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PAGE EIGHT THE-OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1Q, 1931 | EASTERN ONTARIO NEWS Pay Hallowe'en Fun Ottawa, -- Apprehended by Constable Frederick B. Symns of Ottawa Police Force, 10 boys ap- peared in Juvenile Court charged with tearing down a board fence about the property of Mrs. Bern- ard Slattery, 40 Riverdale Ave., on Hallowe'en night. Size 6f the lads whose ages range from 14 to 16, admitted having a share in the wrecking of the fence, re- pairs to which will probably cost #50. On hearing the report of Constable Syms, J. F. McKinley, Judge of the Juvenile Court, or- dered payment of the damages by DEAR It's not very often we get sentimental, but really words fail us when it comes to expressing our sincere thanks for your help during the One Cent Sale. You did not only respond to this great feast of bar- gains in such a way that it made history--*The biggest sale ever'-- but for your tolerance, the good natured way in which every one ac- cepted the crowds, as a matter of fact--we thank you. And boy were there some crowds--those of ~ou who were not in sure missed a treat. Not one person wa~ disap- pointed. Every one received his full share of the Bar- gain Cake. It was necessary to take orders on a large number of items sold out, but those will be filled and delivered just as quickly as possible. The windows, counters, cases, etc., are once again all cleaned up and redec- orated. We are now getting ready for our Christmas Preview and may we state again for your continued confidence and patronage, we thank you. When in need of Drugs "QUICKLY" 'phone Jury & Lovell "King E. Simcoe S. Phone 28 Phone 68 LMrs. W. H. Hooper; secretary, "sel engaged to defend the inter- the boys and their parents. Fire Destroys Barn Finch. -- Fire of unknown ori- gin destroyed a large frame barn, the season's erop and farm equip- ment on the farm of Mr, William Markell, three miles south of Finch village. The fire gained great 'headway before being no- ticed and was a heap of charred ruins despite all efforts to save anything. The loss is estimated at §2.500 and it is not known if Mr. Markell will rebuild this fall |. or not, Organize Ladies Legion Carleton Place. -- A ladies' auxiliary to further the interests of the loeal branch of the Can- adlan Legion was organizea here this week with the following ap- poifited to office: president, Mrs. R. A. Patchell; vice-president, Mies Dorothy Findlay; executive, Mrs. Dr, I. W. James, Mrs. H. E. Sinclair, Jr., Mrs. Courtenay Hur- rell. Committees were formed to help in the poppy campaign on Saturday, November 7. Engincers Sue Town Arnprior. -- A writ for $42,- 300.90 was issued by Grant Bros. Construction. Co., Ltd., of Ottawa, against the Corporation of Arn- prior today. The claim is stated to have arisen from alleged ex- tras on the new bridge and dam across the Madawaska river on Madawaska street, which was con- structed by the plaintiff company in 1928-29. Members of the mu- nicipal council were greatly sur- orised tonight when informed of the writ. Mayor 8. R. Rudd was out of town and could not be reached, but it is understood from the rest of the council that a meeting would be called to go into the matter at once, and coun- ests of the corporation, Lock Men Cleared Cornwall, ---- After hearing many witnesses describe the cir- cumstances under which Robert Penny, known throughout East- ern Ontario as a star hockey and lacrosse player, suffered fatal in- juries in an accident at Lock 23, Morrisburg canal, a coroner's ju- ry here returned a verdict of ac- cidental death, attaching no blame to anyone, Evidence showed that Penny, employed in the care teking department on the Willi- amsburg canal was assisting lock- men in releasing a jammed gate when the accident happened. With two others, he had been turning the crank of a windlass nsed to open the lock gate. They had finished their work and twe of the men stepped back. Penny was still leaning over the ma- chine, for some reason which was not revealed in evidence, when a ratchet ring snapped, releasing the windlass handles. Spinning at terrific speed, the handles struck Penny upon the head. - Turkey Hen Fertile Cornwall. -- If there is any- thing which will make a poultry- mar puff his chest with pride, it is the glit-edged certificate that one of his hens laid a few bush- als of eggs In a year under the Record- of- Performance contest rules, There is no R.O.P, com- petition for 'turkey owners, but it there were, first honors would undoubtedly go to Sandy J. Mc- Ewan, Concession of Ken- yon township, who has a turkey aen which laid 140 to 150 in ten months and is still going strong. Mr. McEwan claims the reccrd for the United Counties, at least. : Saw Injufes Three Cornwall. -- Three persons were injured and a 22-pound chunk of steel was hurled over three city blocks when a circular saw ran wild here. George Mc- Gilllvray, 11 Marlborough street North, suffer the loss of his right hand. rry Becksteaa, 16 Sixth street West, bad his arm broken in rée places, and Floyd Mackenzie was knocked unconscious. The driving belt of the saw slipped from its pulley and tangled around the drive shaft. A second later, the lea- ther belt had twis so tightly about the shafting fat the saw- ing machine stopped with a terri- fic jerk. On one end of the shaft was a balance fly-wheel of an es- timated welght of 250 pounds. The sudden stoppage of the ma- chine is believed to have caused the fly-wheel to break up and large sections of metal hurtled in all directions. Want Canadian Cheese Cornwall. -- In a time of gen- eral depression in the dairy in- dustry, the cheering news that Great Britain affords a market for more Canadian cheese than is now available, even at a price premium, was heard at a meeting of the Eastern Ontario Dairymen's Association at the I. O. F. Hall, Moulinette, Freeman Brown, Montreal, a Federal cheese grader, declared that cheese production in Canada has declined, despite 'the fact tnat British dealers are clamoring for high grade Canadian product. He urged increased production and continuance, even improvement, of the quality. School Inspector Dead Lindsay. -- The funeral will be held from the home of Mr, Albert Thurstc), of Dunsford, of Gideon E. Broderick for years a widely- known a espected « ton- ist in this district, who pussed away suddenly at Dunsford today in his 77th year. Although Mr. Broderick had been sick for some time, the end came with great suddenness. In good health until about a year ago heart attacks of increasing seri- ousness had bothered him greatly and when he was in the offices of the Victoria Trust a particularly violent attack occurred. Censure is the tax a man pays to the public for being eminent. What business seems to need just now is the command, "Cease firing! EET Se ee ee | OSHAWA WELFARE - FUND CAMPAIGN To Finance the Magnificent Work of the | ASSOCIATED WELFARE SOCIETIES relieving disiress, providing food for th: 'v:ngry and fuel and clothing for the needy A WONDEL "UL RECORD families of Oshawa 28, 1931, the Associated Welfare Sogieties distribe quarts of milk. Value .................. $3,322.26 loaves of bread. Value ................. 1,306.47 of coal. Value ................ 3,890.90 . clothing, boots and shoes. Value . 6,500.00 vided shelter to the extent of of articles of ' Value ...... $0000, ceeive on. 4,145.71 812.00 - * Associated Welfare Societies again stands ready to take care of the many needs of Oshawa's unfortunate families which 'are in great distress through lack of employ. is greater than 'ever. Increase your contribution accordingly. Campaign Bates )VEMBER 17 - | e -- and Be Glad You Can || Donated to the Welfare Society by the Qsh 18-19 ready ITALIAN AUTHOR MOST CRITICAL Rafael Sabatini Found Fault With Many Modern Writers Rafael Sabatini entered the lists the other night in modern dress and a monocle and broke a lance with the writers of history who "hypnotized" readers with "histori- myths" born of their innate ven ality, personal vanity and flair for scandal-mongering or propaganda. The Italian-born author with the English accent, who has taken mil lions on the high seas of adventure with Barbary corsairs, who made them live dangerously amid the in trigues of the Borgias, who vividly ictured Robespierre, Marat and ton, who showed them his "Bat- delys" in all the glamor df 17th Cen- tury France, who took them to hear the "Bloody" Jeffreys on the bench --stood revealed in a new light. He classified "historical myths" in three groups: the genuine--deliber- ately created at the time of the event; synthetic--built up by histo- rical works; and "transparent" -- mystery rendered clear by the logic of events. He condemned the "per- nicious" habit of accepting the facts given by writers of history who "are only partially contemporary," or were removed from the scene of ac- tion. And he had no words fit to use for those writers who set down what he knew to be false "in delib- erate bad faith." Those who let "vanity" creep into memoir writing were the most "dan- gerous," he considered. Those who let it seep into their fiction were "propagandists and time-servers." "A writer of history can't bear false witness without inconsisten- cies," he told the crowded auditor- ium who strained for every word, "That is true not only in memoirs, but in historical works of every de- scription." Notable Examples For five hundred yea's, he pointed out, the Swiss people had received inspiration from the oft-told tales of the exploits of William Tell. There were statues in the market places, there were memorials at the various places of his adventures. He had been conspicuous in the, battle where the Swiss smote off the Aus- trian yoke Yet--said this author steeped in the multi-colored back- ground of the past--"William Tell never existed." It gave evidence of "what accretions might accomplish." The story had grown, he explained, out of a Scandinavian legend gra- dually added to and embellished by Swiss historians. The love ot sensation, of the ma- cabre, esoteric or bizarre was an ac- tive agent in introducing fiction into history, he thought. And he took for his example of "synthetic" his- tory, the tale of the "Man in the fron Mask," around whom Dumas wove a tale. Where a writer per- ceived an improbability or uncer- tainty he was likely to endeavor to try and bridge the gap, he prefaced. In this case, in the time of Louis XIV. there was captive in the prison of Pignerol a man whose face was covered with a mask. Some years later he was transferred to the Isle of Marguerite, and then to the Bas- tile, where he died in 1703. His name was recorded on the records as "Marchioly." That is all the his- torians knew . about that man, the author said. Lae tale of the "Iron Mask" had arisen from the fact that this pris- oner actually wore a mask of velvet kept in position by steel springs, the writer said. Sabatini did not think that the gaolers had forced the mask on the prisoner lait thought about the only explanation was that he himself chose to wear the mask, perhaps because of some physical deformity. As another evidence of the falli- bility of historians, who needed "vis- ion, judgment and industry," he took the "transparent" mystery of the murder of Lord Darnley, Mary Stuart's second husband, and his page. Lord Darnley and the page had been killed in a gunpowder ex- plosion at Kirkfield. When their ies were found, it was discovered they had also been strangled. The "mystery" lay in the lack of con- nection between the explosion and the strangling. Sabatini explained it away by "change in intention" on the part of the murderers. Mystery Battle A "genuine" mystery was that of the battle of Valmy when the Duke of Brunswick invaded France with Prussians. Austrians and 30,000 French emigres who desired the monarchy restored. The "mystery" had been created by the leaving of the French emigres behind at a cru- cial moment, the failure to press his advantage after routing some revo- lutionary troops, and finally the re- treat of the Duke at the time he had the disciples of "Liberty, Equal- ity and Fraternity" at his mercy. e mysterious aspect vanished, Sabatini considered, when later facts of history revealed that the Duke of Brunswick had suddenly paid 8, 000,000 francs to his creditors, that complete capitulation followed the unexplained retreat, and that when Napoleon wanted Crown jewels, he actually 'purchased them from the House of Brunswick. "What an awful-looking villain the prisoner is!" whispered a lady in a policecourt to her husband. "I should be afraid even to stand near him!" "Hush!" whispered her husband. "The prisoner has not been brought in yet. That's his lawyer!" ~ Sold in Oshawa by G.S. White 'Phone 1803 Oshawa SUGCESS OF 'BOOK WEEK CREDITED T0 CRITI Mr. Justice Surveyor, Points Out Flaws in Criti » Montreal --Speaking on behalf of the Canadian Authors' Association, Mr. Justice E. Fabre Surveyor ad- dressed members of the Kinsmen Club of Montreal recently. Taking as his subject, "Book Week," the judge indicated to the members that the idea of devoting one week in the year to the diffusion of a parti- clay idea, or of a particular article of consumption, originated during wa war, "While the other weeks," said Justice Surveyor, "which nobody seriously criticized, died a natural death, music week and especially book week, owe their survival to their very critics. The fact that most of those critics are found among writers--the writer of today is the author of to-morrow--made it imperative upon the parents of the idea not to allow it to sink into oblivion, "One of the criticisms is that Book Week is really the booksellers' week: . One thing is certain, and that is that it is not the booksellers' invention. If I am not mistaken, the father of the idea is John Murray Gibbon, and I am sure his first thought was not for the bookseller True, the bookseller finds his profit in the idea. That the bookseller and possibly the printer, will benefit by the suétcess of Book Week, is a matter which cannot be denied. But behind them, back of them, is the author, the inventor, the man or woman who, whatever his or her ability may be, has spent valuable time in producing a book, and who only asks that the book be given a fair trial," the speaker said. "The success of Book Week has mnspired the idea of a Canadian book exhibit at the Canadian Na- tional Exhibition. Mrs. E. L. Wel- ler, of Toronto, is my authority for the statement that this exhibition is gradually awak. ing more and more interest. If, instead of adopting the means resorted to, the authors were inflicting their praises upon unwill- ing ears by means of the radio," Mr. Justice Surveyer concluded, "the criticisms might be founded. But, so far, the reviews have been car- ried on with such restraint, that no criticism can stand the test of ex- perience True it is that there are very few severe appreciations. The reason is simple: if a speaker does not like a-book he casts it aside, and reviews another instead. Polemics or indictments would be as much out of place in these small gatherings as exaggerated eulogics." SHRINKAGE SHOWN IN COAL INDUSTRY IN PENNSYLVANIA | Washington, D.C. -- Pennsyl- vania's coal business--one of the state's prime jindustries--experi- "A noble effort for a worthy cause". The public will no doubt patronize the welfare dance at the arm- ories on Monday night which has been organized by the 'Kinsman Club. It is a project that I heartily en- dorse. Ernie Marks, Mayor 124,462,787 and anthracite from 73,828,195 to 69,384,837. Aver- age value per ton at the mine dropped eight cents from $1.80 for bituminous and eleven cents from $5.22 for antyracite. enced a 23,500,000-ton shrinkage last year. Final reports to the Bureau of Mines showed the 1930 production of both bituminous and anthracite as 193,647,624 tone. The 1929 tonnage was 217,344,- 136. The decline in production was accompanied by a drop in the value of the product at the mine of from $644,250,000 to $568,- 158,000. Of general scope, the decline oc- curred in both branches of the in- dustry, the bituminous output dropping from 143,516,241 to Despite the reduced output, both bituminous and hara coal mines employed more men under- ground last year than 1929. The figures are: 89,452 for soft coal last year as against 87,705 in 1929 and 78,770, for hard coal com- pared to 77,395 in 1929. 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