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Daily Average Circulation for February, 1954 12986 T OSHAWA \ $378,332 E DAILY TIMES-GA GENERAL HOSPITAL CAMPAIGN Combining TheQshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle ETTE OBJECTIVE $1,000,000 Weather Forecast Sunny today and Thursday; winds light. Low tonight 32; high tomor- row 50. Authorized es YOL. 13--No. 64 bert Office" Deparment, Oftews OSHAWA-WHITBY, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 1954 Price Not Over aT Nat Ore TWENTY-FOUR PAGES FORCEFUL APPEAL IN STORE WINDOW DISPLAYS here. Many merchants have lent their commercial display space to aid the worthy Cg P oes; fund, are pi is the window of Bata LOWER, the window of Jamie- son Drugs. --Times-Gazette Staff Photos. - SEE SOMETHING UNUSUAL? . BETTER REPORT TO "I SAW" The Times-Gazette has developed the idea of having its readers act as reporters of unusual and colorful events. These will be pub- lished daily under the heading "I SAW", and the individuals send- ing in contributions which are printed will receive two tickets for the Regent Theatre. Here is the idea. Our readers are asked to keep their eyes open for unusual interesting and colorful happenings as they go about their business from day to day. If they see something in that category, then they are asked to write down the details and send them in, addressed to the "I saw Editor, The Times-Gazette, Oshawa." The details need not be written into a lengthy story, Just give the facts, and name and address of the sender, and The Times-Gazette will do the rest. And remember, there will be two free tickets for the Regent theatre for every "I Saw" item printed. The following is a sample of the 'I Saw" type of item, culled : from another newspaper which is running this feature: The other morning while walking up Wyndham Street, I SAW a laundry truck with wheels spinning, trying to move from a park- ing place over which lay a thick covering of ice. For several min- utes the driver endeavored to move his truck. Finally in anger and disgust he grabbed from his truck and armful of dirty laundry, placing it under the rear wheels of his vehicle. His wheels gripped and affer moving his truck to. a more secure position, retrieved the dirty laundry and proceeded on his way. That is just a sample. Can you send in one better? A Fortress Still Under Assault HANOI, Indo-China (AP) -- The Vietminh today resumed their massive frontal assaults on the French-held fortress of Dien Bien Phu after dragging back thousands of killed and wounded and re- grouping in the surrounding hills, Despite tremendous losses in the face of murderous fire from be- | hind the barbed wire and bunkers |of the beleauered plain in the | strategic northern Thai country, the Communist-led rebels contin- ued pattacks against the heart of Dien Bien Phu. Some unofficial estimates put the rebel losses as high as 12,000 dead and wounded, a full division. The French took advantage of a momentary enemy withdrawal to parachute in a fresh battalion of reinforcements. Tanks and infantry | sallied forth from unthreatened de- {fence positions to counter-attack {the enemy in encircling move- ! ments. « ALL TOUCHED BY SERVICE Sees Hospital Most Vital Institution To Community By CYRIL SCHOFIELD President, Oshawa Rotary Club | As president of the Oshawa Ro- | tary Club, it is a pleasure to add | a voice to the others who are sup- | rting this drive for our own] pital. To. some, requests for | gifts of money are irritations be- cause the gift might interfere with there is far more to it than that. some personal pleasure or other purchase. Why then is it so import- ant that this drive be supported? Our hospital is not a commercial | institution. Few of us have been left untouched by its service so we know this is true. It is like a great mother watching over her children --our citizens--and always ready to help when help is needed. It is not a hotel where one buys a room and some meals for a time, Doctors, nurses and staff give us a personal attention which is often ar beyond the call of duty. It may be only a turned pillow, a glass of water or a cheering word, but it is all so very personalized and away ° from commercialism. You just can't buy a hospital service with money! CYRIL SCHOFIELD g | this imstitution were not available | to render swift and sure treatment. You can't measure health in dol- lars nor put a price tag on ease of | issued this morning from the head- | ed. | quarters of the .Oshawa General | mind. In my early days in Oshawa there was no hospital, so I speak from personal knowledge when I By JIM BECKER | to 23 Japanese fishermen burned | and blistered by radioactive ashes | from a super-secret U.S. nuclear | test in the Pacific. The U.S. ambassador to Tokyo, John Allison, also proposed a joint | Japanese-American investigation of | the March 1 incident in the Bikini- Eniwetok test region. Only one sailor was considered in dangerous condition when their boat arrived Sunday, but all now are in hospital. Three were added | today to the 'serious' list, but doctors said they expect all 23 will | live. | WERE 80 MILES AWAY | The intensity of the burns-- | which caused their skins to blacken | and their hair to fall out--and | their story of the blast stirred spec- | have been a thermonuclear--prob- | ably hydrogen -- explosi The The U.S, embassy said a team of on atomic ailments, said he doubts | TOKYO (AP)--The United States | three American and three Japan- any serious physical effects will be | today offered top-flight medical aid | ese doctors associated with the felt by persons who atomic bomb casualty commission | in atom-bombed Hiroshima will treat the victims. Kyodo news agency said the Jap- | but a few hundred pounds are be- anese foreign office intends to take up the matter officially, and will | ask compensation for the victims. (In Washington, Representative | zine today reports that the latest | to oil or gas firing, ole the W. Sterling chairman (Rep. N. Y.),| of congressional | atomic energy committee, said it [with a blast probably 500 times | was possible the fishermen were | spying, but said he has no offi- | cial report. | ("We don't know whether the | fishermen were in the area delib- | erately or accidentally," he said.) | The U. S. has said only that the | March 1 explosion was an "atomic device." | MORE DEADLY BLAST | Physicians here have said that | ulation that the March 1 test may | effects on the fishermen indicate | active a much more intense and deadly | explosi than the first atomic | about 80 miles from the blast centre. | Second World War, Dr. Michihiko Hachiya, an expert ' | the market from the fishin contaminated fish which reached boat. uried, Most of the catch was lieved to have heen eaten. NEW YORK (AP)--Time maga- American thermonuclear explosion went off in the Pacific March 1 eater than the Hiroshima atomic mb. The force of the explosion, Time says, completely surprised atomic scientists working on the project at the United States proving grounds in the Marshall islands. Twenty-eight U. observers {and 236 island natives, thought to | have been evacuated to a safe dis- tance, were showered with radio- particles, Time reports. Their exposure was 10 times greater than the usual safety limit, crew's report indicated they were bombs exploded at the end of the but the U. S. atomic energy com- | : ; i P y P | mission announced there had been | However, on the advice of a firm | no burns, By Egyptian Terrorists CAIRO (Reuters) --- Egyptian terrorists have wounded three more British service men in the Suez canal zone, bringing the total British casualties in the last 24 hours to two dead and five wounded, it was d today. Latest victims were two army signalmen, raked with t tic Three More British Shot armed with pole while riding Meanwhile, prospects of a re- | sumption of negotiations between ritain and Egypt on the future of the canal zone base remained confused. Salah Salem, minister of na- tional guidance, said today Egypt is not seeking to resume the dead- locked discussi An earlier de- | bicycle in the. area. fire while they were Feturaing to camp in the Fayid area, and an airman attacked by a terrorist nial was made by the deputy pre- mier, Lt.-Col. Abdul Gamal Nas- ser. By ALAN DONNELLY | Canadian Press Staff Writer | OTTAWA (CP) -- Seven months after the last national election, the Progressive Conservative party has set its sights on the next one. Its leader, Hon. George Drew, said Tuesday night the party 'has struck its tents and is once more on the march." He told the annual dinner of the Progressive Conservative Associa- tion of Canada that results of last summer's election fell "far short of our hopes." However, a '"'great majority' of Canadians had not voted for the government, The Conservative party's job was to "press forward with logical arguments and with | organization, which will bring to | the support of our candidates in| the next election a majority of | people who believé in the two-| party system as the one guarantee | of democracy." | NW PRESIDENT | The same theme was stressed | by the new president of the party association, George Hees of Tor- onto, following his election. Mr. Hees, 43-year-old member of | Parliament for Toronto Broadview, George Hees President Of National P-C Group pledged himself "to revitalize our organization from coast to coast." e told a press conference his goal is to help bring the party "up to fighting pitch" in three | years, when the next election might | be expected. Life of the present Parliament expires in 1958, but the practice | has been to call elections about a year before the five-year limit on the term of MPs. | Mr. Hees was elected to a two-| year term as president over Gordon | Churchill, 53-year-old MP for Win- | nipeg South Centre. Figures on the vote were not announced, but it was understood Mr. Hees had a good-sized majority. He succeeds George Nowlan of Wolfville, N.S., MP for Digby- Annapolis-Kings, who has beerf president for four years. A unanimous vote of confidence was given Mr. Drew shortly after the meeting opened. Mr. Nowlan, the chairman, told reporters later there was no oppo- sition to the motion of confidence proposed by Murdoch A. MacPher- son, Regina lawyer, and seconded by Wilfrid Dufresne, MP for Que- bec West. While no list of contributions was | | Hospital campaign, there is every | Anonymous Donor Sends $1,000 Laughlin Coal and Supplies, Limit- hese, along with other dona- tions which were expected to come in today will be reported in to- morrow's issue of The Times-Gaz- say that it is the most vitally im- | indication that the canvassers are ette. . Whether or not we like it or think | circumstances should be otherwise, | the only way we can continue to | have adequate hospital service here is by the voluntary gifts of all our | citizens: The drive is the most im- | ortant subject which has ever| n brought to your doorstep. | Don't just brush it off with a reach | in your pocket for loose change rd | it's too important to you for that. Throughout it's history there has | been no better managed business | than our hospital. Every dollar} spent has been carefully scrutiniz- portant institution which we have. out in full force working hard to|' Arrangements are being made To Special Fund Reports indicate that the med- ical profession of Oshawa and dis- trict is responding generously to the appeal for funds for the new hospital wing. At the meeting of the board of directors last evening Dr. J. O. Ruddy, Chief of the Medical Staff, stated that already pledges of close to $50,000 had been made and others were still to come in. These donations will be .acknowl- edged individually through the press as soon as they are cleared through the campaign office. The board was very pleased to |has been full of contradic learn of the excellent response from | mony from the two Toronto youths. | the Medical Staff of the Hospital. The first baseball club, the Knic- kerbockers of New York was formed in 1845. FOR SUCCESS IN MARRIAGE If hubby's eating habits aren't to your liking, don't be critical. Surveys show that nag- ging has made many a husband switch to restaurant food -- for good. But if you'd like to sell a restaurant, or any othér busi- ness, Classified ads are your happy thought! Phone 3-2233 for an ad-writer, describe your of- fer, and she gladly helps you word your ad. HOSPITAL HEATING PLANT RE-PLANNED 80 Miles from A-Blast Japs Suffer Bad Burns Smoke Nuisance To Stop, Call Tenders Six Weeks Important decisions concerning the heating system {of Oshawa General Hospital, enlarged kitchen facilities and new x-ray and laundry equipment, were made at a ate radiation- | meeting of the hospital Board of Directors last night. A | report of the Planning Committee was presented by Chair- (man J. A. Morphy. | A new $100,000 installation including a stack for the | heating plant will be required but it is planned to convert thus eliminating smoke nuisance and | saving fuel bunker space. Mr. Morphy reported that the, | akchitects have the Sejailed Plans in heating probel the | and specifications well in hail and | nearing completion and they ex. | Ie¢ Tesonupiomied iat ue Satire | peet to call for tenders about the [Present heating plan yep 2 fend of April. Lipid STACK NEEDED Several decisions were made by | the Board last night on recom- i | with two new boilers having a | capacity of 10,000 lbs. each and | these boilers would be used alter- nately to insure satisfactory heat- | mendations of the Planning Com- |ing service. A complete new stack | mittee. One of these related to the [would also be required and the | pgiler plant which pressnted a ma- | overall cost of the installation is | J0r problem. It has been hoped to |estimated at $100,000. The work {use the present boilers and sup- would be part of the general con- { plement them with one new boiler. | tract and specifications would apply S. of consulting engineers specializing (Continued on Page 2) Doctors Giving Jury Ponders Fate Of Two Charged With Shooting Man BARRIE (CP)--An Ontario Su- /made to police Nov. 235, when he preme Court jury decides today the | was arrested and in which he said {fate of two youths accused of 'both he and Kingsley participated shooting 59-year-old Fred Cameron and tossing his body into a ditch. | The jury was to hear the charge |i! 3 {by Mr. Justice H, A. Aylen before | fired the five. {bringing in its verdict against Ian| Mr. Finlayson told the all-male Robertson, 20, and William §.|Jjury: "If you convict Robertson of | Kingsley, 19. The two defence murder you are convicting. a man {lawyers and crown attorney Wil-|Who never fired a shot. |liam Thompson summed up their | Robertson cried in the witness | cases Tuesday. ox Kingsley a passive, oy : . i + | he has been since the §! . | The trial, nowjin the ei Eth day, When Robertson denied any part ry in the shooting, Mr. Thompson and Mi. Borins said he was betraying his one-time friend and companion. in the shooting, He told the court he had not fired a shot; that Kingsley had | The crown attorney said it was a | | case of robbery and murder. |" Mr. Borins 'asked: "You say |] | Cameron, a Toronto brokerage ¢ A | messenger and sex pervert, was | G8. (Kingsley) fired all the | found with five bullet wounds near | "7. » : | here. He had been shot in the head | gs osplied, Robeltson, truth? and chest, his pockets were emp- "© His Y Ki : tied and his body dumped in a | You know it is not. You say ngs- ditch. Robertson and Kingsley were je fired two Shou nie Cameras arrested about a month after the into his bask and. ohe inte his ford. | erime. PX G. D. Finlayson, counsel for Rob- read, all 8 po |ertson, asked the jury to find his | sod ro chen aot Busty: Soran Borne: |, escHbng ow, Camera, pad |counsel for Kingsley, said "the {how he was shof again when taken most my client can be convicted of is manslaughter." Mr. Thompson hid of se car trunk, Mr. Thomp- |decldred that the accused acted in |™ iq {ps / L | "concert for the purpose of Eetting | at this point; No mater what thelr jmoney from Cameron. intention was up to that point-- STATEMENT REPUDIATED according to Kingsley's evidence it The highlight of Tuesday's pro- |was then their intention to kill him ceedings was a repudiation by |and they did kill him. : Robertson, the husband of an 18-| "If you believe that then that, in year-old girl, of a statement he 'my submission, is murder." reach their objectives. The indus- | for the headquarters staff of the trial canvas is coming along very | campaign to work nights as soon as well, and by the end of the week, the bulk of the workers' contribu- returns from this should be com-|ticns and pledges begin to come ing in. It is not likely, however, that | in, so that the reports can be kept any further significant refurns will | abreast of the donations. Cyril be available until that time. | Waite, assistant to the general cam- oday one anonymous contribu-|paign manager, said this morning tion in the form of a cheque for |that the latter part pf this week, $1,000 was received, the donnor pre- | and the end of next week should ferring that his name be mot pub-| see lengthy lists of contributions ished. Other contributions includ-|to the campaign, and full prepara- d a contribution of well over |tions were being made to handle $900 from the employees of Me-'them. raged by an article in the May, { LIBEL AWARD $250,000 b he best business | _, : Ten. in Canada, These men have| CHICAGO (AP)--A jury Tuesday | $250,000 damages to | served voluntarily over the past | night awarded , years and have held costs at an ab- |a Pennsylvania antique dealer who | solute minimum. Now the time has | bad accused a Chicago publisher of (come where a large capital ex- | libelling him. John H. Chamber- | ' pense is needed and we can. help |lain of Delaware Water Gap, Pa., | | provide this money 'with the absol- charged in his suit against the | 1949, issue of Hobbies magazine, published by Lightner. The suit said the article represented Cham- berlain's antiques as reproductions rather than originals. | British Columbia with an area LEATHERWORKERS UNION DONATES $200 Officers of Local 205, Leather- workers' Union, made up of em- h surer; Alf Gledhill, President h for $200 Yo W. A. Holland, Sheque for & and Mr. Holland. Superintendent of the Oshawa Try if you can, to imagine this without our Hospital. of what would happen to you | or your loved ones if illness struck | ute assurance that again it wili be and all of the tebmical facilities of ' spent in the best le manner. Hospital. Shown in the picture the Leather above are Walter Kolesnik, tres- ploy of Company, yesterday presented 'a Times-Gazeite Stal Phote. Lightner Publishing Corp. that his of 366,250 square miles is about professional reputation was dam- 100,000 miles than Toxas. ~~