Daily Times-Gazette (Oshawa Edition), 30 Sep 1955, p. 1

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TIMES-GAZETTE TELEPHONE NUMBERS Classified Advertising. RR 3-3492 All Other Calls. . AA 3-3474 THE DAILY TIMES-GAZE Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle Weather Forecast Cloudy with sunny intervals, clear 7. ing by midnight. Light winds. Low - tonight 48, high tomorrow 56, Authorized Second-Class Mail Post Office Department, Ottawa OSHAWA-WHITBY, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1955 *k TWENTY-FOUR PAGES PANEL DISCUSSES CAPITAL PUNISHMENT The Canadian Club of Ontario County Thursday night sponsored a panel discussion on capital pun- ishment. Graham Coulter, presi- dent, standing, introduced the speakers, Shown at the head table, left to right, are W. B. Common, QC, director of public prosecutions for Ontario; Mrs. Alex C. Hall, Mr. Coulter: - Alex C. Hall, QC Crown Attorn- ey for Ontario County; Mrs. A. G. Coulter; Alex. Edmison, assistant principal at Queen's University; and Arthur Maloney, 8 prominent Toronto ecrimine fawyer. Mr, Maloney argued in favor of abolition of capital punishment, Mr. Common sup- ported retention of the death sen- tence in the Criminal Code. Mr. Edmison took the role of a neut- ral observer and found merit in arguments on either side. Mr. Hall acted as moderator during the panel discussions. A dinner preceded the panel discussions which were heard by about 150 people. (Please turn fo page. three for story.) --Times-Gazette Photo 'MEA 1 | MEXICO CITY (AP)--Disastrous ing new floods roared down on Mex- {ico's gulf coast today in the wake {of hurricane Janet as the killer storm beat itself out against the 22 Sierra Madre mountains. The worst of three hurricanes Armed Pro-Peronistas Surrender To Police BUENOS AIRES (AP) -- Well-| Other groups raided Thursday sational revelations on the fabu- armed labor supporters of ousted|night were the railroad workers Argentine president Juan D. Peron{and bank employees. backed down Thursday night in the| face of a ban them from their headquar- eration of Labor (CGT), la major source of power during Labor organizations, banded to- grim police threat to | gether in the big General Confed- provided A possibly serious clash was|Peron's regime. 'averted at a building housi ity * labor or ice in a search for arms. ipg the building. a|CLAIM CORRUPTION Officials of provisional President ane of ploy raided by soldiers and| Eduardo Lonardi's 'new = govern- ment meanwhile disclosed new -in- About 100 armed union members| formation designed to show that at first defied a surrender ulti-/the Peton government was shot matum but gave yh five minutes through with corruption. before tanks were to begin shell-paper reports said cles" have made known "new sen- man had left the News- "official cir- lous business conducted by the men f the deposed regime." 9 These disclosures included re- ports of a big shipment of gold to Switzerland by members of the former government and shakedown of national lottery a ents during the 1954 electoral "election cam- paign. Foreign Minister Mario Amadeo told a press conference that Peron was still on a Paraguayan gun- boat anchored in the outer harbor of Buenos Aires, spiking a spate of rumors that the fallen strong REUNITED WITH SON Dr. Sanford Marcu, 34, and his wife, Hanna, 29, are reunited with their 11-day-old son, who was kidnapped from San Fran- | cisco hospital when three days old. A ess housewife, Mrs. Betty Jean Benedicto of Stock- ton, Cal, who "just had to have a baby," rémorsefully surrend- ered Robert to a priest after she | | had been questioned by a detec- tive who spotted her at a boxing match and fitted her to radio descriptions. Mrs. Benedicto told police she had taken the Marcus baby because his name was sim- ilar to that of her husband, who had.been told by her that she was going to have a baby. ~Central Press Canadian [hours and crashed thr banks. LATE NEWS FLASHES Japanese fear there may be more to come. Louise, which Thursday night was heading out to sea after sweeping across Kyushu, now is | threatening to turn and menace | the mainland once again. On top of | this came reports from the United | States Air Force weather bureau {of a fresh storm brewing out at {sea and heading for Japan. Suffocated J Baby Given CHICAGO (AP)--Several thou- sand persons were evacuated from the Lake Michigan waterfront for a few hours Thursday after a giant wave was reported approaching shore, The wave, which failed to mater- ialize, was ribed by the cago weather bureau as a seiche. A seiche, gene: caused by sud- den changes in air pressure, took eight lives near Montrose harbor in Chicago when jt struck in June The alert was sounded shortly after 2 p. m. EST and was Jifted some 90 minutes later, The coast guard sent a dozen squads to Giant Wave Threat Causes Big Evacuation In Chicago Chi- SEEN BY PILOTS that smashed into east Mexico this month, Janet killed at least 200 Mexicans plus 200 other persons on Caribbean islands. In addition, she has been blamed for the loss of a United States hurricane hunter plane carrying a crew of nine and twe Toronto Sewspaper men. ot even wreckage has been At Waukegan, 45 miles north of | g;ohieq 'from the hurricane hunter Chicago, factory workers and lake| plane which was last heard from shore home owners were ordered | Monday flying in the storm's area evacuated from the area. The or-|in the Caribbean. Besides the der was lifted and most of the per-| crew it carried Alfred O. Tate sons were home by late afternoon, |2nd Douglas Cronk of the Toronto Daily Star, who were on an as- signment to do a news-photo fea- ture on the weather flights, EXPECT HIGH TOLL In the storm's wake, torrential rains welled rivers already flood- An American Airlines pilot told Chicago's Midway airport con! tower he sighted a heavy swell on the lake about 10 miles west' of Michigan City, Ind. The control Killer Janet Flays Mexico from the northern Tamaulipas po of Vera Cruz. The toll of dead and displaced was expected to rise. The three big trans-Caribbean hurricanes -- Gladys, Hilda and Janet--already have caused an es- timated 600 - deaths in Mexico. Property damage is reckoned at some $200,000,000--almost half the national government's 1955 budget. Reports from Merida, Yucatan,|pany said 125 bodies were buried in a common grave at Chetumal Thurs- day and that more were being found in the debris. Air force pilots estimated the total dead at Che- tumal alone at 170, Tampico, already under water from the two previous hurricanes and the flooding Panuco river, re- ported a new rise in its Venice-like stréets. Exhausted from their three wek battle against winds, floods the city in a mass exodus, The government furnished bus, railroad and airplane transportation for all who wanted to leave. A sing, Mich., s lice said another pilot id an wave 50 feet high sweeping across the lake, 10 miles offsho: the 11 miles of the city's lake front. No further evidence of the wave was reported. ofrawa (cp) iernak Affairs After the Russian visit, he will 0 to Singapore for a meeting of A consultative council of the Colombo plan--the scheme initi- ated five years ago under which a group of Western countries are helping the economic deve of Southeast Asia. TRADE HOPES Though this trip to Russia is mainly a courtesy visit and he does not expect aly commitments or agreements will be made, he said he hopes to talk specifically Pearson Hopes Russian Visit Will pee Trade Relat 0 jit 1a SERIALISED TAX In P.O. Shortly after yo Oshawa men certainly period. ine woh Stern, 4, of Gamble ave- nue, Te Toronto, as | 'Dlcked up as he Third Arrest by Ee Sn police, w! nves on Theft prby and Greenber ested by oS reetber Ss, on Wed- were. ar- LA Ins) getor William NS' No Wage Company Either Disappointed GM _ strikers turn- ed away from the William reading a company notice posted outside the building: "Due to the fact that salaried personnel have not been permitted to 'enter the lant and Pe south plant office, i wag impossible to prepare the days <= old walkout may be paid up to date. Strike payments for picketing|U. UAW Local 222 members have not yet begun, and Jesterday Osh- awa union financial officers met| with George Burt, UAW national | director, in Toronto to discuss the i situation. STRIKE B ULLETIN Today, the union jasued the fol- ing strike-bulletin low! issue in everyone' 8| s the| the a Dpesent time question of strike pay. "Strike is 'perhaps s From the present chest of $25,000,000 onLY PAYMENTS only payments is constitutiofially empowered in a financial position "s Jake to strikers, whether they be ronto, or Texas only guarantee of a financial ture our union can make basis of present economics W. And to our way of the solvency of of the union is pv es I ie oF ord, | tee] are at large in our commun- es.' NS Unemployment insurance bene fits for GM workers laid off for ke pa ai ant oon os he strike are , 8c eg oi & oR Ww. Hodson, his wa unemployment surance commission office, ag | ing further instructions tawa, although full data Daurly rated empl has Cee rom. the _ pany. of | i..." Hodson added that merchants are {ai os 3 Sr a moves Second week, an and work is eeder plants and Br Ed ng William alton and tole Norman: Smith of Toron- ce. CHARGE She charge against him is the same as that against two Oshawa | men, William R. Kirby, 35, and] Gilbert, who appeared before Mag-| istrate Elmore in Toronto yester- day. They were remanded to Oc tober 7 in connection with break-| ing aud entering of the sub post | office at Madison avenue and Du-| pont street, Toronto, July 24. | Stern was scheduled to appear) on the same charge today. Included in the series of thefts, | | which police Believe were com-| mitted "by a gang, is a $24,000, payroll stolen at Ajax. FOR INSOMNIAC LONDON (AP)--The income tax collector received a letter from an anonymous woman who said she couldn't sleep be- cause of her unpaid tax. She inclosed £10 and added in a posteript: "If I still find 1 can't sleep, rin send you some more money.' stolen in the break-in of the to sub post office. OSHAWA FORCE PRAISED Stamps worth $2,480, money ord- ars worth $1,039, plus $38 in cash and 165 blank postal orders po- tentially worth $16,600 were stolen from the Toronto sub post office, according to police. Toronto police have been loud in their praise of the Oshawa force | for its co-operation in the case. Investigation is continuing today in Oshawa, Toronto and several other - centres, says Detective Smith. ri Te a gems, apparently from ers of Peron's late wife, police official of the new provisional government, who de- clined be quoted by name, | identified the girl as Neida Nelly vas The new government is reported to have learned 'about her after two letters addressed to her from the Paraguayan gunboat where Peron has taken e were in- tercepted when a tried to deliver them. . [visit to Canada. Princess Mary is aboard the liner Empress of Fraiee whidh L expected to dock at Wolfe's at noon. The ship was delayed a day by bad hor Bs during the transatlantic crossing. The 58-year-old sister of the King George VI will be at the dock hy Governor: Massey, her host at the Citadel for her three-day visit here. After inspecting a military guard of honor, her only' official function of the day will be a dinner in her honor given by Mr, Massey, of chances of enlarging trade be- tween Canada and Russia. And if he talks 'trade he will Back Life ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP)--A Sec- | {ond World War veteran Thursday of his mothers grocery storey. Mrs. Baltazar Franco rushed 3-Yr.-01d Boy Fatally Injured HAMILTON (CP) --" James -Whitebread, 3, of nearby Hagersville was fatally injured today when crushed beneath the wheels of his father's automobile, police said, Picket Lines Set Up As Strike Begins TORONTO (CP) -- Picket lines were set up at the suburban Leaside plant of the Canada Wire and Cable Company today as 1,300 members of the United Electrical Workers Union Ind. strike. were called out on Plane Sought after Ditching Reported EDMONTON (CP) -- A four-engined York air transport with two men aboard was sought today in the Northwest Territories following a radio report _ from the pilot that he was ditching the plane. into the small neighborhood store carrying the limp, blue body of her th-old daughter, Sylvia. She said the baby had suffocated {under blankets and pillows on a "The first sign of life was when the baby's color changed," Mrs. Dyczkowski said. '"Then of her little fists started to dou oA was something to see, that im) lithe body getting life back into t.' To Spend $500,000,000 On Expansion In 1956 MAHWAH, N.J. (AP) -- Henry Ford II said Thursday night the | Ford Motor Lompany will spend a in pumped life back into an appar- | ently dead baby girl on the counter | Super-Force Council To Recommend TORONTO (CP)--A special com: mittee of the metropolitan Toronto council will recommend abolition of the Toronto and 12 suburban po- lice forces and establishment of a super-foree, it was reported today. The committee it is said, will make its recommendation to met- ropolitan council Oct. 4. It will suggest the new force be estab- lished by Jan, 1, 1957, After studying unification of the area police departments for the last year, the metropolitan com- itt will confer-| ences with the Ontario attorney- | general on the proposed creation of eight bo oe and one city po- lice district to replace the present | istrative establishment. | record $500,000.000 o | 1956. | Ford said the money will come | from earnings, not borrowing. He | cited the program as proof of "our convictions about the future of the -American economy." Four of the present suburban po- lice chiefs are due to retire on pension prior to the target date The super-force would include 320/ mobile units and 1,900 officers, it | PILGRIMAGE TO HEAR BILLY GRAHAM in Toronto. is shown | Graham Crusade Part of the crowd More than 600 city and district | residents made a special pil CPR train here which took the pilgrims direct to the CNE ed by The Os Hawa Association housan Ministerial | s have A image Towsday to tbe Billy | about to board the special 16ar | Srouads: The trip was spomsor- | béep sygading the crusade dur- | ing the current pearance of Billy Tounmack + Toronto. raiENRdae Mee |

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