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= | THE DAILY TIMES-GAZ OSHAWA Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle 1948 ETTE WHITBY FOURTEEN PAGES | OSHAWA-WHITBY, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, Price 4 Cents VOL. 7, NO. 49 MOSCOW BECKONS TO FINLAND PUC Grants Pay Increases Totalling $20,000 New Pact Sought Letter Hourly-Rate Men Get 8 Cent Boost; Salary Hikes Vary Over-all wage increases totalling in the neighborhood of $20,000 were granted by the Public Utilities Commission legit night to the Public Utilities staff as a whole. For hourly-rate employees this will mean an increase of approximately eight cents an hour, effective March 1, while adjustments in the annual ®---- wages of salary personnel are to be made in line with recommendations by the panager. Meanwhile, the Commission has yet to come to terms with Local 894, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, which repre- sents a minority group of electri- cal employees. The present union agreement ex= pires March 1 and the local has asked a 44-hour week and wage boosts amounting to 25 cents an hour. The requested increase is on the basis of I5 cents and hour to cover increased living costs and 10 cents to offset a reduction in the regular hours of work per week, Under the present agree- ment the work week is 48 hours, The Commission considered at length last night the latest union proposals but further discussions with the union will be required before fimal agreement is reached. Other concessions asked by the union include increased vacations with pay. As opposed to the present annual vacation of two weeks af- ter one year's employment, for al' employees, the union asked two weeks for employees with one year's Service, three weeks on the completion of 10 years and one month after 15 years' service. The union also requested 10 le- gal holidays per year instead of the present eight. County Home Committee Agrees On Proposals Recommendations of the special committee set up to consider the question of a new county home will be made public at Monday night's meeting of Oshawa City Council, it was learned today. The committee, composed of city and county representatives, met in closed session yesterday and drew up recommendations to be pre- sented to the Oshawa and county councils, It was understood that while the parties did not agree on the pro. portions to be paid by the city and county in the event of building a new home, there was general agree. ment that present conditions could not be allowed to continue indefi. nitely. . The couny home has been scored on numerous occasions over the past two years and construction of a new building was urged again this week by the grand jury at the coun=~ ty's spring assizes. Temporary measures have been taken to ease the crowding by boarding out some of the inmates. Oshawa representatives at yes. COUNTY HOME (Continued on Page 2) U.S. Senate Votes Today On Seaway Washington, Feb. 27--(AP)-- The United States Senate arrang- ed to vote today (4 p.m. EST) on the multi-million dollar St. Law- rence Seaway project. If authorized 'by Congress, the seaway would be constructed joint- ly by the United States and Can- ada. Designed to provide a ship- ping link between the Great Lakes and the Atlantic it also would fur- nish hydro-electric power for the northeastern United States and parts of Ontario and Quebec. Esti- mates of the cost range from $720,000,000 to more than $1,000, 000,000. The measure's chances are re- garded as slim. Senator H. Cabot Lodge (Rep.-Mass.), leader of the opposition, claims enough votes to defeat the proposal. Some pro- ponents have conceded privately that he has them, Before the final vote, the Senate may be asked to send the measure back to the Foreign Relations Com- mittee for more study. Senator Harry Byrd (Dem.-Va.) told the Senate yesterday the proj- ect would involve at least $1,000,- 000,000 and could not be justified at this time. He questioned, too, that the project would be self- liquidating, as proponents have claimed. Whitby Man Must Pay Pair $12,084 Toronto, Feb, 27--(CP)--An as- size court jury yesterday awarded $12,000 damages and costs to Wil- liam Francis Higgins, 63, and $84 expenses to his step-son, Ernest V. Northcote, for injuries sustain- ed July 12 when struck by an auto- mobile driven by Harold J, Rick- etts of Whitby. Higgins and his step-son testi- fied they were struck on Highland Creek bridge near here while at- ending to an accident which had happened 20 minutes earlier, . Ricketts denied seeing a flash- light which Police Constable George Mattison said he waved to warn the approaching car. THE WEATHER Rain or snow Saturday. Not much change in temperature. Winds light. Low tonight and high Saturday 35 and 44. Summary for Saturday: Rain or snow, City's 7-Day Power Use Below H.E.P.C. Quota With the second best day so far registered yesterday, Oshawa's hy- dro consumption record for the seven.day period beginning Febru. ary 18 today stood 11,225 kilowatt hours below the quota set by the Hydro.-Electric Power Commission. Yesterday's total of 229,040 k.w.h, was the second lowest for any day in the period, coming 15,760 below the day's quota. While commending Oshawa re- sidents generally and industry in particylar, Manager George F. Shreve warned, however, that there can be no.easing off yet in efforts to cut down the use of hydro. For the six-day period from February 18 to 25, Oshawa exceed- ed its restricted power consumption quota by only 4,535 kilowatt hours or .32 per cent. Reports for the first seven days of the intensive drive to lower power . consumption in the city showed that Oshawa used a total of 1,665520 ' k.wh. as compared with a quota of 1,676,745 k.w.h. Days on which the city's power use was below the quota were Fri. day, Monday Wednesday and Thurs. day while the allotment was exceed. ed on the other three days In the period by amounts ranging from .78 to 6.42 per cent. The best day so far has been last ¥riday when the amount used was 16,435 k.wgh., or 7.07 per cent, below the 232,615 k.w.h. quota, On Wednesday and Thursday, however, when similar quotas had been fixed, these were exceeded by 7,645 k.w.h, and 14,9256 k.w.h. respectively. During the week-end Oshawa's allotment was raised to 244,800 and while the amount used on Tues. day was 1,920 k.w.h. above this figure, the figures for Monday and Wednesday were 80 k.w.h. and 3,440 k.w.h. below the level set. Mr. Shreve pointed out that the city's. domestic consumers as a whole were cutting their consump= tion to a greater extent while the large majority of industriss were continuing to make a "splendid" contribution in the power-saving drive.. Commissioner William Boddy at last night's PUC. meet! said Oshawa should be proud of Javing been spared from the in- onvenience of black-outs . experi- enced by many southern Ontario cities. | 'ed Regiment (Ont. R.) received. a Kin Past Presidents' Night Arou UK. SENDING IND CRUISER T0 HONDURAS London, Feb. 27--(AP)--Britain is sending a second cruiser to Bri- tishsHonduras in a show of strength. The Admiralty announced today the cruiser Devonshire, with troops aboard, will join the cruiser She- | field at Belize, the capital, The | | Devonshire is going from Jamaica, | the Sheffield from Colombia, The Central American colony is claimed by Guatemala, whose offi- cials said dispatch of the first crui- ser, announced' yesterday, is a hos- tile act, . The Guatemalan Foreign | Ministry announced last night the! country is willing to submit her claims to mediation, | The Admiralty said the cruisers were dispatched "because of possible | incidents staged by irresponsible | elements in neighboring. Guate- mala." The Guatemalan Foreign Ministry called this a pretext. Guatemalan newspapers said the whole incident may have stemmed from British misunderstanding of remarks made during a hot debate in Guatemala's Congress over press | freedom, On Feb. 24--A presidential decree suspended fredom of the press in Guatemala for 30 days. The fol- lowing day the decree was voided by a unanimous vote of Congress. The suspension decree followed a newspaper suggestion that the Gua- temalan Army, instead of parading, do something useful, such as taking over British Honduras, Five Years, Lashes For Cornwall Man Cornwall, Feb. 27--(CP) -- Leon. ard Obery, 26, of Cornwall, was sen. tenced today to five years' impri. sonment with 10 strokes of the lash after his conviction on a charge of attempted rape. Mr. Justice J. C. MacKay impos- ed a two.year term on a second charge of assault but ruled it would run concurrently with the other. The charges were laid as a result of an attack on a middle.aged wo- man here last Jan. 27, and Obery was found guilty by the jury. The judge referred to the assault as "brutal, merciless and barbar- ous" and said it was the act of "a potential murderer." GREETINGS EXCHANGED 'When the 11th Canadian Armor. cable early today from the Welsh Regiment of Cardiff, Wales, a prompt reply bore the phrase: "Kla. how.ya." Text of the St. David's Day greeting frcm the Welsh read: "A dewi sant." An interpreter for the Siwash Indian greeting sent fom here will doubtless be hard to find, ADMITS JOY RIDING CHARGE Pleading guilty here today to a charge of taking an auto without consent of the owner, 16.year.old Leo Mulville, 289 Court Street, was remanded in custody one week for eentence by Magistrate F. S. Ebbs. Evidence was that Mulville yester- day tock a car owned by John Foley, 204 Church Street, and operated the vehicle without his consent, * Past presidents of the Oshawa Kinsmen Club, from in and out of the city, were entertained at the club meeting in Genosha Hotel last night. Good naturedly burlesqueing "Old Presidents" are, front row, left to right: W. L. Dibbon, Tom Brooks, Phil Holloway and Herb Robinson. Second row, left to right are: Ray Hobbs, Dr, Grant Berry, from Mer- lin, Ont.; Harry O. Perry, Sam Collis, Tom Wilson, "Pop" Osier and Cliff. Palmer. Back row, left to right: Cox, Dr, R. E. Cox, Tom Young, Toronto; Dr. W, Lundy and Ernie Reading. "The Government Man", a skit enacted by Dr. R. E. Cox (left) Ray Hobbs (centre) and Tom Brooks (right) for the benefit of past presi- | dents brought back happy memories for the "Boys of the Old Brigade". ses Fond Memories Doug. Chesebrough, Clarence | . Gifford, Robert --Times-Gazette Staff Photos | Recall Humorous Events As Kin Past Presidents [Entertained By Club Oshawa Kinsmen wheeled out their usual "Bag-o.Kin antics" with a few added for gocd measure to entertain some 16 odd past presi. dents last night, Bountiful handshaking and back. patting went on for almost half an hour prior to meeting as old friends met and exchanged "remember when" stories. From time to time during the | banquet at the Genosha Hotel, Club President J. B. (Jack) Cooke called upon various past presidents to re. count some highlight from their term of office and stories ranged from T. L. Wilson's account of a "fake broadcast" to Dr. W. H. Gif- ford's less humarous story concern. ing the loss of $176 from a booth he was operating at a Kinsmen's Car. nival, Frank B. Peppiatt, General Sales Manager, Calvert Distillers (Cana. da) Ltd., guest speaker for the eve- ning, delivered a talk on public re. lations in which he said that public relations begin at home. If a man's home is a happy one, it is radiated in his business. He went on to stress the point that "business and sales. men must have a wholesome regard for public relations if they are to succeed during the next few highly competitive years." Mr, Peppiatt stated that he had visited more than one-quarter of the Dominion's 205 Kinsmen Clubs and had addressed a good many of the 8,000 members, and spoke highly of the "magnificant" war work under- PAST PRESIDENTS (Continued on Page 2) Must Implement Decision For Palestine Partition Or U.N. Will By D'ARCY O'DONNELL Canadian Press 'Staff Writer Ottawa, Feb. 27--(CP)--The cur- rent situation in Palestine, Cana- dian participation in the defence of Hong Kong and a wide variety of domestic topics werk discussed in the Commons yesterday as 11 members carried on the debate on the Throhe Speech. David Croll (L-Toronto Spadina) introduced the Palestine issue, and said Canada could serve as the "conscience" of the United Nations in helping the international organi- zation to implement its decision to partition the Holy Land. Mr. Croll, son of Russian-Jewish immigrants, said the partition is- sue involved the larger question of the United Nations to solve Fail -Croll major problems as well as the im- mediate matter of the welfare of | Palestine itself. He declared the partition deci- | sion must be implemented and | warned that failure to do so would | lead to civil war in Palestine--and on Soviet Russia's doorstep. Pal- estine must thus become another war-torn Spain. Failure of the U.N. on this issue would put the world in an "un- thinkable position." Other, speakers in the debate in- cluded George R. Webb PC-Lecds); Angus Maelnnis (CCF-Vancouver East); L. O. Breithaupt (L-Water- loo North); H. 0. White (PC-Mid- PALESTINE (Continued on Page 2) Find Bodies Of 2 Poles In Jerusalem Jerusalem, Feb, 27--(AP)--Two Christian Poles were found slain in Jerusalem today and police said they believed the men were '"exe- cuted" by Jews convinced they had aided Arabs. Private sources identified the two Poles as Witold Hulanitzkyn pre- war Polish Consul General in Jeru- salem, and Stefan Arnold, director of the Palestine branch of the Polish Telegraphic Agency, which was the' official news. agency of the former London Polish gevern- ment-in-exile, The deaths raised the death total in"communal fighting since the par= tition of Palestine was voted by the United Nations last November 29 to 1,431. The Holy City was quiet during the morning after a night during which gunfire was heard almost constantly for seven hours. The Jewish Agency's indepénd- ent investigation of the Ben Uehu- da street bombing Sunday, in which 54 persons were known dead, opened today before a three-man board. Two Jews who manned a road block through which the persons believed to have done the bomb- ing entered the area, told the board: "We are convinced the men were British personnel." They said they are veterans of the British Army and could recog- nize a Briton easily by "his accent, appearance and profanity." Abduction Suspect Held In Port Hope Port Hope, Ont., Feb, 27--(CP)-- Six months to the day after he al- legedly abducted a 14-year-old Brockville girl, John Henry Me- Clementic, 27, was arrested here yesterday by a Cobourg constable with a photographic memory. The girl was found in a home in Lind- say after his arrest. Provincial sald he saw the accused get off a bus here and thought he recognized him from police files. After check- ing at the local police station Nicol placed the suspect under arrest to be held for Brockville police. Police said the man had been liv- ing with the Brockville girl in Lindsay until a few days ago when he left her and made arrangements to go to Port Hope with a 17-year= old girl who was subsequently char- ged with vagrancy. Woman Pilot Dies In Plane Accident London, Feb, 27--(AP)--A char- Constable Don Nicol | In Stalin kivi. The ministry did not say what kind of pact was intended. A semi-official source said the letter was signed by Prime Minis- ter Stalin. It is well known that Finnish leaders for some time have been the Soviet Union has made one after another with the Balkan countries, a network of pacts link- ing those countries closely to Rus- sia. An authoritative source said Karl August Fagerholm, Speaker of Parliament, would go to Stockholm, perhaps to inform the Swedish government of the Russian pro- posal. Diplomatic quarters said the Russian letter was a "Soviet pro- gram declaration." Reports persist- ed that high-level] discussions were under way in the Finnish govern- ment concerning a "new develop- ment in Russlan-Finnish rela- tions." The cabinet met with the Presi- dent this morning. Its discussions were kept strictly secret. The President had met for hours yes- terday with his foreign relations studying closely the agreements: Sent To Helsinki By Ake Malmstrom Helsinki, Feb. 27 (AP)--Tension sphere of government crisis pervaded Finland today with the announcement that Moscow has sent Helsinki a proposal for a new treaty. The foreign ministry announced Russia has sent a letter direct to President Juho E. Paasi-¢----"--7--rrr suggesting an atmos committee and members of his gove ernment. Ever since the Communist suce cess in Czechoslovakia, rumors have spread swiftly in this coun= try concerning relations with Rus« sia. As in many of Finland's political crises, the news of this develop- ment reached the outside world before it reached the Finns. The country learned of it only in this afternoon's newspapers. Informed sources said they be= lieve the Soviet letter asks for some kind of friendship or mutual defence pact, or both, from the Finns. Such a pact has been dis- cussed previously many times, the Finns themselves taking the initi- ative shortly after the armistice in September, 1944. Under the peace treaty Finland ceded the Petsamo (Pechanga) area to Russia and gave the Rus- sians a 60-year lease for a naval base on the southwest coast over looking sea routes to Helsinki, Finland ceded the strategic Kare= lian Isthmus and agreed to pay preparations of $300,000,000 in six years, By A. I. GOLDBERG Prague, 'Feb. 27--(AP)--President Eduard Benes today swore in a new government loaded with Com. munists -- a cabinet he is reported to have said "could have only evil results." The frail, weary President re. ceived Communist Premier Klement Gottwald and the 12 new members of the cabinet at the Presidential Palace and told them "the decision to accept you was difficult person- ally for me." The meeting was polite and stiff. ly formal. As the Presiden .spoke, Communists throughout the coun. try were going ahead with swift determination to reorganiie the ccuntry's entire industrial, educa. tional and everyday life. A presidential secretary said Benes has not resigned, but declin- ed to make any further comment for the time being. The meeting took place at Krad. cany Palace, where the President lives. Gootwald, the radio said, thank. ed the President "for your confi. dence" and told him: "The attempt to split the governl ment was a wilful act against the interests of the people. The people wanted to hrow out the traitors and wanted an assurance of a peo- Cabinet Loaded With Reds Sworn In To Rule Czechs In Stiff, Formal Ceremony ple"s democracy. You, Mr. Presi. dent, helped dissolve the crisis." The cabinet crisis arose when 13 anti-Communist ministers . submit. ted their resignations last Friday to protest an order of the Commu- nist Interior Ministry affecting the state security police. Gotwald, the radio reported, told Benes, "I am sure that parliament will acknowledge this government, too." He was quoted as saying he re. jected the criticism "of the foreign countries which were responsible for Munich." "We have demontsrated to the whole world the principles of de. mocracy," the broadcast said the Premier told the President. The radio said President Benes told the cabinet he wished "that your way will be successful and happy." "The decision to accept you was difficult personally for me," the of. ficial report quoted him as saying. "I came to the opinion that the crisis must be dissolved. I saw that the crisis would sharpen. Will you lead the state into the new paths of democracy?" The meeting was scheduled to al COMMUNISTS | (Continued on Page 2) } Peiping, churia. ' tered passenger plane crashed near Croydon airport this morning. The | pilot, Miss Patricia Beverley was killed and three others were injur- ed. ie The plane came down In a vege- table garden and careened against the wall of a private house. No one in the house was hit. * LATE NEWS BRIEFS x REDS REDUCE CZECH STAFFS London, Feb. 27 (Reuters)--Prague radio announc- ed this afternoon that 60 officials of the Ministry of Information had been dismissed. KILLED BY TRAIN Napanee, Feb. 27 (CP)--Slipping under the wheels of Canadian National Railways passenger train No. 19 as it was pulling away from Napanee station early today, Henry Coslin of Napanee, a C.N.R. employee, was killed, Mr. Goslin served overseas four years in the last war. YINGKOW IS BESIEGED Feb. 27 (AP)--Chinese smashed into the Yingkow airport today amid intensified fighting for that vital government seaport in Southern Manchuria. Government dispatches reported bitter, "no- quarter" assaults by continually-reinforced Red troops. The attackers seemed determined to prevent use of the port for supplying isolated government forces in Man« Communists GOV'T. REDUCES BOND BIDS Toronto, Feb. 27 (CP)--The Bank of Canada today further reduced the support it has been giving to Dominion of Canada bonds in a move which is inter- preted as setting higher interest rate for money. The hank last Jan. 5 removed-the firm bids it had been mak- ing daily and quotations on: long-term issues fell from | | around $104 to $102. Today dealers were | "the bank was not buying at that price. confirmed, reports that it would deal at informed that There were un- $100.50.