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! THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle OSHAWA WHITBY VOL. 7--NO. 103 OSHAWA-WHITBY} Nay 3 Price 4 Cents FOURTEEN PAGES INJUNCTION HALTS POLE ¥ J Local Man Fatally Crushed 'As Auto Rolls Christie Melvin Dies In Hospital; Wife's Arm Broken . Melvin C. Christie, 22-year-old Oshawa resident, died in the Oshawa General Hospital at 6 p.m: yesterday of multiple 'head and internal injuries, and shock, about two hours after the light convertible auto he was driving went out of control and rolled over several times on the new dual highway, near the Cubert Street over-pass. His wife suffered a fractured arm and minor cuts and bruises in Collier Opens Navigation Season Here Arriving on schedule at 1 p.m. Saturday, the collier "Coalfax" opened Oshawa harbor's 1948 navi- gation season without fanfare or presentation of high silk hat as is the case in some othér lake ports, Master of the vessel, Captain Lorne McCartney did not mind. Finger- ing his neat, new square-rigger he calmly remarked, "I don't need a silk hat." The ship, manned by a Canadian Seamen's Union crew, brought 2700 tons of bituminous coal from Sodus Point, New York. Asked how he got along with the crew, Cap- tain McCartney replied, "Oh, we get along all right, were CBS.U. men." On hand to meet the ship were: 'Wharfinger John Graves; harbor master, Lloyd Gifford and Robert Dixon, cargo consignee. Five Strikers Face Charges Toronto, May 3 -- (CP) -- Five strikers were arrested today at the strike-bound Rogers Majestic plant at suburban Leaside in a series of scuffles between members of the United Electrical Workers (C10) and members of the rival AFL. un- ion who tried to enter the plant. Three strikers were charged with obstructing police and two others were booked on charges of intimid- ation. The arrested men were identified as Sam Crawford, 41, and Harry Wallace, 31, charged with intimida- tion and Victor Hann, 19, Walter Hall, 19, and Tiverio Denino, 27, charged with obstruction. A summons charging obstruction has been issued for a sixth striker, William Moffat, 45. Moffat is not a ccm employee, TE W. officials said about 30 members of the rival union manag- ed to get into the plant. Chief Constable John McGrail of the Leaside force said more arrests can be expected if pickets insist on barring passage to and from the plant. + He said he had made no plans to call Provincial Police. "If more serious trouble develops today, Provincial Police might be the only answer," he added. Ellis Blair, UEW. organiger es- tima the union had 250 pickets on duty. : Convention Dates Set In Durham Liberals in Durham Riding will meet Wednesday night to select a candidate for the Provincial elec- tions scheduled for June 7. The Progressive Conservatives on Friday nominated' Major John Foote, V.C., as their standard bear- er in the riding. No date has yet been announced by the C.CF. for their nominating convention, j the accident. Eyewitnesses told members of the Oshawa Police Department and the Provincial Police Force that Chris. ie, who was driving east, pulled out to the left and the left front wheg of the auto, which was owned "by his father-in-law, Fred Huddleston, Oshawa-on-the-Lake, struck - the soft shoulder. The vehicle veered in a southerly direction across the pavement and rolled over several times in the ditch hurling parts of the vehicle about 40 feet. Mr. Christie and his wife, who accompanied him in the auto, were rushed to the Oshawa General Hos pital. Mr. Christie died without xe- gaining consciousness. Blame Halted Traffic Provincial - Constable Bathe thought that & line up of traffic halted at the Oshawa intersection of the new two-lane caused the mo- tor accident which resulted in the man's death and the injury of his wife. Police were of the obinion that Christie, unable to stop his converti- ble coupe in time to avoid collision tion, pulled too far over to the side of the road and the automobile got out of control. The Christie automobile rolled over in the ditch and came to rest upside down after parts had been hurled as much as forty feet from the wreckage. The frame of the windshield hurtled through the air and crashed on the verandah of a nearby house. Wife's Condition Satisfactory Mrs. Christie is resting in hos- pital with a fractured arm. Dr. H. M. MacDonald reports her 'condi- tion as satisfactory. The tragic event marks the second traffic fa- tality in Oshawa this year. The first occurred last week when Samu- el Kantymir was struck on Simcoe Street South and died shortly after- ward. A son of Mr. and Mrs. Clark Christie of North Oshawa, the de- ceased was a member of the United Steelworkers of America. He is survived by his wife, the former Dorothy Huddleston, to whom he was married last year; two sisters, Betty of Ogdensburg, N.Y. and Jean of Beeton, and two brothers, Carmen of Ogdensburg, N.Y. and Earl of Kemptville. "The funeral will be conducted by Rev. H. B. Ketchen, D.D., at the 'Luke-McIntosh Funeral Home at 2 p.m.' on Tuesday, May 4, followed | by interment in Mount Lawn Ceme- tery. Ship On Fire Off Hatteras Norfolk, Va.,, May 3 (AP).-- . The American freighter Shell Bar reported today she was afire off Diamond Shoal light- ship, about 15 miles off Cape Hatteras. A message received at Coast Guard headquarters shortly be- fore 10 a.m, ES.T. said the 3,805-ton vessel had "uncon- trolled fire in holds 1 and 2," and asked assistance. The cutter Ingham was ordered to proceed from Norfolk. The Shell Bar carries a crew of 35. Ps A 4 with 'cars stopped at the intersec« 37 Cars Are Derailed, Five 'Sail' Down River North Bay, May 3--(CP)--Thirty- seven cars were derailed Sunday in two separate Canadian National Railways freight train ' accidents within 25 minutes of each other in the Northern Ontario district, At 2 a.m. today the main line was cleared for the resumption of -traf- fic after jt had been blocked since 1:45 p.m. Sunday when 17 cars were derailed at Ashburton, 31 miles west of here. The train, extra eastbound freight No. 3385, was en route from Capreol to Brent, with 67 loaded cars. Five of the 17 derailed cars tumbeled into the Sturgeon River. Loaded with perishable goods, they floated for a mile downstream and had not been recovered by mid- morning today, officials said. The accident occurred 35 minutes after a northbound C.N.R. extra freight en route to Capreol from South Parry had 20 of its 50 cars derailed at Burton, 34 miles north of South Parry. The main line was blocked and normal traffic is not expected to be resumed until tonight. C.N.R. authorities here announced that transcontinental passenger trains Nos. 3 and 4 were detoured via North Bay. Causes of the accidents have not been determined. || 1ate, but it w This is the lig! t convertible wrecked in the accident on Highway 2A which | driving took the life of Melvin C. Christie, 22, yesterday afternoon. Christi the car which went Auto Smashed In Disal Highioay Fatality out of control and rolled over several times near the Cubert Street oever-pass. His wife suffered a fractured arm. --Times-Gazette Staff Photo RED AIRCRAFT COPY OF B29, U.S. BELIEVES 'Washington, May 3 -- (AP). -- The big, four.engined planes that Russia put on display during the week-end may provide a new in- sight info her airborpe army equip- ment. ' Military experts here await the arrival of more detailed reports from United States diplomatic observers at the May Day parade before ana- lyzing what the Red Air Force put out for show. It is likely that at least some of the big planes were the Russian TU.70, en aircraft bearing close re- semblance to the . American B-29. The assumption has been that the Russians copied many of the fea- tures of five B-29s known to have been forced down in Russian-con. trolled areas during the war. Photographs of the TU-70 indi- cate it may be a hybrid transport- bomber. * Although its elongated fuselage appears to be a convention. al transport design, the plane car- ries the plexiglass nose used by bombardiers for sighting. The installation of bomb bay doors (if they are not indeed built into the transport version) and of bomb bays would be an easy matter of conversion, © If its performance compares with that of wartime B-29S, the TU-70 could carry troops and land as far as 3,000 miles distance from its home base. The range would be about half of that distance if the plane were to drop paratroopers and réturn to pase. There are only official guesses as to the number of bigbombers or bomber-transports that Russia might possess. Secretary for Air W. Stuart Sym- ington has estimated that Russia may have at least 1,000 long range bombers. Gen. Carl Sraatz, former Air Force Chief of Staff, guesses that she could produce from 500 to 1,000 more a month. The United States, which built some 3,000 B-298 during the war, has fewer than 1,000 in service now. Local 222 Laying Plans For Picnic The Entertainment Committee of Local 222, U.A.W.-C.1.O., under the able chairmanship of Chris Mason, is planning a Local Union Picnic, scheduled for July 10 at Lakeview Park. The date may seem rather decided to set the date so as not"to clash with other important events. The picnic committee' was elected at the meeting, held on Sunday, Ap- ril 25, and when it was decided to hold meetings each Sunday after- noon until the day of the picnic. Plans are beginning to take shape in the form of reports from the var- fous chairmen. A gala program of sports, racing and entertainment is being planned, which will please old and young alike. No effort or expense is being spared, in making this event, one that will be remembered for a long time after. It is planned to have the same two bands as last year and to provide against all possible - contingencies and in this respect the experience gained by the 10th Anniversary Celebration Committee will be in- valuable to this year's Picnic Com. mittee. By CARTER L. DAVIDSON Jerusalem, May-3 -- (AP) --Jews insisted todey, in the face of de- nials, that Syrian and Lebanese armies have invaded Northern Pal- estine, Grn rushed soldiers nto they called a "seriously detériorat-' ed" situation, less than two weeks before the May 15 termination of her mandate. y British' forces guarded & new 48- hour . truce between Jews and Arabg in the southerly Katamon quarter of Jerusalem while they negotiated for a truce to cover the whole city and its Christian Jewish and Moslem shrines, 'The truce, enforced by the High- land Infantry, apparently was being respectéd, Its spirit was evident all over Jerusalem. Not a single shot was heard today from within the city, either in the new or in the old q ers. Sporadic fighting was audi from some outer suburbs. The first British reinforcements were an estigiated 1,000 soldiers in full battle dress who reached Haifa yesterday from Cyprus aboard a troopship. Before that, competent sources had estimated British strength. in Palestnie at 25,000 troops, includ- ing skeleton armored and gun for- ces. The British Army has been shipping out under a pledge to be gone by Aug. 1. Official sources in Amman, British Troops Arrive To-Keep 48-Hour Truce Between Arabs, Jews to- «deal - with . Avhab¥Stern Trans - Jordan, said Thursday Trans-Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt and Irag would send at least 30,000 regulars-to "rescue Palestine before May 15." The strength of the Jewish mili- tia Hagana is estimated unofficially at 53,000 and that of the Jewish underground Trgun Leumi and 5 Group together 'at 2,500 -to "Hagana which had announced an Arab invasion Saturday of Pal- estine's northernmost thumb, said in Tel Aviv last night that attacks on five Jewish setlements there had been beaten off but Syrian troops still were massing on the border. The latest announcement said Ramot Naftali had been attacked with tanks, armored cars, 25- pounder caiinon and mortars, and Lahavot Habashan, Kefar - Szold, Dan and Dafne also had come under assaults, which had subsided. British statements yesterday made no mention of an invasion. The RAF. said flights over the whole northern frontier showed "no Syrians. in sight." Joseph C. Goodwin of the As- sociated Press reported from Dam- ascus that he had toured the fron- tier by automobile and seen no sign of an attack. (In Amman, Trans-Jordan, high Arab sources said it was highly un- likely that Arab armies would start Palestine operations until May 15. (An aide to Syrian President Al Sayed Shukri Al Kuwatly said in- vasion reports were without foun- dation.) GREEKS ROUT 2,000 REBELS IN BIG DRIVE Athens, May 3--(AP)--Authorita- tive sources sald today 2,000 gueril- las have been killed, wounded or captured in the south central Greek campaign. The operation apparently is end- ing, Two small groups totalling 300 men were reported trapped and un- der attack on the highest points of | Mt. Chiona. Another 200 were in a bag on Mt. Helicon. King Paul and members of that government attended final rites for Justice Minister Christos Ladas, killed by an assassin Saturday. Constantine Rentis, Acting Min- ister of Justice, ordered a broadcast by the fugitive Communist leader, Markos Vafiades, placed in the as- sassination record. vafiades praised the assassin and invited Communists to kill Rentis, Premier Themistokles Sophoulis and Foreign Minister Constantine Tsal- daris. The broadcast will be used as evidence against Vafides at his com- ing trial in absentia. He will be ac- cused of being "moral author" of the crime. 125,000 Back At GM Shops Detroit, May 3 (CP).--Production was r d today in local General Man Who Split Officer's Lip Draws Two Months Sentencing a man to two months in the county jail for assaulting a police officer, Magistrate Frank Ebbs said today, "This should be a lesson to you and others who think you can get away with it on the strength of what happened in other cities." Albert Myles, 20, 260 Col- lege Avenue, pleaded guilty to the charge in police court and also to charges of wilful damage and dis- orderly conduct for which he was fined $29 plus $10 damages and $10 and costs or 10 days to run con- currently. Myles was causing a disturbance in the Eden Inn Cafe on Ontario Street at 12:30 a.m. Sunday, ace cording to evidence, and when warned to desist by Constable Nor- man Smyth accused struck the of- ficer with his fist, causing a split lip. Arrested a few minutes later by four officers, Myles struggled in the police cruiser, kicked out the rear door window and tore some up- holstery. Constable Smyth testified he went into the Eden Inn Cafe, accomp- anied by Constable Lloyd Young, early Sunday morning in answer to a call from a waiter there. Smyth said he found accused using abus- ive language with a crowd of people about. "I told him to shat up," the officer sald, "and he hit me in the mouth splitting my lip." Constable Harry King told the court Myles was struggling violently and had to be pulled into the police car. "He kicked the rear door win- dow of the car and ripped the up- holstery. He id not appear drunk." Myles asked the' officer: "How about when you ' choked me out- side?" "We weren't choking you, we were only restraining you." restaurant at all," declared accused. King said a crowd shad gathered around and accused was using rough language when he arrived. "When Smyth placed a dand on him, Myles went into action and swung at Smyth, I grabbed his arm and we placed him under ar- rest. At no time was accused abus- ed whatsoever," Constable King testified. "Even after he was in the cell 'he defied us to lay a hand on him saying he would know what the score was." "The filthiest language I've ever heard," said desk Sergeant Duncan Forman. "Go on and hit me Myles said, fand you'll get the same as those -- up there. I think he was referring to recent cases in To- ronto." Crown Attorney Alex C. Hall pointed out to His Worship that in charges of assaulting police officers he had always urged they be con- sidered in a serious light. "After he dared them lay their hands on him, they did not retaliate:" The Crown Suggested if policemen have to take moral and physical abuse such as evidenced here, the admini- stration of justice will 'be threat- ened. Both he and Magistrate Ebbs commended the officers on the restraint. they displayed. "There is no reason," said Mr. Hall, "why action cannot be .taken against accused especially consider- ing the fact no retaliation was shown. Not only a breach of the law but for the protection of the police, I suggest this case be considered serious." Declaring that these things must be dealt with more severely or there will be a bad situation not only here but in' other places, Mag- istrate Eubs told accused: "'"Fortu- nately for you, there was no retali- "But. there was no fight in the ation." Motors Corporation plants. They have been shut.down for one week because of steel shortages resulting from the coal strike. With resumption of work, 125,000 employees returned. Another 28,000 who worked last week have been laid off for a week, effective last Friday. Cancer Drive Is Extended Mrs. O. D. Friend, chairman of Oshawa's Canadian Cancer Society membership drive, an- nounced today that the cam- paign in the city will be extend- ed until the canvassers have completed their work. The clos- ing date was to have been April 30. Cornwall Rail Men Sign New Contract Cornwall, May 3 -- (CP) -- A new work agreement calling for an increase of five cents an hour and | three to seven-cent per hour ad- justments has been signed by Corn- wall Street Railway, Light and Power Company and Local 946, Amalgamated Association of Street Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employees. Signing of the contract was an- nounced today by Arthur Marshall, Union president and C. I. Bacon, company manager. The agreement provides for time and a half for all overtime work in excess of 84 hours and 'Sunday work. 3 THE WEATHER Clear, with not much change , in temperature today Tuesday. Winds northeast 20 today, light tonight and Tues- day. Low fonight and high Tuesday 39 and 61. Summary for Tuesday: Clear. Little change in temperature. CLEANUP Railway Obtains Order to Defer Removal 10 Days Trains continued to operate on King Street today as removal of hydro poles on the downtown section of the street, which was to have commenced this morning, was halted for 10 days as the result of a Supreme Court injunc- tion served on the City of Oshawa and Public Utilities Commission Saturday on behalf of® the Oshawa Railway Co. Ltd. The injunction, granted by Mr. Justice Genest in Toronto, restrain- ed the defendants until May 11 from removing the poles on King Street from which the wires supporting the railway company's trolley wire are suspended. Similarly they were prevented from interfering with the erection by the company of poles on the street for the purpose of attach. ing wires thereto in connection with the operation of the railway. A hear- ing will be held at 11 a.m., May 11, at Osgoode Hall, Toronto. Indicating that it was the com- pany's intention to restore the poles, an affidavit of N."A, Welford, Osh- awa Railway Co. general superin- tendent, referred to the agreement between the Town of Oshawa and the company, datéd September 27, 1911, Mr. Welford stated that by this document the town had agreed to permit the Oshawa Railway Co. to restore its poles to the streets, including King Street, upon giving one month's notice of its intention to do so. The affidavit said that at the same time the company had obtain. ed permission from the Oshawa Electric Light Co. to string its wires oi the latter company's poles, these now being the properiy of the Pub- lic Utilities Commission. Decision to commence removing the poles today was made by the Public Utilities Commission at a meeting Thursday night at which it was recalled that a motion passed by City Council more than a year ago had directed the Commission to remove all poles from the downtown area served by the new underground distribution system. Mayor F. N. McCallum had urged the Commission to proceed with the project immediately declaring that the railway had had "proper warn- ing." The Commission had decided, however, to give railway officials final notification of its intention to start work frst thing t%_. "morn- ing. Mayor McCallum said today, there was evidently nothing the city could do at the presenfy time but abide by the injunction. He indica- ted, however, that it would be & topic of discussion at tonight's ree gular meeting of City Council, Meanwhile a special meeting of the Public Utilities Commission was be- ing called for this afternoon. A total of six box and coal cars were observed during the week-end in the King Street West yards of the three coal companies served by the King Street tracks. 36 TRAVELLERS FINED Toronto, May 3 (CP)--Thirty- six travellers were fined $4,565 and costs between Jan. 1 and March 31 for taking or trying to take, more money across the Canadian-United States border than currency laws permit. In the year's first three months customs officers made 395 seizures, recording $17,125 in US, funds and $16,165 Canadian, = Floods Ease On Prairies With Damage In Millions . Wininpeg, May 3--(OP)-- Spring floods were receding in most sec- tions of the prairies today--Western Manitoba being an exception--leav- ing damage behind to homes, pro- perty, roads and bridges estimated at many millions of dollars, While the worst appeared over in Alberta afid Saskatchewan, many families still were homeless and. ri- vers remained at flood levels in several districts, including Wetaski- win, Alta, and Lumsden, Sask. In Manitoba conditions were im- proved along the bloated Red River, but in the Brandon area 130 miles west of here the swollen Assini- boine River, its flow augmented by waters from tributaries, was splash- ing over thousands of acres of farm land and isolating more than 100 homes in the low-lying flat sections of the city itself. Other week-end developments in- cluded: . An estimate by the Calgary Al- bertan that Alberta's road bill to repair damage caused by floods and the spring thaw would run "consid erably in excess of a million dol- lars." Resumption of the Canadian Pa- cific Railway's Calgary-Edmonton traffic after a sudden spring run- off had washed out 100 feet of road- ped near Ponoma last Friday. A prediction by the Alberta Paci- fic Grain Company that seeding would be general in Southern Al- berta about the end of this week if there was no further precipitationy and utilization of military person« nel to aid in flood combat work in the Lumsden district. In Winnipeg the Red River qrop= ped more than three inches during the week-end and while the 100- odd families forced to vacate their water-battered homes earlier still were unable to return officials be= lieved the worst was over. While the situation was easing here, however, it was growing stead= ily worse at Brandon. A packing- house plant was isolated by the spreading stream and the pumping station for the Brandon Mental Hospital also was threatened. At Minnedosa, 33 miles north, the flooded Minnedosa River had reach- ed dangerous proportions today. Three hundred volunteer workers stayed in an effort to halt the spread of waters. Flood threat to Saskatchewan's Lumsden district in the Qu"Appelle Valley appeared eased for the first time in almost two weeks. The swol=~ len Qu'Appelle River dropped 2% inches during the week-end and re~ sidents believed this signalled end of the crisis. The district midway between Cla- gary and Edmonton remained the most serious in Alberta, but resi- dents believed the worst would soon be over, Hardest hit communities remained Wetaskiwin, Eckville and Ponoma, with, new lakes forming west of Wetaskiwin. x LATE NEWS BRIEFS 'MINER IS TRAPPED Kirkland rock in the Tec ake, May 3 (CP)--Falling timber - .J Hughes Mine trapped one man under- ground today. The mine manager, accompanied by a rescue crew, immediately descended into the mine in an attempt to rescue the miner. No details were available. DOCTOR FACES DRUG CHARGE Cornwall, May 3 (CP)--Preliminary hearing of Dr. Elzear Emard, Cornwall physician facing five charges of illegal sale of narcotics, has been set for May 14. Bail of $3,000 was renewed. REDS SEEK ALL KOREA Seoul, May 3 (AP)----Lt.-Gen. John Hodge said today that a Communist government for all Korea will no doubt be announced soon by "North Korean stooges of Soviet masters." Russia occupies North Korea. ENTOMBED IN CAVE-IN Chelsea, Mass., May 3 (AP)--With only the victim's wife still believing him alive, ore than 100 men resum- ed digging operations at dawn today to reach Angelo Corsini, 33-year-old laborer entombed beneath a street. Efforts to reach Corsini, buried in a cave-in while he was repairing a- water main Saturday night, were halted tem- porarily at midnight last night after 27 hours of digging: Ee