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/PUBLISHED Every Week Day i Except Saturday. The Oshawa Daily Times PROBS. Fair and Moderately Warm. VOL. 27--NO. 23 OSHAWA, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1940 Single Copies 3c TEN PAGES BUILDING ACTIVITY REACHES NEW PEAK OSHAWA MAYOR DRAWS DEPOT HARBOR TICKET AS WHITBY . H. McKinnon, Resident| of Parry Sound District, Has Opportunity of Pur- chasing Car For $1 DSHAWA ROTARIANS WIN PARADE PRIZE urn Money Back to Whit- by Club -- Parade Fea- tured by Patriotic Floats --Carnival Big Success (By Whitby Editor) Whitby, July 31.--C. H. McKin- hon, of Depot Harbor, in the Parry Bound district, was the fortunate er of a 1940 Plymouth coach warded as the grand prize at the nnual street fair of Whitby Rotary lub and the Canadian Legion this vening. The draw was made at midnight by His Worship Mayor nderson, of Oshawa, at the invi- ation of the committee. Mr. Mc- non cn have this gar upon bayment of one dollar. The Fair in every way was an out- tanding success. The big feature butside of the awarding of the and prize, was the patriotic par- de in which the largest number of floats in years participated. It was riot of color, and was a reminder hat Canada as part of the Empire s at war. Most of the floats were bf a patriotic character and the judges had a hard time determining he winners. Tourists Join In There was a record crowd and a ood natured one. People came from parts of the district end not a ew tourists were seen. All of the ttractions were well patronized, nd it is safe to say that both the gion and Rotary will get some much needed cash to enable them o carry on their work. Winners of the parade prizes vere: Best decorated float on truck or ar--1st, Oshawa Rotary Club; 2nd, oods' Transport; 3rd, Patferson's Dairy. Best decorated car--Mrs. J. Gib- Best horse-drawn vehicle--Red oss Float, Heber Down. 'Best pet-drawn vehicle--Jimmy Watson. Best doll carriage--Madge Mitch- Lilly Mitchell. Bicycle, decorated, boy or girl-- helma Stovin, Darling Anderson. Costumed girl, comic or otherwise Betty Farrow, Carmelita Hyder- | Costumed boy, comic or otherwise erald Walsh, Larry Forrester. Best clown costume--Neal McCatl. Best Hill Billy band or musical jroup--Argo Petroleum Co. The Oshawa Rotary Club turned prize money over to the crip- bled children's fund of the Whitby Rotary, this act winning the com- pendation of every member of the pcal club. Judges in the parade were: Maygs ed Rowe, Mrs. King, Mrs. Mac- , Dr. Fletcher and Mrs. Cole- nan. AR HITS BICYCLIST Fred Johns, R.R. 2, reported that Fred Johns, R.R. 2, Whitby, re- ed that his car struck a boy on bicycle, who was unable to stop riding onto Bloor street west from a side street. Johns, who was firiving east, reporied that the boy s uninjured, but that the front eel of the bicycle was broken. Dn BINGO, ORANGE TEMPLE, FRI- day, 2:30. 10c, E. Youds. (1508) PECIAL BINGO, MONDAY AF- ternoon, Sons England Hall, two- thirty. Ten cents. (150a) BINGO, ORANGE TEMPLE, MON- day, 2:30. 10c. L. Thompson. (1508) BINGO, OVER BURNS, FRIDAY nght, voucher prizes. 15¢c. (1502) BINGO, FORESTERS HALL, FRI- Yay night. Special prize for six- teenth game. (tH) BINGO EVERY THRUSDAY, 8:45, over Burns, Good prizes, 15¢c. (tf) OOK! NOTE CHANGE. BINGO, Wedriesday, Sons England Hall, eight fortytive. Meet old friends. (150a) UCHRE, MONDAY NIGHT, AUG- ust 5, Orange Temple. 15¢c. Good | prizes, (1508) CAR WINNER Whitby Guards To Receive Armbands At Friday Parade Whitby, August 1.--Whitby Vol- unteer Civil Guards, which are ex- pected will number upwards of 75 will be sworn in and presented with armbands on Friday evening at their initial meeting &t the town hall R. M. Deverell, officer command- ing, announced today that the Hon. Gordon D. Conant, K.C., attorney- general, would be present to address the men and present them with armbands. A call has been sent out for all those who have signified their in- tention to join the guards to be present on Friday evening at eight o'clock. The corps is open to all those who are not eligible to join active military forces or those who have not been received into the but civilians over 45 will be wel- comed. YOUNG COUPLE MISSIONARIES GONG TO SA Local Church Bids God- speed To Rev. and Mrs, Cecil Fletcher A very happy event took place at Calvary Baptist Church last night when the church and con- gregation met to bid Godspeed to two young missionaries-elect who are leaving next week for Brazil Rev. and Mrs. Cecil Fletcher are going to South America under the auspices of the Evangelical Union of South America, a well established mission which has quite a number of missionaries on the field in var- ious parts of the continent. An interesting address was given by Rev. Mr. Hough who is now home on furlough after two terms in Brazil. Mr. Hough spoke from the text, "The harvest truly is plenteous but the laborers are few." The harvest, he said, was great in numbers and extent. It was precious in God's sight as the bible taught the value of the human soul as greater than ail the wealth of the world. It was also a perishable har- vest as those not won for Chris: were lost to eternity. It was there- fore important that Christ's mes- sengers should be sent forth and up- held by those at home by their prayers and gifts. Rev. and Mrs. Fletcher spoke briefly and Mr. Hurlbert, Mr. Hen- derson, Mr. Taylor and Mrs. Allo- way brought greetings from various departments of the church. A pre- sentation was made by the Girls Mission Circle. Rev. G. Wardell, pastor of the church, presided. The church has undertaken to raise $350 toward the outgoing ex- penses of the couple and it was an- nounced last evening that $305 has already been raised in cash and it expected that the balance will be on hand next Sunday, Rev. Mr. Fletcher lived in Oshawa for some years and is a member of Calvary Baptist Church. Both he and Mrs. Fletcher are graduates of the Toronto Bible College. Both arc | very promising young people and | the church is looking forward to hearing good reports of their work active militia. Great War veterans | form the greater part of the guards, | Young Princesses Take A Trip On The River triip on the river. As England calmly awaits the much-threatened air, land and sea attacks promised by Hitler, the British Royal family is setting a high example of quiet courage as they go about their daily tasks and pleasures, Princess Elizabeth and her younger sister, Princess Margaret Rose are pictured here as they took a pleasure RANKS OF CIVIL GUARDS THINNED BY ENLISTMENTS an Younger Members Missing on the mission field. But More Men Over 45 Enrolled About 120 men turned out for | drill and parade in the Volunteer | Civil Guards last evening where as- | sembly was held at the Legion Hall on Centre street. It was noticeable that the reaks were depleted in the lower age groups, possibly by rea- son of enlistments in the second battalion of the Ontario Regiment, but it was gratifying that the ranks in the older age group was still in tact and perhaps slightly enlarged since the corps has been thrown open to all civilians. The whole company was inspected by Col. Frank Chappell and all found with armbands except two. A company drill was executed and | then they were broken up into | squads for squad drill, some doing their work at the rear of Centre Street School while other squads were at the west end of Memorial Park. Before dismissal the corps was called together and were given a short talk on organization work by the officer commanding. It is un- derstood that personnel of officers have not yet been appointed, but announcement will be made later in this regard. FIRST CAR OF GRAIN Winnipeg, July 31.--The first car | of grain from the 1940 crop on the | Manitoba district, was leaded yes- | terday er. Morris, according to B. T | Chappell, General Superintendent, Canadian National Railways. The farmer was P. Vermette, who ship- ped the car, consigned to his order at the lakehexd. The gin was grade one cw barley and weighed 48 pounds to the huchel. Late Weather Reports ¢ As compiled at 11:00 a.m. Tonight-- Weather, clear remain- ing fair and cool. Wind, north to northeast. Friday--Weather, fair and warm- er. Wind, northerly, moderate. LAKE TEMPERATURES Temperature of the water at the beach at the lakefront this after- | noon at 2:30 o'clock was 50 degrees Wind, northeast, 18 m.p.h. (at 3 | p.m.) (Courtesy Oshawa Yacht Club) of Theft But Estranged! Wife Loses Part of In- come as Result Robert Pritchard, formerly of 109 Simcoe Street North, was convicted in 'police court today of stealing battery equipment from Mrs. Rachel Pritchard, his estranged wife, He was ordered to return the equip- ment forthwith gnd pay the costs of the court amounting to $15. If he fails to pay the costs he must spend 15 days in jail and if he fails to return the equipment his jail sentence will be extended 15 days. Magistrate Gordon Longman who heard the case was puzzled as to Both Parties Suffer In Theft t Case Ruling 'No matter what decision I make, | both will suffer as a result of this charge," he declared. Pritchard and his wife signed a separation agreement on May 11 under which Pritchard agreed to pay his wife $10 per week, They agreed that everything except Pritchard's personal effects should become the property of Mrs, Pritch- ard, The battery equipment was formerly used in a battery service operated by Pritchard which his wife operated while he was in Sud. bury. Since May Pritchard has been working for a local service station and this 'week he was laid off there whereupon he took the battery (Continued on Page 10, Col. 2) | ors, : moved by the owners. | cellars and pits while | not intended for filling. leveiling the whole | lot to within one foot Oshawa Railway But Use to Which Vacant Land Will Be Put Remains Uncertain Wreckers Expect to Have] Property Levelled Off) By Saturday -- May Be| Leased to Parking Lot! Operators The last brick and board of the old car barns, freight shed and of- fice of the Oshawa Railway Co. at the corner of Simcoe and Athol streets was torn down yesterday and today the site is being levelled by a gang of men. Teperman and Sons of Toronto, who had the contract for demolish- ing the buildings, started work on razing the sheds and office on June 26, and during proceedings sold @ considerable quantity of lumber, timbers and brick. Two large electric motor-generat- together with transformers conduits and wiring, the property of the Oshawa Railway Co. were re- This morn- ing employees of the Oshawa Rail- way removed what conduits were possible from the cement bed and those that could not be loosened were cut off levél with the cement foundation with acetylene blow torch. Mr. Goldman, foreman for wreckers, who has becn on the job every day since demolition. com- menced, stated that all local labor except one man had been employed | in the work of razing the buildings, ten men being employed when the | wrecking was at its height. Debris Into Pits This morning a local teamster was engaged to scoop the heaps of broken bricks and debris into the other men were engaged in clearing away broken boards and other material The con- tract calls for of ground level. Mr, Goldman said the level- | | ling would be completed by Satur- ay and that the contractors were well within the. time limit of the contract. The next movement of interest to Oshawa will be the opening of u parking lot on the site, which was | called | mooted when tenders were for the demolition of the building. Members of the city council are not | certain as to what move the gov- | | ernment will make in this regard. The city fathers are not particularly anxious that the municipality be serddled with the responsibility, al- though a parking lot (Continued 'dn Page 10, Col. 3) Adjourn 3 Cases Charging Bylaws Being Violated Robert Pritchard Conviciod) eas what penalty should be imposed. | Adiournments. wer were granted in three police court cases charging violation of city bylaws, by Magis- trate Gordon Longman of Barrie in police court today. Frank M. Love, charged with operating an amusement place without a license (running a slot machine) was remanded until Sept, 4. The charge will not be h eard until a decision is given by the Supreme Court on a motion by Alex. C. Hall, counsel for Love, that the city bylaw is ultra vires. A. L. Cook of Cook Motors Sales and A. F Cox & Son are charged with having an installed gasoline pump without a license. Their cases were both set over until Au- gust 29 with the advice that they study the city bylaw carefully and take out the licenses if required. the would pe Buildings Razed Sumnter Uniforms For Militia Units Ottawa, Aug. 1.--Soldiers in train- ing in Canada will be supplied with summer clothing at the various dis« trict camps, the Defense .Depsart- ment informed T. L. Church (Con., Toronto-Broadview) in a return tabled in the Commons today. As regards the Non-Permanent Active Militia, it is expected summer clothing will be available before the camps open during August. The de- partment stated thai.in view ofthis no amendment, will be made to the military regulations in order to per- mit the men to wear summer mufti until summer clothing is provided. GAS, REGRUITS CONANT PROPOSES | DEMOCRACIES JOIN 10 FIGHT HITLER Tells Elgin Picnic, Slight 'Hopes for Others If British Empire Falls St. Thomas, Aug. 1.--Immediate banding together of the surviving democracies against their common dictatorship enemies was urged yesterday by Attorney - General Gordon Conant, when he spoke be- fore the Aldborough Old Boy's pic- nic at New Glasgow, Elgin County, "Can the other democracies suc- ceed if the British Empire fails?" the Attorney-General asked. "That of course is for them to weigh and determine. But if, with her far- flung Empire, her resources of men, | money and matetials, the largest and most powerful navy -in the world, it is wishful thinking rather than logical reasoning to conclude that any other democracy can suc- ceed." Nearly 2,000 descendants of Ald- borough Tewnship's pioneer settlers heard the Attorney-General. Fol- lowing his address, he inspected the Aldborough volunteer civil guard of nearly sixty members and complimented the members on their drill work and general appearance. The members of the guard were presented with official armbands by. Attorney-General Conant and Inspector Moss of the Ontario Prov- incial Police. Mr. Conant underscored the Nazi invasion of Denmark, Norway, Hol- ! land and Belguim with its lesson certed plan of defense with Britain and France, the position "might be very different' today. But they re- fused to hang together and so they have hanged separately." The speaker said that Canadians (Continued on Page 10, Col. 1) CALL TO MARRIED Keep Authorities Busy BEING AGGEPTED JN BOWMANVILLE | Midland Regiment Recruit- ing Starts in Four Counties Bowmanville, Aug. 1. With authorization received for mobiliza- ' recruiting of the Midland Regiment, C.ASF., gets under today (Aug. 1) in the counties of North- umberland, Durham, Haliburton. Announcement to this effect is made by Lieut.-Col. Bounsall, E.D., Officer Command- | ing. Arrangements for recruit i ng | throughout the four counties have now beén completed and enrolment active service unit, | 1st Battalion way of C.A.SF. volunteers have been in- | | cliffed in the recruiting area of the battalion for C.A.SF. purposes and a second N.P.AM. Battalion is also being recruited, time, in the counties of North- umbgrland and Durham. Retruiting offices have been est- ablished at Cobourg, Campbellford, | Hope and Bowmanville and, to obviate delay in enlistments, medical boards will regularly be convened at Cobourg, Campbell- ford, Bowmanville and Lindsay. Recruiting offices will be open throughout the same day and eve- ning and a minimum of delay is Port Applicants will be inter- viewed, examined and attested as rapidly as possible and, first in- fantry battalion to be raised in these counties since outbreak of war, the (Continued on Page 10, Col. 2) unteers. Times Carriers Sta rt Contest Today the Times carriers 'begin their big drive for new subscribers to this paper with a free, all-ex- penses-paid trip to the Canadian National Exhibition at Toronto as guests of The Times and the Ex- hibition management, There is a Times carrier on your street. Won't you help the lad out and at the same time keep up to date by reading all the city and district events first in the Times? If your neighbor does not already subscribe to the Times, the carrier will be very grateful if you will tion of the Midland Regiment as an | Victoria and | A. H | at the same | forseen in signing on C.A.SF. vol- For Over Year Ottawa, Aug. ny is not expect- ed married men will be called up for military training under the National Resources Mobilization Act | before the end of next year, accord- ing to information here. Speaking in the House of Com- | mons this week War Services Min- | ister Gardiner said single men, be- tween the ages of 21 and 35 would probably meet the requirements of i the Department of National De- fense in the first year. Department- al sources confirmed a previous opinion that married men will not | be called in the first year. | Mr. Gardiner said available esti- | mates in advance of registration in- | dicated there were 1,198,000 single | men in Canada between the ages | of 18 and 44. Of this group a con- | siderable number are already in the army, the air force or the mavy, ! some will prove physically unfit and the calls by age classes will start | with 21 years. As it is estimated training facili- | ties can be provided for some 300- | 600. in the first year, it is possible | the authoritiesdmay not need to call married men until well along in 1942. The trend of the war, of course, may alter things. Should larger numbers enter the Canadian Active Service Force owing to the develop- ment of hostilities on land, the training program might be stepped up. CITY HAS BEST MONTH WITH TOTAL $121,255 SINCE OCTOBER, 1929 t, they. worked out a con-| . fat, had 3 ! day in the customs returns for July MEN LATE IN"41 Training Single Men Will 5 ed F.S. Ebbs Named Juvenile Judge The appointment of F. S. Ebbs as judge of the Oshawa Juvenile Court ! was confirmed today by Attorney- i General the Hon. G. D. Conant, who advised The Times that the Hepburn Oabinet had accepted the recommendation of the Oshawa City Council and also the recom=- mendation of the Attorney-Gener- al, Official notice will be sent to Magistrate Ebbs of his appoint- ment during the ahserice of Major the Rev. S. C. Jarrett, who was granted leave of absence to become chaplain of the Ontario Regiment (Tank) at st Camp Borden. CUSTOMS RETURNS REFLECT GREATER WAR PRODUCTION Total For "holy ly 2Y Times, Greater Than Year Ago --Imports Increased War conditions were mirrored to- as announced by Collector N. F.| Mechin. They reveal the greatly ac- celerated industrial tempo caused | y war production and also the in- creased taxes imposed by the federal war budget. . Total collections for July amount to $601,212.29, the second highest total on record, and only slightly less than June when returns tote:l- ed over $613,000. The total is over two and one-half times greater than for the same month of 1939. This indicates the greatly accelerated in- dustrial production in the city as compared - with a yew: ago when General Motors had reached their seasonal slowdown. The .amount of import duty col- lected was $126,478.46, six times greater than the amount collected in July 1939, and. the highest amount of import duty collected here. This due in part to the general import tax of 10 per cent which was imposed in the federal budget. Excise taxes, including new federal imposts, totalled $474,353.89 and are over twice as much as in July of last year. Brechin Boy Loses Legs In Hay Mower Orillia, Aug. 1. -- Jumping un- noticed in front of a hay mower on his father's farm, Bobby Murphy, 5-year-old son. of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Murphy, of Brechin, east of Orillia, lost both his legs late yesterday afternoon. He was rushed to the Orillia Memorial Hospital. According to Dr. W."W. Baker of Orillia, one leg was cut off at the ankle and the other just below the knee. Bobby was following the mower out in the field as we were cutting alfalfa," said his oldest brother, Bud, tonight. "His father was there, I was there, and-Don, 11, an- other brother, was driving the horses pulling the mower. Sud- denly the accident happened. No- body saw it. Nobody knows exact- ly how it happened. Bobby did not cry--even on the way to the os- pital. He took it like a man." London, Aug. 1.--The House of Lords heard a plea today for Brit- ish stimulation of Canadian indus- try and a reply from Viscount Caldecote, Dominions Secretary, that the Government is making the fullest use of Canada's capacities. Lord Barnby, who has described Canada as Britain's second line of defense, told the Lords that he had heard some criticism of Canada's war effort, but, he added: "It is certain that nad the Unit- ed Kingdom made greater calls at an earlier date on her productive capacity, these calls would have been answered and would have in- spired Canadians to make still greater efforts." Solve Munitions Problems e said the presence here of Charles A. Banks, representing the Canadian' Munitions Board, and J. put in a good word for him. P. Bickell, Canadian mining man Canada Second British Defence, States Peer who will assist Lord Beaverbrook, Minister of Aircrart Production, means that munitions problems will be solved and aircraft factories will go forward. Lord Barnby suggested that Brit- ain might have moved many of her industrial plants to Canada and also that personnel for these fac- tories should have been sent to the Dominion, contending that Cana- da's population is "insufficient for the plants that already exist. there." In reply, Lord Caldecote question- ed whether the House would ap- prove the transfer of men *and machinery across the Atlantic. Lord Barnby called for bases on the Nova Scotian coast and said the Port of Halifax had not been de- veloped as it should. Expects Long War ."A long 'war--and that is what (Continued on Page 10, Col. 3) Number of Permits Also Post-Depression Record --Eleven New Dwellings Begun In Past Month APARTMENT | BLOCK PERMIT IS PENDING Value of July Building Greater Than Annual Totals For 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936 and 1938 All Oshawa construction records for the past 11 years were smashed during July when the city exper- ienced the greatest building activity since the palmy days when Oshawa residents counted everything in the millions. The total value of build- ing projects begun in the past month was $121,255, more than has occurred in any month since Oct- cher, 1929, while 44 building permits were issued, more than were auth- orized by the building inspection department in any month since June, 1929. The big item in the'record month of course, was the $75,000 addition the General Motors plant, but even more significant was the fact he] . that permils were issued for 11 new dwellings having a total value of $21,950. Other large items in the list include a $5,000 warehouse, the hospital addition valued at $7,000 and a new scout hall valued at $2,700. In addition to this Charles Bowra has started erection of a $10,000 apartment building on North Sim- coe street but the permit for this had not been completed and there- i fore is not included in the July total. July's exceptional building total brings the value of Oshawa cone struction this year to $197,180, with= in hailing distance of the aggregate for all 1939, which in itself was a record year. Consequently it is considered as very likely that a new (Continued on Page 10, Col. 3) REGISTRATION AT PLAYGROUNDS UP City Play Spots Have En- rolment of 1,898 Chil- dren Now Registrations at the five supere vised playgrounds and two swim= ming pools of the eity continue to increase, the chief supervisor, A. W. L. Smith reported today. For the week ending Saturday, July 27, the total registrations had reached 1,- 898, ninety-five more than the pre= ceding week. Girls are in the maj- ority with 961 enrolled while the number of boys enrolled total 937. In point - standing at the five playgrounds, the girls are in the lead with 8,182 points compared with 7,739 of the boys. Following is the complete report as Submitted for publication: Registration Jrs. Ints. Srs. To. . 163 9 Girls Rotary Park Alexandra Park Ritson Cedardale Cowan Park ... Boys Rotary Park .. 141 Alexandra Park 101 Ritson Cowan Park Cedardale Total registration Points Standing of Playgrounds Girls Jrs. Ints, Srs, To. Rotary Park ... 625 1363 455 2543 Alexandra Park 416 363 177 856 Ritson 764 441 2503 Cedardale 510 113 1251 Cowan Park ... -- 1029 8,182 365 1957 508 2084 606 2225 256 406 1217 7.139 Total registration 15,921 Leading Individual Point Standing --Girls Rotary Park -- Juniors--Beatrice Bourne, 36; Joyce Braund, 27, 'Bete ty Braund, 23. Intermediates--Eile een Toaze, 83; Twila Gardiner, 68; (Continued on Page 10, Col. 1) Boys Rotary Park ...s491 Alexandra Park 619 Ritson Cowan Park Cedardale