A Growing - Newspaper in a Growing City Thr Osh aa Dail Succeeding The Oshawa Reformer y Tunes | PROBS. Fair and Warmer, Fol- lowed by Showers Wednesday. VOL. 10--NO. 104 OSHAWA, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, MAY 3, 1932 12 Cents a Week; 3 Cents a Copy EIGHT PAGES IFARMERS GUESTS OF ROTARY CLUB [City Council Receives Deputation of Unemployed SPEAKERS OBJECT TO STORE BEING OPERATED TO DISTRIBUTE FOOD Representatives of National Unemployed Workers' Association Claim Store Will Prolong Misery of Unemployed ALDERMEN CLAIM FEARS UNFOUNDED New System of Distributing Relief Upheld by Alder- men Kirby and Boddy at Last Night's Meeting The City Council at last night's meeting heard a deputation from the National Unemployed Work- ers' Association of the city, com- posed of Robert Townsley and Sam Elliott, who pressed the ciaims of the Association in op- posing the establishment of a re- lief depot and also in regard to the ten demands made on the council at its meeting on "April 18. The Council was in réceipt of a communication from the asso- ciation asking that they be given permission to address the meet- ing, but when this was read by Citl Clerk Hare, the . members moved 'that it be tabled. At the conclusion of the regular busi- ness Alderman Caunt moved that the speakers of the association be heard and the motion was see- cnded by Alderman Harman, Al- derman Kirby asked if the com- riunication had been signed and Mayor. Hawkes stated that there was no name other than that of the association attached to the communication, It was then moved by Alderman Bunker and seconded by Alderman Crandell that the speakers be not heard. Applause Not Wanted Alderman =. Cawker expressed the opinion that as the communt- cation was not signed there was no way of knowing from whom it came and he did not know why the council should listen to what raight be said. In this regard Al- derman Hyman agreed that there was no signature attached to the "document but he felt that the members of council were all aware that the interested parttes were present, These men have conducted themselves in an order- ly manner, the alderman opined end he thought that the councll might stretch a point and allow them to be heard. These remarks were greeted with loud applause from the main body of the nall upon which Mayor Hawkes pounded the desk with his gavel end asked that the spectators re- frain from applause as it was contrary to the ethics of coun- ¢il meetings and the council did not want any demonstration, Speakers Heard The opinion of Alderman Hy- may was agreed to by the mem- bers who had spoken in opposi- tion to the hearing, who stated tnat had only wished to bring out the poin hal the communica- (Continued on page 2) . ENDS LIFE IN GARAGE Picton, May 3.--Dougall N, Hoover, bailic' of Prince Edward County for many years, was found dead in his garage here yesterday, having hanged him- self. On his body were found pro- ceeds of a baliff's sale he had conducted on Saturday and a will made Sunday which was signed by one witness. Mr. Hoover had been missing since Saturday nigh HE nalish is to become the world language we mov have to learn, it after all.--Brandon Sun. SPECIAL MEETING OF PRESBYTERY Fy BEING HELD TODAY Anonymous Letter Case Is Again Believed to be Under Discussion A special meeting of the Osha- wa Presbytery of the United Church is being held in Newton- ville to-day, It is understood that this meeting has been called as a result. of further developments in connection with the anonymous letter which was sent to a Toron- to church official sometime ago by the Rev, C, E, Cragg, minister of the King Street United Church, containing certain references to the Rev. E. Harston, minister of Simcoe Street United Church, . It is understood, also, that cer- tain charges have been laid against Mr. Cragg under section 143 of the Manual of the United Church of Canada, in connection with the letter mentioned above, and that these will be the sub- ject of consideration at to-day's meeting, At a special meeting of the Presbytery held in Whitby on Ap- ril 15, a resolution was passed that no action be taken by the Presbytery under this section, but this did not preclude the laying of charges by an individual mem- ber of the Presbytery, and this, it is understood, is what has taken place, PAYING PENSIONS ON REDUCED BASIS City Will Have Substantial Rebate on Old Age Pensions Account The City of Oshawa is now paying its share of the cost of old age pensions on the new basis of ten per cent, of the total ex- penditures within the city. The March bill received by the city treasurer is taxed on that basis, amounting to $297.00, while the biil for the previous months as $557.00, No definite information has been received by the treasurer as to a rebate by the province on previous bills, nor as to the date to which the reduction will he dated. It has been stated that it will be made retroactive to No- vember 1, 1931 which would be a period of fonr months, while an eailier statement was to the er- fect that the new rate would be dated back to August 1, 1931 which would be seven months, On the former basis, Oshawa would have a credit of four months, which would be about $1,750, On the November basis, the credit would be nearly sufficient to ab- sorb the city's share of payments for the next four months, In striking his budget for this year, the city treasurer took in- to account the impending 'reduc- tion in the city's share and allow- ed only $3,600 for old age pen- sions, as compared with actual expenditures in 1931 of $6,102, Taus the reduction will have no effect on the year's financing by the cit; council. rr ---------------- Middle age is the indefinite period wherf another pain doesn't mean anything in particular. -- Kingston Canadian Ham and Bacon Captures Greater Share of the British Market Ottawa, May 3.--That Canada Is rapidly moving forward toward the recapturing of her share in the British market for bacon and bam is indicated by the statistics of export of these commodities to Great Britain for the first quar- ter of the present calendar year, in the opinion of Hon. H, H. Ste- vens. During the three months the total exportation to Great DLiritain amounted to £6,480,000 pounds, &s compared with 15, $21,000 pounds for the corres- ponding period of last year, or an increase of 40,659,000 pounds. The percentage of increase 'fy therefore approximately 257 per cent. ; "In addition, it is interesting to' note," a statement issued by the Minister of Trade and Com-_ merce last night said, 'that dur- ing the months of Fehrnory and March Canada exported direct for the first time to the Irish Free State 13,242,000 pounds of ba- con and ham. And the Irish Free State has in the past been regard- ed (with' Denmark) as a serious competitor with Canadg in the British, market for these particu- lar products," Total exports of bacon and ham, to all countries, for the first quarter -vear amounted to 77. 526,000 pounds, as compared with only 20,052,000 pounds in the first three months of 1931, an in- crease of nearly 400 per cent. To Great Britain alone during the first three months of 1932, Canada exported more bacon and ham than were exported during. the entire 12 months of 1928. During the latter year less than nine per cent. of Britain's im- norts of, bacon were . supplied from within the Empire and only 14 per cent, of the ham, CONGRATULATIONS MAYOR THOMAS HAWKES Who was yesterday warmly con- gratulated by many friends on the celebration of his 72nd birthday. BRITISH PREMIER | Association, | we land those who joined simply heard WILL UNDERGO Unemployed Parade and Demonstration Yesterday Were of Mild Character Oshawa's contribution to the ob- servance of May Day as a labor festival wag very mild in character, Although there had been reports of an expected Communist demonstra- tion, supported by handbills. which were distributed in the streets yes terday afternoon, nothing of a troublesome character developed, and the precautions which had been taken by the local police authorities proved to be unnecessary, True, there was a parade and demonstration by the local unit of the National Unemployed Workers but these were kept Il within the limits of good order, a spate of oratory at Alexandra Park, which was the central point the events of yesterday after- noon, : of About 100 Paraded The parade, led by Sam Elliott, the organizer of the -National Un- employed Workers' Association, as- bie at Cowan Park o'clock, At the hour gathering, staff of policemen and special con stables ready for any emergency set for the about two | Chief Friend had a large | but they were not required, About one hundred men and women, many of them carrying banners, lined up on Olive Avenue, and filed west towards Simcoe Street, Marching north on Simcoe Street, they passed throuzh the business section of the city in an orderly fashion, and then proceeded straight north to the park where the speeches were made Sam Elliott Sam Elliott, the first speaker, de livered one of his characteristic ad- dresses, in which he said the capit- alistic system was dead, and re- ferred to tl workers as wage slaves. He had a good deal of prais to give to the conditions of affairs in Soviet Russia, where, he said, the workers were better off than in Canada, F. W. Watkinson Watkinson was the next and he gave a well-reason- | ed address on the causes and cure of the present economic distress Governments, he said, were not to blame, for they, after all, were | merely an expression of the mental ec F W speaker, 1 2 (Continued on page 4) NEW OPERATION! Eddie McDonald Goes tc the Ontario Reformatory for Term of Nine Months Doctors Will Endeavor to Remove Threat to His Eyesight London, May 3.~ ter Ramsay MacDonald will dergo a second operation on his eyes on Thursday afternoon, it was decided after a consultation of his physieclans to-day, Thurs- day's operation will be upon right eye to prevent his sight from a glaucoma eae, which was the cause of a former operation on his left eye four months ago. He will preside over to-mor- row's cabinet meeting, see the King in the afternoon and enter a nursing home in London's west- end to-morrow evening to pre- pare for the operation the next day. A bulletin, issued by his phy- gicians this morning, said the condition of his left eye is now satisfactory, and his general yealth excellent. PULPWOOD BA MAY BE REMOVED Government May Suspend | Embargo to Employ About 3,000 Men Fort William, Prime Minig- May 3---With the sole object of providing suniner work between 2,500 and 3,000 nen, the Ontario* Government stands pre- pared to lift temporarily the embar- go on export pulpwood, and to sct aside an area in three townships bordering Lake Simcoe, near Nip- igon, for the cutting of 100,000 cords of peeled spruce wood, This announcement was yesterday afternoon, hy Ilon liam Finlayson ~Ontario Lands and Forests Minister, to a meeting of Fort William and Port Arthur bus- iness and civic leaders. le sought the opinions of the Lake Head men before definite action is taken by the department, stating that such action will he in 'accordance with the wishes of the people of this lo- cality, Chambers of Commerce and City Councils of the two centres were represented at the meeting, and af- ter two hours of discussion, a reso- lution was. passed urging the de- partment to proceed to call for bids on the pulpwood lands, A number were in opposition to the plan, CAPONE WILL G0 T0 PENITENTIARY |Last Obstacle in Way of Removal to Penitentiary madi Wil Disappears Chicago, May 3.--The last ob- stacle to prevent the removal of "Scarface Al" Capone to a United States federal penitentiary was removed to-day when the United States circuit court appeals vacat- ed a writ of supersedeas which had. held the big gangster in the county jail while he appealed his conviction for evading income taxes, The appellate court vacated its writ after it had received a certi- fled copy of the United States su- preme court's deciglon yesterday refusing to review Capone's cage. A mittimus ordering Capone to prison was then made out, and it was expected that he would be un- his | a threat to | dis- | | started for Leavenworth, Kausas, within 24 hours. | being Joseph Edward (Eddie) Me- Donald was sentenced by Magis- trate T, K. Creighton to a term of three months determinate and six months Indeterminate in the Ontario Reformatory, when he found him guflty of breaking the terms of his recognizance on which he was plaéded on October S$ last when he was found gyllty of the theft of ties from the Canadian Paeific Railway Co., being above the sum of $10, The breach of the recognizance, ac- cording to the charge, was that the accused had been disorderly in the Council Chamber on Anril 1S at a meeting of the City Counell, which wag a breach the terms of the probation posed ot him by the court in October last, McDonald was to have faced a second charge of disorderly in "a public place, but this charge was with- drawn by the Crown, Case For The Crown Crown Attorney J. A. McGib- bon at the commencement of the hearing filed as exhibits the or- iginal coples of the information, which was sworn out against Mc- Donald charging him with in October last; and also copies of the warrant issued for his ar- rest and a copy of the recogniz- ance and of the conviction, When asked by the Crown if he wished to disputé them the accused re- plied that he was not charged under the criminal code hut un- der a city by-law, Magistrate (Creighton explained to him that ha was charged with the breach of his probation to which there wos no reply. City Clerk's Kvidence The Crown called ¥, KE. Hare, city clerk, as the first witnesses, who gave an account of the hap- penings at the meeting of the im- of | theft | City Council which resulted in the arrest of McDonald, while Sergeant Bowman and Constables Wright and Foreman also testi- fied. McDonald who was unrep- resented in the court cross ex- amined each of the witnesses trying to show that he had not created any disturbance during the meeting of council but rather after it had been brought to a close. Tried To Make Speech After the conclusion of the Crown's case McDonald took the stand on his own behalf and tried to break into an oration, but was cut short by the cad who asked him to confine his re: court, McDonald claimed that he was under the impression that he had a right to take the may- or's chair as he had polled 1,500 votes in the election and had no idea of creating a disturbance in the council meeting, | Cadi---You must: know that you have no right to usurp the mayor's chair, McDonald --1 did { break the law. Cadl --1Is it not a fact that you interrupted the meeting as the mavor rose to speak? McDonald ----No. He stood up, | but had not started to speak. | felt that I was within my rights in speaking, Mr. McGibbon reviewed the facts of the case and made apnli- cation for sentence on the grounds that _ the accused had heen proven to have made a breach of his recoznizance, and was therefore lable to the pen- alty for the offense of which he was convicted last year. Mr, Me- Gibbon did not ask for a severe penalty but he felf that the city (Continued on page 3) not wilfully EXCELLENT BAND CONCERT GIVEN Toronto Silver Band Played at Simcoe Street United Church A special treat for the lovers or band music was made possible last night when the Toronto Sil- ver Band put on a concert in Simcoe Street United Church un- der the auspices of the Young People's Society of that Church, under the leadership of Band- master A. Gi. Pearce, Very capably filling the position of chairman on this occasion was Capt, Sidney (, Lambert, padre eof Christie Street Hospital. A large audience, for the most part, members of the Young People's Society, enjoyed the entire evening, which opened with a few witty remarks by Capt, Lambert and closed with a rousing number by the entire band. A trombone solo, played by M, Richmond, was the outstanding number on the programme, Migs Margaret McDonald, soloist, and Miss Doris 3, Taylor; pianist, were assisting artists last even- ing and delighted the audience with their selections. Miss Me- Donald sang "The Lord is My Light", and Miss Taylor played a dificult Beethoven selection, Numbers by the band included Tandel's "Hallelujah: Chorus," 'Afr Varie," by Sandon and a March by Gill 'Bridge. CHILDREN GIVEN EXTRA HOLIDAYS Sickness of School Teach: crs Results in Closing of Classes As a result of the economy measures which the board of ed- ucation has been forced to instie tute, many local children are having a few extra holidays on account of sickness of members of the teaching staff. In consid- ering ways and means of effect- ing economies, the Board decid- ed that no substitute teacners would he engaged except in the cago of illness of a prolonged coaracter, and that when teach- ers were suffering from minor ailments likely to last only a day or two, thelr clasges would be re- leased until they' had recovered. This practice is now being car- mec out with the publié¢ school staffs, and 'many parents have een surprised to find their chil- dren sent home from school bhe- cause their teachers were sick, and unable to take their classes. In conversation with 'a mem- Ler of the board of edueation, The Times was informed that this vetion had been made necessary because of the clos) paring of the educational budget, and while it wae regretted that this drastic measure had to be adopted, there wes no other alternative in the interests of economy, F,E, ELLIS NAED BY COUNCIL T0 COLLECT POLL TAX Council Divides Evenly on Appointment and Mayor Decides Issue mittee of City Coun i presented last night's meeting was without discussion with the excep tion o1 clause that being tlic | appointment of a poll tax collector ! | at | carried one for the year, After hearing the re port, which recommended that O H. Luke be appointed to the pos- tion, it was moved by Alderman; Crandell and Secon ded by Alderman Harman that F, llis be appoint ed, as he had > ven. a number of years of good service to the city in that capacity, When the council | voted on the amendinent a tie curred with seven members in vour and seven against, In vi for the amendment to break the tie Mayor Hawkes stated that at the committee meeting he had been in | favour of the recommendation of Of tar marks to the question before the | the ap~omtment of Mr, Ellis i The remainder of the report, hich was adopted was as follo { That the Clerk instruct cd to | wlvise the National Unemploye y : W for) ers St f 1 r ation of April 18th | Be be ! ik | | | | | | reply t e ting i for the nnemploved this Counc! within its po for Do in need That no action be 'taken in the | matter of the communication from the National Unemployed Workers | Association respecting expenses ol a delegation of that to Ot- tava That no actic ecard to the communic: P. Mangan on bel half of Mrs, McGee requesting a refund Transient Tra License fe (Continued oun page 4) hat is doing eve ver to provide bod on be taken with re- tion from J, Arnes ot a ders' and STARTS TOMORROW Most of the Local Retail | Stores Will Be Closed in R Afternoon | Although the city council has | { not as yet taken official acuon | on the request of the Oshawa Re- | tait Merchants' Association for a [ by-law proclaiming a Wednesday | half-holiday for eleven months of the year, the majority of the | loral merchants are going on a | veluntary half-holiday basis for the summer months tomorrow. fome types of stores, of course, | are already observing an all-the- vear-round half-holiday, with the exception of the month of De- camber, but in other lines it is observed only in summer, start- | ng with the month of May, Tomorrow, therefore, marks the opening of the summer half- holiday season, and housewives should note that most of the lo- cal stores will be closed tomor- row- afternoon, Within the next two weeks, it is expected, action will be taken on the application of the merchantg association to make the half-holiday on Wed- nesday afternoons compuisory, HERRIOT VICTORY IN FRANCE LIKELY Result of Election, How- ever, Is Still Very Uncertain Paris, May 3.--A Liberal coali- tion Government, headed by the veteran statesman of the Left, Edouard Herriot, to-day became a distinct possibility for France, in the face of Radical and Radi- cal Socialist gains in the first bal- lot of the French general elec tions on Sunday. The issue, however, cannot be decided unti! next Sunday's sec- ond ballot, Out of 615 constitu- encier, 248 deputies were elected on the first ballot. A half-dozen seats are delayed returns, Four Colonial constituencies will not be filled until later in the year. In the remaining 3557 seats, a plurality will be sufficient to olect a candidate next Sunday. The Radical - Socialists have been placed in a fine fighting po- sition for the decisive second bal- lot, They emerged from the preli- minary test with sixty-three seats, the biggest solid block elected so far, In contrast the Left-Republi- cans of Premier Andre Tardieu lost ground, placing only thirty. seven candidates in the victory column, If a favorable balance of trade is necessary to each nations' nprospess ity, which of them is to have the | ne | i al' | livery of HALF- HOD ; DR. G.I, CHRISTIE, OF 0.A.C. WAS SPEAKER AT BANQUET MERCHANTS ASK CITY COUNCIL TO MOVE SLOWLY], | Request Delay i in Establish: | ment of Relief for Store in Oshawa City munication 1) Association enclosing a cony of a resolution passed hy that body asking thet the council hes tate before making a final decision in regard to the Seablishment of 'a relief depot in Os! After hear- letter it was ered to the nnance comimttee, The resolution outlined the stres of conditions in the city and went on to point out that he depot could not be operated in an efficient man. ner by temporarily emploved ama- teurs, It was stated that the depot would impose a hardship on-the re- | merch ants of the city and would result in a more aggravated le, than that now existing, he ation asked that the council make vision for the de- coal in the business area durin; the early morning hours so [that pedestrians would not be in terferred with urs ng the shopping | period and the reets would be clean for their convenience Among the other communications received was that of the Public {L tilities. Commission stating that the on would be willing to rent ce to the council in the Utilities building at the rate of $123 per month, The letter from John Bruce, 517 Rogers Street asking for money to sunnlement the amount he 'ie res ceiving from the Workmen's Com: pensation Board was referred to the nance committee, A petition ask ing that Tresane Street from Cub- ert Street to Park Road be ci indered, and a Deli in as that sidewalk he built on the east side of Drew cet from Alice Avenue to the Nor limit of Lot 30, Plan 143 vere both referred to the Board of Work STOLEN HOTOR NOW RECOVERED Outboard Motor Stolen From H. A. Brown's Yacht Retrieved May a -- Diligent the part of the Tren- resulted in the motor Counc com Merchants' ir 1 ta onl [ot SOC nro Trenton, search on ton Police finally recovery of an outboard { which was the property of Mr, H. Manager of Company, General the General Motors who docked his yacht in the Trenton harbour last summer, The motor which is of the John- son outhoard variety is valued at over two hundred dollars and was stolen on July 8th, 1931, from Mr. Brown's yacht while it was docked at the wharf, The loss was reported to the police and they have been conducting a quiet and systematic search ever since, The machine was noticed in the possession of a local man and on enquiry he informed them that he had procured it from Charles Goodwin, who was charged in police court with the theft of the motor, On appearing before Magis- trata Casement he was found guilty, fined $25.00 plus $27.00 costs, and was placed on proba- tion to report to the chief of po- lice once a week for six months, A. Jrown, LAST NIGHT Gave Masterly Address on Relationship of Agri culture to Prosperity of Towns and Cities of the Dominion RGES SUPPORT OF OSHAWA FAIR | Farmers of East Whithy and Darlington Town- ship Were Entertained by Oshawa Rotarians at Delightful F unction relationship of agricuttural conditions to the prosperity of the whole country formed the basis of masterly address delivered last Dr, G, 1. Christie, presi- dent or the Ontario Agricultural College to a joint banquet of Rotar ialg and farmers, held in the Hotel Genosha last night under Rotary Club) auspices, Present at the ban- queét were some seventy-five farmers from "the district surrounding Osh- awa, including Reeve pH and council of the township of - East W i iby, Reeve Lavis of Darlington township and WV. E. N, Sinclair "and W. Webber, representing the South Ontario Agric ultural Society, Touching to a large extent the pro- blem of the marketing of farm pro- Dr, Christie stressed the ne- of quality as well as quantity as an essential for the capturing of a larger share of the overseas markets, and -gave some interesting details of the research work being conducted at the On- Agricultural College. along these lines, In speaking of ccon- omic conditions generally, he stress- ed the fact that there could be no general return to prosperity until the farmer was receiving a fairer price for his produce than was the cace today, since the spendin: pow=- er of the farmer, so vital to indus- try in this country, depended to a large extent 'upon the return he received for w hat he produced. Fine Fellowship A splendid spirit of good fellow- ship pervaded the gathering, over which President Dr, Stanley Phil. lips of the Rotary Club presided, Ihe community singing was hearty and forceful, while the entertain. ment provided by Mac, and Gus, kennedy, two clever artists, helped to lift the event into the realm oi something? out of the ordinary, Among the visitors present, in addi- tion to the farmers, were T., I. Corpe, the new advertising manager of the General Motors Products of Canada, and Charles Howard, presi- dent and Stanley Dancey, vice-presi- | dent, of the International Cooler | Corporation, which has recently scte tled in Oshawa, Farmers Welcomed The welcome to the tarmers was given by W, M, Gilbert, who res ferred to the fact that this was the fifth community night of this type, In the economic struggle, he said, both farmers and city men had suffered equally, and he urged both classes to retain their faith in their country." When you lose money,' he said, "only money ig lost. But when vou lose faith, all is lost" Gordon D. Conant introduced the sneaker of the evening as a gentle- man who occupied an important position on the economic structure (Continued on page 8) NOTED LAWYER DIES Kingston, May 3.-- Arthur Bre- den Cunningham, K.C.,, one of Kingston's outstanding lawyers, died yesterday morning at his home on Earl Street, He had an attack of influenza soveral weeks ago, but had performed legal work: since, A heart attack caused his death, e 5 { duce, cessity protluction tario It is boasted that a new plane ¢an fly without wings. It must be made of money,--Chatham News. Ontario Hydro to Spend Millions | St. Lawrence Power Development Ottawa, May 3.--At a capital expenditure of $120,000,000, to he financed by the Ontario Hydro-Electric Commission, Province of Ontario will receive from the international section of the St, Lawrence waterway ap- proximately 1,000,000 horsepow- er of elecrical energy at a cost of from $21 to $22 a horsepower, delivered in Toronto, equivalent to about $12 at the generating plant, This is the essence of the agreement now being negotiated between the Province .of Ontaria and the Dominion Government, as explained vesterday by Ire mier Henry. The agreement, said Premier Henry, might be core cluded, as far as Ontario 'is con. cerned, within another fortnight, "All that remains to be set. tled," he said, "are mere matters of leral verbiace, The rest of the unfavorable onc? « Winnipeg Tris bune, negotiations will be largely be. tween - the solicitors." the" Premier Henry was here all day yesterday conferring with Premier Bennett, Hon, i} » Herridge, Canadian Minister to Washington, and federal engin eers, Accompanying Mr, Henry and participating in the con ences were Hon, J, R, Cooke, chairman of the Hydro commis. sion; F. A, Gaby and Dr. Thomas Hoge, Hydro engineers, and Strachan Johnston, K.C,, who is handling the legal end of the negotiations for the Ontario Gove ernment and the Hydro. Tn this composite picture, {he first to he given, of the costs of the waterway power develop. ment, Mr, Henry cetimated that on the basis' of a $120,000,000 capital expenditure, the power would probably cost about $12 per horsepower at the power plant, Tt would cost another $3,580 a hereepower, he helioved. to step it un to the voltage necess (Continued on wage 3) A