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THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle VOL. 7, NO. 66 OSHAWA-WHITBY, THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1948 Price 4 Cents EIGHTEEN PAGES U.S. CUTS TRAINS TO SAVE GOAL en U.S. Army Men Killed In Bomber Crash Armed Services Of U.S. Planes And Manpower Said Far Below Russia Four Are As Aircraft Burns At Tampa, Florida Tampa, Fla., March 18 (A four injured early today when a B-29 from the Spokane, Wash., United States Army air base erashed and burned on landing at MacDill Field here. The four survivors were admitted to the base hospital. hg Injured P)--Ten men were killed and Their condtion was described as®-- good. The bomber was coming in for a landing in a dense fog when it hit the edge of the runway at the southwest corner of the field. The big craft hit the ground, bounced once and then crashed and burned. Wreckage was scattered over a wide area. Fog was rolling in from the bay and hugging the ground about 150 feet thick. Apparently it was impossible to pick out the runway quickly. CHAPLEAU REJECTS BEER Chapleau, Ont., March 18 (CP)-- This northern Ontario railway com- munity Monday rejected a proposal fo sale of beer by the glass in bev- erage rooms. The vote was 622 for beer sale and 588 against but this was insufficient majority to carry tl.» question which requires a two- thirds vote. Vase of Shamrocks Brightens Court The good old Irish name of Kelly and St. Patrick's Day yesterday combined to bring a touch of color into the closing session of Whitby Assize Court when Mr. Justice D. P. J. Kelly, the presiding judge arrived at the bench to find a small vase full of shamrocks placed on: his blotter. The greenery had been a contribution to the judge for St. Patrick's Day from court. recom attendants. His Lordship beamed when he saw the sham. rocks and then the courtroom resumed its usual dignity as the case before the court reverted to the dry legal phrases atten. dant on civil actions. Kiwanians Entertains Their "Kweens" With St. Patrick's "Shure, and be jabbers, 'twas a foine night, that it was!" Members of the Oshawa Kiwanis Club enter. tained their Kiwanis Kweens last night at their annual "Ladies' Night," held at the Hotel Genosha Piccadilly Room, which was gayly garbed for the occasion with St. Patrick's Day decorations, green candles, shamrock plants, etc. Over a hundred attended the gala affair. One of the numerous highlights of the evening was an interesting address by Constable Rutherford, of the RCMP. He was introduced by Kiwanian Neil Fraser, 1st vice. president of the club, who in addi- tion to outlining Constable Ruther- ford's career, also briefly described the growth of the R.CM.P., Cana. da's world-known police force which enjoys such an enviable reputation for "maintaining the right." At the outset, the speaker point. ed out that it was a pleasure to ex- plain the program of the R.CM.P. and welcomed it as an opportunity to help eradicate some of the "fun. ny ideas" people have about police. men, He decried the practice of making the policeman a "boogey-man" in the eyes of children, by pointing him out as' "the man who'll take you away if you're not good." Teaching New Attitude "It develops," he pointed out, "that to a child, breaking the law means just putting something over a policeman without him knowing Program and to any healthy child, that's a challenge which he naturally takes up. Unfortunately, boys sometimes carry this idea into adulthood. Of particular interest to service club workers was the portion of Constable Rutherford's address in which he described the work being undertaken and successfully carried out now, not only by members of the R.CM.P. but also by other pol- ice groups, of carrying out « long. view program with youth, to correct the evil influence of misunderstand. ing the policeman's place in our everyday life. He pointed out that the work of the officers with chil. dren's groups, has done much to correct the undesired attitude and build up a better understanding be- tween "law" and "youth." "We are talking to boys and girls, telling them the value of law and order in our country and pointing out to them the why and wherefore of certdin points of law. Constable Rutherford stated that it was being brought to the attention of boys and girls that life, just as hockey, baseball or anything else, was like a game, in which the players must observe the rules and the peaple must observe the laws and that the duties and position of the police. man is like that of the "referee." "We try not to use the word "dis. cipline," stated the speaker, "This KIWANIANS (Continued on Page 2) Apprenticeship Plan Carefully Explained To Builders' Exchange Director of Apprenticeship in the Ontario Department of La- box, Fred J. Hawes of Toronto Jast night told members of the newly-formed Oshawa and Dis- trict Builders' Exchange that the builders for tomorrow are the ap- prentices of today. The speaker's address was an explanation of the government plan to train young Canadians for trades in conjunction with employers and trades unions. Mr. Hawes spoke at a dinner meet- ing in Adelaide House." "We have a message for those in every trade," the speaker be- an, 'but particularly those in . the builders' trade." Declaring that it was difficult at the present time to obtain really skilled labor, Mr. Hawes pointed out the destiny of Canada was that it would "soon be one of the largest industrialized countries in the world." From the impetus given to Canadian industry in World War I, he suggested, a steadily grow- ing force of labor joined whole- heartedly to help bring victory in the recent war. "But we don't have enough skill- ed people," he said. "We must make it possible for young men to learn trades." Vacuum Created Mr. Hawes emphasized that in- dustry here had too long depended on immigration to fulfill the need and added that Canadian boys, for that reason, did not have to learn trades. Consequently there was created a vacuum of 15 years in the skilled jobs. All highly skilled trades now find themselves with only a few older and expe- rienced men, with some young men in the stages of learning and with very few men in the middle age class who should be there to. fill the skilled trades. "There js a tremendous need and a far cry for men trained in your trade," the speaker continued, re- APPRENTICESHIP (Continued on page 5) 8 AMERICANS USE 'CHUTES OVER BERLIN Berlin, March 18--(AP) -- Brig.- Gen, Telford Taylor and seven oth. er Americans bailed out of a trans. port plane and landed in the Rus- sian sector of Berlin today, Tem. pelhof Airfield reported. Taylor is chief United States prosecutor in the German war trials. The plane developed engine trou. ble over Berlin. At least one of the passengers, a woman, was reported to 'have been injured. Taylor was returning to Nuern- berg after conferring here with Gen. Lucius D. Clay, United States Military Governor for Germany. The plane carried 10 persons, in- cluding the crew. The pilot and co- pilot stayed with it to make a forc- ed landing rather than abandon it over the city. They landed safely at the Gatow airport, manned by the R.AF. in the British sector of Ber. lin. They were not injured. Army personnel rushed out to answer calls from landed. passen. gers in distant sections of the city. At 3:30 pm. Tempelhof airfield had received no word from Taylor. Several passengers who landed in the Russian-occupied suburb of Lichtenberg reported they had been picked up by Russian soldiers and taken to Soviet headquarters, It was learned that Mrs. Taylor was among those who. bailed out. Army authorities field up the full list of passengers until they estab. lished the fate of each. Warn Thaw May Cause Ice Jam While City Engineer T. Ww. Dempsey stated today that the high water situation at the Simcoe Street South bridge over the Osh- awa Creek is under control, he cau- tioned that there was still plenty of opportunity for trouble to develop with changing weather conditions. Mr. Dempsey reported that yes- terday's blasting operations achiev- ed the desired results, and that the ice had been broken up but the water today was too low to carry the ice floes away. Future water conditions are governed by how the creek carries the ice down the river. A quick thaw and rapidly rising water would possibly cause an ice jam, with resulting flood conditions. The ice and water situation at the west branch of the ereek at the Harmony Bridge, on No. 2 Highway, is unchanged today, with ice cakes and debris still piled up at the mouth of the bridge and in- flated waters lapping the bench- tops on the lower lawn of the Run- dle property. ? 1 Dead, 100 Hurt At Chicago Dance As Floor Caves In Chicago, March 18 -- (AP)--One woman was killed and more than 100 persons were injured last night when a large section of a third. floor dance hall collapsed upder the weight of about 500 persons at. tending a downtown St, Patrick's Day celebration. Twelve of the 92 persons who were treated at six hospitals were reported in from serious to critical condition. Several others were given first aid treatment at the scene, The dead womap;. who was re. moved from under the wreckage three hours after the floor caved in, wag identified as Mrs. Ann Hunt, 35, mother of four children. Two of her childrzn who were with her at the party and dance were not in. Jured. Her body was identified by her husband, John, 38, an electri. cian. Hundreds of the merrymakers were walking off the floor at the end of a dance number when a large section of the floor collapsed. Scores were hurtled headlong to the second floor. As the floor settled, parts of the false roof caved in. 300 Reported Killed In Yugoslav Coal Mine Belgrade, March 18--(AP)--The Yugoslav News Agency Tanjug said last night that 171 persons were kil. led Sunday in a coal mine explosion at Racha in Yugoslav territory. (An Italian organization reported in Trieste that about 300 persons were killed in the blast, which oc. curred in the Arsa Mines, By ELTON C. FAY Washington, March 18--(AP)-- Can American military force be made strong enough to back up the order for a marching Russia to halt? This was the stark question posed for the High Command to- day by President Truman's decla- ration that the United States has become "the principal protector of the free world." All of Truman's emphasis was on peace, not war. But the chief executive declared that the risks involved are "perhaps greater than any this country has been called upon to assume." Defence Secretary Forrestal and his Army, Navy and Air Force chiefs can measure some of the American strength in exact fig- ures--in terms of men and weap- ons. They have not made public all they know but from what has been disclosed, this picture emerges: Under arms in the regular serv- ices (the Army, Air Force, Navy and Marines) are 1,392,000 men-- and comparatively few women. The total authorized strength is 1,732,- 000. By contrast, the Russians had some 4,050,000 actually under arms according to most recent estimates, Truman told Congress yesterday the services have been unable to maintain strength through volun- tary enlistments; therefore, a tem- porary revival of the wartime draft is in order. The Army, at a present strength of 550,000, is 119,000 short of au- thorized strength. The Navy, with 392,000, says it is 160,600 under the set figure; the Marines, at 90,000, are 20,000 under. The Air Force has 360,000 men, which is all its current budget allows, but it is 41,000 short of the figure original- ly planned. The Army's 550,000 men are spread across half the world. In the United States, the Caribbean area and the Panama Canal zone are 275,000, in Europe 100,000, in the Pacific (Japan, Korea, Alaska, Hawaii and small islands), 175,000. The Army estimated for the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee last December that the Russians had 1,702,000 troops in Western Russia and the occupied zone of Europe. This did not include an estimated 1,121,000 soldiers of satellite countries. Thus 100,000 American troops confront 2,823,000 potentially hos- tile troops in Europe. It is to be assumed, of course, that in event of trouble military aid would be forthcoming from Britain and other friendly powers. : The balance of air power: It has been 'estimated officially that Russia has in her air force 450,000 men and 14,000 planes ready for combat. The Soviet Union is reported to be producing 75,000 to 100,000 new planes a year, The United States Air Force has 360,000 men, 5,500 combat planes in operating condition and 7,500. more | in reserve. The United States pro- ARMED SERVICES (Continued on Page 2) THE WEATHER Clear today. Overcast tonight and Friday. Rain! Friday. Warmer today and Friday. Winds light today south 20 Friday. Low tonight and high Friday 30 and 44. o Unusual Bloom oy 1 This is the Sacred Japanese Lily which is blooming at the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Shortt, 431 Centre Street, after 10 years dur- ing which it showed no sign of growth. --Times-Gazette Staff Photo First Bloom Sacred Lily In 10 Years Probably the oddest plant ever seen in Oshawa grew its full 40 inches since Feoruary 1 this year. Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Shortt, 431 Cen- tre Street, have kept the enormous bulb -- from which sprung the Ja. panese Sacred Lily -- for 10 years without so much as a sign of life from it until 1948. Often called the black lily from the dark red color of its single bloom, the plant will flower each year now that it has done so once. The strong, dark mottled.green stalk sprouted without help of soil or water, from the bulb -- the size of a large Spanish onion. It was sent to Mrs. Shortt by her sister in Cleveland. "The bulb just rests on a coffee can on the table top," Mrs. Shortt said. "I don't know what keeps it from toppling over but there it is for anyone to see." Mrs. Shortt told The Times-Gaz- ette that she would be pleased to show the oddity to anyone interest. ed enough to visit her home. At present the stalk has no leaves but, considering that it grew in height three and a half inches in one day, one can understand the possible reason for its lack of finery. It is thought that the Japanese Sa. cred Lily absorbs its food from the atmosphere alone. This particular plant has never been touched with water in any form, Mrs. Shortt de. clared. All Nations But Russia Laud Truman's Speech London, March 18 (CP).--Sign- ing of the five-power defence pact at Brussels and President Tru- man's request to the United States Congress for reintroduction of con- scription in the United States to- day jockeyed for top play in all but one of London's morning newspapers, which approved both. The exception was the Communist Daily Worker. "No time. must be lost," stream- ered the Daily Mail with the sub- title, "Truman Calls: Bring in Conscription." The Daily Express bannered "Conscription in the U.S." and the Daily Graphic head- lined "Truman Demands Call-Up." The Times gave two-column pro- minence to each on page four. The Daily Worker herdlined "Truman Calls for Conscription in America" and said in a front-page story that "his speech came as a. climax to a carefully - fostered war hysteria throughout the United States." A foreign office spokesman, in the first official government reac- tion to the speech, said Britain welcomed the emphasis on the "es- sentially defensive character" of American policy. Britain also was pleased to hear the reaffirmation of United States belief in the United Nations, The spokesman said that Tru- man's speech had not been preced- ed by any consultation with the British government. Foreign Sec- retary Bevin, now in Brussels, had been totally unaware of its contents before it was delivered. He was expected to comment on his return to London Friday. Truman's speech met with gen- eral approval from Western Europe but the Communist east maintained almost complete silence. ! Backs Decision The general view in the west was that Truman had taken a step in TRUMAN'S SPEECH (Continued on Page 2) DAILY WORKER EDITOR QUITS OVER CZECHS London, March 18--(Reuters)-- Douglas A. Hyde today announced that he has resigned as News Edi- tor of The Daily Worker, the Com- munist party newspaper, because he has become "increasingly dis- turbed by Russia's foreign policy and appalled by what has happen- ed in Czechoslovakia." "It became obvious to me that the movement for which I had fought and worked for so long was destroying those very freedoms and decencies for which it claimed to be fighting," he said. "Communism is incapable of providing a cure for an extremely sick world." Hyde, who has been a Communist for 20 years, added that he intends to become a member of the Roman Catholic Church. In a statement, Hyde said: "I have, since the end of the war, been increasingly disturbed by Russia's foreign policy and by events in Eastern Europe. I am appalled by what has happened during recent weeks in Czecho- slovakia, a country which despite its 'western' outlook and culture has been made to follow the rest. The way in which it was done is an indication of what may be ex- pected in Italy, France and even Britain, should the circumstances arise. "I believe that the new 'line' of the Communist party in production, introduced after the formation of the Cominform last year, and the opposition to the Marshall Plan from which it springs would, if successful, bring nothing but mis- ery to the common people of Brit- ain." Hyde added that. his "growin disillusionment" led him to see "some other answer to the prob- lems of our day and a way out of world chaos. "I found it in that -catholicism which once linked the whole of christendom in a single faith and culture," he said. "I have come to believe that the Catholic Church's insistence on the need for a return to the old moral values and Chris- tian treatment of man by man pro- vides the answer to the social, po- litical and spiritual needs of hu- manity."" . 500 Students To Be Trained As Officers Ottawa,' March 18 -- (CP) -- Whether to meet external threats or to protect Canada's internal safety, the armed forces will open the doors to its two service colleges next September to some 500 high school 'teen-agers to begin train- ing as officers for Canada's Navy, Army and Air Force. Opening their, first full year of operations, the two colleges will in- corporate latest training methods and a variety of subjects in line with new warfare discoveries. Unusual, too, is the collective method of training. The students will work side by side for the first two years at least; 160 of them at H.M.C.S. Royal Roads at Vie- toria, and about 350 at the Royal Military College, Kingston." Naval service headquarters said naval personnel at Royal Roads, which opened in 1942 and was con- verted to the new-style training in 1947, are wondering how army recruits will dove-tail. Although the navy has trained air force fled- glings during the last year, it has vet to drill khaki-clad- youngsters, who may range from 16 to 20 years, The recruits entering R.M.C. will remain for four years, but many of the navy entries will leave at the end of the second year and go to sea as midshipmen. . Similarly, at Royal Roads, where academic subjects will form the backbone of the winter training, all students will take the same subjects for the first two. years, after which some will be separated, for sea-training with the navy or aircraft training at R.C.A.F. sta- tions or to continue at R.M.C. until their four years are completed. Success of the joint services training scheme 'is already evident, a naval spokesman said. A select-~ ed 31 of those now training at Royal Roads have donned flying togs at Trenton, Ont., for dual fly- ing instruction; while another 67 have embarked in the cruiser On- tario and the destroyer Crescent for a month's training at sea. 25 Per Cent Curb In Passenger Runs Effective Sunday, Washington, March 18 (AP)--The government today ordered a 25-percent reduction in passenger train service in the United States because of the coal mine shutdown. The office of defence transportation order is effective at midnight next Sunday, March 21. It was issued under the wartime ®- powers which the O.D.T. still re- tains. The agency said the step was necessary because "railroad coal stocks today are considerably low- er than they have been on previ- ous occasions when stoppages in coal production have interfered with railroad operations." The Bureau of Mines reported two days ago that coal stocks gen- erally were at a dangerously low level. At the time of the O.D.T. Act, the government was making other moves to end the pension-caused work stoppage which already has forced the steel industry to cut operations. Cyrus Ching, Canadian-born federal conciliation chief met with Ezra Van Horn, spokesman for the mine operators, and arranged to talk later with John L. Lewis, chief of the United Mine Workers (Ind.). The O.D.T. order requires rail- roads to reduce coal-burning pas- senger train service 25 per cent under the operations as of March 1, 1948. It prohibits the carriers from substituting diesel-electric or other equipment for coal-burning loco- motives which will be laid up as a result of the order. All special passenger train serv- ice requiring coal will be prohibit- ed, and circus and carnival trains using coal will be banned for the duration of the order. O.D.T. authorized the railroads to cancel passenger reservations or take any other action nedessary to carry out the terms of its order. Pittsburgh, March 18 -- (AP)-- The four-day-old pension-raised soft coal walkout began biting inte steel production in the United States today. Youngstown Sheet & Tube Com- pany shut down one of the blast furnaces at its Briar Hill plant at Youngstown, company spokesman said it was done to save fuel. Two other companies would soon follow suit. None of the announcements indi- cated the number of workers af- fected or the probable production loss. These cutbacks were only fore- runners of the effect a coal short- age would have on American in- dustry. Dwindling fuel supplies from a Jong walkout would hit everywhere. Reports from union leaders and mine operators indicated at least 344,000 miners were idle in 19 of the 28 coal-producing states. This left, at the most, only 14 per cent of the country's coal-diggers on the job. Along the Ohio Valley several hundred river barge workers were being left idle with the collapse of the coal traffic. The Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad told the 1,800 workers in its Huntington, W.Va. shops they will be laid off Satur- day. Coal traffic dropped to a trickle on two Virginia railways. At Ottawa, government officials saw little likelihood thatthe United States soft coal strike would affect Canadian rail services. : They said Canada's coal stock position at present is "pretty, good," and that the effect of the U.S. strike would not likely be an in the dominion for some little ime, Flash Fire Takes Lives Of 3 Children North Bay, March 18 -- (CP)-- Two wan.faced parents of Port Loring, 63 miles southwest of here, stood still and quiet today as neigh. bors told how their efforts failed to save three children--all under five --whose bodies were unrecognizably | charred when fire turned their tiny tar.papered home into smouldering ruins. The tots, Elda, 4; Wayne, 3, and Charlie, 2, children of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Fetterly, perished yesterday about 10 minutes after their father left to pick up a load of sawdust a mile away. Their mother was visiting North Bay at the time of the tragedy. Their grandmother and aunt--MTrs, Martha Currie and Mrs, W. Short-- were in their home about 75 yards away when flames began to destroy the three.roomed frame house. The children were in bed. In North "I went to look in upon them about five minutes before the fire, and there was no sign of anything wrong then," Mrs. Short said. "There was only a small fire in the stove." "I think the pipes must have be. come overheated while Mr. Fetter. ly was cooking their dinner earlier." Harold, 7, a' brother of the vic. tims, was at school, and a sister, Fern, 5, was innocently unaware of the start of the tragedy as she play. ed in the yard between the two houses, Mrs. Short suffered numerous cuts and gashes to both hands and wrists as she fought frantically to force her way into the flaming house. Within 15 minutes, the wooden house with its outside tarpaper cov. ering and inside cardboard lining was an inferno, with eye-blinding smoke halting all rescue attempts. * LATE NEWS BRIEFS x KILLED AT COBOURG Cobourg, March 18 (CP)--Hugh Wilson of Toron- to, was killed just west of here early today when his automobile left the highway and turned over. He was travelling west at the time. Driver of a passing truck saw the car in the ditch and notified police. FIRE LOSS IS $25,000 Kitchener, March 18 (CP)--Smoke and intense heat hindered fire fighting efforts on the part of the Kitchener Fire Department early today when flames utted the central section of the Merchants Printing ompany, Ltd. The blaze, of unknown origin, caused an estimated $25,000 damage. The loss was fully covered by insurance. CZECHS TO NAME MINISTER Prague, March 18 (AP)--Czechoslovak government sources said today a successor to the late Foreign Min- ister Jan Masaryk will be named "within a matter of hours." A government spokesman said: "The matter has been arranged." Speculation was that Zdenek Fier- linger, Social Democrat leader who persuaded his party to co-operate with the Communists, would receive the appointment. } GREEKS MOBILIZE CIVILIANS Athens, March 18 (AP)--The Greek government took its first step today toward civilian mobilization with a measure giving cabinet ministers full power to take emergency action. Premier Themistokles Sophoulis signed a proclamation of civil mobilization last nights