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A Growing Newspaper in a Growing City | The Osh aura Dail Succeeding The Oshawa Reformer 1] Times | " PROBS. Fine today and Wednes- day, becoming somewhat warmer, VOL. 9--NO. 75 Published at Diy Eacept Sundog. and Publ. Holkdays OSHAWA, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1931 12 Cents a Week; 3 Cents a Copy EIGHT PAGES RATEPAYERS BODY UPHOLDS COUNCIL Deputation Asks For School in College Hill Area PETITION PRESENTED TO BOARD OF EDUCATION AT MEETING LAST NIGHT Yea Made on Behalf of Children Who Have Long Distance to go to South Simcoe and Cedar- dale Schools BOARD CHAIRMAN CHECKS' SITUATION Promises Consideration, 'But Points Out That Conditions in the City As a Whole Have to be Taken Into Considera- tion . Making a plea for a new four- room public school to be built in the College Hill district, to take care of children in that part of the city and a number in the township of East Whitby, a dele- gation appeared before the board of education at its meeting last night. After hearing the presen- tation of the case by S. J. Hen- nick, who handed in a petition signed by 521 residents and rate- payers of the district involved, the deputation was assured that its request would be given every congideration by the board. Mr. Hennick, in presenting the petition, pointed out that the children living in this district had to walk a long distance, through some dangerous parts of the city from a traffic standpoint, to attend the Simcoe Street South snd Cedardale schools, which they pow had to attend. Ap- eo mately © 300 College. Hill ) he sald, were attending these schools, and 60 of these were very young children, 'who were in danger while on the way home. A school was needed in the College Hill district, he con- tended, in order to relieve the congestion in the South Simcoe Street and Cedardale schools. Mr. Hennick also pointed out! that the mayor and members of the eity council had endorsed the petition as being in favor or a school for the College Hill dis- trict, and in addition he pointed out that a mumber of residents of East Whitby, adjacent to the district, were willing to pay the necessary fees to attend the pro- posed new school, instead of send- ing their children to the West- raount school. The Chairman's Reply Dr. Donevan, chairman of the board, in promising considera- tirn for the petition, nevertheless pointed out that the board kept a fairly close: check on the re- quirements of the whole city for school accommodation, and found it difficult to decide which section was most entitled to a new school. He presented the follow- ing figures, showing the avail- able accommodation in each school, and the present enrol- ment:- Total Present Accom't'n Enrolm't 330 306 500 452 800 800 330 273 420 451 330 341 King Street 330 331 Ritson Road 570 568 These figures, said Dr. Done- van, showed that the greatest congestion in the city schools was north of King Street, apd that the board had to consider the city as (Continued on page 6) WELL ON WAY IN RECORD FLIGHT Bushira, Persia, Sept. 29.-- Wing-Commander Charles Kings- ford - Smith, famous Australian aviator, left Bushira today en route for Aleppo in the course of his attempt to break the record for & flight from Australia to Eng- land set by C. A. Mollison last month. : Cecdardale Simcoe St. South Centre Street Albert Street North Simcoe St. Mary Street GENERAL MOTORS TONE MANAGER INWEETING HERE Reports Show Excellent Used Car Situation and Good Fall Prospects That there is practically no used car "situation" such as existed last vear; that dealers' stability is not- ticeably improved throughout Can- ada; and that autumn sales pros- pects are decidedly encouraging, were some of the points brought out at a gathering of zone man- agers of General Motors Products of Canada, Limited, which took place at the main office here yes- terday and today, Used car stocks were reported to be at a uniformly low figure in all the zones, sales having held up remarkably well negligible, William B. Herring, General Sales Manager, outlined to the zone managers the plans for the com- ing month and details were also dis- cussed by the assistant sales man- agers, George Ansley and C. E. Mc- Tavish, Optimistic reports were re- ceived from seven zone managers, who were present: Mark F. Smith, St. John; E. A. Everson, Montreal; E. R. Birchard, Toronto; H. C. Lecky, London; H. Edney, Winni- peg; M. L. Fitzgerald, Regina and E J. Umphrey, Calgary. REPORT BRITISH CABINET DIVIDED Premier MacDonald Faces Hard Task In Making De- cision as to Election (By The Canadian Press) London, Sept. 29.--The King returned to Buckingham Pidlace from Balmoral to-day, and this af- , ternoon received Premier Mac- donald. Afterwards a cabinet meeting was held. Formal an- nouncement of the premier's de- cision, whether or not there is to be a dissolution and an early gen- eral election, is not expected be- fore to-morrow. Obviously, despite his brief holiday, still feeling effects of the enormous strain of the past few weeks, Premier Macdonald Is making every effort to preserve unity in the National Government. In official circles it is demied the cabinet divided yesterday, six to four, in favor of an election, but it is clear a division exists on the desirability of an election and the nature of the appeal to the people, Some. reports had. it that the King, when he granted an audi- ence to Premier Macdonald, urged him to tty and carry on the na- tional government as at present constituted, during the financial crisis. This is known to be tha premier's own desire, but in face of divided opinion in his cabinet on the election issue he faces a situation as delicate as» any he has met in the recent troubled weeks. ' CANADIAN DOLLAR FAILS TO RECOVER (By Canadian Press) New York, Sept. 29.--The Canadian dollar held steady at yesterday's close, quotations ranging from 90 to 90%. The pound sterling was quoted at $3.86, an overnight gain of % cent. The Canadian dollar failed to hold its opening steadiness, however, and slumped to 89% at moon, First Batch of Unemployed Men Will Move to Toronto, Sept. 29. -- Between four and five thousand' jobless men will leave old Ontario for the North within the next two weeks to work on the Trans-Can- ada highway, Hon. Willlam Fin- layson, Minister of Northern De- velopment, announced yesterday. Plans of the government have ad- vanced to the stage where it is Sxpatied that the first batch of 1,000 men will go North about the middle of next week. Already a number of Northern Ontario men have been estahlish- the work camps. Hon. Mr. North Next Week rival of the newcomers from Southern Ontario. Cabinet council and the govern- ment relief committees met yes- terday afternoon and at the con- clusion of the two-hour confer ence Hon. W. H. Price, in the ab- sence of Premier Henry, announc- ed that the government's plans in relation to the entire unemploy- ment problem would be 1) public to-day. Quotas of the var. ious municipalities will be made known. Disposition of the men in the Don Jungle was discussed at the meeting and an announce- in yo said. No actual work' ment in regard to this matter will also be forthooming Dealer mortality had been nil or | TRUE BILL GY ON ATTEMPTE MURDER CHARGE Trial of Volney Trick of Oshawa Was Started at Whitby: This Forenoon (By Whitby Staff Reporter) Whitby, Sept. 29--The grand jury at the Supreme Court sittings at the Court House in Whitby Mon- day afternoon returned a true bill in the case of Volney Trick, of Oshawa, charged with the attempt- ed murder of his wife. Trial of the accused on the charge was opened this forenoon, after Mr. Justice Raney had ruled that the present indictment was different from that on which Trick was formerly tried, and on which he was sentenced to thirty days in jail. The former charge was one of assault. The forenoon session was occu- pied with the evidence of Mrs. Trick, wife of the accused, who testified as to brutal assaults which had been committed by her hus- band, and as to the attack on her on July 31, the day on which the offence of attempted murder is alleged to' have been committed. Yesterday the court was asked to consider argument on the conten- | tion that accused has previously | served a prison term for the same offence with which he is now char- ged, and that he cannot be placed in jeopardy twice for the same offence. The new and more serious charge, it is understood, was pre- | ferred on the complaint of the wife of accused and under instructions | from the Attorney General, Hon. | W. H. Price. Justice Raney this morning over-ruled the defence oh- | jeetion and the case proceeded to | trial. The prosecuting attorney for the Court 1s Mr. A. W. Beamant, of Ottawa, who has associated with him, Crown Attorney J. A, MeGib- bon of Oshawa, while Alex Hall, of Oshawa' is acting for the de- fence. JOHNNY WALKER | LIKELY 70 COME BACK NEXT YEAR George Young and Famous Coach Welcomed by Mayor At Rotary Club Intimation in a indirect way that hi, camp for marathon swimmers would again be established at Osh- awa next year was given by John- ny Walker, the famous swimming coach at yesterday's Rotary Club luncheon, at which he was present along with George Young, the pre- sent world champion marathon swimmer. His intentions were in- dicated in a remark he made to a little girl to whom he was present- ing a medal for a championship in athletics and swimming won at the Rotary Park playground, when he said: "Wait until I bring my swim- niers back here again next year, and I will teach you the stroke tnat makes champions." Johnny Walker and George Young were given a great welcome by the Rotary Club members when they were introduced to the' club and formally congratulated by May- or Ernie Marks, on behalf of the city. Mayor Marks pointed out that Johnny Walker had trained five of the winners in this year's marathon swims, while George Young had shown what a good, clean-living athlete could do under a proper trainer. The two distinguished guests were warmly applauded when introduced to the club, and later took part in the presentation of prizes to the winners of the variou competitions at Rotary Park | BOWMANVILLE MAN DIES OF EXPOSURE Arthur McMillan Passes Away in Shack--Coroner Decides no Inquest : Arthur McMillan, of Bowman- ville, 8 middle-aged man, died from exposure in a small two- roomed shack on Bartlett Road North outside the city, occupied by himself and another man named F. J. MacKenzie, at about eight o'clock yesterday evening. MacKenzie, it appears, noticed that his friend was seriously {l] yesterday evening, and called medical aid, but before this could be obtained McMillan had died. The occurrence was reported to the police, an investigation be- ing carried out by Coroner F. J. Rundle, M.D., who has announced that the cause of death has been Mayor Issues Appeal for 'Warm Clothing for Men Going to Northern Camps Mayor Ernie Marks interprets the official announcement made yesterday, by Hon. William Fin- Jayson, Minister of Lands and Forests who has charge of all vorthern deveopmenits within the Province, regarding the equip- ment necessary for men who will: be employed in labor camps in Northern Ontario, to mean that all municipailties who send men to these camps must see that they aro provided with sufficient cloth- ing for their journey and to serve them until they can obtain oth- er supplies, Having in view the fact that, in all probability, a number of Oshawa men will be called for next week to supply labor. in these camps, the Mayor was in touch with A. J. Storle, President of the Oshawa Associated Welfare Societies, this morning with the result that this organization has consented to collect and distri- bete clothing and similar neces- sities to the men selected from this city to go to the camps, "Life in the labor camps is not likely to be any picnic," said the Mayor when discussing the sit- uation with this paper, 'and the en who go to these camps must be warmly clothed. When they get there and as the season ad- vances, they themselves will be able to obtain suitable clotning from the depots established by the Government where such arti- c.es will be sold to them at cost. | in the meantime the citizens of Uthawa must be asked to help n seeing that they have good warm. clothing and underweu:. The Mayor explained that when the situation was made known to Mr. Storie the machinery of which he is the head was immeately placed in motion in order to make arrangements for the col- lection and distribution of cloth- ing. Overcoats, boots, suits, warm underwear, socks, mitts, and caps are the chief requirements, and the Mayor, in co-operation with Mr. Storie is making an ap- peal to all citizens for such ar- ticles. "The men who will go to these camps are less fortunate than the majority of Oshawa's citizens in that they are unemployed, for the most part absolutely through no fault of their own," sald May- or Marks. "An opportunity is be- ing created through the establish- ment of labor camps, for these citizens to go to work and I am confident that the people of this city will see to it that they are in a position to take advantage of this opportunity so far as a supply of clothing is concerned. "Hardly any of these men would be suitably clad for the north country unless they are uelped and warm clothing is urg- ently needed." Donations of clothing will be received at any time at the of- fice of the Associated Welfare Sccieties in The Times Building, 2pd as the time may be short be- fore the first contingent is called {cr from this city, both the Mayor and Mr. Storie ask that citizens | help do | who are in a position to 30 without delay. 3oard of Education Committee To Discuss Relief Situation With Representatives of Teachers The appointment of a commit- tee of the board of education to meet with a committee from the | teaching staff to canvass the pos- | sibilities of the whole economic | sihvnation in the city, with refer- ence to the question of unem- polyment relief, was authorized by the board at its meeting last night. The matter was brought Lefore the board in the report of its finance commitiee, which recommended that the committee be composed of Chairman Dr. Donevan, Trustee Brown, chair- mun of the finance committee; Trustee Lovell, chairman of the management committee; Trustee Annis, chairman of the vocational advisory committee, in consulta- | Inspector Cannon. Principal O'Neill and The matter was brought before, the commit- tee, in the first instance, by the receipt of a letter from repre- sentatives of the teachers expres- s'ng their willingness to meet with a committee of the board and discuss the whole matter of unemployment relief funds. "This recommendation was accepted without discussion. The finance committee report olsc recommended certain steps to eliminate sending too many coinmunications to mebers regard- ing eetings, and asked that the business administrator make an analysis of the janitorial service and report to the board. These clauses were also adopted. tion with Committee to Secure Opinion of Solicitor on Giving Bus Franchise No definite action has yet been taken by the Property Comittee of the City Council in connection with any recommendation to be submitted to council itself re- garding the granting of a bus franchise to the Oshawa Transit Company, by whom an applica- tion for such a franchise was made recently through J. A. Mc- Gibbon, legal counsel to the com- pany. The Property Committee had this application before it at 1ts last meeting, when, it is under- stood, the legal rights of the Osh- awa Street Railway as regards competition in the transport of freight and passengers were should be considered if such rights exist under the present franchise held by the Railway Company. The committee will obtain the considered opinion ot the City So- licitor regarding the status of the Railway Company in this mat- ter, the application of the Osh- awa Transit Company being again brought up for consideration when this opinion has been re- ceived. I: is the intention of the com- mittee to deal with this matter as soon as possible and it is ex- pected that a formal recommen- dation will be ready for presenta- tion to City Council at its next mentioned as something which | regular meeting. ' determined and no inquest will be | quest will " City of Oshawa TAXES We appeal to those Ratepayers who are not suffer- ing unduly from existing finamsial conditions, to meet promptly the instalment due OCTOBER 1st less fortunate, to pay as much and to those Ral tepayers > 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. PP. A. MacDonald, Chairman Finance E. MARKS, Mayor, P. A. Blackburn, City Treasurer, City Offices, Oshawa, Sept. 25, 1931. CHARGES MADE AND COMMITTEES | T0 INVESTIGATE South West Ward Meeting Hears Complaints Against Local Employment Office Due to the fact that specific charges against the local Govern- ment Employment Office had iaid before the meeting The South-West Ward Rate- payers Association at its meeting last night in Centre Street School moved for the ap- puintment of a committes to in- vestigate the charges. It was charged that the Employment Pureau in the city was giving jobz to men who were not en- titled to them while men who needed the work much more were forced to go without and get along to the best of their ability. Another committee was formed at the meeting following state- ments made by several of the members, to investigate the price paid for the lumber for the shed at the city farm which it was claimed was too high, while the question of the use of the old foundations of the barn on the city farm for the new structure will also be looked into. It was cla;med that the foundation was effected by the fire and was un- suitable for further use. The members were urged to ret behind the mass demonstra- tion. which will be held on Satur- day. It was a question that was of the uttermost importance ana wae worthy of the whole hearted c-operation of every member of he association. The report of the secretary showed that there were seventy- six members on the rdll of the as- sociation while there was a smail bolance in the treasury on which to carry on the work of the mem- bers. The president, Mr. Clark, occupied the chair during the meeting. STUDENTS FLOCK T0 MISSIONARY COLLEGE HERE School East of City Was Re-opened For New Term Yesterday The Oshawa Missionary College just cast of the. city was re-opened yesterday for the season of 1931- 1932, with students pouring in from all parts of Ontario, Quebec, the Martime Provinces, Manitova, Saskatchewan and even Newfound- land. One student, Miss Margaret Lyons, has come all he way from India to attend the school. Rev. C. W. Degering, president of the school, predicts one of the best years in the history of the school, in spite of the financial and busi- ness depression, In addition to the regular liter- ary and business courses, special attention is being given to the training of ministers and of home and foreign missionaries, and grad- uates of the college are now locat- ed in practically every mission field in the world. An interesting fea- ture of the work at the college s that every student earns a large porton of the cost of the course be- ng followed, by workng a some trade while attending the school. The two leading lines are found in the printing shop and the wood- working shop, while there is a farm of 400 acres attached to the school, and worked very largely by the students, Incidentally, it is report- ed, that this year is had the best crops in its history, and hundreds of cans of vegetables and fruit have been put by students. Rev. F, L. Passebois, for many years a mis- sionary to Egypt, and now in charge of French work in North America, was one of the distin- guished visitors at the opening of the college yesterday. BODY IS FOUND ON LONG ISLAND (By The Canadian Press) Mineola, N.Y. Sept. 29.--The if body of a man was washed up on the shore of Long Island Sound to-day at Eaton's Neck, a short distance from the place where Benjamin P. Collings of Stamford, Conn., was murdered by "pirates." Officials, who have been working a the Colling's case, were immed- atey notified and started at once for Eaton's Neck. In her story of the saying of her husband, Mrs. Collings told of a wounded man the two slayers had with them when they boarded the Col- lings' cruiser. It was thought that the body found to-day might possibly be that of the wounded man who bad died and been. | TO HOLD MASS MEETING IN MEMORIAL PARK ON SATURDAY PRIZES AWARDED 10 PLAYGROUND SPORTS WINNERS H W. Nicoll Tells Rotar- ians of Results of Sea- son's Operations Yesterday might well have been termed children's Day at the Oshawa Rbtary Club for the kuests of honor consisted of a group of children who had won distinctfon in the competitions staged during the summer months at the Rotary Park playground and swimming pool. H. W. Niec- oll was in charge of the meeting, and the feature of the program wes the presentation of medals and other awards to the children winning the highest number of points in athletics and aquatics. In making the presentations, Mr. Nicoll was assisted by Johnny Walker, the famous swimming coach and George Young, the world champion long distance swimmer, who were also present 28 the guests of the club. 'Fol- owing the making of the presen- tations, Mr. Nicoll spoke briefly, outlining the methods by which the supervision of the playground and swimming pool had been con- ducted. He stressed the fact that responsibilities had been placed on the boys and girls by the su- pervisors, and they had reaciea ¢plendidly to the trust placed in them, in some cases boys who had been bullies being transformed into splendid leaders.. While showing that splendid results had been achieved at the Rotary playground this year, Mr. Nicoll stressed the fact that one such playground was not sufficient. for the city. The average num- ber of children per day at Rotary playground while under super- vision was about 850, with a to- tal of 28,922 recorded during (Continued on page 3) * OSHAWA MAN IN FLOOD AREA Rev. L. H. Davies, Son of Josiah Davies, Gliddon Av., Is Missionary in China A local link wth the flood arca in Shantung province of China, is provided in the fact that Rev. Les- lie Davies, son of Josiah Davies, 244 Glidden Avenue, is a missionary in that district. The Rev. Mr, Davies who is a graduate of the Oshawa Missionary College, has been on the Shantung mission field for the last seven years, and has had some ex- citing experiences during that time. In the last letter received from him some time ago, little reference was made to the flood situation which has developed to an alarming de- gree since then, but it is expected that there may be some details in the next letter from him. Rev. Mr, Davies is returning to Canada on furlough next spring, and will spend much time next summer at his old home in Oshawa, « He is one of the many missionaries who have been sent out to all parts o fthe world from the Oshawa Missionary Col- lege. DENMARK SUSPENDS ITS GOLD STANDARD . Copenhagen, Sept. 29, -- The Danish Government suspended the gold standard to-day by rush- ing the necessary legislation through both houses of parlia- ment. "There's no unemployment in Soviet Russia"--and neither is there any in the Army or the Pen- AFTERNOON Executive of Central Rate- payers' Association Seeks to Prove Inadequacy of $300,000 Program of Unemployment Relief Work LARGER MEASURE OF RELIEF SOUGHT Prominent Citizens Will Be Asked to Speak at Mass Demonstration In Sup- port of Attitude of City Council It has now been definitely de- cided by the Executive Committee of the Central Council of Rate- payers, with the unanimous ap- proval of all the Ratepayers' As- sociations in the city, to hold a big mass meeting of citizens in Memorial Park on Saturday af- ternoon next, for the purpose of proving the inadequacy or a $500,000 program of work to take care of the unemployed in this city and to show the neces- sity for a new industry being es- tablished in Oshawa with Gov- crnment aid. At last night's meeting of the executive of the Central Council definite steps were taken to call the meeting on Saturday, fol- lowing the open meeting held on Friday evening of last week when a resolution authorizing such action was adopted. The Central Council feels that it has the unanimous support of all the ratepayers in this connec- tion, and in calling the mass meeting does so in proof if its determination to support the Mayor gnd City Council in their efforts to obtain'a more sympa- thetic consideration of Oshawa's needs o far a the neceity for larger relief meaures of employ- ment are concerned. Prominent citizens are being invited to address the meeting on Saturday including W. H. Moore, M.P., W. E. N, Sinclair, K.C., M.P.P., Mayor Ernie Marks and other public men, while of- ficials of the Ratepayers' Assocle ations will also speak. INCREASED TRADE SOUGHT IN FRANCE Paris, Sept. 20. -- Hon, Hugh Guthrie, Canadian Minister of Justice, yesterday said he hoped the ties binding Canada and France could be made even closer and extended to the realm of commerce. Mr. Guthrie spoke in reply to a toast by Marshal Lyautey, who gave a luncheon to officials of the Colonial Exposition in honor of gested France could become a market for Canadian wheat g= mong other things. Granted Use of " Auditorium For Armistice Day By resolution passed by th board of education at its meet ing last night, the Oshawa Branch of the Canadian Legion was gran- ted the use of the auditorium at the Collegiate and Vocational Institute for the purpose of hold- ing a public remembrance ser vice, on the evening of November 11, which is to be observed as Remembrance Day throughout Canada. A further request that/ speakers be allowed to addr the children in the schools o; the significance of this occas was referred to the manag committee of the. board for ¢ itentiary. sideration, Federal Grants For Technical Education Withheld for P Ottawa, Sept. 29.--Under the stern dictates of falling national revenues, the Bennett govern- ment has been compelled to aban- don for this year at least its prom- ise to pay the provinces each a special grant for technical educa tion. A letter has been sent to each of the provincial governments, it became known in the Capital last night, advising that "for the time being" the $750,000 which was to have been gplit annually among the nine provinces, will not be forthcoming this year: Unoffi- clally, it is stated that decreased federal revenues necessitated this step as an economy. Ontario to Carry On Toronto, Sept. 29.-- Non-pay- ment of grants to vocational edu- dis- | cation passed at last session Of: the Dominion Parliamen materially affect vocati cation in Ontario, acco, comments made by ed in this field last night. The fact that the thorities had decided payment of these gr time being and untH economic condition had little bearing ince's educational ent, Frank S. Ru tor of technical e province, stated. that the provin burden of vocal completely sinc, when the Libemis Ottawa cancel. nical edueatio or the time as the Canadian delegation. He sug- . : ¥ ond