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THOUGHT FOR TODAY A lot of people not only don't know the answers but don't un- derstand the questions, VOL. 90--NO, 3) She Osha Times Price Not Over 10 Cents Per Copy Bt rt pon OSHAWA, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7 1961 g WEATHER REPORT Some cloud all the wey from Mexico may dull the otherwise sunny skies in the next 48 hours, EIGHTEEN PAGES More Anti-Trust Sentences Today Of today's defendants, 14 com- QUIET ENGLISH HOME AMED SPY RING BASE Top Secret Navy "Papers Copied LONDON (AP)='The govern-|they kept a rendezvous near the PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- An other 22 of America's biggest panies and five individuals were Hl iment charged today that a) FOR hamlet of Rochemolles, on the Italian-French frontier, Kigh- teen of the hamlet's 30 homes were destroyed and at least SEARCH Rescus. workers clear away snow today in search of vic tims of Alpine avalanche that smashed down on mountain Judge Raps South Africa KINGSTON (CP)=Mr, Just issue squarely when it de ice J, TI, Thorson, president of bated in March at the Common the Exchequer Court of Canada, wealth prime ministers' confer. said today Canada should oppose ence in London, The issue South Africa's admittance to the whether South Africa should be Commonwealth as a republic admifted to the Commonwealth unless the union abandons its #5 a& republic "is a moral one policy of apartheid and transcends considerations Speaking to a luncheon at of political and economic ad Queen's University, Mr, Justice vantage," Thorson sald the "union, in ef-| Canada's duly was clear if fect, is a police state with althis country was to be true to system in which the non-whites itself and worthy of respect in are the slaves of the whites." [the community of nations, He sald Canada must face the in - NOT FIT TO BELONG ow Mr, Justice Thorson said Can. Ada must stand "resolutely Gunmen Rob against the evil inherent in the (apartheid policy of the Union of . . {South Africa, and openly de: Credit Union oo that as long as she per: sists in it==with its denial to the An ] -_ non-white members of her pop- OTTAWA (( P)--~Three armediyiation the human rights and meh escaped with $20,000 today|,ndamental freedoms to which after holding up the staff of the oo" "entitled as human be Sacred Heart Caisse Populaire|; ©% "oo : (credit union) on downtown| MEV he is not fit to be a Laurier Street, member of the Commonwealth Police sald the men appar of 'Nations, and will not be wel ently broke into the bank build. "ome in the multi-racial family ing during the night and hid ©f nations that 'the Common: until the employees showed up wealth has become about 9:30 a.m, "If the matter should come to Holding the staff at gunpoint, a vote Canada should vote for the men forced one of them tothe exclusion of the Union from open a safe the Commonwealth," he said, The gunmen escaped Mr, Justice Thorson said he panel truck parked outside may be criticized for his marks on grounds that he has gone beyond the bounds of ju dicial propriety I deny that I have done so," 1960 R { Hi h he said. "When I condemn the a é 1g apartheid policy of the Union of South Africa |, 1 agset my TORONTO (CP)=A total of right as an individual to speak 7.840 accidents -occurred on pro I do." vincial farms during the year South Africa contended that ended Feb, 20, 1060, Agriculture jiq apartheid policy was do Minister Goodfellow said today mw ociic and that no one outside in announcing the report of the yo nion should interfere wish Ontario farm accident survey During that time, 203 acci \ " ¥ dents were fatal, 330 resulted in| MP Justice Thorson said he permanent injury, and 5,868 tem disagrees with this contention porarily disabled the victim, because the policy has a trans. Medical bills amounted to §700.. gression against humanity, 977, with property damage ex-, Text of his speech was issued ceeding $5,000,000 to the press before delivery, re Farm Accident as AVALANCHE VICTIMS four persons were killed in the snowslide (AP Wirephoto) "Goofball' Jail Probe 'Result Soon MONTREAL (CP)==Results of an investigation into conditions at 8t, Vincent de Paul Peniten tiary are) expected to he made public soon The investigation centres on the problem of smuggling barbi turates--"'goofballs' ~=into pris oners It has been under way for some time, but was ordered speeded up following the escape Saturday of Donald Pollock, who {held the wife of the prison pay master hostage for 14 hours be | |fore being wounded and cap | tured, His hostage, Mrs. Rolland Cyr, also was wounded in the dramatic capture, Both are re- ported in good' condition, Jean-Maurice Leblanc, shot by Pollock shortly after his escape, | also is reported in good condi tion - There were conflicting repos as to whether Pollock was under the. influence of barbiturates at the time of his escape with only lone month to serve on his three |year term for theft, He claimed {he was but prison officials said he was not Swiss Charged 'With Espionage BERN (Reuters)=--Two Swiss citizens have been arrested on charges of working for a Com- munist intelligence service based in East Germany, the government announced today, The announcement said they accepted money to obtain in formation on rocket production and radar installations control: ling SWE Ar space This is the second Communist espionage case in Switzerland within three weeks, Two Czecho- matic passports were arrested with an unidentified third man in Zurich Jan, 20, They are being held by the Swiss author. ities, Move Afoot To Open Northwestern Ontario TORONTO (CP)=The Ontario government will receive a bulky sheal of resolutions: Wednesday asking immediate steps to ac celerate northwestern Ontario's development, A delegation of 50 members of the Northwestern Ontario As- sociated Chambers of Com. merce, in presenting the brief to Premier Frost and his cab. inet, have added a few pals on the back However, many of the reso lutions are highly critical of de- lays in opening up what the association calls the "big half" of the province Major criticism is directed at the Northern Ontario Economic Development Committee which held hearings in Port Arthur and Fort William in 198. The brief says the committee seems CITY EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBERS POLICE RA 5-1133 FIRE DEPT. RA 5-6574 HOSPITAL RA 3.2211 incapable of changing govern ment policy and has not been worth the time, money and ef: fort expended. The delegation asked the com: mittee be augmented by lead. ing northwestern Ontario citi tens who could help ensure early action EMPHASIZE HIGHWAYS Eleven of the 40 resolutions prodded the government for {highway development, consid. {ered vital to the region, They seek completion of the Trans Canada Highway between Port Arthur and the Manitoba bor. der; completion of the 90-mile Fort Frances-Atikokan highway; pushing the Pickle Lake road further into northern areas: and a start on the Red Lake-Pikan: gikum road to provide needed employment for 5000 Indians often near starvation Dealing with moves to attract investment and industry, the brief opposes increases in indus: trial power rates by the Ontario Hydro-Electric Power Commis. sion tax be eliminated and that jack. pine reserves be made avail It also urges that the logging, able to timber operators along with timber for secondary for: est industry % The chambers want Wrecip: rocal licensing with Manitoba of trucks, extension of airports and refunding of aircraft gasoline tax DISCUSS ALCOHOL They urge a complete review of the provinces liquor laws and education of Indians regarding alcohol Other resolutions concern communications, education, In. dian affairs, mining and plan. ning and development The delegation is led by Pres. {ident Thomas S. Jones of Dry. den and includes representa. tives from Fort William, Port Arthur, Kenora, Fort Frances, {Dryden, Sioux Lookout, Red Lake, Atikokan, Geraldton and the "new frontier" district of Patricia Mvr, Jones said there are more than 2000 newcomers to the labor market in the area an nually, "The unemployment trend must be reversed," he said, {And this program will help to Ido it." | [Capitol Hill {message electrical manufacturers and 14 of their employees appear for sentencing today for violating and destroying free competition in sales of power transformers and turbine generators A total of $931,500 was im-| posed Monday by Judge J, Cul len Ganey as he condemned the violations as a blot on Amerfodn business, He also gave 30flay jail terms to seven executives, effective next Monday, and sus pended similar prison sentences for 19 others For the 19, however, he im-! posed five years' probation "where a watchful eye can he kept on, their activities," ALL WIVES TAKE NOTE TOPEKA, Kan, (AP) There are three safe ways for a man over 40 to gel a path shovelled through snow to his door, says Dr, Geof. frey Martin, Kansas State health officer, 1. Hire the young hoy next door, 2, Gel & power shovel, 3, Let your wife do it, "Men are not as tough as women, They fold up early because they spend a great deal of time in sedentary | occupations, It's not nearly as safe for them to shovel snow as it Is for their wives to do it for them, Holse- wives are pretty limber." U. S. Wants Cuts In Foreign Aid | WASHINGTON (AP) = Pres ident Kennedy's program to halt the flow of U.S, gold abroad is winning favorable reaction on But his proposals sparked a new controversy over foreign aid spending Chairman J, William Ful bright (Dem, Ark.) of the Sen ate foreign relations committee read into Monday's presidential new assurances that the foreign assistance program would be kept in operation de- spite the unfavorable balance in {U.8, payments, slovak nationals bearing diplo- Avalanche Claims Third Plane Victim GRENOBLE, France (AP) -- Mathieu Conti, pilot of a light plane that crashed into mountain near Alpe d'Huez Monday, died in a hospital here today, Two radio news men Conti was flying to report on Alpine avalanches that have taken 36 lives died in the crash Three Austrian skiers were buried in an avalanche in the Weer Valley of the Austrian Tyrol Monday. Two/managed to free themselves and a search is on for the third, N. Y. Driving Ban Still On NEW YORK (AP) gency ban on non-essential pri vale auto traffic remained in effect today as New York con: tinued to dig out from under its worst snowstorm in 13 years, Mayor Robert Wagner lifted the restriction on commercial| vehicles as of last midnight Above « freezing temperatures Monday greatly aided more than 13,000 workers in clearing mountains of snow which still] clogged streets after a 17-inch! fall last weekend There was the possibility of more snow late tonight, Elsewhee in the Ue snd : sleet, rain and fog besiegedi among An emer | those pleading for leniency in court Monday had previously entered pleas of guilty or nolo contend. 4 {anti trust laws by fixing prices ere (no defence) | | 'SHOCKING INDICTMENT | Ganey labelled the case "a {shocking indictment of a vast | section of our economy." Atfornex-General Robert Ken-| nedy said in a statement he| favored 'even more severe sen-| tences'" than those recom: mended by his justice depart. ment aides, The government| had sought fines totalling $1,227 | 500 and jail for 23 men, It said the case involved firms doing | an annual business of $2,000,-| | 000,000 Judge Ganey said the 20 cor- porations and the 45 men--all| the defendants in the conspiracy | which the justice department | B called the biggest in anti-trust| history="flagrantly mocked the | image of the economic system of| free enterprise which we profess | to the country and destroyed the| model which we offer today as a free world alternative to state control and eventual dictator. ship." There « * oY u FY a FILES BURNED IN LEGISLATURE FIRE QUEBEC CITY -- an be no appeal to a higher court since the defend. ants had pleaded guilty or| chosen not to defend the govern. ment charges, : More than a third of the cor- porate fines Monday were im- posed on General Electric Com- pany, $185,000, and Westinghouse Electric Corporation, $180,000, Eleven GE executives, includ. ing three who will go to prison, will pay a total of $41,500, while nine Westinghouse officials were fined $19,000, Two Westinghouse men got prison terms, Fire Sweeps Legislature QUEBEC (CP) A three: cleaned up, Earlier he had or alarm fire today caused heavy| dered the building closed for the damage to a section of Quebec's day, 77-year-old legislature building Premier Lesage No one was injured, damaged area, Most of the damage was Water dripped through the caused by tons of water poured | ceilings and light fixtures into a |into a small area on the fourth| group of second-floor offices oc: [floor of the greystone building cupied by the lieutenant-gover: on Quebec's fashionable Grande! nor and his staff, Allee, The building was completed in The fire was discovered aboul| 1884 after a fire in April, 1883, 5:30 a.m, by an employee ar-| destroyed the original structure, riving for work and was de: built in 1604 and reconstructed But Harry Byrd, Democrat of clared under control about 7/a number of times, Virginia and chairman ofthe It was designed by Canadian finance committee of the Sennte architect Eugene Tache in 17th hd » distinctly different idea, | 0 avion. said the legistature| Stvia French Renaissance aying will sit as scheduled, Earlier he| "yi a in 2 . "I think a much more positive had said he thought today's fib] 2 AIP alabin i Adltomatically and constructive effort must be ting would be cancelled, | building made to reduce our foreign eco-| Rut Mr, Levesque sald em:| uiding. nomic aid," ployees whose offices were dam: STARTED IN VAULT toured the Minister Rene Te: | vesque, after a survey of the| fo Works | (and small house in a quiet London) suburb was in fact a high powered radio station transmit-| ting secrets to Moscow, Attorney-General Sir Reginald Manningham - Buller, opening the prosecution of five persons, charged with looting British na-| val secrets, said government! agents made tests in the house) and heard signals apparently coming from thigloscow head. quarters of a spy ring. At a preliminary hearing, Manningham-Buller told Magis-| trate |K, J, P, Barraclough: "When you have heard the evidence the Crown will call, you should be left in no doubt that all the accused were gener: ally engaged in spying in this country, obtaining information likely to be useful to a potential enemy and in the passing of that information to a potential enemy," The defendants are three men| two women: Gordon A, Lonsdale, 37, a company direc. tor; Peter J, Kroger, 50, a book: seller, and his wife Helen J, Kroger, 47; Harry ¥, Houghton, 55, and Ethel E, Gee, 47, | WORKED FOR NAVY le: Houghton and Miss Gee were| employees of the naval research station at Portland, | The Krogers and Lonsdale {carried Canadian passports and {speak with North American aeg- |cents, But Canadiah authorities {sald they are not Canadian eiti Zens, | All five defendants were ar rested a month ago ~ Lonsghle, Houghton and Miss Gee when!?, 01d Vie Theatre, the Krogers at their home, Manninghagh-Buller described the work at naval research station as highly ¥erret, He said both Miss Gee and Houghton worked in the underwater weap. ons section, "Miss Gee was employed in the drawings office records sec- tion," the attorney-general said, "This section keeps copies of drawings and of test pamphlets relating to the work done in that establishment, IN TRUSTED POSITION "Miss Gee had the duty of recording the issue and return of these pamphlets and draw. ings so that none should get lost or misused, She had access to these drawings and pamphlets, some of which were of the most secret character, She held a po- sition of trust," Manningham «Buller said Houghton went to work at the research station in 1052 after spending more than a year on the staff of the British naval attache in Warsaw, "He was responsible for the acceptance, distribution and fil. ing of all Jabers pertaining to the port auxiliary repair unit," the attorney-general said, "In that position he had ac- cess to fleet orders and draw. ings and in particular one book, a secret publication called Par. ticulars of Warships." eye on Houghton and Miss Gee {for severgl months before ar resting them and Lonsdale Jan, Lawyer Denies Interest Conflict MONTREAL (CP)=~FEdouard Asselin, member of Quebec's legislative council, testified Monday there was no conflict of Interest between his legislative duties and his role as lawyer for private gas interests that bought a publicly-owned Mont: [real gas system in 1057, He testified at the resumption of a royal commission investi: gation into the. former Union Nationale government's sale of Hydro-Quebec's gas system to the privately - owned Quebec Natural Gas Corporation, He said that during the period leading up to the sale he was government leader for the UN in the legislative council, Que: bee's Upper House; that he was legal representative of Quebec Natural Gas and Trans-Canada Pipelines; and that he drafted legislation concerning the sale, Parliamentary immunity was another theme Monday at the hearing, Edouard Masson, chief coun. gel for the Union Nationale, re. minded the commission of "the rights and privileges of mem- bers of the legislature" when Mr, Asselin was called to the stand, He said Mr, Asselin could testify if he liked, but it is to the legislative council that he is answerable for the conduct of his duties as a legislative coun. cillor, Mr, Asselin said he became Quebee counsel for Trans-Can- ada Pipelines in 1052 and took part in efforts to. interest Ques ec Hydro, a Crown corporation, in the distribution of natural gas in the province, He said Germany, Japan, aged would be asked to stay! The fire started in a small England, France and other in-home today while damage is/top-floor vault containing files of dustrialized nations now arelassessed and the bullding/the colonization, lands and for. enjoying prosperity as the result ests and labor departments, of US, aid . Most of the material de. SE : on stroyed was old records, OTHERS SHOULD HELI Salesman Cause of the outbreak was un: "If foreign assistance is still known, necessary, the time is everdue| veo when these nations, in their | on esses prosperity, should assume their| share of the responsibility," he sald, Pe a Former president Eisenhower 0 ; rury recommended a §4,000,000,000 foreign aid program, Demo. REGINA (CP)=Former stock cratic leaders have sald Ken. salesman John George Abbott nedy would recast this to call admitted under Cross-examina- on other nations to bear more lion Monday that he lied under of the burden of helping newly. eth at a Saskatchewan Securi- independent countries, ties Commission hearing in 1058) Kennedy's plans to halt the and at two subsequent commis: | flow of U.S. gold abroad include| *on inquiries, : a continuation of Risenhower's| Chief defence counsel Joseph proposal to tie US, foreign aid Sedgwick of Toronto drew the to purchases of American goods admission as he questioned evi: and to curb U.S. military spend:|dence given by Abbott in the ing abroad three commission hearings and - lat the preliminary inquiry into charges facing Dr, M, C, Shu. | miatcher of Regina, Dr, Shumiatcher "has been {charged with three counts of counselling perjury in connec. {tion with statements made by Abbott and Edward Leier, an Edmonton stock salesman, The trial continues today, Abbott said he believed the evidence he had given earlier to Texas, eastern Oklahoma and be true and it wasn't until he eastern Kansas : was directed by Crown counsel x Norman Mathews in October, MORE SNOW COMING 1960, to read a transcript that, The snow is spreading toward | "I found instead of evading that the middle Mississippi and the|l had actually led." lower Ohio River valleys, Abbott admitted he was fined Texas had snow as far 'south, $3,500 on 27 violations under the as Eagle Pass, near Laredo, |Saskatchewan § eo cur ities Act where snow is rare over stock misrepresentations, The seven states hardest hit|He also admitted that he had by the northeastern snow re- been convicted in 1950 for selling ported more than 5 Storm| shares without registration, had deaths, most of them attributed! been reprimanded by the secur to heart attacks provoked by| ities commission for activities in exertion against the drifts {selling shares and had filed an Midwest water traffic labored | application for a | songers aboard the hijacked the Great Lakes and the Ohiojhe held any previous © . Portuguese cruise ship Santa River, {tions nr. ogvic:| Maria are shown disembark: ing from an airliner which brought them back to this "HOME AGAIN AT LAST salpiinans Ii | against ice floes that jammed |cence in 1956 with-n"dental that| MIAMI, Fla. ~American pas. country today from Brazil where the Santa Maria's saga ended Saturday, a