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PAGE FOUR THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1930 The Oshawa Daily Times THE OSHAWA DAILY REFORMER (Established 1871) An independent newspaper fished every noon except bE Ar oF Osta in ised. M. Mundy, Seaside: hi R. Alloway, Yanaging Director. a The ie Oshawa Times Cana di N Asso- dan Pres, the Cons, Be Newpporers Av Audit Bureaus of Circulations. Delivered by carrier, Orbe mn y ws eed By wal In 'Canada (outside Oshaws carries delivery limits) $3.00 a year; United States, $4.00 » year. OFFICE 513 Bond Building, 66 T nce Street. Telephone Adelaide 0107. D. Tresdder, representative. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1930 TELLING A STORY The gaily lit Christmas tree which stands just north of the Oshawa Armories is telling' a story to the children of Oshawa who have not, perhaps, much reason to look forward with joyous hearts to the Christmas season. On what was heretofore a dark corner, alongside the severe red building, the twink- ling lights, in all their gay colors, are shining forth to dispel the gloom, Little kiddies pass- ing look up at them, and as they look up their eyes glisten. They take on fresh hope. Just as these lights literally dispel the gloom of that street corner, so they shine their way into the hearts of the little children who have not much for which to be thankful, and give hope and courage, hope that after all Christmas may mean something to them, and courage to suffer cold and hunger until better days come. That Christmas tree is a symbol to these children. It is a symbol that there are people in Oshawa who are going to take care of them on that Christmas festival occasion. That tree is the embodiment of the spirit which has animated the boy scouts and girl guides of the city in that great effort to pro- vide for the children who would otherwise have had to ask in vain the great question, "Is there a Santa Claus?' Thanks to the tree, to those whose effort put it there, and those who are planning and working to make it mean something more practical than just being a light in the darkness, little hearts in Oshawa are again beating high with hope, that the spirit of Santa Claus will not pass them by, but will see that they are taken care of. Yes, the tree tells a story. It tells a story to the little folks that we older people have to dig into the recesses of memory to recall. It is the everlasting story, the story of taking care of "the least of these, My children," the story that, at the Christmas season, becomes a reality by reason of the generosity and kindness of those who are willing to sacrifice to bring light to the dark- ness of the heart that is gloomy and sad. CANADA AND THE WEST INDIES One of the outstanding factors in the growth of Canada's trade in the last quarter of a century has been the development of trade with the West Indies. This growth has been greatly accelerated in recent years by the establishment of direst steamship services between Canada and that group of islands which forms part of the British Em- pire, but lies off the United States coast. Their proximity to Canada makes this - close trade relationship possible, and jt is amazing to realize that while in 1901 Can- ada's trade with the West Indies amounted to three and a half million dollars, in 1980 the total is something like thirty-eight mil- lion dollars. In recognition of the importance of the West Indies trade to Canada, the Halifax Chronicle has published a special West In- dies edition, which is in itself a liberal educa- tion to anyone interested in learning about the trade and commerce of these islands, and their possibilities, not only from a commer- cial standpoint, but also as a place for holi- daying. 'The whole thing is so surprisingly well done, pictures and articles alike being of timely interest, that one feels constrained to go just a little beyond the routine words of commendation in praising it. One could expand at great length on the excellence of the contents of this edition, but the out~ standing characteristic is that spirit of op- timism in the future of West Indies trade for this country, and the possibilities which exist for finding greater markets for Cana- roducts there, or Halifax Chronicle has performed a very useful public service in publishing this edition, and as a piece of newspaper enter- prise it is one of the best we have seen for a long time. PAYING UP Yesterday Great Britain paid over to the United States a sum of $94,000,000. This represented the annual payment on account of war debts. It is a lot of money for any country to hand over to a creditor nation every year, and particularly for a country which is bearing such burdens as are being Lorne by the British Empire. When one thinks of what might be done with that money to improve conditions in Great Britain, it makes one wonder that there have been no active negotiations with a view to making a readjustment of war debts. Such a readjustment has been sug- gested by many authorities, among them Owen D. Young, the celebrated United Stat- 2 es authority on international finance.. But Britain is ready and prepared to pay to the last letter of the agreement, for, when asked in parliament whether the government was carrying on negotiations with the United States with a view to debt cancellation, the abrupt answer of the government spokes- man was "No, sir," That is the proper British attitude. Yet men who are well versed in international fin- ance and economics are convinced that the prosperity of the whole world is being held back by the annual drain on the finances of Britain and Europe by the payment of these debts to the United States. Owen D. Young knows better than most men to what degree his own country is suffering because of its demand for its "pound of flesh," and there may be some possibility that his words will carry sufficient weight in his own country to give some hope for action towards a debt readjustment which will remove the mill- stone from the neck of the whole world. UNDESIRABLE HYSTERIA In nearly every murder case there is a great deal of sympathy thrown away on the murderer by people of that peculiar type of mentality which indulges in hysterical out. breaks of sympathy for the accused person, without regard to the feeling of those who have been bereaved by the crime, Some of this is making itself apparent in Toronto over the slayer of a police constable, for it is reported that flowers and other tokens have been sent to him. The Mail and Em- pire and quite rightly, too, 'expresses strong disapproval of such conduct, and in an edi- torial on the subject says: The public has a right to resent the "sob stuff" regarding the Scarlett Road murder that is being served up by cer- tain newspapers. The killing of Con- stable McQuillin was a cold-blooded af- fair, accomplished by men armed for a sinister purpose. Public sympathy goes out to the widow and family of the dead officer, rather than to the accused men now in custody. Nothing should be done or said to prejudice popular sentiment towards the alleged culprits. These men are entitled to a fair trial--to British justice. They will have counsel to de- fend them. The court will decide the is- sue and award the punishment if they are found guilty. In the meantime, flowers and hysteria, and columns of tearful rubbish are entirely out of place in a sane community. There is little need to add anything to that. People with a sane outlook on life will realize at once that the Mail's attitude is a sensible one, and the others--well,--they will follow their own preverted ideas any- way. MARKING HISTORIC SPOTS The provincial highways department has decided that in issuing road maps of the pro- vince of Ontario, it will mark on these maps the location of points of outstanding historic interest, so that the tourist who is seeking such attractions will have no difficulty in finding where they are. That is an interest- ing idea, and one worth putting into practice, for even people who have lived in this pro- vince all their lives have little conception of the exact location of the places they have read about in their history books. The department of highways, however, might go even farther than that. While motoring through the province of Quebec last summer, we noticed that practically every place of historic interest was marked by a special sign, which gave details of the particular historical incident or period with which the place was associated. This added tremendously to the interest of the trip, and called attention to these places in a manner which could not have been made possible by having the spot specially marked on the map. This might be a good example for On- tario to follow, since there are many places in this province which are well worthy of being designated in this way. EDITORIAL NOTES Anyhow, even if we cannot do our Christ- mas shopping early, there's some consola- tion in knowing that there is still another payday before Christmas. It is said that silk stockings were invented in the time of Queen Elizabeth. Yet few people knew they were there until the twn- tieth century. "Music at mealtimes is destructive of rest.'--Walter Damrosch, "God must find the United States a rather difficult country to please."--Lord Melchett. "Men and women in the modern world are mature at 50 and only old at 70."--St. John Ervine, "Important leaders of opinion are again preaching that hoary-headed falsehood that if you want peace you must prepare for war," --Lord Cecil. . "The cure for unemployment is through the lessening of work, not through any sys- tem which makes unnecessary work neces- sary."--Edward A. Filene. "One can be more moved by a puppy of one's own than by anybody else's lion."-- Zane Grey. Always No And Nothing - (From the London Overseas Dally Mall) From the cross-examination of Ministers in the House of Com. mons as: to Soviet dumping, it turns out that they have taken no step whatever to deal with it, and intend to do nothing. They treat it as though it wore a great joke, callously disregarding the suffer. ing and loss which the sale of So- viet slave-produced goods at slaughter prices is causing to Bri- tish workers. For this attitude of indolence and indifference thcy have not the slightest excuse. It is the very op- posite to what they promised. Two years ago, on October 4, 1928, Mr, MacDonald declared that: "Where thore were glaring ex- amples of sweated goods produc ed under conditions which the British people could not compete without lowering their standard of living. the remedy was not in safe. guarding but prohibiting the en- try of such goods." This is the identical line of ac- tion which the French Government (a Government that has "guts" and character) has taken in the case of these Soviet imports. Before they can be admitted to France a license for them has to be obtain. ed. Why cannot that simple pre- caution be adopted here? Or are we to suppose that the "Dark Forces" which direct Bolshevism in Russia have some sccret hold over here? No one can understand why our Socialist Government tolerates the action of the Soviet in repudiat- ing the Lena Goldficlds arbitration award; or why it permits the ri. diculous proceedings of the Anglo- Soviet Debts Commission to con- tinue week after week. Ministers know perfectly well that the fraud. ulent bankrupts of Moscow have always treated with derision the suggestion that they should pay for the British property which they have stolen, Eye and Strain by C. H, Tues, Opt, D. (Copyright, 1928) His eyes were turned and vision very, very poor. His mother said, children are spending a couple of weeks in Detroit, The annual meeting of the W.M. S. will be held next Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Ratcliffe, Mrs. Agar will give the talk on the Study Book. TYRONE NEWS Chicago, Dec. 13.--A system of cancer research through human cells kept alive in a test tube was announced by St. Luke's Hospital, with the prediction that the new method would open up new lines of attack against the disease, "A small plece of tissue was tak- en from the human body and placed in a sterile glass chamber," the re- "We cannot afford the operation necessary to straighten the eyes and enable proper attention to study and school." Correct lenses relieve the tention on the eye muscles, The eye be- come straight, vision becomes more normal, Study and play are indulged in with more normal ac- tion, Can you realize what it is to see a child of from eight to ten years | of age so uncertain in their oction on account of the eyes being cross- ed that they cannot go out alone and are too uncertain to be per- mitted to cross the street without help. Then see them again going anywhere with certainty and watched and later able to go about the streets riding a bicycle. This is only one of many incl- dents the proof of which is within your reach. It Is possible to cor- rect these conditions without oper- ation and it is being done, Some of these receive a noticeable jmprove- | ment at once, others take longer de- pending upon the type and length of time the condition took in develop- ing. To be continued. That well advertised products have the reputation of being of su- perior quality. Stores that carry well known lines in stock and persistently ad- vertise that fact find sales greater and more easily made, because thelr goods give better satisfaction. The persistent advertising of quality not only wins new business but results in steady sales, and the effects are lasting. People everywhere are on the watch for things that will add to their comfort Stores that are known as friendly stores get the business. Friendly stores advertise all the while so the people may know they have what they want. Friendly stores are making a pro- fit because customers find it a pleasure to shop with them, Service and quality are couplea with advertising at friendly stores CONTINUQUS ADVERTISING I8 AN ASSURANCE THAT THE STORE ADVERTISING IS OFFER. ING QUALITY AT ATTRACTIVE PRICES. BROOKLIN YOUNG PEOPLE'S LEAGUE HOLDS MEETING Interesting Program Is Pre: sented--Talk on Japan Given Brooklin, Dec. 13.--A very in- teresting meeting of the Young People's League was held on Tuesday evening, The president, Mr, C, Hanna and secretary, M, L. Routely were present, Miss Carrie Harrls had, charge of the program, which was as follows: K, Webber, a solo, Miss M, McDuff, a reading which everyone enjoyed, Mrs, M. White gave a very nteresting talk on the "Country of Japan." The meeting was closed with the Mix pah Benediction. Miss Doris Gee spent the week- end at her home in Greenwood. Mr, and Mrs, Gordon Pengelly and children, of Toronto, ara spending a few days with Mr, and Mrs. J. Pengelly, C, Hanna, Mr, and Mrs. B. P. Mackey and Howard 'Mackey at- tended: a professional hockey match in Toronto on Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs. M, McBrien and un-| |vearch workers explained, "Small |amounts of coagulated blood and a {few drops of plasm from living tis- sues was added to it. "The chamber. sealed off from alr, then was placed in an incubator | heated to the exact temperature of the human body." Subsequent microscopic examina- tion, the announcement said, show- | ed that the tissue, first about the | size of a match head, remained in a | living state and its cells multiplied. "We are proceeding on the the- ory," [conditions favorable to the produc- | duction of cancer may be accomp- {lished, Thus, we may have a new approach to the problem of cancer | research." Research workers pointed out {that in no sense can the experiment | be considered a cure, nor as yet | even a treatment, for cancer. | Dr. Edwin F. Hirsch, director of Qt, Luke's laboratory, said the ex- periment had nothing in common with that reportedly being econduet- ed by Cleveland Clinic Foundation, where Dr. G. W. Crile is sald tu have solved the problem of produc- ing life from {norganic matter. WON'T TAKE COLDS, LOSE THEIR JOBS Investigators to Try Ch'm- panzees Instead of Gibbons Baltimore, Dec. 17. -- Because they would not catch cold, three gibbons used in the five year com- mon cold research at Johns Hop- kins medical school have been banished to the national zoo at Washington, and chimpanzees are to be given a chance to sniffle for the sake of science, Dr. Perrin H. Long, one of the kroup whose endeavor to trace the cause and find the cure of the common cold Is financed by # $195,000 fund has gone to New York with Dr. Adolph Schultz, Johns Hopkins anthropologist, to buy a number of chimpanzees for the research work. "Of course 1 don't say that gibbons can't catch cold, but these certainly didn't, and they were ziven every opportunity," sald Dr, Long. Chimpanzees have been proven by other investigators to be suscep- tible to colds. Dr, Long and Dr. James A. Doull, formerly head of the re- search group, recently announced that the infecting agent in the cold Is a virus so fine that it defies mic- roscopes and filters. WILL ADVERTISE CANADIAN SALMON Department of Fisheries to Co-operate With B.C. Producers Ottawa, Dec. 17.--It was nounced today by Hon, E, Rhodes, minister of fisheries, that provision has been made whereby the department. will contribute $25,000 to an advertising program designed to improve the market tor Canadian canned salmon, An an- order-in-council passed by cabinet and now approved makes provision for this expenditure, Under the gr- rangement made the department will contribute dollar for dollar with those engaged in the salmon industry. The advertising program {a being arranged by a committee of the British Columbia salmon pro- ducers, The holiday season brings a feel- ing of goodwill and cheer that you want to share with your friends. You Dollars, it is respectfully left with us the announcement said, "that | | by subjecting the human tissue to! tion of cancer the experimental pro- CENT OSHAWA Branch Office: 23 Simcoe St. North -- r Savings WILL EARN INTEREST Established back in 1884, the Central Canada has grown steadily until now, with assets of over Eleven Million Oshawa Branch, 23 Simcoe St. North one of the oldest and strongest institutions of its kind in the Dominion. We are well equipped to handle your business and solicit your account. In our Savings Department we pay 49 Interest on Deposits, and in our Debenture Department we pay 597 on amounts for a period of one year or more. Copy of booklet "Money Matters" on request RAL CANADA I?AN Anp SAVINGS COMPANY Established 1884 F. J. Reddin, Oshawa Branch Manager TORONTO Head Office: King and Victoria Sts. 52 A SAFE PLACE FOR SAVINGS ---- JUDGE REFUSES SHOW OF EVIDENCE | Counsel for Plaintiff in Dam- age Action Is Dis- appointed (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Toronto, Dec, 17.--The evidence was there, according to counsel, but the judge wouldn't allow the jury to view it, or them, and now they must render their decision without evidence which would have 'spoken for itself." G. Macbeth, appearing on be- halt of Malja Kaikkalainen, a pretty Finish girl, who Is suing Roderick Fraser for $5,000 dam- age suffered in a motor accident, invited the jurors to view the lady's knees which, he said, would determine conflicting medical testimony. "They are here and can be easily produced," he urged the judge, as the jurors straight- ened up, but Judge O'Connell thought a decision could be reach- ed without the lady displaying any more of her person than what was already showing. Hotel Keeper Fined Cornwall. -- Theodore Gagnler, proprietor of the Alexandria Hotel, was fined $200 and costs in Police Court at Alexandria by Magistrate E. J. Devers, for having in his pos- session alcohol that was not pur chased at an Ontario Government liquor store. Boy Injured. Picton, --Keith Evans was knock- ed down by a car driven by Mr. Percy Brough, Cherry Valley Road. Mr. Brough turned out to pass an- other car and was unable to see the boy owing to the lights of the oncoming car. The boy was bruise ed and shaken up, but not badly injured. He was taken to his home on the Cherry Valley Road. No Fireman's Dance Peterboro.--The members of the N. | Peterborough Fire Department an- nounce that they will not hold the annual Fireman's Dance this year, owing to industrial depression and unemployment. Any money that might have been spent in this dance may easily be reverted to the De- partment to help with their distri. bution of charity. Pleaded Guilty Kingston, -- Provincial Office: Franks and Dominion Preventive Officer Thomas Clemens paid a visit to the home of John Stevenson, a young married man living in Bare riefield and confiscated a quantity of liquor, and as a result Stevenson came before Magistrate Farrell in the Police Court charged with have ing liquor illegally. He pleaded guilty and was remanded a week for sentence. Put by a definite proportion of your salary every pay-day. lar saving leads to financial Ce. THE : DOMINION BANK OSHAWA BRANCH T. W. JOYCE, Manager ' FACTS AND GUIDANCE WHEN BUILDING Fact interpreted by experience points the way to wise selections, yet few people unaided, have the means of get- ting at the basic facts of selecting the right material to build to their own best advantage. 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