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PUBLISHED Every Week Day "Except ° Saturday. } ; A he Oshawa Daily Times -r PROBS a. i Partly Cloudy and Cool. ' LANA VOL. 27--NO. 83 OSHAWA, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1940 Single copies 3c TEN PAGES: FLYER DIES IN PRESTONVALE CAR CRASH Britis 2 h Rush Aid to Battling Greeks First Lord of the Admiralty States 'Navy Has Already Begun Helping Greeks Whose Confidence Ne Troops Land on Island of Corfu, Just off Greek- Albanian Frontier--Plan British Air Base There'to " Combat Fascists KING, CHURCHILL INSPIRE COUNTRY Athens Escapes Bombs in "First Day of New War-- BO Reported Killed at 1 -- Albanian Re- "volt Rumored Athens, Oct. 29 (CP)--Brit- ish troops are reported to have landed on the Island of Corfu, just off the Greek-Albaniar border, as Greek troops hurled into action against attacking Italians along the border. The reported British landing brought a surge of confidence that real aid is at hand. It was said British forces planned to establish an air base on Corfu from which Royai Air Force planes could help guard Greek cities from attac and be within striking distance for counter attacks on import: ant Italian objectives. Yesterday it was reported British naval units beat back Italian warships approaching the island and British blue- jackets landed at another Greek-defénded island nearby. Government circles declared (Continued on Page 10, Col. 3) EE ---- PUP DESTROYED AFTER ACCIDENT Police and Humane Society Official Act in Street Mishap began ome Oshawa boy'ss, dog MA day with all zest Tor 'living which a half-grown hound can show. There were the scents of breakfast and his scraps. A little later, perhaps, he accompanied a young master part way -to schocl. Returning home with dog-like Jeisureliness, he was struck by a car on King street and hurled to the boulevard with a broken leg. Detective Sgt. Flintoff went after him and, a little later, brought the pup to the police station cells where he awaited the coming of a Hu- mane Society representative. Only one thing could be done for an untagged dog with a broken leg. He died as a dog dies, pluckily and uncomplainingly. But as the lethal fumes thickened about him In the little death chamber, dog lovers would have imagined that they heard a sleeny growl... Underneath its challenge there was a note of bewilderment. Perhaps he thought that he saw a cat but astonishingly, that cat had wings. True to his breed, however, the young hound's dying heart swelled at the call of an ancient quest. The core of his being leaped at the chal- lenge and then, one likes to think, he found that he also had wings. "Well, he's gone," the attendant may have remarked to himself as he turned off the merciful fountain of euthanasia. Ship Losses In Past Week 2nd Largest Of The War London, Oct. 29 (CP)--The Ad- miralty announced 45 merchant ships totalling 198,030 tons were lost as a result of "enemy action," dur- | ing the week ending Oct. 21. The losses were the heaviest for any single week with the exception of that ending June 23, when 209,984 | tons of shipping were listed as lost. | British shipping losses during the week ending Oct. 21 were 32 ships | totalling 146,528 tons. | rals lost six ships of 26,816 tons. previous weeks had been 57,000 tons. Last week's heavy losses authori- tatively were said to be due to a large German submarine concentra- tion in a particular area in North Atlantic--not, hcwever, with- | out loss to the Nazis. | NAZI POPULATION UNAWARE OF NEW WAR IN BALKANS Simply Told of Italian Ulti- matum to Greece--Want France as Ally Berlin, Oct. 29 (#)--The German public knew today that Italy had served an ultimatum on Greece but it was kept in ignorance of the fact that a new battlefront for the Axis actually had developed. Nazi newspapers published the text of the 24-hour-old Italian ul- timatum with comment from Rome as to why it was sent but madegno mention of Greece's decision to fight. ; Instead, columns were devoted to own plate of, The average loss reported during |i. i the Florence meeting of Mussolini and Hitler, with assurances that it 1 was all part of a development to- | ward the Axis vision of | Europe. Jose Varela, Spanish war minister, had. flown to Cabo Yubi, Rio De Oro, Africa, on a trip believed closely connected with the recent conver- sations between Hitler and General- issimo Francisco Franco. It was un- derstood Varela might continue on to the Canary Islands.) Hitler .and his staff, including (Continued on Page 10, Col. 1) Peg Rent in Areas Near Parry Sound Ottawa, Oct. 29.--The Wartime Prices and Trade Board has an- nounced rents had been pegged at the levels of Jan. 2 in McDougall and Foley Townships adjoining Parry Sound, and in Saanich and Oak Bay, suburbs of Victoria, B.C. Rents were pegged earlier in Parry Sound and Victoria. "The maximum rentals presently in force in the forty municipalities now so affected are automatically those prevailing on Jan. 2, 1940," explained Mr, Justice W. M. Martin, Rental Administrator, "and no ten- ant need pay any higher rate unless 50 advised in writing by the rentals a new | (In Madrid it was reported Gen. | administration." Se Boosted Britain Giving Greece Mili- tary Assistance in Widest Sense of Term, High Of- ficials State ALEXANDER RAILS AT ITALIAN NAVY Oshawa Men Keep Warm in England Attitude of Turkey in New | Outbreak Still Not Clear --Entry Into War Hinted in Newspapers London, Oct. 29 (CP) -- The British navy's help for reece 'has already begun,' Allied losses listed as seven ships | A. V. Alexander, First Lord of aggregating 24,686 tons while neut- | the Admiralty asserted. Military circles at the same said Britain is giving Greece military assistance--in the widest sense of the term. | although these sources denied the | reports British forces had been landed on the Island of Crete | Mr. Alexander said the Med- literranean fleet's "greatest dif- ficulty has been caused by the Italian navy's "long periods of | rest in harbour's."" He also ob- served that the defection of the French navy had caused British | ships and .men to be '"contin-| uously at sea for longer periods | than at any time in our naval] history." The First Lord expressed ap- preciation for the United State: transfer of 50 destroyers and said | hope the Royal Navy may look for even greater co- operation." Warns Turkish People Ankara, Turkey, Oct. 29 (AP)-- The Government newspaper, Ulus, warned the Turkish people today that war may spread to their land, and official Turkey kept in close contaet with her embattled friend, Greece, The whether question Turkey would join Britain in aiding Greece | (Continued on Page 10, Col. 4) AFTERDAY ON.08 David Carnachan of Brook- lin Pleads Guilty in Court On the firm's payroll for hardly more than one day, David Carna- chan, Brooklin, pleaded guilty to theft from the local furniture store where he was employed when ar- | raigned before Magistrate F. S. Ebbs in Oshawa Police Court today. The case was investigated by Inspector Dawn and Det. Sgt. Flintoff. Name of the employer given in the charge was Richard Bradley, proprietor of a furniture store at 140-142 Simcoe street south. On request of Crown Attorney Annis, who stated that police want to complete their investigation, Carnachan was remanded for sent- ence until Tuesday, Nov. 5. Minor traffic cases completed the light docket at today's police court session. Routine fines of $2.00 and costs were imposed on absentee cul- prits as convicted. Summonses were served on all those by police of their home communities, Chief Constable O. D. Friend testified. L 3 . Q Long . Eventi RUMMAGE SALE, HOLY TRIN- ity basement, Wednesday 2 o'clock. (83a) BINGO OVER BURNS, WEDNES- day night, voucher prizes, 8:45, 15¢. (tf) RUMMAGE SALE AT THE MAR- ket by Northminster Church, Thursday, 2:39. (83a) BINGO, ORANGE TEMPLE, WED- nesday, 8:30. 15c¢. E. Youds. (83a) OSHAWA ARENA LADIES ICE Skating this Thursday afternoon from 2 till 4. All ladies invited. Come and bring a friend. (83h) Bren Gun Carriers to Roll off Lines in Nov. oh Great Progress Being Made in Production of Tanks, Says Defence Minister ' Ralston Halifax, Oct. 29--(CP) -- Bren gun carriers are practically in prod- uction now and will start coming off the assembly lines early in No- vember, Defense Minister = Ralston said here yesterday during a tour of the Dominion's eastern defences, Reviewing progress in the mech- anization of armored units, Col. Ralston sald that Canadian fac- tories are at work on tank produc- tion, with the Canadian Pacific Railway's Angus shops working "most intensely" on tank orders. Today Col. Ralston planned to fly to Saint John, N.B., before visiting the military camp at Sus- sex, N.B. Later in the day he will fly to Summerside, P.E.I. The defense minister said he was (Continued on Page 7, Col. 1) The above picture, taken somewhere in England, shows six residents of Oshawa, and one, whose address was not given, Motors employees or ex-employees They are all General of the motor company, and were sent to England by the Canadian National Defence Department, and are working on mechanized units at the Canadian Mechanized Depot. The | foot wire fence which it is estimated | man throwing wood into the improvised stove is George Gray; standing | on his left is Jack Aldwinkle; seated in the chair at the right is Col. | T. R. Caldwell and at the left, reading a paper is Tom Beard. At the | extreme left behind the stove is William Davidson. The other three in the background are Bill Coleman, "Buck" Buchanan, all of Oshawa, and D. Delacouda. Five Centuries of Printing Reviewed For Oshawa Rotary With Address and Exhibition + Oshawa Printers Provide] Display Illustrating Ad-| dresses by Toronto Print- ing Ink Manufacturer Recognizing the 500th anniver- sary of the invention of printing | trom moveable type this year, the! Oshawa Rotary Ciub in co-operat- ing with the printers and publish- | ers of the city staged an exhibition | | of ancient and modern printing on | | Monday that was as instructive as | i it was entertaining, and hundreds of people, both old and young, | | viewed the exhibits in the main dining room of the Genosha Hotel | during the afternoon and evening. | The highlight for the members | | | of the Rotary Club was the address | (of Mr. Charles R. Conquergood, president and general manager of | the Canada Printing Ink Co. To- | ote one of the oldest and best | | known printing ink firms in Can- | ada, who spoke at the luncheon meeting of the club at noon. Mr Conquergood, who was introduced by Rotarian S. R. Alger, manager of the Alger Press, said that this vear in spite of the war, the print- ing and allied trades in Canada | were celebrating the 500th anni- | versary of the invention of printing | | from moveable types and that per- | | haps nothing had changed the his- | tory of the world more than Gut- | enberg's invention. Printing, Mr. | Conquerzood pointed out, had as- | sisted in the world-wide spread of religion, education, art, science, ete. | Million Dollar Industry In Oshawa the industry was rat- ed as worth a million dollars, gave | employment to 350 people receiving | weges of $300.000 annually and was | a worth-while industry in any com- } munity. Mr. Cenquergood stated that the nrinting as an allied industry was the lare~st in Canada in point of value of products annually, fifty per cent of which was turned out in Ontario alone. More progress in the industry has been made in the past fifty years than in the pre- vious 450 years, the speaker stat- ed. Before the invention of printing the only books produced were those (Continued on Page 10, Col. 6) Toronto Greeks " Plan Plane Fund Toronto, Oct. 29.--(CP)--A com- mittee of well - known 'Toronto | Greeks will be set up today to con- duct a campaign among Canadian- Greeks for funds to purchase air- planes for Greece in her war against the Axis powers, it. was an- nounced last night. Peter Bacsel, one of the best- known Greeks in Toronto, said air- planes were the greatest need in his homeland, He believed the dan- ger was not so much from the Mal- ians as the Germans and Bulgar- fans. There are about 8000 Greeks in Canada, many of the younger ones already in the Canadian army, Mr. Bassel said, "They would lke to fight with the Greek army but feel that the best way to help is by Joining the British forces." 1,250,000 Nazis Said Eying Reds | | London, Oct. 29 (CP)--German | has concentrated about 70 army divisions in Southeastern Europe, a | British military expert declared. This would be about 1,250,000 men. These concentrations in the ex- pert's view indicate Germans feel Russia is preparing for any event- uality and Germany wants to in- sure that the fere with her Balkan plans, KEEPING SPIRITS UP, BOMBED PUB OWNER DECLARES Royal Command Flouted as | Surplus in Third Quarter | Newmarket Town Plate Race Abandoned By HAROLD FAIR Canadian Press S.aff Writer London, Oct 29.--(CP)--Bomb splinters from the Battle of Brit- ain: Abe Cohen and his family re- turned to their London flat after taking refuge in an Anderson shel- ter and found the front wheels and front axle of a taxi had crash- |ed through a window into the liv- ing-room. The cab had heen blown through the air over a row of three- storey houses from a bombed garage on another street. Mrs. Lily Townsend went to Cen- tral London from her home in Maida Vale with a basketful of tags to collect for a hospital where she had been a patient last Febru- ary. Within an hour she was back at the same hosvital with injuries to her right arm and leg received when a bomb struck a building near where she stood. Maybe the pub landlord was In no mood for punning after a bomb wrecked his place but, from a hase. ment shelter, he telephoned a re- porter: "I'm afraid it's done the place in but we're not down-heart- ed. We're keeping our spirits up." A royal command has been flout- ed by the abandonment of this year's Newmarket Town Plate for the fifst time since the race started in 1666. Charles II, its founder, or- dered "the plate is to be rid for yearly, the second Thursday In October, for ever." To commemorate bravery of Lon- doners under the Nazi air attacks, the Daily Express suggests a badge (Continued on Page 10, Col. 2) GOT DUCE'S OK.? Rome, Oct. 29. (CP) -- Italian sources suggested Hitler obtained Mussolini's agreement yesterday in Florence on the final terms of settlement with France which would make French bases, and pos- sibly the French navy available to the axis powers. Soviet does not inter- | | Street conform to the fence. GM. VIRTUALLY | | | PARK COMMISSION CONSIDERING NEW FENCE FOR PARK Chairman Presents F mares on Costs to Members for Study Erection of a new wire fence be- tween Alexandra Park and all prop- erties abutting it on its eastern and northern boundaries is under con- sideration by the Oshawa Parks Commission. Chairman J. H. Beaton has presented an exhaustive survey of the problem to the members of the board for their study between now and the next board meeting. The proposal as outlined by the chairman calls for erection of a six- will cost about $1.20 per foot. The cost in the preliminary outline ex- ceeds $2,200 and the plan call for | private property owners whose lands abut bearing half the cost of the fence along their property. The report of Mr. Beaton as pre- sented to his fellow park commis- sloners is as follows: The fence from the entrance be- tween the Hezzelwood Estate home and Mr. C. Schofield's home, north and west to the boundary, is ready to fall over any time, and should be | replaced. Each member should look it over prior to our next meeting Part of it blew over this summer and, of course, the neighbors insist- ed that it was our fence and, in any case, we put in new posts and re- placed ft, In order to find out probable cost, we asked the Frost Steel and Wire Co., a dependable firm, to quote on a galvanized wire fence, 6 ft. in height, No. 9 gauge wire, 2 in. mesh, No. 3 fabric, with posts at 10 feet centre, iron, set in concrete bases, the posts to be 1-7/8" and the top rail 1-5/16", The proposed fence has a twisted top wire, making it diffi- cult to climb over, and the 2 An. mesh makes it difficult to a toe hold. The fence, erected. s quoted at $1.20 per foot, plus gates, gate posts, end posts and corner post. We might have some expense to have the gate entrance from Simcoe Any (Continued on Page 10, Col. 6) | DOUBLES PROF Amounts To $15,597,030 New York, Oct. 29.--Profit of $15,- 597,030 is reported by General Mot- ors Corporation for the third quart- er. It is after Federal income taxes, but before excess profits taxes and is equal to 31 cents a share on 43,- 165,393 common shares, against $8,- 627,268, or 15 cents on 42,942,834 common shares in the September quarter of 1939 and $46,546,999, or $1.02 on 43,165,395 common shares in the June quarter of 1940. Nine months net profit was $129,- 172,490, or $2.83 on common, against $109,619,699, or $2.39 on common in the like 1939 period. Hudson Well Up Net profit of Hudson Motor Car Company and subsidiaries, in the quarter ended Sept. 30, is indicated at-approximately $530,000, after all charges, according to A. E. Barit, president. The statement includes earnings of Hudson Motors of Can- ada Limited. The quarter includes the usual period of plant inactivity due to the change-over to new models. Earn- ings, which are subject to minor corrections when final detailed figures are available, compare with net loss of $670,848 in the 1939 third quarter, ---------------------------- oo pst » = YOUNG AIRCRAFTSMAN MEETS INSTANT DEATH TWO COMPANIONS HURT Down Eleven Nazi Planes London, Oct. 29 (CP) -- Eleven German fighters or fighter-bombers which made four attacks on London and an unsuccessful attack on Portsmouth were shot down over England today, the Air Ministry and Ministry of Home Security announced today. EDUGATION BOARD AUTHORIZES NEW WELDING TORCHES Cost Will Be Spread Over Two Years to Avoid 1940 Overdraft The regular meeting of the Osh- away Board of Education was held | at 5.30 p.m. on Monday, October 28 | with trustees Mrs. Colpus and Messrs. E. Marks, S. Saywell, C. McGibbon, Dr. Donovan, Dr, Phil- lips and chairman Dr. H. M. Cooke, present, Accounts of the various commit- tees previously passed in committee and recommended for payment, were approved as presented and no discussions ensued except in the re- port of the Advisory Vocational Committee, which recommended the purchase of eight new welding torches, at a cost of $480.00. Members of the committee stated that these had been in use nine years, were obsolete, were worn out | and needed replacing. It was point- ed out by members. of the commit- tee that eight units of 'welding torches and regulators were a ne- cessity and needed to replace the cbsolete ones. Members of the board did not wish to exceed the 1940 budget, which the pur chase of these units would do. On a motion unanimously passed, the committee was permitted to purchase the units vroviding arrangements could be made to pay for four units this year and four units out of the 1941 budget. The board was informed that there was no government grant for replacements. Grants are given for new equipment only. The recommendation of the same committee that the board take out liability insurance covering the en- tire school instead of only the voca- tional classes and the night shop classes, was laid over t» the next meeting. The premium for liability insurance for vocational classes and night school classes was reported as $105.97, whereas cowerage for the antire enrolment at the school would be $161.79. Twenty-seven applications for re- fund of night class fees, amounting (Continued on Page 10, Col. 2) Dived "Into Ocean After Permitting Rescue of Others London, Oct. 29 (CP)--Six of the crew of the Empress of Britain, de- stroyed by German air attack Sat- urday, are known to be dead and 19 are missing, it is officially stated. It is not known how many of the 20 'other persons unaccounted for have been killed. All children and women, except one, who were aboard are safe, Survivors related new stories of heroism. Five men with fire extin- guishers and hoses held back flames from the main stairway and en- abled many below to escape. Trap- ped themselves they dived 30 feet from a porthole. Twenty More Tanks Reach Camp Borden Camp Borden, Ort. 29---Col. F. F. Worthington wore a smile of satisfaction here yesterday as he saw twenty more licht tanks from the United States unloaded from railroad flat cars. Keen eyes of Canada's chief "tank man" spark- led happily as a small but husky caterpillar tractor tugged at the clanking six-ton machines. / "This shipment practically com- pletes the lot I contracted for in the United States several weeks ago," said the busy colonel, who School at Fort Benning, these days is holding down three major military jobs. He is officer commanding the First Canadian Armored" Brigade, O.C. of the Ca- nadian Armored Fighting Vehicles Training Centre, and officer ad- ministering the entire Canadian Armored Corps. . "It's the fourth consignment we have received from the U.S. Tank Ga., he continued, "and, it runs our total receipts of old American tanks up (Continued on Page 7, Col. 1) Light Coupe Containing Three Airmen Sideswiped Heavy Truck at Bottom of Prestonvale Grades DRIVER OF TRUCK IS NOT INJURED Aviators On Way to Tren- ton After Receiving Graduation Badges at Jarvis Bombing and Gun. nery School a - -~ Capt. G. E. Macdonald, of Toronto, a member of the R.C.AF., was killed instantly accident at Prestonvale, three { miles east of Oshawa, and his two companions, Sgt. George | Angus Little, of Winnipeg, and | Sgt. Robert Hudson, of Shaw= (inigan Falls, Que., injured in the crash, were removed to thé Oshawa General Hospitak Grant Cole, who was riding in (the cab of the truck involved [in the accident, was also taken to the hospital with slight in- | juries. . | The leading aircraftsman, Ge | E. Macdonald, and his twe | companions, Sgts. Little and | Hudson, graduated Monday at No. | Bombing and Gunnery School at Jarvis, Ont., and had been presented with their | badges by Air Vice-Marshal Lloyd S. Breadner, R.C.A.F. chief of the air staff. They were on their way to Trenton for advanced courses in air | navigation and were later scheduled for active service on | coastal patrol duty. Coupe Sideswiped Truck It is believed that Capt. Mage donald, driver of the coupe in which the three airmen were trave elling eastward, lost control of the car gs they descended the hill at Prestonvale, about 3:30 a.m. The coupe sideswiped the large truek, travelling westward as both ~vehi= cles neared the bottom of the hills, where last August another fatality occurred at almost the same' spok. Capt. Macdonald was killed * in stantly while Sgt. Little had an es® almost severed besides recef lacerations to the face and limbs. Sgt. Hudson was seriousiy injured about the head and face and suf= fered several lacerations. Three In Hospital Everett Hanna, of Corbyville, dri- ver of the truck carrying threes (Continued on Page 10, Col. 5) US. ASKS FRANCE T0 CLEARLY STATE STATUS OF FLEET Also Seeks Official Informas tion Regarding Colonies Set-Up By LLOYD LEHRBAS, Associated Press Staff Writer. Washington, Oct. 29. (#) -- The United States, concerned over po= tential threats to American intere ests, was reported in informed quare ters today to have asked the Vichy regime to supply official informa tion concerning any change in the status of the French fleet or strat egic French colonies, especially Dakar, - American naval and military ek= perts consider that relinquishment of the French fleet--or the { air and naval base--to Germany would be detrimental both to Amerfs can interests and to the security of the western hemisphere. ¥ It was learned authoritatively that the state department had ap- proeched the French government on the question of the French navy' "before and since the armise tice" and. while there was no offi= cial confirmation, it was undef= stood that renewed representations had been made in recent days. "The. French fleet, according to the latest unofficial figures, cone sists of 192 warshins (64 of them still under construction) and could play an important role in the Medi~. terranean or off Dakar, President Roosevelt's message to Msdwshal Petain, chief of the Vichy regime sent last week at the - ent Petain was conferring y - (Continued on Page 10, Col. n., wr early this morning in a highway 5 a