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Provincial police operations were. also on an extended scale, On Saturday night officers called at a house on the Naybob Road, just to the south of the At 3 am. on October 27 provincial officers walked into the home of Leo Levesque, 25, who lives over the Matâ€" tagami River bridge. A charge of keeping for sale followed the raid. Fleurette Soronen, who lives at 214 Balsam street north, in Timmins, found himself{ in the toils of the law. He is charged by police with keeping liquor for sale at Allen‘s Beach. A quantity of liquor was seized and a number of persons were said by police to be drinkâ€" ing in the place when they called. A little later in the afternoon the polize swooped again, this time on the homs of Francois Xavier Chainey, 30, of 122 Hollinger avenue. As the result Chainey is charged with selling liquor. A quantity of beer was seized. cemetery. As the result of that visit Christie Gagnon is charged with keepâ€" ing liquor far sale and also with havirtg beer in a hous> which had been deâ€" clared a public place. The sameée visit resulted in a charge Of keeping for sale against Leona Larose. Their ysvelte lines silhouetted by multiâ€"coloured spotâ€"lights, their satinâ€" smooth finigh gleaming softly, the 1941 automobile models were on display at the McIntyre Arena on Thursday and Friday niglhts. today, was supposed to be receiving relief from the town of Timmins, is alleged to have been selling liquor in rcoom 4, London Hotel. Police found eighteen pints of beer. Close to 1,000 Attend Lions Club Auto Show <Sleek 1941 Automobile Models on Display at Motor Show at McIntyre Arena on Thursday and Friday Nights. Canadian Army Truck Attracts Lot of Attertion Mayor Opens Show on Thursday Evening. _Hundreds of Porcupine car owners and wouldâ€"be car ownersâ€"drifted from exhibit to exhibit in the big arena, tryâ€" ing, testing, asking and satisfying their avid curiosity to the full. Like all car owners they had to press the horn when they sat behind the wheel and the ocâ€" casional melodious toot would ring through the building as some potential 10941 model owner would rid himself of Mr. and Mrs. Delorme. Two raids were made simultaneously at 2.10 p.m. â€"The home of Peter Matyasz, 33, of 5 Balsam street north, was entered at by one raiding squad and 31 pints of beer and a part bottle of rve whiskey seized by one raiding squad.. The other group of officers visited Peter Osader, 64, 161 Balsam street north. Osnmder, who, police said, today, was supposed to be receiving The new Chevrolet and Ford, one at each end of the hall, presented all sides to the public as they were placed on revolving pedestals. In each corner of the building and down the side were the Doige, Plymouth, Chrylser, Nash, Studebaker and other models. A Canadian Army carrier truck atâ€" tracted a lot of attention. Made for the army by Chevrolet, it was bluntâ€" nosed and powerful looking The dull finish on the body and the khaki, canâ€" vasâ€"covered, troopâ€"carrying box at the rear were camouflaged in dull, inconâ€" yellow and green shades It was not a pretty truck but it was an extremely powerful and efficient lookâ€" ing aone. Police Swoop Down on Alleged Bootleggers in Raids Over the Weekâ€"end Arena officials said ‘today that atâ€" endance at the motor show approxiâ€"| . FIRE nated a thousand persons. That numâ€"|; Fire wi %®r did not include those who came pipes in mly for the dance, cabaret and floor Balsam st thow which followed the motop display., last nighi V ol. XXV,.. â€" No Om "'O "0”"”‘“’“’“ rovincial and Timmins Officers Lay Total of Ten Charges | Charges Following a Series of Raids in Timmins and | Surrounding Townships Over the Weekâ€"end. Manyi Raids Made Yesterday Afternoon. Large Quantity of| Beer, Liquor Seized. | avincial and local police collaborâ€" this weekâ€"end on one of the bigâ€" serles of raiding expeditions seen 1e Porcupine for months. A total n charges of selling liquor and ing liquor for sale were laid this thlb 1 Section 8 Pages ! Irvis Tremblay, 21, of Porquois Juncâ€" tion was instantly killed this morning on the Ansonvilleâ€"Porquois Junction highway when the truck he was driving went out of control and he was thrown through the windshield. J. Therriault, who was with Tremblay ; is reported to have told polics this | morning that Tremblay was driving at | sixtyâ€"five miles an hour along the highâ€" wayâ€"too fast for the twoâ€"ton truck he was bringing in to Ansonville Be lost control of the vehicle and when it crashed he was hurled through the windshield and died of a broken neck. The show was opened on Thursday night by Mayor ‘Emile Brunette of Timâ€" mins and Actingâ€"Reeve George Helmer of Tisdaie. Mayor Brunette formally declared the show open and wished it success. He was followed by Mr. Helâ€" mer, acting for Reeve Evans who was absent. Tisdale was fortunate in havyâ€" ing men willing and able to stage such pose of the show and thanked the many persons in attendance and the dealers who went to the trouble of preparing expensive displays. A feature of the show was the display of heavy tractors and heavy trucks for long distance hauling. They looked incongruous in the display among their sleeker brothers and sisters. President of the Schumacher Lions Club which sponsored the event, Dr, Stiles, of Schumacher, outlined the purâ€" Dr. Stiles then turned the programme over to Lindsay Dyer, who as master of ceremonies and chairman of the Motor Show Committee and helped greatly make the show a success and he handled it for the reâ€" mainder of the evening. He introduced the acts of the floor show and fashion parade and announced the cabaret dance which was to take place later in the evening. all of which are described in an article in another part of this issue of The Advance. Disitrict Coroner, Mr. Tucker, of Cochâ€" rane has ordered an inquest into the acâ€" cident. The truck was not badly damâ€" aged. There were no cars on the highâ€" way at the time. A â€"show, Mr. Helmer said. He wished the show every success. Temperatures, maximum and iminiâ€" mum, since Thursday: Thursday, maxiâ€" mum 38, minimu 32; Friday 38 and 26; Saturday, 30 and 22; Sunday, 31 and 25. At eight o‘cleck this morning it was 29 degrees. There was only a trace of snow in one or two very slight flurries since Thursday. Weather for the next couple of days will continue to be similar of that toâ€" day, fair but quite cold, weatherman Sydney Wheeler, of the Hollinger, preâ€" dicted today. Iroquois Falls, Oct. 28â€" (Special to The Advance.) FIRE CAUSES $1,200 DAMAGE Fire which started from overheated pipes in the home of D. Masse, 108 Balsam street caused damage of >1, 200 Hurled Through Car Windshield Young Man Killed Fair And Cold Is Forecast Was Only a Trace of Snow in Flurries Smw Thursâ€" dav. Irvis Tremblay, 21, of Porâ€" quis Juncetion, Killed in Accident Early This Morning. ‘ublished at Timmina, Ont.. Casada, Every MONDAY and THURSDAY The can of varnish in the oven of the stove at this residence exploded and fire began. It was not serious, however, and firemen very soon brought it unâ€" der controy on their arrival. There was a call from 61% Wilson Avenue at 6.08 o‘â€"lok on Saturday evâ€" ening for a chimney fire and anâ€" other from 97 Wilson Aevnue at 7.56 o‘clock yesterday evening for another chimney fire. An cven is no place to leave a can of Varnish, as peple at 311 Pine Street, south; learned on Thursday. The nighâ€" ly inflammable qualities of the paint make it dangerous to keep in a stove. One â€" 6f ths Ou. Timmins Market C Red Cross booth Elien MacMillan,, Millen, Alexia Ma Cox, Teddy Taylor who sold a large a ing and candy t dollars for the Re Girls and Boys in Booth at Market Help the Red Cross Busiest Booth on Saturday Selling Home Baking to Help Red Cross. All the sother booths at the market : were filled with farmers from the disâ€" trict, prices of their products being as | follows: Small carrots, l5¢c per basket;.| 50c per bushel:; large carrots, 25¢ per| 3 pt. basket; $1.00 per bushel; Savoyl cabbage. 3 heads for 5¢c, and up to 102| per head; Green cabbage, 3 heads forf 5¢: 2 heads for 5¢: three heads for 10c | and 5 to 15c per head; Pickling beets, 35¢c per basket; round and sirloin steak 25¢ per lb.; shoulder pork, 20c per lb.; side pork, 1fc per lb.; loin and ham, 25¢ per lb; roast beaf, lacwzocperl ib; boiling beef, 122 per 1b, ! Varnish Plus Heat Equals Explosion and Fire in Oven Calls® for Chimney â€"Fires Saturday Night and Last Evening. 4A nelr ted wi are no on Saturday was the conducted by Mary . â€" Wilhelmina â€"Macâ€" icMillan, Mrs. W. H. r and Mervyn Wales, imount of homeâ€"bakâ€" to net about fifteen ‘d Cross Socisty. STREAM LIMNED POWER AND POWER UNADORNED TIMMINS, ONTARIO, MONDAY, OCTOBER 28TH, 1940 iarmitr toes s of and it the Mr. Austin Neame has received word form the Attorneyâ€"General‘s office at Toronto, which is in charge of the whole movement that he has been apâ€" pointed inspector of the Ontario VoIâ€" unteer Constabulary for this disttrict, Last weekâ€"end the local committee recently formed at Timmins to collect funds to aid the victims of the Nazi bombers in the Old Country, received the necessary charter to make public appeal under the War Measureés Act. This committee, which was sponsored by the Sons and Daughters of England but which is to be a general community effort, will now be able to proceed with the collection of funds for this very worthy purpose. All monies collected will be forwarded direct to the Lord Mayor‘s fund in England. It is hoped that Timmins will be able to make a good contribution to this good purpose. There will be a meeting of the exeâ€" cutive of the committee in the Legion hall at 8 o‘clock toâ€"morrow (Tuesday) Charter for Local Committee to Help Air Raid Victms Permission Granted to Orâ€" ganization Here Sponsorâ€" ed by Sons and Daughters of England. Appointed Inspector of Voluntary Constabulary Summary of Council Meeting Deputation asks Council consider grant of $1,000 to L Mayor‘s Fund for bombed L donetrs. Council accepts invitation meet Porcupine Medical Socie committee Monday at 4 p. m. meeting as clvics lesson Insurance agents complain receiving share of town‘s busi Northern Ontario Power Comâ€" pany instructed to instal wiring in market building. pinc childre The Association of Mining Municiâ€" palme% of this part of the Nofthâ€"Timâ€" mins, Township of Tisdale, Township of Whitney, Township of Teckâ€"is scheduled to meet at Timmins on Wedâ€" nesday of this week, Oct. 30th. After the meeting the visiting delegates from South Porcupine, Schumacher, Poreuâ€" pine and Kirkland Lake will be the Fear for Sight of Car Driver Following Crash guests of Timmins at a held at the Grand Hotel Physicians said this morning that Solomon Ansiara who was more seriousâ€" ly injured than any other of the four persons in the car he was driving on Friday night when it crashed into a truck a mile the other side of Hoyle, is still in a serious condition. In the car at the time af the ar. Most sericusly injured was Solomon. He received a ruptured eyeball and a bad gash in the eye. The specialist who is attending him said today that it is impnssible at the present time to say to what extent the injured man‘s sight will be impaired. He also received a fractureed rib. Mining Municipalities to Mcet Here on October 3 Xâ€"Ray evamination of Mr. Solomon Ansara‘s skull was made today. %0sâ€" skull fracture was suspected. till in a serious condition. In the car at the time of the acâ€" ident were Mr. and Mrs. David Anâ€" ara, Adelia and Solomon Ansara. The Ansara car was reported to have rashed into a parked truck driven by idelard Lapierre, of Val Gagne. At he time of the occident Lapiere was aid to have been standing at the rear The contrast in the two pictures above, both of which were taken at the Lions Club motor show, held in the Mcefintyre arena last week, is obvious. In the top photo a general view of the show gives an indicaâ€" ltion of the sleck, smoothness of the 1941 model passenger cars. The lower photo shows another autoâ€" mobile model very fashionable this season. It is an army troop carâ€" rier, blunt and powerful and camâ€" cullaged to be as inconspicuous as possible on the road.. The troop carrier and the new models made an interesting conâ€" trast. ific imp; pact threw the heavy i entirely and wrecked The occupants were spital and all received supper to be Published at Tmmins, Ont., Canada Kvery MONDAY and THURbDAY Mrs. W. S. Johns, 2 Laurier avenue, and Douglas Bound, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. Bound, Balsam street, south, are n different hospitals from injuries reâ€" ceivedâ€"in~motor accidents: ~It was an odd coincidence that both Llovd Johns who is stationed at Barriefield, and Douglas Bound, who is at Camp Bor den, were both injured in motor ocâ€" cidents about the same time, and both have â€" cellarbones broken. Lloyd was in aâ€"car that tumed out to avoid a truck, the soft‘shoulder of the road throwing the car off the road, the vehicle turning over three times. He was unconscious from Thursday until Monday, but is now on the way to reâ€" covery . He is in the Kingston General hospital. Douglas on his way back to camp turned to watch a passing car and was hit by a truck. He suffered a fractured shoulderblade and other lesâ€" ser injuries. While in a cast at a Torâ€" onto hospital he is making good proâ€" gress to recovery. Both young men were sufficiently reâ€" covered last week to write home to their parents, giving particulars of the accidents and the injuri¢s sustained. Timmins Population and Assessment Figures Up Timmins K. V. S. meets Haileyâ€" bury here on Wednesday on the gridâ€" iron. To the Editor of The Advance, Timmins. Dear Sir:â€"Owing to the p troversy that has unfortunate T wo C.AS.F. Men Injured in Motor Accidents Recently Word was received at the weekâ€"end to the effect that two Soldiersâ€" Lloyd son of Mr. and vroversy that has unfortunately arisen regarding the typhoid situation in Timâ€" mins, there appears to still be some confusion in the ininds of a few residâ€" ents in reference to the safeness of the water supply. T therefore wish again to assure the public of Timmins that both the water and milk supply for the Town is perfectly safe. Investigation has now revealed that the source of the diesase has undoubtedly been from outâ€" side this municipality, More detailed information may be ascertained from my statement of October Sist in boll the Timmins papers, J, A. McInnis, M. 1+ Medicat (ffiser aft Hiâ€" 4n Among the importantâ€" executive heads who were in the camp last week to attend the Auto Show, Fashion Parade, Floor Show and Cabaret Dance, sponsored by the Schumacher Lions Club, were the following: W. Murdock, Ford Motors T. D. Hand, Breayâ€"Nash Motors W. C. Wellsman, Chrysler Corporaâ€" tion, Plymouth and Chrysler Division. George M Davies, Chrysler Corporaâ€" tiocn, Dodge and DeSoto Division. T. Pride, Studebaker Corporation K. 1. Gardiner, General Motors R, J. Telford, Reo Motors Jim Grey, Ontario Supervistor Inâ€" dustrial Acceptance Corporation P. Watson, viceâ€"president of Comâ€" mercial Credit Corporation, Toronto. Source of Typhoid Proven to be Outside the Municipality R J. Kerr, District Manager of Chrysler Corp, Dodge and DeSoto Div. A. J,. Dunlop, District Manager of Reo Motors Increase Shown in Real Property Values and Population Figures of Timmins and Mountjoy Township, as Reâ€" leased Toâ€"day by Town Assessor. Total Taxable Proâ€" perty in T‘wo Municigalities is $9,880,091. Total Popuâ€" lation, 29,463. War Declared Following Italian Invasion from Albania. British Men of War Said Already Racing to Aid Greece from Egyptian Bases. Air Raid Alarm Heard in Athens Hour After War Declared. Britisk Cabinet Met Today. Leading Executives of Motor Companies at Auto Show Here Another Letter from Dr. J.] A. MciInnis, M.D., M.O.H.! Italian Troops Enter Greek Territory Today When Ultimatum Rejected Timmin conâ€" () Germany, it was reported, would "reâ€" main aloof" from the struggle for the time being. Italian demands on Greece were said to have . included abdication of King George of Greece, free passage of Ttalâ€" ian troops through Greece and conâ€" cession of part of Greece‘s territory to Ttaly. The Gold Nugget Rebakah Lodge held its weekly meeting on Thursday evening in the Oddfellow‘s hall with a good attendance of members, Routine business was disgcussed, and it was decided to hold a Hallbwe‘en party on Thursday, Octobér 30th. Inâ€" vitation is extended to all Oddfellows and their friends to attend this event for which enjoyable arrangements arg Reports reaching Belgrade , Yugo Slavia, from the Albanian frontier toâ€" day said that a widespread revolt had broken out in many parts of Italyâ€"ocâ€" cupied Albania and that they were of a sprious character. ement therefore is $13,622,360, Tand exemptions totalled $239,625 and exâ€" emption on buildings for Home Imâ€" provement Plan loans and other reaâ€" sons for exemptions totalled $3,702 446. Total exemption therefore amounted to $3,942.071, which when deducted from the real property value left $9,305,837. Rebekahs‘ Hallowe‘en Party on Thursday, Oct. 30 being made,. Total real property value of $206,312 in Mountjoy Township is made up of $73,102 land value and $133,210 proâ€" Total taxable property, land and buildings, in Mountioy and Timmins combined is therefore $3,880,.091. Meanwhile, Hitler and Mussolini met in Florence Italy, today to discuss new developments in the Axis wayr. It was the second meeting of the Axis chiefb within a month. Figures released this morning by Alan T. Longmore, Town of Timmins Assesâ€" sor, indicate a marked increase in asâ€" sessment values in Timmins and Mountâ€" joy and also an increase of more than 2500 in total population of the two municipalities. perty value. Exemptions totalling $6,.â€" 510 left a taxable total of $199,802. That figure might be compared to last year‘s lower figure of $172,600. The British cabinet met this morning to consider the long awaited outbreak of war between Itay and Greece and soon after the pledge to back her 1939 promise made to Greece was forthcomâ€" ing. Land in Timmins at October 1 was assessed for $2,665.032 and buildings at $10,057.328. Total real property asses» The total Timmins population, fignuires taken from a census made in 1940, has been set at 28630 and that of Mountjoy at 833. The total otf 20463 represents Responding to an appeal from King George II of Greece, following Italian invasion this morning, Great Britain has promised to make good its pledge to defend Greek liberty. British men of war were said to be already racing to Greece from Egyptian bases and the promise was said to have been made that Britain‘s naval and air forces soon would be in the fight. FPollowing the expiration of an ulti« matum to allow Italy to take part of Greek territory at 6 a. m. today Premâ€" ier John Maxatas declared: "The momâ€" ent has arrived for Greece to fight for her independence and her honour‘"‘. Immediately after a decree for general mobilization was signed. Ten â€"Italian â€" divisions comprising about 200,000 troops were said to have swarmed across the Greek border from Albania this morning. Motorized Itâ€" alian columns are being met with reâ€" sistance from the Greeks, Britain said that TItalian charges of "favouritism" towards Britain and "provecations‘" were "merely part of the familiar axis routine preceding agâ€" gression". / An hour after rejection of the Ttalâ€" ian ultimatum Tthens had its first air raid alarm. No bombs were dropâ€" ped. Ssingle Copyâ€"Five Cents rW*Tiâ€"AMF ""’ «it ) h t s I'N"“ The Pioneer Paper } of the Porcupine. Established 1912 it it M P P CAAA PAAA P PA AL: AP ie «lt tm of 9 MYi