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PAGE FOUR ° THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1940 The Oshawa Daily Times Succeeding THE OSHAWA DAILY REFORMER (Established 1871) week independent newspaper every | 2 afternoon except Saturday at Oshawa, Can- day The Times Publishing Co. of Oshawa, nh Chas. M. Mundy, Pres.; A. R. Alloway. Managing Director. Daily Times is & member of the The Oshawa Oanadian Daily Newspapers tion the On- tario Provincial Dailies and the Audit Bureau of Circulations. SUBSCRIFTION RATES Delivered carrier in Oshawa, Whitby and suburbs er gro Agire ih $3.25 for six months, or $6.50 per year if paid in advance. mail anywhere in Canada (outside Oshawa DY delivery limits) $135 for three months, $2.25 for six months, or $4.00 per year if paid in radvance. By mail to US. subscribers, $6.00 per year, payable strictly in advance. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1940 South Ontario Fair Reports filed with the Directors of the South Ontario Agricultural Society recently "were most encouraging. Showing both the sound business. judgment of those chiefly . responsible for Oshawa's Annual Fair, and the support given to it by exhibitors and spectators, Hugh Hall, treasurer of the So- ciety, reported an operating surplus of $1,- 450. This is the fourth successive year that the Oshawa Fair has made money. Much of the current surplus will be used to pay off principal of the local exhibition's bank debt, which has been guaranteed by loyal directors personally. Suggestions put forward at the recent directors' meeting of the South Ontario 'Agricultural Society ranged from making the 1941 Oshawa Fair a one-day exhibition to clearing the way for a thorough revision of the Society's rules and regulations. Special appreciation was voiced of much fine co-operative effort in preparation for the recent exhibition. Among those men- tioned were the retail merchants of Osh- awa who financed erection of a fine new 'display showcase in the Woman's Building at Alexandra Park. This proved very ser- viceable for showing home canned fruits and home cooking. It is worth noting that exhibitors' com petition was very keen this year. That fact speaks louder than words of much behind- the-scenes work on the part of officials, directors and members of the South On- tario Agricultural Society. All concerned in the continued success of the Oshawa Fair deserve a voice of very sincere thanks. In the opinion of The Osh- awa Daily Times, keeping agricultural dis- trict fairs going is civilian war service of the first rank. Monsignor Kelly What newspaper man of Central Ontario remember of the late Rt. Rev. A. F. Kelly, D.P., pastor of St. Michael's Church. Co- bourg, who died on Saturday of the past week after a long illness, was his willing- ness to co-operate .with them in the job they were doing as it touched the special religious interests. of himself and the par- ish he served so long and so faithfully. Monsignor Kelly didn't take it for grant- ed that the newspaper man interviewing him knew the technical language of his pro- fession or had spent years in the study of church history and ritual in which he was, Yorkers, as widely learned as any in Can- To ask him for information about ap- proaching Easter observances, to cite just one example, was to be rewarded with a not inconsiderable part of a liberal education. He delighted in passing what he knew on to others needing information, and gave his facts with delightful clarity and under- standing brevity. One beautiful characteristic of the late Monsignor Kelly was his love of children. Few of his sermons ever failed to follow the example of the Divine Preacher who sat a child in the midst of human selfish- ness to teach the lesson of the Kingdom of Heaven. Alert Fire Fighters Oshawa police and fire departments seem to have been engaged lately in wholesome but unplanned competition in the matter of alertness. First, the police captured two Sunday morning burglars before the thieves hardly had time to examine their loot. A few hours later, provincial police in Ontario County, led by Constable W. H. Clark, of Oshawa, had made arrests in a Saturday evening hit-and-run tragedy. Not to be outdone, the Oshawa Fire De- partment early Thursday morning had water playing on a potentially dangerous fire in a down-town store and apartment block and won earnest commendation, Praise for the Oshawa Fire Department's ~~ work was voiced to The Oshawa Daily ~ Times by Ex-Mayor Alex S. McLeese, owner of the building which is one of the largest and finest of Oshawa's business blocks. It is a pleasure, editorially, to play the part of a sun-dial and record only sunny hours or events. After all, good news is the best possible news, and The Oshawa Daily Times hopes to print more and more of it from day to day. Editorial Notes A broken word is the hardest thing to mend. ; Nicknames stick to people, and the most ridiculous are the most adhesive. -- (Haliburton) The bombing of the famous Skoda plant at Pilsen should convince the Nazis that there isn't any part of the German arma- ment production area that the R.A.F. can- not reach. When nations like Great Britain and United States begin to share 50-50 for self protec- tion, it is a demonstration of Democracy that takes in the whole meaning of the word. Yes, they have autos with doors that close noiselessly. But wouldn't it be nice if they had silent horns, particularly those that run around the streets between mid- night and morning. The Greek aviator who deliberately ram- med an Italian plane in mid-air bringing down the enemy and then landing and cap- turing his rival, shows the Greek deter- mination to stop the bullying Fascists. I make little account of genealogical trees. Mere family never made a man great. Thought and deed, not pedigree, are the passports to enduring fate. -- (General Skobeleff). How quickly can you stop your car? It takes the average driver of a car nearly 3-4 of a second to move his foot from the accel- erator to the brake pedal. A car travelling at 30 m.p.h. will go 33 feet in that short time. The R.AF. is paying back with interest to Germany, the Nazi bombs dropped over Britain since the air blitzkreig began. Ger- man military armament plants are feeling the might of Britain's growing power in the air. The lowly rock bass, the purloiner of good bait and considered a nuisance by the average fisherman in these parts, may be interested to know that the Chicago fish market handled nearly 11,000 pounds of Mussolini may have had an idea that he could duplicate Hitler's lightning invasion tactics by his offensive against Greece. But what a little hornet's nest the Fascists stirred up -- and the hornets are stinging the Italians plenty. Axis demands are no longer being tolerated. The announcement to the press that Hit- ler was to speak Friday afternoon, and that announcement later cancelled, found a sequel on Saturday when it was learned that the R.A.F. had bombed the celebrated Munich hall. The heer hall rally of the old guard, of course, did not welcome the "ex- plosive outbursts" of the uninvited guests. them in the first nine months of this year.' DECLARES NEED OF SKILLED MEN 5 SERIOUS NOW Older Workers to Be Sought for War Jobs. Placement Chief Says London, Ont., Nov. 11. -- F. H. Avery, chief placement officer of the Provincial Labor Department, said here, a program will be launched at once in Western Ontario to re- habilitate older men in industry to meet what he described as a "ser- fous shortage" of skilled help in factories handling war orders. Here to survey London's indus- trial capacity, he pointed out Ham- ilton had a shortage of 5,600 skilled workmen, "and an Ontario war in- dustry opening in February will re- quire an additional 1,000 experienc- ed men." Refresher courses of two to six weeks will be arranged under the Dominion-Provincial youth training scheme. at the Galt.school. They are designed for former machin- ists, machine operators, bench fit- | ters and other skilled craftsmen who | have been away from their trades | for some. time, | Mr. Avery said men of 40 years | and over will be eligible for the | courses, providing in each case the | « department is furnished with a letter guaranteeing the work at his trade when he finishes 1 the course, b Approved applicants will receive, transportation to Galt and will reg: ceive a living allowance of $9 a week. "These courses," Mr. Avery ex- plained, "must not be confused with technical school training. Half' a million dollars worth of machinery will be used, and the applicants will be trained by former foreman and superintendents under typical shop conditions." Sch Underway in Hamilton A Bit of Verse "WE HAVE A COVENANT WITH THE DEAD" #~ "LEST WE FORGET..." We have a Covenant with the dead, With those, the dead-to-be; Our life we owe their sacrifice Else we breathe quietly, We hold an heritage -- its price -- Blood, agony, and death; And those who live for those who die Must «draw each ransom'd breath. Yea, clay and quick, inseparable, Are linked in Life's red role; Beneath this rapid, rowdy march Murmurs Death's muffled dole. O men, can we, indifferently, Accept this gift of life, This liberty defended by Our brothers in sore strife? Can we, when hell rains from the heavens Upon our fellow-men, Walk forth, living the same weak way, And lift our heads again? "Nay," moans the sad wind through the ni i at the thought -- . eight, ay," groans the conscience, "God forbid -- Thy life another bought!" 4 --DONOVAN. A Bible Thought for Today A LIVELY HOPE: Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which od to his abundant mercy hath begotten ug again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of J from the dead.--1 Peter 1:3. oe Chris Hamilton, Nov. 11.--The program for rehabilitation of older men in industry had been underway in Hamilton for some time, with in- dustries carrying on the work. Mayor Willlam Morrison stated when questioned regarding the statement of F. H. Avery, chief placement officer. "For some time our large firms have been calling back older men who once worked for them, and proof of this is in our dwindling relief rolls," sald his Worship. In- dustries were taking on men who had experience in former years, and their services are satisfactory. "All we require in Hamilton is a survey of our skilled and unskilled help," continued his Worship, He predicted that in due time this would be undertaken. Skilled men, holding jobs which could be done by unskilled or semi- skilled men, could be transferred to tasks for which they were specially trained, and this would help supply. the demand for skilled labor, the Mayor pointed out. Regarding the estimate 5600 trained workmen were needed here, the Mayor sald the war production program was proceeding here full blast and without any delay because of shortage of help, but when new units were operating more gkilled and semi-skilled men would pe needed. In the meantime, require- ments were being met by having untrained: workers substitute for skilled men on certain types of work. "We have more skilled labor in the city of Hamilton than any place in the Province of Ontario or the Dominion of Canada," declared the Mayor. ~ Railway Loses Suit Over Car Collision Belleville, Nov. 11--- A dainage suit brought by the Canadian National Railways against George C. Mont- gomery, Frankford, was dismissed Friday by Mr. Justice MacKay. The railway sued for $25,000 The de- fendant was awarded $200 by the court in a counter-claim. The action arose from an acci- dent in which a motor car driven by Montgomery collided with a gasoline-driven "jigger" near 'Glen Ross, Two railway employees, J. Risk and R. Todd, were seriously injured. The jigger was thrown into a Stone culvert by the impact. BUILDING SIX CRASH BOATS FOR RAF. USE First $100,000 Vessel Will Be Ready Jan. 15 -- One Every Week Trenton, Nov. 11--The first $100,- 000 crash boat being built here for the British Government will be ready for launching Jan. 15, accord- ing to Herbert Ditchburn, an execu- tive of Trenton's new industry, the Aero Marine Co. of Canada. ., The concern is constructing six fast motor cruisers for the Royal applicant | Air Force and when maximum pro- duction is reached one crash boat a week will be delivered from Trenton to the Motherland, with an esti- mated top speed of 50 miles per hour, The boats will be used 0 rescue air pilots shot down in the ocean around the British Isles. Designer Ditchburn built similar craft for the Royal Canadian Atr Force before the war started and one of the cruisers he modelled is now in service at the Trenton Air Station. The speedster and her crew of sailor-airmen are always on guard at the Lake Ontario bombing range in case of any emergency. It can be seen almost any night gliding along the Murray Canal on the way home to the airport. Built of mahogany from the Phil- lipine Islands, the Aero 'Marine models are 70 feet in length, 15 feet across the beam and ten feet at the prow, tapering to six feet deep at the stern. Close to 150 men are en- gaged in the construction of these six patrol boats and before work starts on the next order another 50 workmen will be employed to step up the production. Mr. Ditchburn is more than satis- fied with the results to date and re- ports that actual production work 1s well ahead of schedule. The fac- tory, a remodelled lumber mill, only opened in the first week of Septem- ber and since that time has been renovated completely and converted into modern ship-building plant. A lot of skilled ¢raftsmen of Oril- lia and Toronto found immediate employment here and they are teaching a score or more of the youth of the district the ship-build- ing trade for future operations. At present the plant is operating 24 hours a day along with several other Trenton industries that manufac- ture articles for war use. WAR -- 25 YEARS AGO TODAY (By The Canadian Press) Nov. 11, 1915.--Prime Minister H. H. Asquith announced personnel of new war committee in British cab- inet; Winston Churchill resigned as First Lord of the Admiralty and joined the British army in France. Russians occupied Kemmern: and Anting west of Riga. LABOR MAYOR HAS 6TH TERM AT WINNIPEG John Queen Re-elected in First Acclamation Since 1929 Winnipeg, Nov. 11-----John Queen was re-elected mayor of Winnipeg by acclamation when civic election nomination closed and no other candidates had filed nomination papers. It will be Mayor Queen's sixth term of office. He was first elected for the year 1936, and wit'. the ex- ception of 1937 has held the posi- tion since that time, Prominent in the work of the In- dependent Labor party in Winni- peg since 1916, Mavor Queen has been a member of the Manitoba Legislature since 1920. He was the Labor party's leader in the Legis lature from 1930-34. He served six vears as an alderman on the city council before being elected mayor, His return to the mayoralty by acclamation is the first in Winni- peg since 1929, when Dan McLean was elected without a contest. Eighteen candidates were nomin- ated to contest the 10 vacant city council seats, and 16 to contest seven school board seats. The eleo- tion will be held Nov 22. : A referendum to be voted on of- fers alternatives of exiending 'the franchise in clvic elections to mon- taxpayers; one would give. the franchise to every British subject by birth or naturalization, 21 or over, who has resided in Winnipeg for at least one year prio: to the election. The other would extend it to adult sons and daughters liv ing with parents now entitled to vote. PRISONERS HERE OFFER TO WORK Ottawa May Employ Civil- ians Held in;Canada To Make Uniforms, War Goods Ottawa, Nov. 11 -- Some civilian prisoners of war may be employed on the production of articles for the Canadian forces under an order-in-councjl tabled in the House of Commons. The order states that certain civilian prisoners sent from the United Kingdom to Canada for confinement are highly skilled in certain lines of work, have' declar- ed themselves sympathetic to the British cause in 'the war and ex- pressed a desire to work. They are described as prisoners in classes "B" and "C" and are said to be confined in camps separate from other prisoners. The order exempts these prison- ers from the general rule that prisoners of war cannot be com- pelled to any work of a war nature, and permits their employment on war work with their' own consent. The articles the prisoners may work on are listed as: army kit bags, shirts, uniforms, web equip- ment, hold-alls, mattresses, bolster, palliasse covers, barrack room fur- niture, folding forms, broom han- dles, field dressings, medical sponges, camouflage nets, tent pegs, boxes and sheepskin-lined coats. The order says a number of ex- pert workers on sheepskin coats are among the prisoners to whom the order will apply. DOCTOR HANKERS TO RETURN TO ARCTIC POST JUST LEFT Shy Eskimos Learning More and More to Rely Upon Baffin Hospital, Says Dr. T. J. Orford, of Markham Ottawa, Nov, 11---Dr. T. J. Orford of Markham, Ont., has just return- ed from four years at the lonely outpost of Pangnirtung on Baffin Island, but already he has a hank- ering to get back to the Arctic. The physician came south on fur. lough last month aboard' the ice- breaker Nascople, after serving since 1936 as medical officer at Pangnir- tung for the Department of Mines and Resources. Ordinarily his ferm should have ended in 1938, but 33-year-old Dr. Orford thinks "it's a good idea for a doctor to stay there longer." "It takes time to win tne confi- dence of the Eskimos," he says, "At first they're shy and almost dis- trustful, but after a while they re- gard the doctor a8 a sort of magic- ian." And once Dr, Orford has had a chance to study advances made by medical science in the past few years, he will be ready to go back. Officials in the resource department think his offer will be accepted. New To Children Mrs. Orford and their three small children, one born gt Pangnirtung, came south with the doctor. The children, all girls, found civiliza- tion a new and exciting experience, he says. Even the eldest was too young when she went north to re- member the populous parts of Can. ada. While patients of- the- Pangnir- tung Hospital are confined to those within a dog sled's journey, Dr. Or- ford reports that radio is an im- portant aid in administering to per- sons in even more remote regions. "Nearly every post within radio call has relayed messages %» us ask- ing medical advice for both Eski- mos and whites," he says. . Dr. Orford's "practice" took in about 550 Eskimos in the sparsely- populated area. Use by these Eski- mos of facilities provided at Pang- nirtung and encouraging. "Gradually they have come to re- alize that treatment of the sick is difficult in their own tents and ig- loos." Dr, Orford explains, "and now they're taking more 2nd more advantage of our hospital facilities. Now 16 Beds "We had to eniarge the original building, which was put up 10 years ago, by adding a 10-bed extension last year. Now the hospital has 16- bed accommodation, an infent ward and an operating room we can use for any major operation." The building also is equipped with X-ray, iron lung laboratory, and dark room facilities. It is insul- ated, has a Diesel electric unit and includes living quarters for the staff of two nurses and a house matron. Although Dr. Orford is on fur- lough and has just left here for a visit in Markham, his Arctic charges are not being neglected. Dr. J. A. Bildfell, of Winnipeg, appoint- ed to replace him at the hospital, left Winnipeg at the end eof the summer joined the Nascopie at the port of Churchill, and arrived at Pangnirtung to relieve Dr. Orford. Only other hospital in the east Arctic is operated by the Roman Catholic mission at Chesterfield, on the west coast of Hudson Bay, SILVER CROSSES WITHOUT ASKING Ottawa Plans Distribution to Mothers and Wives as Deaths Confirmed Ottawa, Nov. 11.--Distribution of the Memorial Cross to wives and mothers of men who lose their lives on active service will be automatic, it was learned today. The cross will be sent out by the government as soon as & casualty is confirmed, without any application from the women. The crosses are not available for distribution yet but orders have been placed with manu- facturérs and deliveries are expect- ed han oross is identical with the one issued after the first Great War. pen; from a purple ribbon. The M {al Cross for the last war was n ued until after the armistice. x time it will be issued as soon ak frosses are available and as déhths occur throughout the con- flgt. ore than 76,000 crosses were is- sued to women bereaved as a result of the first Great War. So far in e present conflict deaths in the anadian forces number 433 of which 245 were in the navy, 110 in the army and 78 in the Air Force. The wives and mothers of these men will receive crosses in due course. In addition, however, the wives and mothers of Canadians who lose their lives while serving in the British or other Empire forces will receive the cross. Many Canadians already are ser- ving in the Royal Air Force and the Royal Navy. ° _ FACES THEFT CHARGE Toronto, Nov. 11 (OP)--Police said today William C. Sheppard, 52, was arrested in Montreal and brought here last night to face a charge of stealing $5,707 from Mary Crich of Toronto. The woman allegedly ad- vanced the money to Sheppard to make investments on her behalf, SEND RELATIVES It is made of silver, and is sus-- TOWNSHIP VOTE IS UNANIMOUS Kingston, Nov. 11 -- Kingston | Township voters stood solidly be~ hind the move to grant the Cana~- dian Industries, Limited, a fixed assessment of $40,000 for a ten-year period, as they went to the polls Friday, With not a single dissenting ballot, the ratepayers rolled up » total of 475 votes in favor of the move. "I'm able to keep my word to the company that there would not be any objections," Reeve W. R. Ayles- worth, M.P., said tonight, in ex pressing his pleasure over the re- suf, "I told them that there would be a good majority out to vote and that not one person was opposed," he declared. "About two-thirds of the voters turned out." US. READY TO GIVE ARMED AID, EDITOR STATES Visiting Canada to Check Stories of Border Diffi- culties Toronto, Nov. 11 (CP)--E. T. H. Shaffer, author and egitor from Walterboro, 8.C., said an inter- view here yesterday pro-British feeling in the United States has de- veloped to the point where 90 per cent of people would be willing to take up arms in Britain's defence if active United States help suddenly was needed: "You pédple don't need any men just now, but if you ever do, we have them." ' Mr. Shaffer said he had come to Canada to: check persistent rumors that visitors to Canada were having difficulty getting in and out of the country. He said his report was going to be favorable to the Dominion. "I found nothing but courtesy from your of- ficlals at the border--no difficulty in entering the country. In the short time we've been here we've been thrilled tremendously by the deep patriotism of the Canadian people. I'm going to tell Americans about their calmness, their determina- tion." AIRCRAFT WORKERS SEE THEM WORKING Beaverbrook Expresses Thanks for Their Part in Winning War Somewhere in England, Nov, 11 (CP)--Ten aircraft workers from a Spitfire factory spend a dry at a fighter station watching pilots fly the machines they built. The workers were 4 shown every phase of the airman's life, heard first-hand accounts of how _ the planes stood up in air duels and de- scribed to the pilots how they had been built. At luncheon at which airmen and workers sat down together, the commanding officer of the station read a message from Lord Beavere brook, minister of aircraft produc- tion, expressing his thanks to both for their part in winning the war, "It 1s my conviction," the Canae dian-porn peer said in his message, "that from your meeting will emerge a'resolve to strive still harder, to en- dure with unbroken courage, so that victory may bring us peace and the hope of happiness in years to come." Confederation Life Association -- Representative -- R. B. SMITH 58 Simcoe St. N., Oshawa