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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1939-02-16, Page 2} PAGE TWO am1.1,1.„,i„'u1n111141111111121111111111„,, u'muwun"u” 1 Mirror of the Nation Rarely, if ever, in the Canadian Parliament has a major (political ex- pose involving millions of dollars been treated with se ch an entire ab- sence of :partisanship as has ,charac terized the con:deinnation in the House of Commons the 'Government's course in connection with the Bren machine gun contract. This non-parti- san'handling of the swatter is evidenc- ed 'by 'the fact that all the .groups in. the House of Commons, with 'Che ex- ception of the members supporting the Government, 'have taken virtually identical attitudes in the matter. Members of all the Opposition groups have strongly 'condemned the way in which the machine gun con- tract was handled, taking their con- demnation from the report of the Commissioner of Inquiry 'himself, In so doing, however, they have made it clear that their concern was less with discrediting the Administration than with safeguarding future expenditures in Canada's defence program. Nearly ail the members who joined in expos- ing the patronage and profiteering methods which, the Commissioner's 'report revealed, had been followed in placing the order for machine guns were insistent that these methods- should not prevail in the doubled ex- penditure xpenditure on defence (which the Gov- ernment is now asking Parliament to approve. CCF, Social Credit and La- bor Members were as vigorous as the Conservatives in demanding that the spending of $63+000,001Q on defence Which the Government proposes for the next twelve months should be free front the favoritism,, patronage and profiteering attaching to the ma- chine gun deal. In this matter members were liter- ally discharging the duty placed squarely upon thein by the Commis- sioner of Inquiry when, in his report, he said it was for the Government and Parliament to .pass upon the question of whether those responsible for securing Canada's requirements in machine guns had discharged their responsibility to the public interest. The only difference in attitude on the Opposition side was that while the CCF 'group wanted t'he Commis- sioner's report and the machine gun contract sent to the public account• committee for further investigation the Conservative party held that the deal had been sufficiently investigat- ed and completely exposed and con- demned in the commissioner's. report and that the deal should he cancelled at once without waste of time or money m further investigation. In. moving that the contract be cancel- led. in amendment to the CCF pro- poai t•' refer it to the public ac - c sunt- committee, Hon. R. J. Manion took the ground that the only poss- ible result from a reference to the committee would be a report white- washing the deal. This result was cer- tain because the Government, under the rules of the House, would place 36 of its own supporters on the pub- lic accounts committee against 114 members from all the opposition groups. The Commissioner had been prev- ented, Dr. Manion pointed out, from giving, in his report, his opinions on the transaction. Counsel representing those involved in the transaction, in- cluding counsel for the Government, had insisted, after 'the evidence had all been taken at the Inquiry, that the Commissioner 'must not make any 'findings on the evidence or include in his report any conclusions or com- ments or opinions regarding the con- tract or 'the conduct of those concern- ed in it. This restriction on the Com- missioner had forced hint to let the evidence speak for itself. brr. Woodsworth, the CCF leader, and members of other Opposition groups •directed their attention more particularly to Hon, lan Mackenzie's statements in the House last session in this statements regarding the con- tract and 'his answers to gues'tions concerning it, How, Mr. Woodsworth wanted to know, was the House or the •cou'ntry to 'have any confidence in the statements the 'Minister of Def- ence would make later on regarding the proposed expenditure of 'the $63,- 000,000 for national defence? Interest in and around Parliament is now tanning on the question of whether, , after all that has 'been re- vealed, the Prime Minister will con - time 'to protect Hon. Tart Mackenzie in his .position 'of Minister of (National Defence. A 'disposition has been shown by 'members of all the 'OPpos- .ition (parties to believe that Mr, Mac- kenzie King was unaware of what was going on when the Defence Min- ister and his department were making certain that the Canadian:machine gun contract, and the British contract also, would go to .the Toronto group of ,promoters which included brothers THE SEAFORTH NEW b THURSDAY, 'FEBRUARY 16, 1939 TEA 19 and friends of Hugh Plaxbon, M.P., Londesboro and Kinburn Win— to 'bhe- view that the Pr late - and stook -broker associates. The demand which already has 'been made for the removal of Hon. Ian -Mackenzie :from the position which gives him control of Canada's costly rearmament effort is ,bound to become more insistent as Parliament takes up the business of providing further .millions for the purpose. This demand is nota partisan one. It has been made in the Commons from quarters which 'in the past have sup- ported the Administration. As the debate proceeded Mr, Mac- kenzie King gave no indication as to whether he •in'tend•ed to protect the minister or seek to restore confid- ence in the Government by ;purging his cabinet of the cause of the trou- ble. The Prime Minister, however, did join with his 'cabinet colleagues and supporters in applauding when J. F. Pouliot, Liberal .member for Te- miscouata, maintained that patronage in the awarding of such munition con- tracts was not Objectionable: "If it was patronage," said the Liberal member, "patronage is not so bad af- ter alt. Patronage is 'the rewarding of friends who have fought •for us in pol- itical campaigns. And when it is with- in the law there is no treed to be scan- dalized about it." It was considered significant that as Mr. Pouliot pro- ceeded to treat condemnation of the transaction as a jest Mr. King and other ministers supported hits with their applause. But some observers think that after the storm has died down Mr. Mackenzie may be replac- ed in the important defence portfolio. COMMUNICATION Editor Seaforth News. ' Dear Sir: I am grateful to he al- lowed a space in your 'columns and hope these few simple words will serve to challenge the readers: Why is there so little human 'kindness s'how•n. to these souls less fortunate --the transient? These men, some of whom are little more than boys, who tramp the highways in summer, and in dead of 'winter, many wearing clothing suitable only for summer 'weather, youths who are commonly. called -bums", !because they 'travel lit search of employment. -There are even biose who 'say these men couid find work if they wanted to. But I 'hardly think they would the walking long miles .in sub -zero weather, improp- erly clothed, for the 'sheer ;pleasure of getting a little 'fre'slt air. They find their way to our doors, and are call- oualy turnedaway, without so much as •a kited word—by those who •would call themselves "Christians." Wlhere is there anything Christ -like in this attitude? I'm :afraid in God's sight they measure up to something quite different, "I pass this way but once, if 'there- fore is any good that I can do, any kindness d can show a fellow man; let me do it ,now, for I shall not pass this way again." Is a kind word and a 'bite to eat, too ntudh to expect from those of ass who hare so much more of life's goods, when to 'these souls it might meats a new faith in God and man, and thereby send 'them ontlheir way— a little more hopeful because they had met someone who was concerned about thein. Reader, if you're a Christian — show it, SYMPATHIZER. Science Hill, Ont. Londesboro and Kinburn were the victors in two hard-fought games in the Junior Farmers' McMillan: Cup series at bhe 'Palace rink, Seaforth, on Saturday night. Londesboro took 'Che opener from Egmondville by a :nar- row margin of two goals, beating the Egmondville boys 64. G. Fairservice, one of Londesbor 's .best men,, broke away in 'the opening minutes of play and slipped in the first count of the game. Soon Nicholson of Egmond- tttle tied the score when he scored on a shot front the blue line. Fairservice again scored on a shot in front of the goal to give Londesboro the lead 2-1. The only penalty in the first was handed out to Nicholson. Londesboro strengthened their lead in the second When Reilly put one in on a shat from the .blue line and .a minute later he put in another to give Londesboro a 2 -goal lead, Egmond!ville counted once more in the second wihen Bob Venus tallied ,on a Ione tush. In the third Egmondville 'began the scoring n'hen 111. 'Nicholson scored on a per- fect corner pass. Londesiboro were the next to count when Arthur scor- ed an a lone rush. Grey put in the sixth goal for Londesboro and Flan- nery tallied for Egmondvilie. Final count, 6.4, for Londesboro. Line-ups: Londesboro: Goal, Radford; de- fence, S. Fairservice, Arthur; centre, B. Riley; wings, G. Fairservice, W, Riley; subs., B. Riley, Gray, Haggett. Leiper, Snell. Egntondritle: Goal, McGeoch; def- ence, J. Nicholson, C. Rintoul; centre, Flannery; wings, Gemmell, H. Nich- olson; subs, Venus, Nigh, Rintoul, Messenger, Nicholson. In the second game K:inburn nosed out Winthrop 4-2. B. Riley opened the scoring for I(inburn, But Win- throp tied it up when Carter tallied, Then Dorrance ;cored to put Kinburn one up. From then on Winthrop forc- ed the play but their passing play just couldn't click. Kinburn added another count near the end of the first when Dorrance put in his second goal of the game. T}ie second was an exciting period. There was no score in the sec- ond but both goalies were kept 'busy. E. Scott was put off in the second for tripping, Winthrop forced the play - but the Kin burn defence kept them hack. "Then in tire' last stanza Dale scorcol for Kinburn on a solo rush, splitting the defence wide (Men and ban_ing it M. A Riley scooped one in on a haek'tatvl shot near the dying minutes to dive the game to Kinburn 4-2. Line-up-: S. S. Georgian Will Ca11 Kinburn: G',al, R. Rintoul; defence At Goderich This Year— Dale, Reeves: centre, Dorrance; lungs. A. Riley, B. Riley;alts., A. Mott, F. Scott. G. Scott. MacDonald. \Vinthrop: Goal, Montgomery; def- ence. A. Dale, T. Eaton: wings, Car- ter. Case: centre. Farquharson; alas., Lamont, Kerr, Dolntage, Betties. Referee.: Willisand Flannery. HURON NEWS Accident Case In Court-. After a two-day hearing in Coun- ty Court, on Friday and Saturday last. Judge T. M. Costello reserved judgment in a damage action arising out of a car accident which occurred between Hensall attd Zurich on Sep- tember 21st last year. Both principals in the action were .Zurich men, the plaintiff being Fred Thiel, the defend- ant Harold Stade, intermediate hock- ey player who is goal -tending this season for the Seaforth O. H. A. team. Twenty witnesses were heard. Included in the plaintiff's claim was $500 for injuries to This wife, Martha 'thiel, who .suffered broken ribs, cuts and shock. and :$343 for damage to the car. The plaintiff testified he was travelling at a moderate rate of speed cm his ottn side of the road. Other witnesses, including Provincial Traf- fic Officer 1\'rat. Robinson, stated the Thiel car was on its own side of the road after ‘the crash, and apparently had noted only a matter of inches after ,being struck. Thiel stated also that Stade, after the crash. confessed driving over sixty utiles per hour, This was: denied in court, the young man testifying he was travelling be- tween forty and fifty miles per hour. The accident occurred just afte, dusk, between 7.30 and 3 o'clock. and the defendant, in entering a counter- claim of 3500 for damage to itis car. which turned over in the ditch after the collision, said that T•hiel's car was travelling with only one light. How- ard Rose, Zurich garageman, testified he passed the 'Thiel car a matter of minutes 'before the accident and both headlights were burning at that time. Frank Donnelly, counsel for plaintiff: called Ed Nickle to the stand to test. ify as to the ability of Thiel as a driver, the plaintiff having Mau blind in one eye since childhood. Nicklc said he hacl driven thousands of miles with Thiel, and in itis opinion the man has a careful, accomplished driver, J. G. Morley, of Exeter. was counsel for defendant, prised the Elimville and Zion churches. For several years there has been a desire on bhe part of ,Zion con- gregation for a re -arrangement of charges. 'At a recent meeting of the Zion congregation the members voted strongly in favor of 'joining with the Centralia circuit, This, the under - stead, meets with the approval of the Centralia and Whalen congregations and will thus make a desirable three Point charge. Last' week a ,meeting of (the Elimville .congregation was 'held and after considerable discussion a resolution was passed- almost unani- mously expressing a desire to unite, with Thames Road and Roys. As the Elimville church is less than 'three miles from the Thames Road manse the matter of supplying Elimville would not 'be a difficult one, (particu- larly as the pastor, Rev. Mr. Mair, has no evening service at present. Addie a Elimville to Thames Road anti Roy> would also make this a very desirable charge. The natter has been dealt with by the boundary commission and a recommendation to this effect will be ;brought before the next meeting of Presbytery. --Exeter Times -Advocate, What Every Housewife Knows - "A little money in the bank often spells thee can ence nce between worry and ease of mind a "nest egg" to fall back on by opening a Savings Account at this Bank and making small regular deposits. ThereAlois a Trust Accounts may be opened for your children. Branch near you, where you will receive courteous atten- tion at all times. THE DOMINION MINION BANK ESTABLISHED 1871 Seaforth Branch - -E. C. 'BO'SIWELL, ('Manager her bereaved husband on December 12th, 1902. To this union were (born nine children, five boys and four girls, seven of wborn are now living, two lboys 'having died in infancy. She leaves to mourn, her loss her husband and four daughters: Alice, Mrs. Vau- ghan, of London; Mabel, Mrs, Wood, Paris; Irene, Mrs. R. Cantelon of Goderich township; attd Bess, Mrs. Melvin Elliott of Clinton; also three sons, Walter of London; 'Joseph of Clinton and Harold, at home. One sister, Miss Bertha Cantelon of Clin- ton and two 'brothers, Robert J. of Stratford and Goldie of Clinton, also survive. The 'funeral, w'as conducted from the home of her sister, Miss. B. Cantelon, in Clinton, on Thursday, February 9th, at 2 o'clock. Interment was in Clinton cemetery.. Tramps In McKillop School -House at Leadbury— Tramps are believed to have spent a comfortable week -end at school No. 7, `:h[cKillop, near Walton, for on Monday morning it was discovered the furnace had been lighted and pro- bably had been kept horning up to Sunday night. County Constable J. Ferguson, of Goderich, was - called when the school teacher discovered a table clock and $2,i50 had ,been stolen. The money was taken from a Red 'Cross 'box,—Goderich Signal -Star. Penny Bank— Total anolint on deposit at end of Decemiber, 11913a: 31,WLA5,00. Comparat- ive figures of a year ago: $1,2179.83. Dug Up 15 Skunks— Mat Johnston- wen into the 'fur business with a vengeanee t'he other day wizen he dug P3 skunks out of one hole.—i'sVingham Advance -Times. Youth Molested - M. K'u.perschntidt has lodged a complaint regarding the unusntal con- duct of a lNormanhy small. The Car- rick youth was driving on the 30th sicleroad,- with a horse and cutter, when he was ordered out 'of the ve- hicle by this eccentric IN•ormanby res- ident, who is alleged to have driven home with the outfit. With the assist- ance of the Provincial constable the horse and cutter were recovered at his 'home.—Mildmay Gazette. Staffa Cow Makes Record— Replying to a letter front Mr. C. C. Lee, president of the Goderich Board of Trade, Mr, R. J. McLogan, traffic manager of the Seaway Lines, states that the S. S. Georgian will operate oa the same schedule 'during the sum- mer of 1939 as it 'did last summer. This nteaats that the Georgian will call at Goderich on Saturday and Tuesday mornings northbound, and on Thursday and Sunday southbound, Another Huron Old Boy To The Pore— Last week the Goderich Signal- Star noted, by way of a letter from Mr. John Elliott of London, that Charles Agar, a former Huronite, had been appointed Speaker of she Legis- lative Assembly of Saskatchewan. It also notes .a press despatch from Regina stating that J. A. Gregory, member for the Battlefords, has been chosen( as Deputy. Speaker of the Sas- katchewan House. 'Mr. Gregory is an Exeter old boy who attended, school in Goderich. Thus both Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the Provincial As- sembly at Regina are from the county that has contributed so many of Sas- katdhewan's prominent (nen, includ- ing at least two Premiers of the 'Pro- vince, Mr, Gregory has been Mayor of North B'ateleford for twelve years. We are interested to see in the Family Herald and Weekly Star of January 25tth, a reference to the splendid record made by Dualwyn Lady, dual purpose Shorthorn, owned by E. Templeman ,of Staffa, This producer is the high two year 'old recorded in the 305 day division in 1938. She is credited • with 9,21399 lbs, milk during the duration of the test,' 37'1 lbs, fat, 'Calcula'ting for the 365 clay period 'this cow 'produced about 10,000 pounds milk, with a test of 4,8. Circuit Changes- There is every 'possibility 'thiat there will be a change in the pastoral Change of Elimville circuit of the Un- ited Church following the present conference year. The circuit has conn - 1,_ DASHWOOD FIRE DESTROYS LUMBER YARD AND MILL flames. Mrs. Klutnpp was the hero of the fire. She was working in the of- fice as the 'flames swept through the ,plant and she saved all the -books and records of the three mills although the smoke and dames drove Ther 'back as she tried to re-enter the 'office. Employees also carried lite safe from the office. Mr. i0lumpp, who 'has operated the mills for eight years, explained that he had been down looking at the en- gine in 'the chopping mill only about two minutes before the file ,broke out. Roy Bender, working at the chopper, first sale the flames shoot from around the tractor .and spread' the alarm, The fire spread ,but the Dash- wood 'firefighters had ,the hose to tis flames within a short time. But tih� hose never swelled with water. A bucket brigade proved futile and oth- er fire apparatus arrived too late. In the plant at the time were Mr. and Mrs. Kdunnpp, their two sons, Howard and .MIaurice, and Stewart Wolfe, George Scheffbauch, Milton Wil'lert, Roy Bender, Harold Weber, all employees and Jack Ryan, who was getting some work done in the Marling will, Dr. R. H. Taylor, vill- age trustee, with Ed \adigar and Ad- dison Tiernan, stated that there would be an early investigation ",Ve have always taken pride in our fire equip- ment. We 'bought a good pumper, we have 18 wells for wader suPp'ly, the just bought more new hose 'last s tier. We pay a ratan to keep a fire at the fire hall to prevent 'freezing, We have' been able to help other com- munities but now we had failure in our own," Dr, Taylor said. Clayton Phile, who had been res- ponsible for the fire at the fire 'hall, stated that his time of hire had ex- pired about three weeks ago but he had kept a fire on until the mild spell last week. For a time as the ,flames licked up the dry piles of lumber and a high wird blew, it was feared- that a large section of the village might be burn- ed. Furniture Was moved from the home of Henry Willert and the roof of his 'home and that of Sinton Will- ert were scorched and burned. Mrs. Amanda Shoemaker, who dives direct- ly 'opposite the mill, s'hing'led her home with tin shingles ,only: last fall and this is believed to' have saved her home. The Zurich pumper Was the first to arrive front out of town, followed by Bite Hensall pumper and the Grand Bend chemical tank. The Exeter unit was not called because it is 'fitted for a pressure system. The sawmill, 'planing mill an•d lum- ber yard were filled ofor 'the spring trade and about 15,000 feet of lttnb•er was •destroyed. Mr. Klumpp had rec- ently added the sawmill and a new (boiler was (being installed.. Fire which swept through Thomas Kluntpp's chopping mill, planing mill, sawmill and lumber yard and spread to claim Henry \Villert's garage and Sinton Willert's barn late Saturday afternoon left a loss of about 'S20,000 in the (busy police village seven or utiles west of Exeter. The fire broke out in the chopping still where sparks from a gasoline tractor apparently caused an .exp.lo.ion. The flames quickly spread through the other mills and for a time several homes were threatened as a 'high wind fan- ned the fire as it blazed over the dry lumber, The Dashwood fire -lighting equip- snettt, which has been the pride of the village, failed to functdoit and an im- mediate investigation is to be held by the village trustees to learn the rea- son. Thomas Klumpp, owner of the three mills, who placed his loss at 918:000, declared that if the equip- ment had got water to the fire in its early stages all but the chopping mill nngltt have :been saved, In some quarters it was stated that the pultsper was frozen, in others that the hose was frozen and another ex- planation was that the water in Dash- wood'•s 48 fire wells is below the 25 - foot level and the pumlier could not draw from this level The fire brigades from Zurich, Hensall and Grand Bend responded to calls for help, and tt'ith the support of local citizens were able to save the houses of Henry and Sinton Willert. The fire was the worst in tite vill- age since the planing mill owned by the late John Hoffman was burned 39 years ago. '1.1r. Klutn'pp stated that he carried no insurance on his 'property and was not prepared to say whether 'he would rebuild'. Employees and vol- unteer helpers were able to throw a quantity of lumber, perhaps 94,000 worth. 'beyond the reach of the Late Mrs, H. Corey, Clinton— Death name to 'Mrs, H, Corey on Tuesday, Feb. 7, and released her of her suffering, Deceased had been an invalid for the past two years, having suffered a paralytic stroke front which she never recovered.' Her' maiden octane was Elizabeth 1l. Cant - elan. youngest 'daughter of the late Peter Cantelott and Mrs. Cantelon (nee Alizalbeth Alexander) of Goder- ich township. She' was shorn and'rais- ed on the MI concession of 'Goderich township on the farm now owned by Mr. 11. Harrison. She was married: to Want and For Sale ads, 3 weeks ,50c. 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