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PUBLISHED Every Week Day Except Saturday. \ The Oshawa Daily Tunes PROBS Westerly Gales, Colder. Possibly Snowflurries. | 4 { A VOL. 27--NO. 93 OSHAWA, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1940 Single copies 3c TEN PAGES SOVIET PREMIER TALKS TO HITLER British Hit Italian Arms Depots yr Bombers Score Direct Hits at Albanian Ports Of Durazzo and Valona Also Bomb Nazi Sub Base and Airdromes in N a zi- Occupied France -- Raids on « London Few Only Two British Planes Lost in Bag- ging 26 Axis Raiders -- None Lost in Downing 13 Italians Athens, Nov. 12 (CP) --| British bombers carried out de- | structive raids last night on the important Albanian 'ports of Durazzo and Valona, a com- munique announced. Fire visible for 100 miles | was caused when bombs de-| stroyed a depot of combustible stores at Durazzo, chief port of Albania, the communique said while a munitions depot was blown up at Valona, in South- ern Albania. Raid French Ports London, Nov. 12 (CP) -- British bombers attacked the German submarine base a Lorient; France, and air- dromes at Brest, St. Malo and St. Brieux in daylight raids yes- terday. safely. a : An air ministifyy communique said bad weather kept 'Royal Air Force fliers from making (Continued on Page 10, Col. 1) LAY KIDNAPPING CHARGE IN GOURT More Serious Count Pre- ferred Against W. Basil Mosier--Given Hearing A more serious criminal code charge was laid in Os:awa Police Court today against W. Basil Mosier, carpenter and mairied, 303 Hillside Avenue, this city, than when he first appeared recently in connection with an alleged offence against a girl under 14 yeags of age. The charge preferred today by Crown Attorney A. F. Annis of On- tario County is "abduction of a girl under 16 years of age" as set forth in Section 316 Jf the Criminal Code. The original charg? under section 316, alleged that he rémaved or attempted to remove a child ": uncer 14 years of age from the pro- per custody of parents oc guard- ians. Mosier pleaded not guilty to the charge laid today and elected trial by judge and jury. : In expiaining to Magistrate Frank S. Ebbs why a direct charge of abduction, popularly known as kidnapping, was being laid against the accused, Crown Attorney Annis referred, in general terms to in- crease of charges under criminal code sections which are intended to punish convicted offenders and, thereby, to protect children through exemplary sentences "We have not yet come to a point in the Dominion of Canada," Mr, Annis declared to the court, "where parents must keep strings attached to their children.' Evidence was taken in camera. Among those testifying were three girls, juveniles, members of the Oshawa police force and acult wit nesses. Bail of $1,000 as arranged at Mosier's original hearing was con- CENTRE ST. WOMEN'S ASSOC. Bazaar and Supper, November 15, 2 p.m. (93, 95) BINGO OVER BURNS, WEDNES- day night, voucher prizes, 8:45. 15¢. (tf) BINGO, ORANGE TEMPLE, WED- Most Ships in Convoy Shelled By Nazis Safe All aircraft returned | BOMBERS BLAST ATITALIAN BASES IN GREEK DRIVE Greeks Maintain Pressure on ltaly's "Reversed In- vasion"' Athens, Nov. 12.--British bombers blasted Albanian bases behind Italian invaders the high com- mand announced, while Greek troops pursued shattered Fascist forces reported retreating in dis- order along the whole fighting London, Nov. 12 (CP) -- The Admiralty said a "substan- tial majority' of the ships in a |fire visible for 100 miles last night British convoy attacked by a German surface raider last week had escaped. It can now be stated a sub- stantial majority of the ships forming the convoy attacked by an enemy raider last week uded the raider Further de- tails are not yet available. It will be recollected the German High Command claimed the whole of this convoy had been completely destroyed," the communique said. SAY FREE FRENCH CAUSED GOVERNOR 10 RESIGN POST French Indo-China Offi- cial Quits -- See Gain in Free Sentiment Tokyo, Nov. 12 (AP)--Rear Ad- miral Jean Decoux was reported to- .day to have resigned as governor- general of French Indo-China, part- ly because of increasing opposition in the French colony by "Free French" followers of Gen. Charles DeGaulle. Domei (Japanese News Agency) which reported the resignation in a dispatch from Hanoi, said the Vichy government was expected to appoint a successor soon. Admiral Jean Marie Abrail, com- mandant at Dunkerque at the time of the allied withdrawal and later French governor-general of Algeria, was mentioned by Domei as favored (Continued on Page 7, Col. 7) Child Born Widow Of Bras d' Or Victim Halifax, Nov. 12.--(CP)--A boy born in Halifax will never see his father, Gilbert Gordon, one of the 10 Halifax men lost with the mine- sweeper Bras d'Or. The baby was born Nov. 1, three days after the mother, the former Cecelia McNeil of Iona, a Cape Bre- ton village, received the news that her husband was missing and be- lieved drowned. Although the vessel has been un- reported for three weeks, Mrs, Gor- don has not given up hope for her husband. The Bras d'Or was be- lieved to have gone down in a storm in the Guif of St. Lawrence while on her way to Sydney, N.S. front. The communique said Brit- | ish bombs destroyed a depot of | combustible stores and started a at Durazzo, chief port of Albania. | At Valona, to the south, it is said British raiders blew up a munitions {dump. The high command earlier |had reported denewed raids on | Valona by Greece's own planes. Ships at anchor in the bay and [landing facilities in the port used |for reinforcement of the invasion {army were bombed, it said. The home security minister ac- cused the Italians of widespread | terror raids yesterday. It reported aerial bombardment, machine-gun- ning and a hail of hand grenades {on civilians in towns throughout [the Greek mainland and on the Island of Corfu. Report New Italian Drive Belgrade, Yugoslavia, Nov. 12.-- (AP)--A new Italian drive was re- ported today to have pushed Greek troops back from the heights which they occupled last week dominating the town of Koritza, 10 miles inside Albania. Advices from the Yugoslav fron- tier said the Italians had made two fierce infantry attacks on the heights, forcing the Greeks to with- draw to their side of the frontier. (Athens reports on the contrary sald Greek highland troops were still in command of "strong and (Continued on Page 7, Col. 6) BRITISH BADLY DAMAGE ITALUAN WARSHIP AT BASE Fascists Admit Raid on Main Naval Base at Taranto Rome, Nov. 12 (AP)--The Italian high command said bombing planes presumed to be British attacked Italy's main naval base at Taranto early today, badly damaging one warship. The high command claimed six planes which took part in the early morning raid were shot down, and some of their crews captured. In ad- dition, it asserted, three other planes were believed to have been downed. The big Taranto base is in the large Gulf of Taranto, between the "heel" and the "toe" of the Italian "boot." (There was no immediate report of such a raid in British circles, but it appeared likely that aircraft par- ticipating in such an action would be British or Greek planes based, perhaps, on Corfu or launched from the deck of the aircraft carrier Ark Royal which has been operating re- cently in the Mediterranean.) Welsh Town Gives Reception To Three Oshawa Soldiers Bombadier Thomas James Grif- fiths and Gunners W. R. Smith and R. B. Crouse, Oshawa members of the Canadian Active Service Force, received a great reception early in October when they visited Trelewis, a city in Wales not previously visit- ed by Canadian soldiers. Flags and bunting decorated the streets and the crowd was swelled by many workers who obtained special leave from the munition works to attend the affair, according to informa- tion received by The Times yester- day. A clipping for the Merthyr Express tells of the welcome given the Canadians, Tommy . Griffiths, Bob Crouse, and Keith Smith are all members of the 4th Canadian Field Battery, R.C.A, of Cobourg, and made the happy' visit while on a five-day nesday, 2:30. 10c. E. Youds. (93a) furlough. The former is the son of Peter Griffiths, Trelewis, and came to Canada 19 years ago. He was a foreman in General Motors at Osh- awa before enlisting. Bombadier Griffiths was immensely proud of the reception given him and his pals. The Merthyr Express reaches his home in Canada every week with news of the Homeland. Bob Crouse also worked at the G.M.C. before entering His Majes- ty's service, He has two brothers also in the C.A.SF., all sons of Mrs. = Margaret Crouse, Queen Street, Oshawa. Keith Smith is the youngest of the trio and worked at the Alger Press before enlisting. The reception which these boys received is an indication of the es- teem in which the Canadian soldier is held by the Motherland, and serves to remind us that Oshawa soldiers are doing their share over- seas, just as they did in the last war, Wreckage of Lake Freighter Ashore in Second Boat in Dis- tress on Lake Michi- gan -- Many... U.S. Deaths Muskegon, Mich., Nov. 12 (CP) -- Wreckage from the pulpwood carrier Novadoc -- last sighted off Little Point Sauble during yesterday's Lake Michigan gale, washed ashore today at Juniper Beach near Pentwater, Mich.. Shipping circles here said the vessel or- dinarily would carry a crew of 16 to 20 men. The Little Point Sauble light- house keeper reported that he saw the Novadoc's lights at 8.30 p.m. E.D.T. Monday, but that the ship disappeared. Second Boat In Trouble Chicago, Nov. 12 (CP) -- The United States Coast Guard reported a lake boat, the Frank Billings, sent an S.0.S. from her position two miles west of Seul Choix Point, on northern Lake Michigan, east of Manis- tique, Mich. Guard headquarters said the craft reported water in her (Continued on Page 10, Col. 1) WEATHERMAN CUTS DIDOS THROUGHOUT ENTIRE DOMINION Ontario Lashed by Gales --Subzero Snow in Al- berta--Damage Caused Toronto, Nov. 12 (CP)--Hundreds of power and communication lines were brought down by a gale which tore into the Ontario region last night. Officials of the Ontario Hydro Electric system sald damage was confined to low tension systems in scattered points from the Niagara Peninsula to Owen Sound. Longest power shut-off was at Orangeville, where the town was without electric power from 6:15 p.m. until 2 am. In Toronto, power was off at the Hospital for Sick Children for a short time. The storm raged across Western Ontario from the northwest, causing damage in Dufferin and Halton counties and at many points in Western Ontario. No serious acci- dents were reported. Canada took time today to stand beside her neighbor United States and survey widespread destruction caused by Remembrance Day storms which raged up through the south- ern and middle western states and drove into the heart of Ontario. Although damage in Canada was reckoned in tens of thousands of dollars in preliminary estimates, (Continued on Page 7, Col. 5) Chamberlain Died Sure of Victory Ahead for Britain London, Nov. 12 -- (CP)--Prime Minister Churchill told the House of Commons today Neville Cham- berlain died "with confidence we had turned the corner with his only grief that he would not he a spec- tator at our final victorv, although long, hard and hazardous years are ahead" In tribute to his predecessor as prime minister, who died Saturday, Churchill said his strenuous efforts for peace had established Britain was "guiltless of blood and terror and misery which have engulfed so many lands and peoples and yet seek new victims still." "Herr Hitler protests with frantic wrds .and gestures that he only desires peace," the prime minister declared. "What do these ravings and out- pourings count before the silence of Neville Chamberlain's tomb." The House responded with sub- dued approval when Churchill said "though long and hazardous years lie before us, at least we enter upon them united and with clean hearts." Washed : Michigan 3 Explosions In U.S. Take Lives of 11 New York, Nov, 12 (CP)--Explo- sions in the industrial northeast of the United States today rocked two powder plants--one engaged in fill- ing defence orders--and a factory manufacturing railway torpedo sig- nals. From 11 to 21 persons are esti- mated dead and an undetermined number injured. First of the klasts razed the plant of the United Railway and Signal Company at Woodbridge, N.J. At least five were killed and more than a score injured, some critically. The second blast ripped apart the Burton Powder Works of the Ameri- can Cyanamid Corporation in the village of Edinburg, Pa, killing three men. Three other persons died in a third explosion at the Trojan Pow- der Company plant on the outskirts of Allentown, Pa. KING AND HANSON BOTH TO SPEAK IN HOUSE TODAY Start Actual Debate on Throne Speech -- Senate Also in Action Ottawa, Nov. 12 (CP).--After a long week-end adjournment parlia- ment meets again today to get on with the work of its new session. In the House of Commons during the afternocn, Conservative House Leader Hanson opens the debate on the address in reply to the speech from the throne. He will be fol- lowed, probably in the evening, by Prime Minister Mackenzie King, who is expected to review develop- ments of the lst six months in war and international affairs, The hcuse adjourned: last Friday afternoon, after the address in re- ply was moved and seconded. The senate adjourned almost as soon as the second session of Canada's 19th parliament was opened by the gov- ernor-general Thursday. As a result, when senators as- semble at 8 p.m. they will be a day behind the Commons. Senator L. A. David of Quebec will move the address in reply in the Upper Chamber, and Senator Salter Hay- den of Ontario will second the mo- tion. Yesterday parliament and govern- ment departments observed Re- membrance Day and there was lit- tle activity on parliament hill al- though most key officials were on the job. It has been forecast in some quarters here that the debate to be started in the house today by Mr. Hanson and Mr. King will be a long one. It is thought likely all members of the cabinet war com- mittee will take part, reviewing their departmental activities. Lead- ers of the three opposition groups also will be heard. Mr. King has been suffering from a throat cold for the past few days, but expects to be in good voice for tonight, Further Success Scored By British In Gallabat Area Cairo, Egypt, Nov. 12 (CP) ~--British troops extended their successes in the region of Galla- bat, frontier post in the Eastern Anglo-Sudan recently recaptur- ed from the Italians, a British communique said. Yesterday our troops op- erating from Gallabat inflicted casualties on the enemy at little cost to ourselves,' it said. It also told of heavy punishment inflicted by British artillery on an ltaliap camp, where gasoline and food stores were fired. GONANT PREDICTS BRITAIN WILL NOT BE UNARMED AGAIN Agrees World Need's Spiritual Rejuvenation But Sees Way Dark Hon. Gordon D. Conant, Attor- ney-General of the Province of On- tario, who attended the luncheon meeting of the Rotary Club at the Genosha Hotel on Monday, express- ed the believe that never again would Britain be caught without ample armaments Mr. Conant was asked to move a vote of thanks to the guest speaker following an ad- dress by Rev. Donald McLeod and in the course of his remarks said he agreed with the speaker that the hope of the new world was in a epiritual rejuvenation, but that he was not clear as to how it would be accomplished. Mr. Conant said he had visited an internment camp where some 1,500 German soldiers, members of: sub- marine crews and parachutists were imprisohed. They were a fine, phy- sical type of young men, whose av- erage aggre is 21. Mr. Conant said he observed there were various forms of amusements provided, a theatre stage set up and athletic. equipment could be seen about the camp. Mr Conant said he had asked the offi- cer In charge where the prisoners attended worship, and received a shock when told that thers were no religious services for them. He was further informed that there had never been any request for religious teaching or spiritual direction. It is safe to assume, then, Mr. Conant pointed out, that these Naz! (Continued on Page 7, Col. 4) JAIL TERMS GIVEN WESTERN SOLDIERS CAUGHT IN THEFT Older Must Serve Six Months, Younger Two in County Jail Two Prairie Province soldiers who pleaded guilty a week ago to smashing von Gunten's jewelry store display window early Sunday morning, November 3 and stealing certain goods, stood at attention in Oshawa Police Court this morning for sentence. The elder of the two, Melvin Yarnick, who was found to have served a penal sentence in Michi- gan in 1926, and had a record with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police dating back to 1933, was sentenced to serve six months in the Ontario County prison at Whit- by. Onil Roy, a strapping youth about 20 years of age, who had no pre- vious record, was sentenced to serve two months in the Whitby jail, Good Soldiers Major J. McTavish, the convicted men's company commander, ap- peared in court in their behalf and testified that both men, who had enlisted in April of this year, had been good soldiers until moving from the west to Ontario, and haa paraded for their first pay in To- ronto. Both men had been absent without leave for a day or more when he was informed that they had gotten into trouble. Yarnick, the elder soldier, voiced a plea for leniency both in behalf (Continued on Page 7, Col. 2) Rushed Into Conference With Ribbentrop Soon After Reaching Berlin Earthquake Stops German Military Work in Rumania Bucharest, Nov, 12 (CP) -- The German army's preparation of mili- tary bases in Rumania has been abandoned temporarily as Naz troops did rescue work among ruins of homes, shops and factories razed by Sunday's earthquake. Reports from the quake-wrench- ed oil fields indicated damage to refineries was widespread, but enough oil remained in undamaged reservoirs to assure shipments for the Nazi war machine which can transport only one-third of the amount it ordered. Another handicap to the German program is seen in the earthquake's partial disruption of agriculture. German soldiers and Rumanian Iron Guards have recovered 260 more bodies from wrecked cities where the total death toll is esti- mated at 1,000 to 2,000 with untold others injured and homeless. CHAMBER SECURES FORMER PREMIER AS GUEST SPEAKER Hon. G. Howard Fergu- son to Address Public Meeting on November 22 Hon. G. Howara Ferguson, form- er prime minister of Ontario and later Canadian high commissioner to Great Britain, will address an open meeting of the Chamber of Commerce at the GGenosha Hotel at 8 p.m. Nov. 22. Everyone interested is invited to attend the meeting which is open to the vublic and which, of course, is eniirely free. Announcement of Hon. Mr. Fer- guson's coming to Oshawa was made at the Chamber of Commerce this morning following the Monday evening meeting of the trade board's program committee headed by Dr. O. G. Mills. George W. McLaughlin, past president and director of the Osh- awa Chamber of Commerce, will introduce Mr. Ferguson to the Osh- awa audience. The vote of thanks will be moved by W. E. N. Sinclair, K.C., who headed the Opposition in the Ontario Legislative Assembly during Mr. Ferguson's service as prime minister. Dr. W. J. Langmaid, president of the Oshawa Chamber of Commerce, will be chairman of the evening. A special musical program will be (Continued on Page 7, Col. 6) 6,334 Civilians Killed by Bombs During October London, Nov. 12 (CP) --Alr ra!is on the United Kingdom killed 6,- 334 civilians in October, the mini- stry of home security announced today. In addition 8,695 persons were injured and detained in hos- pitals. The killed included 2,791 men, 2,900 women and 643 children under 16 years of age. The injur- ed and detained in hospitals in- cluded, 4,228 men, 3,750 women and 717 children under 16. Bomb Blast Lifts Laundryman Onto Roof of Pub, Gets Drink By DOUGLAS AMARON Canadian Press Staff Writer London, Nov. 12--(CP)--Bomb splinters from the Battle of Brit- ain: If all bomb explosions were as considerate as the one that blew the laundryman 30 feet into the air and droppved him uninjured on the roof of a pub, this air warfare busi- ness wouldn't be so bad. The pub- lican stood his unexpected visitor a drink. A hit-and-run raider dropped a bomb on Mrs. F. Taylor's house. She held a sale of homb-soiled furniture and raised £4 (about $17) for the Red Cross, Members of a Hove ¢€lub have turned the air raid siren into a money-making proposition. Every time they hear the wail they each put a halfpenny into the kitty. They raised £40 (about $168) in seven weeks, There's such keen competition among members of the Bourne- mouth Auxiliary Fire Service to go to London under an exchange sys- tem between the cities that some have offered to pay £1 for the priv- ilege. Their weekly wage is only £3 5s. (About $14.35). British evacuee children in Can- ada don't like to be called "refu- gees," a Barrie, Ont., woman wrote ker sister in London. "We called4 (Continued on Page 7, Col. 2) Subject of Confer- ences Not Revealed -- Berlin Gives Molotoff Subdued Reception See Possible Soviet Union With Nazi- Fascist - Jap Axis-- Visit Held of Great Consequence Berlin, Nov. 12 (CP) -- Hitler received the Soviet pre= mier, Vyacheslaff Melotoff to- day at his chancellery not long after the Russian arrived for conferences which may affect the immediate course of the Axis policy in the Balkans. Molotoff called on the chief of the Nazi state after he had talked with Foreign Minister Ribbentrop. i Rushed To Ribbentrop ) Less than an hour afler he step= ped from a special train at Anhgle ter Station, Russian Premier Mo- lotoff went into conference with German Foreign Minister Ribbens trop today for a talk expected to set the stage for important confere ences later with Hitler. ' Molotoff, making his firs! official visit to Germany, arrived here at 11:06 am. (5:05 am. EDT.) with a large staff of aides and begén conferring at noon with Ribbentrop. Fanfare was absent from 'the greeting which the Russian ree ceived as he left his special trein at Anhalter Station, but Germans regarded Molotoff's visit as of grea consequence, : . : Some informed Nazis indicated an invitation might be extended %o Russia to become the partner of Germany, Italy and Japan in plane ning their "new world order." Molotoff was welcomed by Fore eign Minister Ribbenuop and's number of Nazi government apd military officials as he stepped from his train. : Reviews Honor Guard After g formal greeting Ribbene trop conducted Molotoff dcwnstairs to review an honor guard in'a downpour and then the party left by automobile for Bellevue Castle, where the Russian will stay while he is in Berlin, i It was announced that Hitler would receive Molotoff this aftere noon in the Chancellery, c Except for two big Russian apd Nazi flags and a screen of green laurel trees, adorned with strips 'ef (Continued on Page 7, Col. 1) LIGHT REFLECTORS BADLY DAMAGED BY LIGHT RIFLES Chief and P.U.C. Mane ager Both Stirred by Vandals' Work With widespread damage to ree flectors attached to Oshawa's 1,100 residential district streer lights, Chief Constable O. D. Friend again urges that sale of air rifles be bane ned in Ontario. G, F. Shreve, gene eral manager of Oshawa Publis Utilities attributes much of the damage being found by Puble Util= ities repair crews now at work to air rifles and, at the same time, he suspects that 22 rifles have been used in some cases. "The metal reflectors are of good metal," he stated, "and unless air rifles. are much more powerful now than when I was a hoy, I can't see how the pellets discharged by them could puncture the reflectors." Efficiency Reduced Efficiency of Oshawa's residential street lighting is reduced by a very large percentage through puncture ing of reflectors by persons using guns of some sort. a "The effect of even very small punctures in the enamelled reflec- tors," Mr, Shreve stated, "is to start rust or corrosion. Large areas can soon be rusted over and made in- capable of reflecting light." Public Utilities men are now giv- ing the city's street lighting system one of their periodical check-ups. Reflectors are being cleaned, if still able to give good service. Those that have been punctured are taken in for repairs and re-enameling. The puncturing of reflectors is a (Cgntinued on Page 17, Ool. 8