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THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 35, 1940 ¥ PAGE FOUR | The Oshawa Daily Times go 'Succeeding THE OSHAWA DAILY REFORMER (Established 1871) \ newspaper published every week i: Bog ned except Saturday at Oshawa, - ada, by The Times Pu Co. of Oshawa, Limited: Chas. M. Mundy, Pres.; A. R. Alloway. tor. Daily is ber of the Times a mem Tn Dally Newspapers Association the On- po' Fxouinel? Ballfs 1g the Audlt Bufeey of SUBSCRIPTION RATES : 'Delivered by carrier in Oshawa, Whitby and suburbs 25¢ for i weeks; $3.25 for six months, or $6.50 per year if paid in advance. mail anywhere in Canada (outside Oshawa BY delivery limits) $1.25 for three months, $2.25 for six months, or $4.00 per year if paid in advance. By mail to U.S. subscribers, $6.00 per year, payable strictly in advance. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1940 Want Death Trap Removed Calling the Ontario Government's atten- tion to the fact that three persons have died in accidents during the past six months at the place known as Happy Hollow on Highway No. 2, near this city, the Oshawa Chamber of Commerce has forwarded a timely resolution to Queen's Park which should bring remedial action at an early date. In addition to those who died in or due to accidents at Happy Hol- low, the resolution sets forth that a num- ber of others were injured and some of them seriously. The recent tragedy there brought instant death to G. E. Macdonald, Toronto, who was proceeding with two R.C. A. F. com- rades to the training school at Trenton for advanced courses in 'aerial navigation. One of the survivors, Robert Hudson, Shawni- gan Falls, Quebec, was seriously injured; and the other, George A. Little of Winni- peg, was painfully hurt. The three young men, just a few hours before, graduated from No. 1 Bomber School at Jarvis, On- taric, and had been presented with their qualifying badges by Air Vice-Marshal Breadner who officiated at the bomber school's graduation ceremony on Monday, Oct. 28. The Oshawa Chamber of Commerce resolution about the Happy Hollow death trap will, presumably, be received by the Government at Toronto with appreciation. Having the views of community leadership before them in a formal way strengthens administrative hands in matters affecting public welfare. Question Mark Election Result of today's presidential election in the United States will be of great import- ance to the world generally as well as to the people of the neighboring republic. But what the outcome will be is just now shrouded in obscurity. The United States has had three pre- vious elections comparable in importance to the present one. In 1860, Lincoln and Douglas were op- ponents for the presidency. The sequel to Lincoln's victory at the polls was a bitter civil war. Then, in 1916, Woodrow Wilson's bid for re-election was almost successfully chal- lenged by Charles Evans Hughes, now chief justice of the United States. The result of that election day's decision was the United States' entering the war of 1914-18 as it did. No one can say, but it is wholly pos- sible that the story might have been much the same but better for mankind if Hughes had been elected. Though Wilson was not a presidential candidate in 1920, the election in that year was a battle between Wilsonian idealism and isolationism. There are those who be- lieve that a victory for idealism and the League of Nations in that year would have made this war impossible. Today, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, seek- ing a third term, and Wendell Willkie, fighting for his first term as president, arz both bidding for votes on platforms in which "Keep America out of the war" and "Make sure that Britain isn't defeated" appear to be the chief planks even if their being used at one and the same time by either candidate seems to be a violation of every known rule.of logic. ; That the people of Canada in general hope that Mr. Roosevelt will be re-elected is not so much lack of trust in Mr. Willkie as complete trust in the wisdom and friend- liness of the man who has served so val- iantly as president of the United States through nearly two four year terms. In 1916, Canadian troops in France pinned their expectations on Mr. Hughes, and many were disappointed in learning that earlier reports of his election had been issued prematurely. Mr. Wilson, then, was better known in the British battle areas as the man who said he was "too proud to fight" than as the leader who later carried humanity close to the Promised Land of lasting peace. . But knowing the United States and its that whatever the outcome of their presi- dential election today, it will be best for peuple as Canadians do, it is safe to predict them, for this hemisphere, and the world generally. Through this New World's history of a few centuries, evidence of providential concern in its people has ever been plainly discernible. It will likely be even more ap- parent in the coming decade than ever be- fore. Daughter of Zion Passes Canada sustains a great loss in the death at Montreal on Saturday of Mrs. A. J. Frieman, O.B.E.,, wife of the philan- thropic merchant prince of Ottawa who is the executive head of the Canadian Zionist movement. The late Mrs. Frieman, member of a dis- tinguished Hebrew family, was one of the founders of the Haddassah organization, Jewish women's work, but her great heart- ed patriotism and generosity brought her in helpful touch with many other efforts designed to bless and uplift her fellow citi- zens of all races and creeds. One of the last such efforts in which she interested herself and others of her race was to have the Haddassah Society decide to offer to equip a 30-bed ward in a Cana- dian Red Cross Hospital in England, and to build and equip a modern base hospital for British forces in the Near East. In the war of 1914-18 and following years, the wise dedication of wealth by Mr. and Mrs. Frieman has set an inspiring ex- ample to men and women of means "throughout the Dominion. Oshawa Scouts First Full credit is proudly given to the Fifth Oshawa Boy Scout Troop for being the first such unit in Canada, so far as known, to adopt a young War Guest from England. This was done by the local Boy Scouts' group about two months ago, but word of it didn't get around until some Toronto troop, days or weeks later, reported having taken over one of Old England's children for the duration of the war, or, at least, until British air power drives the German air raiders from the skies. Word of the Oshawa Fifth Scout Troop's priority in a very splendid undertaking was brought to the attention of The Osh- awa Daily Times by a letter published over the week-end. All concerned are grateful 10 Mrs. A. E. Keay for the information. Which gives an editorial opportunity to point out how much readers' co-operation in the matter of news is appreciated by their home newspaper. It doesn't have to be startling news either. Call The Times when you have out-of-town guests at your home. News about family anniversaries is appreciated. Information about Oshawa and district men serving in Canada's armed forces at home or zbroad is of special interest and timeliness. Editorial Notes A broken word is the hardest thing to mend. The announcement that John L. Lewis will quit as president of the C.IO. if Willkie is defeated, will probably not cause many tears in some quarters. The bombing of the famous Skoda plant at Pilsen should convince the Nazis that there isn't any part of the German arma- ment production area that the R.A.F. can- not reach. There have been hints of a provincial election in Ontario next year. We cannot see where that is necessary, especially as the existing legislature's terms do not expire until 1942, The government is to be commended on its attitude to the health problem of the country. A physically fit population is bet- ter able to withstand the sacrifices which the present war may entail before it is over. There are indications that the railroads 'will have an exceptionally busy winter. With lake-going boats being tied up in a tew weeks the goods that the water trans- portation handled will be turned over to the railways. A Bible Thought for Today THE GIVER OF WISDOM: The Lord giveth wisdom; out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding. He layeth up scund wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk up- rightly --Proverbs 2:6, 17. : Exeter Bridge Collapses Un Or... *She's been hit so often since the automobiles.came that she just co Exeter, who hopped from bed early last Saturday when this 50-year-old b of a Charlton Motor Transport Truck, of Oshawa. had a lump at the north end. "The truck went up in the air when we struck it and came banging down," he said the left side going out from under and swung to the right just as everything began to fall. y : trailer shot by, the steel beams buckled and twisted and suddenly everything stopped with t Wh, Ernest Loomis, driver LS. EN a. of the truck, of uldn't take it any more," said Thomas Elliott, of rédge near his home collapsed under the weight Parkhill, said the bridge floor "I felt The tractor hooked around, the wisted steel all around the truck." The driver stepped out of the cab unhurt as did a passenger, C. A. Rines, of Vancouver, on week-end leave from the Residents said the bridge, within Exeter's town limits, had not been in normal shape since a R.C.A.F. station at Trenton. flood lifted it two years ago. STEP-FATHER OX Parachute Troops May TRIAL FOR DEATH Be Raised For Dominion Charged With Murder of Air Minister Power Says | prime requisites for a parachutist. Wife's Child in Treat River Nov, arising Belleville, Ont., 5--(CP)-- The murder trial death - of 18-month-old Archer, whose wirebound body found in the Canal last July 26, entered ite sec- ond day today with the boy's step- father, Robert McFarland, nearby Frankford, charged the killing. with Alice Archer McFarland, 18-year- | old mother of the child, had been jointly charged with the murder, but she was adjudged insane and incapable of standing trial yester- day by government psychiatrists Allan Taylor of Trenton testified yesterday he had seen the young couple with the child on the night of July 25. They were near a bridge over the caral two miles from where the body was found, he sald. The deposition of M tenay, a crown wit: since the preliminary August, said Mrs. who died ing in MacFarland from the | Gordon was ters of the Trent | 21, of | ;. Moun- | | Scheme Will Probably Be i Joint Undertaking by| Army and Air Force | By FRANK FLAHERTY (Canadian Press Staff Writer) Ottawa, Nov. 5 (CP).--Bold and {bright young men with a ven for | |excitement will be in demand | when and if a corps of Canadian parachute troops, now under con- ideration, is crganized. Air Minister Power has announc- | ed that formation of such a corps is being considered as one of the steps which should be taken with a { view to a possible offensive by Em- | | pire forces. In planning for parachute troops | the Canadian authorities are taking | |a couple of leaves out of the new | | books on tactics of the German |and Russian armies. Moreover, the | United States Army is engaged in | the organization of a parachute | { battalion. At Fort Benning, Geor- | | ela, a parachute unit is being re- | | In the parachute forces every jump- er once he makes his jump, becomes nis own general for the time be- ing. Groups of men may be drop- ped from planes at one place to assemble under a designated com- mander but each man must use his own wits when he lands, The highest kind of courage is required of a man who jumps from an airplane into hostile territory. The jumping itself becomes second nature through training but the courage comes in when the man faces armed formations and pos- sibly a hostile civil population single-handed. Major Power said the parachute scheme will probably be a joint undertaking by the army.and the air force. The men will come from the army and be trained by the air force in jumping but once on the ground they will operate as soldiers. According to information avail- able here it is probable that men for the jobs will be hand-picked from the army and not enlisted directly from civilian life 2s para- chute men. The army, once plans brought the baby to her home July | cruited from 24 infantry organiza- (are formulated, might ask for vol- 11 and arranged for its keep Two | tions, each infantry unit being giv- | unteers and choose the keen, dar- weeks later, Mr. and Mrs. McFar- land took the baby away and she did not see it alive again, the de- position said. COBBER'S ESTATE London--(CP) -- Edgar (Cobber) Kain, 22-year-old New Zealand air ace, killed last June, left £197 ($876) and no will. His mother went to Buckingham Palace to receive the Distinguished Flying Cross awarded him posthumously. "13" LUCKY HERE Manchester -- (CP) -- Thirteen- vear-old George Wetherall fell 60 feet from a cliff near here, but was practically uninjured. He had just a slight facial cut. |en a quota in the new corps. [ Parachute troops were used by | the Germans in Holland, Belgium, France and Norway with some suc- cess and by the Russians in the Finnish war with somewhat less | success, according to available re-; ports. Just hew big a factor they were In the German advance last spring has not been authoritatively determined but military authorities seem to be in agreement that the parachutist has a definite place in the fast-moving offensive opera- tions of these days of mechanized warfare. Fight On Their Own Intelligence and resourcefulness together with daring shape up as ing type of fellow who will make the best parachutist, Most Mobile Force Available Information indicates the German parachute troops are a special formation within the alr force. They are believed to be vol- unteers. Parachute troops are con- sidered the most highly mobile forces yet developed. They are u sort of super-cavalry and fulfil somewhat the same function in a modern army as did the horseman in the days of slow-moving armies. They can be placed anywhere in short order to attack communica- tion lines and key points, to create confusion in the enemy's back "Well, what am I supposed to do now -- look frightened ?"' N ~S ry ig Cartoon by Illingsworth from the London Daily Mail Not available in British Isles, RL CYCLISTS FACE SCRATCHED |Runs Into Side of Car -- Three Other Mishaps Reported Three accidents, in one of which | & local girl cyclist suffered a slight | injury, were reported to Oshawa Police overnight. | Stewart Armstrong, 62 Division | street, reported that he saw a girl | cyclist about 7:15 p.m., Monday, rid- | ing without a light when he had turned his car off Warren avenue | onto King street west. He stopped | his car, fearing a collision, and the girl cyclist ran into the door of his | car. She sustained a scratched face | but rode off without giving her name. A, E. Murdoch, 27 Warren avenue, reported a car which failed to stop at the stop sign when making a right-hand turn off McMillan Drive onto King street west had sideswip. ed his car, damaging the left front fender. The driver of the other car was not named in the report. The accident occurred about 4:30 pm, Monday. D. MacDonald of 51 Ritson road and H. Hazell, 22 Fairleigh avenue, city, were involved in a minor acei- dent, according to report filed, when there was a collision on Prince street about 6:30 p.m. yesterday. PICKERING NATIVE DIES Glen Falls, N.Y., Nov. 5.--George Tait, 79, former president of the Imperial Paper gnd Color Corpora= tion, died here Monday. Born in Pickering, Ont. he came here in 1003 from Ithaca, N.Y. where he headed the Ithaca Wallpaper Company. Tait retired from active business in 1928, later helping or- ganize Champlain Spinners, Ine. LET'S WAIT AND SEE London--(CP) -- The "Schwarze Korps", organ of the Nagi Black Guard, is protesting against the teaching of English to German school children, resenting the "waste of time on the pseudo- Germanic dialect," useless after the war. THAT'S AN IDEA London--(CP)--A newspaper cor- respondent has suggested the bar- rage balloons in Britain be made to pay for themselves by carrying ad- vertising replacing the aerial ad- vertising of pre-war days. SOFT FOR JOHN PEELS Eksdale, England.--(CP)--Deplet- ed hunting packs in West Cumber- land cannot keep down increasing fox packs and men armed with shotguns joined hounds in a hunt. areas and the secure information. Placed in suitable locations, para- chutists may send off wireless or visual, signals to aircraft. At the moment there is no in- tention of training Canadian para- chutists to serve as fifth column- ists. Hence present plans call for no particular stress to be placed upen the language qualifications of the men selected for the work, RENT CONTROL SEEN BRINGING NEW YARDSTICK Principles Ruling Fair Re- lords and Tenants ; Ottawa, Nov, 5.--Study of the rental situation by the Wartime Prices and Trade Board is likely to result in providing something long needed in Canada--an official yardstick for measuring a fair re- turn on capital invested in real estate. Local boards under the National Rent Controller, Mr. Justice W. M. Martin, already have started to hear appeals from the order freez- ing rentals at last January levels. A general set of principles to assist them in determinipg what is a reasonable rent is now being draft- ed. Rent control went into effect in thirteen main communities and their suburbs on Sept. 26. It started with a blanket freezing order set ting rentals of Jan, 2 as the maxi- mum to be charged. Now the prob- lem is to work out the exceptions to this rule in order that such a sweeping order will not create thou- sands of cases of hardship to land- lords. The local boards will protect both landlords and tenants. They will be on the job to see that a house own- er who did not raise his rent from the low levels of the depression now gets the opportunity, despite the blanket order, to bring his revenue up to the level of similar type houses in the same comanunity. It will alse be their duty to see that tenants are not coerced into paying higher rentals on the grounds of scarcity of houses, They will guard against eviction of tenants so as to get other tenants in who would be willing to pay more. Principles Laid Down Two general principles have been laid down by Controller Martin and the Wartime Price and Trade Board, which is responsible for the enforcement of rent control. 1. Rent applies to property and not to the tenant. Hence the level stays the same even if the tenant changes. 2. Increased demand for houses, resulting from congestion due to war industries or the proximity of military camps, is unearned incre- ment as far as landlords are cone cerned and thus the landlord has no rightful claim to higher rentals. The blanket order is designed to see thet he does not profit from this congestion. But within rules such as these there are hound to be special cir- cumstances. For instance, in one case where the rent had been raised from $9 to $30 in an Ontario town Mr. Justice Martin discovered that three families were now occupying the premises rented to one. Obvious- ly, three families are harder on property. Some of the worst cases reported from Kingston have something to be said on the landlord's side. In one house eighteen roomers had been taken in since the old basis for rent was set, In many cases the tenant is agree- able to a higher rent than the Janue- ary level. While it is against the law for a tenant to pay more, forms are now being printed to be signed by both parties and sent on to the local boards for approval. Tenants Cause Difficulty Officials admit that one difficulty has been to get the tenants to real. ize the measure of protection they have already been given. Where congestion has reached almost des- perate proportions, as in Parry Sound, ' some tenants have been afraid to take advantage of the rul- ing and are still paying rent that has been jumped five or six times in the last year. To get around this difficulty a new set of regulations governing eviction will have to be drawn, of- ficials say. Then tenants will know exactly the grounds on which they can be put out. This will also pro=- vide protection for the landlords who will not have to put up with destructive tenants. . Communities under rent control now are divided into two classes. In one case, congestion is due to the development of new industries and this class is growing rapidly. In the other, the home shortage results from location beside a mili tary camp. The trouble in the military towns is that wives and relatives flock to the centre nearest the camps. An effort may be made to discourage this, but it is difficult to forbid wives to live near their husbands. Such a prohibition would immedi- ately relieve the situation in Barrie, Brandon, Trenton, Halifax and Vie- toria and would greatly assist in Kingston. Brantford Roo and Builders' Suppli McLAUGHLIN COAL & SUPPLIES, LIMITED PHONE 1246 When in Need of Drugs © Call POWELL'S DRUG STORE 35 Simcoe St. North Phones 1360 - 2259 PROMPT DELIVERY