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3 A Growing Newspaper in a Growing City Oshawa Daily Times Succeeding The Oshawa Reformer "All the News While It Is VOL. 9--NO. 40 st Oshawa, Ont., Canada, Every Published Day Except Sundays and OSHAWA, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1931 12 Cents a Week; 3 Cents a Copy SIX PAGES CANNOT CO- City To Reconsider Plans To Straighten Mary Street | Respected Citizen Passes ENGINEER INSTRUCTED TO PREPARE SKETCHES AND LOOK INTO COSTS Action Taken By . City Council On Motion Of Ald. Hawks Last Night With Three Dissenting Votes DANGEROUS CORNER AT WOOD STREET Sponsor of Motion States Has Yet To Meet Any Citizen Opposed to Pro- posal--Have Been Many Accidents The City Engineer, F. B. Goe- dike, has been instructed by res- olution of City Council to prepare a sketch, and make some estimate of the cost, of the proposed plans to straighten Mary Street at Wood Street, a resolution to this effect being sponsored by Ald. T. Hawkes and Ald. Cawker at last night's meeting of City Council. Ald. Hawkes, speaking to this motion, stated: "I have been ap- proached by a great number of people who have asked why we took no action on this matter when it was before us some time ago. I have yet to find a single individual who is against the pro- 1. "There is more traffic on Mary Street, at certain hours of the day, than there is on Simcoe St. The corner at Wood Street is dan- Shrous for high school students. ere is not a more dangerous spot to be found in the whole city and many accidents have oceur- ved there although, fortunately, no fatality has occurred there. The Fire Department very nearly had a very bad crash right at this it just recently. Something Joule be done as soon as possi- eo." Thé resolution was adopted by Council with Aldermen Hyman, Caunt and Boddy dissenting. In discussing the proposal Ald. Hyman stated it as his opinion that the City Council should first come to a definite decision as to whether the work of actually straightening the jog in Mary Street at Wood Street, will be undertaken this year. "I feel that is the decision which should be discussed now before the City Engineer is put to any trouble, and the city to any expense, how- ever small, in preparation of any sketches or in computing any costs", yd Ald. Hymay. ere also appeared to be some wide differences of opinion regard- ing the cost of the proposed work among the different members of council, while there is evidently no definite plan in the minds of the majority as to where the store on the corner of Mary and Wood streets should be demolished, and the land used for straightening the street, or land obtained from the Robson property on the west side of Mary street for the same purpose AGAIN REMANDED Frank Stapley, who pleaded guilty to committing arson on a previous appearance in court was again remanded for 'sentence when he appeared before Magis. trate Creighton this morning. George Seney, who is also charged with arson, was to have stood his trial this morning, but was also remanded. Both men Mn appear in court on August BE SEB EEE EES ES HONOURED FIRST C.0. Perpetuating the tradi- tions of Oshawa's famous old regiment, the 34th, a representative group from the Ontario Regiment con- sisting of Colonel Frank Chappell, Major A. M. Stroud, Lieut. E. Pearson, Lieut. J. B. Tosland, and Regt.-Sgt.-Maj. Davis visit- ed the grave of the first Commanding Officer of the Battalion, Colonel B. Fair- banks, on Sunday, rever- ently placing a wreath on his last resting-place. Col. Fairbanks died on August 15, 1871, Sunday being the sixtieth anniver- sary of his death, and his remaing lie in St, George's Cemetery, The records of the On- tario Regiment show that Col. Fairbanks did much to inspire the original 'old members of the 34th Regi- ment with that spirit which has carried them - forward to the present day and Sunday's ceremonial tribute to"his memory is but further evidence of the esprit de corps which per- meates the local unit. GREET RBNNNINNIIIININNNIERNTETIORRRROERROBRREROSES EE EERE ERE EEE EE EE EE EE EE EERE EERE ERE EEE ALE BLE A BRN SAFETY ZONES Board of Works To Get Busy Before Convention Ald. Kirby and Ald. Puckett sponsored a motion in City Coun- cl last night to the effect that the Board of Works be instruct- ed to mark out the safety traf- fic zones ix the cjty hefore the Canadian Legion convention con- venes here in a few days, and al- 80 that the Street Railway Com- pany be definitely instructed to repair the roadway along their tracks wherever necessary, Commenting on this resolution wkich was adopted without a dis- senting vote, Mayor Marks stat- ed: "I drove through Kingston today and that city is all rigged up like a Christmas tree. They have used yellow paint, gome- thing new, on the streets at all intersections and crossings. The City looks very fine and it is a great improvement. Something certainly should be done here." RATEPAYERS ASK REPAIR WORK South East Ward Sidewalks Will Receive Attention A communication has been re- ceived by the City Council from the Ratepayers Association of the South East Wara in which com- plaint is made relative to the con- dition of several sidewalks and also over-hanging trees, This matter was brought to the attention of the Council yesterday evening and referred to the Pro- perty Committee, although Ald- 8S. Jackson, chairman of the Board of Works, stated that work in making the necessary improve- ments and repairs to sidewalks was already under way. The same association also wrote council requesting infor. mation as to the existence of reg- ulations governing the sale of coke which has been exposed to te weather. The secretary of the association, F. Cooper, stated that a ton of coke would absorb from two to three hundred pounds of moisture, and that sale by the bushel was the only fair way of retailing under such con- ditions if the consumer is to be protected. This, matter was referred by Council to the General Purpose Committee. DRIVER FINED FOR CRUELTY Horns of Beef Cattle Torn Off In Truck Notified by the Oshawa Humane Society yesterday morning, Chief Quantrill, of Whitby, stopped a truck that was transporting a load of cattle westward through the 'town and compelled the driver, D. W. Hart, R. R. No. 2, Cobourg, to administer some form of veterinary attention to one of the animals that had been lying on the bottom of the truck, and on inspection display- ed the fact that its horns had been 'torn out. ' v The truck was first noticed going west on King Street through Osh- awa. The one animal on the bot- tom of the truck was being brutally trampled on and drops of blood were issuing between the floor boards of the truck onto the road. The driver was motioned to stop by a local citizen who reported the case to the Oshawa Humane Society. He 4 continued. westward until he was accosted by Chief Qauntrill in Whitby. - The driver and his two compan- ions were held for sometime in Whitby and compelled to make conditions in the truck more favor- able for the animals. The case was reported to S.P.C.A. headquarters in Toronto and inspectors instruct- ed 'to examine the animals on their arrival ,at the Union stock yards. The driver was allowed to con- tinue his journey to Toronto but on returning last evening he was taken before the magistrate in Whitby and fined $10.00 fd costs, having been charged with cruelty to dumb animals, 10 BE MARKED] TRENTON T0 VOTE ON GAS SYSTEM Town Council Gave Fran- chise Bylaw Two Readings At a meeting of the Trenton Town Council last night first and second readings were given to a by-law to grant a 35-year f¥san- chise for a supply and distri tion of gas to the town by the Ontario Shore Gas Company. First and second readings were also given to by-laws providing for the purchase from the Hydro- Electric Power Commission of the Trenton electrical distribution system at a cost of $165,000, and to authorize the purchase of a supply of power, for forty years, from the Hydro-Electric Power Commission. Voting on both of these by- laws will take place on Monday, September 14, from 9 am. to 5 p.m, The vote on the gas franchise by-law in Trenton is the logical outcome rof the purchase of the Belleville gas plant.and system by the Ontario Shore Gas Company, Limited, the intention, for ' the present at least, being to supply Trenton from the Belleville plant by constructing a pipe line be- tween the two*communities. Gordon D. Conant, Counsel and Canadiah director for the Ontario Shore Gas Company, and J. T. Milner, vice-president and gener- al-manager of the company, at- tended the meeting and discussed the details of the gas franchise by-law and agreement with the council, ON WAY TO BIG RACE Toronto, Aug. 18.--Bound for Santa Monica, California, Miss Winnifred Spooner, a noted Brit- ish aviatrix, took off from here to-day at 8.25 a.m. Miss Spoon- er, who is anxious to reach her destination by Thursday to quali- fy for the Women's National Air Derby, starting on Sunday, plans her first stop at Detroit, Mich. W. J. TRICK PRESIDED AT LUNCHEON TODAY W. J. Trick, newly elected pre- sident of the - Oshawa Kiwanis Club presided for the first time, at the weekly luncheon of the club held today at the Genosha Hotel. There was a very encour- aging turnout of members who listened with great interest to a fine address delivered by Dr. Simpson M.P.P., of Barrie, who spoke of the purposes and ideals oi the Kiwanis Club with regard to their influence upon the fu. ture of the civilized world. Visitors at the luncheon from out of town were Kiwanian J. Wilson, of West Toronto and Ki- wanian Howard Felt, of Barric REPORTED ON CONFERENCE Rotary President And Sec- retary Attend Convention An interesting and instructive report on the presidents and sec- retaries conference of Rotary Dis. trict No. 27 held recently at West. fleld, N.Y., was given by Allin F. Annis, secretary of Oshawa Ro- tary Club, at the club's meeting yesterday afternoon. Mr. Annis attended this conference along with Dr, 8. J. Phillips, president of the club and his report on the proceedings was very enlighten- ing touching as it did on all phases of Rotary activity. In ad- dition, Mr. Annis gave some of the details of the trip, and of the in- teresting places seen while in the Westfield district. The members were particularly interested in the report given of 'the discussions of various types of Rotary work, particularly on community service work, it being stated that Rotary Clubs all over the world were sponsoring every known type of community wel- fare activity. It was especially urged that Rotary Clubs take a special interest in the develop- ment of a worth-while community spirit, and make it their business to initiate and support worth- while community enterprises. Fel- lowshipy vocational gervice, boys' work, and many other subjects were touched upon in the report at the close of which Past Presi- dent Frank Johnston expressed the appreciation of the club of the painstaking effort which the speaker. had put in to its presenta- on. Dr, 8. J. Phillips, president of the club, also spoke briefly, and made the comment that, judging from the reports he heard at the conference, the Oshawa Rotary Club measured up with the best in the district, Visitors at yesterday's lunch- eon were Rotarian Gus Arlidge, of Calgary, and Rotarian C. H. Leeman, of Genesee, New York. . Council to Consider Relief Work Program To Hold Meeting In Com- mittee On Thursday Before the adjournment of City Council yesterday evening, Ald. MacDonald suggested that a meeting should be held althost immediately, in committee of the whole, for the purpose of mak- ing definite plans regarding the program of relief work to be carried out here and commenced as soon as the policies of th2 Do minion and rovincial Govern- ments were announced. "We must get busy on this im- portant matter," said the chair- wan of the Finance Committee. "Every Alderman should give this subject careful thought, and we should have a" full program ready." At the suggestion of Mayor Marks this idea was interpreted by Ald. MacDonai@ in the form of a resolution which was passed unanimously, Council will meet, special purpose, on evening. for thia Thursday British Government to Submit a Second Budget (By Canadian Press) London, Aug. 18.--No social services are to be abolished. Par- liement probably will be reas- sembled in the second week of September to pass emergency legislation. So far this information is all that has leaked out from the de- liberations of the special sub- committee of tlie Labor Cabinet, "The Big Five" subcommittee, under Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald {is sitting again to- day, putting the finishing touches on their scheme to meet the threatened serious budget deficit. Their recommendations of how the budgets should be balanced will go before a full cabinet meet- 1ug tomorrow. In effect, Rt." Hon. Phillip Snowden, chancellor of the Ex- chequer, will submit a second budget within five months of the first. EUGENE HENRY DID FINE WORK Knowledge of Life-Saving Methods Valuable At Rescue Eugene Henry, ron of the prop- rietor of the Central Hotel, Osh- awa, was one of the boys who helped to save the life of Bud Simmons, of this city, when the latter narrowly escaped drowning at Whitby Harbor on Saturday last. /By error, his name was given in last night's issue of The Times as Eugene Lacrose. Mr. Henry, who is a student of St. Michael's College of the Uni- versity of Toronto, not only as- sisted to bring the victim ashore, in an unconscious condition, but at once applied artificial respira- tion methods by which, after half an hour of hard and persistent ef- fort, young Simmons was revived, Mr. Henry is a member of the Royal Life Saving Society, and is an expert in methods of life-sav- ing, so his knowledge was of in- valuable assistance in saving the life of Simmons, on. Saturday af- ternoon. ASK CITIZENS T0 DECORATE Oshawa Should Be "All Dressed Up" For Convention A strong appeal to the merchap' and citizens of Oshawa to dec their business premises and h next week, when the Canadia gion provincial convention v in progress in the city, is ry the decoration committee of t cal branch. The committee m- night and after completing i rangements for decorations : Hotel Genosha, the General } Auditorium and the Armori cided to appeal to the citizes erally to help in dressing city for this big event, whi include the visit of Earl Jelli is especiaily requested that tl imess section of the city be d ed with flags and bunting a: did co-operation in this respe ored lights are beiny strung the business streets by the corative effect. Tires Unemployment Register: Passed the 1,100 Mq ™" ™" "=" ">" se Prices on Goodyea Goodyears. Look up your Of those registered yes, far behind in in the national voti unknown tires that are offered you. By noon to-day 1,100 unemploy- ed men had registered at the lo- cal government employment office, according to Major George Hamil- ton, superintendent. The regis- tration commenced at 8.30 o'clock yesterday morning and since that time, during all th hours the of- fice has been open, a constant stream of men filled into the em- ployment bureau to register in accordance with the wish of the Provincial Government and the city authorities. "Yesterday we took the names of 750 men between 8.30 a.m. and 6 p.m.,"' Major Hamilton said, "I iliti ission, and th nels great im sroaucns + c] ir@S Most People | | JOHN 8. BEATON A prominent Oshawa Merchant for many years, who died yes- terday at his home on Athol Street East. OSHAWA LOSES OLD RESIDENT John S. Beaton Called By Death On Monday The life of one of Oshawa's pio- neer business men came to a close Monday evening with the passing of John S. Beaton, at his home at 104 Athol Street East, Mr. Bea- ton was at the time of his death in his seventy-fourth year. For the past five years, since he suffered a stroke, Mr. Beaton had lived a retired life, confined to his bed for the greater part of the time. Mr. Beaton was born in Pickering son of FE as possible, and it is hoped ¢ N committee that there will bg, than on any other kind. OPERATE IN RESEARCH PROVINCIAL COMMITTEE REFUSED ASSISTANCE IN ITS INVESTIGATIONS SENATOR HARDY ISSUES DENIAL Has Replied to Sinclair Denying Interest in Beauharnois (By Canadian Press) Brockville, Ont., Aug. 18.-- Absolute denial that he had any interest, direct or indirect, in the Beauharnois undertaking or had any part in the negotiations lead- ing to its inception, was made to- Gay by Hon, Arthur C. Hardy, president of the Ontario Liberal Association in a statement given out by him in a reply to a recent open letter from W. E. N. Sin- clair, K.C., House Leader of the Ontario Liberal Party. Senator Hardy's statement is as follows: "When I declined, in a tele- phone conversation, to comment on Mr. Sinclair's last letter, I had not seen it and knew nothing of its contents, Had I known of the question in that letter and its innuendo I should certainly have answered that part of it. "I take it that the whole pur- port of Mr. Sinclair's letter is to cast aspersioms upon me by inti- mating directly that I had some interest, direct or indirect, in the Beauharnois undertaking. My re- ply is that I had no interest what- ever, direct or indirect, monetary or otherwise, in the company or any of its undertakings or subsi- diaries. As to the direct question as to my having part in the nego- tiations, the question is absurd. I was never asked to take part in them, never did, and knew noth- ing about them save as appeared in the press and by general re- port." oc ie JIL CONSIDER BUS FRANCHISE Gua ranteed, Pathfii, rire By City Council To Committee sommunication from J. A. X bon, written on behalf of client, relative to the de- & of the City Council in con- a with the granting of a anchise in the city, was re- at last night's meeting of ouncil and referred to the 'ty Committee. imenting on this communi. Ald. E. Jackson stated, question has been hang- for about three years and War: time that some defi- weision was reached in the For 16 conse¢ We should know exact- this company's intentions Now comes a mew proof that experience Warding a bus service and ears. In a nation-wide vote among motoris,yid know just exactly think this is almost a rec an office of this size." * 260 were single men. Out new names added to the I! morning, 90 were single. ' fice is still busy to-day and registration does not conclv til Saturday it will be diffi} estimate the total numbe may register. "Over 99 per cent. of th men who have handed in names state that they ar means they must leave the cic, the employment superintendent declared. Governor General's Boy To Have Canadian Name Will Be Christened George St. Lawrence Neuflize, Sec- ond Name to Commemorate Great Canadian River, On Shores of Which He Was Born (By Canadian Press) Montreal, Aug. 18--As a tribute 'to his Royal God- father and commemorating the Great Canadian river on the shores of which he was'born, the infant son of Their Excellencies the Governor General of Canada and Lady ' Besshorough will be christened George St. Law- rence Neuflize, the latter name being that of the family of Her Excellency. This was announced this morning from Ravenscrag, the temporary Vice-Regal residence. Both mother and child continue to do well it is stated. Providing Her Excellency's health has been suffi- ciently restored by that time Their Excellencies will re- turn to Rideau Hall at Ottawa during the second week in September. - The christening will take place immedi- ately after, y RCRD GIR LA LES than willing to get work emterchant able to Oe aul angler and confined his interest in sport to fishing. Hastings County was his favorite haunt on holidays, From time to time, Mr. Beaton was requested to run for certain public offices but , declined and continued in the even tenor of his way as one of the leaders in Osh- awa's business world, and at his death Oshawa loses a citizen of whose memory it is justly proud. The late Mr. Beaton is survived by his widow, who efore .her marriage was Jennié Gibson, and two sons, Roy, who carried on his father's business after his ill- ness until it was gold in 1929, and Jack H., at one time sales-mana- ger of General Motors. The funeral of the deceased will take place from the family residence, 104 Athol Street E., on Thursday at 2.30 p.m.. Rev, J. S. I. Wilson, assistant pastor of Sim- coe Street United Church, will officiate. WEATHER Probabilities--Light to mod- erate winds, mostly fair and decidedly warm today and Wednesday. Some slight size. Compare th be a Goodyear. Out of 22 makes, Goodyesr attitude is." IRE GALS, NE WAS FALSE Department Given tip For Nothing Bl Fire Department answered 11s last night, both com- within half an hour. a fire which was burning in a pile of grass and wood on the premises of Alex. McLeese, On- tario Street. The fire was easily extinguished with the use of chemicals. The alarm was turned in at 9.05 last night, The second alarm was turned in at 9.20 from box 28 at the corner of Ritson Road South and Olive Avenue and proved to be false. People who turn in such alarms should know that they are liable to a term of imprisonment of one year, The city fire department stresses the fact that the fire alarm boxes should be used for the protection of property and not to satisfy an idle whim. The department mean to make an example of anyone caught in the act of turning in a false alarm and prosecute them to the full extent of the law. THOUSANDS PERISH (By Canadian Press) Hankow, China, Aug. 18.-- Carefully compiled survey. in hands of Chinese authorities In- dicated today that at least thir- ty million persons were homeless and about ten millions of these were utterly destitute in the four provinces hardest hit by the current Yangtse River flood. probability of scattered thun- Thousands have perished. a = Ontario Body Engaged In Investigating Unemploy- ment Had Representa- tive in Oshawa This Morning RELIEF DEPARTMENT IS OVERBURDENED Civic Authorities Cannot Help In Local Survey-- Does Not Mean Work Will Be Abandoned Here Due to the fact that the city is unable to afford the expense at the present time and that the proposed investigation would interfere with the work of the local relief depart- ment while it is already heavily ov- erburdened, permission to study the operations of - Oshawa's machinery for the relief of unemployment has been courteously refused by the city council to the Ontario Research Committee on Unemployment. This committee, comprising 17 econom- ists and public men, is a voluntary organization formed for the purpose of studying unemployment condi- tions in 17 Ontario cities including Oshawa. Reasons for the city's attitude were explained to Professor H M. Cassidy, of 'loronto, a director, of the committee, when the mayor and Ald. P, A. Macdonald, chairinan of the finance committee, met Profes- sor Cassidy mn the mayor's office this morning. When Frofessor Cassidy pointed out that the Ontario Research Com~ mittee would probably be willing to proceed with the proposed survey here without any financial aid from the city, the mayor and Aid. Mac- donald stated that the local relief department is now' so overburden- ed with work that it'could not pos sibly co-operae in-a'survey of this kind or take time 'to explain its records to the Research Committee. "Our relief department has a tree mendous load to carry," Mayor Marks commented to The Times this morning, "Miss Farncomb and her staff are working to a late hour almost every night and their work can not be interfered with. Even if this Research Committee did not ask for any financial aid now the city would feel under obligation to" it after it had completed its survey." Refusal of the city to throw open the relief department to the inves- tigators does not necessarily mean that the proposed survey will not be undertaken here, Professor Case sidy stated this morning. The ree - cords of various charitable organie zations and the employment figures of local industries would probably provide the committee with useful information. OUTSIDE WORK Policy Agreed To In Con. tract With City Engineer The appojntment of F. B. Goedike as Oshawa's City Engineer was for- mally ratified by the City Council at last night's meeting by the passing of the necessary bylaw. . It will be recalled that this bylaw was before council at its last regu-' lar meeting, being referred back fos a ry amend t suggested, by Ald. Boddy, and when given its three readings yesterday evening contained a clause to the effect that the City Engineer is not permitted to act in a professional capacity for any other person or firm except the corporation by which he is employ- ed. RESOLTS VERY Nominate 189 Candidates: For Election In Quebec Quebec, Aug. 18. -- Yesterday was nomination day in Quebec and 94 Conservatives and two La- bor -- entered the field for 80 = seats in the legislature on whi the province will vote Monday next. No acclamations resulted. TRADE ON CERTIFICATES : One of the most important devels' opments in connection with the Itry grading work of the federal ent of Agriculture is the ex» tent to which the of ine' spection is accepted "b ; ite ors; banks and others in- terested in the movement and sale and 189 candidates--93 Liberals CANNOT ACCEPT ~~ hy NUCH IN DOUBT