HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1936-02-13, Page 3*
Thursday, February 13, 1936
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Dog Barking Saves Family
St, Adelphe, Que.—Intelligence of ft
dog that ran upstairs and barked un
til it woke Mrs. Josephat Lafontaine
was credited with saving the life of
Lafontaine, his wife and children
. from fire that broke out in the first
story of their home.
U. S. Controls Oil Sanctions
Geneva—An investigation to deter
mine the. practicability of an oil sanc
tion against Italy continues to show
that the problem turns very largely
on how much oil she can procure
from the United States, officials of
the League of Nations said.
Cut Hole in Ice for Swim
Stratford—Spectators risked freez
ing their ears long enough to rub
their eyes wpen they saw. a, youth
standing on the river, near the dam,
cutting a big hole with a crowbar. He
was wearing an abbreviated pair of
trunk's and a pullover sweater .A few
minutes later they saw him shed the
sweater and plunge into the frigid
water.
WINGHAM ADVANCE-TIMES
as he peered over a back fence in a
yard at 191 Annette Street, Toronto,
Creswell McDonald, aged 14, of 276
Quebec Avenue, had the tip of his
nose bitten off. The injured boy is
in the Western Hospital. An oper
ation was performed and skin had to
be grafted in order to sew the part
of the boy’s nose chewed off.
Russia to. Aid Rumania
London—A. new mutual assistance
treaty between Rumania and the Sov
iet Union, understood to be nearing
completion, provides for prompt and
automatic military co-operation in
the event of aggression against either
power, informed Little Entente circles
said here. The projected treaty would
obligate Russia to send forces to Ru
mania’s aid if the latter was attack
ed, while Rumania would undertake
a. similar obligation on behalf of the
Soviet,
Found Frozen to Death
Penetang—The severe blizzard that
swept this district claimed one life, it
was revealed with the finding of the
frozen body of Peter Quesnelle, Tiny
Township farmer, lying by the side
of a road near Cook’s lake.
Japanese Concentrate
on Mongolian Border
Dairen — Thousands of Japanese
troops were ordered, to Manchukuo’s
Outer Mongolian frontier. Japanese
Army Headquarters said the moves
were necessitated by “Soviet war pre
parations in Outer Mongolia.” Ob
servers ]5redicted any Japanese at
tempt to “punish" Outer Mongolia for
alleged frontier violations would stir
opposition from the poweiful
army concentrated in Siberia.
Russia and France to Co-Operate
Paris—Mikhail Toukatchevsk’y, the
youngest Marshal of the Soviet army,
met France’s General Staff to draft
the first measures of military co-op
eration between the two nations in
the face of the “menace” of Nazi Ger
many,
Preparing for Trade Conference
London-British merchants already
are preparing briefs for next year’s
Imperial Trade Conference, Sir Hew
itt Skinner, President of the Canadian
Chamber of Commerce of Great Bri
tain, said. During the last year there
has been a gradual but steady devel
opment in Anglo-Canadian trade, Sir
Hewitt declared at the chamber’s an
nual meeting.
Red
Burned to Death
Ont.—Four children were
death Friday night and
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Two Fires Simultaneous at Toronto
Two simultaneous second-alarm
bjazes, testing the full resources of
the Toronto Fire Department, Friday
night swept the East End Balmy
Beach Canoe Club property and the
four-story Miln Building
Johnson Lane,-with a total
loss approaching $100,000.
high, into the clear, frosty
blazes formed twin pillars of fire ab
ove the city, drawing- thousands of
spectators to watch the firemen put
in the busiest night in the recent his
tory of the brigade.
at. 6-10
property
Belching
sky, the
4 Children
* London,
burned to
their fathei- seriously burned, when a
jar of gasoline, chilled by exposure
to the wintry weather, cracked open
when subjected to the heat, exploded,
and turned their home into a raging
inferno. The dead,- children of Wil
liam , Carpenter, were: Marion, 2%
years; Jack, 7; Edna, 12; and Walter,
14. The father was Jjjrqqght. tQ. Sk
Joseph’s Hospital,- London, by nei
ghbors. The Carpenter home is about
. five miles from London. Only Friday,
Mrs. -Carpenter, who had been -in
London for the past 'two days, gave
birth 'to another child.
Immigration Less in 1935
Ottawa—A decrease of 9.6% was
shown in immigration to Canada dur
ing; 1935 compared with the previous
year, according to a report issued by
the Department of Immigration. To
tal immigration was 11,277, against
12,476 during 1934. Of this number,
2,105 were-from the British Isles, as
against 2,166 th^ previous year, while
those from _other countries totalled
3,252, compared with 3,695 in 1934.
Riots in Syria
Beirut, Syria—Troops fired into
rioting Nationalists at' Hama * and
killed seven of them,, bringing the
number of dead to fifteen in anti
French disorders -which began iri Al-
■e.ppo und, Damascus two weeks ago.
There was another demonstration at
Homs, but soldiers held the
in check without bloodshed.
Predicts War. with Britain
London—An '.eventful war in the
Pacific Ocean between Great Britain
and Japan is predicted by Lieutenant-
Commander Totaishi Maru of the
Japanese Navy in his book, “Japan
Must Fight Britain.” He predicts that
a conflict between the two powers is
inevitable, and says the .United States
probably will side with Britain.
rioters
Dog Bites Boy’s Nose
Attacked by a Newfoundland dog
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Belgians Increase Defences
Brussels—A chain of artillery from
Antwerp, by the sea to Arion, Cap-;
ital" of Belgian Luxemburg, and but
tressing of key points on the vulner
able Belgian-Netherlands frontier,
may be the Belgian answer to the
threat of a German ■ remilitarized
Rhineland. Alarmed by. fear of a pos
sible second German invasion through
a rearmed Rhineland, Parliamentary
Defense Committees indicated they
would unequivocally endorse Govern
ment plans to strengthen all frontier
defenses.
Invent Machine to Treat Cancer
. London—Designed by two London
doctors, a radium applicator of a new
type for treatment of oral- cancer was
announced. The physicians are Dr.
F. F. Baker and Dr. George McNeill.
Dr. McNeill is Professor of Radiology
at the University of Western Ontario.
Details, of the appliance are carried
in the current edition Kof the Canad
ian Dental Association Journal.
Bom in Auto with Temperature
at 18 Below
Winnipeg—Despite the , fact that
she was born in the re.ar seat of an
automobile in 18-below-zero weather,
a baby girl and her mother were do
ing well in hospital here. Dr. L. A.
Pauls lost the race with the stork as
he was rushing the mother to Win
nipeg.
head, of stock ws rescued. Origin
of the fire was undetermined.
FIREMEN NARROWLY ESCAPE DEATH'
Rabbits Bpg for Food
Jack rabbits are much in need of
food. W. Dodd, Jr,, Auburn, opened
the back door end found a’ rabbit sit
ting on a step. He closed the door
and called his wife. When he opened
it again the rabbit was still there and
allowed Mr. Dodd to pick it,up and
take it into the house where it is be
ing cared for. Their tracks, may be
followed up around the houses in Au
burn.
Trick Babbits
With jack rabbits proving a.pest in
Pine River district of Huron Town
ship, the farmers have hit on the ex
pedient of piling hay in the centre
of their fields and laying traps around
the pile, This, combined with moon
light rabbit hunts, has resulted in the
destruction of many of the pests,
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Dungannon. Lady Marks
94th Birthday
Dungannon’s “grand old lady,” Mrs,
David Girvip celebrated the 94th an
niversary of her birthday last week.
Although approaching the century
mark’ Mrs. Girvin is in the enjoyment
of all her faculties, and Is bright for
her years, Mary Ann Stuart, her
maiden name, was the second eldest
of a family of eleverr daughters and
sons; of James Stuart and Jane Bea-
com, and was born on the farm south
of Nile on .February 5, 1842. At the
age of 21 she was married to Rob
ert Pentland, the ceremony being per
formed by the Rev, Mr. Briars, the
first Methodist minister to preach in
the district. They settled in Dungan
non, where Mr. Pentland conducted
a blacksmith shop. A family of five
children was born, J. Cullen Pent
land, Grimsby; Elwyn Pentland, Chi
cago, Samuel Pentland, of Vancouver,
now deceased; Mrs. Jean Williams,,
who resides with her mother. A dau
ghter, Miss Martha Pentland, passed
away some years ago in Dungannon.
There are five grandchildren and six
great-grandchildren.
‘ Fire Chief George Sinclair and six
of his men narrowly escaped serious
injuries while battling a spectacular
blaze that gutted the Miln Building,
in downtown Toronto, when a-large
portion of„the south wall, weakened
aid high pressure hose,
collapsed just as they left the build
ing.
When the fire-fighters responded to
the alarm they found the building a
mass of flames. From the above pic-
ture, taken by a photographer, show
ing the fire-fighters with high pres
sure hose in action, some idea of the
intensity of the blaze may be gained,.
eter Timcs-Advocate.
A Freak Egg—
Mr. Clarence Mogk left at The Sun
office an egg that when opened, con
tained all the component parts of an
ordinary egg and in addition another
complete hard shelled egg of fair size.
The. hen that laid this freak two-in-
one egg must have been striving
a, place in Ripley’s “Believe It
Not” column.—Milverton Sun.
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Quite a Feat
We sometimes hear of the one-man
street cars of the different cities, and
with, some folks, they do not seem to
be much in favor. But the other day
we saw a man perform a feat which
looked as if he were going one better
than that. He was bringing two loads
of wood into, town, piled on two
sleighs, each with its team of horses,
but only one driver. The driver stopd
on the side of the front sleigh, driv
ing) one team and leading the other.
They seemed to -be getting along all
right, too. It was clearly a case of
saving the services of one man, and,
as far as we could see it was- work
ing out all right. We do not know
how far he had come or if it is his
generaj mode of bringing wood
market.—Clin toil News-Re'cord.
Suspended Sentence
Two Stanley Township young men,
John Smith, 19, and his younger bro
ther, were fined $10 and costs and
placed' under suspended sentence
admitting performing an operation
a collie' dog and leaving it to die
the snow.
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Accepts Listowel Position
Miss Wagner, R.N., of Auburn, has
accepted a position at the Listowel
Memorial Hospital and will fill the
vacancy caused by the resignation of
Miss Hood. Miss Wagner is a
uate of the Stratford General
pital.—Listowel Standard.
flowed freely through the mains once
again. The prolonged spell of zero
weather caused the trouble.—Mildmay
Gazette. '
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Exeter Girl Breaks Leg
Irene Kydd, a first form student
the Exeter High School, was on her
way to school, she jumped on a pass
ing cutter and got her left leg caught
and twisted in the runner resulting
in both bones of the leg being badly
fractured just above the ankle.—Ex
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Turn Down. Peace Conference
London—The House of Commons
turned down a proposal to sponsor a
new international peace conference,
but affirmed its confidence the Gov
ernment will 'take all practicable
steps to promote international pros
perity.” , *
NEWS
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41 Head of Stock Burned
When their equipment truck be
came snowbound, members , of the
Mitchell Fire Department were forc
ed to walk a mile to reach the scene
of a barn blaze on the farm of Vic
tor Jackson. The barn, stock and
grain were destroyed at a loss esti
mated'at approximately $16,006, On
ly one horse out of the forty-two
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Bruce Orangemen Elect
The annual meeting of the West
Bruce County L.O.L. was held recent
ly when John Miller was elected C.
Master. Mr. Miller has been an ar
dent Orangemen for a number of
years and is well fitted for the posi
tion. County Master Wm. Adair of
Kincardine presided at the Lucknow
meeting and in spite of stormy wea
ther, delegates were present from
Amberley, Kincardine, Bervie, Kin-
lough, Maple Grove, Ripley and Luck
now ledges. A Murton of Listowel
invited the County to celebrate July
12th in Listowel, which was accepted.
The semi-annual County meeting was
announced to be held in Amberley in
June. Lunch was served by the Luck
now lodge. The following are the
County officers fox- the coming year;
Past Master, Wm. Adair; Master,
John Miller; Deputy Master, Lloyd
Bell; Chaplain, S. S. Logan; Rec.-Sec.,
C. E. McDonagh; Fin. Sec., Roy Ged
des; Treas., Cecil Mullin; Marshall,
Peter Carter; Lecturers, Bert Irwin
and Isaac Pinnell.
Sickened by Monoxide
Mr. and Mrs., E. M. Schill and lit
tle daughter, Dorothy, had a danger
ous experience, when they were ov
ercome by monoxide gas. Mr. Schill
was operating a car motor, and the
poisonous fumes spread through the
building, making them all quite ill.
Mr. Ignatz Ditner, who was also in
'the garage at the time, got a .liberal
dose of the fumes at the time, but
recovered without medical attention.
—Mildmay Gazette.
She (admiringly): “Just look at
that man’s chest development.”
He: “Chest development! He got
that bulge patting himself on the
back.” '
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Pipes Froze Up
A rather serious freeze-up in the
Mildmay waterworks pipe line at the
foundry wells, took place on Sunday
night, and the local superintendent,
with a number of assistants, spent a
few very busy hours fighting the el
ements. Finally, after four or five
hours strenuous work, the water
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CO-OPERATION IN QUINTUPLET-LAND MAKES WASH-DAY LOTS OF FUN
It must have been Monday in quin
tuplet-land. when this picture was tak
en as the world’s most famous five
baby sisters explored the fascinating
intricacies of toy wash-day utensils,
complete from clothespins to ironing"
board, white at play in their nursery
in the hospital at Callander. LEFT
to RIGHT; Annette, deeply engross
ed in a revolving clothesline; Yvonne
who. has appropriated the iron and
ironing board; Cecile,, who is more
interested in the bottom of the wash
tub than anything else; Marie, who
is about to sample the taste of a
wooden clothespin, and Emelle, who
seems to favor the washboard.
(Copyright 1936, Star Newspaper
Service)
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