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Offstreet Parking Reject Recominenclation A recommendation of the police commission to increase salaries paid to members of the adult Windsor safety patrol has failed to win the support of city ounciL Board of control opposed the plan because of a lack of funds in the 1955 city budget. I yt (jfirir The Dominion Government Public Work Department has given assurances to the city that offstreet parking requirements will be taken into account in plans for the new post office building in Windsor. Provision of offstreet parking was requested by the city. WINDSOS, ONTARIO. CANADA, OKJAf.

VfARCX Si. 19SS Mystery Blast Bocks 'City Factory, 500 Escape It Happens Every Spring Even in Rain Ycg Rotarians Receive Praise for Job Well Done Roof Hit Safe, Get $1,200 Paint Oven Explosion Rips Plant Ceiling Breakin Terrific Whoosh Blows Out Door At L. A. Young Same as Thefts Late Last Year A devastating explosion in a large paint oven today rocked the Windsor plant of A. Young Industries Limited, causing an estimated $50,000 damage.

About 500 emplo es escaped injury. Fire and plant officials are attempting to disco er the cause of the mysterious blast which blew out doors and windows in the three-story factory. The explosion occurred shortly before noon. Company officials ordered all employes to leave the building while specialists checked for hidden damage. Production is expected to resume Tuesday morning.

Workmen in the plant described the explosion as a terrific whoosh. They said was a miracle that no one was injured by the heavy concussion that swept the plant after the blast. Windsors rooftop robbers returned during the weekend to smash a gaping hole in the roof of Holmes Drug Store, 101 Te-cumseh west, and escape with $1,200 from an office safe. It was one of two safecrackings reported by city police this morning. The other saw yeggs get away with $200 from the Arthur Murray Dance Studios, 1355 Ouellette.

Methods used in the drug store breakin recalled a series of similar incidents late last year, when thieves battered through rooftops and ceilings in gaining entry to buildings that they intended to rob. One such attempt ended disastrously for the three men involved. Two were nabbed inside the Big Bear Supermarket, 279 Chatham east, and the third was arrested in a truck nearby. Three weeks before the Big Bear incident, on November 23, thieves broke through a roof to Rotarians from six district clubs were given high praise today for the excellent job they had done as host clubs to the delegates to the two-day convention of District 223 of Rotary International. From left to right, seated, are: Mr.

T. C. White, president of the Windsor club; Mr. Gordon R. Eaton, district governor of District 223, and Mr.

Max E. Wigle, president of the Leamington Club. Standing, left to right, are: Mr. John A. Munger, Harrow president, and Mr.

Frank L. Archibald, Essex president. Clubs from Amherstburg and Cottam were also among the host clubs. (Star Staff Photo) get into Gubbs Pharmacy, 3808 1T0 and rob a safe of JLfOll Oil ItJLRII $1,000. Inconsequential Items Pi 'ove of Great Worth Rotary Head This weekends similarly-planned drug store robbery was discovered at 1:45 oclock this morning by two police patrolmen.

Constables Robert Johnson and Brazil Morris. Very Rev. Northcole Burke, Speaker, Recalls Sage Anecdotes as Illustrations One employe, 50-year-old Earl Clarke, of 1183 Lena, was only a few feet from the hug oven when the explosion blew open two heavy doors. It was a real loud bang," Clark said. "Everything seemed to break loose.

.1 dont know exactly what happened. It sur scared me. The paint oven is used to dry enamel on auto springs which are manufactured by the company. Firemen believe that a spark in the gas-heated oven ignited paint fumes. Exactly what caused the spark is unknown.

Opening the fifth week in the Lenten series Community Call to Prayer at All Saints Church today. Very Rev. Northcote R. Burke, D.D., Dean of Christ Church Cathedral, Vancouver, began a series of talks on the keys which open the doors to better living. Well over 200 persons attended Fred H.

Rollins, Detroit, was elected district governor of Rotary District 223 in business sessions of the two-day convention at the Prince Edward Hotel that conclude today. Governor-Elect Rollins will take office on July 1, replacing Governor Gordon R. Eaton. One of the biggest turnouts in history was at the hotel this morning to start the conference. The visiting Rotarians were guests at breakfast, took part in a conference sing-song and answered a roll call before the official business meeting was called to order.

-i 1 SVf i V' Vac-'- -s 4. past. This time, however, there is a bit of sadness because Airman Don left today to report to R.C.A.F. Station Falconbridge, a radar station near Sudbury. To make the whole thing legitimate, Florence and Don are engaged.

And it was a nice spring day. (Star Staff Photo) After breaking through the roof, thieves had taken the safe to the rear of the building and knocked off the diaL The loot comprised $1,100 in cash and $100 in cheques. Police said the break-and-enter artists left their safecracking tools behind them. The Arthur Murray breakin occurred some time between 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 5:30 p.m.

Sunday, when the manager, Mrs. Grace Hodge, returned to the premises. Mrs. Hodge found the safe had been broken into and that $200 in cash and cheques and $4 in stamps were missing. The studio was entered by forcing a basement door which had been secured by a board propped against it.

Tower Plea Rejected What better time than spring for two hearts that insist on bumping in three-quarter time? Spring was busting out all over Sunday when Star Photographer Mike Bunt took this picture of Miss Florence McLuckie, 75 Hanna east, holding hands with Airman Don Norris, 1350 Cadillac, as lovers have done for generations the 25-minute noonday service, which starts at 12:10 and pursued Lenten devotions before attending the luncheon in the church hall. Dean Burke developed the theme for his series of talks this week on stories of two men. One was the late primate. Archbishop Derwyn Owen, who was sitting on a railway platform at Sicamous, British Columbia, and found he had nothing to read, so fumbled through his pockets and found the most interesting item was his railway ticket. Fewer Seek City Jobs See Pay Disputes Solved By Personnel Manager The Windsor Utilities Commission has turned down a request from a delegation of Benjamin avenue residents to halt construction of the 1,250, 000-gallon water tower.

This was the decision of the commission following a meeting oil Saturday, in the commission offices, at which Earl Watson, president of Local 195, acted as spokesman for a four-man delegation of the residents. The commission was receptive to the suggestion of the delegation that it consider a new site which the Benjamin residents would find for locating the high level water tower. Controlers Propose New Setup As Negotiations Stay Deadlocked Seek Road Extension For two hours he studied the ticket and read everything on it, and out of this meditation he developed a sermon which he preached all across Canada. Hiring of a fulltime city personnel manager was suggested Saturday as salary negotiations with city employes continued in the office of City Engineer R. J.

Desmarais. The, explosion blew glass out of long rows of steel window frames on the east side of the building. Even the steel window frames were tangled by the concussion and bulged out of the windows. Heavy doors throughout th plant were badly damaged. One huge door in the shipping department, about 300 feet from where the explosion occurred, bulged outwardly.

This door is constructed 6f heavy corrugated steel. Windsor avenue, which runs along the east wall of the plant, was littered with broken glass. A truck driver passing by at the time of the explosion received a slight scratch on his left wrist by flying glass. A bandaid covered the injury. Joe Berard, the shipping foreman, said he was walking toward the explosion area.

He said it was difficult to describe because words alone could not desJrib it. Employes throughout the plant heard the tremendous blast. Within minutes of the explosion, th building was evacuated whil firemen made preliminary checks. There was no panic among th many female workers. A.

E. Newman, vice-president, said he thought it was safe to estimate the damage around $50,000. He said the furnace, which was badly damaged, was worth about $25,000. He thought that repairs would have to made throughout tbe building which was badly shaken by th blast. Call Talks In Dispute T.

C. White, president of the Windsor Rotary Club, welcomed delegates on behalf of the six local clubs, Windsor, Harrow, Amherstburg, Essex, Leamington and Cottam. This is an historic conference, he said, for it marks the first time that the smaller clubs have taken the lead in staging a conference. On other occasions the Windsor club has done the bulk of the work, assisted by the others. This time, the entire burden fell on the five smaller clubs, with Windsor doing a little helping.

The splendid job done on this occasion can only be a source of strength and confidence to these clubs in the future. Governor Eaton gave a resume of his year as head of the Rotary district and said, I feel humble personally but immensely proud as a Rotarian to see the work that is being done. He said he found the individual clubs doing their best to put into operation the four basic aims of Rotary and also found them well launched on many worthwhile projects. Those projects included a schoolhouse bought for a community centre by the Erie, club; the park operated by the Cottam Club on Highway the Crippled Childrens Clinic sponsored by the Windsor club and the swimming pool turned over to the city by the club, and the $100,000 library which is being turned over to the City of Hamtramck, by that club. Governor Eaton lauded the fin work being done by editors of Board of control took under advisement the renewed requests of city workers for more pay.

Controlers decision is expected to be given at their regular meeting Wednesday. But the board and the fire department agreed to disagree. Both decided an independent appraisal of firemens wage requests was desirable, and the firefighters prepared to go ahead with their announced intention to seek arbitration. The other man which Dean Burke cited was Author Gilbert Chesterton, who found himself alone in a closed compartment of an English train. Likewise, he had nothing to read and found the most important thing he had was an inconsequential object, but from his thoughts on this came one of his most amusing essays.

Dean Burke said in trying the experiment on one occasion he found that the most important thing he had was a keyring. He thought of it as something which controls his life like a dictator. I cant go anywhere without it and cant do anything without it I think in fact it owns me. Wherever I go, it goes; despite that it has no affection for me; Conditioning this attitude, however, the commission advised the delegation that it would not make any large capital outlays which would have to be borne by the city. J.

Clark Keith, general manager of the commission, said it is not only a question of additional cost but also a matter of necessity that the tank be in operation this year. The general manager told the delegation that the tower was lo-j cated in its present position on the advice of the best consulting! engineer in Canada, and that the. location of a site which was avail- able and in keeping with zoning restrictions and in proper relation to water mains. A letter requesting the extension of Highway 39 from Tecum-seh to Puce on the south side of the C.N.R. tracks has been sent by the Tecumseh Town Council to Hon.

James N. Allan, Ontario minister of highways, it was announced this morning by Tecumseh Mayor Sid Arbour. Mr. Arbour added that a resolution to the same effect would be submitted to Essex County Council when it meets this week. Tecumseh is hoping for support in the scheme from the communities of Belle River, Maidstone and St.

Clair Beach, each of which will receive a copy of the resolution. The last time such a representation was made to the highways department was three years ago, Mr. Arbour said, following a fatal accident at the Tecumseh railroad intersection. The request was not granted, but protective equipment was issued for the intersection, including gates and flashing lights. Mr.

Arbour said today that he felt the present request was not merely for the benefit of Tecumseh but for the whole traveling public. Still pending are salary requests of workers in the parks and public works departments and of the white collar office workers. Union negotiators met with the control board for four hours Saturday after city council instructed that the board make another attempt to reach an amicable settlement See ALL SAINTS Page 6 OTTAWA Employment applications at the Windsor office of the National Employment Service declined by 1,334 between January and February, but were still 3,875 more than in February a year ago, the Dominion Bureau of Statistics announced today. Oa February 17, 9,986 persons were registered for jobs at the Windsor office. About a month earlier, on January number was 11,230.

The total for February 18 a year age was In a joint statement with the Department of Labor, the bureau listed 613,439 applications for employment in all Canada compared to 569,582 on January 20, and 559,069 on February 18, 1954. la the week ending February 19 there were an estimated 5.012,090 persons in Canada with jobs, about 42,000 higher than in the same week of 1954. The total labor force numbered 5.391,000, about 106,000 more than last year. The number of persons in Canada who were without jobs and seeking work was estimated by the bureau of statistics to be 379,000. Employment in Ontario, the Department of Labor reported, appeared to have passed the seasonal low early in February.

On February 19, an estimated 1,886.000 persons were working in Ontario; a year earlier there were 9,000 people fewer with jobs. Much ef the Ontaria increase about 12,009 people who got jobs In February was attributed by the labor department to the settlement of the Ford of Canada strike at the end of January. At the beginning of March, 12 Ontario areas were still in the substantial and 22 in the moderate labor surplus cate-j gories. compared to seven in the substantial and 25 in the moderate class year earlier. The Sarnia office of the National Employment Service had 2,961 applications for jobs on February 17, against 2,943 on January 20 and 2,602 on February 18, 1954.

First Lake Ship Docks Without Usual Fanfare See DETROIT MAN- -Page 6 Meetings between Motor Products and Local 195, U.A.W.-C.I.O., negotiators were expected to be resumed sometime today in an effort to avoid a strike set for midnight Wednesday at the Windsor plant. Both union and company sources expressed hope that final deadline time would find their differences solved, but at present time there was no definite hour set for further discussion. The employes voted Sunday to give their executive power to call a strike of the approximately 700 production workers in the plant, whose output goes to Ford of Canada, Chrysler of Canada and other customers in the automotive and industrial fields. Ford and Chrysler both are dependent to some extent on Motor Products for their operations, but neither is likely to be affected immediately if a strike should take place. Motor Products produces windshields, regulators, brake shoes, ventilators cowlings and other items, large banks of which are usually kept on hand by the auto makers to insure continued operations.

It is believed a number of the essential items named could be brought in from United States if Motor Products production was interrupted for a pro-longer period. Pensions, a major factor in the union demands, are said to be difficult point In overcoming present differences. Wage Increases. fringe benefits such as holidays with pay and other matters make up the list of disputed points. The negotiations have Included a hearing and report by a conciliation board, but its recommendations failed to satisfy.

Hint Riverside Drive As Highivay Connection TORONTO Legislation before the Ontario Legislature at the present time might result in the province declaring Riverside drive to be a highway connecting link. The Windsor Star learned today. A personnel manager to spend his full time analyzing wages and wwking conditions was proposed by Controlers Lawrence A. Dezeil and Mrs. Cameron H.

Montrose. Such a move. said City Treasurer E. J. Langlois.

could save the city a lot of money and keep employes happy at the same time. The idea is expected to be dis-, cussed further when the board considers a recommendation by, city office workers that Windsor embark on a job evaluation sur-i vey to find out exactly what! each employes job is worth. Job evaluation came to the1 fore again with a comment byj Mayor Michael J. Patrick that such a survey appeared to be needed more than a general across-the-board wage increase. A major segment of the civil service contends that previous across-the-board increases have put salaries out of line in several departments.

Negotiations with the firemen came to an end with an exchange between Albert Blackie Hazel, I i im tr jl A '7 A bill to amend the Highway Improvement Act, which has re- St. Clair Beach does fall within the scope of the new ceived first reading in the House, will enable the province to declare certain roads to be connecting links within city and separated town boundaries for the first time. Highways Minister James N. Allan told The Star. Officials of the four municipalities have long sought to con-1 vmce the Highways Department it should assume an increased responsibility for the road which carries far more tourist and cottage-bound traffic than local traffic in summer months.

If the drive should be declared While no definite decisions have been reached yet regarding Riverside Drive, the case of the busy tourist-traveled artery, extending through Windsor, Riverside, Tecumseh and by the whirr of coal pouring from the automatic unloading device which deposited 2,000 tons of Kentucky coal in about three hours. The shipment came from Toledo. The unloading from the Alpena is shown here. Without the ceremony that accompanies the first hip to dock at many other ports each season, the ship Alpena called at the Confederation Coal and Coke Limited dock Saturday with a cargo of coaL Ceremony was replaced Who Told You That? Has Sir Charles asked for your hand yet? Not yet mother, but the knight is still young! See SEE PAY Page See RIVERSIDE Page.