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OSHAWA r) DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle WHITBY VoL, 6--NO. 132 OSHAWA-WHITBY FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 1947 Price 4 Cents SIXTEEN PAGES ULING BY TERROR ,U.C. Has $67,330 Credit On 1 Local C ommission Oshawa Kinsmen Club Officers Faced With Heavy Finance Demands The electrical department Commission had a credit of $67, it was revealed last night whe presented the Thirteenth Bill from the Hydro Electric Power Commission for the consideration of the commissioners. Face Heavy Obligat 3th Bill of the Oshawa Public Utilities 330.62 on its 1946 operations, n Manager George F. Shreve It was pointed out by the mem-, bers of the Commission that while it might appear to the public that Commission is making a good deal of money it will have very lit- tle of its surplus in the electrical department left when it has com- pleted the installation of the new underground conduits and improv- éd street lighting in the business section, and has cleared up its fin- ancial = obligations with hydro in connection with the purchase of the sub-stations. In a letter accompanying the Thirteenta Bill, the H.E.P.C. point- ed out that during the year a spe- contingency charge of $2 per had been levied. This at peak capacity and hydro is the necessity of enter- program of deferred and the building of sub-stations and lines tween the accounts ren- during this may dered by the HEP.C. this year. Hydro Statement The statement submitted by pe HEPC. shows the cost of powe purchased was $113,784.98. The loca fi! commission's share of operating costs and fixed charges was $446,- 77398. This total was made up as follows: operating, maintenance and ve expenses, $04,363.39; interest, $118,627.07; provision for renewals, $31,017.01; provision for contingencies and obsolescence, $56,413.75, and provision for sinking , $80,567.78. Profits on the sale of power to Therefore the total amount of rendered at interim rates Liquor Act Amendment Is Reestod 6--(CP)--A re- The report also advocated the appointment of a director of temp- erance education and the establish- ment of a department of alcoholic studies in one of the Ontario uni- versities. The ere ussled aa the two wiih forg- young people away EE ae hoops awe Little, editor of the United Church's Sunday school publication, in an address yesterday. He denounced the politicians who cater to beverage room and cocktail bar policies, and called on the Christian Church to defend her young people against state liquor selling. .| he received the backing accorded Family Reunited .... [FavorPattern| Officers Of Kinsmen Club Are Elected J. B. "Jack" Cooke was named President-elect of the Oshawa Kins- men Club for 1947-48 at the club's special election meeting held in Hotel Genosha last night. George Russell and Clinton M. Birchard were elected vice-presidents. Others elected to the new execu- tive after a session of spirited bal- loting included the following: J. M. "Jack" Kirby, treasurer; Harold Roughley, secretary; Harry Turner, registrar; Henry Reed, bulletin editor; E. A. "Ted" Bassett, Art Radway and Ron Wilson, directors. President-elect Cooke, who will succeed President Herb Robinson, declared he was 'honored and pleased" to serve as head of the Kinsmen and he realized what a great deal of responsibility the of- fice entailed. He predicted "another fine year" for the club, providing this year's executive. Club members elected to the vari- ous key posts followed "Jack" with pledges to fill their jobs in a spirit bering the tradition of Kinsman- ip. Kin Charlie Barton and Ron Wil- son presented brief reviews of two club projects in the 'offing: Ron Wilson described plans for the bingo on June 17 and "Charlie" Shoten an outline of the "mons- July 1, - Five Pre-Medical «| Students Pass Five Oshawa students were suc- cessful in the first and second pre- Medical Examinations at the Uni- versity of Toronto, results of which were announced last night. Grant 8. Bird and Bruce Bird, sons of Dr. and Mrs. G. L. Bird, Simcoe Street North, were both successful. The former secured third class honors in the second year while his brother secured sec- ond class honors in the first year examinations, Robert Miller, son of Dr. and Mrs. C. O. Miller, Simcoe Street South, secured second class honors in the first year. Jack W. Davidson, King Street Fast, got second class honors in second year while similar stand- ing was secured by Sophie Shields. UNUSUAL TULIP BLOOM Mrs. E. Shine, 716 Cedar Street, informed The Times-Gazette this mofning that she has something very unusual in the way of tulip blooms in her garden. On one of the stems three, well-formed blooms otorcycle Meet slated for be CHASE ENDS FOR FUGITIVE AT JAIL DOOR Toronto, June 6 (CP)--A three- hour wait outside the Don Jail by two Toronto detectives today ended a man-hunt by Quebec and Ontario police for Henry Laurin, 24, alias Rocky Gordon, who is alleged to have skipped bail of $5000 in Mont- real six months ago after being convicted of manslaughter. Tipped off Laurin might be wait- ing for a young wornan about to be released on completion of a six month sentence, detectives = Alex Deans and Arthur Keay overpow- ered Laurin in a fierce battle .in which all three suffered bruises. Police said Laurin had been tried and convicted on a manslaughter charge in Montreal last fall follow- ing a street brawl in which' a man had been killed, He had obtained his freedom on bail pending sen- tence. Later police traced him to Toronto and Windsor and other cities in Ontario and Quebec. The detectives said that several days ago they had received infor- mation which led them to believe the man might be waiting outside the jail for the young woman. They took up their watch in the night, and early today nabbed Laurin who drew up before the jail's door in an auto. Detectives Deans and Keay were responsible for the recovery of a $250,000 loot in bonds and jewelry stolen from a Toronto branch of the Royal Bank some weeks ago. Installation Of Services A suggestion that the Oshawa Public Utilities Commission, City Engineer's Department and the Bell Telephone Co. work together to develop a pattern for the, installa tion of their services won hearty approval at the meeting of the Oshawa Public Utilities Commission last night. The suggestion was advanced by Norman C. Millman, Chairman of the Oshawa Planning Commission, who was highly commended by the members of the Commission and Chairman Samuel Babe. Also at- tending the meeting were City En- gineer W. T. Dempsey and A. A. Gillespie, District Manager of the Bell Telephone Co. Mr, Millman explained the aims of the Planning Commission both as regards immediate and long term objectives. He also explained the Zoning Bylaw briefly and cited what the organization, of which he is the head, can and cannot do. It was his aim, he said, to secure the co-operation of neighborhood and community organizations in devel- oping these areas and planning for the future. He explained that up to the pres- ent sidewalks; sanitary sewers, watermains, storm sewers and the overhead wires of both the P.U.C. and the telephone company had been installed piecemeal as the need arose. He felt it would be much more efficient if a pattern were developed whereby each would know exactly where its facilities were to be placed. This could be accomplished by all working to- gether. A design could be worked out so that the location of each utility on any given street would known. Mr. Millman also sug- gested that the idea might well be put into practice in the east end of the city where a great deal of building is being done. Another suggestion put forward by Mr. Millman which received commendation was that a plan be drawn up to govern the locations for tree planting and the types of trees which are planted. This, it was stated, would eliminate much of the difficulty now being experi- enced with willows which clog sewers and the bad planting of trees which necessitates much prun- ing and cutting by the P.U.C. and telephone company to clear their lines. BLAME OVERHEATED STOVE Firemen extinguished a blaze which flared up about 5:15 p.m. yesterday at the residence of Mrs. Blanche Martin, 61 Crome well Avenue. Slight damage re- sulted from the fire, which was blamed on an overheated ofl stove, THE WEATHER Clear and warm today and Saturday. Winds Southwest 20, except light at night. Low to- Wight and high Saturday 61 and are growing. Summa ry for Saturday: Clear and war 4 _ - 5 HERBERT ROBINSON Retiring President The Oshawa Kinsmen Club at ils meeting in Hotel Genosha last night elected officers for the ensuing year. the club, was elevated to the President's cha'. son, the very efficient 1946-47 Presidert. JACK COOKE President-Elect Jack Cooke, popular member of to succeed Herbert Robin- which Donald . Tucker of Oshawa denied any knowledge of the drug hold-up at the Whitby Ontario Hospital last February 28. Tucker is one of the five young men who are charged with armed robbery in the case and one of the six who face charges under the Opium and Nar- cotic Drug Act. In the statement, given to police the day after the hold-up, Tucker also said he had driven to Whitby from Oshawa with two other of the accused, Elgin Richards and Mi- chael Podvinsky, early on the morning of February 28 the lat- ter's car. He said that when they had "sobered up" at about 6:30 a.m. he had gone to the farm house of Crawford Kerr, northwest of Whitby, to get their car pulled out of the stow. When His Honor ruled the state- ment admissible, A. W. S. Greer, K.C, and C. L. Dubin, counsel for Richards and Podvinsky respectively, renewed their applications for sep- arate trials for the various accused. The bench refused to grant this request but asked Crown counsel to explain to the jury that with gegard to Richards and Mike Podvinsky, the only evidence to be.considered in this connection was that begin- Tucker's Statement Denying Knowledge Of Hold-Up Admitted After 1 imorning-long ar- AL Bt iy with the discovery of the car J. W. Elliott of Whitby and In spector Alex Macleod of the Ontario Provincial Police. Chief Elliott told the court that when the charge and caution had been read to Tucker, he replied: "I can't say anything in connec- tion with the charge because I don't know anything about it." Despite objections by Mr. Greer and Mr. Dubin, it was ruled that only Tucker's counsel, M. F. Swartz, should cross-examine the witnesses in connection with admissibility of the statement. On request by Mr. Swartz, however, the other two counsel were permitted to submit argument as to its admissibility and His Honor indicated that they would be allowed to cross-examine when the jury was recalled. Mr, Dubin submitted that the statement was inadmissible since the accused had indicated that he had =othing to say in answer to the charge. Supporting Mr. Dubin's argument, Mr. Greer urged that introduction of the statement would be "highly dangerous" in that it might create STATEMENT (Continued on Page 2) The British people are still snip- ning coupons from well-thumbed clothing and food ration books al- most two years after V-J day, 75- year-old T. A. Wright, native of Oldham, Lancashire, told The Times-Gazette. yesterday. With his daughter Hannah, Mr. Wright took to the air for the first time in a long life and flew the London-New York route after wait- ing patiently for more than a year to get passage by boat. Landing in New York , the pair boarded the train for Canada and Maple Grove, where Mr. Wright's two sisters -- M18. John Tunnicliffe and Miss E. J. Wright-- awaited them. Relaxing in a comfortable back- yard chair at the home of Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Tunnicliffe, 98 Brock Street West, Mr.- Wright said he hadn't seen his two sisters here in 21 years. Food Rations Improved Food rations were "a bit better now" than during the war years but every item excluding fresh vege- tables was strictly rationed, he said. Vegetables were still on the "hard to get" list, he added. "Om the plane coming over I had as 'much bacon in one meal as we get in Oldham for a week's ration. Mr. Wright and daughter Han- nah agreed that "shabby clothes" were more stylish in England now than ever. A man's new suit ate up 26 out of a six-month total of 32 clothing coupons and this period' had recently been extended to eight months. A shirt meant five precious coup- Shabby Clothes More Stylish in England Now Than Ever Before ons, a pair of shoes sheared off seven coupons acd a woman's coat lopped off 18, Miss Wright pointed out. In the food line, even candies cost "personal poinfs." All in all, however, the rationing system was the only fair one, Mr. Wright declared. Without it, some people would be cut off from the actual mecessities of life. + Housing Another Headache 'Housing was another British headache which plagued Oldham as well as any number of other Brit- ish cities, Mr. Wright related. New housing, desperately needed, was being planned and built in every spare spot of land in Oldham even though some of the houses being constructed were pitifully small. "The living room in our house is algost 16 feet square and yet one of those new houses directly in the rear of ours is barely more than 17 feet square for the whole thing," he explained. During the war, Mr. Wright was one of Britain's doggedly efficient fire watchers who were on call at any time of the day and night. With Oldham only eight miles from Man- chester, target for many Nazi night attacks, Mr, Wright often heard the ominous hum of e apemy bombers and the sickening, nching crash of their deadly cargo. In 1943 one bomb hurtled to earth not 50 yards from his home toppling some nearby houses and during the flying bomb period one of the "doodlebugs," as they dubbed the SHABBY CLOTHES (Continued on Page 2) <=" oe SAY THE KING, QUEEN SENT LETTER BOMBS London, June 6--(AP)--Scotland Yard revealed today that nine more 'murder by mail" bombs have Teached England from Italy, bring- ing the total of deadly missives to 20 since the long-range assassina- tion plot was discovered earlier this week, The nine latest letters, the an- nouncement said, all grvere found in a single mail bag and were turned over to police without mishap. They were understood, like the earlier letter bombs, to have been addressed to prominent persons in Britain, Officials said the latest were brought across the Channel by steamship night. Post office employees, scrutinized mail from the Continent, found them in a single mail bag. The new bombs came in slightly larger envelopes than.those detec- ted earlier. This confirmed Scotland Yard's belief that the bomb send- ers would disguise their deadly missives in new ways in an effort to foil rigid security checks now be- ing made with descriptions of the original packets as a guide. Three arrived Thursday but did not reach their addresses because of the vigilance of secretarial workers. They were defused by scientists at Woolwich Arsenal. Rerorts that a letter bomb ad- dressed to The King and Queen was delivered at Buckingham Palace Thursday are current but they are not confirmed. A letter tomb addressed to For- eign Minister Bevin lay for a time in the room next to his office. In the top left corner it was marked "private and confidential". One of Bevin's private secretar- ies became suspicious, deposited it in »n emoty rcom and called police. The so-called Stern Gang, Pales- tine Jewish underground groum, . veported to have admitted send- ing the letters. The Stern Gang de- clared that the explosive 'packets had been mailed from Italy by mem- . ° 't5 Evrcoean branch. In ih post offices, crack detec- tives and military intelligence agents helped sorters check mail, in many places using 'X-ray machines. Leathal letters so far intercepted have been addressed, among other persons, to Bevin, Anthony Eden, former Foreign Secretary; Arthur Greenwood, minister without port- folio; Jolin Strachey, Food Minis- ter, Sir Stafford Cripps, Board of Trade President; Sir Harold Mac- Michael, former Palestine High Commissioner and Lt.-Gen. Sir Evelyn Barker, former British Army Commander in Palestine. All US C54s Are Grounded Honolulu, June 6--(AP)--Pa- cific division headquarters of the United States Army Transport Command announced today that all Army C-54 planes have been "suspended from service" on worldwide orders from Washing- ton, The four-engine planes were grounded, the announcement said, to permit inspection of vertical stabilizer bolts and attached fit- tings, which, it added, field re- ports had found 'loose and shear ed." The A.T.C, said the order ac- tually had little effect on sched- uled flights since the spee€ial in- spection required only about an hour for each plane. North Bay Stork A Weary Bird North Bay, June 6--(CP)-- The story should be a weary bird be- cause he has had a busy time in North Bay during May. No fewer than 84 biritis were registered at the office of city clerk H. C. Pilley last month. This is an all time record in North Bay. The previous record of 83 was established in October, 1946. letters English late last LABOR PROBLEM Lindsay's parking meter system is proving an effective medium of collecting funds for the town cof- fers, but Clerk W. R. Allely, re- porting to the council this week, said counting the funds was a heavy burden for his office staff. He said it required 10 hours to count the last collection of $216.20. Mr. Allely reccommended. purchase of a coin counting machine. Lindsay meters collected $500.18 in the past 12 week days. IN HUNGARY Beat US, Is Boast; Confiscate Radios, Like Days Of Nazis Budapest, June 6 (AP) Matyas Rakosi, Hangary' s No. 1 Communist and virtual dictator, has told factory workers that his party took over control of this country "before the United States could rub its eyes." "We were able to solve 9 the crisis before the foreign oPress, good and bad, was able to HUNGARIAN IRON CURTAIN DROPPING Vienna, June 6--(AP) --Aust- rians in a position {0 know said today Hungary had sent thous- ands of new border guards to her Austrian frontier, and it would be difficult for more re- fugees to cross into Austria. Several 'hundred refugees are believed to have reached the British occupation zone before the vigilance was increased. Aim To Halt Red Coup In Italy Lake Success, June 6--(AP)-- United Nations sources speculated today that the sharp American re- action to Communist seizure of power in Hungary might be aimed at disouragiig any possibility of a similar coup in Italy. This line was advanced amid in- dications of a possible American appeal to the United Nations in connection with the series of moves by which Communist officials were put inoo key positions in Budapest. Authoritative sources said the United States had three organs to which it could direct such an ap- peal: 1. The Security - Council, where Russia was a veto. 2. The Security Council's U.N. membership 'committee, where a Hungarian application for U.N. membership now is awaiting action. 3. The U.N. General Assembly, which meets in New York in Sep- tember. Most quarters ruled out the Se- curity Council because of the veto and because it would mean a show- down between the United States and Russia, probably without any constructive United Nations action. Under any circumstances, it was generally felt that the United Sta- tes would exhaust all other means before bringing the case to the United Nations. intervene," Rakosi said. "Before the United States could rub its eyes, everything yas perfectly over. "Such a task could only be car- ried out when democracy is united and is led by the brave and irons fisted Communist party, conscious of its aims. "This is why the feat has been acclaimed by the lovers of demo= cracy all over the world." Rakosi's description of the events which culminated in the resigna- tion of Premier Ferenc Nagy was delivered Wednesday, but was not published in the press here. The excerpts were found today in an official text from the files of M. T. I, the official government news agency. (With President Truman's ape proval, the United States State De- partment Friday dra .a hotly worded note to Russia 'protesting the events in Hungary.) In scenes reminiscent of the Ger= man occupation, many persons are huddling every night in Budapest cellars to listen to foreign news broadcasts. In cafes, conversations are carried on in whispers. Meme bers of Parliament pass by Ameri can correspondents without a word, A Hungarian who works for a United States citizen said that in the town of Syke. shot about 10 les southeast udapest, the police had confiscated : and had warned citizens not to lise ten to foreign broadcasts, Science Students Are Successful Other Oshawa students successful in the first and second year examse inations of the Univerity of Torone . to Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering were E. D. Shreve, son of Mr.-and Mrs. George F. Shreve, 371 King Street East, and Vernon E, London, son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Landon, 462 Louisa Street. . Shreve passed in second year Electrical Engineering while Landon obtained Siriisg standing in first year Mechani Engineering. The Times-Gazette would wel come the names of any other Osha= wa students who have passed uni- versity examinations and whose names have been Sitted from the lists Published. New York and Return For $5 With New Gas Engine Oshawa has long been regarded as the hub of the automotive indus- try in Canada. The city may well in the future be known as the home of inventions which have revolu- tionized the motor vehicle and foun- dry industries. The Times-Gazette had an inter- view with Joseph leo Legere, 356 Drew Street, this morning and he explained briefly two of his newest investions for which he had applied for patents. A native of Amherst, Nova Scotia, Mr. Legere came to Oshawa in 1943 to sell a gasoline engine he invent- ed to General Motors. Instead of spending the week he had planned to stay in the city, he is still here and is employed by General Mo- tors. His two newest inventions are a 10-cylinder gas engine and an au- tomatic moulding machine for foundries. Of the gas engine, he claims it operates without a crank- shaft. It is started with gasoline and then burns fuel oil. Of the high compression type, the engine, under test, has shown that a trip from Oshawa to New York City and re- turn could be made on a $5 expen- diture for fuel. Patent negotiations are under way for the moulding machine, which Mr. Legere claims will do the work~ of 200 men. % LATE NEWS BRIEFS * . (By THE CANADIAN PRESS) Toronto: Rene Lemieux, 46, was seriously burned in an ex. flosion and fire in a parks department work boat ere today. London: Press Association said today it understood that Winston Churchill soon would undergo an operation which might keep him from his public duties for a month. Welland: John Gillis, 22, escaped with a broken left arm when he walked under a crossing gate into the path of a fast Michigan Central freight on a grade crossing ehre this morning. Paris: Paris railway services were disorganized this after- noon as an unofficial strike of 1,200 railway workers in the Gare de I'Est, spread to three main _stations. Sofia: Nikola Petkov today was deprived of his Parliamen- tary immunity as leader of the opposition Agrarian party and was arrested on charges of conspiring against Bulgaria's Communist-dominated govern- ment. -~ a tlle pM lh LN