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PUBLISHED Every Week Day Except Saturday. arnt The Oshawa Daily Times PROBS Mostly Cloudy; Showers. TTT YUU eree eae id > ) ) } VOL. 27--NO. 88 OSHAWA, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1949 Single copies 3c TEN PAGES U-BOAT SINKINGS MORE SERIOUS THAN AIR RAIDS, SAYS CHURGC + "Chief Urges Parking Restrictions 50,000,000 Americans Today Elect Roosevelt or Willkie as Pre sident Precedent at Will Be Shat.| tered No Matter Who Wins -- All Signs Point} to Close Contest May Be Tomorrow Morn-| ing Before Result Known as Several Key States Close Polls Late By H. M. PETERS, Canadian Press Staff Writer. New York, Nov. 5. (CP)--Fifty- million United States citizens today crowd to the polls to choose a new president: either Franklin Delano | Roosevelt, experienced world states- | man, or Wendell Lewis Willkie, | lawyer and businessman seeking his first elective office. The stake is the office that ranks with the prime ministership of Great Britain as the two greatest positions in the world filled by popular vote. All signs pointed to a close con- test. Mr. Roosevelt, elected in 1932 and re-elected in 1936, shattered all pre- cedents when he accepted a third nomination from the Democratic party. He did so, he has declared, be- cause of the war. He asks a "vote of confidence" and the right to lead the country during these perilous times. He campaigned on his re- cord of aiding Britain to the full- est possible extent "short of war," as a "good neighbor" welding hemi- sphere solidarity, and as a social reformer who .put a floor under wages, a ceiling over hours and pressed forward with a vast system of pensions, social security, war veterans welfare and a host of | (Continued on Page 10, Col. 1) CAPTURE ESCAPED | NAZIIN TORONTO PRESIDENT SURE VOTE WILL GIVE HIM VINDICATION | Declares U.S. S. will Continue | United No Matter Who Wins | Planned to s Take Train ol Montreal and Then Hike go N.Y. Toronto, Nov, 5--(CP)--A man, identified as Gunther Kray Ger- man naval officer ,who escaped yesterday from an internment camp in Central Northern Ontario, was taken Into custcdy this morn- ing in Toronto Union Station. He was arrested by a Toronto detec- tive and was said to have reached this city by train. Kray was taken into custody by | Detective John Nimmo after police | received a report from a Toronto hotel that 3 man had asked change for English currency. The district was searched and Kray was arrest- ed at the railway station. Nimmo said the man failed to produce a registration card and (Continued on Page 10, Col. 5) i D Events LYCEUM "AT HOME" GENOSHA, Monday next. Barbara Lewis-- History and demonstration of table appointments. Tea. Non- members 50c. (88a) ATTENTION! MARY STREET Home and School Annual Fair, December 7. Reserve the date. (88a) OSHAWA ARENA LADIES ICE Skating this Thursday afternoon from 2 till 4. All ladies invited. Come and bring a friend. (88h) BINGO, C.C.F. HALL, WEDNES- day, 8:30. (88a) BINGO OVER BURNS, WEDNES- day night, voucher prizes, 8:45, 15¢. 0 FOWL SUPPER, NORTHMINSTER Church, Thursday, Nov. 7. Adults 50c, Children 8 and under, 25c. 'Supper commencing at 5. (88h) RUMMAGE SALE ALBERT ST. United Church, 2 p.m. Wednes- day, November 5. (88a) Hyde Park, N.Y. Nov. 5 (AP)--| | President Roosevelt waited, "in full | confidence of vindication of the | principles and policies on which we | have fought the campaign," for the | | votes of the United States people | | to determine today whether they would retain his leadership for al precedent-smashing third term. Whatever the autcome of the el-| ection might be, he told the na-| tion in an election eve brozdoast| that "after the ballots are counted, | i the United States of America will | still be united." Mr. Roosevelt decided to cast his | | own ballot shortly after noon in the | | town hall where his family has ex- | ercised the right ef the franchise) for decades. That right, he said is "the most | powerful safegu-rd of our democ-! racy." "The right to place men in office at definite fixed dates of electio for a specific term, is the right which will keep a free people al- ways free. "After the ballots are counted, | the real rulers of this country will have had their way, as they have had it every two years, or every (Continued on Page 10, Col, 5) FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT ! avoidable. regrets very much that this should | | had been sunk by the WENDELL LEWIS WILLKIE Second Battalion 'To Stage Church Parade in Whitby gets its chance of seeing Second Battalion, On- NP.AM., on Whitby | the entire tario Regiment y afternoon when the entire unit | da will attend church parade there on the invitation of Rev. Ralph Adye, rector of All Saints Church. The actual church service will be held in the Whitby Town Hall The parade was arranged weeks ago with the Whitby minis- | ter. At that time it was expected | that the Remembrance Day service | in Oshawa would be held on Nov- ember: 11 as usual. However when i the latier was changed the clash of the two services was found un- Lieut.-Col. R. B. Smith | be so. The orders to the Second Battal- ion call for the troops to fall in at | (Continued on Page 10, Col. 2) Three e talion | Subs Sunk by British London, Nov. 5 (CP) -- A! Reuter Dispatch from Tangier, nternational zone of Mcrocco, juoted reliable sources there that three Italian submarines British navy in the Strait of Gibraltar, An Italian submarine took refuge at Tangier last night, pursued by British destroyers Motor Industry Is : Exnecting Record Fourth Quarter Output Detroit, Nov. b.--Several auto- mobile manufacturers in this area report that their backlogs of un- filled orders still are rising and, in some instances are at record highs for this season. Retail sales in October were above earlier expectations: and were at or close to the best level in history for the month. As a result dealers have found it nec- essary to rebuild their floor stocks of new cars, Sale of new cars means, in near- ly all cases, taking in by dealers of used cars. The resale of these used units thus far has been ex- tremely good and stocks of used cars have shown no more than a seasonal rise, the factories report. As always at this time of the year the situation is being watch- ed closely by the manufacturers. Although operations of a few companies--nparticularly those that were the first to get into produec- tion on new models--are levelling off, other manufacturers: still are increasing their weekly output rates. It now appears likely that the current high level of produc- (Continued on Page 10, Col. 6) Anglican | some | CHIEF COMMENDS THO WHO HELPED ~ CAPTURE 2 YEG Sun- | | Bert McDonnell and Allan | Colvin Rendered Public Service The speed with which Oshawa | Police apprehended two soldiers | who, early Sunday morning, smash- | ed the plate glass display window | | 46 King street west, and siole cer- [tain articles, was largely credited | today to the fine co-operation of private citizens. | | The two named by Chief Con- | !stable O. D. Friend for special | I thanks and commendation are Bert McDonnell, 194 Church street, driver for the Diamond Taxis; and Colvin, employee of General Motors of Canada, who lives at 320 King Street East. These men happened to see the plate glass window being smashed. McDonnell immediately rushed to the poll ce station and gave the alarm while Colvin kept the cul- prits in sight until police arrived to take up the pursuit. He was of material assistance in identifying them. The two soldiers, Yarnik and Roy, pleaded guilty when arraigned before Magistrate Ebbs Monday morning. They were remanded one week for sentence while police in- | vestigate. "The action of Messrs. McDonnell and Colvin is deeply appreciated by myself and the City Police Force," Chief Constable Friend stated to The Oshawa Daily Times today. "It was public service of a high order in which personal gallantry was finely displayed." Gandhi's Chief Aide Is Given Four Years Gorakhpur, India, Nov. 5--(CP)-- Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, one of two men chosen by Mohandas K. Gandhi to make anti-war speeches as part of the Nationalist plan of "limited civil disobedience", was sentenced to 'four years of rigor- ous imprisonment." Nehru refused to testify at his trial on charges * 2 Two-Hour | Limit on 1 Side Only Near G.M. One-Side Main Business Urged During Periods Parking on] Streets | Rush Next Sunday HILL Inability to Use Eire Ports, Heavy, Grievous Remembrance Day Service Oshawa's Remembrance Day ser- vice around the cenotaphe will be held on Sunday, November 10 at 300 pm. Mayor J. C. Anderson, | K.C., announced to City Council at City Council to Discuss Proposals at Next Meet- ing Changes in parking regulations on numerous Oshawa streets, particu- larly those in the vicinity of the General Motors plant, as proposed by Chief of Police Owen D. Friend, | and endorsed by the Police Commis- sion were revealed in full detail at the meeting of City Council last | night. Council referred the proposals to Committee for discussion with the suggestion that the city engineer prepare an estimate as to the cost | of signs required to give effect to the proposals. Primarily the proposals permit parking on one side of the streets in the downtown area and around the General Motors plant and then only for a two-hour period. It also reveals that General Motors offic- lals are aware of - conditions--and- plan to provide parking space for | emplyees' cars in the near future. Restricted Streets The streets n which the one-side two-hour parking are to take effect | are Division street from King to | Alice; William street from Simcoe to | Ritson road; Colborne, Brock and Flgin from Simcoe to Division: | Agnes from Division to Mary; Alice pm Mary to Ritson road; Ritson from King to Alice; and Mary from | King to Wood. Parking regulations of varying | times and restrictions are also pro- vided for Bond, Victoria, Richmond, Charles, Simcoe, Athol and Centre (Continued on Page 10, Col. 3) BRITISH ANDNAZL | LANES IN SERIES F AERIAL FIGHTS | Germans Resume Forma- tion Attacks on London After Lone Wolt Tactics London, Nov. 5. (CP) -- British and German warplanes fought a series of battles over England's southeast coast as Nazis resumed formation attacks after wide-rang- ing "lone wolf" night raids. London had two brief alarms be- fore noon, but no bombs fell in the city because fighters turned raid- ing squadrons back. Bombs were dropped on coastal areas as dog- fights raged overhead, and several houses were destroyed. German | aircraft renewed their | attacks on Briton in mid-morning | today after a night of wide-ranging | "lone wolf" raids which kept anti- | alreraft batteries busy until almost dawn. The daylight assault was launch- ed by a formation of 22 raiders which crossed the Kent coast at an altitude of almost five miles, trail- ing patterns of smoke and exhaust vapor, and split into two equal for- mations. A government communique de- scribed the raids, which followed 24 hours of comparative inactivity, As "widespread and on a fairly heavy scale," but said casualties and damage were not heavy. The Royal Air Force meanwhile, though hampered by adverse wea- ther, was reported to have ham- mered agaiy at Nazi "invasion ports" and airdromes in the accu- pled area of France. London, as usual, was the main objective of the German night raids. Bombs also fell, however, on Merseyside (the Liverpool dock area) on two towns on the indus- trial midlands and numerous uni- dentified places in Scotland and Southeast and East England. The raiders, flying singly and at brought under Defence of India Act. high altitude, starting coming over shortly after darkness. | brance minutes' | from custom | and decided that a'larger and more t ably | its meeting last night when he told | the aldermen that Council was re- quested to attend the service in a body. No observance of Remem- Day will take place on November 11 apart from the two silence at eleven o'clock. The reason for the departure | in marking Remem- | brance Day lg the extensive war production activities in which thou- sands of Oshawa workers are en- gaged. The Canadian Legion which will be in charge of the service has taken cognizance of this condition impressive service can be held on Sunday afternocn Mayor Anderson urged citizens generally to attend the Remem- brance Dav rites at the Cenotaph The complete program will be an- | nounced later It was pointed out by His Wor- ship that if the usual custom of holding the service on November 11 that the attendance would be prob- be small as many industries engaged in war production would | not deem it wise to close down for a period of two hours which would be necessary for employees to at- Britain's to look forward to the and "when most needed' nearly' what it was at outbreak of war. "Unhappily the Vichy Government is engaged in and loyal collaboration with Hitler" Burden, Commons Told Better off Than Could Be Predicted Four of Five Months Ago, on Home and Mediterran ean Fronts -- Only One British Casualty for Each 20 Italians in Africa Promises "Utmost" Aid to Greece and Calls on Nation to Look Forward to "Campaign of 1943 and 1944" -- Hore-Belisha Would! .Ask Eire Co-operation to Combat U-Boat Menace London, Nov. "utmost' 5 (CP) -- Winston Churchill, statement to Commons since Italy invaded Greece, pledges aid to the Greeks and called upon the nation 'campaigns of 1943 and 1944". = in his firs He placed the death toll from air-raids at 14.000 ec. .vilians 'scarcely 300 soldiers" and said Britain had more to feat from mounting ship sinkings by submarines than from :he air: Reviewing the war position the Prime Minister made the following main points: Naval and air bases have been established in Greace and "I can only say now we shall do our best.' The rise in U-boat sinkings is and inability to use ports of Eire constitutes a | ous burden upon the navy. . . vai 'more serious than air raids' "heavy and grieve Fifty United States destroyers are coming into service and merchant Two Subs | were sunk - by | state two German tend the service. SUB WHICH SANK EMPRESS BAGGED | BY BRITISH NAVY Sunk Week, Admiralty An- nounces London, Nov. 5--(CP)--The Ad- two German submarines, one of which {t stated had sunk the Ca- | nadian Pacific Liner En.press of | Britain. At the same time, the Admiralty announced that eight British and Allied shins totalling 16,860 tons "enemy setion" in the week ending Oct. 27-28 Ite statement said eight ships lost did not include the Empress of Britain 42,348 tons. Britich loses are given as two ships totalling 9874 tons. The AJmiralty communique on the sinking of the two submarines said: 4 "Sinking of two armed merchant cruisers, coming as i{* has so short- ly after the sinking of the Empress of Britain, constitutes a heavy loss but, although it is unusual for the Admiralty to publish regular sink ings of U-boats, thev are able ta U-boats were (Continued on Page 10, Col. 7) CUNARD CAPTAIN DIES Southamptor, Nov. 5--(CP)--Sir Arthur Henry Rostron, 71 retired semmodore of Cunard Line and captain of Carpathia when she saved more than 700 survivers of sunken Titanic in 1912, died yes- terday of pneumonia. Bik alone. Vigilance has changed the invasion danger to arr tonnage is still "'very "sincere and Britain is therefore "invasion Although the sea and air are the main elements of 'wae effort, mate." "we must have a strong army to avoid a disastrous stale. BETTER OFF THAN EXPECTED On the home front and in the Mediterranean than could be predicted four or five months ago. ie off' "we are far The Prime Minister called the ratio of one British casualty to each 20 Italians in North Africa in Past greater battles which will develop, if not in the winter, certainly in the spring. "a good augury for the In air war, he said bombing of military objectives in Italian cities and bases in South Italy "will continue on an ever-growing scale.' German air raids have done ( miralty announces the sinking of | British munition and aircraft production and no utility m great although transport has been "a Churchill declared. cities 'has broken down" greater difficulty," Mr, "very little" damage be Britain has established air and naval bases in the Greek Island of Crete. Lo Want Eire Ports Seat of Farmer's Pants Sheared Off 'By Bomb Explosion By HAROLD FAIR (Canadian Press Staff Writer) Londen, Nov. 5 (CP) -- Bomb- { splinters from the battle of Britain: A farmer had just bent down to examine a piece of flying kit thrown from a crashed German bomber in southeast England when the plane's bomb load ejploded. The farmer es- caped injury but the seat of his trousers wasn't there any more. Chief Constable John Horwen left Scotland Yard to become a Flight-Lieutenant in the provost marshal's department of the air ministry. Senior officers asked Hor- (Continued on Page 10, Col. 7) Vote Enthusiast Predicts That 51,000,000 Yankees Vote Today Nov. b5--(AP)-- Simon Michelet, president of the United States National Get Out The Vote Club--the man who does- n't care how you vote as long "as you do vote--today predicted 51,- 000,000 Americans would mark "X" on ballots in this presidential election, "However," he said, "and this may seem strange--only 50,000,000 of them will vote for a president and a vice president." About 1,000,000 folk, he esti- mated, will (a) prefer not to' make a choice, (b) ignore the presi- dential race, (c¢) be confused by the ballots, or (d) make mistakes. Washington, "It's sad," he lamented, "but it's true," Michelet has been predicting the United States voting volume for 23 years and he's never been far- ther off: the correct mark than one- half of one per cent. With him it's a hobby. He's founder of the National jet Out The Vote Club, chairman of its hoard of directors, general manager and its sole financial backer. He came to Washington from Minnesota years ago as secretary to the late Senator Knute Nelson and in 1923 he launched his cam- paign against folk who can vote but won't. H. B. Lees-Smith. subrstitute ieader of Opposition, suggested that if Britain could use Lough Swilly and Berehaven on the Eire coast, the U-boat cemnaign might be ransformed in a night. "The time is coming," he said, "when the United Slates and other countries interested in Irish indee pendence should understand « the tConiinued on Page 10, Col. ® ARREST EXPECTED IN HIT-RUN DEATH, CONANT DECLARES Expects That Mystery Sure rounding Greenbank Death Will Be Cleared Up An arrest in the hit-and-run trae gedy near Greenbank about 9.20 p.m.,, D.S.T., Saturday evening, was forecast to The Oshawa Daily Times by the Hon. Gordon D. Cons ant, M.I..A., South Ontario Riding and Attorney General of Ontariq, when he was in Oshawa Monday evening for the Farmers' Night dinner meeting of the local Rotary Club. "Clues which are regarded as fairly' definite" have been obtain ed by Provincial Police through the co-operation of citizens." Hon. Mr. Conant stated, "and while it is impossible to make an an- nouncement pending completion of the investigation, we have reason to feel that facts surrounding the death of a young farm hand near Greenbank, at the hands of an ale leged hit-and-run driver, may soon be cleared up." The attorney general expressed deep. sympathy with the bereaved father, Cecil Abourne, and broth- (Continued on Page 10, Col 8) :