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Daily Times-Gazette, 27 Jul 1946, p. 1

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® ¥ ¥ late news flashes Government To Help Gold Mines OTTAWA--Government plans to help Canada's gold mining industry overcome the effects of the recent revalua- tion of the Canadian dollar were announced unexpectedly to the Commons last night by Acting Finance Minister Abbott. Making the announcement at a time when financial markets were closed, Mr, Abbot disclosed this threefold pro- posal--1. The budget proposal that new mines coming into production after next January 1 pay only half rate corpor- ation income tax on profits for the first three years of pro- duction will be changed to allow them complete exemption for that period; 2.--The government formula for determina- tion of depletion allowances in respect to gold mining com- panies will be modified temporarily to assure the minimum tepletion allowance of two dollars per ounce of gold produced ; 8.--The charge made by the mint for the handling and marketing of gold will be reduced from 35 to 20 cents an |. ounce. These measures are aimed at offsetting financial losses resulting from the adjustment of the Canadian dollar to par with the United States dollar, which had the effect of reduc- ing $88.30 to $35.00 an ounce the price Canadian gold mines ~ receive for their products, Wage Demands Threat To Stabilization OTTAWA--Labor's demands for higher wages, are a threat to the whole stabilization program and labor must decide whether or not it wants price controls to continue, Donald Gordon, Prices Board chairman, said yesterday at a meeting of the Commons Industrial Relations Committee. The committee had spent the day questioning Mr. Gordon, and he was still in the witness chair when it adjourned for the week-end. He will be on hand when the committee re- sumes its study of industrial unrest Monday. By CANADIAN PRESS STEEL TO SET PATTERN Questioning of the Prices Board chairman wag directed particularly to conditions in the steel strike where some 15,000 workers are af- fected in walkouts at Algoma Steel Cofporation, Sault Ste. Marie Steel pany of Canada, and Hamilton, and the Dominion Steel and Coal Corporation at Sydney N.S. It also 4 into the whole field of stabilization, and its relaticn to in- dustrial unrest in which a total of some 50,000 Canad n ~orkers are idle, Mr. Gordon, while he declined to suggest the figure at which the steel strike should be settled, said steel would establish the general ttern of wage increases and if the creases were much in excess of 10 cents he would find it impossible to carry on in trying to control prices. REWARD FOR SLAYER CALGARY--Police today contin- ued an all-out search for the slayer and the weapon believed used in wee killing of 6-year-old Donnie Goss, whose wounded and beaten body was found in the bushes of St. George's Island Thursday, The city of for in - i hE wtian and cpnviciion of tae er and two private citizens add- bd $125, Eight men held for ques- were remanded without bail day. . Lola McLatchie, pathologist, who performed the autopsy on the body Thursday night, said the ac- tual cause of death was difficult to determine as there were so many contributing factors. No definite time has yet been set for the inquest as tests are being made on the cloth. ing of the child and on four splot- ches of what is believed to be blood on soil scooped up by police near the scene of the murder, DISAGREE ON REPARATIONS WASHINGTON--A sharp conflict already is shaping up for the Paris Peace Conference between State Secretary Byrnes of the US. and Russia's foreign Minister Molotov over Soviet reparation demands on Hungary. The United States is in- aisting that a new economic deal in Hungary is essential to establish a firm peace in Europe. It has pro- tested strongly Red Army seizures of Hungarian foodstuils and Soviet removals of Hungarian factories as well as current industrial produc- tion contending the result is econ- omic chaos in the Balkan countries. The protest, made public by the State Department last night, high- lights the difficulties confronting the 21 power conference, opening in Paris Monday, which will write peace treaties for the former enemy state of Hungary, Italy, Bulgaria, Armenia, and Finland. PROPOSE FEDERATION LONDON, Eng.--The Foreign Of- fice today announced British ac- NEWS FLASHES (Continued on Page 2) & 4 WORK UNDERWAY ON ROAD FOR HARMONY HOUSES "sts Syndicate Hopes To| Build Houses Next Year f (Mrs. K. R. Fietcher, Harmony, have been busy side Drive installing cit; supply residents there view Ave. with city on Harmony Road North was done last week and we understand the water is laid on 600 ft from high- way. Much interest has. been centered « building e on activity. The f story given to me by J. Hare will be interest- ing and informative to all: Veteran's House Quick Syndicate The organization was started by three veterans in search of land on which to build, with the aid of the Veteran's Land Act, which is spon- sored by the government for re. turned service men. Unable to buy individually, they thought of the idea of organizing with the plan in mind of buying enough property to start up a vet- eran's community, On approaching the owner of the land opposite Harmony school, H. Hoskin, they found that he was in full agree- ment with the idea, on the condi- tion that enough men could be found to buy all the property, An advertisement was placed in the Oshawa Times-Gazette, for men interested in building - under the Veteran's Land Act, and to the satisfaction of the three originals, a large number of people answered the ad. Soon afterwards, & meet- ing was called at the home of C. Hill, Bond St. E., and after explain. ing the situation, it was decided to go ahead with the scheme, and find out as much about the plan as pos- sible, At this meeting, a committee was appeinted, to act as a group, in the interest of the men involved, On the committee, were: C. Hill, V, Welsh, F. H. Hare, J. Plowright, and J. Neill, The committee met Mr. Hoskin and agreed upon a price with a few other things brought into the plan. Roads and water were two features, that were necessary if the men buying the back lots, facing WORK UNDERWAY (Continued on Page 2) New HEPC Now In Operation Tower Line New 110,000 - Volt Line Between Oshawa and Barrie, Step Towards In- tegration of sions With the completion of the 110,- 000-volt steel tower transmission line between Oshawa and Barrie, a further step has been taken by The Hydro#Electric Power Commission of Ontario towards the integration f the power resources of the three livisions of its Southern Ontario System. Connecting with a new 110,000-volt transformer station at Barrie, the new line was placed in services on June 30, The new line connects with the Patricia Avenue sub-station in Osh awa, running two towers east from the sub-station, then north for four towers over the Hydro right-of-way and thence west, It is located a short distance south of the heavy, high-voltage tower lines running from Quebec to Toronto and Burl- Three Divi- These new facilities provide means for interchanging power between the 60-cycle Eastern Ontario and the Georgian Bay divisions of the Hydro System, thus increasing the power resourses available to each, and improving the efficiency of use of the water resourses at the vari- ous generating plants located within these areas. 'The new transmission line runs to Barrie via Scarborough where a new frequency-changer station will be placed in service in the summer of 1947. This will again improve the availability of power resourses by the further inter-connection of the Niagara, Georgian Bay and Eastern Ontario divisions. Oshawa industries will benefit to some extent from the new line just constructed through the facility it offers for the transfer of any sur- plus power in the Georgian Bay division. More substantia] advant- ages in power reserves will come when the tie-in with the Niagara district is effected through the | Funeral Home at the corner of OSHAWA Combining The Oshawa Times and Whitby Gazette and Chronicle / THE TIMES.GAZETTE: WHITBY VOL. 5--No. 88 OSHAWA - WHITBY, SATURDAY, JULY 27, 1946 Price 4 Cents 18 PAGES IN TWO SECTIONS TIMES COMPANY EXPANDING i i Work is to be commenced soon on the new Oshawa Clinic to be erected on the site of the former Meagher i King and Charles Streets at an es- nt ------ iors amin BL tow omission ERE timated cost of $75,000. Above is|a frontage of 77 feet on King |laboratory, physiotherapy depart- shown the architect's conception of the building as it will appear on completion, .Of brick construction, the building will be L-shaped with Street and it will have two storeys and basement. The new clinic will be equipped with a modern operat- ing room, X-ray room, dispensary, ment and other facilities and will include approximately 10 doctor's suites, Wrecking of the building on the site has been practically com- pleted and Bathe and McLellan, contractors for the project, are to begin construction as soon as pos- sible. Allward and Gouinlock, Tor- onto, are the architects. WESTON COMPANY SEEKS NEW SITE FOR DEPOT HERE Comer of Wilson Road, Athol Street Suggested An application by Weston Bread and Cakes Limited to erect a new distributing plant on the northwest comeryof Wilson Road and Athol Street Bast, was referred by the city council on Tuesday to its gen- eral purpose committee for a full report to be brought in at the next meeting. . In its communication the com- pany pointed out that its present building on Nassau Street has be- come too small and the proposed location was considered satisfac tory if it would meet with the ap- proval of council. As planned, the building would front on Athol Street with a stable to house from eight to 10 horses at the north end of the property to the rear of the main building. It was pointed out that the main building would be one-storey, of brick construction and approxi- mately 50 by 80 feet in dimension. A communication from the medi- cal officer of health pointed out that sewer connections would be required and that it was recom- mended that the stable be located at least 100 feet from the food storage building. Two Oshawa Men Pass Accountants Examinations Two Oshawa men have been suc- cessful in the results of the Certi- fied Public Accountants Association of Ontario which were announced yesterday. J. B, Reid, 630 Simcoe Street North, has been admitted to mem- bership in the Association, having passed his final examinations with honors. He is the "secretary-treas- urer of the Pedlar People Limited. A. J. Jarvis, 55 Drew Street, has passed the full examination of the primary section. He was formerly employed at General Motors, Council Discuss Bridge at Lake The Simcoe Street bridge near the lake came under brief discussion at Thursday's city council meeting but no action was decided on. Alder man Michael Starr, chairman of the Board of Works, pointed out that thers was $4,500 in the Board of Works budget to repair the bridge and that the city engineer had agreed on inspecting it that it was in a dangerous condition. "It's in bad shape and there should be something done," Alder- man C. Harman declared, referring in particular to the danger of the bridge being washed out in case of a flood. Several members of council ex- pressed the opinion that it would be a waste of money to attempt to repair the present structure, THE WEATHER Clear today and Sunday ex- cept for a few hours this after- noon, warmer today and Sun- Scarborough frequency-changer sta- tion. : day. Low 'tonight 58 and high tomorrow 82, v Showroom Proposed On King Street East J. H. McKeever Seeks Per- mit To Erect Auto Show- room At 162 King St. E. ~--Council Gives Condi: ern automobile showrocm on the property at 162 King Street East where late Andrew J. Stalter resided many years, were con- sidered at a special meeting of city council Tuesday night. The appli- cation for a building permit was submitted by J. H., McKeever, 334 Athol Street Bast, who was at one time employed at the Wartime Prices and Trade Board office here. Pointing out that a building line of 17 feet had been established sev- eral years ago for that area, coun- cil agreed to the granting of the permit on condition that this regu- lation be complied with, The plans as submitted showed the proposed byllemg 10 feet from the street ne, J. P, Mangan, K.C,, who appear~ ed before council on behalf of Mr, McKeever, said that the demolition of the present residence on the property was not contemplated in the immediate future, the proposal being to erect an L-shaped building which would run in front of and along the east side of the residence. The application called for a mod- ern one-storey building of steel, frame and concrete construction with exterior walls of stucco. Ac- cording to the sketch submitted the proposed building would have a frontage of 40 feet on King Street with the front part extending back 35 feet, five inches and a wing ap- proximately 25 feet wide at the rear making the total depth of the building 110 feet. On the applica- tion W. 8. Pogson was named as builder. Council recalled that the restric tions making this a residential area had been removed some years ago and it was necessary only that the the building line be adhered to and that the plans and specifica- tions meet with the approval of the building inspector and the city en gineer's department. Mr, McKeever last night declined to make any comment as to the es- timated cost of the proposed build- ing or to give any further informa- tion than that contained in the application for a building permit. As for the purchase of the property, he said that this was not definite. The property has been owned by E. J. Wadsworth. TWO PAY FINES OF $10 AFTER C SKIRMISH As the result of a skirmish in the Globe Cafe at approximately 11:30 last night, William Werry, Miller Avenue, and Douglas McInally, Bond Street West, paid fines of $10 and costs this morning on charges of being intoxicated in a public place. Hong Seto, proprietor of the restaurant, was struck in the com- motion which took placa before the two men were taken from the build- ing by police. TO INTERVIEW APPLICANTS City council decided at a special meeting Thursday to interview ape plicants for the position of city en gineer at a meeting to be held 'Aug- ust 6, Board of Works Chairman Michael Starr told council that the special committee dealing with the applications had picked 'Gut about five as appearing the most favor. able, ; 3 WORK TO BEGIN STRAIGHTENING ae te ie oes | DVISION STREET Contract for Division-Alice Street Job Let to W. B. Bennett | The contract for straightening the Division and Alice Street inter- section was awarded by the city council Thursday to the W, B. Ben- nett Construction Company of Ajax, the firm which is straighten- ing the Mary Street bend, The work will be done on the same unit price basis as that on Mary Street and the specifications will be the same. _ The Division-Alice Street Inter- section is one of some four similar traffic hazards in the city which the council proposes to rectify. Work is already uriderway at the bend in Mary Street at Wood Street and the earth removed in that job is being moved to Hillcroft Street in preparation for straightening that street west of Jarvis Street. The other irregular intersection which has been discussed by coun- cll is that at the corner of Gibbs and Centre Streets. The Division-Alice Street inter- section will be adjusted by angling Division Street through the proper- ty on the northeast corner of the intersection, thus eliminating the sharp jog to the west in that street. The property on which the street will be diverted was purchased some time ago from J. Klapow for this purpose. : Work is proceeding rapidly on Mary Street and it is expected that operations on Division Street will begin at once. Belgian Paper Shows Dedication Of Cemetery Mrs. A. J. Pierson, RR. 3 Oshawa, has recently received a paper from friends in Belgium which pictures the dedication of the Canadian cemetery at Adegem, Mrs. Plerson's son, Opl. Robt. Pler- son, served in the 6th Armoured Bri- gade of the RCEME, and made friends of the Belgian people who sent the paper. "Journal de Bruges," the paper in which the description of the cem- ttery appears, is written entirely. in French. "Tiens, voila la cimetiere canadien!" is the caption under- neath the picture, The picture shows a large crowd of French girls dressed all in white, praying at the dedication of the cemetery. The care which Is being taken of the cemetery is described, 'and wreaths. are placed on all the graves, Here, so the paper states, friends are reunited side by side, friends who 'fought and fell together at Moerbrugge, Oostkerke, and at Di- eppe. . Inscriptions on the crosses read, "Died in war," "Killed in Ac- tion," and "Greater love has no one than he who lays down his life for Sun Spot Cause Of Brilliant Aerial Display - A brilliant display of the "Aurora Borealis", more commonly known as the "Northern Lights", was visible in the sky over Oshawa from late last night until an early hour this morning. The Corona appeared to be at a point almost directly over- head, with radiations to the north, |. west and south, It varied in color from a reddish-purple tone to a greenish-yellow, A report obtained from tke Dun- lop Observatory, Richmond Hill, stated that the display was of an unusual and spectacular nature, The reason given for the appear- ance of the spectacle was that a large sunspot had become visible on the side of the sun from three to four days ago, and has now mov= ed over until it is almost directly in the centre of the sun, The report also added that another brilliant display may be expected this eve- ning. From Malton Airport came word that the appearance of the "Lights" is having no bad effects on flying conditions, and little effect, if any, in radfo transmission and recep- tion. In a report from the Marconi ship-to-shore station at Toronto it was stated that no interference was being noted in shipping communic- ations, A report from New York yester- day stated that international radio communications and domestic tele- graph transmissions had been in- terrupted as the result of what was termed a * sun spot curtain", YOUTH FOR CHRIST CRUISE SUCCESS Speaker Urges That Each Accept Christ As Personal Saviour Drawing upon illustrations from the Bible, 8/L A. Chote of Wycliffe College, while addressing members of the "Youth For Christ Sunset Cruise" last night, declared that men must accept Christ as their personal Saviour or accept the con- sequences. Music during the cruise was supplied by the Salvation Army Band, the Ellis Sisters, of Pickering, the "Youth For Christ" orchestra and other guest artists, Master of ceremonies during the cruise was Major A. P, Simester, of the Sal- vation Arey. 742 people enjoyed the cruise, 8/L Chote sald that the title of his address, "Truth or Con- sequences", was derived from the radio program of the same name. He said that the men who betrayed, sentenced and crucified Christ all admitted the truth, declaring His innocence and perfection, and that men must do the same, or suffer the consequences. Novel Treasure Hunt A surprise feature of the cruise was & novel Treasure Hunt aboard ship, in which it was required to find small slips of paper, of which there were 100, located in easily accessible places throughout the ship. On each slip was printed a number and a verse of Scripture. The finders of one or more of thése slips were required to commf the verse to memory, and if the num- ber of a slip in their possession was called, to recite the verse contained from memory. The prize, a New Testament, was won by Miss Mina WOolburn of um Nassap Street, CONTRACT LET FOR SURFACE WORK ON OSHAWA STREETS Apply Surface Treatment To 15,050 Feet Of Streets The contract for surface treat ment of approximately 15,050 lineal feet of pavement in the city this year was awarded on Thursday to the A. E. Jupp Construction Com- pany, Ltd, Toronto. Of four tenders received, the Jupp tender was the lowest, that firm offering to apply three-eighths of an inch crushed gravel chips at a price of 24'% cents per square yard and trap rock chips at 25% cents per square yard, This expenditure is provided for in the Board of Works budget. The streets will first be patched where' necessary. Asphalt will then be applied, one-sixth of a gallon per square yard, and approximately three-eights of an inch of stone chips will be spread on the pave- ment. After this has been rolled the street is again sprayed with as phalt, one-eighth of a gallon per square yard. Clean, coarse sand is then spread on the surface and to complete the job it is broomed "or dried. The streets to be treated this year are as follows: Alma Street, | frem Golf Street to the west limit, | a distance of 800 feet; Athol Street | East, from Ritson Road to the east i limit, a distance of 900 feet; Arthur Street, from Ritson Road to Harold Street, a distance of 950 feet; Ar- thur Street from Ritson Road to the east limit, a distance of 900 feet; Albert Street, from Albany Street to Bloor Street, a distance of 2,000 feet; Buckingham Avenue from Simcoe Street to the west limit, a distance of 1,060 feet; Barrie Ave nue from Albert Street to the east limit, a distance of 8J0 feet; Con- naught Street, from Simcoe Street to the east limit, a distance of 1,100 feet; Drew Street, from Bruce St. to Gliddon Avenue, a distance of 250 feet; Fisher Street, from Sim- tance of 850 feet; Gladstone Ave- nue, from Bond Street to Colborne Street, a distance of 900 feet; Glid- don Avenue, from Ritson Road to Drew Street, a distance of 650 feet; Harold Street from Bruce Street to Arthur Street, a distance of 150 feet; Prince Street, from William Street to Brock Street, a distance of 600 feet; Prospect Street frcm Fisher Street to the CPR, a dis tance of 200 feet; Rowe Street, from King Stieet to Gliddon Ave- nue, a distance of 950 feet; Stacey Avenue from Court Street to the east ed, a distance of 300 feet; Westmoreland Avenue, from Sim- coe Street to Midland Avenue, a distange of 650 feet; Yonge Street, from King Street to Gliddon Ave- nue, a distance of 1,050 feet. | Teet, SERYICE TOMORRROW NIGHT ide. other in the series of Sunday eyehing services at the McLaughlin Bandshell sponsored by the Oshawa Ministerial Association will be held tomorrow night at 8:30. Rev. A. D. Cornett, D.D., minister of Simcoe Street United Church, will conduct the service and the speaker will be Rev. H. D. Cleverdon, rector of Christ Memorial Chufch. Soloists will be Rev. E. Donovan Jones, bar. ene, and Edouard Bartlett, violin In gll cases the pavement is 24 t Architect's Conception of New Oshawa Clinic to be Erected at King and Charles Streets To Erect Building Addition Add About 13,000 Square Feet of Floor Space; Will Relieve Congestion In Manufacturing Depart- ments and Office The Times Publishing Company, publishers of The Times-Gazette, has taken out a building permit and let a contract for a fairly large addition to the company's builde ings on Simcoe Street South, The contract has been let to Harry M. Brooks and the cost of the new addivion will be approximately $45,« Architects for the project were Hanks and Irwin of Toronto. The addition will be at the rear of the present south building and in- volves reconstruction of the garage to bring the first floor level up to the level of the first floor of the | main building and a second storey will be added to the garage thus giving approximately 3,000 addi- tional feet of floor space for the printing departments onthe two floors, To the east of the garage an ene tirely new unit will be added cone sisting of two storeys and basement. This will replace a temporary ware= house building which has been taken down and will measure approxi~ mately 60 x 60 ft. thus adding a further 10,000 sq. ft. of floor space. The additional space will be used entirely for expansion of the press room, composing room and bindery departments relieving the conges« tion which now is In evidence throughout the present building. Some space released in the present building will provide for additional room for stock room, ems pl rest room, etc, The new building will be kept back from Celina Street, a distance of 42 feet thus allowing room for further exe pansion if and when required, The building will be of brick exterior with cement block and steel cone struction, steel sash windows, proe viding ample light and ventilation on three sides, A modern heating plant installed two years ago is of sufficient capacity to take care of the additional heating load. A sprinkler system will be extended to the new addition. A new em- ployees' entrance will be provided from Celina Street. With the acquiring this spring of the former St. Amdrew's manse property the Times company ndw has a frontage of approximately 120 ft, on Simcoe Street and 80 ft. on Celina Street. The Mundy-Goodfellow Printing Co, Ltd. which is associated with The Times-Gazette is also in need of room for expansion and will benefit by the erection of the new addition. This company has been expanding rapidly and has placed | orders for new equipment which will be installed when it becomes available from manufacturers. LEGION FAVORS EXTENSION OF WARTIME HOUSING Post 43 Asks Council to coe Street to Prospect Street, a dis- | gj a City Council, suggesting that pres ent "Wartime Housing" contracts be extended, and that if necessary, additional contracts be awarded. It was felt that the present shorte age of homes for veterans could be more easily relieved by continuing the erection of this type of house, than by the erection of the stand ard, more-permanent dwelling. Af« ter some discussion, the motion was passed to present the letter to the City, Council, It was decided that a "waiter system" be instituted in the build- ing, and discussion of the merits of hiring a full-time employee, to act as a uniformed doorman and assist- ant janitor, continued for some ime. : During 'the meeting a total of 35 new members were initiated into Legion membership. They are as follows: W. Gulenchyn, C. Cham- bers, T. McGarth, D. Edwards, L. Davidson, H. Saunders, S, Benham, W. Rice, J. D. Minns, J. Murdoch, W. G. O'Brien, J, Patterson, H. Norton, H, L. Snudden, R. Arm- strong, J. 8. Holman, G. Kilpatrick, C. J. Leckie, A. Butt, A. Diamond, E. Martin, J. Maga, H. King, W. A, Bone, W. B. Sunderland, J. A. Kelly, R. A. Stewart, J, W. Hurlbut, H, B, House, W. E. Kirkpatrick, W. F. Howe, J. P. O'Donoghue, T. R. Wale ton, Gi. Monoghan and J. Szikgam |;

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