HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1938-08-11, Page 3Thursday, August 11th, 1938 WINGHAM ADVANCg-TIMES
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The Hydro Shop
1937* Collections by districts in the
four-month period follow, with In
creases over the corresponding period
of 1937 in brackets: Toronto $37,676,.-
623 ($7,65.8,222); Montreal $28,203,-
$9,837,331
$7,825,674
$6,716,316
$5,621,289
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394 ($4,823,864); London
($1,315,175); Vancouver,
($2,344,567); Hamilton
($1,515,354), and Ottawa
($715,552).
Air-Conditioning Is Found To Be
Pneumonia Foe
Boston — A discovery that air-con
ditioning apparently eliminates 99%
of post-operative pneumonia was re
ported at Corey Hill Hospital. Rigid
control of humidity, keeping it low,
at 30, compared, with the 90 humid
ities which have been “scorching” the
Eastern United States this summer,
appeared to be fully half the cause of
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Man Mired. In Bog for Six Days
Beeleville Hugh Jones, 44-year-
old Rawden Township farmer, was
brought to hospital here in an emac
iated condition after being mired tn a
bog near Marmora, 40 miles north of
Beeleville, for six days. Hospital at
tendants said he had a 50-50 chance
of recovery. Unable to speak when
his brother, Charles Jones, and two
police constables came across him,
Jones showed his gratitude with his
eyes and tried vainly to raise his arms
to his rescuers. It is believed he had
clung to a log, since last Saturday,
sinking slowly into the mire, and
when rescued was up to,his neck ip
mud.
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Ottawa Powerless To Aid
Ontario Farmers
Ottawa — The Dominion Govern
ment has no power under existing
legislation to extend the operations
of the Canadian Wheat Board to On
tario, Prime Minister Mackenzie King
stated in a letter to Hon. P. M. De
wan, Ontario minister of agriculture.
He was writing in reply to a protest
.from Mr. Dewan at which he termed
discrimination against Ontario farm
ers in the fixing of a minimum price
for Western wheat. :
Doctors Battle Strange Illness
Owosso, Mich.—This city of 14,000
persons mobilized all its resources to
combat a mysterious disease that has
taken six children’s lives within the
past week. Dr. Don W. Kudakunst,
state health commissioner, arrived
here and summoned all physicians and
members of his staff that have been
working on the case into a confer
ence. The state’s laboratories have
been unable to identify the bacterial
infection believed to have caused the
deaths, and efforts of local officials
to determine the source of infection
have failed.
Thinks Japan Dodges Russia
As Hands Full
London — The Daily Express (in
dependent) saw in Japan's proposal
for settlement of the Manchoukuo
border conflict with Russia proof that
“Japan has her hands full in China
and that she has bitten off more than
she can chew and is sore and tired of
chewing.” The newspaper said editor
ially: “Japan asks for a truce in het
squabble with the Soviets, conforming
the view taken here three days ago
there would be no war. Now let us
hope that to get this truce Japan will
have to give a truce elsewhere—that
is, in China.” '
C.C.F. Defeats Cabinet Minister x
Humboldt, Sask. — Joseph Burton,
Co-Operative Commonwealth candi
date, defeated Hon. C. M. Dunn, min
ister of highways in the Cabinet of
Liberal Premier W. J. Patterson in
the Humboldt provincial by-election.
The C.C.F. candidate, contesting the
riding for the fifth time, polled 3,908
votes in the 53 polls, while Dunn had
3,763, giving Burton a majority of 145
in the two-way fight. Burton met de
feat in his four previous attempts to
carry the riding. The by-election was
made necessary by the resignation of
Dr. J. C. King, Liberal, elected in
June 8 general election. He had re
signed to open up a seat for Dunn,
who met defeat in Melville constit
uency in the 'general election.
New Regulations to Encourage
Good Conduct
Ottawa — New prison reform reg
ulations, aimed at encouraging good
conduct and industry among prison
ers and at facilitating the reformative
treatment of convicts, will be enforc
ed in Federal penitentiaries through
out Canada. Still other reforms are
to be made, despite the fact that the
Senate, in the dying hours of the last
Parliament, killed the Government’s
prison bill, Hon. Ernest Lapointe,
Minister of Justice, announced. The,
new regulations revealed will be made
effective Aug. 16. •
Sun and Sidewalk Make Cook-Stove
For Boys’ Breakfast
London, Ont. — Wednesday was a
hot one. In fact, it was so hot that
two hungry farm lads fried eggs in
a frying pan over the simmering pave
ment of the City Market. What’s
more, they ate the eggs, which were
done to a turn. Market officials test
ed the sunny pavement with a ther
mometer. The mercury registered 110
degrees, which was the limit of the
glass.
PHIL OSIFER
OF LAZY MEADOWS
By Harry J. Boyle
“WEATHER AND ALMANACS”
For a number of years now we have
been receiving almanacs. I must con
fess that I have never truly appreciate
ed their worth in the scheme of
things. They usually were hung up
on a nail under the clock-shelf and
there they remained. At times they
would be taken down during the year
and someone would read the jokes,
or the Mrs. would try a special recipe
from one of them.
Last week it was raining and I was
as usual sitting smoking in a rocker
in the kitchen, trying to appear as if
lost in very deep thought. Something
about that yellow almanac with the
cover decorated by an old fellow with
a whisker, attracted me, and I went
over and picked it down from the
wall.
Something made me turn and look
at the weather forecast and sure en
ough it prophesied rain for that day.
It sounded pretty fair to me, and be
gan looking through the almanac.
However, it fined up and I had to
slip into the village for some grocer
ies and I forgot about i.t then.
Yesterday morning I had finished
the early morning chores 'and was
waiting for breakfast, before going
over to help Neighbour Higgins in
with his hay. I chanced to look at
the almanac and then thinking of its
previous performance as a prophet I
picked it down and looked at it.
There it was as plain as anything < .
“Thundershowers in late afternoon”.
After breakfast when I was walk
ing over to Higgins' place I tried to
see some signs of a storm but nary
a one could I find anywhere. It lopk-
ed like a forlorn hope, but the farth
er on I walked the more I convinced
myself that it might be right. "
“What do you think of the weather,
Pliil?”
That was the first question I heard
over at Higgins' place. Taking a
careful squint at the sky, shading my
eyes for a moment, and then making
a bulls-eye on a flat stone with a to
bacco quid, I declared as solemn as
any weather foreteller ever was:
“There’s rain and thunder brewing.
Wouldn’t be surprised if we had it
this afternoon.”
They laughed then but something
made them speed up and we tore
right into the oats. By noon the sky
was slightly overcast and a breeze
started stirring sultry air around like
hot waves. The faster we went the
closer the storm came over our heads.
Then at last with sheaves piled up
over our heads and the horses run
ning we made for the barn.
That was the humble beginning of
my reputation as a weather prophet.
The main subject of conversation at
the tabfa was in regard to my being
able to tell the weather. They were
amazed! At breakfast-time this morn
ing, Joe Hicks called up to see what
I thought of the weather.
Pretending to get a sqiynt out the
window I slipped over and turned up
the almanac to the right day “Fresh
light showers”. Joe got all excited
about a stand of grain he had out,
and I could hear receivers clicking all
along the line. They were all quite
certain it would rain, because of my
reputation as a weather forecaster.
Now the trouble is that so far to
day it hasn’t rained. Not even a sin
gle drop and this is about five o’clock.
I can see my reputation as weather
forecaster for the concession is seri
ously in danger of being ruined.
And I’m going to burn that al
manac.
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Weds Dodge Heir
Laurine MacDonald, 21-year-old
former telephone operator at Gore
Bay, Ont., was married on Tuesday
to Daniel G. Dodge, the 21-year-old
heir to part of the Dodge motor mil
lions. The two met while Dodge was
on a vacation in Canada four years
ago. The wedding was a small one
and the couple Jeft immediately for a
trip whose destination was as secret
as their wedding plans.
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Mexico Rejects U.S. Proposal
Mexico City — Mexico rejected the
United States’ proposal of July 21 to
submit to arbitration the question of
Mexico’s failure to indemnify United
States citizens whose farm lands she
has expropriated since August 36,
1927. Instead, Mexico proposed two-
party discussion of the issue, assert
ing arbitration to be “unnecessary"
and "unlawful.”
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FOUNDERS’ YEAR
.This year marks the Diamond
Jubilee of the Exhibition, and as
such it has been 'set aside as
"Founders’ Year” in honour of
those men and women who sup
ported the Exhibition during
those early years by their organiz
ing ability, their exhibits or their
attendance. A special effort is
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possible of the descendants of
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New Attractions This Year'
Royal Artillery Rand
For the first time In history this
famous band 10 leaving the British
IslpS to visit the O.N.E. Band concerts
daily from the spedally constructed
Band Shell oh the ground a.
Guy Lombardo...Benny Goodman
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Ah enormous marquee has been
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White Russians Rally in Exile
To Aid Country
Toronto — Cyril C. Boholkin, for
mer colonel in the Russian army, said
here “white” Russians throughout the
world would flock to the colors of the
Soviet forces should present Siberian
- (Manchoukuoan frontier disturbanc
es develop into a war between Japan
and their mother country. “All Rus
sians in Toronto agree with me,” Bo
holkin said, in an interview, that in
the event of war with Japan white
Russians throughout the world would
lay aside political considerations to
fight with the Bolshevik's to prevent
their common enemy from dismemb
ering Russia.”
New Non-Glare Lights
For Highway
Galt — Installation of a new type
of highway illumination started on
Coronation boulevard between Galt
and Preston. In all, 16 portable
lights equipped with specially design
ed reflectors are being installed, five
on each half of the highway, equally
distributed. The reflectors will throw
the light across and lengthwise on the
highway, but there will be no glare on
the opposite highway.
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CANADIAN NATIONAL
EXHIBITION
Aug. 26 TORONTO Sept 10
Backs Fair-Play Demand
On Freight Rates
All possible pressure is being ex
erted upon Ottawa By the Hepburn
Government at the present time to
obtain some consideration and, fair
treatment for the Ontario grower in
Connection with the minimum price
of wheat and equitable freight rates,
Representative farmers, associated
with the. millers of the Province,, will
shortly lay their case before the Do
minion Railway Board, and Salter
Hayden, K.C., who recently success
fully represented York Township be
fore the Privy Council in the water
rates case with Toronto, has been re
tained by the Department of Agricul
ture to prepare the case. “1 he On
tario farmer,” said Hon. P M. De
wan, “has been the forgotten man of
Canada so far as the railways and
Federal authorities are concerned in
this issue.”
Fix 80c As Minimum for Wheat
Ottawa — Western farmers are as
sured of a price for their 1938 wheat
on the basis of 80c a bushel for No. 1
northern wheat, delivered at Ft. Wil
liam. T,his is the fixed minimum price
the Canadian Wheat Board is auth
orized to pay for deliveries from the
crop now ripening. Prime Minister
Mackenzie King announced the price
after a Cabinet meeting, said it had
been recommended by the wheat
board and approved by the Govern
ment. At the same time he indicated
there would be no change in the mar
keting policy pursued by the Govern-
hient and the wheat board. Canadian
wheat would be offered for Sale con
tinuously at world prices and there
would be no attempt to hoard or seek
a monopoly.
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Income Tax Increase Is Large
Ottawa —- With increases recorded
in nearly all districts, income tax col
lections from April 1 to July 31 am
ounted to $166,170,182, compared to
$86,455,388 in the corresponding per
iod last year, Minister of National
Revenue I Isley announced* Collec
tions during July declined $68,033, to
$4,648,705 from $4,716,728 in July,
No Saife Clones in Modern War
Toronto •— Between 76 and 86 per
cent of the patients treated in the
Chinese war area are women and
children, according to Dr. Robert B.
McClure, field director of the Inter
national Red Cross for Central China,
who arrived here from England.
“Style in warfare has changed,” Dr.
McClure said. “And we must realize
that if war ever lifts its head in this
country it will take the same form
as in China now. Moreover, there
ain’t no sudh animal as a safety zone.
Doctors get shot at from both sides
but fortunately neither side can shoot
straight. Mission hospitals are the
favorite targets for airplane bombs.”
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