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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1937-03-11, Page 2THE WINGHAM ADVANCE-TIMES everything in life « a gamble, so why pick op Bingo,:♦ * * * FORCED FOOLISHNESS The race is not only on but is well under way among the nations of the world in the so-called preparations for defense. True, so far as some countries are concerned, Great Brit- | ain, one example, it is truly a de- I (ease measure, But so far as Italy, ' Germany and Russia are concerned, there is no doubt but other ideas have been the fostering spirit in the build­ ing of mure warships, airplanes and the creating of greater armies, Where dies all this lead to? Ex- 1 actly nowhere, so far as the ordinary I man is concerned. The reason for this J is that the great amounts of money | necessary for all these preparations • will be means of new burdens on the I taxpayer. No less an authority than 5 Britain’s Chancellor of Exchequer ' stated this. Sir Thomas Insktp, De- ____ __ fense ing into the red, and it is hoped that j Great Britain, stated recently that the Association will be able through | Great Brliain’s normal industry may various activities, to raise funds, so 1 that our various clubs m _ successfully, also to foster the train-1 ing of the younger generation so that < the place of those wfw drop out will j Be filled satisfactorily, ’ If this organization is to succeed it must have the support of the cit-1 izens, for without this co-operation a great deal of the good work that may be accomplished cannot be un­ dertaken. ' Get behind this new organization ' — the Town needs them and they j need your support. .‘H BINGO Little did we think when we ed Housie-Housie across the during war days that this game, now | -called Bingo, Keno, etc., would ever ■create such a stir in Ontario as it: has this last few weeks. • We have played this game here* several times and as we looked about j the room we figured that it was a lot of fun and that those who were taking part were having a real fine time. It may be that this pastime will be relegated to the ash can or some such other receptacle as there has been much talk that such gambling is bad for the morals of the people or something. One thing is sure, that this game, Bingo, has crowd appeal and it can not be classed as a rough sport It is a simple pastime that the* people enjoy. It is the only game of itsj^ kind that was allowed in the army. This cry against the playing of] Bingo makes one wonder why all the| fuss. Flaying the. stock markets, bet-| ring at race tracks, makes the gamejj small potatoes in the. so-called gab-« ling field. Incidentally the Govern-1 merit gets big revenue from both of* these things. The Harriston Review last week undertook to show that practically Ttw Wingham Advance-Times Published at- WINGHAM * ONTARIO Every Thursday Morning by The Advance-Time^ publishing Co. Subscription Rate •*- One Year $2.00 Six months, $1.00 in advance. - To V. S. A., $2,50 per year. Foreign rate, $3.00 per year, Advertising rates on application. ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION •An Athletic Association has been formed and will start to function at •pnec. The idea of this organization, .as we understand it, is to foster sport —all branches—in .sociation such as very useful purpo: ■of our community During the past few been almost impossible to carry many branches of sport without ing into the red, t—, Ah as- can serve a the sport life our town, this in years it Co-Ordination Minister of COULD HARDLY RISE FROM HER CHAIR;llu V Rheumatsim Relieved by Kruschen This woman was such a confirmed sufferer from rheumatism that she thought she would never get relief* But before she had finished one hot* tie of Kruschen her rheumatism was leaving her, Here is her letter:-— “J had rheumatism so badly that once I got into a chair I found great difficulty in rising again. A friend told me to try Kruschen Salts, but I thought it was a foolish idea, as there seemed to me to be nothing that would relieve rheumatism. My friend gave me two doses to try. I took one dose on Monday and another on Tuesday, and by then iny pain had moved to another part of my body. Well, that was a good start, so I bought a bottle and it gave me great joy to find my rheumatism disappear­ ing, and now for a long time I have been free.*’—(Miss) A,R. The pains and stiffness of rheuma­ tism are frequently due to deposits of uric acid in the muscles and joints. Kruschen Salts, by helping to stim­ ulate the excretory organs to healthy regular activity, enables them to ex­ pel this uric acid from the system. ' J have to stand still for the next three' tiay carry on - years while the nation perfects its " armaments. What an unhappy situation is this. More taxes and normal industry crip­ pled. War or preparations for war set false standards which will leave a very bad effect. We cannot but wonder what sort of morning-after head the nations will have before this war obsession of some nations has passed. Jjt * £ *f Hon. Peter Heenan rebuked by his ; leader. Dr. Roberts denounces his | leader. The Hon. Peter Heenan apol- j ogizes to the Speaker of the House. . r j Dr. Roberts read out of the Liberal | PQnd*party Premier Hepburn. All that! P j in one week. Queen’s Park put on a | .show that was a show last week. | i it j At a caucus of Social Credit mem-, I bers in Alberta Premier William Ab- jerhart agreed to speedy iniplementa- J tion of Social Credit in Alberta. It i will be a task most politicians are I glad they have not got. jj jjt 5g • The Mayors’ Convention have an , | idea that a commission should be set J up to attain a definite determination . j of Federal, Provincial and Municipal . | fields of taxation. We wager that if | | this is done they will be successful 5 | in finding some new form of taxation | 5 that one of the bodies has overlook- | . I ed. | 'I • * a Premier King visited President I i Roosevelt and they talked informally | Jon matters that were of mutual in-j terest to both countries. It is likely I | that this informal talk or. chat wills | bring a better understanding than a en a us“ful thing to who c]aim « Roj-al Commission or large confer-1 exclusive possession of i Fence could accomplish. 1 It is suggested that Parliamentary s debates be broadcast. My gosh, sure- 5 ly they would not have the nation ' suffer thusly. divulge. To relieve our Economic Order from Constipation, Mr, Deachman says the cost of manufactured prod­ ucts must be lowered, and prices cut. Prices of manufactured goods he says are too high, and one reason why they are so, is high wages. He men­ tioned three other ingredients in high productive costs; viz. high land val­ ues, high taxes and costly methods of I distribution. Notice, that to three of j these he applies the term "high”, the j other is costly. His terms might read- liiy be transposed however, without ; disrupting his fallacious argument, or infusing any iota of sense into it. When Mr. Deachman's “highs” are reduced to "lows”, economic health I will be abundantly ours and prosper­ ity will openly stalk about our streets naked and unashamed. The restraining hands that Trade I Unions, with Government assistance I aro menacing industry with must be I released from industry’s throat, he I yelps. Industry's throat is a very! delicate and fragile thing, 'and Indus­ trialists reserve the right to pamper it as they please. It belongs to them and any attempt upon its integrity by outsiders cannot be permitted. Now, if we leave their throats in their own hands, some of feel quite sure, before I very long it will become so reduced ! by internal ailments and competitive! buffetings that it will cease to be ev- For The Best Eye Service CONSULT F. F. H0MUTH Eyesight Specialist Phone 118. Harriston 1 FORD Motels Choose RATES 1.50 L to 2-50 ! I ! «i J J FCKHOOF » HOTELSi!»♦» luULai warn »EA5Y aauns * Thursday, March 11th. 1*17 I I inn<rwwii looked at his boss and said: “Well, it doesn’t spell anything else.” mention her$ that their former lead­ er, Lenin’s embalmed body is in pub­ lic view in the Lenin Mausoleum in Moscow, In 1927 and *28 Stalin in­ troduced the Five Year Plan which has constituted the government pro­ gram for the last ten years. Lately, however, the government has been developing slightly more capitalistic ideas through the moderation of communistic laws as they realize the laws are not incentive to the pros­ perity of the country. The Soviet Union is divided into six republics, eleven autonomous re­ publics, that is republics independent of the government, and 13 autonom­ ous areas. Each district elects dele­ gates to the AH Union Congress of Soviets. This large body elects two smaller bodies, the All Union Con­ trol Executive Committee to carry on the legislative and the Council of Commissars corresponding to our Cabinet and ministers. The govern­ ment is carefully designed to make everyone believe he has a share in the government through the exercise of the vote while really all power and responsibility is preserved by the committees of the Communistic party, In each republic there is a lesser gov­ ernment similar to this. In voting all over eighteen who earn a living by productive or social work may vote. Foreigners are allowed to vote freely. The only restrictions on the franchise are on the clergy, persons ’living on private investments, crim­ inals and persons not in sympathy with the state. Voting is done in public by a show of hands. There is never any organized opposition and it is indeed dangerous to vote against the Communist. Thus although about only one-third of the country is com­ munistic, the government is Coramun- j istic. Closely connected with the govern­ ment is the G.P.U., the secret police system of Russia. It exerts as much power <as the government and in fact is feared more. Its members are con­ tinuously spying on and reporting conversations and movements against the state. The G.P.U. also guards the frontiers and controls any public riots. The prisoners of the G.P.U. are nev­ er given fair trials by jury but are always dealt with secretly. Talking of the police system it might be well to discuss the prisons. The prisons are benefitted by Soviet rule. The Soviet is lenient with crimes excepting political crimes. Death penalties are never incurred except by political offences. . The maximum number of years for a pris­ on sentence is ten. Prisoners are on an equal footing with the wardens. They are iaught trades and paid sal­ aries. The conditions are sanitary, in fact the meals are much better than those of the mass of Russia. « The Labor and Economic situations Hare perhaps the most frequently dis- | cussed. The basis of the Five Year | Plan is to make Russia a modern iu- I dustrial country using only Russia’s I raw materials. The industries are I turning out rather successful but the s expense of launching them has 1 caused a depression in the land. Lab- i our is compulsory for men from 16 ;i to 50 and women from 16 to 40. Un- ider the new economic system the state owns all land, property and buildings. Lately, however, the gov­ ernment has rented at huge incomes I property to individuals or collective I peasants. The chief labour and ec- 5 onomic institutions are the collective | farms. Russia has* always been an j agricultural country and the state af- | ter taking over all lands employed and jpaid groups of peasants to cultivate the farms. Drastic changes have aiso taken place in religion. Before the revolu­ tion there was 'freedom in all relig­ ions. Since 1929 the religion of Sov­ iet Russia has been atheism. The Greek and Roman Catholic Churches ! .y,i, u*. it. This throat I ? threat has no terror Jor the workers. ] | In conclusion I would like to say -j | that if Mr. Deachman persists in writ- 3 ing articles with such drivelling non- | sense in them as tlie one I am speak- “ ing of. he had better most immediate­ ly look for another position. Our Hired Man must at least simulate san­ ity- i ’A LETTER TO * | j THE EDITOR* £ Back to The Town * I Editor Advance-Times: 5 With vour gracious indulgence I! «should like to say a word or two re- ’ ij garding the lengthy article appearing i ■I in last week’s issue of your paper, | j and contributed by Mr. Deachman,; - our Hired Man, under the above title. | ! According to Mr. Deachman the' 1 Cities must return to the Town cer- j tain “stolen goods and kidnappedi workers, wrongfully annexed, in com- j ij paratively recent times to enforce the I j return of prosperity to our country ■j According to Mr. Deachman an in-1 2 dustrial activity should be confined 3 to the Towns and should religiously’* !' i Four girls competed, Verne Walker,L ■* 0 ° , 6 ,> I Lois Elliott and Donelda McLean, fare tolerated but not encouraged, ■m the Cities when Industry Principal S. ulade Uie es. J The ouftg pcople of Russia are ; Worker made exodus t^refrom; and ■ t<( b(. >as to low . le in ux ino owns, King cup was first competedt We, as students, ought to be keen- i WOU JiO,n 1 . 6 «o lor tu f “-‘t when it was won by Dor- jly interested in the education of Rus-’ came dues, Mr. Deachman does not. oJj]y 19K - . . „ T. Harold Ackert; 1926 Charles R. Messer; 1927 J. Morris Christie; 1928 j Nancy Tayior; 1929 Mary Inglis, ij From 1929 until this year no contest’j has been held j Scott Reid, vice president, was ins the chair and a French play was pre-| seated. The cast was: Betty Rae,} Betty Baynham, Evelyn Edgar, Mur-t iel Lane, Alice Dore and Isabel! Lamb. Members of "the Third Form sang several French songs and The Journal was read by Elgin Coutts. Mr. Frank Madill gave the critic’s remarks. The following Is the address given :by Verne Walker, winner of the King Clip. Yours truly, Jas. G. Webster. •VERNE WALKER WON ORATORICAL CONTEST Interesting Meeting of the High School Literary Society. On Thursday afternoon at the High If School Literary Society meeting an Oratorical Contest was held, the win­ ner, Verne Walker, who spoke on Russia, receiving a cup which had j been donated to the school for yearly competition by the late John W. King, M.P. She will also receive a J as will Wills Reid, who was | awarded second place in the contest. 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Wingham, • * Ontario. Phone27t jl ♦ * RUSSIA Since 1917, Russia, more properly called the Union of Socialist Soviet Republic has been under the Com­ munistic rule. Letrin, the national hero .was the Communist leader who delivered the Russian mass from the Tsars. Ift 1924 Lenin died and since Statin has been the dictator of Russia. It might be interesting to Bargain Fares March 19 * 20 To Buffalo .. ....................$4.65 Hamilton ........ .$3.25 London...............$5.75 Oshawa ........... $3.20 Peterobor ......... $4.00 Toronto .......... $2.45 Similar low fares to Belleville, Chatham, Cobourg, Dunnville, Galt, Sharbot Lake, Smith’s Falls, Smithville, Tweed, Wellahd and Woodstock. Final Return Limit March 22 Consult Agents—Ask for Handbill Canadian Pacific i tion has been established for all I he thought to be the best face and classes. This is a decided benefit tojchalked on it in black chalk: ‘r the country.- In all schools, however, j political education ranks high. All ] subjects are taught with a Commun­ istic viewpoint. New systems of edu- 3 cation have been introduced. Stud­ ents are taken around the cities on j tours to factories, museums, libraries and historical monuments all have their lessons from concrete objects. I The American Dalton Plan is also be­ ing used to the extreme. Bj* this plan the students spend school hours in studying any subjects they care to by themselves. The teacher only presid- | es. The school system is divided in- ’ to three classes, first, the general soc- pal education, second, the professional | training, third, the political education. | The first corresponds to our elemen- i tary and secondary schools for the I ages of 8 to 17. The students are i taught social science, nature study, geography, art, music, physics, chem­ istry, languages and mathematics. The second class offering profession­ al training includes factory schools, preparatory schools of medicine, art, i teaching and economics; and the ad­ vanced universities, AU education is «free and compulsory. The third di- I vision is political training to educate !| the ignorant mass and the give the I^yodng people of Russia an insight in- to the affairs of government. Gen­ eral and Cultural education is also Be­ ring given to the mass through the i libraries, museums, pamphlets, radio, j cinema and stage. For the upbring- Iing of very young children of em­ ployed. pasents criches have been founded, | lit the schools the students are I taught that Communism is the only correct form of government. They Fare brought up to hate the capitalist i and to prevent the return of the tor* met capitalistic rule. j A mason was working the base of ‘a marble cross. He had found what Frunt” The boss looked at it for a bit, and then, said: “Is this the way you spell ‘front’, Charley?” He shuffled around, put on his steel rimmed glasses, looked over the top of them, paused a while, and then Governor: “So convict 99 has start* ed a hunger strike?” Warden: “Yes, he found a file i« his pie.” —Gazzettino Illustrate, Venice. Crawford Block. Tfee Long Life Lamp Su*4‘nntaed ' ft 44** ** Phom 156. z