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Oshawa Daily Times, 26 Apr 1930, p. 1

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The Oshawa Daily Times VOL. 6~~NO, 98 a Ee VSR? ' A Succeeding The Osh awa Daily Reformer. OSHAWA, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 1930 15 Cents s Week; 3 Conts a Copy Ra I I] News in Brief (By Conodisn Prose) Archbishop Retires Winnipeg, --His Mitinas Arche bishop Samuel P, Matheson has an. nounced his intention of retiring Doth from the primacy of the Church of England in Canada and us archbishop of the diocese of Ru- port's Land, The resignation is to betome offective on Beptember 20 next, when he will be 70 years old, 4 A » Watch Smuggiors Veom Aly Montreal ~1illeit lHquor smug- glers of the lower Ht, Lawrence 1tiver and the Gulf will be watehed from the aly by ofMeers of the Que- bee Liquor Commission, after May 1, ncoording to n contract entered inte with the Continental Aero Corporation of Montreal, em EMPLOYMENT FOR INJURED WORKMEN STRONGLY URGED Compensation Board Chair. man Tells Employers In. * jured Should Be Kept on (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Toronto, April 26.-"Try to provide work for your injured workmen, be cause | am satisfied that if you don't take then back you will have a good deal worse situation than you will by your voluntary efforts to meet that sitiation," declared V. A, Sinclair, K C, Chairman of the Workmen's Com pensation Board, addressing the con eluding meeting of the Industrial Ace cident Prevention Association here to day, Mr, Sinclair stated that last year the board had reviewed B7,000 accie dent cases, an increase of ten per cent, over the year before. He points ed out, however, that the increase was partly due to the increase in the number of employers of labor, "Last veur," he suid, "we awarded over $8, 000,000 benefits, nearly a million over the ven rbefore" The heard, he add+ ed, dealt ny sympathetically an the law allowed with the cases of aged, injured workmen A H, Young, of the Industrial Counsellors Relations, New York, stressed the savings in dollars une cents effected by accident preven tion, Quoting statistics compiled by the United Steel Corporation, 'he pointed out that this. em had savtd S38.000000 last year by an expendi ture of 221000000 ndeident preven. OPEN VERDICT IN CITY CLERK'S DEATH (By Canadian Press: Leased Wire) Alberni, B.C. April 26,~The vor. oner's jury inquiring Into the * death of eity elork Martin M, Bte- phens, whose body was found with a bullet would in the head in the amouldering ruins of the city hall Wednesday morning returned an open verdiee Friday, The jurors declared they were unable to say whether jhe bullet was sell ine flicted or Was caused by some un- known persons, When the Jury res turned the open virdict, the cor. oner, Dre A.D, Morgan, remark. od, "I am very surprised at your vordlot, gentlemen." MacBRIEN HEADS AVIATION LEAGUE Ottawa, April B0,-=Offloers of the Aviation League of Canada for the forthcoming .year were elected at the annual dinner here last night, They are! y President «Major General H. If, Macolipien, CMG, Viee-Proxidents--Alr Commo dore, XR. WH. Mulock, Montreal, Group Captain A, ¥, Hoott, Ottawa; and Col, J, H, Woods, Sulu. Governors~-=At large; Col, C, M, Diggar, O.A, Rrowman, Col, George Murphy, A. M, Narraway, W, MH. Melntyre, J, HM. Parkin, Col, R, ¥, Parkinson, D.8.0,, Col, L, P, Sher. wood, Capt, J. Mulvey and Major W, R. Creighton, Attacked by Tiger, Lion Saves His Life Kokomo, dnd, April 26-=Attacked by a tiger, Clyde . Beatty, trainer, owes Lis fife to Prince, glant lion and veteran circus trpoper, Beatty was conducting a dress ree heursal preparing for the opening whow of (the season when Truly, a new tiger, knocked him down, elaw- und pr and bit him, Prince, one of the 2 Hons tigers in the cage with eatty, jumped at Trudy, hurled her across the avena, beat and chewed her, Othes (falners interveigd to save Trudy's life, Heatty was sent to a hospital with a mangled arm end other injuries, \ Pressure ia high over the Great Lakes and low over the south: west states and off the Labrador const, Scattered showers have oveurced in Saskatchewan and Manitoba eastward the weather has Leen for the most part fair . with a tendency igher temperature in Eastern Canada, "Forecaster x ower Lake R: and Geor: ® Bay: M te variable winds; fair and somewhat wilder and Windsor, ARSEN WINS THE FOURTEEN PAGES INAUGURATE TELEPHONING FROM TRAINS Fast Canadian National Train Cuts Running Time From Toronto to Montreal to Six Hours -- Stop at Oshawa TELEPHONE FROM TRAIN TO ENGLAND Sensational Developments Will Allow Passengers to Carry on Ordinary Phone Conversations From Mdv- ing Train (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Toronto, April 26,~~When the second section of the International Limited, the 18 hour dally Cana dian Natlonal Train between Chie« ngo and Montreal leaves Toronto Sunday afternoon for Canada's big seaport efty, it will embark upon an epochal run which will make rallway history, Its operating time betweaon Toronto and Montreal calls for fit making the distance ot 434 miles in 560 minutes, the fast. ost run for this distance yet made by any steam transportation coms pany. The second section of the Inter national Limited will mark the opening 'for publig use of the new two-way ¢irenit of a telephone aystem to and from a moving train and also that of putting into offact the new fast schedules of passenger traing operating dally onch way between Montreal and Chicago, Remove Barrier of Nllence The ambition to overcome the barrier of silence that surrounded the noving-ivain - and prevented | divect vommunication with it, has boon overcome by J, C. Burkhold« ar, chief engineer of the Canadian National Telegraphn, who developed A hystem of traln communication by use of radio, earrier current telegraph and telephone wires, This train telephone system Is unique in that it disintegrates the human volee inte an electrionl vortex of 185,000 cycles a second and then reassembles it in entire ty for regular telephone trans mission, Thiy reassembling Is done at two "plek-up" stations at Coe bourg and Morrisburg which are trvectly linked by telephone wires to the central bell station at King. ston, © By this development Mr, Burkholder has placed at the pas songer's disposal all the facilities of ordinary long distance tele phone, Great Britain Wins Its Davis Cup Tie London, April 26--Sweeping the last two singles matéhen today, Groat Pritaln won its Davis Cup tle with Germany in a whirlwind finish, H, G, N. Lee downed Dr Heinz Landmann of Germany, 8-7, 0-3, 6-2, 6-8 for the matoh gave the home team a 3 to 2 victory, James Bay Railway Ahead of Schedule (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) North Bay, April 36-=The James Bay extension of the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Rallway, now being proceeded with, will reach the lignite field in the Onokawana« Abitibi area this afternon, four days ahead of the original schedule according to a statement given to the Canadian Press this morning by George W, Less chairman of the T, International Limited Makes Epochal Run Sunday | : | | ENGLAND'S CHALLENGER FOR THE AMERICA CUP Frank James of To Albany Boat Race, Beats Record ronto, Wins (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) New York, NY, April 20, Frank James, Toronto, driving the outboard speed boat "Bpareribs", today wou the annual Albany to New York power boat race and broke the previous recorq Lor the 135 mile run by weven minutes and 12 sebonds, James came second in the race, being beaten by over a mile by J. B, Wilkinson, Boston driver, in the outboard speeder "Flash", Wilkinson's time was 9.25.3, while the previous Wweord, set last year by Juek Dunnell, of Philadelphia, was 0.80.40, James, who wan the first ama. tour driver to -finleh, was more than a mile behind Wilkinson, ale though 'he also bert the previous record, being ciocked al 3.80.28, James received a silver cup as the umatour winner while Wilkinson, professional winner, will get $5600. James, driving his eraft equip pod' with a 24 Lorss-power out board motor was tenth at the halt | way mark, near Poughkeepsie, At this point he toow the lead and | held it until the Inst tures miles | when Wilkinson, whe was hell At the starting line 350 minutes when his motor would not turn over, yYushed past him to finish, first, nearly a mile in the lead, Harry Johnson, a professional from New Haven, Conn, finished third in the "D #04", another speedy outhonrd and he too broke o record, Me was timed at. | =Antel SI THOMAS LIPTON Gosport, England,«8l¢ Thomas Lipton, aged sportsman with the Countess of Shaftesbury after the conntess had launched the "Shame rovk V." Intest enallenger for the AND RIS YACHY v America cup. The new wonder yacht will give cup defenders stiff battion for possession of the prized trophy, J More Disorders In North India Machine Guns Necessary to Overcome Mob in Peshawar (By Canadian Press Léssed Wire) Pambay, April 36==Further His orders at reshawar Friday increas. od apprehension here today that grave events may be shaping them. selves in the Buffer northwest fron. tier province, Lahore despatehes to the London Daily Mall sald a mob paraded the streets and taunted troops on guard, A British officer, facing the ring leaders with a drawn revolver, tried fn vain to persuade them to disperse thelr followers, When an armored car which had been sent for arrived, & machine gun was trained on the mob, which then soattered, It wus presumed here orders for evacuation of European women and ohildren from. Peshawar wore be. Ing put into effect, but there was no definite word, Nritish missionary socletion sald they had six women missionaries in Feshawar and the neighborhood, Coolles Evacuate Qorgaun, India, April 28---8trik. ory from the Balachat gold mine to- day burned a meat, vendor's shop and realdence here, A general ex. odus of the mine coolies to thelr and N. 0, Railway Commission, native villages started, A.B.C. Oftices Raided and Prosecutions May Follow (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Toronto, April 20,--Acting with martling suddeuness and on a caves fully planned and well executed schedule, 24 red-coated members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Pollee at 2.50 o'clock yesterday afternoon, raided all the Ontario offices of the Amalgamated: Builds ory' Counell, the Toronto Plumb. ing and Heating Contractors Union, the Canadian Plumbing ana Heating Guild, and tha offices and homes of the officers of these ak soclations, The raids were made simultaneously in Toronto, London Prosecutions Rumored | As a result it wan intimated last night that erlminal - prosecus tions may follow within a few days, Solgures were made of all books, records and correspondence found in' the offices and homes of the today and Sunday, officials, and aeveral wembery of | the bodies. The welsures were made on warrants lasued simultan. eously In all three oitles and served simultaneously a few mine utes later, 80 secretly were plans made for the vast raid and selsure that abe sont members of the various bods les were unaware that the officers had visited their offices In many instances until after they had de- parted. All material was taken to the local offices of the ROMP, in each elty and there sealed and placed on record, : Sequel to Probe The action of the department of Justice follows the royal commis slon opened a year ago and oon. ducted before Gorden Waldron, Wpecial commissioner appointeq by the. Federal Government, he probe, which lasted several months and included sittings at each of the three above cities, \ Sailor Is Missing After Bri. was of ver | (sldent Harding wis able to continue under her own steam toward Hams uve later in the atterncon, the fog at midnight In an old motion plo« Rare theatre bullding at Noarst room with dam about 310,000, "he TORONTO HOSPITAL THEF SURPRISED Seen in Act of Rifling Medi. | cine Cabinet, But | Escapes (By Canadian Press Lecssd Wire) Toronto, April 20--An armed man, presumably In search of nar cotiew, was surprised last night in the act of rifling the medicine eab- net of York Hospital by Nurse Al. dora Reid and Junior Nurse M, Newsome, Dr, J, 8. Forrest, at- tracted by Nurse Reid's scream, pursued him to the street but was unable to distinguish the license number of the sedan in which he made. a successful getaway, The thief carried no booty, Throughout the occurrence Nurse Reld carried a tiny. baby in her arms, I almost think he would have shot if it hadn't heen for the baby," the nurse said, Townsnip and oity police are Iv. vestigating. Collier Hits Liner, Sinks tish Vessel Collides With "President Harding" Hamburg, April ' 26-The United States liner President Harding, in ward bound and making for the mouth of the" Elbe river, collided in a fog off _Heligoland this mornin with the British collier Kirkw which sank, The President Harding reseued alt of the Kirkwood's erew with the exs ception of one fireman who was mises ng The President Harding, proceeding to Hamburg, found the fog so dense that she was compelled to anchor off Elbe light ship No, 1, No one was injured aboard the Ii: ner and the United States Lines las ter stated that the damage to her slight nature. The Pre. burg where she was expected to ars still continuing dense, Hearst, Five starting last night the theatre and a pool ostimated at whole blovk Was threatened for a time, The cause of the tire ia uaknown, SOLID ICE FIELD ENGLISH CUP HUDDERSFIELD BLANKED WHEN LONDON TEAM TAKES ENGLISH SOCCER CLASSIC & HUMAN AUTOMATON | | FOUND IN SPOKANE Unconscious Man Able to Tightly Clasp Iron Ber And Write Name Epoknne, Washington, April 20, Paradns, a Pilipino who physicians said acted like an autor maton was under the observation of specialists here today, Found clinging to a box car three days ago, he was unconscious but his fingers were clamped tight ly around an fron bar, How far he had ridden that way was not known, Specialists, called after he had failed to regsin consciousness, de- seribed bis ailment as a "dementia phascox, catatonie type, with mu- tism and fexibilitas ceria," and added that it was rare. They raise od his arm and Jt remained sus sended, Then they turned his head and it remained in that position until it was moved, They put a pencil in his hands and ho wrote his name, Nothing more is known of him, He pro- bably will be sent to an insame asylum, ------ -- } GOODWILL FLIGHT | | GRAF ZEPPELIN ON (By Canadian Press Lonsed Wire) London, April 26-Tons of] thousands of Londoners who once knew the roar of the war-time gep~ peling, today watched the dirigible Grat Zeppelin, an he circled low pvor the Birtish eapital on a voy» Age of friendship and good-will, Sr mi-------- --t Reduce Hours (CANADIANS WIN BLOCKS NAVIGATION BRAVERY MEDALS AT CANADIAN $00 Barrier Extends Sault Ste, Marle, Ont, April 20 Extending out from Whitefish Point there are 256 miles of solid ice, and unless the wind changes thers is Httle prospect of the gradually growing lst of freighters stalled in the Soo smashing through it fer poaveral days according to reports brought to eity last night by Cap+ tain James MoCannel and Major Jack Leach, of the Ontario Air Force, who made a survey of lee conditions above ihe Sault yester day by hydroplane, Situation Unchanged Sault Ste, Marie, April 26-=After another survey of the Whitefish Bay jee situation by airplane early this morning Major Jack Leach, re. ported that conditions are unohang- od from yosterday, Forecasts this morning indicated A change in the wind to east northe oast, Supt, Alex Burns, of the Mich igan Sco woather bureau sald, add. Ing that a strong southeast wind WAS necessary to relieve the flee situation above the Soo. There will not be much change in temperature before tomorrow night, he sald, Report recelved this morning adid that the wind on Lake Huron wan ohanging and was blowing from the east, It 1a possible that some of the hoats now here may attempt to force a passage through White: fish Day over the week-end, ------------------ -- «Big Fraud od Oklahoma City, Oklas~Suit charg: ing misappopriation of more than $2,000,000 by officers of the Oklas homa Cotton Growers' = Association, and asking appointment of a reeelyer to handio affairs 01 the association, which was alleged to be insolvent, was filed in District Court here, France Landing Tax (By Canadian Presa Lossed Wire) Paris, April 3=-American tourists visiting Europe will no longer be bos thered by the exaction of a heavy landing tux at the French ports There will also be no further tax on embarking at French ports, Both taxes have just been supe pressed hy Parliament, and a new regime, applicable immediately," has been instituted, Shipping Companies, who usually collected the taxes in advance, have been notified to stop, The suppression of these taxes forms part of tho general endeaver to ats tract more American touristy 12 France, e Goes to School Boy Who Lost His Life in Rescue Effort (By Canadian Press Leased Win) Pittsburg; April 36.~Two Ontario school boys and a Quebec telephone installer were Canadians listed among 18 persons meriting bronze medals awards tor acts of bravery in an. nouncements yesterday of the Carns egle Hero Fund Commission at its spring meeting here, One of the school boys lost his life in his efforts to save another from drowning, Allred Davison, father of $iarold Davison, 17, of Strathroy, Ont, was awarded a medal and Ralph William Buttery, 18, of 290 Princes avenue, London, Ont, also received an award for the efforts of the two youths to drowning Aug, 2, 1927, at Southamp« rescue Gy Willlam Willmott, 19, from ton, Ont On 25 Miles | From Whitefish Point, Survey Shows ---- ------ Asks Council to Resign in Body Many Charges Are Hurled in Salary Grab Sensation in Toronto (By Canadion Prosa Lessed Wire) Toronto, April 26.~Charges and counter charges continue to be hurls ed about by members of the local city council as the disagreement over the "salary-grab" waxes hotter each day, Yesterday wan a poriod of tense excitement that started with the iss suing of an interim injunction on bes halt of Irving Robertson, publisher of the Evening Telegram, as a ratepays er, restraining the City of Toronto from paying any increases to alder men until May § , Developments followed one anoth. or swiftly, Alderman Joe Wright threw a bombshell into the counel ranks by announcing his intention to place hetore the council in May § a resolution 'asking all members to ros sign, and seek re-election, Aldermen were thunderstruck by the degision of the.bourd of control not to contest My, Robertson's inters ine injunction, It was intimated they would brush aside opposition from the board and Mayor Bert S, Wemp und give the eity's leg counsel ins structions which would be immune 10 alteration or interference, etition started by Alderman A. Wo Carrick and signed by 14 other members aaked that Mayor Wemp call a special meting on Manday to discuss the situation and decide what action will be taken, || tion, bribery and porksbarrel legisla: Retail Stores Clerks to be Paid Overtime Rates for Over 50 Hours Per Week (By Canadian Press Lossed Wire) Toronto, April 26-~Regulations to reduce the number of working hours of retail stores employes will come in- to effect within the next two or three weeks, it was stated last night by Dr, J. W. MacMillan, chairman of the minimum wage board, during a public hearing at the parliament buildings, The restrictions to be adopted for rotal! stores will be the same as at resent in force in laundries, Dr, Rae lan stated, They are us tole fows: 80 Hour Maximum The work period for which these minimum wages shall be paid shall not be less than 44 hours nor more than 50 hours per week, Work in excess of 50 hours per week shall be counted as overtime an shall be paid for at not less than the minimum wage rates fixed by this order, reckoned on the basis of & 50-hour week, Work for less than 44 hours per week may be counted as short time, and shall be paid for at not less than the minimum wage rates fixed by this: order, reckoned proportions ately to the regular weekly works period in the establishment, The wage mininium shall be pay- able for the work-period in any ess tablishment within the limits of 44 to 50 hours per week: Any worker losing time during the operation of an eatablishniant may be paid propers tionately for the actual number of Lambert and James Net For Arsenal, While Yorkshire Boys Are Held Scoreless at Wembley Stadium KING GEORGE 18 IN ATTENDANCE Crowd of 93,000 Sees Game, Special Trains Bringing Fans From All Parts of England--Weather Good -- (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Wembley Stadium, near Londony April 20.-Arsensl won the English Football Association Cup, emblematic of the soccer champlonship of Enge land today when they beat Hudderss field Town by two goals to nil, Lambert scored Asenal"s Second goul in the second half, making the count two to nil for the Londoners, James netted the first for Arsenal, after play had been in progress fife teen minutes Arsenal in the first half proved except for an exciting moment or two to be much the better team, They spoiled a number of chances to score by poor shooting hows aver, The usual cup day scenss wera enacted in London when special trains unloaded fans from all paris of England, principally the north, Wtroets in the neighborhood of the stations were filled with Yorks ' ahiremen and Lancashiremen who could easy be ploked out by the breadth of thelr dinlects, King Attends, The ATternoon was dull and there was some doubt at first whether King George would be nhle to attend the game, However, His Majesty tool a chance, Ho was necompanied by the Duke of York: The King presented the histori cup to the Arsenal captain after the game, As far as the football was cons corned the weather was ideal, there was only a slight wind blows ing, which had no effect on the play; Over 03,000 people saw the game, j Arsenal Position Huddersfield Th, Preedy Turnes Parker Goodall Hapgood Spenca Baker Naylor Seddon Wilson John Campbell Tule Jackson Jack R. Kelly Lambert Davies James left inside Raw Astin left outside Smits Referee: T, Crew, Leleesten NEW SCHEME T0 SEPARATE FARMER FROM HIS MONEY, Persian Lambs, Useless iy Canada, Sold For Ex- horbitant Prices Quebee, April 26~A new govelops ment in the time-honored game of separating the farmer from fi heard earned dollars has been unearthed by the provincial department of agriculs ture, which yesterday issued a warns ing to Quebec farmers iRainat th operations of agents peddling Caracut, sheep (Persian Lambs) at exorbitant prices, and in face of the fact that such animals cannot survive the elie: mage hardships of the north, The age ents have been operating in Beauce Hoa right back left back right half centre half left half right outdide right inside centre 5 -county, offering the farmers the fans cy sheep with promises of enormous hours" worked, profits from the sale of the skins U.S. House Approves Start On St. Lawrence Waterway (By Canadien Press Leased Wire) Washington, April 26,=A $111,000, 000 rivers and harbors improvement program was approved by the House yesterday in a wild, dramatic session that bristled with charges of decep. tion, The projecs In the measure dre ox» pocted to be considered in three class 08! ay necessary and urgent: as ne consary, but not urgent: and as pro» Jeers which in time will become nes oRsary, ; J A study ul the measure iy being made, to plage the items definitely in these three classifications: but it hes came known thay the Erle Canal pros ject was considered as belonging in the third class, asa Oswego Canal Final passage of the omnibus bill; carrying authorizations for about 184 projects and JG surveys, cume fate in tha day, ater supporters of the meas D sure had turned Pack repeated an saults against its provisions fae that ih the Federal . 1 ernment to take over the ErfesOss wego Barge Canal from New | orl alate, ? deralded for days as the majon paint of controversy in the entire bill this Jrovitien was retained by a votn of 148 to 8, in the face of a bitter onslaught by a determined group of members from Northwest States, Approve St. Lawrence \ As finally sent to' the Senate, the mare important projects in the House bill included $29,206,400 for deepening the channels in the Great Lakes; $180,000 for starting development of a foot channel on the St. Laws rence River between Lake Ontario | and Ogdensburg, N.Y; $7.8 a completion for the Illinois aters | 'way $150,000,000 for the Mississippi River between Kansas City and Sious City, Towa, and $3,038,000 for the Mis sisainpt River between the Missouri River nnd Minneapolis va.

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