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PHONE 3-2233 E DAILY TIMES-GAZ FOR WANT AD RESULTS ER SRR Rs pie Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle TTE Weather Forecast Widely scattered snowflurries overs night remind one of winter, Low toe night and high Thursday, 32 and 40, v . Authorized as Second-Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa OSHAWA-WHITBY, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 1953 Price Not Over 5 Cents Per Copy EIGHTEEN PAGES © VOL. 12--No. 71 I= Resting In Her Work rt SRR eR RN | a £ § eace, one LONDON (Reuters) -- Queen Mary's funeral will take place Tuesday in St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle, it was offici- ally announced tonight. LONDON (CP) -- The Queen today decreed a month's court mourning for Queen Mary, thus carrying out the wish of her grand- mother that nothing interfere with the Coronation in June. Queen Mary died peacefully in her sleep . day night at the age of 85. The Queen also discussed funeral plans for the grand old lady of British monarchy, Queen-Empress for 26 years and mother of two sovereigns. Her decision on the date and where the services will be held is expected to be announ- ced within the next 24 hours. The short period of mourning-- the period for King George VI, ordered last February, was ee months--assured plenty of time for completing preparations for the Coronation, now in the adwanced stage. Although Britons still awaited of- ficial assurance, there seemed no doubt that the June 2 Coronation will go ahead as planned. It was Queen Mary's last wish. Stern-willed Queen Mary told friends months ago, while talking of the ceremony, that "nothing must interfere with it. Nothing. As much as anyone, it was she who groomed her 26-year-old granddaughter for the Crown. The burial may take place at the end of this week or early next week. She, is likely to be buried at Windsor, where her husband, First our pleasures die QUEEN MARY: 1867-1953 Our hopes, and then our fears -- and when These are dead, the debt is due, Dust claims dust -- and we die too. -- and then ---SHELLEY Mary of Windsor '*Forever A Queen! By TBE CANADIAN PRESS Queen Mary, in a long life devoted to duty, symbolized to millions of Britons the best in royal tradition. Her dignity, graciousness and self-discipline--even her attachment to fashions of another age--typified stability, high principle and forthrightness and contributed to an in- fluence that extended far beyond court circles. For years after she ceased to be Queen of England, Queenn Mary, a tall stately woman with tight grey curls packed under a high Edwardian toque, brought a glow to the hearts of British subjects wherever she moved among them. Sometimes they found it hard to believe she had pass- ed her 80th year, so varied and extended were her public appearances. GEORGE V DIES Queen Mary's unflinching re- sponse to the demands of royal duty served her well. In later life she witnessed cataclysmic forces work- ing strange changes in the world of her youth and she 'accepted with quiet resignation, deep personal SOTTOW. . She outlived her husband to be- come one of the Commonwealth's three living queens. At 82 she be- came the oldest queen in British history--older too than any British king. Born May 26, 1867, daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Teck, Queen Mary lived to see the close of five reigns. As Duchess of York she was prominent at court when Queen Victoria died in 1901. Nine years later she was Princgss of By THE CANADIAN PRESS A generation of Canadians to whom she was. a living symbol of the dignity of the Crown mourned the passing of Queen Mary. Though 50 years had passed since she set foot on Canadian soil, 85-year-old Dowager Queen was a familiar figure to them. Her death Tuesday night severed link with a period of history tretching back into their child- hi . The loss of the tall, stately wo- man who trained her children and grandchildren in the duties of the throne affected Canada almost as the passing of a reigning monarch. A stunned House of Commons heard the news from Prime Min- ister St. Laurent at the opening of its evening sitting and adjourned quietly. Provincial legislatures ad- journed, or observed two minutes of silence, 'CBC devoted much of the evening to radio and tele- vision accounts of Queen Mary's life. | Mr. St. Laurent described her & 9. Wales when King Edward VII died. Her husband, George V died Jan. 20, 1936, and less than a year later her eldest son, Edward VIII, abdi- cated. She was 84 when her second son, George VI, died Feb. 6, 1952, to be succeeded by her grand- daughter, Elizabeth II. Tragedy first entered her life when she was 24. As Princess May she was betrothed to the Duke of Clarence, the eldest son of Edward VII, then Prince of Wales. The duke died in 1892, only a month after announcement of the en- gagement, and the princess married his brother a year later. Prince John, youngest of Queen Mary's six children, was only 13 when he died in 1919 and the hand- QUEEN MARY OF WINDSOR (Continued on Page 5) | All Canada Mourns death as "a personal sorrow for Canadians" and cabled the Queen a message of sympathy on behalf of the Canadian people. In a similar message, Governor- General Massey told the Queen her grandmother "will always be re- membered in the hearts of all of us with love and affection and gratitude." Opposition leader Drew said Queen Mary's serenity and firm | character had much to do with | the unique position of the British | Crown throughout the Free World las a symbol of freedom. M. J. Coldwell, CCF leader, spoke of her as '"'a queenly personality and a fine example of wife and mother." Social Credit leader Solon Low termed her "every inch a Queen." Premier Leslie Frost of Ontario recalled here as *"'one who has giv- en great leadership to, the peoples of tne Commonwealth and indeed to the world." CHURCHILL ON AIR IN ROYAL TRIBUTE At 9.15 p.m. (415 p.m. EST) tonight Prime Minister Church- ill will broadcast to the nation. The BBC cancelled its sched- uled program this morning and substituted periods of sol- emn music interspersed with announcements of een Mary's death. The chimes of Big Ben and the bells of Laven- ham parish church also were broadcast. King Seorte V, was laid to rest in 1936 and her son, King George VI, was buried only 13 months ago. The funeral service probably will not be held at Westminster Abbey because of the Coronation building work in progress there. The ser- vices may be conducted at St. Paul's Cathedral in London or St. George's Chapel in Windsor Cas- e. During the month-long illness which led to her death, Queen Mary was anxious that nothing should interfere with the Corona- tion. She had already agreed with her doctors that she should not go to Westminster Abbey to see the ceremony. But she was hoping to watch her granddaughter drive through the streets of London. Eagerly, she told her friends that | she would watch the two-hour Cor- onation service on her television set--one of her few concessions to the modern age. She never used a telephone in her life. Queen Mary's children and grandchildren -- their faces heavy with grief--drove slowly up to the doors of Marlborough House today. The Queen and the Duke of Ed- inburgh stayed 40 minutes. They were in deep mourning. Londoner's' pausing on their way to work, black - bordered news- papers in their hands, read on RESTS IN PEACE (Continued on Page 2) Schools Forget To Lower Flags To Half-Staff Through an error, several flags on Oshawa schools and public buildings were flown at full mast this morning. ' Mayor Jack Naylor instructed city officials to have the flags brought down to half-staff in recog- nition of the death last night of Queen Mary. Official condolences on behalf of Oshawa were expressed by the mayor. "The whole city is saddened and a gloom has been cast by the tragic news. Queen Mary gave a full life- time of unreserved service in both peace and war and at this tim2 the thoughts of us all go out to the Royal Family -- sadly bereaved for the second time in a little over 3 year. Oshawa mourns with em." BANDIT'S BULLET CAUSE OF CURE It was a good thing for that California hotel clerk to be shot by a bandit, Probing for a bullet, doctors discovered an unsuspected cancer they suc- cessfully removed. And a classified ad in The Times-Gazette will successfully remove your problem whether it stems from vacant units, help shortage or customer- shortage. To place an ad that hits its mark--bullet-like, phone 3-2233. & Queen Mary is dead. That regal figure, once Queen of the Empire with her ram-rod back and dis- tinguished manner, will. no more be seen riding about London in her black Daimler, dropping in casual- ly at art and china shops to add to her famous collections. No more will she lend her gracious pres- ence to public occasions of culture and commerce to ship-launching and charity affairs. The Old queen is dead. Many people in Oshawa recall having seen or met the great lady during her 60 years of public life. Col. Frank Chappell remembers her as Princess of Wales, assisting her husband, the Prince, at the laying of the foundation stone of the University College at Cardiff in 1906. Mrs, L. Wakeford remembers seeing her as she returned from the coronation of her son, King George VI, riding in her coach, a regal figure all in white, the blue ribbon of the Order of The Garter across her breast, her head and shoulders ablaze with diamonds. Throughout her life Queen Mary exhibited a typically British aver- sion to sham 'pretension. A local writer recalls the occasion of the Queen's visit to a London tailor shop accompanied by the little Princess Elizabeth who will shortly be crowned reigning Queen. The royal fledgling became im- patient, as small girls often are, and, tugging at her grandmother's coat sleeves, demanded: "When are we going? They're waiting to see me out there." (Alluding to the affectionate crowds which usually Mary Of Empire grandmother, making a quick de- cision, had a taxicab called to the shop's rear entrance, and sent thé princess home with a lady-in-wait- ing. A local newsman remembers seeing Queen Mary in one of those graceful incidents which spangled a long life of public service. A crowd of several thousands were gathered in the great oval bowl of Wembley Stadium to see King George V declare the British Empire Exhibition open in May, 1925. It was a day of brilliant sun- shine, bands were playing, and the people were in festive mood. When the King and his handsome Consort entered the stadium, rid- ing in the state coach, their mass- ed subjects gave them a standing ovation. But while the opening ceremon- ies were being carried on, the sky clouded over, and heavy rain be- gan to fall. Umbrellas bloomed all over the stadium, When the royal coach came in for the king and queen, its top was up and its sides were obscured with tarpaulins. The royal couple must not get wet, even though the uniformed coach- men and outriders must ride in the rain. But the King ordered the tarpau- lins to be taken down. Just as he and Queen Mary stepped from the shelter of the royal dais, the rain stopped as if by magic, and a shaft of watery sunlight illuminated the state coach. The crowd cheered deliriously, in one of those happy and never - to - be - forgotten moments that are associated with Britain's royal family. It was a great day for a great gathered whenever Queen Mary made an appearance.) The royal lady. In House LONDON (AP)--Detectives today found a fourth rotting female corpse in London's 'house of death." The bodies' of three women were found walled-up in the pantry of an apartment in the drab Notting Hill distriet Tuesday. The fourth, like the first three still unidentified, was under the floorboards of the same pantry. One of the dead women, how- ever, was believed by police to be the wife of the central figure in a general manhunt arising from the discoveries--55-year-old John Chris- tie, a quiet little clerk who had rented the apartment. Police with shovels and crowbars searched other rooms and began digging in the garden patch behind the house. The new discovery brings to six the number of deaths in the grim house in recent years. A woman and her son were murdered there Find Fourth Corpse Of Death' Three of the decomposed corpses were believed to have been dead several months, and the other a few weeks. Dr. F. E. Camps, a pathologist, carried out post-mortem examina- tions on the first three bodies and reported his preliminary investiga- tion showed all. had died from strangulation, They were reported to be bodies of women aged be- tween 25 and 30. Tenants of the building told police neither Christie nor his wife had been seen for a month, A Scotland Yard spokesman said: "It is thought Christie may be able to assist us if our inquiries." The bizarre deaths were discov- ered Tuesday by Beresford Brown, a prospective tenant for the Chris- tie apartment. While looking over the place, he found a pantry niche which had been closed off with several thickenesses of wallpaper. TORONTO (CP)--The provincial government took steps Tuesday to turn over rent controls to the muni- cipalities and ban the sale in On- tario of edible oils--except mar- garine -- which resemble dairy products. Travel Minister Cecile introduced a bill which would end provincial jurisdiction over rent controls March 2, 1954. The 217 municipali- ties affected--all the cities and most of the large towns--would be permitted to take over the con- trols themselves. : Highways Minister Doucett intro- duced a bill which would ban the sale of substitutes for whippin cream, sherbet, chocolate milk an similar dairy products. Mr. Cecile's bill would permit the municipalities to take over rent controls from the provincial government in much the same manner as did the province from He federal government in April, Mr. Cecile noted that the trans- fer of jurisdiction from the pro- vincial government was facilitated by "cordial co-operation." Federal records and personnel had been lent to the provincial government. He said the province would ex- tend the same co-operation to any municipal gover nment which Fished to enter the rent control eld. Three cabinet members--Attor- ney-General Porter, Planning Min- ister Warrender and Mr. Cecile-- are members of the select com- mittee on rent controls, The committee's only opposition member, T. D. Thomas (CCF-On- tario) has called the decontrol bill "undemocratic and unfair," The legislature adjourned an evening session after party lead- ers expressed sorrow at the death of Queen Mary. Premier Frost moved that the legislature adjourn after he said the dowager Queen helped to make the British throne "stronger with its own people in the eyes of the world" than it has ever been be- fore, he continued. Legislature Moves To Cut Rental Grip "The greatest thing about the Queen was her integrity of char- acter, her devotion to duty and to the fundamentals of that which made our country, our Empire and Commonwealth great." PREMIER BENNETT « + +» Whipped CCF Defeats Social Credit Out In B.C. VICTORIA (CP) -- British Co- lumbia's Social Credit government was brought down Tuesday night in the legislature after a 206-day minority reign. The combined opposition, pre- dominantly CCF, bolstered by one rebel Social Credit member, de- feated the government by a vote of 28 to 17 to end a paradoxical situation. , Premier W. A. C. Bennett said he will ask for dissolution of the 48-member House and an election, probably June 8. Lieutenant - Governor Clarence Wallace can do one of two things: 1. He can grant Mr, Bennett's request for dissolution and an an election would be dissolution. 2. He can ask CCF Opposition leader Harold Winch to form a government, Mr. Winch said he is ready and willing to form a gov- ernment immediately. The first choice appears more likely. Present standing in the House is: Social Credit 19, CCF 18, Lib- erals six, Progressive Conserva- tive two, Labor one, vacant two. The government crashed on sec- ond reading of a bill designed to set up a new system of education costs. Bert Price (SC-Vancouver Burrard) voted against the gov- ernment with the combined oppo- sition. Before the vote was taken, Mr. Bennett said he would regard it as a vote of confidence. On three previous votes this ses- sion, the balance-of-power Liberals had rescued Social Credit from defeat by siding with the govern- ment. On the last such occasion, the vote approving the budget, the Liberals were branded as "hypo- crites' by Social Credit. Chrysler Cuts Car Prices $100 DETROIT (AP)--Chrysler Corp. across-the-board price cut aver- aging $100 on all its passengers cars. The cuts were effective as of midnight Tuesday night. In Windsor, President E. C. Row of the Chrysler Corporation of Canada said he had no comment when asked if the Canadian ¢om- ys aller pany planned a similar price cut. CITY WINS LONG FIGHT AIR FREIGHT GOMES IN City Folk Recall Airport Gets OK As Customs Port Oshawa airport is to be opened up for international flights. A behind-the-scenes struggle carried on by local au. thorities since 1946 to have the local aerodrome equipped with customs facilities has been won. Federal authorities have given assurance that as soon as the city provides accommodation at the airport for a cus. toms man, the right to have of entry will be granted. Oshawa made a customs por# The announcement follows a visit to Ottawa earlier this year by Ald. Hayward Murdoch, chairman of the airport committee, and George Slocombe, manager of the airport. CITY TO BUILD In the capital they had talks with federal authorities in which they were joined by Michael Starr, MP for Ontario riding. A few days after the talks the government sent a letter to Ald. Murdoch revealing that it was pre- pared to establish the necessary customs facilities. Local officials were asked to make their own arrangements with the customs de- partment and to start providing accommodation for the officer whose task will be to examine in- coming cargoes and passengers. Next Monday council is due to study last year's airport report and will also give consideration to the required new accommodation. "This is wonderful news for Osh- awa. It means the opening up of our valuable airport which will be one of the city's finest assets," commented Ald. Murdoch today. When there is a customs man on duty at the field planes from the United States bringing in essential parts to local factories will be able to make direct flights, Previously they had to be set off from the U.S. and land at Malton to trans- fer their cargoes to trucks, . Mr. Slocombe pointed out that Oshawa could. now ) eal | bh point for ry Jy oy the | and States to Canada to go fishing in the Kawartha Lakes area. Flying members of the local club will be able to take off from Oshawa and go directly to airports across the border. Ajax Man Draws Horse In Sweeps MONTREAL (CP)--Three Can- adians, all from Ontario and iden- tified only by noms de plume, drew Irish hospital sweepstakes tickets on Early Mist, favorite in the latest call-over for Saturday's Grand National steeplechase at Aintree, England. The latest call-over quoted Early Mist at 100 to 9. His stable com- panion, Lucky Dome, quoted at 100 to 8, was drawn by three other Canadians, all using noms de plume. oms de pume of those with tickets on Early Mist are 4.30," Toronto; "Palomino,"" Welland, and "Guards Sweetie," Hamilton. Those with tickets on Lucky Dome are "Gun," Ajax; No. 106," Montreal, and "Eric," Leaside, Ont. The Montrealer was identi- fied as G. H. Carpenter of the Montreal Gazette. "Smyley,"" Elora, Ont,. drew a ticket on Mont Tremblant, quoted at 100 to 7. & A 4 Oshawa airport's weather record is described by fliers as "near per- fect'. Malton airport, which is only 35 miles away, is fogged up many times during the year and all its flights have to be cancelled. Come mercial lines can now turn to Oshe awa instead of either going to Bufe falo or back to their starting points. ' TCA have not yet announced whether they will consider b ing in flights to Oshawa when Mal« ton is closed down. Ninety per cent of the time that Malton's weather is so bad that flying is impossible, airmen are able to take off and land at Oshawa. TRAFFIC JUMP Foreign flights from as far away as South America bringing planes, personnel and parts will be able to land at Oshawa directly outside the hangars and workshops of Field Aviation and Kenting's. Those two organizations have'boomed since they established branches in Oshe awa and officials expressed "de light" at the news of the field bes coming a port of entry. "This will bring more traffic and business to Oshawa. It will ene anc ova that So all 3 Field Aviation, That in turn will mean more employment with us for people living in Oshawa," was the comment of one leading come pany official. He pointed out the benefit tha} the city would obtaln and expresses ed the view that the eity rather than the aircraft companies and flying club alone, should provide the accommodation for the customs official. AMPLE SPACE Oshawa airport is one of the few airports in Ontario that is capable of having its runways extended without purchasing more property, It is reached by one of the poorest and most pot-holed roads in the city and one irate motorist today told The Times-Gazette, "I wouldn't blame people if they all did land at Malton and came to Oshawa by train to miss travelling on this ap= palling roadway." At present the maximum straight runway length at the airport is 3,500 feet. No official survey has been made but it has been estimate ed that the, runway length could be extended to 5,000 feet. Mr. Slocombe said the provision of customs facilities would mean that flights between the U.S. and Canada '"'could be speeded up and made more convenient." He thought it probable that the port of entry would encourage people to come to Oshawa rather than enter the heavy air traffic above Malton, With a direct, high-speed highway already linked to the Queen City, many regular flights could land here with a minimum lof inconvenience to passengers. 3 Some 140 New Canadians who have been taking the course in English were guests of the In- ternational Service Committee of the Oshawa Rotary Club at a social evening in the Central Col- legiate Institute last night. This group is indicative of the many nationalities represented. Left to right are Robert Broadbent, sen- jor teacher for the course who was chairman: Lauri Kuusinen, 110 Athol Street East, who is of Finnish descent; Miss Jane Web- bink, 282 King Street West, who . OSHAWA ROTARY CLUB ENTERTAINS NEW CANADIANS came fo Canada from Holland; Hans Schirmer, 67 Oakes Avenue who is of German descent and E. G. Storie, chairman of the host committee. Photo by Dutton--Times Studie