HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1937-11-25, Page 3Thm., November £5*, 1937
Chinese Fight Hoping For Aid
Shanghai — Chinese Generalissimo
Chiang Kai-shek sent thousands of
fresh troops into ithe Soochow Lakes
region in an effort to stop the Jap
anese drive on Nanking, and at least
^lelay complete 'evacuation of the civ
ilian Government from Chinas central
Capital. He thus hopes to keep up
the morale of the nation hoping that
arms, munitions and war supplies will
be received from Britain and other
countries.
I Salt Lake Flats in September, 1935,
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Campbell.
New World Auto' Record Set
Bonneville 'Salt Flats, Utah—In two
screaming bursts of speed, .Captain
George E. T. Eyston of England,;
broke the world land speed mark for
the measured mile, rifling his racing
monster “Thunderbolt” over the dis-,
tance at an average speed of 311.42
miles an hour. The 40-year-old, grey
haired Englishman, travelling faster
than man ever before travelled in an
automobile, easily cracked the record
of 301.1292 miles an hour set on the
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Admits 9th Power Conference
Failed
Pair—Foreign Minister Yvon Del-
bos frankly told the Chamber of De
puties that the Brussels Conference
had failed in its efforts to mediate in
the Chinese-Japanese war. Defend
ing the Popular Front Government’s
peace policy from Communist attack,
Delbos declared the conference, even
though failing in its aim, ihad given
concrete proof of the union of France
Great Britain and the United States
against the diplomacy of “bayonets.”
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Nazi Expel Swiss Correspondent
Berlin—The name of ;a Swiss cor
respondent was joined to'those of an
English and a French correspondent
recently forced to leave Germany' for
dispatches “offensive” to the nazi re
gime. Hermann Boec’henstein, Ber
lin correspondent of the 'Swiss. news
paper Basler Nachrichten, had his ap
plication for renewal of'his residency
permit-—which expires Nov. 25 — re
jected.
Bennett Urges Retaining
British Preference ,
Halifax—Opposition Leader R. B.
Bennett in a public .address here urg
ed Canadians to “bring all the pres
sure in your power” 'to prevent loss
of the British preference through
completion of an Anglo-American
trade treaty, now under discussion.
“It (the preference) cannot be lost
unless the Prime Minister (Right Hon
W. L. Mackenzie King) agrees,” Mr.
Bennett said. “As Canadian electors
you gave him a mandate'to wipe out
that agreement with Britain. And do
it, he will.
Russia to Withdraw from Spain
London'—Soviet Russia, alarmed by
the threat to her Far Eastern frontier
as result of Japanese victories in Chi-
;na, has informed the .'Spanish loyalist
Government that she is withdrawing
material support, it was reported. The
loyalist regime at Barcelona has been
told, it was said, that Russia’s i;ole in
Spain must be liquidated 'because of
‘'growing preoccupation” with events
:rn the Far East.
New Pdct With U. S. Near
Ottawa—Much earlier itilian expect-
With your cat safely
is it ?
the garage, seems asWith your cat safely in the garage, seems as
though you are prepared for anything that can
happen. Don’t even heed a telephone any more*
BUT . . . ARE YOU CERTAIN?
Sickness, fire, accident, whatever it may be »
and some of these things come occasionally to
•11 of us —‘ is yoUr cat quick enough, sure
enough? Maybe the toads are blocked. . . .
Maybe a tire is flat . . .
In emergency what you heed most is a TELE
PHONE. Don’t wait for something to happen
to> find that out!
NEW LOW RATES
for farm telephone service
ere now in effect I
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Goderich Mayor Home From
THE WINGHAM ADVANCE’TIMES
ed an opportunity will be afforded the
King -Ministry in their negotiations
for a new trade pact with .the United
States to give further effect to the
fiscal policy enunciated by Hon, C.
Dunning, Minister of Finance, That
policy has as its aim reconciling the
principle of Imperial preferences with
the need of removing barriers to in
ternational trade.
Roosevelt to Fight Rising Prices
Washington President Roosevelt
moved to combat the rising cost of
living by ordering the Federal Trade
Commission. to investigate “monopo
listic practices and other unwhole-
sonic methods of competition” which
he blamed rpartly for soaring prices.
To Judge Alberta Bills in January
Ottawa—Reference to the Supreme
Court on the competence of the Al
berta Legislature to pass three bills
dealing with bank taxation, credit in
stitutions and newspapers will be
heard immediately after the hearing
of a reference on disallowance fixed
for Jan. 10. Chief Justice Lyman
Duff fixed the time.
Britain Ships Arms to China
Manilla—British arms shipments to
China are reaching Hong Kong in
such volume that warehouses are jam',
med .according to reliable private
messages from the British 'Crown col
ony. The shipments were said to have
been made by private British interests
with the “encouragement” of the Lon
don Foreign Office.
Plan Britain-U. S. Trade Treaty
London—British industry endorsed
Prime Minister Chamberlain’s an
nouncement to the House oi Com
mons that negotiations were contem
plated for a British-American trade
treaty. Forecasts were heard in po
litical circles that 'negotiations would
not be concluded before the end of
next March.
Denies Japs Spies,-in B. C.
Vancouver —- Denial that Japanese
naval officers were living in disguise
in British Columbia, was made by
Hirokich Nemichi, Japanese Consul
in Vancouver.. He referred to a To
ronto despatch which reported Arch
deacon F. G. Scott of Quebec in a
recent address spoke of Japanese ac
tivities in the Pacific Coats Province.
Ernest Simpson Wed Again
Bridgeport, 'Conn.—Mrs. Mary Kirk
Raffray became the bride of Ernest
A. Simpson, .divorced husband of her
childhood chum, the Duchess of Wind
sor. Baltimore-born, like the former
Wallish Warfield, who after her di
vorce from the London ship broker
married the Dulce of Windsor, Mrs.
Raffray motored ito near-by Fairfield
with Simpson for the wedding.
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Magazines Seized rat Quebec
Quebec—Police seized hundreds
copies of five magazines containing
pictorial sections .described by Police
Chief Emile Trudel as “salacious and
indecent” in /simultaneous raids
distributing agencies and scores
Quebec City news stands.
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Viscount Cecil Awarded
Nobel'Prize
Oslo—Career of Viscount Cecil of
Chelwood, at 73 acknowledged the
leading British pacifist and spokes
man 'for disarmament .and the League
of Nations, was capped when he was
awarded the Nobel ipeace prize
1937.
Asks Britain to Lead
Economic Forum
London—King Leopold III of
Belgians asked Great Britain to
sutne leadership of his proposal
creation of'an international organiza
tion to solve the world’s economic
problems.
Secret Explosives Found at Paris
Paris — Discovery of enough high
explosives to blow up one-fourth of
Paris and secret “fortresses” cram
med with machine guns and hand
grenades spurred a nation-wide round
Up of France’s "hooded men” alleged
ly organizing for a Rightist revolu
tion.
Ontario Surplus $9,313,938.54
Public accounts for the fiscal year
ending March 31, 1937, as released at
Queen’s Park by Acting Premier Nix
on and the Provincial Treasury, re
port an operating surplus of $9,313,4-
938.54, and la gross debt reduction of
$33,098,165.39. The surplus, as ac
curately forecast last scesion by Pre
mier and Provincial Treasurer Hep-
bbrin, arid which was Oite of .his major
talking points in the October general
election, was achieved wen alter pay
ing for direct relief and the adminis-
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This 16-foot head of “Lincoln in
Thought,” upon which, Sculptor Geo.
Grey Barnard, seen beside it, has
worked for ten years, is being shown
at his old studio in New York. A
committee of Negro ministers is said
to be making efforts to have the huge
head erected im Harlem,
! Hospital
Well on the way to a complete .re
covery is Mayor H. J. A. MacEwan,
who .has returned to his home after
some weeks at Alexandra hospital,
where he underwent a serious opera
tion.'—Goderich Star.
Horses Bolt Throwing Driver
While driving home from Mildmay
with his team last Thursday morning
George Schneider lost control of his
team, because of a broken .line, and
he narrowly escaped being badly hurt
when he was thrown off his wagon.
One of the horses fell twice before
the .team was stopped, and .it had its
legs cut badly.—Mildmay Gazette.
New Home For Bruin
Do you want to see a real ilive bear
cub? R. Marks, who lias been .up
north near Wiarton, on a hunting ex
pedition,' together with Joe Thuell,
captured one and brought it .home. It
weighed fifty pounds and is now in
captivity at Mr. Marks’, at Walton.—
Brussels Post.
Polio Victim Improved
Continued improvement is 'noted in
the condition of Muriel and Keith
Blake, both afflicted some weeks ago
with infantile paralysis,
returned, home, but will be on his
back for a month or so. While not
paralysed, there is a weaknews in his
Keith has
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lower limbs, that are encased in
splints, and witha special shoe. A
complete recovery is looked for, His
sister Muriel, seriously paralysed, is
still in the iron lung and is expected
to be for two months yet, Movement
and strength is returning to her arms,
and she is able to say a few words
when out of the lung, which earlier
was almost impossible.' —.Lucknow
Sentinel.
Stricken While Talking on Phone
Mrs. Roy Mayberry, Britton, was
bereft in the sudden passing of her
mother, Mrs. Catherine Jacklin, wife
of Richard Jacklin, Con. 9, Grey, in
her 64th year. While speaking on the
telephone, she was stricken, and died
very suddenly. Born in 1873, the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Hudson of Grey township, she mar
ried Richard Jacklin thirty-eight years
ago, and had lived in Grey ever since.
—Listowel Banner.
Ripley Hunter Has Narrow Escape
Mr, A. G. Porteous formerly hard
ware merchant who is now employed
on the county road system, had a nar
row escape. Knowing that deer had
been seen in Brant township, nearto
the place where he and the rest of the
companions were working, he decided
to try his luck. Taking his rifle he
proceeded into the bush. He had not
gone far when he sighted a fine ani
mal at the river near by. He fired
and the coveted prize fell. /Xs he was
preparing to go toward it, a stray bul
let, presumably from the rifle of an
other hunter who was aiming at the
same animal struck him in the left
cheek and passing through his mouth,
knocked out two teeth. iMr, Porteous
was taken to Walkerton to receive
medical treatment and them was able
to return to his Jiome in Ripley.—
Ripley Express.
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LET GO THAT ARM, GIRL—LET GO!
This is how you teach a dog to be man Pinschers, entered for the intell-
tough . . very tough. This one is igence and obedience tests at the Ro-
Lottie, one of Willy Necker’s Dober-| yal Winter Fair.
tree cut down .on the farm when they
bought it and a great deal of hard
work was done before their house was
completed, Mr, Manning has lived in
Auburn since 1911, His wife Martha
Cottle, to whom he was married in
1874, predeceased his in 1935.
Wins Wife’s Quilt
In the draw for the quilts offered
by Group 2 of Knox Church Ladies’
Aid on Wednesday evening, Mrs. H.
Corrigan won first. In the second
draw, and even worthy of mention in
Ripley’s column occurred. The sec
ond ticket drawn bore Mr. C. Ers-
man's name. The odd feature of that
is that Mrs. Ersman had donated the
quilt.—Palmerston Observer
Jury Suggests No Permit For
Two Years
A recommendation that the driver
of an automobile in which Thomas
David Nivins, AshfielH, was riding
when he was fatally injured October
25th be denied a driving license for
two years was made by a coroner’s
jury at Dungannon. Driver of the
machine was Benson Park, also of
Ashfield. The accident occurred near
Dungannon October 25th.
Dies From Paraysis
Funeral services were held Wed
nesday last week to Kincardine Cem
etery for Nancy Purdon, young dau
ghter of Mrs. C. Purdon, Kincardine,
who died in Toronto from an infant
ile paralysis attack. The case was
the only reported in Kincardine. The
> young girl was believed to have con
tracted it while in the city.
Hensall Reeve Has Car Accident
When he lost control of his car on
the slippery pavement at a slight bend
on the Huron road, just inside God
erich limits, Reeve Shaddick, of Hen
sall, then veered across the road into
a hydro pole. The reeve escaped with
a shaking up and a few bruises, but
his car was heavily damaged. He was
Oil his way home to Hehsall shortly
after midnight after attending a ses
sion of County Council.
Garage Mechanic Pinned
Against Doop
Leslie Dick, 24, garage mechanic,
is in Groves Memorial Hospital, Fer
gus, in a critical condition as the re
sult of an unusual accident which oc
curred in a Fergus garage. Dick had
completed work on a car and was a-
bout to open the garage door when
in some unaccountable manner the
car started to roll and pinned him a-
gainst the garage door. His injuries*
are so grave that little hope is held
for his recovery, ,
(17, two men appeared before Magis
trate. J. A. Makins, in the Wingham
court. Russell Horsborough was con
victed of not having a permit and
failing to turn out when meeting an
other car, and he paid a fine of $5
and costs. Carol Johnson of Howick
Township, answered the same charge
and also paid a fine of $5 and costs.
The cars driven by the the Johnson
and Horsborough drivers crashed in
a head-on accident on the main street
of Fordwich.
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Tires Stolen at Hanover • ;
After a freedom of several years^
from thefts of tires and wheels, Han
over was visited by another such'
group, when two tires were taken
from Paul Knoerck’s trailer and one
from a trailer owned by Wilbert Wil
kins, both residents of the east end
of the town. All the tires taken were
to the same sizes, 23 x 3%, and it is
therefore presumed that the thieves
on a trailer
Court Case Over Fordwich Car
Accident
As the result of an accident on the which they were building or now pos-
main street of Fordwich on October sess.
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Auburn Man Enters 92nd Ytar
Reeve and Mrs. Herbert Mogride,
of Hullett Township, entertained at
their home in honor of the lady’s la
the, John Manning, who celebrated
his 91st birthday on Wednesday. Mr.
Manning was born in Devonshire, En
gland, son of Edmund Manning and
Elizabeth Knott. Wen six years af
age he came with his parents to Can
ada, They landed at Quebec and
froth there they went to llrainpttm
for a year before coming to the 10th
concession of Iltillett, Mr. Manning
can relate many interesting stories of
their hardships, There was only one
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