, The second spendin train pulled up 200 yards short of the Wreckage. Firemen worked through the night removing the dead and in. Jured, One doctor wriggled deep Into the wreckage and amputated the leg of a trapped woman &n she could be taken out, Oliver Tells Liberals ST, CATHARINES (CP) -Ontarlo | Liberal leader Farquhar Oliver Criticizing the government's han. dling of recent irregularities In the predicted Saturday that a general | highways department, Mr, Oliver election will be called in Ontario | sald the department lacked a long- 'very tainly "before the snow files," Mr, Oliver, Liberal member of the Ontario legislature for Grey South, was speaking at the annual | of the Southern Ontario | Association, meetin Libera Finance Minister Harris told the | meeting a federal surplus Is "hardly likely" this year Mr, Oliver sald 'there Is » rising tide of liberalism in Ontario and 'whenever the next election is called the Liberals will have the best chance since 1937 of formin the next government." He sald the present Progressive Conservative cabinet in Ontario is at the point of disintegration and that Premier Frost is unable to fire cabinet members because he lacks adequate replacements, | Hamilton, # | tion of the Southern Ontario Youn probably" in June and cer- | term policy, He sald the entire gov. 4 | Arment was responsible for gfhe highways scandal, the delegates rewlected Elmo Riddell of Simcoe to a second term of office as president of the | association, Other officers elected were: Ben Schachar, Brantford, first vice-president; Russell O'Neal, second vice-president; John T. Sullivan, St, Catharines, secretary; Ken Dick, Milton, treas- urer, Delegates to the annual conven. Liberal Association elected Jane Laidlaw _of Brampton president, Hector Pothier of St. Catharines was elected vice-president, Bally Davis of Oakville, secretary a Gerald Axworthy of Brantf treasurer, Tke' Would Use Ariried Forces | WASHINGTON (AP) « Prosi dent Elsenhower today asked Con. gress for authority to use 'the armed forces of the United States If necessary to assure the security of Formosa and the Pescadores" against Communist atteck, In a special message, the presi dent sald redeployment of Chinese Nationalist forces from other is: lands "would be impractical with. out the assistance of the armed forces of the United States," He sald this is "because of the alr situation," He sald the United States must be ready to help the Chinese Na- tionalist redeploy their forces, Eisenhower added: "In the interest of peace , , , the United States must remove any doubt regarding our readines to fight, If necesary, to preserve the free Formosa, and to engage in whatever operations may be re. quired to carry out that purpose.' SERIOUS THREAT Elsenhower sald the existing and, developing situation around Fore mosa "poses a serious danger fo the security of our country and of the entire Pacific area and indeed to the peace of the world," He then sald the situation "ls one for appropriate action of the United Nations under its charter, for the purpose of ending present hostilities In that area. ' The United States "would wel. come asumplon of such jurisdic. tion" by the UN in an attempt to arrange a cease-fire hetween the Chinese Nationalists and the at tacking forces of Red China, Declaring the actions the United States must be ready to undertake "are of various Kinds," Elsen. hower added: ~ HAGGIS * "Piping In. the Haggls", one of the traditional features of the annual dinner in honor of Robt, he was horn still standing, "For exam we m be to aap, ' the oa of China to re-deploy and consolidate its forces if it should so desire, , , + "because of the alr situation In the area, withdrawals for the hose of Jo-daployment of Chinese ationalist forces would be im. practical without assistance of the armed forces of the United States, Moredver we must be Mert to any concentration or em on of Chinese forces obvious! Ander: taken to facilitate attack upon Formosa, and be prepared to take appropriate military action," QUICK CONGRESS ACTION Congress apparently was set to act quickly on the president's re- quest, The Senate foreign relations committee called a meeting for 2:30 pm, EST to hear State Sec. retary Dulles and consider a re .- olution in line with the president's Get Poison Drink At Carrier Party HALIFAX (CP) « Forty-seven poisoned sailors were believed responding favorably Sunday night as teams of tired naval doctors and nurses pumped a lifes saving alkaline solution into their veins in a non-stop marathon of treatment, The navy said the patients were showing some ims provement but it was "still The sailors drank meth low-decks party aboard the too early to say more," yl alcohol cocktails in a bes aircraft carrier Magnificent Friday night. They began to show the first symptoms about 10 a.m, Saturday, Seven were still on the danger list Sunday night, seven were sev- erely ill, and the other 33 were still being treated at the hospital at Btadacona naval base, START PROBE TODAY Details were scarce pending an | Investigation today by officers of the Magnificent, The party ls belleved to have started about 10 p.m, Friday night but it was not known whether it was general throughout the ship or contained to one mess. The navy sald many of the sailors did not know what they were drinking, Two patty officers were In on the spree, but the other 46 were lower ratings, It was reported some of the men had leaves cancelled and were con. fined to hp, ALKALI DEPLETED All watches were kept Friday night and early Saturday, After the first cases came to attention Sat. urday morning an appeal was broadcast over radio stations and by late afternoon all the imbiders were recelving medical attention, Doctors say they are suffering from a condition known as "acl- dosis,"" a depleting of alkali re- serves in blood cells and tissues, The alkaline solution, sodium saclicylate, pouring into their veins is supposed to correct the balance, Earlier, it was reported errone- ously that 'acids, not alkalis, were being used jo the treatment, The solution is not rare, but the unusual demand soon exhausted supplies in Halifax, Some was rushed In from nearby ' Dartmouth in an emergency trip over the nearly-completed Angus L, Mac. donald bridge, AID FROM MONTREAL But by Saturday night the na had to send to Montreal for the fluld, and it was brought in by alreraft, A naval spokesman said Sunday night several passengers had fo five up thelr seats for the excess baggage load, "I guess they were pretty angry because they didnt now what wag going on," he . "But If the stuff hadn't come through the boys wouldn't be doing as well as they are now," He sald, co-operation from other hospitals, doctors and individusls an others had been "tremen- ous," Methyl alcohol taken in ly Is known to cause permanent blip ness but doctors sald th ' been .no loss of eyesight y, day night, mifiver,' Sant J AAAS ours | Parents J SUITS gallons. whgland (CP) -- Thy oir he. R 'de pensioners to call sountry, tallor shop Parents Flying To Ailing Son oS fms "il in Halitax atier drink. Fuh i i : ow td boy seemed to have lost ve, "They told us that our presence there might help so we decided to go immediately," Mr; Clifford Reesor sald at Malton airport, Mrs. D. Morrow Dies At Age 81 ENGLEWOOD, N. J, (AP)«=Mrs, Dwight W. Morrow, 81, widow eof the former U, 8 senator and mother-in-law of Charles A, Lind. | t bergh, died Sunday night in her home after a two-month {liness, Mrs, Morrow, the former Eliza. beth Cutter, was a graduate of Smith College and won fame in her own right as an educator, writer and humanitarian, ~feaver's Ski-r ts suits and rain: wu January sale, Forcuonr IP - * (MAM, England (CP) pai Hol 10 arets on his and /4 of jail was sent back + + + Maybe in miles sotlgscription of the di They wet also hitting foxes to Sault Stds him to believe forced down, * not rabies, .| Stadium Gu Sinatra Show Ott MELBOURNE, Australls (Reuts ord)--Fire destroyed the | West Melbourne Stadium, scene of most of Australia's big fights and the a largest entertainment centre, In less than an hour early ay, Boxing events of the 1958 Olym. lc Games were to have been n the 4l.year-old stadium, . The stadium had been fully hooked tonight and Tuesday for an appearance by crooner Frank Sinatra, proposal, The most immediate threat by the Chinese Reds is to the Tachen islands, about 200 miles north of Formosa, which are reported to be held by 20,000 Chinese Nationalist regulars, tisenhower's' request would open the way for use of U, § sea and alr power to remove these troops from the islands. i If Red planes attacked the U, 8, forces, that could lead to an im- mediate clash of armas with the Communists, CHILDHOOD SCENES WOMBWELL England (CP) Farmer John R, Parkin of Bulyea Sask, who has lived in Canada 51 years returned to visit his wid. owed sister Mrs, Ada Outram 82, Parkin, 79, found the house where _-- a \ Burns, the national poet of Scot. land, was enacted at the St, An. drew's Society's dinner in the AW hall on Saturday night, Dissolve Japanese Government General Election TOKYO (AP) -- Prime Minister Ichiro Hatoyama's government dissolved the Diet (parliament) tonight and prepared to face the voters at a general election next month, possibly Feb, 27, Hatoyama, a Conservative, dis. solved the Diet in accordance with an mgreement he made with the Socialist parties when he took of fice just six weeks hgo. © He had agreed to the early elec: tions in return for Socialist support on forcing the Renigtation of former prime minister Shigeru Yo- In February minister has «called for stronger ties with Red China and Russia and still retain friendship with the United States, THIRD ELECTION Yoshida's supporters, also cons servatiyg, accused Hatoyama of trying 0 woo the voters with false hope of a China trade hoom, e new election will be Japan' third since it became independen in April, 18. Yoahida's pF party won the first post-oncupas tion election In October, 1053, second election In April, 1958, fols shida, PIPED IN" AT THE ANNUAL BUR The Tyear-old crippled prime lowed passage of a non-confidence motion in Yoshida, About Charles Skea and George Lees are shown holding the hag- is. aloft, while Piper George ell, does the piping, Piper Don. | NS DINNER ald McLellan also took part tn this ceremony, but was just outside the range of the camera, . =Tunes-Gazette Stalf Photo