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Perfecting Preparations for Big Day at Timmins on Dominion Day, July 1 Monster Parade Being Planned for the Morning. Afterâ€" noon of All Sorts of Sports. Special Attention to School Sports. Event Under Auspices of Bomb Victims‘ Fund For the first time in some years Timmins is going to have a big even: on Dominion Day, July ist. The event is under the auspices of the local Bomt Victims Fund Committee, and the proâ€" ceeds of the event will go to the fund. In the morning there will be a big parads, and after that the day wili be devoted to sports of all sorts. ‘The sports evenis will be held at the Holâ€" linger Park. For the parade in the morning all clubs, societies, organizations and inâ€" dividuals are invited to take part. Patriotic organizations and groups ar?e particularly welcome, while there is a special invitation extended to the New Canadian clubs to join in making this parade one fully worthy of Dominion Day, July 1st. Any group or organâ€" ization or individual willing to take part in the parade should get in touch Reports That Vichy is Seeking Armistice in Syria Day, July 1st. Any group or organâ€" ization or individual willing to take part in the parade should get in touch with Mr. Fred Kitcher, 183 Toke street, phone 1199F. Many popular sports will be featured in the afternoon card of events. There will be field and track events of much interest, The several high schools in this part of the North are coâ€"operaling in this part of the programme. _ Of course, Timmins will be there, but Kirkland Lake, â€"Cochrane, TIroquo!s Falls, â€" South â€"Poreupineâ€"and>Schuâ€" macher high schools are alsfi‘ to be largely represented. _ In recent high school field and track events the maâ€" jority of peaple were astonished at the talent of the pupils from the variâ€" ous schools in the North. More than one record was broken and on Dominâ€" ion Day it is expected that equal reâ€" cords will be chaiked up. - In addition to the school eventis there will be a long list of open events, and so all round Dominion Day this year should be a happy and very inâ€" teresting occasion in Timmins. Oone of the special features of the day will be a first aid demonstration by the St. John Ambulance Brigadse. This will be a competition for the Mcâ€" Dowell trophy. The St. John \Ambul- ance here is one ‘of the most expert and skilled groups at first aid in the province and aside even from the inâ€" terest of the contest for the McDowell Timmins Reaches 95 p.c. of Objective in Victory Loan Drive in District trophy the demonstration of first aid work will prove popular and very inâ€" teresting. L"“o t P P P P AP :AAA P P PCP C Hearst Nearly Triples Quota. smooth NOCKk Pas l 226 Per Cent. Ramore and Ross Mine Third in List. Timmins the Only Centre Not Reaching Objective. Revised figures of the District of Cochrane Victory Loan were available last night, Gordon Black, secretary, having made up the totals for the district in the final official list for the district. The figures for the various centres are given below with the objective set, and the percentage of objective realized. It will be noted that Hearst nearly tripled its objective while Smooth Rock Falls, the first centre to reach its objectiveâ€"making. its quota ten minutes after the loan officially openedâ€"is in second place with 2262 per cent of its quota. ‘Third place is taken by Ramore and the Ross Mine. South Porcupine vas fourth with 171.9 per cent; Cochrane, fifth, 162 per cent; Iroquois Falls and Ansonville, sixth, 155.5. per cent Only two sections of the list failed to exceed the quotas setâ€"Timmins and the list of "special names." In both cases it would seem that the objective was placed a little too high. Even at that, Timmins must be admitted to have done unusually well for a town this size, when it is remembered that its chief industries, the mines, were not imncluded in the subscribers, now were important business firms with head offices elsewhere. ‘These included the Power Co., the Telephone Co., the Taylor Hardware, Hillâ€"Clarkâ€"Francis and others that are generally considered as immins concerns. The local branches of all these did especially well. The list of "speciai names" was made up of individuals and firms that were expected to buy as high as $25,000 worth of bonds. Most of this list was made up of Timmins names and it appeared that more was expected of these than seems to have been warranted. It is pleasing to note, however, that the District as a whole was well ahead of its objective, hitting a total of 112.9 per cent. of the full objective. For the successful outcome of the campaign special credit should be given to Chairman R. J. Ennis, Viceâ€"Chairman R. E. Dye, and the committee working under their direction. Particular credit is also due to Mr. E. W. Brooks, organizer, Mr. A. A. Ferland, assistant organizer and head of publicity, Mr. C. W. McBride, assistant organizer, Gordon F. Black, secretary, the various viceâ€"chairmen and their committees, with a special word for Joseph Jackson and Sol Shankman in charge of the sales committee and the able group of hard workers that assisted them. The following is a breakdown of the results from the campaign:â€" Amount % of Place Subscribed Objective Objective L. Hearst $ 29,250.00 $ 10,000.00 292.5 2. Smooth Rock Falls . 47,500.00 21,000.00 226.2 3. Ramore ang@ Ross Mine c 10,800.00 5,000.00 218.0 4. South Porcupine _ 257,850.00 150,000.00 171.9 5. Cochrane 97 200.00 60,000.00 162.0 6. Iroquois Falls and Ansonville . 116,650.00 75,000.00 155.5 7. Kapuskasing _. 156 110,000.00 142.0 8. Schumacher ____ 190,000.00 130,000,00 106.0 9, Matheson j 15,9800.00 15,000.00 106.0 10. Timmins . _ 769,200.00 810,000.00 05.0 Team Members . 1,680,650.00 Special Names 341,500.00 400,000.00 85.4 i. 8. Schumacher 8. Matheson 10. Timmins Team Members Special Names Committee, Mearst . Smooth Rock l"alls , Ramore ang Ross Mlne Houth Porcupine Houth Pore Cochrane IroemmiOols Fa 2 Sections 12 Pages Triples Quota. A_Smoo_t.h' Rock Fal.ls G.ets $2 032 To be Warm and Sultry, Forecast Only Two Fire Calls in the Past Three Days Probable Thunder Showers, Says the Weatherman. Rain fell Wednesday from 7 a.m. to 1.30 pm. and during this time 2 inches of rain fell. The temperatures for the week were: Monday, max. 74, min. 42; Tuesday, max. 60,; min. 46; Wednesday, max. 74, min. 44; this morning at eight o‘clock, 74. According to Mr. Wheeler, the ofâ€" ficial weatherman at the Hollinger, the weather for today and tomorrow is to be warm and sultry, with probâ€" able thunder showers. The weather over the weekâ€"end is expected to be fair and warm. Timmins fire department has only been called out twice in the last three days and both times the call was for chimney trouble. At twoâ€"thirty in the afternoon the firemen were called to 73 Fourth aveâ€" nue, the residence of Mrs. Urtinen. _ A clogged stovepipe apparently was back â€" firing and sending smoke through the house. No damage resulted. Patriotic Programme at Kiwanis Club Monday On Tuesday at 11.10 pam. there was a phone call to the home of Mr. L. King, 57 Pine street north. This time also, it was only chimney and pipe trouble, and there was no damag*. On account of Dominion Day comâ€" ing next week, the Kiwanis luncheon on Monday will have a special patriâ€" otice touch . Patriotic songs will be featured and the guest speaker for the day will be Mr. Ross R. Beattie, prinâ€" cipal of Mattagami public school, whose subject will be "Highlights of Conâ€" subject will federation." Published in Timmins, Ont. Canada Every MONDAY and THURSDAY Objective $ 10,000.00 21,000.00 5,000.00 150,000.00 60,000.00 75,000.00 110,000.00 130,000,00 15,000.00 810,000.00 » % of Objective Lifeguard and Playground Supervisors Appointed by Town Council Yesterday Usual Grant Passed for Volunteer Firemen. Collection of Taxes This Year Shows Increase Over Sameâ€" Period Last Year. Timmins Pays Fee to Association of Mm- ing Municipalities. The town council had a short but busy session yvesterday afternoon with Acting Mayor W. Roberts in the chair and ‘Counciliors Ellen Terry, W. Mcâ€" Dermott and J. P. Bartleman present. Among the items of business transâ€" acted was the appointment of a lifeâ€" guard for the summer months at the river andâ€"the selection of two playâ€" ground supervisors. Mr. Joseph Lorâ€" ette was appointed lifeguard at the salary of $4 per day, while Councillor Roberts was authorized to employ two playground supervisors at a salary of $100 per month each for the period from July ist to August 31ist. Counâ€" cillor Roberts said that one of the supervisors would be Mr. Klaus, physiâ€" cal culture director for the separate schools, who had been interviewed and had agreed to act. It was hoped to secure Mr. Anglin as the other. Actâ€" ing Mayor Roberts noted the fact that the Hollinger very generously agreed to allow the use of the Hollingâ€" er. Park for playground purposes for the summer under proper supervision. The usual Garterly grant to the Volunteer Firemen was duly passed by the council. The council decided to pay the fese of $25.00 asked by the Association of Mining Municipalitiee of Northern Ontario. . The association was doing valuable work for all the mining muniâ€" cipalities of the North and the money was accordingly well invested. Counâ€" cillor Ellen Terry explained that the fee was not a yearly one but was reâ€" quired so that the association might have funds to meet any incidental exâ€" pense that might arise. The fee would likely cover two years. As Dominion Day falls on Tuesday, July Ist, a statutory holiday it was decided to. advance the preâ€"council meeting from Tuesday next week to Monday, June 30th. Town Clerk A. Shaw submitted a statement of tax collections for this year as comparied with the collections during the same period last year. While as much arrears of taxes had not been collected this year as in the same period, the collection of current taxes this year was ahead of the same period last year. In 1940 the current taxes collected to this date totalled $325,387.25, while tMis year $355,123.07 had been collected in curâ€" rent taxes. There was a little discussion at the board inâ€"regard to a letter received from St. Mary‘s Hospital in reply to a communication from the â€" council. Council had asked the hospital to inâ€" vestigate the suggestion made that inâ€" digent patients were not always disâ€" charged from the hospital at the proâ€" per time. The reply said that the matter had been investigated and the hospital would see that it did not ocâ€" cur in the future. Councillors Bartleâ€" man thought it would have been mors definite if the reply had stated whether or not the complaint had been true. Other members of the council suggestâ€" ed that the inference, of course, was that there had been some grounds for the complaint or there would have been denial, but as the matter had been investigated as requested, and as there was assurance, than a repetition would be guarded against there was * l PP P PP orrupine AMtpmice TIMMINS, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JUNE 26TH, 1941 Blinded by Air Rifle Police Promise Stern Meaâ€" ~ sures Against Use of Air Rifles in Town. nothing to be gained by arguing the point. Accordingly, the matter© was dropped Nearly A young girl was hit in the face by a shot fromâ€"an air rifle last night at 10.45 pm. or Maple street south. The shot came very close to the girl‘s left eye, and the fraction of an inch difâ€" ference in the direction of the shot would have meant the loss of the girl‘s eye. The air rifle was used by a lad of fourteen, and the police have conâ€" fiscated the gun as well as issuing a warning that the discharge of air rifles in the municipality is an offence that will be sternly dealt with. Funeral Services Toâ€"morrow for Late Anthony Hoffman Lost His Life in Fall of Rock at Paymaster Mine. Funeral services for the late Mr. Anthony Hoffman, who died as the reâ€" sult of an accident at the Paymaster Mine, will be held at St. Anthony‘s Cathedral toâ€"morrow (Friday) morning at 10.30 o‘clock. The late Mr. Hoffman was married and has one son, eighteen months old. He resided at 109 Wilson avenue, and left to mourn his loss in Timmins, besides his wife and son, is one broâ€" ther. It is expected that his mother will arrive from Vancouver, BXC., for the funeral. Cpl}cert by Timmins Citizens‘ Band on Sunday Evening Cheque to be Presented to Bomb Victims‘ Committee at Event Church Services. At this concert a cheque will vne| given to the Bomb Victims‘ Commxz-g tee, this cheque being the proceeds of | the concert given by the band recently ‘ for the Bomb Victims‘ Fund. The remains will be brought to the home at 7.30 o‘clock, this (Thursday) evening, and will rest there until the service toâ€"morrow morning. Another in a series of open air band concerts by the Timmins Citizens‘ Band will be given on Sunday evening at the bandstand, Spruce street, near the T. N. OQ. Railway station. Provincial Police Inspector S. Oliver was in Timmins on Wednesday on a regular visit of inspection. His headâ€" quarters office is at Haileybury. Kiwanis Carnival Being Held Here Toâ€"day and Friday PI * Event Featured by Games, Fun, Prizes, Dancing and Music. The annual Kiwanis street carnival is being held at Timmins toâ€"day and toâ€"morrow (Thursday and Friday) and all signs point to a successful event if the weather is favourable. With the permission of the town council the block between Third and Fourth aveâ€" nues on Cedar street is being reserved for the event. One of the features of the carnival will be the street dancâ€" ing. It will ‘be free to all and the best of music will be provided for it. At the carnival there will be the hapâ€" piest of chances for a good time. There will be booths and stands and other attractions, games, including bingo and the other popular numbers, prizes, fun, everything. For some days past membership tickets have been sold from street desksâ€"one at the Goldfielgds hotel corâ€" ner and another at the Imperial Bank corner. At the Goldfields Hotel corner there is also a handsome and valuable Peterborough launch and engine, and this has attracted much attention. Tt is to be given away free at the carâ€" nival and the winner will be lucky indeed. Tickets have been selling well for the event and a big crowd is exâ€" pected. Each year the Kiwanis street carnival has been a popular feature here, and this year‘s event should be bigger and better and happier than usual. The proceeds of the carnival are used to help along the Kiwanis boys‘ work and social welfare activiâ€" ties. Accordingly, those who patronâ€" ize the carnival are sure of a good time and sure of helping a good cause. Twelve New Recruits Here on Monday and Tuesday This Week Monday and Tuesdav of this week brought t,welvo new recruits to the Timmins armouries. On each of the two days six "men joined up. The reâ€" cruits on Monday were:â€"Joseph Adrian Pichette, Albert Joseph Villenâ€" eauve, Lawrence Henry Long, William Dalahunt, and Jahn Patrick Stephens. The new recruits jJoining up on Tuesâ€" day were:â€"Clarence Frank Derring, Basil Herbert Ooran, James Donald Long, Murdock Alex MacDonald, Ernest Joseph Mallette and Leonard Shanks. Medical boards are being held every Mormiay, Wednesday and Friday mornings at 1030 at the Timmins armouries in order to keep filling the quota of recruits that this district ts expected to supply. "So, gentlemen," is the comment of one of the soldiers, "scome out to the armouries and join the huppy throng of soldiers. Help this district fill its quota and thus help Canada and Britain to win the war.‘ Shortly before noon on Monday two cars tangled like this at the corner of Pine and Fourth. Both drivers claimed they had the green light. The two cars locked wheels, but damage was slight. OVINCIAL INSPECTOR ON REGULAK ViSIT HERE Published in Timmins, Ont. Canadas Every MONDAY and THURSDAY Campaign in Syria Said Now to be Making Rapid Progress to Success Warning to River _ Jitterbugs War News About German Invasion of Russia so Contraâ€" dictory that Little Can be Taken for the Facts. Rusâ€" sians and Germans Alike Claim Successes. Noisy Boats Running up and Down the Town Beach to Be Prosecuted. Four R. C. A. F. Bombers Circled Timmins Yesterday Flight Lieutenant W. Poag in the Party. In previous years much annoyance and considerable danger to swimmers has been caused by motor boats runâ€" ning up and down before the town beach. Chisf Gagnon has a name for them. He terms them ‘"river jitterâ€" bugs‘" and he has found sections of the law under which they can be prosecutâ€" ed and properly dealt with. Under sections dealing with disorderly conâ€" duct and creating unnecessary noise these river jitterbugs can be made to pay for the nuisance and danger they create. Chief Gagnon gives warning that this year charges will be laid against the river jitterbugs. Four RCA.F. bombers circled Timâ€" mins yesterday around five o‘clock. The planes were on their way to Porquis Junction to stay overâ€"night at the air field there. Flightâ€"Lieutenant Wm. Poag, who formerly was a Timmins resident, took advantage of the opporâ€" tunity to visit friends here last night. Flightâ€"Lt. Poag is stationed at Vatiâ€" couver with the RCAF. The bombers are evidently training planes and are being flown from Montreal to Vancouâ€" ver. During their flight over Timming they roused very considerable interest. Boys‘ "K" ClubCommittee Applies to Ottawa for Air Cadets Club Charter Have Enough Boys Here Now Anxious to Join a Unit of the Air Cadets. As Soon as Charter is Returned from Ottawa Formation of Branch of Cadets Will be Taken up In recent issues of The Advance reâ€" ferences have been made to the orâ€" ganization of Air Cadets in Canada. The work is under the direction of the Air Cadet League of Canada and the plan is to have branches alk over the Dominion. The purpose of the Air CGadets is to provide opportunity for training of boys between the ages of twelve and eighteen years who are anxious to obtain preliminary training for an aviation career. As noted in The Advance last week Ottawa headâ€" quarters of the Air Cadets League has been fairly swamped with applications from young men anxious to join the Air Cadets. It is pointed out, howâ€" ever, that all applications from inâ€" dividual boys to join the Air Cadets must come first from the local branch. The hope is to establish branches all through Canada. It goes almost without saying that no place will excell Timmins in interâ€" est in air service. Accordingly there have been innumerable enquiries from those too young for the air force but who are anxious to learn aviation not only with the idea of war service but also looking ahead to this line of serâ€" Vil1\UUp,AA _ X/AALLLLALE® sA It goes almost without saying that With these particulars to guide them no place will excell Timmins in interâ€"| the members of the Boys "K" Club est in air service. Accordingly there committee at once got busy. They have been innumerable enquiries from promptly forwarded the proper appliâ€" those too young for the air force but | cation form to Ottawa headquarters. who are anxious to learn aviation not| As soon as the charter returns here only with the idea of war service but| active work in establishing the unit also looking ahead to this line of ser-l will be undertaken. In the meantime vice in the days of peace. It was only| no action can be taken and no appliâ€" to be expected that the members of| cations are to be received from boys the Boys "K" Club, sponsored by the| wishing to join. When the charter is Timmins Kiwanis Club, should exâ€" granted here for the branch it will be hibit special interest in aviation and| accompanied by application forms for enquire about the new Air the boys to fill in and then the young League. This fact led the Klwa)xis| fellows will have their chance to jJoin committee in charge of the Boys Air Cadets, The Boys "K." Club Club to write to Ottawa for full parâ€" committee is acting as the local Air ticulars of the Air Cadets. They learnâ€"| Cadet committee and so everything ed that the Air Cadets League is pat-l is ready to proceed as soon as the terned on the RCAF. and Cadets application for the formation of the have a uniform similar to that wom‘ Timmins branch is formally accepted by the RC.AF. members, but there is‘ at Ottawa. Already more than fifty no connection between the Cadets and' boys have signified their desire to join. the RCAF., except that both teach This number will likely be largely inâ€" the science of fiying. Cadets will reâ€" ecreased and from present indications it ceive training in the principles of arro would appear that the chief difficulty engines, airplane design, recognition of | will be to arrange enough classes to different types of planes, together with| accommodate all the young men who drill and physical culture and the ‘ will be anxions to join the Air Cadets, From New York comes the report today that the Australian official war | correspondent in Syria declares that it ‘ would not be surprising if the Vichy defenders sought an armistice within the next few days. Similar suggesâ€" tions are made in other quarters. The British have been shelling French postâ€" tions from the sea and bombing from the air in a way the despatches say suggest the marking of the beginning of the final phase of the allied camâ€" paign for the capture of the Libanon capital. The whole tenor of the desâ€" patches, while not many particulars are given suggest that the campaign in syria is making excellent progress. Ssome days ago political pressure was removed and the army heads told to use drastic measures to rush the conâ€" quest or surrender of Syria. News of the invasion of Russia by Germany is so contradictory that It looks like a lying competition. Gerâ€" mans claim large advances, capture of Russian tanks, destruction of 300 Rusâ€" sian ainplanes, penetration of Russian lines. Russia claims Gernmans are held back and pushed back, with many prisoners taken, hundreds of German tanks captured and 362 German planes shot down. ‘One despatch from Berlin quotes Hitler‘s headquarters as saying that the German offensive against Russia had won numerous frontier clashes and that successes on a major scale against the Red Army were in~â€" dicated. From Moscow comes the claim that the Russians have driven a wedge into the German lines. Desplite German claims of advances, the Rusâ€" sians continue to insist that the enemy has not crossed the Prith river and that attacks in the Cerante region have been driven off. The Russians are said to have bombed both Finland and Warsaw. From Turkey comes the ro» port that the Russians are using paraâ€" chute troops in the oil fields Ruâ€" mania. TItaly is said to be sending an expeditionary force against Russia. Bucharest was twice bombed yesterday by Russia. _ Constanza, Roumanian port is said,to be in flames and riing from Russian bombs. f necessary mechanical instruction. After taking the ordinary course as a Cadet there is the chance to take specialized training in any of the several fields of aviation activity. The training is givâ€" en in the spare time of the young men concerned and there are two or more classes each week with the period of one or two hours for each class. To the question how a unit of the Air Cadets League could be formed in Timmins, the Ottawa headquarters ofâ€" fice forwarded the particulars. Appliâ€" cation has to be made on a prescribed form. There must be at least fAfty boys in the unit before. it becomes effective. The unit must be under the direction of a committee of experiencâ€" ed and responsible men. There must be enough experienced men available and ready to give their services to act as lecturers and instructors. Single Copyâ€"Five Cents