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| THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE, Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle he 5, OSHAWA © WHITBY VOL. 7--NO. 74 OSHAWA-WHITBY, MONDAY, MARCH 29, 1948 Price 4 C ents FOURTEEN PAGES 100 DEAD IN HOLY LAND BATTLE 4 U.S. Board Issues Subpoena Against Lewis The Latest In Easter Fashions Leader Of Miners Fails To Show Up For Coal Inquiry Washington, March 29 (AP)--John L. Lewis ignored a subpoena to appear at 2:p.m., EST, today for a presidential board hearing on the coal strike. Washington, March. 29 (AP)--John L. Lewis was sub- poenaed to appear at 2 p.m. EST today before a Presidential hoard investigating the coal strike after he had refused to testify voluntarily. The formal order was issued immediately after Lewis had turned down the board's invi.®-- tation to explain the walkout of his 400,000 soft coal miners on a pension dispute. An hour later, two United States Marshals emerged grinning from United Mine Workers headquarters and the Marshal's office said that Lewis 'had accepted the subpoena. Shortly ** the deputi , Lew. is emerged with an unaccustomed smile. Asked by reporters if he will appear before the board, he an. swered "no comment." Three minutes before a 10 am. EST. deadline set for his reply, the United Mine Workers' leader fired at the board a reply to its invita- tion setting forth his "disinclina. tion" to testify. Should Lewis ignore the sub- poena, issued under authority of the Taft.Hartley Labor Law, the board may go to court for an order directing Lewis' appearance. The soft coal operators testified last Friday on their position in the dispute with Lewis over pensions for miners. Lewis was allowed the entire week-end to reply to the board's invitation. The invitation to testify was is. sued by Federal Judge Sherman Minton, chairman of the board set up by Presidént Truman to investi. gate the walkout which is entering its third week. A United States Marshal was dis. patched with the subpoena to the United Mine Workers headquarters, a few blocks away. In his reply to the board, Lewis said in effect that the Taft-Hartley Law under which the board was ap. pointed, had not been violated. As the mine shutdown began its third week, coal operators estima. ted it had already cost the United States $500,000,000 and the miners an amount double the $32,000,000 COAL INQUIRY (Continued on Page 2) Dr. Cornett's Last Sermon Read Sunday A fitting tribute to the late Rev, Dr, A. D, Cornett, O.B.E., was paid at the morning service in Simcoe Street United Church yesterday when Rev, J.'S. I. Wilson read the Easter sermon entitled "A Christian Faith in Immortality" which was written by Dr. Cornett and appear- ed in the last issue of The United Church Observer, The text of the article is as fol- lows: An Easter Sermon This is Easter Sunday, and as a theme appropriate for this special occasion, we shall think of Chris- tian Faith in Immortality. There are many different ways of dealing with this topic. The method which I propose to follew is to consider first what may be called the natural human hope of continued existence after death. | Next we shall suggest some reasons | why many people of our time have lost this faith. Finally we shall at- | temt'. to outline how it may be re- covered. A Natural Human Hope In normal persons of every race and of every time, there has been found what may be called a natural yearning for, and hope of, a happy form of life beyond the experience which we call death. How this arose I do not pretend to know. It may be the natural desire to prolong an experience which is at least in some degree a pleasant one, a desire to continue the natur- al enjoyment of life. An ancient Hebrew poet exclaimed: "Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for "the eyes to behold the sun!" There you have the natural feeling of the healthy animal who is happily adjusted to his environ- ment. it is natural to long for the con- tinuation of that experience beyond LAST SERMON (Continued on Page 2) It is good to be alive! And |" Will Broadcast MRS. LOUISE OWENS 95 Cadillac Avenue South, who coramences a special Children's Sto. ry broadcast entitled, "The Magic Hour," under the sponsorship of the C.R.A, over CKDO at 515 p.m. to- day. MERCY PLANE FLIES 3 BACK FROM ARCTIC By JACK AVESON Canadian Press Staff Writer Winnipeg, March 29 (CP).--Log book of the R.C.A.F.'s most north- erly mercy flight undertaken with a wheeled aircraft, "Operation Dodds" was finished today with FO Bob Race's brief comment, "it was a routine flight." Hospital authorities added that it also was a successful flight, with condition of the three persons flown to Winnipeg for medical care--two of them from Arctic Bay 2,000 miles north of here--reported as good. The three were; Mrs. Sam Dodds, formerly of Toronto and wife of a meteorological officer at Arctic Bay; Akemellie, chief hunter among the 30-40 Eskimos living near the Polar outpost 500 miles north of the Arc- tic. Circle, and Michelle Catherine Martyn, two-day-old daughter of Capt. and Mrs. Michael Martyn of Churchill, Man., formerly of Ed- monton. Details of Mrs, Dodds' allment were not disclosed. The Eskimo was reported to be suffering from hernia while the infant was flown to hos- pital for treatment of a cleft palate and split lip. Their arrival here in the midst of an Easter Sunday snowstorm concluded a mercy flight which had extended over seven days, nearly | 5.800 miles and 28 actual flying hours, and which had required ap- | Eroximately 2,800 gallons of gaso- | lin Local Dog Nearing Championship Title "Kloverleaf Cleopatra," an Irish Setter, owned by Mr. and Mrs, Sea- ton Graham, 44 Colborne Street East, won five firsts, one winners and ol third award at the dog show, sponsored by the Toy Breed- er's Association of Canada, in the Coliseum at the C.N.E. These awards gave the show dog two more points. She now has six points towards the required 10 for championship title. DR. J. D. MacLEAN DIES Ottawa, March 29 -- (CP)--Dr. John Duncan MacLean, 74, recent. ly retired chairman of the Cana. dian Farm Loan Board and a for. mer Premier of British Columbia, died at his home here last night. HUNT MANIAC AS ESPANOLA GRAVE GHOUL Sudbury, March 29 (CP).--Pro- vincial Police at Espanola, assisted | by an' investigator from .the Cri- minal Investigation Department of the Ontario Provincial Police, To- ronto, today continued their inves- tigation of the discovery in a field of the partly nude body of Mrs. Albina Morreau, 68, buried since Feb. 4 in the Espanola Catholic Cemetery. Mrs. Morreau's body was found Friday, some 100 feet from the cemetery. The body was found by persons attending a funeral at the Protestant cemetery Friday after- noon. An autopsy was performed by Dr. G. Desmarais of Sudbury, but he refused to comment on the case, saying, "I have no information to give out." Provincial Police at Sudbury said yesterday they have no information on just how the body was removed from the cemetery to the field. Police added that no clues have yet been found but it is understood police are seeking a maniac in con- nection with the incident. Reports from Espanola said the body had been desecrated. Mrs. Morreau, wife of Wilfred Moireau, died Feb. 3 after a lengthy illness. Police said the casket had been sealed as it was on the day of the funeral and the grave had been partly refilled. The ground was not frozen which indicated the body may have been removed only a few days ago, police said. Inspector T\. Wilkinson, of the Sudbury district detachment of the ot a iy Ae copfinnsd reports, hae RB casket left in place. The inspector added that the person or persons responsible must have spent a con- siderable amount of time at the cemetery, as the casket had 'been closed and the grave partly filled in. Fine Eulogy For Deceased Local Pastor Garlands of carnations, roses and daffodils embraced the casket, containing the remains of the late Rev. Alexander Dow Cornett, D.D., 0.B.E., as it rested before the altar of Simcoe Street United Church for the funeral service Saturday afternoon, Pastor of Simcoe Street United Church, Dr. 'Cornett is mourned by many, and a large congregation at. tended the funeral to pay their last respects to the beloved minister, A Day of Triumph Rev. George Telford, a fellow university student and close friend of the deceased, delivered the eu. logy in which he said: "For AD. this is truly a day of triumph, this is the way he would want to leave us. I am sure he was glad to die in harness.and that he was able to be active to the last. I am sure we all want to do honour to a man so worthy of honor and who is so en. titled to our deepest respect and highest esteem, "A. D. came from a family with a high regard for education and all of the four boys found their way through university. My friend grad- uated from Queen's in 1911 and took a year's post-graduate course over. seas before returning to Renfrew and entering the service of our Lord." Mr. Telford spoke glowingly of Mr. Cornett's splendid work for the church and of his excellent World War I record. "To A.D. it wag a calling or duty, never work or a job, and for his duty he had the highest regard. He held high his sense of honor and strove for truth at all costs. Our friend was a good hater. He hated, with all his heart, deceit, insincer- ity and sham, and during his term of ministry in Oshawa threw many a spear at the social evils. of this city", Mr, Telford said. Sermons Never Superficial Rev. Telford told of the thought and careful study which went into Mr. Cornett's sermons. "Sermons that were models of industry, never shallow or superficial but careful, methodical and considerater and delivered with the utmost convic. tion". Mr. Telford felt sure that the deceased had always clung to the things he knew were true and loved so much. "He spent much of his time studying and teaching the sa. cred records with a stout voice and an eloquence of true sincerity. Many times I have heard him say" said Mr, Telford, "I (8m a representa. FINE EULOGY (Continued on Page 2) had heen re. Te ns Bhi Ls a Heading yorterdav's Easter parade were these 'Oshawa girls garbed in spring styles fashioned for tehp 3 year loveliness. Left to right are Joan Mercer, 149 Alma Street; Mary Thomas, Elgin Street; and Helen McDougall, Spencer Ave., Toronto, taking the Sunday sun and adding to its brightness with three winning smiles. Easter Week-End Marked By Strife Over Wide District By Joseph C. Goodwin Jerusalem, March 29 (AP)--Police said three bombs, apparently dropped from a plane, landed today near a Greek Orthodox school in Jaffa. About 100 persons were killed and 200 injured throughout Palestine during the week-end. The death toll increased to 2,206 in fighting since the United Nations voted four months ago for® partition. A Jewish Agency spokesman in- | dicated to a press conference there is "some move in religious circles to | E . | suggest a truce for Jerusalem." | --Times-Gazette Staff Photo Five Killed On Highways In 13 Eastern Fatalities By The "Canadian Press Traffic accidents claimed five lives in Eastern Canada during the Easter holiday week-end. A Cana- dian Press survey showed 13 fa- talities reported since Thursday nic™t. Burns caused three of the other violent deaths, what police called a murder and suicide accounted for two more, a woman died under cir- cumstances still under investigation, a haby was asphyxiated and the body of a long-missing drowning victim was recovered. Harold J. Schneider of Bon Ac- | cord, Alta, 22-year-old soldier | hitchhiking from Kingston to Par- is, Ont., with two companions, wai killed when an automobile in which he had obtained a ride crashed into | a hydro pole near Paris. Injured were the driver, Arthur Hildebrand of Brantford and Schneider's | friends, John Scott, 19, of Paris, and 20-year-old Richad 'Attridge | Blenheim, Ont. Haughton C, Laird, 38, of Oak- | ville, and formerly of Sault Ste. | Marie, was killed early Sunday when his automobile crashed into a parked truck near Oakville. In another accident near Tor- onto, Kenneth Fairbairn, 23-year- old milk wagon driver, died when a train smashed his wagon. Jimmy Fichards, his 15-year-old helper, was injured. Three-year-old Evelyn Craig of Toronto died of injuries suffered when she was hit by a truck. Seconds after she pushed her nine-year-old grandson to safety, Mrs. Reuben Eisan, 65, was killed by a taxicab near Dartmouth, N.S. William Patterson, 53, of Hamil- ton, was killed near North Bay, Ont. when his automobile collided head- on during a storm with another car. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Mabee of Toronto, in the other car, were in- jured, Mary Ann Copley, 22, and Dan Shackett, 38, were found dead in a Montreal. rooming house following what police termed a murder and suicide. A body recovered from the La- chine Canal at Montreal was' iden- tified as that of Mrs. Bernard Langan, 62, missing from her Mont- r ~1 home since last November. Three-year-old Germaine Des- jardins of Hawkesbury, Ont: suf- fered fatal burns as she helped her mother fill a tub with boiling water, molten metal from a foundry furn- | | ace, John Totoff of Hamilton died during the week-end. A third burn victim was James MacLaughlin, 19, of Simcoe, Ont. He suffered extensive burns last | Thursday in an explosion in his home which took the lives' of his mother and a younger brother. Nine-months-old Lee 'Williams Tracy was suffocated in his carri- age outside his Hamilton home. He was the only son of Mr. and Mrs. Lionel Tracy. The body of Mrs. Hermas Loisel- i 1a 23, of Val Morin, Que., was found | on a roadside near Ste. Agathe, 75 | miles north of Montreal. Police | don't know the cause of death. | Baby Is Hurt In Car Crash Suffering a "fractured skull in an jauo accident early yesterday, .two- { year-old Paul Ackerman is critically ill in the Oshawa General Hospital, according to his physician Dr. W. H. Stanley. "There has been no change in his condition .since yesterday," the ! physician said today. Paul is the son of Mr. and Mrs.. Milton Ackerman of R.R. 3, Bow- manville, who were treated for mi. nor injuries at the hospital but are now home. Merton Ackerman, an uncle riding in the rear seat with the youngster, was uninjured. The boy's father was driving. Provincial police said the Ack. erman car was in collision with an auto driven by Charles Stanyon of St. Marys on No. 2 Highway just east of Harmony early Sunday mor. ning. Constable Gordon Keast is conducting an investigation. THE WEATHER Clear and milder today. Tues. day cloudy, clearing. during the forenoon. Cooler Tuesday. Winds southwest 20 shifting to northwest 15 Tuesday morning. Low tonight and high Tuesday 31 and 37. Summary for Tues. dey: Mostly clear and cooler, 'Former Local She fell into the tub and was scald- | In Car Crash ed. Severely burned 10 days ago by | Man Killed A tragic highway 'accident took | the life of a former Oshawa resi. dent, William 'Patterson, on Satur. day night, ne~r Powassan. Driving | ncrth in a heavy sncw storm, his car was struck head.on by a coupe in which Mr. and Mrs. Fred Mabee of Toronto were riding. Mr. Mabee and his wife sustained severe in- juries and are being treated in a North Bay hospital. | Mr. Patterson was driving north | to his camp on Lake Nipissing and ! was alone in the car except for his dog, a favourite hunting compan. ion. His camp on the West Arm of that lake, was well known to many | Oshawa friends who had enjoyed '| fishing and hunting with him. A fine sportsman in every sense of the word, he became keenly inter- ested years ago in the north coun. try; built a hunting lodge there and was well known throughout the Nip. issing district. Deceased was in his 55th year and was born in Windsor, the son of Mrs. Henrietta Patterson, and the late Alex Patterson. He was employ. | ed with General Motors of Canada at Walkerville and also in the Pur. { chasing Department here at Osha. | wa, where he came to reside 21 | years ago. He moved to Burlington about three years ago; establishing | his own business, a manufacturers' | Agency in the tool and die line. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday afternoon from the home, 67 Burlington Avenue, Burl. ington, to St. Luke's Anglican Church at 2 pm. Surviving are his wife, the for. mer Edna Trudell;" one son, James at home; his mother, Mrs. Henri. etta Patterson of Windsor; one bro. ther, Walter of Windsor; two sis. ters, Mrs. L. W. Oullette, Toronto, and Mrs. Charles Curtis, London, NO INQUEST PLANNED Toronto, March 29--(CP) -- An autopsy Saturday satisfied Chief Coroner Smirle Lawson an inquest is not necessary into the death of Arthur J. Webb, 47, purchasing | agent for St. Andrew's College at! Aurora, Ont. but the investigation | f v. The man was found | dead in bed in a SowRiomh hotel room . Friday. < .| identified Jews were recovered from | A 'spokesman welcomed a report- i ed appeal by Dr. Cyrill Garbett, | Archbishop of York, to the United | Nations to "take at once steps necessary to save Jerusalem from | destruction" in Arab-Jewish com- ! bat. | "We would also welcome any move on the part of the Arabs for | preserving the peace of Jerusalem | and we would not care from which | sources these moves came as long | s we can absolutely rely on them," | e Jewish Agency spokesman said. | The charred bodies of seven un- | the wreckage of a burned out arm- ored car near Mughar village in the coastal plain. Police stated earlier a party of Jews attacked the village | with automatic weapons and gren- | ades. The villagers returned the fire, The armored car was blown | up during the fight. | Official reports showed at least | '| 68 persons slain yesterday. Unoffi- cial sources reported a much higher toll. The Jewish militia Hagana claimed 300 Arab casualties. Arabs spoke of heavy Jewish losses. The unofficial tally of violent deaths in the Holy Land stood at 2,193 since the United Nations voted las Nov, 29 to partition the coun- "% British official statement said 42 Jews were slain and their con- voy of five vehicles 'burned in an ambush by 250 Arabs near the Leb- anese frontier. It reported six Arabs | killed. The attack took place at El Kab- ri, inland from coastal Nahariya. Nahariya is halfway between Acre and the border. British Royal Ar- tillery fired 12 rounds of 25-pound- er shells before driving the Arabs from their hill entrenchments, the statement said. The second convoy battle, south of Bethlehem, ended yesterday. Nearly 200 Jews gave up their arms and equipment to the Arabs in re- turn for safe conduct to Jerusalem with British escort. British officers arranged the truce. The Jews had been under siege 30 hours in the abandoned Arab village of Nabi Daniel (Prophet Daniel), below Bethlehem and east of Solomon's pools. A British official report showed at least 12 Jews killed in the bat- tle. Jewish sources said there were 17 dead and some Arab sources said 80. Hagana reported '100 Arabs slain and 200 wounded. Hagana reported today it had de- stroyed what it called headquarters of Arab soldiers at Sandala village on the western slope of Mount Gilboa near El 'Affule in Samaria. The Hagana High Command said in Tel Aviv last night at least 30 Arabs were killed and 10 wounded when Jews blew. up 10 houses in the village. Official report released here | | theft was discovered on Saturday HOLY LAND (Continued on Page 2) Di reoling Campaign ia DR. WALTER BAPTY Who has been appointed chairman of the committee for South Ontario, which will conduct a membership drive for the Canadian Cancer Soelety. . Burma Acts Against Reds ier Thankin Nu said teday that the government will take "ruthless ac. tion" to eliminate the Burmese Communist party. The Premier's statement came af. ter police arrested 300 persons and raided pickets engaged in an al. leged Communist-inspired strike here, Employees of four British-owned companies have been out for about three weeks in a strike said to. day by the semi.official Burmese review to be "engineered by Com. munists to throw the country into disorder," One man was killed Sunday when police forcibly removed strike pick. ets outside gasoline storage depots, A policeman was stabbed and sev. eral pickets were injured. The government has taken over gasoline dMstribution at the request of the struck Burma Oil Company, LODGE IS ROBBED Lindsay, March 290--(CP)-- Fur. nishings and household appliances valued at more than $2,733 were stolen from the Royal Cabin Lodge near here over the week-end. The by Roy Phillips of Toronto, proprie. tor of the lodge. * LATE NEWS BRIEFS > FRESH TROOPS IN TRIESTE Trieste, Italian-language newspaper March 29 (CP)--Giornale De Trieste, in Trieste, said today 3,000 new Yugoslav troops had arrived in the free territory zone held by Yugoslavia. "About 2,000 Yugoslav troops arrived at Verteneglio and another 1,000 at Casteel- venere," the paper said. Private homes were requisition- ed to lodge these new arrivals. 16 KILLED IN RIOTS » Bombay, March 29 (Reuters) Sixteen persons were killed, 25 were injured, and about 1,000 houses were des- troyed by fire in a Hindu-Moslem conflict at Godhra, 300 miles north of Bombay, Home Minister Morarji De- said told the Provincial Legislature today. AN IS ASPHYXIATED Toronto, arch 29 (CP)--Frank Miekina, 50-year- old construction worker, died today after a pan of water boiled over and doused the illuminating gas flame in his rooming-house quarters. Police said t they believed Mie- kina went to sleep while waiting for the water to boil, SEEK JEWISH- ARAB TRUCE Lake Success, March 29 (CP)--The United States has decided not to press for immediate action on trustee ship for Palestine, an American delegation spokesman said today. The spokesman said Warren R. Austin, Chief United States Delegate, had been instructed by Wash- ington to concentrate on efforts to get a Jewish-Arab ruce and to call a special Palestine session of the United Nations Assembly.