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OPINIONS DAI 'Y TIMES-CAZETTE EDITORIAL PAGE FEATURES E DAILY TIMES-G OSHA WHITH THE OSHAWA TIMES : (Established 1871) : THE WHITBY GAZETTE AND CHRONICLE (Established 1863) TH An independent newspaper published daily except Sundsy by The Times Publishing Company of Oshawa, Limited, Arthur R. Alloway, President and Managing Director. COMPLETE CANADIAN PRESS LEASED WIRE SERVICE The Times-Gazette is a member of the Canadian Daily Newspapers Association, the Ontario Provincia] Dailies Association, and the Audit Bureau of Circulations. Authorized as Second Class Matter, Post Office Départment, Ottawa, Canada. ; SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carrier in Oshawa, Whitby, Brooklin, Port Perry, Ajax or Pickering, 24c per week, $12.00 per year. By mall, outside carrier delivery areas, anywhere in Canada and Englana $7.00 per year, $3.50 for 6 months, $2.00 ford months., United States subscriptions $9.00 per year, Net Paid Circulation pEcenecn, is 7,83 9 FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 1947 | A Generous Gesture ; The announcement by William A. Wecker, President and General Manager of General Motors of Canada, Limited, that a retirement plan for both hourly rated and salaried employees will be inaugurated by the company on April 1 next is a step which we are sure will be received with appro- bation by.every employee. This is another instance of the thought which large corporations give to the welfare of their employees. If General Motors were interested only in the production of motor vehicles it could very easily have refrained from introducing such a plan. Production would have continued and the company would have saved itself the considerable sum which it will contribute toward the retirement plan. The inauguration of the plan will mean that some of the anxiety about the future will be removed. While the sum accruing may not be large, employees will be in the position of knowing that they will have something to fall back upon when the period of their usefulness to the com- pany has passed. The plan should do much to enhance the spirit of co-operation between workers and management and help to increase production figures to higher levels with resultant further benefits to those who work in the plant. Air Accidents Accidents involving aircraft in recent months have served to focus attention more than ever before on aviation. At a time A it was expected that aircraft would cut in on. rail and water transportation, these accidents have reduced the popularity of this form of travel. Those close to the industry hold that news gathering agencies are prone to misrepresent the safety in flying by overemphasizing the news value of the crashes. They are ready to admit, however, that a crash is a spectacular story when celebrities are involved. They insist, and rightly so, that the number of accidents in proportion to the millions of miles of passenger-air miles is extremely small, and that the safety record of the major airlines is still good. Residents of the Oshawa area have been closely associ- ated with aviation through the activities of No. 20 Elementary Flying Training School and more recently those of the Ontario County Flying Club. As a training base, the airport was almost devoid of fatal accidents while during 1946 the aircraft operated here flew about 3,000 miles with no injury or serious accident to club members. This is a record to be proud of. The local club is building good relations for aviation in the district. Its future popularity with the public is assured. Little Serious Crime We would commend Chief of Police Owen D. Friend's report to the Oshawa Police Commission, covering the work of his department during 1946, to our readers with the sug- gestion that they read it carefully not only as a means of appreciating the efficiency of the members of the local force but also the problems confronting it. Unlike many industrial centres, Oshawa last year did not have an appreciable increase in the number of cases of more serious crime. For instance the city did not have any bank robberies or murders. There were 28 cases of burglary and housebreaking during the year but the depart- ment was fortunate in arresting the persons responsible for the majority of these. Considering conditions throughout .. the Dominion, Oshawa was most fortunate in that the number of persons charged increased by only 51 over the . previous year. Chief Friend's request for the appointment of four additional constables to the force, which now comprises 25 men, is a reasonable one. A year ago Chief Friend requested the appointment of five men. In its judgment the Police Commission gave him three men, with the under- standing that two more would be appointed this year. This means that the actual increase over his previous request is two. He points out that these two men will be required to enforce the parking meter bylaw. In our opinion this is all too few for this job. The increase, if granted, will mean that Oshawa will have 27 police officers and men, apart from the two assigned to parking meter duty, for police 'work in the city. This is not too many. Actually it means one constable for every thousand of population. Many cities in the province of -similar size have larger police forces. The fact that there is not more crime here speaks well for the efficiency of the police force as well as the law-abiding character of the city's population. ' AZETTE| (Brockville Recorder and Times) Even if the new steamer King- ston shoul# become the streamlin- ed luxury liner she is described, a good many of the upper St. Lawrence people will still prefer the old paddle-wheel veteran she is to supplant, just as many of them continue to yearn for the leisurely days of the Britannic, the Island Belle and the River- side, RADIO FOR RAILWAYS (Vancouver News-Herald) Now that two-way radio develop- ed during the war, is available as ety for railway trains, its use should be made ob- ligatory on Canadian railroads. Use of two-way radio would eliminate most if not all death-dealing col- lisions which continue to occur on Canadian railroads at too frequent intervals, THE BETTER WAY (Ottawa Journal) Bumptious little Albania is being hauled before the United Nations Security Council, on British charges, for mining an international chan=el 'and causing the death of British sailors, injury to British ships. In the bad old days a British cruiser would have taken the matter in hand long ago, and a well-spanked Albania would have subsided. POWER OF GARLIC (Vancouver Province) Garlic now reigns unchallenged as the végetable with the greatest knockout punch, That humble onion no longer needs to hide its authority under peppermints, mouthwashes or ex- cuses. Science has elevated it to the same medicinal level as peni- cillin and sulpha drugs and given the garlic lover the right to breathe in the best of circles. LET'S HAVE LOWER POSTAGE ATES R. (Brockville Recorder and Times) Evidently the Federal Govern- ment is not looking for popular- ity, however much it may need it. If it were, it would lower the or- dinary letter rate of postage, used by nearly everyone, instead of the air mail rate, used by far fewer people, THE PLACE FOR SMART ALECKS (Ottawa Journal) In Montreal a 'truck.driver warned by a passenger of a cy- clist ahead, said: "Watch me give him a good fright." The truck struck the bicycle, killed its rider, and the driver row has three years in the penitentiary to think about it all, It is a fine place for smart alecks of that sort, . MEAFORD'S HELPFUL FIRE. MEN (Dundalk Herald) Here's another for the "book." The Town of Meaford has ten firemen. Since two are contrac- tors, two are blacksmiths and three are decorators, it is said that within fifteen minutes of the cessation of a house fire, the own. er can get a rough repair esti- mate before the brigade leaves the scene of the fire. CANADA'S THREE NEIGHBORS (Halifax Herald) We find ourselves closely related to three major people--to Britain, by self-interest and by many ties of the past; to the United States, through contiguity and long-stand- ing friendship; and to the U.SSR. by the invisible airlines crossing the North Pole. The highest interests of Canada demand that we shall maintain the most cordial relation- ships with all three of these close neighbors. THE ROAD TO MARRIAGE ™ {Ofiaws Journal) e training of a nurse, perha it should be emphasized, Lg i more than a means to a decent li- velihood, although that is import- ant in itself. But it has the added merit of giving a young woman a variety of knowledge and experience of the greatest possible value in all the relationships of life--and the high marriage rate among young nurses shows that their qualities do not go without appreciation. WHO GETS CLIPPED? Tucked away behind the big news of the week was a little item from Oshawa a few days ago stating that members of a CIO steelworkers' union there had decided to clip their own hair, now that the price of haircuts had gone up a bit. What is so striking about the news is that it places one set of workers against another set of workers, and. proves 80 clearly that every worker is, above all, a consumer. e A Bible Thought ¢ pe Han belived. + + +" (John : woman who was sh a o owing soul; and only brought out for show, it needs apology. You cannot keep faith bright unless you use it. --Ohristian Hert E ] er ---- a Se Suite "Two Worlds" 0 oy --Barrow in The New Hampshire World Union. ® 45 Years Ago E. 8. Edmondson was back in town after a ong illness during which he was confined to a Toron- to hospital. One report said that Mr. Edmondson had a "fine beard as a souvenir of his winter's afflic- tions." Eighty-year-old Michael Pheeney, who claimed to be Brooklin's oldest resident, died. He came to Brook- lin 40 years before from Ireland. Oshawa and Whitby square® off in a hockey match with Whitby coming through to win by a 5-4 score. 'The Oshawa team had scarcely any practice during + the winter but they put up 4 fairly strong game. An eye-witness re- port, describing the frenzied rooting on the part of the team supporters, said the whole affair was "sugges- tive of politics to those who do not understand the accomplishments of hockey." Staff Captain Bass of the Salva- tion Army visited the Oshawa Cita- del. Mrs. Jean Blewett, noted Cana- dian author and poetess read selec- tions from her works at the Presby- terian Church. She was introduced by Rev. Mr. Hodges. 78.7 Below Zero Hit In Northwest For A New Continental Record; By The Canadian Press With the coldest weather ever re- corded on the North American Con- tinent 24 hours behind them, Can- adians generally today were keep- ing their fingers crossed and wait- ing for relief from a nationwide snowstorms, ; rain- temperatures-- in the weatherman's book, in fact. The weather bureau thermometer at a little outpost landing field near the Alaska-Yukon border, 1,200 miles northwest of Edmonton, yesterday registered 78.7 below zero, setting an all-time low ' temperature for this continent. More than $1,000,000 damage on land and sea was caused on the British Columbia coast when a hur- ricane roared in from the Pacific, smashing downtown property and disrupting communication and transportation services. Bdmonton, although suffering its lowest temperature of the winter, did not experience any tie-ups in traffic, and railway services, while delayed, were not cut off. A low of 40 'below and a high of 34 below is the forecast for today--and that is considered normal for this time of year, Ontario was the hardest hit as far as road and rail services are con- cerned. Snowplows and graders worked steadily all day Thursday Diehway Lraftio In all pAfta of the Wa, o e Sivas to a virtual stand- still, At Toronto the fall of snow and freezing rain was estimated at 13 inches since Wednesday morning. A fall of 13.1 inches was expected by tonight at North Bay. Heavy snow and high winds were generally fore- cast for Northern Ontario. In the Wingham area the total fall was reported at 18 inches, In Eastern Ontario, 11 inches had fall- en last night with no signs of the storm abating. In Toronto and Hamilton, a 24- hour' sleet and snow storm slowed down but did stop city traffic. Gangs of men working all night cleared up the greated part of the Weatherman Tosses Book At Us sloppy, wet obstruction, and today worst blockades of the storm had been removed, Rural schools in many areas of Ontario suspended activities for the day, but most of them are in oper- ation again. The province was remarkably free of power-line trouble, one report--from Port Col -- of light failure from storm damage. All airline flights from Montreal were cancelled and city - tation facilities were hampe; by 2 lignt flurry of snow and freezing Busses Stuvitived to aves rural areas around the city, slippery roads were driving hazard. Weather reports from most Dom- inion points premise no immediate relief from snow--but they do not indicate worse conditions, The snowstorm which tied up Ontario traffic and left many per- song and towns snowbound, is mov- ing eastward to Quebec. The general forecast is--contin- ued snow and colder, e For A Laugh Wise Crack For Today A girl who thinks no man is good enough for her may be right but chances are she'll be ..ft, "You women," said Smith con- temptuously, "are only happy be- fore a glass." "Yes," replied his wife, "and you -men are only happy after one," Say Hydro Change Means Increase Stratford, Jan, 31.--(CP)-- Con- version from 25 to 60 cycle frequen- cy will mean an increase in hydro rates of from three to 12 per cent for half of Southern Ontario's municipalities, {t was forecast here. R. T. Jeffery, the Hydro Com- mission's chief municipal engineer, told district members of the On- tario Municipal Blectrical Associa- tion that a 12 per cent increase would be tacked on the rates of "a few municipalities." . Other municipalities, whose Hy= dro reserves were slim, would be forced to increase their rates from three to 12 per cent to underwrite the cost of converting local equip- ment for the new frequency. 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