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PUBLISHED Every Week Day Except Saturday. AARAAIAAAA he Oshawa Daily Ti "PROBS. f Mos Cloudy; Showers. OL. 27--NO, 37 OSHAWA, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1940 Single Conien 3 3 TEN PAGES, ENERAL MOTORS FILM SHOWS GREAT INDUSTRY EARED TO WAR EFFORT Motors On The March" Portrays Actual Produc- tion of Army Vehicles, Parts and Munitions in| G.M. Plants RESS OF PROVINCE PREVIEW NEW FILM rama' in Technicolor "Portrays Conception of World in 1960; Films Presented Daily at C.N.E. Members of the Ontario dally were guests of General Mo- rs of Canada last evening at the oyal York Hotel, Toronto, when ey were given a preview of two tstanding motion pictures, one of hich showed General Motors in tion assisting the government in herculanian war effort, much which has never been publicized. "Motors on the March" Of particular interest, and cer- inly most revealing, was the pic- entitled, "Motors on the arch", and which will be shown the Canadian National Exhibi- on commencing tomorrow at the eneral Motors exhibit. While no laces, names, or products are hentioned throughout the entire owing of this Ontario-made film, ose who are familiar with Gener- Motors plants in Canada could ot mistake the locale nor help pcognizing the faces of those en- ged in the various operations of hanufacturing motorized military ts. The Times is making an effort to ve this film shown in Oshawa in e very near future and may poe. bly feature a page or two in this blication of outstanding "shots" om the history-making film show. hg how ga great industry can serve e Empire--in fact IS serving the fmpire. Producing Army Vehicles General Motors, as has already n reported in this paper, is pending hundreds of thousands of pllars in extending its plants and tting them into high gear for the oduction of army vehicles, parts nd munitions, and will step prod= tion still higher in a few weeks, th completion of vast new factory dditions, and installation of new hachinery. From two assembly lines operat- g side by side, men working in hifts around the clock will turn t one complete motorized army hicle every four-and-a-quarter hinutes. This was part of the pic- which was filmed and thrown n the screen at the Royal York otel last evening, as newspaper- hen, including representatives of Times, watched spell-bound as £vory of mass production of the ve standard types of mechanized my units was unfolded before eir eyes. These five different odels include the gun tractor, the ree-ton load carrier, the 8-Cwt. eral service truck, the load car- er for transport duty and the load prrier, platform and rack type. Interesting, too, was the pictur- ation of these fast and powerful cks pulling their loads over ter- n that would wreck an ordinary ator truck--through ditches, over hounds, across the roughest and (Continued on Page 10, Col. 1) INGO, OVER BURNS, FRIDAY night. 13¢. Good prizes. (37a) SHAWA GLADIOLI SOCIETY Annual Show, Genosha Hotel, Saturday, August 24. Doors open at 1:30. (37a) SUAL BINGO, THURSDAY night, over Burns, 8:45. Good prizes and vouchers. . Mrs. Cowle. (37a) INGO, FORESTERS' HALL, FRI- day night. Special prize for six- teenth game. (tf) INGO, ORANGE HALL, MON- day, 2:45, 15 games. 10c. (37a) SHAWA FAIR, SEPTEMBER [ll ninth, tenth and eleventh. We invite your exhibits--canned fruit, baking, ladies . personal wear, household linen, art, fruit, flow- ers, plants, vegetables. Liberal prize money offered. Apply Sec- retary, Genosha Hotel. (37a) INGO, ORANGE TEMPLE, FRI- day, 2:30. 10c. E. Youds: (374) INGO, CCF, FRIDAY, 2:45. M. White, (37a) ONT FORGET BINGO, OVER Burns, Tuesday night. - Voucher as usual. (37a) INGO, EVERY TUESDAY, POL-, ish Alliance Hall, Olive Ave., pro- ceeds for Red Cross. Good prizes. 5c. : (37a) DR. D. WARTHUR T0 JOIN CABINET Deputy Minister of Educa- tion to Succeed the Late Dr. J. L. Simpson Toronto, Aug. 22. -- Dr. Duncan McArthur, who as Deputy Minister of Education since 1934 was closely associated with the late Dr, Leon- ard J. Simpson in educational re- forms in this Province, today will enter the Cabinet as Dr. Simpson's successor, it was reported yesterday at Queen's Park. Premier Hepburn, while declin- ing to make his choice of Minister of Education known, last night said a Minister would be appointed to- day. He explained it is necessary to make the appointment at once, because when there is no Minister there can be no Acting Minister, and consequently the functions of a Minister are at a standstill in the department. There is no indication whether or not a seat will be thrown open to Dr. McArthur so that he may, if appointed, take his place in the House. In political circles, it is considered the natural riding for Dr. McArthur to contest is Kings- ton, where he once served as school trustee, while, at the same time, occupying the position of head of the history department of Queen's University. THE MAPLE LEAF | INSURANCE C0. 45 YEARS OLD Faced With Big Loss at Start, Now Has Sub- stantial Assets The Maple Leaf Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance Company, with head office at Columbus, Ontario, has just paseed its forty-fifth milestone as it commenced business August 19, 1895, At that time a group of men gathered together and decided that some better means should be adopted to take care of the fire insurance needs of the rural peo-, ple, After receiving their charter and before a policy was issued, they were faced with a fire loss of sev- eral hundred dollars. Undaunted, several signed a personal note and borrowed funds to meet what look- ed like a very serious situation. They had confidence in the future of the company and this has been shared by many others, as the pol icy-holders now number several thousand. - The first officers were: President, Hon. Willlam Smith; vice-pres., Hon. John Dryden; secretary, Wil- (Continued on Page 10, Col. 1) prisoners of war. by armed sentries. Not a Rest Home . . . A Canadian Internment Camp FW | UNDER ARREST REGIMENT BAND T0 PLAY CONTEST NUMBER AT PARK Delightful Program Arrang- ed for , Josday Evening at «Lak keview Park The band of the Ontario Regi- ment is to present a concert on Sunday evening at Lakeview Park and this will be the last appear- ance of this musical organization prior to their playing in the band contest at the Canadian National Exhibition. On Sunday evening at Lakeview Park the band will play their test number, "I Due Foscari." This will give the people of Osh- awa an opportunity to hear this number which will be played under conditions similar to that which will prevail during the contest. Bandmaster J. Broadbent has chosen another of those programs that the music lovers of Oshawa enjoy. It is anticipated that a large number will be present to hear the band on Sunday evening. The pro- gramme commences at 800 p.m. +O Canada"; overture: "Poet and Peasant" (Von Suppe); valse: "Nights of Gladness" (Ancliffe); duet: Besses O'Th Barn, musicians --Hood and Martyn (gold medal- ists) by D. Carrie; selection: "Lilac Time" (J. 'Orde Hume); song: "There'll Always be an England" (Dennis Wright): march: "Sword and Lance" (H. Starke): selection, 1940 C.N.E. contest number, "I Due Foscari" (Verdi): irombone solo: "Acrobat" (J. A. Greenwood), musi. cian, J. Lee, Sr.; descriptive: "Mill in the Dale" (S. Cope); fantasia: "In Coonland" (T. Bidgood); hymn "Deep Harmony" (Purday):; march: "John Peel"; God Save the King. Drivers and Drunks Appear in Full Docket of Cases Came Before Magistrate Today as Result of Court Room Being Used for National Registration Three Days There was a full docket of cases in police court this morning, the accumulation of three days during which court was not held because of registration taking place in the court-room. Most prominent were cases of making a left-hand turn at the Four Corners. There were several convictions on this count, while some cases were adjourned, and one was dismissed as "wrong charge". .In one instance' Roy Smith of Toronto pleaded not guilty to the charge, but in the witness box he admitted making the left- hand turn. "If you haven't got good eyes you shouldn't be driving" declared His Worship . Magistrate F. S. Ebbs, when the accused com- plained about the smallness of the sign. "Any stranger .is liable to make a mistake," maintained Smith. "Sometimes mistakes cost money," retorted the Cadi, "$2 and costs or two days." Parked Too Long Morris Cohen, Oshawa, was fined $3 and costs or 3 days for parking Court Today his truck "for an undue length of time" on a city street contrary to a city by-law. Cohen did not ap- pear on the charge, although 'a sum- mons had been served. "I have warned him several tithes" said Acting Chief Flintoff, adding that the police had had many phone calls both before and after this charge had been laid complaining about Cohen's trucks being parked for such a long time. In the matter of Henry Moore asking for support under the Par- ent"s Maintenance Act from his sons Richard Robert and John Carpenter Moore, Magistrate Ebbs ruled that "I can't deal with an application ' of this kind at this time." He pointed out that on January 22 an order had been made before Judge Coleman under the Parent's Relief Act, by consent of all parties. Under this order the parent was not destitute. Long Record A native of Nova Scotia, Herbert Gouchie, was -found guilty of a third offense of intoxication in police court this morning and sent- enced to three months in the county jail. The accused: repeatedly asked his Worship Magistrate F. S. Ebbs to "give me a chance this morning," because he thought he might "do something." "Youll never work, (Continued on Page 10; Col. 6) Hon. Albert Matthews Opens i Historic Old Mrs. Matthews Turns Key in Door; Prof. Wrong Relates History of Late E. Barmum. Who Com- pleted Building in 1817 (Special to The Times) Cobourg, August 21.--In the pre- sence of a large and distinguished gathering, "the old Barnum house" near the westerly outskirts of the village of Grafton was opened this afternoon by the Lieutenan: Gov- ernor of Ontario, the Xonorable, Albert Matthews. Typifying as 1t does one of the best examples of Georglan architecture in Ontario, the property, recently acquired by the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario will no doubt be a mecca for tourists and others who take delight in the purity of line that is tq be found here. The opening ceremonies were in themselves quite snort.' An addres was delivered by Professor chiint president of the Architectural Con- servancy of Ontario, following which a key was presented to the Honor able Mr. Matthews. To ,Mrs. Mat- thews was delegated the honor of 'turning the key in the:front door. The Lieutenant Go/ernor, Mrs. Mat- thews,.and A number of officials made a tour of the house and it was thrown open for inspection by. the remainder of the assembly. + Influence on Traditions In his address, Professor Wrong referred to the ipiluence that such buildings as this have upon our tra- ditions. He commented that it is our traditions that give us the greatest sense of character. It was the tra- dition of the British Empire that embues her sons' with the desire to die rather than forego the privi- leges' of a democracy. Continuing, Professor Wrong stat: ed that the archiiecture of Ancient Greece was connected with religion and this could stiil be said today of modern architecture. .All forms of architecture are linked with beauty, but it is in simple architecture like that of the Barnum House that (Continued on Page 10, Col. 3) "Barnum House' 'ESCAPED GERMAN | PRISONER CAUGHT Guenther orentz Attempt- ed to Cross Montreal Bridge When Arrested Ottawa, August 22.-- prisoner of war who escaped from a northern Ontario camp on Monday, through a care- fully . contrived , tunnel, waa cap- | tured last night as he attempted to cross Vigforia Bridge at Montreal, according ¢o a statement Issued to- | day by the Department of National | Defence, The prisoner was appre- hended by a Royal Mounted Police who ideptified him from his handwriting. The name of the prisoner Is Guenther Lorentz, and not Koche as had been supposed. The error in'¢hé name was caused by another prisoner answering for Lorentz when the roll was called. A RC M.P. officer sald Lorentz was in excellent physical condition and "full of Nazi arrogance," but offer- ed no resistance to his arrest. prisoner was taken headquarters at Montreal where he | is deing held pending instructions | from internment officials ht Otta- wa, The efpture ended' a wide-gpread search throughout the dense wood- | ed 'country of. Northern Ontario, (Continued on Page 10, Col. 2) Deputy Registrars to Give Cheques lo Help in War Brockville, Aug. 22--Deputy regis- trars dn near-by Gananoque have requested that their.cheques be re- turned: to the Receiver-General of | Canada to help in the purchase of war materials, it was reported to- | day at the Leeds County National Registration office. This will mean a saving to the national Treasury of $144, as each registrar receives $9 for his or her services. y | the | ist's skull No, this isn't a rest home, it is one of the Canadian interment camps in which are confined German | Formerly a hospital, it was idle for some years before being pressed into service to re- | ceive the new "guests" from across the sea, Prisoners spend most of their day lounging about in shorts. Officer prsioners are not made to work, in compliance with international regulations. fence surmounted by barbed wire surrounds the buildings of the camp. A second entanglement of barbed wire is constructed outside of this again. The corridor between the fences is floodlit at night and patrolled | A 10-foot wire mesh | m TROTSKY DIES HIS ASSASSIN Declaration of Idehtiied | Killer Tells "of Quarrel wt : Mexico City, Aug. 22.--Leon Trot- sky died. last night after whispering an accusation that his pick-axe assailant "most likely" was a mem ber of the Ogpu, Soviet secret po- lice. A savage attack by a confidant felled the 60-year-old guiding gen- ius of the Russian revolution in his home late yesterday. An emergency operation and administration of oxygen were futile. He died at 9:25 pm. EDT, before brain surgeons from the United States could reach him by chartered plane. The attacker was identified by police as Jacques Mortan Vanden- dreischd, 36-year-old native of Iran. Bodyguards beat him off from the assault, but not until he had driven axe into the exiled revolution- Scene of the attack was Trotsky's fortress-like residence in the near- by village of Coyoacan, where a achine-gun attack on Trotsky failed last May. Mexico City, Aug. 22. -- Jacques Mornard van der Dres-hd, assassin of Leon Trotsky, had a declaration written in French on his person when arrested yesterday, and police today said that in it he told of having quarreled with the exile when Trotsky tried to induce him to go to Russia to perform acts of sabotage. The declaration adds that the The German | internment | Canadian | The | to RCMP. | writer decided to kil Trotsky be- use the latter did everything in his power to prevent Van den Dreschd from marrying Sylvia Agel- | off of Brooklyn, who had introduc- ed the two men to each other. | Miss Ageloff, who is held as a | (Continued on. Page 10, Col, 6) CHECK RETURNS OF REGISTRATION REPORT LATER ON \ AN ARMORED DIVISION RALSTON TELLS: Oshawa Soldier iden Promotion in England The. following letter was written at Aldershot, England, in July, by Pte. Robert Spiers and was sent to his parents, Mr. and Mrs, R. Spiers, 224 Eulalie Avenue, Oshawa. Dear Mother and Dad: Just a few lines to let you know that T am keeping well and hope this finds you in the best of health. Well, folks, I had another promo- tion since I wrote the last time. I am now C.S.M. of our company. So it means a lot of hard work but I am sure going to try and do it--do my best is all anyone can do. I am sending some pictures so will you please hand them around. My guess is that this war is go- ing to take quite a while before we have it finished, seeing how that "Jerry" has made his bid. I still think we can do it for the stories that we hear are pretty bad from all accounts. I don't just know, but somehow I feel it won't be long | now. I have not written to Scot'and yet as I was waiting to go up there on leave. But again that has all been cancelled. Remember me to all the folks at | home. Your ever loving son, BOB. | GHARLES H. FIRTH BORN HERE 1866 AT BOWLING EVENT Has 'Visited Oshawa Only| the adian Active Service Defence Minister Ralston has announced. hopes the brigade will grow into an armored division soon. Ontario | Regiment, "Three Rivers. 'Regiment, 1st' Canadian Cavalry and. Fort Garry Horse Ind cluded in Brigade 4 RA BRIGADE TO TRAIN AT CAMP BORD: OCAL REG. IN NEW ARMORED BRIGADE. New Unit: oo i on Recommiendations of Lieut.-Gen., McNaughton % --Expect New Training; Equipment So Soon The Outerlo, (Tank), Oshawa, along with Three Rivers Regiment (Tank), Three Rivers; Ist Canadian Cavalry, London, Toronto, Winnipeg and Cale gary (now at Camp Borden), and the Fort Garry Horse, of Winnipeg, and other west« ern points, are included in an armored - brigade which haa Regiment - been authorized for the Can<'. Force, He adds that he Lt.-Col. Worthington, 0.C. H Lt.-Col. F. F. Worthington has been promoted to be colonel and will command the brigade, which will ba assembled at Camp Borden. Four battallons orf the non-per= manent active militia are designated to do special training and be avail- ° Once Since He Left Here Over 70 Years Ago Charles H. Firth, born in Oshawa on March 7, 1866, over 74 years ago, was a visitor at The Times office on Wednesday - afternoon. He brought with him a copy of The Oshawa Vindicator, of March 7, No Figures Available To- day; Registrar Believes All Have Registered i F | Registration booths across Can- ada closed last night and the great | job of compiling the nation's man- power was officially over. However | | there still remains oceans of work | for registrars, deputy-registrars, and assistants to do in the way of | checking and totalling. A complete | report will have to be turned in to | Ottawa. Any people who were out of the country during August 19, 20, | and 21, will have to register at the nearest post-office. upon their re- | | turn. Many people on holidays | registered at place other than | their own community, and their | | forms *will have to be returned to | the proper city, town or village. | No figures on the number of people who have registered in Osh- awa were available for publication | to-day, but Registrar-in-Chief Col. | Frank Chappell told The Times | that he believed everyone had re- | gistered. Returns are pouring into | the old Y.M.C.A. building, head- quarters for the Oshawa and | county registration, and they are being checked by the Registrar-in- | Chief, the Assistant Registrar, | George Edmunds, who is looking | after the county. County registra- tions are also believed to be satis- | factory. Essay Winners Entertained at Parkwood Twelve 'teen-aged boys and girls of Western Canada, winners in the essay contest on "The Value of the Automotive Industry to Canada," who came to Oshawa on Tuesday as guests of General Motors, are shown above with Mr. and Mrs. R. 8. McLaughlin at their beautiful garden at yParkwood", lin is on the extreme left and Mrs. McLaughlin is in the centre of the group § Director of Public Relations, is on the extreme Tights. od Mr. McLaugh- She rear, Mr. Roy Kerby, | Given Card of Honor 1886, in which is reported the birth of a son to Mr. and Mrs, J. C. Firth. Mr. Firth left Oshawa shortly af- ter Lis birth and moved with his i family to Auburn, N.Y, and then to London, Ontario, where he be- came a member of the Stirling Bros., Incorporated, wholzsale boot and shoe manufacturers of the western Ontario city. Mr. Firth said he had been in Oshawa only once since his birth until Wednesday, when he came to Oshawa with a party of bowlers who were taking part in the big bowling tournament at the Oshawa greens. Mr, Firth said he was not in the tournameént, as he did not know when the entries were made up, if he could get away. He is| a member of the Canada Bowling | Club and of Eaton's Memorial | Bowling Club, both of Toronto, where he now resides. For Knitting Socks Miss Louise McCarin, yo Brock street east, who knitted many socks for soldiers in the last war, reports that she was presented with a card of honor and a pin from the Cana- dian Field Comforts .Commission, Shorncliffe, England, in 1918, and of which she is quite proud. This certificate and pin was presented to Miss McCann for having knitted 100 pairs of socks for the Canadian soldiers. Miss McCann says she probably knitted 150 pairs after receiving the honorable award. She was prompted to tell a Times' representative of her achievement after havihg read a report in this paper of the woman at Picton who knitted 150 pairs of socks for the soldiers in the pres- ent war, Two Cars Damaged In Local Collision About $50 property damage re- sulted from a collision between an Oshawa and a Toronto car at the corner of Albert c.d Athol Streets last evening. There were three youthful passengers in the Oshawa car and one you ady In the Tor- onto car but no'ohe was injured. Lawrence Mason, 196 Court street, was driving north on Albert Street with James and Henry Lee, 86 Qlive Avenue, and Douglas Pelow, 333 Al- bert Street, when he came into col- lision with the automobile of Fred Fortune, 33 Westminster Avenue, Toronto, who was going west on Athol Street East. Miss K. Favell, 647 Markham Street, Toronto, was a witness in the latter car, which =~Phojo by General Motors. J was the more seriously damaged. , able the Earl of Athlone, 'show ' wi Throughot remaining cool. moderate. able in case the armored brigade should be increased. These are: | designated to do special training and be available in case the armor=.~ ed brigade should be inc * These are: Essex Regiment (Tank), ™" Windsor; Calgary Regiment (Tank)! Calgary; Argylle Light Infantryg,: Belleville, Ont.; the New Brunswick Regiment (Tank). The minister in a. press interview: . late yesterday expluined that afi armored brigade ordinarily consist= ed of three battalions with artillery,- signals, ordnance and ancillar; troops. Four units nave been desig= Wag nated for the brigade in the possi=!« ad bility of change in the establishe ment, so there would be one super}, numerary battalion, : - Gen. McNaughton's Idea % "This is not by any means a rous} tine proceeding," the minister told' the press. "The decision to set up{ the unit was arrived at and the' step taken as a result of the recom=i of communications with Lieut! General A. G. L. McNaughton, Gen= eral Mcilaughton was very keen - about having it done." The hope was, the Defence Min=" ister said, that without too long de= lay, the brigade wouid grow into af ° armored division. Training equip= ment for the new organization was" Jot complete, he said. It would train * (Continued on Page 10, Col. 6) Governor-General - Opens C.\V.E. Eriday His Exoeliency the the Right Honor= KG. Governor-General of Canada, will officially 'open the Canadian Na- tional Exhibition at Toronto on Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock« the ceremonies to be carried out at the band shell. Although the opening ceremonies do not take place until the after- noon, the gates will open to the public at 9 a.m. and Canada's great swing into action. ) the afternoon and gve- ning five bands will provide music and at 5:15 in the afternoon, Miss & Kathleen Stokes will delight the . patrons with eight lovely organ numbers at the band shell. Te Frolexland, otherwise known as) the midway, will open at 9:30 amy and will continue until midnight, The roller skating derby opens ab 7 pm, in the coliseum. Late Weather Reports Tonight--Weather, - partly cloudy, cool, probably showers. Wind---south to southwest, modaorate. Thursday--Weather, partly cloudy Wind -- westerly, LAKE TEMPERATURES Temperature of the water at the beach at the lakefront today at 2:30 was 62 degrees. Wind--south, fresh, 15 to 18 mph. (at 3 pm). (Courtesy Oshawa Yacht Club) ' os amendation of the chief of staff and! ph