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2 CT RA eT Sh, ¥ oe AGE FOUR THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, MONDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1940 2 Oshawa Daily Times THE OSHAWA DAILY REFORMER (Established 1871) published every week- in Cg nd Recent Saturday at Oshawa, Can- Times Publishing Co. of Oshawa, The Pres.; A. R. Alloway. Osha Dally Times is a member of the Canadian Daily Newspapers Association the On- tario Provincial Circulations. SUBSCRIPTION RATES 'Delivered carrier in Oshawa, Whitby and suburbs . 25¢ for bys weeks: $3.25 for six months, or $6.50 per year if paid in advance. 23 fl anywhere in Canada (outside Oshawa ne 1 limits) $1.25 for three months, $2.25 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. : MONDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1940 | Fog Daunts Laval Vice Premier Laval of France is report- ed to have turned back to Vichy, shortly jfter leaving it early last week, because "of a heavy fog. He was, before personal caution counselled a return, on his way to Paris to bear, it is supposed, Premier "Petain's acceptance of Hitler's call to a con- ference to discuss continuance of the © Franco-Teutonic Armistice and, perhaps, a | permanent peace treaty. The few words which told of Laval's i \ caution were passed by French censors. \' It is to be wondered whether or not those | who did pass it had forgotten Victor Hugo or, by that very act, showed that they re- 1 membered him. "Monsieur Laval," the creator of Jean Valjean would probably commence, "has retreated from the menace of an autumn i fog. His excuse, in that city of spectres to which he returned, was caution. His reason, as he knows in the secrecy of his mind, was fear of apparitions. "This vice-premier of an assassinated Re- public dared not trust himself to the em- "brace of mists wherein nature reminds man of chaos. Within its depths, he per- ceived, lay horror's ultimate expression. Even as he ordered his chauffeur to return to Vichy, Laval's nostrils caught the scent of dissolution; his eyes beheld mases of i i vapor beginning to congeal into battalions, brigades and divisions of the dead. "Above them, those dead, he would see * the Tri-Color of France guarded by the lost - Eagles of Jena, Marengo and Austerlitz. "The retreat of monsieur 'the vice-pre- wmier was a little thing in itself. But against the miasma of tyranny which lies _over Europe it becomes a symbol. © "It is the beginning of the debacle. The tyrants also draw closer together. Their conferences are endless. Is it that they . have affairs or do they begin to know the need of company? "The little autumn fog which daunted Laval will grow, not lessen. Its tentacles will stretch forth to chill the hearts of man's betrayers and opressors. Its ghosts will become palpable, and they will find a voice. At first, that voice will cry 'We ac- cuse ', and the clamor of it will fill the earth until, very swiftly, it will be answered in judgment, in doom. "Then, with tyranny overthrown, Free- dom's song will be heard. Remembered bitterness will make it sound harshly at first, but peace will restore its sweetness until ,at last seraphic choirs may again join the choruses as men, everywhere, kneel to acknowledge the hallowed sovereignty of Freedom's God." Canada's Rising Trade Ottawa's report that Canada has displac- __ed Germany in her former third-place posi- tion in international trade, and now yanks . next to the United Kingdom and the United ' States, will be encouraging news to all ¢ citizens of the Dominion. As Hon. Mr. i MacKinnon, Federal Minister of Trade i states, "This is a remarkable accomplish- iment for a country whose population is only somewhat over eleven millions." The trade minister's heartening report was accompanied, however, with acknowl- edgement of the vital part played by the British Navy in keeping open overseas trade routes or in guarding new ones which followed the White Ensign to countries where, before the war, German trade was solidly established and furiously engaged in a no-quarter attack on' the commercial interests of Canada, the British Empire and the United States. Figures given show that in the first year of this war, Canada's trade rose to well over two billion dollars, an increase of half a billion as compared with the total of the preceding 12 months. Significantly, Canada's production of gold was not 'in- cluded in these figures. Fully allowing for the factor of current conditions and their cause, the meaning of Hon. Mr. MacKinnon's report seems to be Dailies and the Audit Bureau of not just another argument for the fullest measure of co-operation within the Empire, it could be said that here is a demonstra- tion of what that sort of co-operation can effect even in the midst of a war which threatens to become universal, and due to which normal international trade has been dislocated throughout the earth. Walt Disney Honored Like many other men who achieved emi- nence in the United States, such as the late Thomas A. Edison and Walter P. Chrysler, Walt Disney may be called a grandson of Canada. His parents were natives of Huron County in this province. Mr. Dis- ney, who has done more to develop cartoon moving pictures into a highly entertaining and highly profitable form of entertain- ment, seems to be very proud of his Cana- dian antecedents. His leadership in what amounts to a self-created field has brought Disney many honors. One of the most significant was the recent award to him of the Society of Moving Picture Engineers' Progress Medal. It marked their appreciation of the en- gineering genius he displayed in develop- ing cartoon movies. His artistic genius, of course, is what has made him a mil- lionaire due to an imagination that will perhaps be of more value to him and his descendants than any number of ordinary gold mines. Some of his work, "Pinnochio" for example, probably has permanent ex- hibition value. Children ten and 20 years from now would probably be as wild about that fantasy as those who saw the original production. Mr. Disney's genius should not be over- looked by the Churches of this continent. If he could be induced to put a cartoon version of John Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Pro- gress" on the screen, it is altogether likely that it would be a great financial success. But, more important, the moving picture of that classic might reach and inspire spirit- al aspirations in more millions of young hearts than the book itself ,one of the world's perennial best sellers, even man- aged to do. Lead For Japan Not many days ago, shipping of Canadian copper to Japan was barred by the Do- minion Government, most readers of the news understand. Yet in a news item from New Westmin- ster, British Columbia, dated no later than Tuesday of last week, Mayor F. J. Hume of that city was quoted as 'Intending to do what he could to stop a shipment of British Columbia lead from that port to Japan." The lead cargo was then being loaded, according to the report, on a Japan- ese freighter. Britain and Canada are still on terms of official friendship with Tokio, though how swiftly and disastrously that official amia- bility may be ended is beyond the average man's powers of conjecture. But the logic of the matter seems plain. If banning exports of Canadian copper to points outside the British Commonwealth was necessary, then why should lead or any other metal of equal importance in the mak- ing of munitions of war continue to be ex- ported, to Japan or elsewhere, under Fed- eral permit? All the more so if the cop- per prohibition was really aimed, as the public in general supposes, at Japan and its newly sealed partnership with the Hitler-dominated Rome-Berlin Axis in Europe. | Editorial Notes Oshawa is providing its quota of men for war work on the field, in the air, on the sea and in other war posts, and in ad- dition to these there are hundreds of local men and women turning out war materials in this city's industries. A lady phoned The Times the other day and suggested that as practically all the men in the city are working and tired when they get home from their labors, that the women of the house get out and rake up the leaves around their properties. We pass it on to you, lady readers, for your con- sideration. A church convention in Kansas City is reported to have "gone begging" for its next gathering. We are of the opinion that the problem of billeting entered large- ly into. the lack of invitations. Smaller dwellings and people living in small apart- ments, where overnight guests cannot be accommodated, may be the answer, A Bible Thought for Today TEST YOURSELF: Unto the pure all things are pure; but unto them that are defiled and un- - BY » el nothing n n th mind nd Lion's Teeth Sharpened After Battle < Pd assures their longer usefulness and ge accuracy of fire. Diligent cleaning and care of these weapons Note the smoke- Belgians Living in Ontario Endorse Plans to Conscript port to Consuls For Mili- tary Service Against Nazis Toronto, Oct. 28 -- A cross sec- tion of the 20,000 Belgians throughout the Province of Ontario voiced its unqualified endorsation of the proclamation of Baron Sil- vercruys, Belgian Minister to Can- ada, that all nationals in the Do- minion between the ages of 19 and 25 would be conscripted for mili- tary service against the Nazis. The men will report to Belgian consuls throughout Canada. A sur- vey showed that about 7,000 Bel- gians in Ontario's tobacco belt, ex- tending from Aylmer to Simcoe, and many thousands more in Kent and Essex, engaged in the sugar beet industry and general farming. In addition there are 8,000 in the city of Montreal. Reports from the tobacco-grow- ing arcas of Western Ontario in- dicate that the Belgians there are more than anxious "to get a whack at the Germans." Word of the con- seription order spread like wildfire through the district and was greet- ed with a new patriotic fervor among a people who cannot forget the atrocities a quarters of a cen- tury ago. Glad to Be Ally Again One well-known Toronto Belgian declared it was "splendid that our country is an active ally of Britain again." Emil Dandele, 696%2 Yonge street, said he was thrilled at the news. Dundele is a naturalized Canadian and has been living here for the past 22 years. He was a reserve officer in the Belgian army during the last war and keenly re- grets that he is too old for active service now. : Leon Van Cleemput, 134 Chel- tenham avenue, asserted that the people of Belgium are "just wait- ing for a chance to fight again. He was in the Belgian army in the Great War and was captured by the Germans. Belgian Ships Help There are 300,000 tons of Bel- gian shipping working for Britain and 75000 tons of Belgian oil tankers. Belgians, too, are also in the British forces. Baron Silvercruys seemed very happy to be able to talk after a period when many inquiries as to the status and policy of his coun- try could not be answered publicly. The announcement recalls the rumor circulated some time ago that the Belgian Government de- sired to resign but that King Leo- pold, being under restraint, could not accept the resignation. : Today large numbers of Belgians gathered in Leamington, Tillson- burg, Delhi, Simcoe, Langton and other towns and villages in the belt. The conscription order was the chief topic of conversation. there were a few hot heads in the crowds who didn't like it, but in the main the patriotism' of the people came out. From one end of the tobacco belt to the other they were "ready and willing," as Fa- ther Leon M. Rlondell, of the vil- age of Langton, put it. \ Order Was Awaited Father Blondell, a fine, upstand- ing Belgian priest, who ministers over a passh of about 160 families, said of the order: "Most of us were expecting and hoping for it." He had offered his services to the Canadian Active Service Force months ago, but had received no word from Ottawa. "Now, perhaps I can get into it," Father Blondell said. The same sentiment, he declared, would be found throughout his parish and everywhere else among Belgian people in Canada. "Our people are already ready to go," Father Blondell said. "They want to do their part. They knew hat at some time thes would' he the Canadian Active Service 20,000 Men Here Will Re-| Force." At Delhi, a prominent Belgian said the conscription order would not take as many Belgians as at first seemed to be the case. He stated that the biggest migration of Belgians to Canada had been in 1925 to 1930. Thus, native-born belgians, who were adults then, would be beyond the age limit now and Belgians who had come over as youngsters would not be quite | cld enough. In addition to this, he said, many among the large Bel- gian population in the tobacco belt had been born in Canada since the extensive migration. Will Respond Quickly "But we are as patriotic a peo- ple as any," he said. "Those who do come within the age limit will respond quickly." When Belgium was first invaded by the Germans, some Belgian re- servists here were called. Before they got to the old land, Belgium had capitulated. At the time of the invasion, Belgians in the Delhi dis- trict did not take kindly to the in- terference of war with their daily life. "Since then," a spokesman stat- ed, "thingshave changed greatly. The feeling now is that everyone must do his part." Cyril De Meyer, Tillsonburg, who has served in the Belgian army, said there would be no ob- jection to the announcement, be- cause the patriotism of Belgians in Canada, was well known. In his opinion, the response would be gratifying. At Langton, Jerome Backe, a storekeeper and a man who knows many of his countrymen from miles around, said the attitude to- wards serving in the war found favor throughout the district. "I was in the Belgian army in the last war," Backe said. "I'm 43. That's the heck of it. I won't be able to go this time." Ready To Serve Of the conscription announce- ment he said: "And why shouldn't we go, Some of our young men have already enlisted. We are ready to serve with the rest." The military training centre at Woodstock has claimed a number of Canadian young men of Belgian parentage and other training cen- tres have done likewise. The opin- ion was expressed that some of these might volunteer immediately to serve with those called by the Belgian Government's order. REDUCED FARES Toronto,--Reduced fare arrange- ments for hunters in Ontario have been placed in effect during the hunting season by the Canadian National Railways to some of the best sports areas in the province and beyond. These railway tickets, issued on presentation of the big game hunting license, are on sale dally to November 21, with return movement good to November 30. The territory from which these fares apply inglude all stations Kingston, Harrowsmith and west to and including Sarnia and Windsor, Ontario. Also from stations on all branch lines west of these points, south to and including Bala Park and Gravenhurst. The destinations in hunting territories include Nak- ina, Long Lac, Sault Ste. Marie, Heron Bay, and east thereof but not including Parry Sound and Scotia in Ontario, also to and including Pembroke, Ontario, and Amos, Que- bec. ; ny hunting clubs in Ontario take advantage of these reduced fares each seeson, trains conveying hundreds of sportsmen to some of the best hunting districts to be found in Bastern Canada adjacent to lines of the Canadian National Railways. ---- More than 6,500,000 young trees I5- are to be set out on Vancouver land by the spring of 1941 in refor- esting 100,000 acres burned over in MOTOR INDUSTRY PLEDGES SUPPORT i % j dian business activity is covered British marines are shown drawing huge sponges and wire brushes through one of the big guns of an! English battleship following the bombardments of Forts Capuzzo and Bardia recently, smudged muzzles of the usually spotless and gleaming cannon. OF US, DEFENSE Due to Receive War Orders | Totalling Billion, Knud- sen Says Detroit, Oct. 28--The United States automotive industry has pledged anew all it productive skill to the rapid fulfilment of the na- tional defense program. In closed meetings with William S. Knudsen of the National De- fense Advisory Commission, repre- sentatives of the airplane section of the commission and a group of Army Air Corps officers, heads of the industry heard outlined a pros gram of airplane parts production totalling $500,000,000. Contracts for manufacture of these parts, intended for the con- struction of bomber planes, will be allotted to the automobile industry between now and next spring, Knudsen said, With commitments trucks, tanks, shells and other war already made for aviation engines, material, they would bring to ap- proximately $1,000,000,000 the total of contracts assigned to the auto- mobile industry, As a step toward mass produc- tion of aircraft, it is planned that the motor car makers, co-operating with body, tool and die, and parts and equipment manufacturers, shall make standardized airplane parts for final asembly in established aviation factories elsewhere. The discussions, it was learned authoritatively, also dealt with the problem of production of set as- semblies for 12,000 bombing planes. Some of these would be of the four motor type and others of the two- motor variety. It was explained that the 12,000 figure did not necessarily indicate the exact volume of the contem- plated aircraft procurement pro- gram, but was used as a basis for putting the production of set as- semblies on a volume basis. Knudsen came to the meeting armed with blueprints and specifi- cations of the parts needed. He said the gathering of executives of the automobile industry, including such figures as Edsel Ford, president of the Ford Motor Co.; C. E. Wilson, acting president of General Motors Corporation, and K. T. Keller, presi- dent of Chrysler Corporation, was called at his request. It was to determine, he said, just what facilities the automobile in- dustry could make immediately available to speed up the defense program. SEQUEL TO CRASH DRIVER IS FINED. Trenton, Oct. 28.--Remanded for sentence until Friday, Clarence Cas- selman was fined $20 and costs of $18.76 on a reckless driving charge. Magistrate E. J. Butler passed the sentence after Casselman had been convicted in last week's court. The case followed an accident in which a car driven by the accused crashed into the rear of a truck in Trenton. Chief William Bain informed the court that eight persons were riding in the car at the time, although none were seriously injured. In the same court, Barton West- fall, of Sidney Township, was con- victed of unlawfully entering the home of John Coleman. He was fined $1 and costs of $4. Testifying in th€ case, Coleman declared the accused had moved a truckload of furniture onto his premises on October 16 and had since remained there. , In his own defense, Westfall con~ tended the farm was his own, but Magistrate E. J. Butler contended that according to the deed, Coleman owned the farm. "Any further argu- ment must be conducted in a eivil | will not encourage lavish spending j at any time but is likely to provide court." he declared, War Orders in Canada Upwards of $500 Millions Retail Trade Reports Con- tinue Satisfactory -- Steady Volume of Busi- ness Expected in West As|'"¢ Crop is Gradually Marketed (The Financial Post) War orders placed by the Cana- dian Government now total close to $5560 millions according to an offi- cial announcement from Ottawa. Approximately $135 millions was for British account, the balance, $415 millions, for Canada. It is estimated that over 85 per cent of all these orders, or about $470 mil- lions, has been placed with Cana- dian firms, the remainder largely in the United States for key ma- terials not available here. That this new business for Can- ada is continuing at record levels is indicated 'by the announcement that orders for the first week in October constituted the largest number placed in any one week since the beginning of the war. Practically every phase of Cana- with orders ranging all the way from. knives and forks to $600,000 war vessels, Everything that a sol- dier can eat or wear is included. The money spent in Canada is being paid out for raw materials, wages, etc. A large part of it, too, goes back to the banks as savings deposits, Reports of retail sales in all parts of the country continue sat- isfactory. In the western prov- inces, inspite of the limited crop payments farmers have received so far, business on the whole is good. In some quarters it is felt the out- look for a steady volume of busi- ness all year is bright. In normal times when farmers get a large amount of money for their crops they are likely to spend freely for a few weeks in the fall and then curtail their buying. A certain amount of extravagance is follow- ed by a reduction of purchases be- low normal. This year as storage space is cleared and wheat is mar- keted farmers receive moderate payments from time to time. This a moderate but steady demand for merchandise over the coming months, Evidence of the steady improve- ment in Canadian trade and indus- try is had in the advance of The Financial Post Business Index in September to another new record level, at 147.4, more than 3 per cent above August and 20 per cent higher than a year ago. Meanwhile Canada's foreign trade continues to expand. Exports in September exclusive of gold amounted to $101.4 millions, a gain of almost 25 per cent over last year. The bulk of the gain was in exports to Empire countries which amounted to $57.56 millions against $37.2 millions in 1939. Exports to other countries were $43.8 millions against $44.1 millions a year ago. MOTOR MAKERS SEEKTO SPEED PLANE BUILDING Representatives of U.S. Auto Industry Confer With Defense Production Head Detroit, Oct. 28 -- The motor car industry and its related groups ap- praised facilities on Friday for a further acceleration of the United States defense program, specifical- ly for a short cut to mass produc- tion of aircraft. Representatives of the automobile industry, the tool and die makers and the body, parts and equipment manufacturers, came here to meet again with William Knudsen, mem- ber of the National Defense Advis- ory Commission in charge of pro- duction, From Knudsen, a production genius, who knows all the manufac- tucng and assembly problems of the automotive industry, they ex- pected to hear another blunt state- them in speeding the defense pro- gram, Early last week Knudsen told the automobile manufacturers that in carrying out his part in implement- the rearmament undertaking, he intended to "push and push and keep on pushing," until the flow of needed materials begins to roll out in maximum volume. Previously he had told them that the entire output of machine tools for 1941 already had been spoken for by the ' defense program planners, The car manufacturers adopted a resolution at a meeting in New York undertaking "to subordinate work on automotive model changes to the necessities of the defense program, specifically to aviation procurement." NEW OFFICERS. TRY TEST ON WEEK END Thirty-Five Members of Hastings and Prince Ed- ward Regiment Taking Course Trenton, Oct. 28. -- Nearing the end of a four-week course for non- commissioned and junior officers, 35 members of the Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment under- went a preliminary test paper this week-end, 'The course includes lectures in fieldcraft, field engineering, tactics, hygiene and sanitation, military law, map reading, light machine gun and other military fundamen- tals. The final examinations will be held on December 14. Immediately on the conclusion of the present school, junior officers of the regiment will begin the part two course of qualification. In addition to the test on Sun- day, officers of the regiment took part in a demonstration of field tactics under supervision of Col. B. C. Donnan, OC. of the bat- talion. A complete relief map of Trenton and district had been pre- pared on large scale in Trenton Armouries and much of the tactical work carried out on the relief map which was complete down to the smallest detail of houses, rivers, roads, railways, trees and field out- lines. On November 10 the battalion will hold a church parade in con- junction with Trenton veterans of the Great War and the R.C.AF. at Trenton Air Station. The R.C.AF. band will also take part. MILK PRODUCERS STRIKE IN N.S. Supply of Cape Breton Com- munities Is Cut Down By Price Dispute Sydney, N.S, Oct. 28 -- A "strike" of producers cut down the supply of milk flowing to distri- buting plants in several Cape Bre- ton communities as the dairymen and farmers pressed for a higher price for their produce and union recognition. Decision of the Cape Breton Milk producers' Association in halting the deliveries of its more than 200 members touched six large distributors through the dis- trict. The City of Sydney and a half-dozen surrounding towns were affected. But no shortage of milk in any of the areas had been felt until last night. The bulk of the supplies . handled by several of the distribut- ing plants came from the Nova Scotia mainland. Association officials, however, appealed to producers, outside Cape Breton Island to back them in their fight for a price of eight cents a quart. The men furnishing the milk to the distributing plant have been receiving a wholesale price of 5% cents a quart. 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