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The Oshawa Times, 3 May 1961, p. 14

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pg 14 THE OSHAWA TIMES, Wednesday, May 3, 1961 ew ry ow vo Montreal Passi | NO Slaves For Sale Here Toronto Crime MONTREAL (CP)--A series of stories in a Montreal news| erime in Toronto. the fair at Tithorea in reporter William Wardwell lof the feasts, the merchants steel shining nameplate 'Toronto the Good' is bent and tarnished." "Crime in Metropolitan Tor- ments, gold and silver." {wares shown here. -- Greek ants of that time displayed fro- paper paints a black picture oll, YANCOUVER (Op) as pi Ig Be ge | F 500 BC, fruits from Australia, a seven- The Montreal Star series by! elated that "on the second day ton diesel locomotive, stainless " cutlery from Sheffield, Syms Up by saving: ~The once" | opened their wooden booths and England, and a gasoline engine stalls and on the third day without pistons from Germany. traded in slaves, cattle, gar-/These are only a few of the onto is at a record high, there is a bewildering rate of alco- holism and dope addiction, vice flourishes and divorce is break- ing up homes at a faster rate than ever before. . . . "If you're Toronto-bound for the first time and wondering where to get action, set aside 50 cents to pump a bellboy or doorman with. Otherwise it could take you half an hour in- stead of five minutes to get British Columbia's second Inter- pected to help draw 200,000 national Trade Fair here May visitors, € mo 3-13, although the only "slaves" | Greeks might have difficulty are the unpaid directors who matching the 26-foot-high Mer- have worked for more than two cury: space capsule 1 years to organize the show. slaves or cattle, but the 37 na- of capsule to be used when the tions displaying wares at the U.S. tries to put & man in space. Pacific National Exhibition] grounds have a much greater {he 1958 fair staged here, also 1t will be much the same at| For special attractions, ex- even the modern d by products, many of which will be! Others will open agencies in displayed. | many of the exhibitors to buy overseas for products from goods shown here. Some will set here. will have government-sponsored, | only Iron Curtain country en- tered. and buyers, 10,000 of whom are expected. - | NEW YORK (AP)--Remarks The fair is backed by the pro-| a movie usher gets tired of hear- vincial department of industrial ing: development, trade and com-| "The pictures they show here merce and its minister, R. W. are pretty lousy, but they have Bonner, who came up with the/the best popcorn in town." idea of promoting the first fair, «why can't I take my dog in three years ago. with me? He doesn't chew gum The idea is to stimulate trade or talk out loud, and he's generally, to introduce B.C. to foreign products and to intro-| duce foreign buyers to B.C.|up secondary industry in B.C. Canada to distribute their goods Organizers say they expect/and others will become agents exhibits and 20 others will be g represented by commercial ex-| S ) I hibits. Czechoslovakia is the] 4 side exit. How about slipping 'em in for free?" re wy FY EN TER FTIR AFIT RL ET TFT Vv erro Darra vapor eg vo awa ve PG eww ws mma wpe y hi Ah Jot ah J "Hi, Melvin. Joe and our two al friends are waiting at the a ab GE ET a I A CB dee An ih put cn ibid v on ' RABI Th Bn. 2 i di Wg ey 27 is, if he don't want to wind pj shopping bag bopped fn his with a bloody nose from having|face : "This is the third time this # ACADEMY AWARDS Nearly as many will be rep-| resented by purchasing agents | smarter than most of the people in this audience." begin?" pitcher through twice, and I still don't understand what it's all about. Is it up for an Academy award or something?" glove--a baseball glove." month you have failed to pass inspection, Melvin, Unless you get that button sewed back on before the next performance, I'll have to ask you to turn in your uniform." "The next time the U.S. cav- alry chasé¥ the Indians away, would you mind geing down to my son--he's the little boy in the front row--and tell him that you're a policeman and if he doesn't go home now you'll have to put him in jail? I'll be wait- "What time does the feature "I stayed and seen this MATINEES at 1:30 p.m. ADULTS 1.00 "His uniform fits him like a "If he was in the navy and WILLIAM WYLERS EN LIMITED ENGAGEMENT SHOWN TWICE DAILY! EVENINGS ot 7:30 MON. THURSDAY had all that gold braid, he'd be commanding at least three bat- tleships and a carrier." way to the lounge?" "Hey, General Custer, which|g ki ing in the lounge." ™ would you please tell the rs "Pod't me, young man, but en'I'man seated next to me to CHILDREN 75¢ FRIDAY AND' SATURDAY EVENING ADULTS $1.50 ANYTIME 'STUDENTS 90¢ eep his hands to himself--that the U.S. Aeronautical and Space There will be no trade in Administration. This is the type The B.C. show, larger than TTT variety of goods than all the| into the swing of things. . . . merchants of Tithorea could will display a 40-foot-long, two- 'Metropolitan Toronto's crime rate was up nearly 15 per cent last year over 1959. There were 65085 criminal offences in 1960. . . . All crime of violence in Metropolitan Toronto was up last year over 1959. . . . "In the fashionable suburbs and just outside the metropoli- tan boundaries, gambling com- bines willingly risk big money to set up combinations of two and three joints to reap bigger money. . .."" have offered. Perhaps fair had goods to match the Tachia grass works, shoots and doeskin that make up part of Taiwan's exhibit, and it probably had its own coun- terpart of the BCITF's interna- tional women's fashion selling the model along with the garments. SPACE CAPSULE SHOWN : But it's unlikely the merch-! At: the fair itself, 17 countries ton model of the Holland-Amer ica Lines' passenger ship Rot- terdam and an eight-foot model of the U.S. atomic submarine Nautilus. Focusing national attention on the fair will be a week-long 4,000-mile auto rally from Mont- real to Vancouver due to reach the fair grounds May 6. More than 100 cars are entered. [EXPECT MANY BUYERS the ancient Greek bamboo show, COMPARES TWO CITIES In a separate story, The Star| made this comparison of crime) in Toronto and Montreal: In 1959, Montreal had 24 mur- | ders, 10 attempted murders and 542 armed robberies or at-| tempted armed robberies; Tor-| onto had 16 murders, seven at-| tempted murders and 623 armed robberies. | In 1960, Metropolitan Toronto had 23 murders compared with| Montreal's 17, and 10 attempted | murders . to Montreal's nine. | Montreal's hqldups increased by 93 to 635; Toronto's increased by 139 to 762. | One story problems of drug addiction. '"Dismayed by the nightmare of drinking in Toronto and throughout Ontario, the provin- cial government pressed a sur- vey on chronic alcoholism and worked and hoped for a cure. | looked into the| alcoholism and CITY OF OSHAWA NOTICE TO MERCHANTS SALE OF FIREWORKS I hereby give notice to all merchants of the City of Oshawa | No Parking Worries DRIVE-IN Box-Office at 7:30--Show Starts at Dusk SHOWS NIGHTLY--RAIN OR CLEAR! ALL COLOR ACTION SHOW! AN UNFORGETTABLE The aOR in CINETOTALSCOPE and COLOR RELAX IN THE COMFORT OF YOUR OWN CAR !! CHILDREN under 12 FREE! ALWAYS A COLOR CARTOON that By-Law number 3809 prohibits the sale of fireworks in 1 4 | Pd I 4 ) the City from January 1st to May 9th inclusive and from June 1st to December 31st inclusive in any year. The by-law provides that any person who fails to comply with the pro- visions of the by-law shall be guilty of an offence and lioble upon conviction fo ae penalty. L. R. BARRAND, City Clerk. "The province, population | 6,160,000 with 1,600,000 of it in| Metropolitan Toronto, had an| estimated 85,000 alcoholics. H.| David Archibald, executive di- rector of the Alcoholic Research Foundation, predicted that if present trends continue the tra- gic army of lushes will increase to between 154,000 and 30,000 (2% to five per cent of the popu- lation) by 1972 | "The government also is in- vestigating drug addiction. Tor- onto is officially estimated to have more than 400 addicts. This makes it the only real challenger for Vancouver, the nation's No. 1 narcotics centre." Of the Toronto police depart- ment, Wardwgll writes: "Swamped by crime and vice, Metropolit a n Toronto's police force has put all possible zeal into the fight to maintain law and order. "But thanks to repeated in stances of trigger - happiness brutality and illegal detention STARS OF CHCH TELEVISION in person e BILL LONG © ROSE JACKSON e THE RYTHMAIRES Featured Sat. Nights, Channel 11 FRIDAY MAY 5 OY "THE RED BARN so ss on NEW" A CURE FOR THE "BLUES" & : IT'S A RELAPSE... ins laughter! 2 RY NN +s Jor a specialist with a THE RANK ORGANIZATION PRESENTS bedside manner! DOCTOR in ROVE IN COLOR MICHAEL CRAIG VIRGINIA MASKELL JAMES ROBERTSON JUSTICE CAROLE LESLEY ES LESLIE PHILLIPS ... AND FOR EXTRA FUN! 7 THEN WHEN 7 Peter Sellers AX A ea 7X = - THE FUNNIEST MOVIE SINCE "THE MOB" LEFT LAVENDER \ LTS Avion presents \ [ by an over-zealous few over the vears, the whole department of 2.270 men remains under con- stant suspicion. One Toronto civil rights group is a self-ap- pointed watchdog -- trying to make sure that police proceed within lawful limits." In a later article, Wardwell went back to 1936 and listed several cases of policemen be- ing accused of manslaughter, brutality or corruption The final article counts 10 crime stories carried by the Monday editions of Toronto newsnapers and adds "There was also an assort- ment of Toronto burglaries which netted thieves everything from a can opener to costly furs. There was a column de- voted to drunkards and how to handle them n Wardwell quotes Rev. Arthur Packman of the United Church of Canada as saying of Toronto "Peonle are bored. They find life tedious. People turn to drink because they have no interests, no objectives. We are iust a city of spectators Life in Tor- Special! German Engagement One Day Only THURSDAY, MAY 4th At 1:00, 4:30 & 8:00 p.m. Har hme 72) DER GROSSE ZAPFENSTREICH Marika Roekk = ® Johannes Heesters Johanna Matz @ Jan Hendriks Also--GERMAN NEWSREEL "A SUMMER PLACE" "THE BRAMBLE BUSH" The most sensational musical of the year in color. - The story of great and eternal love Last Day -- onto, I'm afraid, is rather dull." Comments Wardwell: "A visiting Montrealer might deign to argue the point -- at least as far as crime is con- cerned." NEWS BRIEFS BANKING FAMILY THEFORD MINES, Que. (CP) Francois Faucher"s family has had a long connection with the Banque Canadienne Nationale here. He's worked at the bank 37 years, his wife 11 years and their daughter started two months ago. His sister and father also worked there. BABY SEALS QUEBEC (CP)--The new Que- bec aquarium has acquired eight baby seals--all five weeks old--captured during the spring seal hunt in the Magdalen Is- lands. 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