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The Clinton News Record, 1932-07-28, Page 3THURS.,: JULY 28, 1932 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD PAGE 3 GoKI.NQ'TIVEWS., {J4u:flStar The government entomologist says it is the female mosquito that bites. We are exercising the same,restraini that he did in passing on this in- formation without comment. CIi Among infectious diseases m be placed non-payment of taxes, • Although AI Smith buried the hat- chet, the Democrats are 'afraid they will lose many Roman Catholic votes. Seeretarian prejudice had much to do with his defeat four years ago and his failure this Year to stop Roose- velt, and many of his co -religionists, ere resentful, In New York espec- ially they were the mainstay of the Democratic party. Many years ago, it was told that a Tammany boss announced a barbecue a week from next Friday, and a Tammany brave arose to point put that "The great heft of the Demoerat party don't eat' meat on Fridays." Some of the large corporation that have weathered the gale are undoing what they did; a few years ago, They are reducing capitalize- tion or buying in their own shares. They thought it would be good busi- ness -to get the public interested in their stock, but have discovered that while the splitting up of shares gave 'therm a wider market, it had a weak- ness they had not foreseen,' placing a lot of stock in weak hands which could not hold on when the 'break came. De Valera's antipathy to Britain is hereditary. On his Spanish fath- er's side it goes back to the Armada and on the distaff side it goes baeh through Cromwell to Strongbow. The bonus army is being drilled every day but for some reason it cannot be trained to act on the com- mands: "About turn—squick march." The row between the Free State governor and some of his ministers goes merrily on, and those who know the language declare that Gaelic ie the very best medium for -maledic- tion. Many of the sky -scraping office buildings in large cities are not only earning no dividends but de being maintained at heavy loss. We can pump up no tears .onthat account, and other large corporations wens blithely into the building of these many -storeyed monstrosities to the ruin of owners of more modest build- ings`whose windows are now placard- ed with To Let or For Sale Signs. How to stop, or, at least curb,. bribery in 'elections continues to en- gage attention periodically. We do not believe that bribery- is so ram- pant 'now as it was, but it is still a vicious . feature of election campaign. Lord Gochrane's scheme to use brib- ery to defeat itself works only onee. He ran for Honiton in 1805 but, re- - fusing to bribe, he was defeated. He rewarded his supporters by giving them ten . guineas each. Next' year, he headed the poll but there were no guineas; or even shillings, for his expectant supporters. In the next election he ran in,another,xiding and was elected, but history does not say by what means. Under the secret ballot, his scheme would not work. Though defeated, •a majority of the electors would claim the guineas. President Hoover has not yet been informed that he is the Republican nominee, but it is suspected that he has some inkling of it and that he will not be taken unawares. The circumstance that they have never served in that capacity is what keeps alive the fiction that certain big business men would be the ideal sort for public office if they could only be induced to accept. The Scripps -Howard string of news-' papers, twenty-seven in all, is sup, porting Roosevelt and so is the Hearst chain. In England, the Roth- ernere and Beaverbrook chains vie with each other in influencing par- ties and governments, and their pro- prietors are now trying to influence the Ottawa Conference. It is difficult to place limitations upon the activi- ties of ambitious men who are weal- thy enough to control the daily read- ing of millions of voters, but it is a power which should be wielded cau- tiously., Fortunately, a fair percen- tage of readers rebels against such influence and likes to show its inde- pendence. The paper that has most influence is one that does not ap- pear to exert any. Ontario's ecord for 1931 I ,, ;, killed or injured because of faulty brakes 571 men; women and children killed by motor vehicles in 1931 8,494 injured If a tire is about to blow out or the steering gear or axle is ready to snap, you may not know it-- But, t-But, you know whether or not your brakes are. safe. A few minutes spent in making acijusttpents, or a few dollars for new lin- ings, may save you a lifetime of regret. DRIVE SAFELY .ALWAYS! MOTOR VEHICLES BRANCH ONTARIO DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAY'S a2 -7A Leopold Macaulay MINISTER Sir Henry Thornton ' Explains Resignation FREAK INSI2ANCIl RISKS Expresses Regret at Severance of Ties As announced last week Sir Henr Thornton has ;resigned as presiden of the Canadian Railways. Follow ing ishis explanation of his action also a shoi:t history of his railroad ing career, also of that of his sue cessor, 14fr: Hungerford: In connection with his resignatio ny under the direction of the govern - t inept, controlled and operated all British railways, In 1015 he was ,' apppinted Directot of Inland Water - Transportation with the rank of -I Colonel of the Royal Engineers. 'ltihe following year •he was moved to Par, is as Assistant Director -General of Sir Henry issued. the following state- ment: "I have had under consideration the •railway situation which has aris- en largely by reason of published criticism of the expenditures of the Canadian National Railways during my regime. I feel it is only fair to point out that all capital =Pencil - tures were .only made after careful consideration by myself and the chief officers of the company, and repre- sented our• views of what was neces- sary for the welfare of the enter, prise. These expenses I were, of course,. controllable by the Govern- ment, .I, howeyer, feel that the suc- cessful operation of this enterprise can only he carried on if the country as ,a whole is heartilly behind the management, and in view of this art the possibility of the Government wishing to consider their policy I feel that, in order to give them a free hand, I should submit my resigna- tion. "In leaving the service of the Can- adian National Railways I especially desire to thank the officers and the men with whom I have been asso- liated for nearly ten years for the loyalty, enthusiasm , and ability which all have given with a gener- ous hand to the enterprise and my- self. I shall always cherish the hap- piest recollections of nay contact with these in the service of the Com- pany, and I may add with truth that whatever has been accomplished' has been largely due to the co-operative spirit displayed by all, from the highest to the lowest.. "I am quite certain that the same devotion to duty and the high prin- ciples which have characterized both management and men during my in cumbency in office will be extended with equal fidelity to the succeed- ing administration. "I bid you all farewell: I wish td you happiness and prosperity with the hope that the future will bring to you that good fortune which fine service merits." C�Cb Sir Henry 'Worth Thornton, K. B. E. Sir Henry Worth Thornton, LB. E., was born in Loganport, Indiana, on November 6, 1871, the son of Henry Clay Thornton and Millsmenta Worth Thornton. His ancestors were early British settlers in Virginia who moved to South Carolina and thence to Indiana. From the grade schools' of his native town he went to St. Paul's School at Concord, N. 1.1., and. upon his graduation, matriculated at the University of Pennsylvania. A tall, rangy lad of splendid physique, young Thornton during his univer- sit; career was prominent in ath- letics as well as in the academic field. In his freshmen year he won a place on the footbal team, playing guard, and during the entire four years of his college course' he was one of the mainstays of the Pennsyl- vania team, He was graduated from the University with honors in 1894. Sir Henry has been a railroader for thirty eight• years and for the, past ten years the head of Canada's National Railway System. His first railway job was that of draughtsman in the office of the Chief Engineer of the Pennsylvania Railroad He held successively,the positions of As: sistant Engineer of Construction on the Cleveland and Marietta Rail- way, a subsidiary of the Pennsyl- vania, topographer on various sur- veys, Assistant on Engineering Corps, Division Engineer, and Di- vision Superintendent. While em- ployed as assistant in the Engineer- ing Corps, he was selected by the then General Manager, Mr, L. F. Lathe, to develop a students' course in • transportation and in pre- paration for this task worked in ev- ery department of the railroad for d sufficient time to become familiar with its operation. In 1911 the Long Island Railroad was acquired by the Pennsylvania and Sir Henry an: pointed General Superintendent of the New York subsidiary line. In this capacity he had much to do with the opening of the Pennsylvania ter- minal in New York. City and the or- ganization of the company's electri- cal train service on Long Island. ' Early in 1914 Sir Henry moved to England, having accepted an offer from Lord 'Claude Hamilton, Chair- man of the Board •of. Directors of the Great Eastern Railway, to become General Manager of that line. He was head of the iGreat Eastern when war broke out in August of that year. The railway, servinri the East coast of England, imined- lately:becan,e of great importance art one of the chief arteries of military transport to the 'Continent, and Sir I Henry therefore: found himself, en- gaged in war transport work at the very outset of the conflict. He was made a member .of the executive conimitte of general managers, which the movements of the railways,' acrd. in that capacity represented the Di- rector -General in negotations with French, Italian, and U.S. govern- ments.. In December of 1917 he was promoted to Deputy Director -Gener- al and his army rants was ad#ancec' to that of Brigadier -General. • In , 1918 he was made Inspector -General of Transportation with the rank of Major-General. In the fall of 1922 Sir Henry was called to Canada by the govern ntent of the day to take charge of the National Railway • System. He be- came President and Chairman of the Board of the Canadian National Rail- ways on October 70th of that year, which position he held up to his retire,ment.. S..1. Hungerford Samuel J. Hungerford is one o$ Canada's best-known railroad oper- ating officers. His experienec has ranged, in more than 45 years, from the humble position of mechanists' apprentice, where he commenced in 1886, to that ,of Vice -President in S. J. HUNGIORFORD Charge of Operation, maintenance and construction of Canada's largest railroad system, the Canadian Na- tionaI Railways. Born in Bedford, Que., sixty year. ago, S. J. Hungerford entered rail- roading as an apprentice with the Southeastern Railroad, later part of the C. P. R., at Farnham, Que. Com- pleting his apprenticeship he worked as machinist at many points in Que- bee, Ontario and Vermont, and in 1894 was appointed Chargeman at Windsor 'Street station, Montreal. From 1897 Mr. Hungerford worked as assistant foreman, locomotive fore man and geneal foreman at Farn- ham, Mogantic, and McAdam Junc- tion with the Canadian Pacific. From Cranbroek, he moved in 1903 to Cal- gary as master mechanic of the Can - adieu Pacific's western division and in the following year was made sup- erintendent of the Locomotive Shops at Winnipeg, becoming in 1905 sup- erintendent of Shops. In 1910 Mr. Hungerford joined the Canadian Northern Railway, as sup- erintendent of rolling stock with headquarters at Winnipeg and in 1915 lie moved to Toronto in the same position. In 1917 Mr. Hunger, ford became general manager of the Eastern Lines, Canadian Northern Railway and in the following year was named Assistant Vice -President. Operating Maintenance and Con- struction Departments of the Canad- ian National Railways with head- quarters at Toronto. With the tak- ing over of the Grand Trunk PacifiJ lines, Mr. Hungerford in October. of 1420 became Vice -President in charge o£ Operating and Maintenance De- partments of the Canadian National and Grand Trunk Pacific Railways and two years later. in October 1922. he was made Vice -President and General Manager of these lines, with headquarters at Toronto, in -which position he continued until his ap- pointment, in February 1928 as Vice- President in charge of Operation Maintenance and Construction of the Canadian National System, with headquarters, at Montreal, FISHING PARADISE AT JASPER HOLDS LIMELIGHT FOR ANGLERS Delightful weather has drawn a number of vaeationists to the Atha- basca Valley. Jasper is rapidly be- ' .corning an accepted 'stop -over point for a vast army of Europeans who ser- ve in the Far East and are furlough, ed periodically. Insteadof return- ing directly to England and the Con tinent, it is becoming 'a practise to sail for Pacific Coast'perts and break the long .journey with a stay in the'i Rockies, Fishing still holds the sport lime- light and Jasper' guides and out- fitters have sent additional boats in to Medicine and Maligno Lakes where beautiful speckled trout abound. The news from Paris that Kube- Ince,' the famous violrurst, has can- celled the 6120,000 insurance policy on his ;hands in favor, of a much larger (though unnamed) ,policy is 'Itoreminder that there is .practically limit to the risks against which, insurance' may be effected. The only proviso is you must have an "iitser.- able interests' That is to say, you may not insure against any eventual- ity which!.will not involve you in ac- tual loss.' Shopkeepers near St. Pauls Cattle-, dial were able to take but special insurance policies when there was said to be a danger of the cathedral falling down, "The life of the late Tzar was insured by business man with interests in Russia for a sum estimated at well over a million pounds. You may insure against twins, against breach of promise, against your fancy 'in the big race found- ering before it reaches . the post, against wet weather spoiling your holiday, or against your . daughter eloping. - A French insurance company is even willing to insure women against the possibility of failure to secure husbands. It must, one would imag- ine, be rather a delicate task to decide what the premium should be in some of these cases! Cecile Soret, of the Comedie Fran - erase, onee'took out a policy cover- ing the risk of her hat being blown overboard on "an Atlantic voyage. The hat was studded with diamonds and emeralds. Truly the variety of possible in- surance policies is inunense. Here are some other instances of un- usual insurance; Miss Mable Poulton, the Eng- lish f91nt star; Eyes insured for $150,600. Miss Pearl White, the film actress; Dimples for $65,000. M. Paderewski, the pianist: Hands for $60,000. Miss Verna Mosconi, the dancer: Eardrums for $60,000. (She cannot dance unless'She canl,'near the music.) Poliare, "The Homeliest Women on the Stage": Policy for several hud- red thousand francs in case her ugli- ness is marred. Miss Fay Marbe, the American act-' Tess: Smile insured for $250,000. Ben Turpin, the cinema actor, will get $100,000 from an insurance company if his cross-eyes become straight; and. Alberta Vaughan's pro- ducer in Hollywood will claim $25,- 000 25;000 if she eats too much candy and becomes rotund: -Zx. AUTOMATIC H RBO I A R LIGHTS DEVICE :N'OT GENERALLY KNOWN Controlled by The Presence or Ab- sence of Daylight A device little known outside the lighthouse maintenance world was recently, described by .5. Sayer, resident engineer responsible •o the Imperial Lighthouse service, for the constant burning of all lights in the Bahamas and many in the Virgin Is - 'Some lights, the engineer said, are turned on and off automatically by the presence or absence of daylight. They are controlled by moans of a bulb, half apaque, half transparent. Daylight rays ''cpenetraite the tran- sparent half, upset the balance of ether within and cause the bulb to overturn on its axis. Absence of daylight rays restore the balance and rights the bulb. Thus in an eclipse of the sun or a dark day -time storm, the bulb overturns and the light shines forth its warning to ships, C. N. R. EMPLOYEES PICNIC AT GODERICH Outing at Menesetung Park is En- joyed Canadian National employees. their wives and families, of the dis- trict gathered at Menesetung Perla Goderich, on Saturday afternoon for their annual picnic. There was a large attendance, and, with ideal weather prevailing, a most enjoyable time was spent. Results of the races: Boys 6 and under, Bruce Bail- lie, Pat 'Spain; girls, 6 and under, Phyllis McMillan, Madeline Gravelle; boys 10 and under, Raymond Barker, Herbert McArthur; girls 10 and un- der, Maxine Patton, Dorothy Grif- fith; boys 14 and under, Arnold Boggs, William Kockey; girls 14 and. under, Pearl Griffith, Maxine Patton; single men, Bert Gray, W. Riley: single ladies, Pearl Griffith, Lulu Croft; married men 85 and °under; Thomas Glazier, W. G. McMillan; r married ladies 30 and under, Mrs., Larder) Mrs. McMillan; married men over 35, Sidney McKaY, J. Larder;; married women over 35, Mrs. Croft, iMrs, Gravelle; needle dace, Mr. and; 1lirs. , Thomas Glazier'; minute race,, Charles Larder, J. Larder. 1 THE EARTH THAT GOD MADE 'This is the earth that God made, These are the timber.. and coal and oil, And water powers and fertile soil, They, belong to us in spite of the gall Of the grafters and grabbers who; forestall ' The' natural rights and the needs:' of all, Who live on the earth that God'. made.. "These are the corporate snakes that coil . Around the timber and coal and oil And the water powers and •fertile - soil Which belong to us all, in spite of the gall Of the grabbers and grafters who. forestall The natural rights and the needs of all Who live on the earth that God' mads "These are the lords of mill and mine Who dot as if they were divine, Who can't read the writing on the - wall, But admire the skill and excuse the gall Of the grabbers and grafters who forestall The natural rights and the needs of all Who live on the earth that God' made. These are the parsons shaven and shorn, Who tell the workers all forlorn, To pray for contentment night and morn, And to bear and suffer want and scorn, And be lowly and meek and humbly seek For their just reward on the 'hea- venly shore, But not on the earth that God made;" • —Will I-ferford,. ._. Our Commercial equipped from a thousand Couter We are We will be Calling ' ri t . ,, Printing Department to handle printing box of Calling Cards Statements or Letter , is of all kinds to ten Heads for 'ooks you in any your order or Give us Your Order Check prepared to supply quantity Pleased to receive for Letter Heads Bill Heads Statements Envelopes Cards, Private Stationery Correspondence Cards THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD A FINE MEDIUM FOR ADVERTISING—READ ADS. IN THIS ISSUE PHONE 4 __... 2)'