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THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle OSHAWA VOL. 7--NO. 134 OSHAWA-WHITBY, TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 1948 WHITBY Price 4 Cents SIXTEEN PAGES DREW GOVERNMENT IS RETURNED THOMAS WINS IN ONTARIO a Smiles That Will Not Come Off With his 'election as 'member for Ontario Riding 'assured, T. D. "Tommy" Thomas, 'C.C.F. candidate, received his wife's congratulations as his supporters, gathered in the Union Hall, clapped and cheered. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas' 'have smiles that will not come off in a picture taken shortly afterward by our 'staff photographer. --Times-Gazette Staff Photo 'C.C.F. In Festive Mood As Ballots Bring Victory The triumph of the CCF party in Ontario Riding was reflected in the gala spirit which prevailed last night in the party Committee Rooms and in the Union Hall where the results were announced to a waiting. crowd. Right from the first the results favoured the CCF, and as the first poll was announced at 7.25 a cheer, which was to be often repeated, went up from the supporters who had gathered to watch the progress of the electoral race. Some one shouted "That's the way to start it off", and another cheer broke out. When the first polls were report- ed there was a group ,of about 40 looking on, but as the polls came in » with increasing rapidity, the hall became more crowded, and was soon filled to capacity by Union members and CCF supporters. After the first few polls had been announced, there 'was scant doubt in the minds of mest of the bn- lookers as. to the result, but there was little overconfidence or boast- ing,'simply the jubilance that comes from the prospect of winning a long and "difficult fight. Unfavorable resuks--which were few and far between at the start--were greeted by silence or mild boos, but these could not dull the general hap-] piness and optimism that was felt. Supporters, too nervous to sit down, paced back and forth in front of the big chart on which the re- turns - were posted as they came in. . . Lead Increases By 1.45 Mr. Thomas led Mr. Creighton by 570 votes, and Mr. Dunn by a full thousand. This lead became larger and by 8.10 it had grown to 2200 votes. This lead became larger as time went on. About. 8.50 the excited CCF sup- porters: began to ask each other when the election would be con-| ceded. Mr. 'Creighton finally ad- | mitted defeat at 9:10, and this an- noyncement was greeted by a wild and excited burst of cheering on the part of the assembled support- ers, now become celebrators. Cries of "Say something, Tommy" went up, and the CCF candidate, obliged by saying that "This is the kind of work' that we can do if we stick together. We can do the same thing again tomorrow if we all get out and work hard." After the election was conceded, the excitement which had been growing all night reached its highest "point. Many of Mr. Thomas' lady supporters, led by his wife, celebrated by giving him an enthusiastic 'hug and kiss. Arthur Williams, candidate in to- day's federal by-election, was 'as happy as the rest at the result. Queried by a Times-Gagzette re- porter as to his confidence about the result of his own contest, he found time to say only "After a victory like to-night?" Triumphal Parade Of course, this victory could not pass without some celebration on the part of the victors, and the first thing on the agenda was a triumphal parade from the Union Hall down Simcoe Street to The Times-Gazette, where +the 'victor thanked all his supporters, first, over the public address system which could be heard in the street and later in a broadcast from the newsroom via the facilities of CKDO. Present also in our office were the defeated candidates, W. Elmo Dunn, Liberal, and T. Kelso, "Kelly" Creighton, Progressive Con- servative, who congratulated Mr. Thomas on his victory and wished him every success at Queen's Park. This by no means ended the cel- ebration, for his supporters and his band--the Whitby Town Band-- were both waiting for their suc- cessful candidate to embark on a tour of the riding. After parading the streets of Oshawa, and assem- bling at the Union Hall, several carloads of Thomas enthusiasts em- barked for Whitby and Ajax, where the triumphal march of Oshawa |p was repeated. At a short address delivered in Whitby, Mr. Thomas again laid stress on har! work on the part of everybody as the secret of suc- cess in both the provincial and the Dominion elections, and reminded all his supporters that the job was only half done--they must turn out to do the other half on Tuesday. The Case of The Vanishing Pants Los Angeles, June 8--(AP)-- The dialogue went something like this: "Watch him! I'll put on my pants and chase him." Mrs. W. A. Redden, 60. is an obedient wife. She took out after the burglar they had sur- prised in their house, chased him two blocks, saw him dis- appear over a fence. Back home, she found her husband . still rummaging around the house. "What happened?" she panted. "Can't find my pants," Red- den replied. And he didn't. They were ,with the burglar, plus $250 in cash and some jewelry, Victor And Vanquished Are Cheered Spéaking in. The Times-Gazette office .shortly after the C. C. F. "victory parade", all three candi- dates remarked on the clean man- ner in which the whole election campaign had been carried on. Congratulates Winner Mr. Creighton congratulated CCF candidate Thomas D. Thomas on the outcome of "a campaign which has meant no unpleasantness" and bestowed his good wishes on the winner. He expressed sincere thanks to all his supporters and "workers for our cause", saying they had done a splendid job. "My office will see more of me in the future," the Progressive Conservative candidate said, "and I will enjoy Peing back working at my profession". "A Great Fight" The Liberal candidate, W. Elmo Dunn, wished Mr. Thomas "all the success. in the world." He said the campaign had been "a great fight." As he addressed radio lis- teners over station CKDO direct from the Times-Gazette newsroom, Mr. Dunn said, "I think there is a bandwagon built for me and I am going to be right on top of it tomorrow." First words uttered over the loud- speaker system by Reeve "Tommy" omas were in the form of an official bulletin stating that Pre- mier George Drew had conceded personal defeat in Toronto High Park riding where CCF candidate W. W. Temple had polled a major- ity vote of about 1,000. The large crowd packed into The Times- Gazette offices cheered loudly on hearing this nouncement and even the hundreds who had con- gregated on Simcoe Street South whistled and yelled. "When the people make up their minds they want a change," assert- ed Mr. Thomas, "all the money in the world cannot stop them." He thanked Mr. Creighton and Mr. Dunn for "putting up a very clean fight, which should be an example to the rest of the Dominion." Mr. Thomas expressed his thanks to all the CCF workers and supporters claiming to the radio audience that "this is a great day for organized labor and farmers." "If you repeat the same thing tomorrow," he told them, "tHe re- sults will be profitable." He asked his listeners "to go out tomorrow and do your best. ". SEE PAGE NINE ' Additional pictures and stor- ies about the election in Ontario Riding yesterday will be found on Page Nine of this issues Majorities Hes For CCF In Oshawa, Ajax And East Whitby Riding on the crest of majorities 'accorded him by the electors of Oshawa, East Whitby and Ajax, T. D. "Tommy" Thomas, the C.C.F. standard bearer yesterday was elected to represent Ontario Riding in the Ontario Legislature. the second occasion that the riding has been represented by a member of the C.C.F. Party -- the previous occasion being when Arthur Williams was elected in August, 1943. Mr. Thomas' first venture into provincial politics. It is It was According to unofficial eompiled by The Times-Gazette staff the electors of the riding gave Mr. Thomas a total of 11,796 votes for a lead of 2938 ° over T. K. Creighton, K.C., the Progressive Conservative standard bearer, who represented the riding since the last "provincial election in June, 1845. W. Elmo Dunn, the Liberal candidate was given 6,895 votes. Largest Provincial Riding Vote Of, considerable interest is. the figures ® their ballots was the largest in the last five provincial elections in the riding. In the election in August, 1943, a total of 19,513 voted; while in the last election in 1945 the total was 24,068. The total vote cast yesterday was 27,549. In the last provincial election Mr. Creighton won six of the nine election districts in the ridihg. In C.CF. MAJORITIES Continued on Page 2) bes gating To Bolster By MAX BOYD "Cairo, said Monday night the Egyptians have used the seaways to reinforce an armored spearhead in an Is- raeli trap down the Palestine coast from Tel Aviv. At the-same time, th: Egyptians claim to have inflict- ed 330 Jewish losses in taking a settlement in that region. Arab and Jewish leaders mean- while are weighting proposals for a four-week truce from Count Folke Bernadotte, United Nations media- tor, who wants replies by tomorrow. Egyptian leaders said the Arabs will give him theirs then. The Jews did not say when they would. A neutral Cairo source said Count Bernadotte's plan, given the part- ies Monday, was to freeze the mili- tary situation during the armis- tice. Eyewitnesses back in Tel Aviv from the southern battlefront Mon- day told the story of Egypt's sea- borne reinforcements. They said at least one and per- haps several Egyptian ships had landed troops of undisclosed strength to back up forces encircled at Isdud, 23 miles south of Tel Aviv on the coastal plain. In a week's battle at Isdud, the Jews say they have surrounded perhaps 1,000 men of an Egyptian force of 5,000. They reported Mon- Egyptians Use Seaway Down Palestine Coast | % they still were attacking there. | June 8--(AP)--The Jews | Spearhead The Egyptian Defence Ministry | Monday night claimed the capture of Niesanim (Nitsanim), Jewish set- tlement three miles southwest ef Isdud, in a surprise attack started | Sunday midnight with air and ar- | tillery support. Its communique said the Jews lost 220 killed or wounded and 110 taken prisoner. It reported Egyptian casualties slight. The communique said Egyptian | heavy bombers started big fires in | Rehobot, 11 miles southeast of Tel | Aviv. Though the Jews claimed late last week to have entered Jenin, signs were that they had been driv- en back by Iraqi counter-attacks. Eyewitness reports put them "in the northwestern suburbs," military reports "on strategic heights" ap- proaching the city. In Jerusalem, the Arabs shelled | Jewish sections of the new city and Jewish mortars pounded the south- western Zion-Gate corner of the Arab-held old walled city. The Ar- ab Legion area Commander said his policy was 10 shells to the Jews' one, A pool dispatch from Jewish Jer- usalem said the Jews took the of- fensive again Monday after a stale- mate a. Latrun, 14 miles to the west, where they seek to opzn the road from Tel Aviv. TK, CREIGHTON, K.C. Gazette office and extended their Thomason his success. Made A Good Showing Who despite their defeat at the polls in the provincial election in Ontario Riding yesterday mace many friends for the sportsman-like manner in which they accepted the results. Both spoke to the crowd at The Times- W. ELMO DUNN congratulations to T. D. "Tommy" kt J fimes-Gazatts and CKDO to Present Election Results The electors of Ontario Rid- ing today embarked upon their second straight day of voting. With the provincial election, yesterday, behind them they are today concentrating their attention on the voting in the federal by-election to select a member to succeed the late W. E, N, Sinclair, K.C. The polls are open today from 9 a. to 7 pm. (D.S.T.). If yes- terday's vote can be taken as an indication of the interest of the electors another record vote may be expected as the follow- ers of Lyman Gifford, Liberal; Mayor F. N. McCallum, Pro- gressive Conservative, and Ar- thus Williams, C.C.F. turn out to lend their support to their favorite. As was the case last night The - Times-Gazette staff with the assistance of J. P. Mangan, K.C., the returning officer, will swing into action shortly after 7 pm. to bring the returns to the residents of the riding. Poll by poll results as well as cumu- lative totals will be carried over a public address system outside the office and over the facili- ties of CKDO until the final returns are received. added interest to the elee- tors is the fact that the candi- dates will visit The Times- Gazette office during the evening and will address the crowds, FOREST FIRES LEAVING RUIN IN WIDE AREA By The Canadian Press New forest fires raged today in Canada's beit of timberland from Eastern Manitoba to Northwestern Quebec. Weary firefighters batled to contain the fresh otubreaks as well as hold giant blazes in North- ern Ontario that left an ever-wid- ening ruin. Fires that started over the week- end in Northwestern Quebec ap- peared under control except for a blaze raging in the lake expanse district, 50 miles southwest of Val D'Or, Que. Another fire that endangered the mining town of Belleterre in the Val D'Or district has been check- ed and a pilot who flew over the blaze reported the wind is blowing away from the town. The Mississagi and Chaleau fires in Northern Ontario were report- ed spreading as one of five new blazes spread over eight square miles. More than 30 separate fires are now being fought in the dis- trict. All but essential travel has been stopped in some 30,000 square miles stretching 300 miles along the Ot- tawa River and 100 miles inland. The embargo now covers 110,000 square miles, including 80,000 in Ontario. Fires that flared up Saturday in Dog Lake area, 35 miles northwest of Port Arthur had burned through more than 8,000 acres of green tim- ber and were expected to be brought under control. All fires in Manitoba were report- ed under control. As in Ontario blame for most of th. fires was laid to carelessness and S. W. Schorting- huis of the Manitoba Forestry Ser- vice said charges of carelessness would be laid against a landowner in Eastera Manitoba within a day or two. MORNING VOTING LIGHT Unofficial reports from a survey of various polling stations throuyh- out Oshawa showed that voting in the federal by-election was fairly light during the morning In Har- mony, however, reports said that there was a good turnout of consti- tuents. It is expected that the poll- ing stations will become busier late this afternoon when industries close early to allow their employees to cast their votes. THE WEATHER Cloudy today and Wednesday. Occasiona] light showers, Not much change in temperature. Winds norhtwest 15. Low to- night and high Wednesday 48 and 65. Summaryifor Wednes- day: Cool, ocoasignal showers. * * CCF Takes 22 of 90 Legislature S Seats Returns Show 53 P.C.'s Back On Job With 12 Liberals Toronto, June 8 (CP)--Premier Drew's Progressive Conservative government was re-elected in Ontario Monday, But the Premier suffered personal defeat in an election whieh saw the C.C.F. replace the Liberals as official opposition. Big C.C.F. gains cut deeply into the big majority enjoyed by the Progressive Conservatives in the last legislature. But the government weathered the election safely and emerged with 53 of the 90 seats. These are the totals, compared® with results of the 1945 election: Progressive 1948 1945 Conservative 66 C.CF. 11 Labor-Progressive Liberal-Labor Re-election of the government was assured almost from the start but, as. first: returns. were received, it also was apparent that the C.C.F. would be the big gainer. The Ca- nadian Press at 8:44 p.m. reported that the government's re-glection was indicated. The C.C.F.s new strength was greatest in the 17 Toronto and York ridings, traditional Progres- sive Conservative strongholds, none of which had C.C.F. representation in the last house. Take 11 of 15 The C.C.F., led by 39-year-old E. B. Jolliffe, grabbed 11 of the 15 held by Progressive Conservatives. The other two were retained by the: only Labor-Progressive meme bers in the legislature. Premier Drew's personal loss was to W. H. Temple, 50-year-old native of 'Montreal; ~&. former resident of Saskatchewan and a member of the C.CF. since its inception. Their battle in Toronto High Park had been fought mainly on the issue of cocktail bars. Mr. Temple contended that, if a Drew RETURNS SHOW (Continued on Page 8) Party Vote Percentages Toronto, June 8 (CP)--Ontario may have polled its largest provincial election vote Monday. Incomplete Canadian Press compilations indicated the 1945 record of 1,765,793 would be exceeded -- by how much may not be known for somé days. With more than 1,700,000 ballots counted, the party-vote percentages were as follows, compared to the last three elections: CCF. Others 1948 41 29 1945 45 27 22 1943 36 31 31 2 4 1937 40 J 5 3 6 Here is the Canadian Press compilation, with all seats decided, coms pared with the vote in the last two elections (members elected in brackets) : 1948 706,095 (53) 497,313 (12) 459,032 (22) 47,047 1,709,484 (90) 10,485 of 11,073 polls. Others .. Totals x-Incomplete: 1945 781,673 (66) 480,569 (11) 395,708 (8) 107,843 (5) 1,765,793 (90) 1943 469,672 (38) 400,646 (16) 417,007 (34) 17,795 (2) 1,313,938 (90) (3) Following is the complete party vote (percentages bracketed) for the 13 Toronto seats, of which the C.C.F. won 11, the Progressive Conserva= tives three and the Labor-Progressives two: PC 9 Lib. (17)... CCF 37) .... Others (6) .. . 125,341 x LATE NEWS BRIEFS x. DREW REMAINS HEAD MAN Toranto, June 8 (CP )--Premier Drew, defeated in his home riding despite the re-election of his governs ment, will continue to lead the Progressive Conservative party in Ontario, it was reported today. A by-election will be necessary to provide him with a seat in the legis- lature. BLAST KILLS TWOQ'IN L.A. Los Angeles, June 8 (CP)--At least two persons were killed today when an explosion, apparently touched off during installation of a new gas line, blasted the fashionable Hillcrest Country Club. One ambulance driver said he had picked up two bodies. Police said several others, believed to be cooks and chefs in the club, were in the burning wreckage. AMERICAN SOLDIER IS SHOT Nuernberg, June 8 (AP)--Officials investigated to- day the fatal shooting of an American soldier by a United States Army Lieutenant. The Provost Marshal's office said Pte. Ralph J. Light was shot to death Satur- day night. No charges have yet been preferred and the Lieutenant was released pending investigation. Officials said the shooting occurred after Light slapped the of- ficer's wife and called her insulting names. GIRLS HELP CAPTURE SUSPECT Toronto, June 8 (CP)--Two little girls aged 11 and nine, amateur sleuths in their own right, today brought about the arrest of Edward Blair on a charge of theft of fur coats from a west-central Toronto fur store. Blair was free on $20,000 bail on two breaking and entering charges at the time.