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PPPS PUBLISHED Every Week Day Except Saturday. he Oshawa Daily Times Mostly Fair and Warmer. OSHAWA, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1940 Single Copies 3c EIGHT PAGES VOL. 27--NO. 54 King and Q Carry on Despite Third Ex Bombing of B -- } \ : v ¢ oi Buckingh Palace, CENTRE, shows how | A view of the wrecked chapel is shown, LEFT. The King and Queen | aging surrounding walls. The front of the palace, at TOP of diagram, oto-diagram of Buckingham A have made it a daily custom to pray in this chapel. Two more bombs | was pitted by another pair of bombs (C) that fell between the statue | building Is shown at the bottom of the area inside the dotted lines is This ph the royal residence suffered from reveated German aerial attacks. Their majesties' private chapel (A) was completely wrecked by one great bomb. ! uckin { park. A clean-up sq » uad is shown, gham Palace RIGHT, around the crater. The fell in the quadrangle (B), tearing great holes in the paving and dam- | of Queen Victoria and the front entrance, facing east towards St. James' | the swimming pool demolished in the first assault on the palace. STORM SCATTERS NAZI INVASION FLEET 'LONG STRING OF RED SHIELD HUTS CATER TO ARMY ACROSS CANADA Salvation Army Officers Tell Rotarians of War Work Being Done by Or- ganization Here GEN. HIGGINS, FORMER CHIEF, VISITS OSHAWA Thank Oshawa for Interest and Assistance; Commis- sioner Orames Hints at Third Division Soon The Oshawa Rotary Club was | honored yesterday by a visit from Commissioner B. Orames and Gen- eral E. J. Higgins, recent comman- der of the Salvation Army, both of- | ficers of the world-wide organization delivering timely and interesting | addresses. Commissioner Orames, who was introduced by Major F. Watkins head of the Oshawa Sal- vation Army Corps, has charge of | all property and financial matters | of the Salvation Army in Canada and is Canada's representative on the General Council of the organ- ization at conventions in London, Eng. The Commissioner spent three and a half years on the battle front of the last war and has been placed in charge of the travelling Army's activities throughout the world, Grateful to Oshawa Commissioner Oranes, who is a . Rotarian, said he was proud of the associations he had experienced with the Rotary Clubs in China, in United States and for the past 12 months in Toronto, and said he was grateful for the success of the Red Shield Drive in Oshawa. In Canada, a most favored coun- try, we have little of the serious | aspects of war to' remind us of harrowing events outside, although we see the men in khaki, grumble at taxation and respond to the drive for funds for war and charity pur- poses. These is an issue which con- fronts us and we must remember that we are up against an enemy that is ruthless. In referring to the Successful exploits and achieve- ments of the RAF. the Commis- gioner said he never felt so proud before that his father was an En- glishman, Army's Best Advertisement Commissioner gave ga resume of his early life, his starting to work at 13 years of age and the three things he had been told by his first employer: "A shilling will only go so far; the customer is always right, and a well-satisfied customer is the best advertisement in this shop." He passed on to the Rotarians the last (Continued on Page 8, Col. 3) 'UMMAGE SALE, KING STREET Church, Wednesday, September 18, at 2:30. (54a) EA, MRS. H. O. PERRY'S, 54 Greta, Wednesday, 3 to 5. North- minster W.A., Group 2. (54a) FOWL SUPPER, NORTHMIN- ster Church, Thursday, Novem- ber 7. Admission 50c, (54a) andl & > Elected President Ministerial Assn. \ | | REV. GEORGE TELFORD, M.A, BB. Minister of St. Andrew's United Church, who was elected presi- dent of the Oshawa Ministerial Association yesterday. MINISTERS NAME NEW PRESIDENT Executive Chosen and Ar- rangements Made for Re- ligious Work in Schools Rev. George Telford, minister of St. Andrew's United Church, was elected president of the Oshawa Ministerial Association at the open- ing meeting for the fall and winter | season of the Association on Mon- | aay, held at St. Andrew's Church. | Rev. J.-V. McNeely, minister of King Street United Church, who has been president for the past year, surrend- ered his office, and was thanked for his year's services. Routine business and organization occupied the attention of the mem- bers, and plans were laid for the work of the Association during the coming months. Election of officers was carried out and the following executive was chosen: President--Rev. George Telford. Vice - president -- Rev. W. R. Stringer, Secretary--Rev. 8. A. Kemp. Treasurer--Rev. C. A. Belfry. Arrangements were made for re- ligious work in the public schools in Grade Six. It was reported that the Board of Education had again been approached with an offer to extend this teaching to Grade seven. The plan of giving religious instruction according to a schiedule approved by the educational authorities has been carried on in the public schools of the city and Westmount for the past few years, has been very successful (Continued on Page 8, Col. 2) SIX OSHAWA MEN IN UNEXPECTED EMERGENCY CALL On "Active Service" When Guards of "Prohibited Place" Raise Alarm (Special to The Times, By Sgt. S. Shantz, Times Reporter) Camp Niagara, Sept. 16. -- 8ix Oshawa soldiers with the Second | Battalion, Ontario Regiment, served in the Canadian Active Service Force, had their baptism of actual rifle fire, and received their hon- orable discharge from the CASF., all in the space of less than an hour while "on leave" in Niagara Falls Sunday night, They are Privates Jack Cotting. ham, Ken Wilson, and Robert White, Headquarters Co. Frank Naden of C Coy. and two unidenti- fied men and today they are the envy of all their fellow soldiers While on leave on Sunday, which gave them an opportunity to tour a large area of the Niagara Penin- sula, they came across one of the numerous "prohibited places" duly marked and fenced, just as some- thing of an unusual nature was going on. Some shots were heard and as a crowd quickly gathered an officer of the C.ASF., guard- ing the place, spotted the group of Ontario Regiment privates and without more ado detalled them for service in keeping the crowd away from the scene of the firing. The men heard bullets whining over their heads as C.A.S.F. guards hunted down intruders who had precipitated the alarm. After the flareup the C.ASF. officer reported the service render. ed by Privates Cottingham and Wilson to Lts. A. A. (Lex) Chis- holm and E. Robson, who came along. This action protected them in case they reached camp after their leave had expired. However, a bit of sprinting saved them any embarrassment except that which was caused them when Lieut.-Col. R. B. Smith, their commanding officer, commended them for their response to an emergency. Ptes. Cottingham and White are both employees of The Times- Mundy-Goodfellow organization. TASTY PEACH PIF FORN.PAM. BOYS Canada Bread Co. Made Generous Contribution of 150 Pies Camp Niagara, Sept. 16 -- The past week-end brought "food like mother used to make" to all the "boys" of the Second Battalion, Ontario Regiment, through the generous efforts of William Jack, manager of the Oshawa. Branch of the Canada Bread Co. It took the form of a generous slab of peach ple for every officer and man in the entire camp and naturally was the big hit on the week-end menus. The generous contribution of the Canada Bread Co. amounted to 150 large-sized pies. Immediately upon delivery at the camp Quarter- master Lt. D. H. Christian posted a special guard over the toothsome pastries until such time as they could be served. Buildings Extended at North 1 Plant Truck Assembly Building Enlarged; Large Addition to Final Test Building; New Loading Docks In- stalled on Railway Sid- ing; New Fences Enclose Property The North Plant of the General Motors Factory, on Division Street, is the scene of considerably build- ing development. A new building No. 63, houses an extension to the Truck Assembly, and production will begin there shortly. A large addition to the Final Test Build- ing, No. 65, is now virtually com=- pleted. Construction of No. 65 was consummated by the Wickett Con. struction Company, Toronto, prac- tically on schedule. in spite of the unfavourable weather conditions which tended to hamper operations, especially during the early part of the work. The addition to No. 63 was rushed through to completion by the Smith Brothers Construc- tion Company of Niagara Falls. Considerably re-arrangement has been carried out with regard to the railway track on Ritson Road at the last of the factory buildings and new cement docks have been built. A concrete retaining wall is being built on the east side of Di- vision Street, to form the base of a rew wire ferfce. New fences have, in fact, been strung around a good portion of General Motors property in Oshawa. Training Plane Lands Near Cobourg, Damaged Cobourg, Sept. 16.--An RCAF. fleet trainer plane from Trenton nosed over while landing in a field just north of here. The plane turned upside down, breaking the prop and damaging the tail assem- bly. The pilot was uninjured. A wrecking crew from Trenton dis- mantled the plane and took it away in a truck. Gen. Motors JURY EXONERATES DRIVER OF CAR IN FATAL ACCIDENT Clough Watson Met Death Through Accident; No Negligence of Driver A coroner's jury meeting last night to enquire into the circum- stances surrounding the death of Clough Watson. Dominion Depart- ment of Munitions and Supply in- spector, completely exonerated Arth- ur Rogers, 66 Rowntree avenue, To- ronto, driver of the car which the jury found struck the deceased, causing his death, The jury, composed of David Hub- bell, foreman; Walter Corbin; Wm. J. Sulley; George Robertshaw; and Joseph Higgins, deliberated only 15 minutes before delivering their verdict, which was as follows: No Negligence "We, your jury empanelled to en- quire into the death of the late Clough Watson, do hereby report as follows. The deceased met his death on the 10th day of September, 1940, as the result of being hit by an auto. The place of death was King Street West on the south side of the street between Burk Street and Nassau Street. The cause of death your jurors find from evidence given at the inquest could not be other than accidental. We therefore from evidence produced would like to exonerate the driver of the car from any negligence on his part." Ann Davidson corroborated this evidence. Driver Testifies In giving his evidence, Arthur Rogers, driver of the car which struck the deceased, disclosed that he was used to working long and irregular hours, sonztimes amount- ing to a 20-hour day. On the day in (Continued on Page 8, Col. 6) Organize Citizens Canvass J. H.. BEATON ERNIE CAY Who will serve as joint chairmen of the citizens' committee division of the organization now being formed to conduct the Oshawa Win-the- War and Community Fund campaign to raise approximately $80,000 October 1-7 for the various national war services and also the estab- lished local welfare and community associations, Officials of the general executive committee headed by George W. McLaughlin, general chairman at the same time announced the chairmen in the drive. appointment of two other divisional Harry J. Carmichael is head of the manufac- turers' committee and George Hart heads the employers' committee. MAYOR ANDERSIDN ENDORSES DRIVE FOR $80,000 FUND Confident That Campaign Will Be an Outstanding Success (Special to The Times, By Sgt. S. Shantz, Times' Reporter) Camp Niagara, Sept. 16--The de- cision to carry on a campaign in Oshawa to raise funds for all war and community charities in one all-inclusive annua! drive was his tent in this military encamp- ment where he is serving as Lieu- tenant in the Ontario Regiment (He sees the campaign as definitely in the right direction and one which is deserv- ing of the fullest possible support of all Oshawa residents.) "The plan for a united campaign for all war and community chari- ties is an excellent one," Lt. Ander- son declared to The Times reporter also serving in the Second Bat- talion.. "It gives recognition to all recognized community and war charities and should prevent over- lapping. I everyone does his part none of the philanthropic organiza- tions will suffer. In fact I belleve that the total received by all char- ities should be greater as there will be one appeal instead of many." He pointed out that teamwork would be necessary to achieve the objective and a large number of citizens would be given the oppor- tunity of actively assisting in. the drive, "Once more Oshawa as a com- munity will take the lead and I am looking to all residents to put forth their best effort under the Committee which has undertaken this work," His Worship declared. "I am confident that the campaign will be an outstanding success." Continuing His Worship pointed out that even though there might be some who might not agree that a combine community campaign for all charities was the right method, nevertheless it was everyone's duty to support it to the utmost now that a representative group of Oshawa's leading citizens had em- barked upon the campaign. The decision came only after citizens representing all the charities had carefully considered the plan. "No matter what individual opin- ions may be, the fact that there will be no further appeal for sup- port of any recognized war or community charity this year, en- | titles this campaign to the fullest | possible support in every particu- lar and detail," the Mayor declared. Court Opened Three Times By Officials "Court is evidently on," remarked Magistrate F. S. Ebbs with a smile this morning, after a court official had come in late and repeated the opening ceremonies, Because Divi- sion Court was being held soon, police court had to adjourn and carry on again at the Magistrate's office; £o that in all, the police court was opened three times and prorogued twice. John Adam Anchuk pleaded guil- ty to breaking into a shed on Ver- dun Road and stealing a quantity of wine. He "was remanded in cus- tody for sentence one week until his criminal record can be secured. heartily commended here today by | |, Mayor J. C. Anderson, KC. from | Second Battalion, | CHURNING DOVER WATER | SEEN BARRIER TO ENEMY THREAT AGAINST BRITAIN Mayor Endorses Drive MAYOR J. C. ANDERSON, K.C. Now on duty with the Mad Bat- talion Ontario Regiment at Camp Niagara, who commends the cam- paign to raise funds for war services and local charities which opens here October 1. 537,101,900 GAP 10 BE BRIDGED IN LOAN DRIVE Total Now $262,298,100 as Smaller Subscribers Help Toward Objective Ottawa, Sept. 17. -- Canadians subscribed $14,098,100 to the second war loan Monday, bringing the to- tal to date to $262,298,100. This leaves $37,701,900 yet to be sub- scribed before the objective is reached. From dealers and brokers throughout the country came re- ports of greater interest by small subscribers, in response to a special drive for such support. This renew- ed campaign will b2 continued to carry the loan to its $300,000,000 objective, but the loan books will be kept open long enough for every Canadian to subscribe. Through the co-overation of the chartered banks, many private sub- seriptions are being made with the ald of temporary loans from the banks. The banks are lending up to 80 per cent of the purchase price of the bonds and the bank loans bear the same interest as the cou- pon rate of the bond. These bank loans are for not more than three months: from the delivery date ex- pected to be about Oct. 1. A feature of the final drive to put the loan over the top is the appearance in theatres across Can- ad of speakers on behalf of the loan, This part of the campaign was arranged through the Canadian Motion Picture War Services Com- mittee, of which N. L, Nathanson, Toronto, is chairman. 2 i. 3 Hundreds of Small Ships Concentrated for Drive | on Island Smashed by | RAF. ' SEAMEN SAY HITLER LOST HIS BEST CHANCE, Success of Air Force Just as. Cheering as Storm News| British Seamen Watch: Channel London, Sept. 17.--The Alr Mine' istry announced tonight that Brite | ish reconnaissance planes this morning found that the German "invasion fleet" had been scattered' by a gale. The Air Ministry sald coastal command planes had located new positions in which the "invasion fleet" was concentrated later in the day. Storms churned the straits eof Dover into a wave-tossed barrier to German invasion and the skies over Britain were thick with fog today. British seamen, watching the white-capped Channel with practice ed eye, said the blow looked like the beginning 'of the fall storms and declared that Hitler had iost his best chance to attempt a landing on the shores of England. R.A'F. Bombs Nazi Ships British planes which dived ungil they seemed to almost touch the tops of masts, have bombed and machine-gunned concentrated Gere man shipping at Le Havre, Bou= logne, Calais, Dunkirk and Ostend in almost continuous attacks dure ing the last 24 hours, according to information today from Vichy, France. . Damage to equipment of these vital Channel ports had been serie ously increased, the French asserte ed, but the main targets were hune dreds of small ships gathered for a German invasion attempt against Britain, and of these many, it was (Continued on Page 8, Col. 1) THO INJURED IN HINOR ACCIDENTS Pedestrian Knocked Down Passenger's Head Hurt; Car Sideswiped There were several automobile accidents over the week.end, and one or two people suffered minor injury. In attempting to make a right hand turn off Simcoe Street North onto Alexander Street, Saturday afternoon, 17-year-old Murray Tay= lor, 340 Simcoe Street North, bent over a "Stop Through Street' sign and knocked down a. lady pedese trian, causing bruises to her elbow and thigh. Taylor holds a tempor. ary driving permit. The pedes- trian, Mrs. Loscombe, 301 French Street; was attended by Dr. Stur- gess. The fog light and bumper (Continued on Page 8, Col. 7) | | | | | | |