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Porcupine Advance, 6 Nov 1941, 2, p. 1

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it Luigi Anfuso Jailed Here on Charge of Attempted Murder After Argument Timmins sjife and as a resulkt four perecns were charged with being drunk hqlum«)facar ‘AlM four of them wene. convicted. Two more motorists ,wmmmmm:mmmm mmofanaccmmmbath ‘convicted. ' ‘manmiauedrcrflmaemm iA maumlawmmmohm'gédwm chbetruating the police and both were fimed. For being in pocssesision of stolen goods cne man was dismissed and anâ€" c‘her man was given a suspended sentâ€" ence om a charge of refusing to work and maintain his family. Mpemmmecmmedwthmb- bm'ywi‘mvialenceandanbeatoutme charge and were freed. Twelve youths were charged with taking a car withâ€" man was jalled for a year. Two perâ€" sons were charged with wilful damage to property and one got a suspended distr!butlmwaseagfled with three mmchargedwimaaammg actu@l bodily harm. Two were conâ€" vioted and cone freed. Two peéraens Aged {talian is Sald to Have Stabbed Aime Nelson Perron, charged with~bréeaking, entering with was charged with having carnal knowâ€" dangzerous driving. Oneâ€"man charged with dGesenting his wife and family was dismirsed.: Hight persons were charged wmmwdeflyoomdwtmudsixofflm weiye ccnvicted. During the monith ithe police «had only charges laid under the code while: the month of Septemâ€" berthu‘emmevmdxwm laid aurder the same Cofle. sou‘h, on Thuraday night of last week. Mrs. Ccorcina Browseau, living at the tii of P‘ci> street, is also in jafh here, being hel as a material witness. Pol‘cse were called to St. Mary‘s Hosâ€" ledge and he was convicted. Two perâ€" common assirult wene convicted while Luigt Anfuso, 68â€"yearâ€"old Itakan livâ€" ing e the end of Pine street south in Timm‘ns, i in jail in Timmins facing a charze of attempted murder and Mmammonmum, 47 Montgemery avcritre, is in St. Mary‘s Hospital arâ€" ferizqg from a deep chest wourrl, folâ€" aiw} wmbhdduc Mvhnm when com hie it in ty ioh en it dA wal 4. @ iL L AG A ~«Causing Deep Chest Wound and Puncturmgr Left Lung Stabbing Followed Argument on Pine Street. rime wes a bit dowm in Timmins, very Charges Under Criminal Code. argesLatd in September with ithe Town of Timmins geiting $662.80. . Pofieeoom'.tcostshngemml swelled ‘tthe itown‘s total by ancther sevenityâ€"ihree ‘dollars. ‘ J. P.‘s 1ees fltflmnphm-’e fees, ipriscnere? imeals ‘tbransportation The two ‘police painol cars covered wdiatanceot 4118 miles during the month ang. thequcx 334 gaillons of gasoline and 14% quarts of oil. The cars averaged alimost twelve and a halt ‘miles per gallon, cme of the cars averâ€" aging 12.36 and the o‘ther 12.27. The of taking a car without the owner‘s cconsent were laid against, jJuveniies with the result that #wo of them had the charged with keeping liquor for sale and half of ‘them were convicted. Two persins were charged under the Desertâ€" ed Wives and Children‘s Maintenance Act anid ome ‘was convicted. ‘Oneé perâ€" more berson was.charged and convieted under the Master and Servanit iAct. Two men were charged under the Minâ€" ing Act they were both convicted. Police intimated that another witness will also be called to testify in the case against Anfuso. Tiis second witness was supposed to have seen the two men in an argument on the street just prior to the attack on Perron. ; without a license and was also given a Jjiveniles were given suspended sentâ€" ences oq,,chames of theft whille itwa mvmmksweeentmamsclwol on five charges. There was a, deorease in the amount of charges preferred under the various Tweni‘yâ€"two persons were charged with offences under the Liquor Control Act arid eighiteen of them ‘were ccnvicted Heventeen persons were charged with being intoxicated and sixteen of them Nine Hundned and thintyâ€"eight dolâ€" bars ‘wias collected in ipolice court fines charges were laid under the Highway Traffic iAct and twelve of them were One. woman was charged with failâ€" ing to carry her regist‘ration card amd a charge dwfier:thePublfic Health Act. miléage ‘figures ane not accurate beâ€" caluse the. cdometers on both cars have been out of order ffom time to time. â€" Only one constable was off duty for gickness during the month, Constable Handley ‘being off one diay because of a Debtorâ€"Yes, suppose you leave off sandmgtbemnmxdmditmwim the ‘postage and in time ithe bill will Crediilorâ€"For ‘the last year I have been sending you this bill every fontâ€" Another juvenile Will Take Office for the Onâ€" tarioâ€"Quebecâ€"Maritime Disâ€" . â€"trict on Jan. 1st, 1942. cigarettes and other articles, as well es a liktle money. Some of the goods were recovered at Turgeon‘s home and some at a store @at Porquis Junotion where they had been sold. In police court the three men pleaded guilty, and none of them offered any g@efence, ex>sp; tha; Turgeon comâ€" »plaine} that the police beat him up after he had been arreoted. Magistrate E. R. Tucker it fooked odd that Turgecn had made no complairit about MHMâ€"wusage when he appeared in court ‘,theweekhefom mor had he objected to anycne else. 'memag:larw,how Kiwanian Fred Burt, New President for Timmins Kiwanis Club for 1942 Lieut.â€"Governor of * Ontario Kiwanis â€" of Cittawa, Ont., governiorâ€"elect of the Ontarioâ€"Quebecâ€"Maritime Kiwanis disâ€" trict and Dr, Hugh M. Young, of Moose Jaw, Sasfcatchewan, governorâ€"elect of the Weatem Carlada district and all cither officers of Kiwanis International from every section of Canada and the US., convened here today for the anâ€" nual council meeting of the service orâ€" Cochrane Soldiers Sent to "Pen." for Series of Crimes One of Tham Broke into Polâ€" â€" ice Office, Stole Keys and Released Another. Clifford Barager, Belleville. @uabec: CDouglas'I‘awlorMoum'ea.l New Bmuxiwick: G. H. I. Cockbhurn, officers for the coming year. There was no gues speaker for the occasion and in deed, all other items of business were marile secondary to the election of officers, which is propenly asoneofvflwnmtmmon.amibaffau'suf ofKiwvanianFnedtBumtaspresldem for 1042. Directorsâ€"Frank Bailey, Jack iBeatâ€" tie and.Onville Kenny, for ‘threeâ€"yearâ€" term, and Horace Laidlaw, for one year The following 1042 MHeutenant governâ€" ons in the Ontarioâ€"Quebecâ€"Maritime district wil} take office January 1: Oritarto: William O. Langdon, Timâ€" The following will take omcg in the We::em Canada district: . â€" Mamncba: W. Albert Prugh, Rrandon. The chief item of business at the Kiwanis Club luncheon in the Empire hcitel «on Mctiday was! the election of pish boy escaped ¢twice from police in a few hours after being arrested for breaking;, enitering and theft. In the Cochrane case ithe three men ainvolvedâ€"Driver Rene Cote, of the R.C. ASC., Gunner Alfred Turgecn, of the RIC.A., andTroapuGerardldblamot condflngwthepouoeevddmoeflwcm Treasurerâ€"Geo. N. Ross. j Secretaryâ€"W. H. ‘Wikson (more genâ€" erally known ito ‘his wide circle of friends as "Scotty Wikson‘"‘) Rencuts of a number of committees were neceived, considered and discussed, as were akio a few athier items of busiâ€" Friom Cochrams ~:omes a police court story more astentionâ€"holkding than the ness in connection with the club. oOne of the highlights of the meeting was the solo, ‘My Wild Irish (Rose,". given by Kiwanian Phil Laporte. The winner of ithe weekly War Bavâ€" ings Certificate was Kiwanian Gondon Trving. 4 \ Nova Sectia: George Willard Wilson, Raskai‘chewan: James G. Gass, Reâ€" m. H. Burns, Viceâ€"President.. Other Officers Elected for Timmins Kiwanis Club for the Coming Year. = ports of Commitees Conmdered and Discussed at Lun- cheon on Monday. _ 7 Pie at â€"to Sponsor Band Concerts Police Solve Three Hit and Run Accidents this Week. All Pay Fines Enemies Even Worse than the German Gangsters Timmins Lions Club Holds Business Meeting ‘The regular weekly meciting of the Timmins Lions Club was held in ‘the Empire Hotel on Monday night of this week. There was no speaker at this week‘s meeting but it is expected that next week a special speaker will be approached to give a talk in comnnecâ€" tion with Remembrance Day. ‘The only topic of discussion alt this week‘s meeting was the relation of serâ€" vice clubs ‘with the War Effont. :iA long ‘1iscussion brought out a mnumber of points of interest to club ‘vy people in Cochrane remember Da.vid Price, of Lowhuch. He went to school here, is now. in Ithe Canadan ‘Army Overseas. CA ‘bebter received‘ ‘By his parenat.s teâ€" than the German bombers. He went Ithrough ithe Covenitry blitz without a senaitchâ€"*"believe it or mot I really enjoyed myself" ihe reportsâ€"and has been in London during ‘half a dogâ€" en of ‘the worst raids. «But he wrote from @ hospital where he was; confinied as a result of an operation to remove infected tonsils, and for “areatmemt of anthritis in hisg knees. y cently suggesits that even in Englanid a ‘A few chips of green paint cost one Timmins motorist twentyâ€"five dollars and three dollars and fifty cents court costs this week when the motorist Railed to remain at the seene of an accident and also failed to notify the police about the accident. The charge against the mamn was laid after a brilliant inâ€" vertigaticn by Constable Bill Thompâ€" nouse gt 25 Hollinger avenue, about half past twelve in the afternmoon. The car that smashed into the parked autoâ€" mobile left immediately and police were simmonied ito the scene. Nothing was left ito itie up the car with the acciâ€" dent but a few chips of green paint. Only a Few Chips of Green Paint in One of the Accidents Leads to the Arrest of Mederille Dallaire. All Three Pay Fines of Twentyâ€"Five Dollars and Costs. ' body ran into Duncan Richards‘ car which was narked in front of his @mounted to awhout $75 and consisted of a bent front and a smashed grill. ‘The next meeting will be held on Nonthland Post) 1 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6TH, 1941 BPA _ Exchange:â€"There are 7,250,000 posâ€" OVE | sible plays in baseball, says a matheâ€" > O | matician. But ithe grandstand umpire \ _ _‘ is the only one who knows them all. Icy Condition of Street is‘ *Blamed for Accident at Subway on Saturday. Miss Irene Pappas, of the Windsor Hotel, was involved in a minor traffc accident on Saturday morning, when she crashed into the rear of another car at the subway. The car that was hit had stopped to ipick up a hitchâ€" hiking soldier just before the collision. Miss Pappas sald that she had been proceeding east on Fourth avenue beâ€" hind the other car and that when it stopped she applied her brakes. The slippery condition of the street at that place made it impossible for her‘ to stop the car before she crashed into the rear of the stopped automobile. Damage was all done to the car that Miss Pappas was driving and amountâ€" ed to about $36. The front grill was smashed in. The accident happened just before noon on Saturday.â€" tops to Pick Up â€" Soldier and Gets Hit from Behind Fcour Timmins hunters, Stan Has, Adrien Maurice, Paul Bartette and Bill Welsh, left Timmins last Friday on a hunting trip that is expecited ito last for about ten days. > The four men wenit to Brewer was said to have been backâ€" ing his car onto Third avenue from lane at the rear of 2 Elm street south, when he was hit from behind by the other car. Damage to the Dupuis car that crashed into the Brewer car amounted to about five dollars while damage to the Brewer car was about forty dollars. Car Backing Out of Lane is Hit by Another Car Wilbert Brewer, 2 Elm street south, and Roger Dupuis, 87 ‘Third avenue, were involved in a minor traffic acciâ€" dent on Sunday morning in which two charges have bee laid by police who investigated the accident. Pokice laid no blame on either of. the drivers when they were called to inâ€" vestigate some time later. Damage of About Fortyâ€"five Dollars is Done to Both Carsg. Four Deer Hunters Left for Sudbury District a scuth of ithe Sudbury district. Reports] are that there are a great many deer in that district this year and the four expent huniters expect to get their cne deer each before returmning. . some of the license numbers besides giving a fair Giescription of the car. Through a process of checking license numbers and elimination, the gullty panty was| appnehended. (Police finally traced; the license numbers to B\MOck and he pleaded guwllty. . Karl K. Salo, 80 Fifth avenue, also paid a twentyâ€"five dollar fine for the same offence this week. He had been travelling east on Fourth avenue beâ€" October 25th about eleven o‘clock in the. morning when he struck a car beâ€" ing driven west on Founrth avenue by Gerald Stokes, 407 Klock avenue, North Bay. He had hit the front left fender amd didn‘t stop to see if he had caused any damage. Stokes reported the acciâ€" dent to the police and gave a fair description of the car as well as giving the police a number that was almost system of eliminatien brought gdown o abcut a dozen cars. He conâ€" tinued to eliminate one car after eanâ€" cther until he was left with only the was the guilty party. ‘Thus, this week the‘ Timmins: police solved three hit and run accidents in which the guilty partiees would have unpunished ‘had it not ‘been for the careful observations of some of the members of police force. witness saw the car collide with :t.he parked auto and ‘supplied police with license number nearly the same as theit sripplied to the police and his Galo‘s car. started a checkâ€"up*of all cars that had When Soldiers‘ Families Suffer a F. eelmg of Bitterness is Created Soldier‘s Wife, Formerly Resident Here Takes Up Quesâ€" tion of Government‘s Attitude to Dependents of Solâ€" ;hea:ron; Another Angle. Urges Action by the People â€"â€" in era Montreal, Que., Octflth 1041 To the Editor of _ X Dear Sir:â€"Ever since the beginning of the war when I left the North Counâ€" tty 1 have ibeen grateful for The Adâ€" vence which brings the news that T gtill fong to hear. It goes from me to my husband overseas in the Royal Canaâ€" dian Engineers and from him to other Nontherners among the engineers there I was particularly interested in your leading editonial of Oct. 23rd, and the both Tononrito and Montreal, anid have ‘been alble ito see from this eanmd of the plight of soldlers‘ wives who, finding that they cannoct make enids meet on their allowance in the Nonth, come Soutth to ithe big cities, hoping for betâ€" ter things. Here they find the coat of living no less, and. they no longer have the kindly help of neighbours that is a tradition of the Nonth: The Women‘s Auxiliaries have done their best, to beâ€" friend such women, tut, after all, they too are composed of soldiers‘ wives, and thene is not much money to spare. There is mo recourse except to public charity and welfare organizations, and why SHOULD soldiers‘ wives be forced ito turm Ito thesje? ~It makes for a bitâ€" termness against Canaida on the pant of for soldiers‘ wives thatâ€" you published the same day. Ih;webeeuoameotedwdmthevvb- Timmins Firefighters Play Hosts at Annual â€" Hallowe‘en Riverside Pavilion is Scene of Merry Event on Friday Evening, as Crowds Gather to Celebl‘ate the Rendezvous of Goblins and Witches. ‘be wiped out. \| The Women‘s Auxiltiary of the men on active service are throwing their weight behind the work of ‘the Legicn ticns by Evelyn Ciark and iGeorge Essery wene favourites. A spot dance was won by Miss M. Dudgeon and Mir. John Richands, and numerous lucky people won prizes for the numbened slips they found in the balloons which Fire iChief A. Borland Sr. and Mrs. Lieutenart M. Daher and Mrs. Dahdr; Lieutenant G. Pooley and Mirs. Pooley; Fireman {[F. COulhane and Mrs. Oulhane fighters played hosts to itheir friends from Timmins and throughout the disâ€" trict at an event that has become a mark of Hallowe‘enâ€"the Firemen‘s anâ€" nual Hallowe‘en dance. A large gaithâ€" ering of dancers, who came in Halloâ€" we‘en costumes, formal and informal dress, fcrmed happy groups amd magde the event a great success. tunes for ithe dancers, added to the nisht, Friday, when the Timmins Fireâ€" Fireman P. Eckert and Mra. Eckert; Firemam, Q. Gercux and Mrs. Geroux; Fireman S. Pritchard and Mrs. Pritchâ€" ard: Fireman, P. Chenier and Miss V. Chenier; Fireman W. Brown and Miss Marion Sheridan; Firemem A. Leach, G. Balfour, Miss Grace Sinclair Jim Sinclair, Mr. and Mrs. Doug derson, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Hanley, . 333 Firemen J. A. Ayotte anid J. A. Gratâ€" ton were in charge of the arrangements for the idance, and to them will go a large share of the credit for its gucâ€" Piermi, Mr. and Mrs. G. Fssery, Miss D. Haggerty, R. J. Marson, Miss Yvyonne Et. Pierre, Miss Marle Cahill, Mr. BB Allies} in wiping out the Hitler threait. The Riversideâ€"Pavilion was the setâ€" Noveilty mnumbers by Henry Kelneck J~., Miss Anita Fiynn, more or less is beside the point. It i aiso beside the point to argue that some â€"unforitmate parents have in peace« in asking for a cost of living bonus for time tried to raise large families on $64.00 a month or less. It is too heavy burden for two panenits, let alone cne It is a good thing for every interest=â€" ed onrganization to get behind the Legion in ithis work, but let us also use to the utmost the dinect comtact with Fioss, Mr. and Mrs. Pete Gamelin, Mr. Mrs. [Fred Elmrose, Miss Violet : cA our govermment that our democracy affonds us. Let us make many and con« stant representations to our local memâ€" bers in the House of Commons, insikitâ€" ing that] they take action on this mat« stream of facts and figures; and assurâ€" ing them ithat their is behind ‘them in their efforts for soldiers‘ Merritt, Mr. and Mirs. A. Kendall, Mr. and Mrs. Marcel Diement, Mr. and Mrs. E. Reed, Miss Pat Gregg, Mr. N. Powers Miss Ann (McPherson, Mr. Jim Cuntis, . Mr. G. Belega, Mr. and Mrs. M. Boyer, Miss Muriel Locket, Mr. W. Brewer, Mr. F. Gagnon, Miss E. Bortolotti, Mr. John Thieves Steal $400 Worth of Cigarettes Early Monday Hann, Mr. Don Chenier, Mr. and Mrs. G. Oltsher, Miss Joyce Chalut, Mr. and Mrs. Btan Pritchands, Mr. and Mre. Norman Enright, Mr. G. Lepage, Miss C. Hisko, Mr. Jerry Kobzick, Mr. and Five Dollars in Silver Also Taken. â€"Thieves are Still at Large. a Sunday night or early Monday morn= ing. The discovery was made at 340 a.m. on Monday. Ducovery of the: robbery was made by the store owner and the police at Police are searching the district for thieves who broke into the Central Grocery at the corner of Tisdale ave. and Elm street, and stole cigarettes and tobacco, valued at more than four down the front door to gain entry and left by the same pliace. Mike Syndel, owns the s#:ore and lives updirs in theâ€"same building, A checkâ€"up of the stock showed that little more than four hundred dollars worth of cigarettes and tobacco was missing as well as about five dollars in Baturday night case at any time. Giroux, Mr. and Mre. Steven Slotnick, Mr. and Mrs. John Ray, Mr. and Mirs. 6. ‘Jones, Miss Ann Ludwigg, Mr. John Stank, Mrs. IMattson, and many others. ‘The thieves are still at: large but police expect some development in the otthePommm. Joyce M. Tynrell,

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