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Ld | i | i | i i ? subscription $9.00 per year, ES iets sr _ ommions DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE EDITORIAL PAGE reatuss THE DAILY TIMES-GAZE OSHAWA WHITBY THE OSHAWA TIMES (Established 1871) TFE WHITBY GAZETTE AND CHRONICLE -° (Established 1863) An independent newspaper published daily except Sunday by The Times Publishing Coapany of Oshawa, Limited, Arthur R. Alloway, President and Manaving Director. COMPLETE CANADIAN PRESS LEASED WIRE SELVICE The Times-Gazette is a member of the Canadian Daily Newspapers Association, the Ontario Provincial Dailies Association, and the Audit Bureau of Circulations. Authorized as Second Class Matter, Post Office Department, Ottawa, Canada. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carrier in Oshawa, Whitby, Brooklin, rort Perry, Ajax or Pickering, 24c per week. By mail outside carrier delivery area anywhere in Canada and England $7.00 per year. United States Net Paid Circulation Average Per Issue 8,1 6 6 FOR NOVEMBER WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1946 Automobile Prices From the standpoint of self-interest we who live and work in Oshawa will voice no protest on the increase in auto- mobile prices authorized by the Wartime Prices and Trade Board. This city stands to benefit directly in many ways. But that should not be the only justification we can offer. Price increases of all kinds are extremely serious factors in our national economy and every citizen who gives the matter sober thought will be concerned lest we lose control of the situation and end up in disaster. We have no doubt that those presently charged with the responsibility for per- mitting price increases are thoroughly convinced that the new prices for automobiles are essential to the continued success of the industry in Canada and are fully justified by increased costs of production. Our Prices Board has done an excellent job all through the war and we believe it is still worthy of our complete confidence and support. Trenton's Fine Example On Monday of this week the progressive town of Trenton set a good example of how a municipal election should work. With three candidates for the mayoralty and eleven con'estants for six council seats the voters turned out in the largest numbers on record and selected a strong council for 1947. There is so much public apathy toward municipal elec- tions these days it is refreshing when one can point to an opposite example. We mention it in the hope that it may be an inspiration to Oshawa citizens in the forthcoming muni- cipal election here. First of all, of course, a strong list of candidates is needed. In this connection equal credit should be given capable and public spirited citizens who allow their names to go on the ballot, whether or not they succeed in being elected. The Fire Menace The assurance that one is staying in a "fireproof hotel' is apt to give an entirely false and unwarranted sense of | security. The term is often a misnomer. A building may be primarily constructed of steel, concrete, brick or other non-combustible materials but it may have added to these a good deal of inflammable mater ale such as partitions, doors, trim, etc., to say nothing of the contents. This is the only explanation of several recent disastrous hotel fires such as those in Chicago and Atlanta. In these causes the buildings did not burn. What | the flames could find for a prey within them did. We wonder whether the authorities who are responsible for public safety have 1eally learned the needed lessons from t.ese fires. We are inclined to think such things would not happen in Canada but we have one recent example in Saskatoon when eleven lives were lost, Ii seems to us every public building should he carefully studied and a plan worked out to meet any conceivable emergency should same arise. Hotels, hospitals, jails, dance halls, theatres, churches and all institutions should be the object of careful scrutiny 'and thorough investigation. Exits, fire escapes, alarm systems, staff discipline and instructions, precautions of 'all sorts, should be studied and improved. There should be no false notions such as "this is a fireproof building" 2nd "such a thing could not possibly happen here." The truth is, it coul? happen anywhere, | Tax Problem | The Torento Telegram thinks' the Federal Government | should rescind its recently announced regulations reducing the tax exemption for married women from $750 per year to $250. Under the new order effective next year any | amount earred by a married woman over $250 will be subtracted from the husband's exemption of $1500. We agree with The Telegram that the practical effect of the change may cause inconvenience and even hardship to some employers who have retained married women on their staff, mcre particularly to hospitals anc institutions. Some married nurses are protesting the change and many are said co have announced their intention of resigning their positions. It is said in one large eastern Canadian hospital 48 married nurses have decided to quite their jobs. While these undoubtedly have the right to resign if they wish, it does seem as though a little more consideration might well be given che matter. No one seems to think that the new basis Is not €quitable; the objection seems to be only that a concession that was instituted to meet a wartime emergency is now being taken away. If the government were to change its policy in response te pressure from various groups who do not like taxation the situation would soon be chaotic. Taxes are not popular with anyone but they are still a necessary evil and all o Other Editors NATURAL VALUATION (Port Arthur News-Chronicle) The Canadian dollar is still being quoted at a discount of four to five per cent. in New York. How long can the Canadian Government maintain its own par rating in the ind of this more natural valua- tion? 3 HAVE WRONG SLANT (The Farmer's Advocate) Farmers who think their grand. children owe them a decent living have the wrong slant on life. We ought to handle the soil so that those who come after us can make a living, too! UNJUST (Peterboro Examiner) Petrillo now wants $27 an hour for his musicians when they record a symphony written by poor old Schubert, who left less than $10 worth of property when he died. Do what you the world will never be perfectly just. TAX GRAB (Ottawa Journal) Inheritance taxation has looked like easy money to our various gov- ernments; and they have made the most of it. It is time there was a protest, a protest at least against the existing conditions, in which a citizen's estate is grabbed at not by one government, but by two-- and, at present rates, heavily by both, ® 25 Years Ago In his annual report to the East Whitby Township Council, Dr. F. J. Rundle urged the appointment of | a permanent Public Health nurse | for the township, "The growing | generation of rural districts should receive as careful attention as those of urban centres," Dr. Rundle de- clared. Dr. T. E. Kaiser's book, entitled "Historic Sketches of Oshawa" was just published. The book, a 216- page volume, traced Oshawa's his- tory from as far back as the eight- eenth century to the end of World War I. Students of South Oshawa Meth- odist Sunday School presented a de- lightful cantata, "Around the World | with Santa Claus." Miss Hazsl Mc- | Mullen directed the program. | Financial statement for Oshawa | | must take the men who sold these Wrong Quarry ~Illingworth in the London Daily Mail We Have Blood On Our Hands Rotary Told Windsor, Dec. 18. --(CP)-- Some of the blame for the war deaths of Canadian and United States soldi- ers in the Pacific rests with Cana- da, Dr. Gordon Agnew, of Toronto, told the. Rotary Club here, He said shipments of scrap iron and oil to Japan enabled that country to continue its war with China, a war in which the West- ern nations eventually were in- volved. "We have blood on our hands, the blooa of innocent Chinese men and wemen," said Dr. Agnew, for- mer professor at a west China university. | "If we see fit to try the crimin- | als of the last war, if we fed so sure of the wrong done, then we materials to Japan and we must try them, too, for having been trait- ors to the ideals of the Western world." ~- Board Checking Turkey Prices showed a deficit of $16,931 as com- | In a determined effort to make pared with approximately $16,000 at sure that the consumer and the re- the beginning of the year. | tailer are protected on the prices Gripped by a terrific gale, Osh- {charged for Christmas turkeys, F. L. awa went without light and power J. Seldon regional WPTB repre- for a 24-hour period. In the wake of sentatives has issued a special the roaring storm, trees were brok- | Warning. en, windows smashed and the fire, Mr. Seldon explained that the alarm system put out of operation. |Board's investigators are already Tallow candles and coal oil lamps, Visiting retail stores throughout the resurrected from attics and cellars, |region in an effort to check up on were back in use. | prices being charged for Christmas To develop hockey talent for fowl. Arrangements have been made Oshawa's O.H.A. teams, two new !for offenders found to be disre- leagues, with 18 and 16-year age garding ceilings to be prosecuted limits, were formed. Officers elected (before Christmas. Consumers and for both series were: J. G. Althouse, [retailers are asked to report any honorary president; H. Davis, pres- | cases of possible price ceiling in- ident; J. Vass, secretary; J, Tumey, fractions for turkey prices to their treasurer. nearest WPTB office. "It is only fair that the majority ® A Bit of Verse of scrupulous merchants be pro- SILENT NIGHT tected from the unfair practices of the few retailers who might be in- |clined to take advantage of the {supply of turkeys this year to {charge higher than legal ceilings," | Mr, Seldon said. Retail ceiling prices for turkeys this year are: Special grade 52c box-packed; 50c loose; Grade A, 49, 48; B, 47, 46; C, 43, 42. Silent night, holy night, m All is calm, all is bright; Round yon Virgin Mother and Child! Holy Infant, so tender and mild, Sleep in Heavenely peace, Sleep in Heavenly peace. BOWMANVILLE NATIVE DIES Fort William, Dec, 17--(CP)-- Herbert M. Woodhouse, 59, Fort William city engineer died of a heart attack in his office today. {Born in Bowmanville, he had been {in charge of the Engineering De- partment since 1943. Silent night, holy night, Shepherds pray at the sight; Glories stream from heaven afar Heav'nly hosts sing Alleluia Christ the Saviour is born, Christ the Saviour is born. . Silent night, holy night, God on high, love's pure light; Radiant beams from Thy holy face, With the dawn of redeeming grace, Jesus Lord at Thy birth, Jesus Lord at Thy birth, fa Would Arrest Alexander's Kin Belfast, Dec. 18 -- (Reuters) -- Arrest of the Earl of Caledon, land- owning brother of Viscount Alex- ander, Governor-General of Canada, was demanded by an opposition member in the Northern Ireland Parliament yesterday oa the grounds that he was keeping 46 houses un- occupied on his estates at Caledon, County Tyrone. J. Stewart, Nation- alist, said Lord Caledon had de- clared he would neither let the houses mor allow them to be requisi- tioned. Boat Ride Whim Seals Bear's Fate Cobourg, Dec. 18. --(CP)--If a bear in Boshung Lake area had been content to swim to his des- tination instead of going for a hoat ride, he might still be alive today, instead of forming a handsome fur rug. When two district nimrods went hunting the other day, they raised a bruin which took refuge in the lake. 'The bear seemed to have made good his escape when the hunters' outboard motor stopped and their boat began to drift. Busy with the motor the men were inter- rupted when the bear tried to scramble into their craft. A quick shot ended his effort. 40 Sleighs Now, Falls Problem Niagara Falls, Dec. 18. --(CP)-- Prime problem of the Niagara Falls post office this week, is where it can obtain a fleet of two dozen sleighs and wagons to back up 44 Veterans aiding postmen in the Christmas mail rush, Postmaster Pat McCall says he must beg, borrow or "steal" his fleet this week to facilitate the movement of Christmas mail. Dur- ing the war years the post office employed youngsters who had their own equipment." Now veterans are being employed. MARYSVILLE FIRE RAZES BUILDINGS Napanee, Dec. 18--(CP)--Fire be- lieved caused by an overheated chimney, yesterday totally destroyed the combind two-storey Bates Grill and Service Station at Marysville, 10 miles west of here. Deseronto firemen said they were unable to get near the blazing building. The only two charred gasoline pumps remain above the ground level. CIGARETTES sections of the community must bear their share of them, Lindi fight! Labor Plan For Cotton Acclaimed London, Dec. 18 -- (CP) -- The labor government's offer of a 25- yer-cent grant to re-equip the spin- ning section of the cotton industry --estimated at about £10,000,000 ($40,000,000) has received a hearty welcome from the press as the first step toward meeting an urgent national problem. Yarn output, at scarcely 55 per cent of the amount needed to meet home and export demand, is the in- dustry's biggest bottleneck. The labor force, at 245,000, is one-third below pre-war with no hope of any grant increase. Wages have gone up considerably since 1939; and out- put per man-hour is only about half that of the industry in the United States. Sir Stafford Cripps, president of the Board of Trade, announced the government scheme in a speech at Manchester, heart of the cotton country. A government-appointed "working party" which investigated the industry's efficiency estimated the re-equipment cost at £38,000,000. Sir Stafford said the state would pay one-quarter, with these condi- tions: 1. The industry must finance the cost of new buildings; 2. Machinery orders must be placed with two years and delivery taken within about five years; 3. Cotton workers must accept the two-shift system of operation and relax restrictive practices "ap- propriate to times of mass unem- ployment." 4, Spinners must group their mills into operating units of not less than 500,000 spindles. The influential Manchester Guar= dian approved the plan, The indus- try can produce enough cotton goods at competitive prices "oaly if it works with modern labor-saving machines. These will have to run double-shift and fewer mills will be needed. There must be 're-equip- ment and consolidation.' 'Heart' Gag Nets Perpetrator Term Welland, Dec. 18 -- (CP)--Con- victed of obtaining $27 from Wel- land residents by pretending that he had a heart condition and wanted to open a shoe repair shop, Earl Huber, 57, of Toronto, has been been sentenced to four months in reformatory. For stealing six wallets from a Welland store, William Auchincloss, 44, of Toronto, was sent to jail for six months. Relatives Must Know Cemetery Soldier Buried Montreal--Flowers to be placed on Oanadian war graves in Europe ahd the United Kingdom may now be sent by cable from this country, it was announced here by John Hunt, of Dundee, Scotland, vice- president of the International Flor- ists' Organization. Mr. Hunt is In Montreal to discuss war grave plans and to thank the Canadian Florist Telegraph Delivery Association for the manner in which it handled or- ders cabled by Canadian troops in England during the war. The plan whereby Canadians may pay honor to their loved ones killed in Europe or Great Britain has just been completed, and will be in oper- ation by Christmas. Mr. Hunt stressed that orders can 7' be delivered only if the deceased's name and regimental number, and the cemetery in which he is A are forwarded to members of the Florists Telegraph Delivery Asso- ciation, They may be transmitted by mail also. : Plans may be formulated whereby, photos showing the wreaths lyin on the grave-site will be sent donors, Mr. Hunt said. In any case, ™ personal delivery of the offering is Flowering Plants A Gift of Growing Delight Always in good taste--for every occasion. Lovely selection of Cyclaments, Poinsettias, Mix-pau, Snaps, Carnations, Mums and other favorites . . . E. H. BUTTON, FLORIST 144 ORCHARD VIEW BLVD. -- PHONE 2767W13 January 1, 1947. Increase in AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE RATES IN ONTARIO Effective January 1, 1947 D> to the increase in traffic accidents and the cost of repairing automobiles it has been found necessary to make certain increases in Automobile Insurance rates for the Province of Ontario effective Following the termination of gasoline rationing, rate adjustments were made restoring premiums, generally speaking, to pre-war levels. However, the average cost of Bodily Injury, Property Damage or Collision losses has increased since 1939 from 15% to 40%, depend. ing upon the type of coverage. . : \ In the first nine months of 1946 traffic accidents have incréhsed 36% over the first nine months of 1945. Comparison of Traffic Accidents in Ontario insurance agent. Accidents. ....occovensiiine Property damage (to Aug. 31) Persons killed. . . . Persons injured. ....oo0uvanee Cars registered. . ...co00000e 1945 8,683 $1,179,574 385 6,563 656,563 If traffic accidents and loss costs continue to increase, it is inevitable that Automobile insurance rates will have to be raised still further. There will be an increase in rates in Bodily Injury, Property Damage and Collision premiums, and a decrease in Fire and Theft premiums in certain territories. These changes in rates will not affect existing policies until their renewal. Full particulars about the new rates may be obtained from your Published by the Insurance Companies, Members of CANADIAN UNDERWRITERS' ASSOCIATION INDEPENDENT AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE CONFERENCE $1,891,635 689,672 1946 11,866 36% 60% 17% 32% 5% 453 8,707 " .