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A Growing Newspaper in a Growing City Succeeding The Oshawa Reformer OSHAWA, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1932 Partly Cloudy and Warm Probably Local ' | Showers "SIX PAGES NCIL ECONOMY MOVES DEBATED Former Alberta Minister Agriculture Looks World Economic ference to Continue Work Started at Otta EXPRESSES DOUBT AS TO. RESUL Speaker Claims Baco! J RAIL CHARGES ON FUELS REDUCED | Chamber of Commerce Secures Lower Rates for Coal and Coke A material reduction in the charges made for carrying coal Fruit and Dairy Produ Preferences Will Be Little Benefit to Ca adian Producers Claiming that many newspapers and individuals were making an unwarranted "ballyhoo" over the Sesults of the Imperial Economic Conference, Duncan Marshall fcrmer minister of agriculture for Alberta and Canadian live stock commissioner, gave the Rotary Club at its luncheon yesterday, his views on the situation. No one could teli exactly what was going to happen, he said, until the complete agre:- rients, with all their details, wer: 'aig before the Canadian and Bri- tish parliaments, and until that tine, he felt, it would be wis: to 1 rerve comments. Mr, Marshall gave an interesting view ot the world situation as it affects ugri- culture, the address being delivered in his usual breezy manner, and he was warmly applauded at the close of his fessage. . Marshall's Address Mr. Marshall who was introduced by W. M. Gilbert, plunged right into the problemi of the Imperial conference, "It is difficult to know 'exactly what happened," he. said, "because none of the governments have disclosed the exact conditions under which they separated. Until the Canadian and British parlia« ments meet, we can only have a general knowledge of what tran- spired, and of what the results are going to be." Referring to an address given by Lord Hailsham in Toronto last reek, Mr. Marshall said he agreed with the view taken by his lordship, ghat the real work of the confer- ence was found in the fact that it had set the world an example, it had shown the world how a num- ber of nationg with high protective tariffs had been able to get together and-decide that trade could be more profitably carried on within the Empire. If this could be taken as a lead by the world economic con- ference at Geneva next month, and hat conference work on a similar basis, then, he believed, the world ould secure some results from the movement in which the British Em- pire had led the way, "There are jo many prohibitions of trade be- ween nations," he said, "that the rade of the world has dried up be- ore our eyes." The Wheat Situation Touching on the wheat situation, Mr, Marshall said he did not agree ith those who contended that too much wheat was being grown in anada. "The farmers of Canada," said, "should go on growing all} he wheat they can every year, be- | (Continued on page 5) 3 TO RESUME WORK "Lindsay, --It has been announced hat the local plant of the Indus- rial Alcohol, Limited, will resuine bperations at the end of the month, nd will take on a staff of twenty men. "The plant will operate all vinter. and coke to Oshawa on the raii- ways has recently been put into effect following long months of | sftece, Io effort by the Oshawu | Chamber of Commerce. The charges on coal from Mor 'real to Oshawa by rail has now heen fixed at $1.95 per ton, a reduction of 25 cents per ton be- ing put into effect by both the C.N.R. and C..R. In addition to this. reduction the C.N.R. has fix- ed a rate of $1.05 for coke fron Hamilton to Oshawa, a reduction of 25c a ton as compared with the old rate of $1.40 and it is expected here that the C.P.R. wil; follow suit very shortly with a similar rate. The reason for the amended charges is not far to sesk witn thousands of tons of coal and coke being hrought to this city by water for distribution through- out the district by the larger companies, and the redurea rate follows the establishment of the Oshawa Harbour as an active centre of distribution, TELLS OF GROWTH OF TELEPHONES H. M. Black Gave Brief Address to Local Rotary Club H. M. Black, manager of the Bell Telephone Company for Osh- awa, gave an interesting five-min- ute talk on the developmeat of the telephone at the Oshawa Ro- tary (lub yesterday, Harking back to the time when he enter- ed the gervice of the csuipany 35 years ago, Mr. Black told of the limited facilities and use of the telephone system in those days contrasting it with the speedy and cfficient service of todays. At the present time, he said, 82 per cent of al] long distanca calls can be comnleted without the pers.n calling having to hang up the re ceiver, There had also been great improvements in the hand- ling of the wires. At Oshawa, there are 14.400 wires entering the local exchange, yet there i= no indication from the outside that it is a telephone building. Some 24,000 calls a day, he said, are made through the local ex- change. Mr. Black had a few words to say on the problem of wrong numbers, showing that in mang cases the person calling the num- ber-and not the operator, was to blame, TRANSIENT TRADER FINED Cornwall. --George Krahchuk, or Cornwall, appeared before Mawis- trate McCormick at Winchester re- , charged with doing business ransient trader in the village lliamsburg. He was convicted med $100, which is the amonnt fF license necessary, as wel! as gular fine of $10 and costs. TORONTO PAPER'S STGRRY ON BISHOP BETHUNE COLLEGE fWAS INCORRECT An item in the Toronto Telc ram last night, stating that a ing of the Bishop Bethune ollege Alumnae Association a8 being held at the home of irs. Stanley Wedd, 179 Spadina Road, Toronto, to discuss the possibility of re-opening tho hool, aroused a considerable mount of interest in Oshawa. n conversation with Mrs. Wedd his" morning, however, Ths mes learned that fhe item 1, Telegram was entirely incor. Bt in 80 far ag it referred ft. he Bossthe re-opening of the ol. "4The meeting," said Mrs. Wedq he Times, was called to djs- whether or not we should piitinue to carry on the Bishop ethune College Alumnae Ass) tion, and nothing else, Wa no thought of trying to ds By hing with regard to re- -open- §: the school, It is too late that now. Oshawa had an unity of helping to keep ool open, but did not take 'age f it, so it is too Jate to erested now. The Alum- ssociation, however, decid- continue in existence, and io holgd periodical functions of reunion for old girls of the school} - Mrs, oppor the sc advan be int nae A ed to Wedd also intimated that the meting at her home last night Was held to make plans tor a suitable recognition of the ser- vices df Miss: M. Oughterson. headmistress of tHe college for the la three years, before he- depart re for England in a few avs' tRme. "The departure of Miss Ought erson," fi sald Mrs. Wedd, "is a real loss to Canada, and we al: felt magre sorry than we coud express ff that she is leaving. Sh» was newer really apnraciated in shawaf@ and ypur city has Jos an outstganding woman in her d= parture. q [SHANA MAN IS COMMITTED FOR TRIAL AT WHITBY Cecil J. Murphy Will Come Before October Session of Supreme Court Whitby, Sept. 20.--Cecil J. Murphy, of Oshawa, was com- mitted for trial by a higher court by Magistrate J. E. Willis in Whitby Police Court on Monday afternoon when he was given a preliminary hearing on a charge of committing a serious offence against an Oshawa girl. The of- fence is alleged to have been committed on the night of Au- gust 5 in the township of Whit- by. Murphy, through his counsel, J. P. Mangan, of Oshawa, plead- ed not guilty, The court heard evidence from Dr. F. J. Done- van of Oshawa who, at the re- quest of the girl's parents, made an examination on August 6 and August of Dr. Howell, in charge of the department of pathology at the Oshawa Genera] Hospital, and the girl and her parqnts, Crown At- torney McGibbon appeared for the crown. Murphy was commit- ted to ther Whitbv jail bail, sions of the Supreme Court Whitby in October, 9. Plans Announced For Brotherhoo? Outstanding Speakers Will Be Heard at Meetings on Sunday Afternoons At a meeting of the officers and exccutive of the Christian Social Brotherhood, held last night at the home of the secretary, A. Cook, de- finite progress was reported with the arrangements made tor the op- ening meeting of the Brotherhood on Sunday, October 2, in the New Martin Theatre. It is expected that an outstanding speaker will be se- cured for this opening meeting. which is open to all men of the community, regardless of race, creed or denominational affiliation. The musical features of the opening meeting have been arranged, and it is planned to have every Sunday afternoon session bright and snap- py, with outstanding speakers giv- ing addresses making a practical application. of the principles of Christianity to the social problems of the present day, Keen interest has already been aroused In the plans for the crea- tion of the Brotherhood, and a large number of interested men of the community have come forward and volunteered their services to the officers in order to help make it a success. At last night's mecting strong ex- ception was taken to an item in the "Town Crier" column in The Times, suggesting that the Brotherhood was being operated by the Central Ratepayers Council, This, it was pointed out, is not the case, as the Brotherhood is an entirely separate organization, with a nuwber of of- ficers and members who have no connection 'with the Central Rate- payers' Council, COUPLE INJURED IN CAR ACCIDENT Car Ran Into Truck on the Provincial Highway at Harmony A serious accident occurred be- tween eleven and twelve o'clock last night in the immediate vic- inity of Hart's Hill, three or four miles east of this city, when a Ford 1929 coach collided with the rear end of a large truck car- rying a road roller. The tryck, with its load, took up a considerable portion of the travelled surface of the highway but had a man riding on the rear end who signalled the danger for the benefit of approaching trafic. The Ford car, however, failed to clear in overtaking and left most of its superstructure on the truck after" the collision which ensued. The occupants of the car, Mrs. E. J, Lankin and her nephew. of Toronto, suffered from severe cuts and bruiscg about the head and arms, They were attended by Dr. F. J. Rundle who was called to the gcene and removed to the General Hospital here in Arm- strong's ambulance. The injured woiran's husband came to Oshawa this morning and with the approval of Dr, Rundle both she and her nephew were removed tO their home in Toronto, You couldn't wish to see a happier Mollison, British "i.one Eagle" first westward solo flight, | without | to wait for trial at the ses- | at | of the executive Oshawa Branch A resolution rommittee of the of the Canadian Legion, protest- | ing against the fact that the war veterans of Oshawa are not rep- resented on the recently ap pointed Public Welfare Board wa read at last night's meeting »f | the city councip and referred to the . Public Welfare Doard [or | consideration The resslution, adopted unant mously by the members of the local Legion branch Septepi- ber 15, was read as follows: The Resolution "Whereas a very large propor- tion of the families in distress in | Oshawa at the present time are | tamilies of war veterans, who have special problems to meet and who have been placed in a special class: i "The executive of the Oshawz Branch of the Canadian Legion | strongly protests against their being no direct representative of the war veterans on the Public Welfare Board, and respectfully | calls. the attention of the ei'y counci} and the Citizens' Advis- | ory Relief Committea tg: the re quest made some time ggo, ash- ing that our president, Mr. M McIntyre Hood, bs appointed to | this body as a representative of | the war veterans, and asks taat | further consideration be given | by the bodies mentioned to this | request, and that the Oshaw: Branch of the Legion be advis. al on this | Council of Ratepayers, BACK TOGETHER AGAIN ¢ bride and bridegroom than James who conquered the Atlantic in the and Aimee Johnson his flying wife, who met him on board ship on his rcturn to Southamptong Legion Asks Representation of | Veterans on Welfare Boar | nake up the ision of the counci: Advisory Ie as to the doc and the ('tizens' lief Committee." Worth Consideration A covering lett r from the sec retary the Jegion, C. A. Ver moen, also a to council in which as stated "In sending on before youn our f els that it Is worthy of the most ¢orious consideraion "Our president, as you may know, has had a wide experien-e in handling relief cases not only from a local standpoint but also from the standpoint of securiug assistance from various depart- ments of the Government, We feel sure that his services wou'a be valual to the Public Wel- fare Boa In disc, Boddy stated, number of would like tives on Board but bers had limits, "When the hoard gets down tc business it will be appointitg of was it w resoint! executive ssing this matter, Ald. "There may be a organizations who to have represen'a the Public Welfare the number of mem- to be kept within | different committees to carry out various phases of relief work. and I have no doubt that this re- auest from the Legion will re- ceive every consideration, The hoard may possibly also cal} on orzanized labor, the Centra' and such assistance in ils 3) like bodies for (Continued on. page Moderator Here Tomorrow Night| Speak in King Street United Church | Tomorrow evening the citizens of Oshawa will have the opportuniey of listening to an address by one of the outstanding churches of Ca- nada in the person of the Rev. Dr. E. H. Oliver, moderator of the Un- ived Church of Canada, whose term of office in that capacity expires at the General Council meeting in Hamilton next weck. Dr. Oliver is to speak at a mass meeting in the King = Street United Church on Wednesday evening at cight o'clock and those who heard him on his previous visit to Oshawa will be anxious to hear him again, His visit to Oshawa tomorrow has been 'arranged by Rev. Dr. R. I.. McTavish, of King Street United Church, who was a fellow-minister wir Dr. Oliver when the moderat- or was stationed In Saskatoon, It is emphasized that this meeting is open to the nublic, irrespective of affiliation with the United Church of Canada. Ministers Pian For Thanksgiving Day At yesterday's meeting of the Oshawa * Ministerial ~~ Association, held in Simcoe . Street United Church, arrangements were made to hold a umon Thanksgiving Sei- vice in St. Andrew's United Church at 1030 a.m. on the morning of Thanksgiving Day, which is to be observed on Monday, October 19. The speaker will be Rev. R. Lorne McTavish, of King Street United Church, Rev. Mr. Harrington and Rev. Mr. Oulett were present and ad- dressed the meeting in the interests of the Canadian Bible Society, Inquest Held on Infant Child Rev. Dr. E. H. Oliver To No Clues Yet on Identity of Baby Found Dead Near - Pickering (Special to r he Times) Pickering, Sept. 20.--At an in- quest held last night to investi- gate the circumstances sur- rounding the death of an infant whose body was found by one of the summer cottagers at the Rouge River on September 8, the jury returned a verdict to the ef- fect that the child came to its death by violence by the hand of some unknown person, The cause of death was given as a fractur- ed skull and internal injuries. Dr, G. I. Bird of Oshawa gave evidence as to the findings of the autonsy which he conducted. and the finder of the body told of discovering it in a small hox near his summer cottage No evidence was available which would give anv clue as to the identity of the child, or the person or persons resnonsible for its death, Dr. Cariwright, of Pickering, as coroner, presided over the in- quest, Why Mixed Farming Won't Do in the West Apropos of the impossibil- ity of establishing mixed farming in some sections of Western Canada, Duncan Marshall, former minister of azriculture for Alberta, told a good story at the Oshawa Notary Club yesterday. He told of , visiting a. farmer near Moose Jaw, and finding that he had to draw water four miles to feed his horses. "Why don't you dig a well?" he asked the farmer. "What's the use. It's thh game distance," came unex- pected reply. | names of the NITHER PARTY OF SETTLERS HAS LEFT FOR NORTH Four Men Went on Train for Cochrane Last Night Steve Bugye, 18 Prince Street; Alois Foglton, 252 Annis Street; Elmer V/, Clark, 381 Olive Avenue: and Van Trevail, 777 Rowena Stteet, left at elght o'clock last night for Cochrane under the gov- ernment's relief land settlement plan. All these men will be followed north by their wives and families as soon as provision has been made tor their shelter and comiont. The nen were seen off at the sta- tion, and bidden "God-speed" by the members of the special committee of the city council charged with completing arrangements for their departure, Ald, Hyman, Ald, Bunker and Ald. Ferguson, The heads of seven Oshawa fan- ilies have now left for the district of Cochrane where they are being settled on the land, while it is ex- asected that full approval of the three other men to complenient of ten will he given by the provincial commit- 'ce almost immediately, Gar Wood Makes New Speed Mark Covers Measured Mile at Speed of 124.91 Miles Per Hour Algonac, Mich, Sept. 20. Gar Wood, speedboat pilot, drove his Miss America X over a meas- ured mile in the St. Clair River here today at a speed of 124.01 miles an hour to recapture from Kaye Don, British pilot, "the world's hydroplane speed recor. Don, who failed a fortmgit ago to take the Harmsworth Trophy from Wood and Miss An.- erica X,' established a record of 119.756 miles at Lock Lomond, Scotland, on July 18 last, Wood went after the record this morning with little prelim- inary tuning up. Despite a driz- zle of rain he roared up stream and swinging around, shot his 48-cylinder craft downstream even faster. Official timers then announced he had set the world's record exactly 5.16 miles per hour faster than the old mark. Wood started to make another trial but stopped after three miles and intimated he was sat- isfied with the new record for the present, G. D. Conant will Speak at 'Forum' At a meeting of the commit- tee in charge of the "Open For- um' conducted by the Central Ratepayers' Association, held last night, arrangements were made for the meeting in Centre Street School on Thursday evening. The subject which will be discussed is "How to End the Depression in a Practical Way', and , the chief speaker for thjs occasion will be Gordon D. Conant, ex-mayor of Oshawa and past president of the Oshawa Chamber of Commerce. ! The following sneakers will be S, G. Carnell and R. Stewart, This subject will be followed up by another discussion' along somewhat similar lines on the following Thursday, when M. Mec- Intrys Hood, editor of the Osh- awa Times, will lead the discus- sion on the subject. "When will the Depression End?" The citi- zens of Oshawa are cordiallv in- vited to attend these meetings and join in the discussion. Board Appointed to Consider Appeal (By Whitby Editor) Whitby, Sept. 20.--The first sitting of the Board of Arbitra- tion appointed by the Ontario Government to hear the appeal of the township of Reach against the equalized assessment bylaw passed by the Ontario County Council at its June session will be held at the court house here on Thursday. The court is com- posed of His Honor Judge Rud- dy, Whithy; His Honor Judge Swayze, of Lindsay, and Dr. James Moore, registrar of the County of Ontario. This afternoon, a special ses- sion of the county council is be- ing held at the court house to make arrangements for its de- fence against the Reach town- ship appeal. "Remember to be calm in ad- COMING TO OSHAWA REV. DR. E .H. OLIVER Moderator of the United Church of Canada, who is to address a meeting in the King Street United Church on Wednesday evening of this weck. NOTICE IS GIVEN T0 FARM TENANTS BY CITY COUNCIL 2 greement Reached by Ar- bitrators on Damage Dena to City Farmi/ 35% The report of the Prgperty and Fire Protection Committee of the City Counci] as submitted last night by the chairman, Ald. G. T Morris, and adopted by counci' read as follows: "That the request for a light opposite Drew St. be not granted. "That the letter from Messrs. Conant & Annis be received and filed and that they be notified that the Council has no author- ity to allow any rebate on local improvements, "That Arnold Bros. be grant:d the sum of $75 as awarded by the majority of the arbitrators. "That the tenants of the Cily Farm be given six months' nu- tice to vacate the farm; notice to be given prior to October 1st, 1932, pursuant to the terms of the lease. : "That the petition re trucks on streets from the properiy owners in the vieinity of Elm and Celina Streets be referred to the Police Commission for ac- tion, SRR. 5 Finding Agreed To In discussing this report so far as it affects the Arnold Brothers, tenants of the city farm, Ald. Harman asked, "has Mr. Goedike signed this recom- mendation of the arbitrators as wel] ag Mr _ Stacey and Mr. John- ston?" being informed that this bfinding was agreed to by Mr. Stacey and Mr. Goedike. Ald. Harman moved that the two clauses regarding the civy farm tenants be referred back to the committee; stating, "I am of the opinion, that if the Arnold Brothers had made no claita for damages against the city they would not have been asked to g=t out, It is not fair, If this council wanted them to get off the farm why did it spend so much money last year in building a barn for them." Seek Other Tenants Ald. Morris '-- "We did nt build a barn for the Arnol1l 305 STAFF CHANGES ARE CRITICIZED; CHARGE OF RAILROADING MADE | Ald. Boddy Denies Charge, and Motion to Rescind Previous Dzcisions Was Defeated by Vote of 7 to 5 COMMERCE CHAMBER GRANT DISCUSSED Council, by Same Vote, Sticks to Its Former De- cision to Cut of $500 Still Owing on City's Pledge Quite a lengthy discussion centred around the last clause of . the Finance Committee's report as submitted by Ald. W. Boddy at/last night's regular meeting of the City Council, while this clause gave rise to further discussion ind a motion for the re-ccnsider- ation of other clauses contained in the report of the same com- mittee submitted and approved on September 6. The clause in last night's re- port read as follows: "That F., B. Goedike, city en- gineer, be appointed plumbing and sanitary inspector, the du- ties of that office to be assumed by Mr. Goedike on termination of the services of the present in- spector." In- speaking of this clause, and introducing a motion that it be struck out, Ald. Kirby - stated "after the regular meeting of September 6 comment was made in the local press by the 'Town Crier" on the fact that I did not express any opinion when the vote was called on this matter, I want to say, in explanation, that A the recommendation of the Fi« nance Committee at that time caught me in a position where I was not ready t> vote or express any opinion, I admit that I ought, nossibly, to have vacated my geat, but I will not vote just to please one or two people. I want to vote according to my own con- sidered opinion, not on the spur of the momen® "I am now ready to express my opinion of the whole transace tion and also t'> vote, Situation Ahsurd "This council is trying to act too much on the cheap side," said Ald. Kirby. "The real mean. ing of scme of these motions is not so much economy as some- thing else, Some men are rather too willng to be over-burdened with work rather than be let out, or go on a half-time basis of em~ ployment. The whole situation is absurd. We are taking a very low-down procedure when we dis- charge our sanitary inspector and put his duties bn the city engi- neer, What right have we got to take a man's private business and circumstances into consider- ation when we consider such a matter? I feel that there must be some grudge lying in a corner somewhere. We are lowering the calibre of our civic employees when we take such an action as that which is now contemplated. Move to Refer Back > "I will move, seconded by Ald. Crandall, that fhis clause be struck out of the report, and this motion will be followed later on hy another which will deal with this matter," said Ald. Kirby, Ald. Hyman: 'I was one of those who sponsored a motion at the meeting of September 6 to the effect that this matter be re- ferred back to the committee for further consideration, If this mo- tion of Ald. Kirby's--is adopted we have no sanitary inspector, I feel that the proper thing to do would be to move that the clause under consideration be referred back rather than struck out." Ald. Cawker: "I am not in fa- vour of the clause of this report. In the first place I cannot under- stand how the committee hrought in th~ recommendation of Sep- (Continued on page 3) (Continued on page 3) AWAIT GOVERNMEN T APPROVAL OF OSHAWA'S PUBLIC WELFARE BOARD No formal approval has ye! been received from the Ontar'c government by this city regard- ing the personnel of the Publix Welfare Board as appointed by the city council on the recom- mendaljon of the citizens' advis- ory relief committee at a speciil meeting held on September 12. The names of all tha appoint erg have been submitted to the proper department of: the gov- ernment and appioval of the ap- pointments is believed to be ne- cessary before the Board can «i ganize and take over the admiu- istration of direct relict from the City Council. The recommendation of (he provincial advisory committee on direct relief, as contained in 1's versity." -- Horace, forma] report upon , which tia Government's policy is based, reads, in part, relative to the appointment of such a Board: "It is suggested that the minimum of municipal relief organization should be such a Public Welfare Board composed of a sufficient number of citizens to properly conduct welfare administration in each municipality and who, at the option of the provincial gov- ernment, shall be representative of tho sources from which the funds are supplied." The words "at the option of the pr8vincia] government," ave interpreted by the Mayor and city officials as indicating that appointments to such a board should receive thes sanction and approval of the Provincial Gov- ernment before the Board be- comes active, [