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LE ------ PAGE TER THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, FRIDAY, MAY 22, 1937 - City Observes 289th Birthday «+ Founder Publicly Honouréd ! I, May 22--While a 20th \4 rically-dr shovel not 15 feet away, the 28%th anniversary -of the founding of the City of was celebrated by the placing of wreaths on Maison- neuve's monument on Place d'Arm: es the other me : Ald. Hector Dupuis, pro-mayor was the bearer of a wreath from jhe City, while Dr. W, H. Atherton, S.G., chairman of the "Clean-up Campaign" of the City Improvement placed a wreath at the foot of the monument on behalf of the Ce iremen under Chief Raoul Gau- thier and Lieutenant T, H. Parker ascended ladders: and placed the wreaths on the monument itself, Two hundred and eighty-nine years old to-day, Montreal's civic progress could be measured this morning as her birthday was being celebrated. Although the . roaring electric shovel prevented any speeches being made, it represented the program of public works, cost- ing many millions of dollars, being at present carried out by the City. Among those present at the monument were: Alderman Dupuis, ro-mayor ; Armand Mathieu, K. C,, br. W. H. Atherton, K.S.G.,, and Mrs. M. Charles of the City Im- provement League; Hector Morin, Chief Roaul Gauthier, Henri Comte and Lieutenaht T. H. Parker, FAIRS WANT RIGHT 70 USE MUSIC FREE Appeal Also Made on Be- half of Canadian Authors to Committee Ottawa, May 22. -- (C.P.)-- The . special committee of the House of mmons charged with the duty of hearing representations with regard to the projected amendments to the Copyriwht Act, continued its work 'Wednesday. In the absence of Han, C. H. Cahan, Secretary of State, the ses- sion today was presided over by A. U. G. Bury (Cons., Edmonton East) The first witness called was E. Blake Robertson, of Ottawa, who appeared on behalf of the fairs and exhibitions of Canada, asking that they should be allowed the use of music, whether copyrighted or not. There were over fairs and ex- hibitions in Canada, none of which was being operated for profit. These included the Canadian National Ex- hibition in Toronto. No fair in this country had ever paid a dividend to a shareholder since its inception. Mr. Robertson submitted that they should be included' in Section 11 oi the proposed amending bill which waives the fiscal provisions of the act in favor of churches, benev- olent and charitable organizations. These are not prohibited from using music, even that which is copyright- Society to Exact Fees The Canadian Performing Right Society had intimated tha it intends to collect fees from fairs using music that had been assigned to it, Mr. Robertson said. Asked by E. R. E. Chevrier (Lib. Ottawa) if the fairs ~aid for' other teatures of the fair -- musicians, gatekeepers, etc, Mr. Robertson replied in the affirmative. But these people had mo statutory rights. On the other hand, the Per- forming Right Society came on the scene with definite statutary rights, In view of this, it was proper that, »njoying these rights, the Society hould be subjected to some meas- ire of control and its collection sowers defined. No fairs in Can- ada operated profitably, and in view of their purposes it was proper that they should have access to music. The aims of the fairs were purely edycational, Mr. Robertson contend- ed. In general, fairs which approach- "3d the Performing Right Society for permission to use its repertoire were informed that they would have to contract for the use of the whole repertoire, or nothing. Canadian Authors Claims Howard Angus Kennedy, National Secretary of the Canadian Authors' Association, informed the committee that this organization comprised members in 12 branches throughout Canada in addition to a pl French section. It was formed 10 years ago for the purpose of secur- in~ the best Copyright Act possible for Canadian authors. For 50 years he had been engaged as a writer on Canadian subjects, but he was also a farmer, with property near Wet- asikiwin, Alta. : "We are chiefly concerned .in get- ting .our country thoroughly into the Berne convention," said Mr. Kennedy, "both in spirit and letter." ft was because the association feared that the present amendments honored the letter but contravened the spirit, that he was here to pre- sent its case, He, himself, had writ- a book, which, ft was suggested, mi~ht be adapted musical plays for children. If he did this, he would be obliged, for his own pro- tection, to turn his rights over to the Performing Right Society. Con- ceivably the Canadian Authors' As- sociation might branch out in that direction. It might receive assign- ments from its members. In that case it would become one of the or- ganizations against which the act was directed. . ; "We have to be subjected to price fixing, and if we have to endure that, then why discriminate against us?" asked Mr. Kennedy. "Who is it that asks this' discrimination against us?' He intimated that those requests came from associations of theatre owners. ianDenied 8 ge Secretary of Hon. State, o arrived in the meeting at this. point, ged that no representations en receive from any individual or organization in respect of the bill. The - authors e most gly to being. f by statute e their works to churches, f. Kenedy, os ie. a fore loan--a forc he said. n author had the option ing whether he en 1d he receiv- cl en principals, These persons to the section of the Cw obliged authors to ir works free to churches, -of the University el had Hospital at Edmonton, Alta, had characterized it as "highway rob- bery." . Assertion of Rights Bernard K. Sandwell, of Mon- treal, chairman of the Copyright Committee of the Canadian Auth- ors' Association, emphasized the ne- cessity of Canadian writers being placed in a position whereby they would be enabled to assert their rights abroad. The history of Cana- dian literature was replete with in- stances of this country's most em- inent writers being deprived of their rights in foreign countries. Profes- sor Sandwell cited Hailburton, the creator of Sam Slick, James De Mille, and others. Many modern Canadian authors possessed valu- able rights abroad. These, the wit- ness averred, seemed to constitute a part of Canada's invisible export and perhaps added to the Domin- ion's favorable balance of trade. Strict adherence to the Berne and Rome Conventions by Canada were in the best interests of this country, and nothing in the act should con- travene the provisions of those con- ventions. Professor Sandwell asked, in a memorandum, that the Supreme Court of Canada should be request- ed to decide whether section 11 of the amending bill restricted the rights of an authhr and thus violat- ed the conventions. This was the section dealing with charitable and benevolent institutions. EMPIRE UNITY IN MINERAL RESOURCES Urged by DR. CAMSELL Toronto, Ont, May 22--(By The Canadian Press)-- There must be no obstructions to easy exchange of minerals and mineral products be- tween Great Britain and the domia- ions if the industrial and economic security of the Empire is $5 be maintained. This was the message of Dr. Charles Camsell, deputy min- ister of mines for Canada, when he delivered his presidential address Wednesday night before the feilows of the Royal Society of Canada now in session at their 50th anauai meet- ing at the University of Toronto. "The strength of the Brititn Em- pire as a whole, in mineral supplies, 1s a condition, not generally appre- ciated by the people of the Empire, and is not as well known as it should be even to th: men concerned with the adminisiration of empire affairs and the develop- ment of Empire policies," said Dr. Camsell. "If this strength is con- trasted. with the weakness ot each unit of the Empire, were that unit to stand alone, there would be a greater appreciation of the values of Empire cohesion and of the encour- agement of intra-imperial tiade in minerals and mineral products. To my mind the -nineral situation pre- sents one of the strongest argu- ments, other than a sentime.i.al one, for the working out and adoption of such policies as were proposed at the recent Conference, "Few persons ever stop to con- sider how vital an influence mrer- als and especially metals, have had upon human history, how they have affected the everyday life of the in- dividual, or how at different times they have influenced the progress of natigps and determinsd their courses. It is only within recent years that the value and influence of minerals, and especially the fuels and industrial metals, have been fully appreciated. To some concerned with the industry there is a natural temptation to attach great weight to the comin ints ure of copper, iron and other metals. These events were, however, not ac- tually revolutionary, though they ultimately had profound effects. More minerals have been produced and used in the past 25 years than in the preceding years. This is illustrative of the rate of pro- gress of modern civilization 'and the place that minerals Qccupy in our present-day industrial life. "Within recent years, due to the amazing rate at which minerais have come into use, there has de- veloped a profound appreciation of the value of mineral resources to the industrial nations of the world, and a new significance has been given to their ownership and con- trol in both. national aad interna- tional affairs. "The result is that more and niore intensive study is being given to the subject by men on whose shoulders rests the responsibility of advising on or directing the affairs of na- tions. We find this question of the control of mineral resources and the distribution of supplies occupy- ing a place in the discussions of the League of Nations, or the sun- iect of special committees," 1. Camsell pointed out tue hard- icap imposed upon the great indus- triai nations by lack of certain es- .sential minerals or ray products has had its reactions, for it has been cue of the greatest inventiver to industrial and scientific research, di- rected towards the derelopment of synthetic products. "In the inte:- notional field," he conunued, "the experiences of the war have ied certain nations to encoarage their citizens to secure financial control of fcreign deposits of essential min. erals. "We, in Canada, we becoming mote and more conscious of the great asset that we 'have m our mis eral resources, of thir growing mportance in 'our "ifidustsial «and ccmmercial life, and 5f their valve as the chief reason for the opening (up and settlement of our northern frei 11.48. 8 "The growth of Canada's mines! ost.cucing industry has been mcre rapid than that of any other. por- tion of the Empire. OwiaZ to the geographical relationship to that coynty, the great part of our sur- pluses of mineral produc's go to the United States, while most of our deficiencies are made up of imports from or through that country. This has been the condition for some years past, but the gradual growth of barriers t6 Canadian materials entering the United Staics has quite naturally stimulited the idea of a greater measure of intra-im- perial trade in mineral as well as other products--a trade that would provide for an exchange of surplus- es between different umts of the Empire. This idea was presented and . improved in principle at the Imperial Conference of 1930. "Canda's mineral industry has shown extraordinary growin in. the years since the war, and 1t is cer- tain that no portion of the British Empire has contributed more than Canada to increasing the strength of the Empire's mineral situation. Our defiiciencies, however, include some very important minerals, the most serious of which are coal, iron ore and petroleum. Coat is import- ed into Canada, not because of any lack of resources, but bacausec of the unfortunate location of deposits relative to the important centres of consumption, and the proximity of Jiese centres to foreign deposits. ur iron deposits are either far from transportation or prove to contain ores of lower grade than those obtainable from the United States, and we import from that country because it is cheaper to do so than to mine our own ores. Pet- roleum is imported because produc- tion from Canadian wells is only capable of meeting about tatee per- cent of our requirements. it is pos- sible the time may come when we will be able to produce enough iron and petroleum 'to satisfy vic own needs, but that time is still some distance off. "The growing needs fo: oil in industry and 'transportation, and the erratic distribution of the petroleum resources of the world was the pri- mary reason for research carried on in both England and Germany di- rected towards the production of oil from coal" The speak.r stat- ed that after expenditures of large sums of money and years of effort, the perfecting of these processes is liquifying coal was developed. "The work has not yet reached a stage of full commercial application, but the perfecting of thees pro esses is looked upon as an insurance against shortage in times of stress." Concluding his presidential ad- dress, Mr. Camsell reminded his au- dience that "there are still large areas of the earth's surface that remain to be prospected, and much of this is under the British flag. Not the least important of these lines in northern Canada and I am convin- ced that the potentialities bf South- ern Africa are also very great. No nation has such vast areas of pos- sible mineral beating territory as lie within the British Empire acd consequently no nation has such prospects of expanding its mineral industry as we have, From the Im- perial point of view, Canada's min- 'eral resources are of inestimable value and guarantee to. the Empire a position of security and indeperd- ence surpassed by no other country in the world." : Nurse, Runner And Pilot Help Save : Woman's Life . ------ Regina, Sask., May 22. -- A nurse, a fleet Aborigine and an airplane pilot combined forces to save the life of Mrs. Fred Mc- Leod, of Wabiskaw, suffering from blood-poisoning recently. Mrs. McLeod is at present in an Edmonton Hospital and is expect- ed to recover. Dorothy Bowden, 23-year-old nurse, who supervises the health of Wabhiskaw district in which there is no medical doctor, saw that the case was too serious for extra-hospital treatment, and she dispatched an Indian runner to Slave Lake, 100 miles from Wa- biskaw, the nearest post from WhicH word could be sent '"'out- side." Travelling night and day, the runner covered the three-day journey in record time, giving to the radio operator the terse mes- sage from the young nurse which asked for aid. Pilot "Wop" May immediately took off from Waterways and made a quick trip to Wabiskaw. The woman's condition had be- come critical. She was hastily placed in the cabin of the plane and rushed to Edmonton. LONDON ART Art world sensations came in rapid succession at the opening of this year's Royal Academy. First, the hanging committee discovered that it had accepted some enlarg- ed photographs which had been colored by a noted artist, and then it discovered that it had given a place of honor to a copy of a col- ored plate in one of the best known and best loved of books-- Robert Louis 'Stevenson's "Trea- sure Island." The pictures in ques. tion were 'removed without cere- mony." said the special cables to The Star. The copy of the "Treasure Is- land" {llustration was done by Vietor Albert Ledger, a 16-year- old lad living in Upper St. Mar- tin's Lane, London, whose picture appears on this page, Interviewed at his home in Seven Lials by a London reporter, Ledger, who is a salesman in Co- vent Garden, admitted that the painting was based on a recollec- tion of "some book of travel," but said that it is not a mere copy. Few Lessons Explaining how he came to be something of an artist, the boy sald that when he was in his last year at St. Giles-in-the-Fields County Council elémentary school the heallmaster, who was himself interested in painting gave some of the boys lessons in it. "Apart from that I have had no taaining," Ledger said. His work, he says, is done in his bedroom behing locked doors. "I never show anyone in the house a picture till it is finished. This is my fourth large one. "I got the idea from a book. It is the steering end of a boat and there are two drunken men in it. One is lying on the deck and the other has his hand on the steer- ing handle." "You mean the tiller?" "Is that what it is called? You see, I ve never been in a boat, The bodk was about smugglers, g0 I suppose the men are smug- glers. "It is highly colored. The men have white leggings and blue coats with frills at the wrist. One has a sort of three-cornered hat, and both have red faces. There is a bit of sail showing, and the sun is shining on the water, which is a little rough. Techhical Troubles When afked if he had any mo- dels, Ledger said, "No. Nor have I any lay figures either. I have drawings of people from which took my idea--in drawing books--and I painted the figures first and then painted the cf thes on them from imagination. The one holding the tiller was easier to do than the other one, whose legs I had to make limp, "lI planned the general ides from the book and then worked for three months at it. I got the idea firmly in my mind and th I went on with the painting with- out referring to the pictare again." : . Ledger when painting generally sits in an arm chair and uses & desk rather than an easel, He got the idea of submitting the picture, he said, by seeing a notice from the Royal Academy inviting stu- dents to submit their composi- tions He practices his hobby' in the afternoon, when he has returned from his work at Covent Garden. A bishop interviewed a vicar and requested that he would abandon the use of incense, to which the vic- ar attached importarice. "You see, my lord," he said, "I have the cure of 10,000 souls to ' minister - to." Quite so," rejoined the bishop, "but you don't need to cure them with smoke, like so many kippers." An American millionaire insists on stag-hunting every year, what- ever the cost. Deer at any price. CLL tive moter knocks. The contact cansed by the registered electrically OCTANE RATING... the new measuring stick for Anti-Knock Quality Adopted by the Society of Automotive Engineers BLUE SUNOCO rates How OCTANE RATING Is Determined | ong Sobrdociin bei do epee wn nA Automotive Engineers agree that high compression motors. BLUE SUNOCO was the first knockless Motor Fuel it leads the procession as it always has. 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