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A Growing Newspaper i in a Growing City | » Osh ara Dail Succeeding The Oshawa Reformer y Times PROBS. Partly Cloudy and Quite 'Warm With Showers or Thunderstorms. VoL 10--NO. 145 OSHAWA, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 1932 12 Cents a Week; 3 Cents a Copy EIGHT PAGES ELIEF SYSTEM CHANGES DEFERRED District Governor Pays Visit to Local Kiwanis Club Aldermen Endorse Plan GOV. CHARLES FOWLER OF HALIFAX SPOKE AT MEETING Stresses Need for Optimis- | tic Outlook and Cour- ageous Front in Facing the Difficulties of Pres- "ent Day SAYS CONDITION LARGELY MENTAL Lt.-Governor for District, Arthur Claxton of Lind- say Was Also Speaker at Gathering in Hotel Gen- osha The Oshawa Kiwanis Club was last night honored by a visit from the Governor of the district em- bracing Ontario, Quebec and the Maritime Provinces, Charles Fowler, of Halifax, Nova Scotia, who, in his message, left a spirit of optimism and good cheer in the minds of the members who were present. Accompanying him was "Arthur Claxton, Lind- say, Lieut.-Governor of the dis- trict, who also addressed the club briefly. The occasion was 2 thoroughly enjoyable one, ard, although circumstances prevent- ed a number of the members be- ing. present, the gathering wa: highly appreciative of the visit of the district governor. Presi- dent R. N. Bassett occupied the chair .and the district governor igiven a fine introduction by Kiwanian Wally Clark. At the close of the addresses of the ev- ening, the thanks of the club were ably expressed by Kiwaniar Ed. O'Reilly. i Governor Fowler District Govérnor Fowler an- nounced frankly at the outset that he proposed to speak cn "Depression."' Many different definitions and causes for de- pression had been given, he said, but he felt the one which came nearest the mark was that given by a high school girl: "People trying to get happiness out of things, instead of doing things for other people." The trouble was that people were up in the air in a rudderless ship without a pilot, and it was worth while to survey . the wreckage which had been caused by the intoler- ance of the age. 'Let us preach the gospel of tolerance and friendship and dedicate our lives to the happiness, not only of our employees, but of those who are less fortunate than ourselves. The word depression has become 'an excuse, a battle cry of inac- tion. People are taking refuge behind it. We 'see business houses cutting salaries, one two and three times, and blaming the depression for it, I wonder if it is not being overdone, and the (Continued on page 4) 'A royal stag is one having 12- Aned antlers. LAST NIGHT UNITED STATES BELIEVED TO HAVE Conference With French Premier Sets Gossip Buzzing at Lausanne (By Canadian Press) Lausanne, Switzerland, Jume 21.--Delegations to the repara- tions and war debts conference buzzed with gossip today when word leaked through of a mid- night conference between Pre- mier Herriot of France and Hugh M. Gibson, representative of the United States at the deneva dis- armament conference. It was umderstood the United States had agreed to re-open the question of war debts on condi- tion that Europe supported the American disarmament proposals. Bug so far as could be learned to- day, no advance was made in the Franco-American position. COMPLAINS HE WAS ORDERED OUT OF MEAT STORE Man on Civic Relief Has Unusual Complaint to Make A recent complaint, still ques- tionable as to its justification owing to impossibility of an ef. ficient investigation owing to tbe steps taken by the complainant, will be discussed at the meeting of the Advisory Relief Commit- tee of the city council at tonight's meeting. This complaint again has ref- erence to the quality of the meat issued on the orders of the rc lief depot, but in this instance the complainant, a Ukrainiav, took the meat back to the store and entered into an argument with the clerk behind the counter. As a result he was ordered out of the store and his meat tickets were returned to him. 2 Now he is wondering where and how he is going to obtain supplies for u's family. The City authorities take the stand that his position has been brought about owing to his personal quarrel with (he store which supplies meat under contract, and that their respou- sibility ceases when he is given meat tickets. He himself says he cannot go back to redeem ihe tickets as he will be "chucked out' if he puts his head in at the door. Oshawa Family Evicted from Its Home on Olive Avenue Yesterday i { Yesterday, an Oshawa family, ® man, his wife and four young children, was evicted from its home at 371 Olive Avenue. Arin- ed with an eviction-order, an of- ficial of the sheriff's office came to the h , and pr ded to put the order into effect by hav- ing the furniture moved - from the house and placed out on the boulevard, to stay there regard- less of what the fate of the fam- ily might be. The family evicted was that of A. B. Parfitt, local war veteran, for seven years a resident of Oshawa who has been able to ¢b- tain work only spasmodically ior the last two years. For a num- bér of years he was an employes the General Motors and had Tavested all. his savings in the home from which he was evicted. He' was buying the house from John Stacey on a monthly pay- ment plan. He had made an in- itial deposit of $60.00, and was _ paying $25.00 a month in tle form of principle and interest, the. total price of the house be- ing $2,500. In all, according to his statement he had paid be- tween $700 and $800 into the home. Recently, however, the property was taken over from Mr. Stacey 4 the Forest Hill DNe- t Company, and this , finding payments were y or Mr. 5 owing tu of Mr. Parfitt, his in "the house on Olive Avenue. The family has been dependocat on city relief work and direct re- lief to a large extent for neariy two years, and when turned ort on the street yesterday, had ab- solutely no money, save a one- dollar bill which was handed to Mr. Parfitt by the sheriff's assist- ant for helping to move out h'c own furniture. Legion Stepped In + The man being a war veteran. the local branch of the Canadian Legion at once interested itself in the case, and found another house into which the fami'- could move on payment of one montk's rent. The co-operation.of Mayer Hawkes was sought, and within an hour a party of neighbours and Legion members was busy moving the unfortunate man invo the mew house, with the montl's rent provided for, The man had been able to keep his water and electric light bills paid up to a month or so ago, 80 arrange- ments were made with the man- ager of the public utilities com- mission the Legion to have water available in the little new home of the family. Man Needs Work This is the second case of au actual eviction reported in the city B FRcent weeks, but in this case s cularly ; hard 'v that tHe fam iy Sad ios it. the | savings which had been invested '| Mr. Parfitt A a Ying works patner MADE GESTURES, hays wor (YOUTH GOES OUT IN DINGHY AND DOES NOT RETURN Some Anxiety Is Felt For Safety of William Lick Some anxiety is felt for the safe- ty of William Lick, of 354 Simcoe Street' North, local young man and member of the Oshawa Yacht Club who left the clubhouse yesterday afternoon at 3.30 p.m. in one of the new dinghies owned by the club and had not vet returned up to the time of going to press this afternoon. Inquiries at nearby ports along the lake shore had also failed to reveal any trace of the young man or the dinghy. When Lick left the clubhouse, he was alone in the dinghy, carried no food nor bailing equipment in the boat, and the officials of the club are at a loss to understand his pro- longed absence. Before sailing, he said he intended to make for Olcutt, New York, but this statement was not at the time taken seriously. In view of his long absence, however, it is now felt that he may have made the attempt to cross the lake in the dinghv, and hopes are felt that news of his safe arrival at the other side may vet be received. Messages were sent to Whitby and Bowmanville this morning, ask- ing that a lookout be kept for the dinzhy, and later in the forenoon communications: were gent to other points along the lake. Naturally, the members of the Oshawa Yacht Club are somewhat anxious over the incident. although they are hopeful that he will return sarely to the harbor. In view of the storm over the lake last night, it is felt that he mav have touched for shelt- er at some isolated point, and has been unable to communicate with hic home here. ROTARIANS HONOR ALBERT V. SWAIL | Extend Greetings on His 25th Wedding An- | niversary Several interesting little cere- monies featured yesterday's lun- cheon of the Oshawa Rotary Club, the outstanding of them being the presentation of a beautiful basket of flowers to Albert Swail, for himself and Mrs. Swail, in honor of the twenty-fifth anni- versary of their marriage. The presentation was made hy George Hart, who, in a neat little speech, extended to Mr. and Mrs. Swail the congratulations of the Rotary Club, and the wish that their future years might be crowded with happiness. Mr. Swalil was too overcome by surprise to do anything but utter his sincere appreciation of this kindly ges- ture by his fellow-Rotarians. Another feature was the hearty welcome given to ex-Mayor Ernie Marks on his first appearance at a club luncheon since the acci- dent some time ago in which he sustained a broken. The welcome of the club was extended by President Phillips, and Mr. Marks, (in acknowledging the hearty greetings he received, ex- (Continued on page 3) USED GROSSLY BAD LANGUAGE St. Julien Street Woman Is : Fined in Police Court Mrs. Mary Dzenekoi, St. Juliar Street appeared in police court this morning before Magistrate Creighton to face a charge that she did on June 11 use grossly insulting language to John Bort- nik, a resident on the sama street. After hearing the evi- dence in the case His Worship imposed a fine of $1 and costs, a total of $10.50. If the fine is not paid the accused will spend seven days in the County Jail. In the evidence adduced it was stated that Bortnik went to the city dump to get some fertilizer and that the accused and her hue- band tried to restrain him and he was called a number of, un- savoury names. undertake any kind of work which will enable him to keop the rent paid in the new home ito 'which he has moved at 408 Olive Avenue. Perhaps this re- cital, 'of' the hard circumstances with which he has been facel may induce some citizens Who 1 Geert Mo ore as well as Pad va 1 ich requires to be done: to give Bim a chance, The report of the Finance Committee of the City Council as submitted at the regular meetinz of council by Ald. W. Boddy last night was adopted without dir- cussion. The report read as fnl- lows: "That with regard to the com. munication from the Retail Mer- chants' Association with respec! to the cost of distribyztion of sup- plies from the Relief Store, this matter be left in he hands of your committee. "That the resolution accom- panying the communication of May 19th from the City of Sud- bury, requesting that legislati~n be enacted to empower city coun- cils to control expenditures of school boards be éndorsed, and that the City of Sudbury be ad- vised accordingly, and also to tie effect that similar resolutions have been endorsed within the last few months, "That the City Clerk reply tc the communication from the Can- adian National Institute for the to Give Council Control of School Expenditures Blind that no having provided any funds in our (budget of ex- penditures this year for grants of this kind, we are unable to met their request. "That a copy of the menu cov- ering the supplies furnished (a- milies from our Relief Store, be forwarded to the Secretary of the Central Council of Ratepay- ers' Associations in reply to their communication read at the last Council meeting. "That the communication from the Citizens' Research Instituie of Canada be received and filed "That this council approves cf the policy regarding the scheme of establishing gardens to be cui- tivated by families getting re- lief as set out in the communica tion from the Department of Public Works, and that the Relicf Officer be instructed to fugnish the necessary information to this Council on any expenditures that may have heen made already ir this connection." Speaking on trends in the de- velopment of modern physical education, Earl - Cunningham, physical director of the Boys' | Training School at Bowmanville gave an interesting and enlight- ening address to the Oshawa Ro- tary Clup at its weekly luncheon yesterday. Although coming to speak at short notice, the speak- er showed a splendid grasp of his subject, and stressed the fact that physical training is now an essential part of the curriculum of any school. and should "hold an important place in all educa- tional systems. He was intro- duced to the club by Lt.-Col Frank Chappell, and at the close of his address, Ross Mackinnon, member of the Oshawa Board of Education, voiced the club's ap- preciation of his message. Five Distinct Trends Without physical education, said Mr. Cunningham, no effort Rotarians Given Fine Address on Trends in Physical Education to educate could be complete In the last forty, years, there had been five distinct trends in physical education The first started about 1890, and laid stress on drill exercises, calis- thenics and marching, with every- thing done by a syrtem and te numbers. This provided an all- round svmmetry sti'l needed to- day, and did excellent service, but it was not sufficient. The second trend was for an emphasis on ath'aties, and this brought about the development of varsity competition, in which stress was laid on' athletic teams, to the exclusion of the major body of students. This was also still needed, but shoi1:4 not be emnhasized. said the speaker. Thén came the recreational trend, with the establishmeat of recreation centres everywhere, and came as a healthy antidote to the athletic period The main (Continued 'on page 4) APPROVE PLANS OF MERCHANTS City Council Acts in Ac- cordance With Recent Discussions The report of the General Pur- pose Committee as subm itted at last night's meeting of the City Council bv Ald. F. O. Kirby in the absence Jf the chairman, Ald, H. H. Cawker, contained several clauses which re- commended action in accordance with matters that have been tlie subject of discussion with the Retail Merchants' Association for some time, The complete report, as adopted bv council, read ae follows: "That license plates be obtained for those holding Hawkers' & Ped- lars' Licenses. "That no action be taken in re- gard to the communication. of the MacLean Publishing Co. in connec- tion with advertising in their pub- lication, Industrial Opportunities in Canada.' "That a by-law be prepared pro- viding for a seasonal license of $30 for. peddling i€e-cream and soft drinks. "That no action be taken regard- ing the communication from the National Sweepstake Petition Asso- ciation. "That no action be taken regard- ing the communication from Walk erville re rebating gasoline tax on municipally owned passenger cars." PROPOSE LICENSE FOR STREET SIGNS Council 'Desires to Provide for Public Liability Insurance In addition to the report as pub- 'lished elsewhere in these columns, the General Purpose Committee recommended to the. City Council at last night's regular meeting that "a by-law be prepared providing that all persons having signs over- hanging the street line be compell- ed to take out a license which will provide for public liability and property damage insurance: the Ime to be effective from August "This clause was referied 'back to ANGLERY' PLAN WEEK-END OUTING Large Party to Take Jour- ney Northward for Fishing Trip The Oshawa Anglers' Associa- tion is arranging a Fishing Trip (the secretary uses capital let- ters) for Saturday and Sunday, July 9 and 10, to Fee's Landing, Pigeon River, fifteen miles north of Millbrook. Apparently any fisherman may join the members of the Assocla- tion and participate in this out- ing, the only necessary arrange- ment he has to make being to de- posit a dollar with the secreta y of the association, George Hob- ertshaw at Robertshaw"s Book Store, in order to guarantee that a boat will be available for his use. Advice to members of the fish- ing fraternity contained in the notice of this trip as sent out by the secretary reads, 'bring 2 friend and lots of lunch and don't make a mistake and forget your rod and reel." Those joining this party if they leave for the fishing grounds on Saturday will do so independent- ly, while others are invited :0 gather and meet the main parly at four o'clock in the morning. daylight saving time, on Sunday at the Oshawa Post Office. BRIEF REPORT ADOPTED The report of the Board of Works, as presented at last night's meeting of the City Coun- cil by Ald. E. Jackson, was orly a brief one, being adopted, as submitted, reading as follows: -- "That no action be taken re paving Metcalf St. '""Re Simcoe St. Subway, recom- mend exchange as contained in letter from Canadian National Railway." the committee for further consid- eration it being the opinion of the majority of council that definite 'facts and figures as to the cost of the proposed license to the owners of signs be tabled before any ag tion is taken. In discussing the matter it was stated by Ald. Kirby, vice-chairman of the committee, that it had been computéd the cost would be about $2.50 per sign, '| success in other centres, he said. TORONTO PAPER IS REBUKED AT COUNCIL MEETING Mayor and Alderman Boddy Incensed Over Report on Relief Case Before the final adjournment of City Council last night Ald. Boddy | addressed Council regarding a re- port which appeared in Saturday's issue of The Toronto Daily Star dealing with the alleged fact that} an Oshawa family had been refused assistance by the City Relief De- partment and Medical Officer of Health because they had paid their rent "l want to draw attention to a report which appeared in The Star on Saturday", said Ald. Boddy, "and to state that we will reply to the statements made therein, through the medium of the press, after the Advisory Relief Committee of this council has met to-morrow night. "This report is certainly not a true or fair statement of all the facts of the case," said Ald. Boddy, 'and 1 am surprised at a paper like The Star printing such a .report without first knowing ail the facts. "l believe we should at least get justice in newspaper reports but the Star seems to have a personal grievance against Miss Farncomb as City Relief Officer. 'they are per- sistently rapping her, and are con- tinually saying that Miss Farncomb refuses to do this or that whereas the truth of the matter is that she does just exactly what she is told and has ne authority to do very | 'much else", said Ald Boddy ' Mayor Thomas Hawkes, --""I am glad you brought that up. What 1| cannot understand is that any re- porter on any paper does not get in touch with some member of the committee in charge, or with myself, and get all the facts before he sends out such. a story as this. "It is very ridiculous, for instance, to- say that the Medical Officer «| Health cannot act in a case of em- ergency without first consulting with some committee of this coun- cil and obtaining permission or. au- thority," said the Mayor. Always An Appeal Ald. Boddy,--"We must remem- ber too that there is always an appeal from any decision given by Miss Farncomb. She makes her (Continued on page 4) HAMILTON MAY LOSE RELIEF AID!. J. A. Ellis , Asks For For- mation of Central Committee Hamilton, June 21--Rumors that the Federal and Provincial Govern- ments would threaten to withdraw their substantial aid in direct relief, unless Hamilton made changes in the present system, became a real- ity yesterday, when a frank lette, was received by Mayor Peebles from 1. A. Ellis, Secretary of the Provificial Unemployment Commit- tee. Toronto. x Mr. . Ellis's communication was based upon the report of the recent investigation made here by Inspect- or Malcolm of the Provincial De- partment of Labor, following the dispute between Controller Law- rence and John McMenemy, City Relief Officer. Mr. Ellis said he had noticed from time to time that the relief accounts submitted by Hamilton appeared to be rather high. He also said, it appeared to him that a different system of administering relief in Hamilton would have to be adopt- ed, "if the city is to continue to receive Government grants." Suggests Committee So far as the City Council was concerned, relief was too important to be lett entirely in the hands of but one of its members. He urged that a Relief Committee of the City Council be appointed, and that where relief funds have been raised bv charitable organizations these be turned over to the city, Governments would still apply its two thirds' grant toward such funds. Mr. Ellis further suggested that the Relief Committee be composed not entirely of members of the City Council, but that it take the form of a Welfare Board, including Council members and represerita- tives of those organizations which are contributing to the relief funds This had been done with marked GIRL KILLED BY CAR Toronto, June 21--Only one more dav at sthool, then a summer's va- cation, faced 12-year-old Mary Dix- on when ghe left her home this morning. Alightinz a. few minutes later from a street car near the school, she was killed bv an auto- mobile. Police are holding Leslie Smith, Rockwell Ave, on a charge and' the|, COUNCIL DECIDES TO WAIT FOR MEETING OF WELFARE SOCIETIES KIWANIS NEED HELP WITH CAMP Short of Finances, Club Makes Appeal for Help From Public With the opening of the Ki- wanis Boys' Camp at Kedron only two weeks away, the mem- bers of the Kiwanis Club are busily engaged in the final pre- parations. The lists of boys who will be taken to camp are being carefulv complied. and all the boys will be medically examined within 'the next two weeks. At last night's Kiwanis meeting, the members were urged to send in all names of boys whom they felt should be sent to the camp, <0 that they could be included in the lists for examination. Forced to make extensive re- pairs to the dam at the camp, in order to provide a swimming pool, the Kiwanis Club is find- ing itself short of finances for its month's camp, and would greatly appreciate the assistance of anv citizens who feel favor- ably disposed towards the project of a camp for under-privileged boys, such as has been conducted by the club for the last two years. Well over one hun- dred boys are on the list to mo to the camp, and this worth- while work does a great deal to provide them with a healthful, character-buildirg holidav. It is estimated that jt costs five dol- lars to send a boy to camp for two weeks, and the Kiwanians would appreciate dnaations of this or larger amounts tn helo them bridge over the difficuities of financing. Anv contributions sent to the | Club treasurer, D. C. Forrester. Canadian National Ticket Office, 3 King Street West, will be great- ly appreciated. BOARD SIDEWALK FOR BLOOR ST. W. Project Is Referred Back to Civic Board of Works At last night's meeting of the City Council Ald. F. O. Kirby spon- sored a motion to the effect that a wooden sidewalk be constructed on the south side of Bloor Street West from Simcoe Street to the bridge, this motion being eventual- ly passed to the Board of Works for consideration and report. In submitting his motion Ald. Kirby stated that during wet weath- er the road became practically im- passable for pedestrians, and ad- vocated the carrying out of his sug- gestion by unemployed labour. Ald. Clarke spoke in support of the motion stating that men who reside in the district concerned had expressed a willingness to carry out the necessary work under the exist- ing scheme of relief. Ald. Boddv -questioned the advisa- bility of such a step, drawing at- tention to the fact that such side- walks as the one suggested were a continual bill of expense for main- tenance, while he seconded the mo- tion of Ald. Morris that the matter be referred to the Board of Works for consideration. NAMED. BISHOP Vatican City, June 21.--Rev. Peter Joseph Monahan of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., was named Bish- op of Calgary today by his Holi- ness the Pope. A total of 250,000 trout rang- ing in size from 7 to 14 inches, were planted in streams of New Jersey during the present season. 1 Lengthy Debate at Council Meeting Last Night Finds Aldermen Unwilling to Make Decision Without Further Information QUESTION OF FUNDS STUMBLING BLOCK Committee Is Appointed to- Draft Letter to Associ- ated Welfare Societies Asking for Specific Ine formation City Council again went inte committee of the whole last night, during the regular meet- ing, in order to discuss the recommendations regarding the administration of relief submit- ted by the Citizens' Advisory Re- lief Committee. Following this discussion a resolution was for mally adopted to the effect that 'action be left in abeyance until after the annual meeting of the Associated Welfore Societies', which takes place on June 28. In addition to this action a small committee was appointed consisting of Aldermen Hyman, Boddy and Bunker to draft a communication to be addressed to the Associated Welfare Socie- ties, this letter to be submitted to council in committee, the com- mittee of council being given power to act, before it is eventu- ally forwarded. In this communication couneil will ask for definite information from the welfare organization, in writing, as to whether it is the intention of the society to carry on after a central Emergency Res lief Committee has been formed, of whether the Associated Wel fare Sociéties will amalgamate with the new organization. Ihe formation will also be sought re- garding the disposal of the funds to the credit of the welfare or- ganization, and on other matters, Mayor Opens Discussion This important matter was opened for discussion by Mayor Hawkes when he asked if the Finance Committee had any re- port to submit to council follow= ing its conference with repre- sentatives of the Welfare Society. In reply to this question Ald. Boddy, chairman of the Finance Committee, stated 'as I under= stand 'the matter it is not neces sary to have any formal report from 'the Finance Committee in order to re-open this matter for discussion. The Finance Commit- tee acted on the resolution of this council". t Moved Into Committee Ald. Morris.--"I think this matter should be disposed of once and for all and not allowed to drag along indefinitely, I will move that we go into committee of the whole to discuss the recommendations of the Citizens': Advisory Relief Committees as tabled at the last meeting". This suggestion met with the approval of council and = Mayor Hawkes vacated the chair in fave our of Ald. Louis Hyman. (Continued on page 8) FIRE CHIEF'S BODY 3 oi FOUND AT MONTREAL Montreal, June 21.--The bod¥ of Fire Chief Raoul Gauthier, . missing since Friday, when viu- lent explosions blew up the oil tanker Cymbeline in Montreal Harbour, was recovered early to- day. The body had been lying in water between the Cymbeline and the drydock and came to the surface apparently about dawn, Only one body has still to he re= rovered, that of H. Legge, Works man. Chief Gauthier will ! be buried along with the. three firemen, who perished | the blast, in a civic funeral Deputation to See Just as soon as the necessary sta- tistical data is available City Coun- cil will send a deputation to inter- view Premier George S. Henry with a view to obtaining very necessary assistance in handling the relief problems af this city, more especial- Iv as regards the provision. of shelt- er for people in distress. By resolution of Aldermen Hyman and Boddy 'adopted at last night's regular meeting 'of council, Mayor Hawkes was empowered to Henry Regarding | Shelter as Soon as It is Possibl "Every day we have several lems brought to us in which zens are faced with eviction fre their homes owing to non-paymen of rent," said Mayor Hawkes, * sonally I feel that something got to be done and done quick] serious Siluation is to be escaped" B ~"T agree, 1 like tn see a acoutenos RO to' Premier to-morrow but the trou is that it is no use for us to go # Toronto unless we are fully pr and appoint the" suggested deputa- tion at any time, immediate action being very 'apparently the 'aim of the whole council.' This matter was brought up for discussion by the Mayor 'himself when he reported to council that the problem of shelter 'was getting of manslaughter, X more serious every day, ed, 'armed with facts and figu showing a verv clear picture of ditions 'as they exist. I am 'sure that all the a: ayailable infe ation has vet been fully prep but the york Ms going on, Just soon as the facts are prepar should go 'te Toronto "aud 3 o minute later,"