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2 THE OSHAWA TIMES, Wednesday, Mey 24, 1961 GOOD EVENING By JACK GEARIN BRANCH 42, LEGION, HAS BIG PLANS : Branch 42 of the Royal Canadian Legion -- with a Party Buying Probe Hears Of Commissions QUEBEC (CP) -- A Montreal director of the Quebec purchas- industrialist said Tuesday tha'| ng bureau, or by Mr. Dupuis. to the Quebec government pur- chasing bureau as a person membership of more than 840 -- has some big plans in the offing. There will be the observance of Legion Week next October to mark the 35th year of operation for the Branch. There will also be the early finalization of plans for Branch 42's expansive new clubhouse to be con- structed on Simcoe street south, 4 i ; y The clubhouse plans are § still in the tentative stage, but it is shaping up as something extra - special for Oshawa and district, especially in the way of a social centre. Nathan "Red" Hircock, chairman of the building committee, says that an architect will be asked to draw up plans within a few weeks. Best guess is that con- struction will start late next spring. The building will con- tain an auditorium on the second floor to accommo- date 1000--it may contain an Olympic-type swimming pool in the basement (to be used mostly for children, but adults would have some use of it), There will be larger and more modern quarters for the membership, now badly over-crowded in the Centre street building. Hircock wouldn't give out any estimated figures, but the building (exclusive of the pool) is expected to cost in excess of $350,000. The building will be located on the old Stacey property on Simcoe street south, opposite Mill street, purchased recently by Branch 42 for $65,000. The former owners were Don Ross (former presi= dent of the Toronto Baseball Club) and Sam Roeher (Toronto restaurateur) who once had plans to build a modern hotel on the site, until their application for a liquor licence was turned down by the Ontario Liquor Board. The property is 55 square feet less than 1% acres, with 168 foot frontage on Simcoe and 93 on Albert--it is 240 feet deep--the old Stacey home still stands on it and won't be demolished until next Spring so that Branch 42 can realize rentals from it. The name of Stacey has special significance here, especially to older residents who recall that the late John Stacey, former owner-occupant of the property, served for 40 years continuously on various municipal bodies here. He was mayor of Oshawa for four terms-- 1919 to 1922 and in 1936. . Stacey started out in life with little in the way of formal education--it amounted to only four Winter terms at a public school--but he was highly success- ful as a contractor and property owner; despite gen- erous bequests to charitable organizations, he left an estate valued at between $150,000 and $200,000 (most of it in valuable real estate holdings) when he died here February 18, 1949 at the age of 88. He owned 40 lots in a high-class residential dis- trict, plus an entire city block on George street, Toronto --he also owned a total of 600 acres in the Lindsay, Pontypool, Burketon areas, and property in Oshawa. Stacey, who was born in Devonshire, England, and came to Canada with his family at 5 to settle on a farm, became the "man of the family" at 15 when his father became invalided, According to old newspaper clippings, he once built $0 permanent homes here in 59 days and 100 homes in Toronto in 90 days, He built the main factory of the McLaughlin Car- riage Co., which is now part of the north GM plant here, and this added to his local fame. A strong link with the past will be severed when his former home on Simcoe is demolished to make way, for the new Legion building. ' MR. KENNEDY REMEMBERS MR, STARR Labor Minister Michael Starr has received a gift from President John Kennedy of the United States--a leather-bound photo of Mr, Starr and the President taken in the latter's executive office at the White House during the Labor Minister's recent visit to Washington. It is autographed by Mr. Kennedy . . . Three former presidents of the Oshawa Rotary Club will take off from Oshawa Airport Thursday on a special 17- day trip that will take them half way around the world, They will fly to Buffalo and there board a chartered plane for a trip . to Tokyo, Japan, via the north Pacifc route (with brief stopovers at Edmon- ton and Anchorage, Alas- ka). There they will attend the annual convention of Rotary International--en- route home they will visit i '# Hong Kong, Honolulu, San ~~ Francisco and Chicago. The MAURICE HART three are Maurice Hart (who will be accompanied by his daughter, Joyce); Dr. Dan Sturgis (and Mrs, Sturgis) and Everett Lovell Mr. Hart was presented with a bottle of Saki wine by some of his pals at a recent Rotary dinner, as an expres- sion of "good will" for the trip. LITTLE NOTES FROM HERE AND THERE President Macolm Smith of Local 222, UAW-CIO, will make his debut on television soon. He will turn up on CBC's Channel 6 in "Exploration," a series of docu~ mentaries dealing with famous Canadian political fig- ures of bygone days (Hepburn, Aberhart and Duplessis) Smith has a role in the Hepburn opus and will give some of his views on "Mitch's" much-publicized visit to Oshawa during the 1937 GM strike . . . . Mr. T. Kelso Creighton, the distinguished senior counsel from Osh- awa's legal world, will receive approximately $22,000 for his role as commission counsel in the 1960 York Township inquiry conducted by Judge Joseph A. Sweet. This may seem like an astronomical fee (especially to the uninitiated) but Mr, Creighton's time-consuming job (47 days for the inquiry and several weeks of prep- aration and research) was most important in the over-all picture of the inquiry, especially in regards to the effec- tive presentation of the evidence--nobody could ser- jously deny that he performed a difficult task with con- sumate skill and that he played a major role in focusing attention on a municpal matter that has serious over- tones nnd lessons for all municipalities, especially those in Onicrie. Brandram - Henderson Ltd., o Montreal, paid out betweer $210,000 and $215,000 in sale commissions over a five - year period to persons designated by the former Quebec Union Na- tionale government. J. Martel Archambault, for- mer sales vice - president with Brandram-Henderson, was testi- fying before a Quebec roya commission investigating thc purchasing practices of the UN administration during its last five years of office. He said the arrangement un- der which the firm paid the commissions was worked out in 1953 between Gerald Martineau, legislative councillor, and Charles Dupuis, a company di- ector. The commissions were paid between July 1, 1955, and July 1, 1960--the period being covered by the inquiry. Mr. Archambault. who said he left Brandram - Henderson in 1960, testified the paint--white paint used to paint| traffic lines and signs on paved highways--sold to the govern- ment, The paint was sold at $6.10 a| | gallon, Sales averaged 30,000 gallons a year. HOW MUCH FOR AGENTS? "What was the commission paid to government agents?" commission counsel Teascher- {eau Fortier asked. "Who did Mr. Dupuis get the aames from?" asked Mr. For- 'ier. "Mr. Dupuis told me he re- ceived the names from Gerald Martineau," the witness replied. Some of the cheques were mailed out but in some cases they were picked up at the com- pany offices. Sometimes, Mr. Archambault said, the sales commissions cheques were made out before a government order was re- ceived. Edouard Masson, counsel for the Union Nationale, objected at one point to the presentation of testimony regarding arrange- ments which might have been made between Mr. Martineau from whom drug items might be bought. 3. The deputy chief returning officer of the province, lawyer Marc Lacoste of Montreal, flatly denied the statement of a wit- ness last week to the effect he had acted as a go-between in setting up sales commissions with the government. The wit- ness was called back to the stand and said he wanted to apologize if he had misled the commission. . 4. Witnesses who said they re- ceived kickbacks for political work for the Union Nationale party, in the form of sales com- missions, continued to appear on the witness stand. OUTSTANDING SAVING N DA Thurs., May 26th SHOE CIRCLE HAND MADE, HIGH HEEL PUMPS In Watermelon ond Spindthrift Green. 1 Reg. 22.95 .....o0000 and Mr. Dupuis, saying it was hearsay. | Mr. Fortier said conversation between Mr. Archambault and Mr. Dupuis was direct evidence. He said Mr. Dupuis would per- sonally appear before the com- mission today regarding the ar-| rangement alleged to have been made in 1953. {REJECTS MOTION In other developments Tues- day: More Comfort Wearing FALSE TEETH Here is a pleasant way to overcome loose plate discomfort. FA A an improved powder, sprinkled on upper and lower plates holds them firmer so that they feel more com- fortable, No gummy, gnoey, pest taste or feeling. It's alkaline S acid). Does not sour, Checks (denture breath) Get odor" Tl today at any drug counter. 1. The commission rejected a Union Nationale counsel motion that Natural Resources Minister Rene Levesque should be cited for contempt in connection with remarks the minister made March 5 about the appointment of the commission. (CABINET STYLE) STEAM BATHS Home Rentals for Vibrator Belts - Barrel Rollers SLIM-RITE CENTRE 204 King St. E, RA 8-4501 "One dollar and fifty cents a 2. A physician produced a let- a Ea from nearby strife-torn Portu- guese colony of Angola after an eight-day march. In New York yesterday, the United Nations appointed a five-na- tion body to investigate con- ditions in Angola, where out- breaks of violence have flared. --(AP Wirephoto by radio from London) Small Angolan baby refugee sits in a cardboard box and cries at Kimpese, The Congo, after a party of refugees of which it is a member, arrived Death Sentence Bill Gets Second Reading OTTAWA (CP) -- A capital ing views on capital punishment) The bill does not propose any| punishment debate continues in|--Hubert Badanai, Fort Wil-|change in the present method] the Commons today on a gov-|liam, and Rodger Mitchell, Sud-|of execution--hanging. | gallon," Mr. Archambault re-|ter from former provincial sec- plied. retary Yves Prevost -- also in- Mr. Fortier asked the witness|terim leader of the Union Na- what circumstances surrounded|tionale party for a brief period| the arrangement under which last year -- recommending him High Speed | Quality This seal is the hallmark of quality in the Rug Cleaning Field. 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The cord is gations to follow the direction|MPs favor retention of capital where in between. Many members--including the abolitionists -- expressed sup- port for the principle of the bill, spearheaded in the Commons by Justice Minister Fulton, who said it reflects the views and demands of Canadian society. The bill would retain the death penalty for "capital mur- der" cases involving deliberate killings or slayings committed during a crime of violence. It also would provide a mandatory | sentence of life imprisonment for those convicted of "non- capital" murders and for ju- veniles under 18 convicted of capital murder. sume that any member is not{however, that even among those| free to vote as he sees fit,"'| opposed to abolition, there are said Speaker Roland Michener,|Serious misgivings as to the and he would give "some fur- Present law and practice gov- ther consideration' to this ex-/erning the death penalty," he tremely important matter." d ond reading--approval in prin-|@dministration of this branch of ciple--Mr. Fulton said the Ca-|criminal law will, I believe, be nadian public attaches "so high|/immeasurably assisted by this a value to the sancfity of hu-|new approach. translates this jesting into ef-|that the law itself takes formal ective form should provide the account of the thousand-and-one : : maximum sanction for its de-|different combinations of cir- Rowe said Tuesday night in the liberate breach, and no other| cumstances that may lead to, or penalty would be -considered| Two Liberal MPs with oppos-| adequate." tions to be followed on govern- ment nyrchases. "He said to me: 'It's all fixed Witness Snewerel. ployed of| Miles an hour plucked a man| 5 | : | the government purchasing CY i he sea off this coastal uth of Boston Tuesday. "Was the arrangement fol-|S¢Ven Gs, seven times the force lowed?" {of gravity. | "To the letter." | Hre's how the device works: | | punis t commissions were to be punishment. A "It became equally obvious, |P2id by Alfred Hardy, former "Don't Get to government - designated per- Pickup about the intermediaries, and we'll give them $1.50 a gallon." reau?" Medical officers re; " : » ported that No, I do not believe so. Richard H. Purnell, a volunteer, {The plane drops the rescue WAS GIVEN NAMES |equipment, a baloon, cord and Chicken 0 Hangings' sons. Mr. Archambault said Mr. "Fixed with whom?" asked From Ocean Mr. Fortier, SCITUATE, Mass. (AP) -- A wi he & Wember of the legis- i, ¢rered no ill effects although Mr. Archambault said in some harness to the person to be res- cases he was informed of the cued. The baloon inflates with of the party whip. "I think it is improper to as-| OTTAWA (CP) -- "Don't let us get checken," Hon. Earl said, Introducing the bill for sec-| 'Juries, and indeed the whole man life that the law which] "From now on they will know Commons during debate on a government bill abolishing the death penalty for unpremedi- tated murder. form the background of any |such event which brings an ac- WINDSOR (CP) -- Heating, contractor Charles Ingram, 54, testified Tuesday he smelled no| gas shortly before an explosion| ripped through a busy Metro- politan department store Oct.| 25, killing 10 and injuring 83.| Ingram is charged with breach of duty as a result of the blast -- blamed on natural gas. He and plumber Howard] Schram, 51, also charged, were| working on a natural gas in-| stallation at the store prior to| the explosion. | Testimony from Ingram] ended the case for the defence. Judge Ian MacRae of London is to charge the jury today. | Trial of Schram on breach of| duty charges follows the In-| gram trial. | Parliament At-A-Glance By THE CANADIAN PRESS Tuesday, May 23, 1961 Justice Minister Fulton opened debate on-a new govern- ment bill dealing with capital punishment -- one maintaining the noose for premeditated mur- der while lowering the penalty in other homicides. Some MPs insisted the death penalty should be retained as it stands now; others felt it should be abolished altogether. Liberal J. P. Deschatelets and Conservative Gordon Aiken both came to the same conclusion-- that the effect of the bill would Defendant Didn't Smell Gas Leak | be to abolish the death penalty in Canada. said 'the government hopes to have legislation passed this ses- sion for new federal-provincial tax arrangements. Wednesday, May 24 The Commons meets at 11 a.m. to continue debate on the Finance Minister Fleming {cused before them on a charge of murder." Two MPs--J. P. Deschatelets (L--Meaisonneuve - Rosemont) and Gordon Aiken (PC--Parry Sound-Muskoka)--both said the bill would, for all practical pur- poses, abolish the death penalty in Canada. At Tuesday's hearing Judge| "I believe the majority of the MacRae quashed a motion for|PeoPle would like to see capital a verdict of not guilty. punishment abolished except in Defence Counsel Bernard| CeXain cold - blooded, planned : d deliberate murders," said Cohn argued Friday that tan i oi ural gas or a mixture including Mr. Aiken, a former magistrate, natural gas does not come SEES JURY BURDEN within the definition of an ex-| Mr, Deschateléts, who said he plosive substance as written inl was speaking only for himself the Criminal Code in connection|contended that the bill would with breach of duty. place a heavier burden on ju- Judge MacRae said Tuesday|ries to decide conviction for the Criminal Code includes nat-|capital or non-capital murder ural gas as an explosive, |and recommendations of mercy. Miss Joan Lowry, employee| The burden should be lightened, of a women's store near the|he said. scene of the blast, opened the| He noted that the bill did not defence case when she testified|follow recommendations in 1655 she smelled natural gas every| and 1956 calling for retention of day for a week before the ex-|{the death penalty but a change plosion. lin the method of execution, The veteran Progressive Con- servative for Dufferin - Simcoe added: "Don't let us get soft . . . we are not here to protect the criminal but society." Mr. Rowe said he wondered whether the Commons was be- ing carried away by sentimen- tality. "I am more concerned with the death of a lovely child or a mother than with all the crim- inals who have died on the gal- lows," he said. "In the twilight of my car- eer, I'd shudder if I cast my death penalty." ] Nobody could tell him that hanging was not a greater de- terreni to murder than a prison sentence which might end in as little as 12 years. Scores of little girls had been raped and murdered, small boys killed and bank clerks shot. Thousands of men lay in Flanders Fields for fundamen- tal principles. If a few innocent men had been hanged, they had died in a just cause. vote for total abolition of the] |affixed to balloon and harness. When the stranded person is in the harness and ready, the plane, a fork device on its nose, {makes a pass, catches the bal- {loon and up he goes. Fire Destroys Lumber Yard TORONTO (CP) -- A $250,000 fire Tuesday destroyed a Crown Lumber Company yard on east end Greenwood Avenue, Volunteers helped a skeleton staff of employees drive 60 trucks from the garage of thy Bell Telephone Company of Can- ada nearby. Firemen managed to save about 100 imported cars stored in the lumber yard. Three nearby homes were set on fire by the leaping flames suffered heavy smoke damage but tenants were able to save most of their furnishings. 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