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A Growing Newspaper in a Oshawa . Succeeding The Oshawa Reformer Daily Times "All The News While It Is News" fiscal VOL. 8--NO. 124 Dey eas' Seiaye and "Pubite. Hetiaers OSHAWA, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1931 12 Cents a Week; 3 Cents a Copy TWELVE PAGES CHRISTIANITY GREATER THAN COMMUNISM Gas Company Plans To Lay Inter-City Mains Soo Favorable Crop Report Is | REGIMENT MAY CONSTRUCTION TO START WHEN PERMIT SECURED FROM HIGHWAYS DEPT. Announcement Made By Thomas Milner, General Manager of Ontario Shore Gas Co. Today, Upon Return From Chi- cago NEW EQUIPMENT DELIVERED HERE Work Commences on Re- modelling of Old Gener- ator House--Laying of Mains to Whitby and Bowmanville to Provide Considerabh Employ- ment 1 --_-- The Ontario Shoig Gas Co. Ltd. have now practically completed all their plans for the laying of gas mains from WHitby, through Oshawa, to Bowmanville, and actual construction work in the laying of the pipes is.to com- mence as soon as the necessary permit has been issued by the Department of Public Highways.: Thomas Milner, General Man- ager of the Company, has just returned from Chicago and states that while no definite date cap yet be fixed for the acutal commencement' of 'Work *'every- thing is ready to begin just as soon as the permit for highway work is issued, and we hope this will he, through early 'in June. A large amount of new equip- ment and machinery has already been delivered at the plant and the work of installation is well under way. Work has also com- menced on re-modelling the old generator house the contract hav- ing been let to Samuel H. Jack- son of this city. In addition to this comparatively large under- taking the surroundings and ap- proaches tq the plant are being cleaned up and tidied by day labour, So far as the employment of labour is concerned preference is to be given to local men when "the work of constructing a pipe- line commences, according to Mr, Milner, in addition to which all the pipe itself is being purchased from a Canadian manufacturer. Mr. Milner is naturally most gratified as the reception accorded to the company which he repre- sents as shown in the results of the balloting on the franchise question, and states that the company's best efforts are now being put forward to justify the confidence imposed in it at the earliest possible moment, § ROTARY CLUBS AT INTER-GITY CLUB MEETING Many Oshawa Rotarians Attended Gathering at Cobourg Eight Rotary clubs were repre- sented at the inter-city club meet- ing held in St. Peter's Parish, Hall, Cobourg last evening. They were: Peterboro, Trenton, Lindsay Campbellford, Bowmanville, Port Hope, Toronto and Oshawa. Two hundred Rotarians met together on this occasion and 22 of them were from Oshawa, They included, Alex Storie, Stewart Storie, Albert Swail, A. F. Annis, Cecil Cannon, Morley Jacobi, W. W. Gilbert, Dr. 0..C. Miller, Dr. Langmaid, D. F. Johnston, Mike Bouckley, J. C. Fowlds. O. M. Alger, 8. R. Alger, Harry James, William. Deans, H, M. Black, Chas. Stenhousé and Russell Weir, The address of the evening was delivered by Carwford McCul- lough, of Fort William, past in- ternational president, whose sub- or "Fellowship was most force- fully dealt with, ' - WEATHER + Lower Lake Regions and and Georgian Bay -- Moderate south and southeast winds, fair CANADIAN OIL CO. DECLARES LOCKOUT (Canadian Press h) Lima, Peru, May 28--Advices from Talara today said that the International Petrol , Cana- dian subsidiary of Standard Oil had declared a lockout follow- ing a strike, declared without warning by workmen. Other oil field employees followed suit in declaring a lockout, reports said. Officials of the International Petroleum Company were re- ported to be awaiting instruc- tion from the home office in Toronto, Ontario. The manager of the company said that work- men had struck without warn- ing, which is required by labor legislation, COUNTY FIELD DAY I$ PLANNED Extensive Plans Made For Big Event To Be Held in Uxbridge on June 18 Extensive plans are being made for a big day of inter community softball games, stand- ard events for farm boys and girls and swimming events, to be held in Elgin Park, Uxbridge, on June 18th. The day of sports Is to be fol- lowed by a banquet at which Dr. G. I. Christie, President of the Ontario Agricultural College will be the speaker, After-the banquet there will be a street dance. The list of standard events which are open to rural young people 25 years of age and un- der are as follows: Boys' runnigg high jump, Boys' standing broad jump. Boys' running broad jump. Girls' running high jump, Girls' running broad jump. Girls' standing broad jump, 12 1b, shot put: Boys' 100 yard dash, Boys' 220 yard dash. . Boys' 3% mile race. Boys' hop, step and jump. Girls', 50 yard dash, Girls 100 yard dash. Relay race--1 team (only) of 4 boys from each community, 220 yards, : Relay race--1 team (only) of 4 girls from each community, 100 yards. Boys' 200 yard swim, Girls' 200 yard swim, Horse shoe pitching contest, community teams any age. Tug of war--Community teams any age. BUSY SESSION AT POLICE COURT THIS MORNING Young Italian Convicted of Having House Breaking Tools--Man Convicted of Fraud : Wa Four cases occupied the time of the City Magistrate, in the local Police Court this morning, with no decision being given in any one of them. Two of the defendants were remanded in custody for sentence, a third was remanded for one weck or $5000 bail and the fourth was remanded for one week, 3 Mike Cramanio, nineteen-year-old Italian youth, claiming Ottawa as his home, appeared on a charge of unlawfully having in possession, in- struments of house breaking, by night. The accused was arrested on May 20 at the hour of 2.15 a.m. by Police Sergeant M. Bowman and . C. Frank Fawbert. When ar- rested, the young man had in his possession, one "jimmy" two flash- lights, a pair of skeleton keys and one glass. cutter, His explanation was that the possessions were 'to be used in his prospective 'occéupa- tion of farming. Being unable. to give a more satisfactory explana- tion, he was found guilty and re- manded in custody for onegweek, for sentence, by Magistrate/'T. K. Creighton. In view of his youth leniency was recomntended and an attempt will be made to place him where he might have a chance. to make good. ¢ Defrauds A. Robinson * Harry King, of Toronto, was found guilty of defrauding Alfred ; and warm today and Friday, xml ia allt, dh pe A pi Robinson, of Queen Street, Oshawa. LJ] n WELFARE ROOMS ARE CLOSED, WiLL OPEN IN OCTOBER Women's Welfare League Has Looked After Many Families -- Clothing to Be Stored Yesterday was the last Wednes- day afternoon that the Welfare Rooms in The Times building will be open for the distribution of clothing until after the summer. The regular distributing com- mitteé was augmented yesterday by several other members of the Women's Welfare League whose assistance it was thought would be necessary for the heavy work of the afternoon, but contrary to expectations not as many were waiting to be provided with cloth ing as on other afternoons during the early spring and the winter. This is probabilv due to the fact that most families have received sufficient articles of clothing to last until the fall. There are, how- ever, a few cases where orders are still unfilled. It is the intention, now, of the distributing commit- tee to conscentrate on these and see that their needs are properly looked after. There is a great quantity of used clothing at the Welfare rooms and it will be stored during the summer or used when neces- sary in emergencies. It is expect- ed that the distributing rooms will not open again until October. The plan of giving seeds and plants to needy families that was suggested at the annual meeting of the Associated Welfare Soci- etie® held on May 11, has been most successfully carried out. With Mrs. T. R. Caldwell as con- venor of the cominittee from the Women's Welfare Society and a committee composed of J. A. Bic- kell, T. H. Everson, Robert Brooks and Wesley Weldon, working 'to- gether, 82 families have been pro. vided with seeds and plants which they are planting now to have vegetables and fruit for the fall and next winter. Thirty six of these families have secured land in which to grow their vegetables from the property, so kindiv of- fered by a meniber of citizens of the town for this purpose. The remaining families have secured land for themselves. No further applications will be taken for seeds or plants. It is exvected that this plan will help considerably in reducing the sum to be spent next year in providing food for needy people and their families, AVERAGE SCHOOL ATTENDANCE % PER CENT.; APRIL Albert Street Public School Leads With Attendance of 97 Per Cent. , The average attendance at Osh- awa Public Schools during April was 95 per cent., according to a report of C. '¥. Cannon, eity public school imspector. Theres is a total enrolment at tha eight schools of 1,690 girls and 1,735 boys, while of this number, 2,- 205 were never absent and 3,259 were never late, Albert street school, with an enrolment of 296 pupils, led in the attendance record for the month with an average of 97 per cent. The attendance at the oth- er schools was as follows: --King Street, 96 per cent.; Mary Street, 96 per cent. ;North Simcoe, 95 per, cent.; Centre street, 94 per cent.; Ritson Road, 94 per cent.; Cedardale, 95 per cent. and South Simcoe, 96 per cent. Injured by Hammer Orillia, May 28.--Clifford Smith, nine-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Smith, Jarvis Street, sustained serious injuries to his forehead when he was struck by a hammer while play- ing yesterday afternoon. The evidence showed that the ac- cused had purchased goods three times from the plaintiff on Tues- day, May 26, and had given two 'chiecks as payment, one post-dated. Investigation showed that the ac- cused did not possess a bank ac- count and his explanation for giv- ing his former and not his real ad- dress was not convincing enoug to exonerate him from all blame. Having no previous record, leniency was shown and he was remanded in custody Tor one day, until Mr. Rob- inson's account had been paid in full, also the costs of thé court. Up- on receipt of payment, the defend- ant will be put on susperided sen- tence, Rural District Never Look- ed Better Than It Does Now--Large Apple Yield Forecasted in Durham With fine weather, and an abundance of moisture, the rural district of Ontario County never looked better than it does now. Not only is the pastoral beauty of rare charm in the broad green fields, the pleasant well watered valleys, the orchards full of blos- soms and pasture lands dotted with grazing cattle, but to the ex- perienced eye these things give promise of good crops. The county issues an encourag- ing statement in the weekly crop report of the Ontario Department of Agriculture in which it is stat- ed "Present indications point .to good crops of everything. The weather has been cool and in some sections more moisture would be beneficial but fall wheat, clovers and alfalfa are a good thick stand. Orchard bloom is better than aver- age and strawberries look well." From Durham, the adjoining county, comes this report: "Early varieties of apples are out in bloom and from the bud formation on the later varieties there is every indication of heavier bloom with the exception of baldwins." Before Ontario was set aside as a county, it was linked for muni- Given By Ontario County pf |N CAMP OVER cipal purposes with York and Peel. The agriculture report from Peel is not quite as favorable on ac-| count of a serious outhreak of | Sod Web worms in the Streets-| ville district. The report con- tinues: "Approximately 25 acres of pas- ture and old meadows have been | damaged by these grass feeding | caterpillars on five farms. Pecu-| liar feeding habit of Sod Web | worms is that old bluegrass and | timothy is attacked whereas alfal- fa and clovers are immune, En- tomologists from Guelph and our office staff have found a fungus or bacterial disease which is killing off the caterpillars during the past 10 days and checking the spread and destruction of this pest. Prof. Lawson Caesar stated that that this is the first serious outbreak of Sod Web worm in his 40 years of experience in Ontario. Cutworm and wireworm damage to ozt, bar- ley and sprmg wheat are reported from many points in the County. The. dry season of 1930 and the lack of frost in the ground during the past winter has been favorable for the growth and increase of in- sects. Poison baits have been used with success on small acreages but the majority of farmers have re- seeded again with oats this past week at the rate of two bushels per acre. All of the cutworm dam- age has been with spring grain seeded on old sod ploughed last fall." { Whitby on Friday, June 5th, will be honored by a visit from some very outstanding medical men. Delegades to the annual convention of the American Psychiatric Association, which convenes at the Royal York Hotel, Toronto, next week, will be given an opportunity to visit the Ontario Hospital here, recog- nized as one of the finest of its kind on the continent, The visitors will leave Toronto at 1.45 on Friday, June 6th, in special Toronto Transportation Commission coaches, and will ar- rive in 'Whitby about 2.45. At the hospital they will be wel- comed by Dr. G. H. Stevenson, medical superintendent, and Dr. Forster, of Oakville, former sup- erintendent. In groups the visit. ors will be shown through the various departments of the Hos- pital, with guides in charge of each group. Later refreshments will be served in a large tent being erected for the purpose. Visitors wishing to return to the city early will leave at 5.30, and those remaining over for the annual graduation exercises of the Ontario Hospital Training School for nurses will be served with dinner at the hospital, Noted Medical Men Visit Ont. Hospital Whitby Next Week Members of American Psychiatric Association, Holding Convention in Toronto, Will Be Here on Friday June the 5th, and Will Be Shown Through Hospital-- Some will Remain for Graduation Exercises in the Evening--Noted Man to Address Graduates At the graduation exercises the address to the graduates will be delivered by Dr. Willlam A. Bryan, superintendent of the Worcester State Hospital, of Wor- caster, Mass. Brief congratula- tory addresses will also be given by Hon. Dr. Robb, minister of Health in the provincial govern- ment; Dr, Walter English, presi- dent of the American Psychiatric Association; Samuel Trees. chair_ man of the Board of Visitors; Dr. McGhie, superintendent of medical services; Mayor C, E. Bowman, and H. M. Robins, dep- uty minister of health, hospitals branch, The members of the American Psychiatric Association are out- standing men who come from all parts of the world. They will be several days in Toronto, and their visit to Whitby is one of the most interesting items on the programme. Coming to Whitby at thie time they will see the build- ings and. grounds at their best. A special programme for the graduation exercises and the visit of these men js being pre- pared. It will give some informa- tion regarding the institution, and also some views. May Consider Continuing Relief Work Ways Of Finance Committee Has Important Meeting To- morrow Night--Govern- ment Is Not Assisting in Cost of Relief Works Now With the finance committee of the city council meeting on Fri- day evening, preparatory to the regular meeting of Council on Monday in next week, one of the matters up for consideration will doubless be ways and means of continuing construction werk as a measure of unemployment re- lief, should the necessity of such relief prove apparent. It is understood that monies for the subsidizing of relief work granted to this city by the Do- minfon and Provincial Govern- ments, are practically expended, and that under present condi- tions the expense of all work un- dertaken by the city on con- struction, in order to create em- ployment, 'must be borne by the city itself. At the present time work is being carried on, under the un- employment relief scheme, in the construction of sewers on Hubert and Rogers streets and this work will presumably be carried to a cong¢lusion- ~ . Balloon Party Landed Safely "Vienna, May 28, -- Prof. August Piccard's balloon landed this morning in the, high Alpine Valley of Oetz, eight thousand feet above sea level and not far from the village of Gurgel at the edge of the great Gurge! Glacier. Advices received here gaid that the Belgian physicist and his aide, Charles Kipfer, had been taken out of the metal gondola unconscious and would be carried to Gur- gel and thence probably to Innsbruck. The balloon ap- peared not to have been damaged. : Other despatches said that the professor and his com- panion had clambered out of the carrier and met a reseue party - proceeding to the scene. Other despatches, too, con- firmed the safe arrival and claimed both were hale and hearty, "One Berlin des- patch said Professor Pic- cord had told the rescue party his balloon had reach- ed an altitude of . 52,600 trial at the next court of compet- feet, or more than nine miles. CIVIC HOLIDAY Uxbridge Rifle Ranges To | Take Place of Niagara Camp In connection with ments being made for the Ontario Regiment to go under canvas for a week-end during the summer months, the suggestion that is ap- parently finding the most favor with all ranks is for the Battalion to go to camp on the afternoon of Saturday, August 1, remaining un- der canvas until the evening of August 3. The Battalion; it is proposed, will go to camp on the Rifle Rang- es at Uxoridge, about 20 miles rorth west of Oshawa, proceeding to the camp site by motor bus and truck. with the usual program of sports in addition to the ordinary military routine, In considering the tentative dates fixed for thiz annual outing "A" and "B"" Companies of Osh- awa, with "C" Company of Whit- by, are almost unanimously in favor of the suggestion according to what can be learned here, but on the other hand a big sports day and community picnic i8 being planned to take place in Canning- ton under the auspices of {the Canadian Legion on Monday, Au- gust 3, and it is thought that this may possibly interfere in some measure with the attendance on parade of some members of "D" Company with headquarters at Cannington. The matter of definite dates is still under consideration and a further announcement in this re- gard is to be officially made in the near future. BAKERY BRANGH MANAGER FACES SERIOUS CHARGE William Cobourn, Formerly With Weston Bread Co., Accused of False Pretenses William Cobourn, former man- ager of the Oshawa branch of the Weston Bread Company, was charged in police court this morn- ing with obtaining money under false pretenses, The plaintiff is John Roscoe, also former em- ployee of the Weston Bread Com- pany. Conflicting and weighty evi- dance was brought forward by both the accused and the plaintiff. It was claimed that William Co- bourn had urged and convinced John Roscoe to invest money in stock in place of sécurity for their positions as Manager and Sales Manager respectively, in the Wes- ton Biscuits Company, who were to open a branch office in Cam- loops, B.C., to control the three Western Provinces. Roscee was to obtain $4,000 as settlement on an accident in win - 1 fered the loss of his right eye. The plaintiff claimed to ua. . over $1,000 and then gone ta Vancouver, B.C., but untrue to his word. the accused had failed to follow, he alleged. Investiga- tion had shown that no such office had been opened in Camloops, B.C. ¢ Cobourn was committed for ent jurisdiction and was released on $5,000 bail, John Cobourn, and Thomas Martin acted as bonds- men. HUMANE SOCIETY CONVENTION OVER Officers of Last Year Re- elected--May Meet in Ottawa Next Year St. Catharines, May 28,--The 11th annual convention of the Ontario Humane Society closed here this afternoon at the Leon- ard Hotel. 4 Addresses were given today by R. Patching, of Ottawa, secretary of the Ottaw Humane Society, who spoke an animal shelters; J. M. Wilson, of Toronto, who dealt with the work of the so- clety in 1931; J. J. Kelso, of To- ronto, who urged the néed of getting young people interested in the society's activities; Rev, A. H. Walker, of St. Catharines, on the practical work of Lincoln County, and Dr. J. A, Campbell of Toronto, who gave, a veterinary arrange- | ----p-------- FORMER OSHAWA M. P. ADDRESSES ONTARIO DENTAL ASSOCIATION SPEAKS IN TORONTO | | Vast F. L. FOWLE, EX-M.1. For many years a n ber of parliament for this riding, who gave an encouraging address at a luncheon of the Ontario Dental AssoCiation, at Toronto, yesterday. Guests at the luncheon included, Mayor Marks and R. S. McLaugh- lin, OLD VESSEL WILL WAKE LAST CRUISE Historic Windjammer To Be Burned for Amuse- ment of Sunnyside Pleas- ure Seekers Port Hope, May 28.--The Julia B. Merrill, the second last sur- viving windjammer on the Great Lakes, is at present riding at an- chorage in the west harbor, will make her last sail within the next few days. D. M. Goudy, manager of the attractions at Sunnyside Beach, Torento, has been in Port Hope and has purchased the schooner from Capt. W. H. Peacock for 350. The historic craft will be taken to Sunnyside Beach and thers will be laden with inflammable substances and on June 30 will be burned before the eyes of am- usement seekers. This Spring the caulking of the old boat became loosened by the congtant pounding of the waves and she sank on the south side of the harbor. She was rais- ed and is now tied north side. The Julia B. Merrill will leave its home port as soon as weather is favorable, and must be deliv- ered at Toronto on or before June 9. In the interval which re- mains before her destruction the boat will be shown at various points mear Toronto, if present plans are carried out. Capt. W. H. Peacock will be at the helm when the sails are unfurled on the last long voyage to Davey Jones' locker. With the death knell of this famous old craft, an important link in navigation on the lakes will be severed. The. schooner for over half a century has been iden- tified with sailing, and old-timers will recall the time when Port Hope was one of the. busiest shipping centres on the northern shore of Lake Ontario, and when the harbor was thronged with boats shipping grain, coal and lumber. The Julia B. Merrill is the sec- ond last of the three-masted windjimmers in existence in these parts, The other boat is the Lyman Davis, of Kingston. The local schooner is 130 feet in length and its spars are 120 feet in height. At the present time there are only two masts on the up on the schooner, the mizzen mast hav- | ing been dismantled some time ago. INDIANAPOLIS RACE WILL BE BROADCAST ---------- The last hour of the grueling 500-mile Indianapolis Endurance Race will be broadcast direct 'from' the speedway at Indianap- olis on Saturday afternoon, May 30th. Graham McNamee will He at the mike and describe the de- tails of the finish of this race in hisiown inimitable manner, The broadcast will start at 3.15 p.m., Eastern Standard Time and' will" be' sent. over..the NBC Network and alse radio stations CKGW, treal, A The. victor last year was 22- year, old Billy Arnold, who drove the 500-mile course at an average college history, | speed of 100.448 miles per hour, 'Toronte, and CFCF Mon-, F. L. Fowke of This City Says Russia and Com- munism Over-rated in Present Economic Crisis by Press and Public | CANADA SHOULD NOT LOSE COURAGE Natural Resources Place Dominion in Favor- able Position -- Mayor Marks and R. S. Mec- Laughlin Guests at Luncheon At the 64th annual convention of the Ontarip Dental Associa- tion which compmenced yesterday in Toronto, F. L., Fowke of this city was the principal speaker at the luncheon meeting at noon. Mr. Fowke expressed the opin- ion that the strength of Christ- ianity woula overthrow the high~ ly touted "Bogey-man" com- munism, Russia and Communism, the two *"bogeymen" of the present: economic crisis, were greatly overrated by both the press and the man on the street, he said, and although the situation was serious, the public ought to feel that there is strength enough in Christianity to cope with it. Canada with her limitless nat- ural resources should be the last to lose courage like the pessimists who are always looking at things through dark glasses, Mr, Fowke continued, "Don't sell Canada short," he appealed, and pointed' out that Canada was paying her national debt, "not like one of our sister colonies and some South American countries, who throw up their hands and say they cannot pay." The response to the Conversion Loan bonds showed the great confidence in Canada and her future, he went on, Three important questions, that would have to he answered before the return of prosperity were the gold question, the wheat question and the silver question, Mr. Fowke declared. Touching on the first of these, he denoun- ced the way gold was monopoliz- ed by certain countries and point- ed out.the dangers of the com- centration of wealth, drawing as a parallel case, the history of Rome. Farmers were the back- bone of prosperity, he continued. and until conditions in the wheat market were improved, there was little hope for relieving unem- ployment. Since silver is the standard in Asia and South Am- erica, some consideration must be made for them if Canada want- ed to trade with them, he said. Mr. Fowke also scored the re- cent deportation of British pee- ple from Canada, which he said, took them from good jobs and landed thém back in a country where there are thousands of un- employed. Mayor Ernie Marks was intro duced to the delegates by Mayor Stewart of Toronto, while anoth- er of the guests at the luncheon was R. S. McLaughlin, of this city. Dr. F. L. Henry, of this city is presiding over the coge vention, CUPID INVADES PUBLIC LIBRARY Miss Hilda Hare, Junior Lib. rarian, Marries And Is Succeeded by Miss | Jean Memitt Rows upon rows of = books, some interesting, some amusing, some ponderous and a few dry and musty. frowning down from their shelves prove no embarrass- ment to Cupid, The cherulie lit- tle fellow has invaded the Osh- awa Public Library as instanced by the fact that Miss Hilda Hare. junior librarian in charge of the children's department, was mar- ried yesterday to Mr. Frank M. Black of this city. Previous to her marriage, Miss Hare submitted her resignation which was accepted with regret by the Library Board. Miss Jean Merritt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Mervitt, 114 Bigin' street east, has been appointed as junior librarian in her place. Miss Merritt has been on the library staff for the past year, hi TE. Ss mot AI. J A LTR IR,