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TH OSHAWA y an pr ---- ~ Tl A A yy ME VA AINI® "am \ © Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle ALLL WHITBY, VOL. 7--NO. 221 OSHAWA-WHITBY, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1948 . Price 4 Cents FOURTEEN PAGES 'OSHAWA MOTORCYCLIST KILLED Must Save Power, Local Industry Wained P.U.C. Will Check All Possibilities For Conservation An appeal to ali industrial, commercial and residential consumers of electricity on the Oshawa System to help with the job of conserving electricity will be made by the Oshawa Public Utilities Commission which this week is faced with the problem of reducing the hours. > daily load to 211,000 kilowatt At a special meeting of the Com-¢ mission yesterday afternoon, it was decided to send a letter to all in- dustries asking their co-operation in reducing their consumption of power and to see if it would be pos- sible to have some work done by night shift 'as a means of changing the load to a less critical period. Householders, who have not been according the Commission the full- est assistance, will be asked to cut down. The Commission 'holds its regular meeting on Thursday when the situation will be further re- viewed. 3 The Commission, which last week cut off every second lighting stand- ard in the business .section will do the same thing on those sections of King, Simcoe and Ritson Road out- side the business section. Lights at intersections will be left on. Light- ing in the Public Utilities building has already been cut in half. It is hoped that residents of the city will follow the example of the Com- mission in its conservation program. Another measure to cut down on consumption was the decision' to turn street lighting off half an hour earlier ifthe morning. Urging + that no hasty action should be taken which would cause confusion, Manager G. F. Shreve MUST SAVE POWER (Continued from Page 3) Regiment Laying Plans For Reunion An event which all former mem- bers of the 11th Armored (On- tario) Regiment will want to attend is the regimental reunion which is being planned for Saturday and Sunday, November 6 and 7. The veterans of the unit will as- semble in Oshawa on Saturday and hold their gatherings at the Arm- ouries. On Sunday morning, weath- er permitting, a drumhead service will be held at the Cenotaph in Memorial Park. The committee in charge of mak- ing arrangements for the reunion are anxious that every man who served with the unit should attend. With this in view all changes of address should be forwarded to Major David Lander without delay. OSHAWA FREE OF FIRES For the first time in seven weeks the Oshawa Fire Department passed a week-end without any calls, fires or false alarms, and is continuing; up to press time today without any fires recorded. The last call sent firemen out to extinguish a grass fire at 8:10 p.m. on Friday, Sep- tember 17. What, No Toads? Sterling, Ill, Sept. 21 --(AP) --Miss Loifise Cash, Whiteside County's home adviser, was en- tertained by the Tampico Home Bureau yesterday. - - - Gifts presented by children attending . tife party included: A snake, an apple and a nfouse. | blow. Suggest Plebiscite King Street Tracks Suggestion that the quesgon of the King Street Railway tracks be placed before the citizens of Oshawa at the next election was made by Mayor Frank N. McCallum before City Council last night. Thought behind the suggestion was that if the city is armed with fig- ures showing that Oshawans are solidly in favor of the tracks' removal, it would pro- vide the city with an argument to bolster its committee which is attempting to negotiate the removal. "Everyone knows how such a vote would go," Alderman Eve- lyn Bateman declared, "The franchise was given by people like us. If the people of Oshawa petition for its cancellation, why can't the government do something about it? I think we should 'have the vote and give owr Member of Parliament something to work on." 95 MPH GALE, PELTING RAIN HITS FLORIDA Miami, Fla., Sept. 21 -- (AP) -- Winds of 95 miles an hour hit the island city of Key West today as a severe tropical hurricane marched on the Florida Peninsula. Steady winds of 75 miles an hour --full hurricane force--were report- ed at Key West. : The hurricane was centred about 45 miles south of Key: West and is moving in a northerly direction at six to eight miles an hour. Highest winds of 100 miles an hour exist near the centre. Hurricane force winds cover an area of 50 to 60 miles and gales ex- tend outward north of the centre 150 miles. The hurricane should reach the latitude *~ of "Miami tonight = the weather bureau said. As the storm bore down on the peninsula, the Keys and the Miami area were swept by near hurricane- force winds and a pelting rain, The storm came to a halt 55 miles south of Key West during the night. The southern part of the penin- sula was battened down for the blow. The storm crossed Cuba last night with highest winds of 86 miles an hour at Havana. Miami, preened for the winter tourist season, braced for the big Hurricane warnings fluttered in increasing winds along the east coast as far north as Melbourne and FLORIDA GALE Five Slain, Two Wounded In Kansas City Gunfight Kansas City, Sept. 21--(AP)-- Five men were fatally shot and two wounded Monday night in a gun- fight growing out of a routine police call. Three of the dead and the two wounded were .policemen. The shooting occurred in a Negro apartment house district after two patrolmen answered a routine dis- turbagce call about & "loud party" in an:apartment building. Charles Neaves, 30. and Sandy Washington, 26, patrolmen (both Negro), were shot to death in the building. Policeman Charles Per- rine, 46, who responded to a call, ~ for aid, was slain outside the build- ing. Pollee identified the other dead as William Bell and Edwin Burton Warren (both Negro) who were in the apartment building. ' Warren died in a hospital today. Police said Bell and at least one other man partilipated in the fight against the officers\in and around the three-storey building. - Approx- imately 50 policemen and deputy sheriffs were sent to the scene '15 blocks from the main business dis- trict. : Police said Bell shot to death two of the officers and was killed by patrolmen in a gun fight that fol- lowed the incident in the. gpart- ment house. ; Patrolman Earl Scott, 56, said he exchariged shots with Bell from behind a tree. Scott said he fired a blast with a riot gun and saw Bell fall. : > Police rounded up about two doz- en persons from the. apartment building and took them to head- quarters for questioning. RESTRICTIONS | ON PARKING APPROVED City Council last night approved parking restrictions on certain city streets as recommended by Chief of Police Owen D. Friend. The restrictions, as approved are: No parking--Celina Street, west side, between Athol and Bruce Streets; Church Street, east side, between King and Richrhony Streets; Louisa Street, norta side, between Simcoe and Church Streets; Mary Street, west side, be- tween King and Bond Streets; Oak Street, north side, between Simcoe and Celina Streets; Prince Street, both sides, between King and Bond Streets; Ritson Road, west side, be- tween King and Bloor Streets; Sim. coe Street, east side, between Bruce and Bloor Streets; Bloor Street, north side, between Simcoe and Brassey Streets; William Street, south side, between Simcoe and Church = Streets; William Street; south side, 30 feet east and west of Mary Street, "Designate Through Street Through Streets--Bloor Street from Simcoe to Wilson; Oshawa Boulevard, from King to Alice and Rosedale from Mary to Frederick. One.way street, Alma Street, westbound from Simcoe to Golf. "The Chief had originally suggest- ed that parking meters be installed on the east side of Prince Street be- tween King and Bond Streets but Aldermen Alex Ross and Sam Jack- son maintained there should be no parking at all in that area "And that goes for the buses, too," added Alderman ROSS. Alderman Jackson also main- tained that there should be no PARKING BAN (Continued on Page 3) Will Repair Flooring Of Fire Hall Condition of the floor at the main Fire Hall is uniformly bad and there is danger that the heavy trucks might preak through, City Engineer W. T. Dempsey reported to City Council last night. "The floor is net just bad in spots --it is uniformly bad," Mr. Dempsey said, "It is rotted in some places and it would be an expensive prop- osition to replace it." If the floor was replaced it would cost in the neighborhood of $8,000 to $9,000 and then the city would be in the position of having an excel- lent floor in a poor building. The cheapest way to fix it temporarily would be to "shore it up with a maze of posts 'and temporary beams," he said. In answer to a member's question he advised that the floor "might be in immediate danger of collapse." "I suggest that we build a new fire hall at the site of the old mar- ket building at Prince and Richmond Streets," Alderman Clifford Har- man said. Mayor Frank N, McCallum agreed that it would be iineconomical to put an expensive new floor in-the old building, Alderman Sam Jackson pointed out that if the present floor is shored up, the firemen's lunchroom in the basement would be unusable Mr. Dempsey agreed that any shor- ing would bar the use of the base. ment for any purpose. "If we shore it up we will have to find some toom for the use of the men to eat their lunches," Al- derman Jackson said. He suggested that the City Engineer, the Fire Chief and the Chairmen of the Fire Protection .and Property depart- ments try and find temporary lunch room quarters for the men and at the same time look over various sites for a new Fire Hall. Alderman R. D. Humphreys said the city would save money if both the Fire Hal] and the police offices were housed in a new City Hall. Council eventually instructed the City Engineer to reinforce the pres- ent floor at the least possible. cost and alsp approved a motion that the committee suggested by Alder- man Jackson look over sites for a 'new Fire Hall. NOT TECHNICAL SCHOOL Mrs, Gertrude Colpus, chairman of the Oshawa Board of Education, has drawn the attention of The Times-Gazette to the effect that the 'caption line on the pictures of the new school to be built on the Bishep Bethune property, which :aréd on Page Three of yester- day's 'issue, was erroneous. The school is to be a collegiate in eV- ery sense of the world and not a technical school as the caption sug- gested, Shown here are championship winners in the Holstein competition at the Oshawa Fair. On the left is Elmcroft Vera, Junior Champion and Reserve Grand Champion, owned by Thomas Flett, R.R. 2, Oshawa, and held by his son Bob. On the right "Holstein Champions at Oshawa Fair property of Hugh Ormiston of Brooklin. "Forthlyne Dolletta Inka Posch, Senior and Grand Champion, the --Times-Gazette Staff Photo Requests for Increases From City Employees Deferred to Next Year The City of Oshawa is not in 'a position to comply with the request of certain civic departments for a grant of a dollar a day cost-of-liv- ing bonus to each employee, Alder- man R. D. Humphreys, chairman of the Finance Committee told City Council 'last night. At the. last Council meeting, members received requests for.such bonuses from members of the Fire Fighters' Association and the Board of Works employees in the Civic Employees Union. Last night a similar request from the police association was forwarded to them from the Police Commission. Such a cost-of.living bonus would amount to $25,944 if made retroactive from August 16 to the end of the year" Alderman Humphries said, "and we have not buageted for this. - If it were grant- ed now it would have to be carried over into the 1949 budget." He estimated - that if the 1949 council granted the bonus; it would cost the city® $68,620 during next year or a 2% mill increase in the rate. If the raise was granted now and carried over to the 1949 budget; the mill rate increase on this alone would be 2%. Alderman Hhmphries figured that going by the cost-of-living in- dex, any raise should not amount to more than $2.30 per week. He PAY INCREASES (Continued from Page 3) * P.U.C. Warehouse Foundation Is Completed: Frank McLellan, in charge of construction work on the new Pub- lic Utilities Commission Warehouse, told The Times-Cazette today that work on 'the. foundation of the building has heen completed, and that concrete for the first floor is to be poured within the next few days. The building is expected to be finished by the ,end of the year, if all goes well, "said Mr. McLellan. The contract for the new structure was awarded to thé firm of Bathe and McLellan several months ago. The site of the building lies be- tween the present Public Utilities Commission office building, and the P.U.C. garage erected on Metcalfe Street last year. THE WEATHER Clear today and Wednesday. Not much change in tempera- ture. Winds northeast 20 today, light tonight and Wednesday. Low tonight and high Wednes- day 42 and 65. Summary for Wednesday: Clear. Not much change in temperature. Oshawa Railway Would Increase Bus Fares Possibility that adults' bus fares in Oshawa may be raised was seen last night in a letter from J. ¥F. Pringle, C.N.R. vice-president, re- ceived by the City Council. The letter, outlining 'increased operat- ing costs, proposed that adult tick- els on Oshawa buses be sold for three for a quarter or 14 for a dollar. The price of childrens' tickets would not be affected. Council laid the matter over un- til the next meeting without dis- cussion. The C.N.R. letter stated that due to increased labor and material costs, an increase in adult bus fares is necessary in order . to prevent operating losses and provide a reas- onable return on capital. It point- ed out that an increase cannot be effected without a change in the present. agreement between the city and the company and if the city refuses to agree, ,the matter 'will be placed before the Ontario Municipal Board. Small Operating Deficit It was pointed out that for the first time -in years, due to the 17 per cent increase granted all rail- way employees, the Oshawa bus line showed - an operating deficit which amounted to $397.15. From March 1 to this year to July 31," wage increases alone mounted to $11,506.23, the letter a . said, and in addition gasoline prices had increased 29 per cent. Costs of vacations with pay had increased 53.5 per cent this year over last and a comparison of wages in 1940 and wages now showed an 88.4 per cent increase. The company proposed that adult tickets be sold at the rate of three for 25 tents or 14 for a dollar or 28 for'\$2. If the city agrees, the in- crease would be effective on Nov. 1, 1948, © | "I suggest we leave this over until the next meeting," Alderman Ce- phus Gay said. "In the meantime we may have a reply on our pro- posals." Seek Workers' Tickets Alderman Gay was referring to a suggestion made at last Council meeting that the bus company be approac to reinstate working-. men's tickets at a lower rate. Later he told The Times-Gazette that with Mayor Frank N. McCallum and Alderman Clifford Harman, he had met with the bus company man- agement yesterday afternoon. and the suggestion of workingmen"s tic- kets had been promised considera- tion, The 'bus company had also promised to take under considera- tion the resumption of service on Verdun Road and a school child- ren's service from - Bonnie - Brae Point, he said.. ° List of Carriers Who Have Qualified For Free Ottawa Trip Compiled up to 9 am.. Tues- day, September 21: Route No, 4--Fred Stone , 5--Eddie Broadbent 6--Robert McClimond 11--Robert Wagar 13--Lyall Moffatt 17--Stuart Seymour 19--Myril. Hepburn 20--Gary Heoper 24--Barrie Hooper 28--Donald Moss 29A--John Fleming 30--George Hubbard 42--John Helliwell 45--Mildred Aldred 55A--David Lowery Whitby 7--Joan Melrose 58--Robert Aldsworth Arabs Veto Report Of Bernadotte Cairo, Sept. 21--(AP)--The news. paper Al Misri today quoted Abdel Rahman Azzam Pasha as saying the Arab states will reject Count Folke Bernadotte's report to the United Nations on Palestine, Azzam Pasha, Secretary-General of the Arab League, said the Arab countries are "in accord regarding the measures they will take to pre- vent the evils plotted against Pa- lestine." ; He did not elaborate. The pro-government newspaper Al Assass says editorially: Arab circles are quite shocked by the Mediator's assumption that the truce prevented the Jews from dom- inating the whole of Palestine. "By this assumption Count Berna- dotte was aiming at weakening Arab morale to make them accept his so- called realism." The paper concludes that the pro- posal to let Arab states decide the fate of non-Jewish Palestine was "an" attempt to divide Arab states among themselves." The report of Bernadotte, prepar- ed before he was slain in Jerusalem Friday, said the Jewish State of Is- rael "is a living, solidly entrenched and vigorous reality." He said the United Nations should step in.to end the Palestine war if the Jews and Arabs fail to make peace, "The Arabs," he said, "had con- sistently advocated a unitary Arab state in Palestine with full rights and guarantees for the Arab minor- ity. . .In the light of developments, the Arab proposal is unrealistig." The formation of an Arab govern. ment for Palestine, over the objec- tions of Trans-Jordan and Iraq, was disclosed in Amman Monday. CLUB. INCREASES CAPITALIZATION The Oshawa Golf Club has ob- tained Ontario Supplementary Let- ters Patent to enable it to increase its capitalization to $80,000. Origi- nal capitalization was for $40,000 with 1,600 shares at $25 a share, but with membership increasing rapidly it became necessary to boost the number of shares to 3,200, was killed 'instantly at 3.30 p injuries. Clarence Robert Sweeney Clarence Sweeney Collides With Car At Ritson, Eulalie , 24, of 359 St. Julian Street, .m. yesterday when a motor= cycle he was riding struck an automobile at the corner of Ritson Road and Eulalie Avenue. Roy Bowerman, 21, of 35 Gibbs St., a passenger on the motorcycle, received minor motorcycle, proceeding north on Rit- son Road, struck the left rear wheel of a 1931 Ford Coach driven by Au- brey O. Gibbs of 284 St. Julien Street. Gibbs had been travelling west on Eulalie Avenue, and had stopped his car at the intersection. As he started up he heard the squeal of brakes, and felt the impact as the motorcycle, out of control, struck his left rear wheel. ,'Never Saw Motorcycle" "I never saw the motorcycle at all," said Mr, Gibbs, "The only in- dication I had was when I heard the brakes just before he hit me." Skid marks indicated that Sweeney, the driver of the motorbike, had applied his brakes before the crash, had lost control of the vehicle, and had been CYCLIST KILLED (Continued on Page 2) Joint Clits Set Up Plan To Mobilize New York, Sept. 21--(AP)-- The New York Times says the joint chiefs of staff have set up a aente- tive schedule of armed services re- quirements for a possible "mobiliza- tion day." In a dispatch ffcm Washington by Charles Hurd, the Times says today that the tentative schedule was de- livered to the Munitions Board of the National Military Establishment. The Munitions Board now is in a position to construct a firm plan for the industrial mobilization necessary for conducting modern war, the Times says, te It reports the Tollowing: The Munitions Board has made considerable progress in its planning and substantial gains in stockpiling of critical materials, About $700,000,000 worth of criti- cal and civilian needs if war should cut off normal sources. These materials include about 50 raw materials, mostly obtained from foreign sources. Among them are Bauxite, cadium, cobalt, copper, in. dustrial diamonds, mica, quartz crystals, tungsten and zinc. Of these materials the board has bought $500,000,000 worth with ap- propriated funds and accepted transfer of some $200,000,000 worth from the War Assets Administra- tion, A major function of the board is surveying manufacturing facilities to determine the most efficient produc- ers of specific military items, Thus far 12,000 plants have been surveyed and tagged for specific types of war production. The board hopes to extend its surveys to 25,000 The accident occurred when the® CLARENCE R. SWEENEY Russ Charge West Plans Future War Berlin, Sept. 21--(AP)--The RuS« slans charged today that Germans are being grocmed for the role of mercenary soldiers in a future wap against the Soviet Union. Taegliche Rundschau, official pube lication of the Soviet Military Ade ministration, said the "criminal pole icy" supported by Gen. Lucius Clay, United States Military Govere nor, "will provoke a new war." In this war, the paper said, West. ern Germans "will play the role of rCenaries." e political leaders of Western Germany and Germans drafting a new western government at Bonn were termed war-mongers serving "imperialistic capital." In the Ruhr, Max Reinmann, Communist Chief in Western Gere - many, told a mass meeting: "The time is at hand for a final showdown between capital and working masses and there will be no possibility of avoiding it." Meanwhile, the Berlin City Gove ernment, forced by riots two weeks ago to withdraw to Berlin's western sectors, charged that the Russians kad snuffed out democratic governe ment in the Soviet sector. Tae government said all impore tant posts in Eastern Berlin had been filled by members of the Soe RUSS CHARGE or 30,000 industrial producers. (Continued on Page 2) Toronto, Sept. lum revealed today that the Washington, Sept. today endorsed Count Folke the section. Ottawa, Sept. 21--(CP) treal partially left the rails members, an official said. thus doubling the capitalization. "% LATE NEWS BRIEFS « MAY SELL MALTON AIRPORT 21--(CP)--Mayor Hiram McCaty city is negotiating with the federal government for sale of the city-owned Malton Airport, about 15 miles northwest of Toronto: U.S. ENDORSES BERNADOTTE REPORT 21--(AP)--The United States Bernadotte's report on Pal- estine as a "sound basis for settlement" of the Jewishs Arab dispute over the Holy Land. Bernadotte had declar= ed that "Israel exists in Palestine" and that the future of the Arab portion of the Holy Land should be left to the Arab State in consultation with the inhabitants of COACH ON TRAIN DERAILED --One coach of a Canadian National Railways passenger train from Ottawa to Mon- at Carlsbad Springs eight miles from Ottawa at 9 a.m., railway officials reported today. The train was not damaged by the derailment and there were no injuries to either passengers or crew ONTARIO P.C.'S TO MEET Toronto, Sept. 21---(CP)--The annual meeting of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Association will be held in November, President A. D. McKenzie said to- day. He added that this might have given rise to a re- © port that a convention would be held Nov. 8 to choose a provincial leader should Premier Drew succeed John Bracken as Dominion leader of the party, D.. i