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THE DAILY TIMES-GAZET OSHAWA Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle TE WHITBY VOL. 7--NO. 94 OSHAWA-WHITBY, WEDNESDAY, APRIL. 21, 1948 Price 4 Cents SIXTEEN PAGES . HOUSE, BARNS BURN AT RAGLAN Bormer M.L.A. Gets C.C.F. Nomination ® A 4 Arthur Williams Wins Over Thomas As Five Nominated Arthur Williams, former M.L.A. for this riding and an official of John L. Lewis' United Mine Workers Union, wz as | last night selected C.C.F. candidate in the June 8 federal by- | election, at a convention held in the Genosha Hotel. 1 Mr. Williams received the nomination after delegates | ----4&chose him over Reeve T. D. Thom- - C.C.F. Candidate ARTHUR WILLIAMS Former M.L.A. for Ontario Riding, who was last night chosen to carry the banner of the Co-operative Commonwealth Party in the federal by-election on June 8. as of East Whitby in a secret bal- lot. Figures, in the balloting were | not announced, the scrutineers con- senting themselves with the bare | announcement that Mr. Williams had received the most votes. In all, five names were placed be- | They were | Arthur Williams, T. D. Thomas, | fore the coavention. James Lownie, A. G. Shultz and | Roy Fleming. The last three de- | clined to let their names Following the scrutineers' nouncement, Mr. Thomas withdrew his name to make the nomination unanimous. Delegates and friends filled the | Piccadilly Room of the hotel and showed marked enthusiasm. While the ballots were being counted, those present pledged $1,350 to a campaign fund with a donatioa of $250 from the local Women's As- | sociation of the party starting the | ball rolling. Joseph Noseworthy, provincial C.CF. organizer, acted as chairman. | In accepting the nomination, Mr. | Williams pledged that he would do all in his power to fight tous" labor legislation if he was el- ected. He appealed for solidarity | between labor and farmers. "The old line parties are trying | WILLIAMS (Continued on Page 2) Walter Reuther Shot By Unknown Marauder, stand. | an- | "iniqui~ | GET ON JOBS, LEWIS TELLS IDLE MINERS Washington, April 21--(AP)-- John L. Lewis, facing a still big- ger fine and even jail if the coal strike in the United States flares anew, appealed to the miners to- | day to hurry back to the pits. The result was an avalanche of orders from the 27 United Mine | Workers district presidents direct- | ing the 400,000 American soft coal | diggers to be back on the job in | force by Monday at the latest. The air cleared at once, and the | | pension strike which began March 15 seemed definitely over. There was no "code or wink or nod" in the message Lewis sent to his top union lieutenants. flatly he wished they | back to work immediately. | Justice T. Alan Goldsborough, | who yesterday fined Lewis $20,000 and the U.M.W. $1,400,000 | eriminal contempt in not obeyin la court order sooner, had Lewis used a "code" in the four- i week strike over pensions. Lewis is due to appear before | | Goldsborough again Friday to hear a possible sentence against | him and the union for civil con- tempt. Monday's verdict held them | | guilty of both criminal and Hid | contempt. But Goldsborough thus | far has punished them only for the | criminal offence. He said he | [ didn't want to emphasize the civil phase, because another fine would only shift a lot of money "from | one class (the miners) to the whole | | people." But the government, acting | through Assistant Attorney-Gen- | eral H. Graham Morison, insisted that the civil penalty be held in reserve until Friday. The idea was to keep a sort of weapon over the heads of Lewis and the miners, to see whether they actually would end the pension strike. A majority of the soft coal min- ers returned to work April 12, af- ter telegrams from Lewis said their $100 monthly pensions had been granted.. But the court tug- of-war angered some, and there was da wave of protest walkouts yesterday. Offer $100,000 Reward Detroit, April 21--(AP)--Walter P. Reuther, President of the United Automobile Workers, escaped death at a gunman's hand last night. A mysterious assallant, creeping to a lighted kitchen-window of the unionist'z home, fired a shotgun blast at Reuther, inflicting serious arm and chest wounds. Today, as doctors reported Reu- ther out of danger, a battery of De- troit's police and top detectives fol- lowed slim clues in a search for one or two men in the assault. For a time it was feared that Reuther, fiery President of the U. AW. (C10. might lose his right "arm, shattered by several slugs. Reuther himself, according to Prosecutor James N. McNally, blam- ed "management, Communists or a screwball." However, the prosecu. tor said Reuther "wasn't much help on what happened." The 40.year-old aggressive union leader has long been an avowed foe of Communism. Currently his big union, which speaks for nearly 1,000,000 workers new spring wage increase demand on the industry. The ifdjury left in question mean- while the extent to which Reuther can take part in his union's wage drive. Doctors said he would be in hospital perhaps for weeks. Reuther was shot a few minutes after returning home from a meet- ing of the. U.AW. International Executive Board. As he stood in the breakfast nook of his home on the northwest side, a Mast was fired through a window fout or five feet from him. > The charge struck his right arm, One slug penetrated his chest cav- ity, stopping near the skin surface in the stomach area. Neighbors said they saw a man dash out of the Reuther yard and flee in a car a moment after the | shot. Police.reported none could tell whether a confederate drove the car. .teuther's wife, Mae, who had helped him prepare a snack before they were to retire, was out of the . line of fire. She and friends sped Reuther to a hospital where he spent 2'2 hours on 'an operating table. Doctors said therd were seven wounds in his arm | and one"sir his chest. The international executive board | of the U.A.W. offered a $100,000 re- | ward leading to the arrest and con- viction of any person or persons responsible for the attempted mur-| der. Earlier, the cily of Detroit of-iords ag party leader." WALTER P. REUTHER fered $10,000 and a local union $1,- | of the car plants, is pressing its 000, Police Commissioner Harry S. Toy ordered the border hetween Detroit and /Windsor sealed against | any escape attempt by the driver of the escape car. ¥ He ordered a roundup of known Communists in the city, Reuther's and his neighbors all | all in the quiet northwest area where he lives. All| its | will be questioned. As Detroit launched one of greatest manhunts in years, Mrs. Gwen Martinson, Reuther's private secretary, said: he had received two recent unsigned letters threatening him with harm. Mrs. Martinson said one writer attacked him for his fight against Communists in the ranks of his UAW, his campaign to admit Negroes to public bowling tournament: Send Congratulations To Prime Minister King A telegram of congratulation to Prime Minister W. L. Mackenzie King on his setting a record for | length of service as Liberal Party leader, was despatched today by Lyman A. Gifford, Liberal candi- date in the June 8 Federal by- | election, to Ottawa. : Thé telegram read: "On behalf of thé Ontario Riding Liberal" As- sociation may I extend our best | wishes on this, your first day of a whole new series of all time rec- "friends and enemies' union. The other criticized | PC Policy On Controls Said Brazen Progressive = Conservative policy jon price controls in the House of { Commons was described last night | (as "brazen and double faced" by Fred S. Zaplitny, C.C.F. Member of Parliament for Dauphin, when he addressed the Ontario riding C.C.F. nominating convention here last night, "'They have taken every avail- | able stand they can take on price control now when they are keeping away from the subject entirely,' 'he charged, declaring that "in the | |same breath.' The Progressive Con- servatives had called for removal of controls but had scolded the government for allowing prices to |80 up Referring to the history of the CCF. Party in Saskatchewan, Mr. Zaplitny declared that "for the | first time in the" political history | of Canada" his party had discov- ered that there was no fundamen- tal difference between the objec- | tives of labor and the farmers--that | two phases of | {they were marely labor. | "I wish people would realize P.C. POLICY (Continued on Page 2) Wildcat Strike At Kaiser-Fraser Detroit, April 21 (CP)--For the third time in two weeks Kaiser- | Frazer production was halted by a wildcat strike. ' The company said 4,500 produc- tion workers were sent home yes- terday after 36 men in the seat cushion department walked off the job, Both company and union officials | sald the walkout was initiated by | four stewards who were disciplined for absences. Union and company officials said production may re- sume today. THE WEATHER Clear and cool today and to- night. © Thursday clear and warmer, Winds north 20 today, light tonight and Thursday. Low tonight and high Thursday 35 and 58. Summary for Thurs- day: Clear and warmer. hominid eddie He said | would 8) for | said | | T.K. Creighton, K.C.,, M.L.A cost of the Oshawa General 'Hospital s recently completed extension to the Sykes Memorial Wing. J. | president of the Hospital Board, is on the receiving end. The amount is "on account." Hon. Russell T. Kelley, Minister of Health for the province, has intimated that another cheque will be forthcoming later when the exact amount of the capital grant is Ten Thousand Dollar Cheque Brings Smiles , "hands over" cheque for $10,000 from the Province of Ontario to apply on the determined, A. Morphy, ~--Times-Gazette Staff Photo Disagreements Flare Into Calling Of Names Between Sovie London, April 21--(AP)--Rus- sian disputes with the western powers over Germany and Austria were sharpened today with new thrusts and counter-thrusts. In London, a Tass dispatch said a Russian commision had found a Brtish plane responsible for a fatal air erash over Berlin April 5. In Vienna, the United States and Russia blamed each other for a clash Monday on the streets of the American zone, when three Rus- sian officers attempted to arrest a displaced person in the United States sector. American military police wrested the woman from the. Russians. In Berlin, W. T. Babcock, Ameri- can Deputy Commandant of the city, called his Russian counterpart the biggest spreader of falsehoods "since the time of Ananias." The | United States, Britain, and France | made plans here which may furth- | er the split between Western and | Eastern Germany. The three pow- ers laid the groundwork for restor- ing the western -section's financial stability and giving it wide self- governing powers. [ The Soviet news agency state- | ment referred to the collision of a | British transport and a Russian | fighter. All 14 aboard the trans- port. died. The Russian pilot also | perished. Tass said the commission found that the British plane, "which shot out of the clouds, struck the tailplane of the Soviet Plane with its engines." viet, West A British white paper previously blamed the Russian pilot for the collision. Foreign Secretary Bevin told Commons Monday Britain would claim full compensation for the crash, A joint British-Russian investi- gation of the crash broke down | when the Russians refused to hear German or American witnesses, Official American observers in London 'expressed optimism today over the first session of the cur- rent three-power talks on Western Germany yesterday. Russia was not invited. High on the agenda are the role of Western Germany in the Europ- ean economy; control of the Ruhr; evolution of the political and econ- omic organization of Germany; provisional territorial _arrange- ments; security against German aggression, Babcock made his "Ananias" re- mark to the Soviet Deputy Com- mander of Berlin, Col. Alexis Jelis- arov, at a meeting' of the allied Kommandantura yesterday, during which Jelisarov repeated previous- ly denied charges that the western powers were "looting" the city. When he had finished Babcock said: "The paper you have just read represents the biggest collection of falsehoods and deceptions since the time of Ananias. "Attacks like those you have made here today resemble a mos- quito trying to eat a lion." Vote On Fr By GEORGE KITCHEN Canadian Press Staff Writer Commons is expected to vote today on the ticklish freight-rate issue: Actually, there will be two votes, one each on two motions of want- of-confidence in the government | Which arise from the recent 21-per- |cent increase in freight . charges. | One was moved by the C.CF.| group; the other by the Progressive"cational | Conservative party. Both motions criticize the govern- iment for not holding up the in- {crease, but the Progressive Conser= vative motion. goes a bit further. |It censures the government for | failing to remove inequalities in the freight-rate structure before the in- crease became effective. While acceptance by the house of either of these two motions could mean the government's defeat, the administration is believed to have marshalled enough support from its of 'both opposition thrusts Debate on the motions, adjourn- | ed since last week, was resumed yesterday but there were too many on the speaking list to allow the Ottawa, April 21 -- (CP) -- The | own ranks to ensure the iid eight Rates Expected In Commons | taking of votes before the discus- | sion ended. The chamber also adopted a bill to increase from $200,000 to 7500,- 000 the amount of money to be used to eliminate railway level crossings. This amount will be paid out of the federal treasury each year for the next nine years. Third reading also was given a (bill extending the provisions of vo- training while pregress was made on others increasing pay- ments under the Unemployment In- surance Act and making minor changes in the Prairie Farm As- sistance Act. | As the Commons opened, opposi- |tion party leaders paid tribute to Prime Minister Mackenzie King for | his achievement in equalling the record of Sir Robert Walpole as {Prime Minister of a commonwealth | country. 7,620 days. Mr. King later told the chamber health insurance legislation from time to time since the session open- FREIGHT RATES (Continued on Page 9), Sir Robert held office for the cabinet has' been considering Hospital Gets First Cheque | New Addition The highlight of of the regular | monthly meeting of the Oshawa | | Hospital Board last evening was the receipt of a cheque for $10,000 from the Province of Ontario as part of | a capital grant toward the building of the new north addition to the | Sykes Memorial Wing. This addi- | tion, providing 18 additional beds, | was recently opened and its facil | teis have been very favorably com- | mented upon both by patients and | | staff. The exact cost of the wing | is not yet known and this figure will eventually determine the total amount of the provincial grant. In the meantime, the cheque for $10,- 000 has been received from the | Minister of Health, Hon. Russell T. | Kelley, * 'on account." The cheque was formally presented at last night's meeting by T. K. Creighton, K.C, FLA, to J. A. Morphy, presi- dent of the Board. New Rates Approved Some changes in rates were ap- proved at last night's meeting. These will result in an average in- crease of approximately 10%. They will be effective for new admissions today and for those already in hos- pital from May 1st. There will be no increase for public ward patients. Approval was given for the pur- chase of a cabinet and incubator for the pathology department at a cost of approximately $300. On recommendation of the medi. ec. | -T CHEQUE | FI (Continued on Page 2) 'Man Found Dead In Car On 2A, Gun In Lap Ulysses Burton Christian, residing on Kingston Road W est, 3 | was found dead, slumped over the | | steering wheel of his automobile with a bullet through his head on No. 2A highway on the Cubert Street overpass yesterday after- noon. The gun, a German model, was found on his lap. Constable Harvey of the Oshawa | Police Department investigated ! and called Coroner Dr. H. M. Mac- | Donald who stated the cireum- | stances pointed to suicide. Mr. Christian came to Oshawa in | the fall of 1946 and was employed by Pickwick Cleaners for a time before opening his own business recently, under the name of Tru- | shade Dyeworks, on Bond Street | West. ! During World War 1I he served | overseas with the Air Force, 5 ceiving his discharge in 1945. is believed to be a former ee | of Sault Ste, Marie, Ontario. He is survived by his wife, we former Olga Thomas, and a baby daughter. Other relatives include his father and a brother. The funeral will "be held from the Luke-McIntosh Funeral Home tomorrow at 2 p.m. with interment | in the Oshawa Union Cemetery. Services will be conducted by Rev. H, D. Cleverdon, | { | | | | <b h 'Volunteer eer Bucket Brigade Powerless To Halt Flames Raglan, April 21--A double fire breaking out at the north end of the village yesterday destroyed a two-storey frame home and two barns on the farm of Orval Lyle within the space of hours. The fire which destroyed the house broke out at noon while sparks from the first fire caused the second PS conflagration at 5:30 p.m. When informed by a neighbor, Mrs. George Bray, that the chimney of his eight-room house was on fire, Orval Lyle went upstairs and found the second storey a blazing inferno. - "In a matter of minutes the flames swept through the entire house and we just had time to get dad out," Mr. Lyle said. His father, Delbert Lyle, 75 and gravely ill, was taken to a neighbor's home and refused to be removed to hos- pital. Neighbors rallied to the fire and formed a bucket brigade but 'gave up when we realized it was no use. The house was too far gone," said Russell Davidson, a close friend of Mr. Lyl» T )sest water sly was too far away to be of any use, The volunteers saved furniture and household articles from the down- stairs of the home and then con- centrated their efforts to prevent the spread of flames to a driving shed and garage. A strong wind at about 5:30 p.m. fanned the smoldering ruins of the house and swept sparks to the two medium-sized barns, about 30 feet apart, setting them on fire. The barns contained a quantity of hay but no livestock. The Oshawa Fire Department answered a call from Raglan after residents feared the new outbreak would sweep through the village. Before the fire department arrived a small blaze had broken out at | the back kitchen of the Bray home, 200 yards away. The flames were | Du out before they could get a firm hold on the building which is one by Russell Davidson. Today Orval Lyle, assisted by Russell Davidson, gathered together the few small pieces of 'furniture which it had been possible to re- move. Mr. Lyle estimates the total loss to be about $8,000 which is partially covered by insurance. The loss of the house is estimated at about $3,000. Chrysler Strike Can Be Ordered By UAW Director Detroit, April 21--(AP)--The fi- nal union barried to a "sanctioned strike by 75,000 Chrysler Corpora- tion employees was cleared away yesterday by the United Automobile Workers (CIO) executive board. The 22-man board voted unani- mously to put authority to order a walkout solely in the hands of Nor- man Mathews, the U.A.W.s nation- al Chrysler director. Neither the board nor Mathews has mentioned a possible strike date. It also rapped Chrysler's offer of a six-cent hourly wage increase as "ridiculously inadequate" and said the union stands ready to "lake economic action" if necessary to back its demands for 30 cents and other concessions. A 4 MASTER HURT AS CSU MEN STONE VESSEL Toronto, April 21 -- (CP) -- Lowe er lakes canals were tense spots today in the fight between the Canadian Seamen's Union (TLC) and the rival Canadian Lake Sea- men's Union (Independent) over contracts which four lines refuse to sign with the C.8S.U. The first canal-bank violence in the jurisdictional dispute flared last night when the C.S.U, stoned the freighter J. A. France in the Wel- land Canal and injured its master, Capt. J. A. Austin. But the freight- er, which eluded union men as it left Thorold with a newsprint cargo for Chicago, cleared the canal. About the same time six members of the Canadian Lake Seamen's Union crew of the packet freighter Superior went ashore at Amherst- burg. The rest of the crew had bee herded off the vessel at Windsor by a C.S.U. boarding party armed with clubs, rubber hose, a mallet and a monkey wrench, Only in Toronto were police re=- ported to have taken a hand. A harbor patrol boat frightened off a MASTER HURT p (Continued on Page 2) Gale Sweeps Lake District Bobcaygeon, April 21--(CP)-- Cottages, boathouses and barns were wrecked last night in a gale which swept through the nearby Sturgeon Lake district of Victoria County. . Telephone and hydro lines were torn down and hundreds of trees uprooted. Sturgeon Lake is a few miles north of Lindsay at the southern fringe of the Kawartha Lakes re- sort area of Eastern Ontario. No one was reported injured but a Toronto man named Gouin- lock escaped drowning when the blow tipped his small boat in the ° lake. This district was plunged into darkness when the storm struck, accompanied by heavy rain and thunder. Repair gangs were re= cruited to mend fallen transmise sion and telephone lines. Three cottages were blown to pieces and two boathouses were swept away. Eight small boats were torn from their moorings and blown out into the lake, * LATE NEWS BRIEFS * SKIRMISHES IN MILAN Rome, April 21 (Reuters)--Police made 24 Arrests when fighting occurred between Communists and anti« Communists in Miian's Cathedral Square late last night. Communist newspapers. in 'Milan said that members. of the Italian Social Movement party insulted Communist speakers and tried to make Scuffles and fistfights took. them take off their badges. place. CREW WALKS OFF SHIP Collingwood, April 21 (CP)--Twenty Provincial Police arrived here today from Barrie to reinforce local police. Town council, at an emergency meeting, express ed fear of open warfare between rival seameh's unions, Canadian Seamen's Union members arrived in taxis from Midland and persuaded the cott to leave the ship. crew of the freighter Pres- CANADIANS SAFE IN COLOMBIA Toronto, April 21 (CP)--AIl Canadian and Ameri- can personnel of International Petroleum Company in El Centro and Barranca Bermeja, Colombia, are safe afd installations are undamaged, it was learned today. A cable from the company manager in. Bogota said 330 employees had come through the Colombian uprisings unharmed. MASSEY-HARRIS UPS WAGES Brantford, April 21 (CP)--A new wage increase of hour, seight cents an hour for Massey-Harris employees in Brantford and Toronto has been arranged in negotia- tions just completed between the company and the United - Automobile Workers (C. 1.©.). eight cents means a total 1948 increase of 13 cents an The additional