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5 A Growing - Newsparer in a Growing City ea ll Ee a RE ¢ Oshawa Dail ql Arseny the Gift Giving Problem For All Members of the Family Succeeding The Oshawa Refcrmer y Times | a L J Br ..h OSHAWA, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1932 PRICE THREE CENTS TWELVE PAGES JOL. 11--NO. 140 Rural Municipalities May Seek Power Bill Rebate OSHAWA DIS TRICY HAS BUILT LARGE SURPLUS IN LAST Present Accumulated Sur. | plus Amounts to $40, 000 on a Net Investment | by H.E.P.C. of Only] $114,000 MAY ALSO SEEK . . RATE REDUCTION G. D. Conant Places Facts Before Municipal Coun-| cils and Offers Co-opera- tion in Presenting Appli- | cation Possibility that the rural munici- palities served by the Oshawa Rural Power District may anply for a re- bate of power bills or a reduction in rates looms as a result of the large surplis which has been accumulated by the Hydfo-Electric Power Sys- tem of Ontario on the operation of the system in this district. Letters were sent a few days ago to the ng councils of Darlington, Whitby, Whitby township and ering Township by G. D. Corr ant, who has taken a keen interest ia pbwer matters in Central On- tario, pointing out the situation which exists, and offering to co- operate with these municipalities without remuneration, in order to present their case for rebate 'or reduction. The Oshawa Rural Power District is a co bination of what were prev- iougly separate township districts. These were combined in 1928. In the district there a.e 91.5 miles of ower lines, with 1424 customers. The service charges. averare $1.85 per m.onth on a farm of 50 acres or less, and $222 on larger farms, but the range varies all the way from $1.00 per month to as high as $7.24 per month. The po .er rates charg- ed are three and a half cents per k.w.h. for the first fourteen kilowatt hours, and two cents for k.w.h. for the balance of power used. The total investment of the Hydro-Elec- trict Power Commission is $222,561, but of this the government contrib- uted $108,152 2s its share of the cost of secondary Jes leaving a net 'investmen of $114 Ig. the year ending AB cis 31, 1931, the last complete year for which fioures are avriloble, there (Continued on page 7) FEW YEARS PRIZE DRAWING THIF EVENING AT COLYERIATE Splendid Concert To Be | Given by Ukrainian Singers and Dancers | mien : | is evening, at the coileglate auditorium, in conjunction with | a splendid concert by a company of Ukrainian singers and dan- cers, the draw will be made by ; Mayor Hawkes for the Chevrolet Coupe and 45 other prizes to be ziven away in the Welfare Fund | contest. The winning numbers ! | will be announced from the nlat- form and will be published to- morrow, and Stanley Parker with be. at the Hotel Genosha, with the prizes, tomorrow and for the nert few days, ready to hand them over to those with the win- ning tickets. The welfare head- quarters' office is being closed up thi¥ #fternoon, so the prize: will be distributed to the winners at the Hotel Genosha. As has been announced, in ad- dition to the winning tickets for the prizes, alternative tickets will be drawn, to be held in re- serve in case the first drawn numbers are not claimed. Should any of the prizes be unclaimed at noon on Wednesday next, the alternative numbers for these will be published, and the holders of these tickets allowed until noon next Saturday to claim the prizes. In addition to the splendid concert and the prize drawing, an interesting feature will be the selling by auction, of a splendid building lot at the corner of Col- borne and Roxborough Streets. This lot will be knocked down by William J. Sulley, auctioneer, to the highest bidder. An admission fee of ten cents is being charged, but a ticket in the contest goes along with each admission, while the Oshawa Street Railway is co-operating by allowing a five cent fare on the cars from 7 p.m, till midnignt, Times' Classified Ads Gey Results. H.N. Mallett Makes Statement, Regrets Handbill Misleading The following letter from Hany N. Mallett, with reference handbill which . he. had nen and distributed through- . out the city last Saturday, was received by The Times this morn- ing for publication. The handbill was the subject of considerable discussion at the Public Welfare Board meeting last night, and Mr. Mallett"s letter, published below, is the result: "The Editor of The Oshawa Daily ' Times, Oshawa, Ont. , "Dear Sir,--O0n December 10th, hand bill was left in every se in Oshawa, printed over me. the head lines of which "HOT NEWS--WELFARE PUEL DELIVERY STOPPED", The body of the bill went on to explain that L. M. Mallett could not fill any more relief orders for sore time on account of her money being tied up by litigation instituted by third parties, Later-1 was surprised and re- gretted to hear that apparently the head-lines were being read to mean that the Welfare Board had stooped sending orders to L. M. Mallett, and that the action of the Board was hurting L, M. Mallett. Far From Truth Nothing could te further from the truth, or further from my intention "than , that this inter. pretation be taken. On the con- trary, L. M. Mallett has always. bean treated with the utmost feirroes bv the Welfare Toara, | it impossible for L. M. Mallett to accept further relief orders, she requested the Board not to send any orders to her until further notice, Expresses Regret "Words cannot express my re- obvious therefore that I certainly should cause embarrassment to the Welfare Board. The reason that the .word "Welfare" was used at all, was that we had to apprise our customers on relie of the fact 'thit' we could no matter, anyone who could not pay cash. The relief orders that L. M. Mallett had been receiving from the Welfare Board made it her best eustomer, It must be would naturally arise by custom- would not, knowingly, consider doing anything' 'that could em- barrass the Board. My intention In issuing the circular was large- ly to 'eliminate.congestion at the relief depot which congestion would naturally arise by custom- ers returning .to. have "another dealer's name inserted in the re- lief order slip, In doing this I honestly believed thet J was co- operating with the Welfare au- thorities and I regret so much thet my action has apparently had the opposite effect. "For these reasons, 1 bez you to give this letter as much prom- Inence as you can. in the hope that it may 'assist in clearing up a misunderstanding which is as re7rattrh'a to me 2s in anyone. An a mnatior a® fact, when the action fo the third parties made | . "Thanking youn, [ remain, "HARFEY N. MALLETT". N. | Vice-President and General Man- longer supply them or, for that: GENERAL MOTORS EMPLOYEES HAD ENJOYABLE NIGHT Six Hundred red Pasticipated in Get-together at Auditorium More than six hundred employees and executives of General Motors of Canada, Limited, gathered last evening in the Auditorium for the first of a series of interesting mcet- ings that marked a new epoch in Company activity, The object was to acquaint cvery emplayee from highest to lowest with the details f company activities and to show how all departments trom foundry to sho.;room, are inter-rclated and workiner .to a common purpose. A orozram dramatizin~ the idea of :0-operative effort had been ar- :anged and will be repeated to- right for another group of six hun- Ire employees and executives. Visitors last night included per- sonne! from General Motors Accen- tance Cornoration and Frigidaire Divisions in Toronto. H. A. Brown ager, presided. Later meetings of the same kind will be held in St. Catharines and Walkerville for the benefit of the other Company fac- tories, and also at points in the freld. The co-operative aspect of the Company's Selivitios were discussed last night by Mr, Brown and other addresses will be given by G. E. Ansley, Assistant General - Sales Manager, and Mr, George W. Gar- ner, Chicf Engineer, A presenta- tion of the new MeLaughlin-Buick was made, and a demonstration -of the Fisher No-Draft Ventilation System conducted by R. M. McIn- tyre. T. H. Corpe, Advertising Manager, wave a brief address on company advertising. An interesting part of the pro- gram came when the General Mo- tors Hockey Broadcast was tuned in at the Auditorium, Another 1ca- ture was a talknig film, "The Fourth Necessity," based on re- search and the development of the automobile industry. There were also short comedy films. It is expected these "co-operative nights" will - a long way toward familiarizing the company person- nel with the product they are work- ing on and the merchandizing effort in which they are all engaged. AUTO LICENSES FOR 1933 HERE New Passenger Car Plates Are Yellow With Black Numerals In conversation - with A, L. ("Mike") Bouckley, this morn- ing The Times learned .that the new license plates for automo- biles for the year 1933 are now on sale in the city. While there have been a few calls for the plates, it is not anticipated that there will be any great demand until 'the first of the new year. MPLOYMENT IMPROVEMENT IS PUTTING MANY FAMILIES ON SELF -SUPPORTING BASIL Approximately 200 Fam, ilies on Relief May Be Dropped From Lists Af-| ter Pay Cheques Are Re.| ceived Next Week A decided improvement in the | relief situation, whereby approx- imately 200 families are likely | to be placed on a self-supporting | basis and removed from the city | relief lists within the next week, is anticipated by the. Oshawa | Public Welfare Board, in accord- | ance with a report submitted by the administrator at its. meeting last night. These are familles in which the wage-earners have re- | turned to employment General Motors plant, and wil] be receiving either their first or seec- ond pay cheques on Wednesday, | December 21. In addition, there are several other families which, on investigation, have been found | not entitled to relief by reason of income in the home, and have been struck from the liste, The last week's investigations | have resulted in over a dozen families 'either being struck from the lists or refused relief, and in relief being reduced in more than ten other cases. ! The chief item for encourage- ment for the board, howeyer w. | I'the FePort that from November | necessary. 29 tp December 9 the General! cheque is rec i co-operation from | Motors Corporation in Mectors Corporation had advised | him of 181 names of persons on relief who had returned to work. These men, it is understood, will be in receipt of their pay cheques either first or second. on Wed. { nesday, December 21, possibility, too, that other who have resumed work December 9 will also be in the men | same category, Depends on Earnings In these cases, relief will be continued until the first pay ceived, on December 21, and the men will be required | to produce their pay-slips to show | the amount of their earnings. | Where the earnings are above the | standard fixed by the board, re- lief will be immediately stopped, are emall, and below the board's standard, provision will be made for only partial relief until such | time as the earnines are suffiei- | ent to take care of the needs of the family. In no case, however, | will rellef be given where t! Fine Co-Operation The board is receiving Hg the mat- | ter of reporting 'men returning to and is also making into these not be employment, ia ¢lose investization casez, so that relief may ontinned . afier-i& is--no loner | . net. drunken brawl at the h way, it is 8) page ¢ In this (Continued on OTHER RELIEF PROSECUTIONS ARE EXPECTED : Glaring Case of Receiving Relief on False Pre- tences Reported More prosecutions in police court on charges of receiving re- lief under false pretences are likely to be launched in the nest few days as the result of a re- port placed before the Public Welfare Board last night by the administrator, In two cases the city solicitor has already advised | that prosecutiong be made, and the necessary information {s in the hands of the chief of police. Last night, the administrator placed before the board a report of several cases in which nen had continued to call at the we'- fare department and receive food and fuel relief oraers after harv- ing drawn substantial amounts of wages. Some Of the cases were very glaring and the hoard in- structed the administrator to dis- cuss each of these with the sol! fcitor and to prosecute in such cases as the solicitor recommend- ed. In each of these cases, the man on relief had not notified the board that he had returned to { being (Continued on page 6) 'Seek Quota For Airport Camps ||, Further efforts ar are belng mnde by the Public Welfare Board to secure a quota for singue unem- loyed men to go to the airport camps of the federal govern- ment, A letter from the super- intendent of the Employment Service of Canada was read at the mecting last night, indicating that these camps were now being opened, and that the quotas were set by one of the officials at Ottawa. The secretary of tie board wag instructed to write to | this official asking for a quota for this city. that the men gent to these cawaps are being outfitted by the depart- | | There is a | gince | | he land after deient | man fails to produce his pay slip, | folio General {The | E E: Io | | | apartment | Dean broke open Ellis' | 'TO REFORMATORY GHAS. DEAN SENT "TECTION PLANS ARE COMPLETED ELECTION POLLING PLACES AND OFFICIALS ANNOUNCED BY CLERK IN WOUNDING CASE |Found Not "Guilty of Burg. | lary But Convicted on Other Charge (By Whitby Editor) Whitby, Dec. 16--A jury in tl "cunt Court at i on Thurs- day afternoon ! arles Dean, | of occasioning ! Ellie, ) her. i s nt ning at v sonie- His | I. A Clarence 2nd of Octo! Rudd: roman until Friday "l want to kne about this man," said Honor, when Crow ney McGibbon moved for at the | while in cases where the earnings {of the court. | Ruddy imposed | year determinate and one 3 | detern inate in the Ontario atory at Guel ph. The close of the t: hearing of ial came alter witie Sees ! A.W. trorney HB Then | { the | Greer and Crown A had addressed the jury ved the charge by the judge. prisoner took the verdict ap- | parently quite unconcerned, but his | wife burst info tears. A Drunken Brawl | The evidence revealed that on the ight of October 2nd. there was a | ome of th® An eighteen ounce bottle | alcoho! had heen con- Dean and ! Clarence [4 have and accuse. rubbing sumed, it was allege is guest: for the h and during the evening alleged by Dean to been Ellis, called "the police, the officers on their arrival at the | home admonished all and sundry to! make less noise, No arrests were made at that ti Later in the! i rown charged, when El- lace for his own same building, | door, went in and after accusing Ellis of hav- (Continued on page 6) | in the SIX TENDERS FOR It was intimated | | PARK PAVILION ment of national defence before | Tenders Are Referred to | belag sent to the camps, which re mostly in Northern Ontarlo, Two Stolen Cars Are Recovered, Local police reported tals morning that they had been able to locate two stolen cars last night, One of the cars was owned by W. Booth, of WhitlLy which was stolen from Boud Street east on Wednesday night. The car was located abandoned on Drew Street, near Bloor. last night, another car was stolen being that of W. D. Parsons, of Whitby. The car was reported stolen shortly after nine o'clock and was recovered within twen- ty minutes, This car was also abandoned when discoverea The new plates to be {ssned in Oshawa will bear the letter "0", which may or may not stand for the first letter of the city's name. However, Oshawa drivers will he able to easily pick out their fel- low townsment with one one inl. tial before the numerals. New plates for passenger cars will be yellow with ' black numerals, "Ontario 1933" is spelled oul in full and is placed across the 10) of the plate, . To Systematize Clothiing Depot In an effort to. expedite the handling of clothing in the We!- fare Depot, the Public Welfare Board has secured the co-opnera- tion of the' accounting" depari- ment of (General Motors of Can- ada, Limited, which is supplying the services of some of its systm- atizers to go into the whole sys- tem, and place it on a more ef- ficient basis. The main objec- tive i8 to bring the distribution of clothing up to date ag quickly as possible, and to expedite dis- tribution so that all orders on To the Citizens. of Oshawa: supply was at a low ebb. serve, so we «till have plenty on. The seating capacity His Worship is quite satisfied ing tickets, There is, a Let's see" it through. hand can be filled with the great- est possible gresd, ) Tonight Sees Grand Climax of Contest For Chevrolet Coupe Every effort has been put forth to keep the expenses of the Oshawa Public Welfare Campaign ot a minimum. policy almost caused what might have been a heated argu- ment with "Mike" Bouckley thig morning. There have been so many tickets sold on the Chevrolet Coupe, and the other 44 prizes the last day or two. that "Mike"' be printed. Printing costs money, but Stan, Parker saved the situation by producing a whole package, that he had in re- This clearly demonstrates that public distribution of these prizes is at a fever heat, We hear the. same questions:--' 'Who will "Who will get that nice table lamp?' and so the auestions go of the going to be severely taxed tonight. Wonld suggest that you come early and make sure of a seat. Our Ukrainian enter- talners are all set and ready to ®o and it iz understood that very short space of time left to dispose of the balance of that last packare of tickets, but the proceeds of same wonld brine us considerably closer to $35,000.00, Oshawa, Dec. 16, 1982. This it appeared that our insisted that some niore of tickets for you. interest in the Everywhera get the car?' Collexiate Auditorium is with. his proficiency in handl- MORLEY R, JACOBI, Committee of Park oi Commission At a meeting of the Parks Com- mission held yesterday afternoon and presided over by H. E. Brad- ley, tenders were opened and con- sidered by the Commission for the leasing or the Pavilion in Lakeview Park under the terms laid down by the Commission at a previous mect- ing. Six tenders were received and re- ferred to a special committee com- posed of Dr, F, L. Henry and W, A. Coad, who will Investigate the standing of each tenderer together with his ability to carry out such a contract as that which it is pro- posed to center in to, and report back to the Commission at an early date. While no financial statement was tabled at yesterday's meeting, there being another meeting in all prob- ability before the end of the current year, it is understood that the | Parks Commission is well within its budget of expenditures this year in spite of the fact that there has | been a substantial loss of revenue as compared with that received in cther years, Welfare Dance For East Whitby In an cifort to help with the wel- fare campaigh which is to be offici- ally started early in January, the Westmount Ratepayers Association has arranged for a welfare dance to be held in the Westmount Pavilion, which has been donated free of charge, on the evening of Tuesday, December 20. Tickets are now be- ing sold for this dance at 25 cents each, and can be secured at Ward's Store, Burns' Shoe Store, John- ston's Clothing Store, Shaw's groc- ery store, Park Road South, from Mr. Fisher at the Palm Billiard Rooms, and from members of: the committee, also at the pavilion. It is hoped that 3 substantial sum will be realized {for the weliare Warm Appreciation | cost of less than one per.cent. in ! comparative figures showed {nat tin the 19350 campaign, $33.495.- | over | Ing the | At eight o'clock this morning, it L R. JACOB! GIVEN] THANKS OF BOARD of Splendid Werk in Cam- paign Expressed At last night's meeting of the | Publje Welfare Board, M. R. | Jacobi, director, and H. trent of the Welfare paign, submitted their report on the Amount of money raised. 'The total reported to the hoard was | over? $32,600, with further re- turn still to be received. Of this "amount, only £2,611 remain as future pledges still to be paid, which was considered a most | healthy position for the waliare funds, the balance being avati- able in eash or in guaranteed | subscriptions in which the | cheques are expected in the next few days. The total expenses of operating the campaign were ozs than $300, which indizateg a operating the campaign. be slightly over $30,000 were raised whil well 1931 campaign. total will go 6 in the this year the ling Nominations Will All Be Made at City Hall on Monday, December 26, With Voting in Election on Monday, January 2 146 POLLING BOOTHS IN FIVE CITY WARDS ' Deputy-Returning Officers and Polling Clerks Are Appointed to Take Charge of Balloting in Municipal Elections Official notice 18 now promul- gated by the' City Clerk, F. E, Hare, in his capacity of Return- Of yr for the forthcoming municipal elections regarding the nomination meetings to be held on Monday, December 26, and the election jtself on the holiday for New Year's Day. Under the new election plan all nominations are being made this year in the City Hall, Simcoe Street North, instead of holding nominations in each of the five wards .of the city, The nominations for the office of Mayor for 1933, members of the Public TtiMTiet "Commission and members of the Municipal $34,000 and may veach | $35,000. A cordial expression of the thanks of the board 'was teader- ed to Mr. Jacobi for his magni- | ficent service. Alex. G, Storie, reviewed the campaigns of the past, warmly congratulating Mr. Jacobi on the work he had done. Thanks were also expressed (o Mr. Hall for his valuable work a3 treasurer, and to Mr. Stanley Parker, Harry Wallace and Mra, Hilton for the fine services ihey had rendered in the headquarters office. Thermometer at Four Below Zero For the first time this season, tho temperature during last night skidded below the zero mark in Oshawa. At midnight, ! the thermometer at the fire hall registered exactly zero, but dur- night went as low as four degrees below' that mark still registered two degrees be- low zero, and conditions were de cidedly chilly for people walking to work and children going to school. During the forenoon, the sunshine warmed up the at- mosphere to some extent, al- though it was still well below Irgesind.' Real worth requires no interpre- ter; its everyday deeds form its blazonry.--Chamfort. Russia Is "going Western." The government now blames it joi Board of Education for 1933 and 1932 are to be received from tén to eleven o'clock in the forenoon Monday, December 26, while nominations for the offices of 2]- dermen are to be received at the same place from twelve noon un- til one o'clock. Ruling on Taxes In accordance with rulings gi- gen following the last election it would be remembered that the ac- tual election, according to law commences with the receiving of nominations on Monday, Decem- ber 26, and in order to be fully 'qualified all candidates should have their taxes fully paid up prior to their names being placed | in nomination for office. Actual polling for the election takes place on January 2nd, 1938, the polls being open from ten o'- clock in the forenoon until seven o'clock in the evening. List of Divisions The complete list of sub-divi- sions in each ward, with the.lo- cation of polling places, the names of the deputy-returning officers and poll clerks, are as fol- lows in accordance with the by- law recently passed by the City Council,-- North-West Ward Div. 1, bounded by the morth boundary of the City, McLaugh- lin Blvd., Simcoe Street, and the west boundary of Plan 260, at Herbert Myers, 68 McLaughlin Blvd. Chas. P, Daly, Deputy Re- turning Officer, Eugene 'Shine, Poll Clerk. bounded by McLaugh- Div. 2, lin Blvd, Westmoreland Ave., Simcoe St. and the west houn- dary ol Plan 138, at J. Lawson's, 43 Arlington Ave. Gilbert J. Nox- on the reporter.--Toronto Globe. (Continued oa page 6) Another Settler in North Tells of His Experiences in New Home Anotlier interesting letter irom an Oshawa scttler in Northern On- tario has come from A, E. Bell, who has written to the president of the Oshawa Branch "of the Canadian Legion, asking to be remembered to his old comrades in the city. In it, he makes some interesting refer- ences to his life up north, the fol- lowing being some extracts from the letter; "It is much milder today, 10 be- low zero this morning and 12 above zero at noon. We had three or four rather cold davs. The ther- mometer stayed at 34 below zero at night, and 20 below zero around noon. The families are all settled down now, and this month we start on the allowance of ten dollars a nmonth for. groceries. The price list is being cut down, so I cannot give you much information on it at pres- ent. The children are all wonder- ing if Santa Claus knows they have moved 'up here. The land settle- "re commitice Oueen's Park at funds as a result of the dance. sent us a form to fill in, with refer- ence to Ch nas cheer, but: they! would not guarantee what articles we would receive, : "I have just finished skinning two rabbits ¢ in the snare this ..crning. We have caught twenty rabbits since the family ar: rived here, and they are quite palatable dish, either boiled, fried or roasted. There are ninety fami lies in Fauquier, and sixty of the are on relief. Oshawa is not quits as bad as that yet, I hope. Wil you please thank Ald. Ferguson © the land settlement committee 1o sending on the sewing machine. received it in good condition, am would like the parties who donate it to receive our thanks, as it is very useful article, "We have to bring our supplie in on our backs until we get ~ ta bogean or make one. It is quit different frofn going to the store i Oshawa, as it is five miles frof here, and it seems quite a> hi coming home with a big pack on back. Will vou please thank M Farrow on Ritson Road for the . rifle. Tt is fm mood condition, a has been tiged to good advantage