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MONDAY, AUGUST 9, 1948 - THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE PACF. NINE Mystery Witness To Testify In U.S. On Russian Spy Ring ®State Department To Rule On Right To Hear 'Intrigue' By Douglas B. Cornell Washington, Aug. 9 (AP)--The Congressional spy hearings reopen today with mystery witness Alexander Koral and two men accused of feeding wartime secrets to a Russian espionage network standing by to testify. Still another witness is out of reach in the Soviet con- sulate in New" York. But the House of Representatives Com- mittee on Un-American Activities awaited word as to whe- ther a formal demand can be made for her appearance. Acting Chairman Karl Mundt (Rep.-8.D.) said a committee agent is ready with a subpoena for Mrs. Oksana Stepanovna Kosenkina if the State Department rules that diplomatic immunity does not ex- tend down to Consulates. Mundt said the committee would like to question Mrs. Kosenkina be- cause he understands she is willing to talk about all phases of Soviet "intrigue" in this country. Meanwhile, the case of a second Russian school teacher who passed up his scheduled return to Russia and, in addition, took his story to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, also held the committee's attention. Mundt said he will call Michael Ivanovitch Samarin for questioning "if we can find him." An FBI. spokesmdn insisted Sa- marin was not being held in cus- today but added: "I'm sure he can .be found if he is wanted." Samarin and his family had been scheduled to sail for Russia last ponth on the same boat as Mrs. Xosenkina. The Soviet 'Consul Gen- eral said Saturday that Samarin was staying at a White Russian re- treat in New Jersey but that the ©onsulate intended to "take steps" @ get him started back home. Senators who have been conduct- ag a parallel inquiry into .the gov- ernment's loyalty program gave up their hearings last week because of inability to get their hands on data President Truman has stamped sec- ret. But there was no let-up in the fireworks touched off by the Senate group. Chairman Homer Ferguson (Rep.- Mich.) levelled a tHreat of an im- peachment action against Truman in a Senate speech just before the special session adjourned Saturday night. 'The House committee program this week includes a Wednesday spot giving Launchlin Currie, who spent his boyhood in Bridgewater, N.S, the chance he asked to answer charges that he was a source of in- formation and help to the Com- munist spy system while he was an administrative assistant to the late President Roosevelt. On the witness list today along- side Koral were Victor Perlo, and Dunca Lee, The committee heard testimony from Whittaker Chambers that he and Perlo were members of a red underground in Washington before : OAK or ) SUMAC Science has discovered an excellent new treatment for ivy, oak and sumac poisoning. It's gentle and safe, dries up the blisters in a surprisingly short time, often within 24 hours. At druggists, 59¢ =1VY-DRY $50 to $1000 LOANS TO BUY FUEL Assure your family and yourself of health and comfort next winter. Borrow to buy your fuel supply now. Household Finance, Canada's oldest and largest consumer organization makes this easy by lending you the necessary money and spreading the payments over as long as 24 months. Our loans are made quickly, without en- dorsers or guarantors, or other bankable security. To apply for a loan to buy fuel, phone, write or visit us. Tune in* The Whistler" -- Canada's top mystery show--CBC, Wednesday nights 15 Simcoe Street South Over Kresge's Phone Oshawa 3601 OSHAWA, ONT. Nours 9 fo 5 or by appointment loans @-de fo residents of nearby fewns SERVING THE PUBLIC SINCE 1678 OUSEHOLD "#7 FINANCE the war. Chambers now is a senior editor of Time Magazine. Miss Elizabeth T. Bentley, another self-described repentant Communist, has testified that Perlo headed one group of government employees which supplied wartime information for relay to Russia. Miss Bentley listed Lee as anoth- er informant. London Times Lauds Choice Of Liberals London, Aug. 9 -- (CP) -- The Times of London in an editorial today praised the election Saturday of Louis St. Laurent to leadership of the Canadian Liberal Party and stressed the possibility of his sie- cession to Mackenzie King as the Dominion's Prime 'Minister. The new Liberal Leader's posi- tion as Minister of External Af- fairs established him as by far the outstanding member of the party after his veteran predecessor in the leadership, The Times said, adding: "Canada's associates in the Rrit- ish Commonwealth and beyond may view with unmixed gratification the prospect of Si. Laurent's accession to the highest c'fice. "He identified his country with strategy of the North Atlantic Union conceived as a plan cf re- gional security within the frawe- work of the United Nations. "He seeks equally close relations with the United Kingdom and "Western Europe on one hand and with the United States on the other, He can couat on being accepied as an exponent of what a neigh- boring republic calls a Bipartisan foreign policy." % Six Are Injured On Cruise Ship As Riot Flares Philadelphia, Aug. 9--(AP)--A moonlight cruise on a Delaware River excursion steamer turned into a riot Sunday night as crew members battled passengers--and the band played on. When the melee had been quelled, police reported six injured persons had been taken to a hospital and nine men were under arrest. Edgar Turk, 32, one of four spe- cial police officers attached to the 9.8. Delaware Belle, gave this ver- sion of events: Shortly after the ship left a Philadelphia pler with 1,200 pass- engers aboard, a youth displayed a blackjack on the dance floor and threatened Turk with the weapon. Turk attempted to take the black- jack from him and several other youths stepped in. The three re- maining special officers came to Turk's rescue and the fight was on. CARRIES HEAVY LOAD 4 Vancouver-- (CP)--Built originally for Russia's broad-gauge railways during the First World War, 414 flatcars weighing 7,000 tons are en route to Buenos Aires aboard the freighter Empire Marshal, The ship carried nearly its own weight--7,000 tons, Most Impressive Flower Service At Maple Grove Maple Grove, Aug. 6--On Sun- day, Aug. 1, a very impressive flow- er service was held in the church which was beautifully decorated with baskets of flowers. The children of the Sunday school gathered at the back of the church and walked to the front each carrying a bouquet of flowers 1 Dead, 3 Injured In 3-Car Crash Kirkland Lake, Aug. 9--(CP)-- Joseph Ring, 27, died Saturday in hospital of injuries received Friday in a three-way collision between two cars and a truck. Ring, who lived, in Teck Township here, suf- fered multiple fractures and inter- nal injuries. He was the driver of one of the cars. Gerald Gorman and Patrick Di- vine of Ottawa, also Injured, are reported to be making satisfactory progress. Mrs. George Gardiner of nearby Swastika is in critical condition from shock, Her injuries necessi- tated amputation of her left leg. EIRE PREMIER COMING Dublin, Aug. 9 -- (Reuters) -- John A. Costello, Prime Minister of Eire, announced Sunday that he is going to Canada In the next few weeks as guest of the Canadian Bar Association. He will arrive in Canada Aug. 30 and stay until Sept. 19, visiting Ottawa, Quebec, To- ronto and Montreal. PRINTERS GET RAISE New York, Aug. 9 -- (AP) -- Composing room employees in 12 New York City daily newspapers Sunday voted to accept a new agreement calling for a $9 weekly pay raise. The new contract, a union spokesman said, also pro- hibits the use by publishers of *"sub- stitute" printing processes, such as the "vari-type." 56 DIE IN FIRE Shanghai, Aug. 9 -- (AP)--Fifty- six men and women-were killed and more than 40 others were injured when lightning struck the Yung Pi shirt factory Sunday night, setting the Tfive-storey building ablaze. Most of the victims were burned to death or suffocated. SUNSPOTS HIT RADIO London, Aug. 9--(Reuters)--Sun- spots blacked out most long-dist- ance wireless communications with | pl London today, Reuters radio listen= ing station said. Germany, Easte ern Europe, Russia, the Far East and America were all badly affect ed but a few long wave stations came through. TOMATOES FROM CUTTINGS Gosford, Australia -- (CP) -- A grower here has pioneered in the commercial development of toe matoes from cuttings which has proved successful in sendy soil. Cute tings are taken from earlier ants. (Advertisement) (Advertisement) (Advertisement) (3UBIASTIIADY) (Advertisement) which were placed on a len cross by two of the older pupils. Our pastor, Rev. F. Yardley, gave a fine message on the subject, "The Three Gardens--The Garden of Eden, The Garden of Gethsemane, The Garden of Resurrection." Ross Metcalf sang a solo. The Women's Missionary Auxil- iary met in the church on Wednes- day afternoon, Aug. 4 The presi- dent, Mrs, H. Freeman, opened the meeting with a hymn and all re- peated The Lord's Prayer. A num- ber of business items were dealt with and Mrs. Edwin Ormiston, Temperance secretary, gave a read- ing. Mrs. Stewart Morton led in the worship service and Mrs, Ivi- son Munday conducted the study period assisted by five ladies, Mrs. H. Freeman, Mrs. E. Ormiston, Mrs. Ross Stevens, Mrs, Cecil Jef- fery and Mrs. C. Snowden. The worship service was based on the theme, "The Christian's Responsi- bility Towards the Liquor Problem Today." The Evening Auxiliary and Baby Band held a picnic at Cream of Barley Camp with over 60 present. All enjoyed a programme of sports and the picnic supper. Mrs. L. C. Snowden spent the week-end with her daughter, Mrs. Otis Pritchard, Manotick. Billie Snowden, Toronto, is holi- daying with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Stevens and, other relatives. The Sunday School and Commi- nity picnic was held on the school grounds Thursday, Aug. 5, with a good attenadnce. About 7 p.m. a pot luck supper was served by the committee in charge. Immediately after supper a programme of sports was conducted including races for the children and a softball game for young and old. All reported a good time. ' On Tuesday evening, Aug. 2, a community shower was held in the basement of the church in honor of Miss Lenore Collacutt, a bride-to- be of this month. The basement was nicely decorated for the occa- sion with pink and white. The bride-to-be was escorted to the seat of honor and presented with a cor- sage. She then proceeded to open the parcels which were placed in nicely decorated baskets. She was assisted by a number of her girl friends. After all the parcels had been opened Lenore thanked all for the lovely gifts and lunch was served. Five Stitches Needed To Close Gash In Foot Miss Audrey Smith, 19, of To- ronto, received a badly gashed left foot yesterday when she was hurt while swimming in a pool at the Rouge River. Miss Smith said that she had been thrown into the water by friends--at her own request-- and had injured her foot on a jag- ged rock. "The water was not as deep as I thought," she said, "and I put my foot down when I went in, and caught it on the rock." After receiving first aid at the scene of the accident, Miss Smith was taken to Toronto where her foot was given five stitches at St. Joseph's Hospital. BRIDE WINS $19,000 New York, Aug. 9 -- (AP) -- A Fort Worth, Tex. bride of two weeks won $19,000 in prizes Sunday night for correctly identifying the "mystery melody" on an ABC radio quiz show. Mrs. Herbert Skelton, 36, identified the mystery tune as "Sun Dance" when she got a tele- phone call from the "Stop The Music" show in New York. West Powers Concerned Over Sweden's Attitude By DEWITT MACKENZIE Associated Press News Analyst Sweden's declaration that she in- tends to maintain "armed neutral- ity" in a third world war and her efforts to persuade Norway to join he in this stand, have been causing the western powers much concern-- a concern which has been conveyed repeatedly, though informally, to Stockholm. : Norway has been anxious to keep her doors open to military co-oper- ation with the western powers. ever, discussiéns regarding a Scan- dinavian defence alliance, initiated by Eweden, have been going on for several months. ; Swedish sources say Britain be- Heves tne western powers are so strong in the Mediterranean the Russians couldn't make headway there. Thus the only feasible place for the Muscovites to open a front would be Scandinavia. Hence the desire to see those northern coun- tries in the democratic bloc. The crux of the matter is that there isn't a ghost of a chance for Scandinavia to remain neutral in a the democracies. As a matter of fact war between the Communist blo¢ and informed quarters in Stockholm say Foreign Secretary Bevin of Britain London the chances of maintaining neutrality were slight. That is true not only of Scandin- avia but of every other country in Europe--true of most countries in the world, so far as that goes As a mater of fact the "cold" war between the Bolshevists and the democracies is a third world war. In some places, like China and Greece, it actually is a shooting war. What a lot of folk in the democra- cies don't yet realize is that they are up against an entirely new form of warfare. It is ideological and therefore deceptive--but it is far more dangerous than the outright uiiary struggles for power in the pas The old wars were destructive of life, property and resources. But this new world revolution for the spread of Communism aims at de- stroying the freedom of countries and depriving their citizens of man's bill of rights. Sweden has plenty of among European states that Com- munism, if allowed to run in a coun- | , sooner or later destroys the gov- e ent and installs a totalitarian pelice regime. Or she might take a look at what is going on over here in America, whose way of life has been labelled ; {told the Swedish Ambassador in by Communism as enemy No. 1. proof | - LOCAL199 - SPEAKS TO LOCAL 222 Fellow G. M. Workers and U. A.W. A. Members At six o'clock in the morning of July 14, all 2,650 members of McKinnon Industries (the General Motors' wholly-owned subsidiary in St. Catharines) struck to bring their 79¢ to $1.04-an-hour wages up to yours. In the nearly four weeks since then, not a single worker, male or female, young or old, has crossed our picket lines. None has tried. How Does General Motors Meet Our Strike Demand? By refusing to have any negotiations with us and by running strike- breaking, American-made parts into its Oshawa and Windsor plants! These imported parts are not made by 79¢ to $1.04 Canadian workers. They are made in the U.S.A. by workers averaging $1.63-an-hour! General Motors does not intend to pay $1.63 instead of 79¢ very long, of course. JUST LONG ENOUGH TO BREAK OUR STRIKE! Then it will give us our jobs back at pay on which we can no longer afford to feed and clothe our families! That is their plan. In all the time this strike has been on, McKinnon's have never once accepted our public challenge to justify their policy of perpetuating St. Catharines as a low-wage area. Their only answer has been: "We will not negotiate!" There Are Two Simple Facts In This Strike 1. 2 We point out to you, that: General Motors' Windsor and Oshawa plants had ground to a halt before your vacations, due to lack of parts from Mec- Kipnon's. You were sent home because there was no work for you to do. Now you have been called back to "full production". come? Where does the work come from? NOT FROM McKINNON'S! been run in like scabs in the night from the United States to break our strike! We point out, also, that as long as General Motors can maintain a low-wage area in the Canadian automobile industry, that area is a menace to every area earning higher wages! As things stand now, the St. Cathar- ines plant is an anchor holding back your wage boat. As UAWA brothers, we urge you to do what you can to help us lift the anchor into the boat so that we can all make progress together. Think it over. Think it through. The UAWA is on strike in St. Cath- General Motors is fighting with every means it has to break that strike. We say they cannot do it! What do you say? How It has arines. The UAWA wins if our strike keeps General Motors' Canadian pro- duction at a standstill as it was when you went on vacation; General Motors wins if it can by-pass our strike and produce automo- biles in spite of us. THIS ADVERTISEMENT IS INSERTED BY LOCAL 199 U.A.W.-C.I.O., ST. CATHARINES