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A Growing Newsrc-crin a Growing City Ihe Osh ana Dail Succeeding The Ushaw.a {lefcrmer y Times Falr and Colder Tonight and Wednesday; VOL. 9--NO. 128 Published ot Oshowa, Ont., Canadas, Every Day Except Sundsys and Public Holidays OSHAWA, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1931, 12 Cents a Week; 3 Cents a Copy EIGHT PAGES UTATION TO OTTAWA ON HARBOR Massed Choirs of Oshawa Gave Splendid Concert SIMCOE STREET CHURCH FILLED TO CAPACITY FOR WELFARE CONCERT Choir of 200 Voices Under 'Leonard M. Richer Gave 'Magnificent Program in Its First Appearance * AUDIENCE WA WAS APPRECIATIVE Work of Solo Artists Was Outstanding Feature of Program -- Choir Did Well in Oratorical Num- bers The first concert of the Mass- ed Choir, which has been antici- pasted for so long with pleasure and interest, was heard in Sim- coe St. United Church last even- ing and was pronounced by all who heard it, to be a decided success. The idea of such an endeavor originated some time ago in the minds of a few Oshawa musicians, the chief objects being, the study of good choral music, the de- velopment of a spirit of unity and co-operation between the different choirs of the city and the effort to raise money for the city's Welfare Campaign. Last evening the dream of those few was realized most successtully. The happy expressions on the faces of choir members told of keen enjoyment in their work, while the sttentive and enthusi- astic attitude of the audience, spoke for the stirring effect of the music. Certainly the spirit of unity prevailed while the crowded church more than ful- Lilisd any ambitions for financial "have been associated with movement since its in- , but probably those most asotiye in promoting the tenter- prise were: Mr. Ephriam Flem- ing, president and Mrs. Grant 'Berty, vice-president of the or- East . Mrs, R. 8. McLaugh- Jin, 4s honorary president, has 2180 rendered valued assistance. To Mr. Leonard Richer, the or, must be paid the high- est tribute of praise, Mr. Rich- er has scored many triumphs with the youthful talent of the efty, but last evening's achievement proved his ability to successfully handle an adult chorus, When cne considers the fact that the large majority of the chorus was comprised of the ordinary choir | singer, one marvels at the de- gree of perfection brought out by. the conductor in so short a time, Many of the more experi- enced and trained voices were in- cluded in the personnel. These were most noticeable in the so- prano section. Altos and bass were of excellent quality and the tenor section produced tonal effects, more voices here' would greatly improve the Oratorical Numbers two oratorical numbers, the Glory of the Lord," ana (Continued on pige 2) CHILD KIDNAPPEL KIDNAPPED 'NEAR OWEN SOUND (By Canadian Press) Owen Sound, Dec. 1. -- While on. on her way to school, Betty By- {ttle adopted daughter of ar, 'Mrs. Thomas Byers, who 'on the Chateworth "Road, tive ifles south of here, was kid- An automobile, placed her in the car, rove 3 in the direction of Fovinelal police are Al these South, American re- belli quelled--until the re ca ure the telegraph of- ce, bo Quebec-Chronicle-Tele- ¢ BETTER BUSINESS IS INDIGATED BY ZONE MANAGERS Satisfactory Reporis on New McLaughlin Buick Given at Meeting With most encouraging reports of better business trends through- out Canada, based mainly on en- thusiastic public acceptance of the new -McLaughlin-Buick motor car models, recently announced, General Motors Zone managers from coast to coast, gathered here today. Their business of the moment 1s the discussion of sales plans for additional new car models in re- gard to the announcement of Chevrolet for 1932. Particularly satisfactory was the news brought by the Western Zone managers concerning improv ed busi- ness conditions in the motor world. Public interest in the new Mc- Laughlin-Buick car had exceeded all expectations, and early sales of the new models were considerably beyond first estimates. The Zone managers included, T. Apple- gath, Vancouver; E. J. CR Li Calgary; M. L. Fitzgerald, Regina; Harry Edney, Winmpeg; Harry C, Lecky, London; E. Birchard, Toronto; E. A, Everson, Montreal ; and M. F. Smith, St. John. The managers will remain in Oshawa until Wednesday. = Meet- ings at the General Motors offices here today were addressed by Wil- liam C. Herring, general sales manager; C. E. N ¢Tavish, assistant general sales manager and H, M. Ireland, advertising manager, SECOND SERIES OF Yuct Extension C- irse Arrangements have been com- pleted for the first five of the after Christmas series of lec- tures for. the Oshawa University Extension Course in literature The lecturer for this series is to be Prof, E. K, Brown, of the Uni- versity of Toronto, and he has chosen an interestinz series of writers and books for the five lectures. The dates and subjects for the mew course are as fol- lows: January 5--Jane Austin's "Em- ma." January 12----- George "'Middlemarch." January 19--Dostoevsky's "The Idiot." January 26--Edith Wharton's "The Custom of the Country," February 2----- Mazo de la Roche's "Jalna" trilogy. OTTAWA OFFICER COMMITS SUICIDE Eliot's (By Canadian Press) Toronto, Dec. 1, -- Major Trank Sawers, M.C., 43, of Ot- tawa, was found dead in a local hotel early today with a bullet wound in his head. A heavy army revolver was lying on the ioor by his side. The body was found hy an employee of the ho- tel while making his rounds, Ma- jor Sawers came here from Otta- wa. a few weeks ago and is pe- lieved to have been in failing health, . ji Contost Judging Will e Done. Tomorrow Night hi The ite is a ie shop in this city iwhere i is given |a away, It woul impossible to buy gmy-article in this shop no mat- ter | much money was offered et it is a "shop" in every sense ord. Tov Shop, established in the recently occupied by the Motor Sales, enjoys this re- and every toy brought to ts, for repair and Te cons ig, will be given awa time to the poorer hud: the city. Bi and eight o'clock, it is expected that 3 rrsat at stock of toys of all kinds will be 'brought to this shop. Boys between the ages of nine and eigh- teen have become very interested in the contest which has been i inaugur- ated through the co-operation of L. E. Osier, Manager of the Regent Theatre, with the Scout Association whereby it will be possible for some bov with lots of pep to actually manage the theatre, and draw pay as manager, for two whole days at the end of this week. On Wednesday night the boys who have collected toys in this con- (Continued on Vash « | MUCH BUSINESS TRANSACTED BY EDUCATION BODY A. M. Robinson Resigned From Centre Street School Staff At the regular meeting of the Board of Education held last night the resignation of A. M. Robinson, Auxiliary Class teacher at Centre Street School, was tabled and ac- cepted as from January 1. Mr. Robinson has been most active in the organization of sports and games at the school, in addition to his other duties, and will be missed by many of the boys, A great deal of routine work was transacted by the Board, and it was decided to hold a special meeting on the evening of December 14, the regular meeting of December 28 be- ing postponed until December 30, this action being deemed necessary bv the Board in order to facilitate the closing of the books and the preparation of the final financial statement at the close of the year. A request from a group of Chris- tian people who have formed them- selves into an organization for the use of the Auditorium at Centre Street Public School for the pur- pose of holding a free Christmas concert for the unemployed men of the city and their families was granted by the Board. Bill for Fence A letter received from Charles Robson, enclosing an account for $335.98 representing half the cost of the steel fence erected by Mr. Rob- son between his property and the property of the Collegiate and Vo- cational Institute, was referred to the Property Committee for report, it being the understanding of the Board that the cost of this fence was to have been wholly defrayed bv Mr. Robson. The request of the North West Ward Ratepayers Association for the use of of a room in the O.C. & V.I. for meetings on the first and third Wednesday or Friday in each (Continued on tinned opipage 3) HOURS ON RELIEF WORK SHORTENED LECTURE SUBJECTS Prof. E. K. Brown, Uni, versily of Toronto, to Con-/| Men Are Again on Basis of Working Three Days at Time With reference to the state- ment made by Ald. T. Hawkes at the meeting of City Council last night. to the effect that the Re- lief Committee has resumed the three-day shift system for unem- ployment relief work, 'i t was learned that the men employed y the city on relief work are now employed for three days, laid off for six days, and re-employed for three days. As an example of this about 200 men were given cards this worning to report for work to- morrow, Wednesday, These men will work Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, being relieved on Saturday by an equal number. The second shift will work on Saturday, Monday and Tuesday, being relieved by a third shift on Wednesday of next week--and so on, The original shift given cards todsy and commencing work to- morrow will have another three days of work commencing Satur- day, December 12. All the men so employed are married, the majority of them having dependants, and provided no turn is missed the scale of pay works out at a little under $30 per month, while, of course, there is sometimes an opporunity of a man obtaining some casual job during his six days of idle- nees which will earn him the 'odd dollar." OSHAWA MAN 13 GRANTED DIVORCE George Bircham 'Wins Ac- tion Against Wife in Supreme Court "(By Whithy y Staff Reporter) Whitby, Dec. 1--A decree of divorce {rom his wife, Lila Bircha: was granted to George Bitcham, o Oshawa, by Mr. Justice Sedgewick in the 'Supreme rt at hithy on Monday afternoon, The evidence produced by A. C. Hall, solicitor for the plaintiff, took up. only a few minutes of the Court's time. It was alleged that the wife of plaintiff, Lila Bircham, secured a divorce in the United' States and married one named Earl Deverell, with whom, it was further alleged, "she is now living at Bol- sover, Ontario. There was no evidence for the ATH ann Bet nie Ti / 'in each direction. amount so that | tentatively s County Pupils in Arrears With Fees Banned From the Oshawa Collegiate Definite instructions were fis- sued by the Board of Education when it met last night to Prin- cipal A, E, O'Neill, of the Col- leg'ate and Vocational Institute, that all out-of-town students whose fees to the Board are in srrears, as defined by resolution of the Board itself, must be re- fused admittance from today, De- cember 1, The action of the Board was taken following the attitude adopted hy the Ontario County Council, at fits recent meeting, regarding fees payable by non- resident students, An analysis of a statement pre- pared by Principal O'Neill, and submitted by the Business Ad- ministrator, Harvey Fuller, was presented to the Board, and chowed that the total number of non-resident students in attend- ance at the Collegiate and Voca- tional Institute was 125 at Bep- tember 1. The number of these non-resident students exempt from the usual fees, their par- ents or guardians being property holders in the city and assessed for an amount equal to the av- erage city assessment, was given as 16, The number of pupils, resident outside the city and fiatle to the fee of $1.50 per month computed on the eighty per cent. basis, was 109. The number in arrears, defined by a previous resolution of the Board as not having paid fees in two months or over, was 41, A resolution authorizing this action was adopted by the Board at its October meeting, but was held in abeyance pending the meeting of a deputation from the Hoard with the members of the City Council, The result of this conference, held a few days ago, wae not satisfactory to the Board, the result being the definite in- structions issued to Principal O'- Neill last night. Choir is Congratulated by Dr. H. A. Fricker on Its Concert Last Night Speaking to the Oshawa Mass- ed Choirs at the close of last night's concert in the Simcoe Street United Church last night, Dr. H. A. Fricker, conductor of the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir and the Canadian National Ex- hibttion chorus, warmly congratu- lated the members on the splen- did performance they had just given, "I missed a rehearsal of the fendelssohn Choir to come here," re sald, "and I have had a thor- oughly enjoyable .evening, 1 varmly congratulate you on what you have dome. You lelongz to avery eNurél choir in the city, and I am glad you have decided to dwell together in unity, It is a splendid thing to get church choirs to mingle, and a great deal of good is hound to come of it. You have all Leen very happy in this work, and have heen will- Ing to give of your best. That is how I interpret your effort to- night. You must not forget that your director, Mr. Richer, is the man responsible for this, and he, too, is to be congratulated, I hope you will hold together, for you have a good chofr, and should go on and do greater things." In conversation with The Times after the concert, Dr. Fricker said there was an abundance of vocal talent in the choir for the format'sn of a permanent organ- zetion. "Yeu have plenty of ex- collent singers here," he sald, 'but the greatest need Is discip- ine. I find that in my own choirs n Toronto, and it is absolutely essential to the development of a good musical organization IT hope Oshawa will go ahead and have its own community choir," COMPLAINT MADE ON GOAL WEIGHT Police Commission, How- ever, Dacidzs to T:ke No Action The Police Commission of the City of Oshawa at its meeting yesterday afternoon was oOCCU- pied entirely with routine busi- ness, No business of any import- ance was dealt with, Accounts to the amount of $4,010.20 were passed and ordered paid. A letter was received from the Central Council of Ratepayers' Associations asking that a check ve made of deliveries of coal and coke to consumers. It was point- ed out that there were some com- plaints of short weights. The commission decided to receive the communication and file it. It was pointed out that there was only one scale operated by the city and that was situated on Richmond Street West, Deal- ers in the south end of the city would have to bring their ¥eliver- fes up to this scale and then re- turn to the southern end of the city, about a mile and a quarter It was also stated that where loads had been weighed in the past some loads to a consumer had been found to be slightly under weight while others were above the prescribed the consumer was getting his money's worth. It was brought to the atten- tion of the commission that children were crossing the new subway on Simcoe Street South in a manner dangerous to them- selves. The question of whether a ralling at the edge of the side- walk at the bottom each flight of stairs would be a safeguard was discussed but no action was taken. It was suggested that the city clerk be communicated with and appraised of the rituation so that the city council might take action If it saw fit. ------ NO FOREIGN PREFERENCE London, Dec, 1. -- The Rt. Hon, Walter Runciman, president of thd Board of Trade; told the House of Commons today that no trade preference would be grant- ed to any foreign country until after the aeheaiia ,. Conference hu for next Summer at Ottawae MORE CONTEST PRIZES OFFFRED Three "Do You Know" Stores in This Issue Give Opportunities Every day The Daily Times is carrying several articles which describe the service of some busi- nass house or professional service of our section. The last sentence 'n each of the articles forms a question, the answer to which can Ye obtained only by calling the firm of whom the story is written, A three dollar cash prize is of- fered daily by The Dally Times to the readers who submit the best arranged set of answers to the questions in any one issue. Three of the "Do You Know" stories appear In this issue. They are scattered through the paper and are easy to locate, as each bears a footnote which announces the $3.00 prize and informs the number of such articles to be found in this issue. Only a few minutes of pleasant pastime makes you eligible for the prize. Simply turn the pages and find the stories, call the firms and have them give you the answer to the question, then arrange the an- swers in any way that you wish and submit them to the 'Do You Know" editor at The Dally Times. Watch every issue of the paper for more "Do You Know" stories, and the dally announcement of the winners of the cash prizes. NEW PLAN PROPOSED FOR ST. LAWRENCE WATERWAY SCHEME (By Canadian Press) Washington, Dec. 1.--A new (plan for the development of the St. Lawrence waterway, modify- ing the previous proposal for a two stage project has been sug- gested by Canada to the United States. The suggestion was made informally in the course of ne- gotiations toward a treaty to permit the development + of the proposed seaway. It adheres to Canada's previous contention that there should be two dams in the international section of the waterway, but would provide for the building of one (f them at Crysler Island, instead of Ogden Island. A joint board of engin- eers will consider the suggestion at its meeting now expected to V'Buttalo, take this week, either at N.Y, or Toronto. GIRL OF SIX 1§ GIVEN $3,500 FOR LOSS OF EYE Settlement Reached in Osh- awa Case in Supreme Court } (By Whitby Staff Writer) Whitby, Dec. 1--Settlement by agreement was given effect in judgment in the Sugreme Court at Whitby on Monday in the case of Evelyn Garrard, age 6 years, of Oshawa vs. Dr. Garnet M. Trewin, of Oshawa, an action for $25,000 damages for the loss of an eye sus- tained by the infant plaintiff in a motor accident in Oshawa on the 9th of June, 1931, The plaintiff, it is alleged was struck by defendant's motor car while proceeding to cross from the east side of Mary Street to the west side. The child sustained the loss of her left eve. Statement of Claim Negligence on the defendant's part in driving at an cxcessive rate of speed and failing to take pre- caution to drive his car past the plaintiff when, he observed her on the street was claimed in statement of claim, In the statement of defence, de fendant denied negligence on his part, claimed that the accident was entirely unavoidable, and that there was negligence on plaintiff's part in moving quickly from a place of safety into a place of damages without taking rcasonable precau- tions, No evidence heard. (Continued on page 3) SEWAGE DISPOSAL PLAN DISCUSSED Ald. Boddy Objects to Plan Being Shelved Until Next Year in the case was At last night's meeting vi the City Council, Ald, Boddy brought up tae matier ol the recent action, au- thoiized by couuci, in advertising tor engineer's plans and specifica- tions for a sewage disposal plant, but no motion was tabled on the matter and tae discussion was closed by the motion for agjournment. "I wouid hke to ask the Chair man of the Board of Works if, in «he advertisement for plans for the sewage disposal plant, the date for rece.ving such p.ans was fixed as January 4°, said Ald. Boddy. "It seems to me that we are off on the wrong foot. We are shelving this matter for next year's council, We should decide who our engineer is going to be right now. I believe we saould have considered the ap- Joisiment of a consulting engineer wong ago." Ald "Jackson, 'Yes the date set was January 4." City Engineer Goedike, at the re- quest of council,--"Several firms of engineers have spoken to me on this matter and they say that even January 4 gives them too short a time to do real justice to this work. The date was set in order to give every engineer adequate time to sudy the situation." . Boddy asked for the adver- as. as it will appear %h tech- nical publications, to be read, and after this was done stated "I do not think this will get us anywhere. It seems a ridiculous step to me." No further discussion being forth- coming the motion for adjourn ment was s put and carried and carried. REGIMENT BAND NAMES OFFICERS Bandmaster Thomas Demp- sey Is Again Elected as Leader The band of the Ontario Regi- ment held its annual business meeting and election of officers at the Armouries last night, with a full attendance of the members. Bandmaster Dempsey, who has had control of the musical end of the band's work for the last few vears, was again unanimously chosen to lead the band for the next year, the elections resulting as follows: Bandmaster: Thomas Dempsey. President: A, Toms, / Librarian, A. Bryant, Secretary and treasurer: E. J, Luke. Assistant secretary and treas- urer. J. Taylor. Executive: M, Cordy, H. Carey, N. Dunford and D. Meech, Sick Committee: Bert Way and William Ridding. At the conclusion of business, a social hour was spent in enjoy- able song and story, and the pro- gram closed with the National Anthem. REPORTS MADE BY COMMITTEES "10 CITY COUNGIL Closing of Albert and Sim- coe Streets Referred to City Solicitor The reports of the standing com- mittees of the City Council were ad- opted at last night's meeting as fol- lows: Finance Committee That the City Treasurer be auth- orized to engage a book-keeper to fill the vacancy caused by the resig- nation of Miss Violet Lapham, Board of Works That a letter be sent by Mr. Hare to the Utilities Commission asking them to meet the Board of Works immediately to arrive at an agree- ment as mentioned in resolution of extract of minutes of Oct, 26th, 1931 ity Property That the account of Pedlar Peo- ple Ltd, for erecting the barn at the City Farm, amounting to $3, 158.00 be paid. That no action be taken on the request of Arnold Bros. re repair of poultry house at the City Farm, That the letter from Mallet Bros. re closing of Albert St. be referred to the City Solicitor to take the same up with the Canadian Na- tional Railway. That the letter from the Canadian National Railway re closing Simcoe and Albert Streets be referred to the City Solicitor to prepare the necessary by-laws and to take such other proceedings as are necessary to complete this matter. General Purpose That the first-aid report of Mrs. W. K. Culling for the past summer at Oshawa-on-the-Lake be received and filed and that the annual grant of $50 be paid Mrs. Culling for her services together with thanks from this Council. That the resolution from the City of Owen Sound to the Dominion Government re combining Thanks- ~ and Remembrance Day as me holiday, said day to be Nov. 11th, be endorsed by this Council and the City Clerk be instructed to notify the City of Owen Sound to this effect, Purchasing That a quantity of lumber has been purchased for the inlet sewer from the Oshawa Lumber Co, at a orice of $600.68. The other tenders were as follows: Carew Lumber Co. 8621.20: W. J. Trick Co. $623.24; ard Gale & Trick $633.58. Tenders were called for 15 tons of coal for the Hostel, 215 King St. West. As the prices received from all the dealers were exactly the same, the seven dealers were each given an order for two tons. An order was placed with the Alger Press for ten thousand en- velopes at a price of $53.00. Prices were received from other tenderers varying according to the .grade of stock, ort PROTEST BASIS OF CAR LICENSES Toronto, Dec. 1.--R. 8. Me- Laughlin, 'of General Motors, Osh- awa, and Roy G. Kerby, of Durant Motors, Toronto, yesterday com- nlained to Premier Henry, declar- ing there is unfairness in the new increased taxation on motor cars. They asked that the tax be ad- justed on a basis of weight up to 3,000 pounds instead of on the basis of cylinders. Premier Henry informed them there won't be any change in the present increase, and the tax will be levied, as stated, on a scale based on the cylinders. GERMANY TO RAISE DUTIES Berlin, Dec. 1.--In one of the shortest decrees he ever issued, President Von Hindenburg today gave the Bruening government almost unlimited power to raise the customs duties to a prohibi- tory point. PLANS PRESENTED FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF HARBOR PROPERTY 1Col. B. J. McCormick Tables Proposed Scheme for Big Development at the Oshawa Harbor ENGINEERS OF Gov't PRESENT Plans For Further Exten- sion of Sea Wall and Dredging of the Harbor Basin to be Prepared Immediately 1 As a result of the conference held yesterday afternoon between the di- rectors of the Chamber of Com= merce, the Harbour Development Committee; the members of the City Council and engineers of the De- partment of Public Works, a small committee consisting of Mayor Ernie Marks, Dr, T, E. Kaiser and Col. B. J. McCormick was appointed to wait on the Minister of Public Works in Ottawa with a view to obtaining still further extensions of the existing sea-wall, At the opening of the meeting, when J. M. Wilson, Chief Engineer for this district under the Depart- ment of Public Works, and W, Partridge of the same Department were present, the Secretary of the Chamber outlined the plans which he had in mind for harbour devels opment, Col. McCormick stated that there were several organizations which were interested in the plans fof future harbour development, includ« ing the Chamber of Commerce, the Board of Health, and "the depart ment of lands and forests of the city council." From the point of view of the Chamber of Commerce Col. Mc» Cormick stated "we have a great view of future harbour develop~ ments" and tabled rough plans of the formation that these develops ments, in his opinion, would take. He stated that every effort had been put forward lately to obtain new industries for Oshawa, and out= lined the success which had been attained. » "The first question that we are often asked when we interview renresentatives of industries which may consider locating in this city is often 'can we trust you with in= side information without it being made public' Our answer is als ways yes, and that is the reason why we are not continually running over to the City Buildings" said Col, McCormick. "We have to treat a great deal of the information which: = we obtain with the most absolute confidence." . Would Have Real Harbour "The main question that we are here to-day to decide is are we F0ing to have just a little turning | basin here in Oshawa, where ships can run in, discharge their cargoes one at a time, and run out again, or are we going to have a real har+ bour," said. Col. McCormick. He explained that the two creeks which emptied into the lake in the vicinity of the harbour presentéd a real problem, addine "8 wins dispose of them we can have. a harbour." Col. McCormick's sketch, as pre- sented to the meeting, showed harbour which extended northward as far as the Harbour Road, and on the south east to-the city boun ins, while from the Harbour "slip" for the use of shipping oad northward for a further three or four hundred feet in order to serve industrial sites with wal transportation, rms Space v He exnlained, rr it ag using the names of any of the firms h which he is in contact, that one firm was considering locating in Oshawa, a firm which would operate three vessels continuously, and erect it own wharves and docks, provi tha Department of Public Wor would dredge a channel for ship to the chosen site. A second firm is considering establishment of an oil refnels (Continued on page 8 ure (By Canadian Press) London, Dec. 1.--Prime Min- {ster Ramsay MacDonald today closed the second Indian Round Table Conference with a declara- tion that the work of arranging self-government for India would be continued. Mr. MacDonald = outlined : the policy 'of the . National govern ment to tion, off responsible with safeguards applying to the army and to external aitsie, It 3 as was the same formulated by the bor -govern- ment last year, Indian Conference Came to a Close This Morning. the ' Indian the Indian eral ia pevses that an Mabatma Gandhi moved a vote of thanks to Mr. MacDonald, ferring to what he ' called premier's "weighty prono! ment" he sald "I would like to study your declaration once © twice or three times, scanni every word of it, to read its hid den meaning, if there is any hidden meaning. If I then come to the conclusion, as now seems likely a8 far as I am concerned we have come to the parti of the ways, that our ways different directions, it.does | matter to me. Even so, you entitled to my hearty aad sincere vote of thamksy™