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PUBLISHED Every Week Day Except Saturday. The EI Oshaua Daily Times PROBS Fair and a Little Milder ) Today and Thursday, = VOL. 27--NO. 119 OSHAWA, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1 340 Single copies 3c FOURTEEN PA( HOWE SAFE, HON. G. SCOTT LOST Aides Landed at British Po Minister, ITALIANS FLEE TO DERNA IN LIBY British African Offensive Gains Momentum Hon. Gordon Scott One of Seven Lost As Lifeboat Upsets When Being Pulled Up By Rescue Ship Blow at Italian Somaliland Seen As Start of New Offensive While mses As Lostuf living Rises During War Emergency Pressure in Libya Is Increased TONE WOMAN LOST Governinent "Orderdin- Council Calls | for Would Round Out Campaign '75 Prisoners Nicely By Isolating Bardia | Fast British Tank . Units Sweeping In Semi-Circle Around Threatened Italian Push Toward Bardia Begun Without Pause After Capture of Salum and Sub- sequent Mopping Up Sjperations -- Four Forts Taken Base -- Outer Ring of Defences Battered | | | Pr In Somaliland Fifty Italians Tans Killed in Border Raid From Kenya Colony South African Fliers Drop Two and One- Half Tons of Bombs in Foray y Natrobi, | (CP).--A. across the border maliland was reported today ya Colony, Dec, 18 essful" in a| * Cairo, Dec. 18 (CP) -- Italian troops are retreating to- | British communique. a Derna, ported today. 150 miles inside Libya, the Royal Air Force re- The R.A.F.:-bombed Derna last night, » CONTINUE "STRONG PRESSURE" Lond ob ec. : that : :British ffpops are continuing to exert gn of the Port of Bardia in the drive into Libya | in the' direc gz the British position, these sources said, pd he Italian base at Bardia, the operations started at Sidi Barrani." iblans for the action of Bardia were not discussed The port was described as not as good as that pr ever. 18 (CP) -- Military circles report today ! quantities of stores and ammuni- "strong pressure' "If we | "it would round off | x recapture of which was announced earlier this week. oe seping Around Bardia ¢."18 (AP).--Fast British are sweeping in a semi- cise Sp Italy's epgtern Libyan at' Bardia battering at its outer ring of defences and threat- ening to cu Off the escape of Italian trcopswho retreated, there from Egypt, adyices from the front sald today. S While the meghanized spearheads (Centinued Page 2, Col. 1) MANNHEIM AGAIN TARGET OF RAF, DESPITE WEATHER ChannellPorts and Air- dromes Also Heavily ou . 18 (CP)--The Royal the second successive industrial targets at rmany, on the Rhine, | German-held channel omes, the air min- today. were carried out de- London, Air Force 10r night attacke Mannheim, s apparently her in weeks, after a y. The air ministry and ministry of Rome security commun- ique said tersely: "There is nothing to revort." Southwest German cities have been targets of British planes three times in the 'past six nights and heavy damage has been reported at Mannheim. Meanwhile Britain said officially she could not win the war until the - British army had "struck and struck deep into the Axis countries." The blockade, a% try of in- (Continued on 2, Col. 4 - Revolt Grows In Abyssinia London, Des. 18 (CP).--The re-| volt in Ethiopia against the Itali- | an forces of occupation "appears | to be making progress," Richard Butler, under-secretary for foreign | affairs, informed the House of] Commons today, i "Information as to conditions in! Abyssinia (Ethiopia) is naturally | difficult to obtain," Mr. Butler said, "but the movement of revolt against Italians appears to be mak- ing progress. "It is the policy of His Majesty's government to extend to Emperor Haile Selassie, as well as to all ele- ments with Abyssinia willing to bear as'ms against the enemy, all possib'® assistance in their fight for freedom." . Fifty Italians:were killed and at | least 25 Italians, including officers, | and 50 colonial infantry men were | taken prisoner, the announcement | said. Guns, machine-guns and large | tion also were seized, it added. British casualties were described (Continued on ined on Page 2, Col. 6) GREEKS SEEKING TO OUTFLANK FOE INTWO DISTRICTS President Roosevelt Would Loan All Needed War Goods To Britain for 'Duration' Move Believed Succeed- ing Around Palermo and Tepeleni Athens, Dec. 18.--(AP)--Greek advance columns were reported | flanking Palermo and Tepeleni on | | the southern Albanian front today. i while other troops mopped up snowbound Italian strong-points in | the: mountains above Pogradetz in | the north. Palermo and Tepeleni guard roads leading north along the coast to the important supply port of Valona, and forts north and west of Pogradetz are sentinels along the road to the Albanian capital, Tirana, from the Yugoeslav frontier. The Greek high command said today the Italians were being driv- en back toward the town of Kli- sura, 10 miles east of Tepeleni, in what apparently was a Greek en- circling movement while other (Continued on Page 2,.Col. 6) R.C.A.F. Men With Defective Vision Permanently Grounded By GLADYS ARNOLD (Canadian Press Staff Writer) Ottawa, Dec, 18 (CP).--Men with defective vision who managed to enlist in the Royal Canadian Air Force can take it for granted they'll spend their time on the ground, Group Capt. R. W. Ryan said to- day. Group Capt. Ryan, brought to Canada from England to organize the R.C.AF.s new medical service, sald perfect vision is one of the prime requisites to air service. He didn't think much of reports that tests at Fort Sill, Okla, have proven coler blind men can se: through camouflage better than men with normal vision. He said he had sufficient authentic evi- dence to convince him that wasn't S0. And as far as the air force is concerned, "color receptivity is vit- ally important te a pilot or air ob- server." "He must be able to distinguish colors perfectly," Group Captain Ryan said. "He has to be able to (Continued on Page 9, Col. 3) British raid | into Italian So- | Boosts When Living Costs Up Five Per Cent. Ottawa, Dec. 18. (CP)--The gov- in-council to | trous afterward." i | Labor Minister McLarty announc- | | ed passage of the order last night. | involves a system of "cost-of- | 1 It i living" bonuses instead of wage in- | creases as a means of protecting | workers from any sharp rise in the | cost Of EESTONS- -- "It is confidently expected that | the principles and measures em- | ! pedied in the order will be accept- ed by employees and employers in a co-operative spirit . . . And that such acceptance and co-operation | zhould have a full measure of pub- | (Continued on Page 9, Col. 2) | Britain Compensates All Bomb Cas Casualties | London, Dec. 18.--Britain pledged | ed explosion, | compensation for all her adult citizens killed or injured * 'as | a result of enemy action." today exchequer, announced in the house | 8¥ay, and awakened residents for | of commons that the plan would | Plocks around = When firemen ar- apply to injuries already incurred | rived, flames were shooting 100 feet | end that increased rates would be | | payable from Dec, 24 on. IN MONTREAL FIRE ernment has taken action by order- | "stop the vicious spiral | | of wages and. prices which is detri- | mental during the war and disas- ' | wreckage of a bullding destroyed [oy "rive" Which ToWEWRESRT: §istari- | ous explosion here early today, | parently was suffocated by smoke, | | | iginated | Sir Kingsley Wood, chancellor of | Pulldings, blew debris two blocks AS FLATS BURNED Following Mysterious Explosion in East End Five in Hospital Montreal, Dez. 18 body of Mrs. T. G. Roy, 63, was found today in the smouldering Police sald Mrs. Roy, who ap- was the only person unaccounted | | fer after the early morning fire | which gutted ten dwellings in | three buildings in Montreal's east | end. Checking of survivors had been hampered when they scattered for shelter in near-zero weather. Five other persons including one fireman, were in hospital with burns and injuries suffered in the blaze, which was brought under control four hours after unexplain- The blast, in the centre which apparently or- of three (CP) --THe | Loss of Soll Shocks Ottawa HON. GORDON SCOTT Former Quebec Treas- into the air, The second and third (Continued on Page 9, Col. 1) Suggests Brit Britain Re- | pay "In Kind" When | War Over -- Empha- sizes That Flan Re- { moves Dollar Sign From Aid for Britain Washington, Dec. 18 (AP) -- An unprecedented plan for backing Bri- tain to the limit, without consider- ing the dollar signs on the bill, went to the United States today with Pre- sident Roosevelt's pronouncement that the best immediate defence of the United States was the success of Great Britain in defending herself, Sh#uld a "short-of-war" program of this broad character be adopted, an authoritative source predicted, the United States would buy and send to Britain at least $2,500,000,- 000 worth of tanks, airplanes and other munitions 'before the end of the war. With victory, arrangements would be made for repayment of this help "in kind" under a gentleman's agreement bétween the two count- ries. President Roosevelt devoted most of a 50-minute press conference yesterday to describing the plan--a brand new idea, he termed it--and made it clear that it was one of sev- eral now being explored. The president, in response to questions, said the plan would not carry the United States closer to war from a legalistic viewpoint. He (Continued on Page 2, Col. 3) Selecting a seaplane base satisfac- | DUKE WILL HELP PICK NAVAL SITE FOR ROSEVELT Loaves Mismi For Bahamas With Duchess of Windsor Nascau, Bahamas, Dec. 18--(AP)-- tory to the United States will be one of the problems facing the Duke of Windsor when he picks up his duties as governor of the Bahamas after a cordial reception at Miami. The duke and the duchess, who recovered quickly from the major dental operation which necessitat- ed a Florida visit of eight days, were en route here today aboard Axel Wenner-Gren's yacht, the Southern Cross. Their arrival time was indefinite because of a planned stopover at West End, settlement on Great Ba- hama Isiand, A mission which looked over available sites soon after the United States traded 50 destroyers to Great Britain in return for air and naval] pases recommended Mayaguana ysland for the sea- Plans station planned for the Ba- am But when president Roosevelt saw urer Had Been Thought Safe Ottawa, British port that Hon. Gordon Scott of Montreal, financial adviser to 1nunitions Minister Howe, lost his | ment officials today. Previous official information re- the munition minister and his three assistants, including Mr. Scott, were safe, Mr. Howe sailed from New York ! to the United Kingdom, taking with him Mr. Scott, E. P. Taylor of Otta- wa and Toronto and Col. Woodward of Vancouver. partment of munitions and supply and its predecessors off and on as 2 the war. of the many $1-a-year men sum- moned to take part in direction of the war effort in the munitions de- partment. He helped to organize the war | the munitions and supply depart- | ment. Mr. Scott was horn in Montreal, 1914 to Mary Edith Anderson of | Montreal, and had one daughter, Helen Marjorie. His financial interests were wide- spread and at one time he was a director of more than 40 companies. on an official government mission | Mr. Scott had been with the eo ovis and Companions Fine Dressed in Varied Clothing : Three Government Officials Though Unshaven and Wearing Borrowed Clothes When British Port Reached - -- Want Rest and Change of Clothing Cheerful ) From Side of Ship Munitions Minister Has High Praise for Seamanship of Rescue Vessel -- Lost Offi- cial Fell Overboard Trying to Shove Boat: perience in the Dec. 13---Word from a!wore borrowed clothes. life during rescue operations after ' seamanship. the torpedoing of the liner Western | to be here and we're feeling fine." Price, came as a shock to govern- | ceived here was to the effect that | With officials ar | | their experience. tween the vessel and a boat. A British Port, Dec. 18 (CP) -- Hon. Gordon Scott, of Montreal, former Provincial Treasurer of Quebec, lost his life during rescue operations after the liner Western Prince was tor- pedoed, it was disclosed today when Hon. C. D. Howe, Cane ;adian Minister of Munitions and Supply, and two executive as- sistants disembarked and told a harrowing tale of their exe submarine-infested Atlantic, Scott, financial adviser to the Minister, and at least six others in a lifeboat containing 26 survivors were lost when it struck the side of a rescue ship and capsized. Scott fell bes His body was not recovered. Mr. Howe and his companions -- E. P. Taylor of Toronto land Col. W. C. Woodward of Vancouver, were unshaven and They said they were and "fine" wanted only a 1est and a change of clothes. The minister said *'Our rescue was a wonderful pisce of Braving a downpour of rain, Mr. | bridge of the rescue ship with his companions while a tender d newspapermen pulled a'ong side. They did a remarkable job. We're very. glad Howe stoed on the waved to the tender and shouted in a chorus 1 They did not appear to show any signs of serious effects of The minister had on a worn brown windbreaker, navy. blue trousers, a white and purple toque and rough ssaman's boots. W. C.! breaker hood covered his head. | denim outfit and a sailor's cap. Col. Woodward was clothed similarly but a wind- Mr. Taylor had on a biue Mr. Howe shook hands with a'most everyone aboard the tender and chatted a couple of minutes with newspapermens a financial adviser since early in | It was only later that it was learned that Mr. Scott was lost. Crewman G. Kirkham, a former resident of Canada, told Fifty-three years old, he was onc | of the Montreater's disappearance. He said Mr. Scott fell into the water while trying to shove the capsized lifeboat from the side of the rescue ship. supply board which later became | | British News Costs Italian Month In Jail Oct. 1, 1887. He was married | Rome, Dec. 18--(AP)--First pun- ishment of Itallans for listening to British news broadcasts was report- ed today from Padua, where the proprietor of a bar was sentenced to a month in jail and fined 500 lire (about $25). Vichy Reinstates Pierre Laval, Becomes Special Negotiator Vichy, France, Dec. 18. Pierre - Laval, Marshal former * vice premier ministér, has gone to Paris. The French censor this morning. for the first time, permitted an- nouncement that Laval had made | the trip last night after conferences | yesterday with Petain and Hitler's ambassador to France, Otto Abetz. (AP) -- Petain's (Continueq on Page 9, Col. 3 French circles expressed the be- lief that from that round of con- ferences. negotiations to increase and foreign | French-German collaboration would shortly--with Laval | be resumed playing an active role again. Laval's exact status remained an enigma but French sources sald the "incident" created by his sud- den dismissal from the government last week apparently was closed (Continued on Page 2, Col. 8) MEAN THIEF A Christmas tree was stolen from a verandah of a home on Simcoe | street north. Someone is evidently trying to. qualify for the title of "Oshawa's Meanest Thief." ;