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PAGE =n THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 1947 | Russia Would Establish Bases on Spitsbergen The following 1s the last of a series of three stories by Ross Munro, chief n correspondent of The Canadian Press, dealing with Russia's demand for a military base on Spitsbergen. Munro visited the Norway-owned Archipelago in 1941 as a war correspondent with a Canadian expeditionary force. By ROSS MUNRO "Canadian Press Staff Writer Oslo, June 12--(CP) The Soviet Unjon has been seeking to nego- tiate i Norway Sowesus Setah- lishing tary bases on Spitsber- geft in the Arctic but there is a good deal of doubt among mili- tary authorities as to the feasibility value of such an enterprise. orwegian officer who knows 'well,. said he - holds many reservations about it as a base. It is frozen up 'except for about four months a year at the most and through the long winter there is practicallly complete dark- ness which would greatly hamper any air Somewhat the same opinion was held by British authorities who throughout the war refrained from establishing an Allied base there. During the war a base there would have had considerable value to help protect Arctic convoys to Russia and the original plan for the Canadian raiding force which went there in 1941 was for it to remain all winter and create a base. But the plan was altered at the 11th hour and the Canadians remained only 10 gays evacuating everyone from the islan . Germans Doubted The Germans also had their doubts of Spitsbergen's base poten- tialities. Their operations on Spits- bergen 'were limited to sending a small force to the island in the fallq of 1941--shortly after the Cana- dians left--to establish a meteoro. logical station. But the next spring a small Norwegian force went to the island and the Ger- mans left by alr, Mission Group Holds Meeting At Mapl Grove Maple z e 11.--The Wo- 's A the June meeting in the church on Wednesday, June 4. The president, / Mrs, Cecil Jeffery opened the meeting with the hymn, "What a Friend We Have in Jesus," followed by all repeating "The Lord's Prayer." The minutes of the last meeting were read and a number of business items dealt.with. Mrs, A. Laird gave a reading on "Chris- tian Stewardship" and also con- ducted the worship period, the theme being "Arise and Build." Mrs. H. Freeman, program convener, led in the study, the theme being, "The Church Comes Back in Asia." Mrs. Freeman was assisted by @ number of ladies. The meet- ing closed with a hymn and the Benediction, Maple Grove Sunday School an- niversary will be held in the en- closed shed on Sunday, June 15. Services will be held at 2:30 and 7:30 pm., when Rev. Ernest Rands, pastor of the Woodbine Heights United Church, Toronto, will be the guest speaker. Special music by the Sunday School assisted by Miss Orma Fleming, Whitby, guest solo- ist, both afternoon and evening. s. Lawrence White and daugh- ter Doryne, assisted by some of the Mrs. John Tunnicliffe and Miss E. J. Wright. A number from here attended the anniversary services at Ebenezer on Sunday. A very interesting game of soft- ball was played in the school yard last week. when our girls played with the girls from Bowmanville. 'The game was close to the finish when Bowmanville were the winners by 'one run. Prospect B. M. HOLLIDAY - Correspondent Prospect, June 12--Church serv- ice was held on Sunday at 10 am. with a good attendance. Mr. Young took his text from Acts 7th, reading from verse 44 on. His message was clear, stressing the importance of living a Christian life. Next Sunday, June 15th, Father's Day service will be held at 11 a.m. A joint service--there will be spec- ial singing by the men's choir. Mr, Young will conduct the service. Mrs. George Wilson, visiting her daughter, Mrs, Teslte Smith, this week. Mr. and Mrs. E. Tummonds and Mr. and Mrs. R. Crozier, Stratford, motored to Peterborough on Tues- day, saw the lift locks, which is considered one of the largest, and other places of interest, returning via Lindsay. Mr. and Mrs. J. Ward and Ruby Mr, and Mrs. Byers, Whitby, were neighbors were co-host at a double shower in honor of Miss Lillan Snowden and Miss Louise Foley, brides-to-be of this month. The gathering was held in the basement of the church, which was beautifully decorated for the occasion. A number of ladies from here attended the district annual meet- ing of the Women's Institute at Nestleton last week, Mr. T. A. Wright and daughter Miss Wright of Oldham, Lancashire, England, are visiting his two sisters, guests with the latter's father, Mr. W. F. Thompson, on Sunday, and attended the decoration service at Utica. Mrs. Kilpatrick and Mrs. E. Oyler were recent guests at the home of Mr, and Mrs, Keist, Brooklin. Mr. and Mrs. Luther Mitchell at- tended the reception at the Royal York on Saturday pm. on the occa- sion of the marriage of their grand- daughter, Alverta, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Mitchell, Toronto, to Leonard B. Roberts by the Very Reverend Peter Bryce, By Eugene Sheffer [CROSSWORD [3 (ID %, Zl 47 1° % he had a wife and young child, His Honor sentenced Michael Podvin- sky to six months in the Ontario Reformatory and a $200 fine or an additional six months on the first possession charge with a similar sentence on each of the other pos- session charges, the terms to be con- current, On the charge of offering drugs for sale, he sentenced this ac- cused -to six months plus a $200 fine or six months, the terms to be con- current with those on the first count. On the conspiracy charge he handed out a one-year Reforma- tory term, consecutive to any other sentence. Coming finally to Mombourquette, the judge said the record of this accused, dating back to 1924, was "anything but to be admired.' ' "It seems to me," he told the ac- cused, "that perhaps you were the instigator of the conspiracy to sell. Also you played a leading part in the offering for sale, and your re- cord does not merit a light sen- tence." tte wag sentenced to three years in the penitentiary and a fine of $500 or an additional six months on the first charge of pos- sessing and similar concurrent sentences on each of the other six on charges, as well as on the WD 7 1] HORIZONTAL 48. chills and 1. winnowing fever machine 49. closely 4. dull confined 8. prohibits 50. nothin, 12. Peer Gynt's 51, perch-like fish mother 82. citrus drinks 13. solitary 53. undertake 14. operatic solo VERTICAL 15. retreat 1. agricultural 18. afternoon property %. aboard ship 3. provoking . 4.flaxen as hair 5. theater-box 6. uneasiness 7. female ruff 8. predicated 9. accessory seed. covering 22. attitudinize 23. printer's measures 24. the turmeric 25. wolf-hound performance 19. raw hides 20. youth Answer to yesterday's puzsle. ways (abbr.) 21. hurried AlP M|A[R] 28.steep as flax 30. ringed boa 23. Ireland - LA 25. solar disk re (var.) : 26. air: comb. Tl form 29. near the chin 31. fixed 32. foreign 35. harassed , pettily 37. narrow 38. tar tat, m|m 33. droop 39. wound in- 34.s0cak asa R|mjm| OQ crustation hide 36. for fear that 87. vocal A inflection 40. Roman garment 41. Australian ostriches 38. title of N 43. function in address E A N D A R | N A E R [<] € trigonometry 89. vaporized water 42. vility Average time of solution: 32 minutes. 46. sympathetic Dist. by King Features Syndicate, Inc. 44. agitate 45. slippery 47. watering- place DD, LLD., at the Metropolitan Church, Toronto. Sorry to report the death of Mr. James Turner who died suddenly at his home in Carroll, Manitoba, on Wednesday, June 4. Mr, Turner was born on Scugog Island and was in his 60th year. He leaves to mourn his loss his wife, the former Tillie Holtby, a sister of Mr. Ernie Holt- by and Mr. W. Holtby. A number from here attended the decoration service at Utica on Sunday and enjoyed the address by Chaliman Thompson and Mr. Young's message. The chairman and treasurer of the cem: board are advising those who have not already taken out upkeep to do so, as the interest on the money invested is low, and the expenses increasing The Holstein picnic will be held at the home of Mr, Ray McLaugh- =C 1042-19075 THE AMAZING DEVELOPMENT A 100 YEARS AGO, two good men with a cradle and rake could cut and bind three acres of grain in a day. Then there still remained the laborious task of threshing the grain with a flail on the barn floor. Today one man with a Massey- Harris self-propelled combine can cut and thresh up to 50 acres in a day. Just think of the tedious, back- breaking labor in cultivating, seeding, harvesting and threshing which the farmer of today escapes through the use of modern farm machinery. The development of labor- vas lin, Oshawa, at 10 a.m. on Saturday, June 14. Judging until 12:30. Lunch at Geneva Park. Guest speaker-- C. D. Graham, B.S.A., Deputy Min- ister of Agriculture for Ontario. One feature is a calf donated by J. A. Gunn of the "Dunrobin Farm", Beaverton, ona special draw, There will be spoits during the af~ ternoon. Mrs. F. Vernon spent Friday in Toronto. Mrs. George Skinner visited for a few days last week in Kitchener ii her sister, Mrs. Neil, and fam- y. Mr, and Mrs. Bert Bentley, To- ronto, called on old friends in the community on Sunday. Mr, and Mrs. Wm. Steele were unday guests with My. and Mrs. Reeves, Oshawa. Miss Edith Lakey, Toronto, and Mr. and Mrs. Orr Graham and fam- ily, Balsam, were guests at Mrs. George Smith's on Sunday. All at- tended the decoration service at Utica. On June 21--Farmers' Holiday: The Federation of Agriculture for floutth Ontario are holding their picnic at the Greenwood park. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Webster and family, Toronto, spent Sunday with Mrs. G. Webster and family. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Vernon and family, Port Perry, and Mr. and Mrs, F. Vernon visited with Mr, and Mrs. Ronald Vernon and Wayne, at on Sunday. MrMs. M. Real, Port Perry, and Mr. and Mrs. George Holliday, Whitby, were at Mrs. J. A. Holli- day's on Monday. Mr. and Mrs, E. Diamond and family, Mr. and Mrs. A. Lee and family, Uxbridge, celebrated on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Grills, Columbus, at their home on the occasion of their first wedding anniversary, June 7. 3 to 8 Years (Continued from Page 1) each of the other - possession charges, the terms to be concurrent with that on the first of these. "Apparently you have made up your mind that you are not going to change your ways and are going to continue along the lines you have been travelling," Judge Smoke told Donald Tucker, noting that he had offering DE sale count. For conspi- racy he was given two years in addi- tion to any other sentence. As Mom- bourquette had been sentenced to two years last April, His Honor di- rected that these terms be concur- rent with any other sentence now being served. Jury Retired After 4 p.m. Judge Smoke concluded his charge to the jury at approximately one o'clock yesterday afternoon but it wag after four o'clock, when the for its deliberations owing to points raised by counsel in connection with the charge. C. L. Dubin, counsel for *Michael Podvinsky, and A. W. 8. Greer, K.C, counsel for Richards, Willis and Frank Podvinsky, addressed the court for nearly an hour and when M. F. Swartz, counsel for Tucker, | H indicated he had a number of sub- missions to make, court was ad- journed for lunch until 3 p. m, Af- ter hearing Mr. Swartz and also brief submissions by Crown Attor- ney A. C. Hall, His Honor reca'led the jury to clarify several points: K. M. R. Stiver appeare- on behalf of N. I. Mat ~ who had conducted the Crown's case in connection with the a.ug counts, Shortly after eight o'clock the jury returned to ask two questions as to the evidence and the court room was nearly filled when they appeared again to announce their verdict at 9:30, Among those present were rela- tives of all the accused except Mombourquette. The only one to gre character evidence was Rich- 's father, although Mr. Swartz tain evidence was found. told the court 'Tucker's mother would have testified but was unable to attend owing to illness. When the verdict had been given Mr. Dubin asked that the jury be polled as regards Mike Podvinsky. As each of the 12 jurymen answer- ed in accordance with the verdict on each of the first three charges, however, he waived polling on the remainder. "I am quite in agreement with you in your verdict in all these charges," Judge Smoke told the jury. "I think you have done a good job and have lived up to your obligations taken at the beginning of the trial. I think you should now be discharged for the rest of the session." The jurors were told that they might depart but they expressed a desire to remain' until sentence had been passed. The records of tlie six accused, read by Mr, Hall, showed for Mombourquette a series of senten- ces dating back to 1924. They had included terms ranging from two to 15 years from Montreal to Spring- field, Ohio. Donald Tucker had been in ju- venile court first in 1933 and since that time hal been convicted on five or more occasions. Willis too had been convicted of a numbebr of offences since 1939. There was only a conviction for assault against Frank Podvinsky and one for shopbreaking against his brother. Richards had been in- volved in a joy riding offence in 1945. Amateur Job In his representations on behalf Bf the accused, Mr. Greer stressed that none of the-five young men had had anything to do with drugs previously and he expressed the view that the whole thing was a "ra- ther amateurish job." He asked that a penitentiary sen- tence not be imposed on Richards as "our penal system is lacking in failing to set apart young offenders from old offenders." Asking His or to deal with this accused as lenllently as possible, he pointed out that this was the first time he had been in coury on charges as serious as these and that he had been of some assistance to the police in go- ing with them to places where cer- Crown Attorney Hall admitted "| that Richards had been of assist- ance to the police while in custody. When Mr, Swartz made no fur- ther representations on behalf of Tucker pther than to point out that his mother was unable to give evid- ence owing to illness, Tucker, said he wished to speak. "I claim that I am the victim of circumstantial evidence," he declar- ed. As he attempted to refer to points in the evidence, however, the judge told him that his triai was now over. "I am not going to hear a lot of PLAYING that stuff," His Honor said. "If you want to make any representations as to minimizing your sentence--and what happened in this trial! has no- thing to do with it--I will be glad to hear it." With + regard to Willis, Mr. Greer admitted that his difficulties © had begun at an' early age. e said, however, that Willis ha. not had a home environment of a kind enjoy- ed by those who have not experienc- ed such difficulties, He said Willls wished some form of corporal punishment along with a Reformatory sentence rather than a term in penitentiary. Dutch War Bride On behalf of Mike Podvinsky, Mr, 'Dubin pointed out that this ac- cused had been overseas for four years, returning in March, 1946, had married a Dutch war bride and they had a small child. He had also purchased a ticket for, Hol- land with the intention of 'going there to work for his father-in-law in a rug factory. Mr. Dubin submitted that his cli- ent had played "entirely a passive part" in the conspiracy and that he had almost -a clean record. "If there ever was a case when jujstice might be tempered with len- lency and mercy, this is it," he said, asking for the minimum sentence. Speaking for Frank Podvinsky, Mr. Greer said he had served for three and a half years in the army and his only previous offence was in connection with a dance hall fra. cas at Ajax. He submitted that this accused had played a minor part in the whole affair and asked that he be dealt with in a most lenient man- ner, Mombourquette, who was not re- presented by counsel, drew attene tion only to the fact that he was already under sentence for two years. THEATRES TODAY Biltmore -- "Perilous Holiday" 1.10, 4.12, 7.13, 10.15. "So Goes. |- My Love" 2.39, 5.40, 8.47. Last Complete Show at 8.47 p.m. Regent -- "Thé Time, The Place And The Girl" 1.30, 3.25, 520, 7.15, 9.15. Last complete show 9.00 p.m. Marks--"Song of Scheherazade" at 120, 3.25, 5.30, 7.35, 9.45. Last complete show at 9.25. 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"You are not making any effort to rehabilitate yourself and it seems to me you should. be dealt with on the same basis as Tucker," he told Willis, sentencing him to similar terms on the armed robbery and possession charges as those handed out to Tucker. On the additional charge of offering drugs for sale, Willis was sentenced to two years concurrent with the robbery sen- tence plus a $200 fine or six months concurrent. He also received a two-year term concurrent with the previous one on- the conspiracy count and the minimum sentence of two years in penitentiary on the charge of having a concealed fire- arm, This brought Willis' total sentence to eight years.( Taking into consideration that there was only one previous con- viction against him, His Honor sen- tenced Frank Podvinsky, who was charged with all of the offences except having a concealed firearm, to a total of three years. On the armed robbery. charge he received a two-year sentence with a similar penalty to that imposeq on' Willis in connection with the | nine drug counts. Noting his clean roourd to date and considering also. the fact that DROP-IN. "FRIGIDAIRE" MILK COOLERS Now Available for Immediate Delivery 90 SIMCOE ST. S. -- at -- HOME APPLIANCE PHONE 690 y . Oshawa Every thrill of the throbbing West intis touving drama of Death Valley vengeance. Showing .