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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1941-02-27, Page 3wCTwwy ..... Thursday, February 27,1941 *»■> Save Money By Prepaying & 1 ' '' ‘ " i, WIWCHAM IHCPRPO^ATep // **e*Ht«»‘**’*^ Town of Wingham 1941 Taxes Taxpayers may make payments on account of 1941 taxes up to 90 per cent, of 1940 taxes. Interest at the’rate of Five per cent, per an­ num'will be allowed on such prepayments. Prepayments of taxes must be made at the Town Treasurer’s Office, Town Hall. W. A. GALBRAITH, Treasurer, Town of Wingham. points in the city,May Order Daylight Saving ’ Ottawa — Present indications are. that to conserve power for war indus­ tries Daylight Saving Time-will have to be generally adopted through On­ tario and Quebec “and possibly for all Canada,” Munitions Minister Howe said in a statement. Senior Military Officers Confer Ottawa — The "two-day conference of Canada's senior military officers ended with a statement from Maj.-Gen. H. D. G. Crerar, chief of the general staff, describing the deliberations as “extremely successful.” Holland To Be Nazi Amsterdam — The Netherlands of ■the future must be a Nazi state, a Ger­ man party speaker told ‘an audience here in the first of a series of joint meetings backed by Antofi Mussert’s Netherland National Socialists and the German Nazi party. Dill and Eden in Egypt London —- Foreign Secretary Anth­ ony Eden and Gen.. Sir John Dill, chief of the imperial general staff, were dis­ closed to be in Egypt on a visit deem­ ed highly significant in view of the uncertain attitude , of Turkey and c Greece toward the threat of Nazi in­ vasion. Army Takes Half of Estimate ' Ottawa — Close to half the $1,300,- 000,4)00 to be appropriated for war ex­ penditure in the next fiscal year will be required by the army, Finance Min­ ister Ilsley told the House of Com­ mons. The Air Department will re­ quire $421,000,000, the navy $181,000,- 000, and other departments $32,000,000 the minister said, but he, emphasized that these estimates were necessarily subject to radical change. Planes Routed to Singapore New York — The New York Her­ ald Tribune says approximately 200 American-built Lockheed and Consoli­ dated bombing planes, originally in­ tended for the Royal Air Force in England, are being flown from Cali­ fornia ports across the Pacific Ocean to Singapore. Food Riots in Paris London — Women carrying babies crowded around town halls in Paris suburbs and demanded milk while food rioting broke out at several Rumania Calls 1,000,000 Belgrade, Yugoslavia — has called nearly 1,000,000 servists to ■ active service He also praised the cheese bonus. e BELMORE Indians Must Win To-Night (Wed,) 1940 Roll To Be Returned March 3rd Paisley Took First Group Play-Off Game 7-5 . WINGHAM ADVANCE-TIMES ply, Miiptions ‘ Minister Howe an­ nounced, Encirclement Japan Claims Tokyo — The Japanese press accus­ ed Great Britain and the United States of heading a four-power scheme in­ tended to “encircle” Japan and For­ eign Minister Yosuke Mafsuoka as­ serted that continued British and Am­ erican defence preparations in the South Pacific would create a situation “attended by considerable danger.” A commentator in the newspaper -Nichi Niehl claimed that- “the Anglo-Sax­ ons” are cleverly trying tp spit Japan away from tlje German-Italian Axis. Japs Offer to Mediate London «- The Government inform­ ed the House of Commons that it had received, “a special message” from Jap­ an offering to mediate in the war and also accusing the United States and Britain of “war-like preparations” in the Pacific Ocean. INDIANS DROPPED FIRST GROUP GAME Owen Sound Flier Killed ■ Ottawa — LAC. N. G. Lee died in hospital of injuries suffered in the crash of a training plane at Metcalfe, Ont,, 20 miles south of here. His next- of-kin was listed at Royal Canadian Air Force headquarters as his mother, Mrs. L. M. Lee, of Owen Sound, Ont, Italians Issue Call in East Rome — All available native and It­ alian man -power in Eritrea, Ethiopia and Italian Somaliland is being called to the defence of the East African Em­ pire against Britain’s advancing forces, Italian sources claimed. Ontario Would Have Lost $6,019,000 by Sirois Plan Ottawa — Losses for two provinces and gains for seven on the basis of 1940 financing forecasts would have resulted from implementation of re­ commendations by the Rowell-Sirois Commission on Dominion-Provincial relations, according to statistics tabled in the House of Commons by Finance Minister Ilsley. The tabled documents estimated that if the Sirois recommen­ dations had been in effect, Ontario would have lost $6,019,000 in the 1940 fiscal year, on the basis of the On­ tario Government’s forecast of the province’s financial position. * On. the same basis, British Columbia’s position would have been $3,611,000 worse. Rumania army re­ effective March 15, diplomats both here and in Bulgaria . were informed, presumably to relieve the large German forces now standing at her frontier with Russia. , Communists Drop Litvinoff Moscow — A new housecleaning by the Communist party. swept Maxim Litvinoff, the former foreign commis­ sar, off* the party’s central committee ‘and removed Paulina K. Zhemchuz- ■hina, wife of Vyacheslaff Molotoff, present premier and foreign commis­ sar, as a candidate for the same group. Says Australia Can Defend Herself . Lqndon — Prime Minister Robert Menzies of Australia warned Britain of “elements of danger” in the Pacific and declared no nation must think that Australia is "unwilling or incap­ able of defending herself.” To Insure Orderly War Supply Ottawa — An order-in-council has been passed putting into effect a pri­ orities plan “designed to assure that all war requirements of the Crown will be met in an orderly fashion” and con­ ferring extensive powers on the direc­ tor-general of the priorities branch of the department of munitions and sup- $50,000,000 Advance Income Tax Ottawa —■ Revenue Minister Gibson announced that up to last Tuesday $50,000,000 had been received by the Government in advance payments of income tax, provided for in an eight- month instalment plan. Turkey Relations Unchanged Istanbul, Turkey — The Turkish press insisted that the Turkish-Burg- arian non-aggression agreement in no way affects Turkey’s relations with Greece and Britain. 1— Paisley, Fenton 2— Paisley, Paddon (Thompson) 542 3— Wingham, Cy. Proctor ,,.,,..........16.02 4— 'Paisleyt Craig .......—.......-4^.30 5— Wingham, Foster (Nichol) .48.20 6— Paisley, Thompson (Book) .49.30 Penalties—-Cordick, Fromanger 2, Paddon, 2nd Period 7— Paisley, Dudgeon (Paddon) ......6.00 8— Wingham, Cy. Proctor ——41.00 9— .Wingham, Foster (Fromanger) .....................,......48.00 10— Paisley, Craig .......,-.,,,.,..,..,.,,,....,.,,49,00, Penalties—IJaddon, Grant, English, Fromanger, Craig. * 3rd Period 11— Paisley,Thompson (Fenton) 14,50 12— Wingham, Foster (C. Proctor) :.............................19.55 Penalties—Paddon 2, Book, English 2. Mrs. Wm. McKinney and family. Mrs, Robe McMurray and sons spent a week at Stratford with her father and sister. We are glad to hear Mrs. Alex. Howell is better and up again, RETIREMENT The Day Prayer will be observed in the Presbyterian Church Friday af­ ternoon. The missionary meeting will be at the home of Mrs. Arthur Fitch Wednesday afternoon, A Red Cross quilting was held at rhe home of Mrs. Shutter Thursday and Friday, Mrs. H. Johann will open her home for the next one. , Thursday eyening Mr. and Mrs, W, King gave a party to their friends, It was with regret we learned that Mr. Norman Baiers had sold his stock to. a Mitchell gentleman, A presenta­ tion was held Monday evening at Lane’s School, particulars not yet to hand. Mr. and M?s. Baiers have cat­ ered to the public in a most obliging and cheerful way, having made a host of friends who are sorry to see them leave, Margaret, Bruce and Jean Ruther­ ford are visiting their grandmother, Mrs. Newans. Miss Velma Baiers, of Gorrie, is vis­ iting at the general store. Mr. Robt. Curie is on the sick list, The fast-travelling Paisley Sunocos won a 7-5 verdict on Monday night in that Bruce town and now have one game, in hand in the group play-offs. The Indians will have to c-ome through to-night (Wednesday) to stay in the running as this is a two out of three series. They say they will do just that, and the fans who went to Paisley are just as confident that the series will be all tied up after the second game. Paisley were strengthened by the addition of Babe Book, of Lucknow, and their fast, clever player, Dick Craig, who did not play against the Indians before, was a tower of strength. When he gets going he is a dangerous man. The Indians had their regular line-up they used all sea­ son, Bill Young who has played two games with the locals, was not on the job- • The game was fast from the drop of the hat and the Sunocos got two -in the first five minutes of play before the Indians became accustomed to the style of play on the small ice surface. After that the Indians had the more of the play but could not get by Kelleher who played a star game. Cordick and Fromanger mixed it up and from; a face-off near the Paisley goal Cy Proc­ tor' scored a .beauty. Paddon was chased and when the Indians were ganging the net, Craig broke away and made no mistake. Paddon-was still in the hoose-gow when Foster took Len Nichol’s pass to score. Craig was away again but Fromanger flipped him' and while he was in the cooler Thompson made it 4-2. Fromanger was still in the penalty box when the second opened. For five minutes the Indians .had the puck,in Paisley territory but Kelleher was too good. Paddon boarded English and the Indians sure turned on the heat. Paddon was back on for only a, few seconds when he passed to Dudgeon to put Paisley three up. Foster was rac­ ing in on .goal and Grant tripped him. He was off when Cy. beat' Kelleher with the period just over the half-way mark. It was up and down the ice in fast order for a few minutes, then Fos­ ter took Fromanger’s pass and scored with two minutes -to go. English trip­ per Cordick and while he was off Craig broke through and beat Struke with a half-minute to go. Fromanger and Cordick then staged a fist duel and were given five minutes. These two gladiators were still rest­ ing for the opening of the last session. The Indians were really getting the play and were pressing hard. Cy. tore down the left side and Paddon charg­ ed him. Book and English had a spar­ ring duel and Book was chased. With two short foi* about a minute, Paisley held the Indians off, putting up a great defensive display. Cordick broke loose and Fromanger went after him. Struke went down to save and was hutr when Fromanger passed over him. He was back after a few minutes. The Indians had the big part of the play just at this time but no dice. Paisley worked in, Thompson took a pass from Fenton and it was 7-4. English bounced Craig into the boards and Was banished and was back on the ice only a few minutes when he and Pad­ don went off for mixing it up with the upper extremities. With five sec­ onds to go, the Indians were rewarded for pressing hard, Foster scoring from the side of the net on Cy’s pass. The bell went and Paisley had tucked the first game of the series away, 7-5. Wingham: goal, Struke; def., Fro- mangcr, English; centre, Cy. Proctor; wings, D. Proctor, G. Johnson; alt., Elliott, Foster, Nichol, Mitchell. Paisley: goal, Kelleher;, def., Pad­ don, Craig; centre, Cordick; wings, Dudgeon, Johnston; alternates, Book, Fenton, Thompson, Sutherland, Grant. Referee, Tory Gregg; Linesman, Butch Bruder. 1st Period TURNBERRY RELIEF STOPS MARCH 1st Minutes of Council meeting held in Bluevale, Feb. 3, 1941. Members were all present. Moved by Breckenridge and Wilton that the minutes of last meeting be adopted as read. Carried, The following letters were received and read: Salvation Army, London; Dept, of Public Welfare, Toronto; Twp. Carrick, Mildmay; City of Strat­ ford, Stratford; Dept, of Highways, Hamilton, Moved by Moffat and Breckenridge that all. direct relief be discontinued the 1st of March, 1941, as many farm­ ers are now looking for help and work can be obtained. Carried. Moved by.M'offatt and Porter that we extend thq time for Collector to re­ turn Roll, 1940, to March 3rd, 1941, at 1 p.m. Carried. The following accounts were paid: Relief $19.66; Road Acct., $34.00; Sun­ dry $155.67. Moved by Porter and Wilton that we adjourn to meet at Bluevale Mon­ day, March 3rd, 1941, at 1 p.m. Car­ ried. W. R. Cruikshank, Clerk. EX-WINGHAMITE NOW SOLDIER IN BLIGHTY This Letter Shows That Our Soldiers Are Not In The Least Downhearted Editor’s Note—The following letter was received from Stan. Halliday, son of Mr. and Mrs. David Halliday, by Mr. Howard Sherbondy, lasit week. If you have interesting letters from over­ seas, we would be very happy to re­ ceive them and publish extracts from them. R. Grain, Reeve. WESTFIELD week Mrs. E. A. Vanstone AGENT — WINGHAM enforced than it arrested under a firing squad in effort is being PORKERS FOR PROFIT WHILE THEY WAIT Meh of an English Infant’y regiment in the eastern command have found a profitable way for ’isxsing the time while awaiting the start of Germany’s long-threatened invasion. They raise pigs, and have at the moment oyer 70 porkers in process of fattening for market. Pro­ ceeds of the hog farming go to provide comforts fbt the troops, The rrunter shown hero is more of a pet than an investment Hanson Criticized Government Ottawa — Describing the Govern­ ment’s record for the past 18 months as “an all-time high in futility,” Op­ position Leader Hanson charged that the measure of Canada's war effort had been “governed by political expedi­ ency.” Would Split Relief 2-1 Toronto — The Ontario Govern­ ment is prepared to split the relief cost load on a proportional basis, as close to a 66 2-3 and 33 1-3 division as is conveniently possible to fix, Premier Hepburn and Welfare Minister N. O. Hipel will advise the Ontario Mayors’ Association delegates. Italy Feeling Pinch of War Rome — War-time economy is lay­ ing its hand on Italy after months of almost peace-time conditions in the, midst of war. Food rationing, still less drastic than in other countries of Eur­ ope, is more rigidly was. Hoarders are threat of shooting by extreme cases. An made to control skyrocketing prices. Germans to Loose 606 Submarines London — A German undersea of­ fensive, loosing 600? submarines on British shipping, was predicted for the spring by a neutral naval source who declared the campaign would be either in preparation or a momentary substi­ tute for 'Hitler's promised invasion, Ontario Bonus Praised, Ottawa — The hog and cheese bon­ uses announced iit the Ontario Legis­ lature will help Ontario farmers and improve quality production, agricul­ ture officials Stated here. “The hog bonus will have a tendency to main­ tain and improve breeding, in Ontario” said Agriculture Minister Gardiner, Wife Preservers wheu boiling a chuliflowei* whole, put it m ths saucepan up^kle-down so that any scum on tne water will net affect the white part, • Miss Mabel Cook spent last with Mrs. Charles Scott, of Auburn. We are sorry to hear that Mrs. T. Gear is confined to her bed, and hope for a speedy recovery. ■"Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Robertson, of 'Copped Cliff, visited recently with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Straughan. Reeve R. Raymond is in Toronto this week attending a meeting of the Good Roads Committee. Mr. John Gear, of London, spent the week-end with his mother, Mrs. T. Gear. Rev. Reycraft and Mrs. Reycraft, of Picton, are visiting Rev. H. C. Wil­ son and Mrs. Wilson. Owing to the storm of last week, school was closed a couple of days and the mail carrier was unable to make his rounds Wednesday and Thursday, On Sunday Rev. H. C. Wilson spoke on theclife of “John”, the disciple, tak­ ing his text from the 21st chapter of St. John “That disciple whom Jesus loved." Congratulations are extended to Mr. and Mi’s. Roland Vincent, who on Sunday quietly celebrated their wedding anniversary. and We our 31st ASHFIELD Owing to the severe snow storm last week, a number of the schools were closed, and no mail for three days on some of the routes, but the roads arc passable now. We are pleased to hear that Mr. D. K. Alton and Miss Grace Campbell are both able to be up every day now. Miss Jean Cameron is spending two or three weeks with her cousin, Mrs. Robertson, Windsor. Miss Elmira Alton- spent a few days with Miss Vera Little, near Courey’s Corners. Born—To Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Mac- Kenzie, Lake Shore Road, Monday, Feb. 10th, in Goderich Hospital, a daughter. Born-—Ou. Monday, Feb. 17, to Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Nixon, a son. MORRIS Miss Isobel McKinnon, of Kitchen­ er, spent the week-end with her par­ ents. Mr. George Wheeler attended the funeral of Ins mother at Brussels on Monday afternoon. Mr, Chas, Johnston has been visit­ ing with friends at Auburn and other places for the past couplo of weeks, Mr, Eldon McKinney, of Toronto, spent the week-end with Mr, and Mrs, Won, McKinney and other friends. Mrs. George Harman and the War­ wick Brothers spent Sunday with Mr. Titos. Warwick and Mr, Geo, Harman in the hospital at Loudon, Mr. and Mrs, Chas. Bosman sons visited on Sunday with Mr, and and even going shopping with hey........... And over the sea, near Glasgow, Scot­ land, there is a little pig that has de­ veloped an extraordinary love for the farmer’s wife, accompanies her in her rounds, and shows its dislike of her dog, should he appear, ’ by prodding and pushing the dog away.* * ♦ It is said that if you toss a penny into the river when you are-crossing Scotland’s famous Forth Bridge, it will bring you goo^d luck. Anyway, people have believed it for over 50 years, and an average of 500 people cross the bridge every day . . . The British Government is being urged to send a diver down ito recover the mon­ ey, that is believed to amount to near­ ly $200,000.* * * Over in Boston, Mass., 52-year-old William Hanley had a fall the other day. He saved a box of eggs that was in his pocket, unbroken — but broke his left leg in two places,* * ♦ The long arm of coincidence reach­ ed out at ithe recent annual convention of the Texas State Teachers’ Associa­ tion when Miss Minnie Behrns was introduced to Miss Minnie Behrns. They are both teachers, both mathe­ matics and science, neither are relat­ ed and neither had met before . . And to add to your collection, Mrs. Rogers; of Paterson did not choose room 711 when she went to hospital to have a baby. And yet her baby was bo§n at 7.11 p.m. and weighed 7 pounds 11 ounces. are are for 10- to- * * * And now •— a “hit and run” airplane pilot! A resident of Utah reports that as he and his family were motoring along a highway, an airplane swooped low, smashed the top of their sedan with its landing gear, barely missing two children in the rear seat. Then the plane zoomed away, a few feet above the pavement. Somewhere In England, Jan. 25th, 1941 Mr. Howard Sherbondy, Sec. Wingham Lodge 286, Oht., Canada. Dear Friends and Brother:—- 'No doubt you will be surprised to hear from me, but anyway Fere I am at last over here. I am feeling fine, but we have all had the cold since we came over. The weather is very damp and we get a good deal of rain' and some soft snow, the snow doesn't stay long, however.. We have not had any bombing raids now for five days and needless to say we are glad of that. I guess the fog is not helping him any. We landed over her Xmas day so we did not have any Xmas, had sandwiches and water from water bottles, so you' see it was not a very merry Xmas as far as meals went but that could not be helped. It was a very happy Xmas on the other hand for we were all very glad to get our ,feet on land again. Our itrip over was without incident except for some of the lads who were sea-sick. I Was O.K. and never missed a meal. The sea was pretty rough for the most of the way over but we were on a good liner and had fine quarters. We were in cabins, two and some­ times three to a cabin; we had white sheets on our beds and clothes closeits, and hot and cold running water, in them. If we had come over in the same style in pc-ace times it would have cost -us a nice penny. Out quarters here are fair, we warm and dry and even though we rationed wc get along very well eats. What we do need badly is baccy (pipe) and cigarette^. Pipe bacen is nearly $5.00 per lb., and cig­ arettes arc about twice what they are in Canada and the fags are only about half the size they are at home. If you see my father or mother, tell them you have heard from me and that I am fine. I have not had a scratch from Canada since we arrived and I am sure looking for mail. Tell any of the brothers back there that I would like to hear from them. I'll an­ swer them. I was up to Edinburgh on my land­ ing leave and had a swell time. The Scotch are a bid like the Canadian* and they just can’t do too much for one. We visited one well-to-do family and were driven all over the city. We sure had a swell time and a wonderful dinner, all free. They think the world and all of the Canadians, even the children followed us around begging souvenirs. We soon ran out of them. Well, Howard, old chap, I must close. Btit remember me to everyone back there, and write and let me know the news. Yours very truly, A-29159 Pte. D. S. Halliday, 21 L.A.D., R.C.O.C., C.A.S.F., Base P.O., Canada. P.S.—Our Corporal is getting very ill-tempered because he can’t buy chewing tobacco here. D. S. H. 5$ THIS STRANGE WORLD You’ve heard of Mary’s little Iamb that followed her to school? Well, In Kingston, N.C., there is a duck that follows Mrs, Coble wherever she goes, Harry Hopkins, President Roose­ velt’s personal observer for the past, six weeks in Great Britain, told, newspapermen upon his arrival at the White House that, “I don’t; think Hitler can lick the British, but they sure need our help?’* Mr, Hopkins is shown entering the White House to make hie report to President Roosevelt.