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y OSHAWA Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE WHITRY VOL. 9--No. 230 OSHAWA-WHITBY, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1950 PAGE THRE Former Local Resident Gives Very Interesting Description of Finland A very interesting description of conditions in Finland has been re- ceived by The Times-Gazette from C. A. Edwards, publishing and temperance secretary for the Northern European Division, Gen- eral Conference of Seventh-day Adventists.' Mr. Edwards, who was stationed at the Oshawa Mission- ary College for a time some years ago, plans to return to the United States shortly. His article is as follows: Sometime ago, it was my privil- ege to visit Finland, during which time I travelled extensively by bus and train over this beautiful and hospitable country, The accommo- dations, to be sure, are not to be compared with those of Canada or the States, but the cost of travel 18 surprisingly low and the willing- ness to serve unexcelled. One cgn ride third class on a Finnish train the distance around 750 miles for approximately $5.00. I discovered that by paying the equivalent of 5 cents more for my bus ticket, I would get a reserved seat. Incidentally, riding over the bumpy, dusty roads in some parts of Finland which we rode over, would lead one to consider the five cents paid for a reserve-seat a good investment, indeed. A young lady collects the tickets and serves as a conductor. When one such young lady passed out empty paper-sacks to all the passengers in the bus on which I was riding, I wondered just what they might be for. Be- fore very long, however, it became apparent that they served the same purpose as do small rubber-sacks or boxes resembling berry-boxes on ocean liners. I nother words, they were designed to add to the com- fort of those who felt uncomfort- able because of a sea-sicky feeling. Many in the bus used the sacks and I came nearly having to use one myself at one juncture. One little boy who sat directly behind me, either missed the sack or could not wait until it was brought be- fore him, with the result that most of the contents of his revolting stomach were deposited on the floor. Needless to say, the odor in the bus from that point onward was not the most pleasant. High-top Boots Common As one travels around in the Finland of today, one is impressed by the prevalence of high-top boots, worn by men and women every- where, Some of these boots worn by the men, can be extended to reach up to the loins. In looking at displays in the store-windows, one is apt to find himself looking at white 'coffins, prominently display- ed. The stores in Finland now are showing more and better mer- chandise than they did about a year and a half ago, when I also paid a brief visit. At that time, candy of any kind was practically unobtainable, and merchandise in general, was sadly depleted. Great progress has been made since that _ "time and the over-all picture now EE FE Lf fF ETE TT Tr Sore SN is one of a speedy return to normal- cy. Since Sweden ruled Finland nor nearly seven centuries--the Swe- dish habitation of Finland's main- land dates back from the year 1000--the Swedish influence is still marked. Many of the cities have Finnish as well as Swedish names. The capital city, Helsinki, for ex- ample, is known as Helsingfors to the Swedes. Incidentally, this cap- ital city of Finland holds the dis- tinction of being the largest most northern capital city in the world. Only one other capital city lies farther north, Reykjavik in Ice- land. There are two official lan- guages spoken in Finland, the Fin- nish and Swedish, 91 per cent of the population employing and 9 per cent Swedish. Language Difficulty Speaking of languages, I got into difficulties in Bjorneborg, Finland, when I had to change trains there and wait a matter of hours for the next train, Since my gnowledge of languages is confined to English and the Scandinavian--Swedish, Norwegian and Danish--my first difficulty was with the ticket-sell- ers at the svation, who could not speak either of the above languages. I had to resort to.writing to make them understand that I wanted to buy a ticket to Tampere. The siuation became more com- plicated when I found it necessary to go into a restaurant to buy a dinner. After considerable pantom- iming and pointing with my finger, I managed to get a couple of sand- wiches. I spied some milk, but how to make them understand that I wanted it hot, was the problem. In a desperate effort to convey my wishes, I enacted the scene of light- ing a match under a glass filled Coming Events THE LENORE GROUP OF THE Simcoe Street Church Women's Association are holding a tea at the home of Mrs. A. A. Crowle, 19 Division Street, Oshawa, on Wed- nesday, October 4th, from 3 to 6 p-m. Tickets 50c. (230a) SALE OF HOME COOKING, 2 .m., Thursday, October 5, St. eorge"s Parish Hall. Auspices South East Group. ) MADAME NEVADA, PALMIST, AT Cenosha Hotel, from Tuésday, Oc- tober 3, to Friday, October 6. Hours: 10 to 9. (230d) RUMMAGE SALE -- 7TH SCOUT Mothers, St. George's Parish Hall, Wednesday, 1:30 p.m. (280a), Oshawa dnd. District THREE GET ROSES Three members of the Oshawa Rotary Club--Robert Argo, George Terry and George Finley -- were presented with roses at the club luncheon yesterday. They celebrate their birthdays this week. CUSTOMS COLLECTIONS Customs collections for the Port of Oshawa during September to- talled $2448393.18 as compared with $1,732,364.14 for the same month a year ago. The total for September of this year was made up as follows:--import duty, $405,- 252.25; excise taxes, $2,042359.53; excise duty, $445.50; sundry collec- tions, $335.90. VISITORS AT ROTARY Visitors at the luncheon meeting of the Oshawa Rotary Club yester- day included William Lang, of To- ronto, Richard Angus of Vancou- ver, B.C.; David Angus of Victoria, B.C.; George Slocombe of Oshawa and Rotarians Cecil Winter of Pickering and L. W. Dippell of Bowmanville, CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SUBJECT "Unreality" was the subject of the Lesson Sermon which was read in all churches of Christ, Scientist, throughout the world including First Church of Christ Scientist, 64 Colborne Street East, Oshawa, on Sunday, October 1. The Golden Text was "What is the chaff to the wheat? saith the Lord." (Jeremiah 23:28.) MOTORCYCLIST INJURED Cobourg, Oct. 3--George Hill, 27, of Ajax, was injured Saturday when his motorcycle ran into the back of a car driven by J. Legambo of Youngstown, Ohio. The acci- dent occurred just east of Cobourg on Saturday afternoon. Hill was taken to Cobourg Hospital suffer ing from concussion. Provincial Constable F. Clough of Cobourg in- vestigated. CALL BRIDGE TENDERS The Canadian National Railways has called for tenders for the con- struction of a bridge over its tracks on Park Road South in Oshawa. The bridge will serve the new Cen- tral Parts Distribution Warehouse of General Motors of Canada, Limited. Tenders close at 12.30 p.m. on October 13. NAMED SUPERVISOR The Canadian National Institute for the Blind announces the ap- pointment of Alfred W. Sparks as supervisor of Ontario Field Services Department and its district offices. The new supervisor, a former field secretary, and blind since early childhood, has always worked with people, MENTAL TEST ORDERED Peterborough, Oct. 3 -- (CP) -- A mental examination was ordered today for Harvey D. Sylvester, 32, who told provincial police that he set fire to a' store here in August, 1948. He is scheduled to appear in court Friday on an arson charge in connection with the $250,000 fire at the S. 8. Kresge Co. store, He went to provincial police 'at Co- bourg Sept. 24 with his story of setting the fire, with milk. Failing to obtain satis- factory results by this demonstra- tion, I finally managed to secure a glass of cold milk, Before the last war, the area of Finland slightly surpassed the com- bined areas of England, Scotland, and Ireland. Russian annexations during the recent war, reduced this somewhat, Although in size and population the country takes its place among the smaller nations of the world, in common with other countries, it lays claim to its note- worthy individuals - and achieve- ments. The names of J. L. Rune- berg, national poet, and Zacharias Topelius, both of whose homes I had occasion to visit, are honored not only 'in Finland, but in other countries as well. Statues also com- memorate Paavo Nurmi, world- famous long-distance runner. High Percentage of Literacy As to Finland's achievements, it was one of the first countries to introduce the eight-hour day, and the first to grant women equal political rights with men. Finland also has the greatest percentage of literacy in the world. As early as 1686 ungler the Ecclesiastical Act of that year, no clerk in holy or- ders was permitted to marry any person unable to read. Legislation aimed at making education com- pulsory in the eighteenth century, was opposed by the Russians who were at the time masters of Fin- land. There are now three univer- sities in the country, two in Turku, one of which is Swedish-speaking, an dthe Helsinki State University. The Finnish production of mech- anical and chemical pulp is about 10 per cent of the world's output. After Sweden, she is the largest exporter of ground-wood and cel- lulose, and takes third place after Sweden and Canada as paper ex- porter. Of the country's total area, 75.5 per cent is forest, The Finns speak of their forests as "green Toronto Airmen Die In Crash At Dagmar This is the tangled remnants of the light aircraft which carried 2 two Toronto youths, Donald Dodd, 21 and Charles Bennett Mist, 20, to their deaths when it crashed on Sunday near Dagmar, 12 miles south of Uxbridge. The engine of the plane was torn loose and the fuselage was badly battered when it hit a hill after "buzz- ing" the cottage of Mr. and Mrs. David Pitka, 202 Park Road South, Oshawa. f DONALD DODD BEN MIST ~--Globe and Mail Photo. [Peterborough Assessment $45 Million Peterborough, Oct. Peter- borough's population totals 36,716, a year's gain of 1,034, in the assess- ment roll for 1950 which Assess- ment Commissioner J. E. Davis transferred to City Clerk Outram. Increases are confined to Claraday ward, south of Lansdowne St. and Ashburnham. Decreases in the other wards reflected the movement of people from central rooming and apartment quarters to new houses in the east and south. Total taxable assessment for 1951, combination of land, buildings and business, amounts to $39,310,870 .as compared with $37,467,450 for 1950. City Council Briefs This is an increase of $1,843,420, and this sum is made up of the increase of $1,584,585 on property, that is on both lands and buildings, plus $258,- 835 increase in the business assess- City Council held its regular monthly meeting last night in Old City Hall. There was nothing un- usual about that. What was un- usual was that the agenda was completed in forty-five minutes and the meeting was over--a record by far for this year. The reason was that several members of coun~ cil wanted to attend the cham- plonship Waterloo-Oshawa game at Kinsmens' Memorial Stadium. The meeting began at seven o'clock and was over by seven forty-five. The request of F. B. Moss, CP.R, Agent that the telegraph office on King Street East be not asked to comply with a recent civic edict forbidding bicycle - stands on the streets was referred to the General Purpose Committee for a report, the Committee will make a survey of the downtown district in an af- fort to solve the problem of park- ed bicycles. William Mainprize and his bro- ther who operates a shop on 144 Gibb Street asked permission to make use of an old street car as a workshop on four acres of city property they have bought. They will use the street car as a shop for a year while they each build a house. City Property Committee was asked to report. : A letter from the Police Commis- sion pointed out that Humane In- spector Lloyd Fowler and his work will now come under the jurisdic- tion of the Police Department and all payments and receipts in con- nection with his work will be made through the City Treasurer's of- fice. A tax sale will be held at Cen- tre Street .School auditorium on October 4. At the request of the Finance Committee last night pro- perties not sold at that sale will be disposed of at another adjourned sale to be held ten days later, A number of "no parking" signs will be placed around the city on the order of council. Some will be placed on Oak "Street and others in front of Herb Robinson's auto- mobile parts establishment on Rich- mond Street West. Alderman Sam Jackson, in response to a query, said that "half of the city engin- eer's staff is working on. this sign business now it seems." The Assessment Commissioner will be asked to report on avail- able city-owned land which might be used for a housing project for old age pensioners, veterans, wid- ows and mothers receiving allow- ance on one child. Projects have been established in Owen Sound and Burlington. Enquiries will be made about the success in these municipalities. gold," while rapids and waterfalls are referred to as "white coal." In my travels through Finland, I was impressed by the beauty of the country, its magnificent forests and numerous lakes, of which lat- | ter there are 60,000. Down ovgp ple the centuries, the Finnish peo have suffered greatly from wars of other's choosing. Frequently, they have become victims of aggressors but they have fought valiantly for their liberties. It may be observed that when Sweden and Russia were at war during the years 1609-1617, Swedish-Finnish forces held Mos- COW. Someone has said that present- day Finland is a democracy at work. There are few really wealthy people in the country, and also few in abject poverty. The national poet, J. L. Runeberg, expressed the sentiment of the people in the na- tional anthem, "Our Land," one stanza of which runs somewhat as follows in a free translation: "Our land is poor, shall so remain To those who seek for gold; A sae passes with proud dis- ain; 2 Our beloved country it shall con- tinue; To us, midst meadows, mountains, fjords, A land of gold indeed!" 'Gone With Wind' Routs Bold Bandit Montreal, Oct. 3--(CP)--Mrs. Margaret Nicholson was quietly reading a novel when a man came into the Catholic Sailors' Club here where she is matron. The man asked for a spruce beer and when she returned with it he snapped: "This is a stick-up; over your cash!" Mrs, Nicholson didn't hesi- fate. She brought down "Gone With the Wind"--all 1,795 pages of it--on the man's head. He fled, hand BANDITS SLAY SALESMAN Orillia, Oct. 3--(CP) -- Bandits Monday night stole $150 from Nor- man-Switzer, 19, bread salesman, slugged him unconscious and left him on the road behind his truck with {umes from (he exhaust pipe blowing into his face. He was suf- fering carbon monoxide poisoning when found by Farmer James Mc- Sariane but was revived in hospi- ment, The total assessment of the city for' all purposes is $45,717,330 for 1951 as compared with $42,414,215 for 1950, an increase of $3,303,115. Oshawa Law Firm Changes Its Name Allin F. Annis, K.C., who has for the past 13 years carried on the practice of law at his office, 7% Simcoe Street South, under the firm name of Conant and Annis, an- nounced today that from now on, his practice will be continued at the same office under the name of Allin F. Annis, K.C. The change in the firm name is effective im- mediately. Mr. Annis was formerly associ- ated in law practise with Hon. C. D. Conant, K.C. ' He served for a number of years as Crown Attorney for Ontario County. Mr. Annis has also been active in public affairs in Oshawa, having served on both the Board of Education and the City Council. : Associated with Mr. Annis in his law practise is Ralph S. Jones, B.A.,, who joined the firm in June of last year after his graduation from Osgoode Hall, | Retired Rector Suffers Seizure Roseneath, Oct. 3--Canon C. R. Spencer, 69, suffered a heart attack Sunday morning in the pulpit of St. James' Anglican Church, Rose- neath, after concluding his sermon. He was to have conducted Holy Communion immediately after the sermon, but collapsed after an- nouncing that the service would have to be discontinued. Dr. George H. Field, of- Rose- neath, was called to the church and the Canon was driven to his home in Roseneath by the people's warden, Herbert McCracken and his son, Ray McCracken, From the rectory at Hastings, Canon Spencer was taken by am- Jbulance to Civic Hospital, Peter- borough. His condition has greatly improved, the hospital reports. Canon Spencer had 'been super- annuated, but feeling he was too young for retirement, chose to con- tinue his work in the ministry. NEW LIEUT.-GOVERNOR Victoria, B.C., Oci. 3--(CP)--Van- couver shipbuilder Clarence Wallace Monday was sworn in as British Columbia's first native-born Lieut- enant-Governor. He succeeds Charles A. Banks, Republic In Pyrenees Is Talk Theme A very interesting account of his visit to the republic of Andorra, on the southern slope of the Pyrenees Mountains, was given members of the Oshawa Rotary Club yesterday by Dr. J. I. Lister, past president of the Tunbridge Wells, England, Rotary Club. The speaker was introduced by Rotarian Frank Grindley while the vote of thanks was proposed by Ro- tarian Rev, D. M. Rose. Dr. Lister has served as program chairman of his club for 20 years as also has the distinction of being a past chair man of his Rotary district. It was explained that Andorra is a republican state under the joint suzerainty of France and the Bishop of Urgel. It is less than 200 square miles in area and consists of one long valley with between 5,000 and 6,000 inhabitants. Taxes are paid to both France and Spain, there being two post offices and two different sets of stamps. A primitive country until recently, its inhabitants are mostly engaged in agricultural pursuits. The land is terraced as it is very steep and is stirred with primitive plows rather than turned over. Farmers can sell theit land but have the right to re-purchase them within 20 years for the same price paid for them. The crops are mainly maize or tobacco. A few potatoes are grown but the land is overrun with Colorado Beetles. Sanitation is unknown and until 20 years ago roads were unknown. Little churches, most of which are Roman Catholic, are situated on hillsides 1,800 feet above the valley floor, During his visit Dr. Lister saw no schools but every effort is being made to modernize the country through the development of hydro power and the building of roads. Smuggling is very prevalent and ap- parently profitable. Concluding his remarks, Dr. Lister expressed the view that the ex- change of ideas between countries can be very beneficial. He said that the people of the British Isles had learned more about Canada during ine two world wars than ever be- ore, Plan Winter Program For City Parks With the outdoor program on the neighborhood parks coming to a close last week, Oshawa Neighbor- hood Associations will be getting down to planning their winter pro- gram and tomorrow night at C.R.A. the Central Council of Neighbor- hood Associations will be holding a meeting at 8:00 p.m. at which plans for the development of the associa- tion movement will be under dis- cussion, The Neighborhood Association Square Dances have been under way for a month now and problems relating to their management and development will be discussed. The meeting is of special importance to all associations, and Alfred Perfect, Chairman of Central Council, is expecting a full turnout of asso- ciation representatives. The Ladies' Auxiliaries of the Associations will also be getting under way for the winter season and on Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 p.m., the Rundle Park Auxiliary will be holding its first meeting at C.R.A. All members are urged to turn out. Must Remove Garbage Cans In 12 Hours Oshawa citizens will be asked in future not to leave garbage cans on the street after 8 p.m. on Satur- days or on the day preceding a public holiday. On the motion of Alderman Evelyn Bateman at city council last night an amendment will be made to city by-laws to make this obligatory. At the same time the by-law amentiment will insist that garbage cans be brought in off the street within 12 hours after garbage has been collected. At the particular time during the meeting when Alderman Bateman introduced this resolution the city fathers were trying to finish up their business in order to get away to a ball game. Consequently Ald- erman Bateman delivered her rea- sons in a rapid-fire delivery. The by-law amendment would have the effect of ridding the streets of ob- noxious litter on Sunday and dur- ing statutory holidays. There were one or two half- hearted objections but time pressed and the resolution passed without dissent. JOINS TRAVEL BUREAU Ottawa, Oct. 3--(CP)--Alan Field, 40, of Toronto has resigned as sec- retary of the National Film Board and has accepted a post in the Can- adian Travel Bureau. He will take charge of the bureau's office in New York when it is opened within the next few weeks. 3 Classified Ads are sure to pay Phone 35 with yours today Collapses corn ensilage. thick. was started last Wednesday morn- ing and was completed about five o'clock last night. About an hour later, it was noticed that a crack had developed in the side of the silo, and streams of corn liquid began streaming out of it. As the workers watched, the crack gradu- ally widened until it was over a foot in extent. Then, with a roar and a crash, the large structure toppled to the ground, throwing up & cloud of dust and debris. When the dust cleared away, one small section of the silo was still standing, leaning at a precarious angle, while the contents of over 300 tons of ensilage, formed a huge pile which covered a large section of the farmyard. Buried under- neath the debris was the corn- blower which had been used in fill- ing operations, Blower Retrieved Neighbors quickly gathered around, and with tractors and chains dragged away the huge blocks of cement until, about 8.30 pm. it was possible to extricate the blower from the debris and haul it to a place of safety. The jagged section of wall which still stood threatened to collapse at any moment, and the eager workers were in cgnstant danger. The blower was refrieved, however without the wall falling, and this morning, it was still standing. Mr. Gifford, interviewed by The Times-Gazette, was at a loss to explain the costly accident. In pre- vious years, the silo had always been filled by the old method of putting the corn through a cutter at the base of the silo, and blow- ing it up into the structure. This old method cut the corn into pieces of from four to eight inches in length, New Method Used This year, however, Mr. Gifford purchased, at a cost of $1,850, a new type corn cutter and adopted the new method of silo-filling. This cutter chopped the corn in the field, cutting it into fine particles like chaff, and loading it into a wagon through a self-attached blower. The corn was then taken to the barn and blown into the silo from the old type blower. This method, said Mr. Gifford, not only saved labor, but also made it pos- sible to pack a much larger ton- nage of corn into the silo. The only theory which Mr. Gifford has at the moment is that the extra tonnage of the finely-chopped corn created a pressure too great for the walls of the silo to withstand, which it was also possible that the wet nature of the ensilage created an exdessive expansion which cracked the walls and caused the structure to literally burst in two. Whatever the correct theory, the accident is very much of a mystery at present, although Mr. Gifford and his brother Lyman, who was assisting him with the silo-filling, are convinced that the new method of handling the corn had something to do with it, Built in 1916 The tall cement silo was built in 1916 by the late Hiram Gifford, father of Lloyd and Lyman, It was 35 feet tall, and had a diameter of sixteen feet. It was one of the first cement silos to be built in this district, the builder being Thomas Stockridge, while Harry Stteliffe did the plastering. Lyman Gifford recalled how he and his brothers had 'helped in its construction by wheeling the cement in wheelbar- rows up a steep ramp as the build ing progressed. The walls at the bottom were fourteen inches thick, and tapered to about ten inches at the top. The massive nature of the construction could pe judged from the huge chunks of cement which were strewn all over the barnyard after the structure eol- lapsed last night. Seek Investigation This morning, contact was made with ithe Ontario Department of Agriculture with a view to having experts from the agricultural en- Mysterious Mishap Wrecks Silo On Lloyd Gifford's Farm Silo Bursts And After Filling Finished One of the most mysterious and inexplicable accidents ever to happen on a farm in this district occurred early yes- terday evening on the farm of H. Lloyd Gifford, R.R. 4, Osh- awa, immediately east of the south end of the city, where a cement silo, newly filled with corn ensilage, burst and col- lapsed in a pile of debtis, scattering over 300 tons of ensilage over the farm yard. The silo, one of two which stood side by side on the farm, was 35 feet high and 16 feet in diameter. It had been built in 1916, and every year had been filled with Adoption of a new method of corn cutting and silo filling this year is believed by Mr. Gifford to have had something to do with the collapse of the heavy cement structure, of which the walls were from ten to fourteen inches silo filling at the Gifford farm ®- gineering department of the On- tario Agricultural College at Guelph visit the farm at once and investi- gate the accident, in the belief that it. would be of value and interest to all farmers using the new meth- ods of silo-filling to ascertain defi- nitely the cause of the collapse of the silo. The second silo on the farm, built in 1922 alongside the one which collapsed, is 37% feet high and fourteen feet in diameter. It has also been filled during the last few days, and is still standing. Mr. Gifford stated, however, that there had been an exceptionally heavy seepage of moisture from this silo, and he had to instal a sump pump to remove the liquid around its base. This was also a feature not met with to anything like the same extent in the old method of silo- filling, Plans were at .once put under way to have a wooden silo built immediately for storage of the en- silage which is spilled all over the barnyard. The T. A. Wilson Com- pany of Cannington was expected to start work some time- today on its erection, providing all the ne- cessary materials could be assem- bled, as it will be necessary to have the ensilage stored as rapidly as possible to prevent its spoilage. Britain Cracks Down On London Gas Strike London, Oct. 3--(AP)--The Brit ish government moved on two fronts today against London gas workers who meanwhile met to de cide whether to end a 17-day strike, Acting on orders of Attorney Gen- eral Sir Hartley 'Shawcross, authe orities invoked an 1875 law and summoned 10 of the 1,450 strikers to a court hearing tomorrow. The London Daily Express mean- while reported that skilled Navy men from their base at Chatham were being sent into London to work at the gas works. The strike--for a three penny (3% cents) an hour raise -- has darkened gaslit streets in much of London's oldest section. Gas supply to homes also has been cut down, a N in the face of death the real-life story of a cancer victim A prominent businessman for whom cancer has marked a date on the calendar, tells of his inner peace and how re- ligion has brought him mental triumph over pain and suffer- ing. The concluding chapter of his deeply-moving testi- mony and how he has pre- pared to meet death with 1 and dignity kes most inspiring reading, this week in... The Standard