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THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1940 ¥/ PAGE SEVEN 12 ARE KILLED IN VARIOUS WAYS "THROUGHOUT ONT. Two Persons Believed Victims of Hit and Run Drivers (By The Canadian Press) A diversity of causes, including an airplane crash and two cases of suspected hit-and-run tactics, brought a week-end death toll of at least 12 to Ontario. In the Toronto area two members of the Royal Canadian Air Force, LAC. C. R. Dickie of Canning, N.S., and Temporary Sgt. R. T. Jewitt of Bondhead, Ont. suffered fatal ine juries when their training plane collided with another a short dis- tance above the ground at Malton training centre and crashed. Dickie died soon after he was taken from the plane Saturday. Jewitt died in hospital in Toronto Sunday. The propellor was broken from their plane when it struck one in which LAC. E. Freeman and In- structor C. S. Peene, both of Tor- onto, were attempting to land, The second plane was not seriously damaged and the occupants were unhurt. Mrs. Jose Rozwalka, 29, of Kirk- land Lake suffered fatal injuries when she was struck by a car. Later police arrested Edgar Walter Ryan, 28, of Kirkland Lake on charges of reckless driving and failing to re- main at the scene of an accident. His bail was set at $5,000. Archie Smith, 40, of St. Williams, Ont., suffered fatal - injuries late Saturday when he was: struck by a car near Simcoe. His body was found early Sunday and police said they believed he had been the vic- | tim of a hit-and-run driver. At Camp Chippewa, near Niagara | Falls, Lt. J. W. Osborne of Hamil- ton, a member of the Argyle and | Sutherland Highlanders, was shot and killed aecidentally while he | was cleaning his revolver. No in- quest will be held. Another fatality occurred in the | vicinity of Kirkland Lake when Percy Brown, 37-year-old provincial highways employee from Matheson, | Ont.,, was caught under a snow- plough. Police said Brown was ex- plaining the mechanism to another person and the plough for some unexplained reason moved over him. Ralph Henry, 66, Ottawa district dairy farmer, was killed on a level crossing near the capital Saturday | when his car was struck by a New York Central train, Icy roads were | believed to have caused the car to skid in the path of the train, Another Ottawa fatality occurred when Hercule Bureau, 37, of Otta- wa, suffered fatal injuries as a re- sult of having a heavy packing case | fall on him while he was at work. He died in hospital Sunday. Mrs. Hannah Holmes, widow of Walter Holmes, one-time chief of Ingersoll, died Sunday of injuries received two weeks ago in a fall in her Ingersoll home. In Port John O. Merritz, 68, was found in his smouldering béd when firemen broke into his smeke-filled cottage Saturday, His death was attributed to suffocation. The body of 65-year-old Norman Jackson was found hanging in the basement of hic Windsor home Sat- urday. Police said he had complain=- ed a few hours before that he had been robbed of $75 by a woman. In Kitchener the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Packman was strangled in his crib Saturday. It was believed an automatic fastener on his pyjamas caused the death, 6,000,000 TREES GUT IN DOMINION 5,000,000 Go to Eastern States -- Prices Are 25 Cents Above Last Year More than 6,000,000 Christmas trees were cut in Canada this year. By Christmas Eve they will be carrying 100,000,000 twinkling lights in homes throughout the Dominion and in the Eastern States. A survey by the Canadian Press indicated that, nevertheless a short- age exists in sonje sections, includ- ing Toronto. Her@ the average price is 25 cents per tj more than last year. In other years unemployed men have gone 'into the rural dis- tricts, cut thousands of trees and offered them for sale on vacant lots and from doorsto-door, Of the estimated commercial cut for the Christmas tree market, 5, 000,000 went fo the Eastern States. Also tens of fhousands of trees were cut in the rural districts for in- dividual use, Price for; Christmas frees ranges all the way from 25 cents to $25, the latter those huge trees that are set up ia city hall squares or in auditoriums CATTLE HERDS ddication of bovine tub- erculois in Canada, the Health of Animals Digision, Dominion De- partment of Agriculture, continued its work on 8 large scale during the year ended March 31, 1940, Alto- gether 1 tuberculin tests were condu 1,156,298 being un- der the Aréa Plan; 292902 under the Accredited Herd Plan, and 225, 691 under the Supervised Herd Plan.' Approximately 40 per cent of all cattle in Candds are under su- pervision and. have been tested. There are over a million and a half cattle in ac ted areas where infection has reduced to half of one per centgr less. In the er police | Dalhousie the body of | wise people. important." at the commencement exercises of Scholarship & Prize Winners Receive Honors at Oshawa Collegiate "Education is something that should make us happier, better and Of the three, making us better people is by far the most This was the keynote of Principal A, E. O'Neill's address Oshawa Collegiate and Vocational Institute. Scholarships and prizes were presented to a score of students. Outstanding winners are: LEFT to RIGHT: Dorcas Beaton, Miss Fannle | arship for middle school science; Ian Alger, R. S. McLaughlin profici- Hislop, scholarship for highest standing middle and upper school Eng- lish departmental examinations, Mrs. F. W. Cowan scholarship for sci- ence option and school prize for the most outstanding girl; Helen Polak, R. 8S. McLaughlin proficiency award; Jack Ledger, J. Albert Sykes schol- ency award; Helen Stevens, second prize, J. Albert Sykes scholarship for middle school English; Roger Conant, Murray Johnston cane for the outstanding boy in the school; Catherine Annis, R. S. McLaughlin pro- ficiency award; Peter Willson, O.C.V.I, home and school prize, ' GIRL LOST EIGHT HOURS IN WOODS, TENBELOW ZERO Became Lost When Out to Get Family Christmas Tree Kirkland Lake, Ont, Dec. 23 (CP) --Twelve-year-old Helen La- |zarou of Kirkland Lake is sate at | her home today after a teriryingl * eight hours spent in the woods five I miles from here late yesterday. She | got lost when she went out alone to get a Christmas tree for her | family. The rescue was mad by a group headed by | laghan which followed | girl's tracks by | Dunn's dog team. | Leaving her home armed with an axe, the girl set out in the sub- | zero weather and entered the woods south of Kirkland Lake. She fcl- | lowed a trail for some distance but ventured into the woods to make a better selection and lost her way | in the dark. The girl's disappearance was not reported by her father, Peter La- until 10 p.m,, after the child six hours, The | searchers, with. strong searchlights, picked up "the trail | within a short time for Helen had | dragged the heavy axe. | When the rs drew the girl called for helped {soon was safe. She was ejh |and "bushed" terrified lonely sffence of the dark forest. | Although the temperature | | 10 below zero at midnight, the girl | was not suffering frem exposure She did mot get the Christmas | | tree, POLISH LEADER ESCAPES PRISON Smigly-Rydz Said to be Aboard Boat for Turkey early today . P. Cal- the little | means of Eddie | j2eron, had been gone sear near, nd she austed | of the | Bucharest, Rumania, Dec. 23 -- Marshal Edward Smigly - Rydz of Poland, who fled to Rumania eight- een days after the German Army invaded his homeland in September, 1939, was reported in flight again, this time after a daring escape from the Dragoslav prison camp. An undetermined number of high- ranking Polish officers who were imprisoned with him were reported to have fled at the same time, but no details were available, Diplomatic reports reaching Bud- apest, Hungary, said Smigly-Rydz had been smuggled aboard a Black Sea ship bound for Turkey.) The 54-yearold Marshal, once commander-in-chief of all the forces of Poland and hailed as Pilsudski's heir, was imprisoned two months ago by Rumanian authorities in- vestigating charges of espionage and sabotage, allegedly directed against the Rumanian oil fields by British agents. The former Polish Foreign Minister, Joseph Beck, and a num- ber of refugee Polish officers were reported seized at the same time. The Dragoslav prison is north of the oll fields in the heart of the country. Smigly-Rydz was reported on Sept. 18, 1939, to have quarrelled with Beck and raced across the bor- der to Rumania while the Germans were crushing the resistance of his army in the field. Rumania prompt- ly interned him, but gave him the freedom of a large estate. Crash Demolishes Car 2 RCAF Members Hurt Gananoque, Dec. 23. -- Two of three occupants were injured and a car was demolished when it collid- ed with a parked truck on No. 2 Highway, five miles east of here early today. Driver of the car, D. J. F. Stocks of Niagara Falls Ont., suffered a broken wrist, Cedric Bridgewater, Uxbridge, cuts on face and head, and W. G. Venner, Cale- donia, was injured, All three are members of the Royal Canadian Air Force, on their way to St, Thomas | Coleman, | Limited. | it was still contended by the appesilw | of to complete special training, JUDGE ADVISES UXBRIDGE TO OVERHAUL ASSESSMENTS 'Terms General Under- Estimates "Drastic," in Upholding Co-Operative Company Valuation Uxbridge, Dec. 23--Upon the sug- gestion of His Honor Judge D. B. the Town of Uxbridge | under consideration the'| will take | overhauling of the whole assessment | | scheme jn that municipality with a | | view to bringing it up to its actual value, it was revealed here today. | The announcement was made by | A. WS. Greer, Oshawa, counsel for the corporation, following judgment handed down by Judge Coleman | after the hearing of an assessment | appeal entered by Farmers' the Uxbridge | Co-operative Company | While the valuation as set by the | | Uxbridge court of revision was up- | held by the county judge, in the | judgment handed down it was | pointed out that there, is definite | evidence of under-assessment of properties generally in the town, | and a complete survey and overhaul | was recommended. "If there is not an adjustment be- | fore the roll is returned for next | year, it is the intention of my lients to appeal the assessment on very property in the town," Allin F. Annis, counsel for the appellant announced. The hearing lasted two days, with judgment being handed down early this week The appeal had previous ly been taken before the coutt' of revision and a reduction made, but lants that the assessment was of of line, and the matter was taken to the*county judge. The property of the Uxbridge Farmers' Co-operative Company is frame construction, and was recently renovated and partially rebuilt. An assessment of $3,700 on building and $300 on property was | returned on the roll by W, Vesey, assessor. Business assessment was set at $1,500. Take before the court of revis-| jon the building valuation was re- | duced to $3,000, while land was dropped to $200. The business asses- sment was left untouched. In upholding the valuation as set by the court of revision, Judge Cole- man stressed that he did so only on a4 point of law, as there is no provision made for "equity" in the Assessment Act. | "The assessment Act, section 39, sub-section 1, provides that land shall pe assessed at its actual value." However, he remarked, there were, unfortunately, many municipalities where that provision of the Assess- ment Act is not observed. Judge Coleman stressed that his decision was bound hy law as stated in the Act, and while there is provision in the Division Courts Act which allows a judge to decide cer- tain cases by equity. and good con- science, "there is no such provision in the Assessment Act." Valuation of the building at $3,000 and the land at $200 was, in his pinion, "at or near the actual value." It was pointed out that | $2,800 had been spent on rebuilding sment brought up to its actual value," Judge Coleman declared. "There is a certain percentage fixed by the statute with regard to busi- ness assessments, change its provisions." Secure Lower Rate Judge Coleman pointed out that people seem to have the because assessments are high that | taxes are high. He stressed that such an idea is wrong, and with a full and even assessment a fair and equitable distribution of taxes with a lower rate would obtain, a portion of the building, and, "it is hardly reasonable for me to expect | that shrewd business men should erect a building and spend $2,800 | of their good money in so doing, if it were not worth that much." Several other valuations of prop- erty in the town were placed before the court, including that of a home owned by Eva Almeda Vesey, wife of the assessor, which was valued at $350. It was also shown that seve eral mills, factories and store prop- erties were not assessed in propor- tion to the valuation of the Co- operative premises. Honesty Unquestioned "As to allegations of fraud which | wereraised -- I say allegations, al- though there were no specific alleg- ations, but innuendos -- on the evidence adduced before me I could find nothing to indicate that there was any fraud of any kind in con- nection with the assessment, or that there was anything on which one might question the integrity or | honesty of the Court of Revision," Judge Coleman pointed out, "I feel very strongly about this | appeal, however. A comparison of values of other buildings to their assessed values reveals a most marked and astonishing under- assessment," Judge Coleman stated, "Whereas this building was assessed at approximately one hundred per cent. of the value, I find that other mills and factories and store prem- ises in this corporation in many cases, are assessed at fifty per cent. of the values established in evi- dence, and in other cases at a much | lower percentage. "There were one or two cases where the assessed values were the values as stated in the evidence, but the evidence was overwhelmingly that there was, on the whole, a most drastic under-assessment. Ot would not appear that the assessor had followed any of the principles which he should have been following in making the assessments in question. "The Act distinctly says what he shall do and sets forth his duties. I am not sure that so far as the as- sessor is concerned that he is quali- tied at all for the position, I have very great doubt as to that. At least he could have followed the plain directions in the statutes regarding business assessments, However, there was nothing what- ever in the evidence to reflect on that official's honesty or integrity, he pointed out. "I suggest to this municipality that the whole assessment scheme here be overhauled and the asses- The First The first Noel the Angel Noel did say |S Was to certain poor shepherds in fields 'as they lay In fields where they lay On a cold winter's night They looked up and saw keeping their sheep that was so deep. a star Shining in the East beyond them far, And to the earth it gave great light, 'And so it continued both day and night, This star drew nigh to the northwest, O'er Bethlehem it took its rest, And there it did both stop and stay Right over the place where Jesus lay. Then entered in there Wise-men thiee,. Full rev'rently upon their knee, And offered there in His presence, Their gold and myrch and frankincense. Refrain: Noel, Noel, Noel, Born is the King of Israel.) il ye 9 ii J ti i ky : 8 ( ' i ', re ul ir il i pie) i ld Ad An adjournment was made to allow counsel for both sides to dis- cuss the matter of terms, and nobody can | idea that | Judge | Coleman felt that under the cir- cumstances the municipality should give consideration to the appellant on the grounds of "equity purely." Alteraticn was made in the busi- ness assessment, with the valuation | being set at $1,120 as provided by { ! statute. With the setting of the business | assessment at $1,120 as provided by | statute, Mr. Annis remarked "That will be a noteworthy item. will be the only correct business assessment in the book." | MeIN TOSH APPLE STILL LEADS According to the official report tor the year ended May 31, 1940, the | the other apple varieties and ac- That | total sales of nursery stock in Can- ada reported from 89 commercial nurseries had a wholesale value of $250,561, the largest single item be- ing for apple trees. They numbered 392,158 and were valued at $101,855. The McIntosh continued to lead all counted for 30 per cent of the total apple tree sales for the year. Sales of other well-known varieties, such as Duchess, Melba, Yellow Trans- parent, Fameuse, Lobo, Wealthy, Cortland, Delicious, and Spy were well maintained during the year. Yellow Transparent and Melba were the most popular early varieties. | Sales of Weelthy came first on the | CHRISTIE, BROWN PAY 5 PER CENT. WAR ALLOWANCE Payments, Retroactive Sept. 5, Will Continue Monthly Through 1941 Toronto, Dec. 23--A. A, ye president of Christie, Brown and] Company, Limited, Friday, made thé announcement that all emplo who have been employed: since Jans] 2, 1940, will receive on Dec. 24. special "wartime increased liv allowance" of 5%, and will be paid, the allowance on actual wages earns] ed from Sept. 5 to Dec. 31, 1940. Effective January 1, 1941, all emp ployees will receive a "wartime in creased living allowance" equal to] 5% of regular pay. This will be p monthly. Mr. Fraser has taken a very keef interest in employees' purchase War Savings Stamps, and ¢ mended the staff for the s given. He asked that they continu to purchase stamps to the utmost of] their ability, and to support the Government in every possible wa) in carrying out Canada's war effo 1 | list of fall apples, with Fam occupying second place. The most] important winter varieties were Mes Intosh, Spy, Delicious, and Corts land. Osman continued to lead ths sales of crab apple varieties, fol lowed by Dolga. . & STORES OPEN AND THURSDAY A&P Choice BLACK TER 'id SHORTENING = PURE LARD Sunnyfleld APPLE JUICE CHICKE Beaver Drang Boneless FRUITS for Salad Aylmer Ocean CRAN. SAUCE © GRAPE JUICE Welch's DATES "i Fruits & "APPLES RANGES ORANBERRIE TURNIP YAM FRESHLY GROUND AsP VIGOROUS & WINEY Bokar MILD & MELLOW 1-1b, 8 O'clock s: RICH & FULL-BODIED Red Circle = 1-1b. Bag Bag TONIGHT UNTIL 10 P.M. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24 UNTIL 10 P.M. CLOSED ALL DAY WEDNESDAY 2 Ibs. 3 JELLY POWDERS = POULTRY DRESSING 2 snr ]3§c LES sweet C THRILL YOUR GUESTS WITH COFFEE 39: CLT : £10: os. 49: 23: 17. 25: we 22 3 rues ]3c 16-0z. Tin " ade B 18-0x. Tins 1-1b. Bag 20-0z. Tins HAMS STEAKS ROASTS 21: 23 217: 17. | HAMS CHICKENS GEESE nt DUCKS Fancy Royal Brand, Smoked Tenderized -- Club Style AITCH BONE REMOVED Smoked Tenderized Rl RASA pa rt CRRA BIRR BIR QERCUR QIK URI QUR URERE CHRISTMAS OULTRY. ag A GRADED' TO GOV'T. STANDARDS URKEYS ile .20. "A : Bt a) Kab Loxat li a Gy KAD dal ds " 5 |S 2 XAY XK XACN Xit'Y xitd ¥ 31 LARGE ROASTING 4!3 TO 7 LB. Short Shank Whole or Shank Halt Ib. Sirloin, Wing, Cube, Boneless Round or Porterhouse Sirloin, Wing, Face, Rum Boneless Round or Porterhonse BACON Breakfast--Sliced Rindless PORK SHOULDERS eh shankiess PORK BUTTS re: ROYAL BRAND Who le or Shank Half b25c bd Be Ny AY Ny ky £ mit. 29. .25. 29: 15: Ib. 19: b. 27 3 8 27- ha a Ea FINS PIS TNS PI SDV PP IE 13 Face Half AA XN Vegetables C McINTOSH 6-Qt. Bask. 3 3 Doz. 25: b 1 3e alifornia Navels S Ontario Gr LETTUCE eres. King of Sweet Pota CELERY HEARTS # toes Tomato Juice ::- SOUPS PICKLES ..:5: Sweet Mixexd PEAS 'on 4 Sieve . TOMATOES CORN Del Maix Cream Style CHEESE OLD Ib. 23e MILD tb. 19 Sliced or Unsliced ANN PAGE WHITE WHOLE WHEAT CRACKED WHEAT 24-0z. Wraphea Loaves A & P CHRISTMAS . Fruit Cake 3-1b. Cake #19 9c CHATEAU '16. Baby Cheddar 15.27. MIXED NUTS CHOCOLATES =~ CANDY PLUM PUDDING MAYONNAISE ASPARAGUS TIPS MARMALADE Heinz Asst. 25-0z, Tins 25: 23: 21 16-0z. Tins VI XV Y 2AF 19-0z. Jar 2-1b, Tir 20-0z. Tins 28-0z. Tins 16-0z. Tin DEVON A & P Choice Xl AAC AAP YUKON CLUB GINGER ALE or LIME RICKEY 2% 30-08. -o. 5 % CLUB SODA Bor 23¢ (Contents Only) 20, A & P Christmas Hard Mix Christie's Ann Page A&P Fancy Iona Orange & Grapefruit Owned and Operated by The La A&P Self-Service Food Stores Great Atlantic ang Pacific Tea Co, Ltd. Prices in Effect Until December 24. 4