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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1937-12-09, Page 3Thursday, December 9, 1937 Manitoba Must Have More Revenue Winnipeg — Premier Bracken told the Rowell Dominion-Provincial Re- ♦ ... I never got such heat from my old furnace before .*. . .every room in the house is warm and cosy. HAMCO is so easy to regulate, too — gives just the warmth we want—when we want it. And it’s sure saving me money!” You too will like HAMCO— the dustless, smokeless, money-saving Coke for the furnace, range or heater. Order from your local HAMCO dealer — he deserves your fuel business. HAMCO/n ■fr SOKE HAMILTON BY-PRODUCT COKE OVENS, LIMITED HAMILTON, CANADA SOLD BY . A. C. Adams J. A. MacLean Estate Donald Rae & Son INSIST ON HAMCO—CANADA’S FINEST COKE i / THE WINGHAM ADVANCE’TMESh V. Johnson, United States Charge d’­ Affaires, on lite situation arising from the Japanese “victory parade” fn the Shanghai International ' Settlement. While Johnson talked with Eden at the Foreign Office, subordinates of the Foreign Secretary consulted with the War Office on the possibility of rushing additional reinforcements to Shanghai, Lama Died! in Exile Shanghai —• Reports reached here by way of India, that the Panchen Lama, the living Buddha of Tibet, died Nov. 30 in-exile at Jyekpndo, in Western China. His death left the mysterious ‘forbidden land’ without either of the Grand Lamas who exer­ cised a divided spiritual and temporal absolutism over the mid-asiatic coun­ try of 3,000,000 people. Fliers Crash to Death in Race Miami, Fla. — Two note'd st>eed fliers, Rudy Kling, 30, of Lemont, Ill., and Frank Plaines, 28, of Detroit, crashed to their death in the 13th ev­ ent on the opening day’s program of Miami’s Tenth Annual All-American Air Manoeuvres. i Head of Black Legion Surrenders Lima, Ohio — Virgil F, Effinger, reputed head of the Black Legion and wanted in Michigan on a criminal syndicalism charge, surrendered here after a search of more than a year for him. The former contractor walk­ ed out of an extradition hearing at Columbus, Aug, 25, 1936. Will Not Tolerate Interference With Fascism Milan — Premier Mussolini’s Popolo d’Italia informed Great Brit­ ain, the United States and France ed­ itorially that Italy would not fee “in­ timidated” by 'economic agreements hostile to fascism. The (editorial was the second sarcastic attack on (dem- ■oaracies published by the newspaper in a week. LISTEN rOTHE . f-uFFS ©GiLVIE ROYAL CHEFS - and Jhw/ smart swing type HILLBILLY MUSIC ty charges have 'to do with the rob­ bing of five homes on Highway No, 4. Walter Turnbull arrested with the above pair, is in Perth County jail, Stratford, The trio are wanted in Perth, Huron, Oxford, Wellington and Norfolk counties, BESTFUHIR I CKNX WINGHAM I I 12.45 P.M. Mon, and Wed. I CASH PRIZES EVERY TWO^EEKS XA .< t..-,'BY COURTESY .OF, « ' ■ •«.? (RPXftJusEHaLO: testedXf l oUfc Wojf and’ Man Stare for 20 Minutes While cutting trees in the Hockley Valley, seven miles from Orangeville, Jack McKibbon of Mono Township, was amazed at the sudden appearance from the underbrush of a large, shag­ gy-haired animal. The animal ap­ proached to within fifteen feet of him where he. learned with dismay that the creature was a wolf. “We both remained in the same position for at least twenty minutes. The animal gazed at me with a blank, peculiar look, and I returned with a frighten­ ed stare,” he said. “The wolf at the end of the twenty minutes, turned and walked away.” iLegislature Has 3-Day Session Toronto—First session of Ontario’s _20th Legislature, -a special one, was •.prorogued Friday by Lieutenant-Gov­ ernor Albert Matthews, who opened it Wednesday. The House was actu- .■ally in session only four hours of the three-day sitting. The session, brief- '.est on record, was called by th.e Gov- ■ eminent to pass three measures de- -signed to speed collection of'overdue -succession duties. These, three meas- - ures-.were given third reading without division. Cfeorley Park Will Be Closed .An offer from Leopold Macaulay, Conservative House Leader, to serve •onra’non-partisan committee to study •the (entire question of Government House rand its disposition was flatly :rejecta’d Thy Premier Hepburn in the On dSudranteed Trust Certificates A legal investment for Trust Funds Unconditionally Guaranteed nT'M® STERLING TRUSTS CORPORATION STERLING TOWER TORONTO Legislature Friday. “‘This Govern­ ment on two occasions (has promised definitely to close it, and we’re going /to carry out this pre-election prom­ ise,” declared the Prime Minister. ’Plans are under way for remodelling the Speaker’s .quarters for the use the Lieutenaut-Goverinor.. „ Roebuck Not Invited to ’Caucus Former .Attorney-General Arthur W. ’ Roebuck was excluded ifrom (the ’Liberal party caucus which was (held at Premier Hepburn’s direction, at (Queen’s (Park. Former Labor-Wel­ fare Minister, David A. 'Croll, 'was given ’an invitation, 'however. ' Acquitted on Murder Charge Walkerton — The death last Feb. 25 of Evelyn Turner, Dresden, Ont., housewife, was accidental, in the op­ inion of a Bruce County jury which acquitted the woman’s husband, Wal­ ter Turner, of a charge of murder. The verdict concurred in defence con­ tentions she died in the fall of a woodpile. After nearly six hours’ deliberation, the jury reported to Mr. Justice J. C. Makins in supreme court that Turner was “not guilty of murder.” The jury had been instructed by Mr. Justice Makins the case “is either murder or it was accidental.” The verdict ended a four-day trial in which the defence contended Mrs. Turner was fatally in­ jured by wood from a pile in the Turned woodshed falling upon her as she lay upon the floor. The crown charged through expert witnesses that some heavy instrument had been used to cause her many injuries. The trial was switched from the Kent County assizes to Bruce County at the re­ quest of defence counsel for a change of venue. of Disease of Babies Baffles Doctors Chicago—Medical science worked helplessly against a virulent (unknown malady which has taken the Hives -of ten new-born babies a't ‘St. Elizabeth’s Hospital and threatened a .dozen -oth­ ers, “Nothing'that we know now Will save them once the ailment really strikes,” Dr. Herman Bundeson, President of the Board of Health,, said. “We (don’t even know what iis causing it” , (New 'Chief of (Staff Tor (Britain London — Major-General Viscount >Gor.t, V.C„ w.as .named Chief of < the Imperial General .Staff .in what mili­ tary circles considered .a drastic shake .u,p .of the (high ..command. The .bi­ year-old Great War hero was .promot­ ed .to the .rank of -general. He suc­ ceeded Field Marshal-Sir'Cyril ;Dev- enell,, who resigned. This was the .most iunpantant '©f ;a .-series >of (.chang­ es involving ’.resignation of .three of the four military members, of the Army Council -anil ’.their ,replacement by yeximger mon. lations Commission at the end of the submission of the Manitoba case that if the joint plan proposed for redis­ tribution of powers, revenues and • debts, or some joint plan which met .the difficulties of the Government and municipalities of Manitoba, were not accepted, the result would be, in his judgment, in the end an enforced, sus­ pension of payments of part of the interest of Manitoba’s capital debt. To Honor Former Lleut.-<Gov. and Mrs. Bruce ; Leading rcpresetiitatives -of (every i walk of life In Ontario wiTI gather at the Royal York Hotel Tuesday., Dec. 14, to pay tribute to Colonel the Hotl Dr. Plerbert A. Bmce, who retired -as: Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario Nov. j 30th. ‘ I Unity Candidate 'Wan (from Social Credit Lethbridge, Alta. — Election, of (Dr? Be,ter M. Campbell, Unity (candidate, over A. J. Burnap, Social Credit nom­ inee, ’in Lethbridge 'by-dlection, was the first test of Premier Aberhart’s (Social Credit Administration 'S'ince its (election 'in 1935. Japs Land Soldiers in South China • Shanghai — Japan was reported to have landed 50,000 soldiers in South China in an apparent drive on the metropolis of Canton, a principal source^of Chinese military supplies. Foreign military attaches said that if Canton is taken a vital blow will be struck at the huge trade of the Brit­ ish Crown colony of Hong Kong. “Liberal Ladies of Brussels Elect The Brussels Women’s Liberal Club held a meeting on Thursday ev­ ening when the following officers .were elected: Hon. Pres., Mrs. John Robb; Pres., Mrs. A. Stratchan; 1st vice-pres., Mrs. W. D. S. Jamieson; 2nd vice-pres., Mrs. J. Parker; 3rd vice-pres., Mrs. W. Huggins; rec. sec. Mrs. Jas. Wilton; cor. sec., Mrs. W. Scott; treas., Mrs. Robert Thomson; Membership Com., Mrs. F. Burchill, Mrs. John Gibson; Social Com., Mrs. Mrs. Geo. Samis, Mrs. C. Matheson, Mrs. M. Ballantyne, Mrs. F. Samis; Program Com., Mrs. J. Parker, Mrs. W. King, pianist, Mrs. W. er, Mrs. J. D. H. Schneider was the lucky winner at the grand draw of the hospital frolic when he won $500. A couple of weeks ago at the Legion frolic, J. Beatty was the winner of the big prize, a Kelvinator refrigerator. And again on Friday night of last week another Third Line resident, Reeve W. H, Good, was the lucky winner of the bedroom suite given by the Com­ munity Club.—Listowel Banner. Riehl bad his right hand badly bruis­ ed and Harloff suffered a wrenched leg. Sutter and Riehl were almost suffocated and had to be carried from the pit, but soon were revived. be Mrs. R. Thomson, Mrs. D. McDonald, Miss M. Lamont; King; press report- Warwick; auditors, Mrs. W. Scott, Mrs. G. Samis. Five Burned to Death Lamotte, Que. — A young mother and her four children were burned to death in a fire that destroyed a farm home near this village eighteen miles south of Amos. Powers Confer on Japs’ Victory Parade London — Foreign Secretary An­ thony Eden conferred with Herschel Pair at Guelph Set Record Guelph—Winding up a .'3-day show shattered 25-year-old attendance ' re­ cords, the 55th Ontario Provincial Winter. Fair came to a 'Close. Entries in all classes were very large, many setting new records. •* Municipalities to Study Relief Problem. All Ontario municipalities will asked by the Toronto Board of Con­ trol to join with representatives of the Federal and. Provincial Govern­ ments in a joint conference to study the entire problem of unemployment relief. Premier Mitchell F. Hepburn, the Board of Control was advised, has■ . 1 already promised the full co-operation of his Government in such a confer­ ence. Attempt on Life of Leon Blum Paris—Government chemists were called by the Surete Nationale to in­ vestigate a suspected attempt on the 'life of Vice-Premier Leon Blum in (the wake of the sensational round-up .of the iCag'Oulard (hooded men) ter­ rorists. DRIVEN TO DRINK “No milk!” says Kitty. “Well, wat­ er isn’t the same, but it’ll have to do this time.” Next problem is “How to get it out of that tall pitcher?” . . . “Well, it’& over. Wonder what my mistress will say?” . , , “Oh, well, here goes. I’m in it now-'-might as well be right in. Arabs (Continue Terrorist Way Jerusalem — Five persons died and five others were seriously burned in a roaring blaze, believed to have been started by Arab terrorists, that con­ sumed a (Public Works Department storehouse at Tulkharem. NEWS of the I DISTRICT | Remanded on Rive Charges of Robbery When William Foster of Galt and Lewis Wakefield of Moorefield, ar­ rested at Tillsonburg Wednesday and Wanted in five Western Ontario coun­ ties Ort numerous Charges of break­ ing, entering and theft, appeared be­ fore Magistrate Makins at Goderich, both were remanded for one week on five charges each, The Huron Coutt- a Injured in Hunting Accident While hunting on Mr. Charle liott’s farm Captain Bonar of the loc­ al Salvation Army Corps met with a painful accident. The muzzle of the gun he was carrying became plugged with snow, and when fired the barrel exploded. One fragment inflicted a wound on the chin which required five stitches to close, and another piece went through his sweater and bruised his side. The Captain is lucky his injuries were not more extensive. —Clinton News-Record. Three Rescued from Cave-In After digging feverishly for more than an hour, a rescue crew of 100 men from Linwood, Wellesley, Gads­ hill, Nithburg and the surrounding district, succeeded in rescuing alive three Perth County men who were caught beneath seven feet of earth and gravel in a gravel pit slide six miles south of Linwood Thursday. The rescued men are Gordon Sutter and Victor Riehl, of Gadshill, and Norman Harloff, of Rostock, all em­ ployed by Alex. Hartung, Gadshill contractor working on Perth County roads. Sutter suffered torn ligaments, I Clinton Woman Had 90th Birthday Congratulations are being extended to Mrs. Elizabeth Cluff, Clinton, who' Thursday entered her 91st year. En­ joying good eyesight and hearing and in good general health, she attributes her longevity to ‘hard work’ and add­ ed that she was one of a family of seven brought up in a pioneer’s farm home. She was born in Stanley Twpt and was married in Dec., 1870, After her marriage she lived in Goderich Township but for’ the past 19 years ha$ lived in Clinton. PICOBAC I PIPE MW TOBACCO FORA IMILDi toof^MOKE EI- Municipal Record Tied The West can lay no claim to the distinction of having the longest term Reeve in Canada, as reported recent­ ly in a daily paper. Huron can at least tie the record. The late John Britton was Reeve of Hullett for 20 years; Warden for one year, and then Reeve of the township again for four more years, a total of twenty-five years in all.—Seaforth Huron Expos­ itor. Exeter Organized Lions Club At a banquet in the Central Hotel a Lions Club for Exeter was organ­ ized with Dr. W. E. Weekes as the first charter president. The banquet was ’the result of some active work by Messrs. Earl Nichols and Roy Robinson, of the London Lions, in se­ curing over twenty charter members for an Exeter Club.—Exeter Times- Advocate. i Truck Accident What might have proved a serious accident occurred a short distance east of Lucknow when the Brown­ town Transport in charge of Douglas Black left the slippery highway and landed in the ditch. However Mr. Black and his assistant Dick McQuar- rie, of Brussels, emerged from the wreckage little the worse of their ter­ rible experience.—Brussels Post. Third Line of Wallace Seems Lucky Place The Third Line of Wallace, east or west, seems to be a lucky locality in which to reside. Last fall Mr. L. “THE RODEO KID Rodeo riders stare in amaaetncnt when they see young Kenneth Gra­ ham of Salina, Kas., do his stuff. They say this font-year-old does stunts that would tax some veterans’ ability. He “stopped the show”1* re­ cently when he performed at the Xu* ternationai' Livestock Ryhihition in Chicago. Here is a typical pose.