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S truck by Pdssmg Car While Fixing Puncture " _ Yol. XXV. : No. 78 : id Struck by Mg car while he was fixing a punctured tire from his own auto, on the salde of the road, at 1 1246 a, m. yesterd@Â¥ morning. Hector Alkenâ€" prach, 115 Maple street north, Timmins," was instantly killed. His badly mutiâ€" lated body was thrdwn forty feet by the force of the impact. The funeral was held at 1246 pm. today from the home of Alkenbraph’a sister, Mrs. George West, at 42 Bannerâ€" at Bruce, Ontario. Driver of the car whlch struck Alkenâ€" brach was Delbvert Harvey, 00 Golden avenue, South Porcupine. small rise on the South Porcupine side of Rea Hill. Alkenbrach, . driving ‘his he and his thrés companions, Albert and Harry‘\ Millér and Howard Davey, and Harry\ Millér and Howard Davey, | of South Porcupine, got out of the car to fix the {Jre. j _ Alkenbrach came around the rear of the car to the travelled side of the road | andashedidao-fi)ecardrivenby’ Harvey atruck him and threw him for forty feet. His badly smashed body was picked up and rushed to the hosâ€" | pital but the man was deadâ€"on arrival. | Up to noon today no deciison had been arrived at as to the charge, if any, to be laid against Harvey. ‘Time of the Take Five Men \‘Five men were recruited from Timâ€"|cast on Saturday, Sir George mins for the Home Guard last week. bridge, former Lord Mayor of London, The men were ‘ medically exâ€" declared: "London has steeled herself amined and I#ft here. ‘They will be usâ€" ‘for realstance and victory. Replied New at-priaon and internâ€" |} York‘s Mayor La . Guardia x“tBravo, ' ' London”- o + Badin, 461 PFirst Avenue, Bohumacher. ’Dhe age limit. for enlisting R. C. A. Albert â€" Harry Blackwood, | Hooker‘s F. pilots has been raised from the age creek Jamesmumhcosts and Stanâ€" ‘group 18 to 28 to the group 18 to 31 to * otwmeson and conform to a similar R. A. F. rullng it son,. chas been announced. Ascident on Rea Hill Costs Life of Hector Alkenbrach. Struck !Passing Car While Repairing Tire From: Own Car on Side of Road. Body Mangled and Thrown. Forty lelp the Red Cross to Continue the Remarkable Wor". it Has Been Doing they did itâ€"what m from the moneyâ€"and % ‘hey met every cripe were certainly W 8‘1‘0}]\3 e" . _ met and handed in tl'\tl!nn ‘ ” Only a year ago the CanM asked the people of abooo,ooo-â€"cndm'egiventhstmmt Now the Red Cross is asking for anâ€" other $5.000,000. ‘The very fact that the Redcrowmceivedandmtnvemn- lion dollars in the past year is the most logical reason why the people should give them another five million. it seems as if they were CC PnE Feet by the Impact. No Charges Laid. Built, equipped and ‘turned over to avenue. Intérment will be made Sinking The torpedoeinc of a British refugee liner enroute to Canada with.the loss of 204 lives including 88 of the 96 children aboard was revealed yesterday as hborrorâ€"stunned : survivors landed from a British warship. The ship, it was revealed. was torâ€" pedoed at 10 p. m.., on las presumably by a German Uâ€"boat 600 miles off the coast of Great Brlta.in In all there were 112 survivors lncluding 13 children, 18 women and 81 men. Most of the children on boand were between the ages of 5 and 15 years. Some of them were tossicd into the sea. by the explosion, others died lingeringly of â€"exposure in open boats. ‘The children,‘for "the most part, came fmmfammesvmghhadbeeninthe area of London which has received the "BRAVO LONDON " sSAY8 NEW YORK‘S ‘MAYOR OVER AIR In . two-way transatlantic broadâ€" cast on Saturday, Sir George Broadâ€" bridge, former Lord Mayor of London, declared: "London has steeled herself for resistance and victory. Replied New York‘s Mayor La . Guardia 4 "iBravo, London." : e + Eightyâ€"One Youngsters Beâ€" ‘Atween 5 and 15 Feel Nazi Brutalitys â€" â€" Led Iceland Rescue Red Cross Dinner This _ Evening at the Mclntyre Arena to Launch DÂ¥ive Committees Taking Up Work With Enth mins Hopes to Exceed Objective of $25, dian Red Cross. Much Interést:ir Event T Asiasm. Timâ€" ) forâ€"Cana is Evening of Timinins, as well as the Legion and other organizations ~and societies are giving fullest . support.. â€" Mr.\ Fritz WooGgbury is leading the programme and entertainment committee for the service clubs and promises unusual items and pageantry for the meeting Ambng these will be the impersonation af the famous character of the Red Cr Nurse fhs,diiplayed on posters all ,Ganada* at, present Miss M. A. o’Connor, who did first aid work in the American Red Cross last week volunâ€" teered her services to Campaign Manager Barney Sky and was promptly. cast to take the role of impersox..;fing the beautiful Red Cross Nurse of the posters. «The ladies committee of the locai Red Cross were busy at work last week selling tickets for the dinnér toâ€"night, ‘carrying the appeal to business â€" and ‘professipnal men and others andâ€" exâ€" tending a general invitation to everyâ€" body to attend this event.. The tickets for the dinner are priced at 75 cents to allow all the opportunity to attend, while at the same time it is hoped to have aâ€"balance from the event to add to the cause. At the dinner this evening it is planâ€" ned to stir up so much enthusiasm that the whole campaign will go over with a regular "bang‘‘. There will be brief ‘"pep" talks from representatives from the three service clubs, from a representative of the ladies‘ committee of the local Red Cross and from others. it es Rev. W M. Must.ard ‘a veteran of the last war, will give a tenâ€"minute adâ€" dress on "The Spiritual Side of the Red Cross Campaign," and Dr. 6. Harâ€" rison, also veteran of the lagst war, i «i give a similar address on "The Practical Side of the R»d Cross Drive § _qalnpalzn Manager Barney Sky will I also speak on the urgency for all to coâ€"opérate to make the campaign al complete and creditable success. Among the guests specially ~invited for the dinner are:â€"Mayor J. Emile: Brunette and the 1940 town council; 16. S. Drew wil} be the chairâ€" noon . . The .order, said. His Majesty, will. ‘bear his name. | King George expresped sympa.thy to the bereaved families of those who lost their lives in the tragic torpedocing of ‘a > British Hner carrying â€"evacuee children and adults to Canada,: and in encouragitig the people of Britain to "carry His Majesty stressed the courage of the people of London and other cities o Engla.pg which are being attacked"by German planes Summary of â€" Council yeeting is for mercy crave, lea with cold disdain; s beneath the wave, , iet Justice relsn nobm a Whiteman, € â€" Timmins, Ontar!o. â€" To paint.the lily still more white, ' No mortal man can e‘er succeed > Yet biacker than the blackest night, Stands out the Nazis‘ vilest deed. Those ‘children, bound for safer shorer _ ~Most valiant efforts could not save; As on the ocean‘s cheerless floor, _ The vfetima find a watery grave. Their blood cries out! Can we not hear , Their call for vengeance rise to heaven? o ‘--m’a vow by all we hold most dear : To them this solemn pledge be given:â€" he whno mour| h arms shall 1 trong Untfl ln blood he pays British hearts their love shall show; ‘The friends who mourn they‘ll ne‘er forget; Strong British arms shall fight the foe § Unm‘in’hlpofl he pays hls debt." ‘Arrest Two On Charges of High Grade Ore Theft Fair And Cool With Showers Temperatures maximum and miniâ€" mum Thursday, maximum 68, miniâ€" It rained intermittently between 7.30 am, on the morning of Friday until 5 a.m. on Saturday morning to a depth of 415 inches. _ . mum 58; Friday, 74 and 58: sa}tux*day. 70 and 48; Sunday, 66 and 44. .At eight o‘clock this. morning it was 48 degrees. Pohce Alleqe to Have.Found «Ore in Truck <Driven: by ~â€"Men. The Timmins United Church was beautifully decorated on Sunda.y for the annual Harvest Thanksgiving services. The adornment of beauâ€" tiful flowers and ‘grain was the product of Timmins and district, and the services were wellâ€"attended and greatly inspiring. y l t [Four Large Fleets \Planes Are Driven Off In Disorder Early Today Less Belief in Area of Potential Invasion That Hitler Will be Able to Effect Landmg on the British Isles. Twentyâ€" Four .:Houses Razed in One Southâ€"Eastern English Town. R. A. F. Hits Invasion Bases. : a Saturday When herimother left her for only a moment, Hlea, 18 months old daughâ€" ter of Mr. and Mrs. Eino Luoms, who live three and a half milés past Dalâ€" ton‘s Farm in Mountjoy. township, drowned in a shallow, waterâ€"filled potâ€" hole on Saturday afternoon. .. There will be noyjinquest into the death Dr. H. L. Minithorn, Coroner, deâ€" cided. Interment will be made today from Walker‘s Undertaking Parlours. The mother was working several hunâ€" dred feet from the house and had the baby near her. She left for a minute and the child who is just able to get around toddled over to the hole. and apparently fell in.â€" The baby must have smothered in the mud and water. When the mother came back. only a minute or so later the child was dead. Dr. Irvine was calledâ€"but was unabie to do anything for the child. Pnd The baby was an only child ~Her father works in a local mine.. _ : Mother Left Child For Only a Moment and i# Fell Into Shallow Hole. %fimai Mt <Phanlongiving services at St.â€" Ma.thhews church will ‘be held next Sunday, Gept. 20th.: Holy Oommundon will be celebrated at 8.30 am., and Morning and Evening: Prayer held at the usual â€"hours of 11 a.m and‘ 7+p.m. respectively. % LocalAlgonqum Ei‘,‘Om pcmy Harvest Thanksgiving To be Used to Purchase Equipment, Comforts for Men, Let Contract for Wiring Timmins Market Building. A. W.. Lang States Not Getting Fair Skhare of Town In Firemen used chemicals to extinguâ€" ish fire which was discovered burnâ€" ing in some rubbish near the south wing of the High and Vocational School on Friday at 12.30 o‘clock in the morning. How the fire started was not known but :lremenreportedthctncidenttopoflce or 'mo mflrflmenm umw ‘wammwnnmxm- Extinguish Rubbish Fire at the School Use Chemicals to H. A. Charbonneau, son of Mr. and Mrs.. Fred Charbonneau, 49 Mons avenue, Timmins, who is in the Fast where he is specializing as one of the meteorologists with the R.C.AF. surance. â€" Refund Legion Taxes. Th en at l LC S Services at St, Mqttfhew § Fr J ‘\Gompany, No. 2, Camp Borden, but ly |Iormerly chief of police at Timmins o | and â€"more: becently chief of policeâ€" gt ir | Larder Lake, has been visiting here on Ld Leave and is being warmly greeted by *‘ hosts of old friends here. _ 4 Four large fleets. of planes were turned back from London. in disorder today. In the area of potential invasion was less and less belief that Germany could: hope to invade Great Britain by At Jleast â€" fil brought down. spreen of explosions between the planes and the area that, they attempt to peneéâ€" trate in order to loose their bombse on Greater London, was reported to be mainly responsible for the breakâ€"up of thfi attacks \ 4 ‘Two large bombs were dropped on a TLondon apartment house yesterday and in one: town in the southeastern secâ€" tion of London twentyâ€"four houses col= lapsed when one loneâ€"plane unloadéd. German dive bombers.â€"yesterday hath~ mered at the capitol aided by â€"flares they dropped and by fires started by their hombs, _ Meanwhile however, the Royal Ait Force hit hard at Ostend, Dunkirk, Roulogne. Calais and‘generally at the Germanâ€"occupied ‘French, ports from which an invasion might be launched. - Military observers said. today that now that fall and winter weather is ‘setting .in . there is less and less chance that Hitler ‘will launch. his mvasion. Weather, they. say, grows mure more uncertain daily. r .: Rk ?mg.umsz.-,pi,:m?m \Gompany, No. 2, Camp Borden, but Former Chief of Police . Warmly Welcomed Here A gift of $1,000 was made to . "D" Company, Algonquin Regiment by the Council on behalf of the Town of Tin~, mins, at the usual Priday meeting of the town fathers. The money, it was pointed out, will be used for the purchase of neoemary equipment and comforts for the men. of "T)" GCompany. It is earâ€"marked speciâ€" fically for use of the local company. Some weeks ago Captain Kelt.h Btirlâ€" mg applied for a grant froem the counâ€" cil. He pointed out that it was the policy of local companies to a.ppmoh the councils of their various municiâ€" palities for money to provide equipâ€" ment and comforts not issued by the Department of National Defence. Wiring Contract Let _ . ‘The contract for wiring the Timâ€" mins Market bullding, recently erected on‘the cormer of Mountjoy. Street and Gecond Avenue, was awarded the Timâ€" mins Electric for the sum of $45. It was decided to allow the market caretaker, J. A. Theriault, fi(finoenta £ day more salary for four days in the four days Mr Theria e We 0s Â¥ Red Cross Banquet Members of council signified their intention of attending the Red Cross banquet on Monday evening. They will pay for their own tickets inasmuch as the proceeds of the banquet, which will open a Red Cross drive in Timmins, will go to the Red Cross. _ â€" - _A letter was received from A. W. Lang to the effect that he had received only a small share of the town insurâ€" a008 since February, 1939. Town Clerk, Mr. Shaw, said that Mr. Lang‘s office received its full share of the town: insurance for 1938 and 1930. It got the proportion ordered by the ‘council order which allots the insurante ‘to various agents on the prop basis of their business uummnt, h-