The Seaforth News, 1943-11-11, Page 6Suspended Sentence in
Salt Industry Case
The troubled affairs of Seaforth
Salt industries Limited, a compara-
tively new firm which proposes to
re-establish the industry in that
town, were under review in weekly
Police Court in Goderich lest Thurs-
day, when the company's manager,
William R. Beldon, Iii, was convict-
ed of common assault upon the sec-
retary-treosurer of the company, W.
Earl Elliott of Toronto, and given
suspended sentence upon payment of
court costs.
Much of the evidence was irrele-
vant to the eharge, but it was per-
mitted because the accused claimed
that he was receiving a "raw deal"
from his fellow -directors and that
therefore there was extreme provo-
cation for the. assault, in which a
rock and an axe figured. The latter,
which Beldon was said to have
swung menacingly, was produced in
evidence,
Mr. Elliott, a trim, well-groomed,
bespectacled business executive, said
he was sent to Seaforth on Satur-
day, October 2, to serve Beldon with
notice of his dismissal.
"When I gave it to him he flew
into a rage, tore it up, jumped on
the pieces of paper. He picked up a
rack, threw it at me, and struck me
on the shoulder -blade. I was forced
to go to a doctor and I am still un-
der his care," said Elliott,
The assault took place in the ev-
aporating department. Elliott said he
Plastic Surgery
Restores Hearing
Neighbors crowd iueredulously
around a little nervous woman,
whoee face is alight with joy,
true that your Pancha has regained
his hearing?" The woman nods hey
head affirmatively, and finally suc-
ceedse in making herself beard .above
the excited din.
"Yes, my 1'ancha was opevated on
and he is (leaf no more. Now he
hears even the faint buzz of a mass
quite. I tell you, it is true. It is a
miracle t"
This misaele does exist, and it is
repeated daily. Every cloy, deaf
people enter the clinic, are operated
on, and leave able to hear. Mothers
who have never heard the cries of
their children, men and women who
have never heard an orchestra or a
talking movie now revel gratefully
in a new-found world—the world of
sound,
In Mexico today, the deaf are be-
ing made to hear through the work
and research of two doctors, Valdes
and Schulhof, who have obtained
surprising results through the use of
a new surgical method.
Virtual caravans of deaf people
arrive daily at the "Boneficiencia
No. 2" in the Public Welfare Build-
ing in Mexico City. The line of hope-
fuls stretches far into the street. On
the whole, they are poor, humble
people who have frequently benefit-
ed from- Public Welfare. But today
this is a strange -mixture of all class-
es of people.
ran from Beldon to the boiler house Even though the operation is per;
while Harry Evans, an employee, formed through the Public Welfare,
grappled with his assailant. the success of the operation has be -
"Later he cane at me swinging an come so widespread, that rich as well
axe. I ran to my car and managed to as poor are now a common sight in
get away," Elliott further testified. the building.
Harry Evans, Oliver Elliott and This new procedure was first used
Thomas Flanagan, all company ens- on El wizened old woman, 86 years
ployees, corroborated Elliott's evi- of age. She was completely deaf
dence in whole or in part. � when she first came to the clinic, Af-
Beldon gave dramatic evidence, ter the operation, while scarcely out
breaking down in tears at one stage of the anaesthetic, she exclaimed
with joy: 'To not shout please, I
hear very well."
When one realizes the magnitude
of the handicap of deafness, it can
be readily understood why this tech-
nique was so eagerly received. Deaf-
ness is one of the chief sources of
human unhappiness and misery. It
occurs mostly in big modern cities.
It is the cause of many traffic accid-
ents, work accidents, and often
causes the loss of employment.
According to Doctor Valdes, there
are 16 million deaf people in the Un-
ited States and four million in Mex-
ico. As a result of his research, to-
gether with Dr. Schulhof, it Me been
demonstrated that at least 60 per-
cent of all deafness can be cured by
their new method,
This method consists simply of a
Plastic reconstruction of the middle
and inner ear, and was perfected and
introduced into Mexico a short time
ago by Dr. Schulhof.
The affected parts of the ear, that
have been destroyed by sickness cr
accident, are totally removed, and
plastic substitutes are put in their
place.
For the formation of these sub-
scand. stitutes, nothing is used which is
When composed, the aged gentle- alien` to the organism of the natient;
man sought to relate the trouble the materials of his own body are
there had been over the purchase of taken. The part that has to be sub -
piping, boilers etc. He charged the stituted is reconstructed and is care -
directors with dissipating the share- fully placed ht the corresponding no
-
holders' money by the purchase of sition.
The new organs are easily !mei--
worn-out equipment, but was %topp posted into the general structure
ed' of the ear and are hardly distinguish-
ed from the original parts. Up to
and at another suffering a complete
loss of memory. He said he had made
a life study of the salt and similar
industries and had organized and
brought the Neepawa (Man.) salt
block into production before it was
sold to Canadian Industries Limited.
He had come to Seaforth three years
ago because Seaforth was accessible
to cheap fuel. At first he worked on
his own, but Iater he interested Tor-
onto promoters, a company was
formed and stock sold to raise work-
ing capital. As his share he received
ten thousand shares of common
stock (par value one dollar) and an
undertaking that he was to be man-
aging director of the company. He
said he had $1,200 of his own money
in the firm.
As the building of the plant pro-
ceeded trouble arose between the
company and himself over the pur-
chase of equipment, Beldon testified.
He said he had put his heart and
soul and every dollar he had into the
enterprise. He had reached the point
where he had actually produced salt.
"You can imagine my feelings
when I was served with that notice
of dismissal," said Beldon, breaking
down and sobbing on the witness
"When I read that letter of dis-
missal all I could see was myself and
my wife being thrown out on the
street, penniless. They had used my
name and my experience until they
no longer needed me, they they were
eoin,g to throw me out," he said.
To his counsel. Frank Donnelly,
Me. Belilon said he had since secur-
ed an injunction from Judge Costel-
lo prohibiting the directors from in-
terfering with the management of
the company.
Beldon admitted throwing the
rock, but said he meant no harm
with the axe and was never within
striking distance of Elliott, His
whole object, he said, was to protect
the shareholders. He denied saying
'There are going to be three fun-
erale,"
Mr, Donnelly pleaded extreme
provocation as justification for Bel -
don's, behavior. The old man was
greatly angered at being used as a
tool in order that money might he
raised, he said. He felt that the enols
of justice could be met by adjudica-
tion in the civil courts, now pending.
"I have some sympathy for this
man, but there are other ways of ex-
pressing hi sindignation," said Mag-
istrate Makins in recording a con-
viction and suspending sentence. His
Worship refused to allow Elliott his
travelling expenses to and from To-
ronto three times.
Want and For Sale ads, 3 weeks 50e.
now, many types of deafness have
been operated upon without one
single accident.
The patient recovers his hearing
immediately after the operation. In
the case of a patient deaf in both
ears. the operation is performed first
on one ear and at a later date on the
other ear. -
Though the waiting lines are long,
only 25 to 30 patients are actually
examined each day in the clinic, But
up to the present the facilities are
still so limited, that they permit of
no more than two operations a day.
De. Valdes says that "for the fut-
ure we would like to found in Mex-
ico the first world institution for ef-
fectively combatting deafness in or-
der to further research in this field
and for the performance of increas-
ingly perfect operations."
A publicity house decided they
needed an enormous may of the
world so they could refer to it eas-
ily, One day the snap makers called
up and said: "Give us the measure-
ments of your doors just to be on
the safe side. We want to be sure
the map isn't so big we won't be able
to get it in."
Ten minutes later, while the
measurements were being taken, the
map makers called back,
"Never mind. about that informa-
tion," they said. "We can't get the
map out of our door,"
SEAFORTH NEWS
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 11943
As newly appointed national sec-
retary of farm radio forum, Ralph
Staples (above) will be in charge
01 organising listening groups of
farmers 'across Canada, and provid-
ing them with material, for dis•
cession. lfach Monday' evening these
farm forums gather about their
radios to hear agricultural experts
discuss matters 01 vital concern to
the farmers. Broadcast over a chain
of (''BQ networks, the next farm
forum will be hearts Nov. 15th at
5:10 p.m.
Mr. Churchill Prepares
A Speech
When the history of this war
comes to be written in its entirety
through the perspective of years. a
large and - prominent part will have
to be given to the oratory of Prime
Minister Winston Churchill. It was
his brave -words that sustained the
British people through their darkest
hour and inspired them to fight on
against overwhelming odds ''by" but
not "for" themselves alone.
It is hard to explain the hypnotic
quality which those who have listen-
ed to him attribute to Hitler. But it
is not difficult to understand the
compelling force of Winston Church-
ill's eloquence to rouse his nation to
such heights of courage and endur-
ance that "if the British Empire and
its Commonwealth last for a thous-
and years men will still say 'this was
their finest ' hour.' " For the words
which MCr. Churchill utters on the
floor ,of the House of Commons, on
the platform and into the micro-
phone are distillate of the mists, the
green fields, the stately mansions
and the modest cottages which are
Britain. His phrases are compounded
out of the glorious tradition of Eng
lish literature, and stem from the
language of the time of Queen Eliz-
abeth and King James.
Like all works of art, Mr. Church-
ill's best speeches are born slowlY
and painstakingly, with much
thought and arduous work. No mat-
ter how spontaneous a quip seems to
fall from the Prime Minister's lips,
the chances are that it was premed -
Navy Marine Engines Made and Carried by C.P.R.
elping to meet the urgent need
11. of the Royal Canadian Navy
for main marine engines and
condensers to be used in escort
vessels the Canadian Pacific Rail-
way's Angus Shops in Montreal
now has a steadily increasing flow
of these "tools of war" coining
from that section of the big shops
which earlier completed the manu-
facture on schedule of more than,
1,400 Valentine tanks, mainly for
service in Russia.
The marine engine, pictured
above on a C.P.R. depressed -
centre flat car, prior to being pre-
pared for shipment, weighs 89
tons, with condensers and bed -
plates included. Its size is demon-
strated in the picture on the right
of the workman, who is dwarfed
by one of the huge connecting
rods. Handling of the engines to
their destination comes under the
head of "high and wide" trans-
portation. with special advice from
file Canadian Pacific's engineering
department being followed to
squeeze the loads past bridges
and other permanent installations.
As was the case with the
Valentine tanks the marine engines
are being made at the same time
as Angus Shops handles the
greatly increased repairs on loco- >'
motives and cars necessitated by }g
wartime's heavier transportation j
load. All the jobs are being done
without new buildings or extensive
additions to the existing plant, a
further demonstration of the
versatility of the department
headed by H. B. Bowen, chief of
motive power and rolling stock.
To reach marine engine produc-
tion as early as 'possible machin-
ing of parts and fabrication of
sub -assemblies was started while
the tank work still was proceeding
at the big Canadian Pacific shops.
As machine capacity and floor
area were released from the tank
contract they were utilized for the
marine engine worm.. The first 10 -
ton engine hedplate was laid down
a little over two weeks after com-
pletion of the last tank hull on the
Valentine contract to earn the
compliment in an official report
that "the very best efforts were
put forth. by all persons respon-
sible for this work".
itated and prepared. He almost nev-
er speaks extemporaneously, and
when he does his remarks have the
flavor but not the polish of Church-
ill at his best.
When he has a speech to make,
the Prime Minister dictates it to a
secretary. The opening paragraphs
and final peroration come hard and
he spends a great deal of time on
them, sometimes trying a dozen or
more lines of approach before he
hits on one that satisfiies him. He
has a deep-seated distrust of short-
hand notes and insists on dictating
directly to the typist. All typewrit-
ers used by his secretaries at 10
Downing Street have exceptionally
large type so that he can read easily
and at a distance, for he likes to see
how the words look in type as he
paces up and down like a caged lion
behind his secretary. His thoughts
don't seem to come right unless he's
got a cigar between his teeth.
Even when he has got the speech
all typed he is never satisfied with it.
He fusses over it, changing a word
here and a word there, shortening
sentences, rearranging the order of
words and phrases right up until the
moment of delivery. That is why on
those rare occasions when the text
of a Churchill address is given out
before delivery, the copy always car-
ries a warning that it must be check-
ed against delivery before it is pub-
lished. By the time he delivers the
address the Prime Minister usually
has virtually committed it to mem-
ory, a trick which is almost essential
for a good parliamentarian because
the tradition of the House frowns
upon the reading of a prepared
speech.
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