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TIMES-GRZETTE TELEPHONE NUMBERS Classified Advertising ....3-3492 Al Other Calls .... veree. 3-3474 AJ THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle Weather Forecast Little temperature change. Some showers. Low tonight 45. High to- morrow 55, YOL, 14--No. 95 Second-Cless Mell, Authorized es Post Office Deportment, Ottews OSHAWA-WHITBY, SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 1955 H Price TWENTY PAGES Not Over Cents Per Cagy Phone 3-3474 HELD IN THEFT OF BONDS "HERE'S A WORD OF GOOD ADVICE FROM Pretty Gladys Wright has a word of advice for all Oshawa and district residents who want to be om, time for church to- & morrow -- turn your clocks | pretty embarrassing situations ahead by one hour tonight be- fore you retire. Otherwise you tomorrow. Tonight is the night when you lose one hour's sleep in' keeping with most communi- ties across Canada. Whether you GLADYS § | | # i | For Bolt From Party (BY TOM HICKMAN) Apprehensive about growing communist influence in the CCF, _ | Ross Thatcher, member of pars liament for Moose Jaw - Lake Cen- tre, yesterday resigned from she CCF party. Mr. Thatcher will cop- tinue to represent his constitu- ency in the present parliament as an independent. He has asked for ja seat in another part of the { house, In an interview in she Genosha ° Hotel, Oshawa, late last night, Mr. | Thatcher, who came to Oshawa to accept delivery of a new Buick automobile, told the Times-Gazette there had recently been growing {| differences between himself and his colleagues in matters of major | public policy. He declined to com- ment in detail on the reasons for his resignation, but said he would | enlarge on these reasons in a | budget speech in the house next Thursday. Mr. Thatcher said he had not | yet decided whether he would run | again at the expiration of his | present term. "I may run for parliament as an independent, or I may retire | from political life altogether," he said. He emphasized there was no {bad blood between himself and his | colleagues in the party. | "I still intend supporting the CCF party three-quarters of the time," he said. "There are no per- sonal differences between myself | and my colleagues, or the party. We differ only on matters of | policy. I cannot say more before ! my speech in the house next week. "I have been mulling over this | for over a year now. Today, I fin- ally decided this step had to be like it or not, daylight saving is back again and its going to re- main until next September. So heed Gladys' advice. ., ~Times-Gazette Photo WASHINGTON (AP)--Kings and conquering generals have received less attention than the White House gave Friday to Dr. Jonas E. Salk and his family as they arrived to are liable to run into some 2S 1) There was another for Basil @"Connor, president of the Na- tional Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. Standing behind the group at the receive from President Eisenhower thanks of a grateful people. Presidential aides came out of | their offices for a look. Chief aide Sherman Adams, sometimes said to be harder to reach than the president himself, came into the lobby, crouched down and had a chat with the three Salk young- sters. Then came the ceremony honor- ing the developer of the vaccine against polio. ROSE GARDEN CEREMONY In the rose garden outside the president's office, the 40-year-old Salk, greying at the temples, stood between Eisenhower and Oveta Culp Hobby, secretary of welfare. Eisenhower had a citation for Salk: 'Historic contribution to hu- man welfare . . . a benefactor of mankind." mier were Mrs. Salk, in a spring-like mauve outfit, and the boys in slacks and sports jackets. Later, in his office, Eisenhower gave a fountain pen and pocket knife to each of the Salk boys. [oF motes VOLUNTARY RATIONING Meanwhile, Mrs. Hobby reported the U.S. government will move by voluntary means to assure the Salk vaccine goes first to those | who need it most. | She said she will name, perhaps today, a national advisory com- mittee of seven or nine members to suggest allocation by states. | Each state then is expected to set up its own priorities. The plan was developed in a con- ference Friday and approved by they president at night. It applies only to furnishing of supplies to doctors for administering to those not covered by the free program | for school children Rebate Urged | For Car OTTAWA (CP)--An Ontario Lib- eral Friday urged the government to grant rebates to dealers on passenger cars chased before the budget cut the excise tax on automobiles to 10 per cent from 15 at the wholesale level. 8 William L. Houck, Niagara Falls, also said in the Commons budget debate that any excise tax on auto- mobiles is unfair. They no longer could be classified as a luxury. Revenue Minister McCann told the House Tuesday that no rebates would be granted to dealers on new units in stock when the tax reductions were announced. He said the policy of no refunds was one of leng standing. John iefenbaker (PC -- Prince Albert) said at the time that deal- ers stood to lose $3,150,000 by the ruling. INDUSTRY BASI( Mr. Houck said the automobile industry is basic to the economy Anything tending to restrict sales was bound to show up in reduced payrolls, lower revenues from cor- automobile | pur-| Dealers poration taxes and fewer sales of | ears, He said nine Niagara Falls deal- ers had 209 new units on hand when the tax was reduced. They were required to absorb a loss of $21,800 to enable them to pass the tax cut along to consumers. "In the long run it will cost the government nothing to reduce this tax because I think it will keep many dealers in business who would otherwise be forced to go, out. It would leave many others more solvent and thus able to carry on their business more freely." Granting rebates also would show the government really meant what it said when it presented the budget as a job-producing and in- come-producing budget. Mr. Houck said the excise tax on automobiles is unfair because dealers have to| pay the tariff when they receive cars from the manufacturer. They! had the burden of financing this] amount while the car was in stock and had to carry insurance on it, | RUM-SOAKED BURGLAR HELD NOT RESPONSIBLE MONTREAL (CP) | 30, of Montreal of Burglary. | | Jatsura had been sentenced to | | five years in penitentiary after! pleading guilty to the burglary charge. Later he pleaded that he | did not understand the court pro- ceedings. The Appeals Court up-| Jud gel|held his contention and ordered a| Willie Proulx Friday ruled that a|new trial, man who has consumed 14 bottles | of beer and two bottles of rum Four witnesses testified at the |second trial that Jatsura consum- | cannot be held accountable for his|ed 14 bottles of beer and two bot- | actions. {tles of rum between 10 a.m. and | He acquitted Anthony Jatsura!midnight. | INFESTED PIG Infected with TB germs, one of the guinea pigs used by the Ontario department of health's research laboratory, has disap- peared from the laboratory in Ottawa. The guinea pigs, one of which is held by laboratory em- ployee Elaine Barnett, are con sidered dangerous. --Central Press Canadian Refuse 5862 Pay Increase TORONTO (CP) -- Negotiations between board of control and rep- resentatives of 5,882 civic employ- ees reached a deadlock Friday when board members to boost their present offer ®f a three- per-cent wage increase, The representatives of two union locals and the Toronto Firefight- ers' Association are seeking an in- crease of four per cent which they | say would cost the city about $210,- | 000 a year Locals 79 and 43 of the Civic Em- | ployees Union, representing vari- ous groups of maintenance em- ployees, and the firefighters made a joint representation Friday for the first time They agreed to waive demands for a contributory hospital plan, additional vacation allowances and other fringe benefits FEATURE PAGE RECALLS BATTLE The Saturday feature page of The Times-Gazette, on Page 7, today carries an interesting ar- ticle by 'Joe 'Gibson, with pic- tures, recalling the Second Bat. tle' of Ypres, on April 23, 1915, 40 years ago, with the recollec- tions of some Oshawa men who | were in the battle. There is a story on a German immigrant who has started on a trip back home, and a spotlight feature on a man who spends his life serv- ing Oshawa var veterans. The "Citizen's Business" article tells something of "the the local Board of Health. operations of | WINDSOR, Ont. (CP)--Two per- sons were killed and two others in- jured, one critically, late Friday night in what Ontario Provincial Police said was "'one of the worst accidents seen here in a long time.' Killed when a late model car collided head on with a transport truck were Charles Monteith, of Winona, and Harold Church, of Hamilton, police said. Both men were riding in the car at the time of the accident. Critically injured was George Blewette, of Hamilton, the third occupant of the car. Driver of the truck, operated by Consolidated Truck Lines Limited, John Johnston was trapped for more than 30 minutes in the cab |of his truck before rescuers forced the twisted wreckage apart to free him. He suffered serious head in- juries, THROWN 100 FEET Occupants of the car were thrown more than 100 feet by the force of the impact. A witness said the motor and seats of the car were hurled more than 300 feet after the collision. Police said they have mot been able to talk to any of the survivors of the accident to. determine how the collision occurred, but they said one person told them the pulled onto the highway just before the accident happened. car | taken. I regret to say that re- cently there have been growing differences between myself and my colleagues on matters of ma- jor public policy. "At ome time I hoped those dif- ferences could be resolyed. The present session of parliament, how- ever, has convinced me that such a hope is futile. In fairnes ELECIED 3 TIMES Mr. Thatcher said he felt it was not the time to deal with the dif- ferences in detail, but said he would take an opportunity in the house to explain. "For the re- mainder of the present parliament 1 propose to represent the con- stituency of Moose Jaw - Lake Centre as an independent mem- ber," he added. "I shall not apply for member- ship in any other party," declared Mr. Thatcher. Ross Thatcher has been elected to parliament as standard bearer for the CCF party on three occa- sions. He left this city early this morning to return to Ottawa. He was accompanied by his wife. Eden Sent Death Threat LONDON (AP) -- Extra body- guards have been keeping a close watch on Sir Anthony Eden be- cause of a telephoned threat to his life the day he became prime min- ister. Scotland Yard disclosed Friday | night that police have been on the | alert since April 6 and extra pre- | cautions were relaxed only this | week | While Eden was receiving his ap- | pointment in an audience with the Queen at Buckingham Palace, an| caller told Scotland | anonymous Yard: | LATE NEWS FLASHES WIFE UNDER POLICE SURVEILLANCE NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) -- A 61-year-old woman, who police said kept a six-day vigil beside the body of her dead hus TYPHOON REPORTED IN MANILA (AP) -- A 115 miles an hour churned ern Ryikyu islands betwe today. TORONTO (CP) -- The Star says an. Ontario- wide investigation is expe into reports. of over-age borrowed birth certificat hockey tournament play. | HOPE FOR NEW FORMOSA SITUATION ! LONDON Reuters -- Britain today expressed | hope that Chinese Commu in hospital here. Police said Mrs. Josephine di Condia told them she stayed near the body of her husband Leonardo, 54, because she was "waiting for him to wake up" following an "attack" last Sunday. Fo HOCKEY SCANDAL REPORTED band. is under observation FORMOSA AREA typhoon with winds up to 1 slowly toward the south- en Okinawa and Formosa cted to be launched today players, false names and es teen-age in organized | ROSS THATCHER, MP., AT HOTEL GENOSHA Photo by By JOHN LeBLANC Canadian Press Staff Writer OTTAWA (CP) The CCF, troubled for months by internal squabbles, now has been quit pub- licly by one of its 24 Commons members. Ross Thatcher, wealthy young jardwate store ho i a ence] mainder of this Parliament. There were indications the party brass regards this as something of a relief fron embarrassments created by Mr. Thatcher's offbeat pronouncements on policies close to the CCF hears, but his move took the Socialist group--and the Commons in general--by surprise. TO OSHAWA The 37-year-old Mr, Thatcher slipped inn a quiet announcement at the House opening Friday--al- most before members had settled in their seats--then quietly picked up his papers and left the house to get a train for Oshawa to pick up a new automobile. ! The member for Saskatchewan's | Moose Jaw-Lake Centre riding left behind a boil of speculation over | Thatcher Bolts CCF, Move Surprises House Parliament Hill elsewhere ' turned tg to the J TE Beaverton Bank Robbery Has Sequel In N.Y. Court An aftermath of a daring bank robbery at the Bea! verton branch of the Canadian Bank of Commerce" . nearly five years ago, came to the news room of The" Times-Gazette today in the form of a special despatch = from New York City telling of three men being char * ged in the United States District Court there with having in their possession bonds which were stolen in that robbery. It was on the morning of August 26, 1950, that three armed men held up and robbed the bank. It is now stated that the loot amounted to $336,000 in bonds and cash. ' The three men who were charg- [two men will 'appear in court for ed in the New York court pleaded |plea next week. ' [not guilty to the charge of hav- | All five are charged in an jae ing in their possession the stolen |dictment which was opened on bonds "to the value of over $5000." | April 6 last, with transporting the Federal authorities refused to dis- | stolen bonds across state lines, close the actual value of the secur which is a federal offence, and ities involved 'in the charges. with attempting to cash them, FIVE MEN INVOLVED ROBBERY RECALLED The three men are: Peter Surdi, | According to the files of The of East Orange, New Jersey, form- | Times-Gazette for August 26, 1950, er manage of the National State |the holdup of the Canadian Bank Bank branch in Newark, N.J.; John |of Commerce branch at Beaverton Giorgio of East Orange, N.J. and [took place ten minutes after the Frank Raimondi of Jersey City, | bank opened on that date. Three N.J. They were arrested in May, | men were involved in the robbery. 1951, along with Albert Barrasso of | The report states they escaped Bloomfield, N.J. and Angelo Gras- [with an undetermined amount of so, of New York, after they had |cash, but the New York despatch allegedly attempted to cash the received today states the amo bonds at a brokerage house in New | taken was $336,000 in cash ant York City. All five men are at bonds, Te Zunes Gages a i il. The last-named e robbery : Hberty. on bal ge "Two customers and the bank staff were threatened by guns held by twec of the men. A third 'man waited guiside in a new model car. The gunmen ordered the staff and two customers to kneel. One bandit jumped over the counter, poimted his un at Jack Hawk, act. ing manager of the bank, and ordered him to "open the vault." 'Hawk obeyed. The gunmaén ens tered the vault, picked up a buns dle of securities and walked out. In" his haste. he missed a consids erable amount of eash. Staff Photographer Rae Hopkins [his own political future and the ef-, posite directions on the question of fect on the CCF of this first party | admitting a rearmed West Ger- desertion by a Commons member | many into NATO. since the Second World War. Mr. Coldwell approved a govern. While CCF Leader Coldwell and | ment resolution to this effect, a other members of the CCF Com: | yiew differing from that of the gov- mons group met the Thatcher with erning body of -the le " drawal with equanimity, talk on Only '3 mingrit; : the pany dogma ! : Morr ison, of Fhor ah T ow ne bod: the. Ontario ory of the over pelled 14 adherents as ites," followers of the 'unorthodox brand of con ism of revolution- ary Leon Trotsky, That had reper- cussions in she Commons this week. QUEBEC TROUBLE | Earlier this year, Mr. Coldwel| There is a whole string of oc- and other leaders had difficulty | casions on which, in hammering smoothing out a turmoil that arose | his favorite theme of government in the Quebec section of the party economy, he has gone against the | gwer public Siajements Le) some. of | CCF idea of more social welfare | . | the Commons group whic! uebec | out of the federal treasury. | | followers considered as reflecting| The upshot was that Friday, evi- | Urges Thatcher Quit on that province. Before a patch-| dently a bit shaky at making the | . ing-up of relations, there were re- [big jump, he stood up in the Com- | His Commons Seat " ports the Quebec segment might | mons and said he is convinced | . secede, there can be no reconciliation of | REGINA (CP) -- Dr. Carlyle After this episode, in late Janu-|the "growing differences between |King, president of Saskatchewan's ary members of the Commons | myself and my colleagues on mat- CCF party, contendéd Friday that | Ross Thateher should resign his seat in the House of Commons as Pots. % ep ! holdup Mr. Thatcher, an amiable, stout- | sell ish merchant-rancher who is still| ship, and Thomas Leemar of Beas one of the younger members after | verfon. One of the holdup men almost 10 years in the House, has | pushed Morrison to his knees, the flouted the Socialist party's tenets | other spun Leemar around snd ore for years. dered him to face the wull, "Others in the bank were Wile liam Dollar, teller, and Lois Cle ment and June Chambers, ace countants." Chou BANDUNG, Indonesia (CP) 1 Premier Chou En-lai of Red China said in a formal statement today that his country is ready to negoti- | ate with the United States to relax | the tensions in the Far East '"'and | especially in the Taiwan (For- mosa) area." Chou's bombshell announcement followed his declaration to the Asian African conference this morning that his government does not want to go to war against the | U.S. He invited any one of the 29| conference countries to serve as mediator. ¥ | Then he hurried off % discuss | the Formosa issue with delegates | of Thailand, the Philippines and | the five "Colombo powers' --India, | Pakistan, Ceylon, Burma and Indo- | Chou would" make the announce- | ment about the discussions. | After returning to the afternoon | session of the conference's polit-| ical committee, Chou issued the | Formosa statement. | The address to the political com- | mittee's main conference forum | climaxed Chou's conciliatory atti- tude since the conference opened Monday. Despite "needling" from | pro-Western delegates, he main- tained a restrained air, SEVEN POINTS Chou offered at the meeting his seven-point "l. We Asian and African coun- tries are determined to promote | mutual and common interests and | to live together in peace and | friéndly co-operation with one an-| other on the basis of respect for | each 'other's sovereignty and ter-| titorial integrity. | "2. Abstention from committing | aggression and directing threats against each other. { "3. Abstention front interference or intervention in the internal af- fairs of one another. '4. Recognition of the equality of nist Premier Chou En-lai's races. '4. Recognition of the equalit y of | all nations, large and small. $5, New Peace Offer. | Western Pakistan which would put | group went off in diametrically op- | ters of major public policy." well as his membership in the Sor Sends US. [& ing said in a statement: "I regret to hear that Mr, Thatcher has severed his connecs tion with the CCF but, of course, we would not want anyone to sthy in the party who has now ceased to believe in its. principles and poti- cies. "Since, however, Mr. Thatcher was Slected with She SuppoTt of i _ | money and work of the or- ippine delegate Carlos Romulo de ganization, I think that he should resign and allow the people -of | Moose Jaw - Lake Centre (MF. | Thatcher's riding) to choose some- their political and economic sys- tem. | fended the Pacific pact as neces- "7. Abstention from doing dam-|sary because of the Communist age to 2 another' | threat. The Manila government is TACK PACTS a signatory to that pact, | Chou spoke today in a debate| 'Coexistence with Ci s Spe who represents their point-of over a resolution sponsored by pro-| dangerous," Romulo said "The empires on which the sun néver | set are departing from Asia. What we have to fear now are the new TORONTO (CP) -- A complete empires over which we skeleton of a man was found in know, the sun never rises." | a shallow grave by a gardener |, Chou's hint of possible mediation | planting trees in suburban Scar- sys-|in the Formosa crisis came as the | boro Tuesday. Police said the skel- and the | five Colombo powers were trying eton had been iz the ground- more organiza-| to arrange an informal discussion |than 35 years. The skull is being {of the dispute with China and sev- | examined by University of Toronto eral pro-Western delegations. pathologists. the conference on record as favor- FIND MAN'S SKELETON ing collective security pacts at the same time as it appealed for peace. | The premier hotly attacked the| Western-backed Manila pact, set-| ting up a collective security tem for southeast Asia, North Atlantic Treaty tion. Before Chou took the floor, Phil- nesia, It was agreed there that | ) ' "peace declaration:" | § \ 222 AT NEGOTIATIONS Ltd. here as negotiations open | of the local, i shown second between the company and the | from right. Douglas Sutton, union for a new contract, high- | chairman of the top negotiating LOCAL Members of the bargaining committee of Local 222, United Automobile Workers (CIO) en- offer to negotiate with the United States will pro- duce "a new situation" over Formosa. | "6. Respect for the right of 'the people of all countries to choose freely their way of life as well as! ter the Industrial- Relations of- fice of the General Motors Corp. | | light of which is the UAW de- mand for a guaranteed annual wage. Russell McNeill, president | | committee, is delegate in light coats ~--TimesGazette Photo