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-.. __ Q Was fined fifth blood. . " ' ’flelson testified knowing de-y edited For time years. His duties on j: farm m driving the truck,- etc. 33; he said that Palmer ' a wad lad a- satiSfaotory worker ,» i _ T‘ggot into no trouble that he knew of. j M m the office adjacent to *‘Riebollerroom where his body was§ Joana. ‘ ' -Oh «the day preVlous to the tragedy Palmer had been in 'I‘lmmfh‘s; ploughing 9;; Ylotery Gardens, and left at 15 _‘ '3 on the tractor and came through " th Porcupine. They went into the Qantral Hotel and had tome beer and came hamt... ~“ - (Nearing the farm they picked up «No 19W W Misses Ruby Beauohamp . ri- WWW Kennedy. of the Gri- Z... "w Investigation. Dept... of Toronto "1? was also present. ' Wing to an important witness-Mrs. muse-being ill in hospital the en- quiry was adjourned until Wednesday. :Ebb. 2nd, at4p.m whenmmier en- . .quiry will be made. ' - The jury, under John Max-neon, tore- _ consisted of Oscar. Hendemon. - JanbSaxe 8.8m1drick and D. Zon- : kin, who were cautioned before being fdienlissedonthedangerot talkingo'n ;; " the matter between themselves before 1;: the date of the next enquiry. ' Dr. Paul gave evidence of the nature and extent at the wounds inflicted on Banner, when he presided at a post- , j mm mummy ten hours after death {Photographs were produced. €39?! examined by the jury. Dr. Paul ~;â€"-'T?",..ff-oi the which that only .two blows ; were inflicted, with a rounded heavy ‘gperson. as mam shattered. the jaw. bone atndpeused the faceotobebadliy ,jdistortéd and the other matured the ' SWI‘ the bones pierce»; the brain. It milipein thehands efanorclirrary *~ r~,_>. .uw; . -Tww' ~11 v?"w ‘ y‘ WV-" m vvâ€"w“ wâ€"w wwwâ€" 0! them I] the boiler room door tindlncfimbody Moe were notified and the body was not tquahed until the police got MWWIN that. the drawer at memmme otflcehad-been rifled am: 8'38 ._., and W been um ‘ lie know Ptlmer had Ylotory Bonds mdusmfllamountdmmey " .m Empeny commuted Nel- 4 ”mace. adding that he had " in the night and that Mamnmce quiet fellow, two m ms evtdence brought out mez-oomaheamunwm «rhythm name. mmno Golden ”City ' _ its left. Pakner at around 1030 and saw him no more. , Next morning as (Palmer was :to have picked him up at 6 am. he ~ ._ "I LMoe anda‘sheMno answer at 8.30 went over to the office. He now no David but Om quslm, Hiram if: . Kennellywererdund. to look ground. and one and Ethel ~‘Bm'r; and drove them to ”PTâ€"“â€" person wouki be sufficient to cause the '7' w v'_'.â€"‘â€"rw', _â€"â€"v'â€" Palmer m Was found brutally done (:6 death at the Gold Ridge Stock m Porcupine on my 14th 1043’. Mr. 8. A. cum acted for the Crown‘a‘ndur. F. C. Evanswas cor-’ to Wednesda Feb. 2nd, When Two Important - '- ' will be Examined. Ad Journment Made on Ac- count of Biness of One Witness in Case. ‘ Sonth Porcupine. Jan. 19th. Special he had made an appointment to see to'IheAdw’mee. ‘ . ieront‘ridaynightashehadsome- ’An injuest m begun on Wednes- hing very huportnnt‘ to tell her. He day moon in the Township Hall ave no intimation of what this» .was, into mmamvm ndshe did not seehimagain. _ L ‘ r Opened ~ t ' ' "Olden City This We ek 1m , Mastpeoplchehcvethatthe'l‘mms Crosslocaflymmembersotmebmoh 'Brmohofthenedcrmeocletyhas bemoadsoareenuuedtoatteudthe 'doneammarnblyflnejobdm'ingme mung. andmurgedtodoso. A Mmmd‘indeoduomthew Iugeattendanoeatthemnnumeeto zirconium wmmm mwmmmmmemmm "“8 flmuvu "Um“ “(IV C .. __-ibutors to the Red Cross Urged to Attend the been ”my ”WW! I and Hear the Annual Reptrfts ”t the Several ’cg'm 2:35;? “8:313”?de 3118 it; I. -.. 0f the Brandt? OEiCOI‘S f0! Ensulng Year to lg“; to the mm; W In this 5 " _'.- connection he (meted several instances! ' ' ----- - . that were distinctly displacing to. ell] I IRA-L “--"A “‘1‘..- ‘8‘; ‘L‘ M‘-- A_“._ 1“-‘|-- _..- “An-LA..â€" A. ‘LA M-A‘. q 3 Tunmms Red Cross to ‘ fold Annual Meeting ,;is (Thursday) Evening Hakeem Kiwanis Club; Sgt. H. A. Heavener. Edmonton, Alta., and Set. R. R. Stewart, Paris, Ont. Both offi- cers are from the R.C.A.F. headquart- ers at North .Bay on a routine visit 'to Timmins, and were. introduced by Ki- Wanian Fritz Woodbury. ' The draw for the War Savings Cer- tificate was postponed for a week, mak- mg two to be drawn for next Monday. The annual Civic Luncheon or! the Kiwanis Club will take place on Mon-- (1857 next, Jan. 24th,~at 12.15 [5.1mm the Ernpire Hotel, Timmins. mx'ritations havebeensenttotheMayorandOoxm- oil. Town Clerk A. L. Shaw. Gina! at Police 1... H Cagnonand Fire Chief William Stanley, and a large attend- anoeor the-membersisexpected.» Those members of the Tlmmlns club who could not make the em to South Porcupine met. at the Empire Hotel at. noon under the chairmanship of Vice- Pmmdent Frank Bailey, over twenty be- ing present. There were three vieitors Klwenhm Percy :R. Craven, of ~ New t The dates . for the Red Cross Blood "Donor Cllnlc ( the fourth. to be held here) have been announced as Sundav land Monday, Jan. 23rd ad 24th. The i three previous Blood Donor Clinics have 1 ibeen specially successful and the com-I 'r his one should be up to the same stand- hard. The need ls even greater than. before. The "clinic gives opportunity to men and women to contribute 111 direct; way .to’jthe» war effort and to the gel-- iant ‘men:.9n. eehve. service The him I‘lmmlns Kiwanis Visit Kiwanis at South Porcupine The Timmlns Kiwanis Club regular meeting last. Monday. Was ,held at South Porcupine in the evening as an Irma-club visit to the South Poroupme Club on: the 29th anniversary of K1- wanis International. wounded. Anyone in good health and Enema; the ages of 18 and 60 years can join the list 'of blood donors by hand.- mg in their names to either J. M-. Douc- _las,173 Spruce street. north, or A. R. Harms, at the Marshall-Ecclestone Store. Those. Ablento Help Should Leave Their Names with Mr. Douglas or Mr; Hark- ness. Blood Donor Clmlc Here Ian. 23- 24 he had made an appointment to see wronFridazy nightashehadsome- hing very important to tell her. He ave no intimation of what this .was, ndshedidnotsee‘himagain. 2P.O. Stromberg searched for a wee- on in the surrounding district with no access with fifteen or twenty men. .‘ A door and wall panelling were ex- ibtts brought to the inquest by the nicer. Two hnportant witnesses will ‘e called on Wednesday, Feb; 2nd. -- drs. 'Ducasse and Stanley Markteowlcz. In view of the. fact that the, meeting was originally‘ planned for Thursday evening and so advertised at first and the short time to announpe the change . to Tuesday night as the only time Mr. Merson could the present, the attend- ance was good. . . Mrs. H. Shook, president of the La- ' dies' Progressive Conservative Associate tion of Timmins, referred to the part1 the women of zto-day were playing in the war efl‘ort and the industrial- life. of the country. They were engaged in- practicaliy every line of work, from. knitting to making munitions. They I were releasing men for active combat work. To those chivalrous people who- teared that the women of to-day were losing their womanly attribute, she re- pied that the country and the people would benefit. Mrs. Shook pointed out that because of their homes and their children they :had very special interest and concern in the gamut of the country, and. she urged an- when to 1 take an active pant in studying public' questions and in voting no that this might be a prosperous and a happy country and the opportunities and lib-l epty for which sons and husbands fought to-day might be preserved and g -0- Mr. Don McInnls presidtmt of the Progressive Conservatives tot Tlmmlns, occupied the chair, and gave hearty welcome to all attending, He urged all to study the serious problems realm the country and to join the party that oflered progress and good government without regime‘n‘tatlon oriloss-of Hbenty‘. atlves. The danger of re'gi-mentation Mr. Dinsmore 11316; me 111911 regard not and dictatorship such as has cursed labour men and had been for several Italy and Germany wes also tauched years an official iii thettrade union for up. The addresses made very decided the occupation he followed the ma. impression upon all present. The chief ternational Bricklayers’ Union. .- - *- speakers were Earl Dinsmore Progres- In opening hes address Earl Dinsmore’“ sive Conservative organizer for (North- pointed to the decided swmg that was ern Ontario, and Bert Merson outstand- taking place among the electors to the ins Labour leader. . [Ptogressive Conservative ‘Panty. The There were very able and earnest ad- dresses at: the meeting in the Oddfel- lows hall on Tuesday evening under the auspices of the Progressive Conservative Association of Tim'rnins. The speakers made it plain that the chOice of the vote in the coming DominiOn election was between the reaction and selfish partyism of the Mackenzie King party. the dangerous radicalism of the 0.0.1“. Choose Rational Reform Rather than Reaction and Radi- calism Says Bert Merson, Labour Leader. Dangers of RegimentatiOn and Dictatorship Pointed Out at Meet- ing Here. , , , . . . , Speakers Shaw that ng Government has notPlayed F cur u ith Labour 01. People party. and. the rational and... gstre- ve, = Lathe ward where .111; gm gm“ Ltlves. The dangér of regimenbation Mr. Dinsmore held the high regard or Here are seven workers or Boeing Aircraft of .Canada who illustrate the benefits of the uployee _' Suggestion Plan, applying not only to that big Van-f 'couver plant but as well to leading alrerafl plants from coast to coast. They Shared in a recent total Boeing award of $1,088 to workers who hare oontri- ' bated bright ideas to short-cut produotion. Left to right in this pictnnre are: Earl MoComber, William Gallop, Roger Pack, Ernie Ferguson, Ernie Williams, More Aircraft Worker's with‘Brig‘ht ideas they got into "power. Labour. would be the warst Sufferer in such a. case. Some of theieaders or theC.C.F boasteda- bout being revolutionary socialists and sought to’ set class against class. He eondannoci the affiliation of the b 0.1“. and 0.1.0. as against the interests a: labour. and pointed Out that a. political party Wag to serve the interests '0! all fliebéople could not at the same time honest!y pretend to be able to me- duo'eeiiitiides anddaiiinga to-theone .,1evei.. . . Mr. more pointed Out how Prem. ierKimhed failedtoplnyiairwith. labour. motion! of that he had been 9W sliflsh polities all the time. This wits the real cause of most on the strikes that had occurred. at the King dinei'nment had taken labour into its confidenee and used the workers fairly the war production ”Team would have the 0.0.1". was a political. party. also much in a rut. In his own riding of lSault Ste. Marie the C. CF. had intend- ,I‘ed to discharge eyery government am- ! 'ployee from the humblest to the highest and replace them with 0.0.F'. office seekers. Ho condemned the 010.1“. for the fact that it did nob have a. demube policy for all the country, but sought ‘ofmce by a variety of appeals to dif-_ ferent sections and classes. He quoted leaders like ”Joliffe Winch, MeGillis, Agnes Macphail and others to show how one advocated one policy and: an- other Chained that he alone hid the -real C. 0.1". policy. There was no doubt, bewever, hub that the C .01“. was a socialism parby and would regiment and In opening his address Earl Dinsmore pointed .to the decided sWing that was taking place among the electors to the Ptogressive Conservative Panty. The Conservative party in Ontario in the days of Premier Henry seemed to fall mm a rut, and there wagga sWing over to the Liberals. The Liberals in their man got into another rut, with partyism played so ruthlessly that the people were disgusted and the CECE. gained .i‘avour as a means for registering a protest against parties in the rut. The people. however, were finding out that extended. . In introducing Earl Dihsmdre, A. F. MoDoweii, secretary of Cochrane Rid- ing messive COnaervatives, saw that Mr. Dins'more had the distinction of being honoured in the town where he was born. He was the youngest mem- ber of the Sault ”Ste Marie council in point of. yearS, but the oldeSt in senyioe'; having been eleCted for nine massive Aileen Badger (making the presentation) and Ham Spence. 3 While none of these workers took national awards in the, recent announcement of aimraft-' savings winners; they chow what is' going on behind the Scenes in every aircraft plant in the country participatins in. the national aircraft suggestion plan Whicir hast aireatiy saved the nation $236,904 directly with an untold Bum ~oi' indirect or later saving, , V - . . South Porcuplneâ€"Walter James Do- gue, 81 Smith avenue. Mathesonâ€"Wilfred- Roland Dupont. Barman-Joseph Francis Porteous. _ Kirkland lakeâ€"Albert James All- "soap,“so, Fourth street; Fred Ervin Bucknall. 43 Taylor avenue; Baxter Thomas Leduc. 3 Kirkpatrick street. Narmadaâ€"Archie Mallory. 7 Of the eleven enlisting in the 3.0.11.1“. (Wbmen’ 3 Division). there were two from Tignmins; one from Schumacher; one {from Matheson; one firm: New Liskeard; one from Sault Ste. Marie. :two from Sudbury and three from Cop. Ramadaâ€"Archie Mallory. DY “‘8 518W!“ ”1“” “9° W W m employees and the general or the eleven enlisting in the mo. 1w. 0! this organization WW1? mm file We tuned-operation given and (Women s Division). there were two 3 very attractive menu With the he“ 9‘ muredall that in every way possible .Irom Tighmlns; one from Schunmcher;w”1°e “he “’0“ the mat” of all the are. department would he at the, one dram 'Matheson; one from 'New CW3“ Jee“ Archer 0t the veh‘h" aervloo of the poople. Llskwd; one from Sault Ste. Marie. leer Mm 'Pmided in very able way memm‘m an“ had W ;two from Sudbury and three from 0013- and added to the interest of the even- m toe; the W W and helm- per 0m! Amonz these autumn“ ”‘3 by he hep” W” “mm m of the volunteer firemen. In the th wing. Firemen Jack Hunt led the cahmunltw I | wWeen. Helen Lettetman ~ 5mm which featured the banquet, moms eumthe loam myth: volunteer firemen wraith the skill and name: mm». 75 CW 8t ty'.’ "“5 we" a W Wee” “M Wee tame fighting undbeen o1 “Wavegufwleyrm AcflnzmyorJWSmonerexpme- ”mem : Warwttemvutm ed the WWW‘WW 3W“ “furthobanquetw m m “at”, Irene than having to Inmate banquet. helpéeah- New aux-mm: N edoutortowuonbuelneoo. Itwuthe “w “Wt“w‘m'h- . , firsttkneelnae emmum. "'m .- ‘ to Industrial cll mettnenfifimmmem .. t _ for Theft of Trhdt nnteer men-smut my.» . , " yor Spanner W the m . ummmtmmmimumwmm 9.. . ‘ 15 Cherry street. ' Laurette Queenvme, 75 Cameron 8t. Scum-8wa Mae Water. 54 Fourth avenue. . Humansâ€"Charlotte Elsie thch New manure-mm” Irene Nelson Timmmg-Ivor George Foyle. 75 Filth avenue. Of the twenty men joining. the 13.0. A. F. there were four from ,Sudbury, three from North Bay ,three from Kirk- land Lake, and one each from the dol- lowing places. â€"-Tixnmms. South Porcu- pine. Mathew, Earlton, Nomads, Fer- rls, Sault Ste. Marie, Callendar. Hiltdn Beach,Thessa10n. ' Squadron Leader J. M. MacDonald, Commanding Officer. No.7 Recruiting Centre, R. C. A.F., North Bay,. reports twenty men and eleven women enlisted duringAthe weeks,eDec. alst, to Jan. 17th. 194:1, in air crew and other trades at North Bay Centre. ‘_ An oil burner that overflowed on Saturday evening at 10 Borden avenue caused a. fire call but no damage re- wsulted There was a small fire at 13 Elm street north, owned by J. J. McKay. when on Friday a little blaze in the boiler room from unknown cause burned a hole in a step but: otherwise did no damage. ‘ Twenty from North J oin theR.C.A.E at North Bay Centre Includes One from Timmins, One from South Porcu- pine, One from Matheson. Since this time last. week there were six calls; answered by; the fire brigade.- ,Of this number three were for shini- :neys and ,pipes. Usually the , propor- tion of chimney fires is even greater than this,- and Fire Chie: Stanley says that With the fuel now obtainable this is not a matter for wonder. He urges, however, that householders take ad- vantage of any mild weather like en- joyed this week to have pipes and chim- neys ”Cleaned. This will avOid incon- ;venience and danger from 4 . .-' .33; % #3th; . 34:: .L‘ - __.,. Several hundred dollars’ damage was done in a fire at the garage at 133 Wil- son avenue on Thursday evening laslt. The fire originated from a defective chimney. Only, part of the loss was covered by insurance. MOSt Fire Calls Due to Chimneys and Stovepipes Fire Chief Stanley Advises HousehOlders to Take Ad- vantage of Soft Spells to . Have Pipes and Chimneys Cleaned. * . held their mterest and aflection for the boys of the Fire Brigade. Tanned- iately alter the opening of the «em. there was a two [minute's silence ob- served in respect tor the mommy of the late Fire Chiet Alex Borland. tor .a quarter of a century fire able! here. During the evening there were many earnest tributes paid to the we and work of the late Chic: Bodand. . . The catering for the evening was done by the Algonquin Club and the Mics of this organization certathly presented a very attractive menu with the best 01 service and won- the praise of all. _ There was a record attendance at the twenty-fifth annual banquet given b5: the Timmins Volunteer Firemen in the Legion hell on Monday evening of this week. The hall was filled to. cap- acity without a. single vacant Seat. The guests invited for the evening were the Mayor and councillors and their mm. and a. few special friends of the Volun- teer Firemen. These, with the Fife- men and their wives crowded the cap- acity of the hall. Specially honoured guests of the evening were Mrs. Alex Borland, 8'12, and Miss Maimie mung. and the Volunteer Firemen were eéé pecially pleased that these two still held their interest and eflection i61- R1320"! _ Attgnéan'w _ Mmbgts «if Councnl and The next meeting of the town coun- cil will be a special meeting called for Thursday afternoon, January 27th, at 3. 30 pm" Special Meeting of Town w ' Council on J anuary 27th Labour-Progressives to Al Proctor, Labour-Progressive Part: Organizer, announces that all club‘s it. the Cochrane riding halve endors’eL Pilot. Officer Garth 'Ibeple as canal date for the Feaéral riding of Cochrane A convention to officially nominate P10 Teeple will be held at either mm: or Cochrane on Feb. 27th. Garth Tee- ple contested the riding in 1940. ' Volunteer F are Brigade Holds Its Twentyâ€"fifth Annual Banquet Event Week-end May be Changeable Hollinger Weather Bureau Gives Forecast for Next Few Days. To-day will be mostly cloudy am' fine says Mr. Wheeler of: the Holllngex Weather Observatory, and the weathe) will continue to be changeable. ary 14th, 28 and 0; Saturday, Januarc 15th,17 and -8; Sunday, January 16th 20 and -;12 Monday; January 17th, 2‘ and 12; ;Tuesday, January 181211.34 and 24; Wednesday, January mm, 33 and 0 Soviet N avy A ing Land Forces m litter Battle of Lemngr 20,000 Germans Killed in Six Days. :merce Fighting 10 Italy, with Canadian Troops in Action There. Big Air Battle over Rabaul. Eighteen J up Planes Shot Down. ' This morning at. 8 o ’clock the ther mometer stood at 0 degrees. Snowfal for the week was 2 inches. Maximum and minhnum hammers.- tures .for the week were: mursdmy January 13th, 28 and 24‘; Eridao'. Jami. ecord Attendance. Members of council and Oth sate Guests. Tributes Paid to Memory of Late Fire C ef As. Borland. Many Good Words for New Chief, Hi8 Staff and the Volunteers. . NominitgGaxth Teepleé ', Ignorance to we we otue‘tnorxiia Wbmammym wiiich the present are chic! and bri- 3M6: were «mm: on Theré were adsowitmdhmnaurendgoddatorm mthebriataddrm. OWWBtan-v mymmbmmmdmwm. land and the efficient and mobb- womng anmmw for them chmmmm Wtwmmmotthobflmo,bom pun arm and venom qnd the .goodmmeywmdoing Ham on the mil." mmmrs. the m. Among the others called on for brief addresses were: - Councillors Mer- ‘mobt, Gladstone; Terry, Eyre and Bon- ‘homm'e and Fire Chin! 'W. Stemw- Ed cuppa, Jack Morrison (3. A. W, J. D. m, Clerk-Treasurer A. 1:: am, $.11sz ind W Nich- Olson ofthédmdianmmn. Mime job. Acting Mayor Spooncr gave the “unofficial" announcezmn. thatbhn nevi? cauncmor. Councillor J. V. Bauhau- me. would likely be the chairman for 1944 of the Fire and Light Dam. ,. "damaged, and three Jap vessels sunk m the hat-bear and five other vessels hit. The Amos had tWelve bmnbexs that failed to return. \ 1 Navy bembers struck their first blow fiat" the Caroline Islands bombing the airbase on Kassie Island. The": has been a, big air babble ova}- Rabam taffme southwest name an; .sazin'g 166 enemy fighters.- Eighteen Jap plane‘s Were Shot down and others ' Despatehes from Moscow say am Russianwarehipsyeterdayopenedtne battle tomdtneeleseoflieninsrad shelling amp positions from the .Baltic and puttingfitm important obi- eotives out at” ”aetion. The naval ac- ion paved the way for tne land smash vhich has now developed into a two. )ronsed onensive. 20,000 Germans haw Jeen killed in six days. ‘ tendon. finsiand, is taking less no- tice about the separate peace yarns published in ma, the general 0pm; ion” now being that the rumours arise from German attempts to send out peace ieehrs, and that as the enemy position Wines more and more due perate the Mom: will increase. Brit leh opinidn. however, has made it clean that there will be no peace negotiations with Gentianyâ€" that the only term. are unconditional smrender. F‘mgn ers come mports that Brit isn tromgg' the Fifth Army have rare ed the lower amigliano river and set up three. separate bridgeheads, despite desperate German attempts to throw them bask Canadian troops includ- ing a new Canadian artillery unit are engaged: in fierce fighting along the Ad- riatic coast. Allied airmen have bomb- ed mu: yatids north of Rome. severing the two major rail lines leading down to Rome and temporarily lamenting the lormer Italian capital. . The Chinese report two Japanese warships being hit by a mine about 200 miles up the Yangtse river with heaVy lose Of life. MW 1912