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THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle ' OSHAWA WHITBY YOL. 6-NO. 13 OSHAWA-WHITBY, THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1947 Price 4 Cents SIXTEEN PAGES U.S. F ord Price Cut Is Widely Acclaimed TRIM UP TO $20 ON ALL FORD AUTOS Washington, Jan. 16 (AP) --United States government officials hailed yesterday's cut in Ford automobile prices as an "encouraging" start toward the general price re- ductions which President Truman has asked of all in- dustry in the country. Bdwin G. Nourse, chairman of the President's council of economic advisers, termed the Ford action a "crucial" eontribution to sustained high production and employment, Nourse added to a reporter that "a number of business people" have notified him of their "agreement in principle" with the President's plea for lower prices as a means of keep- ing public purchasing power high. "Mr, Ford's statement was made in most careful and reasoned terms --it should appeal to & large busi- ness following," said the econom- ist, with reference to the price-cut- ting announcement in Detroit by * Henry Ford II, President of the Ford Motor y "If other manufacturers follow suit, they will make a real contribu- Steelman, former United States re- conversion director, promptly wired Ford that the announcement was "good news for the country and I believe good business for your com- pany." Members of Congress also were quick to applaud. Seldom has the action of a single private firm produced similar ela- tion here--a possible sign of the government's anxiety over the pos- sible 1947 "dip" foreseen by the economic council. Mr. Truman's economic report to Congress last week cautioned that a "serious" drop in purchasing power already is visible. Unless price and wage adjustments are made in time, it said, there is danger that "con- sumer buying will falter, orders to manufacturers will decline, produc- tion will drop, and unemployment will grow." v STEELMEN PLAN FEWER HAIRCUTS The barber will be seeing steel against the 15 cent boost per haircut, members of Local 2784, United Steelworkers of America, last night resolved to take fewer haircuts, Price increases in other commo- dities also were denounced, The federal government will be asked to take off the tax on cigarette papers and tobacco. The local decided to send one delegate to the Union's national wage and policy conference which will be held in Toronto on Febru- ary 14 and 15, The management of the Pedlar People Limited for whose em- ployees the local {is bargaining agent will be asked to increase wags under an open-end clause in the agreement to renumerate employees at least partially for the soaring price increases in va- rious items. Simcoe Street United Church Congregation 1946 Receipts $23,252 Reports for 1946 presented at the ennual meeting of Simcoe Street United Church last night showed the largest increase in membership in many years and financial re- ceipts amounting to $23,252.88. The reports of the various organizations also were evidence of marked activ- ity in the li'e of the church during the year. The membership of the church from 1,100 at the begin- During the year a total of 106 new members were received into the church, 68 by profession of faith and 42 by letter, while 26 The ministers presided at T baptisms, 60 marriages and 36 bur- 1s, The treasurer's report, presented by the treasurer, G: A. Speight, showed that church offerings dur- Ing the year amounted to $9,773.53, of which $6,849.05 was from en- velopes, $1,324.23 locse collection and $1,600.25 thankoffering. This total was $33.23 below the figure for 1945. Missionary and Maintenance collections for the year were $3,- * 103.59, and the amount raised for the Pension Fund $4,956. In his pastoral letter, Dr. Cornett spoke with gratitude of the large increase in membership and of the main events of the year in 'the church He expressed the hope that soon a suitable memorial might be erected for those from the CHURCH RECEIPTS (Continued 'on Page:2) Steel Firms In $500,000 Dispute Toronto, Jan. 16 -- (CP) -- A writ has been filed at Osgoode Hall by Quality Steels Limited of London, Ont, claiming $500,000 damages from Atlas Steel Limited of Welland on grounds of breach of a contract dated July 12, 1938, giving the * | plaintiff's exclusive rights to sell the defendant's product in certain countries outside Canada. The writ also asks an injunction restraining the defendants from further alleged breaches. It is not known when the action will be heard. Bata Shoe Agreement 'Toronto, Jan. 16 -- (CP) -- Union agreements signed by the Bata Shoe Company of Canada at Batawa, near Belleville, will mean a pay in- crease of $150,000 annually to 600 employees, it was announced today. Alex Reith, representative of local 1718 of the International Association of Machinists (AFL) said the agreements, signed by the firm, his Association and 'local 715 of the Boot and Shoe Workers' Union (AP.L), also provided a 45-hour in- stead of the previous 48-hour week, with no decrease in "take-home" pay, and an' "incentive bonus" vary- ing from 15 to 40 per cent. workers less often in- his shop | due to the large increase He i I "Pprice of Haircuts. In protest #O0ne year ago today the first students enrolled at the University of Toronto's new Ajax Engineering Division, formerly the $112,000,000 shell filling plant of Defence Industries Limited. An aerial view of the Ajax Division x Ajax Division of University of Toronto One Year Old Today shows the residences and cafeteria at top left with the staff house--Arbor Lodge-- and the.three hockev rinks at the bottom. Just right of centre is the hospital and below is the Recreation Hall. In the top right corner is York Hall, the administration building, just above the prked cars. Speculation Follows Ford Cut, Detroit, Jan. 16 -- (AP) -- The Ford Motor Company reduced auto- mobile prices yesterday and touched off immediate speculation in trade circles as to whether the action would be followed by its competitors. in the low-priced field. The competitors--General Motors for Chevrolet and Chrysler for Plymouth -- withheld comment, The cuts, ranging from $15 to $50 on the company's Ford models only, were the first to be announced by any automobile manufacturer since the war. They were made in the face of repeated statements else- where in the industry that prices probably would go still higher be- fore they could be reduced. The Ford announcement said the com- pany hoped to reduce prices further. Youthful Henry Ford II, 29-year- old president of the Ford Company, in announcing the reductions said they were designed as the "shock treatment" needed to "halt the in- sane spiral of mounting costs and rising prices and to restore a sound base for the hopeful period of post- SPECULATION (Continued from Page 1) FORD CANADA 'WON'T LOWER ITS PRICES Windsor, Jan. 16--(CP)--No immediate reduction in the price of Canadian-built Ford cars is' contemplated by the Ford Mo- tor Company of Canada, Ltd. vice-president Rhys M, Sale said today. He added that the bi ic chcumst " which led to price decreases in the United States were not dupli- cated in Canada. F. W. Poland Is Acquitted Ottawa, Jan. 16--(CP)--Frederick William Poland, 37-year-old R.C, AF. squadron leader, today was ac- quitted of a charge of communicat- ing confidential information to Rus- sia in a judgment handed down by County Court Judge A. G. McDou- gall in Canada's 15th spy trial. In handing down the judgment, Judge McDougall said he found that Poland, Illinois-born son of an An- glican clergyman and a newspaper- man by profession, had satisfactor- Iv discharged the onus placed on im by the charge. A second charge against Poland under the Official Secrets Act, was adjourned until March 16. Almost immediately the court be- gan hearing the case of the 16th Canadian to face the courts as a result of the Dominion's espionage probe first announced 11 months ago, that of Dr. Henry Harris, To- ronto optometrist on conspiracy counts laid under the Official Se- crets Act, Of the, 14 persons who preceded Poland, eight were sentenced to pri- son, one was fined and five freed. Bhat i Six Oshawa Barbers Balk Price prices for haircuts and shaves was revealed this morning when six barbers announced their decision to maintain the previous levels of 45 cents for adult haircuts; 30' cents for shaves and 30 cents for chil- dren's haircuts. Some of the bolt- ing barbers are members of the Oshawa Branch of the Ontario Barbers Association which announc- ed the increases yesterday. In an interview with The Daily Times-Gazette they pointed out that they do not feel the economic posi- tion of the majority of Oshawa's population is such as to warrant the increase in prices. They will maintain the former minimum prices until forced to put the in- crease into effect by the Depart- ment of Labor. After yesterday's issue of The Dally Times-Gazette reached homes and newstands in the city, an- mana or di "animous in the decision to increase Increase versation over the dinner table, In fact resolves to cut down the num- ber of trips to barber shops were still being made this morning. Local to Reduce Trims The first organization to take united action was Local 2784 of the United Steelworkers of America (CI.0.) which at its meeting last night resolved its members would have fewer haircuts in future. It is learned that Oshawa is not alone in its protests against in- creased barbering prices. A group of Toronto barbers are reported to be taking similar action, The shops here which will not in- crease prices are: Lawrence Clark, 8 Richmond Street East; Charles Johnson, 44 Simcoe Street North; Albert Rickes, 329 Simcoe Street South; Thomas Johnson, 8 Bond Street West; Jerry Mountenay, King Street West and Vern. E. Trimble, 152 Simcoe Street South, Year Term For Having Burglar Tools George Tough, Toronto, was sen- tenced by Judge D. B. Coleman at Whitby yesterday to one year in the Ontario Reformatory on a charge of having burglar tools in his pos- session. The accused, who was re- presented by R. D. Ruddy, had pleaded not guilty to the charge. Tough and Noe] Rivers had been arrested on Masson Street, Oshawa, early on the morning of October 5 last by members of the Oshawa pol- ice force, Rivers, whose record dat- ed back to 1932, was sentenced on December 18 to two years in Ports- mouth Penitentiary, The pair had been given sentences of four and six months respectively on October 10 and Tough"s sentence yesterday was dater back to that time. Ri- vers' two sentences were to be con- current. Tough had served one pre- vious term of two years in peniten- tiary. Evidence was that the two men had been apprehended on a drive- way between 467 and 473 Masson Street by Det.-Sgt. Donald Mac- Lellan after the police had spread a dragnet over that part of the city. Among those taking part in the ar- rest were Inspector W. Dawn, Det.- Sgt. A. Alexander, Sgt. D. Foreman and P. C. Charles, Stainton, Police testified that they had found a pair of pliers and a pocket flashlight in the driveway after the men were apprehended, as well as another flashlight at the rear of house 473. Invest Husband and Wife SS For perhaps the first time im the history of scouting in Oshawa, a husband and wife were the principal figures in an investiture ceremony this week. They are Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Saunders, Mr, Saunders being invested as Scoutmaster of the 1st Courtice Troop and Mrs, S. ~Photo by Campbell's Studio ; of the 5th Oshawa Pack. ders as Cub NERVY THIEF DRAWS BLANK FOURTH TINE 4 in aL Eo broka Into & y and 8. Gregory break open the safes in the local office of the National Employment Service and the Osh- awa Collegiate and Vocational In- stitute, struck again yesterday. As was the case in each of his previous forays he got nothing. Returning to his office at 5.45p.m. 8. T. Hopkins, Room 24, Alger Bulldinf, found a man in the office who claimed to be a typewriter re- pair-man. The man claimed one of the machines was out of order and exhibiting some knowledge of their Sulstrucon showed him the troub- e. Drawers Broken Open It was only after he had left the office that Mr, Hopkins realized that it had been ransacked to some extent, The stamp drawer in the counter had been broken open as well as one of the desk drawers. A filing cabinet belonging to the Osh- awa Rotary Club, of which Mr, Hopkins is the secretary, was also broken, open and four drawers ran- sacked, Mr. Hopkins told The Dally Times-Gazette that cash is never kept in the office. The man's de- scription, police report, is the same as that of the man who talked him- self out of a tight spot in the office of Principal O'Neill at the O.C.V.I., when surprised by two caretakers, last Sunday morning. Apparently the thief had only NERVY THIEF (Continued on Page 2) Won't Take Orders For Burners, Oil Toronto, Jan. 16 -- (CP) -- Term- ing the present furnace-oil supply situation "critical" a spokesman here said last night that major Canadian oil companies wpuld ac- cept no more orders for oil-burners and no. new contracts for furnace oil for the present, Shortage of furnace oil has been reported from various centres in the last few days. The demand is es- timated as twice that of this time last year while oil companies were |. hampered by material shortages in providing for increased shipments. The oil companies furthermore have made much greater supplies avail- able in recént months to meet de- mands arising from coal shortages. Most refineries in Canada were sald operating at full capacity and still unable to supply the demand aggravated by increased sales of domestic oil burners, A factor was said to be the tre- mendous sale of small oil heaters for homes, particularly in Quebec province. THE WEATHER Overclst with intermittent snow stopping late this after noon, clearing tonight, ~ Fri« day clear becoming cloudy during the afternoon, Slight- ly colder. Light winds. Lew tonight and high Friday 13 and 24, Summary. for Friday --clear, slightly colder. LONDON TRUCKERS' STRIKE ENDS 11-Day Halt Ends: Workers To Return To Jobs Saturday London, Jan. 16 (CP)--Heads of the Transport and General Workers Union announced today that the 11-day- old London truck strike, involving at least 50,000 men in work stoppages which immobilized the Port of London, had ended and the strikers would return to work Saturday. Unofficially, it was understood British Pact With France Agreed London, Jan. 16 --(AP)-- Great Britain and France have agreed to enter into a new military alliance against any "fresh German men- ace," spurring talk on both sides of the English channel about a new era of diplomatic and economic collaboration between the two war- time Allies. Announcement that a treaty of alliance would be concluded "at the earliest possible moment" came from the office of Prime Minister Attlee last night after two days of negotiations with French Premier Blum, While some observers wondered wether Soviet Russia might not be coll toward such a Western entente, a Foreign Office spokesman here declared the alliance completes "a magnificent triangle in post-war treaties linking Eastern and West- ern Europe." He referred to the French-Soviet pact of 1044 and the Anglo-Soviet treaty of 1942, The new announce- ment Se var, only a few hours after Moss newspaper Pravda asserted that Foreign Sec- retary Bevin had repudiated the Anglo-Soviet pact by his December speech in which he said Britain was not. "tieing" herself to any foreign power. The joint Anglo-French an- nouncement said that in addition to the treaty of alllance the two countries would "press on urgently" toward plans for mutual recon- struction aid in the economic field. Say 'U-233' Given Reds By Dr. May London, Jan. 16. -- (AP) -- The Daily Express said today that Un- ited States scientists producing a new secret atomic explosive--uran- ium 233--from thorium and assert- ed that samples of the new sub- stance had been turned over to Russia by Dr. Alan Nunn May. Dr, May, a British scientist, was sentenced last May 1 to, 10 years in brison for giving atoni secrets to unidentified persons. The story by Chapman Pincher, scientific writer of the Express, said uranium 233 was bringing the cost of the atomic bomb "far below" that of the bombs used on Japan and in the Bikini tests, Pincher's story on the front page of the newspaper said: "It can now be revealed that Dr. Alan Nunn May, the atomic scien- tisst convicted of official secrets offences last year, gave a sample of this top secret material to Russian agents in Canada. "It was probably, therefore, to uranium 233 that Sir Hartley Shaw- cross, the Atorney General, referred at the Old Bailey when he said that Dr. May's statement contained sym- bols so highly secret that they could not be read in (the British) court. that the strikers' demands for a 44-hour week, eight-hour day and . payment of overtime for shifts ex- ceeding eight hours had been grante ed by the Road Haulage Associa- tion, representing the employers, 'The vote \to return to work was almost unanimous, informed sources reported. © The decision was an- nounced after a closed meeting of delegates of the strigers and un- ion officials. From time to time during the closed meeting, burst of applause could be heard, Some delegates ran down the stairs shouting "it's back to work" to strikers assembled in the street. More than 100 ships were tied up in the Port of London by the strike of 20,000 dockers and stevedores who walked out in protest against use of troops to move food supplies from markets, The troops were called in Monday in an effort to relieve the situation caused by the strike of London truckers, whose 11-day old work stoppage now involves at least 50,~ 000 men, All along the Thames ships lay' TRUCK STRIKE (Continued on Page 2) 5 Justices Hold Fate Of Mrs. Dick Toronto, Jan, 16 -- (CP) -- From the five justices of the Ontario Court of Appeal a decision was ex- pected some time today on the ap= peal of Mrs. Evelyn Dick against her conviction of murder in the torso= slaying of her husband, John Dick, 40-year-old Hamilton street railway driver. 'The decision was vital not only to Mrs. Dick, 26-year-old dark-haired widow of the man whose torso was found on Hamilton Mountain last March, It was vital also to the pending trial on the same charge of her father, Donald MacLean and William Bohozuk, one-time friend of Mrs. Dick. All three were originally charged with the murder, and so was Mrs. Dick's mother, but the latter charge was withdrawn, ' At the trial in Hamilton before Mr, Justice F. H. Barlow it was de- cided to try Mrs. Dick first, Mace Lean and Bohozuk later. Mrs. Dick was convicted and sentenced to be hanged Jan. 7. When she entered appeal, her execution was postponed to Feb.,7. The MacLean and Boho- zuk trials, first adjourned to Jan, 20, later were postponed to Jan: 27. In appeal, Mrs. Dick's counsel -- John J. Robinette, K.C. -- argued before their Lordships of the Ap- pellate Court that statements given by Mrs. Dick to police should not have been admitted in evidence at the Hamilton trial, that Mr, Justice Barlow's charge to the jury there at no time pointed out the possibility that evidence could point to Ronald MacLean as the murderer and to Mrs. Dick as merely an accessory after the fact. Mr. Robinette argued that if the statements now were found inad- missible a new trial was in order. If they were inadmissible, the ques tion arose whether a properly instructed jury could possibly return a verdict of guilty. * LATE NEWS BRIEFS Quebec: A mother and four &f her children were burned to: death when fire destroyed their home at Havre Au- bert, Magdalen Isles, it was learned here today. Ottawa: Defence Minister Claxton said today Canada and the United States were working for standardization of military equipment. Toronto: Ray Gardner, 27-year-old news editor of The Van- couver Sun, today was awarded the first Canadian Kemsley Scholarship in Journalism. He will spend a ear in Britain gaining ices of the Kemsley c experience in the various of- ain of newspapers. Edmonton: R.C.A.F. officials announced today the names of six men killed when an air force plane crashed yes- terday on Marsh Lake Easterners. near Whitehorse, None were Toronto: The Liquor Licence Board of Ontario today an- nounced dates in February and March for hearings at which applications for licences for cocktail lounges will be considered in the province's five cities with a populaton of more than 50,000.