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THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE . Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle OSHAWA WHITBY Price 4 Cents SIXTEEN PAGES VOL. 6--NO, 297 JUNT HYDRO MEN LOST IN BUSH OSHAWA-WHITBY, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1947 All Time Record Set At P DAY'S MAILING ER 119,000 YEAR UP T00 With December 19 set as the deadline for posting local Christmas mail, officials at the new post office annex on Simcoe St. S. had geared for a peak in the season's stead- ily mounting mail volume. And they were noi disap- pointed. At midnight last night the cancelling machine indicated that 119,800 cards or letters had passed through in the previous 24 hours, an in- crease of more than 4,000 \ over last year's high and an all-time record for any one day at the Oshawa post of- fice. Not only was yesterday's figure 2 record but indications were that this year might sée a new high for the Christmas season. With he indicator' on the cancelling machine rising steadily this morning again, Postmaster N. J. Moran said he was "just hoping" t there would soon be a let- up. The staff would work right MAILING RECORD (Continued cn Page 2) New Lighting In Business Section On A dream became a reality last might when the shadows which fhave shrouded Oshawa's business section for generations disappear- ed for the last time with the turn- ing on of the new streeg lighting system. Stretching from Memorial Park to William Str.et on Simcoe Street, and from Mary Street to Centre Street on King Street, the mew lights brought. every angle and feature of the business sec- tion into sharp relief. The illumi- nation was so bright that the re- stricted lighting of store windows was hardly missed. Indeed severa] motorists must have thought it was daylight as they were seen operating their vehicles without lights. Such is the dissemination of the light that it is possible to see people clearly crossing the street a block away while there is mo longer an excuse for a driver not seeing persons standing beside parked vehicles waiting to cross the street. G. F, Shreve, secretary-mana- ger of the Public Utilities Com- mission, said today that the 73 old wooden hydro poles, which were officially replaced when 76 new metal standards floodlighted' Oshawa's main business district Jast night, would "possibly be re- moved in May." Principal condition of the re- moval, said Mr. Shreve, depends upon the co-operation the Public Jtilities must get from all the merchants whose store lighting will come from the undreground cables. He explained that there were certain/changes to be made fnside the stores before the P. U. C. could do anything' about re- moving the overhead lines. "It we get good co-operation from the merchants," Mr, Shreve declared, "the unsightly, outmod- ed poles many be donefaway with even before Maj." ost Office Yesterday Oshawa's post office annex in the old Y.M.C.A. building Is | the scene of round-the-clock activity these days as aug- mented staffs work at top speed to keep pace with the | machine. into | Christ Top right R. H. Brayford feeds the envel Pp $mployees "facing up" letters to go through the cancelling | trken. Ivan Richards, who has worked on parcels at for 20 years, prepares to begin sorting. Bottom | the machine which postmarks them at the rate of 450 a |right two of the letter carriers, Tom Moss and George minute. He is assisted by one of the extra Christmas help- | Twaites, put their letters in street number order before thousands of Christmas cards and parcels coming and going | ers, Gordon Burns. Parcel sacks off the morning train from | starting out on their routes, daily, Top left is a scene in the out-going mail section with | Chicago had ju : arrived when the bottom left picture was =Photos by Campbell's Studio Rome, Dec. 20--(AP)--A country- wide strike over contract negotia- tions began in Italy's food indus- tries and violence broke out over a Christmas dole among Naples' jub- less today, even as Pope Pius warn- ed in a Holy Week message that class hatred threadened the very foundations of nations. Indications were that the food strike, latest leftist-led labor crisis to harass the newly-reshuffled Christian Democratic government of Premier De Gasperi, might be settled by nightfall. But in Naples five persons, three of them policemen, were wounded in rioting and gunfire touched off when an unemployment office handed out Christmas doles to a crowd of jobless. Some of the crowd argued they were being given less than they were promised. Boti police and persons in the crowd used firearms Reserves were call- ed to restore order. In Vatican City, the Pope issued a Christmas encyclical, "Optatissi- Impressive Tableau And Choral Presentation Of Christmas Story For unto us a child is born. ... gand his name shall be called won- derful, counseller, the mighty God, the everlasting father, the Prince of Peace."_ On this message of hope for the world--coupled with H, C. Btewart's triumphant setting for the carol, "On This Day Earth Shall Ring", the St. George's Church pre- sentation of the Christmas story drew to a close for another year last night. With the nave of the church rkened, flocdlit tableau scenes ind choral commentaries by the choir told the old but ever new story of the Saviour's birth at Beth. lehem. The presentation opened with the Latin hymn, "Adoremus/ Te", and in the familiar words of St. Luke's dis: Sn Gospel, "There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest nemed Zacharias," the narra- tor began the account of the angel's appearance to that elderly priest and the tidings that he should have a son whose name should be John. Then came the virgin Mary's vis- ion of the angel Gabriel and the word that she should "bring forth a son and call his name Jesus". The hymn of Mary, or the Magni- ficat--""My soul doth magnify the Lord and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour"--was sung in the setting composed by the English composer, Hylton Stewart. The carol, "O Little Town of CHRISTM. S STORY (Contin .ed on Page 2) , Food Workers Strike; Rioting Sweeps Naples Over Christmas Dole ma Fax" (Most Desired Peace), against a background of prolonged labor strife in Italy and France. It sald: "Those who, with a premeditated plan, thoughtlessly raise up the crowd, exciting it to tumult, to se- dition and to offenses against the liberty of others, without a doubt do not operate to mitigate the pov- erty of the people but rather in- crease it and provoke extreme ruin, aggravating hatred and interrupt- ing the course of the works of ur- ban life." The Pontiff urged Roman Catho- lics of the world to pray for peace. Italy's food strike--its second stoppage in a country-wide indus- try in two months--was called after long efforts to reach a solution failed. ! A union spokesman said "notable progress" in getting employers and workers together was made at night-long conferences in the office of Labor Minister Amintore Fan- fari. An estimated 300,000 employ- ees of food factories, stores and shops were affected by the strike. Bakeries, nitlk distributors and ice plants were exempted. Talks will be resumed this after- noon. Thé government, harried for the last five weeks by leftist-led disor- | ders which have claimed 23 lives, won a substantial vote of confi- dence last night from the Consti- tuent Assembly. In Rome last night a bomb was thrown at Communist party region- al headquarters at the same time a confidence roll call was being taken in the Constituent Assembly. No injuries resulted from the blast. The vote--303 for the government and 118 against--followed a week of assaults on the Assembly floor by Communists and extreme left-wing Socialists after De Gasperi broad- eneéll his government by the inclu- sion of Republicans and moderate Socialists. A general strike was called in Enna, Sicily, where workers' de- mands included a call for the com- plete re-opening of mines and the allotment of 2,000,000,000 lire for popular housing and public works. A general strike also was called at Trapani, Sicily, : No Times-Gazelte On Friday Next In common with the major ity of the daily newspapers in the province, The Times-Gaz- ette will not publish on Friday, December 26, which has been proclaimed a holiday by Mayor F. N. McCallum. The publisher~ and members of the staff bespeak the co- operation of residents and ad- vertisers of the city and district in making their news and ad- vertising copy available to fac- ilitate the publication ' of the usual Saturday issue. Parents Out, 8 Children Die In Fire Dekalb, Tex., Dec. 20 (AP)-- Eight children, ranging in age from 13 to eight months, were burned to death last night when fire destroyed. their three-rodm home while the. parents, were away. The parents were visiting relatives nearby and noticed the flames as they started to return home. The victims were identified as J. V. Daughterty, 13; a sister, Essie, 12, and a brother, Charles, 10; Earl Anderson, nine; two sis- ters, Eva, seven, and Ola Faye, eight months, and two brothers, Jerry, six and Clarence Ray, three. City Marshall J. J, Phillips said that the fire broke out at 9.30 .m, The children. were burned yond recognition. = The parents said that before they had left the house they had "put a couple of sticks on the fire so that the house would be warm when we came in." DRUNK DRIVING CHARGED Police last night arrested John J. Caines, 298 Park Road South, and charged him with driving while intoxicated. No details were available of an accident in which Caines was allegedly involved, SPECIAL FEATURE OMITTED Although it had been planned to publish'the Christmas mes- sages from the clergy of Oshawa and district in today's issue, space limitations forced the holding ov- er of this feature until Monday's issue. : ' a A Nal LE U.S. Spending In Canada Would Speed Production In Many Lines, Howe Says By R. K. CARNEGIE Ottawa Dec. 20--(CP) -- Recon- struction, Minister Howe promised last night in an interview that if the United States Congress accepts President Trumans four-year plan to help Europe the Canadian Gov- ernment will do its utmost to co- operate in carrying it out. This would entail speeding Canadian production in many lines, The plan provides that United States spend $2,815,000,000 in Can- ada and Latin-American countries from April 1 next to June 30, 1942, with slightly lesser amounts for the years following. "I am stil} optimistic Mr. Howe said after reading the reports of the Presidents proposal, "that it will only be a matter of months before we can drop the trade restrictions now in force to conserve American dollars if this plan is adopted by Congress. He was referring to the bans and quotas on imporis- instituted on Nov. 18. Canada would be able to spend production in several lines to help Erope, the Minister said. The great need of fertilizers to replenish the farm lands in devastated countries will require vast amgunts of nitro- gen from which fertifizers are made. Canada is a great producer, Plants Built . During the war, plants were built in Trail, B.C., Calgary, Wel- land, Ont., and Niagara Falls to produce explosives and these now are engaged in producing nitro- gen. The domestic market con- sumes only 5 per cent of the pro- duction. The remainder already is oing mostly to the United States. hese plants could continue to produce to capacity and even ®ex- pand. . Timber would be another com- modity of which Canada could pro- duce an important supply. The Minister said the production now is at an all-time high, but with Britain cutting back on her pur- chases Canada can provide impor- tant surplusses under the plan and step up production next year. This country is an important producer of trucks, timber equip- ment and agricultural implements, three - other lines wanted for Eurgpe and while the plants are generally running close to capa- city, Mr. Howe was confident the production could be increased, An assured market would warrant such efforts. Participation in iron and. steel products by this country may be cramped by steel shortage and tremendous domestic demand. In the food classes much de- pends on next year's crops. If there are big crops of wheat and coarse grain, Canada will have surplusses to turn over to the plan. If the coarse grain crop next year is no greater than this year, U.S. SPENDING (Continued on Page 2) Injured Boy Much Better Jimmie Nelson, 14, 131 Huron Street, Tamblyn drug store delivery boy who was struck by a hit and run car Thursday night on Simcoe Street North, is much better today according to his mother, Mrs. James Nelson. "He has an awful mark on the side of his face though," she said. His condition has improved en- ough to permit the taking of x-rays which will show any possible skull fracture. + passing motorist, George Reid, 66 Bond Street West, saw Jimmies bicycle on the street then saw the boy lying near the east curb. Mr. Reid drove the unconscious youngs ster to the Oshawa General Hospi. tal after passers-by had helped him carry Jimmie to his car. Dr. R. E. McMullen is attending physi. cian, ; THE WEATHER Clear today, becoming over. cast tonight. Sunday overcast with occasional light snow clearing in the .afternoon, Not much change in temperature today and milder Winds light becoming south-i5 tonight shifting to northwest 15 late Sunday morning. Low tonight and high Sunday 18 and 39, LE -- Sunday. - here. Peterborough, Ont., Dec. struction men, Roger Lavine of Ottawa and H. Herbert of Toronto, are believed lost in a roigh stretch of snow-covered bushline between the Nepheline Mines and Apsley north of 2 Crew Members Missing 24 Hours In Peterboro Area 20 (CP)--Two Hydro con- Search parties started out this GOVT BOOSTS PAY, PENSIONS §25' MILLION Ottawa, Dec. 20--(CP)--A large segment of Canada's vast' civil ser- vice had the government's answer today to requests for salary in- creases to meet the rising cost of living--income boosts that also will affect the armed forces, disabled veterans and pensioned widows. But they won't get them until January. sPrime Minister Mackenzie King announced the "Christmas present" in the Commons yesterday and said it would cost the federal treasury $25,000,000 a year. The increases are retroactive to Oct. 1 but those af- fected won't get the boost until next month' because December cheques already are prepared. Generally the increases affect about 40,000 in th clerical grades of the civil service who will get from $30 to $40 a month more depending on grade; some 33,000 in the armed forces who will get pay and sub- sistence allowance increases averag- ing 10 per cent; 160,000 disabled veterans and 20,000 pensioned wi- dows who will get increases up to $10 a month. It was learned that he pension jincreases accounted for $7,500,000 of the Increased annual outlay of $25,- 000,000, jumping the present annual PAY PENSIONS (Continued on Page 2) emorning after the men had been un. reported for 24 hours. The men belonged to a crew which is pushing a new powerline north from Havelock to Haliburton. The line. is complete to the Nepheline Mine and from that point it swings northwest toward Apsley Village, which it also will serve. Herbert, whose job is to establish the right-of-way, and Lavine, a construction foreman, set out on snowshoes to follow and inspect a narrow trail blazed last summer. A truck driver yesterday drove them to a point two miles north of the east end of Stoney Lake and left them there about 8:45 a.m. His in- structions were to drive around the lake and meet them at Apsley. The men did not arrive there. The driver said he expected the men to meet him about 2 pm. He waited until 8 p.m. for them. Pro- vincial Police were called in early giey. onstable Joseph Hanson was as- signed to the search and game overseer Stanley Windsor offered to assist him. The officers joined a Hydro crew at Lakefield. Volunteer swelled the search par- ty which started out at the end of the lake to pick up the trail at the point where the men were last seen. At the same time, Constable Bert Howden of the Provincial Police, assisted by several veteran woods- men, siruck southward from Apsley end of the blazed trail to meet the other party. Nepheline Mine officials said they did not see Lavine and Her- bert. Men in charge of the search said they held hope the missing men might have found shelter if they had found the going too tough. Hydro officials said the blazed trail would not be easy to follow. The terrain is rough and there are several high hills, frozen swamp sections nad small lakes. Huge Pacific 3 U.S. Ships, Honolulu, Dee. 20 (AP)--A North Pacific storm placed at least three American ships in new peri] today. High seas which had buckled deck plates, stove in hatches and jammed rudders further battered the 7,716-ton James F. Harrell, the 10,172-ton army tanker EI Caney and the 130-ton army barge DSP-866, In all, six ships have felt the fury of two storms this week hut one is safe in an Aleutian harlfor and two others are believed out of the path of this latest storm which has gusts up to 75 miles an hour. The Harrell, latest to run into trouble, radioed the Coast Guard here it had three hatches stove in, a foot or more of water in the Waves Batter 3 Others Safe hold, and Y wet and swelling car- go of maize. The number aboard the Harrell was not given. Its position was about 429 miles southwest of Ad- ak in the Aleutians. The DSP-866, with possibly 10 or more aboard, ran into trouble about 250 miles west of Adak off Amchitka with port holes smashed, the galley flooded and the cargo shifted. Two tugs were en route to the scene. South of these two troubled ships and about 800 miles from Midway, the El Caney with a crew of 42 was under tow and right on the rim of the storm. The ship lost its rudder in an- other storm earlier this week. It was taken in tow about 550 miles southwest of Adak and was mak- ing way slowly toward Midway. Newmarket, Vec. Martin, its driver, escaped held. George Staples, 62, in a shortly". '« + . - a ~ -- % LATE NEWS BRIEFS Ch TRANSPORT DRIVER KILLED 20 Joseph Martin, 31, of Bradford, Ont., died here early today of injuries suffered in a car-transport collision on No. 11 Highway some 40 miles north of Toronto last night. The impact tore the side out of the car but John (CP)--Transport driver unhurt. An inquest will be F..CES MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE Toronto, Dec. 20 (CP)--Olga Rutkousky, 24-year- old domestic, was today charged with manslaughter and remanded a week following the death last night of north-end rooming house. Police said the man's dz2atl came shortly after a brawl in which blows were exchanged and tables and chairs toppled. Staples was dead when police arrived. FACES THEFT CHARGE Cornwall, Dec. 20 (CP)--The culmination of a year's investigation by both city and township police, a charge 'of theft has been laid against Henry Sauve of Cornwall following the recovery of goods at his hone valued at approximately $1,000. Among the articles re- covered 'were two outboard motors, several cameras, a shotgun, rifle, radios, clothing, luggage and dishes. 'WORKERS FORCE' CONFER Paris, Dec. 20 (Reuters)--The French "Workers' Force" non-Communist group which yesterday officially 'broke away from the Communist-dominated ' tion Generalee Du Travail announced today that its steering committee had met for several hours last night and "took 'several decisions which will be published onfedera- v