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Zurich Herald, 1937-04-15, Page 6n eL ar . urn Predicts icts Peace en g1tatsrs Leave Oshawa Accord Possible Without Hirelings of John L. Lewis Telling What to Do — C. 1. 0. Man Is Issue "If we can get these paid profes Stoma, Aineriean agitators out of On- tarlo, T .am convinced that I can readily consummate an agreement be- tweon General Motors and its em- ploycee that will permit every one to go back to work, happy and .con- tented with their lot, instead of walk- ing the streets listening to the abus- ive talk of Thompson and Martin," Premier Hepburn told the Globe and Mail Saturday night, Still in his office desk at Queen's Park, said the Prime Minister, was General Motors latest offeC to the strikers an offer involving wage in- creases and other concessions—Which, in his opinion, and that of Louis Fine, chief conciliator of the Provincial Labor Department, would result in a speedy and amicable settlement of existing difficulties if only it could reach the ears of those on strike. But Thompson and Martin—"these slick fellows who operate from outside On- tario and make a fat living out of the pay envelopes of our working class" were bending every effort, he charg- ed, to prevent that from happening. CAN SETTLE OWN PROBLEMS "We can settle our own problems in this Province," declared the Prime Minister, "without having the hire- lings of John L. Lewis, the master mind behind all the unrest and dis- turbance in the United States, come in. here and tell us what to do. I'm not acing to attempt to reply to all the abuse which Martin at Oshawa last night heaped upon the head of the Government here. Suffice it to say, it was in poor taste. What would people of the country from which he comes think and say if one of our la- bor leaders wer to go over there and openly attack the Government of a State, or, for that matter, the Presi- dent? Why, they'd be apt to take him for a ride on a rail." RALLY OF STRIKERS OSIIAWA. — General Motors will either sign a contract with the inter- national union or be prevented from producing cars in either the United States or Canada, Homer Martin, President of the United Automobile Workers of America, told 2,500 cheer- ing strikers here on Saturday night. Making a quick trip to Oshawa, the slim, dynamic union chieftain, a for - /pier Baptist clergyman, aroused his audience to tremendous enthusiasm when he declared • "General Motors of Canada will agree to our requests. If they don't make cars in Canada under union conditions, they won't , ake.,,any..,a.n.-,: Fha. m ted... states.. at,,. all." The arrival,of Martin brought in its train a development which was hailed as a • distinct achievement by union offi..cials. The Oshawa local became affiliated with the Toronto District Trades and Labor Council and at the next meeting of the Toronto body will be represented by delegates. This makes the U.A.W.A. movement a part of the Canadian labor organization. t'HOMPSON VOTED CONFIDENCE Hugh Thompson, C.I.O. organizer, who was refused permission to sit in on a conference between Premier I3•epburn and the strike committee, was given .a vote of confidence by the meeting. The strikers roared their protests when told that the Premier had refused to negotiate with the strike executives as long as Thomp- son was a member of it, "Do you want me to withdraw if I am the person standing in the way of you going back to your jobs?" ask- ed Thompson. "No. we want you," came the re- sponse, Police Trace Mo treat Thug Man Who Shot Pal in Error Be- lieved 1-saded For Toronto MONTREAL. — Search for the gun- man pal of slain Sam Wolman turned to Toronto as police here held their suspect's wife and girl friend of the ex -convict killed Thursday night dur- ing a burglary. Montreal police. claiming to know the identity of tho accomplice who Shot Wolman as he fired at a police- man, telegraphed Toronto police to- day asking them to watch for the man. They said they had information Sue was heading for the Ontario capi- tai. All police would say about the `wanted man was that he had a crim- inal record in Montreal and Toronto And was wanted for burglary in sev- eral Ontario cities. He and Wolman worn in the midst Of a warchouso burglary late Thurs- day when the shooting occurred. Sur- prisiug the pair at work, a railway po- liceman grappled with 'Wolman. The they man ran off into the darkness nd fired shots at the struggling pair. two struck Wolman in the head, and lie died instantly. Egg Price Up Reports from Quebec City show i'hat, since the city adopted the rineiple that only grade A eggs ay be sold on the public market, e price has increased five cents per dozen. Members PPss $:1,000,000 Flan To Aid Youths --- No Camps Proposed—Wide Program Of Technical Training. OTTAWA. — With $1,000,000 at its disposal the Dominion Government in conjunction with the Provinces will this year tackle the problem of un- employment youth, Labor Minister Rogers told House of Commons Fri- day. As the House approved the appro- priation the Minister said he could not outline in detail how the money would be used, but an effort would be made to train young men for vari- ous trades in which there was a pros- pect of their finding employment. "I do not suggest this is any more than an approach to the larger prob- lem," said the Minister. "I think there is no feature of the general un- employment problem which chal- lenges attention more than that of unemployment among the youth." So far as possible in its training program the Government would seek to use existing agencies, technical schools and other facilities instead of setting up new machinery. It was not proposed to establish camps suck as the C.C.C. camps in the United States, except so far as camps might be necessary in con- nection with forestry or mining work. APPOINTMENT ATTACKED Some unemployed youth would be trained for the building trades, the Minister said. Although the building industry has suffered perhaps more from the depression than any other there was a danger of a real short- age of skilled workers in those trades in the future. Answering a question, he said the Government proposed to consult with trade unions regarding the appren- ticeship of young men to skilled $300 Millons On Sickness in Canada Annual Bill — Preventive Meas- ures Would Cut Bill In Half TORONTO. — Three hundred and - eleven millions is the annual bill for • sickness iu;.Canada, li' ,the "preventive measures against disease were fully utilized this bill would be cut in half. The lethargy of the public operates to prevent the full use of the vaccines, the anti -toxins, the toxides and the sanitary measures which thwart dis- ease. If there were a sure preventive remedy for cancer announced tomer- morrow, it would be difficult to in- duce the public to use it. Dr. Victor Heiser, who as Health Officer of the Phillippines for 12 years, vaccinated in that period 12 million persons against smallpox with the result that the annual 40,000 deaths from that malady were cut to nothing, found public education his greatest ally. How did he manage it? By education of the Philipinos as to its value. Once the people of the islands became con- vinced of the value of smallpox vac- cination, they clamored for it. How may illness be prevented? By improving the health machinery of Dominion, Province and Municipali- ty; by inducing these organizations to make common cause against a powerful national foe; by the instruc- tion of the members of legislative bodies of the economical value of dis- ease prevention and by similarly con- vincing the mass of the public that in the main it is not necessary to lie down in the fact of any disease. Forty years ago there were 1200 deaths a year from diphtheria in On- tario alone. By the judicious use of diphtheria antitoxin, by a similar use of diphtheria toxoid, and by a studied campaign of education, the total deaths in 1934 from this malady were bat 40 in Ontario and 232 in all Can- ada. In Toronto in 1929 there were 1022 cases of diphtheria of the City, no .deaths from diphtheria. There is a similar story in most of Canadian communities in respect to this mal- ady. If, as the foregoing shows, the en- cidence of illness and its mortality can be shown to be lessened by pre- ventive measures, the value of the latter as an economic measure is proven. More Big Egg: MIDDLE SACI.VIIJII, N. 5, — When Granville Ell& hens lay extra large eggs, Granville just shrugs and takes it for granted. Someone called his attention to the fact a hen had just laid an egg weighing five ounces and measuring nine inches throughout the ends. Ellis claimed 'twee happening all the time. Canada shipped more cheese to Scotland in 1936 than ie any .year Mime separete statistic: for Scotland have bece available. ' Windsor To Marry Week of May 23rd' Buckingham Palace Officials Re» veils Alleged Date LONDON, -- The Duke of Wind-, sor and Mrs, Wallis Warfield $imp• son will be married during the week of May 23, a Buckingham Pelee() official said last week. Tliey have not yet chosen the place "but France seems the best guess so fax." Charles Bedaux, Mrs. Simpson's host by proxy at Monts, France, said upon arriving at Cherbourg from Now York that the marriage prebabiiy would occur at the Chateau de Cande, The Buckingham Palace iufoi gi- ant Said the Duke of Kent, Edward's youngest brother, would be best man and that Mary, Princess Royal, also might attend the marriage. Monday, May 24, is Empire Day when the King and Queen are sched- uled to attend Thanksgiving service at St. Paul's Cathedral, therefore, it appeared certain the wedding woald not take place on that clay. The week of May 23 was chosen' in telephone conversations between Edward and King George, since- ,it will not clash with the Coronation, Edward's friends, Lord and Lady Mountbatten and Lieut. -Col Biers Legh, will attend. Legh 'nay, } eke-' sent the King. Edward's financial affairs ane gradually being arranged and only: Parliament's approva ; of the King,.;s civil list delays final •settleme t. Atter debts to a large London banking flr t $500,000, and to a Parise jeweler;, $350,000, have been paid partly himself and partly with the King',' aid, The Duke is now worth about $1,a 000,000 in jewels, property and moil=• ey left him by his father aid Que `a Alexandra and from his own inve meats. He will have an annual income $200,000 from interest on his o capital and the Royal Family'sl settle - Ment atter he marries, Mrs. Simpson sent for her British. lawyers yesterday to complete plans for obtaining a final divorce decree April 2?. Send Heenan To Cor'. nation Minister of Lands Will Be Cob- inet's Of, cial Representative TORONTO. --- Premier Hepburn au, uduneed last week that'. Hon, Peter Keenan Minister of Lands and For- ests, will represent the Government of Ontario at the Coronation cavemen - les in May,' Hon, Dr. H. A. Brune, Lieutenant - Governor of the Province and Speaker of the Legislature Norman O. Hipel will, with Mr. Heenan, it. is expected, make up the official Ontario delga- tion. - Hon. Mr, Heenan, the Government representative, left England for On- tario thirty-five years ago on the date set for the Coronation of his late Majesty, King Edward VII. After five years in municipal office Mr. Heenan was elected to -the Legisla- ture wherein he served for six years. Then followed his nine years in the House of Commons, four of which saw him as the Federal Minister of Labor. In 1928 he represented the Doaninion at Geneva. Move To City Notwithstanding special legislation to encourage the rural population of Denmark to remain in the rural dis- tricts, • the movement to the urban districts has continued, the percent- age of the total population engaged in agriculture having dropped grad- ually in the 50 . years (1880-1930) from 51 to 31:" Canada exported 3,096 metric tons of ce� tifred seed potato to the Ar- gentii in 1936. A metric ton equals 2,205 s. Gets 98 Yea IiPrison c� e4 But Wilt ry nly Two Sixteen -Year -Old; Youth: Is''S Stayed One= Favors New Crossing Mrs. Chris. Somerville T o ham Suggests Confor CHATHAM. -A change fro present cross -bar warnings at road level crossings on highways other signs more in conformity road signs along the hightay is s gested by Mrs. Chris So ,nerville ' this city. Mrs. Somerville would .eubstitiu for the present eignw 3011. feet a from the track, signs simfraia to the which indicate curves ar inters() tions, but would place across the strings of red reflectors, `indicatiti. the angle at which the railroad eros= sen the highway, and the number 'i f tracks. The signs would also be. the word "Railroad Crossing." Mrs. Somerville thinks that su signs would be more apt to be seri by motorists, especially at night, when the other type of -signs aEe sometimes hard to spot:" They could. be placed thesarne distance from the tracks. ced . at Loddon • bn 33 Charges; 'me Wave -in City LONDON, Ont. — Sixteen -year-old William Hutin, who staged London's biggest one-man crime wave, was sen• - enced 33 times this week. If he ed all 33 sentences consequently ould be behind bars for 98 years. owever, as terms run concurrently he will actually serve one year de- terminate plus two years 'less a day indeterminate in the Ontario Reform- atory. D—N Magistrate Menzies announced he would recommend to the Department of Imomigration that Hutin be deport- ed to Rumania when released from the reformatory During February, and March Hutin robbed stores, barber shops, shoe shops; °refreshment booths, service stations and offices. He staged 30 crimes in London and three in Middle- sex ty,. MagistCounrate Menzies sentenced Hu - tin to one year' determinate plus two years less a day indeterminate on each of the 27 charges .of breaking and. entering .Then he gave him a similar sentence for stealing a car. On two charges of theft the magis- trate gave two • sentences of six months determinate plus two years less a day .indeterminate, 1 Fanners Halt Sit -Down HERSIIEY -- The Hershey Choco- late Corporation resumed purchasing milk from the farmers who evicted 300 sit-down strikers from the factory in a battle. Several thousand farmers.. aroused because the strike had cut off a mar- ket 'for $10,000 worth of milk daily, marched on the plant, Armed with bricks, clubs and other weapons, they drove the strikers from the ivy-cover- ed building and demanded that the company resume buying their product. Sit -downers were driven to the sub- urbs and told not to return, Governor George H. Earle ordered an investigation to "fix responsibil- ity." Twenty-five persons were in the hospitals. "The bloodshed at the Hershey rlant was a disgrace to the common- wealth," Earle said. Fire Hall Fire IIUMBER BAY, — °'The fire hall is on fire," was the alarm that rang out to Humber Bay firemen. The brigade which is a volunteer one was on the scene in about 15 minutes and duelled the blaze which had originated in the recreation room on the second floor as the result of an overheated stove. The room *as unoccupied at the time and the outbreak was discovered by Chief Thurling's wife. The bell was immediately rung and the alarm box system summoned the firemen who are otherwise engaged during the day. Damage was estimated at $50. U. S. Tourists Sing Praises of Canada MONTREAL, — friendliness be- tween Canada and the United States was greatly enhanced by recent visits of the Governor-General and the Prime Minister to Washington, Sir Herbert Marler, Canadian Minister to Wash- ington, said in an interview here. "Lord Tweedsmuir carried himself in an extraordinary fine manner," Sir Herbert Marler said. "He received a magnificent reception in both the Se- nate and House of Representatives where he made charming and most cultured speeches." Sir Herbert said the visits of Prime Minister King' and Lord Tweedsmuir had been entirely personal and not political. They did much to increase the friendly sentiment toward Can- ada. Prophesying great development and. tourist traffic and commercial trade with the United States in the coming years, Sir Herbert said, "It is amazing to find how great an interest the Am- ericans take in Canada. They seem to get tremendous pleasure from visiting the Dominion and when returning they have nothing but good to say of the country, its people, and its institu- tions." ' R.C.M.P. Air -Minded OTTAWA, — An aviation section is being created within the Royal Canad- ian Mounted Police, it was learned here. It will start with four planes, each manned by a pilot and observer. For some years the mounted have been operating an air patrol on the Atlantic coast, but its personnel were officers and mechanics seconded from the Royal Canadian Air Force. The new service will be administered and manned by the Mounted. The force has sufficient qualified pi- lots and observers, since quite a num- ber of airmen who were let out of the R.C.A.F. when the economy axe fell in 1932 went to the Mounted. Also many of the constables possess com- mercial flying certificates. The R.C.M.P. air force will be bas- ed in Halifax, but in clue course the hope is to have some planes operating on the Pacific coast and in the north country. Q.ieen Elizabath's Cr - Windsor *: S } F The new crown beingmade for the Coronation of Her Majesty the Cuecrrswill be tho first to have all the jewels mounted in platinum. Only diamonds are being used, among them the Koh -i -poor, the famous jewel whieh was set ili Queen itiary's. crown;' The circlet was first made for Queen Victoria. The two column picture indicates the beauty nad inagnif& cnce of the finished work which is being done by a fa- mous London firm of jewelers: The one column pi c.'cure shows the new coat of .arms being fashioned for Her Majesty, the Bowes -Lyon coat of arnia joined with those of the Itoi'al House. 0£ the two supporters one is the crowned Lion of linglancl as in the Royal Arms, and the other on uncrowned lion, parti-colored red and gold, Mtn the Bowes -Lyon family arms. War on Groundhog AURORA --- Determined to cut down the groundhog population of, North York riding, thus reducing the number of stumbling huntersas well as aiding the farmers, the To- ronto and North York Hunt have posted a list of prizes and bounties for slain groundhogs. The man who, delivers the greatest number of , snouts at Beverley Farm between June 1 and Sept. 30 will get ,$25 in cash, Other prizes range from $5 to $20. Right now the spring ,round -up is on in ICing, Whitchurch and East Gwillimbury townships, with a 10 - cent bounty a snout being paid be- tween April 1 and May 31. Four Deputies Appointed OTTAWA-- Appointment of four administrators who will act during the absence at the Coronation of Lieutenant -Governors are announced in the Canada Gazette. Chief Justice Newton W. Rowell, of Ontario will act while Lieutenant - Governor Herbert A. Bruce is .away, from April 29 to June 25. In the absence from April 16 to , June 4 of Lieutenant -Governor Mur- ray MacLaren of New Brunswick, Chief Justice 3. B. M. Baxter will ' act, Lien tenant -Governor E. L. Pate- naude of Quebec, will be absent from April 23 to June 30, during which time Chief Justice Sir 3. M. Tellier will be administrator. • Chief Justice A. MacAulay Morri- son of British Columbia will act dur- ing the absence from April 12 to July 1 of Lieutenant -Governor Eric W. Hamber. Urges Gas Be Piped To Alberta Cities OTTAWA—The piping of natural gas from the Turner Valley in Al- berta to Regina, Saskatchewan, Win- nipeg and other Prairie cities, was urged in the House of Commons by Denton Massey (Conservative -Toron- to -Greenwood), and M. J. Coldwell, (C. C.F,-Rosetown-Biggar) . Mr. Coldwell referred to the scores of millions of cubic feet of gas escap- ing into the air every day in Turner Valley. He said it would cost $18,- 000,000 to lay pipes to Regina and Saskatoon and he believed the Do- minion might 'invesigate some as- sistance as unemployment relief. He considered the. waste of ;as as; criminal, particularly when it could be such a boon to people in the cities. "Walking Cow" Strikes WASHINGTON — In. .the United States they call them "sit-downs," in. China they are "walking cow" strikes. Chu Hsueh Fan, Chinese workers' delegate to the International Textile Conference, explained this. He said that his countrymen, when they want to strike, often stay on the job, bur work slowly "like a cow walks." He Failed To Notice Trailer, Horse Gone MILTON—Failing to notice the departure of his trailer containing a valuable horse, from the rear of his car, as he was driving down the second line about one mile north of Milton, J. T. Brownridge of Bramp- ton, almost reached home before he discovered his loss. A Milton motorist found the trailer on its side in the ditch half an hour before the owner returned. The horse, which had ben purchased by Brownridge at a -sale in Camp- bellville, was uninjured in its ode experience. Small Towns Best OAKVILLE—"Wo don't want any more cities like Toronto—they're too big, they are swollen and they create terrific problems; it would be infin- itely better for Canada as a whole if we had a million Oalcvi'lesl" Geo. S. Houghman, secretary of the Retail Merchants' A.ssociat'on of Canada, told Oakville Business Men's Associ- ation.: • The speaker declared Canadians. as a whole have not yet grasped the importance of the revelations made by the price spreads inquiry. "This report has cost probably three-quarters of a. million .dollars, but despite the average cynicism, it is one of the finest investments the Canadian taxpayers has ever made," he said. "It is the first textbook of the now dawning social era in Can-. ada." 11/4r, Heughare denounced the de- velopment of the fiiass buying prifie ciple in Canadian business. "1 don't believe that even yet you men know the extent to which this condition has developed," he said. "It is fun- damentally wrong." 'May Get New Industries OAKVILLE—Possibility that sev- eral new industries will locate here in the near future was indicated by 3. M. Wallace, chairman of the in- dustrial comrinittee, at a meeting of the Oakville Business 'Mon's Assocf-- at'^n. • A "Buy ,in Oakville" cam- w:gn lis r"tinned.