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START MARCH 15 Daily Average Circulation for March, 1954 $402,943.90 OSHAWA GENERAL HOSPITAL CAMPAIGN $927,230.60 $586,533.30 $784,002.62 B42 THE DAILY TIMES-GAZET Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle OBJECTIVE $1,000,000 Weather Forecast Clearing; colder tonight. Some winds gusts today. Low tonight 30; high tomorrow 50. VOL. 13--No. 83 Authorized es Second-Class Mall, Post Office Department, Ottawe OSHAWA-WHITBY, THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1954 Price Not Over 5 Cents Per Copy TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES ANNEXED WIND SQUALL WRECKS WHITBY BUILDING Worst damage in the Town. of Whitby after last night's sudden wind squall and thunderstorm, is pictured here, Top photo shows all that is left of the 60 by 40- Shi anni R THE STORM NEARING $800,000 The Oshawa General Hospital ex- tension fund moved closer to the | $800,000 mark with a further list of contributions reported this morn- ing by campaign headquarters. To- day's list brings the total up to| $784,092.62, so that before the end of the week the $800,000 figure should be passed. A contribution of $4,000 from the R. D. Werner Company, Limited, | topped today's list of contributions, which also included $2500 from the Oshawa Box and Lumber Company and $1000 from the Oshawa Engin- | eering and Welding Co. Ltd. The employees of the Oshawa Dairy contributed generously to the fund. their contribution of approximately $1000 working out at an average of $19.00 per employee. The following is today's list of contributions to the fund: Already acknowledged $771,846.32 Loblaw Groceteria, North Store -- employees 171.00 Rundle, M. L. 5.00 Pascoe, Mr. and Mrs. H. L. 20.00 # w 2.00 5.0 #4 |Dart, W. i | MacDonald, F. R. .00 Richards, Mr. and Mrs. Chas 15.00 Fetterly, Miss Jean 10.00 Gormley, Bruce 15.00 Gormley, Thos. R. 10.00 Anonymous 5.00 Anonymous 25.00 Dairy Employees Give High Average 300.00 10.00 Hart, Wm. O. Bone, Miss Ethel Grace Lutheran Church Women's Guild Victory Billiards Bale Misses Ida and Eva 50.00 Post Office -- employees 1,006.50 Oshawa Clinic -- employees 280.00 Ormiston, Mr. and Mrs. J. 20.00 Bathe Park Neighbourhood Association 25.00 CPR employees: Flett, J. E. $40.00; Pixley, E. Q. $30.00; Power; H. H. $15.00; Lockhart, L. A. $2.00; Campbell, F. J. $1.00; Wilkes, George, $1.00; Barker, H. $1.00. Burns' Credit Jewellers Ltd. 100.00 Dobbie, T. W. Jeweller 50.00 Maynard, Miss Gladys 2.00 Arthur, Mrs. Margaret -- 5 .00 10. 100.00 Reitman's Perkins, Steve 5.00 Mclsaac, Thos. 10.00 Riehl, Gordon 100.00 Oshawa Box and Lumber Co. Ltd. 2,500.00 Oshawa Fuinesting and Welding CO. Ltd. 1,000.00 Werner, R. D, Co. Ltd. 4,000.00 Prince Philip Chapter, IODE 500.00 Coco-Cola Bottling Co. 750.00 Oshawa Dairy Ltd. -- employees Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Sar- HOSPITAL (Continued on Page 2) Now Sent Tax Collector C, L. Cox said to- day the 1954 tax notices are be- ing mailed -- this year numbering about 16,000. They will bring the city a-total revenue of $3,184,319. Supplementary tax bills are also being mailed. Supplementary bills are issued to owners whose con- 'struction was not completed last year and who have received only partial assessment. Last year's notices numbered only 15,000, bringing in revenue of approximately $2,270,000. Although the notices have been mailed at this early date, Mr. Cox IT ENDED UP LIKE THIS foot cement block warehouse be- longing to Lyman Hess, Whitby builder, on Kent street. Centre cture shows part of the two- lock trail of debris left as the said, bills are not due until May 3. (According to the Assessment Act, notices must be received 14 days ahead of the due date.) Mr. Cox pointed out the tax offi- Leaves $90,119 To Five Nieces | WINDSOR, Ont. (CP) -- A will | . | filed for probate at the Essex | county courthouse today revealed | that the five neices of the late W.E. | Dunbar of Amherstburg, treasurer of the Dunbar and Sullivan Dredg- ing Company of Detroit, will each receive $90,119.04. Also listed in the will were six others, including an Amherstburg chauffeur, an Amhersthurn woman and a Toronto woman. The nieces are residing in. various parts of the United States, Nemes of the major heiresses are: Mary E. Dunbar of Altoona, Penn.; Virginia M./ Dunbar of" Washington, D.C.; Dorothea Dun- behind the Stokley-Van Camp |bar of Rochester, N.Y.; Helen Dun- plant. Third picture shows the |bar Trotter of Oakland, California, roof as it finally came to rest. land Evelyn Dunbar Sykes of Times-Gazette Staff Photos. Brookline, Mass. wind carried the roof to a point French Troops Hit Reds Hard By LARRY ALLEN HANOI (AP) -- French union troops, fanning out over a wide area around Dien Bien Phy today, destroyed a long string of enemy trenches being built for a fresn assault on the northwest Indo-China bastion. Sixty rebels were killed in the operations, the French sa By LARRY ALLEN A French communique said the garrison defenders had an '"'easy night" Wednesday as the Commun- ist-led Vietminh still did not re- sume their direct infantry assaults on the fortress plain. The rebels halted their second round of such frontal charges Monday after six days of murderous French gunfire and hand-to-hand combat. But the Vietminh troops kept up their feverish digging of new fox- holes and winding trenches within 600 feet of the barbed union stronghold 175 miles west of Hanoi. Thunderstorms and rain mean- while have increased in frequency, heralding the approach by the end of the month of the monsoons, the big seasonal rains which annually halt large-scale operations. Time obviously is growing short for the rebels in their try for a big vic- tory before the Geneva Far East Sufcrence, scheduled to start Ap- | id. | | REDS GET SUPPLIES | As the main Vietminh | rested Dien Bien Phu, long lines of [trucks and coolies still followed the roads and trails from Com- munist China with ammunition. other war material and rice for the rebel force. French jighters and lied B-26 bomb force | American- kept up | PP Ld {their constant attacks on In Saigon, the French high com- {mand claimed today that its oper- | ations along the coast of Viet Nam | have cost the Vietminh 1,445 killed. | wounded and captured. | Answering criticism that the campaign to gg a stri~ of the coast should halted and forces there diverted to Dien Bien Phu, the French said that since March 13 the rebels had lost 745 dead and 700 wounded and prisoners. | up today in the hills around (a third party without mutual consent -- would have ap- | Oshawa Tax Bills In Mail ments as soon as possible, in or- der to avoid line-ups in the office. He suggested an acceptable man- ner of paying taxes is by using five post-dated cheques, for those who wish to pay by installment. If taxes are paid in full by, May 3, a discount of one per cent will be made on the last four install ments. If no notice has been received by the taxpayer in a week's time, Mr. Coxs aid, the tax office would like to be informed and the mat- ter will be taken care of immedi- ately with the issuance of a no- tice. The tax office also desires notification of changes of owner- ship. axpayers with company mort- gages on their property will 're- ceive the original notice and the ce will be glad to receive pay-' mortgage company a copy. Oliver, Wren Nominees TORONTO (CP)--A veteran and a youngster in provincial politics stood ready today to accept the party. Farquhar Oliver, party leader in the Ontario legislature with 28 years of experience behind him, and Albert Wren, 37-year-old Lib- eral-Labor member of the pro- vincial House for Kenora, pre- pared to make their nomination speeches before some 900 voting delegates this afternoon. The leader will fill the post made vacant three years ago by Walter C. Thomson who resigned after the 1951 election when the party's rep- resentation in the legislature was cut to seven' Liberals and one Lib- eral-Labor. | The Ontario Liberal Association must also choose a new president. The chair became empty with the death March 28 of Alvin Cadeau of Burlington. Wilfrid P. Gregory, a 42-year-old Stratford lawyer, has been acting president. Train Stops lear Washout NORTH BAY (CP) -- A train carrying 150 passengers and crew stopped in the flickering light of an emergency flare ednesday night, 200 yards from a washout id a disastrous plunge into Trout ake. The Ontario Northland Railway train, only four miles oyt of North Bay, was halted as water and rocks cascaded down a slope and washed away earth from beneath a 75-foot-long piece of track. Had the crowded train roared on into the night it probably would have been hurled 125 feet down the slope, across a highway and intp the lake. Bush pilot George Coleman and two companions were credited with averting a tragedy. Coleman, who runs a tourist camp at the lake, set up flares from his emergency flying kit as the train rounded a bend leading to the washout. CRANE COLLAPSE KILLS TWO BARBERTON, Ohio (AP) -- A portion of a crane lowering a two- ton tank collapsed at the Columbia Southern Chemical Corp. Thurs- day, killing two men and critically injuring a third. A plant official said the boom of the crane col- lapsed and the falling jib section struck the men. Two Senators Fear U.S. May Be On Edge Of By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER WASHINGTON (AP)--Two sen- ators today spoke of the sending of United - States naval and air units into the Indo-Chinese fighting as a possibiltiy, and one said "if looks to me as if we are on the edge of war there." Senator Pat McCarran (Dem. Nev.), who made this estimate in an interview, said: "If we should send in naval and air forces now, it would only bring the Chinese Communists in force and then I don't see how we could avoid send- ng troops." he comment followed renewed expressions by President Eisen- hower and State Secretary Dulles of the administration's determina- tion that Indo-China must not fall to the Communists, and indications Asian War from abroad that U.S. Allies ar not moving as fast as U.S. officials might wish in forming a coalition on defence of Southeast Asia. Dispatches from London and Paris indicate British and French leaders might consider the time inopportune, and want more de- tails on the "united will" and "united action" Dulles has ad- vocated. HOW FAR TO GO All sides seem to agree that if and when decisions are reached and some public statement is made it must be an announcement of determination with real teeth, The question is what kind of teeth-- shtould the policy decisions be backed up by naval forces, air forces, ground forces or some combination of these? LATE NEWS FLASHES Flaming Planes Crash In Moosejaw . MOOSE JAW, Sask. -- Two planes, one reported to be a TCA North Star, crashed into northeastern Moose Jaw today and exploded in flames. Atom Agreement Holds -- Churchill LONDON -- Prime Minister Churchill told the House today that in his opinion the secret wartime agreement between himself and President Roosevelt -- that neither the U.S. nor Britain would use the atomic bomb against plied "to the hydrogen bomb also." Liberals Would Lower Voting Age TORONTO -- Lowering of the voting age from 21 to 18 is one point contained in the draft policy of the Ontario Liberal Association, now in convention here. Probe Man's Death From Poison TORONTO -- Police today investigated «the death of Nicholas Guminny, 45, of New Toronto, believed the victim of a dose of corrosive poisoning. His death Wednesday was first believed due to a heart attack. Chief coroner Smirle Lawson said the poison was not self-administered. FOR SUCCESS IN BUSINESS Is it important to get started on one's career early in life? Very, say psychologists. Science finds that people who get an early start in their call- ings are much more likely to succeed. But it's always the right time to start using Classified ads for problem-solving. Say, for example, you'd like to dispose of belongings you dn't need: Well, just dial 3-2233 for an ad-writer and she helps you turn'em into cash! 'McMAHON ACT ENDED PACT OTTAWA (CP) -- Exiernal Af- fairs Minister Pearson says Brit- ain, as well as Canada, knew the 1946 McMahon Act would dissolve the 1943 Churchill-Roosevelt secret agreement--and that both knew it The secret agreement signed at the Quebec conference by Sir Win- ston Churchill and th late presi- dent Franklin 'D. Roosevelt pro- vided for free exchange of infor- mation on atomic weapons and that neither Britain nor the U.S. would use such weapons against a third county without the other's consent, But the McMahon act, named for the late senator Brien McMahon who sponsored it, provides that the U.S. cannot divulge atomic infor- mation to other countries, includ- ing Britain. "Britain was just as aware of the effects of the McMahon act as we were," Mr. Pearson told the Commons external affairs com- mittee Wednesday. dead. leadership of the Ontario Liberal | annexed areas. The proposal to allow women's beverage rooms was dismissed by | a 1,949 to 802 tally, while the third | question of having beer and wine | licenses was lost 1,878 to 853. Backers of the "dry'" campaign were overjoyed last night when they heard the battle to outlaw liquor outlets in the annexed area had been Won. C. G. Maracle, who was appoint- ed to act for the electors interest: ed in obtaining a negative answer to the questions, said last night after all of the returns were tab- ulated: "I am deeply grateful for the support shown by "dry" vot- ers of the annexed area. Their sup- port for the right answer was ex- tremely commendable'. AREA TO STAY DRY All Three Questions Decisively Defeated Residents of Westmount, Harmony and North Osh: awa, yesterday registered an overwhelming "dry" vote |after going to the polls on three proposals to allow liquor outlets in their sections of the city. The vote included the area which was annexed to Oshawa on January 1, 1954. From 6,711 eligible voters, 2,870 or 42.76 percent, cast ballots: The heaviest "dry" vote was that on the question of allowing a men's beverage room where 1,995 opposed and 739 were in favor of the proposal. A 60 percent "wet" vote would have been needed to alter the status of the The first return, from polling subdivision 77 in the area near Pontaic Inn, which is operated by Patrick E. O'Donnell, acting for electors for an affirmative answer, was one of the three "wet" re- turns. The second return, from num- ber 79 Jolling station, registered large differences, the larger num- ber of votes going to the "dry" tabulation columns. That trend continued until the last returns, were in shortly before 10 p.m., two hours after. the (Continued on Page 2) LINDSAY (CP)--Thirteen hydro workers went on strike today in a contract dispute with the Lindsay Hydro Commission. The men, members of the Na- tional Union of Public Service Employees (CIO), operate the electrical system in this town of 10,000 about 70 miles northeast of Toronto. : They set a strike deadline for 7:30 a. m. today. When the dead- line came, they established a Lindsay Workers Strike picket line outside the commis- sion"s main office. Hydro Hydro. service te the town cen. tinued interruption. Offi- cials said 'is: oh auto matic conf h will keep it in operation indefinitely unless a breakdown occurs. The same group of workers staged a six-day strike Mast De- cember. At that time, too, auto- matic controls maintained service. Toward the end of the December strike, a transformer failure blacked out a section of the town and the union men picketed the Lines North Star -- bound hit the ground. ing the Winnipeg-Calgary leg of | its trip, was in collision with a single-engined Harvard trainer fly- ing from the RCAF"s training school outside Moose Jaw. Today's crash was the third major accident for Trans-Canada since 1941. Feb. 6 that year 12 persons were killed at. Armstrong in northwestern Ontario. Fifteen were killed April 29, 1947, i crash near Vancouver. The North Star, a four-engined aircraft, and a single-engined Har- vard trainer from the RCAF flyii : school outside Moose Jaw, collidi The four-engined North Star, fly- ~-- | over the northeastern section of Ithe city at 10:15 a. m. MST. Both pole carrying the transformer. 30 Die In TCA Crash MOOSE JAW, Sask. (CP) -- A Trans-Canada Air from Montreal and Toronto to Vancouver -- collided in the air today with an air force ¢| training plane and crashed in flames. ' First reports said almost 30 persons were killed and that 16 bodies had been recovered. : The accident occurred at 10:15 a.m. MST, over north- eastern Moose Jaw. Both planes disintegrated as they planes plummeted to earth, dis- Miggrating at impact. No hope was held for survivors. Officials in Moose Jaw identi- fied the North Star as TCA flight No. 9. It was reported en route to Vancouver from Montreal. Twenty-seven persons, including the crew, were believed aboard. Two persons were reported in the Harvard. One of the aircraft crashed on a golf course, strewing bodies over a wide area. The other crashed into northeastern Moose Jaw. Two houses were reported burning. It was not known if anyone en the ground was injured. Falling in flames after a mid-air erash with a training plane over the outskirts of Moose Jaw, a Trans Canada Airlines plane, similar to the one shown here, carried some 27 passengers to their death. Occupants'of the smaller craft are also reported