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1 PAGE FOUR THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 1930 |= She Oshawa Baily Times Succeeding THE OSHAWA DAILY REFORMER (Established 1871) An independent newspaper published every afternoon except Sundays and legal heli- days at Oshawa, Canada, by The [limes Printing Company, - Limited. Chas. M. Mundy, President; A. R: Alloway, "Sec- retary. The Oshawa Daily Times is a member of the Canadian Press, the Canadian Daily News- papers Association, the Ontario Provincial Dailies and the Audit Bureau of Circulations SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carrier, 15¢ a week. By mail in Canada (outside Oshawa carrier delivery limits) $4.00 a year; United States. $5 00 a year. . TORONTO OFFICE 407 Bond Building, 66 Temperance Street. Telephone Adelaide 0107. H. D. Tresidder, representative. REPRESENTATIVES IN US. ©owers and Stone Inc., New: York and Chicago WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 1930 FOR THE BURNT-OUT MEN The War Veterans' Allowance Bill, which was introduced in the House of Commons Yesterday afternoon, marks a distinct de- parture from all former types of legislation tended to relieve conditions for those war veterans who, on account of broken. down condition of their health, are unable to earn =a living. This class of mew has become known as the burnt-out calss, a class not pensionable on account of disability, but nevertheless handicapped in the battle of life because their powers of resistance to sickness and disease have been weakened by the hardships and strain of war service so as to make them wholly or part unemploy- able. This bill provides that a scheme exactly equivalent to the old age pensions 'scheme, except that it involves no sharing of the cost by the provinces, applies to every war/ veteran on reaching the age of sixty. In addition, it provides that, for those who, by reason of mental or physical infirmity are unable to secure employment, the same scheme becomes effective, irrespective of their age. The amount of the allowances is exactly the same as for the old age pensions scheme, namely, forty dollars a month for a man and his wife and twenty dollars a month for a single, man, with the provision that there will be deducted from this what- ever income the veteran has in excess of $250 a year for a married man or $120 a year for a single man. These provisions may seem hardly suffi- cient to provide a good living, yet, in view of the departure which this represents from the accepted type of pension legislation, they are very generous. They must be extremely satisfactory to those officers of the Cana- dian Legion who have been working towards this end, since the legislation is based ab- solutely on the recommendations made by the Legion, and announced only last week, although they have been in the making for a considerable period. The temper of parliament at the present time is such that there is every likelihood that the bill will go through practically as introduced. There is a disposition on both sides of the house to keep partisan politics out of all matters relating to the treatment of war veterans, and if that principle is ap- plied to this measure, then, much-needed re- lief will be granted to a class of veterans which has been suffering greatly on account of the inability to prove definite attribut- ability of their present condition to war ser- vice. : Even if no other parts of its legislative program were adopted, the Canadian Legion, by securing the act for the relief of the burnt-out men, would have every reason to feel satisfied with its success, and would justified its existence. ANOTHER LIQUOR SURPLUS A -------- Hon. J. D. Montieth, provincial treasurer, presented his annual budget to the Ontario Legislature yesterday afternoon with an apparent show of pride, He had quite a pleasing statement to make, He had a sur- plus of over $2,600,000 to show for his year's labors, the largest surplus ever re- corded in the history of Ontario. Well he might feel pleased as he launched forth on his mass of facts and figures, which took two hours to present to the legislature. Mr. Monteith, however, was remiss in that he did not pay a tribute.to Sir Henry Drayton and the Liquor Control Board. It + would be awful to think of what kind of a budget he would have had to present had , it not been for the able assistance of these % gentlemen who, as the result of the year's operations, handed over to him a cheque for _ $8,459,000 in liquor profits. That surplus of $2,600,000 might well be called another li- quor surplus, for had the government not been in the netarious trade of distributors of liquor, the treasurer would have had a . deficit of nearly $6,000,000. It is rather a sordid picture to contem- . plate. Ontario had a record surplus, but it was earned at a terrible cost, the cost of & over $55,000,000 spent in liquor, wasted by the people of Ontario. . Under these circumstances, no govern- ment should feel particularly proud of its financial record. Behind that surplus is a record of homes ruined by liquor, children deprived of the necessities of life, and men reduced to the level of brute beasts. No, it is not a pretty picture, but there it is, and Mr. Montieth took very good care that he did not refer to it at any great length in his remarks. The budget speech contained nothing of much interest, in fact. It was a bare re- cital of what the government received and how much it spent. True, there were claims of progress towards debt retirement, but a reduction of $4,600,000 on the one hand and an increase of $32,000,000 on the other does not indicate that Ontario is go- ing to reduce its debt appreciably, even with the forty year scheme of which the govern- ment is so apt to boast. SMALL STUFF The Ontario Prohibition Union, at its meeting last week, spent a good deal of time and energy in denouncing the Cheerio Club, a club of children who, by listening in on programs broadcast from station CKGW and responding to the appeals sent out over it, is doing a splendid work on behalf of the Sick Children's Hospital in Toronto. The Prohibition Union took strong excep- tion to this club because it is sponsored in "programs coming over the radio station owned and operated by Gooderham and Worts, distillers. It was afraid that the fact that the station was owned by this firm might contaminate the children, might ex- pose them to the evils of the liquor traffic. The Times has at all times strongly sup- ported prohibition of the liquor traffic, but it is hardly prepared to be as narrow in its views as the Prohibition Union has proven itself to be. We have listened to these Cheerio Club programs, and have enjoyed them, but have failed to find a single thing in them that would have anything but the best effect on the children who are doing a philanthropic work of much value through the Cheerio Club. The Ontario Prohibition Union has not been much of a success in re- cent years, and it is just possible that this smallness of mind which it has displayed in condemning the Cheerio Club is one of the reasons for its failure. TROUBLE IN INDIA It is hard for people so far away from the scene of action to visualize with any accur- act the true meaning of the events which are transpiring in India. We are too far removed from the far east to sense the sig- nificance of the spirit of unrest which has taken hold of certain elements of the na- tive population, and even the news des- patches tell but little of the true state of affairs. : There must be some significance, however, in the declaration by Mahatma Gandhi, leader of the Indian nationalist forces, that within eight days a great campaign, launch- ed against the ruling British authorities, will be started. One of his lieutenants goes even farther, and presages a war of unpre- cedented character. Both of these statements, of course, may have but little of the fabric of reliability in them. They may, after all, be only empty threats. Yet in a country like India, with its teeming millions of population, and its highly impressionable and -easily-aroused people, one must be prepared for anything and the future course of events will be watched with much anxiety. EDITORIAL NOTES Canada has lost twenty-five per cent. of its naval mine-Sweeping forces. The H.M.S. Thiepval was sunk in the Pacific a few days ago. The newspapers of Canada gave a great example of speed on Tuesday. They even "scooped" parliament on the introduction of the War Veterans Allowance Act. Ontario is going to be treated to a great display of figure-juggling within the next fiscal year. The revenues to be raised are estimated at $10,000,000 less than last year, but the treasurer assures us that there will be no reduction in the revenues. It's all a matter of book-keeping. : Canada will once again be able to hold its 'head high if the bill to prohibit liquor clearances to the United States is passed by parliament. It may feel like spring outdoors, but the curlers are still enjoying the grand old win- ter game. Looks as.if March is going to be a month of ups and downs, -- for the mercury. I With General Currie and Col. LaFleche both expressing approval of the War Vet- erans' Allowance Act, parliament ought to take the word of these two veterans' lead- ers and bring it into effect. Public opinion has been responsible for the attitude of parliament towards the war veterans, and, the press of Canada had a large part in the moulding of that opinion. ulin iiiii id" F What Others Say ; UNMERCIFUL FLOGGING (Kitchener Record) One would almost think Ontario is in the throes of a child-beating epid- emic. Scarcely does the excitement of one case die down when thre is another reported. The Hamilton and Sarnia cases are followed by a third in 'Toronto. Police of that city found a 4+year-old child in a room suffer- ing from a broken arm, her body covered with cuts and bruises. Other evidence indicated that she had been brutally beaten. Considerable public resentment has been aroused by these brutal and cowarly attacks upon help less children, There is a law pro- viding punishment for ~ inhuman treatment of animals, Naturally those guilty of unmercifully beating chil- dren should be given much severer penalties. It would not be amiss to advise those who have no control of their tempers, and who find they must punish children for some nis- demeanor, to wait until the "storm" has subsided before they proceed to usc the instrument of correction. SPEED CURED AT SOURCE (The Pathfinder) In Massachusetts a traffic official came out boldly with the recommen- dation that auto makers be called on to turn out cars that cannot exceed the legal speed limit, | law aw Why not? What is the nced for | making a car that can do eighty an hour when the limit is forty? Cer- tainly a powerful-and speedy car is a | constant temptation, especially in the hands of the young, to violate th 1 And the young folks of to-day and some older ones too,~ temptation, necessary tor all states to have th speed limit, or to trathc, About the only oth wrevent tl Same stop ~in legal spec RADIO ADVERTISING ON SUNDAY (Stratford Beacon-Herald) Firms who use the radio for adver tising blunder miserably when they | seek to stretch it into a seven-day-u- week business. United States sta- tions are the worst offenders, but evenwin some Canadian stations there | is a subtle attempt to get the names and business across during a pro- gram. When it comes to the blah- blah of radio announcers trying to appear | able to resist almost anything except | Of course it would be | abolish all speed limits, | | poured By James W . Barton, M.D. EATING WHEN WORRIED I often think that it is a splendid thing for most of us that we have our bodies trained to certain daily habits; eating at certain times, get- ting to bed at certain hours, and so forth, That body of yours likes that rou- fine and if you can carry it out re- gularly it will .mean 'more and bet- ter health.' . However you will remember that when you had something on your mind, were excited or worried, that sleep did not come in the regular way, and you tossed perhaps for hours before getting to sleep Now just as worries, fears, or oth- er emotions can upset your sleep habit, so likewise can they upset your digestive habits, However despite your emotional disturbance you sit down at the re- gular hour and eat your meal. Perhaps you have little or no ap- petite but from: force of habit you cat anyway. With your mind so upset, your thoughts are far away from food and cating, I yet it ig the thought of food ti stimulating to the di- gestive juice These thoughts that bring to your mind the sight, smell, land even taste for fo mulate th gestive juices in: th maith, . and pane | 1 'ready' gland organs, f the fc t 1s d dctually sti- these od cat- en But with an upset mind, a mind it ing thoughts, which gnake ir out their 10t ent ally to receive foo However from force of habit e. cat anyway, What happens The saliva or mouth juice begins to flow But not to the same the stomach digestive juice also be gins to flow, and a little later the pancreatic juice alsc But they do not flow until food ha heen taken; { did not have any juices extent: some they prepared or ut before hand, as they do 5 actually re ir wares S yt} it | : yell their wares on Sunday the limit when you want food; when you are of endurance is reached and exceed « THE RURAL FIRE MENACE (Brockville Recorder-Times) The example of the people of the village of Westport in purchasing ad- ditional apparatus with which to pre vent a recurrence of the series of | (Register in accordance costly fires that have wisited that | community is one which other rural | municipalities might well follow, The | experience of Westport. might very | well be that of any other community | hur Ce rea 1s and not bemg reac ecause your min 18 not 1 toad, tl cat sm ls, when you are upset, even i 1 eat oftener, with the in eastern Ontario which had failed | to provide itself with ample fire pro- | tection. It is a difficult matter to | persuade those responsible for the direction of village affairs to make due provision to meet the fire men- ace that constantly surrounds them. | Very largely without waterworks systems or the means of utilizing such water facilities as are available they are all but powerless, in spitc of the energy of volunteer brigades, to combat any serious outbreak of fire, "FRIENDLY RELATIONS" _ (London, Daily Telegraph) The hypo-critical farce or "friendly relations" between the British and the Soviet Governments is kept up on onc side only. It was odious from the first to all honest minds in this country, It has become much more odious since the Soviet Govern- ment, so far from raising itself to a plane of minimum decency. in the eyes of the world, turned to its pre- sent task of "exterminating" a whol class of peasant proprictors with ruthless cruelty, and redoubled the energy of the murderous persecution by which it is sought to stamp Chris- tianity out of existence on Russian soil. I Bits of Verse TREES By Thomes Curtis Clark Oldest of friends, the trees! Ere fire came, or iron, Or the shimmering corn; When the earth mist was dank, Ere the promise of dawn, From the slime, from the muck-- Trees! = Nearest of friends, the trees! They shield us from storm And brighten our hearths; I'hey bring to our tables The autumin's fine gold; they carol our joys And sing to our. griefs. They cradle our young And coffin our dead, The trees! Nearest of friends, Trucst of friends, the trees; Men wander far At a word or a nod; Life is a grief, Love is a chance, Faith stumbles oft, , Joy is soon past. Oldest of friends, Nearest of friends, Truest of friends, The trees. Sorrow Turned to Joy---Verily, verily, I say unto you, that ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice; and ye shall he sor- rowful, but your serrow shall be turned into joy.--John 16:20, i Prayer: "Jesus, my Lord, my God, my Hear: me, blest Saviour, when 1 call," | | | | | by C. H. TUCK, Opt.D. (Copyright 1921) PART "2" By C. H. Tuck, Opt. D. (Copyright 1926) Much of the eyesight that is to- day being indiscriminately squand- ered could be conserved for the fu- ture of its owner if the proper type was sought and read, This is applicable of ,course to those who find it available. Those who. from circumstance are forced to work incessantly and have not the chgice in seeking only what their eyfs must see should not fail to take proper care and seek assist- ance before their efforts have been the cause of some serious danger. As a means of suggesting that size of type to be used I would suggest that we base out deduc- tions not entirely upon the de- velopment of thé eye but on the development of the child because after all we see with the brain. In | its early stages therefore when the brain is only developing, the. large type in picture books ete. is more suitable and later when more keen- ness is perceptable (the smaller types may be brought into play. With this development-it is not necessary to consider every detail in the step a detail of added effort or of strain becausé association of things once seen makes for the keeness of perception and for re- cognition, To prove that this is not entire- ly a theory but that much of the seeing is due to practice and not due to a thorough examination of detall of every letter and 'word. Javal has worked out an interest- ing observiXion as follows: "Take an ordinary straight edge paper or card and place it over a line of wording in such a manner as to divide/'the line about midway intersecting length wayk, and the line will be just as readily read with the bottom half covered but if the upper half is covered the line can only be read with effort." LIBERALS VOTE FOR OPPOSITION MOVE Vote to Validate Want of Confidence Discussion on N. Z. Pact Ottawa, March 65--A crowded gallery last night was afforded the spectacle of the King Cabinet and most of 'the Liberals voting with Hon. R. B, Bennett and the Con- servatives to stamp approval on the Speaker's ruling permitting the introduction of a Conservative want-of-confidence motion, By their vote of 181 to 37, the reatic | pancreas | 1} tn the path of the cab, it vou should | Government members thus assisted the Conservatives in clearing the way for debate on a motion aimed at the rescinding of the New Zea- land trade treaty, This motion, introduced by Mark Senn (Con., Haldimand), demands that the Government substitute for that trade pact "a treaty with that Dominion on' fair and equitable terms." Division bells were set ¢langing at 10.40 o'clock, 20 minutes before adjournment time, when following the introduction of the opposition's want-of-confidence motion. A, W. Neill (Ind., Comox-A'berni) ap- pealed from the Speaker's ruling on a point of order he had raised. Mr, Neill claimed that Conserva- tive motion was out of order be- cause it was of the same purport-- a plagarism, he called it-----of a mo- tion standing in his name on the order paper, His motion calls for the abrogation of the treaty on the six monthg' notice to New Zealand preseribed™n that pact, \ Jacking Mr. Neill and oppozed to the speaker's ruling was a | sprinkling from the Government | benches. Among the 37 were a few Quebecers, a few Ontario members and several westerners, But the straight Progressives all but one, voted with Mr, Bennett, That one, Thomas Bird (Neleon) was the only member sitting to the left of Mr. Speaker to vote against the ruling. | By reason of the time taken up | by the disivion, there was no de- | bate last night on the want-of-con- | | fidence motion. The debate was ad- | Journed by Ear] Rowe (Cons., Tru- ro) seconder of the motion, who will gpeak to it on Friday. Debate is expected to occupy all Friday | with the division on the motion | coming on Tuesday. ENGIISH EXPIORER KILLED IN CHICAGO c| Perils of City Prove Wilder Than Jungle for Alexander Barns Chicago, March 5.--Perils of civilization proved greater than those of the jungle for I. Alexan- der Barns, widely-known English | explorer and author, who died last | night In hospital = from | suffered early yesterday was struck by a tax{ cab, Barus was returning from a visit to friends in the Lincoln Park dis- trict when a street car struck him | it an Intersection and hurled him injuries | when he street car and a Barns, who recently came here from London accompanied the Princo of Wales at one time on a trip to the African wilds, He had located here as American agent for the Benguela Railroad of South Africa, He was a member of the African Society, . the American Museum of Natural History ana the National Geographic Soclety, and led numerous expeditions on which valuable zoological speci- mens were collected for American and British museums. LEGION PRESIDENT APPROVES OF THE BURNT-OUT BILL Says He Agrees With Prin- ciple, But Reserves Com- ment on Details (By Canadian Press) Ottawa, Ont, March 5.--Complete approval of the principle of the War Veterans Allowance Bill, to solve the problems of the burnt-out and bro- ken down war veterans was express- ed by Lt.-Col. L. R. LaFleche, dom- inion president of the Canadian Le- gion in an interview with the Can- adian Press last night. The bill, he said, represented the line of legisla- tion for which the Legion has been working, and was in line with the thought sof the Legion as crystal- lized by, General Sir Arthur Currie in his now famous message to the dominion convention of the Legion held at Regina last November. "I' think," said Col. LaFleche," that the bill recognizes fully the ne- cessity of making provision for our men who endured the hardships and strains of war service, and who are either mentally or physically incap- able of earning their living, despite the fact that they were not wound- ed or no record can be found of any particular breakdown or disease dur- ing the time they were in the serv- ice. It is a widely recognized fact th®t actual service in the last war sapped the strength of those par- icipating in it and unquestionably prematurely aged many of our men. Result of Legion Work "The bill itself leaves no doubt as to the way in which these men are to be given assistance, and all wlio had anything to do with the problem are to be heartily congratulated, The Canadian Legion has consistently worked for the attaining of relief for this class of war veterans, and our Grand President, General Sir Arthur Currie, crystallized the thoughts of all of those who have had this in their mind in his mes- sage to the convention at Regina. "It is known," said Col. LaFleche, "that the minister of pensions and national health and some of his se- nior officials have devoted much time and thought to this question, and in this he has had the consistent sup- port of the Prime Minister, who has been anxious that the government and parliament should make ade- quate provision for this class of vet- crans, Mr. Bennett, the leader of the opposition, has also shown in his speeches that he is entirely in sym- pathy with the principle that Can- ada ought to make provision for those who are spffering on account of their war service. lu fact, the general thought of members, as ex- pressed in their public utterances, has been to tecognize the needs of When holi round, th tion. Many people have special savings accounts for spe- cial purposes. start a vacation account? money saved will make your vacation a pleasant, carefree relaxa THE DOMINION BANK OSHAWA BRANCH T. 'W. Joyce, Manager. Why not ays come a- Wwe 31. Po: 4 RNOR (LINTON STREET & Ta AVENUE... OPPOSITE PENNA. RR. STATION A Preeminent Hotel of 1200 Rooms each having Bath, Servidor, Circula- ting Ice Water and many other inno- vations...featuring a sincere spirit of hospitality. E. G. KILL, General Manager' these men, and this bill scems t cover their views, and 'to be in line with their readiness to do justice to | the war veterans, "As to the details of the bill," said | Col. LaFleche, in conclusion, "I do | not care to go into respective merits at the moment. I expect the bill will | be referred to a special committee of | parliament, to which the Legion, at! the proper time, will make known its views." A Warning "I would say, however, that if should be clearly understood that this bill must not, in any way, be con- strued so as to deprive any war vet- eran of a disability pension which is his by right under the Pension Act. That would be fatal to the interests of the men who are justly entitled to disability pension, and they should not be deprived of that pension be- causc of the measure of relief pro- vided for men who have no sound pension claim, I feel reassured, how- ever, that this will not be likely to occur by the fact that the adminis- tration of the War Veterans Allow- ance Act is not tobe under the jur- isdiction of the Pension Board, but of a committee specially appointed for the purpose." Social Service Leaders Meet Kingston.--Subjects of vital so- cial interest are to be discussed by social service leaders at a confer- ence to be held in this city at Queen Street United Church on March 12. The broken home, juv- anile delinquency, temperance edu- ~ation, child welfare and nn "lie health are all to be presented and | solutions sought for these prob-| lems. Held Calico Ball Brockville.--The annual Callec Ball, was held Friday night under the auspices of the Woman's Auxi- llary of the Brockville General Hospital, in the Canadian Natfonai Rerrestion club room, and was at- | 'ended by one of the largest gath- erings that has ever graced the boll. The bridge and euchre- playing attracted a large percent- are of the patrons. SEALED TENDERS addressed to the un- dersigned and endorsed "Tender for Es- planade Wharf Reconstruction, * Cobourg, Ont.", will be received until 12 o'clock moon, T) wriday, Maca 20, 1950, for the recon- struc ol key w':art, at Cobourg, Noclumberlane. Count Cnt Plans and form of contract ean be seen and specification and forms of tender ob- tained at this Department, at the offices of the District Engineers, Equity Duilding, To- ronto, Ont,, and at the Pos: Office, urg, Ont. Tenders will not be considered vless made on printed forms supplied by the Depart- ment and in accordance with conditions con- tained therein, Each tender must be accompanied by an accepted cheque on a chartered bank, payable to the order of the Minister of Public Works, equal to 10 cent of the amount of the tender. Nonis: of the Dominion of Canada or bonds of the Canadian National Railway Company will also be accepted as security, or bonds and a cheque if required to make up an odd amount. phos =Bive prints Sa be ghiained ot this partment ting an accept e for the sum of $20.00, payable to the order of the Minister of Public Works, which will be returned if the intending bidder submit a regular . bid. i By order, N." DESJARDINS, Secretary. 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