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inion and the municipalities on a 4Q-
40-20 basis. The Federal Government
has approved the plan and it is ex
pected the first families will be set
tled early in Marc^i, Mr. Cross ex
pected the initial appropriation would
provide for at least 100 families and
that the scheme if successful would
be extended gradually.
Sliopts Self in] Cathedral
Cleveland — A shot smashed the
after-communion quiet of St. John's
Cathedral. Across the front of a pew,
slumped Benedict Jender, 38, self
slain with the revolver he used in kill
ing his 29-year-old wife Anna, 16
hours earlier.-' ,
C. N. Passenger Revenue
Shows Decline ,
Ottawa — Passenger revenues of*
the Canadian National Railways to
taled $18,096,849 in 1938, a drop from
the 1937 revenue of $18,944,767 but
an improvement over 1936’s $17,021,-
746, figures tabled by Trapsport Min
ister Howe in the House of Commons
showed. The minister furnished the
figures in answer to a question by W.
A. Walsh (Con., Mount Royal), add
ing they did not include sleeping and
chair car, mail, express ancl other pas
senger train service revenue.
disappeared and was believed to have
perished as fire destroyed the three-
storey wooden building. Robes a-
blaze, the nun was last seen as she
ran through a corridor shouting a
warning after a lamp exploded. When
the five nuns and 12 girl pupils had
escaped into waist-deep snow of a
blizzard, Mother Mary had vanished.
She was believed to have reached a
door and collapsed into the drifts, to
be covered swiftly by the snow.
Search was begun for her body in the
■grounds around the flattened struc
ture.
Predicts Return to Democracy
Chicago — A resurgence of demo
cracy in Europe was predicted by Dr.
Eduard Benes, former president of
Czechoslovakia, upon his* arrival to
become visiting professor at the Uni
versity of Chicago. “I am confident
that democracy will return to Eur
ope,” he said. “History shows that
liberty and authoritarianism come in
alternate cycles in Europe. The
will come when “the democracies
stand firm.” , ,
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failure or lack of markets. The fixed
price of 30 cents a bushel, basis No.
1 northern wheat or* Fort William
paid by the Canadian Wheat Board
this year, would cost the Government
$48,000,000 the minister estimated,
but its distribution involved giving
more to those who had crops and no
thing to those who had not.
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House Endorses U. S.
Defense Plans
Washington — The United States
House of Representatives overwhelm
ingly indorsed the bulk of President
Roosevelt’s emergejiicy defence pro
gram including a $300,000,000 expan
sion of the United Slates Army Air
Corps. Passage of the $552,000,000
military expansion bill followed a
statement by Majority Leader Ray
burn that conditions in Europe were
“more volcanic than in 1914.”
measure now goes to the Senate.
Torturing Cat to Death
Brings Arrest of Four
Toronto — Four men were arrested
by York Township ’ police charged
with torturing a cat by hanging it un
til it was dead. Police said the men
were
found
home
drunk and that the cat
hanging in a pantry in
of one of the accused.
Settlement Scheme •
The
Believe Drifts Cover Body
of Burned Nun
Stoneham, Que. — Mother Mary,
of the Seven Sorrows, a nun at the
Roman Catholic Convent in this vil
lage, 27 miles north of Quebec City,
was
the
Tbree Hanged at Winnipeg
Winnipeg — Three men died on
the scaffold at Headingly provincial
jail early Thursday for the murder of
an 81-year-old woman. It wits the first
triple hanging in Manitoba’s history.
The men were: Peter Korzenowski,
29, Dan Prytula, 32 and William
Kanuka, 41. They were convicted by
a jury at the assizes1 in Dauphin,
Man., last November of killing Mrs.
Anna Cottick, 81-year-old rgsident of
Fishing River district, 150 miles north
of Winnipeg. Sentence was passed by
Justice
Klug’s
ing to figures from the national re
gistration for that month announced
by the department of labor. That fig
ure was an increase of 12.9 per cent.,
over November but a decrease of 9
per cent, from December, 1937. The
report showed continued decline in
the number of farms and their de
pendents receiving agricultural aid.
new
Farm
To Be Tried in Ontario
Toronto — Inauguration of a
farm settlement scheme to rehabili
tate families on relief was announced
by Hon. Eric Cross, Minister of Pub
lic Welfare and 'Municipal Affairs.
Present plans call only for an experi
mental scheme involving expenditure
of not more than $60,000, the cost to
be borne by the province, the D.om-
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End Spanish War
Paris — The British
was reported in circles
president of Government Spain, Man
uel Azana, to have taken the lead in
attempting to end the long civil war.
Azana was said to be supporting ef
forts of Prime Minister Chamberlain
of Great Britain, as was the French
premier, Edouard Daladier.
Canadian Dollar Free From All Ties
Ottawa — Canadian currency is not
and should not be tied' to any other
world currency, Finance Minister
Dunning told the House of Commons
as he emphatically denied a sugges
tion it was tied to the United States
dollar and rejected a proposal it
should be tied to the pound sterling.
Eire.to Support Britain
In Case of War
Dublin — Eire could not remain
neutral in a war between Great Bri
tain and another state, Prime Min
ister Eamon De Valera told the Dail.
The statement came after several de
puties had asked that the Government
quit bluffing and admit that “Ire
land’s first real defence is the British
navy,’’ during Dail debate of n.ew bud
get estimates for national defence.
They were approved by a 62-39 vote.
Rules Court Within Rights
To Seize Cars
Toronto — Chief Justice Hugh E.
Rose upheld the validity of that sec
tion of the Ontario Highway Traffic
Act providing for impounding for
three months of automobiles driven
by persons convicted of driving while
intoxicated. Chief Justice Rose held
that the provincial statute did not
add to penalties but simply dealt with
the civil,, consequences arising
violation of the criminal code
therefore was not ultra vires the
tario Legislature.
I was rummaging up in the attic
yesterday and came across the artis
tic monstrosity known as Uncle Os
wald’s portrait. It has been collect
ing dust up in the attic for a number
of years, and I really don’t know
what impulse it was that made me
drag it Out of the heap and set it in
the alcove where slanting rays of the
sun poured in the attic window. What
memories that portrait brought back.
Uncle Oswald used to live with us
back in the early days. He was my
.father’s» older brother, who after
amassing considerable fortune pro
ceeded to save board and hoard his
money by moving in with the family.
Parting with a nickel for him was like
saying farewell to a lifelong friend.
Then one day a traveller came to
our place. He stayed to dinner and*
after eating heartily wanted to do
something for the family. His talent
was of an artistic nature, and he tried
for some time to interest my father
in allowing, him to paint his portrait.
Father wouldn’t listen to it. After the
meal however, the young fellow and
Uncle Oswald spent almost an hour
talking. Soon after that they hitched
up Old Nell and made off in the dir
ection of the village. Later they re
turned with a bundle.
The next move came when we saw
Uncle Oswald arrayed in his best suit
sitting stiff necked in the front sit
ting-room, while the young fellow
was busy at work painting him. What
a Roman holiday that was
younger generation! Try
might, they could never keep
from that front room during
three days. The young fellow came
to be quite a friend of ours. He en
joyed his meals immensely and spent
the evenings telling us stories that
would tickle a ghost’s scalp. We real
ly 'enjoyed his yarns.
Then came the- day of the unveil
ing. Uncle Oswald came out of the
door and in his usual pompous man
ner asked us in to see the portrait.
We went in a hurry. After taking his
time in seating us, a-nd taking his
stance at the end of the organ, he ask
ed the artist to bring the portrait
forth.
Chills still shoot up and down my
spine as I think of that crucial mo
ment. And there was Uncle Oswald
in the flesh . . . and what evidently
was supposed to look like him. Well,
if you were sea-sick, ate hot glue and
had 'a dream of Uncle Oswald, he
would probably look like that.
He had his leg-of-mutton side
burns, an enormous nose that looked
like a safety beacon, cheeks that
seemed to be molded from hardened
pork fryings, and a chin like the Rock
of Gibraltar. Perched above a per
fect rose-bud mouth was a great
handle-bar moustache like the horns i
of a Texas long-horn steer. It was
stupendous . . and' the sight of it fair- i
ly startled us. I snickered out loud, I
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and Father with a great horny hand
to cover the smile on his own face
shook his head at me.
Mother was a better poker player
than any of us.
“Oswald,” she said, “That’s what
I call a really marvellous picture.*’
We all agreed in solemn faced uni
son. And then started in to really ad
mire the portrait.' The flattery was
as thick as hardened honey. Oswald
took a second and third look, and then
after smiling in a pleased way said:
“It will do, young man.”
And so, rather than hurt Uncle Os
wald’s feelings that portrait was hung
in the front room. Mother used to
say, she winced every time company
came, and she used to try and place
it in the darkest corner possible. For
a time after Mrs. Phil.came to Lazy
Meadows and my relatives had de
parted this life, it still remained’in the
front room. I suppose Mrs. Phil was
rather timid about taking down any
portraits of my relatives, but things
came to a pass one day when a very
flippant niece of mine came to see us.
She was trying to drone “peppy” mus
ic out of that wheezy old organ, and
then suddenly stopped in the middle
when she saw the picture
claimed:
“Who’s that dopey-faced
ena?”
Next day the portrait was
to the .attic and I never saw it again
until today. Age certainly hasn’t im
proved. it. It looks just as bad today
as it did on that day when it was
formally unveiled in the front sitting
room.
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and ex-$100,000,000 Public Works
Plan Reported
Ottawa •— There were reports on
Parliament Hill that the Government
will ‘ disclose a $100,000,000 public
works program when the supplemen
tary estimates are tabled in the Com
mons within; the next few weeks
no official confirmation could be
tained.
old hy-
$750,000 Fire Loss In
Quebec Asylum
Quebec — Hundred of incurably in
sane patients in the blazing St. .Mich
el L’Archange Hospital were evacu
ated' from the huge asylum as fire
raging for 14 hours in t'he men’s sec
tion bit into the main building of the
institution. After 1,8'00 men patients
had been removed to safety during
the day, another 700 men and women
were led out of their quarters, some
struggling with policemen and guards
and a few in strait jackets. Only 300
remained unmoved in the asylum, one
of North America’s largest.
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871,000 Receiving Government Aid'
Ottawa — A’total of 871,000 per
sons in Canada were on urban and
agricultural aid in December, accord-
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Wheat Bonus Loss Is
$48,000,000 for Year
Ottawa — Announcement of
discontinuance of the minimum price
method of bonusing wheat growers of
the Prairie Provinces in the coming
crop year, starting next August 1st,
was made by Agriculture Minister
Gardiner in the House 'of Commons.
Outlines of a complete new wheat
marketing policy were laid before the
House. The policy involves substitu
tion of an acreage bonus to meet em
ergency situations arising from crop
CERTAIN INCOME TAX
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be filed on or before Feb. 28 are as ,
follows, according to a notice pasted ]
at the post office by R. J. Roberts, i
assistant inspector of the Dominion
Income Tax Department: *
Trustees, executors, administrators,
agents and assignees accumulating in
come or making distribution to bene
ficiaries.
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Next month German military
strength will have reached a new
high. What will happen then is yet
conjecture. Germany’s navy will be
augmented by the Bismarck (LEFT)
a 35,000-tou battleship, largest the
Eelth has ever built, It will go along-
side the battleship SchartihosL “This | proud ships by their crews at Scapa
is a Resurrection/* declared Hitler as
he watched the launching of the Bis
marck, Like the Gniesetiatt (BOT
TOM) the new battleship recalls lhe
days when the German navy sailed
the sea and before the Scuttling of the
Flow. With this new
marines such as the
(TOP) Hitler hopes
the North Sea. Mis strength, how
ever, is limited by treaty to 40 per
tent, of Britain's fleet.
navy and sub-
250-ton model
again to enter