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The Oshawa Times, 2 May 1960, p. 1

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THOUGHT FOR TODAY In many a case, when a person tells the truth he is so severely criticized that he has to turn right around and lie out of it. dhe Osha Simes WEATHER REPORT Variable cloudiness tonight and Tuesday with a few showers and chance of a thundershower. Cools er Tuesday. Price Not Over 10 Cents Per Copy VOL. 89--NO. 102 OSHAWA, MONDAY, MAY 2, 1960 Authorized Post Office Department, os Second Cioss Mail t, Ottawa TWENTY PAGES - Reshulffle In Soviet Top Brass MOSCO W(Reuters) -- Marshal! The attaches were puzzled by Yahi Sokolovsky, 63 - year - old the absence of Marshall Sokolov- his } MINH fortes ciel of salt sky, whose retirement has not informed sources said here to- Deen officially announced. | day, TACT ACH The sources said his successor TACTIC AL SWITCh:! TR : , | Zakharov, 62, was the master. is"Marshal Matvel Zakharov, for- 4 : mer commander of Soviet forces mind behind the Soviet mobile in East Germany 2 forces in east Europe in the Sec- Marshal Ivan Konev, officially ond World War. He was ap- commander of Warsaw pact pointed marshal last year. forces, is also reported ill. There have been several recent It was Marshal Zakharov who/reports that changes in the So- for the first time greeted West-'viet high command were immi. ern military attaches attending nent in view of the army being the May Day parade in Moscow based on modern weapons and Sunday, with new tactics, Empl 1) 3 Denalions 3000 Divers On Hunt For Plane Wreck | MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Expert|confirmed the general location of | deep - water salvage diver s|the crash scene, a spot about planned to drop to the bottom of|4.700 yards east-southeast of the icy Lake Michigan today to|lighthouse at the main entrance search for the fuselage of ato Milwaukee harbor in 60 feet Royal Canadian Air Force plane of water. which crashed Friday night mo The plane's pilot--it was not| ments after the pilot said he was known here who was at the con-| confident of a successful emer-|trols--had radioed Billy Mitchell | gency landing. The plane carried Field here for an emergency six men, including an air com-|landing, saying he had feathered new hospital wing. With the campaign to raise funds for the new building starting today, the hospital employees, from doctors to floor-sweepers, have already collected $11,800. The FRED PEARSE, accounts manager at Oshawa General | Hospital shows with pride the | the money collected by members | the of the hospital staff toward the building fund for the proposed Hospital Drive -QOff'And Rolling FREEDOM! FREEDOM! More Clashes In Istanbul ISTANBUL (AP) -- Thousands were free to move about with of youths clashed with Turkish special passes. | troops in Istanbul today as for- Menderes accused the opposi-| eign ministers of the Atlantic al-|tion Republican People's party of | liance assembled for a last look adopting a "policy of rebellion '| at the West's strategy for the out of jealousy for the achieve-| summit conference. mets oa his egime, ; wid : Shouting "Freedom! Free. *The 61-year-old premier to ¢ (dom!" row strained against the people Ih a radio broadcast a line of soldiers guarding the|>"Y i ; | broad plaza within Eight of the Their chances of winning a Istanbul city hall, where mem-|new election are nil, so they em bers of the NATO council of for-|{barked on a nefarious policy of} : ini ing (inciting some 3,000 to 4,000 stu- eign ministers were gathering| MS 2 for the opening of their meeting. dents, taken to the streets at a " time when a major international The soldiers pushed the demon-|\, coronco was about to take strators back with the butts of place in Istanbul." their rifles. Suddenly the crowd . | broke and scattered into several DENY CHARGE small side streets. Officials and| Sjpokesmen for the Republicans, reporters watched the clash from outnumbered more than three to the windows of the city hall. one in parliament, denied insti- There was no shooting, al- gating the demonstrators. though Premier Adnan Menderes| The party, led by former presi- had warned Sunday that more dent Ismet Inonu, has been anti - government demonstrations|beaten in three national elections {would not be tolerated, and &|since 1950 by Menderes' Demo- : | government announcement said|cratic party. | objective the staff has set for {the army had been ordered to| Menderes, whose strong-arm itself is $13,000. 1 nm sure we'll [fire on demonstrators if neces-|rule brought the protests, warned put it over the top said Mr, sary to disperse them. he would be just as tough in pre- Pearse, who organized the hos- | venting further outbursts. |ing. Unsolicited Donations Already Made By Citizens The campaigi to raise $850,000 have already been made to the for a 20.bed ddition to Oshawa fund by private Siugens: General Hospital got off to a very| A large percentage of people encouraging start today. have enrolled in the payroll de- The campaign, which will run| duction plans in plants and offices until May 14, is designed to pro-|which are part of the campaign, vide the money necessary, over|and will take effect s and above government grants, to day. build the wing which will cost| Local industries will be can- a total of $2,700,000. |vassed, and the canvass of re E. H. Walker, chairman of the|tail stores in Oshawa starts to: Oshawa General Hospital Build- dar. ing Campaign, said today, "more a gn Bon for the build- TOP ENTHUSIASM a ing fund began rounds throughout| Mr. Smith said that the San the Oshawa district this morn-| Vass has met with enthusiasm i every sector. "Each of them carries the im-| At the hospital itself, the hos- portant story of the need for the| pital staff have set themselves an hospital's new 220-bed addition -- objective of $13,000. This morn. a story that tells each one of us|ing the staff contribution had the extreme importance of ade-|already reached $11,800. Fred | quate medical protection for our|Pearse, hospital accounts man. families, friends and ourselves. | ager, expressed his confidence "These public spirited canvas- that the staff canvass will top its sers deserve a sympathetic hear- objective. ing and generous response from |each one of us. We can all make paign is being conducted by, ® {an important and lasting con-lcommittee under the cha tribution that will help 'clear the|ghin of T. M. Moore. Reports | corridors' at the Oshawa General | ¢.on, Whitby. indicate that the Hospital", ' campaign is meeting with encoure | Harry Smith, Smpaign chair. aging results in the county town. Iman, said that in its earlies , ag, "the campan 1s most Tk Bonen ITI 00 |encouraging. % s He noted that a considerable) id, COTE: te ave Sry oh | { number of unsolicited dona ions) eet its objective. The goodwill pital staff campaign. |2. HOUR CURFEW --Photo by Joe Serge | Already under martial law 'Woman Hit By Bus, 5: po Dies In Hospital. , after student demonstrations against Menderes last week, Is- tanbul was a virtual ghost town| Sunday with imposition a %| curfew. Only SAFETY MONTH i the Box Score: Total nided effective Ju) Minister Pearkes said [ville May 14, 1900 and was mar- {vied in King Street United Church, | Ground Observer Corps Disbanded OTTAWA (CP) -- The RCAF|out their role with great enthu- Ground er 1 sm and efficienc and he The observation posts north of Sunday For May 0 Crown Attorney Alex Hall said| Oshawa, April 3, 1918. She had Accidents . through the foot of Hudson this parallel, which runs roughty ay, toward the hospital so far has been wonderful. The evidence at present indicates that the people served by the hospital are pute ting their wholehearted su) behind the drive." > Literature regarding the cam- on thought has been given te asking] h In Whitby, an identical cam. corps volunteers to participate in the militia's national survival been a restdent of Oshawa for |45 years. Mrs. Welsh was a member of {King Street United Church and Sunshine Rebekah Lodge, No, 222. She was an enthusiastic alley will continue to be maintained to Injuries 0 supplement the DEW and Mid- Fatalities ... 1 role. This role is the monitoring and t of 1 oxlosl Canada warning lines and pro: vide assistance to the RCAF Search and Rescue Service. Charges laid for traffic offences 0. and fallout and rescue work. However, many of the Ground {bowler. Of an artistic tempera- ia inl Mayor Sends lity and was an accomplished] | needlecraft worker, ing mainly eclvilian y was established in 1951 to assist] Oshawa Civil Defence the air defence system during. its The Observer Corps, compris- LJ Observer Corps posts are not properly located for such a role. Co- ordinator Lt.-Col. F. S, Wotton said today the Ground Observer Soviets May Fire Rockets To Mars ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) Some Allied diplomats said Sun. day a spectacular new Soviet space thrust--perhaps a shot at Mars 35,000,000 miles away--may modore. one engine because of a runaway| A team of five volunteer skin-| propeller divers searched the murky| Wing Cmdr. F. W. MacDonnell, tional debris from the plane, but/the RCAF, said the pilot was ap-| visibility of only a few feet and|parently calm and confident that 40 - degree water temperatures they would make a safe landing. | search, |tion between the pilot and The RCAF said the two-engined| control tower was made on Mitchell bomber, with Air Com-|night of the crash sor as one of the passengers, was » bound from Ottawa to Madison, 4 Wis., where Stephenson was to $12 Million American Air Defence Com- st 'Tanker F CRASH SITE LOCATED | an er or RCA Sifjeer i hed to the fence Command, said that. if attempt would be made im- building Company of Lauzon| Mrs. William Welsh, 50, of 218|was driven against the east curb mediately to raise it to the sur-/Que., has been awarded a cop. Hillside Ave. became Oshawa's|of § face, He said the discovery Sun-|iract of more than $12,000,000 forifirst traffic fatality of the year, for the Royal Sanadian Navy, officially began Sunday. ate has been sel. ™ . De age he oa lay Minis-| nies. Welsh was struck by al He said the woman ran across ity entist be Br said ag inter- skidding Oshawa Public Utilities the sreet in front of the nortt- Bop ' ing Simcoe street south near dle of the street before he saw Svar $6 total vost of She tanker | isher St. about 10 p.m. Satur-|Her, Matchett said, the bus skid- Cor by ihe po on Fg Or-| qay, She died in Oshawa Gener./ded on the slippery pavement. . tanker contract, including yards| 1C mo e on the east coast and along the {Great Lakes system. No west. : coast company made a bid. Dr. W. H. Gifford, well known The tanker supply ship, as yet| awa, was overcome by smokelin the Canadian Navy. while attempting to extinguish a] -- Rh A fire in the second floor den of his early hours of Sunday morning. The blaze was confined to the study. by members of the Oshawa Fire| Department and rushed by ambu-| lance to the Oshawa General he was still in hospital this morn- | iug but was reported "doing fine." guerite, were awakened by smoke. Mrs. Gifford groped her way downstairs and called fire. study and attempted to extin. guish the blaze which had broken ont in a chair. He became lost Firemen found Mrs. Gifford waiting at the door and, when they were unable to locate her! masks and made their way up- stairs. Firefighters Leslie Little and Gifford almost unconscious in the bathroom. They administer- ed oxygen before taking him to depths Sunday. They found addi- heading a board of inquiry for prevented a more thoroughA tape recording of the conserva-| madore J. G. Stephenson of Wind.|-- begin an inspection of the North ing Code, Joffre Woolfenden, divers located the fuselage today| OTTAWA (CP) -- Davie £hip- day of various parts of the plane 8 22.000-ton tanker supply SHIP! just two hours after Safety Month that an inquest will be held. No view that 'this amount does not| Comission bus as she was cross-|bound bus, She was in the mid- Saved From | Six companies bid 'for the al Hospital four hours later of It Was raining at the time, dentist and former mayor of Osh- unnamed, will be the biggest ship| Glenwood crescent home in the He was carried from the house Hospital. Hospital authorities said Dr. Gifford and his wife, Mar- men. Dr. Gifford entered the in the dense smoke. husband, they donned smoke Edward Buzminski found Dr, hospital. Queen Will Visit Pakistan Soon LONDON (Reuters) -- Queen! Flizabeth and Prince Philip have! accepted an invitation to visit Pakistan, an authoritative source 8 said here today. id The source said dates have not gi been fixed for the visit, which may also include a visit to Indi | (Sources in New Delhi said Prime Minister Nehru had taken to London an invitation from) President Rajendra Prasad to the Queen to visit India. CITY EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBERS POLICE RA 5-1133 FIRE DEPT. RA 5-6574 HOSPITAL RA 3.2211 The governor's office an- | | nounced the execution of Caryl | Chessman today. Word that the | cyanide pellets had dropped into the acid in San Quentin prisons gas chamber was flashed to waiting reporters by a secretary who had an open skull injuries, Police Constable George Miller, -t who investigated the fatality, HEAD HIT CURB : {said there were 30-foot skid The driver of the bus, Earl P.'marks left on the road by the bus, Matchett, 509 Colborne St. A passenger in the front of the Whitby, told police the woman | Y : i was struck by the right front bus said she did not see the corner of the bus and her head front of the bus. Ambulance attendants and EE | spectators at the scene of the accident did not believe Mrs, | Welsh to be seriously injured at first because the bus was almost stopped when she was struck. AT BOWLING BANQUET | Mrs. Welsh attended the clos. ing banquet of The Friendly 48 Bowling League, of which she was a member, at the Cadillac Hotel land was on her way home when {the accident occurred. The former Nettie Victoria {| Gibbs, Mrs. Welsh was a daugh- {ter of the late Mr. and Mrs, Fred | Gibbs. She was born at Newton- Chessman Dies In Gas Chamber SAN QUENTIN, Calif. (AP) -- Caryl Chessman went to his death in the San Quentin prison gas chamber today with a smile on his lips. The condemned sex terrorist, who had staved off execution for 12 years, died a few moments be- fore a federal judge was prepar- ing to give a 30-minute stay to hear a final appeal from Chess- man's chief defence counsel, and Just after the United States and California Supreme Courts had rejected appeals. The potassium cyanide pellets dropped into the acid in the ap- ple - green death chamber at 10:03:46 a.m. PDT (1:03:45 p.m EDT), and Chessman was pro- nounced dead at 10:12 (1:12). Just as the fatal fumes rose, the 38-year-old Chessman man- aged a laugh, almost a chuckle. No one could hear him through the sound-proof walls of the her- metically-sealed chamber, but he | spent his final moments mouth. ing words directed tiward Mrs, telephone line to the execution room, Once the chemical re- |porter, who had interviewed him action had begun, it was irre. {many times. vocable, but the official medi- Chessman, condemned on two cal pronouncement of death [counts of kidnapping with bodily came 10 minutes or more af- harm in Los Angeles lovers' terward. Picture shows Chess. [lanes in 1948, took a deep breath man entering gas chamber. fas the fumes rose. woman until she was directly in | Eleanor Black, Los Angeles re- development by providing low: level coverage and early warning. view this important contribution has been superseded in the south- ern area by improvement in the radar systems and other means of providing information on air- craft flights. There are about 55,000 persons in the corps, a small minority north of the 55th parallel. Mr, Pearkes said the civilian volunteers in the corps carried Mr. Pearkes said in an inter- take place before the Big Four summit parley May 16. Their reasoning is based both on an assessment of recent So. viet preparations and on predic. tions freely circulated since the beginning of the year by Soviet scientists and diplomats. Informants said Allied govern. ments have for some time, been aware that the Soviets were busily speeding preparations for a new space probe. Corps has not been active in Oshawa for some time. "It is useful mainly further north and «on the coasts," he said. Lt.-Col. Wotton said he thought manned bombers could be ob- served very well with radar and other military aids. "The corps has fulfilled its role; and its role has been su- perseded by modern methods," he added. MEMBERS OF FAMILY | She is survived by her hus- Letter band, William Roy Welsh and [two daughters, Mrs, Edward Res: . ik (Jean) and Mrs. Robert Barber (Erma), of Oshawa. To Cardinal Also surviving are a sister, |Mrs. Charles Beanton (Flossie), Mayor Lyman Gifford today {of Whitby and three brothers,isont 3 letter to James Cardinal Stanley, Horace and Owen Gibbs, MeGuigan, expressing, "on be: of Oshawa. She was predeceased nalfof the citizens of Oshawa, by a brother, Fred Gibbs, Jan.| my deepest regrets on your sud- 19, 1958. Six' grandchildren also|den illness." survive The Cardinal suffered a faint- The memorial service will being spell immediately after giv- held at the Armstrong Funeral jng a 15-minute sermon at the Home at 2 p.m, Tuesday, May 3,|dedicatiof of St. Gertrude's ; followed by interment in Mount| Roman Catholic Church Sunday. | Lawn Cemetery. Rev. M. A. Bury,| The mayor's letter expressed bid {minister of King Street United appreciaiton of the prelate's [A Church, will conduct the services.| 'cradle to the grave message." The members of Sunshine Re-(In his sermon, Cardinal Me- bekah Lodge will hold a service| Guigan referred to the church as, at the funeral home at 7 p.m.|"a refugee for the faithful from | today. the cradle to the grave," begin. ning with baptism, through con. firmation and marriage to death. Said the mayor's letter: "It was kind of you to pay such tribute to Father Mahoney, whom everyone thought was a very fine gentleman and an out. standing citizen. "The parish of St. Gertrude's will cherish the confidence you | Then his head went halfway have placed in them. backward and stayed tilted back] "we wish you complete restor- for several seconds, with the ation of health so that you may mouth wide open. [continue your efforts to make His black hair was neately|this troubled old world a better combed and he wore a white place in which to live." | fash shirt, open at the throat. | 8 Drops of saliva trickled from | . ¥ his open mouth. P St y SHOULDERS QUIVER risoner a 5 [4 A 10:09 a.m, a little more . w than five minutes after the pel-| T F h Cl lets had dropped, his shoulders] 0 nis ass quivered slightly | KINGSTON (CP)--Walter Pet He had entered the chamber elka of Toronto will be discharged al 10:04 a.m. preceded by one/from Collins Bay Penitentiary| 3 guard and followed by three oth- Tuesday after completing a vol-| g8 ers {untary four-week extension of his| The 60 witnesses jammed in|15-month sentence. | front of the thick windows of the| Petelka asked to be allowed to| death chamber were silent stay. on after qualifying for re- i Hardly a breath stirred. {lease on parole because he| | Associate Warden Walter D. | wanted to finish a course in hu- Achuff announced the official man relations conducted among time of death, the inmates by classification offi- The venetian blind behind | cer William Downton, which Warden Fred R. Dickson, Petelka was among 23 inmates, stands a little distance from the who attended a "graduation" chamber was partly open. Uusu-|ceremony in the penitentiary Sun- ally it is shut during an execution.|day at the end of the six-week Chessman"s 12-year court fight|course. toc escape the gas chamber ended| The 26-year-old salesman, who with a series of three denials--|was t d for p jon of! all within 45 minutes of the ex-|an offensive weapon, said: ecution hour--and an intended 30-| "The course showed me than minute stay of execution JAMES Cardinal McGuigan was reported in' good spirits after his return to Toronto Sun- day night following a collapse at the pulpit while dedecating the new St. Gertrude's Roman Catholic Church, King street east. The 65-year-old cardinal had just told the 750 people at- tending the Sunday ceremony that the church was a place of . Sal grave when he suffered a five minute dizzy spell. He was treated by a doctor in the ves- try and was then carried to the home of Pastor Rev, John Myers, where he spent the af- ternoon in bed. He was suffi- ciently recovered to have sup- per with his attendants and then drive to his home in sub- urban North York, Toronto. cribed the collapse as 'nothing of a serious nature'. He is ree suming his normal duties." In picture Cardinal McGuigan is shown entering the church be fore the collapse. He is assists ed by Rev. Felix Kwiatkowski, parish priest of St. Hedwig's Polish . Catholic - Church, Olive avenue. At right is Father Myers, For more details turn to Page 9. that in sales work I had been making came too late, a very fundamental mistake. refuge from the cradle to the The cardinal's secretary des- --Oshawa Times Photo, 'OGH Bui 1 § ding Fund . Ope 3 Camp« ns Today | | ]

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