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Al13dVvVS FHONE 3-2233 FOR WANT AD RESULTS THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETT Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle Weather Forecast A few sunny periods followed by scat- tered snowflurries tomorrow. « tonight, high Wednesday, 15 and 28. Low uthorized es lass Mail, Al as Second-Cl Post Office Department, Ottawe OSHAWA-WHITBY, TUESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1953 Price Not Over S$ Cents Per Copy FOURTEEN PAGES DISTINGUISHED CITIZEN BORNE TO LAST RESTING PLACE FOLLOWING IMPRESS- | IVE rites in Simcoe St. United ll Church yesterday afternoon, the remains of Gordon Daniel Conant are borne by his six nephews for burial in Union Cemetery Mau- soleum, The service was attend- ed by a distinguished gathering of citizens from Dehawa and many sections of Ontari Photo by aT Studio 'Hundreds Pay Tribute To Late Gordon Conant Friends, associates and admirers from all walks of life in Oshawa and from many sections of the province paid their last tribute to the late Gordon Daniel Conant, QC, at a simple yet impressive service in Simcoe Street United Church yesterday afternoon. 'The auditiorium was filled to capacity by-a congregation which had cone to love and respect the deceased for his great contributions to hu- 'man welfare and the energy and (devotion which he gave to public his lite so unstintingly throughout e. "Rev. J. K. Moffat, minister of the church of, which Mr. Conant was a lifelong member, spoke movingly of the onetime mayor of Oshawa, master of the King's Bench and Premier of Ontario as a leader in statesgraft, the law, a great citizen of this city, and an ardent lover of the out- door life. But he had known him best, in these last months, as a warm-hearted, deeply devotional and spiritual family man who drew renewed comfort and inspiration from the Bible and the hymns of the church. "It is at such a time as this," declared Mr. Moffat, "that the hu- man heart longs for a vision of the ultimate security -- that sure conviction that death cannot touch, in any baneful way, the personal- ity of a loved one. It is that assur- ance which our faith as Christians gives us and which comes in no other way "Tt tells us to look at life -- all life, from the cradle to the grave through the eyes of the living Saviour, He who has gone the way before us, who came out of the tomb wearing the shining banner of life's victory over death, who marches on ahead to prepare for us a place, who says, 'Because 1 live, ye shall live also; in my Father's house are many mansions. It it were not so, I would have told you." Why were we so reluctant to take the Master at His word? the minister asked.Was it because we thought His message was just too good to be true? Rather was it such an intrinsic part of the heart and nature of God that it must be true. "In no othey sphere do we doubt the word of\jhe acknowledged authority," declared Mr, Moffat. "Why, then, do we doubt the word of the supreme authority on God and man's relationship to Him and HUNDREDS PAY TRIBUTE (Continued on Page 2) Schoolboy's Utopia, BALTIMORE (AP) -- Playing hookey from school today was largely a matter of flicking the television dial for most youngsters in this metropolis of empty class- rooms and bulging garbage cans. Stymied by a strike of city em- ployees including school janitors and garbage collectors, education- ists embarked on a grand experi- ment--teaching some 80,000 boys and girls--60 per cent of Balti- more's public school enrolment-- by television. All three Baltimore stations off- ered time and technicians for "tele. teaching." Each station will beam dio-to-living room courses for e duration of the strike. It's Lessons By TV New Year's Day more than 3,000 city workers went on strike for higher pay. Monday 174 public schools re- opened after Christmas vacation but 104 were closed after brief morning sessipns because their jafitors had joined the strike and classrooms were cold. Pupils were given homework and told to report again today. Dr, William H. Lemmel, super- intendent of public instruction, said they would be told to stop in daily through the strike to get more homework to combine with their TV courses. PRESS TIME FLASHES Killed In CHATHAM (CP) in-Truck Crash Johnson, 28, was killed today when his tractor-trailer collided with a Canadian Pacific Railways train near Kent Bridge some 15 miles northeast of here. Pieces of the truck were scattered along the railroad right-of-way for a quar- ter-mile. Recommend 12-pc. Pay Boost OTTAWA (CP)--An across-the-board wage increase of 12 per cent has been recommended by two government boards of con- ciliation for members of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen employed by the Canadian National and the Canadian Pacific Railways. The recommendation, was made public today, but made it conditional upon acceptance by the union of certain rule changes asked by the railways. Dutch Ships Collide, 1,750 Safe AMSTERDAM (AP) -- Two big Netherlands passenger ships with a total of 1,750 persons aboard col- lided today in the Red sea near Port Sudan, The ships' owners here said no casualties occurred but the ships were seriously dam- aged. They were the 22,600-ton Willem Ruys of the Royal Rotterdam Lloyd Company and the 20,000-ton Oranje of the Steamship Company Neder- land. The Willem Ruys is the sec- ond biggest Dutch vessel afloat and the Oranje next in size. Despite the damage, they were able to continue at slow speed, a Join statement from the owners said. The Willem Ruys was en route from Jakarta, Indonesia, to Rotter- dam with 850 passengers. The Or- anje was bound from Amsterdam for Indonesia with 900 passengers. Ghe Willem Ruys had been ex- pected in Suez Thursday. She will be examined there and probably go, to Port Said for emergency repairs. | The Oranje had been scheduled to make her first stop at Colombo. Snow, Slush Hit Most of Britain LONDON (Reuters) -- Snow fell in most parts of Britain overnight, seriously affecting road and rail traffic. It soon turned to slush in the London area, slowing transport- ation to a crawl during the rush r. Military Silence Surrounds Churchill-Eisenhower Talks By MARVIN L. ARROWSMITH NEW YORK (AP)--Prime Minis- ter Churchill and President-elect Eisenhower dined together Monday night and conferred dt length, but both kept silent on any conclusions they may have reached on world problems. There was a possibility that the British leader and Eisenhower would meet again before Churchill ! goes to Washington, probably Thursday, for a conference with President Truman. But there was no immediate announcement re- 'Sarding anoider session, Churchill and Eisenhower, who are old friends, got together at the Manhattan home of Bernard Ba- ruch, Churchill 1s Baruch's guest during his stay in New York. - The possible topics of conversa- BM tion may have included such things as the Korean war, Prime Minister Stalin's recently-indicated willing- - CADITW ness to meet with Eisenhower and Britain's economic problems. Neither Eisenhower nor Churchill made any public statement after their meeting Eisenhower's head- quarters haa sald in advance that he would have no comment on the conference. The headquarters said it had no information on whether the Presi- dent-elect might have a statement today. In reply to inquiries, an aide to the general left open the possibility of another" meeting before Churchill lcaves the city; vuv said there was no definite word on that. Eisenhower and Churchill met twice after the prime minister's arrival from England aboard the liner Queen Mary Monday morning. Eisenhower called first at the Baruch nome on ine way irom ms Commodore hotel headquarters to EE] his, Columbia University residence. That session started a few miniites after 5 p.m. EST and lasted 13% hours. The general then went home, changed to dinner clothes and was back at 8 p.m. to dine with Church. ill, Baruch and a few others. That get-together lasted three hours. A few moments after Eisenhower arrived the first time, photograph- ers were called in and later des- cribed the scene in Baruch's apart- ment. . i 'Eisenhower, the camera men said, told the 78-year-old "hurchill: "Yau look much better than when I saw you last." The last time was in December, 1951, when Churchill called on the general at his headquarters near Paris. Eisenhower then -was sup- MILITARY SILENCE (Continued on Page 2) 'SILLY NONSENSE' "Silly nonsense" was the des- cription by Oshawa's City Solicitor John Hare last night to protests by. dog-lovers over the shooting of roaming dogs that kill livestock on farms. Eighteen months ago the city brought in a by-law, in line with government statues, offering a | bounty for each dog shot "while running down other farm animals. "In all that time there have only been two claims. There is nothing to these claims of slaughter' de- clared Mr. Hare at a meeting of City Council. "Removal of the boun- ty would be neither here nor there as it is only offered to encourage livestock owners to save their animals. Under the statutes he is 3b, Mherty to shoot dogs running wild." these dogs. Do they realibe that killings of animals cost us $1,000 a year" asked Mr. Hare. Ontario County Kennel Club members wrote to make a plea | that the bounty bylaw be rescinded on the grounds that innocent dogs were being shot by overzealous farmers. The Club members were "horrified" to read of a Council debate which arose when a farmer applied for the bounty of $5 for two dogs he had shot. The same farmer submitted a claim for live- stock the dogs had destroyed. Ald, Wes Powers noted that the Council did not have much to do with the formulation of the bylaw. It came under provincial jurisdic- tion, Members asked if any of the dogs shot so far were wearing "Some people yap-yap about license plates. Mr. Hare replied Solicitor's View On Protests In Shooting Of Roaming Dogs that if the dogs had tags on the owners would be charged for the animals that the dog had killed. "And we haven't paid out any bounty" was Ald. Hayward Mur- doch's observation. "The two dogs that were shot were only winged and they haven't been found." "Good business" was Ald, Nor- man Down's description of the bounty which was also offered in neighboring townships. "The Kennel Club members sent this letter in all good faith and I think if they were properly in- formed of the facts, the matter would be cleaned up" observed Ald, Powers. A letter will be sent from Coun- cil to the Club informing the dog- lovers of the provincial statues and stressing the fact that only two dogs have been shot. The '"'obnoxious noise' made by Oshawa' shunter trains during the night came up for discussion by City Council again last night. For weeks the question has been on the agenda. It was originally raised by Orville Eagle, when he was a petition-collecting citizen. Now he has been elected alder- man and Mast night he spoke on the noise as a member of Council. He still thought it was obnoxious and unnecessary. Clanging of bells and sounding of whistles kept peo- ple awake and on one stretch of about- a mile through the city Night Train Noise Shunted Aréund centre the noise was kept going continuously, Ald. Eagle has ammassed infor- mation on the topic and collected four noise restrictive bylaws from other Ontario cities. Ald. Cephas Gay, former chair- man of the General Purposes Com- mittee, came up with a suggestion that a stop sign should be placed at every street junction with a rail- way line, For the third time in two months the question of "unnecessary noise made by Oshawa Railway Com- pany shunters w'as sent back to the, General Purposes Committee. Colorful The Christmas tree again be- comes the centre of activity in thousands of Canadian homes this week as the nation's 400,000 Ukrain- fans celebrate the birth of Christ. Christmas Eve for Ukrainians is tonight, 13 days late by the Gre- gorian calendar. The glow of a single candle, symbolic of the star which drew the Three Wise Men to Bethlehem, will shine from win- dows at dusk. Yule festivities start with the ap- pearance of the north star in the heavens. They are a strange blend- ing of new and ancient customs. While Christmas trees from other Canadian homes rest in back yards, those in Ukrainian parlors are hung with ornaments. The tree is one of the ways of the Western world Ukrainians have adopted. In the Ukraine, a sheaf of wheat 18 used to symbolize prosperity and bring good fortune in the coming year. The sheaf and a small bundle of straw are still in use both in Canada and the old country, a Joken of the manger where Christ ay. Many Ukrainians celebrate Christmas twice, once on Dec. 25 by the Gregorian calendar in use since the 16th century and again Dec. 25 by the old Julian calendar. Most exchange gifts, a custom al- most unheard of in the mother country. There also is carolling 'and the traditional Christmas Eve supper of 12 dishes, Some families leave Ukrainian Yule Symbol Ukrainjans dance in their native costumes and follow with family visits. They eat plenty, mostly na- tive foods cooked in oil, and like other Canadians have a drink or two on hand. The Ukrainian population starts the Yule season with a church ser- vice. "Little Christmas," as it is commonly called, is a time for prayer. Church dignitaries of both the Ukrainian Catholic Church and the Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church already have sent messages of good will to all clergy. These will be read Christmas Day. Unlike the more familiar Boxing Day, Ukrainians celebrate the first day after Christmas as St. Ste- phen's* Day, honoring the first Christian martyr. New Year's Day falls on Jan, 14 by the Gregorian calendar and the feast of Jordan symbolizing the baptism of Christ is Jan. 19, ending the Christmas season. Church Talents May Swell Flock BUFFALO, N. Y. (AP) £ If you park overtime, members of a local church will tag your automobile-- with a summons to Sunday ser- vices. Forgetful motorists find a note on their windshields from the Salem and Evangelical Reformed church, It tells them a coin has an empty plate on the table for soul of any dead member. been inserted in the parking metre, and invites them to church. Chase Nets Three Men After Holdup TORONTO (CP) -- Three men were arrested today on charges of armed robbery following a chase in north-end Toronto during which police fired eight shots. Clifford Jones, 22, anc. George Wyatt, 25, both of Toronto, and Fred Hancock, 20, of Minett's point near Barrie, were arrested at Sun- nybrook hospital where they were awaiting induction into the army. Police said Nick Dimoff, ¢9o- owner of a north-Toronto, restaur- ant, said three men I the till of $162 at gunpoint, then escaped 1n a car. The car escaped when two. pur- suing squad cars were held up in traffic. The car, found later near the hospital, had a shattered rear win- dow and three bullets embedded in the back of the front seat. Police said a water pistol found in the car was used in the holdup. The trio was remanded & week. Police said one of the men fits the Predict Big Explosion If UK AsksDollar Aid Fear Churchill Woos President WASHINGTON (CP)--Senator Everett Dirksen pre- dicted today that "hell will pop" in Congress if any proposal for the United States to support convertibility of the British pound comes out of the Churchill-Eisenhower conference. Dirksen said he does not hower made any commitments believe President-elect Eisen- in his conversations with Prime Minister Churchill at meetings in New York Monday. "Nevertheless," the Illinois sen-¢ ator said, "I shall be interested to see whether Mr, Churchill sub- sequently makes any proposal for a gift of American gold to support the convertibility of Britain's cur- rency. "If anything of that nature comes up, hell will pop in Congress, I'm sure." While Churchill has made no pub- lic mention of it, there have been reports the British prime minister would like to have United States' financial support for an inter- national stabilization fund to per- mit the free exchange of pounds into any other currency of the free world. (After the Commonwealth prime Ministers' conference in London last month a communique said that sterling convertibility must be reached by stages and depends on internal policies of Commonwealth countries, favorable world trad- ing policies and "the availability FEAR CHURCHILL (Continued on Page 2) City Prepares Plans For Coronation Fete Leading the way in central On- tario Oshawa now has a special committee set up to arrange a city celebration of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II next June, Mayor W. J. Naylor announced that he would press for the estab- lishment of such a Committee during his inaugural address yesterday morning. He wasted no time and the four-man nucleus of the committee was appointed last night Serving on the committee will be Aldermen Russell Humphreys, QC, Cliff Harman, Norman Down and John Dyer. The Chamber of Coms- merce and Branch 43 of the Cana- dian Legion have already written in asking what plans were to be made and offering suppport. The two letters are all that the committee has to work on so far. Representatives of various bodies and organizations will be co-opted and a study will be made of past Home festivities of 1949. Coungil Rejects Bid On Hospital Board 'A motion that three members of Oshawa City Council should serve on the Board of Directors of the General Hospital was defeated by a narrow margin at a meeting of the Council last night. The hospital directors wrote ask- ing the Council to appoint one re- so! presentative to sit on the board. Mayor 'W. J. Naylor was appoint- description given by Mrs. Gert-|eq rude Robb, cigar-store ownér in east Toronto, who was robbed of about $15 last night by a thug who pushed a gun in her ribs. : Siamese Twins Die From Pneumonia SURAT, India (Reuters) -- 8i- amese twin boys, born to an Indian woman 19 days ago, died today after an attack of pneumonia. The twins were joined from chest to navels BLAH ABOUT BLUE GRASS A Kentucky agronomist says it's blah what you hear about blue grass. The so-called blue variety, he says, is green like all other grass. But there's no dispute about greenbacks folks make through Times Classified ads! And be- cause Want Ads are so wonder- ful for solving all kinds of everyday problems, they natur- ally do away with the Blues. To turn YOUR Blues into greenbacks, phone 3-2233 for an ad-writer. "Are we going to have no fur- ther representative from this Council" queried Ald. Wes Pow- rs. "I am told that we are not and I certainly don't agree with that. I move that we hgve another two members on the board in ad- dition to the Mayor. "We are raising $850,000 for the hospital and should have somebody on the board" declared Ald. Pow- ers. His motion was that the board of directors be asked to change the bylaw to allow two members of Council, as well as the Mayor, sit on the Board. "I don't know whether I agree with that' stated Ald. Herb Robin n. "For years the hospital car ried on very well and it never called on the city for financial aid. Last year the board found it ne- cessary to ask for help and the citizens responded excellently. "But with three members of the Council on the Board we might find that it would be easier for them to.turn around and call on the citizens for annual grants, I'd like to feel that the $850,000 is the last' said Ald. Robinson. By a two-vote margin the mo- tion was defeated. Hundreds Crash As BELFAST (AP)--Salvage squads hunted for 12 hours today through the wreckage of a crashed British airliner in whieh 27 persons were killed before finding a box of "highly-dangerous" radio - active radon seeds in the cargo. A year-old baby was among those killed when the British European Airways plane crashed at Nutt's Corner airport near here Monday night. Seven other passengers and a steward were injured. All but two of the dead were Britons. BEA at first said the radioactive box contained radium for the Bel- fast radiotherapy clinic. Later an Following its inaugural meet- ing in the courtroom at the Police Building, - _yesterday morning, mempers oi we City COUGH wor annual | 1953 posed for their group photo. Front row, left to right, are: Ald. W. Powers, Miss Evelyn .Found, assistant city Sion W__Hare city clerk: ETE wy Maver W. J. Navlar: -Missue] | Starr, MP, 1952 mayor; Ald. Clif- ford Harman and Ald. Cephas B. Gay. Rear row, left to right: ° Ald. Norman Robinson, Ald. =~ Ald. John Dyer, Down. Ald. H. E. - " OSHAWA CITY COUNCIL FOR 1953 AT ITS INAUGURAL MEETING Joseph Victor, Ald. Gordon At- tersely, Ald. R. D. Humphreys, Ald. 0. C. Eagle, Ald. A. H. Murdoch and Ald. Rae Halliday. PHO DY Dutton inion sews Wit 27 Di airlines spokesman corrected this and said the consignment was radon seeds. A horrified crowd of relatives and friends saw the twin-engined British European Airways plane hit a beacon tower, careen against the airport's radio control building and crumple in flames on the main runway. Wreckage was scattered up to 150 yards. Ohe engine buried itself 40 yards from the crash. ' Only one of the 35 persons aboard the ill-fated craft--steward Jack Young, 26, of Belfast--escaped un- hurt. He was flung from the tail section into a muddy ditch when the plane broke up. The plane was on a regularly- /|scheduled flight from London to Nutts Corner field, 14 miles from here. It made a normal landing approach at 9:40 p.m. until it was . |about 50 feet off the ground, Then it ripped into the beacon mast. The impact hurled the plane against the control building, silenc- ing all the airport's radio trans- mitters. The battered airliner then bounded on to the runway and burst into flames 200 yards from the air- port lounge where the waiting friends and relatives were gath- ered. A screaming, panic-stricken girl ran from the wreckage with her clothing afire. Rescuers chased her 300 yards before they were able to catch her and take her to hospital, Working . by automobile head- lights and arc lamps, fire squads extinguished the flames and re- moved the dead and injured. "When we reached the wreckage, bodies were strewn around the air- craft and some people were hang- ing half in and half out of the plane,'"" said W. H. M. Clelland, a Belfast resident wio caiie 0 imesh a passenger. There was no immediate indica- tion how the plane happened to hit the beacon mast. Young, the only crew member to survive, said ¢'everything was for the landing. normal" as the plane approached