Daily Times-Gazette, 7 Mar 1955, p. 1

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TIMES-GRZETTE TELEPHONE NUMBERS Classified Advertising ....3-3492 All Other Calls .....,....3-3474 THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle \ tomorro Weather Forecast Continuing cold. Clear with some snowflurries. Low tonight 10. High w 25, Authorized es Second-Class Mail, VOL. 14--No. 55 Office Department, Ottawe OSHAWA-WHITBY, MONDAY, MARCH 7, 1955 Price Not Over 5 Cents Per Copy Phone 3-3474 FOURTEEN PAGES Post CAR CRASH KILL "THIS IS HED INTO 5 AR TTY me-- TREE 2 MILES WEST OF BROUGHAM IN FATAL ACCIDENT 8 2 | UN COMMISSION SAYS: Israel "Brutal" In Gaza Assault council a personal Feport on the Gaza incident, which strained d the UN mixed relations in Palestine to the break- ing point. . as a JERUSALEM (AP) Israel stood charg i Tm rw nistice group id the blood t in which Egyptians 'and t Israelis died, violated the Palestine truce agreement, The SomgRission's ig Sunday ation at ead- ee A York that the se- urity council would vote similar fontire against Israel when it takes up she, explosive issue again next week. Maj.-Gen. E. L. M. Burns of Can- ada, Palestine truce chief, was expected to leave for New York in a few days to give the security tack Feb. 28 "was commited by Israeli regular army forces against an E an Jeguiar army force." TUR! WN COMPLAINT At the same time the commmis- sion" brushed 'aside an Israeli counter-complaint that an: Egyp- tian unit had ambushed an Israeli patrol, starting a running fight that took, the Israelis into Egyptian territory. Israel appealed the condemna- tion decision to a special commit- Blast Rocks Halifax Area HALIFAX (CP)--G, T. Trynor, | president of Trynor Construction Company, said that an explosion that shook north-end Halifax Sat- urday at supper-time was caused when his men set off a blast te knock down an overhang of rock. The resulting 'explosion' jammed switchboards, af city police and ar ters: a8 d for | another 'éxplosion like the 1945 nacal magazine blast. No one was injured in the blast but an unestimated amount of was d to h in the neighboring Fairview district. The nearness to the magazine was the main reason why residents in the district became alarmed, In 1945 at just about the same time as Saturday's blast some mines at the magazine exploded, killing one person. tee headed by Burns, who was not present at the eight-hour meeting. At its in mee on the nained silent, Most the indicated they blamed Israel and voiced sympathy for Egypt. Border tension was heightened over the weekend by more demon- strations in the Egyptian-held Gaza |g area. For the second time Arab refugees marched to government house and demanded that Egyptian authorities give them arms to fight the Israelis. ; As a safety precaution, 16 wives |and children of the UN truce ob- | servers .in the area were sent to the Arab sector of Jerusalem. U.S. Fleet Ready In Pacific-- Chief TAIPEI, Formosa (AP) -- The Kai-shek before going to Hong boss of the U.S. Pacific fleet says Kong. "if the United States is willing we| yp TO REDS can defend anything against the 4d if there was a danger of Communists. | war, Stump told reporters, 'it de- But the statement left the Reds| pends on the Communists. We are guesing. . not the aggresors--they are." Admiral Felix B. Stump was| The offshore island front has asked by Jeporiats Prva his peen quiet the last few days. statement include e Commun- ; uy's di . ist, - menaced Matsu islands, 20 ogc" popween Chiang and U.S. miles off the mainland. State Secretary Dulles was "very He replied 'anything. frank, pleasant and profitable." However, top. American officials| Stump endorsed a statement by| ; Minister | formed in an effort to save her life. | body play" of the Canadians for "|the win. But i have not specifically and publicly | Nationalist Foreign said what action would be taken| George Yeh that no disagreemeni in event of a Red asault on the| marked the talks. Matsus or Quemoy, anothér Na-| The Nationalists seem to convince tionalist island acros the Formosa themgelves that the islands will be strait. defended by the Americans. Stump visited the Matsus Sun-| The Americans, however, gave day. He was here several days for the impresion that this might he, conferences concerning Formosa"s|the case if the Reds attack the defence. He had a final talk this| outposts as part of a drive toward Whitby Woman Hurt Cause Remains Mystery A Whitby woman was near death in Toronto General | Hospital today, as officers of three police forces launch- ed an investigation into the cause of her injuries. Miss Elizabeth McGinty, 42, of 143 Brock Street South, Whitby was brought-to hospital at Ajax last night suffering from a factured skull, brain haemorrhage and other injuries. She was later taken by ambulance to Oshawa General | Hospital, where her condition is reported grave. At noon today, the woman was rushed to Toronto under .palice escort. An emergency operation will be per- | | WINNERS NAMED INGERSOLL (CP) -- Jean Wat- {mongh of Ingersoll district col- | legiate and James Caron on As- sumption. hjgh school, Windsor, won the Western Ontario Secon- | dary School Association senior pub- lic-speaking finals here Friday. TO ADDRESS SOCIETY TORONTO (CP)--An authority on linguistics, anthropology and missionary work 'is travelling direct from French West Africa to address the annual rally of the Upper Canada Bible Society, here Monday. Rev. Eugene Nida, sec- morning with President Chiang' Formesa itself. FIREMEN GET WORK cs; retary of the translations and ver- sions department of the American Bible Society, has specialized in the languages and dialects of prim- itive people, many without a \rit- ten language. Nurses Association of Ontario will conduct its first workshop o. ..ars- ing education Some nursing education and instructors from 'l are expected to attend Car Sinks In Lake, 2 Caesarea Men Die CAESEREA Two Caeserea men, Earl Thomas Burr, 31, and Fred Frayer, 51, were drowned Lake Scugog on Sunday afternoon when their car broke through the fef, and plunged into deep water pr gr Be shore, y _ JA companion : scrambled to |S nd g a desperate ort to save Burr. ccording to information given tagthe police, the men had driven ous. over Lake Scugog: and stop- ped the car to give Neill's dog a run on the ice, When the dog, a collie, tired, they returned to the car, and started back to Caeserea. They had gone only a short dis- in into the water. Frayer's pavilion and boathouse at Caeserea, was very familiar with lake, and to boast the back of Blyth, tance when the car went into a crevice in the ice, and slid down SANK WITH CAR Fred Fe Was car, t him, " 3 'he Fy p asl res on day with a load /of logs. SUPERVISE PROBE Today divers were on the scene and went down into the lake. in an effort to find the bodies of the two drowned men. Provincial Constable Chris Cresswell of the Bowmanville de- tachment of the Ontario Provin- cial Police, was in charge of the t, ure car, then climbed out himself. Frayer, and the dog, went down with the car, Burr, however, slid into the wa- ter, and in spite of the efforts of Neill, who tried to hold him out, he slip out of Neill's grasp, and went down in about 20 feet of water, Frayer, who is the owner of!investigation. Laud Canada Hockey BONN, Germany (Reuters) Both Western. and Communist newspapers today praised the Ca- nadian Penticton Vs' play against a Russian team Sunday which brought them the world ice hockey championship. Western Germ an newspapers said the Canadians 'fully de- served" their win over the Nussian "robot men." The Krefeld West Deutsche Zeitung said "the Pen- tictons were stronger, faster, bet- ter. Their teamwork was superior to the Russians but their greater toughness brought the decision." The East German Communist press had almost no excuses for the Russians. The chief Commu- nist party newspaper Neues Deutschland credited the 'hard also criticized the Russians for beihg too slow to take advantage of their chances The story referred to the Cana- dians as "the ex-professionals," an A-Blast Seen 20 Minutes LAS VEGAS, Nev, (AP) -- The biggest and brightest blast of the 1955 atomic test series lighted western skies 20 minutes The white flash was perhaps the most dazzling ever seen in Las W 1 innuendo explained in earlier stor- ies by its correspondents charging that most of the team were pros storek Said that in , Sal some| a front he fee was 8 inches thick was ponsid y until selected for the Penticton team. RUSSIAN ANGRY The Vienna Montag headed its report on the game as "intelligence triumphs over Russian routine." Vegas, 75 miles distant from Yucca It shone a yellow gold color above the mountains near Los An- geles, 250 miles to the southwest. It was almost as though the sun were trying to make an early ap- pearance. It said the Canadia telas Da large | Pe nastiest tower: slit 'over set the R and c letely dom- , inated the field. Y QM off in Nevada, it was the 35th And in Krefeld, of thel|test at the site and fourth of the match, 43-year-old star | current series. scene Rahi Ship Leaves 300 Strikers oy pooh. Settles po ol realy in the y late Saturday afternoon when: the British-own: Furness Bermuda Line announced their trip was can- celled The strikers, members of - the British National Union of Seamen, had left the ship in protest against the firing of three crew members who had sought a $30 monthly cost-of-living pay increase. - The line claimed the discharged men had become "agitators," threat- ened other members. of the crew and wrote insulting notes to the ship's officers. The strikers were warned to re- turn to the ship or lose their jobs. A spokesman for the steamship line said the union had repudi- ated the strike and considered it a wildcat walkout. The British consulate is responsi- ble for the men, now that their shin has left port. John J. Walsh, New, York direc- tor for the steamship line, said a new crew will be recruited in England. Of the strikers, he had earlier said: "We'll have no mob rule. They're finished. This is not a strike. They deserted the ship, They are unem- Driver, 19, Is Critical In Hospital By JOHN MILLS, Times-Gazette Staff Reporter BROUGHAM -- Earl C. Light. body, 19, of Whitevale, is in criti cal condition in the Ajax and Pick- ering Hospital as the result of a fatal car accident Saturday night on. No. 7 Highway in which Don Calbert, 23, who lived west of here, was instantly killed. Lightbody, believed to be the driver of the death car, was still unconscious at press time today. He is suffering from severe head injuries, Calbert was dead on arrival at hospital. The accident occured two miles west of Brougham at 8.30 p.m. There were no witnesses to the accident. The men were driving west when their car went out of control and crashed head on into a tree. The victims were wedged in the wreckage and Provincial Po. lice used crowbars to free men. Constable Morley Richardson was the first officer on the scene, He said a light mist was falling and portions of the highway was glazed with ice. The car was on its side and facing east. Calbert was married and leaves a two-year-old son. Lightbody is a | brother-in-law of the deceased. At the hospital Calbert was iden. fied by rc' '" ; while nurses and doctors worked on the injure ed man. Townsend was sent to Brussels as air attache at the British But two big Sunday ter will soon come to :a- head. Today The Mirror carries an in- send in Brussels which gave the impression the stories had some basis. WOULD LOSE RIGHTS The stories reviving the romance TUMOrs 'were pe; ges on the fact that Margaret be 25 on Aug. 21. Then she. will be free to marry without permission of the Queen. In order to wed a commoner, Margaret must renounce her right to succession to the throne. She now ranks third, below the Queen children, Prince Charles, 6, and Princess Anne, 4. She also would be drop from the civil list which will pay her £9,000 a year if she marries and retains her royal status. She now gets £6, ane nually from the treasury. Russian player, was so angry at| his team's defeat be broke four hockey sticks over his knees and threw his skates out a hotel win- dow. Hotel employees who watched him said the Russian shouted *'I never want to play ice hockey again." They said the player re- | turned "visibly depressed' after the games. The rest of the Russian team returned to the hotel and| went straight to their rooms. | RNs TO HAVE WORKSHOP TORONTO (CP)~The Registered here next week. 120 directors of nursing, schools throughout Ontario WORLD NEWS IN BRIEF Iraqi Middle East defence HONG KONG -- Two Chinese Nationalists Warsh LONDON -- Biting col of western Europe today an Britain Likely To Join Turkish Pact LONDON -- Britain will likely join the Turkish- months, it was learned here, Nationalists Fire On Britain Freighters ed today by radio that they were continuing on their courses after having been intercepted and fired on by Biting Cold, Snow Sleet Hit West Europe on the way. England was hard hit, especially in Kent which had several feet of snow. pact within the next two British freighters report- ips off the Chinese coast. d, snow and sleet hit ost d even worse weather was A dump truck driver who dis- overed a fire early today didn't bother calling firemen to the scene. He took the blaze to the fire station to have it put out. Driving through city streets with a load of rubbish, the man spot- ted flames leaping from the | tack of his truck. By the time he reached the front of the fire- | house, a strong wind had fan- | \ / ned the blaze until it destroyed everything in the dump com- partment. Firemen raced from the station with pressure hoses to extinguish the flames in sec- onds., Israel Rapped For Gaza Fighting LONDON -- Anthony Nutting, minister of state, sharply rapped Israel today for its part in last week's | Gaza fighting against Egypt. murder. Mother Dies, Son, 21, Held For Murder GUELPH (CP) -- Lloyd Lester, a shy, 21-year-old youth who be- came almost a recluse in his 'par- ents' dingy apartment, was to ap- pear in court today on a charge of murder in the crowbar slaying of his mother, Mrs. Margaret Lester, 54, whose $45-a-month salary as a scrub woman maintained her son and 63-year-old husband in their rooms over a shoe repair shop, died Sat-| urday from injuries suffered in a beating. She was beaten over the head, possibly with a crowbar, and left unconscious and bleeding on a bed Friday night, police said. She was| discovered 'by her husband. | Lloyd was arrested as he stood | across the street watching police and ambulances arriving at his home. | He appeared in court on aj charge of attempted murder| shortly before his mother's death | and was remanded without plea... until today. After Mrs. Lester's death, the charge was changed to RY Joseph Lester, who has only| been able to do light work since he | suffered two heart attacks, told po- | lice his son seldom left the apart- ment in the last 17 months, | Fred James, of Peterborough, a special diver for the Depart- ment of Transport, descended ine to the frigid waters of Lake Scu- gog this morning, minutes be- ployed." fore he recovered the body of | Fred Frayer, 51, of Caesarea. Frayer and Earl Burr, 31, also of Caesarea, were drowned Sun- day through the icy surface of LAKE YIELDS BODY OF CAR TRAGEDY VICTIM the lake. Diving operations were continuing in the search ' for Burr's body. Times-Gazette Staff Photo MAN pmo -- sme

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