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OSHAWA 1] [HE DAILY T WHITBY DL. 7..NO. 128 Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle Price 4 Cents OSHAWA-WHITBY, TUESDAY, JUNE 1, 1948 FOURTEEN PAGES | Li » 0 ACRES OF TIMBER AFIRE 9 ity Start Installing At o R enovate Traffic Light System Ritson and King In Near Future The Public Utilities Commission last night was author- zed to proceed with the installation of traffic lights at the King Street-Ritson Road intersection, scene of the accident which caused the death of Peter Blackburn, city treasurer. & Commissioner Manager George ~& Teachers' Degree * for Teachers' degree. He! son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Tay of Nestleton. ' P ripp Named As Treasurer For Oshawa 3 +The. cost of replacing 'lights King Shreve told council that he hoped to start installation at the inter- section -this week if all the neces- sary equipment could be obtained in time. Cost of installation would be approximately $1200 at the eorner, Standard Equipment Urged Mr. Shreave urged that existing traffic lights be replaced by stand- ard equipment. The present lights, he said, were not fully satisfac- tory and if these were replaced by the standard equipment,' the old lights could be used on other less important intersections. The cost of replacing the lights Simcoe Streets would amount to about $830. Eight new signal heads would be installed and the present controller kept in use. This con- troller would also service the Stm- coe and Bond Street lights, cost of sent standards could be used at King and Simcoe. Four new signal heads would be neetled at the King, Church and Centre corners, controlled by a standard controller at an estimated cost. of $745. at and Mary Streets with four new signal heads and a controller would be about $770. "We want to keep the lights standardized," Mr. Shreve told council. "We might keep the old ones to use at other corners but they are not too satisfactory. The present lights are set at one min- ute changes but standard equip: ment could be controlled from 30 seconds to two minutes to handle any flow of traffic." He added that he thought that TRAFFIC LIGHTS (Continued on Page 2) Harold E. Tripp was appointed Jity Treasurer to succeed the late eter A. Blackburn, by City Coun- dl last night. Mr. Tripp, before Mr. 3lackburn's death in an accident, vas Assistant City Treasurer. He Jas been on the staff of the City Oshawa since 1932, Mr, Tripp, who resides at 55 Ce- | Getting Degree Street, was born in Trenton of / sis. d€Scent and was educated at akefield and Campbellford public chools and Campbellford High school, He left sthool to join | the 7th | Danadian Siege Battery in World ' Nar I and served overseas. Follow- | ng his discharge from the army, | ae joined the staff of the CNR. at | Dshawa and remained with the rail- vay for 12 years. In 1932 he joined he city staff in the tax depart- nent and transferred to the treas- wer's department in 1937, He is a member of the C.P.A., the Janadian Legion and Lebanon odge, AF. & AM. He is also an Ader at. St. Andrew's United Shurch, In 1922 he married the former fean Emmons of Oshawa. He has je daughter, Bernice, a student it QC.VI 'CLOSE | ON SATURDAYS DURING SUMMER i For the members of the office staff the offices of the Times- Gazette will close at 12 o'clock noon each Saturday during the months of June, July and | August. OFFICES TO AT NOON "AL." W. EADIE Sen of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Eadie, 231 Grooms Avenue, will receive his Bachelor of Commerce degree at graduating exercises this week. Mr. Eafie, who will graduate with sec- ond class honors completed, his thing and fourth year in one term at the University of Toronto. He has accepted a position with a firm of chartered accountants in Toronto where he will study for his C.A. de- gree. ouncil Names Committee City Council d a special Ee ee t; rea! §. ihe facts behind the dismis- ssal of Recreation Director Rob- Probe C.R.A. night ttee meet, of' the Com- rt back. The be composed Harman, R. D. Humphries, i 'and Michael Starr. wi isp in y os } Association, subject of the recent ne CRA, was brought Prank N. McCallum ex- Spinion that the situa past the point of any Dismissal about it. We have over the C.R.A. but : y . nat in the future we take polit Rat in it. I would We have an active re- presentative on it from now on, but I recommend that we stay out of the iy mess." | "rT ee that we have - diction over the C.R.A." ad ie: Michael Starr declared. "In my opinion the present executive com- mittee of the C.R.A. is unconstitu~ Hopal and at We present time has , as it was not approv- ed by emncil as required ll ao act. Clty council can insist on hay. ing a Tresentative on the execu- MOBE DISMISSAL to do anyihing no & A 4 SMUTS GIVEN UNITED PARTY SEAT IN HOUSE Capetown, June 1 -- (CP) -- Jan Christiaan Smuts, retiring as Prime | Minister of South Africa, today accepted the offer of a seat in par- liament from a member of his United Party. | He previously had stated that he at the four corners of King and | which was estimated at $984. Pre- | hopéd to continue to do his duty | as leader of the party, but "if there | is any blame for the present failure | let it be mine." | | Smuts will take over the seat of | C. W. Clark, who won in Pretoria | East in last week's election with a | | majority of more than 3,000. | | Smuts lost his seat at Standerton, which he had held for 24 years, in {last week's general elections to a | | Nationalist candidate. | After the defeat of his United |Party, which won 65 seats to the | {70° for Dr. Daniel Malan's Nation- talist party, Smuts said he would | | retire to his farm near Pretoria | When Dr. Malan 'took office, but only to await events. | Today's statement was his first | Public announcement since his elec- tion defeat. Smuts is due in London on Sun- day on his way to Cambridge where he is to be installed as Chancellor | of the University on June 19. It was suggested that he would accept the offer of a parliamentary seat on his return. to South Africa. Under South African law he is en- titled to remain a member of the cabinet and address parliament for three months after the dissolution without finding a seat. After that he miust find a seat in either the | upper or lower house. Low Rental Housing Plan Dead Issue The low rental housing scheme | for Oshawa, to have been put into effect by Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation, appears to be a dead issue now as City Council last night unanimously voted to withdraw the lots which had been set aside for the corporation and put them up for public sale. This action "followed receipt of a letter from Central Mortgage and Housing which set forth that the corporation could not accept the tenders submitted for the erection of the houses as they were too high to be economically sound to keep the rentals at the $37.50 per month allowed. While the letter did not state how much the tenders ran, it said the costs must be kept at $6,800 a unit if the houses are to rent for $37.50. The letter added that the situation did not appear promising but the corporation would explore further avenues to see what could be done. Council members, obviously an- noyed at receiving this letter after nearly eight months of futile nego- tiations with the Ottawa authori- ties, agreed unanimously that the 100 lots set aside for the corpora- tion for the building of the houses, be put up for public sale, Alderman Michael Starr said that there had been a number of enquiries about them from private buyers and he was of the opinion that they should be sold. His motion carried. The motion was passed without much discussion. "The corporation should have read Popular Mechanics magazine," commented Alderman C. Gay. "In that issue it told how houses could be built out of mud." 22 Drowned In U.S. Port Norfolk, V., June 1--(AP)---Nine Marines and 13 Navy men perished in Hampton Roads Monday night when a navy launch swamped in choppy waters while returning 90 men to their ship after Memorial Day liberty, Rear Admiral C.AF. Sprague, Comenhander of a 12-ship task force whose sailing for the Mediterranean was delayed by the tragedy, issued this statement from his flagship, the Aircraft Carrier Kear-sarge. "Preliminary report of loss of life or missing personnel may be placed at 22, nine Marines and 13 Navy." The 50-foot open launch was "wamped in a wind and rain storm ag it was returning a liberty party to the Kearsarge, anchored two miles off the Norfolk naval station. The launch, which was attached to authorities last month's the carrier, was swamped when only 00 yards off the Kearss port. Local Helicopter En Route to Dawson Creek, B.C. SA Kenting Aviation Ltd. its Bell heliocopter and crew along with a five-ton truck, which will be used as a shop, have been leased by the Dominion Government and are en route by rail from the companys operat- ing base at Oshawa to Dawson Creek, B.C. The heliocopter, shown here in the truck, fits snugly into its | truck-hangar, leaving just room for engineer Bill Finlay to get by. Truck body is specially insulated with | fiberglass to protect aircraft and power tools from the weather. Photograph was taken in the Weston Air- | craft Limited hangar at Oshawa Municipal Airport. aircraft operating company for Photographic Survey Co., Ltd, has announced that hile h hi * Fraser Damage Said $20 Million By ERWIN FRICKE Canadian Press Staff Writer Vancouver, June ---(CP)--Battle lines were: drawn today along the banks of the disaster-strewn Fraser River as the army took control of Britinsh Columbia's fight against ravaging flcoas. A state of emergency was declar- ed in the province by Premier By- ron Johnson Monday night. He em- powered Col. T. E. Snow, B.C. Army Commander, to call out all troops in the provin®e to "combat the flood as well as any other matters aris- ing ot of this emergency." One "matter" has already arisen. A new threat has been added in the form of looters. The navy re- ported looting has broken out in at least two sections of the distres- sed Fraser Valley. Col. Snow was given authority FRASER DAMAGE (Continued on Page 2) Coming to Oshawa REV, JOHN K, MOFFATT Minister of Trinity United Church, Kirkland Lake, who has accepted a call to become minister of Simcoe Street United Church, Oshawa. Mr. Moffatt went to Kirkland Lake five years ago after three years at Rouyn-Noranda: United Church. | Previously he served three years at Floods on Paelfic Coast Cause $47 Million Loss In Oregon and B.C. Areas Water Sweeps Into Portland By PAUL W. HARVEY, JR. Portland, Ore., June 1 -- (AP)-- Mass evacuations began today as | the flood-swollen Columbia River brought new peril to a section at the lower end stream, The river threatened to flood hundreds.of farms and many small cities downstream from Portland. United States Army engineers or- dered the evacuation of the thou- sands of residents of the area, but said many of them already had run for higher ground. : The Portland housing authority estimated at $27,000,000 the loss suf- fered by the war-housing city of of the WATER SWEEPS (Continued on Page 2) Set Date For Discussion Of R.R. Injunction The injunction obtained against the City of Oshawa by the Cana- dian National Railways to prevent the removal of the Oshawa Railway tracks on King Street has been continued until June 23, City Soli- citor T. K. Creighton, K.C., inform- ed council in a letter last night. Council also received a letter from A. D. McDonald, solicitor for the C.N.R., suggesting that a full discussion of the situation be held at a meeting of representatives from council, the Public Utilities Commission and the railway. He suggested June 10 as the date of meeting. Owing to the elections, however, council decided that it would be more convenient to hold the parley at a later date and on suggestion of Mayor Frank N, McCallum it was decided to hold the meeting on June 15 at 11 a.m, THE WEATHER Synopsis: No break in the fine sunny weather of the past several days 1s indicated for * cither today or Wednesday, The gradually rising trend in temperatures will continue both , days and tomorrow's highs 'are expected to hit near or above eighty in all regions. Forecast: Clear today and Wed- _nesday, Very warm, winds light. Low tonight and high Wednes- ~ day 52 and 80.. 4 120-mile | CLE. WINS YALE SEAT Kelowna, B. C., June 1--(CP)--" The C.CF. broke new political ground today through a by-election | victory in the traditionally conser- vative federal riding of Yale. 0. L. Jones, 52-year-ogl Kelowna furniture store owner, swept to vic- tory in Monday's by-election to choose a successor to Hon. Grote Stirling, who had retired from the Commons because of ill-health. A Progressive Conservative, Mr. Stirling had represented the con- stituency since 1924, Except for two Liberal terms at the turn of the century, his party had held the seat since 1871. Mr. Jones won for the C.CF. against Progressive Conser- vative and Liberal opposition. W. A. C. Bennett, the Progressive Conservative candidate, conceded e election to his C.C.F. opponent two hours after the polls closed. Mr, Benentt had run close to E. J. Chambers, the Liheral, but both were well behind the C.CF, candi- dates. Flood conditions held up results frcm some outlying districts. Hows ever, with all except 10 of 122 polls reporied, the count stood at 10,576 for Mr, Jones against 6,923 for Mr. Chambers and 6,900 for Mr. Ben- nett, Some political observers felt Mr. Jones' plurality would be the largest ever delivered a Yale candi- date. Victory for Mr. Jones left the ! Commons standing as follows: Lib- erals 125; Progressive Conservative 66; C.CF. 29; Social Credit 13; In- dependent 4; BlocPopulaire 2; In- dependent Liberal 1; Independent Progressive Conservative 1; Inde- pendent C.C.F. 1; Union Des Elec- teurs 1; vacant 2. Miss Melba Dodd Graduates From Bible Institute Members of the graduating class of the London Bible Institute from Oshawa and district were Miss Mel- ba Dodd, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, A. H. Dodd, Park Road South; and Mr, Wellington Midgley, Prince Albert. Miss Dodd specialized in the missionary course and Mr. Midgley in the ministerial depart- ment, The graduation exercises were held in the auditorium of the Beal Technical School, London, last Fri- day evening and were attended by a number of Interested relatives and friends from Oshawa. Miss Dodd had the honor of giv- ing one of the valedictory ad- dresses. She is leaving shortly for Caron, 'Saskatchewan, to attend a summer linguistic school prepara- In North forests of Northern Ontario. Three Big Blazes Ontario Rage Unchecked Toronto, June 1 (CP)--Three major fires, described officially as '"'catastrophies," raged unchecked today in the Spurred by the tinder-dryness of the northland and whipped by strong, driving winds, each leaped through an estimated 3,000 more acres Monday, bringing to 46,000 the number now engulfed by the flames. protection division of the Ontario Lands Department, gave the latest picture: 1. The biggest fire, in the Missis- sagi region, 45 miles north of the lumber town of Blind River, now covers 25,000 acres. 2. A 12,000-acre fire in the Nipi- gon district near Helen Lake, 75 miles northeast of Port Arthur, still is making headway. 3. A fire astride the unfinished Chapleau-Blind River Road has spread over 9,000 acres. "There's no use minimizing the loss," said Mr. Mackey. "These fires are catastrophies." Although declining to reveal his division's information on the cause FOREST FIREES (Continued on Page Local Firm Leases Plane For Survey Aviation will move into a new sphere of govérnment activity this summer with the use of a commer- | cial helicopter on the Dominion Geodetic Survey. Kenting Aviation Ltd. aircraft 2) | operating company for Photogra- phic Survey Co. Ltd. of Toronto, announced today that its Bell heli- copter and crew, along with a 5- ton truck which will be used as a mobile hangar and machine shop, have been leased by the Dominion Government and are en route by rail from the company's operating base at Oshawa to Dawson Creek, B.C. Here the aircraft will begin a four-month job of transporting sur- veyors of the Dominion Geodetic Service to selected pesitions very difficult to reach on the ground, for the purpose of establishing geo- detic stations and control points. The new technique is expected to cut the time for this vital work to a fraction of what has previously been required. The area in which the helicopter will be working this summer has never been adequately surveyed, partly due to the difficult terrain. ! The stations set up will be part of | the regular geodetic network, but | will also have special value to the engineers completing the Alaska Highway. Part of the surveyor's task, once the helicopter has set him down on the high ground selected as a con- trol point, is to set up a light, visi- ble from other points whose exact geodetic positions are already known. Then, by a triangulation method, the position of the point marked by the light can be accur- ately determined. Pilot of the Photographic Survey Company helicopter is 'Al Soutar of Toronto, RCAF veteran and now the most experienced pilot in Can- ada on the rotary-winged aircraft. The operating crew consists of en- gineers Bill Finlay and Hugh Mc- T. E. Mackey, chief of the forest® Geach, also of Toronto. Gets Honors At Trinity College Philip Ayling, son of Mr. and Mns. F. W. Ayling, 663 Mary Street, is home in Oshawa today after suc- cessfully completing three years of . study at Trinity College in Toronto. Mr, Ayling, who will receive his Ah PHILIP AYLING Bachelor of Arts degree on Thurse day, was born in Alberta and moved to Oshawa with his parents in 1923 and later attended ' the O.C.V.I. from which he graduated in 1941. Mr. Ayling, who graduates with third class honors, served during the war years with the home service of the R.C.AF, and prior to his en- listment was employed in the parts and service department of General Motors Ltd. Auto Trim Men Vote to Strike Windsor, June 1--(CP)--A turne away meeting of Canadian auto trim members of Local 195 United Automobile Workers (C.I.0.) voted to hold a strike vote on Thursday, it was announced today. U.A.W. international representa- tive Gerry Foley said the issues involved were a wage increase and improvements in classification dif- ferentials. The Windsor auto trim plant has about 300 employees. The strike vote is the first the union has call- ed in the city in its 1948 negotia- tions. SMOKE SCARE Firemen responded at 7 am. to- day to the residence of T. E. Bowl~ er, 166 Montrave Avenue, where smoké from the furnace had es= caped into the living accommoda- tion. No damage resulted. North Bay, June 1 (CP as "nervous," fled from the hit. ported today. they believed she had been tory. for missienaty work in' China. the body was found. * LATE NEWS BRIEFS * HOLD-UP MAN FOILED An armed man, describ- orth Bay post office today when two employees told him they had no money and did not know the office safe' FIRE ON BRITISH PLANE Port Said, June 1 (Reuters)--Egyptian anti-air- craft guns today opened fire on a plane which, accord- ing to a preliminary report, was said to have had British markings, and which circled Port Said -- a prohibited area. It was not known if the plane, which flew off, was s combination. FEAR MANY DEAD IN BLAST Berlin, June 1 (Reuters)--A big explosion at the Zeitz synthetic gasoline works near Halle, in the Soviet zone, killed an unlisted number of workers and injured others, ADN, Soviet-licensed Terman news agency re- GORDON INQUEST TONIGHT Toronto, June 1 (CP)--Seventeen witnesses have been subpoenaed to testify at toni abortion death of Mrs. Jane Gordon, 28, haired daughter of a prominent Toronto family. Mrs, Gordon was found dead April 9 last on a lonely side road in suburban North York Township and police said t's inquest into the retty, dark- dead for some time before