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FRIDAY, JULY 9, 1948 THE 'DAILY T IMES-GAZETTE PACE THREI Runaway Train on Cornwall Street Crushes Automobile lp Tighten Restrictions On Cabin Dwellers Is Pickering Suggestion Frank Prouse, building inspector of Pickering Township, asked coun. cil at their regular meeting this week for more restrictions in the present building bylaw to deal with the erection of so-called summer cabins which are used for year- d occupancy. TOuBut a pen % entitled to some place to live, and if he hasn't any other place, what are you going to do?" declared deputy-reeve Mc- Ewen. "But most of these people who live in them would be the first ones on relief if hard times come." stated Councillor Frank Disney. The deputy-reeve agreed, but sald he didn't want to appear too harsh. Council felt it did not wish to be left open to an influx of possible re- liefees by allowing cheap housing to ourish. no was finally agreed that the Building Inspector should draw up the added clauses for the existing bylaw, and re-open the discussion t time. gi Ts further added that he has been asked for permission to use garages as dwellings until' such time as a permanent house can be ted. awed be setting up a precedent to do that," stated deputy-reeve en. io people who have asked for a permit to live in the garage, have taken out a permit for a new house, and promise to start it in the spring," stated the Building Inspec- tor. It was finally agreed that the party should be given one year to erect a permanent dwelling, Complains of Culvert Mr. Rod Appleby complained to council that a culvert near his property had been banked up at the ditch line, and the wafgr course cut to his field. mis is the second time that has been done," he stated. The Road Supt. Roy Ward was in- structed by council to correct the situation, The South Ontario Agricultural Society Fair represented by Messrs. E. Chapman, F. Chapman and H. Boyes waited on council with a re- quest for a grant of $200 to assist with the erection of a new horse @rn. at the Oshawa Fair Grounds i ,000. gio Ty told council that che Oshawa City Council had co- operated to the extent of $10,000. All members of the deputation stat- ed that the fair was a definite as- set to the farmers of Pickering, the banner township of the County. Frank Chapman asked that more dust layer be used by the township. He stated that many of the or- chards and pasture lands were be- fng ruined with the heavy coating of dust being spread over them by passing cars. Mr. Chapman was in- formed that double the amount of calcium was being used this year. Pickering Beach Roads Mr. Mann representing the rate- payers of Pickering Beach told council that the taxpayers there were more than a little disappoint. ed that council had not done more work on the roads in that area. He reminded council that they had promised last year to include these roads in the township circuit. After considerable discussion, it , was agreed that the Road Supt. should undertake the job of gravelling and ditching in this area immediately. Geo. Gray, Tth concession was paid $32 for one sheep killed and one injured. Relief accounts for the month to- talled $458.89, while road accounts ordered paid amounted to $3,450.57. The looting and destruction of cottages in the lakefront area was brought to attention of council by W. C. Purchase and W. H. McLel- lan, both of whom had suffered losses. It was revealed by Clerk Lloyd Johnston that three men, be- lieved to have been connected with outbreaks there had been appre- hended by police. . Ontario. Toronto, July 9 -- (CP)--Lord Horder, the King's personal physi- cian, is coming to Toronto soon to inspect cancer research facilities. He and other British medical men will be guests of the Ontario Can- cer Treatment and Research Foun- dation, the Canadian Cancer So- ciety and the National Cancer In- stitute of Canada. Toronto, July 9 -- (CP) -- A verdict of accidental death was returned Thursday night at an inquest into the death May 20 of Aaron Forman, 35, of Mont- real. Forman was struck by a Canadian National Railways' locomotive at the Toronto Union Station, The jury at- tached no blame to anyone. Campbellford, July 9 -- (CP)-- Summer resort operators in this Northumberland County district re- port the best tourist season "in years." Hundreds of American visitors have packed all available lodges and cabing along the Trent waterway. Most accommodation is booked through unt August or September. Toronto, July 9--(CP) -- A new poison which kills almost upon contact will be used against rats here. Plans call for specially-trained workers to set out the poison. Watford, July 9--(CP)--Sturdy elm timbers grown in this district will be used to rebuild bomb-shat- tered docks in Holland. The tim- bers will be shipped in tree form, then cut and finished by Dutch workers. Toronto, July 9--(CP)--Dr. Roy G. Ellis, Dean of the Fac- ulty of Dentistry at University of Toronto, has been elected a Fellow in Dental Surgery by the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Dean Ellis is the first Canadian to be so honored. He will fly to London where the fellowship will be conferred July 25. Grant Rate Boost To Eastern Lines Washington, July 9 (AP).--The eastern railroads of the United States today were granted a new increase in passenger fares averag- ing 17 per cent. The raise was authorized by the Interstate Commerce Commission for all American railroads doing passenger business north of the Ohio and Potomac Rivers and east of Chicago. The order sustained the carriers' request for an advance of 20 per cent in basic passenger coach fares and 14.3 per cent in basic fares in sleeping and parlor cars. The increases are in addition to the general 10 per cent increase in | passenger fares granted by the com- mission throughout the country last year. The eastern carriers recently ad- vised - the 1.C.C, that last year's in- crease was insufficient to keep reve- nues abreast of rising operating costs. As a result of today's action, the basic one-way passenger coach fare in the east will rise from 2.5 to 3 cents a mile and the basic sleeping and parlor car rate will go up from 3.5 to 4 cents a mile. The order provides for propor- tionate increases in round-trip fares, The new fares can be put into effect by the railroads on five days' notice to the public. Happy Boys and Girls En joy Daily Vacation Bible School For ten or more years Calvary Baptist Church has sponsored a Daily Vacation Bible School and this year over 100 boys and girls attended. Here they are with Pastor and Mrs. A. W. Whitehead and other leaders. Craft work and games are interspersed with singing and Bible teaching. Tonight a work exhibit and program has been arranged for parents and friends. --Times-Gazette Staff Photo Think Yield Of Apples To Be Spotty The Marketing Service of the Dominion Department of Agriculture reports that the apple crop in the Lakeshore district of Eastern On- tario is not uniform in volume. Some sections are light while others show trees with heavy loads. Foliage generally is of good color and trees are making good terrqinal growth. The second cover spray has now been applied. The June drop was light until last week when it be- came quite noticeable, Some blocks of Starks and Baldwins are show- ing more fruit that at first was no- ticeable. Sweet cherries are a light crop while the sour variety give every indication of a good yield. The pear crop will be light in the district. To- mato plants are developing well and gre a good healthy color. The eftly crop-of potatoes look ~The early crp of potatoes looks good and harvesting is well under way. The demand is good and prices are high. Other vegetables have shown the effect of recent rains and have made good growth. Liberal supplies are now reaching the mar- kets. The pea crop is maturing nicely. The yield of early peas has been | fairly good and the late crop looks very promising. Canners are now operating practically to capacity. Quality of pack to date is reported as 80 per cent to 90 per cent Fancy. Eight plants have been operating steadily on strawberries this week and next week should see the com- pletion of this pack, Quality of the raw product has generally been good. Prices to growers held firmly early part of season at 2lc per quart, but steadily lowered to as low as 16¢c the last couple of days. Crop prospects for cherries and raspberries are good and these packs should be heavy: Tomato plants are making rapid growth and canners are anticipating a big pack. Juggles Money To Make More Shanghai, July 9--(AP)--Chin- ese inflation has made it possible for a lucky few to eat their cake and have it too. Today's latest yarn of high fi- nance shows how it's done: A man contracted to buy a suit for $80,000,000 Chinese and paid the tailor $30,000,000 deposit. He changed the remaining $50,000,000 into $30 in United States funds. Two weeks later, the tailor de- livered the suit; the customer changed his American dollars back to Chinese, getting $130,000,000 be- cause of the increased exchange rate. Paying the tailor the $50,000,000 due, he now has his new suit and the $80,000,000 he set out with, Pall Of Gloom Prevades Democratic By RELMAN MORIN Philadelphia, July 9--(AP) There is a for-whom-the-bell-tolls atmosphere in Philadelphia today. The Democratic convention opens Monday, and, according to the sign on the depot,~this is the same city that entertained the Republicans two weeks ago. The Republicans came convinced they were nominating the next President of the United States. The Degnocrats act as though they have accepted an invitation to a funeral. Olitimers, veterans of many a convention, claim they have never seen one start under such a cloud of plain depression. In memory of past glories, the party has placed a large portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt in Con- vention Hall. President Truman's portrait smiles down from the wall at headquarters. Some of the delegates still speak wistfully of Gen. Eisenhower, and when they mention his name it takes on the quality of a magic Coming Events COURTICE COMMUNITY PICNIC TO be held Saturday, July 10 at 8.8. No. 8 School, starting 1:30 p.m. with races and baseball games. Dancing after supper. Bring your ket and enjoy the fun. Convention word, the secret abracadabra that might have opened all doors and resolved all problems, "If only Ike would--." Not .1 the delegates, of course, are so pessimistic nor so disconso- late. Truman will have many a warm and sincere admirer here when the actual business proceed- ings begin, and many who believe he can be elected. Presidential aides are working to nail down a first-ballot victory for Truman, while administration critics have put their finger on Justice William O. Douglas as a possible Democratic candidate. The Douglas flame, fanned from the dying embers of the boom for Eisenhower, seemed likely to be sparked during the day by a state- ment from Jacob M. Arvey, Chica- go democratic leader. Arvey, who sald previously he thinks Truman is second only to Eisenhower in his ability to unite a country, promised a statement out- lining his joint view with Mayor William O'Dwyer of New York, There were some strong indica- tions from New Yor], where the two conferred Thursday, that Ar- vey and O'Dwyer may have decided that if they can't have Eisenhower, Douglas might be a good trial horse in the heat that most politicians here now think Truman is likely to win. East U.S. Fears Epidemic of Polio Chicago, July 9--(AP) -- The medical director of the National Foundation for Iinfantile Paraly- sis "guessed" today that infantile paralysis may be heavier in the At- lantic seaboard states this summer. Writing in Hygeia, health maga- zine of the American Medical As- sociation, Dr. Hart E. Van Riper of New York said: "From studying the visitations of previous epidemics, it is evident that infantile paralysis moves in cycles with a four-to six-year lapse between epidemics. ~ "In attempting to guess where infantile paralysis may strike in the summer of 1948, we can see . . . that the states along the Atlantic Seaboard, from South Carolina to Maine, may experience a resur- gence of virus activity." Reports from Raleigh, N.C., said four of the state's 100 counties were regarded as epidemic areas and the number of infantile paralysis cases this year totalled 408, the worst on record for this time of year. MILLION LICENSES ISSUED Toronto, July 9--(CP)--The Mo- tor Vehicles Branch of the Ontagio Highways Department has . issue more than 1,000,000 drivers' licences in the first half of this year. Fig- ures released Thursday showed that 665,790 operators' and 424,179 chau- ffeurs' licences have been issued, compared with 629,460 and 388,630 respectively last year. Crew of Superfort Reveals Story of Soviet Internment By AL DOPKING Wichita, Kas., July 9--(AP)--This is a Rip Van Winkle story from the Second World War: How a B-29 and its American crew were intern. ed by the Russians in 1944 and how the story was "Hush-hush until now. The Superfort, which made a forced landing on Soviet soil Nov. 11, 1944, still is in the hands of the Russians. And the whole thing might be one of those forgotten incidents of the war except for one fact. The big bomber happened to be the "General H. H. Arnold Special, significant both for its combat re- cord against the Japanese and a symbol of stepped-up wartime pro- duction at home. The Superfort held a special spot among the 1,644 B-208 produced by the Wichita division of Boeing Air- plane Company. Because of that Boeing has wanted to tell the story ever since it heard about it, They heard about it Nov. 23, 1944. just 12 days after "the Arnold" had been interned, When the Superfortress, fist of the giant planes to bcmb a Japan- ese target, came down on Russian soil its crew was interned also. Lieut. John E. Flanagan of New York City, co-pilot of "The Arnold," told of the last mission: She took off frm an advance base in China at 1 a.m, that Nov. 11 for Omura, Japan. On the way home, the radar went bad and the airmen found themselves 900 miles off course and: running low on fuel. Realiing they lacked fuel to make it to home base, the fliers had the choice of crashing in enemy-held China or landing in Russia. Twelve hours and 45 minutes af- ter their takeoff, the fliers brought the B-29 down at a Russian naval air station, Vladivostok. When crew members climbed out of the Superfort, they were hur- ried over to'Russian naval head- quarters, It was the last time they ever saw the "Arnold." ' February 2, 1945, the crew reach- ed Allied lines in Iran and from there returned to the United States, Anglers to Tip Hats To Wardens Millinocket, Me., July 9--(A P)--Fishermen in this region will be asked to tip their hats to the game wardens from now in, a warden supervisor says, It is not that the warden seek homage. They have found the head covering serving as a place of concealment for fish below legal length, Train Derailed In Minnesota Dassel, Minn., July 9--(AP)--The Chicago-bound Great Northern Or- iental Limited from . Seattle was partly derailed Thursday night as it sped through this central Minnes- ota town. One person required hospital treatment and several others were bruised or shaken up as 14 of the 19 cars and the rear section of the Diesel engine jumped the tracks. A Great Northern official said preliminary investigation pointed to a hot-box as the possible cause of the derailment. Capt. Reuben Mattson of the Dassel Fire Department, who wit- nessed the derailment, said two baggage cars and an express car which jacknifed served to cushion the passenger cars behind them and save them from greater dam- age. She engine pulled the car be- hind it free of the rest of the train and about 1000 feet down the track before halting. None of the cars carrying passengers was tiop- ped over. Damage is $10,000 In Big Barn Blaze Hickson, Ont., July 9--(CP)--Loss estimated at close to $10,000 was caused by fire which early today destroyed a big barn, livestock and implements on the farm of Wilfred Grenzebach, in East Zorra Town- ship, two miles east of Hickson Village. The fire was discovered by Gren- zebach's hired man. The barn was completely de- stroyed and 90 pigs, a valuable bull and two cows died in the . fire. Among the implements lost were a cutting box, threshing machine, manure spreader. Broken Spring Upsets Truck On Highway The driver of a Wilson Transport tractor-trailer outfit was uninjur- ed late Wednesday night when his truck and trailer jack-knifed on its right side on Highway No. 2 two miles east of Newcastle. The ac- cident was caused by a broken spring in the truck. *The driver, Harold Parsons of Toronto, was proceeding east at 10 p.m., when the accident occurred. The highway was partially blocked for two hours, and other vehicles proceeded on their way by driving past on a wide shoulder. The tractor and trailer were damaged on the right side, espec- ially the fenders. There were no other people or vehicles involyed, Sudbury Protests North 'Bay Office Sudbury, July 9--(CP) The Sudbury Hydro Commission came forward today with a protest against an announcement that North Bay has been selected as headquarters for the newly-formed Northeastern Ontario region of the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario. "It is ridiculous to have the headquarters in North Bay when the centre of power use in the north is Sudbury," said Mayor W. S. Beaton as the commission urged that headquarters be located in this city. The protest developed from a statement by H. H. Leem- ing, manager of the new division, that his office began operating in North Bay July 1. Dog's Bark Causes Chain of Trouble Stockholm, Minn. July 9--(AP) --A stray barking dog aroused the ire of farmer Arnold Maki, 21. He grabbed a shotgun and went out into the night. - He tripped, the gun discharged and hit a dvnamite pit, setting off 100 pounds of the explosive. The en- suing blast ripped off Makis clothes, broke windows in all the farm buildings, moved a machine shed off its foundation and strip- ped trees of their leaves. Maki, cut, bruised and badly shaken, was taken to a hospital, The dog, apparently unharmed, hasn't been heard from since. Toronto Band Well Received At Band Shell The Metropolitan Silver Band of Toronto presented an outstanding musical program last night at the McLaughlin band shell in Memorial Park. The band, consisting of 37 musicians, was conducted by Band- master A. G. Pearce, who has been the conductor for the last 17 years. Beginning with "O Canada", the band played, "Semiramide" by Ros- sin, "Teddy Bears Picnic" by Brat- ton, "Looking Westward" by Gay and "Westminster" by Coates-Wood. Miss Doris Swan, coloratura so- prano of Toronto, was the featured soloist on the program. Her first two numbers were the "Italian Street Song" and "Wanting You" accom- panied on the plano by V. Petroff. Master of Ceremonies, John Wood, then introduced coronet soloist G. Chappel, a former soloist with the number one Air Force Band in Eng. land. Accompanied the band Chap- pel played Sir Arthur Sullivan's "Lost Chord." "Punchinello" by Rimmer was the next band selection, followed by a trombone duet by M. Richmond and F. Stroud, who played "Troubadors" by Hawkins. : Miss Swan returned to sing the "Carmena Waltz Song" and "My Hero" which was so well received she did an'encore, "Sweet Mystery of Life." Concluding the evenings selec- tions, the band played "Crimmond" and the march "Army of the Nile." The Metropolitan Stlver Band or- iginates from the Metropolitan Un. ited Church in Toronto and in ad- dition to the regular band they have a Junior Band of 48 boys. John Woods, a former bandsman himself, told the audience that the Oshawa's Ontario Regimental Band had been exchanging concerts with Toronto for the last six years. 11 Hurt As Wall Falls on Theatre St. Louis, July 9--(AP)--Eleven persons were injured Thursday when a brick wall tumbled through the roof of a small theatre in downtown St. Louis. Only two of the 11 were hurt seriously. The wall was on a three-storey building adjoining the Senate Theatre. Approximately 150 per- sons were watching the motion pic- turé "Foothill Bandit." An explos- ion in the movie occurred at the same time the wall crashed onto the roof. "People houted 'let's get out of here,' " jaid Art Moser, a patron. "They started moving out in a hur- ry. Then there was a second noise. That' when it came down -- a shower of plaster, big chunks. Some persons were pinned in their seats." uy A EATTY FOR EAUTY AND 68 SIMCOE NV ETTER WASHING If you walk down any street on washday you can invariably tell which women use at BEATTY. You will find that these women will have a whiter wash, the colored clothes are brighter and she is finished first, ; This is because the BEATTY and only the BEATTY has the "hu- man ' hand" washing action. There IS a dif- ference. Come in and see for yourself. As lit- tle as $14.95 will put one in you're home. Re- member, there is no tax on washers. BIDDULPH asraorizee _BEATLy sraree the Store with the Yellow Front" WASHERS ad PHO®# 3800W Three Are Injured As Engine Topples After Wild Journey Cornwall, July 9 (CP).--A wildly plunging runaway freight train, roaring its way through Pitt Street North traffic, Thursday smashed towards the doorstep of a fright- ened couple, wrecking two vehicles and causing injuries to three on its way. The train, minus its engineer and fireman, flattened an automobile and wrecked a light®-- truck when the locomotive became uncoupled from the empty freight cars and sprawled over the street, Arnold Pitts, owner of the auto- mobile, leaped from his car sec- onds before the careening locomo- tive crashed down upon it. Firemen found the locomotive sprawled across the thoroughfare, its front end resting a few feet from the home of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Lalonde. The couple were waiting for a street-car on the veranda of their house when they saw the train rumbling towards their house. They jumped to safety but not be- fore Mr. Lalonde was burned on the hand by escaping steam from the overturned engine. Both were treated for shock. A power pole was snapped in two by the toppl:1 locomotive. High tension wires hunz precariously until a utility crew removed them. Fires in the engine were extin- guished quickly by city fire- fighters. Escaping with slight were the train's engineer, William Nicholson, 52, of Montreal, and Fireman Gerald Suffle, 25, of Ot- tawa. Nicholson suffered ga. head lacer- ation when he leaped along with Suffle from the engine cabas the train was set in motion while stan- ding on a siding near the C.P.R. yard. It was not immediately esta- blished whether the runaway train belonged to the C.P.R. or some oth- er company. Suffle sprained an ankle in the leap. Nicholson said his switching en- | gine had been coupled to nine cars on a Cornwall Street Railway sid- ing when several box cars slipped down a prade and crashed into his engine. The collision ripped off the top of the engine's cab and jammed the throttle in reverse gear. The engine's steam and air pipes were wrecked. Nicholson said the locomotive pushed the freight cars along the siding towards Pitt Street at a rate of about 15 miles per hour. The two trainmen tried desperate- ly to free the jammed mechanish. When they realized the train could not be stopped they jumped. DRIVING CHARGE LAID North Bay, July 9 -- (CP)--A charge of dangerous driving has been laid against Wallace Edward- son, Hamilton, formerly of North Bay. Edwardson was the driver of a car involved in a traffic accident here last April 24, which resulted in the death of Raymond Mathieu, six-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs; Aime Mathieu, . NO STATEMENT MW. J. Riesberry, superintendent of the Oshawa Railway Co., said this morning he had had no statement to make regarding the possibility of a strike of the company's bus dri- vers. injuries Awarded Medal | | | FRED W. BOWEN | A former federal member of Par- | liament for Durham Cecanty, who | was recently the recipient of the | William Mercer Wilson medal, | awarded by Grand Lodge, AF. and | AM., for meritorious service to the | craft within this Grand Jurisdic- tion. Bro. Bowen, is the twelfth | Mason to receive this distinguish- | ed medal and the first in Ontario District. Rt. Wor. Bro. Donald E. Gibson, as the Grand Master's re= presentative, made the presenta- tion at a largely attended meeting of Durham Lodge, Newcastle, Visi- tors from Orono, Bowmanville, Port Hope, Toronto, and other points were present on this memor= able occasion. -- remem ee-------------- Confession Ruse To Escape Chair Masuston, Wis, July 9 -- (AP)-- | District Attorney Charles P. Curran | said Thursday night he believed | Mrs. Mollie Hoffman, 24-year-old | wife of a taxicab driver arrested in Alberta, was slain in her Chicago apartment. Mrs. Hoffman's battered body was found in a truck-trailer near Wis- consin Dells June. 5. Chicago police reported finding blood stains ini'the Hoffman apartment. John J. Hoffman, 31, is charged with first degree murder in "the slaying under a Wisconsin warrant. He has signed a statement admit- ting the slaying of his wife, Curran said. "I believe Hoffman is trying: to avoid the electric chair in Illinois," Curran. added.- "He is scared to death of going back to Chicago. Wisconsin does not have capital punisixment. | Hcffman was captured in Hythe, | Alta, last Friday by the R.CM.P. For every trucking job EE ---- you get most mileage, most safety, most economy from husky Dominion Royals --famous for hard service. See us today! "TOMMY" GOCH 437 Simcoe St. South, Oshawa'