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days in November. A recommendation ol the Board of Works that all permanent employees of the Board be put on a 44 hour week afternoons off but it will apply only to permanent employees and will not affect temporary chelp ‘or relief men taken on to shovel snow or other work. Snowshovellers will be paid at the reâ€" gular rate of 40c an hour. . To Pay Half Cost for Mattagami Bridge Repairs > Polnung out that the Matta,gami River bridge was in a dangerous conâ€" dition, the Council agreed to pay 50% of the cost of repairing the bridge, the Government to pay the other half, and the work to be done by the Department of Highways. The nmniclpalit.y § share Council Agrees to Pay Half Cost of Repairing Mattagami Bridge. Boys Expected to Shovel Snow on Town Rinks., Guard at Town Hall to be Dispensed With. Hailfâ€"Holiâ€" from now on and that a correspondâ€" ing increase be made in their wages so that no monetary loss would be suffered by the men was approved by the Timmins council last night upon moâ€" tion of Counciliors MoNeil and Warrer The change will give the men Saturday estimated. . ~Although several of the councillors suggested that the bridge might be widened at the same time, Mayor Barâ€" tleman explained that the advisability of so doing had been investigated and it was found to be impossible. _ ~"The foundation would not stand for it;:not even for a sidewalk," Mr. Barâ€" tleman regretfully declared, The cenâ€" tre of the bridge would be lowered he said. . ‘Jack Congiano was appointed to the engineering department of the town when required by the engineer, at a salary of $25 a week. _ To Encourage Industry "Shovelling snow should be part of oo ks c § Works Board Employees Granted 44 Hour Week And Retain Present Pay question of shovellinig + (Continued on Page Six) Council Protests Delay In Granting Claims for Mothers‘ Allowances Protesting vigorously against what they termed unfair and unjust treatâ€" ment being meted out to Timmins and district residents who are making apâ€" plications for Mother‘s Allowance, Timâ€" mins Town (Councilâ€"last night unaniâ€" mously requested that the Mothers‘® Alâ€" lowance Board appoint a special inâ€" vestigator for the Porcupine district and that the Board be asked to give more prompt attention to the applicaâ€". tions of those who deem themselves entitled to Mother‘s Alowances. _ The. Council is placing its request before Premier Hepburn as well as before the Council in Agreement in Scoring Lack of Action. ~ Gives Illustration of Serious Lack of Attention cillor Spooner Shggests Appointment of ReSsic spector. Strong Resolutiml-_l_’_assed. [ There was no doubt concerning the feeling of the counsillors on the subâ€" ject when a resolution was introduced by Counciliors MéCabe and Armstrong. condemning the unfair treatment . of j applicants who have to wait months beâ€" fore investigations are made by the Boa.rds mpresentaflve or any action is taken on the applications. ‘ Bartleman pointed out that one: loeal woman with an infant to support andl whose nusband was in a sanitarium had waited four months after making apâ€" plication for Mother‘s Allowance and. had had no response. . ; "I think we need a resident inspector here all the time for Timmins, Schuâ€" macher and South Porcupine," Counâ€" cillor Spooner remarked amid general ag¢teement. The following resolution was then passed unanimously and with erthusiâ€" "Whereas in the cpinion of the Counâ€" cil fair and just treatment is not beâ€" umedm mhotinvmtmm the field. : j “neunnmawmwm- :mmnmmmmb ; Ahis condition is P ; lack of investigat amount to about $4,500 it "was tain andFrance Annual Event to Help ‘Fiâ€" nances of. Timmins. Boy Scouts. Saturday of this week is the annual Boy Scout Apple Day in Timmins. This means that every good citizen has a double opportunity on Saturday. There is the chance to buy an apple from a Boy Scout or several apples from one Boy Scout or from several Boy Scouts. The apples themselves aill be well worth buying. Mrs. president of the local association of the Girl Guides. preâ€" faen'ted the 3nd Timmins Rangers with a Union Jack on Tuesday evening, beâ€" Mc Om us BC Eie "Following the regular meeting, the Wmandtheh'friendsonjoyedm Boy Scout Apple Day Saturday Then there is the other chance to help along a worthy cause. That cause is the Boy Scout movementâ€"one of the most valuable ‘organizations: in building and improving good citizenâ€" ship. The money from the sale of apples on Apple Day goes largely to helping boys in isolated sections, but a part of it is also devoted to the needs for the work of the local Boy Scouts. Anything given for the apples on Apple DMayâ€"Saturdayâ€"will be money espeâ€" cilally well invested. - i ~f fore | _ e party.The. en« ie 2: tire company saluted the flag, and sang "God Save thQ i'KlDB"_-‘ § [ | the fiag to the colour on Denaill 0Ol VC MALSZUlo, UapS3 00000 their appreciation, and then presented _ _ L Every bona fide apple salesman on Apple Day will be in uniform, and will display a tag to show that he is. an authorized representative of the Boy UA ¢ Watch for the Boy* +scouts selling apples on Apple Dayâ€"Saturday, Oct. Presentation Made by the Prosident of Local Assocâ€" _ jation. Salvation Army Tag Day Nets Neat : _ Sum for War Work Rangers Presented With Union Jack on Wednesday Night copy of this be forwarded to the Mother‘s Allowance Board and to Preâ€" mier Hephburn." ' of those who deem themselves entitled Weather Unfavorable, but â€" Response Satisfactory. to Mother‘s Allowance, and that a not give kindly aid in the The Salvation Army Tag Day on Tuesday was a very successiul underâ€" taking, despite the fact that the weaâ€" _ Charged with drunk driving. Ernest Kerouac, 97, of T% Wilson avenue was arrested by Timminrs police early this . SbA :.A q Sn sns eavien n s on » +oi in > Help along the Boy Scout movement. Enjoy helping along the Scouts. Mrs. Morin, captain, received the flag Buy an apple. ‘Action. Mayor ttention. â€" Counâ€" of Resident Inâ€" of Inquest into the death of Michael Michrihiuk, 50â€"yearâ€"old miner who‘lost his life by suffocation when buried beâ€" neath a fall of sand for about six minâ€" utes on Tuesday morning, will be held to-morrow afternoon in the Town Hall at four o‘clock, Coroner Dr. Mlnthom Artificlal respiration and. an pxygel | Tnhala' tor werelused on the u%ortunate man by fellow workers at the mine arid by Dr. J. M. Kelly for two hours before the physician pronounced. life extinct;. Inquest Toâ€"morrow for Miner at Hollinger _ Buried Beneath Sand Michael Michrihiuk Only a Few Minutes Under Flow of Sand, but All Efforts to Revive Him Proved Unavailâ€" The accident occurred whenâ€"Michriâ€" I hiuk was working on the 200-foot level ~ at 56.east of 9. He was lowerlng @. machine bar down ralse on rOpez and he followed the bar down holding: on the. rope, when (all of sand folâ€" lowed .and buried him. When . his ccmpanion George Pottosky,, who was holding on to the rope atâ€" the t.op of the raise, called down to: Miphrlhuik. and got no reply, he calbed two other" men, W. Nixon and A. Lafleur, who were working about 20 feet away, and they quickly rushed down a manway and raised the planks so. that the sancl | flowed through and uncovered the vic- | tim without much trouble. _ â€"â€" «. : Nixon and â€" Lafleur immediately apâ€" plied artificial resplration in â€" an tempt to bring the man.to ‘while Pot: tosky ran for assistance. The special oxygen inhalator was rushed over. and Dr. Kelly . who was underground jat the time, was on the scene quickly. , Michrihiuk was beneath the sand for about six minutes only, but it proved long enoughâ€" to cause suffocation in spite of the prompt recusitation efforts of his fellow workers, all of whom are trained in first aid work.: _~The body was taken to: Walker‘s Undertaking Parlours and the funeral was <held â€"this afternoon ‘from ‘the "church of the: Nativity. Interment is being made at Timmins Cemetery. : A Rumainian, he had been an ‘emâ€" ployee. of the Hollinger since 1927 and had first come to Canada about 20 years ago. He is survived by his widow who lives at 16 1â€"2 Lang Ave., Timâ€" ing. Funeral Held This Afternoon. Shower Still on Event Open Untll Next Clothinc . ~Ascontributions to the. I.O.D.E.clothâ€" ingâ€" shower for evacuated children in Great Britain, are still: beingz sent in to the .local committee, it has been ‘sugâ€" gested that the shower be kept open until next ‘week. C . : Many individual donations of warm blankets: and clothing have, been Teâ€" ceived,. and ~Also, two group _donations â€"one, a beautiful pair of blankets from the Jewish Ladies, and secondly, two complete séets ‘of girls‘ undergarments from the5list LO:D.E. Girl Guides. *The Chapter has extended its thanks to the local press, expressing its apâ€" preciation for the assistance giving in keeping thisâ€"subject â€"before the public: The subject of war work was gone into at the Chapter meeting held on Fuésday evening. _ The Chapterâ€" willâ€"hold its annugal autumn tea and sale of home baking at the home of Mrs. Dayton Ostrosser on Wednesday, November ist, from 3 to 6 p.m. Despatches from Paris, France, this week say that Russoâ€"Japanese warfare has been resumed along the Mongolian frontier, according to word received in Russia and Japan Said to ~‘_be Figtiting Once More Paris. These reports said the Russo+ Japanese armistice expired Oct. 8 and the agrial.combats have been resumed. Friday, Nov. 10th to be Poppy Day for the Timmins District Here is a Worthy Cause Well Worth Supporting. Friday Nov. 10th, 1939, is to be Poppy Day in Timmins and district. On that: day everybody will have opportunity _ Mrs. Robert Sims Dies This Week at Sherbrooke, Que.â€" purchase poppies. The sale of these ppoppies serves two useful purposesâ€" first, the‘ poppies are made by Vetâ€" craft patientsâ€"soldiers suffering disâ€" ability from the last war. The sale of the poppies helps the disabled soldâ€" iers to obtain a better living. Any proâ€" fit from the sale of the poppies, after paying for the poppies themselves, goes to the funds of the Timmins Branch of the Canadian Legion. Returned soldiers are constantly beina helped by the Legion.. The need toâ€"day is just as great as it has been. In some ways it may prove even greater. In any event, it is desirable, indeed, it is necesâ€" sary, to keep the funds of the Legion at as good a figure as possible, so. that all may carry on, as usual. ._ One of the most popular and esteemâ€" ed early residents of the town died eat Sherbrooke,â€" Quebec, this week while on a visit there. Friends here will be deeply shocked and grieved to learn of the sudden death of Mrs. Robt;; Sims, who for many years was an esteemed resident of Timmins in its early days. Mr. Sims predeceased her some years ago, the family moving from here to New Haven, Connecticut. Mrs. Sims was organist at the Presbyterian Churchâ€" here for some years and Was a musician â€"of note. During the last week she composed words and~ music for a patriotic selection that won much: favour. Her only aughter, Miss Eilla Sims, is a musician of much talent. There was an interesting event at the Hollinger hall when the 1st Timâ€" mirs Rangers were presented. with colours, the presentation being made by Mrs. Schaefer, president of the Girl Guides Association. From left to right:â€"Jean Cowan, Patrol Leadâ€" er‘Helen Landers, Mrs. G. Morin (captain), Mrs. Schaefer, and Kltty Leiman, _ One of the Early Residents of the Town. Finland Assured of Aid To Defend Independence Against Soviet Threats Turkey Signs Pact With Britain and France. Rains Said _to be Flooding Siegfried Line. Rains Slow up Moveâ€" ments of German Soldiers. Progress of War Reviewed. First Touch of: Winter Strikes the Camp. Changeable Unreliable is Predictton Porcupine residents shivered under the lowest emperature of the year on Tuesday when the thermometer dropped as low as 12 degrees above zero and at no time during the day was it above 20â€" degrees. ‘‘Changeable and unreliable, but it might clear up for the weekâ€"end," is the weather forecast of Mr. Sydney Wheeler, Hollinger weather observer, for Timmins and district. Continuing warmer weather and probably rain can be expected this evening and toâ€"morâ€" Monday brought some warning of what might be coming when tbe merâ€" cury dropped to a low of 18 degrees and its highest for the day was 40. Wedâ€" nesday ‘the maximum was 44 and the minimum 20. Precipiptation during the three days totalled 1% inches of snow. On Monâ€" day between 8 a.m. and 10 p.m. interâ€" mitten fiurries amounted to a half inch. On Tuesday light flurries during the day amounted to a quarter of an inch and on Wednesday morning between 7 and 11 o‘clock threeâ€"quarters of an inch of snow fell." Guard at Sudbury Air Port â€"Arrested on Charge of False Information Pilots to Train at â€" South End Porquis Junction Port to be Used Next Year for Training. . It is understood that a training school for pilots in connection with the exâ€" tended programme of the Royal Air Force in Canada will be operated at South Porcupine at the new Airport there this winter. ‘The South Porcupine airport has the facilities for proper training in winter fiying for ‘a large number of students who will take 50 hours‘ instruction on planes fitted with skiis, It is expected that Mr. Ed. Ahr will be instructor. * Porquis Junction airport will not be used this winter but will be used in the summer for wheels ‘The filers trained in South Porcupine this winter will go n to Trenton for gun practice. an Who Admits Stealing Plane Not Thought to be a Timmins Man. Not Known Here. Mystery of Airplane Theft Thickens. All Stories Sound Queer. Determination of Finland to defend its <independence was announced by President Kyosti Kallio of FPinland toâ€" day in a broadcast from the castle of King Gustaf at Stockholm, Sweden. The Finnish leader declared that his nation had received constant proofs of the solidarity of the other Nordick nations with Finland. President Kalâ€" lio was speaking at the conclusion of a conference with the Kings of Sweden, Norway and Denmark and of each of the four countries which had been held during the past two days. "Finland desires to live peacefully but the Scandinavian countriese have pledged their supportâ€"not a support limited to words but one which has taken expression in action" President Kallio stated, indicating that Russia‘s demands on Finland had been of a serious nature. ago between Turkey and Britain and France will be put into effect immediâ€" ately it was learned following arrival of Ankara allies‘ military men in Lonâ€" don to sign formal mutual aid pacts with representatives of Britain and France. The military, financial and economic agreements inaqugurated three ‘weeks The agreements will provide automaâ€" tic mutual aid in the eastern Mediterâ€" ranean and and will ensure that Turâ€" key will lend assistance if the Western Powers are compelled to execute their guarantees given Turkey and Greece. Diplomaic consultation on Balkan questions is also provided for. Despatches from Moscow announce Despatches from Sudbury add to, ra=â€" ther than explain, the theft early Monâ€" day morning of an airplane from the Sudbury harbour of the Austin Airways. A man giving his name as Joseph S. Farrendon, and his address as Timâ€" min, Haileybury and North Bay, was arrested as the man who stole the plane early Monday morning and after fiying some 46 miles, abandoning it and making his own way through the bush from the lake on which he came down. In police court at Sudbury yesâ€" terday he pleaded guilty to the theft of the plane. Although some of the despatches â€"give Farrendon‘s as Timmins, he is not known her, at least not by that name. As he is also sald to have suggested both Haileybury and North Bay as his home town, it is thought that the police at Sudbury have found one of these places to be his real home. In any event they have made no enquiries here as to his re« sidence or record here, The man was remanded until Oct. %4th to allow checking up of his record. (Continued‘ on Page Six)