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TIMES-GRZETTE TELEPHONE NUMBERS Classified Adve. iising. RA 3-349% Al Other Calls RR 3-3474 THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETT Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle Weather Forecast Cloudy and colder, with sca showers ending tonight, Medium winds. Low tonight 35, high té- morrow 50. Authorized os Second-Class Mail Post Office Depgrim Ottaw: hy L] OSHAWA-WHITBY, MONDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1955 TWENTY PAGES VOL. 84---NO. 247 SEVERAL THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS worth of diamond rings and walches were stolen | from the safe at Hickey's Cred it Jeweller"s in Ajax early Sun- day morning. Nitro glycerine was used to blast the safe shown above. Howard Traves, chief of | police of Ajax, is shown in sec- | ond picture as he inspects the | safe with Sgt, Donald Johnston, fingerprint expert from the criminal investigation bureau of the OPP. An exterior view of the store is shown in other pic- ture. ~--Photos hy John Mills ' French, German Crises Over The Saarland Vote " ' } 4 By GODFREY ANDERSON SAARBRUECKEN (AP)--A new French-German crisis stirred today A five-country neutral] to prevent possible infiltration by, roads, as interim government chief agitator: commission supervised the voting.|since 1947. PREMIER RESIGNS Hoffman, 64, has been in power By defeating the Europeanization Boy. 5 Admits Brewery Strikers | Heavy Jeweler's Safe in the wake of the Saarlanders' 2- of the plan to Eur Within minutes after the final re: |statute--which had taken five years tol rejection opeanize their rich industrial terri tory. The German de of the coal and held before the| ar outcome of the plebiscite Saar's pro-French pre- tened ¥ Germuny, 72 per cent of alll Hoffmann said he would serve un- Same Be lament is elected tut air .|turns were reported early today,|to work out in Faris and Bonn--the Premier Johannes Hoffmann an-|Saarlanders inflicted a bitter hu Inounced he was resigning out of miliation on the French and raised | respect for the will of the people." |@ grim question mark over French He promised immediate parli | German relations. tary elections, certain to set up a| The Europeanization plan would new government pledged fo work have put the Saar's defence and for speedy reunion of the Saar with| foreign relations under a neutral | commissioner of the seven-coun! Western European ion h rnaintaini A and ssid they would not a | ernnge ul "they Heinrich Welsch, chairman the € board of the Saar rail vearmament, $80.000 Blaze VAL D'OR, Que, (CP)--A five year-old boy has admitted setting a fire whic! midtown ilding TORONTO (CP) --- Employees |of Canadian Breweries Ltd. in five cents retroactive to April 1, three cents from Nov. 1, five UAW Team; : Local 222 cents from next April 1 and 10 cents from April 1, 1957, The con- tract runs for two years and five months. Basic wages now are about $1.69 an hour, The workers went on strike Wed- nesday midnight to enforce their demands for a 15-cent hourly in crease, a shorter work week, cer- tain managerial functions and other benefits. Return To Work which was a union dentand that it be given the right to, say how -- i ff many men shall workion a AJAX 7 (ones Gagetie, Sta ! between 4 and 5 a.m, The heavy 600-pound safe was rolled to the rear of the store and blasted open with charges of nitro glycerine. PROFESSIONAL JOB The safe cracking, evidently the work of professionals was carried out with precision. Entry was gained through two rear doors, one strengthened by a steel bar, The doors were ruthlessly, forced with heavy crowbars. The safe contained the com- plete stock of valuable watches, diamond and wedding rings be sides gem set jewellery. from workers" an extra paid holiday-- Boxing Day--to bring the total number of paid ays to nine. A company spokesman said ear- lier the managerial requests were the main points in the dispute. Company and union officials met Sunday for exploratory talks. In addition to the wage increase and the other benefits, the union is asking that retail store hours in Toronto, Hamilton, Windsor, Lon- don and Ottawa be changed from noon to 8 p.m. to 10 a.m. to 6 pm. to conform with store hours else where in the province. The company refused to grant| The union is also seeking a 36-| The break-in was discovered by any managerial funetions, one of hour week for its members. | Ajax police constables Fred Jack- json and William Chambers. The He had packed up and left when nd fe explosion, Mr. Hickey said, "those watches have a mental value to the owners, a cash value is impossible to estimate." By an amazing freak, a display of valuable crystal on shelves in front of the blown safe escaped harm while the wall was peppered and pock marked with debris. The explosion sheared off rivets from the safe door. THIRD ROBBERY This is the third time since 1946 that Hickey has been robbed. He started his business Tn a small way following a rehabilitation course in watch and jewellery Blasted With Nitro ey's was senti-| long the street. He identified the jibe as being the loot, from his store. ; 'Other recent 'safe cracking jobe include the recent Post Office job when $25,000 was stolen. A little over a year ago Hudson's Bay Super market safe was blown, but the thieves failed to get it open. The Marketeria has suffered twice, once when the safe was completely removed and agein when it was blown open, SAFE RUINED sale. e Ajax Legion was ruined a few months ago, but it resisted Hold Talks repair. The first robbery was! attempts to open it. Top union negotiators engaged) im UAW-GM strike talks spent the weekend meeting with the Local $22 bargaining committee. i The UAW representatives will mot meet again with company offfi- elals until tomorrow, to resume discussion of Oshawa local issues. It is believed that the weekend| layoff was spent assessing Prog: | ress of secondary negotiations so tar, and planning future strategy. | Both sides have agreed that ma- jor overall bargaining will not be| gin until all individual plant prob- lems are settled. Local negotiations for St. Cath- arines, Windsox, London and Scar-| boro are completed, leaving only the Osh group outstandi No top-level discussion on major items involving all five plants has taken place since the| 17,000 member strike began 36 days ago, but' observers indicate) that overall negotiations may be- gin this week. | Court Fines Bookie $1,000 + A fine of $1,000 for bookmaking | was imposed on Raymond Cole, 38, of 596 Christie avenue, when he) ty before Magistrate! rake in Oshawa police court Monday. It was the fifth time he had been convicted of bet- ting ivities and the istrate indicated that he would have im- posed a jail sentence this time ex- for the fact that Cole has a leg injury, which requires medical! West Begins Talks On Geneva Tactics PARIS (AP)--High envoys of theification, European security, and | Western Big Three began confer-| iring today on how they are going to negotiate with Russia in the conference opening at Geneva Thursday. U.S. State Secretary Dulles Brit- ish Foreign Secretary Macmillan and Jean Chamant, French secre- tary of state, met in the French foreign ministry. French Foreign Minister Pinay came in later, after fog delayed his return from a weekend at his home near Lyon. U.S. Defence Secretary Wilson, who is on his way to the Geneva meeting, also sat in on today's talks. The big issues at the Geneva conference will be German reun- Thieves Rob Polish Hall In Oshawa Thieves took $27 and seven car- tons of cigarets in a breakin at the Polish 'National Union Hall, | Banting avenue, Sunday. ~/ | Police say a screw driver was) used fo force open a basement window and gain entry to the build- disarmament. But side issues were coming to the fore to plagué the |safe is normally under an inspec- tion light in the front of the.store.| It was all right at 4 am. | The thieves missed $300 part of Saturday's receipts that was in an | envelope in the safe. They also | missed a much jarger haul by one |day Tom Vertch, Junior, a lavish watch salesman had a lavish display of valuable, merchandise in the store during the past week. |lage Barber shop, North Harwood. |p, Officers of the CIB at Queen's ark are assisting in the investi. gation in this latest job. A finger print expert was called, and investigation is continuing. The safe cracking, may be the work of some local men, or it could linked with a recent jew 1 when he shared space in the Vil-| The loss them was comparatively | small, Two years ago when in his own store on Harwood North, the prem- ises were entered and while the safe' remained iniaci the thieves carried off all the merchandise they eould earry. bery in Eastern Ontario a days ago. : Western trio, Even before they set down, Is- rael's prime minister, Moshe Sher- ett, was all set to toss in their laps a frying-hot issue--What are they going to do about the sale of arms by the Soviet bloe to Egypt? Overnight two other thorny prob- lems arose and were likely to be thrust into their Itations These were: 1. The collapse in the Saar pleb- iscite of Western plans to Europ- eanize' that frontier valley as a keystone of French-German recon- ciliation; and 2. The overwhelming victory of Premier Ngo Dinh Diem of South Viet Nam over Chief of State Bao Dai in a referendum. This virt- ually eliminated any possibility - of a unification election in Indo-China as provided by the 1954 Geneva armistice conference at which the British and Russian foreign min- Arrest Groom At Reception PARRY SOUND (CP) -- A 23 year-old bridegroom was arrested at his ing reception Saturday and charged with criminal negli- gence and failing to remain at the scene of an accident. into custody about an hour after he was married to Anita Gagnon and charged him in connection with the death Friday night of Tommy Heidman, '11. The boy was killed when he was knocked from his bicycle by a car which did not' stop. Monette was released on $8,000 bail after appearing before a jus- tice of the peace, who r ded Police took Raymond Monette| Dinh Diem, landslide winner in a popularity plebiscite over absentee Chief of State Bao Dai, will pro- claim South Viet Nam a Jepublic Election Winner To Declare South Viet Nam A Republic SAIGON (AP) -- Premier Ngo National Assembly, expected be- fore the end of this year, Returns from six provinces and the capital indicated about 98 gilt of those voting wanted Bao ai. eliminated and himself its first presid as reported today. Diem, one of Asia's most reso- lute anti-Communists, dug ' Bao| Dai's political grave with a refer- endum Sunday in which the Viet- Namese overwhelmingly rejected the playboy ex-emperor and chose the premier as chief of state. Authoritative sources said Diem would proclaim Wednesday a holi- day, announce the official election returns, and in the isters were co-chairman. the case until today. UK's Chancellor Faces Challenge By FRASER WIGHTON | from high production and full em- LONDON ' (Reuters) -- Chancel |loyment, and a large throng preside at the formal birth of the republic with himself as president. He will remain premier' as well Driver Sentenced In Whitby Court WHITBY (S t a f f) -- Florindo presence of the| * until after the election of the first lor of the Exchequer R. A. Butler] That 'also was the idea behind Buonfiglio, 22, of Toronto, was to-' | from the political scene. In Saigon, the capital, Diem re ceived 424,126 votes to Bao Dai's 2,035. The City of Tourane gave Diem 47,712, Bao Dai 5. k anti-inflation measures taken by day sentenced to 18 months defin- the government last February, |ite and six months indeterminate Government supporters contend | on a motor manslaughter convic- |those measures have been effect-| tion. | |ive. They point to the slower drain| Mr. Justice Gale ordered -ac-| on the sterling area's gold and dol-| cused be banned from driving for lar reserves, and the smaller|five years after sentence is serv-| monthly gap between spending on|ed | imports and earning from exports.| Buonfiglio wag found guilty by a Butler is known to have the full jury last Thursday. The jury re-' years eustodian of the mass of | confidence of the cabinet | ded leni ) statutes put on Canada's law The budget debate Wednesday | that re-|" books since confederation and Thursday may shed light on| e would retired as clerk of the Senate, who is to succeed 72-year-old Clem-| have been greater," said His Lord- on his 68th birthday. A native of ing. The marauders then forced treatment. : Police laid the charge after a search of the house at 33 Whiting avenue on Oct. 7. They found Cole with $407 in his pockets, and in the room there were racing forms, yEiting pads, pencils, a ra- dio, telephone and slips carrying } horses' hames and amounts bet on the lock on the door of the can-|faces the strongest challenge of teen, which is on the main floor, | Nis cabinet career Wednesday, and broke into a wooden cabinet|When he brings down an out-of containing the cigarets. season, anti-intlation budget. The theft was discovered by the| A hostile Labor party is waiting caretaker of the canteen, Mrs. M.|f0 pounce on Butler's extra budget Misiaszek of 39 Gibb Street, The|@s proof that concessions he made money and cigarets were itolen| in the regular budget last April sometime between. the hours of| Were mere vote-catchers for the] 12.30 a.m. and 7.30 a.m. on Sun-| Conservative party in the day. general elections | Detectives J. D. Powell and Conservatives reply that Butler J. K. Young are continuing the in-| granted mild tax relief in the April vestigation. budget because he believed the 4 RETIRES Leslie Clare Moyer; for W May PIGEONS FRIEND SIDNEY, B. C. (CP) -- Village sommissioners in this south Van- "Had it not been for Preston, Ont, he started as a $12-a-week newspaper reporter souver island community decided pigeons can stay. Residents com-| plained Jigeons disrupted televi-| sion reception by perching on an- tennas, but commissioner C. J. Douma said: "A lot of kids like them and 1 don't think a pigeon soos very loudly." MISS RED FEATHER CROWNED Stroud being Red Feather" fr. Vern Walker, president of the Oshawa Kiwanis Club Marlene was elecled Miss Red Miss Marlene crowned "Miss Feather from Oshawa collegiate students and the crowning took place at the OCVI on Saturday night. The competition was spon- sored by the Get-togemer club and the Kiwanis to help focus at tention on the Community Chest campaign, which opens on Wed- nesday. Times-Gazette Photo | British economy could stand it. | Butler's case is that the coun- |try is not facing am economic |erisis, but that a new budget is Inecessary to put the brakes on a British spending spree. He claims | over-spending is offsetting COOK BOOK The annual cook book of The Daily Times-Gazette will | be . published in tomorrow's edition. | gains ev. ent Attlee as chief of the Labor sip. y. e charge was the aftermath The two contenders for this post|of an accident last Christmas Day | are Herbert Morrison, 67, the dep-|in which Francis Brignell, 16, of| uty leader and former foreign sec'| Toronto, was killed. The accident! retary, and Hugh Gaitskell, 49, occured one mile north of Brook- former ch Hor of t hequ- lin on Highway 12 at the wagon- wheel ourve, ' became a lawyer and later a Prime ministers secretary be- fore taking over the $13,500 a Toa Senate post im December, OF Paote