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a a, , Church Street. THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle OSHAWA WHITBY OSHAWA-WHITBY, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13 1947 Price 4 Cents SIXTEEN PAGES VOL. 6--NO, 291 BOMB BLASTS KILL 12 A ad ew Board Of Works Agreement Approved A -------------------------- Salary Revisions . Boost Department Payroll $12,395 *A new Board of Works working agreement containing a revised salary schedule whic payroll by an estimated $12,3 for the year 1948. City Council and representatives of the Civic Employees Union had reached substantial agreement on a proposed agree- ment at a previous meeting and Ald. Michael Starr, works chair man, told Council last night that the terms as now drafted had been approved by the union. ' Under the new agreement, all works employees will be in one of four classifications: general office staff, permanent works employees, probationary employees and extra men. Six Month Probation Period The maximum period for which an employee may be classed as pro- bationary is six months, Under ex- conditions, a number of old- * er men have been retained as "tem- porary' employees in some cases for several years. The new provi- sion 'was considered proper to pro- vide an incentive for new employ- ees to become members of the per- BOOST PAYROLL '(Continued on Page 3) u will incease the department's 95 was agreed upon last night 'Boxing Day' 'City Holiday "Boxing Day", December 26, will be declared a public holiday in the city, it was decided at last night's meeting of City Council, It is understood that some factories will close for the day while others plan to remain open. AB RENNICK DIES Toronto, Dec. 13--(AP)--Ab (Scoop) Rennick, for the last seven years eastern secretary of the Can- adian Amateur Basketball Associa- tion, died today. He coached sev- eral Broadview Y.M.C.A. juvenile, intermediate and junior basketball teams which won dominion titles and was coach of , several Toronto softball teams. The funeral will be held here Tuesday. Cite Broken Heart Death As Outcome Of Emotion After Crossing Tragedy 'Toronto, Dec. 13--(CP)--Leading medical and surgical authorities agreed today that it's possible to die of a broken heart. That Is, of a heart broken by emotion. It happened only yesterday when Mrs. Elmo Howey died at Tillson- This was no ordinary level cross- ing accident in which one or two persons are killed by a speeding lo- comotive. In this case a father and three of his sons were killed. The mother died within 24 hours of a broken heart, Newspapers printed pictures of the Howey family, There were Elmo Howey and his handsome wifé standing at the rear. Seated in front were the five children--four stalwart boys and a pretty little girl. They were James, 15; William 13; Kenneth, 11; George, 9; and Mary Lou, seven years old, Just Two Left Of the seven there were left to- day just 11-year-old Kenneth, in a London hospital with an illness, and little Mary Lou, who was in the ill-fated truck and escaped with minor injuries. She still doesn't know the toll of the accident. Mr. Howey was driving a truck, taking the children to school, when he moved across the level crossing near Straffordvillee A Canadian Pacific Railway work train smashed the truck. Sons James and Wil- liam were killed instantly. Father Elmo and son George diéd in hos- pital within a few hours. Mrs. Howey died early yesterday after suffering a heart attack while sleeping at a neighbor's home, near the tragic scene, Mrs. Howey had herself passed the crossing within a short time after the accident. She and t persons with whom she was driving stopped to investigate. A young man among the crowd, who didn't know her, told her that "the How- ey family has been killed." She collapsed. Burial Monday The funeral of the parents and the three children will be held at a Tillsonburg funeral home Monday afternoon, with 4 single service for all, and burial will be in a Tillson- burg cemetery. Mrs. Howey"s death certificate, signed by Coroner Dr. R. E, Weston of Tillsonburg, says: "Heart fail- ure due to coronary thrombosis." He suggested that the mental shock produced by severe emotion may have caused the heart to stop momentarily. "A clot may have formed and plugged the coronary artery. With no blood nourishing it the heart would fail." Toronto = specialists agreed that "no one ever died of a broken heart --but if ever anyone did, it was Mrs. Howey." They said there is a mysterious agent in the body which produces a maiden's blush--an agent which in everyday instances causes in- creased circulation, circulation as fast as some mental emotion caus- es a sympathetic dilation of the blood vessels and makes the heart beat faster. Medical science so far hasn't id- entified this body agent but has given it a name--the "H-like sub- stance"--because its action is com. parable with histamine, a body- produced stimulant. Committee To Revamp City's Traffic By-Law Oshawa's traffic by-law is to be sompletely revamped, following thorough investigation by City Pouncil's general purpose commit- lee in co-operation with the police thief. . This was decided last night when rarious members of Council once again drew attention to sections which they were of the opinion thould be made "no parking" areas. I'wo agreed upon were the west jide of Albert Street between Bruce and Athol Streets and one side of William Street from Simcoe to Temporary "no parking" signs were suggested for Charles Street during the construc- ion of the) new Oshawa Clinic yuilding. It was the suggestion of Ald. ichael Starr, Board of Works thairman, that the whole parking nd traffic set-up generally should »e revised. "We have been passing motions like this for the past two years but they are not embodied in a proper by-law," he declared. Ald. Ernie Cay added that Coun- cil should not have to bring these various congested areas to the at- tention of the police department. In the motion, which passed unanimously, it was pointed out that the motions of this nature passed recently by Council should be taken into consideration in the general re.drafting of the traffic by-law. Asked regarding the possibility of obtaining street signs, particu- Harly for no parking purposes, City Engineer W. T. Dempsey told Coun- cil Ahat specifications were almost complete for calling tenders for the installation of signs throughout the city. He said, however, that the delivery date of the signs was un- certain and it was definite that it would be impossible to obtain proper metal standards for a con- siderable length of time, o hg REDS BEATEN, ROME STRIKE S NOW OVER Rome, Dec. 13 (AP).--A 48-hour Communist-led general strike in Rome, latest skirmish in the left's unceasing war against Italy's middle.of-the-road cabinet, ended today after a steely show of govern- ment might. Both sides claimed victory. The Communist - dominated Chamber of Labor of Rome Prov- ince, which ordered the work stop- page Wednesday night and called it off last night, effective at midnight, used only one word in its daily news bulletin this morning: "Vic- tory." I1 Popolo, organ of Premier De Gasperi's Christian Democrat Party, declared just as flatly in a secretly set and printed issue fimed to ap- pear as the strike ended: "Strike fails." Giuseppe Di Vittorio, Communist Secretary-General of the National Labor Confederation, who helped negotiate the end of the work stop- page, told 120 union leaders who en- dorsed the chamber's strike-ending vote, the victory was "brilliant." A Chamber of Labor communique said appropriations by the City of Rome and Rome Province, added to what the national government al- ready had offered for winter #relief for the unemployed, satisfied its demands. Observers said they believed grow- ing resentment of Rome's citizens against the strike, which crippled all but railroads and essential ser- vices, may have influenced the chamber's decision. In an interview later Di Vittorio sald the work stoppage served a useful purpose in obtaining diate public works appropriations to relieve widespread unemployment and in focusing national attention on the plight'of an estimated 1,- 300,000 jobless. De Gasperi, on the other hand, declared that large-scale public works projects already were in the mill and told reporters that the agreement which ended the strike could have been reached before it began. Even before the official end of the strike, thousands of workers de- fied the leaders and went back to their jobs under the protection of 67,000 police, strongest such force ever assembled in Rome. Labor leaders were frank to admit that the efficiency of interior mini. ster Mario Scelba's security pre- cautions surprised them. Taxi Baby And Mother Are Well Mrs. Ernest Simkins, 149 Burk Street, and her eight-pound-six- ounce baby girl are doing well to- day--and so is Mr. Simkins, Mary Christina, the baby girl was.delivered in the back seat of a taxi cab early yesterday morning after taxi driver Bob Corby had roared toward the hospital at a 50-mile-an-hour clip. The taxi was late by seconds -- about 60 of them. What did Mr. Simkins think of that hospital-bound taxi trip? "Not bad", said he, seemingly none the worse for wear. To Flood Park Rinks Monday E. E. Bathe, Oshawa Parks. Sup- erintendent, announced this morn- ing that the outdoor rinks in the city parks will be flooded for the first time on Monday. This will not mean the rinks can be used as several floodings will be necessary before a sheet of ice which will stand up can be obtain- ed, Children and others are there- fore urged not to use them. The Parks Board will operate eight skating rinks and three hoc- key cushions this winter. Some skating has already been done on the rink in Alexandra Park, it is learned. Milk Wagon Roof Damaged by Fire Salesman William McQuaid, 476 Louisa Street, was strolling back to his 'Beaton's dairy milk wagon at 9:45 a.m. today when he was shock- ed to see it afire at the corner of Elgin Street and McMillan Drive. Firemen were hastily called to extinguish flames - which burned through the wagon roof after a small ofl stove flared up while the driver was absent. The horse was removed from the shafts without difficulty, How Not to Mail Christmas Cards This is an example of what the employees of the Oshawa Post Office are faced with during the Christmas rush. The name to whom the card was sent is not complete and while the street is given there is mo number. In such cases the Post Office has no glternative but to put the mail to one side and ultimately send it to the Dead Letter Office. If you want your mail to be delivered on time, please see to it that the name, number, street, and the name of the city, town or, village, are all clearly and completely written before you drop it in the street letter box or at the Post Office, Care will assist postal clerks speeding the Christmas mail on its way. ---Phota by Campbell's Studio Crests, Certificates Bear Witness Success Recreation Program Close-knit teamwork and concen. trated effort were on display in the CRA. auditorium last night as members of six C.R.A. champion- ship softball téams--and one sturdy peewee hardball team -- together with 60 Red Cross swimming badge winners received a string of crests and certificates. Speaking to an auditorium jam- packed with beaming winners, Lloyd Smith, C.R.A. program chairman, said the awards in themselves had little physical value but "they do have special significance to us, to yoursglves and to your parents." "They indicdte the esteem in which you are held by older citi- zens," he said. The awards were actually sym- bols of determination, the spirit of teamwork and "above all" sportsmanship, Mr. Smith told his youthful audience. . Introduced by Mr. Smith, who acted as chairman for the evening, Mayor Frank McCallum said "the citizens of Oshawa do not really appreciate the work being done by C.R.A. here." "If this is a sample of the first year's work--then you c¢an really watch out in the years to come," he predicted. Mayor Presents Crests Mayor McCallum presented crests to the championship-winning pee- C. R. A. PROGRAM (Continued on Page 3) Government To Decide On Control Extension Before End Of March Ottawa, Dec. 13-- (CP) ~-- The government, seeking extension of its rent and price control powers until- March 31, was placed in the position in the Commons yester- day of having to vote against an opposition motion that would have prolonged the extension to Dec. 31, 1948. The C.C.F. party, backing up its requests for re-lmposition of war- time controls on prices, introduc- ed an amendment to a resolution that would extend from Dec. 31 to March 31 the government's powers under the Transitional Powers Act, Under the amend- ment the act would have been ex- tended to the end of next Decem- ber. Justice Minister Ilsley, speak- ing before the House defeated the amendment 129 to 24, said he. felt he would have to oppose it. He considered it a compliment that an opposition party should have sufficient confidence in the government to leave to it the power to decide what controls should be retained and what con- trols should be relinquished, . Decision To Come While the government had no intention of allowing all controls to lapse March 31, it was not yet in a position to decide what con- trols should be extended beyond that date, The decision would be made between now and the ex piry date. . C.C.F, Leader Coldwell said the amendment had been moved be- cause Finance Minister Abbott GOVERNMENT TO (Continued on Page 3) Toronto, Dec. 13 (CP) --Several employees of the Ontario Liquor Control Board's store at Waterloo, Ont., have "been permitted to re- sign from the service" after they had been discovered watering bot- tles of whisky, Col. William Grie- singer, chairman of the board, said last night. He added: "Our investigation is not yet finished but there is no doubt about what was taking place. The seals were soaked off the bot- tles, part. of the contents removed and water substituted. Then the seals were replaced. We recelved a number of complaints from citi- zens in the Waterloo area and in- spectors were sent .to investigate." Workers At Waterloo Watered The Whiskey -- Workers Want Work Tests of bottles removed from the Waterloo store showed a greatly lowered alcoholic content. "We don't know whether these employees consumed the liquor themselves or disposed of it for gain," said the chairman. "I am inclined to think they drank it. They have resigned and their places have been fille 1 by other employees." Col. Greisinger said the board had no intention of taking pro- ceedings against the employees in- volved. "I think we caught this tampering before it had gone very far," he said. The board was expected to lssue a report next week giving details of the incident, including the num- ber of bottles tampered with, FRANCE GETS SECOND NOTE FROM RUSSIA Paris, Dec. 13--(AP)--A Foreign Ministry spokesman said today the Soviet Embassy had protested new French arrests of Russian citizens at Paris and Marseille, He said the note had been deliv- ered this morning and was being translated. He was unable to give any details as to its contents or comment upon it. . 'The semi-official agence France- Press quoted the Russian Embassy protest earlier. The agency quoted the Soviet Embassy as saying Alexandre Abra- mov, the charge D'Affires, had handed a note to Jean Chauvel, Se- cretary-General at the French Foreign Ministry, asking the im- mediate liberation of those arrested. Earlier this week the French gov- ernment refused to accept a Soviet note protesting the expulsion of 19 Soviet, citizens from France last month, and last night it informed Moscow that it considered that ac- tion had been entirely legal and proper. A foreign Office note said the 19, whose expulsion was carried out at 'the. 'height of the recent Commun- ist-led strikes in France, were ex- pelled in accordance with interna- tional law and usage and without mistreatment. The French accused them of "interference" in the af- fairs of France. The expulsion of the 19 was fol- lowed last Tuesday by thé mutual ouster of each other's repatriation missions and seyerance:of trade ne- gotiations. City Applies For CMHC Rent Houses Approval having been received for the city-owned lots suggested, City Council last night agreed to make formal application to Central Mortgage and Housing Corporatin for the erection of 100 low-rental houses in Oshawa. The lots, located in the south part of the city, have been approved by CMHC, officials and plans are being prepared for the houses to be erected. While these have not been com- pleted as yet, it is understood that the houses will be of brick 'con- struction with asphalt shingle roofs, - They will be approximately 24 by 30 feet in dimension and some will be single-storey types while others will be storey and a half. According to tentative plans, the latter will contain three or four bedrooms while the one-storey houses will have two bedrooms. Rents will be based on the value of the individual houses. The city is required to provide the land, with sewer and water services, and an annual payment in lieu of taxes will be received. Rents will be based on the value of the individual houses. The city is required to provide the land, with sewer and water services, and an annual payment in lieu of taxes will be received. R.B.P. Elects Its Officers At the regular meeting of the 'Royal Black Perceptory, No. 763, held in the Orange Temple, Bruce Street, Thursday evening; the fol- lowing officers,, were elected and installed: Worshipful Perceptor, W. R. Wellman; Deputy P., J. J. Buchan- an; Chaplain, Wm. Thompson; Registrar, W. J. McQuaid; Treas- urer, D, H, McCann; 1st Lecturer, H. M, Bateman; 2nd Lecturer, Thomas Whitsitt; 1st Censor, J. S. Shearer; 2nd Censor, Stanley Mit- chell;. 1st Standard Bearer, T. H, Robinson; 2nd 8.B., R. W. Whit- sitt; Persevant, Thomas Neal; Ty- ler, J. H. Ferguson; Auditors, H. M, Bateman and C. H. Dowton. Past Perceptor W. J. McQuaid presided for the election and Past Perceptor H. M. Bateman for the installation, Refreshments were served and a social hour enjoyed at the close of the meeting. THE WEATHER Cloudy with occasionhl light snow today and Sunday, Little change in temperature. Winds 1tght increasing Sunday 'morn- ing to southwest 20. Low to- | ent and high Sunday 17 and 81 Arabs Hit Cafe, RABS Wounded When Explosives Market By Joseph C. Goodwin Jerusalem, Dec. 13 (AP)--Bombs killed 12 Arabs and wounded 81 in Jerusalem and Jaffa attacks today. Two anti- personnel bombs were tossed into the teeming Arab market place before Jerusalem's ancient Damascus Gate, killing 6 Arabs and injuring 41 others. A bomb tossed from a all-Arab Jaffa killed six more Arabs and injured. 40 others. Outsile the Old City's gate an Arab mob assaulted a British con- stable, who was slightly injured, and fired on a Jewish policeman. British armored cars prowled the area. With the Holy Land's communal fighting in its 14th consecutive day, the Arab communities counted 97 dead; the Jews, 104. In addition, six Britons, two Armenians and one Mauritian soldier have been slain, Deaths in all the Middle East have totalled 326, Eye-witnesses at Jaffa said the bomb was thrown from an army truck driven by Jews who entered from the direction of all-Jewish Eel Aviv. The explosive wrecked the coffee house, and damaged an Arab taxi ccmpany and the Alhambra motion picture theatre. In Jerusalem's Old City police fired machine-guns over the heads of the milling Arab crowd after the explosions. Witnesses said the bombs came from two Jewish taxis. The blast damaged two buses. -Two of the Jerusalem dead were women, Police said the taxi from which the bomb was hurled escaped through winding streets after. en- gaging a police car in a gun battle. The fleeing occupants dropped a flash bomb and sped off. The taxi later was found aban- doned in the Jewish quarter, The Jerusalem district police chief, George Haddingham, said the 'bomb was thrown right into a big crowd of Arabs waiting for buses and that at least 30 were hauled off to hospitals." Tension mounted steadily in the BLASTS KILL (Continued on Page 2) speeding truck at a coffee house in® Ex-Service Names Still Are Sought New that the plaques ordered by the city for its ex-service personnel "are beginning to arrive, Ald, Rae Halliday, chairman of the commit- tee, is anxious to obtain the names of any ex-servicemen or women whose names might not be included in the list prepared by the city. Already between 450 and 500 of the completed plaques have been received and Ald. Halliday said de- livery of these to the recipients will commence next week. Meanwhile, however, it is feared that some names may not have been drawn to the attention of the committee. Those eligible for the plaques must have resided in Oshe awa at the time of their enlistment, The information required is the name in full, regimental number and rank as well as the person's present address. Plaques are to be presented a! to the next-of-kin of those wh did not return. > RAISE $260 AT BAZAAR Orono, Dec. 13--Close t0 400 peoe ple crowded into Orono Town Hall last night for a bazaar and dance sponsored by the Independent Ore der of Oddfellows. Ten geese, won in a series of draws, went to ten lucky people, all from outside of Orono, according to reports. A total of $260 was received in proceeds during the evening, One group has refused to endorse Hon. G. D. Conant's suggestion, made at the opening of the dual highway between Highland Creek and Oshawa, that the new dual highway be named the 'Princess Elizabeth Way." It is the Oshawa City Council. By a vote of five to three last night,® Council declined to request the Department of Highways to adopt this name, it being felt that the Department might have other better proposals. "If this is such a suitable name, why is there so much pressure be- ing put on to get it through?" Ald. Michael Starr asked. "We have a government with a department set up to deal with these matters and why not let them decide on a name," he declared. Ald. R. D. Humphreys said he was not opposing the name "Princess Council Declines Support Of 'Princess' Proposal; May Be Better Names Elizabeth Way" but the Highways Department had many other sug- gested names and some of these might be more appropriate. Ald. Rae Halliday moved an amendment, however, that Council endorse the name "Princess Eliza« beth Way" andgAld. Evelyn Bate. man seconded the amendment stating that she thought it a "good reasonable name." "I'm not criticizing the name but let's wait and see what else has been suggested," Ald. Humphreys added. Ald. A. G. Davis said he was of the same opinion, that Highways Minister Doucett had « heard Mr, Conant's suggestion at the banquet held on the opening of the highway and the Department would no doubt take it into consideration, Only other member of Council supporting the amendment was Ald, Clifford Harman, of Paris. clashes which started here affected areas. suing police who found shot to death in her near Belleville, officials at ters said today. % LATE NEWS BRIEFS > 17 DIE IN TRAIN WRECK ClermontsFerrand, France, Dec. 13 (AP)--Seven- teen persons were burned to death and more than 20 injured Friday night in a collision on a rail line between Clermont-Ferrand and Montlucon, about 200 miles south 8 KILLED IN INDIA Bangalore, India, Dec. 13 (Reuters)--Eight per« sons have been killed and 77 injured in communal yesterday and continued to« day despite rigorous enforcement of a curfew in the POLICE BULLETS HALT TRIO Toronto, Dec. 13 (CP)--Three brothers are custody today after dodging a hail of bullets from pur- interrupted them while allagedly smashing a vault in a west-end construction company's office late last night. The trio--Gordon Clay, 33; John, 21, and Cecil, 20 -- are charged with breakin office of the Bothwell Construction Co., and taking $270. C.I.B. PROBES DEATH Toronto, Dec. 13 (CP)--The Criminal Investiga- tion Branch of the Provincial' Police has "taken over" investigation of the death of Marion Jean Badgley, 23, in into the parents' home at Frankford Provincial Police headquar-