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Nothing doing, said Marathon. Reason: while Johnson was away, Marathon had spent about $20 million on expansion, had boosted its output at Marathon, Ont. from 50,000 to over 200,000 cords a year; thus Johnson's annual income under his bonus contract, instead of being about $20,000, would now be over $30,000. Rehiring him at this figure was "not . . . feasible...
...Toronto, Ont...
William Earl Lama, 49, is a nimble little man (116 Ibs.) of elusive gaze and elusive ways. The police chief of Cornwall Township, Ont., aptly named Robert Henry Hawkshaw, had been after him ever since Lama's wife and nine-year-old daughter were found last Aug. 16, murdered with a knife, in the tin-covered Lama shack. There were "at least 71 reports that he'd been seen," but every time the police got there, Lama "had gone...
...knew why Evelyn MacLean,† 26, sultry-eyed, black-haired, good-looking, had married John Dick, 40, a Hamilton, Ont. tram driver. The only explanation she gave was that "he was a lovely fellow. He used to call and help me with the dishes. He brought soap chips." Nor did there seem to be much reason why hardworking John Dick had married her. Five days after her marriage (in October 1945) she committed adultery. Shortly after, she and John separated...
Crossed Fingers. Nor had the Government's "break-the-strike" tactics eased the tension. To Hamilton, Ont., where strikers were maintaining a strong picket line around the Stelco (Steel Co. of Canada) plant, went some 400 Royal Canadian Mounted Police and Ontario provincial police. Their announced job was to keep materials and men who wanted to work moving into the plant. Across Canada, organized labor protested. At Hamilton, picketers defiantly said they would resist police interference. At week's end the police were still judiciously keeping hands off. But worried Hamiltonians walked on tiptoe, kept their fingers crossed...