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J' THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle in A 'DR. MASARYK JUMPS T [ Manchester Woman Suffers Fatal Burns Newly Elected C.R.A. Executives Discuss Year's Program OSHAWA - WHITBY VOL. 7, NO. 59 \ OSHAWA-WHITBY, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 1948 Price 4 Cents SIXTEEN PAGES Coal Oil Explodes When Poured Into Steve In Kitchen Mrs. Marilla Rowe, 35, of Manchester, died in the Osh- awa General Hospital early this morning from first degree burns sustained in her home yesterday when coal oil she was using to speed up the fire in the stove exploded. Following the explosion, Mrs. Rowe's hair was enveloped in flames: Her sister, Miss Mina®-- Smith of Binghampton, N.Y., who was visiting her, acted promptly and dashed into the kitchen and put out the flames. In doing so she suffered second degree barns which were treated by Dr. G. M. Rennie of Port Perry. "Her prompt action prevented the fire from spreading to the house furnishings," commented Dr. Rennie this morning, in voicing high praise of Miss Smith's re- sourcefulness. Mrs. Rowe was rushed to the hospital here but her condition, which was described by Dr. Ren- nie as "extremely critical," failed to respond to treatment. Harvey Rowe, husband of the de- ceased, who was working in To- ronto, was notified shortly after the accident and rushed to Man- chester to join his two children, Marlene,' 13, and Douglas, 12. The family moved to Manches- ter from Toronto last December and planned to start a tourist busi- ness this spring. The remains were moved to the Miller Funeral Chapel, 1696 St. Clair Avenue West, this morning. I'he funeral will be at Brampton, Dr. Rennie thought it unlikely | te that an inquest would be held. Roy England Awaits Word On U.S. Entry Windsor, March 10--(CP)--Roy England, President of Local 200 United Auto Workers (C.1.0.) was today awaiting the decision of a board of inquiry of the Americap Immigration Service before he can be admitted into the United States. Stopped Monday night as he at- tempted to cross the border, the Canadian labor leader, going into his seventh year as the local's president, was refused admission on the grounds that he did not have adequate proof of his admis- sability. Further details were not available, Sending Mr. England back to Canada did not mean that he has been "excluded from the United States," American immigration of- ficials said today, but he must be examined by the board before a decision can be given. The board will set the date for the hearing and notify him. G. L. Roberts Is President Oshawa CRA Directors of the Community Rec- reation Centre met last night to elect an executive oommittee to serve for a two-year term, Elected were George L. Roberts, president; Lloyd W. Smith, vice president; Miss Phyllis Ferguson, second vice president; Rev. Hugh F. Davidson, secretary, and Ralston A. Huestis, treasurer. Also elected were chairmen for the various associa- tion committees which included N. H. Daniel, Organizing, Committee; Everett Lovell, Pinance, Geo, Flet- cher, Program, E. E. Bathe, Build- ing and Property. Lloyd Smith declined to accept the position as chairman of the pro- gram committee but agreed to act as pro tem executive until the board found a suitable to under- m, Following hte elections the hiring of an assistant recreation director was discussed and the matter was placed in the hands of the person- nel committee for investigation. A report on their findings will be pre- sented at the next regular board meeting, It was also agreed to hold regular meetings on the fourth Tuesday of each month, Ontario Liquor Bill $155,568,068 in 47 Toronto, March 10--(CP)--Gal- lonage sales of liquor, beer and wine through government vendor: during the year ended March 31, 1947 was 4,987,369. During the same period, gallonage sales of beer through brewers' warehouses and retail stores was 657,963,901 while 1,169,434 gallons of domestic wine were sold. This and a record net profit of $34,998,061 were shown in the re- port of the Ontario Liquor Con- trol Board tabled in the provincial legislature yesterday. Gross business was $155,568,068 for the 12-month period compared with $135,776,068 the previous year. Increase in liquor sales was 13.2 per cent and beer jumped 15.4 per cent. Toronto, March 10--(CP)--Mrs. Margaret (Mickey) Meredith, 25- year-old waitress wounded nine days ago in a restaurant shooting, died in hospital today. Only a few minutes before the death of the farmer Army Show singer, Leslie Davidson, Montreal. born - pianist, was remanded to March 17 on a charge of attempted murder of his former night-club partner, whom police say he shot in a fit of jealous rage. Pol'ie later said a murder charge Against Davidson had been prefer- red. . Davidson was taken to magis- traet's court for his appearance on the murder charge and Magistrate Tupper Bigelow remanded him to March 17. The accused has been under mental observation in Toron- to's Don jail, Close at hand at the time of the young woman's death, which fol. lowed two serious brain operations to remove a bullet, were her es- stranged husband, Robert Meredith, and their five-year-old son, Bobby. They arrived last Monday from Vancouver, Davidson, who police say lived with Mrs. Meredith after becoming separated from his wife, was arrest. ed In a west-end club an hour and 40 minutes after the shooting, while he played "Pretty Mickey" on the piano. Following the two operations, in Girl Shot In Restaurant Dies After Husband, Son Arrive From Vancouver one of which the bullet which pierced her brain was removed throubh her nose, Mrs. Meredith's condition was reported t0 be im- proving, Early today her condition took a turn for the worst. On arrival here Mr, Meredith said he "hadn't bothered" to pick up di- vorce papers which made his decree absolute last June, 32-year-old foundry worker, asked about recon- ciliation with his Sudbury-born wife, sald he couldn't speak of "what the future holds." Davidson, a piano player who doubled at coal heaving, was appre- hended after horrified diners in a downtown restaurant witnessed the point-blank shooting of the wait- ress. Police said the man who shot the girl loitered around the restaur- ant for an hour before the shooting, repeatedly asking her to go out with him again. - Finally, as she answered a tele- phone call at the rear of the room, he strode over to her." She hung up the received and he demanded: "Who were you talking to?" "None of your business," waitress replied. "Okay, this is it!" He~allegedly tossed his right arm around her neck and whipped out a large black revolver from his coat wtih his left hand. Its muzzle he held firmly. to her head as he press ed the trigger. The man bolted in- to the kitchen, menacing the staff with the gun, and out 'a rear door. the . take the office for the full two year, Seen- discussing future plans of - the Oshawa Community Association of Oshawa and district are the new 1948 executive from left, | Recreation Rev. H. F. Davidson, secretary. The executive expects the coming year to be the best since the association's inception and is presently making Past President George A. Fletcher and 1948-49 program committee chair- | plans for the part Oshawa will play in the forthcoming Annual Pro- vincial Recreation Conference to be held here in April man; George L. Roberts, president; Lloyd W. Smith, vice President and --Times-Gazette Staff Photo LEADERS' ASK DEFENCE PLAN FOR SWEDEN By THOMAS HARRIS Stockholm, March 10-- (Reuters) --Sweden's military leaders are call- ing for strengthened defence forces to meet any future threat of war which, according.to them, is becom. ing more imminent. The Commander-in-Chief, Gen. Helge Jung, and the Commanders of the Navy and Air Force are branding as inadequate a new de- fence plan providing for slightly reduced armed forces, The plan has been worked out by the parliament. ary defence committee and was sub. mitted to the House this month. It calls among other things for smaller, faster ships for the navy; conversion of two bomber squad- rons and ohe reconnaissance squad- ron into fighter squadrons in the air force; and a reduction in the num. ber of artillery. and anti-aircraft batteries in the army. The plan proposes cther modifi. cations to compensate for these ehanges, but contains no suggest- ions for adapting the country's arm. ed forces to the technical require. ments of modern warfare. Jung and his colleagues attack the plan on these points: 1. Defence should not be a lower priority than the other needs of the country, The armed forces are being pruned, but other state or. ganizations are being maintained at full strength. 2. The country's defence should be decentralited so that detach- ments can act as self-contained fighting units in any region if cut off from other parts of the country by lightning airborne attacks. 3. The bombding and reconnais. sance strengths of the air force should not be impaired by convert. ing three squadrons into fighter squadrons. On the other hand, the fighter strength should be increased. 4. The army is already short of artillery and anti-ajrcraft batteries. To reduce those further would make the country powerless in the face of a strong airborne attack, Jury Discharged On Technicality In Damage Action The assizes court jury at Whitby was dismissed by Mr. Justice D. P. J. Kelly today after a witness men. tioned the word "insurance" while iving action in a damage action brought by Murray McYaren of Scugog Island and his father John, Port Perry, and Rex Harper of Osh. awa against Charles and Edna Fd. gar of Oshawa, The case is continu. ing as a non-jury trial. The action is the result of an ac. cident on August 30, 1946, when a car driven south on Drock Road by Edna Edgar was in collision with one driven by Murray McLaren go- ing west on the second concession of Reach Tounship with Mr. John McLaren and Rex Harper as pas. sengers. The jury was dismissed during cross.examipation of Murray Mc. Laren by Joseph P. Mangan, K.C. council for the defendants. Mr. Mangan asked the witness if he had DISCHARGE JURY (Continued on Page 2) Toronto, March 10--(CP)--The people of Ontario. had assurance today that the provincial govern ment does not intend to entér the housing construction business di- rectly. Premier Drew made it clear dur- ing the throne speech debate in the legislature yesterday that the pro- vincial housing program will be designed to stimulate building. of low-cost accommodation to meet the needs of the people. As for direct entry into the busi- ness, the premier said he does not believe it is the function of gov- ernment to act as a manufacturer. The agencies best-equipped for housing construction are those who have the training and experience for it. The Premier's general statement on housing came in reply to the ad- dress by Liberal opposition leader Farquhar Oliver who said he was glad to see the government had finally got around to dealing with the housing problem, one that was listed among the 22 points in the Progressive Conservative election platform of 1943, Mr. Oliver wound up an hour- long criticism of the government's legislative program by moving a throne speech amendment which and Hydro Electric Power Com- mission for "failure to provide ade- quate reserves of power." This was countered in a lengthy reply by the Premier who said the blame was with the previous Lib- eral administration which, he de- clared, did less for hydro develop- ment in its nine years of office than the Drew administration had ac- complished in two years at the helm, The sitting also saw 14 bills introduced by the government, 10 by Attorney General Blackwell dealing with such acts as those covering maintenance of deserted wives and children, county courts, notaries, dependents relief, and minor changes in education acts, Half a dozen reports were tabled, including the long-discussed report on the Burwash riots. Others were from the Liquor Control and Milk Control Boards, the Ontario Vet- erinary College, Ontario Stock- yards, Food Board, Civil Service Commission and Loans Board. Mr. Oliver's criticism of the gov- ernment, program as outlined in the throne speech covered agricul- ture, Northern Ontario develop- ment and welfare as well as hydro, and housing. Flays Communists Mr. Oliver said at the outset of his speech that everything must be done within the province and dominion to protect against Com- munism, Men and women in all walks of life should realize they have re- sponsibility in citizenship and they must take these responsibilities seriously, he said. The time had come for an awakening in this country. _ Mr. Oliver expressed the opin- ion that unions recognize their position with respect to Commun- ism. He said he thinks they're doing a good job of eliminating the Communist element. His comments LEGISLATURE (Continued on Page 2) a would condemn the government four by Premier Drew regarding Ontario Will Not Enter 'House Construction Field Drew Tells Legislature 4 Skating Club Sets Dates Ice Frolics Tuesday and Wednesday, April 6 and 7, have now been set as the final dates for "Ice Frolics of 1948", the Annual ice extravaganza of the Oshawa Skating Club. The need for setting the date back two weeks was brought about by the uncer- tainty of the return from Europe of the many star skaters who have been taking part in the World's Championships. However, now that most 8f them are either back or on their way back, the Oshawa Skat- ing Club know just what to expect. As usual this grand winter show will run two nights and it is expect. ed that as usual it will be a com. plete sell.out for all performances. The Oshawa Club has built up a reputation for producing a starry ice pageant and this year's presentl ation will be no exception. Head. line American stars are being sought to boost the local talent and in this way the good people of Oshawa and District have been able to see the best skaters in the world perform. locally. With hockey now pretty well out of the picture, the Ice Frolics of 1948 will provide a grand finale to the winter season. The Oshawa Skaters under Club Professional Alex Fulton have work. ed long and hard at perfecting many difficult routines. With sev. eral exhibition performances al- ready under their belts, the local club is expecting to show a flawless performance. Colorful sets are al. ready being built as a background for most numbers while as usual the ice will be painted in brilliant harmony with the scenery. Gorgeous costumes and beautiful girls will be featured galore as well as the little kiddies and the clowns. April 6th and 7th will be big nights at the Oshawa Arena. Watch this paper for news of the ticket sale. To Poll Firms For Reaction To Industrial Fair A Chamber of Commerce com- mittee headed by Dr. W. H. Gifford and F. V, Skinner is preparing an explanatory and questionnaire let- leter for mailing to Oshawa indus- to the suggested Industrial Fair tentatively dated for October this year. At a luncheon meeting in Adel- aide House today, members of the Chamber discussed the operation of Ontario, All points of interest were ing the possibility of displaying the automobile exhibits in the Armor- ies. The arena has been selected as the possible site for all other in- dustrial showings, THE WEATHER Clear and cold today and Thursday. Winds light today, north 15 Thursday. Low tonight and high Thursday 4 and 20. FIVE NATIONS IN AGREEMENT FOR AID PACT Brussels, March 10-=(CP)--Agree. ment in principle has been reached on all outstanding points of the pro. posed "western union" treaty, Fer. nand Van Yangehove, chief Belgian delegate to the current five-power conference, told reporters today. Pierre Elvinger, Luxembourg dele. gate, said a drafting committee has prepared eight articles of the pro. posed treaty. Four remain to be drafted, he said. I wtas understood the articles drafted today included provisions for mutual assistance, machinery for settlement of disagreements arising among the five powers, and economic questions. Van Langehove denied that the five countries--Britain, France, Bel- gium, the Netherlands and Luxem. bourg--might ask the United States to back the proposed union which a guarantee of military aid. French diplomatic sources in Par. is said yesterday the conference might ask for such a pledge. Conference sources said British delegates had yielded on their ori- inal proposal for a series of bilat. eral military pacts among the five countries. The British leaders were said to have accepted the Benelux (Bel. gium, Netherlands, Luxembourg) counter-proposal for a single, multi. lateral pact. A Dutch spokesman said the ne. gotiators had virtually agreed on a plan under which the four countries with colonies would pool the re. sources of their respective overseas territories for mutual benefit. Fine Railway Conductor For Blocking Street freight cars, Oshawa Company conductor and fined $10 and costs or 10 days. when Police Constable George Mec- the intersection of Bond and Divi- were allegedly blocking traffic. tr'alists today, to find their reaction | fairs which have been staged in Kitchener-Waterloo and in London, | in police court that he .arrived on the scene at 12.34 p.m. and the freight cars did not get clear ot Division Street until 12:46 p.m. Testimony given by Adams was that the delay was caused by "a knife switch falling." Asked why (he did not leave some of the cars on Bond Street east of Division, accused declared, "We figured we would only be a couple of minutes getting ores more cars off the siding." | In imposing sentence Magistrate brought under consideration includ- | Ebbs said: "This has been going | {on for some time, particularly i during hours of heavy traffic." Adams was represented by D. W, Gilmour. : PEOTIRST IS OR A) GRANILD "Pleadin vagrancy, Stanley -.Clay, no fixed abode, requested 30 days in county jail because he was ill, Magistrate F. S. Ebbs imposed the sentence. Pleading innocent to a charge of wilfully obstructing traffic with [ Railway Kenneth Adams, 132 Olive Avenue, was con- victed by Magistrate F. S. Ebbs The charge was aid March 8 Cammond investigated a call at sion Streets where freight cars Constable McCammond raid today 0 DEATH > Foreign Minister Of Czechoslovakia Leaps At Palace Prague, March 10 (CP)--Dr. Jan Marsaryk, 61-year-old Czechoslovak Foreign Minister and son of the founder of the republic, committed suicide today by jumping from the win« dow of his official residence in Prague. An official announcement said investigations wera Pe proceeding. Attributing his death to illness and insomnia, i it added that the D d | IN statesman probably decide to end eman his life "in a moment of nervous disturbance." Communist Premier Klement Gottwald made no immediate state- ment. Nor did ailing President Ed- uard Benes, who acceded to Com- munist demands for control. A radio account said half of the text of a speech Masaryk was to have made tonight to a Polish- Czech friendship meeting was on his desk. Masaryk's acceptance of office in the Communist-dominated govern- ment set up two weeks ago surprised western observers. His flat endorsement several days later of closer co-operation with Russia, coupled with an "I am with you" message to the army and to his "Czech and Slovak brothers," however, seemed to most qualified observers to mean that he had em- barked on a definite course of ac- tion, There were two schools of thought as to what that course might be. One felt he was playing a most dangerous double game. The other felt he had lent him- self to the new government, in the possible hope that he could steer it on a middle course and bring Mos- cow and the west together in the peace he always insisted must be maintained. His death recalled that Dr. Prokop Drtina, the Minister of Justice be- fore the Communist coup, was found under a window outside his home two days after the Communists. took over. Prague police said he had at- tempted suicide and suffered a seri- ous head injury. News of Masaryk's suicide caused great disturbance among members of the government. "Full of Life" The official statement added: "Neither on the day before his tragic death nor yesterday evening did Dr. Masaryk show any signs of mental depression. On the con- trary, he was full of life and of his usual optimism." First reaction of the authorities was to cut off all communications from abroad, but these were restor- ed after the official announcement. No change had been. made by noon in plans for the meeting of the Czechoslovakian parliament this afternoon, Officials of the Ministry of For- eign Affairs said that no further de- tails concerning Masaryk"s death could be divulged. As the news became known in Prague, the people gathered in small groups - whispering to one another with sorrowful faces, However, there were No public demonstrations. In Interior Ministry ordered all MASARYK (Continued on Page 2) Investigate Czech Coup Lake Success, March 10--(AP)-- Dr. Jan Papanek, Czechoslovak dele. gate to the United Nations, deman- ded today that the U.N. Security Council investigate the Communist coup in Czechoslovakia. Dr. Papanek told a hurriedly call. ed press conference at U.N. head. quarters that he had submitted to Trygve Lie, U.N. Secretary.General, a formal demand that the Security Council consider the Feb. 20 change in the Czechoslovak government. Dr. Papanek was a friend of Jan Masaryk, who fell to his death in Prague today. Papanek said: "I represented the Czechoslovak government that existed before Feb. 20. I was never a representative of the new regime. I am not resigning my office (as Czechoslovak delegate to the United Nations), "It is upon the members of the United Nations to decide whether they will recognize the regime in Prague now or recognize the repub- lic as it was before Feb. 20. But I will not go out and leave the post empty." Award $2,68 In Fatality Mrs. Esther Matthews, 162 El- liott Avenue, was awarded $2,688 by an Assize Court jury under Mr. Justice D. P. J. Kelly at Whit. by yesterday in her civil action against John W. Skirrow, 756 Wil. liam Street, whose car struck and killed the plaintiff's 73.year-olgl husband Herbert, on Simcoe Street South last July 5. Te jury, after deliberating for an.hour and 40 minutes, came to the conclusion that Skirrow failed to take proper precautions in traf. fic when the accident occurred. They assessed the total damages at $3,360 but found that Matthews had contributed 20 per cent toward the accident and Skirrow 80 per cent. Evidence showed that Skirrow was the driver of the auto which struck Matthews on Simcoe Street South just north of the C.P.R. bridge a 11:30 on the evening of July 5 last Witnesses testified that Skirrow had had about ten glasses of beer during the day of the ac. cident. A, W. S. Greer, K.C. acted for plaintiff and Ernest Marks, Jr., for defendant. * LATE NEWS BRIEFS CHINA PROTESTS PLANE INCIDENT : Nanking, March 10 (AP)--China protested to Rus« sia today that Soviet fighter planes fired on a commer« cial airliner south of Manchuria Monday. The Foreign Office announced the protest was made through the Russian Embassy after a "thorough study" of the inci dent. FINNS ORDERED TO MOSCOW Helsinki, March 10 (AP)--Several members of Fin land's delegation to negotiate with Russia were reported today to have asked in vain to be relieved of their assign« ment. Informants said the delegates told President Juho K. Passikivi they "did not under any circumstances want to go to Moscow." have cut them off with the The President is reported to remark: "There is no ques- tion of whether you have any desire to do this or that. This is a compulsory labor." RUSS BLAMED IN MASARYK CASE London, March. 10 (CP)--Stunned amazement characterized the reaction in western countries today to the death of Jan Masaryk. g guilty to a charge of" The British Foreign Office said the diplomat was driven to suicide by Communist betrayal of Czechoslovakia. Anthony Eden, wartime Foreign Secretary and long a close friend of Masaryk, commented: "This is indeed a tragedy. He inherited a tradition of freedom to which he could never be false." ROBBERY CHARGE WITHDRAWN Toronto, March 10 (CP)--A 13-year-old charge of armed robbery against William R. Johnston, 44, was withdrawn today by the crown. One witness is dead and the other is in mental hospital. Johnston was charged with 'a 1935 armed robbery of the Hillcrest Toronto Transportation office. The two men involved were con- victed and sentenced shortly after,