The Ottawa Journal from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada • Page 1

Ottawa Judge Convinced Secrets Given By GBKGOt CITHRIE, I mi The Intui IUK. PttiJip Durniord Pember-ton Smith, 34-year-old West-mount born National Re search Council scientist, was sentenced this morning to five years in Kingston Penitentiary when found guilty by County Judge A. G. Mc-Dougall on a charge of conspiring to communicate secret and confidential information to the USSR. Aldoui Aylen.

K.C. representing Smith, told The Journal "our present intention Is to Judge's Statement. ''It too bad that you find yourself in this position a man of your undoubted Judge McDoogall told Smith in passing sentence. He said he felt Smith was in the same category rf guilt as David Gordon' Lunan, who received a five-year sentence recently on a similar charge. After sentence had been passed, Smith was allowed a brief talk with his wife, who had been con- rtantly by his side during the trial.

He was then escorted to the County Jail next to the court house by Sheriffs officers. Any move for an appeal will have to be made by the defence at Toronto. In a 15-minute written judgment, the judge said the evidence of Igor Gouzenko regarding the extent and secrecy of the conspiracy should be regarded as evidence of an accomplice. But It had been "truthfully and accur ately, said Judge Mc- DougalJ. After considering exhibits of Handwriting on documents taken sti added "there is only one concl aion possible the handwriti that of the Concluded on Page 12.

I. Communist MP Has no Intention Of Giving Up Seat By telegram from St. Vincent de Paul penitentiary. Fed Rose, Communist MP for Montreal-Cartier, now serving six years for espionage conspiracy, today served notice that he had no intention of surrendering his seat in the Commons. Instead, he planned "presenting my case to the House through Speaker Gaspard in expectation of "establishing my right to represent the people of JOIJ11NAL 'Price of Butter Jumps in NY; Probe Is Ordered NEW YORK, Dec.

27. (IP) The price of butter in, the New York wholesale market rose sharply today, after recording yesterday the steepest fall in many years, but the Chicago market reflected thfs increase in only a minor degree. With a Federal investigation ordered by Agriculture Secretary Anderson, the spotlight stayed on the disparity between New York and Chicago prices. In the east, where charges of market manipulation have been heard, the rise today was about tour cents pound. In Chicago it was un changed to 1 cents higher.

J.000,M Founds Shipped. During recent weeks, when the New York price was unusually high. Chicago shipped 1,000,000 pounds of butter to the east in a single day. New York market sources said there waa a substantial accumulation of demand overnight, and early sale reported In 92 score grade A and double A but Ur at 79 cents a pound. In Cht- cago the price waa' 74 cents.

Concluded an Page It, Col. C. Five Overcome By Coal Gas Five persons were overcome by coal gas fumes from a leaky stovepipe at 114 Forward avenue. at 11 o'clock this morning. They were: Mrs.

Rred Morand and her two-year-old daughter, Carol; Geraldine Fortin, 15, and Mrs. A. Faucher and her 11-month-old daughter, Cheryl. A phone call to No. 11 Fire Station was put through by Miss Geraldine Fortin before she herself was overcome by the fumes.

The firemen called the emer-! gency truck from No. 2 Fire Station. Art Cochrane, in charge of the truck, reported that it was necessary to use the inhalator to revive tne two cnudren, out none any ill effects. prjerids Send Gandhi Gifts He Cannot Use SRIRAMPUR, India, Dec. 27.

BUP Mohandas K. Gandhi does not play cards, he does not moke and he Is bald. Last night Gandhi opened a Christmas package from the Friends Service Union, a Christian relief work organization, composed of American, British and Indian Christians. The gifts Included a deck of cards, some American Cigarettes, a comb and a shaving set Amnesia Victim i I Cartier and Canada" In merit In a unanimous decision of the court. Fred Rose recently lost his appeal against the six -year sentence.

His telegram, brought out of St. "inoent de Paul by his wife and filed to Ottawa today, made it plain that he intended pleading through the Speaker tor permission to hold his seat in the House while serving at least part of his sentence. His six-year term will still not have expired by 1950 wheo, a new general election must be As the situation currenUy stood. Fred Rose was still the Communist representative of his Montreal constituency and the eat would not be declared vacant until the House had the oppor tunMy to declare it so in a vote, It was expected that in th opening: day of the session, some member wtll move motion declaring the eat vacant. This will open the way for Speaker Fauteux to present Fred Rose's case" as requested by the convicted Communist MP or ignore his plea.

The Speaker was absent from Ottawa today and his office said that so far no representations had been made by Fred Rose. Freighter Aground But Crew of 32 Safe ST. JOHN'S, Dec. 27. Capt.

W. C. Wright and his crew of 31 are safe but his ship, the 3.000-ton British freighter Thackeray, is hard aground on rocks and taking water in her No 3 bold at Lumbden. near Cape Freeis. 100 miles north of here, rr was reported today.

Movrng in ballast to to load newsprint for Britain, the freighter utranded early today on outer Cat Island. Drunken Driver Sentenced to Death MOSCOW, Dec 27. (BUP) The Soviet prgan Vechernaya Moskva said today that I. FUlmonenkov, a chauffeur, was sentenced to death before a firing squad for the hit-run killing of two persona and injuring four others when he drove through a bus queue while drunk. i Of His New-Found Identity HAMILTON.

Dec. 27 (CP) i -An excited Hamilton family, 1 still rejoicing in a Christmas re union with a man they believe to be the son from whom they had not heard for 10 years, looked forward today to a visit Sunday from a group of Hong Kong veterans in the hope that it may cast some light on what their son did during his long year of wandering. Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Tremblett and members of their family are certain that the man to whom they opened their home Christmas Eve is Albert Joseph Tremblett who left home in 1936 as an un travelled boy of 16.

The uncertainty as to his identity is on the part of Albert Joseph himself who believes he lost his memory as a result of ill-treatment in a Japanese prison camp after being taken prisoner at Hong Kong in 1041. When he came to Hamilton, In i Algoma Steel Plant Scene Of Blast CP aa BUP Despatch. SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont.t Dec. 27.

A terrific blast caused by molten slag pour ing into snow at the Algoma Steel Corporation plant shook this city early today and was heard for miles, but there were no casualties and vice-president David Hol-brook of the company said damage was only A railroad dump car carrying five tons of white hot molten slag overturned, raining steel slugs like shrapnel against a foundry wall. Showered by Slags. Corporal Jack Wilson of the; Sault Ste. Marie police said the railroad car came from the open hearth furnaces and dumped the slag into a snowpile, immediately chilling the steel in large, ragged pieces which in turn exploded and showered the plant The car fell toward the foundry, which bore the brunt of the bombardment Concluded on Page 12. Col, 1.

40 Injured In Train Wreck NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 27 (fl5) -Six cars of the Part ama Limited left the rails on a narrow Isthmus north of New Orleans today, and 40 or 50 passengers aboard the Chicago to New Orleans flyer were injured. G. R. Kimball, general passenger agent, said a Negro cook who was scalded and received a brok- en collarbone was the only per- son seriously injured.

There were reports from the scene, however, that a few others may have broken bones. Finish Trip. The less seriously injured were put Into seven cars which remained on the rails to finish the trip to New Orleans. The Panama Limited, the Illinois Central Railroad's prize train, is a streamlined, all-Pullman flyer which makes the 921-mile run from Chicago to New Orleans in 16 V4 hours, an average speed of about 56 miles an hour. The five rear sleepers and the dining car left the rails and overturned at Ruddock, about 31 miles from New Orleans.

Ruddock la on a narrow neck of land between Lake Pontchartrain and Lake Maurepas. On Way to Sugar Bowl. Passengers aboard the train, a majority of them bound for the Sugar Bowl football game, said the train had been proceeding without difficulty at about 50 or 60 miles an hour when it suddenly began swaying. The swaying got worse, they said, and moments later the first car left the rail. The others followed it off the tracks and turned on their sides.

TRAIN KILLS 8KIER. SHERBROOKE, Dec. 27. CP Luclen Chartrand, 15, of nearby Asbestos, was killed yesterday when struck by a train while skiing along the Johns-Manvllle Railway track near the Asbestos-Danville Highway. Uncertain a continent-wide search for his he could remember hi name.

The only names that his mind could recall were Ferris sad Barlow and a. Travellers' Aid Society worker found those were the married names of two Tremblett sisters. The reunion followed swiftly after that. A coincidence in connection with these names was disclosed today when it was learned that two Canadian veterans ct Hong Kong named Ptful Ferris and Ted Barlow got in touch with the Tremblett family yesterday when the story of the reunion became known. They live In Toronto where they belong to the Hong Kong Club of some 40 members which plans a full-scale expedition to Hamilton Sunday in the hope that some of the group may recognize the man.

Ferris said he had some recollection of the name Tremblett. Concluded on Page IX, Cel. 1. 7Z St. Catharines Child IT COULD ALWAYS BE WORSE Thermometer But Milderf Snow' Forecast Stop that shivering, folks, and "unwrap that 'scarf from arouijd your ears; it isn't really cold out.

And anyway, the weatherman predicts that it will be milder today and tomorrow. The sudden cold snap which held Ottawa and district' in its throes yesterday is as nothing compared to what might Have been, F. W. Baker, meteorologist at the Experimental Farm, told The Journal this morning. Remember '42 The mercury last night hit the lowest mark it has this Winter at the Farm 16 below zero, with a chilly highest 'for the day of two above but Mr.

Baker warned that temperatures of 26 below and worse wouldn't have been out of order for this time of year. As recently as 1942, Ottawa residents scrambled for shelter from 34-below weather and other years, 26 and 27-below have been acceptedif grudgingly1 as the regular thing. "It had looked as if we were in for a mild Winter. This change was the first real piece of Winter we've had this year, and it just goes to prove that you can never i tell about the cold Mr. Baker said.

Meteorologists at Rockcliffe airport said the cold spell was over at any rate, until Sunday. A snowstorm moving in from south of Winnipeg will probably result in a snowstorm tonight and a steady moderation of temperature. At midnight last night and again between six and seven this morning the temperature was 16 below. By 8.30 it was up. to 10 below, and by noon the mercury was hovering two and three degrees above zero.

As to skiing prospects, one Rockcliffe official was hesitant There'll be enough snow, but "It will likely be colder again on Bigue Gains Two In Easfview Recount Rudolphe Bigue, defeated by Mayor Donat Grandmaitre in the December mayoralty elections in EastviewL had gained two votes of 1,000 ballot examined this. morning when the recount of ballots being held in the Eastvlew City Hall wasl adjourned for lunch at one o'clockl This loss of votes reduces Mr, iGrandmaitre's majority from 40 to 38 votes. Another 17 ballots were questioned and will be dealt with at the end of the recount Six ballot boxes were examined this morning and eight more will be studied" this afternoon. Judge A. G.

McDougaU ig presiding. U.S. OFFER TO ARABS. JMOSCOW, Dec. 27.

() A Tasg newt agency from Beyrouth, Lebanon, said today the United States Government had offered the. Arab, states 000,000 worth of' surplus Amer lean military property and arms-'the menU In the Middle East free of charge, told at i Hits Season Low Hon. J. B.M. Baxter Dies at Saint John SAINT JOHN, NB, Dec.

27 Hon. J. B. M. Baxter, 78, Chief Justice of New Brunswick and former Premier of the province, died at his West Saint John home early today after a long period of failing health.

He had been unconscious manj hours before death came at his residence," a stone's throw from the house where he was born Feb. 16, 1868. Concluded on Page 11, Col. (. Oil Flows in Street After Tank Explodes CHICOUTIMI, Dec.

27. (CP) Several hundred thousand gallons of crude oil were spilled out on to frozen, show-covered ground of this northeastern Quebec district today when a tank owned by the Aluminum Company of Canada exploded near Port Alfred, Que. No fire followed the explosion, which could be heard for several miles, and there were no casualties. Apart from the tank, company property escsfped damage. The oil, following the railway tracks from Roberval-Saguenay Station near which the tank is located, flowed into the north end of Port Alfred and down the main street of the town.

Special company constables and municipal police were stationed along the path of the oil flow to guard again.it accidents and Are. Company engineers are investi gating the possibility of recovering the vTht steel tank burst at about 10 a.m. from causes not yet determined. It is believed, however, that gas fumes may have 'brought about the Court Calls Mrs. FDR To Answer for 'Doze' ALBANY, N.

Dec. 27. The New York State Bureau of Motor Vehicles said today It had subpoenaed Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt for a hearing January 8 at White Plains to determine whether her automobile driver's license should be revoked, suspended or continued in force as a result of a three-car accident In Yonkers last August 14.

Five persons, including the late President's wife, were injured in collision which occurred, she police, when she "dozed off the Late News andSport Ion OTTAWA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1946. 62nd Year 15 PRICE THREE CENTS. PAGE 6 In Oms Fowmd mBemdk Em Ontario Ch Plv O'OoclK. TT "ol jjJiyjju Feared Murder Missing since Monday night, Marion Rusnak, nine, of St. Catharines, Ont, was last seen when she left a neighbor's home with a drum for her baby brother.

She is seen in family group with her sisters, Cecile, left, and Margaret, centre. Her mother, Mrs. John Rusnak, ig shown above with Marion's unopened presents. fHusband and Wife Getting 'the Breaks' SALISBURY, Dec. 27.

t-P) William Muaray and his wife are getting the breaks but they're all bad. Murray; 63, slipped on a plank while walking to his garage and broke his left leg. His wife, Alice, S3, rushed from the house to help him. She also slipped and broke her left leg. Called By Defence; Youth 'Puts Finger On Chum in Court Rodolphe Desjardins, 16, of S8 Ottawa and Ivanhoe Laroche, 21, of 476 Holland avenue, Ottawa, were each re manded one week for sentence on a charge of attempted shopbreaking, by Magistrate Strike this morning.

Desjardins had pleaded guilty to the count. Laroche was convicted. A similar charge against Jacques Chenier, 21, of 187 Broad street, Was dismissed. All three, also charged with theft of a quantity of clothing valued at $150, property of Lawrence Pyman, were rerhanded one week on this charge. Desjardins pleaded guilty to this charge while the other two entered pleas of not guilty.

In the case heard this morning, Desjardins explained how he had attempted to break into the store owned by Elias Saikatey. 100 Lyon street, on Christmas Eve. I.aroche. who pleaded not guilty, called Desjardins to the stand for his defence. Des jardins1 promptly "put the finge on him" by naming Laroche as EHr lookout man while breaking attempt was being Send Envoy to Spain Despite UN Action BUENOS AIRES, Dec.

27. (BUP) The new Argentine Ambassador to Spain will assume his post in Madrid despite the anti-FrancoN resolution passed toy the United Nations General -Assembly, it was disclosed officially today. Dr. Jose Arcc, who headed the Argentine delegation to the Assembly, told the press lust that Argentina would not carry out the recommendation approv- to include in the all-union corned in New York on Dec. 12.

petition. Arce said that the new Am- bassador. Pedro Radio, who sailed Speaker Seeks CoUSe ahead and present his credentials to Generalissimo Franco. He termed the resolution "so watered down" that the UN delegations knew it would not change the situation in Spain. Ottawa Woman Hurt In Motor Car Crash OSHAWA, Dec.

27 CP) Mrs. Hugh Johnston, of 138 Somerset street west, Ottawa, i suffered three broken ribs and 1 torn muscles in the left thigh when the automobile in which she was a par collided with nother car on the highway at nearby Brooklin, yesterday. Mrs. Johnston, who was brought here for hospital treatment, was riding in her husband's car. Victim TuUi, nIrr On Licenses Of Ottawa Clubs Judgment was reserved on renewal of beer licenses for ik- n.u..i ClUb of Ottawa and the As sociation Alhletique Monla-gnard, at the Liquor Author- ity Control Board annual I hearing for the renewal of I applications in Odd Fellows' Hall this morning.

Judge W. T. Robb, chairman of the Board, said that, while he was reserving decision, renewal of the Bridge Club's license wn. doubtful He said that involved was me question whether the club was being op- erated for a pecuniary gain. i I Club Has 484 Members.

I T. Metrick, representing the Bridge Club, told the Board that I the club had a membership of 4fi4 at a of 1 npr mrmKn He said that it was intended to irbuse the former interest in the club by conducting tournaments. Mr. Metrick brought out the question of whether the club's license could be transferred. The rooms occupied by the club are above the Caveuish Kestuurant.

184 Sparks street, which changed hands October 1 from Coulsou interests to N. Nicholson. C. G. Stamos and K.

Stamos. The club has had a beer license since 1 Concluded on Page 12, Col. 2. Russia-Making Bid I FQf Hockey 'Equality' MOSCOW, Dec. Reuters) Russia is making a bid for international equality in ice hockey by launching a countrywide Canadian-style ice hoojtey tournament.

Hitherto the Russians have played a form of ice hockey peculiar to themselves, using a ball instead of puck and playing two periods instead of three as in the Western game. Now. Canadian hockey hus been introduced and in order to popularise it, an all-union chuui-piohship has been started. In Moscow alone over 3.500 players took part in preliminary matches to decide the best teams Worthy Or HlS Brilliance LONDON, Dec. 27.

BUP)- In the personal columns of The Times this advertisement appeared today "Brilliant speaker wants Arst class cause." GOING SOUTH There are at least 135 -people who want to go South this Winter and get away from' Ottawa's Icy weather. Mr. W. found this out when he advertised for a person to drive him South next month. He received 13.) replies to this ad.

MOTOR DRIVER, tn 1riv lcirly man South next month Particulars on request. Box A-361. Journal. I Journal want wit bring, results." I I i 7 lid Locate Paper Wrapping Of Present ST. CATHARINES, Ont Dec.

H. (CP) Police announced today that they had found the red and blue wrap- ping paper which covered Christ mas presents nine-1 vear-old Marion Rasnuk car ried at the time she disappeared Monday night. Detective James Anderson said Mrs. John Leplerre identified the paper as that she wrapped around 1 a toy dnim and two pairs rf Mockings before giving them to Marion as a gift for the little j. girl's baby brother.

Seen Talking to Man. The spot where the paper i found is kevcral hundred feet from the corner of Welland ave-' nue and Wellington street where Mrs. Betty Smyth lat saw a child whom she had heard talking to a slim man about 40 years of age. The child carried a Christmas i parcel and resembled the missing girl Mr. quoted the man as saying to the child: "What would that little baby brother of roars like for Christ-, mas perhaps a rattler Mrs.

Smyth rould not hear what the girl replied but the heard the man say: "Well, let's go to the store and get him something. The man and the little girl crossed the street and when Mas CMvtk 1 I 11.. wrr at the comer of Welland avenue and Wellington street. Discovery of the wrapping puoer came during what residents consider the most extensive hunt for a missing child in the history of St. Catharines and Lincoln county.

Concluded on Page 12. Col. X. $19,000 IN GOLD STOLES. PERTH, Australia.

Dec 27 Gold bullion worth $19,000 was stolen this week from mail tram between Meekatharra and Perth. HE Btr way PRWEHf A FlRi; WEATHER FORECAST. Dominion Weather Office II a.m report: Ottawa and region: Clear, becoming overcast early afternoon. Continuous snow beginning early evening stopping before dim. I a Ing Saturday afternoon.

Mildf r. Wind light, becoming east IS mph this evening anal northeast Saturday evening. Temperatures rising at Ottawa to 1.1 degrees at midnight, then little change Saturday morning. Mid afternoon temperature lf degrees. Cooler at night.

Colder Saturday night. Summary: Milter, snow. Synopsis: Fresh cold polar air brought to Kmlpin Canada the coldest night so far this Winter Temperatures in Quebec fell tn 15 below in the southern sections and SO helow in Central Quebec In the eastern regions and in New Brunswick sub-rero temperatures were accompanied by 20 to 40 mile an hour winds Temperatures will rise slowly tn-day but another outbreak of roM air is expected to reach the region by Sunday. Temperature. Minimum and maximum temperatures minimum observed between 7.30 p.m.

and 7.30. am EST, maximum observed between 3Q a m. and 7.30 m. EST: Vancouver 34, 41; Edmonton 16b, 5, Calgary 9b. 40; Saskatoon 20b, Regina 5b.

Winnipeg 5b. 3b; Port Arthur 5b, 3b: White River 23b. 2b; North Bay 12b, 5b. London 12. 22; Toronto 13.

20. Ottawa. Montreal 7b. I. Moncton 13b.

20; Halifax 28. Sun rna 7 42 ft Aun aau 4 2 Th inumal thermometer registered 4 rtegreos..