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PUBLISHED Every Week Day Except Saturday. The Oshawa Daily Times Cloudy and Cooler Today and Satuiday; Possibly Light Ratt PRN VOL. 27--NO. 125 OSHAWA, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1940 Single copies 3¢ TWELVE PAG FIERGEST FIGHT RAGES IN ALBANI Nazi Raider S Ship With Jap Name, Nippon Flag, Attacks Defenceless- [sland Nauru, 5,400 - Acre Atoll, Badly Damaged in Raid Though No Casualties Reported Formerly German Pos- session -- Administer- ed by Britain Under League Mandate Melbourne, Dec. 27 (CP)--A sea raider sailing under a Japanese name and flying Japanese colors heavily shelled the British man- dated Island of Nauru shortly after daybreak today, Prime Minister R. G. Menzies announced. Why the raider should single out this 5,400-acre Pacific atoll near the equator for bombardment was unexplained. However, as a Guano island, Nauru is valuable for Its hosphates. (As for the attack itself, officiad sources in London could go no fur- ther than Mr, Menzies' announce- ment but they said a German rald- er is known to have been gperauing in that part of the Pacific In recent months.) The buildings and plant on the island were said to have been dam- aged heavily. (The type of plant was not spicified but Nauru is known to have a radio station.) No casualties were reported, however, "Nauru is entirely undefended against such attack," Mr. Menzies declared in his statement, "and must be so under League of Nations mandate. 'The enemy knows this fact which removes any justifica- tion for his action, which is a greater crime because it was made under neutral colors. The raider at- tacked under a Japanese name and Japanese colors--those of a country with whom we afe at peace." Nauru is about 1,300 miles north- east of the Australian mainland and just south of the Japanese-mandat- ed Marshall Islands. There was considerable damage but no casualties from the shelling, Mr. Menzies said, He announced the raider was sailing under a Japanese name and flying the Japanese colors. The island, formerly German, sur- rendered to Australian forces In 114 and since 1920 has been administer- ed by Great Britain, Australia and New Zealand under League of Na- tions mandate. It has an area of approximately 5,400 acres and is an atoll surround- ed by a reef which is exposed at low tide. It lies in the Pacific about 2,200 miles southwest of Hawaii and only 26 miles south of the equator. Nauru is chiefly valuable for its phosphate deposits, of which it ex- 'ports nearly 1,000,000 tons a year. Its population in , 1039, was 187 Europeans, 1,6 cther Pacific isla : and 1,516 Chinese. h GOVERNMENT WILL MOVE IN DISPUTE ON MUS , 27 (AP) --Music sts, locked for | over a new ontract, face prose- } United States gov- in January under laws. Washington, and radio months in cd broadcasting cution 'by t ernment eal the anti-tr Holding that the music-loving public wou be the loser if the controversy § 5 rights con Robert Jac night that X inal proc waukee agains $0 dispute. These are: Eight Soldiers Injured in Crash Brockville, Dec. 27 (CP).--Eight Peterboro soldiers were injured to- day, when a bus containing mem- bers of the Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders cverturned on Highway No. 2, four miles west of Brockville. The men were en route to camp at Ottawa after spending Christmas at home. A tire blowout is believed to have caused the bus to overturn in a ditch on the south side of the high- way. Pte. Mark Kennedy, asleep when the accident occurred, suffered in- | juries to his legs and mouth. The injured were taken to the Brock- ville Hospital, Other names were not available immediately. GIVEN 8 MONTHS FOR JEWEL THEFT Ladislaus Luj Has Previous Record of Similar Thefts Ladislaus Luj was sentenced to eight months definite and four months indefinite in (he Ontario Reformatory at Guelpn after have ing pleaded guilty hefore His Wor- ship Magistrate Ebbs in Oshawa police court this morning on a charge of stealing a ring and watch, the property of J. Rowntree, Ontario Street jeweller. Detective-Sergeant Herb. Flintoff of the Oshawa force testified that Luj had been hired as a watch- maker by Mrs. Rowntree sometime ago while Rowntree was ill and not at his store. When Rowntree re- turned after his illness he dismissed Luj. It was shortly after this that Rowntree missed the articles. named in the charge in addition to a quantity of watchmaker's tools. In- spector W. Dawn and Det.-Sgt. Flintoff visited accused at his boarding house on Kingston Road West. At first Liyy denied the theft but later admitted that he had taken the missing articles. The missing ring and watch were re- covered but some of the tools taken (Continued on Page 17, Col. 5) 'dead and 150 injured today in the ells Pacific Isle | YULETIDE TRUCE ENDS AS BRITISH RAID NAZI PORTS Nazis Slow to Resume Air War -- Big Guns Shell Dover Deal, England, Dec. 27.--Fol- lowing the quiet of the Christmas holidays, there was considerable air activity over the southeast coast today. At dawn British reconnals- sance planes were seen patrolling the coast and the English Chan- nel. In mid-morning a single Ger- man raider flew in from the Channel and dropped a few bombs that fell harmlessly into the water near a small patrol boat two miles off shore. (CP)--Small London, Dec. 27. forces of British bombers hammer- ed at targets in the invasion port of Bordeaux, German-occupied France, last night and attacked | several airdromes in daylight yester- | day, it was announced today. The revival of the air war after | a Christmas truce which was mar- | red yesterday by a one-plane Ger- man bombing of the Island of (Continued on Page 7, Col. 3) GUBAN CYCLONES CAUSE 11 DEATHS Hit Town From Two Directions in Quick Succession Becujal, Dec. 27 (AP)--Becujal and neighbering towns counted 11 wake of a series of cyclonic distur- bances which swept across Western Cuba last night, and officials feared later reports might swell the toll. First estimates by Health Minister Dr. Demetrio Despaigne plt the probable number of dead at 40 or more, but early today only eight bodies had been recovered frem the wreckage of homes in secujal and three in nearby Rancho Boyeros. Becujal, a town of 10,000 inhabi- tants 25 miles south of Havana, anc the surrounding area were placed under martial law as army officers directed reilef workers. More than 200 doctors and nurses were sent frem Havana. Two severe "twisters" swept north across the Becujal area in quick succession shortly after 6 p.m, Ap- proximately 200 homes were demol- ished in Becujal alone. Havana had high winds and heavy rain, but no casualties were report- ed. Half Million Men in London's Services Defy Hitler's Bombs By DREW MIDDLETON Associated Press Staff Writer London; Dec. 27.<%AP)--Half-a- million ordinary folks--butcher, baker, bus conductor, postman-- defy these nights when the heavens crash to keep London alive. Each night, this army without banners or medals takes up posi- tions in the cruelest front line of war. Each morning, no matter how severe the bombing of the night be- fore, there is milk for London babies, buses running on time for workers. and fresh bread on the ble, . ; Waterloo station is a ghost of its old self, but a most active ghost. "The blue lights glow feebly in huge globes and, in the gloom, soldiers, sailors and airmen clump to trains, to homes, to the Y.M.C.A. canteen. A rousing chorus of "Tipperary" fought the crash of bombs and guns as I stumbled past the canteen to the signal tower. Inside, the signalmen, with the precccupled air of chess players, were guiding the movement of bl scores of trains hauling food for "1 London's millions, '| there, except for the "tick tick tick- | ety tick" of telegraph receivers. It was quiet "At the big post office, 500 clerks '| worked quietly. ge. 1 col. 2 ive (Continued on Before them lay letters and par- cels from the day's 800 trains of the underground "postal railway" which connects the main railway stations and the post offices, Nimble fingers never missed as the guns roared to repel one heavy sortie by the German air force. A steady stream of loaves, rolls, fruit ples and meat pies came out of one of London's biggest bakeries. When I got there, more than 3,000 loaves already were on the way to the consumers, and the foreman estimated he would turn out about 2,500 fruit pies beforé morning. There are about 350 men in the building nightly. "Sometimes a chap drops out Yor a night or two and comes back," the foreman said. "It doesn't mean more than that his house has been bombed, We've got some pretty sore people in here, mister. Lots of these old blokes would give their eyes to be fighting back." At the chief depot for fresh fruits and vegetables, porters un- loaded trucks and farm carts from the country and the drivers swap- ped tales of the road that began: "A big one fell my way last night " "In a quiet backwater of the Etrand, there was milk at a house- holder's door, a paper on his mat and a bus on the street outside. | where in Cable) --Canada's 2nd Division was | Canada's Second D Brought to Full Strength By Arrival of Contingent Large Group of Cana- diang Troops Reaches England Along With Canadian and Austra- lian Air Praining Grad- uates (By ROSS MUNRO) Canadian Press War Correspondent With the Canadian Army Some- England, Dec. 27--(Cp brought to' full strength today fol- lowing arrival of the eighth large | contingent of Canadian troops for the newly-formed Canadian Army Corps under the command of Lt.- | Gen. A. G. L. McNaughton, Arriving at the same time was the third group of Canadians train- ed under the Empire Air Training scheme, and with them from Can- | ada came 'the first contingent of Australian air graduates. They arrived as Hon, J. L. Rals- ton, Canadian Minister of National Defence, paid his 8rst visit to the encampments of the Dominion's men overseas, and expressed himself as more than satisfied with the progress they have made. Maj.-Gen. H. D. G. Crerar, chief of the Canadian general siaff who accompanied Col. Ralston, predicted that the new Canadian corps, like its predecessor constituted 25 years ago, would make history. Of that former corps he said that "its enemy divisions met "during the last days of the Great War, is, I believe, un- surpassed." And he expressed confidence that all who knew the officers and men of the Canadian Corps of 1940 would 1Vision 4 be convinced that "this treasureg: military reputation of the past is (Continued on Page 7, Col. 4) GONANT CARRIES SEX MAGAZINE APPEAL HIGHER Fight Hos Jus Just Begun To Eradicate Vile Literature, He Says Toronto, Dec. 27,--Attorney-Gen- eral Conant states that an appeal will be takeh at once to the On- tario Court of Appeal following the dismissal of the motion for In- junction orders to restrain publica- tion of certain sex magazines. "The fight has just begun," the attorney-general said and stated that he was determined to stop this filthy literature by every pro- per means and with all the law enforcement machinery of the pro- vince. Mr. Conant pointed out that if the province was to prevent such literature from circulating it is ab- solutely necessary that the Ontario Legislation be sustained. Under the provincial law the proceedings are expeditious and comparatively simple. Proceedings under the criminal code might take several weeks, if not months, Mr. Conant said, and might involve a trial by jury. In the meantime there would be no way of preventing the ob- jectionable literature being pub- lished and distributed and irrepar- able damage might be done, Mr. Conant pointed to the Judi- cature Act Section 16 and also to Section 207 of the criminal code as the basis of 'his action for appeal. Soldier's Wife Dies As Result of Tumble Victoria, Dec. 27--(CP) -- Mrs, Hannah Faulkner, 48-year-old for- mer resident of Kingston, Ont., was fatally injured at the home of friends here Christmas night when she mistook the basement door for that leading to the bathroom and fell down the basement stairs. Her husband, Frank Faulkner, is with the Canadian forces in Eastern Canada, and a daughter, Enid, lives here For Dec. 12 Butter Price IsMaximum Future Cost Ottawa, Dec. 27--(CP)--Effec- tive tomorrow wholesale butter prices throughout Canada will be pegged at the maximum whole- sale price prevailing in each local- ity on Dec. 12 last. Fixing of the price was announced by the War- time Prices and Trade Board to- day and means an appreciable reduction from prices now pre- valling. The wholesale price for first grade creamery solids in Mont- real on Dec. 12 was approximately 34)4 cents a pound, The present price is around 37 cents a pound. In making the announcement the Board sald steps had been under consideration for weeks but action was withheld in the hope that gradually increasing prices would attract imports sufficient to meet any physical shortage feared by markets. "It now seems " sald the Board in its statement, " inso- far as several anticipated sotirces of supply are concerned, imports are highly improbable and such reme- dial action as can be taken must be confined to the domestic market." "Statistics reveal that stocks of utter in Canada at present are wer than normal and, with the ndency towards increased con- sumption Jue to larger payrolls, in- dividual consumers should use spe- cial care and economy in the con- sumption of butter during the com- ing winter months. "It 1s contemplated that the present maximum price will hold until end of the winter season." Rising prices caused concern in government circles lest they should lead cheese producers to turn to butter-making and so reduce the production of cheese aE. wit] Canada has undertaken to del a larger quantity of cheese to the United Kingdom. ELECTION KETT 19 WITHOUT FIRE Nominations Take Place Monday-- Interest at od Oshawa's municipal election pot is stone cold and if the fire is to be kindled under it that event will probably take place at the nomin- ation meeting Monday, December 30, at the city hall, Simcoe street north, The meeting for the purpose of receiving nominations for mayor for 1941 and members of the Pub- lie Utilities Commission and Board of Education will open at 10 o'clock am. and nominations for aldermen will open at 12 o'clock noon, with Clerk F. E. Hare acting as return- ing officer. In former years activities center- ing around the nominations and el- ection of candidates had warmed up in advance of the dates but this year there seems to be little en- thusiasm. Perhaps it will warm up between nomination day and elec- tion day, All boards seem to have function- ed well during the year and the fact that the municipality is ending the year with a surplus may influ- ence the electors to re-nominate all members and perhaps re-elect them if more than the sufficient number are nominated. The election will be held on Mon- day, January 6, 1941, with the polls opening at 10 a.m. and closing at T pm. In addition to voting for candidates the electors will be asked to vote favoring or rejecting the by- law which gives the elected mem- bers a tWo.year term, A separate FALL OF BARDIA WILL COME WHEN ATTACK ORDERED Order Withheld by Gen. Wavell to Save Soldiers' Lives Calro, Egypt, Dec. 27 .(AP)--Fall of the beleaguered Libyan port. of Bardia awaits only the go-ahead signal of Gen. Sir Archibald Wavell, military circles, declared today as British planes and big guns con- tinued their steady bombardment of the estimated 20000 Italian troops encircled there. These sources expressed belief that the town could have been taken at any time within the past few days by direct assault but said the British commander was unwilling | to sacrifice more troops than | necessary. Sir Archibald has been conduct- ing his entire campaign in North Africa, during which the Italians were cleared out of Egypt in a lightning thrust that yielded more than 35,000 prisoners, on the policy of achieving the greatest gains with the least possible loss. Pending orders for the final as- (Continued on Page 7, Col. 4) Nazis Will Strike Again at Canada's Tourist Business Ottawa, Dec. 27 (CP) --German propagandists who took a few ef- fective jabs at Canada's tourist trade from the United States last summer may be less effective next year but are certain to try their hand at it again, it was learned today. Americans who are becoming ac- customed to the fact that Canada is at war, now are more favorably disposed to the allled cause and more resistant to enemy propa- ganda and are losing their fear' of possible wartime restrictions in Canada, "The fear complex is gradually being dissipated," sald D. Leo -Do- lan, director of the . Canadian Travel Bureau. The American tourist business is important to Canada in that fit ovides American dollars for pur- ases of war materials from the nited States. Recognizing this the alert German agencies in the United States lose no chance to tell Americans Canada is a good place to avoid. Their activities are noticeable at the moment but in planning their campaigns for the coming year Canadian tourist agencies are mak- ing allowances for a revival of the Nazis' antl-Canadian efforts. Italians Mass Great Forces to Save Vital Pass in Klisura Area Cost of Living Up4%in in One Year Ottawa, Dec. 27 (CP)--Rising prices of fuel, food and home furn- ishings lifted the cost of living index maintained by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics to 1078 in November compared with 107.0 in October the bureau reported today. The November index {is almost four per cent higher than the level a year ago and approximately seven port said. 1939, first month of the war, the re- per cent higher than in September, With prices of dairy products, eggs, groceries and fruits increasing, the index for 46 food items rose to 108.7 in November, against 106.1 in | October. Meat and vegetable prices dropped slightly. The fuel and lighting index in- creased from 108.0 to 108.5 as a re- sult of a moderate rise in coal and coke prices. Index of home furnish- ings was 110.0 compared with 109.7. ---------------- BRITISH RESTRICT EXPORTS T0 EIRE Won't Permit Re-Export of Materials Received Under Convoy London, Dec. 27 (AP)---Britaln placed restrictions today upon the re-export to Eire of several com- modities brought across the Atlantic in ships guarded by British guns. The board of trade issued an order prohibiting exportation to Eire with- out licence of cattle feed, fertilizer, unmanufactured tobacco, oranges, lemons and several classes of tools. Eire is a big cattle exporter, but depends upon imports for feed and fertilizer. She normally imports about £2,000,000 ($8,900,000) worth of corn annually, and & smaller amount of fertilizer. Under the new order, effective Jan. 1, the board of trade can start or stop the flow of these commodi- ties at will. Eire has no other source of supply except Britain. Many Britons argue that Eire, be- cause of her refusal to furnish bases from which the admiralty could pro- tect British convoys, should be de- prived of the products the convoys bring from abroad, (Eire has declared her neutrality end refused Britain the right to es- tablish naval bases on her territory. In the last war Britain used several important Irish bases in the hunt for submarines.) Asking Farmers of Britain To Increase Yield 5 Per Cent By LOUIS V. HUNTER Canadian Press Staff Writer London, Dec. 27. (CP)--Britain, confronted by a growing submarine menace to the free flow of food from overseas, is stepping up its "dig-for-victory" drive on the farm front where the ploughshare is as vital as the sword. . Announcement by Agriculture Minister Robert Hudson that pres- ent agricultural prices will be guar- anteed for the duration of the war and for one year afterwards mark- ed the start of the country-wide expansion campaign that will en- able Britain to feed herself. The authorities believe it is well within the reach .of the farmers-- whose financial future is to a large extent guaranteed under the new policy--to obtain an overall increase of five per cent--and possibly much more. That may appear small, but it is equivalent to the ploughing up of another 1,000,000 acres. And it is only the beginning. Greater production is necessary for a variety of reasons. Britain's food position cannot be too strong. | Enemy action has been concen- trated on the vessels bringing food to these shores and there have been considerable losses, If a ship is sunk it means not only that a ballot will be ysed. shipload is lost, but that subsequent |' shiploads cannot be brought in that ship. Also, the more soldiers Britain sends to the Middle East and other theatres of war the more ships must be diverted from food voyages to other purposes. Expert investigation has shown there are immense potentialities for increasing production on a large number of farms described as '"rea- sonably well" farmed. These farms appear to be in the great majority. Properly handled, they can be quickly brought into the first fiight with enormous benefits to the na- tion in food output, the authorities believe. Only a comparatively small number of farms are producing anything like their highest possible yield. . The government is fully aware that farmers have a multitude of problems. There are good farmers on bad, unproductive land, bad farmers on good land, wide tracts of countryside that are inadequate- ly drained and "catchment boards and other authorities that are not pulling their weight and are hinder- 'ing progress." These difficulties will be tackled by giving financial help and other assistance where it is deserved, and by "using the minister's drastic 'now. It i& no Greeks Claim Ad- Cold Weather atic Port po Athens, Dec. 27. (CP) -- One Itallan war was reported have concentrated huge reinfo ments in an effort to depend a vit mountain pass gateway to north and west. Heavy snowstorms and bitter e weather severely handicapped n tary operations but reports the front said fighting was de ing on an increasingly broad sec both before the pass itself and : north of Klisura, where the G were threatening to cut the way to Berat, farther north. Despite determined Itallan captured new positions and If prisoners and war materials. advances said bitter fighting ¢ tinued throughout yesterday, "Greek forces continued to sive against the enemy, who & dispatch said. "The aims of our troops were as the enemy suffered heavy lo inch by Inch. Another report described the be tle in the Klisura sector as "of ceptional importance." "With each passing day, ho tage of the Greek troops," said. In the coastal area, where Gre are fighting toward the vital banian port of Valona, the G: are reported continuing to ad but acknowledged the Italians said Indications were Fascist foro U5. SENDING MEN T0 NEWFOUNDLA EARLY IN JANUARY Will Be First of Bases Leased From Great . Britain to Get Garrison Washington, Dec. 27--(AP)--TH dispatch of the first garrison to th new United States base on more men the forces in place safeguard the Panama Canal a the new hemisphere defence line § the Atlantic. The recent announcement the Newfoundland base van would depart early in January h as evidence of intent to man a minimum of delay the string © offshore bases leased from @ Britain. The force will be the first sent any of those bases, In Puerto R and at the Panama Canal {ts garrisons have been built up stead ily by the army and marine corp and are scheduled soon to be furin er reinforced. Along the - 4,000-mile South Ame! \, Panama, -possibl) tes soldiers, sail will be sti of availabl Guiana on * continent, 100,000 United 8 ors and marines tioned, on the estimates. 3 The exact size stined for any of is confidential mii advance b ere however, substantial reinforg@ments are follow the first ¢ flition to Ni foundland, he land's strategl situation on the &lPrtest great off urope and A y to the def i Northeast U (Continued on Page 7, Col. 1) vance Despite Heavy Snowstorms and Bitter ory rin today in the Klisura sector of 'Al bania, where Italians were said Believe Italians Prepar- ing Elaborate Defence of Valona, Vital Ad } the fiercest battles of the Greek. wet In central sector, Greek militas vance and undertook a new offen to resist in his defence line," op complished without sacrifice, whe : accepted in military quarters todas and Guantanamo, Cuba, ho ever if) line between Newfoundland, Brit sh the units de informe tion ance, Greeks were sald to haw in his effort to defend his grouid the battle is turning to the putting up stiffer resistance. hej (Continued on Page 7, Col. 1) foundland will swell to 50,000 of