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rf THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle OSHAWA ~ WHITBY VOL. 7--NO. 275 OSHAWA-WHITBY, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1948 Price 4 Cents SIXTEEN PAGES Housing Scheme Given Tentative A pproval pe * Will Accommodate ¥ 28 Families In New Apartments A private enterprise housing scheme which would look after 28 families in modern apartments was tentatively ap- proved by City Council last night when it was decided to grant an option to W. S. Pogson, Oshawa builder, on the old Trull property on King Street such a housing scheme. East. Mr. Pogson is planning [] 4 Council set the purchase price Officers Of Local K of C Installed The installation of the officers of | St. Gregory's Coumcil, 2761, Knights | of Columbus, took place at last night's meeting of the Council. Th chief installing officer was Distric Deputy Ernest J. Wolfe of Peter- | borough, who was assisted in the ceremonies by guests from the HARRY J. McGUIRE Peterborough Council of the or- ganization. Installed as Grand Knight for his second successive term was Harry J. McGuire. The post of Deputy Grand Knight went to E. J. Clarke, also serving his second term. Leo Bloye was installed as Chancellor. Other officers who formally took over their posts at last night's cere- mony were C. J. Roesch, Warden; Leonard Harris, Financial Seere- | tary; R. J. Clancy, Recording Sec- retary; James Smythe, Advocate; John Sammut, Treasurer, and J. L. Riordan, Sr., Lecturer. Installed as inner guard were J. L. Riordan, Jr. and Louis Rousseau. Outer Guards are Jack Brockman | and W:-Lepine. Elected for a three- year term as trustee was Easton Egerer. Other trustees who retain their offices for ofle or two more years are J. McKenna and C. Mc- Gee. At the conclusion of the formal installation services, several! of the guests from the Peterborough Coun- cil presented a musical entertain- ment period. A lunch was prepared and served by the members of the Parent-Teacher Association of St. Gregory's Separate School. Stuart Remanded For One W eek Kitchener, Nov. 24--(CP)--Wil- liam Stuart, of Galt, today was re- manded another week in police caurt on a charge of public mis- chief. It was intimated that his trial definitely would proceed next week. Stuart was an important witness in connection with the inquest Tuesday night at Woodstock into the death of Mrs. Emma Pohl of Kitchener who disappeared last Sept. 13 and whose body was 'found in a bush near Plattsville several weeks later. NET PAID CIRCULATION The Times-Gazette Average Per Issue October 1948 9,135 for the property at $6,000 and re- quired Mr. Pogson to deposit a cheque for $600 for the option which would expire on March 1, 1949. Mr. Pogson would forfeit the deposit if he failed to exercise the option. Council also required Mr. Pogson to enter into an agreement making the property subject to such restrictions, stipulations and road allowances as may be imposed by a committee of Council, the City Engineer and the Town Planning Board. Motion Pictures Shown Cyril Schofield, representing Mr. Pogson, showed Council motion pictures of developments already finished in the United States which would be comparable with his plans. "This scheme is not subsi- dized,". Mr, Schofield told Council. "It is private enterprise entirely and will consist of two- floor units on the Trull and Drew properties capable of housing 28 families. The units will contain apartments of 314 and 4!; rooms with a mini- mum of 1'4 bedrooms per apart- ment. The buildings would be of brick or stucco on cinder blocks." - Pay Medium Rental Mr. Schofield stressed that the plan allowed plenty of garden and landscaping space so that the units would not be crowded toward the street line. He said tenants would pay "medium" rental. Pressed as to what he meant by "medium" he said they would rent for between $60 and $80 per month. Mr. Pogson, he. said, was prepared to start on the project in the spring and was offer- ing $4,350 for the Trull property. Alderman Evelyn Bateman was of | the opinion that due to the severe | housing shortage in the city a pro- ject housing.only 28 families would not be of much help. It would be better if the project could house 50 or 100 families. But Mr. Schofield said that the plans called for ample space around the dwelling units. Mayor McCallum said he did not think the offer of $4,350 for the land was enough and his opinion was upheld by Aldermen Bateman] Sam Jackson and Rae Halliday. Al- derman Jackson thought that every- thing should be done to encourage building dnd thought a price of $6,000 would be fair for the pro- perty.- His suggestion was adopted. U.N. Council 'Neutrals' Begin 1 Anew Nov. 24--(CP) Six "neutral" members of the United Nations Security Council took up again today their task of trying to break through the east-west dead- lock on Berlin, The neutrals, including Canada, will sift through British, United States, French and Russian answers fo a questionnaire on Berlin's cur- rency problems in an effort to find a clue to a means of halting the cold war, Juan A, Bramuglia of Argentina, president of the Security Council for November, submitted the ques- tionnaires to the four powers and then turned the replies over to the other six members for study. Britain, the United States France introduced their western- German currency in the western sectors of Berlin last spring. Soon afterward, in June, Russia began its blockade of the capital city by halting all transportation except air traffic between Berlin and the western occupation zones. Russia has refused to lift the blockade until the western powers accept Soviet-zone currency as.the only medium of exchange in all four sectors of the city. The west- ern powers, on the other hand, have refuseq to negotiate the cur- rency or other questions until the blockade is lifted. THE WEATHER Overcast today and Thursday. A MNttle warmer. Winds light today and tonight, south 15 Thursday. Low tonight and high Thursday 35, 46. Summary for Thursday, overcast, a little warmer, Paris, and members | received a nice boost recently when cheque for $400 to help further this : GR Bo n The T.B. prevention work, sponsored by the Oshawa Kiwanis Club, the Get-Together Club presented a very worthy work in the community. i Get-Together Club Boosts Kiwanis Club T. B. Fund Drive Crowle, immediate past president of the Get-Together Club; A. E. "Ted" Johnson, chairman of Kiwanis Christmas Seal Fund, Stafford, Gus" | Habberfield, president of the Get-Together Club and F. E. "Fred" 'Bart- | Caught by the camera during the presentation, left to right, are: Cliff ' lett, treasurer of the Kiwanis Christmas Seal Fund. --Photo by Campbell's Studio Council" Will Sponsor 40 Fellowships Ottawa, Nov. 24--(CP)--The Na- tional Research Council today an- nounced it will sponsor approxi- mately 40 post-doctorate fellowships as its laboratories in 1949-50, in- cluding six in atomic energy re- search in the laboratories of the atomic energy project at Chalk Ri- ver. Approximately 20 awards will be made in chemistry and 15 in physics, tenable in the N.R. C. laboratories here. Fellow- ships at Chalk River will be limited to British subjects, but there are no nationality restric- tions in the case of the Ottawa laboratories and the awards are open to students from abroad. The announcement said the plan marked a forward step in develop- ment and recognition of Cana- dian research. L. Before this year, Council schol- arships have been restricted main- ly to graduate students still seeking their doctor's . degrees. Usually, graduate doctors wishing to further themselves in research had to go to universities in the United States or Europe. Fellowships, tenable for one year but extendable to two years on application, carry a $2,820, tax- free annual stipend. In®chemistry, awards are avail- able for work in radiation, chemi- cal kinetics and photochemistry, surface studies, molecular spectra, thermodynamics of gases at. high temperatures and pressures, mass spectrometry, low temperature cal- orimetry, colloids, organic chemis- try with special attention to al- kaloids' and mechanism of organic reactions, tracer techniques and investigations relating to--absorp- tion spectra or organic compounds. The physics division will accept werkers in the fields of molecular spectra, microwave ' spectroscopy, nuclear physics, x-ray diffraction, cosmic rays and special properties of metals. At Chalk River, fellowship hold- ers will work on nuclear physics. chemistry of radioactive materials, radiation chemistry, physics of the solid state, radiobiology, radiation instrumentation or theoretical phy- sics. GM Pay Rate Unchanged Detroit, Nov. 24--(AP) -- Pay rates of General Motors' 270,000 American production workers re- mained unchanged today despite the reported slight drop in the cost of living in the United States. G.M.'s wages are geared in part to the government's cost-of-living in- dex under the agreement signed with the United Automobile Work- ers (C.I1.0O.) last May. - The reduction in the index, how- ever, was too small to make a dif- ference. The G.M-UAW. famed "escala- tor clause" pushed the G.M. work- er's pay up three cents an hour last September, bringing to 14 cents his third-round post-war pay boost. Working tion on' Rogers Street. 10.20 am. Along with other work- man, was working in a ditch about six feet deep and three feet wide, an excavation, part of several being made by the Benmeft Construction Company for sewers. The large lump of earth and macadam which measured about two and a half feet by one and a half by one foct, fell from the lip of the deep trench. No one there saw the clod strike Ternawski. First to notice the man slumped apparently unconscious was Charles Shrigley, 298 Park Road South, a power shovel operator who was working nearby. He and other workmen immediately rushed to where he was and freed him from the earth which came only to his knees. ? Alex Blair, R.R. 1, Brooklin, who also was working in the ditch, moved away from where the aceci- dent took place only & moment be- fore the cave-in, In Ditch Worker Is Killed By Lump Of Earth Nicholas Ternawski, 53, R.R. 3, Oshawa, was instantly killed this morning following a cave-in in a sewage excava- He was believed to have been struck | politics, Mr. Duncan has been active on the back of the head by a large piece of clay and macadam gi weighing over one hundred pounds. The accident happened at about ® men Ternawski, who was a single | Negotiations Fruitless Brantford, Nov. 24--(CP)--Nego- tiations between officials of Local 153 of the United Textile Workers of America and officials of Pen- man's Limited, Paris, were fruitless, according to W. E. Stewart, field representative for the union. The membership of the Local Monday night unanimously voted for strike action in its demands for a 15-cent- per-hour increase for the approxi- mately 650 workers at the plant. The workers rejected a majority re- port of a conciliation board which recommended a five-cent increase. The decision whether the workers will strike to support their demands will come from the national confer- ence of the union at Montreal this week-end, Mr. Stewart said. Mr. Stewart left Tuesday night for the Montreal conference. Woodstock, Nov. 24--(CP)--Still unanswered today was the question of who killed Mrs. Emma Pohl, 37- year-old Kitchener housewife. The verdict a coroner's in- quest jury returned Tuesday night attached no blamé to anyone. But it established that the woman died of strangula- tion on a swampland road near Ayr at the point where her partly-nude body was found six weeks after her disappearance Sept. 13. The jury found that the blonde woman met death at the hands of "a person or persons unknown." As the jurors retired, Crown At- torney Craig McKay told them: "Out of this tangled web of evid- ence, you are required to bring in a verdict. No one is. on trial here. You are not required to find out who is guilty." The jurors earlier heard William Stuart, 30, of Kitchener, now await- ing trial on a public mischief charge, say that he had been with Mrs. Pohl the day she disappeéred. He said that on the same day he paid her $600 he owed her and had her sign a receipt he had written out. He said he last saw her on a Kit- chener street earlier in the after- noon of Sept. 13. _ Stuart said that, after leaving Open Verdict Returned By Pohl Inquest Jury Mrs. Pohl, he called at his sister- in-law's home in Galt, ate supper in Kitchener, spent the evening with a 'married woman, returned to his boarding house after midnight and then went to work the next day. Other witnesses gave similar evidence concerning Stuart's acti- vities that day. Asked about his relationship with Mrs. Pohl, Stuart said he kept com- pany with her before her marriage to Pohl and saw her on several oc- casions afterward. Mr. McKay asked Stuart why he told three different stories about how he obtained the $600. Stuart said he obtained the money - by gambling but had been warned by others to say nothing about the gambling because a fellow gambler was supposed to be wanted by po- lice. Stuart's mother, Mrs. John Stu- art of Galt, said Mrs. Pohl told her of lending Stuart $600. She said she herself hurried home from a visit to England after she learned her son had been arrested on the pub- lic mischief charge. William Pohl, 37, husband of the slain woman, said he knew Wil- liam Stuart had been keeping com- pany with his wife before he (Pohl) married her. ¥ ) N | ons on December 6. Wm. Duncan Will Contest Council Seat Home Dairy on Simcoe Street South, | today announced his intention to Tun for council in the municipal Although a 'newcomer WILLIAM DUNCAN in community affairs having served for two years on the Welfare Board and taken part in many projects in Oshawa. He has been active in the Kiwanis Club and_ this year is a director of the local organization. Mr, Duncan came to Oshawa in 1932 and is known as a leading busi- ness man. He is running on a plat- form of service to the public. Former 0.C.V.I' Pupils Win Carter Awards' The winners of the Carter Scholarships for the County of On- tario for 1948 were Viola J. Parrott, First Carter Scholarship, and Sam- uel Rubenzahl, Second Carter Scholarship, it was announced to- day by the Department of Educa- tion at Toronto. The *scholarships, awarded am- nually to the students having the best standing in ten papers of the Upper School Examinations; are of the value of $100 and $60 respec- tively. The awards will be officially presented to Miss Parrott and Mr. Rubenzahl at the annual com- mencement at the Oshawa Collegi- 'ate and Vocational Institute on December 21. : Miss Parrott is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Parrott, 174 Colborne Street East. She is.at present studying at the Toronto Normal School, and is planning to teach on -her graduation. a Mr. Rubenzahl is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Morris Rubenzahl, form- erly of 154': Simcoe Street South. He is enrolled in the first year of the pre-medical course at the Uni- versity of Toronto. Y Al33¥S OND IW in civic | | RCAF search and rescue Lancasters BOOST MUNICIPAL HYDRO QUOTAS Heavy Fall Rains Permit Increase For Ontario Users Toronto, Nov. 24 (CP) 24 per cent today and hydro o Municipal hydro quotas are up fficials are hopeful that diver= sion of water from the Welland Canal to generating plants will make still more power available to help Ontario beat its electricity shortage. McCallum To Run For City Council Mayor Frank N. McCallum, who had previously announced that he would seek his third term as Oshawa chief magistrate, this morning announced he will not contest the mayoralty. In a state- | ment given The Times-Gazette, Mayor McCallum said: "I find that since I have defi- nitely committed myself to seek the nomination as Progressive Conservative candidate in the federal election in this riding t@at it would be unfair to the citizens generally, and myself in particular, to attempt to occupy both positions and I therefore publicly announce my withdrawal from the contest. However, I feel a deep sense of loyalty to the community and realize that there are many unfinished pieces of civic legis- lation and will offer my services as an alderman for the ensuing year in order to help carry out + The quota boost, coupled with the extension of power in- terruptions to the downtown area, has enabled Toronto to discontinue for the present its week-nig' t blackouts. Recent late fall rains in the Ot= tawa Valley swelled the supply-of power available to Ontario from Quebec companies and brought about the quota increase. Drought last summer resulted in low water levels and decreased output of On= tario power plants while industrial demands for electricity were ine creasing. Mayor Hiram McCallum emphase ized Tuesday night that power-sav« ing efforts on the part of Toronto citizens still ate urgently needed if the city is to stay within its new quota. He said. that in view of Provincial Hydro Commission plans to avert the possibility of power cuts during the winter of 1949-50 by buying auxiliary generating equipment, the city has given up plans of purchasing its own tems porary generators. However, the Ontario Hydro Commission went ahead with arrangements to buy a Diesel generating unit for its 16- storey administration building in Toronto. Downtown Toronto firms. under« going their first cutoffs today shuf= fled working hours and lunch times so that the power breaks would cause them as little inconvenience many of the objectives that I feel are important to this community." Mayor McCallum was first elected | He was | to City. Council in 1943. subsequently re-elected in- 1944 and 1945. In his first contest of the mayoralty in 1946 he was elected with an over-all majority over two opponents. He was again re-elected as possible. Toronto's Education director, Dr. | C. C. Goldring, said Tuesday night he was opposed to a suggestion that school hours be rearranged to avoid the power cutoffs in class= rooms. A power blackout was blamed for the death in Bridgeport, near Kite chener, of Daniel Siebert, 80. Police in 1947 with his support more than doubled and this year was accorded an acclamation, HEAVY FALL (Continued on Page 2) RCAF Lancasters Join William Duncan, proprietor of the | Search For Freighter Halifax, Nov. 24--(CP) -- Three took off from their Greenwood, N. S., base today to search for the British freighter Hopestar, missing some 400 miles southeast of Hali- fax. Coast Guard officials at New York said the freighter carried a crew of 37 and was travelling in ballast. United States Coast Guard planes combed part of the vast area Tuesday in a hunt for the 5,267-ton veessel, last heard from November 13 when she reported "heavy weather dam- age." The Hopestar sailed from Newcastle November 2 for Philadelphia. A 'United States aircraft based at Argentia, Nfld, also searched the Atlantic Tuesday in the ares where the Hopestar was last reporty ed but had to return to her field ! after developing engine trouble. { The four Lancasters slated fo¥ search today returned to Nova Scoe | tia from Newfoundland only Tues= | day after taking part in the quest | for a United States B-25 twin-ene gined bomber, lost on a flight from Washington to Stephenville, Nfld. United States planes based at Harmon Field hunted for the B-25 from November 12--when she lost radio contact with the naval base at Argentia--until Monday. As the search progressed, chances of finding the bomber-with six men aboard--dimmed and United States authorities gave up the task Tuesday night. Palace Routine Continues Despite King's Illness _ London, Nov. 24 -- (CP) -- The King today continued to carry out his normal routine of state business at Buckingham Palace despite a circulatory ailment. His Majesty's condition was described by the Press Associa- tion as an "effection of the ar- teries themselves which imped- ed "circulation of the blood." It was first disclosed in an an- nouncement from Buckingham Pa- lace early Tuesday which said the ailment forced cancellation of the Royal tour of Australia and New Zealand which was fo have begun in January. While the King continued to car- ry out his normal duties, Sir Wile liam Gilliatt, gynaecologist, and Sir, John Weir, the King's physician, who have been in attendance on Princess Elizabeth since the birth of her son, Nov. 14, called today at the palace. The Princess and the infant Prince are, it is understood, making satisfactory progress. In future the King may use & wheel chair to rest his legs it was made known informally Tuesday. The official announcement abouf the King's condition said "The King. is suffering from an obstruction of the circulation through the arteries of the legs which has only recently become acute." It was signed by the five attending physicians. * LATE NEWS BRIEFS % BLAST TOLL HEAVY Lisbon, Nov. 24 (Reuters)--Many persons were feared killed today in an explosion at a gunpowder fac- tory at Amora, on the southern bank of the River Tagus, opposite Lisbon. STABBED IN PRISON Montreal, Nov. 24 (CP) a 20-year sentence for arm --Nick Tedesco, 39, serving ed robbery, was stabbed to death this morning by life-termer John Boyko at St. Vincent de Paul Penitentiary, prison officials reported today. Provincial police, wh immediately dispatched to north of here to investigate. o received the report, were the penitentiary 15 miles VOTED CONFIDENCE " Paris, Nov. 24 (AP)-- Parliament voted its confi- ~ defice in Premier Henri: Queuilie's middie-of-the-road government today. The unofficial count was 320 to 165. The bulk of the vote against Queuille was by Com- munist deputies. If the vote cabinet would have regigne ANAF had gone the other way, the d. Loin l= niin FRG ENE T6. Br