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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance Times, 1933-10-12, Page 3Thursday, October 12, 1933 T WI 14AM ADVANC -TIM WidealmmemoroomoommoimmovmoomProi World News In • Brief Form Quake at Vancouver Vancouver—Two slight earth trem- ors were felt in Vancouver and Vic- toria and districts early Thursday evening and are believed to have cen- tred in the Gulf of Georgia or on Vancouver Island. No damage was reported. , Advocates State Medicine. Toronto -Medical men cannot af- ,.ford to treat indigents for nothing, and. the Ontario government must ei- ther make municipalities pay for me- dical services or must establish state medicine, in the opinion of Dr. E. A. MacDonald, who addressed the Tor- onto Academy of Medicine here. Dr. MacDonald 'is the new president of the academy. He suggested it be made obligatory to treat all people with an income of $2,000 or less, and salaries of $6,000 a year would be paid general practitioners, with $8,000 to $10,000 for specialists, the money to be raised by a general municipal or per capita tax the same as for the support of police, fire departments, teachers. and others. League Favors Inter- national Stabilization Geneva—There can be no lasting improvement in the world's economic situation, the Economic and Financ= ial Commission of the League of Na- tions "Assembly reported, unless the countries are prepared to abandon; "the system of closed national econ- omies." The report, which held The 'vi'e r that conditions are improved in 'a'. •number of way over those of last` year, urged a sorption ,of 'tire -turren-; cy stabilization question, so That The. World Economic Conference 'niig'ht reconvene with hopes of =neon, Railways and. Employees To Meet Again Ottawa -Negotiations between 'Ca- nadian railways and their, employee's will be resunfed without delay, fol- lowing the use by the disputirrg'par- ties of the good offices of 'fhe Do- minion Government. It was 'l'earned, Mr. Bennett said, that There -was no ill -feeling between the disputing 'par- ties, and both indicated ;their realiza- tion of the seriousness .of the situa- tion, and agreed to resume, -negotia- tions seeking a peaceful compromise. Held for Treason., • Rome—Bonato Battelli, friend of Premier Mussolini, has been held in strict custody in a Rome prison since Sept. 2, it was revealed• on charges of compllicity in an espionage plot. Battelli, who was given the title of Commendatore by the order, of Il. Duce himself, was arrested in Venice and taken to the Regina Coeli. Pris- on,) where he has been held, at the disposition of the General Staff of the Ministry of Marine, unable even to see his relatives: Young Liberals to Meet The Men's Branch of the Twenti- eth Century Liberal Association of ,Ontario will hold its third annual convention at Toronto on Saturday, Nov. 18, it was announced by J. L. Wilson, President of the branch. Ses- sions will take the full day instead of half day as last year, The details of the prograni and convention din- ner, which will be attended by the Provincial Liberal Leader, Mitchell F. Hepburn, M,P,, will be announced later. r' . Boy Ends Life With a Bullet Simcoe--iispirited by his failure to make progress ` in school, Clifford Herron, 15, crawled through a low doorway that led to his "den" in the barn behind his father's house here' and 'shot himself `with a rifle. John. A. Machray Dies in Orison, Death Thursday put an end the the' prison term of John A. Machray, on •ce •a leading figure in financial, edu- cational, legal and church affairs. T11 from an incurable disease and de- throned from his high position. in the ,community by financial defalcations running up to $2,000,000, Macray ,en- tered Stony Mountain Penitent/laity a year and two weeks ago to begin ser- ving a seven-year term for theft. 'C.C.F. Getting. Busy in ,South'Oxford Woodstock—The C.C.F. is to get busy in South Oxford this \week tto prepare the way for selecting :a can- didate for the federal by-telec'tion 'in. the constituency. Meetings ?have been arranged for every night sof :the week, with A. Philpott and s+ Bial •of his lieutenants taking part. Pigs Get Rare. Delicacy Simcoe—Farmers in the Delhi and Atherton districts are co-operating with Dr. O. L. Fitzsimmons, Nor- folk's sweet potato farmer, and cop- ing with theeserious feed shortage by providing their . pigs witli fhe south- ern delicacy. Dr, Fitzsimmons had a quantity of potatoes unmarketable be- cause - e -cause- of their small size, which he bartered with near -by farmers, ob- taining in return oats, hap and rye. All told, he has 2,500 bushels of Small. potatoes, which make excellent foal,, der for pigs. Chosen Quebec "Dory Chief Sherbrooke -Maurice Duplessis, re- cently officially beearne leader of, the 2uebee Conservative Party. More than 500 delegates frnni fag £lung parts of the Province cheered: the announcement that the party convention in session here had en- dorsed Duplessis' year and a half of temporary leadership by calling upon him officially to continue in his post. Bank Robbers Quickly Arrested Preston—Charged with armed rob- bery, Willis Pelley, 25,sand Edward Wells, 31, both of Toronto,` were brought here for preliminary hearing following their arrest at Toronto af- ter a wild chase which had police of several counties after them, The two are alleged to have enter ed the Imperial Bank' here tied up four members of the staff and escaped with $2,000. The money was recover ed by Toronto, police who arrested the pair six hours after the robbery Pelley and Wells, police claim, walk- ed into their Toronto apartment, dir- ectly into the arms of officers who were waiting for them. Pelley broke away and was chased,for half an hour until he fell exhausted into the arms of two plainclothesmen. Advocates Jobless /insurance Unemployment insurance was ad- vocated dvocated for Canadian workmen as a just and reasonable measure of mod- ern society by J. Earl Lawson, K.C., Conservative member of Parliament representing West York, one of Par- liament's younger members. "In tim- es of prosperity," he told the Electric Club of Toronto in an address on 'Economic Recovery' "we manage to lay aside a proportion of profits to pay dividends when they are not be- ing earned. Surely it is uncumbent upon us to lay aside a portion of those profits for labor in order that labor, when it is not earning divi- dends, should receive dividends on the labor it has previously given. Blue Shirts Must Observe Law Toronto—Hon. W. H. Price, Attor- ney General of Ontario, told the Blue Shirts. of 'Canada representatives who interviewed him he proposed to main- tain law and order and •thatat pres- ent there existed machinery for that purpose. Interviewed after the meeting, Col. Price said: "T told them all organiza- tions were welcome so long as they lived within the laws of the country." Clami they,saw Sea -Serpent Victoria—Victoria's marine monst- er apparently, is getting over its shy- ness. At any rate, the eighty -foot serpent first reported seen, has shown, itself to at least seven persons. R. C. Ross of Tod Inlet, said he saw the creature—greenish-brown in hue and with a —profile like a camel— off Ten Mile Point. W. B. Grant said he saw the creature resembling a ser- pent some time ago off Victoria Golf Links. Five persons declared they had seen the deep sea ogopogo. Railway. Fare Reduced in U.S. - Chicago, - The Western Railway Executives' Association decided on a sharp reduction in passenger fares as an 'experimentin increasing their business. They voted to reduce from 3 6-10 cents a mile to 3 cents on one- way rail transportation. A 2 -cent -a - mile round-trip rate was agreed upon, and the present Pullman surcharge of 50 per cent. was eliminated. Canadian Railways here under con- sidering a reduction in railway fares. Oppose Inflation Vichy, France—The Radical Social- ist Party Congress passed a resolu- tion ;opposing inflation, favoring sound money, and inviting Premier. Edouard Baladier to balance the Bud- get, protest public credit and cut the. cost of living. Senator Murdock Granted Injunction London, Ont. -In County. Court here, Judge Joseph Wearing granted an order asked by Senator„?Jas. Mur- dock of Ottawa to prevent any At- tempt on the part of London Sub- ordinate Lodge, No. 415, to i expell Murdock from membership in the lodge. October 21 was set by Judge Wearing today as the date for the hearing of both'sides of the matter of the injunction, V,YI1 NEWS of the DISTRICT. ;,o.•l l tlu,n1ii11nuuuuuiYson ,nuuY�lY,i"uuK Arrived from Germany with Horses Mr. Henry/. trnest of Brant Twp., well-known, horse -breeder of this dis- trict, arrived in tower recently bring- ing• withhien three' imported horses iron GerMany. Mr. 4tne4tleft a few weeks:: ago with Ciel;, purpose .of prim chasing some thoroughbred stock, e bought two stallions aged two and three years, and one mare, age six,— Walkertort Herald -,Tines, Lucicnow School Field Day Ideal Weather favored the annual Ludo -taw Continuation School Field Day held in the Caledonial Park, which was officially eiiened by Reeve Robert Rae, The sports were, in charge of the teachers, Miss ' McLean, Miss Yourex, Messrs, Calvert . and Hutchinson, assisted by Rev. J. , H. Geolegan, Rev. S. T, Tucker, Dr: W. Johnston, "George Id. Smith and Arthur Andrew. All events were keenly' contested, The senior boys' championship was won by Harold Greer; runners-up, George Joynt and Douglas Clarke. Junior boys' champ- ionship, Harold Ritchie; runners-up, Harold Thompson and Clifford Blake. Senior girls' championship, Jean Gra- ham; runners-up, Jessie McRae and Audrey Henderson. Junior girls' championship, Dorothy Graham; run- ner-up, Betty Bissett. Strawberries in October Mrs. J. Demmerling brought to the Review; Office a ripe strawberry off new vines. If -the frost keeps off there :will be a considerable'crop. of this luscious fruit., — Harriston Re- view. Raspberries' Ripe Again Mr. Wm. Armstrong, Sr., brought in on Saturday a few twigs of rasp- berry, bushes which grow wild along the edge of his property. They were laden with a second crop of fruit, some of -which had already ripened,— Lucknow Sentinel. Owl Killed Mr. S. H. Rutledge and family had an unusual experience while motoring on the Provincial Highway near Elba Sunday night. Hearing a crash, as if something had broken, they stopped the car and found a dead owl on the hood. The bird had struck the wind- shield while in flight and was killed by the force of the impact. Miss M. Rutledge, who was driving at 'the time, was so startled by the unex- pected occurrence that she narrowly escaped losing control of the car.— Orangeville' Banner. Serum Saves Child The second case of infantile paraly- sis in Goderich within a month was treated on' Saturday, when it was. found that Joseph, four-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Kaitting, had been stricken with the disease. When the boy became seriously ill and it was learned that the disease was in- fantile paralysis, his parents were given a clear road to London, where. they obtained serum from the' Insti- lute of Public Health. The trip was made in the early hours of Saturday morning At Hensall, on the return trip, the automobile broke down and another was commandeered to com- plete the journey.,. The serum was ad- ministered immediately on. its .arrival here and theschild is given an excel- lent chance for recovery.—Goderich Signal. Injured Leg and Arm Mr- Allan Halliday collided with Mrs.'Peter Ancell on Saturday •even- ing on the north hill, just inside of the village. Mrs. Arkell was driving with a horse and buggy and Mr. Hal- liday was leaving the village in an automobile. The buggy was very badly damaged and the occupant was thrown out against a telephone pole receiving severe bruises on one :aria and leg.—Teeswater News, Paving Is Completed The paving of the higliwaysbetween. Listowel and Atwood is completed. There is still a great• deal of work to be done before the highway will be finished. Several bridges will have to be fixed and the putting on each side ten foot sho}elders will require a lot' of work.—Listowel Standard. Pet Monkey Escaped There was an exciting time on South and neighboring ;alleys and back yards on Saturday afternoon when Master Billyj Wood's pet mon- key broke loose from its moorings. For fifteen minutes the monkey led his pursuers, headed by big brother Jack, a merry chase. The monkey put up a real performance, scooting thru branches of trees and jumping from one to the other, coning down to terra, firma once in a while just to give the human pack encouragement. Capt, Malcolm McDonald made a sot - tie to the harbor and returned with t p One of "Reddy” McDonald's dip nets,, i The monkey was lured into a favor- 't able position and the dip net clamp- ed on hint,—Goderich Star, IIT rangements had been made for th to •enter the Brantford General H pital,T.-Seaforth Huron Expositor, Stole Tires off Car Business is picking up according to the experts, but were you to ask Joe Lennox of Egremont, while he might, agree with you,'''he would say it was picking up backwards so far as he was concerned' On Friday night, :the night of the Holstein fall fair, some person entered the Lennox garage and removed three tires from the ear, rims and all, helped themselves to the gasoline in ,,the tannic and departed without 'even a thank you; -Durham. Chronicle. " A Curious Tree Mr. H. E. Rorke has a peculiar tree. growing on his property facing Or- ange street, the peculiarity being that while most trees shed their leaves in. the autumn this one not only shels its leaves but also its branches, leaving the trunk standing straight and bare of "limbs. The tree is still not very tall, but it has grown eighteen or twenty inches during thepast sum- mer, sending out healthy looking limbs with large green leaves at in- tervals of a few inches up the stalk. It grew and flourished all summer but all but one limb is now gone, having dropped off one by one,—Clin- ton News -Record. An Odd. Catch - Early one morning last week, Mr. Norm. Somerville went fishing up the Noisy River near Dendin. He was, standing under the covering branch- es of a big elm when a large crane swooped down on the stream beside him. Chum acted on his first impulse and cast at the crane. His line made a couple of laps around the big bird's neck and then the fun started. The crane took to the air and the fisher- man found he was liable to be carried aloft. Gallantly he hung on and for a few brief seconds there was a real tug-of-war. The line' snapped and away «flew Mr. Crane, carrying with. him Mr. Sommerville's hook, line and sinker. Gone to the Dogs Forest and vicinity has certainly gone to the dogs. No less than 36 dog fanciers and over 100 Beagle hounds invaded town to compete in the annual Canadian National field trials and bench show held under the auspices of the Canadian Beagle Club. —Forest Free Press. Writes Examinations in Hospital Bed An example of youth's determina- tion was demonstrated when a young Carrick Twp. farmer wrote his exam- inations for the Massey scholarship in the O.A.C. on his sick bed at the Bruce County Hospital. Leonard Schmidt, son of Mr. Andrew Schmidt of the Elora Road, as one of the can- didates insisted on his also writing, •although only recovering from the ef- fects of an operation. — Walkerton Herald -Times. Horses Killed by Lightning— During.a severe electrical storm re- cently J. P. Jenner, of Charing Cross, son-in-law of Mr. Wesley Coulter, of Millbank, was the loser of a prize team of horses, victims of a bolt of lightning, " which struck them dead,. Several close strikes were heard by Mr. Jenner during the storm, and when he went to get his horses in the pasture when morning broke, he found them dead. -Milverton Sun. Didn't Want Work A youthful, able-bodied chap land- ed here last week, and rather impu- dently demanded accommodation. When asked by a local citizen. why he didn't try to get a job with a far- mer for his board, he insolently re- plied'that he had no use for work. There is strong evidence that fully two-thirds of the transients who make their rounds in this section each fall and winter are pretty much of the same stripe. -Mildmay Gazette. Thieves Raid Cellars Sneak thieves are reported to have been entering cellars in this district, carrying off fruit, pickles, etc. Our opinion of such low -clown individuals is not perrnissalbe in print, so we can only hope that sone able-bodied per- son may catch them in the act, give thein a real beating -cep and then turn there over to the authorities,—Ford- wich Record. Broke Collar Bone John H. Evans, General Motors re- resentative ill Kincardine, is suffer - ng from a fractured collar bone, sits- ained when one ,of the cars for which he is agent, turned over onthe high - ay north of Port Elgin, -Kincardine Review -Reporter. Must Finish Training Elsewhere: Advised that they would be unable to write their R.N. exar9iitrations un- less they finished their course' at a training school, Misses Evelyn' Gold- ing, Kay Strider and Jean Kerr, StudLL ent nurses at Scott Memorial nos - '041 'kit 'for 13.f antford' where 1r tl Rincardine Dock Being Repaired Work was commenced last week on the -new cement dock for the north Side of the Harbor. Repairs will be also tirade on, the south side at two different points' where' the action ' of ie water bas undermined the piles: man you a to be wea . . EALTI1, like many other things ...a house, .a car, a suit of clothes ... is something that must be paid for. Sometimes it can be bought at -bargain prices. But if you haven't the price to pay for it, you miss the opportunity of acquiring the prize cheaply. It is a confession of failure to be sooor thatyou cannot affordto P be wealthy. Your savings, the surplus of your income, systematically stored in a branch of The Canadian Bank of Commerce will build up a fund for acquiring wealth at a bargain price when the opportunity offers. You will be welcomed as a depositor at any one of the 800 branches of THE CANADIAN BANK O FCOMM E ERC_. • Capital Paid Up - 30 Million Dollars Reserve Fund - 30 Million Dollars CA84 The work is being done by the Rus- sell Construction Co., Ltd., of Tor- onto, who secured the contract from the Dominion Government at a figure -of between $14,000 and $15,000—Kin- cardine News. One -Man Circus A rather strange and striking fig- ure arrived in Listowel on Wednes- day of last week and remained here until Monday. A native of Belgium, Charlie Planke, who has been trav- elling around the world with a horse and cart, an outfit that looked like some war -time picture of the poor Gelgian refugees, reached Listowel, where he camped for a few days to try to earn a few dollars with his one- man circus. Although a stranger in a strange land, he found a friend here, another native of Belgium, Mr. Henry Ver- enneman. The homes of these two men in Belgium had only been half a mile apart. Mr. Verenneman was glad to welcome a fellow countryman and entertained him at his home on Sunday.—Listowel Banner. Mose—"Honest, Pete, I hab no idea where mah next dollar am comin' from!" Pete—"I'm glad to heah you say dat. I thought perhaps you was fig- urin' on me for it!" When the folks are out for the evening—and time begins to drag—you need not lack for congenial companionship. Just pick up the telephone and friends are at your call, whether they live in the next township or county or half a continent away. For 30 cents you tau telephone about 100 miles by making an "any- one" call (station - to -station) after 8.30 p.m. Scelist of rites in front of directory.