HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1937-03-18, Page 3Thursday, March 18th, 1937 THE WINGHAM ADVANCE-TIMES
J. Magor of Montreal, President, an
nounced production had been under
taken, and that tests would be made
to see if the local output measured
up to British requirements,
Tweedsmuir to Visit Roosevelt
Ottawa — Governor-General
Tweedsmuir and Lady Tweedsmuir
will visit Washington at the end of
this month on the invitation of Pres
ident Franklin D, Roosevelt and Mrs.
Roosevelt, the Department of Extern
al Affairs announced here,
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a standard at each corner on the
Square, throwing the light p^rdauy
onto the sidewalk and stores and par
tially on the road. Lights pluceu in
the centre of each block around the
Square would throw light back onto
the road and into the park.
No Division on Budget
Ottawa—Without a recorded vote
.the House of Commons approved the
Budget presented two weeks ago by
Hon. Charles Dunning, Minister of
Finance. Passing of the Budget per
mits the House to consider the de
tails of the tariff changes and terms
of the Canada-United Kingdom trade
agreement in Committee of Ways and
Means.
Indication that the .Ontario Hydro
Commission is now engaged jn map
ping out various projects was' given
when Mr. Roebuck spoke to second
reading of the bill to validate the
agreement with the Ottawa Valley
Power Company.
Quebec to Work With Ontario
Answering one of the chief argu
ments against ,a minimum wage for
men in Ontario, Hon. David Croll,
Minister of Labor, told the Legislat
ure that not only would Quebec Pro-:
yince enact similar legislation, but
that the Quebec board would work in
harmony with the Ontario, body
up to administer the act here.
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Bruce May Be T.B. Restricted Area
A campaign is at present in pro
gress to make all Bruce County a T.
B. restricted area, and meetings are
being held under the direction of G.
R, Patterson ,agricultural representa
tive for Bruce, to further this end,
The northern part of Bruce County
in the peninsula area is already re
stricted’ and sentiment in the south
ern part is reported to be practically
wholly favorable, sq that when the
educative campaign is completed and
the vote taken, it is believed almost
a certainty the scheme will be approv
ed by Bruce farmers. * -
bare bauds, an overgrown Northern
Pike, weighing 22 lbs., and measur
ing 46 inches in length. The unusual
catch was made in the shallow water
of the Mill Creek near the putlet in
to the river. On opening the aquatic
monster, three more fish were dis
covered, one bass and two suckers,
measuring 8, 9 and 10 inches.-—Port
Elgin Times,
Clinton -Pupils Inoculated
First year pupils in the Clinton
public school, with the exception of
one or two whose parents objected,
were inoculated with diphtheria tox
oid by Hr. J. W. Shaw on Tuesday
afternoon.
Germany States Locarno Plains
Berlin—Solemn repudiation of war
between Germany and France, with
Great Britain and Italy as guarantors,
would.be the essential clause in a
new Locarno Treaty acceptable to
Germany, it was reported here, as the
note of last November. Contents
the reply were not issued.
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T Palestine Blue Laws Upheld
Jerusalem—The Supreme Court
Palestine upheld Moslem “blue laws”
prohibiting Moslems from eating,
drinking or smoking between sunrise
and sunset during the thirty-day holy
■period known as “Ramadan.”
Reich replied to Britain’s Locarno
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Alberta Budget Shows Deficit
Edmonton—-An orthodox sort of
Budget, featuring higher taxation and
an anticipated deficit, Nvas presented
to the Alberta Legislature by Hon.
Solon Low, Provincial Treasurer in
the Socihl Credit Government of Pre
mier William Aberhart, Faced with
a deficit on last year's operations, the
37-year-old Treasurer, who has held
office only two months, selected rail
way companies,’banks, insurance com
panies and corporations generally as
the best medium from which to ga
ther'$572,000 more revenue.
17% Less On Relief ,
Ottawa — Canadian families on
lief numbered seventeen per cent,
less in February this year than in the
corresponding mdnth last year, ac
cording to Hon.. Norman Rogers,
Minister of Labor, who said he was
greatly encouraged by the positive
betterment in the trend.
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Child Battered with Hammer
Sarnia—Believed dying, 7-year-old
John Luckins was found lying in the
barn of his father’s dairy farm with
his hands tied behind his back, his
feet bound and his head battered* with
a claw hammer. The child was taken
to Sarnia General Hosptial, while Pro
vincial Police opened a vigorous in
vestigation .to solve the assault. They
announced William Labadie, a 17-
year-old worker on the Luckins farm
had disappeared and is believed to
Jiave taken a repeating shotgun and
a supply of ammunition,
To Study Alberta’s Finances
Ottawa—D. A .Shelton, chief of the
Bank of Canada’s Research Depart
ment, left Sunday for Edmonton, to
conduct a survey into Alberta’s‘ fin
ances. A similar survey was carried
out by the bank with regard to Man
itoba and Saskatchewan.
Suggest Repeal of Provincial
Income Tax
Repeal of the Provincial income tax
was advocated in the Legislature’ by
Arthur Ellis, Conservative financial
critic, on the ground that it never was
needed»and consequently never should
have been passed. Conclusive proof
of the correctness of his attitude was
to be found, he said, in the $7,000,000
surplus reported by the Government
for the fiscal year ending March 31,
and in the fact.that under the pro
posed Provincial subsidy plan the
Government is handing back some
$3,000,000 to the municipalities.
Fire Twice in One Day
Friends and neighbors twice saved
the two-story brick house of Robert
Shortreed, concession 9, Morris, when
overheated pipes caused a fire in the
wall. A large crowd gathered when
the blaze first Broke out during the
day and it was extinguished. It broke
out again in the evening but a num
ber of friends were present and help
er to extinguish it again. A great
deal of damage was done by smoke
and water.
Cat Turns on Hydro
JoAnn Cunninghame is sure she has
the brightest black and white cat in
this town. As a kitten, this pet was
taught to chase a ball and play with
strings. One evening in the semi
darkness, pussy spotted the switch
cord hanging from the lamp on the
living-room table. In a moment it
had caught the pull cord in its paw,
pulled hard, and on came the hydro.
JoAnn is right, her pussy is
clever.—Clinton News-Record.
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Lewis Furthers His Plans
Pittsburg—John L. Lewis’s Steel
Workers’ Organizing Committee re
cently launched officially its campaign
to negotiate with all the nation’s steel
mills’ collective bargaining contracts'
similar to that signed with Carnegie-
Illinois Steel Corporation.
Opened the Season
To Rev. William Hall, former rec
tor of Bervie parish goes the dubious
honor of opening the swimming sea
son at Wallaceburg. On Thursday
last, while helping some men with
work on a ferry, he accidentally slip
ped and plunged into the St, Clair
river. Swimming 10 feet to the dock,
he was hauled out and ran home for
dry clothing. He suffered no injuri
ous aftermath from his unexpected
swim.—Kincardine Review-Reporter.
Bridge at Walkerton Nears
Completion
Conciete was poured on Saturday
ar the last span of the new bridge
•eing erected over the Saugeen river
i Walkerton. The three spans are
iow completed with the exception of
■e top coating which will not be ap-
ned until the cold weather season is
ist. New pedestrian walks will have
> be built on each side. It is hope
\ have the new massive sTuctur
-nple* 'd bv Coronation time i
May, when the bridge will be official
ly opened.—Walkerton Herald-Times.
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Quebec Liberals Strike
Quebec—Slanderous wofds against
the French-Canadian race, written by
Professor W. B. Pitkin of Columbia
University of New, York, and several
other small issues caused the Liberal
Opposition to go out on strike in the
Quebec Legislative Assembly. Liber
al Chieftain T. Damien Bouchard
stated that thte Prime Minister was
too busy trying to get a motion on
the Throne Speech last night to bo
ther about the attack on his own
race.-
Coronation Day to be Holiday
Ottawa—On the spring day when.
George VI is consecrated to the ser
vice of' the Empire, Canada will join
with the rest of the British Common
wealth in rejoicing at the crowning
of a new King.' May 12 will doubt
less be proclaimed as a holiday so
the widest possible public recognition
can be given the Coronation. Gov
ernment announcement has not yet
been made, but a holiday is in the
Coronation tradition and is regarded
by department officials as a certainty.
Pope Is Recovering
Vatican City—Po,pe Pius XI, show
ing rapid recovery from his illness'
brought rejoicing to high church dig
nitaries by actively participating in a
plenary session on ecclesiastical af
fairs of the Oriental Church. Twenty-
six cardinals, an equal number of pre
lates and secretaries, greeted the Holy
Father in an ante-chamber to the Pa
pal apartment.
Japan’s Friendship Policy Ridiculed
Tokio—Foreign Minister Naotake
Sato’s explanation of Japan’s new
policy of friendship for China drew
the fire of two major party leaders
and warnings to the Government that
it faces grave danger from all sides.
Mouse Blamed! for Fire
William Kueneman’s house,
Deemerton, had a somewhat narrow
escape frpm fire. Smoke poured out
of an upstairs room, that was used
only as a storeroom, and but for the
prompt use of water, a serious fire
would have occurred. As it was, little
damage, outside of some scorched
furniture and the walls, resulted. It
is thought that the fire must have
been caused by a mouse gnawing a
match on the floor, as no person
been in that part of the house
some time.—Mildmay Gazette.
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May Be Early Development
of Power
Early announcement of projects for
development of power within Ontario
was hinted at by Attorney-General
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Sea Blockade Begun
London5—-Twenty-seven nations ag
reed finally to minute details of a
plan to enforce their pledges to" keep
“hands off Spain.” A sea patrol,
drawing a cordon of warships of neu
trality powers about the Iberpian
Peninsula, was ordered by the Eur
opean Non-Intervention Committee to
begin its work Saturday?'
New Canadian Destroyers Set Out
Portsmouth, Eng.—‘The Royal Can
adian Navy’s new- destroyers, the ;St.
Laurent and the Fraser, sailed for
Barbados, where they are due on the
24th.‘ It West Indian waters they
will bet met by the destroyers Skeena
and Saguenay, whereupon the flotilla
will sail for Canada.
Early Plunge
A couple of local men took an
ly plunge into the harbor a few days
ago. They were engaged in ice-cut-
ting and must have stepped on a weak
spot, as both dropped unexpectedly
in to the icy water. One of the men
could swim and succeeded in reach
ing solid ice. After climbing out of
the water he assisted his companion
to safety.—Goderich Star.
Three Mishaps in Family
Misfortune seems to trail the fam
ily of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Thren-
dyle, of Brant Township, .and for the
third time in recent weeks one of
their children has met with an acci
dent.
old daughter, suffered a compound
fracture of the left leg as she fell on
the ice from the back of a friend at
the near-by school, when they were
playing “horseback ride” during re
cess. Two weeks ago, five-year-old
Melva, stepped off a chair onto the
edge of a pail of hot mash and pain
fully scalded her legs as the steam
ing mixture spilled1 on her. Previous
to that one of the 16-months-old twin
daughters fell off a couch, badly
bruising her face and knocking out
one tooth.
Little Ruth, their seven-year-
ear-Guy Wire Injures Delivery Man
While delivering groceries at a
North street home, in Goderich, Mr.
Frank Bowra trotted mechanically
along the path to the back door. He
did not notice a guy wire strung ac-
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Protests Nazi Press Comments
Berlin —~ Ambassador William E.
Dodd delivered one of the Strongest
American protests made to Germany
since the sinking, of American ships
during the World War, as an out-1
growth of comment in Nazi newspap
ers on the so-called “La Guardia in
cident.” It was understood, the pro
test, presented verbally to Foreign
Minister Konstantin von Neuratth,
denounced the German articles as
“unparalleled in coarse and indecent
character and shocking all decent
minds.”
Manufacturing Munitions
Hamilton—In an interview regard
ing manufacture of munitions by Na
tional Steel Car Company of Hamil
ton for the British Government, R.
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French, Steamers Bombed
Marseilles, Fiance—An unidentified
war plane dropped five bombs on the
French steamer Djebel-Natar between
the Spanish island of Minorca and the
Italian Island of Sardinia. The
French destroyer Foche, bristling
with anti-aircraft guns, raced out of
Marseilles to escort the vessel here.
Australian Cabinet Minister Resigned
Canberra—Sir Henry Gullett, .ex
pressing the view that trade negotia
tions with Canada should be dropped
as unsatisfactory, resigned from the
Australian Cabinet.
To Increase Post Office Service
Ottawa—With a surplus last year
of nearly $2,500,000, the largest in
sixteen years, Hon. John C. Elliott,
Postmaster-General, is planning bet
ter service to the' Canadian public,
and among the .plans that are receiv
ing consideration is one for the ex
pansion of the Postoffice Savings
Bank.
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DISTRICT
Dies at Mildmay ,
Mrs. Huck, wife of Dr. W. H.
Huck, of Mildmay Village, died at her
home there after a lengthy illness, in
her 80th year. She had been a resi
dent in Mildmay for nearly half a
century.
New Lights for Goderich Reunion
At a Joint meeting of the Goderich
Public Utilities Commission and the
Town Council, it was decided that
the new lighting system on the
Square Shall be installed before Old
Home Week which is set for August
1 to 7- The plan proposed is to have
TELEPHONE TALKS IN TO WATS ON FAMILY
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t me talk to Daddy!’
Talking out-of-town to Daddy when ho
goes away on business is really no?
novelty to Patsy and Donny. Bob Wat
son always makes a point of telephon
ing home each night. And what rivalry
there is to be first to let him hear that,
happy, “Hello, Daddy”!
It’s so comforting for Bob and Muriel,
too, to be together each evening. Of
course, Bob always calls just after
seven when the night rates begin . . ,
ross the path allegedly by the Bell
Telephone men and ran full tilt into
it. The wire caught him across the
eyes and hurled him backwards, mo
mentarily knocking him out. He
came to in a few seconds with two
black eyes and a gash across his nose
which required several stitches.
Hanover to„Get New Concern
After lengthy negotiations, word
has been received in Hanover, that an
agreement with the Swift Canadian
Company had finally been ratified by
the firm, and at a special meeting of
the Hanover Council, Mayor A. J.
Metzger and J. Taylor, clerk, were
authorized to sign the agreement and
a by-law was passed calling for a vote
of property owners on Saturday, Ap
ril 3rd. The agreement provides that
the company shall establish lands and
plants for a dairy and poultry branch
of the company’s business, and it is
said that they will spend up to $100,-
000 in Hanover. The company prom-
t Rates begin every evening |
and apply all bay Sunday 1 J
ises to employ an average of 40 em
ployees in their plant each year, with
possibly more than 100 being em
ployed at certain seasons. The town
will grant a fixed assessment of $5000
for 10 years, except for school and
local improvement taxes if the by
law is approved.
An elderly woman who had never
been in the city was very anxious to-
go to the theatre. On arriving she
was rather late. When she got to the
ticket office, she was told he seats
were all taken but a box. “A box!”
she exclaimed. “Oh, well, bring it
along, that’ll do me.”
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Caught Large Pike With Hands
Making a record catch for any sea
son of the year, Roy Chappell and
Howard Smith captured with their
TRIPLETS CLEBRATE EIGHTH BIRTHDAY
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These charming little ladies are the i Rd., Toronto. They arc all dressed birthday, which they celebrated oft
triplet daughters of Mr. and Mrs. up in thqir party dresses for the mo- March 13. Their names are LEFT its
James H< Burling, 126 Bedford Park (mentous occasion of their eighth, RIGHT, Glena, Gloria and Gladys.
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At the first sign of sore throat due to
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youi* throat. At the same time, take
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glass of water. This acts to combat
fever, cold aches and pains and the
cold itself. Repeat the treatment in
2 hours if necessary. This modern
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