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The Times Wishes All Its Readers A Happy New Year © sd in "local Ye A ° Hy 1 ® FS \® A b PUBLISHED Every Week Day Except Saturday. The Oshawa Dail Times | PROBS Cloudy, a Little Colder. Wednesday, Cloudy, with' Light Snow or Rain. VOL. 27--NO. 127 OSHAWA, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1940 Single copies 3c TWELVE PAGES' COMPEL BRITISH DEFENCE WORK Greeks Capture 1,000 Italians, Including Many Alpine Ski Soldiers Include * Entire Bat- talion With All Its Of- ficers -- Scene of Cap- ture. Not:Disclosed Ski Troops . Kick off Foo, 7 a Dec. 31--(CP) -- More than 1,000 Italian prisoners, among them some troops who threw away their skis in Whey mistaken motion }; they could run: {z Bathe githou! they | were Tepotii sedi the rear Albanian Er Be ors, bo Greek sour oners inclu with all its ottivets hi -own forces smashed counter-attaé] The high que on thevwarfs pnt last night the despite recent Hea ment of the Fascists! ~ The Italians were fighting with renewed i an effort to regain positions 1 ed .from them in steady Greek vances. The communique did not iden the sectors where the Greeks ed grounds nor say where the n Ttalian captives were -$aken, with field guns and other ment. It indicated, however, of the prisoners were troopers. Such troop command said, attacked vance forces but were The troopers were ed off their skis ands This action' was quarters as an were inexperienced ed, since & man: country ean SWAGGES g TiHS SOUVEM ES: OFFICERS 8 AR 3 Holiday Seaton Loss. Rate to Hig a Toronto, 'Dec. BL "31 f 4 dian arpdy ' 'of ficets---es younger ones<-mist- wor ly on guerd to sep tht ger icks are not, ta enirs, pL» During the holiday § "its many. attendant tions the. sticks disap faster rate than usual repla - gxpense. officerg suffered the their 'feminine g¢pmpa " smitten . particular] souvenir hunting "I've lost four already," said Military Di "The one I fancy as tig i: out that thi 5 to eke then piece of stich The swaggey often during Gl than' now. Af in the ranks officers carried years ago'ithe | compulsory pars officer's' time privates ed of ficerd carrying th J It is abou "ts purpose "to swing md 'ing or walling. The more fancy ones are covered | with: leather and have the offigers' regimental crests senzraved on § ¥ .. Those are only a plain | Was seen more it Great War e Lhe men a RE ones most, likely CAR the" 4 Ih Election Qualifications Up to press time today nom- inees for various municipal po- sitions had qualified as candi- dates as follows. Mayor Jacob Carroll Anderson Aldermen Nicholas Williams Public Utilities Comm. William Boddy Board of Education, Mrs. Gertrude Colpus- Frederick James Donevan William Elwood Babe Stanley James Phillips {Charles s Campbell McG MeGibhon gis TER PEGGING WS CRITICISM BS ario Cabinet re doin. I "onderanation of Move DEFEAT OF MASS DAYLIGHT RAIDS FEATURE OF 1940 British Fighters Triumphed Over Im- mense Odds in Battle By HAROLD FAIR (Canadian Press Staff Writer) London, Dec. 31, (OP).--Defeat of the mass daylight bombing raids was described as an' outstanding feature of the air war in 1940 by day, "There #0 dou thay" 1040 given 'day Tr" 8 sensibly minished h » the source serted In re viewing the year in which 'British' 'fighters triumphed over immense odds as Qermans beat at the island. Looking, ahead he saw the Ewn- pire air scheme producing impres- sive results, The volicy has been to transform many graduates into instructors. He pointed out that if the RAF, took graduates {rom Canada immediately they complet- ed 'their course it would a Digger air force for a few months but there would be no permanent ascendancy, therefore have followed the pol "put- ung 'back profit into A business co the business will expand." An' officer described as 'entirely incorrect," the 'asserfion of Ralph Ingétsol, New York editor, who said that the British fighter force was giretched almost to the break- ing point during the Battle of Bri- tajng Ed the 'end of that iperiod we expanded our fighting forces," fn (he added. "We had more squad- apd tradle. board in pegging / the wholesale price of butter, solids af Prices prevailing last 'Dee. 12; In some instarices the criticism was.ac- on panied" by suggestions' Offered Behalf of the producers. v 74. C. Nixon, acting- prepler ario, last night said "there e nothing more discouraging" griculture, particularly in On- 0." Earlier yesterday, Agricul- ure Minister P..M. Dewan termed e federal price regulation policy and damnable." i Nixon sald "there seems to be b ane in authority at Ottawa look- "After the Interests of agricul- "at the present most critical the one effect.of the rder would be to dis= production. tchewan Agriculture t said "if. the action ipled by the fixing of a 1 price during the months y to September inclusive then it. msY be peceptable to the produc- therwise it will bear every re- 'semblance of discrimination against the producer." Hon. D., B. MacMillan, Alberta (Continued on Page 12, Col. 1) Italian Vessel - Sunk By British Belgrade. Dec. 31 (CP) -- reaching Belgrad® that an Italian transport with war ma- i Albania. was tor- edned by a British warship in the Adriatic Sea today and went down off the Yugoslav vs, | Port of Bar. rons operating in line at the end of the batile of Britain than at the =. ANTFROOSEVELT IMEN STILL CLAIM PEAGE POSSIBLE Set Forth Prop Proposed Terms for "Just Peace" ~~ Most People Laud * F. D.R.. Ls TE Washington,* "Dec. 31 (AP)--Sen- flor Burtori$ Wheeler (Dem.-Mon- ang), in 'outspoken disagreement with President Roosevelt today on the question of peace in Europe, urged that the United States exert evefy effort for an immediate end of the war. : He took direct issue with the President's defence broadcast state- ment that this natioh had "no right or reason to encourage talk ef peace" under existing circumsta Wheeler, raised the peace que: during a radio broadcast last night "en was critigal of much of ti eral policy which the presiden outlined Sunday. "The United States," the Mon- tana Senator declared, "is no longer trudging along the road to war. We are running . . . and don't be fool- ed." A sHort time before the Wheeler address, Verne Marshall, chairman of the no foreign war committee, charged at a press conference that the administration already had re- buffed one Nazi proffer of "honor- able and just" peace terms. Despite this, he said a peace conference still could he arranged if the govern- (Continued on Page 7, Col. 6) Coventry's Night Not One Patient or Member of Staff Killed in Nazi Inferno London, Dec. 31 (CP)--Hours of terror endured by hospital patients on that moonlight night when Ger- man bombers laid waste a large sec fion of Coventry are described in 8 routine report by the house gov- ernor, Two big fires enveloped part of the buildings housing the hospital shortly after the raid started, sald the report, made public in an appeal L to be "lifted." b, for rebuilding funds. The emergency of Terror Described by Hospital Chief and main dressing quarters were ablaze within seconds and incen- diary bombs still were dropping. From then until nearly daylight it was a battle against bombs and fires; a fight to save the lives of patients too ill to leave their beds. But, "miraculously," there were mo casualties among patients or staff, said the report, which added: "Bombing was incessant . . . Soon after midnight the electric current failed. Operations were continued in three theatres with the emergency lighting. Windows of two theatres were blown in. It was too cold te (Continued on Page 7, Col. 3) a high hel Ag: Fofce source to- | 4 bul thorities | od Only History Will Tell Part G. M. Auto Workers Played in Libyan Victory R. S. McLaughlin Tells of Part Played by Gen- eral Motors in Empire War Effort Turning Out 335 By B'S. McLaughlin, President, Gerieral Motors of Canad, Limited.) The people of Oshawa, at the gave Of 3 new year, have the satis- tion of knowing' that one of the we tries vital to thelr com- munity has played a conspicuous, if not the leading, part in the wast transi 10 warstime effectiveness wh aracte; Canada in 1040. . is no llel to the Wlevement of the Mutomotive in- dustry in quickly geaging up for production of a flood ®f army ve- hicles. The number of units deliver- Jas been phenomenal, and Bri tish authorities have been quoted as saying that the Canadian trans- port equipment is "considered to be of a very superior character." Thousands of Oshawa people played their part in this task, and to them General Motors extends thanks and appreciation. Opportunity For Service Opportunity for service presents itself on a larger scale in 1941, Ex- pension of our productive effort will be entirely In line with the ace wnodledged eminence of our indus- try in the war program to which everyone is lending his utmost. Commitments already mate indi- cate that our efforts will be utilized to their utmost to produce tremendous quantity of ma quired by the gE and CanAdlan tive industry reacted to the impact of the first world, conflict. In out own Canadian company; the output' of . motor ve- (Continued on Page: 3, Col. 6) HETEER BOASTFUL IN-HIS MESSAGE T0 NAZI-FORGES Makes No Mention of Roosevelt's Talk--Pre- dicts Victory in 1941 BR Berlin, Dec. 31 (AP)--In a boast- fully-worded year-end order of the day, Hitler today declared that "the year 1041 will bring completion of the greatest victory of our history." Victory will come, the Fuehrer de- clared, because Germany stands "armed as never before." "It is the will of the democratic war inciters and their Jewish-cap- italistic wirepullers that the war must be continued," he asserted. Hitler made no mention in his message of President Roosevelt's Sunday night speech calling for in- creased war ald to Britain. In an impassioned New Year's message to National Socialists (Nazis), Hitler sald Germany fights for her rights against a vast coali- tien of democracies, capitalists and Jews who seek to destroy the Reich. He said a "| dence, in the yea: of extraordinary accomplishment, shielded Germany from a conspir- acy of scorn and hatred." Hitler denied Germany or Italy would attempt to conquer the world. (Continued on Page 7, Col. 6) Australia Welcomes New Year At 10 a.m. New York, Dec. 31--(CP) -- A radio broadcast of the arrival of 1941 in Australia was heard in New York at 10 am. EDT, today by the Columbia Broadcasting System. A clock tolled midnight, the an- nouncer sald Australia wished the whole world a happy and prosper ous New Year, and a woman's voice offered a toast "to the boys over seas." Australia's time is 14 hours ahead of Eastern Daylight Time, R. S. McLAUGHLIN UAWA HOLDS STRIKE THREATS OVER FORD HEADS Charge Company Plans To Disregard Rehiring Agreement Detroit, Dec. 31. (CP)--The United Automobile Workers peti- tioned the National Labor Rela- Huns Cog» Arr today for an a ction in the Lincoln the Ford Motor Com- e whether the TAW, Co , "should be granted ! exclusive bargaining. Petition t' followed the Union's disclosures that its members in Lincoln plant had authorized strike. I Detroit, Dec. 31 (AP). --A threat of strike at the Ford Motor Com- pany was held forth today by the United Automobile Workers (Con- gress of Industrial Organizations), who charged that the company was ignoring national defence needs with' an "intention" to disregard a rehiring agreement. The union asked federal inter- vention while asserting that the UAW. was "doing everything within our power to effectuate the purposes mentioned by President Roosevelt" in his Sunday night fireside chat. "We fee] it the responsibility of the government to see that the Ford Company likewise responds to the president's appeal," sald Mi- chael F, Widman, Jr, chairman of the union's Ford organizing drive. In a telegram to John R. Steel- man, director of the conciliation service of the Department of Labor, Widman disclosed that union work- ers in Ford's Lincoln plant had voted to authorize a strike if ne- cessary to enforce the rehiring agreement. / James F. Dewey, federal concili- ator, negotiated the agreement Dec. (Continued on Page 7, Col. 8) fi Doctors Tell How To Avoid Hangovers Toronto, Dec. 31--(CP)--Hang- overs are not necessarily an inte- gral part of New Year celebrations. Doctors here said today that people who feel they must drink to cele- brate may avoid the more harrow- ing penalties by observing a few simple rules. Here {s the five-point program they offered for a happy and pain- less New Year: 1. If you must drink, eat first and often. 2 Drink in moderation. 3. Don't mix your liquors. A cocktail may taste fine to the jaded tongue but the after- effects may be terrific. 4. If you have overdone it, drink as much water as you can hold or take a milq 1axative before retiring. If the bed reels, prop yourself up and go, to sleep sitting up. 5. If you feel fuzzy waking up. reach for rode or an alkalizer, not at the time pyt the reaction will a drink. An eye-ovener may help come er or later. | The British Ship Losses Lower Week Dec. 20 Tonnage Lost Totals Morrison Announces Compulsory Part-Time Work For All Britons 43,300 Tons, Involv- ing 18 Ships, All But Three British London, Dec. 31 (CP) -- Admiralty announced that 43,300 tons of merchant shipping was lost due to "enemy action" in the week ending Dec. 22. This was which 15 totalling 32,849 tons approximately the same figure as in the previous week and some 20,000 tons under the weekly average of the war. Eighteen ships were lost of | were British and three with ton- nage of 10,451 were neutral. Naval circles commented that the lowered rate of sink- ings of the past two weeks in- dicated counter-measures taken against submarines will suc- ceed in reducing 'materially' | the effects of their attacks. 'So far," one informant commented, "the quantity of shipping. destroyed by enemy Seeks Re-Election MAYOR J. C. ANDERSON, K.C. who qualified today as a candidate for re-election as mayor of the city. He was the first of the ten nominees to file his qualification papers, doing so this morning. "We had a raiders causes no undue alarm." The average weekly loss good council this year and the city had a good year, and I believe that the mayor is entitled to another year in that position on the strength during the war, excluding losses in the withdrawal from Dunkerque, is placed at 63,- of the record achieved in 1940," he stated. 287 tons. SUNK' ARK ROYAL STILLEFFIGIENT ROYAL NAVY SHIP Aircraft Carrier Bobs Up In Action After Each Enemy Attack New York, Dec, 31 (OP), --This is the saga of the Ark Royal, a hard- working unit of the Royal Navy | « which bobs up in unexpected places to show she really wasn't "sunk" after all. The Germans "severely bombed" the 22,000-ton aircraft carrier in November, 1939, so they said. They wrote off the $15,000,000 vessel and her 60 planes as a total loss. Nightly, for a month, German radio announcers taunted: "Where Is the Ark Royal?" They found out Dec. 17. That was the day she put in at Rio De Janeiro to take on supplies. Again, early in 1940, the Ger- mans "sunk" the Ark Royal, The admiralty said nothing until March 27 when a routine announcement showed she again was on duty after a wash and brush up at home. She had been roving the Atlantic be- tween England and South America and South Africa. On July 4 came an "interim re- (Continued on Page 7, Col. 3) DUBLIN ARCHBISHOP Dublin, (CP)--Very Rev. John Charles McQaid, 45, has been ap- pointed archbishop of Dublin to succeed the late Archbishop Byrne Native of County Cavan, he was president of Blackrock College hera the "valiant and ample of the trade LABOR I READY FOR SACRIFICES SAYS TOM MOORE Resents Its Ef Effort Made Abortive by Blindness or Weakness Ottawa, Dec. 31 (CP)--Organized labor is prepared to make "tempor- ary sacrifices" for the sake of Ca- nada's war effort but will guard exploitation, Tom Moore, president of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada, said today. "Labor seeks a plage of equality in the councils of the pation and a full opportunity to coBtribute from its knowledge and exp@rience to the success of the war "effort," Moore said in a New ¥@ar"s message to the Canadian people. 'zealously" against "Labor does resent, | effort being made a ness or lack of und the part of those at ( ernment or in industry? ih Contributions by Cangidian labor unions to war loans were: proof of labor's support of the War effort, Mr, Moore said. Another: of labor's willingness was the drastic reduc! number of .strikes thro ada, as reflected in fig by the department of workers had demonstra awareness of the war, an termination to "throw @ of energy and strength | In doing so, they wen (Continued on ¥ owever, its movement , Col. 1) Being Mr. Move Being Planned Home Security Minis- ter Says in Urging Civil Defence Home Guard London Learns From Fire Raid -- Urge Rooftop Watchers On All Buildings London, Dec. 31 (CP)-- Herbert Morrison announced tonight that the government is planning to make part .. time civil defence work compulsory for every Briton. London, Dec. 31--(CP)--Herberh Morrison, Minister of Home Secure: ity, called on British men and wome- en today to form a "civil defence. home guard" to defeat the "mens. ace" of incendiary bombs. Demolition crews continued today to dig through wreckage while on. many sides demands arose that fire watchers be established on every, London rooftop to prevent recurs rence of such devastation as wag caused by Sunday's German aly raids. La | Britain was free overnight from further attack, perhaps because of bed weather, and authorities utile ized the lull to strengthen defense iy resources against further fire raids. The London press, angrily views ing destruction of monuments and buildings that represented century ies of British history, charged "ire responsible property owners" had failed to take adequate precautions to meet the threat of incendiary bombs. Many fires which ca extensive damage could have von checked had they been spotted im time, some newspapers declared, The Dally Mall, its own building struck but barely damaged by fire bombs, declared the city's business men were "largely responsible for their own losses." It demanded speedy government action to come pel employment of fire watchers on all buildings. The Times took a similar line, declaring: "If compulsion were exe tended to bring every roof under observation more than half the battle against fire raiders would be won in advance." There was no immediate official response from government sources, but it was expected that the lesson (Continued 6n Page 13, Col. 4) PLEADS GUILTY 10 CONVERTING FUNDS T0 HIS OWN USE Former Salesman Local; Store Remanded for Sentence ---- "Full restitution will be made and] I am very sorry to have caused the Court this trouble, I don't, kno why I did it. I was well paid and| Mr. Bowra is a fine man to wo for," said Earl J. Stokes, forme salesman of the Bowra Hard and Electric Co.,, when he plead guilty before Magistrate F. S. Ebb in Oshawa police court this morning Heartbeat of Empire Pulsates In Winston Churchill's Words (By H. M. PETERS) * Canadian Press Staff Writer The very heartbeat of an empire fighting for freedom can be heard in Winston Churchill's speeches since he took office last May 10 as prime minister. Listen: escape of our army _ . * May 13. Announcing his cabinet to the House of Commons: "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil. tears and sweat . , . Come then, let us go forward together! with | our united strength." LEE TE . June 4. Tie Belgians had sur- 0! b g rendered. Britain saved 335,000 men from Dunkerque. "Our thankfulness . must not blind us to the fact that what has happened in France and Belgium is a colossal military disaster . . . mons) : We shall * * » The same speech, n to the end . . e, "We shall fight on the fight on the rounds. = We shall (House of Com- proclaiming Britain's indomitable spirit: shall not flag nor fail. We shall go + We shall defend our island whatever the cost may fight in the fields and streets and in the hills. (Continued on Page 7, Col. 4 at the "We beaches. landing to two charges of fraudulently eqn: verting funds to his own use and failing to account for same. Stok %| was remanded in custody by Hi "Worship and will be sentenced op January T. AL E. Barton who has charge @ credit, accounts for the Simos street firm sald accused was a saless man for that firm since early las summer. Atbbe time of the offen he said that the records at the showed that Stokes had four or items of m dise loaned prospective custoibers on trial. Ti one instance a radio was at ti home of GC Lysan, on inte: Lysan,'B d that the diff erence betw hy trade-in chine, amou paid to Sto y