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Daily Average Circulation for June, 1953 Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gasetie nd Chronicle 30 THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETT . day 85. 'Weather Forecast . Warmer tomorrow, clouding ever in evening. Low tonight 65, high Fri- VOL. 12--Ne. 177 Authorized es Second-Class Mail, Post. Office Department, Ottaws OSHAWA-WHITBY, THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1958 Over Price Not 3 Cents Por Copy TWENTY-FOUR PAGES CCF SPEAKERS DWFIY. ON FINANCES AT AJAX A scathing Inquiry into the election finances of the Liberals and Conservatives was made by T. D. Thomas, MLA, at a CCF meeting held at St. Bernadett's School, Ajax, last night. He was speaking on behalf of Wesley Powers, the CCF candidate. for Ontario Riding in the federal election. Mr. Powers also com- mented on the "bribes" offered by old-line parties. Photographed wanting E. G. Coady, who presided, Wesley Powers, T. D. Thomas, | Walter Pietrowski .and William "| Gray. | Photo by John Mills OTTAWA (CP)--The finance de- partment announced today that. the government's 1952-53 budgetary surplus totalled $23,547,000. The surplus is slightly below the $24,000,000 estimate contained in a preliminary statement issued by Finance Minister Douglas Abbott June 24 and less than one-half the $48,000,000 forecast by Mr. Abbott in his budget speech Feb. 19. How- ever, it is nearly three times | greater than the $9,000,000 the finance minister predicted at the beginning of the fiscal year. This was the seventh consecutive surplus reported by the govern- ment. Revenues for the 1952-53 fiscal year totalled $4,361,000,000, a de- Surplus 3 Times More Than Abbott Thought crease of $14,000,000 compared with {the budget forecast of $4,375.000,- 1000. Expenditures totalled $4337, [over the $4,327,000,000 forecast. The 'gross liability of the govern- ment on March 31, 1953, amounted to $17,918,00,000, including $14,811,- 000,000 of unmatured funded debt. | Active assets totalled $6,757.000,000, resulting in a net debt of $11,161,- 000,000, compared with $11,185,00,- 000 at the end of the previous fiscal year, The decrease of $24,000,000 is the equivalent of the budgetary sur- plus for the 1952-53 fiscal year. In most communities in Denmark school children receive one free meal each school-day. MLA CHARGES: Kiddies With Ice-Cream AJAX -- (Times-Gazette batt Reporter) -- Speaking! at Ajax, Wednesday evening on behalf of Wesley Powers, Ontario Riding, CCF candidate, T. D. Thomas, MLA for the riding charged that the old time parties received sub- stantial campaign funds from the insurance companies and other monied interests. Mr. Thomas said that four millions of dollars would be spent in this election, and that "small bribes would be handed out," even free ice cream for the children. SUDDEN NOMINATION Introduced by E. G. Coady, Wes- ley Powers gave a short resume of his political experience. He said his nomination as CCF candidate came rather suddenly and was not expected. But now he was in the fight he would do his best. While serving in East Whitby on various bodies he had assisted in setting up the Welfare Association and in- stalling a school nurse. When he took office East Whitby had one park and when he left nine were open. On Oshawa City Council he had consistently worked to further the lot of the common man a every governing body should. Mr. Powers said the Federal Gov- ernment should look after health and welfare of the people. He first became interested in the CCF be- cause the old parties did not carry out that program. SERVING MASTERS "They will promise anything at election time, and all serve the old masters who finance their cam- CF C (Continued on Page 2) : Forty Million Rise Politicians Even Bribe In GM's Net Income NEW YORK (AP) -- General { Motors Corp. had net sales of al- | most $5,500,000,000 in the first six months of this. year, says the quarterly report to 491,000 stock- holders. First half net income was $312,- 845,787, equivalent to $3.51 a share of common stock after $6,464,156 in preferred dividends For the same period last year net income was $269,048,085 or $301 a share after a like amount in preferrd dividends Net income was 5.8 per cent of the sales of $5,440,545,856. U.S. and foreign income taxes and excess profits, taxes totalled $764,000,000 against $558,000,000 in the corres- ponding half of 1952. RCAF ESTABLISHES NEW JET PLANE FIRING RANGE OVER LAKE Former Air Force lake firing range at Consecon is being aban- doned August 1. New and larger area east of Oshawa to Colborne will allow jet planes scope for air-to-air target practice. Com- mercial fishermen and boats in area are being warned of hours | of practice. Map 'shows new area | 50 miles long by 18 wide. Optimistic Bulletin On Taft's NEW YORK (AP)--Senator Rob- ert A. Taft was reported 'resting comfortably" as he awaited the arrival at his hospital bedside to- day of his son, Ambassador Wil- liam Howard Taft III. | The ambassador is flying here from his post in Ireland. Senator Taft's wife, Martha, was reported to have returned to Wash- ington Wednesday. She visited him at New York hospital Tuesday after he took a turn for the worse. The latest official word from the hospital, issued at 10:45 p.m. EDT and signed by Dr. Claude E. Fork- Illness ner, was that Taft was 'resting comfortably" and that there had been no change in his condition since Wednesday morning. A hospital bulletin issued at 6 | pm. Wednesday said Taft "had a | better day" than on Tuesday. Wad- nesday morning's bulletin reported the 63-year-old Republican major- ity leader from Ohio was "some- what improved." 3 Taft, who had been suffering a | hip lesion, underwent an explora- tory operation at the hospital July |8. The exact nature of his ailment | has, not been disclosed. Lib. Leader In Riding. Now that a truce had been sign- ed in Korea, the months ahead would be critical for Canada along with the other nations of the free world. A steady hand was needed on the helm of government and Ontario Liberal Leader Farauhar Oliver, speaking last night at a political meeting at Claremont on behalf of candidate John Lay. thought the 'nation would do we to hold fast to the tesied interna- tional and domestic policies of the present government. REDUCED DEBT Introduced by Robert Harris, president of the Ontario Rding Lib- eral Association, Mr. Oliver said that he was not one of the provin- cial critics of federal financial pol- icies. The Liberal government, he "said, had led Canada through two wars, reduced the national debt by two billions, balanced the budget 8 Thinks Taxes "Decent" each year and maintained a '"de- cent level" of taxation. "I notice that the United States {closed its fiscal year with an in- creased deficit of about nine and a half billions of dollars and the prophecy was made that it would be about the same next year," Mr. Oliver said. "In contrast to this | terrific load and the increasing | concern south of the border about {the high cost of government the | Liberal government at Ottawa has managed to reduce debt and main- tain a level of income tax which is lower than that of the United States, Great Britain, Australia or New Zealand." DREW ATTACKED In a scathing attack on George Drew, federal Conservative leader who used to be Mr. Oliver's op- TAXES (Continued on Page 3) New Air Range EastOfOshawa The rattle of aerial target prac- tice will soon be heard by residents on the shore of Lake Ontario from Gold Point (five miles east of Osh- awa) to Collier's Shoal, about two miles east of Colborne. Announcement was made by the HERE TOMORROW Prime Minister Louis St. Laur- ent, who will speak from the platform of his special train at ,the CNR station at 11.20 tomor- row morning. The train is ex- pected to stop for about half an hour. Mr. St. Laurent is return- ing to Quebec following a tour of western Ontario, RCAF today that a new air-to-air firing range has been established on Lake Ontario and commercial fishermen will not have access to this area except when the range is not being used by the air force. Officials say the number of com- mercial fishermen in the area is small. They will be advised when the range is closed and when it may be fished. There is no commercial fisher- man based at Oshawa. At Bow- manville, there are two. Fred De- pew, who has been in the busi- ness there for many years, was not available for comment this morning. At Whitby, J. C. Stevens fishes commercially but his base of operations is considerably to the west of the prohibited area. Mr. Stevens has not been notified of the closing of the new area. The new range is required to enable high altitude, high speed air-to-air firing by jet aircraft. The range is 50 miles long by 18 miles wide and takes the place of the old Consecon range near Trenton RCAF headquarters. Inner boundary between the range and the shore is marked by orange colored buoys. It is ex- pected the area will be in use be- tween 10 in the morning and four in the afternoons. Operations are expected to begin in early August. The air-to-air shooting will not affect commercial fishing as much as did the old Consecon range. Ar- rangements have been mar» to withhold firing while eomm® cial vessels pass in and out of ports in the area. Low flying aircraft will pdtrol the range before and during actual firing, to the danger area. GM reported that it sold 1,120,- 276 cars and trucks in the second quarter of this year to set a record for the company. Of GM's net sales, $486,000,000 came from U.S. defence production in the second quarter of this year compared with $353,000,000 in the corresponding 1952 quarter. For the first half, defence production had reached $942,000,000 against $679,- 000,000 in the like period last year. HONG KONG (AP) -- Michael Patrick O'Brien finally made it ashore. After 10 months and 12 days, the 57-year-old man without a country today left the six-foot brig of the Portuguese Macau-Hong Kong ferry Lee Hong. He travelled at least 12,500 miles, the equivalent of a trip half-way round the world, sailing between the two ports. But the ex-bartender and marine engineer wasn't going anywhere, yet. Police took him in custody and refused to reveal their plans for O'Brien. . His friends said they were trying to get him cleared for an unnamed South American country where his Russian wife and child are re- ported to have gone from Shanghai. As yet there has been no ex- planation as to how O'Brien finally left the ferry. 12,500 Mile Ferry Ride Is Over - O'Brien Lands O'Brien boarded the Lee Hong in Macau Sept. 18, 1952, after leav- ing Red China. At Hong Kong, 40 miles away, authorities refused to accept his Red Cross travel papers and would not let him debark. Macau also said he was unwanted. So he rode and rode. O'Brien says he's an American. He claims he just did not bother to get a passport when he went to China 25 years ago. The U.S. state department denies he's a citizen. And the U.S. justice department has said he 'was deported by the United States as a result of assault, robbery and burglary convictions. The justice department said his true name is Steve Ragan. Several, Ragans in the U.S. claimed him for a brother, but nothing came of their actions. ad | | BRITAIN FAVORS CHINA'S UN BID When Time Comes" Lords Are Warned LONDON (AP) -- The Marquis of Salisbury, acting foreign secretary, said today Britain believes Communist the time is right." He added that it would be "im- #- | China should receive United Nations membership "when proper and impossible" for him |between countries is to ease off to say now, three days after the | these differences and try and ob- (tain the policy that one wants." armistice in Korea, that the time had arrived. Lord Salisbury made the state- ment in 'the House of Lords. Russia, and maybe India, are expected to urge the seating of Red China when the general as- sembly convenes in New York Aug. 17. The seating of Red China would mean the tossing out of the Chinese Nationalist government recognized by the United States. Britain rec- ognizes Communist China, Lord Salisbury made his state- ment in answer to questions. U.S. Secretary of State Dulles said Tuesday that the United States will not buy Korean unity at the price of Red China's membership in the UN. He added that the U.S. has the right to veto a move to seat the Chinese Communists. Lord Salisbury said: "I think the U.S. government is quite entitled to take any position they-like but the purpose of foreign policy, diplomacy and negotiations He explained that Britain would try to persuade its allies to follow the same policy but added it would be improper for him to predict actions by the U. S. government. Labor peer Lord Silkin asked about Dulles' statement that the United States reserved the right to terminate negotiations if the Ko- rean peace conference failed to reach a settlement within 90 days. ied acting foreign secretary re- plied: "I have already indicated to the U. S. government that in a situa- tion of that kind where the U. S. were proposing to walk out I hope they would take us into consulta- tion first." Today's government statement on Red China appeared to be more definite than the position outlined in debate Wednesday. Labor mem- bers had indicated they would press for the government to say categorically whether or not it would support admission of China to the UN. Elect Gov't Party MP, Urges Mr. Lay Electors of Ontario Riding were urged last night, by Liberal candi- date John Lay, who was speaking at an outdoor meeting at Clare- mont, to exercise "enlightened self- interest" in their choice of a fed- eral member in the election on August 10. It was a foregone conclusion, said Mr. Lay, that the Lib- erals would win and.the electors of the riding would do well to choose a candidate for their mem- ber who would be on the winning side of the house and so able to act in their interests, Two score or more cars assefh- By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SEOUL (AP) -- Two undefeated armies--Allied 'and Red--walked away from 'the Korean front to- day, leaving in silence a narrow strip across Korea that only days ago roared in war. Under armistice terms all troops had to be out of the 2%-mile-wide belt by 10 p. m. tonight (9 a. m. EDT). United Nations command said most of the Allied front was uninhabited seven hours. before the deadline. Allied soldiers started leaving the battle line shortly after the truce was signed Monday morn- ing. The guns fell silent Monday night. Columns of soldiers walked down from hills they. had bought in blood--from battlegrounds halfway between the present and history: Heartbreak ridge . . . White Horse mountain . . . Old Baldy . . . Pork Chop hill . . . Bunker hill .- The Hook and the outposts-- Yegas, Harry., Berlin and East Ber in", 7, Going to the hills they crept the infantry's wary, crouching walk. When they came down they walked upright, with no shells to fear. South Korean 'troops pulled back in an orderly fashion from the two-thirds of the front they held. Almost all fortifications were de- stroyed. Bunkers were caved in and trenches filled. Timbers were salvaged where possible. Across no-man's-land, front line officers reported the Chinese and North Koreans were sometimes us- ing pack mules to get their equip- ment out. At the southern edae of the de- militarized zone, fed soldiers strung barbed wire and set up roadblocks to prevent anyone from entering. The zone will be policed by members of the military arm- istice commission at Panmunjom. The Allied command strung signs all along the border saying, "south jlimits demilitarized zone. Do not enter." The signs are in English and Korean. The Chinese brought little pack- CADETS LEAVE FOR UK MONTREAL air cadets from many parts of Canada are to leave here today for a three-week tour of the United Kingdom. They are being flown to Britain by RCAF North Star under he annual air cadet exchange pro- gram sponsored by the Air Cadet League of Canada. The party is guardN headed by Sqdn. Ldr. A. E. Per- against water craft crossing into |cival of Ottawa and Flt. Lt. L. A. 'Ireland of Trenton. along under blazing Red guns in| ages containing wine and handker- chiefs and left them on the battle- field just forward of their posi tions. Meanwhile, far to the north, UN forces were leaving islands. off coasts of Korea. The islands were used for radar and air rescue bases. Their deadline for leaving is 10 p. m. Aug. 6. Battle Lines Bought In Blood Go Into History And Silence Off the battered east coast Red port of Wonsan, seven ships were removing men and equipment from tiny Yo Island. As the Allied soldiers left the front lines some looked back--for possibly their last look--at the fa- mous battle hills of Korea they were giving up. bled in the Claremont ball park for a meeting which started an hour late and at which the Ontario Liberal Leader, Farquhar Oliver was the principal speaker. The platform was decorated with elec. tion signs and banners and many of the audience listened to the two speeches from their automabiles, Prime Minister St. Laurent made it clear in calling the election that he was asking the people of Canada for 'a vote of confidence, Mr. Lay said. Liberal. policies had put this nation in the forefront and the confirmation of such policies by the electorate would keep it there. From 1935 on Canada began to climb, the speaker said, and she had rever stopped. She put a mil- lion men in uniform during the last war and we were able to pay for it all ourselves. With a debt of 18 billions after the war there were dire predie- tions of depression -- predictions which never materialized. The million' were demobilized from the services in less than a year and many of them established, through the agency of a paternal govern- ment, on their own holding or in their own businesses. The nation had progressed stead- MR. LAY (Continued on Page 2) (CP)--Thirty-three | 8 Three local "Indians", complete with war-paint, were | two | of a booth at last might's penny fair held by the CRA at Oshawa. | the ferocious-looking custodians | Running the "penny-in-a-bucket' 1 ret) PARTICIPANTS IN PENNY ON A PLATE stall were Don Lynn, Murray Cathmore and Don Pascoe. . Times-Gazette Staff Phobe