Barrie Historical Newspaper Archive

Barrie Examiner, 16 Mar 1959, p. 1

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Jurors Insy was finial manyam Im saw gmonloo Blobmm raum MawIm IA lflll 95th YearNo 63 FREIGHT cans on 100 Wreckage of three of fifteen freight cars which nunhled out of control and smashed into town Saturday lies in Wash ingtons main street Fifteen persons were injured and one killed when the freight cars cut loose from locomotive two miles south of the city and rolled down grade at speed of 50 to 60 miles an hour Investi gatlon into the mishap was stariedimmediately by Union Pacific officials InjuredAs Winc1 blasts Ont RoafidsAre Washed Out by THE CANADIAN PRESS Churches Just their steeplcs banks their windows roads were washed out and power failures darkened many areas Sunday as rain and wind battered Southem Ontario Seven persons were injuredas the wind rose in shrieking blasts to 92 miles an hour before the storm abated and moved away toward the east Iyby The Examiner that the cial police who were called to The Winds were expected to subside to 30 miles per hour in Southern pntario ioday The seven injured were invtho Stork restaurant on the Queen Elizabeth Way near Niagara Falls when two plate glass win dows blew in Mr and Mrs John Hudd of Harpers Wood Mich who were on their honeymoon were taken to Niagara General Hospital Also hurt were Mrs William Wright and her daughter Carol Mr and Mrs Elwood Keyes and their son Douglas 11 all of Hamilton They suffered mul tiple lacerations Three churches were damaged In Granthamr near St Cathar ina the brick front of United Church was blown down in Chel tenham 25 miles northwest of Toronto Baptist Church lost its root in downtown Brantford IlllE steeple of the Central Pres byterlnn Church crashed through the root The church was empty and raped oil at the time writes coon DOWN Power failed inIiamiiton Tolt ronto Ancaster Township Bur lington Beamsvllle Creek Goderlch and Brantford In St Catharinea the tail brick chimney of Merritton Junior Pub lic School crashed across home slicing it In half union is Freed NEW YORK APiSeven days ago Ronald Chapman 20 was released from Rikers Island peni tentiary Four years ago he had been in court on rope charge He was judged youthful offender Two years later he was charged with possession of burglary tools He was sentenced to four months Last summer he was convicted of assault and sentenced to Elk ers Island When he was released it was his first taste ot freedom in eight months Police say this is how he spent it A11i$ton Safe Safe crackers using nitro gcherine like water blew open safe in McLaughlins Egg and Poultry Station in Alliston early Sunday morning the blast tear ing $1000 of the estimated $3000 in money the safe held into shreds The thugs got away with the money that was left and had chain store safehn the towns main street filled with nitroand ready to blow when they were scared elf Explosive specialists from Ontario provincial police No District at Barrie were called in to neutralize the Dominion Store safe it was learnedunofficial thugsused enough nitro on the chainstore safe to blow dozen safes The wires which charge were found by Alliston saw the thugs atworkv in Mcvl Laughiins egg grading station The vyeggrnen Ilsedso much nitro to blow the McLaughlin tlrms safe that it lifted the heavy door from its hinges and blew it into coI in the store Shredded money was found all over theplace citizen phoned police when he saw men inside and outside the egg grading station which is located on side street of the town Police arrived within minutes of receiving the call and auth orities believe they missedthe men who were preparing to blow the Dominion Store safe by only minutes he citizen who saw the brea in did not see car oi any kind near the ceeoftheafehli had tobecrossed to setplfldye mug Dr Pitcher chairman of the Alllston policr mmittee town police and Ontario provin scene by an alert citizen who was out on the 1th with the towns new police chief Gordon Hunt Generalss lots Weekelong Spree of Crime Everywherc television serials foil in tangles In Brampton two large chicken hatcherics toppled and four planes of the flying club were tipped over damagiflwingtips Five greenhouses were de stroyed on fannsaiong Highway 2411 the Simcoe area and tobacco kiln collapsed Part of the roof of Culver House Canning Company Limited factory was torn off He got out Monday in Tues day ho pulled mugging He pulled another the day after and another the day after that The next day was Friday the 13th Chapman took day all later he explained he wasvsuper stitious On Saturday he attacked Arthur Roeppich 79yearold Harlem real estate man He beatRoeppich ontbe head with wooden club atabbcdhirn with carving knife andwhen the knife broke he drove the blade into the old mans head killing him Then be robbed the body He got as cents Less than an hour later he at tacked and robbed wyearold woman Miss Edna Hutchinson on the street He got so cents She suffered head injuries and was reported in fair condition at hospital today Two policemen saw the attmk chased Chapman and seized him at gunpoint dont know why you fellows didntkill me he said Im better off dead He was held without bail on Charge Suspect NoTie in Death TORONTOlCPiPolice Satur day laid charges of abduction rape robbery car theft and im personating police officer against Sherman Lauchlln An derson 30 after 17yearold housewife was held prisoner eight hour in car Police questioned Anderson in connection with last Mondays slaying of 12yearold Patricia Lupton when coat he was wearing appeared to be the same type reported to have been worn by the atrangicr oi the girl Later they said he had nothing to do with the Lupton case Civil War Vet Dies Aged 112 KINGSPGRT Tenn AP John Sailings one of twoClvil War veterans in the United States diedgtoday The lunar old Confederate soldier was brought to clinic here Thurs from his home in Slant Va ering from pneumonia Native 51 Midland Gets Caracas Post ormwn lloieph Mont gomery native of Midland has been named assistant com mercial secretary in Caracas Venezuela Montgomery was one of nine newlyappointed as tvtraden lonerr the federal departmznt of trade andommerce Before leavingfor their posts the group will tour industries across Canada from March Id to June 19 starting in the At lantic provinces and ending on the West Coast Montgomery graduated from the Ontario Agricultural College at Guelph with BSA degree in 01958 rDAMASCUS Syria AP new Syrian charge of Iraqi bor der violation added more fuel to day to the burning feud between President Nasser of the United Arab Republic and Iraqi Premier Abdel Karim Kareem In the third such accusation in week spokesman for the United ArabRepuk oe Iat Syr ian Armyclaimed 30 Iraqis thrust across Syrias frontier Sunday and attacked two Syrian charges of homicide assault and robbery guards wounding one Nasser meanwhile predicicd 140000 Iam GrahamMéeiing Biggest Aussie Faithfissembly MELBOURNE AP Evan gelist Billy Graham headed for Tasmania today as his Austral ian crusade drew to close Roman Catholics Protestants and Jews all joined in paying tri bute to his work Th largest crowd ever to turn out or Graham meeting an estimated 0000 jammed Mel bournes Cricket Ground Sunday Australian clergyman called it the greatest religious meeting in tire if gS MuSCle congress the United States in the military muscle to handleany developments hiltbe Berlin crisis The advised against giving an inch in the situation Tho assurances came from Ge Maxwell Taylor arrny of staff and Gen Thomas DWhlte air force chief of staff and questions byaome senators aatn whether enough was bei spent for defence Taylor and White gave their views in closeddoor sessions of the Senate preparedness subJ committee Censored versions of their testimony were released during the weekmo Senate Democratic leader loin don Johnson of Texas said afterthe hearings that the gen erals had indicated the Unltnd States has adequate plane and strengthtorn plirt an it oreisn rainy to said tbatin his opiolo the resolve to stand firm lnBer lio can ieadto general war with Russia He said the air force thesis is thatnit would take two to four days to conclude the decls phase of nuclear war Taylor told the subcommittee the us should go to war if no ceasary for Berlin Butrlie added he heliuiles that ifwe are ready if necessary to go allithe way it or bably will not be neces sary Australian history And officials of the crusade said the crowd even sinpassed packed meetings in London and New York With perfect weather Graham preached that man could only serve eitheriself or God but only by serving God could man rea heaven He gave his definition of hell as separation from God The evangelist will spend to day and Tuesday in Tasmania for two meetings at Hobart and Launceston Then he starts fortnighta holiday at Broadbeach in Qiieensland before brief New Zealsnri crusade in early April homeroom phonemes Catholic priests of several churches paid tribute to Graham on the last day of his crusade and called hlm gooihChrlsiian who helped people tovfind God in an editorial the Catholic vocate said we feel that Inthe name of Christian brotherth tribute should be paid to one great missionary effort which Dr Graham and his collaborators Back Smoopy trough Storm strands Outlawingoi st inNlld US Thousands CHICAGO AP The sup posodly dying winter showing no plan plastered the midwestern United States with wind snow and rain storms during the week end and swept eastward without losing much of its power The wild late winter are left thousands of persons stranded for hours Included were nearly 350 passengers on four Chicago and North Western Railroad trains which got stuck in 12foot snow drifts in Wisconsin All of the trains had sufficient fuel to heat the cars and all passengers had food during their enforced iayovers ranging up to 12 hours The last of the stalled trains with 150 passengers aboard was pulled free late Sunday night eight hours after it was halted by the huge drifts about 12 miles north of Green Bay TORNADOES KILL THREE The wintry atoms striking as spring stood in the wings await ing its seasonal debut Saturday killed at least four persons three in Arkansas communities hit by tornadoes More than score of persons suffered injuries in the storms Property damage from iornadic and galelike winds which lashed the nddeonttncnywal heavy The massive storm centre roll ing out of the Rockies Saturday dumped heavy snow on Wiscon sin Iowa and Nebraska The windabattered northernmm areas with gusts up to 76 miles an hour in partsnf mchigan CarTrainACiashf Kills Man Hurts KEMPWILLE GP Weldom Pomlnvllle 23 of nearby Oxford Mills was killed andtwoother dishlot persons were injured when their car was struck by CPR train at Swan Station near Oxford Mills about midnight Monq day night uprisings againstthe Iraqi pre mier would condone as long as dictatorship and the heresy of communism continues in Iraq In Baghdad leftists called on Kassem to arm the people and purge the army and government of traitors The ideaobvioualy was to get rid of army officers andothers sympathetic to Nea sera aim of Arab unity Some 50001 students and work ers paraded through the hearth Cairo Sunday in demonstration against Kassem and Iraqi Com munists The demonstrators led by Cairo university students de nounccd Kasaems regime and pledged support for Nassero campaign against Communists in the Middle East The latest Syrian border charge said the Iraqi troops crossed the frontier near Talbe mar village in the general area where ILA officials claimed Blames manhood In Constable Death Parmesan BCLCPJoe Mackenzie director of organiza tion for the Canadian Labor Conn areas said Sundaynidhtibat the death of an RCMP constablegtin Newfoundland iethe responsibil ity of Premier Smallwoodf Masked Trio Robv rename or Three The snow powered by the high winds ranged up to foot or more and blocked highways In many midwest areas FIVEDIESEL POWER The last of the passenger trains was freed from its snowbound station by five dlcscl units coupled together It was en route from Ashlnnd to Green BeyMll waukee Chicago Three other trains couldnt get through the big snow drifts until snow plows arrived VOna train with passengers was stuck at Randolph so miles west of Milwaukee for 10 hours before railroadplow from Mil waukee cleared the tracks and pulled 1t free Will Not Be Disallowed OTTAWA CP The federal government will not disallow pro vincial legislation outlawing the International Woodworkers of America in Newfoundland it was learoed today Prime Minister Dlefenhaker was expected to announce this to the Commons this afternoon Informants said it was likely that the cabinet will refer the is sue to the Supreme Court of Can ads but thatat mldmoming no final decislon had been readied on this The cabinet has been discuss ing the tricky Newfoundland ques tion for several days and sources indicated there has been divi sion among the ministers on what should be done about Premier Smaiiwoods emergency legisla tion aimed at the woodworkers 3vPanthers at Least Prowlino Around Montreal Expert says inIMONAEIEAL CP ZAccorit to cougar expert om Brl iah Columbia therearo at least three dangerous panthers lurking in thewoods on the western end of Montreal Island and he aims to get them dead or alive The expatJohn Fernandez of Victoria 130 uttered the bush Sunday in an unsuccessful bidlto ltaunt the animals intothe open land planned to go after them am May Hiatglan is to lure the panthcrs into open with batch of hiding world With rifle Fernandez creditedwithkill Ingmore than zscougars the western specieual tbs panther haslldentllled tracksin the woods between Ste Anne de Beilevuc and Sennevilla only 20 miles from downtown Montreal ar those of one large male panther probably weighing about loo pounds and tworsrnall females weighing about moopouods each He volunteered Saturday night Kine Pldnes StrtheVilldges three Iraqi fighters strafcd vili ages Saturday Cairo newspapers expressed be lief the planes charged with Sat urdays strafing were chasing rebel refugees from the northern Iraqioil centre ofMosul site of last Weeks uprising The Iraqi government reported nearly week ago that the rev bellion was crushed but reliable reports have lndlcatedsome fighting is continuing in outlying areas Kremlin Expert To Discuss Berlin LONDON Reuters Mikhail Sluslov Vtfihe Kremilitns landing for egn po cy expo cuss Berlin Germany and other inter national issues with British Labor party chiefs at private lunch eon here Tuesday Laborparty leader Hugh Gait skell and Aneurin Bevan the partys foreign affairs spokes man will be the luncheon guests with Suslov of Soviet Ambassa dor Jacob Meiik usually wellin formed sources said This luncheon talk will precede dinner whichthe Laborite na tional ereoutiv will give Tues day night masm sank blackvmaskcd ed on east endbank todaywluimn undetemiined amount afmooey after tlireatenlnglio kill in th Royal Ink ads branch Bus have undertaken with to awakening the world to truth and tliéralilirnporten of spiritual reality Dne Jewish to try his hand at hunting the eastern species believed extinct for more than 50 years after mass hunt failed to find anything but the tracks Mad M610 Shows Nerve wrth Auto LONDON Reuters Maj Christopher Draper the mad major who created sensation lnImbyeflyingrplonelmdeiis Thames bridges caused Another Saturday when he tried to drive tiny car 100 times around the statue of Eros in Piccadilly Cir cus to testite gas consumption After 40 minutes three miles and 42V circuits around the god of love policeman stopped the threewheeler and ordered the major to abandon the attempt The policeman said he would report the major for not obeying policeman and not keeping in the line of traffic think he thought was drunk Draper said later llsk Queen Release 40 in Ghana Plot KUMASI Ghana Reuters Ghanas opposition United party has asked Queen Elizabeth to head petition of her loyal sub jects urging the release or trial of 40 detained party members Envisages Securely WINNIPEG CPJA German Tho upshot according to cah loet sources is that the ministers do nothing now One informant said that it is about 6040 bet that the Small wood legislation will be referred to the Supreme Court of Canada for ruling on whether it is valid MudSpaitered Caravan in 30 DAWSON CREEK 30 CF The Michigan 59ers their cars spattered with mud after mo miie drive from Edmonton ar rived in this northeastern British Columbia city Sunday night The group of 37 was to strike out today on the l500mile Alaska Highway to Anchorage it plans to homestead on Alaskas Keoal Peninsula The caravan which loft Detroit March received rousing welt comes in lethbtldxe and Calgary In Lethbrldgo they gave the town to usdanoes movies dinlt oer groceriesand even took us to their homesff said Mrs Earthn Donaldson Interviewed in Edmonton most said they were heading for the glow state to getaway from city Censure Queen 0n Fox Hunting LONDON iBeutersI3rltalni League against Cruel Sports crit icized the Queen today for run porilng the cruel and detestable amusement of fox hunting The executive said in report to members it was campaigning for stronger legal measures which might be taken by persons who have their homes and gar dens suddenly invaded by pack of dogs followed by horde of hooligans Reeve Snowhound Council Deferred Simcoe County council was due to meet at Barrie this mom ing at l0 oclock hutthe open ing had to be deferred because Warden James Patton reeve of Nottawasaga failed arrive Earlier this morning when he left his home at Creernore to come to Barrie he found himself snowhound and was un able to get through until snow plow had cleared the roads Wpeg To Hudson born engineer envisages sea way to bring ocean commerce to Winnipeg by way ofHudson Bay and the Nelson River CE Ho born says his plan would up up an induaz trial and commercial dominion second to none if we have the will and the foresightto avail ourselves of thelgifts of bounti iu nature His proposal is to construct the senway along the Nelson River which empties into Hudson Bay 500 miles north of Winnipeg The mmlle river drainsllake Winnipeg beginning about zoo miles north othere lav damming outlets aid the Nelsodthe river would be made capablaof floating ocean going vessels of 6000tonsand shallow draft lake steamers of up mm tons be sayap el when could moancovey lorvlce to other aareas throushitheSask With six months inland ship ping on the waterway Manitoba could stockpile enough rawmate rials comply indhulsltrieszlorlltba rest of theye ink rig Sn To OHSWEI old and lh Six Nation marked tit in their As they the oppos their argu that startei nadlan gov old unreal archnl gov elective sy tri Al mat ief Jr Onondaga Tahdadoi hereditary iervess in me port to tr pleaded fore the monslle peace pipe Nations by ment in smoking in tarlahs bei other chiefs in defence DIDNT Chief Log We inbe teachings on Mann State HAMILIO dlan econon night tbsltdtl ay co 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