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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1936-02-06, Page 3Thursday, Ffbrutry 6, 1336 WINGHAM ADVANCE-TIMES ^M/7cmetS7ea7l0ie -SALAM TEA race. Great Britain., the United Stat­ es, France and Italy then decided to push as rapidly as possible toward a general treaty on limitation of sjj?es and types of ships and calibres of guns. It is hoped to get Japan, Ger­ many "and Russia to agree later, $115,000 Claim Filed Aginst Hydro A statement of claim for payment of $115,495 by the Ontario Hydro Commission was filed in Osgoode Hall by the Ottawa Valley Power Company, The power firm asks for payment by the defendant company of $3,565 with interest at 6 per cent., and $111,930 with interest at 6 per cent, frdm Dec. 20, 1935, and inter­ est on the $3,565 from Nov. 20, 1935, under their former power with the Commission. contracts Cow Ran1 Wild in Toronto A mad cow, pursued by crowds and police, along St; Clair Avenue, Tor­ onto, attacked a small boy, gored the . boy’s father in the leg, and chased its owner up a telegraph pole before being shot dead by. police, Conservatives Ready for Election W. H., Ireland,-Trenton, president of the .Ontario Conservative Associ­ ation, said the Opposition party in the Ontario Legislature is ready to fight out “any” Ontario general elec­ tion. “We can hold a convention in 10 days,” he said. ’ •>> • to offset farm relief and soldiers’ bo­ nus costs, was declared in high Ad­ ministration quarters to be under con­ sideration. An inflation movement ap­ parently gained momentum in the House of Representatives, emphasiz­ ing the possible difficulties of press­ ing new levies through Congress in an election year. Pans Invited/ Germany to Rejoin League Paris—Premier Sarrault an invitation to Germany to “the European community’’ restore peace to* Europe' through the League of Nations, extended return to and help Lt.-Col. Bishop, V.C., Honored Lt.-Col. W. A, Bishop, V.C., most spectacular air fighter of the Great War, has been created honorary air .vice-marshal of the Royal Canadian Air Force, to which arm of the de­ fence services he will act in an ad­ visory capacity. General Election in Egypt May 2nd Cairo—Aly Maher Pasha, Egypt’s new Premier, announced that the gen­ eral elections, the first under the res­ tored 1923 Constitution, will be held May 2. The British Residency is will­ ing to ’start negotiations for a new Anglo-Egyptian treaty at once, it was understood, but no treaty will be signed except with an absolutely re­ presentative Government. Experts to Plan for B.N.A, Act Changes . Ottawa—Work of devising a plan of procedure in obtaining for Canada the right to amend her Constitution, and other aspects of the move to re­ model the British North America Act wpre taken in hand by a subcommit­ tee of legal experts. The Dominion- Provincial committee which convened for this purpose, adjourned without date after appointing the subcommit­ tee. Request Cancellation of Power Legislation Montreal—The Dominion Govern­ ment has-been asked, to disallow On­ tario legislation, recently proclaimed, which cancelled contracts between the Ontario Hydro Commissions and the Quebec hydro-electric companies, it was learned here. George H. Mont­ gomery, K.C., stated an application to that effect has been filed by Mont­ real Light, Heat and Power Consol­ idated on behalf of the Beauharnois Power Company, one of four com­ panies affected by. the cancellation. King is Admiral and Air Marshal „ London—The King has been pleas­ ed to assume the ranks of Admiral of the Fleet, Field Marshal of the Army and Marshal of the Royal Air Force. The posts, announcement of which was made Friday, were assumed at the time of his ‘accession to "the Throne. These ranks, formally plac­ ing the King in command of Kingdom’s three defense forces, the same as those held by the King George. National Scheme Before Refunding Unless as part of -a national debt­ refunding scheme, the Ontario Gov­ ernment will not embark upon a cone­ version program of its own, Premier Mitchell Hepburn declared. the are late Elmira Man’s. Patent Valid (Dttawa—The Exchequer Court re­ cently handed^ down, two judgments in which . it held Canadian patents Of both the* Smith Incubator Company of Cleveland, Ohio, and of Albert Seiling, 'of Elmira, Ont., for incuba­ tion of eggs are valid. ^Autopsy Ordered Athens—An autopsy was ordered on the body of Gen'eral George Kon- dylis, former Premier of Greece, who died suddenly Friday at the age of 55. .Unconfirmed reports were current in Athens that the General was the vic­ tim of a poison plot, The news of the autopsy caused a sensation in the Capital. Athens was placed under em­ ergency police protection. Grain Conference Feb. .25th Ottawa—Hon. William E. Euler, Minister of Trade and Commerce, has invited representatives of the grain growers and the grain trade to confer in Winnipeg on Feb. 25 next to discuss way and means of promot­ ing the sale and use of Canadian wheat. ITS BEAUTY GIVES A. M. Crawford am HOCKEY THRILLS: Tune in every Saturday night at 9 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, to General Motors Coast-io-Coast Hockey Broadcast. (Standard Series 2-pass. Coupe) Master DeLuxe Models from $905 at factory. Delivered at factory, Oshawa, Ont. Fully equipped. Freight and Government Registration Fee only extra. YOU ALL SIX! (2) Solid Steel Turret Top Body by Fisher . NO ONE would dream of putting a thatch, roof on a modern house, and Chevrolet followed the very same sound reasoning in developing the famous solid steel Turret Top roof for all its new, 1936 models. Pressed, from a single, seamless sheet of heavy steel, the Turret Top makes possible smooth perfection of streamlined beauty. It completes your safety,, too, with it? up-to-date overhead pro­ tection; and it aids in keeping the* . car warm in winter, cool in summer.. Come in and inspect the new 1936 Chevrolet with its Turret Top Body ■by Fisher today. Let your own eyes prove it is The Only Complete Low- Priced Car. Greatly-reduced 7% GMAC Plan time payments. CHEVROLET (1) Hydraulic Brakes (3) Valve-in.-Head Engine . . . (4) Knee-Action on Master DeLuxe Models (5) Fisher No-Draft Ventilation. . . . (6) Safety Glass throughout. CONSIDER THE COMPANY BACK OF THE CAR PRICED FROM Globe Editor Resigns Toronto—Following a meeting of the board of directors of The Globe, President W. G. Jaffray announced the resignation of Harry W. Ander­ son, managing, editor, had been ac­ cepted, effective January 31." Mr. An­ derson joined the staff of The Globe in 1909. In 1926 he succeeded T., Stewart Lyon, as managing editor. For a number of years Mr. Ander­ son has been a valued director of The Canadian Press, He will be succeed­ ed by A. A. McIntosh, assistant man-, aging editor of Th? Globe since 1929. Huge Eagle Shot ' St. Thomas-George H. Cross, 1935 Reeve of Yarmouth Township, has a fierce exhibit at his farm^ome jn the form of a huge bald-headed eagle one of his employees wounded with a rifle. The giant bird has a wing- spread of seven feet three inches, and is believed to; be an old fellow that has made his home in the Dexter,'dis­ trict on 'the shore of Lake .Erie for, some years. The bird was feeding on the body of a young pig at the rear of Mr. Cross’ barns when it was shot and wounded in one wing. It put up a fierce battle before it was captured. Further Investigation into Lindbergh Kidnapping Trenton, N-J.—Governor Hoffman ordered the New Jersey State police to reopen their? investigation of the kidnapping and' slaying of the Lind­ bergh baby, fied threats weeks, ago Hauptmann, the child, a saved him from execution on the night of Jan. 17, told Norman Schwarzkopf, Superintendent of the State’ Police, that Hauptmann’s fate is “almost the least important feature of this case.” Harold Cameron, superintendent of the Kincardine public utilities com­ mission, fell and fractured his ankle. U.S.A. Needs $730,000,000 Washington—A drive to enact, at this session, new taxes to increase federal revenues by about $730,000,000 Naval Plan Agreed Upon London—.The Naval Conference unanimously adopted a plan for an­ nual confidential exchange of their construction programs in an effort to diminish the threat of a world naval •«d guaranteed Cferfo* o/ <SZr L&mpe HYDRO LAMPS The Lon$ LifeLamps H Wingham Utilities Commission Phone 156.Crawford Block. The Governor, who de- of impeachment two’ after granting Bruno convicted murdered of 30-day reprieve which NEWS of the | DISTRICT | Charged with Illegal Operation Clem Thiel, of Kitchener, elected trial by a judge and jury when he appeared before Magistrate J. A. Ma­ kins in Goderich police court charg­ ed with attempting to .perform an il­ legal operation on an 18-year-old Sea­ forth girl. The offense allegedly oc­ curred in a Seaforth shop on the night of Jan. 22. Thiel was not represented by> counsel and he was remanded to jail until Thursday of this week. Dufferin 'County .May Close Children’s Shelter Much interest is being taken in a proposal before Dufferin County Council, to close the Orangev.illc shel­ ter of the Children's Aicl Society. Of­ ficials claim children do better If plac­ ed tn .private homes,’and the cost would be less than at present. Instead of closing the Shelter, a large, mod­ ern residence on Little York Street, with well-kept grounds, the Council is considering using it as a home for the aged ahd infirm, as the county has no such institution, at present paying the County of Simcoe for aged people in their home at Bceton. Receives Call to Atwood Rev. J. McCurlie, Kent County, has accepted the unanimous call to the pulpit of the Presbyterian Church at Atwood, ten miles south of Listowel. The call will come before Stratford Presbytery Feb. 23. The pulpit was lefjt vacant through the superannua­ tion, of Rev. N, J. West, pastor for nine years. It is expected Mr. Mc- Curlie will take up duties th March, Two Kincardine Residents Injured Tripping* dver an electric cord at home, little Joint iJtitnSidc, son of and Mrs. J. Burnside, Klticardine, fractured- fils leg, While attending convention of O.M.E.A. in Toronto, Dungannon Residents Honored Mr. and Mrs. Robert Davidson were pleasantly surprised at their farm home, “Sunrise Villa,” adjoining Dungannon, on Thursday’ evening when about 25 of their neighbors and friends dropped in to extend felicita­ tions upon the 36th anniversary their wedding. 1931 Apples in Jan. 1936 J ,J. McEwen had a sample of some apples, grown in 1934, brought into his store the other day. The apples were grown by Mr. Holzhausen, and were kept in a cellar. They are quite firm and have retained their flavour well.—Goderich Star. GEMS FROM LIFE’S SCRAP-BOOK DEMOCRACY of up R. Conserve Your Steam A most unusual accident held the Owen Sound-Stratford C. N, passenger train at Gowanstown, south of Listowel. In some manner the train whistle blew off, which meant that the locomotive lost all its steam. It was necessary to send an auxiliary engine out from Stratford. And there is a moral to this story: Don’t blow off so much that you won’t have any steam left to do things when it comes time for a heavy pull.—Dundalk Her­ ald. Teeswater Resident has 98th Birthday Mrs. Richard Ewing, of Teeswater, celebrated her 98th birthday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. J. His- cox, when many friends called to of­ fer congratulations. Mrs. Ewing con­ tinues to enjoy good health and feels that life is still pleasant when her friends gather with her each year to wish her another happy birthday. “Democracy will .... accomplish the salutary universal change from delusive to real, and make a new blessed world for us by and by.”— Carlyle.* * * “One infinite God, good, unifies men and nations; constitutes the bro­ therhood of man; ends wars; fulfills the Scripture, “Love thy neighbor as thyself;” annihilates pagan and Chris­ tian idolatry, and religious codes; * equalizes the sexes; annuls the curse on man, and leaves nothing that can sin, suffer, be punished or destroyed.” —Mary Baker Eddy. •I* “Democracy is the most beautiful truth in morals that we have no such thing as a distinct or divided interest from our race. In their welfare is ours, and by choosing the broadest paths to effect their happiness, we choose the surest and the shortest ten our own.”—Bulwer-Lytton. * * * “Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the peo­ ple.—Lincoln. Moving to Exeter Mr. A. E. Buswell, of Lucknow, son-in-law of the late Thomas Har­ vey, arrived in Exeter Wednesday and in co-operation with Mr. J. W. Bat­ son, will operate the Harvey Bros, mill for the Harvey Estate. Mr. Bus­ well will move his family to town soon as a suitable dwelling can secured.—Exeter Times-Advocate. House and Garage Burned at Auburn A frame residence with contents and a nearby garage, at Auburn, were completely destroyed by fire Wednes­ day evening last week. The fire, it is thought, started in the residence while the tenants, Mr. and Mrs. Nor­ man Hamilton and their daughter, Were absent. The,house was the pro­ perty of Thomas Hamilton and car­ ried some insurance. The garage was owned by John Yungblut. as be Fractured His Arm Alex. Graff is carrying his arm a sling as. a result of an accident sus­ tained while sleigh-riding at {he Sep­ arate School. In coming down the grade at a rapid rate, he stuck out his hand, to catch another sleigh. In the mix-up which followed, he had his right arm fractured between the wrist and elbow.—Mildmay Gazette. in Has Both Legs Amputated Mrs. Thomas Camcron, of Cran- brobk, youngest sister of Mr. James Brown, of Milverton, is tit present in the Listowel Memorial Hospital where she underwent an operation for the amputation of her left 'leg about two weeks ago. It will be re­ membered she had her other leg am­ putated • several months ago/due to gangrene.—Milverton Sun. Listowel Barrister Perth County Receiver Mr. D, G. Campbell, widely known Listowel barrister, received official notice, from the Dominion Govern­ ment of his appointment for Perth County as Official Receiver under the Farmers’ Creditors’ Arrangement Act. Mr, Campbell replaces Mr. L. J. Long of Stratford, whose appointment the Liberal Government has cancelled. Resident of Grey Passes After a lengthy illness there passed away on Wednesday last week at the home of her son, Percy Tyerman, of Grey Township, Mrs. Mary Matilda Tyerman, in her 80th year. The late Mrs. Tyerman was the daughter of Robert and Mrs. Wilkinson, formerly of Hanover. She was born, in Bentlck Township, Grey County, on August 28, 1856, and was united in marriage to Hugcl Tyerman on January 17th, 1876. To the union were born two daughters, Mrs. Hilliard Hutcliinson, Palmerston, and Mrs. Fred Oster, of Blyth, and four sons, Dr. Howard, British Columbia; Dr. Whitfield, Sas­ katchewan; Robert,, Grey Township, and Percy, with whom she had re­ sided for the past thirty years. The funeral was held Friday afternoon, in­ terment in Brussels Cemetery. West Wawanosh Lady Died Suddenly Neighbors and friends of Mrs. W. Kinahan, con. 4, West Wawanosh, were shocked upon learning- of the sudden passing Thursday of this es­ teemed woman. Mr. Kinahan had driven some of the family to school and, upon his return, found his wife dead. She was the youngest daughter of the late Mr, and Mrs. Charles Rob­ inson, and was a life-long resident of the district. She was 54 years of age. The funeral was held Saturday morn­ ing from the Church of the Sacfcd Heart, St. Augustine. FAMILY OF JAPANESE ADMIRAL The family of Admiral Osami Na-.to RIGHT: Mrs. Osami Nagano, Miss gano, chief Japanese delegate to the Mitakcko, and Makoto Nagano on the London naval conference, taken at kiddie car, Mrs. Nagano is holding their Tokio home. They are, LEFT Shizuc, the youngest daughter.