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-a SATURDAY, AUGUST 14, 1 948 THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE _ ____ PAGE THREE Ontario Leads As Canada's Population Climbs By 30 é ° © Arabs, Jews Fight € But Hope Is Held For Settlement Stockholm, Aug. 14 (AP) --Count Folke Bernadotte held Jews battled in Jerusalem. - out hope today of a Palestine settlement even as Arabs and The United Nations mediator said if the truce can be maintained for six more weeks in Palestine "the conflict might be solved peacefully." Arriving here to attend the inter-¢ national' Red Cross convention, Count Bernadotte said definite re- sults toward settling the Holy Land issue might be expected by the middle of October. Maintainig the truce "is by far the most difficult part of my job." But if the truce can be kept "we can be very hopeful that the war is finished." Friday the government of Israel urged the U.N. Security Council to put an early time time limit on the Palestine truce. It maintained that "none of the problems created by this war can be solved within the framework of the truce." Meanwhile fighting raged in Jerusalem Friday--ihe day Count Bernadotte had set for a cease-fire which he had hoped would bring peace to the Holy City. Jewish sources said three Jews were killed by Arab sniper fire. A spokesman for the Trans-Jordan Arab Legion in Amman said Legion troops were under heavy Jewish fire for three hours when the Jews attacked Thursday night. In Tel Aviv, Israel's provisional government appeared headed to- ward its first cabinet crisis. The issue boils down to this: Whether the new state will lean toward the 7 .ted States or Soviet Russia. Premier David Ben-Gurion insists that Palmach, commando force in the Israeli army, be dissolved as a separate military organization. Ben- Gurion's political party is the Mapai, General Labor party which corresponds somewhat to the Brit- ish Lahor party. Opposing Ben-Gurion on the Pal- mach issue is the Mapaam, the extreme left wing fusion party, to Wueh most Palmach members be- ong. Hospital Murder Charge is Laid Blackburn, Lancs, England, Aug. 14--(AP)--Peter Griffiths, 22, a flour mill worker, was charged today with the murder of three-year-old June Ann Devaney, who was seized from 4 cot in the children's ward of Queen's Park Hospital last May 14. The battered body of the child, who was recuperating from pneu- monia, was found in the hospital grounds. Griffiths was arrested Friday night after police had checked 40,- 000 fingerprints of men in the Blackburn area and compared them with prints found on a hospital window, Ask India Factions To Halt Warfare New Delhi, Aug. 14--(AP)--A United Nations Commission today proposed a cease-fire agreement be- tween the Dominions of India and Pakistan to open the way for a settlement of the fighting in Kash- mir, Pakistan has denied she has troops fighting in Kashmir, which now actually is part of the Indian Union. India has charged that Pakistan has an expeditionary force in that northern state. Pakistan, the Moslem Dominion, and Hindu India both have claimed the fertile Kashmir province since ! the partition last year. In early times dwarfs were used as court attendants in England. Mary I had a page two feet high. ONE MINUTE NEWS ABOUT JOHNS-MANVILLE J-M as a Company "has No Politics The question is often asked: "Does J-M go in for politics?" As a company, Johns-Man- ville is not and never intends to be engaged in politics. The company does, however, urge all J-M employees as indi- viduals to find out about the candidates, to study the issues, and to use their influence and votes to give full support to men of their choice. Because the welfare of em- ployees, the company, and the community as a whole depends so much on legislation and ad- ministration -- both local and national--J-M is urgently con- cerned with the selection of able, qualified public officials who represent a true majority of all citizens. For this reason, J-M men and women are encouraged to exer- cise their full rights of citizen- ship, both at the polls, and in the activities of their local com- munities, This is one of a series of answers to questions frequently asked about Canadian Johns- Manville and Canadian industry, To Address Rotary a DONALD M. FLEMING, K.C. M.P. for Toronto-Eglinton since 1945 and chairman of the Progres- sive Conservative Caucus Commit- tee on Social Security and Housing, who will be the speaker at the luncheon meeting of the Oshawa Rotary Club on Monday. Meat Prices Seen Soaring 25¢ a Pound Ottawa, Aug. 14--(CP)--Can- adian housewives are preparing to dig deeper into household funds for a slice of quality beef and chances are they will have to be contented with only lower-grade beef on Monday. And while Canadian consumers face the possibility of a sharp rise of from 15 to 25 cents a pound in the price of beef and beef products, the United States are giving scant attention to the embargo-lifting announcement in Ottawa. In Chicago meat and livestock men Friday saw little impact on the United States market by Canada's lifting of export controls on beef cattle. In Washington the announce- ment by Agriculture Minister Gar- diner--front-page news in al- most every Canadian newspaper-- brought the comment that it will not bring a noticeable increase in domestic meat supplies in the U.S. The U.S. Agriculture Department said Canada may be able to furnish the United States only with about 100,000 head by the end of 1948. This number is equal to about one- third of one per cent of the 32,- 000,000 head of cattle which the department estimates will be slaughtered for meat in the U. S. this year. But the shipping of the 100,000 head of cattle--only part of the quota of 400,000 head available to the Dominion--would just about clear out quality beeg from Can- adian stockyards, an agricultural source said Friday night He indicated Canadian cattle producers would lose little time to rush their quality beef to U.S. cen- tres where prices were 20 to 333 per cent higher than on the domestic market-front. However, the removal of the em- bargo--imposed six years 280 to swing the flow of beef to the Unit- ed Kingdom--was well received by prairie farmers. Agriculture Minister Campbell of Winnipeg described the lifting of the ban as "the best news Mani- toba farmers have had for a long time. "The American market is the lifeblood of the cattle industry in Canada," he said, "a market we must do our best to develop." Two Motorcyclists Hurt In Kitchener Collision Kitchener, Aug. 14--(CP)--Donald Kesselring, 20, and Barbara Pfeiffer, 16, received serious injuries Friday night ina head-on motorcycle-auto collision. Their condition is critical. Police reported that Kesselring and Miss Pfeiffer were on the motorcycle when it collided with a car driven by Alfred Grosvenor of Long Branch, a Toronto suburb. Two other motorcyclists, riding beside Kesselring at the time, are being sought by police who say they did not remain at the scene of the accident, London -- (CP)--Because of pre- vious thefts, new carpets in Holy Trinity Church, North Lambeth, have "Stolen irom Trinity" stencil- led on them. Coming Events THE OSHAWA GLADIOLI SOCIETY Annual show, Centre St. School Au- ditorium, Saturday, August 14. Open Be Leaders In Red Fight, Veterans Told Fort Erie, Aug. 14--(CP)--Speech- es by Labor Minister Mitchell and by U. S. Admiral H. K. Hewitt were scheduled for today's United Na- tions day program at the veterans international peace encampment. The speechmaking comes tonight but the program during this third day of the four-day rally of Cana- dian and American ex-servicemen called for a band jamboree and the coronation of 20-year-old Masx- garet Garan of Fort Erie as Miss Tourist of 1948. Tomorrow will see drumhead re- ligious services. Maj.-Gen. A. E. Potts of Ottawa and Maj.-Gen. Ronald C. Brock of Buffalo are to address the veterans. A jet airplane and five Harvards staged an air show over the en- campment Friday. Later, the eve- ning program, planned for out of doors near the Mather Arch, was driven into the new Fort Erie Arena by a rainstorm. x Principal speaker of the evening was Air Marshal J. A. Sully of Ot- tawa, who said it was fitting that veterans should take leadership in setting up resistance to Commu- nist influences which sought to dis- rupt the Canadian and U.S. way of life. "The things that are happening every day under our very noses are almost unbelievable," he said. "These operations are carried on by a group of people who have their distorted and fanatical ideas or are maliciously. determined to overthrow our responsible government and, when the revolution they plan takes place, they will 'get on the : bandwagon' and enjoy the special privileges which now are handed out to members of the Communist party in Russia. "These people, while enjoying all the benefits and privileges of our citienship, recogniez no allegiance to Canada and the United States. Secretly and furtively, they work to infiltrate into our reputable or- ganizations." Next Week Will See Start Of Tomato Pack The Marketing Service of the Do- minion Department of Agriculture reports that the pack of raspberries was lighter than expected because of reduced crop volume. Canners in Eastern Ontario expect to start canning tomatoes during the week ending August 21. The demand for apples in this district continues strong with only light supplies of transparent, duch- ess and melba being harvested. Prices are high and this has induced growers to spot pick. Some growers are still applying cover sprays for coddling moth and scab control. Red Mite is causing some damage to foliage in some orchards. 'The crop of pears in Eastern On- tario is light and the fruit is below average in size. Tomatoes are now being harvested in small quantities. Indications are that the crop will be heavy. Supplies of potatoes are liberal with growers reporting good yields. Early plantings continue to give promise of a good yield. To date there have been no reports of serious damage form blight. 13th Envelope Contains $1,000 = Adah Kitchener, Aug. 14--(CP)-- Lloyd Sabatine of the adjoin- ing city of Waterloo looks on 13 as a lucky number--and with good reason. Friday night--the 13th--he went to the Kinsmen's Club's annual outdoor bingo and won the first of the 15 games. The winners lined up to choose their prizes--in 15 envelopes. Saba- tine, who had {first choice, picked the 13th inthe row from the left. It contained a $1,000 bill. The others each contained $10. "It's the first $1,000 bill I've ever seen," he said. "It will help greatly in buying a new home." Mr. and Mrs. Sabatine now live in rented quarters. Try a Times-Gazette ad today -- You can be sure it will pay. Alpinist Killed By Lightning Bolt This is the last photo the four members of the Club Sierra, San Francisco, took before bolt hit their sheltering cave on Mount.Bugaboo, resulting in the death of Ralph Pundt and Bob Becker and serious burns to Jan Mac- kinlay and Anne (Cricket) Strong. Ian took picture from the cave in which they were sheltered. Photo looks toward Howser group of the Purcell range. Ralph Pundt of Los Gatos, Calif, was first to die when lightning struck party of four. He fell 1,000 feet and it is said to be unlikely the body will be found. He Soviet Aims in Cold War Said Fashioned Years Ago By DEWITT MACKENZIE Associated Press News Analyst Three years ago today, Japan surrendered unconditionally to the allies' and Japanese War Minister Korechika Anami committed suicide in accordance with the code that only death can wipe out the dis- honor of having failed the Mikado in an emergency. Allied victory celebratiébns swept around a world which longed for peace. The most awful conflict that men ever had fought was over -- aor so most thought. There Would, of course, be the usual hard times which follow every war, but there would be a quick recovery, and our new United Nations would guide us into an era of tranquility and goodwill. That's what we thought only three years ago. Now we know that the peace we saw was only a mirage. We realize--unless we have lost our wits altogether -- that the war against the Axis was transformed into the world revolution for the spread of Communism. Moscow laid the ground work for this war by signing the non-aggres- sion which enabled Hitler to launch his attack in Poland. As this column recorded long ago, objective ob- servers in Europe at that time were _| quite aware that Russia anticipated another world war and figured on taking advantage of it for the spread of Communism. What they couldn't foresee was that they would be caught in the early phases of the conflict and so hurt that they couldn't take full ad- vantage of the outside world's weaknesses. Those are' facts which are almost unbelievable to the charitable west- ern mind. They are facts which all of us dislike to admit. But the sooner we recognize the cold truth that Communism is out to bring us under its totalitarian rule, the better off we shall be. ~ We may see lulls, but"the "cold war" is like any other war in that its heavy offensives are followed by pauses for consolidation. However, the indications are that Moscow has no intention of stop- ping its drive so long 'as the Soviet | Union has the strength to carry on. The objective for continental Europe is the English Channel and the only thing that will halt the Russians will be Western Europe's recovery of sufficient strength to hold them. The Reds have been slowed down and are being held fairly well along their line through Central Europe. There is a fair chance that Western Europe will get on its feet in time to prevent 'the Communists from taking possession of more govern- ments by strong-arm methods. If that happens the cold war in Eur- ope will settle down to one of attrition--of Communist infiltration, espionage and sabotage. But the conflict will continue. Meanwhile we may expect a rapid increase in the fierceness of the conflict in the Orient. Indeed, the Far East may well become the main theatre of the struggle be- tween Democracy and Communism. Ontario Spotlight Goderich, Aug, 14--(CP)--The or- der was "stop that car and a local hackie sped off into the night with a Goderich girl as his . passenger. He overtook the car ahead, driven by her.boy friend, ahd saw the girl take from the drivers pocket some- thing she (iad put there earlier: her new false teeth. 'TOPATO' PLANTS Fort Erie, Aug, 14 -- (CP)-- This Niagara Peninsula town has another of those gardens where plants bear both tomatoes and potatoes. William Hurron, its owner, says cross-pollenization probably is the explanation for the double harvest. IMMIGRANT WEDS Toronto, Aug. 14--(CP)--Tte first of 20 Polish immigrant girls who came here for hospital work to mar- ry is Maria Piotuch. She 'wed a fel- low Pole, Felix Wieczorek, in a tra- ditional Polish ceremony and now the plans to complete her nurses' training while her husband takes a chemical engineers course. BANDITS GET $40 Teronto, Aug. 14 (CP)--Three bandits who held up John Tur- ner, east-end storekeeper, Fri- day night obtained only $40 from the till after threatening Turner with a gun. But they made such a clean sweep of the sach that Turner hadn't a nickel to call the police and had to borrow cne from a cusiomer. Prime Minister Off on Holiday Ottawa, Aug.. 14 (CP)--Prime Minister Mackenzie King left today by train for a week's holiday in the United States, but his destination still was secret. The 73-year-old Prime Minister, in need of a rest following last | week's National Liberal convention, either was bound for Seal Harbor, Me., or Sea Island, Ga. Informants declined to disclose at which of the two places he would stay. NO FIRE CALLS A. Rowden, acting captain in charge of the Fire Department, re- ports that there were no fires in Oshawa on Friday the thirteenth. The closest fire was 10 hours-and 56 minutes too early, at 1:04 p.m. on Thursday. It was a happy day for veteran Eddy Fowler, who cele- brated a birthday with the best wishes of the firemen. London--(CP)--A robot radio- telephone switching itself on for two seconds every half-minute to "listen" for calls, has been develop- ed for island and hill-country sub- scribers for whom telephone wires are impracticable. 2 to public, 3 to 10. Auction, 9 p.m. (188c) Canadian air cadets from Western Ccnada visited th part of their tour of Eastern United Stat: of the American Civil Air Patrol, they p garden wih President Truman's air aide, Col. Robert Landry. Left to| tour of Britain, Lo in the White House formal Canadian Air Cad ets Tour U.S. And Britain Fe india League cof Canada. RETURNS FROM HOLIDAY Crown Attorney Alex Hall was | back in town today after a three- week holiday. He will be back on the job Monday with acting Magistrate Russell P. Locke, K.C. R. D. Hum- phries, K.C,, had been the acting crown attorney in Mr. Hall's ab- 1,000 | 12,883,000 People Now in Country, Statistics Reveal Ottawa, Aug. 14 (CP)--Canada's population is slipping ahead in numbers, at a faster rate than ever before. The dominion -- aided by both natural increase and immigration -- gained a record-breaking 301,000 persons during a 12-month period ending June 1, and Ontario led the way. With an estimateda rise of 108,- --4000, Ontario showed the greatest Wind Storm Topples Poles At Myrtle The Myrtle district was without electricity and telephone service for about three hours late Thurs- day afternoon as the result of a small "twister" which = passed through the village narrowly miss- ing the United Church. The freak windstorm was ac- companied by a heavy downpour of rain which lasted for about half an hour. There was also some hail but not enough to do serious dam- age to hoe crops. The high wind toppled a tree close to the highway and it carried down electrical and telephone lines. One telephone pole was snapped off close to the cross-arm. The wires straddled the highway and traffic was held up until the tangle of wires could be removed. increase, outstripping Quebec with 80,000, the Dominion Bureau of Sta= tistics reported Friday. All provinces but Prince Edward Island showed population gains durnig the year. Births were at the highest level, while deaths were reported low, the Bureau said. The 301,000 increase compared with the former record of 275,000 between June 1, 1946, and June 1, 1947. Of the 301,000 boost, 211,000 were due to natural increase and 90,000 to immigrants. Together Ontario and Quebec supplied more than half of the total boost. Next came British Co- lumbia with 38,000. Alberta pitched in with 24,000, Manitoba and Nova Scotia added another 14,000 each and New Brunswick and Saskat- chewan came in last with 12,000 each. Canada's northern areas added nothing to her population boost. The Yukon reported 8,000 the same number as in 1947, and the North- west Territories 16,000, also the same as reported in the previous period Prince Edward Island's numbers at 93,000, declined 1,000 from the numbers reported a year ago. | DAY-BY-DAY AT THE OLYMPICS | By JACK SULLIVAN Canadian Press Staff Writer London, Aug. 14 -- (CP) -- The Olympic flame will be doused today and the sun-faded, rain-soaked flags of 58countries lowered. Then, 6,000 athletes and officials will scatter throughout the world withh their memories of the 14th Olympic games. From the opening-day ceremon- ies, July 29 when 82,000 sport fans jammed bowl-shaped Wembley Sta- dium for the first games since 1936 It has been a spectacular succession of United States-dominated thrills. From the starting pistol, = the Yanks were in there. There have been squawks, complaints and pro- tests but the festival, witlx its con- glorheration of races and creeds, fron the excitable Frencla to the placid Finns, was devoid of explo- sive international incidents. The great gamble has come off and half-skeptical Britain is ap- plauding the triumph of perform- ance and organization. A year ago the world was shaking its head and saying that the Mad Eritish. were crazier than ever. Knockers in her own back yard had advised the organizers to forget ali about it and let a more prosperous country handle the games. But they were wrong and each Clympic day rought its story. There was boxing witl its comedy of errors, produced by judges and referees with what seemed farcical favoritism. . . Regrettable fisticuffs between Canadian and Uruguayan basketball players. . . The contro- versial United States-Britain 400- metre relay mixup which ended in a kiss-and-make up scene without an epithet tossed. There was also the incomparable Mrs. Fanny Blankers-Koen of the Netherlands, amazing speedster witia three first-prize medals and an assist in relay work to her credit. When all the pieces were in this sports jig-saw verdict spelled suc- cess. It was a wonderfui story for the sence. ST. LAURENT RETURNS Quebec, Aug. 14--(CP)--External Affairs Minister St. Laurent, member of Parliament for Quebec-East, will arrive here Aug. 19. This will be his first visit to his native city since his nomination as national leader Party succeeding of the Liberal Premier Mackenzie King. conquering Americans but a black- berdered one for the Canadians. And the last day was no excep- tion. Canada had four cyclists enter- ed in the marathon event ut when the race was little more than half over, the last one of them was forc- ed to drop out. Florent Jodoin of Montreal had to quit when he suffered a bad spill and injured an arm, Earlier, bad luck dogged the other contestants-- Lerne Atkinson of Vancouver, Lance e White House as (right: in centre of group, Col. Robert Landry, air aide to Preside:' . 'With their hosts, members | Truman, and Urwin Firch (in civilian cloilics), Ciccelor of the Air Cac! Another group of air cadels are at present cn a Pugh of Oshawa and Laurent Tes- sirer of Montreal--and they werd forced to the sidelines due to tire punctures. In other wind-up events, the Un- ited States won the team champion- ship of the three-day equestrian event. A Gerevich of Hungary won the individual sabre fencing cham- plonship, Finland won the men's gymnastic championship and the United States took thie basketball ti- tle, defeating France in the finals 65-21. ~~. Sweden won the soccer title and ¢hampions were decided in the var- iofls boxing classes There were no Canadians left in any of the events, apart from the cycling. | United States booty included prac- tically everything except thie Olym- pic flame while the best Canada was able to do was a second in canoeing and thirds in the wemen's 400-me- tres relay and canoe doubles. Canada's' highest placing was made by Doug Bennett of St. Lam- bert, Que. The Dominion's 100-strong team, heavy with officials, came over brimming with pep. But there then followed a dreary succession of dis- organization and alibis'as one after another bowed to better men. It was a tale of "I don't know what it is but I can't seem to get the old zip. ..I can't explain my showing. . .I've done better in Can- ada and in training but out here 'hings go wrong. .." Then there was the story of food. The wrestlers, weight-lifters and boxers wanted steaks -- but didn't get them, Four tons of Canadian food was brought over to supple=- ment British rations but a transpore tation mix-up held it yp on the docks for three days or/ so. Then {here was moaning abdut the way British chefs prepared it. High-ranking officials were en- trencoed in west-end hotels and there was no one in the camp, 14 miles distant, who could give offi cials answers and the athletes be- came somewhat downhearted. Team morale (eld up but team spirit ap- peared lacking. There was disappointment in the women's camp when personnel in the 400-metre relay team was switched 24 hours before the event, It brought tears to the eyes of Mil lie Cheater of Vancouver but if the switch had not been made, it would have Leen heartbreaking to Nancy MacKay of Oshawa, who would have been a passenger. Big things were expected of thé Canadian basketball team, Most experts called them runners-up to the United States as they did in the 136 games at Berlin. But the squad never got over a heartbreaker that they dropped to Hungary 37-36, and a 57-35 loss in the next game to a classy Brazil £quad cost them a spot in champion« saip playoff. It was only later that they struck a semblance of form, sweeping through the consolation rounds to ninth place in the final standings, Canadian swimmers fared disape pointingly. Complaining of an inex= plicable "lethargy" 'which some blamed on British cooking and oihers on the British climate, they failed to distinguish themselves. Canadian supporters, mindful of the triumph of Frank Amyot of Ot= tawa in the single-blade event at Eerlin, were hopeful at least of one Cominion victory in paddling. Their hopes were nearly fulfilled when Bennett, fighting a cross-wind, gare nered Canada's only silver medal, finishing second behind Czechosol= vakia in the 1,000-metre Canadian singles, But for the fact that the Czech boat was equipped with a "twisted= keel" device, an aid in steering, Bennett "would have won," said Ed- rar Gilbert of Montreal, team coach. The innovation will be outlawed at the 1952 games. In Henley rowing events, Cane ada's eight ran into a rough British squad, largely composed of Cam- bridge boat-race winners, and never got beyond the semi-final. Two de= feats in a row, one after striking a buoy, put an end to the doubles changes of Gabby Beaudry and Ted Graves of Ottawa. The yachting Torquay saw Can- ada's most thrilling bid for a gold medal, After the sixth firefly-class race of seven days sailing, Paul Mc= Laughlin of Toronto had moved ihe to first place in unofficial tabulation of the standings of the tiny ding- hies. But when he protested against a French vessel following a collision, a jury threw out the protest and McLaughlin lost all his points for the day's racing. He wound up in fifth place, The fina] race was a real Frank Merri=\ well affair with McLaughlin the only skipper to finish under full sail in 'a 30-mile an hour win& and a capsized Swedish sailor righting his dinghy to limp home 14th in the race and just beat out the Gana- dian for fourth place. 4 In the final standings, th€ Cana dian star-class team, made up of Bill Gooderham and Geéfry Fair= head of Toronto, finished eightta among 17 entrants and the swallow= class entry of John Robertson and Dick Townsend of Hamilton, Ont., seventh among 14 entries, seventh among 4 entries,