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PUBLISHED Every Week Day Except Saturday. 4 ¥ The Oshamua Daily Tins PROBS Strong Winds Becoming Colder Again, With Snowflurries. VOL. 27--NO. 109 OSHAWA, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1940 Single pron 3c TWELVE PAGES REEKS MAY TAKE 2 CITIES TODAY Closing in on Porto Edda and Argirocastro British Airmen Bomb Rail Communication Centres In Rhineland Weather Kills off Nazi Raids on Britain Early --Convent Hit in Lon- don : Midlands Bombing Concentrated on Birm- ingham But Damage Light London, Dec. 4 (CP).--Bad wea- ther was credited today for blunting the striking power of the German air force during the night, Britain a rest after a series of com- | paratively light early-evening at- tacks aimed chiefly at London and | | ly turning the balance in our favor. | | It is a slow process and it must be | the industrial Midlands. So unfavorable were that the Nazi home soon after 10 p.m. EDT) Operations of the Royal Air Force | likewise were curtailed, but authori- tative sources said a small squadron of its night raiders bombed railway eommunicaticns in the Rhineland, where Cologne has been a favorite objective. The government said today the | German attacks on Britain las night nowhere were on- a large conditions (5 pm. | scale, and that first reports indi- cated the number of casualties would "not prove large." Several persons were buried, how- ever, when a bomb struck a London convent used as an air raid shelter. Movie Theatre Hit Incendiary bombs also struck a crowded London movie theatre, showering the audience with sparks and plaster, but the auditorium was cleared quickly and the {lames were extinguished. Although the Germans began their night attacks on London ear- lier than usual, the assaults were | sporadic, and a communique said no (Continued on Page 9, Col. 7) SEAMEN'S STRIKE ON COAST SETTLED Lumber Boats Tied Up 60 Days by Dispute on West Coast Ban Francisco, Dec. 4 (AP)--A 60-day labor tie-up of over 40 coast- el freighters, many of them trans- porting lumber for National Defence construction appeared headed for a settlement today. All that remained was ratification of a new contract by the American Federation of Labor Masters, Mates and Pilots of America. Captain C. F. May, head of the unicn, said the membership would vote on the pact this afternoon, with ratification re- commended by himg The agreement was reached be- tween the Deck OIficers' negotiating committec'and the Shipowners' As-, sociation of the Pacific shortly after another agreement had settled diffi- culties between the shipowners and the A.F.L. Sailors' Union of the Pacific. ! In many ways, the long tleup, which began Oct. 4, was unique in the turbulent labor troubles of Pa- (Continued on Page 11, Col. 8) raiders headed for | Nazis Draining Supply of Oil London, Dec. 4. (CP) -- Hugh Dalton, minister of economic war- fare, said today Germany now is | using more oil than she is produc- ing because Royal Air Force bomb- To Gain Control | nitrogen, nitrate of soda and othe: nitrates used in the production of ers had attacked 90 per cent of her refineries and 80 per cent of her | oil plants. dominated territory are smaller now "I think the economic pressure | which we are exerting is constant- stimulated and assisted by other | factors if we are to end the war in Claim Big Plot Of War Nitrates Grand Jury Lays Charges Against 29 U.S. Corporations New York, Dec. 4 (CP).--A world- wide chain of conspiracies to con- trol and monopolize the price of munitions was charged by a federal grand jury tcday against 29 corpor- | ations, including the E. J. Dupont de Nemours and Company. The series of six Sherman Anti- | | prog He said stocks of oil in the Axis- | Trust Act indictments handed up to { Judge William Bondy named in ad- | officers, directors and employees of | the corpcrations. The nitrates which defendants | allegedly conspired to control are | used in agriculture, operation of | | steel mills, gas plants, water works | our favor within a reasonable time | and other industries connected with i "That it will so end I have never | national defence in addition to pro- | doubted and since I have been minister of economic warfare we | have constantly imposed new short- | | duction of munitions. | Named with the Du Pont Com- pany, among others were the Allied ages on the enemy to the deter- | Chemical and Dye Corpcration of ment of his war effort. ANOTHER STORM * PILES NEW DRIFTS Slows Up Traffic -- Oshawa Streets Best, Toronto Worst The heaviest season which commenced early this morning continued unabated all day slowing up traffic on the highways and railways and piling up drifts on the concessions in the town- ships. As far as the city streets in Osh- awa are concerned the street- cleaning gang with the scraper has done a good job and cars are run- ning as usual, although slowing up to avoid skids and collisions. The Gray Coach and Collacut Bus lines have experienced little difficulty so far, although some schedules have been interrupted but all buses are getting through. In East Whitby Township the snowplow has been north on the Suburban Road and east of Colum- bus and shortly after noon was breaking a trall westward to High- way No. 12. The roads are passable, it was reported, but the going is very heavy and hazardous. Oshawa people who have been in Lindsay, Owen Sound and points west of Toronto claim that the streets in Toronto are the worst of any municipality they have trav- ersed and Oshawa streets are the best. The deep ruts in the frozen slush on Toronto streets create a hazard which few care to experience more than once, They must be bad when all Toronto is up in arms over the condition of the streets and the women are getting out to clear the streets. The Oshawa Railway is experi- encing a little difficulty in that where one shunter is usually re- quired to pull loads, two shunters were necessary. today to move freight traffic over their lines. Power sweepers have been out clearing the lines and service is being given. The railway lines are experienc- ing difficulty with all trains pehind (Continued on Page 12, Col. 7) | New York; snowstorm of the | | Royal Chilean Nitrate Sales | Corporation, Synthetic Nitrogen | Products Corporation, the Barrett | Company of New York and the Sol- vay Process Company cf Syracuse, | N.Y. BRITISH FIGHTER | PLANES EQUIPPED WITH SKY GANNON Expected to Be More Effective Against Arm- ored Nazi Bombers By PAT USSHER Canadian Press Staff Writer London, Dec. 4 -- (CP Cable)-- Air Force fighter planes, equipped with cannon, are now en- gaged in the sky battles over Brit- ain and experts' are confident that the cannon will make the swift- flying fighters far more effective in beating back German raiders. The process of fitting the heavier armament has been under way for some time but the information could not be disclosed until today. In the early stages of the Battle of Britain, Hurricanes and Spit- fires, armed with eight machine guns, took a deadly toll of attack- ing Nazi planes seeking vainly to control the skies as a prelude to an invasion attempt. Then Germany strengthened the armor of her planes, making them less vulnerable to machine-gun fire and thereby reducing losses among the raiders and their escorts. To counter, the R.A F. decided to fit cannon on its fighters, provid- ing longer range of effective fire and greater destructive power. For security reasons it cannot be stated how many cannon the Brit ish fighters are carrying but ex- perts are convinced they will prove a more potent weapon than the Browning machine guns. Reports here suggest the United States Bell Airacobra fighter may be made available to Britain. Pir- ing trials of this machine have been held over Lake Ontario, Tt is fitted with a 37-millimetre long- barrel type of cannon. Germany Finds Fas- cists Useless -- Italy Rife With Dissension -- Mussolini "Unreli- able and Troublesome" New York, Dec. 4--(CP)--Private reports from Europe received by some . well-informed diplomatic sources in Washington indicate a rapidly deteriorating situation in Italy and a widening rift in the Berlin-Rome axis, Reuters News Agency said {from its correspondent in the Hear Hitler Ready to Spurn Italy and Woo Vichy French today in a dispatch- United States capital. "Probably sensational changes" in Western Europe and the Mediter- ranean are in prospect in the near future, according to these sources, Reuters said. Germany now cone- siders Italy's usefulness as a part= ner almost jrreparably - impaired and it was considered possible Gers many would seize the important Italian port of Trieste on The Adria- tic, taken from Austria after the first Great War. Dissatisfaction among the people of Italy is evident but has not yet Believe Another Dramatic Move to Assist U.S. Government Offi- cials Meet in Same Cir- cumstances Which Pre- ceded Other Big Steps Washington, Dec ence of an important new decision in the United States aid-for-Britain | ram--perhaps on a par the dramatic destroyer trade or the release of giant strongly indicated today. Positive information was lacking as to the exact nature of the mat- ter under consideration, but high significance was attached to the | than at the beginning of the war | gition to corporations, 66 individuals | fact that it brought nine of the most giving | adding: important officials in the United States government together yester- | | pealed. day for # special conference. Thrice in recent months similar been | extraordinary meetings have held and each time, it was pointed out, a major step in aid-to-Britain followed quickly "These people don't get together to talk about peanuts," one con- feree commented eryptically. ing was concerned with the question of supplving Britain with tonnage to replace some of her re- | cent heavy shipping losses. One informed official said, how- ever, that if merchant shipping was discussed, "it wasn't the big thing." Tending to support this assertion was the Maritime Commission's ac- tion yester in approving the sale of four more » vessels to Brite 5 130 such Ameri- 1 sold to Britain, n announced that laid-up ships on which 1 bid. The officials who attended yes- terday's conference at the treasury were: Treasury Secretary (Continued on Page 12, Col ean ships have be and the co Henry Mor- 6) Committee to Expenditures Accepts Suggestion of Conservative Leader-- Throne Speech Adopt- ed on Two Divisions By CARL REINKE (Canadian Press Staff Writer) Ottawa, Dec. 4 (CP) --Private members of parliament are to have a bigger part in direction of Can- ada's war effort--as they have been urging with increasing vigor in re- cent weeks. A committee of parliament of na- tional expenditure is to be created through which a score or so of members of all parties will assist the government directly in super- vising and controlling the vast war expenditures being made. A simi- lar bedy has been functioning in the British House of Commons for a year. Members not engaged on the new committee of the Canadian house are being advised to take a more direct part in the leadership of war activities in their own constituen- cies, co-cperating closely with the government. This program evolved yesterday in the house as the throne speech debate, nearly four weeks old, was wound up. Two amendments were (Continued on Page 9, Col. 1) Tug Towing Disabled Vessel Runs Aground Halifax, Dec. 4. c. 4. (CP)--The sal- vage tug Foundation Aranmore, towing a disabled freighter into pott, grounded early today near the mouth of Halifax harbor. Three tugs were sent to the assist- ance of the stranded'vessel. Towing company officials said the cause of the grounding was not known immediately. The freighter being towed by the Aranmore was not believed in trouble. She was picked up by the crystallized because opposition to (Continued on Page 11, Col. 5) tug a few days ago after becoming disabled at sea. with | bombers -- was | | to amplify his remarks. enough | Britain Being Planned In States Declares Britain Is | Good Risk for Loan (CP)--Feder- | | al Loan Administrator Jesse Jones 4 (AP) --Immin- | Washington, Dec. 4. said today British government is "a good risk" and that ordinarily he favored loans to 'good risks when they need it for a proper pur- pose." He declined at a press conference | He speci- say he favored for war purposes fically refused to loans to British now or in future. He was asked whether the John- son Act prohibiting loans to first | defaulters--includ- | Britain--should be re- | great war debt ing Great "Not now" he repeated he did not know how much money Britain has left for purchases in United States, Jones declared "they say they do need financial aid." Cardinal Condemns First surmises were that the meet- | Italian Air Bombing (CP)--Arthur Archbishop of London, Dec. 4 Cardinal Hinsley, Westminster, condemned Italy's " discriminate bombing" a message today Mamos. His Message replied to an appeal from Mgr. Mamos that "All Catho- les join forces against the barbar- ism of the Italians who: from the | outset of the war have used their | planes to bombard defenceless' towns and villages." The cardinal sald "of course noth- ing better conld be expected of young men trained in the school of | totalitarian paganism." King to Appoint Select Scan War in 1941 King Sets Feb. 17 For Next House Meet Ottawa, Dec. 4 (CP)--Unless sum- moned by the speaker in the mean- time, the House of Commons will adjourn until Feb. 17, after conclud. ing consideration of current finan- cial legislation. Prime Minister King gave notice of a motion to this ef- fect in today's votes*and proceedings of Commons. NATURALIZATION REFUSED TO MANY 13 of 30 Rejected -- Several Applicants in Militia Unit Thirteen applications were refused and seventeen accepted, at the coun- ty court and sessions here Tuesday All applicants were carefully exam- ined by Judge McGibbon regarding their knowledge of Canada's geo- graphy, "You should know a little more about that country before you want to become a citizen of it," Judge Mc- Gibbon told one applicant who es- .| timated that Vancouver was "a hum- dred miles west" and that Halifax was the capital of Quebec. Several elderly applicants of Canadian ori- gin returning from the United States were recommended for nat- uralization along with one American ho stated he was a college gradu- ate "I am on call with the navy," stated an Albanian applicant who sald he was eager to "get a crack at Mussolini." Several of the more youthful ap-. plicants stated (hey had joined the 2nd Battalion, ontario Regiment. (Continued on page 12, Col. 1) Saying | | from | convoys." Shipping Loss Is Main Concern For Churchill Losses Not Underesti- mated -- May Con- script Labor in England London, Dec. 4 (CP)--The govern- ment may have to apply its powers 1 of labor compulsion "in tackling the most vitally important and urgent | task of reconstruction of our in- dustrial centres," old the House of Commons today. These powers, Sir John said, "should be applied after considera- tion of all facts," the real test being "whether it would give results." Sir John said that Britain's ship. | ping losses in recent months in he | western approaches to Britain had | "not been underesiimated' by tha government. He added that "these | and éotmected problems are among | main pre-occupations of defence committee over which the prime minister presides." He assured the house that Prime | Minister Churchill is "giving con- stant attention to the question of enemy upon our ships and the air EMPLOYMENT AT ALL-TIME PEAK in- | of Greece in | to the Apostolic | Prothonotary: at Athens, Monsignor | 267,000 More People Working Than on April 1 Ottawa, Dec. 4--Wartime in- | creases in the number of men and women employed in Canadian in- dustrial plants have lifted the em- | ployment index maintained by the { Dominion Bureau of Statistics to the highest point in the 20 years in | which records have been kept, the | bureau said last night. The bureau reported that the ine dex at Nov. 1 was 139.2, based on the 1926 average as 100. This was threz points higher than the high- est previous index figure, 136.2, established at Oct. 1 this year. The repert. sald further that the employment advance between last April 1 and Nov. reported in the same period of any previous year for which records are available. In the manufacturing industries the employment gain shown in October resulted in establishment of a new all-time high level of em- ployment, the bureau said. The bureau said that from last April 1 to last Nov. 1 the firms co- operating with the bureau in the tabulating of employees showed they had increased their staffs by some 267,000 men and women, The index of employment, based on the 1926 average as 100, rose by more than 24 per cent. to 139.2 at Nov. 1 from April 1. Chinese Henchman For Japs Said Dead Bhanghal, Dec. 4 (AP), -- loeal Japanese newspapers published un- confirmed reports today that Chen Kung-Po, newly-appcinted head of the Japanese-sponsored Shanghai administration had been assassinat- ed, Settlement police sald they had no information on the reports, Chen succeeded Fu Siao-En, who was killed in his home by an un- identified hatchet-slayer. Sir John Ander- | son, Lord President of the Council | attack from underseas and | 1 was higher than | Advance Greek Units 1 1-4 Miles From Main Italian Port In South | Official of British Treasury in U.S.A. Washington, Dec. 4. (CP)--Treas- ury Secretary Henry Morgenthau | announced today Sir Prederick | Phillips, under-secretary of the | British Treasury, is scheduled to ar- | rive in United States today "to place the latest available information (on British finances) before the United States treasury." ANGLO-GANADIAN DRUG COMPANY CHANGES HANDS Business Bought by E. A. Lovell, C. E. Souch and Lt. Everett Lovell | | | | Announcement was .made this | week of the purchase of the entire : assets, including real estate, of | Anglo-Canadian Drugs, Limited, by three prominent Oshawa citizens, Messrs. E. A. Lovell and C. E. Souch and Lieut, The business was purchased from | the Premier Trust Co., who have ! been in charge as receiver and man- ager for the bondholders since | April 19, 1938. | The new company, which will be | under the personal management of Mr. Souch, will be known as "Anglo Canadian Drug Company." Mr. Bruce Gordon, who has been associ- | ated with the organization for some time, will continue as accountant | for the new firm. Lieut. Lovell is Field Hospital, R.C.AM.C. The purchase of the business by Messrs. E. A. and Everett Lovell and Mr. Souch, all highly respected local | and experienced chemists, will en- sure the continuity of this import- ant Oshawa business on a sound and efficient basis. The company employs a local staff of 22 people, all of whom will be retained in their present position. The company | road, as well as sales outlets through ! other firms, giving them represent. | ation across Canada. The plant is | well equipped with modern machin | ery and with satisfactory financing | and capable management now as- sured, it should have an exception- ally bright future. All Oshawa citizens will join in wishing the new owners every success in their new venture, May Import Parts For U.S.-Made Cars Ottawa, Dec. 4--Finance Minister Ilsley said last night there was nothing in the import restrictions he moved in the House of Commons to prevent the continued importa- tion of parts for United States- made automobiles which are already in Canada. The Minister said the restrictions made it impossible for Canadians to import new automo- biles from the United States, but that this did not extend to parts for cars now in the Dominion. Says Jury Can Be "Pretty Well Abolished" in Many Court Cases Judge J. A. McGibbon Congratulates County on Small Amount of Crime -- Strict on Naturalization WHITBY, Ont, December 4. Diminishing erime in Ontario county, reflected in the absence of criminal cases to come before the county court and general sessions, drew the commendation of Judge J. A. McGibbon presiding on the bench as the fall sessions opened yesterday. Crown Attorney Allin Annis pointed out that there had been no necessity for the summoning of petit or grand juries. "It doesn't mean that there's no crime in Ontario County but such cases as have not been disposed of by the magistrate or county judge's criminal court will come before this court during the week," stated the Crown Attorney. Judge McGibbon will try these cases in which the accused elected trial by county judge without a jury. "I cannot help expressing satis- faction that crime is at such a low (Continued on Page 11, Col. 5) | Everett Lovell. | at present on active service as lieu- | tenant No. 1 dispenser with the 14th | sion of Albania | spokesman said they set up citizens and all thoroughly trained | also has several salesmen on the | Other Forces En- circling Argirocastro Which Has Been Cut off From Porto Edda Advance on Elbasani in North -- British and Grzek Bombing Planes Aid in Attack Athens, Dec. 4 (CP) -- | Greek forces were reported to- day to be pressing hard against Italian defences of Porto Edda |and Argirocastro, Albania, where resistance is said to be | collapsing with the capture of | both cities expected any mo- | ment. | Eailier a Greek spokesman | declared Fascist troops were | falling back in the region of Porto Edda, the Italians' south- | ernmost port of entry into Ale !bania, and that Greek advance units were within 114 miles of | the city. | Other Gresk forces, at the | opposite end of the Albanian | battle front, were driving stead- ily through snow-blanketed mountains toward Elbasani ar the Albanian capital of Tiranw In the area near Argirocastro Greek artillery is said to have | neutralized Italian resistance by placing under fire the road run- ning nqrtheast from Porto Ed- da inland. North of the Ostrovitza | Mountains, in the central sec- tor new positions were said to [have been occupied by the Greeks in their counter-inva- An Athens | field pieces and shelled the | Italian emplacements. Using Greek, British Planes Heavy and medium bombers of | the Greeks 'were reported | tionally active yesterday, Tasti ate excep- (Continued on Page 9, Col. PREMIER GODBOUT URGES NATIONAL UNITY FOR CANADA Should Be Achieved at Expense of Neither French or English Toronto, Dec. 4 (CP).--Premier Adelard Godbout of Quebec told a luncheon meeting of the Canadian and Empire clubs here tcday that his best definition for "the close correlation on a higher plane of all Canadians" is a "Pan-Canadian national unity. to be achieved at the expense of neither the one race nor the other, but to the advantage of all" "That is what Quebec thinks about it and, I firmly believe, what Ontario thinks about it, too," he said. . French - Canadians, "the most Canadian of Canadians," had ac- complished much "in order that Canada might be Canada, and that our country take her rightful place in God's sun," sadi the premier. "That is why our attitude to- wards the war is wholesome and loyal, like yours. In no wise are we sparing of our pennies, our pains, our blood when it becomes a question of Canada, human liberty, the democratic ideal of honor, which are our very soul." Many difficulties, said Mr. God bout, had to be overcome by Can ada's 60,000 French inhabitants af- ter the country's cession to England. The premier thought it little wonder under the circumstances that French-Canadians "fell back upon ourselves, in the shadow of our' belfries and that there, in close communion with our native scil, we ggve ourselves up to reflection, try= (Continued on Page 11, Col 6.