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BE a god # i PUBLISHED § {Rais od - $ PROBS. § § [Bre buion J PE UJSIIaiud zac { pret ) GF Saturday. 4 . Warm. 4 SJ Q ¢ § IRAAAAAARAAANARATAR : AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA. OSHAWA, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1940 Single Copies 3c TEN PAGES ag Auto Orders Total $67,000,000 PRODUCTION WILL BE 5,000 UNITS PER HONTH SOON Announcement Made in Ottawa by Supply Minister | Howe--To Order More Ottawa, July 25. ==' Total automotive orderg placed by the munitions pL de- partment now total $67,000,- 000, consisting 000 units, and placed shortly ther units, Minister Howe annourited May. Mr. Howe stated facilities to produce mechanized = equip- being expanded 'as gesibla" and that city of Cana- pid reach 5,000 $a month by ; delivered, re in advanced stages uction, andfiwork has & i on orders for the re-| mainder, which were placed recently. In addition to mechanized transport and equipment, Can- adian automotive plants are . working on#a substantial order umiyérsal carriers, mechan- its similar to light tanks armed with machine guns. General Motors officials have no nt to make on the foregoing t inasmuch as the bulk of gov- érnment automotive orders have been: divided between Genersi Mot~ ors and Ford of Canada, it is as- sumed locally that about half of the $67,000,000 production will be manufactured in Oshawa. i General Motors is building a large addition to their plant at present which will provide another truck \ line locally and the cor- a $2,000,000 expansion nerver in their Cana- "The Iatt that the Ottawa des- "patch states that . production will automotive units 2 that the Oshawa hum with ac- r period. te [= i 'not so far away all B of 'Greta Street startled at noon to see fum- toward them from Simcoe Street a k It appeared 'shiny at a dark b h ded from ob - about 36,- ers will be 7,000 fur-|* Oshawa Man With 2 Hands at Once Can Write Jack Ashworth, Now Working at Collingwood as Shipbuilder, Has Unique Talent Jack Ashworth, who worked at | the boat building industry in the | last war in England and was also on guard duty at his home town in northeast England, and came to Oshawa following the war, has again gone to the boatbuilding in- dustry. He. went to Collingwood | shipbuilding yards shortly after the | call for experienced workers was | sent out. Sons amd daughters live | in OstEwa. shworth, it has been discov- DOLLAR BEER RES LA PETITE FEMME Convinces Magistrate That Liquor Charge Im- properly Made | One of the smallest women in Oanada, a 62-pound, French-Cana- | 'dian from Toronto, less than five morning, charged with jllegally haying a quantity of liquor. She | loudly protested the charge, and subjected Police Constable Fawbert to detailed cross-examination. Her line of argument was so successful | that Magistrate Gordon Longman | dismissed the charge, The evidence was rather confus- | ing. The little lady, whose name is | Mrs. Departe, stopped at a local hotel last night, on her way from Toronto to Nova Scotia, where she be "kind, friends and relatives". Ac rding" to her story she bought | a bottle of beer and after drinking it decided it was not worth the which dollar she had pgid. In fact she de- suggested what gll was not | cided to call thé.police and have | well withing, bet tanks went with | the matter inbestigated. P. C. gonsiderable "difficulty 'and: slow- | Fawbert arrived and accompanied | , and even then required push- | her to wherei$he purchase had al- | ing. Questioning ed that it | legedly been made. The man in| was, in fact, .the scrap | charge knowledge of any. | heap, being t and moar hich fransgétion. Later the officer | golete. It by sol | reported finding another bottle of 'dlerz, but. of a grouP4fieer fii hér possession, which she ge lads Secrel-Bive" f clafined he had asked her to buy. "expette bs 7 "+P. C. Fawbert 'took the accused } CF. 14 the .homg of an inspector and Rout latér to the police station, Where 2" spk fie Was locked ip." The lady show- | Eat of FE nal » y 4 7 |B to the-mditistrate same marks on | ler arm, which she claimed wus | used by handcuffs, . = BINGO, gen games, Te N'T FORGET er Burns, "Voucher prizes, . #, (1458) s MALL, FRI- dal prize for six- : : @n "THURSDAY, 8:45, ARE DANCE AT pss: School, has been flo Barn 's Pavilion, W night, July 27th. eth (1468) GE TEMPLE, FRI- E. Youds. (145a) GE TEMPLE, MON- L; Thompson. / (1452) BURNE, FRIDAY prizes. 1c. (1453) rx "| ence HisWorship decided there was | | fot: sufficlent evidence fo warrant | | g-eonviction, /60- Canadian LY Manufacturing Shells TERNGON BINGO i par " Byk po (1458) 5 3 After <hearing considerable evid- | | JACK ASHWORTH DEMONSTRATES ABILITY | after ered, boasts a unique talent. He can write simultaneously and equal- ly with both hands, different or identical words. "When I was a boy at school in England," he 'explained. "I was ij clined to be left-handed but a strict schoolmaster tried to break me of | the habit. But every time his back | was turned I wrote the way which | seemed most natural to me. | "Gradually I became accustomed to using either hand for writing | and to keep the secret from the teacher, I cultivated an identical formation of letters with beth | hands. It was easy to write the same words with both hands at the | same time but concentration and practice were required before I | mastered two different words at the | same time. I am restricted to four or five-letter words as a maximum | so far but expect to do better." Ashworth was on guard duty in | his home town in northeast Eng- | land during the last war and ex- perienced the horrors of a zeppelin raid. "I learned a lesson of British | efficiency then that I will never forget--recollcetoins of what hap- pened then convince me more than ever that Britain will triump again. | "The zeppelin attacked the town | about midnight Saturday night | when shoppers were returning home | Seven bombs were dropped, Some civillans were injured, but there | | was no panic. Anti-aircraft bat- teries turned searchlights into the | sky and the ship fled over in the | direction of Germany. It returned | later and a fighting plane went up it. It got into position and | dropped a flaming torch squarely | into the gas chamber," Ashworth | recounted, | "There was a*thunderous explo- sion, flames lit the whole town and we could see bodies hurled from the | inferno. "Germany's reputed air strength will meet the same fate today. They | will be outclassed by a contender they have underestimated." Drunk on May 19, Convicted Today Lewis Davis, Oshawa, pleaded | guilty to being drunk the second | time and was sentenced to one month in the county jail or $50 and costs before Magistrate Longman this morning. The latest offense occurred on May 19 and the case had been set over from time to time. On two occasions the accused did not appear. This time he was summoned, Chief O. D. Friend in- formed the court. Ld 3 £ 3 Pde Plants . 'Oftawa, July 25%Total orders placed; for sells and for the crea- tion of shell 'manufacturing facili- ties in Canada now smouht to some $57,000,000, Munitions Mifister Howe has announced. Of this sum approximately $12,- 000,000 covers cost of equipment and extensions to plants.in order to create shell production facilities required. Six different types of shells are now being manufactured in Can- eda, the Minister said. With the expanding orders from Great Brit- ain further types of shells will pr ably be manufactured here shortly. During the past three months, forty-eight shell contracts have been placed by the department for the manufacture of various sizes of high explosive shells and their com- ponents. These orders went to 38 firms. Approximately 60 com- panies are engaged in the manu- facture of shells, cases and their components. : Negotiations . have "already been completed by the department which would permit a rapid and imme- diste increase in the output of shells in Canada should the pro- gress of the war demand increas- ing shell production, Mr. Howe stated. Arrangements have been made with the primary steel producers whereby the major firms in the in- dustry would produce the blanks, or small, steel billets, which could be dirtrfbuted for drilling and machin- ing to a wide variety of Canadian firms who have adequate lathe facilities. | ing his announcement today PROCESSING TAX :OF 12 GENTS PER BUSHEL ON WHEAT Imposed to Carry Part of Burden Caused by Pay- ing Farmers 70 Cents Ottawa, July 25.--Part of the burden of paying farmers 70 cents a bushellfor their wheat, regard- less of the market price, today was placed on the shoulders of Cana- dian consumers.-¥p announcing the new processing tax of 15 cents a bushel which will be levied on all wheat made into flour or other products for consumption in Can- ada, however, Hon. J. A. MacKin- non, Minister of Trade and Com- merce, assured the House of Com- mons that this should not mean any increase in the price of bread A bill to amend the Wheat Board Act will be introduced, probably tomorrow, embodying the changes that the Minister outlined in mak- He sald the tax applied to al! existing contracts for future delivery of flour and became effective at mid- night, "July 23 The tax will directly affect the price of flour, but as only a cent or so of the price of a loaf is repre- sented---in the eos of flour the Minister saw no reason why it should be nassed on to people who | buy their bread. Normal wheat consumption In Canada is 50,000,000 bushels. Hence the new levy should yield about | $7,500,000, which will hefturned di- | rectly over to the Wheat Board to (Continued on Page 10, Col. 1) T.6.A MAY-USE STRATOSPHERE PLANES IN 1941 Considered for Local Service, Ottawa Says Ottawa, July 25.--An efficient commercial air line is proving valu- able to Canada {in wartime, and Trans-Canada Air Lines is plan- ning to maintain {its service and even develop further in the next year, possibly to the extent of in- troducing stratosphere planes. By the spring of 1941 the present fleet of fifteen Lockheed "14" planes will be considered out of date for the first-class service, 'and experts are considering new types of plames to be used. While the question is far from settled, officials say it is possible that some stratosphere planes might be introduced. These planes recently were put on the regular transcontinental run of a United States airline, 'and ave believed to be practical for use in Canada. The flight from Montreal to Van- couver now takes about sixteen hours with four or five stops en route. Stratosphere planes could make the hop in eleven or twelve hours with one stop a Winnipeg. On the return flight the presen time of around fourteen ng could be reduced proportionately to nine or ten hours. Cabins of the stratosphere planes are sealed so passengers will not suffer from altitudes of 20,000 feet J or more, which is the flight levels of the huge new airliners. Present T.C.A. flights are made at between' 5,000 to 8,000 feet on an average. | These stratosphere flights neces. sarily would supplement regular4 interurban service by T.C.A. across the continent for which smaller planes would be used. ' Flyihg at such heights, high- powered stratosphere aircraft could cut across Lake Huron and Lake Superior in & direct line from To- ronto or Montreal to Winnipeg, in- stead of following the present route through Northern Ontario. The hop over the Rocky Mouns tains from Lethbridge to Vancouve er would be an easy matter for such craft. The present planes have to climb laboriously to around 13,000 feet to clear the peaks or else fol- low the mountain passes. T.C.A. again will act as a con- necting link for transatlantic fly- ing boats from Britain when they start bringing mail across the ocean soon as they did last sum- mer. It is not definitely known here when the first plane will ar- rive at Boucherville, Que., ten miles down the St, Lawrence River from Montreal, A Message There is not a man I trust, a man in this ready to sacrifice cause ..... There is one great join heart and hand wanted; that we are p our country." November, 1797 - | ow in the country that he would hesitate a mo- ment in sacrificing any portion of it to op- pose the violence of the enemy; nor is there, whose stake is so small that he would not be his will never abandon us, and which has shone forth in the British character, by which we have preserved our existence and fame as a nation, which we shall be determined never to abandon under any extremity, but shall that is proposed to us, and declare to His Majesty , "that we know great exertions are and are, at all events, determined to stand or fall by the laws, liberties and religion of House of Commons, HI, for Today whose stake is so great happy and free nation' life in the same resource, which | trust in the solemn pledge repared to make them; WILLIAM PITT. ECL LLL Hann nnm Sugar Maple Borer Injuring Oshawa Shade Trees, Little Can Be Done Against Beetle Large Yellow and Black | Beetle Lays Eggs in Cracks of Bark--Gurubs | Do Boring Next Year | Newer Types Are Also | Extensive damage has been re- | ported from several areas of the wood borer, the adult of which is a been busy boring in maple led to extensive the habits and economic importance ! of this pest. The following information was obtained from the Division of En- tomology, Forest Insect Investiga- tions, of the Dominion Department of Agriculture: | beetle referred to is the adult of the Sugar Maple Borer, Glycobius speciosus. It is a native insect, and is apparently quite common in | eastern Canada and the north-east- ern states. "The beetles lay their eggs in July and August in cracks in the bark, and the grubs which hatch out bur- row into the sapwood and pass the summer, and when nearly full- grown burrows into the solid. wood "All boring insects are very diffi- cult to control as they cannot be reached by sprays. Valuable trees may be préserved by removing all dead and lying branches before the [first of June. The grubs can some- times be located in the spring anc again in the fall by the boring dust Which is expelled from the tunnels The grubs may be destroyed by opening up the gallery and inject- ing a few drops 'of carbon bisul- rphide, afterwards sealing the open- Ming with putty op clay. It.is prac- (Continued on Page 10, Col. 2) Labor Press Lino Goes To Warkworth The Labor Press of Oshawa, which ceased publication some weeks ago, has sold the linotype michine, which was used to com- pose the edition, to the Wark- worth Journal mewspaper, in a vil- lage of 700 populatien in Northum- berland: county. Roy J. Hurst, 'Whe was managér, of the Labor, Press, went with the typesetting rhijwhiné to the Northumberland village and will re-erect it and' put it inté op- eration for the new owners. % The Oshawa Courier Press has purchased considerable of the dis- play type from the Labor Press. All that remains is a small automatic Job press, the Colt's Armory platen press, formerly used to print the paper, and a few fonts of job type. Just whether it is the intention of the executives in charge to con- tinue the plant as a job printing concern, or to close it out, not be learned today. i city, where a species of long-horned | winter just beneath the bark. The | grub feeds throughout the following | | added that it was proposed to con- & 8 LEAFLETS BEING DOPE HS F istice Terms--DBritish Seek to Cause Trouble | London, July 25.--The British | Government has announced that it | | . with | [1s trying to keep mn contact With | ;10"s,, "iy pings of skilled mech- | the French people by sending its | nije in | "The large yellow and black | bombers over French territory to | fortunately few, wery few of these ENCH TERRITORY large yellow and black beetle, has | Tell French People of Arm? trees, | investigations Into | MILITIA UNIT READY FOR FIRST PARADE THREE OFFICERS NAMED BY LT.-COL. R. B. SM UNIT IS OVERSTRENGTH cd Named Adjutant WILLIAM G. GIFFORD Whose appointment as adjutant of the Second Battalion, Ontario Regiment, N.P.A.M., is announced today by Lieut.-Col. R. B. Smith. The new officer is a brother of Capt. Lyman A. Gifford, company commander in the Ontario Regi- ment (Taak) of the Canadian Active Service Force. DAY WORKERS GET JOBY IN HAYFIELD | briefly before "work" starts. Lieut. | Employment Office Unable to Meet Demands for Skilled Workmen Production speed-ups in most of Ontario's industries, and more par- ticularly those engaged in war work has resulted in a call for skilled labor which has taxed employment service offices all over the prov- ince. Not only has the local employ- ment 'service office received re- quests from local industries but have been placing orders in other plants and industries elsewhere, Rae Halliday, local manager, stated this morning. Recently nearly two hundred carpenters and builders were sent to Camp Borden, where erection of buildings will keep certain classes of labor busy for several weeks. From Kitchener this week came the metal trades, but un- | drop propaganda leaflets about the | calls can be filled. [ activities of the French and Ger- | man Governments and the progress of the war. Alfred Duff Cooper, announcing this in the Commons, sald that leaflets containing information about the Franco-German armiss tice terms and explaining events leading up to the battle of Oran had already been dropped, and he tinue and extend this' practice in order to give the French people full and effective information in future. This new policy has grown out of Britain's fear that the French people, disappointed at the outfome of thelr war with Germany, might continue to blame their downfgll (Continued on 'Page 10, Col. 3) One local industry which is pro- ducing. war materials turned. over to the local employment office its problem of securing the right kind of help and the co-operation on the part of the local office has been most satisfactory, The Times learned. : The demand for day workers on local farms is being met. This de- mand takes care of several day laborers without skilled training. They receive an average of $1.75 per day with two meals for ten hours work, but have«to pay their own transpor:ation to and from work. There is practically no de- mand for farm help by the month at present. The farmers are in the midst. of the haying season and will soon be in the grain fields. N.Y. Paper Wondering Why Hitler s Waiting New York, July 25.---~In_an edi- torial under the caption: -"Why does Hitler Wait?" The New York Times today answers its own ques- tion with the comments that all Hitler's plans were based on "the safe axiom that Britain will neve fight alone." The editorial says that. Hitler may be holding back from his ultimate "putsch" because he refuses to' believe that the war will not end as he willed it to end, or on his ewn terms, The editoriel reads: Why does Hitler wait? Yester- day's air battle over England was of lesser intensity than last Sun- day's dramatic duel in the skies above Devon. Losses to British shipping from submarine attacks were halved last 'week compared to the week before. Although the "last words" have been spoken on both sides and aggressor and de- fender declare themselves fully prepared for decisive action, on the main battléfront the skirmishes are of such a character that they only prolong the suspense. ' Why is the great test delayed after the Germans have acknowl- edged that the uncompromising declaration of Lord Halifax is Brit- &in's official refusal of Hitler's: "peace offer"? Perha the real jeason is that the rer is sin- cere at last in proclaiming that it was never his intention to wage war on Britain. If "Mein Kampf" is the blueprint of his course, for once he mustshave meant what he sald when he called in his Reichs- tag speech that the cardinal points of the policy he outlined there were good relations with Italy and Eng- land. In that paean of victory the erstwhile corporal's tribute to him- self &s the supreme strategist and commander of a triumphant cam- paign, there was one confession 'of failure. In achieving friendship with England "I was not success- ful." The strange methods he used to gain this 'friendship are hardly (Continued on Page 10, Col. 2) Major J. A. B. Mitchell Chosen as Second in Command With William G. Gifford Named jutant FIRST PARADE IN WHITBY TUESDAY Hon, Col. R. S. McLaughlin and Col. Frank Chappell Invited to New Organiza- tion's First Parade To night Close to 800 Oshawa recruits for the Second Battalion, Ontario Regi= ment, NP.AM. will participate in | this unit's first parade tonight. Re= sidents of Whitby who have volun- teered for service with the Bat- talion will not report tonight but will hold their first parade next Tuesday at which time they will also be given their medical exam inations. Lieut.-Col. R. B. Smith, V.D, commanding officer of the Second Battalion, plans to make the open=- ing parade a special occasion. No elaborate program is planned as it without delay. Frank Chappell, former commander of the Ontario Regiment, have been invited to address the recruits Col. Smith, of course, will address the men briefly as well. The names of three officers of the Second Battalion were an~ nounced today by Lieut.-Col. Smith | and other appointments #vill be revealed as the men are confirmed in their positions by headquarters. Major J. A. B. Mitchell, Simcoe Street druggist, popularly known as Sax Mitchell, will be second in command. Company commanders have been chosen but not confirme ed so announcement of their ape pointments are being withheld. . Adjutant W. G. Gifford The Battalion's adjutant will be William G. Gifford, brother of Cap~ tain Lyman Gifford of the Ontario Regiment (Tank), C.AS.F., and Ald, CANADIANS IAND AT GIBRALTAR I$ SPANISH REPORT Ottawa Doubts Story While London Refuses to Discuss Rumor ' dian and Australian reinforcements disemberked from military trans ports yesterday at Gibraltar. Transports also brought food~ stuffs and war supplies of all kinds --anti-aircraft guns, planes, light and heavy autillery. Ottawa, July 25.--The report from La Linea, Spain that Canadian troops had disembarked at Gibral- ter came as'a surprise t2 high offs cials of the National Defense Dew partment, who were inclined to doubt it. Defence Minister Ralston' and Col. H. Desrosiers, Deputy Defence Minister, would not comment on the report. Canadiem troops are now serve ing in Iceland, Greenland and the British West Indies, and the First Division is in the United Kings dom, along with Royal Canadian Air Force fliers. London, July 25.--Canadian auths erities in Londoy list night refused to confirm a reported circulated by the Rome radio that' Canadian troops had landed at Gibraltar, =. The report emanated from Madrid quoting the RQme 'radio, * Red: Cross Workers i : 3 To Get a Holida: rooms, L C Bg be clgsed from August 15, in order pat the industrious workers who: ave beenggiving part of. every day to this work, may have a respite during the warm weather, ¥ a By order of the convener of the executive all outstanding work must be turned in by. Tuesday, July 30, y Pleast get Those wishing yarn' will it before that date. Simcoe is. his intention to "get to work" | However, Honorary | Colonel R. S. McLaughlin and Cal. | La Linea, Spain, July 25--Cana-