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PUBLISHED 2 Every Week Day 'Except. Saturday. _ Che Oshawa Daily Times PROBS, ' Fair and Moderately Warm, Vol. 27--No. 26 OSHAWA, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1940 Single Copies 3¢ EIGHT PAGES Lieutenants In Second Battalion, Ontario Regiment, Infantry, N.P. A. M. | 2ND LT. C. C. McGIBBON 2ND LT. ROBERT LUNDY LIEUT. R. D. HUMPHREYS, Commander C Company 2ND LT. J. C. ANDERSON, K.C. 2ND v1, ALEX, C. HALL | 2ND LT. W. H. GIFFORD '2ND LT. D. H. CHRISTIAN, Quartermaster 2ND LT. A. A. (LEX) CHISHOLM El Large Industries Given Permission To Register Employees For Ottawa Ontario Riding Registrar Advised of Provision -- Nearly Ready for Gigan- tic Task , Col. Frank Chappell, registrar for Ontario Riding, taking registrations under the National Registration scheme, has received notice of an amendment which permits indus- trial and other organizations with employees of 100 or more persons, to take registrations in their own plants or factories. The registrar has sent out notices to all indus- tries and organizations in the city that registrations may be taken on the request of the management and the plant of other premises set up L a separate polling sub-division d given a number, In such industries as request the registration being taken at their plants, the registrar may appoint two competent members of the or- ganization as deputy registrars for such established sub-divisions. The deputy registrars shall be duly sworn in and will be given full pow- er to perform the duties assigned to them and they may appoint such assistants as shall be found neces- sary. Their work shall be of a vol- untary nature and the deputies will be guided by the regulations which apply to any other deputies ap- pointed by the registrar in all other polling -sub-divisions. It has been suggested that when the registration commences on Monday, August 19, through Wed- nesday, August 21, that all young people 16 years of age and over and all others who are not working and are free, will please make it a point to register in the mornings. By do- ing so this will relieve the conges- tion in the afternoons and evenings for those who have regular occupa- tions and cannot register in the mornings. Organization work*in connection with the national registration in Ontario riding is about complete and it is expected that in a few days the location of the booths and sub-division areas will be announ- ced. Many people have made in- quiries concerning this and The Times hopes to be able to secure the desired information shortly. AUTO WORKERS Tes0] and economic edeprity had increds- ed under President evelt's. ads ministration and the an peo- ple had faith and confidence in it." Mr. Roosevelt's "outstanding quali- ties," it continued, - "have placed other contesting,' candidates into virtual discard." The opponents asserted the reso- lufion 'was a slap at John L. Lewis, CIO. president, who has expressed opposition to a third term. They also contended the measure would weaken attempts to gain conces- slong from , political party in ex- change for C.I.0. packing. - Lewis told the Townsend Nation- al Convention here recently that Mr. Roosevelt would be "ignomin- ously defeated" by Wendell L. Will kie, the Republican nominee. Fourth Death In Family Since Oct. For the fourth time since last October, Ald. Clifford Harman, re- ceived news of a death in the fam- ily over the week-end. The latest member to die is Wilmot Harman, of Hamilton, uncle of the Oshawa alderman, who died suddenly at Burk's Falls on Sunday. Since last October, Ald. Harman's father, two uncles and an aunt have passed away. The late Mr. Wilmot Harman was T7 years old and death resulted from a heart seizure. A funeral service is being held at Hamilton this afternoon with a further ser- vice at Aurora Thursday afternoon at 2.00 pm. from the residence of a brother, Erastus Harman. Inter- ment will be made in the Aurora Cemetery. TRAINING PERIOD FOR AIRMEN CUT T0 SPEED PROGRAM Three Weeks Less for Pilots, Six Weeks Less for Wireless Operators Ottawa, Aug. 7--Two major steps to increase the number of airmen graduated from schools in Canada were announced following a meet- ing of the supervisory board of the Commonwealth Air Training Plan. The time required to train a pilot has been shortened by three weeks; the course for air gunners and wire- less operators cut by six weeks. With the shorter course, more schools are being opened this year. There are to be eight of the huge service flying training schools op- erating before fall, instead of the five originally scheduled. Six more elementary schools have been added, making a total of fcurteen by the end of 1940, instead of eight. By these two steps, officials stat- ed, the number of pilots being turn- (Continued on Page 8, Col. 4) KIN OF OSHAWA WOMAN TELLS OF FRENCH DEBAGLE Engineer Aboard Hospital | Ship Which Nazis | Bombed and Sunk The following letter was' written by Mr. Walter Fenner, a brbther of Mrs. Joseph Wiltshire, 235 Celina Street. He was second engineer on the hospital ship, "The Brighton", at time of events of which he writes. A number of people of Osh- awa know him quite well, The let- ter is quite illuminating and very interesting. London, June 19, 1040. My Dear Jessie and Joe: I don't know that this will be much of a letter but I want you to know of the events that have hap- pened to me and mine this last month. I am going to start with Saturday, May 18. My ship was at Newhaven and we had orders to zail at 5 p.m, when I received an urgent message to see mother. When I arrived she did not know me. I came back to the ship and we went over to Dieppe. On Saturday night the Germans came over and bombed the hospital ships but did not hit us. Sunday night they did the same. Monday they came over to see why they had not hit us. Tuesday morning, the 21st, the news from the front was very grave and we were ordered to prepare the ship for England, I saw Suzanne and after a long talk in which she, with great courage, said she did not want to leave her mother alone. We left the berth to go to the landing berth about 11 o'clock but the lock (Continued on Ege 8, Col 1) Family Got $25 Of $100 Earnings Francis Anderson, Oshawa, charg- ed with non-support on July 1st and August 1st under the Des Wives Act, was ordered to pay his wife and four children $15 a week from now on in Magistrate's Court this morning. The accused joined the Midland Regiment in Bowman- ville yesterday. Francis Anderson and*his former wife, Doris, have heen separated since May 27, 1937, it was revealed. The mother and four children have been living on partial relief from that time until last week, when their names were struck off the re- lief rolls, During the last month Anderson earned over $100 but paid his family less than $25. - {| Nineteen Sergeants Dine On One Muskie Fourteen-Pounder Caught by S/Sgt. Dave Thomas "Somewhere in Canada" : Provides Dinner in Ser- | geants Mess Miners of the Ontario Regi- ment (Tank), on active service sahewhere in Eastern Canada, are enjoying a fisherman's paradise in thejt. leisure hours. With a river almost at their back door, and a number of lakes within a radius of 'a few miles, all of which abound with lunge, pike, pickerel and bass, a large number of exceptionally good catches have been made. Army rations have been varied on 'a number of occasions, through the addition of fresh fish and it is a common sight in the camp lines to see a Successful member of the unit on his way to the cookhouse with a splendid catch. The largest fish caught so far by a member of the unit was a 14-1b. lunge, taken from the waters of the river by 8/Sgt. Dave Thomas, of the Medical Section of the unit. The beauty was captured after a thrilling 15-minute battle, Pte. Har- vey Ross assisting in the landing. 8/SGT. D. T. THOMAS and his 14-1b. Lunge The prize, after being displayed to envious members of the regiment, was served for dinner in the serg- | Assigned to Five Companies eants' mess, the fich being large enough for 19 good-sized servings. ¢ PERSONNEL BATTALION' OF SECOND S OFFICERS IS ANNOUNCED BY C.0. a -- Comprising Unit -- Lt. Don Christian Quarter- master and Lt. Alex. Kidd Paymaster DIVIDE FOR DRILL PARADE NEXT WEEK Sergeant-Instructor Robert Andrews Added to Per- manent Staff of Battalion --Sea Cadet Band Aids in March * The Second Battalion, onto Regiment (Infemtry), NP.AM., was organized into permanent compan- fes at the parade held last night and today the personnel of the Battal- fon's officers was announced by Lieut.-Col. R. B, Smith, V.D., com= manding officer of the unit. Follow- ing the orgemizational parade, Lt.- Col. Smith announced that starting next week 'the twice weekly parades will be company training manoeu- vres with two of the four Oshawa companies training Monday and Wednesdery nights and the other two on Tuesday and Thursday. Th Whitby company will drill Monday and Thursday evenings. Battalion's Officers The list of officers as announced today are additional to the permem- | ent staff announced previously. The latter has been augmented by the #ppointment' of Sergeant-Instructor Robert Andrews. Appointments to the various companies are as fol- lows: Headquarters Company -- Com- mending Officer, Lieut, A, Ament, Second Lieutenants Raymond Cross- ley, C. A. Steadman, P. G. McLaren, 'Robert Lundy, Alex C. Hall, A. A. (Lex) Chisholm, Bernard J. High- field, T. A. Caruthers, Thos. E. Dunn, Rae Halleran and Second Lieut. Alex. Kidd as paymaster and Second Lieut. D. H. Christian as quartermaster. A Company--Commanding of{icer, (Continued on Pgzge 8, Col. 6) COUNTY HAS 720 CIVIL GUARDS IN b MUNICIPALITIES Sunderland and Oshawa Groups Largest--Need Rifles, Shotguns According to information receiv- ed by The Times today there are about 750 Volunteer Civil Guards in the six unite already organized throughout the County of Ontario. Oshawa and Sunderland appear to have the largest number signed up with about 200 in each unit, Ux- bridge and Beaverton have about 100 each and Whitby and Canning- ton about 75 at present. It is understood that each unit is taking on: additional strength and it is fully expected that the total number of 750 will probably be doubled this fall. The big question now is to secure sufficient rifles and shot guns to arm the Guards. Provincial Police Officer W. H. Clark, stationed at Oshawa, told The Times today that sb far only three persons had don- ated rifles or shot guns in Osha- awa. In an advertisement in today's Times three registration centres are mentioned where arms may be received. These are at the office of Provincial Officer W. H. Clark, Oshawa; at the office of Provincial Officer J. D. Sutherland Whitby, and gt the office of Provincial Of- | Whitby, ficer G. Yuile, Beaverton. New Rector For' Brooklin, Port Perry Is Named His Grace the Archbishop Right Rev. Derwyn T. Owen, of Toronto, has been pleased to name the Rev. William Stocks, at present the in- cumbent in Hastings, to be the rec- tor of the Anglican churches at Brooklin and Port Perry, succeed- ing the Rev, J. C. Clough, who re- signed to take up important work in Toronto. The new rector, it is expected, will assume his new charge in September. WHITBY COUNCIL SEEKS DATA OVER PATRIOTIC FUNDS Checking Rights of Organi- zations to Share in County Grants Whitby, Aug. 7.--Before the Coun- cli proceeds with the distribution of the grant of nearly $1700 for patriotic purposes made by the County of Ontario to the Town of it will be necessary to as- certain what organizations are en- titled to share in it, as the county bylaw says that only those regi- stered under the War 'Charities Act are eligible. Tuesday night the Council was advised by the treasurer of the receipt of the county's cheque, and as there was some doubt as to who should share in it, the clerk was instructed to write to the Secretary of State for Canada and find out what local organizations carrying on patriotic work are duly registered. Organ- 1zations mentioned as possible par- ticipants were the Red Cross, the Daughters of the Empire, the Can- adian Legion and the Salvation Army. Whether all of these are registered remains to be seen, and there may be the question of work being carried on in Whitby or with- in the county. The Council took the stand that there was no urgent need to distri- bute the money, also that it was better to find out definitely who was entitled to share in it. Another problem will be how the distribution ig to be made, or, how much each organization is to receive. No Appointment The Council has to make an ap- pointment to the ' Public Utility Commission to fill the vacancy caused through the death ©f the late R. N, Basset. This question was discussed but no definite action taken. The appointment may be made at the next meeting. 4 letter from the Minister of Public Welfare advised that as from August lst the province will not contribute to the relief of men 45 and under with two dependents. This means that any relief given to such men would have to be pald entirely by the Council. The ex- planation given by the minister is that work is quite plentiful and that it is up to every man to look (Continued on Page 8, Col, 3) Late Weather Reports As compiled at 11:00 a.m. Tonight--Weather, fair and warm. Wind, southwesterly, moderate. Thursday -- Weather, fair and warm. Wind, variable, moderate, south and west. LAKE TEMPERATURES Temperature of the water at the beach at the lakefront this after- noon at 2:30 o'clock was 65 degrees. Wind, southwest, light, 4 to 5 m.p.h. (at 3 pm.) {Courtesy Oshawa Yacht Club) REGISTRATION AT PLAYGROUNDS NOW OVER 2,000 MARK "| Interest in Play Facilities Continues Keen Among | Oshawa Children Registrations at the five super- vised playgrounds in this city con- tinue to climb, according to the weekly report of the activities sub- mitted by chief supervisor, A. W. L. Smith. The total now reaches 2,009, an increase of 111 over the number on the rolls for the previous week. There were 972 girls and 1037 boys on the rolls for the week ending August 3. In the point standing the girls were in the lead with 11,- 285 points and the boys, although with more names on the rolls, had a total of 11,183 points. Following is the complete report: Playground report, week ending August 3rd, 1940. Registration Girls Jrs. Int. Ritson 125 70 Rotary Park 207 212 Cowan Park 49 --_ ---- Alex. Park 9 54 14 Cedardale 48 28 9 Tot. 235 476 49 147 85 972 Srs. 40 57 Boys: Ritson 100 Rotary Park 202 Cowan Park 57 Alex. Park 93 Cedardale 37 83 199 81 24 234 448 57 213 85 1037 972; Boys, 1037. Total, 2009 Standing of Playgrounds August 3rd, 1940. Girls Jrs. Int. Srs. Ritson 1817 677 563 Rotary Park 862 1812 1044 Cowan Park 1379 -- -- (Continued on Page 8, Col, Girls, Point Tot. 3057 ans 1379 3) Plan 4 Companies Of Civil Guards Re-organization of the Oshawa Volunteer Civil Guards into four units or platoons instead of the former five units, is to take place during drill and parade this eve- ning. The Officer Commanding, Col. Frank Chappell, 1s anxious that every member of the Volunteer Civil Guard be present this: eve- ning at 8 i'clock at the Legion Hall, Centre street when parade and drill will take place. The main portion of the evening will centre around allotting the guard to its proper functions in the four units to be set up. Formerly the guards were set up in five units according to age, but since many enlistments in the sec- ond battalion of the Ontario Regi- ment depleted the ranks in the low- advisable to re-organize the guards er age brackets, it has been thought into four units on the basis of resi- dential areas as far as possible. ea Cadet Training Gives (Oshawa Boys Advantage In Royal Canadian Navy Cricketer's Score Card Of War Shows Britain Is At Bat A newspaper clipping in a letter from Oxford, England, shows a novel cricket score card which had been worked out by a group of stock exchange cricketers in Eng- land. The clipping provides an in- teresting sidelight on English hu- mor while waiting for Hitler to de- liver his expected blow at the Brit- ish Isles. Following is the score card: GERMANY VS, THE REST A. U. Stria, run out C. Slovakia, ¢ and b Hitler .... P. O. Land, ¢ Stalin, b Hitler D Enmark, run out N. Orway, ¢ Quisling, pb Hitler H. Olland, retired hurt B. Elgium, st Leopold, b Hitler .. Luxe M. Bourg, b Hitler F. R. Ance, ¢ Mussolini, b Hitler 20 G. B. Ritain, not out A. Merica, to bat Close of play, 56 for 8. Presumbaly the individual "scores" are intended to indicate the num- ber of days each country survived the Nazi "blitzkrieg." SEVEN DAYS FOR DRUNKEN DRIVER Court Refuses to Lower Bail on Serious Charge 10 Whitby, Ontario, August T.-- Lonard B, Claus, charged with drunk driving, was sentenced to serve seven days in the county jail after he pleaded guilty to the charge in Whitby. "If you put me in jail I'll lose my job," he pleaded. "That's where you're . going, There's no doubt about that," ob- served Magistrate Ebbs. Provincial traffic officer Jack Scott told the court that on August 4th he had been given the key of the accused man's truck. An Osh- awa motorist whose name was not revealed had forced Claus into the ditch and removed the key from his car. "Three cars had been forced onto the south shoulder of the road and he had been driving all over it. I found him behind the wheel of the truck and he staggered out onto the road," testified officer Scott, who stated that Claus had been (Continued on Page 8, Col. 7) D Company, Midlands Regt., Needs 40 Men Bowmanville, Aug. 7. -- Only 40 more men are needed before D Com- pany of the Midland Regiment, C.A. S.F., will be up to strength, accord- ing to a statement by Capt. F. E. Lycett, O.C., former principal of Mary Street School, Oshawa. Re- cruiting has been rapid for the past week, 'averaging 15 men a day and within a few days, the unit is ex- pected to be complete. Capt. Ly- cett advises any young men who wish to join the active service forces to visit the Armouries in Bowmanville within the next two or three days. Otherwise they may be too late to enlist with the unit. Every afiernoon, the Armouries present quite an interesting and busy picture with three doctors en- gaged in examining new recruits, the officers and clerks busy taking down sll details gud completing { by forms containing data on the fami- lies, pay -assignments and special occupations for which the men are qualified. Company officers have been most pleased with the fine types of young men who are being enlisted. Many have high school educations @nd are regularly employed. Most of them are athletically built and have taken part in sporting activi- ties in their own localities. These are eagerly awaiting the day when the entire unit will be together at camp so they may compete with the other companies. From the looks of things, D Company gives promise of being not only a fine fighting unit, but one which will produce some of the finest athletic teams in the army. Hockey, lacrosse, boxing, rugby and other athletic activities are listed in the histories (Continued on Page 8, Col. 1, ' | Tostruicion Frank Lee Tells Kiwanians of Work Acs complished--Boys Gain- ed Seven Pounds in 2 Weeks at Camp Frank Lee, popular instructor of the Sir Francis Drake Sea Cadet Corps of Oshawa, sponsored in this city by the local Kiwanis Club, was the guest speaker at the regular] weekly meeting of the Kiwanians yesterday. In an informal talk, Instruc Lee expressed the thanks and appreciation of the Sea Cadets Oshawa to the Kiwanis Club for their help and assistance, which he stated, had been directly respons sible for the continued success of the corps. : Before continuing with his res marks, Mr. Lee especially expressed his thanks for the splendid out! enjoyed during the last two wi of July, at the Kiwanis Camp, Ked« ron, He reported that the Sea Cade ets held one of their best camps this season and that the boys res ported weight gains of as high ag seven pounig 9 Ouf®hed Activities i Giving a brief outline of the sucs cess and achievements enjoyed by the Oshawa Sea Cadets since their inception, Instructor Lee pointed out that the training received in the} : Oshawa corps such as naval tra tion and customs, code of flags por international code, ropes, ship lights and simple pilotage, mooring of! ships, small boat handling, lectures of sea and fleet tactics, guns, tore, pedoes, convoy systems, submarines, mines, etc, was so complete that it had enabled several Oshawa boys, (Continued on Page 8, Col. 2) RUPERT T. GAY IS FOUND NOT GUILTY DRUNKEN DRIVING Case Dismissed Because of Inconsistent Evidence -- + Guilty of Careless Drive mg 5 Bed ee EY A charge of drunken driving against Rupert T. Gay of this city was dismissed by Magistrate F. 8, Ebbs in police court this morning because of inconsistent evidence. After taking a test on June 2 which subsequently showed he was "one of the worst cases of intoxication to come -before this court" the ace cused had been given the keys of his car and allowed to drive home, "There must be correlation between the evidence of the doctor taking the test and the results of the test," explained His Worship, referring to a previous case. On a second charge, careless driving, Gay was found guilty and assessed $10 and costs or 10 days. According to the testimony of two police officers, Gay swung his car carelessly around Bond Street East onto Simcoe Street North, just missing the police car, turned into Richmond Street East almost hitting a soldier and his girl friend, and finally swung wide from Riche mond onto Ontario Street where he almost hit a car parked on the west side. The officers made Gay stop his car on Ontario Street and ords ered him. to get out. The accused could not walk properly, but stage gered about, according to the of ficers' testimony, Rupert Gay was taken to th police station, and after a she pb BN % (Continued on Page 8, Col. 1