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*# + ® x ons Hogs is »entkizale. . See Lt in .. P o i hmniart i4 3 t{ "Tap C G tr.,i‘s“,‘?, *«w;n ,i/' ' e die 2s i CV BC ho x * * ol 2 t & THE WATERLOO CHRONICLE en s O _ Enmies * Wns Snun Fesubemen s m _ ligeiree _______________________Fics "I still feel that the people have a right to vote a least once every year, ‘rut if this is not to be, I will do my best during the years I may hold office." he stated. The new mayor said he had gotten out of a sick bed to speak to the citizens. Maintaining his record of several years, Ald. Henry W. Sturm again headed the aldermanic field when he (Continued on Page 8) © KITOHENER.â€"Following _ closely the definite "No~ expressed by Kitchâ€" ener electors at the polls on Monday, vivic officials here today vigorously attacked the announcemeht by Preâ€" mier Mitchell Hepburn that result of the several votes taken on the plan to wipe out elections during wartime "will have no bearing on the legisâ€" lation". "I‘m definitely not in favor with the proposal of the Ontario governâ€" ment to extend the term of office of municipal councils to two years or for the duration of the war," Mayorâ€" elect Meinzinger told 3,000 persons who massed in front of the city hall fcllowing a "victory" parade. Cservers said the mayoralty camâ€" paign this year was the "most tepid" in almost 40 years. â€" Mayorâ€"elect Meinzinger, who came into the limeâ€" light this year when he instigated a probe of the personnel and activiâ€" ties of the city police force, polled 4.571 votes against 4,503 for Ald. A. J. Cundick and 2,606 for Ald. Alexanâ€" der Schafer. Final mayoralty returns wer@#anâ€" nounced at exactly 10.1. p.m. and it was not until the last poll was heard from,. giving the mayorâ€"elect 113 votes against 12 for Ald. Cundick, that the election of Ald. Meinzinger was â€" assured. â€" Following returns from various swhâ€"divisions, Ald. iCunâ€" dick led Ald. ‘Meinzinger iby three, four and five votes and vice versa. At one juncture, Ald Cundick led by 103 votes. In what was said to be the largest poll in the city‘s history, thousands turned out Monday to cast a ten to one vote against the proposal. KITCHENERâ€"Securing a majoriâ€" iy of 68 over Ald. A. J. Cundick, his closest opponent, Ald. Joseph ‘Meinâ€" zinger, Monday, was elected Mayor of the city of Kitchener for 1940, sucâ€" ceeding ‘Mayor George W. Gordon, who is completing his second term. "Mr. Haepburn‘s dicatorial state ment regarding "George and Emma" and *"Father", is sort of a Chinese puzzle to me," commented Mayor George W. Gordon. "Premier He burn should know that "George angi Emma®" don‘t have a vote at muniâ€" cipal elections, only "Father"." ‘‘Today we are at war fighting for soâ€"called democracy and freedom of expression but if the expression of opinion ‘by the majority of the elecâ€" tors is to be ignored and almost ridiculed. I can‘t see what we‘re fighting for," contended Mayor Gorâ€" don. Twin City Officials Flay Hepburn Election Plan Ald. S. F. Leavine Urges Whole Council Resign at End of Two Years. *Very few government who used zood judgment and wisdom legislate in advance of public opinion. I don‘t know anything about ‘"George and Emma®", but the expression from rabepayers in this city was from those who "pay the shot," he deâ€" clared. "Personally I am for econoâ€" my. but I wouldn‘t sell my right to express myself at the poils for $2.500 a year fhn this city. There are other (Continued on Page 8) Receipts totalled â€"7,.018 at a wellâ€" attended Holstein Breeders‘ sale conâ€" duced by A. B. Bruwbacher, veteran dealer, at Bridgeport, on Wednesday. DEPUTY REEVE SAYS "MOST DICTATORIAL" Buvers, according to Mr. Brubachâ€" er. were present from all sections of Western Ontario. Top price for cows was â€" $180. consigned by Emerson Chambers, Hatchley Station and purâ€" chased by Gordon Graham, Elmira Top price fot bulls was $185 Alma. _ Bolton. _ Dundas, _ Drayton,; offic Guelph, Oakvilie. Tavistock, Kenilâ€" star worth,. Waterloo, Kitchener, Preston, to i |‘otr~r.~hu-m Harriaton, St. Georke, | gov Elmira. * Embro. Palmerson, New the Hambure. Britton. Rayfleld.~ Baden.| out Ayr. Campbellvilie: Gait lcon Cundick Defeated by 68 Votes; Schafer Polls Small Vote. BOOS ONLY ALDERMAN TO MEET DEFEAT Receipts Total $7,000 At Holstein Sale Heavy buyers were Don Lands Farm,. Toronto. J. W. Nicholls. Ingerâ€" soll and John 8. Park. Lmcan Other buyers were present from Meinzinger Wins In Close Battle McKERSIE, MEINZINGER, TWIN CJTY MAYORS ’Wednpsdn: 0 o | Traffic Officer Ed. Mitcheher said \__According to a â€" government (h® car was driven by Miss Molly ‘official, the proposed system would, Marcus. ‘Manning Ave., Toronto. The standardize accounting in respect ACCident occurred when Miller, a pe to all road work subsidized by the‘d"'"""- attempted to cross the highâ€" [government. Pamphlets explaining| Way just as (Miss Marcus‘ car met a the suggested "set up" were handed bus, be said. No charges were laid. ‘out to all present for atudy lndl Miller was attended by Dr. William | comment. Gelger at Kâ€"W. Hoapital Junior Exhibits Feature Show Storage Company, Limited, of Lonâ€" don. She had accommodations for (Continued on Page 8) KITCHENER.â€"Featured by the largest exhibit by school children ever shown in Ontario, the annual Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo â€" Poultry _ and Pigeon Association show at the market _ building, _ here, _ closed Thursday night. _ __ _ _ According to G. F. Purser, Lonâ€" don, veteran poultry judge, the enâ€" tire show is one of the largest ever held, with nearly 1500 birds "comâ€" peting". More than a day and a half were required to complete judging, he said. No details were known here of the fate of her crew, the admiralty communique merely reporting: "Inâ€" formation has been received that the Doric Star has been attacked by a German raider. As no further information has been received it is presumed she has been sunk." The freighter was built in 1921 and operated from London, her home port, by the Blue Star Lines. She was owned by the Union Cold New Dundee Sets $500 Objective In Red Cross Drive Plunder; British Boat, Doric Star, 10,086 Tons, Lost. The ship was attacked in the South Atlantic, leading to the sugâ€" gestion that it was the pocket battleship Admiral von Scheer that destroyed her. â€" â€" â€" Judges were G. F. Purser, Lonâ€" don, exhibition poultry; A. S. Kyle, Waterloo, utility poultry; Jack Lightfoot, London, pigeons. NEW _ DUNDEE.â€"At a special meeting of the executive of the local Red Cross Organization held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. Hilborn on Monday evening, twelve collectors were appointed to canvass Polling Diâ€" vision No. 2 on Dec. 11 and 12 for funds for the Red Cross. The objecâ€" tive was set at $500,. but it is hoped that the subscription will exgcegd this amount. $ Think Deutschland Sank Merchantman The Doric Star carried a crew of 70 and was on her way to British ports with a load of meat from New Zealand and Australia. Small Passenger Space. _ Entries were received _ from Hamilton, London, Windsor, Owen Sound, Galt, Guelph, St. Catharines, Midland, Brampton, Georgetown, Tavistock and Ayr. _ _ Desetving of special mention is the splendid work which has been done during the past few weeks by the ladies of the Bethel M.B.C. Misâ€" (Continued on Page 8) LONDON (Tuesday)â€"The Dorie Star, 10,086â€"ton British merchant ship, has been attacked and presumâ€" ably sunk by a German raider, the admiralty announced. _ â€" â€" See New Form Of Bookkeeping Germain Raider Continues KITCHENER. â€" Frobability that a new system to standardize townâ€" ship and county bookkeeping in reâ€" gard to road accounts will shortly be inaugurated, was indicated at a meeting of representatives of townâ€" ship and county councils and the Ontario Highways department, here Wedresday. According _ to _ a _ government! official, the proposed system would standardize accounting in respect to all road work subsidized by the‘ government. Pamphlets expl.ining‘ the suggested "set up" were handed| Frickey Pope ... Sturm Gould Toletzki MAYOR McKersic .... 50 43 Heer ... 48 17 DEPUTY REEVE COUNCIL Hughes (By Chronicle Correspondent) Wat.Gar. 983QueenN. 56 George Krueger‘s : Viectoria St. Wat.Bedding _ Town “ Totals 1A 1B. 2A 2B 3A 3B 4A 4B 5A 5B 5C 6A 6B 7A 7B, s 31 40 61 62 53 30 37 38 42 47 45 87 15 WATERLOO VOTE BY POLS â€" 37 59 45 19 49 46 32 53 55 IKITOHENBR.â€"John _ Milier, _ 30, farmhand at Breslau, east of here, had both his lega fractured early Tuesday night when in collision with a car on the KitchenerGuelph highâ€" way Transformer Explodes, Slows Work On Many War Orders The subâ€"station, which is comâ€" pletely automatic in its operation, is situated in the north ward of the city, as are a large percentage of the factories, most of which were forced to,.cease work.‘It is known that several plants are working on war orders. "It is indeed fortunate that the plant is automatic and that no one was in it when the big transformer exploded," Chief Guerin told The Chronicle. "If a man had been inâ€" side he would probably have been blown to pieces.", _ _ mtaihidniih d wparicmalll 1 The fire chief said there were two distinect explosions. The first one was heard by firemen in No. 2 fire hall which is situated just around the corner from the subâ€"station. between the first and second exâ€" plosions the men in No. 2 station notified him, he said. ‘"Equipment from both fire halls raced to the subâ€"station .but were powerless to put out what little fire resulted from the explosion, until the power in the plant had been turned off entirely. If we had turned water on it before that, the electricity would have followed the water back up to the nozzle," Chief Guerin said, adding that the fire was confined to oil which sprayed on the floor from the shattered transformer. * KITCHENER.â€"Industries vafued at several million dollars, some with war orders, were forced to shut down until Thursday morning, when a transformer in the Breithaupt St. hydro subâ€"station exploded Wednesâ€" day afternoon. â€" According to Fire Chief Harry Guerin, glass from the windows in the plant were hurled across the street and the doors, though locked, blown off by the tremendous exâ€" plosion. â€" "As it was," continued the fire chief, "Fireman Fred Manning did suffer. quite a heavy shock while handling the coupling on a hose leading from the building. ~ Accordilg to public utilities comâ€" mission officials, the transformer which exploded is one of the 500 KWA type and valued at between $5000 and $6000. According to one man who hapâ€" pened to be passing by the building when the first explosion occurred, a ‘"‘brilliant violetâ€"coloured sheet of flame" flashed out of the plant along the high tension wires outâ€" side. WATERLOOâ€"Enoch Honsberger. "I thought the whole building was going to blow up and ran two blocks before I turned around to see what happened," he said. DEPUTY REEVES BRANTâ€"J. P. Johnston. HANOVERâ€"Wesley Bruegeman. PRESTONâ€"Charles Talbot. The following mayors, reeves and deputy reeves were elected to office on Monday : MAYORS BRANTFORDâ€"R. J. Waterous. GUELPHâ€"W. G. Taylor. HAMILTONâ€"William Morrison. HANOVERâ€"Clifford Speer. KITCHENERâ€"Joseph Meinzinger. PARISâ€"John P. McCammon. WATERLOOâ€"Wesley McKersie. WOODSTOCKâ€"Bert Lewis. REEVES BRANTâ€"Walter Chisholm. CAYUGAâ€"M. Conally. PRESTONâ€"W. J. Pelz. Has Both Legs Fractured In Breslau Crash 42 33 18 37 ELECTED 101 93 19 70 50 176 46 10 13 176 72 74 26 71 52 16 30 56 17 10 12 41 52 24 16 47 81 15 27 11 79 93 "Almost oneâ€"half of the people of Canada are either engaged in agriâ€" culture or associated in eome way with it. Unless they are prosperous, I don‘t see how the rest of the Doâ€" minion can be!‘" So declared R. J. ‘Deachman, M.P., for Huron and noted writer and farm economist, addressing the annual dinner meeting of the Waterloo County Holstein Breeders‘ Associaâ€" tion and the Waterloo District Shortâ€" horn Breeders‘ _ Associaion, here, Tuesday. "The object of a democratic counâ€" try such as Canada should be to arâ€" rive at some form of equitable distriâ€" bution." declared _ Mr. Deachman, "While we speak of |Canada as a deâ€" mocracy, I qnestion if. over a long period of time, democracy can hold safe and sound unlees this is done," he warned "Everyone recognizes that during the past few years, farâ€" mers are getting a very samall amount for the work done and unless the farmer receives his share, then there is no hope for prosperity." ‘"Roosevelt‘s suggestion that air bombardment of the population of Finland‘s towns should not be perâ€" mitted, in so far as it is addressed to the Soviet Government, is caused by misunderstanding," the news agency said Molotoff told Steinâ€" hardt. C The «peaker urged restoration and equitable distribution of the national income "so that each may receive a decent amount for his or her part in its production". Some classes get too much while others get too little, he asserted. . MOSCOW.â€" Premier Yyacheslaff Molotoff said President Roosevelt‘s appeal against air bombardment of civilians was "pointless". Soviet planes have not carried out such bombardment, and do not intend to do so, he said. "Soviet airplanes have not bombâ€" ed towns and are not going to do so, but they bombed airdromes, beâ€" cause our Government values the interests of the Finnish population no less than any other government does. Windows will be judged by memâ€" bers of the Young Men‘s Clb on Friâ€" day, Dec. 22nd. Dinner meeting of the Board of Trade will be held in Waterloo Hoâ€" tel on Friday, when Lieut.â€"Col. Harâ€" old Ballantyne, 0. C. Scots Fusiliers of Canada will be guest speaker. His subject will be "We CO@n All Servo". A communique distributed by Tass, Soviet news agency, said Moloâ€" toff delivered the Soviet reply to the president‘s appeal in a conferâ€" ence with the United States amâ€" bassador, Laurence A. Steinhardt. R. J. Deachman, Noted Farm Economist, Addresses Annual Meeting of Cattle Breeders. inftinfaiinaiiihopimmatrer wihi d | Upsetting calculations of soâ€"called =â€"â€"â€"â€"_â€"«_â€"4â€"_â€" |"oxperts", Enoch iHonsberger capâ€" Meoting Wednesday night, the exeâ€" tured the deputy reeveship in a close cutive of the Waterfoo Board of contest with Ald. Harry Gould, who Trade«to offer three Prizes for the headed the aldermanic poll for 1939. best dressed store windows during Honsberger polled 950 votes to 859 the Yuletide season, J, A. McCorkinâ€" for Gould. dale, secretary, annoufced today. | Complete Waterloo returns were Reds Say F. D. R.‘s Plea "Pointless" No Recovery Unless Farmers Returned To Prosperity The speaker pointed out that in 1926 and 1927 "when the farmars (Continued on Page 8) MUST HAVE UNITY, EQUAL DISTRIBUTION Offer Prizes For Best Decorated Store Windows 112 81 89 28 114 67 93 19 22 13 571 23 70 93 87 69 93 26 16 55 81 81 103 18 28 15 1239 1228 1160 1144 1143 380 859 B61 Short and stocky, Miss Giller has appeared in police court here on nuâ€" merous occasions for similar offences and each time, her prowess at fistiâ€" cuffs was more loudly acclaimed ‘‘He called me filthy names. I tried to slap him across the mouth and he punched me in the face and gave me a black eye," related Miss Giller. KITCHBNER.â€"Pearl â€" Giller, _ Alâ€" bert St., and Joseph Miehm, Courtâ€" land Ave., both charged with disorâ€" derly conduct following a fracas on King St., were bound over to keep the peace for one year, by Magistrate John R. Blake, Tuesday. "I‘m glad to note the day of Amaâ€" zons is not over", commented Magisâ€" trate Blake. "You are Z1,. Michm. and yet you found it necessary to strike this woman?‘ he queried pointing out Miss Giller was "con siderably older". ‘"Is she such a whirlwind of destruction that you thought she would do you bodily harm * "I knew her reputation as a fight er‘. replied Miechm. ‘"ITve seen her fighting with three men at one time and they rouldn‘t.dn anvthing with hert" Likens Accused To Whirlwind "I didn‘t say a word to her," exâ€" claimed Miehm. ‘"I was walking up the street with some girls and boys and she came up to me and said 1 had insulted her. Then she ripped a button off my coat and hit me." Flyers were quoted as saying after their return from the raid that they spotted two German warâ€" ships and four other naval craft near by, probably mineâ€"layers. The pilot of one machine reported that three of his bombs closely ‘"boxed"" one of the warships and undoubtedly damaged it. Other filyers confirmed this statement. Another pilot dropped a bomb which made a direct hit on an enemy warship. A bomb from anâ€" other Royal Air Force plane fell so close to one of the mineâ€"layers, that it certainly caused extensive damâ€" age, it was said. LONDON. â€" A %unlifled source said Tuesday that British bombers in their raid on the German Heligoâ€" land naval base Sunday not only scored a direct hit on a Nazi warâ€" ship but damaged»two other naval units, one of them apparently a mineâ€"layer. ; Only one British plane was hit by antiâ€"aircraft fire but the pilot skillfully returned to his base only 15 minutes behind the other planes. The machine gunner of one of the British craft was hit by a bullet but it glanced off a parachute buckle and he was uninjured. Say Direct Hit Scored On Nazi Warship _ ‘Mayor MocKersie suffered a severe heart attack more than a week ago. just after he qualified for the mayorâ€" alty. He allowed his name to stand, Mbut has ‘been confined to his bed since that time. as follows Mayor Wesley ‘McKersie .... 990 (reâ€"elected) Albert Heer ............. 88L Deputy Reeve Though too ill to appreciate his victory, Wesley McKersie shattered all precedent here ‘Monday, when he was reâ€"elected mayor for the fourth consecutive year. Polling 991 votes, Mayor ‘McKersie also defeated exâ€" Reeve Albert Heer for the second successive yéar. The latter polled 861 votes, gaining considerably on last year, however. Enoch Honsberger Defeats Gould In Close Race For Deputy Reeveship. Waterloo Mayor Gets Fourth Term POPE DEFEATED Town Council 1,241 (reâ€"elected) 1,160 1,144 1,143 (defeated) Mr. Rooseveli declared that th Russian bombings were a "profoun shock" to the United States and af ded that it was "tragic‘ to realiz that "wanton disregard for law i «till on the march The report of the embargo, which the newspaper said was "unofficial but nationâ€"wide in extent." came within a few hours after President Roosevelt had â€"condemned Russia‘s attack on Fihland One authoritative source said the ban was so fight that the Soviet would be unable to buy a single Unit ed Sates plane The Post added that an official Ruseian‘mission was "goâ€" ing from one plane factory to an other in this country offering large amounts of cash for various types of American fighting aircraft" Eons v enc Acnitiiatic it is is in lt 1000 L d t c Naval circles believed the Allies:certaimy of ultimately winning this are sinking or capturing submarines conflict," he said. faster than Germany. can build‘ Mr. Churchill said destruction of them. The admiralty does not claim, Nazi submarines as going on at a a submarine is accounted for unless rate faster than Germany could re it is actually captured or surviving|place them. prisoners are taken. Patches of oil,| Declaring an average of two to <explosions or bis of wreckage are four Germa undersea craft were beâ€" insufficient evidence. iing sunk efich weok. Mr Ehucshi Not At War Russians Say, Declining To Attend League of Nations Meeting . U. 8. Bans Sale Of Aircraft To Russia planes to Russia was put into effect over the weekâ€"end. The Washington Post said Red Propaganda Not Tolerated In Kitchener WASHINGTON.â€"A "moral embar ; Finn go" on sale of Americinâ€"made war-“:alp KITCHENER. â€" "If any "Red" propaganda falls into the hands of the Twin City Trades and Labor Council, it will be immediately deâ€" stroyed," O. H. Hughes, president, declared today. He was commenting I PSoET Mloim MEmo in SMenets MOmOny PNCe OAEREOIETTE Winston Churchill, first lord of{announced that Great Britain had the admiralty, recently estim.tedltripled her sulmarine hunting fleet the enemy is losing two to four‘since the ar started and that nearly Uâ€"boats weekly and it is learned 1,000,000 tons of new warships of there has been no reason to qualify all classes were being rushed to (Continued on Page 8) {completion to augment her efforts. on the assertion of a group in Edâ€" monton, Alta., that "certain United States unions are flooding Canadian labour _ groups with propaganda likely to cause dissatisfaction toâ€" ward Canada‘s war effort." According to Mr. Hughes, the ; despatch from the western city indiâ€", cated the propaganda emanated| from an ‘independent" union in San Francisco and that it has been; well distributed _ throughout â€" the Dominion. ‘"It is not the duty nor the policy of unions to do such a thing in Canada and we will make every effort to see that it is not done here," he declared. > LONDON.â€"An Allied naval exâ€" pert said a machine had been deâ€" vised .to explode magnetic mines under water. He also declared a system had been devised to draw a mine to the surface in the same manner as it is drawn by the pasâ€" sage of a ship. Experiments British scientists are conducting to meet the menace of these mines are proâ€" ceeding satisfactorily. . Despite loss of the 4,558â€"ton British steamship Dalryan, which struck a mine and sank off the Engâ€" lish southeast coast, the mine toll this week has been considerably lighter than last week. M Hon. N. O. Hipel, M.P.P. for South Waterloo, who told The Chronicle today an "open night" has been arranged at the Aircraft Training School at Galt, to which residents of Kitchener, Waterloo and North Waterloo district are inâ€" vited to take advantage. Mr. Hipel said people residing in and near Galt enjoyed a similar evening reâ€" cently. Allies Perfect Mine Catch me Catcher _ _ ARRANGEsS "OPEN NIGHT" AT AIRCRAFT SCHOOL There were reports also that the that the "profound « and ad to realize | _ By a vote of 303â€"12% the House reâ€" |jected an Opposition motion criticiz |ing the Government for its methods of organizing the resources and manâ€" power of the country for the war efâ€" fort. The ‘imoral embargo" has been apâ€" phed to Japan and rigidly enforeed No power exisats to forbid such shipâ€" ments, but, in the case of tht (Continued on Page 8) dicated _to conferred w had been lengthy _ di The reason for this unity of action was not sentiment or loyalty, not alone the desire to overthrow Hitlerâ€" ism, but "faith in parliamentary govâ€" ernment iby a free community. It is in that spirit which I find daily in the work I have to.do that lies our certainty of ultimately winning this conflict," he said. "The Soviet Union is not in a state of war with Finland and does not threaten the Finnish people with war," Premicr Vyacheslaff Molotoff told Joseph A. C. Avenol, secretaryâ€" general of the league, in a cableâ€" gram. Latest _ dispatches _ indicated _ the Government still was functioning at Finland‘s capital.) ) The Soviet Government, Molotoff said in .his message to the league secretary, had signed a treaty of "mutual assistance and friendship" with the "People‘s" Government of Finland and this treaty, he added, "settles all questions." _ Known technically as the "Asdic method" the device is a perfection ;of the crude underwater sound reâ€" cording units employed during the first Great War. It is one of the Adâ€" miralty‘s biggest secrets and Mr. Churchill‘s reference to it was the first hint dropped in public. Thousands of Pilots, (Mr. Eden, referring to the war efâ€" fort of the Dominions. said that solâ€" diers from Canada, Australia and New Zealand soon would be here. MOSCOW ((Tuesday) â€" Soviet Russia, claiming it was "not in a state of war with Finland," anâ€" nounced it would not participate in the League of Nations meeting next weekâ€"end called to hear Finland‘s protest against the Soviet‘s invasion of her territories. He said that Russia is maintainâ€" ing "peacefulâ€" relations" with the "People‘s" Government of Finland, which, Soviet Russia has said, was set up at Terijoki on Finnish soil last Saturday. It is the only govâ€" ernment recognized. Molotoff â€" declared the Finnish Government at Helsingfors had ‘"now resigned its powers‘" and that the petition to the League was not made by ‘"authorized representaâ€" tives of the Finnish people." Reject Peace Talk. A communique by Tass, Soviet news agency, said Premier Vyachesâ€" laff Molotoff had explained to the Swedish minister that the Soviet Government does not recognize the "soâ€"called Government of Finland which already has left Helsingfors in an unknown direction and thereâ€" fore there can be no question of any negotiations with this ‘Governâ€" ment‘." (There was no immediate conâ€" firmation from Helsingfors that the Finnish Government had left thete. Anthofy Eden, Dominions Secreâ€" tary, told the House that the new Empire air scheme, involving adâ€" vanced training in Canada, would produce thousands of pilots and air crews. Soviet Russia Tuesday also reâ€" fused Swedish â€"efforts to mediate the conflict with Finland. As a prelude to the division, Winâ€" ston Churchill, First Lord of the Adâ€" miralty, announced that five German submarines had been destroyed by the navy and Royal Air Force during the past week, and hinted at an imâ€" proved method of detecting suwbmerâ€" sibles by a spesial type of hydroâ€" phone apparatus. . LONDON, _ (Thursday). â€" ‘Prime Minister Chamberlain‘s Government won its biggest parliamentary vicâ€" tory of the war tonight when the House of Commons turned down a want of confidence motion directed against the Administration by the Labor Party. 5 Nazi Uâ€"Boats Are Destroyed In Seven Days Government Defeats Labor Party Attempt At "Nonâ€"Confidence"