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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1939-05-11, Page 6WINGHAM ADVANCE-TIMES Thursday, May Uth, 1939' SYNOPSIS When the wealthy foster parents of ’Marjorie Wetherill both die she finds .a letter telling her that she has a twin .sister, that she was adopted when her own parents couldn’t afford to sup­ port both of them and that her real name is Dorothy Gay. Alone in the worljd, but with a fortune of her own, she considers looking up her own fam­ ily whom she has never seen. A nei­ ghbour, Evan Brower, tries to argue her out of it and tells her he loves her and asks her to marry him. She pro­ mises to think it over but decides first to see her family. She goes to their address, finds that they are destitute and gradually persuades them to ac­ cept things they need. When the doc­ tor calls to see her mother she notices that he seems particularly interested in her sister. Marjorie goes to church in Brentwood, where her family used to live, and becomes very much inter­ ested in the young minister there, with whom she later has lunch in the city. While at Brentwood she sees the home her family formerly owned, buys it back for them and gives the deed to it to her father on Christmas morning. The whole family is very joyful. Meanwhile Betty meets Ellery Aiken, a man she used to know, who asks her and Marjorie to go to a night club. Marjorie refuses, but Betty agrees to go and starts out with him. Betty was disappointed too in the car he had brought. He had told her he had the use of a new car, but this one sounded like an old tin pan as it rattled along. Somehow she began to suspect that the evening was going to be as cheap as the car. It had never seemed to her before that Ellery was coarse. She had al­ ways thought him extremely amusing, but tonight he seemed to select the most questionable stories on his list to tell her, and when she did not res­ pond warmly to his mirth he looked at her sharply. “What’s the matter, Baby? Getting high-hat with your glad rags? You better getwarmed up or you won’t go down a little bit where I’m taking you. I’ve got a fella wants ta meet ya, some swell! Got millions!” Betty was suddenly a little fright­ ened. . “I thought I was going with you, Ellery. I didn’t know there were oth­ er men along. Perhaps I wouldnlt_ care to meet them!” “Wouldn’t care to meet ’em! What’s gettin’ ya? Watcha goin’ for, then? You didn’t suppose we were just go­ in’ ta sit around and hold hands all the evening together, did ya? I’ve got other girls ta dance with. I can’t just stay with you, ya know.” Ellery didn’t state that he was paid by the club to dance with other girls, but that was really the case. a s low FAJRES1 1 FARE and ORE-QUARTER For Round Trip KING’S BIRTHDAY Saturday. Ma, 20th Going noon Friday, May 19 until 2.00 P.M. (JE.S.T.) Sunday, May 21. Return: Leave desti­ nation up to midnight Monday, May 22, 1939. VICTORIA DAY Wednesday, May 24th Going anytime Tuesday,May 23 tmtil 2.00 P.M. (E.S.T.) Wed­ nesday, May 24. Return: Leave destination up to midnight Thursday, May 25, 1939. Vor faresand further inf or matton apply to any Agent. .’Hit CANADIAN NATIONAL 1 “I think perhaps you’d better take J me home again, Ellery. I don’t think I care to go, after all.” “Aw, you gettin’ cold feet, are you? But you Baby.” “But I stranger, “I had no idea—” Ellery saw that he was going to have trouble and he had no time for that, so he set himself to soothe her. “Now, Baby, don’t you worry! going to be marvelous! You said wanted ta see the night clubs and arranged to give you an eyeful.” Betty felt a» strange cold draught about her heart. She was growing more and more frightened. Ellery strung his long arm around her shoulders and drew her up close to him but she drew away again and sat up very straight. “ ’S the matter, Babe? Ain’t sore, are ya?’’ he said as he brought the car up in front of a sordid looking ' place. Betty had expected to see glit­ ter in a night club, but this place looked fairly grubby, the more so as ’ they entered. It was blue with smoke. . This was a different world, right en- . ough. She shrank back at the door, , but he pushed her forward. ( “Right over here, Baby! Got a J,table reserved for four. Nice party! , Other girl’s real refined. You'll like her. Sit down. We’ll have a little cocktail to start things going and get , us warmed up.” Betty sat down fearfully and look- . ed about her. She didn’t care for the . look of the men in the place. Surely don’t get out of it now, don’t care to go Ellery!” she cried • - n with a agasht. It’s you I’ve “You don’t-get out of it now, Baby/’ he said. emphasiz- and when keep her must not let her first taste She was himself. Henot this could not be one of the nicer places. She met bold intimate glances appraising her, and- shrank in her soul. The women wore more make­ up than she liked. It gave them a hard look. Perhaps the haze of smoke that hung over everything ed it. Ellery ordered cocktails, they came Betty tried to hand from trembling as she raised the glass to her lips. Ellery see that this of liquor. But Ellery was must have been drinking before he came for her. His loud excited voice seemed to rasp through her sensitive nerves. Then the other two of the party ar­ rived. A small dark girl with no back to her dress. The man with. her was overweight with a bulging stomach and heavy bags under his small eyes. But the eyes twinkled when they saw Betty. He kept them on her for a full minute and she felt as if he had seen into her soul. She barely kept herself from shuddering. She loathed him. He wore an enormous diamond on his little finger. Another in his tie. His lips were thick and fulsome. The floor show that was presently put on was almost a relief to Betty, though in spite of its glitter she was soon disgusted with the girls. After the show Ellery asked the, other girl if she would like to dance, Left alone with the otjier man Bet­ ty was terribly frightened. But she mustn’t let him .see it, of course. She must try to think of something to talk about until Ellery came back, and then she would demand that he take her home at once. But she couldn’t think of a thing to say, and the man was looking at her. She hated that. The man asked her to dance, she shook her head. “Thank you, no, I don’t feel dancing;” she said languidly. He offered her cigarettes but shook' her head, He looked at her puzzled, “What ate you, anyway? Don’t wantta dance, don’t wantta smoke, don’t wantta drink, Guess you’re a kind of a frost, aren’t you?% “Yes,” said Betty trying to keep but like she “you go and find me and tell him I’ve Tell him I want him her a minute and her lips from trembling, “that’s what I am, a frost! That’s what I’m trying to be — a frost!” He gave her another puzzled look. “You’re deep! That’s what you are, you’re deep!” he decided. “Yes,” said Betty quickly. “I’m deep. I’m deep water frozen over!” “Well,” said the man lifting his weight and moving his chair nearer to her, “I’ve got to look into this.” ' “I’ll tell you what you can do,” she said with a shaky little voice that was trying to be gay, Ellery Aiken for been taken sick, right away!” He stared at laughed. “Is this some joke?” he asked. He wasn’t exceedingly keen or he would have seen that she was frightened. But then he and he was perceptions. “No!” she I’m sick! Get Ellery for me He studied her stupidly minute and then he said: “All rightie, darling, if you so it mus.ht be so! I’ll do my besht!” He got -up and tottered off, but then to her horror he turned back again and leaning over her chair said: “You wouldn’t razyer I’d take you home, m’self?” “No, thank you!” she said drawing a deep breath and feeling suddenly faint. The world seemed whirling un­ der her. But he went away and was among the dancers. had been drinking freely somewhat foggy in his said sharply. “It’s true! quick!” another shay it’s lost Her estimate of Ellery had gone down a good deal, yet she was glad to see his familiar form wending its way toward her, even though unstead­ ily. , “Wha’s the matter, Baby? Didn’ya like the millionaire I got for ya, dar­ ling? Poor fish been taking too many drinks.' I’ll get ya’nuther fella!” "No, no! Eellery. I want to go home! I’m sick!” she shuddered and certainly did look sick. “Aw, Baby! Don’t get harsh with me! I’m your own dear Ellery! You wouldn’t do that to me! Come on, Baby! Have it yo-ur own way then. We’ll go home!” Ellery was really drunk. She wasn’t used to drunken men. She didn’t know what strange things they could do. But when she saw the car start off with a leap and a shock she was more frightened than she had ever been in her life. They were going at such a wild pace now that Betty felt that every moment might be her last. Past red lights they dashed on and the tears rolled down Betty’s cheeks as she gripped the seat and tried to keepjier balance. “Here! Here! Isn’t this Aster Street? Yes, let’s- stop here! This will do nicely.” - “This it? Okay by me! Let’s just park awhile an’ get a little sleep, Baby!” said the gallant k’night bring­ ing his car up toe the curb with such a flourish that he mounted the curb, and headed right into the pole that held the street sigh. Betty thought the end was coming .and she had a wild thought of her mo­ ther, wondering who would tell her. The next second came the shock and she*was thrown’to her knees with her head against the ’dashboard of the car, stunned for the minute. Then her senses returned and she could hear El­ lery talking, apologizing over and ov­ er to the sign post. Frightened and bruised apd tremb­ ling, Betty managed to get the car door open ahd stumble out to the Street, Slid looked wildly back at Ellery, but he was unconscious of her pres­ ence, Already he was drawing long loud breaths in a drunken sleep. Then she fled up the dark street. Keith Sheridan coming home that evening from a hard drive which had taken him into the country on a road that had a long rough detour, turned into the city at last with a sigh of re­ lief. He was tired out and needed a good night’s rest. As he turned a corner he noticed a car ahead of him being crazily driv­ en, turning a corner on two wheels and tearing madly away. A block far­ ther on the same car came around an­ other corner straight at him, and he barely avoided a collision. He swerv­ ed away from the catastrophe and looked ahead to where the car was dashing up on the sidewalk. He heard the crash of the pole and the splinter­ ed glass of a windshield, heard a girl’s voice cry out in fear, and then silence. Quickly he drove to the spot to see if anyone was hurt. He stopped his car and listened. He heard a man talking, but there seemed to be no girl, and he was about to drive on, when suddenly he saw a stealthy form like a shadow slip out the other door of the car and topple up the street in the sliadow of the houses. He started his car slowly again and followed watching. And now Betty was aware of a car, and tried to hurry faster. Blindly she ran, then caught her toe in a brick of the pavement and fell prostrate. For a minute the breath was knock­ ed from her body so that she thought she was dying, and then she felt someone lift her, and she froze with horror again. Had Ellery run after her and caught her? Oh, she wished that she had died! Rather anything than to be in his powe.r again. The doctor lifted her very tenderly and looked into her fa'ce, gently lift­ ed one of her eyelids, and in the flare of a street light Betty suddenly re­ cognized him. “Oh, Doctor, Doctor, you won’t tell Mother, will you?” she gasped. “It would kill Mother- to know I had done this!” And suddenly Betty burst into a flood of tears and buried her face in the breast of the doctor’s big fur-lin­ ed overcoat. “Betty! Is it you, dear child!” The doctor’s voice was very tender^ and he held her close in his arms an in­ stant looking quickly up and down the street. He quipkly strode with her in his arms to his car, and put her in. “You won’t tell Mother!” pleaded Betty between the sobs. “No, of course not, dear child! Now —tell me all about it.” “Oh—I went out—with a young man from the office.—I thought he was all right—he was going to take me to a night club!” Betty was talk­ ing very fast, trying to get her breath and tell a coherent story, but her sobs interrupted her. “He took me — to a dreadful place. It was awful! Everybody was drunk! —I was' frightened. I made him bring me home. But I found he was drunk too! He wouldn’t stop—and let me —out!” She gave way in another burst of tears, and he put both arms about her and held her close again, as if he were comforting a little child. “Oh, I’m so—so—glad you came! thought he was—chasing—me!” I World News Poland Rejects Hitler’s Demands Warsaw — Foreign Minister Joseph Beck of Poland replied to Germany with firm rejection of Chancellor Hit­ ler’s demands for Danzig and a wide German right of way thrpugh the Po­ lish corridor, but left the door open for further “peaceful conversations.” Speaking before the Polish parlia­ ment, and interrupted constantly by thunderous applause, the Foreign Minister declared that the Polish cor- ridor and rights, in the Free City of Danzig belonged to Poland and Poland would not give them up. that Fear Jugoslavia Danger Spot Paris — The French Government added Jugoslavia to Danzig as a pos­ sible danger spot to be watched close­ ly in the international situation. Dip­ lomatic circles were concerned over what they described as a delicate sit­ uation in Jugoslavia caused by break­ down of minority negotiations be­ tween the Croats and the Serbs. They considered this almost as important as the more obviqus deadlock between Poland and Germany over the future of the Free City of Danzig. New Dominion Loan Ottawa «-- Finance Minister Charles Dunning announced that on Wednes­ day the Bank of Canada will receive subscriptions for a new Dominioh of Canada loan in two maturities of three' and 19 years, bearing interest at 1% and 3 per cent, respectively. Holders of $115,202,500 Dominion of Canada, bonds due hr 1939 will have the op­ portunity to convert their- bonds into either maturity or the new loam Cash subscriptions of $50,000,000 will be in­ vited. The ld'an will take the form of 1U per cent bonds due May 15,1942, priced at 99.375 and accrued interest, to yield approximately 1,72 per cent to maturity and three per cent, bonds due June 1, 1958, priced at 98.50 and accrued interest. Dr Snyder Not Guilty of Manslaughter Toronto—Dr. Warren . Snyder, sus­ pended coroner of Mimico and form­ er University of Toronto football star, was acquitted of a manslaughter charge by an assize court jury after 4’4 hours’' deliberation. Acquittal came for the great running halfback of a decade ago after his second trial. Tlie jury disagreed at his. first hear­ ing,’ The charge was laid after Dr. Snyder’s car knocked-Reginald Clem­ ents from his bicycle on a North Tor­ onto street near midnight October 6, killing him almost instantly. German Press Angry at Poland Berlin — Germany insists now as before that Danzig must be returned to the Reich, a propaganda ministry official said, obviously on a .hint from Berchtesgaden where Chancellor Hit­ ler conferred with his aides on the dis­ pute with Poland over, demands for Danzig and a strip through Pomorze (the Polish Corridor). The control­ led press at the same time dropped all restraint; anger with Beck who who accused of insulting the Fuehrer, blazed forth in all headlines. Chinese Flee Capital Chungking — Refugess streamed by the thousands from this wartime cap­ ital of China in flight from Japanese bombers and fires which burned in many sections of the city. To casual­ ties now estimated to run as high as 3,000, were added hundreds believed to have died in fires started by incen­ diary bombs. How many actually per­ ished will never be known. Eire Faces Critical Years Dublin—The next five or ten years will be the most critical in the history of Eire, in the view of Sean Lemass, minister of industry and commerce. The minister told those attending the Wellington Mutual Fire Insurance Co. Established 1840. Risks taken on all classes of insur­ ance at reasonable rates. Head Office, Guelph, Ont. COSENS & BOOTH, Agents, * Wingham. DR. R. L. STEWART PHYSICIAN Telephone 29. 0 Dr. Robt. C. REDMOND M.R.C.S. (England) L.R.C.P. (London) PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON DR. W. M. CONNELL PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Phone 19. W. A. CRAWFORD, M.D. Physician and Surgeon Located at the office of the late Dr. X P. Kennedy. Phone 15t. Wlngham official opening of a Dublin choco­ late factory; “In those repair the ravages of bujld a firm foundation prosperity—or we will failure will mean the ultimate disap­ pearance of our nation. We must not fail, and' we cannot fail,” years we will the past and for the future fail, and our 'mans Anti-Nazi Germans Gather Kitchener — Anti-Nazi Ger: from all parts of Canada are coming here this week in a three-day confer­ ence, Chief subject of discussion will be in connection with suitable ways of dealing with alleged Nazi activities in Canada. Near Shut-Down of Soft Coal The United States soft coal indus­ try moved toward a nearly complete shutdown when members of the Unit­ ed Mine workers in 13 more states laid down their picks and those in five others prepared to do likewise. New Soviet Foreign Minister Maxim Litvinoff, Russia’s foreign minister, Who was removed suddenly from his post in the midst of negotia­ tions for a British-French-Soviet alli­ ance to halt aggression. His succes­ sor is Vyacheslaff Molotoff, said to be Stalin’s right-hand man, who will assume the role in addition to his pre­ sent position which equals that of a premier. Saskatchewan Plans Youth Training Regina — A $90,000 forestry con­ servation program and youth training scheme for Saskatchewan, coupled with a fur farm training assistance policy were announced recently by Hon. W. F. Kerr, minister of natural resources. declared stake in France to Defend Her Security Paris — Premier Daladier in an unexpected statement that the “future of civilzation” is at .... . the present European crisis, and that France is determined to defend her Dr. W. A. McKibbon, B.A PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Located at the Office of the Late Dr. H. W. Colbome. Office Phone 54. J. W. BUSHFIELD Barrister, Solicitor, Notary, Etc. ' Money to Loan. Office — Meyer Block, Wingham J. H. CRAWFORD Barrister, Solicitor, Notary, Etc. Bonds, Investments & Mortgages Wirigham Ontario R. S. HETHERINGTON BARRISTER and SOLICITOR Office — Morton Block. Telephone No. 66. F A. PARKER OSTEOPATH AU Diseases Treated. Office adjoining residence next to Anglican Church on Centre St Sunday by appointment. Osteopathy Electricity Phone 272. Hours, 9 a.m. to I p.m, t 'security. The real issue, he asserted, is “domination or collaboration in Europe,” He said the will of the French people to defend themselves is “unbreakable.” May Be No Election ThistYear The Canadian Government has abandoned any thought of a federal election this year and instead is plan­ ning a general vote in the spring of 1940, prominent Liberals of London- have been informed from Ottawa. Cash to Citizens for Criminals Toronto — Attorney-General Gor­ don Conant announced the Ontario: Government would offer dash re­ wards, honor medals and scrolls for- persons who perform outstanding ser­ vice in the apprehension or pursuit of. criminals. Wheat Price Advanced to 70c ’ Ottawa — An initial payment of 70’ cents a bushel for wheat sold to the Wheat Board up to a maximum of 5,000 bushels from any one produced in one crop year is provided in the re­ printed amendment to the Canadian Wheat Board Act. “The strength of a man consists in? finding out the Way God is going, and going in that way too.” — H. W. Beecher. HARRY FRYFOGLE Licensed Embalmer and Funeral Director Furniture and Funeral Service Ambulance Service. Phones: Day 109W. Night 109J. THOMAS FELLS AUCTIONEER REAL ESTATE SOLD A Thorough Knowledge of Farm Stock. Phone 231, Wingham. Consistent Advertising in The Advance-Times Gets Results J 1 ALVIN FOX Licensed Drugless Practitioner CHIROPRACTIC - DRUGLESS THERAPY - RADIONIC EQUIPMENT /Hours by Appointment Phone 191. Wingham A. R. & F. E. DUVAL CHIROPRACTORS CHIROPRACTIC and ELECTRO THERAPY North Street — Wtafhiun Telephone SM.