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-- i > ' fo : £ 3 ? * . i 2 r E = - a ¥ 4 -~ - 5 : > " - | - | os : g 2 re od a! ETAT TTI TR TR RYT 3 a BJ All J VIES, FRIDAY, JULY : THE OSHAWA DAILY REFORMER (Estabtished 1871) An independent newspaper' published every week day afternoon except Saturday at Oshawa, Cane ada, by The Times Publishing Co. of Oshawa, Limited. . Chas. M. Mundy, Pres.; A. R. Alloway, Managing Director. The Oshawa Daily Times is a member of the Canadian Daily Newspapers Association the On- * tario Provincial Dailies and the Audit Bureau of Circulations. ; SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carrier in Oshawa, Whitby and suburbs 10 cents per week; $2.60 tor six months, or $56.20 per year if paid in advance. By mail anywhere in Canada (outside Oshawa carrier delivery limits) $1.25 for three months, $2.25 for six months, or $4.00 per year if paid in advance. By mail to U.S. subscribers, $6.00 per year, payable strictly in advance. FRIDAY, JULY 5, 1940 " Grateful For New Testament The following extract from a letter writ- ten by the late Hon. Norman McLeod Rogers, Minister of National Defence will appeal to all desiring to aid the young men now venturing everything in our defence. ; "I am very pleased to have this copy of the New Testament presented to me with my name inside the cover, and offered in the manner in which it is to be offered to all soldiers, sailors * and airmen, who desire to receive it before they proceed on active service. "By the action of the Bible Society in this matter, a valuable service is being rendered to the men themselves and also to Canada as a whole. I am convinced that the immediate relatives of those who proceed overseas will be reassured by the knowledge that their loved ones have been provided with a means of developing the religious side of their lives." The tragic and greatly lamented death of Mr. Rogers not long after the foregoing letter was written will add force to his im- plied appeal for: generous support of the Bible Society. Lindsay's Tabloid Daily On Wednesday the Lindsay Post was issued as a tabloid for the first time; the pages being 17 inches deep and five columns in width, similar in size to the Free Press issued each Friday by The Osh- awa Times. The leading editorial in the issue deals with the first issue of the tab- loid, as follows. Lindsay is today, we believe, the first com- munity, large or small, in Canada to have a tabloid daily newspaper. With today's issue, the Post presents a brand new paper, tabloid style with timely pictures, a complete digest of daily war news, local news, local and national adver- tising and news of the wide area in the five counties which are served by this newspaper. For the past five weeks the staff of the Post has been engaged in preparations for this new- style paper and the results of their work are being distributed throughout the town and dis- trict today. It is.the earnest hope of the pub- lishers, editor and staff that subscribers will be pleased with the new paper since it is be- lieved the Post will be a better newspaper in future than in the past. The Post has been contemplating for more than a year the advisability of making a change from full size to tabloid size paper. It was finally decided that the change would be made and work began on the immense amount of detail necessary to effect the alteration. It is the intention of the Post to attempt to make each page of the paper interesting with , important news items and advertising and to give its readers a journal which holds something of interest to all readers on every page. Import- ant pictmes will be used on the front page and possibly important last-minute news flashes will be used on the front page. The main news page, however, will be page three. This is not a new idea since it has been found practicable in American tabloids. Interesting pictures will be spread over the pages of the paper with readable items of local and world news occupy- ing important places on inside pages. As the paper goes to press today there is nothing the publishers and the staff can say but--"We hope you like it." Unsung Canadian Heroes In the great and ever widening panor- ama of stirring events in Europe, epics .. are being written daily, unparalleled deeds of daring being accomplished by our lads on sea, in air and on land, and great humili- ty and gratitude we should manifest at the feats of heroism and chivalry. Every country has its national heroes. The Greeks had their goddess Minerva, Romans their Romulus and the wolf, St. George and the dragon of English fame and lastly, but not least, are we reminded of Paul Bunion the great character of Cana- dian homeless. _ Suppose you could put on a pair of boots "with which you could speed yourself 500 miles off it would land you in Fort Church- ill and if you could take another step, say of 800 miles, you would discover yourself i. at the Great Bear Lake. It used to take wo or three weeks to get to the mines in the distant West. Today by air you can land there in a few short hours. So the . mode of conveyance is very Speedy and useful today. Some people have the idea that if they ~ have been in the Niagara district, have seen the falls, or have travelled in a radius of ~ BO miles of Toronto or if they have visited the Okanagan Valley that they have seen Canada. But if you have only touched these places you have only seen the fringe of this fair land. ; This wonderful country hds been peopled by wave after wave of emigrants. - First by the French Hugenots. Then if you would see what the missionaries accomplished then read La Salle by Parkham, an Ameri- can author who knows our country. The Missionaries came on to the Georgian Bay to the Soo, down to the mouth of the Mis- sissippi. They brought with them a rich religious idealism. At the time of the Am- erican revolution 50,000 to 60,000 U.E. Loyalists came from the United States. They were called Old Tories. What they did not go through, the hardships galore, no one knows. They braved our winters, Their undertaking was just as if you were determined to make your home at Fort Churchill. There was a political idealism woven into the background of Canada. Canada was developed in the hunt for the little beaver. Voyageurs and trappers all brought their contribution. Men were advised not to come if they feared the mos- quito and the women warned to stay away if they were afraid of wolves. In the years 1900 to 1914 millions came. Legions came from the British Isles and twice as many came from the United States. In 1911-1912, 400,000 Germans came. We shall never make Canadians of them. To- day we are paying for the welcome we gave them. There is no reason why we should give them the vote. It needs the most care- ful consideration before we give them the right of citizenship. The great thing Canada has done has been to build railroads. She started to do so when she had but 4,000,000 people. By 'the making of railroads meant that camps had to be constructed because of the long distances. Thus camps have almost become part of Canada itself. In these camps are many runaway boys who have gathered in them. The Frontier College came into being to help them. The Teacher-laborers work with the boys, eat and sleep with them. Then after a heavy day's work they teach them. Nor did. they always. get the best appreciation. And so one might go on. It is the same in many other phases of our history. We have taken too much for granted, forgot- ten the past, and left too many unsung heroes. Test For Democracy In this hour of danger, democratic nations have come to a new and common realization of their plight and their respon- sibilities, : What this means, is penned with lucidity in the following sentences from the New York Sunday Times: "Democracy is now faced with frightful tests for which it never was intended. If it is to live! it must marshal its strength with the same determination that its enemies have shown. The luxuries of indecision, of wishful thinking, of partisanship and petty bickering, have become deadly perils to the few free nations that still survive, "This is no time for disbelieving in democ- racy but for proving a passionate faith in it by sacrifice, by clear vision and courage." Editorial Notes | "French Forces Quit in Syria." --Head- line. Who said they ever got started in Syria. "Nazis Take Channel Island," states news head. Well, all the Nazis had to do was to walk in. Nobody hindered them. John Bull is building up a strong de- fence on the shores of Great Britain and is determined to fight as long as there is an axis to grind. The London Free Press says: "About the only lasting benefit a war confers on humanity is the advances made in medical and surgical knowledge." Praises Canadian Effort A tribute to Canadians has been written by Britain's poet laureate, John Masefield. This appeared in the Sunday Times re- cently : A Bit of Verse TO CANADIANS Our Friends in Need They say that your memorial has been broken. It was but marble your memorial stands More lastingly than any made with hands. Wherever freedom makes a heart to beat, Wherever. in the world our tongue is spoken, It will be said of you, that without spur, From Telloughip alone and sense of kin, Out of your®freedom, you took side with her Who is your mother, asking nothing more Than death upon a foreign shore That friendship among nations might begin. Canadians appreciate these lines of the Poet Laureate, which will help to inspire Canadians of every rank and condition and age to greater service, A Bible Thought for Today BE FAITHFUL IN YOUR PART: And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto Jife eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.--John 4:36, As Our Neighbors See It | ~From the Washington Times-Herald. BRITAIN GETS FRENCH SHIPS IN DOCKYARDS {from | orders, Subs and Warships Under| Construction in France Towed to England London, July 5.--Vice-Admiral | Emile Muselier, commander of the "free" French navy and air force | co-operating with the British, said | yesterday that a number of French naval vessels had "rallied" to the cause of Gen. Charles de Gaulle, heading a "French Committee" in London. "There are a number of French submarines in British weiers and in addition, several warships under construction in France were taken their docks and towed to safety, together with workmen to | complete them," Muselier said. France had four 35,000-ton battle- ships under way when the war started. Their fate now is in doubt. 1t had been reported that two of them, the Richeliu, launched Jan 17, 1939, and the Jen Bart, launch- ed March 6, 1940, had been towed out of their shipyards before the German conquest of France, Money collected from chartering of French merchant ships under his ad from valuable cargoes seized, Admiral Muselier said, gave enough resources--several milllor pounds sterling -- to operate his | forces for several years. In his statement, Muselier said that certain French naval ships in | British ports had been disarmed, | "but still we flying the French | flag." He said that his aim was to save the honor of the French naval | flag. "I hope that any commander of a | French ship would rather blow up | his vessel than surrender to the enemy," Muselier sc d. MAY PROHIBIT PUBLIC OFFICE T0 SUBVERSIVE Ontario Considers Request But Conant Points Out Difficulties Toronto, June 5.--Consideration is being given by the Ontario Govern- ment to legislation prohibiting mem- bers of illege:l subversive organiza- tions holding public office or posi- tions of public trust, Attorney-Gen- eral Conant stated yesterday. Difficulties arise, however, in fur- nishing 'sufficient proof against those so accused, he said. Mr. Con- ant's declaration came in response to resolutions passed by councils of the cities of Welland and Niagara Falls urging Federal and Provin- cial Governments to pass such war- time legislation. "Some difficulties would present themselves if effect were given to these recommendations," declared the Minister, who added that each case aginst such persons would in- volve a full-fledged trial to prove membership in such illegal organ- zations. At such trial, proof would be required of such membership. "Our experjence has not been very happy in this regard," " he stated. "Records of such organizations are seldom gwvailable and after these or- ganizations were declared illegal by 1ederal authorities, it would seem that such records would be destroy- ed. It is most difficult to adduce necessary evidence." Mr. Conant disclosed that the city of Niagara Falls council by resolu- tion ued commended both govern- ments for "their good work in hav- ing interned undesirable eharacters in the Niagara Falls district," Railwaymen Hurt In Handcar Crash Peterboro, July 5.--Injured at Nassau, two miles north of Peter- boro, Wednesday, C. Emery suffer- ed 2 broken back and W. Bradley a broken finger, & broken hand and a broken arm. The railwaymen were thrown from a motorized hanucu. w.... had left the tracks. They were admitted to Nicholls Hospital. Both are Peterboro men. MUST ADJUST PURSE STRINGS FOR NEW TAX BRITAIN DRAS WAR FINANCES FROM HALAYA Favorable Trade Balance From Far East Defense Set at Ten Million Monthly Singapore, July 5.--As the corner- stone of British defense in the Far East, Singapore is in the front line of the economic war, and British Malaya, of which it is the capital, is the "dollar arsenal" of the empire. Through Singapore flow each month thousands of tons of rubber and tin for war industries. Exports are controlled to prevent any raw materials leaving for likely enemy destinations, and supplies to neu- trals must be paid for in certain foreign currencies to increase Brit- ish resources of foreign exchange. A big and complicated organiza- tion exists today to Insure the smooth working of the economic weapons which can be operated from Singapore. Foreign exchange control is one of the most important wartime depart- ments, for Malays normally has a big favorable balance of trade with most countries, especially the United States. To conserve the foreign ex- change which this trade makes available no export transaction is possible with a country outside the sterling bloc unless authorities have approved the arrangements made regarding payment for the goods. Favorable Balance Rises Last year the monthly excess of Malayan sales to the United States -- chiefly tin and rubber -- over purchases from America was at least $12,000,000. Under present con- ditions it is likely that Malaya makes available to Great Britain at least $10,000,000 monthly in U.S. currency to pay for war materials bought in America on the "cash and carry" principle. By continuing to sell more goods to America, the country is what has been described as a "treasure house" for the empire. No country in the empire is so important a supplier of foreign exchenge for the Allies as Malaya. Linked with exchange control is the control of imports. Purchases from non-sterling countries are re- stricted to prevent foreign exchange Act Won't Be Used to Aid People Whom New Budget Puts in Financial! Plight s---- Toronto, July 5--Married persons finding themselves in financial dif- ficulties, due to the Federal budget and heavy mortgage charges on homes, cannot, expect any help un- der the Mortgagors Act of Ontario, acting premier Harry Nixon de- clared yesterday. Those who have large commit- ments in this way and are burden- ed with suiditional Federal taxation should adjust their budgets to meet the situation, he The Mortgagors Act, Mr. Nixon explained, deals with comm.unci prior to 1932, He couid sce nn reason why the Ontario Government should move to aid thosé because of increased Federal taxation and becerase they carry heavy mort- gages. "If persons have entered into commitments so far beyond their means it would indicate they should adjust themselves to' new condi- tions," said the acting. premier. "Persons with $10.000 a year often assume more than they can afford and they too have to adjust them- selves." The case cited to Mr. Nixon was that of a young married couple, now facing vastly increased income tax- ation and who find difficulty in meeting also hew/y mortgage com- mitments. FOURTH MEMBER DONS UNIFORM Ottawa, July 5.--Fourth member of the House of Commons to don the uniform, George S. White, Con- servative member for Hastings-Pet- erboro, has been appointed adju- tant of the Hastings and Prince Ed- ward Regiment. Captain White served with the 44th Battalion in the last war, was wounded three times and awarded the Military Me- dal at Vimy Ridge. He has been practicing law at Madoc. Other members now in uniform are Denton Massey, with the R.C. AF. at Trenton, Lt.-Col. Charles 8. Booth of Winnipeg, end A. J. Lapointe of Matapedia - Matane, Quebec, who is now a member of the veterans home guard. Hastings Woman Falls ¢ 20 Feet From Verandah Hastings, July 5.--Falling 20 feet from a second-storey apartment, Mrs. Fred Crate, of this village, suffered back injuries and severe shock when she landed on a wood- en landing & few feet above the raceway here. A few minutes after her husband had left the village to go to King- ston in an effort to join the Royal Canadian Air Force, Mrs. Crate stepped out on the back balcony..A flimsy wcoden rivling which she rested on gave way as she talked to a neighbor across the street. | empire. Japanese and United States being spent needlessly on goods that can be obtained from within the treede have been hit by these restric- tions, The Malayan trade with em- pire countries, especially Australia has benefitted considerably. Export control has a wider sig- nificance, It aims at seeing that Greet; Britain gets all the rubber, tin, palm oil, copra and other Co- lonial raw materials which it re- quires, and at the same time keep- ing a watchful eye on supplies of these vital commodities to neutral countries. When a Malayan reads that one reason for the coal shortage in Ger- many is to provide material from which synthetic rubber can be manufzctured he is overjoyed. He knows that the Allied blockade is ef- fectively keeping supplies. of plan- tation rubber from the Reich. He also knows that synthetic rubber is not nearly as useful for ordinary purposes as the natural substance and the: it is almost impossible for Germany to make sufficient "ersatz" material for war requirements. The Singapore organization can- not be 100 per cent. efficient as a blockade weapon because Soviet Russia, for example, can buy rubber and tin in the Netherlands Indies export it to Vladivostak, and per- haps send it to Germany via the Trans-Sibernian railway. PREPARED T0 REPULSE ENEMY .was told by the News-Post. NINE MILLIONS SMUGGLED FROM NORWAY IN GOLD Children Pulled Boxes 35 Miles In Sleighs and Evaded Nazi Sentries; Gold Was Placed in Secret Caches Following German Invasion Baltimore, Md, July 5.~How $9,000,000 in gold was slipped past Nazi sentries by Norwegian children who pulled it on sleds to a small freighter hidden in a secret fjord The gold shipment the paper re- ported arrived here Monday on the Norwegian ship Bomma for deliv- ery to New York and was unloaded under police guard. From g source whose identity was not revealed "for obvious reasons" the News-Post learned the gold was part of large amounts hidden in secret caches by the Norwegian Government after the German in vasion. When the German offensive on the western front broke the paper's informant said the small tramp steamship moved into the fjord where it was quickly covered with tree branches to escape detection from German planes. For days afterwards children pull- ing sleds--a common sight .in Nor way--trudged inconspicuously to- ward the vicinity. On each sled was a small box of gold taken from the hiding place in the rugged country. side 35 miles from the fjord. Now and then a woman passed by the Nazi guards pulling a larger sled with children sitting on the box of gold. Six weeks were require ed to transfer the gold to the ship. Then on a moonless night - the freighter slipped out to sea. An hour later a submarine loomed alongside and a tense crew waited fearfully. But the submarine iden- tifying itself as British slipped from view; 2 : The Bommga anchored off Balti. more harbor June 28 and waited two days apparently while arrange- ments were completed for unload ing and transporting the gold. Capt. John Carey of the Balti- more police department said a re- quest for g police guard came through the railway express come pany and that he was told only that $9000000 in gold bullion was to be moved from pier to station. RECORD REVENUE IN NEWFOUNDLAND Carry Out Pledge to Great Britain Not to Ask For Assistance St. John's, Nfld., July 5.--Reven- ue of -more them $12,500,00, a record, duging the fiscal year ended June 30, was announced by Commissioner of Finance Penson in his budget ad- dress Wednesday night. = Expendi- tures were $16,575,00, about $500,000 less than anticipated. Carrying out Newfoundland's pledge to the United Kingdom last November that the British Govern- ment would not be celled on for aid, Mr. Penson reaffirmed that Newfoundland would meets its de- ficits during the war. Last year's deficit, he said, was met by a $1,500,000 war loan and by drawing on surplus funds in the exchequer, Revenue for the current year was estimated at $13,52500 and e¢:- penditures at $15,450,000. Retrench- ments totalling $1,650,000 had been affected, and the deficit would be met largely by sale of war savings certificates. are believed to be the Canadian forces both in Can ada and overseas. However, as each one technically enlists as a British subject an accurate picture of the number of U.S. citizens weering the Canadian uniform is impossible tol obtain, TO U.S. IN TRAMP SHIF RCAF WONTBAR GOODS, PILOT Possible Loss of Citizenshiy Unlikely to Be Serious Obstacle United States citizenship hrough taking the oath of allegiance to th King is not expected to prove serious obstacle to the enlistment of] US. citizens in the armed fore Canada, it is learned. Some modifications in enlistm procedure are understood to h been meade with a view to m the personal problem which fronts a U.S. volunteer when hi asked to take the oath. x The oath is not being dropf but certain other changes in | enlistment procedure for U.S. citi Zens have been made, Several thousands of U.S, citizens now in Air Minister Power told the House of Commons that fully quali- fied United States pilots would not be barred from service in the Royal Canadian Air Force because of th U.S. citizenship. 180 PERIODICALS REFUSED ENTRY Total of 117 U.S. Publica tions Banned Since War, House Is Told Ottawa, July 5.--Entry of 117 United States periodicals into Can- ada has been banned since the start of the war and eight or ten others are in process of being excluded, according to a return tabled in the House of Commons Wednesday in answer to a question from T, L. Church (Con., Toronto-Broadview.) Mr. Church asked specifically about the Chicago Tribune and the Seurday Evening Post, suggesting they carried articles detrimental to the prosecution of the war, He was told that the press censors had not recommended exclusion of these because they 'were not sate isfied the nature and quantity of such subversive materizd as these publications might have contained warranted exclusion from this coun- try in the light of other considera< tions which were involved in such drastic action. "The recent policy of both the Chicago Tribune ana tue wa... ..y Evening Post has been more favor- able to the British cause but every issue of these publications is being carefully examined and the policy adopted is based on current con- tents." The return said all foreign pub- lications in the principal European languages had been closely watch- ed since the stert of the war and the same vigilance was continuing. In all, 180 periodicals from all countries, and a quantity of books, pamphlets, circulars and other me- terial were refused admission to Canada since the start of the war. County in Nova Scotia Works Out Own Scheme --Approved by Army Sherbrooke, N.S, July 5. -- Guysboro County stands ready to fend off enemy atacks on its rug- ged Atlantic coast line today under a plan devised by the Sherbrooke branch of the Canadian Legion. It involves both young and old. The scheme, approved by both military and legion authorities, aims principally at making Guys- boro's population 'defence con- scious." Fishermen, lighthouse keepers. miners, even Boy Scouts have their places. Each man is detailed to guard a mile of the shore. If he should sight suspicious-looking craft it is his duty to phone a central heaxd- quarters 'and prearranged action will be launched. A test of the system found it clicking the other day when the Pacific-bound schooner Thunder- bird floundered on the coast. 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