PES TREY sd a tt = RSE TL a. time' expres THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1930 (Established 1871) An independent newspaper published every aftoraser except Sundays and legal holidays ut Oshaws Canada by Mundy Printing Company. Limited: Chas M Mundy, President; A R Alloway. Seo vetary The Oshrwa Daily Times is » member of the Cand, dian Press. the Canadian Daily Newspapers As sociation The Ontario Provincial Dailies and the Audit Bureav or Clrculations ho - : . SUBSCPIPTION RATES Delivered by carrier. 1Sc » week By mail in Canade (outside Oshawa carrier delivery limits). $4.00 » vear; United States. $5.00 » year TORONTO OFFICE 407 Bond Building, 68 [emp Street, Teleph Adelaide 0102 H D Tresidder. representative REPRESEN1ATIVES IN U 8. Powers and Stone, Inc. New York and Chicage WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1930 CRIME WAVE BUBBLE BURST The Oshawa crime wave bubble, which was fea- tured in some of the Toronto newspapers towards the latter end of last year, has been cffectively and completely exploded by the annual repoart of Chief of Police Friend, presented to the police commission this week. The report is one that is in every way gratifying to the people of Oshawa, for it shows a much greater desire to observe the law than was apparent in 1928 and a great decrease in the num- ber of what might be called serious offences. The sum total of offences shows a decrease of 32.2 per cent as compared with the previous year, a record of improvement which, we believe, will be hard for any other city in Ontario to equal. There is a great improvement, too, in the amount of property report- ed as lost or stolen, the figures for 1929 being 44.3 per cent less than in 1928. . An analysis of the outstanding points in the chief's report shows that conditions have improved in nearly all types of offences. While there were five more robberies than in the previous year, there were no murders, and a decreased number of cases of abor- tion, perjury, arson, forgery, theft and receiving of stolen goods, all of which are considered serious criminal offences. ' There has been a decrease of 86 in the nuniber of offences against the Liquor Control Act, -indicating that, in spite of the open sale of liquor, the people are becoming more sober in their habits, Ae ep RR % One encouraging feature is the great decerase in the number of traffic offences; these being '455 less than in 1928. The cffect of this is reflected in the record of street accidents, which show a drop of from 475 in 1928 to 328 in 1929. This means that wehile motor accidents throughout the" province as a whole have been increasing in number, Oshawa has a splendid record of improvement in this respect, which speaks well for the care and common-sense chserved by the 'motorists of the city. The record will still stand improvement, of courfe, but the trend is in the right direction, and will, it is hoped, con- tinue in that way. ® % % # It is worthy of note that Chief Friend pays a tri- Bute to the effectiveness of 'the juvenile court in dealing with cases of juvenile delinquency. Since the establishment of this court, he' says, it has been pos- sible to have juvenile delinquents brought before its judge and given proper warning as to the crror of their ways, instead of, as used to be the case, fet- ting cases of minor misdemeanor drop entirely, Thus many young. people are weaned away from ways of wrongdoing before their misdeeds have become se- © riots, and the chances of their joining the criminal ranks in later years have been lessened considerably. Chief Friend says little in his report regarding the weed for impfoved police quarters. As he remarks, the tnembers of the commission are quite conversant with the situation, a8 arc all the people of Oshawa. 'There is every reason to believe, however, that the city council wili, in the very near future, evolve some plan for yelicf of this situation that will meet the weeds of the department until the time is ripe fo municipal buildings that will inclde 2 new police statioch FE CRE LE ORS * On the whole, ther report 'is one which reflects great credit on the police department, which, work: ing under difficultics, has served the city well, and . has, hy its vigilance and unceasing attention to duty, made. at Jarge /contribution to the splendid improve. © sent in. erime conditions in the city durng the last yeats And, above ull, it will relieve the minds of loss who fay have been misled by certain Toronto fowspaper reports' into, believing that there was an "unusually large umount of erime iin Oshawa, On the contrary, there has been a record which will set the pace for many other communities to follow, a sonal which the citizens can regard with consider sure, and, in doing so, can at the same roes the hope that the improvement will ¢ throughout the coming years, | GETTING TOGETHER It is an excellent idea on the part of the Oshawa Chamber of Commerce to have thé members of the City Council, utilities commission and beard of educa- "tion put their fect under the table together as guests: apa joint banquet. Some folks, of course, may think 4 that this is-just aniexcuse for a banquet, but many } Aen oe been held for Tess commrendable pure 4 The swiflh of ihe thing. is what cowits, and the abirit of this banquet is the desire to have all the aportant public Lodies of the city come together, vast to dill Ahings Over in a Siriendly 'way over a" late of chicken. x Before any city can become truly great, it must have that spirit of harmony and close co-operation that makes for progress. A community divided is bound to suffer from stagnation, and the best way to have all these bodies working together, to further the interests of Oshawa is to have them meet on a common basis, to meet as friends, and to learn to have a proper appreciation of each other. Men who have done that can then go back to their tasks, tasks in which they are all working in close relation- ship with each other, with a better understanding of the other fellow's viewpoint, and that is one of the chief essentials for success in any undertaking. . So, we say, it was a happy thought on the part of the Chamber of Commerce to arrange for this banquet, and- we might as well pass on the sugges- tion that such events should be held a great deal more frequently than they are. HOUSING AND HEALTH In a bulletin dealing with the effect of good hous- ing on public health, the Social Service Council of Canada gives some interesting data showing the close relationship between these two things. Proper housing, of course, includes the provision of proper sanitary conveniences, proper ventilation and light, and an absence of over-crowding. There are few people who will disagree with the dogma that health cannot be properly maintained in unsanitary, ill-ven- tilated and over-crowded dwellings, and yet the coun- cil has found, in its investigations, that there are, in some cities of Canada, conditions that should not be allowed to exist. A proof of the assertion that housing conditions do have an effect on the health record of a com- munity, the bulletin cites the experience of the local authorities of Liverpool, England, in cleaning up slum areas. In one of the slum areas in that city there was a death rate from tuberculosis ranging from forty to sixty per thousand of the population. The slum area was cleared out, and new dwellings, with proper sanitary conditions, erected to house the same population on the same amount of ground, As a result of these improved conditions, and the re- housing of these people in better homes, the death rate from tuberculosis was reduced by more than one half. This is a record of actual fact, culled from an official government report. This bulletin is a reminder that it is worth while for local authorities to show concern over the kind of dwellings in which their people, and particularly those of the poorer classes arc housed. Often, ow- ing to unfortunate circumstances, people are com- pelled to seek whatever kind of shelter they can find at a small cost. That, however, should not be made any reason for allowing human beings to occupy buildings which are unsanitary," overcrowded, and affording far from an adequate amount of ventila- tion. The health authorities of any city should take it upon themselves as a duty to see that any unde- sirable housing conditions are cleaned up as quickly as possible, so as to remove from the community something which might. well be considered a menace to the public health, » A WEAK DEFENCE A week or so ago Chief of Police Newhall, of Peter- boro spoke his mind regarding the workings of the Ontario Parole Board. He criticized that body for allowing prisoners their freedom on parole without gonsulting those police authorities in a position to give helpful advice, and for neglecting to notify pol- ice chiefs when prisoners have been released on parole. The answer of Dr. A. E. Lavell, executive officer of the board, to that criticism, is far from convincing. He declared that the crticism was "due to total ignor- ance of the facts" and that it did not reflect the attitude of the police generally. The people of Ontario, however, through the wide publicity given to the release on parole of a man convicted of reckless driving, which nearly resulted in several deaths, before he had served one-third of his sentence, are not entirely in ignorance of the facts.' They are, knowing of these facts, wondering just what were the workings behind the decision of the board to let that particular man out of reform- atory on parole. And the board, in spite of criticisms, attacks and requests for information, has not yet seen fit to tell them why parole was allowed in that case. Failing an explanation, whiclr might have been forthcoming, would not the people of Ontario, be justified in taking this case as a fair example of the operations of the parole Board, and feeling just as Chief Newhall does on the question? THE BRITISH GESTURE 1f anything were requried to prove the sincerity of the British government in approaching the prob- lems of the naval conference, that has been pro- vided by the announcement that the construction of two new cruisers, work on which had already been started, has been abandoned, and that these will not be built. The government, of course, is serving a double purpose in this decision, It is saving the money of the people, and is at the same time leading the way in the limitation of that class of vessels which will probably be the centre of discussion be- fore the conference is over. This is not the first gesture of a practical nature which Britain has made as a contribution to the cauge of disarmament. The standards which were laid down by the Washington conference of 1922 are far ahead of the amotint of naval construction that Britain has carried out. While other nations have been talking disarmament, Britain has been practising it, and with this new gesture coming at so important a period, there is some hope that the other powers may be inclined to follow her example, EDITORIAL NOTES A Los Angeles judge has declared that a rich woman does not have to 'pay her husband's. debts. That is going to make it harder for somc wich wo-' men to sécure husbands, The latest army. tank is. supposed: to be able to travel seventy miles an hour. relieve the infantry of the duty of being in the front line of advance. . The Border Cities Star moralizes that, after this | the citizens of Stratford will pay for their safety "deposit boxes. But haven't some of them already pid pretty dearly? ; , ; Albert A. Michelson says a man's best work is stcomplished between the ages of 25 and 45. Yet every one of the leaders in the disarmament confer ence is well beyond the 45-year mark. - Other Ecitcr's Comments POWER OF THE PRESS } (Centerville, 8.D. Journal) The proof of the pudding is in the eating, Last summer the Ber- esford Republic ran a want ad for rain. The paper was mailed on Thursday and on Friday the rain came, Last week the Argus Leader ask- ed through its &ditorial columns for a little sunshine. The next day the sun peeped out. Believe it or not, advertising pays. "FREE" TRADE AND PROTEC. ON TION (London Daily Mail) This country never enjoyed any- thing which could honestly be de- scribed as "Free" Trade. Other countries have always levied heavy duties on our products, while we, with consummate folly, have ad- mitted their products free to our markets. No wonder that under such a system unemployment {ere is rife today. THE WICKED UNCLES (London Daily News) There is a certain nobility in the spectacle of those two great poli- tical thinkers and leaders of men. Lord Rothermere and Lord Beaver- brook, publicly imploring each other with every sign of affection- ate admiration to abandon instinc- tive modesties and come forwurd as the saviour of his country. On the whole, it is likely, we think, that these mutual persuasions will suc- ceed, and that the country will be blessed with two saviours instead of one; it will be their misfortune, and not their fault, if a coldly sceptical public prefer to regard them ag the wicked, uncles. . . . . For the present we have only two observations to make on these fas cinating proceedins of Great Bri- tain's two wicked uncles. The first is that, if by a miracle their avun- cular plot to save England were ever carried into effect, it would destroy this country utterly and for ever. The second is that, if they succeeded in folisting iL as a pro- gram upon the Conservative Party, half of which is mesmerized by th» prosvect and the other half scared to death, they would at least have the satisfaction of murdering wity their own hands the party which. at' the moment, they ohviou«ly de- gpised. it on! WHAT'S THE USE The prisoner truned a pleading face to the judge. "My lord," he asked, "have I got to be tried by a jury of women?" "Be quiet," whispered his coun- sel. "I won't he quiet," he returned. "My lord," he exclaimed, "I can't | even deceive my own wife, let alone 12 women. I plead guilty." KEEPING IT DARK A young man went in "Where, and when?" asked the pastor. "Last night," sald the timid man, "I was passing by the church and up against the wall of it, did I, without the shadow of a doubt, behold a spectre." "In what shape did it appear?" inquired the pastor. "It appeared in the shape of a donkey," replied the man. "Go home and hold your tongue about it," rejoined the minister. "You are a very t'mid man and have been frightened by your own shadow." WHY WORRY? Hired Man (mopping his brow): Let the wicked uncles try | { If you are | Bits of Humor | | sort | ther { six months; | when you to the | worn out tissues. In minister and told him with a very | long lace that he had seen a ghost, | THAT automobile accidents are increasing cverywhere. Most autos | mobile accidents are caused by careless driving, or due to the fail. ure of the drivers to observe the | traffic laws. There is quite a change from the | old days when only horse-drawn vehicles used the public highways When horses were the motive | power, there were few accidents, | Of course, traffic was lighter and horses were intelligent animals, while today many of our reckless automobile drivers seem to be short of the intelligence the horses had in the old days. The automobile is different; it! is a thing that needs human guid- ance at all times, and when the driver does not know how to man- age it or does not know the rules of the road and is allowed to use the highways, accidents occur, Day by day we gee accidents, caused by carelessness that a life- time canont repair. TRAFFIC LAWS ARE MADE TO BE OBEYED. IF THEY ARE OBEYED THERE WILL BE LESS ACCIDE That Body of By James Ww Barton, M.D. i GRADUAL REDUCING IS SAFE You are overweight and have decided to take off a number of pounds so as to get "just right' according to the weight and height tables, Now if you were thin at one time and have actumulated the ex- tra weight simply by eating and gradually taking less exercise, then | forget about thyroid extract or] other "quick" methods of reducing. in good health, and re say 30 pounds overweizht, de- ide to take off about 24 pounds, leaving on about six pounds as a of safety' valve, Decide fur- that you will take it off in four pounds a month. best and easiest time is dur- ing the cool weather when you would naturally eat considerably more than in warm weather. You can cut down a larger percentage are eating more, And the foods to cut down on mostly are the fats, the liquids, and the starches, Do not cut down on meats or eggs, They satisfy the appéti.e better than other foods, and repair older folk | cheese and milk can sometimes tae the place of meat and eggs. You sce, you have plenty of fat in your body anyway, so if you do not eat fats (cream, butter, animal fats) then your own fat helps sup- ply the tody needs and supplies them well, giving plenty of heat and energy. The rches--Dbread, potatoes Tu~ar, pastry and so forth--should be cut down but green vesetables and fruits should take their place as they not only supply heat and energy, but also supply vitamins and prevent constipation and ten- dency to acidosis. Watch the water intake care- fully, Your body needs water. Water has most important uses in the The *'Gosh, boss, it ain't much fan workin' with the thermometer 98 in the shade." Farmer: "Well, what's that to you! I'm not asking you to work in the shade, am I?" GOOD FORMULA A young man just out of college sought the advice of a hard-headed and successful business man, "Tell me, please, how I should go about getting a start in the great game | of business." 'Sell you wrist watch and buy {an alarm clock," was. the laconit reply. This should at least Bits o/ Verse THE LITTLE HOUSE { The little house with laughter in it, A dinging kettle and a fire A tree where nests the summery lin- net What more cen any man desire? A sheltering roof with peace below t, A door which every friends may pass, A shelf of books for sage and poet, What more can any man amass? A garden with the roses gleaming | A few glad toys upon the floor A big arm chair for happy dream: ing, The richest man can have no more. A child upon your knee, and maybe On the rug a dog or cat, Then add to this a dimpled baby, And who has greater wealth than that? EDGAR GUEST: Ch and Ordained--Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and: ordained you, that ye should go ond bring forth fru, and that your fruit should re- main; that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.-~John 15:16, . "For I am His, and He is mune,' Torever and forever," juin keepinz gliding surfaces moist and sb forth--but as most overwelght folk have tissues that hold more water naturally than those of thin folk, they can real- ly get along with less water than they think they need, Taking a quarter glass of water every time vou think you need a whole glass- ful is a simple but effective method of keeping down the fluld intake And then as to exercise. Most | overweight individuals hate the word exerciso, Torether with a natural disin. | elination to take exercise, there is the fact that when they exercise | they have more weight to move | | than others and this lessens the | desire to take the exercige, Fur. | ther they have considerable fat in { and about the region of the heart {and in abdomen beneath the floor {of the chest and thus heart and lun~s are a little crowded when exercise is taken. However, wearing heavy woolens | covering the whole body and do- ing some bending ard twisting ex- | ercises will cause a more profuse | perspiration and reduction ¢omes faster. | (Registered in accordance 'with the Copyright Act.) § Jody for the blood, digestive | i REAL CLEVER A boy was asked to write a sen- tenee icludinz the words "analyse" | and anatomy." He wrote: My analyse over the ocean, My analyseé over the sea, 'Oh, who will go over the ocean And bring back my anatomy? ! A PUNCHY TALE Farmer: "How did you get that black eye?" Simpie Youth: "When I was milking, the cow kept lashing out ith her tall, so I tied a brick on STRIKE ORDER ON SHORT NOTICE Children have been playing 'builders' and all the available furniture has been piled skyhigh in the construction work. Mother: "(toodness me! Will vou put those things back right away and be au'ck a'out it! George (oldest): :Mother, it can't be done! There's a general strike on now! Canada has Dollars, it is one of t Dominion. We are well equipped account. on Deposits, and in Debenture Departme of one year or more. 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(Copyright 192») NYSTAGMUS PART "3 While those conditions caused by the persons work are accompanied by the complaint tnat objects appear 10 move and dance beiore the eyes. ithe most comumony noted condition 1s found to be a iateial movement and a certain tendancy to tnis con- uition 1s found in many convérgent strabismats, otuer movements of tue eyes noted are vertical and rotary. 1 have found this condition more common and I believe it to be more congenital in fair haired and blue eyed people. In one family 1 found $ fair haired and biue cyed girls from the age of 19 to 32 slightiy affected and relieved by tinted lenses, '1 wo of these three had convergent strabis- mus but the 3rd was more highly gwen to photophobia, A 4th lady of the same family was dark haired and dark cyed and the condition of her eye trouble was quite different, It has been, found that the differs ence causing the appearance of: hair to be quite fair and qu.te black in color is due to the very fair hair be ing made up with a much greater peicentage of air cells than of pig- ment cells and the black hair vice- versa, (To be continued.) ROADS BLOCKED NEAR PROSPECT Heavy Winds: and Snow Storms Combine to Make Them Impassable Prospect, Jan. 25.--~The roads are again ammost impassable after the heavy winds and b.g snow storms of last week, The Ladies' Aid held'a monthly meeting at the home of Miss Kate Orchard on Wednesday last: The weather was ideal and quite a few were present. After the meeting was over a nice supper was served. Geo. Smith was removed to his home on Wednesday cvening frum the London Sanitarium, where he with 'Mr. and Mrs. Wells of Perry. Helen: "This minute?' Bill: Port | Pontypool where he has a big con- | with a minister." tract for cutting lumber. STARTING RIGHT "Let's "The modern girl 1s not get couraging to the modern girl.--Punch | 1 married right | ioe sort of statement is terribly | || --------------=---- st rm---- StoBie-for LonG & © BOUNDS Head Office: Reford Buil BAY AND S18 S. F EVERSON, Local Manager Private Wire System 17 KING STREET EAST. OSHAWA Phones 143 and 144 = WELCOME TO New 3 streer & Ta Avenue... OPPOSITE PENNA. R.R. STATION A Preeminent Hotel of 1200 Rooms each having Bath, Servidor, Circula- ting Ice Water and many other inno» vations...featuring a sincere spirit of} hospitality. E. G. KILL, General Manager $ OO, has been undergoing treatments, Mr. smith stood the trip well. he confined to his bed for some time Grant Wilson of Oshawa is. work- ing for Geo, McClintock while Mr McClintock is in Toronto, undergoing treatments, ) | Mrs, A. Chumbly and children who were visiting their parents, Mr. and. Mrs. F. Martin, have gone to Mea- | ford to spend a couple of weeks with friends. : B. Holthy went to London on Mon day last, were in Toronto on Tuesday. Karl Martin and Elmer Johnson of Myrtle motored to Greenwood where they visited friends on Wednesday. Thomas Moore was in Oshawa one : \ fay last week. fr. and Mrs. McClintock. visited Mr. and Mrs: Vv. Diamond, : Mrs. 1. Moore, Karl and Miss Del' la Martin spent Wednesday cvening He will Sam Oylu and 8. Coates of sis y THE DOMINION DAD Oshawa Bra Build up, by regular savings from youf current earnings, provision for the developments of the future. Put by a definite proportion of your salary every pay-day. lar saving leads to financial independence. yr N i S$ | ESTABLISHED 1871 3 nch -- T. W. JOYCE, Manager 2x "Well, just as soon as I Jas. Myers is moving his mill to| can established a charge account at all shocking or indiscreet," says a bishop