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START "MARCH 18 Daily Average Circulation for Mareh, 1954 OSHAWA GENERAL HOSPITAL CAMPAIGN $527,230.60 $386,333.30 $840,587.63 B32 THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle OBJECTIVE $1,000,000 Weather Forecast Thunderstorms tonight and Thurs- day morning. Low tonight, 50; high tomorrow 65. VOL. 13--No. 98 OSHAWA-WHITBY, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 1954 Price Not Over 5 Cents Per Copy TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES QUEEN CELEBRATING HER 28th BIRTHDAY aolbic & Eolombo, Garion, 10 J oun Pacific tour, Her Ma: Jesty Queen Elizabeth is today celebrating her 28th birthday. Birthday gifts poured in on her as she prepared to leave the government house for her ocean journey towards Britain. Queen Celebrates Her 28th Birthday On Journey Home OOLOMBO, Ceylon (AP) -- The Queen today celebrated her 28th birthday on the homeward leg of ber Commonwealth tour, sur- rounded by greetings and mes- sages from all parts of the world. Her apartment at the governor- gene! als residence was a mass of flowers, mostly bouquets of or- Sis presented the people of on. irthday telegrams and letters red in. There were cards from br ce Cliarles and Princess hue special messages from Queen Mother Elizabeth and other mem- bers of the Royal Family. Government House prepared a magnificent birthday cake. The Ceylon cabinet gave her a silver tray with a traditional moon stone desigu, like the one found | at the entrances to Ceylon's old] palaces. It consists of lions, e'e-| phants and bulls in one row and pattered scrolls of flowers in rows above and below. Today was also the Queen s last day in Ceylon. Great crowds turned out in driving rain to watch her inspect the island's armed forces, DUKE HOLDS UMBRELLA organza dress she drove up and down the lines of troops in an open car as the Duke of Edinburgh held an umbrella over her. Soldiers led the singing of Happy Birthday to You." The 50,000strong crowd joined im en- thusiastically. From the saluting dais, Her Majesty turned to acknowledge the shouts with a wave. of her arm. After th emilitary review the royal couple returned to Govern- ment House for an investiture for the peple of Ceylon who were given honors last year. Later the Queen. unveiled a plaque paming Colombo's new quay before going aboard the liner Gothic. Protest Cabinet Seeing Communist Union Heads By JOHN LeBLANC Canadian Press Staff Writer OTTAWA (CP) -- Canada's two est labor groups have com- plained to the federal government against some of its ministers giv- ing hearings to Communist-dom inated unions, The protests were made, it was learned today, by the presidents of the 580,000-member Trades and Labor Congress of Canada and the 370,000-member Canadian Congress of Labor. Presidents Percy Bengough of the TLC and A. R. Mosher of the CCL recently signed a joint letter to Prime Minister St. Laurent and other cabinet members asking them to explain why they have been receiving delegations from Red-led unions after encomraging the two congresses to kick suc unions out of their ranks. Claim Queen Plans Canada Residence LONDON (CP) -- The Weekly News, a British newspaper which devotes considerable space to royal They complained particularly about ministers in recent weeks sitting in with representatives of | the nited Electrical Workers | (Ind.) and the International Union| of Mine, Mill and Smelter Work- PROTEST (Continued on Page 2) LATE NEWS FLASHES Victim Of Jet Plane Crash HALIFAX . (CP)--Pilot activities, says today the Queen is bringing back from her round the world tour a 'plan for a per- manent royal residence in every Commonwealth country. The Weekly News describes this as the most startling new royal plan since Kin Edward VII made the first great Empire tour to Ca nada last century." (Edward VII visits Canada and the United States in 1860. He was then Lord Renfrew). The Weekly News says the Queen's plan includes provision for Officer Donald Freckleton, Tufts Cove, N.S., was one of two victims when an RCAF jet fighter crashed in flames at North Bay. Cars Trapped In Snow Blizzard MOOSE JAW, Sask (CP)--Tractors, snowmobiles and teams of horses were kept busy 'today rescuing motorists | from four-foot snow drifts caused by an unexpected snow . Blizzard in south Saskatchewan. Guns Boom For Queen's Birthday ~ LONDON (AP)--Gunfire boomed over London today in honor of Queen Elizabeth's 28th birthday. Telegrams and messages of congratulations flowed into Buckingham | Palace during the day. residences in Canada, New Zeal- |and, South Africa and the .Central African Federation. It was based the paper said, on an informal proposal by the Australian govern ment concerning a royal residence down under." FOR SUCCESS IN BUSINESS At what age fre professional people most successful? The batting average is high- est between 30 and 40 for scientists, physicians, resear- chers and allied callings, an Ohio State College survey shows But age is no factor when it comes to succeeding through Classified ads! RED CHINESE STATUS IS BIG GENEVA ISSUE Reds Make Counter-Charges Against Australian Refugees DARWIN, Australia (CP) -- Mrs. | had fled the embassy with a mass freedom too after days of Russian- Evokiya Petrov laughed and joked today in the grounds of this north- ern Australian territory's Govern- ment House, less than 48 hours of documents exposing a Russian spy ring in Australia. In a note to the Australian gov- t, the bassy said Pet- er after Russian guards had hustled rov's story of ® widespread Soviet her onto a plane at Sydney, a|spy plot was without foundation, frightened woman with eyes red and the mass of "espionage' docu- from crying. Her guards now are en route back to Moscow after the wife of | the defecting chief of Soviet sec- | ret police in Australia was snatched to safety by Australian | police at the airport here Tuesday. Soviet embassy in Canberra meanwhile came through with its | expected charge -- that Vladimir | Petrov had stolen 'large sums' of embassy funds by forgery. This Robert G. Menzies said security | ments he had given Australian authorities might be forgeries. GRANTED ASYLUM Petrov turned himself over to the Australian government early in April and was granted political asylum. Parliament authorized a royal commission to investigate his story of spying and the large mass of data he brought with him from the embassy, but Prime Minister inspired doubt as to her husband's |safety, and will be reunited with him at a secret rendenzvous some 2,000 miles from here in southern Force plane stood by today to fly her to her husband's closely guarded hideout. Mrs. Petrov slept soundly in a luxurious guest room of Govern- {ment House Tuesday night while heavy police patrols stood guard {around the grounds. | Only 200 yards from her bed- {room window, she heard an ar- tillery troop fire a 21-gun salute honoring Queen Elizabeth's 28th | birthday. Mrs. Petrov, tearful and racked charge had . been awaited ever officials are convinced his account |with fear when two Russian cour- since the Australian overnment | announced last week that Petrov authentic. Petrov's 35-year-old wife chose REDS MAKE (Continued on Page » Hospital Fund Now Stands At oy he Oh this morning campaign headquarters raised the {tal of the fund to date to $840, The following Ws today's 'Het of donations: ay : Southwell, Mrs. § Lavis, Roy Canadian' Tire Corp. Store Canadian Tire Corp. Store ~--employees: Stover, Frank, $15.00; Netley Donald E., $15.00; Fenton, Mor- ris, $15.00; McLean, N., $15.00; Brodie, M. J. $15.00; Wright, J. A. $15.00; Mundie, Howard $15.00; Vinson, Robert W. $15; Parker, John, $15.00; Stone, Fred, $15.00; Cole, Leslie, $15.; * Kilpatrick, Jos, W., $15.00; Ed- gecombe, Howard, $15.00; Pow- by | --emplo, additional Stainton, The Misses $840,587 er, Ken, $15.00. Pigott Construction Co. Lid. 133.00 10.00 Kossuth Hungarian Branch W Mutual Benefit Federation George Mt. Zion Women's Assn. St. Thomas' Church Women's Auxiliary Benson, Harry F. Pascoe, Mrs. J. H. Stephenson, S. J. Mercer, W. F. Garage Operators' Assn. of Osha w a of Oshawa Armstrong, Ross (Modern Barber Shop) Oshawa Laundry and Dry Cleaning Eveleigh's Cleaners --employees Nesbitt's Ladies Wear Waldron, Mrs. Mildred Total to date S=S8R5 BEER S . g » 5, Szum: SHS 2 2 3° 2333 3388 269.00 50.00 10.00 840,587.63 Fittings Employees Plan Meeting On Wage Dispute Its contract with Fittings Limit- ed due for renewal May 1, Local 1817, United Steelworkers of Amer- ica, today announced it has called a special meeting of the Company's employees for Monday to discuss its relations with the firm. Negotiators of both parties have met twice without reaching agree- ment, The Company is insisting on a five per cent pay cut while the Union is seeking a job description program to climinate wage ine- uities. At a meeting last Thursday with William Dunn, Ontario Department of Labor conciliator, the parties agreed that Hon. Charles Daley, inister of labor, should be asked to appoint the same three-man con- ciliation bord which assisted in the contract renewed settlement last year. Members of the board then were Eric Taylor, chairman: .E. Dillon and John Lengit, com- pany and uniop nominees respec- tively. "It is quite sible a strike vote may he taken by the special meeting," commented M. J. Fen- wick, Oshawa and district repre- senative of the union. "We fee! the Company 1s still in a position to afford certain changes to our present agreement.' Fenwick said the Company has laid off approximately 300 em- ployees since last November in ac- cord with its cut-back program. A good b ployees are working on a reduced weekly schedlue. 500 Teachers Come from UK TORONTO (CP) -- Five hundred teachers from Britain are to come to Ontario next year to teach in primary schools, J. M. Watson, secretary of the Ontario School Trustees' and Ratepayers' Associ- ation, said Tuesday. Mr. Watson said an Ontario Gov- ernment official now is in Britain where he will screen and pass teachers for positions in Ontario." The Trustees' and Ratepayers' Association is meeting here in con- junction with the Ontario Educa- tional Association convention. Oil Gusher Hits In Cleveland CLEVELAND (AP)--An old oil well spewed 'black gold" over shady Lake avenue Tuesday, and the inhabitants of the pleasant residential section were anything but pleased. A gusher, coming just before the start of evening rush-hour traffic, shot as high as the five-storey apartment buildings along the tree- lined street. Before the abandoned well was plugged it had splattered nearby trees and lawns with oil and turned the avenue into a slip- / pery mess. Hunter Commits Suicide, HUNTSVILLE (CP) Tanacs, 26-year-old hunter, appar- | Struck By Bush Madness --Joseph of foreign footprints anywhere near the area." - William Ellerington, a conserva- ently was struck by "bush mad- | ion officers and one of the men ness' and committed suicide after|who found the body, said: ering for two days and nights| You ; Jandering dor ly yl gre travelled by night from the way he found his body said Tuesday night. | stumbled, slipped and tripped over A | logs, He seemed to have been hit Coroner Dr. J. P. Davies of hy bush madness and was blun- Huntsville said Tanacs apparently | dering through thick underbrush in shot himself in the temple after|, way 10 clear-thinking man being lost in the bush since Fri |yould." day. Tanacs' body was found early| ~ Tanacs, a Hungarian immigrant yesterday. !who lived in Toronto, was first There is no sugestion of foul reported to have been drowned play," the coroner said. . The |when he crashed through ice on a trackers have searched the area|swamp near Huntsville, about 150 intensively and there is no sign' miles north eof Toronto. could see where he had| 73 Escape From Fire SAINT JOHN, N. B. (CP) Seventy-five persons fled today as fire raced through two eastend slum tenements here. There were no injuries as the fire raced through two east-end storey wooden structures on St. Patrick street, out of control for two hours. Both buildings were badly gutted. Sixteen. families lived in the --- area. For a fime the spears of fire threatened two other buildings and these were evacuated as a safety measure, There was no impetdiate esti mate of damage. U.S. Official Is Grateful For Canada WASHINGTON (CP) John Hanna, assistant U.S, defence sec- retary, Tuesday urged Americans to remember that between the United States and Russia lies only| Canada--but thank God, Canada| is there!" | I am afraid a - great many| Americans are not adequately aware how fortunate we are to have a$ our nearest neighbor on | the side in which the danger lies an ally on whom we can depend | absolutely," Hanna said. | The American official whe also| is U. S. chairman of the Canada-| United States joint defence board | spoke at a reception given by the| U. S. Chamber of Commerce to] announce the distribution of a new little about the northern domain. The booklet presents facts about Canada's history, population, gov- ernment, economy, climate and other subjects | WINS FIRST PLACE Patricia Shipton of the Pickering | District High School placed first in | speaking competition in Toronto this week. Newly installed executive mem- bers of the Oshawa barbershop singers, are not staring open -* mouthed at the photographer. Harmonizing while the shutter clicks are front, left to right: Charles Stovel, entertainment buildings in the crowded housing | ~ Dulles Ready To Oppose Its Full Participation By MAXHARRELSON PARIS (AP) -- State Secretary Dulles of the United | States flew toward Paris today for a meeting of the North _ | Atlantic Treaty Organization and last-minute strategy Australia. A Royal Australian Air | talks on the coming Geneva Far East conference. | An informed U.S. source here, | said flatly that the U.S. will stand |by its decision to oppose an ex- | pected Russian move to turn the | Geneva meeting into a 'Big Five' | conference with Red China, even if such opposition breaks up the con- ference. Leaving Washington Tuesday night, Dulles implied this would be his stand. He reiterated that not imply our diplomatic recog- nition of Red China." The U.S. insists that the Peiping regime is an invited participant, not a big- power instigator of the meeting starting April 26. The U.S. diplomat seid he is going to Geneva #0 seek am hon- orable peace in Indo-China and a free, united Korea." Dulles planned to see Foreign Minister Bidault tonight at a pri- vate di . It is expected that the U.S. participation at Geneva does! d| BIG THREE MEETING Foreign Secretary Eden arrives from London late Thursday. U.S. sources said there probably will be at least one Big Three meeting before the departure for Geneva at the end of the week. A major procedural problem coming up is whether the West will agree to let Moscow-backed Ho Chi Minh, leader of the rebel Vietminh fighting the French in Indo-China, sit in at the Geneva iscussions on that coutry. The U.S. is understood to be opposed to this, but not to the extent of reakug up the conference over Discussions at the NATO meet. ing, scheduled to begin - Friday and end that night or Saturday, will deal partly with the Indo- China question and the outlook for the success of the neva talks on this and Korea. program will be oted mainly to a re- view of the world situation. Nine of the 14 NATO meters, includ- ing. Canada, also be repre- ted at Geneva. Canada's ew critical Indo-China situation' and how to deal with ¥ at Geneva will be discussed. ternal affairs minister Pearson is expected here tonight to : attend the NATO meeting before going on fo Geneva. PARIS (AP)--The United States Air Force is ferrying French para- troopers to Indo-China for drep- ping into besieged Dien Bien Phu, authoritative sources said today. These sources said the American pilots will land the troops in a non-combat area, where French pilots or American civilians will ferry them on to the northwest Indo-China fortress. The paratroopers were flown {from Paris' big Orly airfield Tues- |day in U.S. Air Force transports. They have not yet arrived in Indo-China. The number of jumpers being ferried and the route followed are military secrets. The U.S. air force provided the U.S. Planes Carry French Paratroops air lift at the request of the French government. The U.S. government considers this action compatible with Amer- ican policy and the American mili- tary assistance program to France and Indo-China, competent Amer ican surces said. 0 i was learned that the WU. 8, Air Force also will ferry French troops from North Africa to Indo- China, although American sources here consider the France-to-Indo- China operated a "one shot" af- fair. Officials would not say how many troops are being ferried, but U.S. PLANES (Continued on Page 2) Labor Council To Talk Unemployment With MP's Members Durham and Ontario ridings will growing unemployment in this | area, M. J. Fenwick, secretary - treasurer, announced today. "We have invited Messrs. Mich- ael Starr and John M. James to review the situation with us in the hope they can bring home the | of parliament from | January--3,552; and March--3,653."" "Oshawa and district unemploy- ment figures have been Tiong if booklet C . Its aim is to|meet with the executive of the ery month," warned Fenwick. a Faia anada, Je who knw | Oshawa and District Labor oun-|*"For the benefit of some of our cil tomorrow night to discuss the | doubting city fathefs here are the figures for the past three months: February-- 3,619 Fenwick was highly critical of the City Council's refusal to call a conference of the heads of muni- cipalities, unions, members of the serious problem faced by local un- | legislature and parlianient in the Ottawa after the Easter recess," he said. chairman; Rod Wiltshire, secre- tary; Russ Christie, vice - presi- dent; Bert Granik, president; Mike Fairhart, vice-president; Harold Murray, treasurer; Tom Hart, program director, Back left to right: Bill McNaul, as- the lyric division of the Ontario employed to the wttention of the two counties to review the unem- Educational Association's verse -|government when they return to ployment problem. UNUEMPLOYMENT (Continued on Page 2) BARBERSHOP SINGERS ELECT NEW EXECUTIVE sistant secretary; Roy Haber, H- brarian; George Moss, sergeant at arms; Jack Goodall, assist ant, seeretary; Bill Sampson, past president; Charles Johnson, ublicity. y -- Times-Gazette Staff Photo.