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| THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle OSHAWA WHITBY VOL. 7, NO. 43 / OSHAWA-WHITBY, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1948 "Price 4 Cents FOURTEEN PAGES TRUMAN RAPS RUSS U.N. POLICY ° Czech Ministers Quit Over Red Domination King of America Showdown Nears In Coalition Gov't As Tension Grows ' Prague, Feb. 20 (AP)--Members of three outspoken anti-Communist parties resigned from Czechoslovakia's cabinet today in the growing fight against Communist at- tempts to dominate the coalition government. It was the first open break in Czechoslovakia's post-war republic, formed in April, 1945. Leaders of the National Socialist Party, the Slovak Democrat Party and the Catholic People's Party uit the government of Communist er Klement Gottwald, a sev- en-party coalition which was gov. erned by compromise and barter. Earlier these leaders had refused to sit in with the Communists in a cabinet meeting called hy Gottwald in an atmosphere of preelection bension. The parties resigned in letters to President Eduard Benes. The pre- ¢ 'ant immediate' called the par. w.8' leaders iu . meeting. There was some possibility he might save the coalition by refusing to accept the resignations. Gottwald and his Communist ministers had met alone, it was learned as the non-Communist RESIGNS (Continued on page 2 Bread Probe Opens Today By ROSS MUNRO Canadian Press Staff Writer Ottawa, Feb. 20--(CP)--A full. scale inquiry into increased bread prices will open today before the 16.member Commons Price Com- mittee as it nears the end of two weeks' work. Representatives of Loblaws Gro- ceterias, General Bakers and Do. minion Stores are ready to appear as witnesses. 'The preliminary investigation into prices of fruits and vegetables was concluded yesterday with testimony from representatives of Toronto wholesalers who maintained that high wholesale profits in citrus fruits were not out of line consider- ing losses on other produce and short supply. But the spotlight now falls on the baking industry and the in. quiry will likely continue for a week or more. At a later date, the fruit and vegetable merchants will be recalled for completion of- that probe, George Reynolds, secretary of the Toronto Wholesale Fruit and Produce Merchants Association, was the witness yesterday, following two representatives of the retailers who had charged that the wholesalers were profiteering, especially in cit. rus fruits, The wholesalers' representative admitted there had been "substan. tial profits" in citrus fruits but said wholesalers were selling British Col. umbia apples, Texas cabbage and New Brunswick potatoes at a loss. He told the committee that On. tario vegetable producers have sharply increased their prices in recent months and produced a batch of invoices of transactions to 'background his statement. Mr. Reynolds hastened to empha. size, however, that he did not want the committee to think that the growers are profiteering. They are, entitled to what the market affords them, he said. He said profits on some produce might come close to compensation on those Selling at a loss, but of this' he was uncertain. ES ..----YYDh, 3 Children Die In Fire At Halifax Halifax, Feb. 20--(CP) -- Three children were burned to death today in a fire of unde- termined origin which destroyed the woeden frame home of Al. fred Wallace of suburban Fair. view. The dead: Carol Wallace, five; David Wallace, three; Wayne Wallace, one. All were children of Alfred Wallace. Details were not immediately available as to how the chil. dren were trapped in the build- ing and as to whether their parents were present at the time. PoliceSaveWoman Elevator'Prisoner' During Power Cut Toronto, Feb. 20 (CP)--Police from suburban Forest Hill Village had to pull up an elevator cage by hand yesterday to rescue a woman who had collapsed in the elevator when it was stalled between floors by a power cutoff, Mrs. T. G. Davidson, wife of an R.C.AF. Squadron Leader, was re- turning to her apartment after a shopping trip and had entered the automatic elevator just before hy- dro-electric switches were pulled in one of the current series of cuts to save power, Notified of her screams, police pulled up the cage by hand from the roof of the building and bfoke treated for shock at hospital, Arabs Slay Kin Of Toronto Rabbi New York. Feb. 20--(CP)--The New York Times said today in a Jerusalem dispatch that Joshua Wohgelertner, a brother of Rabbi J. Wohlgelertner of Toronto, was kill- ed in the Palestine fighting yester- day when a Jewish bus was fired on in Haifa. Wohlgelertner, 42, was an Ameri- can citizen. He was a former Seattle banker. The Times dispatch said, and had been educated at Yeshiva University, New York. He was the fifth United States citizen killed in the Arab-Jewish clashes since the United Nations decision Nov. 29 to partition the Holy Land. 33,000 GET RAISE Ottawa, Feb. 20--(CP)--Pay in. creases for another large group of federal civil servants have been authorized by an order.in-council passed this week, it was learned yesterday. It was reported about 33,. 000 employees would be affected with the raises retroactive to Oct. 1. Hadn't Locked For20 Years "Woman Awakes To Find Lamp, Clock, Eggs Gone Pleading guilty in police court tos day to charges of stealing 25-dozen eggs, a table oil lamp and an alarm clock, Orville Gillespie of Whitby, | and Willlam Wallace, who lives in a trailer near the Oshawa Creek, were remanded in custody one week for sentence by Magistrate Frank 8. 3 Mrs. Emilie Strutt, 50 Queen Street, told the court she awoke-this morning and was about to light the lamp but could not find it in its usual place. The alarm clock was gone too. Noticing some furniture | had been-moved, -Mrs.Strutt-had | gone down to the cellar and "the Asked by Crown Attorney A. C. Hall if the house was locked, Mrs. | Strutt replied: "I haven't locked a door in 20 years." After their arrest in the trailer | by Sgt. Frank Fawbert and Con- | stables' E. C. Harvey and Harry | King early today, Wallace told | police they had entered the house through an unlocked back door at { about 5 a.m. | Claiming Mrs. Strutt was* his aunt, Gillespie said in court he had no intention of stealing anything and after questioning by His Wor- ship, he admitted Wallace and he had-been-drinking. . Eighteen dozen eggs were recov= slathes basketful of eggs was gone." | ered with the lamp and clock, | in the door to rescue her. She was: 16 ARE SLAN, 12 FLEE JAIL IN HOLY LAND hb. 20--(AP)--Twelve men had help from outside, that the outsiders tunnelled toward the prison from a manhole in a nearby street while the prisoners dug from inside. Irgun Zval Leumi is a Jewish underground organization. It was the second break within a month from central prison, Four Arabs escaped in January two others were killed in that break. Twelve Jews, two Arabs and two British soldiers were killed yester- day in the Holy Land. The unoffi- cial death toll since the United Na- tions voted Nov. 20 to, partition Palestine now stands at 1,284. Haganah, the Jewish militia, sald the immigrant ship Upright, with some T00 Jews without visas aboard, had been intercepted by the British Navy off the coast of Palestine, City Warned To Keep Up Power Saving While Oshawa cut its power con- sumption by spproximately 10 per cent, yesterday, Public Utilities Manager George Shreve warmed to- day that shut-offs will: be avoided only if the voluntary saving contin- ues at at least its present level. "Ah present we are just keeping our fingers crossed," Mr. eve said, pointing out that officials were waiting to see how the situa- tion developed before going to the extent of "pulling switches". Warning against undue optimism, he sald yesterday's cut had heen satisfactory but up to moon today the trend did not appear quite as gratifying. The utilities manager sald if any forced curtailment were put into effect it was likely that it would be made to apply to domestic and commercial users rather than to industry. B.C., Prairies List 5 Dead In Big Storm Winnipeg, Feb. 20 (CP)--The mid-February blast which let loose winter's worst storm across West- -«. Canada appeared abated today after a lusty sweep from British Columbia's ragged coastline to 1rorthwestern Ontario's timberlands, but in its wake were at least five dead, blocked roads and general discomfort. Four of the deaths attributed to the storm took place in British Columbia. First man killed, a Japa- nese lineman, Tetsuo Otsu, buried beneath tons of snow in a slide near Hope, 125 miles east of Vancouver. Then three Indians drowned when "|'their dinghy capsized near Prince Rupert. In the same district it was fear- ed a halibut boat had been lost in Wright Sound. Donald McKay of Marwayne, Al- ta., was the fifth known victim, dy- ing in hospital at Kitscoty, 138 miles southeast of Edmonton, of & heart attack. The attack came a short while after he helped push a stalled automobile out of a snow drift. In Winnipeg an engineer was taken to hospital yesterday in fair condition, suffering from shock fol- lowing collision of two locomotives in the Canadian Paeific Rallway yards, The accident was blamed. on poor visibility. caused. by driving Snow. ; The snow was troublesome in other ways too, blocking highways and isolating many country dis- tricts temporarily. Snow plows were beginning the task of clearing roads in Manitoba today. In Saskatche- wan, where clearing measures be- gan Thursday, highways officials warned it would be several days be- fore, all roads would be open for traffic. Alberta was in the same condition, : THE WEATHER Clear and cold today and Saturday. Winds west 20 be- coming light tonight. . Low to- night and -high Saturday: 2 and 22. Summary for Saturday: Clear and cold. Crowning Oat Ontario Agriculture Minister Thomas L. Kennedy crowns Alex M, Stewart of Ailsa Craig as the oat king of North America at thé annual convention of the Ontario. Crop Improvement Association here. Mr. Stew- art won the championship for -early oats at the International Grain amd Hay Show in Chicago. Holding satin cushion for crown is Gordon McArthur of Stayner, who won the American oat crown in 1946 at Chicago. To Back Refusal Of Soviet Decisions Said New Problem By John M. Hightower Washington, Feb. 20 (AP)--President Truman said to: day Russia's refusal to carry out United Nations decisions has raised a "disturbing" new problem. But despite the failure of the Soviet Union and its satel- lites to co-operate, "the United Natiohs is making headway," # Truman told the United States Cone Fire Guts House Roof Caused by a spark from the chim. ney, fire last night resulted in con. siderable damage to the roof, attic and upstairs hallway at the resi- Street. Witnesses said they saw flames shooting through th eroof and ran inside to tell the Draves who did not realize what was happening. The family was sitting in the living room at 1020 p.m. when suddenly they were told 'your roof's on fire.' Firemen from the Cedar Dale station responded and Captain Wil. liam Culling said today half the roof shingles were destroyed 'and the fire did extensive damage to rafters and uprights in the attic and to the ceiling of the second floor. "It was pretty hot for awhile," the department official declared. An estimation of financial loss is being made today. Power Shortage Grave As More Communities Fear Compulsory Cuts Toronto, Feb. 20--(CP)--With no immediate relief in sight, South- ern Ontario cities today . ter their fifth day of power cutoffs and vol- untary saving of electric energy. Low water at generatl'g plants in almost all sections of Ontario and in neigh! oring areas of Quebec is blamed for the situation. Ontario Hydro-Electric Power Commission officials say that by cutting down power production, water can be stored up and reservoir levels rais- ed. Forcing decreases in the amount of power used appears the only way this aim can be met. Officials dismissed the idea of advancing the starting date of day- light time two months on the grounds it would not help the over- all situation. However municipali- ties have authority to institute fast time if they. think it desirable in carrying out their own power-sav- ing plans. As communities sought to adjust thenfselvgs to their local conserva- tion arrangements and clergymen prepared to appeal from pulpits Sunday for economy in the use of power, it was announced that re- quests for voluntary power saving so far had fallen short of the mark. But they . had gained some ground. In Toronto, scheduled to have two 45-minute cutoffs again today but none Saturday.and Sun- day, 80 east-eénd plants served by a single feeder line reduced their hydyo consumption 10 per cent by cutting 90 minutes from their nor- mal working day. In return, hydro assured them of power without in- terruption. - Such centres as Hamilton, Wind- sor, Lc lon, St. Thomas, Kingston, Stratfor = Paris, Lindsay and Peterborough reported officials not POWER SHORTAGE (Continued on page 2 3 Cuts Daily For Toronto Toronto, Feb. 20--(CP)--A sche. dule of proposed hydro-electric con. servation cut.offs, advertised today by the Toronto Hydro-Electric Sys. tem, indicated Toronto could pre- pare for three rounds of power in. terruptions daily for the remainder of the emergency. Each of 13 districts could expect three power interruptions ketween 845 a.m. and 825 pm. Starting times were indicated for each area and consumers were advised that if power remained uninterrupted two minutes after the scheduled start. ing time, they could be assured con. tinuous service until the time of the next round. Power users were to be cup off today during two 45-minute periods but they were told switches would not be pulled during the week-end. Duration of the cut.off periods was not specified but so far they have run to-45 minutes. Power would not necessarily be interrupted three times each day, hydro officials said. If sufficient saving was made with the first round no further cuts would be made and similarly if round two proved sufficient the third would be omitted. 'Business As Usual' Hard After Dislocation of War Ex-MP Tells Chamber Group In a talk which drew attention to various aspects of the Canadian economy in relation to present price levels, W. H. Moore, former M. P, for this riding, pointed out 'last night to the recently formed Na. tional Affairs Commitee the Cham. ber of Commerce that "business as usual" cannot be expected to pre- vail in the: yrars immediately fol. lowing the tremendous brought out by a world war. Last night's discussion was the first in a series which the commit. tee plans to hold in an endeavor to understand better various of the country's economic problems. The meetings are meant to be in the nature of study groups, non-politi. cal and-without class bias. In lead. ing 'the discussions Mr, Moore draws on the findings of years of economic investigation. "We can and we should be able to do something about these differ. upsets | ity ent problems--if nothing more than to understand them," he said. Needs Calculability Pointing out that world civiliza- tion is based on a network of world trade, Mr. Moore went on to speak of money and how it is related to prices. No matter what money is made of, he explained, the one thing it must have is "calculabil. Inflation he defined as an in- crease in the volume of buying power unaccompanied by a corres. ponding increase in things to be |. thought. With reference to events leading up to the depression of the early thirties, which he said was a dislo- cation in price levels rather than a cyelical dip, Mr. Moore recalled the period of state control of pri- CHAMBER, GROUP » (Continued on Page 2) C.of C. Invites Barbara Ann To Oshawa An invitation to. Barbara Ann Scott to visit Oshawa and methods of hydro conservation were the main topics of discussion at a meet- ing of the Chamber of Commerce board of directors yesterday. President T. L. Wilson suggested that an invitation be directed to Barbara Ann Scott and Dick But- ton to visit the city at a time best suited to themselves and a motion -| to this effect was moved by Dr. 0. G. Mills and seconded by A. G. Storie. Les. Eagleson voiced the opinion that many of the city merchants were not co-operating in the mat- ter of hydro conservation and stat- ed that he found "at least four stores burning 150-watt bulbs in addition to their night lights." "This is not playing the game with those who are trying to do their part to save the required 10 per cent," he added. : Mr. Wilson informed the mem- bers that factory owners had been asked to co-operate and failure to do so would result in hydro offi- cials "pulling the switch." Ask Street Numbers The president advised the mem- bers that a prominent citizen had requested that the Chamber of Commerce take steps to. urge.the City Council to do something about the re-signing of Oshawa streets, possibly adopting. the method re- cently used in Toronto. Ald. R. D. Humphreys stated that the Coun- BARBARA ANN » (Continued on Page 2) Community Concert Drive Set For April 12 The date for the annual campaign for membership in-the Community Concert Association was set last night at a meeting of the directors and workers for the week begin- ning April 12. Miss Alma Laurit- ze, field representative from New York, addressed the gathering pointing out the necessity of keep- ing the local association "commun- ity wide" and urged the workers to bring in new workers in -order to keep the association strohg. = Several plans were adopted to publicize the campaign and will be put into effect nearer the date. One of these will be a musical quiz by means of posters around. town. It was also moved and seconded. that any worker bringing in 10 new members should regeive a compli- mentary membership. ] Mrs, A.A. Crowle is the cam- paign chairman, Mrs. A. S. What- tam 'headquarters secretary and Mrs. J. A, Aldwinckle general sec-' retary. R. G. Geen presided at the general discussion' when many per- tinent questions pertaining to con- certs and artists were raised. The next concert will be held on March 1 when Solveig. Lunde, pianist, will be presented, $40,000 FIRE LOSS Paisley, Ont.,, Feb. 20--(CP) -- This Bruce County town's new $40,. 000 War Memorial community cen- tre, opened only last Saturday, was destroyed by fire last night. Fire Brigades from nearby Port Elgin and Walkerton helped the local fire. men but were unable to save the building. BUY TWO MORE PLANES The Ontario County Flying Club has purchased two more aircraft. An Aeronca Champ has been pur- chased from the Belleville Flying Club and another Cornell, through the Royal Canadian Flying Clubs Association. dence of George Draves, 540 Front. gress. "The strengthening of the United Nations continues to be a cornerstone of the foreign policy of the United States." Truman outlined his views in a 359-page report on the work of the world agency during 1947. The re- port had been given first to the President by State Secretary Mar shall. Marshall said "the record offers no basis for complacency" but alsa "no basis for pessimism." "Some of the accomplishments noted in the report," Marshall wrote "were made despite the intransig- ence of a numerically small minor- ity, which has extended to a refusal to carry out certain major recom- mendations." In their formal letters of trans- mittal, neither the President nor Marshall referred to the Russian bloc of states by name. However, the body of the report spells out in great detail the record of how: 1. Russia. and Poland refused to take part in the U.N. "watchdog" commission in Greece, 2. The Soviet Ukraine refused to serve on the U.N. commission to unify Korea. 3. The whole Slav group rejected the majority decision of the U.N. Assembly creating a year-round "little assembly." The document relates many other instances of the clash between east and west. These include the persis tent dispute over the veto issue in the Security Council and the dise pute touched off by Russia's "ware monger" attack on the United Stat es at the assembly meeting last year. The report notes that on only ona *| major issue--the decision to partie tion Palestine--have the Soviet Un- ion and the United States found it possible to agree. But even with this agreement, the document said: "Today the Holy Land tests the ability of the world" community to , TRUMAN (Continued on Page 2) While births in Oshawa last year reached an ali-time high of 701, or 25.1 per thousand population, infant mortality stood at the highest level in five years with 37 deaths being recorded for every thousand live births, Stillbirths also advanced to 185 per thousand live births from 11.4 the previous year. The infant mortality rate, which includes all deaths of children un- der one-year, jumped to its 1947 level of 37 from 24.5 in 1946, For the three years prior to 1945 the rate was 31, 34.9 and 22.2 respective- ly, while the last year to exceed the 1947 figure was 1942 when the rate stood at 48. In 1941 there were 43.5 deaths for every thousand live births and in 1940 there were 50. 47 Infant Mortality Rate City's Highest In Five Years Public health authorities were ab a loss to explain last year's increase and reports from other centres indi. cated that the trend was not unie versal. Oshawa's general death rate was also up last year with 252 deaths being recorded as compared with 193 the previous year. This brought the rate per thousand population to 9.05, as against 7.08 in 1946. Heart diseases remained the most important single cause of death, accounting for 87 of the year's 252 deaths. Next was cancer, with 44 deaths being attributed to this dis- ease. Strokes caused 31 deaths and pneumonia 15 while accidents took a toll of 10 and suicides seven, Ne phritis and tuberculosis each ace counted for seven, Viscountess Alexander will tour of Western Canada, announced today. Viscoun Columbia at Vancouver. Washington, Feb. 20 ( KILLED IN glen in June, 1945, Portsmouth, O., Feb. , "Powhatan Arrow" of the jumped the track today, injuring the engineer, Th % LATE NEWS BRIEFS > VICE-REGAL TOUR ARRANGED Ottawa, Feb. 20 (CP)--The Governor-General and leave Ottawa April 29 for a Government House officials t Alexander will receive an Honorary Degree May 13 from the University of British TRUMAN OFF ON TRIP AP)--President Truman left by plane today on a 15-day trip to Florida, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and Cuba. His first stop is the Boca Chica Airport near the Key West, Fla., sumbarine base where he will spend the night. RAIL YARDS North Bay, Feb, 20 (CP)--Thomas Geral. McAnul- ty, 19-year-old car checker, was killed last night in an accident at the Canadian Pacific Railway yards at North Bay. The youth's father, the late engineer T. J. McAnulty was killed in a C.P.R. head-on train wreck near Ruther- ONE KILLED IN TRAIN WRECK 20 (AP)--The streamliner Norfolk & Western Railroad killing a fireman and seriously e railroad's office here said that so far as it knew no passengers were injured. The wreck occurred on -a-straight stretch of track on which the streantiiner usually hits nearly 90 miles an hour.