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Ebi Yin aa eT aR - day evening in the Armouries in he Osh awa Bail Succeeding The Oshawa Reformer yy Can; VOL. NO. 73 Published at Oshawa, Day Except Sundays and Sr OSHAWA, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1931 "12 Cents » Week; 3 U0 ors by G.M.C. Technology Institute Students at Banquet GET-TOGETHER EVENT 'HELD HERE LAST NIGHT WAS VERY IMPRESSIVE Major Albert E. Sobey, Di- rector of Institute of Technology at Flint, Stresses Necessity For Trained Leadership in In- dustry WELCOME IS GIVEN BY COL. CHAPPELL About Sixty Canadian Stu- dents Going to Flint for Course of Training to| Start Next Week, As- sembled Here Last Night An impressive get - together banquet of Canadian students of the General Motors Institute of Technology, at Flint, . Michigan, Yeatured by interesting addresses, was held in the former Welsh Par- lors last night, when these stu- dents, some *sixty in number, were the guests at dinner of the General Motors of Canada, Limit- ed. On Monday next, the year's term of training begins at the Flint Institute, and these Cana-- dian students were assembled here yesterday for some prelimin- ary instruction before going to the school to-morrow. Included in the party were fifteen fresh- men, selected from a large list of applicants, and going to the insti- tute for the first time. The ban- quet last night was an enjoyable function, a splendid spirit of pod fellowship prevailing, and e feature of the program was an address by Major Albert E. Sobey, director of the General Motors Institute of Technology, in which he stressed the value of -technical training of a broad character in fitting young men for the highest places in indus. try. Lt.-Col. Frank Chappell, on behalf of the General Motors of Canada, gave an address of wel- come to the guests, while other speakers were C. E. McTavish, as- sistant general sales manager of the G.M.C., and M. McIntyre Hood, editor of The . Oshawa Daily Times. H. W, Nicol, direc. tor of personnel for the G.M.C., acted as chairman of the banquet in a highly acceptable manner, while excellent musical entertain- ment wag provided by the Gen- eral Motors Quartet, composed of J. R. Ballantyne, O. A. Toaze, C. W. Lambert and Alex. W. Bell. Hearty community singing, with Matt Goldbourn at the piano, add- sd to the spirit of good fellow- ship. Students Welcomed In his addess of welcome, Lt. Col. Frank Chappell compliment- ed the boys of the freshmen class on being approved and selected as up to the stanlard required, and as representative types of boys capable of development s0 as to be of use to the company and to the communities in which they lived. In modern industry, he said, new phases were constantly springing up which required a background of scientific education. He stress. ed the fact that the results, so far ag the individual students were JENS OBSERVE HIGH FESTIVAL THIS WEEK-END Feast of Tabernacles Is Be- ing Celebrated By Local Community The Feast of Tabernacles, call- ed by the Jews "'Sukkoth" from the Hebrew word for tent or tabernacle, is being observed by Oshawa Jewry today, the Jewish Sabbath, with special services held in the Synagogue near the corner of Athol and Albert Streets. The Feast commenced yester- day and continues for seven days, being immediately <followed by the celebration of Shemini At- zereth, the eighth day of Solemn Consecration, and by Simhath Torah or "rejoicing in the law." The present celebration is based on the Biblical tradition that Israel spent eight days in their tents at this season during the forty years sojourn in the wilderness when they had pass- ed out of Egypt on the way to the Promised Land. When the Temple was still standing in Jerusalem the Jews would assemble at this season of the year living in tents set on the ground er on the flat roofs of the houses. At this Feast the citron and the palm, the willow and the myrtle, are decorative symbols fn the Synagogues and expres- sive of the spiritual unity of Jewry. RELIEF BUILDING MAY BE STARTED Approval in Toronto and Other Cities May Be Given, Henry Suggests Toronto, Sept. 26. -- Building programs for the reliaf of the un- employed, to supplement other projects already under way, are likely to be approved for munici- palities such as Toronto, Hamil ton and a few other cities with special problems, Premier George S. Henry intimated yasterday fol- lowing a meeting of the cabinet council. The Premier declared that re- lief programs along the lines of these undertaken last year in the larger municipalities had proved inadequate to take care of the need of the situation. A meeting on Monday would decide upon this question, he said. The 25 concerned, depended on their own efforts and their own ability, and (Continued on page 3y | per. cent. grant from the Federal Government would be forthcom- ing for such relief works. George Young and Johnny Walker _ To Attend Rotary Meeting Monday Monday's luncheon of the Osh- awa Rotary Club will be of an un. usually interesting character, it is announced inthe club's weekly bulletin. H. W. Nicholl will be in charge of the program, and one of the features will be the presentation of the prizes won by the boys and girls in the athletic and other contests at the Rotary Park playgrounds during the summer months. Added interest will be apparent in the presence at the luncheon of George Young, winner of the 1931 marathon swim at the Canadian .National Exhibition, who trained at Osh- awa and took part in the opening of the Rotary Swimming Pool, and Johnny Walker, his trainer. These two outstanding personalities of the swimming world have accept- ed an invitation to attend the luncheon and will be here in per- son. The club's attendance con- test gets under way next week, and the president and directors are hoping for an attendance rec- ord for the next four months as close to perfect as possible, Ontario Regiment "B" Company of the Ontario Regiment held a parade yester- preparation for the fall training season which commences vally next. month, The company was well up to average strength and a number of men were also present who, if circumstances permit, have the intention of Joining the Regiment. With 'the Signalling Section already prepa; for the com- mencement o the course to oe | Company Has ing, arrangements for the or- ganization of the new Stretcher Bearer Section being rapidly per- fected, and the (wo local' com- panies of the Regiment almost up to full strength, it is appar- ent that in spite of the fact that the edict "no pay" has gone forth from the Department of National Defense there will be no falling off in the strength of the Old 34th, or any lack of en- thusiasm as regards the training . of the cabinet relief committee- | ducted again this term. HARBOR WORK T0. BE RUSHED AHEAD, START NEXT WEEK Head of Contracting Com- pany in City Today Ar- . ranging for Operations T. A. Brown, of the T. A. Brown Co. Ltd., Toronto, con- tractors 'for the improvements to the local Harbour the work on which is to commence im- mediately, is in Oshawa today with one of his foremen ar- ranging for the unloading and assembly of the extensive equip- ment which will be used in com- pleting this contract. The heavy equipment used in such a contract cannot be as- sembled and erected in a few hours, but it is expected that actual work on the job itself will be commenced early in next week. In connection with this con- tract it is learned that the con- tractors have entered into an ar- rangement with one of the larger coal companies in which the T. A. Brown Co. has ussured the coal company that sufficient wharfage and dock space will be available by the middle of No- vember for the unloading and storage of 30,000 tons of coal, so that it is quite evident that no unnecessary delays will be permitted once the work is un- derway. ACTIVITIES AT 0.C.V.I. STARTED Girls' and Boys' ' Athletic «Societies Elect Their Officers The Oshawa Collegiate and Vo- cational Institute is again the centre of great activity. . This fall.it open- ed its doors to admit more pupils than ever before in the history of the school, and the difficult task of forming the classes and assign- ing them to their different quarters has been capably managed by Prin- cipal A. E. O'Neill. With the aca- demic system of the institution in 'good running order, after the first week of school, interests were di- rected to tlte organizing of student societies and clubs, At a mass meeting of the girls held at the beginning of this week in the auditorium, the Girls Ath- letic Society was formed and with Miss Dorothy VanLuven as Honor- ary President, and Miss P. M. Fer- guson, the new physical director, as Advisory President, Greta Maxwell of form 5A was elected President. By vote, Ruth Fishleigh of SA was elected Vice President, Sylvia Clarke of 2nd form, secretary and Florence Fitches of the Commer- cial School, treasurer, This execu- tive will add to its numbers, a re- presentative from every form in the school, where there are any girls. They will be responsible for the promotion of sport among the girls of the school, and already have commenced their duties by arrang- ing for the Girls Field Day to be held on Tuesday, October 6th, A hike for all the girl students of the Collegiate has been discussed at a meeting, but its date has not been announced. : Mr. M, F. Kirkland again leads the boys' activities at the O.C.V.L He is honorary president of - their Athletic Society which was formed last week and of which Jack Hen- ley was elected president. Douglas Henderson was voted - vice-presi- dent, Owen Gifford, secretary and "Wes" Hicks, treasurer. As is the case in' the corresponding society for the girls of the school, a repre- sentative from each form will be added to their executive. Every morning since the opening of school, the entire student body with the teachers has met in he auditorium, but it is expected that morning assemblies wil be dimin- ished to two or three a week . Friday afternoon mass meet- ings for the discussion of current topics, which proved such a great success last year, are being con- They began yesterday afternoon and Principal O'Neill talked to the students about the methods of establishing modern currency, the value of gold and the financial position of Great Britain at the present time, - At the conclusion of the half hour talk, Kenneth Kelly, a sen- for student, introduced each member of the Collegiate Rugby teamd™as they stood on the stage in their full uniforms with jer- seys of 'red, green and gold." The patronage of all the pupils for the first games of the season which take place this afternoon, was solicited on behalf of the teams by Kelly. It may sometimes be wise to pretend to be foolish, .but it is always foolish to pretend to: be wise. - > | Daylight Saving Comes To End Today; Clocks to Be Turned Back Tonight Citisens of Oshawa will have the luxury of an extra hour of sleep tonight, that is, unless they forget to turn the clock back one hour before retiring to rest. Today is the last day of daylight saving time for this year, and the hour which was stolen from the slumbers of the citizens away back in April will tonight be return. ed to them. Tomorrow, the ciiy will be operating on standard time again, and darkness will come an hour earlier in the evening, with daylight making its appearance correspondingly earlier in the morn. Of course there will be some citizens who will forget all about the change, and will be turning up for church an hour ahead d to the day- of time, but as people are b light saving plan, their numbers are likely to be very few, Train hadul will be ch ged tomorrow, but otherwise things will ge along in their normal course, but to make sure of this, do not for . get to turn the clock back one hour tonight, Boy Scouts' Services Appreciated By Legion Provincial President When the Ontario Provincial Convention of the Canadian Le- gion was held here a month ago, the boy scouts and sea cadets of the city rendered splendid service by acting as messengers, ushers, guides and in other capacities. In connection with this service, The Times has received the following letter from Lt.-Col, F. J. Pick- ing, president of the Ontario Pro- vincial Command of the Legion: 'Editor, Oshawa Daily Times, Oshawa, Ontario. "Dear Sir: A short time ago you were good enough to grant me space in your paper in which to express to individuals and organi- zations, the great appreciation of the Canadian Legion for the as- sistance given during the recent Provincial Convention and visit of Empire delegates. "Unfortunately, I omitted to in- clude the name of the Boy Scouts of Oshawa, The Scouts, as they have always done, rendered mag- nificent assistance and assisted to a very material degree in the smooth working of the Conven- tion. "I shall appreciate it very much if you will, through the columns of your paper, express to the Scouts, our hearty thanks and our recognition of the fact that they are as always, still intent on doing a good turn every day. "Yours faithfully, "F. J. Picking, "Presidents Ontario Command." BOYS GIVE AID T0 RED GROSS FUNDS | Raise Their Contribution by Holding Bazaar -- Ap- peal for Donations Contributions amounting to $3.50 have been received since last Saturday by the Oshawa Red Cross Society in aid of the fund for the work at Red Cross. Cot- tage. Of this amount, $2.50 was handed to 'Mrs. Hezzelwood by two boys, - Lloyd Harding ana Jack Buckley, the proceeds of a bazaar and show held in the home of the former on Masson Street. These boys, along with some chums, staged a nice little bazaar, with a fish-pond, sale of candy, exhibition of lantern slides ond tricks of various kinds, in or- der that they could make their contribution to the work of car- ing for needy children at the Red Cross Cottage. There is still a big deficit to be met by the so- clety, ag this week's * contribu- tions, the other of which was one dollar from Mrs. Armstrong, Ken- dal Avenue, bring the total of this year's fund up to' $699.44, which is far short of the amount required to meet the financial ob- ligations incurred during the past season of the work of the cottage. Contributions to help meet this deficit will be greatly appreciated, and should be sent to Mrs. M. Hezzelwood, 97 Albert Street, or to The Times' office. The housewife returned from a shopping expedition and was met by a tearful maid. "Baby's swallowed a hottle of ink!" cried the girl. The housewife dropped parcels in her confusion. "Incredible!" she exclaimed. 'No, mum, indelible," return- ed the maid. her BRITAIN LOOKS T0 FUTURE WITH MUCH GALMNESS Business Takes Upward Turn As Sierling Depre- ciates in Other Countries 1931, by dian Press) By George Hambleton Canadian Press Staff Writer. London, Sept. 26. -- Britain looks calmly ahead. The gold standard is gone for a time. After a hectic battle the pound has flown. But there is no panic; there is even little excitement. The Atlantic fleet, its. little flut- ter over--a flutter much exag- gerated abroad--returns to its delayed exercises. There is no indication of the dreaded infla- tion which swept Germany and Austria after the war. The ex- pected slump in British gilt-edged securities has not materialized, Life On Even Keel The royal park where Charles IT loved to linger with his span- iele, glows nightly with flood- lights in honor of Faraday's cen- tenary. The life of London flows steadily on. And business is looking up. The Lancashire cotton trade is more hopeful now than in ten years. Sales of cotton in Liver- pool have leapt from* the recent daily average of 4,000 or 5,000 bales to one day's sale of 27,- 000 bales. In two days one big ccmbine this week sold four mil- lion pound#' weight of American yarn. Blackburn, where three- quarters of the textile machines ale idle, reports more inquiries (Continued on page 3) (Capyright the Cana- City of Oshawa TAXES We appeal to those Ratepayers who are not suffer- ay Saancidl vwudiiom, to meet promptly the instalment due October 1st and to those Ratepayers less fortunate, to pay as much as possible on that date and the balance at intervals later. It is to the interest of every property-owner at this time, to keep arrears down to a minimum, and thus pre- serve the credit standing of our municipality. P. A. MacDonald, Chalman Finance Committee. APPEAL IS MADE FOR PAYMENT OF TAXES PROMPTLY Those Who Have Not Suf- fered From Depression Asked to Help City An appeal to the citizens of Oshawa who have not suffered unduly from the existing depres- sion to pay their tax payment due on "icteber 1 promptly, and thus help to proserve the credit stand- ing of the community, is made to. day over the signatures of Mayor Ernie Marks, Ald. P. A, Macdon- ald and City 'Treasurer Black- burn, The appeal, which was au- thorized at last night's meeting of the city council finance com- mittee, points out that it is in the interest of every property owner to keep arrears down to a mini- mum. Those who are in a posi- tion to pay their taxes, therefore, are strongly requested to meet their payments promptly, while those rate-payers who are less fortunate are asked to pay as much as possible on October 1, and the balance at intervals later. The finance committee, in au- thorizing this appeal, expressed great concern as to the situation concerning arrears of taxes, and decided to appeal to the civic pat- riotism of those who have not been greatly affected by the de-- pression, and to urge them to be prompt in meeting their tax in- stalments, NEW PLAYGROUNDS OPENED THIS WEEK Public Schools Held Elim- ination Contests in Pre- paration for Field Day The elimination contests, in the city schools, in preparation for the annual field and sports day of the public schools, to be held on Friday, October 2, have now been completed. In two instances, the elimination contests marked the opening of new playgrounds, these being at Centre Street school and the Ritson Road school, where special ceremonies were conduct- ed in conjunction with the open- ing of the new grounds. This year, the public schools' field and sports day. is being ex- tended to include the Harmony and Westmount schools, on ac- count of the fact that these schools are represented on the Home and School Council of Osh-- awa and district. This adds a new element of competition to the field day, which is being organi- zed along efficient and sound lines, and should -be a highly in- teresting event, Forecast--ILower Lake Re- gion and Georgian Bay-- Fresh to strong south-west to north-west winds, unset- tled with occasional showers. Sunday--Strong north-west winds, clearing abd cool. "My husband has no idea what I go through when he snores." "Mine never misses his small change either." MAKING PROGRESS IN RECORD FLIGHT Victoria Point, Burma, Sept. 26.--Captain Kingsford Smith, famous Australian flier, who is attempting to set a new record for the Australia-England flight arrived here early today, leaving a few hours later for Rangoon. He expected to arrive at Ran- goon this evening and will hop oft shortly afterwards for Cal- cutta, CRE BL BE BE BEE IE BE EI BE BE EE REMEMBRANCE DAY Ottawa, Sept, 25.-- Thanksgiving Day will be observed on Monday, Oct. 12, this year. It is a statu- tory holiday, and is pro- claimed by the Governor- in-Council, Armistice Day, or Remembrance Day, as it is now called in Can- ada, will be observed on Noy. 11. It also is a statu- tory holiday. Services at Cenotaphs, with two min- utes' silence, are entirely voluntary. Previous Thanksgiving Day and Armistice Day were both celebrated on the Monday nearest Nov. 11, but Par- liament passed a bill at the recent session provid- * ing that Armistice Day would always be commem- orated on Nov. 11, while Thankgsiving Day would be fixed by the Dominion Cabinet. * * Ld L -. Ld * -. * . . LJ -. . Ld * -. - - - -. . ® * . * . - LJ EAA EE EERE EERE EE EE EE IT I sas eserves CEAN STEAMER ON WAY TO OSHA W ix DIRECT CONTACT hb BRITISH ISLES IS NOW BEING ESTABLISHED CHANGES GO INTO EFFECT ON BOTH RAILWAY LINES C.P.R. Schedules Also Af- fected by Return of City to Standard Time With the return to standard time at midnight to-night, the railways of Canada are issuing re- visions in their schedules which will be in effect for the fall months. The Canadian Pacific ticket office here has issued a list of the changes in the various times of the trains which stop here. While no trains have been cut from the schedule there have been changes made in the time that almost every train will leave, It would be well to consult tbe timetable to ascertain the correct time of departure, as the change in time is effective to-morrow morning. Trains travelling in an east- bound direction are all changed with the exception of the first train in the morning which will leave ag usual at. 9.29 a.m. The Trenton local which formerly stopped here at 2.28 p.m. will be four minutes later and leave at 2.32 p.m. The afternoon train for Montreal, Ottawa and east will be stopped on flag and will leave one minute earlier than for- merly. That is at 4.18 instead of 4.19 pm. The evening trains have been moved so that their times correspond with standard time. The first train, however, will leave at 12.05 a.m. instead of 11.10 p.m. The last train to Montreal and Ottawa will leave at 1.05 a.m. instead of 12.05 a.m, The trains going west are not as much changed as those going east. However, the first train west in the early morning will leave at 5.56 a.m. instead of at 5.26 a.m. The Toronto, Detroit and Chicago express which form- erly left at 6.29 a.m. will leave at 7.13 a.m. The trains which left at 2.59 p.m. and 7.32 p.m. as well as that leaving at 8.24 p.m. are all left as they werg will leave at the same time on standard time. The Canadian National Railway train from Ottawa, which former- ly left here at 11.41 p.m., has also been changed, and will leave at 12.54 p.m, a little over an hour later than before. HAMILTON T0 BAR HYDRO MEETINGS No Loud Speakers of Com- mission Wanted Says Mayor Peebles Hamilton, Sept. 26.--Hydro officials who plan to conduct a series of public meetings throughout Ontario this Winter to explain Hydro matters are not wanted in Hamilton, says Mayor Peebles, and if he has his way there will be no session in this city. "What we want is a satisfac- Steamer "Bommestad"' With Shipment of Metal Sheets From Swansea, Wales, Coming Direct to Oshawa Harbor ~~ DIRECT SAILINGS : | IN FUTURE LIKELY Establishment of Steamer Service to Oshawa From World Ports Would Mean Material Svaing to Oshawa Industries The ocean going steamer "Bommestad", from Swansea, Wales, will arrive in the Port of Oshawa very shortly thus culminating the efforts of this city in establishing Oshawa as a port in direct contact with world trade. Word to this effect has now been received by Col. B. J. Me- Cormick, secretary of the Cham- ber of Commerce and Govern- ment Wharfinger from the New- foundland Canada Steamships Limited, the '"Bommestad'"' hav- ing already sailed with her Osh- awa consignment as part of her cargo. The owners of this vessel state in their communication to the Oshawa Chamber of Commerce htat they "are very much in- terested in developing direct sailings to lake ports from over- seas'"" and that they, following the initial] shipment on the Bommestad, 'will do our utmost to develop water-borne traffic into Oshawa', The Bommestad carries a large shipment of 'black sheets', heavy metal sheets composing the raw material from which many Oshawa products are manu- factured, and direct shipment from Great Britain to the final destination of such material means a material saving to sev- eral Oshawa industries, In the past, before harbour facilities were established in this city, it was nepssary for such a cargo to be transhipped, or un- loaded and re-loaded on railway cars, at Montreal or some other recognized port of call for ocean going vessels, but under existing conditions, and improved condi tions as they will exist in the near future, this necessity: is done away with and Oshawa manufacturers reap the benefit of reduced transportation rates. tory explanation regarding that $50,000 payment to John Aird, Jr, We don't want any Hydro propaganda,' declared the mayor, who by virtue of his office is a member of the local Hydro com- mission. He said the officials would not invite any Hydro speakers to come here. Charging that the O.M.E.A. was just a 'lond-speaker" for the Hydro commission, the mayor said he did not like the way the organization came to the rescue of the Hydro whenever an attack was launched, Cobourg's Mayor "Passes Buck' to Oshawa, According to Indigen. Mayor Ernie Marks was in a state of semi-bewilderment at the action of the town officials in Cobourg when an old man, who said his home was in Ham- ilton, presented himself at the police office here and stated that his fare from Cobourg to Osh- awa had been paid by the town of Cobourg, in the -expectation that Oshawa would help him still further on his way to Hamilton. He had frankly been told by the Mayor of Cobourg that Oshawa would see him safely on the way to his homé. Information obtained by of ficials of this city from Hamil- ton confirmed the old man's story, and he was given a rail- way ticket to the Ambitious City, but Mayor Marks expressed him- self as being quite unable to understand the action of the Co- bourg officials. "Why did not Cobourg help this man all the way home instzad of palming him off on to Oshawa," is the Mayor's attitude on thiz matter, Italian Government Imposes New Taxation to Balance Its Budget Rome, Sept. 26. -- A new su- per-duty of 15 per cent., sharply affecting foreign exports, was im- posed yesterday by the Italian Government to balance a budget that has been running a aeuett of $14,000,000 monthly and thereby strengthen the position of the lira. Ic addition to the super-duty the Government increased the sales tax on gasoline and petro- leum to a point where the tariff is approximately doubled. A .10 per cent. duty was Imposed " coal The new super-duty, effective today, applied only to a small proportion of Italy's import trade, much of which is covered by "most favored nation" trade treaties. Great Britain and the United States, which have no such treat. fes with Italy, will be most af fected by the super-duty. At the same time, a new classi- fication of duties on radios went into effect, increasing tariffs to five and six times their pre- vious figure,