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THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1940 PAGE FIVE Putsch By Nazis And 19 Ships Captured By Telegraph Man's Act Foiled Delayed Delivery of Wire to] Hitler's Agents Prevent- ed Seizure A Nazi putsch was foiled and 19 German ships captured due to a .Wide-awake telegraph operator, on the day Germany .marched into Hol- 'land, in the far off Dutch East In- dies ports of Batavia and Soerabaia. Miss Theodore Meyers, the Trade Commissioner for the Dutch East Indies, here to supervise the exhibit of her country at the C.N.E, tells of the coup. "We have laughed over it again and again," she says merrily, on the principle that danger averted is no danger at all. "It was serious at the time, though. We discovered that the Nazi party had planned to overthrow the government, impris- on all the higher officials, and take over the army as soon as Germany sent the word. The word came all right, but in code, and the tele- graph official got suspicious. He kept the wires over a day and the next day it was too late. We had the news by then. We confiscated the ships before they could get away. We got everything on board, even the money we had paid out to them. Sent To England "The funny point," she continued "was that the supplies which were on beard the steamers and had been intended for Germany, were sent to England, most of them on the Ger- man steamers." ; "Is there much Nazi influence in the East Indies?" she was asked. "There were several so-called "cul- tural and political organizations," Miss Meyers stated, "set up by the Dutch Nazis, and many agents dele- gated from Holland worked under- ground, but they failed for many reasons, About 3,000 Germans have been arrested. One group has been interned on the small island of On. rust off the coast of West Java, which originally was used as a quar- | antine station. Another group has | been interned at Ngawi on East Java. The members of the Dutch Nazi party, about 400 to 500, have | been interned in Central Java. And then there is a small internment camp on Celebes and one in Atjeh. Coup Forestalled "We do not easily forget that the Germans murdered 30,000 defense- less men, women and children at Rotterdam within the first nine and a half minutes of their stay. We are naturally strongly against any Ger- man influence or threat of invasion. We are not helpless by any means out there on our outpost of the | production has continued almost un- world, but it still. remains a fact that the independence of the Dutch East Indies depends on factors out- side our own control. "The Nazi penetration in the | Dutch. East Indies before the war was intensive but when the Germaiy invaded Holland the roundup of Germans in the Dutch possessions forestalled any coup there, as I said before. And the mastery of the sea by Great Britain excludes the pos- sibility of landing any German forces in the Dutch East Indies" Miss Meyers stresses the point that her country is still open for commerce. "At present we, the Dutch," she says, "are mostly in- | wanted to go. terested in keeping the status quo in the Dutch East Indies, which will | enable us to continue as we nave | been. Although all connections | 'with Holland are broken, commerce | continues and our trade is not blocked for we have a close con- nection with the Dutch government in London. Solve Currency Problem "The Netherlands East Indian currency problem has been solved | by the joint efforts of the finance | division of our colonial department and the British authorities, and so also has the problem concerning the amount of tonnage to be allo- cated to trade between Britain and us. And all the time, just in case, we are expanding and developing our defenses -- for we are happy and content as we are and will not tolerate any other masters in our land." The Dutch East Indies is having its first exhibit in the C.N.E. but hopes to make this an annual show. BATTLE PATCHES | bombed factory and not more than 10 BE SYMBOLS Shoulder Squares Will Iden- | tify Canadian Divisions --Used in Last War London, Sept. 5.--Subject to the | approval of the department of na- | tional defence, the battle patches made famous by the Canadian | forces in the last war will be adopt- ed as identifying symbols for the 1st and 2nd Divisions of the Cana- | dian Active Service Force. Ever since the 1st Contingent ar- rived there has been a growing agitation for a distinctive - battle patch which would preser»e the identity of the Canadians the same as the Australians and New Zealanders. After consideration of , several , alternative ideas, divisional com- manders have declared in favor of reviving the red and blue shoulder squares which were worn so proudly by the men who fought with the first two Canadian divisions a gen- | eration ago. It also is proposed to verpetuate the old system of iden- | tifying infantry, artillery, engineers | and other subordinate formations | by special markings. | The British people have already | become familiar with the vehicle insignia of the 1st Division--a' gold maple leaf on a crimson square background. As it has been sug- gested that the maple leaf be re- tained as a badge for the Cana- dian Corps when it is formed, it is now proposed that 2nd Division transports should carry a blue "C" with the "C" arched about Roman numerals and superimposed on & gold maple leaf. ; Headquarters and staff officers will use red brassards on the right arm, the 1st Division carrying a gilt maple leaf and the 2nd "C2" on a blue patch. LESS THAN 3 P.L. OF OUTPUT LOST AS RESULT OF BOMBS Tour of Birmingham Area Shows Only Two Small Plants Stopped By TAYLOR HENRY Associated Press Staff Writer Birmingham, Eng. Sept. 5.--De- spite heavy attacks by Nazi bomb- ers, the Midlands--Britain's indus- trial heart and centre of her war production--appears to have suf- fered only slight damage. I have just completed a survey of Birmingham and its surrounding industrial area, and I would say, as a rough estimate, the output for the whole area has been reduced no more than five per cent. I sew only two factories so badly damaged that production ceased-- and these were small plants. While others have been hit dur- ing the last three weeks of intensive night raids, the damage appears to have been comparetively small and interrupted. My estimate is based on observa- tion of the damage done by bombs | to essential parts of works and on talks with workmen. FIRST-HAND INSPECTION I used no Chamber of Commerce figures nor Government informa- tion. In fact, the survey was made not only without official guidance but without official knowledge, except that I reported to local police as a registered alien, as a matter of course, I just driver, who a local I hired a ear and took me wherever When I saw a plant which had Fifty Great War destroyers of the United States navy are to be turned over to Great Britain in return for naval and air bases for the United States in British Atlantic territories. Some of the destroyers that United States Turns Fifty Dest royers ® Over To Great Britain will be turned over to England are shown here at the naval basc at San Diego, Calif. Permit Is Required for Use of Red Cross Name Attention is called to the fact that any persons or organizations wishing to raise funds to be donated to the Red Cross Society and who solicit support of the public by us- ing the name of the Red Cross So- Provisions of the War Charities Act are as follows: "This Act protects the use of the name gnd sign of the Red Cross in the collection of funds. Every per- son who collec.s funds or supplies from the public in the name of The Canadian Red Cross Society must have the written authoiity of the Sociely to do so. "Any society or organization de- siring to contribute part or all of the proceeds of a money-raising en- tertainment or plan for the benefit of the Canadian Red Cross Society must, under the Act, receive the authorization of the -Society to use 1e name of the Red Cr in con- clety are required by the War Charities Act to receive a permit before being able legally to adver- tise their undertaking or project using the name of the Red Cross Society. The Whitby Branch of the Red Cross Society is glad to receive do- nations of funds raised for the sup. port of their organization, but wish- es to bring attention of the public to the important provisions of the War Charities Act. . The sale of | ti tickets or the raising of money in other ways where the words '"Pro- | o ceeds in gid of the Red Cross So- clety" are used is only iegal if the | pénditu person or organiaztion carrying on | over to the sale of such tickets for the | partment raising of funds is in possession of | "The Permit C. Residents of Whitby who | ment by whick wish to as the Red Cross Society ntribut in some : 1 way are asked fur to get in touch with the President | teleph ni or one of the other officers, istered fund. of remu However, in their cars sleep in th 4 t the morning | see they had, There wes a gaping! some hole in the roof of one shed and all the windows of another were blown out. | But the plant was working at full speed. "The first week after we got ours production dropped a little und r | normal," the underforeman said. | "But the next week we were 33 1-3 | per cent. above normal, and we are sticking there." Mi dlar ds inland 'for to reach dur bombers c The far | escorts ingle are app German the day, t raids at 50 y ou night. There hs » cen t hits One back of ive been some dire Bil igham, just y hotel, anot been bombed, I stopped, checked the | damage and talked with the work- | men, many of whom have worked | right through the reids. Afterwards, I asked the driver if he knew of any more damage. "Sure," he answered, "my own home and others." Then he took me to other places about which I hadn't thought. Now I have his word for it that up until 5.30 p.m. Tuesday, a few hours more then a year since the war began, there isn't a . single 20 damaged houses in the Birming- ham area which I haven't seen. WORKING FULL SPEED Because of military secrecy it is impossible to name individual fe:- tories. But for examples, let's take | three and call them A, B and C. Factory A was bombed three weeks ago. An underforeman said two bombs Ket buil the rea > ruins At fectory B the Nazi bombers | scored five hits. One destroyed a warehouse with about four hours' | | output in it. Others mad¢€ craters in the ground, breaking windows with the force of the explosions. Workmen of factory B estimated | they were about ten per cent. below normal production. Factory C has escaped entirely. HOUSES DAMAGED On the other hand, there has been considerable devnage in residential areas, particularly in the slums and workers' houses around some of the factories. Only a few of Birmingham's 1,- 000,000 inhabitants have been killed by bombs during these three weeks A few hundred were left homeless after the first heavy bombing, dur- ing which several rows of houses were demolished. People began leaving town then, but nearly all of them are back. public mai Typical n was of one of the stalls: -- "Fred Ya not broke, door." Fish Shop. Burnt bur Business as usual next NEW VEGETABLE SAID DEVELOPED | First of Kind Since Time Began, Claims Plant Specialist --Major sensa- Long Beach, ( Cal., Sept 5 Harry L. Bateson caused a his claim he has developed the first "landed square on us" and I could THIS BALANCED BREAKFAST MADE IN CANAD et eae eee ren ------------------------------------------------------------------ KEEPS ME FIT" "Whole grain cereals," are classed as one of the essential "protective" foods, by the Canadian Medical A Nabisco Shredded Wheat is a "whole grain cereal'--it is 100% pure whole wheat in its most delicious form. Two Nabisco Shredded Wheat with milk and fruit contain no less than eight vital food values: Three Vitamins (A, By and C), Iron, Calcium, Phosphorus, Proteins and Carbohydrates. . . . Fortify your resistance daily with this "protective" whole wheat food --and "keep fit to de your bit." THE CANADIAN SHREDDED WHEAT COMPANY, LTD. Niagara Falls, Canada ele] 8 FOR THIS FAMILIAR PACKAGE AT YOUR FOOD / \__ STORE Ne" A-0OF CANADIAN WHEAT: | still pile mattresses e open | arently too | fighter 1er on.a Greek-styie a sign | tion in the horticultural world with | new member of the vegetable king- | including the strawberry. dom since time began. The one plant filling the gap be- Bateson traced the genealogy of | tween the rose and the strawberry plant life, he said, to propagate | has, he sald, been lost for thousands and bring. new life blood into the |of years. realm of growing things. Delving into the type of work which made Luther Burbank fam- ous, Bateson pointed out that it is generally unknown that the rose is | the parent of the peach, plum, apple and pear, as well as the berry group, | After experimenting for 30 years, he said, he has succeeded in devel- oping the missing link of the plan' world. ; Through the use of the plant, Bateson anticipated an entirely new group of fruits and vegetables. Registration Day Figures Show Public School At- tendance Slightly Higher This Fall But High School Attendance Takes Some Drop in Lower Forms -- Whitby, Ontario, September 3.-- With the passing of Labor Day came the end of the summer holi- days for hundreds of Whitby young people who returned to their schools for registration on Tuesday. A small increase is reported for the public schools but there are not quite so many listed at the Whitby High School. At the three public schools a total of 456 are listed. There are 230 at King street, 158 at Dundas street and 68 at Brock street school. While this is a small increase over the corresponding figures for last year, R. A. Sennett, Principal of Public Schools, reports that he expects to receive additional pupils for the various classes during the next few days. Of particular interest to parents which young children who are to start in the kindergarten, is Prin- cipal Sennett's request that their registration be made before Sep- tember 15. Prospective pupils must be at least five years of age he stressed. Three staff changes have beea made for the new term at the local | public schools, Principal Sennett re- WHITBY CHILDREN GO BACK TO DESKS AS HOLIDAYS END vealed. Two new teachers will be at King street school. These are Mr. J, Spires and Miss Gwen Thompson, On the staff of Dundas street school will be Miss Ruth Ball. Owing to a lower registration in the first forms, attendance &t the Whitby High School is at present slightly below what it was on regis tration day a year ago it was learns ed. from Principal A. Archibald. The total listed for the first day of the school term was 225 but it is confi- dently expected that this number may rise to 250 when more pupils at present away on late vacation re- turn to their homes . There have been no staff changes at the High School this year. In al classes no regular work was undertaken on Tuesday, the time being confined to registration and kindred detail of opening day. Wed- nesday will see the resumption of regular lessons. The Ontario Ladie:' College opens on Sept. 10. This will be registration day and the real work of the term will commence the next day. WITH A CLUB RESTAURANT OF INTERNATIONAL FAME I ALATREALALALA Medien your | EXHIBITION COUPONS Each Coupon given away at the Loblaw Booth at the "Ex- hibition" is worth ten cents when re- deemed on a pound of either Pride of Arabia Coffee or Loblaw's Red Label Tea. DELICIOUS COFF Very Fine or Medium Ground 1-1b Bag SPECIAL--"Be Wise. Drink Fry's!" FRY'S COCOA SPECIAL CHOICE GOLDIN BANTAM AYLMER CORN SPLECIAL--~AYLMER PURE SEVILLE ORANGE MARMALADE SPECIAL--McCORM SPECIAL --DIAMOND Brand TOILET FLUSH SEECIAL 2i in 1 1 FLOOR WAX NT Ji gi dia dai : ALATA LA) No.2 » 1 2 i | wa 1 1 2 Average 24 to the Towed - = = | Junior Size Tin 1-1bh, Tin Vv Pk MIMA 20-02 RIAA A ATARI RL OLD COLONY PURE MAPLE SYRUP 14¢ BABY FOODS LIBBY'S 8° EVAP. MILK 16-02. Jog. 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