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FPurthermore they could assist to a large degree in training young men in shortâ€"wave radio communications which would be of great value to their counâ€" try in the signal service of the army. They are thinking of the emergenâ€" cles which do arise hundreds of miles back in the bush, whnich would amount io nothing if an airplane could be summoned to the scene in a matter of seconds, but which may prove tragic if there is no other way but to trek their way out. These are the types of men who opâ€" erated shortâ€"wave radio sets in Kirkâ€" land Lake before the ban: a mill foreâ€" man, a township official, a maintenâ€" ance electrician on a vast power serâ€" vice, an electrical superintendent of a mine, and two trusted underground employees in local mines. No potenâ€" tial spies in this group, but they would make a mighty good antiâ€"espionage squad for this district. Most of this group are mininy men In making this plea for at least a parâ€" tial restoration of their carefully devâ€" eloped amateur chain they are thinkâ€" Ing especially of the needs of isolated groups sent out to copen up a new minâ€" ing property. They believe that every man should be capable of operating a portable shortâ€"wave set. These amateurs claim that with their members dialing back and forth all during the 24 hours they are the best detectives when it comes to unâ€" covering any misuse of these radio waves. They can readily detect a stranger on the bands. One duty of the amateur is to obey government regulations and the next duty is to see that others obey them. It is part of the job they have assumed for themselves that they report any "bootâ€" leg operators" or any one who breaks the rules. They do not entirely subscribe to the opinion which evidently has moved the government to completely suspend their operations â€" that use might be made of these shertâ€"wave bands to supply the enemy with information. They recognize that theére would be some dissatisfaction no matter what operator was appointed for any disâ€" trict in which other "hams" had formâ€" erly operated. But they are satisfied that this could be overcome by stress on the fact that this country is at war and that this form of hobby must be curbed to some extent. Their compreomise solution, in which there does not appear to be a grain of selfishness, is that the government name key operators, vouched for by responsible parties such as the chief of polise and mayor or reeve of a comâ€" munity, and permit the operation of stations at key centres across the Domâ€" inion. They should be allowed to opâ€" erate only on restricted frequencies which would limit the range of their contacts. They point to the ficsods over wide areas in the United States in recent years when "hams" stuck to their sets, until dropped from exhnaustion, to aid in the direction of relief. If euch a widespread emergency happened to hit some part of Canada today there would be no such chain of amaâ€" teur radio operators to take hold of the situation. But they make a plea on behalf of isolated communities where there is no other means of communication and where such equipment may be urgently needed at some time to save a life, or to shorten a period of sufferiny. They regard this branch of their work as just as important as the humanitarian services of the Red Cross Society. One of these amateurs went into the The six local "hams‘" are entirely in sympathy with the move of the govâ€" ernment from the viewpoint of taking all possible steps to eliminate the posâ€" sibility of thess band being used to convey information to the enemy or facilitating sabotage in their own country. At that time the short wave stations here had already been dismantled and they were not available if any emerâ€" gencies had arisen. (From Northern News) A closely knit network of shortâ€"wave radio stations cperated by amateurs, not only for the fun of talking through the ether but also as an emergency serâ€" vice when all other means of communi=â€" cation fail, has been wiped out with one administrative stroke at Ottawa almed at the elimination of one avenue of possible espionage. For many parts of Northern Ontario as many other outlying settlements of the Dominion this step may have tragic consequences as the service rendered by these "hams" (which they affectionateâ€" ly (all themselves) has already proven itself in mary great emergencies. In Kirkland Lake this action of the government has meant that six amaâ€" teur shortâ€"wave radio operators have‘ been required to pack away their sets.; completely dismantled, for the duration of the war Oor until such time as the ord>r of the !:overnment has been countermanded. ' In Kirkland Lake it means that it the elements cut off the telegraph and telephone communications to Ssuthern Ontario this district will be completely isolated until such forms of communiâ€" cation have been restored. This may seem a remote circumstance but for the fact that on October 14 a sixâ€"inch fall of snow completely cut off Kirkland Lake and district from communicaâ€" tion with any other part of Canada whenâ€"about 60 poles were pulled dciwn by its weight near Temagami. Teleâ€" phone and telegraph services were out of commission entirely for most of a business day. Short Wave Amateur Ofce of The Clarion is Claim Service is Important to Maintain Communicaâ€" tions. Group Protests the Closing of Stations Incidentally, the radio inspectors have checked up on these amateurs to make certain that their sets have been dismantled. These "hams" have built up their hobbies at their own expense though their services are always available to their own communitiee if the need arises. Some of the sets now stowed away in crates and boxes in Kirkland Lake cost as high as $500. Red Lymburner, air ace, saved his own life in 1934 through the fact that he had a portable shortâ€"wave set with him when he went up to James Bay to search for other fliers who were missâ€" ing. He was forced to land and his floats were damage". Through his set ":~ wes a‘le to bring help right to the syot. There are numerous cases on record where an amateur managed to "get through" when all others failed. There are always a number of amateurs on the bands ready to pick up that kind of traffic. Canadian Malartic Mine in 1985 when there was nothing but a telephone line which was down in the snow most of the time. He kept up communications with Kirkland Lake and Lamagque Mine for a considerable part of the year. Fortunately there were no emâ€" ergencies, but he was there if there had been. (London Free Press) The Provincial ‘Government‘s proâ€" posal to extend the term of municipal elections for two years and possibly for the remaind>r of the war has not met with much enthusiasm from the press of Ontario. The weekly press is close to the feeling of the people of rural Ontario and it is almost unaniâ€" mous in its opposition. Much Opposition to Idea of Loss of Municipal Vote Now, the Daily Herald said, the Hoâ€" henzollers and their frisnds are all suspects, as are the friends of the Bavarian Wittelsbachs, another former reigning house. Hitler then sent for von Wedel, who was police president of Potsdam, and demanded a personal report of the "monarchist plot," the newspaper said, that von Wedel‘s report apâ€" parently was unsatisfactory ‘because three days later newspapers announced his death "after a grave illness." The Daily Herald said Hitler ordered the Gastapo to search the homes of all Hohenzollern princes, including Prince Joachim, who died unexpectedly the next day. The Hohenzollern princes thereupon sent a deputation to Hitler reminding him that 22 members of the Imperial family were serving the colors; that one, Prince Oscar, had died in action, and that they couldn‘t continue to serve the government if the head of the house in Germany was treated as if he were under arrest, the Daily Herâ€" ald said. Hitler, the newspaper said learned of monurchist demonstrations, partiâ€" cularly in Potsdam, seat of Kaiser Wilheim and his predecessors, and askâ€" ed the Crown Prince to stay in his palace there and avoid unpleasantness. The despatch bore no date line, but it carried facsimiles of German newsâ€" paper anncuncements of the deaths of Prince Joachim Albrecht of Prussia and Count von Wedel, of Potsdam. The Daily Herald, organ of the Laâ€" bor party, said toâ€"day that German aristocrats ‘had been accused of plotâ€" tin‘y against »Adolf Hitler and that two had died mysteriously since the Nazis began an investigation. Last month reports were current that he and other officers supposedly parâ€" tial to a Hohenzollern restoration had keen arrested and interned in Landâ€" berg fortress. These were subsequently offizially denied in Berlin. Von Blomberg resigned from the German ca‘sinet in February, 1938, when his marriatie a month earlier to his secretary thirty years his junior met with the disapproavl of his fellow officers in the army. The British Amâ€" bassador believed that the dismissal of Blomberg, last moderating influence on Hitler, was one cause of the present war. London, Nov. 15.â€"A Reuters News Agency despatch from Cupenhagen toâ€" night said Field Marshal Werner von Blemberg, former German War Minisâ€" ter, and a number of high Nazis had been arrested. Field Marshal Among the High Offictals Arrested Former German Minister of| War and Other High Party Officials Repmted; as Arrested. As in the case of all similar mov the authorities during the war, police moves and the plans of higher up are not revealed. De:patthss from Toronto say that acting under instructions from the Attomey-Oeneral Toront> and provinâ€" tial police on Tuesday raided the offiâ€" ces of The Clarion, Toronto‘s wellâ€" known leftist newspaper. The Clarion is said to have been specially featuring Moseow despatches in recent issues. While the account from Toronto says that no arrests were made so far as the newspapermen could learn, books and records were seized, and the place and the telephone dissconnected. The Clarion for some time was issued as a daily, but shortly before the outâ€" break of war reverted to the status of a weekly and has been continued as a weekly publication for the past two months or so. De:zjatthcss from Toror acting under instructions Attorneyâ€"General, Toronts Raided by the Police Toronto before the 0o to the status n continued r the past t ade so far as | learn, books and the place disconnected. by the Mr. Fechner stated that during the past year the CCC has given employâ€" ment for varying periods of time to approximately 450,000 young men. Three ‘imes as many would have been emâ€" ployed had capacity been available. "This government," he declared, "is still forced to choose between giving ‘"‘The young men ccme to the Corps as raw material from the cities or the country. It is immaterial to us," said the Director. "EBach man has his own problems, of course; to us it is our problem to solve his, practically and satisfactorily, for our purpose is not only to rebuild forests and lands, but to build men. To gain that end a certain amount of organization is necesâ€" sary withimn the camp. The perfection and execution of that camp organizaâ€" tion helps to inculzate in enrollees orâ€" derly habits, neatness as well as ability and to carry out work inâ€" structions promptly and intelligently." Youth Finds New Hope and Purpose in the C. C. C. Herewith are the views of Robt. Fechner, Director of Civilian Conservaâ€" tion Corps of the US.A., as given in a newspaper interview:â€" What Has Been Done for the Young Men in the United States. There is no rest for the Pireâ€"ranger.| Startir‘s3 in early spring, when ‘Colons‘ have slash to burn, before the leaves’ of the hardwoods are out, his first thought is of fire. In late June and | through the months of July and| August, he has another enemy of the | woods to contend withâ€"the larvae of | beetles, flies and moths that live off | the trees, and gradually suck the life} out of them. Frost comes, and the birch and ample shed dry and crackl-{ ing leaves. Sap in the conifers returns to the heart of the tree for the winter., The fire hazard leaps again to the fore, and everyone looks anxiously to the sky for a cloud and days of rain. : Hoar frost and white frost come to keep the undergrowth wet in spite of | the waning sun; and then, at last, the ranter stcoops to his cance, and heads thankfully for home. I city, number of men required. Already a smokeâ€"chasing crew is at the site of the fire, carefully skirting its edges, planning ahead, breaking in trails for pumps, equipment and fscod. The fire may be a little one, and they may handle it themselves; or it may grow and rage for days and weeks. It may cost only a few dollars, and it may cost thsousands. The work and the cost is determined by two factors, the man who set the fire and the speed and organization of the rangers. But the latter factor is always handicapped by the former; and there are months when the fire hazard is high in spring and fall, that the rangers‘ nerves are strung taut, and his eyes are tired from long hours of watching in his tower, or his back is weary from any miles of canoeâ€" ing on patrol. It is easy to find the culprit who sets the fire, but it is more difficult to make the punishment fit the crime. The stubs of the little ereen permits provide sufficient clues, but how can carelessness be made to repay the dadestruction of our woodlands. Even in these days of specialization, the Fireâ€"ranger continues of necessity to be a Jackâ€"ofâ€"allâ€"trades. Essentially a bushman, he combines the wifely duties of cook, washman, mender and Daker with canseing and portageing. He not only cuts trails with his ’buc builds camps and towers. He is a mechanic of the first water; he knows ‘a little bit about radio. At certain seasons of the year he is a keen entoâ€" mologist; at all times he is an exâ€" perienced weather foresaster. All in all, he is the man behind the man who makes your paper. International Boundaries are no more closely guarded than the roads leading into our timber reserves. There is no show of armed might, no dire threats; just a Garde Feu issuing permits for a certain number of days in a certain region. The little green piece of cardâ€" board starts one thinking. There is a certain responsibility attached to reâ€" ceiving this visa to the wildernsess. Most travellers accept this trust, and are careful with their smokes and the‘ir campâ€"fires; but a few are still careless. Fireâ€"towers start making reports of smoke seen at angles on their maps. One tower cross checks another. The alr is full of terse messages to headâ€" quarters by radioâ€"location of fire, co!‘â€" our of smoke, wind direction and velsoâ€" the badge of the Garde Feu, know him by hearsay as a man with an axe who waits for a fire to start, and then fights it; or from experience, as a perspiring individual who is always popping into the light of some hunting party‘s camp fire, asking to see a permit, and t enâ€" erally making a "crowd" out of a happy and carefree little gathering. tity t have small the b misiea first <p legion, eannot Which some of the Work Carried on by the Fireâ€"Ranging Staff. (By Bén Fleming in Canadian Forest and Outdoors) Fireâ€"Rangers. But I may as well Admit now that the title is perhaps misleading in a nogzative sense. In the Arst <place, the Fireâ€"rangers are nst egion, and in the second plase, one ‘annot forget what one does not know. Which brings me back to the bri inning. Pireâ€"rangers, their life, their work and eneral duties are an unknown quanâ€" ity to the general public. Most of us 1ave never heard of them, and the mall minority who are familiar with he badge of the Garde Feu, know him y hearsay as a man with an axe who Calls Fireâ€"Rangers the Legion of Forgotten Men ch brings rangers, ral dutie to the gt never | 1 minori 3 in Can: Outdoors) But I n the title se Fireâ€"rang : to the e, their i unknc them, a > familig FPeu, kn tle is sense ngers md pl as well perhaps In the are nst *€, one K and quanâ€" of us d the â€" with yÂ¥ him > who figzshts THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TTMMINS, ONTARIO Former Crown Prince Wilhelm, is according to one report, under arâ€" rest at his estate near Potsdam. Another report says he has been shot, while a third story is that he was beheaded. In any event it seems certain that his popularity may incite the people to work for the restoration of the monarchy. "As Director of the Civilian Conserâ€" vation ‘Corps programme, I have not considered that the CCC‘s job was simâ€" ply that of giving a boy employment which would take him off the streets. While enrollees have performed a treâ€" mendous amount of useful conservation work, I have not considered that getâ€" ting work accomplished .was our most important objective. Instead, I all officials connected with this proâ€" gramime have felt that our big job was to take the young man who came to sur camps and help him become selfâ€" supportin/» Our job, I have felt, has been to make physically fit, useful citizens. We want to turn out young men able and willing to make their own living. We want to turn our disciplinâ€" ed men who believe in our American institutions and who can satisfy the exacting demands of employers when one hand the Government, through the CCC camps, has striven to save an army of idle youth from the moral erosâ€" ion caused by unemployment. To azsâ€" complish this end young men by the hundreds of thousands have been sent to outdcor camps in our forests and parks where they have been given jobs. This army, in turn, has pitted its against nature in a tremendâ€" ous battle to save our natural resources of timber and soils from the dangers of forest fires, tree attacking insects and disseases erosion and unzontrolled flood waters." . "FTor the past six and a. half years," engaged in a "war of reconstructionâ€" not a war of destruction. It has been a war to make America stroti» by savâ€" ing and building up her human reâ€" sources and her highly valuzzble naâ€" tural resources of timber and soil," he continued. "This struggzsle of which T speak ‘was fought and is being conâ€" tinued on two economic fronts. On the As on other occasions, the Director placed special emphasis upon the eduâ€" cational and training opportunities afâ€" forded by the CCIC. MHe deszrribed how the young men secure a knowledge of how to handle a pick and .shovel, a hammer and a saw, and declared that frequently these are determining facâ€" tors which are of value to the young men for the rest of their working life. the Director said, this nation has bzen employment to several hundred thousâ€" and young men eath year or allowing the youths to grow up without work and without the work experience which they must have in later years to find Jobs. So as this condition exists we must have an organization like the Civilian Conservation Corps to fill the gap." muvwn in the above photos are the men who will manage the new Agnewâ€"Surpass shoe store which opens here tomorrow. On the left is Clifford Manzie, who will manage the stor®e, and on the right Verne Lowes, who will be assistant manager. 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Since that time the chain has steadily grown over eastern Canâ€" ada until, at the present time, nearly every town of any note has one. Manager of the new store will be Clifford Manzie. Mr. Manzie was forâ€" merly manager at Ingersoll, Owen Sound and Niagara Falls He has had fifteen years‘ experience in the shos business and qualifies s an expert. Assistant manaker will be Verne Lowes, who has gained experience at Woodâ€" stock, Kitchener, and Hamilton. A branch of the Agnewâ€"Surpass Sho> Stores Limited will open in Timmins tomorrow. Located at 36 Third avenue, this store will be one of a chain which extends from Sydney, Nova Scotia to Sault Ste. Marie. ie n s s | Premier Mussolini told university s students at Rome yesterday that Mr. Clifford Manzie to be "Italy‘s peace is not a timid peace." Manager Verne LOWQS "Hold your musket beside your book," o j ‘ / said I1 Duce. Assistant Manager. | 14 it it # Agnewâ€"Surpass Co. Opens New Store Here Toâ€"Morrow With this, he added, these young men have an unquestioned cpportunity to burild up their physical strength and health. This means, he concluded, that "this nation is a stronger nation because of the they find jobs At the present time Mr. A. C Porcupine Advance Rotaprint We‘ll gladly show you how this process can be used to your advantage for office forms and low cost direct advertising. A superior duplicating proâ€" cess offers great possibilities for economical reproduction of anything typed, printed or drawn. A representative will call. Lean, Merchandising Manager of the Company, is in Timmins. He will be here for several weeks. Russian newspapers sug;est that the Soviet vlan is not to attack Finâ€" land, but to keep that nation in fear of attack, so that army and other deâ€" fence force will have to be maintained constantly, and so Finland put to exâ€" pense that will practically ruin the naâ€" tion. The Finnish answer to this is that they can and will survive. London, Nov. ‘15.â€"â€"The King and Queen today gave a luncheon at Buckingham Palace in honour of Genâ€" North Bay is working to have the alrport there used as a training school in the Empire Air Defense scheme. Practically all private pilots in Canâ€" ada have volunteered to join the Canâ€" adian Air Force, it was reported from Ottawa yesterday. As necessity requirâ€" es, these skilleda experts are bein‘>» abâ€" soibed into the RC.A.PF. 1 | Wmmmm““ | $34% London, Nov. 15. â€"Five of six seamon missing after the sinking of a British destroeyer were reported safe today. The destroyer, whose name was not anâ€" nounced, sank after hitting a German mine. Thoss now reported safe inâ€" cluded Leading Stoker E. Nicholls, One of the five was seriously injured. The casualty list now reads: One dead, one missing, 16 wounded. » Defonce headquarters at Ottawa have issued a warninz to all ranks that users of telephones must remember at all times that conversations may be cverheard. "No subject, the contents of which might be of value to the enâ€" emy, should be discussed over an open line," says the warning. "The conseâ€" quences of such indiscretion may be the loss of many lives." The Independent Labor party at Lonâ€" don yestoerday announced it had heard again from German Socvialists after a sixâ€"week interruption. The reports from the Reich described shortages of all essential foods and misery amon‘ the working people. It was reported last night at Rome without official confirmation or denijal. that Field Marshal Hermann Goering had arrived in the Italian capital from Porlin. The Bremen is reported as on the high seas again, but is said to be closeâ€" ly checked by the Allies and there is hopes that it will fall a prize to some of the Allied ships. 08000 00000 0 24060 Phone Highlights and Sidelights w# ®# # ww C ## # # t# # # ## ## ww *# w# ® # #* w *# ## w _ _ @ .” .0 ® # ## # *# #* # .l # .0 ## w # vetes? Cad ww # # w# # s* OF THE WAR NEWS Exchan* e:â€"No, Her true that MosCOW is of BULLgaria. 35 Third Avenue eral Wiadisliaw Sikorski, Polish preâ€" mier, Minister August Zaleski, and othcr members of the Polish govâ€" ernment in exile now visiting London. Foreign Secretary Viscount Halifax was among the guests. HIS EXCELLENCY 21 Jewels 1000 ® THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16TH, 1939 Iridium Platinum case and handâ€"made bracelet ... set with 12 baguette diamonds. Index ‘numerals on platinum dial â€" set with 42 round diamonds. YOUK CREDIT JEWELLER No, Henrietta, it is not the motherland Timmins