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POPP AAA, PUBLISHED Every Week Day Except Saturday. The Oshawa Daily t mes Partly Cloudy and VOL. 27--NO. 52 GSHAWA, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1940 Single Copies 3c TEN PAGES: OPEN DRIVE COMBINED FUNDS OCT. 1- cLaughlin - Buick Distinctly Restyled A oe IVE NEW SERIES ARE ANNOUNCED TO-DAY BY GEN. MOTORS OF CAN. "ngineers and Stylists Make Most of Tear Drop De- sign in Sweeping Aero- dynamic Streamlined Back N FULL PRODUCTION AT OSHAWA FACTORY | Luxurious Seating Capacity Gives Comfort for Six Passengers; Compound Carbureation Steps Up Power New and pronounced triumphs on the part of designers and engineers are reflected in the graceful lines of the aerodynamic bodies and in the spirited all-round performance of the 1941 McLaughlin-Buick cars an- nounced in five new series by Gen- eral Motors Products of Canada Limited, today. Distinctively Restyled Outstanding among a hundred major and minor features introduc- ed this year are Compound Carbur- etion and the advanced and dis- tinctive restyling of bodies from the modernistic treatment of the rad- iator grilles to the tip of the flow- ing tapered tails. Now in full production at the Dshawa plant of General Motors of anada, these new cars, offering a hoice of twenty=iwo different body types, will be on display shortly at all dealers' showrooms acrbss Can- ada. The new McLaughlin-Buick mod- ls are unusually wide with five feet of shoulder room in the front seats. year, General Motors engineers and stylists have made the most of he tear drop design to present a sweeping aerodynamic streamlined back which commands immediate attention and admiration. Contours are graceful and -fleet-looking with continuity which is accentuated by the fact that the front fender, | headlamp, body and hood side pan- ls are a single stamping without seams or joints. On the Series 40, 60 nd 90 cars this unity of design If further emphasized by the conceal- | d or inbuilt running boards which e visible only when the doors are | ppen. Of full die-cast chrome construc- on, the glittering new radiator grilles are massive in appearance nd unbroken hy painted lines, while e new-fully chormed centre strip mparts a one-piece appearance to he whole front end near the top of which is the attractive McLaughlin- (Continued on Page 10, Col. 1) RENGH T0 PAY $8,000,000 A DAY People Informed That is Price Set for Nazi Oc- cupation Army Vichy, France, Sept. 13. -- The Prench public was informed offi- fally Thursday that the price it ill pay for the German army of | pccupation of more than 2,000,000 is 400,000,000 francs a day. At he official franc exchange this is more than $8,000,000 The expenses of the army of oc- upation had been fixed by the | Germans at 20,000,000 reichsmarks | faily. But since the Germans also ve a fixed rate of exchange of 0 francs to 1 special reichsmark, = ~ WAR LOAN MOUNTS 10 5223,120,400 IN scriptions Reported, While Others Enlarged Ottawa, September 13.--Steadily mounting, days of the Second War Loan cam. paign stood at $223,129,400. In announcing this progress to- ward the $300,000,000 objective, loan headquarters stated that dealers to Finance Minister Ilsley's appeal for more popular subscriptions. The selling organization now Is making direct appeals to individual investors, stressing the necessity of tive or more, to provide Canada's fighting forces with equipment. As a result of this new appeal, many small subscribers were re- ported to have enlarged their earlier subscriptions. Dealers' and brokers said their totals for the day cover- ed more individuals than on any day since the loan opened las! Monday. Several large subscribers are also reviewing. their. earlier. subscrip- tions and enlarging their orders. On a snecial loan broadcast last night, Flight-Lieut. Wallace Barton, DF.C, RAF, one of the Canadian- born heroes of the present war, ap- | peared with Gregory Clark, Cana- | dian newspaperman. who was over= seas during the early part of the war, Flight-Lieut. Barton awarded the Distinguished Cross for his- services during Battie of Dunkirk. The campaign continues today with 25,000 banks, investment deal- ers, brokers and subagents carrying the appeal to investors. The loan Flying the books will remain open long enough | | for every Canadian who can to sub- | scribe, TRAIN GRINDS UP | Mail Bag is Drawn Beneath Wheels of Flying Locomotive Pickering, Sept. 13.--(Special)-- layed fer some time on Thursday, when an unfortunate accident hap. pened to the mail bag which is daily thrown off the morning flyer as it goes past. the local station. | The bag was thrown off as usual, | but the suction from the speeding cars drew it under the wheels, and its contents were strewn along the right-of-way for several rods. What pieces of mail that escaped unharm- ed were delivered later in the day, but nearly half a bag of bits that could not be identified had to be returned to the postal authorities by Postmaster I. E. Booth, Resi dents are more convinced than ever | that the method of delivery is de- cidedly unsatisfactory. 4TH DAY OF DRIVE: | Increase in Individual Sub- last night's preliminary | across Canada reported renewed en- | thusiasm for the loan, in response | carrying the loan to its full objec- | was | BAG OF MAIL Mail delivery in the village was de- | 1941 McLaughlin-Buick Announced Today | Incorporating such advanced features as aerodynamic streamlining, "fireball" engines developing 115, 125 and 165 horsepower, and new Compound Carburetion on Super, Century, Roadmaster and Limited models, | McLaughlin-Buick for 1941 is presented in five new series on three wheelbases, and offers a Illustrated above is the Special six-passenger, four-door sedan, built on a 121- | ty-two different body types. inch wheelbase. choice of twen- subscription total for the first four | BLASTS KILL 28 IN UNITED STATES | POWDER FAGTORY Score or More Mi Missing; 200 Injured; No Evidence of Sabotage Kenvil, N.J., Sept. nine gre known dead, more are missing and believed dead, and about 200 are injured, in- cluding 120 in hospitals, as result of a series of explosions beginning at i 1: 30 o'clock yesterday afternoon, during a fire that swept the Her- | cules Powder Company Plant here, | and was still burning late last night. | There were two major explosions in quick succession, in which most of the damage was done. Later sev eral minor explosions occurred. At midnight sixteen of the dead 13.--Twenty- had been identified, and nine other | | bodies had been removed from the | wreckage, but had not been identi- | fied. Searchers were still digging in the ruins for the twenty-five still | unaccounted for, but were having difficulty was still raging. Every now and then new fires started as tanks of alcohol dgnited. Some of those in hospitals are in a serious condition, and the death list may exceed fifty. William C, Hunt of Wilmington, | Del, director of operations for the | company, announced the number of | dead and injured after making an | inspection of the scene' with Col. Henry Marsh, the company's smoke- | less powder expert. According to Mr. Hunt, who came here from Wilmington with. motor- cy %: escort, made an inspection of the scene, and then talked with re- terview "that had to be conducted by flashlight because the explosions put the nower plant out of commis- sion, | 000 and might run to $3,000,000. Mr. Hunt said the explesions were recovery huilding, taining 16,000 pounds of smokeless powder. The explosions, he explain. ed, spread the fire to adjacent buildings, fifteen or twenty of which were destroyed over a half mile square area. He added that 50,000 nounds of smokeless powder were destroyed. At the time of the first blast, he continued, about seventy-five men were working in the solvent recove ery building, a new structure which had been in operation for only a week. Eye-witnesses reported, he (Continued on Page 10, Col. 3) Control of Rents Placed In Hands of Prices Board he bill thus mounted to 20 times | 0,000,000 reichsmarks. The big payment for the upkeep f France's conquerors is only part f the price France must pay for osing 'the war. Property destruc- fon in the invaded regions nas not een computed, but is estimated at | any millions. An estimated 100,000 men were led. Pensions for their depen- ents will be required for many ears. An estimated 2,000,000 prisoners f war reduces the nation's man- ower, causing continuing manu- acturing and agricultural losses The burden of upkeep of prison- TS held in the occupied zones rests pith the Prench people in cities and OWS nearest the prison camps. ey are expected to provide food- tufts, Labor Minister Asinonlices Order Will Affect Certain Communities Only Ottawa, Sept. 13.--Power to con- | trol rents was handed yesterday to | the Wartime Prices and Trade | Board, making its jurisdiction over | the gost of living complete The rent control, Labor Minister Norman McLarty announced, will affect only certain communities where the influx of military or in- dustrial population has led to "un- due enhancement of rentals." The communities were not an- nounced, but it is believed they will be Halifax, Ottawa, Kingston, Par- ry Sound, Barrie and Trenton. Other towns and cities will be add- ed progressively as need arises. A rent controller will be named by the Wartime Prices Board to deal directly with the situation, and local advisory hoards will be set up in each community. Selection of a man to be responsible for the ad- ministration of the most difficult job Hector McKinnon's Prices been made. The board was officially informed of ite new responsibilities only on Thursday morning. The situation in Parry Sound is particularly acute. Complaint was made to Ottawa this week that families were now sleeping in pig pens and henhouses there. There (Continued on Page 9, Col, 6) twenty-five { because of the fire, which | | porters outside the gates in an in- | property damage at the fac-* tory itself would be at least $1,000, | preceded by a fire in the solvent | in a tank con. | Board has yet tackled has not yet i Officer Commanding Ontario Regiment Sets | | Men >* Machine Gun Ranges Mark for His Lt.-Col. Smith Puts Seven! { Shots on Target; "D"| | Company, Whitby, Wins Prize for Best Parade; | Seven Privates Promoted (By Cpl. S. Shantz) Niagara Camp, Thursday, Sept. 13. | --Lieut.-Col. R. B. Smith, V.D,, of- | ficer commanding the Second Bate | talion, Ontario Regiment, NP.AM,, | today set a mark for all his officers and men to shoot at. That phrase, 'thoot at", is to be int terpreted liter- ally for the popular colonel spent the morning on the machine-gun | ranges getting his first experience in firing the Bren gun. He fired a to- tal of seven shots, two single shots to get the "feel" of the modern wea- pon and then a burst of five shots in the traditional rat-a-tat-tat style. His target those seven pie circle, t The magpie ring is 4% diametar approximately firing was done at 30 y distance the bull appes small spot. Lieut. A. {ed Lt.-Col. every one of 10ts within the mag- hree scoring as inner inches in and the | 8. At that | 5 as only a showed B. Whitelaw accompan!- Smith to. the ranges as the only other Ontario Regiment | cfficer in the group of officers re- ceiving the Bren gun instruction | Lieut. Whitelaw showed greater ac- | curacy than the C.O. in his two | | single shots, scoring a bull and an inner but when it came to his burst | of five shots, only two were on the | target, the lieutenant failing to | | grasp the gun solidly enough. Both men were thrilled by their experi- | ences with Lt.-Col. Smith fairly | beaming over his showing | | Prize For "D" Company | Capt. D. B. McIntyre is another | ! man who is strutting around the camp with his chest out. The rea- son is that his company, "D" Com= pany from Whitby, won the prize (Continued on Page 10, Col. 6) TWO FINE FARMS RECENTLY SOLD F SrtyTwo Acre Farm Near Brooklin and 160-Acre Farm in Hope Twp. Two sales of farms in the district, were recently negotiated by C. H. French real estate dealer of Oshawa. Mr. T. C. Maris, of Windsor, of the Maris 'Transport, purchased 160 acres, being lot 33, Township of Hope. The farm is located on No. 2 Highway. On the property are two bank barns with stable accommoda~ tion, a seven-roomed house having a commanding view of the district. The vendor was Spencer Burley, who will retire from farming. Mr, Maris intends to install hydro throughout the buildings 'and will operate the farm as a mixed farm- ing proposition under a farm man- ager. There is also 256 acres of bush. Forty-two acres on Highway No. 7, near Brooklin, known as the James McCormick Farm was pur= chased by Mr, S. J. Stewart, in- spector at General Motors. Mr. Stewart is' having the lovely stone house modernized. It was learned that other farms, FRIDAY THE 13TH | Fined 325 and Costs GALT AIR SCHOOL CAPACITY DOUBLED Toronto, Sept. 13. --Student ac- commodation at the Galt Aircraft Mechanics' School operated by the Ontario Department of Labor was increased this week at the request of Ottawa from 300 to 600, Premier Hepburn and Hon. N. O. Hipel, Minister of Labor, announced yes- terday in a joint statement. The new arrangement, involving a reorganization of the school, which within a year has advanced 500 men into the RCAF, was completed within twenty-four hours of the time Mr. Hipel re- ceived the telephoned request from Ottawa at Tuesday noon. The re- organization necessitated the leas- ing of additional building accom- modation and the purchase of equipment. BAD FOR DRIVER OF HUGE TRUCK in Local Court Today; Permit Suspended Earl Goodfellow, driver of a huge over-length. truck, hauling girders from Trenton to an air-port at Mount Hope, was fined $25 and costs amounting to $13, with the option of one month in the county jail, after pleading guilty to a careless driving charge. His driver's permit was suspended for one month. In passing sentence His Worship jokingly remarked that he was "taking into consideration that this is Friday the 13th, a bad day for any man to be in court." Magistrate Ebbs wasn't joking, however, when ne sald that he was taking into consideration the fact' that the man was engaged in war work and drivers were scarce; and he wasn't joking when he declared that the driver's low wage of $12 a week, "should be brought to some- body's attention." "No wonder they can't get drivers," continued: the Cadi; "that isn't enough for you to live on." Goodfellow disclosed that he was married and had three children. The accused had just delivered a load of girders to Mount Hope and was driving the cab and trailer east towards Trenton' on the afternoon of August 28 wnen he attempted to pass the east-bound truck of Frank Gerace,c Oshawa, on the Rouge Bridge. He could not turn in quite quick .enough however. Gerace's truck 'was almost forced through the guard rail, and another car coming west, driven by a Miss Best of Kingston was struck and dam- aged to the exterit of about $25. Miss Best had sensed an accident and had pulled her car to a stop, In which position it was hit. "I would never have tried to pass on the bridge," Goodfellow stated, "unless I thought I had lots of room." He thought that Gerace's truck seemed to speed up just at that time, as he tried to pass. Miss Best testified tnat when she saw Goodfellow trying to pass she of substantial are heing sought by purchasers, sine "thought he would make it," but DESCRIBES AIR RAID SHELTER IN LETTER TO UNGLE Oshawa Resident Receives Letter From Relative in North Cornwall The following interesting letter from England, addressed to Mr. Alex Neilson, 463 King street east, is from Raymond Neilson, a nephew of the Oshawa resident. The writer of the letter served in the last war with the 1st brigade, sec- ond battalion, and was shot through the ankle at St. Julien on June 22, 1915, the day being his 21st birth- day. He describes an alr raid shel- ter made by himself, Dear Uncle Alex: It doesn't seem long since last we met but a lot has happened since. I can hardly think of you away from the railway and Dan a man until I look in the mirror and see myself, I have never gotten over the last war and have aged quickly, but manage to keep going. I thought when war started this time it would go with a rush. As I am too old for army, joined as volunteer air raid warden, passed exams and was given main section in Peacehaven and had a busy time fitting gas masks, assisting in black out of section, giving instructions' for gas proof rooms and dugouts. Also made a gas-proof concrete dug- out in my own garden. I went down ten feet, with 6 inch reinforc- ed walls and one foot roof of the same and over three feet of earth (Continued on Page 9, Col. 5) 4 OF 7 OFFICERS OF LABOR GROUP (.L.0. MEMBERS A. R. Mosher, Ottawa, Re- tains the Presidency of Canadian Congress Toronto, Sept. 13.--Delegates of national and international unions combined this week into the Cana- dian Congress of Labor yesterday chose an executive of four members of C.I.O. unions and three members of national unions. The Congress de- cided to hold its 1941 convention in Hamilton. A. R. Mosher, Ottawa, president of the Canadian Brotherhood of | Railway Employees since its incep- tion ini 1908, was elected president of the Congress for his fourteenth term, defeating Nagel Morgan, a C.I1.0. delegate from British Colum- bia, 148 to 176. Patrick B. Conroy of Calgary, vice-president of District 18 of the United Mine Workers, a C.I.O. af- filiate, was elected vice-president over T. H. Harrison of London, member of the CBRE, 154 to 69. By a coincidence the same vote re-elected Rev. Norman Dowd, Ot- tawa, member of the CBR.E, as secretary-treasurer, in" a contesi with Roger Irwin, Toronto, delegate of the American Newspaper Guild. The salary of the post was increased by the convention from $3,000 to $5,000 a year. The four members of the ex- (Continued on Page 9, Col. 6) OBJECTIVE OF AROUND - $80,000 TO INCLUDE WAR: fear 2 JR -~ FUNDS, LOCAL CHARITIES Will Head Big Drive GEORGE W. McLAUGHLIN who has consented to act as the general chairman of the big drive for a combined campaign for war funds and local charities to be put on durfag the first week of October. FIND DYNAMITE; SABOTAGE SEEN AT MINING PLANT Smouldering Sticks Discov- ered in Time to Prevent Explosion Larder Lake, Sept. 13.--An at- tempt to cripple the Kerr-Addison Gold Mine here was discovered in time Wednesday when three sticks of smouldering dynamite were dis- covered near mine machinery. Provincial Police went hurriedly to the Northern Ontario mining centre from Toronto and conferred with police officials here on what they believe was a sabotage at- tempt. Had the discovery of the dynamite not been made for another few minutes, an explosion would have wrecked the machinery and stopped all work, it was stated. Attorney-General Gordon Conant sent Acting Inspector W. J. Franks of the C.I.D. to Larder Lake today and the official at once went into conference with other officers. Members of the Provincial anti- sabotage squad and the Ontario Fire Marshal's Department are also here. "We are alive to the situation," sald Mr. Conant in Toronto. "The dynamite was placed where it would have done considerable damage had it exploded. We do not know if this is anssolated sabotage effort or part of a concerted attempt to cripple the mining industry." The Kefr-Addison Mine is about three miles from the Quebec border and about a mile east of Larder Lake, and is on the main road to Rouyn. It is believed the sticks of dyna- mite were stolen from the mine's own supply of blasting powder. King and Queen Safe as Palace Bombed Today on Buckingham Palace; Their Majesties in Shelter When Five Bombs Crashed ; Walk Through Cellars Reassuring Household After Attack London, Sept. generally and paralyzed normal population. The King and Queen were residence this morning, doing "Their Majesties who are slightly. After the attack, the King (Continued on Page 10, Col. 3) 13 -- German Airplanes bombed Buck- ingham Palace to-day, intensified their attacks on London life in the capital of 8,000,000 present but not harmed when, according 'to an official statement, five bombs struck the Royal "slight damage." .in the palace are unharmed," the Ministry of Information said. The King and Queen were in the shelter under the palace when the bombs struck. Three members of the palace staff and three workmen were injured and Queen walked through the cellars of the palace reassuring members of the staff and. in- spected damage to the chapel where Princess Margaret Rose and other members of the Royal family were baptized. As the raid ended, the gold, red and blue Royal Stan- dard was still flying from. the palace, | Naticnal Only One Appeal to Be Made During the Next Year, Committee of Rep resentative Business Men Decide GEO. W. McLAUGHLIN TO HEAD EXECUTIVE Seven War Work Work Organizés tions and Seven Local Charities to Share; Ope portunity for Every Cities zen to Assist During the first week in Octobe# Oshawa citizens will be given the privilege of contributing on a fairly} large scale to recognized War fun such as the Red Cross, Red Shiel etc.,, and also some local funds have been established in this coms munity for many years. In other words, the plan is combine in one annual drive all the campaigns that have in the been the object of individual a peals. This will not only conse: the time of the canvassers but 2lso enable all sections of the pu lic to budget their giving intelli gently, knowing that they will be called upon repeatedly d the year. The only possible ex tion to this arrangement w arise from some unforseen such as the Red Cross might haw and in that case of course the lic would be fully aware of all circumstances making such ay emergency appeal necessary. 4 The combined objective will bg: between $80,000 and $85,000, the exact amount to be announced dure ing the next few days. poi eighths, or 87% per cent, of thd total amount raised, will be for war work of various kinds. remaining one-eighth, or 12% per. cent, will be for local charities. The War Work objectives whicli will share in the campaign are. as follows: Canadian Red Cross, Sale vation Army Red Shield, Y.M.C.A} War Services, Canadian Legion Services, Knights of . Columbus Army Huts, Navy League of Ci ada, Citizens' Committee for Tr in Training. The local objectiv are: Women's Welfare League, V. torian Order of Nurses, Christma Cheer Fund, Boy Scouts, Canadia® Institute for the Blind} Oshawa Humane Society and Carls adian Legion local work. G. W. McLaughlin Chairman -' The general chairman of thé Sampalgn will be Mr. George W§ McLaughlin and other members of the executive committee will bet His Worship Mayor Anderson, W. E. N. Sinclair, K.C., George Haryy Major Watkin, J. H. Beaton and Harry J. Carmichael. 'The secreé tary will be J. J. English and a gene eral treasurer will be appointed later. A central office will be set up to handle the business of the campaign. The time for preparatory work is short and a great host of canvassers will be required to put over the campaign and reach the desired obe jective. This the committee lieves can be done as the am is not greatly in excess of the amount raised in separate came naigns during the past year. The need is well known and it is the consensus of opinion that the pube M2 will welcome this efficient a business-like way of presenting matter instead of having "cause" presented individually on & dozen different occasions during. 44 vear. It is hoped everyone count it a privilege to help to the full extent of his ability. Start Work Today Te Connect Steam Pipes At Police Department Work has commenced on connecbe ing the heating system of the old williams Piano Factory building on Richmond street with the City Hall across the street. A long diagonal strip of pavement is being torn ug by Board of Works employees and & deep trench dug to conduct steam pipes between the two structures. This course of action was suggests ed by Alderman Cay in July, and met with the approval of the City Council. The plan is to heat the city hall with steam conducted from the Williams Piano Building. The old boiler in the City Hall was badly in need of repair, and would have cost a considérable sum to fix. In ade dition it consumed annually abou 92 tons of coal at $6 a ton. It ig believed that it will cost very little extra to use the piano factory equipment to heat both buildings. ]