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lassified Advertising + via Other Calls OL. 13--No. 282 THE DAILY TIMES.GAZETTE Authorized os Post Office Department, Second-Class Mail, Ottawe Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle OSHAWA WHITBY," THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1954 COL. R. §. McLAUGHLIN FORMALLY PRESENTS LIBRARY TO CITY A GREAT DREAM came true for the citizens of Oshawa, the Oshave# Library Board and the staff of the Oshawa Public Li- AN IMPRESSIVE MOMENT fn the library-opening ceremony is depicted above. Col. R. S. Mc- AL ACT IN THE presen- of id McLaughlin Pub- "fo the city and the Oshawa was enacted less' body of a man was fourd n | the bush east of Newtonville yes- & by three rabbit hunters Provincial Police have tentative- Jy identified the man, but refuse to reveal the name until positive proc' of identity is obtained. A skull, believed to belong to the body was found near a road in the vicinity in July, but was not iden- tified. The body had apparently been in the bush for about a year, police said. . Police stated to The Times-Ga- fiette today that the cause of death believed to be suicide. | pas brary yesterday afternoon when the McLaughlin Public Library was formally opened by Prime Minister L. M. Frost of the pro- ¥ § i § Laughlin has just presented the keys to the new McLaughlin Pub- lic Library to Mayor W. John when Rev. Dr. Telford, chairman of the Oshawa Library Board, turned over the keys of the splen- | did new libr library to M s Jean |} G.M. Production 'At High Point DETROIT (AP)--General Motors | Corp. said today enger cars and truc United States November was more than double the production achieved in Novem- ber of last year. Chrysler Corp, also that its November production of passenger cars and tr exceeded the number of veh produced by i . plants in vember of 1953. GM Said it produced 303,935 hic ember, corhpared 135, 155. uring that month in 1953 The heavy increase was due to an earlier display of new s in the this year. its production of | and Canada during | | for announced | vince of after it had been officially presented to the city by Col. R. McLaughlin, donor of the beautiful building. Ontario, lor, who handed them over to Rev. Dr. G. A. Telford, chair- man of the lit board Time Staff Photo. Gazette | joint se chief librarian. Col shlin is seen in the back- 'tterly, McLa ground ~Times- Gazette Pope Takes Bad Turn VATICAN CIT (AP) The Pope, who recent suffered a re- currence of the stomach trouble which caused fears for his life arly this year, has taken a turn the worse The 78-year-old he: of Roman: Catholic Church has been confined to his bed here since his return from stel Gandolfo Sat- urday. t The news of his sudden turn for the worse came from the Vatican today The Staff Photo pontiff has been suffering from a stomach ailment and hic-! | cups that have. made it difficult models | for him to sleep He has not oun able to take the | In the picture above, Col. Mc Laughlin has just risen to make his address of presentation. Just behind him is Dr. G. A. Tel- ford, mony, and Miss br who presided at the cere- - while Premier L. M. Frost Jean Fette chief li- en at the right azette Staff Photo rian, are I'imes Election Results To Be | Broadcast Monday Night As has been the custom in mu elections In recent years, a Cco-ope Ive arrangement been made by The Times-Gazette nd Radio Station CKLB to provide the people of Oshawa with a fast service of election returns on Mon lay eve g next. The service lection returns will be compiled by the news staff of The Tin izette, and will be broadcast over CKLB direct from the news room of the newspaper. All deputy returning office at city polling stations have been asked to facili tate this servic by telephonir their figures, as soon as they are counted, direct to The Times + Gazette. The first: broadcast on. the nicipal election will be on the nicipal has < y mu air CKLB at 745 p.m. and again p.m., and from that time on ouncements of the latest fig- will be made throughout the ing. unt results ar n. On of the didate and with a ier than anticipat may the eve results are ididates will address- air, prob- at 8 ved al vote late | the ge of the ervice as deputy re urged to tele- t once to The I the count Is telephone num- 3492 for that are ber pu | Reporters Bundle Up, Go To Watch Exercise Bulldog FORT CHURCHILL, More than 500 office | the Canadian army and air {have moved in on this sub-Arctic military post to test fighting n and hi uipment - against winter elements, Exercise Bulldog II on the shores of Hudson bay, 30 miles from this rvices post, will bring West- Command and * command together in ; scheme se has been planned that an enemy force 5 landed in the sub-Arctic. TF rmy and RCAF to launch an airborne 'enemy "dmonton as the main ba e rations and Fort Churchill as an advanced ba | VAN DOOS ARE *" Wedne é Man, (CP and men of force an the | ern Arm ault to re company of Ist { Battalion, Roy 22nd Regiment, {moved to the exercise area from | Fort Churchill to play the role of the "enemy." The 1st Battalion, an Regiment, of with ie support Royal Cana London, Ont elements , signals, medical re corps, will form force, Canadian Rang- | and & | the | No. 1{ will be required | er this will also partici pa area Tactical Air. Command, at Churchill, will con- ort, reconnaissance, and medi Two RCAF flying C-119 They are 43 Edmonton 0, 1 RCAF, b trol tran ministrative tion aircraft $ irons, ill take part ron, based at on aj.-Gen, Chris 1 | officer commanding, We mand, and Air Commodore don W, Coleman, air officer com manding No. 1 Tactical Air Com- mand, II have over-all control of the e> ise | Buildings have been erected imulate a northern weather tion, which will be put off the & Fric to indicate the "'enemy" ] Packets 5 Squad and 436 al, Que general tern Com- Shel- ) create the realism and diffi- northern operations personnel, weapons, equipment and upplies of the att: g force will be parachuted into ttle. Weather will be the important factor, This wee Fort Churchill has been *'basking' in five-below weather and light winds, but the situation could change overnight. A corps of newspaper, radio and television men flew into Churchill Wednesday to cover the scheme. culties of Cost Of Living No Lower In 54 (CP) Living costs- out to be fractionally 1954 than they were in OTTAW may turn higher in 1954 view on the ng the first (xperts base this {trend established du | nine months of the y They be lieve the trend in the last few months may do little to upset their view that the ever-all rise may be less than one per cent. Octobe figures likely will be released o morrow. In September consumer price index, based 1949 prices equalling 100. stood at 116.8, unchanged from the previous month In October last year it was 116.7. In June it rose to 116.2 from 115.4 last year; in March it was (115.6, up from 1146 a y ago. The major upward drive in the cost-of-living rdstick appears to | be centred ir for example, elter--the cost any food by mouth since Saturday, The only nourishment he has been able to take he has received His priv te physician, Dr. Ric- cardo Galea has spent ev-| ery night this week at his bedside | or in a room adjoining the Pope's chamber, Today Vatican left the vigil when the doctor after a night-long i the physician appeared worn and | tired, the | on | of | 1 in- | rent and paying for a house. also have been other incr such essentials as the health care, drugs and transpor- tation Countering this appears to be a i slight softening in food prices, particularly in meat, offsetting the seasonal rise in fresh fruit and vegetable prices During September, group stood unchang year ago it was 11 The retail price of lettuce increased during september by 45.4 per cent. Fresh tomatoes went up 25.9 per cent; bananas 4.2 per cent; eggs 3 per cent. However, cabbage declined by 17.5 per cent: apples 12.7 per leent: bacon 6 per cent shoulder | roast of pork by 6.9, | Shelter stood at J27.4 in Septem- ber, up from 127.2 in August and There s in the food sub- »d at 113.8. A up England (CP) woman speaker at | travellers' dinn Mrs. D. G, michael said: man born collector. First he beetles and toads; then girl and fancy tie the n mone) bles and a family, Later come golf | ups, after - dinner storie pieces of string and nails. ache nptoms and {poor man," SHE SPOKE I WATFORD, -Only ial Car- is a collects , trou- are number { ad- | evacua- | transport | 1 re old | tl Not Over 3 Cents Per Copy Sunny Weather Forecast Friday, continuing cold. at Oshawa tonight 18; high tomo: tow 32, Phone 3-3474 THIRTY-TWO PAGE REMIER FROS OPENS CRIME CAPT AL City Strikes Back At Hold-Up Men VANCOUVER (CP) An angry city struck back at rule by | here Wednesday night in the [of two swift bank holdups netted the bandits $51,500 in The bank robber Ke whit loot Ww were the fifth and sixth within six weeks {and brought to $88,000 the amount lost night, the police commission of Canada's largest city mapped five-point | plan to curb the crime wave | 1. At least 50 more police will be put into criminal investigation | 2. Civil defence auxiliary | will be substituted for city t most hool crossings TEN ALLED Some 20 officers will be called from a refresher course Police details will be re- reviewed with the object of put- | ting more men into active crime preve ntion work 5. The school board w il be asked | -- Wednesday a r third police police a blank to help patrol crosswalks with vet- erans and women Chief Walter Mulligan said a ser- lec will be given in bank in the city. Personnel instructed in the methods ldup men and learn how to guish facial characteristics bandits The lectures will be illustrated ith pictures of known gunmen {iEAK IN DOORS Both of Wednesday were at 3Jank of branches. In the $50,000 e¢ armed men door of the West ranch t before Two ho later main br h lone eque for $1,500 On it wa ritten: "Hand your cash or I'll blow your No gun shown. He 1 the and vanished cked the crowds tures s holdug robbery, in the Grey broke Point opening - time at the bank's a bandit cashed over was cash noon-hour nto Belgian Wreck U.N. Rejects Soviet Bid Takes 15 Lives LOUVAIN, Belgium | Fifteen persons were killed when a train taking German soccer fans home from Eng land-Germany international game in London Wednesc ne the {track here this morning (Reuters reported | Firemen and police cut through ,, { wreckage to reach gers trapped in two coaches as well as the engine and tender toppled from the tracks 200 yard | from a bridge over the river Diile The rest of the train, crammed with German sports en asts, remained upright on the track | The among, passengers were an | estimated 10,000 Germans who had | de le Britain for the big won 3-1 in Wembley travelled to game. Er 100,000 pe { dium Sta- before | on t re, las NITED NATIONS, N.Y. (AP)-- Soviet efforts to include a and North Korea in the Nations assembly's Korean the United States and its have turned a deaf ear to] call for new direct talks | divided land ik proposed a in conference after the main political commit- te: over Soviet-bloe opposi- tion nvite South Korea to join in the UN debate which opened in the commitiee Wednesday re Malik threw in his for a new conference, U.S James J. Wadswor -American position cle Citing Red China's 'ntencing of 13 America Re Re nited debate allies Russ Ri nev ed to 3 de po me recent pies Montreal| mony of the new McLaughlin library. brains | RAR Love For Oshawa Prompt: McLaughlin The McLaughlin Public many benefactions to his hor (lin, was formally opened mony in the new library Benefaction Library, the greatest of th me city of Coi. R. S. McLaug! vesterday afternoon at a cere theatre, packed to capacity b guests at the formal ceremonies. The boy who, as Col. foot" to this city "knight in i McLaughlin said, vedars shining armor," "came hare ago and became Oshawa' characteristically reverse the roles and paused to thank those who built the libra his generosity had made pos 's and guests led by Provincial Premier Leslie Fros leade sible, when over 250 OCa gathered to pay him glowing tribute at the opening In what was described Col. R. S. McLaughlin told "This is my home--I shall home city had prompted the | He told how he had first come to Oshawa as a barefoot boy of six, and how he had grown up in the city. At the public school he attended, he had had fights "lots of em." Fights, he sz are good for a bo) The idea of giving a library to the city arose from a meeting in his office with Thomas *.. Wilson, who told hi "If you are think- ing of doing anything more for the town, it would be a great thing if you gave them a public | library to commemorate you." ! CAN BE ENLARGED | The library was designed, ue | said, so another storey could be | added if the future growth of Osh- | awa merited it. Col. McLaughlin -- "'Mr. S: then paid tribute to the Libr | Board who "deserve the best, for it has served everyone to the best | of his ability," and to architect Arthur H. Eadie who 'has given us one of the finest libraries the world not one of the big- gest, but one of the best He commended the library staff, | Pre; and thanked every workman who took some part in building his gilt to the city. Premier Leslie Frost, who cially opened the city hall this year, said he felt he could refer to the development of Osh- offi- 1 in| as Oshawa's "shining hour the distinguished assembly die here." His love of hi magnificent gift. awa without referring to Col. aul Mrs. McLaughlin, PREMIER SPEAKS "In January," he said, "I cof mened upon Oshawa's: great fo tune in its citizens, past and pj in its public spirit oo nntll the fact it is the home of thd eat Canadian whose works been demonstrated across the 1 | tion and who is always proud he a citizen of Oshawa, which places ahead of anywhere in Call ada. Today, we salute Col, | Mrs. McLaughlin -- a partnersh which has brought about gre & things for this city ,and for th province and nation." Mr. Frost said the three thing which had contributed most tacularly to the Ontario of toda were the development of power © a provincial-wide basis, the ope ing up of the north country half century ago, and the coming of th internal combustion engine, meant the: automobil i plane and transpartatio "With the coming of the in nal combustion engine Canada h: become a world power. In is 1a | ter development," the prem continued, "R. S. McLau Rin h ' been one of the great influence: L RY (Continued on Page 2) U.S. Gets Tough With Red WASHINGTON (AP) The United States forging the last link in a chain of military alli- | ances designed to keep Red China's { power from expanding in the Pa- cific, State Secretary Dulles dannounced Wednesday i pact will be signed with Gene | issimo Chiang Kai-Shek's Chinese | Nationali "government on For- | mosa in the next few days South Korea, Japan, the Philip- | pines, Australia, New Zealand and parts of Southeast Asia already are covered by a system of similar Is I new pact, if ratified by the U.S. Senate as expected will as j sure American protection for many | years to Formosa and the Pesc dores islands. UNDER PROTECTION The islands have been shielded that a mutual security | {to a "tough" 7th Fleet since the be- Korean War in 1950 ity the shielding may more expected to go to next year for! US of the by the mnir Under the tr 0 on for year The treaty i Senate early said the treaty means | » Chinese Reds cross the | rmosa strait to conquer the is- land the U.S. will retaliate again Red China. In answer to a ques- tion, he said a U.S. counter- on the China mainland would be a probable result, but he did not | want to say 'what the scope of re- taliatory action would be MAY BLOCKADE In another statement at his press conference Wednesday, adding up policy on Communist China, Dulles said the U.S. may | yet consider a é attack | ted--that is, if the £ ently sentenced as spies are not relea The Eisenhower administration, while taking a strong policy line in the Far East, is reported | hopeful that gradually a modus vivendi--a way of getting along-- will be found without warlike ac- | tions. The treaty with are not respe | contribute to that purpose. As for Chiang's freedom to at- | tack the mainland, Dulles said he expects an arrangement to be worked out under which Chiang would cons vith the U.S. on such action. could be consid- ered a sort of Washington-held rein on Chiang. LONDON" ASSURED In London, the foreign office said the Churchill government had not been consulted on the newly | Dulles made clear, is supposed to! China-Consider Blockade announced pact but had been sured it "it is purely defensive." While the new written guarante of American protection will cove Formosa and the near Pescadore fully, it does not cover the num ous islands close to the Chin Communist coast which rang from 90 to 200 miles distant fro Formosa. The Reds have been atta those islands in recent mon Chiang has wanted the U.S. to joi in their defence, at least with power, but Washington has { ) 0 There has been some spe tion among diplomats that an rangement might eventual | worked out in which the Chine | Reds would gradually take o the offshore islands and accep without agreeing to it--Ch nermanent control of Form ' d PRINCIPALS AT SOCIAL HOUR AFTER LIBRARY OPENING After the opening ceremonies for the McLaughlin Publie Li- bra vesterday afternoon, the | Kuests present were entertained at tea by the Library Board. Shown above enjoying the social hour ave the principals in the | ceremonies, Col. R. 8. McLaugh- lin, donor of the library, whe made official presentation of «it; Premier Leslie M. Frost, who officially opened the library, and Rev. Dr. G. A. Telford, chi man of the Library Board master of ceremonies for afternoon proceedings. ~Times-Gazette

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