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uy Taxi Owner‘s Body . Found Sunday Morning wngle from the left, passed straight through the heart, both lungs, and came out under the right armpit. ‘The autopsy was performed by Dr. Fisher. Twin City pathologist, who was called by Coroner Dr. J. F. Honsâ€" berge:. Dr. Honsberger was at the scene of the crime with provincial police. Inspector Albert Boyd of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Provincial Police arrived in the city Sunday afternoon and took . full charge of the investigation hanâ€" tA COrntinued on Fage 4) ‘The ‘last persons to see Hewitt alive were his family and a close friend. "Barney" McGinnis. MeGinnis old the Chronicle that they had been listening to the game, and that Hewâ€" itt had iust remarked that "Toronto €oesn‘t seem to be opening up much", when the phone rang. The group were vpstairs in the Hewitt residence above the garage, and the murder victim took the phone call in an adâ€" joining room. When he came back McGinnis said "Apps just scored", Hewitt put on his cap and went out or the call. McGinnis told the Chronâ€" icle that the taxi owner was not in the habit of saying where he was going. and Saturday night seemed to expect to be back in ten minutes, the usual time needed to take a call in the city. McGinnis said he waitâ€" ed until 11 p.m.. when Mrs. Hewitt end her elder daughter lay down .32 Calibre Gun Used The murder weapon used, police say. was a .32 calibre revolver. The lrad slug was found imbedded in Hewitt‘s coat. It had en{gred on an on the couch in the room to rest. When â€" Hewitt‘s driver, Norman Amges, came in from a call, Mcâ€" Ginnis left for home and did not bear of the murder until about 4.30 Said to have had no enemies, beâ€" ing popular wherever he went, police rave so far been able to find no clues to the murderer, or murderers. Since the discovery of the body, they bave been working steadily, tracing down angles of the case, pracâ€" tically every angle coming to a dead end. Hewitt. who was popular in sportâ€" ing circles in Kitchener, having starred on former lacrosse teams, left his ~drive yourself" garage on King street east, a few minutes beâ€" fore 10 p.m., ‘Saturday night to anâ€" swer a call, and n r returned. He was listening wl‘..qis wife and two children and a friend to the Torontoâ€" Chicago hockey broadcast ‘when the call came. Driving through Centre ville at two o‘clock Sunday morning, R. Copeland, of \Brantford, Bank Clerk, noticed a car abandoned on the roadside, and on ‘walking towards it found the ‘body lying stretched out in the ditch He proceeded to Preston where he notified the local police who in turn called the Provinâ€" cial police office at Kitchener. R. Petrzig, garage employee, identified the body. The most brutal and coldâ€"blooded murder ever perpretated in Waterâ€" lop County shocked the citizens of the Twin City Sunday morning when Lawrence (B. ‘"Dick" Hewitt, 30, Kitchener taxi operator, was found shot to death, his body lying frozen to the ice in the ditch almost directâ€" ly in front of the Waterloo Townâ€" ship hall in Centreville. Cold Blooded Killing of Popular Young Sportsman Arouses Twin City. â€"Left Wife and Children Saturday While Listening to Hockey Broadcast, to Answer Call, and Never Returned. Vol. 81, No. 22 Eight Pages MYSTERY TAx! MURDER BAFFLES POLICE ""DOICK" HEWITT FOUND SLAIN AT CENTREVILE NO MOTIVE, CLUES Edwin Robins, president of local| They said the counterâ€"proposals |nor Langrid No. 73 at the plant of the Goodrich| made by Italy and Germany for the |found under company, announced on Saturday|proposed new pact "are entirely inâ€"|prisoners t that an understanding has been|acceptable." ‘Webb with reached with executives of the firm| Should France and Britain accept |and later sa regarding the procedure which will|the proposals of Germany and Italy, |motions of c be followed in carrying on collective|the French assert, France would lose| Webb was bargaining between the management ‘s guarantee to come to her asâ€"!remained uns and the employees of the plant. . sistance if she is attacked. the héaring. _ Union officials estimate that of approximately 1,950 employees in four Kitchener rubber plants, 1,600 are organized. In other words the union claims about 82 per cent. of local rubber workers as members. A local has been organized in each of the four Kitchener rubber plants, the Dominion Tire, Merchants Rubber, B. F. Goodrich and the Kaufman Rubber. ___Mr. Lesley declared emphatically that the International Rubber Workâ€" ers of America is a nonâ€"political organization. _ KITCHENER.â€"There is no fear of a rubber strike in Kitchener as has been rumored, if reason is perâ€" mitted to rule. This is the stateâ€" ment of C. D. Lesley, organizer of the local branches of the United Rubberworkers of America. ~_,‘We believe in accomplishing our affns by reason rather than force," Mr. Lesley said. "If employers will adopt the same attitude the officials and the citizens of Kitchener may have no reason to fear that much talkedâ€"about strike. We have promâ€" ised to do all in our power to avoid it and we hope that employers may see fit to do the same." ‘Won‘t Strike at Kitchener Unâ€" _ less Collective Bargaining A Waterloo citizen called at the provincial police office Monday afternoon and told of seeing three suspicious characters standing beâ€" hind their car just above the Freeâ€" 5::1: h)igl;x about 1}0.30 o’cloct: Sa::r- y night. As he Euud. e ee men came around the car and watchâ€" ed him proceed down the road. Although not attaching any importâ€" ance to the occurrence, police are checking it along with other angles. Provincial police confirmed the report that two Waterloo county ‘youths were picked up and held for questioning on Sunday but were later released. The youths in quesâ€" tion had a previous police record. _ Rubber Workers Prefer Reason The time of Hewitt‘s death was established by Dr. Fisher, Twin City pathologist, and Chief â€" County Coroner Dr. Ward Woolner of Ayr as about midnight Saturday. The autopsy showed that Hewitt had been dead for at least two hours when found. _ At press time provincial police were closeted in the office of Inâ€" spector Jordon, and with them was Police Chief Wm. Hodgson of Kitchâ€" ener. Although nothing was deâ€" finite, activity in the police offices pointed towards the apprehension of suspects shortly. Police, however, refused to make any statements. EXPECT BREAK SOON WATERLOO CHRONICLE _ A HOME NEWSPAPER FOR WATERLOO, AND WATERLOO COUNTY Warer1oo, OntTAamiO, Tuzspay, Marc» 16, 1937 ’ OTTAWA.â€"Prime Minister Macâ€" ‘kenzie King is expected home this week from Georgia where he has been taking a brief holiday followâ€" ing his conference with President Roosevelt about the St. Lawrence seaway scheme, Canadian relations with the United States, and world laffairs. With the return of the PARIS.â€"Italy is seeking to revise a plan for a new Locarno Pact along lines which would make Dictator Mussolini "arbiter of war or peace in Europe", French officials charged Sunday. They said the counterâ€"proposals made by Italy and Germany for the proposed new pact "are entirely inâ€" acceptable." French Authorities Fearfu)l of New Locarno Pact Proposed by Italy. Liberal chieftain there will be daily Cabinet meetings and the drive toâ€" ward prorogation of Parliament will proceed at full speed. _ See Mussolini As World Ruler Expect Premier Back in Ottawa freighter Silverlarch labored toward Honolulu under convoy Sunday in the wake of the cruiser Louisville, which picked up the stricken ship‘s eight passengers passengers Saturâ€" day after a speeding rescue dash in which she covered 350 miles in twelve hours. The fireâ€"eaten British vessel, accompanied by the Coast Guard cutter Roger P. Taney, struggled along in an effort to make With this Phue of "hands off" activity actually under way, the full nonâ€"intervention committee was exâ€" pected to meet this week to consider a Valencia Government protest against alleged participation of Italian troops in the Spanish insurâ€" The sea patrol, officially started Saturday midnight, was composed of menâ€"of war from Great Britain, France, Germany and Italy. _ LONDON. â€" Warships steamed about the Spanish coast Sunday as first concret evidence of joint interâ€" national efforts to isolate the Iberian Peninsula‘s civil war. Powers Begin Naval Isolation Of Spanish War At Midnight Saturday Powers‘ Warship Began "Hands Off" Activity. Threshermen Hold Banner Gonvention ent thrust at Guadalajara, scene of eavy fighting for several days. HONOLUL. â€" The burning Towed to Port Two iron bars in Webb‘s cell at the county jail were found partly sawed through last week by Goverâ€" ror Langridge, and two hack saws found under a cot in the cell. Two prisoners testified they had seen ‘Webb with the saw in his hands and later saw him going through the motions of cutting through the bars. Webb was brought into court and remained under a heavy guard during _ KITCHENHRâ€"James Webb, 32 yearâ€"old Guelph resident who is awaiting commencement of a tenâ€" year sentence for a rape attack upon a Guelph girl, was committed for trial in a higher court by Magistrate John R. Blake in police court here. on a charge of attempting to escape castody. Commit Webb . For Jail Break Reports said that the Queen was confined to her bed in Cotroceni Palace with autoâ€"intoxication, and that the Queen‘s condition was serious, but not critical. BUCHAREST, Rumania. â€" Dowâ€" ager Queen Marie, one of the most colorful members of European royalty, is seriously ill of intestinal poisoning. She is in her sixtyâ€"second year. Members of her family have been summoned to her bedside. Colonel Zwilling, Adjutant to the Archduke Anton of Hapsburg, a sonâ€"inâ€"law of the Queen, telephoned Vienna from Sonnenberg, however, that "her Majesty‘s condition apâ€" parently has been exaggerated. If is becomes serious her daughter, the Archduchess THeana, will leave at once for Bucharest." Queen Marie of Rumania in _ President of the Waterloo Manuâ€" ‘futtt:ing Company, v‘h.h:h ':; h& A0. banner . conven ntazio" Rrotherhood of Phreahal Dowager Queen â€" Seriously II men held in Waterloo on Thursday and Friday. Company Is Host Grave Condition from A. T. THOM Iwhere another byâ€"election will he held April 5th. _ The vacancies were caused by deaths of Herbert E. Wilton, Conâ€" servative, in Hamilton West, and Hon. Charles Marcil, veteran Liberal and former House Speaker of the House of Commons, in the Quebec constituency. s A third vacancy was created by the death of Dr. Matthew Ir.alrx: Liberal member for Renfrew No OTTAWA.â€"Monday was nominaâ€" tion day in two Federal ridings. Candidates in Hamilton West and Bonaventure will have their nominaâ€" tion papers officially filed for the byâ€"elections on March 22. s The change in programs three times a week is another innovation which will please local theatreâ€"goers, giving them three choices a week instead of the usual two. 3 Seats Vacant in Federal House New Theatre Plays to Packed House Twin City and district theatre paâ€" trons, eager to see the much talked of modern decorations of the new playhouse, went home satisfied that Waterloo has the most modern the atre building they have ever entered. Firestone companies. . Amongd those to atbelx’l;i the sesâ€" sions an ?e-k were Dr. Christie, President of the O.A.C., and Inspecâ€" tor‘s Craig and Harding of the Onâ€" tario Fire Marshall‘s department. Mayor Wes. McKersie and President (Continued on Page 3) Waterloo‘s new theatre which openâ€" ed its doors for the first time Friday night enjoyed a full house for both shows of the evening. Rubber, the Waterloo Man: ii.ccun:,"'"T" Comâ€" %lny and Jthh.h Sunshine cOlterloo ompany, John Goodwin Company, Geo.p,Wl:ite Ltd. of London, Robcri Bell Tractor Company, Goodrich _ *9. EICCCIICR D. CIRUDOR, ETCRE dent of Waterloo College, served as "pinchâ€"hitter" for Hon. Mr. Marâ€" shall, addressing the convened asâ€" The 23rd annual convention of the _ Ontario _ Brotherhood _ of Threshermen held here on Thursday and Friday wound up on Friday night with a banquet at the Masonic Hall on Princess street, attended by over 250 threshermen and their wives. The feature speaker of the twoâ€" day session, the Hon. Duncan Marâ€" shall, Minister of Agriculture , for Ontario, was unable to attend the banquet. He left Toronto about four o‘clock Friday afternoon for Waterloo, but an accident on the icy hifhvimy during the short blizâ€" zard forced him to return to Toâ€" Hon. Duncan Marshall and Hon. N. 0. Hipel Cars Both Ditched. Dr. F. B. Clausen "Pinch Cabinet Minister Injured Coming To Address Banquet Sponsoring the convention were Hits" as Guest Tuesday and #riday Price 2 Cents