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THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1940 PAGE THREE - ; C.F, Complains Police Attend Meetiren DECLARES OSHAWA SET HIGH STANDARD OF PUBLIC SPIRITED PATRIOTISM Field Secretary of Navy League Offers Tribute to Citizens for Generosity in Recent Campaign An inspirational address was pre- sented to the Oshawa Rotary Club Monday noon at the luncheon meeting held at the Genosha Hotel by J. P. Hagerman, field represen- tative of the Navy League of Can- ada, Ontario division in which he offered a ringing 'tribute to the citizens of Oshawa and district for their wonderful generosity during the recent campaign for war chari- ties and community funds. Mr. Hagerman declared that Osh- awa had set for all of Canada a high standard of public spirited patriotism by raising an amount far in excess of the objective set by the committee representing the participating organizations for Do- minion, Provincial and local 'war charities and relief. He commented on the impressive address given to the workers in the campaign by the general chairman, Geo. W. Mec- Laughlin, at the beginning of the campaign, the effect of which he said had resulted in a most magni- ficent response on the part of all citizens. Speaking on the subject "Strengthening the Bonds of Em- pire," Mr. Hagerman called atten- tion to the outpouring all across Canada of human effort in provid- ing Christmas cheer for our fight- ing forces. He challenged Rotar- ians as "first citizens" to carry their code of ethics into their every en- deavour in business and personal re- lationships in order that the fullest possible moral and spiritual effect might be given to their high purpose as an international organization. He pointed out that they had a great responsibility not only as men as- sociating together -- in organiza- tions with a purpose -- with an un- selfish service motive, but they should fully express to others the vitality of a way of life that must be followed in a demogracy if the democratic way of life is to prevail. Mr. Hagerman cited ifidividual in- " stances of the wonderful wofk Ro- tary Clubs are doing and pointed out it was through co-operative ef- fort rather than individual effort that was responsible, and asked the Rotarians to be worthy of the re- sponsibilities which were theirs. Mr. Hagerman, who has wide ex- perience in organizing work with the Y.M.C.A. Navy League and other organizations, was introduced by Rotarian J. J. English and was ten- dered the thanks and appreciation of the club for his inspiring address by President Maurice Hart.' JOB INSURANCE OPERATES SOON Date Contributions To Begin Is Now Awaited Ottawa, Dec. 17. -- Early in the new year announcement is expect- ed of the date/when contributions will commences from more than | for the national ance fund. . is reported in setting up the inery for the scheme, but many ts have to be - settled in consultation with both employers' and employees' represen- tatives before the final go- -ahead signal is given. | All the regulations now being drafted will be discussed with the interested parties before they are proclaimed. Already there have been a number of conferences. At the end of the first year of * contributions it is estimated that the fund will have reached $60,000,- 000. Of this, $24,000,000 will have been contributed by employees and a similar amount of employers. The Federal Government's share is put at one-fifth, or/$12,000,000. In ad- dition, the Government will pay administrative 'costs estimated 'at A staff of 4,000 Sirois, chairman of , has been absent on account of {ll- members of the commission are Allan M: Mitchell of Montreal d R. J. Tallon of Ottawa. Dr. W. A. Mackintosh of the Finance Department is head of the advisory committee. MOTORIST ON TRACKS Kansas City, Dec. 17--(AP)Fred J. Kiehl mistook a railroad right- of-way for a street during a sleet storm and turned down it. He rode 10 blocks, then heard a train whis tle and saw the headlight of a lo- comotive behind. him. He tried to outrun the engine but his automo- bile stalled between the raiis. Traine men saw his predicament. They were accommodating, They switch- #d around the car. % Cleric Disapproves Ski Train Ruling Bowmanville, Dec. 17 -- Attack- ing the trend toward the "Contin- ental Sunday" in Canada, Rev. A. R. Cragg told his Sunday congrega- tion that the recent action of At- torney-General G. D. Conant in permitting Sunday ski trains to be run was a flagrant violation of one of the laws he is pledged to uphold. He held aloft in one hand the newspaper clipping announcing the Attorney-General's decision and in the other the Holy Scripture. "There are two results of this ac- tion Christians should fear," he said. "Onne is the implication that the Government will approve the legislation and declare it to be retroactive; the other is that I see i nthis action the 'thin edge of the wedge' which has before attempted to change the day of rest into a commercialized Sunday." CANADIAN TROOPS DRIVE TUNNELS INTO "THE ROCK' Major Colin olin Campbell Starts Unit to Work On Vital Job (By ROSS MUNRO) Somewhere in England, Dec. 17-- (CP)--A detachment of a tunnelling | company of the Royal Canadian | Engineers, composed of hard-rock | miners from every Province in Can- | ada, is now engaged in tunnelling | work on the Rock of Gibraltar. First Canadian unit ever sent to | Gibraltar for duty there, the Engi- | neers are doing a vital job in con- | nection with the defense of the | stronghold guarding the entrance | to the Mediterranean. The unit went to Gibraltar some time ago under Major Colin Camp- bell, former Ontario Public Works Minister, now commander of the | tunnelling company. He has re- | turned to the Canadian Army in | England now that operations are | under way, along with Captain Perry Hall of Vancouver, who was working at Port Arthur, Ont., up to the time he joined the army. Regular Mining Work Done "Our men down there are miners from Nova Scotia and every min- ing camp in Quebec and Ontario," Major Campbell said today. "We have others from Manitoba, from the Northwest Territories, two from British Columbia and a scattering from the remaining Provinces. All we are doing is simply putting in operation for the army the regular mining practices followed in Cana- da and adapted from civil occupa- tions. "This is one thing we can do well | and 'the British are glad to have us | there." It is the biggest individual job | undertaken by the company which for many months past has been do- ing gpecial work in the defense lines of Britain. The Canadians are the first to use diamond-drills in tunnelling on Gibraltar and twen- ty-four hours a day, seven days a week, the sappers keep at work. Everybody on the Rock was look- ing for the Canadians to arrive, and a pipe band of the Scottish Regi- ment greeted them on the dock. The welcome was spontaneous and full-hearted, Major Campbell said. According to superstitions of the Rock, the Canadians are going to have plenty of luck. The myth is that if the wild apes of Gibraltar don't visit your camp for a fort- night after arrival you'll be plagued with misfortune, Four days after the sappers set- tled down in their barracks the apes came to the area and visited them daily thereafter. Lieut.-Gen. Sir Clive Liddell, Governor and Commander-in-CHief of Gibraltar, inspected the sappers while they were at work and said he was happy to have the Cana- dians there. Sir Clive is an old friend of Lieut.-Gen. A. G. L. Mc- Naughton, Canadian Corps Com- mander. All the tunnels in the Rock bear names, and one of the first to be carved out By the hard rock miners, along with a large chamber, was named Maple. Other tunnels will be named for Canadian Provinces. | | | | MISS FAMILIAR FACES The president of the St. Peters- burg, Fla., Rotary Club, in a letter to the Oshawa Rotary Club; which was read at the luncheon meeting on Monday, said he missed many familiar faces of Canadians who annually spend part of the winter in the south and attended the St Petersburg Club. He expressed sym- pathy to the Canadians in the pres- ent situation and wanted the ro- tarians here to know that they had many friends down there. The St. Petersburg rotarian in wishing the local club compliments of the sea- son said he hoped Oshawa rotarians and others would soon be able to come to St, Petersburg again, & | harbor," {not mention any | nouncement Skids From ley Road Into Snow One of the many victims of Monday's dangerously slippery roads was the driver of this transport which | skidded into a snow bank mear Dunbarton. The truck wound up in this jack-knifed position after a spec- tacular skid on the wet, icy pavement. The driver, thrown through the Traffic was held up until the big truck was extricated. Bank windshield, was only slightly hurt, NAVAL RESCUES REMAIN SECRET UNTIL COMPLETE Navy Minister Outlines Policy in Press Releases on Sea Actions Ottawa, Dac. 17.--Navy Minister i Macdonald issued a statement out- lining the "general policy" of naval headquarters in regard to an- | nouncement of shipping casualties affecting Canadian ships and sub- jects, The announcement was made "in view of rumors, press reports, etc, which have been in circula= tion during the week-end." "No announcement can be made until the ship or, in the cass of a sinking, the survivors have reached the statement said. statement did particular ship- ping casualty, but obviously refer- 7 Mr. Macdonald's | red to torpedeing on Saturday of the Furness liner Western Prince. Munitions Minister Howe and three of his department officials were aboard the liner. The navy statement said there were three principal reasons way announcements of chipping casual- ties were delayed until the ship or survivors reached port: "1 -- The announcement that a| NAMEERICV. VESEY ship has been damaged is of great | value to the enemy until the ship has reached port, as such an- may enable him t dispose his forces for a further at- tack upon the crippled vessel. "2--The announcement that sur- vivors of a ship have been picked up may enable the enemy to make an attack upon the rescue ship. "3--The announcement that the survivers of a ship are still in boats may enable the enemy to make contact with the boats and, if he so desires, to take prisoners, some or all of the survivors. Furthermore, the statement said, "in the interests of common hu- manity and decency," it was the policy to withhold the announce- ment of casualties until all the next of kin of those who were missing or wounded could be privately in- formed by authorities, "By this means, relatives of per- sons who might be concerned are spared the needless anxiety and uncertainty which they would na- turally feel were they to read that casualties had been suffered by the crew or passengers on board a ves- sel in which their relations were known to be," it said. "When the official announcement of casualties is accompanied by the statement 'the next of kin have been informed,' those who have not been so informed are immediately freed of anxiety." WAR--25 YEARS AGO TODAY By The Canadian Press Dec. 17, 1915 -- German light cruiser Bremen sunk by submarine in the Baltic Sea. Hamadan occu- pied by Russians in Persian ad- vance. French guns silenced several German batteries east of Massiges in Champagne. ARANDORA STAR INQUIRY London--(CP.)--Results of Lord Snell's inquiry into torpedoing of the liner Arandora Star en route to Canada with enemy aliens, will not be made public, a Commons quest- ioner was told. SWEDEN'S TREES STAND Stockholm -- (CP) -- Sweden's pulp and timber export business is crippled by war blockades and many of the nation's pulp, paper and saw mills have stopped oper- ations, Pickering Farmers Receive Notice Options Accepted Purchasing Agent | 'G.M. Appointed E. B. VESEY Whose appointment as general purchasing agent of General Motors is announced today by Harry J. Carmichael, vice - president and general manager, PURGHASING AGENT GENERAL MOTORS Appointment Announced Today by Vice-President | and General Manager The appointment of Eric B, Vesey as General Purchasing Agent of General Motors of Canada Limited, succeeding the late Robert J. Mac- Farlane, was announced today by Harry J. Carmichael, Vice-President and General Manager. Mr. Vesey, who assumes his new and responsible duties at the age of 34, is native of Colnbrook, Bucks, England. His first association with General Motors was with the Ex- port Comvany in New York in Jan- uary, 1927, as a clerk in the General Supply Department. In July of the same year, Mr. Vesey joined the staff of General Motors of Canada Limited at Oshawa, first in the Planning Department and, shortly afterwards in the Material Depart ment. An important promotion came Mr. Vessey's way in 1933 when he was appointed Assistant Purchasing Agent. In November, 1937, he was transferred to McKinnon Industries at St. Catharines to take over a similar position and a month later he became Purchasing Agent at that plant, returning to Oshawa in May, 1939, to become assistant to the late Mr. MacFarlane who passed away recently. Mr, Vesey was only 18 months old when he was taken to Korea by his parents who were missionaries there. He received practically all his early education at English and Canadian schools in Japan, and recalls with pride that he also attended the Canadian Academy at Kobe where he was able to write the same jun- for and senior matericulation ex- aminations as written by students in Ontario. It was in 1925 when Mr. Vesey came to Canada ang entered the University of Toronto to study Fin- ance and Commerce. Keenly interested in sports, he was a member of the 1925 Univer- sity of Toronto Intercollegiate ten- nis team and of the Victoria Col- lege football team. He is a life mem- Expect Settlement Be- fore End of Year and Then Notice to Va- cate; Area Wanted for Industrial Site (Special to The Times) Pickering, Dec. 17.--Residents of the School Section Number One, | whos a» farms are being expropriat- ed, and who have signed options on their properties, received word from Ottawa that the options had | been accepted and that settlement would be made before the end of December. It is expected that when the settlement is made final notice | cf the expiration of the period of | residence will also be given, and those affected believe that they will | be given thirty days to complete arrangements for vacating. It will be remembered that some time ago that their properties would bs needed and they were ad- vised to look around for new farms | or otherwise be prepared to vacate their premises on short notice. The area was recently surveyed | it is believed, will be used for | and, a large industrial plant, building of which will commence early in the new year. SHORT COURSES T0 BE HELD IN 13 COUNTIES Hampton To Be Centre for Durham County Classes Short courses in agriculture for rural boys will be held from Janu- ary Tth to 31st in thirteen counties, R. 8. Duncan, Director of Agricul- tural Representatives, Ontario De- partment of Agriculture announces. Short courses for rural girls in Home Economics will be held at the same time. An attendance of 325 boys and 250 girls is expected. Lectures and practical work for ! the boys will be under the super- vision of Mr. Duncan and the Ag- ricultural Representatives in the counties, while the Home Economics course will be under the direction of Miss F. P. Eadie, Women's In- stitute Branch, Ontario Department of Agriculture, and Home Economic coaches. Courses have been arranged for the following counties: Durham, Hampton; York County, Unionville; South Simcoe, Bradford; Peel, Eb- enezer Haldimand, Hagersville; Brant, Brantford; Middlesex, Lu- can; , Lambton, Forest; Perth, At- wood; Wellington, Mt. Forest; Grey, Kilsyth; Waterloo, Wellesley; Dun- das and Chesterville, There will be no course for girls in. South Simcoe. Mr. Duncan said there would be a series of five special meetings dur- Ing the month in the counties of Dufferin and Hatlon. Boys and girls in the above coun- ties who would like to take these courses should write or telephone thelr agricultural representative or Home Economics coach. ber and former president of the Oshawa Tennis Club, while he is alto an active member of the Osh- awa Golf Clyp, Mr. Vesey, who is widely known in Oshawa, pegides at 100 Lauder the | farmers in the area were advised AGREEMENT CITES INGREASED WAGES IF OTHER COSTS UP Two Local Plants Make Wage Adjustments to Employees As announced in yesterday's is- sue of The Times, factory employees of The Ontario Malleable Iron Co. and Fittings Ltd. have received a 2% percent increase in wages re- troactive to December 1st, 1940, M. J. Fenwick in an interview with The Times said that in the agreement signed at the conclusion of the labour difficulty' last April the two companies ggréed to in- crease wages In proportion to the rise in the cost of living. Clause 1 (d) of the agresment stipulates, "In event that the cost of living shall, as of December 1, 1940, be increased over the cost of living as of the day hereof, the Company will grant an increase in wages as of December 1 1940, to the extent of | that excess." Fenwick stated that in many instances the eost of liv- | ing had risen as much as 14 percent in | iocal union had taken the average of all figures available and had de- | cided that the increase had been 7'2 percent and had asked the, two companies to adjust wages accord- ingly, The Labor Gazette, - official organ of the Department of Lahor, set the increase at 2.4 percent. After a meeting between union represent- atives and officials of the com- panies last week the companies of- fered to increase wages 2'2 percent | and this figure was accepted by the membership at a closed meeting, PRICE OF BACON TO BRITAIN CUT AS GRAIN TOWER | Hon. J. G. Gardiner | Defends Lowered Price at Saskatoon Saskatoon, Dec. 17. (CP)--Hon: J. G. Gardiner, federal mister of agriculture, defended reduction in the price for Canadian bacon under the new British food agreement when he addressed a farm confer- ence here yesterday. Mr. Gardiner said that when last | year's agreement was negotiated a rise in the price of grain during that year had been anticipated. But | the price of grain did not go up { during the year and Britain called | attention to that fact, be said. "We replied that since the higher price for grain had not developed { and was not likely to develop dur- ing this year we were prepared to consider a reduction in the price we were getting." British officials had that if Canada was prepared to sell all her bacon surplus at a lower price Britain would take it. Britain indicated she had $10,000,000 more to spend for bacon this year. The conference, called by Mr. Gardiner to discuss food agreements problems of farmers in the three prairie provinces, was attended by representatives of the provincial agricultural departments, farm or- ganizations and packing firms. Dis- cussions continue today. | Hon, J. G. Taggart, Saskatche- wan agriculture minister and chair- man of the Canadian Bacon Board, said the British government will take 425,000,000 pounds of bacon this year compared to 291,000,000 pounds last year. were $15.82 for 100 pounds of grade | A and $15.06 for the same quantity of grade B sides. The old prices were $1801 and $17.22 for these | grades, respectively. Mr. Taggart revealed that 73 per cent of the money received by the bacon board under the agreement went to producers. The other 27 | | per cent went to handlers, including railroads, truckers and abbatoirs. He sald he is satisfied that the packing companies "are not making an inordinate profit." He placed the packing companies' percentage at 14 per cent. | Hon. D. L. Campbell,' Manitoba | minister of agriculture, attacked the | federal government's compulsory | rail grading of hogs. Rail grading meant raising the quality of bacon | by penalizing the hog producer through the packers, and he sug- gested the provincial agricultural ministers should be entrusted with the task of raising hog quality. Mr, Gardiner defended the com- | pulsory rail grading, stating . that last autumn 62 per cent of the nation's hog producers favored this system, If compulsory rail grad- | ing did not prove satisfactory it | could be abandoned. Both rail and | live grading systems operating at one time would be more costly. ---- OPEN RED SHIELD HUT { Debert, N.S. Dec. 16.--(CP)--A | $25,000 Salvation Army Red Shield hut, described as the largest and best. equipped of those erected "v the organization in Canada, was formally opened at this military camp Saturday by Commissioner Benjamin Orames of Toronto. Com- missioner Orames is the territorial commander of the Salvation Army Avenue, He {5 married and has one son, 4 in Canada. the period mentioned but the | indicated | with the British government and to do the delivering on Tuesday. The new prices ATTORNEY-GENERAL GETS LETTER FROM SECRETARY SAYS POLICE TOOK NOTES Pays High Tribute To Oshawa People * J. P. HAGERMAN Field Secretary of the Navy Lea- gue of Canada, who addressed the Rotary Club Monday noon and. paid | high tribute to Oshawa for the magnificent response to the recent community fund. PREPARING 400 'CHEER' BASKETS | Committee to Pack Baskets First of Next Week; Need Trucks For Deliveries The Christmas Cheer Committee | have made arrangements to send | out 400 Christmas Cheer Baskets to needy families in the city the be- '| Salvaging Car Markers ginning of next week. The com- | mittee has secured Simcoe' street north where the bas- | kets will be packed. | A member of the committee said | today - that the baskets would be larger this year and besides toys | for the families where there are | young children, gach basket would | , contain a chicken, 'Christmas cake, | plum pudding, confectionery, oranges, apples, coffee, and other | lines. of groceries to grace the | Christmas table at the homes where the baskets would be distributed. In case any family might have been omitted from the list, it has been asked that the name or names | be sent to the secretary of the | | Christmas Cheer Committee, Sun | Life Rooms, 6 King street west. The articles for the baskets have | been ordered and the committee is waiting until the first of the week to do the packing in order that they may have all fresh goods. They would be pleased to have volunteers | for | in addition to amounts previously, Meetings Addressed by C. H. Millard Attended by Police; Conant Sees No Discourtesy if Meetings Public : Toronto, Dec. 17 (CP).--Hom."" Gordon Conant, sttorney-general of Ontario, sald last night he has received a etter from Bert E." Leavens, general secretary of the" Co-operative Commonwealth Fed-", eration, complaining that police men had been present at two res, cent CC.F, meetings here and were seen taking notes. "Sr Mr. Conant said he could see: neither discourtesy nor unfairness-. to the C.CF, if such was the case; : Mr. Leavens wrote that the of= = ficers had attended meetings adit dressed by C. H. Millard, Ontariois president of the C.C.F, and regicnal director of the Congress of Indus~' trial Organizations. "We had ne: means of finding out whether they" were city or provincial officers but * we do wish to pretest to your .des partment at the presence of the_ officers at our meetings, which in. Ba our opinion constitutes both dis-_ crimination and intimidation." The attorney-general said Hhs- Torcnto police commission Mad Jurisdiction over city policesibm ~ and that provincial officers hu: jurisdiction every place in Ontario... He added that if the meetingw:- wer2 public, any citizen could ats tend. Ontario Motor Sales a7 a ] J. N. Willson, manager of the On- tario Motor Sales, 85 King street. east, announced at the Rotary Club: luncheon on Mondav that his press age was co-operating with the Tme-_ perial Oil Limited in salvaging 1940 » automcbile and truck license plates. for the government. suggested that Mr. Willson, those purchasing their 1941 markers could have them... put on at the Ontario Motor Sales, him and leave the old plates. Mr... | ceive old plates from anvone wha... hes already | markers, and who still may have... | the 1040 ard perheos plates cf pre=.- vious years in their posession. Dcnations for Grezk War Victims' Fund Donations to the amount of 223.00 the Gresk War Victims' Fund __ acknowledged, were reported today __ by George Lakas, who is represent- i ing the central committee. Following are the amounts and _ the names of those donating: D. F. J Johnston, $2.00; Palm Billiard, $2; I. W. Parrott, $2.00; S. D. Topp, $1.00; A. A. Rodd, $1.00; Geo. Lee, $1.00; S. J. Collacutt, $1.00; D. Kin- _, lock, $2.00; P. McCulloch, $1.00; P.. Canning, $1.00; F. Berg, $1.00. -- FROM YOUR To have vehicle call or for other information phone SEND YOUR SHRISTMAY GIFTS Save Time Avoid Inconvenience Assure Prompt Delivery CANADIAN NATIONAL EXPRESS CANADIAN PACIFIC EXPRESS Keep this table for reference Et CCA NT TG pt the rooms at 88 | 8arage if they would bring them to. ! Willson would also be pleased to ré-.- purchased their 1941.