The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

---- alm : on » : i E & : o& & - = i 8 oo 2 PAGE TEN v THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1930 CANADA'S REVENUE SHOWS BIG DROP Reduction of Over $57,000, : 000 Is Reported for Eight Months By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Ottawa, Dec. 12.--With two- thirds of the present fiscal year now completed, ordinary revenues of the Dominion show a decrease of $57, 498,529 in comparison with the corresponding period a year ago. The monthly statement issued through the department of finance rovering eight months of. the tiscal year reveal a total ordinary revenue of $261,710,399. Ordinary revenue during the same eight months of the preceding fiscal year was $315,- 218,838. The statement also showe that ordinary expenditure of Canada has been increasing, During the eight months which end on November 30 last, ordinary was $252,457,478, as compared with a total of $239,884,- 848. for the same period a year ago. The increase, therefore, amounts to $12,572,630. The statement represents only the receipts and payments which bave passed through the books of the department of finance up to the fast day of November. According to it, the net debt of the Dominion now stands at $2,- 185,733,137, or an increase of $22,- 881,938 in the twelve months since November 30, 1929. On the revenue side of the sheet, decreases are shown in receipts from customs, excise duties and ex- cise taxes (sales and stamp taxes). A small increase was made during the eight months in the income tax collections. Total customs revenue during the eight months just com- pleted was $95,892,757, as compar- ed with $130,584,870 for the cor- responding eight months a year ago, This is a decrease of §$34,- 692,113. TILL CHRISTMAS COMES AGAIN Though Christmas does come in the calender but once: a year, the gift made at this tithe exceeds its substantial cheer till comes again. Christmas: GIRL TESTIFIES IN MURDER TRIAL ATHANSAS CTY Stenographer Tells of Love Affair With Major Charles Shepard Kansas City, Dec. 12.--Miss Grace Brandon, young stenograph-- er of San Antonio, Texas, who figur- ed as the 'other woman" in the murder trial of Major ,Charles A. Shepard, charged with the poison murder of his second wife, took the stand as the government's star wit- ness and wept as she related what Shepard had told her regarding his relations with Mrs. Shepard. Shep- ard was a former resident of Belle- ville, Ont. "He said he and his wife had not been getting along well the last five years," 'the girl testified, "and that they had kept up congenial appear- ances at social functions because of his rank in the army." Miss randon recovered her com- posure as government counsel drew from her the story of the love af- fair with her which the prosecution contends provided the motive for the alleged fatal poisoning of Mrs. Shepard at Fort Riley, Kas., in june 1929. She related that she had met Shepard about Nov. 1, 1928. At that time she said he was taking a flight surgeon's course at Brooks Field, San Antonio. "Did you know Major Shepard was married?' she was asked. "Yes, I did know, 1 asked him if his wife objected." The testimony did not bring out what Shepard's reply was. "He asked me, if he got a divorce whether I would marry him. "Was there any understanding that you were engaged when he left San Antonio?" (This was in December, 1928, approrimately nine months before Mrs. Shepard's death). "No." "There was no real understand- ing," she explained. 'He asked me it I would write to him and I told him I would" Miss randon said she correspond- SSBEES UNE WHKKS RENN KRKHKS J "SANTA © BNE HURRAH! Santa Claus arrives at your STOP AND SATURDAY DECEMBER 13 AT 2.30 P.M. Bring the Kiddies and let them meet the Jolly Old Fellow Himself SENEVINE OS NENA NE SHOP CLAUS" SHEEEL BREEN NNO OBNNNET MUN NENES NBBR NBANEO MS NENE OMEN ANN © INN LIN © MINION THE POPULAR "ALL-YEAR" TRANSCONTINENTAL TRAIN re: Wea Centres: Port Arthur, Fort William, Win- _nipeg, Regine, Calgary and Vancouver, . MODERN UP-TO-DATE EQUIPMENT Compartment observation car, standard diners and sleepers, tourist sleepers, coaches. LEAVES TORONTO 9.00 p.m. DAILY CANADIAN PACIFIC LL SYSTEM ed with Major Shepard after he re- turped to Fort Riley. The witness said Shepard had men tioned his "unhappy home life" a number of times. Miss Brandon told of a trip to Laredo, , Tex., with Shepard and an- other couple. Asked what words of affection the army officer used, the witness replied: "I don't remember exactly: he told me he loved and had never met any one just like me. - In July, 1929, shortly after his wife's deagh, Shepard vi<ited her in San Antonio and asked her to wed him secretly, she testified. She said she told him, however, she would not marry him for a year or a year and a half because she did not want a scandal from marriage right after Mrs. Shepard's death, "Did you at that time set a date for the wedding?" "We agreed on August, 1930." The government introduced a letter apparently written by Shep- ard in jail at Denver, indicating he atterapted to influence Miss Bran- don's testimony. Some of the love letters the sten- ographer sent Major Shepard, were made public today by defense coun- sel. They will be Introduced in the trial. The letters dated between Janu- ary 1, 1930, and March 1, 1930, contain expressions of ardent love, itemized garage bills on the motor (An Editorial in The reason Mr. Ferguson has such a strong hold on Ontario as premier was because people bellev- ed him to be a regular human be- ing. The intellectual giant, the great business executive, the finan- cial genius and the lawyer who knows every item since Magna Charta was framed doesn't usually succeed in politics, and in saying this no insinuations are meant. They do not as a rule specialize in human nature, and are thus a little aloof from the crowd. Men like Mr. Rowell and Mr. Meighen have little chance in poli- tics. Their very virtues handicap them. Both of them are really mod- est and very likeable chaps in pri- vate but in public they forget the genial smile, the hearty clap on the back and the little aside that cre ates intimacy, Mr. Ferguson will sit down and have a chat over a pipe with anybody and won't forget to borrow a match. It's perfectly natural with him, too. Does this familiar flow of spirits injure him? Not at all. He is merely "owing himealf --gomething more than a high-hat, a party dictator, tne brusk individual a premier fis usually supposed to be. An Estimate of "Fergy"' the Soo Star) sometimes,--but . to satisfy the crowd he is mot stuck up. Get the boys to see you are full of ordinary human emotions, that you are un- aware of any difference between yourself and themselves and they are inclined always to give you the benfit of the doubt. For that rea- son it was sound strategy for the Ottawa politicians to vote against any more Canadian titles. By so much as a "Sir," a Canadian politi- clan is a MHability to himself and his party. And by the way it isn't the politicians who want titles back,-- it is the men who want them in their private business where they are worth money as providing a front and votes are not involved. The only weak point we could ever see in Mr. Ferguson,--and we are not holding it against him at all,--was his seeming play to ignore his front name, and stress his sec- ond. His opposition saved the sit- uation by referring to him as "Fer- gy," and thus got public attention off the "G. Howard." If he had started in political life as "G. How- ard Ferguson," he would probably have expired at first base. But there was something so intimate about '"Fergy"--so Je ne sais quoi éver called him "G. Howard" to his face. We trust we make ourselves clear. The law of averages--or perhaps it was the law of diminishing re- turns,--always kept Mr. Ferguson in bounds. He was held up by his adversaries as a czar. As a matter of fact he was a supreme josher. He could see a little farther through a stone wall than any of his party and so knew when to jump. In his own way he convine- ed his followers of this hurting anybody's feelings. The toughest job Mr. Ferguson ever had and the one he hated was renovat- ing his cabinet. It was only his knowledge of human nature that pushed him to extremes. He was several times in a diffi cult position, but like the good general he has never lost his bear- ings. He had to do things he did- n't like and like the dentist who extracts your tooth it hurt him more than it did the one operated on. So that probably no politician ever stepped out of office with so few people feeling unfriendly to- wards him, If he wears a plug hat and spats in England, it will be only as a con- cession to neighborhood notions. He would prefer the bush outfit he once wore as a prospector in the north. : Well, good bye, G. Howard, take without | 4 CHRISTMAS PROVERBS To issue an invitation is to make our guest's happiness as long as he is under our roof. It is a sin against hospitality to open your door and shut up your countenance. The giver makes the gift prec- fous. The gift with a kind counten- ance is a double present. The charitable give out at the door and God puts in at the win- ow. There is no grace in a gift that sticks to the fingers. Hearts alone buy hearts. Kindness like grain increases by sowing.--Montreal Herald. JANUAR 6 AS CHRISTMAS DAY Recent investigators incline to the belief that in fixing January 6 as Christmas day, the early Christians were not very far out, for January 11 would seem to be the correct day. CHRISTMAS IN ITALY Assembling miniature models of | Christ's birthplace forms an im- portant part of Christmas observ- ance in Italy, where the little man- ger is called a "presepio". Rigid fast for twenty-four hours before Christmas ever marks the religious observance. car Shepard bought for her on time payments and' reiterations of un- dying affection. The great problem every politician is not to be all wise on every occasion,--that is difficult care of yourself, and come back goon. There's a couple of things we need yet up here. A --that the public overlooked the other, We go on record Tor a new hat--as saying that no man confronting UNIQUE BRUSH STAND hand-carved elephant of Bac acHE CODER TROY 1 RHE pm aTISh gleaming black wood carries in its trunk a hat-brush---and in a little compartment at its back, & clothing brush. This would make a very effective gift for the man's wardrobe or chest of drawers. NEW CIGAR LIGHTER A most convenient cig. ref L cigar or ci arette lighter operates by nfl ik into the lamp socket and replacing the electri e 3 2le Cc lght bulb. This lighter will work when the light is on or off. -should you wish it and it comes in colors to match the furnis} ings o L ngs f of the EINSTEIN ARRIVES INUNITED STATES German Telativity Expert Makes Plea for Find of Militarism New York, Dee, 12---Dr. Albert Einstein, father of a scientific theory go complex. that few human beings can understand it, landed | vesterday in the United States and | gave a simple forceful message pleading for an end to militarism. From the drawing room of the liner Belgenland he spoke in Ger- man: "Kill the monster of militarism. Your political and economic posi- tion today is such that you can en- tirely destroy militarism whenever you set your hand to it." The physicist"s wife translated his address. Surrounded by a reportorial mul titude which stood on chairs about him to see over those ahead. Ein- stein sat with his wife at a table and remarked. "This is just like a Punch and | Judy, show." He showed his "relativity com- plex," a few minutes later when he drew a German friend aside from the phalanx of comeramen and whispered, "I do not see them, I feel like I am on top of a high mountain and I do not look down." NEW DEVICE MAKES WINTER FLYING POSSIBLE Akron, Ohio--An attachment to the aeroplane engine as an ald to winter flying, which it is claimed, will start a ¢old motor in Arctic temperature has been developed by H. P. Whittle here, Whittle, a for- mer marine pilot, said the inven- tion is indirectly the outcome of the expedition of the first pursuit from Selfridge Field into the Arctic re- gions last winter. He was unofficial- ly connected with the expedition and studied the effect of low tem- perature on engines. In use, the heater is attached un- derneath the motor. It is 18 inches long and 8 inches in diameter, con- sisting of a drum within a drum, The inner drum is heated with gas- oline and inSulated so that there is no fire danger, Whittle said. The cold air is circulated through the inner drum and goes heated to any desired temperature to the engine. UNEMPLOYED ARE CHEERED PHYSICALLY AND SPIRITUALLY Flensburg, Germany -- In this town they feed not only the stom- ach, but the soul of the unemploy- ed. To cheer up the jobless the Labor Bureau is providing free tie- kets to vaudeville shows and con- certs to families of men out of work. An artistic performance sits well with a victim of economic depression fresh from supper at a soup kitchen. OLD TREES ARE STILL BEARING FIKIT London --Two service trees, con- temporaries of Dr. Johnson, are about to bear fruit again, Bellev- ed to have been planted in 1747 in the courtyard of Staples Inn, the trees have been bearing fruit for generations. They are a variety rare in England. It was in Staples Inn that Dr. Johnson is said to have written his "Rasselas." AT ANY TIME Le Bourget, France, Dec. -- During the last ten months 5,569 air baptisms have been given at Le Bourget. In an endeavour to make flying popu- lar, the big stores are invited to send parties of their saleswomen to Le Bourget. The students of the University of Paris and the upper grade schools are also inyited 50 at a time and after a short lecture on the famous airfield and on aviation are taken for a jour- ney in air around the aerodrome. CHRISTMAS GREENS Christmas trees, as a family, are the oldest of all trees. Scientists say that their direct ancestors were the first flowering plants on earth. They are belleved to have originat- ed during a period of very severe climate, thelr needle-like leaves presenting less surface to cold and exposure than the broad-leaved trees that evolved in later periods of the earth's history. XMAS CRACKERS The best resolve for the toming New Yearsis go at a smile a min. ute. What the Xmas X means to fa- ther: X represents Xpense, Xperi- ence, Xpedients, Xtras. Xorbitant, Xit : Err rae adel, TITEL "or os COE a er SO RH OU can help THE CANADIAN WHEAT GROWER and lay a firm foundation for your own prosperity is of national importance to every 'one of us. the surplus wheat crop. EAT TWO oO Tete: huis =. 9,000,000 Canadians can help materially to Shredded Wheat is made of Whole Wheat ~--nothing added, nothing taken away. It is a nourishing, body-building food. Ounce for ounce it is the most economical food you can buy--delicious and wholesome for anybody, any time. . The Canadian Shredded Wheat Company, Ltd. Niagara Falls, Canada The largest user of \! ! ii hy exclusively Canadian Wheat among /, Cereal Manufacturers of the world The Wheat Crop is the greatest factor in Canada's wealth. The present depression affecting our Canadian Wheat Growers Canadians want to see the return of prosperity and each one of us can do his part in bringing it back by helping to réduce SHREDDED WHEAI BISCUITS EACH DAY 1 \ iH All good dispose of 6,800,000 bushels of wheat each year this easy, healthful way