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PAGE FOUR cm THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1940 ~ The Oshawa Daily Times Succeeding THE OSHAWA DAILY REFORMER (Established 1811) » ndent newspaper published every week- A erownn xcept Saturday at Oshawa, Cane ada, by Limited. Chas. M Mundy, Pres. Managing Director = Oshawa Dally Times is a member of ii Bi Daily Newspapers Association the On- tario Provincial Dailies and the Audit Bureau of Circulations SUBSCRIFTION RATES cuirier in Oshawa, Whitby and suburbs Dive dy weeks; $3.25 for six months, or $6.50 per year if paid in advance. By mail anywhere in Canada (outside Oshuwa carrier delivery limits) $1.35 for three months, $2.26 for mix months, or $4.00 per vear ii paid in advance. By mail to UE suoscribers, $6.00 per year payable strictly 1» advance. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1940 Splitting Infinitives Even battle, murder and sudden death eannot cure pundits of English grammar from going a little mad when they see the infinitive mood of verbs split in print. The Canadian Press' "Bomb Splinters from England" reported on Monday that a man was charged with defacing an A.R.P. sign. The accused replied, in his own defence, that he had merely corrected a split in- finitive in that notice. The magistrate re- Jeased him on probation, and with, very probably, a guilty feeling about the way gome written judgments are handed down, throughout the Empire, with worse of- fences against the King's English than saying "To legally rule" for "To rule jegally." Infinitive splitters claim distinguished patrons. Theodore Roosevelt, when presi- dent of the United States in this century's first decade, not only split infinitives but argued about it. Woodrow Wilson, in his turn, revealed the less austere side of his personality in similar alleged misuse of verbs and in his fondness for lurid de- tective fiction. Calvin Coolidge, during his laconic presi- dency, is not charged with any infinitive splitting. He used words with more than New England economy and, usually, with meticulous attention to the rules of gram- mar. . Grammarians, in general, have given up the struggle. Some come out boldly and say ghat if splitting an infinitive adds to a statement's force, by all means do so. In- eidentally, for the sake of young people having an idea that they'd like to write, the tip-off is to use verbs, split or otherwise, a8 much as you can, and to regard adjec- tives as the language's poor relations. That is, have them in for Christmas dinner and amily ceicbrations, but make them know, kindly but firmly, that they must keep their place. (Will Liquor Sale Be Curtailed? There are a few discerning observers in Ontario who predict that Ontario will see another referendum on the liquor question before this war is over. These people have varied reasons for their belief, one being that temperance organizations in the prov- fnce are becoming more aggressive than they have been in the past few years. One wide-awake man, directly connect- pd with the manufacture of alcoholic drinks, holds another view. He declared re- pently that he wasn't worried so much by the preaching being done from pulpits and from temperance platforms. But he was alarmed by the ever-increasing abuse of al- cohol and the effeet of this on public opin- ion generally. On this score, of course, the gentleman had plenty to worry about. Motor car acci- dents and accompanying deaths have been increasing to a point where the attorney- general of the province has been forced to recognize the situation and attempt to find a solution for the problem. And the sober- ing feature of these accidents is the evi- dence that so many of the drivers were drunk or had been drinking. bezn several in local police court recently. While church organizations have been advocating voluntary abstinence pledges by their members, the Canadian Temperance Federation has been demanding a state- ment of Government policy as to whether military 'raining camps should be wet or dry. Premier Hepburn has already an- nounced that there will be no wartime pro- hibition se» far as his government is con- cerned, but the temperance forces feel that this is a matter that might well come under the preview of the Federal authorities, In July last, a delegation from the Federation, committee, was given reason to hope that the sale of liquor might be curtailed. Under the War Measures Act, there seems no doubt the Government has power to take action, if such action was deemed neces- sary, for the better prosecution of the war effort, There have Snort Heard Around World iii The deepest truth about the thing for which the British peoples are fighting was touchingly illustrated in a recent homely | little incident reported from New York city. British children there engaged in a two-way broadcast to parents at home over 3,000 miles away. The youngest of these children whose remarks were reported was five-year-old Tony Whittaker, probably of London, England. : Tony's young dad requestd the boy to whom he was talking by radio waves to "Snort like a pig," and the lad complied with enthusiasm to the delight of millions as well as of his heart-hungry father. We can easily imagine how that "snort- ing like 1 pig" began. It was in the final months before this war was declared. Prime Minister Chamberlain was trying desperately to avert the disaster and Tony's dad was, no doubt, all in favor of those efforts. It shook his strong heart to think what war might mean to all the Tonies in England, and his own particular- ly, if Nazi bombers came. His idea of ap- peasement was that it might work out gloriously for the whole world, and not in any way shamefully to Britain. With men learning how to be reconciled, he probably figured, peace and good will might spread. So, at home after the day's work was over, there were great romps, and having the little fellow just turning into his fourth year "Snort like a pig" was one of those things that only a devoted young father can really appreciate. But th: scene has changed utterly. Tony has been removed from the danger area to the present safety of the United States. The lad's father is carrying on in the old British fashion. With war upon them, for those Island folk, there is nothing to do but win it--and who dies if England lives? 4 |" Editorial Notes | Here's an apt alliteration attuned to the times: "Rumania's ruin reacts on Reich." Not so hot: About five pounds of coal a day is the allowance rationed to the aver- age family in France for Novembsr, The sticks of dynamite stolen from a plant in Ontario is dangerous power in the hands of the uninitiated. In the hands of a saboteur it is still more dangerous. Switzerland made a sensible answer to the demand to stop British planes flying over that country: "If the Axis can't stop them how can we." : The Hamilton Spectator remarks that the.downtown streets are again cluttered with panhandlers. The best answer is to report to the police. The railways have succeeded in reducing accidents to a minimum by the co-operation of all their employees in Safety First. Those boys ought to be out on the high- ways for awhile. The Salvation Army was on the job as soon as the Canadian militia, according to Commissioner Col. Peacock, who told the Kiwanis Club on Tuesday that his organi- zation started gearing for the event as far back as 1938. "Past military explanation" is, the way Rev. Donald McLeod put it when speaking of the British escape at Dunkirk. Perhaps the failure of Hitler to invade England comes in 'he same category to say nothing of the earthquake which destroyed oil wells in Rumania. After attending a number of Remem- brance Day events in Oshawa, one citizen remarked that the two minutes silence at each of them was perhaps as impressive as the whole service. Which leads us to believe that two minutes of quiet reflection at any time is good for all of us. A Bit of Verse HITLER'S CONVERSION Give me back my brush and ladder; Give me back my paint and paste For there's mothing makes me madder Than a good job gene to waste, Those were days when things were swan Those were days when pay was pty ig Now my plans have all gone cranky -- Musso's funked it--Churchill's rude. Let me once more mix the whiting, Hang the paper straight and well; And let Goering do the fighting, And let Goebbels go to hell] RM.L, in Montreal Star, > - A Bible Thought for Today S06 DOES NOT FORGET: righteous forget your work and labor of love, which ye have JShened Jawad | his name, in that ve ministere e ts, d -- Hebrews 6:10, 8 Mister For God is not un- his train are, LEFT to RIGHT: president. Assured of a third four-year lease on the White House President Roosevelt received a roaring welcome from headreds of thousands when he returned to Washington. " President Welcomed Back to Washington tion across Canada. With the chief executive as he waves from Mrs. Roosevelt, Mrs, Henry A. Wallace and Henry A, Wallace, the vice- SCHOLARSHIPS FOR FARM BOYS ONTARIO COUNTY Winners Entitled to Two- Weeks' Cours= at O.A.C. --Guests of Riverdale Ki- wanis Club on Tuesday Twenty-five boys from Ontario |County, being the five highest ranking individuals from the Po- tato, Grain, Swine, Dairy Calf and | Riverdale Kiwanis Club at the An- {nual Farmers' Day Luncheon held |in Toronto on Tuesday, 12th. As well as attending the | Luncheon, the party visited Rice's |Dairy and the famous Donalda | Farms at Todmorden : At the luncheon five boys were presented with scholarships. These scholarships entitle the winners to a two-weeks' Short O.AC. and were awarded to one boy from each of the clubs. They |are as follows: Potato Club--Ronald | Risebrough, Uxbridge; Grain Club James Best, Sandford; Swine Club--Harold Harrison, Uxbridge; | Dairy Calf Club--Ted Croxall, Ux- | bridge; and Beef Calf Club--Harry | Howden, Columbus. y Other boys present on ths trip "were as follows: | Grain Club--Maec Mustard, Ux- | bridge; John Hockley, Clifford Red- man, and Allen Martyn, all of Port | Perry. Potato Club--Ivan Norton, Good- weod; Morley Bain, Zephyr; Jack and Bert Pearson, Uxbridge. Swine Club -- Bruce | Zephyr; Mervin Rynard, Uxbridge; Frank Honey, Seagrave, Rynard, Sunderland, Dairy Calf Club--William Hamer Myvrtle Station: Gordon Beare and | Wilmott C Uxbridge; Ralph Hepburn. Oshawa, Beef Calf Club -- Lance Beath Oshawa; Donald Christie, Port Perry: Joe and Lew Ashburn, 1.5. RELEASING FRENCH GREDITS | FOR MARTINIIUE Wiil Be Used for Needed Supplies for French Island Colony Washington, Nov 14--(AP)--A Martinique ancuntement that "good relaticns" had been consoli- dated with the United States and the simultaneous renorts liere that some French credits had been "un- frozen" for the island colony's benefit were interpreted today as signs of lessening tension in the Carribean, There has been speculation over the future of the French colony ever since the defeat of France. It has mounted in recent weeks with American naval forces manoeuvring in the vicinity of the Island and other fleet units operating near the recently-acquired base site at British St. Lucia, less than 25 miles away. The successful negotiations for the establishment of friendly con- tacts between American authorities in Martinique and the colonial government were announced last night at Fort De France, the is- land's capital, and informally con- firmed here. A State Department official sald the understanding would make possible a solution of any problems which have arisen, After the understanding was dis- closed, authoritative reports here said that some of the "frozen" French credits would be released to enable Martinique to purchase needed supplies. Rear-Admiral John W. Green- slade, senior member of the hoard surveying sites for naval bages made available by Great Britain in exchange for American destroyers, conducted the "on-the-spot" nego- tiations at Martinique. The amount of French credits amde available was not disciosed, but it was indicated that the fy amount sought by the colony had been released, The funds were needed to buy flour, zacoline and other commodities. Martinique's satisfaction with the negotiations was expressed in a Beef Calf Clubs were guests cf the | November | Course at the | Lockle, | Keith | Richardson, | communique issued there. It was viewed here as being aime! primar- fly gt reassuring the Martinique 2onulation regarding the presence of nearby United States warships. The French aircraft - carrier, Bearn, has been at Martinique ever since she put in there with a cargo sf more than 100 United States warplanes after her attemot to rush them to France was interrupt- cd by that republic's collapse last June. A cruiser and some smaller naval craft also have dropped an- chor there. FORTUNE HUNTING FAMILY CONVICTED OF FRAUD NOVES Tried to Get $20,000,000 Fortune by Falsifying Family Bible Philadelphia, Nov.--(AP)--A con- | spiracy by which a family group hoped to wrest a $20,000,000 fortune | from 20,000 other claimants was | crushed under a jury's verdict to- | day--with six defendants facing | possible sentences of 20 to 110 | years. | JYsaaz Newton Sheaffer, Newark, Del, interior decorator, and five | kinsfolk were convicted yesterday of falsifying lamily-Bihle records to support a contention that they | were the rightful heirs of the late Mrs. Henrietta E. Garrett. Thus ended another sensational chapter in a world-wide fight for the millions her Qual:er-husband, Walter, built with snuff at the turn cf the century and left to her with the admonition not to "let the scalawags get any of it." But the widow, who spent her | declining years alone with her pets and servants, failed to heed his ad- vice. When she di2d childless 10 years ago, she had bequeathed only a paltry part of the ever-growing fortune. Then pegan one of the greatest | treasure hunts in modern history. | Claims poured in from virtually ev ry state in the United States foreign lands Even the | | | and many tate--by escheat. Court hearings ware begun two years ago. Sheaffer based his claim on his | state of Pennsylvania seeks the es- | | | contention that he was an illegiti- | | nate son of Mrs. Garrett--born be- | fore her marriage to the snuff | manufacturer. Concisted with him | were a cousin, Samuel Miller, | Wormleysburg, Pa.; and four sis- ters, Grace Sheaffer. Penfield, Pa.; Mrs. Ellen M. Sheaffer Taylor, Penfield; Mrs. Mary I. Sheaffer Eckman, Bryn Mawr, Pa, and Mrs Ida Elizabeth Sheaffer Gassner, Glenside. Isaac and Grace Sheaffer each i arc liable to possible maximum sen- tencas of 110 years; Miller, 20 years, and the others, 90 years each. All have been released in bail pending moticn for a new trial. RUMANIAN CHIEF VISITS MUSSOLIN Reception Rome -- Given Warm on Arrival in Sees Ciano Rome, Nov. 14 --(AP)--Gen. Ion Antonescu, Rumanian chief of state, arrived in Rome today. pre- sumably to cement his nation's newly-professed friendship with the Axis powers, and received a warm welcome from Mussolini The Duce and Foreign Minister Ciano headed a delegation of high | Italian officials who greeted An- tonescu at the station. The Rumanian statesman. who was accompanied by his foreign minister, Prince Constin Sturza, later was escorted through .the streets gaily decorated with Italian and Rumanian flags. The visitors were taken, first to the Villa Madama, the government guest house, where they will stay while in Rome. The Italian press attached great import. "to the fact that Anton- pores selected Rome for his first visit outside the country since he came into power following King Carol's abdication last Sept. 6. The Rumanian premier faced a busy day, including an andience and luncheon with King Emanuel and conferences with Mussolini and Clano. SHAREHOLDERS IN ABITIBI COMPANY PRESENT VIEWS A. G. Slaght, K.C., Scores Attitude Taken by Firm's | Bond Holders Toronto, Nov. 14 (CP)-- Views of preferred sharenolders and uasecur- ed creditors were before the Mc- Tague Royal Commission investigat- ing the affairs. of the bankrupt Abitibi Power and Paper Company, Limited, as the commission hearing, | ordered by the Ontario government, | centinued today. Arthur G. Slaght, representing the protective committee of 'preferred ! shareholders, and W. Kaspar Fraser, | 1epresenting unsecured creditors, appearcd yesterday and presented arguments on behalf of their re- | spective groups. | Mr. Fraser said that in 1937 when the company was in poorer condi~ tion than at present, bondholders | had proposed payment of $800,000 to | unsecured creditors and now, under | bondholders' plans, no provision was | made for creditors' clains. i Mr. Slaght attacked the Bond- holders' Protective Committee bid of $30,000,000 for the assets of the | Abitibi company at a recently abort. | ive sale, | "At a time when Canada i: swing- ing from peacetime to wartime status, this group of bondholders tried to buy the physical assets of | the company for $30,000,000. We fig- | ure the assets to be worth at least | $100,000,000." \ Mr. Slaght said every industry is | being asked at the present time to | contribute to the war effort. 'Labor has responded splendidly,.as has in- dustry. And this is the time taken by these bondholders to eell the company's ascets to themselves, take away the shareholders' equity and wipe out about $750,000 in claims of unsecured creditors, "They chose this of all times to try and sweep away the savings of the shareholders. It is something which, if we did not know it had been attempted, we would have said was unthinkable under the circum- | stances." | Mr. Slaght sald the bondhloders | had refused to consider anything but foreclosure. "They have even re=- frained from taking part in the pro- ceedings of this commission." He added that there was a unan- imity of thought in Ontario that there could be some plan of re-or- ganization less "cruel" than that of foreclosure, The Royal Commis- sion investigating the company was not political--was not the creature of any party or clique. Mr. Slaght proposed that any re- organization should provide for jun- ior security holders, subject to the rights of bondholders, provide an equitable division among junior se- curity holders, payment in full of secured creditors and control of the company by a bondholders' board with representation of preferred and common shareholders. HALIBURTON AREA HUNTING IS GOO 300-Lb. Bear, Large Buck in Week-End Bag of Hunters Near Lindsay Lindsay, Nov. 14--Reports of fine hunting still continue to reach Lind- say, particularly from the Gooder- ham area in Haliburton County, where several good bags have been made. John Spencer, of Kinmount, shot a 300-pound bear over the week-end, while another member of his com- pany brought down a fine buck, A report from Gooderham states that Pte. Merle Pickens, of Toronto, home on leave, shot the largest five- year-old buck ever seen in that dis- trict, while Reeve William Maxwell, of .the same village, also shot a large doe. Moose are very plentiful, though it is not an open season for bulls, Another party from Lindsay re- turned after spending a week at Elephant Lake, in the northeast sec- tion of Haliburton, each member having secured his quota for the dirty, overcast sky. BRITISH SECRET | 600 Rush Air Training In New Kingston School Kingston, Nov. 14, -- The un- bounded enthusiasm that built a complete airport here in 100 days is now matched by the eagerness dis- played by the 600-odd s'udents and pilot-instructors who swarm over one of this country's latest major aviation centres, anot:er link in the series of Service Flying Train- ing Schools now nearing comple- Often unmindful of the cold, stinging rain whipped across the landing field by a gale-like wind, the youthful students scurry from |. their cosy dressing quarters beside the huge hangars, climb :nto the front cockpits of the fast training planes, and, with instructors in the rear, take off to disappear in a Rain or shine, it is an unending procession, up and down, with only time out to change crews and allow the service men to refuel the gaso- line tanks. The men are learning to fly, and seem as if they can not do it quickly enough. The thirty-one major buildings that comprise the project represent a construction achievement of no mean magnitude, Each is set on a concrete foundation, and is of frame construction, with patented wallboard interiors and British Co- lumbia shingles covering the out- cides and roofs. The aangars are 11 heated to 60 d2grees from a cen- tral boilerhouse. The heat for the other structures is furnished by contained units. Actually the project was com- pleted Oct. 1 a5 far as the original nlans were concerned. Sinee then however, additions and mainten- ance have kent a large carpenter crew busy eight hours a day. The clectrical contractors have still some work to do to finish the re- quirements for night flying. | and persons must have permits Extra precau= tions are taken inside the hangar area where guard" patrol ceaselessly. The entrance is heavily guarded seeking admission a special "security Squadron Leader Douglas Gordon is the officer commanding the camp with Flying Officer J. R. Lowery as Adjutant, The Chief Flying In- structor is Flight Lieut. R. V. Pattie son. charge of "A" Flight and Flying Officer Robert Rendle comma Flight Lieut D. Sloan has 'B" Flight. : In the few off moments the stu- dents have, they prevare for ex- aminations or assist in the unpack- ing and installation of thousands of pieces of equipment that are arriv- ing daily. The photographic equipment and other technical apparatus has not been completely set up. Facilities for the teaching of hlind flying are rapidly being assembled so that in. struction may begin as soon as pos- sible, 2 The entire airport is designed to serve as a finishing 8chocl for the airmen who have learned the ele- mentary and secondary stages of war flying at any of the many pri- mary schools spread across Canfida. Fast planes and heavy bombers comprise the air strength of the | unit and represent a marked step upward in the progress of a pilot. Particular attention is to be given the teaching of night and blind fly- ing. A short distance from the air- port, officials have laid out a bomb- ing practice area and a number of emergency landing fields are under construction throughout the dis- trict. Only one item has been overlook- ed, according to the youthful aire men. They have no mascot. OVER RAID NEWS 10 BAFFLENAZIS Make Announcements Vague to Avoid Giving Germans Assistance By HAROLD FAIR, Canadian Press Staff Writer. London, Nov. 13. (CP)~--Britain has definite and sound reasons for | making reports of damage by Ger- man air raids vague, Home Se- curity Minister Herbert Morrison | and Sir Archibald Sinclair, Secre- | tary of State for Alr, said in a joint statement. The idea is to keep the | enemy guessing. | Newspapermen trying to send out a well-rounded picture of the raids may chafe at censorship which de- letes names of towns--even if the Germans specify they raided those | towns. But there's a reason for the censor's action. daylight in clear weather on a place | which the enemy cannot fail to re- cognize it can be mentioned. At night, however, or in poor weather or even in clear daylight but at a | point far from the German base the enemy frequently does not know where he has been. If the British authorities told him, the informa- | tion would be a good test for his | navigation methods and help in| future. Regarding mention of places re- ferred to by the Germans, the Ministers said sometimes the Ger- man announcements are correct but often they are wrong. Even when correct they may be no more than good guesses. The Nazis often mention places to try out a system of getting confirmation and denials from the British. Similarly particulars of damage are kept vague because otherwise it would tell the Germans too much about the success or failure of their various bombs and bombing meth- Xion of a raid on London is permitted because the Germans can hardly fail to know they are over the metropolis, even at night, but they often make big mistakes about where they are in other parts of the country. Generally, these raids elsewhere are classified according to districts--the Midlands, South- west, Merseyside for example. Publication of a daily 'casualty total also comes under the ban, Taken with other facts in the enemy's possession, this might tell {a good deal about the amount of damage done or the targets hit. In general, the government takes the view that the enemy knows less about the result of his raids than he would like. The thing is like a jig-saw puzzle--all sorts of little scraps when fitted into place complete the picture. 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