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OPINIONS ~ DAILY: TIMES-CAZETTE EDITORIAL PAGE FEATURES THE DAILY TIMES.GAZETTE OSHAWA WHITBY THE OSHAWA TIMES 7 (Established 1871) THE WHITBY GAZETTE AND CHRONICLE (Established 1863) MEMBER OF THE CANADIAN PRESS The Canadian Press is exclusively entitled to the use tor republication of all news despatches credited to it or to The Associated Press or Reuters in this paper and also the local news published therein. All rights of republicatior. of special despatches herein are also reserved. ' The Times-Gazeits is a member of the Canadian Dafly News- papers Association, the Ontario Provincial Dailies Association, and the Audit Bureau of v SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carrier in Oshawa. Whitby, Brooklin, Port Perry, Ajax or Pickering, 24c per week, $12.00 per year. By mail, outside carrier delivery areas, anywhere !n Canada and England $7.00 per year $3.50 for 6 months. $2.00 for 3 months. U.S. $9.00 per year. Authorized as Second Class Matter, Post Office Dept., Ottawa, Can, Net Paid Circulation Average Per Issue 8 r 2 2 [1] APRIL, 1948 MONDAY, MAY 17, 1948 East Whitby Taxes Atthe time the re-assessment of East Whitby Township on a new basis was begun The Times-Gazette pointed out that the change would not mean an increase in taxation as many taxpayers in the township at that time believed. It was pointed out that the new system would place assessment on 'a more equitable basis. and that while assessments in individual cases might be higher that the increase would probably mean a.lower tax rate 'unless it was proposed to raise a much larger amount of money than in the past. That our review of the situation was in line with the facts was born out Friday night when the Township Council set its tax rate for 1948 at 22 mills a reduction of 10.9 mills from last year's figure. As was pointed out in a news page story in Saturday's issue the new rate means that $128,000 will be raised in taxes as compared with about $91,000 a year ago. ; Tey We are sure residents of the township were pleased with the announcement that $60,000 was set aside for road and bridge work as compared with $54,000 a year ago. This phase of township business has been one of the most trouble- some as regards solution in the past with the majority of the delegations basing their interviews on this subject. qualified engineer in its employ the council should be able to do a great deal to improve condtions and at the same time | | got around to making that cunning | | and perceptive remark about sun- | secure value for its money. + It was pleasing to note that the Township Council mem- ny bers decided to make a contribution of $1,500 to the Oshawa | i SONpaeLiong have been made with | Russia with that the amount eould not be increased. The making of the production," donation indicates that the council appreciates the great | General Hospital and that members of council voiced regret work the hospital is doing. The Township budget also contained an amount of | money for the services of a full-time public health nurse. This is a step in the right direction which will never be re- gretted. It may take time for the real benefits of the health program to accrue, but residents of the township can rest assured that it will be money well spent and that their child- ren will receive attention which will prevent the development of chronic health conditions which it would be difficult to combat in later life. . Movie Business Expanding The important place which the moving picture holds in the life of residents of Ontario is indicated by the report given to Provincial Treasurer L. M. Frost, K.C., recently by 0. J. Silverthorn, chairman of the Board of Censors of Motion Pictures. During the year ending March 31, 1948, thirty new theatres were built; important alterations were finished on twenty-five licensed premises, while twenty theatres are in the process of being renovated. Indicative of the expansion of the industry in the province is the fact that 935 projec- tionists were licensed during the year, this number consti- tuting an increase over the number of the preceding year. Following out its principle function the Board reviewed 533 feature subjects. Great Britain provided one for every six films from Hollywood, while Great Britain and continen- tal Europe submitted one film for every four and a half originating in the United States. This ratio reveals that overseas production is now closer to that of the United States than it has been during the past ten years. There is food for thought in the statement that only thirteen per cent. of the films submitted to the censors were qualified ag unsuitable for children. It is also stated that theatre operators who ignore the "Adult Entertainment" ad- monition are laying themselves open to action. Of a total of 39,877 pieces of adverising examined, 650 were rejected while 250 were amended to the satisfaction of the Board. As the safety, comfort and health, moral and physical, of the audience is the responsibility of the Branch this job is given close attention. Inspectors made 3,500 calls on theatres and an additional 900 inspections of film exchanges. The film infustry in the United States, which has had almost a strangle hold on the Canadian field for many years, should consider the statement that films from Britain and Europe are of a high calibre and have been most successful from a box office standpoint. Some of the films, including several Italian operas with leading native voices, have been extremely well received by music lovers. should not have listened to the remarks of H. Earl Russell, United States Consul-General in Toronto. Mr, Russell spoke recently on be- Heated Exchanges "| George Cruickshank, who is not With a | In Truck Hearing Toronto, May 17 -- (CP) -- The Ontario Municpia! Board Saturday reserved judgment on an applica- tion by M. and G. Convey Com- pany of Buffalo for permission to transport automobiles in bond across Ontario highways. 'The hearing was marked by heated exchanges between board members and C. C., Calvin, counsel for the Wabash Railroad Company, Mr. Calvin contended the board half of M, and G. but declined to| 7 be cross-examined. When his presence before the board was discussed with Canadian External Affairs Minister St. Laur- ent, Mr, Russell said he believed it was his duty to look to the rights of Americans involved in a Cana- dian hearing, M. and G. spokesmen said today the company is prepared to pay Ontario's gasoline tax and other fees and to observe all provincial trucking regulations, . » ' By HAROLD DINGMAN ot Correspondent Ottawa, May 17.--If it snows on a sunny day we in Canada blame it on Communism, according to always so perfectly accurate in his estimate of our political think- ing. George sits over on the Lib- eral side of the House, where he belongs; but somtimes he talks and acts like a hidebound Tory; with a hide as thick, for example, as a harpoon-proof whale. George says he represents 458,- 000 dairy farmers in Canada. This will be puzzling news to most of them, since they probably never heard of George Cruickshank. George hails from an obscure ham- let of 5Q souls (1948 census) named Clayburn. Clayburn is not noticed on most maps of British Columbia, but explorers say it is buried under a shelf in the rain, snow and fog- bound Rocky Mountains. They grow apples in George's valley' (in some seasons) and once George brought a great big green sample-apple down east with him. George was very proud of that apple and showed it all around the House and finally he gave it to hig close friend, Denton Massey, of Toronto. Denton attends more sessions of Parliament than any other member and his .complexion is pale from being inside so much. George thought he would like the apple. But when Denton cut open the apple with a big jacknife he keeps handy for such purposes, a | worm as thick as your finger and | 10 inches long crawled out and died on the green carpeted floor of the Commons. George Cruick- | shank collapsed and wept at his | desk and ever since then he has only boasted about B.C. weather | and B.C. apples on alternate Tues- days. Such is the finicky fate of | polities. | George's latest canipaign is not | or. behalf of worm-eaten apples; it is against whale-eil. It was while | talking on whale-oil that George v days and Communism, | "lI want to know what direct respect to whalg-oil | said George "and in | that connection has anything been | mentioned about oleomargarine;" | George suspects that maybe Ca- | nada is making a deal to get some more whale-oil and that it will all, end up in margarine. This would be the ruination of everyone of the 458,000 dairy farmers whom George says he represents; al- though George is an apple-knocker from under a low shelf in the fog- bound Rockies, according to the Parliamentary Guide, Whittaker's Almanac and other reliable jour- nals. "Ig it my understanding," asked George, "that Soviet Russia and Canada have agreed to, use whale oil for the manufacture of olea- margarine in competition with but- ter in Canada " "The answer is no," responded James MacKinnon, the acting min- ister of fisheries. If there is'any further discussion on margarine, George will be heard from. But on other legislation the Member for Fraser Valley is a good Liberal, representing his fel- low-Canadians, often against his own party. WHIMSY IN THE HOUSE -- Ilembers of Parliament should be told that their speeches should be made while standing on one leg, and that the minute they put the other foot on the ground their speech would be automatically at an end, according to Maurice Ol)i- vier, who is some sort of authority on constitutional matters. "I have a little difficulty in understanding even humor ecriti- cism of that kind of this House of Commons, by one of its ser- vants," said Art Smith, of Calgary, a legal authority of note. "Perhaps we might reply that many eivil servants whom I know would get through infinitely more work if they did it all standing on their heads." $1 MILLION FIRE Glenwood Springs, Colo, May 117 --(AP)--A gasoline-fed fire en- gulfed an entire downtown block of the business section here Sat- urday, causing approximately $1,- 000,000 damage, "There's Still A Threat" --Hutton, in The Philadelphia Inquirer Looking Ahead In Ottawa Ottawa -- (CP) ~The St. Laur- ent-Gardiner duel for the Liberal leadership is going to hit the hust- ings in the British Columbia con- stituencies of Yale and Vancouver Centre. No less than six cabinet minis- ters are going west in an effort to gain Yale in the May 31 by- election and hold Vancouver Cen- tre June 8. External Affairs Minister St. Laurent is going and Agriculture Minister Gardiner has already left. Both presumably hope to accumu- late support for the August Liberal national convention when Prime Minister Mackenzie King steps down as party leader. Opinion on Parliament Hill still holds.to Mr, St. Laurent as favo- rite although mo one is willing to bet on what will happen when the Gardiner forces go to work amid convention hustle and confu- sion. Meantime, Ontario members are working steadily for the by-eleckion in teh riding of Ontario June 8. A full contingent of big names will descend on the Oshawa district soon. Government supporters admit privately that they could be unsuc- cessful in all three contests. The effect of such a series of blows within eight days could ggmplicate the timing of the next general election, Canadians may be told this week how soon they can expect com- mercial television stations to oper- ate jn Canada. The Board of Governors of the CBC meets In' Montreal this week and one item on the agenda is television, Two applications from Toronto and ope from Hamilton will be heard. It is the first time the board, which meefs in public session Tuesday and Wednesday, has heard television applications backed by complete technical briefs. Among other things to be dis- cussed is the question of mention of prices in radio advertising, Am- erican stations can use prices; Canadians are prohibited by law from doing so. The Canadian As- on 'A GREAT EVENT... ! | sociation of Broadcasters is asked for repeal of the prohibition. The | Retail Merchants' Association, however, is expected to oppose the | request. | Finance Minister Abbott's deci- |sion to bring down his' budget at 8 pm. EDT Tuesday makes it fair- ly certain that Canada will stick to night budgets henceforth. The last daytime budget was seven years ago. With the budget speech at 3 p.m. there was a con- get out before stock markets closed in British Columbia, because of the three (and sometimes four) hours' time difference. There is no such worry at night. The change is considered so suc- cessful by finance department of- ficials that this year there was no question: They just went ahead with plans for eight p.m. THINK STORY HOAX Vancouver, May 17 -- (CP) -- Four days of investigation over, police today believed the story told may be a hoax. Gary came home Tuesday to tell a story of how he had been held prisoner for 2% hours, trussed with his own belt and tortured. He displayed swas- made, he said, with a safety-pin. $100,000 BLAZE Beauceville, Que., May 17 -- (CP) stant fear that some news would [" by 12-year-old Gary .Cuthbert of an attack by a black-caped sadist tika-like scratches on his chest, 15 Years Ag Ralph Gardner was hospitalized as the result of a deep knife wound received in an accident in a local butcher shop. Over 3,000 people attended an open house at the Tod Bakery. At a meeting sponsored by the Central Ratepayers Association it was decided to form a C.C.F. Club in Oshawa. The meeting was ad- dressed by D. M. LeBourdais, secre- tary of the CCF. The Oshawa Hockey Club an- nounced it had secured William "Squeak" Morrison, one of the mainstays of the Galt Terrier Pups rearguard to play for the Oshawa Blue Imps. With District Governor Phil Mosher and about 200 guests in at- tendance the Whitby Rotary Club received its charter at a dinner meeting held at the Ontario Ladies College. Dr. G. L. Bird, president of the Oshawa Club, pre- sided. {Allow Canadians Less U.S. Money Without Permits Ottawa, May 17 -- (CP) -- The amount of money which Canadians can send to the United States with- out a permit from $25 to $10, the Finance De- partment announced Saturday. The amount of United States funds which merchants, hotelkeep- ers and others ordinarily serving tourists, may keep on hand with- out special authorization from the Foreign Exchange Control Board was reduced from $500 to $25Q Doctors, lawyers. and other pro- fessional people, in future must "ordinarily" obtain payment in United States dollars for services they render to residents of the United States dollar area. This rule does not apply to pro- fessional services to tourists, which may still be paid for in Canadian funds. The changes were put into effect by amendment to the foreign ex- change control regulations. The $25 remittance rate was set last Oc- tober. The Finance Department said in- structions have been given reducing the authority of banks, express companies, postmasters, and other agents to the FECB, to approve payments to the United States dol- lar area for benevolent remittance of more than $20 per applicant per month, Formerly, these agents could ap- prove on their own authority such remittances up to $25. Anyone wishing to make benevo- lent remittances totalling more than $10 a month now must apply to FECB, through the bank or agent which has been handling the transaction. "The board will contiaue to au- thorize benevolent remittances in larger amounts where it is satis- fied that they are genuine," the de- partment said. 8 0 8S PROVES HOAX Crescent City, Calif, May 17 -- (AP)--A ghostly S O 8 saying an exploding mine was sinking a coastwise ship sent rescue groups on a fruitless mission. For almost 12 hours Saturday the Coast Guard and Air Force prowled the sea 35 miles offshore from Crescent City. They found nothing. - has been reduced | Mark Up Controls Are Re-Imposed Ottawa, May 17--(CP) -- The prices board Saturday announced reimposition of markup -- margin of profit -- controls on imported new potatoes. The move becomes effective to- day with the board's decision to auhorize importation under quo- ta of new potatoes into British Co- lumbia where domestic supplies of old potatoes are almost exhausted. Imports are limited to U.S. No. 1 "B" size, a good quality but less expensive than larger siZes. A maximum markup of 48 cents per 100 pound bag is allowed at the retail level. On the basis of present costs in California a 10- pound bag of potatoes 'would cost the consumer about 50 cents. Markup allowed wholesale distrie butors is at the rate of 30 cents a 100 pounds on sales to retailers. When an impogting wholesaler sells to another wholesale distributor he is allowed 15 cents a 100 pounds leaving 15 cents for the secondary wholesaler. 3 DROWN IN CAR St. John's, Nfld, May 17 --(CP) --Three men were killed Sunday when their car hurtled down a steep hill and plunged over a wharf into Conception Bay at nearby Portugal Cove. The ¥ WAR MEMOIRS lity -- 's Neutra problems snd Soviets 2 Churchill irke {ape . Nazi plans captured: he Home F da azis grab Norway as Denmark: s become em Eris b: Minister. Reynaud : 4 by red Finland leet sails. The Standord COMICS MAGAZINE «+ ROTOGRAVURE [eA 1 NEWS REVIEW UNDERWEAR «- HOSIERY «- OUTERWEAR QUALITY ---An early morning fire of un- known origin Sunday wiped out a door and window-sash manufactur- ing plant, the living quarters of its owners, and partially destroyed two residences nearby. Loss was esti- mated at more than $100,000. 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