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OPINIONS DA THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE OSHAWA WHITB THE OSHAWA TIMES (Established 1871 ) THE WHITBY GAZETTE AND CHRONICLE (Established 1863) MEMBER OF THE CANADIAN PEESS The Times-Gazette i= a member of the Canadian Dally News- papers Association, the Ontario Provincia; Dailies Association, and the Audit Bureau of SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carrier in Oshawa, Whitby, Brooklin Port Perry, Ajax or Pickering, 24¢ per week, $12.00 per year. By mall, 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. $0.00 per year. Authorized Becond Class Matter, Post Office Dept., Ottawa, Can. also reserved, Net Paid Circulation Average Per Issue @ 4 2 3 3 JUNE, 1948 THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1948 i Used Car Prices *=g in new automobiles who hold franchises from R t have always been desirous of bringing the e | 1} used cars into proper relation with the cur- x "automobiles. Last year the dealers de- . (J : Memberde v ng this that has been partially C.1O. this # with the #.% ser of a new car. is re- gould not sell the auto- .c7Gases one year) without #52 back to "% «e'dealer from whom he pur- _« @schedule set forth in the agree- «chasers thought this agreement was not good _ad'therefore signed it readily enough but proceeded oréak it by selling the new car at a handsome profit. Recently a test case was heard in Essex County and when the court upheld the validity of the contract the de- fendant appealed and a judgment has just been handed down by the Ontario Court of Appeal in which the judgment of the lower court was sustained and the buyer of the new car who re-sold it is out about $500 as a result. The Toronto Auto- motive Trade Association, which acted for the dealer, has turned the amount over to the Red Cross feeling that the salutary value of the judgment is much more important than any monetary return to the dealer or the association. Unfortunately the efforts of the dealers, while laudatory, go only a short distance toward correcting a situation that is basically the result of the short supply of motor vehicles. 'As has been found in many cases it is pretty hard to control the law of supply and demand and it is likely that automo- biles will appear on used car lots at prices far above their ordinary market value 80 long as manufacturers are unable to meet the public demand and so long as the public is willing to pay these high prices for the privilege of getting immedi- ate delivery of vehicles that have been barely broken in. Government intervention and strict control would be the only solution and that remedy would probably be regard- ed by most people as worse than the disease. In the meantime we give credit to the automobile deal- ers for generally keeping their skirts clean and doing what they can to distribute the new cars available to legitimate buyers. Britain Nationalizes Land Britain has just embarked on one of her greatest social and economic experiments. Under the new Town and Country Planning Act which became law on July 1st all development of land is now controlled in the interests bf the community. Since July 1 Britain's 145 country and borough councils have the new responsibility of drawing up development plans for their own particular area. They have three years in which to submit these plans to the central authority. Local public enquiries will be held if necessary in order that every- body has the chance of appeal against the Council's de- cisions, and when the development plans have finally been approved it will be the task of the local authorities gradu- ally to carry them into effect. : At the same time these plans must be sufficiently flexible for them to be modified and adapted according to changing conditions, and must be re-examined at least every five years. To enable local authorities to discharge their new functions they are given greater powers for compulsory acquisition of Jand and will receive increased financial assist- ance from the Government. One of the main objects of the new Act is to ensure that all land development harmonizes with the plans drawn up by the local authorities. The Act does not nationalize land but nationalizes its development values. Land-owners will no longer have the right to build on their land without the con- sent of the local planning authority. Under previous law the planning authority was liable to pay compensation when permission to build was refused. -- Under the new Act landowners will have to pay a devel- opment charge if permission to build is granted. Owners whose land is compulsorily acquired will be compensated for any loss of development value out of a central fund of £300 million which will be made available for this purpose. Claims will be dealt with by a new body called the Central Land Board who will also assess and collect the development charges made to landowners, The new Town and Country Planning Act is the most comprehensive measure of its kind ever to reach the Statute Book in Britain. The first laws relating to the planned use of land in Britain were introduced in 1909. Since this date there has been a number of acts dealing with different aspects of town and country planning. The new act may be said to consolidate or repeal all past legislation and at the same time introduce new provisions which remove what are regarded as main obstacles to good national and local plan- ning. It substitutes a positive system of co-ordinated plan- ning for the piecemeal machinery of past acts. By HAROLD DINGMAN Ottawa Correspondent Ottawa, July 22--His first wife was a lovely rat. "I'm going to wait," she told Toledo Tom, "until your mother dies. Youll be worth more money then. Then I'll divorce you." A lovely, lovely rat. When he was overseas for four years he gave her power of attorney, which meant she had access to all his liquid as- sets. She systematically cleaned out his bank accounts and ran up bills totalling $25,000 which he had to pay on his return to the U.S. For more than a week Toledo Tom and I fished a quiet lake in northern Ontario and day by day little bits of his weird story of a rich and corrupt American family fell from his lips. He told fantastic tales with casual and sometimes brittle cheer. . We nicknamed him "Toledo Tom" merely because Toledo is his native city. He is the third son of an im- mensely rich contractor who started in Toledo with a wheelbarrow and became a power in politics and fin- ance. When he died he left his company and his fortune evenly di- vided among his three sons, Tom 1s the youngest. His elder brother, Arthur, is the president of the company. His next brother, William, is vice-presi- dent and Tom himself, aged 32, is the secretary and treasurer. 'Tom seems to know, in a bewildered sort of way, that the family is rapidly carrying out the tradition of shirv- sleeves-to-shirtsleeves. Liquor sand fast living have them headed for a gigantic smashup. Brother Arthur never drinks be- fore cocktail time in the afternoon each day. But by dinner time he is so drunk he doesn't know where he is or what he is eating and event- ually he has to be helped to bed. Brother William plays at politics and is half-drunk nine months out of a year. He never gets elected to anything, but keeps his hand in the political game in an effort to as- sure his company a share of gov- ernment contracts. The father of the three was a teetotaller and al- lowed no liquor served in his home. Tom himself is a periodic drink- er, which was one of the reasons he had taken a holiday in Canada. He was drying himself out. He didn't want to go back to Toledo and there was an element of fear in his re- luctance to return. Yet when his holiday was over he packed and flew south. All the time we trolled th: lake he talked wistfully of selling out his shares and bringing his capital to Canada and starting a business of his own. It was just idle talk and Tom knew it. He would never leave his family or his com- pany. There is jealousy and hate among the brothers, yet they are held to- gether by some nameless bond. Pro- bably they will never separate, vet among themselves they quarrel and rage against each other's living and drinking habits, although one is as guilty as another. They have no incentive to work because the father built the com- pany so strong, with well-chosen executives, that it can go on inde- finitely. In addition each of the sons has a vast income from trust funds set up by the old man. So they live. They curse each other for drinking and for not paying at- tention to business. Then they buy liquor by the case and party from home to home. All the brothers are married and most of their partying is done among themselves and a close circle of hard-living, wealthy friends.' Tom was raised in luxury (as were his brothers). For ten straight winters he holidayed in California, returning to Toledo only when, the weather was comfortable. When he was old enough to enter the com- pany he discovered that he was a useless appendage, although draw- ing a huge salary. His brothers in- sisted he must work but Tom soon discovered he could dd his little du- ties by telephone. Why work? When Tom discovered his wife was a mercenary he paid all her bills and asked for a divorce, offer- ing $1,000 a month alimony. Greed- ily she refused. He left her but when he was sure she would not give him up without grabbing a for- tune, he moved back in with her and made her life hell and she fin- ally consented to divorce. Tom is a gay, witty young man with great charm and a hard, clear, intelligent mind. He was born in the American tradition of poverty- to-wealth-to-poverty, An Ameri- can tragedy. ® 30 Years Ago A 'test fire alarm revealed that the fire brigade needed a team of horses for its full time use. An Oshawa soldier reported the "Great German Offensive" in a long letter to The Ontario Reform- er. A contract was given "for putting an iron fence around. the Oshawa Armoury." 'The Oshawa Board of Education hired nine mew teachers, seven for public schools and two for high schools. Foliage-destroying Tussock moths were again making inroads on Osh- awa"s trees. ® A Bible Thought "... Heirs of God. ..." (Rom. 8: 17) "To an inheritance"--precious because it's "incorruptible", perfect because it's "undefiled", 'permanent bcayse it "fadeth not away", and proferred because it's "reserved in Heaven for you," (I Pet. 1:4). B,D § ae Cotton Anklets += 25 Ladies neat fitting cotton Ankle Hose, with Lastex tops. Sizes 84-10% -- white, blue and canary. Special Clearance! -- BOYS POLO SHIRTS "Junior" will appreciate having several of these cool-for-summer polo shirts. Short sleeves -- crew neck -- in waffle stitch design. Blue, white, canary and beige.. Sizes Small, Med., & Lge. Special Buy! Men's SHIRTS & SHORTS All men will approve this exceptional value -- Athletic shirts and shorts of wonderfully fine quality wafflestitch mesh-cloth -- with tubular trim -- Regular 1.00 line. Sizes S., M. & L SPECIAL! Clearance! Children's Goods SATISFACTORY or your Money Refunded! For Quick Clearance IT'S A TRADITION at Zeller's, to "Clear the Decks" of much Summer Merchandise, in preparation for end-of-July Stocktaking. So countless num- bers of items have been marked down in price for QUICK CLEARANCE Friday and Saturday! 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Set 1.00 Big "Buys" At Little Cost Boys' SPORT SHIRTS Sizes 8-14, in gay summer patterns or plain shades. Op- en collar style and short sleeves. Reg. Values to 1.25-- Clearance Price sunshine, Double-stitched seams with 79¢ tyle with self bib. 1.49 98 ER SHOES speci Plastic UMBRELLAS In 10-rib style, colorful and plain patterns. Don't fail to take advantage of this Spec- ial Value. Reg. Values to 3.98. Sale Price LADIES' LONG SLEEVE PULLOVERS Broken size and color range in Ladies' long sleeve pullovers -- Slightly soiled. prs hisuiabasang £ MCOE ST. S. e PHONE 1065 =