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PAGE FOUR THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1940 The Oshawa Daily Times Succeeding THE OSHAWA DAILY REFORMER (Established 1871) : An independent newspaper published every week- day afternoun except Saturday at Oshawa, Can- ada, by The Times Publishing Co. of Oshawa, Limited. Chas. M. Mundy, Pres.; A R. Alloway. Managing Director The Oshawa Dally Times is a member of the Canadian Daily Newspapers Association the On- tario Provincial Dailies and the Audit Bureau ot Circulations. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carrier in Oshawa, Whitby and suburbs 10 cents per week: $2.60 tor six months, or $5.20 per year if paid in advance. By mail anywherz in Canada (outside Oshawa carrier delivery limits) $1.25 for three months, $2.26 for six months, or $4.00 per year if paid in advance. By mail to U.S. subscribers, $6.00 per year. payable strictly in advance. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1940 Bombers From Hudson Bay? Whether anyone was really seriously alarmed about an article in a recent issue of a Toronto paper we do not know; the story -- about the possiblity that Germany might be able to establish air bases in the Hudson Bay territory from which they could send planes to bomb central Canada --was sufficiently alarmist. In the article it was stated that, having established themselves on Hudson Bay, the Germans would be: : Two and one-half hours from Winnipeg, where the transcontinental railroads con- centrate; Three hours from Port Arthur and Fort William, the "bottle-neck" of Canadas grain trade; Four hours from Sault Ste. Marie and a little more from Welland, key points in the canal system; five hours from Ottawa, To- ronto, Detroit, Buffalo and Chicago; Six hours from New York. ° Those figures are sufficiently thought- provoking -- but one point in connection with them should not be overlooked. In a recipe for rabbit pie, published many years ago, the opening sentence read, "First catch your rabbit." That has a bearing on the Hudson Bay situation -- before Germany could launch bombing raids from Hudson Bay she must first establish air bases there. And that is not as easy a job as it might appear on a map. (The Canadian govern- ment found that out when it attempted to establish a grain route to Britain via Port ' Churchill). Hudson Bay is open to naviga- tion only a short time during the year; and it is never what one would call a hospitable stretch of country. Even before getting into Hudson Bay the Nazis would have to run the gauntlet of Britain, Iceland, Labrador and Greenland-- rather a big undertaking. And if they could run that gauntlet they would be in danger of discovery, because, though in- hospitable, the Bay country is not unin- habited. There are native Eskimos there and trappers and explorers; and commer- cial airplanes make not infrequent trips into the north. < It would not be hard, by way of precau- tion--the feat of establishing bases though difficult is not absolutely impossible--to establish an airplane patrol service, carried on by men who are thoroughly familiar with every nook and corner of the terri- tory. The distances from Hudson Bay to the different points mentioned are just the same as from the different points to Hud- son Bay. If the patrol spotted anything bombers from the central points could do the rest. Don't lose any sleep over danger of bombing raids from the north. Pioneers Have Made The West In his recent tour of the Canadian west, Rev. E. Ralph Adye, rector of All Saints' Anglican Church, Whitby, found pioneers of almost every race and from all parts of the British Isles and the United States. These brave, hardy men and women, leaving their countries to seek new opportunities in a new land, have made good, many of them. They did not have time to quarrel about religion or politics. They were glad to be "hewers of wood and drawers of water" in order to make a living and es- tablish a goodly heritage for those who came after them. The people of the wes, as are those of Ontario, are beneficiaries. They have no conception of what pioneer life meant. But the Anglican rector mentions par- ticularly the early Christian missionaries, whom, he says, stand out as leaders in the exploration and settlement of the unchart- ered lands. Some of the leading business and professional men in the great cities and growing towns, he finds, had their first contact with the west as lay preachers or in missionaries families. To talk of the Canadian west is easy--of its rolling prairies, great cities, thriving towns and villages, and the optimism of the { people despite many reverses, is one thing, but to comprehend what was the beginning of these, and what they may ultimately lead to, is another thing. Again we are re- minded that all we have today has meant hardship, suffering, and real exercise of faith, to some person. Adolph Puzzled The British people must be a puzzle to Adolf Hitler and his pal Mussolini. It also must be discouraging to this pair of gang- sters to find the British morale standing up magnificently under the air blitzkrieg which they are undergoing. What other people could be interested in cricket and football to the point of enthusi- asm while an enemy is hammering at their sturdy gate and what other people could be planning an offensive two years hence while engaged in a defensive war for their lives? It must indeed be puzzling to Ger- many and Italy but, where they are puz- zled now, they'll be dumbfounded some other day. A Source of Revenue Canada's new postmaster-general might full well consider the issuing of a special postage stamp or set of stamps to assist in financing the Dominion's war effort, now that Australia has set Canada an example with the issuance of a set of four pictorials commemorating the Australian forces in ac- tive service. Commemorative postage stamps are a potential source of revenue, with a vast sales outlet among the millions of philatelists on this continent. A conser- vative estimate has placed the number of postage stamp collectors in the United . States alone at ten million -- and Canadian stamps have always been popular 'with American collectors. The importance attached to postage stamps as a means of war revenue is indi- cated in this label which has been issued and distributed in the British Isles. It reads as follows: "Help Pay for the War" "Every unused British and Colonial postage stamp purchased and retained by collectors is a direct contribution to the revenue of the country in reduction of the cost of the war. It is a Government se- curity upon which no interest is payable, and which the Government will not be called to redeem." A special issue of war stamps. would bring thousands of those badly-needed United States dollars to Canada. Dull Skies The human mind ds subtly affected by cloudy skies. When the storms of winter come, people are apt to feel less hopeful. Some travelling salesmen remark that they can never sell much goods on a cloudy or stormy day. People seem to lack confid- ence. The storms of winter may not seem ne- cessary for man's refreshment, but if it were not for them, water supplies would run dry and rivers would not turn turbines. The wise philosopher is not much affect- ed by weather. All kinds of skies look good to him. The artist's eye e2es beauty even when the sky is obscured by clouds. *Sun- shine is a wonderful thing, but if it were vouchsafed every day all sense of its beauty would be lost. Editorial Notes Hitler's ensidved press is now howling in protest against the British air raids over Berlin. The stuck pig always squeals. le al Fifteen tons of high explosive bombs, dropped by the R.A.F. on the famous air- craft factory in Germany where the dive- bombers are manufactured, must have done something to blow the last syllable off "Junkers." One United States correspondent says he has seen 120 special railway trains going through Lyon, France, headed for Germany, loaded with French goods and produce. And Berlin will soon tell the world that the British blockade is starving France. A negro way down south pleads his case thus: "Ah wouldn't call taking a water- melon stealing, would you Judge?' The point is a fine one. But one thing sure, watermelon ripe on the vine am temptation at its "over-poweringest." One correspondent relates that half of the people went to bed to sleep during a recent night raid on London, while others indulged in dancing and kindred festivities. The Nazis have another guess coming when they think they can easily break the British spirit. TOWER OF HEAD Ei LONDON Saved In Titanic Disaster Learns 'Father' Not Hers Michigan Survivor May Prove to Be Montreal Girl Who Lost Parents Washington, Sept. § -- Govern- | ment officials dug through old files yesterday in an effort to find the real identity of Mrs. Laurence Kra- mer of Berkley, Mich.,, who may be a Canadian believed to have drown- ed with her mother and father, a Montreal banker, in the sinking of the Titanic 28 years ago. The search through the past was started by Mrs. Kramer when she wrote Earl G, Harrison, of the De- partment of Justice here, that the man she believed to be her father only recently disclosed to her that he had taken her off the Titanic with him and raised her as his own daughter in England. Believing £¢he was born in Eng- land, Mrs. Kramer sald, she wrote her "father," an Englishman named Hyde, asking for a birth certificate before she registered as an alien. She quoted his reply as follows: Pressed Into Arms "I was standing on the deck after putting my wife and child in a life. boat, and a man came running up to me and pressed you into my arms and begged me to take care of you. I think you were ahout three or four then. He told me he was going to get his wife and your baby brother. As he left he sald his name was H. J. Allison, and your name was Lorraine, and that you were from Pennsylvania." A check here showed a Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Allison, a daughter, son, maid and nurse on the Titanic's passenger list; but records did not give the Allisons" home town or list a passenger named Hyde. Newspaper records in Montreal, however, revealed that a Montreal banker, named Hudson J. C. Allison, and his wife were lost in the dis- aster. They were travelling with a daughter and son. The daughter, five-year-old Lorraine "Allison, was believed to have drowned, The s0n, Trevor, 10 months, was saved. Might Be Daughter The similarity of the names men- tioned by Hyde in his letter to Mrs. Kramer und those of the Montreal family led to the belief that Mrs. Kramer might be the daughter of the Montreal couple drowned in the sinking of the Titanic. Hyde told her he took her with him into 'a lifeboat picked up by the liner Car- pathia. His own daughter was drowned in the disaster, Mrs. Kramer said he told her, and he ralsed her as his. MONTREAL KIN ANXIOUS OVER WOMAN'S IDENTITY Montreal, Sept. 5 -- Mrs. G. B. Allison "anxiously" awaited word yesterday which might establish that Mrs. Laurence Kramer, of Berkley, Mich, is Lorraine Allison of Montreal, long believed drowned in the sinking of the Titanic in 1912. Mrs. Allison wae the sister-in-law of Hudson J. C. Allison, Montreal banker, drowned with his wife when the vessel went down. A baby son, Trevor, was saved but their young daughter, Lorraine, was presumed to have been drowned. But now from Washington comes word which indicates that Mrs, Kramer may be Lorraine, who now would be 33. While the Titanic's passenger list did not reveal the home town of the Allisons, yellowed Montreal news- paper files recorded the deaths of the Montreal banker, his wife and So Woman Seeks Identity daughter. But no passenger named Hyde was listed. Mrs. G. B. Allison said that Tre- vor Allison had died in 1820 at the age of 18 while vacationing at Ocean Park, Me. "He had lived with us cince the Titanic disaster," sald Mrs. Allison, Toronto Man Quoted A Major Beuchan, of Toronto, was quoted by newspapers at the time as saying he saw Mrs. Allison and her daughter get into a collapsible lifeboat, while Allison apparently remained on deck. The last Major Beuchan saw of the party was Mrs. Allison standing up to her knees in water in an overcrowded lifeboat, holding her daug r in her arms. As far as Major Beuchan knew, Allison himself didn't leave the deck of the liner until he was washed away as the ship went down. Two brothers were listed as hav- ing survived Allison, W. J. Allison, of Montreal, whose widow still re- sides here, and W. T. Allison, of Chesley, Ont, THIRD DIVISION MOVES T0 EAST BY OCTOBER 15 Unit, Known as Canada's Atlantic Army Command, to Be Fully Equipped Ottawa, Sept. 5.--Canada's Atlan- tic army command, under Maj.- Gen. W. H. P. Elkins, will be aug- mented by concentration of the en- tire 3rd Division in the Maritime Provinces, according to plans now being rushed to completion at de- fense headquarters. Defense Minister Ralston has an- nounced the intention to have the division fully equipped and up to strength, enter a training camp in the Maritimes by Oct. 15. Whether it will be possible to keep the division together in one camp has not been revealed, since the department has not disclosed the camp site. It is known, however, that an ar- tillery range has been acquired at Tracadie, in northern New Bruns- wick, and it is assumed that the di- vision will be distributed among several camps in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, with some possibly going to Prince Edward Island. Addition of a fully equipped di- vision to the troops already under command of Maj.-Gen. Elkins will be an important factor in the de- fense preparations on the east coast, including the Maritime Provinces, Newfoundland and Labrador, and parts of eastern Quebec. Most of the 3rd Division senior of- ficers have already been named, sev- eral of them returning from service overseas with promotion to higher rank, but the officer commanding has not yet been announced. The 3rd Division is constituted as follows: Six field batteries, four an- ti-tank batteries, three companies of Royal Canadian Engineers, one signals section, three brigades of infantry (7th, 8th and 9th), one ammunition company, two Royal Canadian Army Service Corps com- panies (one petrol and one ammuni- tion), three field ambulances and one hygiene section, Royal Cana- dian Army Medical Corps. WILL PROVIDE EXTRA POWER FOR INDUSTRY Expanding War Work Makes Addition to Hydro Supply Necessary Toronto, Sept. 5.--More power !s needed throughout the province due to expanding war industries, Pre- mier Hepburn stated yesterday, and sction will be taken to obtain an additionsd supply. The Cabinet, he said, would act upon recommenda- tions to be submitted by the Hydro- Electric Power Commission. The Premier explained that he had conferred Tuesday with Dr. T. i | H. Hogg, chairman of the Hydro Commission, on Ottawa reports of further expansion in war industries located in various perts of the pro- vince. "The Hydro Commission is mak- ing recommendations which will be considered by the Cabinet," the Premier declared. Only recently Hydro arranged for additional power supplies from two Quebec companies and also for further water diversion at Niagara Falls. Despite the additional horse- power obtained from these sources, still more power will be needed, of- ficials say. WILLING T0 LET YOUNGSTERS SAIL Only Few Parents Object to Second Trip After Ship Torpedoed London, Sept, 5.--All but a few of the parents of the 320 children rescued from g torpedoed liner Fri- day night while bound for Canada are supporting the youngsters' wish to sail again, the Children's Over- seas Reception Board reported Tuesday. The bulk of the children left a northern port yesterday morning for their homes, where they will wait until new shipping accommo- dations are ready. The liner, whose name was not announced, in all had 875 persons aboard. The only casualy was the purser. The fact that all the children were saved was credited to their | safeguard Girl Battles For Hour To Land Big Muskie Picton, Sept, 5 -- After a thrill- ing seventy-minute struggle, 14- year-old Gwen McMullen, of Tor- onto, landed a 26-pound maskel- lunge in West Lake. At the time, she was accompan- jed by her father, Grant McMullen, of Toronto, who was called on to help land the big fellow, which put up a great struggle. EXPERTS DISCUSS POST-WAR PERIOD Study Question of Control of Primary Products Prices --Remove Surpluses London. -- Establishment of a Government-controlled and finsmc- ed corporation to regulate prices of primary products in the post-war reconstruction period was advo- cated by L. St. Clair Grondona, British economist and author, in an address delivered to the Royal Em- pire Society. Mr. Grondona suggested that such a corporation, if given authority to make trades in wheat, nuts, seeds, metals and other basic commodities as well as in textiles and fibrous raw materials, could keep prices rea- sonably stable at a level fair to buy- er and seller. At present such a body might establish depots in certain overseas countries to remove surpluses now accumulating due to loss of Euro- pean sifes. These surplus products would be removed providing the overseas countries paid part of their capital debt to Britain. Grondona spoke after Sir Fred- erick Sykes, chairman of the coun- cil, asserted: "We all recognize that the British Empire is the main instrument of defeating Nazi Ger- many. Equally, we must appreciate that the British Empire will be the principal agent in building a new world order in the post-war per- fod." Grondona said his system wags an adaption to primsary products of the "gold points" policy of the Bank of England prior to 1914, This had resulted in the gold price being stabilized throughout the world. Grondona argued the same system applied to raw materials would have a similar effect. An Elastic Policy The corporation's policy would be elastic to the extent that it could always alter a datum line and its buying and selling price on a year's notice so &3 either to stimulate or to retard production in accordance with known world requirements, Mr. Grondona said. In order to preserve tariffs and imperial preferences all depots would be bonded stores and duties would be payable only when goods passed into consumption in Britain. In peacetime, the corporation would sell to buyers of all nations. By this system, Grondona con- tended, the minimum price would the producer against loss, the average would give him a profitable return and the maximum would not be beyond the purchasing power of the average consumer. It would eliminate the speculator in commodities. For possible early application he proposed the plan fgr depots in overseas countries to remove sur- pluses, provided the countries con- cerned paid part of their capital debts to Britain. Such debts, owed by the dominions and colonies snd the South American republics had a nominal value of $12,685,500. At the end of the war, as owners of perhaps $2,225,000,000 worth of es- sential primary products Britain would be in @ strong position to facilitate post-war reconstruction. Tea Firm Provides Prize for Plowmen| Horse plowmen who figure they are pretty good in sod will be look- ing forward to their branch matches to take a fling at the $10.00 prize Salada Tea is offering for the best plowed land iii sod, using horses. Winners of the event in every branch in Ontario will be entitled to plow in the Salada Special at the "International" where the prizes should attract plowmen from all over the Province. First two winners will be awarded gold and silver me- dals and an exiensive trip in the spring, and the next twelve--cash ARMY BELIEVES MEN WILL LIKE CAMP TRAINING No Intention to Drill Em bryos Until Health or Morale Impaired Ottawa, Sept. 5 -- Thirty thous~ and single men 21 years old, will soon receive registered letters call- ing them for compulsory training, and tonight a spokesman for the Defense Department, which will school the men for thirty days, re- fused to admit that this sounds ominous. As a matter of fact, the departe ment, well pleased with progress in establishing thirty-nine perman- ent training camps throughout the nation, and now engaged in care- fully training permanent person- nel, considers the men who get the letters to be more fortunate than those who don't. - What it amounts to, the spokes- man said, is that those called to start training about Oct. 9 get free a thirty-day period in a comfortable camp with the best of food, with sports, with music, and the business of learning how to be a soldier. The department has a list sume marizing a training period like this: "Physical training, squad drill, lec= ture, arms drill, shooting, and sports (football, skiing, skating, baseball --bring your running shoes if you have them--also skates in winter time). Supper. Singsongs. Recre- ation rooms (bring your mouth or= gan or violin along). Lights out. Warm blankets. Heated huts, Pay parade. Good-bye. Should auld acquaintance be forgot." Not to Be Crushed This is an informal list, and not a secret document, but it shows what considerations are in the mind of the department besides the ace tual business of training soldier citi zens. The ' department offers reassur- ance against a possible suspicion in the minds of the about-to-be-called that young men accustomed to lead a sedentary life will be given cours- es too stiff for their physiques, pointing out, "It would be absurd to drill unaccustomed men to the point where their health or morale suffered." One important point stressed by the départment is that attendance at camp will not adversely affect applications for enlistment in the Navy, the Canadian Active Service Force or the Royal Canadian Air Force. Men who have volunteered for these services will either not be called or if they have been called and are in camp will be pulled out when their' numbers come up for the services. Bearing in mind the importance of personnel, the department has had in training for several months senior and junior officers and none commissioned officers for 119 train ing companies, For each of the 595 platoons in training there will be a subaltern, sergeant, corporal and lance-corporal, and additionally in each camp. one subaltern 'and one sergeant for weapon training, Staffs Take Courses These instructors will teach ele. mentary small-arms work, protec tion against gas and physical traine ing. The staffs for all camps have been organized and trained and will now have a solid month at their respective camps for refresher course es. Twenty senior officers, who will command or be second in command at camps, have taken refresher courses at the Royal Military Col- lege and are at present in Ottawa for a three-day conference on traine ing-camp policy and method. Notable from the point of view of the prospective camper is the provision for a special cooking course at 'Camp Borden. There thirty-nine sergeants of the kitchen are boning up on the fine points of soup and the fixings that follow it, The Defense Department figures the whole thing is its worry. The individual's part is simple. A man gets his letter and within three days he takes a medical ex= amination from his own doctor. The doctor gets g dollar for the exame ination. If the doctof declares him unfit, he appears before a medical board of three, whose decision is final, : If he is fit and =o reported, he receives another letter instructing him to report at a certain station to board a certain train. There he receives his transportation and goes to camp with new or old acquaint ances. Arrived at camp, he gets his kit issued and is assigned to a com. fortable hut. The sergeant then ex- plains all. prizes from $25.00 to $5.00. arduous lifeboat drill before the submarine struck. They filed onto the slanting decks of the ship, marched to their lifeboat stations and were helped into the waiting boats with hardly a whimper. The announcement said that al- though full details of the "mishap are not yet available, it is known that the ship in which the children were travelling did not sink, that the transfer of the little evacuees from her to the rescue ships was carried out in perfect order and that the children's kits were un- damaged." The announcement sald that 74 of the children were from Scotland. The group was one of a number se- lected for transfer overseas by the Children's Overseas Reception Board, and were "almost entirely" from state-aid schools. 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