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(iouch Killeciin Crash vPicked Up on Perjury Charge, Spends Holiday on Hill. was clelogzued Eight Pages zgzued to ap- a coach as ODD JOBS IMPORTANT I Odd jobs can ll a mighty im-| portant place in our service. too," ho went on. People with Lawns to rake, gardens to dig, storm windows} to put on. persons who need 2. man? for a day or two to clean up; around the place or to assist with; any kind of undertaking, will nd] us ready to supply their needs sat- isfactorily and immediately. It's jobs like these that, while they are often small, add up into 21 goodly total of: (Please turn to page ve) I bureau existing for the purpose of registering the names of unemploy- ed men. We want to nd jobs for them. to put them to work, to nd the right job for the right man whenever possible, and our success in this undertaking depends a great! deal upon the co-operation we re- I We are not just a registration ceive from users of labour, whether they be farmers. manufacturers. office managers or whatever," Howey de- clared. Over ve hundred men have reg-3 istered and more are coming in! daily," J. B. Howey, of the Employ- ment Service of Canada Oice, locat- ed at; 6 Owen St.. told the Advance to-day when questioned as to how the project was working out locally. -.111- 1.....- 1.-.... _u_1- 4... .-1....- ..._. ..--.. x.....`,..\.. u...-. ....... D \l\|( .........._,. We have been able to place one hundred and twenty-ve men so far and expect`. to be of service to a great many more before long, this en- thusiastic young employment locat- er said. Howey is all wrapped up in the employment service idea with special emphasis on the SERVICE. t4I'.1I'iI1I l`IrI More Than Just a Regis-' tration Bureau, Says y I-Iowey--Seeks Co-operar ` tion of Employers of Labour. THE - BARBIE - ADVANCE :['_uck Charged Perjurv, Bail is $2,000 500 Register, 125 Placed c By Emp_lgX[nent Office Vol. XCIII. io. 31. SERVICE BALL l L.-\\'I'2l{.\` PAY 'l'R1IiU'l`l T0. Mr. Bell was a member of the G[~J()I{(il': BELL. OF .\IEAFORD.1_Unitod Church, and Rev. Dr. J. S.- (`l{().\`l\`(; \ l("l`l.\I---.\I.\.\'Y AT-E Duncan took charge of the service. TENI). ' The casket was banked with ow- Is Binried at Thornbury! _ Wednesday E. J. Newton, aged 55, Toronto, pleading guilty to a charge of care- less driving, was assessed the mini-; mum fmc of ve dollars and costs when he appeared before Magistrate} Compton Jeffs in police court here` morning. Due to the fact that the case had been adjourn- ed from the previous week and wit - nesses had to come from a consid- erable distance, costs amounted to $56.25. making a total of $61.25. The accident occurred on Sept. 22 just west of the Hawkestone curve on I-Iighway No. 11. and involved a large gasoline truck and two cars. Newton crashing into an approaching tPlcase turn to page ve) _.... ... . ... C, .. ...- _.... ..... I . .. .. I The flow- `crs and the service was held at the| nhomo of parents. who survive. along! .n. A..... u_....u. n._..u-.. -.._. nu. I \(i11(,l(" of 'I'liornbu1'y. and two sisters. 3\/lrs Jas. David.~;on and Mrs. Eldridge. lllt-wtxill. of Thornbury. I i The funeral was attended by many `nllu:ials of the Bruce Baseball I.!`:1f.. .ll(3, t-()f.',Cth(*l' with merchants and} business men of the surroundinzl towns. I Paxll-ben.rei's were other team-: mates: Wallace and Harold Brown., Doris Phillips. Donald Chapplef Frank Bowes. Gerald Oliver and `Terry Pembroke. On Monday two minutes silence! `was observed before the game be- tween Chatham Colored All Stars and Meaford, in respect for Mr. Bell.` I Terry ` fiiosts 'l`otai 56,-25 J in ccient Case 2 ; Dmwi_ng $5 vine] Many poll tax defaulters have been visited personally by the chief and given a last warning that their tax must be met. Failure to respond will result in summonses being issued on this score and it is anticipated that the municipal treasury will be fur- ther enhanced by nes imposed in addition to the regular tax. I I I Poll tax defaulters are the object of police attention at the present time, Chief Alex. Stewart told the Advance to-day. While the dog tag lsituation is not by any means clear- ed up and intensive drives in wards five and six, accompanied by a fresh [batch of summonses for all those 'with dogs not aheady equipped with {metal discs, is under way, the poll ftax problem is being dragged to the jfore. Well over two hundred dog ! tags have been issued within the past `couple of weeks, in each case a. con- ltribution of one dollar in addition to the price of the tag being made where a summons has been issued. I ..,_.,, ,,,.. ., r I DEFAULTERS RECEIVE LAST VARNING-DOG OWNERS IN WARDS 5 AND 6 NEXT IN LINE FOR SUDIMONSES IF TAGS NOT PRODUCED. iron Tax Drive ' pened by Police Thornbtlry, Oct. 7.-Ofcm1s and: pl:1yer:< from baseball. hockey and; other sporting (JI'ganizz1Lio11.'. along! with citizens from every \v:1.lk of mo,` from Owen Sound, 1VIC`:1f01`d, 'I`ho1':1-l` bury. C12u'ksburg. Cn11in;;wr>od and. other cCx1L1`cs .a.LLcndc(l the funeral to-clay of George Bell. `\ I(':1f(>t`d bust--I ball coach. who was killed in a mo-j $ I tor crash with a train at 21 crossing at. Monkton this week. [so Sort) ; But Britain went further than the apology. The pilot, London announced, would be sent back to Iceland for internment for the duration of the war. Copenhagen, Oct. 11.-Comply- ing with typical British nlcety to the etiquette of war, Great Britain to-day expressed regret for violation of Iceland's neu- trality when a British air pilot landed at Reykjavik recently and later ew away, contrary to his promises to Iceland author- ities. two brothers. Bartlcy and Clar- ..r rru.......u.. ... ve) iTrio Pay Fines ` Pollgting Spree` W. Robinson and Hugh McPher- son were ned ten dollars and costs. totalling` $12.25 each ,on Chil1`g(!.S 01" being intoxicated in :1. public place. !:md Jns. Prydc. clmrgc-ti with care- 'le:ss ciriving and failing to retum to _thc scene of an accident. was as- sessed $39.70, when the trio appear- ed bcforo Mzxgistmte Compton JeIrs| |in court here Wednesday l110l`l`li12f.`.'. n-11.,` ,.|..,....,... ....._... 1-.-.1 1... run. { Young Girl VIT11 (N11 Orillia. Oct. 10.---`vlinor head in-' {juries were suffered by seven-year-; ,old Patricia Haley. of Toronto. when, ' the our in which she was riding with` her father. B. L. _Ha.1ey, came into] collision with a car driven by Fred !Linfoot, of Toronto. The accident `occurred on the No. 11 Highway at the I-Iawkestono curve south Of 0111-. `, Ila. ........ I The clmrges were laid by Traic` `Officer J. Lewis. who stated Hm? hf` !located the cm` containing the men Jim MinL`.~:in;_,' rm S.'1!Ul'di1_V. Oct. 7. at 1.40 pm. The car had ripped out, M1`. Bell, who had ('()zl('1lD(l and" played ball with M0z1l 0x'd clubs for the past 12 years. \\':Is home 10 ms grave in the Union CCI1]t`t(`l`}'. . I`hox-n-i bury. by fellow ball players, Tommy` Filllngham, Alonzo Smith. Elmer Goldsmith. Robert Richardson, Wal- ter Smithson and I-luck" Caesar. | The re had gained tremendous headway by the time it was discover- ed and the alarm was given. De- spite the frantic efforts of the men and boys of the community, the building was completely enveloped in ames in a very short time. Its en- tire contents were lost. Mr. Herb. Harman. operator of the telephone ofce, whose home was above the oice, and Mr. Devans. of the hotel, anticipating the spread of the b1a7e.. were able to remove their furniturei and personal belongings to safety, before the re had gained too much` ground. Horried spectators were forced to stand by helplessly and watch the flames leap to the roof of] the telephone office and then to that of the hotel. The hotel burned to (Please turn to page ve) _ ...... ..:,. Mr. McLeod. who ran a shoe ro- pair and leather goods shop and had his living quarters in the frame building, was away at the time of the fire. It was supposedly caused by mice nibbling at a package of matches. A similar blaze had broken out in the shop a few nights prev- iously, but had been instantly cl1ecl~:-l In` . (Advance Correspondent) Cookstown, Oct. 9.-A erce blaze which broke out at approximately two am. Monday in the rear of the frame building occupied by J. L. Mc- Leod, swept rapidly through the dwelling and into the telephone oice on one side and the Queens Hotel` on the other. The building in which the re originated was burned to the ground with uncontrollable speed, as was the hotel. The telephone office was very badly damaged inside, al- though the outside walls were left standing. at. 1ur,.r .`...x ...L_.. ___._ _ ,u__, . Mice Nibbling on Matches! Believed Responsible for] Spectacular Blaze-Whole] Town Threatened. 5 015,000 Fire Destroys I-lotei t Cookstown Onl}-`key" men will be brought in by the contractors, the main its completion. part of- the work to be done by local labour. It is understood that the hiring of men will be done by the local Employment Ofce located at 6 Owen Street. The contract is for the pavement of fteen miles of road, which should take the road right into camp to connect with the present paving system there. It is expected that most of the un- employed men in this district will be absorbed in this work until Only key" \ : Although no estimate of the number of men required for the work could be secured to-day, it is understood that the Govern- ment requires the job to be rushed to completion `as quickly as possible, which will make necessary the use of many men from this district. nu... ~...... ...- .... \a--\1 ... \-II ....u......... \..v., IIL ;.;u.Aunuuu. Superintendent Norman Wilson is already on the job start'has been made, a few men being employed in prel work which will precede the general activity, which is expe get under way the rst of the week. Pavement will be of E asphalt, two inches in thickness, laid over three inches of stone base. For the past few days huge loads of heavy machinery have been wending their way to Barrie, where an immediate start will be made on the Barrie-Camp Borden Highway, contract for which has been let to the W. C. Brennan Co., of Hamilton. n..._....:__4......1_._A. 1u....._..._- v2y:1_-_- _ ....-. nu. \lAl\4 .;...u.-, ...\.uuu, at home. _ Poolv diva <.-:'u'1y S:1tu1'dn).' nnomingz` n Orillia Sol(lim-5' 1VIC*n102'i911 I-1ns1)i- .al, 1'()I10\\'in`4 severe burns received, in a gasoline explosion. cmxsml by an acetylene blow torch at the Jor- dv` gravel pit, three miles west of All Set for Big Push On Barrie-Borden Road Injures} When Autos Barrie, Ontario, Thursday, October 12, 1939 _'.'p " Special services are being held in 9 St. Thomas` Church. Shanty Bay. on 9 Sunday, Oct. 15. at 11 a.m. and 7.30 L pm. These are to mark the com- "' pletion of the new organ. which has 9! been built to commemorate the 100th "[.z11miversar_v of the. opening of the 1` church and as a memorial. D {Runny-nub Victim | ; Claims Stolen Socks I f Sold in Barrie] Mlclmv] lVI:LcL'.11'on. aged 27. of PeIe1'lx)1'oLx~,z.l1. :1 member of the 1'ubb_v-club and wine 3`1'ntomity. was picked up by police Tuescln_v after- noon on :1 clmrs.:(- of theft of :1 dozen ])Llll`.S of socks from Tw1:4s' Men}; Wear. At three pm. Wednesday, `police paid 21 visit to A. J. Tuck's `second-hand establishment, where McLaren stated he had sold the socks. I Tuck denied having purchas- ed the stolen goods and the alleged `thief was lodged in the county gaol I to await trial. ,,-VV`.._ ..- ...... V.... Another itxtowstixlg feature is the very ne case which Mr. Shute has ydcsigxmecl, rmd which has been con- structed out of butternut wood which was donated by Mr. Wilson and was grown on the O'Brien property. Not, only is this ttitxg. because it was\ 4v-n-_._.. ....... 4 ,_.__.- 1- _ . . , ,. lSl1antyBay Church ! To Celebrate , f Centennial] The construction of the organ has`: been of much interest to people J throughout the summer. as it has been built in the church. as organs in olden days were built. Mr. Shute, the` builder, has done quite a 1`e1na1`kn,b1.*f ,piece of work in incorporating into new organ many of the pipes of the old one. thus px'ese1'ving;' the sweetness of tone and the nssocimioxls that 1 people prized in the old. A I\.\` I... ' I David Lorne Poole, aged 24, Barrie, was buried in Barrie Union Ceme-. tery following a >CI'ViC` at the homei of his parents. Mr. and Mrs. David! H. Poole, 75 Victoria St. I {Police See}: zammer Murderer . Police said the man they sought was eeing in the dead constable's automobile and was armed with Gleadow's service re- volvcr and rifle. Constable Gleadow was believed 'to have been battered down about 8.30 a.m. as he leaned over to Search for some stolen goods in the presence of Flock, son of the Esterhazy postmaster, whom he had arrested the previous evening on an old theft charge. Regina, Oct. ll.-Warned by radio messages from every Sas- katchewan stalion, and by news- papers and telephone, thousands were on the lookout to-day for :1 speeding automobile carrying Ernest Flook, 24, of Esterhazy. He is sought for the hammer murder to-day of Constable Nor- man Gleadow, 28, of the R.C.M.P. , .. ....., ...W...-,. uuuuuu n. . (Please Lurn to page four) and a preliminary` expected to 2 hot-mix s crushed Presidr.-nt St1':msm:m prommocl that Barrio Colts would be u >`_!`nng fight- ing force in district. O.H.A. junior compelimm agai11 this year. Under his guidance the club won the gl'0il;) title last year after a hard-fought group battle with Owen Sound Greys. Penetang Rangers and Midland I Consolg. [Sam Strcmsman Again Chosen ! President of Barrie Colts Supp'ort!ng the president will be Frank Rayner as vice-president,` Doug Hedger as secretary and Ralph en Llnlsin t,1'ate`.' night. __. _-....,, ... ............ r..Ivo I Pall-bcm'ers were John Newman, Cecil Poole, Maurice Johnston. Gal`-I not Johnston, Charles LeMay and! Melville Rowat. _ P. B. Crews, gold expert. of To- ronto, who is at Williams` store for . the purpose of buying gold. could tell `many interesting stories a.tt21ched to `the pieces which he purchases. With pure gold no\v at, $35.00 per ounce. Mr. Crews explains. the highest price ever reached. many are anxious to sell these old pieces. being in need of money. \vhile others like to determine the Value of their l;eep. a ser- vice which Mr. Crews renders free of] ' charge. i Sam st1'a11.s111n.11 is again p1'osi(lc'1t of Barrie I-Iockoy Club 101' 1939-40.` He was re-elected for the c:nsuiu',:' season at the annual meeting, an` enmusizlstic one. held in the Ma{_zi.<-, Court. Chamber T11:-way! .`:..|_n. I Among the brooches is one of par-E ticular interest centred with strands of interwoven hair, one fair and the` other dark, belonging to the husband` and son of the owner, and no doubt deeply cherished. Inscriptions on this quaint piece tell of the passing of gthese two loved ones over 100 years 1 ago. This week citizens have been peru--i ing with interest the collection of old ornaments, coins, etc.. on exhibition in E. H. Williams` Jewellery Store window. Many of them are over one] hundred years old, beautiful old; pieces, including quaint lockets. love-y` ly old bracelets, old fashioned rin,g`s.W cuff links and other ornaments espec-! ially dear to the feminine heart. 3 Interest En Old Gol Attracts Locui Window; That in case a teacher employed by Barrie Board of Education be-! comes engaged in active militar_v,i naval or air service, this board will! continue to pay to the Department? of Education each year the amount: '01 superannuation being paid by the. teacher at time of enlistment, and; will further guarantee the re-engage-f Acting on the recommendation of ! the Department of Education and Public School Inspector W .R. Mc-= Vittie, Barrie Board of Education on} Tuesday night adopted the following! resolution : VVILL PAY PENSION PREMIUMS I DURING ENLISTMENT. }Barrie Teachers ! To Be Protected] G I Second Oice Opens 5 To Begiiter Women Born in Barrie, Mr. Poole lived` here all his life, and attended Princc| of Wales School and Bani: Colleg- iate Institute. He is survived by hisi wife, formerly Edith Bird. Allandsllc-,l his parents, Lwo b1'olliei's, Ge0i'ge and William, and one sister. Leomxf n No Goose for Arthur `Tacit Grant Deplores Client's Luck _ -a......_ V... .. unvvwwu An office opened in Allandale on Tuesday in Mrs. McDougall's store on Essa Road ,which will be open from 1.30 to 5 p.m. daily for the convenience of wo- men in that district who wish to offer their services in time of national emergency. in D. F. McCuaig s otce. Less than one hundred women have registered to date. n.. .12.. -_,,_,. . ... . . National voluntary registration of women in Barrie is progress- ing slowly, the Advance was in- formed to-day by Mrs. Harry Carter, supervisor of the Barrie oicc, located in the Ross block (Please h... -.......=, pun: u_y an:l5 1'e-engage- i turn to page four) gMAJOR GORDON LONGMAN EN -i CHARGE OF TRAINING SCHOOL 5! FOR ARMY OFFICERS. ...., .... -. .. ....L...a.wu. Barrie will have the players left; from last year's Colts, together with players from last year's Barrie Lions, as well as eligible boys from Camp Borden. .. ,.-.,...-.-. The .scv(.-11 times group-winning Colts expect keen apposition this ;.'(-ur. <`.s'pecia11_v from Owen Sound Greys, who have already organized and are practicing. and who have several imports. it is understood. n- .. ...:n 1. , - - - - The executive dell point. :1 mamlger and soon as possible. rru-,. .....,.. A: DAVID LORNE POOLE IN 2411:` YEAR. - ` I Robinson as tx'cz1surcr. with me executive consi.stmg of Bob Bibby, Dixie Corben. Charlie Lowe. Wes. Allsopp. Alvin Bowen and Harry `Payne. I nu. -_._.,,.,. A regin1enLal school for the quali- fying of oicers and N.C.O.'s opened at the A1`1noux'ie.s' here last evening with a class of sixty candidates, Lhn'1y-I`x\'e 1'01` omccrs and twenty- 'five for N.C.O. .~:./ The school is under the (lirectjun of M21301` Gordon Longnmn, assisted by Capt. C. E. Raikes, Adjutant; Instructors. Lieut. A. T. McNabl;- and v n l\1 .....-- 60 Candidates in ;Regime:a_ISchool i Bail was nally agreed upon at !Lwo thouszmcl clollars, Tuck to ap- ipear for trial or preliminary hearing Ion Wednesday, Oct. 18. E My man was required to recline `in gaol over the holiday week cud without any T11a.nksgiving goose and ldoetsnt look forward with pleasure to another week in gaol," Mr. Tuck s Ilawyer explained in requesting that _bai1 be gmxited. _ . . . . . . . .... nu. Iuuv Auuo uu MIC 11111. I Tuck appeared yesterday morning ibefore Magistrate Jes, who read lthe charge that on the twenty- `eighthday of September. in the Town of Barrie, Mr. Tuck did commit per-` `jury at the County Judges Criminal :Court at the trial of Murray Mac- ikenzie for theft of 1. motor by ,swearing falsely in an attempt to imislead the court. Crown Attorney rwank Hammond, K.C., asked for a further remand of one week. Mr. Tuck was picked up on Sat- urday on a charge of perjury and appeared before Magistrate Compton Jes in police court. aBi1 was set at two thousand dollars. which Mr. Tuck apparently found difcult to raise on short notice with the result that by the time some sort of ar- rangement had been made, Crown Attorney Frank Hammond, unmind- ful of the plight of his prisoner, was out of town in search of his Thanksgiving duck and Mr. Tuck pwas obliged to spend the holiday 'week end with the lads on the hill. "I"nnl.- .-..-\.-.......,..a ......._._u,,, - Arthur J. Tuck, local second-hand dealer, missed his Thanksgiving goose this year and didn't think much of it, according to his counsel, Hugh Grant, of Orillia. While the savory smell of roasting fowl was emanating from most kitchens about town, the boys in the county gaol were dining on the usual fare of oatmeal porridge, bread. prunes and other common fare. And Arthur J. Tuck on Thanksgiving Day was just one of the boys. Gasoline Victim - ls Buried Here