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A : PUBLISHED Every Week Day Except Saturday. 4 ) ) og bit he Oshawa Daily Times PROBS Mostly Cloudy; Cool. VOL. 27--NO. 86 OSHAWA, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1940 'Single copies 3c FOURTEEN PAGES~ MAJOR ATTACK ON GREECE BEGUN B Shell-Filling Industry At Pickering Will Use Eastern Ontario Power . Plant: Which Will 'Known as Allied i Survivors of upplies Corporation| Two Torpedoed {" Will Require 4,000 Em- 'Boats Saved By Destroyer " ployees PLAN TO OPERATE PLANT NEXT YEAR| Linketo Eastern Ontario - Power System Seen as Benefitting Oshawa and Entire District--To Take .. 6,000 Horsepower The gigantic war industry which will be established south and east of Pickering this winter will ree ceive its power supply from the Eastern Ontario hydro system, At- torney-General G. D. Conant ad- vised Mayor J. C. Anderson, KC, iofay. " Tha industry will require al 000 horse r, Hon. Jur. pic ow vises. oa 'from . Toronto to- that o Otawa, Nov. 1 1 (CP) --A apadian destroyer ha; made Pi rescues in British waters, | Hon. Angus MacDonald, an-| nounced at his press conference | today. In two days, he said, one de- | stroyer, (unnamed for reasons of security) rescued 118 per- sons from the S.S, Eurymedon and S.S. Sulairia, pedoed by German submarines The Eurymedon, struck by two torpedoes which killed 34 of those aboard, stayed afloat for three days. The Sulairia sank 'within twelve minutes af-| ter being hit by one torpedo. . Those rescued included a! five month old Netherlands baby who was put to sleep in the commanding officer's bunk on board the destroyer. 6 area would ds the Soiree of supply the 4,000 employees are hired. etion of' thé plant this win- added, would also draw Rs y on the Toronto building "and 'general labor. Oshawa, SVitby and district will also be ge for the labor supply Alljeq War Supplies Corporation 3s a Canadian Government-owned - . eqmpany and its shell-filling plant + is expected cost between $5,000,- $8,000,000. 3 he "shell- we plant to the Eastern On- Page 14, Col. 1) Slayer py, and Wife Maintains | is Innocent Nov. k--"Thank you," said Fred Thain, Rawdon Town- ship farmer, afte Mr, Justice Keil- ler MacKay had, sentenced him to hang on Jan. 14 for the raurder of Arnold Wellman, 77-year-old neigh- bor and friend of the accused man. He is also charged with the mur- der of Mrs. Whliman, After liberating three hours, the jf returned the- verdict of "guilty of the murder of - Arnold Wellman®, late yesterday - after- ely the foreman of the jury read the verdict, Thain stood in the dock, looking straight ahead. "I say before God I am not guil- ty,' said Thain, when Mr. Justice MacKay asked him if he had any- thing tq say. "If not on earth, God will be my witness in_ heaven above." ' "1 wish to thank vou, your Lord- ship, the jury and every one for your courtesy during the trial. (Continued on Page 3, Col. 3) Belleville, IN ARMORED CAR London, Nov, 1. (CP) -- Queen Elizabeth tock a 20-mile ride in an armored car after -which she thanked the driver "for a very comfortable and enjoyable ride," it was disclosed today. Her Majesty sat with the driver and asked questions concerning controls, 1 SWEPT OVERBOARD AND BACK ON SHIP; COMPANION 08T Freighter Badly | Battered in Atlantic Storm-- Six of Crew Hurt Halifax, Nov. 1--(CP)--Battered by a storm 700 miles off this port, a freighter limped into harbor last night to report a seaman .ost over- board, six others injured and dam- | age both to the ship and her cargo. Edward Calbert Fawcett of New- castle, Eng., was swept overboard | with Karl Reiner of Oslo when a wave swept over the forward deck at the height of the storm said by some members of the crew to be | the worst they had ever experienc- ed. Fawcett was never seen again but Reiner was washed right back aboard the freighter again. "With the exception of some sore ribs I 'feel all right," Reiner said here. The ship was bound for Eng- land from Montreal. Another mem- ber of the crew, Maryhis Maarten, a Norwegian, was taken to hospital =~} here, while four Chinese and two Dutch members of the crew were given treatment aboard the vessel (Continued on Page 14, Col. 5) HARASS ITALIANS Cairo, Egypt, Nov. 1 (CP)--Sup- plies being carried by camel train in Anglo-Egyptian Sudan were de- strdyed by a British patrol and pris- | Brit- | ish Headquarters announced. Anoth- | oners were captured Tuesday, er British patrol inflicted casualties on an Italian force in the Egyptian Western desert Wednesday night, both tor-| __ The freighter St. Malo, which was c torpedoed in the North Atlantic, carrying a crew of Canadians. England and 28 members of the crew are feared lost. shown above, shortly after it also was commandeered by Canada a 4a ed by C the West Indies fruit trade before the war. Canadian Freighter Torpedoed in North Atlantic after the French capitulation has been Sixteen survivors have been landed in The Maurienne, a sister ship of the St. Malo is Both vessels formerly were engaged in QUIET HALLOWE'EN APPRECIATED BY | | | Ottawa Tightens Regulations 'To Protect G. M. Plants OSHAWA POLICE! As Essential War Services No Incidents Re Requiring In- vestigation, and No False Fire Alarms Oshawa enjoyed Thursday even- ing as one of the quietest and, pre- sumably, happiest Hallowe'en cele- brations in many years. Youngsters reporting to their schools this morn- | ing had many gleeful tales to tell | of generous receptions from homes i where, in carnival garb or not, they knocked in the name o fthe night's witches, hobgoblins and cats as black as the iron pots in which wiz- ards concoct their horrid spells. Special appreciation on the part of the Oshawa Police Department for the co-operation of citizens in |,general and children particularly | was expressed today by Chief Con- stable O. D. Friend. "It was a celebration without in- cidents requiring police interven- | tion," Mr. Friend stated. "I want to express the appreciation of this de- | patrment to all concerned." The Oshawa Fire Department was standing ready all evening yes- terday, but even the practical joker who seems to think turning in a false alarm is a good idea, particu- larly when there are children at hand to be blamed, didn't make one false move. There were no fires or alarms of any sort, and Chief W. R. (Continued on Page 14, Col, 3) MILITIA OFFICERS VISIT CAMP BORDEN | Thirty-five officers of the Second | Battalion, Ontario Regiment,' NP. | AM. visited Camp Borden last night as guests of the officers of the Ontario Regiment (Tank) C.AS.F, at a dinner. The militia officers were shown around the vast camp, inspecting buildings, camp facilities generally as well as seeing both Bri- tish and American tanks which are | being used for training purposes. | The trip was made by chartered bus. Upset Rocking Chair Saves Baby From Death in Debris (By D. E. BURRITT) (Canadian Press Staff Writer) London, Nov. 1--(CP) -- Bomb Shlinters from the Battle of Brit- ain: It was g regular "stripper," that bomb that tumbled in front of a young lady and her male compan- fon standing near a London hotel. When the girl regained her feet she found herself dressed only in stockings and bloomers. Someone Sai to the rescue with a trench- coat. Tribulations of an ARP. warden 'are mirrored in the report of one of them who wrote: "It is eix weeks cince I undressed to sleep. In that time I've teken them off pretty often, of course, but only for a bath We always sleep in our cloths." One London drug store, (a "chemist shon" over here) really gives you a reminder of its collec- tions for g Spitfire fund. The col- lection tin hangs on a string from the ceiling and you have to duck to avoid a crack on the head each (Continued on Page 14, Col. 1) | "essential services' | counting things as | I"nguage, Order-in-Council Covers) Oshawa, Walkerville and St. Catharines Factories | -- Fines for Trespassing Now $500 Drastic tightenlig of the provi- ions for the protection of the Oshawa plant of General Motors of Canada is officially announced in the current issue of the Canada Gazette, conies of which have just reached the city. The new restric- tions apply also to the General Mo- tors plant in Walkerville, and the McKinnon Industries plant of Gen- eral Motors in St. Catharines. Under the terms of an Onrder-in- Council signed by the Governor- | General, the Earl of Athlone, the | General Mors and McKinnon plants, role in the war effort, are declared '. Thus their pro- tection in future is governed by the (Continued on Page 14, Col. 2) Oshawa Customs | Figures Approach Million Dollars is well on the way to she did more than a decade ago in Andy Brown two million, three mil- Customs figures Oshawa lion, six million. for October are acually crowding | the million tigure for the first time since the halcyon days of 1929 when million dollar customs reports were customary. Collections in October totalled $877481.41, the highest in any month since 1929, and more than four times the collections in Octob- er, 1939, when the total was a pal- try $213,082.69. Even September, 1939, which set the high mark for | the present upsurge was left far be- hind in the past 31 days. Customs revenue again passed the half million dollar mark in import duty and this coupled with excise tax of $362,272.90 brought up Oc- tober total to its new record pro- portions. Seven Hurt in Motor Tangle on 4-Lane Road Toronto, Nov, 1 (CP)--Seven per- sons were injured and damage to motor vehicles estimated -at $10,000 occurred in three highway accidents on the Queen Elizabeth Way west of here early today. Eight motor cars and a provincial constable's motorcycle were wrecked. One driver was arrested. Police said tite persons involved '"disappear- in view of their important | May Prosecute 'Landlords Where Rents Exorbitant | Ottawa, Nov. 1 (CP) Several in- stances of landlords in controlled rent areas demanding payments in excession of those in effect last Jan. 2, the level at which rents in these jpareas were frozen have some to the attention of the Wartime Prices and | Trade Board "and circumstances | are under examination with a view to possible prosecution," | sald. : | Order No. 7 of the board expressly prohibits this and violation of that | order is an indictable offence, pun. | 1shable to the extent of a $5,000 fine or two years imprisonment or both, the board said. | The tenant should pay no increase over Jan. 2 level, unless he has re- ceived written notice from the ad- SiR CONSIDER FIL. LING HOSPITAL POSTS ' Board to Name foros New Super- | intendent and Instruct ress Shortly Applications for two Osh wa Hos- pital positions made vacant when ,the resignations of Miss Barbara Bell, superintendent, and Miss Nel- lie Goodman, instructress, were ac- cepted are being considered and ap- pointments will be made shortly, Chairman T. K. Creighton, K.C, told The Times tod-y. Miss Goodman left Oshawa today for Prince Albert, Sask. where she | has accepted a position in the hos- pital there but Miss Bell is contin- uing as superintendent until such time as her successor is named. | Nazi Big Batteries | London, Nov. 1 (CP) -- German long 'range guns on the French coast shelled British shipping in the Dover strait and received a hot re- Ply from Britain's big batteries. The Nazi bombardment lasted about two hours, Germans used two batteries, one near Cap Gris Nez and the other fn the Calais area. Most shells burst wide of targets and the British vessels continued. Britain's 'guns slammed back hard at the Germans who laid a smoke screen on part of the French coast, the board | | order to give service on these parts Shell British Ships' British Papers Urge Knockout Blow at Italy German Attacks on Brit- ish Isles Slackensin All Areas CHEER ( GREEK NAVY London Has Lightest | Night Bombing in 55 Days -- Few Raiders To- day London, Nov. 1 (CP) | British bombers attacked oil Naples, Italian port, last nigh®, the air ministry announced. | All planes returned safely. British bombers also scored direct hit on a merchant ship | off the coast of German- occu- | pied Norway yesterday during daylight operations. Light Day Attack London, Nov. 1 (CP)--Axis air raiders returned to the attack on England by daylight today in forays scattered from the southeast coast to the west Midlands. London had two daylight alerts before noon after a respite during the night. There was a brief alarm at the | morning rush hour, but British fighters were reported to have turn- ed back the attackers. The second alarm came shortly before lunchtime after reports that comparative (Continued on Page 14, Col. 5) KNOX GLASS FIRM LEASES BUILDING T0 GEN. MOTORS YWill Be Used for Parte and Service for War Units | Pressed fer space and Service department owing to | | the manufacture of mechanized | units for the government; General | Motors has leased the entire build- | ing from the Canadian Knox | Glass Company, corner of Charles and Athol street. An official of | General Motors said they one floer for storage of parts for | the mechanized units, but were | told by a. representative of the | Knox Glass Co. that they would | have to take the whole building. | A temporary lease has been taken by the motor company. With thousands of motorized | units going out from the local automobile plant, it follows that i accidents will happen and fenders and other parts will be needed. In in the Parts wanted | it was found nzcessary to provide storage space, an executive o1 General Motors said this afternoon. | Already a considerable number of fenders and other parts have been been stored in the building, and there will be ample room for the requirements of General Moters on the vacant floors of the building. Kibitzers at Ottawa Hotel Building Given Own Gallery Turkey Not to 'Threat Develops | Brit-in "are studying the situation" | tions with Russia, which have gone | through a critical period now have | sident. | dark world is one of the gre-test itish Bomb Qil Tanks at Naples, Italy Greeks Defend Ancient Pisoderia Pass Using Big Guns Point Blank F ascist Drive Directed at Key City of Phlorina; Gateway to Salonika -- Heavy Price Will Have to Be Paid by Italians, Jugoslav Des: patch Says GREEK NAVY, AIR FORCE, ARMY COMBINE IN REPULSING ITALIANS tanks and other objectives at Greek Undersecretary Calls on Workers Throughout World to Aid Greece -- Urges Boycott and Ban On Munitions Exports to Italy Belgrade, Nov. | (CP) -- Italian troops supported by | heavy mountain artillery and warplanes were reported today {to have launched a major attack on Greek positions in ancient Pisoderia Pass at the northern end of the Albanian front.er. The drive, coming from the direction of the Albanian | town of Koritza, apparently had as its immediate objective ths | Greek city of Phlorina, about 30 miles from the frontier. Yugoslav military experts cited Phlorina as a strategie traffic centre. Highways lead out of the city to the south and east--the latter providing an effective route to Salonika, Agean port be- lieved to be the ultimate goal of the Italians in the north. The thunder of guns on the battlefront was said to be ine cessant as the Greeks, operating from positions blasted out of a large formation of raiders had | solid rock, directed a point-blank fire along the mountain road over which the Italians were attempting to advance, Italian officers experienced in mountain warfare in Ethiopia | were reported leading the Fascist forces. It was believed here the Italians would have to pay a " price to capture Phlorina but it was pointed out that if they achieved this objective they would be able to bring their | motorized equipment into play for a push deeper into Greece along serviceable roads. iY Repulsed Everywhere \ | Enter War Till Ankara, Nov, 1 (CP)--President Ismet Inonu told the National As- sembly that Turkey and her ally in the Balkans and Turkey's "rela- taken a friendly turn." "We have decided to act for the interests of our nation without harming anyone else," said the pre- "While thinking of our own welfare, we sh-ll remain loyal to our friendships and obligations. Our ties and collaborations are unshake- able." Before he spoke Inonu had con- ferred with Maj.-Gen. Arthur Smith, chief of staff of the British Near Eest Command. "Soviet policy in the face of a security," Inonu said. His speech is interpreted as bear- ing out indications that Turkey will remain out of the Greek-Italian war until her national interests are threatened or until Bulgaria, her northern neighbor, steps in. Ottawa, Nov. 1---The capital's first ~ "sidewalk superintendent's club," erected around an excava- tion in downtown Ottawa for a new hotel is working out to the benefit of everybody. Contractor John Wil- son said tonight the spectators like it and the audience puts new snap into his workers, The gallery is built to -accomo- date about 100 and on nice bright mornings when the autumn air is not too chill the folks gather elbow to elbow to watch the show on downtown Elgin street. They can watch a steam shovel and concrete mixers, and a fleet of point where they won't bother the workers. body good. When the crowd gathers the boys hop right to it and make things hum." gallery, which runs along the top trucks that travel the pit with the precision of ballet dancers. "People are just naturally inter- ested in that sort of thing," said Wilson. "We decided they might just as well have a good vantage "Actually it seems to do every- Wilson takes his own turn in the Athens, Greece, Nov. 1. (AP)=-- Tank-supportad Italian infantry ate tacks in northwestern Greece have been 'repulsed everywhere," the Greek general staff disclosed today, and the small Greek navy has moved alongshore to bombard the invading Fascists, Greek planes also joined in the fighting, a communique said, bombe ing and machine-gunning invasion forces "from a low altitude". Naval guns were said to have shelled (Continued on Page 14, Col. 4) HOPETO HAVE 100 QUALIFIED FIRST AID MEN SHORTLY Meeting Called for Tonight to Organize Ambulance Branch in Oshawa Persons who have had St. John's Ambulance training will form an Oshawa branch of the Association tonight and it is expected that a majority of the fully qualified mem= bers of the Association will be fn attendance. The meeting is y held in the Genosha Hotel at 8:00 p.m. At present there are about 35 fully qualified persons, that is those who hold certificates. In addition there are a large number who have re- ceived partial training. It is hoped to have these complete the course so that by spring there will be two companies of 50 each, all fully qualt- fied for first aid work. Membership in the brigade i open to any man between the ages of 18 and 65, holding a St. John's Ambulance Association first ald certificite 'and any woman in the same age bracket, holding both the first aid and home nursing certifi- cates, Those already with certificates and others interested in taking classes to obtain certificates in' ors der to belong to this organization are asked to be present at hi 4 (Continued on Page 14, Col. 2) meeting. -