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+ career. PUBLISHED Every Week Day, Except Saturday. AAAI The Oshawa Daily Tones Fair and Moderately Warm. VOL. 27--No. 22 OSHAWA, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, JULY 3l, 1940 Single Copies 3c TEN PAGES OSHAWA FLYING SCHOOL EMBRACES 'DOZEN STRUCTURES 21 AIRPLANES de ROY. D. KERBY APPOINTED ASSISTANT TO PRESIDENT OF GENERAL MOTORS FIRM Will Also Be Director of All| Public Relations For Company--Started With McLaughlin Motor Co. 27 Years Ago Roy D. Kerby, who has recently been General Sales Manager of the 'Pontiac McLaughlin-Buick GMC Trucks Division of the General Motors Products of Canada Limited, was today named Assistant to the President, and Director of all Pub- lic Relations for the Company. Mr. Kerby's appointment is a cul- mination of a brilliant career in the automotive industry. It is just 27 years since Mr. Kerby started in the business as a retail salesman for the McLaughlin Motor Car Com- pany, Church and Richmond Streets, Toronto. A couple of de- cades afterwards by a turn of fate, he became manager of the Toronto Zone for General Motors on the very same site where he started his In the interval his motor car experiences have taken him far afield, he has served as sales man- ager for Oldsmobile, Oakland and Cadillac Divisions, and for a time was with Durant Motors as sales manager, general manager and pre- sident. During Mr. Kerby's recent years of service with General Motors, he held the position of assistant gen- eral sales manager for a time and then was appointed Public Rela- tions Manager on special assign- ments. In the position announced today. he will be in complete charge of public relations work for the com- pany, a task for which he is emin- ently qualified by his experiences and popularity throughout Canada. TELLS OF SMELLS IN ALGERIAN CITY Mrs. Evelyn Bateman De- scribes North African Land to Rotary Club Mrs. Evelyn Bateman, guest speaker at the Oshawa Rotary Club luncheon meeting at the Genosha Hotel on Monday, gave some im- pressions of her visit to Algiers and the district surrounding that city last year. She was introduced by rotarian Stan Everson. Algiers is a fortified city on the south coast of the Mediterranean Sea and is the capital of the French colony of Algeria, with a popula- tion of over 200,000. The city is divided in two sections, the modern Algiers and the native section of narrow, winding streets. Mrs. Bate- man told of a tour through the native section where the homes are mostly one-room affairs where the family share it with goats. The people are extremely poor, but ap- parently contented. Children, dogs, donkeys and grown-ups mingle to gether in a medley of sound, smell and color. While the women wear veils, (Continued on Page 10, Col. 6) Volunteer Guards Meet At Legion Hall Tonight The Oshawa Volunteer Civil | Guards, under the command of Col. Frank Chappell, will meet this (Wednesday) evening at the Cana- | dian Legion Hall, Centre Street, when all members and others who desire to connect up with the or- ganization will please report. In addition to the ex-service men who compose the guards, the corps has now been thrown open to civilians who are not eligible for military duty, and the com- manding officer will be glad to re- ceive applcation from every civil- fan who can stand a route march and the training which will be giv- en, Late Weather Reports As compiled at 11:00 a.m. Tonight-- Weather, clear remain- ing somewhat cooler. Wind, north, moderate, ' Thursday--Weather, fair, becom- ing warmer. Wind, northwesterly, light to nfoderate. LAKE TEMPERATURES Temperature of the water at the beach at the lakefront this after- noon at 2:30 o'clock was 50 degrees Wind, north, 15 m.p.h., (at 3 pm.). (Courtesy Oshawa Yacht Club) President's s Aide + | | | | I FY | ROY D. KERBY Who has been appointed assistant td" the President of General Motors of Canada and director of all public relations for the company. BAND TO PLAY IN PARK THURSDAY Utilizing Temporary Stand Provided by Council Without Delay The City Council, having made final arrangements for a temporary bandstand in Memorial Park, Regimental band will give a series of concerts commencing Thursday evening, August 1, at 8:00 p.m. Bandmaster Broadbent has chos- en a program of favorite band mu- sic and will feature two band's popular soloists. Musician Hood will play a cornet solo, "Al pine Echoes", by Windsor, and Mu- sician J. Lee, Sr. will use the new trombone which was recently re- ceived from England. After a delay of 'some three months, this will be the first time for Mr. Lee to play on this instrument in public. The instrument, with Mr, Lee's ability as trombone soloist, should be a most interesting part of the program. "Shamrockland", by Orde Hume, consists of old Irish melodies and will appeal to young and old with their splendid melodies. Two out- standing marches go to round out the program which is as follows: "O Canada" March, Washington Grays, Grafulla Valse, Nights of Gladness, Ancliffe Cornet solo, Alpine Echoes, Wind- sor, Musician G. Hood Selection, Shamrockland, Hume Intermezzo, Wedding of the Rose, Jessel Trombone solo, The Acrobat, Green- wood, Musician J. Lee, Sr. Selection, I due Foscari, Verdi March, Sword & Lance, Starke Regimental March, John Peel "God Save the King" Orde BABY NEARLY DROWNED Peterboro, July 31. -- Three-year- old Kathleen Haslett, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred W. Haslett, Payne Avenue, narrowly escaped drowning when she stumbled while wading in the Otonabee River south of this city. Her father is in England with the CAS.F. : the | of the | | systematic 400 PEOPLE WILL AID REGISTRATION WORK IN DISTRICT For Registrar Prepares Heavy Task August 19, 20 and 21 Col. Frank Chappell, registrar for the electoral district of Ontario for national registration, and deputy registrar, George Edmunds, have opened an office in the old Y.M.C. A. building, Simcoe Street South, and are now busy organizing per- sonnel for the registration which will take place at the 87 polling sub-divisions in the riding. The present plan is to appoint two deputy registrars and a num- ber of volunteer assistants at each polling subdivision throughout the riding, the total personnel, it is ex. pected, will reach approximately 400 people. While a number have | volunteered their services as assist- ants at the polling sub-divisions principally schools, it was pointed out that the deputies and thelr as- sistants must be able to write a good clear hand, quickly and intel- ligently, in order to fill out the forms so that they may be clearly understood. The work of registration will be carried on from 8 am. to 10 pm each day, starting Monday, August | 19, and continuing through Tuesday | and Wednesday, August 20 and 21 | The staff to be provided at each polling sub-division will be ade- quate for the number of people who will register from that particular area. However to complete the regis- tration in the three davs mention- ed depends upon the order in which | the citizens report at the registra- tion booth. It has been determined { after a eareful analysis, that it | takes at least 15 minutes to com- | plete a registration form. Conse- quently, it i= hoped that registra- tions will proceed at each booth in and continuous order throughout the three days, com- mencing at 8 in the morning anc continuing through to 10 at night Otherwise people flock booth in the afternoons or even- ngs, the going to be d (Continued on Page 10, Col UAWA MEMBERS PICNIC AT GENEVA to the work 1 | figures | Three Cash Prizes Awarded | In Picnic Draw -- 1,500 In Attendance The members of the U.A.W.A. and auxiliary, numbering about 1500 | held their annual picnic at Geneva | Park last Saturday afternoon and spent a most enjoyable\afternoon. A full afternoon of sports and games was participated in by old | and young. Ice-cream and soft | drinks were served to children and prizes were distributed to the win- ners in the various contests. For the cash prizes in the picnic draw the three following were the lucky winners: Helen Sweet," 219 Ritson Road South; R. Bezzant, 1689 Roxborough Street, and Arthur All- man, 145 Ritson Road South. | Many took advantage of the swimming pool, while others en- raged in playing horseshoes, volley hall and baseball. A substantial pic- | nic supper was partaken of from the well-filled baskets and a vote | of thanks was tendered Alex Chris- tie, chairman of the entertainment committee. Conant Seeking Loan Of Guns For Guards -- % Will Be Received Through Provincial Police Posts Beginning Next Thurs- day Toronto, July 31.--An appeal for at least 10,000 rifles and 12-gauge shotguns will be made next Tues- day by Attorney-General Gordon Conant for arming selected units of the Volunteer Civil Guard, the Pro- vincial Police and other law en- forcement agencies which are under Provincial Police jurisdiction, The weepons, to be borrowed for the duration of the war, will be re- ceived through some 132 Provincial Police posts in the Province. Ma- chinery for the collection of the arms will not be established until Tuesday, Mr. Conant stressed. The appeal will also embrace am- munition, particularly in the case of rifles of a callbre which is not in common use. Formal notifica- tion of the plan to arm the guards by voluntary contribution will be made by advertisement throughout Ontario on Aug. 6, said Mr. Conant. Kept Under Guard The arms, under plans drafted by the department, are to be kept under the control of the Provincial Police, either in vaults or other se- cure premises, and in event that such strong rooms are not avail- able, under a guard. The arms, after being issued, must be kept in | Hispano-S a central place under the control (Continued on Page 10, Col. 2) American Dive Bomber for Britain Here is the first of 100 Grumann dive bombers to be shipped to Great Britain from the United States. | The plane is being torn down for shipping, while tits engine still is working after landing at an airfield The Grumann has a range of 1,000 miles, and can dive at nearly §00 miles per near the Canadian border. hour, mn é 4 Most Spectacular In War Effort to Date That Of Auto Industry, Says Howe | Details Results Achieved in] Various Lines -- Canada to Make 4,320 Planes Next Year--Vast Efforts Being Made ttawa, July 31 Canada will be producing airplanes at the rate of 4,320 a year, or twelve Fer day, Hon. C. D. Howe told the House of Commons yesterday. Thi will be nearly f ent rate plants Early Ss the Canadigh orders for 3,200 $110,000,000. ist in this speedup, Cana- usewives will have to mak. some sacrifices, There will be no more uninum kettles, pans. The Minister stated time of 1,300" a year now have pianes to cost To as dian he pots ot that al with aluminum the bottleneck of the | airplane industry, its domestic uses must be restricted. Mr. Howe gave Some staggering of commitments department has undertaken in an address which followed the reveal- in 1041] pres- that his | Production Steps Up Ladder | | | 3 Fy : E. J. UMPHREY | Newly appointed assistant director | of sales for General Motors Prod- | ucts of Canada, Limited, whose pro- | | motion to that posiiion was an- | ; nounced today. ing statements made yesterday by | Minister Ralston and Air Power. Guns in Wide Variety For the first time the Minister ot Munitions made public details of some of the types of guns and shells Defense Minister | now being produced in a $69,000,000 program. Guns Canada is now mak- ing for the first time included Bren machine guns Colt-Browning air- craft machine guns, guns, Lee-Enfield rifles, 2-pounder anti-aircraft guns and carriages, 25- pounder quick firing guns and car- riages, 40 m.m. guns, 3.7 anif-aircraft guns and mountings, anti-tank rifles, 20 m.m heavy naval guns. The gun program the building of a number of new plants. The largest will be in pro- duction this year and represents a | capital investment of $10,000,000. The most spectacular production | to date has been in the motor fac- tories. Mr. Howe said: "Perhaps no other country in the world is pro- ducing automotive equipment in the | volume that now obtains in Canada At present about 600 units a day are being produced, and (Continued on Page 10, Col. 1) County Cheques For Patriotic Work Are Mailed Out 31. Ontario, July County Treasurer Miss E. A. Mc- Kay has sent ous cheques to all municipalities in the County under the direct levy of $17,857,089 for patriotic purposes authorized by Ontario County Council. The Town of Whithy cheque is for $1.698.67. Under the bylaw authorizing the levy, the money is to be distributed, at the discretion of municipal Councils among patriotic organiza« tions only who are carrying on un- der the War Charities Act, and un=- der license of the secretary of state. In Whitby it will be up to the Town Council, perhaps at its next meeting, to say what organizations are to share-in the town's grant, Whitby, sub-machine | Bofors anti-tank | Suiza aircraft cannon, and | has involved | mechanized | E. J. UMPHREY 1S | GIVEN PROMOTION IN (.M. POSITION Named Assistant Director of Sales--Other Promo- tions Announced Promotion of E. J. Umphrey to the position of Assistant Director of Sales, General Motors Products | of Canada Limited, was announced today. Mr. Umphrey who, for some time, has been General Sales Manager of the Chevrolet Oldsmobile Division, now assumes responsibility In con- | nection with the Pontiac McLaugh- lin-Buick GMC Truck Division as well, under J. E. Johnson, Director of Sales, who announced the promo- | { Poi om " 4 a) | | meeting of the Oshawa Kiwanians | yesterday, | the Kiwanis International Conven- ! ton, | Minn, | Oshawa Kiwanians a wealth of in- | a8 well as reviews of the work be- | Oshawa members an inside glance | speaker as guests for the day. tion this morning. Associated with General Motors | for more than 20 years, Mr. Umph- | rey hes held a long series of key I positions in the sales organization, including senior positions in the various zones across Canada. After many years of service in the zone headquarters at. Calgary, Winnipeg, Montreal and Toronto, he came to Oshawa as assistant general sales manager, and last year stepped up to take charge of sales for the Chevrolet Oldsmobile 'Division. A number of other transfers and appointments in the Canadian Sales organization were announced also today. Among the executives con- cerned are: A. D. Crews, to be Re- tail Selling Manager, co-ordinating new amd used car and truck sales promotion activities for all divis- ons; P, N. Berry, to be General Sales Promotion Manager for all car lines with headquarters at Osh- awa; W. L. Grant, Assistant Sales (Continued on Page 10, Col, 4) BOYS GAIN TAREE LBS. EACH WHILE AT KIWANIS CAMP Annual Outing Great Suc- cess as 53 Boys Benefit From Camp Kiwanian John Troke, member of the Peterboro Club, was the guest speaker at the regular luncheon Briefly reviewing, in an fhformal talk, the proceedings and events of held recently at Minneapolis, the speaker brought to the formaton voking and ideas, thought-pro- suggestions and challenges, ing done by Kiwanis through Can- ada and United States. Outlined summaries of some of at the convention, some in humorous as well as serious vein, gave the ino the doings of the International convention. Touching on only the highlights, Kiwanian Troke explain- ed the themes of the varous talks and in some instances, quoted por- tions of the address. Several members of the Peter- | boro Kiwanis Club accompanied the Camp a Success Kiwanian Bill Brownlee, chairman of the Camp Committee and Camp Director E. G. Nichol, briefly out- lined to the Kiwanians the success of the boys' camp recently conclud- ed. Mr. Nichol also told of the suc- cess being enjoyed at present by the members of the Sir Francis Drake Sea Cadet corps of Oshawa, which is at present finishing out a two-week holiday at the Kiwanis Camp. Fifty-three under-privileged chil- dren were sent to camp for two weeks by the Kiwanis Club this year and according to the statistics and records, not one solitary case of "home-sickness" was serious enough to warrant sending the chlld home and the 53 boys made an average gan per person of 3'4 pounds each, during the two-week period. Only one hoy In the group actually lost weight and he because of illness. IS LAST SUCH SCHOOL PLANNED BY AVIATION DEPT., RELEASE SAYS Mrs. Mary Smith Succeeds Husband In Court Position The appointment of Mrs. Mary Smith, wife of Lieut.-Col. RB. Smith, gs acting clerk of the Eighth Division Court of Ontario County, is announced today by Hon. G. D. Conant, attorney-general of Ontar- io. Col. Smith, who is officer com- manding the Second Battalion, On. tario Regiment, NP.AM., has been granted leave of absence from his position as clerk of the Oshawa Division Court. Hon. Mr. Conant's recommenda- tion to the Lieutenant- Governor was as follows: "The undersigned has the honour to recommend that Mrs. Mary Tighe Edwards Smith, of Oshawa, Ontario, be appointed Acting Clerk of the Eighth Division Court 6f the County of Ontario, in the room and stead of Mr. Robert B. Smith, on eave of absence for Military Serv- ice." (8igned) G, D. CONANT, Attorney-General. D. B. WINTYRE HEAD OF WHITBY MILITIA GROUP Town's Company of Second | Battalion Ont. Regt. Holds First Parade Whitby, Ontario, July 31. -- A new chapter was written Tues- day night in military history in Whitby, and the fact that there is a war on was vividly brought home when the first parade and route march of the men of Whitby Com- pany of the new Ontario Regiment (Infantry) was held. The men for the most part were recruits in Whit- by, while some came from Pickering. During 'the evening medical exam- inations were carried out, and, it is learned, that few were found to be physically unfit. The event recalled other days which have long passed into history when men from Whitby offered their services to their king and country, the lovely shrine of re- membrance just south of the arm- oury bearing testimony to the fact that not a few laid down their lives for the cause of liberty and free- dom so dear to their hearts, It re- called, too, that only a few months ago a commendable number of men, the majority of them of another generation and relatives of those who fought in the last war, pre- sented themselves at the armoury to join the 'Ontario Regiment (Tank), and are now in training also that many others have joined other units serving either overseas or at home. A New Milestone Addressing the men Col. Smith said that a new and important mile. stone had been reached in tonnec- tion with the Ontario Regiment and particularly of "C" Company which for some years had its headquarters at Whitby. "In the next few months you men will be preparing to fight if necessary the greatest enemy (Continued on Page 10, Col. 2) Buffalo Hunting For Ontario Is Predicted Animals Brought to Bur- wash Wintered Well -- Herd Fed Through Own Forage Efforts Toronto, July 31.--Buffalo, moved as an experiment last September from their natural range in North- ern Alberta to Northern Ontario bush near Burwash, became acclim- awhized in one winter and in time may replace moose as Ontario's best attraction in big game, Hon. H. C. Nixon, Provincial Secretary ard Minister of Game and Fisheries, an- nounced yesterday. Mr. Nixon returned to Queen's Park yesterday from a three- ~-day trip to Burwash, in which he com- bined the duties of both his min- isterial posts. As Provincial Secre- tary he inspected Burwash Jail Farm, and as Minister of Game and Fisheries, in company with the Deputy Minister, D. J. Taylor, he inspected fishing conditions in the immediate vicinity. In the latter role, both he and his deputy reported considerable success, and, according to the Min- ister, if there is better bass fishing than in Millard Lake, he hasn'§ beard of it. Imported elk, as well as the buf- falo, on the Burwash reserve, are doing well, said 'Mr. Nixon. When the twenty 2-year-old buffalo werc placed in the bush last September, game experts doubted if they would (Continued on Page 10, Col. 3) 1Extent of No. 26 lo. 26 Elementary Flying Training School Outlined in Release by Department of Defence For Air HANGAR 112' x 160' INCLUDED IN PLAN Buildings to House Student Flyers, Instructors, Mess * Quarters, Stores, Motor Transport Garage and Machine Gun Range Twenty-seven aircraft will be based at No. 26 Elementary Flying Training School, embracing nearly a dozen buildings which will be estab- lished two miles northwest of Oshe awa, if the ndardized layout for such tra 1001s as outlined in an exclusive release to The Times from the Press Liaison Office of the Department of Defence for Air to= day is followed. Elementary flying schools such as is projected for Oshawa are being established along standardized lines and there is no indication that Oshawa's school will be an exception, The release from the Department of National Defence establishes that No. 26 Elementary Flying Training School is the last of such schools to be announced. Twenty-five similar schools have been started or ane nounced by the Department. The school at Oshawa will be a unit of No. 1 Training Command, Royal Canadian Air Force, with head= quarters at Toronto. Numerous Buildings The standardized layout of builde ings for an Elementary = Flying Training School includes a hangar 112 feet by 160° feet together with buildings for housing the sirmen, a mess and hospital, officers and N.C.O. mess buildings, a ground in= struction school, motor transport garage ead other smaller buildings. In addition landing strips 2,500 (Continued on Page 10, Col. §) WHITBY TO FORM VOLUNTEER GIVIL GUARD ON FRIDAY Over 50 Veterans Have Signed Up--R. M. Dev. erell Is Commander Whitby, Ontario, July 81. -- Members of Whitby's Volunteer Civil Guard will "fall in" at the Town Hall on Friday evening of this week at 8 o'clock, according to an announcement by Commander Robert M. Deverell. First task will be to administer the oath of office, then will follow the formation of the guards into platoons and the selection of commanding officers. It is possible that an official from the Attorney-General's Depart= ment from Toronto will be on hand to present arm bands, and to give an address. The use of the Town Hall has been secured for the offi« cial organization of the guard. Mr, Deverell reports that over fife ty have already signed up include ing quite a number of business men who, although past the age for military service in His Majesty's forces, feel that they want to do something to help the Empire win the war. Among those who have = signed up are his Worship Mayor . 1 Rowe. 'It is expected that after Friday night, arrangements. will be made for training, as the guards are to be an auxiliary to the Ontario Prove incial Police. At various points in the County units gre now fully ore ganized and drilling and have had arm bands presented. In Uxbridge over seventy have signed up and in Oa ington 120. In some of the er places a move is now on a to grganize, and it is possible that from 1500 to' 2,000 Home Guards may be mobilized in Ontars lo County. Commander Deverell advises those who wish to join 'the local. unit fo give in their names ifpog= sible before Friday night, as there | is liable to be a rush then. 4