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Being on old traveller on the coast to coast runs of the C P. BR. and C. N. R. this editor has been impressed more than once with the importance of the smoker on any train. As a matter of fact we are inclined to think of it as one of the most important factors in Canadian life. Why this is so, is readily seen when one travels the long hauls between the East and the West or the North and the south. And we are strong supporters of the League for the Prevention of Permitting Women to Enter Smokers. In a trip say from Toronto to Timmins or from Timmins to Toronto, but more so from Toronto to Timmins, the smoker becomes a sounding board for finding out how the other half lives. smokers are generally expansive. . They make one expansive. They give a man that feeling of importance. Its those decp leatherâ€"covered cushion seats and the wide landâ€" scapeâ€"filled windows which lead one to unbend and elabâ€" orate in the details of his profession or calling in life. It must be the air, for the air in smokers becomes crowded with aromas of Pandora cigars, Florabelle smoking mixture and good old fashioned chewing plug. The cuspidors give it that old world atmosphere which is. so important for real deep down satisfaction and relaxation. â€" And when one relaxes in such an atmosphere the journey‘s end comes all too soon. If the Northland ever takes off ‘the smokers we will stay in Timmins forever. _ A plane ride to Toronto is allright. That way one can get to the city fast and efficiently and do whatâ€" ever kuisness one wishes to do, or just see the sights such as the Canadian National Exhibiticn or the show at the Casino. But it is coming back that a man wants to stretch out and contemplate just what he has seen. That is only right. Then too, he likes to impart to his smoker companions on h‘s auwn thanriae far tho restarationâ€"of the world and his thoughts But it is coming back that a man wants to stretch out and contemplate just what he has seen. That is only right. Then too, he likes to impart to his smoker companions on h‘s own theories for the restoration of the world and his thoughts on the atom bomb. â€" Not that they will ever be written up in some great magazine or that he will ever be called to Ottawa to give them the benefit of his knowledge, but just for the sake of getting them off his chest. se e FEHFOP 5. e 7 EPB i. *‘ m 2149 A L3 ~ y CA dA CA 2 2 MAE e BE OE EWt s O Perhaps its the northern air. You can smell the difâ€" ference even in the smoker as you pass @Gravenhurst and the engine hurls its challenging blasts of fullâ€"threated sound to the smaller brothers of the Laurentian chain. Then as we get off for a little stretch at Huntsville we are sure that we can smell the difference. . The night air is colder too. By North Bay we are ready to turn in but not quite. A nearing home urge to get out and make sure that we are really "up North" is strong, consequently we swing down on the platâ€" form to watch them change engines. That over, we can climb into our berth. We are really in the Northland now! Barbara Ann Scott should muzzle her moLhepbefore that gcood lady manages to throw away a large part of the chamâ€" pion‘s goodwill. . Taxes are so high, moans the mcth'er,.that it is scarcely worthwhile for her daughter to turn professional ut $71500..a weck. a ao% ; 50. 00 3 ; J NC * oR NP N Nok . "ae ts m The poor thing would be so tired out by skating before the Hollywood cameras that she wouldn‘t have strength enough to pick up her measly cheque. . Mother has decided that Barâ€" bara doesn‘t need money so badly., _ "It is a good example of how income taxes can discourage earning," the Windsor Daily Star bitterly comments. Yet, in the same editorial, the Star figures out what Barâ€" bara Ann‘s takeâ€"home pay would be at 1947 tax rates. Asâ€" suming she works a full year and is allowed $50,000 annually as deductible expenses for agents lawyers, costumes and other costs, Miss Seott would pay $244,482 to the government. â€" All she‘d have left for herself would be a mere $95,518! Think of that! â€" Why, it‘s not quite $2000 a week! "And says the Star, "she would have to work hard for it." Restraining our tears, we would like to point out that all of the top ten professional hockey players combined probably don‘t receive as much â€" gross, not net. . The presidaent of the United States gets $20,000 less and pays taxes too... ‘ ‘The newlyâ€"appointed administrator of the multiâ€"billion European Recovery Program works for oneâ€"fifth of Miss Scott‘s pidâ€" dling prospective renumeration. semehow, we can‘t accept the idea that Barbara Ann‘s case is one for the Min‘imum Wage Board. â€" Attractive and talented though she is, we think that .a starting wage of $95,000 net isn‘t too oppressive. Her mother might be reâ€" conciled if she thought that Barbara Ann, if she became really proficient at the acting trade, could even get a raise. Last week it came to light that the Timmins Community Activities Committee had spent $16,811 of its $35,000 budget up to the end of March this year. Blame for this unusual situation should not be assigned to R. E. "Bim" Sturgeon, recâ€" reational director.. It should be shared in varying degrees among the twelve members of the committee, three of whom. are members of the town council. In fact, if anyone should be blamed, it is these three councillors, who are supposed to be acquainted with the manâ€" ner in which town funds are properly spent. No doubt the other members of the committee were carried away by an enthusiasm for a good cause which they deemed should be well reinforced with cashâ€"â€"cash which, unfortunately, is not available due to the high tax rate this year. PHONKE 26 TIMMINS, ONTARIO llnnboru Canadian Weekly Newspaper Assoclation; Ontario«â€" (QQuebese Newspaper Association Canada $2.00 Per Year. In regard to Mr. Sf\xrgeox1, it should be pointed out that he is a hired employee whose function is to implement the polâ€" of the committee. The burden of responsibility does not lie on Mr. Sturgeon‘s shoulders, but on those of the men who direct him. Furthermore, it has been learned by the Advance that Mr. Sturgeon did not ask for a pay increase this year.. This inâ€" crease was handed to him, voluntarily, without even a Ssugâ€" gest‘on from himself. Mr. Sturgeon should not be made responsible in this sitâ€" uation. . He has worked with sincerity and efficiency in proâ€" moting commun‘ity activities in Timmins. It is these little things that make us feel that we are all part of this vast province and country. We like to feel that Queen‘s Park isn‘; somewhere up back of the Himaladya Mountains. Perhaps this year there will be a little organization thrown into the election voter‘s list gathering. In the past the job has been handled from the outside and shortages have o¢câ€" curred which have not only frayed tempers but called down the powers that be to destroy such ineficiency. It was whispered in our everâ€"listenin‘ ear‘this week, that perhaps if the municipalities were allowed to look after the‘r own voter‘s lists, perhaps you and you would not be left off and would be able to do your duty as citizens of this free thinking land. Timmins, Ontario, Thursd:? The Borcupine Adbance Let The Municipalities Do It We Love You Barbara Ann No Fault of Mr. Sturgeon‘s Published every Thursday by Merton W. Let‘s Go to the Smoker Subscription Rates: United States: $3.00 Per May 6th, 1948 In a previous article in this series (No. 42) reference was made to the number of nicknames, or familiar names, used in the early days of the Porcupine Camp. Mention was made of the number called "Tom," "HMarry," #Scottie," ‘"Mac," or whatâ€" haveâ€"you. By an odd ovéssight, ,the "Charlies‘ were completely overlookâ€" ed. As a matter of fact "Charlie" was Kirsg, not only in numbers, but also in importance to the progress and develcpment of the Camp. Glancing back through the years, it is interestinge to note how many bore the name of "Charles," and the famâ€" iliar name of "Charlie." vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv Mn Tbe Days TUhen The lporcupmc j '.; Tlas Nouna ‘The value. as we‘ll as the prevalence, of the "Charlies‘ goes #ack to ‘the earliest davs. One of the earliest prosâ€" pectors here was Chas. M. Auer and it was not long before Chas. McInnis ard C. V. GaÂ¥agher were prospecting in the new gold area. Other of the early prospectors, whose Christian name was "Charles," were surnamed "Richardson,‘ "Petersen," "Reynolds," "brown." and "Kerson." Chas. M. Auer known often as "the Mayor of Mattagami Heights," because he owned the townsite now comprising a la rge section of the present town from Mountjoy Street to the river, plaved an important part in the proâ€" gress of the town and districts for many years. His help could always beccunted upon for any worthy effort. Although he did much more importâ€" ant service in his own quiet way, he beccunted upon for any worthy effort. Although he did much more importâ€" ant service in his own quiet way, he will be long remembered for his enâ€" thusiastic support of the ‘Porcupine Dog Race, and for his skill and inâ€" tegrity as a baseball umpire. Charlie McInnis holds the world‘s record for the longest service of any police force in the Porcupine, or in the whole North Land for that matter. After some vears of prospecting in the Porcupine, he joined the Tisdale poâ€" lice force on November 3rd, 1917. as conâ€" stable in charge at Mpneta then a part of Tisdale township. As Chief of Pco‘ice of ‘Tisdale Towrshin, he has given honest and efficient service for well over twenty years. C. V. Galagher was an Ontario Land Surveyor, who did prospecting as a sideline. Among his other sidelines were services to his municipality, to the North, and to the country at large. He served efficienty and well as Reeve of Tisdale Township for many years, and in the later years of his life he was member for Cochrane consiituenâ€" cy in the j|Ontarto Legislature, and also chairman ¢f the Temiskaming Northernmn Ontario Railway Commisâ€" s1on. Behold, cometh the Sunday known as Mother‘s Day, and an essay is in order, To begin with, I wish to crack a canarg or slightly venomous fable that has established itself in certain comâ€" munities. namely ithat Mother‘s Day is an invention of the florists‘ associaâ€" tions to assist them in getting rid of their surplus plants, corsages and cut flowers. This is not so. 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A. Macdonald 1 b dz ie ate ate e ie eB es uty s1 e ate ate it ce ts se ate ate ie ie diy se se ce o se s3 Formerly the Mutual Life offices and will be open for the issuance of credentials from 8.00 p.m. until 10.00 p.m. tonight May 6th and from 9.00 a.m. to 9.00 p.m. Friday May 7th. Those who became members Monday May 3rd will have priority on credentials and a further allotâ€" ment of two credentials to each subâ€"polling division will be issued upon personal presentation of memâ€" bership cards. + ' Remember Mother‘s Day Sunday are Located at 6 Cedar St. N. No. By Paul Gallico THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TIMMINS, ONTARIO «» When Charles Was King in Porecupine If Charlie Gallagher gave good muâ€" nicipal service in Tisdale Township. the "Charlies" in Timmins were also in evidence on the council board here. Timmins‘ first counsil had CTCharles Pierce as a member in 1912, while he also sat on several later â€" counclils. When he retired from that field, there woere cther Charlies to take his place, nctably C. . Williams, Charles Dal«â€" tcn, and C. P. Ramay. C. G. Williams, who was supérinâ€" tendent at the HolHinger Mine, gave good service on several town councils, as well as beirg a valuable member of school boards. boards of trade, the Childrens Aid executive, and ‘other local b:dies. For some vears past he has been Professor of Mining at Torâ€" onto University. Charles Pierce was one of the first merchants to open up business in the Porcupine. His first store in Timmins was in a tent near the site of the present Charles M. Pierce Song building <n Third Avenue near the station. Two other Charlies among the pioâ€" neer business men ¢of Timmins were Chas. A. See, w:fi“o;)erated the first drug store in Ti ins, with the comâ€" prehensive sign, "Pills and Things"; and C. G. Cumming, who opened on Third Avenue in 1917 the first exâ€" cousive tobacco and cigar store in town. The first vucanizing shop in Timmins iwas cpened by Charlie Hill. The honsour roll of those enlisting for the war in the first world conflict, 1914â€"1918, contains the name of many Charlies. Some of the surnames are: Biesenthan, Harvey â€" Germyn, Keates, Laugchtcon, Ewanson and Teevens. Charlie Murdock gave notable serâ€" vice here as town engineer over twenâ€" ty years ago, going from here to Kapâ€" uskasing where he was town engineer and tcwnsite.manager until his death a year or two ago. For some odd reason or ‘anothér there have not been many Charlies on the police forces of this part of tlhhe North, but those that have been in this work have made a name for themâ€" sceives. UIld b, 10 ancther, there Chariies. It is single familiar : tive and promil the early days. Only a few t in the above re suspicion that : artiicle will bri more Charlies w Reference has already beenin the building made of Chief Chas. McInnis of Tisâ€"Porcupine. The Char‘es served in times of peace, no less than when the call was war. Prominent among the galâ€" lacrt fireâ€"figshters of the North has been Charlie Jutcksch, for many years fire chief at Schumacher. A Charlie on the Timmins fire force was the pcepular Charlie Barnard, who prided himself on the condition and the apâ€" peanancte of his team in the days when horses were the only motor power for fire apparatus here. and with the thalers, crowns, or silver sixâ€"pences thrust in their hot little hands by Pop, would buy gifts to bring home to Mother on that day. On May 8th, 1914 the Congress of the United States established officially the second Sunday in May for "pubâ€" lic expression of our love and revâ€" erence for the mothers." And that‘s how it all began. The carnation, signifying sweetness, purity and endurance, was adopted as the floral emblem. It is the last named quality of the three that is to serve as our text. today. The fellow who included the word endurance knew something. The first thing she has to endure is Father. dale. One of the first Provincial Poâ€" lice in this part of the North was Charlie Piercy, who was very popular in the Porcupine Camp, and the re«â€" gard in which he was he‘d was inâ€" creased by the courage and resourceâ€" fulness he showed during the fire of 1911. Literally, for days and nights Only a few Charlies served on the Timmins police force in the eanly days, and the name has not been particuâ€" larly common even in miore recent times. Charlie Holley was a popular eccnstable here for a few years, but the cnly other Charlie that comes to mind at the moment in connection with the police is Charlie Joliffe, who was the cnly officer strictly confined to the duties of morality officer. fulness he showed during the fire of 1911. Literally, for days and nights cn end he went without sleep or rest in his efforts to helo others. During the war of 1914â€"1918, he won honours for his courage and gallantry overâ€" sons. Among the Charlies here in earlier days there were: Charlie Hall accountâ€" ant, stock broker, and lover of pracâ€" ticale jokes; Charlie Grill, jeweller, and a gem himself in the matter of fun and pranks; and the following with the Christian name of Charles; Pexton, insurance agent; Carr, merâ€" chant, Arrott merchant; Alton; Mcâ€" Cann: Sheridan; Lacy; Hawkins; Brown: Cook; Butler; Keddie (manaâ€" ger Hcllinger s.Ores) and â€" "Little Charlie", of Fat‘s Cafe, who was one of the bestâ€"dressed men in a town of wellâ€"dressed men. There was one of the genuing pioâ€" neers cf the Porcupine who bore the name of Charles, but who never had that familiar! name applied to him, thovuch he was as popular as any of the many others of the name, and worked as well for the betterment of the North. He was the first parish priest in Timmins, Rev. Chas. Therâ€" riault. Everybody in this part of the North took the time to say "Tather Therriault!" It was admitted that men ¢f many names did their full part in Duilding this area of the North, but it does appear that, for some odd reason or ancther, there were many prominent Chavriies It is deubtful, if any other single familiar name had as many ac~â€" tive and prominent in the district in the early days. Only a few names have been cited in the above review, and there is the suspicion that a mere reading of the arttcle will bring to imemory many more Charlies who played worthy part in the building of Timmins ard the able moments, their ills, their squawks, their tempers and tantrums, their tbrials, the backaches and headaches connecâ€" ted with keenin« them clean and neiat, their clothes mended and faces washed getting them off to school in the mornâ€" ing, feeding them, worryving over them, bailing them out of jams, covering up for them, teaching them, disciplining them and watching over them. All this comes under the head of Mcsther Love and she does it willingly, but there are still moments when the little dears imay be said to be a adoubleâ€" barrelled pain in the neck. which she endures without a whimper. She endures it when they go marchâ€" ing off to war; she endures it when they come home minus an arim or leg, or do not come home at all. She endures all the sticky, sloppy gooey sentimental songs nenned about Mother and caterwaulsd into microâ€" phones by whisperâ€"voiced crooners. She endures a lifetime of virtual slavery, chained to her children,: her kitchen, her washâ€"tub, her budget, her €‘ernal hcuseâ€"hold worries. her sewâ€" ing basket, her endless struggle ta make both ends meet with a little left over in the middle. She endures domands upon her strength, her nerves her body and her spirit from sunup to past sundown, 365 days a vear and no time off for holiâ€" days. She is a bank of strength and love and courage from which the acâ€" count can never be overdrawn. She endures the bad times with the good, stormily weather"with the fair, adversity as well as success, bad luck and gocd, the sprrows of life along with the joys. Endurance is her middle name. A carnatiton ssems hardly encugh. ~A good remedy for softening hands can be made by moistening a little india meal with lemon juice and then rubbing the hands thoroughly. Wash the hands with hot water and before dry, bathe them with a glycerine loâ€" tion. ho atuet o ol at e ts ate ate ste it e u'oo’n uataateactastests The kidnapping attempt occurred at one of the Keuther s ra parties. They had sent out for Chinese food for their guests shor before someone knocked on the door. . Two hoods pushed their w in, waved guns and announced: "We‘ve come to get Walter Reuthe One gunman held the crowd back. The other moved towa! Reuther, who tackled the crimp. They knocked over lamps a furniture until Vie Reuther‘s wife reached into the kitchen, grabb a can and threw it at the mobsters. Someone jumped out of window screaming. The goons fled.. Later they were traced to that personnel ager and brought to trial. That was 10388. Since then, Reuther‘s p sonal relations with management have been â€" excellent desp heated wage debates. The opinions expressed by the writer are not necessarily those of the Porcupine Advance editor:. Mr. Riesel is a New York Post daily columnist and as such writes many interesting sidelights on labor and management problems and the manneér in which some of them are being worked out in the United States. Csmment on this column will be welcomed . . . . the Editor. right hand by the pointâ€"blank blast of an expertlyâ€"handled shotgun is evidence to me that the murder attempt was handled by profesâ€" slonal killers with a political motive. And, if the motive wasn‘t theirs, the men who hired those tin horn torpedoes wanted Reuther dead for political reasons. Those killers were no crackpots. They did a job of casing Reuâ€" ther‘s little house which no Murder Inc. goon would have been ashamâ€" ed of in the old days.. They knew Reuther‘s habits. They knew he would be sitting with his wife, Maye, shortly after a meeting. He always has. They knew he‘d be in the kitchen.. They had their car exp placed for a getawayâ€"and in a spot where the license plates w be completely in the dark. I say "they‘‘ because the car had a d in it waiting for the killerâ€"who knew just what window to use That bowl! of peaches was symbolic because Reuther never drank never went to bars with the boys, never gambled through the night after board meetings. . He headed straight for home and that kitâ€" chen when work was over:; so he never made personal enemies, only political ones. If it w companies? So do I. But somebody did it. There were scores of people outside these groups who hated intensely the crusading union president. There‘were literally hundreds of men who had held good jobs in the auto unionâ€"jobs with prestige important to them in strange little circles._ Then Reuther purged them after sweeping out the "left wing" at the last auto union convention in Atlantic City, Many of these men never again will get jobs of any importance. I think their subsequent frustration is vital to consider. There are other union leaders who fear Reuther will drive them from power. _ Andy in the past many a labor chief ahs been mowed down in the course of jurisdictional fighting. All these men well knew Reuther never carried a bodyguard, except for a while at hysterically tense conventions. Whoever did it set an ugly precedent. They did more than wound Reuther. They shoved labor into an era of violence strange to this country. Some 10 years ago there was one big compa (now thoroughly discredited, repudiated and hred who feuded with Reuther and hired goons to c even try to kidnap the auto union leader, Some of the Dept. of the Army‘s highest officials are terrified by a secret project now being planned by a handful of high military leaders in a closelyâ€"guarded sector of the Pentagon Bldg.â€"a project which, if completed shortly would set up a Home Guard outfit of untrained citizens to fight sabotage and espionage and guard strategic factories. On the {face of it the Home Guard, which would be part of a new Civilian Defense organization, appears appealing in this era of seâ€" cret infiltration. _ But the sharp danger is that the Army unwittingly would be creating a gigantic vigilante system which could roll out of control in any tense hysterical moment. At the same time, it would take out of the scientific hands of the FBI and military intelligence he highly technical job of protecting our strategic war plants without unleashing violence and without suppressing civil liberties and union privileges. Critics of the secret projectâ€"which I can report authoritaively "is in the planning stage"â€"fear that the private armies operating across the country would react with trigger rapidity to wild suspicions. It might even be to the benefit of any potential enemy to have its agents start rumors that certain skilled factory workers are "radicals" or subversiveâ€"just to provoke the new, untrained "citizen armies" into smashing a union headquarters and so stir bad blood between labor leaders and the community, . Bad blood means bad producâ€" tion. Disrupted production can lose strategic battles. Critics of the secret project also point back to the untrained and volatile American Protective League of he first war,. _ The League had 200.000 members hunting for Germans. _ League members smashed windows and terrorized some communities. One government source, as an examplie, points 10 ine iack UL thing but the crudest intelligence work in Bogota, Columbia. By our central Intelligence Service which took counterâ€"espionage from the FBI and the other trained government agencies and used amateur gentlemen to gather information. This projected Home Guard would be a "citizen army" with alâ€" most unlimited powerâ€""to fill in the gap between the mulitary and civilians." The point that‘s made is that the FBI and the Army and Navy Inâ€" telligerice forces in,the recent war kept the nation free of even a single act of foreign sabotage. â€" Yet at no time did any of the services or the FBI inject themselves into laborâ€"management relations. _ Nor was a single working man or factory owner deprived of his civil liberties, But now along comes some high echelon Army officers who, withâ€" out consulting anyone, are getting up a blueprint for the use of amaâ€" teurs who will decide which union and which worker an employer should deal with or discharge. . The attitude is unreal. _ And it‘s reâ€" pugnant t6 the highest, and certainly most patriotic, government offi« cials I spoke with at both ends of Pennsylvannia Av. The same pathetic results would be obtained from a "Home Guard" industrial counterâ€"espionage system run by amateurs who, though patriotic enough, would still be operating on the basis of perâ€" sonal bias, not facts. For a specific image of what would happen troit Home Guard Unit deciding which of Walte: were loyal and could be retained by General M the guard unit would have the power to guardâ€" as war, according to the secret project plars. For a specific image of what would happen just think of a Deâ€" troit Home Guard Unit deciding which of Walter Reuther‘s followers were loyal and could be retained by General Motors, whose plants the guard unit would have the power to guardâ€"in peacetime as well as war, according to the secret project plars. I yield to no one in my patriotism. . Nor in my loathing for toâ€" talitarianism. â€" Nor in awareness of infiltration methods. _ But hysâ€" terical vigilantism is just .as distasteful. That bowli of peaches smashed out of Walter Reuther‘s shattered was political, who would gain by his murder . Â¥4 Reuthters closest lieutenants says that‘s Inside Labour by Victor Riesel tempt occurred at one of the Reuther‘s rare out for Chinese food for their guests shortly on the door. Two hoods pushed their way ounced: "We‘ve come to get Walter Reuther." the crowd back. _ The other moved towards the crimp. They knocked over lamps and ther‘s wife reached into the kitchen, grabbed His enemies in the union? Hardly ded in getting would have been the [azey, now secretaryâ€"treasurer, to the have been martyrized and his group er they were traced to that personnel manâ€" That was 1038. . Since then, Reuther‘s perâ€" anagement have been excellent â€" despite THURSDAY., MAY 6th, 1948 an example, points to the lack of any one big company personnel chief iated and fired by his own firm) ed goons to crack his skull and urder? The auto that‘s prepostrous. car expertly plates would had a driver All elevaâ€" presiâ€" would