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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance Times, 1934-03-01, Page 3Thursday, March ist 1934 THE WING1iA1V1 ADVANCE-trI114145 r.;..7.7,7,7717,737, 1?AGV I -IRE 1; • .1.. " ThriFty Housewivis Buy Quality 1 "Fr‘sh 'From' the Gardens" ger.011....1•13.11111 May Reconsider Mr Mail 0OntrantS New York—Another hint of Pres- icleptial plans for a return of the Un- ited States air mail to private Mclus- try wasd inclosed in Washington as the Artily Flying Corps thrust ahead with its challenge to winter liaards over the air lanes, No details of the President's ideas were disclosed beyond a statement that he was drawing plans for a re- bidding on air mail contracts with 611 , priyate industry. Previously the Pres- ident had indicated that the army's flying the mail was a temporary ar- rangement. Mr. Roosevelt deplored the death of five aviators assigned toair mail duty, and the reported drowning ot a sixth, as the result of erashes within the week. World Wide News In rief Form • Would Protect Drivers Automobile drivers would be pro- tected from damage actions by pas- sengers under a bill introduced in the Legislature by Charles A. Robertson, Liberal Party Whip. The objet .of the legislation is to have passengers ride at their own risk in private cars. Taxis and busses are excluded from the provisions of the bill. Provincial Treasurer Left L/ 411.10W.41.111110 . Famous Composer Dead Interior IVIinister Sarraut was credited Worcester, Eng.—Foremost modern with ccepting the idea, of some hid - English composer, Sir Edward Eliar, den force seeking to terrorize wit- O.M., died, at his home here ,at the nesses in the $40,000,000 pawnshbp age of 77. Best known for his fam- machinations of the late Serge Stay - us "Pomp and Circumstance" march isky. which included, "Land of Hope and Glory" Sir Edward was equally. ac- Advocates Taiing Savings claimed le by the greatest of his colag- and Investments sues for his' orchestral and choral Personal advocacy by Right Hon. works, notably the "Dream of Ger- Arthur Meighen, the Conservative $247,000 Estate ontius," which first brought him world leader in the Senate, of the principle Ottawa—The will of the late Hon. E. A. Dunlop, formerly provincial recognition. of taxation of savings and invest- (' trea.surer of Ontario, will be filed in ments was expressed at the. Annual ,Returned Soldiers Convention. At Ottawa Ottawa—More than 130,000 return- ed soldiers, members of (the Canadian Legion, enrolled in about 1,100 • branches throughout Canada, will be represented by several hundred dee- gates at the fifth Dominion conven- tion to be held in. Ottawa from March 12 to 15, inclusive. rfirrotrortrorp O r O O • NEWS of the 'STRICT' rtri OOOO lri llllllllll ll 41111411r lll I ll If11111[11 lllll Grapefruit in Clinton Miss Cuninghante, florist, has had on exhibition in the express office the past week a grapefruit grown in her own greenhouse. It is a large size and the fifth which has ripened this season. These grapefruits are said to be of good flavour. The Cuninghames have from time to time grown grape- fruit, lemons and oranges in their greenhouses,—Clinton News -Record. Expect New Industry To Moveto Harriston Mayor Whetstone,' Harriston, has been in communication with a manu- facturing concern which may be in- duced to 'establish a plant here, and a, member of this firm was in town looking over a suitable location.• At present nothing definite has been ar- rived at, although it is expected that Harriston will secure this plant and other •industries during the present year. Cut Ike to Get Grain From Boats banquet of the Ontario Godd Roads the surrogate court at Pembroke Fbi.clleeTouihanren cold pinaegNrVnbescoae rtol Itioespr ineocs1E71 cce evo anots 70: jcit. tri-acoaltildt- th Association at the Royal York Hotel. shortly. The will appoints his widow, The member a of th-dssociation, in Mabel Dunlop, his daughter, Mary addition to hearing a plan which its Dunlop, and Horace B. Johnson, of Last week the unloading of the own advocate admitted might sound Pembroke, as the executors. The en- Steamer Bricoldoc was completed and strange, corning from. whom it did, tire estate is to be halo detain ear the Anna, C. Minch was with consid- heard Hon. Leopold Macaulay, On- lifetime and after her death the es- erable difficulty brought under the tario Minister of Highways, outline tate is to be divided eually among schute of the Goderich Elevator and plans for road construction and ex- their children. The gross amount of Transit Company and her contents tension in Ontario in 1934. the estate is $247,000, of which eleea.. removed. This week the Burke will is Iifa insurance. be emptied by the Transit Company Another convention to be in prog- Senator Meighers told the gather- ress at the same time is that df the ing: '"Witaa We have to accomplish is ' . adz d thehFe loliroperation AsCo. Presicjloi tboyfcutting the boats the W e s t e r n Can - Amputations Assbciation of the great the fuidityof earning—the mobility of New Disarmament Talk join War, an organization representing ov- currency. We MBerlin—Chancellor Hitler Will Must direct money in- out of the ice is a daily one as each forces with Great Britain in an effort er 4,000 men who fought in the Can- to the Channels where it will do the night the ice forms anew and the aillent' adian forces overseas, and as a result most gocid. I don't believe that we to start a new movement for disarm - lost one or mare limhs. can continue to encourage the use of it was reportedwork of the preceding day has to be tere. -. The Canadian Legion convention money in savings and inVestmene on The Chancellor, according to i•eli- irieipgienagtedo.f Citutttoi nogetitileter andi‘eveitll ti theman- - reports, approved a 13ritish me - Will be called to order by the Domin- the rate of increase which has prevail- ouevring of the boats under the moranclum "in principle" following a ion President, Major John S. Roper, ed in the past. 'Inc money busket cordial conversation he had c. in- M.C., K.C., of Halifax, N.S. So snip- of the world will not hold an invest- long and • guntietys-.—r eG"ouidreersiclgi.re8attar.labor and eantial is the agenda to be dealt with Iment rate of more by the delegates that the sessions will extend until a late hour during the Allege Nursemaid three days the convention is in pro- Sent Poisoned Candy man 3 per cent." `gress. Will Eliminate Dangers of Monoxide Gas Lachute — Criminal fEsponsibility for the poison:candy deaths of two little boys was placed by a Coron- er's jury upon the shoulders of Mts. Winnipeg -- "Elimination of the Aurore Dagenais, their former nurse - danger of motorists losing lives thru inaid. Mrs. Dagenais was immediately carbon -Monoxide poisoning from au- 'arrested on a verbal order from Dr.. Pierre Hebert, 'Deputy Coroner of Montreal. The. jury delivered its ver- dict before a crowded courtroom af- ter an inquest into the case had lasted tomobiles, has been made possible by the use of a chemical vaporizer in- vented by J. Forbes of Winnipeg," A. C. Emmett, 'Managing Director of the Afanitoba Motor League, said here, about three hours. The children, de - Mr. Emmett stated the invention, dared by the Crown to have died be - patented by Mr. Forbes, made it pos- cause they ate a large, poisoned can- ' sible entirely to dissipate poisonous dy, allegedly intended for their step- -qualities of fumes from a running mother, were Jacques and Philippe gasoline engine. Raymond, aged 5 and 3, respectjvely, children of Alderman Gregoire Raya, French Premier Offers Reward' mond by his second wife. For Capture of Killers Paris—A dread "invisible power" Hudson Bay Railway Cost $53,000,000 that cast an air of terror over the Ottawa—An ancient bugaboo of strange killing of Judge Albert Prince Canadian finance and polities—the challenged Premier Doumergue's per- Hudson Bay Railway ---returned to the sonal efforts to unravel the deepening Commons, and, as usual, received en - mystery of the Stavisky swindling thusiastic applause from Prairie mem- case, of which Prince was -said to have "known too much." Spurred by an unprecedented Gov- ernmental offer of a 100,000 -franc (about $6,500) reward, investigators -pushed att inquiry into the magis- trate's death, which they frankly ad- and Port Venture, including Church- rnitted was deadlocked in a maze of ill and the odd millions thrown away fantastic theories' The Prime Mitis - ter ordered the capture, dead or alive, bers. Cold silence from Easterners the popular reaction was all that and Pacific Coast representatives, ancl could be desired. polite but cautious mention by the Minister of Railways. • Consider Changes to 13 N. A. Act The House was informed by the Ottawa—Revision of the tana.dian Minister that the subarctic railway Constitution to bring it into harmony with present-day conditions is under consideration by the Federal author - with Captain Anthony Eden, British Lord Pirvy Seal, at the British Em- bassy.MayMany of the fm bs taCompanyarers'of thilocal- cided to bury whatever doubts s It was understood that Hitler de- he is ity have been agitating for the estab- reported to have had 'about certain lishment of a new fanners' mutual fire insurance c`oinpan3, with head - features o fthe proposed British plan quarters at Mildmay. Our informantin order to sertngthen Capte'n Eden's hand. in the latter's negotiations with says, there is a lot of dissatisfaction Premier Mussolini in Italy' shortly. over the increase of rural insuance • rates, which are now becoming a bur - New King of Belgians den to the farmer.—Mildmay Gazette. Brussels—The reign of Leopold III was launched Friday with a demon- Injured Below Eye stration of popular enthusiasm augur - While cleaning out an out -building ing well for the future. In an impres- to store ice, a sliver flew off a stell sive ceremony before Parliament and wedge and struck Mr. Gordon Dicki- visiting notables, Leopold was pro- son just below the eye, inflicting a caimed monarch and gave the tradi- nasty wound. The eye, it is hoped, tional Speech from the Throne. will not be affected. — Teeswater He stood on the spot where the late News. Albert I., his father, twenty years ago made the historic declaration, "A na- New Creamery Proprietor tion that defends itserf never dies." F. M. Sasnis, proprietor of Sands' Leopold echoed his father's words, Wholesale Produce Store, has recent - saying that' he, too, was ready to lead ly become the new owner of the an army in any war for the defense Brussels Creamery. He announced that operation will continue with the of his people and country. The derieive shouts of two Com- same staff in charge.—Brussels Post. • rnunists marred the ceremony, but ev- en the staunchest Royalist believed Train Hits Jigger Saturday morning some C. N. R. track workmen left the jigger house to do some work on the track. Short- ly after leaving, they saw a freight train approaching the town and they tried to make the jigger landing, near the bridge but without success, and they jumped from the car. The train struck the jigger and drove it back up the track some distance when the gasoline tank exploded. The train crew extinguished the blaze by shov- elling snow on the fire.—Listowel Banner. in the false start, at Nelson, was now practically completed at a cost to the of Prince's slayer. county of about $58,000,000. An ad - His sudden intervention in the af- ditional $550,000 was being asked this fair gave it an added gravity, while year to clean up the odds and ends. RADICALS CHARGED WITH SEDITION a•MMarea'areaa Tom Mann, veteran leader of Left Wing Socialists in (1); and t-Iarry Pollitt (2), widely -known CommUnist, were arrested for alleged 'seditious tit- teranees during the 400 -mile trek of 2,000 "hunger marchers" 00 the Bri- tIsh ea:pita]; ities. Tremendous changes in the busi- ness and social life of the Dominion have occurred since the British North America Act was drafted, and while Sir John A. Macdonald and the other Fathers of Confederation are rated among the greatest statesmes that the country has produced, it is now rec- ognized they could not forsee all the developments of the last half century The need for:a recasting of certain provisions of the British North Am- erica; AO has been, apparent or Smile time. Aviation • and radio 'broadcast-, ink ,to :mention only two things, are developments which were not . con, tereplated when the Constitution 'was drawn upl Water: Main Bursts A Main water pipe burst at the cor- ner of the Library Park, Albert St., Soon flooding the. waterway and sof- tening the:snow piled up at the edge of the walk. Some folk on coming up street and seeing the slush wondered if a sudden thaw had ,set in. Supt • Rumball and his staff were soon at work, however, and 'worked on into the night, but they got the trouble Mended and the water turned on again in, the residences and business plaes 1Where it had been turned off while the pipe was being fixed, — Clinton Relief Clothing Stolen Thieves pilfered a large box con- taining clothing gathered:by the Wo- men's Relief Society one night last, week from a .room in the Library Hell 'and made off ith the best wearing apparel that was to be soon distributed among the needy families in town. The clothing is kept in , a large wooden box ja.).opin in tie Library Hall and is securely, fastened With. a' padlock. The thieves, howev- er, opened the wooden 'container' by prying the steeple: and gathering up • the clothing' retired, Made a hurried exitaa•Pelmerston 'Observer. -Unique Runaway • • , Mr. Alex, Whytock had a very pe- culiar experience last with his team: and 4 load of Wdod. Bringing in the load to a certain place In the village, he halted his team 'at the north end of the village and went into a home there where he had some business to transact, leaving his otttfit 'standing on the road headed toward the town 'Whets he emerged from the home it was to find the team citlickly disap- pearing over the hill, an the -dead run. Mr. Whytoek also did the dis- - appearing act in the same direction as his team, but on catching up with them found they had parked exactly where he was going to deliver the wood.---'reeswater News, Twists Leg, Breaking Bones Roy McSween had the misfortune to break his ankle and a small bone in his leg when he fell, on Saturday evening. He was walking along Queen Street towards his home, and stepped into a hole in the snow, The deptli of the hole threw the young man off his balance and he fell heavily, twisting his leg. He was ta- ken home and upon examination it was found thai the ankle bone had been broken in the fall and that an- other bone in the leg had also been broken:— Kincardine Review -Report - Claims $1,000 Damages Thrrough his solicitor, L. E. Dane- ey, Thomas Sturdy has caused a writ to be issued in Supreme Court claim-. ing $1,000 damages from the town of Goderich, A. J. Cooper and Oswald Ginn, bailiff, for alleged wrongful distress. The actiowarises out of the sale of the 'furnishings of the Royal hotel (Goderich Inn) on February 14 for taxes owing the town. They were purhcased by A. J. Cooper, mortgagee of the hotel, which is owned by .Mr. Sturdy.—Goderich Signal. Underwent Caesarian Operation A ward of the Bruce County Shel- ter underwent a Caesarian operation in the Hospital here on Thursday last, when Dr. H. H. Sinclair, the Shelter surgeon, assisted by Dr. Stal- ker •of town and Dr. Murray of Ham- ilton, brought a baby boy into the world by this unique method. Both mother and child' came through the ordeal well. This is the fifth Caesar- ian operation by Dr. Sinclair in the local Hospital. — Walkerton Herald - Times. A Lean Year for Fruit • • Mr. John Schenk, proprietor of the fruit farm near the C.N.R. depot, and Mr. J. E. McGregor of town, a forin- er owner of this sante property, in a conversation on Saturday as to the ff t f tile t• e frost probable e ec s o le ex lesn lrefiv)a Carton of 84 Lamps ki the liouse Wingham Utilities Commission Crawford Block. leo* .for #41's Aatoi 11•1111,1••11111•111111, .raill••••••••1111.1111•5•111=MM•Mat Church Robbery Someone entered the james St, church the latter part of last week and broke open the collection boxes of the Women's Misionary Soicety. They also broke the 16ck off a box M the Primary room of the Sunday School and stole some money from a birthday box. The W.M.S. boxes are in the two .main' entrances to the church. The contents of the 'boxes hda been removed by the treasurer of the .W.M.S.; shortly before, so that there would be little in them. It is estimated that there was about -two dollars in the birthday box.—Exeter on the bearing buds, were agreed in 1 nnes-Advocat e. their opinion that no variety of fruit ' exposed to the severe e ements could Lost Six Cows Mr. Joseph Giles, of Arthur Town- the, product. ship, had the misfortune .to lose, six ium paid for baby beef and bacon hogs applies with even greater force to sheep. Thick, fleshy, but rather light joints are what the cook calls for whether for • the home table or the restaurant. The tastes of the con- sumer have been cultivated to discri- minate in favour of the 'tasty, tender, lamb until we find that from 70 to 80 per cent. of the sheep that reach the market are less than one year old. The age of heavy mutton is passed— ' a condition most favorable to the sheep raiser, who is thus enabled to reap qnick returns from his flock. The increasing deMand for lamb mutton this season augure well for the future of the industry, provided care is taken to keep up and improve the grade of withstand the test imposed on them, • These experts venteured the predic- bi,on that this would be a lean'year for those engaged in the fruit industry.— Walkerton Herald -Times. Standipipe Overflows The cellar in the residence of Harry Hart was badly flooded early Friday morning when the standpipe to the rear of the town hall overflow- ed. The trouble was caused by the float, which automatically shuts off the pump when the standpipe is fill- . ed, becoming frozen.—Seaforth Hur- on Expositor. • Foot Pierced by Nail Stewart MacDonald, young son of Mr. and Mrs. Archie MacDonald, suf- fered a painful injury to his foot when it was pierced by a three-inch nail. Stewart had returned home from school and replaced his shoes with bed -room slippers. On going to the woodshed for some light wood for his Mother, rather than gather up some already prepared, Stewartpull- d ed down a boar and commenced breaking it no. On taking a step back- ward, titian -ate of a nail in the board, 1:e came down on it with his full weight, with the result that it passed through the fore part of hig foot, Lucknow Sentinel, • — Ted Jordan Injured While Tobogganing on Levy's Hill Ted Jordan, poplar student at the Mitchell High School, met with a painful accident while present at a toboggan party held snider the aus- pices of the Bachelors' Club of Main St, Church: The young men and their fair companions were having a de- lightful time tobogganing on Levy's Hill when ane of the toboggans broke and a splinter entered Ted's thigh to a depth of about five inehes,Mitch- ell Advocate. . — Cousin of Lord Curzon Passes Arthar Wardlew Curzon, English gentleman fanner, who had resided for forty years On his estate on the Huron Rod, just Out of Goderich, died recently in Alexandria •Hospital, in his seventy-fourth year: He was a „ first cousin of the late Lord .Curzon, famous Engliat •diplareat, C.N.R. Business Never Better Than at Present Assistant Q. N. R. Superintendent Mr, Tilos, Wronniek, N!')f. Stratford, who was in *paltnerSton last Week, stated that: business was never -better in Palmerston than the present time , and also : intimated that the north 'territory of which he make:s his monthly isits' is progressing favor- 1 nObservee atillaaIsea'aa cows recently. The trouble was diag- nosed as the result of feeding:sweet ' clover hay that had become somewhat musty. Similar cases are reported', from time to tune in various parts of the.province when sweet clover is fed that is not in proper condition.—Mt. Forest Confederate. No Credit There The following note recently appear- ed on the door of a store in a Wes- tern Ontario village. "Due to the de- pression, we are forced to curtail our accounts, and from this day on no credit will be •extended to anyone ex- cept persons over 80, accompanied by their grandparents. — Arthur Enter- prise News. The Mutton. 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