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m. 1 Week 011 Capital Hill .. .1 Ind C. Dlllon 1:: Special 111 The POH‘W’Mc Advm‘“ : The rolling pin brigade descended upon Ottawa this week. Women from Vancouver to Halifax. under the banner “Housewives' Consumer Association". presented a verbally supplemented brief to Finance Min~ ister Abbott in which they demanded that prices be rolled back 10'}, by August lst; restore subsidy on butter and retain subsidy on wheat. and flour; maintain rent controls: abolish sales tax; restore excess. profits tax and corporation income tax to prev- ious levels and establish an Emery gency Economic Board to cope with growing trends towards economic de- pression. "meow .oéomxwmww " on the ruling of the Deputy peaker. By a majority of 82 to 61 the Speak- er’s ruling was upheld and thus the amendment .mednwn-inxdflsakwflj Mr. Abbott’s answer was a gentle but. firm. “No”. He advised the housewives. that the government's policy of gradual decontrol, consist- ent- with. economic requirements, would be carried out. Canada’s new labor code was read for a second time in the House and referred to the Industrial Relations Committee for study. It has been decided that interested parties will be allowed to submit briefs setting forth {their views on the new law following which they will be invited to appear before the Parliamentary Committee to read their briefs to the members and be questioned on points raised. It is inevitable that controversy on this Bill will be hot and heavy. Most unions have al- ready expressed their disagreement with the general provisions contain- ed in the new code and it is expected that many of them will seek a voice‘ before the Committee. Vol. XXXII No. 26 Debate on the Old Age Pensimw Act amendments. as presented to the House by Health Minister Martin. continued unabated this week and when the House rose on Friday night final settlement had not been reached. Mr. tanley Knowles (C.C.F. â€"- Winni- peg North Centre) moved an amend- ment to the Bill increasing the am- ount of benefit from $30.00 to $50.00. This amendment was ruled out..of order and a recorded vote was called Mr. Martin was attacked very vig- orously by opposition parties during the debate but responded in kind to give staunch support to his Bi‘ll. Finance Minister Abbott gave 1 statement on sugar rationing in the House on Wednesday in which he said, “our conclusion is that it is in the general interest, and particularly in the interest of householders and small businesses, that sugar rationing should be retained in full force at least until the 1948 supply prospects are clear but at the same time to in- crease thc rate of ration as rapid .V as circumstances permit”. Debate weary members are anx- iously loking forward to the prora- gation of the session. As usual, many wild guesses are-being made as tb the closing date. Much 'depends upon the length of time required in the study and report of the committee of the Labor Bill. If all goes as per schedule parliamentarians should be back with their constituents not later than the end of July. Henry Lebeson. 20. was sentence'd by Acting Magisti'ate S. Pla‘t'u's. K.C.. in Timmins police Court oniMonday. to three years in K108831013 ,Penigeq- tiary. and his abcoinplice James Rah-fl Penltentlary Sgntence Given Youthf fl Gunman For Attemptei ' ‘ ort Chusing. go have years lea one dav. in Burwash. for an attempted. armed robbery. Both pleaded guilty. The attempted“ hpld- up lock place on June 24th. when Mrs. Mary 1306- novluk of 64 Lakesluore Road, en's- wered the ringing of her doorbell to find two young men, who ’when' told that the man they‘enquired aftenwes not there. pulled a gun and started to force an entrance. " On seeing the gun Mrs. Bodnovluk screamed and rushed through the house. and Chus- lng fled. “bean, however. who held the gun entered the house and Accomplice Sent to Burwash For Two Years LBSS A. was tackled by a visitor Miles Wal- lingford. 133 Main .Aszenue. who suc- ceeded in disarming the gunman and holding him until the police. arrived. A police sergeant giving evidence stated that he was called to 64 Lake- shore Road. and on arrive! found Leb- cscn being held by the neck by Wal-fi lingford. and. the revolver. which \gas. exhibit number one in Court:‘, lying .on the floor of the living room“ The gun we; not capable of being} fired as the pin had been removed: When questioned. Lebeson had stated? that he find his exemplice had 1184 nghfiof Columbus Elect Erand Knight The 'I‘imm‘ins Order of the Knights of Columbus, elected Pat Larmer as Grand Knight at their meeting on Sunday. The deputy Grand Knight of the Order is L. A. Robinson and J. Martin is Chancellor. The position of financialmecretary is filled by F. Dafoc theitrasurer J. Colton. and the lecturer; Nick Basciano. The re- corder of Ogders for the coming year is Ivan Shoqk the advocate J. Walsh. and the wsrden J. E. Sullivan J. Ryan and A. Brennan are also elected officers {cg-i this year. P‘ R'MW -._____ Allen claimed that a witness. who was not In court could have proven that he heard him call out that Mac- oborski was attacking him with a pipe a he struck, in self defence. Ream” {Q me question ("iormernin'g‘1 the us' i f the pipe. the watchman told thy “agistrate that he had never had a flight with anyone in his life, and wavmuch too old to start. The camel of the house Harry Tich- inofl' 5"" the court in evidence that the noise and on entering he saw Allen holding the 7: the floor Allen grabbed a '_lumber and struck him be- house (-The witness tried to hold him but was unable to do so, and the de- fendeht made his getaway. Guilty of Assault F incd 25 Dollars A fine-gar $25 and costs were im- pnsed miflohn J. Allen, for. assulting Koska M‘coborski' night clerk at 71 Fifth Avg. were Allen had been a former r‘esident. * The cle‘rk in evidence stated that Allen entered the boiler house at 1.45 am. on Sat, June 28th and re- fused to heave when he ordered him to do so. ifl‘he defendant when press- ed to leaf: struckl'th complainant be- hind th¢_§éar, and then'cut his eye. knockingaiim to the ground where he held hinfpy the throat. In his own defence Allen claimed 2 had gone back to the house .igom;hich he had been ordered out .fth previously, to re-claim a which“ he needed. The Magis- trate; owever, did not believe his storyié" d after thesenlence had been pron ced, his sceond charge of as- sault ' Harry Tichinoff was dis- missj' on the reCommendation of CrowiAttorney S. A. Caldbick, K.C. VJ read.- his long record com- 1 108 in 1939 as a juvenile. Leb- he had difficulty in controlling 0pm laughter." Chusing’s record was cqtally 3:1. and included one of eifiteen months for robbery with asault. and six strokes of the birch. _ passing Sentence the Magifi tr decided to part the two. and ethe longer sentence to Lebeson b use he had possession of the gun. ough the revelver had been pro- cited by Chafing from a man in Tim- mins on ‘ - theppetence of having it .x embarrassed when asked * by the M“- ist‘rates what type of shells. l‘the gun ,wquld‘ fire-{after he and Informed m. c361 that those in the mm were no; the right pallbre. ‘ finale under observation for a , and acting on his information the ifioliCe had searched the house for §m1ghgrade" but had been unable to lqica‘te .any. In a wall safe they [02% $6Q0 in notes and one of the no (2 living in the house had $1, 400 m i; in .3501” i;';m1CroWn Attorney Caldbick, ~.“-0ff the sergeant anu a con- The statements were not read urt.’ i; passing Sentem tr decided to part I; e the longer sente b use he had posses: ough the revolver cured by abusing Iron mg on the ‘ thepgetenc‘ 'qiflm‘!“ ~ - mm 901in sergeant p bll Thumbs. 0M. 0. h 5‘ “43%! v'mviwmf M son, who was unable to write. tym statements t6 the police he“ was warned. and Chasing amt-'19 further two in the pre- Of the sergeant and a con- The statements were not read possession. was somewhat Antlâ€"Communlsts Pledge Proposed ”At Northern . Ont. Legion Convention Elect Gordon G. Country- man As 1947 District FollOwing 'addresses of welcome by‘ Mayor J. E. Bxunebhe, and F A. Mc ‘Dowellwpast‘ Ipresident of the Timmine Branch of the Legion. the meeting was opened under the Chairmanship of Diétrict Commander W. J. Gtummett, K. C.; M. L. A. AnsOnvillc. The Canadian Legion held their an- nual meeting of the Northern Ontario Distrust, at the Legion Hall. on Sun- day June 29th.. when ninety delegates from Legion. Branches throughout Northern Ontario attended. â€"- â€"- v-â€"â€"â€" -â€" The dele,” gaées represented Cobalt, Charlton. Cochrane, Kirkland Lake, Iroquois Falls, Porquls Junction, Kap- uskasing, Halleybury. New Liskeard, South Porcupine, McCarty, John Bu- chan and Timmnis The morning session 'was devoted to business discussions, eSpectally that of the ggyermnent‘s .‘Last Post Fund for the burial of ex- -service men ‘who die without means. At onefo'clo'ck, the delegates led by the Timmi'ns Citizens ‘Band. marched to the Cenotaph where a wreath was laid. and two minutes silence observed in honour of the comrades who made the supreme sacrifice. The march then continued to the site of the new Legion Memorial Hall. where the first sod was tunied by Erie R. Burgess, Provincial President of the ,Oanadian Legion, B. E. S, L. Ontario Command. The guest speake1 at the 1u1c11eon he‘d in the McInty1e Alena was Exle Burgess of St‘. Thomas who stressed the néed for stronger untiy and greater membership in the legion branches throughout Northern Ontario. and ur- ged that every effort should be made to complete the enrolement of members who had not yet paid their dues. McIntyre Band Under J. W. S. Lamas Draws Large Crowd An enthusiagtic crowd of .music lov- ers attended the first band concert of the season. held Sunday evening by members of the McIntyre Band under the capable direction of Lieut. J. W; Ihglwas suggested at. the altemoon seaslon that an addm on should be made to the pledge in which all legion- alrres would SW88] to joln in the drive agglast communism. .Th'e‘irco‘nvenstion elected Gordon G. Countryman, president of the South Porpupine Branch. of the Canadian Legion. to succeed W. J. Grummett. K. C. M.1L,,A. as Northern Ontario Dis- trict qgmmander. _ 'I'ligi interesting concert opened with the overture. "Poet and Peasant". folâ€" lowed by “Hairkeye’fi qu Slobodlan was soloist renrlexlng "Carnival Venlse" and as an encore undated “Love Sends a Little Gift. of Roses. Selections from "Babes in Toyland' was followed by the waltz “Smfigs and Kissess". with “La“ Cum- pars”; "“5188in Lagoon" and “Drum Majorf'. fbflOwlng. The second part of mo program consisted mostly of NEXT WEEK: A minimum of fifteen members are required to go to Gibson Lenka and aid in buudrng the Boy Scouts cabin. At least 5 Lions to go 8am P. M. and the balance in go am Sunday A M. Liquid refresh- Commander. W . . On sunday June 29th, the first sod was cut on t ‘ si’te‘where "the new Canadian Legion Memorial Hall is to be ballt. The sod cutting ceremony took place during the Northern Ontario District Canadian Legion convention. In the above picture can be seen George Knowles, Erie R. Burgess digging. while A. F. McDowell past president of Branch 88, and W. J. Grummett, past district commander look on. Adv: his; GOLDEN LION pieces. SUNDAY’S CEREMONY 'A'r' Sm: OF NEW MEMORIAL HALL TIMM‘NS, ONTARIO, THmDAY, JULY 3rd, 1947 Major Maj-mm- greatly interested in educational work. while Mrs; Mia- jury has always taken a great interest in women's organizations, and was prcudent of thefi Womens Christian --'femperence~"Union during their stay in North Bay, where they had-been in charge for the past four fan'd'a' half» years. ‘ . I New Salvation Army Officers Soon Busy Following the transfer to Kirkland Lake of Adjutant and Mrs, Douglas Church, of the Salvation Army. the vacancy has been filled m Timmins by Major and Mrs. Henry Majury. They were welcomed.ab the Citldel on Sun- ' --,..-- .Jermgpk charge of the a services? Upon hearing that the Timmlns Communitiesx Acmvities Qbmmibtee needed helpers for their field day On July‘ lsf, Major Majurs immediately; offered his §er\1'.ces, «and within. a few hours was actively engaged .in assist-" ing the Recreational Director ‘to\ pre-' pare the programme. - The Major 15:. keenly interested in sports, and . was one of the first toarrive .atfiollinger. Park, where it soon became evident: that his knowledge of track and field work was extensive. - Those who have met- Major Ma-lwife left court and deposited the jury are confident that he will move money. . a worthy successor to Adjutant Church, In passing sentence the magistrate who was very'. popular dunlng<hls five told the accused “I do not believe years stay in Timmins. and whowill your. story. You have a tendency to be remembered for the excellent ser- obtain money by false pretences 'and vices he rendered .to the community; Ido not see how I can be lenient”. When the Northern Oiltnrio District of the Canadian Legion held their annual convention in Thumb: on Sunday June 29th. they remembered the comrades Who mode the supreme sacrifice. Erie R. Burgess. Pregident of Candi“: Lesion. ' 8.8. 8.1... Ontario Gom- mahd, is seen in the pasture above, plain; a wreath on the emo- tuph. This ceremony was followed by a 2 minutes silence. .tmamgn V. J” mm: mm. P'“ O Owned Car One Day Cheque Writer Given 1 Year Hard Labour Kenneth Windovcr. 413 Spruce St. S..ln Timmins was sentenced to 1 year with hard labor for obtaining a car“ under false pretences. by Acting Magistrate S. Platus,, K. C. in Police Court on Monday. He had a long record including several convictions for obtaining money under false pre- tences. On the witness stand Joseph Page, owner of the car. told how he had met Windover, on Saturday June 28th.. and discussed the sale of his 1937 Oldsmobile. After refusing an offer of $825 he afterwards accepted a cheque drawn against the Tim- mins Branch of the Bank of Nova Scotia for $1,200 as cash payment for the car. That night he was warned by friends who knew the accuseds record and he reported the matter to the police. 'used it to find a‘ job... At 1m; time of bis arrest he was accémpaniéd by his wife and Lchi}dren. 5.7 ‘ An accotmtant from the Bank of Nova S‘cotia tcétitie'd that the con- flicted man had no account at the Bank. ' . _--A‘flt§n§r'w a 'ségrgh' Windo‘v‘er 'wvas” gr- réste'di‘b’h ‘Sufiday in Hoylé‘ and he :‘told' the police that .he did not in- tend to steal the car but had merely In his defence Windover claimed that " the ' money would have been paid into the bank if he .had not been arrested on Sunday. He had how- ever_ told the same story in April when on. a similar charge and the case, was then dismissed when his wife left court and deposited the money. ' ..... -; - Adm Photu I I Advance bod In Tumult. On... . EV”! TEURSDAY Cower Markle Will Be New Y. M.C.A. Secretary Melons Missing Teen-angers Arrested Romeo Potvln. 16 Columbus Ave. Ronald Blbeault. 2'12 Mountjoy Street. 8.. Phlllpon O'Nelll, 108 Balsam Street 8.. rear and Douglas Eckford. 216 Maple Street 8.. were arrested over the week-end and charged with breaking Into a box car at the rear of the Gamble-Robinson wholesale warehouse on Saturday night. The police found a box opened at the Gamble-Robinson company and several watermelons gone. All the raiders were teen-tigers. Funeral aefvices were held on Fri- day June 27in, at Legion Hall. Tim- mins. for Eric Pearson. aged 36. who accidentally drowned at midnight on June 2181; at. Red Lake. Ontario. Eric Pearson Buried With Legion Honors The deceased was a veteran of six years service. and was a former member of the' Irish. Regiment of Canada. The services were conduct- ed by the Rev. William Mustard of the United Church. and burial took place in the Legion Plot in Timmins Cemetery. The ball bearers were: Charles Per- cival, H. Moore. W. Hogg. A. Jen-- kins. W. Brough. and W. Wilkinson. Bugler, at the graveside was F. J. Wolno. The deceased is survived by his wife and eight months old son Har- old Ivan. who reside at 12. Kirby Avenue. Timmin’i "Ife s a native of Camrose, Alberta. ant! is also sur- vived by his parents, four brothers and three sisters of that town. Few Attend Meeting To Reâ€"Esmblish Timmins Ratepayers Association, The Freedom of the Press 'was sharply attacked by J. P. Baxtlcman at Monday‘s meeting of the Timmins Ratepayers Association The Coun- cillor took exception to an article which appeared in a local paper,- and claimed that the object was to split the. Council. If ‘any- Other person but Bartl'eman had made this suggestion. the people Of Timmins might have listened, but since the Councillor is continudusly declaiming the press, few will pay attention. To support this statement we quote Councillor Bartleman at a meeting of; the same association October 16th 1946. “It is very disappointing to think a local paper would print an article like that. It is intended to 'antagonize the Council ' If Mr. Bartleman really intends to serve the people of this town, he should concentrate more on the duties he has accepted as a member of the Council. and try to profit by the criticism rather than waste the ratepayers’ time singing the “old old refrain". The meeting. which was intended to revive the Ratepayers Association before it could be suggested that it was simply a political move prior to election time. did not draw many of the local ratepayers. Altogether. some fifteen people present. and of including two' reporters. there were these three were members of the Council who held executive positions in the association. namely. Bartle- man. Qhateauvert and DelVillano. Councillor Chateauvert opened" the meeting. but was reluctant to take the chair. and askedthat a pro tem- pore chairman be elected. and this provided Bartleman with the oppor- tunity 'of electing a chairman of his choosing in Frank Gauthier after first having suggested that this gen tleman should be the secretary The latter position. also suggested by the Councillor. was accepted by R. G. Fee. Once started. as is usual. Bartle- man was difficult to stop. and he pressed his attack on the newspapers by telling the meeting that there was an opening in Timmins for a good newspaper.- one that would not mis- lead the public into believing that there were two divisions in their council fighting it out for power". with little consideration for those who financed the political game. He fur- ther stated that the aims and objects of the local press seemed to be the same today as it was in the past and that the paper leading the attack today would meet with downfall. as he in his wildest dreams seems to consider that his opponent of yester- year did. Perhaps one day J. .P. Bartleman will'find an editor weak enough to cater to his whims. Councillor Del Vlllano more or less} agreed with the speaker. and stated “I resent most of the remarks in the paper”. then evidently overcome by; the criticism ended on the pathetic note “Everything I say or do 'cqmes stated that when nominated to the Larg e Crowd Enjoys Sun- day Night Open Air Con- Mayor J. E. Brunette opened the Y’s Men‘s community singsong held at Hollinger Park on Sunday evening. by giving a talk and outlining to those present what would appear in this and subsequent programmes. It was annou-nced that the vacant post of Timmins-Porcuplne YUM C. A. general secretary would be filled in September by Gower Markle of Lon- don. Mr. Markle is an honor graduate and gold medallist in political scl- encce and economics at the Unlvemo lty of Western Ontario. and is work- ing there now on his master‘s degree in socialogy. He has also had seven years experience in ”Y" work. has been scretary of boys work. com- munity secretary and membership scretary of the London “Y”. Much fun was got out of the four- man watermelon contest for the child- ren. with the smallest entrant win- ning the race. Jimmy Ormston play- ed for the singsong. with the feature attraction "Three Dudes and a Dud". ending the programme. Charged With Shoplifting Case Adjourned One Week Jake Gross. who gave his address as the Three Star Hotel. was remand- cd for a week on charges of shop lifting and the illegal possession of liquor. by Acting Magistrate-S. Plat- us. K.C.. in Timmins Police Court on Monday. ’ ‘ Councillor Chateauvert, who had already been tackled by Mr Fee regarding the beach patrol, then stated “It the people know that $31- 000 was being spent on the TCA. this year. they would my the Council lwas crazy”. When caught in a Timmins depart- mental store. Gross was carrying a shopping bag which contained ap- proximately $40 worth of clothing. executive of the Ratepayers Associa- tion. he had no though of ever being elected to the Council. The Council- lor should remember. that the Civil Service has certain rules and regula- tions regarding'the acceptance of public office. by Civil Servants. and it must have taken longer than the time lapse between official namina- tion day for the Council and the el- ection, to obtain from Ottawa their permission. or perhaps he only ran to make up the field. Councillor Chateauvert took the op- portunity of telling the association how much time and effort he put into his work as a member of the Council. and told them that he did not consider himself infallable, but that his conscience was clear, and he felt that the man in public office who was not criticized was asleep. He did. however, agree that the papers have the right to report the sayings and actions of all who hold 'public office]. and then explained why he had voted in favour of mem- bers of the council attending out of town conventions. Since being elect- ed he evidently realizes that the ex- change of knowledge is a good thing for a' town as well as for an individ- ual, and that the expenses incurred are really true economy instead of subjecting the ratepayers to a maxi- mum. instead of a minimum amount of blundering. He also appealed to the ratepayers of Timmins to show a greater interest in their town by attending the Council meetings, and hearing at first hand what their rep- resentative had to} say when matters involving large expenditures were discussed. An attack was then launched by R. G. Fee against .the beach: supervisor as appointed by the T.C.A. Recreation Director. He claimed that the pre- sent ‘lifeguard' employed at Gillies Lake. was for the most part surrouncb ed by. teen'age girl friends. and was therefore failing to. justify the am- ount of {money being spent by the ratepayers for the protection of their children. It is possible that Mr. Fee has observed a certain amount of “apparent laxity" on the part of the supervisor. but already this year the alertness of the lifeguard at Gillies Lake has saved the life eta six year old child, and this could, not have been done if he had not been “alive" to his duties. . In order to elect new members of the Executive to an the positions left vac-put by the election of Chat- auvert. Bartleman and Del Villano. to the rimming. Town Council, it was decided to all i meetlnsion Tuesday July 8th, and the have expressed that the' ratepayers would be represenfld P? all ablr 003ml " v- ... 00W The Pioneer' Paper of the Porcqpine Established 1912