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Daily Average Circulation for July, 1953 Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle 20% THE DAILY TIMES.GAZETT 85. _ ' ' Weather Forecast Sunny and bit warmer on Friday. Low tonight, 65; high tomorrow, ---- OSHAWA-WHITBY, THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1953 Price Not Over 3 Cents Per Copy EIGHTEEN PAGES VOL. 12--Na 188 PREPARE With the. assistance of CRA supervisors, preparations are being made by the boys in the CRA Indian day camp for a ad lunch out in the woods. Copious supplies of cut-up weiners and beans were being placed in a OUTDOOR MEAL AT INDIAN CAMP + copper boiler ready to be cook- ed over a wood fire in the open- air. Times-Gazette Staff Photo | QUAKES THUNDER ON Three Battered Islands Start Sinking In Sea ATHENS (AP)--Earth tremors continuing into their fifth day and unchecked fires brought new hor- ror today to three quake-ravaged islands. off the western coast of Greece. Ships of all sizes shuttled un- ceasingly across' the Ionian sea, bringing hundreds of injured to hospi in Patras, the closest big city. still was no official esti- mate of the total dead among the 120,000 persons on the wrecked is- Ithaca, lands of Keffalinia and Zakynthos. Unofficially the figure was placed so far as just under 1,000 with '"countless' injured. It was feared the uncleared rubble hid many more bodies. Fires were reported still burning in the cities of Zakynthos, popula- tion 15,000, and Argostolion, popu- lation 10,000. Both were destroyed by the earth disturbances. The interior ministry said offi- cials of Kefallinia advised that Argostolion, the island's chef port, was 'beginning to sink under- water." Most or virtually all of the 120,- 500 islanders were reported home- ess. No letup was in sight. The brief reports from the area said the tremors still were continuing. . 'From Naples, the speedy 20,000- ton cruiser Salem--flagship of the United States 6th Flcet--sped to the islands with doctors, stocks and medical supplies and food and a helicopter aboard. Another American helicopter was SLANDS (Continued on Page 2) T TOP STUDENTS IN UPPER SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS JEAN BROWN, 47 Aberdeen Street was second on the OCVI upper school examination results, and had six firsts, three seconds and one credit out of 10 subjects. RONALD SWARTZ, 17 Mec: Laughlin Boulevard, OCVI pupil, stood highest iii the upper school examinations at that school with Saven firsts, two seconds and one third. ROSEMARY BIALEK, 480 Al- bert Street, OCCI- pupil, headed the list for that school in the upper school examinations with eight firsts, one second and one credit. GMC DETROIT PLANT DESTROYED BY BLAZE | Reds Of Their * PANMUNJOM (AP). -- Another 400 prisoners of the Communists became free men at this Susty village today even as the: warned ominously that they +h the right to hold back Allied pa oners facing or serving' jai ibe) 409 Allied prisoners to * changed Friday. The first two Canadians were Cpl. Joseph Pel- Queen Sends | Sympathy To Islands LONDON (AP)--The Queen today extended her "sincere sympathy' to the victims of Greece's disas- trous earthquake. In a message to King Paul, the Queen said: "My husband and I are deeply distressed to hear the lost of life by the earthquake in your western islands. We send our sincere sym- pathy to all those of your people who have suffered from this dis- aster." Warn Dulles Rights" letier of Chatham, Ont.," and gun- ner Orval Jenkins of Hamilton and Toronto. Prisoners freed today in the ninth day of the PoW excharge were 75 Britons, 75 Americans and 250 South Koreans. Most of the repatriates appeared healthy. U.S. State Secretary Dulles warned the Communists Tuesday that the UN command would not return Red captives convicted of crimes "until we know the attitude of the Communists toward ours." He said the UNC wanted all PoWs 'teturned. However, Peiping radio said the Geneva Convention provides that prisoners facing "criminal proceed ings for an indictable offence . . . may be detained until the end of such proceedings, and, if neces- sary, until the completion of the punishment. The same shall apply to prisoners . . . already con- victed. . . ." : Peiping charged Dulles with "blackmail" in his threat of re- taliation and said that while he charged that the Reds do not intend to return all the PoWs, "Dulles, nevertheless, has to admit that it is too early yet to know for sure whether any PoWs are actually being withheld." The broadcast said Dulles "thus . . . unwittingly stamps himself a liar." Prime Minister Fights 4 Million Workers By JOHN RODERICK PARIS (AP)--French organized labor shook a big fist under Pre- mier Joseph Laniel's nose today, calling out upwards of 4,000,000 strikers to underline its protest against the government's economy program. Most . of - the workers were ordered to walk out for only 24 Halt Called To Suez Talks By Egyptians CAIRO (AP)--Egypt today de- cided to break off talks with Brit- ain on the Suez base and not to resume them, sources close to the government disclosed. Informants said the Egyptian government would issue a commun- ique tonight announcing rupture of the informal talks with Britain. These talks seeking a basis of agr t for r ption of formal negotiations which broke down last May, were started July 30. There were three informal meetings. The informants said Egypt's de- cision not to continue informal con- tacts with the British negotiators came after Lt.-Col. Gamal Ahdel Nasser, chief Egyptian negotiator, submitted a report to President Mohammed Naguib on the latest discussions. Upper School Exam Results Announced Results of the upper school departmental examina- tions in the Oshawa Collegiate and Vocational Institute and the Central Collegiate Institute were made available to The Times-Gazette for publication today. These results are given in separate columns below. 0CVI RESULTS . The names of 63 pupils with their f standing in the various subjects, appear in the list for the Oshawa Collegiate and' Vocational Insti- tute, announced by Principal M. F. Kirkland. . An outstanding record was made by Ronald Swartz, 117 McLaughlin Boulevard, with first class honors in seven subjects, second class in two, and third class in one. Jean Brown, 47 Aberdeen Street, had six firsts, three seconds and one credit. Joan E. Barr had five first class honors, two seconds one third and two credits. Jean Reid had five | firsts and four seconds. The OCVI | list of results is as follows: Joan E. Barr: Eng. Comp., 3rd; | Eng. Lit., 1st; Geom. C; Chem. C; | Lat. Auth., 2nd; Lat. Comp. Ist; Fr. Auth, 1st; Fr. Comp., 1st; Germ. Auth., 1st; Germ Comp. 2nd. Mary J. Barton: Zoology, C. G. Douglas Booth: History, 2nd; Botany, C; Zoology, C. A ¥imston P. Bradley: Eng. Comp., nd. Duncan A. Brodie: English Lit., C; Chem., C; Fr. Auth., 2nd; Fr. Comp,, C. Jean R. Brown: Eng. Comp., ist; |C Eng. Lit, C; Algebre, 1st; Geom., 1st: Trig. and Statics, 2nd; Botany, 21d: Zoology, 1st; Chem., 2nd; Fr. Auth, 1st; Fr. Comp., Ist. Barry J. Burgess: Eng. Comp., C; Eng. Lit.,, C; History, C; Phys- ies, C; 'Fr. Auth., C; Fr. Comp., Zdmond G. Burrows: Eng. Comp., 1st; Eng. Lit., C; History, ord; Geom.. C: Trig. and Statics, OCVI RESULTS (Continued on Page 17) OCCI RESULTS Principal H. E. Murphy issued the list for the Central Collegiate Institute, containing the names of 24 pupils. Highest standing at the CCI was: that of Rosemary Bialek, 480 'Albert Street, who had eight first class honors, one sec- ond and one credit. Warren Clark had two firsts, six seconds, two thirds and one credit. The list of results for the OCCI is as follows: =) Bialek: Eng. Hist., y . . Comp., 1st; Eng. Lit., 1st; 1st; Alg., 1st; Geom., 1st; C; Phys., 1st; Chem., 2nd; Auth., 1st; Fr. Comp., 1st. Olive A. Boyko: Hist., C; Zool., 3rd. A. Warner Clark: Eng. Comp., 2nd; 'Eng. Lit.,, 2nd; Alg., 2nd; Geom., Ist; Trig., 3rd; Phys., C; Chem., 2nd; Fr.; Auth., 3rd; Fr. Comp., Ist Germ. Auth. 2nd; Germ. Comp., 2nd. Glenn A. Drew: Eng. Comp. 2nd; Eng. Lit., 2nd; Hist., 3rd; Alg., 3rd; Geom,, 2nd; Trig., 3rd; Bot., 2nd; Zool., 3rd; Chem. 3rd. Norman R. Fisher: Eng. Comp., 3rd; Eng. Lit.,, 3rd; Geom. C; Chem., C; Germ. Auth., C; Germ. Comp., C. James A. Gibbens: Eng. Comp., 'William A. Goodfellow: Eng. Somp., 3rd; Eng. Lit., 2nd; Hist., | Fr. Norman G. Gray: Eng. Comp., 2nd; Eng. Lit, 3rd; Hist.,, 2nd; Alg., 3rd; Geom., 2nd; Trig.,, C; Phys., 3rd; Chem., 3rd; Fr. Auth., 2nd; Fr. Comp. 3rd. | Dorothy L. Jacenty: Eng. Comp., 1st; Eng. Lit, 3rd; Hist, C; Geom., C;: Bot., 'C: Zool, C; OCCI RESULTS (Continued on Page 17) Hand N. Oshawa Woods Back To The Indians By PAT LOGEMAN The time was Wednesday noon. Seventy ferocious Indians sat about a copper wash-boiler and beat pie plates with sticks and spoons. Four painted squaws bent over the boil- er, dumping into it assorted brands of tinned beans and cut-up weiners. The CRA day camp's eat-out was in full, colorful noisy swing. This camp is being held every day this week in the woods south of the North Oshawa playground for boys seven to twelve years of age. The male counsellors sweated to dig a pit and set up forked sticks on which to hang the boiler. These they reinforced with blocks of stone. A fire was built in the pit, and with great and furious shout- ing the loaded boiler was set over the flames. Most of the junior Indians sat around to supervise the food pre- parations. Their hungry expres-' sions rather suited the brilliant warpaint, headdresses, and bur- lap loin-cloths they wore. During the morning they divided into Sioux, Mohican, Crow and Iroquois tribes and ran around having a miniature Indian war. The Crow tribe, whose base of operations is a full-size tepee on a hill, is held in a certain respect by the other warriors: '"They start all the fights." is the general atti- tude of the other tribes. . An otherwise sylvan glade where one might expect to see peaceful cattle quietly browsing has been turned into a genuine Indian en- campment. It boasts five grand te- pees, huilt of branches, wax paper and other materials, a trading post and a creek. One of the tepees, it was carefully pointed out, is made entirely of branches and-twine -- not a nail in the whole thing. Another thing these busy Indians have done in the past three days is to carve steps out of the side of | a hill leading to one of the tepees, | and set several bridges across the porter in high-heeled white shoes. Perhaps they thought it funny to see her struggle along the muddy paths, and become mired in the swamp. Their activities include trailing, moccasin-making, sports and feath- ering -- a mild form of scalping where the feather is removed and the hair left on the victim. The entire week is leading up to a Friday night pow-wow when the Indians will hold council with their parents. And that will really be an event as the boys will really de- monstrate all the Indian lore they have picked up during the week. EX-COUNCIL MEMBER DIES PORT COLBORNE (CP) -- John Horne, Jr., 49, former council Member, died in hospital Wednes- ay. Mr. Horne came here as a child and went into the electrical busi- ness with his father later opening his own bicycle and electrical ap- pliances business. He was a coun- cillor in 1932, 1933 and 1934. The principle of free public libraries was established in Britain by the act of Parliament in 1850. FIRST CALLING CARDS BORN IN CAVES Archeologists believe that the custom of announcing one's visit dates back to prehistoric times. Primitive men carved a symbol on stone and left it at the entrance of the cave they planned to visit. But you'll quickly be visited by many prospects if you an- nounce through a Classified ad in The Times-Gazette, that you'd like to sell or rent some- thing. Simply dial 3-2233 for an ad- creek. Wednesday morning they took on a tour of inspection this re- writer. , or 28 hours. But 'a hard core of more than 1,000,000 already is committed to stay out until the premier backs down, tying up mines, railways, gas and electri- city works, public health services and postal, telegraph and tele- phone systems. As the wave of' demoralizing strikes went into the ninth day, Laniel, a millionaire textile indus- trialist who learned to fight in the wartime French underground, f/|stuck his chin out and said he would not yield. night, the 64-year-old' premier ex- claimed: "I say not to strike. I say no to pressure moves, director or in- direct, which have been imposed on the government." RCAF Guns Keep Man From Home VILLE JACQUES CARTIER, Que. (CP)--An RCAF official said today an investigation will be made of reports that a grief- stricken father was refused per- mission by RCAF guards to visit the ruins of the home where his three children were burned to death following Tuesday's crash of a CF-100 jet fighter. Omer Lavoie, whose wife is still in hospital from shock suffered while trying to save her three children, was reported to have been stopped Wednesday night by rifle- carrying RCAF sentries when he sought permission to 'look around' the ruins. The RCAF placed" a cordon around the scene following the crash and posted armed guards at close intervals. The RCAF official said that no comment would be made on the reported treatment of Lavoie until an investigation has been com- pleted. INDIAN Under CRA auspices, a day camp, taking the form of an In- dian encampment, is in progress all this week in the woods.im- In a fighting speech Wednesday | | POW Tells Of Capture By Chinese By BILL BOSS Canadian Press Staff Writer * IN XOREA (CP)---Gnr Orval J. Jenkins of Hamilton and Toronto said today he played hide-and- seek with the Chinese Commun- ists for about six days before his capture two years ago. The 35-year-old artillery man told his story at an interview-- the first since he was exchanged last Sunday under the Korean arm- istice terms. A board of enquiry into his capture completed hear- ings Wednesday. Jerkins is under- going further interrogation by in- telligence officers seeking informa- tion on enemy methods. Speaking in measured tones, Jen- kins said: "I definitely was cap- tured under unusual circumstances and I think it reasonable for the army to want to verify particulars. The board was very considerate." Jenkins leaves for Tokyo today and Thursday will fly from Tokyo to Vancouver. . The member of 'the 2nd field reg- iment, Royal Canadian Horse Arth. lery, said he was with an artillery observation party accompanying an infantry patrol when he de- cided on his own initiative to get some water. "When I got near the stream I saw six Chinese concealed there cutting me off. I eluded them by crawling in a southerly direction. I couldn't regain my own lines without being observed. I tried for six days. Three times Chinese pa- trols crossed my path just as I thought I was making it. "All that time I lived by drinking water exclusively. 45,000 Left 'Without Jobs DETROIT (AP)--A broken building was all that was left today of a $35,000,000 fire that roared through the General Mbtors Corporation transmission and instru- ment plant in suburban Livonia late Wednesday. (Officials of the vast GM plant in Oshawa were not available for comment today on whether. the fire would affect local production of automobiles. Engines and other technical parts for Oshawa autos are mostly pro- duced in Walkerville and St. Catharines.) The ruins still smoldered today. $---- The west wall of the building was buckled and cracked. Inside it seemed like a black metal jungle of collapsed beams. One GM official, who estimated the damage cost, said that produc- tion in the Cadillac, Oldsmobile and Pontiac plants would be hit. An estimated 45,000 workers may be out of their jobs temporarily. The fire had raged for three hours before it was brought under control. Most of the injuries were slight. Firefighters said that a spark from a welding torch set off oil which spread to the rest of the building. The fire started just before 4 p. m. a pair of plant safety men cleared 3,500 workers out of the building. A west wind fanned the blaze. GM officials recruited emergency help from workers who arrived for the 4:30 p. m. shift to find their plant in flames. Through the night a dozen or more small fires burned inside the building. Fire fighting apparatus was rushed from Detroit. The plant is on Plymouth road 20 miles north- west of downtown Detroit. A 4 State police said there was ample equipment at the scene to battle the flames but firemen were hamp- ered by a limited water supply in the industrial suburb. An explosion, believed to have or. iginated in the heat-treating section of the two-block by four-block plant, rocked the area for miles around. Flames and smoke could be seen 15 miles away. Just how many of the 45,000 GM workers would be affected at one time, and for how long, could not be determined immediately. "The -effect upon production is yet unknown," said GM president Harlow H. Curtice. "Obviously, some time will be required to re-establish a produce ing unit. But how long cannot be' Selormined until we have an op- portunity to examine carefull facility at Livonia." yi COAL PLANT FERNIE, B.C. (CP)--The Crows Nest Coal Co. has started a $600,000 coal briquette plant at its Michel colliery. The plant, due for come pletion in February, will produce 1,400 tons of briquettes daily. EXPLAINS WHY: High RCAF Officer Regrets Actions Needed At Crash VILLE JACQUES CARTIER, Que. (CP)--Air Vice-Marshal A. L. James, officer commanding air de- fence command, said today a pre- liminary inquiry into the control of crowds and treatment of newspaper men following the tragic crash of a CF-100 jet fighter here Tuesday has revealed that "RCAF policy was not conformed with through- out." Photographers' cameras and film were seized and reporters hindered at the scene where nine persons were killed when the flaming fighter struck two homes. In an official statemént, Air Vice-Marshal James said nominal guard of one NCO. and 12 airmen was sent to the scene. "A preliminary investigation into the circumstances surrounding the control of spectators and the treat- ment of accredited news media representatives at the scene of the recent CF-100 crash has shown that RCAF policy was not conformed with throughout. As stated Tuesday extraordinary measures were nec- essary to control the very large cfowd which gathered, to enable doctors, firefighters and investiga- tors to carry out their work, to prevent parts of the wreckage be taken by souvenir hunters and for the protection of the crowd itself. "The crowd was also blocking entry to the area. Many were tak- ing photographs and removing pieces of the burning wreckage. The crowd increased very rapidly to an estimated 5,000 persons. "With the knowledge that there were explosive charges still in the ejection seat and that the aircraft carried "classified equipment, the guards, assisted by civilian police, endeavored go establsh order to " LIFE HAS STRONG mediately south of the North Osh- THA awa playground on the Nonquon . Road. With war paint and feath- ers, these boys have been learn- | protect spectators against injury to safegudrd the equipment. "All normal measures failed to properly clear the area) and to keep the crowd at a safe distance. The pressure from the rear of the crowd at one point endangered the -lives of the spectators in the front. The NCO in charge of the six airmen, was driven, after repeated but un- heeded warnings, to order on his own initiative the firing upward into the air of one volley of blank ammuntion." Air Vice-Marshal James said the guard was equipped only with a few blank rounds. He said at the time the volley was. fired ..vilian firefighters turned hoses 'on the crowd to assist airmen in maine taining order. He said: . "I regret the interference and inconvenience caused to some of the newsmen in the performance of their duties. Steps are being taken to guard against deviation from official RCAF policy in future, CHECK CUTS TOTAL Two More Votes For Lloyd Peel Lloyd Peel, the Labor-progressive nominee has been the only one of the four Ontario Riding candidates to benefit from a preliminary chéck ofuthe votes cast in Monday's fed- eral election. It has been found that Mr. Peel should have had two more votes added to his grand total. He thus gained 392 of the total number. Returning Officer Ralph Wallace today reported that the preliminary figures totalled in his office showed that 29,696 votes were cast in- stead of the more than 30,000 re- ported on Monday evening. Michael Starr, who was elected, was formerly said to have receiv- ed 12,696 votes. The check puts his ing Indian lore, engaging in trib- al warfare and cooking their own lunch out in the woods. The pic- ture, of course, gives no concep- figure at 12,491. John Lay also loses raore than a hundred. On Monday his aggregate total was put at 11,412. Today it has been cut to 11,293. Wes Powers, the CCF can- didate, lost only four votes by the check and comes down to 5,520. Those figures give Mr. Starr, of the Progressive Conservatives, a plurality of 1,198 over John Lay, the [Liberal candidate. Mr. Wallace said a final check is to be made when all the ballot boxes are turned in by the end of this week but it is unlikely that the final count will show much var- iation from today's figures. Results of the overseas services men's vote have also to be records tion of the gay colors of war paint used dy the campers. Times-Gazette Staff Photo,