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a BR 4 2214 THE DAILY TIMES-GAZE ining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle OSHAWA-WHITBY, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 1953 Daily Average Circulation for May, 1953 ~ Weather Forecast Sunny with cloudy intervals Thurs- day. Low tonight 60, high tomorrow 80. TE. Price Not Over 8S Cents Per Copy Authorized TWENTY-FOUR PAGES VOL. 12--No. 141 AV hore Or osvond.Clave Mall ATTEMPTS FAIL TO RESCUE BOY Drag For Body Lasts 3 Hours A postponed ball game and a warm spot in Lake On- tario were contributing causes in the first drowning of the year at Whitby. Billy Weatherell, 11-year-old son of Mr, and Mrs. O. R. Weatherell, drowned in the water of Lake Ontario on Tuesday afternoon when" he went out beyond his depth and was seized by a treacherous under- CAUGHT BY UNDERTOW, PORT WHITBY BOY DROWNED NEAR HOSPITAL assisted in the search. Off school for the afternoon, the Nearly paralyzed by the icy water of Lake On- tario, two attendants at the Ontario Hospital, Whitby, Joe Agius (centre) and John Vella (on right) searched in vain for 20 minutes yesterday afternoon for the body of Billy Weatherell, 11, of Port Whitby, who | JOE AGIUS drowned when caught in an undertow. John "Butch" Cadwell, 11, and John Mudrey; 12, were with the lad. He was swept off balance and disappeared without a sound. Picture on left shows part of crowd of .police officers, employees from the Ontario Hospital, who BILL WETHERALL boys decided to go for a swim. Weatherell was trying to wade the open mouth to off balance by strong current. JOHN VELLA a large marsh when pushed --Photos by Bob Corbett" TANKS OUT East Germans Revolt; Fight With Russians BERLIN (CP) -- Communist East Berlin rocked on the brink of open civil war today as thousands waged a bloody riot through the streets punctuated by the rattle of machine-guns. | border signs and fired -a wooden { police barracks. The riots centred around the of- fice of the ministry of economy and | reconstruction. Police stood shoulder to shoulder stop demonstrators from crossing the border there. Soviet troops watched silently while two young East Berliners scaled the 50-foot high Branden- burg gate and ripped down the Red Russian tanks crushed at least ¢ flag. two demonstrators to death as the East Berliners battled with the Communist police and bands of Communist youths. RIOTERS SHOT Soviet troops and East German police ned fire on demonstra- tors with. carbines and automatic pistols. Some of the enraged East Germans were shot. mgainst communism st thro East Berlin. troops called in to handle ted revolt . the tr 'on an ugly mob threatening the uarters of the East zone ZoVi nt. The Russians brought in 5 T34 tanks and armored cars and 30 truckloads of machine-gunn- ers. PEOPLE DRIVEN The convoy spread out, driving the ple before them. The t fi yepeatedly, most into the air. Somé of the shots sprayed into the crowd but the scene was so con- fused there was no way of deter- mining how many were hit or how badly. The entire Russian sector of the strator was run over and killed | round the building, while the crowd by a Soviet armored car. Istoned them and the building, | GUNFIRE | shouting: '"'Out with them---down : :«¢ | With the ggvernment." Gunfire was heard for the first | 50). Eo cks charged into the time just before noon, a few shots | od. § ii the vichuity of Alexander Diats [Srovd, injuring many, that sounded like carbines. There | TRENCHES DUG : was 'an unconfirmed report also| Other Soviet troops were dig- that two rioters were wounded by | ging trenches in the Potsdamer pistol shots in another area. The march on government head- quarters started with 10,000 work- ers, swelled to 30,000 by mid-morn- ing, and then the nearby Soviet zone joined the fray. Fifteen thous- and came from Oranienburg. Three thousand showed up from the Hen- nigsdorf steel works. None knew where it would end or how. The Red regime barricaded itself behind steel bars and Soviet and German Communist troops. Violence erupted at a half-dozen points. POLICE LEAVE Many East German police joined the strikers. Soviet troops dug trenches around government head- quarters. The strikers broke down barri- cades, stoned police and Soviet city was paralyzed. One demon- | stores, burned Red flags, smashed Platz, where British, United States and Soviet sectors meet. Crowds in the square pulled down the sec- tor signs, shouting: "So will all barriers go." Rioters in the Taubenstrasse burned the Red flag and tore down posters of Communist 'peace workers," including one of Brit- ain's '"'Red dean'. of Canterbury-- Dr. Hewlett Johns Thick smoke froin a big fire near the centre of the: sector covered a large part of the rioting area. TAKEN TO WEST Many demonstrators were in- jured in clashes with the police. Most were dragged into the U. S. zone and taken to West Berlin hos- pitals. Two truck-loads of Soviet soldiers were stationed on the East Berlin side of the Brandenburg gate to RED FLAG TORN The crowd below tore the flag to shreds shouting "we will beat the Russians to death." The West Berlin fire brigade | joined in the job of transporting | itjured East rliners to hospit- | als. By mid-day a stream of West Berliners had begun to cross. East Berlin to join in the strations. bi A Potsdamer Platz rally was told by speakers that the workers of the entire eastern railway network have joined the rebellion and that general strike would be the order of the day through the Soviet oc- cupation zone. The subway and elevated train system halted completely. As the thunder of rebellion crack- led over Berlin, there were reports that the Russians were speeding troop reinforcements from posts outside the city. MINISTER KIDNAPPED People 'working in a travel bur- eau and a tobacco shop on the west side of the frontier said they saw (0) | | (Continued on Page 14) German Rosenbergs Date With Death A Toronto man was killed and his companion sustained severe injuries in a car accident early this morning on Highway 401 at Thornton's sideroad. James H. Robinson, 50, of 178 Prince Edward Drive, Toronto, died shortly after being admitted to Oshawa General Hospital. Driv- er of the car, William J. Moody, 50, of Don Mills Road, Toronto, is in satisfactory condition today, although suffering shock, concus- sion and a shoulder injury. Their westbound car was in clo- lision with the rear of a Charlton Car Transport driven by Elmer C. Eslinger, 25, whose home address is Red Deer, Alberta. FELT JOLT The accident happened shortly after one o'clock. Eslinger told po- lice that he came off Bloor Street with a load of cars and proceeded by way of the underpass to the westbound lane of Highway .401. The point where the impact oc- curred is several hundred yards Store Executive Killed in Smash west of the cloverleaf but the | 'transport had not gained full, nor- | mal speed. Eslinger said that he "felt a jolt" and stopped. He found that the car had crashed into the left rear of his truck. COLLAPSED At first it was thought that Rob- inson's injuries were not unusually serious but after first aid treat- ment in hospital, he collapsed and died, An autopsy is being held to- ay. The injured men were attended by Dr. J. A. Patterson. Both men were employees of The T. Eaton Company. Moody is supervisor of the sporting goods department and Robinson his assistant. They had been to Peterborough and were returning to Toronto, driving a rented car. F dia Ernie Baker investigat- ed. This is the fourth fatality this year at the same point on High- way 401. and the third fatality in which a car transport was involv- ed. BULLETIN WASHINGTON (AP) -- United Nations and Communist negotiat- ors have agreed on the truce line to divide the armies in Korea after an armistice, it was re- ported here today. Truce Line Agreement Reached By Officers |line between Allied and Red armies. However, there was no official hint of what went on during the 20-minute session, the first after a week-long recess. Two teams 'of staff officers who | have been laboring long hours over | the recently changing lines of de- | marcation between the opposing By ROBERT B. TUCKMAN MUNSAN (AP)--Allied and Com- | armies and other truce details con- munist armistice negotiators met | vened after the plenary session. briefly today in a suspense-filled | Spokesmen for the United Nations session at Panmunjom, then re-|command here would neither con- cessed amid rumors that agree- firm nor deny the rumors that ment had been reached on a truce | agreement on the line was reached. HITS LIVING COST current. re Billy and two compani had gone swimming at the lake, west of the Ontario Hospital, rath- er than go to a postponed softball tournament. Although the water was too deep for wading and Billy was able to swim only a few strokes,- the lads Mad chosen the spot because it is known as one of the warmer spots in chilly Lake Ontario. It was more than two hours after he had disappeared that his body was recovered by means of dragging operations. His two Somanions on the tragic lark, John "Butch" Cadwell,' 11, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cadwell, 1709 Charles Street, and John Mudrey, 12, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Mudrey, 120 First Street, reported that the trio had chosen this spot, the channel leading from the lake to a small pond west of the inciner- ator, because the water there was warmer than any other place along the shore. At about 2.45 p.m., Butch and John noticed Billy in trouble at the mouth of Lynd's Creek. Billy, {only able to swim a few strokes, | went down and Butch ran to Cot- tage 11 of the Ontario Hospital to call police. Chief Constable Filet- cher rushed to the spot, 300 yards of the distance havin on foot because tl shortly past the incinerator. He ar- rived in time to see four swim- mers, Dr. Alderdyce, John Vella, Joe Agius and Bert Easton, emerge from the water, unable to find the lost boy. The only boat immediate- ly available had no oars but Chief Fletcher and Constable Pointen of the Whitby Detachment of the OPP, set out to begin dragging op- erations. CHANGING CURRENT By this time the changing cur- rent or tide through the channel was flowing back out to the lake and. their boat being carried with it. They were able to beach their to be made | road ends boat on the west side of the chan- nel and now more help had ar- rived. An outboard motor was rig- ged to another boat and shortly a third boat hove to and dragging operations began in the choppy waters. Then members of the White by Volunteer Fire Brigade brought dragging equipment and more dragging equipment supplied by the Ontario Provincial Police was rigged with four ropes. Two men were stationed on. either side of the channel and a methodical drag- ging of the channel began with this apparatus. Pulling the drag on one side of the channel was Sgt. Heffering, of {the OPP, and Howard "Bowser" Thomas, Green Street, Whitby. On the east side were Chief Fletcher i and Constable Pointen, relieved by | Cpl. Jack Scott, of the OPP. It was this apparatus which found the | body at 5.13 p.m. at the north west iside of the channel as the Chief and Cpl. Scott pulled the drag to- wards them. Also taking an active part in the search were Harold Boys, Warren Mowatt, Jim Corner, many from the Ontario Hospital, Sgt. Diamond and others. Dr. Ruddy was summoned and pro- nounced the lad dead. ' Schoolmates, who later learned of the tragedy were severely shocked, most finding it difficult to believe that one of their num. ber had met such a fate. One lad volunteered that Billy and his two companions had gone swimming rather than go to the softball tourn- ament for which the school had been let out. The tournament was to have been held on Wednesday but was postponed because of the weather. Billy leaves, besides his parents, who live at Port Whitby, three sisters Ruth 16, Penelape 14, and Anne 12. Reds Woo Greeks LONDON (AP)--Diplomatie in- formants reported today Russia has offered to restore normal diplo- matic relations with Greece by exchanging ambassadors. The reported Soviet move came on the heels of two other appar- ently conciliatory gestures to south- east European countries, recently-- one to Turkey, the other to Yugo- slavia. Russia recently renounced long-time claims 'on Turkish ter- ritory and agreed also to exchange ambassadors with Marshal Tito's Yugoslav government. ANOTHER STORM By THE CANADIAN PRESS Thunderstorms dumped torren- tial rains on parts of southwestern Ontario today, washing out bridges, flooding homes, and cut- run into the thousands of dol- lars. Weather officials said conditions were similar to those in which tornados developed at Sarnia and Flint, Mich., during past weeks. However, no such twisters devel- oped. Rain washed out two highway bridges near Stratford, stranded cattle in turbulent waters and damaged basements and furniture in flooded homes. TRUE OR FALSE? Herbert Hoover worked way through college -- True. He ran a laundry agency to work his way through Stanford University. If you'd also like a job to help you reach your goal, look in the Help Wanted ads in The Times- Gazette. On the other hand, if you'd like to give a job to a student, phone 3-2233 for an ad- writer. She'll help you write a result-getting ad. ting hydro power. D. will Postponed Indefinitely WASHINGTON (AP) -- Justice [until a question of the applicability ¢ = Reaction To Riots | 0 10 . es 4 ah A ay BONN (Reuters)--Konrad Aden- | Ethel Rosenberg. auer, West German chancellor, to-| The husband and wife had been day called an emergency cabinet scheduled to die in the electric meeting to discuss the strikes and | chair at Sing Sing prison at 11 demonstrations in East Berlin. ip. m. Thursday. A West German government | Douglas' stay put off the execu- statement today said the Berlin | tion indefinitely. riot is proof of "unbéarable'" con- | The supreme courf*justice issued ditions and the 'inhuman and lan eight-page printed statement | William Douglas of the Supreme | of the penal provisions of section 110 of the atomic energy act to | this case can be determined by the | district court and court of appeals | (in New York), after which the | Gestion of a further stay will be |open to the court of appeals or |to a member of this court in the | usual manner." | The writ of habeas corpus sought {by counsel for the Rosenbergs | would have required the govern- ment to prove at a hearing its |legal right to retain custody of the couple. bankrupt Communist system" in saying he would not issue a writ East Germany. |of habeas corpus, as the Rosen- cause the real rulers of the Soviet | "I will grant a stay effective zone to open the way to free all- German elections and to a lasting | peace in Europe and the world," K The West German press pro- | or ed claimed "Open Rebellion in Kast | Berlin" and 'East Berlin Demon- | strates Against the Regime." é The General-Anzeiger suggested that the demonstrations had been | instigated by the Communists | 3 themselves but had got out of con- | n Ae The West Deutsche Presse said | RH thi. the riot is "simply the cry of an | SEOUL. Koyes an The ii animal that has been kicked |B abruptly early today about." | (Thursday) on the Korean front in tions showed the urgency for re-|at Panmunjom on a cease-fire line. unification of Germany. | The hills of eastern Korea, which Hard Pri Arel tigated "The demonstrations should berg lawyers had asked, but: said the statement. trol. The paper said the demonstra- | the wake of a reported agreement OTTAWA (CP)--An Ontario hard- | plier may not discriminate among ware retailer has accused General | competing customers by granting | Steel Wares Ltd. of Montreal and ne of them a discount, rebate or | hy . |other price concession not avail- Toronto of practising price dis- | ape to others who buy a similar crimination, but the restrictive | volume of goods. trade practices commission has de-| The three-man commission, in a clined to state whether an offence |27-page report to the minister, said has been committed, Justice Min- |that, after appraising the evidence, ister Garson announced today. it does not feel it should express The accusation was made by |an opinion as to whether an offence Stan Richardson Hardware, a re-|was committed. The commission tail firm in competition with Rich- |did not feel that the evidence al- ardson's Hardware at North Bay, |lowed it to draw general conclus- Ont. The firm complained to com- [ions about the industry. bines investigators that General| But it did find three trade prac- Steel Wares, a manufacturing firm, | tices of General Steel Wares which was giving its competitor more ad- | apparently did give the complain- vantageous price discounts contrary | ant's competitor a price advantage. to section 498A of the Criminal | Mr. Garson said he will decide Code. . later whether the case warrants The section provides that a sup- | court action. had rocked for a week to the great- jest Chinese Communist offensive {in two years, were quiet except | for the occasional clash of patrols and the crash of artillery. On the bloody east-central front, where 2,400 Chinese had battled Republic.of Korea troops all day Wednesday, the only action re- ported early Thursday was a single patrol clash. UK KOREA CASUALTIES LONDON (AP)--British casual- ties in Korea during the 23 months ending June 1, 1953, totalled 2,237 officer and men, of whom 447 were killed or died of wounds, par- Uranium Found At Lake Huron SUDBURY (CP)--Reports of ur- anium discoveries in Long and Spragge townships along the shore of Lake Huron about 130 miles west of here have been confirmed by both the Sudbury and Sault Ste. Marie mining records ofices. A total of 360 claims has been recorded at both offices within the last 10 days. Sixty of them have been listed here and another 300 at the Sault office. Officials of the Longyear Dia- mond Drilling Company, engaged in taking samples throughout the area since April, declined to make any statement on the rush. | liamentary defence secretary Nigel Birch told the House of Commons Tuesday., Total UN casualties for the same period were about 180,000 of whom about 35,000 were killed, Birch said. $4 A Ton States Steel Corporation boosted steel prices an average of $4 a ton today, presaging industry-wide in- creases which could send U. S. living costs higher. Big Steel's action came five days after it granted an 8%-cent hourly pay increase to 170,000 employees represented by the United Steel- workers (CIO). It is the first rise in basic steel prices since a 55-day strike last summer which ended after the union won a 21%-cent hourly pay package increase. Other steel producers are ex- pected to follow U. S. Steel's lead and raise prices. They -probably will - adhere to a .similar scale. However, president C. M.. White of Republic Steel Corp. says his firm plans an increase of $5 to $10 a ton. Industry-wide steel price boosts may be reflected in higher price tags for the many thousands of items which are made of steel. It In Steel Prices PITTSBURGH, Pa. (AP)--United | Upswing is unlfkely that manufacturers will absorb any such increases, mean- ing the consumer ultimately may have to pay more for everything from pins to refrigerators. U. S. Steel, largest producer in the country, said over-all effect of the price changes represents an average advance of about 2-10 of a cent a pound for carbon steel products, which now will a for six cents a pound or abouf $120 a ton. Along with this upturn, there are proportionate advances for alloy and stainless steel products. Three more basic steel producers signed agreements with the USW Tuesday giving nearly 35,000 work- ers an 8l2-cent-an-hour wage in- crease. They are Sharon Steel Corp., Wheeling Steel Corp. and Pittsburgh Steel Company. This brought to 10 the number of firms signed up. Abouf 420,000 of the union's estimated 600,000 mem- bers in basic steel now are under new wage pacts. They had been gyeraging from $2.06 to $2.16 an | our. LONDON (CP)--The Queen may |fly to Canada this fall to open the new Parliament reassembling after the August federal election, a British newspaper suggested to- day. The Daily Mail said the proposal was that the Queen should call at Ottawa on her way to Bermuda. Thus the trip could be fitted into the round-the-world Commonwealth jour scheduled to start in Novem. er. | The paper said the suggestion {had been made at the highest {level"" and that it was believed the {Queen would be agreeable, | A spokesman at Canada House, commenting on the proposal, information in London indicates a Queen May Open Next Parliament royal visit to Canada in the near future is 'most unlikely." Buck- ingham Palace officials, too, said Hey had heard nothing of such a plan. At the time of the royal visit to Canada in 1951, palace author- ties spoke freely of the likelihood that royalty would increase its visits to Commonwealth countries, utilizing modern travel facilities to make more personal the link between the Crown and some of the more remote Commonwealth countries such as Canada, Australia and New Zealand. (here, however, that the Queen's | schedule is deviations are unlikely. WINNIPEG (CP) -- A critical blast at the use of penicillin lozenges and the news that Trans- Canada Medical Plans now offers medical services anywhere in Can- ada marked the end of the sessions in camera of the general council of the Canadian Medical Associa- tion Tuesday. The association's five-day 86th annual convention ends Friday. Today the more than .1,000 dele- gates move into scientific sessions. It is believed | The annual general meeting of scheduled to- Government Won't Ban Penicillin Lozenges The council, in its fihal session, | received a reply to its request that | the federal government prohibit | sale of penicillin in any form with- | out a Zreseription; | Dr. G. D. W. Cameron, deputy | minister of health and welfare, | said since cures can be effected | by the lozenges of certain minor | throat and mouth ailments without harm to most persons, the govern- ment would rot prohibit the open | sale. As a compromise, advertis- | ing of the lozenges im any form | was prohibited after June 1. i Dr. Bram Rose of Montreal said MARKET INVADED Council To Check Licences Despite the city solicitor's com- 'ment that trade in this country is supposed to be free and any attempt on thé part of council to ally itself with a group of mer- chants "very risky", the city fa- thers, when they met on Monday night ruled that henceforth all ap- plications for ' transient trader's licenses have to be approved by them. Alderman Joseph Victor, him- self a merchant, carried the torch for the group of Oshawa jewel- lers who were objecting to the methods of a Toronto firm which had invaded the Oshawa market. This firm, Alderman Victor said, would rent a store and there hold an auction of jewellery. It paid $150 for a transient trader's li- cense and that was all. It did not, like the other merchants, pay bus- iness tax. In addition, Alderman Victor pedlars were trying to sell watches to people on the street. "Yes," said Alderman Cephas | Gay, 'I was stopped twice. I asked | the man if he had a license and he showed me that he did." Itself "I am not critical of the city clerk's department," said Alder- man Victor. "They did only what was right in issuing the license. However I would like to see ap- proval for the issuing of all such licenses be. given by council." There was a provision in the Ontario Municipal Act whereby a council was given the right to re- fuse a license and give no reason for its action, said John Hare, City Solicitor. However this provi- sion had been challenged three times lately and on each occasion it had not held up. Council had bet- ter be prepared to watch what it did in an affair of this kind. This was supposed to be a free coun- try and trade was supposed to be free. Council nonetheless passed the edict and henceforth all licenses will have to be approved. "I suppose if the new Metropoli- |tan Store wants a license it will |have to be approved by council," | said Assistant Clerk Evelyn | Found. "Oh no," said Alderman Rae | Halliday. "That is a reputable { firm." English "Pubs" Not For Canada VANCOUVER (CP)--The "pub" system of Britain is not always suitable in. Canada, Dalton J. Cas- well of Sundridge, Ont., board chairman of the Hote! Association of Canada, said Tuesday, Addressing delegat to the as- |b association is 1 dre: lileg ) { Might. Five visithhg American phys- | the lozenges develop a sensitivity | sociation's annual convention here, said far into the future, and that any | delegates and senior members will be introduced. {some people. This can be very serious, he said. already tightly planned | icians are to speak and fraternal | which amounts to an allergy in|Mr. Caswell said public hovers or | taverns "haven't worked out." "The owner of the public house | has no obligation to hjs customer othoy tua Sei : 3 of sale are limited and he con. seanantly or oratc ' ¢ y staff,- spends less on decora'ion and improving standacd of suis Mr. Caswell said experience has proved 'hat hotels are the "most logical place" to have lounges. 'Hand in hand with the lounges go impreved service and a better atmosphere for the social drink." a