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Axeâ€"Weilding Wives Get Benefit, Why Not Accused!? Kent Residents Ask Sidewalk NOT Built J.P. Asks Town to Repair‘ Road On Partner‘s Land | "I see no reason why 1 should not give him the benefit of the doubt when women who chop up their husbands heads with axes are given. the benefit of doubt." The speaker was Magistrate . Atkinson _ in police court here Tuesday, when dealing â€" with a local man charged with attempted theft of a taxt. propel iginally area, bu emupty s piece of ground 150 feet of the property had be wWith this road Bartleman tern Timmins council heard someâ€" thing new in the way of petitions this week. The residents on the north side of Kent avenue beâ€" tween â€" Wileox _ and Mountjoy streets asked that a sidewalk NOT be built before their homes. "This is something new," said. Mayor Karl Eyre with a surprised smile, "we‘ll certainly coâ€"operate. It means saving that much of the sand to fix Bartleman claimed and Star Transfer family are cut off on the property." WHO WILL PAY? That was the question proposed al Unt INCULâ€" ing of the Timmins Police Commission on Tuesday evening. Town police have been guarding the union hall, day and night, for the past two weeks as the result of the altercation which took place between the Kennedyâ€"lead faction and the antiâ€"Communists. To avoid trouble police closed the hall to both groups and posted three constables in cightâ€"hour shifts to guard the ball. Pictured above is Constable Reg McLean. It appears likely today that either or both factions of the union will be presented with a manâ€"sized bill from the local police department. Advance Photo town‘s money. . A â€" spokesman â€" for. the nine houscholders in the block said that a sidewalk would bisect the l@wns before the houses and that lawns would be ruined. "I don‘t see how the town can, do much about it when the road is on pnvate property." said Mayor Eyre. "It is not proper to tix private roads with the town‘s money." "I certainly wouldn‘t warnst to zee anyâ€" thing like $1,000 spent on the road, but "I1 uUndereyva® aid Counctl Then last vye AWU quagmire woul Ba Mr. tienadl ivale Oll 1, Timimnins percndidi council this week to into property on i the railway. The d by Rocco Bannin>. exp )ld Mine ess assoâ€" | Fire Chief William Stanley, pointâ€" ing out the danger of failure to take hat Holâ€" 1 fire prevention measures, today asked s had orâ€"| residents of Timmins to participate i in the{in the annual Spring Cleanâ€"Up Cam â€" essary to | paign scheduled from May 8 to May 8. the mine About 11,000 persons were kil}ed by d sold "~/Fire Chief Backs .. Cleanâ€"up Campaign fires last d a |United States and | approximately the »Stanley said. ale. | Spring, Clean Mr | moving the | cause 90 per : the question proposed at the meetâ€" Trout Season Opens Here This Saturday theu tackle out of cellar and attic| in readiness for a big year. ’ Game warden Don Sylvester stated that a good season appears to be mi prospect. He said all ice was gone | from the district‘s nvers and creeks .and that fishermen would‘enjoy open \.\ ater. { \He warned anglers that a legal catch ! can not exceed 20 fish per day with ! | He warned anglers that a legal catch can not exceed 20 fish per day with a gross weight of 10 pounds. No fisherman is permitted to have more than two days legal catch in his posâ€" session at any time. P The season for pickerl ‘does not onen in‘ this district till May 15. open in A local cab operator said that the man, who had been drinking forâ€" several days,. threatened to steal his car®and drive it to Monâ€" treal,. The said was drunk. He also claimed that he did not know how to drive a car in the first place. @ALStE fires last year and the Canadian and United States® fire bill amounted to approximately $700, 000, 000, Chief Stanley said. He â€"explained that Spring, Clean â€" Up is a means of reâ€" moving the common hazards which cause 90 per cent of all fires. Among these hazards Chief Stanâ€" ley listed accumulations of debris and other unnecessary combustible maâ€" tarial flammable liquids. dirty stoves terial, fla and lamp roofs, di terial,. flammable liquids, dirty stoves, and lamps, dirty chimneys, flammable roofs. dirty and defective heating plants, and dirty and defective elecâ€" trical appliances. A Gdetailed Spring Cleanâ€"Up proâ€" gram will be announced later, he said. The campaign is sponsored nationalâ€" ly by the National Fire Protection Association. I think the town could put gown four or five loads of sand, under the cirâ€" eumstances," Mr. Bartlieman spated. .. lt e ons s t ce ts ut ~The mauer was referred to the pubâ€" lic works comumittee for conssideration. The mavistrate dismissed the ished aome ie wa w on ~m'~4 EVERY THURSDAY River Drive Is On Tle log drive in this disrict comâ€" merced early this woeek ard today aâ€" lorz the rivers and creeks of the North logs are booming down skidways to plurge into the wate on vhe long journey t»> the district‘s sawmills. The drive this vear is a full month ealiar taan the drive <f{ 1947., when one of the latest Sprirgs in the North‘: placse. Conditions general‘y are favor ble a tiiough not a great supply cf water is on hand.. Last vear there was too much water: rivers cverflowed their Sanks, is :ms broke and logs were "We got our last let of ten men this mor ning he stated, "We had a job g‘zttmg them all ard it appears that the t wn is almost picked clean of bushâ€" men." Drives are also underway with the Mcuntjoy Timber Company, the Feldâ€" man Timber Company and A. E. Wicks‘. Conditions of operation with all firms are said to be excellent and it is exâ€" pected that the drive will proceed with« cut a hitch. It is estimated that the cut will be about the same as last year in Nortit ern Ontario, At that time it anounâ€" ted to 35.6 million feet of logs, 424 thousand cords of pulpwood, 33 thou salimâ€"coras of fuel wood and a conâ€" siderable quantity of ties poles and o S K Dl.stnct Foxe%u Bill Robinson said that the eonlv event lumnberman had to guard against was running cut of water. “'I‘he}; will have to act fast," he deâ€" clared. "It is not as plentiful as it might be and if they don‘t take advantage of posts it their cut may be stranded. . On the other hand, there may be heavy rains. Then water situation will be mnot a factor." Army Cadets â€" Signal Class â€" 6.30 p.m. â€" Armories. _ Rebecea Lodge â€" 8.00 p.m. â€" Odd fellows Hall. Air Cadets â€" Basketball â€" 8.1 p.m 7.30 p.m. â€" Y.MXC.A. APRIL 30, 1948 Army Cadets â€" Shooting Practice â€" 4.00 p.m. â€" High School. Army Cadets â€" Signal Class â€"â€" 6.30 p.m. â€" Armories. MAY 1, 1948 APRIL 29, 1948 Army Cadets â€" Shooting Practice â€" 4.00 p.m. â€" High School United Church Womer May Day Tea â€"â€" 3.00 to First United Church. MAY 2, 1948 Canadian South Slays â€" 112 Balsam St. North. Croatian Society â€" 3 112 Balsam St. North. Independent Order 8.30 p.m. â€" Oddfellc Kiwanis Club â€" 12.15 p.m. pire Hotel. Army Cadets â€"â€" 4.00 p.m. â€" School. Army Cadets â€" Signal Class p.m. â€"â€" Armories. Y¥‘s Men Club â€" 6.30 p.m. â€" THE WEEK‘3 EVENTS Hotel. Air School Air Cadets pm. â€" High Phalanx Club â€"~â€" Coâ€"Ed Pri 7.30 pm. â€" Y.M.CA. St Johns Amulance Corp p.m. â€"â€" St. John‘s Hall. May 4, 1948 Army Cadets â€" Shooting Practice â€" 400 pm. â€" High School. Club Richelieu â€" 12.15 p.m. â€" Alâ€" goma Hotel. Army Cadets â€" Signal Class â€" 6.30 p.m. â€" Armories. Oddfellows Lodge â€" 8.00 p.m. â€" Oddfellows Hall. Home School Club â€" 8.00 p.m. _â€"â€" Central School. Comet Club â€" 8.00 pm. â€" Finn m. â€"â€" Bitrch St. School Phalanx Club â€"â€" Coâ€" K n. â€" High School. Phalanx Club â€" 7.30 p.m Cadets TIMMINS, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, APRIL 29th, 1948 Oddfellows Hall MAY 3, 1948 MAY 5, 1948 the Fogg Lumber men for the drive rv day in the post Rifle Range 1, 1948 Women‘s Ass‘n .00 to 6.00 p.m Coâ€"Ed Program 00 p.m Coâ€"Ed Program of Forresters 6.00 p.m 2.00 p.m Central Grand High 6.30 Budget Already Half Gone, TCAC Closes Boxing Gyms, May Slash Sturgeon‘s Pay â€" Faced with the hard fact that they have spent $16,811.76 during the first three months of the current year, while their entire annual budget for 1048 is only $35,000, the Timmins Community Activities Committee calâ€" led a halt to reckless spending at a stormy meeting Tuesday evening. The committee decided that the teaching of boxing, would immediately cease and that the $350â€"aâ€"month gym at 66 Third avenue would be abanâ€" doned. was also> progosed that the salâ€" L _ _A cb db ts md It was also> prosposed that the salâ€" ary o[ R. E. ‘Bim" Sturgeon be slashâ€" ed by $50 a month. Mr. Sturgeon‘s pay had been increased at January 1 to $3.800. Decision on his salary was deferred to the next meeting of the committee. If the wage cut takes place, he will receive his former salâ€" ary of $3,000 a year. Where did the $16,811.76 disappear to in the first three months of the year? The following quarterly stateâ€" ments shows how it did: DETAILS OF EXPENDITURE TIMMINS COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE OR THREE MONTHE ENDED MARCH 31, 1948 supervision and Administration Supervisor‘s Salary $ 900.0C Basketbatl Supervisor 225.0C Boxing Supervisor 556. 4 Rink Supervisors Salaries 5226.02 Slide Supervisors Salaries 1194.34 Telephone and Telegraph 64. 95 Printing and»Stationery** 50.3" ‘Postage and excise Stamps 21.5( Office Salaries 260.0( Advertising and Publicity 1 1.84 Subscriptions .0 Conferences _ 0(0 . i a nA Total Municipal Slides Light Municipal Outdoor Rink Change Houses. Wages â€" Clearing Rinks Equipment Maint. Su Trucking Light and Wum;., Miner Says Poll Tax Improperly Collected 17 Are Initiated As Branch 88 Meets Membership in Branch 88, Ccmadldn| ey back. Legion, the districts‘ largest organ-;pxopexty ization continues to swell. . At this | He s: week‘s meeting 17 new members werel perty la initiated and 12 new applications for | had rea 1 membership accepted. tax. F President Bill Smiel excellent progress wa: the Memorial Hall ar open on schedule July President Bill Shields reported that excellent progress was being made on the Memorial Hall and that it should open on schedule July 1. The Legion resolved to continue its support of a junior ball team this season. Guests at the meeting were Disâ€" trict Commander Gordon Countryman Zone Commander George Whiting and ! three members from the Iroquois Falls branch. Guides, Kinettes Will Use Timmins Farmers‘ Market PermiIissitnh wWias OV GUELAY M meeting of Timmins council to the Girl Guides and the Kinette Club to hold rummage sales in the town‘s farâ€" mers‘ market. The Guides will hold ‘heir sale May 15; the Kinettes, May 29. Town Clerk Victor Salomaa told council that he had received an offer to rent the market as a storage place during the season it was not in use. Army Cadets â€" Shooting Practice | â€" 400 p.m. â€" High School. Sigma Club â€" 6.30 p.m. â€" Y.M.C.A. Army Cadets â€" Signal Class â€" 6.30 p.m. . â€"â€" Armories. Comet Club â€" Girls Gymnastic Class . 6,30 p.m. â€"â€" Ukranian Hall. Comet Club â€" Boys Gymnastic thew‘s Parish Hall. Kinettes â€" 8.00 p.m. â€" Grand Hotel Presbyterian Ladies Ass‘n â€" 8.00 p.m. â€" MacKay Presbyterian Church Federation of French Can. Women â€" 8.00 pm. â€" St. Anthony‘s Church, Catholic Women‘s Sr. League â€"â€" 8.15 pm. â€" Church of the Nativity. St. John‘s Nursing Division â€" 8.00 nin. â€" St John‘s Hall. 30 p.m was granted at this wee m. â€" Ukranian Hall. â€" â€" Boys Gymnastic m. â€" Finn Hall. 8.00 pm. â€"â€" . Matâ€" I 153.76 + Since the quarterly statement covâ€" Rinks and ‘ers the period ending at March 31 and s since costâ€"cutting was not initiated Rinks 1027.87 | till this: week, it appears that the Supplies 777.40‘TCAC has already spent well more 129.00 ‘ than half of its budgeted amount for 144.46 1948. 5 900.00 225.00 556.45 5226.02 1194.34 64.99 50.37 21.50 260.00 11.88 2.50 90.00 $8602.95 P uel Water Sundry Total 1 YY .A Other Activities f 4236.06 Capital Expenditure Equipment 1157.50 Total Expenditure 16,811.76 Other activities. included . basketâ€" ball, the Drama Club and the mainâ€" Oof gymnasiums. Basketball cost $257 for the first three months, $129 of which was paid to referees. Drama club expenses totalled $260.01 composed chiefly of small individual expenses. _ Largest single item was the payment of $43 to ushers and ticket sellers at the recent festival. WY The statement moves into the big money bracket when it deals with gymnasiums, of which the committee had two at one time this Winter. Total rent to March 31 was $1,311. Gym assistants cost plenty. They were paid $800. . Lumber for platform rings cost $535. Athletic supplies are listed at $505. Installing showers in both gyms cost $354. Fuel totalled $152. Grand total of gym expenses was $3,.848. Counter balanced against this was a meagre revenue from boxing VCV CABRI shows of $169, leaving the net cost of maintaining the gyms at $3,768. Compared to other expenditures the cost of. maintaining weaving classes was very modest. In the entire three months only $39.95 was spent. Other _ large expenditures . were made in purchases "out of â€" current revenue." These . included gym â€"eâ€" quipment at $357, heaters at .$672, roof jacks for change houses, $76, and supplies for a public address system, $51. protested. to $10 of poll tax his pay when and that now He said that the clerk had told him he would have to wait till next sepâ€" tember for the refund, as the assessâ€" ment roll would not be revised â€"till that time. "I can‘t understand how a man Call have his money taken from his pay in this way and then be unable to get it back. The law which permits such a thing is cutmoded. _ It is an injustice. I think the clerk should be given the power to make refunds of poll tax a3 soon as suifficient evidence is presented show ns the tax was collected imâ€" properly." 4 440. 5 [ s y u. 'Cook well known bush flier, piloted !the craft last year. PIUEJLI *# 7 .+ He said that he had also asked that‘ the taxes on his property be changed :| from separate to public school. He had been informed that this could not be changed till next September also. "We understand how you feel," Mayâ€" or Eyre stated. "However, the law â€" is the law and there is not much we can do about it. _ I‘m afraid you will have to wait till September in both matters." The local ‘branch of the Departâ€" ment of Lands and Forests is expectâ€" ing the arrival of its fireâ€"ranging airâ€" craft within the next few days, Disâ€" trict Forester Bill Robinson said toâ€" day. The plane is a Norseman and is based on Porcupine Lake. Tom Running, 161 Birch street PLANEF EXPECTED 711.96 7,80 1. 00 27099.49 4236.06 i in Timminsas, Ont., Canade EVERY THURSPAY Known Communist In Kiwanis Club It may not sound like the truth but it is."*.‘... The Advance learned this week that a known Communist is a member of the Timmins Kiwanis Ciub â€" useful spot and one well suited to learning the trend of thought among the town‘s solid businessmen. One mcrning this week when a local | businessman was opening his premises cpposite the town hall on Algonguin bculevard E. at 645 am., a window flew up on the ground floor of the town hall. "HMey," shouted a volce, "Caln L â€" YOUu find your key?" The business man swung arcund to find Mayor Karl Eyvre framed in the window of his office. "What are you doing there at this ime of day?" the businesmaln shoutted. "What do you think I am? I‘m working," replied the mayor. Later when questioned by the Adâ€" vance, Mr. Eyre admitted that he freâ€" quently came down to the office at 6 am. â€" He said that it enabled him to get in three hours of uninterrupted work before the regular business day began. ; Said town clerk Victor Salomaa: "He‘s the earliest rising mayor I‘ve ever heard of. _ He opens the town hall personalâ€" ly almost every day." t He pointed out that many interrupâ€" tions occurred durire the regular workâ€" ing day and that Mr. Eyre found he could accomplissh more in the early ‘morn.ing than during the entire balâ€" once of the day. The Kiwanis Club of Timmins is the district‘s oldest, wealthiest and â€" most conservative â€" service club. As a national group the Kiwanis has emphatically gone on record as opposing Communism. During the past year the local club has heard a series of speakâ€" ers condemning the Reds and their principles. said oneâ€" club member this week: "It is not quite clear how he got in. We are by no means snobbish, but usually, when there is any doubt, a man‘s political beâ€" liefs are challenged." mins';)oiiée describe Austin Craft, now facing a murd the fatal shooting of a penitentiary messenger while m cape at Portsmouth on Monday. Craft is the individual P Et e Â¥% OOE _â€"__ _ _ ez in RPAYH f;{é}iâ€"t'hé first bank robbery in Timmins some then zany enough to hand around $100 tips., local theatre on the evening of the holdâ€"up S s e on ue +1 "A DANGEROUS MORON": That is the manner in which Timâ€" mins police describe Austin Craft, now facing a murder charge for the fatal shooting of a penitentiary messenger while making an CS« cape at Portsmouth on Monday. Craft is the individual who perpetâ€" rated the first bank robbery in Timmins some ten years ago and was then zany enough to hand around $100 tips,. He was arrested in a local theatre on the evening of the holdâ€"up. HMe g0t cight years. Released in 1946, he was back in the pen again within six weeks facing a tenâ€"year term for a poorly planned bank holdâ€"up at Hamilton. said a local police official in commenting on Craft‘s latest doings: "He is said to have fired a gun into the attendant‘s back as they drove out the prison gate. That is the kind of fool he is. Instead of just slugging the man, he had to shoot. It looks like the hangman‘s noose for him." Further evidence that Craft is both "nutty" and dangerous: When held in Timmins he set a fire in his cell, boping to escape in the confusion. The fire was put out and he was subdued. While awaiting trial at Haileybury he slugged a guard, only to be restrained by a second guard Can‘t you Single Copyâ€"Five Cents A new union in the Porcupine is beâ€" irg formed tms,week. Aitermath 0oi the recent struggle between Reds and antiâ€"Reds of Lccal 241, it will mean the walkout of the majority of memâ€" bers of the local from the International Union of Mine Mill and Smelter Worâ€" kers. The new wnion is being formed in coâ€"operation with the Canadian Conâ€" gress of Labor, which will supply orâ€" ganizers to assist local leaders. . Some time ago Pat Conruy made on offer to supp.y organizers with a clean poliâ€" tical background for the IUMMSW, but this offer was refused by Reid Roâ€" binson and Robert Carlin, board memâ€" ber of District 8 of IUMMSW. â€" Ire breakaway from the IUMMSW, local unionists have decided to acept Conâ€" roy‘s offer. Paid organizers for the new 1ULLMO are said to be Leo "Buck" Behie, Ralph Carlin Bernard Doherty and Joe Ranâ€" kin. ‘Both Doherty and Rankin have long records of effective or ganizing. Both have been at odds with the Comâ€" munist leadership of the IUMMSW Lor some time. } Confirmation of the formation of the new union was difficult to obtain frcm local labor leaders. . Both Ivan Vachon. suspended president of Local 241, and Buck Behie were nonâ€" comâ€" mittal when interviewed by the Adâ€" vance.â€" However, the facts concerning the new union are so widely known among antiâ€" Red unionists here that there can be no doubt that the new union is being formed. _ Who wit get possession of the union ;ha..‘l on â€" Algonquin . boulevard? At time of wniting, none of the antiâ€"Reds appeared to care a great deal. â€" Plans are being made to abandon the IUM ‘MSW completely and reâ€"possesston of the hall on Algonauin boulevard does not appear to be part of the new unâ€" ‘ion‘s plans. â€" Creneral sentiment apâ€" pears to be that enough time has been , wasted in battling the Kennedyâ€"led factionm. As far as most unionists go, Kennedy can be "administrator" of Loial 241 as long as he wants; he will only have a skeleton membership in any case. What will beccme of the funds in the union‘s bank account here? The matter has also to be dealt with, When the injunction which Kennedy had obâ€" tamed against Local 241 was thrown out a judge of the Supreme Court in ’I‘ox oum on Monday, power to sign cheques on the account reverted to tho executive of Local 241. Reaction among the general public to the news that a new union is being formed is overwhelmingly dfavorable. Since the general welfare of the district depends on labor conditions here, bus= inessmen in particular have been Inâ€" terested in the outcome of the strugâ€" gle between Reds and antiâ€"Reds. "It is the best thing which. could happen," was the comment of one Third averue man, "The boys in the new union can be trusted. They snould get 100 per cent support from the pubâ€" The Pioneer Paper of the Porcupine Established 1912 tb AP PAAA L AP t