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~! ? DAILY TIMES.-GA I OSHAWA Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle VOL. 7--NO. 5 OSHAWA-WHITBY, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1948 ° CUT INCOME TAXES $40-- TRUMAN ZETTE | SIXTEEN PAGES Price 4 Cents | . Catholic Church in Canada. nghn RCEME Workshop To Be Established Here Recruiting at Once For Trade Unit UnderMaj.M'Ewen Recruiting is to begin- immediately for a RCEME mobile workshop to be established in Oshawa under the 19th Arm- ored Brigade, of which the 11th Armored Regiment is a part. Major Finley W. McEwen , of Oshawa, will command the workshop and training will be available in practically every class of trade. These will include®- the electrical trades, motor mechan. }- ne rr Arrest 400 ics, tank recovery and telecom- munication. Young men over the Army age minimum of 17'¢ years who are physically fit are encouraged to join the workshop as well as ex-officers and non-commissioned officers who have had service with the Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. Recovery tanks and stripped down vehicles will be locatéd here for training purposes and the workshop will operate in conjunction with the 11th Armored Regiment in the use of equipment. Major McEwen, who has been chosen to commend the new unit, has had extensive experience in this type of service. A member of the Ontario Regiment at the beginning of World War II, he transferred to RCEME in 1941 and commanded the 2nd Armored Brigade workshop in Canada and then in England, Later he commanded the 1st Infantry Brigade workshop during the latter part of the Italian.campaign and then in north-western Europe, Parades, to be held at the Arm- ories every Monday Right at eight o'clock, will begin nextMonday and Major McEwen will be present to give any information desired. A RCEME staff sergeant has also been assigned to Oshawa to assist with the recruiting. 15 Killed, Nine Injured Savannah, Ga., Jan. 7 (AP). --Fifteen persons were killed and nine injured today when a Coastal Airlines twin-engined plane crashed in a marsh on the Savannah River. - For Killing Of 64 L Sikhs Karachi, Pakistan, Jan. 7 (Reu- ters)--Some 400 persons were ar- rested during the night after riots and lootings which followed the massacre yesterday of 64 Sikh refu- gees, temporarily accommodated in a temple here. The trouble began,when a crowd of about 8,000 stormed the temple and set it on fire, after slaughtering the Sikhs, . Another 12 persons were killed and about 60 wounded in incidents elsewnere in this capital of Mos- lem Pakistan, The 24-hour curfew imposed last night was being enforced today by Baluchi troops in battle kit. It will be lifted for two hours later today and reimposed until tomorrow morning, : In New %lhi, an official Spokes- man- said reports from Indian Army scouts and reconnaissance planes indicate that tribesmen from the northwest frontier prov- inces of Pakistan, were planning a major drive to conquer Kashmir, now part of Hindu India. The spokesman added that Indi- an Army units in Kashmir "are ready for them." He said Indian Army planes dropped 3,000 pounds of bombs on 4,000 steel-helmeted attackers in Kashmir yesterday after the tribes- men made a daylight assault on Indian positions, Carollers Out To Celebrate Ukrainian Christmas Day Groups of carollers were abroad today in Oshawa's Ukrainian com- muRity as Canadians of Ukrainian descent here gathered to celebrate their Christmas, set by the Julian calendar. The three-day festive season be- zan last night and Christmas Day yroper was ushered in with mid- aight mass in two of Oshawa's Ukrainian churches, St. 'George's Catholic and St. John's Orthodox. Holy Virgin Mary Orthodox Church held its service at 10 o'clock this morning and the congregation will gather ag.ain this evening. A ser- vice was also held this morning at the Ukrainian Presbyterian Church. All services were marked by carol singing by the congregation. At St. George's midnight service, Rec.. J. C. Pereyma sang the high mass and a Christmas message was read from Bishop Ladyka of the Ukrainian The ng-was led by the choid under he direction of Stan Mojewski. Rev. William Olynyk conducted he midnight mass at St. John's hurch and Rev. E. 8. Ulan the 'ervice at Virgin Mary Church. The 'lergy joined in extending Christ- nas wishes to their people. | Christmas Eve, called Holy Night, is the most solemn part of the Uk- rainian yule holidays and families gathered last might for a tradition- al dinner consisting of 12 meatless dishes, symbodizing the 12 Apostles. Kutia, boiled wheat seasoned with honey, is the principal dish and is eaten befgore anything else on the table. It takes the place of the wa- fer used among certain other Sla- vic people. Today, Christmas Day, families visit one another and happy groups of children and adults were singing carols throughout the community. Tomorrow will be observed as the solemnity of the Virgin Mary and St. Joseph and Friday, the final day of the festival, will be marked as St. Stephen's Day in memory of the first Christian martyr. Services will be held on both these days in the Oshawa churches. BELLEVILLE BOY KILLED Belleville, Jan. 7.--(CP)-- Six- year-old Billie Mountenay of su- burban Hillcrest was killed Tues- day whengpolice said, he darted in- to the path of a truck driven by Raymond Crowe of nearby Pictor on No. 7 Highway near this city's northern limits. : Wife Of Alleged Killer Sells Funeral Dress Detroit, Jan. 7--(AP)--Just a few days before Christmas, a grief- stricken young widow stopped be. side a well-stocked dress rack in an east side department store. "I would like to see a dress -- a black dress for my husband's fun- eral" she 'told the greying sales- lady, a sympathetic but inexperien- ced worker employed during Christmas rush. Within a. short time Mrs. Henry fach, whose patrolman husband ad been killed by a gunman's bul- let, had selected her dress. Several days after the victim's the | Bl.year-old wife, Martha, attended "| To Slain Man's Widow the funeral, police arrested Reece Lawson, 47, an ex-convict, in the slaying. Lawson was held for trial yesterady, and two women were among the spectators at his ar- raignment. Mrs. Mach glanced disinterestedly at her middle-aged co-spectator, then looked back sharply. "The dress--the store--the sales- woman," she whispered. An inquiry of court attaches con- firmed her recognition. Seated with her in the courtroom was Mrs. Dixie E. Lawson, 44, the sympathetic saleslady and "wife of the man charged with Mach's slaying. 16 ARE DEAD AS 2 PLANES IN ACCIDENTS London, Jan, 7 (CP).--Sixteen persons perished and seven otherd were hurt in two separate plane crashes last night in London and Paris, and two persons were feared missing in a third plane reported down in the English Channel. An Air France DC-4 from Brus- sels crashed and burned while coming in for a landing at Le Bourget Field in Paris, killing 16 of the 16 persons on board, in- woman was the only survivor. She was thrown clear with two other persons who died later from their injuries. The plane was gliding in for a landing at Le Bourget' when it scraped the tops of some trees, fell into a clearing: and burst into flame. The London crash also was a landing mishap. A British Euro- pean Airways twin-engined Viking hit a tree in the rain while coming into suburban Northolt Airdrome from Glasgow. The pilot was killed and six of the other 14 per- sons aboard were injured, three seriously. The plane circled the field sev- ers] times, then on the last at- tempt crashed into a tree and slithered nearly 100 yards along a ploughed field. Housewives in the vicinity tore up precious sheets and used them to bandage the injured before am- bulances arrived. Meanwhile, rescue boats search- ed the Channe] for a small civilian aircraft feared down 10 miles off had lost contact after the pilot reported he was running short of fuel with one passenger aboard. Burt Coming To Address Oshawa UAW WINDSOR, Nnt., Jan, T--(CP)-- The whole matter of the Canadian Region staff of the United Auto Workers (C.I1.0.) is still under ad- visement, union leaders here sald today. They were commenting on a report from Toronto that four mem- bers of the Canadian staff been fired, (Union officials at Windsor re- ported that George Burt, Canadian Director, was on his way to Oshawa to address the regular membership meeting of Local 222 tonight, At Oshawa union officials stated that they had not been informed of Mr, Burt's visit.) The report named those fired as Drummond Wren, educational di- rector; Harry Rowe, publicity direc- tor; John Eldon, and Fred Steeve, international representatives. A decision from International President Walter P. Reuther on what is to be done In the Canadian region is expected Friday. There is little likelihood that Mr. Reuther will ignore the representa=- tions of a 20-man Canadian delega- tion which visited his office Mon- day seeking a redressing of the Canadian regional staff, following action by the international execu- tive board which las® week ordered six members fired. Mr. Wren, who was fired two weeks ago by Victor Reuther, brother of Walter and the union's interna- tional educational director, is not likely to' have his case reconsidered. Mr. Rowe, who has been publicity director in the Canadian region for a number of years, is still working. Mr. Steeve is back at work in his plant jcb-at,St, Catharines, but the case of Mr. Eldon is receiving fur- ther consideration, There is also the possibility that the Canadian region will be permit- ted additional staff to complete its job of organization, especially in Quebec. In the case of Mr, Steeve, he re- turned to his job with McKinnon Industries Ltd., in St. Catharines to protect his 'seniority position. (See Reuther Story Page 3) BLOWER EXPECTED SOON Oshawa's new snow blower is expected to arr..e in the city late next week, according to the latest word 'received by the city engi- nfer's office. THE WEATHER Cloudy with snowflurries, clearing tonight. Thursday, Colder tonight, not much change in temperature Thursday. .Winds light becom- ing southwest 15 Thursday. Low tonight and high Thursday 17 and 32, YALIJVS OXDIW IfNd cluding three Americans. A Polish | Margate. The R.A.F. reported it | have |. Illegal Par} Along with everything else, the 'price of illegal parking is going up. Starting Thursday, it will be $5 per tag on rush-hour routes in Toronto. But the motorist gets more for his money. His car may be towed away. Toronto king To Cost More In Toronto bluecoats are seen practicing putting the snatch om an offender. Victim Of Dread Disease Boy, Three, Dies 13 Days After His Last Christmas Three~year-old Johnny Buechler died today, victim of. leukemia. Thirteen days after a Christmas which parents and friends tried to infuse with warmth mnd joy the stricken tot gave up a lingering fight against the dread disease. His parents, Mr. and Mrs, Ar- thur Buechler, had brought him home to 275 College Avenue when skilled doctors at. Toronto's Sick Children's Hospital said there was no hope for the boy. It was his last Christmas, the doctors said. They were right. Johnny went to. the hospital in September 'after a late-August diagnosis of leukemia. He re- turned again in October for in- tensive treatment following which hospital authorities released him. Santa Claus and the Christmas spirit Rung the door wide open at the Buechler's home on December 25, 1947. Gifts and expressions of deep-felt sympathy poured in. hen Johnny awoke Christmas morning, boxes of toys were piled high at his bedside. There was a perky bunny rabbit and that chug- chug tractor--the one he wanted to take the place of his old favorite. } Yi Wan and spiritless- most of the time, Johnny. broke into a Smiie. He had been told Santa weuld arrive. . The stream of telephone calls, the be-ribboned . packages, the wonderfully gentle spirit of anony. mous givers--all mingled and swirled about the small. College Avenue home. Johnny's last. Christmas . had been an intertwining of sombre, unrelenting sorrow and. thorough going humanitarianism. ' Three years old last August 14, Johnny is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs, Arthur Buechler, and a baby brother Terrance I. Maternal. and paternal grandpar- ents also survive. Funeral will be held Friday, | January 9, at 2:30 p.m. from Services will 'be conducted by Rev. Luke - McIntosh - Funeral Home. A. D. Cornett, D.D., of Simcoe Street United Church.' 'Interment is in Mount Lawn Cemetery. Battle Against Leukemia Ends da John Arthur Bucculer, three-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Buechler, 275 College A\ ue, who died at the home of his parcnis this morning. The child was siricken ith lcukeni's 'last' Aviist and was brought bome after Lei. 2 {reated at the Sick Childiin's Hospital Home from England In 24 Hours A cQpy 'of: yesterday's issue of the London pa "Daily Ex- + press" wis acliverol. at The Times-Gazeite office this morn- ing 'by George Hart, well-known + Oshawa citizen, who returned today from a trip to' Great Bri- tain, Mr. Hart purchased the four- ' page paper -- with some diffi- culty as - they are scarce in England -- 'before boarding a plane for home at 10.30 yester- day morning. Twenty-four hours later he was back in ' Oshawa. | City Council Plans Asks U.S. To Hike Corporation Taxes 'To Bolster Plan By ERNEST J. VACCARO Washington, Jan. 7 (A¥ ,--President Truman asked the United States Congress today to vote every 'individual an immediate $40 tax cut for himself and each dependent and to raise corpoiation taxes by $ 3,200,000,000 to offset it. He thus laid the groundwork for another tax battle Plant Blast Injures Six In Montreal Montreal, Jan. 7--(CR)--Two ear- ly-morning explosions today level- led a two-storey gas works building at the Montreal Locomotive Works in the city's east end and sent six men to Hospital, one of them in serious cendition, Damage was heavy but first fears that there might be heavy loss of life were not borne out. The first blast in the gas-making shep came at 7.55 am, and was heard over a wide area in East and North Montreal, The second blast came at 8.18 am. Immediately the call went out from the plant for ambulances and three sped to the scene, One man taken to hospital was described as in "serious condition." Others ware said to be 'horribly burned." The sprawling plant covers pos- sibly a square mile in the east end on Notre Dame Street East. Nearby buildings were shaken and some damaged. Parts of the debris of the gas works were found as far as 2,000 yards from the sceme of the blast. In main works buildings windows were shattered and brickwork dam- aged. A tall brick chimney a consid- erable distance from the origina- tion-point of the explosion suffered a gaping hole. Witnesses said that just before the explosion all workers' acetylene torches went out because no more gas was ccming through the pipe- lines. Eut a company source said the exact cause of the blast was un- known. No immediate estimate of the damage was given, 4 with the Republican-controlled House of Representatives and Sen ate in an address on the state of the union on the second day of the 1948 session. t Truman labelled his recommenda= tion a "cost-of-living" credit de= signed primarily to relieve the small taxpayer. Because of inflation, the govern- ment should not reduce its total revenues--and he described cor- porations as well able to take up the slack. : The recommendation ran sharply counter to a $5,600,000,000 Republi- can tax-cutting measure sponsored by (airman Harold Knutson (Rep.-Minn.) of the House Ways and Means Committee which would give inccme tax payers percentage cuts all along the line and leave corporation taxes unchanged. Truman's 5,000-word "message to a joint session of the two chambers also called for: Ten-Point plan 1. Enactment of the 10-point antie inflation program he submitted to the recent special session, including stand-by wage-price control and rationing' authority, The bulk of this program was turned down by the Republican leadership. 2. Prompt Congressional approb- al of an initial expenditure of $6, 800,000,000 to finance the European recovery program -- the Marshall Plan -- for 15 months from next April 1 as a "decisive contribution to world peace." 3. Quick action to set up a pro- gram of universal training as the foundation of a national security program, and maintenance of strong armed forces as long as "there remains serious opposition to the ideals of a peaceful world." 4, An increase in the minimum wage from 49 to 75 cents an hour. 5. Extension and strengthening of rent controls which are due to ex= pire Feb. 29. 6. Broadened social security cove CUT INCOME (Continued on Page 2) InauguraiMonday Textile Workers Protest Oshawa's new city council, elected by acclamation late in November, will take office next Monday morning and will begin the year's business at its first reg- ular session. the same evening. Meanwhile the newly-elected East Whitby 'township council will hold its inaugural meeting Satur- day morning. Four members of the 1947 city council will retire from office: Aldermen Ernie Cay and A. G. Davis, present chafrman and vice- chairman of finance, Ald. J. A. Coleman, chairman of the com: mittee-of-the-whole, and Ald. J. Ny Willson, general purpose vice- chairman. In their places will be Alder- | men-elzot Alex S.. Ross, .W. J. | Lock, . C. Gay and Russell | Sproule. Mayor F. N. McCallum | will be in the chair for the third | consecutive term and it is expect- | ed he will announce the new list | of committee heads Monday, Members of the various eivic boards for 1948 will also be nam- | ed at an early date, These are the Town Planning Commission, Board of Health, Board of Park Management, Public Library Board Housing Commission and Cemetery Board. * As a result of Monday's voting, T. D. Thomas will begin his first term as head of the East Whitby colincil. W: E. Noble will suc- ceed My. Thomas as deputy reeve, | while Neil C. Fraser, K.C., and Norman Down, a former reeve, 'Company's Right To Bring D.P.'s To Welland Plant Montreal, Jan. 7 (CP).--The Canadian district office, United Textile: Workers of America (AFL) in a statement today said the union had called on Labor Minister Mitchell to halt importa- tion of displaced persons by a textile concern in Welland. In a letter to Mr. Mitchell, R. Kent Rowley, Canadian Director, asked "that you intervene imme- diately in this situation in order, firstly, to halt the plans of the Woods Mfg. Co., and, secondly, to institute an inquiry into the whole matter." The letter stated, "we are strongly opposed to the whole yrinziple of importing workers to \ this country through the hands of private industry, as this right of organized immigration should re- main the scle prerogative of the dominiop federal goverment. Secondly, we are specificaily op- posed to the bringing of these workers to the Welland plant in view of the company's cles r2i'usal to co-operate with the unicn im this matter." Mr. Rowley said the U.7.W.A. had named its Ontario o i Val Bjarnason, to accomjan company's team to Europ» to ine spect the D.P's to be «cies This was done at the recue the Woods Mfg. Co. Hov eve board of directors of the con in Montreal apparently vetocd union's appointee, Rowley said. will join Elmer J. Powell on the council, Those retiring will be Reeve A. E. Grass, who hag presided over the council for the past two years, and E. L. Glover, a member of | council for the past years, who lost to W. E. Noble in the contest for deputy reeve. The Oshawa Board of Educa- tion, elected by acclamation, will commence its duties for 1948 to- morrow at 5 p.m, and the-Sepa- rate School Board will hold iy ugural meeting tomorrow night, Only new member on the 1948 Board of Education will be 8. G. Saywell, who sat on the board 'from Others returned by acclamation were George A. Fletcher, J. uO Beaton and E. A. Lovell The - Public Utilities sion is also expected to hold its ipaugural meeting this week. "There will be one newcomer to thé . P.U.C. this year, Henry F. Baldwin, who replaces Shultz. ' Commis % LATE NEWS BRIEFS * URGES SOUTH ONTARIO BY-ELECTION Ottawa, Jan. 7 (CP)--M. J. Coldwell, C.C.F. leader, called upon the government today to hold by-elections "immediately" in the two vacant federal constituencies of Yale, B.C., and South Ontario' and place the issue of price control "squarely" before the voters of these rid- . ings. He said in a statement that under the parliamen- tary system by-elections are the "accepted means of testing the people's will between general elections." New York, Jan, $1,500,000 PIER FIRE" : (AP)--A 1,000-foot pier and its cargo were Jestroyed and a freighter damaged in a $1,500,000 five-alarm fire which raged on the Brooklyn waterfront early today, lighting up lower Manhattan and 8,498-ton freighter Boston, Jan. 7 (AP)--A radio that had played con- tinuously since the beginning of the new year brought about the discovery.of a young couple who died of acci= | dental carbon monoxide poisoning apparently two days | after their marriage. a large section of the harbor. The S.S. Rio Parana, an of the Argentine State Merchant Fleet, was towed aflame into the East River where the crew and fireboats extinguished the fire. GAS KILLS NEWLYWEDS The bodies of Anthony Pizzuto, 21, and his 19-year-old bride, Frances, married new. a gas heater still flaming. A. a! year's eve, were found with the radio still blaring and 8 = RET Tw