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A. Labrecque Acquitted Of Burglary Charge and Theft of $7,000 in Rings Alphonse Labrecque, who was alleged by police to have been the "brains" behind the ‘Sole Brothers Jewellery Store burglary in which diamond and wedding rings to the value of $7,000 retail, were taken, was acquitted â€" in police court yesterday morning after a preliminary hearing into the charge against him. Labrecque was charged with breaking and entering the store Alleged "Brains" Behind Sole Brothers Jewel Robbery Freed After Convicted Burglar. Armand Duval and Receivers Donat Payette and Florino Sandrelli Fail to Directly Connect Him With the Crime. THURSDAY, APRIL 11TH, 1940 There were three Crown witnesses in the case against Labrecque. All three of them had been sentenced to jJail and penitentiary terms in connection with the same case. Armand Duval who admitted break. ing and entering and stealing rings worth $7,000 and who received three years in Kingston Penitentiary, was the first witness called. Yes, he know Labrecque, he told the court, He saw him on Third Averue one day. In fact he had several different talks with Labrecque. Duval said that at the time he inâ€" tended to break the Brothers store and he had an understanding with Labrec. que regarding the disposition of the jewellery. Labrecque never, at any timg, pushed him to break into the sthre; he did not know when he was going to do it or what store he was going to enter. Labrecque said to him, testiflied Duâ€" val: "If you happen to get any rocks or anything like that, I have connections in Toronto to get rid of them." In a statement he gave police after his arrest Duval said that Labrecque approached him again and asked him if he had done any more on the proâ€" position of breaking the jewellery store. In court on Tuesday Labrecque said that that part of the statement was not true. The corréct version of the thing, Duval said, was that he went out to find Labrecque to ask him if he could do anything to assist him in turning the jewellery into cash. Duval said that police told him, after his arrest, that Labrecque had "squealâ€" ed" on him and that he was crazy to "take the rap‘"‘ alone without drawing some of the "big shots‘" who had the "dough" into it with him. Labreque knew the day before he broke into the store that it was going to be done, Duval said, but he did not suggest that it be done; he offered 1w1 help. Labrecque told him that he could get him work in the "high.â€"grading" racket for which he would be well paid, Duval said. "Do you think now that Labrecque squealed on you?" asked Dean Kester, counsel for defence. "No, not now," Duval said. "They asked me a lot of questions and I was crazy to spill so muth. I thought I would get off easier." Al1 Donat Payette, was sent to jail for two years for receiving the BANK OF MONTREAL 4 baonk where asmall accounts are welcome" in 12 equal monthly instalments? Just $3.65. There‘s no other charge. How much will it cost you to borrow $100 at the Bank of Montreal, if you are able and willing to repay the money Timmins Branch: Duval said. "They questions and I was much. I thought I Consult with our nearest branch manager. ESTABLISHED 1817 stolen goods, had to offer was the fact that he believed that Labrecque owned the house at 52 Riverside Drive. In the basement of this house were hidden the jewels. In his statement to police, Florino Sandrelli quoted Labrecque as saying: "I know were the diamonds are and I think I‘li send you down to Toronto with them." Later. "I have a car and I want you to go down right away. Go to Rita‘s and pick up Payette." "Is all this true," Crown Attorney Caldbick asked Sandrelli, "Â¥Yes," was the reply. Sandrelli said that he and Labrecque arranged to get a car from the Bluc Bird Taxi. The arrangement was that they were to pay $50 for the use of the car. Later Labrecque gave him a $20 bill to give Cossette, taxi proprietor. Commented â€" Magistrate Atkinson: "Labrecque seems to be in the position of receiving stolen goods but I can: hardly see that he had been aiding and abetting." The Crown Attorney: "I wouldn‘t ask committal on the evidence of these three." At the end of the trial, when Cossette was not obtainable, there was some talk of postponing the hearing until next week. Labrecque hurriedly whispered to his legal adviser. He could not be here, he said, he had an important engageâ€" ment in Toronto. Labrecque appears there next week on a charge in connection with illegal trafâ€" fic in gold ore. At the end of the hearing yesterday morning after Labrecque was acquitted Magistrate Atkinson said: "You can keep that engagement in Toronto now. The Guides of the 10 th I. 0. D. E. Company held their weekly meeting on Monday in St. Matthew‘s hall. GIRL GUIDES tauvht the knots and Doris Read rcâ€" viewed Guide Laws, whistle signals and the flag. Campfire was formed and the songs for the concert were sung. After the meeting there was a practâ€" tice for the play under the direction of Mr. Calin Sellars. All Guides are asked to be present next Monday. "I‘ve had no luck with that girl. TI‘ve passed her every day for the last weekâ€" and she hasn‘t smiled once!" "Ssome women have no sense of humor.‘"â€"From "Smiles." . TOD, Manager What Was That? Surprise Party Honour of Mrs About thirtyâ€"five friends of Mrs. Walter Lajambe gathered at her home, 12 Mountjoy strect south, on the ocâ€" casion of her birthday Saturday evenâ€" ing to hold a surprise birthday party in her honour. The evenâ€" ing was spent in dancing, and a dainty lunch was served, the guest of honour receiving the best wishes of her many friends. Town Pays Out $1,248 Discounts on Prepaid Taxes Town Hall Staff Working Hard to Get Bills Out by May 14. The town hall staff is working at top speed these days getting out approxiâ€" mately 7,800 tax bills which will bring revenue of close to $650,000 on a total assessment of near $10,000,000. . Due date for the first instalment of taxes is May 30; for the second instalment, Beptember 5. The bills will be out by May 16, say| «why," Mussolini must have wonâ€" town hall officials. !del’ed, "here is a real big war going Amount of taxes to date received| on and they aren‘t actually doing any under the town‘s prepayment plan WAS| more fighting than was done in the $109,028.22. By the terms of the plan| Ethiopian and Albanian wars." a discount of three and a half per cent Hockey Pictures is allowed on such payments for the) 1; is rather cruel of the photographâ€" period prepaid to May 30. No discount isl ers to take pictures of| goals being allowed on taxes paid aftery April 30.| seored in these playâ€"Ooff hockey games. Amount of discounts paid to date was | The camera always catches a couple given as $1,248.28. ‘of the opposing defencement looking Urge Having Names Plainly Dlspldved | on Mail Boxes i; Spring a Good Time to See Your Mail Box is in Good Order. nam»2 plaini there is a : placed on of is a good re that between ence the n There is a sters for def boxes and p but the sens on occasion know better, to remember alties for int In many cas woeather, At is to have | letter box an ing is renew comes too w alties for interference with mail DoOXeS. In many cases the worst enemy is the weoather,. About as good a way as any is to have the name painted on the letter box and then see that the paintâ€" ing is renewed in cases where it beâ€" comes too weatherbeaten. Postmaster King also refers to anâ€" other way in which the public can asâ€" sist in facilitating mail delivery. At this time of year many people aAre moving from one address to another. moving from one address to another. Ag soon as anyone makes a move the householdér should file a changeâ€"ofâ€" anddress card with the post office. Mail carriers always carry these cards with them. This will prevent mail from going astray. As scon as the family arrive at the new house they should make sure again that their name and address are painted on the letter box or nearby it. It is well to have a wire holder attached for newspapers and magazines. "Sure, I know it, 8 jumping to attention, "b three and Ma The battle raged fiercely around + but he sat in a shellâ€"hole smokin cigaret. "Oi!l Yom lazy bligh! and fight! Don‘t 3 three to one agauinst yelled at him above din. Staying in London with his wife when war broks out, Doral Ross, former merchant and rubber planter in the Straits Settlements, immediately organized an ambulance service. The personnel drawn from Inâ€" d on or good re:s between the na c is a~t "Sufficient For the Day > nalngs O a tendency defacing th d perhaps t senseless da sion by thco * sponset . the w INDIAN COSTUMES LEND TOUCH TO GRIM REALITY Held in . W. Lajambe also refers to anâ€" the public can asâ€" mail delivery. At many people are riddress to another makes a move the work of the mail ires better service. of year to see that ood shape and the i moveée the changeâ€"of â€" office. Mail cards with malil from the family 1t PORCUPINE ADVANCE, «IMMINS, ONTARIO $ C He comments, "We all have our OwD und him,| personal interest in the soldiers dnd noking @)jook after them in our OWn personal way. We resent being told what to do in by 147 or more different organizations x they’re% that have war charity licenses." ie Oofficer Wrong Sea Lord imultuous! ‘The CBC. had a professor on the !air last night who referred to Winston ‘~ replied, { Churchill as "First Sea Lord." Lilled my| â€" Winston is "PFirst Lord of the Admirâ€" all from e family y should ame and box e a wire ers and| muildodusSs, â€" .BA ! air last night replied, { Churchill as killed my!| â€" Winston is i Neutrality i Oone test the little neutrals can give antiâ€"neutrals acts is to ask themselves: l "Is it a coldâ€"blooded policy which will be continued in time of peace, or | is it a wartime exigency? "Is it only an abstract violation, or is it doing this country any concrete damage?" After weighing these questions they ishould read "Mein Kampf." | That Kind of War Mussolini suddenly launched out with a bellicose speech over the weekâ€" Advises Neutrals to Read Hitler‘s Book Called "Mein Kamp‘ Kind of War This is. Hoeâ€" key Pictures. Bay Street Subway. And So On. Writing this week in his column in The Toronto Telegram, Thomas Ritâ€" hard Henry has the following obserâ€" vations to make: end been studying the war on the western front and decided that it was safe to speak up again. sure of Their Ground? The Allies seem to have suddenly beâ€" come sure of their ground. They say flatly that Germany isn‘t going to sneak down through the terâ€" ritorial waters of Norway. They start patrclling the Mussolini fish pond, otherwise known as the Adâ€" riatic. e 1 o NÂ¥ LL 3 4 AAL N BR ® "pon‘t be afraid to step on Stalin‘s toes," advises one French statesman. The Allies‘ recent words ana actions seem to express confidence. Best Simile « The Minneapolis Messenger picks the best simile of 1940 as follows: "As the family happenings in a neighbourâ€" nood â€" where the chilaren play toâ€" eether‘" Up at the City Hall, or wherever they are kept, the blue print of the work being done under the Bay street subway must be labeiled, ‘*Western eX« tension of the western front." They have had men in trenches all winter without any sign that progress is being made. i C 5 Een ol Bay Street Subway Up at the City Hall, or they are kept, the bluc mn Stopping U from Sweden way route ha Ag WC understand 11 taken tltrough the J months in the year. The season seems little advanced to DC sweat â€" about this 1 youte. In peatete government nad to give In wartin This indicates that he may have They s i1ould The Ore Route the German ore shipments n along the coast of Norâ€" as us a little puzzled. derstand it, this ore can be ugh the Baltic for seven he year. m seems to be gotting aA dians of various religions and castes number 100 memâ€" bers, including physicians and barristers, New Auxiâ€" liary Ambulance Station 50 (Indian section) has provâ€" en itseif one of the most efficient units in England. e getting into Norwegian â€" prun that on tting into Funeral services were held on Saturâ€" day at the St. Alphonsus Church in Schumacher, by the Rev. Fr. Martindale for: little Lise Proulx, â€" sixâ€"yearâ€"old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Proulx, of the Coniaurum properiy. The little girl passed away at her home on Thursday, April 4th. She was born in Anger, Quebec, and had resided with her family at the Coniarum proâ€" perty for some time. About Swastika Airman tiven Important Post In referring to the appointment of Flying Officer Suddes, of Swastika, as head of a Toronto school for training aircraft inspectors The Northern NewWs, of Kirkland Lake, on Tuesday had the following :â€" Suneral on Saturday of Lise Proulx, Six Years Old "Appointment of FPlying Officer Arâ€" thur Suddes, of Swastika, as head of a Toronto school for training of airâ€" craft inspectors was anncunced Sunâ€" day by. the Royal Canadian Air at Ottawa. "Mtr. Suddes is well known here havâ€" ing for some time been engaged in business at Swastika. "He has on several occasions given j interesting talks on aviation and other subjects to local service clubs and other groups. "Rapid expansion of the air force under â€" wartime ° requirements had necessitated training of civilan inâ€" spectors to cope with the growing fneet of aircraft. _ The inspectors will be graduated from the Toronto school, which will begin classes April 29, at the rate of 10 a month. The course will last three months, and the school will be staffed by 10 men, of whom two will be officers. Quarters of the school wili be in the Cawthra Square build â€" "Elying Officer Arthur Steele Suddes, the commanding officer, was ‘born in Yorkshire, England in 1884. He spent five years at the Durham County Techâ€" nical College before embarking on an engineering carger that extended over 35 years. He spent seven yCcars with the North Eastern Railway in England as apprentice engineer, five years in South Africa as a mining engineer, 14 vyears with the Bristol Aeroplane Comâ€" pany, Limited, in England as an airâ€" creft engineer, and five years with the Canadian Wright Limited, where he was in charge of air craft engine shop and service activities, He has had 2000 hours of test flying as a passenger. The "First Sea ley P. R. Pound Lord is always a Out A sign painter was asked to fix up a spring sign for a local restaurant. He painted a robinâ€" with a nice juicy worm dangling from its beak. Now the suggestion of worms is fine to go withâ€"spring fishing tackle but it doesn‘t seem just the thing to go with salad eating. All the sign lacked was to have the All the sign lacked was to have the words "Worms guaranteed with every salad" lettered neatly below the robin. Always Missing There is an old red patch infantry veteran who has a grownâ€"up daughter. Last week the daughter was schedulâ€" ed to marry a young artillerymanâ€"but the artillery man wWas quarantined for mumps and the wedding was postponed. "It‘s the old,. old story," lamented the old red patch. "The artillery never arrives when it is needed." Of course nobody care any more, but it was 23 years ago toâ€"morrow morning that the boys went over the top, and took Vimy Ridge. They don‘t have those battle thrills in t‘hi} We heard a bright lad boastIng inai he had got rid of five parking tickets. He just takes them off his car and ties them on the car immediately beâ€" hind or immediately ahead. "It has worked five times," he boastâ€" ed. *"Nobody ever looks at the number on these tickets. They just take them in and pay the fine and that is that. The joke has been on five people who paid for my number and never noticed it." a parking ticke carefully. Then the joke will be right back in the lap of the lad mean enough to unâ€" load his parking ticket on somebody AI doesn‘t happen to be your numâ€" st send it in to court with the "Go soak your head," written on i‘t have those battle thrills in it least not yet. The Meanest Man d a bright lad boasting that t rid of five parking tickets. â€"and the "First Sca sailor. of Place ; Lord‘ is Sir A. Dudâ€" every time you get ou note the number Death of R. H. Howard at Ottawa on Friday Last Sshawville, April 10â€"Word was recelivâ€" ed here Friday of the death in Ottawa the same day of a former resident of Clarendon, Reuben Horace Howard, at the age of 38 years. MHe was born in Clarendin, a son of John S. Howard and his wife. Margaret Emma Dagg. For some years he lived«in Bristol village, working as a blacksmith, but moved to Ottawa about 15 years, ago. He wa.s married to Delia Bertrand of Bristol, who survives with two sons, Gerald and Farl, and two daughters, Lillian and Melen, all of Ottawa; his parents of Charteris, Que.; five brothers, Selisly, Shawville; Mervin, Almonte; Maurice, Timmins, and Elgin and Hubert, Charâ€" teris, and two sisters, Mrs. Clifford Swartz, Timmins, and Mrs. Herbert Mitchem, Hodgins, Que. ‘The funeral was held from his late home Monday, Windsor, Ont., April 10: Giving up bridge parties and dates to don overalls and smocks, more than 3000 Canadian women are enrolled for practical inâ€" struction as motor mechanics in 270 classes of the Women‘s Auxiliary Motor Service sponsored by Ford Motor Comâ€" pany, limited, which are now organâ€" dized in the Dominion. ' Reports received from â€" company branches and dealers show that 5470 women have applied for this course of instruction which will give them train« ing should their services be required to replace men as chauffeurs, truck or amâ€" bulance drivers. In addition to the classes actually receiving instruction, many others are on waiting lists ready to start the course as soon as possible. "The response to our offer of free instruction to women in the driving and I hoer Je 4 _ e eAE 2 a °. »p +m mWcc hWae «DA iXJ VA A NoA stt cth 2 married daughter (Helen) of Copper Cliff. *J\ A mt Red Cross Activities at the Buffaloâ€"Ankerite The Ankerite Group of the Red Cross Society met on Tuesday afternoon with fourteen members and two visitors pré= sent. The president, Mrs. M. Ludgate, preâ€" sided, and welcomed the visitors. Myrs. Dye, who is chairman of the Womens‘ wWar Work of the Eastern South Porecuâ€" pine Branch, and Mrs. Stark, who is convener of knitting, also of the Eastern Porcupine Branch. Mrs. Barnes thanked the ladies on behalf of the members from McDonald Hill who were entertained at a tea held on April 2nd. 4* Many Canadian Women Join Training Classes "The response to our offer of free instruction to women in the driving and care of cars and trucks has been magnificent. The enrollment includes housewives, business women, college girls and all of them are working seriâ€" ously with our instructors," a Ford ofâ€" ficial in said. The course consists of twoâ€"hour classes one ecvening a week for an eight weeks‘ period. Smocks and berets are supplied to members to WCar during class periods. When the course is comâ€" pleted and driving tests passed, the members are presented with distinctive pins as a mark of qualification. The fnajority of classes are organized by Ford dealers and instruction is given in their regular workshops. ‘All women 18 years of age or over are eligible for :cnrollmcnt, provided they are in posâ€" session of an official driver‘s license. There are two classes at present in Timmins, with more expected. KGKO, Fort Worth, offers Rand Mcâ€" Nally maps to its listeners so that they may follow the course of war. Last week a Texas listener wrote in: "Please send me one of your Sally Rand maps showing rugged contours."â€"Time, Chiâ€" cago. Schumacher Phone 725 charge of WAMS organization John W. Fogg Limited WESTERN CANADA COALâ€"ALEXO AND CANMORE BRIQUETTES wWELSH AND AMERICAN ANTHRACITE NEW RIVER SMOKELESSâ€"NEWCASTLE RED JACKETâ€"Egg Size COKE STOKER COAL Lumber, Cement, Building Materials, Coal and Coke, Mine and Mill Supplies. Another Rand Head Office and Yard Timmins Phone 117 Death at Sudbury of Former Resident of Porcupine Camp South Porcupine, April to The Advance. A number of oldâ€"timers of the Porâ€" cupine will note with regret that the death tocok place in Sudbury today (Wednesday) of an old prospector of the Porcupine known as "Sandy" Mcâ€" Lean. He was with the Mclutyre Mine (one of its earliest employees) before golm, to Sudbury to live. He came to the Porcupine before the "steel" was laid. Mrs. H. Leng, of Schumachecr, is a sisterâ€"inâ€"law of the late Mr. McLean and Mr Cameron MclLean of Timmins a sisterâ€"inâ€"law of the late and Mr. Cameron McLean is a son. The deceased leaves a widow and another son Alsec, of Sudbury, and married daughter (Helen) of Copper Cliff. h stt d d iesns From April 2nd to April 9th the fol=â€" jowing work was completed and turned in to the Eastern Porcupine Branch:â€" 10 pairs pyjamas; 3 hot water bottle covers: 1 helmet; 1 secarf; 1 sweater; 3 pairs socks. Cutter‘s Report:â€"1 infant‘s dress; 14 pairs pyJamas; numerous patches; 6 hot water bottle covers. The captain of a sailing vessel was questioning a new hand regarding his, knowledge of ships and the sea. After repeatedly receiving wrong answWwers, h asked, in exasperation, "Hang it all man, tell me this: whevre‘s the. mizze mast?" | "I don‘t know," replied the aspiring seaman. "How long has it been mizzen?" â€"Titâ€"Bits, London. @4 -..fl andy" McLean, Wellâ€" Known Prospector Passes On. Neal OHara in New York Post: â€"A gag circulating in diplomatic circles is that when Hitler asked Hungary‘s head man, Admiral Horthy, why they conâ€" tinued the title of admiral when the nation no longer had a navy, Horthy replied: ‘"Well, Italy still has a minister of finance, doesn‘t she, and Germany minister of justice?" Z. How Long? PAGLE Branch OMee Kirkland LAke Phone 3893 pecial