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PUBLISHED 'Every Week Day Except Saturday. dhe Osha Aaily Times Mostly Cloudy; Showers. VOL. 27--NO. 75 OSHAWA, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1940 Single Copies 3¢ TWELVE PAGES CITY ABANDONS $30 VACANT LOT POLIC COUNCIL VOTES GRANT OF $200 TO ONTARIO TANK UNIT REGIMENT Also Will Bear Cost of Mak- ing Old Y.M.C.A. Com- fortable ' for Troops .on Week-End Visit to City SECOND BATTALION Council 'Names Committee to. Ascertain How Tank Unit Prefers to Have Grant Used 'The Second Battalion, Ontario Regiment, NP.AM,, lost out in the City Council meeting last night to the Ontario Regiment (Tank) re- spite the fact that three officers of the NP.AM. are members of coun- cil. Perhaps it was because of them. In any event an item on the agenda which read "Grant, Second Battalion, NPAM.," became a grant of $200 for the Ontario Regi- ment (Tank). This circumstance arose when the question of a grant to the Second 'Battalion was broadened out to in- clude plans for making the visit of the tank regiment to Oshawa this weekend comfortable and enjoyable. Council decide to assume the cost of making the old YM.CA. more liveable for the men who will use it as sleeping quarters for two nights. Included in the necessary 48 City Workers * Put $127 In War Stamps Monthly Civic employees are saving $127 monthly and are lending this sum to the Canadian Government for the prosecution of Canada's war ef- fort through the medium of War Savings stamps, Ald. S. R. Alger, chairman of the Finance Commit- tee reported to City Council last night. Forty-eight employees are parti- cipating, having a total of $127 de- ducted from their semi-monthly pay cheques for the purchase of war savings stamps. These repre- sent 60 per cent of the city's staff. LIFE OF SERVICE Civic, Industrial and Church Leaders Pay Tribute to His Work & | The large gathering of prominent | citizens at the funeral of John | (Continued on Page 12, Col. 1) 4 1 BINGO OCF. HALL, FRIDAY, "3:45. M. White. (158) BINGO, ORANGE TEMPLE HALL, Friday, 2:30. (75a) ROUND AND SQUARE DANCING at Holy Cross School, Friday. Admission 26c. (75a) RUMMAGE SALE, ST. GREG- ory's Hall, Saturday, Oct. 19, 2 pm. (75a) RUMMAGE SALE, KING - ST. Home and School Association, St. George's Parish Hall, Friday, 1:30. . (75a) GOOD RUMMAGE SALE, MAR- ket, Friday, 1:30. (75a) BENEFIT SHOW, BETH WEYMS Studios, Masonic Temple, Satur- day, October Nineteenth, Three O'clock. Adults 25¢c, Children 10c. Entire proceeds to war services. (75a) USUAL BINGO, THURSDAY night, over Burns, 8:45. Good | prizes and vouchers. (tf) | ORANGE TEMPLE BING O, | every Saturday night, 8:30. 15 , 25c. (tf) | BINGO OVER BETTY CAKE | Shoppe. 2 cards 25c. 8:30, Fri- | day night. : (tf) | DONT FORGET BINGO OVER | Burns, Tuesday evening, vouchers as usual. (tf) ZION ROAST FOWL SUPPER, October 23, 4:30 o'clock. Stand- ard Time. Concert 8 o'clock, by Mrs. Ross Pearce and daughters Velma and Louise and other tal- ent. Admission, Adults 50c, Chil- dren 25c.. (75a) BINGO, SATURDAY NIGHT, over Burns, Army and Navy Vet- erans. Voucher prizes. 15 games for 25¢. 8:45. (tf) CHOIR CONCERT, KING ST. United Church Choir, October 24, eight pm. Also Mr. John Giord- maine entertainer and magician. Adults, twenty-five; Children fif- teen. (75a) RUMMAGE SALE, ST. GEORGE'S Parish Hall, Centre St. Monday, 2 pm. (75a) RUMMAGE SALE, ST. GEORGE'S Parish Hall, Tuesday, October 22, 1:30. (75a) BINGO, FRIDAY NIGHT, OVER Burns', 8:30 sharp. 15c. (75a) BINGO ORANGE TEMPLE, MON- day, 2:30. 10c. L. Thompson. (75a) CHICKEN DINNER, CHRIST Church, Tuesday, Ozt. 22, 5 till 7. 50c. (75a) RUMMAGE SALE, SIMCOE ST. Church, Friday afternoon, 2:30. . (75a) TURKEY SUPPER, ALBERT ST. United Church, Wednesday, Oc- tober 23. Supper served from 5:30. 'Good program to follow. Adults 50c, Children 35c. (75a) COURSE IN ART FOR PUBLIC School teachers, Toronto Art Gallery, Saturday mornings. In- formation Phone 2923. (75a) HOME COOKING SALE, KNOX Church W. A. Friday, 3 o'clock. Corner Celina and Kirg. (75a) BINGO. AT C.CF. HALL, MON- day 21st, 2:30. 10c. (75a) HOME BAKING SALE, FORMER Agnew Surpass Store. Simcoe St. W.A. Group 4. Friday after- hoon, (75a) Gibson yesterday afternoon paid | tribute to the esteem in which the | deceased was heldi This well- | known Oshawa regident passed | away on Monday. | The funeral service at the family | residence, 414 Masson Street, was conducted by Rev. A. D. Cornett, | minister of Simcoe Street United | Church, 'assisted by Rev. J. 8. I.| Wilson. Masonic funeral rites were | conducted by members of the order at the Union Cemetery, prior to in- terment. "Well done, thou good and faith- ful servant," was the basis of Rev. | Cornett's address at the funeral service. This word of commenda- | tion was especially applicable to | the late John Gibson, asserted the | speaker. Like the two faithful | servants in the Bible story, he had | made full use of his talents. His long term of service with one | company was specially mentioned as an indication of industry which | was appreciated. The late Mr. Gib- son had taken an active interest in the church to which he belonged, | serving on the board of Simcoe | | Roy D. Kerby, Street United Church at a very cri- | tical time in the church's history, just after a disastrous fire had necessitated re-building. The long | years of faithful public service that | the deceased had given as council- | lor, member of the Board of Health, and finally as Mayor, were cited. Rev. Mr. Cornett admonished: the bereaved ones to "be assured" that the Heavenly Master had already (Continued on Page 12, Col, 1) No Parking Sign Gets Council O.K. | The "no parking" sign erected on a pole next to the Bradley block, corner Simcoe and Athol streets, and later ordered taken down hy Council, was finally given Council approval last night. The action re- sulted when a letter from Chief O. D. Friend was read in which he ex- plained why the sign was proper The sign is placed so that parked cars will not block access to Ward's Store shipping door nor prevent Bradley Bros. cars from entering or leaving their parking area on their property at the rear of the store. The sign diminished the available parking area on Athol street by only one car length, the Chief said. HONORED AT RITES FOR JORN GIBSON CONANT FAVORS | often not apparent. | May Soon Carry British Bombs Over Germany Reports from Washington Indicate that Britain will receive some of the mighty U.S. "Flying Fortresses" in the very near future. These super-bombers construc ted at a cost of $400,000, have a range of 5,000 miles and cruise at 260 miles per hour with a full load. The Washington reports indicate that the president"s approval is all that is now needed to turn these mighty battleships of the air over to England. A G0-ORDINATION WAR CHARITIES Would Prevent Waste and Overlapping With Cen- Date For Oshawa Elections Will Not Be Year, City Changed This Council Decides &- - Clash With New Year's Holiday Won't Occur for Next Few Years--Want tral Body Toronto, Oct. 17.--Co-ordination | of volunteer war work in Ontario | by the Attorney-General's Depart- | ment to eliminate waste of effort and overlapping in services was forecast last night by Hon. Gordon Conant when he addressed a eon- cert given by the Queen's Park War Service Guild. The Attorney-General said action "applied within our constitutional limitations" was predicated upon | the failure of the Dominion Gov- ernment to gssume direction of war work. "It may be impossible to prevent entirely waste and overlapping, but | something may pe accomplished to- | ward making our people: efforts most effectively by the Dominion Department of National War Ser- vices, or, if necessary, by my own | department of the Provincial Gov- ernment," he said. The work of the guild, said Mr. Conant, "has been most praise. worthy and has resulted in a sub- | stantial contribution to our war ef- fort." Mr Conant said there could be no doubt as to the importance and desirability of contributions by vol- unteer organizations. Hardly 5 week passed, he said, without some new volunteer organi- zation coming to his attention. Purposes of such organizations were "I have not the slightest doubt," he said, 'as to the sincerity, patriotism and desire of persons associated with such or- ganizations to contribute to our war effort. I believe that they are all actuated by the highest motives. But at the same time I sometimes doubt whether the efforts are di- rected to the best purposes and whether other organizations already in existence may not be capable of accomplishing the same purposes as well or even better. Unfortunately, under our present system we have no official knowledge of the very many organizations which are now in existence." He suggested that with the set- (Continued on Page 12, Col. 1) Auto Industry Has Put Army Units Out 80,000 Plants Playing Vital Part in| British War Effort, Roy D. Kerby Tells Automo- tive Engineers at Toronto Toronto, Oct. 17.--The automo- tive' and allied industries are play- ing an increasingly vital role in Canada's prosecution of the war, assistant to the president, and director of public relations, General Motors of Can- ada, last night told ga meeting of the Canadian Section of the Socie- ty of Automotive Engineers. Since the outbreak of the war the automotive industry had pro- duced 80,000 mechanized vehicles for the Federal Government and the 'associated. industries had pro- duced millions of units of war mu- nitions. Some $225,000,000 was now being spent on the construction of new ovlants and the expansion of old, he said, At the beginning of the war the Government needed skilled men, or- ganized plants and modern equip- ment. It needed cars, trucks and gun carriers; An urgent appeal was sent out to the automotive industry to help get the war effort under way. "Fortunately," said Mr. Kerby, "the men, the plants and the equip- (Continued on Page 12, Col. 3) Private Homes as Polling Booths The date for holding Oshawa's annual municipal election will not Win - War Campaign Effort Appreciated, City Council Says The City of Oshawa gave formal recognition to the successful efforts | of the Oshawa Win-the-War and | Community Fund Committee when OSHAWA PEOPLE AWARDED $930 AS MISHAP DAMAGES Action Arose Out of Acci- dent in Oshawa on Icy Street March 3 Whitby, Oct. 16.--The Fall sit- tings of the Supreme Court ended after Mr. Justice Roach had given | his decision in one civil case and granted a decree nisi in an uncon- tested suit for divorce. There were | no other cases on the agenda. Damages totalling $950 were awarded to the plaintiffs, Frederick Maundrell and Mrs. Maundrell of Oshawa in their action for dam- ages against Frank Morgan Co- bourg, arising from an automobile accident on March 3 of this year, in Oshawa. Douglas Maundrell told the court that he and his mother had been riding in g car driven by Ernest Dobney, Oshawa, upon the day in question, that Dobney had stopped for a stop sign on Division Street and had then turned onto King Street in a westerlv direction. Slippery pavement had caused Dob- ney to pull into g driveway in order to avoid skidding when the vehicle was suddenly struck by Morgan also proceeding west along King Street, whose car had skidded. The plaintiffs, represented by Conant and Annis, Oshawa, claim- ed that Dobney's speed had been too great in view of the driving conditions and that his not keep- ing a proper lookout had also con- tributed to the collision. Claiming that Dobney had not stopped his car for the stop sign on Division Street, Morgan stated that, in making the turn, Dobney had taken up the whole road on | King Street and had made an acci- dent unavoidable, Mr. Justice Roach in his summa- tion of the case ruled that, in his opinion, Dobnevy had brought the car to a stop. "I believe Dobney was honestly trying to state in his evidence just what transpired and I believe that he had proceeded some distance up the driveway al- though perhaps not as far as he | thought, I find that the defendant | Morgan was travelling at too great | m | nas taken place the last two years | on New Year's Day. This year and | for the next be changed, City Council decided at | its meeting last night after discuss- ing a notice of motion given by Ald E. E. Bathe, in which he suggested | that the election be held at an | earlier date than the first Monday | | in January. Ald. Bathe contended that an election in mid-December would get away from the holiday | season and result in a larger vote being polled. Objection to the present voting date had resulted, Ald, Bathe ad- | itted from the fact that voting six years the first Monday in January will fall on dates other than New Year's Day, 'and consequently there will not be | the same interference with holiday festivities. After this condition. had been | pointed out. Ald. B. A. Brown sug- | general possibility that an annual election | | gested that in view of the present uncertainty, including the | may not be held, that no change be made this year. His proposal was adopted. A further Ald suggestion by city schools as election polling booths will be carried out insofar as possible by City Clerk F. E. Hare, when arranging polling booths for the next election. The clerk pointed out that placing several booths in one school resulted in confusion in that voters were uncertain as to (Continued on Page 12, Col. 7) Won't Tax Owners To Aid Charities Requests for grants from city funds made by the Navy League of Canada and by the Oshawa Win- the-War and Community Fund Committee were filea without ac- tion being taken by City Council at last night's meeting. The aldermen concurred completely with the pol- icy enunciated by Ald. Ernie Cay "Why should the property owner who has given his share to these organizations taxed by this Council to give further to these funds?" asked the aldermen who served on the Win-the-War Campaign execu- tive. FATHER OF WHITBY MAN DIES, AGE 100 Peterboro, Oct. 17. -- Peterboro's oldest resident, 100-year-old Wil- liam Luffman, died here Wednes- day. He had lived here for the last thirty years after farming near Belleville, Until two years ago he worked his own garden. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs.. F. N. Bi- shop, Craven, Sask. and Mrs, Charles Purchase, Sulphide, Ont, and two sons, Clarence of Peter- borough and Sidmore of Whitby. City Council last night unanimously | adopted a resolution expressing the city's appreciation of the effort put a speed, having regard to the icy (Continued on Page 12, Col. 2) forth, Congratulations on the re- sults attained were included in the resolution. It was as follows: "That this Council extend a vote of appreciation to the General HYDRO PEAK LOAD Bathe that greater use be made of | Chairman, G. W. McLaughlin, the executive and all the Oshawa = Win-the-War and Community Fund for the organiza- tion of this campaign and their leadership enabling Oshawa citizens to raise a fund of $119,000 for war and local welfare services. We con- gratulate the Committee and all as- sociated with the Campaign on their fine achievement." 'YOUNG SOLDIERS ADMIT BURGLARY COUNTS IN GOURT Will Be Sentenced Monday for Whitby and Bowman- ville Crimes : 9 Privates Donald Tucker and Wil- liam Boyd of the Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment will be sentenced Monday on charges of breaking and entering to which they pleaded guilty in police court here today. They admitted enter- ing the home of John Hicks, 119 Tenth Street, Whitby, and stealing a quantity of jewellery, breaking and entering the Royal Hotel, Whit- by, and stealing a 16-gallon keg of beer; and breaking and entering the jewellery store of James Marr, Bowmanville, and taking wrist watches and cigarette lighters valued at almost $200. Hearing also began on a charge of receiving against Alex Lazarchuk, 194 Alice Street, who it is charged accepted the barrel of beer and some of the stolen jewellery, knowing that they had been stolen. According to the evidence of those robbed, the Whitby thefts were committed pn Saturday, Oc- tober 5, and the Bowmanville rob- bery was carried out early Sunday morning, Oct. 6, Tucker and Boyd used a car to transport the stolen goods, and during the course of the day picked up two women who rode With' them for some time. John Hicks, Justice of the Peace 1 Whitby, stated that he returned ome around 9:30 to find his home Committees of, | ransacked and $30 or $40 worth of Jewellery 'stolen, Entrance had | evidently heen gained, he said, by (Continued on Page 12, Col. 5) GAINS 123 PL. Eastern Ontario Load Up 14,000 Horsepower in September Toronto, Oct. 17.--Peak consump- tion of Ontario Hydro-Electric pow- er in September was 12.3 per cent above that for September, 1939, it was announced yesterday. In the Niagara system, which constitutes the chief Hydro outlet, the increase | | chairman of finance if such was the was 13.4 per cent. Primary and secondary loads com- bined, for all systems, showed an increase of 29 per cent, while the, primary and secondary loads for the Niagara system were 72 per cent above a year ago. Primary loads for a maximum 20-minute peajp for the varlous sys- | tems in Septe r, with September, 1939, figures in prackets, weré Nia- gara system, 1249597 horsepower (1,101,474); Eastern Ontario, 155,174 (141,201); Georgian Bay, 37,269 (36,- 536); Thunder Bay, 96,515 (98,034); Northern Ontario properties, 194,244 (165,124). Primary and secondary loads for September, with September, 1939, figures in brackets were: Niagara. cystem, 1,412,332 horsepower (1,317,- 828); Eastern Ontario, 155,496 (173,- 520); Georgian Bay, 37,269 (36,536); Thunder Bay, 96515 (131,817; Northern Ontario properties, 226,- 540 (213,382). In Hospital ALD. F. M. DAFOE who is a patient at the Oshawa General Hospital as a result of an accident Monday afternoon in which he fractured his left arm while working on an addition to tha Pedlar plant. City Council express- TO DISCONTINUE PLAN WHICH ADDED $151,40 TO ASSESSMENT NOV. 1 Ald. John Stacey Succeeds in Crusade in Which He Charged Program De- preciated Value of Land Held by Private Owners PRICE NEXT MONTH HALF ASSESSMENT Building and Purchase of New Homes on 51 Lots Created New Assessment Which Will Increase City. Tax Revenue Over $6,000 Oshawa's policy of selling vacant lots for $50 or half the assessed value on condition that 2 home of a prescribed value is erected within a year which resulted in the erec- tion of homes valued at $151,400 in less than two years was partially wiped from the books by City Couns c'. at its meeting last night. Effec- tive November 1, no more lots will be sold for $5 and lots offered at this price wild be available gt half the a d value with the same ed its sympathy in a resoluti passed last night. The fracture is more than usually inconvenient as Ald. Dafoe is left-handed to a great extent, ALD. W. H. GIFFORD RELINQUISHES JOB CARRIED ALL YEAR 'Ald. S. R. Alger Resumes Duties as Chairman of Finance Ald, W. H. Gifford, who served as acting chairman of finance in the Oshawa City. Council since lass January, turned back the financial reins at last night's meeting of the council to Ald. S. R. Alger who re- iinquished the driver's seat when he was stricken with 'a serious {illness last winter. In doing so Ald. Gif- ford declared that he welcomed the opportunity of returning the chair- manship of the Finance Committes to Ald. Alger so that he might carry on the duties for the balance of the year. At the same time he expressed appreciation of the co-operation given him during his term as act- ing chairman both by the other ald- erman and all city departments. Ald. S. R. Alger in replying stated that he was glad to carry on a wish of council. At the same time he expressed appreciation of the ef- forts put forth by Ald. Gifford, the position involving considerable work. The city's present financial position reflected credit on Ald. Gifford and proved conclusively that the y's finances had not been neglected by him. Mayor J. C. Anderson, K.C,, im- thediately added his commendation of Ald. Gifford's service as finance chairman. "Ald. Gifford jumped into the breach at a difficult time and did very good work," declared Hig Wor- ship. "I must say that he was ex- ceptionally jealous of the taxpayers" money and after all that is the main job of the chairman of fi- nance. If Ald. Alger is as careful of funds for the balance of the year, the final financial report will be very favorable." G. M. Parking Problem Sent to | Council Asks Commission to Find Solution -- May Permit Parking on One Side Only The Oshawa Police Commission will be asked to recommend a solu- tion to the park problem created by the increased industrial activity at General Motors, City Council de- cided at its meeting last night when the situation was briefly discussed. Coupled with the request for a re- commendation City Council sug- gests that consideration be given to limiting parking on narrow streets adjacent to the G.M. plant to one side of such streets. Police Board Complaints have been voiced with increasing frequency, various alder- men reported, against the manner in which cars are parked on Mary, Division, Colborne, Brock, Elgin, Ritson North and other streets ad- joining General Motors. Cars park- ed on hoth sides of the street have caused traffic hazards and conges- tion, a bus in one instance being blocked. ! Several cases of car owners along these streets being blocked in their own driveways by thoughtless park- ing of General Motors workers were also mentioned, Ald. J. A. Coleman suggested that the =olution to the difficulty might be found In action to permit park ing on one side of such narrow streets only. stipulation that a house be erected within a year continuing in force. The change in policy resulted from g crusade which Ald. John Stacey has been waging for some time in which he vigorously pro- tested the sale of lots to prospective home builders at $50 each. He eon« tended the policy depreciated the value of lots owned by property= owners. The veteran alderman, however, did not score his victory without opposition. . Ald. R. D. Humphreys declared that the action would result in priv vate lot owners selling their lots for $50 in order .to get them off their hands while the city continued to carry vacant lots which had been taken over for taxes. Ald. Ernie Cay predicted that the move would drive people from the city and would encourage them to build in the township. At the same time the city would continue to hold vacant lots as frozen assets in stead of having them converted into revenue producing properties. Thaws Frozen Assets The extent to which the eity's $50 lot policy was effective in "thawing out" these frozen assets was shown in a statement prepared (Continued on Page 12, Col. 2) ° OSHAWA STUDENTS RECEIVE MEDALS FORGE. EFFORT Showing on Home Econom- ics Competition Com- mended by Director Winning honorable mention in the home economics competition at the Canadian, National Exhibition this year, the team of three young lady students of the Oshawa Col- legiftte and Vocational Institute, Jean Hamilton, Pat, Kennedy and Lois Coleman, have each received a medal for their outstanding work. Announcement of this fact came from Mrs. H. M. Aitken, Director of Women's Activities of the Canadian National Exhibition, today, who stated in the letter that the "Dir ectors of the Exhibition have had a medal struck for each competitor, and the medals for the Oshawa students went forward today." The Home Economics competition at the C.N.E. was province wide and there were 28 teams entered. Each team had to plan a menu, prepare a market order, and these were sent to the C.N.E. directors in advance of the exhibition. The materials were ordered and then the teams had to prepare and serve the dinner in the time limit of one hour and ten minutes. Seven kitchens were set up and the contest continued throughout one day. The teams naturally expected there would be running water, sinks and all the modern appliances, bu% many of these modern kitchen ims provements were absent which come pelled the teams to adapt thems selves to. the situation. The Oshawa girls conducted themselves admire ably and the spirit of co-operation which was evident, brought great credit to the school and to Miss . Miloa I. Lidkea, their instructor. The Times adds its congratula- tions to many others which are being showered on the three studs ents and their instructor Miss Lidkea., } : -