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16 THE OTTAWA JOURNAL wed: AY, OCTOBER 12, inn- None of Cre Reds Welcome Press Investigation Into Boxers Death After Detroit Bout i a- i 31 i Mft- 'if 'iiin'n ni -i Mif. i itiiA tMM TEACHERS OF THE FUTURE But students now, and newly-elected members of the Ottawa Normal School Student Council for 1949 to 1950. Front row, from the left, Jocelyn Briggs, Dave Andrew? secretary; Bert Wilson, president; Alan Johns, treasurer, and Barbara Guillet. Back row, from the left, Holland Fobert, Ken MacLennan, Gwen Thomas, Phil McAllister. (Photo by Little.) MAISIE GORDON, wife of president of the Canadian National Railways.

At present con fined to hospital, Gordon during World War II. She directed the canteen In No. 8: Build $4,000 In Loot Recovered In Constance Bay Robberies SmiJhs Falls of Names Committee For Old Home Week SMITHS FALLS, Oct. 12. (Special) The Chamber of Com.

merce at the annual meeting last night discussed an Old Home Week for 1950, and will ask Town Council to set a date for next Summer. A committee of Pearson, chairman; H. E. Smith, vice-chairman; Fred McCrum, secretary; R. J.

Gibbons, trea surer; D. S. Noad, assistant treasurer, has agreed to promote the festive week. The Chamber has planned for banquet some time this Fall. but no definite date was set.

It is expected that Vicos, the Eastern Ontario senior Softball champions. will be guests of the Chamber on this occasion. John Wood sug gested it would be a nice gesture to honor the team. J. C.

Ketchum reported that he had an industry interested in lo cating here. John Wood, reporting for the civic committee, stressed the need of traffic lights on Beckwith street, and said he hoped they would be established in the near He also reported the, organization of a band of some 50 young men, who are rapidly rounding into shape. The secretary, Phyllis Hutton, requested a raise in salary, and a new office, for her work. At nraaant eVi Kaa tsmi fi I aiw 3- tion quarters and office in the town hall. The annual fee If $30 as a member of the St.

Lawrence River and Rideau Lakes Association was approved. Officers of the Chamber for the ensuing year will be appointed by the executive. President, Harry Callan presided at the meeting. NATIVE PRESIDENT. ACCRA, Gold Coast.

Oct. 12. (Reuters) Emanuel Charles Quist, 68, yesterday' became the first, native African to preside over the legislative council of a British West African colony. The Governor of the Gold Coast, Sir Charles Clarke, handed over the presidency of the colony's Legis lature hitherto held by the gov. ernor himself at a ceremony held in Accra.

Former Nazis In New State Oct. 12. UP Communist Prime Minister iOtto Grotewohl said today jthat. Russia virtually wag forced by "the serious threat of war in Europe" to form the new East' German government, Unification i of Germany waa more urgent than ever, Grotewohl told a joint session of both houses of the new East 'German Legislature in his maiden speech as Prime Minister. Statement ef Policy.

I Grotewohl delivered a major statement of policy for the new East German Government in aa hour-long speech in which be said the new state would: 1. Pay Russia war-damage reparations an the national misery created by 2. Welcome with open arms all non-criminal Nazis, 3. Embark immediately uporf a new Soviet-engineered two-ytar plan. 4.

Provide an abundance of food for its people. 5. Remain staunchly loyal to the Soviet Union. 6. Fight for unification of Germany against the West German state, which Grotewohl denounced as an "Imperialist" puppet government "founded In i 7.

Take sharp legal measure against any anti-aemitie activity. Hunters Deep i '-fi Continued front Page One. Game officials la the MaaJ. wakl area were cracking down a CA banters who bagged their nieee and left the carcass lying bs the bask, departing only with the antlers, er a hind-qsarter te prove their prowess. Residents of the Maniwakl area reported many cars going through decked with moose antlers and no signs of the carcasses.

Restrictive regulations already being enforced by game officials include: 1. Moose meat may not be sold. 2. Transportation of moose of game wardens. 3.

All kills must be reported. 4. Only one kill per hunter per season. 9. Penalties against killing cow moose or calves.

None la Ontario. i TORONTO, Oct 12. Cr There is no open season on moose In Ontario this year and the moose situation in this -province is "none too an expert here said today. He was commenting on announcement from Quebec that the Quebec province moose season will run the full 23 days to Oct 23. Prof.

Peter Peterson of the University of Toronto, who has been making a survey of the Moose population in Ontario, said that the number of moose killed in Ontario last year approached the natural increase in tne animal population. Following discussions last Spring it was decided there would be no open season this year. "The general picture In Ontario Peterson. "About the only area where conditions are good is the mwnl are between Cochrane. Kapuskasing and Geraldton." SENTENCED TO DEE.

LOUISVILLE, Ky, Oct 12. VPi Earl D. Blrcham, 45. called a notorious United States public enemy by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, last night wss sentenced to die In the electris chair for the slaying of a Louis-, ville policeman. Blrcham wss captured Aug.

14 by a former marine, Luther Williams, when he ran into the backyard of Williams home after killing this week's advertisement Fireplace Grates Wrought Iron self dumping a warm friend to have on cool dags. si2 SCREENS These are a1- real safety measure for 'keep In sparks from hopping out 55.95 and complete selection for both CCfi ww- Vp Investigation Into the looting of cottages at Constance Bay and the rifling of cars in the Hull area was moving to a climax this morning with more than $4,000. worth of the stolen goods recovered and four men held by police. VWilliam Henderson, 28, and Frank Beland, 3Q, both of Up lands, were remanded for a week when they appeared before Magistrate Honore Achim in Hull Magistrate's Court this morning, cnargea witn tneit Irom cars. charges will be preferred against them by Ontario Provin cial Police when their case has been disposed of by Quebec courts.

Sonny Viau, 19, also of Uplands, arrested by provincial police last week-end, is being, held on charge of illegal possession of goods. Others Released. Last night Provincial Police picked up and held for question ing another man suspected of complicity in the case, but later released him. Several others, brought in for questioning during the past week, have been released. Finding of two caches of stolen articles, buried In sand 75 north of HuU last night raised by another $1,000 the amount re covered.

The latest assortment, ranging from rifles and revolvers to clothing, was found by On tario Provincial, Hull and Ne- pean police. Following is a list of victimized Constance Bay and area cottagers and recovered loot they have re claimed at the Hull police station George Allen, 179 Goulburn avenue, radio; E. W. Pad sham, 69 Springfield avenue, radio; L. P.

Berube, 100 Charlotte street. outboard motor, fishing tackle and wlndbreaker; Miss E. P. Bar ker, 45 First avenue; meat chop. per; Mrs.

F. E. Barker, 43 First avenue, blankets, valuable bed spread, dishes; Paul Mathieu, 254 Cathcart street, gas lamp, comb, clothing; Lee Lavirne, 49 Fair- mont avenue, model boat in bottle, clothing. A. Visa, 34 St Francis street.

sweater coat, shirts, stove; John -Sobcov, 78 Stewart street, stove, comb; A. J. Langlols, 659 Cum- berland street, stove, comb. the necessary equipment during the war years and the time re quired to bring the necessary number of dairy farms in this district up to the required Stan dards had stalled production in Ottawa. The raw milk Is a blend of the four main types, Jersey, Guern sey, Holstein, and Ayrshire.

It must have a very low bacteria count, and be delivered to the dairy at a very lov temperature. Farmers complying with the necessary conditions are paJd a premium for this milk. The customers will also be pay ing a premium two cents a quart more than the standard brand for their "sun-tanned" milk. Donald Gordon, newly appointed was an active Red Cross worker she will be making ber bom in two sons. I Hi; questions, the new CNR presi dent admitted to being Just un der six feet four Inches in height and to tipping the scales at 240 pounds.

He declined to; disclose his peak weight ji When plea was made by ne the taller members ef the, Par liamentary Press Gallery! for railway berths In which tall ten eould rest without being doubled like a corkscrew, Gerlea said" be fully appreciated the requirements ef physically tsfr ge men. He would not admit liqw- ever, that the CNR did not tke this class of rail passenger, Upto consideration in equipment con struction. fi: 11 1 On the question of whether personally favored a railway system such as prevails in Can ada with a government-owned railroad competing With one privately-owned, Mr. Gordon said be didn't care to voice an! at the present time. Ha mention ed that he had met and! talked with Frank Hall, president; of one of the largest railway union it Canada on more than tone1 ftcca ion- 'liliil don was emphatic that.

would enter his new position! ihe entanglements, promises or commitments ef any There had been no discussion 'of ra'l-way problems between i himself and members of the government prior to his appointment; said, Mr. Gordon revealed ihst 'he will be "poshing off Montreal" In the -course of a few months. and hopes to make a tour of die principal. CNR establishments jjas soon as feasible. fH "Obviously one of Ethe first things to he said.Fis to ict to know the system I'mj iprisldit Of W.

G. Cox, 64, Dies After Lonq lllneisi i William George Cox died on Tuesday at the home of his daugh ter, Mrs. Raymond Bluebell, jpg Aylmer Aylmer. ItoUowltig a lengthy illness. Hd jwaa years of age.

A retired iron mo Cox lived at Woodroffe; Qntj un- til four months ago, When moVed to his daughter's home in Aylmer. He was born in Bristol England, and came to Canada ki a youth. He was married lnj, To ronto in 1913 to Hildred iHibbard, Lj.Ua I who preaeccasca oim yBa In addition to his dau gates, he is survived by a brothe, Albert Cox of Toronto, two sisters, Mrs, Frank Gardner, Belleville, ifnad Miss Lucy Cox, Toronto and. two grandchildren. 1 The body will be at? the Bad- more Stewart Funeral HJm, 1323 Wellington street until; Thursday afternoon.

The funeral seiVlee will be conducted irt Christ Church, Aylmer, at 2J0 p.m( by Rev. Edward Dossett Interment will be in BeUevue cemfctery I Li I Note the offerings' ni flashlight, dresses, fishing tackle. The following who have not as yet been notified of recovery of articles taken from their cottages, are asked to communicate with the Hull police. R. IL Laufhlin.

Kinburn; Mrs. A. Liberty. 28 Aberdeen street. Smiths Falls: Miss L.

P. Caston-aruajr. 82 Spadina avenue; Tubman Funeral Directors. Wellington street, Westboro; George Allen, 179 Goulburn avenue; R. J.

Lanojr, 36 St. Francis street; L. Laviane. 49 Fairmont avenue; L. J.

Le-blane, 1087 Gladstone avenue; A. A. Brunette. 610 Kirkwood avenue; D. C.

Carnochanr 70 Patterson avenue; J. A. Rochon. 169 Preston street; A. Viau.

34 St. Francis street; E. Berichon, 171 Cumberland street Bertrand Withdraws In Gaiineau Contest MANIWAKI, Oct 12. (Spe cial) L. D.

Bertrand will not run as independent Liberal can didate in the Gatineau byelectlon on October 24. Mr. Bertrand announced his withdrawal today with the comment that he wished to step aside to aid the Liberal candidate. Candidates in the byelection are Ernest Anastas St Jean, of Low, P.Q., Progressive Conservative, and Marcel Bonnier, Ironsides, Independent Liberal. Mrs.

E. Desmarais Dies After Long Illness i Mrs. Ernestine Desmarais, a native of Cacouna, died Tuesday at ber home after a lengthy illness. She was 69 years of age. Daughter of the late Mr.

and Mrs. Urbain Dumont she was married in Matane 50 years ago to" Alexandre Desmarais. He died in 1947. Mrs. Desmarais lived In Matane and in the East era United States for a numbi of years after her marriage.

She came to Ottawa six years ago. She attended St. Cbarles Church and was a member of the Ladies of St Anne Society and of the Third Order pi St Francis. Surviving are five sons, Joseph and Paul, of Eastview; Leo. of Montreal: RaouL of St Janvier, and Roland Desmarais, of Caugh- nawaga; adaughter, Mrs.

T. A. Tberlen.bf Ottawa; one brother. Leon Cumont of Alberta, and two sisters, Mrs. L.

of Montreal, and Mrs. H. Plante, of Richmond, Que. The body is at Racine and Robert's. 260 Besserer street from where it will be taken Friday morning to St.

Charles Church for requiem mass at eight o'clock. Interment will be in Notre Dame cemetery. Firm Not Involved In Fatal Accident In a report last Saturday of an accident whicn caused ine death of Em lie Tobalt 64, of 109 Greenfield avenue, it was stated that the vehicle driven by George Medveduke, 26, of Uplands which struck Tobalt was Dominion Transfer Company truck. Police reports reveal the Dominion Transfer Company was not connected with the ac cident and that the truck was owned by its driver. mniuuumiimniiiiniinuiiiHiiimmniimm Told to Rouse Passengers TORONTO, Oct.

The Noronic fire inquiry today was told by First Mate F. Gerald Wood that no mem ber of the crew was assigned to rouse passengers in case of fire aboard the ship in port, a record ox trie all-night oven made by the cruise-steamer since 1940 showed, the was in port with passengers on fve oc casions before being swept by are here sept. 17. Crew Net Assigned. Mr.

Wood said be was first mate on the ship during those occasions and no crew member was assigned to rouse passengers In case of fire. On the night of the fire, the mate said, he retired to his quarters on A deck about 1.10 s.m. EST, undressed and started to read a newspaper. "Did you bear some signal?" asked Commission Counsel J. W.

Pickup. -Yes. I did. I heard the bell." "So you mean the bell that sounds in the forward part of that deck; when one of those fire alarm boxes Is broken?" sir." The wheelsman came and told him there was a fire on deck. "Did he give you.

any further information as to the fire-4-the extent of it?" "No. sir." "Did you give him any Instructions?" "No, sir." "Then what did you do?" "1 went to the wheelhouse and turned on the Klaxon horn. "Why did you do that without finding out the "extent of the Cre?" "When I went out of my room, I could see heavy smoke coming out of the starboard side of the ship. Mate Was in Charge. The alarm having sounded.

who was in charge of the fire extinction and getting the pas sengers ashore "I would be where I could be Of any help." j. "That's not quite an After questioning at length by Mr. Pickup and Mr. 'Justice R. L.

Kellock, the Commissioner who once rebuked the witness for being vague in his replies. Mr. Wood admitted he would be in charge of directing! fire operations. The first mate said thai al though the -Noronlc's master. Capt WilHam Taylor, returned to the ship, be as first mat4 remained in charge under fire fighting regulations.

He said he saw the captain twice, but spoke to him only once. fl Consultation between the jcap-tain and himself was limited to an exchange of opinion that the fire was beyond control. i Mr. Wood said that after coming out of the wheelhouse he couldn't get off A deck because of fire on both the starboard I and port sides. "Did you make any atempt to rouse passengers on A deck?" "I only hollered fire and banged on windows." ri Mr.

Wood said he tried to communicate with other parts of the ship by telephone but it was not working. Eventually he went down to deck by ladder and saw passengers on the forward deck who asked how they could get off. He told them to go down to Ci deck, and all went Mr. Wood said he saw no; other officer of: the crew on deck. He also went down to i deck with the passengers, he On fceck, Mr.

Wood said, he found more passengers than be had seen on deck, perhaps SO to S3. He saw no other officers or members of the crew on this deck, i i Let Rope Over Side, He said he went forward land let a rope over the side to let the passengers off the ship. "Did you try to gel any ielp rrpm anybody?" asked Pick op. "Not at that the witness said. He could not say how long was before be was Joined two other members of the crew, tne boatswain and an oiler.

TTT At-. i twain and oiler came alongj he started back to check If there were any persons in the payors on tne port side. didn't get very far. parlors were full of fire." The He told Mr. Pickup that 'at no time had.

he seen hose in Optra. non on the port side of deck. P. M. Sproule Buried Ar.Montreal Impressive tribute was paid to the memory of P.

M. Sproule, who died suddenly in when many friends and associates attended the funeral service held In the chapel of the William Wray funeral home, Mr. Sproule, who wa a member of the Regional Employment Advisory Board, Montreal; was a son of the late Major and Mrs. J. Robert Sproule of Ottawa Funeral service was conducted by Rev.

Dr. Malcolm Campbell and interment wis in Hawthorn-Dale cemeteryUMontreal. I Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. jonn sievens ana miss cva Sproule, both of and one brother. Rev.

A. H. Sproule, of Harvey, NB. DUTCH SOLDIERS KILLED. BATAV1A, Oct.

12. W) Five Dutch soldiers were reported killed and one was missing today in the latest of a series of clashes with guerrillas that are threaten ing to upset the uneasy two- month-old East Java. agreement in DETROIT, Oct. 12. () Police and boxing officials pressed an investigation today into the death of a young fighter who suffered fatal (injuries in a Detroit ring.

Talmadge Bussey, 25-year-old Negro lightweight, died of a blood clot on the brain yesterday, 11 hours after a solid head blow by Luther Rawlings of Chicago sent him sprawling into the ropes. An emergency operation to remove the clot troved futile. Bussey was the eighth boxer to be injured fatally In the ring this year. Six-ounce gloves were used in the battle, although the National Boxing Association code calls, for eight-ounce. Commissioner Stevens could not be reached for comment regarding the different weight However, at Paterson, NBA Commissioner Abe J.Greene said the association recommendations are not binding.

The Michigan Boxing Commission would be within its rights If it selected six-ounce gloves for general use, he added. Greene said he planned to propose semi-annual medical examinations for fighters. His suggestion, he said, will go before the NBA when It meets Nov. IS and 14 at Miami Beach, and Nov. 15 and 16 at Ha- Boy's Leg Fractured When Hit by Truck Struck by a truck In front of the Technical High School when he darted out from between two parked cars, six-year-old Paul Groulx.

443 Albert street is in Ottawa Civic Hospital suffering from a broken left leg. Following the accident the boy was given first aid treatment by the nurse on duty in the first aid room at the Technical School, and taken to hospital by Dr. P. Telner. He is under the care of Dr.

Shaw The accident occurred at 3.45 p.m. Tuesday when a Capital Photo Engraving truck driven by Thomas Beaudry, 17, 167 Drum-mond Street, knocked the boy to the pavement when he ran into the right front fender as it proceeded east on Albert. Beaudry told police he applied his brakes and swung left but could not avoid hitting him. An eight-year-old girl with the boy, Bernice Douglas, 443 Albert street attempted to catch his arm as he dashed out but could not hold him. Constables King and Thomas Glenn Investigated.

Dedths ST. JIS, MO. Mrs. Cecile Stainb 55, wife of Hawaiian Terri irial Gov. Ingram M.

Stain- bac. A. A. icolaev. 44.

deputy chief of political administration for Russia's armed forces. SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA. Sydney Ure Smith, 62, one of Australia's best known artists. MONTREAL. William Edward Laycock, 61, retired Bank of Montreal official.

Mrs. O. Pouliot Dies In Her 84th Year Following a lengthy illness, Mrs. Opportune Pouliot 291 Nicholas street widow of Jacques Pouliot died today in her 84th year. She was born on July 18.

1866. at Lachine. Quebec, and before coming to Ottawa four years ago, lived in Montreal. Her pents were the late Napoleon Barre and Mary Connay. In 1888 she mar ried Francois Xavler Dumontier, who died in 1912.

and in 1934 she married Jacques Pouliot died in 1940. Her survivors are two brothers. Joseph Barre, of Ottawa, and Alfred Barre, of Wrightville, and a sister, Miss Alice Barre, of Ottawa. The body will be at Gauthier Funeral Home, 101 Notre Dame street Hull, until Friday morning when a funeral mass will be chanted at Notre Dame de Grace Church at eight o'clock. Interment will be in Notre Dame cemetery.

1 i Sparks St Elgin 1581 a for the Home I Ml ing for some three years. Soon Montreal for her husband and Knows Continued from Page One. Organisatlen Job. In reply to questions, the new CNR head answered indirectly the criticism levelled at his ap- pointment in the House of Com. mom last night by Donald M.

Fleming. Progressive Conserve tive member for Toronto-Eglin-ton that he was lacking in practical railroad' i experience. "I regard this CNR he said. "as essentially a terrific job of organization. We must know what makes Canada tick.

"The Job needs a. man who knows Canada's financial, economic and industrial life and its relation to transportation. I feel that my work during the war en Prices Board gave an extra. ordinary tnstsht Inte these mat ters. "If I didn't ftelieve that I wouldn't have accepted It I do feel that the Job is a tremendous challenge.

It would be a chal lenge to anyone. It provides the opportunity of developing along with this Canada which we all appreciate so much. Great Era Dawning. "I believe that we are on the verge of a great era of develop ment and progress. A transpor tation system is a vital factor in this progress." Mr.

Gordon said he was first approached "officially" on taking ever the presidency of the railway on Thursday last by the board of directors. He was noncommittal as to whether he had been privately sounded out on the matter previously. Asked as to what salary the post of president and chairman of the board of the CNR carries, the new president) said he wasn't sure whether tht information could be made public. When reminded that in 1928 the salary was $50,000. a year.

Mr. Gordon merely commented that be was taking ever on the same financial basis as now obtains In the case of retiring: president R. C. Vaughan. When it was suggested to him that the CNR president's salary varies, he replied.

"I hope Mr. Gordon's- present salary as deputy governor of the Bank of Canada Is $30,000 a year. He explained that while the president of the CNR is named by the board of directors of the road, the post of chairman of the board is a Dominion Government appointment Towers Away. Decision as to who will suc ceed him as deputy-governor of the Bank of Canada has not as yet been made, Mr. Gordon said.

This was due to the fact that Governor Grahant Towers has been in England. It Is reported In Ottawa's financial circles that the deputy governor's post will go to Louis Rasmlnsky, one of the Bank of Canada's top finan cial exoerta. I. Ready to answer personal We -Close Saturdays at IS i OIL Long they Scotch it We variety brass 'Sun-tanned' Milk Provides Vitamins Far in Excess of Bossy's Best Milk with a "suntan" went on sale in Ottawa this morning as one Ottawa dairy started turning sunlamps loose on its product. The new "irradiated" milk Is treated by ultra-violet light before being bottled, and ends up with 400 units of vitamin that It didn't have before, according to the producers.

The pepped-up milk is homogenized and Is taken from selected herds, which, give It a butter-fat content of not less than four an unusually high percentage. According to the manager of the dairy, this type of milk has been on sale by their Hamilton and Toronto branches for the past 10 years. Difficulty in obtaining and at prices that will suit you. More Women Every Day Are Buying and Praising The- GENERAL ELECTRIC I HEATERS on heat but have thrifty souls when comes to fuel, i 57.50 id ANDIRONS have a fine of iron and fireplace, fixtures. 53.95.

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MR. AND MISS COMMERCE OF 1950 step out after their election as Head Boy and Head Girl of the Hgh School of Commerce. Gerald Harrison, 16, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Harrison, 145 Eccies street, and is an all-round athlete in Form 12-A.

Maureen McCullln, Billings Bridge, member of the Girls' Association and on the staff of the High News. She is in Forjm 12-D. (Capital Press.) Everything Electrical iiuiuiiuiiiiiiiuiimiiiiiDuuiiiiiiniiiiiuiiiuiiuiiuuuuniiiUK.