The Kingston Whig-Standard from Kingston, Ontario, Canada • 11

Ijie Jiwptoit Wl)i0 -Stonkri) mws kimsuin AM ITS SriltKltS I 'OK WANT AO KtiltYICK DIAL 1101 SfCONO StCIlOM SATURDAY MARCH 1950 PAGE ELEVEN High Ranking Officials Visiting at Royal Military College Garvin WH Mtde A 1T For Service gain Heads i Hall of Fame BACCALAUREATE held each year in honor Two Hurl As Autos Collide US Defence Board Members Here for RMC-USM A Weekend Go to Ottawa This Morning and Return Hera 1 This Afternoon for RMC Corner-stone Laying THREE HIGH-RANKING OFFICERS of the American army and a rear-admiral of the UB navy the American members of (he Permanent Joint Defence Board eecbmpanied by Canadian officers arrived at Norman Rogers Airport yesterday at 4:30 pm The Americans are on their way to Ottawa where they will witness a demonstration of the new CF-100 Jet fighter service of the graduates on a Sunday In March will take place thla Sunday at pm in Grant Hall with Rev Thomson DD LLD FRSC dean of Divinity McGill University as guest preacher Dr Thomson is well known In One Vehicle Turns Over Annual Meeting Is Held Friday American Canadian party Sunday Snow-removal and crash equipment is standing by throughout (be etay fax case of emergency All-out safety precautions have been taken by the Canadian national defence department for the security of the visitors and their wives Defence Minister Brooks Claxton who la to officiate at the laying of the corner-stone at RMC during the afternoon today is expected to return with toe party from Ottawa Should this not be possible Mr Claxton accompanied by his wife and daughter will arrive by plana hrter The three generals and the others accompanied by their -wive are: Maj Gen Guy Henry Maj-Gen Charles Bolte Maj-Gen Charles Cabejl Rear Admiral Libby and CoL Page The Canadians with the party are: Air Vice-Marshal Hugh Campbell Group Captain BirchelL Cmdr Russell RCN end CoL A Wrinch The party flew from Washington to Trenton Air Station yesterday but a 65 -enHe-an-hour head wind delayed the arrival at Trenton snore than two hours end the Dakota aircraft which landed them at Norman Rogers Airport here wu late by the' same time The petty remained overnight at the Hotel La Salle and 'left by plane at 8:15 am today for the pttswa demonstration They wilt return to Kingston during the afternoon for the ceremony of the laying of the RMC dormitory RMC Cadet Is Aimrded Sum of $3500 TWO PEOPLE were slightly Injured and a vehicle damaged to the extent of over 8500 when car driven by Park Grant 103 Qreen street overturned follow' Ing a colllsloi at the corner of Mrcdonnell and Perk streets at 11 to last nighk Merlin Titley 218 Montreal street a passenger In the Grant car suffered slight Injuries to his left leg right foot and right ear Grant sustained a slightly bruised forehead The other vehicle Involved In the collision was a taxi owned by Norman Conley 28 York street and driven by Frederick Conley 585 Victoria street The Grant was travelling south on Mac-donnell street and the Conley car west on Park street From the point of impact the Grant car slid diagonally Into a mow-bank at the couth-west corner of the ntersectlon and flipped over onto its roof coming to rest on the sidewalk Grant and Titley were removed Kingston General Hospital where they were treated at the department for minor cuts and bruises Damages to the Conley car were estimated at $50 1 OFFICERS directors and hon orary presidents of the Hockey Kinston nd throughout Canada Rail of Fame for 1850 were chosen former President of the uniat the annual meeting of the or-l ver Saskatchewan and ganizetion yesterday afternoon in I former chairman of the Canadian the council chambers of the Corporation Dr buildings Thomson was born in Stirling Mlgiitrct Jm1 first class honors in philosophy from the University of Glasgow If teld the John Clark Fellow-Z la Philosophy in 1814 From "B4w-l he served in The 0850 publicity director Queen's Own Cameron Highland- Other officers elected were: era in the Rifle Brigade in Past president Watts presi- France and Flanders and was dis-dent of the Kingston Hockey As-J charged with the rank of captain vice-presidents Brig I From 1820-1824 he was minister Cunningham CBE DSO ED I of Middle Church Coatbridge XC Lieut-CoL Gelley Scotland and from 1824-1830 he registrar of RMC Wallace Elmer was secretary for education to the Kingston Hockey Association and Church of Scotland He came to Rev Norbert Bradley SJ Regio- Canada in 1830 to the Chair of polls College James de SL Remy Systematic Theology and Philcso-aecretary Travers trees- phy of Religion in Pine Hill Di-urer CapL James Sutherland vinity College Halifax From member of all committees and 1937-1848 he served as President Magistrate Garvin Brig Cunning- to the University of Saskatche-ham and Harry McNeill KC wan and in the fall of 1848 he members of the constitutional assumed his new duties as dean committee I of the newly-formed Faculty of Elected to the board of directors I Divinity McGill University were: Gill Gardiner CoL A Dr- Thomson has travelled cx-Fair Reginald Crawford tensively in Europe and the Near fiteacy Mr Elmer Boyd Eut nd haI taken an active and Aid A Casterton William leading part in public affairs in Henderson MP A McGinnis I Cand- He was elected a Fellow Cornelius Murray the Royal Society of Canada Charlton William Cook Fred- lii2 erved chairman of erick Cook Herbert Thompson the CBC for one year and is Gus Marker James Walsh I member of the board of governors A Andre Allan Kirby CBC- vice-president of the British Colin Drever Harry -Smith nd Poln Bible Society and the Dr MiUan Lome CookDr Canadian Association for Adult A Mackintosh Jarrell Education and immediate past-Neil Hay Dr A Boucher Preident toe United Melville Reid Holdcroft Association1 in Canada He has Benjamin Franklin Michael been honored with degree of Roddm Lome McDoneU James of Divinlty VictrU Han- Edwin Bryce Douglas University of Toronto COL A WRINCH Group Captain Birohall and Gmndr Russell ere graduates of Royal Military College Group Captain Btrofrall te toe Canadian pitot who is credited with the saving of Ceylon during the war Group Captain BizChall epotted the approaching Japanese fleet end alerted the garrison at Gey- ton He graduated from BMC In 1831 and Gmndr' Russell graduated in 1837 After the hockey game between RMC and West Point the PJDB party will attend ihe formal dance at RMC and will also attend tha Sunday morning church parade which winds up the weekend of mid-term excitement on the RMC campus t' No advance Information on the jet plane wu obtainable upon the arrival of the JVDB group It is known however that the CF-100 wu flown from Malton Airport Toronto to Rockcliife Air Station at a speed of well over 500 miles per hour DAMAGES of $3500 have been awarded to Jack Sargent 18 cadet at RMC for Injuries to his right hand which resulted from the explosion of a shell in a Piat antl-tankgun at the Oakville Industrial Exhibition' In 1848 Mr Justice Thorson who presided in the Exchequer Court in Toronto where the cue- was heard also awarded $327 to the plaintiffs father Sargant Bronte for medical expenses At the time of the accident Sargent was a student at Oakville-Trafalgar High School He wu examining the gun part of an exhibit of the Lome Scots Regi menL Thinking 'the shell wu harmless since Jt was marked he picked It up In the explosion which followed he lost his right thumb and had two fingers of hia right hand permanently injured Goes to Jail i For One Year On 3 Counts Deaths Funerals 'DURING the stopover last night tha party was visited by UJS Ambassador Laurence Steinhardt end LL-Gen Guy Simonda for an Informal discuss km Preparations for the arrival of the party wu extensive Full airdrome control equipment waa moved In from Trenton Air Station for Ihe purpose of bringing the big Dakota aafriy to the runway A mobile radio truck waa aet up in front of tha Kingston Flying Club hangar acted in the capacity of control tower for the incoming plane The RCAF equipment will remain In Kingston until the final departure of the West Point Academy Cadets Given Warm Welcome at RMC at that time Tha West Pointer! put up with the greater barrage of questions end accounted for themselves competently Neither of the four cadets who took part In the discussion Is a member of the hockey teams The teams were absent from the talks preparing for tonight's game CHATTING INFORMALLY after the panel discussion in Currie Hall RMC last night at the opening of the RMC-West Point weekend are at top left to right Brig Agnew RMC commandant United States Ambassador Steinhardt and LL-Gen Guy Simonds commandant of the National Defence College in the centre photograph Major Brooks staff 'adjutant at RMC (left) shares old memories withLL-Col Smith of West Point at dinner last night They played hockey on opposing teama when undergraduate at their respective colleges Immediately above Cadet Waterston (right) captain of the RMC hockey team shows tha hockey trophy to Charles Xuyk captain of tha West Point team and Glasgow University and with an honorary Doctor of Lawi by the State College of Washington University University of Toronto McGill University Me Muter University of Alberta and the University of Manitoba The baccalaureate service is the one occasion when the undergraduate body as a whole haa an opportunity to honor the members of the graduating classes because graduation day occurring in May finds the undergraduates in the'r homes and at work across the country The graduating classes in the faculties of Arts Medicine and Science will sit in a body in a action of the floor of Grant Iiall and tha rut of the hall will ba open to staff students alumnL and the general public The principal Dr Wallace and Dr Thomson will read tha Lessons and the university chaplain Rev A Laverty will conduct the service and taka tha prayers The resident musician Dr Graham George will be at tha organ Guild' Pins Are Presented $2000 Fire Here Today mbs Joseph McDermott Funeral of Mrs Joseph McDermott is Wright avenue Toronto who died at er home last Saturday was held at nine Wednesday morning to St Church for solemn requiem high mass Interment was in Mount Hope Cemetery The mother of Mrs Clarke of Kingston Mrs McDermott wu the former Elizabeth Jane Scully Surviving besides Mrs Clarke (Vivian) are second daughter Mrs William Duncan (Margaret) Toronto two sons Arthur and James of Toronto a brother Albert Scully Toronto and sitter Mrs James Kemp (Isabel) of Victoria BC FREDERICK TABER Funeral of 'Frederick Bradley Taber 280 Frontonac street former Inspector with the provincial police and former liquor licence inspector for the County of Leeds who died at his home early Thursday morning was held at I pm today from the late reel dence to Morton Cemetery Morton i Bom'jn Mr Taber spent Ms youth in Mtoddc In 1880 be moved to Morton where he wu building contractor for many years In 1810 he wu appointed liquor licence inspector for the County of Leeds later becoming an inspector with the provincial police He continued in the latter position in BrockviUe Toronto and Hamilton until hia retirement in 1832 Since that time he has resided in Kingston Mr Taber wu 80 years of age Active in oburrix work from early youth he wu an elder of the Presbyterian Church of Canada for $5 years He wu a member of SL Presbyterian Church Kingston Surviving are hie wife the former Francis A Roddick three sons James Kingston Bertrand of Fort William and Dr Taber Chicago two daughters Mrs Forbes Wedderbum and Jean both of Kingston and two brothers Charles of Los Angeles Calif arid Samuel ef Vancouver BC TX Slater Magistrate Garvin Brig Cunningham CoL Gelley Mr Travers Capt Sutherland Mr McNeill Mr St Remy Mr Watte Colin Wood and Frank Purdy Honorary presidents named were: Brig-Gen Kilpatrick Madison Square Gardens New York City Maj-Gen Constantine CB DSO Brig A De La Flammt department of national defence Ottawa Senator Rupert Davies Senator Donat Raymond president of the Cana' dian Hockey Club Montreal Dr Wallace CMG principal of Queen's University Dr A Stewart MLA Weston Adams president of the Boston Bruins Hockey ClUb Frank Selke Canadian Hockey Club Montreal CoL A Fair A Kidd MP Nlckle KC Hon Louis St Laurent Prime Minister of Canada Hon George A Drew Hon Maurice Duplessls premier of Quebec Hon A MacdAnald premier of Nova Scotia Hon Leslie Frost' premier of Ontario William Northey Montreal Hon Howe Ottawa Hon Brooke Claxton DCM Ottawa Hon Charles Power Quebec City James Norris Chicago Bickle president of Maple Leaf Gardens Toronto George McNamara Toronto James Handy president of the US Hockey League Minneapolis Minn Mau rice Podoloff president of the American Hockey League New Haven Conn Jack Adams Detroit Detroit Tobin Hawks" Hockey Club Chicago Allan Pickard president of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association Regina Grimaton vice-president of the CAHA New Westminster BC Thomas Gorman Ottawa Frank Patrick Montreal Elmer Ferguson Montreal Charles Querrie Toronto Judgt Elliott Halifax NS Carroll Montreal PQ and Foster Hewitt Toronto Re-elected to the board of governors were: CoL Clarence Campbell president of the National Hockey League Montreal Letter Patrick Madison Square Gardens New York City Arthur Ross Boston Maj Connie Smyth MC Toronto Frank Sargent put president of the CAK Port Arthur Walter Brown US Amateur Hockey Association1 Boston Leo Dandurend Montreal Basil Montreal Frederick Yay lor OHE Vancouver BC A Hewitt regiatrar-treuurer PLEADING GUILTY yesterday in city court to thru charges breaking and entering theft and attempting to break and enter William Guigue 16 of 421 Brock street wu sentenced to one year definite and three months Indeterminate in the Ontario Reformatory Guigue wu sentenced lut fall to one month in county Jail after he had pleaded guilty to nine chvgu of breaking entering and thefL He wu charged with breaking Into tha Kingston News Service 132 Ontario street Jan 18 He wu also charged with stealing camera and flashlight tha property of Gordon Golwa on Oct 12 -The third charge wu that of attempting to break and enter the service station and store of Robert Downey 610 Division street Feb 18 Magistrate James Garvin an-nounced that ha would recommend thet the accused be sent to the Ontario Training School for Boys at Brampton John Black defence oounsel suggested that tha accused be committed to' an institution when he might be taught a trade The magistrate told the accused there had been great dealNof breaking end entering taking place in Kingston end district in recent months Goode valued at bout $2000 had been atolen but fortunately most of the loot had been recovered CONVICTED on the charge of attempting to break and enter George Herbert Hepburn no fixed address was sentenced to one year in Ontario Reformatory Hepbuiri pleaded not guilty to the charge He was charged with attempting to break and enter the Robert Downey Service Station 610 Division ftreeL A Juvenile who had refused to give evidence when the case wis first heard os Monday told' the court that Hepburn wu one of the group 'which attempted to break Into toe service station Hepburn swore be wu in bed at his home when offence was alleged to have taken place The mother of tha accused said she DAMAGE amounting to over $2000 was caused by a fire which started in a chesterfield chair at 152 Park street at eight o'clock this morning Cornell a fifth-year medical student at Queen's University owner of the house said he was awakened by the smell of smoke knd opened the door from his bedroom Into the living room where the fire started Dense smoke poured from the room Cornell dashed through the smoke out to the street and phoned the fire department from a- neighbor's house The fire started from clgaret smoldering in the easy chair and spread over the living room The chair a radio four end-tables blinds and some text books were damaged EIGHTEEN United States Mill tary Academy cadets the hockey team due to face tha Royal Mill tary College cadet team tonight in Jock Harty Arena arrived in Kingston at 630 pm yesterday after driving bj bus from the military Institute at West PuLit NY Tha American cadets were met by the RMC eadet body and es sorted Into the cadet mess where they were given dinner The West Pointers were then taken to their rooms and made at home in tha RMC dormitory and both American and Canadian cadets settled down for a good rest before their schedule of today TWO of the American eontin -gent members of the USMA Debate Society took on two members of the RMC Debating Club in a panel discussion ef the highlights of life in both of the military institutes Cadets Bourne Georgetown OnL and Forth of Oakville gave the RMC picture while Cadets Askenaze of New York City and Mullane of Floral Park NY presented the West Point comparisons The discussion wu entitled Aims Objectives end Methods of Education' of Royal Military College and of West Point1 CoL Sawyer RMC staff officer acted as chairman of the discussion The differences of life at the two military colleges were dealt with in completeness each phase of cadet life brought np for viewing by the speakers and tha audience of 75 persona who attended among thou at the discusiion were UJ5 Ambassador Laurence Steinhardt LL-Gen Guy Simonds Mrs 1 Simonds Brig Agnew and Mrs Agnew and their daughters AT the close of the discussion Motion of the meeting there wu a period of questions and answers at which the four id-eta endeavored to clarify any points cither not made dear to tha discusiion or not brought up Drama Guild pina have been awarded to 24 member Eight have been awarded for stage work and 18 for radio work The guild haa named the new executive for 1850 as follows: Hale Trotter president James Fogo vice-president Howard Collins secretary Reid treasurer end the social committee Misa Connie Wilson and Mias Cath-nine Wright Those awarded the stage-work pint are: Aline Caldwell James Fogo Carol Klngsmill Robert Reid George Stowe Hale Trotter Catherine Wright and a special award of the pin to Miss Joan Walker for her recent success la the Inter-varsity festivaL The radio workshop pins went to Murray Beech John Berming-ham Edward Bond Donald Brittain Douglaa Creighton Richard Crowther Bruce Davenport Marjory Dickerson Bruce Dunlop Anne Larmour Norman McKinney Douglaa Timms Joan Torgson Florence Fraser Louis Pepper and Michael Humphries would not swear what time her son earns home on the night in question Magistrate Garvin said he was accepting the evidence of the uvenile who said that the accused wu one of the group which failed In the attempt to break nto the service station John Earl Miller no fixed address wu sentenced to one month in Jail when convicted on a charge of stealing pair of trousers the property of Joseph McKenna 428 Barrie atreeL On a second charge of failing to pay board and lodging in the amount of $24 to Mrs Pearl Ainslie 428 Barrie street with the intent to defraud Miller wu fined $1 and court coats of $44 Tha court coats are to include $24 owing to Mrs Ainslie If the fine and costs are not paid Miller must serve one EDWARD KINCAID 21H Upper William stred wu placed on suspended se tence for one year when convii ed on a charge of breaking a china plate cup and an electr fixture at thq home of 1 Iward LaBairre 21 William street where he had been ate lag Joseph Smith no fixed iddreu was sentenced to five nths in the Ontario Reformatur after pleading guilty to belnj intoxicated in public place for the third time one year Four city and district asldcnte paid fines of $10 and cos out of court tor Infractions of the Jquor Control Act of Oatario CAHA end secretary of the OHA Maj AE Coo Winnipeg Man Allan Sutphln Cleveland Baroni Hockey Club Cleveland Mervyn Dutton past president of the NHL Calgary George Dudley secretary-manager of the CAHA and treasurer of the OHA Midland Paul Louden past-president of the UB Leagtie Minneapolis and Wesley McKnlght Toronto The report of the president was tabled Magistrate Garvin was absent due to the illnesa of his mother Reports of the secretary and treasurer were presented by Mr SL Remy and Mz Travers respectively Announcement was made of Mr resignation as treasurer but he agreed-upon being urged by members of the to remain in office for another year Mr Travers revealed in his financial statement for 1848 that the preaent capita of the organization stands at $5808576 It was also announced that a site for the Hockey Hell of Fame' had not as jet been selected Following the annual meeting a board of directon meeting authorised that $1200 be transferred from the building accounts to tha operating fund Payment of an accounts of $84260 to George A Wakeling and Sons was also authorized Brig Cunningham acted aa Referendum Riots Hurl 50 Belgians BRUSSELS (AF) Fifty demonstrators were injured at Antwerp Friday night in a violent prelude to advisory referendum on the future of exiled King Leopold III Hand-to-hand fighting between Leopoldists and large numbers of bis opponents broke out during a fireworks display staged by supporters of the move to bring thi King back to the throne hq left after surrendering to the Germans la 1840 TO SEE FILM At tha regular Monday meeting of the Klwanis Club next week the members will be shown the first sound and colored movie of Fort Henry taken last summer ATTEMPT FAILS Police today investigated evidence of an attempt' to the cash box on an automatic soft drink dispenser at Edwards Garage 652 Princess street Employees this morning discovered that the machine had been broken into during the night Tha would-be thief was apparently unable to remove any money from the ms-chine although the cash receptacle was badly dAuged chairmen of yesterday's meeting in the absence of Magistrate Garvin -f It is estimated that mlra than 250000 people in the! United Statu liva in motor vehfries.