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A Growing Newspaper in a Growing City NL" Che Os aura Dail Succeeding The Oshawa Reformer 1 Times PROBS. Fair and Continuing Warm Today and on Sunday VOL. 10--NO. 96 OSHAWA, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 1932 12 Cents a Week; 3 Cents a Copy EIGHT PAGES DECIDE TO INTERVIEW GOVERNMENT Education Department Refuses Request Of Board INCREASE IN EXAMINATIONS TO BE RETAINED, Department Says Cost of Departmental Examina- tions Exceeds of Fees Received by $250,000 AIM TO REDUCE NUMBER WRITING System of Granting Cer- fificates Without Exam- ination to Qualified Stu- dents Being Extended 'The Oshawa Municipal Board of Education recently protested, in common with several other similar- ly constituted bodies, against the change in the regulations of the Ontario Department of Education which increases examination fees. The Department, however, ap- pears to have no intention of alter- ing its decision, and in replying to such protests the Deputy Minister writes as follows :-- "I am directed by the Minister of Education to acknowledge your let- ter of 15th instant, and in reply to state that the number of candidates writing departmental examinations has. so increased that last year the cost to the Department of Educa- tion, after deducting the amount received in fees, exceeded $250,000. Many who do not require certifi- cates choose to write. It does riot seem to be fully understood that only students who are proceeding to the universities or institutions of higher education need departmental certificates. Students who desire : general High School education only may be promoted from form to form throughout their entire school career without writing a single de- partmental examination. "For students who require certifi- cates the department has already sought to ease the examination burden. Provision has been made for local high -school entrance boards to accept teachers' recom- mendations "in lieu of the high school entrance examination; lower school pupils attending high or con- tinuation schools are granted certi- ficates when they have done good work throughout the vear and are recommended by their teachers. This year the minister has further extended this privilege of securing certificates without examinations so that next summer middle school students - of regularly inspected schools who have completed the year's work in a subject and are rated at 66 percent by their teachers will be granted certificates on their year's work - without examination. The remaining candidates are pupils of the upper school and pupils of the lower and middle schools, who, for the most part, are not thought fit to pass the examinations or who have not taken a high standing on their year's work. It would seem reasonable that these students should pay a larger .share of the actual examination costs. "You are doubtless aware that 40 percent of the fees collected from candidates at each centre is handed over directly to the local school board." The amended regulations have the effect of increasing the fee charged candidates in middle and upper school examinations from $1.00 to $1.50 per paper, the increase being very appreciable when a number of papers are taken. BLAZE IN WOODS NEAR MARMORA Village Was Threatened by Bush Fire of Large Proportions Balleville, April 23--Raging dang- | ¢ ero sly close to the village of Mar- mo J, a bush fire of large propor- tions was brought under control only with the greatest, difficulty after a fight of nearly eight hours. The fire started on the 2nd con- cession of Marmora township on lot 13. It is thought that bush was being burned and that the firc had got into the scorched grass in the fields. Small bushes, dry as tinder spread the flame until it covered an area of 10 acres. Its spread was ""alted temporarily but it sprang up nin aided by a win ter many fighters had been Gray of Marmora, the fire ubdued. aes Moore, of Widnes, Eng- was electrocuted while slog an electric milking ma- re, So crowded was the number of cages in London courts that 550 Amount | Vis FEES FOR SAYS REPLY | ADVERTISING HEAD | T. H. CORPE Who has been appointed advertis- ing manager of General Mo- tors Products of Canada, Limit. GARDENERS ARF FINDING WORK IS NOT PLENTIFUL Appeal to Citizens to Pro- vide Work for Men Dur- ing Spring Rush With a number of men who arc listed as experienced gardeners look ing for work, the Associated Wel- fare Society and the local Employ- ment Bureau are very anxious to place these men in contact with citi- zens who have gardening work to do at this time of the year. Every spring, there has been a demand for gardeners for private homes, but. so tar this year the demand has failed to materialize, and an appeal therefore being made to citizens who find they have not the time to look after their own gardens to give these men an opportunity of doing it for them The usual has been common to engage a man one or two days a week throughout the summer season for garden work, with ex- tra days of work provided dur- mg the busy spring period, T} ¢uables these men to earn a | ly satisfactory livelihood themselves and their families, and at the same time gives the citizens excellent service in their arrangement which ed, with headquarters at Osh. awa, of sales and advertising work with Motors. NEW ADVERTISING MANAGER NAMED GENERAL MOTORS Thomas H. § Corpe Appoint- ed as Successor to Harry Ireland Announcement of the appoint- ment of Thomas H. Corpe, as advertising manager, General Motors Products of Canada, Limited, with headquarters at Orlawa, was made today by C. E. McTavish, General Sales Man- gger, Mr. Corpe succeeds to his iew position following eight years of sales advertising work with various units of General Motors. Mr. Corpe wag born in Eng- tand, He served with the original Royal Flying Coprs and the Royal Ajr Force for three years as Lieut.-Pilot, entering the automo- hile industry in England after the cessation of hostilities, He has acted as assistant engineer in charge of the General Motors Proving Ground, later served as special sales and advertising rep- resentative in Europe for Gen- eral Motors Export Company. On y his return from Europe, he was ssigned to special duties in con- nectio. with the Fisher Body Corporation and more recently hag been directing special adver- tising work in Canada. Mr. Thorpe succeeds Harry M. Ireland as advertising manager of General Motors Products of Canada, Mr, Ireland having sev- cred his connection with the com- He has had eight years | various units of General | | Employment Bureau, perdens. With a nymber of such men listed the lahor and welfare or- sanizations are therefore making an appeul to all citizens who with to have gardening work done to send in their calls, The Associated Welfare Society has knowledge of one particularly ex- pert gardener who is out of em- ployment and in very difficult cir- cumstances, and asks that any- one interested in giving him work i telephoe to No. 1206, while the telephone No. 547, also had a large list of such men looking for jobs. CAPONE PROMISES BABY IF LIBERATED Guarantees to Recover Lindbergh Child in Few Days Hopewell, N.J, April 23--From his prison cell in Chicago, Al Ca- pone this week sent Col. Charles A Lindbergh of a new offer to effect the return of the flier's kidnapped son, 22 months old yesterday. The plan as outlined by one of Capone's lieutenants was disclosed yesterday by a high official who ras charged with presenting it to Col. Lindbergh. The official at the same time expressed his belief that the flier personally had re-establish- ed contact with the persons to whom he paid $50,000 three weeks ago without obtaining his boy's re- turn The Capone offer included an ab- solute guarantee by the gang leader that the Lindbergh baby would be returned to his parents within a very few days if Col. Lindbergh would arrange for Capone's tempor- ary release from jail. Dr. Halewander, inventor of the three-phase current motor, has died. at Freiburg, Germany, pany. aged 72 Missing Aird File At Hydro Power Comm. Inquiry Toronto, April 23--W. N. Tilley, 4 counsel for the Royal Com- mission headed by Mr. Justice Orde investigating Hydro, would like to know the whereabouts of one Ken- neth McLeod--for Kenneth McLeod said to hold the key to the mystery of how John Aird, Jr.s famous "missing file" came to be 'missing.' The mystery file of correspond- ence concerning the Madawaska power sites negotiations, turned up intact at the inquiry on Wednesday, after a romantic history of being offered -- for a consideration -- to newspapers, politicians, statesmen, witnesses and Beauharnois senators. Fabulous Prices Quoted During the "missing" period, its price was fabulodsly quoted at any- where from $4,000 to $25,000, with no takers; mysterious photostatic copies or excerpts were darkly ru- mored to have bobbed up here and there, but the market proved a dud. 'esterday, Mr, Tilley called as witness at the Orde probe, one H, M- Richardson and his son, Arthur Richardson, in whose real estate LX at 33 Richmond Street West, the file of originals had lain intact through all the months in which 'it was supposed to have been destroy- ed in rubbish cleaned out of a down- ton n othe had toe carried over fo the next term, ' Lille y Cros ~¢ xamin: ation revealed the by Mr. fact that before { Under Probe Sir John Aird, the younger Richard- son, using the name "Johnson," had been telephoning Sir John frequent- ly in an effort to "get rid" of the file: and an associate of the elder Richardson by name of Sutton, had also been endeavoring to effect dis- posal of the documents, using in his efforts the name "Smith." Young Richardson also admitted pushing a list of the documents under Sir John Aird's office door, Belonged to McLeod Mr. Tilley sought the why of the aliases, in his cxamination of the Richardsons yesterday, but elicited the reply that the Aird file had be- longed to the missing Kenneth Mc- Leod, who had shared Richardson's office, "gone broke," and left the documents in the office vault. Mc- Leod later had tried to get them, had been refused, had threatened a search warrant and then had .dis- appeared. None could tell his present whereabouts. The Richardsons stoutly 'main- tained that they had sought no pay- ment for. turning over the files, which "Sir John Aird had turned over to his son, the «on to his lawyer, the lawyer to Mr. Tilley, and Mr. Tilley to the commission. During Mr. Tilley's questioning, it was intimated that through a lawyer who had visited Tilley's office the file was snddeniv soi caled to (Continued on page 3) Nr. is for citizens | is | ir- | for | Legion Receives Offers Of Co-Operation Vith Veteran's Garden Scheme Following the announcement made yesterday that the Capa- dian Legion is to establish a Vet- erns' Community Garden in the southwest end of the city for the use of unemployed war veterans, considerable interest has been aroused in the echeme, Last nicht, a prominent citizen tele- phoned the president of the Le- gion and placed at the disposal of the branch a large supply of seed potatoes, to be distributed to the men who will be using the gar- den plots for the growing of veg- €tlables, Today a further offer of co- operation was received in the form of an offer to take care of the necessary plowing of the land so as to put it in shape for the veterans to start work. This offer came from Lt.-Col. B. J. MeCor- mick, speaking on behalf of the committee which last night de- cided to adopt the same scheme as the Legion had announced, | and promote vacant lot gardens | for the unemployed all over the ciry. Col. McCormick said this committee would be glad to in- clude the Legion "Farm" in the land which it wag arranging to have plowed. Already some applications have been received for the Legion plots, and {it Is expected that the whole tract will be taken up at the branch meeting next Tuesday evening. Last Day For Payment Of First Tax Instalments Sees No Apparent Rush While to-day was the last day for the receipt of taxes by the City | | | J | I 1 i Treasurer's Department, under the new instalment plan estab- lished this year by the City Coun- cil, there did not appear to be any great rush of citizens, anxious to part with their money, during the forenoon, If the first instalment of taxes due to the city is not received to- day, the City Tax Collector is en- forced by statutory lawe to en- force payment while in addition a penalty is added to the amount due. The Tax Collector's office w: 8) kept open until five o'clock this | afternoon for the convenience of taxpavers, and it was expected | that the convenience of the new instalment plan of payments would prove beneficial. 'TWO SENATORS ARE DECLARED UNFIT TO HOLD OFFICES Expulsion of Senators Mc- Dougald and Haydon Felt To Be Certain April 23 -- Condemning Senators Wilfrid Laurier McDoug- ald and Andrew Haydon as unfit for their places in the Upper House, the Senate Beauharnois Committee vesterday submitted a report which breathed expulsion in every line Senator Donat Raymond, third of the trio of Liberal senators involved in the Jeauharnois scandal, was dismissed with a reprimand. He was convicted of nothing more than a lack of frankness in his evidence and, in connection with the $200,- 00or more he. received for the Liberal war chest in the 1930 elec- tion, the committee told him, in effect, that he should mend his ways in future. Of both Senator McDougald and Senator Haydon, the committee found that the House of Commons committee, which censured them most heavily, had formed the cor- rect conclusion. The committee completely exoner- ated Hon. G. Howard Ferguson of the charges made by Senator Hay- don that he was holding out for $200,000 from Sweezey before the Hydro contract was signed The Liberal members of the com- mittee dissociated themselves: from the findings of the five Conserva- tives. When the report is debated in the Senate an amendment ex- presing their views will be moved. "In the conclusions herein set up,' said the Senate committee regard- ing the condemnation voiced against Senator McDougald by last session's House committee, "arc simply jus- tified by the evidence that Senator McDougald's actions were not fit- ting or consistent with his duties and standing as a senator." Turning to Senator Haydon, the report said: "Senator Haydon"s con- duct was unfitting and inconsistent with his position and standing as a senator of Canada." TORONTO MAN AND WOMAN ARE KILLED Keswick, April 23--Bound for a destination unknown to their im- mediate families and riding in a car which neither of them owned, a Toronto man aged 24 and a To- ronto woman aged 36 met sudden death late yesterday afternoon when the auto 'skidded off thé road ap- proaching a sharp curve two and a half miles south of here. . Both died in Newmarket Hospital several hours later within a few minutes of cach other. The car skidded into the ditch, returned to the pavement and then turned over several times, crushing . the occupants' skulls on the hard cement, The victims were Alfred Stocks, aged 24, of 74 Orchard Park Boule- vard and Mrs. Annie Hill, 36 of 393 Coxwell Avenue. Ottawa, In the gold rush in Cairo, Egy- many people are selling their teeth, pt, gold ' BERLIN EXPECTS NATURAL DEATH | OF WAR DEBTS Minister Says Finance Minister Other Countries Realize Situation Berlin, April 23--The "natural death" of reparations and war debts payments at the end of the Hoover moratorium vear was forecast last- night coincident with official de- claration that Germany will de- finitely decline to resume payments on political obligations to the for- mer allied nations "The moratorium ends July 1, but Germany will not pay more after then," Finance Minister Hermann Dietrich told a mass meeting at Al- tona, the Teclepraghen Union cor- respondent. reported, "If 1, as the responsible Finance Minister of the Reich, am able to so declare without it leading to in- ternational complications, this proves that the actual situation must be fairly clear to the statesmen of other lands," Dictrich said. It was significant that the ance Minister said Germany "will not" resume payments instead of "cannot", which was the phraseo- logy of Chancellor Heinrich Bruen- ing in his January declaration em- plrasizicg the inability of Germany to pay. The Dietrich statement was made at a time when the belief that the political debts question would be solved by "spontaneous combustion" was widely discussed in Berlin. FOUNDATION GIVES M'GILL A MILLION Establishment of Neuro- logical Institute is Pro- vided For Montreal, April 21.--The Rocke- feller Foundation has granted $1,- 232,652 to McGill University, Mont- real,' for the establishment of a neurological institute, it was an- nounced at a special meeting of the board of governors of the univer- sity. With this grant, and with the co- operation of provincial and civic authorities, in addition to $150,000 pledged by friends of the university and members of the governing board, plans are under way to de- velop at the university a neurologi- cal centre which will rank favorably with any on the continent, it was stated. A new building, specially equipped for research in neurology, neurosur- gery and the physiology and pathol- ogy of the nervous system, will be constructed. It is anticipated that outstanding students in these sub- jects will be brought here from various parts of the world. Treat- ment will be available for patients, Fin- England has barred WL han will: occupy the Chair- from France because of the cod orado- beetle 'scare. MR. AND MRS. WM. BODDY HONORED BY CITY COUNCIL Presented With Tray of Sil-| ver on 25th Wedding Anniversary At an hiopmal and private gathering of the City Council last night Ald, William Boddy and Mrs, Boddy were honored by the members of council when Ald. Boddy was made the recipient ot a handsome tray of silver present- ed 'by his colleagues in the muni cipal government and, inecidental- ly, purchased out of a fund pro- vided by the personal subscrip- tion of each member, On Sunday Ald, and Mrs. Bod- dy wi]] celebr te the twenty-fifth anniversary of their wedding. At last night's gathering Ald. Bod- dy stated that he thought 'no per- son knew of this except Mrs, Bod- dy and n If," and in expressing his appreciation of the handsome zift also voiced the surprise with which he was taken when the subject was broached, The actual presentation address TREE NAVIGATION COMPANY PLANS STEAMER SERVICE Regular Schedule Will Start on Saturday of Next Week is announced this morning an official of the Tree Line | Navigation Company, who fg in| Oshawa, that a regular schedule of calls will be made -during the coming season by vessels of this line. The first vessel of the Tree Line to call at the Oshawa Har- our will be the Sprucebay, east- bound, on Saturday of next week, tnis call being followed the next day by the Pinebay, westbound, a consignment of freight for the latter vessel having already been hooked for Western Canada by It by was read by Mayor Thomas Hawkes, in which the service of Ald. Boddy member of city eouncil justly relerced to as most valuable, while he and Mrs. Boddy were wished the very best of happiness for the future years a8 a were Kirby, on behalf of ell, actually inded the to Ald. Bodd and ied words of congratulation half of the bther members council. ATTEMPTS GAMBLE T0 PREVENT DEATH Fergus Surgeon Tried Un- ique Operation to Re- move 'Blood Clot An extremely delicate and operation per- formed in the Memorial Hospital here is being watched with interest by the medical On Monday roi bert Mann, aged 33, the a week-old baby stroke which caused alvsissof one side of the condition becoming critica A. Fergus surgeon, to attempt an og far as as can be of its kind, With the permission of her family sought to remove the cause of the stroke--a blood clot deep down in the brain by trephining the skull. The method is sometimes used to draw off blood following a fracture of the skull, but in this the doctor had to work through the brain in order to reach the seat of the trouble By careful measurement he calcu lated the position of the clot, bored a hole 1: the skull and, working through a tube, guided a needle be- tween the brain: cells and tried to puncture the blood clot. The result is problematic, but hos- pital officials reported this morning that the patient scemed brighter. It was a last resort to save the tient's life. DENY THORNTON PLANS TO RETIRE Ottawy, April 23.--Emphatic denial was given in government circles today to a report publish- ed in a Toronto morning paper to the 'effect that Sir Henry Thorn- ton was resigning as president of the Canadian National Railways, to be succeeded temporarily by Sr Henry Drayton. "There is nothing whatever in the report," {it was officially stated. a on of es Fergus, Apri Groves ic mother suffered complete par- Her LL, Dr. W decided hich the first son, Groves, ration, sO learned is he Case pa- the | coun- | i 1e | | the Pedlar People. Following these initial calls, the Tree Line Navigation Co., will maintain a regular schedule throughout the season | pation with Oshawa as a port of | vall for both east and westbound | vessels, | DAYLIGHT SAVING ON LARGE SCALE Many Cities in New York State Change Clocks his Week-end " CALL SPECIAL OF COUNCIL TO NAME A STRONG DEPUTATION * Will Seek Broadening of of navi- | | council Albany, N.Y. 23--Most of | | | | kif tine late this month. In some communities strong opposition continues to the time sy was a United States government re- quirement during the World War and has found favor in many cities and villages since. All of the state's pt Syracuse d turn their clocks ahead of the warm months York City and most up smmunities the change will nade Sunday, April 24th, Files of the State Mayors' Con- ference show that the daylight sav- ing controversy has come practically to a standstill. With one exception, no cities this year have indicated that they will change trom the sys- tem of time-keeping they employed last summer, Cities that are expected to use daylight saving this year. include: Albany, An:sterdam, Buffalo, Glens Falls, Gloversville, New York, Newburgh, Poughkeepsie, Schenec- tady, Rome, Saratoga Springs, Troy, White Plains, Yonkers. Among those expected to remain on standard time include, Auburn, Batavia, Corning, Dunkirk, Elmira, geneva, Hornell, Ithaca and Niagara "alls, NEWCASTLE WINS CUP London, April 23.-- Newcastle United today won the English Footbail Association Cup, which carries with it the soccer championship of England. They defeated Arsenal in the final of the cup series at Wembley Stadium by two goals to cne. saving large cities ex- Rochester wall an hour dur- In state be ce Mrs. Martha Davies, aged 82, won first prize in a solo contest at the Ffoesyflin Eisteddfod at Car- digan, Wales. Sir Henry Drayton Retires From Chairmanship Of Liquor Board Toronto, April 23--The retirement from the Chairmanship of the Liq- our Control Board of Ontario of Sir Henry Drayton was announced ycs- terday by Attorney-General W. H. Price. Sir Henry will be in the Chairmanship by Stewart MeClenaghan, hitherto Vice-Chair- man of the Conundssion. In future. the Conunission wil have but two members, instead of three as heretofore. No third Coni- missioner will be appointed, and the work of the Commission will be car- ried on by Mr, Clenaghan and Judge McNamara, $25,000 Yearly Saving In consequence, a saving of about $25,000 yearly will be effected by ¢ Government, since Nr. Me- present salary of manship at his The salary received 0,000 a year. succeeded, by Sir Henry as Chairman tvas $20,- 000. The absence of a third Com- missioner will effect a further sav- ing of $10,000, while the position re- ited on his retirement by Dingman, Director of Per- will not becrefilled, since, as the Attorney-General's statement declares, "This work can be gener- ally supervised with the staff that is now ayailable." Tomorrow will be the fourth an- niversary of Sir Henry's appoint- ment to the Chairmanship of the Liquor Control Board. His wish to retire has been generally known as nuts, for some fime; and in fact, he first' tendered his resignation to the Gov- ernment in April of last year. but prevailed upon to remain in office for a further year. This he consented to do. New York State wil 1 go on daylight | stem which | | lines being more than mere street gossip ImEETING Government's Policy in Giving Assistance With Direct Relief "BACK TO LAND" MOVE IS LAUNCHED Special Committee to Secure All Vacant Land Available To Be Turned Into Gardens for Un- employed The special ef committee un- der the chairmanship of George W. McLaughlin, composed of ex- mayors and other prominent citi- zens who have undertaken the task of formulating some policy which may lead to a solution eof the pressing problems arising ott of unemployment, made. two de- clgive steps at its first meeting last night. As the of the decisions reached at this meeting a repre- sentative deputation from this city will interview Premier George Henry possibly with a view to obtaining a broadening out of the Provincial Government's: ins terpretation of what necessities may be provided by the municipal- ty under the heading of direct re lief. result To Interview Government A special meeting of the City Council has been called for Mon- day night at 7.20 o'clock to for- mally authorize the deputation to officially represent Oshawa in itg dealings with the Provivneial Government. It is expected that this authority will be readily giv en by the City Council as the bas frequently asked for suggestions which may lead tora solution of its problems. W, E. N. Sinclair, K.C.. M.1. a member of the committee, accepted the duty of arrange ing for an appointment with Pre- mier Henry, and it is hoped that the proposed conference with the Premier will' take . place early week. A. has "Back to the Land" Another important decision reached by the committee last 1t was to proceed dlong the of the suggestion put fore ward by 'ex-Mayor Frank T. Ma- son, and to organize a 'back to the land" movement, on a small scale, among the unemployed. With this olject in view co-operation of the Chamber Commerce was requested, gnd ob= tained through the President, George Hart, who is a member of the committee, and the prelimin- ary orzanization work has al- ready been commenced to-day. The Chamber of Commerce is undertaking a survey of all the vacant land in the city, with a view to obtaining the co-opera~ tion of the owners of this propers ty and its allotment to unemploye ed men of the city for cultivation, A registration of the unemploy- ed men who desire to take ad- vantage of this scheme is to be undertaken immediately, when in formation will also be obtained ag to the experience of the individual in gardening, or farming, and as to whether he is in a position to obtain seed. Ask for Co-operation The co-operation of the team- sters of the city is also being re- quested so that the land which it is proposed to allot to the unems= ployed may be ploughed and pre= pared for further cultivation. In connection with this plan of action advertisements appear elsewhere in this paper directing those who own vacant land, team- sters, and those unemployed who desire to take advantage of the (Continued on page 3) EDITOR DROWNED IN ENGLISH LAKE Edward Scott, Head of the Manchester Guardian, ° Upset From Dinghy the of Windermere, England, April 23-- Edward Scott, editor of the Man= chester Guardian, was drowned in Lake Windermere yesterday while rowing from the shore to his yacht, ; He was 48 ; The dinghy was making sized Scott heeame cditor of the fams ons Liberal newspaper three years ago, succeeding his father, Charles P. Scott, who died recently after a long and illustrious carcer in jours nalism. The younger Scott was born-at Manchester, November 15, 1883, and educated at Rugby and Oxford. He served as private secretary and | aide-de-camp to Sir Sydney 'Oliver, Governor of Jamaica, in 1907-09, and the editor trip cap= in which the short [returned to London to engage {ionrnalism before joining the Mar chester Guardian an 1911,