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PUBLISHED Every Week Day Except Saturday. The Oshawa Daily Times PROBS Cloudy With Light Scat- tered Showers and 1 Coslw DESY VOL. 27--NO. 100 OSHAWA, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1940 Single copies 3c TWELVE ass NOT DOING BADLY, SAYS GHURGHIL Pledges Restoration of Surrendered Liberties GREEKS NEAR SECOND ITALIAN BASE Outskirts of Koritza Entered; Argyocastro Threatened in Centre Advancing ng Greeks Only Six Miles From Argyrocastro, ' Second of Italy's Two Greek Invasion Bases Italian Resistance Re- ported Almost Totally Collapsed in Latter Area -- Much Loot Seized Athens, Nov. 21 (CP) -- Greek forces were reported to have reached the outskirts of the beseiged Italian base of Koritza, Albania, this morning. At the same time in the coast- al sector of the fighting zone, Greek columns were said to be marching rapidly on another important Italian base in Al- bania, at Argyrocastro. Italian resistance in that zone is re- ported to have almost totally collapsed. Latest information from the front said the Greeks are with- in six miles of Argyrocastro which is said to rank equally with Koritza in strategic value. It was on these two towns that the Italians based their inva- sion of Greece. . Huge stores of war materials were ds- sembled in both places. Thrust at Centre A spearhead Greek thrust through the centre of the Italian lines, set- ting the Fascist forces to hasty flight at a point six miles within Albania, was the high spot of Greek successes reported today all along the 100-mile ragged battlefront from the Ionian Sea to Koritza, Albania. A Greek government spokesman said the central break-through oc- (Continued on Page 9, Col. 1) ANTI-RACKETEER MOTION PROPOSED FOR AFL ADOPTION Would Give Executive Power to Deal With Racketeers in Unions New Orieans, Nov. 21, (AP)-- Success--in some form--for a meas- ure that would drive racketeers out of its labor unions was forecast to- day by a key man in the American Federation. of Labor. "But while she rest of the AF. of, L, .convention" delegates observed Thanksgiving Day, representatives of the International Ladies' Gar- ment Workers, which has 100,000 members in the New York area, met to consider .demands for a wage hike and the possibility of a strike. David Dubinsky, one of the au- thors of the anti-racketeering meas- ure and president cf the Garment Workers, said:-- "Our I L.G.W. general executive board, which meets 'every three months, was called into session to- day to work out a new contract for the one expiring Feb. 1. "We'll want to preserve our pres- ent 35-hour week and may ask for high2r wages = Because of these and other demands we will also consider the possibility of a strike." "I don't se2 how the convention can fail to act favorably on the anti-racketeering resolution," said (Continued on Page 9, Col. 8) SEE PAGE ELEVEN Germans Bored Into American Economic Base Dies Committee Finds Nazis Penetrated Deep- ly Into U.S. Affairs Washington, Nov. 21 (CP). -- The | United States Congressional Com- | mittee investigating un-American | activities declared today in a spe- | cial report on Nazi activities in the United States that the German government has been engaged in a "far-sighted policy" of penetrating the 'economic structures of the United States and Central and South Ame~'-a. Making public a 500-page revue of several months of ing most- ly in New York, the P= i said. "As a result of these investiga- tions, it became apparent that the activities of the German govern- ment in this country wére pot de- voted -olely toward propaganda and so-called military espionage, but also reflect the fact that the .Ger- man government over,a period of years has been engaged: in the 'Jar- sighted policy of penetriting into the economic structuré", of country and those of Cerf and South America." BETTER WEATHER FAVORS HUNT FOR MISSING AMMEN Nine U.S. Bombers Join Search in East Lake District of Quebec Fast Lake, Que., Nov. 21 (CP)-- Reinforced by United States Bomb- ers, Royal Canadian Air Force planes renewed their search under favorable weather conditions today for four missing crew members of the R.C.AAF. plane that crashed near here Saturday night. Nine U.S. army bombers joined in the search as weather conditions improved. The pilot of the plane was found Mon- day and a second man of the crew of six was sighted by air yesterday. Meanwhile, two parties of crack bushmen, familiar with the rugged terrain of this Kamouraska County district, plodded through nine inches of snow toward one of the fliers who was located from the air yesterday. » The plane carried six men when it # (Continued on Page 12, Col. 5) Large Scale Bombing on German Port Many Fires and Explo- sions Seen at Duisburg- Rohrort Invasion Bases Raided London, Nov. 21 burg-Rohrort in a this | attack' last night, the | Ministry reported today. Dam- |age was done to shipping and warehouses and many fires and explosions occurred. Other British air squadrons attacked German air bases and [the invasion ports of Lorient, Cherbourg, Dunkirque and Ostend. One British plane is missing. Duel Across Channel London, Nov, 21--(CP)--A heavy cross-channgl gun duel broke ou! shortly after 9 am. (4 am. ED.T) today despite thick mist which cut visibility down to barely a mi'e and winds of gale force. No casualties or damage were re- (Continued on Page 9, Col. 2) PUBLIGITY VEN HIT-AND-RUN CASE Man Accused of Greenbank Death Elects Trial by Jury-- Companion Dismissed A charge of aiding and abetting in a criminal code prosecution aris- ing out of an alleged hit-and-run tragedy near Greenbank, Saturday evening, Nov. Z, on which Lawrence A. Hood, 17, Reach Township, was arraigned in Oshawa Police Court on Wednesday, Nov. 6, was with- drawn in Oshawa Police Court this morning. Argument for withdrawal was submitted to Magistrate Frank S. Ebbs by Arthur W. 8. Greer, counsel for the accused. Crown At- torney A. F. Annis agreed, but ask- ed that the youth be held under re- duced bail as a materia! witness. Roy Hood, father of the accused, was accordingly bours with his son in bail set at $200. Norman Reynolds, 19, Reach Township, elected through A. W. S. Greer, his legal representative, to be (Continued on Page 12, Col. 6) SELECTS HIS TITLE London Nov, 21--(CP)--S8ir John Reith, granted a barony when he became Minister of Works and Buildings, has chosen as his title Baron Reith of Stonehaven in the County of Kincardine. This is a tribute to his Scottish ancestry. Moving Materials Both Ways Along Burma Road Despite Japs By C. YATES McDANIEL, Associated Press Staff Writer. Lashio, Burma, Nov. 21. (AP)--A stream of militay, medical and in- dustrial essentials is rolling along the Burma road into China at the | rate of 12,000 tons a month, despite Japanese aerial bombing and straf- ing of the route which twists and climbs 755 miles from the British railhead at Lashio to Dunming, key- point of Free China's supply system, The Japanese have bombed half a dozen refuelling sations along the | 635-mile Chinese section of the! road, hava scored direct hits on | several of its 500 bridges, and have strafed truck caravans toiling | through the mile-high mountain passes, but traffic never ha; been held up more than 48 hours. Almost daily at least 200 trucks leave the Lashio depots of seven different transport organizations in | convoys formed according to the Chinese, Indian or Shan (Burmese racial group) nationality of their drivers. The truck fleets and their loads, | reponderantly from the United | States, keep China's arsenal work- ling, | I saw plentiful evidence that {China is striving to reorganize its |export--virtually halted after Japa- inese enty into the northern part lof French Indo-China--and reroute trad> to the Burma road, Nearly {a third of the trucks which former- ly re'urned empty from Kunming inow are bringing pay loads to this railhead--wood, oil, bristles, hides, silk, and some tungsten. Burma authorities are bending every effort to speed additional | rolling stogck to haul China-bound {goods and new. trucks are arriving | by every vessel to inerease the rcad fleet's present 1,000-truck strength, (CP) --| British bombers hammered the | German inland port of Duis- | "large scale | Air | ed artisans This . Was a London Public Hall SR yen plete, passed w the British censors, shows all that remained | 4 a London public hall following a recent German air raid. The arch- | way over the platform and the well of the stairway are all that remain upright. don youngsters watch. A.R.P. workers probe the wreckage for victims as curious Lon- New Automobile Models Forbidden by Government To Foster War Production Enough Orders to Keep Car Plants Going To Sept. 1941 -- British Rate Canadian Motor Units Best of All By CARL REINKE (Canadian Press Staff Writer) Ottawa, Nov. 21 (CP).--Gradu- ally increasing wartime restric- tions on the life of the average Canadian are indicated in a new order severely limiting new styles in automobiles, refrigerators, bi- cycles and other appliances during the war. To reduce the use of machine tools and skilled labor for civilian hibited, except under license, the manufacture of new models of a wide range of equipment and ap- pliances, Munitions Minister Howe announced to the House of Com- mons yesterday. "By thus avoiding phe economy wastage of machines and men, which were mere whims, fads and fancies of fashion often produce, the ingenuity of a number of skill- and highly trained men will be directed toward the (Continued on Page 9, Col. 1) Tea Guests To Have Chance On Picture During the tea being sponsored by the Women's Auxiliary cf the Ontario Regiment (Tank) tomor- row afternoon from 3 to 6 o'clock, for the purpose of raising funds to purchase comforts for the men of the regiment, an oil painting, do- nated by Captain- Willlam Culling of the Oshawa Fire Department will be.cn display. Tickets will be sold on the lovely painting and wili be awarded to the holder of the winning ticket. An open invitation is extended to all ladies of the city to attend the tea and assist the auxiliary in car- rying on its work for the members of the Jegiment. Wha, Her, bi sweeper purpeses, the government has pro- | Pp [hui Minesweeper Sinks, 23 Are Lost Melbourne, Australia, Nov. 21 (CP)--Twenty-three mem- bers of the crew of the Austra- | lian minesweeper ship inside the entrance sea approach to Melbourne. Most of the crew of the mine- immedi- ately, was below deck when | mine- shelter sweeper which sank the vessels hit. The was seeking from a storm at the time. HITLER SUICIDE WILL BRING WAR 10 END IS GLAIM N.Y. Times tells End -- Much Hard-! ship Ahead Toronto, Nov. 21 (CP)--Percy J. Philip, Ottawa correspondent of the New York Times, began his address to Toronto Empire Club today with the "flat statement" he was sure Britain would win the war, but he added: "1t is going to be a very long, grim business." Mr. Philip, for 20 years head of the Times' Paris bureau before he went to Ottawa, said there still is "a long hard road in front of us un= tl we can rid the world of this nightmare in which we are all living and restore decency and freedom. "We are going to have many heart (Continued on Page 9, Col. 4) a British Air Marshal Is | Ministry announced that Air Mar- | shall Owen Tudor | chief of the Royal Air Force in the | Middle East, | of Goorangai | were lost yesterday when the vessel collided with a merchant | to Port Phillip Bay, which is the | { the high school | public school. | taken from the public school was | penny bank funds. | thieves windows and stole $30 in cach from | and King Street Newsman Convinced Dream Fore- War Captive Taken by Italians When Plane Forced to Land in Sicily London, Nov. 21 (CP)--The Air Boyd, deputy is prisoner of war in Italy. The official announcement said Air Marshal Boyd has been re- ported missing while crossing the Mediterranean by air. Lord Halifax Thinks Moscow Trade Pact Is Likely to Succeed British House Opened by King In Ancient Style Drives. Through Lon- don Streets Between Air Raid Alarms Expresses Confidence That Victory Assured Lauds U.S. Aid "It is now learned that he is a prisoner of war in Italian hands," the announcement said. (The Italian communique said he was taken prisoner in Sicily when | the plane in which he was flying | was forced to land. Four other of- | ficers also were taken prisoner.) Italian Claims Rome, Nov. 21 (AP)--The Italian high command claimed today that a | British air vice-marshal, Owen Tud- or Boyd, and six other members of the crew of a Wellington bomber, including three lower-ranking offic- ers, were taken prisoner when their plane was forced to land in Sicily. (Air Vice-Marshal Boyd, a first Great War veteran, joined the Royal Air Force in 1916 after serving in the Indian army. He was director of air ministry personal services from | 1936 to 1938.) Further Group U.S. Destroyers Reaches Canada An East Coast Canadian Port Nov. 21 (CP) -- A fur- ther group of American "over- age destroyers' arrived in port today after a run up the Atlantic coast. They are part the fifty U.S. destroyers traded to Britain for naval and | air bases in British possessions on this side of the Atlantic, Burglars at Whitby Get Penny Ba Bank Cash | Whitby, November 21 (Spezcial) -- Whitby experienced its first break- in in some time last night when gained entrance through | Some cof the money Investigating the | morning, Chief William Elliott ex- | pressed the opinion that the break- in was the work of a transient, and not a local party. OMIT. WAR NEWS Atlanta, Ga., Nov, 21 (AP) --The Atlanta Constitution celebrated the United States' Thanksgiving today by publishing an 80-page edition and omitting war news from the front page. | while among accident this | London, Nov, 21 (CP).--The King | opened a new se--ic of parlia | ment today, driving with the Queen through the bombed scarred | streets of London between air raid alarms to deliver a message of con- fidence and resolution to his peo- | ple. Not even vicissitudes of war were | permitted to interfere with the an- cient ceremony although there was less pageantry than at a state opening in time of peace. The whole ceremony lasted 10 minutes and no more than 100 people wit- nessed fit. The speech from the throne re- | victory is assured not only by the prowess of the armed forces of my empire and these of my allies but also by the devotion of the civil defence forces and the tenacity and industry of my peoples." One of the features of the speech was a reference to Anglo-American relations which it said "could be no more cordial, and I learn with the utmost satisfaction of the even in- creasing volume country." war which is arriving the ideals of ordered freedem, jus- tice and security," it added. The King wore the blue service uniform of an Admiral of the Fleet the peers sat the Duke of Kent in air force blue and (Continued on on Page 9, Col. 6) Predicts Utopia In Hundred Years Mexico City, 21. --(AP)-- | United States ambassador Josephus | Daniels declared his belief today | that "in history as in nature the [darkest hour is just before dawn, {and that the coming century will {witness more miracles for human well-being than in any 100 years which have preceded it." The world of 2,040, the ambassa- | dor asserted in a Thankseiving Day |address prepared for delivery at a | church here, will ke a world with- lout "a king or queen or emperor holding power by right of inherit- ance or life tenure" and without "any dictator seizing power by force or holding it by denial of the popu- lar will." In this world, he continued, there will be no strikes, no need for standing armies, great navies or militarized aircraft, beyond an "in- ternational police force." and "every land he cultivates." Job of "Tail End Charlies" 'Loneliest on Bombing Forays London, Nov, 21 (CP).--Unsung heroes of Royal Air Force bombing excursions over Germany are the men who ker) lone watch in a di- munitive glass turret i~ the tail of the plane--the rear gunners. "Tail end charlies," they're called by their mates of the bomber com- mand and their job is one of the loneliest in the service, And one of the most important, teo. It's the duty and point of honor of the rear gunner to stay in his tur ot from the moment he enters the aircraft until the time he comes | back tn earth. If he is large, and some .rear gunners are large, he and the tur- ret are pretty well all in one piece by the time he has crammed him- self in, with all his warm clothing, his flying suit, parachute harness and other equipment, His freedom of action is restrict. ed to leaning to one side or the other, raising himself a few inches from his seat, and alternately rests ing his arms on top of or under his | guns. Eight or nine hours of this sort | of confinement calls for great en- durance, added to which the temp- erature may be well below freezing --a chill atmosphere {hat sweeps right through Tail End Charlie's assortment of flying suits, scarves, shirts and vests, be . they ever ip woolly. 0 corded the King's confidence "that | of munitions of | "It 1s good to know that in these | from that | fateful times how widely shared are | Half - Armed Empire Has "Not Done So Badly" Against Fully Armed Germany Hard - Won Liberties Surrendered Voluntar- ily During War Will Be Restored Fully, Churchill Declares London, Nov. 21 (CP) -- Foreign Secretary, Viscount Halifax told the House of Lords today that he had "some reason to believe," that British proposals for a trade agree- ent with Russia would suec- | ceed while in the House of Commons, Prime Minister | Churchill reiterated Britain's | determination to assist the Greeks. General debate on many as« pects of the war began simul- taneously in the two houses of parliament after the formal opening of a new session by the King. The Prime Minister said that in helping the Greeks it was necessary to keep in mind the need of defending Egypt and the Suez Canal against superior numbers of Italian forces. "We have both these thea tres to consider," he told the house. 'I can only say that we shall do our best." On the broad subject of war aims Mr. Churchill said that many believed that 'example is better than precept, that actions speak louder than words." But one pledge he could make. That was to safeguard | parliamentary institutions and |keep them vital and active, | even under enemy fire, so that | the hard-won liberties of the | British people, voluntarily sur- | rendered for the period of the war, could be restored to them in their fullness, "when victory (Continued on Page 9, Col. 3) (.L0. EXPECTED 10 VOTE ON RED RESOLUTION TODAY man who tills the soil will own the | | tween so-called left and right wing Resolution Banning Communism, Fascism and Naziism Ready for Meeting Atlantie City, N.J., Nov. 21. (AP) |--A declaration against the phil. osophy of Communism, Nazism and Fascism was reported drafted and ready for a vote in the Congress of Industrial Organizations conven- 'tion today, | For a week there has been open agitation for C.I.0. action on such a policy and for a showdown be=- groups. Proposals calling for the adop=- tion of this policy have be:n under consideration in the resolutions committee since C.I.O. members gathered here in their third conven- tion to determine policies they would follow after John L. Lewis retires from C.I.0.'s presidency. Since Lewis and a group of labor leaders established C 1.0. here five years ago to engage in a militant camraizn to unionize biz industry there have been charges that ad- herents of communism had obtain= {became one {major activities, ed a foothold in the new movement, land were active in organizing work. During the past week the drive to | bring about a showdown on C.I.O.3 the thorny issue the convention's toward of [attitude The Amalgamated Clothing Workers' Union headed by Sidney Hillman, labor member of the Nae tional Defence Commission, played a leading part in the drive, support- ing a resolution to condemn Coni~ (Continued on Page 9, Col 8