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Nab Alleged Bank Bandit Near Col lapse THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle OSHAWA WHITBY OSHAWA-WHITBY THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1947 Pries 4 Cents 20 PAGES IN TWO SECTIONS "VOL. 6--NO. 1 31 EDEN AND B VIN MAILED BOMBS Three Say Richards With Hospital Bandits Supervisor M. Kerr Tells How Gunmen "Entered Hospital Testifying at the Ontario Hospital drug hold-up case today, three hospital attendants identified Elgin Richards as the one who had held them up. don Wilson, had seen three others also but he could not identify them. 4 One of the attendants, Gor- six accused in the case are? The Willis, had "caught a glimpse" of three other men he couldn't des- p The man with the gun WHITBY HOLD-UP (Continued on Page 2) 550,000 May Quit French Railways , 000 railway employees, it a today, unless satisfactory conces- and Labor Minister Jules Moch this afternoon. b More than 6,000 railwaymen, whose strike yesterday caused train cancellations at three of the ctiy's stations, returned to work today pending the result of the talks for increased pay and more bread. workers decided to return to work after drastic action by Dan- jel Mayer, Minister of Labor, late . last night to end their four-day-old strike, \ Mayer decided to transform a draft agreement reached by a com- mittee of employers' and employees' delegates into a government deci- 'sion to be imposed on both parties. See Criminal Count Likely In Bride Case Toronto, June 5--(CP)--The fact that an inquest has been ordered into the mystery drowning of Chris- tina Kettlewell at Dinnertime Rap- ids, does not eliminate possibility of a criminal charge arising from the case. an official of the Attorney- General's Department said today. "Any further action will depend on the verdict returned by the coron- er's jury, he said, but added that action could be taken regardless of the jury's decision. Meanwhile; with only 14 days left until the inquest will be convened at Bracebridge, investigation into the bizarre case which is said to be interwoven with sensational "de- | tails, is being continued, a police | official stated, | | Red Coup Denounced By Truman Washington, June 5--(AP) -- President Truman today de- nounced the Communist coup in Hungary .as an outrage and said the United States does not intend to stand idly by in that situation. He told a press conference that the State Deparement is looking i 4 the whole Hungarian affair. An 1 baking its fist at Hun gary sometimes just shaking its finger, He inquired whether the United States intended to do something in the present situa- tion and Truman replied that it does not intend to stand idly by. In response to another inquiry he said the Hungarian situation is terrible and reiterated that the State Department is making a full investigation, Diplomatic authorities are speculating whether the Hungar- ian coup may be followed by steps to set up a Balkan federa- tion of Soviet-dominated states in Eastern and Southern Europe. Until last week, Hungary's non- Communist government was the sole break in an otherwise solid lineup of Moscow-controlled countries extending from the Baltic to the Adriatic seas. Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia has been an outspoken advocate of a formal Balkan federation, and such a development now is being viewed here as a definite possibility, Like the Hungarian overturn, it would be regarded as a curt Moscow rejoinder to the Ameri- can program of aid to Greece and Turkey and also a move to soli- dify the Sdviet bloc before final ratification of the satellite peace treaties forces withdrawal of the Red Army occupation forces, Emmy Sobs, Doesn't Like Soup, Bread Augsburg, Germany, June 5-- (Reuters) --Emmy Goering, detain. €d in an internment camp near here with 115 other women nazis and 35 S.8. girls, sobbed as she told a reporter today that her rations-- mostly soup and bread--were "not satisfactory." a nursing ward with four other patients who were active Nazis and visited daily by her daughter Edda amd her maid Cilly, the 53-year-old" widow of Hermann Goering awaits trial by a German denazification court. Bhe was arrested in Upper Ba- varia, where she was in bed with sciatica, a week ago. Frau Goering said she was told she was arrested because she was Suspee ted A Hye to sses and o to the British zone. Ryle WsaP Kingston Sets Births Record Kingston, June 5--(CP)--A re- cord for births in Kingston mas re. corded in 1946 vital statistics fig- ures disclosed today with 1,793 be- ing reported a tthe city buildings. Resident births numbered 910 agains 893 in 1943, next highest year. There were 610 deaths in the city, 313 of which were local resi- dents. 4 GOT $3,514.66 AT TORONTO, NONE FOUND Toronto, June § . cribed as in need of medical at- tention and in a state of collapse, Harold Cunningham, 39, today was charged with the $3,514.66 hold-up of the Queensway branch of the Ham- ilton police arrested him in a hotel there less than 12 hours after two armed bandits, who held the bank staff in terror, escaped in a stolen car. Police sald ham, reported to have been a patient in a Ham- ilton sanitorium for five years, col- lapsed several times after being taken in for questioning. None of the loot was recovered. Cunningham was also charged with theft of a car, owned by V. H. Beacock of Toronto and stolen from a parking lot here, which police be- lieve was used by the two hold-up men. The car was recovered today, abandoned in suburban Scarboro. Entering the bank premises in suburban Etobicoke just before closing time yesterday, two of the bandits forced the four staff mem- bers and several customers to lie on the floor, then scooped up all avail- able currency and made their get- Doers atoltn Sri e Tom police A ' nine-months-old baby cried plercingly as its mother, with other customers and the staff, were com- pelled to lie on the floor while the bandits raked up the cash. The baby's mother, Mrs. G. B. Tingey, had just entered the bank with her baby when the bandits dashed in. She said she had never been so scared in her life. "They made us all lie on the floor and Brian yelled his head off all the e." Pretty Betty Benson, stenographer | at the bank, said she had been wondering about hold-ups just be- fore the gunmen entered. She was forced to lie on the floor with the manager, two clerks and three cus- tomers as one of the bandits kept them covered with a gun and the other gathered up the cash. Mrs, C. Albert was passing the bank with her three-year-old boy and another child in a baby carriage when the two bandits who had en- tered the bank rushed out to join their companion waiting in the car. Orchards 'Very Good,' Is Report ' Toronto, June, 5--(CP)-- In spite of unseasonable and exces- sive rains, the Ontario Depart- ment of Agriculture reports the general condition of fruit orch- ards "very good in all districts." Farmers experienced difficulty in spraying orchards during May but retarded development of the trees due to cold allowed them to "catch up." No frost damage was reported to buds or bloom except to sour cherries in the Ni- agara Penisula. The Niagara district alse re- ported stem rot on weet cher- ries, the only district to suffer from the blight so far. In Nor- folk, Essex-Kent and Peel-York, fruit plantations were in go ! condition but for strawberries which suffered some losses. Vegetable-growers said their prospects were not good with seeding and planting running 40 to 60 per cent behind schedule. The weather during May retard- ed planting with incessant rain- falls and many farmers were un- able to work their land. Some seed rot has been noted in seed potatoes, Canning crops were in good condition and canning factories expected a normal season with corn, peas and tomatoes, THE WEATHER Cloudy. Thundershowers this evening and Friday. Warmer and more humid. Winds South 20 this afternoon and Friday. Otherwise light. Low tonight and high Friday 62 and 78. Summery for Friday: Thunder- showers, warm and humid. Bloom at Red Wing Orchards Now at Its Best Due to the lateness of the spring apple blossoms in this district are approximately 10 days later than a year ago. One of the finest displays is to be seen at the Red Wing Orchards, owned by G. Norman Irwin, on Highway. No. 2, about a mile and a half west of Whitby. Yesterday afternoon the cameraman caught Kay Willett (left) and Joyce Lindley (right) against the background of one of the trees in the Red Wing Orchard. --Photo by Campbell's Studio Crews Work Desperately To Restore Services To Flood-Battered City Rutland, Vt, June 5 -- (AP) -- Emergency crews worked desperate- ly today to restore gas and water facilities to this flood-battered Green Mountain community of 18,- 000. First major steps in rehabilitation wag taken last night when electric power, interrupted for 24 hours, reached the city through auxiliary feeder lines. The utility service were wrecked when a nine-foot wall of water, re- leased by smashing of a power dam, poured into wide sections of the city Tuesday night. Torrential 24- hour rains preceded the break. Authorities estimated it would be two or three weeks before normal gas service wag restored, but city officials hoped to establish a water connection today for sanitary pur- poses. Meanwhile, drinking water was being rushed in tank trucks from Bellows Falls to this city. The vehi- cles have a total capacity of nearly 30,000 gallons. . , Spring water also was available in several sectiong of the city. Offi- cials reported that $e food and milk situation, described as critical yesterday, was relieved by arrival of emergency supplies. Few of the 500 families that aban- doned homes when the water bound- ed out of a 20-foot wide creek had returned to their mud-strewn dwellings. Unofficial estimates of damage ran as high as $2,000,000. Four persons reported missing during the height of tte flood had been accounted for. One Delivery By Carrier Monday -- As Monday next will be cele- brated as the King's Birthday the service given by the Oshawa Post Office will be slightly curtailed, it was announced by Postmaster N. J. Moran this morning, Mails will be received and des- patched while rural mail deliv- eries and street letter box col- lections will be made as usual. However, there will be letter car- rier delivery in the city only in the morning. : The public lobby will be open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. but the wickets will be open for the transaction "of business from 8 a.m, 10 a'm. and 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. only, Thomas W. Allen, C. N. Telegrapher Dies At Toronto Toronto, June 5 (CP).--Known | throughout Ontario 8s a special as- | signment operator for the Canadian National Telegraphs, Thomas W. Allen' died ldst night after a short illness. Native of Prescott, Ont. he had been employed by the C.N.T. for 20 years and was stationed at a local radio station at the time of his death. Previously he worked in the press box at various race tracks and ai the Parliament buildings: in Queen's Park. ' He is survived by his widow, four i sisters, including Thelma of Pres- | cott and sister Mary Philip of | Trenton, and four brothers, Foundry Ups Day Rate By Three Cents Day rates will be raised by three cents an hour and the Bow- manville Foundry Company Limi- ted will pay for another legal hol- iday according to an off ac- cepted last night by Local 2375, United Steelworkers of America. Adjustments were made un- der an open-end clause in the agreement between the Company and the local, said M. J. Fen- wick, Union representative. The raise will date back to May 1. The pay boost brings the t "1 increase received by hourly rat- ed employees since last December the time when the Union's agree- ment was renewed, to 10 gents an hour, The number of paid legal holidays comes to four. Local Student Is Awarded Scholarship The Senate of Victoria University announced today that Miss Cather- ine Annis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Annis, 455 Simcoe Street North, has been awarded a half- share in the A. E. Lang Memorial Scholarship. This scholarship is awarded to the student who obtains the best standing throughout the first, sec- ond and third years at Victoria College. Miss Annis led .the Fine Arts course this year and has obtained first class-hpnors during each of her | three years. - She shares the award with D. J. Knight who is in English Language and Literature. -| terday, still are on the miSsing list. 'Yard' Checks, Says Death or Serious Injury Is Possible London, June 5 (Reutérs)--A letter bomb addressed to Foreign Secretary Bevin reached the Foreign Office today. It was detected by a private secretary and handed over to Scotland Yard. London, June 5 (CP)--A Scotland Yard spokesman said today that scores of prominent Britons, including high gov- ernment leaders, were targets "Jewish terrorists", Palestine policy. 10 Unfound In Superior Shipwreck Fort William, June 5--{CP) --Ten crew members of the. ill- fated Canadian ore freighter Emperor, including elderly Capt. Eldon Walkinshaw of Colling- wood, who maintained naval tra- dition by staying on the bridge of his ship when it sank in cold Lake Superior waters early yes- & 24 While ths 21 survivors of the greatest disaster 'on the Great Lakes since 1942 are gradually recovering in hospitals here from exposure and fatigue, search ves- sels scour the lonely Isle Royale region of the lake, 40 miles southeast of Fort William, the lost sailors, The bodies of only two have been recovered and hopes that some of the remaining 10, by some mysterious chance, still may be alive have been discount- ed by shipping officials. The two bodies recovered were those of Mrs. Evelyn Schultz of Owen Sound and Mrs. Joseph Tobachuk, 30, of Fort William Still missing are: Capt. Walkinshaw, Colling- wood, D. Morey, first mate, Kingston, W, Currie, second en- gineer, Toronto, J. Prohupof, wheelsman, Toronto, D. Perry, watchman, Windsor, H, Corbier, fireman, Honey Harbor, Ont., F. Ladue, fireman, Coldwell Junct- ion, Ont., K, Campbell, fireman, Port Arthur, J. Buzzie, coal pas- ser, Fort William, M. Cochran, a woman, second cook, Humber- stone, Ont, By some tragic coincidence, a vessel whose crew complement included Mrs. Schultz' son was steaming into Fort William bhar- bor yesterday from an eastern port when the Emperor rammed into treacherous rocks and sank abruptly, When young Schultz was informed of the sinking his mother's body had already been recovered by the Coast Guard cutter Kimball, The Kimball, headed for Cleve- land, reached the scene of the ship-wreck 25 minutes after a desperate voice had been heard on the American vessel's radio asking for immediate aid. She picked up four men cling- ing to an upturned lifeboat and 10 huddled in a second boat. The remaiaing seven were found on Canoe Rock, 134 mild off the northeastern tip of Isle Royale. Lieut. Calvin Clark, skipper of the Kimball, told The Canad- ian Press that the 21 members of the Emperor who were saved could not have lasted much long- er in the icy waters of Lake Su- perior or on their precarious perch on Canoe Rock, for of a murder-by-mail plot of apparently in reprisal for British Discovery of the letter bombs were disclosed yesterday, when Scotland Yard announced that en- velopes containing explosive pow- der and tiny detonators had been sent to several leading figures in British life, More Uncovered A Yard spokesmen sald three more such letter bombs were un- covered today. All recipients thus far had been warned or became suspicious in time and the letters were turned over to police. A spokesman said the letter bombs were "very dangerous and sufficiently powerful to kill or per- manently maim." He said all were mailed from Italy. Britain's top detectives, headed by Leonard Burt, wartime anti-espion= age agent, supervised a security worked with sorters at key post of- fices. Customs men checked mail at all ports. Postmasters were warn- ed to watch for the bombs. Gov- ernment clerks were told to report unusual letters immediately, how- ever slight the suspicion. To Eden A letter corresponding to the de- scription 'of the bomb envelopes, bearing an Italian postmark, which arrived at the London office of the northern daily newspaper, The Yorkshire Post yesterday addressed to Anthony Eden, was innocently forwarded to the House of Com- mons. when {ts possible danger was realized, a warning was sent to Eden, who was out of town, and Scotland Yard was informed. Though the bomb letters which have so far reached Brit- ain all bore an Italian postmark, precautions are being taken to -ensure that attempts will not Le made by the gang of terrorists believed responsible to send oth- ers from different parts of the continent, The envelopes are be- ing sent to Italian police. Further Warning A further warning to govern=- ment departments today stated that while the letters received yesterday were designed to deto- nate on being opened, it was pro- bable that the terrorists might vary. the method of detonation in future parcels and letters, Home Office experts. at Wool= wich Arsenal today continued ef- forts to trace the origin and na- ture of the miniature bombs, all of which so far have consisted of a gelignite type substance 1/16 of an inch thick. The explosion was said to be sufficient to kill or maim the person opening the letter. First Hint It became known that one of the letters which went to the wrong person gave Scotland Yard the first hint that a plan to in- jure or kill' important people was being carried out, : This envelope went to Arthur Greenwood, manager of a Lon- don laundry, who has on several MAILED BOMBS (Continued on Page 2) * LATE NEWS BRIEFS (By THE CANA DIAN PRESS) Fort William: Pouring rain today hindered the search for the bodies of 10 crew members of the Canada Steamships Line freighter Emperor. Sherbrooke, Que.: Mrs. Cyprien Ducharme of nearby Wotton, mother of 12 children, today was freed by Judge Jo- seph Marier of a charge of having poisoned her hus band in January, 1946, with arsenic, . Cambridge, Mass.: State Secretary Marshall called upon the countries of Europe today to work out together a great new program of reconstruction. Peshawar, India: Mohammed Alo Jinnah, president of the Moslem League, today ordered the end of the Moslem League civil disobedience movement in the northwest frontier province.