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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1937-05-20, Page 3Thursday, May 20th, 1937 THE WINGHAM ADVANCE-TIMES £ PAGE THREE SA LADA' TEA ” plessis in the Quebec Legislature, At­ tacking the Dominion Government for .asserted lack of co-operation in un­ employment relief aid and public works, the Premier spoke also of the Federal authorities* lack of co-oper­ ation in combating communism. $37.50 Delegates Appointed to Labor Conference Ottawa—Dr. W. A. Riddell, resid­ ent Canadian Advisory Officer to the League of Nations, and W. M. Dick­ son, Deputy Minister of Labor, will be Government delegates at the 23rd session of the International Labor ■Conference which opens in Geneva June 3, Labor Minister Rogers an­ nounced, PER ANNUM ON EACH Nutmeg Remove crusts from bread, butter lightly and cut in small cubes. Div­ ide the cubed bread among 6 dessert dishes and add a few seeded raisins. Warm the milk to LUKEWARM— not hot. Remove from stove, Add rennet powder. Stir immediately and briskly until dissolved. Pour immed­ iately over bread. Let set until, firm •—about 10 minutes. Then chill in refrigerator. Sprinkle with nutmeg before serving. BILL BURGESS BISCOVERS U| SAFEST STOPPING Any Car Ever Had... Another No. 1 Feature of Canada’s No. 1 Cars Viscount Snowden Passes London — Viscount Snowden, 72, former Chancellor of the Exchequer, died suddenly Saturday of a heart at­ tack, Snowden died at his country home in Tilford, Surrey. He had been confined there for some time in i.'l health, His illness, however, .appar­ ently had not seemed critical for Lady .Snowden was present and was ,a guest Friday night at the state ball at Buckingham Palace. She was in­ formed here of her husband’s death and left immediately for Tilford. Vis­ count Snowden was Chancellor of the Exchequer during the financial crisis of 1931 and Sept 21 introduced the bill suspending the gold standard.. A few weeks earlier he had brought down his famous "axe and tax" bud­ get which had sought by heroic meas­ ures to arrest the flight from the pound. 1 relative to that of the Duke’s sisters- in-law, the Duchesnes of Gloucester and Rent, She will -come .after them. Won $77,000 on Guess Fairbanks, Alaska-—Mervin E. “Bus­ ter” Anderson, double winner of Al­ aska ice breakup guessing contests, turned investment of his .$77,000 pro­ fit over to a banker-stepfather .and went back to bus driving. Anderson*,c 31, a .bus driver .10 years, told how he won the .$75,000 Tanana River ■contest Wednesday .and split a $4,000 .prize with Billy Root, another :bus •operator., o;n the earlier Ghana River .break-up. Edward Now Fourth Gentleman London—The Duke of Windsor has become the fourth ranking gentleman of the United Kingdom, an .authori­ tative -source -disclosed, and on that fact may be based a solution of the question of his Duchess-to-be’s place in the order of precedence. It means, this source indicated, that when Mrs. Wallis Warfield becomes the bride of the former King,- she will become the eighth lady of the realm, following all other women of the im­ mediate Royal family. Thus there will be no question as to her rank Chief Coroner Passes Toronto—Chief Coroner of Toron­ to since 1926 .and supervising coron­ er for Ontario for the last six years, Dr. Malcolm M. Crawford died at his home here Friday. A familiar figure among sportsmen, Dr. Crawford was medical ;advisor .for the Ontario Ath­ letic ■Commission1"'since the inception of that body. He was Canada’s of­ ficial physician at the Olympic games in Berlin in 1935. He was born at Orangeville. Premier King Suggests Trade for Peace •London—In the light of the inter­ national situation which Prime Min­ ister Baldwin admits to be “difficult .and even threatening,” Right Hon. W. L, MacKenzie King, Canada’s Prime Minister, expressed before the Imperial Conference the firm convic­ tion that “enduring peace cannot be achieved without economic appease­ ment,’” and that '“the political tension will not lessen without an abatement ■of the present policies of economic ■nationalism and economic imperial­ ism.” He asserted that the countries represented at the conference had “a definite responsibility’’ to co-operate with others willing in lessening in every practical way “the barrier to in­ ternational trade.’’ 'War Planning at Japan Tokio—The Government intensified Japan’s war preparations by creation of a .Planning Board to control and mobilize industry for defense activ­ ities, establish a public health law to produce hardier .soldiers, and change the election ’laws to curb the power of -political -parties that oppose army domination. Increase Your Interest Return In a Legal Investment for Trust Funds. Enquiries Invited The & Bruce Ti us ^Savings Co. Owen Sound service in the Western region. Hepburn’s Stand Backed by Quebec Premier Quebec—Approval of Premier Mit­ chell Hepburn’s stand against "com­ munistic influences” in the recent Ontario automobile strike crisis was expressed by Premier Maurice Du- A HOME Transcontinental Air Service This Year Ottawa—Every effort will be made to have the Canadian transcontin­ ental air service in operation this year, Transport Minister C, D. Howe stated. He has hopes that these ef­ forts will ’be -successful. A fleet of probably eight all-metal transport planes will be ordered shortly from a firm in California, the type of ma­ chine -.necessary for the ■service mot be­ ing available in Canada. The inten­ tion is to establish daily flights from Halifax to Vancouver, with a flying time of less than twenty-four hours. Steel Strikes Settled Pittsburg—Two steel strikes, affect­ ing 33,000 steel workers in the Pitts­ burg area, were settled under agree­ ments providing for a Government supervised election to determine who shall be the collective bargaining ag­ ency for all the workers. British Destroyer Hit ■ London—The Admiralty announced that "preliminary investigation of the cause of the explosion on the des­ troyer Hunter indicated the ship had struck a floating mine.” It added that further details will not be available until the vessel is docked. Arrange­ ments are being made to tow her to Gibraltar. The accident occurred five miles' off Almeria, Spanish Loyalist port. o IMPROVEMENT LOAN will transform your home or farm . .. Whether you live in town or on the farm, the Home Im­ provement Plan can serve you. It paves the way to modernization: provides ready money to install im­ provements that make the home more comfortable and the farm more productive and easier to work. The list at the right shows some of the improvements that qualify. Get in touch with your local Committee or with any re­ putable contractor or. ma­ terials supply firm. Then, with an estimate of the cost of the improvement you con­ template, arrange a loan With your template, arrange a loan with your bank. Or you can call oh your banker first for guidance. National Employment Commission UNDER the authority of the DOMINION GOVERNMENT LOCAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE Chairma(n, H, T. Thomson, Phone 90. Secretary* W. A. Galbraith* Phone 24. ONTARIO ADVISORY COMMITTEE Metropolitan Building* Toronto Ryland N, New, I Markus, Chairman Secretary Combine house and garage. Enlarge existing rooms. Add new rooms. Replace gutters, down­ spouts and flashing. Scrape and refinish floors. Tile bathrooms. Linoleum in kitchen and other rooms. Repair brickwork and stone coping. Remove antiquated exterior woodwork. New storm doors or sash and screens. Weatherstrip doors and windows. Insulate inner face of roof. Provide new wall panelling. Provide special linen closet. Check wiring and add new1 Outlets. New electric lighting fixtures. Conceal radio wires including antennae. Replace old refrigerator with built-in electric refrigerator. New built-in bath tubs. New lavatories, Automatic hot-water tank. New heating system, or air conditioning system. Convert coal-burning boiler to oil Of gas­ burning equipment. See folder lor complete lilt (the cost of this series of advertisements sponsored by the National Employment CotitmiiSion, has been de­ frayed entirely by public- spirited' concerns and in­ dividuals aS d Contribution towards that ^Nation-wide co * dperatlve effort “ ‘en­ visaged by the Parliament of Canada in the National Ent- ployment Commission Act.) Successful in Return Atlantic Flight Floyd Bennett Field, New York — Henry T. (Dick) Merrill, four-times conqueror of the Atlantic, gunned his big silver transport plane “Daily Ex­ press” into the fog-blanketed airport here, on Friday, completing around- trip flight by airplane between New York and London. Merrill set his plane down on the rain-soaked run­ way at 4.36 p.m. E.D.T., after an em­ ergency landing at Squantum Airfield, near Quincy, Mass.; two hours earlier when he became lost in fbg. E. J. Young Heads Ont. Labor Board: Edward James Young, former Lib­ eral Member of the House of Com­ mons for Weyburn, Sask., and a mem­ ber of the National Employment Commission, has been appointed as Chairman of the Ontario Govern­ ment’s Industry and Labor Board, .Premier Mitchell Hepburn announced. Mr, Young resigned his position with the Employment Commission to take up his duties for the Ontario Govern­ ment. His salary will be $7,500 a year, Mew Type Bus Travels on Highway or’ Rail Montreal—The Orst linking up of highway and railway in Canada by means of automotive vehicles adapt­ ed for use oh either rail or road will be started by the Canadian National Railways early this summer, accord­ ing to aft announcement here by S. J. Hungerford, Chairman and President of the National system, Mr, Huger- ford announced that three passenger Uautd-railers’* have been ordered for branch line service on the Atlantic Central and Western regions, One auto-railer freight car will be put in C.I.O. to Try Organizing Ford1 Plants Detroit—The United Automobile Workers of America moved forward in its campaign to unionize the vast plants of Henry Ford, while its mem­ bers in three General Motors’ cities had made an estimated 16,500 workers idle through strikes. The prediction .that the U.A.W. would represent a majority-.of Ford’s 80,000 workers in 'the Rover Rouge plant "within two months” has been made. EMERGENCY SHELF HINTS By Betty Barclay Stock your emergency shelf with bottled dainties. Then, when com­ pany comes and catches you unpre­ pared, you have an "actual” food ex­ hibit to show’ them—from which they may choose the particular food that appeals. Chicken, tongue, shrimps, olives, pickles, mayonnaise, honey, jelly and dozens of other colorful foods display their perfection perfect­ ly through their glass containers. They* look good and you know they are in good condition. From these rows of sparkling foods such dishes as the following may be prepared: Shrimp Salad 1 jar shrimps Marinade Lettuce, shredded celery, or cabbage Mayonnaise or other dressing Marinate the shrimps and serve on lettuce, shredded celery, or finely shaved cabbage, and cover well with mayonnaise or other dressing. Peasant Girl with a Veil 2 cups dried ’crumbs 1 cup tart jam Whipped cream This is a delicious Danish pudding.. Crumble bits of graham or rye bread to make fine crumbs. Add a little sug­ ar to the crumbs and heat them in slow oven until they are very dry. Cool and mix with any kind of jam, preferably a tart jam like apricot or plum. Mold, chill and serve with whipped cream. 1 ’’Best hydrau­ lics I ever saw!'* Zipping along at 40, Bill Burgess steps lightly on the brake pedal as the No. 1 Car crosses a line on the pavement. Duo-Automatic Hydraulic Brakes by Hudson bring the car to a stop in record time. "Measure it,” says the dealer. Wow! Only 69 feet, 7 inches. Much less than the distance legally allowed;.. 2 "Now dis­ connect those hydraulics!” And back they go over the same route, for a special test with hydraulics purposely cut off. What! No brakes at all? Wait,and see. Again, as they come to the line, Bill puts his foot down . . . and. again, a quick, smooth; stop. The same foot pedal did the trick. No fumbling for the emergency brake! Mussolini Cancels 40-Hour Week Rome—By a stroke of the pen, Mussolini has wiped out for half the workers of Italy the forty-hour week, introduced with such a ^flourish of trumpets in 1935. Regulations issued by the Ministry of Corporation “sus­ pend” the shorter working period for "all industries in which the economic recovery has led to a large increase of orders,” and permit them to work their employees forty-eight hours a week, or longer. Suggests Grain Board for 1937 Crop Regina—Operation of a National Grain Board to handle 1937 produc­ tion and continue in operation as a permanent body disposing of all wheat and coarse grains was sought by far­ mer spokesmen appearing before the Turgeon Royal Grain Commission. Wreck Monument in Ireland Dublin—Free State police swept through the St. Stephen’s Green dis­ trict, confiscating guns and ammuni­ tion, after the bombing of a 178-year- old statue- of George II in protest against the Coronation of King Geo. VI. Angry Republicans smashed the windows of two shops, one contain­ ing photographs of the Coronation and the other displaying the British flag and a statue of Queen Victoria. SPRING DESSERTS By Betty Barclay ' Spring calls for lighter main-course dishes so we may be insist upon enjoying taining dates, raisins, food, rich in calories. net-custard made without baking or boiling contains plenty of milk and makes a particular dsirable Spring dessert. Here arc two timely recipes: Date Rennet-Custard rennet tablet tablespoon cold water pint milk tablespoons ■excused of we a dessert Con­ or some other An cggless re­ sugar cherries tablet in 1 table- Cut 16 dates in 1 1 1 3 26 dates Maraschino Dissolve rennet spoon cold water, small pieces. Mix well with % cup slightly warm milk. Press through a Strainer. Add strained dates and sug­ ar to remaining m cups milk. Warm to LUKEWARM—not hot. Remove from stove. Add dissolved tablet. Stir a few seconds and pour immed- iately into individual dessert glasses. Let set until firm—about 10 minutes. Then chill. Before serving, garnish With slices of dates and maraschino cherries arranged like a flower, us­ ing the dates for petals and the cherries for the center, Bread Rennet-Custard 1 package vanilla rennet powder 1 pint milk ■ - 4 slices bread Butter Raisins Father: “Junior, your head is wet. You’ve been in swimming against my orders.” Junior: “No, daddy. I was just standing on the bank watching the other boys when that little Tompkins boy dived in and splashed me.” Father: “Then, why wasn’t your hat wet?” Junior: "I had it in mjf hand, Dad­ dy, fanning myself.” Father: “Umphl I guess I’ll have to make a lawyer out of you.” 3’’Three sep­ arate braking systems!” Only Hudson and Terra- f»lane have brakes ike these. Big, powerful hydraulics . . . with a safety reserve braking system operating from, the same foot pedal if ever needed”. Plus a third system in the handy parking, brake up at the instrument board .. . with extra easy finger-touch release. Safest stopping is only one of dozens of No. 1 FEATURES you’ll find when you take the wheel of a new Hudson or Terraplane. They are No. l„in performance, endurance,, economy . . . already holders of 41 OFFICIAL A.A.A. records! Ride, drive . . . and you’ll discover why so many thousands, like Bill Burgess, are changing to the No. 1 Cars. HUDSON MOTORS OF CANADA LIMITED, Tilbury, Ontario C. N. MERKLEY “Can one get a good shave here?” “Yes, sir. The client before you was so pleased that he had another shave straight away.” 5-72ff X' TERRAHJUff Rex Battle, Famous Musician musicians is seen hero at Canada’s loading hotel, the Royal York, in downtown Toronto. Ho is Rex Battle, leader of the Royal York Hotel concert orchestra, Which plays daily at the hotel and is heard on regular o.oast-td- coast radio broadcasts. The pic­ ture of Mr. Battle is from a por­ trait recently done by Allan Barr, iiuii Knows mo luae^wo concen­ trating on a difficult piano pas­ sage. At th© Royal York Hotel, which is the largest hostelry in the British Empire, Rex Battle’s orchestra is a favorite among the guests, who gather in largo num­ bers dt his concerts or tune him in on the individual rftdios in bedrooms throughout the hotel, The PtchoSlXA Las spread its fame by iilaylng for convention that gather at the hotel from all: over the continent The Royal York's fine facilities for this type of hotel trade attracted 7'5 con-- vent ions, totalling <J,000 dele­ gates, up to the iniddlo of March; while 45 others are scheduled to briftg 11,000 delegates to the hotel from all over the country later M Be geaa •