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THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES-GAZE Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle TT > E WHITBY VOL. 6--NO. 189 OSHAWA-WHITBY, THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 1947 wpe; i tn IR Price § Cents FOURTEEN PAGES CHARG AIR IN BANK HOLD-UP U.S. Meddlin A ---------- g In Greece, Soviet rges Axis Henchmen " In Athens Gov't, CO Gromyko Claims By LARRY HAUCK Lake Success, Aug. 14 (AP)--Russia today charged that "the crudest interference into the internal affairs of Greece emanates at present from the United States." This was interpreted immediately as a reference to the Truman aid program. Giving the United Nations Secur- ity Council what he termed "an an. swer to the American speech made Monday," Soviet delegate Andrei A. Gromyko said foreign interference was worsening the situation daily inside Greece. He also charged that former Axis collaborators were holding promin- ent positions in the Athens govern. ment. Gromyko told the Council: Situation Blackens "The situation in Greece worsens with every day because this foreign interference into the internal affairs of Greece not only is continuing but also is strengthened. All the world knows who is really interfering into the internal affairs of Greece and from what side Greece is threatened with real danger." Rejecting American charges that Albania, Yugoslavia and Bulgaria were supporting Communist Bands, Gromyko set the blame at the door of the present Greek government in which he said "prominent positions are being occupied by people com- | gay in the past by their col- laboration with the enemy." The apparent American strategy was to force Gromyko into continu- ed use of the veto to block action in the council and then throw the case to the 55-member General As- sembly in September. \ Indonesia- On Agenda This afternoon the council was scheduled to take up the Indonesian case again, with Sutan Sjahrir, for- mer Indonesian Premier prepared to make his first speech here on the conflict wiht the Dutch. Sjahrir won his right to speak over vigorous protests from British, French, Belgian and Dutch dele- ates, :. me council yesterday continued debate on Egypt's complaint against Britain and heard Poland, possibly foreshadowing Russia's stand, ex- press support for Cairo's demand that British troops be evacuated from Egyptian soil immediately and unconditionally. Debate on the Egyptian case will be resumed next Wednesday, Royal Estate To Princess London, Aug. 14--(AP)--Bucking- ham Palace announced today that The King had given Sunninghill Park, picturesque 300-acre Berk- shire "Estate, to Princess Elizabeth, who will be married Nov. 20 to Lieut. Philip Mountbatten, former Prince Philip of Greece. The clematic-covered mansion ad- Joining Windsor Castle, one of the Roya! residences, will be the coun. home of the heiress presump- the. No. decision has been reached about a home for the Royal couple in London. "The King has been graciously | pleased to grant Sunninghill Park to Princess Elizabeth as a grace and favor residence," hte palace an- nouncement said. Derby Car Inspection Saturday All racing cars entering the big Soap Box Derby of August 20 must be completed and taken to the Recreation Headquarters Building, 100 Gibb Street, between 10 and 12 o'clock Saturday morning, Recrea- tion Director Robert Coleman said today. The cars are to be left in the Recreation Building until Monday afternoon to allow the inspection committee to check on all points mentioned in the rules, and to pass on the safety of steering gear and brakes. The boys will then be ask- ed to make any necessary adjust- ments before the event on Wednes- It has been decided that the weighing in of cars and drivers can best be done the morning 'of the race just before the time trials take place, The present plan is to have the time trails run off during the fore- noon of Wednesday, August 20, at the same hill where the race will take place in the afternoon. With some 26 to 30 entries these time trials may take all morning. Special arrangements are being made to have the "pits" set up near the starting line, The cars will be kept at the pits between races and will be left there under special guard during the.noon period. Boys may t their competition numbers right on the bodies of their cars if they wish. Thes¢ num- bers may be obtained in advance by contacting the Community Rec- reation Office. Child Suffers Minor Abrasions Peter Robinson, 8, of 126 Rosedale Avenue escaped with minor skin -| abrasions yesterday when he re- portedly ran into the path of a westbound car driven by Wallace R. Wilson, R. R, 8, Oshawa, on King Street Bast. Traffic at the noon hour, was heavy and Wilson was travelling slowly when the youngster was knocked down. He was taken im- mediately to the Oshawa Clinic Yhere Dr, M., P. Townsend attended THE WEATHER Variable cloudiness today with scattered showers and thunder. night. Friday mostly clear. Hot and humid today, much cooler Friday, Winds southwesterly 20 today and northwest 15 Friday. L tonight and high Friday 67 and 79. Summary for Friday-- Mostly clear, much cooler. Indian Independence May Shake ' .By ARTHUR GAVSHON London, Aug. 14--(AP)-- Britain, beset by an economic crisis at home, faced today the prospect of new trade difficulties stemming from the establishment of an independent India, The Indian Independence Act, seal- ed by The King last month, does more than end 90 years of direct British rule over this cuontry's richest possession, which the mer- chant adventurers of London began exploiting 20 years ago under a Roya! charter granted by Queen Elizabeth, It creates the two new indepen. dent "ienpcrary" Dominions of Hindu India snd Moslem: Pakistan and for the frst timé since the 17th ceniury gives the sprawling sub-continent's 490,000,000 people control over their political destinies and economis resources. Eritons still hope that both new gountries will choose to enjoy their i gt SS UK Trade independence inside, rather than outside, the Commowealth. However, the general expectation in London is that India will declare herself a sovereign Republic and quit the Commonwealth, while Pak. istan will remain a Dominion. If both countries decide to leave the Empire, the consequences for Britain will be incalculable, Economically, it will mean she will have to compete for the vast sub-continental trade market on eqial terms with the rest of the world's producer countries. Even if she were able to main- tain her present 'most-favored- nation trade links with both states, Britain would certainly find it more difficult to reap the advant- ages of the monopolistic two-way traffic in goods and raw materials which have accrued to her over the INDIAN INDEPENDENCE (Continued on Page 3) v SIX HURT IN CRASH AT WHITBY Six persons were injured, four seriously, ini a crash be- tween a Boyce Transport and a car at the west town limits of Whitby shortly before 2 o'clock today. Most severely injured were Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Griffin, Hamilton, who were driving with their son, Rev. George Griffin, 102 Earlscourt Road, Toronto. Rev. Mr. Griffin suf- fered lacerations, as did his wife. Their two sons, Mur- ray, 11, and Donald, 7, also received cuts. The driver of the trans- port, whose name was not available, escaped without in- juries. It is believed the col- lision occurred when the transport proceeding west, pulled out to avoid striking a truck which was pulling off the highway to the right. The car was eastbound. Announce Canadian War College Ottawa, Aug. 14--(CP) -- A tri service defence college comp- arable on a smaller scale to Brit- ain's Imperial Defence College and the United States War Col- lege, will be opened at Kingston, Ont., next Januafy, Defence Min. {ster Claxton announced today at a press conference, Mr. Claxton also announced that Royal Military College at: Kingston will reopen this fall and operate on a basis very much similar to that of pre-war years. The defence college will be lo- cated at Fort Frontenac, one of Kingston's historic military land- marks and former permadent sta- tion of the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery, where it will share ac- commodation with the existing Canadian Army Staff College, which will move out of R.M.C. .>oyal Roads College in British Columbia will provide for Navy and Air force men courses similar to those provided for Army candi- dates at R.M.C, Mr. Claxton said candidates for the new defence college will be selected from senior officers of the Navy, Army and Air Force. Enrolment is expected to total about 26 at a time and the course likely will last about one year. 'Weatherman Pipes Sweet Refrain 'Cooler Friday' : By The Canadian Press Relief after 11 sweltering days was in sight for Eastern Cana- dians. The long-range forecast early this week of codler weath- er by Friday was borne out by the weatherman today as he wiped his brow and simply said: "Much Cooler Friday." Noon temperatures in Ontrio and Quebec today were heading high 80's again with slight reef from the odd cool breeze that seemed to come from nowhere, Canada's UN Role Stirs Little Interest Geneva Park, Lake Couchich- ing, Ont., Aug. 14--(CP)--Lack of interest by Canadians in the United Nations is reflected in the fact less than 650 copies of three reports on Canada's part in the UN have been sold in Cauada, BE. Scott Reid, member of the Canad- jan External Affairs Department, said yesterday. He was adfiress- ing the Canadian InstitMte of Public Affairs, meeting here, VTS CRUISE TOMORROW The General Motors War Veter- ans' Association will hold a moon. light excursion on the lake tomor- row night. Special buses have been arranged to run to the Oshawa Har. bor in time for the sailing at 8 p. m. Starting at 7 p. m., buses will leave Ross' Corners every 10 minutes un. til 7.30 and extra buses will leave the four corners at 7:10, 7:25 and )| derstood work would cease early teller'z cage. They were later herded % # into the vault. Scene Of Yesterday's Noon Hour Robbery This peaceful looking Canadian Bank of Commerce building at Pickering, was the scene of the daring closing time holdup yesterday in which two armed men escaped with $14,000 in cash. night, within ten hours of the robbery, and two men arrested. Eugene Quantrill, Whitby, 18-year-old teller pictured above, right, was one of the five who were forced to lic down on the floor while the gunmen rifled the The loot was recovered last ~Photo by Times-Gazette Water Used Here (Nears Record; With thermometers continuing to hover above the 90 mark, water con. sumption in Oshawa this week has approached an all-time high, As compared with the record con- sumption of 4,332,000 gallons, set in July, 1946, the amount pumped Tuesday of this week was 4,271,000 gallons while yesterday's figure was 4,238,000. Waterworks officials did not pre- dict any difficulty in supplying the demand, however,-- provided there are no breakdowns in the pumping equipment. They indicated that there might be trouble if pumpage reached the 5,000,000 mark. Meanwhile as the heat became unbearable particularly where work of an ordinarily hot nature was be- ing carried on, many of the local plants closed early yesterday after- noon and again this afternoon. Nearly the entire Fittings Ltd. plant was closed all yesterday after- noon while at Duplate and Fiber- glas (Canada) Ltd. the armor plate and laminating departments were allowed to go at 3 o'clock and the remainder at 4 o'clock. At the Ped- lar People plant it was pcasible to continue work throughout the after- noon. The General Motors employees were allowed to leave before regular closing time yesterday and it is un- this afternoon also. Plants Close Early U.S. Hurls Korean Ultimatum -- By EDWARD E. BOMAR Washirgton, Aug. 14--(AP)-- The United States gave Russia one week from today to "put up or shut up" in American-Soviet ef- forts to achieve a united Korea. Stripped of its diplomatic lan- guage, that is the essence of State Secretary Marshall's letter to For. eign Minister Molotov, setting an Aug, 21 deadline for a report on the long-stalemated negotiations by a joint commission in Seoul. If the Russians fail to "put up" by then, Marshall said, "each government may immediately consider what furthc' steps may usefully be taken to achieve the aims of the Moscow agreement, namely the establishment of an independent, United Korea which can take its place among the Uni- ted Nations." American authorities who left no doubt as to the new 'put up U.S. HURLS '(Continued on Page 2) Rotary Pool Polio Safe MOH Says According to Dr, A. F. Mackay, medical officer of health, the Rotary Park swimming pool is suffici- ently chlorinated to guaran. tee freedom from inflection including polio. Following inspection of the pool with its newly in. stalled chlorination and fil. tration plant, Dr, Mackay expressed the appreciation of the local Board of Health for the' Rotary Club's co-op eration in making these im- provements, 'l'ests were taken of the water and despite a certain amount of turbidity caused by the large numbers of youngsters swarming into the 1, it was found to contain chlorine in sufficient quantity to guarantee free. dom from infection. Jew, Arab Killed In Tel Aviv Riot Tel Avly, Palestine, Aug. 14--(CP) --Two more persons, a Jew and an Arab, were reported killed today and a score more were injured in inter- racial strife along the terise boun- dary of the all-Jewish city of Tel- Aviv and the all-Arab community of Jar, The unofficial figures indicated this casualty toll since Sunday: Dead, eight Jews and five Arabs; wounded, 43 Jews and 15 Arabs. Last night's curfew kept some 30,- 000 Jews and Arabs in their houses. 7:40 p. m. The cruise will last four hours. 3 ' Na . ari rd 3 v a PL Ses em p-- vy Ee Oshawa folk who drooped listlessly over a desk or a work bench in have had in their minds a picture like this. Carol Ann and Linda Marie, twin daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Starr, 66 Lloyd Street, thoroughly enjoyed their few minutes with the double-dips especially when the melting ice cream trickled cooly down their bare tummies. sist the urge to join the plond bathing beauties in their pleasurable activity, so he too, had a «Photo | y wr EId eA A ' , Ww, . y Hot?--So What! iv w IN ETE XP Yak he yesterday .afternoon's heat might well The Times-Gasette photographer could not re- cone. by Times-Gazette v oa, RL AY bY Loot Recovered As Youths Taken In Toronto Raids Two 19-year-old youths, Theodore Greger, Toronto, and Frank Polanski, Hamilton, arrested last night for the armed Robbery of the Bank of Commerce Branch at Pickering a8 closing time yesterday, were brought to the County Jail in Whitby at noon today and it expected they will be arraigned Pickering Bank, Phone Girls Commended _ Pickering Police Chief Jack Ir- vine, commenting on the speedy ar- rest of the two gunmen who held up the bank there yesterday, and the recovery of the $14,000 loot, told The Times-Gazette this morning that he felt it was the result of the excellent description given by the girls on the staff, and the com- plete co-operation of all the police who were working on the case, Ir- vine also paid tribute to the excel- lent service that the police received from the girls on Pickering tele- phone exchange. The Pickering chief said that he had received the fullest co-opera- tion from the Oshawa police, the Whitby detachment of the Provin- cial Police, Sgt. Love of the Whit- by Police, Inspectors of the Provin- cial Police, and traffic officers of the Provincial Police. Estate Divided Between Roman Catholic Churches Under the terms of the will of the late Mrs. Josephine Robinson, an estate of approximately $6,000 will be divided equally between Holy Cross and St. Gregory's Ro- man Catholic Churches, Emest Marks Jr., solicitor for the estate, log The Times-Gazette this morn- g. Mrs. Robinson, who died July 27 of this year, after an illness of two years, had been a resident of Osh- awa for 27 years, and she was a member of the Holy Cross Church for the past 8 years. When questioned about the be- quest this merning, Rev. Father P. Coffey, of Holy Cross Church, said "It's news to me. It is quite a wind- fall," he added, "and it is the first time that anything like this has ever happened to. one of my churches. All I can say is that I am very, very thankful for the do- nation." 7 on the charge this afternoon. Provincial and City police arrests ed the pair in two lightning in Toronto last night, within 1 hours of the robbery and reported they had recovered the entire loot Joalling $14,000 taken from the nk. Half of the loot was found under the rear seat of a car on Palmerston Avenue in Toronto, by one of thé raiding squads, along with two re« volvers allegedly taken from the bank, and the keys taken from thea assistant manager during the hold up, Theodore Greger, 292 Palmer< ston Avenue, owner of the car, was arrested on a charge of armed robe bery and taken to city headquarters, Second At Station : Inspector Ward Kennedy of tha Criminal Investigation Branch of the Ontario Provincial Police, an Detective John Mullen, of the To. ronto Police Department then kep watch at the parcel wicket at Toron. to Union Station, on a tipoff tha! the wanted man would call at th wicket for a parcel. After a two hour wait, at approximately 10 p.n.g they saw a man answering the des. cription supplied by the frigh bank staff, call and pick up a suitcase. He was taken into cus without a struggle. Taken to po headquarters, he was identified - Frank Polanski, of Hamilton. police opened the suitcase, found the other half of the loot bes neath piles of personal belongings. Provincial Police would not died close where they got the tipoff tha resulted in the arrests, but it is bed lieved that Greger used his own in the holdup. They said Polansk had purchased a ticket for the West, and that hoth he and Greger med formerly been residents of the West. ern Provinces. Ep After Greger's arrest, Police had thrown a cordon around the Union Station, while the two detectives waited for two hours near the pars cel wicket. Y The ease and speed with which' the two men carried off the robbery} as the bank prepared for its Wed. nesday half holiday closing, lead police officers to believe that the Job "was thoroughly cased." George W. Ralph, 4 Mary Street, Ajax, serving as manager in the absence of Ed R. Shortreed, who is on vacation stated that the gun. men entered the bank just befora closing time, and that he had the CHARGE TWO oy (Continued on Page 2) Kendal Gun Victim Dies After Iron Lung Fight Ten-year-old Annette Elliott, Kendal, died in Wellesley Street Hospital this morning, despite a night-long"' fight to save her life, in an iron lung. The child, who was injured in a firearms accident a month ago, was rushed to To- ronto from Bowmanville Tuesday night, when her condition became critical. Annette, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Reginald Elliott, was critically injured at her seven-year-old bro- ther's birthday party, when struck in the face by 25 pellets from a 12-gauge shotgun, which was acci- dentally discharged by her brother. She was rushed to the Bowman- ville Hospital, where she was at- tended by A. 8S. McKenzie, Orono, and a few days after the accident, doctors reported her con- dition as improved. On Tuesday, the child took a sudden turn for the worse and when she was seized by convulsions and a high fever, doctors at Bowman- ville decided she should be rushed to Toronto. She was admitted ta Wellesley Hospital on morning, after being brought to Toronto in an ambulance. During the day, her condition grew steadily worse, and after a consultation at 1:30 yesterday, doce tors decided that the only chance to save the child's life, lay in using an iron lung. Toronto police sen& a special truck and crew to the Sick Children's Hospital, to procure am iron lung, which was one of 30, held in readiness by the hospital since the 1937 polio epidemic. The iron lung was rushed to the hospital iny little more than three minutes, and Annette was placed in the lung ime mediately. Attending doctors still reported her condition as grave, and an operation was to have been pere formed yesterday, but it was poste poned because of the serious condi: tion of the child. . The child is survived by her pare ents, Mr. end Mrs. Reginal Elliott, 'Kendal, and two brothers, Ross 9, and Neil 7. * LATE NEWS BRIEFS (By THE CANADIAN PRESS) i London: A dela: ot 15 minutes in landin on "Blue Beach" at Puits, east J _---- | i ~y Canadian Hoops Dieppe, probably, was the chief cause of the military plan failure in the Aug. 19, 1942, Dieppe raid, an Admiralty dispatch pube lished today said. Detroit: The Detroit Times said today that the Packard Local of the Foreman's Association of America, whose sta« tus has come into doubt since passage of the Taft« Hartley Labor Law, has withdrawn from the F.A.A, Washington: An Office of Defence Transportation spokes« man today expressed the opinion that a dispute with Canada over exchange tled in short order" of reight cars could be "set by a high level conference of railway and government officials of hoth iii ~ ¢ y