Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 14, 1957, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free november 14, 1957 Page 7 Sommers Puzzle ready for solving v cd i Victoria special More hours outside his Home before he than 22 months of litigation angry debating charges and counter charges came to a head Here when a Royal commission investigation opened hearings into allegations that former . Forests minister Robert e. Sommers took bribes. The hearing now has been adjourned to dec. 9. For the first time since the charges were levelled dec. 16, 1955, by Vancouver lawyer David a. Sturdy All the principals including or. Sommers Gath ered in one place. A of them Are expected to testify before the Lone commissioner. Chief Justice Gordon Mcgregor Sloan who was appointed by Premier w. A. C. Bennett on advice of Hon. Robert Bonner at Torney general. Informed sources say the hear ing when it begins again will take twice As from two to three weeks. Or. Sommers said wednesday he is Home to his whereabouts since August had been a secret until he returned Home Early wednesday. Newspapermen waited seven relented and sent for them. His son Bobby 9, carried the invitation my dad says you can come in for a few minutes and to wipe your or. Sommers said he could nol discuss the charges made against him. He said he had been staying in the United states for the Las 10 weeks with his daughter Anc denied he had been in Rome to appear. It must be he said that he had returned Home to appear before the commission. Asked about his health he said a Little better but i Don t think you re really interested in that it was no use talking about his health because half the people Don t care and half wish it was mystery Man Charles Wilmot Eversfield whose 239 photostat formed the basis of sturdy s charges arrived voluntarily Dur ing the weekend. He said he was ready to testify. Or. Eversfield was an account say catholics lose in Public schools the present set up of the Public from which religion has been re schools in. Manitoba cannot fulfil the role demanded for our Catho lie the Catholic to f men s league of Manitoba told the Royal commission on negated to the background. He is in the presence of a tacit silence on All that is As a result the Brief continues education Faith is shaken morality is a the Brief representing Catholic the Catholic women admitted mothers throughout the province that Catholic schools do not pro said their chief objective was to "n1" train the child so he understands that religion is indeed the very Duce but Only paragons of no matter How he uses his Freedom in later years it is our heart of after he starts to j obvious duty to give him today the school he must in no Way lose training for that Respo Sibili sense of values be carried away by motives of material Comfort and Over Reliance on for this reason in Catholic Par Ochial schools the formal lesson in religion each Day is Given first place in importance besides know ledge of the doctrines of his Faith the student is Given Clear ethical principles by which to Rule his choices and his into every subject throughout the Day though often implicitly religious views and Good moral sentiments Are Woven through the texture of the lessons so As Toj form a truly Christian attitude of the Brief said that in situations where a Catholic child must at tend Public schools he meets for the first time an Outlook on life the Brief said it did not want to lose the Many advantages enjoyed by the Public schools. We should like to remain in the but it suggested there be Catho Lic Public schools Side by Side with secular Public schools each in swering a need in society. Russians have Moon deadline Warsaw Reuters Russia plans to launch a rocket to the Moon within -18 months to two years a soviet scientist said in an interview published thursday. Russia Hopes to Send a rocket with humans aboard to the Moon within five to 10 years added professor Kirill Stani Ukovich of the soviet Academy of sciences. He also confirmed that Laika the space dog in sputnik ii is dead. She was never intended to survive and her last meal was poisoned to spare her suffering he said. The interview granted in mos Garden parties for All London up presentation parties at Buckingham Palace will be discontinued after next year the lord Chamberlain s of fice announced Here thursday. Instead the announcement added the Queen proposes to hold additional Garden parties in or Der that larger numbers May be invited to Buckingham Palace. Court circles said that the Queen has been considering the pattern of official entertainment since 1954. They said she came to the conclusion that the alteration pro posed would permit a larger number of persons from Britain and the Commonwealth to meet her and Prince Philip. Press lord statement issued by Chamberlain s office the said the lord Chamberlain gives notice there will be no presenta Tion parties after 1958. The Queen proposes to hold additional Garden parties in order that larger numbers can be invited to Buckingham the old procedure followed by allowed individual presentations at court. Before the War there were special presentation parties both for gentlemen and married but since 1945 these have been discontinued. The Only individual presenta in the communist party news paper Tribuna Ludu. The professor said Russia will Send up a number of new sputnik to prepare the Way for a flight to the Moon. To the Moon. It would be possible to explode a Hydrogen bomb on the Moon. As a result the first Section of the strata of the Moon would melt and become radioactive. It then would be possible to Analyse conditions on the surface of the Moon. New office s. M. Wiseman d. J. Waterman optometrists eyes examined Strain s co. Ltd. Toronto gun. Bide. Whitebull 3-7571 Hake sparkling salads with fresh tasting. Ease Nha regulations builders ask Ottawa National House builders in a Brief to Hon. Howard Green works minister thursday asked for reduction of National housing act Down payments to 10 per cent and Extension of amortization to 40 years. Present Down payment on new dwellings for ownership is 10 per cent on the first of Mort Gage and 30 per cent on the remainder maximum Nha Mort Gage is maximum Mort Gage amortization period now is 30 years. The builders also asked for an increase in the loan values Al Lowed under the Nha for rental units. The Brief suggested working out a rental Purchase agreement under which a tenant could buy the premises he occupies at the end of five years using part of his rent payments As a Down pay ment. The Brief also said the govern ment should ensure an adequate and continuous Supply of Mort Gage funds in View of the excellent use made of the made available this year for mortgage lending on new Small Homes the government might Well consider introducing a similar measure if the year end Survey of investment intentions of Canadian business indicates such action is necessary on behalf of the housing Indus Cut phone a files London a Britain thursday Cut the Price of 1 o 1 and palls effective Jan. 1. Most Calls now costing sixpence nine Pence or a shilling will be reduced to three Pence. Act with Pacific coast services Ltd. For the four years previous to december 1955. He fled to the United. States after filing the Docu ments which alleged his company was involved in a three Way split in connection with the issuance of Forest management licenses. The licences Are granted the government to logging companies permitting them to work on Large tracts of land. Sommers named or. Sommers is named in the photostat As having received Money along with c. D. Schultz for est Engineer and h. Wilson Gray who ran Pacific coast services la. Photostat show or. Som mers received up to feb. 11, 1955, and was to have received in excess of eventually. The five companies the photo stats show the Money came from Are Tahsis Empire Mills Church sawmills East Asiatic and . Forest products. Or. Eversfield said on his arrival Here from los Angeles where he now lives that he came of his own free will to give evidence i although classed As 12 members of the City police department who graduated wednesday has a total of 62 years of previous police experience in England land. , which is the 49th graduating class joined the department Between. January and july of this year. Back Row left to right Gerald Jack Maxey Arthur Carter John Landels Andrew Downie Peter Bond David Sutton. Front Row left to right Bichard g. Ware John j. Trevilion kit Carson supt James mul Howiand Start. Instructor Ernest Wareham George Thomson and Steuart Young. Feel will link together the Testi Mony contained in the photostat. Or. Bonner Side stepped report e r s questions about bribery charges Here sunday. He held a press conference after returning from a Trade Mission to Europe but confined his state ments chiefly to talk of the trip. Or. Bonner said an ramp re port on the Sommers Case would never be made Public. Ramp in Spector w. J. Butler at the govern ment s request investigated the evidence presented by or. Sturdy and or. Eversfield to see if a judicial inquiry was justified. His report was Given to or. Bonner in March 1956. Or. Bonner said sunday Nei ther the ramp report nor any other police report on Sommers or any other person is Ever Mada Public in British countries. It is not sworn evidence and is not receivable in any court was written he added that the report would be available for chief Justice Sloan to study if and when required. Or. Bonner is unlikely to at tend the inquiry. He said the re port was ordered to see if official action were needed but the government decided then it was not. Also on hand is or. Sturdy together with his lawyer Thomas Dohn of Vancouver. Open Fri. To 8 open Damit Tux . Kopelow 141 Donald Margarine steaks to boat Klik 2 tins 87 dressing Coffee a 1.25 Tea n Abb orce. 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