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Oshawa Times (1958-), 30 Jun 1965, p. 12

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! TALKING TO THE CONTIN ENT | mate Radio Operators Have Communication Test At the stroke of 5 p.m. on Saturday the airwaves all over north America became alive with thousands of voices and the strange squeals of Morse code| si ignals. The annual Field Day spon- sored by the American Radio Relay League had begun. Oshawa's North Shore Radio Club whose call letters are VES3NSR, set up five stations r.. the Legresly farm, northeast of Newcastle. The 24-hour operation was under the direction of Field Co- ordinator H. Westwoo of Pick- for the number of stations work- ed and for using only auxiliary power. Good weather conditions al- lowed the club to make contact with 1123 stations and compile a score of 7100 points. The results will be sent to the ARRL headquarters in New- inton, Conn., where they will be checked and published in the ering. Twenty-five members within a radius of 25 miles around Oshawa took part. The object of the exercise is| to make contact with as manyjover over, the equipment had/tested the federal order, and in other groups across the contin-|been given a thorough test and|a telegram to Prime Minister ent as possible. Points are given was considered to be ready for| R. B. Bennett asked him to Publisher Wants Authors '= SAVE $$ ON Paid Royalty By Library TORONTO (CP -- Libraries should pay authors for the free distribution of their books, pub- lisher John G. McLelland told delegates to the Canadian Li- brary Association convention Monday. He suggested that Canadian libraries could lead the way for other countries to follow. The idea has been suggested sev- eral times, especially in Great Britain. He deplored the use of copy- ing machines in libraries where copies of pages are sold for 25 cents. He said it is a tragedy that authors are deprived of their copyright in this way. need for more publishing houses in Canada. Canada itself. is not large enough to support a pub- lishing house that only Canadian books. Earlier in the day, Daniel C. Spry, president of the Overseas Institute of Canada, told dele- gates of the need for Canadian books to be sent to libraries overseas. will be sent in 1965, but more were needed. Mr. Spry awarded the li- brary association an Interna- tional Co-operation Year me- dallion for its work in sending books, supplies and qualified Mr. McLelland said there is a personnel to overseas libraries. publishes | About 1,000,000 books | league's December issue of |QST. By th time the contest was any communications emer- '\turned and debris, including REGINA (CP) -- Dominion Day marks the 30th anniver- sary of the Regina riots of 1935, an outburst of violence that turned this city's old market square into a depression-era battleground for police and un- employed workers. In the space of three hours, 100 persons were injured, 37 of them policemen, a Regina de- tective was killed, and men were arrested. Store lows were smashed, vehicles over- such makeshift weapons as rail- way spikes and rocks, lay scat- tered in the square behind po- lice headquarters. An argument that has never been settled is whether the vio- lence was touched off by a mis- take or whether a calculated risk had been taken in arrest- ing all at once the: leaders of burgeoning march on Ottawa by a burgeoning march on Ottawa by unemployed workers. The train of events began in relief camps of the West where thousands of jobless received food and lodging but no hope of work. As discontent grew, 900 men broke camp in British Co- lumbia and began what was 'to be a trek to Ottawa--a protest strike against the relief camps. Their ranks grew as east- bound freight trains made their way across Alberta and Sas- katchewan. Two thousand were aboard when they reached Re- {gina June 14. 'KEEP HANDS OFF' By this time the federal gov- ernment had ordered the RCMP to halt the trek. Saskatchewan's premier, Jimmy Gardiner, pro- |keep his "hands off the policing lof this province." July 1: 30th Anniversary Of Infamous Regina Riots. With 300 Mounties waiting at Regina barracks, ready to pre- vent tiie. march from continuing eastward, two federal cabinet ministers, Robert Weir and Dr. R. J. Manion, came from Ot- tawa to try to negotiate a settle- ment. The marchers presented a set of demands that included 50 cenis an hour for unskilled la- bor, union rates for skilled workers and a-ffVe-day, 30-hour week, social and 'unemployment insurance, and an end to mili- tary control of relief camps. Foliowing a meeting with the twe cabinet ministers, a group of marchers left for Ottawa. Minister Bennett June 22. Mr. Bennett said their demands could not be met and ordered the men back to their homes and camps, On their return to Regina. plans. were launched to resume the march on Ottawa. Mounties watched rail lines out of the cities and marchers who at- tempted to leave by truck or car were arrested. Federal officials urged the men to go to a temporary camp Eight men met with . Prime! © jgovernment believes it can women and children, was |_Versions of what happened lvary. Oné is that~plainclothes}-: Mounties quietly began remov- ing ringleaders from the crowd eeting. mated at 3,000, including] A royal commission THE OSHAWA .TIMES, Wednesday, June 30, 1965 nN correct in that the in the rt coy picked up neat few dave into waiting police 4 Police on horseback suddenly rode into the crowd trying to scatter the demonstrAtors. Others on foot waded into the crowd wielding batons. Marchers grabbed whatever they could for weapons as women and children ran screaming from the scene. Run- ning battles developed in lanes and adjoining streets. Tear gas was used by police and_ pistol shots were fired as the riot spread through most of the downtown area. Later police THINK LAST HAMILTON, Bermuda (CP- AP) -- A United States Navy tanker delivered 4,234,386 gal- lons of drinking water to Ber- muda last week and the island weather the rest of the summer, despite a prolonged drought. A few scattered showers during the week have helped house- holders build up water supplies, and a water distillation plant is in use. at Lumsden, 15 miles north of Regina, where food and lodging were available. From there they would be returned to the places from where they came. GATHERED IN SQUARE Most of the marchers re- Mained at the Regina Exhibi- Continental STEAM BATH and: MASSAGE 164 728-2460 735-21 09 RUNDLE GARDEN CENTRE Will Be Open July Ist DOMINION | Be sure and include a visit to Rundle's during the holiday Weekend ! 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