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Home My WebLink AboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1938-09-15, Page 3Thursday, Sept. 15th, 1938 Yangtse River campaign had reached to within 80 miles of its goal, this provisional capital and centre of Chin ese resistance, They also said the ov erland column, cutting into Southeast ern Honan Province, had approached to within 80 miles of the Peiping- Hankow Railroad which runs north from Hankow. YARN-OL AC The New One Coat 4 Hour Enamels BUCHANAN HARDWARE Wingham Big Arms on French-German. Border Aspac-Moselle, France — The most powerful French air and land forces assembled before the German border since the Great War stood ready for orders from Paris headquarters, Ber tween 300,000 and 400,000 soldiers, it was estimated, filled the underground Maginot Line fortifications and sur face garrisons and barracks in Norths eastern France. Germany also has a fortified line heavily manned. Large Wheat Crop This Year Ottawa — Canada’s 1938 wheat pro duction was estimated at 358,433,000 bushels by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics. This compared with the short crop of 182,410,00 bushels in’’37, Production in the three Prairie Prov inces was estimated at 334,000,000 bushels against 159,000,000 last year. Spring wheat production for Canada was placed at 338,396,000 bushels. This is the largest crop since which was 443,061,000 bushels. movement, replied that speaking of impressions meant speaking of inter pretations by columnists and others, These interpretations, the president said, had been about 100 per cent, wrong regarding the international sit uation. C.C.F. Candidate at London First candidate to be placed in the field by a political party for the im pending London federal by-election, E, O, Hall, teacher at Central Colleg iate Institute, was accorded the C.C. F. nomination at a meeting in St. George’s Hall, 1922, Find Fortune Hidden in Shack St. Hyacinthe, Que. •— Relatives Pierre Brunelle, 97-year-old recluse, who died at his home here, sought a will for disposition of an estate esti mated between $300,000 and $400,000. So far, search of his little wooden house has uncovered $160,000 in bonds and $6,000 in cash hidden beneath carpets and in a mattress, it was re ported. of Brandon Invites Manion to Run There Brandon, Man. — H011..R. J- Man- • ion, Dominion Conservative leader, has been invited to contest the seat in the Plouse of Commons don, made vacant by the Lieut.-Col. David Wilson Conservative member. for Bran death of Beaubier, Trouble in African. Cabinet Cape Town—Before a tense House of Assembly, Prime Minister J. B. M. Hertzog defended his appointment of A. P. J. Fourie as Cabinet member to represent the colored races in the Un ion of South Africa Government. J. H. Hofmeyr, minister of mines, edu cation and social welfare, and F. C. Sturrock, minister without portfolio, resigned as a result of Fourie’s ap pointment, charging Fourie knew lit tle about native affairs and was not qualified for the post. Roosevelt Says Commentators Wrong Hyde Park, N.Y.—President Roose- • velt, informed by* reporters at his press conference that the impression has been growing that the United •States was ,morally linked with Eur opean democracies in a “stop Hitler” TELEPHONE TALKS IN Gasoline Tax May Be Increased Toronto—It was reported here that, the Ontario Government is consider ing an increase in the provincial gas oline tax from six to seven cents a gallon. The expected $3,000,000 in re venue would revert to municipalities on a basis yet undetermined, it is said, and the necessary legislation may be passed at the next Legislative session. Britain Warns Against Czech Attack London — The Daily iMail (Inde pendent) said the British Government decided to tell Germany “in precise and formal terms” Great Britain would not stand aside if Czechoslo vakia were attacked. The newspaper said a diplomatic note to this effect would be delivered by Sir Nevile Hen derson, British ambassador to Berlin, “probably to Adolf Hitler himself”. Hitler Says No Compromise Nuremberg, Germany — Chancellor Hitler introduced an ominous note in the eight-day Nazi party congress. A reference to “clouds on the horizon”, the unwillingness of Germany to ac cept any compromise, the Fuehrer’s invincible faith in the Nazi organiza tion—were themes of a 16-minute ad dress to 180,000 political organizers, 100,000 spectators and millions of radio listeners. Says Dictatorship Roosevelt Aim Chicago — The Tribune said Sen ator Arthur Vanderberg (Rep., Mich igan) stated in an interview “Ameri can dictatorship, American style” was the objective of President Roosevelt. The president’s plan, the paper said the senator declared, is to pack judicial and legislative branches Government with his “yes men.” the of Japs Nearing Hankow Hankow—Chinese military author ities acknowledged that the Japanese THE WATSON FAMILY Inquest Held Over to Assure Fair Trial In order to insure a fair trial for Mauride L. Chiverton, 52-year-old London chiropractor charged with performing an illegal operation, Chief Coroner Dr. A. R. Routledge adjourn ed indefinitely an inquest into the death of Miss Kathlyn Attewell. This was done on the suggestion of Crown Attorney Newton. To Investigate Mental Hospitals Toronto — A royal commission of inquiry was appointed by Premier Hepburn to conduct an investigation into Ontario mental hospitals, partic ularly the London hospital where the superintendent, Dr. George H. Stev enson, was placed under suspension. Hearings will commence in London at an early date. Dodge Body Found Little Current — Long hunt for the body of 21-year-old Daniel Dodge, heir to an automobile fortune, who drowned in Georgian Bay, August 15, as he was being taken to hospital fol lowing a dynamite explosion, ended. The body was recovered by Wes Ryd er, Little Current fisherman, and A. Bateman, a carpenter, about a half- mile from where it was reported to have gone down. Veterans May Have Another Pilgrimage Ottawa—Prospects of another Can adian Legion pilgrimage to the Eur opean battlefields, provided interna tional conditions are less disturbed than now, loomed as a possibility when Dominion executive council of the legion considered tentative plans to that end. TESTED RECIPES The recipes which are published from time to time in this paper are pre pared and! tested by the Home Ec onomists of the Dominion Depart ment of Agriculture, Ottawa, and therefore come from an authoritat ive source. WINGHAM ADVANCE-TIMES utwufa. UlCU SALADA TEA A NOTE: All rural route homes in this vicinity will receive their packets through the mail (WINGHAM AND RURAL ROUTES ONLY) peck small green tomatoes quart boiling water 4 cup pickling salt quart vinegar pounds brown sugar teaspoon cayenne pepper teaspoon cinnamon the home canning of this fruit may prove useful. Pickled Whole Tomatoes 1 1 % 1 3 % 1 1 teaspoon mixed spice 1 teaspoon celery seed 10 whole cloves. Dissolve salt in boiling water, in a few tomatoes at a time and for 12 minutes. Remove each tomato Put boil carefully with a wooden spoon to preSimmer tomatoes until soft and vent spoiling shape, drain thoroughly then make puree by brushing through and pack in jars. Tie spices in muslin a fine sieve. Tie all the spices loosely bag, put in^o vinegar, add sugar and in a muslin bag. Boil until quite boil until slightly thickened. Remove thick, preferably using an enamelled spice bag, pour liquid over tomatoes,vessel. Bottle and seal hot. filling jars full and seal tightly.Tomato Cocktail (No. 1) Tomato Catsup :18 ripe tomatoes 10 pounds tomatoes 1 chopped celery % pound salt i cup chopped onions % ounce whole cloves 2 tablespoons vinegar i ounce whole pepper corns 3 sweet green peppers 1|7 quart vinegar 1 sweet red pepper % pound sugar 2 tablespoons salt 1 ounce allspices 14 cup sugar % ounce cayenne Mash and cut tomatoes but do not peel. Chop the peppers finely. Mix tomatoes, celery, onions, peppers and salt together. Boil for one-half hour. Strain through coarse sieve. Add the vinegar and sugar. Boil three min utes. Seal in sterilized jars. Tomato Cocktail (No. 2) 1 1 % % 1 4 Boil all together for 20 minutes. Strain and boil 5 minutes. Bottle and seal. bushel tomatoes small head celery teaspoon white pepper cup vinegar cup chopped onions teaspoons salt In view of the plentiful supply of tomatoes, the following' recipes for WHERE HITLER MASSES TROOPS FOR POSSIBLE ATTACK ON CZECHOSLOVAKIA ||Fl “MY DAD talk farther than YOURS ! ” When Donnie Watson’s father greeted him over the telephone from 500 miles away, Donnie was impressed ho end. He couldn’t resist boasting a bit to his next-door neigh bour and playmate. Whenever you’re called out of town, do as Bob Watson does — telephone home. It brings peace of mind at a trifling cost. [Reductions in telephone rates—local and long distance — in 1935, *36 and *37 have effected I savings to telephone users in Ontario and I Quobsc of nearly one million dollars yearly. J Thia map illustrates the military situation ih central Europe. The northwest portion of Czechoslovakia is st> Strong, naturally, and so well fortified that Germany is concentrat ing hundreds of thousands of its best troops north of Vienna with a view to attacking from the Austrian side of Czechoslovakia while a German army of equal strength strikes south ward, One army Would move tip the Morava valley and the other move down the valley. These tactics, if successful, would cut Czechoslovakia in two and isolate the Czechs in the west from the Slovaks in the east Some authorities fear that Poland would take the opportunity to seize Teschen iafid possible occupy extens ive territory in eastern Czechoslo vakia, a view that is doubtful, Rus sian armies could give direct help to the Czech’s only by going through Roumauia who, so far as is khdwfi, has not yet given her consent 'The principal railways are shown on the map. The eastern area is agricultural and the means of communication are scanty. The arrows Indicate the pro bable direction of German attacks