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THE OSHAWA, DAILY TIMES, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1940 © PAGE THREE: HOLIDAY FESTIVITIES PLANNED AT ARMORIES Military Frolic, New Year's| Two Port Perry-Cows Day, Outstanding Event Although members of the Second Battalion, Ontario Regiment (Tank), have not been active as a unit for the past week, there has nevertheless been a good deal of activity around the armories in connection with the holiday festi- vities. The Sergeant's Mess has arranged a bingo to raise funds for addi- tional equipment which is being held Friday night at the Canadian Legion. Special prizes have been donated by Lt.-Col. R. B. Smith, commanding officer and others. These will be awarded as door prizes while patrons will have the choice of fowl or merchandise as prizes in the bingo itself. New Year's Frolic The other big event for which preparations are being made is the New Year's Eve frolic in which officers, sergeants and men are combining their resources to make it the biggest military fun event in the city's history. The frolic will be a public one and arrangements have been completed for entertain- ing guests in the Officers' and Ser- geant's Messes as well as in the Men's Canteen, The armories floor will be given a thorough scrubbing and adequate waxing to make it a good dance surface. The Oshawa Fire Depart- ment has graciously volunteered to supervise the work of decorating the great hall. Arrangements have been completed whereby adequate control will be exercised ove. gests who may be inclined to ceic™ate the New Year's arrival with undue exuberance but apart from that the program will provide ample scope 4 | for everyone to have a carefree, | happy evening.. No Dress Orders No orders 'have been posted by Lt.-Col. R. B. Smith, commanding officer prescribing dress for mem- bers of the Second Battalion. Army uniform or mufti will be optional with such members though natur- ally uniforms are preferred. Those wearing uniforms will not wear anklets or heavy boots, the CD. suggests. READY T0 DROP 42 CAR MODEL INDEFENSE AID U.S. Auto Manufactur- ers Prepared to "Do Impossible" Washington, Dec. 26.--Automobile manufacturers will suspend produc- tion cf new models for 1942 if their facilities are needed to make mili- tary aircraft, their spokesman said. While U.S. industry is prepared to "do the impossible" for national de- fense, industrialists are seeking a definition of the term "terrible ur- gency' as applied to production needs. A Calling upon the National Defense Commission to supply the answer, H. W. Prentis, president of the National Association of Manufacturers, de- clared last night in a radio address: "Until the middle of December-- less than two weeks ago--no one in industry had, reason to believe that any one in government was dissatis- fied with the rate of defense pro- duction--a rate, incidentally, that government itself had set. "Suddenly overnight there was a shift in the defense picture. The word 'urgent' appeared. "For the fact is that government, as represented by William S. Knud- sen, production chief of the National Defense Commission, revealed at the annual meeting of the National As- sociation of Manufacturers 10 duys ago that the rate of defense produc- tion was nct satisfactory." Knudsen, Prentis sald, had asked industry "to do what was frankly termed 'the impossible," ; "And let me add," the industrial- _ ist declared, "that it will do the im- possible." AUSSIES RESTRICT MARRIED RECRUITS Canberra, Dec. 26--(CP)--It has been cecided to enlist no more mar- ried men in the Australian militia except in the Ligh Horse. And in extens mechanization the Light Hors¢ units are sitll re- garded as necessary for the home spite of defence in Australia. It is the gel large a propo have enlisted § perial Force f@r overseas service. The Aust army on acti prises a smal army men on headquarters tional staffs tr s and ice scheme. U ice came in tl : large numberst of older with parade ®@ and an annual camp, The excepti@ ried men in' ' men who can horses for Ligh camps are the marzied men. ; \ - ral feeling that too t of married men 'the Australian Im- n home defence \ service here com- 11 force of permanent tal artillery duty, instruc- g young men in camps under tie compulsory serv- compulsory serv- militia' included married men who were "spare time soldiers" training weekly in regard to mar- )¢ Light Horse was made because there has been such a heavy recruitment of young men for the overseas units, the only upply their own . Horse training Complete R.O.P. Tests Two full sisters in the Holstein herd of Edward Oyler, Port Perry, Ont., have just completed excep- tional Record of Performance tests under the supervision of the Fed- eral Depariment of Agriculture. Snow Creator Ormsby, the younger of the two produced 871 lb. fat from 22,369 lb. milk in 365 days at five years of age, while her sister, one year older, gave 693 lb. fat from 16,241 1b, milk. The latter was milked three times daily for 92 days and twice daily for the re- mainder of the lactation period, while the former was milked three times daily for the full year. Their dam, Segis Creator Alcartra has a six-year-old record of 862 lb. fat from 24,177 1b. milk. Their sire is a Class X son of the famous Pioneer Snow Korndyke, many great pioducers. PILOT INSTRUCTOR GEORGE BROWN HIT BY PLANE PROP. Taken to Hamilton General Hospital Day Before Christmas Hamilton, Dec. 24--Flight George Brown, pilot training offic- er at Mount Hope Training Flying School, was rushed to the Hamilton General Hospital here this morning following a pain- | ful accident which will keep him off duty for three or four weeks. The pilot instructor and a stud- ent were about to get a plane in the air when the engine stalled about the middle of the field. Sgt. Brown believing the ignition was off was in the act of pushing the propellor blade when he realized from the impulse felt that the blade would start immediately. He ducked backwards but the pro- peller cut through his outer flying suit and his officers uniform be- tween the knee and the hip, tearing ligments and muscles of the left leg. The revolving blade also camc in contact with his left hand. He wa staken General Hospital where It found necessary to perform an op- was dons and muscles misplaced by the severe but glancing blow. Ed. Note: Pilot officer George Brown is the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. G. K. Brown of Oshawa and was on editorial staff of The Times for about two years. Mr. and Mrs. Brown intended to have had dinner with George and his wife Tuesday evening. It was quite a shock to them to learn that George was in the hospital, He had been slated for off-duty on Christmas day and the following one, but will now be confined to the hospital for several days. RUNAWAY HORSE LEAVES TRAIL OF DAMAGED FENDERS Animal Evidently Be- came Frightened; Four Cars Contacted bv Wagon A runaway horse and wagon, the property of Canada Bread Ltd, added considerably to Oshawa's Christmas eve celebration by a wild dash down Simcoe street north from the corner of Buckingham avenue to William street at 9:30 Tuesday evening. The driver of the horse and wa- gon was Milton McIndless of 307 Kingsdale avenue, had left the wa- gon on the corner of Buckingham avenue and Simcoe street north while he made a delivery. During his absence the horse apparently becoming startled by the traffic, began a mad dash down Simcoe street. The first casualty was a car parked in front of St. Gregory's Church near Louisa street. The careening wagon sideswiped the car owned by Edward O'Reilly, 197 Geoffrey street, Toronto, doing lit- tle damage to the car but smashing a wheel on the wagon. The horse and damaged wagon continued down Simcoe street to Colborne street where the wagon struck a car owned by the Duplate Safety Glass Co. and driven by Ron J. Roberts, 311 Athol street east. Damage to this car totalling about $35 was caused when the wagon badly dinted the left rear fender, tail light and gas tank. At the same time' $20 damage was done to another nearby car, license 2A738. By this time the wagon was badly smashed. and the horse slightly in- jured. Before the frightened horse could resume 'its trail of destruc- tion it was caught and quietened by Fred Lane, an attendant at the Supertest Service Station on the corner cof William and Simcoe streets, - No person was injured but traffic was held up 'for several minutes by the crowd that gath- ered. to the Hamilton | eration in replacing the torn ten- | sire of | Sgt. | Elementary | Aircraft _yworkers in a Canadian er. | instruction of bombing crews. rack making final adjustments. Testing Avro Anson Bombers Built in Canada plant are shown. is testing meters in the bomber-observer's compartment, 'SHALL RELIEF FIGURE IS PAID AT PORT PERRY Year's Cost is $90-- Taxes Are 103 Per Cent. "Paid Up' Until End of Year | Port Perry, Dec. 26.--Best finan- cial repért in the history of the corporation was presented to coun- cil at the annual meeting by | George F. Manning, clerk-treasurer, Collections of taxes to date this |year are in excess of the current levy for 1940, it was revealed in addition to this achievement out- standing financial reports were presented for the waterworks, Hy- dro and debenture accounts. Relief for the year was outstand- ing. Actual cost to the corporation twas $90 as compared with an estl- | mated $300 included in the budget | at the first of the year. Investigate Carefully "Our relief position has been aided materially by careful investi- gation of all applications and im- | provement in employment condi- tions in the district," Mr. Manning reported. In a review of tax collections, the | treasurer revealed that collections of current taxes to Dec. 14 amount- | ed to 90 p.c. of the levy, and this | figure is expected to reach 93 pec. | { and marking a new high for the muni- cipality. Total collection of taxes to date is $31,901.34, which amounts to 103 | pc. of the current levy of $30,316, | it was reported. | Will Pay Debenture Debenture payments have all been met when due, and 1942 will | sea discharge of the consolidated [floating debt debentures of $18,- 000. Watermain and Hydro deben- tures do not come out of the gen- eral rate, it was pointed out, but | are carried through current earn- ings of tigl systems. The HgKro account is particu- larly, in shape, Mr. Manning stated, with no' arrears in this de- | partment, He was highly com- {mended for this achievement by Reeve W. M, Letcher. Considerable work was carried out during the year, and in a survey of roads of the county it was shown that those within the municipality of Port Perry are well near the top of the | list, More drainage and re-sur'ac- ing is being planned for next year. ARP. WITH PETS London--(CP)--One big task of the A.RP. organization in bombed British cities is rescuing pets left in bombed homes. The injured ani- mals are destroyed. Fright makes the pets hard to handle in a bomb- ing raid. GOLDEN STRIPES OUT London -- (CP)--Wound stripes service chevrons will not be worn in the Second Great War, the War Office has decided. The wound stripes were golden bars above the cuff, and service chevrons inverted before: the end of the month, | vs on the forearm. "Bogey Man" wn To Nazi Fliers -- Some:zalng to scare lazi iilers is this fearsomely bedecked Canadian flier. He is one of the squadron of top flight fighters from the Dominion who are credited with shooting down more th in the Battle of Britain, and is shown dressed with new type goggles and oxygen mask. 70 enemy planes so far his highflying headgear, i TOP, completing th A large ncmber of these machines are being used in the commonweal One worker is busy in the gun turret while the other stands in the bomb | An expert is shown, BOTTOM, giving an Avro Anson a "bonding" test. This | insures that the wiring in the plane is properly connected and that the instruments register correctly. He road maintenance | e assembly of an Avro Anson bomb- Ith air training plan for the | CHURCHILL TALK GIVEN IN REVISED FORM TO TALIANS Highly Censored Speech Interspersed With Fascist Comment Rome, Dec. 26 (CP)~Itallan press has given its public a highly censored summary of Prime Mini- | ster Winston Churchill's radio ap- | peal to the Italians. (In his broadcast Monday, Mr. Churchill. asked the Italian people to cast off Mussolini as one who "led your country to the horrid verge of ruin" and said there was traditional friendship between Bri- tain and Italy), The summary with sarcastic com- ment appended to various points, was published Christmas morning. In comment Stefani, Italian News Agency, went back to League of Nations Sanction applied to Italy because of her Ethiopian campaign. "Evidently the attempt to strangle Italy economically through League of Nations siege, to starve our wo- men and children and place our legionary army in difficulty while it was fighting in Ethiopia finally to give. Italian people a bit of breathing space Is considersd a mere trifle by Mr. Churchill," the agency said. JO ITALIAN PLANE) BAGGED BY R.A. IN AIDING GREEKS (Continued from Page 1) Dee. 2, blowing up of a munition dump Dee. 6, damaging of a large ship Dec. 7, and of another on Dec. 10, and the burning of barracks on the 14th, of a warehouse on the 18th and of petrol (gasoline) dumps on the 19th." (In Athens it was announced that Valona was dive- bombed by the RAF, and left en- veloped in "palls of black smoke.") A fuel depot in Durazzo was re- ported "completely gutted" by a fire started Nov. 11, while a 10,000-ton ship was hit Nov. 24 and a smal! ship nearby set ablaze. Dock ex- plosions were caused on Dec. 15 and 16, the report said. Two destroyers which were shell- ing Corfu were bombed and docks were damaged in attacks on Santi Quaranta, it added. Other raids, the air ministry said, caused fires in hangars on the Ti- rana airdrome and damaged road junctions, while: a bridge was de- stroyed during an attack on a mo- | tor transport convoy between Lake Ochrida and Koritza. nd VE GERMAN RADIO London--(0p)--A report by the German radlp that the Duke of Alba, Spanish Ambascador to Lon- don, had returned to Spain for in- structions from newly-appointed Foreign Minister Suner, was denied by the embassy phere. NEWMARKET ASKS | FOR POLICE QUIZ Conant Names Inspector Lougheed to Advise Town Authorities Toronto, Dec. 26.--Inspector W. H. Lougheed, municipal police ex- pert in the C.I.LB,, Provincial Police, on the request of Newmarket au- thorities has been assigned to an investigation into the policing of that most northerly town in York County. Attorney-General Conant, in con- firming the appointment, stressed he was "always glad to render any possible assistance to the munici- palities in police matters." The situation is unique in law enforce- ment fields in that Newmarket de- clares it has no serious erime and has confidence in its officials. Mayor Lowell Dales last night said: "There is no emergency and no trouble, The investigation, I presume, will be very informal. We are simply asking for advice--we believe our move is a constructive one and that it is better to have this study made a little prema- turely rather than too late." Request for the Province's assist- ance, said Mr. Conant, came in a letter from Chief Constable J. E Sloss who wrote with the approval of the police committee. He asked for a "survey of all police activities here in Newmarket as well as to extend advice on the necessities for police efficiency in a town the size of Newmarket." ; . The chief constable advised the Attorney-General that, since the establishment of a training camp in Newmarket, crime, with the in- flux of soldiers from outside centres, has increased to a "small degree." Twenty Tons Fowl At Uxbridge Market The agricultural representative of Ontario County reports that a large quantity of dressed poultry was brought to the Uxbridge Market Fair held under the auspices of the Board of Trade. The fowl was all of good quality and it was estimat- ed that about twenty tons were marketed during the day. The quality of the. geese was particu- larly good. Prices ranged as fol- lows: Turkeys, 31 to 33c lh.; geese, 21-23c; cockerels, 21-22c. There were 142 entries in competition in the classes in the fair. BRING GRIEF One Oshawa Home Bereaved With Death of . Mrs. John Kirby; Toll Reaches Twenty- Five (By The Canadian Press) Canada's Christmas holiday death toll stood at 25 today with traffic accidents the largest individual cause of death. War preparations accounted for two deaths and other causes included fire, level crossing accidents and falls. Sixteen in Ontario In Ontario, where thers had been only 13 fatalities during a three-day Christmas holiday last year--Sat- urday, Sunday and Monday--the toll was 16. Quebec ranked second with 5. Others were reported from Nova Scotia: and Manitoba. The most serious single tragedy occurred when fire destroyed the home of James Stein at Cornwall, Ont, bringing death to Stein's wife and four children as well as a boarder, 82-year-old Telesphore La- pra Stein alone escaped Fatal injuries were suffered by {wo armorers, Almanzor Pare, 27, of Quebec City, and Jean-Paul Do- rien, 19, of Levis, when an anti-air- craf{ gun discharges on a firing ment arsenal at Valcartier, Que. In Halifax 24-year-old Able Sea- man R. Ayrgs of the Royal Naval Reserve, was killed Christmas night when he slipped from the edge of an empty drydock and plunged 50 feet to its steel floor. Mystery surrounded the death of William Melton, a lumberjack, be- lieved to come from the Owen Sound district, whose body was found in the ice at Blind River, in northern Ontario. Cause of death will be disclosed at an inquest to- day. It was known, however, that there was a deep cut behind the man's left ear. Trains Involved Railway trains killed at least five persons, Violet Flynn, 24, and Bur- l2igh Goodison, 24, both of the Til- bury district of Western Ontario, were killed when a train struck their light truck at Tilbury. Albert Beckett, 58, of the Ottawa district, was killed when his sleigh was ctruck by a train near Ottawa and at Falmouth station, near Windsor. N.S. the decapitated body of Fred Lloyd was found beside the railway tracks. It was believed he had been run over by a train, Vianney Ber- range near the Dominion Govern- ¢ TRAFFIC FATALITIES TO MANY HOMES ACROSS CANADA Named Chaplain Lpetid a » gh . REV. A. G. RINTOUL of Toronto, formerly of Montreal, Sudbury and Forest, has been ap- pointed chaplain at the R.CAF. Manning Pool, Toronto. trand, 22, of Montebello, Que. was killed when his car was struck by a train near Buckingham, Que. Two 72-year-old Montreal men, Nicholas Danaher and Godias Loi- | selle, suffered fatal injuries when they fell down flights of stairs in their respective homes. The bcdy of John Stolz, 38, of St. Bernadin, near Hawkesbury, Ont. was found in his shack with the jugular vein cut and wrists slashed. A blood-stained knife was found near the body. Oshawa Woman Killed The toll from traffic accidents included: Miss Mary Josephine McKinnon, 21, of Sydney Mines, N.S, killed when a car went out of control near Toronto; Fred Dryse dale of Yorkton, killed in a colli- sion in St. Vital, Man.; Mrs. E. B. Hamilton of St. Vital, struck by a car near Simcoe, Ont.; Mrs. John Kirby of Oshawa, Ont, killed when a car struck: ner horse-d=~= buggy near Clinton, Ont.; James Donaldson, 15, of Toronto district, killed when struck from his bicycle near Toronto; and Mrs. Hilda Ap- plebaum, 60, of Toronto, struck by a car. Det.-Sgt. John Nimmo of Toron=- to police faces a manslaughter charge as a result of Mrs. Apple- baum"s death. He allegedly was the driver of the car which strusk her. C. H. CARLISLE, DOMI President Equipped for War HIS BANK, inspired by the common motive which is linking all Canadians in an intensive War effort, has equipped itself to render a banking service, effectively organized and directed in all its phases, to meet the new and manifold requirements of a nation at War. THE NIO ESTABLISHED 1871" -+ # BAN "ROBERT RAE, : -; General Manager ¢ i =