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able difficulty in properly presenting their cases before the Compensation Board; it elaborated on the fact that deprndents of deceased silicotics have great difficulty in establishing length of previous employment in the mining inâ€" dustry due to the lack of records in defunrt iompanies. The â€" resolution made clear the fact that such people who have difficulty in making their claims clear and intelligible should be entitled to assistance and asked that the Ontario government recognize these peoples‘ difficulty and appoint a man to shear his way through "red tape" and ket to the bottom of cases as soon as is often influenced by the fact that guire, of that same medico is bring paid by the by Coun companies. I know that in Teck Townâ€" Township thip, for example that while the emâ€" the deleg ‘"‘The most important thing about this resolution is the fact that constructive gcticn in this respect will not only beneâ€" ificial to the einployee but it will in the long run, save the employer and 1ass} the ordinary taxpayer money", said Councillor Maguire of Kirkland Lake ‘"Most compensation claimants find the Board a stone wall. They find that the medical opinton they get in their cases A resolution introduced by Councilior Maguire of Teck Township to have an impartial referee, appointed by the Ontario government, to act as an inâ€" termediary and a referee in all comâ€" pensation cases was unanimously enâ€" dorsed by the delegates to the convenâ€" tion of Ontario Mining Municipalities Association held last night in the Timâ€" mins town hall. Preface to the resplution pointed out that claimants to the Workmen‘s Comâ€" pensation Board experience considerâ€" Compensation Referee Should be Appointed Say Municipal Leaders The s2cretary of the association, Mr. McBain, of Kirkland Lake, was inâ€" structed to draft a "forceful" resolution and send it to the proper authorities. "I know of a cose where a man, who was stationed in Halifax, had to hitchâ€" hike his way from there to Sudbury to attend the funeral of his daughâ€" ter who was killed when struck by a truck. He was given leave but no monâ€" ey to get home", said another memâ€" ber of the assembly. "This same soldâ€" ler, like all others in the army, was fighting for Canadian national prinâ€" ciples as well as the Canadian National Railroad. Solomon Ansara and his ‘sister ‘Adeâ€" lia, who were taken to St. ?Marys hosâ€" pital following an dccident near Paâ€" mour last week, are still in a serious condition, physicians said today. More seriously injured is Solomon who may lose the sight of one eye due to cuts and lacerations. Ask Impartial, Ontario Governmentâ€"Appointed Expert to Cut Through "Red «Tape" in Compensation Cases. Employee and Employer Would Benefit and Claimants More Easily Satisfied. Municipal Association Delegates Encdorse. STILL IN SERIOUS CONDITION FOLLOWING CAR ACCIDENT Several cases where soldiers had unâ€" dergone hardship in hitthâ€"hiking from barracks to their home, were «cited. One gentleman said that he attended the funeral of a spldier who had conâ€" tracted pneumonia and diedâ€"the pneuâ€" monia resulted from exposure suffered while he was riding on the rear of a truck travelling from Toronto to Kirkâ€" land Lake. The matter was raisrd by members of the Timmins council and was the subâ€" ject of much debate by other members of the aszembly. "Why a railroad owned by the governâ€" ment can‘t do something in this reâ€" gard I don‘t know", Reeve Carter, of Teck Township said. "They are losing money every day. SBurely a little more loss would not matter. It seems like a secandalous situation to me". Forty representatives from Northern mining municipalities considered a subâ€" jeet which long has been a thorn in the flesh of the Timmins town council, namely the matter of free trarcportaâ€" tion of men of the C. A. S. F. They enâ€" dorsed the stand taken by the Timmins council, that such men should be alâ€" lowed transportation allowance when they were on "regular leave". Mining Municipalities Take Strong Stand on Troop Transportation Bargain For 12,000 More Planes From U. S. A. EOE c en enc Nt m es en n Sayv C. A. 8. F. Men on "Regular Leave" Shoula be Given Transportation to and from Their Homes in Order to Bid Farewell to TFâ€"ir People., "Scandalous Situation," Teck Township Reeve Declares. Vol. XXV. No. w eP AP PA CAE «h s D P C PA 2 Sections 14 Pages «P AP s BC C mm P L C C t P P PA C P seems is very very There might, said Reeve Carter of Teck Township, be some justification for believing that the Board favoured the emplover rather than the employee. ‘The motion moved by Councillor Maâ€" guire, of Teck Township, and seconded by Councillior Cavanagh, of Tisdale Township was unsniunously passed by One thing that annoyved Teck Townâ€" ship father was the procrastination of the Compensation Board. In the averâ€" age instance, he said it took a man a year to get all the details and formalâ€" ities ironed out. If there were a hunâ€" dred claimants in a town that meant that there was 100 years wasted time. An expert referseâ€"a person well versed in the complexitie of ccmpensation board "red tape" would be a benefit not only to the employer but to the employâ€" "I know of half a dozen cases in town | ne that we think should be receiving comâ€"| _ pensation", said Councillor Spooner, of | w« Timmins. "IZf they had been receiving / co compensation the town would have di To a large extent, Councillor Maguire said, unprejudiced medical opinion is not obtainable. He pointed out the fact that Compensation Board uses reservâ€" ation of payment for medical reports as its greatest weapon. ployee nays the dollar to the medical man that same medical man receives his cheque each month from the emâ€" ployerâ€"not the employsee. In Kirkâ€" land Lake it is a very important part of medical practice and I may say that the medical practice is inclined to cater to the man who pays the cheque". Expert rivermen who know every twist and turn and current in the Mattagami have been recruited but even their services have not enabled police to locate the. body. What may have happened is that CoutotUrier, who was subject to epilectic fits, was seized while in the boat and fell over the side into the river withâ€" out overturning the craft. It is quite possible that that could have happenâ€" ed and it is on that assumption that police are continuing their dragging operations Body of Missing Man Found Dynamite Used to Bring Body of Man, Thought to be in River, to Surface. Published at Timmina, Ont.. Canada. Every MONDAY ans THURSDAY it r. ‘The board, it w and very cautâ€" Miss Murphy read the Corresponding Secretary‘s; report followed by the treasâ€" urer‘s report given by Miss Sullivan of South Porcupine. Mrs. Burnet moved a vote of thanks to Miss Sullivan for her ex2ellent report and capable manâ€" ner in which she handled her office. Miss Murphy read report on war work. and it was decided to appoint a convener for war work in each suhbâ€" division, all work to be reported three times a year. In regard to the pledge of the C.W.L. at the National Convenâ€" tion to donate $25,000 to Canada‘s War Effort, Mrs. Burnet asked each subâ€" division to attend to this matter, and send their donations to Miss Sullivan in South Porcupine. Mrs. Burnet read her report of the National Convention and Mrs L. Conâ€" lon paid tribute to her for such an exâ€" cellent account, The business session opened with an address of welcome from Mrs. H. See, president of the senior .L. in Timâ€" mins, followed by the League Prayer by Mrs. D. Burnet. On behalf of Mrs. Hollandsâ€"Hurst, Past President, who was unable to attend, Mrs. Burnet read a letter welcsominsg the visftors and urging every member to help with war work. Mrs. Burnet also acted as chairâ€" man during the convention. The following committees were apâ€" pointe4 Resol High Mass was celebrated in the morning by His Excellency Bishop Rheaume, assisted by the Rev. Father Roney and the Rev. Father Murray. The Bishop stated in his sermon on "Peace‘"‘ that the C atholic Women‘s League should stand by their faith parâ€" ticularly in the reconstruction period after the war when the Catholic action would nseded more than ever. Father Roney welcomed the delegates and visiitors. in The Catholic Women‘s League of the Diocese of Timimins, held its sixth anâ€" nual Diocesan Convention in the baseâ€" ment of the Church of the Nativity on Wednesday with a very large atâ€" tendance. : The convention usually lasts for three days, but on account of the war, most of the social activities were eliminated, and a oneâ€"day business siassion was held instead Sixth Annual Diocesan Convention of the C.W .L. Catholic Women‘s League of All Harts of Diocese Repreâ€" sented at Event Held in Timmins Yesterday. Many Matters of Interest Dealt With Luncheon Event Held. Resord able to attend râ€" welcoming every member Mrs. Burnet irinzy the (Continued on Page Two) 5: Mrs: Quinn, Mrs. J. Seubert G. Revynolds. ns: Mrs. C. J. Munn, chairâ€" + with Mrs. Conlon and Mirs. ding Secretary, Mrs. Turnâ€" d her resignation, and her ead by Mrs. H. MclLean, of TIMMINS, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 318ST, 1940 MINING MUNICIPALI TIES COâ€"OPERATE Police allege that the men have been|! pouring the dirty crank case oil down the sewer for some time. Such an acâ€" tion constitutes a fire hazard. Town employees who dug up the sewer to clean it out are said to have found it plugged by the dirty oil for some disâ€" ; tance. | Gerald Burtt and Louis Silver, proâ€" prictors of a sprvice station at 16 Birch street north, face an unusual police court charge. They are said by police to have violated the PFire Marshal‘s Act by disposing of crank case oil in a sewer. This is the first time such a charge has been laid in Timmins. Service Station Owners Face an Unusual Charge Born, in Timmins, the son of Mrs. H. Peters and the late H. Peters, pioneer citizens of the North, John Peters is now serving with the Canadian NÂ¥y. Excerptis from inâ€" teresting letters written to his sisâ€" ter. Mrs. E. H. King, will be found elsewnere in this isSue. Native of Timmins \Police Spot Fire in Unoccupied /\ House Last Nicht oper A chimney fire took place al 37 Lakeâ€" shore Road at $.2%5 pm. also on Tuesday Fourth Avenue. Tar on the rocof of the building ignited and burned until firemen go there and extinguish the tlames. Damage of several hundreds of dolâ€" lars was caused by fire in a house at 141A Commercial Avenue, owned by J. P. Roy and occupied by M. Joudoin, at 12.50 o‘clock this morning. How the fire started was not known. Police Sergeant Frank ‘Devine and Conâ€" s‘able Amlin were passing the house in the patrol car when they saw the reâ€" flection of flames in the window. Inâ€" vestigation revealed that that there was a fire in the kitchen and that the The first meeting of the court of reâ€" vision on the assessment roll for 1941 will. be held in the town hall on Monâ€" day, Nov. 4th, commencing at 10 a.m. First Meeting of Court of Revision on Monday Passing in Patrol Car When They See Flames in Emâ€" pty Residence. Town clerks in the top photo are W. F, Struilt, of Whitney Township; P. H. Murphy, of Tisdale Townâ€" ship; A., L. Shaw, ef Timmins; and J. W. McBain, of Teck Township. Lower photograph: Reeve Wilâ€" liam _ Bannerman, _ of _ Whitney Township; Reeve R,. J. Carter of Teck Township; and Mayor Emils Brunceitsc, of Timmins, Taken in the town hall the above pictures show the town clerks :of the .various municipalities repreâ€" sented and the heads of those same municipalities. Close to forty representatives of northern towns and townships gatâ€" hered in Timmins last night to atâ€" tend a meeting of the Association of Northern Mining Municipalities. They assembled first in the counâ€" cil Chambers and then adjourned to the Grand Holée]l for a banguet. eémen used 500 riome were reveailed thia the kitchen empty. ebo Nas a at the Consumers Coâ€" under construction at 64 2 Cailéd to the scene. et aof hose. Contents of srid to be insured for r or not there was inâ€" building itself had not d this morning. fire caused m. a short cireuit truck, owned by sed a small fir». fires on Tuessday. as at the end of Firemen found o the grass there. t to the fire hall _ to by the Fire Published at Tmmins, Ont.., Canada Kvery MONDAY and THURSDAY show the fine quality of the work, and â€" TLenglhy co the patience and energy oi tho woumen meeting whic working for the Red Cros. ; al Anthnerm. Work done by the women of the Red Cross during the past few months, will be displayed in the windows of the Sam Bucovetsky store on Saturday, Of course, only a small amount of the work accomplished will be displayed, as most of the articles have been shipped to headquarters, but the display wili It has been customary, if convenient, to take prisoners by automobile but the question was raised at the meeting of where the liability would come in the event of an accident. In order to avoid possible suits the decision was made. In future prisoners will be taken from Timmins to jail at Haileybury only by railroad. The police Commisâ€" ion, which met in the town hall on Tuesday night, so decreed, Rene Belanger was appointed a conâ€" stable at the usual beginner‘s salary of $125 a month. He will be on probaâ€" tion for six months. Work by Women of Red Cross to be Displayed Saturday Mayor Brunette, of Timmins, welâ€" comed the town‘s guests and said that he believed the. meetings would be productive of good results for all who were present. Other speakers were George Helmer, Councillor from Tisdale; Reeve Banâ€" nerman, of Whitney; G. A. Macdonald, editor The Porcupine Advance; Wilâ€" liam Wren, Timmins Press editor: Miss Terry, Councillor, Timmins:; Fire Chief Alex Borland, Timmins: Mr. Mcâ€" Balin, Clerk, Kirkland Lake; and Max Smith, Fire Chitf, Tisdale. Will Take Prisoners to Jail Only by Rail Commission Orders "I don‘t believe this country is proâ€" pared for this task", Reeve Carter said. "Onme way to prepare it is to get away from party politics. We have to get away from political parties and politiâ€" cal patronage. Labour is in the saddle at the present time. Labour has got to be in the saddle and is going to be in the future." habilitation of 300,000 odd men from the army but probably twice that numâ€" ber who will be released from industry when the war is over", said Reeve Carâ€" ter, of Teck Township. man who is fighting for the: Commonwealth of Nations should be assured of mainâ€" tenance until , such times as industzy. can tdke him back and support him Peace reconstruction andâ€" rehabiliâ€" '. tation of soldiers was the dominant . theme expressed by speakers at the banquet give by the Town of Timminsi for delegates to the meeting of the| Association: of Mining Municipalities, held here last night following a con-f» ference in the town hall. Today‘s fair and moderately warm weather will change to something more unpleasant tonight and tomorrow, preâ€" dicted Sydney Wheeler, _ Hollinger weather expert, today. He said that it would grow colder and that there might be chilly showers. Temperatures, maximum and miniâ€" mum, sincs Monday have been as folâ€" lows: Monday, maximum, 34 minimum., 20; Tuesday, 38 and 22; Wednesday, 44 and 24;. ‘At eight o‘clock this morning it was 26 degrees. Rehabilitation After Peace Theme Banquet Last Night President Announces Britain‘s Orders Will Mount to 26,000 Planes Expect Change to Colder Also Have Large Orders Filling for Artillery, Machine Guns, Rifles, Tanks and Equipment and Ammunition President Discloses. Will Require Large New Plant Facilities for Additional Orders. "orty Delegates from Norâ€" thern Mining Municipaliâ€" ties Feted by Town. “We have to face not cnly the reâ€" Show the Fineâ€"Quality the Work Done Here. ‘‘The War Services Committee asked for the necessary funds to provide cigarettes to all Timmins lads overseas and Legion members in the Veteran Home Guard. These are to be sent as a Christmas present from Branch 88. The money, close to $200, was granted. ’ The election for 1941 officers will not \be done by ballot through the mail as formerly. A ballot box will be placed in the Legion hall from 10 a.m. to 8 |\ p.m. on the date of the annual general | meeting. Several matters were left over until |m9 next meeting. " Two new plots have been secured at the cemetery by the Burial Committee. The No. 1 plot now completed and seedâ€" |ed down will add a very tidy and neat | appearance in the coming year. It was | decided to use the No. 2 plot for future burial and then on to the new locaâ€" tion Oof the newlyâ€"acquired soldiers‘ plots. «Mention was made of Remembrance ‘Day, and Major Cornthwaite, has been added to the committee to plan the service. Comrade R. Hardy, will have complete charge of the parade. The members decid»ed to have a mixâ€" ed Remembranc»e Day bhanquet, Nov. 11. Legion members, and wives or sweetâ€" hearts and Ladies‘ Auxiliary members and husbands are to be present. Tengillhniy correspondence filled out the Autumn bad weather brought a night of comparative quiet to London. Only itwice did : the sirens signal the preâ€" sence of Nazi raiders over the city and then, because no, bomBs and gunfire [ weére heard, ‘they went unhéeded. _ ;; When the additional orders contemâ€" plated by Britian are approved, he sakd, ithey would bring Britain‘s orders for military planes from the United States \to more than twentyâ€"six thousand. |\ _ They will require sitill more new plant ’facxlmes Mr. Roosevelt said, so that the present programme of building planes for mililary purposes both for the ,Umted States and for Great Britain |will not be interruped. "Also large ‘additional orders are being negotiated for artillery, machine guns, rifles and tanks!, with equipment and ammunition The plant capacity necessary to proâ€" ’duco all this military equipment is and will be available to serve the needs of the United States in any emergency‘", Roosevelt said. Much business was transacted at the monthly general meeting of Timmins Branch of the Canadian Legion on Monday, evening in the Legion hall. Walter Greaves, president occupied the chair and after the opening ceremonâ€" ies the meeting got under way, Minâ€" utes were read and adopted. S. G. Fowler auditor, read the third quarterly financial report. This showâ€" ed the branch in healthy condition deâ€" spite many calls. Some applications were received and passed. All committees reported. Although London has been strafed less in the immediate past other parts of the United Kingdom are said to be getting a heavier pounding. Christmas Fags for Timmins Men At Home and Overseas Last hight‘s early birds were greeted with a heavy barrage and they dropâ€" ped their bombs and made off. The all clear signal was not given until just before four o‘clock this morning alâ€" though everything had been silent since midnight. In a campaign speech over a nationâ€" wide broadcast from a democratic rally in Boston Gardens he said there is "a steady stream of aeroplanes" alâ€" ready flowing from the United States to Britain. This, he declared, was partâ€" ly responsible for the fact that the Royal Air Force is sitronger and greater numerically now than it was at the start of "three months of blitz kreig in the air‘". London Has Night of Comparative Peace and Quiet President Theodore Roosevelt li%â€" closed last night that he had asked the National Defence Priorities Board to give "most sympathetic consideration" to a British request for permission to buy 12,000 additional planes in the Uniâ€" ted States. single Copyâ€"Five Cents °it t lt P P P PPA «ts P PP :C Py