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« the Cape Breton pits before . went to Ottawa as C.C.F. Member . of Parliament for Cape Breton South, told the convention yesterday + that the steel companies had been i. granted an "unnecessary" $5 a ton + price increase and criticized the government for fallure to hold the i price line. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1940 PAGE THREE 32 Contestants Taking THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE oy Government's Loose Labor Code Cause Of Unrest Truro, N.S., Oct. 24 (CP)--A national labor code that would guarantee free collective bargaining, provide for union security and outlaw company unions was sought today by the United Mine Workers (C.C.L.) of District 26. Nearly 100 delegates, voice of 13,000 Nova Scotia and T.W.A.-Union Get Federal Mediation Washington, Oct, 24--(AP)--The government stepped into the three- day-old strike of 1400 Trans World Airline pilots today, with both sides accepting a Federal mediation offer after 15,000 additional company em- ployees were thrown out of work. Frank Douglass, chairman of the New Brunswick coal miners, passed ®-- a resolution at the district con- vention yesterday urging represen- tations to the government to ob- tain such a code. The resolution referred to serious industrial unrest in Canada and attributed it to division of jurisdic- tion over labor matters between the federal and provincial governments, The motion was one of the first of nearly 180 which will come before _ the convention, dealing with every- thing from wage contracts to slum clearance and housing, One of the more important' mo- tions will deal with the new wage contract to be negotiated with Nova Scotia coal operators before the old one expires Jan, 31, The union was expected to seek { a 40-hour week and higher wages . compared with the current 48-hour + week and the $5.80 basic datal wage i for more than 10,000 Nova Scotia '. miners, Clarence Gillis, who worked in he He advocated establishment of in- : dustrial councils, composed of gov- . ernment, company and workers' representatives, to replace war labor boards. He urged miners to con- tinue "to fight" the government for continuation of coal as a national industry, Soviet Foes Not Fascists Attlee Says Brighton, Sussex, England, Oct. 24--(CP)--Prime Minister Attlee to- day assailed what he sald was the Soviet viewpoint that all opponents of Communism are Fascists, "If anywhere the Communists fail," he.told the Trade Union Con- gress annual conference, 'then, however fair the conditions, it is regarded as Fascism. "Thus, an election.in Greece sup- ervised internationally, which re- sults in an anti-Communist major. ity, 1s at once denounced. "On th eother hand a plebiscite where the Communist party is in power is regarded as the sacred voice of the people." The Prime Minister said that to Communists "freedom means the denial of liberty to all those who refuse to accept the Communist philosophy." The Prime Minister said "Demo- cracy is becoming a much abused word. It is often used by those who have never understood or prac- ticed Democractic principles." Mr, Attlee also attacked the Rus- sian government for its isolationist policies, province and elsewhere. classes. three half days per week. most important training. schools. increase in space. In Physical Education tional system. of their completion. --OSHAWA Problems in School Accommodation (Article III) In a previous article we have seen the situation in regard to pupil distribution throughout our city. It will be asked, why worry if classes are over a mere forty pupils since classes in Oshawa have been larger than they are today in many cases? This is true, but there was a situation at that time that had to be met without preparation, since Oshawa had just passed through the depression of the early thirties. u look upon that period as normal nor would they wish classes of that size to return. It was necessary at that time to do away with individual and group work. was also necessary to adopt a somewhat narrow course of study, and generally speaking, the work would become superficial in nature. There can be no doubt that there is a serious loss educationally where classes exceed 35 pupils, and it is also beyond question that there is || financial loss through repetition of grades and the re- tention of pupils for a longer period in school. Now, we must observe that there have been many changes in the Elementary School Courses of Study in the last few years. The teaching of skills still holds an important place, but the courses have been greatly broadened, and the demands on school accommodation, equipment, and on teachers have been greatly increased. Manual Training and Home Economics have been intro- duced but we have only one centre at Centre Street for: Home Economics and we are not meeting even minimum requirements for Grade Seven students. Our shops for boys, with the exception of Centre Street, are woefully inadequate, Most of them are much too small. have to travel much too far for these classes. done everything possibly to fully apply the new courses of study but everywhere we have found our- selves confronted with the problems of space shortage. Yet, we have not nearly achieved the programme which is accepted as a matter of course in city schools in this We next come to the question of Kindergarten At present we have room for 369% of our five year old children in Kindergarten and these receive only approximately 250 children each year who miss this To give full support to all parts of the city we should have six such classes in the There should be a Kindergarten at Centre Street, Roxborough Avenue, North Simcoe, Ritson Road, South Simcoe and Cedardale. our use of Visual Aids in the schools requires definite Each school requires a special pro- Jection room where films, slides, etc., may be previewed - by teachers before class showings and projectors may be used without interrupting other classes. Th» training of workers in war industries as well as of members in the armed forces has demonstrated that visual aids are absolutely essential in any educational system, They are , valuable in every phase of the work. facilities in the way of space or is considered as a most essential phase of any educa- There are those who will say that what has been done in the past should be good enough for the present. It would be well to note here that the children of today are being prepared for a society definitely more com- plex than that into which their fathers entered. Each generation enters the adult society of its own day, and does not meet the same conditions as its fathers met. In other words, what was good enough for our parents is not necessarily good enough for the children of today. We do not believe that the people of Oshawa:wish to have school accommodation less efficient than othar cities in the province, nor do we believe that they wish us to build schools that would be obsolete at the time Surely no one would It Pupils We have This means that there are In the immediate future we are entirely without uipment. Yet, this BOARD OF EDUCATION | National Mediation Board, called opposing leaders in the dispute to his office for an 11 am. (EST. conference. The speed with which both part ies responded to Mr. Douglass' in- vitation rekindled dwindling hope for an early settlement of the walk- out which has grounded 115 planes, tied up 28,000 miles of routes ex- tending from California to Arabia and paraly:>d a $150,000 daily pay- roll, David L, Behncke, president of the Air Line Pilots Association (AFL), and Jack Frye, president of T.W.A,, agreed to the meeting. Mr. Douglass' telegram went out only a few hours after Mr, Frye announced that all but a few em- ployees were being "furloughed" without pay for the duration of the strike, The pay issues in the dispute have been further complicated by the fact that the company and the union use different working periods in computing them. , Mr. Behncke said the union wanted a top figure of $1,006.98 a month ($13,163.76 a year) for a Douglas DC-4 Skymaster pilot fly- ing 920 hours a year, and $1,187.43 a month ($14,249.16 a year) for a Lockheed Constellation pilot flyina 862% hours a year in the domestic service, Electric Union Rejects G.E. Company Offer Peterborough, Oct. 24--(CP)--The General Electric conference of the United Electrical Workers (CIO) has rejected an offer made by the General Electric Company for set- tlement of wage negotiations in its plants here and at Toronto, union officials stated last night. They sald a three-cent boost over a previ- ous company offer was still seven cents below the increase demanded by the union, Gen. Smuts Makes Million Dollar Gift To Britain This photo was taken as Genera: Smuts, prime minister of the Union of South Africa, handed a gold certi- ficate for $3,340,000 to Mr. Attlee at 10 Downing Street, London, as a "nation-wide offering" to the people of Britain from the people of South Africa, 3asutoland, Bechuanaland and Swaziland, the only conditions being that the gift be used "for the advantage of the British people." LEFT to RIGHT are Field Marshal Smuts, Mr. Attlee (British premier), and Mrs. Ellis Brown (Mayoress of Durban), C.N.R. Train Kills Moose Near Lindsay Just to prove there are moose in the district the crew of the south- pound CNR Haliburton train re- ports having killed one early this morning at Ritchie Falls, just north of Gelert. Conductor W. H. Barns- ley described the animal as "mas. sive." The engine with 22 box cars and some passenger coaches, was going down grade and the first engineer T. Wakelin saw of the moose it was walking towards the approaching train as though blinded by the light. The next instant there was a jolt as the front of the engine ted SOAP WORRIES LADY? LINCOLN HAD EM TOO East Weymouth, Mass, Oct. 24--(AP)--Samuel Schofield or- dered some Second Great War army surplus commodities--and reporis he received 64 bars of soap made for use in the Civil War. On the label of each piece _ was the slogan, "Save soap to win the war," and the stamped signature, "Commander - In - Chief, Abraham Lincoln." Swedes Buy 90 Planes, Not Rocket-Chasers Washington, Oct. 24--(AP)--Sale of 90 surplus United States army fighter planes to Sweden has been approved by the State Department, government officials said last night. Swedish embassy attaches main- tained that the purchase had noth- ing to do with Swedish govern- ment efforts to trace the origin of "rockets" reported: over their coun- try in recent months. The engineer is reported to have said later that the moose's horns were so big he thought for a minute he was off the track and headed into a tree, On arrival at Lindsay Conductor Barnsley says he found hair and flesh on the left front part of the engine. The part usually termed "the cow catcher" was bent he adds. A Gelbert resident, shortly after the animal had been killed, told trainmen he had often seen moose crossing the tracks in that area. Mr. Barnsley remarked that a reporter from Haliburton shot a bear from his car, but we didn't have to use any firearms ot get our game, Mr, Barnsley added that he has notified the Department of Game and Fisheries about the accident. It is understood some of the train- men are looking forward to rare moose steaks. Lagos, Nigeria--(CP) -- History was made at Wesley Church, Ole- wagbowe Lagos on Sept. 4, when Rev. Moses Odutola Dada was in- ducted as Chairman of the West- ern: Nigeria District of the Metho- dist Church, He is the first Niger ian to hold such an appointment. Parking Meter Chosen By Council Excludes Lawsuit Headache Guelph, along with all Canadian .citles which installed parking meters manufactured by the Mi-Co, Meter Company, has been named co-defendant with the company in a suit for infringement of patent brought by the Iaterna- tional Vehicular Parking Limited. The Mi-Co Meter was one of three types: considered by the Osh- awa City Council. The Council de- cided, however, on the Mark-Time Meters, manufactured by M. H. Rhodes, Inc. A letter read at a recent meeting of Guelph city council, told of the suit brought in Exchequer Court, and assured the city the matter would be handled by the company without expense to the city. "In any event the City of Guelph will not be held responsible and all costs will be paid by the Mi-Co Meter Company," the letter read. The letter said the suit was a "strategic move" made by the Dual Meter Company, "who control In- ternational Vehicular Parking Lim- ited "» The letter continued: "For your information Vehicular Parking Limited of the United States sued our American company in Ken- tucky on similar grounds and lost the case. They then took the mat- ter to the federal courts who in turn upheld the judgment given in the State of Kentucky, in favor of the Mi-Co Company." The letttr informed council the Mi-Co company had placed the suit in the hands of its Montreal at- torneys and also' had =otified its United States associates of the ace tion, Regret was expressed that the city had been drawn into the ac- tion and assurance was given that the company would do everything in its power to have the same ver- dict rendered in Canada as was rendered in the United States. other | : ONTARIO'S NUTTY SEASON IN FULL SWING Brantford, Oct, 24 -- (CP) -- Here we go gathering nuts in, November, The nutting season is on in Ontario, and the crops are plentiful. Walnuts and hickories are common, but there are few chestnuts this year, the trees having been attacked by a worm scourge. Britain Defenseless Against A-Bomb--M P . London, Oct. 24 -- (Reuters) -- Cmdr. A. H, P. Noble, Conservative member of parliament for Chelsea who was a government observer at the recent atomic bomb tests, told his constituents last night that Britain was in the worst position of all countries against the atomic bomb. Ships, he said, would be of little avail to feed or protect the Diiush Isles if harbors were unus- able, Report to O.M.E.A. On 60-Cycle Change Kitchener, Oct, 24--(CP)--A re- port on the proposed change of the Ontario Hydro electric power system from 25 to 60 cycles will be released to the Ontario Municipal Electrical Association within a few days. W. R. Strike, commissioner of the Hy- dro Electric Power Commission, said yesterday, 4 . pe Hours Lost In Strikes Of 1946 Said Greatest Sinee Century's Turn Ottawa, Oct. 24 (CP)--Labor Minister Mitchell reports that preliminary figures sho w strikes ceused a greater amount of time loss in the first nine months of this year than in any comparable period since the record of strikes and lockouts was begun in 1901. In the first nine months there® were 178 strikes, involving 126436 workers, with a time loss of 4,069,- 434 man-work days. For the corres- ponding period of last year there were 155 strikes, with 65,753 work- ers involved and a time loss of 353, 886 days. Mr, Mitchell said that in Septem- ber, for the third consecutive month, there 'had been a "substantial" re- duction in the number of man hours lost due to strikes. There were 33 strikes in effect for vary- ing periods during September against 43 in August, During September 657, 601 days were lost by 33,080 workers involve ed in strike actions, compared with 867,252 days lost by 42,407 workers in August. Almost 96 per cent of all time lost during September was accounted for by 11 major strikes, all of which were in effect prior to the begin- ning of August. These included: The steel mill workers of Hamil- ton, Sault Ste, Marie, and Sydney, NS.; 8500 workers; time loss, 200,- 000 man-days. Rubber Workers, Bowmanville, Hamilton, Kitchener, New Toronto and Toronto; 8,000 workers, time loss, 180,000 days. Electrical apparatus factory wor- kers, Hamilton; 3,500 workers; time loss, 80,000 man-days, 4 Motor vehicle factory workers, Chaham and Windsor; 2,500 work- ers; time loss, 50,00 man-days. Chemical factory workers, Wind- sor, 375 workers; time loss, 8,500 man-days. Chemical factory workers, Am- herstburg, Ont.; 360 workers; time loss, 8,500 man-days. Motor Car Financing In September Down Ottawa, Oct. 2¢ -- (CP) -- The financing of new and used motor car sales declined in September to 3,800 units, valued at $3,320,589, compared with 4,025 vehicles financ- ed for $3,481,397 in August and 2,406 for $1,281,730 a year ago, the Do- minion bureau of statistics reports. The 1,642 new cars financed in September, lowest since March, was made up of 764 passenger cars and 878 commercial vehicles. For the first nine months of this year 15,468 new vehicles . were financed for $18,450,210, compared with 2,713 for $3,717,133 in the corresponding per- fod last year. ' Used vehicles financing increased to 2,248 cars for $1,004,825 com- pared with 1,937 units for $1,016,721 the 'previous month and 2,172 for $874,347 in September last year. The September total was comprised of 1,490 passenger cars and 758 commercial vehicles. Girl, Lost in Bush Found Drowned Pembroke, Oct. 24 -- (CP) -- Searchers yesterday found the body of 22-year-old Dorothy Blaskie of Barry's Bay, who drowned in Pret- zels Lake, amout 30 miles west of here. Her body was found after a day-and-night search by friends who probed the deep bush in the district in which she was last seen, She had left her home to go for a walk, and her family was not alarmed unitil she failed to return after nightfall, : Million Navy Men For Emergency Detroit, Oct. 24--(AP)--Fleet Ad- miral Chester W. Nimitz said at a press conference yesterday that the United States navy can mobilize 1,000,000 trained men to meet "any emergency that may arise in the next two or three years." ~ POLICE BRAND JOB A STINKER Fort Erie, Oct, 24 -- (CP) = Fort Erie police have a stinker of a job on their hands these nights, Armed with 22 rifles, they are on a skunk extermina- tion campaign. Raiding garbage cans, the little animals have on more than one occasion blocked police on their nightly rounds. Falls Off Truck, Child Crushed Under Wheels Toronto, Oct. 24 -- (CP) -- Three- year-old Jacqueline Welham died in hospital here yesterday less than an hour after she was crushed un- der the wheel of a bakery truck a few feet from her home in suburban East York. Police said the child had fallen from the front bumper of the moving bread truck unknown to the driver, Part GM Veterans' Amateur Show ene ------------ Five Prize Winners Will Appear On CKDO Broadcast Those who attend the amateur contest, sponsored by the General Motors War Veterans' Social Club, at the Gen- eral Motors Auditorium tomorrow. night, are ensured of a very interesting evening. In all 26 numbers will be presented in which 82 contestants will take part, o 93 Plowmen In Matches At Stouffville Stouffville, Oct, 23 -- Fifty-three entrants, largest number since be- fore the war, competed under ideal sol and weather conditions in the 23rd annual plowing match of North York branch, Ontario Plowmen's Association, on the Edgevale Farms of Winfred Timbers & Sons at Stouftville, A crowd of about 5000 saw the crack plowmen in action that was judged by Clark Young, Agincourt, and D. Winslow of Ida. Results follow: Class 1, sod, open, jointers --1, Ed. Timbers, Milliken; 2. Ron. Marquis, Sunderland; 3. Richard Jarvis, Brantford. Class 2, sod, jointers -- 1. Bob Timbers, Stouffville; 2. Len Jarvis, Milliken; 3. Norman Tindall, Rich- mond Hill, Class 3, stubble, open -- 1. Lloyd Marquis, Sunderland; 2. Wilfred Ferguson, Stouffville; 3. James Lee, Greenbank. Class 4, stubble -- 1, H. Timbers, Aurora; 2, James Moore, Uxbridge; 3. Harris White, Keswick. Class 5, stubble, boys 18 and un- der--1, William Thoms, Maple; 2. H. Timbers, Aurora. Class 6, tractors in sod, 2 furrows --1. Ernest Evans, Maple; 2. Jack Beaton, Blackwater; 3. Ivan Mec- Laughlin, Stouffville, Class 17, tractors in stubble, 3 fur- rows--1, Lloyd Forsyth, Stouffville; 2. Herbert Jarvis, Milliken, Class 8, tractors, 2 or 3 furrows, open to non-prize winners--1, Mer- vin Harper, Stouffville; 2, Jack Warriner, Stouffville; 3. Nelson Raymer, Stouffville, Class 9, tractors in stubble, boys 17 and under--1. George Timbers, Stouffville; 2. Grant Wells, Stouff- ville; 3. Dan Hall, Stouffville, Class 10, tractors in stubble, boys 13 and under --1. Bruce Timbers, Stouffville; 2. Arthur Harding, Stouffville; 3. James Hamilton, Rav- enshoe, Special awards -- Allis-Chalmers award for youngest competitor, James Hamilton, Ravenshoe, 10 years; Allis-Chalmers special for most points in match, David Rat- clffie, Stouffville; Salada Tea spec- ial, Norman Jarvis, Milliken; Im- perial Oil special, Ivan McLaughlin, Stouftville. Best team on grounds--1. Vincent Baker, Stouffville; 2. Ed. Timbers, Militken; 3. George Rodanz, Stouff- ville, The fact that the five winning contestants will appear at a later date on CKDO has added much in- centive to artists in the district to take part. As a result the program will include everything from hill billy to classical, Added interest to the program is the fact that J. J. "Joe" Crys. dale, chief sports announcer of CKEY, Toronto, will be the master of ceremonies. The contestants and the type of selection they will present are as follows: -- Harold Godfrey, R. Godfrey, O, Sellick, J. Naylor, B, Hoard, Musical Group; Mary Burtch, solo, 134 Rite son Rd, 8.; Geo. Johnson, solo, Whitby; Patrica La Plante, dancer, 215 Kendal Ave.; Shirley Harmer, solo, Kingston Rd. W.; Fred Stew- art, sing and guitar, 316 French 8t.; Evelyn Turner, solo, 104° Bloor 8t, West. Donald Sheriff, guitar, 30 West- mount Ave; Marie Lang, pianist, 639 Summerville Ave.; Helen Levee que, solo, 285 Celina St,; Ray Vail- lencourt, harmonica, 65 Rosehill Blvd.; Marion Pitka, solo, 202 Park Rd. 8; Joan Evans, dancer, Co- lumbus; Gwen Wilson, solo, 254 John St.; Allen King, elocutionist, 622 Carnegie Ave.; Betty Harmer, solo, Kingston Rd. W, Harold Godfrey, harmonica and guitar, 206 Nassau 8t.; Mrs. Love- lock, solo, 256 Court 8t.; Kay Brye ant and Mary Visner, guitar and sing, 51 Mill St.; Orma Fleming, solo, Whitby; Harry Poloz, solo, 320 Simcoe St. 8.; Ron and Ray Walker, cornet duet, 247 Tresane St.; Mrs, Toms, comic solo, Whitby: P Campbell, dancer, 34 Cadillac N.; William MacDonald, solo, 4468 Athol St. E.;; Mrs. Joan Wallace, sing, guitar, R.R. No. 1, Oshawa, 'Peg Poultry Workers Quit Winnipeg, Oct. - 24--(CP)--Dairy and poultry workers at the Swift Canadian plant here went on strike yesterday following a breakdown of negotiations between the United Packinghouse Workers of America (C.1.O.) and the company. In announcing the strike last night Adam Borsk, union field re- presentative, said the dairy and poultry division of the company had refused to give the union the same security as negotiated in a company-wide agreement reached a few weeks ago. He added the mane agement at the main plant here had been advised that if they ate tempted to assist in operation of the dairy and poultry division, the union would shut down the entire Winnipeg plant, MyM O20 Man LEGS OF LAMB 1.43 SHOULDERS OF LAMB ms. 25« MMME UDZ2aNW Mam UNRATIONED Beef To Beef Hearls VEAL PATTIES Shoulder Lamb CHOPS mw. 38« Grade A BOILING FOWL 1 34- Commercial \ NEW CANADIAN CHEESE Pork Kidney Pork Liver 1b. 38e TRIPE TENDFR SAUSAGE Boneless STEWING VEAL 1b. 29- FIRST FIVE RIBS RUMP ROAST BEEF LEAN ROLLED PRIME RIB ROAST -.45- RIB ROAST 135: STANDING 1b. 42 Cleanliness eo Service eo Satisfaction ¢ Quality 12 King St. E. (TNTECIGEE