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HURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1948 THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE - J PAGE THREE $500,000 Fire Loss As Flames Sweep Toronto Oil Tanks ------rp Police Hold Two In $4,100 Robbery At Tavistock Bank Kitchener, Feb. 12 (CP)--Just 25 minutes after the robbery, Kitchener police arrested two suspects in yester- day's holdup at the Canadian Bank of Commerce branch at Tavistock, 20 miles southwest of here. The men -- identified as Bradley K. Watts, 22, of Stratford, and Allan Williamson, ®- 18, of Galt--were removed to Ox- ford County Jail at Woodstock not long after their arrest. They ap- peared in court today and were remanded on a bank robbery charge. Police said that the $4,100 in bank loot was recovered. Tavistock police said two un- masked men entered the bank a few minutes before closing time yesterday and herded the staff of five as well as six custamers into a vault. While a third man stood guard near the door, they gathered up the loot and fled just as polige summoned by a . customer who managed to get out of the build- ing, arrived. Police said taxi driver Robert Turnbull, 52, of Stratford, ordered by the suspected bandits to follow side roads, drove them into the arms of two Kitchener police of- ficers who waited in ambush at the entrance to Kitchener, Police quoted Turnbull as saying iwo men hired the taxi in Strat- ford and asked to be driven to New Hamburg, near here. On the way, they ordered the driver to stop in Taxistock to enable them to cash a cheque. Constable Edward Schirhart of Kitchener, who made the arrests with Constable Wilfred Henrich, said a man he identified as Watts aimed a gun at him as the officer opened the rear door of the taxi. "He pulled the trigger but I heard the gun jam," he said. "Then I fired twice but both shots went wide." Constable Henrich covered two men in the front seat with his re- volver just as Provincial Police ar- rived. Provincial Constable Vincent Scherer said he searched the man identified as Williamson and found $4,137 in his possession. $10,000 Mill Damage In Newtonville Fire Port Hope, Feb. 12--Newtonville grist mill was destroyed Tuesday, with damage estimated at $10,000. Firemen were only able to protect surrounding buildings, so quickly did the fire spread in the 50 by 30-foot frame and brick-siding building. It is believed that the fire start. ed from a stove in the office. The building and feed and grain were a total loss, The mill was built to replace one which was destroyed by fire four years ago. FATALLY BURNED Harrington, Ont.,, Feb. 12--(CP) ~--Mrs. Edley Campsall, 77, was fat- ally burned Tuesday night.in a fire which destroyed her home in this Bruce County community. 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Both artists were well received by the large audience. - A fellow of the Canadian Col- lege of Organists, Frederick C. Silvester has been registrar of the Royal Conservatory of Music of Toronto for the past decade and is assistant conductor as well as ac- companist of the Mendelssohn Choir. ee Opening the recital with "Va- riations de Concert" by Joseph Bonnet, the organist then layed two selections by Rach: "An ante' » Trio Sonata No. 4 and "Fantasia and Fugue in C Minor", Thé list- ener could detect phrases for wood- winds throughout these masterful arrangements, ' InZ" second group, Mr. Silves- ter rendered Mozart's "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik" lightly and beautiful- ly in "Romanze". It was applauded with verve "The Little Windmills," by Couperin was a short composi- tion demanding expert fingering technique, executed to near-perfec- tion by the artist. Tuneful in its four distinct parts -- larghetto, allegro, alla siciliana and presto-- Handel's "Concerto No. 5 in F" of fered deepest tones of shade and brightest contrasts at the command of Mr. Silvester. "The Nymph of the Lake" by Karg-Elert was best-liked by the audience. Rumbling bass chords described, as it wers, the dark depths on top of which the nymph could be heard pattering about in treble runs. Easily followed, the composer's tracings were pictur- esquely portrayed by the organist. The chimes were brought into use in "Carillon", a selection by Sow- erby. Organ riffs led up to arpeg- gios on the chimes. Mr. Silvester's concluding piece was a work by Liszt for Bach. The artist explained to the audience that in the Ger- man musical alphabet, the notes B, A, C and H are the same as our B-flat, A, C, and B, respecti- vely, hence the title "Prelude. and Fugue of Bach". An inspiring composition, the organist devoted his best to its intricacies. Miss Harper's lovely mezzo-so- prano voice earned her an encore after Dvorak's thrilling "Turn Thee to Me." It was impossible for her to divert from the program how= ever, Her first selection was "Open wide, my heart, thy portals" by Bach, a beautiful composition ren- dered creditably, From Handel's "Messiah" Miss Harper sang the soprano solo, "Come unto im' with a style that hinted of experi- ence. Her contro] of the difficult runs in "So shall the lute and harp awake" from the same composer's "Judas Maccabeus," was extremely good. Beginning her second group with "On mighty pens" by Haydn in his "The Creation," the tall young so- prano displayed her abilities with notes in the lower register. Fol- lowing "Turn Thee to Me" Miss Harper - sang Dunhill's "To the Queen of Heaven" and when she tried to sit down the audience show- ed its displeasure by applauding the louder. A second acknowledge- ment was all the artist offered, Rev. J.V. McNeely expressed, in a few sincere words, the thanks of the congregation, Ontario Apethil WON'T TAX MACHINES Windsér, Feb, 12--(CP)--Lome R. Cumming, city solicitor, told council' that juke boxes, pinball machines or other coin-slot equip- ment were out as far as new fields of taxation are concerned. He delved through taxation regulations after Controller Gordon Ellis sug- gested that the "jukes" might pro- vide a new source of taxes. * JUVENILE RESEARCH Toronto, Feb. 12--(CP)-- Judge Hawley S. Mott of the juvenile court has asked coun- cil to provide a fully trained worker to analyze and assess 10,000 case histories compiled by the late Dr. George W. An- derson, psychiatrist to the court, LN 3 CROWNS OAT KING Toronto, Feb. 12--(CP)---~Agricul- ture Minister Kennedy of Ontario last night placed a crown on the head of Alex M. Stewart of Ailsa Craig, Ont, proclaimed "at king" last December at the Chicago In- ternational Hay and Grain show. The coronation took place during ceremonies marking the 10th an- niversary of the Ontario Crop Im. provement. Association, LN CURB IMMIGRATION Toronto, Feb, 12--(CP)-- Immigrants will not be brought to farms here unless there are Canadians willing to guarantee them employment, the Ontario Department of Ag- riculture points out in advising that application forms are available to farmers needing labor at National Employment Service offices throughout On- tario and from agricultural representatives. Q--Why is a woman like a A.~--She speaks a word and turns her husband into a' mule. She Speaks another and he becomes a fairy prince. . V0, 8 d row--Di ° Eastern Ontario Holstein-Friesian Officers Above are the Eastern Ontario directors and officials of the Holstein-Friesian Association of Canada, who were recently elected at the annual meeting in Toronto: i'ront row (L. to R.) Director--W. J. Fawcett, Winchester, Ont.,, W. Ray Wilson, Kenmore, 1st Vice-"resident; Director--Jas. T. Brown, Newcastle, Ont.; man W. McConkey, Peterboro, Ont., George McLaughlin, Oshawa, Ont., F. C. Eligh, Finch, Ont., and Ficldman F, R. Ormiston, Brooklin; and R. Grant Sm#th, Brockville, Ont. --Photo by Canada Pictures, Toronto One hundred awards, diplomas and seals for attendance were pre- sented at Albert Street United Church on Sunday. Mrs, Henry Hogarth and Harry Lyneh con- gratulated the pupils and presented the awards, aczisted by James Gor- don, attendance secretary. Mrs. R. €, Bint read the Scripture les- son and Rev. S. R. Henderson was in charge of the service, The Sunday School at Albert Street United 'Church has an en- rolment of 288, while the highest attendance has been 276. There are 32 teachers and officers. A year ago the Sunday School presented a Bible to Miss Irene Meech on the completion of 20 years of perfect attendance. Miss Meech, now a member of the teach- ing staff, last year again had a perfect attendance and received special: mention for her excellent record. To qualify for the Robert Raike certificates and seals, pupils can miss but four Sundays or less. Special awards consisted of wall plaques and mottos. . The list of awards was as fol lows: 52 Sunday awards--Ruth Bint, (Robert Bent, Beth Bint, Dorothy Beavis, Betty Parks, Mr. Crouter, Joan Parks, John Bint, Ray Bint, Jim Tippett. 51 Sunday awards--Anne Snud- den, Donna Cherry, Marine Fisher, Lois Tippett, Mr. W. Tippett, Betty Pike, Billy Ford, Norman Fisher. First year diplomas -- Eileen Corbman, Wendy Parks, David Edwards, Carol Edwards, Donna Cherry, - Dorothy Wallace, June McCann, Joyce Blatch, Harry Crouter, James Corbman, Second year seals--Billy Parks, 'Roger McKnight, Albert Street Church Prizes For Attendance Presented On Sunday Doris Cherry, Billy -Andrew, Allen Adams, Muriel Gibbs, Larry Lemon, Bev- erley Cherry, Pauline Snow, Betty Ann Cherry, Doreen Cherry, Betty Wilkins, Ellen Christie, = David Gibbs, Grant Fry. Third year seals--Joan Parks, Francis Frepch, Mr. Cecil Bint, Mrs. Fred Coleman, Grace Adams, Merelda Layng, Margaret Scott, Betty Adams, Francis Fogle, Mar- ion Johns, Ronald Heard, Richard Fry. Fourth year seals--Ruth Bint, Beth Bint, Joy Ford, Gweneth Fry, Shirley Heard, Helen Longbottom, John Bint, Ray Bint, Donald Heard, John Turner, Carl Clark, Donald Pringle. Fifth year seals--Margaret Fry, Yvoune Scott, Audrey Scott, Mrs. Geo, Sanders, Robert Fry, David Gibson. ; Sixth year seals--Dorothy Bea- vis, Jean Beavis, Betty Pike, Grace Parker, Seventh year seals -- Marine Fisher, Mrs. Reg Pike, Mrs, Harry Norton, Grace Sanders. Eighth year seals--Lois Tippett, Mrs, Cecil Bint, Bruce Clarke, Norman Fisher, Ralph Tippett. Ninth year seals--Peggy Vann, Jim Tippett, Billy Ford. Tenth year seal--Betty Parks, Twelfth year seals--Betty Jean Tippett, Lawson Parks. Fifteenth year seals--qsbert Bent, Harold Lemon, Austin %/ilt- shire, Eighteenth year Walter Tippett. Nineteenth year seal -- Anne Snudden, Twenty-first year seal--Special mention, Irene Meech, Boris Corbman, Brenda Naylor, seal -- Mrs, By EDDY GILMORE Moscow, Feb. 12--(AP)--Russia sald last night that Great Britain and France before the war encour. aged Adolf Hitler to turn the Ger- man army against the Soviet Union. She charged that they let Ger- many take over Czechoslovakia and, in the pact of Munich and others, entered into non-aggression agree. ments with Germany's Fuehrer. These accusations were made In a statement issued by the Soviet Information Bureau. In support of them, the bwWitau cited German Foreign Offi¢e documents for 1987 and 1938 which it said the Red Army had captured. The statement was Russia's sec- ond in reply to publication of pa- pers of Nazi-Spviet relations by the United Statest This one said little about the Unided States. (The United States State Depart- ment published captured docu- ments Jan. 21 which said Hitler and Stalin plotted to split up Po- land, dominate the Balkans and shut the Western powers out of Eu. rope altogether). (In Washington last night, no comment was forthcoming from the department oa the latest Soviet statement.) ; (The British Foreign Office 'and the French XRcweign Ministry did not comment, either.) The Soviet communique said Bri- tish-French policy before the war was aimed "at isolating the U.S.S. R. and directing Hitlerite aggres- sion towards the East against the Soviet Union, ysing Hitler as a tool for their own ends." Cites Austria Hitler's annexation of Austria March 12, 1938, had met no resist. ance on the part of Britain and France and that in the face of Czechoslovakia's appeals for help against Germany under a mutual assistance pact, "the Anglo-French rulers remained implacable." The Munich pact of Sept. 30, 1938 and snhsequent agreements es. sentially "meant both Britain and France concluded with Hitler non- aggression pacts." " «+. In their desire to ward off the menace "of Hitlerite aggression Russia Charges West Abetted Hitler Attack from their countries they believ- ed that the Munjch agreement and similar ones flung the gates wide open for Hitlerite aggression in'the East--aggression against the Sov- iet Union." The Bureau quoted statements it said were made in: t 1. A talk between Hitler and Vis. count (now the Earl of) Halifax (at that time Lord President of the Council) in the presence of Ba- ron Konstanton Von Neurath (then German Foreign Minister) Nov. 19, 1937, in Obersalzberg (on the edge of Berchtesgaden, Barvaria). 2. A talk between Hitler and the late Sir Neville Meyrick Henderson, British Ambassador to Germany, March 3, 1938, in the presence of the late Foreign Minister Jochim Von Ribbentrop. "3. A report to Berlin from Her. bert Von Dirksen, German Ambas- sador to London, July 10, 1938, No Comment (No comment was forthcoming last night from any of the surviv. ing principals mentioned.) "Halifax de lared," the statement said, "that he . .. and other mem- bers of the British government were fully aware the Fuehrer . , . having destroyed Communism in his coun. try, . . . had barred the road of the latter to Western Europe and that Ge. many, therefore, was entitled to be regarded as a bulwark of the West against Bolshevism." The bureau said Halifax told Hit- ler that "the four great Western powers must jointly set up a foun. dation for dasting peace in Europe." "In other words," the Russidn statemen said, "Halifax . , , pro- posed to Hitler on behalf of the British government that Britain as well as France should join the Rome.Berlin Axis." The statement quoted Henderson as telling Hitler he "often expres- Su himself in favor of the Ansch. uss. "Immediately after that deal , .. Hitler selzed Austria ,,." Of Czechoslovakia, "Dirksen re- ported to Berlin that the British government wes ready to make a great sacrifice to 'meet other just demands of Germany.' _., ... . _ Thugs Imported For Hold-Up Jobs Newspaper Says Toronto, Feb, 12--(CP)--The Globe and Mail said today in a newspage story it had learned that "hired gun-men are being imported to. Toronto to carry out difficult hold-ups on a retainer-and-split basis.' The newspaper added: "Several gangs of young desperadoes, most- ly with penitentiary records and with hide-outs in Hamilton, Wind- sor and other- provincial points, are used by Toronto master-crim- inals who never themselves appear on the scene of the crimes." Among recent robberies attribu- ted to this gang the newspaper mentioned the hold-up of '@ dice game at suburban Etobicoke when uowards of $6,000 was taken, and the theft of a safe containing $1,700 from the Coxwell Inn, "Police investigation is said to have unearthed the rob-for-hire scheme and city detectives are at- tempting to track down the master- minds," the story said. Find 4 Children Alone In Trailer Ottawa, Feb, 12--(CP)--City po- lice disclosed Wednesday they had discovered four children, ranging in age from 5 months to 5 years, left alone and hungry in an un- heated trailer at Hurdman's Bridge Qn the southeastern edge of the city. Police said they believed the Children's Aid Society, were left unattended from last Saturday morning until early Monday, when Provincial Constable J. A. Robert- son discovered them in response to a neighbor's call. The four, James, 5 months old; Gerald, 4; Dorothy, 5, and Jean, 2, are the children of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Emery. Constable Robertson said he heard whimpering inside the un. lighted trailer when he cpened the door early Monday. The children were huddled under blankets in the sub-zero weather and the baby was unclad and blue with cold. Mr. Emery turned up a few hours later and the constable left the children in his care, reporting the case to the Children's Aid Society. Yesterday, a CAS investigator visiting the trailer, again found the children unattended and took them to shelter in Ottawa. Constable Robertson sald the fa. ther. told him on his return Mon. day that he had been out in search of work, CAS officials said charges may be laid against the parents, MURDER AND SUICIDE Edmonton, Feb. 12--(CP)--Roy- al Canadian Mouted Police in Ed- monton reported yesterday a mur. der, a suicide and a wounding on an Indian reserve in the St. Paul area 100 airmiles to the northeast, Pol. ice said Joseph Leonard Makokin, 28, killed Lydia Large, 15, his com- mon-law wife, with a .22 rifle, wounded her siter, Mrs. Veronica Cutknife of Edmonton, and then killed himself with a rifle shot, TOMORROW NITE Sh ; . : ' Valentine Ball STANLEY ST. JOHN and his orchestra ® DANCING 9 TO 1 @ ® DRESS OPTIONAL © ® PRIZES GALORE © ® FUN FOR ALL © HOTEL GENOSHA ess set of huge oil storage tanks. For the first time in three years, a fourth alarm was sounded, bring- ing fire-fighters from nine dis- trict stations. The hundreds - of firemen were bolstered by oil com- pany fire squads. : Heavy police reinforcements worked in the area which was cor- doned off shortly after the fire broke out at 5 p.m. yesterday after a short circuit set on fire a motor truck loading gasoline. The first fire resulted in a ware- house blaze where hundreds of drums of oil and naptha were stored. As the warehouse went up in flames, burning oil flowed over the ground with new fires break- ing out one after another. Firemen, police, reporters and cameramen struggled in the mud and water between rivers of burn- ing oil under a drizzle of snow and rain as the flames lit up the dark- ness for miles arcund, easily vis ible in the downtown area not far west of the blaze. The struggle lasted nearly seven hours before fire chiefs said the main gasolin estorage tanks fring- ing the area could be considered safe. Two large buildings and a number of small tanks, along with hundreds of drums of highly in- flammable fuel, had been destroy- ed The exact loss would not be de- termined until after a thorough check of supplies in. the area. The loss of oil alone was a major blow to present critical supplies of fuel oil and gasoline. Three fis:men were injured. Captain William Watt of the Ger- rard Street fire station fell into a pit, injuring his right hip and leg, but remained on the job. Fire- man David Hicks suffered facial injuries from flying debris and Fireman Ernest Head suffered a leg injury when he was knocked off a platform by one of the many blasts. It was midnight before firemen announced the blaze was under control and that the big tanks had been saved. These larger tanks each have a capacity of more than 200,000 gallons, and some were filled with high octane aviation gasoline. In the early stages firemen fought the warehouse blaze at close range, but by 10 p.m. the warehouse walls partially collapsed and the fire travelled to a second buiding 100 feet distant. It was at this stage that firemen feared 3 Firemen Injured In 4-Alarm Blaze As Blasts Qccur Toronto, Feb. 12 (CP)--Muffled blasts and occasional puffs of flame still came early today from the storage area of the British American Oil Company, aftermath of a con- flagration which fire department officials estimated caused loss of $500,000 and which for hours threatened to bring a major disaster through explosion®- - the blaze was out of control. A much wider area was cleared by the police and with 20 lines of hose working the firemen finally got the upper hand. Bail For Ferraro Held In Abeyance Winnipeg, Feb. 12--(CP) -- Mr, Justice P. J. 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