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Hflfj â€" SCAKresâ€" .of. fineâ€".younge .men. from. tne district who are serving thetr esnt P on is BB 320 sn mc es n uomcs Therrien said that he had sold his busiâ€" | ter prepared to dealwlth thepost war mees to another party and that the | problems that would arise. The letler other partv had an application before | was fyled. the council for a permit. In view of A letter was received from Al Wetâ€" the mb; that he had novmore use for | more telling the council that the price the lHcense and had spent $325 for the | of the land where the council wanted use of it for six months he felt that | to open Ninth Avente near the North 'me town should refund a part of it. Road was set at 30 cents a square foot. aflumm was unable to atâ€": Council decided that they would ate m meefingbutmathewoumthetmsoncmwmmmam end afuture meeung if the council | purchase. The ‘town of Timmins has collected $44,360 more in taxes this year in the first five months than they did in the same period last year, it was learned at the regular meeting of the council yesterday afternoon. ‘The amoynt of taxes collected as at June 5th, 1941, was $437,000 and on May 31st last year the amount collected was $398.540.. This shows am increase of $44,360 in the first five months of the year. Last year the pereentage of the collectable taxes that was collected in the first five months was 47.39% and this year the percentage was 40.560%. Mayor J. Emile Brunette was in the chair at yesterday‘s meeting and Councillors Terry, Roberts, McDerâ€" mott, Spooner, Bartleman and Eyre: were all present. The Polish National Aid Committee wrote to the council, thanking them for granting them a tag day. The tag day is being held today. A request for the refund of part of his taxi license was contained in a letter to the Timâ€" amins council from Fred Therrien, proâ€" T ax Collections are Higher for the First Five Months this Year than Last Year Collections Are $44,360 Higher This Year For the First Fwe Months Than They Were Last Year. Long Meetâ€" ing Held Yesterday Afternoon. All interested in the C. A. S. work in the past should note the presen"' added needs and keep up their former donat.lons if they: can not increéase them. Here is a chance for allto contribute to a cause that is fully patriotic in the best meaning of the word. The Districi Children‘s Aid acknowâ€" ledges with thanks the following conâ€" tributors to the 1941 donations. Furâ€" (Continued on Page Two) Cochrane district who are serving their country and the cause of humanity with credit to themselves, but who would have had little chance to be the good citizens they have turned out to be, had it not been for the help given them by the Children‘s Aid. At the present time the annual drive for funds to carry on the work of the District of Cochrane Children‘s\ Ad: Society is in progress. On uccount of so many other appeals, many of them patriotic, it is well to remember that Childrén‘s Aid work is truly patriotic. Overseas at the present time there are Ne For. over twenty years the worb"‘ot‘ the Children‘s Aid Society has been carried on in the District of Cochranel with success and valuable results for , the communities and the North. Litâ€"‘ erally thousands of children have been helped to better life through this work. There are thousands of firstâ€" class useful citizens today who woulid have had little chance to be yvaluable members of society had it not be‘n for the interest and the help of the Children‘s Aid. There are scores of healthy and useful citizens who would have faced ‘life il1l or crippled had it not been for the efforts of the Chn-l dren‘s There are literally thouâ€" sands who have had the advantage o1 good home training and environment, who, without the aid of" the CKS. would have suffered from poor hoye conditions. Hundreds ‘of youngters drifting into evil and criminal ways have been turned to better ways o1 life by the Children‘s Aid. The work of the Children‘s Aid has been a most worthy and valuable one through the years and â€" in the days of peace its usefulness has been evident beyond question. In these days of war and with war conditions and effects the need for the Children‘s Aid work is greater than ever ‘before. *‘ The work needs more support and encourageâ€" ment than at any previous time. District Children‘s Aid Needs Further Donatums for the Work Carried on Large Numbers of Donations for the Year Received, but More Needed to Assure Maintenance and Extension of Valuable Work for Children. List of Contributors. copiles of a resolution outlining some changes that they would like to see made in the Assessment Act. ‘There were quite a number of them so the council decided to keep them and study them and act on them at the meeting of the Northern Municipalities that is ‘scheduled to be held at South Porcuâ€" pine on June 19th. Theâ€" committee in charge of the Bomb Victims‘ Fund wrote to the counâ€" cil asking them for permission to close Cedar Street between First and Second Avenues for the week that Conklin‘s Shows will be in Timmins. <They also asked for permission to hold a parade. Both requests were granted. .A very nice letter was received fromâ€" the {ormer relief administrator, T. B. Ryan, thanking council for the ’nne way that they had handled his request for a leave of absence for the duration of the war. He also explainâ€" ed that he had been called up, sooner than he had expected and hoped that ‘the council would not mind. Captain Ryan said that if the council saw fit he would return after the war much bet> ter prepared to deal with the post war problems that would arise. The letler was fyled. A letter was received from Al Wetâ€" more telling the council that the price of the land where the council wanted toopenNinthAvumenenrtheNmth Road was set at 30 cents a square foot. Council decided that they would ae the town solicitor before making any Three Timmins People.on . Trlal ‘at Co%hrane El‘b-day Nellile Rich Phlllifl Téfitaiht and Marguerite Segouin hre. appearihg beâ€" fore Judge Danis in Cochrang today on charges of theft They were giw'n preliminary. hearing here couple of weeks ago and were committed for trial. The crown has finishedâ€" their case and this afternoon the defence was expected to start giving their story. The trial is expected to beâ€" a long one. hudid Pn on n oi » 0C NB LA ts o 'l'ow'fish‘ip ommm*:rerry Imfch of the Timmins detachment: of the Onâ€" tario Provincial Police left Timmins last Thursday, accompanied by Stanisy Hass to start dragging for the body. Still Dragging Lake for Body of William Hass Ontario Provincial‘ Police told The Advance this morning that draggiug operations are continuing for the body of William Hass, Timmins hotelman, at Tama or Trout Lake in Whitesides The temperatures for the week were: Monday, max. 64, min. 40; Tuesday, max. 66, min. 46; Wednesday, max. 74, min. 50; this morning at eight o‘clock, 60. The forecast for today is fair and quite warm, probably followed by showâ€" ers. The forecast for the weekâ€"end is fair and probably showery. There has been no rain so far this week but there may be some in the offing for the weakâ€"end. High for the week so far was yesterâ€" day afternoon when the sun was streaming down to send the mercury soaring up to 74 degrees. The low for the week was on Monday when it dropped to 40 degrees. More Warm Weather To Come Temperatures have been gradually going up this week since Monday and the day got off to a good start this morning when the temperature started off at 60 degrees at eight o‘clock this morning. ‘Timmins Kiwanis have recéived an invitation from ‘the South Porcupine Kiwanis to attend the celebrstion of the anniversary of the presentation of the Kiwanis cho,rter lt South Porcuâ€" pine on June 19th. ‘This will beâ€" anâ€" other of the interâ€"club meatmfi which have been so popular with the pmnk in this district recently. â€" m probable. inter-clup meetâ€" :u for the Timmins Kiwanis is to visit their sponsor club at at anearlyâ€"date. lightly than their importance warrantâ€" ed. The object of the organization is to remove this lack of active interest. It. is felt that the North needs much more adequate defence than it is reâ€" ceivmz It is hoped by the new organâ€" ization to stimulate public interest in support of auxiliary defences t:hrough- out the North. â€" Timmins â€"Kiwanis to Visit South Porcupine Kiwanis â€" Word from Cochrane is to the efâ€" fect that a committee, with Magistrate ~B. R. Tucker as chairman, has been formed and has planned a gathering of all civil guard units in the District of Cochrane at the annual firemen‘s tournament at Cochranne on July 1st. At this event, the plan is to have comâ€" petitions in platoon drill, first aid, and other classes. The committee was formed‘ at a meeting recently attended by Volunteer Civil Guards from Hearst, Kapuskasing, Smooth Rock Falls and presentation at the meeting and many questions: pertaining to civil. defence were thoughtfully considered. There was a general fee that these matâ€" ters were â€" being treated much more Civil Guards toâ€" _ Drill at Firemen‘s _ Tourney on July 1st Hope to Stimulate Public Interest in Auxiliary Deâ€" fences of North. _ Although the street was not like a smooth dance floor, the dancers seemâ€" ed to forget ths fact in their enjoyâ€" ment of the event. "Jitterbugs" inâ€" termingled with the more calm variety of dancers,â€"and mothers and fathers fondly danced circles around their children. It was an evening for thy whole family, and was carried on enâ€" thusiastically to a comparatively lata hour. _ Vocalists with the orchestra were Evelyn Clarke,. George Essery,â€" and Joe Mitchell who. responded to numerous requests Mr. Chas. Yates, wellâ€"known. local barrister, addrflssed the people on the benefits of the Victory Loan, menâ€" tioning especially the fact that people were not being ordered buy the bonds, but that to assure their own way : of | life Lthey were asked to lend for victory. © Victory â€"Bonds.: Many of them did not dance, ibut they enjoyed listening to the music of Henry Kelneck and his orchestra, and watching the special novelty numbers which the group preâ€" sented. of the big featurés was the rousing community singing at inâ€" tervals during the evening. / Hundreds Enjoy the Big Street Dance Last Night Hundreds of Timmins people flocke,cf to Pine. street north on Wednesday night north on Wednesday night, when the Victory Loan Committee sponsored (J(;xnrll‘nlijljnit)): Sjngipg; Featured at Event That Crowds Pss ow P _2 4e3 hm 7i ) 14 T12 4 _0 T _ 9,, 0 170072770 °MA ALAYUCUILL _ _ â€"UIOUOWUS Whole Block on Pine Street North. â€" Loud Speakers Add to Effectiveness. Henry Kelneck and â€"Orchestra and Special Vocalists Add to Interest. _ . TIMMINS, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JUNT In the whole district there have been 1,863 individual subscribers, bringing a totatâ€" of $750,750, out of an objeotivc of $1,800,000. Matheson $9, 600 out of an object.ive of $15,000. Timmins, 3244,900 being 30 per cent of objective of© $810,000:; ‘ Schumacher, $51,550 out of an _obâ€" jective of $150,000. South Porcupine, $71,700, with: obâ€" jective $150,000:; A number of the centres in Timmins have reached their in the Victory Loan campaign. These inâ€" clude Smooth Rock Falls (206 per cent); TIroquois Kapuskasing, Cochrane. Other amounts as at the close of business yesterday are:â€" Timmins Has $244,900 for Victory Loan Out of $810 = 000. Several Centres in District â€" Reach Ob]ectlve Thereywill be a ‘large : turnout / the Ladies‘. Auxillary for=this oc~ casion, and in there will be short. address on â€" the : Victory Loan at â€"the ceremony,â€" along â€" with other features. The. flag-raising cereâ€" mony will be heldâ€" at 10. 30 .m. for this occasion. The daily ceremony of raising the flag in connection with Victory Loanâ€"campaign *prquflseswto ‘be ‘a ~col=â€" ourful ceremony on ~Saturday as the Ladies‘ Auxiliary, of the Legion will have the homgur and‘ will be all out. in their /neat ‘ and uniforms, White dresses, ‘royal blue and gold sashes â€"and berets‘ distinguish . the Ladies’ Auxillary costumes e t# e# en > Ladies‘ Auxiliary to Raise "Victory" Flag on Saturday Colourful‘ Ceremony for Victory. Loan Feature This Weekâ€"end. Hearst, $8,200 ‘out of $10,000 ‘objecâ€" CELEBRATE 45TH, ANNIVERSARY It is a fact that all the money colâ€" lected for the Polish aid goes to help the. â€" Polish â€"peopleâ€"soldiéers,. sailors, sirmen and refugees. None of it 4s allowed to go ;mywhere else. To this end, it.may be noted .that all:the money colilected by the Polish National Aid is sent. â€"overseas. through . the â€"good: ofâ€" fices of the Canadian Red Cross. s o i o e o e o Ein Today (Thursday) is tag day in Timâ€" mins for the National Polish Aid furd. The money raised for this fund will go to help Polish airmen, sailors and solâ€" diers,â€"and also for the relief of refugees from Ever since the Nazis sucâ€" ceeded in‘ overrunning Poland, <the Polish sailors, soldiers and airmen have been fighting on practically all war fronts with theâ€" British. â€" Polish solâ€" diers have proven themselves as brave, resourceful and loyal to the allied cause.. The Polish sailors have won a rather remarkable fame for their noteâ€" worthy work. <The Polish sailors have made a great namse â€"for themselves throughtheir gallant and skilled. efâ€" The airmen from Poland â€"have demonstrated beyond any question that they are very valuable allies. There are large numbers of Polish refugees and their plight should touch all hearts. The purpose <of the Polish National Aid:â€"is to help all theseâ€"soldiers, saM»> ors, airmen, refugeesâ€"and it is both hoped and expected that the people of Timmins will give their usual generous response to the appeal for funds to help the Polish people. This is war work «that no one should hesitate to help along. > Toâ€"day is Tag Day â€" for National Polish: Aid Fund in Timmins W. S. Blake to be Guest > Speaker at Kiwanis Monday W. _S. Blake, of South Porcupme Kiwanis, principal of the Tisdale High The opening business sessions. of the Kiwanis International convention will take place. at Atlanta,. Georgiza, on Monday. The speaker at the Timmins luncheon on Monday will be Kiwanian Wednesday big event was the tea and. bake conâ€" ducted by the Ladies‘ Auxiliary of the Canadian Legion, with proceeds for the Comfort Fund for. soldiers overseas, :As shown in the photoâ€" graph, the Legion hall was wellâ€"~ filled all afternoon, while ‘ in the group above are: from left to right: Mrs. Robt. Hardy, présideil-; gi -t'l;t; Auxiliary; and Mrs. Crews, .repreâ€" senting the Rebekah Lodge. € Mrs. E. George, who read tea cups ; Mps. Jas.. Keene, representing the 1.0.D.E,.; Mrs. Carl Briggs, repreâ€" senting the . Women‘s Institute ; To ar ol on e e ds w ue tA'll uzht.s uhould be. turned out in .homesandbusinmplncesas siren sounds. There should be no smoking. Cars should stop and: put out lights. During the blackout a barrage of arâ€" . Blackout Friday night, 946 to 10 p.m. Particulars and instructions have been> distributed by dodgers. All are asked to eoâ€"operate in the blackout. Victory Loan Blackout . Friday Night. Big Rally Sunday Evening at Arena The chief items in the Victory Loan programme for the next week include: Flag ralsing every day, with the Boy Ecouts on each occasion helplng in the ceremony. ‘Trips were taken through the Holâ€" linger Gold Mines and the Buffaloâ€" Ankerite Gold Mines where they saw a gold brick being poured.: The party left todgy for Iroquois Falls and disâ€" triet and. Kirkland Lake. A group of Ontario newspapermen, headed by H. L. Garner, of the Peterâ€" borough Examiner, president of the Ontario Provincial Dailies Association, arrived in Timmins yesterday morning for a two day convention. They were welcomed at the Timmins station by Mayor Brunette and were feted at two dinnersâ€" yesterday. The first lunchâ€" eon was at the Porcupine Airport Hotel yesterday noon, after which the newsâ€" men took trips over the town by air. A second dinner was held at the Mcâ€" Intyre Arena last evening.. The speakâ€" er at last night‘s dinner meeting was F. E. D. MoDowell. ‘publicity represenâ€" tative of the Canadian National Railâ€" Other Items in Victory Loan Programme for the Coming Week Include Foreign Language Broadcast. . Airplane to Drop Pamphlets. Flag Ransmg Eyery Day, With Boy _ Scouts Present. _ y Ontario Provincial Daily Newsmen Visit the North The late Mr. Clouthier had few reâ€" la,tions in Timmins although he has béen in Timimins for séveral yéars. Oné brother, Joe ‘Clouthier, resides at 21% Way avenue and a sister, Mrs. Ernie Labrecque, lives at 2090 Avenue Road. Funeral arrangements have not yet been made. %. Cause of the â€"death was not known early this afternoon but a post morâ€" tem will be held to discover the cause of the death. The other man brought the body in as far as Cook‘s Lake and then phoned the provincial police. The coroner went out to Cook‘s Lake and viewed ‘the body this morning and then had Chenâ€" ier‘s Ambulance go out to brlng the. remains into town. The late Mr. Clouthier had been working in the camps for some months and early yesterday afternoon he startâ€" ed to*come into town with a fellow worker. ‘The two men were bringing a tent and some other equipment into Timmins and had stopped to have a rest about 4 o‘clock yesterday. Whils they stopped Clouthier is said to have taken a drink of water and immediâ€" ately afterwards he is said to have dropped dead. Pierre Clouthier a Bush Worker in Feldman‘s Camps in Keefer, Townâ€" ship Dies. Pierre Clouthier, a worker at Feldâ€" man‘s Camps in Keefer Township, dropped dead this morning on the way into town. The Ontario Provincial police were notified and immediately dispatched the district coroner, Dr. H. L. Minthorn to the scene. The b®dy was brought into Timmins about noon Bushman Dies on One in the North is said to have Already Reached their Objective in Syria T‘wo Columns in South Said to be Closing In On Damascus and Beirut. French Naval Units Fire on British Pokiâ€" tions Near Beirut and are Chased Away by British Warships.â€" ~ ay Home an air raid, will be put off" A "makeâ€" believe" fire will be started on the old ball zrounds and t.he flremen will. ‘reâ€" ;pond ‘to a call to put, it <out. SBunday, June 15th, 830 p.m., monâ€" "ster rally at McIntyre arena. Maswd choirs and community singing. Timâ€" mins United Church choirs, 40 vo:l Porcumne Male Choir, 35 volces nbh Oholr‘ address by Mr. R. E. Dye. nity Singing; old war numbers; Monday evening, foreign: 1: broam nrohably at 7.30 pm, A telegram received by The Advance last night from the Dominion Publicity Committee of the Victory Loan, Ottaâ€" war, says that up to yesterday there were 336,253 individual subscribers to the Victory Loanâ€"more than the comâ€" bined total of the two previous war loans, * This emphasizes the appeal whlch the Victory Loan is making ‘to the small investor. The total invested by the 336,253, subscribers amounts to $340,397,400. â€" ~Most encouraging ‘to headquarters were the returns from rural units, many of which have alâ€" ready exceeded their objective and are striving to further increase their cath subscriptions, as well as their numerlcal totals. ON FURLOUGH Pte. R. C. Montgomery and Pte. N. R. Gutcher of the Algonquin Regt. stationed at Camp Shilo near Winniâ€" t en in cb m P UE BE peg, a.rrived ln 'l‘immlns last nlght ‘to spend their two weeks furlough More Subscribers Than for â€" Two Previous Loans Comâ€" ~bined. 336,253 Individual â€" Subscrlptlons to the Victory Loan â€"â€" _ many and Russia. British long range bombers flew o#er Germany last night under a full moon to bomb the vital Ruhrâ€"Rhine indusâ€" trial area for hours and when they left there were great fires burning. Eight of the raiding planes failed to return. A strong force of British bombers attacked a 10,000 ton German cruiser, ibelieved to be the Prinz Eugen, in a heavy raid on the harbour at Brest. A large amount of heavy bombs were dropped on the harbour facilities .at Brest last night and it was believed that"the German cruiser was hit. Another report says that a French cruiser and a French destroyer bomâ€" barded British positions off the coast of Lebanon yesterday and the British artillery replied to the French warâ€" ships in a duel that lasted for several hours. British warships then appearâ€" ed on the scene and the French warâ€"« ships fled behind a smoke screen. British planes bombed Beirut harâ€" bour several times last night and today a report from London says. The bombing of Beirut started at 3 a.m., Lebanon time, in the face of heavy antiâ€"aircraft fire. Severe damage is said to have been caused to the har- bour facilities. The northern force is giving the Germanâ€"held airport at Aleppo a terâ€" rific pounding while the southern forces are said to be closing in on Damascus, capital of Syria. The fall of Damascus is expected at any time. Three strong allied forces are closâ€"= ing in at different parts of Syria. in an effort to bring about an early col= lapse of ‘all resistance. One strong British motorized force is cutting into northeastern Syria from Iraq, while two more strong forces are closing in from the south. One of the southern forces is the Free Frenchmen under the leadership of General Charles deâ€" Gaulle and the other is a strong Bn'lt- ish: infantry unit. Tension is. reported | betiwvien Gerâ€" Single: Copyâ€"Five Cents The Pioneer Paper | of the Porcupine. * Established 1912 _