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PUBLISHED Every Week Day Except Saturday. Che Oshawa Daily Times Ge { [ ¢ Q OL. 27--NO. 17 OSHAWA, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 1940 Si ngle Copies 3¢ EIGHT PAGES RELIEF TOTAL ONE-THIRD 1939 FIGURE 2 od 'REGISTRATION SHOWS | 400 NEW PARTICIPANTS AT CITY PLAYGROUNDS f Total Using City's Play Spots Now Stands at I 1,803 -- Point Leaders Listed Registrations gat the supervised i playgrounds and pools increased by fk nearly 400 during the past week E ending July 20, the chief supervisor, Et A. W. L. Smith, reported last even- ling. The registrations now total 1,803. A number of young swimmers i have qualified for certificates at the Rotary pool and Ritson Road pool. i PFollowing is the complete report of registrations, point standings l and the names of those who have qualified for swimming certificates: Registration | Girls Jr. Int. Sr. Total | Alexandra Park 175 140 | Rotary Park ... 121 336 ¥ 167 244! 69 881 212 294 103 215 98 Alexandra Park 97 Rotary Park ... 109 . 103 922 | Total registration Point Scores--Individual Leaders Girls (Alexandra Park)--Juniors --Patricia LaPlante, 24; Marilyn Houlden, 23; Marion Kinton, 22. Intermediates--Rosalynde Smith, $7; Anne Kinlin, 25; Helen Smith, 20, Seniors--Joan Werry, 17; Joan Roughley, 9. « Girls (Rotary Park)--Juniors-- Joyce 'Braund, 27; Beatrice Bourne, 35; Petty Braund, 23. Intermediates --Eileen Toaze, 61; Ruth McDer- maid, 57; Twila Gardner, 53. Sen- dors--Gladys Hawley, 62; Joy Mc- Dermaid, 37; Anna Conlin, 35. Girls (Cowan Park) -- Gwen Prout, 33; Beverley Hart, 23; Jean Read, 29. Girls (Ritson)--Juniors -- Helen Kovack, 18; Betty Goodall, 15; Ele- anor Hart, 14. Intermediates--Gre. ta lLogeman, 17; Theresa Riordan, 18; Josephine Babcock, 14. Seniors --Marion St. Andrews, 15; Doris Miners, 13; June Keenan, 10. Girls (Cedardale)--Juniors--Jean (Continued on Page 8, Col. 1) FORD ATTACKED DURING DEBATE ON REVENUE ACT Canadian Company Held Not to Blame for Auto Tycoon's Attitude Ottawa, July 24.--Debate on final measures necessary to carry out Budget tax changes occupied the House of Commons yesterday and brought on a renewed attack upon Henry Ford because of his refusal to manufacture airplane engines in the United States for the British Government. M. J. Coldwell (C.C.F., Rosetown- Biggar) precipitated the discussion on Ford when the House in com- mittee considered the Special War Revenue Act which imposes taxes on new automobiles. Because the tax is lowest on low- priced cars, Mr. Coldwell sald, it would benefit Mr. Ford, "a gentle- man who refused, through his or- ganization in the United States, to perform a most necessary service for Canada." Mr. Coldwell described the growth "in value of Ford stock and the divi- dends paid on it, showing that a share worth $100 in 1805 was now worth $10,800, and dividends on the original share now total $13,303. Mr. Coldwell absolved from any blame for Mr. Ford's refusal to make plane motors for Britain the head of the Ford Company of Can- ada, Wallace R. Campbell. Defense of the Ford Company, so far as its Canadian operations are concerned, came from Paul Martin (Lib, Essex East), who said, how- ever, he would not defend Mr. Ford, "of whom I can utter no words of stricture adequate to meet the case.' Neither Henry Ford nor the mem- bers of his family controlled the Company of Canada, Mr. Mar- «tin declared. The stock was owned in thirty-four countries and there Were more voting stockholders resi- «dent in Canada than in any other country. Attacks upon the Ford company In 80 far as they reflected upon the Canadian company, were "calculat- to do tremendous harm and no (Continued on Page 8, Col. 3) Bus Bashes Bear Bui Bruin Bolts Dorset, July 24. -- Joel Stockard hit a bear the other day -- with his motor car. The bear was scar- ed, so was Mr, Stockard, and his car received a dented fender. "I was driving to Huntsville from my summer place on Lake of Bays," recounted Mr. Stockard. "A big black bear started to cross the road and before I could pull up the car hit him. We stopped, and so did the bear, after rolling about 50 feet. I put up ll the car windows and waited for the next move The bear lay motionless for a few seconds and then got up, shook him- self and ambled off into the woods,' said Mr. Stockard. He added: "i | didn't get a bear skin; just a good scare énd a dented fender." | French Ships Taken Port " is ey 4 By British Lie In English pr x » 4 . ) Left to right, an escort vessel, a destroyer, and four sub- | British admiralty seen lying at anchor in an undisclosed British | chasers, part of the French fleet, taken under control of the | port. UKRAINIANS FORM CITIZENS GROUP War Effort and Red Cross Representatives of several groups ! of Ukrainian religious, cultural and | fraternal organizations at a joint meeting recently, formed an Ukrain- fan Citizens Committee, the aims end opjects of which are to help the Canadian Red Cross Society, and as Canadian citizens of Ukrain- | lan descent to give all possible aid to | their new home, Canada, and the | British Empire, to the end that | Britain might be victorious in her fight against Germany and Italy. | Among the several guests at the mass meeting were speakers from the Ukrainien Citizens Committee, Toronto, which included the well- liked seventy - year-old General Vladimir Sikewich, { The resolution passed unanimously at the meeting, setting out in brief | the aims and objects, was as follows: "Our uppermost aims are, to help Canade and Great Britain win this war; to help the campaign of the | Canadian Red Cross Society which | will be held in the near future and to help the Ukrainians in Europe to | regain their freedom and set up an independent Ukrainian State." Other Ukrainian Committees have been set up across Canada and simi- lar resolutions havé been adopted, it was stated. The local Committee, as do il the provincial committees, | co-operate with the central Ukrain- ian Committee at Winnipeg, whose chairman is Mr. Arsenych, K.C., and Dr. T. Datzkiv is the secretary. The chairman of the Oshawa com- mittee is Micha21 Harasymchuk and its secretary is Michael Kettela. Bike Discovered, Recovered While Theft Uncovered Things are happening to bicycles. Yesterday afternoon a stolen bicy- cle was recovereC; this morning an orphan bicycle was discovered; this afternoon a bicycle theft wes un- covered. A bicycle reported lost on July 12 was recovered by police yesterday. It bore a last year's license 1258 and was found near Glecoff's store. Steven Kiss, 466 Albert street, is the owner. Police have found the Per- fect bicycle. It was discovered on Prince street early this morning and brought to the police station by P.C. Shields. This afternoon it was disclosed to police that a blue C.C.M. bicycle license W26960 has heen stolen from the rear of the Du- plate Safety Glass Company. Wedding Day Organized to Aid Canadian |} |! | EX-MAYOR ERNIE MARKS who, with Mrs. Marks, is celebrating today the 39th anniversary of their wedding. Mr. Marks is again | enjoying good health after being oonfined te his home through ill- ness, OSHAWA AVIATOR GRANTED HIGHEST RCAF. RATING Paddy F. Anten Now Chief Flying Instructor at Malton School "Paddy" PF. Anten, well-known Oshawa flyer, today holds the posit- fon of Chief Flying Instructor at the No. 1 Elementary R.C.AF. Fly- ing Training School at Malton. He was promoted to this rank on July 15 following a period of service as flight commander at Malton. Instructor Anten who was recently married to Miss Anne Chase of Osh. awa had been a resident of Oshawa for the past five years and during that time he owned two airplanes which he used in actively promoting the development of aviation in Osh- awa. At the outbreak of war he was in- structing for Austin Airways at Sudbury and shortly after he took an advanced R.C.AF. blind flying and acrobatic course at Camp Borden. The next six months were spent in training R.C.AF. pilo. officers at Windsor. He then completed an- other advanced course at Trenton giving him a new Class 1 instruc- tor's rating, the highest possible cat- agory, There have been only two such ratings issued in Canada. Mr. Anten learned to fly at the Fort William Aero Club in 1929 and since then he held various flying positions - including forestry patrol and other bush work. Girls Of Whitby New Home For Whitby, Eng. WHITBY, Ontario, July 24. -- Twenty-five students and 'teach- ers from St. Hilda's School, Whitby, England are expected to arrive at the Ontario Ladies' College this week. Others are expected next week bringing the total up to thirty. They will stay until other arrange- ments are made to take care of them. The fact that they are from Whitby, England gives them a sen- Uimental atiraction to the town. Friends in Whitby, who may themselves not feel able to take refugee children into their homes, may wish to help in this interprise. It will take $400.00 to provide food for this number for one month of which $100.00 has already been sub- scribed. - Subscriptions may be sent to Principal Carscallen, Miss A. A. Maxwell, Mr. G. M. Goodfellow or may be left at Allin's Drug Store, Pickering | Farmer To Two Months in County Jail F or Extreme Sentenced Cruelty to Horse One of Most Outrageous Cases Ever Heard, Says Magistrate in Sentencing Elwood Chapman WHITBY, Ontario, July 24-- Elwood Chapman, Pickering town- | ship, was sentenced to serve two | months imprisonment without the | option of a fine afier his conviction fer what Magistrate Gordon Long- man termed "one of the most out- rageous cases of cruelty to animals I have ever heard." He appeared in court here Tuesday. Chapman admitted shooting a horse through the head in such a | manner that the animal lived on until it was destroyed by Inspector | William Wetherston of the Humane | Society. "If the Criminal Code permitted the inflicting cf lashes on you it | might bring you to a better appreci- ation of this offense," Magistrate Longman told the accused. Mother Testified Chapman's mother, called to the | stand by provincial officer W. H. | Clark, told the court that her son had continually abused the horse | prior to the shooting and had also | beaten her cows with irons, "On the day in question my son came running in with a gun and sald "come and get your £o-and-so of a horse. He pushed me out of the house. I tried to reason with him and begged him not to shoot the horse, which had been kept as a family pet for years," she stated. "The horse had been abused something terrible and also my cows," related Mrs. Chapman. She stated that her son "never had any patience with the horse" and that it had been on the farm nearly six- (Continued on Page 8, Col. 4) VETERAN PYTHIAN VISITING OSHAWA Frank A. Kinnear, of St. John N.B., Guest of His Brother Frenk A. Kinnear, one of the veteran Knights of Pythias of St. John, N. B, a past grand chaplain of the Maritime domain, Is visit- ing his brother, C. A. Kinnear, 308 King street west. Mr. Kinnear is on his way to Cincinnati to attend the Supreme Lodge convention and is charged with the important errand of inviting the Supreme Lodge to hold its next biennial con- vention in St. John, cradle of British Pythianism. Mr. Kinnear, whose zeal in the tenets of Pythianism have made him one of St. John's leaders of the Order for years, is one of two Supreme Lodge representatives to represent the Maritime domain, Only past grand chancellors are el- igible to voting power in the prime branch of the organization. The convention. is to be held through- out the week of August 12, during which time Supreme representative Kinnear will formally extend the invitation to have the Supreme Lodge meet in St. John. Concurrently with the meeting of the Supreme Lodge, the Supreme Temple of the Pythian Sisters holds its meeting. : Water Fountain Gives Up Ghost The cast iron water fountain on Prince street, near the corner of Richmond street, in front of the old market building, is out of com- mission. This old public fountain, used by horses and dogs for many years, has aged with rust and cor- rosion, the bolts holding the upper portion to the base have rusted through #nd are lying beside the base. Water pipes have rusted through and the water has been turned off, depriving four-footed animals their daily drink. How- ever a vessel of fresh water has been provided for the dogs at the firehall corner. "The fountain is cast in three separate parts. There is & heavy | square base and on this rests an oval fountain and at one side a lower bein for the smaller animals. At the top is a smaller basin. There is no manufacturer's trade mark to be found on any of the castings, but it is presumed that the fountain is a product of one of Oshawa's former foundries. WHITBY'S RELIEF LOAD VERY LIGHT Civic Good Record Can Be Maintained WHITBY, Ontario, July 24. Whitby's weekly relief bill is at a very low ebb at the present time, not more than six, and most of these women, getting help, accord- ing to Town Treasurer John R. Frost. The Council, it will be re- called, discontinued relief on the first of May, advising all able bod- ied men to look for jobs. Just what the position of the town with respect to relief will be when winter comes is hard to de- termine now. Local industries are running only part time, and there seems little prospect of any new work developing. The provincial government has practically cut out all road work, the county is carry- ing on its usual programme which does not effect Whitby to any ex- tent, while the Town of Whitby is doing a limited amount of paving, employing a few men. Even if the Town at this time was disposed to give whole or par- tial relief to unemployed men, it. would have to assume the entire cost, for on Friday last the provin- cial government announced that employable male heads of families, forty-five years and under, with two dependents, will be barred from Government-contributed relief af- ter August 1. "All over the Province employable heads of families have shown that there ars jobs to be found" de- clared Yon. Eric Cross, "It Is strictly up to those now on relief to set out and hustle for them." Local officials are agreed that only to some extent does this apply to Whitby at present. Municipalities will be informed immediately that the Provincial con- tribution to this category will cease Authorities Hope Trades and Labor Congress of Can- | ada, said that for thirty years dur- { Ing booms MILLARD URGES EARLY PASSAGE INSURANCE BIL Appears Before Committee Studying Business--Big Business Asks Delay Ottawa, July 24. -- The speclal Commons committee studying the Government's unemployment insur- ance bill yesterday heard represen- | tatives of big business organizations and labor, Labor was for the bill, Jusgesting a few changes ness was for postponement of en- actment. Norman J. Dawes, chaifman of the executive sub-committee of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, told the Commons committee it was difficult "for the executive of the Chamber to believe that the bili was a suitable wartime measure." The unemployment insurance bill, introduced in the Commons ' last week by Labor Minister McLarty, | given second reading and sent to | the special committee, the building up of provides for an paid participating workers in the event of unemployment. The Government, bearing cost of administering the plan, would also conjribute one-fifth of the total of the insurance fund. Employers and | employees would contribute the bal- ance in about equal shares. Representatives of labor appear- Ing before the committee unani- mously urged passage of the bill. Tom Moore, representing the and deprassions we have been searching for an oppor- tune time" to establish unemploy- ment insurance. . He considered the present time opportune. The Trades and Labor Congress did not at the present time press any extensive amendments to the bill because it was hoped the advis- ory committee set up under the bill would at once explore the possibil- ity of bringing other workers than (Continued on Page 8, Col. 8) s. Big busi- | insurance | fund from which benefits would be | * Oshawa V.A.D.C. Girls in Movies A group of 14 young ladies who took the motor mechanics course at the Ontario Motor Sales early this summer, were called into the garage early last evening for the purpose of ha'ing moving pictures taken of the group at work. Employees of the Associated Screen News arrived in the afternoon with a truck load of flood lights, tripods and cameras and these were set up at the north end of the garc'ze where later the pictures were taken. In addition to the short movie being released to Canadian theatres, the pictures are to be used at the General Mctors exhibit at the Cana- dizra National Exhibition when it opens on August 23, next. 20 TONS STEEL FOR GM. PLANT ARRIVES IN (TY Six Giant Roof Trusses | Brought by Big Truck Under Escort Six huge steel roof trusses, almost 45 ft. long and weighing a total of | well over 20 tons, arrived by motor transport at the site of the new General Motors Factory building on Division Street this morning, | Accompanied by a police motor- { cyele escort, the long skeleton truck hauled its capacity load onto the : job at about 10 o'clock and began he ticklish work of . unloading. Three of the units were safely de- | posited, with the aid of a tall mo- | bile derrick, by 12 o'clock today. This is the largest load of steel | which will be brought down to Osh- = by the Runnymede Iron and Steel Company of . Toronto, who have the sub-contract for steel con. building. Toronto for the struction on the new | Wickett Bros, another firm, have the contract building as a whole. Pouring of the concrete floor will not be finished till tomorrow night, but the steel framework is already | being erected for the eastern end of the structure. Workmen are demolishing the bridge which form- erly connected the buildings on either side of the present structure. "Sleepy Driving" Appeal Planned Toronto, July 24. -- An appeal against the finding of Magistrate McCrimmon on July 16, at St. Thomas, that "sleepy driving" does not constitute dangerous driving within the meaning of the Criminal Cede, Monday was ordered by At- torney-Gener:] Gordon Conant. The issue arose through a charge of dangerous driving laid against Jas. Longhurst. "In my opinion," said Mr. Conant, "a man who continues to drive an automobile efter he has become drowsy and when he has some in- dication that he has become sleepy is guilty of dangerous driving." Midland Regiment To Mobilize Capt. Fred Lycett, Principal of Mary St. Scheol, Osh- awa, Commands D Com- of Unit (Special to The Times) Bowmanville, July 24---Midland Regiment, one of the oldest units in Canada, comprising Northumb- erland ead Durham counties, was notified on Monday afternoon to proceed with plans for mobilization as an active unit of the C.ASF. Commanding Officer Lieut.-Col. A., H. Bounsall, Bowmanville, received the orders and immediately called a company commanders' meeting at headquarters in Millbrook. The regiment has been organized as a non-permanent active militia unit since the first. week in July and it is believed that the mobiliza- tion ordér came because of the speed with which the unit wes brought up to strength and training begun. ' As soon as orders have been re- (Continued on Page 8, Col. 3) For CA.S.F. ceived, recruiting centres will be set 'up in the larger towns throughout the counties of Durham, Northumb- erland, Victoria and Halliburton. Many applications have alreedy been received although no recruiting centres have been set up and the regiment hopes to set a record for speedy mobilization, Officers and N.C.O.'s of the regi- ment have just completed an in- tensive course of training in Co- bourg. "D" Company, with hesudquarters at Orono, is commanded by Capt. Fred Lycett, principal of Mary Street, Public school, Oshawa. Lieut. Tommy Bouckley, Oshawa, is also one of the officers in the, regiment. A part of Midland Regiment was the first militia unit in Csuada to go, on active service when a Tew days before war was declared, they were ordered to guard the R.C.AF. station at Trenton. They have been on guard there continually since that time and have gained an en- viable reputation for thoroughness and smartness while on parade, ORDERS FROM TORONTO ° CUTTING EMPLOYABLES OFF FIGURE IN DECLINE List Shows Only 1,148 on Relief Today Compared With 3,436 on Same Date Last Year ONLY UNSKILLED WORKMEN REMAIN | Order Cutting off Employ- able Men With One De- pendent Caused Reduc- tion of 34 -- Men With Two Dependents Will Be Hit July 31 Employment opportunities, ene listments and ordered deletions from relief lists have cr nbined to send Oshawa's welfare roll to the lowest point in its history. Today the total number recelving relief ald is only one-third of what it was a year ago today. The number is 1,148 compared with 3,436 on July 24, 1939. The present figure is a reduction of 52 from last week and is attribus- table in a large measure to the fact that employable male heads of fame illes with only one dependent have been taken off relief. This was done on orders from the Department of Welfare of Toronto and caused 17 such families or 34 persons to be struck off the list. A further substantial reduction Is in prospect for the local welfare department, an order having heen received today from the provincial authorities ordered that all em ployable male heads of familie with two dependents are to be cut off relief on July 31, a week from today. Thirteen families are in this cate- gory in Oshawa. Fortunately one such man has already been placed in a job so that his economic fue ture is reasonably secure for a time st least. Efforts will be made bv the employment office, the reliefees themselves and by the welfare de. partment to secure work for these men. Only 88 Employables Left Today's relief roll shows 279 heads of families, 782 dependents, 28 single women, 59 single men, bringing the total to 1,148. A year ago there were 828 families and 3,« 436 persons on relief. Out of the 279 heads of families only 88 are ems= ployable men, the remainder being unemployable or female heads of families. Out of the 782 dependents only 72 are employable males and 21 of these are working and having their earnings pudgeted to the fame ily's relief requirements. Boys over 16 are classed as employable males, All the employable men remaine ing on relief ia Oshawa are une skilled workers. Tere are no mechs anics, artisans c® men with trades and no men wk experience on farms. All men w'th any industrial skill or farm experience have heen placed in inhs either through their - | own efforts or through the employ. ment office, The order cutting employable. ° male heads of families with two de~ | pendents off relief goes into effect as of August 1 and applies to such family heads who are 45 or under, The order has been passed on to all the men in this ca'egory with the advice to get out and look for work and take what jobs are offers ed when they appear. Firemen Forego Convention, Use Money For War WHITBY, Ontario, July 24. -- A commendshle patriotic example has been set by members of the Whitby Fire Company who recently. voted the sum of $75.00 to be divid- ed equally between the Red Cross and the Salvation Army for war work. # 'Resolved to forego their annual | trip to the Firemen's Convention which this year is to be held in Norvett on Civic Holiday in August, the fire-fighters were unanimous that the annual Council vote, ang $25.00 of their own funds, should be devoted to Canada's war effork through local organizations. Ace cordingly, Secretary L. Northam was authorized to have the cheques made out and forwarded. The pofe tion of the money voted from fire & company funds will come directly out of the pockets of each indivi= | dual fireman: : "The action of the firemen is very commendable," said Mayor Fred Rowe, and Chairman Lawre ence Agg, of the Fire and Light Committee, also paid his tribute.