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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1941-09-25, Page 3Thurs, September 25, 1941 39.50 14.50 %5» The Greatest Bedding Value of the Day For downright comfort, beauty and convenience, there is nothing to equal this ideal combination. You have the fam­ ous Beautyrest Mattress with its 837 individually pocketed coil springs, lovely art cover and other exclusive Simmons features plus the buoyant support of Slumber King, the spring that cannot sag. Come in and see and test them. A. J. WALKER Funeral Serviced Wingham, Ont. Canadian Airmen Decorated London — Six Canadian airmen, one a member of tl?e Royal Canadian Air Force, have been decorated for daring attacks against the enemy it. was announced. Defiant French Fire Nazi Garage Vichy — Defying a rigorous curfew clamped down by the Nazis, and con­ tinued executions of “hostages,-” 10 men set fire to a German army garage in a Paris suburb and made good their escape. Less than 18 hours after two Frenchmen, whom the Nazis describ­ ed as Communists, had died before a Nazi; firing squad for anti-Gepman demonstrations, the men set fire to a German requisitioned garage. iation information was translated by the ' Government into an alleged scheme to transmit to Germany im­ portant technical intelligence on prized developments in, the aircraft industry. Heine, a former $30,000-a-year * plant manager for the Ford Motor Comp­ any, raised no objection to testimony of a dozen witnesses regarding his travels and his correspondence asking information on aviation subjects. WINGHAM ADVANCE-TIMES PAGE THREE rather than awaiting the expiry of the legal five years." sent, lie said, he could see no em­ ergency, Ontario will, therefore, go to the pulls next year, conclusion of the Govenmcnts five-year term, unless the Conservative Opposition agrees to pro- its present life because of the Plan To Halt Rising Prices Seigniory Club, Que., — Finance Minister llsley assured Canadians that the- Government is determined to check the upward movement of prices which has been taking place in the Dominion,. and appealed to business leaders to co-operate, He was speak­ ing at the Canadian Chamber of Com­ merce Convention, Reserve Army Men Subject To Call Twenty-one-year olds will be the first age group called under the re­ vised training policy of the Reserve Army, which no longer gives “trainee” exemption to' reservists who enlisted before August 15, 1940 — and who are callable under provisions of the National Resources Mobilization Act, it was learned. Under the new regu­ lations, four age groups from 21 to 24 may be called for fopr-month mini-, mum compulsory training, after which they will be detailed for duties within Canada. I Stalin Acts To Enlarge Army Moscow, — The Soviet Union be­ gan assembling its almost unlimited man power for the creation of the ••greatest reserve military force.in his­ tory — estimated unofficially at not less than 25,000,000 men — while early autumn fog and rain were de­ clared to be swallowing Hitler’s last hope of quick and decisive victories. New Ruler For Iran Teheran, — Iran’s new 21-year-old shah has decided to cede all the poss­ essions. of his fabulously rich father as a gift to the nation, the Govern­ ment announced. The new ruler also has prepared a general amnesty de­ cree for all political prisoners of the regime of his abdicated father, it was announced. LOSS OF SLEEP MORE HARMFUL TO HUMAN BOOT THAN FASTING Sleep means more to the human body than food". And medical statis­ tics bear out the assertion. While men have been, known to go 45 days without eating—even 73 days in one outstanding case-~a mere 10 days of sleeplessness is the maximum the body can stand. Nature has outfitted man with a form of storehouse of en­ ergy with which he can withstand long sieges of fasting, but has made no provision for similar protection against loss of sleep. It is this one fact, perhaps which has had so much to do with the de­ velopment of sleeping from a natural habit to a carefully studied science. Sleeping today may still be a natural function to the average man or wom­ an, but behind the long hours of rest­ ful slumber which revive the human body stands the skill and talent of laboratory experts and technicians. Into a mattress, which through fam­ iliarity has become an ordinary house­ hold utensil, has gone years of study and* experimentatiqn. Sleeping habits of mankind have been surveyed and the physical requirements of the human body have been taken into consideration and the result has been longer hours of more healthy sleep for millions of modern people. ' ° Pioneers in this advance towards a more healthy nation have been Sim­ mons Limited, who are this year marking their, 50th Anniversary, and whose local representative,. A. J. Walker is now celebrating the event by displaying attractive anniversary merchandise. The story, of Simmons’ progress reaches back over the dec­ ades to 1891, when" two energetic young Canadians, named Macintosh and Williams, opened a feather pillow factory in Montreal. There were only four employees on the payrool at that time—today Simmons Limited has a staff of close to 1,000 workers with a chain of local agents which cover the world. MONEY to LOAN On Owner’s Homes At Reason able Rates. / * Callfor Write • Owen Sound * Fined For Missing Parades Calgary;— Five militiamen of the 2nd corps Troops of the Royal Can­ adian Army Service Corps, Canadian (Reserve) Army, charged with fail­ ing to attend par.ades of the unit, were each fined $5 and costs with the al­ ternative of 10 days’ imprisonment. 12 British Warships In U. S. Harbors Washington, — The presence of 12 British war vessels - in United States harbors — among them the 35,000- ton battleship Warspite — was reveal­ ed by the navy in the first major modification of the Anglo-American publicity policies since such ships be­ gan coming into American ports repairs and supplies. Baxter Suggests Conscription Toronto, — A warning that “we cannot fight this war as if .the war is separate from the rest of our exis­ tence,” coupled with the .suggestion that Canada cannot fulfill “her pledge” without conscription was given by Beverley* Baxter, Toronto-iboru mem­ ber of the British House of Commons, in an address to the annual conference of the National Industrial Advertisers Association. “It is not that conscrip­ tion will send so many more men. Con­ scription- has almost become in this war a declaration of democracy itself.” Russia Needs War Supplies London, — An ominous warning that Russia must have a swift flood­ tide of war supplies or face military disastetr and, perhaps, capitulation, came from a London source in a posi­ tion to speak with authority. With the Crimea apparently cut off by Germ­ any’s Ukrainian advance and the Red army’s losses in men and tanks des­ cribed as astronomical, this informant said a Niagara of British and United States materail is essential to contin­ uation of Russian resistance. Inspected 3rd Division * The King and Queen inspected Canadian 3rd Division- in one of most impressive ceremonials < staged by the Canadian Army Oveer- seas. Honored by a Royal visit only six weeks after their arrival in Eng­ land, the troops, commanded by Maj­ or-General C.. B. Price, gave Their Majesties a hearty Canadian welcome in every camp and on every parade ground. ' the the ever for PHIL OSIFER OF LAZY MEADOWS By Harry J. Boyle FALL DAYS is a season of color on the the and Fall is also .a season when a man should be doing some repairing. The front gate is sagging and when the winter snows some it will in all prob­ ability collapse. The milk house door has been suspended with success dur­ ing the past summer with leather’ straps made from old binderstraps, but they are rotted and sagging very badly. z Mrs. PhiJ constantly reminds me of the fact that the cellar steps are dangerqus. Pounded down by the wearing heels for so many years, they are gouged down to the point where a little ice makes them a regular slide. When there comes a melting sun on a winter day and the water trickles in around the none-too-tight door and freezes at night, you would have to be an Alpine climber to make it safely— either up or down. There is also the matter of the boards that the wind has ripped from the driving shed, Last Fall I intended replacing them, 'but just didn’t get around to doing it.. The horSe stable is still minus several windows, and I have been intending to replace the shingle and sack covering over them for some time now. So you see Fall is more than just a time of musing on the beauties of nature. There are a thousand and one tasks that should be done . . . ljut the chances are time will slip around and we won’t get the work done . . . and Fall sentation of a gift of money. Miss Doig thanked the members for gift and spoke of -the happy times with them as a president and member of the society. Games and a social time was enjoyed for the remainder of the evening, The annual meeting of the. Bible Society was held in the S. S. rooms of the Presbyterian church on Mon­ day evening with a good number pre­ sent. Rev, Acheson opened the meet­ ing with reading of a psalm after which Rev. Vipond led in prayer. Mr. Watson Brown, president of the So­ ciety, took charge of the business items. Officers were all re-elected nemely: Honorary presidents, Rev. Vipond, Rev. Acheson; P-res., Mr. Watson Brown; Sec., Mr. Joe Cum­ ming; Treas., iMr, Ed. Doan. Rev. Walter McCleary B. A„ Toronto, showed slides of work done by the society in foreign lands and also spoke of work being done there. The boxes not all been turned in the amount collected was $5.49. A special collec- ion was also taken and the meeting closed with the singing of the Dox- ology. i Ford Plant Manager Under Suspiciojn New York, — Middle-aged Edmund C,( Heine’s request for American av- Nova Scotia Election October 28 Halifax — A provincial general ection will be held in. Nova Scotia October 28, Premier A. S. MacMillan announced. The last election was held June. 29, 1937. A fiveryear mandate was given in the 1937 election, but Mr. MacMillan said “the tradition of the Liberal party always has favored appeals to the electorate in four1 years, el- Rebellions Telling In Conquered Lands , Bombs and gunfire in rebelious out­ breaks in Axis-conquered lands and the answers of firing squads have taken the lives of at feast 113 per­ sons, wounded 71, and resulted in sweeping arrests of unacounted hun­ dreds within a week. In Paris the siu- ation was so grave the Germans ord­ ered a curfew imposed for three nights in the Seine district. Took Photo of Spy At Work New York — A fim shot secretly by the Federal Bureau of Investiga­ tion and thrown on a screen in Fed­ eral .Court, showed Frederick Duqu­ esne, 63, one of 16 defendents charged with espionage conspiracy, going over pictures of planes, guns, tanks copious notes and diagrams. U. S. Concoying Vessels Washington, — Secretary No Ontario Election This Year Toronto, — An election for year is definitely “off”, Premier Hep­ burn said. “Unless some emergency develops, therein be no election this year,” Mr. Hepburn declared. At pre­ this Frank Knox revealed that the United States Navy is convoying British-bound car­ goes in the North Altantic and, in ad­ dition, has been searching for a Ger­ man surface raider believed to be, op­ erating in the Pacific. will deepen into Winter. ------- - ----— s MOLESWORTH (Too late for last week) Mr. Charles Felkar, Wilfred Dodds, and Lawrence Schotts, who are work­ ing at the airport at Waterford, spent Sunday at the former's home here. Mrs. H. C. Felkar spent • several days last week with her sister at Grimsby. The members of St. Andrew’s Y.P. S. met in the Sunday School room on Tuesday evening of last week to bid farewell to Miss Nellie Doig, a former president who is leaving to attend Toronto Bible College. Miss Iris Dickson, secretary of the Y.P.S., read an address of appreciation of Miss Doig’s work in the society. Mr. Bert Elliott, president, made the pre- Auburn Couple 50 Years Wed A large number of friends and rel­ atives called at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Thompson to offer con­ gratulations on their golden wedding anniversary. Mr. Thompson, a son of Mr. and Mrs. John T. Thompson, who moved from Ontario County to the sixth concession of West Wawanosh, married Matilda Clark, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Clark, also o£ WestWawanosh, on September 16,. 1891. The marriage was performed by­ Rev. R. Swan, of Donneybrook Meth­ odist Church. They had eight children, two of whom have passed on, Eliza (Mrs. C. O. Martin) and Alice, who passed away at the age of eight. Their family are: Ellen (Mrs. Mark Arm­ strong, of West Wawanosh); John, om the homestead; Gormley, of Brampz- ton; Joseph, of Courtlan'd; Wilhanf, £ sergeant of the 1st Hussars, Camp Borden, and Russell, a private of the Elgin Regiment, stationed at Sussex, N. B. 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Urge Repeal Of Neutrality Act Milwaukee — The American Leg­ ion National Convention, by voice vote, endorsed the foreign policy of the president and Congress and urged immediate repeal of the Neutrality Act and removal of all geographical limitations on movement of Cnited States troops. Giant Cattle Beast Another giant cattle beast, one to rival Charlie Stewart's famous steer of other days, has come into the news of North Huron, It is the purebred Shorthorn bull, .Resolution Money Bags, of W. A, Colbert, stock-breeder of the 4th concession of Ashfield, The bull, weighing 3,200 pounds, is to be put on exhibition at the Teeswatcr Fair and the proceeds given to the Red Cross, Resolution Money Bags is rising* eight years old and up to last year ran the fields. pasture on the east side of the waiting to be pailed. The cows in the -stable where we keep overnight this time of year, and Fall farm. City fellows drive through country on days such as. these, then go back to write dreams about the glory of living in the country in the Fall. They seem to think that all a farmer has to do these days is sit back andzwait until the snow comes glorying in each moment of crisp fall weather ... or else counting up how much money he is going to make oiit of his crop. We do enjoy the fall! It’s pleasant toi look across Lazy Meadows and see grass carpet in the stubble in the wheat field ... or to watch the fall wheat ground to see if it has started to sprout. Fat, orange pumpkins re­ cline in a bed of corn stubble and withered vines. Apples touched by frosts are being picked and packed away in boxes to sit on the verandah awaiting a nip of frost that will put a real flavor in them. Fall is a season of crisp mornings, warm, bright days and nippy nights. Veils of fog hang over the low spots on the farm at night and in the dawning light of the sun . . . only to vanish as the sun comes peeping up from the fringe of trees that stand on the eastern horizon. The air seems filled with sounds on a Fall morning. Calves bawl in the little barn bawl them waiting to be milked. Dogs bay and bark in the distance and a railroad engine can be heard moaning long and monotonously at the crossings on the other side of the villagi. You can hear the clatter of milk pails and pans across the fields at Neighbor Higgins’ place . . . and across the river some­ one keeps calling “Sooo Boss . . . Sooo Boss” while the cows play hide and seek with them in the -bush. ’Have you ever noticed the tomatoes ripening on the kitchen windows dur­ ing the Fall? There will be a row of green and red tomatoes on the inside and half way up in the window on the top of the bottom window frame there is another row. Mrs. Phil watch­ es them carefully, using the ripe ones as they come and replacing them with green ones. Soon the frost will come with enough nip in its bite to wither the vines and destroy the remaining green ones. Fall is a season of Fall Fairs. The one thing I could never understand was why farmers after spending so much time with livestock and grain the year round, have to wear overalls and spend a whole fall fair day in watching the cattle and stock. 1 like to get “gypped” on the midway . . . ride on the ferris wheel . . . cat hot dogs and lemon pop until my sides ache and come home with “gew-gaws” and trinkets to remind me of my fool­ ishness 'Every duty, well and honestly done, is a contribution to victory." I The Prime Minister of Canada. “EVERYWHERE I GO,.. We know a man who travels across Canada several times a year. He meets and talks with literally hundreds of people of all classes, <t i*'01!® more Pe°Ple 1 meet,” says he, the clearer it becomes to me that folks m the main want to he kind and help, ful. They’re a pretty decent lot. “But for unfailing courtesy and helpfulness I would pick the men and women in the telephone service. I ye yet to find one I wouldn’t turn to Xvith perfect confidence in an emer­ gency. They seem to put courtesy first every time. That ‘voice-with-thc-smile’ phrase is a matter of actual practice— not just a phrase.” Well, it’s fine to hear anyone talk like that. It makes us try all the harder to deserve such praise, especial- ~ Sew<* ly when tele- '*— “ phone service is so vital to tho nation at war.