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Barrie Examiner, 17 Apr 1962, p. 1

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OUR TELEPHONES For Examiner Want Ads Tclc phone PA Hus In telephone Dumher to call for the Business or Editorill Dept is PA LOCAL warms Cloudy wilh sunny periods Warmer Low tonight 11 High tomorrow so For complete rummsry turn to page two ITALIAN SHIP The ltallan freighter SrSr Andrea Gritta lists against the wharf at Port Everglades as firemen pour streams of water fmmldockside fire on gines and fuebosls onto the urns WHllRP cargo of burning cotton AP Virepholo Rentrew School Board Ordered Repay Grant TORONTO fCPl Premier Roberts of Ontario confirmed Monday night that the chirew public school board has been ordered to Say back some $80 000 in provl cial grants the gov ernment says was embezzled by supervising principal The premier salditbe princi pal Allan Guy had been an em ployee of the board and he as premier felt the board had responsibility for the principals action Mr Roberts was speaking in the legislature in reply to Leon ard Quilty LRenfrew Southt who demanded royal commie sionto look into the situation The premier said he is not giv ing serious consideration to such step Mr Quilty in tracing the his 1tory of the case said it was lhe first time the facts have been made public because the board had twice been told by the Ontario department of edu cation to keep quiet Guy former supervising prin cipal of three public schools was found guilty in 1060 of embezzling 535000 from the boards capital accounts He is sewing three years in Kingston penitentiary Excommunicated By Bishop To Continue NEW ORLEANS AIDThree Roman Catholics excommuni cated for opposing their arch bishops order to dcsegregate parochial schools vowed today to continue their battle for sep aration of the races Archbishop Joseph Francis Rummel invoked the severe spiritual penalty Monday The directive from the nor year old prelate who eight years ago called segregation morally expelled Leander Perez Sr longtime political czar of two small par ishes counties adjoining New Orleans Jackson Ricau an executive of prosegregation citizens council and Mrs Gaillot Jr Biblequohng segre gationist who once picketed the archbishopa residence The excommunication cuts off the three segregationists from the sacraments of the church They may attend mass and con fess but cannot recelvs com munion WASHINGTON AP When Charles Goddard was 21 70yearold widow gave him small fortune for marrying her Goddard kept the marriage settlement secret for 40 years Now the tax court of the UnitEd States has ruled he doesnt have to pay income tax on the remains of whathe says was $300000 settlement The story of Goddard now 74 and the widow Lucinda Treat started in 1909 Court records relate this tale Goddard native of South wick Mass was law student when he met Mrs Treatkwidow of successful cattle dealer she developed an interest in him andaccording to court pa pers offered him fortune to marry her The amount Goddard said was $200000 in the month after marriage with an additional $100000 later Part of the ban galn was that the marriage set tlement be kept secret Goddard hid the moneycnn finged his studies and began to Their Fight Perez 71 fiery lawyer and Louisianas leading spokesman on segregation blasted the ac tion as simply movcin frighten or terrorize the par ents of parochial school chil dren and said it would not work Ricau onetime real estate dealer who is executive secre tary of the South Louisiana Git izens Council said he considers it an incredible injustice WILL CONTINUE FIGHT intend to continue the fight for racial segregation as have done in the past serving God and begging his help and pro tection Mrs Gailloi 41 mother of two children in Catholic schools commented flt is in the writ ings of the church and in the Bible we must obey God rather than man The church has def initely made serious mistake in excommunicating me be cause of accusations which are false $300000 was Marriage Gilt Court Says Taxes Dont Apply practice law in Hartford Conn His wife died in 1018 Goddard moved the money to his office safe came to Wash ington to work and got job with the Bureau of Internal Revenue He was married again in 1922 and his wile had two children before she died in 1045 All these years Goddards hoard remained secret He even went into debt to buy property The secret was revealed by him in November of 1051 He was working as $4000ayear employee of the bureau when the treasury department de cided bureau employees had to lilo periodic financial state ments Goddard listed his net worth as $25120413 put down that he had $40000 in safety deposit box and added $155000 due from others Had he ever re ceived an amount in excess of $5000 by way of gift bequest or legacy7 Yes marriage settle to answered God Mr Quilty said one of the things Guy did was to falsify attendance so that grants were paid by the enum lion department on morspupils than actually attended the lhrec schools READS LETTER He read letter from the da partmcnt which assesscd the overpayment at $7997759 and told the board it would have to pay back the money starting in 1063 by having 10 per cent of its annual grant held back Mr Quilty also read letter from the board to the depart ment in which it refused to pay and requested royal commis sion to investigate the case lt said the board was shocked and amazed at the demand The letter said the board par ticularly obiected to the pay ment because ratepayers werent aware of the situation It said Inspector Mac Leod of the department staff told the board to keep quiet about the situation because it was department business it said he also told the board not to lay charge Trucks Role Santa Sleigh NORTH BAY CF The heart of thisNorthern Ontario city went out in fiveton truck Saturday to the isolated bush horns of woodcutter Roland Mercicr It was Mercier 41yearold unemployed miner who said two weeks ago feel 75 years old We have to have help His wife had just given birth to twinstheir fourth set in 10 yearsbringing their total of children to 11 Saturday Bill Fitzgerald of North Bay roofing company drove to their home out in the bushland in huge truck wish all the people North Bay who gave things to that family could have been with me he said Monday The citizens of North Bay he gan collecting clothing furni ture food and toys after stories of the Merciers plight appeared to newspapers APPEALS FOR HELP Mr Mcrcier said at the time We have to have help esps clally my wife She had breakdowntwo years ago when the last twins were born and spent five months in mental institution He has eked out living cut ting timber since his mine job folded last November He will feel lucky if he makes $2000 this year The mine closed the family moved to frame house on 100 acres of bush section of near wlldemess abontrslx miles from Cobalt 0nt without municipal government or welfare system The toilet is outside Water must be hauled 100 feet from creek The older children havent been to school since Christmas because snow blocked the ro ds Barrie Ontario Canada Tuesday April 17 196 Ellis Earth 1636 emitter Not More Than 7s per Copy20 Peg $1000 WEEK WAS BRIBE OFFER To Sound Out Candidates On Nuclear Arms Views UITAWA CP Nuclear arms for Canada will be raised as an issue in the forthcoming election by vocal disarma ment group headed by two ra spected religious spokesmen The Canadian Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament formerly known as the Canadian Commit tee for the Control of Radiation Hazards will try to get every candidate and every political party to forswcnr nuclear wea pons before election day President of the organization the Very Rev James St Thomson former Moderator of the United Church of Canada now on the faculty oi McGill University Montreal Its vice president is Abrallum leinA berg rabbi emeritus of Holy Blossom Temple in Toronto Honorary president is Justice fhorson president of the Exchequer Court of Canada INTERVIEWS LEADERS Rabbi Feinbcrg interviewed leaders and spokesmen of the three parties on VParlfamcnl Hill Monday in an attempt to assess their positions on univer sal total nuclear disarmament Assembly Lines Begin To Hum Chrysler Goes Back To Work WINDSOR Ont OP As sembly lines begin humming to day at Chrysler of Canada for the first time in eight weeks as 3000 production workers return to work after ratifying new yesr contract Monday Although most of the workers returned to the plants today those in skilled trades started Monday afternoon more than an hour before ratification of the new pact was announced Conditioning of vehicleq in the company yard andonproduc lion lines beganMonday and firms that supply materials Chrysler wpre instructed to rush orders Three hundred salaried office workers laid off two weeks ago are to he recalled in few days The new contract supported by 09 per cent of the strikers in secret ballot was termed satisfying by George Burt Canadian director of the United Auto Workers Union CLC He said it helped meet the eco nomic needs of the workers at the present time John McGivney Chrysler per sonnel director predicted the agreement would mark the be trinl peace and progress bo Dam Construction Licences Awarded VCTORIA CF Condi tional licences for construction of the three Columbia River Power dams in British Colum bia were awarded Monday by water rights comptroller Arthur Paget His announcement means that as far as provincial laws are concerned construction can be gin immediately on the High Arrow Mica Creek and Duncan Lake dams Several other ob stacles must be cleared how ever beforo construction can proceed Approval must be obtained under two federal lawstho Na vigable Waters Protection Act and the International Rivers Actand while BC has sought this it is not expected to be granted by Ottawa until BC Ottawa differences over financ ing the project are settled ginning of new era of indus Tankers Cutter In QUEBEC OP giant tanker broke loose in Quebec Harbor Monday and heavily damaged government ice hreaker after scraping freigh ter as it rode free in strong current There were no injuries The 23000ton Esso Peru of Panamanian registry rammed the government ice breaker Monbnorency after nudging the 9250 on Norwegian freighter Matang It was no battle for the pint sized751 ton Montmorency which was left with lagged rip along her starbon aide caused by tho Esso Perus an char Fortunately the hole in the Montmorencys side was above the waterline and about tll crew members were able to scram ble to safety at the time of the collision The icebreakers port aida was crushed against the wharf tween company and union The strike was the longest at Chrys ler of Canada since 1046 when It took 110 days to hammer out an agreement Biggest point in the contract as far as the union is concerned deals with production stand ards The union had contended during negotiations that sinée Chryslers car plant was one where man worked on several different models the Windsor worker could not be expected to Hos job as quickly as man working on only one kind of car Senator Passes lit 72 HALIFAX CF Senator John Alexander McDonald who was born on farm and mixed at long politicalcarcer with an intense interest in farming died in hospital hereMonday after long illness The 72yearold Liberal sen ator for Kings the Nova Scotia taming county where he was born and where he worked his farm even while studying in university was in politics for more than 40 years He was appointed to the Sen ate by the late prime minister Mackenzie King in 1045 while serving as Nova Scotia agricul ture Minister Born in the rural area of Ca nard NS Sept 24 1089 ho was one of Canadas leading fann ing experts and was known as an advocate of improved pro duction marketing and bet ter deal for farmers His death increases vacancies in the Senate to 11 Party stand ings in the upper house are Lib erals 64 PCs 24 ndependent Liberals one Independents two HERES ONE youngster was saying his bedtime prayers in low VOICE cant hear you whis pered his mother wasnt talking to yonI was the firm reply in the order of his visits he reported his findings at prcss conference in this way New Democratic PartyUn eqnivncnlly opposed to nuclear weapons for Canada and in fat vor of Canada withdrawing from NATO if it becomcs nuclear pool LiberalUnder prcscnt cir cumstances and with available public information nuclear wea pons for Canada appear unnec essary but if NATO worked out an agreement by which all nu clear weapons inthe alliance would be under collective con trol Canada should not refuse to participate Conservative External Af fairs Minister Green who told reporters their talks had been very good and had gone over die whole problem asked Rabbi Feinberg not to make any statement on his behalf Money Bill Sparks Debate OllAWA CPLHere it is April 17 and the Commons hasnt yet approved all federal expenditures for the fiscal year which endédhfarch 31 11 days ago Theres stilla tidy sum of $130 008f gathered together in single money bill which re mains to get parliamentary ap proval Opposition Leader Pearson seized on this hill just before the House adjourned Monday night to launch counterstroke in what he himself has described or bhe electoral war of nerves By opening debate on the bill which under normal cir cumstances would pass without mention because the expendi tures have already been ap proved piecemeal Mr Pearson Ln effect began budget deA ale This in turn might force Prime Minister Diefcnbakcr though all indications are that he doesnt need any forcing mto declaration whether Par Liament will be adjourned Wed nesday or Thursday for on Easter recess or dissolved for In general election Earl llttlee In Hospital LONDON ReuterslEarl At tlee 70yearold former prime minister was admitted to London military hospital today for checkup hospital spokesman said Attleo will only be in for matter of day or so just for gastric investigation The former Labor party leader was seriously ill with stomach trouble last December and while in hospital suffered heart attack He was released in January Foul Ice Breaker Separate Smashes The Matang was damaged slightly in the scraping while the E550 Phru suffered no appa rent harm BUFFALO NY APlA Ca nadlan oil tanker and Coast Guard Cutter collided in an ice field off Buffalo Harbor Monday night but only minor damage was reported The cutter Ojibwa was trying to clear path into the ice blocked port for the tanker When the tanker suddenly broke free of the ice andrthc ships crashed together the coast guard said The tanker the Oil Transport sustained 10inch hole across her how above the winds 195mm damned the waterline There were no dnjuries to either crew and the bow dam age wasnot dangerous the coast guard saidlhe crash slightlydenled thsstcrn of the Ojibwa The coast guard said the cut ter planned to turn the tanker around and head it toward Port Colborne Ont Maritimes Storm1BOund HALIFAX cw Maritim ers were digging out of snow again today winter refused to die savage storm the second in four days hit the northern Maritimes Monday with heavy snow and tomils an hour years worst blow to communi aations Telephond and telegraph lines were flattened Highways were blocked and trains were do loved Gamblers Made Proposition To Head Of OPP Squad TORONTO CPlThe Ontario royal commission on crime was told Monday that police inlt formant relayed bribe offer of 51000 week to the head of the provincial police antl gambling sound OPP Staff Sgt John Anderson said he could not name the in formant or the gambling club in Niagara Falls that offered the bribe for protection The offer was made in July 1059 be said Sgt Anderson said Soup Hughes known as an informant to two Toronto Township inspec tors in 1950 had wanted in help the antigambling squad get convcition against club in Cooksville which is in that township He said he would get Inside the club and drop marijuana cigarette in an ashtray and it we couldnt get them on gam bling we could get them on narcotics diarge the sergeant said The conunissioncr Mr Jusl tfce Roach smiled and few of the counsel ohucklcd of course we couldnt go along with something like that the sergeant added BEAM 01 ENTRIES The commission resuming public hearings Monday after two secret sessions and weeks recess then learne about some entries in Sgt An dersons police diary One 1059 entry referred to the murder of James Delmonte Sgt Anderson explained Del monte was former keeper of the Ramsey Club in Niagara Falls and was murdered in Callt ifornie There seems to be heavy mortality rate connected with this gambling club in Niagara Falls said Andrew Brewin counsel for the New Democratic Party when he came to diary entry mentioning the disappear ance of Scrip Mitchell Mr Justice Roach said Mitchell was missing and pro sumobly extinguished Enrlicr Sgt Anderson test iflcd Mitchell was his informant on the Niagara Falls club See Progress In Truckers Dispute MONTREAL CF Soms progress toward settlement of strike by 1000 members of ths lntemational Tcamstcrs Union find was expected today two of 10 strikebound trucking firms were reported ready to resume contract talks with the union The truck drivers walked off the job and set up picket lines Sunday to back demands for higher pay and what they called job maintenance The firms boldin pout against the teamsteisdé ands were reported to be seeking an in innelionlo halt the walkouton the grounds that it is illegal They say the teamsters local 106 did not wait the seven days required by law after rc iecting the majority report of federal conciliation board last week Rusk Moderately Satisfied litter Talk With Debrynin WASHINGTON AP US State Secretary Rusk was re ported to be moderately satis fled today after his talk on Ber lin with Soviet Ambassador An atoly Dobrynin that was con ducted in English wnliout inter preters It also was undcrstood that Rusk will brief US allies on his conversation with Dobrynin Monday This policy of consulting wrth US allies on Berlin move was almost re ke during the weekend by the news leak from new round of Berlin discus sions Officials here said the leak seriously jeopardized the Husk Dobrynin talks and shook US confidence in the West Ger mans Both Rusk and Dobrynin de scribed Mondays session as itful and businesslike and officials believe the talks will be resumed shortly probably after this month One purpose of the meeting is to set procedures for future talks including where and Bonn about US proposals for when they will be held INVOLVED IN ARCTIC BIRLIIT One of two RCAF Hercules aircraft whidi carried more than 1000000 pounds of sup plies into the Arctic last week harbours unloading its go at northern base FlYlIXl roundtheclocls for five days they took supplies from Ed monton to weather stations at lsachesen Mould Bay Alert andEurska OP Wirephuto

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