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| @he Osh aa Dail Succeeding The Oshawa Reformer yy Times | PROBS. Continuing Cloudy and Mild--Showers Tomorrow I OSHAWA, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1931 12 Cents a Week; 3 Cents a Copy TEN PAGES "VOL. 9--NO. 146 NEED OF ECONOMY POLICY STRESSED Westmount Ratepayers Addressed by Candidates EAST WHITBY AFFAIRS FULLY DISCUSSED AT - MEETING LAST NIGHT Reeve John Ross Makes Comprehensive Review of Affairs of the Town- ship and Criticizes School Trustee Boards CANDIDATES FOR v REEVE IN FIELD Prospective candidates for office m the township council, were heard last night at a special meeting of the estmount Ratepayers' As- sociation held in Westmount School, which was ete over by Presi- dent Flavelle. Before the méeting was proceeded with the financial report of the as- sociation was presented which showed that the association started the year with a balance of $11.73, while at the time the report was prenated there was a balance on d of $12.66. It was moved that another special meeting be held on December 30, at which time more candidates would be heard. Re®re Ross Reeve John Ross, of East Whitby, who gvas the first speaker called upon to address the gathering was subject to considerable heckling from all sides with regard to the manner his council had carried out its business during the vear but was able 'to answer all quest placed MESSAGE OF GOOD CHEER BROVGHT | TO ROTARY GLB Rev. E. F. Armstrong, Bowmanville, Speaker at Meeting Yesterday .s message of good cheer and op- timism was delivered to the Osh- awa Rotary Club yesterday by the Rev. E. F. Armstrong, minister of trinity United Church, Bowamn- ville and member of the Bowman- ville Rotary Club. The meeting was splendidly attended, and the mem- bers were inspired by the season- able message of Mr, Armstrong, who was introduced tothe audience by the Rev. E. Harston, A number of visitors were present at the meeting, these including Harry Holmes, Herbertwick, William Hut- chison, jr, of Oshawa; Douglas Armstrong, Bowmanville, D'Arcy Holmes, Gananoque, and Hugh Firstbrook and F, W. Blessing, Tor- onto. . : "The pessimist," said Mr. Arm- strong, in opening his address, takes a short 'view of human history and progress, and insists on' going slow in all movements for progress. The on.mism takes a long-range view, and has happy outlook on life. He believes in a great movement in a world going from chaos to order, from tragedy to triumph. He be- lieves in a world that is up and befote him in a satisfactory manner, Hé stated that. it bad been a very to carry on the 58 of the township as many men were out of work. There was also a very large amount of money outstanding _ in unpaid taxes which was directly due to the .lack of money due to un nt. Mr. Ross further stated that it was not the town- ship's fault that negotiations with the city fell through in regard to fire ection, He traced the steps that had been taken to affect an agreement and went on to say that there had been a saving as there had been practically no need for fire protection during that time. In reply to a question as to whether the attention of the fire marshal . could not be drawn to the position in which Westmount was placed, Mr. Ross stated that he would like to hat done, Si ing of the sum that town- eT kim asked to pay for the use of the courtroom in Oshawa, Mr. Ross stated that he had taken the matter up in Toronto and had learn- ed y yesterday that Oshawa should accept the offer of the town- ship otherwise the Township could hold its court elsewhere. The | Reeve, also deplored the situa- tion t existed in the township | whereby it was found that school i large balances to turn | over at the end of the year. Mr. | Ross asserted that this was wrong | as it seemed as if the trustees over- esti their expenditures when (Continued on page 2) anim ---- Ni g, Dec. 22 -- China's fast 'political stage und an additional shakeup f tire national bin ministers Fog tions as a unit. : Budapest, Dec. 22.--The garian government tonight Je cle " - 'moratorium. chesg i. . ni i A pst Ottawa, Dec. 32.--The Subrens Const the. dey of W. F. onc of of Toronto, 2 ; cp os a Hun- t de erwent late today | Parliament vice- rs,- tendered their "resigna {Some Bis ho fracture of the skull. Re- Pessimists, said the speaker, were apt to become resigned to condi- tions and sit-back and do The optimist, on the other hand, refused to become resigned to de- feating conditions which were stop. ping the progress of his fellow- men. He was not resigned to dis- ease, nor even to war. ada, he said, was showing a fine spirit of optimism today, and he believed that as Canada had achieved na- (Continued on page 3) MOTORIST KILLE IN TORONTO CRASH Daughter Is Seriously In- jured as Cars Collide at Street Corner ' Toronto, Dec. 22. -- William Wyatt, aged 60, of 81 McGee St., was killed: Irene Wyatt, aged 8, is in St. Michael's Hospital in a semi-conscious condition, suffer- ing from a possible fracture of tho skull, and Francis Johnson, aged 45, of 1954 Gerrard Street East, is in the same hospital suffering from scalp lacerations, as a re- sult of a collision between two automobiles st Front and Parlia- ment Streets at 9.45 last night. . According to the police, a coupe which was driven by James C. White of court, south on Street, which is a stop , went about six feet on to Street when it struck an au- driven west on Front St. - Reginald Wyatt, 81 McGee £t. 'yatt's car, it is stated, was over- turned and carried a distance of 110 feet west on Parliament St. Front St. In Wyatt's car were father, William, who was kill- and Irene, who sustained a Staald Wyatt, the driver, sustain- only minor injuries, The cou bor Bh od Jefore the Te " en » - cording to reports. ok 20 Energy won't make up for bad Judgment. 4 y to Wipe Out, Obs New York, 1 Now 'was ope aight with EI aan the Be -committeo will try. 16. ii he 'the that the press u youth of the city ed by wides| ll cene Magazines the flth that is being circulated news-stands to our young men 'iam Ja EE xp The situation | ¥ committee on civic de-| No specific magazines or other u biica ons were. mentioned. John Ford, of the New York/ Supreme Court said condi- tiong in the city now rivaled those of any city in the world where wealth of obscene literature was Sine. in ittee 16 purely / e committee is hel ¢ tion, speakers |. stressed the fact that about 90 | Tocal per of ol eir- cu | throu the continent originates in New York, and that if the lid were clamped down here he rest of the country would ben- | § EU TERER), ALD. MACDONALD NOT YET READY TO MAKE STATEMENT Will Not Make Decision as to Mayoralty Until Nomination Day Ald, P. A. Macdonald, who was recently reported to be re-consid- ering his previous decision to re- tire from mupicipal affairs owing to the pressure being brought to bear upon him to offer himself as a candidate for mayor, explained his position very frankly to The Times this morning. "] cannot make any definite announcement as to my inten- tions as far as being a candidate for the mayoralty is concerned until after nomination day," said Ald. Macdonald. "I expect to be nominated, I am afraid I cannot escape that honour, but whetper I shall feel it my duty to form- ally qualify for office remains to be seen. '"There are several matters which will have to be taken into consideration, first and foremost being that of how I can best serve the interests of this city. Other mayoralty candidates will prob- ably be nominated and if I feel that one or other of these nomin- ees would be in a better position to serve as mayor than myself thep I will consider duty not to oppose them, but rather to gupport them to the fullest extent of my power. *There have been whispers of prominent public men permitting their names to go before the elec- tors as candidates, and while I have not the power to stop my triends from nominating me as a candidate I would not feel justi- fled in opposing any man who is better qualified than myself, or any man who, through his wide- epread influence or experience, could be of greater service to the city while occupying the office of mayor in these troublesome times," KIWANS CLUB GIVEN CHRISTMAS MESSAGE TODAY Rev. C. E. Cragg Was the Speaker at Today's Luncheon of Club A Christmas message was brought to the Kiwanis Club at their luncheon to-day by Rev, C. E. Cragg, who addressed the members in the absence of, any speaker. He based his remarks on the giving of gifts at this season of the year and especially drew the attention of the members to the fact that Oshawa should be glad of the expression of generos- ity that showed the christian spir- it of the people in taking care of people who were unable to do for themselves. Mr. Cragg stated that there were three important things in connection with the birth of Christ; namely, the coming of the star, the coming of the shepherds and the coming of the wise men. It was particularly significant, the speaker asserted, that the wise men brought with them the mbst precious gifts at their command. Mr, Cragg went on to say that there were very few things that marked a situation such as exist. ed in Oshawa, than to realize that the people had responded so nbo- bly to the attaining of their ob- Jective of $30,000. In a similar way to the wise men the city had brought th ifts that were most precious to them. PROPISES TO FIX PARITY OF DOLLAR New Jersey Senator Re- commends Pact Affect. ing Canadian Currency ; 'Wash! n, Dec. 22. -- Sen- ator Hamilton F. Kean, of New Jersey, yesterday proposed to the Senate the negotiation of a trea- ty with Canada for the purpose of establishing by law the parity of the Canadian dollar with that of the United States dollar and the appointment of a 'Canadian $5" means of which hia. proposal 8s of w pro could be carried into effect.. Senator Kean said: Joyce Sault, eight-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Francis Robert Sault, of Courtice, is in the Oshawa General Hospital in a very serious condition, as the re- sult of being struck by an auto- mobile driven by Arnold Thrasher, of Maple Grove, shortly before five o'clock yesterday afternoon. From what can be learned of the occurrence, which was imme- diately investigated by Provincial Officer Purvis of Bowmanville, Joyce was playing on the high- way in the vicinity of the home of her parests with her sister, Mary, who is a little older than herself. The unfortunate child is stated to have run, in play, out on to t\e travelled portion of the highway and to have come into collision with the right side of the car which was travelling in an easter- Courtice Girl Seriously Injured When Struck by Automobile on Highway ly direction. The child was thrown several feet and immedjately seen to have heen severely injured. Mr. Thrasher rushed the injur- ed child to the Oshawa Hospital where she was attended by Dr. O. G, Mills and Dr. G. L. Bird, while he afterwards formally reported the occurrence to the Oshawa po- lice. The child is reported to be suf- fering from a fracture of the skull, a portion of the bone being driven into the brain, her condi- tion from this injury being most critical. She also suffered severe cutg on the limbs and body with other lacerations and conditions. Mr. Thrasher was not held by the authorities, the investigation tending to prove that he had little opportunity of avoiding the child as she dashed on to the road. Mayor Ernie Marks has recelv- ed a very interesting leiter from one of the thirty Oshawa boys who are at present in Dryden construction camp, engaged on the h'-hway construction work, in h conditions at this camp are described as most comfortable and satisfactory. This letter reads, in part: "We had the chaplain in camp two nights ago and we had a concert in the dining-hall and then a short service afterwards. It was guite a success, there being quite a lot ot talent in camp for we have two concertina players, a tap dancer and lots of singers, not forgetting the mouth organ players and the chaplain himself who has a cor- Oshawa Men in Dryden Camp Send Interesting Letter to the Mayor net and gave us one or two solos which were very good. "The chaplain will be around every two weeks in each camp. "There are about 130 men here in camp, 30 from Oshawa, 655 from Toronto, 15 from Trenton and the balance from north of here. I think there are about 30 more men to come yet which wil fill up all the cahins. "It sure is great country here, all trees and small lakes, and the camp is located at the end of a small lake with trees on each side. It sure makes a won- derful view. "You might let Major Hamil- ton know that all the Oshawa boys are getting along fine and we will be writing him later." up GIFT APPRECIATED BY MEN IN NORTH Thanks Sent to Lyceum Women's Art Association for Reading Matter Recently the Lyceum Women's Art Association of Oshawa sent a box of books and magazines to the Oshawa men working in the porthern Ontario construction camp at Magnetewan. How much this gift was appreciated is ex- pressed in a letter which has heen received by Mrs. Hal. King, corresponding secretary of the association from Robert Lyons, writing on behalf of his leagues in the camp. His letter, which tells something of the con- ditions there, js as follows: "On behalf of the men in this camp I wish to thank you very much for the books and maga- zines we have just received. I can assure you it was a pleasant surprise for everyone in this camp, and they have been dis- tributed in each of the six cabins. "We have been rather lax in | our correspondence with Oshawa, but it gives us pleasure to read some of the letters sent to the Oshawa Times from other camps where Oshawa men are located. We have been very fortunate in this camp and are well satisfied with conditions, The weather has been especially good, with only one half day off this month on account of rain. A number of the boys took a walk to town last night and got weighed, and were more than pleased to see that they have all gained weight, the registering gaing of from three to thirteen pounds, "A few of the boys are con- templating being home for Christmas, but the majority are spending the holiday at camp and it is a foregone conclusion that they won't be at a loss" for a good Christmas dinner, "Will close now, thanking yom all once again for your kind thoughtfulness, and wishing you and your Association a Merry Christmas and a happy and pros- perous New Year. ) "Yours very sincerelf, x '"'Robert Lyons." -- AGED POLITICIAN DIES § Ottawa, Dec, 22 -- Hon. Charl H. Mackintosh, intimate friend ang protege of Sir John A. MacDonald, died early this morning. A partici- pant in the stirring political battles 70's and 80's, Mr. Mackintosh, and writer was i mayor of Ottawa; twice member of ment for the capital, and a former lieutenant-governor of the northwest territories, 1893-97, He: "Is the pleasure of this of © | next dance td be Wine _Bhe; "Yes--all yours \ col-, swerving to avold the truck, Hope MAN CHARGED RECKLESS DRIVING Was Driving Truck Which Ran Into Horse, Break- ing Its Leg James Hope, of Columbus, was taken into custody yesterday af- ternoon on a charge of reckless driving following an accident at D. M, Tod's Bakery in which a horse had its leg broken. Hope was later admitted to bail. According to information given to the police Hope was driving a truck south on Church Street and turned out to avoid a truck driven by Frank Turner, 137 De Grasse Street, who was driving north, On turned into the driveway of the bakery and hit a horse which was standing at the stable door break- ing its front leg. HISTORIC PALACE PREY TO FLAMES Former Royal Abode at Stuttgart With Many Treasures Destroyed Stuttgart, Germany, Dec. 22.-- The historic former palace of the Kingdom of Wurttemberg was in flames last night gs firemen from Stuttgart ang other towns battled to save the treasures within the ancient stone walls. The blaze started about noon, Presumably due to a defective flue, The roof caved in and the fire spread to the lower stories of the firystize, The present tle was built in the 16th century and la- ter recbnstructed. It contains many valuable art treasures and a famous chapel which is lavishly decorated. The first castle was built six centuries 0, , Despite the efforts of fire fight- ers the flames spread to the south tower after dusk and the south- east wing, in which the chapel is Tochted, was burning. 0 firemen were missing and 8 score of others were overcome by smoke, EUROPE LIES UNDER BLANKET OF SNOW London, Dec. 22.--Europe al- ready wears her Christmas man- tle of snow from heavy storms which swept the Continent over thrice | the week-end, bringing suffering to the unemployed and homeless of the great cities. Eight persons wera dead in France as a result of the cold wave. Paris police received spec- ial orders to shelter the homeless and to distribute food provided by charitable persons. | Christ RELIEF METHODS ARE CRITICIZED BY RATEPAYERS ROSS MACKINNONAND | F.L. FOWKE SPEAKERS AT " % RATEPAYERS' MEETING OSHAWA VETERAN Work Told Not to Pay Rent The meeting held last night by the South West Ward Ratepayers' Association was exceedingly well attended, practically every available Seat in the Auditorium of Centre Street School being occupied during the proceedings. Berore the guest dressed the meeting, their address- es being reported elswhere in this paper, business of interest to the ratepayers was discussed, several resolutions being adopted. The matter of the recent purchase of lumber from a Toronto firm by the Purchasing Committee of the City Council was one of the mat- ters under consideration, a resolu- tion being adopted asking the City Council for particulars regarding this purchase, and as to who was responsible for it being made. This resolution also will request particul- ars as to placing the responsibility for enumerating the different class- es of lumber purchased. Another resolution was adopted requesting council to make it com- pulsory for candidates to municipal office, when qualifying for election, to proffer "negotiable collateral" in payment for taxes, This resolution was prompted by the asserttion from one member of the association that, in one instance at least, a candidate for municipal office had proffered his cheque in payment for taxes when qualifying but 'had stopped payment on this cheque before it reached the bank the next day. Criticised Relief Methods Some criticism was voiced regard- ing the action of certain landlords in obtaining payment of rent from Welfare Association, while on the other hand other men voiced criti- cism against the city Relief Depart- (Continued on page 9) CHRISTMAS EVENTS IN CITY CHURCHES Church and St. Gregory's Church Hold Annual Entertainments Two hundred and sixty-five children eceived bags of candy and fruit from Santa Claus last evening at the annual Christmas entertainment at Christ Church. Parents and friends accompanied the children and enjoyed the pro- gramme of Christmas carol sing- ing, solos and recitations, The Junior choir, under the able di- 1ection of Mrs. Morrison led in the singing of carols and the class of Misses Pennell, Pawson, Fisker, Dewbery, Parsons, Twil- ley and Hall, made valuable con- tributions. Miss Corah and Mrs. Hall acted as the accompunists for the evening. Santa Claus was enthusiastically welcomed by the little people and they fully cnjoyed themselves as they lis- tened to the delightful things be had to tell them and the promises he made of bringing toys and dolls on Christmas eve, ST. GREGORY'S CHURCH Santa Claus paid another vist in the city last evening. About eight-thirty o'clock found him up at St. Gregory's Parish Hall where he unloaded a bagful of giits for over one hundred and fifty children of some of the poorer families of the parish. It was a jolly party, put on for these children by the Knights of Columbus. A programme of dances, "singing and stories en- te:tained the children before Santa Claus' arrival, ROOF AT VATICAN IN ROME COLLAPSES . (By Canadian Press) Vatican City, Dec. 22.--The roof of a wing of the 500 year old Vatican library collapsed to- day and fell through a floor be- low on to the main floor. It was believed there were no victims. The accident occurred just a few minutes after the library had been closed for the day and fit was considered certain all the employees had loft. Several workmen were ensaged on- the main floor, however, and. these were not accounted for immedi- ately though jt was belioved they got out in time, Mrs, Bargainhunt (at jewel- ler's)~--1 just bought this ring at Cut Rate Joe's across the street. How do you pronounce the 0) of the stone? It is turkoise or turkwolse? : Jeweller (after inspecting stone) --The correct pronuncias 'tion, madame, is "glass." Claim Made Men on Relief JArthur J. INVOLVED IN TEST (PENSION ACTION Hundreds of Pensioners Will Be Affected by Final Decision speakers ad- | A former Oslawa war veteran, ; nt, who lived at 449 Millar Avenue, but is at present in Toronto, 1s involved in a test pen- sion case which will have a vital ef- fect on hundreds of pensioners throughout Canada, including a number in Oshawa. The test case has been agreed upon following ob- jection by the auditor-general of Canada to the payment of pensions to certain classes of pensioners The classes involved are some of those which were re-instated on pension after having commuted their pen- sions nine or ten years ago, by the 1930 amendments to the pensions act. The auditor-general claims that the board of pension commis- sioners exceeded the terms of the act, in granting reinstatement to several hundreds of these pensions, and if this objection is sustained, these men will not only lose their pensions, but will be called upon to refund the money received since re- instatement. The board of pension commission- ers and the headquarters officers of the Canadian Legion take the stand that the board's decisions have been correct, in accordance with the amendments to the act, and Mr. Hunt's case has been cited as the one on which the final decision will be given. This case will come be- fore a special pension tribunal in Ottawa next Monday and the Cana- dian Legion has been given author- itv to appear and fight the ease on behalf of the hundreds of pension- ers affected. Following the tribun- al's decision, the case will be car- ried immediately to the Pension Ap- peal Court, with a view to having a final decision before the end of the month, If the appeal court decides that Mr. Hunt's pension was granted legally, all the other cases will auto- matically be placed on the same basis, and that decision will be ac- cepted by the auditor-general as fin- al. On the other hand, should the verdict of the Pension Appeal Court support the auditor-general, all of these men will automatically lose their pensions, The adjustment officer of the Oshawa Branch of the Legion, throu~h the provincial and domin- ion commands, is handling the local angles of the case to safeguard the interests of all the local pensioners who will be affected. URGE EXTENSION OF MORATORIUM Only Definite Proposal Ex- pected From Bankers at Basle Basle, Switezrland, Dec. 22.-- The Young plan advisory com- mittee, studying Germany's abil- ity to pay war reparations is ex- pected to recommend an exten- sion of the present moratorium on payments. The report of 8,000 words will be ready on Wednesday. It is understood to side-step any defi- nite recommendations for allevi- gtion of the European financial crisis as bad been demanded by the so-called neutral countries. These countries want reparations gca ed down on the ground that the German payments will pre- vent European economic recovery. It is understood the report will insist that the solution to the reparations problem remain Ross Mackinnon Gives Strong Arguments in Favor of Bylaws Dealing With Election of Future City Councils CITES BENEFITS OF PROPOSALS F. L. Fowke Launches At- tack on City's Relief De- partment and the Osh« awa Chamber of Come merce : F. L. Fowke and Ross Mackinnon - i were the two guest speakers at the meeting of the South West Ward Ratepayers' Association held last night in the Auditorum of Centre Street School, while other speakers spoke in reply to Mr. Mackinnon, Mr. Fowke again spoke advoca= ting a very strict policy of economy tor the City Council of 1932, and expressed the opinion that the per-. iod of depression through which the world is passing is very far from coming to an end, He again condemned the policy of saddiing the Dominion Govern= ment and the municipalities with the cost of grappling with the un= employment problem. Mr. Fowke drew attention to what is being done in the State of California where bonds are being issued to the» value of $50,000 in order to settle people in homes with five and ten acre plots, and advocated the adops tion of some similar scheme by the provincial governments of this Do«=' minion, "To go on as we have been doing leaves the individual stranded just as sadly at the close as he was at the beginning," said Mr. Fowke. f He again referred briefly to the = two by-laws which are being put to the electors at the approaching i municipal election, stating "we dispose of them as we see fit." "For my part I would be gladta vote for not ten men but three men, men properly qualified to administer, the affairs of this municipality as they should be administered. ae Should Break With Relief He referred during his address to | the discussion which had place earlier in the meeting regards ing the administration of city res lief, stating "Miss Farncomb is buttressed by stenographers and assistants. She destroys the come fort of homes in Oshawa by her very efficiency. I am not sure that this municipality should not bi i to pry itself apart from that depart ment which is costing us so highly, While making it very clear ¢ he was not entering the field i poltical partizanship, the work at = Churchill having been commenced = by a Liberal Government and con: tinued by a Conservative Govern=s ment, Mr. Fowke condemned the "5 (Continued on page 2) Neighbor: "Why are you paints ing one side of your car red and the other blue?" 3 Spee Fiend: "It's a fine idea. You should hear the witnesses contradicting one another." The wisest men' that ever you knew Have never dreamed it treason To rest a bit--and jest a .hit, And balance up their reason; To laugh a bit--and chaff a bit, And joke a bit in season, * -- strictly within the framework orf the Young plan, as demanded by France. It also will emph the need for a moratorium ag its only direct recommendation, I ing a final and definite settle ment to the Internatioal r ence to be held in January. France and the United 8 are understood to have opp a definite recommendation fo duction, despite the urging Sweden, Holland, Switzer and Jugoslavia, i Toronto, Dec. 22.--To halt 'export of capital," and to at- tempt exchange stabilization, Canadian banks, brokers, trust cmpanjes and 'investment-house organizations should discourage \"by every possible argument, cor pled with a declination to facili- tate directly or indirectly" the transactions of the purchase a. broad of securities by Canadians, it was announced: last night in a statement by J. A. McLeod, Pres- ident of the Canadian Bankers' Association. ¢ to Conference The statement was issued as a sequel to the conference at Otta- wa last week, when the bankers gave the Prime Minister the as- surance that they would co-oper- ate in having the banks, brokers, trust companies and investment TES Unofficial Ban is Applied to | Purchase of Foreign Securitie houses control, as far as po the purchase abroad of secu The statement says these tutions should point out to person desiring to purchase the Prime Minister had mad request in view of the serious ai verse o10 ange situation, fol Continuing, Mr. M ment adds: "The statement also be made to the pro purchaser that the Prime ter expected that, without pulsory action on the Government, there AN eral co-operation alon ed line by all It was learned night that representa houses in Toronto will m consider the situation as in Mr McLeod statement,