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THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE = » | Kills Man, 60 : Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle AS WHITBY OSHAWA-WHITBY, MONDAY, AUGUST 25, 1947 Price 4 Cents FOURTEEN PAGES .- Whitby Resident °Is Trophy Winner For Highest Points With a garden gate floral the auditorium forming an al arrangement at the front of ttractive setting, the annual summer show of the Oshawa Horticultural Society was held in Centre Street School on S entries. aturday with more than 330 | Somewhat larger than usual, ® the show was marked by the number of exhibits in the juvenile section, For obtaining the most points in this division, nine-year- old Norman Weeks was the proud winner of the D, H, MacMillan trophy. The trophy was presented by F. Gibney, chairman of the juvenile section. The Oshawa Horticultural So- elety Challenge Cup for the exhi- bitor scoring the highest number of points in the show was award- ed this year to Fred Ing of Whit. by who had a total of 45 points. Runner-up was the president of the society, Mrs, L, Guy, who had 39. points, The trophy, held last year by Mrs. O. C, Weeks, was presented' by T. Carson, show chairman, For the best kept school grounds, the F. L, Mason Chal- lenge Cup went for the fourth RECORD ENTRY (Continued on Page 2) Lightning Bolt Sault Ste. Marle, Ont, Aug. 36 -- Struck by 8 bolt of lightning Ltd an electrical storm here yes- another man, Leandro Mel, had taken cover in the build- .. Police later found Mei appar- unned, but he recovered LOCAL FIRM RATIONS ICE 25-18. LOTS The shortage of ice, which has resulted from the increased demand brought on by the heat spell which is now starting on its fourth week, is growing from bad to worse an of- ficial of the lone ice company in Oshawa told The Times-Gazette this morning. At present the com- pany has, been forced to ration the ice to 25 pounds per customer every other day. "If the people would stick to this ration, it would help greatly." the official said, "and nobody would have to go without." Up until this week, ice has been brought in from Toronto to SUgman} hes own dally t ortage ce a felt in Toronto, and as 8 »"that cource of supply has' 'been, cut off. The demand for ice has' been greater during the present hot spell than at any time in previous years, and the shortage is general throughout Southern On- tario. As a result most cities in- cluding Oshawa, have been forced to adopt this temporary voluntary rationing system to make supplies last as long as possible. Without ice, or some other means of artificial refrigeration, it is practically impossible to keep milk from going sour, and meat from spoiling, and the only solution te the situation seems to be a de- cided change in the weather. Duplate-Fiberglas Picnic Fine Success With about 400 people in attend- ance the annual Duplate and Fi- every standpoint. of the picnickers went to the by Gray Coach Lines buses others travelled in private The day was spent in races, ball and a baby contest. One of the highlights was the distribution of lunch boxes, soft drinks and ice cream, the latter two, items being particularly welcome due to the hot weather. Jacqueline McAdam, daughter of , and Mrs, Jack McAdam won first prize in the baby contest for children up to one year while Bar- bara Jane Gray, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Gray, won first prize in the class for children up to two Race Results The following are the results of the races held during the picnic:-- ' Boys and Girls, four years old-- PICNIC SUCCESS (Continued on Page 2) ) Movies Are Part Of Normal Diet, Survey Asserts Paris, Aug. 25 (Reuters) --If you don't go to the movies yor're either physically or men- tally abnormal, according to & psychological survey of mnon- movie-goers published here. The survey classed them as: 1. Sufferers from such phy- sical defects as poor sight and bad hearing. 2. Oliogophrenics, who have difficulty in linking two or three ideas at once and who feel ill at ease watching a plot that is at all complicated. 3. Claustrophobics, who fear dark, closely-packed places. 4, Supra-normsl persons -- otherwise known as "highbrows" --who look down on films. 5. Those who can't afford to buy tickets. Soviet Releases 3 G.L.'s After 12-Day Detention Seoul, Korea, Aug. 25-- (AP) --Three youthful American sol- diers released unharmed by the Russians after 12 days detention in the Soviet zone, said today that guards with tommy.guns accomp- anied them constantly, but that they were not subjected to close questioning. The three men, detailed to in- spect a telcphone line linking Se- oul with Russian headquarters at Pyongyang, were taken into So- viet custody Aug, 12 at the vil- lage. of Yohyon -Ni, inside the Russian zone, They were released at the sme sp-t Sunday after- noon, Tommy F, Pugsley, John D. Hopfe and Gerald K, Geffen, all privates, told their stories to in- t-"gence officers today. The three said they walked in- to the Soviet zone inadvertently through failure to see a marker at the 38th parallel, dividing line between the American and Soviet occupation areas, Soviet officers questioned them twice on their birthplaces, ages, and similar matters and repeat. edly asked them why they crossed the border, but never searched them o, examined their wallets or personal papers, the three told correspondents, There were no questions about SOVIET RELEASES - Continued on Page 2) The annual summer flower show of the Oshawa Horticultural Society at Cegtre Street School auditorium on Saturday attracted a somewhat larger number of entries than for some years. The more than 330 entries, Horticultural Society Summer Show Draws Over 330 Entries centred around a floral garden gate, turned the room into a bower of beauty. Fred Ing of Whitby was awarded the Society's Challenge Trophy as the exhibitor scoring the highest number of points in show. --FPhoto by Campbell's Studio See German Immigrants For Canada London, Aug. 256 (CP).--The Dally Express, in a Frankfurt-datelined dispatch, sald today "the first Ger- mans to be allowed to emigrate to the British Empire are likely to go to Canada." 1 'The paper added: "Sponsored by the Canadian High Commissioner in London and ap- proved by Canadian immigration authorities, representatives of three Canadian religious bodies have ap- plied for permission to enter the United States zone to select future citizens. At Ottawa, government officials could not be immediately reached for comment, but it was recalled that Reconstruction Minister Howe; interviewed on his return last week from the United Kingdom and Eu- rope, said specifically that no con- sideration had been given to per- mitting homeless Germans to emi- grate to Canada. : The minister made the statement when asked about a Frankfurt re- port that said such a plan was un- der discussion between British and United States occupation officials. Mr. Howe said he did not think Canada would enter into a plan of | this kind involving former enemy nationals, at least until the peace treaty with Germany had been signed. However, consideration was Being given to "borderline cases" such as numbers of persons from the Baltic States who, fleeing into Germany before the Russian advance; had been forced into labor in the Reich, Hartley Pledges Stiffer Labor Bill Washington, Aug, 26--(AP)-- Chairman Fred Hartley (Rep.-N. J.) of the House of Representat. ives labor committee said today the Taft-Hartley Act "does not have enough teeth in it to give the public real protection against nation-wide strikes." The co-au- thor of the new labor measure said he will try to have Congress remedy the situation next year. 'Food for Britain' New Kin Appeal Montreal, Aug. 25 (CP).--Ed Free- land of Fort Erie, Ont., was elected vice-president of the Association of Kinsmen's Clubs at the clase of the annual convention here Saturday. He defeated Lorne Bateman of Pet- erborough, Ont., in the only contest- ed election. Jack Ramsey of Edmonton is the new president, having been elected at last year's convention. The sec- retary and treasurer are named by the incoming president. . The convention decided to substi- tute a campaign for Food Parcels for Britain in place of the Milk for Britain Appeal. ' MONACO ENDS WAR Paris, Aug. 25--(Retuers) -- Monaco, tiny Mediterranean prin. cipality with a population of 19, 242, will officially end hostilities against the Axis Sept. 1, under a decree issued today by the Prince of Monaco, 2 : Community Gathering At Victory Park Very Successful Event Victory Park, situated at the east end of ET RE a ed { i ng nual, crowded community gather. ing on Saturday afternoon and eve- ning. The Park is & dream come true for residents who have lived in the district for nearly two de- cades because for ten years they had to put up with all the incon- veniences associated with residing next door to a dumping ground. No more foul smells pervade the at- mosphere although the Park, strange to say, is right on top of the rub- bish heaps. Since the war began, truck loads of earth have been spread over the area and today, a baseball diamond, children's play- Means No "Ex" For 9 Kiddies Toronto, Aug. 25 (CP).~Nine big pair of tear-filled eyes peer- ed through the wire fence at thousands of laughing, gay youngsters eating taffy apples and riding the midway thrills. But instead of gaiety, there is heart-break written all over the faces of this group of nine-- they are under poliomyelitis quaranti ground equipment and a basketbal court are to be seen in the natural amphitheatre formed by nearby sur- rounding hillsides, At 1 pm, Cedar Dale Pee-Wees commenced a ball game against Victory Pee-Wees which ended with score tied 5-5. It was 2.30 o'clock when George Roberts, of the O.C.VI. staff pitched the first ball in the provincial playoff game be- tween Victory Aces and Ajax Mid- gets which ended in the home team winning by a margin of five runs, 14-9. Fhe game is described in detail on the sports page of this edition of The Times-Gagzette. When the ball games were finished, a peanut scramble got the children warmed up for the races in which prizes were awarded to the following: . Race Results Boys under 5: 1--Fred Batulsky; 2--David Whitley; 3--Jerry Timo- shuk, and prizes for all who were under 5. Girls, 6-7: 1--Joanne McAllister; 2--Judy Nelson; 3--Irene Crosmos. Boys 6-7: 1--Joa Zaroni; 2--Tom- my Chase; 3--Mark Mulley. Girls 8-9: 1--Jean Panko; 2-- VICTORY PARK (Continued .on Page 12) Inside the fence is Stanley Barracks, former army camp, o.1 the Canadian National tion grounds, now used an emergency housing shelter. Out- side was the "Ex" and it was Children's Day. The youngsters could get in for a nickel and could do almost anything for the same price, The quarantined nine are the unfortunate few who live in the only barracks block under the health department ban after several mil dcases of the disease were discovered there. Missing the "Ex" wasn't too bad until today. There's laughter outside the fence, and teats inside. THE WEATHER Variable cloudiness with scattered Thunderstorms, clearing late this afternoon. Clear and cooler tonight and Tuesday, Winds light to- day, northerly 15 Tuesday. Low tonight and high Tue. sday 60 and 76, Summary for Tuesday: Clear and cool. er. Miners Battle Quebec Fire, Fifteen Families Menaced Rouyn, Que., Aug. 25-- (CP) --Miners and other volunteer helpers joined today in a fight against a forest fire blazing in a 15 square miles section of rug- ged scrub land on either side of the hizhway leading to Vai DOr, about 50 miles east of here, At least two automobile acci- dents, possibly the result of poor visibility, were reported last night on the Rouyn-Val D'Or road and one man was said to have been killed. Details were not available here as the injured were taken to Cadillac, to the east, and the fire had burned out the telephone lines, Some anxiety was exprefsed today for the safety of 10 to 15 families camping on' Joannes Lake, about 10 miles south-east bt here and in the heart of the flame-swept region. There . had been no word from the campers since yesterday morning, There was a possibility they QUEBEC FIRE (Continued on Page 2) Halifax, Aug. 25--(CP)--Flames racing through timber on the Jor- dan Bay peninsula near Shelburne, 100 miles from here on the pro- vince's south shore, were brought under control today after destroy- ing three homes and a church and forcing fishgerfolk to flee the area. Reports this morning said the fire was being held in check by a! large force of volunteer fire-fight- ers recruited from the surrounding aeas. A predicted wind shift this afternoon from southeast to south- west would not change the fire si- tuation, The most serious of a dozen fires burning in Nova Scotia woodland areas during the week-end, the Shelburne blaze forced officials at the Roseway Hospital to make pre- parations for evacuation of 100- odd patients as smoke from the fire-front two miles away enveloped | the building. Wth taxis and private cars stand- ing by and beds ready in church N.S. FLAMES (Continued on Page 2) Storm Strikes Mexico Gulf, One Killed Galveston, Tex.., Aug. 26--(AP)-- Severd rainfall lashed this area to- day in the wake of a howling tropi- cal storm that scored a bull's eye on Galveston and {its explosion- scarred neighbor, Texas City. Heavy, driving rains accompanied the squalls that swept in from the tide-swollen gulf of Mexico. Even as the tropical storm was blowing itself out farther inland it claimed at least one victim. The storm, with winds of about 70 miles an hour, centred on Gal- veston.at 4:45 p. m. yesterday and on Texas City a short time later, causing considerable property dam- age of a minor nature. Residence and store windows were smashed, homes were unroofed, small boats were battered or set adrift, signs were blown down, communication lines suffered and both cities tem- porarily went without power. Not until late last night were power circuits generally restored in Golveston. So many power lines were knocked down that electric current was cut off to forestall live- wire danger. Joseph M. Tate, how- ever, lost hig life by electrocution in Galveston when he came in contact with a fallen power line. Three men were missing and fear- ed lost with the 46-foot snapper boat Linda K which had sailed from this island port Friday. The boat has not been heard from since, Trieste Mob Kills Priest, Agency Says Rome, Aug, 25--(AP) -- An Italian news agency dispatch from Trieste today said a mob in the Yugoslav zone of Venezia- Giulia inflicted grave injuries yesterday on a Vatican prelate sent to confirm children in the aréa, and killed a local priest who tried to defend him. The agency, Ansa, said the pre- late, Msgr, Giacomo Ukmar, was taken to a Fiume hospital suffer- ing from a skull fracture and ser- ious knife wounds in the region of the kidneys, It said Rev. Miro Buleisch tried to guard Msgr. Uk- mar and was cut seriously he died almost immediately, The attack was at Lanische, in that part of the Isrian penisila known as Zone B, occupied by Premier Marshal Tito's forces. Ansa said the Vatican sent Msgr. Ukmar, a native of Trieste, to the area after hostile manifestation prevented Msgr. Antonio Santin, Bishop of Trieste and Capodist- ria, from conducting confirma- tions, Bishop Santin was treated roughly at Capodistria two months ago, but escaped serious injury. He informed the Vatican in June 1946, that "Slav Com- munists" were preventing him from exercising his ministry in the zone, When, Msgr. Ukmar reached Lansche Sunday, Ansa said, part of a crowd advanced upon him with knives bared. [The Priest, moving to defend him,ewas slash- ed and his body tossed aside, and the prelate was assaulted, REE LOOT LONG BRANCH BANK Record Entry Horticultural Summer Show Thugs Take $4,000; New Tip Places Pen Trio In Area Long Branch, Ont., Aug. 25 (CP).--Three armed bandits escaped with $4,000 in a hold-up at the Canadian Bank of! Commerce branch in this town 10 miles west of Toronto today. Two of the bandits entered the bank shortly after its. eopening while a third remained as | Press Hunt | For Convicts In Windsor Windsor, Aug. 26--(CP)--Ulysses Lauzon, 25, and Donald (Mickey) McDonald, 40, are still in Windsor "as far as we are concerned," Chief Constable Claude Renald said to- day. He said local police would con- tinue their intensive search for the escaped Kingston penitentiary con- victs until definite proof has been received that the fugitives have been located elsewhere. No official word has been receiv- ed here that either Lauzon or Mc- Donald--or Nick Minille, with whom they escaped last Monday -- had been seen in Strathroy, Ont. "I saw something in an out-of- PRESS HUNT (Continued on Page 2) Pen Inquiry Opens Soon Ottawa, Aug. 25 (OP)--G. L. Sauvant, acting superintendent of penitentiaries, has left for Kings- ton, Ont., to conduct an official in- quiry into the break of three con- victs from the penitentiary there last week, Official sources said today Mr. Sauvant will hold the inquiry with the penitentiary warden. Two pri- son "officials, unidentified as yet, have been suspended pending the outcome of the investigation, which will look into the possibility of col- lusion and negligence in the escape. Mr. Sauvant is scheduled to take over a new post as senior assistant commissioner of penitentiaries shortly. the wheel of their getaway car. The bank manager fired one shot after the pair as they dashed out of the bank itv tne car dul No one WAS Police Get Tip Toronto police just previously had received a tip that the three long-term prisoners who escaped a week ago from Kingston penitene tiary--Donald (Mickey) McDonald, Ulysses Lauzon and Nick Minille-- were in the Toronto area but it was not known immediately whether they linked the hold-up with the escaped trio, McDonald and Lauzon had ale ready been linked with the $40,000 hold-up of a Royal Bank of Canada branch at Windsor last Friday and Windsor police today said that as far as they knew McDonald and Lauzon were still in the Windsor area, Telephone Wires Cut The telephone Wires to the bank apparently were cut just before the bandits entered. The two who went in the bank were both described as "big men," and one of them said during the hold-up: "We aren' the Kingston convicts we're just lit tle guys." : The tip about the Kingston escapees sald that McDonald and Lauzon had been spotted in a Long Branch restaurant earlier today, A. C. Hopkins and a staff . of seven, including three women and an office boy, were in the bank at the time. The car used by the hold-up men was believed to have been stolen either from Westmount, Que. or Markdale, Ont, It departed at a high rate of sped eastward, CRERAR ARRIVES IN MANILA Manila, Aug. 25--(AP)--Gen. Cree rar, head of Canada's Far East Trade mission, today arrived from Tokyo. Gen, Crerar conferred with President Manuel A. Roxas at Mal= acanan Palace, Aides said he plan- ned to leave for Guam Tuesday. Horrified Parents Stare As Six Children Drown Monteith, Aug. 25 -- (CP) -- Six children and an adult lost their lives at a picnic near here yester- day when an outboard motorboat sank in Maude Lake. Three other children escaped death by clinging to an inflated automobile inner tube. Dead are: Alphonse Bouchard, Holtyre, Ont., owner of the boat. Marie Laforge, 12, Ramore, Ont. Claude Champagne, 10 Ramore. Rene McAndrew, 15, Ramore, Harold Delves, 10, Ramore. Huguette Leduc, 10, Holtyre. Aime Leduc, 12, Holtyre. The three saved, all 10 years old, are Rene Droin, Jeannine Gabourg and Donald Champagne. The children drowned within sight of their parents who stood, horror- stricken and powerless to aid, on the shore of the little lake 12 miles east of this Northern Ontario com- munity about 30 miles northeast of Timmins. Shrieks of "papa" and "mamma" from. the children in the sinking boat 500 yards offshore brought screams of grief from the parents. The pilot a an airplane flying over head sow what was happening, landed, but was too late to help. Bouchard, a miner, left six child ren, none of whom were in the boat at the time it sank, He offered a boat to children from the nearby mining area attending family picnics on the lakeshore, Nine children accepted the invita tion and, amid their shouts of de~ light the little craft nosed out inte the lake. When it was about 500 yards from shore the bow sank and the boat filled with water. Its passengers, in screaming frenzy, were spilled into the ldke. First rescuer to reach the spot wag Joe LeGault of Matheson, Ont. He tossed some inner tubes from his boat, enabling three children to keep afloat. He recovered the body of Marie Laforge but efforts to revive her failed. Claude Champagne was the son of Mrs. Thersa Champagne of Rae more whose husband was killed four years ago by a truck. The father of the*Leduc children, C. Leduc, was killed in a push accident two years ago. * LATE NEWS BRIEFS * (By THE CANADIAN PRESS) London, Aug. 25 (Reuters).--otice of motion for a writ of habeas corpus against Foreign Secretary Bevin and Colonial Secretary Creech-Jones in respect of six of the Jews among the 4,400 now on their way to Ham« burg in three British ships was served today. New York, Aug. 25 (AP).--Baron Jowitt, Lord Chancellor, arrived today in the liner Queen Mary, said the British people have got to work out their own salvation and 'I don't think God is going to send us manna from Heaven." New York, Aug. 25 (CP).--Louis Rothstein, 31, and Mary Litman, 35, both of Toronto, wanted in connection with the Aug. 17 robbery of a branch of the Royal Bank of Canada, today waived extradition when they appeared ii: general sessions court before Judge James E. Wallace,