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â€" Hollinger Inaugurates â€" ~School For New Miners , afterncoon on : chsmg of ct to. juvenile delinguency, . â€" ~ e ADue to the foul na.fiure of the evi-‘ dence, the case wWas ‘heard. in _closed irt.‘Only ~observers were . Timmins ce ‘constablea .(evéry one, : off . duty was.there) a handful of withesses and tfiro newspaper, *reporters lAs the disgusflngly foul acts Laurln were "to the most. sordid type of eviâ€" dence For,; compared. to what | was presented in Laurin‘k"tase!* the Eviâ€" dence heard at the recent murder trial in Parry Sound in which a woman was ‘freed after shooting her husband, when he committed abnormal acts before children, was tepid. ‘Evidence was presented by a neighâ€" bor in addition to the children. It was brought out that Laurin had been living off and on : with Mrs. Marie Anne Lefebyre, 16 Elm street N., and that the acts involving the children of | Mrs. Lefebvre had been taking place It was announced this week by Holâ€" linger Consolidated Gold Mines Limitâ€" ed that a new training program for underground workers has been inâ€" stituted at the mine. The need dor such a program has been recognized by the company for some time, and several suggestions along this line ahve been made in recent months by both exipioyees and supervisors. Operâ€" ating detail are still being worked out. but the plan promises to become Oone of the outstaniding features of operaâ€" tions at Hollinger Following mestings with all ming captain, J. M. Douglas, mine superinâ€" tendent, announced that the 3500‘ foot level would be taken over by a mine traising staff for the punpose of instructing all new employees in the various phases of mining. ‘ L 2s under the direction of nine captain William McDermott, â€" with H. R. Shuitieworth acting as assistant capâ€" tain for the training level. All .mine ‘Winter sports at Molniyre arena get into full ‘swing within the next few éhylandali'epdy signs of activity were apparent when the Advuwg.w,}hé,commmuty building® early this week. At left Ed Chernesky bosses a practise stone in preparation for the opening of the curling. club this weekend. In centre, Mildred Verbik, pretty llgurc-swgi}nfifietrm, prepares; to try the brandâ€"new ice in the small instruction rink. (iA} right is the wellâ€"knownâ€" "Bummer" Dorâ€" an, who réturns to the lineâ€"up of Hollinger hockey club this year. When the first practise of the season was held on Monday at McIntyre, more than 40 pucksters donned skatos ‘to try out with the Bombers. In «addition to the branches of sport pictured here, McIntyre will be the scene of. many. other activities, including bowling, basketball, badminton and gym classes. More than. two thousand people will participsie in organi:a(n sport in the big bnfldmu thisâ€"coming Winter. XXXII No. 44 fires piia)); :chiléirdf1| â€"soowls; of ind cten i: present. accustomed as they # ‘theée moast sordid tyoe of eviâ€" 'fii‘k G five wiBy df s10J 66 OL IBALD WHLILLL L400E been made. same nature. maflsgaaggog new training F_égafiaggggg a c "A 3 _ 1a zen 2B Thamest be 1 available for work. _ throughout ithe mastheneedarises ‘will be mainâ€" uiet"manner, as the accused man ai~ ~~Jooked ?e ‘floor> or gtafited "Ao 18 sfile a tWwisted, pecuâ€" Emdence MWW ‘Tefebvre Sa_t _at of the Childrens Aid Society br ought one child in after the other to testify. W,hen called to ‘the: stand, Laurin' flatly. ‘denied . everythmg in / a . ‘loud voice. But : hHe was;cowed : by: Crown Af= torney, ‘Sam Oaldbxck when the latter régal ed,one of the sthall boys to: conâ€" . qxrept]y‘l} actused‘s evidefice. ~ éfi Mx‘i ‘Liefébvre pleaded. gullty on a. similar charée of contributing. to juvenile delinquency, she was given an indefinite term of: not less than one year at Mercer reformatory Laprin, had .been booked on‘ a. second charge of gross indecency.. This charge was dropped by the crown, alâ€" though it appeared that it might have to be proceeded with when Mrs. Leâ€" febvre unexpectedly . pleaded gulity. What further â€"noxious evidence would have transpired had she been placed on the stand, is difficult to predict. If Laurin had been convicted . of gross indecency he would have been subject to up to ten years in prison and lashes, Magistrate Atkinson pointâ€" ing level where they will receive the necessary instruction and training to #it them for jobs in <the. mine. . The condition whereby experienced miners e had to take on and . train helpers themselves will be eliminated. Andnpoolofputianvtrained men, J. M. Douglas taking training under ids i e n | in Timmins, Ont,, EVery THURSDA Barn Dance T une Is Foul Lafiguage ' 7 o Local Gendarmes? 300 Fires took: ‘after the. official SCASON _ wWas guppwed to be over." Black spots <of the. year were . June,. August and october. In June A setiaf of grave fires broke out . near gparst while in August the trouble centre: was at â€"Swastika. Kecently it has been Timmins whichâ€"« kept fireâ€"fighters ocâ€" cupled dsy and night. -dance tune and swea.ring a .4 309 We was picked up on Cédar ‘street byA looalx police., :. ds And he. had two w1tnesses to 'testify. thats it + was‘ a hlll-billy song which: rent; the and not loud hnprecations ‘as the result ‘of oeing excluded from <the Royal Hotel. But ‘"Home on the Range" or, not, police. maintalned ‘that it was the commonp garden: variety idlil uumguhgei impird’fi 1Wh~"n: én .the ; r\ish"frcm the: etaingisance «of Himself _when _h¢ was .picked up on Cédar street by ldeal beer emporiutm. ® ‘In this Magistrate â€"S. Atkinson concy,r:ed‘ iMacNamara was fmed $10 and costs or 15 days. While the total . of losses due to forest: fires ‘has <not yet. been made, the season: just, conclhded ranks <with worst. years in the North, according:40 :. B A. MacDonald, of <the:~public. relations branch of the <«Departâ€" ment Oofâ€"Lands and Forests. * Mr. MacDonald, who covers the Kapuskasing and Cochrane disâ€" tricts, of which Timmins is a subâ€" division, ‘said that more than 300 fires had broken out during the year and that he believed that not since 1922 had such a number of fires occurred in one season. “F’ouptew fires broke out in the Timmins division alone since Ocâ€" tober 15,” he said. "All these fires took: placa ‘after the. official season was mppmd to be over." t.s "of the year were § and October. In June A seti ‘of grave fires broke out near Hearst, while in August the which <hnas kept fireâ€"fighters â€"ocâ€" cupled day and night. "IThn the vast : ‘majority of cases, the causes of these fires have been Donald: said. This, combined with long dry periods, has made it one He attributed the recent wave of fires to the neglect Of hunters, stating that on recent tours of inspection by air, it was evident that most fires had begun ‘on the shai of l@ikes where camps had <ao nd nof. cursing, shoutâ€" "and «n{a.king a genâ€" TIMMINS, ONTARIO, THURSDAY NOVEMBER 6th, 1947 Firer Of Shot Not Clear C # # *.; 3 "- " "_""'- t napte * ~ Exactly who fired the shot which injured Aleéc Kalyniuk,. veteran Porcuâ€" pine miner who was; ; struck :by: a .22 calibre bullet 1hst Sunday afternoon on George ‘Boychuk‘s farm three miles from Timmins,. is, nqt exa.ctly clear; according to cHilef . of | police Leo Gpg;;qr; of Mountjoy township. â€"'1U .-__ “Both Alec Jr and his. wife Yyonne : firing at a target on fence‘ when the older ma rayefl the target! aréa," thé thiet said. "fi ;s nbtâ€"clear just who: fired the shot." _ ‘Chief Gaghon emphasized that the shooting was purely an unfortunate accident. ‘Mr.> Kalyniuk : disappeared into the bush with his ffiend Peter "WOzfiiltik in an entirely different : direction: ‘than that in which the young couple were firing. They expected him to return from the direction in which he left, but instead he and his friend circled through the bush directly into the line of fire." «a He said that the injured man was distance of 600 feet pagt the target when he was struck with the bullet in the stomach. A "In spite of the fact that the rifle was only of .22 calibre the bullet made a gaping wound," he declared. "A .22 is just as much a deathâ€"dealing weaâ€" pon as gun of: larger calibre." Alex Kalyniuk, 55, had intended spending the Sunday afternoon in the bush with his son and daughterâ€"inâ€" law â€"and his friend. When struck with the bullet, at first he did not realize what had happened and he â€" walked several hundred yards out to where his was parked, before being rushed to St. Mary‘s hospital. Here blood transfusions were given and an emergency opgration which lasted fully two hours WAS performed by Dr. E. A. Dobson. The slug had entered the victim‘s stomach, passed through the liver and halted in the pelvic rgion.: +‘ Born in. Austria of Uléranian parents, ‘Mr. Kalyniuk has been an employee of Hollinger Consolidated Goldâ€" Mines for thi cident. Gift varcsls of foodstuffs and comâ€" forts will do much to brisghten the Christmas this year of those. overseas who are living under “amterlty” conditions. < Â¥ Th> Canadian Post Office, however, again urg:s the public not to delay, ! but to mail for Christmas overseas just as early as possible. announces that the tollowing closing dates have been set for the overseas Christmas mails: November 8th â€" The Oontinent w Christmas Mails For Overseas guidance of the _pu!_)uc it 26 years without an aAcâ€" The~prisoner= was by. far the somestâ€" man in‘ crowded . court-; Erect,* squareâ€"jawed â€"and â€" ‘pErâ€" fectly: groomed, he could have passed theâ€"model~of ‘an "Arrow Tie : , tisement. His business suit was a cgn- servative grey and cut in a fashion-â€" ~able drape" which â€" emphasized shoulders. He wore a black and w.hite' tie which was tied in a small neat knot. The tuftâ€"of a white»: handker- chief his breast pooket. He looked the, part of an . aristocrat ‘MHeé wak Kept standing in : the § Behthd This Story Isâ€" Another Story. : C vil riponers box for a . long tane 6# Fchin ‘precise} 'iflefihifM Fo Magistrate 8.: Atkinson ‘téad ‘ch .after clharge bhgaifist him, en(l\m'-f 1 ing whether he wished to be triéd . by him or sent to a ‘higher court. whether he wished to plead guilty or notâ€"guilty. cAlways, with the} ighost" of a smile;: theunqm replied "By you, sir" and "Guilty.". After six charges had ‘ been ~read, involving. forgery, uttering and fraud, and as the Magistrate reached for more to read, a subdued rustling sounded among spectators in ‘the courtroom. The rustling increased. in volume eachâ€"succeeding charge, till finally twelve had been read. This was spect:acular case, the rustling said. The man involved was Matthew P. Armstrong, of Ottawa, and there were five charges of forgery against him, two of uttering, four of false pretences and one of theft by employee. his own word he was guilty of them all ranging from crimes ‘committed in Ottawa, Hamilton,: Oshawa, +Whithy and finally in Tisdale and Timmins., Armstrong© met his> downfall | after uttering a forged chec'_i;% for $90 at a local gas station after may be mailled up to 20 ib. weight to individuals in the United Kingdom, but must be plainlyâ€" marked, "GHift Parcel." , Parcels ‘containing Iood cannot United Kingdom of gift parcels, conâ€" taining food only, ‘a yellow label (No. 61) obtainable at Post Offices, should be attached. The usual Customs. Deâ€" claration Form: (Q1B) fully must be affixed to all parcels adgyessâ€" L <F P CS‘ Chk _ 20 e statrmtk * tTP The Tisdale resident was swind!â€" > ed out of $175 on the truck deal, while the Oshawa resident was out of pocket some $800. f "When we got him in Kirkland Lake, closing a fraudulent deal with a resident of Tisdale concerning/a truck which he had obtained:by false pretences in the first plnoe ‘in Whitby, Ontario. When A oon} To expedite the he asked us if we knew of any charges ‘a.gainst him in South Ontario,‘"‘ Detecâ€" -tive Sergeant Emest Gagnon told: the. "himself told us. about thent®When we checked ub, alt these charges were true." . Most ‘of the charges concerned dealâ€" ings with an employer named E. Nash in Hamilto'n Among other things, a"' from his employer. + “Have ‘you anything to say for yourâ€" se 1f2"" Maggsf,rate Atkirison ‘asked the 29- pa‘r-old Aman . in a «not: unkindly, fas on. Anfisti‘bng ‘shook his head, murmurâ€" ett’ "H6" and sat down quickly. ‘Before sentencing, Crown Atâ€" torney Sam Caldbick produced the accused man‘s record. It dated back to 1947 in Ottawa and conâ€" stituted a long chronicle of crime, ‘Involving theft, attempted armed robbery and forgery. He had been released from a four year term in Kingston last March, â€""I warn you that you are getting into the category of the habitual criminal who will ‘"be put ~away for life under: the new law," said the magistrate. . ‘ He gave Armstrong five years on each charge of forgery, three years on each charge of false pretences . and three years on the one.. charge of ‘theft, all terms to run concurrently. trong received â€" his sentence ‘without ‘a trace of chagrin. flashing his clean-cut handsome : faceé. ‘Then he rose from the prisoners‘ box ‘to be escorted. downstairs to the cells. As he crossed the front of the court- room babel of excitement sounded from the onlookers and even the maâ€" gistrate turned to look after the young man with concern. or other countries without an export permit must not exceed $25.00, °_ <__ "Mailers are urged to packâ€"all parcels firmly and securely in strong. corruâ€" e n o o q CA 4 in AdkS4,J _ WWARLRS uwr- t uie o o o C C o > t gated "containers, w'rwped ug!utly €in‘ several folds of thick wrapping paper, and securely tied with strong twine. 1 Do not pack pacels in shoe "box>s," or use tissue paper for outer wrapper, qrrlbbontotietheout.side of t.l'nQi plmel. ~Encelcose. only articlea snltable for mailing. Be eemnn that, all mall is He was a cripple. A withered left arm was pressed tightly against his side. The fingers of .a twisted hand projected grotesquely from the cuff of his sieceve, | ‘"Why, he‘s a cripple," someone game tomorrow night, the â€"curtain goes up on the 1947â€"48 ‘Winter sports season in North Ontario and, despite the fact that hockey mentors ars gloomy over prospects in their branch of sport, the allâ€"around picture of acâ€" tivity at McIntyre is,very bright inâ€" In fact, from now till Spring, there will scarcely be a moment of the day, cr night when sporting doings of one kind or another are not taking plac> in the North‘s plush big sports centre. Somewhere in the building scimeone will be playing hockey or figure skatâ€" ing, bowling, curling, playing > badâ€"= mington or basketball or tumbling about the floor of the gym. ‘ As an indication of the amount of activity which will take place, it is a remarkable fact that more than 2,000 persons will take part in organâ€" ized sport within the walls of the building. Add it all up and it says that the people ofâ€" the Porcupine are sportsâ€" _ minded in a big way. _ § PsnE Sounds like an exaggeration, doesn‘t it? But break down the numbers of the various groups who will participate and you‘ll see it‘s true. First there is hockey. With five senior teams and five juvenile teams of 14 players eagh, we find 140 players in all. Then theer are 170 senior figure skaters and 280 junior. Curlers numâ€" ber 430, while badmington playera total 105 and perhaps more. An estiâ€" mated 300 persons participate in orâ€" ganized bowling. There are four basâ€" kstball teams of ten players each. A gym class of 80 youngsters meet reâ€" gularly. To top it off. there are 500 members to the public skating club Not In Doldrums Yet; Big Jump In North In Power Consumption I16 Miles Of Pipe _ lBeneath 3 Rmks With the first Lions Cup hockey Single Copyâ€"â€"Five Cents Meanwhile, actual output of the Northern Ontario system . also showed an increase. Total output this year reached 210,551 kilowatts compared to 207,732 a year ago. Firss ice of the Winter season wWas laid at McIntyre arena last Saturday afterncon, when workmen removed the boards from the floor of the big rink, levelled the six inches sand in which the freezing pipes are embedâ€" ed, froze the sand to a depth of two inches and then applied the â€" first coating of ice. It was an allâ€"day job for half A dozen men, under the supervision of Bob Crosby, manager of the North‘s largest Winter sports centre. With three different rinks in operaâ€" tion during the season, MciIntyre has perhaps the greatest mileage of freezâ€" ing pipe of all the artificial ice plants in the Province. A total of 16 miles of pipe, with lines spaced. fourâ€"andâ€" oneâ€"half inches apart, is in the build~â€" ing. There are eight miles of Remeath the> nockey surface, seven eath the curling rink, and one in ‘small instruction rink for figurs Mhnt.yres ice plant is a big affair located in the heart of the buildh;g Valued ~at $25,000 it comprises three comprsors giant tanks of brine, huge cylinders of ammonia and other paraphernelia necessary for the manuâ€" facture of ice. § missi.on is any criterion of thei way: things aré going. Actual power loads in the North showed a 14.1 percent increase in September, 1947, over .the same month a year Ago. Number of kiloâ€" watts in a 20â€"minute peak during September of this year showed‘ Northern Ontario is far from in. the doldrums, if the recent rqport. of the Hydro Electric Pdwer Com-' Eon t F7 Mcintyre does not use the ammonia method of making ice, as 16 the case at South Porcupine arena. At Mcintyre brifie circdlates in the miles of; piping and: it is cooled by passing through baths of ammonia located in the ice plant itself. This method of record_consuimption of 183,011 kfioâ€" watls, compared to 160,332 last year®e 5/. s m 08 *‘ _ of the Porcupine ‘_ Established 1912 ~The Pioneer Paper