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-- TT -- -- a Growing Newspaper in a Growing City Tle Oshawa Daily Tunes Succeeding The Oshawa Reformer "All The News SE While It Is "-- News" VOL. 8--NO. 74 Published t Out. £ Day Emcest Sundays ond "Publis. Helidara OSHAWA, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, MARCH 28, 1931 12 Cents a Week; 3 Cents a Copy TWELVE PAGES \ Making Plans For Ontario County Home -Coming Week Gas Franchise Question - FIRST WEEK IN JULY IS SET ASIDE FOR ONTARIO IN PROVINCIAL PROGRAM Event Will Be Part of Am- bitious Business Revival Campaign Being Organiz- ed by A. H. Wilford -- CAMPAIGN GIVEN WIDE APPROVAL Program Is Based on Old Home Week Idea, But Is Being Given a Province Wide Application The first week in July promises to be a red letter one in Ontario county, for it has been set aside for a monster Home Coming celebration in which the City of Oshawa and all the: municipalities in the county will have a part. This week includ- es both Dominion Day, July 1, and independence Day July 4, so that thousands of people are expected to return to the county from both Canada and the United States dur- ing this week. The Ontario County Old Home Week is only one of a series which it. is expected will be held in every county in the province during this summer as part of the Ontario Business Revival Campaign. This campaign has been organized by A. H. Wilford,, who recently carried the Canadian Onion Week to a suc- cessful conclusion, and every municipality in Ontario is being asked to take part. At a meeting with Warden Ross and a county council commitee meeting on Thurs. day afternoon the proposal was dis- cussed and heartily endorsed. The whole idea has been develop- ed by Mr. Wilford in an effort to release a large part of the $2,100,~ 000,000 in savings account in this country for active circulation. With this money in circulation again it is felt that business conditions must improve, and prosperity will thus be wooed back to Canada. The cam- paign is based simply upon the Old Home Week idea, which will be enlarged and made province wide, Boys and girls who have not visi- ted the old home town or village in years will be invited back, and will find an incentive to return in the knowledge that old-time compan- ions will also be on hand. Every (Continued on page 8) GREAT EF 70 BOOM BUSINESS BEING ORGANIZED J. Allan Ross Announces Campaign of Advertising ona Tremendous Scale Toronto, March 28.--(reat mar athons of publicity, unprecedented in extent, will be used by Canada's great national business institutions starting about April 15, in an ef- for of advertising greater than any previous attempt in modern times, to "push Canada forward." This was announced by J. Allan Ross, president of the Canadian Wrigley Company, Limited, be- fore the charter-night dinner of the Canadfan Sales Managers' Assocl- ation at the Royal York Hotel last night. Declaring 'that February and March showed definite upturns in business and that each man's busi- ness should be regarded as a thing of the present, a fighting machine without overstudy of the past, Mr. Ross advocated that Canada move steadily forward toward the goal of "self-containment," where her citizens would '""use, as well as pro- duce." "There is about to be started," he said, "a tremendously powerful movement called Forward With Canada, the object of which is to give every citizen of the Domin- fon a chance to prove his or hér confidence in tomorrow by buying today. What the country needs is fewer shaking knees and a greater determination on the part of every man, woman and child to loosen up and spend a little money. In other words, start buying now, or (Continued on page 2) WEATHER " Forecast--Lower Lake Region and Georgian Bay--Strong winds and gales from east and south east with rain, Sunday--Occa« sional rain followed by strong northwest winds and somewhat cold with snowflurries, - INTERNATIONAL WHEAT POOL 13 THOUGHT LIKELY Canada and Other Non-Eur- opean Nations Take Steps to Meet Boycott From Europe * Rome, March 28.~--The Interna- tional wheat export pool, embrac- ing Canada, Australia, Argentina, South Africa and India and pos- sibly the United States, through their delegates, began today hold- ing private meetings in an effort to hit upon some means by which they might ogpose the demands of the European nations for a system of preferential tariffs which would mean a virtual boycott by Europe against foreign wheat, SINCLAIR IS LAW SOCIETY NOMINEE one Nominated in Election of Benchers W, E. N. Sinclair, K.C., of this city, Liberal house leader in the Ontario legislature, is one of the new candidatés seeking election' as a bencher of the Law Society of Upper Canada. There are 61 men in the field, of which 31 are new candidates. Thirty are to be elected Hon. Charles McCrea, K.C., provin- cial minister of mines, is seeking re-election, while Hon, Wesley A. Gordon, K.C., federal minister of immigration, is one of the new candidates. The benchers are gov- erning body of the society, and elec- tions are held every five years. OVER 230,000 STOCKHOLDERS OF GENERAL MOTORS Number Has Shown Tre- mendous Increase During the Last Fourteen Years There were 1,927 General Mot- ore stockholders in the first quar- ter of 1917. There are approxi- L.lely 286,378 today, The in- crease in Ownership has been con- sistent with few interruptions or pauses. Holders of common and pre- ferred stock continue to grow in number, the stockholders as of record for the current quarter showing the ninth consecutive in- crease over the preceding three- month period, according to an an- nouncement by the company, Combined stockhdlders for this quarter were 286,378 as against 240,483 in the corresponding per- fod of last year, a gain of 19 per cent. and comparing with 263,528 in the preceding quarter, an in- crease of 8 per cent, There were 268,907 holders of common stock and the balance of 17,471 represents holders of pre- ferred stock. These figures com- pare with 247,885 common stock- holders and 15,643 preferred for the fourth quarter of 1930. SENTENCE DEFERRED AT COBOURG TRIAL Cobourg, March 28--Leslie Forbes of London, Ont, came up yesterday, before Judge E. C. S, Huycke, charg- ed with robbery, while armed, of $1,- 985 from the Cobourg branch of the Dominion Bank on Feb. 17. He had been committed for trial at a prelim inary hearing, with two alleged ac- consplices. Colonel F. D, Boggs pro- secuted, and T. F, Hall, K.C,, defend- ed the accused, Members of the bank staff gave evidence of the happenings after they were ordered to put up their hands and hand over over the money, and subsequently ushered in- to the vault, until the trio escaped with the money. Citizens who join- ed the posse that captured the trio and the police also gave evidence. Accused was found' guilty and re- manded until Monday for sentence. Walter Clifford's trial on a simliar charge, is set for March 30, Local Barrister One.of Sixty. DEMANDS INQUIRY W. E. N. SINCLAIR, K.C., M.P.P. Liberal house leader in the legis- lature, yesterday demanded that a commission be appointed to investigate expenditures in Northern Ontario. BAN JOHNSON OF BASEBALL FAME DIES INST. LOUIS Passed Away in Hospital Ill for Last Three Years (Canadian Press Despatch) St. Louis, Mar, 28--Ban Johnson, 67, former president of the American Baseball League who built baseball to its commanding position as the National pastime of the United Sta- tes died at St. John's Hospitab here at 8.10 o'clock this morning. Johnson in 1927 resigned the active presidency of the league he had help- ed found and had governed with an iron hand for 27 years. In October of that same vear, 1927, he was al- lowed to resign altogether and was succeeded in January 1928, by Ed- ward S. Barnard, of Cleveland, who preceeded him in death but few hours Broken in spirit and body Johnson spent the last three years of his life fighting ill-health. His interest in baseball, although only academic af- ter his removal from presidency, re- | mained keen to the last. BIG RAILWAY DEFICIT London, Ont., Mar. 28.--To pro- vide for the 1930 deficit and for the expected 1931 deficit of the London and Port Stanley Railway, loeal council will have to raise $200,000 in 1931 tax rate, which means nearly a two and a half mill increase. WINNERS GOING TO IRELAND Hamilton, Mar. 28.--John Ben- nett and Willie Thornberry, two of the holders of the Grand .Na- tional ticket on Great Span, have booked pasage for Ireland, they announced to day. Tho men have received no definits word as to what the ticket will pay. { noted | any diptheria, scarlet fever, | or any other ¢ This Morning After Being ' <2: © {Offices, since about {Times was informed, A: | was not very serious, and little at- to Come Before Council at Whitby on Monday Morning (By Whitby Staff Reporter) Whitby, Mar. 28.--A special meeting of the Town Council has been called for Monday morning next at 10.30 to discuss the gas franchise proposal and to deter- mine further action in connection with Whitby harbor improvements, Representatives of Ben, KE. Tate who negotiated the sale of the gas plant in Oshawa and the fran- chise agreement, will, it is under- stood, be on hand to discuss the proposal further with the Council. Town Solicitor Arthur E. Christian has the bylaw and agreement which the Council is asked to con- sider, and it will probably be gone into with him, The agreement, it may be noted, is something siriilar to that voted on and sanctioned in Oshawa, It asks for a fifty-year franchise to sell gas in the town for cooking purposes, also other concessions, The harbor question is equally sending a delegation to Ottawa to as important. The: question of sending a delegation to Ottawa to urge the town's claims may be discussed and adopted. With the estimates being presented shortly to the House, the town is anxious to have Whitby's harbor needs provided for. The completion of the breakwater and dredging are included in the programme, | | Considerable Number of Cases of | Chicken-Pox Reported in Oshawa Considerable chicken pox has been 1 among children in this city during the last few days, it is réport- ed by the local Board of Health. There are not enough cases as yet that any alarm should be felt, how- ever, 'it i8 stated. Whooping Cough is gradually disappearing from the community, and there is hardly smal¥pox rions contagious dis- that the situatior wliole is good, A mild JYorm of smallpox that closely » resembles chicken pox, has been found in Toronto recently, and a close watch is being kept upon all | cases of chicken pox reported inl Oshawa, However, no smallpox of | even the mild type has been report- | ed thus far. The city has had. a very fine re-| cord in regard to contagious diseases this year, and as the danger period | is now drawing to a close, it is hop- | ed that nothing further of any con- | | sequence will develon this spring. | City Hall Staff Menaced by Escaping Gas Fumes A leak in a main which sas proved very annoying and might [gas fumes had permeated the carth have been dangerous to the entire [around this point and finally fol- {lowed the sewer staff in the local city hall, was dis covered yesterday afternoon aud has been repaired. This merning there was still quite a strong odor of gas in some parts of the build- |stated ling, but the Public Utilities Com- mission assured The Times that the leak had been stopped and that there was no further danger, 1) An odor of gas has been noiice- able around parts of the huilding, particularly the Doard of Jealth Tuesday, Fhe first it tention was paid to it However, yesterday it became very. bad and permeated the wholé building, un- til the occupants of the offices be- came alarmed and an emergency call was sent to theg as departs ment, At first a new moter wag In- stalled, as it was thought that the leak might have been in thig in- strumemt. The situation bHecame steadily worse, however, and the leak was traced to the sewer pipe, it being discovered that the fumes were following this pips into the building. Investigation disclosed that a break had developed in the gas main where it crossed the suwe {occur in the spring season, it was {and {happens that a sewer is laid after Isewer being put in below the level jof the gas pipe. It is impossible to er pipe, with the result that the pipe inio the building. Breaks of this nature sometimes this morning, by C. 7. manager of the local gas utilities, 1t often Barnes, electrical a gas main has been put down, the tamp the ground in under the gas pipe as tightly as it was before being dug up. The ground settles, and the gas pipe drops, causing a break. In the case of the leak at, the city hall, it was found that the threads of the pipe at a con- nection had rusted, and when the pipe sagzed, the leak developed. A leak similar to the one dis- covered yesterday, was discovered almost exactly two years ago on Albert street. Three families were almost asphyxiated, and the whole gas plant had to be shut down in order to locate and repair the leak. There are about 25 people rag- ularly employed at the city hall and although considerable discom- fort was caused by the escaping gas none of them suffered any ser- fous {ll effects, as far as could be learned, } SHIPPING OPENING T0 HELP BUSINESS Large Amount of Employ- ment Will 'Be Provided When Navigation Season Starts Ottawa, March 28.--Within the next few days navigation will he opened up on Canada's great in- land seas and rivers. What that means in dollars and cents, in work and wages and the rejuvenation of trade is a fascirating study. Some- thing like 20,000 sailors, who have been ashore all winter, will again "go down to the sea in ships'-- and return at regular intervals with a pay envelope. A flood of golden grain will be liberated from the head of the lakes, stately liners and tramp steamers will sail up to Montreal, 1,000 miles from the sea, and British-built ships with full cargoes wiil ply to Fort William, in the haart of the con- tinent, returning laden with the products of the forest, fisherfes, fields and factories. Millions of dollars will be spent upon the construction of new ware- houses, breakwaters, piers, docks and terminals, upon loading and discharging facilities, upon. the construction of new ships and the overhauling of old ones, Paint and fuel and clothing, food, equip- ment and tackle of all kinds will be required by the great fleets which sail the inland reas, carrying more grain and ore and coal than the combined commerce of the great ships which passed through the world-famed Panama and Suez Canals, TRE. gp Str " GANDHI HUNBLES HIS OPPONENTS Red Shirt Communists Went to Attack, But Left in Penitent Mood (Canadian Press Despatch) Karachi, Mar, 28.--"I have no weapon against you except love. Let none take upon himself duty of protecting me. God alone can do that", Gan@hi told a deputation of hostile red shirt Communists who called upon him to demand why he had not saved Baghat Singh, executed at Lahore for the murder of a British police official in 1929. "The day my country no longer needs me I will starve myself to death," Gandhi said. Before he had finished, his an- tagonists were sobbing, all left in humble penitent mood. Karachi, India, Mar. 28.-~Work- ing committee of all-India na- tional congress, in annual conven- tion here today passed resolution deploring communal disturbances at Cawnpore, United Provinces, where about 150 persons have been killed and about 1,000 in- jured since the first day of the week. ALIENATED AFFECTIONS Owen Sound, Mar. 28.--James Young, Lucknow bachelor, will have to pay Joseph Collyer of the same place, $1,800 along with the costs of the court for alienating the affections of the latter's wife, ac- cording to a verdict of a jury at the Bruce County spring assizes held in Walkerton, , --o-- FIRE ESTROS RODNEY FACTORY Plant of Canada Wood Prod- ucts, Ltd., Sustains Loss Amounting to $75,000 St. Thomas, March 28. -- The plant of the Canada Wood Pro- ducts Limited, principal industry in the village of Rodney, was al- most totally destroyed by fire ear- ly this morning. Despite the com- bined effort of the Rodney and Dutton fire departments, the of- filces, warehouse, stock and ma- chinery were totally destroyed, but the raw material room, saw mill and veneer rooms, were saved. The total loss is believed to be $75, 000. No insurance was carried. The fire started from a stove left burning in the office to dry paint. TO BUILD SUPER HIGHWAY Detroit, Mich., Marcn 28.~~The completion this year of a 204 foot super-highway betwoen Detroit and Pontiac, was predicted by Governor Wilber M. Bruckner, ai- ter a conference with Sid Henry Thornton, president of the Grand Trunk Western and Canadian Na- tional Railways in which the final difficulties in the way of the con- summation of the $5,000,000 pro- ject were cleared away, DIPHTHERIA EPIDEMIC Point Barrow, Alaska, Mar, 23. A diphthéria epidemic which has been raging here for several weeks and was believed to have been brought under control, flared anew today, and the only hospitz]l was 'again overcrowded with vajlents, rp | der HERE TOMORROW W.EN. SINCLAIR DEMANDS INVESTIGATION ------------ CLAIMS WAGES PAID TO MEN NOT WORKING FOR GOV'T IN N. ONTARIO t a REV. DR. ENDICOTT ¢ Who is to be in King Street United Church tomorrow night for the | anniversary services. t 8 ! PROVINCIAL BODY only a day or so when he was ar- 4 He also said that he was r PRAISES OSHAWA |: DENTAL REPORT 32:5: Copy of Report of Work |! 8 Done Here Being Sent to | work | € Every Dentist in Canada - sion of the offense charged, prone to give Morrell the chance The repért of the school dental activities carried on in 1930 un- |t the Oshawa Board of Health|} has been considered so satisfac- tory by the Provincial Department of Health, that it will be published in Oral Health, and sent to every dentist in Canada. This informa- | tion is contained in a letter re- ceived this morning hy Dr. T. W. | G. McKay, medical officer of health for the city, from Dr. Ed mund A. Grant, director of dental services for the province teferring to the report, Dr Grant says: A "It is a splendid report, and re- | flects considerable credit upon the | city of Oshawa. | "1 would like ¥our permission | to publish this report in Oral | Health, a publication which is sent | to every dentist ™ Canada, as I feel sure that the example set by | Rotary Club luncheon on by George, Baldwin, F.R.H.S., Tor- Oshawa would be a stimulus to other communities." 0 which was publish- | ed recently in The Times, shows |t that, during the year, the dental |C health of the school children of Oshawa had shown a considerable improvement. It also outlined the great amount of work done by the school dentists for children whose parents were unable to af- ford dental treatment for them. The report, t STEAMER CREW RESCUED Riga, Latvia, Mar. 28.--The crew of the British steamer Arnis- ton was rescued today when the vessel, carrying timber and flax from Riga, was crushed in the | fce off the Latvian coast. She sank almost immediately in twenty fathoms. CANADA WINS KING'S TROPHY London, Mar, 28--Canada's school- boy marksmen for the second time in succession have won the King's Tro- phy in Empire competition, held un- der the auspices of the National Rifle Association. Canadian lads manded for sentence by into manded in custody until today, At be given medical attention. 2 HORTICULTURIST | George Baldwin, F.R.H.S., ning in The 15 highest men will be advanc. ed to the second round, and from chosen. N. SIMCOE HOME School Orchestra Also Pro- VAGRANT ORDERED | TO LEAVE THE CITY Joseph C. Morrell Allowed to Go After Spending Last | Week in Jail | ;. | Josey Charles Morrell was re- Magis- | rate T. K. Creighton in city police court this morning, on the condition that he leave the city The accused was taken week ago on a | re- t once, custody a harge of vagrancy and was he time he was taken into cus- ody he had collapsed and had to In court this morning Morrell | aid that he had been in the city ested. barber by trade and had dropped Oshawa on his way from Place. Although admit- ing the charge of vagrancy and | that he had been | rrested before in another part of | he province, he asked that he be iven a chance, He had worked on he lake boats for some years he aid and was sure he could get there again. His Worship in finding the ac- used guilty on his own admis- was o get work and cautioned him to eave the city forthwith, HERE ON MONDAY of Toronto, Will Be the Speaker at Rotary Club Meeting 4 An illustrated lecture on "Your jome Garden' will be given at the Monday nto. At the present time the Ro- arians are voting on their direc- ors for 1931, Every member of the lub, as is the custom, is in the run- the elimination contest. hese 15 men, eight dircters will be AND SCHOOL CLUB PRESENTS PLAY vided Music at Event Held in Collegiate Auditorium The Three Act Comedy ;:So This | at others- { that* could only, | ditor, | Canada, | cheques, it showed marked swperiority over all other competitors. PRINGE TO VISIT CANADA IN 1032 Prof. W. L. Carlyle, Head of the E.P. Ranch in Alberta Announces Intention Kamlops, B.C., March 28.--Fol- lowing the South upon which the Prince of Wales is American trip outing will be to Canada, stated Professor W. L. Cariyle, head of the E. P. Ranch at Alta., here yesterday. "We are looking for him next year," said Professor Carlyle. "He is planning to come for the World's Grain Exhibition When the Canadian Trade and Mission visited Buenos Aires recently, Sir George Perley, the Canadian gov- Wales to officiate at the opening of the World Grain Exhibition, to be held in Regina during 1932. It was then understood the Do- minion Government would sghort- ly forward a formal invitation to the Prince, who officiated at the opening of the British Trade Ex- is London," which was presented in auditorium of the Collegiate and Vo- cational Institute last evening uader the auspices of the North Simcoe Home and School Club was a decid- ed success in every way. The large audience which attended being given a most enjoyable evening's entertain- ment. The play which was under the direction of A, M. Robinson was worthy of the enthusiastic reception which it received, all the characters acquitting themselves splendidly, and giving a masterly portrayal of the parts they played. The incidently music between the acts was supplied by the orchestra of North Simcoe Street School under the direction of Leonard Richer. : auditorium of the Collegiate and Vo- Several very fine tap dance selec- tions were given between the acts by Miss Doris , Mountjoy. misjudged each other and a very The action of the play revolves around a trip to England by Mr, and Mrs. Hiram Draper and their son Hiram Jr., all of whom are typical Americans, The purpose of the trip being to purchase an English boot and shoe factory owned by Sir Percy Beauchamp. On the way to Engfand Hiram Jr. falls in love with Elinor Beauchamp the beautiful daughter of Sir Percy, who is travelling with Lady Amy Ducksworth, Neither of the young people being aware of the identity of the other. On their ar- rival in London Mr. Draper becomes much distressed over the apparent backwardness of the people and the country in comparison with his own country. The Drapers are much op- posed to the proposed marriage of Liberal House Leader Makes Blunt Demand for Com- mission to Investigate Ex= penditures in Northern: Ontario CHEQUE PRESENTED IN LEGISLATURE Mr. Sinclair Charges Loose ~ Work Apparent in Hand ling of Funds Avail for Development Work Toronto, Mar, 28.--Blunt de- mand for a Commission investiga- tion into the whole system of ex- penditures under the Department of "Northern Development was made in the Legislature yesterday by William E. N. Sinclair, Opposi- tion Leader, following his produc~ tion of a cheque allegedly made payable out of Government funds as wagks to a Porquis Junction man named Melnick, who, accord- | ing to Mr, Sinclair's claims, is not working for the Government at all. Mr. Sinclair characterized such a situation as "loose work'--a situation which, if obtaining at one point, might likewise obtain -a condition of affairs he contended, ba met by a thorough inquiry, Signed and Countersigned The cheque in question wax i signed by D. Lough, engineer, and countersigned by O, E. Lonery, au=' dated March 16, and made payable at the Imperial Bank of| Matheson, Similar was Mr. Sinclair's be« lief, had heen received by Melnfek in January and February, als though his previous connectioi with departmental employ had ter- minated in December. There was no doubt in his mind, he said, that Melnick was the man, for the cheque had afterward been turned in by him on a board bill. Hon. William Finlayson, Min= ister of Northern Development, assured the House that if Mr. Sin~ clair turned over a copy of the cheque to him--a request which has since heen granted---he would investigate at once and recom» tion was required. "If there has been any improper issue ofa cheque," said he; "the matter will be turned over to 'the Distriet Crown Attorney for prosecution," Grounds for Criticism This Porquis Junction affair --< the second in a year--"broke' in the House when Mr, Finlayson moved second reading of his bill providing $5,000,000 for Northern development programing. After drawing the cheque incident to the House's attention, Mi. Sinclair asked if there was any reason why the Opposition should not come stantly be finding fault with ex« penditures in the North if cheques {ssued out of the, K Government's accountable funds were to be mis- directed as in the case of Mel= nick. "The Honorable Minister," he added, "must realize that we have grounds for our criticism." Claiming that an ordinary Pubs lie Accounts inquiry did not pro- vide sufficient scope for a com- plete investigation, he demanded that a Commission be put on fhe job by the Government to clean up "the loose work tirere." "Surely," said he, "if your of fice up there can spend money in this way, it won't, take long to get rid of the $5,000,000 you are asking." : BRITISH ISLES SOCCER SCORES London, March 28 -- Results of league football matches played in the British Isles today were as follows: English League, First Division Aston Villa 4, Blackpool 1. Bolton Wanderers 1, Manchester City 1. Chelsea 1, Leeds United 0. Grimsby Town 4, Birmingham 1. Huddersfield Town 1, Blackbun Roversl. Liverpool 3, Portsmouth 1 Manchester United 1, United 2, Middlesbrough 2, Arsenal 5. Newcastle United 2, Sunderland 0. She field City 0. i : Fos West-Ham United 0, Derby Couns t ' y Scottish League, First Division Ayr United 3, Queen's Park le Cowden Beath 3, Morton 0, ; Dandee 0, Kilmarnock 2, Heaws 0, Clyde J. SCOTLAND BEATS ENGLAND Glasgow, Mar, 28.--The annual international soccer tween England and Scotland was won today by the latter by two goals to nil. The series began in 1872 and the standing of the ¢oun- tries to date is:--Scotland, wou bipition in the Argentine capital. (Continued on page 10) 25; England, won 16; drawn. lée de on edie nF A Ao 5 mend criminal action, if such &e- Sheffield Wednesday 4, Leicester of match be~