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PUBLISHED Every Week Day Except Saturday. a y The Oshawa Daily Times Mostly Cloudy; a Little: Warmer; Showers, OL. 27--NO. 43 OSHAWA, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1940 Single Copies 3¢ TEN PAGES BAN ACGORDED CHAMPIONS" WELCOME OBOURG PILOT OFFICER LILLED IN AIR BATTLE VER BRITAIN MONDAY irst Overseas Casualty of R.C AF. -- Bride He Wed Last November Sur- vives Cobourg, Aug. 30.--Pilot Officer pbert Edwards of Cobourg was lled in an aerial battle the third y after the Royal Canadian Air prce went into action as a unit England, it was revealed here sterday in a telegram from Otta- . Pilot Officer Edwards is be- ved to be the first casualty of he R.C.AF. overseas force. Last Saturday the R.C.AF. squad- pn engaged German fighters for e first time, and bagged two big orniers. They ere flying anadian-built urricane ghters. The thorities at ttawa in- brmed Mrs. i.. . Edwards at her son ad keen kill- d in action on flonday. There have een several asual ties mong the Ca- pilot Off'r Edwards adians who serving in the Royal Air Force, ut this was the first time a Cana- ian had met death while fighting nh a R.CAF. unit, On Aug. 15 Squadron Leader Prnest McNab had the distinction being the first R.C.AF. flier to a German. He went up with n R.AF. patrol to gain combat ex- berience and shot down a Dornier. Pilot Officer Edwards was 28, a duate of Cobourg Collegiate, bert College and Victoria Uni- sity. He was born in Roseneath, Dnt. Edwards joined the RCAF. t Trenton two years ago and went, bverseas this spring. Besides his mother, he is survived by his widow, Ruth, daughter of ir. and Mrs. A. H. Brownley 'of To- onto. They were married last ovember. 490,837 15 TOTAL OF SINGLE MEN IN 131 DISTRICTS 38,741 Aged 21 Listed So Far as Compilation for Draft Call Pushed Ottawa, Aug. 30. Canada's yealth of manpower was indicated oday as a result of the work of e National War Services Depart- ment preparing for the first call of young men to take military train- n g. The department announced that here are in the first 131 of 243 onstituencies reporting, 490,837 bingle men or childless widowers between the ages of 19 and 45, in- usive. The same number of constituen- ies reported 38,741 men of the same ategory of the age of 21. Thus it appeared that there would be pienty of 21-year-olds to an- Ewer the first call for 30,000 early n October, and that men of 22 ight not be called until the first hirty-day period of training was pver. Men of that age, Mr. Justice I. C. Davis, Associate Deputy Min- ster, said, might possibly be called pefore Christmas. Returns by Districts .A breakdown of the latest re- urns, by Provinces, showing the umber of men available in the Pl1-year-old class and the total of egistered single men and childless vidowers in the 19-45 group for the 31 elecoral districts, follows: [Province Districts 21 yrs. ova Scotia 4 1,382 ew Brunswick 7 2,085 Quebec 13,632 Dntario 16,005 Manitoba 2,037 Baskatchewan - 4 1,288 iberta ..... 2 965 British Col. 5 1,347 19-45 16,706 25,425 176,736 203,384 23,636 15,352 12,337 17,261 Total ... "131 38,741 490,837 Complete instructions have been orwarded to administrative boards the thirteen registration districts or calling men up. The chairman of each: board has (Continued on Page 10, Col. 3) MADAM NEVADA, 98 ALBERT ST., ill Saturday only. (42b) Set October 14 For Thanksgiving | Ottawa, Aug. 30--Thanksgiving Day this year has been fixed for October 14, the second Monday in that month the Department of the Secretary of State has announced. A proclamation. appointing that day as a general thanksgiving will be issued shortly, the announce- ment added. . SIX CANADIAN MAYORS TO JOIN IN ['5. PARLEY Will Fly to New York to Discuss Problems of Joint | National Defense Toronto, Aug. 30.--Six Canadian | Mayors will fly to Ne ork on Sept. 18 to join with Mayors from all the large cities of the United States in discussing the part which the municipalities of this contin- ent can best play in any joint scheme of national defense. Invitation to participate in the United States Conference of May- ors, during which the national de- fense talks will take place, have been extended to the Mayors of Toronto, Halifax, Quebec, Winni- peg, Ottawa and Vancouver. The conference will be held in New York. {i Sept. 19 to 21. Mijor P . La Guardia of New York, at whose suggestion the Ca- nadian Mayors were invited, has arranged to send a flagship of the | American Ajrlines to pick up the | Canadian party in Ottawa on Sept. | 18. A banquet in their honor will | be held in New York that night. | The recent appointment of Mayor | La Guardia to the joint Canadian- United States Defense Board has increased the importance of the in- ternational mayoralty conference. | It is now considered likely that na- tional defense results of major im- portance to this continent may be anticipated to follow from the New York discussions next month. That national defense is to be the main item which the United States Mayors wish to deal with in their discussion sessions was made known yesterday to Mayor Day in a communication received at the City Hall from Mayor La Guardia. May- or Day later announced that he had accepted the invitation and would attend the New York confer- ence. DEATH EXAGGERATED Andy Reid's pigeon wishes to announce that Tuesday's report of | its death was grossly exaggerated. | The bird was reported electrccuted | Tuesday morning when it fell from its perch on some hydro wires at North Simcoe School Grounds. Everyone, including the owner, thought the bird was dead, but the little winged creature evidently had other ideas. It regained con- sciousness in about half an hour, and is now flying about gamely in spite of a lame leg. ACOUSTICS UNIMPROVED Meizing the court-room smaller has not improved its accoustics, ac- cording to Magistrate F. S. Ebbs. "Just as bad now as it ever was," remarked His Worship recently in trying to hear 2 weak-voiced wit- ness, "possibly worse." . i [ larly those designed CONANT SELECTS POLICE OFFICERS FOR GUN GONTROL Will Issue Permits to Sell Firearms--Groups Chosen With Care Toronto, Aug. 30.--Selected senior police officers in Ontario, Including inspectors of Provincial Police, Pro- vincial officers who are acting high constables of the counties in which they are stationed, and eighteen municipz] police officials, yesterday were authorized by Hon. Gordon Conant, Attorney-General, to issue permits for the sale of firearms, as required by the Defense of Canada Regulation issued on July 29. : "While the national safety is of the first importance, it 1s not desir- able that the legitimate and proper use and disposition of firearms should be unnecessarily impaired," said Mr. Conant. "I hope and expect that the seri- ous responsibility involved in issu- ing permits will: be appreciated py the authorized officers. A close check will be maintained, however, and authorizations will be cancelled under the powers vested in me if there is any unwise or improper use of the authorities." The regulation, he pointed out in a orandum to police, provides that "no person shall sell, give, len or transfer possession cf any fire- arm to any person who is not the holder of a permit to purchase" , . . "no person shzil sell or offer for (Continued on Page 10, Col. 1) SPECIAL GROUP WILL CONSIDER LEGAL REFORMS Conant to Study English Changes With War Sit- uation in View Toronto, Aug. 30.--Reforms in the administration of justice, particu- to facilitate court womle in wartime, will be dis- cussed the Ontario Legislature by Committee appointed at the last ses- sion to inquire into the administra- tion of justice, when sessions are re- sumed on Sept. 9, Hon. Gordon Con- ant, Attorney-General, said yester- day. Consideration will be given par- ticularly to those reforms which were drafted in England, both in the first Great War and during the present conflict. The committee ad- journed sittings on April 12 and, it | is expected, the inquiry will continue for ten days. Mr. Conant, who is chairman of the committee, stressed that none of the English reforms, designed to expedite the administration of jus- tice in war time, could be made ef- fective in Ontario without legisla- tion. "These subjects involve the grand jury, the question cf reducing the | size of petit juries, the elimination of juries in some cases and the placing of the onus upon persons seeking juries in civil cases, as they now do in England in many juris- dictions, instead of the practice here in most civil cases where a litigant has a jury unless the courts dispense with it," he said. "There is also the question of ma- terial reform in evidence laws, as they have done England, and many matters which now take a lot of time and sve costly besides. Most of these matters have been before the committee but further submissions will be considered be- fore the sittings are concluded." 4 an Claim Secret Vamish : Makes Planes Invisible German Story Pooh-Poohed by British As Merely Nazi Alibi for Not Pick- ing Up Planes With Searchlights Berlin, Aug. 30.--A secret type of varnish which makes British homb- ers Invisible under the glare of searchlights has made it impossible for German anti-aircraft gunners to turn their fire on enemy raiders attacking Berlin, air force officials sald today. The British bombers, such as those which attacked the capital for nearly three hours early yes- terday, were said to have been = - "completely invisible" when the full glare of searchlights was turn- ed upon them. As a result, it was asserted, the German anti-aircraft guns protect- ing the capital were able to shoot only at the shadows which the raiders 'threw against the clouds. The varnish, a thick, black sub- stance, was said to be painted on the underside of the wings of the British bombers and is a secret which the British alone possess. After cne British bomber was brought down recently the new- type varnish was discovered, and German experts began making tests, the air force sources asserted. The side ¢f the wing painted with the varnish was held in the (Continued on Page 10, Col. 1) | of the raiders approached the Lon- Loading Eggs for Delivery to Nazis A long line of 250-pound bombs distance bomber just before its takeoff from an English airfield for a raid on Germany. British airmen Reich and Nazi-held territory than the Germans have unloaded in their aerial blitzkrieg on England. are loaded onto a Wellington long have dropped more bombs on the Spitfires and Hisiicaies Hurl 'Back Waves of 600 Nazi Planes In Sustained Raid on London Nineteen German Planes Shot Down Up To 2.00 p-m. With Loss of Six British Machines -- Rela- tively Few Bombs Dropped London, Aug. 30.--Clouds of Spit- fire and Hurricane fighters smash- ed back squadrons of possibly 600 German planes which attempted to blast through toward the London area in successive waves to-day. Official figures showed that 19 German planes had been downed up to 2 pm. 8ix British planes were lost, but one pilot was safe. Six .German bombers were shot down in a single fierce combat over a southeast town. Seven Ger airmen who took to their. para- | chutes were 'taken prisoner. Despite large-scale activity in the | air few bombs were reported drop- | ped owing to the fierce attacks made upon the German formations | by 'British fighter squadrons. Third Alarm Alr-raid sirens sounded" for the | third time in London shortly after 4:30 p.m., but only a few scattered German raiders succeeded in fight- | ing their way through to the out- skirts, The formidable fleet of German | bombers first was split in half by | terrific anti-aircraft gun fire. Spite fire planes then streaked into the halves. The pressure of the Ger- | man planes was so great that the first defense lines were forced | slowly back, but more and more | arrived. | The German planes fought the | Spitfires so high above the earth | that they could hardly be seen, and | only the burst of anti-aircraft shells | the rattle of machine gun fire and | the streaks of smoke from airplanes | told the progress of th2 fight. At times as many as half a dozen | dogfights were going on 25,000 and | 30,000 feet up in a cloudless sky. Coming over in formations of 15 | to 20 planes, the Germans ran into | a solid wall of anti-aircraft fire and swarming fighters protecting | London. An early morning attack on the | great industrial northwest, includ- ing Manchester, was one of the heaviest of the war. It was coupled with others on the southeast, the Midlands and South Wales. Many persons were kiiled and injured, An Air Ministry communique was issued from the Ministry of Infor- mation's special deep shelter press room. Bomb Without Aiming It said that a "emall proportion" don area, hut were unsuccessful in attempts to bomb airports sur- rounding the city. "Bombs were dropped -indiscrim- inately in districts of Kent and Surrey," it said. "Slight damage is reported and the number of cas- ualties i¢ small, but includes some killed." The raiders took full advantage of any wisps of clouds there were, Three raiders which tried to take cover were [followed by one Spitfire (Continued on Page 10, Col. 3) | declared illegal under | regulations. { Communist the National Unity Party (Fascist), Six More Groups Declared Illegal ttawa, Aug. 30.--Six organiza- | west at Thornton's Corners | he struck the accused's car which tions, five of them publishing as- cociations or companies, have been | the Defense of Canada Regulations, according | to an Order-in-Council' published | in an extra edition of the Canada | Gazette last night. 'The organizations are: The Work- ers and Farmers Publishing Associa- tion, Winnipeg; the Road Publish- ing Company, the Croatian Publish- | ing Company, the Polish People's Press, and the Serbian Publishing | Association, all of Toronto; and the Finnish Society of Toronto. The section of the regulations under which the action was taken | relates to subversive organizations,» Banning of these organizations brings to about thirty the number so far declared illegal under the Prominent among those banned previously were the Party of Canada and MORE COLONIES JOIN DE GAULLE AGAINST HITLER! Cameroons and Congo Fol- low Lead of Chad; Will Continue to Fight London, Aug. 30.--The French Cameroons and Congo have follow- ed the lead of the Chad territory and entered the war at Britain's | side, turning substantiely the whole of French Equatorial Africa into a British ally, Gen. Charles de Gaulle | announced last night. Thus 166,489 square miles of ter- ritory has been aligned with Britain, opening a . vest corridor from the South Atlantic to Italian Libya, and creating 'an uninterrupted British land bridge connecting the Atlan- tic with the Mediterranean and Red Seas. Britain, militer'y observers re- marked, will be afforded a guaran- tee of the maintenance of communi- cations for attacks on the Italian colonial empire. General de Geulle, head of French forces refusing to accept the sur- render to Germany ordered by the Government of Marshal Philippe Petain and organizing to fight on, did not himself discuss the military implications of the action. At his headquarters, however, it was declared that their new status as belligerents would sharply re- strict Italian and Germa: naval and air movements, ' It was said the' not only were nitive troops available: in those areas but that there were 'a cer- tain number" of airplanes there, There was speculation that Colo- nel de Larminat, former Chief of | on how to win the war and "beat (Continued on Pagé 10, Col. 2) AUTOIST WHO GOT WORST IN MISHAP SHOWN LENIENCY Warren Taggart Guilty of Careless Driving--Car De- molished, Accused Hurt Because he had received by far the worst of the accident which occurred at Thornton's Corners on June 20, Warren Taggart, 16 King Street West, was given the minimum fine of $10 and costs on being found guilty of careless driving in the local police court this morning. Taggart suffered severe head in- juries which necessitated his being ! in the hospital for three weeks, and his car was completely demolished. | Describing the accident, the 58- | year-old Oshawa resident said that, after turning out onto the highway | and feeling the crash, he "didn't know anything else for practically two weeks," The driver of the other car was only slightly injured, al- though his car was badly damaged. The accident, out of which the charge arose, occurred about ¢ o'clock on Saturday morning, June 29, Willlam Jamieson, 102 Wineva Avenue, Toronto, was proceeding when was making a southeast turn onto the highway. Jamieson testified that Taggart's car appeared to have stopped at the intersection, but that when he got to within two or three car-lengths it accelerated. A truck was approaching from the west at the time, but did not be- come involved in the accident. Taggart sald his car had stopped at the intersection; Jamieson said he thought it stopped, and Charles Ferguson, who witnessed the acci- dent from about 75 feet down the road, sald it didn't stop. The ac- cused said he stopped his car at the intersection, but couldn't see to the left because of some trees or bushes, and so moved ahead ga little, and eventually out on to the high- way. Ferguson testified that he was walking to Oshawa to work at the time, and had looked back to see if the car coming south on Thorn~ ton's Road would be a good pros- pect for a ride. Taggart seemed anxious to em- phasize the fact that his car, a 1929 Chevrolet sedan, was in good con- dition before the crash, but was now beyond repair. "Those 29's won't last forever, you know," re- marked Magistrate F. S. Ebbs. It was disclosed that Taggart had been out all night previous to the accident. Magistrate Ebbs regretted the fact that the Highway Traffic Act did not give him power to suspend the license of the driver in a case of this kind. However, his Worship made the recommendation, and asked P.O. Runciman, who laid the charge, to pass the recommendation on to the Department. BEEF PUDDING TO BEAT HUNS American Suggests T hat Mother's Pudding Be Hung Over Channel An entirely new and novel idea Hitler" was suggested by an Amer- ican in a letter to his mother, an Oshawa resident. He writes in part as follows: "So you have registered! When they .sked you what you could do, you should have told them that you could bake the best beef-steak pud- ding ever known to man. In fact, if one of your puddings could be sus- pended over the English Channel and the wind blowing in just the right direction, the whole German army would find their lips watering so much they could not give or lis- ten to commands, and the war would be won." It is understood that Mr. Chur- chill has the matter under con- sideration, GREETED AT ARMOURIES AFTER WINNING HONORS THIRD SUCCESS Duplate, Malleable Firms to Pay Men On Army Training Soldiers of the Second Battalion, Ontario Regiment, N.P.AM. who are employed at the Ontario Mal- leable Iron Co. will not lose one cent of pay through spending two weeks at 'camp with the Battalion. The Company. on instructions from their home office in Providence, R. I, will pay each employee who is serving in the Battalion an amount equivalent to the difference between what he will receive at camp and his average weekly wage. In this way they will receive exactly the | same pay cheque while at camp as they would if they remained work- ing at their benches. Approximately 35 soldier employees will benefit, Employees of the Duplate Safety Glass Co, and W. E. Phillips Co. are receiv' ig similar treatment, it is learned on good authority. These allied firms have about 32 employees enrolled in the Second Battalion. MUST REMAIN IN JAIL WHILE CADI PONDERS PENALTY Can't Let Brutal Wife Beater Run at Large, De- clares Magistrate Charged with assault causing ac- tual bodily harm to his wife, Thomas Harold Jollow, 128 Agnes street, was found guilty in police court this morning, smd remanded in custody one week for sentence. "I wouldn't let a man like this run at large under any circumstances," declared His Worship, Magistrate F. 8. Ebbs, after hearing the wife's testimony and reading a list of 11 separate injuries, ellegedly suffered by her in an attack on Monday of this week. The list was the report of Dr. W. S. Millman after examin- ing the woman, and listed contus- ions on the arms, legs and face, as well es loosened teeth and injuries to abdominal muscles. Mrs. Jollow testified that her hus- band was a fine man and a wonder- ful provider under ordinary circum- stances, but that he was entirley dif- ferent when under the influence of liquor. "About 8 times in 14 years," she replied when His Worship ask- ed how frequently she was sitack- ed by her husband. On the night in question Jollow had been out to a Union meeting, and had imbibed some strong drink before coming home, The trouble evidently arose when Mrs. Jollow attempted to get the keys from the car and prevent her husband from driving while under the influence of liquor. Sev- eral times he has been in court for drunken driving, it was disclosed. Crown. Attorney Annis suggested that the situation would be improv- ed if the court could "put this mana on the water-wagon." Thomas Jol- low had nothing to say. Play's First Night' To Be In Afternoon London, Aug. 30 -- Critics and customers will attend a theatrical "first night" in the afternoon be- cause of the Nazis' new habit of night raids on London. The play is a revival of "Outward Bound"--the successful dramg of some seasons back in which all but two characters are dead persons. There will, however, be two "matinees" each week at night, 800 Norwegians Sign With Canadian Navy Halifax, Aug. 30.--Hundreds of men of the Norwegian merchant marine have donned naval uniforms here to take up the fight against the Neul invaders who overran their country. The Norwegians, in groups nf about 200, are being sent to an- other east coast Canadian port for training under officers of the Nor- wegian Navy who escaped to this country after Hitler invaded their homeland. About 1,200 men are expected to be enrolled before long. An esti- mated 800 already are in uniform. The Norwegians are expected to en- gage in coastal patrol duties when their period of training is conclud- ed. The great majority of them have come from wheting fleets which put into this port in the last few weeks unwilling to return to a Germany- dominated Norway after the whal- ing season. As many as 200 men have joined from one of the huge mother ships. The little killer ves- sels, about the size of trawlers, con- tribute fewer numbers. The Norwegians wear the same uniform as Canadian naval sailors, except that they wear a distinctive hatband and have a small Nor- wegian flag sewn over the left breast. VE TIME Success and Faithfulness of Men Lauded by Mayor J C. Anderson, K.C., and Lieut.-Col. R, B. Smith WILLIAM ASKEW IS WINNER OF MEDAL Triumph Seen as Honor to City and Regiment -- Provided Own Welcome . Home Parade -- Guests of Officers Champions were welcomed to Oshawa again last night, but the triumphal parade was provided by the champions themselves for it was the Ontario Regiment Band which brought honor to Oshawa. Arriving after 11 o'clock last night by bus from Toronto where they had won the Class A band championship of the Canadian National Exhibition for the third successive year, the band was accorded a civic welcome at the Armories. ain The band "debussed" at the Hole low and marched to the Armories amid the cheers of citizens wha were on the streets at the time, After entering the Armories where they were warmly greeted by Lieut.s Col. R. B. Smith and officers of the Second Battalion, Ontario Regiment NP.AM, including His Worship Mayor J. C. Anderson, K.C. Word of the band's success in tg competition at Toronto Oshawa late in the afternoon, tos late for announcement in yestére day's Times. Their return at a late hour was the result of staying at the Toronto Exhibition where they provided a concert program a$ the bandstand near the Dufferin street entrance to the grounds. ¥§ was the first time that the band had the distinction of playing at the Exe hibition and their concert was hesrd by a large and appreciative audie ence. Win Over Rivals The band's triumph, which gives them permanent possession of .the Beare and Son Challenge Cup, was decisive, the winning margin being one and a half points over . thei nearest rivals, the Metropolitan Silé ver Band of Toronto, The latter ore ganization had been consistently successful in C.N.E. brass band come petitions until the Ontario Regimen§ Band rose to prominence the las (Continued on Page 10, Col. 1) PICKERING MINE EXPERT PASSES Percy Yeates Dies in Wests ern Hospital -- Orches- tra at Funeral Toronto, Aug. 30.--Percy McCute cheon Yeates, known more famile arly as "Squire Yeates," of Pickere ing, and a staunch supporter of numerous musical activities, died Wednesday night in the Western Hospital. He was in his fifty-eighth year. President and director of Seal-O-Sac, Canada, Ltd, he was 4 also prominent in the mining world: end a director of several mining ° companies. Mr. Yeates was on the board of directors of the Toronto Symphony, Orchestra. His home at Pickering was the mecca for many famous musicians, Max Yeates, as he was called by his musician friends, was an accomplished musician himself and played the 'cello. As a tribute to the interest manifested by Mr, Yeates in the many phases of Toe ronto's musical world, the Hark House Quartet will play at the funeral service to be held Saturday afternoon from his home. Born in London, Ont., Mr. Yeates graduated from the University of Toronto in mechanical engineering. For some years before coming ta Toronto he engaged in the contracte ing business in Hamilton, the firm known as Yeates Construction Come pany. } Mr. Yeates was a member .of Scarboro. Golf and Country Club. He was a member of the Albany Club and St. Paul's Anglican Church, Bloor Street East. His wife, the former Emma Gile more, died in 1933. Surviving are one son, John; one daughter, Mrs, Mary M. Reed; three brothers, Howe ard of Kingston, Roland of Monte real and Dr. A. M. of Hamilton} and two sisters, Mrs. G. A, King, of Kingston, and Mrs, 8. Williams of Montreal. s