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OSHAWA DAILY WISHES EVERY( A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS Sa sar unule hala ER 0 Gs PUBLISHED Every Week Day Except Saturday. he Oshawa Daily Times = = : PROBS Partly Cloudy and Mild 3 Today and Wednesday. VOL. 27--NO. 123 OSHAWA, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1940 Single copies 3c SIXTEEN PAGES 6 BURNED TO DEATH AT CORNWAL Greeks' Path To Port Of Valona Clear But For One Defence Pass oe - Captured 1,500 Prison- | ers When Chimara and Six Villages Occupied Italians' Retreat is Hurried and Disorderly With Only Rearguard Fighting Athens, Dec. 24 (CP)--Dispatches | with the desire at last to meet the |g from the fron: said the Greek army was advancing farther along the | Adriatic coast beyond Chimara, with the main body of the retreating Italian forces attempting to form defences at Iogara Pass, half way between Chimara and Valona. The Fascist retreat, dispatches said, was hurried and disorderly with only rearguard opposition being offered to the swiftly advancing Greeks. Military quarters said Le- gara Pass was the only strong de- fendable position before Valona. The fall of Chimara after a week of fighting was announced yester- day by Premier John Metaxas. Greeks, military authorities said, took over the whole region which consists of six villages as well as the town, an important Italian sup- ply base, south of Valona. The extent of victory also was in- dicated by the number of prisoners, believed to total about 1,500. These are said to include the 141st bat- talion of black shirts with 29 of- ficers, 667 men. These were in ad- dition to the 153rd Blackshirt bat- talion, seme 800 men strong, report- ed captured earlier. The official announcement said the commanding officer of the third battalion, Second regiment of Ber- sagliers was captured with his en- tire stafi and many soldiers. Reports from the coastal region said an Italian naval unit had shelled highways before Chimara in an abortive attempt to aid Fascist trocps defending the town, and that Italian aviation had also been used extensively. Heavy fighting centinued in the Tepeleni-Klisura area. Farther north a greek patrol of 10 men was reported to have captured 170 priz- oners. CRIPPLED KIDDIES GREET CHRISTMAS WITH HIGH HOPES Bey Born Without Legs Learni Walk -- Science's' Gifts Great -- By JOSEPH 'A. RAWLINGS (Associated Press Staff Writer) Chicago, Dec. 24 (AP) --A little boy abed fh ¢ his wheel-chair for seven years 'bagause his body was twisted by. inf itile paralysis is getting a "swell" Christmas present this year--ssofiie crutches, the abil- ity to stad on them and the know- ledge that perhaps he can toss @y by 1942. 'little two-year-old girl fNorth Dakota Indian re. ¢ ao couldn't' close her big 4 A open and shut them as es now--thanks to science wnky boy of three, born gs, is swinging himself to place on a hospital h the aid of a chair and] plaster of paris legs built He has proved to his he has a sufficient sense to justify the exchange of the ie legs for a pair of steel he's going to get them ones, a soon. These were among the achieve- of modern medical science an interview today by Moore, chief surgeon of ments reported ir Dr. B. H. (Continuedion Page 10, Col. 3) | Brags British Beaten Brash Brauchitsch | Berlin, Dec. 24 (CP).--Field Mar- |shal Walther Von Brauchitsch, In {a radio address from a long-range !|pattery on the English channel | | coast, told German armed . forces | today: | "I know you all are just burning | | English and you are merely await | | ing the Fuehregys command so to do." Von Brauchitsch, commander in chief of the German army, sald that in. recent days he had visited | "all sections of the army to con- | vince myself of the excellent spirit and ever-growing strength of our army." He declared that "the ocean cau protect England only so long as it | suits us." | Von Brauchitsch said only one | task remains for the army "to knock down to'ground this last em- bittered adversary (Britain) and thereby compel peace to issue forth." It is a "question of breaking Eng- land's one-sided hegemony." Then he turned to those who have been killed since the beginning of the war, "We have experienced much together. Nothing so binds people together as bloodshed." FORMER WORKER [5 GHARGED WITH | JEWELLERY THEFT Arrested Man Also Wanted in Ottawa, Finger Prints Reveal Oshawa police have arrested Ladislaus Luj, a watchmaker, fol- lowing an extensive investigation into the theft of a quantity of | fewellery from the store of J. Rown- | tree, 14 Ontario Street. Luj was | formerly employed by Rowntree. The arrest was made by Inspector W. Dawn and Detective Sergeant H. Flintoff of the Oshawa Police Department, When Luj was arrested finger prints were taken and forwarded to the Federal Bureau of Investiga- tion at Washington and to Ottawa. Word has been received from the Canadian authorities that Luj is wanted by the Ottawa police Accused is now in the County jai at Whitby and will appear in Osh- awa police court on Friday. RECEIVES AMBASSADOR Tokyo, Dec. 24 (AP) -- Sir John Latham, first Australian minister to Japan, was received in audience to- by Emperor Hirohito and the Empress. {EASTERN CANADA IS AGAIN SHAKEN BY EARTHQUAKES Owen Sound, Ont, N.B. mors | rattled | but none reported any damage. GONS STILL ROAR | will broadcast a Christmas message me ; from populous dentres to "safer" areas. Many were in the Domin- ions. certs and presentation of toys and sweets had been arranged. such--will be staged as usual. Felt in Owen Sound, Toronto and Eastern Points Montreal, Dec. 24 (CP).-- Eastern | Canada was shaken by slight earth tremors second shock in four days, damage was reported immediat am. EDT, the but no at 9:45 were felt from to Saint John, Other points reporting tre- were Ottawa, Sherbrooke, ue. and Fredericton. The quake extended into the United tates, with New Haven, Disturbances Three distinct shocks were felt lin Owen Sound while in Montreal | many persons said they noticed | two tremors. Newspaper offices were the Housewives said shook on their 'quake. dishes and In Montreal tremors lasted 10 to 15 seconds, The Dominion Observatory (Continued on Pagq 5, Col GHRISTMAS STILL CHRISTMAS TH' 4) Greeks and British Push Ahead Against Italians - There were blackouts and debris, | the roar of guns and the scream of | air raid warnings but the belliger- ent world also had for Christmas the traditional decorations, the car- ol singing and exchanges of gifts, There was no sign of a Christmas truce. Greek forces battled Italians in Albania in bitter winter weather In Libya, British forces pushed ahead in desert sands against Mus- solini"s North African army. But through it all the spirit of Christmas marches on. From Britain the King tomorrow | to the empire. Descriptions of the ely. | Conn and Boston reporting tremors. flocdea.| | with telephone calls reporting shelves | said | anism "imposed by force." (ON WAY T0 FACH GANUCK SOLDIER Any New World Order Must Be Founded Upon Five Moral Victories, Declares Pope Pontiff Pleads for New Order Which is Not Mere External Mech- anism Imposed by Force Vatican City, Dec. 24. (AP)--Pope Pius told the college of cardinals today that any "new world order" should be based on five "moral vic- tories." These victories, he said, are:-- 1. Over hatred 2. Over "lack of faith". 3. Over the idea that makes right." 4. Over economic maladjustment 5. Over "cold selfishness." The Pontiff spoke In response to Christmas greetings from the car- dinals. He sald "the solace we derive | from the riches of the Christmas greetings is the greater because of | the sad times in which we live." The holy father pleaded for "sin- | cere political and economic solidar- { ity" as part of "the so-called new order in Europe" in order that it might not be a mere external mech- "might He directed the world to hold "itself ready to heal its "spiritual wounds" when the war ended. «As In preceding rs, the pon- tiff's speech concluded the cere- mony in which the cardinals wished him "ad moltos annos"--long life, The cardinals' greetings were read by the 89-year-old Dean of the Sacred College, Gennaro Cardinal Granito Pignatelli Di Belmonte. The pope recommended the | church as a "spiritual bulwark" | ! where men could find refuge from | earthly miseries. "The church, the common mother ; of all (peoples), better understands (Continued on Page 10, Col. 5) POUND OF TURKEY wartime scene in the Dominions will | make up part of the program, Thousands of British children were far from . removed For those at home the usual con- In the larger cities, the pantomines--Peter Pan, Puss in Boots, Cinderella and British blackout regulations ban- ned outside Yuletide decorations Christmas trees were scarce. Toy sales had been curtailed, printing of Christmas cards had been reduc- ed to conserve paper but, as one government official put it,-- "Every effort is being made to make Christmas as bright and cheery as humanly possible under the circumstances," The Greeks will observe their Christmas two weeks hence. "Peace On Earth" Below London Though Hitler Hell Rage Above By a pleture of last Christmas in London and- this year's pre- parations, Milo M. Thompson, chief of the Associated Press London Bureau, now in the United States on leave, envisions the holiday in the capital, By MILO M. THOMPSON Associated Press Staff Writer New York, Dec. 24.--(AP)--I was feeling my way, like a blind man, around a turn in a London suburb- an street last Christmas when there came the thrill of caroling voices in the blackout ahead of me. . No ancient lantern was there to light up picturesque garments. Nor was any hospitable door thrown open to let out a flood of brightness and flickering firelight and wel- come the songsters in. If they were taken inside for hot tea and cakes, it was done in the dark, stealthily as if they were a band of smug- glers. I caught up with the singers. Said cne:-- "It isn't what it used to be. You cannot tell whether a house is empty or perfectly blacked out. Much of the time we sing to no one at all, but we sing" I have been wondering what this Christmas will be, now that' there is talk of Hitler taking advantage of a holiday let-down to launch an Will Arrive in January as Belated Yuletide Feast Ottawa, Dec. 24 (CP)---Plans for the entertainment of Canadian troops in Britain were desribed to- day by Canadian Legion War Ser- vices headquarters here. Lt.-Col. D. E. Macintyre, general manager of the CL.W.8., who now is in England, has cabled that free Christmas and New Year's turkey dinners will be provided for all sol- dier guests at the Legion's residen- tial club in London. Eight military recreation centres in Britain operated by the Legion have been decorated with Christmas trees and holly, and about 12,000 men of the 1st and 2nd Canadian Divisions served directly by the Le- gion will receive a package of cig- arettes and book matches as a Le- glon gift. : Capt. Mart W. Plunkett of To- ronto, organizer of the famous "pumbells" of the first great war, has arranged that many Canadian (active) army units will be visited by professional minstrel - concert parties between Christmas and New Year's. Capt. Plunkett also is directing a special British Broadcasting Corpor ation program, presented by Cana- dian troops for their relatives and friends in Canada. It will be heard in Canada at 11:15 am, EDT, Christmas Day over facilities of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Sixty thousand pounds of turkeys ~--more than a pound for every Can- adian fighting man overseas--will arrive in England 'early in January as a belated Christmas gift for the troops. The birds were donated by farmer-members of the Canadian Legicn in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, at the suggestion of (Continued on Page 10, Col. 4) Brig.-Gen. Alex Ross of Yorktion, Sask., chairman of the CL.W.S. WATER SHORTAGE FACES BESIEGED BARDIA GARRISON British Army Tightens Stranglehold on Eastern Libyan Port Cairo, Egypt, Dec. 24 (AP)--A critical water shortage was reported POPE PIUS XII INVASION PORTS WHERE ACTIVITY (GREATER BOMBED 'R.AF. Also Raids Junction Point on Route To Italy London, Dec. 24 (CP)--British warplanes bombed German invasion ports during the night and again attacked Ludwigshaven, junction point in one of the main traffic routes linking the industrial Saar basin with Italy, the Air Ministry announced. Raids were also carried out against "industrial targets" in the Rhineland. Listed spicifically ameng invasion ports bombed were Boulogne and Dunkerque in German-occupled France, and Ostend in Belgium, One British raider came down at sea and the crew are missing. The assault coincided with re- ports of unusual activity along tie German-occupied = French coast which led to speculation here that the Nazis might be planning a Christmas attempt to invade Eng- land. Observers on the English shore along the Strait of Dover said un- favorable weather made it impos- sible to judge the effects of the bombing, but declared the attack appeared somewhat lighter than ths preceding night, when the Royal Air Force pounded Calais, Duh- (Continued on Page 5, Col. 4) Churchill Cavalry Reference Symbolic London, Dec. 24 (CP Cable)-- Prime Minister Churchill's reference in the House of Commons last Thursday to Australian cavalry in t charging sword in hand was igure of speech, The Canadian Press was assured today. This was made clear when offic- fals were asked to comment on a Canadian Press cable from Sydney stating that the Australian forces overseas have only mechanized cav- alry and that cavalry swords are no longer fssiied to the troops. Mr. Churchill, in describing fight ing at Jarabub oasis, said: "It hap- 'pened ag an incident that an Aus- trallan cavalry squadron charged in today to be facing the Italian de- fenders of beleaguered Bardia as the British army tightened its strangle- | hold en that Eastern Libyan port British intelligence officers ex- | pressed belief that the, available | water | isolated by land and sea, would nu" | long prove efficient for the 20,000 or more men trapped there, and | that their plight soon would grow serious. Guns of all calibre, meanwhile, continued to pound Bardia's de- fences without let-up for the eighth consecutive day, paving the way for a final direct assault, Although reports from the front | sald the Britisn forces steadily were reinforcing their siege lines around | | the town, observers here believed | ! they would delay their attack un'il the Italians' dwindling supplies and | crumbling defences ensure victory at | the smallest possible cost. Other reports reaching Cairo indi- cated the Italians were hastily erecting additional defences far to the west, including Derna, Bengasi and even Tripoli. British authorities reported the Italians were keeping a close watch on 'the native population at those places and have doubled their pre- cautions "against possible disorders. Reports that the Itallans were strengthening their positions in the west tended to bear cut the belief here that the 10th army trapped in Bardia was cast in the role of a sac- rifice to slow up the British advance | 'and give Marshal Rodolfo Graziani time to reorganize his main forces. Although faced with the neces- sity of mopping up Bardia before continuing their drive in full strength, the British forces were re- ported to be stabbing here and there to the west with amored patrols. To Deliver Parcels, Mail Christmas Day One complete mail delivery will be made by Oshawa letter carriers and the parcel post delivery man on Christmas Day, Postmaster Frank T. Mathison anriounced today. The post office wickets will be open from 8:00 a.m. until noon while the public lobby will be open from 8:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. Answer To Churchill Is Planned by Mussolini London, Dec. 2¢ (CP)--A broad- cast on the wavelength of the Rome radio heard here today asserted that a reply to Prime Minister Churchill's speech directed at Italy yesterday would be delivered over all Italian stations at 10:15 p.m. (4:15 pm. EDT.) today. supplies in the beseiged town, | Mother, Four Children, Aged Neighbor Perish As Frame Home Gutted - at Home Next Door Severely Burned Father Only Person to - Escape From Raging Flames Which Were Discovered by Soldier on Christmas Leave. Cornwall, Dec. 24 (CP) -- Six persons were burned ft i death and a seventh was severely burned when fire gutted their small frame hoine here early today. victims were members of the same family. The dead are: Mrs. James Stein, 38, mother of the fam: All but one of ily; Telesphore Laprade, 82, resident at the home but no rela [tion to the other victims; Mary Stein, ten; Alexander (Sandy) | Stein, eight; Donald Stein, five; George Stein, three. { | tion is not considered serious. James Stein, the father, is in hospital where he receivee treatment for minor burns on the hands and face. His condi I'he cause of the fire was not immediately determined bu was believed to have been caused by an overheated stove. CHURCHILL TELLS ITALIANS ONE MAN CAUSED POSITION British Premier Speaks Plainly -- Blames Il Duce For War London, Dee. 24 --Highlights of Prime Minister Winston Churchill's warning to the Italian people to cverthrow Mussolini: . . . "Your Italian armies have tried to cast their bcmbs on London and our armies are tearing and will tear your African empire to shreds . . . Presently we shall be forced to come to much closer grips." . LJ LJ "It is all because .of one man alone who has ranged the Italian people in a deadly struggle against the British Empire and has deprived Italy of the sympathy and intimacy of the United States of America." \d . » "After eighteen years of unbridled power he has led your country to the horrid verge of ruin. It is all one man who against the Crown and Royal Family of Italy, against (Continued on Page 10, Col. 4) Explorer Is Killed In Action In Britain London, Dec, 24 (CP)--Maj. Lisle Charles Dudley of the Royal Nor- folk Regiment has been killed in ac- tion, it was announced today, but no details were disclosed. Maj. Dudley was cne of 18 mem- bers of a British expedition which visited Graham Land in the Arctic Circle several years ago. For that feat he received the Polar Medal last year. Hon. J. L. Ralston Foresees Year Of Achievement Ahead Couples Cheering Mes- sages With Christmas Greetings From Eng- land London, Dec. 24 (CP)--Hon, J. L. Ralston, Canada's Minister of Na- tional Defence, has sent "the warm- est Christmas Greetings" to his fel- low Canadians, "with the confident belief that while 1941 will be a year to test us all, it will be equally a year of great achievement." Col. Ralston was interviewed last night on the British Broadcasting Corporation's "Radio Newsreel" fea- ture. "There is only one New Year's resolution for free men and Women --and that is to fight it out," he sald. "That is the spirit I see in sword in hand, and captured both guns and transport as its trephy.' (Continued on Page 10, Col. 5) HON. J. L. RALSTON ep Discovered By Soldier The fire was noticed first 2:30 a.m., by Pte. Nelson Lap grandson of the octogenarian tim when hz returned to his dence which neighbors Stein home Pte. Laprade said he saw issuing from lower windows of th small two-storey structure and into the ward shouting to w the family. E Laprade tried .to, get in one # the lower windows But was drive back by flames and smoke, Hurryin around to the front door of th house he kicked in the door was met by a sheet of flame stifling heat. He continued shouting to family to throw the children ot of the windows saying he wo catch them. Shortly afterwards, the fathe James Stein, jumped out of an up stairs window and landed ne Laprade, He was dazed and bad burned and was wearing only a | of underwear, Barefooted and disregardin (Continued on Page 15, Col. 8) SENTRY BY HOLLY BUSH GANADIAN'S YULETIDE SYMBOL. Troops Stand Ready fol Anything While Cele. ; brating Chrstmas : lan (By ROSS MUNRO) Canadian Press War Correspond Somewhere in England, Dee. 2 (COP Cable)--From lonely defend outposts on the coast to sprawlin| inland camps and bleak a the Christmas spirit touched hearts of Canada's legions in ki today as thev prepared eheerfyl to stand ready for action even the festive day. A few hours will be spent in join in ing in the good fellowship of day, but the symbol of Christms for Canadians overseas on actly service was the tin-hatted sents standing with fixed bayonet by English holly bush near headqua ters. There are touches of Chris mi in every billet, hut and barr: ve where greeting cards and parce from home decorate the tables shelves. A huge batch of mail & rived from Canada two days (Continued on Re Page 5 ¢ 5, Col. 4) ill Publish Thursday! Afternoon The Times on Christmas D the regular edition Thursday even th generally obsel by Oshawa me Times carrier preciative of th tion which they 1 many of the ow th ot be publish (tomorrow) by will appear @ gh this d s Boxing chilis. are deeply ag letide recogn received fi rs whom