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THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1940 PAGE SEVEN ENVISIONEARLY NAZI OFFENSIVE FOR SUEZ CANAL Conference, Massing of Troops in Rumania Seen as Prelude Berne, Switzerland, Nov. 5 (AP) -- An early German drive to the éast--toward the Sueze CanAl by way of Turkey's Dardanelles--was envisioned by foreign observers to- day as the result to be expected from an axis conferénce in Ger- many. i Italian Foreign Minister Ciano was reported to have left his active command of Fascist air forces at- tacking Greece to meet with Ger- man Foreign Minister Ribbentrop and Franz Von Papen, the Naa ambassador to Turkey, said by Bere lin to be grouse shooting in Mor- avia. British and neutral observers both said they felt the conference was & final military discussion be- fore Germany moves out from Ru- mania -- into which diplomatic quarters in the Balkans sald the Nazis were sending great masses of troops--toward the vital Dardan- elles. The troop movements, according to rumors emanating from axis sources in Berne and heavily dis- counted by neutral observers, con- stituted part of Germany's prepara- tions for an attack on Soviet Rus- sia from Poland and Rumania, (Reports from Bucharest indi- cated Russia has 31 divisions and three mechanized brigades mobiliz- ed in Bessarabia and Buscovina on the borders of Rumania, while a British military expert estimated Germany was concentrating 70 di- visions in the Balkans). There were other factors inter- preted as supporting the view Ger- many was planning early action in the Balkans. Himmler In Russia The Nazi police chief, Heinrich Himmler, was reported in some quarters to "be in Rumania and German action often has coincided with his travels. (The censored Bucharest press earried the news that Himmler was in Rumania but a government offi- cial there denied it). Travellers and diplomats have reported that many of the veteran Neazi motorized and infantry units have been pulled out of occupied France since Italy attacked Greece # week ago and Balkans sources in- timated that these troops are the ones now moving into Rumania. The Italian invasion of Oresoce, with Salonika and the Greek Isles as Objectives was said by the ob- servers here to be but one phase of ® four-point axis offensive. Other points included: An Italian drive toward Alex- andria and Suez from the advances 'base at Sidi Barrani--60 miles in- side the Egyptian-Libyan border. A German push through Bulgaria $0 aid Italy with a two-pronged thrust--one aimed at undermining Greek defences by striking at Ma- eedonia, A German smash toward the Dardanelles, opening the gate to neutral Turkey, Syria, Palestine] and the Suez Oanal ADJOURN INQUEST _ IN WOMAN'S DEATH Belleville, Nov, 5 -- .After pre- liminary evidence had been taken an inquést investigating the death of Mrs, Mary 8éro, 53, of Deseron- to, in Belleville General Hospital on Sunday, was adjourned until Now. Too - "Md, 'Béro récéivéd injuries In an auto accident on October 28, but was not admitted to hospital until r-30, when it was found that she hid réceived a fractured neck. According to authorities, Mrs. Séro was riding in an auto driven by an as yet unidentified friend on the Mohawk Indian Reserve, east of here. Other passengers included her husband and young daughter. The accident was not reported to police .at the time, It was learned Mrs. Sero had been thrown by the car against the framework in such & manner shé suffered severe neck in juries. Dr. J. J. Robertson, chief coroner for Hastings, presided at the in- quest. INDUSTRY ROLLS REACH 1,335,705 --Durable Goods Workers Rise 32.9 P.C. Ottawa, Nov. 4-- Wartime demands on Canadian industry, which have swelled manufacturing to record levels in recent months, was reflect- ed yesterday in a substantial rise in employment figures as reported at Oct. 1. On that date, a record number of 1,335,708 persons were employed in industry, according to figures from 12,304 firms reporting to the Domin- fon Bureau of Statistics, the bureau sald. This was an increase of 3.5 per cent or 45,175 workers over Sept. 1. The Oot. 1 figure is 20 per cent above thet of the same date a year ago. The increase in personnel dur- ing the year is estimated at 125,000 men and women, of whom 56,000 were absorbed in the iron and steel industries. How these figures compare with industrial employment in the same stage of the first Great War, experts here are unable to say, since the present system of comprehensive statistics is a development since that war. However, it is estimated war manufacturers now are at about the same stage As they were in the third yeard of th last war. It also is' estimated thet If munitions ex- penditures continue at the same rate, Oanada will have spent as much on war materials in eighteen months this time ss she did in all of the first Great War. Few Wage-Earners Jobless 'The total number of wage-earners in August was estimated at 2,910,000 of whom 2,700,000 were employed, leaving 201,000 wage-earners unem- ployed. . This compares with 238,000 such unemployed in July and 332,000 in August, 1939. Here "wage-earn- ers" is used to indicate persons who have held jobs. The number of un- employed is exaggerated by the number of enlisted wage-earners who were without jobs. when they enlisted. The rise of manufacturing to un- precedented levels in the last year SULFANILAMIDE | CURES TRACHOMA Curing Indians of Dread "Disease Which i Blindness By PAUL F, EWING Associated Press Staff Writer Pendelton, Ore., Nov. 5--(AP).-- Sulfanilamide is giving back to In- dians eyesight threatened by trach- oma. In tiny clinics spotted throughout the United States west, public health and Indian service doctors are treating the dread eye disease which once meant blindness or pa- tient treatment that might show results in six months--or three years. Trachoma, which historians say Coronado and his conquisadores probably brought to New Mexico in 1534, has taken a growing toll of Indian eyesight since, A virus disease, trachoma gran- ulates and scars the eyelids, lead- ing to scarping and eventual cloud- ing of the cornea, resultinz in blindness. The Indian service estimates that there are 25,030 cases in the United States among the Indians, but it concedes the existence of many more. Some cases exist in Northern Canada . : The disease is unknown among the Florida Seminoles and the Taholah tribe in the Neah Bay re- glon of Washington, but wherever else Indians live, there is or has been trachoma--30 per cent of Arizona's Navajos have it, Indian service doctors learned in 1938 that intermal doses of sul- fanilamide would halt the symp- toms of trachoma within three days and that proper use would arrest progress of the disease itself with- in two weeks. Many cases -appar- ntly were cured. The new treatment, supplanting tedious process of inverting the affected eyelids and m hem with medicine, revived the Indians' waning faith in white doc- ors. Many who had given up treat- ments in disgust returned to re- has been marked by a considerble change within manufacturing itself. The proportion of workers produc- ing. dureble goods has risen from 396 per 1,000 to 443. There has been an increase of 32.9 per cent in employees producing durable goods, compared with a 9.3 per cent in- crease in those producing non-dur- able goods. Employment gains between Sept. 1 and, Oct. 1 this yed® were wide- spread both geographically and in- dustrially. Seven of the nine Pro- vinces showed substantial improve- ment, while New Brunswick and Manitoba showed moderate losses Quebec had a gain of 4.7 per cent or 18,204 persons and Ontario 4.4 per cent or 23,976 persons. The Mari- times as a whole had a gain of 1,159 in industrial employment, the prairies 1,401 and British Columbia 909 during September. In the Maritimes employment was higher than any time since the lat- ter part of 1937, in the prairies since 1031, while in Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia employment was the highest in the twenty years in which statistics have been recorded. rr -------- | -- FUR PRODUCTION The value of Canada's raw fur production in the 12 months ended June 30, 1939, is now placed at $14,286,937, an increase over the preceding season of $1,000,583, or 8 per cent. The number of pelts of all kinds was 6402222, compared with 4,745,027 in the season 1937-38, muskrat and squirrel accounted for the greater part of the increase. The number of silver fox pelts pro- duced in 1930 (319,693) was greater than in any previous season, but the average prize ($17.71) was the lowest in the history of the in- dustry, and the total value dropped to a figure below that of the pre- ceding. season ($5,660,722 in 1038- 39; $6,183,522 in 1037-38). Silver fox fur held first place in order of value followed by mink ($2,103,774), with muskrat ($2,103,774). FOR HIGH OFFICE Edinburgh. -- (CP). -- Rev. J. Hutchison Cockburn, minister of Dunblane Cathedral @ince 1818, has been nominated moderator of the next general assembly of the Church of Scotland, meeting here ation clinics, in May. s 'FOR NEW MARK Increase of 45,175 in Month | anyone. Eyes of World Focus on Turkey As Axis Invades Balkans Trying To Cut Off British Life Line By DEAN A. WOODRUFF Central Press Canadian Writer Washington, Nov. 5 -- With Axis moves in Rumania and actual war in Greece foreshadowing a further thrust in the Balkans, the eyes of the world and the hopes of Great Britain are turned toward Turkey. Can Turkey act as an effective bar- |' rier against the German drive to cut the British life line at the Suez canal? Or will she have to permit the German war machine to ferry across the straits and rumble through her mountain passes to Syria and Palestine? These are burning questions in all the warring capitals today as Greece tries desperately t ld back the legions of Mussolini. e im- portance of Turkey's stand becomes clear if one considers that a German advance through Turkey or Egypt would cut off the British fleet from its vital supply bases in the east. Combined with a successful Axis at. tack on Gibralter, this would force England to abandon the Mediter- ranean or see a large portion of her navy bottled up. Turkey Has Progressed Forty years ago Turkey would have been in no position to resist Then it was known as the "sick man of FEurope," an empire disintegrating under chronic mis- government and intrigue. The Tur- | key that today stands watch at the cross-roads between Europe and Asia, between the Mediterranean | and the Black sea, is much smaller, but indefinitely stronger and more independent. Thanks to the progressive and | far-sighted work of the late Kemal | Ataturk and Ismet Inonu, her pre- sent leader, she is now united and | sturdy, self-reliant and potentially | self-supporting. She has a well- | equipped army of 2,000,000 first- class soldiers, her finances are sound | and the budget is balanced regular- ly, despite large purchases of arms ments and industrial equip: abroad. There are no large foreign inter- ests or minorities in Turkey to in- | 1 Turkey has a well-equipped army of 2,000,000 first-class soldiers GERMANY Ismet Inonu, 4 : Turkey's iron ma and since 1932 Turkey has been a | peace of the Balkans. So far it has model member of the League affected none of Turkey's Nations. Her paot with Persia, Iran | relations; she still is allied with | and Iraq has made her strong in | Russia and even now officially the mide it, and with the spon- | friendly with Germany. She is on soring of the Balkan pact of 1933 | good terms with all the great powers she has emerged also as a leader | and has been able to remain com- among her small neighbors in | pletely independent--a feat achieved bow ' | Burope. by straight dealing and moderation. i | With her old ally, Germany, she This "splendid isolation" from the ment at Ankara permitted itself the | has been frierdly despite the fact | quarrels of the world may be rudely luxury of accepting the foreign loans that. she has come out on the short | shattered any day as Italy pene- thrust upon jt by the Germans and end of A good many of the typical the British in their eagerness to N87 barter agreements. gain friendship. Pact Faces Test Unity, at Last England and Turkey signed a | military alllance a year ago which in] Tike i Eo meny, Wii now is about to be put to the su- e y mer, ¥, Which | nreme test. It obligates them to is more than most European coun- | fons side by side against anyone-- tries have been able to do. The | ,yeant Russia--who disturbs the | secret of unity is confidence--con- | fidence in the wisdom of every act - of the government. Wise old Kemal Ataturk, the "gray wolf," knew how Under Arrest to inspire it. He steered clear of extremes. | Though his power was as absolute | as that of Hitler and he was ruth- [ less toward opposition, Ataturk was | | sure of his aims and his strength | | lay in the fact that his people were | sure of them too. Outside of his more spectacular acts--such as the | abolition of the fez and the veil and | | from 198 500 acres, or 199 cwt. per Wns i \ acre in 1939. Ene tacradussion of the Latin Wipiv. | ER ite S941000 tons from 1: ; 031,700 acres, or 2.56 tons per acre, unobtrusive. { , Moreover, though he took away | gompared with 2.167.000 tons from , acres, with a yield of 229 the political power of the Moslem | tons per acre in 1939. church, which had retarded pro- | Fodder corn, 3.836,000 tons from gress in Turkey since the days of | 496,200 acres, or 7.73 tons per acre, Mohammed, the faithful were not | compared with 4514,000 tons from persecuted; and though, like the | Nazis, he preached self-sufficiency, | he never allowed it to become a | fetish. Compare this to the present regime in Germany. Foreign Policy Same A sane foreign policy also con- tributes to the potential strength of of giving the signal for his troops to march through Bulgaria toward Constantinople (Istanbul). Field Crops 1940 First Estimate The first official estimate of the i 1940 field crops is as follows: com- mercial sugar beet, 807,000 tons from 78,500 acres, a yield of 10.28 tons per acre, representing an in- crease of 33 per cent on the 1939 | production of 605000 tons from 61,- { 500 acres, or 9.84 tolis per acre, { Turnips, mangolds, and other | roots, 37,346,000 cwt. from 186,400 | acres, or a yield of 200 cwt. per acre, compared with 37.636,000 cwt., in 1939. Peas, 1334000 bushels (1.307.000 4 in 1939); beans, 1516.000 bushels | P : (1,527,000 in 1939); buckwheat, 6,- 537,000 (6,210,000 bushels (44,072 - [537,000 (6,848,000 in 1939;) mixed grains, 42,210,000 bushels (44,072,- 000 in 1939): corn for husking, 6,- Acting swiftly to thwart (fifth column activities, Premier Metaxas, trates Greece and Hitler hints of | 494.800 acres, or 9.12 tons per acre | Turkey's position. Its leaders have contrived for 20 years to embrace Russia without also embracing bol- shevism; a treaty of friendship with Italy has survived the severe fric- of Greece, is reported to have or- dered the arrest of Prince Paul, brother of King George, of Greece, | and his German-born wife. It was | reported that Prince Paul had strong pro-Fascist leanings and 101.000 bushels (8.097.000 in 1939). Potatoes, 40,859,000 cwt, from 545.- [8 reserved bid which was not to be 000 acres, representing an increase | disclosed until the sale, of 4,469,000 cwt., or 12 per cent, on | ADY bid equalled or exceeded it. the 1939 crop of | from 517,700 acres. The yields per | was only one bid of $30,000,000 and 36,390,000 ewt., | tion over sanctions at the time of | ,1a5n6q (0 seize the throne when, the Bthiopian war; bitter quarrels | and if, the Italian forces could with Greece have been patched up, smash the Greek armed resistance. acre were 75 cwt., in 1940, and 70 cwt. {in 1939. 1 Trumpeters Wanted for R.C.A.F. @ at Royal Canadian rk 4 : This Royal Canadian Air Force trumpeter sounds the call for 80 itrumpeters to serve Air Force Stations throughout Canada. Boys of 18 or over with musical ability or experience with bugle bands are asked to apply to the nearest R.C.A.F. recruiting centre. They will be trained jn the use of this E flat type of cavalry trumpet adopted by the air force. Sounding "station duty calls" is 5 gy) time job. PROBE TO UNDO ABITIBI TANGLE T0 OPEN TODAY Conflict Between Bond and Share Holders Will Be Aired at Queen's Park Toronto, Nov, 4--Tangled affairs of the Abitibi Power and Paper Company, Limited -- in receiver- ship since 1932 and centre of com- plicated legal proceedings ever since -- will be laid before a Royal | Commission today in an Ontario Government effort to find a plan of reorganization "equitable to all in- terests concerned." Sittings will be at Queen's Park. The , Commission, headed by Mr. Justice Charles P. McTague and in- cluding Sir James Dunn and A. E. Dyment, prominent was appointed Oct. 25 after the On- tario Cabinet had decided there was "an apparent inability of the company to effect reorganization or sale." Abitibi, with listed assets of $121,- 000,000, including a dozen paper mills, power developments, railway lines, costly equipment and numer- ous buildings, has not been able to meet the claims of its investors during the last several years and courts have not been able to settle to general satisfaction the various conflicting claims of groups of bondholders and shareholders. The bondholders established their right to a first claim on the assets | of the company in 1937, but a mo- | tion by a group of them at that time for foreclosure of their mort- | gage interest was adjourned with- out date. Lengthy Litigation During the next three years there were numerous attempts at reor- ganization or sale of the company | | each step being subject to intensive | ties failed to agree on a common course, One group, headed by John IL. | Ripley, of New York, sought court | sanction of a plan for sale of the | company assets to a new company, | the old shareholders to receive 40 | shares of common stock for each | $1,000 bond and 'one-tenth of a | share of new common stock for | each old share. The move failed because of con- stitutional technicalities -- it was taken under the Ontario Judicature | Act which was held not to apply -- | and because only 48 per cent. of | the bondholders were behind the plan. At that time -- 1937 -- the On- tario Government saw the possi- bility of a solution and passed an Order-in-Council that if a reor- ganization or sale took place satis- factory to the Government, the new or reorganized company would receive the same concessions from the Government as the old. Government Interested The Ontario Government, then as now, was interested in the af- fairs of the company, directly through timber leases and power | contracts, and indirectly through a desire to protect the thousands of persons employed by and interestea in the company. | In 1839 the former Order-in- | Council was rescinded and a new | one was passed to the effect thas | any reorganization or sale approve | the Prairies 1,401, and British Col- | or directed by the Supreme Court of Ontario would be satisfactory. Early this year the bondholders | with claims now totalling $73,000,- 000 finaily obtained a court order of foreclosure and a public sale of the assets was ordered for Oct. 14. In the meantime shortly before the [sale, F. N. Barlow, Master of the | Supreme Court, heard representa- | tions from various parties and set providea When the sale day arrived there since that did not equal the reserve bid the sale was declared abortive and affairs remained as unsettlea as ever, Row Over 3-Cent Stamp Sends Lad to Hospital Picton, Nov. 5.--Roy Trumpour, 17, of West Lake, was taken, suf- fering from head injuries, to Prince Edward County Hospital and Pierce Jones, Picton painter, was arrest- ed on a charge of assault as a re- sult, police said, of a dispute about a three-cent stamp. Jones appeared before C. G. Rutter, justice of the peace, on Saturday and was re- manded on bail for two weeks. According to information that Constable James Lovelace obtained, Trumpour went to Jones' home to collect some wages and an argu- ment began when Trumpour de- manded that a revenue stamp be affixed to the cheque. Words led to blows and it is charged that Trumpour was struck over the head with an air rifle, Pickering Church Held Anniversary On Sunday Pickering, Nov. 4 (Special) --Anni- versary services held by the Pres- byterian Church here yesterday were conducted by the minister, Rev. R. Simpson of Ashburn as guest speaker, delivered a special thanksgiving message and approp- riate music was provided by the combined Pickering and Whitby choirs under the direction of Mrs. P. N. Spratt, Mrs. J. Annan, Whit- by, sang 'Face to Face," as a so- industrialists, | other | iitigation as various interested par- | Building Also Shows a Marked Improvement -- Employment Gains Are Widespread Ottawa, Nov, 5. -- Wartime de- mands on Canadian industry which have swelled manufacturing to re- cord levels in recent months, are reflected in a substantial rise in industrial employment figures as reported at October 1, On that date, a record number of 1,335,705 persons was employed in industry, according to figures from 12,304 firms reporting to the Do- minion Bureau of Statistics, the Bureau said, This was an increase of 3.5 per cent, or 45.175 workers | over September 1. The Oct. 1 figure is 20 per cent. above that of the same date a year ago. The increase in personnel dur- ing the year is estimated at 125,000 men and women, of whom 56,000 industries. How these figures compare with industrial employment in the same stage of the first Great War, ex- perts here are unable to say, since the present system of comprehen- sive statistics is a development since that war. However, it is esti- mated war manufactures now are at about the same were in the third year of the last war. It also is estimated that if munitions expenditures continue at the same rate, Canada will have spent as much on war materials in 18 months this time as she did in all of the first Great War. 201,000 Jobless The total number of wage earn- ers in August was estimated at 2,- | 910,000 of whom 2,709,000 were em- ployed, leaving 201,000 wage earners unemployed. This compares with | 238,000 such unemployed in July | and 332,000 in August, 1939. Here | "wage earners" is used to indicate persons who have held jobs. The | number of unemployed is exagger- |ated by the number of enlisted | wage earners who were without | jobs when they enlisted. The rise of manufacturing to un- | | precedented levels in the last year has been marked by a considerable | change within manufacturing itself, | The proportion of workers produc- [ing durable goods has risen from 396 -per 1000 to 443. There has been an increase of 32.9 per cent. in | employees producing durable goods, | compared with a 9.3 per cent. in- crease in those producing non-dur- | able goods. | Most of the | industries also' have shown increas- | ed activity, the only exception be- ing construction as a whole. Un- employment relief projects such as road work have dropped off but | building itself has shown marked improvement, Employment gains between Sept. |1 and Oct. 1 this year were wide- spread both geographically and in- dustrially. Seven of the nine prov- {inces showed substantial improve- | ment, | Manitoba showed moderate losses. Quebec had a gain of 4.7 per cent. |or 18,204 persons and Ontario 4.4 | per cent. or 23976 persons. Maritimes as a whole had a gain |of 1,159 in industrial employment, umbia 900 during September. | In the Maritimes employment was higher than any time since the RECORDS IN MANUFACTURE SET BY CANADA INDUSTRY DUE TO WARTIME ORDERS were absorbed in the iron and steel | non-manufacturing | while New Brunswick and | The | jaent was the highest in the 20 | years in which statistics have been | recorded. Among the major cities, the trend at the beginning of October was upward in Montreal, Quebec, Torcnto, Ottawa, Hamilton, Wind- tor, and Vancouver, while there | was a slight decline in Winnipeg. Outside of manufacturing indus- tries, logging, mining, building and trade reported "greatly increased" activity, while shipping, highway and railway construction and main- tenance and services showed cur- tallment, largest decline being in road work. Expansion in logging and trade exceeded the average of past years, while the increase in mining was below nermal. HITLER T0 TELL PEACE 'TERMS, REPORT IN U.S, Washington Denies It Has | Received Them, But Hears | Speech Coming stage as they | Washington, Nov. 4. -- Reports circulated in diplomatic quarters here last night that Hitler is plan- ning "within the next day or two" | to present the terms on which Ger= many would end the war. One version was that Hitler would make a "peace address," { which presumably would set forth | Germany's terms before a special session of the Reichstag. | Asked about the report, State De- | partment officials said they had ne | official information, but that they {had heard "a rumor" Hitler plans an address on peace to the Ger- man people. | They said the State Department | has not received Germany's pro- | posed peace terms, as some London | newspapers reported. | The London Sunday Dispatch said Hitler had despatched "peace terms" to Washington through the | United States Embassy in Paris. These terms were said to be that the "undefeated and unconquered British Empire" should remain in tact and that Germany should as- sume domination over all continen= tal Europe. On those terms, the newspaper | reported, Hitler is willing to sign a "ten-year non-aggression pact with Great Britain and the United | States" and agree to disarmament | on the basis of "equality" and "the | status quo." Officials said no official note or | information on the general subject | of a possible peace, or containing | those alleged proposals, has been forwarded to the State Department by the American Embassies in Ber- | lin, Paris, or Vichy, or delivered by German representatives here, " WATSON'S latter part of 1037, in the Prairies | | since 1931, while in Ontario, Que- bec and British Columbia employ- iving families $24/osy THE SUPERIOR HEATING COMFORT Of the World's Finest Anthracite In thousands of Canadian furnaces, 'blue coal' is burning steadily, evenly and economically, a heating comfort and satis action they never enjoyed before. Phone for aton of 'blue coal'today. Ask also about the low cost 'blue coal' Automatic Heat Regulator, which keeps your home at a steady, even te; 'night and day. 'blue coal' THE COLOUR GUARANTEES THE QUALITY AJ PHONE 58 Listen to "The Shadow" --OFRB, Tues., 8.30 p.m., CKCO, Tues. 9.00 p.m; GFRO, Thurs., 8.00 p.m. prana solo,