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A Growins Newer: i2.c . | The Osh awa Dail Succeeding The Oshawa Reformer y Times | PROBS. } Fei € Colder at Night, Tos night and Friday. Local Showers, 2 VOL. 9-NO, 100 5, 4 TOE Tk, Fa Pebtie Helidays OSHAWA, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1931 12 Cents a Week; 3 Cents a Copy TWELVE PAGES HA Decision on Utilities' Employment Policy is Deferred] UTILITIES C OMMISSION AND BOARD HOLD JOINT MEETING OF WORKS Method of Regulating | Work on Filtration Plant' Will be Decided in Con- ference With Contractor SKILLED LABOR WILL BE REQUIRED Plan Governing Other Re- lief Works Not Thought Suitable For Filtration Plant . The formulation of a definite policy governing the employment of labour on the construction of the new filtration plant has been deferred until the attitude of the contractors can be obtained on this important matter. 'The Public Utilities Commis- sion conferred with the Board of Works last night on this subject at a meeting called for the pur- OSHAWA BOYS IN "NORTHERN CAMP GOODWILL MASS MEETING FAVORS COMMITTEE PLAN Resolution Passed Propos- ing That Local Employ- ment Council be Formed An interesting discussion of the Latest Summary in the British Election London, Oct. 29--In its final corrected summary of the British elections late last night, the Canadian Press re the election of 610 members out of 615 in the House of Com- mons. The remaining five will not be reported for some days. The corrected standing gave the National Government forces 5560 members ; Opposition Labor 50, Lloyd George Lib- erals 5, Independents 4 and Irish Nationalist ]. seats against 60, the Goverr..:ent has a majority of 490 over rted With 550 4 this district for many years, the WIN BALL GAME Another Interesting Letter is Received From Camp Near Mattawa The Oshawa boys in the Rankin camp on the Trans-Canada rail- way, near Mattawa, have again covered themselves with glory on the baseball diamond. The story is told in the following letters which were received this morn- ing from Charles Fry:--- "In the fastest game geen fn Rawson's Rankin team emerged victorious over the Mattawa team after a hectic pitchers' battle, the score being 4 to 0. Tha Rankin pose at which practically the whole City Council was present, the ultimate decision reached be- ing that no hard and fast regnla- tions governing the employment of labour, and the periodical changing of the gangs employed, could be laid down until the con- tractors had been consulted. Will Confer Again Information obtained this mor- ning from Ald. S. H, Jackson, chairman of the Board of Works, and Commissioner John Stacey, chairman of the Public Utilities Commi ect that the 'Board of endive the Util- ities Commission will again eon- fer on this matter before the con- tract is definitely awarded. As previously announced the tenders ction of the plant are to he opened, anal- yzed, and considered on Thurs- day, November 12, and the con- tractor oy selected to receive the tender will be conferred with by the Commission and Board of Works before the contract is a- warded, Skilled Labor Needed At last night's meeting it was pointed out by the Utilities Com- mission that the construction of the filtration plant entails a large proportion of skilled labour by carpenters, masons, bricklayers, end mechanics, On the other hand the work being undertaken for the relief of unemployment by the Board of Works is, to a large extent that of unskilled la- bourers. The opinion of the meet ing being that the same methods of employment, and changing gangs, could not be made applica- able to all classes of workers if the interests of the contractor are not to be interferred with very considerably. JAPAN'S TROOPS AGAIN ON MOVE Army Goes With Edgiiesss 'to Open Railway Line That is Blodked ' Tokio, Oct. 29.--Japan moved yesterday to protect her interests in Northern Manchuria, request- ing Russia to stop troop con- centrations on the Manchurian border, and sending engineers north . along the Ssupingkai- Taonan-Anganchi railway and reopen the direct route from Taonan to Tsitsihar, 'accompanied the en- Troops gineers. This is farther north in Manchuria than any Japanese troops have gone since Russo- relations were 'resumed Japa pitcher allowed only thiee hits, to cross the Chinese eastern line one of which might have been registered as an error. "The Mattawa team cape into camp much stronger thanin the two. previous games, but 2ankin was just a little stronger, being aided by a battery from ajother camp. A light rain fell for tio in. nings, but did not affect the ame. Airtight ball was played byboth teams, the score being om to nothing for Rankin up to the fth, Then Jackson singled, Riing walked, Stire singled and Hobs singled, scoring three rund A triple by Gledhilf in the sith went for nothing, as he was in down between third and home. "A large crowd attended thy game, several from North Bay bi ing present. A short entertaiy ment was put on by the boys h the mess room in honor of th North Bay visitors. The personnel of the Rankin team, whith includes several Oshawa boys, is as follows: Hon. President, Otto Rawson, camp superintendent; Secretary, Ed. Keyes; Business manager, E. Ed- mondson; Manager, vies; Trainer, Tom Cribb; Re- porter, Charles Fry; Coaclies, Bill Smith and Bob Spiers; Mas- cot, 'Butch'. Suddard; Scorers, Rowden and McBrien; Rooters, G. Saunders, F, Johns, G. Shack- leton, J. Jackson, R. Gibson, R. Hall, F. Fisher and G. Fudger. ° The line-up of the feam on Sunday was as follows: Stire, 2b; Knight, 1f; Hobbs, 8s; Moran 3 Mayne,' 3b; Nichols, cf; Gledhill, 1b; Jackson, rf; Rading, p. The game was handled by Mc- Micken at the plate and R. Hick- ey on the bases, AGED RESIDENT OF OSHAWA DIES Mrs. Samuel Starr, Aged 83, Died as Result of Heart Attack The death of Mrs. Samuel Starr, aged eighty-three, occurred yesterday afternoon. For the past ten weeks Mrs, Starr had been suffering from a heart condition. Her death is mourned by a large family of brothers and sisters and song and daughters, Mrs. Harry Clarke of Metcalfe Street, Osh- awa, is a daughter ag is also, Mrs, George Harris of King Street | East, Three sons living, are: Wil- liam of Uxbridge, Charles of Osh- awa and Fred of Valencia. Sisters of the deceased are: Mrs. Arlie Foster, Toronto; Mrs, Theoadore Calvert, ndsay; Mrs. John 'Wakeford, Washburn Island, and Mrs, John Davy of Lindsay, Char. les, John and Robert Parkin are brothers, the two latter of Valen- "Polly" Da- || problems of unemployment and re~ lief coupled with suggestions for the solution of the problem of finding work for those now without it, fea- tured a second goodwill mass mcet- ing held in the King Street United Church last night, under the chair- manship of Rev. C. E, Cragg. The main address of the evening was given by A. D, Harvey, general sec- retary of the Federation for Com- munity Service, of Toronto, who gave a comprehensive review of the methods of welfare work employed in that city, His address was fol- lowed by a number of brief speeches by men in the audience, and by the passing of some interesting resolu- tions. The main suggestion adopted was that a locil employment council, composed of representatives of in- dustry, business and labor should be oranized in the city to make a thor- ough study of all possible avenues of employment, and steps were tak- en towards this end by the naming of a committee from the meeting to undertake the task of fostering such body A. D. Harvey In the opening address, A.D, Harvey stressed the need of central organization of that it might be placed on a sound foundation, with the basis of proper investigation by trained workers un- derlying all activities. He commend- ed Oshawa for its work under the all social work, so (Coutinyed on page 3) LOWER RATES FOR AIR MAIL SERVICE ARE ANNOUNCED Oshawa Now Has Direct Connection With Distant Points by Air Amended rates for air mail ap- cable to services which may e connections with Oshawa, e now been announced by the tal Department as follows: tiers to places in Canada, t Britain and Northern Ire- , Irish Free State, Newfound- 1a, --six cents for the first ounce alfive cents for each additional ; to the United States,--six cel for the first ounce and ten cell for each additional ounce; to irope, except to places alrea- dy ntioned,--ten cents for each to the West Indies, Mexi- ba, Central America, Asia, and Australia,--fifteen centfor éach halt ounce; to Soul America,--forty-five cents for & half ounce. tration, if desired, is ad- ditiol to the above fees. Osha now has regular con- nectid with these air-maill routelhe closing time for con- nectitivith service being 3 p.m. STHING CONTEST Radiolet to be Given Away, Person Having HigheNumber of Votes An int@ing announcement is made toddy "the proprietors of the Supe Sto es of this ci This annd me; t which will found on 4 12 of today's issue of The ot Is of an interesting merchandis sontest, in which a merchand; (2). Conservative National Labor ..... National Liberal ..... Labor Party Lloyd George Liberals Independents Irish Nationalist ...... The five results not expected yet are: London University, Inverness, Western Isles and combined English Universities all parties combined. Party standing follows: Annual Plowing Match for South Ontario Had Attendance of Over 2000 Breaking all previous records for and also for attendance of plowmen and spectators, the annual plowing match of the South Ontario Plow- men's Association, held on Wednes- day on the beautiful farm of Ex- Warden G. Malcolm Forsyth, near Claremont, was in every way a wonderful success. Men promineft in agricultural circ! in province and county, in- cluding J. Lockie. Wilson, Superin- tendent of Fairs for the province, and W, Croskery, Ontario County's popular agricultural repre- sentative, declared that from many standpoints the match was easily the ['BESE ever staged in the province by a county organization Numerous Entries "There were in all 78 entries in the various events, and over thirty acres of land yielded to the advance of ploughs in the hands of skilful manipulators. The weather, like a day in the early fall, helped to swell the attendance, which was estimated at three o'clock in the af- the number of entries in all classes, ternoon at two thousand. Plowmen and spectators from a radius of fifty or sixty miles came to the Forsyth farm, and with interest watched the contestants in the nine different classes for horse drawn ploughs and for tractors, The attendance and the success of the match generally brought smiles to the faces of Pre- sident W. C, Ormerod, first vice- president John Medd, second vice- president Innes Gra secretary- treasurer W. S. Croxall and his assistant Thomas Hall, and the di- rectors associated with them, Many Boy Contestants An outstanding feature of the match was the large number of boys who competed, there being fio Tess than nineteen in one class alone. Watching the boys performing one kot the impression that the South Ontario Plowmen's Association is doing much to keep the boys on the farm and interest them in one of the fundamentals of farming, name- ly, plowing a straight furrow. The owner of the farm where the (Continued on page 3) DONATIONS FOR WELFARE HOSTEL Organizations and Citizens Help With Work on Be- half of Single Men While the city is carrying on the work of the welfare hostel for single men, in the old Child- ren's Shelter Building on King Street West, a number of gener- ous organizations 'and citizens are giving a helping hand by making donations of foodstuffs to carry on its work. Among those to whom the superinten- dent of the hostel expressed his appreciation . are the Simcoe Street United Church, the St. An- drew"s United Chureh, Tod's Bakery, the Canada Bread Com- pany, and Rev. C. A. Belfry. These gifts provided some ex- tra dainties for the single men who are having their meals daily at the welfare hostel. In spite of the fact that 120 single men re- cently went north, there are still many who are dependent on the hostel for their meals, the aver- APPOINTMENT OF SHERIFF RUMORED Understanding Is That James Blanchard, M.P.P., Will Receive Position (By Whitby Staff Reporter) Whitby, Oct, 29.--TFhough no official announcement has yet been received from Toronto, offi- cialg at the courthouse under- stand on good authority that James Blanchard, M.P.P., mem- ber for North Ontario County, has been appointed sheriff of On- tario County, succeeding Sheriff J. F, Paxton, whose resignation because of poor health, took effect at the beginning of the month. Though Mr. Blanchard's appoint- ment {8 now certain, it is not ex- pected that he will be appointed for' several months as the govern- ment does not wish to have a by- election at the present time, it is understood. For the time being, Miss Mary Brawley, deputy sheriff, will be acting sheriff. The business of the sheriff's office has been carried on age daily attendance being just over pne hundred. by Miss Brawley since the retire- ment of Sheriff J, F. Paxton. City of Oshawa COUNCIL POLIGY ON PAYMENT PLAN IS MAINTAINED F. L. Mason Another Ex- Mayor Who Thinks Sys- tem is Wrong The Relief Committee of the City Council, at its meeting held Tuesday night, took no steps to- wards remedying conditions which bave been the subject of such widespread remonstrance during the last week or two. It is under- stood that there was gome infor- mal discussion regarding criti- cisms voiced, and published in The Times, at the method of pay- ing for grading work by direct relief orders, but no action was taken by the committee. Among the latest prominent citizens to add his voice to the general criticism is ex-Mayor Frank L. Mason who, in comment- ing on the matter, suggests a method of handling the unem- ployment relief problem which is quite refreshing in its simplicity. "The whole system is wrong," sald Mr. Mason. "The men get lit- tle enough in any case under the plan of three days' work when it can be found for them, and when they do happen to get work they should certainly not be offered direct relief in payment. "Personally, if I was handling the situation, I wouldl employ the largest number of men possi- ble regularly and continuously at a fair wage. I would let them get a decent living anyway and then I would put the rest on direct re- lief until work was made avail- able. Under the existing system nobody gets anything but a mere existence. In my opinion it is bet- ter to have 200 men working reg- ularly for a decent wage, and the rest on direct relief and idle than to have the whole numbes idle most of the time," said Mr, Ma- son. MACDONALD SEES KING ON RETURN T0 THE CAPITAL Election Returns, Almost Complete, Give Govern- ment Majority Nearly 500 (By The Canadian Press) London, Oct. 29.--Prime Minis- ter MacDonald went to Bucking- ham Palace immediately after breakfast this morning for a con- ferénce with the King. The prem- fer's' arrival at the palace was scarcely noticed by a small group of people at the palace gates.. The conference lasted more than half an hour. After it was over, Mr. MacDonald returned immediately to his office at 10 Downing St. As he left he was cheered by a larg- er crowd that had gathered in meantime to watch the historic ceremony of the changing of the guard. Another Nationolist Seat (By The Canadian Press) London, Oct. 29.--T. B. Ram- say, National Liberal, retained his riding of the Western Isles, Scot- land, it became known today, In a straight party fight he defeated Capt. Ian Moffot-Pender, Cons. member of the last house, by a majority slightly over 800. Four more seats are yet to be heard from, Cabinet Meets (By The Canadian Press) London, 'Oct. 29.--The National cabinet met for the first time to- day since the election to survey the tasks ahead of them. The Rt. Hon. Stanley Baldwin sported a mew Cherrywood pipe. Lord Reading wore the only silk hat in (Continued on ontinued on page 3) GOLD PRODUCTION » GREER FOUND GUILTY OF ARSON REMANDS TORONTO MAN FOR SENTENCE; STORIES DECLARED CONFLICTING BENNETT PLANS 70 HOLD IMPERIAL CONFERENCE SOON Making Proposal to Various Governments of Empire for Meeting Ottawa, Oct. 29.--The Canadian Government will propose to the various governments of the Em- pire that the Imperial Economic Conference, the assembling of which last August was postponed, meet at Ottawa '"'at the earliest posgible date." This was the state- ment issued to the press last night by Rt. Hon. R, B. Bennett, the prime minister. In his statement the Prime Min- ister expreseed the hope that.for- mer difficulties surrounding the plan for holding the conference in the Canadian capital "had now been removed." Mr. Bennett was asked whether in his opinion the return of the National Government, in Great Britain would mean an early meet ing of the Imperial Conference, which, on motion by Canada at the London Conference a year ago, was unanimously adjourned to meet at Ottawa "within the suc ceeding 12 months." In reply the Prime Minister authorized the fol- lowing statement: Post N y "As the suggested date of meeting was later found to be in- convenient to several of the gov- ernments concerned, a postpone- ment became necessary, The Can- adian Government earnestly hopes that the difiiulties heretofore pre- vailing have now been removed; and it will immediately propose to the governments of the Empire that the conference meet at Otta- wa at the earliest possible date. "This Government is confident," continues the Prime. Minister, "that the Conference will achieve an enduring plan of closer Em- pire economic association. The need for such an association was never more urgent; its benefits never more apparent, Canada will do its full share to bring it about." VOTING ON GAS BYLAW TOMORROW Electors of East Whitby Go to Polls to Decide On Gas Franchise To-morrow the electors of the township of East Whitby vote on a by-law to grant a thirty-five year gas franchise to the Ontario Shore Gas Company, Limited. The agreement on which the by-law is based is similar in terms to that which was passed in Oshawa some months ago, and it grants to East Whitby exactly the same rates for gas as are effective in the city. While interest in the by-law hag been keen in the district sur- rounding Oshawa, and particular- Iy in Westmount, it is not expect- ed that a heavy vote will be polled in the northern end of the town- ship. The polls will be opened at nine o'clock, and will close at five p.m. During the campaign in connec- tion with the by-law, no serious opposition has developed, and it is expected that it will be carried by 4 large majority. ENGLISH KNIGHT GIVEN JAIL TERM (By Canadian Press) London, Oct. 29.--Sir Arthur Magistrate Admits Evi. dence is of Circumstan- tial Character, But State- ments of Accused Pointed to His Guilt APPEAL IS MADE FOR LENIENCY, Charge Avose Out of Des truction by Fire, on Sept. 27, of Vacant House Owned by Accused on Elgin Street His Worship Magistrate Willls, of Whitby, sitting on the bench of the Oshawa police court this morning delivered his judgment in the' case of Harold A. Greer, Colborne Street, Toronto, who was tried in the court on a charge of arson in connection with a fire on September 27, in a vacant house on Elgin Street, owned by the accused. His Wor=- stated that on the evidence he must find the accused guilty of the offense charged, and remand- ed Greer in custody for one week for sentence. In his summing up of the case Magistrate Willis commented that the case was one of many of a similar nature that were extremely difficult to prove and on many occasions the only proof available is'circumstantial, as ft was rare that the offender was caught in the act of setting fire to a building, and no direct evid- ence was available, Insurance Angles His Worship stated that from the evidence it was shown that . the accusde came into possessio of the house on Elgin Street on August. 25 from his father, The property was insured in favour of the prisoner for $1,600, which amount would be payable to him with the exception of the amount payable to T. K. Creighton the holder of the mortgage, so that the prisoner would receive about $1,200. Contradictory Statements In reviewing the statements made to officials by Greer, His Worship said that the accused first told Nelson that he was not in the house on September 27, but later admitted that he was there. There were also conflict- ing statements regarding the lock on the door of the house (Continued on page 3) COMMUNISTS IN FIGHT IN CHURCH * Reds and Ukrainians Stage Pitched Battle In Tor- onto Edifice Toronto, Oct. 29. -- Foreign horn Reds, some of whom came from Thorold, and members of Rev. Father John Kolsun's Uke rainian Catholic Church, of nas tionalist views, engaged in a pitched battle in the basement of Father Kolsun's church of Our Lady of erpetual Help on Franks lin Avenue last night, and on the street outside the church, 'During the fight windows im the church were broken, clubs were used, stones thrown and a revolver was firgd which was fourd to contain blank cartridges, * according to police officers from Keele Street Station who ree sponded to the call for assistance sent out by Father Kolsum, None of the Reds was arrests ed because when the police.ars rived under Patrol Sergeant Hanson they had disappeared ins to the milling throng of foreigns ers who had been attracted from Osler Avenue, Royce Avenue and the neighbouring streets by the OF CANADA IS UP Increase of 30.6 Per Cent. Over Eight Months of 1930 Reported Ottawa, Oct. 29.--Canada's gold production for the first eight months of the current cal- endar year amounted to 1,722, 667 ounces, or 30.6 per cent. higher than in the correspond- ing period a year ago. The output for August was 225,630 ounces, as against 170,062 ounces in August, 1930, Canada rose to the position of the world's second greatest gold producing country in 1930. w August's production consisted of 172,301 ounces from Ontario, 25,336 ounces from Quebec, 13,- 3s ounces from British Colum- 7,389 ounces from Manitoba i MOA AL Rl and the Yukon. in 1935. tense vanessa Wheeler, aged 72, head of a firm of outside brokers of Leicester, Thich conducted . a tremendous usiness through the mail in all parts of the country, was to-day sentenced to twelve months' im- prisonment for converting about 100,000 to his own ' use. His partner, George Victor Smith, was bound over. FURTHER TROUBLE IS DEVELOPING IN | NORTH MANCHURIA Toyo, Oct. 29. -- Shadows of trouble, generated by the contro- versy over the bapanese Occupo- tion of Southern Manchuria, crept into the northern portion to-day, threatening to develop into a seri- ous situation there. Disorganized soldiers who had become bandits were reported increasingly active. Vernacular newspapers here said they were endongering the rail- wot in which the Jap- interested. cia, Ontario and the former of To- ronto, The late Mrs, Starr is also survived by her husband. The deceased was born in Port Perry and before her marriage was Maty Ann Parkin. Forty years of her life were spent in | Valencia, Ontario, and for the t twenty-three years she has resided with her husband in Osh- awa. Her home and her family held the greatest part of Mrs. Starr's interest. She was however, a regular attendant at King Street United Church, for years after coming to this city. The funeral will be held from the home of the late Mrs. Starr's daughter, Mrs. George Harris, 235 King Street East, on Friday after noon, at 2 o'clock. Rev. C, B, Crags will officiate. model Rogers aBt~ et, 'will be given { ortunate citizen of The ¢ Plans reby this radio set is to be give ,y js an interesti one, For ev dStore in cash pai shouting and fighting. LEE BE BE OE BE BE he BE I A RE AN VISITING SEWAGE DISPOSAL PLANTS The Mayor and meme bers of City Council, City Engineer and other offici~ als, leave at 8.30 o'clock tomorrow morning in ore der to visit several of the more modern sewage dis- posal plants within easy distance of this city with a view to seeing these plants in operation and obtaining - first hand in- formation as to their con- struction. Council will assemble at the Fire Hail, travel. ling by motor-bus, the plants to be visited being Scarborough, two in East York, City of Toronto, York Township, and Swan- sea. " LE SE ES UE EE REE TE EE teryless r away to s * TAXES The extension granted for payment without penalty of the ; second instalment Expires Saturday, Oct. 31st a a. Baska "" CY wish to be remembered to the folks back home. Any reading material would be welcomed by any of the boys in camp. We are all having good time and - not working too 'ard. The above is a message: received by The Times from one of the Oshawa boys in this camp on the Trans-Canada highway in Northern Ontario, Any citizens who have reading material which they could send north can send Err. into a 3 tore during the Period of ¢ 2 nd st, vidich will ok pam., December 31, the custot'ill receive a cou pon with The person hav- ing the large ober of votes to his or her cré, the end of that period will winner of the radio set. It is furtheted that contest- ants are requilg turn in their coupons every rday night, so that a record he compiled for publication k, so as, to show thé testants stand, five one sound Stores will give one poundRoyval York tea to all Ratepayers whose taxes are still 'AY NOW and avoid the necessity of the proceedings to enforce payment. A ier peaking yroesellings tv vutorce pagmont. P. A. MacDONALD E. Chairman Finance Com. MA. P. A. BLACKBURN, nounced that crews there had sav. City '. 84 inctrio refrigerators. are bei p c gerators are | § in Bombay, Indid. re distribute it to the Osh. 'boys. in camp.' LS TRA LARS Sesvsesceeeiaectibianeneaet - : : »- « » - " . - . 2 - Ld * - * - - * * ® - * » - - . - *® Ad » v * . . Ld 5 Ta a He BRIE LP Pg " 1