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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance Times, 1933-09-28, Page 3u1lrsday, Sept, 28th, 1933. QRANGE PEKOE BLEND "Fresh from the Gardens" World Wode News In rtpfForm. Canadian Meads Would Group Congratulations are being extended Miss Bessie MacMurchy, President of the Women's Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Cuhrch of Canada, on her election to the Presidency of the International Union of Women's Home and Foreign Missionary Soc- ieties of the Presbyterian and Re- formed Churches. ' The appointment was made at the ninth Quadrennial. Conference which met in Rosemary Street Presbyterian Church, Belfast, Ireland. Oshawa Veteran Would. Serve Sentence- Oshawa—John J. Neb1e, •Fairleigh A'venu'e, shell-shocked war veteran, stated he had written Wilhelimina Freida Weitz, former war -nurse, who is charged with murder in California, offering to take her place and pay the penalty of any sentence imposed puon her. Noble makes one stipule tion, however, that. Miss Weitz 'pro- vide enough money take care of his wife for the rest of his life. Noble explained that Miss Weitz ". had twice saved his life during the Great War, but was vague as to def- inite 'dates. Farmers Would Strike - Des Moines, Ia.,-The- United Stat- es Farmers' Holiday Association, vote ed unanimously to declare" a farm strike on all products, and to ask the co-operation •of labor if its demands embodied in NRA codes are not com- plied with by the Administration. Doukhobors to be Gradually Freed Vancouver—British Columbia and Dominion 'Governments haveadopted a new policy: in connection with the Doukhobor problem in this Province, whereby the 600 imprisoned Sons and Daughters. of Freedom on Piers Is- land will be released from custody in small groups, starting shortly, says the Vancouver Province in a special despatch from Victoria. Four Powers Near Arrns Agreement Paris—A.-close approach to a' gen- eral agreement between the United Kingdom, France, the United States andcon- trol Italy for the limitation andI Y of armaments, it was authoritat- ively learned, was made in talks be- tween negotiators of the first thtee powers. AFrench official reported "substantial progress" had been made toward the forming of a solid front by the 'four nations at the resumption of the World Disarmament Conferen- ce, with a common understanding concerning the disarmament question,, Russia Upsets Wheat Quota Plan London—The big fourwheat ex- porting nations failed to reach an un- rerstanding with Soviet Russia on her demand she be allowed approximate- ly double the exports allotted under the recent international agreement, but informed circles . understood the negotiators were optimistic that the matter could be settled satisfactorily, The Russian delegate stated his stand for a' larger figure than the 44,000,000 bushels set by the wheat accord, and then left before the conclusion of the meeting, in which representatives of Canada, the United States, Argentina and Australia participated. Armed Bandit Fails to Rob While more than two hundredP eo- ple were attending an auction sale at Ryan's Art Galleries, Limited, Tor- onto, Friday night, a life -and -death struggle was beingenacted within a few yards of them without their knowing that anything out of the or- dinary was taking place. A lone . gunman, 'armed with a heavy black automatic revolver; at- tempted to hold up Archie Ferguson, the bookkeeper at Ryan's. During the. course of the struggle which ensued, the hammer of the automatic clicked twice, but apparently fell on empty shells, and the life of Ferguson; was spared. Striking Ferguson over the left ear with the ;evolver, the bandit felled his intended victim and escap- ed before help could be summoned. United. States to Bolster Navy Washington— President Roosevelt let it be known that whether -or not any suggestions to the •contraryy are received from abroad, the United States intends to press to the limit its . $238,000,000 naval construction program. Canadian Fascists Number 25,000 Montreal — The Fascist Party of Canada has arrived. J. Anaclet Chali foul, President of Labor Clubs of the Province of Quebec, announced his organization will in' future be known by the new name. Members of the federation, said to number 25,000, wear Hitlerstyle brown shirts and caps and salute with the upraised arm in approved Fiscist fashion. Advocates State 'Con'trol • of Armaments A storm of applause swept the Canadian and Empire Clubs united HYDRO LAMPS "The:Long Life Lamps" Wingham Utilities Commission Crawford Block. Phone 156. membership recently when°'Viscount Cecil, formerly Lord Rcibert Cecil, de - (dared for State control of armament rnaking and the elimination therefrom of all c'tement of pecuniary gain, "'We ought to treat armaments," he ,aid, "as \y? treat the manufacture of noxious drugs, and I see no real dis- tinction between the man who manu- factures heroin for the purpose of corrupting his fellowmen and the man who manufactures weapons that can only be used for the slaughter of other hurnan.beings. IVlimico .Relieved of Relief Payments .Word was received by L. J, Ferris, Town Clerk of Miniico, that Starting Oct, 1, the municipality would be completely relieved of relief disburse - meets, the Federal and Provincial Governments assuming 100 per cent. of : the cost as from that date. Henry Says Worst Is Over Kenora—With definite signs of re- covery in evidence, the Ontario ov- ernrnent is convinced the worst phas- es of the depression are over, Prem- ier George S. Henry stated here when he addressed a large public meeting. Recovery must be gradual, however, Mr. Henry' said. For it suddenly tb emergefrom present conditions with- out the necessary adjustments tb guard against recurrence' being made would be. folly. New Radio Station for Corrnnission Ottawa -It was announced • by Hec- tor Charlesworth, Chairman, that ar- rangements have been completed: by. the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission for the establishment of a five -kilowatt station in Montreal, which will be used entirely in 'con- nection with Commission programs. The station will be ready for use Nov. lst. Great Cathedral to be Rebulit Valleyfield, Que.—Blackened walls, baked with the heat of the midnight fire which destroyed the beautiful Valleyfield Cathedral and the Con- vent of the Sisters of Jesus and Mary with damages estimated at $1,600,000, are still sound enough to permit a new church •to rise from the ashes of the old, Octave Cossette, who built the cathedral in 1884, stated. In the Bishop's Palace, menaced for a while as the flames gutted the cathedral and swept through .the convent and nor- mal school, driving 400 pupils and 100 nuns outdoors for safety, a little group of church authorities met in conference and decided to rebuild the. church as soon as possible. To Spend $75,000,000 on Good for Needy Washington -Purchase of surplus'. foodstuffs for distributions •'to the needy of the United States was ord- ered by President Roosevelt upon the economic paradox of want in a land of plenty. He directed the agricul- tural adjustment and Federal -relief administrators to speed this program with the twofold purpose of stabiliz- ing glutted markets and feeding the under nnn u e ployed products The consideire. tot ti �nurcliase include for p beef, dairy.and poultry, cotton arid 11 cottonseed The Government will buy, in the open market, A rough esti- mate placed the total cost of the un- dertaking at about "$75,000,000. The cotton purchased will be''manufactur- ednto clothing. Draper R•emains..As Chief Constable The Dorland inquiry, the Kingstone report, and the Dair°anleau incident pass into civic archives. The Police Commission has completed its delib- erations 'concerning them all. Chief Constable D. C. Draper remains at his post as head of Toronto's force, and is assured of the eco -operation and support of the Commission. Stich was the substance of the of- ficial announcement handed to the press at the conclusion of Friday's meeting of the board. Isnit NEWS of the DISTRICT Flying Steel Embedded in Eye, Is Re,'tnoved Mr. James McIntosh, of the second concession Kinloss, was going about last week, practically blind in his left eye as the result of a piece of steel, flying off an emery stone and becom- ing embedded in the pttpil of the op- tic. Medical attention was necessary 'n having the small splinter removed, and although the mishap was incore venient as well as painful, no ill 'ef- fects are expected. when the injury heals.w-'•Lucknow Sentinel, Painfully Injured Mr. W. 0. Gilmore, road superin- tendent of Wallace township suffered rM WING A ADVANCE -TIM painful injuries and hada narrow es- cape from death on Friday afternoon last when a truck loaded with gravel ran over him while engaged in road repair work. He is a patient at the Memorial Hospital, suffering with a broken .heel and sprained ,ankle. — Listowel Banner; Exeter to Have Pasteurization Plant There has been a demand in Ex- eter for, some time for pasteurized milk and the 'municipal council with the Board of Health have had under advisement a by-law for the protec- tion of mills consumers. Mr. Hatter, local .dairyman, has with considerable enterprise, purchased a pasteurization plant which will be operated in the course of a week or two, Several cases of undarient fever - in nearby municipalities .have given the citizens of Exeter some concern and this for- ward step should insure a much safer mik suppy. September Apple Blossoms Mr. M. A. Donahue brought to our office this week an apple tree limb taken from a tree in his garden, fully out in bloom Quite a freak for the 20th of September in Bruce County.' -Teeswater News. Breaks Hip in Fall from Tree Mr. J. D. Little, one ,of our most prominent farmers, had the misfor- tune to break•. his hip last week. He had placed a pointed -top ladder ag- ainst the trunk' of an apple tree, the limbs being too high for the ladder to reach. Mr. Little's hired help, Mr.. Alex. Kerr, Held the ladder, but when the former reached the top, the lad- der began to slip, and'Alex. could not hold it, Mr. Little and the ladder crashing to th'e ground'. — Teeswater News. Dryest Season This is the dryest season in the history of the present generation, the Pine River correspondent to the Re- view -Reporter writes. Rivers . and creeks which • never before were known to run dry, have done that. Those` who have been depending on surface wells for water have been drawing it from wherever they are able and are now willing to adopt any measure to get water for their stock.—Kincardine Review -Reporter. Freak Pig Yieds Profit— Reuben Smith, of Goderich, -be- lieves in making the best of his op- portunities. He has a young pig with but two front legs and he has taught it to "navigate" with its hind ex = tremities in the air, unsupported: It is a most unusual performance and Reuben is "doing" the fall fairs of the district with his pig. He showed to more than three hundred people at 10 cents each 'at Milverton on •Fri- day. Another pig of the same litter has long fingers instead of toes, four on the left hind foot and five on the right, and it is teaming with the two - legged piglet under canvas: It is a real freak act and Smith has visions of the porkers proving worth their weight in gold. A third pi gof the e same litter had but three legs. It died.—Milverton lv erton Sun. Spurious Money .Again Merchants and others are warned to be on the lookout for mercerized money . which is a new racket of the t' sharpers. The painted money has I been passed on merchants in Tilbury, and one was fooled twice by the salve ruse. Small pennies are painted with the mercury and made to look like dimes, and the big cents are passed off .as quarters when . painted. The money is usually passed over, the counter during a rush period when clerks are not too watchful. --Mitchell Advocate. Suing for $20,000 George Sterner, of the Culross townline, -who, was seriously injured a couple of months ago, when a car driven by Andrew Kuntz of Culross is alleged to have crushed hini against the stone wall of his barn, has en- tered an action to be tried at. the Bruce Fall Assizes at Walkerton in October, for $20,000. Joseph Kuntz, the alleged owner of the car, and his son Andrew, who was in charge of the car at the time of the mishap, are the defendants. — Mildmay Gaz- ette. Sample of Twin Apples Two samples of twin apples were brought to The Banner last week, ta- ken from the orchard of Mr. Packer of fourteenth concession, Elma. - The apples are perfectly formed and at tached to the stem. end to 'end. Each apple is completely separate and not grown into the other at all. Another curious thing is that practically all the apples on the three are growing in the same manner, --Listowel Ban- ner, Fell SO Feet, Seriously Injured Atwood—On Wednesday last, Neil Coghlitt, son of Mr, and ,Mrs„ John Coghill), while working' at silo fill - int; on. the. farm of James H. Dick - eon, Blind, ick-eon,Blirtd, Line, fell from the top of the silo to the roof of the barn and then to the ground, a distance of be- tween 40 and 50 feet. The injured. young znan was rushed to Listowel Memorial Hospital - where is was found that several ribs were broken, also his arrtl, and injuries to his back. .Arm Caught in Wringer Mrs, M. L. Beavers met with an un- fortunate accident on Monday morn- ing while doing the washing. She had the misfortune to get her right arm caught in the electric wrringer, it go- ing through nearly to the elbow and remained there until released by Mr. Beavers, who was in an adjoining room. Several blood vessels of the arm were ruptured. Exeter Times - Advocate. Fruit Pilfered A housekeeper in town informed our reporter that she has had a con- siderable quantity of preserved fruit stolen out of her cellar, besides other stuff. The thieves gained admittance through' a cellar window and cleared off one of the shelves on which were at least fifteen sealers- of raspberries, several sealers of pineapple and other fruits.—Harriston Review. Second Growth of Raspberries On Monday bushes on the "island" across from the residence of Mr. and Mrs. L. H. McNamara were found to be loaded with a second growth of raspberries and, due to the, ,:sustained dry weather, the same applies to the growth in a number of gardens, Walkerton Telescope. Scissors pierce Eye -Ball When 7 -year-old Darold Schefter and his 10 -year-old sister, Rita, were palying at the home of their parents, Monday night, during the absence of. the mother from the home, a pair of sharp -pointed shears in the hands of the brother penetrated the left eye- ball of the sister, just below the pupil of the eye, inflicting a most painful and nasty gash that at first was fear- ed might destroy the sight. Walk- erton Telescope. Deer Were Friendly Mr. A. J. McMurray on going up to Harriston recently had an interest- ing' experience near Fordwich, when a family of three deer came out of a wood near the road and seemed to -want to gt a good look at the travell- ers. One of the fawns was startled on the approach of the car and ran into the wood but later the doe and the two fawns leaped a fence to come nearer and exhibited some curiosity concerning the queer animal which could get over the ground without legs. Deer seem to be growing more plentiful in all this district.—Clinton News -Record. Boys Smashed Windows The Seaforth Agirculttyral Society found itself on Saturday last facing the task of replacing forty-four panes of glass in the exhibition hall, which had been broken on Friday evening. The secretary and some of the dir- ectors were in the building Friday af- ternoon getting ready for the anual Fair. When they returned on Satur- day they found the floor strewn with broken glass and stones and the win- dows broken.—Seaforth Huron Ex- positor. Hen Causes Barn Fire in Arran Like the cow that kicked over the lantern and caused the disastrous con- flagration in Chicago, a Hein the barn of Mr. Louis Porter, con. 13, Arran, flew against a lantern and knocked over the oil -burner, causing it to ex- plode and set fire to the structure with a resultant loss to the owner of several thousand dollars.—Port Elgin Times. TIM` WOULD PUT THE TRANSHINTS TO WORK To the Editur av all thim Wingham paypers, Deer Sur: - Since Mishter Ferguson was afther corrin all the way from the Ould. Counthry to-sittle the rnatther, it duz- zen't look loike we wud hev anny On- tario elickshun this fall, an, av coorse Mishter Binnit has too much sinse to bring on the Dominion elickshuns 'un- til he has been afther attindin two arr tree moore' confirinces. Wid thins` two :mpoot tint nnatthers cue av the way fer the prisint, the nixt jawb furninsht us is to tink up the navies av the min ' we lethal to elickt fer tlic nixt town Council av \'Vingitann. _\Iebby, either all, this easy mane nnoore to os in dollars an cints than what min we rind to Par- leymint in Toronto arr Ottawa. Av coorse, shpairin in a giesral way. vn, hev a ptt:ty fair Council, at the prisint toini , whin ye tink av how Inannxy Grits theer dr, be in it, but, risen at that, is naaight be poshible to make some improveinint in it. Some payple do be sayin hat we sliud make a clave ttp, so to shpake, pure, wholesome, and economical table Syrup. Children love its delicious flavor. an turnsome av thio ould oidintitics out av the Council, an, elict younger min. I don't hould wid that polishy nresilf, so I don't, be rayson fact that I belave in the motto, "An ould harse fer a barred road" An, shure, it is a barred enough road we will be afther 'havin this corrin whit- her, wid thirn transhints shtartin out on theer thravels already. 'Tis sinsible min the town will be afther naidin to dale wid thim lads. 'Tis 4verruk they shed hev to be doin fer iviry boite they ate, an fer iviry bed they shiape in, an, shure, timer do be plinty av jawbs that rade doin arround town. If it wussen't fer me lame back I wud be afther shtandin' fer the Coun- cil mesilf, so I wud, but, mebby whin theer wud be an important maytin, I wudden't be able to attind, an thin tings rnoight go wrong, an I wud hev to share the blame. Wan ting I know that if -1 wus in the Council thim Hor ticultural. payple wud purty :soon hev to clane up theer property on the car- ner av Alfred an Josephine Shtrates, an not lave the town lookin loike Sodom an Gomorrah fer another say- son. Whoy not put some av the out av wurruk town byes clarin it up, an whin anny av thim transhints shtrike town, sind tithe up theer to airn theer boord and kape, an let thim town lads I show thim what to do, an kape thio at it? If that wus done we wud per- ty soon show thim transhints that Wingham wus a' good place to shtrike' aff therr callin lishts. Thin look at the broken soidewalks we hev in town. Shure, a Grit arr a C.C.F. polytickle platfoorm wud ` be safer than some av thim. Yours till nixt toime, Timothy Hay. THE PREVENTION OF MECHANICAL INJURIES TO POTATO TUBERS (Experimental Farms Note) For some year farmers in the po- tato growing sections of Canada have been reminded of the necessity of preventing mechanical injuries to po- tatoes whether grown for seed pur- poses or for table use. The most common mechanical in- juries are cants, cracks, skinning and bruises, Cuts are most noticeable; but s • 1 btu ses are considered de d of greater im- portance because what may appear to be a minor, bruise is actually an area of crushed tissue giving rise to many internal cracks, the forerunners of storage rots resulting from mechan- ical injuries and responsible for ap- preciable losses. Of the agencies causing such injuries the Potato dig- ger is the chief offender. The pota- toes may also be damaged as they are picked up and hauled to the cel- lar. It has been determined experi- mentally that tubers are injured but very slightly when poured from a basket into a sack from a height of 12 inches! When poured from a height of 30 inches, however, injury by cracking and bruising it very se- vere. As .a further precaution against such injury the newly dug potatoes should be left exposed to the air for at least 30 minutes. Furthermore, the potatoes should be reasonably mat- ure as tubers crack very easily if they : are still growing rapidly at dig- ging time. By avoiding late planting this source of injury may be mater- ially reduced. Since most of the injuries are caus- ed by the digger it should be selected with care and adjusted to insure the least possible damage to the crop. According to authorities on the sub- ject diggers should be at least 24 in- ches in width and operated deep en- ough to dig the potatoes without cut- ting. Sufficient dirt should. . be ele- vated over the chain to cushion the potatoes and the 'rear shoauld be ad- justed just high enough to free the potatoes from the soil but not too high lest bruising occurs. It is usu- ally necessary to pad the digger chain especially if the potatoes are imma- ture. If the soil is damp it may stick to the rods and offer suitable pro- tection. When the soil is so dry, that it sifts through the chain or belt oth- er measures must be taken and for this it is preferable to split pieces of rubber hose and tie thein around ;the reds. Similarly it is highly import- ant to pad all hard and solid parts of the digger with which potatoes may come in contact. Any additional information may be obtained by writ- ing to your nearest :Dominion Labor- atory of Plant Pathology. Tb'ill yotthe aux t , or ��-fiCi . n, WING if$9.55 per month saved from age 30 will provide a pension of $50 per month for life at age 65. Annual dividends may be used to reduce the premium -paying period or in- crease the pension. Pensions can also start at 50, 55 or 60. TODAY you are writing your own life story . which pian will you be? 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