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| | | PAGE FOURTEEN RAF. RAIDS AXIS | {NORWAY TO ITALY (Continued from Page 1) 2 the Fascists out of the war quickly, thus releasing Britain's Me- diterranean flzet for Atlantic con- voy duty and to guard against the still-present threat of German in- vasion. . Pilots returning from the far- flung raids which cost only one plane told of inflicting heavy dam- age from Norway to the Adriatic. The most spectacular of the raids was a 1,600-mile round trip attack across the Alps to the head of the Adriatic, and daybreak bombard- ments of German naval bases at Wilhelmshaven, Germany and Lor- ient and Brest, France. The air ministry reported fires were started in a petroleum refinery and docks and factery buildings at Porto Marghera, near Venice, in a haif-hour attack around Saturday midnight. Fliers said they broke through heavy anti-aircraft fire along the Nazi-held coast of France, crossed the Alps flying at 17,500 feet in temperatures 30 degrees below zero but could see the dark lines of the Venice canals distinctly as they neared their target. (Italy reported no attack at Ven- ice or Pcrto Marghera, but claimed Fiume was bombed. Fiume is 100 miles east of Venice and just across the frontier from the Yugoslav town of Susak. The Yugoslav government said bombs feil in Suszk injuring severel persons and causing consid- erable damage. The givernment de- clared it would demand compensa- tion from Britain.) In the daybreak attacks yester- day, coastal command planes bomb- ed important German docks at Wil- helmshaven and the Nazi bases at Lorient and Brest which are believ- ed used by submarines and light to carry supplies from Oslo to the Norwegian port of Bergen. The airministry reported that other raids were directed at oil stores and industries in Western Germany, and docks at Rotterdam and Flushing, in The Netherlands, Antwerp and Ostend, Belgium, and Calais, France. The admiralty announced last night the apparent loss of the 640- ton overdue submarine Swordfish. Meanwhile, one observer express= ed the opinion that the increasing force of Britain's blows against Germany from the air and against Italy from the air, sea and land seemingly gave Germany only two alternatives: -- 1. Invasion of England before Bri- tain's sinews of war had _ been strengthened fully by home and em- pire production and an increasing flow of materials from the United States; 2. Enforcement of a more effec- tive blockade--at least doubling the present average shipping voll of 62,000 tons a week. This source said Britain has been «somewhat up against it" because "she has only one navy to do three jobs; protect shipping, fight the Italians, and guard against inva- sion," and added: -- «If Britain could dispose of the Italians without leaving herself too wide open to invasion and with- out losing too much shipping be- fore the Mediterranean fleet is able tc join in convoy work and sub- marine hunts, we'd feel pretty good." FOUND GUILTY ON LIQUOR CHARGE. | | | | | Accused Fined $25.00 | and Costs or Option in Jail | Cecil Burton, 379 Park Road north | was found guilty in Oshawa police naval units oreying upon shipping | court this morning on a charge of | in the Atlantic. Late the night before, other coast- fal command planes dumped ex- plosives on the railroad line which the Germans were said to be using | oh B}_arrereex The Fire and Casualty Group or OSHAWA Wish You All A Merry Christmas | | | the original 24 were left unopened having a quantity of liquor in a] place other than his 'home, and was fined $25.00 and costs with the tion of one month in the County | jail. | Provincial Constable Clark testi- fied that at 10:30 p.m. last Saturday | he received a call from the propriet- | or of Pleasure Valley Ranch, Nortn Oshawa. On arriving there, said the | officer, he found a car belcnging to | accused containing a carton in which only eight pint bottles out of | Accused and ihree of his compan- i ions smelled of liquor. Accused, on | | beer, but had had none at Pleasure his own behalf, said that he had a drink of liquer before leaving Osh- awa where he had purchased the | Valley Ranch. He denied that he THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES,MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1940 Conducting Search For Missing R.C.AF . Fliers ed ay be sa Provincial police and alr force officials are shown here as they dragged the cold waters of Lake planes crashed while searching for another missing plane. | Muskoka for the four bodies of air force men thought to have perished in the lake when two R.C.AF. A mile long oil slick on the lake is believed to have been caused by the wrecked crafts. A diver has been assigned to search the bottom of the lake for wreckage, but it is feared that quickly-forming ice will prevent diving operations, Obituaries | |ISCOUNT HALIFAX NEW ANBASSADOR FRANCIS COLBERT Francis Colbert, and aged resi- dent living in Oshawa for the past 12 years, passed away at the fam- ily residence, 106 Roxborough street not a matter of dollars, but of trained men and physical equip-! ment." A prominent Republican, Alf. M Landon, expressed Stafford, Kans.;~-that | Roosevelt's establishment of the office of defence production man- the opinion at | President | |of- Knox Church in charge. last evening following a short ill- ness. He was in his 94th year. Born in Ireland County of Ty- rone, Mr. Colbert came to Canada when 18 years old and served his apprenticeship as a harness-maker { with the late Wm. Kirkpatrick at | Eden still was foreign secretary, Thornhill. He worked at his trade in Markham and Toronto and then went to Avering, Simcoe County, where he established a business for himself. After about :50 years at Avering he retired and came to live in Oshawa about 12 years ago. Mrs. Colbert predeceased him at Avering about 20 years ago. Be- | sides one son, William Colbert, To- | ronto, he is survived by three| daughters, Mrs. Taylor, Creemore; | Mrs, Martin and Miss Bess Colbert, | Oshawa, aiso eight grandchildren | and one great-grandchild. Mr. Colbert was a Presbyterian in | religion, active in the Orange lodge | {at Avering and in politics was a | gesson to succeed Mr. Eden at the Conservative. | A funeral service is to be held at the family residence, 106 Rox- borough street on Tuesday evening | at 8 o'clock with Rev. W. H. Reid, | A ser- vice is to be held in Creemore | | appointment surprise. 10 WASHINGTON | agement was a 'step in the right RR direction." (Continued from Page 1) | ground work for a direct contact with Hitler, November, fence activities, if one manager can crack the whip," said the 1936 Re- publican presidential .nominee. He voiced confidence in William S Knudsen, director of the new office Knudsen and his three colleague in the new defence "high com- mand" issued a statement. late Saturday asking the . American people "figuratively to pull of their coats and roll up their sleeves and give their concentrated undivided attention to one thing--the swiftest possible production of means of de- fence." (GREEKS CAPTURE CITY OF CHIMARA (Continued frcm Page 1) aerial and ground defence fire. The Greeks earlier had reported skirting the town of Chimara and said their troops were fighting for- ward toward the port of Valona, on the Adriatiz, less than 30 miles In 1837, while Mr Lord Halifax visited Germany. On Nov. 17 he conferred with Hitler at Berghtesgaden, laimed the Halifax to Marquess of Lo- thian but there was a minor ques- tioning note in the Daily Herald's comment that "on the score of his political past we confess some reserve on the wisdom of this ap- pointment." ; The Times said: "That Lord Halifax will be more than welcome in Washington there can be no doubt whatever." The appointment of Capt. Mar- The press generally ac of Lord succeed the late to war office came as something of a He has been chief gov- since November, 1931 The Daily Mail predicted that Sir Gerald Campbell, British con- sul general in New York from 1931 to 1928 and since then hizh cum- crnment whip "It ought to speed up lagging de- | vanced and occupied heights and villages." The exact positions of Greek ad- 'vance units in this sector were not disclosed. A communique issued today by the Greek high command said two lieutenant-colonels were among new prisoners taken by the Greeks, who reported they captured ap- proximately 2,000 Italians in the last seven days despite extreme cold and heavy snow which ham- pered operations. An Associated Press correspon- dent with the Greek army on the southern front reported that the Greeks, strongly supporting their infantry advances with field artil- lery, seemed to be 'shooting works" in an effort to clinch a de- cisive victory in the drives toward Valona, No air raids were reported on Greece yesterday, but there were accounts of intensive air activity over the battlefront. The Greek and British Royal Air Force units operating with them reported shooting down at least 18 Italian planes and damaging two others badly. GRAZIANI ALIBIS NUMEROUS, VARIED (Continued from Page 1) } from Egypt to the "crushing super- jority" of British armored forces and added that his army was out- numbered. (Other- sources have estimated the strength of Italian forces in Egypt and Libya at 250,000, more than | double the British strength.) Tanks and other mechanized equipment were supposed to arrive from Italy early in December and the Fascists fighters were poised for an attack ordered by Il Duce, which was to have carried them, accord- ing to battle plans, past Matruh to the Nile and the Suez Canal. The equipment, however arrive, Graziani said. (Since the African campaign be- gan, a blockade of Italian comuni= cation lines across the Mediterran- ean has been maintained by the British navy and the Royal Air Force.) "The essential reason for the first lightning success gained by the en- my must, therefore, be sought in the crushing superiority of armored forces employed in masses" Graziani claimed. "Against the key points occupied by our troops on the desert country, flat, easily looked over and devoid of any tactical possibilities, the en- emy had an easy time of pooling did not masses of armored equipment, med- | | lum and heavy tanks, aided by fast | moving batteries and effective as- | sistance of the air forces," he -re- ported. Short preparation generally was the | PRISONERS TOTAL 33949 IN EGYPT (Continued from Page 1) Italian "rescue" drive to save the troops at Bardia. British observers assumed that Bardia's defenders had been assign- ed the role of a sacrifice garrison designed to hold up the British while Granziani strengthened new defences to the west, at Tobruk, Derna and Bengasi. There was no indication how soon British Tigh command might | try to collapse the Bardia defence. | Observers believed they would try | to take the town at as small cost as possible by delaying direct assault until bombardment, now In its seventh day, could crack Fascist resistance. The Royal Air Force reported last night that 175 Italian planes had been destroyed with a loss of 14 British fighting planes in the fort- night since the Army of the Nile 'turned the tables on Graziani's in- vasion army in Egypt. (Marshal Graziani, in a report | yesterday to Premier Mussolini, ciaimed 42 British planes had been downed and possibly 20 others. In that report Graziani - laid his army setback largely to the fact that tank units he expected from Italy early in December reached Libya.) Reuters Mews Agency reported that news of Britain's victories in North Africa was spreading by 'native telegraph" from village to | village through Italian-held Ethi- Canned Goods For The Cheer Baskets The picture show Saturday mor- ning, sponsored by the Biltmor Theatre, the attendance at whick was a tin of canned goods, nettec over half a ton of canned goods fo: the Christmas Cheer Committee Well over 700 children attended The theatre was assisted in seating the young people by members o the police and fire departments Alex Ross, member of the Chee Committee, took charge of thi canned goods and twned then over to headquarters at 88 Simcov Street North, where they will be _ included in the baskets to be sen out tomorrow. FIRE IN HOME Firemen received a call at noon on Sunday to the home of G. T Newsome, 609 Kingston road east An overheated furnace was given a the cause of the fire which did lit- tle damage to the frame dwelling. CHRISTMAS CAROLS At 12 noon today bells were ring- ing out Christmas carols on King Street East. The music was coming from loud speakers at the front of the Biltmore and continued foi half an hour. WALKS INTO CAR Returning from the corner store on an errand for his mother, Jackie never | Wilcox, age 6, 17 Lloyd street, this | morning walked into the side cf a | car driren by Israel Shapiro, 667A College street, Toronto. The acci- cent occurred at 11:00 a.m. on Sime coe street south at the corner of | Lloyd street. Shapiro repcried to the | Oshawa police that the bey walked opia. . i sald the Ethiopian ang] OU [TO behind a pated car inie Sudanese frontier was buzzing with the side of the noying car. Tho boy rumors of uprisings by Ethiopian jrwas: shaken up but not injured oth. and Sudanese frontier was buzzing | 6"Wise. with rumors of uprisings by ! Ethiopian tribes against their Ital- ian over-lords. : DON'T DRINK AND DRIVE Oshawa pclice officials today sounded a stern warning for holiday | joymakers to be careful of their | conduct over the Christmas holiday | as there will oe no relaxation what- | ever in the enforcement of liquor laws especially where automobiles | are concerned. "Have a god time," say officials "put don't drink and (Continued from Page 1) | the Six Nations Indian Reserve. «sic Sains Taian seme | NAND, until a member of tne train crew | pounded on the ddor of Coomer Osiawa Arena HOCKEY TONIGHT McCaulay late last night after 8:39 trudging through dark, rough fields MARLBORGCS to find help. The alarm was sound- -- VS, = ed in the area and several men OSHAWA EM-MEN hurried to the scene of the accident | where they found Wilson badly | scalded, sfanding dazed in a field | neighboring on the right-of-way. They carried him to the caboose ef-the-train and obtained a stretch. | ier and then conveyed him a mile | across fiel's to the highway where was the one who opened the bottles | crown Attorney A. F. Annis sald that there were too many cases of | this sort arising and asked for a stiff penalty. Presbyterian Church on Thursday, missicner in Canada, would be ap- the coast December 26, at 2 p.m., followed by | pointed minister in Washington to | P acok then Saisie to artillery Bob aviation. interment in the Creemere Cems- |relieve Lord Halifax of detail work.| The Greek spokesman said murderous air bombardment had | tery, |that Chimara was "under absolute | hardly ceased when armored forces The king raised Viscount Cran-| a oe {borne to the peerage in his own | control of our artillery," and Greek | rushed from all directions against an ambulance picked him up and took him to a hospital. | And A Happy New Year % S. J. Babe J. H.R. Luke R. N. Johns J. C. Young T.H. McMurtry A group devoted to the interests of Fire and Casualty Insurance only. OFFICES CLOSED BOXING DAY A chafiming and fragrant pair . hu Blue Gross Fiower Mist, Blue Grass Duating Powdfll In @ gift box that's wee! gy + $3.95 JUR ; KING PHONE Re -- David Farrer, Oshawa, was sent- enced to three months in County | jail for being intoxicated in a public | similar offences. place. Accused has a leng record of | He denied the | statement that he was a drinking man alleging that he was in jail so much that he did not have a chance | for much drinking. Case Set Over The case against Alfred Geary, | Toronto, charging him with failing to give his proper name after an ac- cident on Oshawa boulevard, was set | over until January 11, 1941, in order | to give police time to secure another necessary witness. The charge arose cut of an accident caused when Geary backed out of the lane at 201 | Oshawa houlevard and collided with a car allegedly driven by Edward Wingfield, 310 Alice street. Accused claimed that he produced his driv- er's license bearing his proper name and address at the time of the acci- dent. This was strongly denied by Wingfield who claims that the name "Mr. Thompson, Toronto" was the one given. Chief Friend 'said thal accused's real name was obtained from the Department of Highways NEWEST INVASION THREAT 19 SEEN AS COMING BY AIR (Continued from Page 1) of the air over Britain and Channel. After vpreliminary bombing of hangars, this source said, para- chute troops might be dropped at as many as 50 fields at once to hold 2 landing area and light it for "pancake" landings of troop-carry- ing Junkers and Focke-Wulf trans- ports. Following the precedent of Nor- way and The Netherlands, he add- ed, thousands of troens might be landed to attempt to hold out long enough to destroy all aircraft at air stations while a bridgehead was being established on the English coast free from fighter opposition, i King and Queen Pick Topical Yule Card London, Dec, 23 (CP Cable) --The royal Christmas card is a topical one. The Royal crown appears on the exterior of the card. A previously unpublished photograph - inside shows Their Majesties surveying bomb damage to Buckingham Pal- ace. Queen Mary's card shows an old English thatcned cottage standing in a peaceful old world setting. The title is: '"Therell Always Be an » the JOHN CROSSMAN | John Crossman, one of Oshawa's senior residents, passed away at the family residence, 520 Simcoe street south, Sunday, December 22, following a brief iliness. Mr. Cross- man suffered a stroke last week , from which he did not rally. He was in his 83rd year. | Born in Darlington Township Mr. Crossman had spent his entire life in this community and was well known. He was an employee of the former Warren Tannery and also of the Robson Leather Co., as well as at King's Tannery in Whitby, at which place he learned the trade with Wickett's tannery. Before re- tiring from active life he was jani- tor at South Simcoe school from 1916 to 1929. As a boy he attended Mitchell's Corners school. Mr. Crossman was a faithful member of the Salvation Army and held in high respect by | all who knew him. He is survived by two sons, Wil- liam of Oshawa, Charles of Pon- tiac, Mich.; two daughters, Mrs. George Foote (Mabel), Pontiac, Mich, and Mrs. George Sanders. | (Evelyn), of Oshawa; two brothers, Frank Crossman, Oshawa, and | Charles Crossman, of Regina, Sask. | also nine grandchildren and five | great grandchildren, The funeral is to be held from the family residence, 520 Simcoe street south, on Tuesday, December 24, with the service at 3 pm. DST, to be conducted by Major F. Wat- kin of the Salvation Army. Inter- ment in the Union Cemetery. COMPANY-WORKER RELATIONS BETTER IN AUTO INDUSTRY Detroit, Dec. 23--Vast strides have been made in relations between management and wage earners in the automobile field. No other conclusion can be reach: ed after recent developments, in- cluding the revised one-year con- tract between the Chrysler Corpora~ tion and the U.AW.-C.1.0., the pact between the same union and Hudson and the agreement with Briggs bringing a bonus for 10,000 and a raise of two cents an hour. In Detroit these events have been interpreted as highly favorable signs. In the first place, they indicate that controversial issues can be settled at last around the conference table without resorting to strikes and re- | crimination In the second place, they portend the ability of capital and labor to get along together dur- ing the defense program fn the most vital avenues of the automobile in- England' « statement, right to act as spokesman for the foreign office in the House of Lords. He will continue as domin- ions secretary. Until now Lord Cranborne has held only a cour- tesy title and cat in the hous2. He {is the Marquess Salisbury's heir. of KNUDSEN CHOICE FOR DFFENSE JOB GIVEN WIDE 0. (Continued {rc nn Page 1) think the class system should be instituted at once, but added that "if the emergency keeps up, I be- Leve. we should take boys who reach 19 each year for one year's tified positions protected by barbed | for his men and declared that if training." "They would then be out of high | school," he continued, "and most | | would not have to give up positions in private industry." Administration leaders given no indication of their views on a change in the present lottery method of calling men from 21 through 35. From the National Economy Lea- gue, a private organization, came a recommendation for an advisory planning commission in the defence set-up. . "With so many billions of dollars available," the league said in a the criterion of success will be the speed with whicu that money can be expended. Defence is, however, lower | have | { forces were reported 'shooting the works" to keep the Italians in re- treat. Twenty miles to the northeast, on a second road to Valona, the Greeks claimed "brilliant successes" in a "very | control of th emountainous Tepel- {eni-Klisura region. The Greek spokesman declared {the Italians were smashed back {there with heavy losses after a de- | termined stand of nearly a week. | Other reports last night said one | |ehoice Fascist regiment had been |eut to pieces by the latest flerce | Greek assault near Tepeleni and | that two whole battalions were sur- | rounded. | "Our army is advancing steadily 'and securely," the spokesman said. "In the coastal seztors the enemy {offered stiff resistance ,.. and tried to maintain himself in strongly for- | wire entanglements, but has been unable to succeed. "Enemy Retreating" "The enemy has abandoned these | positions and is retreating. "Chimara is under absolute ccn- trol of our artillery. "In the Tepeleni-Klisura region enemy units consisting of choice troops offered strong resistance but have been unable to check our ad- vance. The enemy suffered heavy losses and abandoned much mater- fal." Of the Greek drives toward El- basani and the Albanian capital, Tirana, from the northern wing of "there is danger that the battlefront the spokesman de- clared: "More northward, where Alpine units are fighting, our troops ad- dustry. HIS MAJESTY KING GEORGE VI "THE KING" His Majesty the King will speak to the people of the Empire and the United States on Christmas morning at 9:00 - 10:10 a.m. EDST, during the broadcast "Christmas Under Fire". A rebroadcast of the address large scale" battie for our troops and thus, despite the most strenuous resistance, the key points, in a few hours, were sub- merged one by one." The Italians never gave up, Graz- iani asserted, so long as they had a | cartridge to shoot. | dreds had | equipment and many { guns.) Graziani asserted it would "cer- tainly be premature to forecast de= surrendered with full with loaded | velopments in the Titanic fight" in | Libya. He said the Italian forces were not surprised 'by the British attack which began Dec. 9. Italian scout- ing planes had reported a massing | of British troops and equipment east of Matruh from the beginning | of October, he continued, and from | prisoners captured the night of Dec. | 7, it was learned the attack was to | start in about 10 days. | He had only the highest praise | the number of prisoners taken by the British was high it was because | the Italians held out "to the last spasm". | "Our Italian and Libyan divisions in this battle have held high the | traditions of gallantry and heroism of our army," the Marshal claimed. "Commanders and troops have writ- ten pages of the most splendid heroism in desolate stretches of the western desert, "Italian troops sacrificed them- selves without sparing. I once more confirm to you categorically that everybody there has fulfilled his duty as far as possible." Graziani commented especially on the support given the British ground forces by the fleet and air force and added that sandstorms had handicapped his own air force. Nevertheless, he said, Italian fliers brought down 42 British planes and possibly 20 more. INCREASE NAZI MEN IN RUMANIA Lokoshaza, Hungary, on the Ru- manian frontier, Dec. 23 (AP)-- Thousands of German troops with full war gear crossed into Rumania today. Border reports said they would reinforce the Nazi divisions already patrolling the country and guarding its rich oil walls, A Rumanian official, however, claimed that the additional' Nazi troops were only another part of the corps being sent in to "Instruct" the Rumanian army. Machine guns, field artillery and tanks were 'ransported across the border in freight cars. The troop movement followed the dispatch of two other German di- visions to Rumania two weeks ago. 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