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THOUGHT FOR During a depression at the door, and during a period of prosperity the tax there. TODAY the wolf's collector's he Oshawa Somes WEATHER REPORT Heavy snow with severe drift- ing today, Friday cloudy with snow and moderate ' drifting, milder, winds northeast. Closs Mall VOL. 89--NO. 52 Price Not Over 10 Cents Per Copy OSHAWA, THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1960 Authorized os Second Post Office Department, Ottawa TWENTY-SIX PAGES BASEMENT EXPLOSION SCORE OF DEATHS CHICAGO (AP) -- Destructive ice and snow storms, which stag: and Midwest, ripped into the one of the winter's most violent Snow Storms Blanket U.S. Hundreds of schools and factor- ies were closed. Many small gered broad sections of the South, ons were isolated. eastern United States today in|TRAFFIC HINDERED Travel was curtailed or halted, Traffic By THE CANADIAN PRESS Two big storms from the south converged on Eastern Canada to- day threatening a wide area from Southern Ontario to the Atlantic. The first blew up from the Gulf of Mexico Wednesday and swirled NEAR-BLIZZARD BURIES ONTARIO SOUTHWEST Chaos In Hamilton in the area, including those in Paris, were closed. In Windsor, 2.7 inches of snow were recorded between 2:40 a.m. EST when the first storm struck at 7 am. TORONTO (CP) -- The high- weather attacks. The fast-moving and far-reach- ways department today reported heavy snow, drifting and poor visibility on all roads in the western Lake Ontario, Niagara Peninsula and Lake Erie dis- triets. Highways there were snow- covered. Elsewhere in Southern Ontario highways were mostly bare exe part of the continent, promises to|cept Highway 52 which was be "the big one,' the public|blocked between Highways 3 and weather forecaster in Toronto(S across the United States into southwestern Ontario this morn- ing bringing threats of snow up to 10 inches in some Ontario areas and winds up to 50 and 60 miles an hour. But a second storm, spawned along Cape Hatteras in the Carolinas and sweeping north- ward across the whole eastern on highways and in the air. Thou- {ing storms--the worst in years jor soils of Sars AD ruck: Nas some areas--caused a score of|o ying off "electricity to thou- deaths, widespread damage and|.;g¢" of homes. Trees 'toppled and inconvenienced, jor the weight of heavy ice. 5 Road crews worked around the The Stn belt, following the clock to clear the ice and snow. pattern of a series of violent) gi 0 winds fanned the snow- [eather stuptions in She 12st storm into eastern sections this month, -Stretcied trom hey, .,ing with heavy falls -- up Rockies to the Atlantic coast. [¢) 10 inches -- indicated in some » BASEMENT CORNER WHERE MICHAEL REDMOND DIED ~Photo by John Mills hank D: TTT UK. Vehicles yo FROM LEFT GASOLINE FUMES "Dies In Blast AJAX (Staff)--A grandmother tried valiantly but fully to save her daughter's two year- old son from gasoline-fed flames in the basement Wednesday after. noon. The. child, Michael Redmond, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Red- mond, 9 Tulloch Drive, Ajax, was| searched the blackened basement playing in the basement while his mother was dressing older brothers, Danny, three, and Billy, five, so that they could go out to play. : MICHAEL, 2%, DANNY, 814, AND BILLY, 5 two might be still alive, but he took| nd | There has been some sugges-|Norman Beal Men and Boys' Competition For Canada WINDSOR (CP) -- Sir Saville Garner, KCMG, CMG, United Kingdom High Commissioner to Canada . since 1956, said in a Windsor interview today that if Canada wants to impose duties on import vehicles coming from| Great Britain, it must assess what it is prepared to give up in . |exchange. Stores Get Fined $5 The high commissioner was commenting on the effect of) duty-free import vehicles have on the Canadian market. "It is a Canadian government problem," Sir Saville said. Com- menting on the world trade pic- ture, Sir Saville said, '"'we do - every . The point had been made with| British high commissioner that British vehicle imports to Can- ada totalled 27,000 in the past year and these have entered Canada duty free. Result, of this has been to impose a lower-price ot the scene in a matter of min- |utes and the flames were extin- jguished. Smoke and steam cut ohicle on the Canadian market {down visibility and it was some| ih the advantage of no tariff. jLime Delors the little boy was); wor wages in the auto indus- {foun huddled in a corner beside. in the United Kingdom than (the laundry tubs. lin Canada, it is felt in some lev- | Firemen wearing Scott airpacks| |unfair competition for the C {desperately in the hope the child| 4; n manufacturer and laborer. most of the blast of the explosion {and died in moments. lels in Canada, have produced|SurP ana-| CO.» |tion that a tariff barrier should yaar Cold weather gripped most of the storm zone, with temperatures | below zero in north-central re-| gions. 16 Oshawa Sixteen of the 20 retail stores at the Oshawa Shopping Centre, charged with violating the Osh- awa Wednesday - closing bylaw, pleaded guilty in Oshawa Magis- trate's Court Thursday. The remaining four cases were Pé remanded. The charge against thes Shop Gift Shop were set over to March 23. After both B. Mackey, counsel for the accused and E. G. Mec- Neely, city solicitor, agreed to a nominal fine Magistrate F. S.| Ebbs fined each firm $5 and) Refugee Welfare Plan Suggested costs. The following are the firms which pleaded guilty: Reitman's { (Ontario) Ltd., Gordon McFar- {lane, Herchel Rosenthal, Agnew- ass Shoe, Yolles Furniture Jack Fraser Stores, Kent John Swan Hardware, Shoes, Reliance Shoe, [Louis Saltman, Bassett's Limited, Fire Chief Cecil Winter said the|be imposed to restrict UK. auto gejgneurs, Fairweather Co, There was an explosion in the|fire was caused by fumes from|imports. basement and seething flames scorched the entire recreation area. Mrs. Agnes Dunkin, the child- ren's grandmother said, "I was lying down while Pat, (Mrs. Red mond) was dressing the other boys. I heard a muffled bang and heard Pat yell. "Oh. mother, the baby's downstairs." RUSHED DOWN "I rushed down the cellar, calling the baby's name, but he dead then--I stayed as long as Ijhouse was not badly burned. could, until the flames singed my spilled gasoline igniting when the furnace cut in, can, still containing some Boy Dies In Fire gasoline was found near the boy. |KNOCKED OVER In Montreal Home | Chief Winter said the child had) MONTREAL (CP) probably knocked the can over in| qar 1 his play and the spilled gasoline! {his opinion the air was full of | [fumes and ignition came when| the furnace came on. tim in four days. {burned to death when fire en- : night in a fast-spreading fire to| had spread over the floor and in|pecome Montreal's ninth fire vie! | Dover's Ltd., and Shoe Circle, The stores had stayed open one Wednesday in November in an effort to force city council to | change the bylaw. The argument {advanced by the shopping centre |group is that department stores, CP) -- A four-inot covered by the bylaw, are : : old boy died Wednesday selling complete lines of mer-| The government, the brief said, |should accept responsibility for costs of any health and welfare required by refugees chancise. The boy, Rejean Lacombe, was| | Apart from badly charred floor|gylfed the two-storey bungalow of | Pope John didn't answer. I think he was beams and smoke damage the his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leo| wi |Lacombe, in a matter of minutes. Dr. William Bosch was called The adults, and two firemen, hair. His mother tried to come to the scene, but there was noth-|were taken to hospital with vari- down, but I stopped her. The alarm was called into the fire station but the mother was too incoherent to say where the fire was and the telephone op- erator traced the call. Deputy Fire Chief Vincent Hickey was ing he could do. {ous burns and cuts. The boy's mother is prostrated| Earlier Wednesday five fire- with grief, she is expecting a/men were killed when the roof of fourth child in a few weeks. {a building collapsed under them Mr. Redmond, a salesman, as they fought a three-alarm fire. was out of town when the tragedy, Sunday, three elderly women occurred. were killed in a tenement fire. uicklime Burials Of 2350 In Agadir | Names 7 Cardinals VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope John today named seven new {cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church, panese. The Pope also named the first Negro as a prince of the church. Japan's first cardinal is Most Rev. Peter Tatsuo Doi, Arch- bishop of Tokyo. The Negro: car- dinal is Archbishop Laurian Ru- gambwa of Rutabo, Tanganyika. The seven new cardinals named today bring the College of Car- dinals to 85 members, highest in including its first Ja- AGADIR, Morocco (CP)--Res- fore this earthquake-stricken city|injured in the quakes and tidal the church's history. The Pope cue officials said today that 2,350 victims of the Agadir earthquakes have been buried already in mass !is demolished to head off a threat|wave that followed. of typhus and other epidemics. | | Moroccans, Americans Because of the continued heat cardinal, and there was fear that pestilence Santo of Manila. |also named the Philippines' first Archbishop Rufino graves, and that whole areas of French worked shoulder-to-shoul-|Would break out and precautions | the city remain to be searched. As the figure was disclosed, Moroccan Army troops sealed off the city. Military teams deployed through the streets spraying rub- ble with disinfectant. Crown Prince Moulay Hassan ordered "all living souls to be evacuated from Agadir." An international army of 5,000 evacuated from Agadir." An international army of 5,000 rescue workers even then was making a last desperate search for survivors under the ruins be- CITY EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBERS POLICE RA 5-1133 FIRE DEPT. RA 5-6574 HOSPITAL RA 38-2211 der in the final search .They used|were being taken. bulldozers as well as pneumatic/ An International Red Cross rep- drills, picks and shovels. JFesentative earlier had said he . elt the figures would be 3,000 [BUILD NEW TOWN |dead and 5,000 injured. But there A town of prefabricated houses|is general agreement that no ac- is being built south of Agadir for|curate count of the casualties will the survivors. Only rescue teams ever be possible, are being allowed Into the ruined city. |since the quakes struck, some liv- Large reinforcements of men|ing were thought to be still trap- and machinery arrived today to ped today beneath the rubble of help in the task. the shattered buildings. Loudspeaker trucks rofled| The United States Navy cruiser through the streets calling for (Newport News arrived this morn- those who remained in homes ing with bulldozers and units of a | with cracked walls to leave them.|U.S. Army engineer battalion. | Moroccan troops were ordered to They joined more than 1,600 sail- raze these damaged structuresjors from a French naval squad- after they had been evacuated. Jou which arrived ju the harbor Hope was growing dim for most nesday night after steaming |still believed trapped in the ruins|at full speed from the Canary Is- since two great earthquakes|lands. Istruck this city of 40,000 popula-| In the fields outside the city ition midnight Monday. Moroccan {shrouded bodies were thrown in government officials say they be- mass graves and covered with lieve at least 5,000 were killed or quicklime. Despite ceaseless rescue efforts| areas from the Ohio Valley to the Atlantic coast. A sheath of ice and a blanket of snow already covered southern areas from Virginia to' Arkansas and East Texas. The worst ice storm in 25 years pounded north- east Alabama and Northern Georgia. Snowfalls measured up to half a foot in Tennessee and Kentucky. PET TORTOISES WAKE IN BRITAIN LONDON (Reuters) -- Brit- ain's spring-like warm spell is waking pet tortoises pre- maturely from hibernation, the Royal Society for the Pre- vention of Cruelty to Animals said Wednesday. ey, god J ing tortoises food and water, them warm and relurn them to their winter quarters when the temperature drops again, | INDONFSIA'S PRESIDENT Ahmed Sukarno his arms around Russia's Nikita Khurshchev as Khrushchev re- turns the hug in the Russian | families. |ernment policy. services after they arrive. Private spon- sors are required to bear these costs now. The brief said that unless this is changed few refugees will be brought to Canada during World Refugee Year. Recommendations in the brief were decided and announced at a two-day conference in Ottawa in January representatives of organizations interested in refugees. The meeting followed an an- nouncemert by External Affairs Minister Green Wednesday that the go. 2rnment will sponsor ad- ditional tubercular refugees and their families from Europe dur- ing World Refugee Year. He did not specify the number that will be admitted beyond the 100 families already brought to Can- a a. The brief said private sponsors are willing to pay transportation costs, arrange for accommoda- tion, find employment for the head of the family and assist in social adjustment but are not able to assume an unknown and OTTAWA (CP)--Prime Minis- ter Diefenbaker and Immigration Minister Fairclough met with a welfare delegation today to dis- cuss an impasse in the private sponsorship of European refugee A brief submitted by the Cana- {dian Welfare Council on behalf of la wide range of welfare organ- |izations said the problem could |be solved by a change in gov- attended by some 70 "LATE NEWS FLASHES 0il Firm Denies Any Kickbacks' TORONTO (CP)--A spokesman for Imperial Oil Limited said today allegations that service station operators are forced to buy auto parts from designated suppliers and to give oil companies kickbacks "are untrue" as far as Imperial Oil is concerned. | Michigan Governor May Be Candidate DETROIT (AP)--The Detroit Times says today it learned that Governor G. Mennen Williams is quitting state politics to run for the Democratic nomination as vice-president. No Playoffs Between Hockey Leagues OTTAWA (CP)--No playoff will be held this year between champions of the new Eastern Professional Hockey League and the Western loop, EPHL President E. J. Houston re- vealed today. Mr. Houston said he was informed by Western League President Al Leader that directors discussed the pro- posal but felt the playoff should pot be held this year, potentially extensive responsibil ity for the cost of basic health and welfare services. They should not be asked to assume this obligation in a country where such services normally were pro- vided under public auspices. The federal government in con- sultation with the provinces could accept responsibility for health and weifare for a stated period. Refugee families after this period then would qualify for provincial, municipal and other public health and welfare programs. The council proposed an exten- sion of World Refugee Year be- yond June and urged the govern- ment to sponsor refugee families with more than one member suf- fering from iuierculosis. Relaxation of immigration reg- ulations to permit the adoption of Chinese refugee children in Hong Kong also was proposed. "Through voluntary religious and other organizations in Can- ada, it is known that there are ¥ said, said at 10 a.m. today. The two storms were meeting to form one big storm across the entire East, he said. One consolation for Ontario might be less snowfall than was forecast for the Toronto area, he said. Indications now are that the snowfall will be from three to six inches in the Toronto area, he C "IN FOR IT" Other areas of southwestern On- tario, between Windsor and Ham- ilton, were "in for it," he said. It was the second storm in a week to hit southwestern Ontario t t 3 ». embassy in Jakarta during pe, weption. 'Scene took place dur- ing the Russian premier's Asian tour which winds up in Afghanistan today. ~--AP Wirephoto Khrushchev Close To Ultimatum WASHINGTON (AP) -- Nikita Khrushchev's increasingly tough talk about Berlin appears in the view of United States officials to put him on the brink of violating his Camp David promise that new talks should go forward without a Soviet deadline. + Diplomatic authorities who have followed the Soviet premier's com- ments during his current Far Tastern trip say he clearly is trying to build up an atmosphere of threats in advance of the sum- mit parley in Paris May 15. Khrushchev's menacing tone, they report, has been accompanied by a stronger anti-American line in the Soviet press during the last few weeks. During his travels, - Khrush- chev's favorite theme has been to repeat that he will sign a sep- arate peace treaty with Commu- nist East Germany unless the Allies agree with Russia on an all-German treaty. a number of Canadian families, Caucasian and Oriental, who are prepared to adopt such children." In a farewell press conference in Indonesia Monday, however, he The council also understood| that a number of provinces are| prepared to consider taking part in the necessary adoption pro-| gram. tied the need for a Berlin set- tlement to the summit conference. He hinted strongly that he would make his advertised deal with East Germany if the talks fail. Tensions NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- More than 1,000 Negro students planned to stay away from classes at Alabama State College today in mass protest against the expulsion of nine students for tak- ing part in recent anti-segregation demonstrations. | + The plan set tensions rising in| Montgomery, Ala., already the! scene of sitdowns and violence on the streets. A boycott of variety stores loomed in Tampa, Fla., and a Ne- gro minister here was contem- plating an order either to leave Vanderbilt University Divinity School or be dropped from its rolls. The expulsions and a number of arrests indicated that authorities are taking a firm stand in the face of the massive lunch-counter demonstrations spreading across the southern states as part of a Negro drive for equal rights at eating facilities. CALLS IT BLUNDER Alabama Racial Risi gomery Improvement Associa- tion, told the students Wednesday night the expulsion order was "one of the greatest blunders in the history of education in Ala- bama." But state Governor John Pat- terson said the expulsion order was necessary '"'to prevent blood- shed in this city." "If we ever bow to the threat of a mob," the governor said, "We are on our way out and ey) get more arrogant every ay." The state board of education or- dered the nine students expelled dnd 20 additional students placed on probation. In Florida, 76 members of a youth council of the National As- sociation for the Advancement of Colored. People staged two sit- down demonstrations at Tampa. One arrest was reported. Demonstrations also occurred in St. Petersburg, Sarasota and Daytona Beach. The Negroes Rev. Ralph D. Abernathy, pres- ident of the pro-integration Mont. were refused service at all the lunch counters visited. 5 £ which only last Thursday re- corded up to 13 inches of snow in some areas. For the rest of Canada the out- Alberta, snd sunny and cold Manitoba and British Columbia. As the storm swept into On- tario, Trans-Canada Air Lines an- nounced the cancellation of many flights out of Toronto and delays for others. There was no reported change in flights from Ottawa and Montreal, however, BRUNT OF STORMS In Hamilton, the weatherman said the area along the western end of Lake Ontario would prob- ably feel the brunt of the two storms. He was forecasting up to 10 inches of snow and blizzard- velocity winds for the area, Early t f t province, In the North, main highways were mostly bare and others were entre-bare to snow-packed. At the Lakehead highways were bare to centre-bare. Provincial police warned meo- torists to stay off the roads west of Metropolitan Toronto where ice and snow made driving danger ous, They reported many acci- dents because of the storm. Many roads leading into Hamil. on were jammed with traffie, ied up because of the driving snow and drifts. There were four- foot drifts in some sections of the 8 ity. TORONTO, (CP)--The weather office issued at 12 noon EST to- day the following weather advis- ory for ready approach the five - inch mark through much of southwest- ern Ontario. However, the storm has split and a new centre de. veloping off the Virginia coast has robbed the initial storm of much of its vigor. This indicates considerable less snow along the north shore of Lake Ontario -- likely mo more han two inches in the next 12 hours. The new storm could af- ect the eastern sections of the however, after this ime. Easterly winds of 25 to 45 miles an hour will continue to cause drifting in all Southern On- drifting tied up some city traffic|tario and equally strong north. in Hamilton. Some rural schools|erly winds are expected Friday. Priscilla Beaulieu, teen-ager who dated rock'n'roll singer El- vis Presley during his army service in Germany, is escorted by military policeman at Frank- furt, Germany, air base as Presley departed for the U.S. She made unsuccessful effort to say goodbye to Elvis by § a 4 $ SHE LOVES ELVIS leaping barrier as he boarded military . transport plape. She was stopped by MP's. Presley is slated to be separated from active service at Fort Dix, N.J. Priscilla, 16 is daughter of a US. Air Force officer from ~=AP Wirephote 7