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THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1940 PAGE THREE BROB0URG WOMAN TELLS OFESCAPE ROM MINED BOAT firs. R. Keating and Son Was Aboard Steamer Niagara Cobourg, Aug. 13.--Safe after be- hg aboard the steamship "Niagara" hich struck & mine off New Zea- nd and sank, Mrs. Ray Keating, Cobourg, and her young son, hael, arrived home here on Sat- rday afternoon. At the station io t them was Mrs. Keating's par- Mr. ead Mrs. Pfank Smith, of , and the rest of the family Mrs. Keating arrived in Vancou- last week on thie "Orangi." Mrs. pating's husband remained in New nd, where he expects to get in he Air Force. It's wonderful to be home again fith mother and dad and the rest of he family," declared Mrs. Keating b a reporter. Mrs. Keating is an. at- ctive young woman in her twen- s, and "Michael" is a chubby ttle fellow going on two. Mrs. ting and her husband sailed for New Zealand in the early fall of 938 When war broke out, it was ded it would be better for her nd the child to return to Canada. Officers Were Calm Talking of her deperture from ustriviia, Mrs. Keating said: "We iled on June 18. It was calm and ful. I got up around 3.30 the ing morning ro see if the baby as all right and had just got back nto bed when there was the sound f an explosion, and I felt the ship ar. I learned later that some of the sengers were thrown off their t, but I guess we were away from he source of the explosion." "I jumped out of my bunk and ran o the door. Somebody, one of the w, I guess, said to keep calm, that erything was all right. When I poked back into my cabin I saw it 8 filling with smoke. I was armed until I went above. I put n my kimona and wrapped Michael n a blanket. Up on deck, the of- icers were calmly instructing us to 0 to the lounge and await instruc- jons, and to keep cool. You couldnt et excited with tie officers and ew 50 collected and calm. We e in there about ten minutes vhen we were told whet life boat tions to go to. "Mr. Bull, Canadian Commissioner n New Zealand, had told the ships' bfficers that Michael and I were avelling alone and asked them to p an eye on us. They had been g for us in the cabin and later ocated us up in the lounge. In less han half an hour all had left on fhe lifeboats. We could see as we bulled away that the bow of the hip wes getting low in the water. I'he captain told us to keep to- ether. Two hours after taking to he lifeboats, we saw the ship go own. ollo Glad of Escape "A ship passed us in the night, but e were told that it was not sup- posed to stop, as another ship had n notified to pick us up. At seven next morning a plane flew over and ter seven or eigh. more came over. t daylight we could easily see nd, and it certainly looked good. t 9.30 a launch came out and told he lifeboats to head towards the Achilles which couldnt come out to vhere we were on account of mine jelds. About noon a cargo boat picked us up and another launch om the Hobonsvilie air base picked )p the rest and took us to the Wan- ganella where we had baths and vere given food. As most of us re in night aitire, we were given lothing by the passengers. Captain n of the Niagara and the chief neer, went on the Achilles. It was a- welcome sight to see uckland's dock again, Mrs, Keating lated. "Many thought at first that all e passengers were lost, and my husband had just been about crazy. [He certainly was glad to see us gain," she said. £ "In about a month we started for nada again this time on the Orangi' and found no mines. Last [Monday we arrived in Vancouver nd here we are back home again. 11] never leave Canada gain. If my husband were only Here, everything vould be just about perfect," she concluded. en SUBVERSIVE RADI FOUND IN MEXICO Trio Arrested Say Station Owned by Sister of Dead General Mexico City, Aug 13 -- News- papers reported Saturday that secret police had arrested three persons gedly discovered operating a hort-wave radio station for trans- mission of subversive propaganda. The station was located at Mata. . s street, in the south section of e city, Fernando Pacheco, owner of the house: David Monter and Jose [Pacheo were arrested. They were quoted as eaying that the station as owned by Higinia Cedillo, sister Of the late Mexican general. Pacheco is a federal deputy for San Luis [Potosi]. Jose Escobedo, who was allegedly connected with the Cedillo Rebellion MOL 1938, was questioned by police. Britain's Skuas Steal Stuka Thunder Co % Bh A squadron of British dive-bombing planes, officially known as the Blackburn Skuas, is shown in formation flight here. Announcement that the British divers had used German Stuka bombing tactics in the on the Dolvik (Norway) oil supply base indicates that the Royal Force is going all the way in dishing their own medicine out to the Germans, The Skua is a low-wing monoplane, especially designed for naval use with wings that fold back for storage aboard a carrier. Its | rate of climb and operation range, speed, etc., are closely guarded secrets. we raid Air | Tropical Storm Kills 8; Leaves Trail of Debris Charleston Under 6 Feet of Water -- Property and Millions Charleston, S.C., Aug. 12.--A trop- ical hurricane, smashing along the Atlantic coast from Savannah, Ga. to Georgetown, S.C., brought death to at least eight persons, wrecked property, flooded highways and left historic Charleston in darkness and without communication with the outside world early today. A group of amateur radio opera- tors, who had given bits of informa- tion out of stricken Charleston dur- ing the night, said at 4 am. ED.T,, that water waist-deep In a power hause had forced them to absadon their station. They reported in a broadcast over short wave station 4CUS that six persons drowned at nesrby Folly Beach when their automobile plunged off a flooded highway. A number of persons in Charles- ton, they said, were hurt by flying debris when the storm reached a maximum velocity of 76 miles an hour, and that about one-third of the city of 75,000 populaiion was under four to six feet of water. Ocean Rose Up "It looked like the whole ocean rose up and came into town," one of them said. A 68-mile wind, the worst to strike in more than 50 years, buffeted Savannah, Ga., to the south, bring- ing death to at least two persons and causing widespread damage. Annie Wade, a negro woman, was killed on a street by flying glass. Jesse Wallace, an industrial plang officer, died of a neart attack when a tree crashed in%o his house. Trees were uprooted, windows smashed and automobiles damaged by falling timbers. A blinding rain accom- panied the blow and pieces of tin roofs were blown about the city in general confusion. After rocketing the 200-mile stretch of coast, the storm appar- ently veered inland. ,Communication lines failed in Charleston and elzciric power went off. Parts of the city were strewn with debris end tin roofs. Large trees were uprooted. Hundreds of cars stalled on streets. Vacationers Fled Most of the residents at vacation resorts along the Carolina coast fled | after being. warned By the State Highweyy Patrol and the Coast Guard of the hurricane's approach. On Sullivan's Island, near Charleston, the Coast Guard went from house to house warning cot- tagers. All residents were evacuated from Pawley's Island, beach resort near Georgetown. Giant waves ate away sand dunes and flooded part of the island. Six hundred civilians from Sul- livan's Island and nearby regions took refuge in the army post at Fort Moultrie, 10 miles from Charleston. The tide was onc of the highest in the memory of the oldest residents, and the storm, one of the severest since the turn of the century. Ask Canada's Newsmen House British Children Winnipeg, Aug, 13--The Canadian Women's Press Club will assist 'n arrangements whereby children of newspapermen Or newspaperwomen in Great Britain may be placed as non-paying guests in homes of news- paper people in Canada for duration of the war, the organization's na- tional executive announced on Sat- urday. - The club will receive und forward to England information on homes available, while g corresponding or- ganization overseas, the Society of Women Journalists, will obtain names and other information of those wishing to send children to Canada. It will be under the gov- ernment group plan, » On His 18th Birthday Crop Damage Runs Into] =p------ | Rejoins Armed Forces Peterboro, Aug. 13 -- Ralph Tully, son of Mr. and Mrs. V. Tully, is again on his way to active service, | this time with the approval of the | military authorities. | Enlisting with the Royal Canadian | Regiment at London, he was ship- | ped home from Aldershot when the { authorities learned that he was un. | der age. Recently, however, he cele- | brated his 18th birthday, and he is | now in the ranks of the Stormont, | Dundas and Glengarry Highland- ers. WON'T BOOST BREAD PRICES For Better Understanding Between U.S. and Canada The following editorial appeared in the Winnipeg Tribune on July 20, under the caption of "To an Ameri- can Friend," and deals with the view point of an United States citi- zen and the editor's answer to what appears to be a misconception on the part of a Minnesotan: "To An American Friend" "A correspondent of The Tribune living in Winnipeg has received a letter from a Minnesote business man who is a frequent visitor to Manitoba. This Minnesotan, a good friend of Canada, writes: " 'Don't think for one moment that we are not with the Canadians one hundred percent in extending all the aid possible in her efforts, to help win this war. We are. But we certainly are getting fed up on her war-time restrictions as applied to the States. " 'While we fully recognize and appreciate that Canada is at war and is conserving all of her re- sources in order to lend as much material aid as possible to England, many of us over here, close to the border especislly are not taking so kindly to the drastic regulations the Foreign Exchamge Control Board is imposing on the Canadians. Canada is very anxious for us to visit within her borders and places no difficult restrictions for us to enter in order to get our money. At the same time, however, Caneda has done every- thing short of hostility in keeping her people out of the States fearing that she may lose a few dollars in this manner. We are beginning to resent these one-sided regulations and steps are being taken to peti- tion our officials to assume @ more retaliatory attitude as quickly as possible.' "We in Canada can fully under- stand the feelings of American busi- ness men, hotel keepers and others living near the Canadian border when they see the flow of tourist traffic from Canada to the United States abruptly cancelled. Unques- tionably it is going to impose hard- ships on individuals, just as Ameri- can impediments to travel are caus- ng some difficulty and hardship over here. But we must ask our Ameri- can friends and neighbors to un- derstand the situation. This friend from Minnesota has got us wrong-- completely wrong. "We in Canada sre not merely 'conserving all our resources in or- der to lend as much material aid as possible to England.' We will lend all possible a'd it is true, but we are conserving cur resources of American dollars in order to spend those Americea dollars in the United States for American planes, BAKERS STATE Independents Agree Pro- cessing Tax Does Not War- rant Increase to Consumers Toronto, Aug. 13 -- "There will be no increase in the price of bread as a result of the new wheat pro- cessing tax," Charles H. Carter, sec- retary of the Independent Bakers' Association, told The Telegram yes- terday. He said the tax of 15 cents a bush. el' amounted to approximately 70 cents increase on a barrel of flour, which added approximately one- third of a cent to the cost of a loaf of bread that sells for eight cents over the counter, or nine cents «sm a wagon. The Wartime Prices Board, with which bakers and millers conferred at Ottawa last week, would split the tax between the two, so that so far as the baker is concerned, the cost of the loaf would be increased by one-sixth 6f a cent. This, of course, would not justify increasing the cost to the consumer by one cent. | The association is entirely with the board in its effort to keep the | price from advancing, said Mr. Car- ter, UNMASKS THUG FOILS HOLD-LP Pair Who Accosted Mr. and Mrs. R. Bird at Belle- ville, Flee Belleville, Aug. 13. -- City police are searching for two men who at- tempted to hold-up Mr. and Mrs. R. Bird, of Foxboro, on Front Street late Saturday night. The pair fled when Mr. Bird snatched the hand- kerchief covering the face of thé nearest man. Police Constable Evans and Ar- not were cruising half a block from the point on upper Front Street and reached the scene within 30 seconds. Despite their promptness, the offi- cers were unable 'n locate the two men who disappeared in the direc- tion of the Moira River. Police said they were under 20 years of age, well dressed and of medium height. Mr. Bird said he had parked his car on a Front Street parking lot, and upon returning saw two young men seated on his running-board The Foxboro couple entered their car, whereupon one of the men cov- ered his face with a handkerchief and sdvanced. "He pushed something like a gun into my face," Mc. Bird declared, "but I just grabbed at his handker- chief and tore it from his face. They both turned and ran then. They disappeared along the river bank." machine tools and materials of war. It cannot be repeated too often that every American dollar spent by | tourists in Canads this year is go- | ing straight back home to the | United States for war purchases. | Conversely, every Canadian dollar | spent by a Canadian tourist in the United States means so many fewer dollars available for the purchase of American planes and other pressing needs. "We would much rather spend our money with our personal friends, the melghbouring merchants, etc, just across the line, whom we know, than with distant Americam arm- ament manufacturers, whom we don't. But out of stark necessity, we are reducing our tourist expenditures upon American merchandise, hotel accommodation and such in order that we may increase our expendi- tures with American manufacturers of military equipment and war ma- terials. We know that this means hardship to many of our good friends across the line, our personal acquaintances. We ask that they, too, recognize also, that it means spending our last dollar of Cana- dian gold and all the foreign ex- change we cam possibly assemble for American equipment. In the pro- cess, American merchants and hotel keepers will be losing out in favor of American manufacturers. We re- gret this but it is a necessity im- posed upon us primarily by Hitler, and secondly by the American "cash and cenry" laws. We feel that we can take no ex- ception to the stringent "cash and | carry" regulations of the United | States' neutrality laws. We must | accept them because they are an | American concern. But as long as we have to lay hard American cash right on the line for all our pur- chases of war materials, so long must we scrape and scrimp, so long must we deny ourrelves and In denying ourselves refrain from pur- chessing anything but absolute es- sentials of war from the United States. This is no matter of tumn- ing skinflint toward the United States in order to be generous to England. It is a question of fulfill ing the Canadian war effort by diverting our purchases from Ameri- cen merchants to American arma- ment manufacturers. It is done from sheer necessity. "Perhaps the friend of Canada who writes from Minnesota will un- derstand the situation more easily RELIEVE SUFFERING QUICKLY WITH KELLOGG'S 'ment -- dealt the first and perhaps if he looks at the other side of the medal. The administration at Washington knows very well that Canada is under desperate necessity of acquiring American dollars for war purchases and that the Cana- dian government has therefore at- tempted to stimulate the tourist traffic. Nevertheiess, Washington introduced new regulations whereby Canadian visitors to the United States sre compelled to have American visas (and that means they must have Canadian passports, too) while American citizens return- ing home from Canada are required to produce identity papers, such as birth certificates. These require- ments -- laid down by the American and not by the Canadian govern- even the heswviest blow against the flow of tourists between Canada to the United States both ways. But mark that they were of American and not of Canadian devising. "Nevertheless, Canadians do not complain too much, because we un- derstand the overriding necessity felt by the United States to guard against unlawful entrance of im- migrants, including perhaps Fifth Columnists, into the United States. We understend that the Washington authorities felt these regulations had to be applied uniformly and Wlsrelore directed them against anada no less than ageinst Mexico, Cuba and other aeighboring coun- tries. It was a bitter blow to Canada, but surely we Canadians must understand. And surely we | have a right to ask our American friends, also, to understand our difficulties. "On both sides of the line Cana- | diens and Americans have: long boasted about that 3,000 miles of undefended border upon which peace has reigned for miore than a cen- tury and a quarter. The friendship | represented by the peaceful border is now being tried in the fire of wartime suffering @nd economic hardship. If Canad'ans and Ameri- cans can continue to understand each other's difficulties, even in th® face of serious economic grievances of individuals, then Canadian- American friendship will emerge more real than ever. There are no friends like friends who have been through tough times together and who have understood and helped each other even when it hurt, Got 982 Nazi Planes French Lost Only 306 Vichy, France, Aug. 13 -- French | Air Force flyers shot down 982 Ger- | man planes between May 10 and June 10, losing 306 planes themselves in spite of five to one Nazi odds, the under-secretary for air announ. ced yesterday. After Battle With Nazi Raider The British armed merchantman Alcantara is shown here as she arrived in Rio de Janeiro for repairs after a battle with an unidentified German sea raider off the Brazilian coast, The Alcantara put the Nazi raider to'flight, but was unable to follow it owing to a lucky shot which disabled her engines. Damage suffered by the Alcantara is shown by the arrow, top, and a close-up of the damage is shown, bottom. Four More War Vessels Added to Navy in Canada Lady Fiset Christens Ves- sels at Eastern Port -- Three Launched Pre- viously An Eastern Canadian Port, Aug. 13.--Four more war vessels were of- dicially added to the complement of the Royal Navy on Saturday when Lady Fiset, wife of the Lieut.-Gov- ernor of Quebec christened and launched one ship and presided over the christening of three others which previously hd slipped down the ways at private ceremonies. The vessels, all of the Corvette type, were some of those ordered in Canada by the British Admiralty since the start of th= war. Surrounded by revresentatives of the British Admiralty, naval offi- cials, shipbuilding inen end a few guests, Lady Fiset Lroke the tradi- tional bottle of champagne across ! the bow, wished a "God bless it" on the ship, while the vintage sprayed over her clothing and the vessel glided slowly into the water. Then, embarking un a tug, the of- ficie®l party proceeded to the spot where the three other vessels rocked at anchor in the wash of the incom- ing tide and repeated the ceremony. At the reception, Vice-Admiral A. E. Evans and Rear Admiral H. A. Sheridan, representatives of the British Admiralty, praised Canada's war effort. Woman Dies Four Weeks After Daughter's Death Peterboro, Aug. 13 -- A lifelong resident of South Monaghan town- ship, Mrs. Margaret Morrison, for- merly. Margaret Moncrief died yes- terday at the home of her son, Frank Morrison, in her 89th year. A daughter, Mrs, O. Larmer, died four weeks ago. BRITISH REFUSE LIFT BLOCKADE UPON ELROPE Even if Neutrals Guarantee Food Goes Only to Lands Hun Took London, Aug, i3.--Great Britain will reject any proposal that she lift her blockade of Europe so that American or other neutral relief or- gemizations can ship food to the citizens of nations conquered by Germany, an authoritative spokes- man said yesterday. The government so far has not received concrete proposals regard- ing food shipments to Belgium, the Netherlands. Luxembourg, France and Norway, but if they are made Britain will reply that she cannot permit any excep*icns to the block- ade, even if assurances are given that the supplies wiil be distributed exclusively to the populations of the invaded countries. Representatives of United States relief organizeions and the Inter- national Red Cross were said to have discussed the situation with British authorities, it was learned, because of spreading reports that certain areas of the continent sre facing famine during the coming winter. In US. Herbert Hoover, head of the European food distribution com- mission, said that his organization was negotiating with Britain and Germany in an effort to supply food to "18,000,000 persons facing starvation. The British view, as stated by authoritative quarrers, is that such privations which may develop on the continent could be remedied if Germany wished to distribute the available stocks of the conquered countries. Moreover, it wes said, even if it were possible to assure that food contributions would be consumed exclusively by the victims of German invasion, such stocks in- evitably would increase Germany's capacity for waging war by releas- ing a correspondirg quantity of domestically produced food for the . use of the Germena. PLAN PREACHING MISSION The Oshawa Presbytery of The United Church of Canada is plan- ning to hold a preaching mission during the week of October 27th to November 1st. Town and country ministers will exchange pulpits on the first Sunday of the week. Some of the subjects to be discussed are: "Thy Kingdom Come," "How to win men to Christ," "The Use and Abuse of the Bible," "The church= man at his task," "The Christian as a citizen," and "The Nations and His Kingdom". services. which he shall ¢ WHEN YOU REGISTER YOU GET THIS CERTIFICATE National Registration is a plan to mobilize and direct our human' resources -- to assist Canada in the present crisis. When you regis- ter you will receive a certificate, convenient for card case or pocket--tangible evidence that you have complied with govern- ment regulations. It is not only a record for the Government, it is also for your protection. As such, you will be required to carry this card with you at all times. Its presentation can be demanded at any time by the proper authorities. WHERE TO REGISTER Registration offices are being set up by electoral districts in the game manner as in the last Dominion election. Registrants are required to register in the regular polling sub- divisions of their own constituencies. But should a registrant be in some other province or district out of the regular polling subdivision on Registration Days, he or she may register at any registration office convenient, upon satisfactory explanation to the local deputy registrar. EVERYONE CAN HELP -- To keep the cost of this registration at a minimum the Government is asking the co-operation of all public-minded citizens in the work of regis- tration. You can help by getting in touch with your local gegistration officials and offering your Registration Dates August 19% 20 21: Penalty for Non-Registration -- Failure to register will make any male or female, married or single, over the age of 16 years, liable to a fine not exceeding Two hundred dollars, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding Three months, or to both such' ment, and moreover to a forbes penalty not exceeding Ten dollars for each day, after the day upon which he should bave registered, during inue to gistered. fine and imprison. Published under the authority of HON. JAMES G. GARDINER Minister of National War Services