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Porcupine Advance, 13 Nov 1939, 1, p. 1

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war service. No thinking person doubts but that the Canadian Red Cross will do its full part. No one should doubt cither, but that the Canadian people will respond with the fullest support, to this worthy cause. Press, platform, pulpit, radio, have been utilized to set the need before the people. The reâ€" sponse undoubtedly will be in keepin‘g with the need. The executive of the Timmins Red Cross Society has issued the following appeal : â€" Timmins Wantis $20,000 For Red Cross Work! Citizens and firms of Timmins will be asked to contribute $20,000 toward war costs and peaceâ€"time activities of the Canadian Red Cross. Fight Anew Until There Is Lasting Peace Is Theme of Remembrance Day This is Red Cross Week in Canada. Appeal is being made by the Canadian Red Cross Society for funds to carry on the humanitarian, patriotic work of the Red Cross. During the past twenty years the Canadian Red Cross has carried on a peaceâ€"time work that enâ€" titles it to every support. Not only has it been ready to give immediate help in any and every emergency, whether it were epidemic, or accident, fire or other disaster. In addition there was a continued and intelligsent effort to improve the general health and safety Now, in addition to these peaceâ€"time activities, the Red Cross has the onerâ€" ous duties that fall to it in case of war Already the Canadian Red Cross ha:s given notable response to the call for A dGrive towards this objective will commence November the 13th and aA thorough canvass of the town from house to house and place to place will be made. All are expected and requested to make as large donations as possible within their means and power, thereby enterprise for a noble cause. Timmins Needs $20,000 To Carry on the Noble Work of the Red Cross This is Red Cross Week in Timmins and Appeal is Made to the People of the Town to Meet the Needs With the Usual Generosity of the North. All banks in Timmins are authorized to accept donations and issue receipts therefor. "We are ready to try anew and to fight again until nations in their relaâ€" tion one to another are ready to settle their difficulties by reasonable disâ€" cussion and not by force," said Rev. Mr. E. Gilmour Smith, speaking on Saturday morning at the Remembrance Day service at the cenotaph in honâ€" our of the men who died in the first World War. Must Fight Until Nations in Their Kelations One With Another, Rely on Reason and Not Force Says Speaker at Cenotaph. _ Over Thousand People Brave Wintry Wind to Pay Tribute to War Dead. L n . L2 0_ s > it oo‘omoo’ Executive, Timmins Branch, Canadian Red Cross Society 1 Section 8 Pages Making his second visit to Sudbury, Jan Pawlica, former consulâ€"zeneral for Poland in Canada, arrives in Sudbury today. He will leave there tonight and will arrive in Timminsâ€"and the gold belt probably tomorrow. A meeting mwill be held in Sudbury tonight at which the former consulâ€" general will speak in connection with the raising of funds for the Canadian Former Consulâ€"General for Poland to V isit Here Red Crcoss Society Ben Jazobs was arrested last night on a charge of keeping liquor for sale. He will appear before Ma:istrate Atâ€" kinson on Tuesday, Jacobs faces anâ€" other charge, one of permitting drunkâ€" enness in his residence. The charges, whith were laid by Timmins police, were the result of one of a series of weekâ€"end raids on the establishments of alleged keepers of blind pigs. Ed. Ladouceur, taxi driver, was stopâ€" ped by police. In the car he is alleged to have had a bottle of whiskey. He has been charged with illegally transâ€" porting liquor. Last July a Timmins woman is alâ€" leged to have stolen $2.35 from a Chinese here. The woman, Valencia Harju, was arrested over the weekâ€"end in Kirkland Lake. She will be returnâ€" ed their mark of former years in assistâ€" The usual large number of drunks and persons charged with disorderly conduct were brought in by police and lodged in tne cells until their ardour cooled. Police Have Busy Weekâ€"end Arrest Taxi Driver for Illeâ€" gally Transporting Bottle Qualified for Positions of Letter Carriers Here Canada Gazette the following residâ€" ents of Timmins, Ontario, and locality have qualified for employment with the Post Office Department as Letter Carriers. They were successful in reâ€" cent competitions held by the Civil Service Commission, Ottawa:â€" Patterson, Louis Edward. Byrom, Jack. Murray, Peter Basil. Demers, Roland James. Keelingz, William Charles. Published at Timmins, Ont.., Canada Every MONDAY. and THURSDAY 1€ No Ground for Wild Rumours Says Prime Minister of Holâ€" land. Churchill‘s Speech Said to Remove Any Chance of Peace Offer of Dutch Queen and Belgian King Being Accepted. Finnish Relations With Soviet Cut Off. Saturday was the last day on which the Timmins Farmers‘ market will be open in the Curling Rink. The farâ€" mers, hcwever, are not letting the marâ€" ket drop. Instead, a number of them have joined together to secure a buildâ€" ing on Cedar street south, between Secâ€" ond and Kirby, and they intend to have their booths there for the rest of the winter. By this plan the public will be able to have the advantage of a farâ€" mers‘ market the year round. So far as the market in the curling rink is concerned, Saturday was the last day; as the rink will not be availâ€" able much longer in any event. On Saturday morning only a halfâ€"dozen bocths were filled, and these were chiefly farmers sellir{z meat. Eggs were selling at 45 to 50 cents a dozen, but butter and vegetables were not disâ€" played. The meats offered were of high quality and at comparatively low prices. French Antiâ€"Aircraft Drives German Planes Away from Paris Today A reconnaissance flight of German planes which flew over the Paris region this morning was dispersed after heavy antiâ€"aircraft gun fire. The fire broke the planes‘ formation and sent them scurrying home by way of Belgium and the North Sea. An air raid alarm â€"sounded in Paris at 420 a.m. The "All clear" s‘knal wgnt an hour later. Planes were not reported to have dropped any bombs. They apparently were flying over the area merely for reconnaissance putrâ€" poses. Market to Continue Here New Quarters Secured on Cedar Street South. There was considerable flying over the weekâ€"end. French planes are reâ€" ported to have flown over Germany in reconnailssance flights and Germany‘s air force is reported to have resumed reconnaissance flights from Luxemâ€" bourg to the Swiss border. There was little or no land fighting over the weekâ€"end. Heavy rainfall has drenched everything on the western front including the spirits of the comâ€" batants. A few isolated raiding panties were sent out but they merely tossed a few grenades into German outpost staâ€" tions and left before heavy firinx beâ€" gan. Stole New 1940 Car to Haul Away Safe from Ansonville Yesterday Troquois FPalls, Nov. 13.â€"(Special to The Advance)â€"A daring double robâ€" beryâ€"apparently planned by men who knew what they wanted and where to get itâ€"took place presumably between 4 and 5 o‘clock on Sunday morning. Two or more men broke into the Autoâ€" veyers Garage and stole a new 1940 Docje Sedan owned by Barney Mosov. Nothing else in the garage, which is owned by Charles Soucy, was taken, or even disturbed. The robbers then drove the car over to Ansonville, where they went to the Selbrite Store, breakâ€" ing in the main door and entering the store. Here again, nothing was touchâ€" ed, except the one article. The office safe. This was carried out and put in the car, which then drove away. In the safe there was between $700,. and $800 in cash. The safe, which weighed around 300 lbs.,. would need several strong and skilled men to handle as it apparently was handled. "There is not the least ground for | Africa. Negotiations these wild rumours," said Prime Minâ€"|at the present time ister Van De Geer, of Holland, overland method of delivery Daring Twin Robbery at Iroquois Falls and Ansonville. Stolen Safe Contained $700 to $800 in Cash. Police are Making Intensive Search for Thieves. Chief George Boucher, of Ansonville, says that the robbery must have ocâ€" surred Oofter 3 am. yesterday, as at that time he had made his rounds and had tried all doors finding everythint; all right. Chief Boucher promptly notified all police in the North to be on the lookout for the stolen car and safe, though it is expected that the criminals will have abandoned both after getting the money from the safe. TIMMINS, ONTARIO, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13TH, 1939 the ~weekâ€"end. He described the reâ€" ports that Germany was likely to ‘march into Holland as "misleading"‘. !Tension has eased scmewhat in some ‘ of the cities of the Netherlands but the !army is still being mcobilized and the | Dutch are still ready to open the dikes ! at the first approach ofâ€"the Germans. It was for a minor fire.~ A real conâ€" flagration almost resulted however, at 6 a.m,. on the some day when a verbal call was received from the Adanac Serâ€" vice Station. An oil furnace which was not cperating properly spilled oil on the ficor of the building and it ignited. Firecmen soon brought the blaze under control on their arrival ana the damâ€" age was small. Firemen were c2‘"ed twice on Friday and twice on Saturday. Of late few of their calls have been for serious fires and the weekâ€"end conflagrations provâ€" ed no exception. FPirst call on Priday was at 7.06 p.m. to 259 Maple Street North. On the same day, at 8.48 pm. a call was reâ€" ceived from 175 Maple Street North for a chimney, First call on Saturday was to 14 Pine Street South to the Hollywood Cafe at 244 am,. on Saturday. Another quctatiocn from Van De Geer‘s speech was: ‘"‘The government has not the slightest reliable informaâ€" tion at hand which could shake its beâ€" lief in assurances received from toth warring powers." The speech yesterday of Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admirality, was described as the most outspoken and determined heard yet from a Britâ€" ish official. It is believed to have reâ€" moved any possibility of a peace settleâ€" ment along the lines proposed by Queen Wilhelmina, of Holland, and King Alâ€" bert, of Belgium. Firemen Called Four Times Over Weekâ€"end Meanwhile, Sovietâ€"Finnish relations have been brcken off. Mr. J. E. Erkko, the Finnish Foreign Minister, said that the Finnish delg:ation to Leningrad would return immediately. The British government has arranged to buy the whole cocca crop of West Africa. Negotiations are under way at the present time regarding prire Recaleitrant Oil Furnace at Adanac Service Station Causes near Serious Blaze "€ 2 e C W o oneâ€"metre diving championship and had hopes of going to the 1940 Olympics until war broke out. Canadians will see him soon filying a Supermarine Spitfire in the Offiâ€" mm'0Ȣ0000~'0'o-0000-’00 cial British fil Wings." The Lion Has National Dances to Feature High School Revue Here The students of the Timmins High and Vocational School are presenting a twoâ€"act musical revue, "Pirate Gold," on November 28th and 29th at the Goldfields theatre. As the proceeds are to be given to the Canadian Red Cross, the revue is ‘being svonsored by eroun of preminent Timmins citizens group of preoeminent Timmins citizens who are acting as patrons. "Pirate Gold" presents entertainment of the widest variety in music, comedy, drama, and An especially atâ€" tractive feature is the music provided by the school orchestra under the direction of Mr. E. Wallace Young. The native dantes by students of the different racial groups in the school add to the beauty and colour of the revue. ‘Solo and chorus singing, comic and dramatic sketches, and a stirring pageant complete the programme. Tickets are now on sale and may be obtained from any High and Vozational School student. Those desiring reserâ€" vations may secure them by presenting their tickets at Moisley and Ball‘s dru,2 store and paying an additional fifty cents which is purely a Red Cross donation. "Fair and cold today and becoming milder", was the weatherman‘s progâ€" nostication this morning. He was optimistic that the next few days would be fair and, at times, almest balmy. Maximum and minimum temperaâ€" tures over the past week have been as follows: Thursday, 30 and 4; Friday, 36 and 10; Saturday, 26 and 10; Sunday 10 and C. At eight o‘clock this mornâ€" ing the temperature was 2 degrees atove zero. It snowed from 8 p.m. til 8 p.m. on Saturday. val eleven and oneâ€"half Event on Nov. 28th and 29th in Aid of Red Cross. "The people want peace" is the headâ€" ing on a pamphlet issued by the Comâ€" munist Party. which has been found on several doorsteps in Timmins. iPolice have not yet been able to catch the distributers of the literature in the act. To Hold Mammoth Meeting of All Service Club Men Temperature This Morning Down to T‘wo Degrees Above Zero. A double page, elaborately laid out bulletin carries such headings as "Canâ€" ada Soid Into Economic Bondage" and "War Could Have Been Prevented." In accordance with the War Measures Act, the bulletin is signed. Signature is that of Tim Buck, "Dominion Execuâ€" tive, Communist Party of Canada, Genâ€" eral Secretary." A mammoth meeting of all of the members of all of the service clubs in Timmins will be planned for a couple of weeks in the future, At the meetinz war work and what part the service clubs can play in it, will be discussed. At the regular beeting of the Lions Club in the Empire Hotel on Thursday evening three members were appointed as representatives to the newly formed Porcupine Service Clubs‘ Council, an organization designed to coâ€"ordinate the war work of the service clubs and prevent overlapping. Members were President William King, "Chip" Ball and William Wren. The Lions Club dezsided not to go ahead with its annual Christmas Cheer Fund this year. Rather would it. coâ€" operate with the Service Clubs‘ Counâ€" cil in a big entertainment planned tc raise funds for Christmas cheer. Distribute Red Pamphlets The bulletin is printed by the Conâ€" temporary Publishing Association, of Montreal, Quebec. Alex Allen, First Viceâ€"president, occupied the chair in the absence of President William King, who was reâ€" cently injured in a motor accident. Speaker of the eveninz was Father J. Roney. Father Roney spoke on Réeâ€" membrance Day. Apparently, he said, we had not held the torch high enough since the last war and that reason why we were plunged maelstrom again. Guests were Austin Neame, Phil P fitt and Jack Cooke. on Friday unâ€" In that interâ€" inches fell. was one into the Published at Timmins, Ont., Canada Every MONDAY and THURSDAY .ar- Funeral services were held on Sunâ€" day afternoon at 4.15 o‘clock at the Timâ€" mins United Church for the Mr. Joseph Otto, who passed away in Timâ€" mins on Friday, November 10th. The service was conducted by the Rev,. W. M. Mustard, and interment was made in the Timmins cemetery. Funeral Yesterday of Late J. Otto, Oldâ€"timer of North The late Mr. Otto was born in Nova Scotia, and was seventyâ€"five years of age, He was an oldâ€"timer of this disâ€" trict, working for many years at the mines, before retiring ten years ago. He died at the home wof his son, Mr. Lorne Otto, 27 Borden avenue. Broulan HaulingOver 250 Tons of Ore Daily to Mace Where it is Being Milled Believe Small Boys May Have Gone Through Ice One of Few Instances in Porcupine Where Custom Milling Has Been Carried on. Shaft Sinking Began at Broulan About One Year Ago. Mill Went Into Production on Saturday, November 4th, 24 Hours After Lease Went Into Effect. f Brigadier Joseph Acton, of Orillia, the new Divisional Commander of the Salvation Army, conducted the mornâ€" ing and evening service of worship at the Salvation Army Citadel on choosing as his subject in the morning, "The Life of Holiness,‘ and in the evenâ€" ing, "Is God Dead.‘ Both services were exceptionally well attended and Brigaâ€" dier Acton, who is successor to Major Ursaki was welcomed by the large congregation here. ® Been Missing from Home Since Yesterday Afternoon When They Went Skating. Organized Partiecs of Searchers Comb Fulham Creek Area for Boys. Fear They May Have Gone Through Ice While Skating. New Divisional Commander of S.A. Pays Visit Here Garner $1,200 from Poppies Wreath Sale This Y ceeded Last. â€" Reed tablished Here. hundred and fifty dollars worth wer sold which is more than Timmins ha ever placed before .The proceeds fron the sale of these wreaths naturally goe to the Vetcraft shops and veteran here are pleased that they have exceed ed thir mark of former years in assist ing their war comrades, nundre sold w ever pl the sal Proceeds from the sale of poppies this year amounted to about $750. This figure, although not greater than that of last year, was greater than those of most of the recent years. Ons Ailf €«€ cord F popyp Hebrew Women Give Banquet in Aid of the Red Cross The boys are Ronald and Gilles Dube, aged 11 and 10 years respectively. They left home yesterday afternoon with their skates over their shoulders. Their avowed intention was to go to "the swamp"â€"a part of Fulham Creck, to skate. When the two boys did not return their relatives naturally set out to look for them. When they could not find them ‘the police were informed. After 6 pm. when police were told that the boys were missing, oifzanized search parties were sent out to comb the area in the vicinity of the Creek. At the time of going to press no result had yet been seen and police were beginâ€" ning to fear that the two small boys went through the ice on some part of the Creek and were drowned. Successful and Pleasing Event Held Last Night. A very successful supper was held in the Jewish Synagcj:ue on Sunday eveâ€" ning by the Hebrew Women of the Porcupine camp, in aid of the Red Cross. The event was especially well attended, the supper being a tasty one, and the proceeds from the event make it one of the best of its kind yet held in this district. A novelty feature of the occasion was the fact that Mr. A. J. Shragge acted as chief "chef", preparing a delicious supper of chile con carne. During the evening Mrs. Winthroh gave several pleasing vocal selections, and Jack Lagdor also added to the inâ€" terest of the prq:ramme. Bill Bradâ€" ley and Henry Kelneck, of the Henry Kelneck orchestra, provided numerous attractive musical numbers on the piano and trumpet Organized parties of searchers have been combing the bush lands in the vicinity of Fulham Creek all through the night and so far today in an effort to disclose the whereabouts of two small boys who left their home yesterâ€" day to go skating and who never reâ€" turned. periment was not a success. Shaft sinking began at the Broulan Mine about a year ago. Since that time development work has been done. A week ago last Friday, on November 3, the Broulan‘s lease on the Mace milli went into effect. Twentyâ€"four hours later the mill was in operation and the first ore was being processed. The reason that the mine formally went into production so soon after the acquisition of the mill was that the circuit was not empty,. At first it was ore which already was in the mill cirâ€" cuit that went throuzh. A fleet of six trucks are each making about ten trips daily from the Broulan to the Mace mill. FEach load is apâ€" proximately five tons. The trucking contract is being carried out by Leo Before the mill was st necsessary to build a huge rockâ€"house on which truck ore up to be dumped into and begin the trys throu hnouse. At present the trucks dump theit loads into the crushers and the ore is taken from the rockâ€"house to the mill a distance of about a quarter of a mile (Continued on Prage wour) Â¥ pa~it «P i K. .PP PCAE AC *4 BP se O P PC â€"AC ts Single Copy Five Cents peling Carrie( Tiimmins. mp to the ould carry e crusher: the rock.

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