Newspaper in a Growing City he Osh awa Bail Succeeding The Oshawa Reformer y Times | PROBS. Fair and cooler "*% today and on . Tuesday ed | $ VOL. 9--NO. 80 Published at 28 Subywa, Gut, Cena Day Encepe. Suniaye" and Publi a ary OSHAWA, ONTARIO, MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1931 12 Cents a Week; 3 Cents a Copy EIGHT PAGES EXTRA RELIEF GRANT FOR OSHAWA Daring ; Attempt at Hold-up of Local Drug Store THIEVES GRABBED CASH REGISTER BUT DROPPED IT ON SIMCOE STREET Bandits Make ake Clear Get:lanr away in Car After Drop- ping Cash Register, and Secured Nothing in the Way of Loot S. R. SMITH'S DRUG STORE HELD UP Men Made Off With Cash Register While Propri- etor Was Mixing Up Medicine at Back of the Store--Attempt Declar. ed Amateurish A daring but unsuccessful ucheme to steal the cash register | from the counter in 8. R. Smith's drug store, on the south-west cor. ner of Simcoe and John Streets, was attempted between eleven and twelve o'clock on Saturuday night by a pasty of three or four young men, who made a clear get- away in a car after the register had been dropped on the sidewalk and badly damaged, the robbers obtaining nothing for their pains, According to the story of the occurrence told by Mr. Smith, proprietor of the store, he was alone in the shop at about 11.20 p.m. on Saturday when two young men entered, one of them wearing goggles which he believed to have been for purposes of dis- guise, The young man with his goggles handed Mr. Smith a written order for a mixture of tincture of ben- zolene and oil of juniper, the pre- aration of this mixture necessit- ating the druggist going into his back premises. Picked Up Till Experience had taught Mr, Smith to keep an eye on the front store from his back room which communicgtes with the public part of the store by two doors about twenty feet apart. Look- ing through one of these doors Mr, Smith noticed one of his sup- posed customers tinkering with the till. The tinkering was being done quite openly as if the man was interested in the mechanism and acting in an idle moment from curiosity. The "tinkerer'" saw Mr, Smith observed him and turned away, nothing being said. A few seconds later Mr. Smith entered the space behind his coun- ter for the purpose of preparing a label for the mixture which had been ordered, and then found that one of the young men, not the one wearing goggles, had removed the till from the counter and was al- most in the doorway of the stores on his way towards a car which was drawn up at the south curb of John Street. Mr. Smith immediately yelled "stop thief" at the top of his voice and gave chase. Dropped Register The man carrying the register, which weighs approximately 130 Ibs., was holding the machine against his chest and in quicken- ing his pace to get to the car, lost his grasp and let it fall to the sidewalk. The distance from the door of the store to the car was only about twelve feet, while the dis- tance from the spot where Mr. Smith was preparing his label to the door, in the inside of the store, was approximately thirty- five feet, so that by the time the proprietor of the store had heach- ed the cash register the car was (Continued on page 3) MACDONALD SEES LLOYD GEORGE Belief Is 'Growing That British General Election "Is Imminent S---- (By Canadian Press) London, Oct. 5. -- Premier MacDonald today went to Surrey, talked with Rt. Hon. David Lloyd George, Liberal Leader, and re: turned immediately to London, bringing back with him Rt. Hon. Philip Snowden, chancellor of the exchequer, who lives not far from Lloyd George's country home. After his return to London, the Prime Minister received a visit from Sir Clive Wigram, principal private secretary to the King. Another cabinet meeting fouow- ed. The comings and goings strengthened the general belief that the dissolution of i ment and a general ection. 'which is a foregone conclusion -- would be announced by the Na- tional Government within the next day or so, i lia~ | pense of the voyage the cost of 200 FOREIGNERS MEET MAYOR WITH DEMAND FOR FOOD Mayor Marks Intimates That Steps Being Taken to Feed Single Men A large gang of some 200 for- eigners, mainly Ukrainians and Czocho-Slovakians, were waiting to greet Mayor Ernie Marks this morning shortly after ten o'clock as he entered the city buildings, complaining very bitterly that a large number of single men in the party were without employ- ment, or food, That they had, for the most part, been unable to obtain places on cither the first or second contingents to go to the construction camps in North- ern Ontario, and that they were, apparently, to be allowed to starve to death. The open space in the vicinity of the City Buildings was in an uproar for several minutes with several of the men all talking at once without making themselves at all intelligible so far as the Mayor was concerned. Complaints Explained W. Igel, the official court in- the Mayor. He stated that the deputation, while some of them (Continued on page 3) {40 EXAMINED IN READINESS T0 GO First Contingent of Fifty, Going North Tomorrow, Supplied With Clothing Sm ---- A total of 140 men have now been examined by the doctor appointed for this purpose by the Government Dr. FE. Richardson, and pronoun- cod physically fit Yor work in the construction camps being establish- ed as a relief measure. The fifty men who leave to-mor- row for Northern Ontario drew what clothing was necessary to pro- perly outfit them from the clothing depot of the Associated Welfare Societies this morning, while fifty more are standing by for further instructions regarding their depar- ture from the city, While only 120 men are being held 'in readiness to leave, in ac- cordance with the requirements of the Government, a few more over and above the 140 already examined will go before the doctor to-day in order that an adequate "reserve" can be established as it has been found that, with the lists establish- ed in August, some few of the men selected to go north cannot be lo- cated, while others, a small per centage, are not available to go. Th: total for. the first party of fifty has now been definitely selec- ted, however, and everything is in readiness for them to embark at the C.N.R, station tomorrow night for Toronto where a special train for the north is being made up. PETERBORO T0 PRESERVE RECORD OF PIONEER DAYS Council Committee Takes Steps to Retain First Record of Settlers Peterboro, Oct. 5.--The finance committee of the city council has taken steps to make certain that a document, relating to perhaps the most dramatic chapter in Pe- terboro's history, will not be lost to the city, This document {s, in reality, ong of the original ac- count books of Peter Robinson, founder of Peterboro, and gives the names of every man, woman' and child whom that dauntless foneer brought out with him om the old country in 1825. Names of the oldest families in the city are set forth in the book in clear, legible handwriting. A study of the book also gives val- uable information ag to the ex- provisions ang their transporta- tion from Kingston, and other his- toric sidelights on the difficulties -.V Peterboro. overcome by the early heroes of fows: MAYOR ELLIOTT TURNS ON The above photograph shows Mayor M. Elliott, of Bowmanville, turning on the gas far the first time at Bowmanville on Saturday night. Mayor Elliott is at the left of the picture with his hand on the gas tap. The others in the group, left to right are as fol. J. T. Milner, general manager, Ontario Shore Gas Company; F. W. Bowen, M.P, for Purham; Frank Mason, Jr., Oshawa; M. M. BOWMANVILLE GAS SERVICE Hood, Editor, Oshawa Daily Times; George Hall, Bowmanville Business Men's Association; E. | G.D | | ond other prominent citizens of A. Dustan, president, A. Dixon, in charge of Sales, Ontario Shore Gas Company; Conant, counsel and Canadian director, Ontario Shore Gas Com | treasurer, pany; Willlam Hufnal, asst. pany and J. McCutcheon. GAS SERVICE INAUGURATED AT BOWMANVILLE | of the fact that the community Bowmanville; T. Ontario Shore Gas Com. terpreter for this city, was called |} and explained the complaints to | Cardinals Athletics Batteries 1 2 3 4 ©2020 00 © 000000 GRIMES AND WILSON GROVE, MAHAFFY AND COCHRANE. ALBERT STREET UNITED CHURCH Rev. Thomas Wallace of Newtonville Was Special Preacher for the Occasion Special services were held yes- terday morning and evening at Albert Street United Church on the seventeenth anniversary of that church. In the morning the pastor, Rev. 8. C. Moore, who was the preacher, delivered a timely address on the theme' "The Altar and the Church," showing the close connection between sacri- fices and son the intimate re- lations between the Cross and the Crown. Rev, Thomas Wallace of New- tonville, chairman of the Oshawa Presbytery, was the special preacher of the evening. His stirring sermon on the 'Business of the Master" was appreciated by the large congregation. A special feature of the day the first appearance of the choir, Augmented for the occasion, in the new choir gowns. Under the leadership of James Hurst, that institution rendered valuable ser- vice. Mrs, Carkeek and Mrs. Williams sang "Hark, Hark, My Soul!" and Mrs. M. Morrison gave a beautiful rendition of "The Lost Chord" at the morning worship. Mrs. A. E. Fisher was the soloist at the evening service and sang ""Babylon," with great acceptance. Flowers and fruits made beau- tiful decorations to the interior of the church. The offerings of the day were most gratifying to the church officials. AVIATOR KILLED IN AUTO SMASH Belleville Oct. 5--When his-car overturned into the ditch, H. E. Hanlyn, Sioux Lookout aviator, attached to the Trenton airport near here, was instantly killed curred three miles west of Graf- ton at the shelter valley curve. "His companion, Cpl. H. T. Fra- ser, was seriously injured and taken to Cobourg Hospital. An inquest will be opened today. The two airmen were returning to the airport after spending the week-end in Toronto. ANNIVERSARY this morning. The accident oc-: Grimes Pitched Two-hit Game to Beat Athletics (By Radio from Shibe Park, Phila- elphia, by courtesy of the Adams Furniture Company) Philadelphia, Oct. 5. -- With Burleigh Grimes pitching a won- | derful two-hit game, the Cardin- als defeated the Athletics by & runs to 2 in the third game of the world series. Grimes shut out the Athletics and allowed only one hit until after two men were out in the ninth, when Simmons hit a home run over the fence, scoring McNair, running for Coch- rane, ahead of him, The score by innings: First Inning Cardinals :--Adams fouled out to Foxx, Roettger was thrown out at first by Bishop. Frisch went out to Foxx, unassisted. 0 runs, 0 hits, no errors. Athletics :--Bishop struck out. Haas flied out to Frisch, Cochrane sent a long fly out to Hafey. 0 runs, 0 hits, no errors. 'Second Innings Cardinals: -- Bottomley walked. Hafey fouled out to Foxx. Martin singled, sending Bottomley to third. Wilson singled to: right, Bottomley scoring and Martin oing to third, Gelbert flied to Stiller and Martin scored on the throw. Grimes was safe at first on a grounder to third. Adams struck out. 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 er- rors. Athletics: Simmons flied to Martin, Gelbert threw out Foxx at first. Miller out, Gelbert to Bottomley. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors. Third Innings Cardinals :--Roettger out, Williams to Foxx. Frisch out by the same route. Bottomley out, Bishop to Foxx: 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors.' Athletics :--Dykes out, Frisch to Bottomley, Williams flied to Gel- bert. Groves out to Bottomley at first, 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, Fourth Innings Cardinals :--Hafey singled over sec- ond.. Martin doubled to left, Hatey going to third. Wilson out, Dykes to Foxx. Gelbeft struck out. Grimes singled to right, scor- ing Hafey and Martin. Adams flied out to Bishop. 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors. Athletics :--Bishop walked. Haas flied to Hafey, Cochrane struck out. Simmons out, Frisch to Bot- tomley, '0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, Fifth Inning Cardinals :--Roettger out, Williams to Foxx. Frisch out, Bishop to Foxx, Jottomley flied out to Simmons. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors. Athletics :(--Foxx walked. Miller forced Foxx at second. Dykes hit into a double play, Gelbert to Ad- ams to Bottomley. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors. Sixth Inning 'ardinals :--Hatey out, Dykes to Foxx. Martin flied out, Williams to Foxx. Wilson singled, Gelbert flied to Miller, 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 er- rors. Athletics :--Flowers playing 3rd for St, Louis in place of Adams. Wil- liams struck out. Groves struck out, Bishop flied to Martin. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, Seventh Innings Cardinals :--Grimes out, Williams to Foxx. Flowers out, Williams to Foxx. Roettger doubled to cen- tre. Frisch singled to right, Roet- tger staying at third. Bottomley flied to Bishop: 0 runs, 2 hits, no errors, Athletics :--Haas out, Grimes to Bottomley. Cochrane out, Gelbert to Bottomley. Simmons out, Gel- bert to Bottomley 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors. Eighth Innings Cardinals: --Hafey hit a liner to Dykes. Martin out) Dykes to Foxx, Wilson safe on a bunt. -Gelbert singled to left. Grimes out to Simmons in left. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors. Athletics :--Foxx walked, Miller singled over second, Foxx going to second, Dykes adut to Flowers, Williams out to Hafey. Kramer batting: for Groves, Kramer out to Frisch. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors. Ninth Innings Cardinals :--Mahaffy now pitching for Athletics. Flowers walked, and was forced at second by Roettger. Watkins running for Roettger. Frisch out, Dykes to Foxx. Bot- tomley hit for two bases, Watkins scoring. Hafey flied to Simomns, 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors. Athletics ~-Bishop out to Bottom- ley, unassisted, Haas out, Gelbert to Bottomley. Grimes' hand was hurt deflecting Haas' hit, but he continued, Cochrane walked, Mc- Nair running for Cochrane. Sim- mons hit over the fence for a home run, scoring McNair. Foxx struck out. THANKSGIVING SERVICE IS HELD AT HOLY TRINITY Canon Hartley of Toronto Dedicates Gifts Made to the Congregation With the beautiful Choral Eu- charist service, Harvest Thanks- giving was observed at the Holy Trinity Church on Sunday morn- ing by a congregation which filled the church to capacity, A fea- ture of the service was the dedi- . cation of the altar cross, chalice, altar desk, sanctuary lamps, pro- cessional cross and other furnish- ings which had been given to the church as gifts from friends and members in the last few years. Rev. Canon F. H. Hartly, of the St, Matthias Church, Toronto, joined the Rev. 8. C. Jarrett, rector of the parish in the ser- vice, and delivered a thoughtful and inspiring message to the wor- sliippers, The beauty of the choral service made a deep im- pression on all who were present, and in the course of his sermon Canon Hartly referred to this, saying it had been the intention of the Church of England at the time of the Reformation that the Choral Eucharist be the basis ot the church service every Sunday and on all Holy Days. The church was beautifully decorated with the symbols of the harvest, clusters of fruit and flowers, on a background of vivid red sumach, forming a prominent part of the decdrative scheme, while fruit and vegetables were placed in front of the sanctuary as a token of the goodness of Di- (Continued on page 8) TERMINAL WORK HALTED Montreal, Oct. 5. -- Postpone- ment for the present, of further expenditures upon the Montreal Terminals plans of the Canadian National Railways, Was been de- cided upon after careful consider. ation and after conference with the government, according to a statement issued yesterday by Sir Henry Thornton, Chairman and President of the Canadian Na- ticnal Railways. { the community and district with MAYOR TELLS MEETING THAT OSHAWA WILL GET MORE THAN $300,000 GAS SYSTEM NOW SET IN OPERATION AT BOWMANVILLE | First Burner Was Lit By Mayor Elliott at Cere- mony Saturday Night (By Staff Reporter) Bowmanville, October 5.--On Satarday evening, with due cere- mony, gas was turned on in the town of Bowmanville for the first time. In the presence of several { hundred citizens, Mayor Milt. El- iiott raised a blazing torch, and | set a flame to a huge gas burner | which stood on the top of a pole some fifteen feet in the air. The 24% sent forth a towering flame, and the people of Bewmanville cheered this tangible expression | was now being served with gas. The opening ceremonies for Bow- manville's new utility were brief, but they provided Mayor Elliott an opportunity of congratulating the Ontario Shore Gas Company, Limited, on the speed with which the pipe line from Oshawa and the system of mains in Bowman- i ville had been laid so as to make gas available for the people of Bowmanville. The other speak- crs included F. W, Bowen, M.P. for Durham county, and T, A. Dunstan, president of the Bowman- ville Business Men's Association, while the gas company was repre- rented by J. T. Milner, vice-presi- dert and general manager, and G. D. Conant, counsel and Cana- dian director, Thanks From Mayor Prior to setting the first gas flame alight, Mayor Elliott spoke briefly, saying it was a pleasant duty for him to turn on the gas, as he considered this as good as a new industry to Bowmanville, He was pleased to note that the gas company has great confid- eace in the future of Bowman- ville, the province of Ontario and the Dominion of Canada. The fact that the company is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to build up a new gas system in thie part of Ontario, especially at (Continued on page 8) ANNIVERSARY OF GHRIST CHURCH {/enerable Archdeacon Fleming of Arctic Mis- sion Was Special Speaker ---- Venerable Archdeacon Fleming of the Arctic preached at the three services celebrating the third anniversary of Christ An- glican Church yesterday. His ad- dresses were a source of great in- spiration to the congregation, and reacted as a topic in the present depression days. For years, the Archdeacon laboured in the land of the "moonlight sun' for the uplift of the pagan Eskimo and now he supervises the whole work across the north of the continent, visiting the remotest stations in the summer and in the winter working in its propaganda. For both the morning and eve- ning services the choir in charge of J. H, Rigg contributed very materially to the joyous occasion, The lavish distribution of flow- ers and garden and: field fruits that adorned the chancel steps and other places in the church were symbolic and beautiful dec- orations. The Bishop's chair was given by Mr, and Mrs. W. J. Fry in memory of their sgn was dedi- cated in due form by the visiting Archdeacon on requ of the in- cumbent. Large SongIe; ations attended the services of the day and many parents were present at the rally day services for the Sunday school children in the afternoon. TRADE BALANCE IS MORE FAVORABLE Ottawa, Oct, 5. ---- Canada's unfavorable balance of trade was $45,132,042 for the twelve months ending August, 1931, as compared with $103,506,231 for the preceding twelve months. Total trade for the twelve months ending August dropped from $2,125,109,423 in 1930 to $1,459,882,872 in 1931, partly due to substantial decline in com- modity prices. Imports fell from $1,114,307.827 to $752,507,457 while exports dropped from $1,- Y5om He Has Assurance From Premier Henry" That Further Allotment Will Be Made to Oshawa for Unemployment Re- lief Work RESOLUTION OF PROTEST PASSED W. H. Moore, M.P., and W. E. N. Sinclair, M.P.P., Urge Audience That the Present Is No Time to Play Party Politics . The mass meeting, held under the auspices of the Central Coun~ cil of Ratepayers on Saturday afternoon, was attended by be- tween six and seven hundred persons, the majority being, ap- parently, drawn from the ranks of the unemployed. Those in attendance heard very divergent opinions uttered by the speakers who were F. W. Fowke, W. H. Moore M.P., W. E. N. Sinclair K.C.,, M.L.A., Mayor Ernie Marks, Robert Stewart of Cedardale Ward, and F, W., Wat- kinson, One of the most {important statements made at this meeting came from Mayor Ernie Marks who said "I now have the Pre- mier's assurance that $300,000 is not going to be the total allot- ment of money for relief work here in Oshawa, and I firmly be- ileve every word of it." This statement was endorsed by Mr. Sinclair who, in' referring to the Mayor's announcement, stated "I believe that myself." Neither Mr, Moore, Mr. Sine clair, nor Mr. Fowke entered in- to what is generaaly termed "par ty politics' in their addresses, Mr. Moore emphasizing his opin- ion that "any man who plays par- ty politics at this hour is a fool," while Mr. Sinclair stated "in ap proaching this big question the very last angle from which it should be approached is a politi- cal one." Passed Resolution . At the conclusion of the meet. ing a resolution read by the chair. man on opening the proceedings was passed by a large majority, although several of the speakers had expressed themselves as by no means entirely in sympathy with the opinions expressed. This resolution, formulated presumably by the Central Coun- cil of Ratepayers, stated that "in the judgment of an enlightenséd electorate Canada is today passe ing through an economic, crisis." It expressed the opinion that the Dominion and Provincial Governments, 'through delays" and a "totally inadequate sys tem" are 'trifling with this mo- mentous question." It stated that "one third of the reople of Oshawa are unemploy= ed" and drew attention to the fact that in time of war "funds and finances were immediately available." "Ample money is known to be in the Dominion, in the banks of Canada" read this resolution which called upon the (Governments, "inf strict conform- ily with the principles of taxae tion," to enact legislation which would place the burden of relief "on those who are well able to pay." I+ also called upon the Govern- ment to enact legislation along (Continued on page 8) DISSOLUTION IS * STILL EXPECTED Premier MacDonald Likely To Make Announcement byWednesday ; A i London, Oct, 5.--Premier Ram- say Macdonald is expected to ans nounce the dissolution of Fala ment Tuesday or Wedn J a general election to take place. before the end of this month. * The plan. it was understood over the week-end, is for the Na tional Government to seek a tion-wide vote of confidence a the return of its supporters to the House of Commons on a platform of broad powers to the Prime Minister to meet the national em- ergencies. wo This "doctor's mandate," as | Mr. MacDonald was said to have termed it, if approved, might shortly bring Great Britain to the point of an imposition of reven! and Jrotective tariffs against ith the dissolution of Parlin ment almost reached the general political situation remained stil} 010,801,596 to $707,375,415- vague and obscure. .