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PAGE TWO Deaths ARNOLD--Suddenly at Brooklin, Ont., i 948, Sarah on Monday, August 9, 1948, McAlister Erskine, beloved wife of the late William Arnold. Funeral from her late residence, Brook- lin, Ont.,on Wednesday, Aug. 11, 1948 at 3 pm. Interment Groveside Ceme- tery, Brooklin. BUNKER, Squire Charles Savory--En- tered into rest at his late residence on Sunday, Aug. 8, 1948, Squire Charles 'Savory Bunker, beloved husband of Mary Peremon and dear father of Charles M. Bunker and Eva (Mrs. A. E. Cormack) of Pick- ering, in his 84th year. The late Mr. Bunker is resting at his residence, No. 2 Highway, at Univer- gity Dr., for funeral service on Wed- nesday, Aug. 11, at 2:30 p.m. inter- ment Mount Lawn Ceme y Aug. 9-10 In Memoriam BUCKLEY--In loving memory of my dear mother, Ada H. Buckley, .who passed away August 9, 1939. Loving memories never dle, As the months go on and the years go by. --Lovingly remembered by Alice. (186a) CAMPIN--In loving memory of William Campin, who passed away August Sth, 41: 1 3 As I sit alone in the evening And my memory starts to stray, I think of you, my darling And will till my judgment day. 1 know we will meet again dear, In the heavens up above, Where there is no pain or suffering, Nothing, only love. --Always remembered by his wife, son Teddie and daughter Barbara. CLAUS--In loving memory of our dear son, Douglas arshall, who passed away Aug. 9, 1943: When the evening sun is And we're sitting all alone In our hearts there comes a longing If only you could come home. --Ever remembered by mother and dad, sisters, brothers and sister- in-law. TATE--In loving memory of my hus- band, Herbert A. Tate, who away in Oshawa, Ont.,. Aug. 6th, 1 : We watched him suffer day by day, It caused us bitter grief To see him slowly pine away And could not give relief, x His weary hours and days of pain , His troublde ghits are passed; And in our aching hearts we know He has found sweet rest at last. "Tis sweet to know we will meet again 'Where parting is no more. And my dear husband I loved so well Has only gone before. God knows how much I miss him He counts the tears I shed And whispers, hush he only sleeps, Your husband is not dead. Some day, some time, my eyes shall see The face I loved so well. Some day, some time, his hand I'll setting clasp, And never say farewell. --Sadly missed by his wife. Cards of Thanks MR. AND MRS. WILLIAM A. PEEL of Brooklin wish to their sincere thanks - to neighbours and the Faithful ers' roup for cards, flowers, and candy received; also Drs. Baldwin, Orton, Grant and Nurses of Al and Bl floors of Oshawa General Hospital during Mrs. Peel's recent illness. (Oshawa Band To Give Concert Campbeliford, Aug. 9--The 35- piece band of the Oshawa corps of the Salvation Army will visit Camp- bellford on Sunday, August 15, it was learned here today. The band wil] perform at the morning and evening service in the Citadel, and in the afternoon, fol- lowing a parade to the cenotaph, will give a concert on the lawn at the public school, commencing at 3.30 pm. Following the evening service, and commencing at 8.15 p.m, 'there will be a concert in the Hollywood Thea- tre. 43 Deaths (Continued from Page 1) Que.; Alban LeBlanc, 26, who fell from a moving truck at Batouche, N.B. Cecil Thibault, six, killed by a truck in Montreal; Mrs, Morris Vincent, Toronto, whose injuries in an Aug. 2 accident northwest of : _ Toronto proved fatal; James Clarin, 87, injured three weeks ago in Montreal; Francis Snow, 25, whose - motorcycle went out of control in . Montreal and Arthur Berube, 55, , of Montreal, who met death in a similar mishap at Donnacona, Que. - Laura Vermette, 11, was knocked from her bicycle and killed at Hearst in Northern Ontario. Mrs. Marie Watson of Toronto died at Kingston of injuries suffered last Thursday at Gananoque. Wayne Proulx, 20 months, died in Montreal of mysterious head in- juries. Police expressed belief he . either fell from a balcony or was struck by a motorcar. Two men were struck by trains. Joseph M. Taylor of Stellarton, N.S, was crushed under a freight car in Montreal and the body of Real Gagnon, 32, was found on tracks at Cornwall. Constable N, E. M. Duns of the R.CMP. was found dead near a service revolver iu an office at Chatham, N.B. Accidental discharge of a rifle in the hands of a friend killed James Wheeler, 13, of Searchmont, Ont. A flash explosion in an oil re- finery at Sarnia, fatally burned Harvey R. Wellington, 31, of Sarnia, but two co=:panions went unscathed. Drowned ' besides the London children were Robert Langman, 18 {, months, in the Severn River near +, Orillia; Lawrence Lee, séven, To- ronto, in the Trent Valley Canal, i+ 22 miles northwest of Lindsay: and James Henderson, 23, Oshawa, ." member of the R.C.M.P. marine i+ section, : Kingston. in Lake Ontario near Atachera Thomas, 55, whose bi- ;. cycle collided with an automobile last Thursday, died Sunda; in Toronto. y night Roma Mantha, 18, of Hull, Que. * was killed and-three others persons 'two of them girls, were en Their bodies the night. The victims, who ap-| £ when a truck in which they were :: riding. went out-of control near Low, Que., and jlunged into a ditch. i Two displaced persons drowned n a canoe accident in 'the lagoon at Centre Island in Toronto harbor. were recovered during parently had no relatives in Cane were Tibor. Gross and Ser Bach was 18, . -" Locat Grain Local seeling prices for bran $56 ton; shorts, $58 ton; baled hay, $25 ton; straw, $22 ton; pastry flour, $3.95 a bag; bread flour, $4,75. Deal- ers are paying no set price. Wheat $2.00 a bushel; oats, 85 cents; bar- ley, $1.00; and buckwheat, $130, Local Eggs The egg market here today saw prices lower by as much as two cents. Country shippers quoted graded eggs, cases freee: Grade A large 68; Grade A medium 66; grade A. pullet 58; grade B 47; grade C 38. Wholesale to retail: grade A large 73; grade A medium T1; grade A pullet 67; grade B 54; grade C 44: Butter solids were unchanged, first grade 68; second grade 67. Livestock Toronto, Aug. 9--(CP)--The live- stock market here this morning opened with trade active and brand- able cattle found ready sales, Choice veal was stronger and spring lambs looked a little higher. Hogs were unchanged. Receipts reported by the Dominion Marketing Service were: Cattle 3,815; calves 660; hogs 220; sheep and lambs 1,280. Left from last week were 400 head, all stockers, Weighty steers sold from $20-$23 with a few up to $2350. A few medium to good butcher steers sold at $18-$20 and fed yearlings brought $20-$24. Bids on cows and bulls looked steady to last week's 'close and good quality stockers brought up to $17.50 with commoner kinds downward to $13. Good'to choice veal was active at $21-8$23 with the bulk of sales at $23 and common to medium calves downward to $15. Previous close on hogs: Grade A $32.50; grade Bl $32.10, Sows were $22 dressed. Spring lambs opened to small buyers 25 cents higher at $24.25 for good ewes and wethers, Sheep sold from $4-$9. Fruit Domestic: Raspberries, crts., 36s, $8-88.50; tomatoes, Leam., 11 qts., $1-$1.15; beans, green or wax, 11 qts., 75-81; beans, green or wax, 6 qts., 35-40; cucumbers, 11 qts., 50- 75; cucumbers, No. 2 35-40; le:- tuce, 3 doz, 85-81; spinach, 90-81; celery, white, $2-$2.25; celery, green $2.25-83; carrots, hampers, $1-$1.25; carrots, hampers, washed, $1.25- $1.50; beets, bus. 75-81; cherries, Montmorency sour, 6 qts., $1.40- $1.50; vegetable marrow, bus., 175; black currants, 6 qts., $2.75-$3; red currants, 6 qts., $1-$1.25; plums, leno, $1-$1.50; plums, flats, $1. Imported: California oranges $4.90-$6.71; grapefruit, $3.81-$4.73; Messina lemons $6.50-$7. Produce Toronto, Aug. 9--(CP)--Produce prices on the spot market here to- day were quoted as follows: Churning cream unchanged. No. 1 74 cents fob; 78 delivered. Bu'ter prints unchanged. First grade 70%; Seon grade 69%; third grade Honey -- Toronto, Aug. 9--(CP)--Whole- sale honey quotations here today were unchanged: 24, 1-lb., glass jars No. 1, $6.50 case; 24 1-ib,, glass jars orange label No. 2, $9.60 case; 24 1-lb,, glass jars red label No. 1, $4.32 case; 24 1-1b,, glass jars red label No. 2, $8.16. Three Canadians Getting Close-up Of United Nations Lake Success, N.Y. (CP).--Three Canadian students are taking close- up view of the United Nations by working this summer for the world agency, The Dominion's representatives, among 43 students from 32 coun- tries are Suzanne Barriere of Mon- treal; Mrs, Christine E. Waller of Galt, Ont.,, and Allyre Louis Sirois of Vonda, Sask. Sirois, 24-year-old Canadian army veteran, says he feels the same comradeship with his fellow stud- ents from around the world as he felt for the agents of various coun- tries with whom he worked in the French Underground. Parachuted into France in 1944, he was engaged for six months in hush-hush activities directed by the British Intelligence Corps. "I am impressed most by the co- operation among the diverse na- tionalities represented on the Unit- ed Nations secretariat," said Sirois, third-year law and arts student at the University of Saskatchewan. He is doing research in the de- partment of social affairs at U.N. headquarters and taking lectures from top officials on U.N. history and organization. Selected by the Canadian government from 50 ap- plicants for the eight-week "intern- ship" at U.N., he is chairman of the student study group on the Palestine problem, Miss Barrieres, also a law student, works in U.N.s legal department. She is studying the sections of the U.N. chartér which relate to ap- plication for membership, a prob- lem expected to reteive wide dis- cussion at the U.N. general as- sembly meeting this fall in Paris. A bachelor of law from Univers- ity of Montreal, she is studying at Columbia University, New York, for her master of arts degree in inter- national jurisprudence. She is con- sidering applying for a position with Canada's department of ex- Vernal affairs, 8. Waller, a post-graduate student' of international affairs at Columbia University, has been a teacher in Japan and Britain. "Now I am going back to school," she said. She is attached to the U.N. department of public informa- tion, preparing pamphlets and ar- ticles for specialized agencies of the world organization. The. students live at nearby Adel- phi College. They receive no pay for their work at U.N. but are given a living allowance, THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE MONDAY, AUGUST 9, 1948 Prime Minister Congratulates New Leader vid 4 Congratulations to his successor in the leadership of the Liberal party after 29 years are extended by Prime Minister King to Louis St. Laurent, Minister of External Affairs, after his election in Ottawa convention Saturday. Proudly smiling, Mrs. St. Laurent looks on. Used Bath Water Is Processed To Recover Gold Denver, Colo--(AP)--Once upm a time a bookkeeper at the United Soates Mint here had a sour stom- ach. This bookkeeper was. doing some- thing-or-other quite legitimate in the gold vault one night. He belch- ed four times, very fast and hard. The next thing he knew, an armed i iot int- UAIQ-Will 8,710 gun came sprints this prospect of delay are the voting | ing in. The noise had set off a delicate sound alarm. "It's just my stomach," the book- keeper said. The guard thought that one over a moment, wheeled and made for the door. Then he turned and stared distrustfully at the bookkeeper's stomach, "Keep an eye on it," he warned. Moses Smith, who runs the Mint and who tells the story of the book- keeper, has to "keep an eye" on $5,750,000,000 worth of gold. The stuff 'is stored in a storey vault. Bmployees don't have a chance to get rich acci- dently. At intervals their work clothes are burned and processed to recover the gold dust. 5 water used by the men at the end of the day, is also processed. One year the Mint recovered $80,000 worth of gold from bath water, sweepings and clothing. The Denver Mint makes only coins and, the men in overalls who handle metal and machines are a bored-looking lot. They feed tie shining straps of silver and copper into the machines with about as much enthusiasm as a hired girl punches cookies from a sheet of dough. They can punch out 750,000 pen- nies in eight hours, 'slightly less than that in the way of four-bit pieces and quarters and the rest. Superintendent Smith said that every time a batch of coins des through the puncher, or down the inspection belt, the whole lot is weighed. "We don't have to count them to find if one's missing," Smith said. "We have the finest scales in the world." You learn some odd and useless things in the cream-and-grey cor- ridors and work-rooms of the Mint. For instance: 1. A quarter of a million dollars worth of pennies is about six leet high and a dozen feet square. 2. The men who work up to their elbows in 50-cent pieces, five days a week, make no more than $8 or $10 a day. 3. More than $158,000,000 worth of gold ingots can be stacked in a cage five feet square and 10 feet high. 4. A coin that's been around may lose 13 per cent of its weight be- fore coming back to the Mint for new heads and tails. 5. A million dollars worth of plat- inum can be tidily hidden beneath a double bed. The only . really disappointing thing about a Mint is the way the gold looks. Gold ingots feel and look very chéap, somewhat like the stuff they smear on the saddles of merry-go-rounds horses, only dull- er, five- even RESTING COMFORTABLY Henry Hardy, employee of the Oshawa Dairy Limited, who was painfully though not seriously burned, by a combustion explosion while stoking up a boiler fire at the plant on Friday morning, is reported to be resting comfortably at the Oshawa General Hospital, where he will be confined for about two weeks, He sustained 1st and 2nd degree burns to the hands, and face, when the explosion occurred. Eber Snowden, another employee who was assisting at the time, suffered burns to his left arm but after receiving medical attention, was able to re- turn to his work. GUILTY OF NON-SUPPORT Pleading not guilty to the charge of non-support, John Russell, RR. 1, Oshawa, appeared begore Magis- trate R. P. Locke, K.C., in court today. The magistrate found the accused guilty and ordered him to pay $60 to his wife immediately or serve 30 days in the county jail, In addition, the magistrate ordered Russell to pay his wife $25 a week, in default of which, he would serve 30 days in jail, Edmonton--(CP) If Voting is close in the Alberta election Aug. 17, the result may not be known for days. The factors combining to raise systems and the fact that three major parties are running. Alberta has the single transfer- able vote in single-member con- stituencies, which requires that a candidate must have a majority. In multiple-member constituencies has proportional representation re- quiring that a candidate must reach a fixed quota of votes for election. In the five general elections since this system went into effect in 1926, there has not been any great de- lay in arrivng at a result, because the winning party always went out in front quickly on the first counts in al] election years except 1940. In 1926 there were 17 additional counts in single-member constitu- encles, in 1930 seven; in 1935, 10; in 1940, 26; and in 1944, eight. With three major parties--Social Credit, C.C.F., and Liberal--all run- ning enough candidates this year to elect a government, and with the independent group placing nominees in several spots, it would not be surprising if the 1940 record of 26 additional counts were surpassed. When second counts are necessary under the single transferable vote system, all ballot boxes in the con- stituency must be taken to the re- turning officer. The second count cannot begin until all boxes are re- ceived. Second counts would be possible on the day following balloting in Lethbridge and Medicine Hat, but in rural ridings, some of which have isolated polls, the second count may be delayed for days. In 1940 some boxes were not available until 16 days after voting closed. Another complication--whicly may delay the original count--is the fact that a plebiscite on rural electrifica- tion is being held the same day as the election, both election and pleb- iscite ballots going into the same boxes, Before counting can begin, ballots must be separated; and it is possible that at some polls the | election count may not be an- | nounced until the plebiscite count is completed. : Try a Times-Gazette ad today -- You can be sure it will pay. Close Alberta Vote May Hold Up Results it | For Several Days Boy Lost In Bush Turns Up Safely As 150 Hunt Him North Bay, Aug. 9--Billy Laroch- elle walked out of the bush and re- turned home today while search parties combed the heavily-wooded area aropynd Dreany Lake, about six miles from nere on Highway 16. He had been missing since Satur- day morning. Fifteen-year-old Billy said he will play baseball as usual tonight with Kitell's Juniors, a local team. He walked out of the bush onto the Callander' Highway near Sunset Park and made his way home. More than 150 persons had joined in the search which covered the area from Dreany Lake south to the Canadian Pacific Railway tracks and west to thé city limits. The 40 persons who searched bushland five miles south east of here for the 15-year-old boy who went out to pick blueberries return- ed Junday night 'with only an abandoned wax-paper package of peanut butter sandwiches. But their discovery cheered his mother. "I'm sure those sandwiches are his," said Mrs. J. J. Larochelle. "I forgot Billy didn't like brown bread and I spread peanut butter on brown bread for him." Searchers found the sandwiches, untouched, about 200 yards from Dreany Lake near the centre of a blueberry patch. As three aircraft from nearby Trout Lake joined in the search, members of the ground parties ex- pressed belief the boy might have fallen from a ledge in the ravine- slashed terrain and injured himself. At home, the boy's black and tan dog, Rex, crouched and waited for the master's return. Relatives tried to persuade Rex to join the hunt but he wouldn't budge. A REAL GOOD BATH Halifax-- (CP)--Halifax City Hall is going to get its first bath, and it will take an acid solution and steam, applied by seven men, to get the dirt off. Built about 1890, the building has never been cleaned before, city police plenty of headaches. Wilful Damage to Property With nothing better to do than cause mischief and wilful destruction of property, vandals are causing Oshawa Board of Education officials and Assistant Caretaker J. Waite of Centre Street School points to a tree cut and broken by vandals a few nights ago. Waite says the mischief makers break school fences, pull flowers out of the garden and break panes of glass in the school, Jailed 3 Months For Not Keeping Bargain Terms John Betzner Marlow, 124 Agnes Street, Oshawa, appeared before Magistrate R. P. Locke, K.C., in court today and pleaded not guilty to the charge of violating terms of recognizance. Marlow, who was convicted on a charge of theft De- cember 9, 1947, was ordered by the court to pay back the sum of $152.88 to Fred Granovsky within six months. Magistrate Locke sen- tenced Marlow to three months de- terminate and three months inde- terminate in the Ontario Reforma- tory. Fred Granovsky, owner of the Oshawa Wholesale Fruit and Pro- duce Market, told the court that Marlow had stolen sums of money totalling $152.88 while he was em- ployed by the company last year. Marlow testified that he had paid back $25 and "fully intended to pay back the rest." Not Sure When He'll Take Office, St. Laurent Says By GEORGE KITCHEN Canadian Press Staff Writer Ottawa, Aug. 9 -- (CP)--Rt. Hon. Louis St. Laurent told reporters | Saturday that he hoped to discuss | with retiring Prime Minister Mac- | kenzie King 'early" this week the | question of the transfer of the of- | ficial office of Prime Minister to him as the new leader of the Lib- eral Party. Smiling and flushed with his min- | utes-old victory in the leadership | balloting at the National Liberal convention, the 66-year-old Exter- nal Affairs Minister was escorted by a throng of milling newspaper men into the improvised press head- quarters just outside the convention hall at the Coliseum. "When will you become Prime Minister?" was one of the first questions shot at him by the 100- odd reporters as he and Mrs. St. Laurent sat down at the first empty table in the big room. | Mr. St. Laurent spread his hands | and shrugged his shoulders. "I am afraid I would not like to say anything about matters like that," he replied. "After all, Mr. King will remain as Prime Minis- ter for some time to come. "The Prime Ministerial office is not being decided at this conven- ton. Mr. King will have to settle that himself inrelation to his own responsibility to the crown." He said he had no plans to tour Canada but considered "my duty to meet as many of the Canadian people as it is possible for me to do." He told the reporters that it was his intention to make it a policy to co-operate with the press "as much as possible." Such co-opera- tion,. of course, was a two-way street. He felt that he had a "great" responsibility to the country ahd he hoped the press would help him to discharge it. Power Was Man Who Told Premier Get St. Laurent By DOUGLAS HOW Canadian Press Staff Writer Ottawa, Aug. 9--(CP)--By a light twist of irony, Hon. C. G. Power, third man in Saturday's vote for a new Liberal leader, actually licked himself seven years ago. It was Mr. Power who advised Prime Minister Mackenzie King to take Louis St. Laurent into the cabinet. Mr. King made that clear as he expressed "particular happiness" to the National Liberal. convention over its choice of Mr. St. Laurent as his successor in the party leader- ship, 'He told delegates a human, somewhat emotional story of how their choice changed into politics. Phe Prime Minister confessed that the death in 1941 of "my dear friend," former Justice Minister LaPointe produced "the most an- xious moment of all for me" during the entire war. Mr. LaPointe "had been to me a righthand support through all the time that I had been leader of the party." "When he passed away I felt that my time to give up had almost come." However, while returning to Ot- tawa by train from the funeral, he asked then Air Minister Power, "will you tell me who is the first person to choose from Quebec to take his place." Mr. Power replied "without a moment's hesitation, 'the one man you should try to ged is Louis St. Laurent.' " Mr. King immediately asked Mr. St. Laurent to meet him at Laurier House " about matters concerning | the war. He had no notice whatso- | ever of what I intended to speak to him about." Mr. King explained the loss Que- bec, Canada and the Allies had suf- fered in Mr. LaPointe's death. "I told him I believed he was the man who should take his place." Mr. St. Laurent agreed that na- tional service should have prior consideration in war, but he wanted to do one thing before making up his mind--he wanted to talk it over with his wife. He returned to Que. bec and made his decision known within a few hours. Missing Woman Found In Bush Cobalt, Aug. 9--(CP)--Mrs, George ines of nearby Giroux Lake was ound Sunday in an unconscious and semi-paralyzed condition in the bush near here, The woman had been missing for more than 24 iours. Police, family and neighbors searched through the day and night Saturday and on until Sunday morn- ing. Preparations were being made to drag Giroux Lake when Wesley Preston of Cobalt found her, Pearson May Be Successor By GEORGE KITCHEN Canadian Press Staff Writer Ottawa, Aug. 9--(CP)--Political sources predicted Sunday that L. B. (Mike) Pearson, the brilliant, iike- able undersecretary for External Affairs, will enter the government as External Affairs Minister when Rt. Hon. Louis St. Laurent achiev- es the Prime Ministérship and forms his first cabinet. This, it was said, would consti- tute one of the major changes in the St. Laurent cabinet lineup. Another might be the predicted entry into the council of 49-year- old Premier Garson of Manitoba, who moved Mr. St. Laurent's nom- ination for the leadership at the closing session of the National L'b- eral convention here Saturday. Mr. Garson himself was nominated as a candidate but withdrew. Political sources suggested Mr. Garson, a barrister before he went into the Manitoba government | 1936, might become federal Justice Minister. This portfolio has been empty since the retirement Juae 30 of Rt, Hon. James Ilsley, who has returned to private law prac- tice. Mr. Pearson, as Undersecretary of Statae for External Affairs, is a senior civil servant and would be a newcomer to politics. However, he had been mentioned as a pos- sible candidate for the Liberal leadership. In taking the External Affairs portfolio, he would be *ak- ing the post Mr. St. Laurent will leave when he becomes Prime Min- ister. Generally, the present cabinet line-up is expected to remain es- sentially unchanged. Agriculture - Minister Gardiner, who lost out to Mr. St. Laurent in Saturday's balloting, likely will re- main in his present post while Mr. St. Laurent may invite Hon. C. G. Power, the second defeated leader- ship candidate, into the cabinet. Mr. Power served as Air Minister during the war but resigned over the conscription issue. Resources Minister MacKinnon, 66, is expected to go to the Senate and this may open a new portfolio for Mr. St. Laurent. Man Ordered to Pay 'Wife $27 Per Week Charged with non-support, Alfred Thomas Corby, 57 King Street East, pleaded not guilty when he appear- ed before Magistrate Russell P. Locke, K.C., in court today. The magistrate registered a conviction and ordered Corby to pay his wife the sum of $27 per week. Mrs. G. Corby, wife of the ac- cused, told the court that she had to work to support three children under the ages of 16. The magis- trate told Corby that he had sent a number of men to jail for failing to support their families and that if he did not pay the money he would go to jail as well, 54 YEARS OF SERVICE Winnipeg--(CP)--Brigadier Hec- tor C. Habkirk, 71, of the Salvation Army here, has celebrated his 50th anniversary as an officer in the Army. He has spent 54 years in its service, and is still active. SELL JACKPINE CONES Port Arthur, Ont--(CP)--PFifty schoolboys are busy in this district collecting jackpine cones for use in re-seeding burned-over forest lands. About 750 bushels hgve been col- lected so far and sof to the de- partment of lands and forests. EMPLOYMENT RECORD? Guelph, Ont--(CP)--One week after they reached this Western On- tario city, seven members of .an English immigrant family had found permanent jobs. Working are the father, two sons and four daughters of the Russel family who came here from the town of Freshwater on the Isle of Wight. USEFUL EXHIBITS Windsor, Ont.--(CP)--Mrs. Edith B. Ross, police court stenographer tere, has a motley array of un- claimed articles used at one time or another as evidence, The exhibits include a set of brass knuckles which serve Mrs. Ross as a nut- cracker and a dagger she uses for opening mail. ORDERED TO KEEP PEACE Convicted on a charge of assault- ing his wife and remanded in cus- today from August 5, James Peter Griffin, 91 Eldon Avenue, appeared in court today for sentence. Mag- istrate R. P. Locke, ordered the accused to keep the peace for the period of one year and post a bond of $200. The magistrate told Grif- fin that if he threatened or assault- ed his wife he would be brought back to court and fined or sent to jail, or both. ALEXANDRIA WINS Alexandria, Aug. 9--(CP)--Aiex- andria Maroons, sparked by big Larry Deebank with five goals, de- feated Ottawa Ste. Anne's 11-9 in !an Interprovincial Senior Lacrosse League fixture here Saturday night. Gerry Lalonde and Buck Lalonde led Ottawa with three apiece, with Bob Morrissette, Larry Lebrun and Matt Anthony scoring one each. Tan McCormick with two goals and L. McCormick, C. McCormick, An- derson and Blanchard with one each were the other Maroon Marks- man. -- Fish Too Small But Bill Wasn't Lancaster, Pa., Aug. 9---(AP) Gyrus Dietrich, ' 14-year-old angler, was pretty choosey Sun- day about the fish he caught. e first one Cyrus hauled in was a sucker. He threw it back. Too " The next was a white fish-- also too small, He tossed his line back in and after a while--believing Js bait gone--hauled in his ne. Dangling «t the end of the . hook was a $5 bill Liberals Clash In Discussion On Freight Rates By JOHN LEBLANC Canadian Press Staff Writer Ottawa, Aug. 9 -- (CP' -- The Liberal party and the Liberal gov= ernment collided head-on Satur- day over the dynamite-laden freight-rates issue, The National Liberal convention called for a Royal Commission to investigate freight-rate grievances of the provinces, i The government has been telling seven provincial governments that it won't set up a commission. But as the convention closed it found itself with a Royal Commis= sion on "transportation rates" writ= ten right into the Liberal plate form. . That put the government right on the spot, for the platform plank--while not coinciding exactly with the dissendent provinces' de= mand--was embarrassingly close to it. The provinces wanted a Royal Commission on the whole rail prob=- lem. The party asked for one on the rate problem. In the final analysis, that is the kernel of the provincial request anyway. The provinces--all except Ontario and Quebec--have been asking for a Royal Commission since 'he Board of Transport Commissioners granted a 21-per-cent' freight-rate increase to the railways in April They wanted, too, a review of the board's findings in that case. The government told them it would not interfere with the find- ings. But party policy as written inte the platform in the convention= adopted resolution also would in- clude a review by the Royal Com- mission of the reasoning behind that award--thus giving another point to the provinces. While the railway section of the resolution was its most controver= sial plank, it also called for action on other transportation matters over a wide front. It asked completion of the Trans« Canada Highway, joint Canad-Uni= ted States developments of the St. Lawrence waterway, development of the Canadian Merchant Marine and creation of a distinctive regis< try of Canadian ships. British Purge Communists | From Government London -- (AP) Britain's purge of Communists from govern= ment posts is proceeding quietly but a brunette has enlivened the proceedings. She is 30-year-old Ann George, private secretary to Education Minister George Tomlinson. Small, keen, an ardent trade unionist, she was the first civil servant to be suspended after a declaration by Prime Minister Attlee that only persons of utmost reliability may be employed in any work involving security of the state. The prime minister, in a state men to the Commons, said mem- bership in the Communist Party a reputation for being a fellow travei- ler are grounds to raise a presump- tion that a civil servant is 'unfit for certain posts. In a careful approach to a tick- lish issue, Attlee outlined a plan to investigate suspicions quietly, dis- miss persons inconspicuously, or transfer them to other jobs with the least possible stir. First the prime minister set up an Advisory Commission and named to it three former civil servansi, all men of high repute and broad understanding. Ministers who hear about Com- munists or Fascists or persons closely associated with Communist or Fascist enterprises serving in key positions must place such per=- ons on leave, with pay, and certify the cases to the Commission. If they wish, the individuals singled out may appear before the Commission for a non-judicial hearing. The Commission, afer hearing all evidence in private, then reports to the minister who takes appropriate action--dismissal or transfer to some other post in which the individual can do no harm, The treasury, which has charge of the purge machinery, said "about 25" persons now are on leave with pay awaiting action by the minister or the commission, Miss George was the very first to go and she re- acted with such vigor that well- planned intentions to carry on the purge quietly may be upset. An impressive speaker with wide support in trade unions, Miss George was quick to defend her- self in public. Asked directly whee ther she is a Communist, she re- plied: "No employer has a right to ask such a question." She chose not to appear before the Advisory Commission, thus placing the entire responsibility on her employer, Education Minister Tomlinson. The minister has called her "the perfect private secretary." She was re-elected to a trade union post with a thumping majority and she challenged anyone to find a weak spot in her record for loyauly to Britain. Miss George, and some others on leave, object to some features of the Commission hearings. One is that they may not be represented by counsel. Another is that persons under investigation are not told the source of the evidence on the 1 grounds that to disclose it might hamper other inquiries under way, Another suspended person is E, J. Hicks of the Air' Ministry staff, The ministry permits him to occ:ipy his old office to carry out his due ties as an official of the Civil Serv- jee Clerical Association, but he is not allowed to handle Air Ministry business. DID IT TWICE Gladstone, Man. --(CP)--, transfer truck, heavily merchandise, turned ov on a highway appro A ed Ww truce a over in Gladstone. Truck