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PAGE 'EIGHTEEN "THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1948 Purple Gang Leaders May Be In Canada Windsor, Oct. 26 --(CP)--Harry Fleisher and Mike Selik, former pur- ple gangsters and Michigan's top fugitives from justice, were linked with the Windsor gambling situation today. by Detroit Police Commission er Harry S. Toy. Fleisher and Selik, who face 25 to 40 years in prison each for armed robbery in Pontiac, Mich., and frcen 4% to 5 pears for conspiracy In the murder of Senator Warren Hooper jumped a total of $80,000 bail and are now the objects of one of Mich- igan's most extensive manhunts. Commissioner Toy linked them with Windsor gambling fraternity when he asked today that Fleisher and Selik "had attempted to muscle in on Windsor gambling." Toy has repeatedly maintained Windsor is the centre of gambling on the border, and has also criti- cized Windsor police for what he termed failure to co-operate with his department to clear up the sit- uation, Operation of a wire service from Windsor, feeding Daeatmoit bookies with race results, and soliciting on , Detroit downtown streets for Wind- sor disorderly houses have been giv- en by Toy as reasons for his inter- est in this city, Toy said he was advised the two fugitives crossed the river, but had not talked to anyone who had seen them in Windsor. Windsor police said they received routine polica cir- culars on the two men last Wednes- day. Michigan State police have called on the Federal Bureau of Investiga- tion to aid in the search for the hoodlums. Old Papers Recall Early Johannesburg Johannesburg -- (CP) -- Work- men looking for an electrical fault above the ceiling of an old brick . bungalow of Jeppe, Johannesburg, found a bundle of old papers among which was the original foundation plan of Corner House, home of a South African mining group. The plan has been sought since the building was put up in 1902. With the plan were photographs of the foundations and excavations and an elevation plan of the build- ing, almost in pieces. There were also letters from the Corner House temporary office in Capetown, set up there during the South African War. ' TURN DOWN REQUEST Ottawa, Oct. 27--(CP) -- The Canadian Congres of Labor an- nounced Tuesday night it has turn- ed down a request by the newly- formed Woodworkers Industrial Union for a meeting to discuss af- filiation with the Congress. The W.LU. was formed in British Col- umbia last month by a break-away faction--alleged to be Communisi- dominated -- gf the International Woodworkers of America, a C.C.L. affiliate, This Week's Bridge Bridge enthusiasts from Oshawa, Whitby and Pickering gathered once again on Monday evening for their weekly duplicate game, with this week's top honours being tak- en by out-of-town players. The first-ranking pair after Mon- day night's session were Mrs. E. Booth, Pickering, and Mrs. P. Mac. Leod, Whitby, who obtained 43 points. Only one point behind were another Whitby pair, Mrs. W. R. Hunter and Mrs. C. H. Stiner, in second place. The latter pair have maintained a consistently high average score during the last sev- eral weeks. The competition this week was exceptionally keen, with the four top pairs, separated by only three and a half points. The high five pairs 'were as follows: : 1. Mrs. E. Booth (Pickering) and Mrs. P. R. MacLeod (Whitby) 43. 2. Mrs. W. R. Hunter (Whitby) and Mrs. C. H. Stiner (Whitby) 42. 3. Mr. J. Fox and Mr. M. Swartz, 41 4. Mr, D. Cutler and Mr, G. Jarvis, 40 1-2. 5. Mr, and Mrs, F. W, Frobel, 35 1-2 As their prize for top standing in last week's duplicate session, Mr. M. Swartz and Mr. J. Fox were awarded bowling tickets. Mr. Swartz is Canadian Bowling Champion, The "B" section of duplicate players is growing each week, Di- rector Gordon Adams reported to- day, and the popularity of the du- 'plicate game among the junior players is almost threatening to overcrowd the facilities of the sen. ior group. *B" Section Champions this week were Mrs. J. Mather and Mr. F. James of Oshawa, who finished with |a total of 30 points. Second prize | went to Mr. and Mrs, Owen Gifford, | The top four teams in the "B" sec- tion were as follows: James, 30. 3. Mrs. R. B. Reid and Mr. | Wells, 24 | F. Kearney, 22 1-2. Mr. Adams reported that tent that it might soon move However, nament. for some time yet. He however, that if a shortage of space, cent weeks would ence. been turning out regularly," future. to turn anyone away because | player." Next week, the "A" and "B" du- | Oshawa, who received 27 points. 1. Mrs. J. Mather and Mr. PF. 2, Mr. and Mrs, Owen Gifford, 27. i | 4. Mrs. Gordon Lawley and Mrs. there are now some signs that the Bridge Club was growing to such an ex- to larger quarters for its weekly tour- overcrowding has not yet hampered play, and | there seems to be little probability that anyone will be turned away warned, there were those who have played most frequently in re- given prefer- "There are several very good players in Oshawa who have not | he said, "and we are hoping that they will be. playing more often in the We do not want to have of overcrowding, particularly a good plicate sections will start at 8:30 as usual, and there will also be lesson hands for any juniors who wish to study the game, from 7:15 pm. until the start of play at 8:30. It is not necessary to obtain tick. ets or an invitation beforehand. FAST SHUFFLE Toronto, Oct. 27--(CP) -- Palice Tuesday arrested Hugh Gilmore, 36, of Toronto, and' charged him with stealing $900 from Maurice JOoy of Arden, Ont. in a slight-of-hand trick, Joy told police he wrote out a cheque for $900" during a poker game with three strangers as a gua- rantee he had some money. One of the men said that wasn't necessary and appeared to tear up the cheque.' It was cashed a few days la'er in Picton, Ont. Truman May Get 60-70 Per Cent Of Labour Vote Washington -- (CP) --Trade unionists in the United States have shown in the past that they will listen politely when their officers tell them how to vote--and then vote just as the please, For this reason, it is anyone's guess how the 20,000,000 members of American unions will vole in Nov. 2 presidential election. But newspaper and other surveys indicate the vote of organized labor will be divided something like this: President Truman, between 60 and 70 per cent; RepubMean candidate Thomas E. Dewey, between 30 and 40 per cent; and Henry Wallace apd his Progressive party ticket, possibly five per cent. Both the American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Indus- trial Organizations Political Action Committee, through their top exe- cutive officials, have come out for Truman. This is not as much because they like Truman as because they" dis- like the Republicans for the Taft- 'Hartley labor law and other policies. The Labor law, named for its sponsors, Senator Robert A. * Taft (Rep. Ohio) and Representative Fred A. Hartley (Rep. N. J.) was passed during Truman's term, but it was pushed through against his veto by the Republican majority in Congress. Labor's support of Truman also is in some measure a hangover from the almost-solid support which the Democratic regime got irom the unions during the four election campaigns of the late President Roosevelt. In many districts, leaders of or- ganized labor are making an all- out effort to defeat Republicans who voted for the Taft-Hartley law. This is particularly true in West Virginia, where it has been fore. cast that the» whole Democratic ticket will win. That would mean loss of a Senate seat now held by Republican Chapman Revercomb. Denunciation of Truman by John L. Lewis, head of the United Mine Workers of America, may swing some votes away from the Demo- cratic side. Lewis has between 400,- 000 and 500,000 members. But he similarly turned against Roosevelt in 1940 and the latter polled his usual heavy labor vote, even in centres where. the mine workers are powerful. 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