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The Osh Ee A Growing Newsparer in a Growing City | awa Daily Times VOL T1--NO. 128 OSHAWA, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1932 PRICE THREE CENTS A REEVE LAVIS HEADS RELIEF BOARD > - British Note to United States Suggests Tariff War SIGNIFICANT WARNING CONTAINED IN SECOND DEBT PAYMENT NOTE Britain States Case in Favor| of Postponement of Debt Payment in Unmistake- able Language WOULD RESTRICT IMPORTS FROM U.S. Note Reviews Conditions Under War Debts Were Contracted and Points to Extent of Great Bri- tain's Sacrifice London, Dec. 2.--The new British note to the United States on war debts last night contains a carefully worded, but none the less significant, warning that if the United States insists upon payment of the Dec. 15 instal- ment the United Kingdom will be forced to take measures re- stricting imports of American goods. It was ' emphasized in high Government circles last night that while in the new note the British argument for suspension of the payment is fully stated and supported by facts and fig- ures, the greatest care has been taken to put it into unprovoca- tive form. But the note deals in no uncertain terms with the re- lative experiences of Britain and the United States so far as war debts are concerned. Not Like Commercial Loans Stressing the fundamental dif- ference between these inter-gov- ernmental debts and commercial loans raised on foreign markets for productive purposes, the re- port states: = 'Reparations and war loans represent expenditure on destruction. Such expendi- ture, instead of producing a slow and steady accumulation of wealth, destroys in a few hours stored-up riches of the past . . . They have left behind nothing but fresh complications and per- plexities." The note follows the United States' negative reply to the first British request for suspension of the payment due on December 15, which is of $95,550,000, in- cluding principal of $30,000,000. It makes no actual declaration whether in the event of insist- ence by the United States, the payment will be met, although it points out payment would dis- tract exchanges at the present time. "His Majesty's Governmefft trust that the full statement of their views which they have now made will demonstrate clearly," the note concludes, "the ground upon which their request was based, namely their own pro- found conviction that a resump- tion of the war debt payments as (Continued on page 3) GOVERNMENT TO INVESTIGATE Deputation Whitby Received Assur- ance From Premier The deputation from the town- ship of East Whitby which inter- view.d Premier George S. Henry in Toronto yesterday, have returned home very encouraged at the re- sults of their «efforts and satisfied that the Provincial Government will investigate the coamnlaints which were laid before Mr, Henry. The deputation was composed of S. Bradley, A. Turner, J. Smith, Mrs, Sparrow and Mrs. Rollo, and a full renort of the interview will he submitted at thc next regular meeting of the ratepayers, called by the Westmount Ratenayers Associ ation, to be held on Tuesday. night of next week in Westmount Public School. - : Speakine to The Times this morning Mr. Bradley stated that the deputation wos "pleased and encouraged" with thc mest sympa- thetic and courteous tre~tment ex- tended to them bv Premicr Henry, and that the individual members were convinced that results would ensue. Boys Doing Good ; Work For Welfare Splendid reports continue to come in from the boys who are co-operating in the sale of tickets for the Welfare Campaign car contest, thousands of these tick- ets having already been sold. stanley Parker, who is taking charge of the details of this part of the campaign, and. is working hard to make it a success, re- ports that about one hundred boys have already made returns, some of them two and three times, and that the sale of tickets is excellent. There are still about twenty-five boys who have not reported, and . Mr Parker would like them to come in and report to him as soon as possible, With the service clubs, mem- bers of the Canadian Legion, and other citizens also assggling fn the sale of tickets, the" car contest is. expected tn provide a substantial amount of revenue for the welfare fund. Knitting . d'.. can be straight- ened out bw placing them in the steam of the kettle; straighten them and dip into cold water to set, Times' Classified Ads. Get Results. Charge Against R. Walter Dismissed; Crown Attorney to Lay New Charge: His Worship Magistrate Creigh- ton in City Police Court yesterday afternoon dismissed the charge of breaking and entering the store of M. H. EE and stealing goods therefrom which was preferred against Russell Walters of Toronto. J. A. McGibb..., Crown Attorney, for Ontario County, who prosecuted the case intimated, however, that he would instruct the Chief Con- stable to lay a charge of perjury against' Walters. Charges of break- ing and entering laid against George McBrien and Hugh Petrie "were withdrawn by the Crown but Mr, McGibbon stated that he would lay charges of being "accessories after' the act" arainst Russell Walters and Hugh Petrie under section 71 of .*- Criminal Code. At the morning session of the colirt Russell Walters after taking the oath was placed on the stand to give evidence regarding the admis- sibility of a statement taken by To- ronto police officers at Claremont Police Station after the men were placed under arrest, At that time Walters claimed he did not know what he was under arrest for and claimed that he was threatened, At the afternoon session he was again called to the stand in regard to a third statement. Patrol Serzeant Scott of Clare- mont station had just told the court that he had taken Walters from the cells and taken him to the office of Inspector Scott for questioning. On the stand Walters absolutely (Continwed on page 8) "GROCETERIA" AND ADVOCATED FOR DELIVERY SYSTEM CITY RELIEF STORE A petition is now being circu- lated among citizens who are in receipt of city relief, asking the civic authorities to dis-establish the existing City Relief Depot and return to the voucher system whereby supplies would be ob- tainable from the local retafl mechants' Association. The petition is sponsored by the Oshawa Retail Merchants' Association, This matter was up for dis cussion during last night's meet- ing of the Fathers' Association when F. W. Watkinson advocated the establishment of a '"gelf serve" or groceterla system. for the distribution of supplies. Mr, Watkinson pointed out in his ar. gument that the civic authoritles, purchasing in huge quantities as they do, were in a position t» give far better quality and quan- tity than any retail merchant. He urged, however, that ths money thus saved to the eity through this purchasing power, should be expended in giving greater variety to the unempl)y- ed. He stressed the fact that: no man, or woman, enjoys 'lugging a gunny-sack full of provisicns through the streets, advertising to every person that he is get- | ting eity relief," and expressed the opinfon that a self-serve sys- tem, and distribution of supplies by delivery, could be established with very little additional exe pensa, From East Ce "CLIFF PALM . ER RUSSELL STORKS The Kinsmen Club will stage their second Annual Public Dance in which are to be turned over entirely to the Welfare Fund. "Cliff" "Tom" Wilson and Leon Osier working with him to make the dance will respond to the Kinsmen's efforts, as whole-heartedly as they did at last year's dance, "TOM" WILSON the Armouries on Monday night, December 12, the proceeds of Palmer has been chosen manager and with President. Russell Storks, an outstanding affair. It is expected that the public generally Kinsmen's Club to Stage Annual Dance For Welfare Funds LEON OSIER EAST WHITBY WAS RE-ORGANIZED AT - MEETING CITY HAS LITTLE. | COMMUNICABLE. | DISEASE TODAY Only Nine Cases of Miner | Diseases Ars Reported | At last night's regular meeting of the Board of Health most fa- vorable comment was made on the fact that all kinds of conta- gious disease is almost entirely | absent from the city at the pres- ent time this happy condition pre- vailing in spite of the economic and financial depression, a ecir- BOYS' SWIMMING CLUB ARRANGED BY ROTARY CLUB Will Meet Every Saturday " Forenoon in Former Y.M.CA. Through the good offices of the Oshawa Rotary Club ar- rangements have been completed so that hoys in the city under the age of fifteen years may enjoy the facilities of the swimming pool at The Club on Saturday mornings dvring the winter months, This innovation should prove to be extremely popular, as in the past the swimming pool at Rotary Park as well as lake has offered an ever increas- ing attraction to the young peo- ple and if they have the chance to swim during the winter they the opportunity. hqurs of nine and twelve each Saturday morning, when they will have a shower and take to tha water ny ~ the supervision of Harold Arm- strong who rendered snch good service as a supervisor two years ago at Rotary Park. All that is required of the boys is that they bring their own towels. As it is expected that a lagge number of boys will be anxiohs to swim, only so many boys will be allowedyin the water at a time and they will have to take their turn; the first to come will be between the of the ta: k. By restrieting th2 number in the pool to twenty-five at any one time, it is hoped that a schedule can ba worked out So that a large number of hoys from Oshawa and surrounding district will he able to enjoy tha privileges offered. As the first period for swim- ming arranged for by the Ro- tary Club will be on Saturday of this week, the committee are anxious that the project he a success and a full quota of boys turn out to make the move a guc- cess, DEPUTATION TO "MEET PREMIER A deputation from the Public Welfare Board, composed of Ma- yor Thomas Hawkes and M. Mc- Intyre Hood, is to meet Premier Henry on Tuesday afternoon of next week to discuss with him the vexed problems of theghome- owners of the city who are in dis- tress, and those who are buying homes on agreements of sale. The Welfare Board js of the opinion that such persons should be given the same consideration, ag those who are renting homes, in the way of an allowance on taxes, and the deputation will present the views of the hoard in this regard. .The subject of ex- tending the moratorium on mort- gages so as to protect those in arrears with interest and taxes will also be discussed with the prime minister, as well as the question of providing for shelter for single men who cannot be ac- commodated in the hostel, but who are living in private homes through the generosity of the owners or tenants. The mayor endeavored to se- cure an appointment with the premier for today, but found that Mr. Henry had no time available until 3.20 on Tuesday afternoon next. Laurel and Hardy will add music to their comedy in their next fea- ture-length picturce the | will certainly take advantage of | It is announced that the boys | will he allowed to usa the pooi | the first to have the privileges | teresting story, | Organization Working Hard to Enable Oshawa Citizens to Reach Welfare Objective | { To The Citizens of Oshawa, -- | The organization work of t | paign is procecdin | and addresses have | | transferred to mdi rds | All this work is bei done b | | vely sat Sh example of co-operation that is App.ox'mately 1530 of our ci vices for the arduous task of ¢ ance is move than welcome. advantage of their kind offer are now being organized into will be all set to go next Tucsd This organization for naught if the campaign is such a thing as a failurc? TT It Throug! You will recall the story of from the shipwreck and on re: and wh.n he was asked , how tuat I have sav friend, Mike." may I again implore you prejudices, remember t re saving ourselves. 1" | of pett that we vasscrs kk again repo: nd them your s will al] be thankfully received "1 ted and this intormation" has been schooled for their difficult jobs. so that we will avoid confusion and duplication of effort, They work 1s all , make their task as casy' as possible and may 1 he Oshawa Public Welfare Cam- ctorily. List upon list of names top 'the usc ot the canvassers, y voluntary helpers, A splendid , certainly, very encouriging. t:zens have volunteered their ser- anvassing, 'Lheir offer of assist- Naturally, we 'are taking cvery to help These willing workers canvassing teams and are being Every effort is being made ay morning. Ll very necessary but it will all be not a success; but why sugzest he citizens of Oshawa will "Sce the Irishman who swam ashore aching shore started back to the where hie was going, he replied, -- ed myself, I am going back and to look beyond the narrow limits Lat in saving others from distress I know vou will receive thg can- ubscriptions, large or small, They and faithfully applied. .et's See It Through," MORLEY R. JACOBI. CANADIAN LEGION ENJOYED PLAY First of Social Functions of i Season Was Great Success ' The first of the winter series of social functions for members of the Canadian Legion and its auxiliary and their families, held in the Ro- tary Hall last night, was a splendid success. The hall was filled to the limit of its capacity, and the pro- Igram took the fori of the presen- I tation of the play, "The Road to the City" by the Elite Dramatic Socicty of Albert Street United Church, who voluntarily gdve the play for the Legion audience. The play itself provided an in- and it was splendid- ly presented by the capable com- pany of amateur dramatists. There was sufficient humor in the produc- tion to make it thoroughly enjoy- able, while the more dramatic parts brought out some fine characteri- zations by those who took part. The roles were filled as follows: Robert Darnell, the country physician, Stan. Kitchen; Richard James, city man who proved to be a crook, Frank Sturtevant: Jud Judkins, a young farmer, Bill Sargent; John Janies, {father of Richard James, Clayton Lee; Duke, secret service man masquerading as an English "dude", Norman Williams: Jet Sanderson, the country girl who withstood the temptation to go to the city as the wife of Richard James, Ruth Whiteoak; Toto Lee, who shared with Jud Judkins the comedy honours, Mrs. Clayton Lee; Mrs, Sanderson, mother of Jet, Miss Effis Baldwin and Maria, the maid, Miss Grace Cridge, Between the acts, the solos of Miss . Florence Baxter and Richard Walker were much enjoyed by the audience, which applauded the sing- ers heartily, The thanks of the 'Legion to the company and assisting artists were voiced hy the president, M. M. Hood, who said the kindness of the players was greatly appreciated. Announcement was also made that there wonld be a club nizht at the Rotary Tlall cach Saturday night, with further social functions in the &ourse of ¢ jc winters PRESS ENTHUSED BY BRITISH NOTE } i London Papers Wax Pane- gyrical on War Debt Topic Dec. 2.--Newspapers of all shades of political opin- fon today endorsed the argu- ments get forth in the new Brit- ish note on the war debts, From the independent Times to the Labor-Socialist Herald, the papers approved the manner in which the government pre- sented its case for suspension of the December installment due the United States. "It is hard to believe that this straightforward statement of the facts and the inescapable deduc- tions from those facts can fail {to earry conviction to any un- | prejudiced reader," said the | Times, Other newspapers described [the note as dignified, devastat- ing, admirably logical, a power- ful justification of the British plea, a cast iron argument for nogtnonement, a masterpiece of | force, and an unanswerable case | set out with great skill and great | restraint. |Bennett's Holiday Will be Deferred Ottawa, London, Dec, 2.--Indications last night were that the Prime Minister would defer his holi- day trip to the Old Country. Mr, Bennett stated he thought it was his duty to remain in Canada, in veiw of the mnncertainty about financial conditions, due to the acute situation arising from the war-deht nezotiations among the I'nited Kingdom, France and the United States. The Canadian dollar has been acting in sym- pathy with sterling, and any fur- ther decline. in sterling neces- sarily would be reflected in a further discount on the Canadian dollar in New York, This might conceivably e¢reate a sitnation calling for Federal assistance to ona or two of the Western Cana- dian Provinces which have com- mitments to meet in the United . Statess ; | "ommunistic Orator Finds | | | | } | of the ! { revolutionary TORONTO SPEAKER AROUSES IRE OF FATHERS' ASSOCN. Ideas Unpopular With Unemployed Dangerous doctrines, basd up- on opinions which are happily en- tirely foreign to those held by the great majority of Oshawa's unemployed, were voiced by a Toronto man from the platform of Centre School Auditorium last | night during the regular meeting Fathers' Associrtion, Towards the close of the pro- ceedings, during which local leaders of the Association had discussed economic problems of local interest, the stranger from Toronto obtained the permission of the chairman, Arthur Cook, to address the gatherinz. - Not Peaceful Plan This Toronto man advocated methods . whieh were far removed from the peace- ful evolution of a new social or der, through constitutional meth- ods, such as those which are sup- portcd by F. W. Watkinson, A. Cook, and other local men who hold socialistic views on econom- fc problems. The Toronto man advocated "action" and "seizure of the Government' by methods akin to those adopted in revolution of past history in which force was used. Reply by Mr. Watkinson Hisvaddress caused a commo- tion in the audience, and was im- mediatly followed by an empha- tic declaration by Mr. Watkin- son to the effect that the Fath- ers' Association could not, and would not, support any such pol- fey. Mr. Watkinson emphatically pointed out the essential differ- ence between a revolution in the economic and social order ob- tained through constitutional methods, without the use of force or the shedding of blood, and such a revolution as that ad- vocated by the visitor from To- ronto. bi Views Supported The views of Mr. Watkinson were warmly supported by a great majority of those present, and the communistic element rom Toronto was informed that they must find a more fertile field for the sowing of such seed. Following this occurrence last night, and probably as a direct result, word was passed around this morning by means of hand- written posters to the effect that (Continued on page 3) BUILDING SHOWS SOME INCREASE Permits Issued in Novem- ber Up From Those of Last Year According to statistics kept in the office of the City Engineer the value of building work car- ried out under permits issued from that office during the month of November was $6,665, as compared with $4,090 during the month of October, The total for November of this year is higher {Lan in the cor- responding month of 1931, which was $5,685, and also higher than for November 1930, $2,230. The largest individual amount on' any permit.last month was that issued for the construction of an addition to the laundry of the Oshawa .General Ilospital. valued at 2.500, . the permit being issued to A. V, Swail, the +I contracting builder, cumstance which usually tends { to increase the prevalence of dis- eare in any community. The report of the public | health nursng staff, as submit- | ted io the Board last night, show- | ed only nine cases of communi- cable disease reported to the | Medical Health Officer aurtngz the month of November. six | cases of mumps, two cases of chickenpox and one case of Ger- man measles Commenting on this state of | affaire the report read, in part, ai follows: | "One can hardly find the rieht | words to describe this satisfac- | tory contagious disease sitra'ion, | as it exists at the present m»- ment in our city. "At this season of the year communicable diseases are usual- ly in marked evidence and nu- merous cases of the different diseases, common to chilihood, present. Especially, do we look for an nereesed reporting of com- municable disease in periods of economic and financial depres- sion, when many people suffer from the need of essential articles of diet and a sufficiency of food, as well as adequate heating in the home. "The complete freedom of our city from diphtheria and scarlet fever is commendatory and this greatly to be placed to the eredit of our immunization program for school - age and-nre-schonl-nae children carried on now over ao many past years." ) The Congressman's sister was ac- custcmed to keep an eye on him while at home. On this occasion she called him up at Washington by long distance. she demanded. "What do you mean?" "Don't trv to fool me. I read the napers. Yesterday they said the Speaker didn't recornize you." BOARD YESTERDAY Reeve Accepts Chairman- ship of Public Welfare Board for the Present, as Successor to John Ross NO MEETING HELD ; ON WEDNESDAY Reeve Lavis Denies State- ment of East Whitby Resident That Furniture Was Put Out on Side- walk Reeve Allan Lavis has been appointed to act as chairman pro- tem of the Relief Board of the Township of East Whithy, tis action being taken at a meeting of the Board held yesterday af- ternoon for the purpose of re- organization following the resig- nation of John Ross from the chairmanship. According to official informa- tion given to The Times tiie morning the report published in yesterday's issue of this paper to the effect that the Welfare Board met on Wednesday night, but failed to arrive at any decision regarding the election of a chair- man, was based on incorrsct in- formation as no meeting of the Board was called for that night. Reeve Lavis at the meeting yesterday afternoon, accepted the temporary chairmanship of the Board pending the formal se'ec- tion and appointment of a per- manent head of this important administrative body. Statement Denied Commenting on a report which appeared in this paper on Tues- day of this week, concernine a meeting of ratepayers held in the Westmount Public School on Monday night, Reeve 'Lavis em- phatically "denied the statement reported to have heen made at that meeting to the effect thu. a resident of the township had been evicted, and his housesold goods were still lying on the street, The report on this matter as published in The Times on Tues- day, read as follows: "Some commotion was caused during the proceedings by a re- sident of North Oshawa stating . that he had been evicted from his home during the day, ard that his household effects were still (about nine o'clock .last night) lying out on the street, while he and his family had no roof to shelter them" SECs Not On Street va In his statement to The Times today the Reeve denied that any household effects were "lying on Time." Classified Ads. Get Results. the street." According to. the (Continued on page 3) Dance, Sacred Concert and Donation From Theatre Announced For Welfare Fund Announcements of events mn ald of the Public Welfare Cam- paign are coming thick and fast. This forenoon it was announced that the Oshawa Kinsmen's Club is sponsoring a monster Public dance in the Armorieg on the ev- ening of Monday, December 12, the entire proceeds to be devoted to the welfare fund. As was the case last year, all the services in connection with this dance will be donated, and the Kins- men's Committee, composed of Cliff Palmer, Russell Storks. Thomas I. Wilson and Leon Osier, is confident that a sub- stantial amount of money will be realized for the fund. It was also announced this morning that Ernie Marks, pro- prietor of the New Martin Theatre, will donate fifty per cent of the proceeds at his Marks is arranging for an excep- tionally fine program of talking pictures for thig octasion, and .icipates splendid supports froin his patrons in his effort to help the welfare drive. : A third event announced today is a segond concert, to be given in the Regent Theatre on Sunday evening next, at 8.30 p.m., after the church services, by the band of the Salvation Army, assist- ed by some notable artists, The Apollo Quartet of Oshawa, will sing, and Lieut. Yarlett of Tor- onto, a distinguished cornet so- list, will also assist in the pro- gram with Lieut. Everett of Tor- onto, ag pianist. There will be a silver collection for the welfare fund. Mayor Hawkes will give a brief address on welfare work and will be supported on the plat- form by W, H. Moore, M.P., as chairman, and by G. W. Me- theatre on Wednesday, Decem- ber 7, to the welfare fund. Mr. Laughlin and W, E. N. Sinclair. CITY'S FOOD INSPECTOR PRAISES HIGH QUALITY OF MILK SUPPLIED The report of the Veterinary and Food Inspector, Dr. C. S. Dickenson, V.S., as submitted to the Board of Health at the regu- lar meeting last night, provea the quality of the milk suppliel to the consumers of Oshawa to he of high quality, while it is very evi- dent that the producers take a keen interest in modern methods of maintaining healthy herds. Dr. Dickenson's comments on this matter, as embodied in his report, read as follows-- "My visits to Dairy Farms the past month have shown that milk producers are making every ef- fort to maintain the proper stan- dard of sanitation in connectien with their dairy farm surround- : "ings. ln many instances, I have found herds nicely clipped and going into clean winter quarters "The bulk of the herds presen. ed a thrifty, healthy appearance, The later fall months and plenty of feed have contributed, n doubt, greatly to this state of thq cattle, "Among improvements note has been attendance on the par of several producers to improv drainage in low-lying barnyard either by building cement Wop around the approaches to thi barn, or by drainage. Som even have drained the yards an cobblestoned the approaches + the buildings, "Ot 97 sediment all have been uniformly (Continued on page 4) © tests take g00