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Every Week Day Except Saturday. Chr Oshawa Daily Times PROBS. * Mostly Fair and VOL. 27--NO. 15 OSHAWA, ONTARIO, MONDAY, JULY 22, 1940 Single Copies 3¢ EIGHT PAGES SIGN 643 RECRUITS FOR ONTARIO REGT. 700 HEAR WOMAN M.P. CRITICIZE CONSCRIPTION LAW, DENOUNCE PREMIER Mackenzie King "Friend and Protector of the Un- derworld" CHARGES PEOPLE PLANNED OWN RULE Opposed to Infringement of Personal Liberties-- Caustic of War Expendi- ture When Money "Not Available" to Aid Poor Using the Prime Minister's own interpretation of the word "under- world," as applying to war profit- eers, Mrs. Dorise Nielsen, only wo- man member of the Canadian Par- liament, last night dubbed Macken- zie King "the friend and protector of the underworld" and his govern- ment "nothing but the Charlie Mc- Certhy 'sitting on the knee of the big business enterprises." She was speaking before a near-capacity crowd of 700 people in the Bilt- more Theatre on the subject "De- mocracy in Wartime." The meeting was sponsored by the Oshawa Dist- rict Trades and Labor Council and the Oshawa Youth Council, and re- ports from the fifth Canadian Youth Congress were given by delegates of the latter organization. Mrs, Nielsen contended that De- mocracy should function in war- time to no less a degree than it does in times of peice. She placed herself on record as being generally opposed to the infringement of per- sonal liberties. In her opinion Can- ada is faced with two crisis: The economic crisis and the war crisis. The present Canadian Govern- ment, said Mrs. Nielsen, had failed to solve the economic problem. It had told the people in time past that there was "no money" to start factory wheels turning and to in- stitute a big program of public works but when war came along millions of dollars were voted with the utmost speed. "So little for life," said Mrs. Nielsen, "and so much for death." Money to prose- cute the war was being raised by two methods, taxation and borrow- ing. The speaker contended that the war should be finamced by con- scription of wealth, Facts and fi- gures were quoted to show that wealth was not being conscripted, that big businesses were making profits as great as 40 per cent. of (Continued on Page 8, Col, 5) NOTED SUBMARINE 15 BELIEVED LOST Sub Which Sighted Bremen, Torpedoed Two Nazi Cruisers, Missing London, July 22--At a British maval port last week a submarine officer sitting in the mess depot of his ship knocked the ashes out of his pipe, rose to his feet and de- on a sad mission. It was his Job to tell a bride of ten weeks, the wife of Commander E. O. Bickford of the submarine Salmon that her husband's ship was overdue and must be presumed to be missing. That was all there was to it. Of course, Mrs. Bickford, who is 22 years old and who was married just after Commander Bickford's return from one of the most succesful sub- marine cruises in British history, can hope that he will prove to be a prisoner of war, But that is a slim hope. 'There is little news of the men on submarine service, who slip off on patrol in the little wet ships." They may have such a time as did the Salmon earlier in the war when she sank a German sub- marine, had the German ({lner Bremen sighted in her periscopes, and fired six torpedoes into the midst of @ German squadron. The curt Admiralty announce- ment that the Salmon was "over- due and must be presumed missing" is the epitaph for a set of brave men who probably now are some- (Continued on Page 8, Col. 5) * ® | : . » CENTRE 'ST. UNITED CHURCH Garden Party, Mr. Norman Wil- lams', 201 College Ave., Wednes- day July 24. Admission 25c. (1428) > Floating Bridge ; Nearly Submerges Peterborough, July 22.--Otto Fer- guson, Peterborough trucker, es- caped death by drowning late Sun- day afternoon when his truck start- | ed to slide off the Chemong float- | ing bridge, partially submerged by | several autoists who failed to wait | at a turning point on the bridge. According to eyewitnesses the cars endeavored to pass Ferguson's truck, which was loaded with peas, on the single-lane roadway. The bridge was forced under the water and the truck started to slide off. Bridenorth residents saw Fergu- son's predicament and rigged up tables and chains to hold the ve- hicle until its load was removed. ORONO MAN STOPS THEFT OF HIS CAR BY CLEVER TRICK Keeps Thieves Busy by Pretending to Help Them Make Getaway Orono, July 22. --Approaching on the pretext of offering his aid, Ed. Woodyard, local businessman, held three men at gunpoint until the ar- rival of police, after an attempt had been made to steal his car. Returning home at midnight, Woodyard went into a restaurant for a cup of tea and had barely seated himself when he heard the motor of his car start up and roar down the street. The driver of the vehicle made one bad mistake, ac- cording to Woodyard, when he pick- ed a dead-end street. ! Following at a distance, Wood- yard saw the driver attempt to turn the vehicle around, but one wheel slipped into a culvert and held fast. A second car then drove up and picked up the third man who had been driving Woodyard's car. By this time Woodyard approach- ed and offered to direct them to a garage. Getting into the car, he got them to stop at the restaurant and on the pretext of getting some cigarettes, he told the store proprie- tor to call the police. Then Wood- yard walked back to the. car and pointed a revolver at the surprised men. He kept them covered until Provincial Constable W. F. Thomp- son arrived. In Bowmanville court, Herman Allin, Joseph Kresovic and William | Zabihaylo appeared on a charge of car theft and elected summary trial after a plea of not guilty. The case was set over until next Friday, SUGGEST SCHOOLS BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR REGISTRATION In a memorandum to boards of education, high, public and separ- ate schools, the minister of educa- tion requests that they make ar- rangements to have accommodation in the school buildings under their control made available for use as booths for national registration, by the officers who have been appoint- ed by the Department of National War Services for this purpose. Copies of the memorandum were received in Oshawa last Friday, and it is understood arrangements are to be made in compliance with the request of the Minister of Edu- cation. "pig . GENERAL GRERAR NAMED CANADA'S CHIEF OF STAFF Succeeds Maj.-Gen. Ander- son Who Becomes In- spector-General Ottawa, July 22.--Major-General H. D. G. Crerar has been appointed Chief of the General Staff, succeed- ing Major-General T. V. Anderson, who has been named Inspector Gen- eral for Central Canada and to un- derteice special inspection duties, the Department of National Defence announced last night. As Inspector General for Central Canada, Major-General Anderson succeeds Major-General E. C. Ash- ton, who is retiring. Major-Gen. Ashton came out of retirement last fall to become In- spector General and recently these duties were split up and he became Inspector General for Central Can- ada. While General Crerar takes over the Chief-of-Stef duties, General Anderson will start at once im- po:tant inspection duties in connec- tion with the coast defences on the Atlantic coast and with special ref- erence to Canadian activities in the Newfoundland area. General Crerar, 52, arrived in Canada only last Friday from the United Kingdom where he had been senior combatant officer at Cana- dian Military Headquarters. He left the United Kingdom to tee over a newly-created post of vice-chief of the General Staff at National Defence Headquarters here and went right to work. He conferred with Defence Min- ister Ralston shortly after his ar- rival. Organized C.A.SF. General Anderson relinquishes a post to which he wes appointed Nov, 21, 1938. He is 59 and has been associated with the army since MMs student days at Royal Military College, Kingston. Much of the onerous detail of or- ganizing the Canadian Active Ser- vice Force has been his &nd he has been at his desk almost continuous- ly, day and night, seven days a week, since the second Great War broke out. General Crerar, in taking over (Continued on Page 8, Col, 3) FALL FROM BOAT FATALIN QUINTE George Markland Drowns in Odd Mishap--Body Not Recovered Belleville, July 22.--Falling back- ward into the deep water of the Bay of Quinte, near Picton, George Markland, 2+, drowned Sunday des- pite desperate rescue efforts. He failed to reappear after hitting the surface. Markland was returning from a trip in a cruiser owned by Pat Mc- Manus of Picton. Others in the boat were Karl Smith of the R.C.A. F., Toronto, Markland's brother-in- law, and Gilbert Lighthall, Picton. Markland was in the bow when a sudden lurch of the cruiser sent him backward. As he fell he clutched an awning, but it came away in his grasp. Lighthall dived repeatedly, but could find no trace of his companion. The spot was marked by a chair attached to an anchor and the boat sped into Pic- ton, where the fatality was report- ed. Grappling operations were started but at nightfall the body was still missing. Markland was widely known in the trucking business, He was un- married. He leaves his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Will Markland of Picton, and several sisters and brothers. Takes Jail Sentence To Claim Prize Auto Peterboro, July 22.--On the horns of a dilemma for the last two weeks, J. Ross Smith, of Whitby, made his decision Friday, and entered the county jail to serve a term of one month, Smith was announced as the win- ner of an automobile offered as the major prize by the Peterboro Ro- tary Club at its carnival in River- side Park recently. All that he had to do was to come to Peterboro and drive his prize away. Unfortunately, the Rotarians were not alone in their anxiety to find him, for the police were also on the lookout. Their interest, how- ever, was not concerned with the propriety of the draw, but with two bad cheques stated to have been issued by Smith, for sums of $4 and $5.18 respectively, without any funsd in the bank to meet them. Reaching Peterboro yesterday, the Whitby man pleaded guilty to two charges' of false pretenses, and was sentenced by Magistrate Langley to 30 days in jail. "Suspended sentence is out of the question," said his Worship, on learning that the accused had been convicted on several previous occa- sions. It was stated in court that Smith had sold his prize car, and was mak. ing restitution, Two Oshawa Soldiers In Camp in England munition Park, England. of the men. Sgt.-Major Lock by streaks of khaki and black. the R.C.AS.C. to receiving a commission. been in England since February. Registrar, Appeals for Volunteer Assistants to Complete Great Job Col. Frank Chappell, registrar of the electoral riding of Ontario, is seeking the assistance of 400 deputy tion of people 16 years of age and August, the dates of which will be announced shortly. Col, Chappell said that there are upwards of 44,000 people in the rid- ing eligible for national registra- tion and it will take at least 11,000 hours of work to fill in the 44,000 registration forms, it has been esti- mated. The old Y.M.C.A. building on Simcoe street south, is to be head- quarters for registration in' the rid- ing, but it is hoped to have all schools and halls in the riding opened up to the deputies for the three or four days the registration is in progress. The booths are to be open from 8 am. to 10 p.m. each day and the registrar hopes to have (Continued on Page 8, Col. 4) STRENGTHEN GUARD AT THE PACKARD PLANT Action Follows Threat That Plant Will Be Blown Up Detroit, July 22.--Three police cruisers continuously circled the mile-long plant of the Packard Motor Car Company today. A com- pany official had received an an- onymous telephone call in which it was threatened that the plant would be blown up. The company, which maintains from 30 to 40 private guards, in- creased their number by four or five. son, Packard service manager in New York, telephoned him that Packard buildings there were being guarded after an anonymous threat, Anderson told Shriner that ha was informed by telephone that the plant would be blown up "because the company has agreed to manu- facture airplane engines for Great Britain." Packard recently was awarded a contract to manufacture 6,000 Rolls Royce engines for Great Britain and 3,000 for the United States. Police said a search of the plant revealed "nothing out of the ordi- Lieut. Adam Shriner of the de- | tective bureau, said C. E. Ander- Pictured above are Norman Walker (right) and Ted Lock both of Oshawa, of the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, at Am- Sgt.-Major Walker is a son of Mrs, Jennie Walker, 144 Mary Street, and the late Abner Walker. is a son of Capt. W. J. Lock and Mrs. Lock, of Lock's Ladies' Wear, 23 Simcoe street north, and has charge | of the mechanical department, which keeps about 400 trucks, lorries and | cars in repair. In the background is one of the lorries and an army car. | The Austin coupe against which the officers are learning, is camouflaged | The long building is the barracks of Since leaving Canada both young men have obtained | the rank of Warrant Officer No. 1, which is the highest award next | | They are members of the battalion that was | lon the boat ready to go to France for some time, but' the trip was | cancelled when France surrendered. stated that 25 of the battalion visited the new General Motors plant | in the south of England to study the structure and operation of the | army vehicles. They met several Oshawa men there who are working | under Harry Jeffreys, who formerly lived at 550 Mary Street and has | The leticr is the first the family have | : received since June 20. Some mail apparently has been lost, Mrs. Walker | ¢lared the intention of the city to reports. The two officers are enjoying life in England although they found it very difficult to become accustomz2d to the climate at first. The wives of both men live in Toronto, of the camp, both officers are provided with motorcycles. battalion when the men left Canada were Maynard Nelson, Simcoe street south, and George Irwin, Kingston Road west, Old Y.M.C.A. Building To Serve As Headquarters For National Registration in Ontario Riding + { Col. Frank Chappell, Riding| | | | | over on: the three of four days in | | splintered. registrars to help take the registra. | Lm tree (left), He has charge In a letter to Mrs. Walker it was | Owing to the ten mile diameter | Also in this Lightning Slashes Tree In North End They say lightning twice dn the sine' place but people in the north end of Mary street are beginning to think otherwise. Lightning left its mark on the huge just two houses away from where a big basswood was felled during a recent storm. A strip of bark at the base of the tree was torn off. and a layer of wood Residents in the dist- rict testified to hearing a terrify- ing crash of thunder. A nearby telephone pole was seen enveloped in a cloud of smoke, but came out apparently unscathed. SEES EMPIRE AS STABILIZING FORCE FOR LAW, ORDER Dorothy Thompson De- clares Churchill Master of Dyke Against Chaos Montreal, July 22.--The British Empire is "the only world-wide sta- bilizing force for law and order on the planet" and if it should fall "the planet will rock with an earth- quake," Dorothy Thompson said in a radio address here last night: Speaking over the national net- work of the Canadian Broadcast- ing Corporation on the invitation of the director of public informa- tion for Canada, G. H. Lash, Miss Thompson replied to Hitler's "Last Chance" address to Britain last weck. Miss Thompson's address was the first in a new CBC series. "The plutocratic England you at- tack is today a socialistic state," sald the noted correspondent and commentator, "a Socialist state cre- ated without a class war, created out of love, and led by an aristo- crat for whom 'England builds no eagle's nest or palaces out of the taxes of her people, a man who cares nothing for money, or ever has, but only for Britain, and for the coming world that a free aad socialist British society will surely help to build if ever it is built." The British Empire is "an anci- ent. structure, cemented with blood," she added. It is "an in- credibly delicate . and exquisite mechanism, held together lightly now, by imponderable elements of credit and prestige, experience and skill, written and unwritten law, codes «ad habits. . World Equalizer "This remarkable : and artistic + + (Continued on Page 8, Col. 1) | May to form the guards' force, when : crganize a force, and urged the de- | } | la major item for debate. | ly up to those now on relief to set never strikes CONANT, HEPBURN 10 DISCUSS HOME GUARD AT OTTAWA Ruling Will Be Sis as to Jurisdiction and Arms Toronto, July 22.--Premier Hep- burn and Attorney-General Gordon Conant this week will confer with the Defence Minister at Ottawa over the Volunteer Civil. Guawd situation in Ontario. The question of juris- diction in operation of the force was said last night to be a leading point on the conference agenda. Announcement at Ottawa of the conference suggested that the meet- ing between the Ontario Govern- ment leaders 1d Hon. J. L.'Ral- ston, Minister of Defence, and Hon. Angus Macdonald, Minister of De- fence of Naval Affairs, will be held on Thursday. 'The entire jurisdiction issue open- ed shortly after the move began in Mr. Conant wired the late Minister of Defence, Hon. Norman 'Rogers, thes, municipalities were pressing for home defence and asked for di- rection. At approximately the same time, Mayor W. J. Laforest of Sudbury wrote to the Defence Minister, de- partment to loan 400 rifles to it. Mr. Rogers at that time. advised the Mayor of the Government's in- tention to establish the "Veterans Home Guard" and asserted that the co-operation of others who were not eligible to join either the vet- erans' guards or the militia "will, I am sure, still be averlable, to both the Provincial Police and the R.C. M.P., whose duty it is to counteract enemy subversive activities." | While the Ontario Government has organized the Volunteer Civil Guards virtually as an auxillary police force, the jurisdiction prob- | lem, it is sted at Queen's Park, remains a thorny one. Other ques- tions, such as arms, is said to be RECENT STORMS DAMAGE CROPS IN THIS DISTRICT Hail and High Winds Wreak Havoc in Brougham, | Greenwood, Audley Areas (By Whitby Editor) Whitby, July 22. --Stories of seri- ous damage to crops as the result of recent storms, are coming in from all parts of South Ontario. Grains, vegetables, corn and pota- toes have suffered severely, and frequent rains are hampering hay- ing operations. Storm damage has been more severe in the central part of Pick- ering Township, particularly in the Brougham, Greenwood and Audley areas, where havoc has been wrought by hail and high winds. Many trees have also been blown down and bushes stripped. "We need two wo~ks of dry wea- ther, in order to ®aprove present crop conditions," said a prominent farmer to The Oshawa Times today. At the plant of the Metcalfe Foods Limited in Whitby to which much farm produce is brought, operations are being hampered, and a lot of peas will be spoiled on ac- count of wet weather. The com- pany does not anticipate a very good corn crop because of the ex- cesive rain. TOTAL DOESN'T INCLUDE THOSE SEEKING POSTS _ AS MILITIA OFFICERS Council Meeting In Spite of Heat Mayor J. C. Anderson, K.C, ald- ermen of the Oshawa City Coun- cil ad city officials are going to "get hot under the collar" tonight and they are making no bones about it. The reason is that a meeting of council in committee has been call- ed for this evening to be held in the board room of the Public Utili- ties Commission, and air-condi- tioning is one of the conveniences NOT provided insthat building. The committee room is capable of gath- ering considerable heat of its own accord without any assistance from civic srathorities so when the latter are present the temperature usual- ly surpasses outside thermometers many degrees. ANOTHER CLASS HELD INELIGIBLE FOR RELIEF AID Men Under 45 with Two Dependents cut Off by Ruling of Department Toronto, July 22. -- Employable male heads of families, forty-five years and under, with two depend- ents, will be barred from Govern- ment-contributed relief after Aug. 1, under an order released Friday by Hon. Eric Cross, Minister of Public Welfare and Municipal Af- fairs. "All over the Province employ- able heads of families have shown that there are jobs to be found," declared the Minister. "It is strict- out and hustle for them." Municipalities will be Informed immediately that the Provincial contribution to this category will cease -on that date, he said. The order quickly follows one which will discontinue contributions to em- ployable males with one dependent after next Monday. Government leaders generally stressed that the move to purge the relief rolls springs from the be- lief that, there is work for those who want it and that the desire to retrench in spending is a secondary factor. It has lgng been the policy of the Government to clamp down on relief when and as employment conditions warranted it, said Pre- mier Hepburn in commenting on the order. "Increased demands for farm labor have been reported at the Government employment offices," said Mr. Cross, in announcing the ruling. "This is' work which must be done and done speedily. No one is going to be supported in idleness |. while crops are going to waste for want of harvest hands. The Gov- ernment's drive to end relief for able-bodied men while there are jobs available will continue unre- mittingly." oir. Cross said that in many On- tario municipalities conditions have improved to the point that there were "virtually no employable per- sons on the relief rolls." The rate of employment has been accelerated rapidly during June and July, he continued, and it was the department's intention to take full advantage of the opportunities pro- «vided for employment on Ontario farms and in industry." General Pearkes Now Flies Battle Banner Somewhere in England, July 22.-- The Canadian First Division, with other strong formations of British troops, began functioning officially last night as a new army corps un- der command of Lieut.-Gen. A, G. L. McNaughton, The important task of organiza- tion involving major appointments and promotions has been completed and the machinery put in high gear. With the shift the Canadian bat- tle flag ceased to fly over General McNaughton's headquarters, which will temporarily be without dis- tinguishing insignia until an appro- priate one is evolved fo meet the mixed composition of the corps. Meanwhile * Canada's battle flag flies at Major-Gen. G. R. Pearkes' divisional headquarters. Saturday night General Pearkes and the commander of a British Columbia regiment were guests of honor at a dinner given by Major J. J. Astor and his wife, Lady Violet Astor, in their famous country home which is so intimately associ- ated with the history of the coun- try. As a gesture of appreciation of the hospitality. extended by the Astors to the rank and file of his men the commander brought along his pipers, dressed in.kilts. They played the Retreat while the dis- tinguished company stood at atten- tion, , Later the pipers gave a selected program of favorite Scottish airs, Lieut-Col. R. B. Smith Hopes to Announce List of Officers and Date for Starting Drill This Week KINSMEN MEMBERS KEEN TO SIGN UP Whitby Provides 65 Men for Unit With Many Married Men Enrolling-- Recruiting Continues as Over 800 Men Required Oshawa's response to the call for recruits for the Second Battalion, Ontario Regiment, N.P.AM. cone tinued over the week-end with en= thusiasm only slightly deminished from that which has been in evide ence all week. With recruiting ace tivities extended to Whitby on Frie day the total number of recruits who have signed for service with the local militia unit today stands at 643, plus a comparatively large number who are seeking come missions in the new unit. Whitby's contribution to .this enrolment totals 65. It had been the hope of Lieut.» Col. R. B. Smith to announce the names of his chief officers to gether with the date of the unit's firsg parade but this was found impossi=* ble due to unforeseen circumstances. The commanding officer plans to visit headquarters at Toronto to= day to arrange details so that the local unit may commence active | training and drill without further delay. A) ' Kinsmen Siga Up One development which pleased "Colonel Bob" considerably was the action of a large group of members Ji of the Oshawa Kinsmen's Club. Al- | though no definite figures are avail- |i able it is understood that the bulk of this club's membership has vol= unteered for service with the unit including Past Presidents Walter Branch and Ald. W. H. Gifford. While the enrolment of 643 men would indicate that unit will short- ly be recruited to its full strength of 800, there is no likelihood that recruiting will end when No. 800 is enrolled as more than 800 will be needed to provide the battalion's full strength as obviously some of the men who have signed on will be unable to pass the medical re- quirements. No medical officer has been ap- pointed as yet and when this is done he will be a busy man for some days, examining all the men (Continued on Page 8, Col. 6) (IVIL GIARDS FOR PROVINCE: | TOTAL 30,000 135 Municipalities Already | Organized; 46 Others Preparing Toronto, July 22.--Volunteer & guard enrolment in 135 On | municipalities is placed at close to Wi 30,000 men in a report filed with Attorney-General Gordon Conant. In addition, said H. S. McCready, | Deputy Provincial Police Commis- sioner, who has supervision of the Queen's Park office in charge (of organization, volunteer civil guards are being organized in forty-six cther municipalities. Enrolment is divided as follows: Cities, 23; counties, 5; towns, 92; townships, 3, and villages, 12. Of the 135 municipalities fifty-two have indicated their desire for either partial or complete arming | of their units. The committee has ° issued 30,500 enrolment forms and printing of 5000 more has been requested. Commanding officers of fifty-five volunteer civil guards have ' been sworn in as reserve constables of the Ontario Provincial Police. While Toronto does not appear In the list of cities, civic authori. ties have enlisted a special protect ive force. According to Col. C. EB, Reyr Dominion and Provin 4 president of the Canadian Corps, 3,000 veterans in Toronto and dis- trict are drilling each night on | their own. 3 "They are brushing up and get= ting In shape so that they will be ready if they are needed," sald Colonel Reynolds. . ae '