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Canada on Guard From Icy| North to Semi-Tropics {the PAGE TW¢ THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1940 Review of Troop Move- metits' Shows Maple Leaf Prominent in Many By FRANK FLAHERTY Canadian Press Staff Writer Otta Dec. 16 -- (CP). -- Along ty, * wind-swept coasts "of | Jeeland, on sunny beaches in the West Indies, around a giant air- port in Newfoundland and in the bomb-torn fields and cities of Great Britain, Canadian troops stood watch during 1940. | i It was & year of travel, if not of i fighting, for Canada's small, but growing overseas army. The for- | tunes of war deprived Canadian soldiers of a chance to engage the enemy in battle although a few of them came close to it as France " tottered to its tragic fall. When the 1st Canadian Division went to England just before the start of 1940 the expectation was it would go on to a place on the fighting front in France after a period of training. A winter of quietness followed by the German blitzkrieg put an end to that and the 1st Division became an impor- tant. cog in the defence machine set up to repel an anticipated in- vasion of the British isles. When the Nazi forces took the offensive in the spring, first on neutral Denmark and Norway, then on France by way of neutral Bel- glum and Holland, Canada's 1st Division was ready for action. Ordered to Norway Two battalions, the Princess Pa- tricia's Canadian Light Infantry and the Edmonton Regiment were detached to form part of a Brit- ish force it was proposed to send against the Norwegian port of Trondheim. These units moved out of Aldershot Camp to a Scottish port and were ready to sail when plans for the expedition were . abandoned. Later as the Germans drove through the low countries and into France Canadian troops were sev- eral times on the point of em- barking for the scene of hostilities | but did not move until towards the end when the 48th Highlanders of Toronto set out in advance of a cross-channel Canadian movement. That unit actually landed in France and travelled some dis- tance inland when orders came for a retreat. They got back to the coast, boarded ship and returned to England without contact with the enemy. In the dark days which followed as the British Expeditionary force came home from Dunkerque with- out its equipment, the Canadian Division, equipped and trained to good fighting form was on the alert for a German attempt to land troops. While the British army strained to make up for the losses suffered in the retreat from France the Canadian Division along with other forces in the British Isles consti- tuted the land defence force which would have been thrown against an invasion. Comparatively early in the war Canada sent troops to the West Indies to relieve British garrison troops for duty elsewhere. Canadian troops were despatch- ed to Newfoundland when the dan- ger of leaving that outpost of North America with its modern airport undefended became acute. In the occupation of Iceland Canada shared the burden of gar- rison duty with Great Britain. Boon after Denmark, allied to Ice- Jand through a common king, was occupied by the Germans, a Brit- ish-Canadian expeditionary force landed on the island to make sure the enemy would not attempt to use it either for the further encircle- ment of the British Isles or as a stepping-stone to Canada. The number and character of the troops placed in Iceland was never disclosed. Although changes have been made it is believed some Canadians are still there. Prepared For Defence 'The occupying troops spread themselves out and prepared the Island for a defence, setting up coastal defence and anti-aircraft guns and lookouts. They pitched their tents on the volcanic rock in lonely. parts of the coast and later built huts: for themselves. Throughout the year the enlarge-. ment, training and equipping of the forces in England went on. The arrival of the 1st Division was fol- lowed by the despatch of ancillary and the decision to establish 4 roe a nadian army corps was an- nounced. By midsummer units of the 2nd Division had arrived and Lt.-Gen. A.'G. L. McNaughton was given command of an army corps which included the 1st Division and an- | other Empire division. The moves . ment of the 2nd Division under ' the command of Maj.-Gen. Vietor Odlum to the British Isles: was completed by early autun the entry of that divisionfinto the | tained by the Ist D WAR GRAVE] IN FRANCE rate surveys will ; eventually g", says an offl- Bullet Passes Over Woman Washing Floor Peterborough, Dec. 16 -- Death came within' inches of a Peterbor- ough woman as she was engaged in the usually safe occupation of scrub- ing a floor. A carelessly aimed bullet from a 22 calibre rifle smashed a window in the bathroom of the home of Clarence Sedore and embedded it- self in the wall of a hallway. Mrs. A. Wood, who was on her hands and knees washing the floor outside the open doorway of the bathroom was showered with broken glass. It was thought at first the window had been shatter- ed by a pellett from an air rifle, but when police investigated the shoot- ing they found the bullet in the wall, Police believe the bullet was fired by a 14-year-old boy in the neigh- borhood who had discharged a small calibre rifle from a nearby roof in line with the window. DUKE OF WINDSOR AND PRESIDENT DISCUSSED BASES Duke Indicates He Plans Visit to C.C.C. Camps in U. S. Miami, Fla. Dec. 16--The Duke of Windsor discussed United States naval bases in the West Indies with President Roosevelt today after a dramatic flight in a navy plane to an undisclosed spot in the Carib- bean Sea, Aboard the cruiser Tuscaloosa, on which the President is making a two weeks' inspection tour of de- fense bases, including the naval and air stations leased from Great Brit- ain, the Duke and Mr. Roosevelt talked for an hour and a half. Then | they lunched together. | "I visited the President in my | capacity as Governor of the Ba- hamas," said the Duke, revealing that the meeting was planned be- fore he brought the Duchess here for a major dental operation. "We discussed naval bases in the whole of the West Indies," he con- tinued. "We also talked about the | economic future of the West Indies and how America might co-operate with Great Britain in their develop- ment." Not until the Duke returned to Miami was it learned definitely he had met the President for the first time in twenty-one years. During his 7-hour-and-35-minute absence there was no public information about the flight. The Duke said all talk about the international situation was 'very general." He declared he 'could make no comment on a rumor that he is to become British Ambassador to the United States. Reliable sources in London ex- pressed doubt the rendezvous in- volved any chance that the Duke might succeed the Marquess of Lo- thian as Ambassador to the United States. They indicated the meeting was arranged before Lord Lothian"s death Thursday. The Duke said he asked the Presi- dent "if after New Year's he could make arrangements for me to visit C.C.C. camps." He indicated the re- ply was a cordial invitation, and he "wouldn't be surprised" if he makes the inspection. CNR. PLANS NEW BELLEVILLE PLANT Will Manufacture 'Frogs' and Switches for 8,000 Miles of Track Belleville, Dec. 16, -- Providing work for scores of local men, a new plant for manufacture of "frogs" and switches for the Canadian Na- tional Railway will be built here im- mediately, The plant will service over 8,000 miles of railway in the central region, comprising the area between Mont Joli, Quebec, and Armstrong, Ontario. The new building will be 160 feet long and 50 feet wide, and will be grec Just" east of the present C.N.R. round-house, It will consist of & cement foundation with steel @mework and brick walls, and will be' ready for ' operation within six The work to be done in the new ie Vt ag been done in plants at St. , Quebec, and Leaside, Since these plants-have been devoted to war work it was found advisable to construct a new plant,' Railway of- ficials "declared * yesterday, however, the Belleville plant will not pro- duce war materials. = It is expected that nearly thirty skilled mechanics and their families will be brought from St. Malo when the plant be- gins operation, but many more workmen will be required. . The new industry: will. be of a permanent nature, officials said. Ww. 5 YEARS AGO TO-DAY : The Canadian Press) g Dee. 16, 1915--British troops re. pulsed German atfack- north of Loos on the Western Front, French artillery blasted enemy positions in the Aisne Valley and Woevre sec- tors. 'In' the 'Gp, 'a Russian force drove a Kurd detachment into the mountains at Lake Van. * aie Fine New Hotel for Canada's Capital Ta rT Fa br BR The new modern hotel now being built on Elgin Street, in the heart of Canada's Capital City, by the Ford Hotels Company of Ottawa, will look like this on co 1st, 1941. The new hotel will fill a long felt need in The name "Lord Elgin" has been selected for the structure, after consideration of a mumber of suggestion by the Ottawa Civic Industrial and Publicity Commit-tee in consultation with the sponsoring Company, letion. The opening date has been set for June National Capital. The estimated cost is $1,300,000. It is the first of the Ford chain of hotels in Toronto, Montreal, Rochester, Buffalo, and Erie, Penn. not to carry the name "Ford", The design and construction plans for the hotel have been adopted to conform with the central Ottawa beautification scheme and the architecture of the government buildings in the area, and is to be entirely faced with Canadian limestone. It will be of fire-proof 4 41 Sai and ap- proximately 500 guest rooms, each room to be equippedwith private bath and radio. BIG AIR PLAN 1S PRODUCING ASYEARENIS Canadian Airmen Al- ready in Planes Over Britain By FRANK FLAHERTY Canadian Press Staff Writer Ottawa, Dec. 18--(CP).--Canada's wartime university of the air be- | came a year old today. On this date a year ago a big idea was translated into a legal document and today the idea is em- boied in training schools; fighting airmen, aircraft, guns, barracks and | technical knowledge crammed into the heads of thousands of young men. The British Commonwealth Air Training Plan is hitting its stride a year after Prime Minister Mac- kenzie King announced an agree- ment between the governments of Great Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand to co-operate in centralizing in. Canada a joint scheme for training the youth of the Empire in air warfare. As the first anniversary rolled around an undisclosed number of pilots, air observers and air gun- ners trained in the schools estab- lished under the Plan are fighting in the battle of Britain or are on the sidelines waiting to get in. More are preparing to follow over- seas each month in increasing numbers. According to Air Ministry fig- ures 48 out of 83 schools contem- plated in the plan now are operat- ing or due to open before the year's end. The original plan called for the opening of 33 by that date but it was found desirable to speed things up when the German army mopped up Western Europe last spring and summer. Of the 48, 35 are flying schools. Others are for the schooling of peo- ple to assist in training of the flying men--armorers, storekeepers, accountants, administrative officers, inspectors, aeronautical engineers, motor mechanics, air-frame mech- enics and others. Canada's Responsibility The agreement between the four Empire governments placed on Canada and the Royal Canadian Air Force the responsibility of set- ting up the training plan and oper- ating it. Canada was to provide about 80 per cent of the pupils in addition to practically all the oper- ating and training staff, The first task was to get the physical properties, flying fields, buildings, aircraft. 'That process started last autumn. The German progress in the west complicated the problem of obtaining aircraft. Canada could no longer rely on Great Britain to furnish planes in ine numbers originally contemplat- ed. This, together with the necessity of speeding up the output of air- crews, left the Canadian adminis- Arators of the plan with a problem which is not yet wholly solved. Pur- chases in the United States and a drive for increased plane produc- tion in Canada were the methods used to meet a plan shortage but Alr Minister C. G. Power has yet to express complete satisfaction with the supply of aircraft. Co-incident with establishment of schools and the securing of training facilities the Air Force had to enlist and train instructors, ad- ministrative personnel and mech- anics. Schools were set up for this purpose the largest being the tech- nical training school at St. Thomas, Ont. Initial 'Training Schools Actual training of ajrcrew per- sonnel under the plan started April' 20, 1940, at the first initial train- ing school at the Eglinton Hunt Club property in Toronto, The men who went into that school with the first class and completed all stages of training now are overseas. A se- cond initial training school has BRITISH GOVERNMENT GETS 2,500,000 APPLICATIONS FOR EVACUATION TO CANADA Movement of Children to | Be Resumed in Spring, Official States Edmonton, Dec. 16--More than 2,500,000 applications have been re- | ceived by the British Government | for evacuation of children to Can- ada and the government has every intention of continuing the move- ment in the spring, it was staed by R. Keith Jopson of London, rep- resentative in Canada for the Chil- dren's Overseas Reception Board, in an interview here. * Mr. Jopson, laison officer be- tween the British and Canadian Governments on child placement, is on a trip across Canada estab- lishing personal contact with pro- vincial child welfare superintend- children's aid societies and the "guest" ents, calling on some of children, Some 24,000 British children have passed their final tests to be evac- uated under the overseas scheme and fully 76 per cent of these would be for Canada, sald Mr. Jop- son, The British Government aban- doned the movement of children to Canada following the sinking of the City of Benares by a German submarine last fall, Mr. Jopson said suspension of the movement was not due to the tor- pedoing but because it was inad- visable to continue the movement under winter -conditions, So far 1532 British children haa been placed in Canadian homes. Mr. Jopscon said that "in general the children are extremely happy." since been opened at Regina and a third is booked for Montreal. In these schools the airmen get pre- liminary ground instruction. The pupils are divided into pilots, alr gunners and alr observers on completing the initial training stage. For pilots the next step is the elementary flying training school of which 16 out of a projected 26 are operating or will be by the end of this month. The fal stage for pilots is in the service flying train- ing schools of which eight out of 16 are open or due to open by the end of the year. In addition pilots get a short course in bombing and gunner schools of which three out of 10 are due to be open by the end of the year. Four out of 10 projected air ob- servers schools are billed for opera- tion by the year-end. Here the air observers get most of their train- ing. They also attend the bombing and gunnery schools and the air navigation schools of which one out of two projected is in operation. The alr gunners who are also wireless operators spend the bulk of their time in wireless schools of which two of four projected are operating. They also attend bomb- ing and gunnery schools. ; Partially trained British, Austra- lian and New Zealand airmen are already in Canada completing their courses in the schools of the plan, In addition a number of wholly British service flying training schools are operating in Canada, transferred here because flying for training purposes has become less practicable in a zone of air com- bat and air raiding. They are sep- arate from the plan. Speaking in the House of Com- mons recently Mr. Power said on Nov. 12 there were 7,227 aircrew personnel in training and that in October 1,900 men had been enlist- ed for aircrew duties. These figures will increase each month if the plan pursues its des- tined course, as more schools be- come available for training more men. Mr. Power said nothing about the number of trained aircrew men turned out. That, according to the present of- ficial view, is something for the enemy to find out if he can. The Air Force will not say except in terms of more planes in the air in the war zone. BREAK FOR JURYMEN London, (CP) -- Legal tradition was broken when Justice Tucker permitted a murder trial jury to disperse and go home for the night as bombing possibilities made {t unwise tc keep them locked up, PIGS FOR FINLAND Stockholm, (CP) -- As a relief measure for the livestock farmers of the Finnish Karellan districts, disorganized by War a year ago, (RASHES REAR OF HALTED BUS DIES INSTANTLY Wooler Motorist Killed Near Belleville in Sleet Storm Belleville, Dec, 16. -- One person was killed and one admitted to Bel- leville Hospital in three accidents in this area during a driving sleet storm. Maynard Sharpe, 47, of Wooler, was almost instantly killed when his car crashed into the rear end of a Rathburn bus from Trenton that had stopped four miles west of Bel- leville on Highway 2 to discharge 'a passenger. The pavement was sleet-coated and visibility poor at the time. An inquest has been or- dered. Mrs. George White, R.R. 1, Corby- ville, suffered a possible dislocated hip when struck by a car in Belle- ville. She was admitted to hospital. In a third crash, at Holloway vil- lage, extensive property damage was caused three vehicles, but no one was injured. A truck skidded on icy pavement into a parked car, which was knocked against a second park- ed car. The truck was extensively damaged. Herman Goldinson, Toronto, crashed into a cow on the Foxboro road during the storm. The car was badly wrecked and the cow wi killed, . P. LAYTON ISHADE JUDGE Ottawa, Dec, 16--C. P. Plaxton, senior counsel in the Department of Justice has been appointed a Judge of the Ontario Supreme Court. Sev- eral other judicial appointments were approved by the Cabinet, in- cluding a Judge for the Essex Coun- ty Court. Mr. Plaxton ranks second only to 'Deputy Minister W. S. Edwards in the Department of Justice, and is considered the department's ranking authority on constitutional law. He has represented the Dominion many times in hearings before the Privy Council and was one of the counsel 'on the Labrador boundary dispute. Mr. Plaxton's father was a leading Toronto lawyer and his mother still resides in Teronto. Mr. Plaxton takes the place of the late Mr. Justice Nicol Jeffrey in the Sweden sent 2,200 live pigs to re- plenish the stock, ; eb ing trial division, BROADSIDE SINKS GERMAN TANKER AFTER FIRE SET Tanker Rhein Sunk by British Cruiser After Scuttling Begun Key West, Fla.,, Dec.--16--A Uni- ted States naval officer said that shots fired broadside into the Ger- man tanker Rhein by the British cruiser Caradoc sank the tanker after she had been burning for more than fifteen hours. He was aboard the destroyer Mac- Leish of the United States Key West neutrality patrol. Officers and crew of the destroyer witnessed the capture of the tanker and the at- tempted scuttling by her German crew. His account was the first eye- witness description of the incident. (This was the first report of the sinking of the Rhein, the capture of which, disclosed in Washington, was confirmed by the British Ad- miralty. However, the Admiralty report said the crew of the Nether- lands warship Van Kingshergen had extinguished the fire on the Rhein and averted its sinking.) Here is the account as given by the officer: "The Rhein was fired by her crew about 1:30 a.m. Wednesday, well within the American neutrality zone. (The exact spot was not re- vealed). "When the MacLeish arrived at the scene the Dutch training ship Van Kinsbergen, which is slightly larger than a destroyer, was in close pursuit of the tanker. "Suddenly flames shot up from forward and stern and the German ship was a blazing inferno. Life boats were lowered and the crew abandoned ship. "The Dutch crew did not board the Rhein until after she had been fired. They did not remain aboard long as they realized that it was impossible to extinguish the fire. "The crewmen of the Rhein were removed from their lifeboats by Dutch sailors and taken aboard the Van Kinsbergen. Later they were transferred to the British cruiser Caradoc as prisoners, The Caradoc did not arrive until the tanker was aflame "Upon reaching the scene, the British warship circled boats in the immediate area, playing flashlights on them to learn their identity. "Lifeboats abandoned by the Ger- mans were destroyed by members of the MacLeish"s crew because of their peril to navigation. "United States destroyers follow- ed the Rhein and the German ship Idarwald from the time they left Tampico, Mexico, in an unsuccessful attempt to run the British block- ade." The officer sald no attack was made on the Rhein and added that she was scuttled by her own crew. "The German ship certainly was a beautiful vessel" he declared. "It was some sight to see her in flames | with the crew fleeing to safety over her sides and In lifeboats and later being taken prisoners." MANY PRISONERS MAY TRY ESCAPE BUT FEW EMERGE Winter of Discontent But Guards are Espec- ially Alert By KEN CLARK Canadian Press Staff Writer Ottawa, Dec. 168 -- (CP), -- The dangerous game of trying to escape and preventing escapes from Can- ada's internment camps keeps guards and prisoners continually on the alert and the onset of win= ter weather offers advantages and disadvantages to both sides. The snow makes tracking easier. But the freezing of lakes and rivers provides natural bridges across the country. At the same time freezing of the ground makes prisoners' ef- forts to tunnel their way out to their enclosures more difficult. Prisoners, according to authorita- tive sources are continually tun- nelling in the various camps that Canada has established for prison- ers of war, civillans and fighting men captured in the British Isles and brought to the Dominion for safe keeping. Continually the tun- nels are discovered. The mechanical ingenuity of the prisoners is a cause for admiration on the part of their guards who say the men are expert lock pickers. They are so good at opening locks that the system of leaving all tool sheds unlocked but closely inspect- ed by guards, has been adopted. Locks just wouldn't keep some of the prisoners out of the tool shed if they really wanted to get in. Matter of Honor There is no military regulation which demands that a prisoner of war attempt to escape but offi- clals explain it is considered a mat- ter of honor, In addition an escape or an attempted escape is consider- ed good evidence for sincerity be- fore their own military courts of inquiry which consider all cases of men being taken prisoner. Aside from the possibility of be- ing shot in attempting to escape, the prisoner suffers little disad- vantage. He may be strictly con- fined for 28 days as a disciplinary measure. It is anticipated that with some thousands of prisoners in Canada with, to use the words of Defence Minister Ralston, "3¢ hours & day in which to plan escapes," there will be more attempts. But the situation of the camps, placed advisedly a considerable dis~ tance from the United States bor- der and for the most part in rug- ged wilderness country, is a factor against an escape attempt being successful, Long Way to Go Even if prisoners manage to get miles away from the camps the chances are they will be picked up before crossing the international horder and then there is always the case of Manuel Fischer, the prisoner who escaped from a north- western Ontario camp, reached In- ternational Falls, Minn., and event- ually was returned to camp any- way. Not long ago a prisoner making a dash for it was stopped when the sentry fired one warning shot. The prisoner immediately threw up his hands and went meekly back to the compound. Sentries, officials say, fire only a single warning shot. In the case of Ernst Neuller who was shot and killed when he at- tempted to rush a solitary guard scme miles away from a north- western Ontario camp, no warning shot was fired. Neuller was the only one of 18 who escaped to date and were not returned to confine- ment. y The most orthodox escape was staged by Gunther Lorentz who | walked out through a timbered tun- | nel. Two other prisoners put a cou- ple of planks beneath a truck, much as the story-book hoboes used to | put planks across the rods under | freight cars. Then they climbed | aboard the planlss and rode to brief freedom when the truck left the compound. Two others attending a football game were lightly buried by their comrades in a trench. When their | mates had returned to the com- | pound the two prisoners scrambled | out of their hiding places and made | off, only to be recaptured by a| search party. | Titled English Couple | Disagree On War End Portland, Ore., Sir Evelyn Wrench, publisher of | the London Spectator, predicted | today the European war would end ! by Easter, 1943. He told interviewers that a break in German morale, plus disturb- ances in Nazi-occupied countries, would bring a close to the war, Lady Wrench, whose brother {is commander-in-chlef of Great Brit- ain's home forces, differed with her husband on the war-ending date, predicting it would be over by this time next year. Sir Evelyn, former editor of the | Overseas Daily Mail and former assistant to Lord Northcliffe, said that England would like more mer- chant ships, more destroyers and more airplane engines. "But what we would like more than anything else would be to have American industry keyed up to a war-time pitch," he declared. Dec. 16--(CP)-- | | who delivered the va. | | Mulligan, Doris E. WARD) Eos AND Dip pul 10 GRADU Hugh Nasmitl Perry Lions for Outstandit Port * 1) pphy Port Perry, Dec. 16-- entation of prizes and diplomas annual commenceme Port Perry High 8 night. W. H. Moore, tario riding, presen diplomas, Hugh Nasmith was of the Lions Club pri standing student in class in'scholarship tivities. The present | (Bs made by H. G. Hutcheson; a » was the first occasion the LJ li been awarded. h h i The 1.O.D.E. schola est lower school .sta Marion Franklin, wi Harris making the p high school entranc(___® by the Board of ! #en presented by R. H. pal of the public sc were Eva Goode, Po and Verna Moase, | year's work, and &} Port Perry, and Dor Seagrave S.S. No. 17 Gordon Tetlow was pf the Strathcona trust onated , were princi- | for highest score in rif James W. Kerr, while 1 ictory ad- dress, was awarded t Digest prize by Samuel One feature of the exercises was the presentation of firstf aid certifi- cates to students of Gjrade XI, 24 in number who took a s in first aid last year in were awarded St. John Graduation diplomas{ 'were pre= sented to William T. Beghare, Olive H. Bond, Margaret R. Bgwes, M. Jean Crosier, Grace V. Demjiara, E. Louise Hall, Mina E. Dobson, J. Irene Mac- Donald, Ellwood Margyn, H. George urphy, Hugh . Ploughman, Grade X. All certificates. W. Nasmith, Luella Walter J. Sheridan Sonley. Intermediate certifijcates presented by M. A. Gerrow, Anderson, Ruth Bowes, Vera Bruce{ John Christie, Beth Diamond, Thjeresa Donnelly, Marion Franklin, ) Gladys Goode, Maude Griffen, Ralph Hansen, Wes- ley Johnson, Flor: Kerr, Lucille Mark, Helen McMillan, David Nas mith, Donald Nicholls, Owen Read- er, Robert Sherid4n, Norine Stewart, | Edna Samells, Mprgaret Symes. FIRST AID--MER FATHER! Manchester -- {(CP) -- After ag. ministering firstf aid to a 76-year= old man fatall hurt in a motor accident in a ackout, a woman discovered the fpatient wa® her father. ¢ | STOCKI WITH 0 Santa will be stocking up a lot of roll-your-owners with Ogden's this Christmas. As a gift, it's tops be- cause it makes milder, smoother, more mellow cigarettes, % Ib. tin 80# in a gaily coloured hristmas carton, FINE CUT CIGAR i NG UP H13 ETTE TOBACCO