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The Ottawa Journal from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada • Page 19

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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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8-1175 Convicted of Fraud In Claim Sale TORONTO. Sept. 26. (CP) John E. Abbott and Archibald Craig, both of Toronto, were convicted by a general sessions jury today of conspiring to defraud several persons of $2,500 in connection with the sale of mining claims.

They will appear for sentence tomorrow, which time Abbott will also be sentenced for a $1,500 fraud of which he was convicted earlier this week. William Lewis, Toronto, who failed to appear when called with Abbott and Craig, and who was arrested yesterday at Blind River, Ont, pleaded guilty 'to the same charges of conspiracy and false pretences and will appear tomorrow for sentence. His bail of was estreated Tuesday when he did not appear. $400 Damage In Ottawa West Fire Fire which caused approximately (400 damage broke out in the home of Samuel Blake, of Pontlac street and Cowley avenue in Ottawa west on Thursday at 9.50 p.m. The blaze, of undetermined origin, broke out in the cellar and was put out by the Nepean Fire Department Firemen Ernest Barr was stunned for a moment when his wet helmet came in contact with bare electric wires in the cellar, but he recovered medical aid.

The upper floor of the two storey brick dwelling is occupied by Norval Riffon who suffered some damage by smoke to his furnishings. THE OTTAWA JOURNAL! Ottawa Ordnance Corps Unit Photographed at Lansd Bomb Splinters From Britain By LOUIS V. HUNTER. Canadian SUff Writer. LONDON, Sept.

27. Bomb splinters from the Battle of Britain: Farmer William Brown grows plums in England's west country and has spent a small fortune looking for water on his land. A Nazi raider dropped a bomb. The bomb found and tapped for Brown a first-class supply of water right handy to the plum trees. How He Can Spore! One stout Canadian newspaperman's days are numbered if he doesn't stop that snoring.

He repeatedly has driven his neighbors to quieter parts of the shelter, the first time after spending an hour "shooshing" a couple of talkative females across the narrow shelter floor from him. The theatre manafer was letting tired walking on the stage and telling the London audience an air raid was in progress. When he stepped on the stage for the fourth time he said. "You know why I'm here that fool is over us London workers trekking to their offices afoot through a congested West End street looked weary and tired after several sleepless blitzkrieg nights. But they smiled when they saw a theatre billboard announcing Shakespeare's "Alls Well That Ends Well" even though the play has been taken off.

You can't beat the Cockney spirit. The proprietor of a small London cafe whose gas supply was interrupted by bombs served meals on schedule, but they were cooked on a coke-pail stove on the sidewalk. Has Own Flfhter Fund. Latest in Spitfire funds: Customers of Mrs. Florence Butler, a London barkeeper, have an "extra one for the road" at closing time and she sets aside the takings for her own fighter fund already up to more than 51 a Magistrate at Tottenham: Did you tell your wife the time you would be home? Man: No, that's a mistake many men make nowadays.

I always say. "Expect me when you see me." Nearly 4.000 Dorothys in Great Britain and overseas have contributed 2,500 ($11,123) to the Dorothy Spitfire fund. The Doro- thys aim to raise 5,000 to buy 1 for the Royal Air Force a Spitfire to be called Dorothy. 4AAAAAAAVaa Fund to Develop War Machines TORONTO, Sept. 26.

(CP) Recent donations to the National Research Council have totalled $1,050,000, it was learned here today. A special corrmiltre, known the war technical and scientific development committee, has been appointed by a Dominion order-in-council to supervise handling of the fund. It will direct expenditures for development of modern war machinery of all kinds, for advanced aeronautical study and for the progress of medical and physio logical research on men engaged in actual fighting. Donations to the fund have Included $250,000 from the T. Eaton and $250,000 from Samuel Bronfman, of Montreal, and his three brothers.

Fined for Employing Non-Registered Worker TORONTO, Sept. 26. (CP) Samuel Smith, Toronto, operator of a knitting mill at suburban Milton, was fined $25 and costs or 30 days, Wednesday, on a charge of employing a worker who had not registered. Evidence disclosed that Miss Delhla Pures-sello, an enemy alien who was convicted two weeks ago for failure to have a registration card, worked for Smith. The International 7 tube superheterodyne (9-tubc functions) 14 automatic push button control standard broadcast and super bandspreading of the 49, 31, 25, 19 metre bands built-in rotatable "Wavescope" antenna wave trap-bass and treble tooe control Phonograph, F.M.

and tclevisioo-sound connections 12" dynamic loudspeaker cathode ray tun ice indicator beautiful walnut cabinet: 37 high, 29 wide, 12 '2 etf O000 129 oeep. nice Model from $205 to $299.00. owne Park Government Buys N.S. Exhibition Grounds HALIFAX, Sept. 26 (CP) The Nova Scotia Exhibition Commission decided today to sell its property here to the Department of National Defence.

The Provincial Exhibition has been staged on the grounds annually for many years. The premises were taken over by the Royal Canadian Navy temporarily some time ago. As a result, the 1940 exhibition was cancelled. Military authorities at Ottawa had asked to be allowed to buy the grounds. No price was announced by the Commission today.

Details were to be worked out by its executive, headed by Agriculture Minister J. McDonald as chairman. Model 1U-(rigbl) 6 tubes, superbet-erodyne circuit standartl broadcast, police and full super bandspread-log of the 49, 31, 25, 19 metre short wave bands automatic tuning Phono Television-sound and FM connections. aa Price C3 19 ICT -i v-Li a. -f' rj? Photograph by Harry Rind.

The Second Divisional Ordnance Field Park and the Motor Transport Sub Depot of the Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps, C.A.S.F., is shown at Lansdowne Park, where the unit is stationed. When the unit was established on June 16 it absorbed No. 1 Ordnance Stores Company, and speedy recruitment brought it up to full strength of 220 in one day. Since then it has been at Lansdowne Park. Because of ill-health of Major A.

G. Perley, officer commanding, command of the unit has been turned over to Captain E. D. Denison, who is deputy reeve of Nepean Township. Contributions To Red Cross Contributions of $10 and more to the Red Cross include the follow-In: $1,000 Mr.

and Mrs. G. E. Fau-qujer. T.

F. Ahearn. 1500 British American Bank Note Mrs. H. M.

Ami, Mrs. A. W. Fleck. $550 H.

S. Southern. W. M. Southam.

$300 Harry rouse Estate, Fin-ley McRae, Administrator. $250 Canada Packers, M. J. O'Brien. Ltd.

$200 Mrs. H. Thomas. $125 International Harvester Co. $100 Carleton County Conservative Association, J.

Ambrose O'Brien. Mrs. H. Taylor, Miss DANCE TRENDS FOX TROT The Fox Trot is most typical of present day dancing and unquestionably remains Amer-. ica's most popular dance.

90 of all our popular songs to-, day are written in fox trot-rhythm, reports Joseph Lieff recently returned from Dance Conventions in Boston and New York. Expert Dance Instruction. Lfeff Dance Studios Eldeam. opp. Chateaa 2-C234 Charlotte MUletv Mrs.

E. G. Lar-month, J. G. Fleck.

$75 Regent Theatre, Murphy-Gamble. Ltd, F. W. Woolworth Co, Ltd. $50 Mr.

F. E. H. Groenman, Mrs. R.

S. Minn eg, the C. C. Ray Co, Ltd, Mr. and Mrs.

Anson Green, Gray Harvey Co, Ltd, Catholic Women's Patriotic Guild, Mrs. R. L. Blackburn, Mrs. J.

D. McLaurin. Mr. and Mrs. W.

Currier, Mr. Justice Audette, Mrs. Charles Worsley, Miss J. Crannell. $40 Major General and Mrs.

E. C. Ashton, Honeywell, McDougall and Co. $35 Ottawa Paint Works, Mr. and Mrs.

F. A. Bruce, Mrs. G. S.

MacCarthy. $30 Drs. L. E. MacLachlan, R.

Beckett and A. Cameron, Miss Laura White. $25 Capt. and Mrs. F.

Ander son, Mrs. John Cotton, Miss Wln-nifred Wlcksteed, A. Friend, Sol Max, Mrs. Gwyn Francis, Col. and Mrs.

A. F. Duguid, Dr. and Mrs. O.

D. Skelton, Miss A. C. Grist, Miss Anna H. Pinhey, Miss C.

G. Wray, Miss K. M. Beardsley. $24 Miss P.

C. Meadows. $20 Wm. Blair, A. J.

Barclay, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cook. $15 Mrs. S.

Bell. Mrs. Ambrose O'Brien, Geraldine. G. F.

Mac- laren, a Well Wisher. $10 Dr. George Hooper, Rev. D. D.

Millar, Daughters of England Red Cross Auxiliary, Miss Laura Hawkins, Mrs. C. Cotter, Hugh Carson, Elizabeth Burpee, C. E. Ewers, Hon.

Patrick and Mrs. Ker-win, Miss L. M. Grout, Mr. and Mrs.

D. F. Robertson. Mr. and Mrs: E.

A. LeSueur, Peter Karson, Martin Levinson, C. Caplan, Ltd, Mrs, A. F. May, Mrs.

H. F. Gordon, Mrs. A. J.

Crerar, Miss M. E. Chad-wick, T. Landry Co, J. A.

McDonald, John McCharles, N. O. Cote, Women Workers, House of Commons; George Blake, D. P. Burke.

WHAT ABOUT YOUR FUTURE? Is your Intnx in doubt? Then act today to rtmovi that doubt. Open a Bank of Toronto savings account. Tho portion of your monthly oarnings you aro ablo to placo in may, at first, soomsmalL Butovor aporiodof yoars thoso dollars will accumulatt they'll bo silently working for you. Opportunities for business advancement can bo taken. Tho dream of a happy retirement can become an actuality.

And all because you opened a Bank of Toronto savings account. BMM0R0HT0 Incorporated 185S FOLE BRANCHES IN OTTAWA 61140 a Canvasses for Red Cross ft v' The above Is a picture of Rex, a large, very intelligent and well-trained Alsatian dog owned by Mr. and Mrs. W. C.

Short, of 425 Elgin street, who have kindly arranged that he shall take an active part In jted Cross tag day activities on Saturday. Rex will be ready to shake hands with any person putting one dollar or more into his box. Goes to Office On Roller Skates LONDON, Sept. 29. (CP) Air raid damage doesn't stop one East-end Londoner from getting to work on time in Westminster.

After days of intensive raids he decided use roller skates and he is seen daily now careening along the embankment at a six-mile-an-hour clip with coat-tails and gas mask flying. 3,000 March In Solemn Procession At Aylmer Some 3,000 residents of Ottawa, Hull, Aylmer and district marched in solemn procession of the Blessed I Sacrament through the streets of Aylmer carrying lighted flam beaus at midnight Thursday. The ceremony was in connection with the Eucharistic Congress being held this week. The monstrance was carried by Archbishop Vachon, of Ottawa, who upon returning to St. Paul's Church celebrated midnight mass The lighted exterior of the church, public buildings and houses throughout the town, presented a deeply impressive setting.

The church was crowded when Archbishop Vachon bestowed the papal blessing. Generous Response To Hull Red! Cross Hull and district is responding generously to the request for Red Cross funds, according to John F. Taylor, who with Raymond Brunei is joint chairman for the drive launched on September 23. Mr. Taylor declared that the objective is $8,500.

Of this amount approximately $5,000 has already been subscribed. This sum includes the following: Gatineau Mills, Canadian International Paper Com-pany, employe of E. B. Eddy Company (list 'not closed), Canada Packer. $750.

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