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UNEMPLOYMENT Per Cent of Labor Force By Months UNEMPLOYMENT OUTLOOK BBIGHTENS Unemployment in 1962 is ex ccted to be less severe than 1961 Labor Minister Starr has predicted that month by month unemployment will be down from postvwar records of 1961 Unemployment hit its peak in February With 11 per cent of the labor force without yobs By September it dropped to its lowest point of 47 compared with 51 in September 1860 Graph shawl unemployment began climb log again in October but at rate under that of correspond ing months of 1960 CP Newsmap Companies Playing TORONTO CWCourtaulds Canada Limited and Canadian Industries Limited the Cona dian subsidiaries of two giant British chemical firms have ad opted waitandsce attitude to word proposed merger be tween the parent companies Courtaulds Limited the Brit isb manufacturer oi synthetic fibres turned down Friday £180000000 takeover bid from Imperial Chemical Industries biggest firm in the Common wealth Courtaulds said in London announcement that counterpro posois of an undisclosed nature had been made to 101 It could not recommend that its stock holders accept the original 161 after Courtaulds of Canada with sales offices in Tomato and Montreal has its only plant at Cornwall where it employs be tween 1400 and 1500 workers in the manufacture of tire yarn textiles carpets plastics and building materials such as insu lation The plant is Canadas only supplier of viscose yarns CIL EMPLOYS 8000 Canadian industries Limited employs total of 0000 work ers across the country im perial Chemical owns 02 per cent of Oil stock on suplt plies Courtaulds in Canada with caustic soda and chlorine from plant in Cornwall and with hydrogen peroxide from plant in Hamilton Cil also has plants in James island and New Westminster 80 Edmonton and Calgary Brninored and Winnipeg Mane Copper Cliff Toronto ingcrsoil Chatham Norwich Brampt ftiiilhavcn 0nt Brownst Montreal Belaeil Shawinigan and Septlies Que and Hali fax site is being sought for plant in New Brunswick If carried through the ICI Courtaulds merger would have resulted in an $350000000 con cern to manufacture and mar ket huge range of products Montreal Police Make Raids 0n Groups Oi Private Homes MONTREAL CWSquads of police moving with the team work of wartime commandos launched series of raids on private homes in north Montreal and the Laurentian resort area Friday The raids aimed primarily at solving bank holdup in which the loot has been set as high as $4000000 resulted in four men and four women being de tained and the seizure of large amounts of cash jewelry car household effects and number of important papers The raids were described by Insp Joe Bednrd as only the beginning fnsp Bedard said charges against at least some of the eight persons detained probably will be laid early next week No names were released Police said that although they were looking primarily for bank loot the 40 raiders also picked up about $4000 worth of elec trical appliances and other household goods believed to have been stolu FIND NAMES LIST In one of the homes detec tives found about $2000 mostly in American coins and list of names and column of figures Police said the find indicated that several thousand dollars had been divided among the persons listed The bank robbery that touched off the raids has been described as one of the cabri est best planned crimes ever pulled off in Montreal Burg lars smashed their way through four feet of reinforced concrete in the floor of the vault in downtown bank of Nova Scotla branch early in the weekendof July They then hammered open 377 safety deposit boxes taking their pick of cash jewesi and securities before leaving Los Angeles Evening Mirror Dies Examiner May Close Down Sun LOS ANGELES AP The Evening Mirror youngest of the major metropolitan newspapers in the United States published its last edition Friday The 50 yearold Morning Examiner it was reported will publish its last edition on Sunday That would leave this city of 2500000 with only two metro politan newspapers the mom ing Times and evening Herald Express The Chandler family owns the Times and Mirror the Hearst family the Examiner and Her aldExpress The number of employees af fected on the Mirror and Ex aminer was not disclosed Many departments on both the Hearst and Chandler papers have long been consolidated The circulations of the four newspapers as of last Septem bers audit Examiner 3131037 daily 693733 Sunday Times 545102 daily 973473 Sunday Herald Express 393215 daily Mirror 301882 daily NEVER PAID WAY The Mirror was launched Oct 11 1940 but it never got into the black It won awards for makeup It conducted many crusades It splashed crime and features it bad solid reporting and good writing What was its trouble indus try sources cite combination of factors The growth of sub urban papers taking reader time and advertising dollars the growth of television taking the same and vigorous coin petition from The HeraldEm press The Examiner was founded in 1903 by the late William Ran dolph Hearst after local lahnr leaders persuaded him there was need for publication here to counter what theycalied the antilabor attitude of The Times It thrived under Hearsts per sonal guidance but in recent Years had fallen well behind The Times in advertising and circulation Easy Bail Cntrcised MONTREAL CmTop p0 iice officials Friday criticized the courts for granting what they called easy bailto Imown criminals awaiting trial The attack came as they re viewed the criminal history of Campbell Ashton 82 year old former convict killed Thursday as be tried to fire on police seeking five men who had rob bed bank Ashton had skipped out last September on bail totalling al most $12000 on variety of charges Chief Insp William Fitzpab rick said We always deplore the fact that such peoplerob viously on career of crime are able to get provisional re lease on bail Ashton was dropped by snap shot by Coast Yves Frechetto as Ashton was trying to aim gunat Coast Frechettes part ner Coast Yvon Brunelie Insp Fitzpatrick said Ashton was arrested first when he was 20 Since then he had seven con victions for theft from on auto receiving flight from custody breaking and entering armed robbery false pretences and utl tering forged documents FAMOUS FLIGHT Alcock and Browns pioneer nonstop Atlantic flight in 1910 took them from Newfoundland lo ircland in six hours 10 min utes Wait And See Game from synthetic textiles to paint and plastics Such consortium was seen by City of London observers as prudent preparation for Brit ains probable entry into the European Common Market when she would have to com pete with the vast RhonePou IfncRhodiacetn fibre produc ton THREE FOB FOUR BID The CI bid for Courtaulds had been three Ci shares for every four of Courtaulds The directors of Courtaulds in their statement expressed great con fidence in their companys fut ure prospects 0n the current trading posi tion they estimated the groups profits beforo tax for the year ending March 51 would be 217 500000 This will enable them to pay an overnil dividend of 2s per unit the same as in the previous year The iCi bid announced 10 days ago followed months of negotiations Courtaulds at the time described the announce meat as premature The first hint the deal might not go through came when Gour taulds director said they had called in the merchant bankers Boring Brothers to advise them Booster Plan For Research Is Coming UllAWA CPA federally sponsored plan to help encour aga an increased level of indus trial research in Canada will be announced in the throne speech at the Opening of Parliament Jan in it was teamed reliably Friday Under the plan the govern ment is expected to provide up wards of $1000000 in the 196263 BORDEN BEAT By JIM 510 Swords Sticks and mistacb es be military have always beer strong supporters of trad ition and in this spect the Canadian Army is no excep tion But some of the symbol of former tradition seem po intless in the nuclear age The swagger stick carried by army officer is good example of what we mean We have devoted number of hours to figuring out uses for this item For instance cracking walnuts scratching the back of ones neck kcep lng oaes hunch occupied dur ing stnfi conferences chewing the end of some as means of oral gratification while try ing to give up cigarettes rap ping on the bar to attract the attention of the mess steward All of these uses are extreme ly practical we admit but are hardly military TOTE SWORDS 1n the same category are the swords totcd by officers on ceremonial occasions and many of these occasions themselves Has anyone ever added up the cost of the numerous dress par ades trooplngs of the color and assorted nonvbelligorent monoevres which the military frequently indulges in All this ceremoninl claptrap may be dear to the hearts of the mit itnry traditionalists but its pain in the neck of the ordin ary soldier and drain on the pocketbook of the ordinary tox paycr Another traditional item this one doesnt cost the tax payer any money is the mili tary moustache so dear to many members of our armed servic ES We often wonder if the wear ers of moustaches sport them as matter of personal pre ference or as an obligation to the military tradition if the latter is the cast we feel that it is sad case of conformity and group nonethinking Strange ly enoughtha custom of mous tache growing is not at all evident among members of the us armed forces Three mous tachloed sergeants from Bordon recently attended tra ining course in the states and their American hosts were tickl ed pink by the Canadian foll nge In fact they thought they were CUTE There are two sides to every argument Per bapssomeone at Camp can give us an argument in favor of swords sticks and moustach es Die in Five Feet One of the fiscal year to help private in dustry pay the cost of basic longterm research perhaps to tailing $10000000 over period of years The National Research Coun oil will be charged with the re sponsibility of selecting indus tries which will receive assist ance Funds will be made avail able to NBC through an item in the governments estimates for 106263 expected to be tabled shortly after Parliament opens The assistance program will be tied in with the duties of the newlyappointed NRC indus trial advisory conunlttea astuterowins sports in North America is skindiving and one of the bestorganised and most active clubs on the continent is located at Borden The Aqu ateers of Canada meets at the Camp gymnasium and holds its wet workouts at the Camp Pool The club was originally formed in 1M7 by the RCAF iatcr included the other servic es and is now civilian organ ization whose membership is about equally split between sold iers and civilians Demand is so heavy that membership in the Aquoteers is now limited to 30 but frequent courses are held which the public may nt tend Staff SergeantJack Sav age one of the qualified lost ructors at the club explained that there was more to skin divlng than strapping tank on and Jumping to Skindiving calls for the study of physics and phys iology Jack says Onemust be familiar with the worki ago of the human body and the compressed gases which are us ed in diving tanks An untrain ed diver can kill himself in five feet of water by improper use of equipment Pressure increas es three feet per square inch at depth of five feet and that is enough to force on air bubble from the lungs to the heart or the brain causing death To avoid such unpleas ant possibilities the Aquatecrs conduct rigorous training cours es and are in the middle of one right now second 10week course will commence at the beginning of March and memb ers of the public can take part CAltfP CONVENTION Big Convention Camp will be hopping all next week with the annual conference of the infan try and armored corps Eighty delegates will attend including representatives from the and Britain Each corps will discuss its own internal pro blems and plans first and then get together to discuss mutual problems Topranking delegate will be LicuteaantGcneral Walsh chief of the general staff Probable item on the agenda will be the use of tactical at omic weapons which lsa pure ly theoretical subject at this point as the politicians havent decided yet whether the armed forces should have them or not Confiagration Dont forget the Burning of the Green tonight Theres nothing like good bon fire to warm the cookies of Your heart on cool winters night 11K WOnt Take Sides LONDON AP Britain ro fused Friday to take sides in the feud between Prime Minis ter Sir Roy Welensky of the Rhodesian Federation and Sec rotaryGeneral Thant of the United Nations over UN opera tions in The Congos Katanga province As result new polttciai storm has begun to gather over Britain whose relations with the UN have been strained Manifold Prolonged Law Abuse Exchange WASHINGTON AP The American Stock Exchange was accused by federal investigators Friday of permitting manifold Doctor Is Charged In Conspiracy In Metals Stock SASKATOON CPlDr Shumiatcher of Regina and WalterW Luboff of Saskatoon appeared in police court Friday on joint charge of conspiring to defraud the public The case was set over to Jan 17 to hear objections raised by Shumiatchers lawyer Thomas Fawcett of Ot tawa third person named in the charge did not appear Isis ar rival under police escort from Ottawa was delayed by poor flying conditions Fawcett was expected to ap pear in court today The charge arises from an in vestigation into the sale of stock by Columbia Metals Exploration Company and Transactions be tween Columbia Metals and re lated companies and prolonged abuses of laws and rules designed to protect the investing public The Securities and Exchange Comrnissioo capping seven month invmdgation oi the sec endlargest stock exchange in the United States issued 127 page report which contended the exchange has been dominated by fourman aligarchy It said the dominant group has included Joseph Reilly who currently heads the ex change as president pro tem Reilly was named to that post following the forced resignation as president ofEdwnrd Mc Cormick McComiick quit Dec 11 after the exchange directors learned he had accepted $5000 favor from man subsequently convicted on swindiing charges Named along with Reilly as the dominatingfigures in the exchange were Charles Boole let vicechairman ofltba board of governors James Dyer chairman of the committee on finance and John Mann chairman of the committee on floor transactions The report said that during the last 10 years these four men have held the key positions in DANCING onn FELLOWS HALL COLLIER ST EVERY FRlDAY SATURDAY FRIDAY TOM CROWE SATURDAY ADMISSION 7s and his Quintet WEBSTERS ORCHESTRA REFRESHMENT BOOTH NO SLACKSOR JEANS PERMITTED Old Tymaand Modern Dancing the government of the exchange in rotation broad sampling of exchange membersand even the SEC it selfcame in for sharp criti cism in what was perhaps the mast explosive report ever is sfed by the 27yearold commis on At press conference Milton Cohen director of the probe indicated the SEC will take ac tion against some of those cited as responsible for alleged abuses There may have been crimi nal violations in the activities studio Cohen said but he had no responsibility for such fol lowvups under the terms of his investigation Cohen declined also to answer reporters question whether the SEC had bena remiss in not moving in on the dealings criticized but he said We point out few places where the SEC might have done something it didnt do or might have been more vigilant TEE MERE EXAMINER SATURDAY JANUARY 10¢ For Adenauer BONN lAPlKonxad Adan aucr poor boy from Cologm who rose to world ernincnoa as West Germanys diancellor in his old age celebrated his 86th birthday Friday with cham pagne and daylong party Getting up before dawn to at tend rnnss Adenauer was on his feet almost without interruption through the day at his chan cellory shaking hundreds of hands He became the first cbsneeb lor of the new state of West Germany 12 years ago OTTAWA CP Canadian fisheries scientists are begin ning to solve one of natures most intriguing mysteries how salmon find their way back from the ocean to their fresh water birthplace They may smell their way home The annual meeting to the Fisheries Research Board of Canada Friday heard re port on experiments which show the salmon has highly developed sense of smell Scientists of the boards Vancouver station have found that young sockeye salmon can detect certain foodsub stances in dilutions as low as COLORADO SPRINGS AP An electronic warning system that blankets the Arctic regions was hailed as major deterrent to war as it was turned over Friday to the United States Air Force which will operate it for the North American Air De fenco Command Gen Laurence Kuler com mander of Norad called the far flung alarm system fantastic very real strengthening of our armed forces We now have leg up on the enemy Kuter declared Well know almost instantly when on enemy missila has been fired Although only two of three in4 stallatlons are operational the Ballistic Missile Early Warning system was formally accepted in brief ceremony by the air defence command new unit the 9th Aerospace Defence Di vision was given responsibility for its operation Split second warning of an approaching missile or any alrbomo object can be given by the installations at Thule Greenland and Clear Alaska Affidavit Sworn Saying 12 Voted More Than Once BURLINGTON 011i CPA Hamilton man has charged in an affidavit that at least 12 vot ers cost more than one ballot In Burlingtons mayoralty elec on John Thili whose contracting business is in Burlington has filed motion for hearing in county court to have the elec tion declared void The hearing has been set for Jan 19 before Judge George Elliott sheriff served the papers on Mayorelect Owen Mullin Thursday night Mr Mullin who is to be sworn in Monday Polled 3075 votes in the Dec election 99 more than the closest of his four rivals for office Mr Thili says he has the backing of three of tho unsuc cessful candidates and of some 10 or 15 ratepayers nor on main Tilv REPAIRS Phone PA I42 TONYS APPLIANCE and iv SERVICE We FliM roux NIGHT ON JAPAN ONE HOUR AND 40MINUTESOF ENCHANTINGJAFAN IN COLOR It inns Gardens Etc ADMISSION FREE BARRIE PUBLIC juaxAnv HALL wrmnn 17 his pm honor Barrteand anoint rum Council ii in the Charged Boy Drew People On Scafiolds LONDON Ont CF de tective told juvenile court Friday of conversation in which 11 year old boy delt nied harming Sylvia Pinks found strangled in the attic of an abandoned store here Nov IS Detec Donald Andrews was tatifying at the trial of tho SALMON MAY SMELL THEIR war none one part in 000000 They plugged the nasal sacs of captive sockeye held in tanks and found the fish no longer responded to food When the plugs were removed the fish found tha food easily Other experiments carried out by rcsearchvesscis in the North Pacific ocean where salmon from North America and Asia interminglo have shown that foreign bodiescar ried by the fish varied from area to area of the two can tinents Scientists also found that scale on the Asian fish dif fered from the North Ameri can fish Electronic Waming System Hailed ils Major Deterrent third site is nearing compie tion at Fyllagdales Moore Yorkshire England Actually the radar site at Thule went into operation in 00 tober 1960 and the Clear in stallation last July The site at Fylingdnles will be in use by next year More than 2400 private con tractors headed by Radio ran partition of America and West crn Electric startcdworh on tho 51000000000 project in Jan uary 1955 rosncorm ACTION Their huge radar antennas scan much of Europe Asia and some 2000 miles of Arctic land They are beamed con stantly in all directions from which an enemy missile could be fired The elaborate device at each installation can spot track an unidentified object the instant it rises above the horizon Ra dar echoes are analyzed by computers which determine tho objects position and speed lts course is calculated and in 10 seconds warning is flashed to the air defence command along two separate routes We relied on this system against any missile attack for year now Gen Kuter said Were not interested in separ cent effectiveness We demand complete assurance against en emy attack and believe were finally getting it LhGen Robert Lee ADC commander said tremendous obstacles remain to be over come But he said the West has reliuble warning against missile threats The primary value of other warning systems such as tho Distant Early Warning line in Canadas North is in warning against manned bombers and short range missiles such as will be the primary target of the English base at Fyiingdaies boy charged under the Juvcnna Delinquents Act with murder in the death of the girl Sylvia was found lying pan tiaity hidden in an alcove her head and upper body suspended from an electric light cable by her own belt knotted tightly around her throat Judge Fox admitted into evidence notes the deters tlve took from memory shortly after the boy had conversa tion with his parents and his minister Nay as The trial in its second day ran into night session before being adjourned until Monday MINES TYINO GIRL According to the notes the boy admiltcd being with Sylvia Asked by the minister if he had put the belt around the girls neck the boy paid he put the belt around her high on the chest under the arms The notes stated the boy said be dragged the girl into the cor ner oi the attic where she was found but did not tie her up the belt Det Sgt Len Elgie testified he and another policeman in terviewed the boy Nov 24 and took him into custody Two teachers from the school the accused boy attended were called to identify school work book that was entered as evi dence In the book found by teacher after the boys arrest were several drawings of pegt pic on scaffolds The boys homo room teacher in evaluating the boys inteltl gence said he considered the 13 ycnr old was slightly be low average psychiatrist said Thursday he considered the boy was above average in intelligence Try An Examiner Want Ad PHONE PA 824 IMPERIAL STARTS MONDAY Adult Entertainment WE DARE YOU andml 1nd GBIPPINO FEATURE By Popular Demand Adult Entertainment Sanra De Bbrin WalterSlk iimmumnmvtm nun Iizox HMOIIS PLAYERS TitEItfilE Mona rues AT sapunnav his mo mo 745