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LITTLE. SALVO BLOKE
Written by Editor Frank Murphy of
the )Weekly Melbourne,' on
heating the opinion that `the Salvation
Army Bloke' was `the best-known man
in Tobruk'.
I ain't done too much prayin', I tun
.what yer calls a strayit'
Lamb; an egg what's slightly doubt-
ful, not too wholesome ih the
yolk;
But I lifts me lid in lbnour, when I
chance to come upon er
Diekum feller what all Diggers call
tthe Little Salvo Bloke.
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VISITING CANAL
DEFENCES
U.S. Secretary of War Henry t.
Stimsom Ltrr, is pictured irs h#
wag greeted by tieute,Gen. Pratilt
AndrewS, ebitrnander of the
Caribbean defence term-nand, tm011
his arrival at a military airport
serneWhere In 'the Panama canal
area. The secretary of war is mak.
fag a wartime inspection a thi canal defences,
Heads Mutual Fire Association
H. K. Eilber, of Crediton, was elec-
ted president of Mutual Fire under-
writers' Association at the concluding
session of the annual meeting at Tor-
onto, Foster G. Moffatt of Teeswater
was named to the executive.
R.A.F. Man Remanded
Arrested On charge of assaulting
Thomas Manjuris, restaurateur, caus.
ing actual bodily harm, LAC, C. R.
Guthrie, R.A.F,, Port Albert, was re.
mended for a week' in charge of Fit.
Lt. 'Wells. He was not asked to plead
or elect. ,He was represented by F.
Donnelly. The Greek restaurateur, a
general favorite with hundreds of air-
men, was just out of hospital .a few
days when attacked and again forced
to his bed, He was' strtick when he
sought to remonstrate with a party of
airmen over their conduct.
Leaving Hospital Friday
Public School Inspector 5. M.
Game, who underwent an operation
at the. Bruce County Hospital on
Monday, March and, has made an ex-
cellent recovery, and was removed on
Friday of last week to his home where
he will further convalence before again
taking up his strenuous duties.—
Walkerton Herald Tithes,
Dam Threatened
Fladd's Mill. Dam 'has, since the
first of the week, been under terrific
pressure. The enormous increase in
water caused by the rains have made
it necessary foe every board but three
to be taken out to allow the, turbulent
river to continue on its way, A rinm-
ber of years ago the dam "went out"
under heavy spring flooding, and was
rebuilt at considerable expense.—Tees-
water News.
Exeter Pilot In Ceylon
• Another welcome cablegram has
been received by Mr. and Mrs, Sandy
Elliott from their son, Sgt.-Pilot Har-
old Elliott, who is with the British
forces in the Far East, The cable-
gram arAved Monday, stating 'that he
is, safe and well on the island of Cey-
lon, He no doubt has had some great
experiences during the fighting in the
East.—Exeter Times Advocate.
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NEWS
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of the .
DIST ICT
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pia a Wrong-way Corrigan
A pilot who gave his name as Chap-
man escaped Injury yesterday when
:his' plane crashed into a fence and
tetarned over after making a _forced
landing near Maple Valley, about 12
nines. from Dundalk. He was on an
.operational flight from London to
Goderich. Two men rescued him
iriant the overturned plane, After hav-
ing reached London without incident
ant a solo cross-country flight, he is
believed to have done a "Wrong-way
Corrigan" on the homeward trip.
Maple Valley is about 20 miles
south of Collingwood and the same
alistance west of Camp Borden, He
landed about 85 miles, as. the crow
Dies, from Goderich airport.
Constable Langille to Timmins
Constable A. H. Langi.11e of the
Royal Canadian Mounted Police, is be-
ing transferred from Owen Sound to
'Timmins, where he will be in .charge
.,of a six-man detachment of the R.C.
_MX., and expects to leave this week.
Be will be succeeded by Constable J.
B. Robinson of Windsor.
Constable Langille came to Owen
Sourid on March 1, 1936, from Oshwe-
,ken on the Six Nations Reserve. In
ire intervening six years he has won
the esteem of his colleagues in police
''work who know him as a tireless and
,:efficient officer. He has also earned
himself many warm personal friends
throughout the entire district.
Constable Langille soon became
Imo= to Bruce League ball fans as a
smart ball player ,a pitcher of no mean
ability and a fast-fielding third-base-
anan. He played for Owen Sound and
Allenford teams in the Bruce League.
—Hanover Post.
S Babies in 12 Days
One of the busiest 'places in town
in the past couple of weeks has been
the Groves Memorial hospital. If you
,re inclined to doubt it, take a look
at the 'list of birth notices this week,
Including one published last week, the
number of births in the hospital in
the past 12 days has been eight, The
peak of this greater production period
was reached on Monday when three
babies were born in the one day, two
'Unusual Notepaper
Mrs. Cfeor ,,,le Carter is in possession
of a very interesting letter trom her
husband, Signalman George Carter, in
England, The fact that unthes it most
interesting is that its written on a
piece of barrage balloon, shot down
over Surrey, England, by German
raiders, It is soft. and pliable like
suede, and one side has been treated
with aluminum paint. Souveuirs like
this are not familiar around here.---
Clinton N ws-Re co rd..
Measles at Seaforth
Measles which have been on the
loose in Seafortli for the past two
weeks, are now en the wane, accord-
ing to Dr. F. J. Burrows, Medical Of.
ricer of Health. "There are not nearly
so many new cases being reported the
last few days," Dr. Burrows said
Thursday, "The public school will re.
open on Monday," The school was
closed a week when a count of pupils
revealed that there were seventy-three
absentees. While not all were neces-
sarily measles, a large proportion
were known to be,
Five Years. In Kingston,
Twenty-two-year-old Peter Stasi*,
of New Toronto, was convicted We'd-
nesday afternoon by judge 3, L. Kul-
loran in county court in Stratford, on
a charge of .criminal assault with in-
tent to rob, Stasiak was found guilty
of holding up Gerald Agar, of Staffa,
at the point of a gun on the- morning
of October 20th last year, and was
sentenced to five years in Kingston
penitentiary, the term to run concur-
rently with a similar sentence imposed
by a Cobourg court a short time ago,
—Seaforth Huron Expositor,
Car Ran Away Dragging Owner
A peculiar motor accident occurred
at Clinton. Pat Reynolds employed
at the Russell Jervis chick hatchery,
tvhen preparing to go home after the
clay's work, found it necessary to use
the crank in starting his motor. He
forgot that he had parked with the
gear in reverse. With his right foot
inside the bumper for better purchase,
he turned the crank, Immediately the
car started punning and, dragging the
driver along backed diagonally across
the street and dashed into Match
Bros. grocery,," shattering the north
side window and demolishing a cast
iron conductor pipe and brought up
against the, brick sidewall,
Mr. Reynolds managed to get free
of the car with but slight injury. The
rear end of the car was extensively
damaged, The grocery business is be-.
ing carried on behind a boarded-up
windcw. Local police investigated,
The Polio Toll
With the sad death of little Jean
Winterstein on Sunday the toll of the
Poliomyelitis epidemic that struck
Lucknow last fall has been raised to
four deaths caused by, or related to
Lemon Juice Recipe Checks
Rheumatic Pain Quickly'
If you suffer from rheumatic, arth-
-itic, or neuritic pain fry this simple
nexpensive home recipe. Get a pack-
lge of Ru-ex Prescription from your
Jruggist, Mix it with a quart of water,
tcld the juice of 4 lemons, It's easy
Ind pleasant.,
You need only 2 tablespoonsful tw,c
:Imes a day. Often within 48 hours—
•ometimes overnight—splendid results:
ire obtained. If the pains are not
mickly relieved and if you do not feel
better, Ru-ex Prescription will cost
you nothing to try. Your money re-
funded if it does not help you. Ru-ex
Prescription is for sale and recom-
mended by J. W. McKibbon, and other
leading druggists.
the sewarge,
Three others, Merrill 'Gibbons, Don-
ald MMcKenzie tad Elaine Irwin pas-
sed away soon after contracting the
disease.
In all there ra ere seven cases in
Late's:now and immediate vicinity. In
the other three insta., very encour-
aging recoveries are being made.
Voung Jackie Ferguson, and Keith
Kilpatrick are 'both quite active again,
while Lorne Reid, whose lower limbs
were almost completely paralyzed is
gradually regaining strength and the
use of them.—Lneknow Sentinel,
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400 Chickens Drowned
,Mr. Elign Rowell ffe, well-known
fernier, suffered a heavy toss when
be lost 400 chickens a month ?id
which had been placed in a basement
of a vacant house, on highway No. 4,
two miles south of Hensel'. Mr.
Rowcliffe had converted this house in-
to a chicken house and owing to heavy
rains the basement was flooded and
chickens drowned, •
•
Bagged Ten Wolves"
While winter may be waning, the
wolf problem is by no means settled
on the Bruce' peninsula, but if there
were more hunters like A.5. Carver,
of Tobermory, it would not take long.
In the past vsteek he killed five wofves
and set a new record by exterminating
three of them in it single day. This
also brought his 4 total bag for the
winter to date to 10. Bounty of $150
and the sale of pelts will net him 'a
handsome income for a 'single. week's
work.
Sees Deer In Garden
Mrs. John E. Yungblut, Auburn,
viewed an unusual sight when she
looked out of her kitchen .window. A
deer was standing in the garden. When
the animal noticed her. it disappeared.
Tracks of the deer were followed and
it was found to have been around
many buildings in Auburn. •
Collected 15 Tons of Salvage
- Hanover Volunteer Civil Guard has
collected over 15 tons in the recent
war salvage' drive.' This is all packed
ready for shipment and includes 11,-
380 pounds newspapers, 6,860 pounds
magazines, 6,000' pounds baled waste
paper, 4,000 pounds cardboard, 1,200
pounds rubber, 129 pounds aluminum,
99 pounds lead, .57 pounds zinc, 115
pounds copper, 65 pounds brass, 70
pounds tin foil, 266 pounds bones, 174
pounds fats, 187 pounds beer and pop
bottle cap'S, 16 pounds milk bottle
caps. Several hundred pounds of rags
are yet to be baled.
I have seen him in the ..city, where
there ain't much surplus pity
(Where a bloke what's down can
stay there, in the gutter ur the
drain),
-Conte end lift to wreck and teed 'hit
to a place where he will feed
hint;
And alien thanked just call t int
Brother, and invite 'im back
again,
When the Anzacs struggled, b'leedin',
up time ridges, death unheedin'
Fallin' one by one, but never for a
• moment twain' hack,
There was one among. 'em, leadint, and
in deeds a sermon reaclin';
There was none of gamer breedin'
than the bloke called Pightinl
Mac.
In that hell of shell and bomb that
accursed, us on the Somme,
When a"elpin"and was needed by
the best man and the worst,
Yer could bet your bottom ,dollar that
yer'd see a Salvo collar
Coming' up along ther trenches, if
he wasn't up there first.
When yer'd done yer brass in Blightly,
and yer , soon found that • the
Mighty 't
Dollar still was prompt demanded
for a shake-down for the broke,
I A cove:would come and meet yer, take
" yer in and bed and treat yer,
And be never asked for nuthin', did
that Little Salvo Bloke.
It's the same to-day, God Bless him,
alimnd. the boys out there assess i
At a value that stand 'igher than
their lingo can invoke, •
And they learn his Christian teachin',
which he . does withimt the
.preachin'
And their 'carts cry 'Hallelujah!'
for the Little Salvo Bloke.
In the final Resurrection, the accept-
ante and rejection
Of the multitude, accordin' to their
merits here below,
You will 'ear one intercedin' for the
souls culled out in weedin'
And the one who'll be a-pleadin will
s, be some Salvo you know.
No, I ain't a one for prayin'; just a
wayward lamb, astrayin'
But it's pretty firmly rooted in the
texture of me mind
That the Salvo's selfless givin' is the
decent way of livin',
And the only 'ope worth 'aping for
Salvation of mankind,
* * * *
"The man referred' to in 'Little
Salvo Bloke' is Major Mcllveen. The
'Fighting. Mac' referred to is, Com-
missioner Wre. McKenzie who made
such a great name in the last war.
UNEMPLOYED MAY
NOW RECEIVE
BENEFITS
The Following Gives The Procedure
Undet The Unemployment Insurance
Act
With benefits now payable under
the Unemployment Insurance Act, all
workers within the scope of the Act
should understand the procedure nec-
essary to apply for benefit. Mr, R, N.
Watt, M,anaget of the Local Employ-
ment and Claims Office has furnished
time Advance-Times with a statement
of the necessary details.
When a worker. becomes unemploy-
ed he must get his Unemployment In,.
suranec Book from his employer, take
it to the neatest Employment and
Claims Office if he lives within easy
travelling distance of the nearest of.
fife, and deposit it there. A receipt for
it will be given to him, and this he
must keep as long AS Tiffs book remains
in the lode! office,
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Clear telephone lines for
ALL-OUT PRODUCTION
While he is at the office
complete the required forms
application 'for benefit.
—The first nine days of unemploy-
ment after he makes a claim are wait-
ing .days, and no benefit is payable
for these days. It is not necessary that
these days run consecutively. If no
work is found for him and he continu-
es to lie• unemployed and satisfy the
conditions, a benefit cheque is to be
issued weekly,
The above,procedure applies to all
Workers who . Might reasonably be ex-
pected to call personally at a full-
time . or part-time local office. .
FOr those who do not live witlein
reasonable distance of a local office of
the Unemployment lesuran.ce Com-
mission, other arrangements have been
made. In a number of ,towns and vil-
lages a speeial part-time represent-
ative will be sent out by the Unem-
ployment Insurance Commission to
deal. with any benefit claims which
may arise. tAll claimants- for benefit
PIANES 111•CA
!tow to ,spot them
_ APPROVED BY THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR -FORGE
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THE Baltimore is one of the many excellent aircraft
produced by the Glenn L. Martin Co. of lialtirilore,
U.S.A. It was designed specifically to the requirements
and specifications of the Royal Air Force and beats a
strong family likeness to the Maryland, another welt" known Martin product.
While the tapered Wings end rounded Wing tips are not unusual, the fillets or web-like fairing .of the trailing edge into the projecting tails of the engine natelles iS quite unique, it gives the aircraft a hat-wing AppCaranCO
at can readily be seen in the silhouette above.
The MarYland hes a wing span of 61 feet, end an
overall length of approximately 50 feet. Power is-Sup-plied by two twin row radial engines of 1,600-horsepower
each, and the speed in consequence of this high-power rating is gr, t, well over 300 miles per hour,
Crew normally consists of fonr, It Is heavily armored and heavily armed with on CUSII &ten inachine,gutts strategieally located for protective firing.
Your telephone is part of a vast interlocking system now
carrying an abnormal wartime load, Don't let needless dellays
hold up messages on which prodnetion efficiency may depend.
OMER "WARTIME TELEPHONE molest,
I. BE SURE you have the right
number ...consult the directory-
2. SPEAK distinctly, directly into
the moutlapieee.
3, BE BRIEF, Clear your line for
the next call.
4. USE OFF-PEAK hours for Long
Distance calls: before 9.30 a.m.,
1-2 p.m., 5-7 pan., after 9.p.m.
These things may look trifling, bud
on 6,500,000 (laity .telephone
calls, they are very important.
aps ...fetev
Se/Wiee
• e't t'ia
he must
to make
will , register with him, and he in turn
will' refer claims to. the nearest local
office for examination.
Persons living in districts where no
office has been established and to
which an itinerant representative is
not sent will file claim for, benefit by
mail. Any worker in .auch ail area -who
becomes unemployed should mail his
Insurance Book to ,the nearest Em-
ployment and Claims Office, state that
he is unemployed and that he wishes
to register for benefit. A receipt for
hia Insurance Book and the neeessary
forms which every worker who applies
for benefit must fill out will be sent
to him. These forms most be complet-
ed and returned to the local office.•
If the claimant is qualified to re-
ceive benefit, he must continue to
Prove his unemployment by mail each
week. After the nine waiting days have
been completed, if he has no work aad
the other conditions are satiafied, his
benefit will be paid weekly by a.
cheque mailed to hith,
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