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A Growing RA. in a Growing City The Oshawa Daily Tin ~ es So ppg Succeeding The Oshawa Reformer VoL 9-10. 22 pais of Doha Oni Commis Eos mes "All the News While It Is News "' ee a OSHAWA, ONTARIO, MONDAY, JULY 27, 193] TTR TE TP EIGHT PAGES, LOCAL WOMAN SERIOUSLY INJURED BY CA Pension Tribunal Opened at Centre Street School Today CLAIMS FOR PENSION OF VETERANS AND WIDOWS BEING HEARD IN COURT First Case Heard This Morning Was That of Bowmanville Veteran Who Was Gassed and Was Prisoner in Ger. many PROCEDURE LIKE THAT OF COURT Captain J. I. Grover and Col. J. T. E. Gagnon Are Presiding Over Tribunal Sessions, With R. H. Neil Representing Claim- ants With five cases due to be heard in the course of the day, the Pen- sion Tribunal opened its first ses- sion for Oshawa at the Centre Street School at ten o'clock this morning. The first case to be heard was that of Ernest L. All- dred, of Bowmanville, claiming pen- sion for bronchitis, émpheysema, and neurosis, which he claims to have been incurred on war service, and while a prisoner of war in Germany. Alldred served in the British Tank Corps, to which he was seconded from the Canadian infantry, and was captured during an attack in the early part of 1918 in which his tank was put out of gominissian_ by Jn ~The members of the tribunal who fire in Oshawa to try the local cases are .Captain J. I. Grover and Col- onel J. T. BE. Gagnon, with Colonel K. Cameron acting as medical ad- visor. R. H. Neil, of Toronto, is acting as pension advocate on be- half of the applicants, while, A. Labelle and H. A. Bridges are in attendance as commission counsel representing the Board of Pension Commissioners, T. F. Heron is the registrar of the court. ' The procedure adopted by the tribunal is very much like that in a court of justice, with two judges sitting on the bench. The witnesses were called, sworn, gave their evi- dente in response to examination by lb the pension advocate, and were then cross-examined by commission counsel. . An official stenographer was in attendance to make a com- plete record of the evidence. Tn the case of E. L. Alldred, most of the evidence had been taken at | a previous session of the tribunal in Toronto. Dr. Butler, of New- castle, however, was called as a witness, and testified to having been called in by Mr. Alldred within two weeks of his return from overseas, and having given him treatment for bronchitis, empheysema and ner- vous trouble for about two years thereafter. Major Wilbur Hoare, of New- castle, was also called, and 'gave evidence as to Alldred's splendid turn, There was no STEN by either counsel, and the tribunal reserved [10 its decision until 9.30 a.m. tomor- row morning. The other cases listed to be heard today are those of Mrs. V4 R. Oily. er, claiming widow's pension, G. A. Dusenbury, F. W. Brown, and C. Palmer. The court will be in gession again tomorrow and on ay. The sessions are en- tirely open to the public, and this morning a number of interested Spectators, 4 were in attendance, British Officer Wins King's Cup | London, July 27. ly 27.-- (CP)--After a battle with the most unfavor- able weather conditions in the his tory of the King's Cup air race, Flying Officer H. T. Edwards of the Royal Air Force emerged vic- tor in the 1931 around-England air classic on Saturday. The dis- tance wag 1,000. John C. Web- ster, Montreal aviator, an and sole Canadian entry, made a ¢ stand gainst unfavorable as wi 1 as: unfamiliar flying conditions. h a handicap of more an hour he worked his way from twentieth place at the Lueds stop to thirteenth at the finish ee ER and Georgian I ns {for the F | CHAMPION TENNIS PLAYER HONORED Miss Ruth Fishleigh Was Guest of Honor at To- day's Luncheon of the Oshawa Rotary Club Miss Ruth Fishleigh, Ontario ladies junior tennis champion, and her parents, Mr. and Mrs, T. Fishleigh, were guests of honor at today's luncheon of the Osh- awa Rotary Club.*In a brief ad- dress, George Hart, on behalf of the club, congratulated Miss Fish- leigh on honor she had brought to herself, to the Oshawa Tennis Club, and the city of Oshawa, and paid tribute to the splendid games she had played against strong opposition. Rotarian Hart also referred to the painstaking and careful training and coach- ing which Miss Fishleigh had re- ceived from her father, saying that he, in no smal] measure had contributed to her victory. He then presented Miss Fishleigh with a large and beautiful basket of fruit as a token of the club's high appreciation of her success in bringing a championship to Oshawa, while the members gave three hearty cheers for the jun- for tennis champion. Miss Fishleigh, in a delightful little speech, made reply, and J it more at home on the Bln a a ing a Rotary luncheon, She was pleased to be able to bring a championship to Oshawa, and added, with a gesture of modesty, that she hoped she might be able to bring more, an expression which brought a renewal of ap- plause from the club members. he Koya: Bank of Canada, "Things seem bad at the pres- mt," he said when interviewed, 'but they are really not too gloomy. We are optimists in the fest, and we've been through any hard times. We'll hrough this one too." Out of the 302 townships in skatchewan, 75 'will require 'ederal and Provincial relief dur- ng the coming winter, ageorting 0 Mr. 'cConnell. Rainless Spell i "The drought has been s0 d," he admitted. "that even tatoes have not grown in some ctions of the province, That is y we have to feed so many le through the winter. It is ithout doubt the most severe inlesé spell that the West has dine the beginning of the ury. "People here in the East are clined to reproach 'us some- mes, because we are now in tress. But you must remember at we have had three years of crops and very low prices. tually we have not had a good n in Saskatchewan since July 1929. Could you people here . Montreal live on your re- rces for two and a half or years, without getting any ney. at 211? Would pot iii DRIVER I$ SENT T0 JAIL Ross Hall of Whitby Is Given Term of Two Month in County Jail gis reigh ton in city police : 'court this morning 'he pleaded guilty to being intoxicated in charge of a motor vehicle, Hall must pay thé costs of the court or spend an additional month in jail. The accused was taken .into custody om Saturday evening at the corner of King and Simcoe streets in charge ° of a car. In court this miorning His Worship gave him a lecture with regard to his conduct and said that the law was not inclined to trifle with such offenses, J -- Henderson Harbor, N.Y. --Kathea 11, former Canadian Yacht ast® sloop, flying the och- sloop, fying the colors today was the un- official. winner of the cruising race n- Cup, sailed from to to Slenderson, 86 puil presi Kathea was sajled i APPROXIMATELY 100 MEN WORKING ON GAS PROJECTS Work on Local Lines and Oshawa-Bowmanville Line Is Giving Employment Approximately one hundred men were at work this morning laying gas pipe lines for the Ontario Shore Gas Company and the Folwell En- gineering Company, which has the contract for the Jaying of the sup- ply line from Oshawa to Bowman- ville, and it is likely that this number will be greatly increased before the end of the week. This forenoon, The Times made a round of the various sections of the city and district where gas line opera- tions are in progress, and found about the above-mentioned number of men actually employed, the great majority of them being busy with pick and shovel digging the ditches for the gas pipes, and filling in after the pipes had been laid. Between fifty and sixty men were at work on the Oshawa-Bowmanville line between the gas plant and the far extremity of Athol Street east, fifteen more were employed on the highway outside the city limits, lay- ing out the pipes in readiness for being placed in the ditches, and another twenty-five men were at work on the company's extensions in the north end of the city. All of these were Oshawa men, who had been taken on by the gas com- pany and the contractor within the last week or ten days and put to work. This morning the trenching machine was not.in use, and was standing idle in a field, just south of the easterly limit of Athol street, and all the work in progress was being done by manual labor, save where a team of horses was help- ing~to pull-the-heavy pipes place, The contract for the back-filling of the trenches from Oshawa to Bowmanville has been let by the Folwell Engineering Company to T. B. Mothersill Co. Limited, of this city, it was stated this morn- ing by R. T. Hyland, manager of the construction company. The Mothersill Company will also use local labor in carrying out its con- tract, it was stated, and this should | help to provide further employment. The laying of the supply lines has ljextent, but within the next ldays, with the lines extending east- llwards along the highway, a much arger number of men should be at J 'work. IL APPEALS FOR HELP IN BATTLING THE NARCOTIC TRADE ev. W. H. Bellsmith Spoke in Simcoe Street United Church Last Night { Rev. W. H, Bellsmith, .D., secretary of the Social Ser- Sin Council of Canada who took he service and preached at Sim- oe Street United Church last vening brought before the con- regation some startling facts of bat is going on in the under. ond in the narcotic drug traf- fc. The horrors arising out of the use of narcotics by such a large percentage of the popula tion of the world were astonish. ing facts to those who heard him, The speaker believed that the only way in stamping out the use of narcotic drugs since the en- forcing of law hag failed, was through right teaching of the younger generation. The Social Service Council, which Mr, Bell- smith represented, was now tgy- ing, he sald, to organize some campaign to do away with nar: cotic addiction, but it was be- lieved that. this difficult task would take a long time, Since the trade was an underworld affair, it was very difficult to learn about, hence the first drawback in ousting it. The Bocial Service Council which was responsible for bringing about so many steps for the protection of the people of this country, was sure of suc cess in this attempt if, it were given whole heartdd support of the Christian Beople, sald the speaker. re B.A, MAN KILLED IN STRIKE Pittsburg, July 27.--A min- ers' strike, particwlarly in the bituminous uli coansdrytgAfwyp bituminous coal industry in Wes- and Ohio, grew tense today with slayings by a union official of a man who had threatened his life and the 'woundihg of a womai at $y = oka als cosine Of Machine A large hody of Oshawa's un- employed, two or three hundred strong, staged a demonstration this morning, presumably in pro- test against the employment of machinery in the digging of the necessary trenches, within the city limits, to carry the gas sup- plv pipe line being laid from Osh- awa to Bowmanville by the On- tario Shore Gas Company. The Folwell Engineering Co. Ltd., which has the contract for laying this line from fhe Ontario Skore Gas Co., had placed a ma- chine, capable of digging the ne- cessary trench, at the eastern end of Athol street and, is was ap- parently presumed, planned op- crating with it eastward from the end of the street pavement on Athol street. As the result of this, many of the unemployed felt that this would be against their interest, and lessen the number of men Unemployed Stage Parade In Protest Against Use for Trenches required to complete the job, whispers of threats against the contractors and the machine it- self being rumored over the week-end. Interviewed Manager At about ten o'clock this morn- ing a large body of unemployed met in Memorial Park and, after brief addresses from their lead- ers in which a plan of action was outlined, marched from the park to the old C.P.R. freight shed, on tte corner of Prospect and Athol streets where R. T. Hyland, man- ager of the Folwell Engineering Co., has established his office. On arrival at this point the leaders of the unemployed inter- viewed Mr. Hyland regarding the use of the machine in question and demanding that labor, so far as the work in the City of Osh- awa is concerned, be done hy (Continued from page 1) Twenty-five: modern "covered wagons", comprising a commercial caravan that plans to traverse more than 3000 miles of present-day con- crete trail in Ontario and Quebec within the next few weeks, will halt in this city for a couple of hours on Saturday, August 8th. On that day the people of Oshawa will be able to see one of the most in- teresting exhibits of its kind ever shown in this city, inasmuch as the Modern Covered Wagons In Caravan to Visit City display will include trucks for al- most every haulage requirement. Fire engine, ambulance-hearse, hy- draulic hoist and many other. in- teresting body mountings have been placed in the caravan through the co-operation of numerous special body manufacturers. All the Chev- rolet-bullt bodies in the caravan are products of the Canadian plant as are the various chassis. The 25 combinations of bodies and chassis pageant will present the let line of Chevrolet commercial cars and numerous special .bodies, The "into {Chevrolet commercial caravan will arrive at 9 am. and will leave at 11 am, Under special police escort the caravan, after parading downtown streets, will stop at the Ontario Motor Sales showrooms, and then proceed to Cowan Park, where the various units will be ready for pub- lic i tion. The vehiel on will trate, very interesting- ly, the elasticity of the Chevrolet truck line. Leading the caravan column, as it 'enters the city, there will be a special truck equipped with micro- phone and: musical attachment, which will announce the parade as it proceeds through the streets. There will be a demonstration of fire apparatus equipment which is part of the caravan, including (Continued from page 1) members of Johan Walker's swimming camp. n Saturday evening, while out for her two or three mile jaunt, Margaret Ra- vior, the present world's cham- .plon woman long-distance swim_ mer, was bitten by these reptiles, once on the chest and once on the leg. Yesterday morning, one of them tried to take a bite out of Evelyn Armstrong, Toronto swim- mer, but it failed to penetrate her woollen bathing suit. Last night the eels attacked en masse, and most of the swimmers in the camp were bitten. Several speci- mens were captured and brought to shore in the boats accompany- ing the swimmers, and they were studied with much interest at the Walker training camp. In spite of this discomfort, the swimmers are thoroughly enjoy- ing their training at the Oshawa Beach, and Johnny Walker is en- thusiastic over the progress made by his stars, Two local mers have now joined the camp, these being James W, Everitt, 611 Simcoe Street South, who claims that he was a long-distance swim- mer some years ago, and that he swim- | Lamprey Eels Bite Marathon Swimmers Lamprey eels, the bane of the life of the marathon swimmers, have made their appearance in Lake Ontario off Oshawa eBach, and are giving some trouble to the has a record of having swum 18 miles while in Egypt about 12 years ago, and Donald George, 54 Hillcroft Street, another expert local swimmer, Both of these swimmers were out with Johnny Walker's crowd yestérday, and made a good impression, in spite of their lack of practice. During the last few days the water has turned very cold, the tempera- ture ranging from 50 to 56 de- grees. In spite of this, the mar- athon swimmers are out for their two 'long swims daily, at 10.30 a.m. and 7 p.m., and on each of these occasions have covered from two to three miles. Yesterday forenoon they went out over a mile into the lake, making the outgoing trip in 33 minutes, and then speeding back to shore in 26 minutes.- George Young, Mar- garet Ravior and Evelyn Arm- strong, swimming under the per- sonal supervision of Johnny Walk. er, went straight out into the lake for the distance desired, and then turned home, while the others swam for an hour in water closer to the shore. Large crowds of spectators were on hand to see the swimmers in action, and John ny Walker's training camp' has become a place of much interest for the people of Oshawa, Three Entered In By-Election Three Rivers, Que., July 27.-- (CP)--With the announcement by Dr, J. O, Belisle that he would be a candidate in the Labor inter- ests, three names were in the field today to contest the Federal con- stituency of Three Rivers-St. Mau. rice in the by-election of Aug. 10. Recent conventions chose Hon, Wilfrid Gariepy, K.C., as Liberal nominee, and Charles Bourgeois, K.C., as Conservative, The by- election will decide the successor to Arthur Bettez, Liberal member of Parliament, who died since the electiong of last July. BURNED IN EXPLOSION Greenport, N.Y., July 27.--S8ix persons, including three members of Ziegtield follies and Mark Pellinger, Rowapenelh = columnist, were in hospital today burned and injured in an explosion and fire aboard the yacht of Harry Richman, actor, yesterday, uch Tittle Einstein, who. knows so" about space, might devote a J of his time to finding some of it |. id en a. eth ttn " ir 3 4 Is Charged With Striking Officer Pickering, July 27. -- H. \W. Grant of 83 Auburn Avenue, To- ronto, was taken into custody here, and later rsleased on bail, on a charge of obstructing the po- lice. The incident followed a warning which Provincial Officer 8, Hilliard gave the accused that he was driving too slow, which led to an argument, in the course of which, it is alleged, Grant struck the officer. Grant 'was subsequently overpowered, and will appear before Magistrate W. J. Clarke this evening. MINERS SUFFER FROM GAS Noranda, Que., July 27.--Elev- en miners were removed to a hos- pital, suffering from gas at No- randa mine, this morning, Blast- ing operations, responsible for ac- cident, were done over week- end, and monoxide fumes accums ulated at the 1,100-foot level. Tha LAKEVIEW PARK AGAIN VISITED BY LARGE CROWD Thousands of People En- joyed the Cooling Breezes at Oshawa's Lake Shore Yesterday Lakeview Park and the Osh- awa Beach proved a haven of refuge from the heat for thous- ands of people yesterday, Driven from the cities and towns in the vicinity of Oshawa, and for thirty or forty miles around by the extreme heat and humidity, people crowded to the beach in hundreds of aiftomobiles, which filled all the parking space alongside the roads, and over- flowed on to the playing fields to the north. The assembly of visit- ors started in the forenoon, and from noon until late afternoon a constant stream of cars pour- ed down" Simcoe Street South, seeking what breeze there might be at the lakefront. The people who went there were not disap- pointed, for, in comparison to the atmosphere up in the city it was decidedly cool at the lake, with a fresh breeze blowing off the water. The temperature of the water was also below normal, being about 56 degrees, but in spite of this there were thous- ands of bathers along the shore during the afternoon, and they seemed to be enjoying to the full the cooling effects of the water. Surf-riding has now become a popular sport at the Oshawa lakefront, and several adventur- ous spirits could be seen engag- ing in it, with a fast motor boat careering through the water, trailing beliind it the surf-board on which stood the swimmer. Several times there were upsets, but the swimmers engaging in this sport seemed to enjoy them, while they provided amusement for the spectators, In Lakeview Park proper, all available table accommodation was taken at the supper hour, and scores of picnic parties could be seen squatted on the grass, par- ticularly to the west of the pavi- lion and on the cricket field, en- Joying their evening meal, TORONTO POLICE SEARCHING FOR DARING BANDIT Man Involved in Taking Constable for Ride Is Thought to be in Toronto By Canadian Press) Toronto, July 27.--The search for the accomplice of Aime Jo- seph Lamontagne, aged 26, alleg- ed to have been one of the two bandits who forced a provincial officer to drive them on a sensa- tional tour of banditry in the Bruce peninsula of Western On- tario in the early hours of Sun- day, spread to Toronto during the night. Police of the city and district were conducting a thor. cugh search for one "Red" Bond of Toronto, alleged accomplice, after the motor car used by the companion of the arrested man was found in a field in New Tor- onto yesterday. Meanwhile, Lamontagne, ar- rested at Kitchener early yester- day on suspicion of being one of the two bandits was taken to Stratford and was brought up in police court today on a nominal charge, being remanded pending further investigation of the whole affair, Malcolm Graham, of Durham, Ont., who was shot and wounded by one of the bandits yesterday, was reported to be out of danger in a Stratford hospital today. He had been shot in the left hip. ANALYSTS DISCUSS WHEAT SITUATION (By Canadian Press) Chicago, July 27.--~The Grain Market Analyst Club, numbering leading grain statisticians and crop experts as its members blam- ed steadily increasing supplies and efforts to withhold the sur. plus from the market for the pre. sent world wheat situation. An analysis released yesterday sald that wheat had very. little value except for human food and 'a surplus beyond the human con+ sumptive, capacity means a sum- ulative - unwanted surplus that ATL Regan all ite} expeted 1o-be sale, forces price concessions." _ _ J MRS. HENRY H. PRICE IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION AS RESULT OF ACCIDENT NORMAN A. W'LEAN DIED LAST NIGHT Well-known Employee of General Motors Passed Away at Summer Home The death of Norman Alexan- der McLean, well-known citizen of Oshawa, occurred last evening at his summer home at Williams' Point, Lake Scugog. He was in his forty-seventh year. The late Mr, McLean was a life long resi- dent of the city of Oshawa and one of the oldest employees of General Notors, Thirty-two years ago he secured a position with the then McLaughlin Carriage Company, and until last Novem- ber when he was taken seriously ill was with that Company, then grown to General Motors of Can- ada, as the superintendent of the Body and Mill Room. The de- ceased was well known in the different athletic clubs in the city. He was always an interested promoter of sport, and in the days of the first General Motors picnics, much of the planning of the sport programmes was left in his capable hands. At the time of his death, the late Mr. McLean wag a member of the executive of the Boy Scout Association of the city. His loss will be greatly feit by the Scouts and Scout leaders, for his interest in them was very great, He was also a member of St. Andrew's United Church and of the Lebanon Masonic Lodge, During the summer months, the late Mr. McLean wid his wife resided at their summer home on Lake Scugog. When in town they lived at 197 Bond Street East. There are no children surviving the deceased. Besides his widow, there is Mrs. Sam Trew of Mary Street, who is a sister. The funeral will be held on Wednesday of this week at 2.30 o'clock from the late residence of the deceased. Rev. Thos. Green will be in charge. HOUSE REMOVED BY GAS COMPANY Good Progress Being Made With Improvements and New Equipment at the Gas Plant The double frame house on Emma Street, on the property of the Ontario Shore Gas Company, have been demolished, and the site is being cleared of the debris and levelled off. These houses were part of the property which was taken over by the gas company from the city at the time the gas plant and distribution system were sold about three months ago, and, having fo use for the houses, but desiring to make use of the land they occupied, the gas company de- cided to remove them. Work on the improvements at the gas plant is proceeding steadily and yr given employment for the last few weeks to about - twenty local men, The gas plant building has been entirely renovated and an addition built, and good progress is being made with the installation of the new equipment with which the company will manufacture gas to be distributed to the citizens. AIRSHIP SETS OUT FOR THE FAR NORTH Leningrad, Russia, July 27.-- Carrying Russian, German and United States scientists, the Graf Zeppelin set out yesterday for, a six-day voyage of exploration and scientific study in the Far North. The dirigible took off from Len- ingrad at 11.10 a.m. (4.10 am. Eastern Standard Time). Just before the start, Dr. Hugo Eckener, her commander, said he was leaving fully confident of suc- cess, and hoped to reach Franz Joseph Land within 24 hours, un- less hindered by the weather, which, according to the latest re- ports," was not favorable. When fa the neighborhood of Franz Jo- seph Land, Dr. Eckener added, the Graf Zeppelin will try to estab. lish immediate contact with the Soviet 'ice-breaker, Maligin. The third Arctic dirigible ex pedition in history carried twelve scientists, a photographer, journalists and a Russian wireless operator, besides a regular crew of thirty, _ two | he Was Struck by Automobile at Corner of King and Simcoe Streets About Seven o'clock on Satur- day Evening SUFFERS COMPOUND FRACTURE OF SKULL Belief Is That Mrs. Price Stepped Out From Be- tween Two Parked Cars, in Front of Car Driven by John H. Campbell Mrs. Henry H. Price, 317 Glig don Avenue, is in a very serious condition in the Oshawa General Hospital, with little hope held out for her recovery, as the result of being struck by an automobile driven by John Campbell, 32% French Street, just before seven o'clock on Saturday evening when she attempted to cross King Street, just east of Simcoe Street. Mrs, Price, who is stated to be thirty or thirty-five years of age, is suffering from a compound frac. ture at the base of the skull, and while her condition this morning was reported as "no change since her admission," and is taken as a hopeful sign, Dr. R. W. Graham, who' is in attendance, gives it as his opinion: that "the chances afte most decidedly against recovery. She is in a most serious condition." The 'story given to the police by the driver of the automobile which struck the unfortunate lady, coupled- with the story of eyewil- - nesses of the occurrence, leads to the assumption that Mrs. Price stepped between two parked cars on the south side of King street, a few yards east of Simcoe Street, and was in the act of crossing from the south;to the north side of King when struck, evidently failing to see the car driven by Mr. Campbell as it approached from the "Four Corners." Following the accident the ume fortunate victim was rushed in am ambulance to the hospital, the driv er of the car doing all in his power to st her and volunteering the information possible to hel the police in their investigation, =» Mrs. Price has a small daugh four years of age, which mal the occurrence all the more t while her husband is on the cleric staff of the General Motors poration. PLEA FOR AID N LEGION TERN Speaking briefly at today's lunch eon of the Oshawa Rotary : M. Mcintyre Hood, president of Oshawa Branch of the Cana Legion, made an appeal to the members for co-operation and port in connection with the' forth coming provincial convention of Legion.» He announced . that Tuesday, August 25, the entire vincial executive of the would be guests at a joint Tu of the Kiwanis, Rotary and men's Clubs, and he asked for special effort to have an one huh dred per cent. attendance of Ro= tarians in that occasion. The speaker also referred to coming to Oshawa of distinguish soldiers and sajlors from all parts the British Empire, and asked co-operation in providing hosts them overnight, as in the city from to Friday forenaon of the the tion week. He asked the 1 who possibly could to. take on two of these disti into their homes, so as the problem of making ari provision for them. Hockey Player Dies of Injari Port Atha, gr. July Connor, 27, loc becky, Star, ured whi. dei} Green on Sunday, died in t Connor struck has h hoi bo while diving, and was taken fr the eo It was had a the si Shy ed shoulde: Py Yen, d He remained 'consgious until : 9 *