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PUBLISHED Every Week Day Except Saturday. Oshawa Daily Times PROBS Mostly Fair and Mild. VOL. 27---NO. 87 OSHAWA, ONTARIO, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1940 Single copies 3c TEN PAGES SEND 49.000 BRITISH TO GREECE Hit-Run Driver Kills Farm Hand Young Greenbank Man Carried or Dragged 130 Feet Into Ditch Police Scour Eastern Ontario for Speeding Autoist Involved in Death of Louis Abourne Near Greenbank Companion of Dead Man Escaped Similar Fate by Jumping Into Ditch -- Police Continue Hunt Provincial and municipal police over a wide area of Ontario are making a grim search for a hit- and-run driver who is allegedly re- sponsible for the killing of Louis Abourne, 22, farm worker of the Greenbank district, on No. 12 High- way, some 300 yards south of the village, about 9.20 pm., DST, Sat- urday, November 2. The youth was carried or dragged, or both, for 130 measured feet south of where he was hit. Only witness was Kenneth Rodd, 20, R. R. No. 2, Blackwkatez who was walking with Abourne and. plunged into the ditch beside the highway" just in time to avoid being struck. Rodd declared that the hit-and- run driver was proceeding south, at a very high rate of speed in the same difection they were walking. Before he could recover from plunging into The ditch, the death car had gone some distance. Rodd ran fo the aid of his friend but found that he was dying or al- ready dead, #Affi was summoned and provincial police notified. After questioning Rodd and others who volunteered information that might have a bearing, facts placed before police were widely distributed and officers began an all-night effort to find other clues or to apprehend the alleged culprit. Body Is Released Dr. G. L. Macdougall, Whitby, chief coroner of Ontario' County, was called to the accident and, after examination, 'released the body to Summerfeldt's Undertak- ing Parlors at Tannington. Abourne, the victim, who sufferea terrible injuries, was the son of (Continued on Page 7, Col. 4) 12 NEW HOUSES BEGUN IN MONTH Unisual Home Building Activity Develops Dur- ing October Cognizance of Oshawa's growing housing problem is given in the building record for the city in Octo- ber. During the month permits were were taken out for 12 new residences which are now in the course of erec- tion. Most of them are substantial homes, one being entered as costing $5,000. As a result of this increase in residential building, Oshawa's total for the month was $40,720, the third largest total this year. The fact that no industrial building is included in this figure makes it all the more gratifying. The October total in itself is more than three times the October, 1939, figure and it brings the value of Oshawa building this year to $365,- 930. With a permit soon to be issued for the $200,000 addition to the Osh- awa General Hospital, it is virtually a certainty that the Oshawa build- ing total for 1940 will exceed the half million mark. Already the 1940 building 'iotal is the highest the city has enjoyed since the halcyon days of 1929, ? RUMMAGE SALE, ST. ANDREW'S Basement, Tuesday, 1:30, (87a) ANNUAL SUPPER, HOLY TRIN- ity Church, Tuesday, November 5, 1940. Admission 35c. (87a) RUMMAGE SALE, .. KING ST. Church basement, Tuesday No- vember 5, at 2 p.m. (87a) Nazi Regime 'Will Crumble In 6 Months, Says Bevan Rugby, England, Nov. 4 (CP) -- Labor Minister Ermest Bevin declared, "In another six months Britain will have passed Germany in aircraft, ships and gums." "Then," he said, "the ugly Nazi regime will crumble up in Hitler's hands." He made the declaration in a speech to factory work- ers in which he called for further stepping up in pro- duction. CENTRAL ONTARI BATTALION LANDS IN BRITISH PORT Gen. Qdlum Has High Praise for Second Divi- sion Troops Somewhere in England, Nov. 4 (CP) -- Contingent of Canadian troops today rejoined 2nd Division after debarking at a Scottish port. A Central Ontario Battalion and a Western Quebec Battalion swung down the road from the railway station to their barracks perman- ent camp where the division is lo- cated. Maj.-Gen. Victor ©®dlum, General Officer Commanding 2nd Division, met the newest arrivals to bolster his division. Commenting generally on the 2nd Division, Gen. Odlum declared, "It is better trained for field ser- vice than any unit in the 1st Cana- dian Division in the last war when it went to France. It has splendid experienced officers and in spirit 1 do not see how the division could be excelled. "I feel it could hold a line bet- ter than weheld the line in the 2nd Battle of Ypres in 1915. In train- ing and equipment the division is ready to carry out an operational role with credit to itself and to Canada." Deaths and Births In October Reach Record for City A 'month's blitzkrieg waged on Oshawa by the Grim Reaper during October sent the death total to rec- ord heights with 33 fatalities occur- ring. However, Doc Stock waged a counter-offensive of even greater proportions so that the city main- tained its usual population increase. There were 70 births in October, also a record figure since pre-de- pression days. The Marriage column continued to display activity with 24 being sol- emnized in the city in October, This is better than the monthly average since the outbreak of war and 1s much greater that the ante-bellum average, ONTARIO AGCIRENT TOLL BOOSTED BY TRIPLE DROWNINGS Three Trenton Women Drowned in Trent River-- Three Men Die in North (By The Canadian Press) Two triple drowning fatalities in widely-separated districts headlin- ed Ontario's week-end death toll of 12. Three Trenton district wom- en were drowned when their auto- mobile plunged over a 25-foot em- bankment into the Trent River, while in the Sudbury area three men were drowned when a rowboat: used for ferrying sheep, capsized. Victims of the Trenton accident: Mrs. Vera Jackson, 41, of nearby Hilton, her 12-year-old daughter, Velma, and Mrs. Lee McMurter of Brighton, also in Trenton district. The other drowning victims: Paul Oja, 19, Finnish farmer; Leo Mor- eau, 37, and Moreau's nine-year- old son, Aurel. At Port Carling, the mutilated body of George Stone, 47, of King was found lying across the Cana- dian National Railways track and it is believed that he fell from the back of ag north-bound train. Sudbury contributed another fat- ality when Raoul Lalonde, a logger, was injured fatally Saturday while felling a tree. His home was in St Bernadinz, Ont. Injuries Fatal to Thiee Three persons died during the | week-end of injuries received pre- viously. In Toronto Charles O'Brien, 67, died of injuries received when he fell down a flight of stairs in his home Oct. 8 and George Tuftan, 70, died of injuries he received Oct 21 when he was struck by a street car. Mrs. Mary Sero, 33, of the Mo- hawk Indian reserve at Deseronto, (Continued on Page 10, Col. 7) GHAMBER FAVORS WIDER PAVEMENT Attributes Deaths to Nar- row Road--Objects to Proposed Signboards Attributing deaths of three per- sons in the past six months to the narrowness of Highway No. 2, and restricting curbing at Happy Hollow, between Oshawa and Courtice, the Oshawa Chamber of Commerce has asked the Ontario Government to remove the curbing and widen the pavement at the point described. Action was taken in this matter at the week-end meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oshawa Chamber of Commerce following a report of the Committee on Com- munity Services. A resolution was also adopted, for transmission to the City Council at its meeting tonight, in regard to the proposed erection of large sign- boards at Athol and Simcoe south. The resolution, which was unanimously adopted by the dir- ectors, cpposes erection of sign- boards in front of the property re- cently purchased by the Dominion of Canada as a site for the pro- posed new Oshawa Federal building. "Be it resolved," the Chamber of Commerce's attitude was worded, "that the City Council be informed that the Chamber of Commerce feels such a permit ought not be granted on the grounds that bill- boards erected in such a location would be found highly objectionable in the business area of that part of the city." Murdered His Mother To Avoid Shelter Grief By DOUGLAS AMARON (Canadian Press Staff Writer) London, Nov. 4 (CP) -- Bomb- splinters from the Battle of Britain: A bomb erased two letters of an electric sign on a London movie theatre and left it reading like this: ICKEY ROONEY EETS DEBUTANTE Said one old lady to another: It's all right now dearie. No need to worry any more about the bombs. Here comes one of those air raid prevention men." Outside a public house partly de- molished by a bomb, the licensee posted: "Bombed out. Blasted ous. But not sold out." "Thanks to Hitler," says another sign in front of a large London shop, "our windows have been blown out, but here is what (Continued on Page 7, Col. 3) ATDEATH HOLLOW we |* With Radio U.S.A. Presidential Campaign Concludes Speeches U.S. Voters Go To Polls Tomorrow to Choose President for Next Four Years -- Both Major Candi- dates Favor Aid for Britain Willkie Charges Roose- velt Would Have U.S. in War by April But Presi- dent Says He Labors Only For Peace By R. J. ANDERSON Canadian Press Staff Writer New York, Nov, 4--(CP) -- To- morrow the United States chooses the man who will mould its des- tiny in a world aflame. It will choose between Franklin D. Roosevelt gnd Wendell L. Will- & > kie, the most momentous decision the country has faced in 5 genera- tion. It makes its choice after a with a tenacity and bitterness sel- dom equalled. And though both candidates have proclaimed they will not lead the country into war, many of the esti- mated 50,000,000 Americans who will cast their ballots tomorrow feel they may be choosing between peace and war. Willkie has predict- ed - re-election of the President would plunge the United States into war by next April. Six main issues face the electors: war, defence, aid to Britain, em- ployment, business recovery, social reforms. In the background is a confusion of trivial incidents such as the throwing of missiles at the candidates; occurrences that may affect the large n:gro vote; the army captaincy to Elliott Roosevelt at a time when 16,000,000 young men faced compulsory service, . . Third Term Is Issue In a category by itself stands the important question of a third term (Continued on Page 7, Col. 6) campaign of complex issues, fought Orono Planning Defense Against Midland Regiment Modern warfare has developed many types of defense weapons but Orone's 599 citizens and Orme Gam- sby have decided to use an old form- ula "kill 'em with kindness" when the Midland Regiment stages a blitzkrieg on Orono this week. Forewarned that Lt.-Col. J. C. Gamey plans an invasion with his entire unit consisting of 900 offi- cers and men, Orono residents are arranging to entertain the soldiers in keeping with the traditional standard of Orono hospitality. The résult is that the entire com- munity is co-operating to welcome the soldiers. The Red Cross Society of the village plans to serve the meals which is a magnificent chore in itself when it is re:lized that Or- ono's population of 600 will be feed- ing over 900. The Regiment which Includes | many Oshawa men will reach Orono late Tuesday afternoon and will spend Tuesday night, all day Wed- nesday and part of Thursday in the district. The highlight of the visit will be the march past and review on Wednesday afternoon in the Or- ono Community Park at 1.30 pm. Standard Time. Everyone is invited | to see the spectacle. 20 Die in Train Wreck in Britain London, Nov. 4 (CP) -- Twenty persons were reported killed, and more than score injured today in the crash of a Penzance-bound pas- senger train in Somerset. The accident was attributed to derailment, A Great Western Rail- wey official said "as far as we can tell, it w-s a straightforward rail- way accident." The wreck occurred near Taunton, 120 miles west of London. Italian Capital Has First Alarm Since July 24 -- London Free of Alarm First Time Since Sept. 7 Successful attacks by Royal Air Force bombers last night on Kiel, Germany's great naval base, and Naples, port and industrial centre in Southern Italy, were an- nounced today by the Air Ministry. The raids were carried out "in spite of extremely diffi- cult weather conditions." Rome, Nov. 4 (CP)---Brit- ish bombers caused Rome s first air raid alarm since July 24 today as they carried air war to Naples for the second time in four nights. Officials claimed they failed to reach the capital. Home's populace was held under alert for an hour and 45 minutes. 24-Hour Interiude London, Nov. 4 (CP)--Londoners heard the scream of air raid sirens, bark of anti-aircraft fire and ex- plosive thud of bombs late today after an interlude in the Nazi seige lasting almost 24 hours.' Throughout last night there was quiet. It lasted through most of the day, buf at tea time an uproar broke unaccustomed silence and a single raider swooped into the met- ropolitan area, dropping several bombs, There were reports of Nazi activ- ity over East Anglia this morning. Some raiders roared over the city (Continued on Page 10, Col. 3) British Airmen Raid Italy, Cause Alarm in Rome, London Quiet 24 Hours Ontario Regiment Soldier Injured Barrie, Nov. 4 (CP) --L./Cpl. W. H. Stocks, Ontario Re- giment (Tank), and Aircraft- men W. Ruhl, Royal Canadian Afr Force, were rushed to hos- pital in Toronto today after the automobile in which they were riding . collided with one driv- en by Arthur J. Holt, Toronto. Stocks received a fractured right leg and Ruhl possible In- ternal injuries, SOLDIERS ADMIT JEWELRY THEFTS Oshawa Police Effect Speedy Capture of Wanted Men Stones hurled through the plate glass display window of F. A. von Gunten's Jewelry Store at 46 King Street West, early Sunday morning, led to the swift pursuit and cap- ture by Oshawa police of two sol- diers who, on being searched, were found in possession of merchandise taken from the store. The two men who pleaded guilty In Oshawa Police Court this morn- Ing are Melvin varnick and Onil Roy, sald to be enlisted men of a unit in training at the Canadian National Exhibition barracks in To- ronto They were remanded for sentence until November 12. Police who figured in the Sunday morning robbery of von Gunten's (Continued on Page 7, Col. 2) DOMINION MOURNS HER NAVAL DEAD IN OTTAWA RITFS Memorial Services for Mar- garee and Bras d'Or Heroes Held Today Ottawa, Nov. 4 (CP) -- National and Personal mourning for Cana- dian navy men lost at sea in recent weeks were symbolized in memorial services here today attended by government leaders, diplomatic corps, defence headquarters staff and hundreds of civilians. At Christ Church Cathedral, Prime Minister MacKenzie King joined with others in paying tribute to 175 men who died in the sinking of the destroyer Margaree and in loss of the Minesweeper Bras D'Or. | Greek Army Captures New Range of Heights Within Albanian Border British Officials Announce Troops Landed On Island of Crete Three Divisions of British Soldiers Destined for Greece, Bel. grade Despatch Says Italians Run From Greek Bayonets at Many Points-- Heavy Snow Impedes Italians -- Fascist News Agency Alibis for Failure to Advance Against Greeks Belgrade, Nov. 4 (CP) -- The newspaper Pravda quoted Greek newspapers as saying that British aid will include three divisions (45,000 men) to Greece. London, Nov. 4 (CP) -- Reuters News Agency to- day quoted the Greek High Command as announcing the cap- The navy lost 142 officers and R. Roy of Ottawa, when the Mar- garee sank following a night col- lision in the October 22. ance of the Bras d'Or. Last night the navy issued a brief statement that there was no hope now for the sturdy little sweeper, sentry of the lower Lawrence, "Naval service headquarters grets to announce St. be considered lost," the statement said. "An extensive search has made by naval and air craft no traces have been found of the missing vessel." | on October 18, She was last seen early on the morning of the next day, steamin through Gaspe Passage in a snow storm. First word the Bras d'Or was (Continued on Page 10, Col. 3) MINOR INJURIES SUFFERED IN 3 OSHAWA MISHAPS Spills -- One Leads to Police Action Minor cases of personal Injury featured Oshawa's week-end total of accidents in which motor vehicles and their drivers were involved. Mrs. - G. Sully, Grenadier Road, Toronto, was treated by Dr. H. M. MacDonald when the car in which she was riding, reported to be driv- en by William Lawrence, 2171 Ger- rard St, Toronto, was allegedly struck by a car owned by an Osh- awa suburban resident opposite the Genosha Hotel on Sunday. Gordon Poole, 17, of Port Arthur, Ont., employed on a farm near Bowmanville, fell from the bicycle on which he was riding when it slipped on street railway tracks crossing King Street West. He was taken to the office of Dr. W. H. Stanley for examination. By- standers were of the opinion that the youth was badly hurt but no injuries were reported to police fol- lowing the examination. Poole was taken back to Bow- manville by Provincial Constable Morris who was investigating report of a bicycle having been taken from an owner in that community. Glenn Caverly, eleven, 532 Grier- son Avenue, sustained an injured foot, according tn his father. V. R. Caverly, when he was allegedly knocked off his bicycle on Bond Street, opposite Victoria, by another car whose driver has not been named in any charge. The accid- (Continued on Page 10, Col. 6) men, including Commander J, W. north Atlantic last Thirty others appar- ture of a new range of heights destruction of nine Italian tank the Eprius front. ently met death in the disappear- | mine- | that HM.CS. | Bras d'Or, now long overdue, must | in Italian-held Albania and the s in the repulse of an assault on The Monday communique said :-- *'On the Macedonian front our forces succeeded in accupy- ing on Saturday a new range of heights in Albanian terntory. "On the Eprius front Sunday there was artillery fire on both sides. An enemy attack supported by tanks was repulsed, | Nine tanks were destroyed. "Heavy enemy attacks on the Phlorina sector were re pulsed with grenades and at +5 | sufféred losses. point of bayonet. The enemy "A number of prisoners were captured. "Intense enemy air attacks were made on the front with 15 bombing raids, mostly on p ositions taken from the enemy. "Enemy planes bombed Salonika, causing a number of been | casualties, several of them fatal, among the civilian population, but No military objective was hit. Some houses were destroyed. "Three Italians planes were brought down by anti-aircraft "The enemy air force bo The Bras d'Or, in command of | ire and a fourth is believed to have been so badly damaged Lieutenant Charles Avery Hornsby | it crashed near Gevgheli. of Halifax, left Clark City, Quebec, | for Sydney, NS.| terior of the country." mbed several villages in the in: British Land In Crete REG'T AUXILIARY missing came from the navy last | PLANS HORE HELP Women's Unit Plan: Big Bingo to Raise Funds for Various Needs Greater assistance for soldiers of, the Ontario Regiment (Tank) including both the C.A.S.F. and . n . 1 N.P.AM. units has been planned Two Bicyclists Hurt in| by the Women's Auxiliary of the Ontario Regiment. (Tank) which held its second meeting of the autumn season recently. Mrs. R. B. Smith, the president, was in the chair. Plans for speeding up the sup- ply of soldiers' comforts and ways and means for raising money for further projects met with a ready response. The next-of-kin of the officers of the Second Battalion, formed in Oshawa this summer, were wel- comed as a valuable addition to the Women's Auxiliary. It was unanimously agreed that the Auxiliary should give assist- ance to the 2nd Battalion in Osh- awa as well as to the 1st Battalion at Camp Borden. In response to a request for knitted articles for the 1st Batta- lion a large supply of wool was purchased and distributed by Miss Marion Mackie, the wool convener, to members attending the meet- ing. 3 order to raise funds for more wool, for chapel chairs for the chapel at Camp Borden, and for sports equipment as requested by Lieut-Col. R. B. Smith, command- ing officer of the Second Battalion, and to meet expenditures for monthly contribution of comforts for men in hospital at Camp Bor- den, the Auxiliary plans a bingo ame at the Legion Hall on Thurs- ay, November 7 and a tea in the Officers' Mess at the Armouries on Friday, Nov. 22. Tickets will be sold as well on an original paint- ing, the work of Capt. William Culling' of the Oshawa Fire De- partment, which he donated to the Auxiliary. June Marshal New President 0.C.V.I. Students' Council June Marshal was elected presi- dent of the Students' Council at the Collegiate Friday when practi- ~ally the whole school went to the polls to elect their 1949-41 student yovernment. Sam Fox, Jessie "oulthurst, Gordon Sloan, Stewart MIcTavish, Mona Broadbent, Neil TcCulloch, Evelyn Swartz, Donald "each, Patricia Kennedy, William Varcoe and Robert Young filled the other 11 posts to make up a strong cabinet. For a week the two parties, the "Tacticlans" and "Strategists" cam- paigned extensively in meetings, speeches, pamphlets and parades, the former party flourisning 'the colours- of royal purple and gold and the latter of wine and grey. The Strategist party consisted of (Continued on Page 10, Col. 5) London, Nov. 4 (CP)--British of= ficial circle today confirmed that British troops have landed in Crete. The size of the force which occu- pied the strategic Greek Island south of the Greek mainland, was not disclosed. British military circles said it is reported that on the northern part of the Greek-Italian front from the Phlorina sector down to the Pindus Mountains, Greeks, "generally speaking, advanced two or three kilometres." News from Egypt shows Italians in Libya building up stores and equipment, they said, and military dumps gradually are increasing, but there are no signs of immediate action there. Patrols are being carried on cone tinuously in Africa, they said, adde ing that British were "particularly (Continued on Page 10, Col. 1) STUDENTSESGAPE. SERIOUS INJURY Thrown From Car in Happy Hollow Accident After Midnight Saturday Four Queen's University stu- dents were badly shaken up, one injured severely enough to require hospital attention, when their car overturned at Happy Hollow short ly after midnight Saturday. The most seriously injured man, Robt. Gamble of Richmond Hill, was re- leased from hospital today and continued on to the University. The other men in the car were John Murdoch and Andrew Webb of Toronto and Bradford Heintz- man of York Mills. The car in which the men were riding apparently got out of con- trol going down the -hill, struck the curb and overturned throwing the men out of the car. Fortunately no other car was approaching at the time. Adolf Is "Sinking Entire Navy' Again Berlin, Nov. 4. (CP)--Nazi quart ers claimed the sinking by sub- marine of the British auxiliary cruisers Laurentic, 18,724 tons and Patroclus, 11,314 tons and the armed 'Merchantman Casanare, 5,376 tons. (No such reports are current in London.) They also reported a plane spot ted the 19,142 ton steamship Wind- sor Castle on the high seas several hundred miles west of Ireland and damaged her with a direct hit. (This was not confirmed in Lon- don.)