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A THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle WHITBY OSHAWA : yOL. 6--NO. 67 OSHAWA-WHITBY THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1947 Price 4 Cents SIXTEEN PAGES BRITONS FIGHTING FLOOD MENACE Union Is Critical Of GM Retirement Plan Claim Benefits Not EnoughForLength Of Service Given The membership of the U.A.W.-C.1.O., meeting in the record as unanimously opposed to the General Motors Re- tirement Plan as it stands at present. The meeting attracted an overflow crowd with the &- 4 G.M. "Division of Local 222, Union Hall last night went on hallways filled to capacity. Richard Courtney, President of the®- Local, estimated this morning that over 200 had been unable to gain entrance. Claim Benefits Not Adequate Malcolm €mith, Chairman of the G. M. Bargaining Committee, who held a press conference this morn- ing with President Courtney and A. QG. Shultz, financial setretary of the local, stated that the membership considered the benefits accruing were not adequate and were not based on the service rendered to the company. He said there are several hundred employees with 15 to 22 seniority who have little if any past | service credits. The executive of the local threw out a challenge to W. A. Wecker, dent and, general manager of e company, to publish the figures RETIREMENT PLAN (Continued on Page 2) Closing Office Part Of Plan To Economize Replying to a protest frons the Oshawa and District Labor Council, a letter from the office of Donald Gordon, chairman of Wartime Pri- ees and Trade Board, said the clos- ing of the W.P.T.B. office here was "in line with the plan to economize without seriously impairing our ser- wice to the public." "It is believed," said the reply, #that no great inconvenience will result through mail communication with our Toronto regional office." "We don't agree with Mr. Gor- don," commented M. J. Fenwick, se- cretary of the Labor Council, today. "Mail communication is at best a haphazard way of controlling viola- sions of price control." "As long as price controls are in effect, even in a limited way," said Mr, Fenwick, "the Oshawa office should continue in operation to Seve the public of the two coun- Partial text of the letter from Mr. Bordon, now to be replaced by Ken- | ed meth W. Taylor, is as follows: "This will acknowledge your let- ter. . This closing is in line with the plan to economize wit'eout ser- :dously impairing our service to the public. As the office has been in op- eration for some years, it is consid- ered that the board's regulations are well known in the area and that as the government's decontrol pol- icy progresses the necessity for per- sonal contact by the trade and the public with our representatives will continue to decrease. "It is therefore believed that no great inconvenience will result through mail communication with our Toronto regional office. You may be assured in this respect that inquiries and complaints will be dealt with promptly. In view of the proximity of Oshawa to Toronto, I am sure you will agree that in the interests of economy our proposed action is proper." QUINTE FAR HERE AMONG LARGEST YET Bags of seed in neat rows and displays of farm equipment and supplies took the floor at the Osh- awa Armouries today 4s judging proceeded at one of the largest Quinte District Seed Fairs on re- cord. Inclu the gntries in the On- tario and Durham County Seed Fairs which are being held in con- junction with the Quinte event, 400 or more exhibits of seed of all kinds lined the Armouries, Judging began first thing this morning with G. W. Michael of the Dominion Department of Agriculture Seed Branch and Dr. G. P. McRostle of the Ontario, Agricultural College, Guelph, in ci of the sereal grains and potatoes and George A. Elliott and R. H. Sibbitt, both of the Department of Agriculture, do- ing the small seeds. Sale Saturday Attractive boothes were also be- ing set up displaying agricultural QUINTE FAIR (Continued from Page 2) Bail Renewed For 7 Hayes Suspects 8t. Catharines, March 20--(CP)-- Bail was renewed today for seven men accused of stealing or receiv- ing goods stolen from the Hayes Steel Products plant at nearby Mer- ritton and their cases were adjourn- Morris McDonald, 32, Albert Stev- ens, 31, both of St. Catharines; John Ricci, 20 of Merritton, and Sam Smith, 28, John Berg, 35, Jack Leneck, 30, and Ellwood Warren Reid, all of Toronto, are charged with illicit dealings in clutch assem- blies produced at the plant. McDonald, who faced four char- ges, was remanded without plead- ing until March 25, while Stevens was remanded to March 28, Ricci's adjournment was until March 24. The four Toronto men are due to appear in court April 3. HEATER NOT CONNECTED Firemen were called to the home of R. J. Reid, 99 Gibbs Street, at 10:44 am. this morning. A small child had placed rubbish and rub- ber in a disconnected Quebec heat- er in the basement and set fire to it. While there was a good deal of smoke there was no damage. Schreiber, March 20--(CP)--The coll snows of north-western On- tario, having yielded the secret of two murders within the last hours, today stubbornly retained all knowledge of the whereabouts of a third man, veteran trapper Fred C. Myers of the Manitou Lake district, 68 miles north of Fort Frances. There was no suggestion on the part of provincial police of any connection between the missing trapper and the t%o miners whose bullet-ridden bodies were found this week at the Cook's lake mine 8ix miles from here. In the latter case inspector Frank Kelley confirmed today that a double murder charge would be laid against 35-year-old Charles | ed Martin, formerly of Vancouver, ori- ginally brought to Port Arthur in { connection with a charge of forgery allegedly uttered at Schreiber. Inspector Kelley announced at No Clue To Whereabouts Of Suspected 3rd Victim Missing In Northland hat time that Martin would be questioned in connection with the | then missing prospectors, 70-year- | old Joseph Grant, formerly of Tor- jonto, and 28-year-old Marcel | Duchesneau of Quebec City. | The murder charge, however, was | not announced until after Grant's body, with bullet wounds in both eyes and chest, was found Monday lying under four feet of snow about 175 yards from his cabin at Cook's Lake: His young assistant's body, a bullet wound in his back, was found Tuesday. Investigation into Myers death is reported to be progressing slowly. Police said last Sunday that it would probably be two weeks before any intensive search could be start- He was first reported missing last March 9, when a visitor from Fort Frances found the door of his lone- ly cabin slightly open but no trace of any cccupant 5 Judging at Quinte Seed Fair G. A. ELLIOTT Who are judging at the Quinte District Seed Fair which opened here this morning. G. W. MICHAEL R. H. SIBBITT Mr. Elliott, associate chief in the laboratory services at the Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, and Mr. Sibbitt, Dominion seed in- spector, Toronto, are judging clover and grass seeds, while Mr. Michael, who is from the Dominion Seed Branch, Ottawa, will judge cereal grains. The other judge in the cereal grains and potatoes section is Dr. G. P. McRostie, of the Field Husbandry Department, Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph, Heads Chamber T. L. WILSON Who was today elected president of the Osh Ch b of Ci ce for the year ending March 1, 1948. He succeeds A. F. Annis, K.C. who was president for the past two years. T. L. Wilson Elected Head Of Chamber Thomas L. Wilson was today elected 1947 president of the Osh- awa Chamber of Commerce suc- ceeding A. F. Annis, K.C.,, who has held the office for the past two years. W. A. Wecker was elected first vice-president, K. D. Gahan second vice-president and F. V. Skinner third vice-president. C. R. McIn- tosh was re-elected treasurer. 'The election took place at a luncheon meeting of the Board of Directors recently chosen by ballot vote of the Chamber membership. As a result of the vote the following directors were elected for a two- year period: S. R. Alger, A. R. Huestis, R. D. Humphreys, Dr. O. G. Mills, A. G. Storie, W. A. Wecker and K, D. Gahan. Those whose terms expire March 1 1948 are A. W. Armstrong, E. A. Lovell, L. M. Souch, D. M. Storie, W. G. Burns, F. V. Skinner and T. IL. Wilson. Ex-officio members are Mayor F. N. McCallum and M. D. Wyman, president of the Business- men's Association. Plans were also made for the an- nual meeting of the Chamber of Commerce to be held in Hotel Gen- osha April 8. The speaker will be C. Bruce Hill, president of Engin- eering Tool and Forgings, Ltd., ot St. Catharines, and past president of the Ontario division, Canadian Red Cross Society. It was urged that this meeting should be as large a gathering as possible of the Chamber member- ship which now stands at approxi- mately 325. Invitations will also be sent to neighboring Chambers of Commerce. The meeting is to be- gin at 6.30 p.m. THE WEATHER Clear today. Friday clear be- coming overcast about midday with intermittent snow late evening. Mild teday. Not much change in wemperature Friday. Winds light. Low tonight and high Friday 20 and 38. Sum- mary for Friday: Increasing cloudiness. Snow late evening. Hospital Budget Is Up $46,000 Over '46 Expenditures The Oshawa General Hospital Board of Directors has adopted an operating budget of $382,000 for 1947, an increase of $46,000 over the actual expenditure last year. Higher hospital rates were al so indicated as the Board at its meeting Tuesday night authorized the executive com- mittee to study rates of both rooms® and services with a view to pro- viding for a balanced budget. The year 1946 was concluded with an operating deficit of $2,440 al- though non-operating revenue am- ounted to $4,038. Total operating receipts were $350,664 and operat- ing expenses, $336,115, with $16,989 for depreciation. $7,836 Capital Outlay In addition to the operating ex- penditures, capital outlay amounte ed to $7,836. Of this $6,684 was spent on the new nurses' training school and $1,152 for new hospital equipment, The budget for 1947 anticipates an operating deficit of $32,000, due to increased costs of both salaries and wages and supplies. It is expected, however, that the government grant will be increased considerably this year as the result of recent government legislation. The new grant schedule is based on public ward capacity and while it is not known yet the exact amount the local hospital will receive it has been suggested that the grant this year might be in the neighbor- hood of $7,500 as compared with $1,375 received last year. Government Proposal Pleasing The board is also encouraged by the announcement of the provincial government's proposal to give grants up to $1,000 per bed for new hospital construction. It is hoped that' this revenue will assist sub- stantially in paying for the addi- tion to the hospital that has now been decided upon. Tuesday night also the board adopted a revised . set of by-laws and regulations in line with the best modern hospital practice. The by-laws were last published in 1936 at which time the hospital contained only 75 beds as compared with more than 200 at the present time. Other services have been like- wise increased during that time. Revision of the by-laws concerns in particular the organization of the medical staff of the hospital. Reds Feel US Becoming Anti-Soviet Moscow, March 20--(AP) -- Au- thoritative sources said today that Moscow's official reaction to Presi- dent Truman's Greek-Turkish pro- posalg seemed to be taking a trend toward the view that the United States is developing an out-and-out Anti-Soviet policy. First inklings of the official Rus- sian line were reaching American ears informally today and roused immediate speculation ag to what effect, if any, such a view would have on the prospects for reaching agreement in current negotiations on the future of Germany. Foreign Minister Molotov and State Secretary Marshall agreed at last night's session of the Council of Foreign Ministers that it was en- tirely possible for the Big Four to compromise their differences and reach dn accord on critical German economic problems. Molotov appeared to be in a par- ticularly conciliatory = mood, but aside from agreement that differ- ences could be reconciled there was scant progress toward writing a German peace treaty. In any event, seasoned observers in the American delegation feel that the essence of the Big Four ne- gotiationg is that the Western Pow- ers and the Soviet Union each are seeking to create the kind of Ger- many which each side feels will fall most readily under its control. To the extent this hypothesis is true, the difficulties. still in the path of the Moscow conference are mag- nified, despite the friendly and hopeful statements by Marshall and Molotov, Guest Skaters Receive Gifts As Frolics Reach Gay Finish Oshawa's Skating Club brought its "Jce Frolics of 1947" to a trium- phant end last night in its second and most successful straight night. Suchw a pageantry of rich splen- dor which passed before 3000 pairs of straining eyes at last night's show is only seen once a year here --and that when the Oshawa Skat- ing Club presents its annual frolic. Following the show a reception was held for Skating Club members and the guest artists at Hotel Gen- osha, . President .of .the .Oshawa Skating Club, F. V. Skinner, ad- dressed the gathering expressing appreciation to all who had parti- cipated. The visitors: Miss Yvonne Sher- man and Bob Swenning of the Skating Club of New York; Gerry Lacroix of Sherbrooke, Quebec; Miss Marnie Brereton of the Gran- ite Club, Toronto; and Gerald Blair of the University Skating Club, Tor- onto were among the recipients of the sundry gift items presented. Applause was for the most part weak--spectators were just too ine tent on what they saw to worry over clapping hands. And they saw all kinds of performers. Every- thing from tiny five-year-old dum- plings who seldom fell but looked as though they might anytime, to the continent's champion figure skaters. Such brilliant costumes as ap- peared must have been worth a 'GUEST SKATERS (Continued on Page 2) JERSEY CLUB PLANS SHOW AT WHITBY "At a recent meeting of the Board of Directors of the Ontario and Durham Counties Jersey Breed- ers' Club it was decided to hold this year's Championship Show in the Town of Whitby", said R. von Pilis, President of the club to The Times- Gazette. "The date has not been fixed yet", he said, "but May 31 has been mentioned tentatively." 'The best animals of the good Jersey herds in the two counties", said Mr. von Pilis, "will be out and the winners of the different classes will be eligible to compete in the Provincial Championship Show next Fall." ' Extremely Enthusiastic Mr, von Pilis was extremely en- thusiastic about the prospects of the show in Whitby and said that the Town Council and the Chamber of Commerce had declared their willingness to co-operate and a num- ber of merchants in Whitby were willing to contribute to make the event an outstanding success. About five years ago", said Mr. von Pills, "Jersey breeders in the County were showing their cattle at Brooklin. Fair." "That was the first show that I attended." "Frank Chapman and I shared the ribbons with seventeen head of cattle." As a result we decided to try put- ting on a fair size show in which the championship for the county was to be decided." "The next year seven breeders and 51 head of Jer- seys were shown, the year after 9 breeders and over 85 head of cattle representing the best animals of the counties." Winners To Provincial "The event kept growing year after year. Later it was decided we should get on our own feet and stage a show of our own and make it a Jer- sey day. This year it was decided to hold this annual Parish Show at Whitby. The winners of the classes in this County show will be eligible to compete in the Provincial Cham- plonship show to be held next Fall. Considering the fair success achiev- ed by Ontario and Durham Counties breeders at the last Royal Winter Fair - when Doug Thomson of Brooklin won several classes among them being a Reserve Junior Champion bull and Frank Stenger of Enniskillen topped the junior calves and brought home a nice array of ribbons, it goes without saying that it is extremely probable that On- tario and Durham counties will do well at the Provincial show. 'The Whitby show will be held probably, as I said before, on May 31st. This will give breeders of the neighboring counties an opportunity to attend the show and see the good speciments of good herds in our counties," continued Mr. von Pills, Quebec Flag Issue Is Up By The Canadian Press The question of a flag for Quebec was before the Legislature in Que- bec City yesterday as Rene Chal- oult (Ind.-Que.) introduced a mo- tion urging "a distinctly Canadian flag and one that symbolizes the aspiration of the people of this province" be flown from the main tower of the Quebec Parliament Buildings. The House adjourned debate on the flag question after it heard Mr. Chaloult recommend a flag com- mittee be formed to select a suitable design. Several members expressed feeling that a flag for all of Can- ada should be selected, not one for Quebec only. Patient Average At Hospital Is Down Slightly The dally average number of patients in the Oshawa General Hospital during February was 189.68 ag compared with 191.04 in January and 1669 in December, according to the director of nurs- ing's monthly report. During the month 439 patients were admitted to the hospital as compared with 497 in January while 485 were discharged. The number of births in the hos- pital in February decreased to 81 from 109 in January and 93 in De- cember, There were also fewer operations performed in the hospi- tal last month as compared with January, The number performed in the main operating room in Feb- ruary was 256 while the number of operations and emergency treats] ments in the emergency operating room was 196. In January these figures were 282 and 275. respec- tively. art Ms 1,000 Are Trapped In Village; Army Rushes To Rescue London, March 20 (CP) diers, police and prisoners of tle to hold back rain-swollen spread a trail of destruction villages. --Thousands of civilians, sol« war today waged a losing bat- rivers which already have in scores of towns and & Plans Show R. von PILIS of Bokar Farms, President of the Ontario and Durham Counties Jer- sey Breeders Club, who today an- nounced that a championship show 'will be held by the club at Whitby shortly. START WORK ON HOSPITAL NEAR FUTURE Detailed plans and specifications are now being completed for the proposed addition to the . Oshawa 'General Hospital and it is expected construction will be commenced "in the very near future," accord- ing to Hospital Board officials. Contractors for the job are Bathe and McLellan of Oshawa, who are also working on the new nurses' residence. It is expected the addi- tion will cost between $30,000 and $35,000. The new section will be known as the north extension of the Sykes Wing and will be located over the kitchen. It will be of one-storey brick construction and will provide space for 18 beds. The plans are being prepared by Harold J. Smith of Toronto who was also the architect for the Sykes Memorial Wing. Sparks Circus Coming May 31 Sparks Circus, which is one of the big shows still using railroad transportation, is coming to Osha- wa, Saturday, May 31. The Sparks Circus uses 15 large railway cars to handle its equip- ment, animals and personnel. It's big top tent seats 5,000 people. Ben- nie Fowler, contracting agent for the circus, was in Oshawa today and completed arrangements with city officials, SOLD NAILS OVER CEILING After the evidence of ten wit- nesses had been heard in Magi- strate's Court this morning, Michael King, 34 Mill Street, was fined $25 and costs with the option of one month in jail on a charge of selling nails at a excessive price. Placid streams became torrents as the snowdrifts left by Britain's severest winter of the cen- tury melted and rain fell to ine tensify flood hazards in low-lying areas, More rain was forecast, even as weary volunteers were led to repair breached dykes in the Fenlands of the East Midlands and as army as- sault boats were dispatched to the aid of 1,000 persons trapped by the overflowing Don River in the York- shire village of Bentley. The army acted after the people of Bentley, two miles north of Don- caster, telephoned an urgent mess- age for help. The inessage, sent out late yesterday, said the trapped residents had been without food for more than 24 hours and must have help by this morning, A police officer said over the telephone that water was four feet deep in the village and that in the swirling currents had prevented rowboats from reaching Bentley. Army and police officials hastily prepared plang to evacuate 10,000 persons from marooned homes in the Thames valley to emergency billets. All types of river craft were pressed into service, along with ar my assault boats, to carry emergen- cy supplies of food and fuel to per=- sons cut off in their homes, Small boats also were used to remove fam- ilies to improvised relief centres. Officers of the Royal Engineers were brief at a conference at mid- night Wednesday on anti-flood mea- sures for use in the Fenland coun try north and east of Cambridge, where an estimated 40,000 acres of wheat-producing" soil have been ruined and thousands of sheep, cat- tle and poultry have drowned. The Ministry of Fuel and Power ° sald floods had slowed the move- ment of coal to industries in the West Midlands and Yorkshire. Only about a dozen mines were cut off entirely from both rail and highway outlets, however, and none was en- tirely out of production, the Minis- try sald. More than three hundred roads were blocked and a few communities were isolated. Most highways were blocked in central and South Wales, Half-Million Greet Royalty At Durban .Durban, South Africa, March 20--(Reuters)--Nearly 500,000 people, the greatest crowd in Durban's history, were lining the streets to welcome the Royal Family when they arrived here * today, Thousands spent the night in the city gardens to secure places. The King, Queen and Princes- ses had their greatest reception of the South African tour as they drove along the sea front and through the city to the town hall, Three Zulus including an ec- onomics research student from Yale University, and three Indi- ans were among the guests at an informal tea party in the town hall. The King opened the bronze gates of South Africa's first Sec- ond World War memorial and talked to many widows and next of-kin of war veterans, The King has ordered drastic changes. in the original program of the tour for next week after complaints from Johannesburg-- GREET ROYALTY (Continued on Page 2) ad % LATE NEWS BRIEFS * Moscow: France notified the Council of Foreign Ministers tonight that she could not agree to economic reconsti- tution of Germany unless other powers agreed to her demands for guarantees of Germany's coal. Salonika: John Zevgos, former Communist Minister of Agri- culture in the 1944 Greek government, was shot dead in a Salonika street to made. Washington: Dean Acheson, day. Three arrests have been United States Under-Secretary of State, expressed conviction today that American help for Greece and Turkey to block the spread of Communism will not "lead to war." Salonika: Greek government troops were reported ready to begin full-scale operations today against guerillas in the neighborhood of Albanian border. Mount Grammos near the