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Thurs., November 12, 1936 WIN GUAM ADVANCE-TIME^
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j Survey of Radio Conditions
Ottawa—Two immediate surveys of
radio conditions in Canada will be
made by Major W. E. Gladstone Mur
ray, General Manager of the Canad
ian Broadcasting Corporation, Leon
ard W. Brockington, Chairman of thc
| Board of Governors of the corpora
tion, said in a broadcast speech here,
j The first will relate to the coverage
of existing stations; the second will
be directed toward a greater variety
and improvement of programs.
World Wide News In Brief Form
Two Doctors Ruin in East Hastings
Two Doctors,will oppose each oth-
'er in the by-election in Hastings E.
on Dec. 9th. Dr. H. A. Boyce, 41-
year-old Deseronto physician, will
stand for the Liberal party and Dr.
Harold Welsh of Roslin, is the Con
servative standard-bearer,. The seat
became vacant on the death, of James
F. Hill, Conservative.
Government Will Not Escheat
Millar Estate
The Ontario Government will nev
er escheat or confiscate the Millar
baby bequest for the benefit of the
Ontario Treasury, Provincial Secre
tary Harry C. Nixon said. Escheat of
the baby derby prize—the lapsing of
property to the Crown when its own
er leaves no valid will or heirs—was
suggested when court argument over
the validity of the Millar testament
opened at Osgoode Hall. Government
counsel pointed out that any estate
intestacy may result in an escheat.
N,o New Taxation for B. C. -
Finance Minister John Hart, in his
Budget speech in the British Colum
bia Legislature said there would be
no new taxes. The Government would
relieve municipalities of $691,000 soc
ial-service costs after March 31 next,
it would reassure the total cost of
mothers’ pensions, and would com
plete restoration of Civil Service sal
ary cuts.
Edmonton Scrip Case Sent to Trial
Supreme Court actions involving
Alberta Government prosperity certi
ficates, their validity, and powers of
the Province or the City of Edmon
ton to deal in them, must go to trial,
Mr. Justice Frank Ford ordered in
Supreme Court Chambers here.
Modernization Plaps Forging Ahead
Home modernization plans of the
Dominion Employment Commission
are proceeding apace. In a remark
ably short time Arthur B. Purvis has
secured from the industries and the
companies which will benefit the ma
jor part of the $500;000 required for
co-ordinating activities all over Can
ada. Complete subscription may now
be regarded, as certain, thus creating
a record by initiating within a few
weeks ,i program of great national
scope without requiring a cent
the public Treasury.
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Italian Women Back Mussolini
Rome—Italy’s Fascist women
promised Premier Mussolini they will
• 'make every house a fortress for the
power of the Empire and the triurnpn
of the revolution.’ They constitute a
female army which in some future war
tnay be a tremendous force behind
the lines, even though they will not
carry rifles as do Spain’s amazons,
who are righting on the side of Ma
drid. At the annual meeting 1,339,335
women and girls offered their assist
ance.
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Premier Says King
May Visit Canada
Quebec—Prime Minister Mackenzie
King returned to Canada more than
ever convinced that this country
should attend tto its own affairs and
avoid European entanglements. Dur
ing his six weeks’ sojourn in Britain
and on the Continent the Prime Min
ister had an audience with his Ma
jesty the King, who expressed the
his subsequent
Hon. Mr. King
Prime Minister
other members
Introduced “Mercy Death” Bill
London—A .“mercy death” bill
permit medical men to kill incurable
patients was introduced in Parliament.
It was presented by Lord Ponsonby,
climaxing a year’s campaign by many
medical and Church leaders for eu
thanasia—their term for “easy death.”
It would enable physicians and surg
eons legally to put to death patients
suffering great pain from conditions
diagnosed as hopeless.
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Bruce Township First-Born Dies
The death of Hugh McLennan,
which .occurred in Kincardine Hos
pital following a short illness, remov
ed one of the few remaining links
with the early settlement of Bruce
Township. Mr. McLennan was res
pected by all with whom he came in
contact. H ewas a son of Mr. and
Mrs. Dugald McLennan, sixth conces
sion, Bruce Township. He had the
distinction of being thc fir^t child
born in the settlement and resided, on
the homestead, where he was born,
during his lifetime of 82 years. He
was united in marriage to Miss Flora
Patterson, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
John Patterson.
Cut by Turnip Pulper
Alex. Wray, Fordwich, who is em
ployed by Crosby Sothcrn, had his
left hand caught in a turnip pulper,
suffering cuts on the thumb and sec
ond finger which required five stitch
es.
Family Had Hard Luck
The say that trouble never comes
singly, seems to apply to the Hender
son family, of Lucknow. First, Wil
liam, j*., suffered a fractured arm,
just before he was to have resumed
hjs teaching duties in September, and
when his mother, Mrs. Jack Hender
son; was leaving Kincardine Hospital
that evening after visiting him, she
suffered a fractured ankle. Now the
third accident has occurred, Jack Hen
derson Sr., having a bone in his right
wrist cracked when a piece of wood
bounced back off the circular saw and
hit his wrist. As, Mr. Henderson is
left handed, the injury docs not pre
vent him from continuing his work
in his leaning mill in (he village.
hope that he would be able to visit
Canada again following the Corona
tion next May and
trip to India. Right
also conferred with
Stanley Baldwin and
of the British Cabinet and conversed
with Premier Blum of France and the
Foreign Ministers of the leading coun
tries of the world, twenty-seven of
whom were present at the League of
Nations meeting in Geneva.
Banquet for Premier King
Ottawa—The Prime Minister
Canada, newly home from Europe,
will be the guest of honor at a com
plimentary dinner which will be tend
ered to the Federal Cabinet on Dec.
10 by the National Liberal Federa
tion, of which the Acting President
is. Norman P. Lambert. The Liberal
Premiers of six or seven Provinces
wilfbe non'ired guests at the banquet,
which will be held in Ottawa.
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No November Dividends for Alberta
Edmonton—Payment of Social Cre
dit dividends in November seems im
possible, judging by the progress of
Government machinery, which must
be in working order before the people
of Alberta receive their first credits,
A. W. Flamme, Social Credit member
of the Legislature for Cypress, was
reported as telling a meeting at Bug-
dette, Alta., that dividends would be
paid in November, but this opinion
was discounted in officials
here.
Blyth Church Has
Unusual Problem
The congregation of Blyth Presby
terian Church has an unusual problem
on its hands,—to accept or not to ac
cept $3,000, in addition to $'25,000 al
ready received—by reason of a court
judgment which, if given, would put
on the street an 80-year-old man who,
some years ago, helped out his son
by endorsing a note for him, but did
not himself receive on cent. The ques-
Cars Collided at Londiesboro
When Thomas Knox, R .R. No. 1,
did not stop long enough upon ent
ering No. 4 highway at Londesboro
he failed to see Father Sullivan, of. .
Clinton, approaching in a car from ‘ t’on was Put -squarely up to the
the south with the result that Father i church people when Mr. Justice Jeff-
Sullivan crashed into the side of the
Knox car. County Constable N. Lev
er investigated the accident. No one
was injured.
To Investigate Ghost Appearance
Paris—Ecclesiastical authorities un
der the.,jurisdiction of the Bishop of
Tulle were ordered to conduct an in
vestigation of the alleged apparitions
of a saintly monk, Father Borie, who
aftei- 100 years is said to have repeat
edly appeared in the visions of his
grand-niece, Mme. Blavignac, as she
leads her flocks in the fields about
the little town of Brive-la-Gaillarde.
Mme. Blavignac is 47 years old and
the mother of a family.
Would Repudiate Franco-Soviet Pact
Paris—Senator Henry-Haye, Mayor
of Versailles, placed before the Sen
ate a prpposal for French repudiation,
or at least reconsideration of the
Franco-Soviet mutual assistance pact.
He asked the Government to take tl e
speediest possible action toward this
end.
Bricks Thrown at Gennany’s
Lopdon Embassy
London—A demonstration in front
of the German Embassy here, during
which bricks were hurled through
windows, was broken up by the pol
ice. One of the demonstrators was
arrested. Previously Foreign Secre
tary Eden had been taken to task in
the House of Commons for having
expressed.regrets to Joachim von Rib
bentrop over a speech in which the
Communist M.P., William Gallacher,
called the German Ambassador an en
voy "whose hands are red with mur
der.”
More Strike in France •
Paris—A fresh outbreak of strikes
added to the worries of Premier Blum
as Parliament reopened in a session
marked by a sharp clash between the
Rightists and Communists. The Pre
mier, Socialist Deputies said, told
them he planned to submit a bill call
ing for obligatory arbitration of strik
es if circumstances make it necessary.
Women Appointed by Labor Minister
Ottawa—Appointment of the Wo
men’s Advisory Committee to the Na
tional Employment Commission was
announced by Hon. Norman Rogers,
Minister of Labor. Its five members
arc: Mrs. L ,G. Ferguson, Westville,
N.S.; Miss Roth Low, Kitchener,
Ont.; Mrs. Walter Lindal,' Winnipeg;
Madame Maurice Cormier, Montreal;
and Mrs. Angus J. Currie, Govan,
Sask.
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Defense Ends Birth Control
Evidence
Eastview—The defense rested its
caste in the trial of Dorothea Palmer,
charged with advertising birth-control
information aftd contraceptives. Thir
ty-five witnesses have given 327,500
words of evidence in the ten court
days during which the trial, unprece
dented in Canadian law, has continu
ed. Magistrate Lester Clayton ad
journed the case until Friday on the
understanding it will be adjourned
further until Nov. 16 when Crown At
torney Raoul Mercier will be ready
to proceed with his rebuttal evidence.
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Scarlet. Fever in Goderich Township
According to Dr. J’ B. Whitely, M.
O.H., there are eighteen cases of scar
let fever in Goderich township, nec
essitating the closing of the school
and United church at Holmesville. It
was Dr. Whitely’s belief the disease
was “imported from Brussels”. It is
possible "there will be more victims,
but houses are being placarded and
every precaution is being taken to
prevent tire spread of the disease.
Twin Calves Twice in Ofte Year
Mr. John Schultz, who .resides
south of Topping, is the proud own
er of a cow, which is a cross between
a hereford and a Holstein, that lias
given birth to twin calves twice dur
ing the past twelve months and all
are fine- healthy stock.—Milverton
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Potatoes Planted in August
Yield Big Crop
As a rule potatoes of late varieties
planted about the first of June are
ready to harvest in the middle of Sep
tember. Here is an instance where
Henry Klea planted potatoes on the
first day of August, and they were
not taken up till after the middle of
October, when a heavy frost killed
the tops which were still green. Mr.
Klea planted a small basket of pota
toes of the Dooley variety and when
he dug htem he had two bags of tub
ers of extra good quality and plenty
of them were as large as one’s fist.—
Mitchell .Advocate.
Had Back Broken
When a team he was hitching in
the barn yard ran away John H. Stor
ey, McKillop farmer, suffered serious
injuries.. Rushed to Scott Memorial
Hospital here it was found a vertebrae
of his back and also two ribs were
broken. He was placed in a plaster
cast and is resting as well as could
be expected, according.to the attend
ing physician.—Seaforth Huron Ex
positor.
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Original House of Refuge
Inmate Still There
Westley Sutton, the first man to
“register” at the Huron County Home
for the Aged at Clinton in 1895, is
still a resident of that institution, J
M. Govenlock, inspector of the home-
revealed. The home, then known as
the House of Refuge, was established
in 1895, and, although about 1,000
persons have lived within its walls
during the 41 years of its existence,
the first to enter the institution is
there still. As a young man of 20,
this “charter member” drove to thc
home in a horse and buggy from Ex
eter, made himself comfortable and
has lived there ever since. There we'-e
53 persons in the House of Refuge
in the opening year and an all-time
high was reached in 1916, when 122
persons were sheltered in the institu
tion. The present population is 90.
rey, in Assize Court, adjourned the
case in older that they might become
aware of the facts. “If 1 give judg
ment for the plaintiff in this ca.se I.
will strip the.-aged defendant of all
his worldly possessions—put him on.
the street—and the same judgment
will give $3,000 to a church which has
already received $25,000 from the de
fendant estate. If the church people
were in full possession of rhe true
facts, I <lo not think they would want
this to happen.” Thc action was
started by the executors of the estate
of the late William Coombs of Blyth,
plaintiffs, seeking to recover $3,000
on a promissory note signed by W.
FI. Coombs, brother of deceased, and
also by Ira L. Coombs and, Greta
Coombs, son and daughter-in-law, res
pectively, of W. FI. Coombs, now in
his eighties. “This old gentleman, W.
FI. Coombs, never received a cent
from the proceeds of this promissory
note. He merely accommodated with
his signature. If the church people
Were here I would preach a sermon
—I feel that way about this case,”
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CALL HOME
on those Sundays
away from Home!
Jim Howard looks forward to the week-ends. He likes
to spend them at home in the hosom of his family. So,
when a prolonged business trip found him at loose ends
in a strange town that sunny Sunday morning, his cup
of sorrow and discontent was overflowing — until he
suddenly thought of Long Distance and the new Low
Sunday Rates. “It will be almost as good as being with
them” thought Jim as he briskly stepped
to the telephone.
•On both “Anyone” and “Person-to-
Person”, calls, Low Night Rates apply
after 7 p.m., and ALL DAY SUNDAY.
added the jurist, adjourning the case,
as he said, in order that the facts maj
become generally known.
that bank by reason of a forged pow
er of attorney executed by Gordon "
Mac-Lean and Robert Fletcher, now
under penitentiary sentence for the
crime. Legal opinion all along has
been that, if forgery was proved, *as
it has been, the bank must return the
Bonds Returned to Bank
Before adjournment of the Fall As
sizes was taken Justice Jeffrey made
an ord->r returning to the Dominion : bonds to the original owner, and fur-
Bank, Toronto, the $10,000 Alexander 1 thcr litigation to bring this about is
Campbell bonds, hypothecated with now expected.
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Justice Jeffrey at Goderich grant
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Township, near Lucknow, a* decree
nisi divorce, but not before he had
given the woman’s unlicensed amateur
investigator, Neil McAdam, a severe
tongue lashing. "Get Out of this dirty
business before you get in serious
trouble/’ said his lordship. 'What
tight have you to intrude oh the priv
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liable to a heavy penalty for this,0
The Judge was further incensed when
It was testified that McAdam had also
served the papers.
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