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4 | The Osh > aa Dail Succeeding The Oshawa Reformer { VOL. 11--NO. 63 OSHAWA, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1932 iy Times PROBS. Showers Likely Tonight, Cloudy and Cooler Tomorrcw. PRICE THREE CENTS TWELVE PAGES Of 'Horse Judging Outstanding Feature at Oshawa Fair KEEN COMPETITION AS SPLENDID ANIMALS CAME BEFORE JUDGES M. F. Duff and Son of}; Myrtle Had Outstanding Animals in Draught and Agricultural Horse Classes LARGE ENTRY OF LIGHT HORSES Yesterday Afternoon's Judging Program Provid- ed Real Thrill to Lovers ¢/ Good Livestock-- Shorthorn Cattle Awards The judging of some of the farm horse classes, or carriage horses, roadsters, and horses and ponies in harness, occupied the attention of those interested in livestock at the Oshawa Fair yesterday, . Owing to the large number of entries, the judgirg took much jonger than was an- ticipated, but the crowd retained its interest in the judging right to the last, and found the parade of the prize-winning animals one of the interesting events of the Fale, The prizes in the horse classes were. spread over a wide list of entrants. In the draught horse classes, M. F, Duff and Son, of Myrtle took the chief honors winning five first prizes, includ- ing the specia] Massey Harris prize for the best mare or geld- ing, and the prize for the best span of draught horses, R. Ray Melaughlin had the finest mare ther outstan« ding winners were Harry T. James, J. H, Forder, J. W. White, Arthur Welsh and W,_ S. Brage. Repeated Success In the agricultural classes, M J. Duff and Son again repeated their success, having the best team, the first prize three year old, and the best mare or, geld ing. R. Vernon and Son and Ar- thur Welsh figured in the prizes in this section, with T. R. Hal' also winning a share of the mou- ey. The entry of Percherons was extremely large, and the prizes were spread over a wide list, with M. J. Hepburn coming to the top with the best ten of this breed. Thomas Cowan, Bert Glaspell, Beath Farms, Willian: Avery and F. Ormiston and Son were also winners of red ribbons in this department, Spirited Driving Some splendid entries were (Continued on page 9) Japan Recognizes State of Manchukuo (By Canadian Press) Chang-Chun, Sent, 15--The state of Manchukuo, the youngest of the world's commonwealths and born of successful military campaign of the Japanese army in Manchuria last fall, was recornized officially by Japa, today. Premier Cheng and General Muto, special envoy of the Japanese Emperor, signed a docu- ment which calls for a defensive al- Hance between Manchukuo and Ja- pan. Signing of the treaty immediately resulted in China despatching not~ to world powers charging Japan was violating China's territorial sover- eiznty by recognizing the new state, and calling for immediate interna- tional action. and Beef] FLIERS TO ROME ARE MISSING IN MID- ATLANTIC Searching Agencies Fail to Find Any Trace of Aeroplane (By Canadian Press) Rome, Sept. 15.--Every search- ing agency under the control of | the Italian government was set to work today to find the miss- | ing monoplane "American Nurse" with two men and a woman, {who were attempting a non- stop flight from New York to Rome, and who have not been sighted since yesterday morning, when they were 400 miles from Ireland, Their fuel supply was exhausted many hours ago. Fears Expressed Rome, Sept. 15.--Italian air officials expressed apprehension early toay in the absence of any reports of the trans-atlantic plane, American Nurse, after she had been out of New York for 38 hours, The information at Clampino Airport was tNat the ship had gas for 43 hours and should ar- rive in Rome within that time. Fhe air distance tetween Rome and New York is 4,200 miles, and previous.reports on the Am- erican Nurse inarcated that she was making a little less than 100 miles an hour. An eclipse of the moon oeccur- red early last evening, making the route of the fliers over the Mediterranean extremely dark, and it was believed possible they may have lost their way. LOCAL FAMILIES GO TO COCHRANE First Four Men For Land Settlement Leaving Tonight According to information -now definitely received by the com- mittee of the City Council in charge of arrangements for lo cal men to take advantage of the government's relief land settle ment scheme, the Oshawa fam- ilies selected will be located t» gether in one township about seven or eight miles west of Cochrane, It has been found impossible to obtain suitable locations for the Oshawa applicants in the New Liskeard district but, accordipz to government officials who know conditions, the district in the neighborhood of Cochrane is just as good if not better than the district previously selected. A departmental official visited Oshawa this morning for the pur- pose of interviewing other ap- plitants with a view to making up this city's final ten families, while the first three men, one of them accompanied by his son, have already got their railway tickets and leave for the nor'b tonight. Tke pennies that used to go in the bezbies' saving banks now are going ty pay the tax on this and that. REPORT ON RAIL INVESTIGATION MAKES DRASTIC Ottawa, Sept. 15.--Drastic re- commendations, involving the establishment of a railway dicta- torship in Canada and the re- capitalization of the . Canadian National Railways, are contain- ed in the report of the Duff com- mission on transportation, which, after ten months' investigation. submitted its report to the Ben- nett Cabinet to-day. The six main recommendations of the report are as follows: 1. Railway amalgamation fis ruled out. The C.N.R. and C.P. R. are to retain their identities as separate systems. 2 Establishment of an arbitral board of three members, one member to be named by each railway and the chairman by the chairman of the Dominion Rail- Way Commission. { 2. Lopping off of one bijlion dollars of the C.N.R.'s capjtall- Zatfon, leaving the total cHarge | RECOMMENDATIONS at 1,600 million dollars, 4. Reduction in the size of the present 16-member C.N.R. hoard of directors, 5. "Relentless econom:" in the operation of the C.N.R., in- volving the abolition of luxury services, in order that the pub- licly-owned road may eventually pay the carrying charges on its new reduced capitalization. 6. An appeal to the public to test the operation of the C.N.R. on the most economical princi- ples for five years and, if after that the publicly-owned service is found unsatisfactory, that "some other arrangement" be made. The report is understood to be unanimous, signed by Rt. Hon. Lyman P. Duff, chairman of the commission, and all six of his as- sociates, In a 50.000-wor] (Continued on page 3) W. EN. SINCLAIR WELL SATISFIED WITH THE FAIR Co-operation of Citizens in Making It Success Appreciated Mr. W. EN. Sinclair, K.C, M.L.A., president of the South Ontario Agricultural Soclety, when seen this morning, said that he was thoroughly satfsfied with the results of Oshawa Fair. There never had been a Year when it was so hard to hold up the attendance, but the people had responded handsomely, not- withstanding general conditions prevailing. The directors and those in charge of the Fair were to be congratulated upon the success of their efforts, he said. Everything seemed to work well and each part of the Fair took its place. The work which the di- rectors had done during the whole year certainly showed dur- ing the entire Fair, and Mr. Sinclair was very high in his praise of the co-operation of all the directors and those associ- ated with them in connection with the Fair, He also' wished to thank the public for their gener- ous response, and felt that the Fair had shown its right to exist as one of the institutions of the community, when it had come through so successfully under (Continued on page 3) Tax Payments Finance Committee Will Meet to Receive Report on Collections A meeting of the Finance Com- mittee of the City Council has been called for to-night by the chairman, Ald. W. Boddy, when it is expected that the City Treas- urer will table a detailed report regarding the receint of taxes, The fourth {instalment under the new system of making pay- ments was due and pavable at the office of the Tax Collector on September 1, and it is understood that the standard percentage of nayments set for the previous three instalments has been well maintained, although no official information has been released rezarding this matter. There is also a possibility, ae- cording to information given tn this paper. that an attempt will be made ty reopen and reconsid- er the matter of materially re- rucing the amount of this vear's zrant from council to the Cham- ber of Commerce. It will be re- called that at the last mesting of the City Council in regular ses- sion a recommendation from the Finance Committee was adopted reducing the grant to the Cham- ber bv $500, the vote on this question being very close. ONTARIO LIKELY TO HAVE DEFICIT Expenditures - Down by Four Millions, But Rev- * enue Also Drops expected operating surplus of $365,000 for the 'fiscal year ending Oct, 31 next is *"'all shot." Figures for ten months' business, which were made public yester- day by Provincial Treasurer Ed- ward A. Dunlop, indicate -- al- though the phlegmatic Mr. Dun- lop would not admit any such indication--- That when the final summing up is made the Prove ince will not only be unable to balance its Budget, but will be faced with a deficit of consider- able proportions. Only unexpected revenues, The Globe understands, will tide over the deficit situation which is now apparent, and as far as can be learned the only revenues which the Province can tap Fe- tween now and the end of the year have already been covernad by departmental forecasts of the last Legislature session, Revenues Tow Mr. Duniop said vesterday that, while decreases in the con- trollable ordinary expenditure for the first ten months of the financial .year amount to $4. 101.649, revenue for the same period is "disappointly low." Every denartment except two shows drastic reductions in ex- penditure, the reduction in the i Denartment of Highways of $1, ! 281,675 analysis of !the Department of Education of 1 $998,686 being the greatest. and the reduction in Up to Standard | the Retail ! as a prize to the lucky lady hoid- Missing in Flight Over Atlantic STARTED FOR ROME AND NOW BELIEVED LOST Rome lay at the end Of the non-stop cir trail which three of four pictured above hoped to blaze when they hopped off from Floyd Bennett Airport, New York, in the monoplane American Nurse but the plane and its three occupants is nOw long overdue at its destination, and is feared lost in mid-Atlantic. here just before the take-off are, left to right, Miss Edna Newcomer, Williamsport, William Ulbrich, veteran pilot; serve as relief pilot; ers; and Dr. Leon M. Pisculli, studying the reaction of his fellow flyers. Mrs. Stephen Miller, wife Of one of the flight's back New York physician who was making the trip with the avowed purpose of Shown Pa., nurse who was to LUCKY TICKET HOLDERS FAILED TO APPEAR WHEN DRAW WAS MADE AT FAIR c.. Ticket No. 1954 wins Grandfather Clock donated Merchants of Oshawa tie ing. that number, Ticket No. 2322 wins the pony donated by the South Agricultura) Society for the buy oy | | ship was Ontario | or girl who holds the ticket with | that number. These were the results of the prize drawing made in front the. grandstand at the Oshava Fair last night, and Charles FI. Davis, secretary of the waiting for the holders of thes: two tickets to come forward and claim their prizes. When the numbers were called in the presence of easily thousand people, there response, The holders were no! present. But they are allowet until noon on Friday to call the secretary of the Fair, Office, 19 King Street West, claim the awards. If they not claimed by then, ternative numbers be published, and the these can claim the two Lt.-Col. B. J. McCormick, sec retary of the Oshawa Chamber of ' ol to selected | rels, | the draw Fair, ia | | to come on i at his} holders are | the two al- | wit] holders of | prizes. | | | times last night, | five | | drew was 1o| EX-MODERATOR OF UNITED GHURCH T0 VISIT CITY Rev. Dr. E. H. Oliver Will Address Meeting Here Next Wednesday Dr. Edmund H. Oliver, erator of the General Council of the United Church eof Canada, will address a public meeting un- der the auspices of the Oshawa Presbytery in King Sireet United church on Wednesday evening, Sept. 21, at 8 o'clock. Special music will be rendered King St. choir. Dr. Oliver has recently visited the church courts of the Congre- gationals, Methbdists and Pres- byterian churches of Great Brit- ain, and since arriving home has made a tour of the western Cana- dian mission area, including the vast Peace River district. He will have a challenging message and the committee in charzé of ar- rangements for his visit cordial- ly invites the citizens of Oshawa and neighboring communities to hear him on ! Wednesday evening. by 120 KILLED WHEN TRAIN IS WRECKED | Oran, Algeria, Sept. 15.--A troop train carrying 500 officers and members of the famous French Foreign Legion plunged into a ravine near Tiemcen yes- terday and the Havas News Agency sald probably 120 Leg- fonnaires had been killed and an- other 150 seriously injured. The train left the track in the mountainous district between Zelboun and Turenne, and plunged 250 feet to the bottom of the ravine, _ Mod- | charge of the night. May on to have drawn the but his wor in bed, indisposed, » Mrs, Webb, wife of the propria tor of Webb's Revue, gracious'y consented to make the draw. The took ast was numbers, Commerce drawing Hawkes winning 'Would Enforce | | | municating with the Police Com- | | | tickets were enclosed in two bhai- | around ihen the which were rolled stage to mix them up. lids were removed, and made, the the first for tre pon.e severdl for We' Ticket 1954 was from the barrel but there was no re it was read on Then the draw por was made, and Mr out ticket No, 2322, the same resul* Two alternn tive tickets were then drawn out, to he held in reserve in case the of the No lock clock, when prize Up to an early hour this noon, there had been ants for the prizes at tary's office, that winners have until row to secure their forfeit their chances, the the noon awards seCre- Inecky tomo.- s0 FAIR RECEIPTS UP BY OVER $230 FROM LAST YEAR Approximately 130 00 Paid Admissions, But Many Came Over Fence Receipts from the gate and grand stand at the Oshawa Fair wera over $250 more this year than they were last year, in spit of the reduction of grand stand admission to 15 cents, said C. P, Davis, secretary of the Fair, to The Times this morning, The paid attendance. yesterday was wel] in excess of 6,000, being greater than on the previous day, which makes a total of about 13,- 000 paid admissions 'in: the two days Thousands of people, adults as well as children, how- ever, came in through and over the fences, particularly last night and swelled the attendance, witi- out helping the financial returns in any way. Mr. Davis was well satisfied with the results of the fair from a financial standpoint. "We budgetted our expenditures very carefully," he said, "and with our increased receipts, we shoud bn able to come out on top, this year." SUSPECTED OF ROBBERIES Sept. 15. Poliee today held James Brown on a technical charge of vagrancy while they sought to clear up a series of robberies which have alarmed residents of the soulh western section of the city. Brown was remanded in custody for a week when he appeared in police court, Hamilton, Some women are as cool as a one-way kiss first choice tickets | | failed to claim the after- | no claim- | | ing this matter | | the | | not nearer "4 | | | + | ly enforce the Yegulations, Regulations Authorities Would Step Automobiles Pass- ing Standing Cars The civie authorities are com- mission with a view to a strict- er enforcement of the traffic regulations which prohibit auto- mobiles from passing a standing street car. The Hizhway Traffic Act reads, in part, as follows regard- "Where a person....in charge of a vehicle....overtakes a street car or a car of an electrie railway. ...which is stationary for the purpose of taking on or discharging passengers, he shall pass the ear or approach than six feet measured hack from the rear or front emn- trance or exit as' the case may he." Ald. Clifford Harman has voiced condemnation of the man- ner in whien automobile drivers are observing this regulation, and as a result the City Conneil will ask the local police to strict- -- | Australian Raisins in Huge Shipment Toronto, Sept. 15.--A practi- cal instance of the development of intra-Empire trade was re- ported yesterday by the National Grocers Company, Limited. The company reports the clearing of one of the largest shipments of seedless raisins and currants ever to come to Canada from Australia, Compris- ing 28,145 packages, weighing 1,572,940 pounds, equal to a train of 53 cars with a loading of 30,000 pounds per car, the ship- ment left Melbourne, Australia, on the Canadian National steam- ship Canadian Constructor on July 11, and docked at Montreal Sept. 7. This is the fifth shipment re- ceived this year by National Grocers, and a sixth shipment is reported en route via 8.8. High- lander. The company state the quality of Australian raisins and currents is entirely satisfactory. Pension Inquiry to Open Sept. 20 Ottawa, Sept. 15.--To investi- gate the operation of the Sol- diers' Pensions Act and recom- mend any changes found neces- sary, a committee of twelve, headed by Mr, Justice Thibau- deau Rinfret of the Dominion Supreme Court and comprised mainly of men who saw service overseas, will' open sittings here next Tvesday, Sew. 20. Whether the committee's sit- tings will be. public or private and what witnesses will he eall- ed to tell of the alleged ineffici- encies of the present act are questions which will not be set- tled until the first meeting on Tuesday. The committee will meet in the Daly Building here where the pensions department is located. They never seem to 'have much success decreasing the wages of IN BLAZE R. 5. WLAUGHLIN DELIGHTED WITH HIS RACE VICTORY Was All Smiles on Receiv- ing Clarendon Trophy at Thorncliffe Comnienting on the victory of 7 S. McLaughlin's Happy Hopes 1. the race for the Clarendo, Plate at Thorncliffe Race Track yester- day, the sports cditor of the Tor- onto Mail and Empire writes as tol. lows : "There's one ma, who wilt not forget the 1932 running or the Clar- endon Plate at Thorncliffe Park He's R. S. McLaughlin, the Osh- awa sportsman and owner of Happy Hopes, the winner, for yesterday he received his biggest thrill since he acquired his raclng stable some three years az0, Needless to say he was all smiles after the finish when he received his handsome sil- ver con and amid the many con- gratulations all he could say was "Wasn't that a wonderful race my horse ran' "History probably reneated In the running of the Clarendon Plate. Last year Shady Well, who, like Happy Hopes, had No. 1 post posi- tion, was pinched back at the start and then came from last place to win by a nose from Queensway. It was not as large a field as that of yesterday, when by the consent ot a!! the owners, thirtcen were allow- ed to start, "Neither Mr. McLaughlin nor Trainer Harry Giddings were wor- ried .when Happy Hopes ran into trouble at the first tur, for he's a long-striding colt or to be exact, gelding, and it takes him some time to get into his stride. Thev were worried, however, when Happy Hopes was badly sloughed at the five-furlong pole and knocked back to third last place, but their disap- (Continued on page 3) CITY HAS CLAIM FOR BACK TAXES Oshawa Creditors Listed in Bishop Bethune College Statement Further information which has become available regarding the assignment made yesterday bv the Bishop Bethune College Com- pany shows that a number of Oshawa concerns are included as large creditors, as well as the City of Oshawa, which has an unsecured claim for $1,545 on account of taxes, Preliminary statement filed by the college indicates an indebted - ness of $122,319. Secured claims total $53,405, made up of bonds secured by mortgage am- ounting to $16,283; Canadiar Bank of Commerce, $16,800; an! a mortgage payable to the Thom- as estate (Oshawa), 25,322. The Sisterhood of St. John the Divine (Toronto), who are credi- tors of the College Compauy to the extent of $25,000, nominated H. T. Jamieson & Company, here, who have been custodian manag. ers of the school. Among the unsecured are: Headmistress and teachers, $3,600; H. T. Jamieson & Com- pany, $6,904; A. S§ Swail (Osh awa), $2,608; W. 8. A. Pate, (Oshawa), $1,268; the Great A" lantic & Pacific Tea Company. claims_| HAWA FAIR COMPLETE SUCCESS GREAT GATHERING AT FAIR AS IT CLOSED OF GLORY Aftendance on Closing Day Was Even Greater Than on Tuesday, and Assur. ed Success of 1932 Fair VARIED PROGRAM APPRECIATED Scene at Grandstand Last Night Was Impressive as Great Multitude . of People Saw Evering Per. formance With a great gathering of ci'i- zens, young and old, in attend- ance, even surpassing the number who attended on the previous night, the Oshawa Fair for 1932 came to a close last night in a blaze of glory and with the fond- est expectations of the president, officers and directors more thu realized. At least ten thousand people passed through the gates --or came over the fence--!f'r the Fair yesterday, and the paid admissions were well over the high mark which was set [or Tuesday afternoon and evening. The climax of the Fair was rea- ched last night, when a great multitude of people filled the grandstand and created a dense crowd in front of it to see the closing program. It was a spec- tacle worth seeing to look out from the platform on that great sea of faces, reaching to the up: permost tier of the grandstand, and filling in the whole interven- ing space in a solid mass. Around on both sides of the platform ths crowd was packed as tightly ps human beings could be packed, and on every face was a look of supreme enjoyment. A Fitting Finish It was a fitting finish to a great day at the fair. Earlier the crowd had been thrilled by ths horse races, had taken a keen in- terest in the judging of harness and agricultural horses out in front, and had expressed admira- tion for the splendid parade of prize-winning live stock Over in the former poultry building, the baby show was a great attraction, : and provided a feature that was popular.. The buildings and ten's were filled to capacity, and the midway was well patronized, pa~- ticularly after the fireworks di-- play was over and the thousands of people thronged the midwav for enjoyment of the last hour or two of Oshawa Fair, It was a great day for the Fair, and the citizens showed their loyal sup- port by turning out in theie thousands to help make it a suc- cess. The crowd in the grandstand in the evening was splendidly ei. tertained by Webb's Musical Re- vue, and it certainly was a smart performance. The comedy sketches were particularly en- joyed, while the singing and dancing, the antics of the clown acrobat, and the feats of the tra- (Continued on page 2) Car Ferries May Resume Service Cobourg, Sept. 15.--On ac- count of the depression this sum- mer, one of the car ferries which ply between Cobourg and Gene- see Docks, the port of 'Rochester, N.Y., has been tied up owing to freight shortage, but it is said will shortly "be placed back in New York State have purchased 2,000 carloads of pulpwood in $1,600; City of Oshawa, $1,545 on taxes account, The book vaiue of the real es tate is given as $129,603. A Northern Ontario, which is to be routed via Cobourg and car ferries. This move will put back to work about thirty men. Sept. 15. Laid waste by fire which roared its way through flimsy: dwellings and stores, this straggling village on the shores of Lake George was a ruin of smoking, blacken- ed embers last night, as 300 homeless inhabitants took stock of the damage, which may total well over half a million dollars Many of the homeless found shelter at Blind River, 12 miles away; while others were looked after on the outskirts of Spragge. Faced with a serious shortage of food, the building containing the supplies having fallen a prey to the fire, word was sent to Blind River and at once' carloads of food and clothing were dispateh- ed. Spragge, Search For Victims Struggling to bring some order out of the chaos, relief organiza- sine tions wera looking after the vie NORTHERN ONTARIO TOWN BURNS AND THREE HUNDRED ARE HOMELESS tims last night, giving them fooa and finding them shelter witn those families whose homes es: caped destruction. As the wal of flame, feeding upon some 10 million feet of lumber, sprea: across the village, consuming. al in its path, residents hastily gath. ered together their' belongings and trekked out to nearby town: or villages, driving their live stock before them, Whipped by a strong wind flames from the J! J. McFadder Lumber yards at the east end >! the village swept through the paralyzed village, destroying 3( homes, two warehouses, a gen: era] store owned by the lumber company, garage, hote; and tw boarding houses, as well as ba tween eight and 10 million fe» of lumber stored in: Yard D where the blaze originated.