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2 A Growing Newspaper i in a Growing City The Osh aa Dail Succeeding The Oshawa Reformer 1] Times PROBS. Fair Today and Friday Becoming a Little Warmer. | | VOL. 10--NO. 118 OSHAWA, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MAY 19,1932 12 Cents a Week; 3 Cents a Copy TEN PAGES GOVERNOR-GENERAL VISITS OSHAWA ase Mysterious Letter is Revealed in Lindbergh C PAID VISIT TO OSHAWA TODAY KIWANIANS WORK HARD TO PREPARE CAMP FOR SUMMER Party of Club Members Had Working Party at Camp Yesterday TRENTON, N. J. POLICE CHIEF TELLS STORY OF LETTER RECEIVED Letter Written Ten Days After Kidnapping Gave Clue to the Place Near Which Baby Was Event- ually Found JOHN H. CURTIS UNDER ARREST Is Charged With Obstruct- ing Course of Justice in Connection With Kid- napping of Lindbergh | Baby It is altogether probable thal | there are some fifteen men in the city to-day who are nursing sore muscles as the aftermath of their labours at the Kiwanis Boys' Camp yesterday afternoon. But it must be said "that they enjoyed the outing to the full and at the same time made a number of pre- parations for the opening of the camp for the geason. During the afternoon by previ- ous agreement the members of the Oshawa Kiwanis Club gather- ed at the camp site and immedi- ately started to work under the direction of R. N. Bassett, presi- dent of the club During the spring freshet, the creek evident ly went on the rampage as the current had undermined a large secton of the west bank a short distance above the dam; and some twenty feet of the bank had been carried away and a large cedar tree had fallen into the stream, So the main labour yes- terday. was the cutting of a new channel for the creek on the eust side and the damming of the old course, with logs, tree hranche and gravel, Another party of preparing the dpading and shaping for Indeed there was zo much to do that the camp was a hive 'of acti vity all afterncon and in a way the surface was only scratched During the spring part of the {dam was carried away and this will have to be repaired before the swimming season begins, Late in the afternoon a halt was called by "Al" Parkhill and "Rollie" Virtue, who had cherge | of the kitchen and everybody sat dowm to a really fine The fresh alr had done its work well and nothing was left over at the Trenton, N.J,, May 19. -- Chief of Police William Walter disclos- ed today that ten days after the kidnapping of the Lindbergh baby he received an anonymous letter from Buffalo, N.Y., saying the baby might be found by fol- lowing the Lindbergh telephone lines. He turned the letter over to the State police, The baby's body was found a week ago near the special police telephone lines to the Lindbergh garage, Chief Walter wrote attention" across the face of the letter and forwarded it to the police at Hopewell. He never received any report as to the investigation of the letter. The text of the letter follows: "I am writing this letter from New York. I am going home to Canada. When I get to Buffalo [ will mail it to you. That will give sme more time to safely escape. I figured I'm in enough trouble. I got cold feet and the fellows knew | it.I promised not to squeal, and they gave me mopey and I'm go- ing home. "Maybe I won't get.caught, We all thought we could make some eagy money, We got a place near Elizabeth, N.J., and one of the fellows who is pretty smart runs a wire to thih place and listens to everything the Lindberghs say." The letter goes on to say the man listened to all the Lindbergh con- versations but 'never talks.' The baby, the letter says, "is being teken very good care of and is feeling fine when I left the fel- lows, only it cries tbo much and the fellows are afraid somebody will hear it. The baby has lots of toys and a small black dog. The fellows don't want no more ran som." The writer of this strange let. ter said the gang stayed in their place for eight weeks. He said he didn't know the name of the street or the road, but it was not far from Elizebeth, N.J. The fel- lows, he said, were nervous and didn't agree. The letter bore no signature and the author said it was his liking for the baby that led him to notify the police. Curtis Arrested Hopewell, N.J., May 19.--,0hn Hughes Curtis, arrested late yes- terday on orders of Attorney- General, William A, White, was arraigned last night in a special court held on the Lindbergh es- tate, on charges of obstructing Justice, Author of a hoax that at one time aroused national hopes that the Lindbergh baby would be re- turned, and that set the entire coast guard of the Atlantic divi- sion into motion on a chase of imaginary kidnappers, Curtis was accused under section 13B our the Criminal Code, which makes the giving of false information in a (Continued on page 3) MAYOR THOMAS HAWKES Who formally welcomed Their Excellencies the Governor. General and Lady Bessborough to Oshawa this forenoon. DURHAM REGIMENT OFFICERS MET IN CITY LAST NIGHT Arrangements Made for! Five-day Camp at Tren- ton in July work beds, took on the flower Following a meeting of the of- Te. ficers of the 9th Infantry Brigade, commanded by Colonel R. J. leoonclusion of the meal. Gill, last night in Belleville, it was announced this morning by Lt.-Col, PP. H., Jobb, officer com- manding the Durham Regiment, that the officers of this unit will ALBERT STREET ei vnc SCHOOL WINNER AT FIRE DRILL Arrangements have now heen completed for all the officers of Annual Competition for Dr. Kaiser Shield Was the 9th Brigade to take part in an intensive five-day training Held Yesterday period from July 1 to July 5, and it is expected that in the neigh- | borhood of a hundred will take this opportunity of attending. The 9th Infantry Brigade is composed of the Durham Regi- ment commanded by Lt.-Col. DP, H. Jobb, the Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment commanded by [t.-Col. H., E, Smith, the North- umberland Regiment command- ed by Lt.-Col. H., Sauve and the Frontenac Regiment commanded by Lt.-Col. J. B. Hannah. The Brigade is a unit of the Infantry forces coming under the jurisdic tion of the Officer Commanding Military District No. 3, with | Headquarters at Kingston | Arrangements have also deli- Dr. T. Only after considerable beration and thought, the E. Kaiser Shield, emblematic of the most proficient fire drill in the Separate and Public Schools of the city, was awarded yester day to Albert Street School by Deputy Fire Chief McLean, Mr Pritchard, both of Toronto; and Mayor Hawkes who during the day visited all the schools in com- pany with Fire Chief W, R, El now. liott and C, F. Cannon, Public been completed for the training | School Inspector for Oshawa. of all specialists in the units of The trophy which was held last this brigade at unit headquar- year by Cedardale Public School ters, reduction in financial grants | was awarded to Albert Street from the Department of National | School only after attention' had Defense making it impossible for | been paid to the slightest detall a regular training ramp for all las four schools, Albert, Ritson, ranks. South Simcoe and St. Gregory's, were very closely matched and de- served special mention for the manner in which the drill was carried out. In all the schobls when the signal was given the staff and scholars were all out of the buildings without the slight- est hiteh, in from one to two min- utes depending on the number of pupils, so that the principals and staff of the schools are to be com- plimented on the efficient man- ner in which the drtll was carried out, The Shjeld will "be formally presented to Miss T. A, Patton, principal of Albert Street School by Dr. Kaiser on Monday noxt. AFFIRMS HEPBURN NEVER KLANSMAN London, ont., May 19. -- In a signed statement from Scribe 6087, described as a member of the Klan executive, dated at [on- don, absolute denial is given that Mitchell F, Hepburn, Leader of the Ontario Liberal Party, was ever a member of the Ku Klux Klan of Canada. The statement contradicts a speech' given at Belleville recently attributed to "John G. Hothersall of London, self-styled organizer for the Klan, According to Scribe 6087, Hoth- ersall is not a clan member at present, having been suspended some years ago. -Denial is also given that Mr, Hepburn relied on the Klan for political support in the last election. Anyway, two are living as cheaply as one did a couple of years ago. -- Arkausas Gazette, "Switzerland, May Senator Gideon Robertson, fornier Canadian minister of labor, left here today for Paris, completely re- covered from an illness which had confined him for nearly two weeks. Geiteva, 19 United States Warned that Trade Within Empire is Goal of Canada Empire was a dead issue, he add- ed, would find they had based their belief on misinformation. San Francisco, May 19.--W. L. McGregor, President of the Can- adian Chamber of Commerce, yesterday told the annual meet- ing of the United States Chamber of Commerce that, in the face of existing American tariff laws. there is no inclinaton on Cana- da's part to enlarge its trade with the United States, Mr, McGregor said he was not entirely satisfied in his own mind that the commercial treatment Canada had been accorded at Washington was in conformity with enlightened business opin- jon in the United States. If Unit- ed States business interests are not satisfied with the present economic relationships between their country and Canada, he sug- gested, they might make them- gelves a little more articulate on the subject, Increased Trade To the forthcoming Ottawa Im- perial Economic Conference, and to foreign coumtries in which she is regarded highly, Mr. McGregor said, Canada can hope to look successfully for jncréased trade. Those who imagined the British "We of the British family of nations," he continued, "'bave be- come more Empire-minded tham ever during these last two years. The Empire Economic Conference in Ottawa, to be held this July, is an indication that we are now committed to an Empire econom- ic policy, The practical transla. tion of that policy meamg that the Empire's imports from foreign countries, both through senti- ment and by preference, will be increasingly deflefted to British sources, while there promises to | be an absolute, apart from a de- flective, development of recipro- cal trade. "Those who are not of the Em- pire," Mr. McGregor said, "are unwise to underestimate the com- mercial potentialities and trad- ing power of the British nations, and may well keep an eye on the conference, We are not fooling, neither are we indulging in idle chatter, when we speak of Empire trade." planting | | | Their horough were give detrained at the CN.R, Mrs. R. 8S. McLaughlin, THE EARL AND COUNTESS OF Excellencies the Governor-General and the a royal welcome to Oshawa, when they station at ceeded from the station to the General Motors Plant, and spent the rest of the day quietly at Parkwood as guests of Col, REV. G. E. CGRAGG IS NOT GOING T0 TORONTO CHURCH ATTENDED ACTING AS HOST ' Has Withdrawn Applica. | BESSBOROUGH Countess of Bess 10.30 a.m, today. They pro- and relief store is now in This morning, at fir parcel of food upplies was band- into effect the city council has some time, and to produce sub- in the handling relief city. When tarted distribution of ten o'clock Oshawa | operation | o'clock, the | amd household ¢ ed ont, putting plan on which tl | been working fos | which Is expected stantial economies | of direct in the | the store | parcels at | ing, between 55 and 40 appli- cants were lined un Manager Goyne had a staff of seven assis tants, drawn from the ramks of the unemployed, at work, and the | distribution proceeded very moothl Large of 21 ies had hoev prepared, varying in quanti- in accordance with the num- 4.40 of children in the family, and parcel een Relief Store is Opened for the Distribution of Supplies This Morning ten. | this morn- | | each man presented his war- rant, received from Miss Farn- combe, he was handed the parcel While the rush at the store was not heavy this morning, this was due to the fact that many fam- ilies, earlier in the week received orders for groceries under the old system, Thus the heavy demand is not likely to come until Monday of next week, by which the store manager and staff will have some further experience in the work of distribution, and should be able ty handle the crowd of applicants with reasonalle despatch and effi- eciency, Ald. Fred Kirby was this moming to see scheme was working and ex pressed himself as well satisfied with the smoothness of the opera- tions at the store, as hand how the on MAGUIRE DENIES INFLUENGE USED Details of Purchase 5 Power Rights Revealed at Inquiry that he as a hydro John Aird, Aird's part Maquire ! oronto, May 19---Denial Js influence commis er to assist Jr. and R W. Millard, ¢ made by C, at Roval ( $1011 on Iydro ne . The commission ad- urnee d carly "when A. G. Slaght, N. + K.Co left to , but will continue had used as n h I nornit Hon. J. R nt hydro chairman has of $30,000 to , Pres d the payment after the Ontario cabinet had ved" the warrant for $60,000, cabinet, he said, had received a warrant for entire amount, with no detailed statement attached, and as usual custom the minister had merely presented it approval. It was {outline Aird | | ll Fi ot | xi fs E wis the responsible | for his colleagues' jae usual practice uf the cabinet he | sard to question responsible minis ters 'on such payments if they de- sired to obtam rurther details, Payment of $1,800,000 for the | Madawaska power rights: had been passed by cabmet, but a few months lat r. near the end of the fiscal year, Hydro had balanced its ex- penditures with the government and ther obtained authorization of $00,- 000 expenditures for preliminary survevs and investigations of Mad- awaska, There was nothing unusual whatsvever in the transaction, he said, At no time had the Aird pay- ment been considered a gatuity, he said, but was simply a payment for services rendered to the hydro by § Aird. He did had collected or servative party year 1929, Maquire John Aird, | Cousins, Fred Roberts or mentioned in the investigation discuss Madawaska. ITeber © Smith, insurance agent, had discussed the project with him, and he had tald Smith to tell Aird and Millard to see C. A Magrath hydro chairman, or F. Gaby, chief engineer of the hydro. At all times he continued, he had opposed hydro dealing with private inter- ests tor, power, He wanted hydro to buy power sites and develop the energy themselves, rather than al- low some one else to develop pow er and. sell it to hydro, Letters from Aird to Peter White K.C., his counsel, had been obvious- ly "promotion' letters intended to soothe O'Brien", he said. Some of the letters had mentioned * "Maguire was favorable toward the project," who Con- the not know, he said, handled the funds during having seen Sir lacks, denied others to ROTARY CLUB TO lve AWAY GAR to be Held in Conjunc- tion With Fair Today a smart green Chevrolet roadster, mounted on a truck, ap- peared on the streets and was the subject of much attention, It is the car which will be given away by the Oshawa Rotary Club in conjunction with its annual Ro- tary Fair, to be held on June § and 9, to the person who is skil- ful enough to make the closest estimate to the number of miles the car will run in a twenty hour period, This method of arousing added interest in the Rotary Fair, and at the same time adding to the funds for crippled children's and other community work, was decided upon after long consider- ation, and follows the plan wnich was adopted by the Club two years ago, when there was great interest in an estimating contest of a gimilar kind. Tickets on which estimates can made are now being suvia by Oshawa Rotary Club mem- bers, On these is a space for the estimate of mileage run by the car, and the tickets, properly fill ed in, have to be deposited 'in boxes which will be placed at con- venient locations in the city. The car will be set in operation on the first day of the fair, and will be run for the twenty hour per iod on the two days of the big event. The members of the club are keenly enthusiastic over the fair arrangements, and are con- fident that their efforts to raise a large sum of money by means of this contest wiil meet with suc- cess. be the Villages Burned Geneva, May 19, -- The Lea- gue of Nations was informed yes- terday that many native men, wo- men and children in 44 Liberian villages had been burned to death in attacks by the Liberian fron- tier force. Dr, Louis A, Grimes, Liberian representative, confirm- ed the report saying that 81 men. 49 women and 28 children had been killed. ! prices are coming down, have not yet reached a basis where tickets can be. profit- ably handled by the five-and-ten stores.-- Philadelphia News: Bulletin, Opera but they and that he would use his influence on their behalf. All he knew of Aird's dealiitg with hydro was what he had heard, as. a jremiies of the commissio, from C, Magrath, who was chair. man at a time, he said. | the tramsfer. tion for Transfer to Toronto Conferenc= Rev. C. FE be the Toronto, May 190 Cragg of Oshawa will not new minister of Wesley c¢hureh, Toronto Following anmouncement by Rev. Dr. W. A. McTaggart, presi dent of Toronto conference of the United crurch, that he would not consent to the transfer Mr. Cragg into the conference, the Oshawa minister filed a with- drawal of his transfer tion. He is now in the Bay Quinte conference and it will for that body to find a charge him, Dr. McTaggart, viewed by friends of was firm in his decision a As president of Mr. Cragg ds transfer could be though My, Cragg gains! the conference which ¢ired to enter the not be made without his consent. He stated that he took his cue from the action of Toronto We presbytery, which had irded the Wesley call to. Mr Crazg "with disapproval." If the pre bytery did not want Mr. Cragg the president would not trar him into its territory Wesley church Cragg some weeks publication of his tn brother minister in Oshawa, Rev, E. Harston, and his retraction of statements made in an mous. letter to an official Rd, United chureh, Toronto was at the time that Glebe church wag comsiderng a call tp Mr. Harston, After Mr, Cragg ad- mitted having written the letter there was a sharp. difference opinion in Wesley ehureh as to his coming there and the fear of a split in the church. with many cfice-bearers and others leaving it, had much to do with the ac- tion of the Toromty West presby- tery and the refusal of the con- ference president to sanction the transfer, Wesley short time forw called before annlos thr non of Glebe Thi R d. church has now but a before conference meets in which to choose another | minister. Sitpation Closed In connection with the | despatch from Toronto, be stated that the Rev. Mr. Cracg has besn invited to remain at King Street United church here for another year. So far as can be discovered, however, no ar- rangements have been made as to what is to be done regarding the Rev. Dr. McTavish, of Saskatoon, wh bas accepted a previous call to the King Street church, and who has been transferred from the Saskatchewan conference to the Bay of Quinte confere Mr, Cragg is still out of the and it is possible that there be new developments when he turns. GASE OF MISTAKE abovi may re- IN MAN'S IDENTITY tMan Involved in Eviction Case Was Not Steve Bugye Steve Bugye called at Times office this morning and pointed out that there had heen a case of mistaken identity in con nection with the story published vesterday regarding a problem which faces the city authorities following the sale of an old frame house in the vicinity of. the lake. The occupant of this house, who refuses to be summarily evicted, is Luigi Januzzi. Januzzi is not unlike Bugye in appearance and when seem by a representative of this paper yesterday was mistak- en for the latter. Januzzi is still holding out against eviction, and the problem still remains to be solved as to what is to become of him and his family should the new owners of the building in question either forcibly: eject him or tre home over his head. THREE INJURED IN HIGHWAY WRECK Al- 284% prob- Mrs, of Toronto, May 19, bert Matthews, aged 62, Gainsborough Road, was ably fatally injured about 4 o'- clock yesterday afternoon, and Mrs. Albert Barker, 62, wife of Rev, Albert Barker, rector of Cardinal, and I. Charles Gun- ston,, Norwood, 42, severely cut and bruised, when a car driven by Mr. Gunston collided with a transport truck owned by the Speedy Service System, 1 Croft Street, on the Toronto-Hawmiiton Highway, a short distance west of the Gooderham Manor Farm, of I ft should nee. | city, | 01 The | demolish | Lnited | of | applica- | of | for | inter- | I. S. McLAUGHLIN Who is today acting as host to Their Excellencies the Gover- nor-General and Lady Dess. borough, REfIEF PARCELS GIVEN OUT ARE VERY GENEROUS List of Supplies Given to Needy Families of Much Interest ! 1 very evident that the Re- lief Committee of the City Coun- cil, of which Ald. S. J. Babe is | chairman, are by no means con- | fining themselves strictly to the | bare necessities for the mainten- lance of an existence in drawing up their list of supplies provided to applicants for relief, Parcels of groceries, the distri- bution of which was cosymenced from the Relief Depot this morn- ing, contain a varied assoriment | of foodstuff, parcel being ["made up in sufficient quantities to provide for the wants of differ- ent sized familie The list of articles provided under this new system of relief is as follow Oatmeal, rice, flour, tea, |.prunes, peanut butter, soap, | syrup, begns, corn starch, salt, baking lard, tinned sal- mon, tomatoes, potatoes, hutter, matches and toilet paper. Tickets for bread and milk are also being distributed together with tickets for meat whereby the recipient is given the choice cf either beef, hamburz steak or sausages. In the distribution of meat tie- kets, redeemable ~ at, Buehler's [td., each ticket is good for 1 Id, of meat, the relief applicant being given a week's supply with the op- redeeming the | pounds at one tme if he so wishes or redeeming the tckets by secur- ing meat in any quantity up to the full amount as may be. most convenient th hmself, each cheese, corn powder, | having a | each man, tickets by secur, RECEPTION AT STATION BY LARGE GATHERING OF PEOPLE + - 1is Excellency, Accompani- ed by the Countess of Bessborough, Welcomed by Mayor, Civic Officials and Other Citizens - 'GUARD OF HONOR WAS INSPECTED '0.C.V.I. Cadet Corps Mads a Splendid Showing at Station -- Earl Bess- borough Visits General Motors Plant His Excellency the Covernor General and 'the Countess Bess. borough, who arrived in Oshawa by C.N.R. train from Ottawa at 6.30 o'clock this morning, stepped from their private car in front of t.e station promptly at 10.30 o'- clock thig morning, being greet- ed by a guard of bonour compos- ed of war veterans, the O.¢, and V.I. Battalion of Cadets, and a large crowd of citizens, His Excellency was aceompan- fed by his secretary A. F. Lascel les, and Captain Sir John Child as Aide-de-Camp, his first aet, following the 'royal salute" by the battalion of cadets, being to inspect the war veterans, some twenty-five in number, drawn up under the president of the local branch of the Canadian Legion, M, Mcintyre Hood, His Excellency with every shook hands war veteran on parade word of greeting for while he also spoke to little Teddy Morgan, whose fa- ther and grandfather are both veterans, and who was on parade, His Excellency also made a thorough inspection of the Cadet Battalion, shaking hands with the | Battalion Commander, Cadet-Ma- jor Jack Henley, and warmly con- gratulating him on the appear- ance of his command. Received by Hosts Following these ' ceremonies, which took place on the station platform, Her Excellency Count- ess Bessborough, who until this time, had remained in the back- ground with Mr, Lascelles, join- ed the Governor General, Mr," Lascelles presenting Col, and Mrs. R. 8. McLaughlin, Mayor Thomas Hawkes and Miss Hawkes to Their Excellencies, this group 're- maining in conversation for a few moments before moving on to where the cars were waiting to take them into the business sec- tion of the city, Those Presented A number of prominent citi- zens were also presented to Their Excellencies prior to the proces. sion being formed for their brief motor drive to the plant of Gen- eral Motors, those who were thus honored, in the order in which they were received, being as fol- lows: -- The City Solicitor Col, J. PF. Grierson, K.C.,; Rev, and Mrs. BE. Harston, Ald. Louis Hyman, Rev. A. R, Sanders, Ald. and Mrs John Caunt, Ald. Gordon Nunker, Ald, (Continued on page 3) Magrath and Henry Give Evidence at the Inquiry into Hydro Affairs Toronto; May 19, -- Integrity, the most important factor in the maintenance of conidence in a public institution governed hfs ac- tions in negotiations for the pur- chase of the Madawaska power sites and in the payment of $50,- 000 to Joh Aird, Jr., the Orde Royal Commission into Hydro was told yesterday by C. A. Ma- grath, former chairman of the Ontario Hydro Commission. Because jit was possible for Aird to promote his power de- velopment plan with private in- terests during the period when Hydro's engineers were studying the project and because this was evidenced by the fact that the Gatineau interests had been look- ing at the site, Aird had received the $50,000 fee for allowing Hy- dro a free scope in its direct ne- gotiations with O'Briene, Throughout Aird's earlier trans- action with Hydro there had been no pressure hrought to bear by anyone and no interference with the commission or its engineers. That Aird had aided in the ne- gotiation of the purchase was al- so shown by Mr. Magrath when he recalled that differences had arisen between himsif as negoti- ator for the commission, and the O'Brien interests. At one point the' negotiations seemingly had broken off, only to .he resumed largely because of Alrd's assist. ance. Aird had materially aid- ed in the final scaling down of the price which had been paid by the Hydro to Q'Briens, Mr. Magrath appeared as the first of four witnesses, yesterday, the others peing Premier Georga S. Henry, Hon. J. R. Cooke, pre- sent Hydro chairman, and R. Home Smith, Mr, Home Smith stated that he had been Conser- vative campaign fund treasurer in 1930, did not know who had held that post In 1929 and de- clined to find out for Arthur Slaght, Opposition counsel. He had never received any funds from John Aird Jr, as contribus tions for the party chest. Premier Henry recalled passe ing the order-in-council authorize ing the $66,000 Hydro item which contained 'the _ dishurse- ment to Aird, although he had not known the latter fact at that time, He did not know Aird had received A commission until it was divulged before the parlia- mentary enquiry into Beauhar- nois. He did not know who was Conservative campaign fund trea- surer in the 1929 election, not having been interested in ths fact, ? His testimony was marked by sharp clashes between Mr, Slaght and Commissioner Orde. Several times the commissioner instruet- ed the Opposition counsel to change his line of questioning and accused him of talking to "impress the newspapers." add- ing that it did not impress the bench, At another point Mr, Jus. - tice Orde branded the question ing "impertinence." On each oe- gasion Mr, - Slaght responded warmly, '