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THURSEDAY, APERIL 17TH. 1241 Puncral seivices for Aimo Hamari,] ./‘ x * farmer from Night Hawk Lake, Gerâ€" ;FrOm LO“dO“, Eng. man Township, who died after a short ! l ts se iiness at SE Mury‘s Hospital, TimminS,| gere are a group of interesting and April lith. were donducted from Walkâ€" ’amusing "Blitzâ€"Briefs" from London, er‘s Funeral Home to Timmins cemeâ€" England :â€" tery, Monday, April 14th, at six 0“"""‘ Not even cinders can be shovelled in the afternoon. The Rev. A. T. HCIDâ€"~ |into the ashcan in Britain these days. onen officiated. !The Mines Department openeg a "Save The late Mr. HMHamari was widely|the Cinders:; Spare the Coal" campaign known in the mining communiti=«s of \ by advising householders and firms to Northern Ontario. He was born at| use the cinders with fresh coal to Kalajoki, Vaasa province, Finland, 52!1ight fires. years ago. To mourn his loss he leaves his wife and two daughters and three| The King decorated three Norwegian sons, all in Pinland. He also has a|seamen with the Distinguished Service brother M. Hamari, living at 273 Barn Order during a visit to Rosyth dockâ€" 8St., Ishpeming, Michigan, US.A. As iyards. far as is known he has no relatives in | Canada. _ _ Princess Elizabeth and Princess Marâ€" Funeral Services for the Late Aimo Hamari "Is this the fielid where the battle was fought in the tenth century?" "No. It‘s at the top of the hill!" "I wonder why they didn‘t fight it in this field?" "Expect because its Farmer Gray‘s field. He won‘t even lend it for the village sports."~â€"Judge. For Information as to rates, train services, limits, etc., Apply to Agents T. "dA N.:Q. md N. C. . \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\' PEMBROKE, RENFREW, /\RNI'RIURE“.\’nllfl'f‘l'-()llt(‘l‘ oUEBEC CITY l tached to a s And RKReturn hsn‘ ha °mMIich? GoING Thursday, Apl. 24, ‘41 ? Phone 104 21 Pine St. North Timmins $ 44 CANADIAN PACIFIC BARGAIN FARES Canadian Pacific Do not take the risk of putting your car or truck in use without insurance protection. â€" Best rates available and prompt claims service. NATIONAL HOUSING ACT LOAN®S Automobile Truck Owners ULLIVAN NEWTON IOCAL GRCUC OoTTAW A MONTRE A L € A N A D | A N â€" B V 11L T B YÂ¥ E N E R A L Corner Spruce and Fourth â€" Timmins _ Phone 800 Timmins Garage Co. Ltd. i short . nmins, | Walk â€" I cemeâ€" otumkl Heinâ€" : One woman | didn‘t need a tic |from a laundry blown into hetr Haundry was stru The Duke of Kent knits for the army. | After being shown a blanket at Plyâ€" imouth he remarkeq he had knit a "bigâ€" Iger one." Lady Astor jokingly accused ‘him of being a "passionate knitter." [ And the Duke retorted: "I am not a | good knitter but a quick one." The King decorated three Norwegian seamen with the Distinguished Service Order during a visit to Rosyth dockâ€" yvards. Princess Elizabeth and Princess Marâ€" garet have joined Britain‘s ‘"Dig for Victory" campaign. They have orderâ€" ed their lower garden at Buckingham to be converted to a vegzetable plot. The Postoffice receoived this order from a little girl: ‘"Please pay interâ€" est on my account toward the cost of a bizg bomberâ€"one for Berlin." Here are a group of interesting and amusinz "Blitzâ€"Briefs" from London, Engzland : â€"â€" Interesting and _ Amusing Blitzâ€"Briefs From London, Eng. "snufferâ€"outer‘". A long handle is atâ€" tached to a sandâ€"filled iron box which can be pushed over a fireâ€"bomb. _ A lever which withdraws a sliding metai sheet releases the sand. A picture of Mussolint brought 8 cents at a London auction. A studio bought it for propaganda purposes. Mayor J. R. Cairns of P invented a ‘"carpe; sweepet in in a Northwest town i ticket to get her washing The washing was her backyard when the struck by a bomb. rirns of Plymouth has incendiary A London postman doesn‘t put much stock in the adage about bombs and bullets carrying fatal numbers. He picked up the remains of an incendilary outside his howe. The number 285â€"â€" the same as his homesâ€"was stamped on it. The only damage was a burned fence. A wouldâ€"be inventor thinks RA.P. night fighters should carry cats as "plane spotters." He explained to the Ministry of Aircra{i; Production that, since a cat can see in the dark, all a pilot had to do was to aim wherever it looked. Curiosity saved Sir Robert Witt and two friends from death. They went up to a roof to watch a raid. A minuts later a bomb destroyed the room where they had just dined. Perchâ€"onâ€"toast and fried carp may become part of Britain‘s wartime breakfast menu. Canning firms are turning out samples of tinned perch and carp, and if the people like the flavour they will be produced in largâ€" er quantities. The National Service Pennant, covetâ€" ed awarg of the Boy Scouts‘ Associaâ€" tion, has been presented the First Balderton, Notts, Scout Troop. Since start of the war the twentyâ€"eight memâ€" bers have maintained charge of the firstâ€"aid posts, collected fifty tons of waste paper, and cultivated an acre of land. (From North Bay Nugget) It may seem a strange thing to connect murder with the establishâ€" ment of air defence bases in the Far North, yet murder has provided one of the strongest arguments yet adâ€" vanced for the construction of miliâ€" tary airdromes in the territory around Hudson Bay in Northtern Ontario. More than a month ago, in Februâ€" ary to be exact, murder occurred in the Belcher Islands in Hudson Bay, many miles north of the frontiers of civilization in Ontario. Only a few days ago did the first intimation of the affair reach officialdom in Ottawa, and then only the meagrest details were supplied. Should the Nazis sail into Hudson Bayâ€"and this is not at all beyond the realm of possibilityâ€"Canada‘s armed forces might not be aware of their presence for days. During that time they might establish a gasoline base, Let us suppose, for instance, a Nazl warship had sailed into Hudson Bay. Or a Nazi aircraft carrier, or Uâ€"boat. Who would know of its presence? sSurely the fact that such things can happen without the knowledge of a single person in the thicklyâ€"popuâ€" lated areas of the country is grounds for argument in favor of air bases being built to protect Canada‘s open door in the North. Urges Establishment of Air Defences in the North THFE PORCUPINE ADVANCE oNTARIO Cochrane. to spend the Easter recess, it is expected that the member will soon have some definite word from the government on any action to be taken towards the defence of the Huoson and James Bays area from possible Nazi invasion. Practically _ every council, legion branch and board of trade thro ishout the North Cochrane riding has forwardâ€" ed resolutions to the department askâ€" Iroquois Falls Town Council Anxious for Defence of North Expect â€" Announcement in Matter from Local Memâ€" ber. ing for immediate action on the dgâ€" fence of the far Northern part of Onâ€" tario. The fact that German bombers were allogedly over Greenland on March 27 or 28 and the fact that President Rooâ€" sevelt has taken the necessary acticn to establish bases at the titp of Greenâ€" land before an agreement is even signâ€" ed. is looked upon as indicating the stand taken by Magistrate E. R. Tuckâ€" SMOI st speal Stfe4q stonboil Jo umo; 4q passed al.L ‘A1,. oys sounouu® 0J agtuyap aatl IIWMW oY jeW} jIaJ ST 31 ‘atuayds JOABJ 0J suwaaSs olU} se qnt ayy UO O â€"gnd fue apeu jou se ‘AJN ‘sutseyxysndey pue uopmounp snb â€"~â€"0.; 14B JIB JO 9l[} pus sun? qJeJo1teâ€"1jU2 yJjIM 10 39M sojpem lOajut ayy prend op uo1;oe agetpawuut aye} Pnoys qU3W â€"i;:a08 UOIUIWO(I al[} UaYM dU0J S2U aun, ay} 184J} [ooJ AUE ‘Ssoseq Je WiaoyjION J0 aly} pasim se OUM ‘J183 Iroquois Falls, April 16 the arrival of J. â€" A. Bradette, M.P., in "Whereas the Cochrane district of Northern Ontario lies in the direct air overland route to Europe. "And whereas any aerial invasion of Canada from Europs would in all probability follow this route. "And whereas our defences against such an invasion are to all intents and purposes nil. "Wherefore be it resolved that the Municipality of Iroquois Falls as a whole associates itself with any movse to focus the government‘s attention on this weakness in air defences and to press most unrelentingly for iumnmediâ€" ate action to organize a defence area centred around the present Transâ€" Canada Airways landing fields at POrâ€" quis Junction and Kapuskasing. "This municipality heartily supports the action of Magistrate Tucker of Cochrane in his continuous efforts to bring this matter to the earnest atâ€" tention of the proper authorities and hereby asks the Department of Naâ€" tional Defence to give its unstinted support of Magistrate Tucker‘s efforts." store explosives and make parations for a thrust into of Canada. Managerâ€""Very much, if you can get the undertaker to arrange it."â€" Exchange. Head Clerkâ€""I am very sorry to hear of your partner‘s death. Would you like me to take his place?" The North must be opened up, and brought within instant touch with the nerveâ€"centres of Canada. The quickâ€" est way is to build the air bases which have been recommended repeatedly in recent weeks. If murder can hide in the North so effectively, invasion can do the same. SAVES soLution* of Gillett‘s Pure Flake Lye will take the drudgery out of dozens of tasks. It clears clogged drains . . . lifts grease and hardâ€"vaked food off pots and pans . . . It saves rubâ€" bing and scrubbing because it cuts through dirt in a jiffy. Keep a tin handy. ELW L YOU HOURS OF Heavy Work *Never dissolve Ive in hot water. The action of the Iye itself heats the water Booklet tells how this powerful cleanser clears clogged drains . . . keeps outâ€" bouses cleen and ndorless by destroying the contents of th«e closet . . . how it performs dozens of tasks, Send for free on to Standard Brands L+td., Fraser Ave. and Liberty Street, Toronto, Ont. FREE BOOKLET The Gillett‘s Lye TAKING HIS PLACE all preâ€" the vitals A shambling old man came out of this at the sounding of Bond‘s hor. peered at him. while Bond murmured # number, followed â€" as he had been instructedâ€"by yesterday‘s date. Satâ€" isfied, the shambling old man opened ‘up with clanking keys, and the car [swept through. Along a considerable t wooded vista, out then on to a road across meadowlang and one end of the lake, up a gradient and round to the entrance to the Abbey, a pompous and ! gloomy portal. PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS MICHAEL BOND â€" Former R. A. F. Officer who resigned his commission Gossip connects him with some missing plans DMLMA VIVIAN â€"â€" Wealthy young woman who become tenant of Bond‘s family estate, Sunningholme Bond has also met her previously in peculiar cirâ€" cumstances on the Continent. ANNA GREGORESCU .. Daughter of Toni Gregorescu, a Rumanian, and aocquaintance of Bond‘s. GENERAL TANKERTON â€" Staff Officer with whom Bond formerly closely associated. MAJOR LTHEBRIDGE â€" Former subordinatée to Bond. Now he is susâ€" picious of Bond‘s sudden resignation. TONY FPAREHAMâ€"Bond‘s particular friend while in the Air Force. He reâ€" mains loyal to Bond. BOND KEEPS AN APPOINTMENT "It‘s something to do with that main they found on the terrace!" she said to him under her breath. "And â€" van Kronenâ€"â€"* "Tell men," he asked her, "what dc you know of van Kronen?" "Only that he‘s a fiend incarnate; a brute. I knew, too , that Chico Gregorescu was afraid of him! So was I, though I never had anything much to do with him, beyond meeting him once or twice. He wanted me for some sort of spying work." "You> refused, of course." "Naturally, but why waste time on me? About Anna. If this is anything to do with himâ€"â€"" "I‘m prétty sure that it is. Butâ€" you mustn‘t worry.. You must behave exactly the same about Anna as you‘ve done about those missing . papetrs, trust me, Delma. There‘s a great deal, behind all this mysterious business that makes the mystery necessary. If, by some means it is Van Kronen‘s doing, I‘ll find her and get her out. I‘ve an appointment with him at ten o‘clock tonight at Lord‘s Abbeyâ€"â€"" But all this the high and massive outer wall hid with its frowninz and gloomy air of isolation, as if a prison lay inside.. The first gate, which Bond passed, was of thick iron, cast in an intricately woven pattern, so that one could secarcely see through, and towerâ€" ed threateningly as if defying entry by the outside world. A second gate, near to a broad motor road, was not so big. and here was a small lodge with lighted windows. Here again there was much clankingz of keys, suspicion and the passing of that same sign which allowed an aiâ€" most grudging entry. . Bond, leaving his car outside under the portal, passed into a sparselyâ€"lit hall, which looked more like the nave of a cathedral with "With those papers in your insideâ€" pocket?" "With those papers." "I can‘t understand in the leastâ€"â€"" "You will toâ€"morrow, Delmaâ€"if all goes well." "If?" she asked, with emphasis, eyeâ€" ing him anxiously. "Is it as dangerâ€" ous as all that?" "Isn‘t anything dangerous . when you‘re dealing with a man like Van Kronen?" He laughed softly. Y ou hagq proof of that in the Place Maroc Who‘" do. you.. killed â€" Chlico Gregorescu? And who killed Anna‘s father at the Washington? _ But there are limits even to Van Kronen and all his breed. I ‘think â€" if everything works out as plannedâ€"Van Kronen will touch those limits toâ€"night." "Butâ€"what is planned? You‘re not going to that Abbey alone 2" Bond passed through the library angd out on to the terrace. From there he made his way round the house to the garages. Long before Bond and the car reachâ€" ed any gate, or way of entry, high walls surmounted by iron spikes ang glass from broken bottles hid completely from sight the vast grounds in which the Abbey stood. These were in most parts densely wooded, though he knew that the interior contained large open spaces, a considerable and very deep lake, andâ€"close around the Abbey itâ€" selfâ€"beautiful fowered gardens which had once been famous as a showâ€"place of the county. "Absolutely. And immediately, too, for it‘s getting close on time, and â€" I wouldn‘t for the world, keep Van Kronen waiting. _ IT‘ll help myself to a car. While I‘m doing that, and getting away, you help me by keeping that inspector quiet. If he asks for me, you don‘t know where I‘ve gone, or what‘s happened to me. understand?" A few minutes after he was at the wheel of a car, had passed out of one of the three gates on to the winding ribâ€" bon of road which was beginning to show white in moonlight. 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For Adolf Gunther was only Swiss for passport and espionage purposes. The other two men certainly surprisâ€" ed Bond. Three years of his hidden life on the Continent had acquainted him with the big personalities behind foreign secret services. And hereâ€"in these two sitting with Guntherâ€"he saw two of the real chiefs, the powers beâ€" hind a remarkable organization. ‘A4tsoLind lo5ta UIÂ¥j190 t 4q YSnoy) ‘punojoid sem uy Jojp jdwaju0d suomssaidxa Jtay} wo;p £renbao Sem q1 pur ‘UI je2 poly]s pue fayy fem ayp ut qua.redde SEX 11 ‘Aj14UJDI SIY JO oOIEMAE [[aM 3JoM ‘ABS O} SssatpaaU ‘salU} @U} IIV "So? It is then our ingenious and so clever English friend?" one of them exâ€" claimed on note of satire, addingâ€"as all three of them leaned forward with obvious anxiety limned on their round pale faces: ‘"We all hope indeed that our English friend does not, after all, come to us emptyâ€"handed, butâ€"like the Greéeksâ€"he shall come, bringing gifts?" ‘"*There shall be a good price paid, you may be sure!" chorted the fat Gunther. "We don‘t mind what price we pay, so long as someone gelivers the goods! You shall have all the reward you so truly deserve, Mr. Bond, of that you may be certain! You have the imâ€" portant military papers with you, I hope?" when you suggested that : r2turn to your people, havin to your family estate, and : come friendly again with "From the accounts of watchers," he went on, "it seems have worked quite well. That is go« We have also heardâ€"from that go fellow Fritz, who is with van Kron â€"â€"that you have successfully captiun those important documents, which y promised should come into our han You have them with you, naturally At this moment, before Bond cof answer, sounds of uproar drifted "Haven‘t I â€"always delivered the goods?" Bond shrugged, and the more important official waveqg aside what Van Kronen evidently intended to say, as he postured angrily. "Certainly you have!" he said in an almicable tone. "You have given us 41 good service, and nones better _than ie ie ie in dn alie dn is ind n ind n a Sn a hn on ce io e 34 000 ied ty Toâ€"nightâ€"in leos than an houtr,. mny ty from an outer room, the doors were flung wide,. and the squintâ€"ecyed Fritz came in. He came in much against his own will, being battered in the face by a pair of hefty fists. Bohind the fists, to Bond‘s amazement, was Slosher Welsh! DROPPED IN THE WEB "They‘ve got Miss Anna in here, sir, and they‘ve been treating her rougn‘!" Welsh shouted. held down by overâ€" whelining numbers. . "It‘s up to you and meéeâ€"â€"â€"‘ Bond stepped forward, but discoverâ€" ed the discouraging menace of an auteâ€" matltic muzzle in the pit of his stomach. Van Kronen said:â€" "Better keep still, up your hands, plea as I have already superiors that you â€" the friend you have be, Mr. Bond. Just of yours comes he: shall be kept!" "Kept?" echoeqg Bond calmly, not in the least perturbed on the surface. The man, whom he knew for the chief of the spy ring, laughed. "You don‘t think we let you walk into this trap so as to let you g0 again?" he observed. "No, we are too ‘"You don‘t think we let you walk into this trap so as to let you g0 again?" he observed. "No, we are too well aware of that danger, my friend. This country may not be too healthy for us tomorrow. Neither would it be healthy for us to leave you here beâ€" hind. You might talk too much." "Here are the papers!" intervened the voice of Van Kronen, who meantimeâ€" Bond‘s arms being powerless above In‘s head under gun threatâ€"had been runâ€" ning agile fingers over the latter‘s perâ€" son. Welsh gasp as those at the table exâ€" amined and opened the brown leather wallet with its gilt official monogram, bringing out a little sheaf of typed documents. "This is indeed a gift from> the enemy!" chorted the spy chief, after he had quickly perused some of the typescript, which he and the others were greedily secanning. He turned to one of the men holding Welsh. "Wse shall at once get headquarters on the secret radio from here!" he ordered. "Give them the code siznal and order them to stand by, while I shall prepare a message, letting them know of these so secret plans! It is well we know of these arrangements! After all, Mr. Bond, you do us a good service, which I didn‘t quite expect! Van Kronen he seems to have been too much inâ€" clined to doubt the quality of your serâ€" vice to us, hinted that perhaps you were secretly a traitor to usâ€"â€"â€"" "Well, TI‘ll be blowed!" Bond heard Welsh repeating in blank amazement, but did not look his way. "What I promised to do, I have done!" he said to the other. "And that makes it the more strange that I should find myself treated like this! My man here hasn‘t come by any perâ€" mission of mineâ€"â€"*" the lTion Ing â€" wi the momen nmmouUt selves g prt that I Well, T‘ll be blowed!" Bond heard â€" with his uncrushable Cockney mour. _ "You and me,. sir, giving ourâ€" ves away like thisâ€"â€"â€"*" \ backâ€"handed blow, delivered fier:>â€" across the mouth, silenced him for ‘ moment.. Bond found himself â€"by ‘ssure of that inexorable gunâ€"muzzle hepherded up against a wall, with his Ain‘t the §« for. : u dously t( t T mind on‘s den! witlt hi USs,: >»8Ir? toq â€" Bornd > still, and so kindly put s, please! It is, perhaps, ilready reported to my t you are not altogether 1 have been pretending to Just as well this servant )6 no blooming way out 4f sir?" Welsh appealrd Jond, and added: "Not ing in the same jam as Phone 583 Like youâ€"â€"he £2,00 have other Howâ€" snall